Give thanks
with a grateful heart
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Give thanks to the Holy One
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Give thanks because
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He's given Jesus Christ, His Son
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Give thanks
with a grateful heart
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Give thanks to the Holy One
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Give thanks because He's given
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Jesus Christ, His Son
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And now, let the
weak say, I am strong
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Let the poor say I am rich
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Because of what the
Lord has done for us
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And now, let the
weak say I am strong
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Let the poor say I am rich
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Because of what the
Lord has done for us
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Give thanks
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Give thanks
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The song we
introduced on last week,
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it simply says it's
Sabbath and my rest has arrived.
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It's Sabbath, a
day God set a side.
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight.
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It's Sabbath.
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It's Sabbath, and
my rest has arrived
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It's Sabbath, a
day God set aside
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight,
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It's Sabbath
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It's Sabbath, and
my rest has arrived
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It's Sabbath, a
day God set aside
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight,
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It's Sabbath
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O Holy God
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O Holy God, this Holy Day
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Please purify our lives we pray
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O Holy God, this Holy Day
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Please purify our lives we pray
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight
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it's Sabbath
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Let's try once more.
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It's Sabbath, and
my rest has arrived
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It's Sabbath, a
day God set aside
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight
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It's Sabbath
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This is our prayer, O Holy God.
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O Holy God, this Holy Day
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Please purify our lives we pray
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O Holy God, this Holy Day
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Please purify our lives we pray
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It's Sabbath,
it's a joy and delight
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It's Sabbath
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Deep river
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My home is over Jordan
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Deep river
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Lord, I want to cross
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Over into camp ground
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Deep river
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My home is over Jordan
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Deep river
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Lord, I want to cross
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Over into camp ground
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Oh don't you want to go to that
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That Promised Land
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That land where all is peace?
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Deep river
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My home
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Is over Jordan
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Deep river, Lord
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I want to cross over
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I want to cross over
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I want to cross
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Over into campground
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Amen.
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I want to cross over, don't you?
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I want to cross over.
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I want to cross over.
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Hallelujah.
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To a generation once
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on a very verge
of crossing over,
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these words were spoken.
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And when the Lord your
God brings you in to the land
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which you go to posses
and is cast out the nations
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before you the
Hittites and the Gargashites,
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and the Amorites,
and the Canaanites,
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and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites,
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and the Jebusites
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all the other termites.
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When you go in
to posses that lands
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seven nations
greater and mightier
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than you will be
there and when the Lord,
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your God
delivers them over to you,
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you shall conquer them
and utterly destroy them.
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You should not make
marriages with them.
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You should not give
your daughter to their son
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nor take their
daughter for your son
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for they will turn
your sons and daughters away
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from following me
to serve other gods.
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For you listen,
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for you our holy
people to the Lord your God,
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the Lord your God has chosen
you to be a people for Himself,
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a special treasure
above all the peoples
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on the face of the earth.
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Let us pray.
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Oh, God, what the
choir sang we were praying.
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I want to cross over,
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I want to cross over.
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One of these days the crossing
over generation will be here,
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and oh, God, may
we be a part of it,
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I humbly pray.
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Teach us this morning.
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Teach us,
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so that we might
indeed cross over
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through Jesus
Christ our Lord, amen.
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Have you ever
wondered what it was like
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the night or the day
that you are conceived?
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I got to be honest with you,
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I have never wandered in my life
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until I came
across a book this summer.
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Founded in the
Philadelphia airport book store,
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Karen and I had just
flown back from Italy,
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four glorious
days with a bus full
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of Andrews University students,
they're all architects.
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Architect majors
and we had the honor
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of spending four days
up in the green valleys
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of the North West Italian Alps.
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And in fact, that,
that experience for me
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and I think for them
was so significant that
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four weeks from today
on this very platform,
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I'm gonna have those architects
students help me tell--
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tell you what
happened, all right.
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Four weeks from today.
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So now we are coming back
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from Milan into Philadelphia
and we got two hours
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before we make our
domestic connection to Chicago.
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And I always go
into a book store
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if I have some
time and so I looked,
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oh, I've never seen this
title before caught my eye,
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Ten Prayers God
Always Says Yes To.
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Now wouldn't
that catch your eye?
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Yeah, sub titled Divine Answers
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to Life's Most
Difficult Problems.
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It's written by an author
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I never heard him
before Anthony DeStefano.
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So I'm looking at
these ten prayers,
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prayer one boom, boom, boom.
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Yeah, yeah, okay,
okay, well, that make sense,
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yeah, yeah that till I
get to prayer number ten.
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And when I get to
prayer number ten,
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here is prayer number
ten, God lead me to my destiny.
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I said, that's
I have never heard
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anybody pray that prayer.
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So I started to
read and before long
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I ran in to these words.
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Did you ever think
about all the factors
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that had to be in
place for you to be born?
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For I never thought about that.
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About all the
millions of tiny details
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that had to converge
at just the right time
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and just the right place for you
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to come into this world.
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Haven't thought
about that either
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and just like a hook
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he described the
night I got conceived,
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the night you got conceive.
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Could have been a day I
don't know, doesn't matter.
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Now, he described it.
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So when I get back,
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I'm talking to the
scientist on this campus.
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I'm saying, hey, I called
three of my biologist friends
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who teach here at
Andrews University.
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So I'm talking to David Steen
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and Bill
Chobotar and Robert Zdor,
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all right three
of our scientists.
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I said, is it like
DeStefano portrays in his book.
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They said, yep.
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I said, do you have any pictures
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of a conception taking place?
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Yep.
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You do?
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I want it for this Sabbath.
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And so I'm gonna show you
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an actual
conception taking place.
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I figure this is a
university audience
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and you can
handle it, all right.
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But before I run
those clips on the screen
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I need to set the
table for you, okay.
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So, here it is.
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This is-- this is a
scenario, you understand this,
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your father and your mother
came together, true or false?
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It's true.
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Now, you need to hear this,
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whether your father
and mother stayed together?
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Ever really got
together or were strangers
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is immaterial to the fact
that it happened, all right.
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So all of this
that you're about to see
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has happened, all right.
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So when your father
and mother came together,
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he deposited in your mother
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500 million tiny
little male reproductive cells
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called sperm,
you understand that?
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Five hundred million.
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Now I want you
to think about this,
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he the man gives
500 million cells,
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the mother gives one egg.
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I'm telling you
it is never been fair
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from the very beginning.
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Has it? Look at that.
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Okay, so you got the picture,
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five-- half a billion,
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half a billion little
sperm have a very short lifespan
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and they know one
thing find the ovum, the egg,
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as fast as possible, all right.
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I'm gonna show
you the sperm first.
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Let's put this
sperm on the screen here.
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You guys watching in the--
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you see it on the monitors here.
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Okay, so those are the sperms,
those are these little guys
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a half a billion of them
are going to work, all right.
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There they are, all right.
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Now I want to give you
another-- another clip here,
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you are gonna see now
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an egg be penetrated
by a sperm, all right.
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So this is what it looks like,
the night you are conceived.
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There it is, watch on,
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just this is a
move, so watch it.
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There is the
sperm, you see it there
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and now he's found the egg
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and he is working
his way in to that egg.
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We'll run it one more
time. You see that, watch it.
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See, it starts to wiggle.
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This is it, this is
his moment and he gets in.
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Final clip, this is
a little longer clip,
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we not gonna
play this one twice.
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Final clip, watch what happens--
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little further back
photography watch what happens
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when the sperm
penetrates the egg.
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You will see a shield.
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You're gonna see a
fertilization envelope develop.
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Now see the
point of sperm entry,
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watch that now.
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Watch out the egg
begins to get pushed in
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where the sperm has entered.
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Do you see a mysterious shield
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immediately going
up around the egg,
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do you see it?
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Okay, give us a little close up.
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Now you watch this
fertilization envelope,
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okay, here is magnification.
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Now watch the side of that egg
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being pushed in,
that's a sperm now
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that is penetrated
the egg, all right.
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So you see it being pushed in.
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The moment that sperm enters
a shield is instantly created
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because, you
can't have two sperm,
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nature goes
crazy, you have to have
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just one penetration, all right.
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Now I want you to think about--
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do the numbers with me.
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The night that you
and I were conceived
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or whenever it was, okay,
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a single sperm, a single sperm
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that has who you are
right now, all through it,
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a single sperm
has to win the race.
