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[ "Praise God, From
Whom All Blessings Flow"
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[ Congregation singing ]
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[ "For the Beauty
of the Earth" begins ]
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[ Congregation singing ]
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[ "None But Jesus" begins ]
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>> There's no one else.
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>> Truly in Jesus we see exactly
what we need, and doesn't it
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draw you to Him?
And today there might be
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something on your heart
that you've been struggling with
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that's been weighing you down.
Maybe there's something that you
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haven't been wanting to
give to Jesus, but I want you
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to respond today. I
want to invite you to come
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to the front if you have
something on your heart today.
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Maybe it's a difficulty in your
family or maybe it's a struggle
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in your soul, and you want to
symbolically give that to Jesus.
As we sing the bridge and
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the chorus one more time, come
to the front and give it to Him.
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All my delight. [
Congregation singing ]
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None but Jesus. ¤¤
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>> Oh, good morning, boys and
girls. Nice to see you on this
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beautiful Sabbath. You're
just as beautiful as you've ever
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been, and it's a joy to have
you. Did you have a good week?
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>> Yes. >> Yeah? Good. Glad you
brought some friends. Oh, good.
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That's nice. Say, I got a story
from my friend Melchizedek
Ponniah. He found this story for
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me. Over in the Philippines,
there's an island called Palawan
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-- Palawan. Beautiful island,
long island, and a fisherman
lived on the island, just a
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young fisherman, and one day, he
took his little fishing boat out
-- Anybody here go fishing?
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See the fishermen right here in
our St. Joseph River? He went a
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different kind of fishing. He
put on his mask so he could
hardly talk, and then he went
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down into the water, and he did
fishing. One day when he went
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down under the water, he saw
something strange at the bottom.
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What is this? Does anybody know
what this is? And he went back
up to the top, grabbed air --
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[ Gasps, gurgling ]
Down, down, down. Ohh.
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I wonder if I can lift -- I
wonder if I can lift this up. [
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Grunting ] [ Breathing heavily ]
He threw it in his boat. Oh, it
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was heavy. How he did it by
himself, I do not know. He got
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it in his boat, took it back. He
said, "You know, this is really
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strange. I've never seen
anything like this in my whole
life. What are you supposed to
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do with something like this? I
don't know. I hope the neighbors
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don't see me." He waited till
the neighbors weren't looking.
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He got to his boat, and he
picked it up. Ooh, it's heavy.
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He quickly -- Anybody looking?
He hurried to his little house
by by the seashore,
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and he slipped it inside, and
when you have something that you
don't know where it's
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supposed to go, where do
you put it? Under the bed.
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That's where he put it, under --
Isn't that were you put stuff?
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He put it under the bed. Now
it'll be fine. And he just left
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it there -- just left it there.
Never took it out, didn't tell
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anybody about it. Shh! Nobody
knows he has it under the bed.
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Ten years go by. Ten years
go by. He's moving -- [ Gasps ]
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Oops. Under the
bed. "Hello, Auntie.
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Could you come over here,
please, Auntie? I need you to
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tell me what is this?" So his
auntie hurries over to his
little fishing house,
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and she looks under the bed.
She said, "How long have you had
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this?" "Oh. I've had it about 10
years. I found it on the bottom
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of the ocean. I don't know
what to do with it. I'm moving.
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Would you like it?" She said,
"Let's call somebody." They
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called somebody, and the
somebody came, and here's what
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the somebody saw. You want to
see it on the big screen? Let's
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take a look. That's
what the somebody saw. Ahhh.
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Look at that. What is it?
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Seventy-five pounds. Whoo!
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That's as much as some of
you -- more than some of you.
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Seventy-five
pounds. What's it weigh?
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Thirty-four kilos.
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Yep, that would be kilos. About
24 inches long, wide. They said,
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"We got to get somebody else to
look at this." Another somebody
came, and he looked at this,
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and he said, "Hmm. Hmm. Do
you know what this is? This is a
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pearl." "No." Do you know what
a pearl is? Those little round,
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white balls that you see --
those little pearls? This is a
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giant pearl, the largest pearl
that's ever been found. Somebody
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else came in. They said, "How
much do you think it's worth?"
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He says, "Ooh. Hmm.
About $100 million." [ Gasps ]
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$100 million, and he kept it
under his bed? You better look
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under your bed. [ Laughter ]
What's going on? $100 million,
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and he's treating it like just a
little something you put under
the bed. Sometimes -- Guess
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what? Shh. Sometimes we do
that with Jesus. He's just --
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Oh, He's just another name.
We hear that name in Family
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Worship. We hear that name in
Church and Sabbath. It's just
another little name."
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I beg your pardon, sir.
Just another little name? Huh?
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He's the treasure of the
whole universe. More than $100
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million? Way. Jesus -- The
Bible, in fact, calls Him the
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Pearl of Great Price. Oh, what
a Jesus He is. He's the best
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Savior, He's the best Creator,
He's the best friend you'll ever
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have. How many are thankful that
He happens to be our friend,
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too? So when you hear people
talking about Him, that's a big
deal. Go ahead and share Him
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with others that you know. Who
would like to thank Jesus for
being our number-one
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Pearl of Great Price -- our
greatest and bestest Savior and
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friend? Sissy, I saw your hand
first. Come on up. All right.
