King of all days,
oh, so highly exalted
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Glorious in heaven above
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Humbly You came to
the earth You created
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All for love's sake became poor
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Here I am to
worship, here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're all together
lovely, all together worthy
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All together wonderful to me
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I'll never know how much it cost
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To see my sin upon that cross
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I'll never know how much it cost
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To see my sin
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Upon that cross
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Here I am to
worship, here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're all together
lovely, all together worthy
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All together
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Wonderful to me
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We fall down
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We lay our crowns
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At the feet of Jesus
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The greatness of
His mercy and love
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At the feet of Jesus
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy
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Holy is the Lamb
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We fall down
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We lay our crowns
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At the feet of Jesus
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The greatness of
His mercy and love
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At the feet of Jesus
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy
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Holy is the Lamb
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy, holy
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We cry holy, holy
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Holy is the Lamb
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I have no wit
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No words, no tears
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My heart within me
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Like a stone is numb'd
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Too much for hopes or fears
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Look right, look left,
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I dwell alone
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I lift mine eyes,
but dimm'd with grief
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No everlasting hills
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I see
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My life is in the falling leaf
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O, Jesus,
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Quicken me
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My life is like a faded leaf
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My harvest dwindled to a husk
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Truly my life is void and brief
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And tedious
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In barren dusk
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My life is like a frozen thing
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No bud nor greenness
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Can I see
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Yet, it shall
rise, the sap of spring
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O, Jesus, rise in me
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O, Jesus, rise in me
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My life is like
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A broken bowl
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A broken bowl that cannot hold
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One drop of water for my soul
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Or cordial
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In the searching
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Cold
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Cast in the fire
the perish'd thing
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Melt and remold it
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For my King
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O, Jesus, drink of me
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O, Jesus,
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Drink of me
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O, Jesus,
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Drink of me
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Let's pray together.
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Oh, Jesus, quicken me,
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drink from me, rise in me.
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Oh, Jesus, quicken us,
drink from us, rise in us.
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It's time, it is high time,
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dear Christ, we pray, amen.
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There is no sadder
funeral to conduct,
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you can trust me on this one,
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than the funeral for a child,
particularly an only child.
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The young man is hardly a
boy, grown-up and he's dead.
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Cause of death, cardiac arrest.
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Was it the result
of a tragic accident?
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We don't know.
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Was it the terminus
of a dreadful illness?
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We don't know.
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All we know is that like
far too many funeral processions
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in this little village wending
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our way to Rose Hill Cemetery,
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it happened in
his hometown as well.
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The funeral cortege in
that little village is gathered.
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The mournful procession begins.
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They have hoisted
high above their heads,
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the body of the
deceased in an open coffin.
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And the grieving crowd
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trails its tear
strewn way behind.
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Truth be known, the tears,
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their tears are
not for the young man,
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because when you're dead
and gone, you're dead and gone.
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Beyond the veil
of pain and misery,
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beyond the
consciousness of ascension life,
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you are utterly asleep
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in the embrace of non-existence.
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Existing now only in
the memories of those
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who loved you
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and in the memory of the
God who gave you to them.
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So their tears and
their pain are more
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for the young man's
survivor than for him.
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Perhaps, this story
ought to be entitled
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"A tale of two crowds,"
because as fate would have it,
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as that funeral procession
is spilling out of the village
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toward the nearby
hillside cemetery,
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another crowd comes boisterously
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up the wending hillside road.
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The sounds of jubilant laughter,
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the excitement and joy,
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it's as if they have in
the center of that crowd
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a celebrity unlike any
rockstar they have known.
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Everybody pushing
as hard as they can
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to the center of
that moving mass,
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holding up their iPhone,
snapping just a picture of him
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as the crowd flows up that road.
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The jubilant crowd runs headlong
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into the funeral cortege
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and the contrast could not
be more embarrassing and stark.
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One crowd embarrassed
for their unbridled joy
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and such-- in the
presence of such obvious grief,
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the other crowd annoyed
that anyone could possibly find
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reason for laughter on a
day of such broken-heartedness.
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Silence settles
over both crowds.
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Nobody speaks.
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The silence broken
only by the muffled sobs
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of the young man's mother.
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No consoling arm
around her shoulders,
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not from her husband,
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for he has
preceded his son in death.
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She's a widow.
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And the boy was her only child.
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Both crowds fall silent,
say for the sobbing mother.
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And then it was, maybe we
ought to say and then it is,
00:14:06.60\00:14:11.01
the man who was the
hero of the boisterous crowd
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pushes His way
through His people
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until He at last is standing
by the slumped shoulders
00:14:17.34\00:14:24.43
of the grieving mother.
00:14:24.46\00:14:26.78
It was William
Blake, who once wrote,
00:14:26.81\00:14:29.56
"Till our grief
is fled and gone,
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He doth sit by us and moan."
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There is a touch of
that moaning compassion
00:14:37.64\00:14:41.23
in the voice of the stranger
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and He speaks, "Do not weep."
00:14:45.67\00:14:50.90
Her face bowed beneath
her black veil slowly raises,
00:14:54.34\00:14:57.71
eyes bloodshot with tears
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search the features of this man.
00:15:00.29\00:15:05.64
Repeats Himself, "Do not weep."
00:15:05.67\00:15:11.96
And what happened next,
though it happened so quickly,
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none was able to sufficiently
observe the details.
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What happened next
would become forever enshrined
00:15:17.37\00:15:21.46
in the chronicles of
that little mountain village.
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As the stranger
pivoted on His heel,
00:15:25.48\00:15:29.03
stepping away from
the sobbing mother,
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two strides
00:15:32.34\00:15:34.70
and He stands beside
the uplifted open coffin,
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He puts his hand on that coffin
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and then He speaks
00:15:43.91\00:15:46.14
as if the blue-tinged
corpse can hear His voice.
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"Young man, I
say to you, arise."
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And then that
corpse sat up in his coffin
00:16:06.24\00:16:14.22
and he spoke.
00:16:14.25\00:16:15.75
Nobody remembered
to capture the words,
00:16:15.78\00:16:20.22
but I've been a pastor
just long enough on a campus
00:16:20.25\00:16:22.45
filled with young men and for me
00:16:22.48\00:16:23.92
it isn't hard to
imagine his first words.
00:16:23.95\00:16:26.19
"Yo, what's up with this?"
00:16:26.22\00:16:32.84
But he answers his own question.
00:16:32.87\00:16:35.55
For in that moment he
looks down and unraveling,
00:16:35.58\00:16:38.74
loosening around him
is that burial shroud
00:16:38.77\00:16:44.56
and the moment he sees
a burial shroud, he knows,
00:16:44.59\00:16:47.79
because the last
time he saw one like that
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his father was
wearing it as they buried him.
00:16:50.35\00:16:56.22
And he instantly realizes,
00:16:56.25\00:16:58.94
he's been dead and
they were about to bury him.
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The hero of the
boisterous crowd,
00:17:04.14\00:17:05.82
who now is the
hero of both crowds,
00:17:05.85\00:17:07.83
reaches down
into that open casket
00:17:07.86\00:17:10.68
and hoists the young man up
00:17:10.71\00:17:14.36
into the outstretched arms
of his nearly fainting mother.
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What a story. Huh?
00:17:20.64\00:17:24.61
What a Savior. What a Savior.
00:17:24.64\00:17:29.10
A Savior, who in just one
story has precisely what this
00:17:29.13\00:17:34.87
homecoming congregation
desperately needs today,
00:17:34.90\00:17:41.52
one story and our needs,
all of our needs are met.
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I want you to read that story.
00:17:47.58\00:17:48.64
Some of you are a bit skeptical
00:17:48.67\00:17:50.03
that it really
happened that way.
00:17:50.06\00:17:51.86
Open your Bible with me,
please, to the gospel of Luke.
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And while you're
pulling your Bible out,
00:17:55.40\00:17:57.80
I want to put the
title slide for this,
00:17:57.83\00:18:02.37
these few moments
you and I have together,
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put it on the screen for you.
00:18:04.18\00:18:05.25
This is a part of
our series, "The Gift."
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This is part four.
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We'll go ahead entitle
this "A tale of two crowds,"
00:18:10.97\00:18:13.34
because that's
really what it is,
00:18:13.37\00:18:15.39
in both stories
you're about to hear.