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Robert Zdor was telling me
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that when it comes
to winning that race
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it's first come first serve.
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The first little
sperm that gets there,
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and you understand that,
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that when that
little sperm gets there
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that little shield goes up
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and that means that
499 million, 999,999
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other little
sperm have to perish
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they will now
die because the sperm
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that was you made it instead.
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I have never thought
about any of this before as you?
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Leading days to find,
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I'm gonna put his
words on the screen.
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This-- this is significant.
Look at his conclusion.
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Anthony
DeStefano, listen to this.
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"Half a billion
potential human beings,
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each one
completely different from you,
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could have been born in
place of you had not that one,
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unique sperm cell fertilized
that one, unique ovum.
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In a very real sense,
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half a billion other
potential human beings
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had to forgo life
to make way for you.
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Half a billion
other men and women,
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each with their own
distinct physical traits,
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their own hair, eyes and voices,
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each with his or her
own unique personality,
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never saw the light of
day, so that you could live."
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But I'm telling you of these--
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this is the wow
factor, there is even more.
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Because you
understand this in that month
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there is a very small window.
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Do you understand
what I'm talking about?
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There is a small window
when that egg is available.
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Right, a very small window,
00:19:37.28\00:19:40.36
and depending on when
your mother and father
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came together, it will depend
00:19:43.50\00:19:45.20
on those particular
sperms that will go in.
00:19:45.23\00:19:47.20
True or false?
00:19:47.23\00:19:48.26
But of course,
00:19:48.29\00:19:49.72
so if you miss
that small window,
00:19:49.75\00:19:51.80
you say what's
the big deal, Dwight?
00:19:51.83\00:19:53.19
You get the
window again next month.
00:19:53.22\00:19:54.54
That's right,
00:19:54.57\00:19:55.67
but your little sperm
got created this month,
00:19:55.70\00:19:57.49
it will be-- it will
be curtains next moth.
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You have to have this
month to get you here,
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we had to have this month
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and it couldn't
been Friday night,
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and it couldn't be
Thursday night for you,
00:20:06.37\00:20:07.92
it had to be Wednesday night.
00:20:07.95\00:20:10.38
Do you
understand what I'm saying?
00:20:10.41\00:20:11.66
Because that's the only time
00:20:11.69\00:20:13.06
the little half of
you got to the other half
00:20:13.09\00:20:17.18
and made the
creation that you become.
00:20:17.21\00:20:19.72
Is this too much
information for this audience?
00:20:19.75\00:20:22.77
Am I getting too specific?
You understand what I'm saying?
00:20:22.80\00:20:25.27
This is
DeStefano, Anthony DeStefano.
00:20:25.30\00:20:27.65
And I'm saying, wow, look it,
00:20:27.68\00:20:30.37
if that little
sperm doesn't get there
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do you know what
we get instead of you?
00:20:32.10\00:20:33.28
We get your sister.
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Think of that, plus, plus,
00:20:36.36\00:20:41.50
don't forget about
this, miscarriages.
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One out of every--
one out of every five
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pregnancies ends in miscarriage.
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Think about this, still born
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one out of every 100
births ends as a still born.
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Think about this, abortions
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one out of every four births
is terminated in abortion.
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Do you understand
that the fact that
00:20:59.51\00:21:01.17
you made it all the way through
the nine months gestation.
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In fact Robert Zdor told me,
00:21:04.52\00:21:07.28
he said Dwight, I tell you what,
00:21:07.31\00:21:08.38
the reality is of
the-- of the sperm egg unions
00:21:08.41\00:21:12.04
in the mother uterus
only one third of those
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will ever make it
to see the light a day.
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Ladies and gentleman,
something big happened
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'cause you are
here, you are here,
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leaving Anthony
DeStefano to make a point
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that I hope you
will never forget.
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In fact, this
point is so important,
00:21:31.64\00:21:33.13
it's a very first
quotation in our study guide.
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Brand new series,
brand new study guide,
00:21:35.48\00:21:37.43
grab your study guide
00:21:37.46\00:21:38.96
in your worship
bulletin right now
00:21:38.99\00:21:41.10
and I don't want you
to forget this point.
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Ruminate on this will you?
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You just kind of
cogitate on it after this day.
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Come on ushers,
let's go, let's go.
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Ushers, would you stand please
00:21:51.48\00:21:53.13
and make sure that everybody
here gets a study guides.
00:21:53.16\00:21:56.44
Four of you came
in with one bulletin.
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Some of you are
new in this church
00:21:58.26\00:21:59.34
and you didn't realize you got
to get a bulletin every week,
00:21:59.37\00:22:01.37
'cause that's how
you get your study guide.
00:22:01.40\00:22:02.56
Hold your hand up,
don't have to be embarrassed,
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it's worth-- the study
guide worth this one quotation.
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So hold your hand up
00:22:06.72\00:22:07.77
all the way in
back of the balcony,
00:22:07.80\00:22:09.33
I will make sure
that our choir's got it,
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we are in business.
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All right, now those of
you watching on television
00:22:12.18\00:22:14.75
let me just say a word to you.
00:22:14.78\00:22:16.35
You can get this
identical study guide
00:22:16.38\00:22:19.16
you may, if you
go to our website.
00:22:19.19\00:22:21.22
Let me put it on
the screen for you.
00:22:21.25\00:22:22.44
There it is www.pmchurch.tv.
00:22:22.47\00:22:25.95
This is the beginning
of our brand new series
00:22:25.98\00:22:27.83
entitled "The Chosen."
00:22:27.86\00:22:29.84
The teaching that
you're looking for,
00:22:29.87\00:22:31.10
for this number one,
00:22:31.13\00:22:32.89
is "Why You Are the
Most Unique Person on Earth."
00:22:32.92\00:22:36.26
Don't miss next week by the way,
00:22:36.29\00:22:37.62
"Why We Are the Most
Unique People on Earth."
00:22:37.65\00:22:40.06
That's a whole another
study, that's coming next week.
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.89
So you click on to that one,
00:22:42.92\00:22:44.16
"Why You Are the Most
Unique Person on Earth,
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" it say studied
guide, one more click
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and you will have the identical
study guide that we have.
00:22:47.98\00:22:51.17
I want to open up with this
powerful DeStefano quotation.
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All right so you have it there.
00:22:55.72\00:22:57.03
The ushers will keep
making their way back,
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but I need to keep moving.
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So let's put that
quotation on screen please,
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and we'll read it together.
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DeStefano powerful reminder
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"From a strictly
statistical point of view,
00:23:05.77\00:23:08.51
your presence on
this planet is a miracle."
00:23:08.54\00:23:12.88
Hallelujah. Write it down.
00:23:12.91\00:23:14.49
You today being
here it's a miracle.
00:23:14.52\00:23:18.67
"At the very dawn of your life,
00:23:18.70\00:23:20.20
you had to
overcome overwhelming odds,
00:23:20.23\00:23:22.91
odds higher than any
you will ever after face
00:23:22.94\00:23:25.97
it in other situation.
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No matter what you may
think of yourself right now,
00:23:28.21\00:23:29.32
you are already
an 'overachiever'
00:23:29.35\00:23:31.51
of the highest caliber.
00:23:31.54\00:23:33.33
No matter what ills
may be fall you in life,
00:23:33.36\00:23:35.68
no matter what suffering
you may be forced to endure,
00:23:35.71\00:23:38.21
no matter what
family or money problems
00:23:38.24\00:23:40.18
you may eventually have to face,
00:23:40.21\00:23:41.76
it is imperative
that you understand this,
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" here we go "you came
into this world as a Champion."
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I like that.
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I never heard
anybody say that before.
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You just by getting here,
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you came in to the
world as a champion.
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Last sentence
"Victory" isn't that good?
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"Victory was
your starting point."
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Keep your pen moving.
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"For it is more than clear
that somebody has chosen you."
00:24:03.61\00:24:10.07
Write that down,
somebody has chosen you
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which is precisely the point
that God do us this morning.
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Take your Bible out please,
00:24:16.61\00:24:17.94
we are plunging
into a brand new book.
00:24:17.97\00:24:20.29
Most of you
haven't even read the book,
00:24:20.32\00:24:21.78
you never even
read from the book,
00:24:21.81\00:24:23.39
but we are going to that book,
for this new series The Chosen.
00:24:23.42\00:24:26.17
The book is the
fifth book of the Bible,
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it's called Deuteronomy,
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the last book of the Pentateuch,
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Deuteronomy.