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What's your name?
>> Zawadi. >> Zawadi.
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We're gonna pray with Zawadi.
Close your eyes, fold your
hands, and, Zawadi, let's thank
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Jesus. >> Dear Jesus.
Thank you for this day.
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Thank you for giving us life,
and thank you that we have food
and a house and clothes so we --
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And thank you that we're here at
church to learn more about You.
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In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen. >> Amen.
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Thank you, Zawadi. What a
beautiful prayer. And as you go
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quietly back to your seats, you
can say Zawadi's prayer. Thank
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you. Thank you, Jesus.
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>> Let's pray. Oh, God, what
they just sang is what we pray.
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I want to walk in the light.
I want to walk with Jesus. So
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shine. Father, shine into this
moment. Shine with all Your
glory. May we get it.
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We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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What do you say we go back
up the road three or four miles,
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I think it is, to this
beautiful, sprawling vineyard --
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88 acres of grapes? We're
calling it God's Vineyard.
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You know why?
Because all the produce,
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all the grapes from
these 88 acres go to Welch's,
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which is grape juice.
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They pay for it. The
money goes to Andrews University
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for student scholarships. So
it's a mission vineyard. Let's
go back to my friend
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Robin, who's the vineyard
master, and my friend José,
who's the master gardener.
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Put it on the screen
for you right now. ¤¤
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>> Hi. We're back here in what
we're calling God's Vineyard.
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I'm amazed at how many different
places within the Old and the
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New Testament God really gets
big on vineyards, and my friends
Robin and José are here, and,
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gentlemen, I want to move
in now to the vine itself.
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So, here we have this massive
outcropping from the ground.
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José, that's the
vine. >> That is.
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Yeah, that's the vine.
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>> The roots are down. >>
They're, like, 3 feet deep. >>
Three feet deep of roots?
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>> In the ground. >> Mm-hmm.
>> Now, I'm just looking at it
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and trying to guess the age,
but, boy, I tell you, when you
told me the number,
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I said, "Impossible."
How old is that vine?
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>> Sixty years
old. >> Sixty years.
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>> Sixty. >> This
vine has been here
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for 60 years. >> Sixty years.
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>> Unbelievable. And then
-- where is it, over in France?
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Tell me that other vine. >>
Oh, over 400 years. >> There's a
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vine on Earth over 400 years
old. >> Yeah. >> Still producing
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fruit? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, it
still produces. >> So God really
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-- He was into something. >>
Oh, He was. >> When He takes His
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metaphor, and He says, "Guys,
I'm gonna teach you through
this," He chose a plant that
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could just go on living and
living and living. That's a big
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deal. I mean, when Jesus says,
"I'm the vine, my Father is the
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gardener" -- that would be you
-- "You are the branches," the
vine really is the hero
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of the story. >> It is.
>> What's coming out of that
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soil? What's the vine bringing
up? >> Well, there's nutrients
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and sugar, essentially, through
photosynthesis, through the
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leaves. >> Okay. >> The Sun hits
the leaves, it captures sugar.
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It gets down into the roots. The
ribosomes kind of feed the
nutrients into the vine,
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and it brings it up, and then
it actually brings all of that
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goodness into the fruit. >>
Robin, refresh our memories.
What's the purpose of
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a vineyard? >> Produce
fruit. >> Fruit. That's it?
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>> Mm-hmm. >> No fruit,
it's a worthless vineyard.
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>> It's a worthless vineyard.
It is. >> You got to have the
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fruit. >> Yeah, we do. >> And
the only way we get the fruit is
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through the connection. ¤¤
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>> Once upon a time there was a
man who inherited a very
beautiful, sprawling
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vineyard -- inherited it from
his daddy, who inherited it from
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his father, who inherited it
from his father, and all the way
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back. One hot, sunny afternoon,
he's strolling those rolling
aisles that you just saw...
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tasting the fruit... admiring
the foliage... and probably
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singing the doxology in his
heart that we sang just a few
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moments ago. "Praise God from
whom all blessings flow. This is
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my vineyard. I inherited this. I
can't believe it." When, all of
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a sudden, I tell you the truth,
standing right in front of him,
in all his regal majesty,
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is the capital "K" king -- the
king of the country. The king
breaks into a smile
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as he sees the owner startled.
"Listen, my friend. Don't be
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startled. Don't be. Listen, I
have a proposition. That's what
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I want to make to you -- a
proposition. My palace is just a
stone's throw away.
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I've been looking out the window
and thinking, you know what?
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I would love to plant a
vegetable garden here. So here's
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the deal. Don't --
D-d-d-d-d-d-don't -- Don't tell
me that you're gonna offer it to
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me for nothing. No, no, no. I
will pay. I'll pay handsomely.
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And I tell you what. If you'd
rather have another vineyard
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anywhere in this country, you
get it. Just say the word. Now,
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question. Will you sell me the
vineyard?" "Well, long live the
king, Your Majesty.