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The tale of two crowds
and if you, as an alumnus,
00:18:19.35\00:18:22.05
would like to plug into what's
happening back at your home
00:18:22.08\00:18:25.16
church on the campus
of Andrews University,
00:18:25.19\00:18:27.65
you can go to that
website www.pmchurch.tv
00:18:27.68\00:18:31.22
anytime, night or
day and you can plug in
00:18:31.25\00:18:34.28
to what is happening
here, Sabbath after Sabbath.
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Luke Chapter 7.
00:18:40.79\00:18:42.39
So if you didn't bring a--
you didn't bring your Bible,
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grab the pew Bible
in the front of you.
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You got to read the story,
just read it for yourself.
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Don't take my word for it.
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Luke Chapter 7,
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in the pew Bible
it would be page 695.
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Luke chapter 7, by the
way, I need to say this,
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I'm opening up my
new Andrew Study Bible.
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You probably haven't
heard of this Bible yet.
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Have you heard of it?
00:19:02.21\00:19:04.19
Let me just say a
word about this Bible.
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This is some Bible.
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I can't imagine an alumnus,
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an alumnus
anywhere on this planet
00:19:08.43\00:19:10.83
not possessing the
brand new Andrew Study Bible.
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I have good news for you.
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They're going to keep
the bookstore open late
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for you tomorrow or
the ABC across the town.
00:19:18.21\00:19:20.88
I hope you go and
buy yourself this,
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not just because
most of the scholars
00:19:22.41\00:19:25.03
who did the annotations
at the bottom of the pages
00:19:25.06\00:19:27.69
and the whole book is worth
the price of those annotations,
00:19:27.72\00:19:30.57
not just because most of them
are personal friends of mine,
00:19:30.60\00:19:34.58
but because your
heart will be stirred.
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The first in history,
00:19:38.16\00:19:40.95
legacy of
leadership Andrews University,
00:19:40.98\00:19:43.12
you go, Andrews,
00:19:43.15\00:19:44.38
for being the first
to put out a study Bible
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in this community of
faith that for 150 years
00:19:46.79\00:19:49.03
has borne the name as we
learned just a moment ago.
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So get the Bible for
yourself, buy it for a friend.
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You'd be happy to
know the faculty provided
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this Bible for every
incoming freshman this year.
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They gave them money so that
every freshman would have this.
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We start with this class.
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But in 4 years
every class will have it,
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every member,
student on this campus.
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All right, enough of that,
last time I'm ever gonna say
00:20:08.91\00:20:11.04
a word about the study Bible.
00:20:11.07\00:20:13.04
I have paid my dues.
00:20:13.07\00:20:17.07
All right, Luke
Chapter 7, let's go, verse 11.
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This is the New
King James Version.
00:20:19.81\00:20:20.99
Luke chapter
7:11, "Now it happened,
00:20:21.02\00:20:23.16
the day after, that He, Jesus,
went into a city called Nain,"
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that's really a
little mountain village,
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"and many of His
disciples went with Him,
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and a large crowd."
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It's a huge crowd. The
celebrity is in the midst.
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"And when He came near the gate
of that little city, behold,
00:20:36.56\00:20:40.29
a dead man was
being carried out,
00:20:40.32\00:20:42.54
the only son of his
mother, and she was a widow
00:20:42.57\00:20:46.09
and a large crowd from
the city was with her."
00:20:46.12\00:20:50.81
A tale of two
crowds, here it is, verse 13,
00:20:50.84\00:20:54.09
"And when the Lord saw
her, He had compassion on her
00:20:54.12\00:20:56.36
and He said to
her, 'Do not weep.'
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" Imagine, do not weep.
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Then in verse 14, "He came
00:21:04.07\00:21:05.25
and He touched the open coffin."
00:21:05.28\00:21:07.40
Contrary to Levitical
law that says you are unclean
00:21:07.43\00:21:09.85
the moment you touch what
a dead person is lying on.
00:21:09.88\00:21:12.39
To the Lord of life
there are no strictures
00:21:12.42\00:21:14.54
that prevent Him
from stepping into death.
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He touches that open coffin.
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"And He came and He
touched the open coffin
00:21:20.52\00:21:22.09
and those who
carry him stood still
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and He said, 'Young
man, I say to you, arise.'
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So he who was dead sat
up and began to speak,"
00:21:28.98\00:21:31.82
but they forgot
to write it down.
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"And He," Jesus,
"presented him to his mother."
00:21:36.00\00:21:39.08
Verse 16, "Then fear came
upon all and they glorified,"
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the Greek reads doxologized.
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.68
They sang a
doxology to God saying,
00:21:44.71\00:21:46.93
"A great prophet
has risen among us."
00:21:46.96\00:21:49.66
We're doing a series
right now called "The Gift,"
00:21:49.69\00:21:51.19
it's about
prophets and prophecy.
00:21:51.22\00:21:53.81
That's why we're in this text.
00:21:53.84\00:21:55.83
"A great prophet," the
greatest prophet of all,
00:21:55.86\00:21:58.74
"has risen up among us,
and God his visited His people.
00:21:58.77\00:22:02.86
And this report about
Jesus went throughout all Judea
00:22:02.89\00:22:06.24
and all the surrounding region."
00:22:06.27\00:22:08.52
The end. So here's the question.
00:22:08.55\00:22:10.91
Could this story be a
story about you and me?
00:22:10.94\00:22:14.79
Do you suppose
that inside of us,
00:22:14.82\00:22:17.18
all the while carried
along in our frenetic lives
00:22:17.21\00:22:20.54
ever since we
left Andrews University
00:22:20.57\00:22:22.23
or ever since we
arrived at Andrews University,
00:22:22.26\00:22:24.43
carried along by the
crowd of circumstances,
00:22:24.46\00:22:27.32
but inside of us we are
hiding a heart grown cold,
00:22:27.35\00:22:32.11
a heart that has
turned pulseless?
00:22:32.14\00:22:34.55
Could this be a
story about us? Yes, true.
00:22:34.58\00:22:38.42
Once we were alive in Christ.
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.35
Once, God and His righteousness
meant something to us,
00:22:41.38\00:22:45.65
but over the passing of the days
00:22:45.68\00:22:47.67
and the months and the years,
the flickering hope and faith
00:22:47.70\00:22:54.59
that was once
ours has been snuffed
00:22:54.62\00:22:58.42
and is extinguished.
00:22:58.45\00:23:01.04
Could it be that this
is a tale about you and me,
00:23:01.07\00:23:05.55
our passion for things
eternal gone cold and dead?
00:23:05.58\00:23:08.55
I'll tell you what, if
it's a story about you,
00:23:08.58\00:23:10.68
my friend, and if
it's a story about me,
00:23:10.71\00:23:12.68
then it is very
clear from this story
00:23:12.71\00:23:14.43
we need to meet the
same Jesus on the way
00:23:14.46\00:23:17.56
we're traveling,
whatever that way is.
00:23:17.59\00:23:22.42
We need to meet Him
before our hopes are buried
00:23:22.45\00:23:24.13
and our faith
finally is laid to rest.
00:23:24.16\00:23:26.96
We need to the crucified
and risen One to put His nail
00:23:26.99\00:23:29.82
scarred hand on the
coffin of our innocence
00:23:29.85\00:23:32.62
before it's buried and say,
"Young man, boy, young woman,
00:23:32.65\00:23:37.09
old man, old woman,
I say to you it's time.
00:23:37.12\00:23:41.85
You need a resurrection.
It's time to rise up again.
00:23:41.88\00:23:45.90
I say to you arise."
Maybe this is our story.
00:23:45.93\00:23:49.82
Could it be?
00:23:49.85\00:23:52.42
Could it be the
story of Andrews University
00:23:52.45\00:23:56.26
in need of a
resurrection all over again?
00:23:56.29\00:24:00.69
Before I tell you another
story I want to remind you
00:24:00.72\00:24:07.30
that when you talk about revival
00:24:07.33\00:24:08.45
you're actually
talking about resurrection.
00:24:08.48\00:24:11.18
I appreciate what
Michael said a moment ago,
00:24:11.21\00:24:15.08
that the pastor prayed.
00:24:15.11\00:24:16.76
We're talking about resurrection
00:24:16.79\00:24:17.82
because the Latin word
for revival is "revivere".
00:24:17.85\00:24:22.71
"Re" means again,
repeat, redo, recount.