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Find
Deuteronomy, find Deuteronomy,
00:24:32.11\00:24:34.84
and while you are finding
that fifth book of the Bible,
00:24:34.87\00:24:36.75
let me just set
the table for you,
00:24:36.78\00:24:38.48
so that we understand
what we're about to read
00:24:38.51\00:24:40.61
in just one split second.
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All right, here is the setting.
00:24:41.87\00:24:44.51
The crossing over generation,
00:24:44.54\00:24:45.89
what the choir just
sang about a moment ago,
00:24:45.92\00:24:48.12
this crossing over
generation has finally arrive
00:24:48.15\00:24:51.47
at the borders of
the Promised Land,
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the only thing
between them and Canaan
00:24:53.15\00:24:56.73
is the raging and muddy Jordan.
00:24:56.76\00:24:58.80
So they are
there boom, all right.
00:24:58.83\00:25:01.36
Their parents and grandparents
had failed God's mission
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and that is why for 40 years,
00:25:07.63\00:25:10.65
for 40 years
burial mounds have dotted
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the hot sands
of their wandering.
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.78
For 40 years
they've been waiting
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.94
for that generation to die off.
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An entire generation is dead now
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.27
because of unbelief.
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In fact, get
this there only three,
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there only three of that
generation left, only three.
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One is in his 70s
his name is Caleb,
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one is in his 80s
his name is Joshua
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and one the oldest one of them
all is the leader of them all,
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he is a 120 years of age
today at what is his name?
00:25:39.34\00:25:43.34
Moses. Moses.
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Moses has been their shepherd
00:25:48.23\00:25:49.32
and pastor for 40 long
wearying and discouraging years,
00:25:49.35\00:25:55.12
but what has kept him
going all these decades
00:25:55.15\00:25:58.33
has been his passion for God,
his love for the people of God
00:25:58.36\00:26:01.22
and the shining promise
that one day he with them
00:26:01.25\00:26:05.85
would cross over
into camp ground,
00:26:05.88\00:26:08.62
they cross over
into the Promise Land.
00:26:08.65\00:26:13.47
And by the way
he was that close,
00:26:13.50\00:26:19.40
he was that close
until just a few days ago.
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In a moment of
raging frustration
00:26:26.36\00:26:29.86
with this congregations
stiff neck obstinacy,
00:26:29.89\00:26:34.25
Moses lost his
temper in front of them all
00:26:34.28\00:26:36.34
and smeared the character of God
00:26:36.37\00:26:39.49
before their gaping mouths
00:26:39.52\00:26:41.85
and swift was a divine sentence.
00:26:41.88\00:26:44.63
Do you know why that
divine sentence was swift?
00:26:44.66\00:26:46.63
Because to whom much is
given, much is required.
00:26:46.66\00:26:49.66
If you are a leader
much has been given to you
00:26:49.69\00:26:52.53
and much will be
required of you to answer for.
00:26:52.56\00:26:56.59
Swift for these
words from God to Moses
00:26:56.62\00:26:59.92
because "you did not believe Me,
00:26:59.95\00:27:01.25
to hallow Me in the eyes
of the children of Israel,
00:27:01.28\00:27:03.09
therefore you shall not bring
this congregation into the land
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.29
which I have given them."
00:27:06.32\00:27:08.19
Moses wept, he pleaded for God
00:27:08.22\00:27:10.88
to reverse his sentence
and finally it was so bad,
00:27:10.91\00:27:13.57
finally that God
said, this-- this God
00:27:13.60\00:27:17.23
who had been face to
face with Moses in communion
00:27:17.26\00:27:20.42
unlike any other human
being in the history of time,
00:27:20.45\00:27:22.57
this God finally
looked at Moses and said,
00:27:22.60\00:27:24.18
don't you ever
bring that up to me again,
00:27:24.21\00:27:26.42
I don't want to hear
another word about it.
00:27:26.45\00:27:27.79
Do you know why
God brought it up?
00:27:27.82\00:27:29.52
Because every time Moses
wept, it broke two hearts.
00:27:29.55\00:27:33.82
It broke Moses' heart
and it broke God's heart.
00:27:33.85\00:27:37.52
And He said I can't
handle this anymore,
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.69
I'm sorry, enough,
00:27:39.72\00:27:43.38
you'll die this side
of the Promised Land.
00:27:43.41\00:27:47.04
And so that little purple
peak just a few miles away
00:27:47.07\00:27:53.18
that's where he gonna die.
00:27:53.21\00:27:56.38
All alone Mount Nebo,
he will have to climb it.
00:27:56.41\00:27:59.08
Nobody to bury him
but God Almighty Himself.
00:27:59.11\00:28:03.54
So what we have here
ladies and gentlemen,
00:28:03.57\00:28:05.49
this is his farewell address.
00:28:05.52\00:28:06.76
This is it.
00:28:06.79\00:28:08.07
He says good bye,
00:28:08.10\00:28:09.55
it's a longest
farewell address in history.
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.90
He says good bye in
the Book of Deuteronomy
00:28:11.93\00:28:14.41
to the generation that
without him gets to cross over.
00:28:14.44\00:28:18.34
Do you think this was
an easy speech to give?
00:28:18.37\00:28:22.22
I can't go with
you, don't ask me,
00:28:22.25\00:28:25.09
I cannot go with
you. That's a setting.
00:28:25.12\00:28:29.82
Seven chapters into
his farewell address.
00:28:29.85\00:28:32.20
Find Deuteronomy 7, will you?
00:28:32.23\00:28:33.84
Seven chapters into
this farewell address.
00:28:33.87\00:28:36.11
Take a look at this.
00:28:36.14\00:28:39.47
We're gonna be
turning to this book
00:28:39.50\00:28:40.62
for the next few
weeks of this new season,
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.16
you know why?
00:28:42.19\00:28:43.72
Because want to
think about The Chosen.
00:28:43.75\00:28:45.48
But you see in the
story this long ago
00:28:45.51\00:28:46.88
congregation are surely lessons
00:28:46.91\00:28:48.35
for another
generation also on the borders
00:28:48.38\00:28:51.55
of the Promised
Land, that's why?
00:28:51.58\00:28:53.96
There are lessons to be learned
00:28:53.99\00:28:55.95
when you are
this close to Canaan
00:28:55.98\00:28:59.65
and we will learn
from them, won't we?
00:28:59.68\00:29:01.69
We really will
learn from them, won't we?
00:29:01.72\00:29:04.62
All right, Deuteronomy seven
chapters in, Deuteronomy 7.
00:29:04.65\00:29:07.23
Okay, I'm in New Kings James.
00:29:07.26\00:29:08.48
If you didn't bring a Bible
00:29:08.51\00:29:10.64
grab that Bible
right in front of you,
00:29:10.67\00:29:11.70
same translation
I'm using right now.
00:29:11.73\00:29:13.19
Grab your pew Bible,
bring your Bible next week,
00:29:13.22\00:29:15.12
if you are a new student
here just get used to it.
00:29:15.15\00:29:17.59
We use the book here,
00:29:17.62\00:29:18.91
it's page 128 in
the pew Bible, grab it.
00:29:18.94\00:29:21.52
Page 128 in the pew Bible. I
want to drop down to verse 6.
00:29:21.55\00:29:25.00
put it on the screen please.
00:29:25.03\00:29:28.27
Moses, God's speaking through
Moses to the children Israel.
00:29:28.30\00:29:32.88
You see these are the
children of the parents
00:29:32.91\00:29:35.32
and the
grandparents who are dead.
00:29:35.35\00:29:36.98
So these children
plus their children
00:29:37.01\00:29:38.72
plus a few of their
children, so that's it.
00:29:38.75\00:29:40.62
All the former generation
00:29:40.65\00:29:43.25
who because of
unbelief could not make it,
00:29:43.28\00:29:44.77
they are dead, they're gone,
00:29:44.80\00:29:45.84
so now He's talking to the kids.
00:29:45.87\00:29:47.66
They really are kids to him.
00:29:47.69\00:29:49.24
Verse 6, Deuteronomy 7,
00:29:49.27\00:29:51.52
"For you" children,
you hey, children you
00:29:51.55\00:29:56.77
"Are a holy people
to the Lord your God,
00:29:56.80\00:29:59.53
the Lord your God has chosen you
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.70
to be a people for Himself,
a special treasure above
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.85
all the peoples on
the face of the earth."
00:30:04.88\00:30:06.90
Why we get chosen
Moses? Why did God choose us?