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Uh -- [ Sighs ] That's quite a
proposition. But, Your Majesty,
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you know -- you know the laws
of our religion. And I'm not
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allowed to take my ancestral
heritage and transfer it to
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another tribe." "So -- So,
you're not gonna sell me this
vineyard?" "Oh, yes, Your
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Majesty. I will not." And
the king began to cry... almost,
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spoiled brat that he was. Open
your Bible with me, please. 1
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Kings 21. Tale Number Two from
the Vineyard. Last week, Noah
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the drunk. This week, twisted
tale I'm sorry to tell you. 1
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Kings 21. I'll be in the N.I.V.
You can read any translation
that you brought along --
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didn't bring a Bible, grab
the pew Bible in front of you.
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Did somebody say "spoiled brat"?
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[ Scoffs ] Grown-up king
-- Can you believe this? --
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pouting and sulking because
someone had the temerity to say
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"no" to him. Obviously, his
parents never said "no" to him.
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[ Scoffs ] Finally, when the
king doesn't show up for
supper... "Where is he?"
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...the queen, the wicked, wily
Queen Jezebel goes in search of
her missing husband.
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He's in bed, pouting. And she
speaks. What is this -- Verse 5?
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"Grow up!" [ Scoffs ]
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"Cheer up. Get up and eat.
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Because I'm gonna get
you that vineyard of Naboth
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the Jezreelite." And so the
wily, wicked Queen Jezebel gets
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ahold of Ahab's personal stamp,
grabs some parchments, scribbles
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out a message to all the civic
leaders in the town where Naboth
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lives... stamps them.
"Servant!" Oh, what does she say
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in the letter? Oh,
drop down to Verse 9.
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[ Whooshes ] The
letter's gone. And guess what?
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It happens exactly as that woman
in power dictates... because
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people are afraid to stand up to
a bellicose leader who threatens
to ruin them if they do not give
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him what he asks -- or her.
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So, the town elders buckle. The
scoundrels perjure themselves,
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and Naboth... stoned and dead.
Then the elders send a message
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back. What is this? Verse 14.
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And, by the way, if you read 2
Kings 9, you find out that they
not only stone Naboth
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to death, they stoned all his
sons, as well. Nobody is gonna
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now come up and say, "By
the way, I'm next of kin." Nope.
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There's nobody
to lay claim. Wow.
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Verse 15.
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"Guess what?"
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I want to tell you something
about Jezebel. She's an
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apocalyptic symbol in the New
Testament. She's so bad that she
makes it into the Bible...
00:33:36.34\00:33:42.15
at the end in the Book of
Revelation when there will be
00:33:42.15\00:33:46.15
another Jezebel who will rise
up. She, like the wicked Queen
00:33:46.15\00:33:50.96
Jezebel the First, brings her
rank and immoral paganism, and
through her alliance and
00:33:50.96\00:33:57.53
marriage with a believing king
of Israel, she infects, she
poisons the entire nation until
00:33:57.53\00:34:06.07
the pure religion of the nation
is subsumed, contaminated,
corrupted by a dangerous
00:34:06.07\00:34:16.15
syncretism, where immorality...
can become an offense against
00:34:16.15\00:34:31.27
innocent young. Syncretism.
Bring it all together and make
00:34:31.27\00:34:37.37
it look hunky-dory when it's
sick to the core. That's
Jezebel. And Elijah -- Oh, yeah.
00:34:37.37\00:34:45.05
There's an Elijah in
this story. Verse 17.
00:34:45.05\00:34:48.72
We're talking about the man from
Mount Carmel. You remember that?
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.66
All 400 -- What was it -- 400
plus 450? 850 priests of Baal
00:34:54.66\00:35:00.90
arrayed against him. Kneels
down. Fire descends from Heaven.
00:35:00.90\00:35:05.43
Nukes the summit of Mount
Carmel, proving the God of
00:35:05.43\00:35:09.44
Israel is still the Living God
and Creator. That's the same
Elijah -- bushy-bearded,
00:35:09.44\00:35:16.75
camel-haired prophet, who,
himself, becomes a symbol of a
generation at the end of time
00:35:16.75\00:35:22.08
who will be called the Elijah
Generation. You know why they're
called the Elijah Generation?
00:35:22.08\00:35:26.05
Because this generation will
have the guts to stand up to a
Jezebel also at the end
00:35:26.05\00:35:32.39
of time, and this generation
will say, "Here we stand, so
00:35:32.39\00:35:39.60
help us God." Oh, there'll be --
There'll be the showdown. One
day even in America,
00:35:39.60\00:35:45.44
there will be a showdown.
Ahab. Corrupted religion.
00:35:45.44\00:35:51.78
Jezebel. Corruption. And
a nation at the crossroads.
00:35:51.78\00:35:59.05
So God shows up to Elijah. He
says, "Elijah, you're not gonna
00:35:59.05\00:36:02.52
believe this." Yep. Here
comes the message now. Verse 18.
00:36:02.52\00:36:04.63
"I want you to go down to meet
Ahab, the king of Israel, who
00:36:04.63\00:36:08.20
rules in Samaria. He is now in
Naboth's vineyard, where he has
gone to take possession of it.