00:24:22.74\00:24:26.21
Revivere, the
"vere" means to live.
00:24:26.24\00:24:29.52
Revivere, to live again.
00:24:29.55\00:24:31.44
That is precisely the definition
00:24:31.47\00:24:33.35
of a resurrection, isn't it?
00:24:33.38\00:24:34.41
To live again.
00:24:34.44\00:24:35.47
Something was
dead, I once was dead,
00:24:35.50\00:24:38.37
but now I live.
00:24:38.40\00:24:40.46
Revival, coming back to life.
00:24:40.49\00:24:44.42
Could it be we need a revival
again at Andrews University?
00:24:44.45\00:24:51.76
This may surprise
you, but this next week,
00:24:51.79\00:24:54.19
exactly 40 years ago
this next week, precisely,
00:24:54.22\00:25:01.90
something happened
at Andrews University
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.65
that would be
enshrined in the chronicles
00:25:03.68\00:25:05.76
of this little campus for
the rest of its existence.
00:25:05.79\00:25:09.14
A revival broke out.
00:25:09.17\00:25:13.01
Some of you were
there, some of you were here.
00:25:13.04\00:25:14.75
40 years ago you
were, autumn 1970,
00:25:14.78\00:25:20.52
after reading Beatrice Neal's
00:25:20.55\00:25:21.92
detailed recitation of
that hallowed autumn at Andrews,
00:25:21.95\00:25:25.50
I could wish we
all had been here.
00:25:25.53\00:25:28.79
You know, Martin Kim that
you just met on the big screen
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.96
a moment ago, Martin Kim's
the one who sent us this story.
00:25:30.99\00:25:34.25
B. Neil wrote a history,
00:25:34.28\00:25:35.71
it's called "When
heaven came down."
00:25:35.74\00:25:39.54
And I want to read
just a selected line or two,
00:25:39.57\00:25:42.47
two stories today.
00:25:42.50\00:25:43.98
Just a selected line or two
00:25:44.01\00:25:47.30
from her
history of that revival.
00:25:47.33\00:25:49.30
Listen to this, "It
was the worst of times.
00:25:49.33\00:25:52.60
The whole country was
in ferment of rebellion."
00:25:52.63\00:25:54.41
This is 1970.
00:25:54.44\00:25:55.93
"The whole country was
in ferment of rebellion,
00:25:55.96\00:25:57.71
especially over the war
in Vietnam, law and order,
00:25:57.74\00:26:00.12
authority, marriage,
haircuts, work, study were out.
00:26:00.15\00:26:03.43
Demonstrations,
riots, LSD, acid-rock orgies,
00:26:03.46\00:26:07.02
window smashing,
burnings, violence were in."
00:26:07.05\00:26:10.18
Some of you remember those days.
00:26:10.21\00:26:12.14
"But it was also
the best of times.
00:26:12.17\00:26:14.14
In the middle of the
chaos myriads of young people
00:26:14.17\00:26:16.86
felt a hunger for God
and for meaning to life.
00:26:16.89\00:26:19.35
They looked up to heaven
for help and God came down."
00:26:19.38\00:26:22.48
Listen to the story
00:26:22.51\00:26:23.88
and it happened with
the Methodists first.
00:26:23.91\00:26:26.60
Here we go.
00:26:26.63\00:26:27.66
"On February 3, 1970 at
Asbury Methodist College
00:26:27.69\00:26:31.28
in a little town
of Wilmore, Kentucky,
00:26:31.31\00:26:33.34
students hurried
to the 10 o'clock
00:26:33.37\00:26:34.83
in the morning chapel service
00:26:34.86\00:26:35.96
in the stately
Hughes auditorium.
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.68
The Dean gave a
moving personal testimony.
00:26:37.71\00:26:40.47
Then he invited
others to join in,
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.62
in answer to the prayers
of a small group of students
00:26:43.65\00:26:46.51
who had been
praying for revival."
00:26:46.54\00:26:49.08
That's how it always starts,
a small group of students
00:26:49.11\00:26:53.12
on a campus begins
praying for revival.
00:26:53.15\00:26:57.75
In answer to the
prayers of that small group,
00:26:57.78\00:26:59.83
the Spirit of the Lord
came down in mighty power,
00:26:59.86\00:27:02.46
a rebellious senior
shocked the audience by saying,
00:27:02.49\00:27:05.54
"I can't believe I'm
actually standing here
00:27:05.57\00:27:07.07
telling you what
God has done for me.
00:27:07.10\00:27:08.66
I've wasted my time
in college up to now,
00:27:08.69\00:27:10.84
but Christ has met
me and I'm different.
00:27:10.87\00:27:13.00
Now for the first time ever
00:27:13.03\00:27:14.42
I'm excited about
being a Christian.
00:27:14.45\00:27:16.25
I wouldn't go
back to the emptiness
00:27:16.28\00:27:17.58
of yesterday for anything.
00:27:17.61\00:27:19.16
A long line of
students came forward to pray
00:27:19.19\00:27:21.24
and give their testimonies.
00:27:21.27\00:27:22.33
With tears they
acknowledged cheating,
00:27:22.36\00:27:24.85
theft, prejudice and jealousy.
00:27:24.88\00:27:27.40
Some went to
individuals in the congregation
00:27:27.43\00:27:29.28
to ask for forgiveness
and make restitution.
00:27:29.31\00:27:32.05
Old enmities were melted
with a fervent love of God.
00:27:32.08\00:27:35.79
Some shook
hands, others embraced
00:27:35.82\00:27:37.58
or they expressed
their feelings with a hymn,
00:27:37.61\00:27:39.44
with the rest joining in.
00:27:39.47\00:27:40.73
The cafeteria was nearly empty
00:27:40.76\00:27:42.68
as the service
continued on into the afternoon.
00:27:42.71\00:27:45.87
Classes were suspended
for the rest of the day.
00:27:45.90\00:27:49.57
As some left for supper, others
joined in to take their place.
00:27:49.60\00:27:52.45
An all-night
prayer vigilant ensues."
00:27:52.48\00:27:54.40
And then, just like our campus,
00:27:54.43\00:27:56.13
they have a
seminary on their campus.
00:27:56.16\00:27:58.28
The undergrad students the
next day go to the seminary
00:27:58.31\00:28:01.03
and share their
testimony and the revival
00:28:01.06\00:28:03.44
that began in chapel
spreads to the seminary.
00:28:03.47\00:28:07.06
Amazing. Asbury College.
00:28:07.09\00:28:10.10
"News of the revival
spread to the outside world.
00:28:10.13\00:28:13.05
Students from Asbury
were invited to other campuses
00:28:13.08\00:28:15.02
to testify and
the revival spread
00:28:15.05\00:28:16.43
through Christian
colleges across the nation.
00:28:16.46\00:28:19.14
Billy Graham
hears about the revival
00:28:19.17\00:28:21.60
and in his hour
of decision broadcast
00:28:21.63\00:28:23.85
March 15 expressed the wish
00:28:23.88\00:28:26.28
that the revival which started
at Asbury College in Kentucky,
00:28:26.31\00:28:29.14
would sweep
from campus to campus
00:28:29.17\00:28:30.77
and from city to city.
00:28:30.80\00:28:32.07
It did.
00:28:32.10\00:28:33.13
By fall it reached
Andrews University."
00:28:33.16\00:28:38.30
Now you need to
hear what the year behind
00:28:38.33\00:28:40.22
Andrews was like.
00:28:40.25\00:28:42.27
"The 1969-70 school year at
Andrews University was rough.
00:28:42.30\00:28:46.87
The campus was
plagued by student rebellion,
00:28:46.90\00:28:48.65
wide-scale drug use
00:28:48.68\00:28:50.63
and polarization among
faculty and student groups.
00:28:50.66\00:28:54.09
The student
movement at Andrews campus,
00:28:54.12\00:28:55.46
paper dealt with issues
such as declining enrollment,
00:28:55.49\00:28:58.50
students' desire for
separate church services,
00:28:58.53\00:29:00.66
the university's
ultraconservative
00:29:00.69\00:29:02.37
dress standards,
racism, the generation gap,
00:29:02.40\00:29:04.84
tensions between
the Student Association
00:29:04.87\00:29:07.05
and Administration."