00:30:06.93\00:30:09.58
He goes on verse 7
00:30:09.61\00:30:10.66
"The Lord" I want
to tell you something
00:30:10.69\00:30:11.88
"He did not set His
love on you nor choose you
00:30:11.91\00:30:14.45
because you were more in
number than the other people."
00:30:14.48\00:30:16.46
Are you kidding?
00:30:16.49\00:30:17.52
You are the
least of all peoples.
00:30:17.55\00:30:19.38
Nothing desirable
about you trust me,
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.38
Moses is saying, you--
00:30:21.41\00:30:22.44
You want to know
why you got chosen,
00:30:22.47\00:30:23.66
look at verse 8.
00:30:23.69\00:30:24.74
"Because the Lord loves you."
00:30:24.77\00:30:27.03
By the way the
Hebrew word there for love
00:30:27.06\00:30:28.62
its' the same love
that Jacob and Rachel had,
00:30:28.65\00:30:31.92
not Jacob and
Leah, Jacob and Rachel
00:30:31.95\00:30:34.52
that same love,
God had it for you
00:30:34.55\00:30:38.14
because the Lord loves you.
00:30:38.17\00:30:39.20
"And He would keep the oath
which He swore to your fathers,
00:30:39.23\00:30:41.82
the Lord has brought
you out with a mighty hand,
00:30:41.85\00:30:43.47
and redeemed you
from the house of bondage,
00:30:43.50\00:30:45.36
from the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt.
00:30:45.39\00:30:46.94
Therefore" final verse 9
"Know that I the Lord your God,
00:30:46.97\00:30:50.70
He" now that "He is
God, the faithful God
00:30:50.73\00:30:54.49
who keeps covenant and
mercy for a" I love this
00:30:54.52\00:30:57.83
"He keeps covenant and
mercy for a thousand generations
00:30:57.86\00:31:01.33
with those who love Him
and keep His commandments."
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.69
Hit the pause button right
there because you know what,
00:31:03.72\00:31:06.04
Moses and
DeStefano are both right.
00:31:06.07\00:31:08.66
You have been chosen.
00:31:08.69\00:31:10.20
Would you write that down
please in your study guide,
00:31:10.23\00:31:12.08
"The Lord your God chose you."
00:31:12.11\00:31:16.10
Put it on the screen please,
00:31:16.13\00:31:17.57
"The Lord your
God has chosen you."
00:31:17.60\00:31:20.53
Now I know folks,
00:31:20.56\00:31:21.59
you don't have
to come and tell me.
00:31:21.62\00:31:22.65
Hey, Dwight, really
this is plural here,
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.09
these are whole a lot of people.
00:31:24.12\00:31:25.58
We will get in to the plurality
00:31:25.61\00:31:26.90
its' a very--
it's a very radical
00:31:26.93\00:31:29.14
and it would be
controversial next week message,
00:31:29.17\00:31:31.21
just trust me it
will be controversial.
00:31:31.24\00:31:33.59
But we talk about that plural.
00:31:33.62\00:31:34.80
The fact that matter is I
know God shows a whole people
00:31:34.83\00:31:37.02
but He also chose
you, you wouldn't be here,
00:31:37.05\00:31:39.33
you wouldn't be here
if God had not chosen you.
00:31:39.36\00:31:41.68
You been chosen,
that's the point.
00:31:41.71\00:31:44.22
And by the way this is--
00:31:44.25\00:31:45.32
this is the
stunning truth of scripture.
00:31:45.35\00:31:48.12
Not only where
you chosen to be born,
00:31:48.15\00:31:50.16
hold on to your pew,
you are chosen to be born
00:31:50.19\00:31:53.45
before you were even conceived.
00:31:53.48\00:31:56.85
Now think about
that one, will you?
00:31:56.88\00:31:59.42
That is an amazing Bible truth.
00:31:59.45\00:32:00.89
You don't believe me?
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.00
Let me just run these verses by.
00:32:02.03\00:32:03.11
You keep your
pen moving right now,
00:32:03.14\00:32:04.28
I'll put it on the screen.
00:32:04.31\00:32:05.38
Jeremiah 1:5,
00:32:05.41\00:32:06.96
God is speaking
to a young adult.
00:32:06.99\00:32:09.70
He is speaking to a
young adult named Jeremy.
00:32:09.73\00:32:12.15
He is talking to
the boy and He said
00:32:12.18\00:32:13.24
I want to tell something
Jeremy, before write it in
00:32:13.27\00:32:15.65
"Before I
formed you in the womb,
00:32:15.68\00:32:19.63
I knew you,
before you were born."
00:32:19.66\00:32:23.58
I said I got a
dream for that boy,
00:32:23.61\00:32:25.19
I set you apart.
00:32:25.22\00:32:26.83
Paul comes
along millennia later.
00:32:26.86\00:32:28.67
Paul comes along.
00:32:28.70\00:32:30.68
You now, about
this 700 years later
00:32:30.71\00:32:32.90
Paul comes along.
00:32:32.93\00:32:34.31
Galatians 1:15 look at this
Paul is making the same point,
00:32:34.34\00:32:36.79
the greatest
Christian who ever lived.
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.24
"For it pleased God in
His kindness to choose me
00:32:38.27\00:32:41.14
and call me, even
before I was born!"
00:32:41.17\00:32:44.97
But what if your life
turns out to be rotten?
00:32:45.00\00:32:46.87
What if you just meltdown
and you ruined everything?
00:32:46.90\00:32:50.05
Are you still chosen
by God before you're born?
00:32:50.08\00:32:52.70
David the king, did he meltdown?
00:32:52.73\00:32:55.27
Did David meltdown and
shame the eternal kingdom?
00:32:55.30\00:32:58.03
Yes, he did. Was he forgiven?
00:32:58.06\00:32:59.21
You bet he was forgiven.
00:32:59.24\00:33:00.98
Even when you meltdown
and God knows it in advance
00:33:01.01\00:33:03.98
in this great
song appraised to God,
00:33:04.01\00:33:05.99
Psalm 139, look at
David singing to God.
00:33:06.02\00:33:08.96
"You made all the delicate,
inner parts of my body"
00:33:08.99\00:33:12.08
oh, God, "you knit me
together in my mother's womb.
00:33:12.11\00:33:15.18
You saw me before I
was born." Keep going.
00:33:15.21\00:33:19.71
Every-- this is something
00:33:19.74\00:33:21.28
"Every day of my life
was recorded in your book.
00:33:21.31\00:33:24.50
Every moment was laid out
00:33:24.53\00:33:26.49
before a single day had passed."
00:33:26.52\00:33:30.42
You wrote my whole story
before I was even conceived.
00:33:30.45\00:33:34.58
Isn't that
amazing? Isn't that amazing?
00:33:34.61\00:33:37.85
Knowing how you would turn
out at this point in your life,
00:33:37.88\00:33:41.37
God still said I want
that boy, I want that girl.
00:33:41.40\00:33:44.61
Isn't that amazing?
00:33:44.64\00:33:46.27
Pastors keep us
praying this morning that was--
00:33:46.30\00:33:47.91
that was a moving
prayer and he said you know,
00:33:47.94\00:33:50.09
come we've got
already this short distance
00:33:50.12\00:33:54.19
in to the New Year
and I failed you God.
00:33:54.22\00:33:56.81
God said, I knew
you gonna fail me,
00:33:56.84\00:33:58.24
its okay, I still
want you 'cause I have it,
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.55
I have-- I have another plan.
00:34:00.58\00:34:03.06
I got another
plan for you. Amazing.
00:34:03.09\00:34:05.72
By the way do you
know this would be true,
00:34:05.75\00:34:07.68
keep writing in
your-- in your study guide.
00:34:07.71\00:34:09.12
This would have to be true.
Put it on the screen please.
00:34:09.15\00:34:12.14
As surely as John the Baptist
00:34:12.17\00:34:13.42
and the Lord Jesus were
born with a divine density,
00:34:13.45\00:34:16.40
so were you, and so was I.
00:34:16.43\00:34:18.19
I have that same destiny.
00:34:18.22\00:34:19.65
Oh, no, no, no not--
not the identical calling.
00:34:19.68\00:34:22.88
In fact, let's keep this--
keep this screen going please.
00:34:22.91\00:34:25.47
Not the same destiny,
but the same divine chooser
00:34:25.50\00:34:29.99
who chose you to
become the chosen.
