Participants: Pr. Dwight Nelson
Series Code: NP
Program Code: NP112208
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01:37 When in our music God is glorified
01:44 And adoration leaves no room for pride 01:51 It is as though the whole creation cried 01:57 Alleluia 02:03 How often, making music, we have found 02:12 A new dimension in the world of sound 02:21 As worship moved us to a more profound 02:28 Alleluia 02:32 Alleluia Alleluia 02:38 Alleluia Alleluia 02:44 Alleluia 02:53 So has the Church, in liturgy and song 03:01 In faith and love, through centuries of wrong Borne 03:09 witness to the truth in every tongue 03:19 Alleluia 03:33 Words of Joy today are taken Psalm 98. 03:36 I will read the first of verses in Russian 03:39 and then entire Psalm in the New King James Version. 03:42 [Speaking in foreign language] 04:04 "O sing to the Lord a new song, 04:06 for he has done marvelous things, 04:09 his right hand, and his holy arm, 04:11 had gained him the victory. 04:14 The Lord has made known his salvation, 04:16 his righteousness he has revealed 04:18 in the sight of the nations. 04:21 He has remembered his mercy and his faithfulness 04:24 to the house of Israel. 04:25 All the ends of the earth have seen 04:27 the salvation of our God. 04:29 Shall joyfully to the Lord, all the earth 04:32 break-forth into song, rejoice and sing praises. 04:36 Sing to the Lord with the harp, 04:38 with the harp, and the sound of the Psalm. 04:41 With trumpets and the sound of a horn 04:44 shall joyfully before the Lord the King. 04:47 Let the see roar in all its fullness, 04:49 the world and those who dwell in it. 04:52 Let the rivers clap their hands. 04:54 Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord 04:57 for he is coming to judge the earth, 05:00 with righteousness he shall judge the world 05:02 and the people's with equity." 05:10 Please be seated. 05:15 Please note that the hymns 05:17 are also listed as the numbered hymn numbers 05:20 and you can use the screens as well if you wish. 05:22 Let's praise God further. 05:54 All things bright and beautiful 05:59 All creatures great and small 06:03 All things wise and wonderful 06:07 The Lord God made them all 06:12 Each little flower that opens 06:16 Each little bird that sings 06:20 He made their glowing colors 06:25 He made their tiny wings 06:30 All things bright and beautiful 06:34 All creatures great and small 06:37 All things wise and wonderful 06:42 The Lord God made them all 06:46 The purple-headed mountain 06:52 The river running by 06:56 The sunset, and the morning 07:00 That brightens up the sky 07:05 All things bright and beautiful 07:09 All creatures great and small 07:14 All things wise and wonderful 07:18 The Lord God made them all 07:23 The cold wind in the winter 07:28 The pleasant summer sun 07:32 The ripe fruits in the garden 07:37 He made them every one 07:41 All things bright and beautiful 07:45 All creatures great and small 07:50 All things wise and wonderful 07:54 The Lord God made them all 07:58 He gave us eyes to see them 08:03 And lips that we might tell 08:07 How great is God Almighty 08:12 Who has made all things well 08:18 All things bright and beautiful 08:22 All creatures great and small 08:27 All things wise and wonderful 08:31 The Lord God made them all 09:11 Fairest Lord Jesus, 09:16 Ruler of all nature 09:21 O Thou of God and man the Son! 09:32 Thee will I cherish 09:38 Thee will I honor 09:42 Thou art my glory, joy and crown 09:52 Fair is the sunshine 09:57 Fairer still the moonlight 10:02 And all the twinkling, starry host 10:13 Jesus shines brighter 10:17 Jesus shines purer 10:23 Than all the angels heaven can boast 10:33 Beautiful Savior 10:38 Lord of all the nations 10:44 Son of God and Son of Man! 10:55 Glory and honor, 11:01 Praise, adoration 11:06 Now and forevermore Be Thine! 11:44 Praise to the Lord The Almighty 11:48 The King of creation! 11:53 O my soul, praise Him 11:56 For He is thy health and salvation! 