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.63
And I want you to say to him,
'This is what the Lord says:
Have you not murdered a man and
00:36:11.63\00:36:15.30
seized his property?' Then say
to him, 'This is what the Lord
00:36:15.30\00:36:18.64
says: In the place where the
dogs licked up Naboth's blood,
dogs will lick up your blood --
00:36:18.64\00:36:22.18
yes, yours!'" And, oh, by the
way, did I tell you? This tale
is not a bedtime story
00:36:22.18\00:36:26.25
for your children. [
Light laughter ] Why?
00:36:26.25\00:36:30.09
Because what's happening in this
tale. Now, listen carefully.
00:36:30.09\00:36:32.52
What's happening in this tale is
divine judgment is about to be
00:36:32.52\00:36:36.69
meted out. Every story doesn't
end, "And they lived happily
00:36:36.69\00:36:42.46
ever after." Why would God send
this message? I mean, this is --
this is -- this is tough stuff.
00:36:42.46\00:36:51.17
You know why? Because God is
risking a message that tough to
00:36:51.17\00:37:00.08
illicit a response this
desperate. You watch. So there's
00:37:00.08\00:37:05.55
Ahab strolling the same
rolling vineyard aisles.
00:37:05.55\00:37:09.09
And Verse 20 on
the screen. And...
00:37:09.09\00:37:12.16
Oops. Guilty
conscience. "You're my enemy."
00:37:17.33\00:37:22.17
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, Ahab. He's not your enemy.
00:37:22.17\00:37:25.61
Elijah is your friend. The
woman, your consort, is your
00:37:25.61\00:37:32.01
enemy. Elijah is here through
the desperation as a final
judgment message in hope
00:37:32.01\00:37:37.22
and prayer that somehow your
heart might be arrested. He is
your friend to lead you
00:37:37.22\00:37:42.06
back to God. And Elijah issues
the call. You read it there for
00:37:42.06\00:37:57.04
yourselves -- Verse 21, Verse
22, Verse 23, Verse 24. "Dogs --
Dogs will consume your
00:37:57.04\00:38:05.08
blood, will consume Jezebel's
blood, will consume the blood of
your corrupted family,
00:38:05.08\00:38:11.92
and if you miss the city, and
you're out in the country, the
birds will eat you."
00:38:11.92\00:38:17.86
Now, this is so stiff -- I want
you to notice this in Verse 25
00:38:17.86\00:38:21.53
-- that the chronicler, whoever
he is, says, "Hey, reader. I
know you're really upset
00:38:21.53\00:38:25.47
right now with God. I need you
to know something." Verse 25.
00:38:25.47\00:38:28.27
In parentheses, "(There was
never --)" By the way, remember,
00:38:28.27\00:38:32.01
reader. "(There was never anyone
like Ahab, who sold himself to
do evil in the eyes of the Lord,
00:38:32.01\00:38:37.31
urged on by Jezebel his wife. He
behaved in the vilest manner by
00:38:37.31\00:38:42.98
going after idols, like the
Amorites --)," which were the
height of vice immorality in its
00:38:42.98\00:38:50.23
worse form. He went after them
and said, "I'll embrace that
00:38:50.23\00:38:59.20
into my religion." God sends
a message. And, oh, my. Look at
00:38:59.20\00:39:05.14
Verse 27. You can't
believe it. Verse 27. Come on.
00:39:05.14\00:39:07.91
That's why God uses judgment
messages. That's why He warns
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.45
people. That's why He says, "If
you keep this up, you're gonna
end in a rotten story."
00:39:19.45\00:39:25.79
He did it to Nineveh, and
it worked. He did it to Ahab,
00:39:25.79\00:39:30.40
and it worked. Some people are
always trying to defend God's
00:39:30.40\00:39:34.37
reputation by saying, "Oh,
skip the judgment part. Skip the
00:39:34.37\00:39:37.47
judgment part." Never skip the
judgment part. That's the part
that works. And it worked.
00:39:37.47\00:39:43.38
And Ahab now is dust, sackcloth,
and ashes, and he's bowing,
00:39:43.38\00:39:49.02
weeping before -- "God have
mercy on me." God comes back to
Elijah, and He says, "Time-out.
00:39:49.02\00:39:55.39
Change of plan." Verse 28.
00:39:55.39\00:39:58.79
God's soft heart --
Can you believe that? --
00:40:12.54\00:40:15.21
is actually touched by the tears
of a repentant, evil monarch.
00:40:15.21\00:40:22.02
And God calls off the
dogs, literally, and delays
00:40:22.02\00:40:25.09
the judgment... Wow.
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.82
...because of Ahab's
genuine tears of repentance.
00:40:28.82\00:40:32.73
Amazing story of
amazing, amazing grace.
00:40:32.73\00:40:37.43
What do you say? Amazing
grace. No man, no woman --
00:40:37.60\00:40:41.67
We now know the truth. No one
can sink so low that she, that
he is beyond the reach
00:40:41.67\00:40:48.44
of God's saving grace and
redeeming love to which I say,
00:40:48.44\00:40:54.72
Amen. Amen. The
truth. Because it's the truth
00:40:54.72\00:40:58.55
of the vineyard.
00:40:58.55\00:41:00.36
Interestingly enough,
the vineyard Ahab stole
00:41:00.52\00:41:05.43
offers the very hope Ahab needs.