00:34:30.02\00:34:33.91
Same chooser, you got
chosen by the same chooser
00:34:33.94\00:34:36.91
as Jesus and John the Baptist.
00:34:36.94\00:34:38.59
I tell you what my
friend's, good news,
00:34:38.62\00:34:42.05
I can rephrase
that, glorious news.
00:34:42.08\00:34:45.08
For the next time,
00:34:45.11\00:34:46.90
the next time you and I
do we do this or do we do it?
00:34:46.93\00:34:50.29
The next time you and I whimper
with our self pitying tears
00:34:50.32\00:34:56.77
complaining to
ourselves, complaining to God
00:34:56.80\00:34:59.77
whimpering to anybody who
will stop and listen to us.
00:34:59.80\00:35:02.39
Moaning and groaning
about how worthless my life is,
00:35:02.42\00:35:05.54
how-- how pointless,
how meaningless life is,
00:35:05.57\00:35:08.67
I should never have been born.
00:35:08.70\00:35:10.70
Give me a break.
00:35:10.73\00:35:15.38
Say oh, pastor, you
don't know about me.
00:35:15.41\00:35:17.67
Pastor, you do not
know the truth about me.
00:35:17.70\00:35:22.17
I really was an accident.
00:35:22.20\00:35:24.52
My parents never planed for me.
00:35:24.55\00:35:29.34
They never stayed together.
00:35:29.37\00:35:31.59
It was just man and
woman and here I am,
00:35:31.62\00:35:35.38
I am one huge oops
for the human race.
00:35:35.41\00:35:40.95
I want to say this and
I want to be respectful
00:35:40.98\00:35:42.90
of your observation,
you know what you write,
00:35:42.93\00:35:44.82
you may be, yeah,
I'm not gonna argue with,
00:35:44.85\00:35:46.48
you may be right
about the man and woman
00:35:46.51\00:35:49.72
who conceived you, but I
want you to read my lips.
00:35:49.75\00:35:54.16
There is a God in this universe
00:35:54.19\00:35:57.46
who chose them to create you,
00:35:57.49\00:36:02.86
to get you in to this life.
00:36:02.89\00:36:08.46
Don't you ever--
don't you ever tell me
00:36:08.49\00:36:11.86
you are not here
by divine destiny
00:36:11.89\00:36:13.78
died that night
00:36:13.81\00:36:21.32
so that you, you could come.
00:36:21.35\00:36:28.38
It's got a
proof-- it's got to be--
00:36:28.41\00:36:30.21
it's got to be the
proof of the truth that
00:36:30.24\00:36:32.96
when you are
chosen by God to live
00:36:32.99\00:36:36.43
you have everything
to live for with God.
00:36:36.46\00:36:39.92
Would you write
that down please,
00:36:39.95\00:36:41.35
no matter your
parents, write it down,
00:36:41.38\00:36:42.56
no matter your parents,
00:36:42.59\00:36:43.62
I don't care who your daddy was,
00:36:43.65\00:36:45.04
I don't care who your
mama was it doesn't matter now,
00:36:45.07\00:36:47.78
God just made sure He
got you, and you're here.
00:36:47.81\00:36:51.84
Hallelujah.
00:36:51.87\00:36:54.84
You say, I'm the pastor, I
want to tell you something.
00:36:54.87\00:36:57.62
You don't know my story.
00:36:57.65\00:36:59.89
You see,
00:36:59.92\00:37:02.79
I have been born
with a terrible handicap.
00:37:02.82\00:37:07.25
My feet don't work,
00:37:07.28\00:37:09.54
my ears can't
hear, my eyes can't see,
00:37:09.57\00:37:14.01
I'm truly an accident of nature.
00:37:14.04\00:37:21.91
I got a letter this last week
from a blind friend of mine,
00:37:21.94\00:37:26.67
wrote a poem and
wanted to share with me,
00:37:26.70\00:37:29.01
just this last week.
00:37:29.04\00:37:32.76
I got the poem right here
00:37:32.79\00:37:33.82
I want you to listen
to this blind man writing.
00:37:33.85\00:37:37.82
All right, it's entitled,
00:37:43.20\00:37:45.42
"The Work of the
Blind," written two weeks ago.
00:37:45.45\00:37:51.76
The Work of the Blind,
Oh, God, writes this poet.
00:37:51.79\00:37:55.12
"Oh, God, let me
be one blind in body
00:37:55.15\00:37:59.46
but who can see You
in spirit most clearly
00:37:59.49\00:38:04.23
and who can You to
others and lead others to You,
00:38:04.26\00:38:08.13
to Your love,
to Your providence,
00:38:08.16\00:38:10.99
and in so doing
I may help others
00:38:11.02\00:38:13.84
who are blind in spirit
00:38:13.87\00:38:15.85
but sighted in
body receive sight."
00:38:15.88\00:38:20.68
Signed my friend Ray McAllister.
00:38:20.71\00:38:27.20
Doctor of philosophy,
student in Andrews University.
00:38:27.23\00:38:32.62
I understand, I understand
about physical handicaps.
00:38:32.65\00:38:37.44
I understand about
emotional handicaps.
00:38:37.47\00:38:40.02
Some of us have
spiritual handicaps,
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.66
we are born with
them or we created them
00:38:41.69\00:38:43.92
by the way we live life.
00:38:43.95\00:38:45.34
But you know what
ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:45.37\00:38:46.44
you didn't catch-- you and I
did not catch God by surprise.
00:38:46.47\00:38:49.93
He knew you are
coming, He knew I was coming.
00:38:49.96\00:38:54.21
Fact is we live
in imperfect world
00:38:54.24\00:38:57.23
and an imperfect creation now,
and we are imperfect creatures
00:38:57.26\00:39:00.58
having to live
with imperfect odds
00:39:00.61\00:39:02.36
of even making it to
this life, but you made it.
00:39:02.39\00:39:04.93
You know, why you made it?
00:39:04.96\00:39:05.99
I'll tell you why you
made it because God said--
00:39:06.02\00:39:08.33
God said, look in to your tummy.
00:39:08.36\00:39:09.83
God said, you see
that fragile little baby,
00:39:09.86\00:39:11.87
you see that fragile
little girl, I want her.
00:39:11.90\00:39:13.86
I want her, do
everything you can,
00:39:13.89\00:39:15.25
she is going to be born.
00:39:15.28\00:39:16.32
I don't care what the odds,
00:39:16.35\00:39:17.65
I'm having her
because I chose her.
00:39:17.68\00:39:20.42
When God looked in
to your mother's tummy
00:39:20.45\00:39:22.12
once up on a time He said,
00:39:22.15\00:39:23.60
you see that pitiful little boy,
00:39:23.63\00:39:26.15
I want him.
00:39:26.18\00:39:27.58
He's mine. I've called him.
I've chosen for him to live.
00:39:27.61\00:39:31.68
He beat the odds
00:39:31.71\00:39:33.14
because, I'm
his-- I'm the chooser.
00:39:33.17\00:39:36.70
I want him, bring
him, give him to Me.
00:39:36.73\00:39:39.32
You got chosen and
that's why you're here.
00:39:39.35\00:39:43.79
Wow. Anthony
DeStefano was right.
00:39:43.82\00:39:47.75
Would you write
this down please?
00:39:47.78\00:39:48.82
"We may be statistical miracles,
00:39:48.85\00:39:51.04
but we are not
statistical accidents."
00:39:51.07\00:39:53.63
Hallelujah.
00:39:53.66\00:39:55.58
So keep your pen moving.
00:39:55.61\00:39:56.75
No matter you're a handicap,
you are still God's chosen,
00:39:56.78\00:40:00.43
you are still God's chosen.
00:40:00.46\00:40:04.72
God's chosen one.
00:40:04.75\00:40:05.78
Oh, I know what
some of you are saying,
00:40:05.81\00:40:06.84
all right, all right, all right,
00:40:06.87\00:40:07.90
but the reality is pastor,
I'm-- I'm just too old now.
00:40:07.93\00:40:11.45
Are you serious?
00:40:11.48\00:40:13.04
Are you telling me
that your divine destiny
00:40:13.07\00:40:14.46
kind of goes away
because of your age?
00:40:14.49\00:40:17.33
Please 84-years-old,
00:40:17.36\00:40:19.77
she is a widow,
she is 84-years-old,
00:40:19.80\00:40:21.71
her entire-- look at this guys,
00:40:21.74\00:40:23.89
her entire life
has been focused,
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.54
she doesn't know it
but she's coming down
00:40:26.57\00:40:28.45
to a little five
minute window of destiny
00:40:28.48\00:40:30.93
that's all she
gonna have, 84-year-widow.