00:29:07.08\00:29:08.12
That's the
school year, last year,
00:29:08.15\00:29:10.20
the kids come back to
campus, the fall of 1970.
00:29:10.23\00:29:13.99
Now listen to this.
00:29:14.02\00:29:15.28
"When the fall quarter
started school chaplain,
00:29:15.31\00:29:17.66
Gordon Paxton had planned
for a campus concern retreat
00:29:17.69\00:29:20.44
at camp Michiana,"
right off campus here,
00:29:20.47\00:29:23.97
"October 8 through 11."
00:29:24.00\00:29:27.62
40 years ago next week.
Thursday through Sunday.
00:29:27.65\00:29:31.23
"The beloved youth
revivalist pastor E. L Minchin
00:29:31.26\00:29:34.11
had been invited, Mike
Stevenson, 31-years-old,
00:29:34.14\00:29:36.33
General Conference
youth leader, HMS Richards,
00:29:36.36\00:29:38.27
Jr. Minchin became
seriously ill few weeks
00:29:38.30\00:29:41.09
before the scheduled
date, canceled the appointment.
00:29:41.12\00:29:43.44
But when the students
arrived at camp Michiana,
00:29:43.47\00:29:45.61
there was pastor Minchin plainly
00:29:45.64\00:29:47.01
showing the
effects of his illness,
00:29:47.04\00:29:48.55
but willing to take
risk of a high order
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.96
to lend his influence for Christ
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.73
for his
denomination's university.
00:29:52.76\00:29:55.11
In the early morning worships,
00:29:55.14\00:29:56.91
he taught how to
pray effectively.
00:29:56.94\00:29:58.64
Students joined him in
singing his theme song."
00:29:58.67\00:30:00.58
Here is the theme song.
00:30:00.61\00:30:01.66
"I want, dear Lord, a
heart that's true and clean,
00:30:01.69\00:30:05.65
a sunlit heart,
with not a cloud between,
00:30:05.68\00:30:08.81
a heart like
Thine, a heart divine,
00:30:08.84\00:30:10.71
a heart as white as snow.
00:30:10.74\00:30:12.58
On me, dear Lord, a
heart like this bestow."
00:30:12.61\00:30:18.02
"Off-campus,
attendance at the meetings
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.75
vary between a 100
to as high as a 180,
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.15
Friday evening they're sitting
00:30:22.18\00:30:23.31
around a campfire,
2 hours of singing,
00:30:23.34\00:30:25.82
testifying,
weeping and praising God."
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.97
Here's one eyewitness report.
00:30:28.00\00:30:29.77
"A hundred
assorted saints and sinners
00:30:29.80\00:30:32.31
ask God to open
them up, clean them out
00:30:32.34\00:30:35.21
and fill them
with His Holy Spirit.
00:30:35.24\00:30:37.16
He answered our plea, He poured
out his Spirit without measure,
00:30:37.19\00:30:40.17
beyond our
greatest expectations.
00:30:40.20\00:30:42.50
All glory to God."
00:30:42.53\00:30:43.88
Something was
happening off-campus.
00:30:43.91\00:30:48.14
Sunday morning,
while the pancake breakfast
00:30:48.17\00:30:51.55
is delayed an hour and a half,
00:30:51.58\00:30:53.33
the students are
wrestling and praying,
00:30:53.36\00:30:55.68
"What should we do when
we come back to campus?"
00:30:55.71\00:30:58.57
Could it happen at
Andrews University?
00:30:58.60\00:31:01.20
"Back on
campus," here we go now,
00:31:01.23\00:31:02.88
"the students
were on fire for God.
00:31:02.91\00:31:03.96
Gordon Paxton,"
listen to this, the chaplain,
00:31:03.99\00:31:06.34
"scheduled to speak
in Tuesday's chapel,"
00:31:06.37\00:31:08.43
right here, right here,
00:31:08.46\00:31:10.32
"scheduled to speak felt
impressed to give the time
00:31:10.35\00:31:12.17
over to the students.
00:31:12.20\00:31:13.23
Some faculty cautioned
against so bold and initiative
00:31:13.26\00:31:15.69
in view of the
climate on campus,
00:31:15.72\00:31:17.14
but he felt
constrained to proceed."
00:31:17.17\00:31:19.16
Now listen, "Tom Umeck,
00:31:19.19\00:31:21.67
a leading athlete
on campus at the time,
00:31:21.70\00:31:24.01
led out in the service.
00:31:24.04\00:31:25.29
Students from the
retreat fill the platform
00:31:25.32\00:31:27.37
and witness to what
God had done for them."
00:31:27.40\00:31:29.34
Three Wednesday
nights ago in our house
00:31:29.37\00:31:30.75
of prayer service here
we were doing testimonies.
00:31:30.78\00:31:33.10
Two hands shot up and said,
"Guess what, we were there,
00:31:33.13\00:31:36.13
the two of us were on
that platform that day
00:31:36.16\00:31:39.64
when revival broke at Andrews."
00:31:39.67\00:31:42.23
"Then they invited
others to come forward.
00:31:42.26\00:31:43.93
Tom saw a fellow to the
right of the platform with whom
00:31:43.96\00:31:46.64
he'd had a brawl every time
he got on the football field.
00:31:46.67\00:31:50.61
'I wanted to smash your guts,'
00:31:50.64\00:31:51.94
Tom confessed,
'but now I love you.'
00:31:51.97\00:31:53.26
And he went over and hugged him
00:31:53.29\00:31:54.32
and the two wept on
each other's shoulders.
00:31:54.35\00:31:56.72
A spontaneous testimony
service started during chapel,
00:31:56.75\00:31:59.54
overflowed into
the following hours."
00:31:59.57\00:32:01.14
Listen to this, "at 1:30
there were still 150 people
00:32:01.17\00:32:05.75
lined up to
testify, 3 hours later.
00:32:05.78\00:32:11.58
'I thought I'd been a
Christian all my life,'
00:32:11.61\00:32:12.99
one young woman confessed,
'but I realize I was mistaken.
00:32:13.02\00:32:16.30
Now I've truly given my heart
to Christ, I'm so happy now.'
00:32:16.33\00:32:18.88
Another testified, 'The wall
between Jesus and me is gone.
00:32:18.91\00:32:21.53
Now we really communicate.'
00:32:21.56\00:32:23.01
After the service some called
00:32:23.04\00:32:24.20
their parents
to ask forgiveness.
00:32:24.23\00:32:25.76
Students shared with
others on campus all week.
00:32:25.79\00:32:27.98
They sang praise
songs in the cafeteria line
00:32:28.01\00:32:30.64
and stood up and
testified during meals."
00:32:30.67\00:32:33.59
That would have to be a revival.
00:32:33.62\00:32:36.77
Hallelujah. "All
week long it's happening.
00:32:36.80\00:32:41.87
Halloween night comes
and the student ministerial
00:32:41.90\00:32:45.39
club on the campus organizes
an all-night prayer vigil
00:32:45.42\00:32:48.69
for Saturday night, October 31.
00:32:48.72\00:32:51.64
By midnight nearly 200 persons
crowd at the campus center,
00:32:51.67\00:32:54.60
faculty and
students praying together.
00:32:54.63\00:32:58.32
Succeeding issues
of the student movement
00:32:58.35\00:32:59.75
are full of accounts
of student evangelism
00:32:59.78\00:33:01.74
to Adventist
churches throughout Michiana,
00:33:01.77\00:33:03.47
places as far away
as Mount Vernon Academy,
00:33:03.50\00:33:05.40
Oakwood College,
00:33:05.43\00:33:06.48
Atlantic Union
College, Massachusetts.
00:33:06.51\00:33:08.62
As a result of a
student witnessing
00:33:08.65\00:33:09.88
in nearby Benton
Harbor," listen to this,
00:33:09.91\00:33:11.57
"Jeff Evans accepts
Christ and begins sharing faith
00:33:11.60\00:33:14.65
in the local
college he attended."
00:33:14.68\00:33:16.03
Probably the
Lake Michigan College,
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.83
but he meets one of our
students up at Benton Harbor.
00:33:17.86\00:33:20.04
"A couple filing for
divorce accepted Christ,
00:33:20.07\00:33:22.13
opened their place for
Jeff's fellowship meetings.
00:33:22.16\00:33:24.25
So many interested
kids at his college
00:33:24.28\00:33:26.58
wanted fellowship that Jeff
fervently prayed for Bibles.