12:03 All ye who hear, 12:06 Now to His temple draw near 12:11 Join ye in glad adoration! 12:19 Praise to the Lord 12:22 Who o'er all things So wonderfully reigneth 12:29 Shieldeth thee under His wings 12:33 Yea, so gently sustaineth! 12:38 Hast thou not seen 12:42 How thy desires ever have been 12:47 Granted in what He ordaineth? 13:11 Praise to the Lord, Ho doth prosper 13:16 Thy work and defend Thee 13:21 Surely His goodness and mercy 13:26 Here daily attend thee 13:32 Ponder anew 13:37 what the Almighty can do 13:42 If with His love He befriend thee 14:11 Come, let us anew our journey pursue 14:17 Roll round with the year 14:19 And never stand still Till the Master appear 14:26 His adorable will let us gladly fulfill 14:33 And our talents improve By the patience of hope 14:39 And the labor of love By the patience of hope 14:43 And the labor of love 14:50 Our life is a dream Our time, as a stream 14:55 Glide swiftly away 14:58 And the fugitive moment refuses to stay 15:04 For the arrow is flown 15:08 And the moments are gone 15:11 The millennial year Rushes on to our view 15:16 And eternity's here Rushes on to our view 15:21 And eternity's here 15:28 Oh, that each in the day of His coming may say 15:33 I have fought my way through I have finished the work 15:38 Thou didst give me to do! 15:42 Oh, that each from his Lord 15:46 may receive the glad word 15:49 Well and faithfully done! 15:55 Enter into my joy, and sit down on My throne! 15:58 Enter into my joy, 16:01 and sit down on My throne! 16:07 Oh, that each from his Lord may receive the glad word 16:15 Well and faithfully done! 16:20 Enter into my joy, and sit down on My throne! 16:25 Enter into my joy, 16:27 and sit down on My throne! 16:56 This last week in the Wall Street Journal's 17:00 best seller list for 'nonfiction' 17:04 the number one, entry was entitled the "Last Lecture." 17:11 Apparently, it is a custom of some colleges 17:16 to select a professor from the faculty 17:18 and invite that man that women to spend an hour 17:24 sharing from the heart those lessons 17:27 that he or she has learned matter most. 17:33 Randy Pausch, was a professor of computer science 17:35 at Carnegie Mellon University 17:37 when the president of that university 17:38 came to him and said, "Randy, would you give a last lecture?" 17:43 Neither he nor the president knew 17:46 when he accepted that invitation 17:47 that in just a few weeks he would be told 17:52 he would have between three and six months to live. 17:57 Pausch wrote, "I learned 18:00 I was dying of pancreatic cancer. 18:04 I knew I could cancel. 18:06 I have three young children, 18:07 I'm married to Jai, the woman of my dreams, 18:09 and there were so many things to be done. 18:12 But by speaking, I knew I could put myself in a bottle 18:16 that would one day wash upon the beach 18:19 for my children, Dylan and Logan and Chloe." 18:24 The 76 minute lecture was taped. 18:27 It was placed on YouTube and as of last week 18:29 it has been viewed 18:30 seven million 840 thousand 276 times. 18:37 Pausch expanded that lecture 18:40 and it has become today's bestseller, the "Last Lecture." 18:45 Through his suffering he maintained an online journal. 18:50 The final entry was posted by an anonymous friend 18:53 July 25th, 2008. 18:56 Randy died this morning of complications 18:59 from pancreatic cancer. 19:01 He was 47 year old. 19:04 Now look, I understand 19:07 not everybody dies of pancreatic cancer 19:12 but what has become clear to me as I grow older 19:16 is that everybody and I mean everybody 19:22 suffers sometime along the way. 19:26 In fact, suffers many times along the way. 19:33 And what daunts on you, 19:34 when you read the Book of Acts 19:36 which is our theme book for this series Primetime 19:39 is that even the friends of Jesus suffer. 19:43 In fact, truth and advertising especially 19:46 the friends of Jesus suffer. 