Jesus talked about the vineyard
00:41:05.43\00:41:12.07
just before they executed Him.
00:41:12.07\00:41:14.64
Turn to the New Testament now.
We got the tale, but is there
00:41:14.80\00:41:18.97
any point to this? Turn to the
New Testament. John Chapter 15.
Less than 24 hours before Jesus
00:41:18.97\00:41:23.68
will be dead and buried at this
time tomorrow night. This is
00:41:23.68\00:41:28.98
Passover night. This is
Thursday. This is full Moon,
00:41:28.98\00:41:32.42
silver shadows. Jesus is making
His way to Gethsemane. He stops
00:41:32.42\00:41:34.92
by a trellis, and He says, "Hey,
guys. Come here, come here, come
00:41:34.92\00:41:37.69
here, come here. I want to show
you something. I want to to
teach you something."
00:41:37.69\00:41:41.16
And He points to the trellis,
and He speaks. John Chapter 15.
00:41:41.16\00:41:47.80
Bright-red letters
in mine. John 15:1.
00:41:47.80\00:41:51.61
"Nothing."
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.43
Wow. One of the great devotional
writers of the 19th Century,
00:42:21.30\00:42:28.61
his name Andrew Murray, wrote
a book. If I could give the book
00:42:28.61\00:42:32.51
to everybody, I'd give
the book to you. It's called
00:42:32.51\00:42:35.42
"Abide in Christ." He makes such
a profound point that I still
00:42:35.42\00:42:40.22
can't -- I still can't
comprehend its depth, but I want
to share the profound point with
00:42:40.22\00:42:45.36
you, and then I'll sit down.
Andrew Murray. You got a Study
00:42:45.36\00:42:49.23
Guide? Yes, you do. There's
a Study Guide in your Worship
00:42:49.23\00:42:52.13
Bulletin. Pull it out right
now. Study Guide in your Worship
00:42:52.13\00:42:54.94
Bulletin. We're gonna go --
Those of you watching on
live-stream, watching
00:42:54.94\00:42:58.64
on television somewhere,
we're glad to have you.
00:42:58.64\00:43:02.08
I'll put the website
on the screen for you.
00:43:02.24\00:43:04.35
You see it there right
now -- www.newperceptions.tv.
00:43:04.35\00:43:08.42
You're looking for a new series
called "Tales From A Vineyard."
00:43:08.42\00:43:11.99
The title of this particular
segment -- "Cry Baby, Cry."
00:43:11.99\00:43:18.99
When you go there, click
onto that, [Snaps fingers]
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.90
you'll have the Study Guide,
the identical one we have.
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.30
Now, here's a sentence to kind
of set up Murray's four
arguments that he will use
00:43:23.47\00:43:30.27
to bolster this provocative
point that comes only at the
00:43:30.27\00:43:32.91
end. All right, jot this down.
00:43:32.91\00:43:34.31
In your Study
Guide -- Andrew Murray.
00:43:34.48\00:43:35.94
"So close is the union between
the vine and the branch --"
00:43:35.94\00:43:38.65
Speaking of Jesus' teaching
-- "that each is nothing --"
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.72
write in "nothing,"
please -- "that each is nothing
00:43:41.72\00:43:44.29
without the other,
that each is wholly
00:43:44.29\00:43:46.92
and only for the other."
Okay, [Claps hands] good.
00:43:46.92\00:43:50.33
Four bolstering
arguments now. Here they come.
00:43:50.33\00:43:52.46
Jot them down.
One, two, three, four.
00:43:52.46\00:43:54.76
Number one.
00:43:54.76\00:43:55.83
That's a
no-brainer. That's -- Come on.
00:43:59.57\00:44:02.80
We just saw it. If
there's no vine there,
00:44:02.80\00:44:05.11
what are the
branches? Zero, nada, nothing.
00:44:05.11\00:44:07.78
You can't exist.
That's the first point.
00:44:07.78\00:44:12.01
"Without the vine, the
branch can do nothing."
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.75
"Apart from Me," Jesus
says -- Come on. Come on, guys.
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.25
"Apart from Me, zero. You
can't do it apart from Me,
00:44:16.25\00:44:20.86
without Me."
00:44:20.86\00:44:22.09
I mean, you think about Jesus --
this Pearl of Great Price.
What's up with that?
00:44:22.26\00:44:27.60
There would be no conviction of
sin if it weren't for Jesus. You
and I would just keep
00:44:27.60\00:44:31.40
drinking the poison
until we died. [ Slurping ]
00:44:31.40\00:44:33.60
We wouldn't know the difference.
And if there were no conviction
of sin, then there could be
00:44:33.60\00:44:37.07
no repentance, and if there
could be no repentance, then
there's no forgiveness.
00:44:37.07\00:44:40.14
We'll just go on self-medicating
ourselves with our favorite drug
00:44:40.14\00:44:46.82
and just goodbye. And if there's
no forgiveness, there's no
cleansing. We live with this
00:44:46.82\00:44:50.72
feeling of filthiness night and
day. But Jesus said, "I could
wash all that away."