00:33:26.61\00:33:29.82
The majority of students
were from non-Christian homes
00:33:29.85\00:33:32.58
and didn't have Bibles."
00:33:32.61\00:33:34.79
One more paragraph.
00:33:34.82\00:33:35.88
"Sunday evening,
November 1, that's the next day.
00:33:35.91\00:33:38.54
Morris Venden, Morris Venden
from Mountain View, California,
00:33:38.57\00:33:41.92
came right on campus to
conduct a week of prayer.
00:33:41.95\00:33:44.31
He spoke that evening
and twice daily for 5 days.
00:33:44.34\00:33:47.46
Students and faculty crowded
00:33:47.49\00:33:48.60
into the Pioneer Memorial Church
00:33:48.63\00:33:50.02
to give quiet and
sustained attention.
00:33:50.05\00:33:51.96
His theme, John 15, grapes,
00:33:51.99\00:33:53.78
how to abide in the
vine and bear fruit.
00:33:53.81\00:33:55.54
Afterwards Venden commented,
00:33:55.57\00:33:57.15
'I went to Michigan
to convert the students,
00:33:57.18\00:33:59.47
but lo, the
students have converted me.'
00:33:59.50\00:34:03.02
" Amazing. A
handful of students pray.
00:34:03.05\00:34:06.94
It goes on and
talks about how revival
00:34:06.97\00:34:08.56
spread from here to
CUC, how it went to AUC.
00:34:08.59\00:34:11.39
By the way, listen to this,
00:34:11.42\00:34:12.68
Christmas, that
fall's Christmas,
00:34:12.71\00:34:15.60
students from all three campuses
00:34:15.63\00:34:16.96
descend on New York City
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.51
and they were sharing
Christ on the sidewalks.
00:34:18.54\00:34:21.24
Christianity Today, the
revered evangelical journal,
00:34:21.27\00:34:25.34
hears of what
happened in New York City,
00:34:25.37\00:34:27.68
gets a hold of CUC
because the Christianity
00:34:27.71\00:34:30.15
Today officers used
to be in Washington.
00:34:30.18\00:34:32.81
The college sent
students and the Dean,
00:34:32.84\00:34:34.82
they gave the
worship at Christianity Today
00:34:34.85\00:34:36.97
and later that
winter they carried a story
00:34:37.00\00:34:41.68
of the revival sweeping
through Adventist colleges.
00:34:41.71\00:34:46.34
Mercy, revival,
resurrection, new life,
00:34:46.37\00:34:53.44
sweeping in to
the midst of a school.
00:34:53.47\00:35:00.88
I know this kind of--
this feels a bit of an affront.
00:35:00.91\00:35:08.87
And I don't mean
it to be an affront,
00:35:08.90\00:35:14.70
but could it be
00:35:14.73\00:35:17.04
that what Andrews
University needs most,
00:35:17.07\00:35:18.86
and I'm talking about myself,
00:35:18.89\00:35:22.01
could it be that what
we need most right now
00:35:22.04\00:35:26.82
is another
revival, the outpouring
00:35:26.85\00:35:30.29
of the Holy
Spirit on this campus?
00:35:30.32\00:35:34.59
I know that it's
like Dwight L. Moody
00:35:34.62\00:35:37.54
was preaching one night.
00:35:37.57\00:35:38.98
He was preaching
a series of nights
00:35:39.01\00:35:40.27
in the YMCA in
Chicago back in 1871
00:35:40.30\00:35:43.00
and two women came through
line as he was preaching.
00:35:43.03\00:35:45.28
And after he was
through and they said,
00:35:45.31\00:35:46.87
"You know, Mr. Moody,
we've been praying for you.
00:35:46.90\00:35:49.32
You need the
baptism of the Holy Spirit."
00:35:49.35\00:35:50.66
He's just like next.
00:35:50.69\00:35:52.09
And they kept coming
through night after night.
00:35:52.12\00:35:53.59
"We've been praying for you.
00:35:53.62\00:35:55.33
You need the
baptism of the Holy Spirit."
00:35:55.36\00:35:56.99
And finally one
night his temper threadbare
00:35:57.02\00:35:59.57
when they make the same
speech, he just loses it.
00:35:59.60\00:36:02.46
He said, "Why don't
you pray for the unsaved?
00:36:02.49\00:36:05.10
You shouldn't
be praying for me."
00:36:05.13\00:36:07.50
But they kept coming
back night after night.
00:36:07.53\00:36:11.40
And one night,
when everybody had left,
00:36:11.43\00:36:13.82
he said, "Listen, I got to talk.
00:36:13.85\00:36:15.09
What is this
about the Holy Spirit?"
00:36:15.12\00:36:18.23
And the rest is history.
00:36:18.26\00:36:20.69
Of course, it's an
affront. But you know what?
00:36:20.72\00:36:24.79
To say we don't need a
revival puts us in the company
00:36:24.82\00:36:28.12
of a little
church called Laodicea,
00:36:28.15\00:36:29.81
who says, "I
have need of nothing.
00:36:29.84\00:36:31.22
I don't need a revival."
00:36:31.25\00:36:35.94
A hundred years ago, a
little woman who picked out
00:36:35.97\00:36:39.16
this piece of
Southwestern Michigan farmland
00:36:39.19\00:36:41.88
to become the new address
for Battle Creek College,
00:36:41.91\00:36:44.00
she wrote these words.
00:36:44.03\00:36:45.06
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:36:45.09\00:36:47.23
"A revival of true godliness
among us is the greatest
00:36:47.26\00:36:53.35
and most urgent
of all our needs."
00:36:53.38\00:36:56.84
Look, if that was-- if
that was 200 years ago,
00:36:56.87\00:36:59.50
it is exponentially
more true, is it not?
00:36:59.53\00:37:03.04
"A revival of true godliness
among us is the greatest
00:37:03.07\00:37:05.29
and most urgent
of all our needs.
00:37:05.32\00:37:07.12
To seek this
should be our first work."
00:37:07.15\00:37:10.32
First work.
00:37:10.35\00:37:14.71
Revival, she went on,
00:37:14.74\00:37:16.38
"A revival need to be expected
only in answer to prayer."
00:37:16.41\00:37:21.81
It won't come any
other way. We have to ask.
00:37:21.84\00:37:26.99
That's why today is day 32
of our 40 days of prayer here
00:37:27.02\00:37:31.01
at Andrews University in
the Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:37:31.04\00:37:34.40
For 32 days now we've been
praying for God to pour out
00:37:34.43\00:37:37.52
His Spirit on us individually,
just pour out Your Spirit, God.
00:37:37.55\00:37:44.26
The life giver,
the Christ Himself,
00:37:44.29\00:37:47.48
he'd move in our
midst with this reviving,
00:37:47.51\00:37:50.04
this resurrecting power.
00:37:50.07\00:37:52.45
For 32 days now
00:37:52.48\00:37:53.61
we've been
connecting with a prayer partner
00:37:53.64\00:37:55.21
somewhere on this campus,
somewhere in this community,
00:37:55.24\00:37:58.58
reviewing the days
reading from this little book
00:37:58.61\00:38:00.65
by Dennis Smith,
called "40 Days."
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.52
It's a great book,
00:38:02.55\00:38:03.58
if you can pick up
the book before you leave.
00:38:03.61\00:38:05.83
Pick up the book.
00:38:05.86\00:38:07.59
Every day we're on the phone,
00:38:07.62\00:38:09.08
we're connecting,
reviewing the reading.
00:38:09.11\00:38:11.65
And you know what
we're praying for?
00:38:11.68\00:38:13.02
Holy Spirit,
baptize me. Just baptize me.
00:38:13.05\00:38:18.57
Pour out yourself in my life.
00:38:18.60\00:38:21.47
And, yeah, we're
praying for this church,
00:38:21.50\00:38:22.76
this congregation.
00:38:22.79\00:38:24.31
We're praying for this campus.
00:38:24.34\00:38:26.67
We're praying that God
would open the windows of heaven
00:38:26.70\00:38:28.47
and pour out such a blessing
00:38:28.50\00:38:29.54
that there wouldn't be
room enough to receive it.
00:38:29.57\00:38:31.66
We're asking God to do
it again 40 years later.
00:38:31.69\00:38:34.82
Only do it deeper,
do it wider this time.