19:51 Which is why I wish, what's up doctor-- 19:54 why did you put that one measly little line in? 19:57 You could have left it out but oh, no, you stuck it in. 20:02 And because he did 20:04 you who are the primetime generation 20:06 and I am thinking especially of you. 20:09 You have been given a slice of truth 20:12 that I hope you will never forget. 20:15 Open your Bible with me, please to the Book of Acts. 20:18 Book of Acts Chapter 14, if you didn't bring a Bible 20:23 you got to-- you need to read this one liner for yourself. 20:26 Grab the pew Bible in front of you. 20:29 Acts Chapter 14, 20:30 I will be Today's New International Version. 20:32 Take the pew Bible that's a New King James 20:34 it works page 745 in pew Bible. 20:37 Follow along, just one line. 20:39 We need to run up to that line so let's pick it up in verse 21. 20:42 Acts 14:21, 20:46 says "They had preached the gospel" 20:47 That would be Paul and Barnabas. 20:51 Two some partnership. 20:52 "They preached the gospel in that city 20:54 and won a large number of disciples. 20:56 Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 21:00 " Verse 22, "Strengthening the disciples 21:03 and encouraging them to remain true to the faith." 21:06 And this sentence is attributed to them. 21:08 Here it comes. 21:09 "'We must go through many hardships 21:12 to enter the kingdom of God,' they said." 21:16 Can you believe it? 21:17 Write it down. We're real quick. 21:18 Write it down right down, grab that study guide, 21:20 that's in your worship bulletin today, 21:23 pull it out and jot that sentence down. 21:26 And while you're doing it and I want to say 21:27 those of you watching right now. 21:29 I'd love for you to have the same study guide. 21:31 We'll put it on the screen for you our website 21:34 www.pmchurch.tv 21:37 You got to get this line jot it down 21:39 so you can brood over it as well. 21:42 You're looking for the series Primetime 21:43 this is the next to the last in that series primetime. 21:46 By the way don't miss the final installment 21:49 towards a nighttime before a primetime 21:52 and all through the world. 21:54 That's our last one coming up. 21:56 But this one is entitled 21:57 "Nobody said it was going to be easy." 21:58 So that's what you're looking for when you see 21:59 "Nobody has said it's going to be easy" 22:01 says study guide there you click on 22:03 you'll have the same study guide. 22:05 All right, fill it in. Write in the reference. 22:06 You're gonna need to do that Acts 14:22 jot that down. 22:10 "We must go through many hardships." 22:12 Many hardships. "To enter the kingdom of God." 22:17 I ye nobody said it was going to be easy. 22:23 Actually, we shouldn't be too hard on Paul and Barnabas 22:25 or on Dr Lupo including this one liner 22:28 simply because truth be known 22:30 it's the perfect summation 22:32 for the narratives that it just taken place. 22:34 Six stories, keep your pen moving. 22:36 Can't tell the stories but I want you to note the stories 22:38 that lead to this punch line. 22:40 Story number one, you see it in your study guide 22:42 that's Acts 13:1-12. 22:44 It's a story about being on the Island of Cyprus. 22:46 They're trying to reach the Roman pro-council 22:48 that would be the governor Sergio Paulus. 22:51 He has a counselor a sorcerer named Bar-Jesus 22:54 and the powers of darkness at work and Bar-Jesus 22:57 keeps trying to turn 22:59 the governor away from what Paul is teaching 23:01 until finally Paul in exasperation strikes 23:05 the sorcerer blind for a season. 23:07 Not for life but for a season. 23:08 Write that down, he had to strike him blind. 23:10 Crisis right at the beginning. 23:12 Story number two, keep your pen moving Acts 13:13, 23:15 "The 'primetime' mission got so tough so quickly that" 23:19 young adult "John Mark" 23:22 He is in his late 20s early 30s 23:24 we've calculated the age, young adult "John Mark 23:28 quit the mission for Jesus." 23:30 Just up and quit. 23:32 Story number two. 23:33 Story number three, Acts 13:14-45, 23:36 "The Jews in Pisidian Antioich" direct quote out of the TNIV 23:39 heaped abuse, "'heaped abuse' 23:43 on Paul after his sermon in the synagogue." 