Good morning, and happy Sabbath.
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Is it not a blessing to
be in the house of the Lord
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this Sabbath morning?
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I'd like to not only welcome you
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but to welcome our
pathfinders who are visiting.
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If you see a
pathfinder next to you,
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put a hand upon them and say,
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"Happy Sabbath
and safe journey."
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As we worship
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our Father and
King this morning,
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I pray that we sing
out to our Redeemer,
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The One Who sustains,
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The One Who loves,
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And the One Who cares.
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Please join us as we sing.
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"I will sing of my Redeemer."
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I will sing...
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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He who took the nails for me
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I've been purchased
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I've been pardoned Bound to Him
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I'm truly free
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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How He sought me while a slave
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Loosed me from the curse of sin
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And from the power of the grave
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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Lift my voice to praise my Lord
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Ransomed by His blood and mercy
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I am His forevermore
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I will sing
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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He who bore my cross, my curse
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Came a servant, chose to suffer
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Lifted up and cast from earth
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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Lift my voice to praise my Lord
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Ransomed by His blood and mercy
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I am His forevermore
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I will sing
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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Tell about the grace I've known
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Here on earth
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With those forgiven
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And one day around His throne
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I will sing of my Redeemer
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Lift my voice to praise my Lord
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Ransomed by His blood and mercy
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I am His forevermore
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I am His forevermore
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Amen.
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And as we continue to
worship, may our sounds,
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may our words be a
sweet sound unto His ears
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and may they
draw us closer to Him.
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Amen.
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Join us as we
sing, "Come Thou fount."
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Come, Thou fount
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Of every blessing
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Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
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Streams of mercy, never ceasing
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Call for songs
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Of loudest praise
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Teach me some melodious sonnet
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Sung by flaming tongues above
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Praise the mount
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I'm fixed upon it
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Mount of Thy redeeming love
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Here I raise...
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Here I raise my Ebenezer
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Hither by Thy help I'm come
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And I hope by Thy good pleasure
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Safely to arrive at home
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Jesus sought me when a stranger
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Wandering from the fold of God
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He to rescue me from danger
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Interposed His precious blood
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Oh, to grace how great a debtor
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Daily I'm constrained to be
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Let Thy grace Lord
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Like a fetter
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Bind my wandering heart to Thee
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Prone to wander,
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Lord, I feel it
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Prone to leave the God I love
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Here's my heart,
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Lord, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts above
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Prone to wander
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Prone to wander Lord, I feel it
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Prone to leave the God I love
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Here's my heart
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Lord, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts above
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You were the Word...
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You were the Word
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At the beginning
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One with God
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The Lord Most High
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Your hidden glory
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Your hidden glory in creation
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Now revealed in You Our Christ
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What a beautiful Name it is
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What a beautiful Name it is
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The Name of
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Jesus Christ my King
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What a beautiful Name it is
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Nothing compares to this
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What a beautiful Name it is
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The Name of Jesus
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You didn't want heaven
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Without us
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So, Jesus
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You brought heaven down
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My sin was great
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Your love was greater
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What could separate us now
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What a wonderful Name it is
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What a wonderful Name it is
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The Name of
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Jesus Christ my King
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What a wonderful Name it is
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Nothing compares to this
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What a wonderful Name it is
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The Name of Jesus
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And as we declare this bridge,
I'm gonna ask you to stand,
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I'm gonna ask you to stand
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as we claim the
words of this promise.
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Please stand with me as we sing.
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Death could not
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Death could not hold You
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The veil tore before You
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You silence
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The boast of sin and grave
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The heavens are roaring
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the praise of Your glory
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For You are raised
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To life again
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You have no rival
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You have no equal
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Now and forever
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God You reign
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Yours is the Kingdom
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Yours is the glory
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Yours is the Name
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Above all names
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What a powerful Name it is
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What a powerful Name it is
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The Name of
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Jesus Christ my King
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What a powerful Name it is
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Nothing can stand against
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What a powerful Name it is
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The Name of Jesus
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Death could not hold You
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The veil tore before You
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You silence
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The boast of sin and grave
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The heavens are roaring
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The praise of Your glory
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For You are raised
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To life again
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You have no rival
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You have no equal
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Now and forever
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God you reign
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Yours is the kingdom
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Yours is the glory
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Yours is the Name
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Above all names
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What a powerful Name it is
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What a powerful Name it is
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The Name
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Of Jesus Christ my King
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What a powerful Name it is
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Nothing can stand against
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What a powerful Name it is
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The Name of Jesus
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Good morning, boys
and girls. How are you?
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Nice to have you here today.
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Glad you've come.
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This is the last summer.
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Last Sabbath of the
summer vacation, so...
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A bunch of little
friends are away today,
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but we have a whole
new houseful of visitors.