00:44:50.72\00:44:54.62
There'll be no peace. There'll
be no fruit. There'll be no
00:44:54.62\00:44:59.29
hope, no love, no grace, no
nothing. "Apart from Me, you can
00:44:59.29\00:45:03.63
do nothing." There are four
of these. That's the first one.
00:45:03.63\00:45:06.37
Here comes
Number 2. Jot it down.
00:45:08.30\00:45:10.37
"Nothing." Now,
this is gonna catch you
00:45:14.74\00:45:17.48
by surprise. This
keeps going deeper.
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.91
This will catch you by surprise
'cause you're always thinking
00:45:18.91\00:45:21.08
about the vine,
but do you know what?
00:45:21.08\00:45:22.52
The vine can do nothing
without the branch, and you're
00:45:22.52\00:45:24.49
the branch. Go figure.
00:45:24.49\00:45:25.42
Put it on the screen,
please. Andrew Murray.
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.72
Come on. "Such is the wonderful
00:45:37.50\00:45:38.97
condescension of the
grace of Jesus that, just as His
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.24
people --" you and I
-- "are dependent on Him,
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.87
He has made
Himself --" jot it down --
00:45:43.87\00:45:45.71
"dependent on
us." Figure that one.
00:45:45.71\00:45:49.48
He depended on us? Please.
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.01
"Without His disciples,
He cannot dispense --"
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.32
Oh, "He cannot dispense
His blessing to the world;
00:45:54.32\00:45:56.42
He cannot offer sinners
the grapes of the heavenly
00:45:56.42\00:45:58.82
Canaan."
00:45:58.82\00:45:59.89
Every good gift that God longs
to give to every man, woman, and
child on this planet --
00:46:00.12\00:46:04.16
Guess what? If He has nobody
there to grow the fruit, they'll
00:46:04.16\00:46:09.76
never get it. You want to reach
a secular? You want to reach an
atheist? You just live your
00:46:09.76\00:46:15.17
relationship with Jesus, because
that's how atheists are reached.
They're not reached by somebody
00:46:15.17\00:46:18.47
proving something from the
Bible. They're reached because
00:46:18.47\00:46:20.91
they say, "That man has
something that I want. That
woman, there's something --
00:46:20.91\00:46:24.58
There's a calm inside of her
soul, and I want that." That's
what leads them to --
00:46:24.58\00:46:29.32
The fruit is what draws them
to the vine. You're not the big
00:46:29.32\00:46:32.75
deal, the vine's the big
deal. Wow. Okay, Number 3.
00:46:32.75\00:46:35.69
There are only
four of these. Number 3.
00:46:35.69\00:46:37.93
"All the vine possesses
--" Oh, this is something.
00:46:37.93\00:46:41.30
"All the vine possesses
belongs to the branches."
00:46:41.30\00:46:45.77
Everything the vine
possesses, it's yours.
00:46:45.77\00:46:48.37
Come on. On the
screen -- Andrew Murray.
00:46:48.37\00:46:50.61
"All the vine has is at
the disposal of the branches.
00:46:50.61\00:46:54.58
As the vine is the parent,
so the vine is the servant
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.35
of the branches.
00:46:57.35\00:46:58.58
Isn't that amazing?
Are you getting that?
00:47:10.86\00:47:14.40
Amazing. Everything the
vine has, I give it to you.
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.87
Come on. We looked at
the pearl under the bed.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.70
$100 million -- I give it to
you. Everything I am, I give to
00:47:20.70\00:47:25.64
you. Come on. What is it
that you want from Jesus?
00:47:25.64\00:47:28.04
"I wish Jesus would give
me His courage." [ Chuckles ]
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.71
You got it. Just ask Him. He
has all the courage you need.
00:47:30.71\00:47:33.75
"I wish He would give me His
faith and trust." The faith of
00:47:33.75\00:47:36.42
Jesus, you can have it. It's
yours for the asking. "I wish He
would give me peace
00:47:36.42\00:47:40.56
and calm in the midst of this,
this raging storm I'm going
through right now."
00:47:40.56\00:47:45.13
Just ask for it. He'll get up
and He'll say, "Peace. Be still.
00:47:45.13\00:47:48.43
Please, please, storm, stop."
All that He has, you may have
00:47:48.43\00:47:53.20
it. Look at this as I
read it on the screen.
00:47:53.20\00:47:56.10
Keep reading.
00:48:02.38\00:48:03.78
Here it comes.
00:48:09.55\00:48:10.95
Last line. "The
whole treasury --"
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.42
write that in. "The
whole treasury of heaven
00:48:15.42\00:48:20.53
is open to those He seeks to
save." And, by the way, do you
00:48:20.53\00:48:24.10
know what His greatest gift is?
No kidding. Do you know what His
00:48:24.10\00:48:27.00
greatest gift is? If you wanted
one gift that would give you
00:48:27.00\00:48:29.84
every other gift that He has,
here's the one gift. It's the
00:48:29.84\00:48:32.77
gift of the Holy Spirit. If
you get the Holy Spirit, you got
00:48:32.77\00:48:36.54
everything. Put it up, please,
the next quotation on the
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.78
screen. "Desire of Ages," page
672. "This promised blessing --"
00:48:38.78\00:48:41.18
speaking of the Holy Spirit
-- "brings all other blessings
00:48:41.18\00:48:43.99
in its train," in its
wake, "according to the riches
00:48:43.99\00:48:46.82
of the grace of Christ." One
gift gives you everything. "Man,
if I knew that were true,
00:48:46.82\00:48:52.69
I'd be asking for that
gift every morning." Me too.