23:46 Heaped abused. 23:47 Story number four, Acts 13:46-52, 23:50 "The Jewish leaders then 'stirred up persecution.'" 23:53 Write it in. 23:54 "'Stirred up persecution' against Paul and Barnabas 23:56 and expelled them from the region." 23:59 Story number five, Acts 14:1-7, 24:01 "Jewish antagonist in Iconium hatched a plot to stone 24:05 Paul and Barnabas." 24:06 But they got to win but they got a whiff of the plot afoot 24:09 and fled the town before they could be stoned. 24:12 Story number six, 24:14 this time they didn't get out quick enough. 24:16 Story number six, Acts 14:8-20 24:19 "But in Lystra the crowd thinks Paul and Barnabas are gods." 24:24 Because they've healed a lame man. 24:25 And so the crowd immediately begins to offer 24:27 animal sacrifices to the two men 24:29 both men desperately seek to a halt, 24:31 re affaire, the Jews from the previous cities 24:34 arrive at that very moment and persuade the crowd 24:37 to actually go ahead and stone. 24:39 Write it in, stone Paul. 24:42 In fact that story is so dramatic 24:43 I need to read the two lines before what we just read. 24:46 You're Bibles already opened to Acts 14, 24:48 go back up to verse 19, 24:50 "Then some Jews came from Antioch 24:51 and Iconium and won the crowd over and they stoned Paul." 24:56 Never been stoned in my life, have you? 24:58 And "They stoned Paul 25:00 and dragged them outside the city, 25:01 thinking he was dead." 25:02 The body is comatose. 25:04 It doesn't even look like he is breathing. 25:05 He is gone. 25:06 But watch this, 25:07 "But after the disciples gather around the broken body, 25:12 he got up and went back into the city 25:15 and the next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe." 25:18 You can't believe it. You just can't believe it. 25:20 Six, events of obvious suffering and tribulation 25:23 Paul and Barnabas 25:25 as they revisit the new churches after those six events 25:28 its no wonder they've adopted this maxim. 25:32 And they teach the truth, 25:33 we must go through many hardships 25:37 to enter the kingdom of God. 25:39 Nobody, said, it was going to be easy. 25:43 You wonder why that it is. Me too. 25:46 I'll tell you what why does God allow us friends, 25:49 who are working hard for Him 25:51 which is what He has called you to do for Him? 25:53 Why does God allow His friends who are working hard for Him 25:55 seeking the witness to their friends, 25:57 witness to the family, witness my colleagues, 25:59 witness to the neighbors? 26:00 Why when they're on mission for Jesus 26:02 does God allow hardships to take place? 26:07 I wasn't with you last Sabbath, 26:08 out on the west coast 26:09 for the memorial service of a very dear friend of mine, 26:13 a worker for Jesus just like you have been called to be. 26:16 Why, why is that maxim of the kingdom 26:19 we must go through many hardships 26:22 in order to enter the kingdom of God? 26:24 I'd been brooding on that obviously, 26:26 now for a bunch of days. 26:29 I am coming with two plausible reasons. 26:31 I want to running by you see if you agree with these two. 26:35 Reason number one jot it down. 26:36 "It's the truth of the pearls." 26:40 I was born in Japan, 26:43 one of the greatest nations on earth for culturing pearls. 26:46 I know, a little bit as a consequence 26:48 about how pearls are formed. 26:50 Let me put a pearl on the screen for you. 26:51 Take a look at this beautiful, 26:53 beautiful pearl that we found online. 26:55 Let me tell you about that pearl leaving on the screen. 26:58 A natural pearl begins in the moist heart of an oyster 27:03 when a foreign object that doesn't belong 27:06 falls into that oyster. 27:07 It could be a broken part of the shell. 27:09 It can be a parasite. 27:11 It can be cultured by a grain of sand 27:14 but when that moist body of the oyster receives it, 27:17 it immediately reacts. 27:18 This does not belong here and it begins to secrete 27:22 what is called the nacre. 