00:38:34.85\00:38:38.98
Why not? What
have we got to lose?
00:38:39.01\00:38:41.96
Nothing.
00:38:41.99\00:38:44.45
Revival of true God and
this is our greatest need.
00:38:44.48\00:38:46.69
It will only come
though in answer to prayer.
00:38:46.72\00:38:51.95
And so we're praying and praying
00:38:51.98\00:38:53.91
and praying
when the 40 days end,
00:38:53.94\00:38:56.50
10 days in that
little prayer room begin,
00:38:56.53\00:39:00.72
I want, dear Lord, a
heart that's true and clean.
00:39:00.75\00:39:04.08
I want that heart,
Jesus. Resurrect my heart.
00:39:04.11\00:39:08.53
Start over in my
life. Give me a new heart.
00:39:08.56\00:39:14.76
Because we want that heart,
00:39:14.79\00:39:16.91
that's why next Friday night
right here, right here in this,
00:39:16.94\00:39:20.53
in this pulpit Lee
Venden, totally coincidental,
00:39:20.56\00:39:24.86
Lee Venden, the
son of Morris Venden,
00:39:24.89\00:39:26.59
will step into our
church and onto this campus
00:39:26.62\00:39:30.87
and begin nine
nights of revival preaching.
00:39:30.90\00:39:34.73
How come, Dwight?
00:39:34.76\00:39:35.93
Because we need a
revival. Revival of what?
00:39:35.96\00:39:38.16
Revival of godliness
and what is godliness,
00:39:38.19\00:39:40.41
but God-likeness.
00:39:40.44\00:39:42.02
And what is God-likeness,
but Christ likeness.
00:39:42.05\00:39:44.04
And what does it
mean to be like Christ?
00:39:44.07\00:39:45.96
It means to be baptized,
surely baptized as Jesus was
00:39:45.99\00:39:49.48
every day of His
life by the Holy Spirit.
00:39:49.51\00:39:51.90
Take a look at
this from the classic
00:39:51.93\00:39:53.06
"Christ's Object
Lessons," "Daily He," Christ,
00:39:53.09\00:39:55.80
"received a fresh
baptism of the Holy Spirit."
00:39:55.83\00:40:00.34
We don't need warm
spiritual fuzzies around here.
00:40:00.37\00:40:02.35
Oh, boy, we're having a revival.
00:40:02.38\00:40:04.17
No, no, no, no.
00:40:04.20\00:40:05.42
We need a
rekindling of the power
00:40:05.45\00:40:09.91
of the eternal in our midst,
00:40:09.94\00:40:11.99
that will ignite His
passion for a lost world.
00:40:12.02\00:40:15.34
One last time,
that's what we need.
00:40:15.37\00:40:18.43
We need His outpouring.
Does it happen, that passion?
00:40:18.46\00:40:22.52
Let me end with one last
paragraph in this article.
00:40:22.55\00:40:25.10
This is something
else, listen to this.
00:40:25.13\00:40:27.65
"The campus bookstore
underwent great changes,"
00:40:27.68\00:40:29.64
all right, in this
history of the revival,
00:40:29.67\00:40:31.46
"the campus bookstore
underwent great changes.
00:40:31.49\00:40:34.06
Many of the
students gave expression
00:40:34.09\00:40:35.57
to their faith
by purchasing Bibles
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.73
and giving them away on streets
00:40:37.76\00:40:39.10
or in
house-to-house visitation."
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.09
Listen, let me hit the
pause button right here.
00:40:41.12\00:40:43.28
There are three fruits
00:40:43.31\00:40:44.51
a genuine
revival will always have.
00:40:44.54\00:40:46.55
If it has only
two, it's not genuine.
00:40:46.58\00:40:48.27
It has to have all three.
00:40:48.30\00:40:49.69
Here are the three fruits,
the sentence points it out.
00:40:49.72\00:40:52.58
When a genuine--
When the Holy Spirit
00:40:52.61\00:40:54.57
is sweeping over a campus,
here are the three fruits
00:40:54.60\00:40:57.20
that immediately begin to grow,
intensification of praying.
00:40:57.23\00:41:01.23
People are praying way more
than they ever prayed before.
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.56
Intensification of
studying Holy Scripture.
00:41:03.59\00:41:06.27
They are into the
Word like never before.
00:41:06.30\00:41:08.58
And intensification
of witnessing for Christ.
00:41:08.61\00:41:12.12
Those three fruits combined
00:41:12.15\00:41:15.43
define the
genuineness of a revival.
00:41:15.46\00:41:18.87
What's going on in this
campus? Did you catch that?
00:41:18.90\00:41:22.27
"Many of the
students gave expression
00:41:22.30\00:41:23.64
to their faith
by purchasing Bibles
00:41:23.67\00:41:25.51
and giving them away on streets
00:41:25.54\00:41:27.50
or in house-to-house visitation.
00:41:27.53\00:41:29.01
The Andrews bookstore
managed by Alice Cox,"
00:41:29.04\00:41:31.55
some of you remember her,
00:41:31.58\00:41:32.93
"was well stocked for annual
sales of about 300 Bibles."
00:41:32.96\00:41:36.12
Every year, they figured,
00:41:36.15\00:41:37.19
we can sell 300
Bibles on this campus.
00:41:37.22\00:41:40.70
Listen to this, "suddenly,"
she's being quoted here,
00:41:40.73\00:41:42.73
"suddenly, she said, "we
couldn't keep reach out."
00:41:42.76\00:41:46.22
That's Ken Taylor's paraphrased
Living New Testament,
00:41:46.25\00:41:48.83
"we couldn't keep
reach out in stock.
00:41:48.86\00:41:51.13
In 5 weeks time
00:41:51.16\00:41:52.72
she ordered 1,300
copies at Andrews University
00:41:52.75\00:41:58.14
and thousands
more were to follow.
00:41:58.17\00:42:00.04
What's going on in Andrews,
the publishers wanted to know."
00:42:00.07\00:42:04.98
What's going on at
Andrews, heaven wants to know.
00:42:05.01\00:42:08.37
What's going on at Andrews?
00:42:08.40\00:42:11.12
Just moving through our paces,
moving through the routine.
00:42:11.15\00:42:17.93
I've only been here 2 months,
00:42:17.96\00:42:19.11
but I'm already
into the routine,
00:42:19.14\00:42:22.06
going through the motions.
00:42:22.09\00:42:24.53
What's going on at
Andrews, heaven wants to know.
00:42:24.56\00:42:29.78
And so we're praying and
praying and praying, God.
00:42:29.81\00:42:35.58
You define it any way you wish.
00:42:35.61\00:42:37.06
It doesn't have to
look like 40 years ago.
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.32
It doesn't have to
look like that at all,
00:42:39.35\00:42:41.63
but God pour out Your Spirit
00:42:41.66\00:42:45.01
and resurrect the life of Christ
00:42:45.04\00:42:47.68
in an entire student body
and faculty and administration
00:42:47.71\00:42:53.84
and church,
resurrect Christ in our lives.
00:42:53.87\00:42:59.62
Why not? What
do we have to lose?
00:42:59.65\00:43:03.83
Pray and pray and pray.
00:43:03.86\00:43:09.66
And so let the record show
before heaven that as alumni
00:43:09.69\00:43:14.77
and, oh, boy, I
wish you'd join us
00:43:14.80\00:43:16.31
in those
prayers, please, alumni.
00:43:16.34\00:43:18.66
That may be the biggest
gift you can give to us, right,
00:43:18.69\00:43:21.94
just give us that
gift of your prayers.
00:43:21.97\00:43:25.00
You go home, you go
back to your busy life
00:43:25.03\00:43:26.94
or your retirement,
pray for your alma mater,
00:43:26.97\00:43:31.22
pray for us like
you've never prayed
00:43:31.25\00:43:33.80
for Andrews University before.
00:43:33.83\00:43:35.59
Why not? The times are right.
00:43:35.62\00:43:38.22
We are living in an
utterly, on-the-edge political
00:43:38.25\00:43:42.95
and economic
time on this planet.
00:43:42.98\00:43:47.09
God can do what he needs to do
just like that with His Spirit
00:43:47.12\00:43:53.98
in possession of
your life and my heart.
00:43:54.01\00:43:57.74
Alumni, pray for us, will you?