00:48:52.69\00:48:57.40
Why wouldn't you ask? Okay,
there are only four of these.
00:48:57.40\00:49:00.90
Here comes Number 4.
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.80
Just as all the vine possesses
belongs to the branches --
00:49:02.97\00:49:06.07
turnaround's fair
play. Finally, Number 4.
00:49:06.07\00:49:08.94
"And all the branch
possesses belongs to the vine."
00:49:08.94\00:49:12.05
Now, keep reading.
Andrew Murray again...
00:49:12.05\00:49:14.45
That vine in France -- Isn't
that something? That's a very
00:49:21.79\00:49:24.59
special vine, and they've
kept it going 400 years it's so
00:49:24.59\00:49:30.63
excellent. Huh. "It has not
reason --" the branch -- "has
00:49:30.80\00:49:34.04
not reason for existence except
to be of service to the vine.
00:49:34.04\00:49:37.21
As Jesus gives Himself so
wholly over to the believer,
00:49:37.21\00:49:39.57
the believer feels himself
urged to be wholly his Lord's."
00:49:39.57\00:49:42.54
"Eh, Dwight. I don't like
that. I just don't like that.
00:49:51.25\00:49:53.42
You know why? Because it
makes me dependent all the way
00:49:53.42\00:49:56.62
through. Listen, I worked hard
this summer to earn that car
that I brought back
00:49:56.62\00:49:59.59
to university. I worked hard all
summer long to buy that old heap
00:49:59.59\00:50:06.03
of junk. Tell me that I don't
possess anything." Oh, excuse
00:50:06.03\00:50:10.81
me. Just one moment. [ Imitates
heart beating ] "What's that?"
00:50:10.81\00:50:14.14
Oh, that's my heart. "You
keeping it going?" No. Don't
00:50:14.14\00:50:17.55
know how. "Oh." Everything you
possess. $1.5-million retirement
00:50:17.55\00:50:25.29
portfolio. Good for you.
You've really been working hard.
00:50:25.29\00:50:27.89
You have that money saved up --
$1.5 million. "That's mine, by
00:50:27.89\00:50:31.73
the way, Dwight. I have worked
hard for that." Excuse me again,
00:50:31.73\00:50:35.53
please. [ Imitates heart beating
] "What's that?" Oh, that's just
00:50:35.53\00:50:39.60
my heart. "You keeping it
going?" No. All your material
00:50:39.60\00:50:44.81
possessions -- Come on. Who
gave you the power to earn them?
00:50:44.81\00:50:47.78
Oh, forget it. Listen. This is
a poor university. We can't talk
00:50:47.78\00:50:50.95
about material possessions.
Let's talk about intellectual
00:50:50.95\00:50:53.82
possessions. Boy, we got some
bright minds on this campus. Oh,
00:50:53.82\00:50:57.35
my, do we ever. All your
intellectual abilities, all your
intellectual skills, all the
00:50:57.35\00:51:01.62
intellect, all the knowledge
that you've accumulated, all
your giftedness, your talent...
00:51:01.62\00:51:10.33
you got it from Him. You got it
from Him. That means any talent
00:51:10.33\00:51:14.20
that you have, He says, "I'm
gonna give it to that boy. I'm
gonna give it to that girl.
00:51:14.20\00:51:17.34
You know why? Because I know
where she's going, and in her
00:51:17.34\00:51:21.34
life, she will need this to be
what I need her to be." Every
intellectual gift you have
00:51:21.34\00:51:26.78
came from Him. He's
dreamed about you for centuries.
00:51:26.78\00:51:30.45
You believe that? He has
dreamed about you for centuries.
00:51:30.45\00:51:35.29
He has set generations in motion
so that one day it would create
00:51:35.29\00:51:39.93
the DNA that is you. Your mommy
and daddy -- He's been working
00:51:39.93\00:51:43.10
on that line for generations. He
had to get your mommy and daddy
00:51:43.10\00:51:45.63
-- I don't care how accidental
it was. He had to get your mommy
00:51:45.63\00:51:48.97
and daddy together to get you
because you're a combination,
through eternity, He has
00:51:48.97\00:51:54.44
dreamed of possessing. I'm gonna
show you that in one second.
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So you belong to Him. He has
invested everything for you to
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live and to use the gifts that
you have, and is there a more
gifted campus in the world than
00:52:08.79\00:52:14.10
the Andrews University campus?
All those gifts for Him. Okay,
00:52:14.10\00:52:21.44
there they are -- four
bolstering arguments. Now comes
the profound point. I'll share
00:52:21.44\00:52:27.28
this with you, then I'll sit
down. Here's the profound point.
I'm gonna let Andrew Murray
00:52:27.28\00:52:31.05
make the point himself. Final
fill-in-the-blank. There it is
00:52:31.05\00:52:35.12
at the bottom. There they are.
And these are now his words,
00:52:35.12\00:52:40.39
these four. He summarizes them.