27:26 As it secretes this slimy substance, 27:30 it's endeavoring to isolate 27:33 the irritant from the rest of the organism. 27:35 The longer the organism stays within the oyster 27:38 the more that substance get secreted. 27:40 Now this substance consists by the way 27:42 of microscopic crystals of calcium carbonate. 27:46 They just keep building. 27:47 The longer it stays it just keeps building it, 27:50 overtime a ball develops. 27:54 A ball by the way where these microscopic crystals 27:56 of carbonate are aligned perfectly with one another 27:59 so that the light passing along the axis of one crystal 28:02 is reflected and refracted by another 28:04 to produce a rainbow of light and glory. 28:08 The pearl, the pearl is born that way. 28:11 Would you jot it down? 28:13 "As long as there is an irritant 28:16 that interrupts the normal flow of life in the creature, 28:19 the process of transforming that foreign object 28:21 into a stunning creation of beauty goes on, and on, and on." 28:26 Are you getting any parallels? 28:27 Are you catching anything here? 28:29 You have to have the irritant in order to get the pearl. 28:37 In fact jot it down the more suffering, 28:40 "The more 'suffering,' the greater the beauty." 28:45 Isn't that some. 28:48 And that classic on the Sermon on the Mount 28:50 entitled thoughts from the man of blessing. 28:52 Would you jot this down please? 28:53 "The trials of life." 28:56 Write it in, "The trials of life are God's workmen, 28:59 to remove the impurities and roughness from our character." 29:02 There are hewing, they're squaring, they're chiseling, 29:05 they're burnishing and polishing, 29:07 is a painful process but the pearl-- 29:09 now I switch the word it says stone but I put pearl in. 29:12 "But the pearl is brought forth 29:14 prepared to fill its place in the heavenly temple. 29:17 Upon no useless material does the Master bestow 29:20 such careful thorough work. 29:22 Only His precious pearls are polished 29:25 after the similitude of a palace." 29:29 Do you suppose that's why Paul's point is true? 29:32 We have to go through many hardships. 29:35 Daniel the kingdom of God nobody said 29:39 it was going to be easy. 29:41 It's the lesson of the pearls. 29:45 Number two, write it down please. 29:47 "It's also the truth of the powers." 29:52 You'll say what powers? 29:53 Let me tell you something, 29:54 the powers that surround every young disciple 29:57 or not so young disciple 29:59 who steps out to become primetime witness for Christ. 30:02 The moment you accept Jesus and you'll say I am gonna live 30:05 in radical witness for my Savior. 30:07 In that instant, 30:09 the opposing powers are marshaled to mute you, 30:12 shut you up or discourage you, shuts you down. 30:17 We're on a war. 30:20 John Mark is a classic example. 30:23 Young adult John Mark 30:25 who looked at what was coming and said, 30:27 I am out of here and he quit. 30:30 In fact, just to page back to verse 13 of chapter 13. 30:33 Just turn one page back to Acts 13:13. 30:35 "So they leave us." They leave Cyprus from Paphos. 30:39 "Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, 30:43 where John left them to return to Jerusalem." 30:50 Actually apostles commenting 30:52 on why Mark cuts and runs these words. 30:56 "It was here that Mark, 30:58 overwhelmed with fear and discouragement, 30:59 wavered for a time in his purpose 31:01 to give himself wholeheartedly to the Lord's work. 31:04 Unused to hardships, 31:05 he was disheartened by the perils 31:07 and privations of the way. 31:08 He had labored with success under favorable circumstances, 31:11 but now, amidst the opposition and perils 31:14 that so often beset the pioneer worker, 31:16 he failed to endure hardness as a good soldier of the cross." 31:21 Ladies and gentlemen, there is no way to paper in it over 31:23 this is a major crash and burn. 31:26 This is total failure. 31:28 John Mark melted down could not stand the heat 31:35 and got out of the kitchen. 