00:40:30.96\00:40:33.93
You know her destiny is?
00:40:33.96\00:40:35.01
She walks into church one day,
00:40:35.04\00:40:36.34
she sees a mother holding a baby
00:40:36.37\00:40:37.87
and it is told to her
that is the baby Messiah
00:40:37.90\00:40:41.56
tell everybody now,
and Anna the Prophetess
00:40:41.59\00:40:44.26
opens her mouth and proclaims.
00:40:44.29\00:40:45.94
They weren't a
whole lot people there,
00:40:45.97\00:40:47.13
but she told everybody
there this is the Messiah
00:40:47.16\00:40:50.05
and boom she's gone.
00:40:50.08\00:40:51.26
That's it, that's all we
will ever know about her.
00:40:51.29\00:40:53.67
But she was faithful
till the 84th year of her life
00:40:53.70\00:40:57.15
and that little five
minute window destiny,
00:40:57.18\00:40:59.64
don't you ever tell me
that when get old like you are,
00:40:59.67\00:41:04.35
the destiny is over.
00:41:04.38\00:41:05.62
Some of you are waiting
for close to your last breath,
00:41:05.65\00:41:10.16
for what you will
do, you will do for God.
00:41:10.19\00:41:12.76
You will say something?
00:41:12.79\00:41:14.11
You will be something,
you will do something,
00:41:14.14\00:41:18.96
and God says, she
did it, it's over.
00:41:18.99\00:41:24.33
Tell that to
Moses, he still too old?
00:41:24.36\00:41:25.97
Do you know what
Moses is-- Moses,
00:41:26.00\00:41:28.85
I just-- I just
discovered this the other day,
00:41:28.88\00:41:30.65
I'm reading through-- you
know, I read a Psalm a day.
00:41:30.68\00:41:32.23
So I'm reading Psalm 90
00:41:32.26\00:41:33.33
just seven days
ago was Psalm 90.
00:41:33.36\00:41:35.27
Listen to this guys,
00:41:35.30\00:41:36.68
it's the only Psalm in the Bible
00:41:36.71\00:41:37.92
that says Moses--
prayer Moses man to God.
00:41:37.95\00:41:41.11
Psalm 90, do you remember
in Psalm 90 what Moses says?
00:41:41.14\00:41:43.21
Here's what
Moses says in Psalm 90.
00:41:43.24\00:41:44.62
He said, oh, God, our
lives might make it to 70
00:41:44.65\00:41:47.03
if we're really lucky we
might make it to 80 years.
00:41:47.06\00:41:49.72
Do you remember
that from Psalm 90?
00:41:49.75\00:41:50.86
If we're really
fortunate we might make it 80.
00:41:50.89\00:41:53.75
Moses is writing that Psalm,
that prayer in the wilderness
00:41:53.78\00:41:57.49
and he believes
that he is nearing
00:41:57.52\00:41:59.24
to end of his
life, it is curtains,
00:41:59.27\00:42:01.13
he blew it 40 years ago,
there is no destiny for him
00:42:01.16\00:42:04.33
and he saying God I'm
70 I might make it to 80
00:42:04.36\00:42:07.07
but I know, it's over then.
00:42:07.10\00:42:08.61
And God is saying in
the back of his mind boy,
00:42:08.64\00:42:11.43
you just keep leaning on Me
00:42:11.46\00:42:13.42
because I got a
surprise for you,
00:42:13.45\00:42:15.18
I'm gonna infuse you with 40
more years after you turn 80.
00:42:15.21\00:42:19.31
Don't you who ever write God off
00:42:19.34\00:42:20.87
who can keep you going
as long as He needs you
00:42:20.90\00:42:23.66
for the destiny
you've been called for.
00:42:23.69\00:42:25.56
Man, oh man, and by the way
00:42:25.59\00:42:26.96
don't you give me
the opposite either.
00:42:26.99\00:42:28.08
Don't you give me this
business I'm too young,
00:42:28.11\00:42:29.90
I'm only a
freshman in this university.
00:42:29.93\00:42:31.72
I talk with three freshman boys
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.06
came into my
office this last week,
00:42:33.09\00:42:34.53
they said,
Dwight, pastor, we have--
00:42:34.56\00:42:37.63
we have a passion
for Andrews University.
00:42:37.66\00:42:40.31
We have a passion.
00:42:40.34\00:42:41.39
I said guys, let me
just tell you something.
00:42:41.42\00:42:43.22
You are here not by
accident, you are here
00:42:43.25\00:42:44.62
because God is gonna
use you on this campus.
00:42:44.65\00:42:46.60
Don't you tell me that
because I'm just a freshman,
00:42:46.63\00:42:49.24
I'm not gonna make a difference.
00:42:49.27\00:42:50.34
You will make a difference.
00:42:50.37\00:42:51.74
Some sophomores
didn't make a difference,
00:42:51.77\00:42:53.26
some juniors
didn't, some seniors didn't,
00:42:53.29\00:42:54.80
and that why we can
take a freshman right now
00:42:54.83\00:42:57.42
and God can use you.
00:42:57.45\00:42:58.57
Don't you ever
apologize for being too young.
00:42:58.60\00:43:00.49
Explain that to Samuel,
do you know how Samuel--
00:43:00.52\00:43:02.70
do you know how old Samuel is?
00:43:02.73\00:43:03.95
He's five-years-old
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.02
and he starts
getting messages from God.
00:43:05.05\00:43:06.72
Is that-- is that a
little bit too old to start?
00:43:06.75\00:43:09.73
Five, write it down please,
00:43:09.76\00:43:12.40
No matter your
age, no matter your age,
00:43:12.43\00:43:17.29
you're still God's chosen one.
00:43:17.32\00:43:19.48
And by the way if
you're God's chosen one,
00:43:19.51\00:43:20.76
keep your moving,
00:43:20.79\00:43:21.82
then that can only
mean that he has a destiny.
00:43:21.85\00:43:24.18
Write it in. He
has a destiny for you.
00:43:24.21\00:43:26.84
A very unique mission
for a very unique creation,
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.10
that's why you were born.
00:43:30.13\00:43:31.63
You're born to
fulfill a destiny,
00:43:31.66\00:43:34.32
God's destiny and by the
way DeStefano makes this point,
00:43:34.35\00:43:38.31
I don't want to
shoot off on to it,
00:43:38.34\00:43:39.37
but it's a significant one.
00:43:39.40\00:43:40.43
He says, a lot of
people spend their lives
00:43:40.46\00:43:42.10
following their dreams,
00:43:42.13\00:43:43.77
the odds, hey
listen carefully now
00:43:43.80\00:43:45.23
because I've heard
preachers around here say,
00:43:45.26\00:43:46.77
oh, find your
dreams, find your dreams.
00:43:46.80\00:43:48.73
Follow your
dreams, be a great man.
00:43:48.76\00:43:51.78
The object of life is
not following our dreams,
00:43:51.81\00:43:54.27
it's finding God's destiny.
00:43:54.30\00:43:56.54
Some of us are dreaming a dream
00:43:56.57\00:43:58.04
that is not in the same
direction as God's destiny.
00:43:58.07\00:44:00.83
The object of life
is to find the destiny.
00:44:00.86\00:44:03.70
And that's why Stefano
says that's prayer number 10,
00:44:03.73\00:44:06.00
you pray this prayer
God will show it to you.
00:44:06.03\00:44:07.54
Write it down, oh,
God, lead me to my destiny.
00:44:07.57\00:44:12.28
Lead me, that prayer number 10.
00:44:12.31\00:44:14.51
Lead me to my destiny
00:44:14.54\00:44:18.03
because you know
what, you're a key
00:44:18.06\00:44:22.21
and the master
craftsman has shaped that key
00:44:22.24\00:44:25.05
to open a lock on this planet
00:44:25.08\00:44:26.66
that no other key will
ever be able to open it.
00:44:26.69\00:44:29.98
There is a lock
that's God's destiny.
00:44:30.01\00:44:32.24
There is a lock on this planet
00:44:32.27\00:44:34.04
that only you
can be the insertion
00:44:34.07\00:44:37.74
to accomplish
God's mission for you.
00:44:37.77\00:44:40.26
And by the way if you
say, I'm not gonna do it.