"Now let your answer be --"
00:52:40.39\00:52:43.09
in the light of this
-- "let your answer be,
00:52:43.09\00:52:45.76
'Amen, Lord! So be
it.'" Now here comes the line
00:52:45.76\00:52:49.83
that I still can't
-- I can't fathom this.
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.43
"'From eternity
Christ and I were meant --
00:52:52.43\00:52:55.47
we were ordained
-- were were meant
00:52:55.47\00:52:57.87
for each other;
inseparably we belong
00:52:57.87\00:53:01.81
to each other. It is God's will;
00:53:01.81\00:53:04.61
I shall abide in Christ.'" Can
you believe that? No, seriously.
00:53:04.61\00:53:12.05
Maybe it's not centuries ago God
began planning you. Maybe it is
00:53:12.05\00:53:16.73
from eternity, and He knew the
configurations that would
finally produce you. Everything
00:53:16.73\00:53:25.03
you have belongs to Him because
He's equipping you to be the
most successful you -- beyond
00:53:25.03\00:53:29.60
your wildest dreams to be that
kind of success on this planet.
00:53:29.60\00:53:34.61
It's all for Me. All I have is
yours, and all you have is Mine.
We'll get along famously.
00:53:34.61\00:53:39.18
We will be inseparable, and
that's the word that made me
00:53:39.18\00:53:43.32
stop. Man, oh, man, oh, man. "We
will be inseparable. We belong
to each other, Dwight.
00:53:43.32\00:53:50.69
Do you understand that? You
and me, we belong to each other.
00:53:50.69\00:53:55.30
I knew you were coming.
I've been working on this for
00:53:55.30\00:53:58.77
generations. You're here. We
belong. You put your name in it.
00:53:58.77\00:54:03.34
We belong to each other." I
can't figure it out. I have no
way to explain this.
00:54:03.34\00:54:12.85
I just know that on the way to
His execution, Jesus stopped at
a midnight vineyard,
00:54:12.85\00:54:17.85
and He said, "Hey, guys.
Look at this. You and Me...
00:54:17.85\00:54:23.86
forever.
00:54:23.86\00:54:24.93
Do you understand that? Forever.
00:54:25.09\00:54:28.40
You connected to Me,
Me connected to you."
00:54:28.40\00:54:31.27
I don't understand that.
And I don't know that you
00:54:31.27\00:54:35.14
realize how profound this
teaching is, and I must tell
00:54:35.14\00:54:38.07
you, I absolutely realize
I am unable to communicate
00:54:38.07\00:54:41.08
how utterly essential this
discovery today is for you.
00:54:41.08\00:54:45.51
I just can't do
it. I just can't.
00:54:45.51\00:54:48.18
Somebody will have to do it to
you. Somebody will have to do it
00:54:48.35\00:54:50.95
in your mind. It's His business.
But here's what I know.
00:54:50.95\00:54:54.86
I know that the daily baptism of
the Holy Spirit is the only way
Jesus can abide in me
00:54:54.86\00:55:03.77
and I can abide in Him -- only
through the daily baptism of the
00:55:03.77\00:55:08.90
Holy Spirit. There's no other
way. No other way. And if that's
00:55:08.90\00:55:14.54
the case, and He's planned for
you for eternity, and now you're
here, girl, boy, now you're
00:55:14.54\00:55:20.18
here. If that's the
case, and this is the only way,
00:55:20.18\00:55:23.69
then ask for it. Pray this
little prayer every day, and
00:55:23.69\00:55:28.42
you'll be asking for the daily
baptism of the Holy Spirit. We
had it on the screen
00:55:28.42\00:55:31.23
last week. May I
return it before I sit down?
00:55:31.23\00:55:32.86
Put it on the screen,
please. Here's the prayer.
00:55:32.86\00:55:34.46
"Lord, please abide in me,
and please let me abide in You."
00:55:34.46\00:55:38.83
That's it. Just
ask. Simple? Of course.
00:55:38.83\00:55:43.71
You know my problem? I'll tell
you. When somebody comes and
00:55:43.71\00:55:47.48
tells me, "Hey, Dwight. I
got this plan," if the plan is
00:55:47.48\00:55:50.85
simple -- if the plan is simple
-- I'm just telling you about me
-- I immediately dismiss it.
00:55:50.85\00:55:56.25
You can't make life -- You
cannot simplify life that way
because our complicated
00:55:56.25\00:56:02.02
world has taught us to believe
that it's only in complication
that progress is made.
00:56:02.02\00:56:08.16
It's not true. It's
simple. Let me abide in You,
00:56:08.16\00:56:13.60
and you abide in me... and we
will be inseparable for
eternity, I promise you.
00:56:13.60\00:56:23.55
Can you put that prayer back
on the screen one more time,
00:56:23.55\00:56:26.82
please? "Lord, please abide in
me, and please let me abide in
You." Pray that prayer morning,
00:56:26.82\00:56:37.36
noon, night -- whatever. Pray
that prayer every day, and you
will never be the same
00:56:37.36\00:56:43.43
again. I promise you.
That's the little I have found
00:56:43.43\00:56:50.97
out -- you'll never be the same.
00:56:50.97\00:56:54.28
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