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Anybody here from...
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Anybody here going to Oshkosh?
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Anybody here? Oh, good!
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I think this is a
Pathfinder children's story.
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Yeah.
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Oh, good for you.
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You're gonna
have a wonderful time,
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I tell you, I know the team
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that's been preparing
for you for five years.
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And they have been
really working hard lately.
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They're so
excited about you coming.
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Safe travels to you.
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But here's a story
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from my friend
Melchizedek Ponniah.
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He was born in
India, he live here now.
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He's one of our
communication specialists
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here in Andrew's and at Pioneer.
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But he spotted this
story just last week.
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It's about a little
boy, three years old.
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Anybody here, three?
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No, you're all older than three.
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Woke up one
morning with a toothache.
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Have you ever had a toothache?
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Ooh.
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He just put his hand to his...
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Oh, I didn't feel good.
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So Mommy and Daddy
took little three-year-old
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Sameer into the hospital.
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They wondered...
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The doctors came near him
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and he was so shy
and afraid at three
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that he wouldn't
let them touch him.
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"No, no, no, no, no!
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I'm not gonna open my mouth.
I'm not gonna open my mouth.
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I'm not gonna do it."
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All right, the doctor said,
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"Well, you have to
take your boy home.
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If it gets worse, let us know."
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Four years later, that
would be just last week,
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four years later,
he's seven years old now,
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and it really is
hurting him, it's hurting him.
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His jaw is just... Oh!
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Have you ever had a toothache?
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I'm so glad you haven't.
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You don't want to have one.
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It just hurt.
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And the doctor said,
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"All right now,
we're look inside.
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Will that be okay if
we just look inside?"
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Ah!
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His mouth went
open, and they looked.
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"Mmm."
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And when the doctor says,
"Mmm," you better watch out.
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Mmm.
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He said, "Hey, come
over here, come over here."
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So he called another
one of his associates.
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She came over to the
doctor, she said, "Hmm,
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boy, I tell you, this here,
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we're gonna have to do surgery."
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So they went in.
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And for five hours,
they were in surgery.
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That's a long
time to have a surgery.
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Five hours.
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Finally, the boy groggy
after surgery, he woke up,
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"What happened? Where am I?
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What happened?"
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They said, "Oh,
Sameer, you're doing fine.
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You're gonna do fine.
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We'll tell you about
it in just a moment."
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And even though Sameer was fine,
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it took a couple hours
for him just to wake back up.
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But when he waked
back up, when he woke up,
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here is what they
said, "We found a little bag
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inside your mouth
right here by the jaw,
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weighed about a half a pound.
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That's a lot of bag
to have in your mouth.
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It weighed about half a pound.
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So we took the bad out
and we put it on a table
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and we cut that bag open
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and we found 526 extra teeth
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in your mouth."
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"Extra teeth!
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Oh, my goodness. Is this true?
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Pastor, did you make that up?
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Come on, let's put
an x-ray on the screen
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of that young boy's mouth.
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That's what happens
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when you don't brush
your teeth, boys and girls.
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That's what happens.
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I'm telling you.
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You got to obey
Mommy, obey Daddy.
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Look at all those teeth.
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And that's just the start of it
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because they
found the bag down deep
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where those little
teeth were waiting.
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They got them all out.
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I mean, wouldn't you be smiling
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if they did something
that wonderful for you?
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Took away
something you didn't want
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and made you feel good again?
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You think Sameer
isn't telling everybody
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what happened to him?
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He's telling everybody
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because when good
news happens to you,
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that's what you do.
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And when Jesus
is you best friend
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and he's taking something away,
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"Oh, I didn't want that
naughtiness in my heart.
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Oh, I didn't want that
naughtiness in my mind."
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When Jesus takes it away,
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He says, I'll be
your Friend and Savior."
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It doesn't get any better
than that, boys and girls.
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Hey listen, a lot
of your hands went up,
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which means you're
not from around here.
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Do you have anybody
that lives next door to you
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where you live?
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Anybody that lives nearby you?
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You have any young
friends about your age?
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If you have little young friends
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about your age,
you need to be...
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please tell them
about the good news
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about your forever
dearest Friend Jesus.
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You just tell.
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That's not hard to do.
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We're doing that around here.
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In fact, in three weeks,
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we're gonna bring
our friends to church.
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You know the people
that live next door,
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little girls and boys
that live next door and say,
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"Hey, you got to
come to our new church.
00:16:13.47\00:16:14.80
We got it all
spiff and spanned up.
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You got to come."
00:16:17.41\00:16:18.74
And we're gonna invite
them, three weeks from today.
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And you can invite
them where you live.
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Just say, "Hey, come to church.
00:16:23.65\00:16:25.85
I have a wonderful
friend named Jesus.