00:44:40.29\00:44:42.07
I am not gonna do it
what God has called me to do.
00:44:42.10\00:44:44.50
Guess what? It
will never get done.
00:44:44.53\00:44:46.39
That lock will remain
locked for the rest of eternity.
00:44:46.42\00:44:49.34
A door could have been opened
00:44:49.37\00:44:51.50
because you were
the key God shaped,
00:44:51.53\00:44:55.34
the only key that could
possibly open that door.
00:44:55.37\00:44:58.97
Nobody can pick it
up if you leave it.
00:44:59.00\00:45:00.90
It's over, it's just locked.
00:45:00.93\00:45:02.88
We'll never know
what could have been
00:45:02.91\00:45:05.52
had you a reason to
your high calling a destiny.
00:45:05.55\00:45:11.08
Hundred years ago in
this classic on the life,
00:45:11.11\00:45:13.66
on the parables
rather of Christ,
00:45:13.69\00:45:15.64
take a look at this,
put it on the screen.
00:45:15.67\00:45:18.16
This is little book
Christ's Object Lessons,
00:45:18.19\00:45:20.23
this is-- this is incredible.
00:45:20.26\00:45:22.10
Long before
DeStefano the point was made.
00:45:22.13\00:45:23.90
"Each has his place in
the eternal plan of heaven.
00:45:23.93\00:45:26.31
Each she is to work in
cooperation with Christ
00:45:26.34\00:45:29.08
for the salvation of souls."
00:45:29.11\00:45:30.40
Now hold on.
00:45:30.43\00:45:31.54
"No more surely is
the place prepared for us
00:45:31.57\00:45:34.38
in the heavenly
mansions than is the special"
00:45:34.41\00:45:37.76
write it in, that means unique.
00:45:37.79\00:45:39.74
That means one and only
00:45:39.77\00:45:41.10
"than is the special
place designated on earth
00:45:41.13\00:45:44.42
where we are to work for God."
00:45:44.45\00:45:46.52
You have a special place.
00:45:46.55\00:45:48.12
I tell you isn't that a prayer
to pray for this New Year?
00:45:48.15\00:45:50.26
Oh, God, lead me to my destiny.
00:45:50.29\00:45:52.53
Help me to find
that special place
00:45:52.56\00:45:54.28
that You have for
me on this planet.
00:45:54.31\00:45:55.93
That's the object of life.
00:45:55.96\00:45:57.47
You find why you're chosen
to get born in the first place.
00:45:57.50\00:46:01.62
There is a
reason why you are here.
00:46:01.65\00:46:03.78
You are here by
divine appointment.
00:46:03.81\00:46:06.73
What is it? I don't know.
00:46:06.76\00:46:08.22
I do not know,
that's between you and God
00:46:08.25\00:46:10.58
to figure out
over the journey ahead.
00:46:10.61\00:46:12.83
Let me read it one more time
00:46:12.86\00:46:13.89
in your hearing Deuteronomy 7:6,
00:46:13.92\00:46:16.43
Moses speaking to his people
00:46:16.46\00:46:17.99
the children who
about to crossover.
00:46:18.02\00:46:19.67
"For you are a holy
people to the Lord your God,
00:46:19.70\00:46:24.02
the Lord your God has chosen you
00:46:24.05\00:46:27.78
to be a people for
Himself a special treasure above
00:46:27.81\00:46:30.92
all the peoples on
the face of the earth."
00:46:30.95\00:46:35.38
Do you know why my
friend, you've been chosen?
00:46:35.41\00:46:37.02
Do you know why?
You're special today?
00:46:37.05\00:46:40.08
I tell you why?
00:46:40.11\00:46:41.61
Because just on the other
side of that purple mountain
00:46:41.64\00:46:45.58
beyond the muddy Jordan
there is another mountain
00:46:45.61\00:46:49.22
in the heart of
the Promised Land,
00:46:49.25\00:46:51.16
this mountain will
eventually be called Calvary.
00:46:51.19\00:46:54.25
And on that mountain
the divine chosen one
00:46:54.28\00:46:57.98
gave up His
choosiness and chose to die,
00:46:58.01\00:47:02.82
so that the lost
ones like you and me
00:47:02.85\00:47:04.93
one day could
know we've been chosen
00:47:04.96\00:47:07.33
and we could choose to live.
00:47:07.36\00:47:09.88
Jesus cross is the choosing
of you and me for our destiny.
00:47:09.91\00:47:15.24
I'm gonna end
with these scriptures,
00:47:15.27\00:47:17.38
that's why Ephesians exclaims,
it's been in our praise.
00:47:17.41\00:47:21.18
Ephesians 1:3
"How we praise God,
00:47:21.21\00:47:24.75
the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
00:47:24.78\00:47:26.20
who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing
00:47:26.23\00:47:28.02
in the heavenly realms
because we belong to Christ.
00:47:28.05\00:47:30.57
Long ago, even
before he made the world,
00:47:30.60\00:47:32.71
God loved us and
chose us in Christ."
00:47:32.74\00:47:36.08
Write it down "Chose
us in Christ to be holy
00:47:36.11\00:47:38.32
and without fault in his eyes.
00:47:38.35\00:47:39.93
So we praise God for
the wonderful kindness
00:47:39.96\00:47:42.02
He has poured out on us
00:47:42.05\00:47:43.34
because we belong to
his dearly loved Son.
00:47:43.37\00:47:45.30
He is so rich in kindness
that he purchased our freedom
00:47:45.33\00:47:50.07
through the blood of his
Son, and our sins are forgiven."
00:47:50.10\00:47:53.23
I repeat Jesus
death on the cross
00:47:53.26\00:47:55.07
has sealed our
choosiness forever and ever.
00:47:55.10\00:48:00.00
And that is why my
friend, you are the most--
00:48:00.03\00:48:02.86
you are the most
unique person on earth
00:48:02.89\00:48:07.27
because you have been
created by God an original,
00:48:07.30\00:48:10.13
you are an original.
00:48:10.16\00:48:11.37
There is no copy of
you anywhere on this earth
00:48:11.40\00:48:15.12
and get this in the
history of the universe,
00:48:15.15\00:48:17.57
there will never be another you.
00:48:17.60\00:48:21.28
You are an original.
00:48:21.31\00:48:23.24
When we were over in Italy
00:48:23.27\00:48:24.31
we went to--
went into a cathedral
00:48:24.34\00:48:26.35
and there hanging up
on one of the walls is--
00:48:26.38\00:48:28.23
is this ancient art work.
00:48:28.26\00:48:30.32
Obliviously a
classic worn by time.
00:48:30.35\00:48:33.39
Anybody who knows
anything about art knows
00:48:33.42\00:48:35.92
that if you're an original,
you are worth a fortune,
00:48:35.95\00:48:42.26
which is the
truth about you and me,
00:48:42.29\00:48:44.51
we are divine originals
00:48:44.54\00:48:46.65
and we are worth
a fortune to God,
00:48:46.68\00:48:51.30
who has chosen us.
00:48:51.33\00:48:52.79
Which by the way, it means that
if there is a refrigerator--
00:48:52.82\00:48:55.93
if God has a
refrigerator in heaven
00:48:55.96\00:48:58.99
your picture is on it right now.
00:48:59.02\00:49:04.34
Welcome, welcome
to the chosen ones.
00:49:04.37\00:49:08.14
I was listening to Pastor
Gibbs prayer as he prayed.
00:49:12.93\00:49:16.84
We're gonna sing a prayer
together in just one movement.
00:49:16.87\00:49:21.25
But as I listen
to that prayer I said
00:49:21.28\00:49:22.62
oh, God, we cannot
come to this moment
00:49:22.65\00:49:24.14
and just sing the Lord's
prayer and hurry out of here.
00:49:24.17\00:49:26.54
I have to make an invitation
00:49:26.57\00:49:27.68
and so I'm
gonna do it right now.
00:49:27.71\00:49:28.82
I want to make an invitation,
00:49:28.85\00:49:29.93
if you're a
university student here
00:49:29.96\00:49:34.21
and you know that's
true, you have been chosen,
00:49:34.24\00:49:36.95
and you would like
it on the threshold
00:49:36.98\00:49:38.84
of a New Year to declare,
00:49:38.87\00:49:41.36
I choose the one
who has chosen me.
00:49:41.39\00:49:44.22
If you are a
university student today,
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.42
would you stand up
and come right here
00:49:46.45\00:49:48.39
to the front
right now and just say,
00:49:48.42\00:49:49.63
I choose the God
who has chosen me.