00:43:57.77\00:43:59.96
We pray for
ourselves and we pray for you.
00:43:59.99\00:44:03.27
Oh, God, open up the windows
of heaven that there might be
00:44:03.30\00:44:06.48
poured out a blessing like
we have never received before.
00:44:06.51\00:44:11.95
It's time for one more revival.
00:44:11.98\00:44:14.26
Do it a second time, God,
00:44:14.29\00:44:18.57
for the Christ
who is coming soon,
00:44:18.60\00:44:21.69
for the Christ
who alone can save us.
00:44:21.72\00:44:25.79
I'd like to invite you
to stand with me right now.
00:44:40.80\00:44:45.84
And in a moment I'd like
to sing this little chorus
00:44:45.87\00:44:48.53
that Pastor Minchin taught
the students 40 years ago.
00:44:48.56\00:44:54.54
But before we sing that chorus
00:44:54.57\00:45:01.22
I need to make an invitation.
00:45:01.25\00:45:03.01
There's no way we
can come to this moment
00:45:03.04\00:45:04.99
and not make an invitation.
00:45:05.02\00:45:08.77
And so I want to invite,
if there's a student here
00:45:08.80\00:45:16.77
that would like
to be resurrected
00:45:16.80\00:45:19.18
in the power of
Christ, revived in your life
00:45:19.21\00:45:24.73
and in your journey,
as we sing this chorus
00:45:24.76\00:45:28.12
I'd like to invite
you to come forward.
00:45:28.15\00:45:31.00
If there's an
alum here, who says,
00:45:31.03\00:45:34.86
"You know what, Dwight,
I need that resurrection.
00:45:34.89\00:45:38.97
I want that revival,"
00:45:39.00\00:45:43.55
I want to invite you
to step over everybody
00:45:43.58\00:45:48.70
and just come here to the front
00:45:48.73\00:45:49.85
and we'll sing
this chorus together.
00:45:49.88\00:45:56.79
The leaders on
campus, our campus chaplains,
00:45:56.82\00:46:00.13
chaplain Japheth in
particular, he's reminded me,
00:46:00.16\00:46:03.65
"You know, Dwight, at
the end of this service,
00:46:03.68\00:46:05.91
we'd like to invite
the student missionaries
00:46:05.94\00:46:07.82
who were here to
come forward in dedication
00:46:07.85\00:46:11.71
to an adventure for Christ
00:46:11.74\00:46:14.53
that they're gonna
take one of these months."
00:46:14.56\00:46:17.94
And he said,
"Would you also invite,
00:46:17.97\00:46:19.23
please, students who
haven't made a decision
00:46:19.26\00:46:21.36
yet to be a student missionary?
00:46:21.39\00:46:23.97
Invite them to come forward."
00:46:24.00\00:46:25.98
We'll meet with them afterwards,
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.07
get their name and address
00:46:27.10\00:46:28.40
and begin the plan
with them how her life,
00:46:28.43\00:46:34.80
his life be joined in service.
00:46:34.83\00:46:37.61
I'll tell you this
about student missionaries,
00:46:37.64\00:46:40.16
there's nothing that
will revive your heart quicker
00:46:40.19\00:46:44.53
than proactive
service for Christ.
00:46:44.56\00:46:47.70
Always.
00:46:47.73\00:46:49.12
Service for Christ is
a catalyst for revival.
00:46:49.15\00:46:54.21
You want to be revived?
00:46:54.24\00:46:56.06
Be willing to take a
year off, maybe half a year?
00:46:56.09\00:46:59.33
Maybe just a spring break?
00:46:59.36\00:47:01.79
But you'd be willing to be
sent anywhere on this planet
00:47:01.82\00:47:04.65
and go for Jesus, I want
to invite you to come forward,
00:47:04.68\00:47:08.67
as we sing this chorus.
00:47:08.70\00:47:09.98
And I need to make
one more invitation.
00:47:10.01\00:47:12.50
I want to make an invitation
to the alumni who are here.
00:47:12.53\00:47:14.83
We are delighted
to have you as always.
00:47:14.86\00:47:17.71
You know what?
00:47:17.74\00:47:19.06
The university has talked
to you about giving to bricks
00:47:19.09\00:47:21.11
and mortar and that's important
and we do need those gifts.
00:47:21.14\00:47:24.79
But I'd like to invite
you right now to consider
00:47:24.82\00:47:26.79
giving a gift to human
lives in the service of Christ.
00:47:26.82\00:47:32.90
In your little pew
rack in front of you,
00:47:32.93\00:47:34.73
the students have
already put them there,
00:47:34.76\00:47:36.07
they're there for you.
00:47:36.10\00:47:37.13
See this little envelope?
00:47:37.16\00:47:38.97
Alumni, would you
please make a sacrificial gift
00:47:39.00\00:47:42.40
to student missions?
00:47:42.43\00:47:45.03
The details are all
here. You just fill it out.
00:47:45.06\00:47:46.29
You say,
"Dwight, I'm not prepared
00:47:46.32\00:47:47.35
to give anything today."
00:47:47.38\00:47:48.41
That's all right.
00:47:48.44\00:47:49.79
Just turn the
envelope in with what you,
00:47:49.82\00:47:51.55
by the grace of
God, would like to give.
00:47:51.58\00:47:53.08
It will enable our planning,
leadership team to know
00:47:53.11\00:47:56.64
how many students we can
bring in to a strategic effort
00:47:56.67\00:47:59.74
to reach this planet for
Christ through the young.
00:47:59.77\00:48:04.60
You couldn't give
a more important gift
00:48:04.63\00:48:07.13
than what you put
in this envelope today.
00:48:07.16\00:48:08.88
We'll have deacon
standing at the door, the ushers
00:48:08.91\00:48:10.86
and you may leave your
gift right there, your pledge.
00:48:10.89\00:48:15.92
We need-- We need to
go for broke for Christ,
00:48:15.95\00:48:21.87
spiritually, professionally,
00:48:21.90\00:48:26.72
academically, financially.
00:48:26.75\00:48:33.12
And so if your heart
would like to seize this moment
00:48:33.15\00:48:39.60
and ask Christ in a public way
00:48:39.63\00:48:43.16
to revive your life,
to rewrite your future,
00:48:43.19\00:48:47.91
to resurrect
what was once there,
00:48:47.94\00:48:51.56
this is not a call
for general re-dedication.
00:48:51.59\00:48:54.46
I'd like to
invite you to come out
00:48:54.49\00:48:55.64
and I want to pray with you.
00:48:55.67\00:48:57.04
We're all standing.
00:48:57.07\00:48:59.43
Nobody will see you,
except the one who calls you.
00:48:59.46\00:49:03.57
If Jesus is speaking
to your heart right now,
00:49:03.60\00:49:05.93
there are three stanzas to this,
00:49:05.96\00:49:07.39
I'm not going to
interrupt the stanzas.
00:49:07.42\00:49:09.15
God bless you.
00:49:09.18\00:49:10.57
I'm not going to
interrupt the stanzas.
00:49:10.60\00:49:14.16
I'm not going to prolong this,
00:49:14.19\00:49:15.55
just three stanzas
of this little chorus.
00:49:15.58\00:49:19.82
If God is speaking to your heart
00:49:19.85\00:49:22.82
and He's saying, "Girl, boy,
00:49:22.85\00:49:27.46
it's time for a
resurrection," step forward.
00:49:27.49\00:49:31.92
You're an alum, you're not
too old for a resurrection.
00:49:31.95\00:49:37.56
If God is tapping at
your shoulder and saying,
00:49:37.59\00:49:39.77
"I'm asking you to
publicly declare your prayer,"
00:49:39.80\00:49:45.23
I invite you to
come forward as well.
00:49:45.26\00:49:47.57
These are
already coming forward.
00:49:47.60\00:49:52.98
To the back of the
balcony, to the overflow,
00:49:53.01\00:49:58.10
if the Spirit is
speaking to your heart right now
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.89
join these who have
already opened the door.
00:49:59.92\00:50:04.17
You come.
00:50:04.20\00:50:07.53
I want to sing
that song with you,
00:50:07.56\00:50:09.11
put the words on the screen.
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.69
It's a beautiful chorus.
00:50:11.72\00:50:13.09
40 years ago they sang it
as the Spirit was poured out.
00:50:13.12\00:50:18.14
We sing it today believing
it can yet happen again.