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And I want you to meet Him."
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How many want to do that?
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How many want to just say,
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"Listen, I'm not
gonna be embarrassed
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about being a pathfinder
and being a friend of Jesus.
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Let me see the hands of
those who are not embarrassed
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about being a
pathfinder or a friend of Jesus.
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Yup.
00:16:41.66\00:16:43.00
That's all of us.
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Let's just thank Jesus.
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Let's thank Jesus for being
that kind of good news Friend
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that we can tell
our friends about.
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Come on, where
is that microphone?
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Here it is.
Thank you, Uncle Ned.
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Who would like... Thank you.
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Who would like to
thank Jesus for us today
00:16:53.98\00:16:57.05
and just say, "Thank you, Jesus.
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Thank you for being our Friend?"
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Well, since all
the regulars have gone
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and all the visitors are here...
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I'm not gonna pick on anybody.
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But would any of you
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like to say
prayer and thank Jesus?
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'Cause all our kids
are used to doing this.
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You know what I'm gonna do?
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Will it be okay
if I pray for you?
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Yeah. Let me pray for you.
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Was there a hand
up. Sissy, come on here.
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Bless your heart.
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All right. What's your name?
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Zianna. Pardon me?
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Zianna. Zianna.
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Let's bow our heads
as Zianna thanks Jesus
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for being the good
news best Friend we have.
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"Thank you,
Jesus, for helping us
00:17:36.25\00:17:39.05
and please make
sure everybody is okay
00:17:39.09\00:17:43.09
and help us all to be friends.
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And thank you, Jesus.
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Amen." Amen.
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Zianna, that was
a beautiful prayer.
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As you all go
quietly back to your seats,
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watch your step
going down those stairs
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and have a
blessed time in Oshkash
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or wherever you
spend this next week.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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I'm a pilgrim
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And I'm a stranger
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I can tarry
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I can tarry but a night
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Do not detain me
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For I am going
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To where the fountains
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Are ever flowing
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There the glory
00:20:05.10\00:20:08.87
Is ever shining
00:20:08.90\00:20:11.71
Oh, my longing
00:20:15.04\00:20:19.68
Heart is there
00:20:19.71\00:20:22.48
Here in this country
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So dark and dreary
00:20:32.16\00:20:37.57
I long have wandered
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Forlorn and weary
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There's the city
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To which I journey
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My Redeemer
00:21:07.20\00:21:12.93
Is its light
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There is no sorrow
00:21:19.04\00:21:24.18
Nor any sighing
00:21:24.21\00:21:29.22
Nor any tears
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Nor any dying
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I'm a pilgrim
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And I'm a stranger
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Thank you, friends. Bless you.
00:22:12.43\00:22:15.16
Thank you, Megan
and Josh and Kenneth,
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the keyboard, our
minster of music Ken Logan.
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Takes a month off every summer
00:22:22.00\00:22:24.71
to go up to the beautiful
climbs of British Columbia.
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He spends time outdoors
00:22:30.21\00:22:33.11
just kind of musing and brooding
00:22:33.15\00:22:36.05
and just wrote this
three, four weeks ago.
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And so Josh and Megan
singing those words, "
00:22:40.66\00:22:43.96
I am a pilgrim, I'm a stranger."
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We all are.
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But here we are
from all over the world,
00:22:49.43\00:22:51.17
met a club from Hong
Kong halfway around the world.
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So you're here
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and we're delighted to
have you in the seminary chapel,
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at the youth chapel as well.
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.51
I want to pray with you
00:23:01.54\00:23:02.88
and then plunge
into our teaching today.
00:23:02.91\00:23:04.51
Father, thank you
for this fellowship.
00:23:04.55\00:23:06.95
What a
fellowship, what a joy divine.
00:23:06.98\00:23:08.42
We're all pilgrims,
00:23:08.45\00:23:09.78
we're exiles,
we're strangers here.
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This was never to
have been quite like this
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.26
but here we are, give
us hope, give courage,
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.66
give us joy
today, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
00:23:20.16\00:23:21.50
Because you see, I'm saying joy
00:23:21.53\00:23:23.43
because I have great
news for you this morning.
00:23:23.47\00:23:25.67
In two weeks, the
exiles are going home.
00:23:25.70\00:23:27.80
Can I have an amen for that?
00:23:27.84\00:23:29.17
Amen. In two weeks...
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.77
That doesn't
sound very good to me.
00:23:30.81\00:23:32.14
In two weeks, the
exiles are going home.
00:23:32.17\00:23:33.84
Can I have an amen for that?
00:23:33.88\00:23:35.21
Amen!
00:23:35.24\00:23:36.58
Amen.
00:23:36.61\00:23:37.95
You know what?