31:41 Sometime later at the end of chapter 15, 31:43 you're trying this sometime later Paul says, 31:45 hey Barnabas, you know what, 31:46 we got to go back and visit these churches 31:47 we planted together. 31:48 And Barnabas says, great idea Paul, 31:50 how about if I bring my cousin again? 31:52 Because, John Mark was the young cousin of Barnabas. 31:54 How about if I bring my cousin Mark again? 31:57 Paul looked at him and said, you got to be crazy. 32:00 You're not bringing up boy with us. 32:02 No, no, no, no at the end of verse, chapter 15 of Acts, 32:05 they enter into sharp dispute. 32:09 And finally it got so bad that Barnabas says, 32:10 I will tell you what 32:11 if you're not gonna let me and Mark come, 32:12 we're out of here. 32:14 And Paul says "adios." 32:17 And Barnabas and his cousin Mark 32:19 go back to Cyprus because you got to back 32:22 to where you need to learn your lesson. 32:23 And Paul says, I got to find somebody. 32:25 He gives a whole of a man name Cellos and guess what, 32:28 God gets a two for one out of that deal. 32:32 By the way, make note just because you're a friend of Jesus 32:36 does it mean you agree with all His friends. 32:43 And a university community knows that very well. 32:49 By the way, John Mark grew from that meltdown. 32:53 Because when he went back to Jerusalem 32:54 his mother was Mary. 32:55 The upper room was owned by her 32:57 at last supper was all there. 32:59 When John Mark goes back there's another big man. 33:03 He says "I want that boy." 33:05 And Peter took John Mark under his wing 33:09 and began to nurture him. 33:10 And in fact, scholar believes 33:13 that John Mark who obviously came out of that meltdown 33:16 became the great evangelist who wrote the very first gospel. 33:18 We're convinced. 33:19 Mark was the first of the four gospels to be written. 33:21 Scholars believe you really should call 33:23 that the gospel according to Saint Peter. 33:25 It's Peter story as recorded by Mark. 33:29 John Mark recovered from that meltdown. 33:32 Good news, for all of us who have melted down in fear 33:35 when we were about our father's business good news. 33:39 God will take you back again and again. 33:41 In fact by the way number two, he re-wins Paul's heart. 33:47 And if I leave him on 23, Paul says, 33:49 "hey I want to tell you about my co-worker Mark." 33:52 And in his last will and testament, 2 Timothy 33:54 just before Paul dies Paul begs Timothy, 33:56 Timothy, bring Mark with you 33:58 because "he is helpful to me in my ministry." 34:03 You can crash him burned and learn and get a back up. 34:08 Hallelujah. 34:10 By the way John Mark tradition tells us went 34:12 on to be the head of the church in Alexandria. 34:14 Finally the city rouse up to slay him. 34:17 To martyr John Mark they dragged him 34:20 through the streets of Alexandria till he was dead. 34:24 We must enter the Kingdom of God through many hardships. 34:31 Nobody said it was going to be easy. 34:36 Don't you cut and run now. 34:38 Nobody said it was going to be easy. 34:41 It's the truth and lesson of the pearls it's a truth 34:44 and lesson of the powers. 34:46 Let me, one more line from Mount of Blessing jot this now. 34:49 "Principalities and powers and wicked spirits 34:52 in high places are arrayed against all" All, all, 34:56 all, we're in a war " 34:59 all who yield obedience to the law of heaven." 35:01 What's the law of heaven? 35:02 Share the good news with everyone you can. 35:06 Therefore," because of this opposition " 35:09 so far from causing grief, opposition should bring joy." 35:13 Write it down "should bring joy to the disciples of Christ." 35:16 Why should I have joy over hardship? 35:18 Because it is evidence that you're following 35:20 in the steps of your Master. 35:21 When you're under hardship in mission for Christ 35:24 trouble start it's because somebody knows 35:27 you're on beam for the Savior. 35:29 Don't you back down then, 35:31 you must go through that hardship. 