00:50:18.17\00:50:24.64
Let's sing together.
00:50:24.67\00:50:25.83
I want, dear Lord, a heart
00:50:48.39\00:50:54.75
That's true and clean
00:50:54.78\00:50:58.61
A sunlit heart
00:50:58.64\00:51:03.73
With not a cloud between
00:51:03.76\00:51:10.69
A heart like
Thine, a heart divine
00:51:10.72\00:51:15.73
A heart as white as snow
00:51:15.76\00:51:21.82
On me, dear Lord,
00:51:21.85\00:51:27.37
A heart like this bestow
00:51:27.40\00:51:34.88
I want, dear Lord,
00:51:34.91\00:51:40.05
A love that cares for all
00:51:40.08\00:51:45.71
A deep, strong love
00:51:45.74\00:51:51.19
That answers every call
00:51:51.22\00:51:57.65
A love like Thine, a love divine
00:51:57.68\00:52:04.00
A love to come or go
00:52:04.03\00:52:10.51
On me, dear Lord,
00:52:10.54\00:52:15.78
A love like this bestow
00:52:15.81\00:52:23.64
I want, dear Lord,
00:52:23.67\00:52:28.75
A soul on fire for Thee
00:52:28.78\00:52:34.65
A soul baptized
00:52:34.68\00:52:39.99
with heav'nly energy
00:52:40.02\00:52:45.95
A willing mind, a ready hand
00:52:45.98\00:52:52.01
To do whate'er I know
00:52:52.04\00:52:58.41
To spread Thy light
00:52:58.44\00:53:04.03
Wherever I may go
00:53:04.06\00:53:10.37
Oh, Father, we
sing that prayer to you.
00:53:14.30\00:53:17.69
Know that it comes from
the depths of our hearts.
00:53:17.72\00:53:21.77
We want what you have.
00:53:21.80\00:53:26.25
We need what you
have. Quicken us, Jesus.
00:53:26.28\00:53:33.42
Rise up in our
midst, dear Christ.
00:53:33.45\00:53:37.81
Do it again.
00:53:37.84\00:53:39.74
Is the arm of
the Lord shortened?
00:53:39.77\00:53:42.27
Have You lost power in
the passage of 40 years?
00:53:42.30\00:53:48.44
Or are You even more eager now
00:53:48.47\00:53:50.61
to give good
gifts to Your children
00:53:50.64\00:53:53.44
as a parent does to her child?
00:53:53.47\00:53:57.07
Oh, God, we need what You have,
00:53:57.10\00:54:02.34
so we have responded today.
00:54:02.37\00:54:05.51
I thank you for these
who have come forward,
00:54:05.54\00:54:08.12
young adults,
adults, who are saying,
00:54:08.15\00:54:11.72
"Oh, dear Christ,
You've passed by my way.
00:54:11.75\00:54:19.45
I've heard You say,
'Young man, young woman,
00:54:19.48\00:54:23.81
sir, madam, I
say to you, arise.'
00:54:23.84\00:54:29.53
" We cannot change ourselves
00:54:32.51\00:54:34.23
anymore than that
boy could raise himself,
00:54:34.26\00:54:36.96
oh, God, but in the
power of the living Christ,
00:54:36.99\00:54:41.44
by faith we receive His
command and we rise up now,
00:54:41.47\00:54:48.27
in our minds and in
our hearts before You
00:54:48.30\00:54:50.37
we rise up with
new hope and new life.
00:54:50.40\00:54:57.47
Oh, Jesus, for these
who've said "Take my life
00:54:57.50\00:55:00.59
and let it be holy,
consecrated Lord to Thee,"
00:55:00.62\00:55:04.44
and who've come forward
for student missionary service
00:55:04.47\00:55:09.03
for the Christ,
honor that decision,
00:55:09.06\00:55:12.31
fan the flames now,
nothing will revive that life
00:55:12.34\00:55:16.70
like hands-on service
somewhere on this planet.
00:55:16.73\00:55:20.82
Prepare her for
her higher calling,
00:55:20.85\00:55:23.32
prepare him for the high destiny
00:55:23.35\00:55:25.92
you've always had for him.
00:55:25.95\00:55:28.07
Seal this decision.
There'll be obstacles.
00:55:28.10\00:55:32.25
We know there's an enemy.
00:55:32.28\00:55:34.04
He'll try to make it
look as tough as possible.
00:55:34.07\00:55:36.89
"Living a
resurrected life on this campus?
00:55:36.92\00:55:39.03
Give me a break."
00:55:39.06\00:55:41.11
Holy Christ, You can't
have called us to a decision
00:55:41.14\00:55:44.25
that you will not
assist with Your mighty Spirit.
00:55:44.28\00:55:47.91
Clear the way for the
roommate who doesn't believe,
00:55:47.94\00:55:54.25
for the friend who snickers.
00:55:54.28\00:55:57.32
Oh, God, give that
man, give that woman
00:55:57.35\00:56:02.04
your unbridled power
in the Spirit of Jesus.
00:56:02.07\00:56:06.30
Win every heart, cold
hearts, unbelieving hearts,
00:56:06.33\00:56:11.45
un-resurrected
lives, win everyone You can,
00:56:11.48\00:56:15.96
pour out Your
Spirit, we humbly pray.
00:56:15.99\00:56:19.03
And we will serve you, Jesus.
00:56:19.06\00:56:21.26
We will serve you till
You come, by Your grace.
00:56:21.29\00:56:27.78
We thank you.
00:56:27.81\00:56:29.17
Let all the people
say, amen and amen.
00:56:29.20\00:56:36.79
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:36.82\00:56:39.35
I hope that the Spirit of Jesus
has blessed your time with us
00:56:39.38\00:56:42.52
right here in the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:42.55\00:56:44.04
on the campus of
Andrews University.
00:56:44.07\00:56:46.07
Do you know
that around the world
00:56:46.10\00:56:47.18
people join us every
week for this hour of worship?
00:56:47.21\00:56:49.68
We're always
looking as a consequence
00:56:49.71\00:56:51.48
for new ways to bridge,
00:56:51.51\00:56:52.77
somehow to
connect with these people
00:56:52.80\00:56:54.91
who come here to
worship via the telecast.
00:56:54.94\00:56:57.90
One of the areas that is quickly
00:56:57.93\00:56:59.47
growing for us is our website.
00:56:59.50\00:57:01.18
We had more than a
140,000 visitors last year.
00:57:01.21\00:57:05.20
It's an incredible opportunity
00:57:05.23\00:57:07.04
that God has given us
to expand His kingdom.
00:57:07.07\00:57:09.89
If you'd like to
help partner with us
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.87
as we seek to spread
the everlasting gospel,
00:57:11.90\00:57:14.72
I'd love to have you
call our toll-free number.
00:57:14.75\00:57:17.20
We've got very
friendly operators standing by.
00:57:17.23\00:57:19.82
Here's the
number, 877-His-Will, 877
00:57:19.85\00:57:23.68
and then the two
words "His Will."
00:57:23.71\00:57:24.98
One of the operators will be
happy to give you the details
00:57:25.01\00:57:28.24
of how you can partner
with this global ministry.
00:57:28.27\00:57:31.30
If you prefer, listen,
you can do it all online.
00:57:31.33\00:57:33.41
Go to our website,
please, www.pmchurch.tv.
00:57:33.44\00:57:37.95
I'd be honored to
have the privilege
00:57:37.98\00:57:39.32
of partnering with you
00:57:39.35\00:57:40.39
as we seek to spread the truth
about God for this generation.
00:57:40.42\00:57:43.78
We are living in urgent times.
00:57:43.81\00:57:46.97
Now more than ever
we've got to go to the world
00:57:47.00\00:57:50.38
with the good
news entrusted to us.
00:57:50.41\00:57:52.02
So once again, here's that
toll free number, 877-His-Will.
00:57:52.05\00:57:56.40
Thank you in
advance for your generosity.
00:57:56.43\00:57:59.04
It blesses me and
you grow this ministry.
00:57:59.07\00:58:02.05
I pray that the Spirit of Christ
00:58:02.08\00:58:03.66
will abide with you
every step of the way
00:58:03.69\00:58:06.04
and I hope you come back
again next time right here
00:58:06.07\00:58:09.20
as we continue our
worship journey together.
00:58:09.23\00:58:11.91