00:49:49.66\00:49:52.02
I want to be a part of
the crossing over generation.
00:49:52.05\00:49:54.56
I choose to follow
that God who has called me,
00:49:54.59\00:49:58.47
if you are a university
student and you're here today
00:49:58.50\00:50:02.72
just come on down
here to the front,
00:50:02.75\00:50:03.80
I want to pray with you.
00:50:03.83\00:50:05.84
And then we'll sing
a-- we will sing together
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.43
that majestic prayer, Our
Father which art in heaven.
00:50:07.46\00:50:13.10
God has-- God has
chosen you my, friend.
00:50:13.13\00:50:15.51
You are here by divine
destiny. You are not a mistake.
00:50:15.54\00:50:19.33
Your life is an original,
00:50:19.36\00:50:22.06
which means
you're worth a fortune.
00:50:22.09\00:50:23.94
I don't know what
God's dream for you is,
00:50:23.97\00:50:25.71
I have no clue what it is.
00:50:25.74\00:50:27.89
I just know that God has waited
all His life for this day to--
00:50:27.92\00:50:33.47
for you to get
this far, hallelujah.
00:50:33.50\00:50:36.01
I'm proud of
you. I'm proud of you.
00:50:36.04\00:50:38.71
Choose the God
who has chosen you
00:50:38.74\00:50:41.00
and for the rest of
this season we will find out
00:50:41.03\00:50:42.60
what it means to be the chosen,
00:50:42.63\00:50:44.52
you and I
together, all of us together.
00:50:44.55\00:50:46.47
All right, there
they are, hallelujah.
00:50:46.50\00:50:48.25
How about the rest of you?
00:50:48.28\00:50:49.36
You want to respond to
the God who has chosen you?
00:50:49.39\00:50:51.36
I want you to stand on your feet
00:50:51.39\00:50:52.50
and by standing on your
feet say I too choose you God,
00:50:52.53\00:50:55.58
you've chosen me that's
clear, I too choose you God
00:50:55.61\00:50:59.66
and by Your grace I
will a part of the crossing
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.56
over generation
that chosen ones,
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.96
I too choose you.
00:51:03.99\00:51:06.67
Oh, Father, we stand today,
00:51:06.70\00:51:07.93
how could we not stand
the odds of our being here,
00:51:07.96\00:51:11.98
are almost infinite.
00:51:12.01\00:51:15.03
Must be we have
an infinite designer
00:51:15.06\00:51:18.12
who said I need another original
00:51:18.15\00:51:20.08
and so here we are,
00:51:20.11\00:51:22.17
we are as original as they come.
00:51:22.20\00:51:24.90
You chose us, we know
that and we stand in honor
00:51:24.93\00:51:29.96
and recognition
of that high destiny.
00:51:29.99\00:51:33.20
Oh, God, what is it mean
beyond today only You know.
00:51:33.23\00:51:36.27
Moses thought it was over
00:51:36.30\00:51:38.38
and I never knew
until that last moment.
00:51:38.41\00:51:42.01
Samuel just a
boy and it started.
00:51:42.04\00:51:44.61
Whatever Your
will is that destiny
00:51:44.64\00:51:47.96
we pray
together the 10th prayer,
00:51:47.99\00:51:49.53
God lead me to that
destiny, leads us we pray.
00:51:49.56\00:51:53.46
And so Father in
this moment of commitment
00:51:53.49\00:51:55.18
we give everything
back to You, we choose You,
00:51:55.21\00:51:57.78
we'll crossover with You one day
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.39
and no matter what.
00:52:00.42\00:52:02.25
And so now we sing,
00:52:02.28\00:52:03.33
we sing the words the
Jesus taught us to sing.
00:52:03.36\00:52:07.35
This beginning
moment of every school year
00:52:07.38\00:52:09.28
this is when we
through our hearts back Father,
00:52:09.31\00:52:12.00
and we mean the Lord's prayer
00:52:12.03\00:52:14.17
for You are our
Father in heaven,
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.01
You chose us,
00:52:17.04\00:52:19.84
and we thank you
in Jesus name, amen.
00:52:19.87\00:52:26.01
Our Father
00:52:31.25\00:52:36.94
Which art in heaven
00:52:39.78\00:52:46.37
Hallowed be
00:52:50.88\00:52:56.99
Thy name
00:52:58.78\00:53:04.12
Thy kingdom come
00:53:07.30\00:53:13.54
Thy will be done
00:53:15.11\00:53:21.37
In earth
00:53:21.40\00:53:26.57
As it is in heaven
00:53:26.60\00:53:34.31
Give us this day
00:53:51.98\00:53:56.93
Our daily bread
00:53:56.96\00:54:03.05
And forgive us our debts
00:54:03.08\00:54:09.04
As we forgive our debtors
00:54:09.07\00:54:17.03
And lead us
00:54:21.70\00:54:24.37
Not into temptation
00:54:24.40\00:54:29.33
But deliver us from evil
00:54:29.36\00:54:36.39
For Thine is the kingdom
00:54:37.47\00:54:44.64
And the power
00:54:44.67\00:54:48.28
And the glory
00:54:48.31\00:54:54.02
Forever
00:54:54.05\00:54:59.64
Amen
00:55:03.86\00:55:11.83
Before you go I wanted
to take one more moment
00:55:31.98\00:55:34.43
and let you know how glad I am
00:55:34.46\00:55:36.02
you shared this hour of worship
00:55:36.05\00:55:37.28
and Bible teaching with us.
00:55:37.31\00:55:38.81
This is the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:55:38.84\00:55:40.57
and we're on the
campus of Andrews University
00:55:40.60\00:55:42.40
and the series is The Chosen.
00:55:42.43\00:55:44.81
This is a series
that has been growing
00:55:44.84\00:55:47.21
and it's burned on my heart
00:55:47.24\00:55:48.69
and over the last few weeks
before this new season began.
00:55:48.72\00:55:53.10
And some
concentrated prayer time
00:55:53.13\00:55:55.18
I believe the Spirit of
God led me do this series,
00:55:55.21\00:55:57.61
out of the Book of Deuteronomy
00:55:57.64\00:55:59.33
for this generation
within our community of faith
00:55:59.36\00:56:01.95
and outside this
community of faith.
00:56:01.98\00:56:04.05
I believe both, both communities
00:56:04.08\00:56:07.07
need to hear the
compelling Bible truth
00:56:07.10\00:56:11.64
captured in this
series called The Chosen.
00:56:11.67\00:56:13.19
So thank you, for joining me
00:56:13.22\00:56:15.00
and all of us as we
continue our journey
00:56:15.03\00:56:17.32
deeper and deeper into
the heart of this theme.
00:56:17.35\00:56:20.21
Living as you and I do and I'm--
00:56:20.24\00:56:22.73
I know I'm
preaching to the choir now,
00:56:22.76\00:56:24.77
living as we do on
the edge of a civilization
00:56:24.80\00:56:27.85
that is surviving through
constant upheaval and change.
00:56:27.88\00:56:32.04
I am so grateful
and I know you are
00:56:32.07\00:56:34.26
for the bedrock
hope we have in Jesus.
00:56:34.29\00:56:37.73
I'm thankful that
you and I have been
00:56:37.76\00:56:39.24
given the
privilege by God to partner,
00:56:39.27\00:56:42.20
to reach this
generation the world over
00:56:42.23\00:56:44.20
through the satellite telecast.
00:56:44.23\00:56:45.48
I don't know how it works,
00:56:45.51\00:56:46.54
I just know that those
satellites drop the signals
00:56:46.57\00:56:49.70
and those
footprints all over the planet
00:56:49.73\00:56:51.77
are helping
disseminate this divine call
00:56:51.80\00:56:55.40
to become a part of The Chosen,
00:56:55.43\00:56:56.77
God's last generation on earth.
00:56:56.80\00:56:58.57
So please, here's
what I want you to know,
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I thank God for
you in a generous way
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you have partnered
with us in the past
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and making New
Perceptions possible globally.
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Your tax-deductible
gifts are been multiplied
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all across the earth I
believe for such a time as this.
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Look, would you
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I want to just insert this here,
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in God's mission to reach
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Thank you very, very much.
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And be assured,
I'm looking forward
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to seeing you here, right here
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again next time as we continue
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our fascinating
journey into The Chosen.
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God bless you.
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