35:32 Hang in there, stay with it. 35:36 It's a sign you're exactly where God needs you to be. 35:43 Nobody said it was going to be easy. 35:45 Besides didn't Jesus promise us, 35:47 Low, I am with you always even to the very end. 35:55 When I end the story 35:58 that illustrates the truth 35:59 that He is with us to the very end. 36:01 I found the story two months ago in the newspaper 36:03 you can understand why it would catch my eye. 36:07 Story about a pastor, Caldwell, Idaho, six foot six 36:12 pastor of the Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church, 36:16 July 30, go striding into the Wyoming wilderness 36:20 capping the end of a three months sabbatical. 36:22 He says listen. 36:23 "I need a ten day, sixty miles solo hike 36:26 across the continental divide. 36:27 Then we will go family that will come in, 36:29 we have a grand camping trip to wrap it all up." 36:32 And so on July 30 with his lab mixed named Andy 36:38 turning his dog started their adventure, 36:40 hiking into the Bridger-Teton National Forest. 36:43 He keeps a journal. 36:45 August 2, 36:49 the fourth day of his journey, 36:50 Turner he was traversing a field of boulders 36:53 along a mountain lake more than 11, 000 feet high 36:55 and 16 miles from the nearest trailhead 36:58 when a bolder he stepped on teetered. 37:03 If you have ever climb on rocks as I think we all have, 37:06 you know, some rocks are little bit loose. 37:08 So the bolder teetered and instinctively 37:11 he jumped to the next one. 37:13 But he slid off. 37:15 And the 800 pound rock he had just leaped 37:17 from rumbled toward him 37:19 catching him between the boulders. 37:23 The rock barely touched him. 37:25 But when he tried to extricate himself 37:26 his legs wouldn't move. 37:27 They weren't broken, barely even injured 37:29 but his feet were suspended in the air, midair, 37:31 he couldn't push them down, he couldn't pull them up. 37:33 The two boulders had come together 37:35 in the perfect configuration 37:37 to form a pair of granite shackles. 37:41 He is locked in. 37:46 Through Turner's journal and physical evidence 37:47 at the scene, it is clear he fought mightily 37:50 to free himself and to stay alive. 37:52 He used his tripod and anything he could lay 37:53 his hands on to try to force himself free. 37:55 He melted, then drank, the snow he could reach, 37:57 and used his tent's rain fly to collect dew and rainfall. 38:00 He tied a water bottle to a rope 38:01 and tried repeatedly to toss it to the nearby lake. 38:03 But the bottle, too, got caught between rocks. 38:06 And then Turner's journal, carefully protected 38:09 in a zip-top plastic bag, slipped beyond his reach 38:14 after about five days on the rocks. 38:17 Desperate to maintain communication with his family, 38:20 he began writing on the blank pages 38:21 at the beginning and end of his Bible. 38:23 When those filled, he wrote in the margins 38:25 of the instruction sheet for his camp stove. 38:28 And his suffering continued. Key word "suffering." 38:31 And as it did Tuners mood turned darker and despairing. 38:35 "God is with me, but I am angry with Him. 38:37 What is the purpose of this ordeal? 38:39 Will I ever know, or continue to be puzzled, angered, 38:42 and feel quite abandoned by the one I serve?" 38:45 More than a week passed, Turner's handwriting weakened; 38:48 a mood of acceptance took over. 38:50 And his final line, his final line 38:55 barely legible reads with these words 38:59 "I will trust in God though He will slay me, 39:04 yet will I trust in him." 39:08 Hanging between heaven and earth slowly dying, 39:12 it sounds like Calvary to me. 39:15 We must go through many hardships 39:21 in order to enter the Kingdom of God. 39:26 But we have His promise, 39:29 Lo, I am with you all the way to your very last breath. 40:36 What gift can we bring what present, what token? 40:44 What words can convey it, the joy of this day? 40:52 When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing 41:00 What song can we offer in honor and praise? 41:12 Give thanks for the past, for those who had vision 41:20 Who planted and watered so dreams could come true 41:28 Give thanks for the now, for study, for worship 41:36 For mission that bids us turn prayer into deed 42:24 Give thanks for tomorrow, full of surprises 42:31 For knowing whatever tomorrow may bring 42:39 The Word is our promise always, forever 42:45 We rest in God's keeping 42:51 and live in God's love 42:59 This gift we now bring, this present, this token 43:07 These words can convey it, the joy of this day! 43:15 When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing, 43:23 This song we now offer in honor and praise! 44:16 All praise and thanks to God, 44:22 The Father, now be given, 44:28 The Son, and Him who reigns 44:33 With them in highest heaven, 44:39 The one eternal God 44:45 Whom earth and heaven adore, 44:50 For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore" 45:30 Please stand. 46:06 "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 46:13 Praise Him, all creatures here below 46:20 Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, 46:27 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 46:37 Amen." 47:16 For all the saints who from their labors rest 47:28 Who Thee by faith before the world confess 47:38 Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest 47:53 Alleluia! Alleluia! 48:02 Alleluia! 48:20 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, 48:25 and their Might Thou, Lord, 48:30 their Captain in the well-fought fight Thou, 48:36 in the darkness drear, their one true Light 48:43 Alleluia! Alleluia! 48:53 Oh, may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold 49:01 Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old 49:09 And win with them the victor's crown of gold 49:17 Alleluia! Alleluia! 49:26 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long 49:42 Steals on the ear the distant triumph song 49:51 And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong 50:11 Alleluia! 50:21 Alleluia! 50:37 Alleluia! 51:32 "From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, 51:40 Thro' gates of pearl streams in the countless host, 51:51 Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 52:00 Alleluia! Alleluia!" 52:51 He who testifies to these things says 52:54 "Yes I am coming soon." 52:58 Amen, come Lord Jesus, 53:01 the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. 53:05 Amen. 56:53 Let me take one more moment 56:54 as we close out our worship time together 56:56 and tell you about our weekly sermon podcast. 56:59 Each week, around here we've got our very special group 57:02 of technically savvy volunteers from our media department 57:05 and gathered together to publish a podcast 57:07 of these sermon messages, like the one you heard today. 57:11 These messages by the way automatically downloaded 57:13 to your computer via iTunes, 57:16 everything is set up and ready to go. 57:17 All you have to do to receive this free podcast subscription, 57:20 just go to our website. 57:21 Let me give you the address, www.pmchurch.tv 57:25 And while there you'll see podcast 57:27 just click on the podcast. 57:28 Then you're gonna be given some easy 57:30 to understand directions 57:31 that will guide you through the set up process. 57:33 It's that simple. 57:35 Once again, our website www.pmchurch.tv 57:39 And by the way while you're there 57:40 you can also download the study guides 57:42 to follow along with each weeks teaching. 57:44 I hope you join the thousands of others 57:46 and enjoy that podcast each week 57:48 and share it with your friends. 57:50 That's what it's for to bless you 57:52 and then pass it on. 57:54 In the meantime God bless you 57:56 and keep you as you journey on 57:58 and I am looking forward to seeing again right here 58:01 as we continue to share God' s holy scriptures together. |
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