00:23:37.98\00:23:39.31
It's hard to believe
00:23:39.35\00:23:40.92
this beautiful performing arts
00:23:40.95\00:23:43.22
centre
00:23:43.25\00:23:47.62
has been our
home for these weeks,
00:23:47.66\00:23:49.96
but in our hearts,
00:23:49.99\00:23:51.33
there's a little something
that says, "We got to get back,
00:23:51.36\00:23:52.69
we got to get back."
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.06
And I can hardly
wait for you to see
00:23:54.10\00:23:55.43
'cause some of you have
not been keeping up on it.
00:23:55.46\00:23:57.53
Wait for you to see that
home that's waiting for you.
00:23:57.57\00:24:00.14
Although I have
to tell you this...
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And by the way,
00:24:01.54\00:24:02.87
we need to be sure
and thank our president
00:24:02.90\00:24:04.24
who will be here
with us next Sabbath,
00:24:04.27\00:24:07.11
how grateful we are
for Andrew's University's
00:24:07.14\00:24:09.41
kindness in providing
this space at no charge.
00:24:09.44\00:24:14.22
But I'm gonna miss this
place to be honest with you
00:24:14.25\00:24:17.09
because of the
communication that happens here.
00:24:17.12\00:24:19.89
I call it kind of
up close and personal.
00:24:19.92\00:24:22.12
That's a euphemism for
up close and in your face.
00:24:22.16\00:24:26.29
And I just love being
able to preach that way,
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.13
and I'm gonna miss that
00:24:28.16\00:24:29.50
because there will
be a few extra feet
00:24:29.53\00:24:30.87
between us and that front row.
00:24:30.90\00:24:32.80
But it's gonna be beautiful,
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.70
the time has come
and God has been good.
00:24:34.74\00:24:37.44
You know what?
00:24:37.47\00:24:38.81
It's time for the
exiles to go home.
00:24:38.84\00:24:40.41
And speaking
about the civilization,
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.14
look at the civilization.
00:24:42.18\00:24:43.98
Can you believe what
happened in the last seven days?
00:24:44.01\00:24:46.25
What is it?
Three, four, or five?
00:24:46.28\00:24:47.82
They're not quite sure now.
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.18
How do you define a mass killing
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.99
in the United States?
00:24:51.02\00:24:52.35
But whatever it is,
00:24:52.39\00:24:53.72
we've had three,
four, or five of them
00:24:53.76\00:24:55.09
in the last seven days.
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That old hymn,
00:24:57.33\00:24:58.66
"Lift up the trumpet
and loud, let it ring."
00:24:58.69\00:25:00.16
Remember that hymn?
00:25:00.20\00:25:01.53
"Nations are angry.
00:25:01.56\00:25:02.90
By this we do know,
Jesus is coming again."
00:25:02.93\00:25:04.77
Amen. You know what, folks?
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.40
I believe Jesus is coming soon.
00:25:06.43\00:25:08.67
Now I know that there are people
00:25:08.70\00:25:10.04
in this circle right now
00:25:10.07\00:25:11.57
who are a little bit
uncomfortable with that kind
00:25:11.61\00:25:13.07
of, "You know, I
don't want to say that
00:25:13.11\00:25:14.44
Jesus is coming soon
00:25:14.48\00:25:15.81
because I might set
somebody up for disappointment.
00:25:15.84\00:25:19.98
Get their hopes
up." Do you know what?
00:25:20.02\00:25:21.72
After all the bad news,
00:25:21.75\00:25:23.08
it is high time we get
our hopes up, up again.
00:25:23.12\00:25:27.72
Jesus is coming again.
00:25:27.76\00:25:29.42
And we have some
very, very good news
00:25:29.46\00:25:31.56
to tell to the world.
00:25:31.59\00:25:32.96
That's why God invented Exiles
00:25:32.99\00:25:34.33
so that He could
get the Word out.
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.13
We've come to
our last Exile today.
00:25:36.16\00:25:39.07
You know what?
00:25:39.10\00:25:40.44
We've read this
story so many times,
00:25:40.47\00:25:42.07
we had no idea that this
person is an Exile but he is.
00:25:42.10\00:25:45.51
Put it on the screen,
please, the last piece,
00:25:45.54\00:25:47.34
"Song of Exiles: Going home,
Going home, I'm a Going Home"
00:25:47.38\00:25:53.62
You say, how so
you know he's an Exile?
00:25:53.65\00:25:54.98
Well, let me remind you
the definition of an Exile.
00:25:55.02\00:25:57.35
What's an Exile?
00:25:57.39\00:25:58.72
Someone who has
been forcefully removed
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.29
from his or her
home and homeland,
00:26:00.32\00:26:03.22
which is a perfect descriptor
00:26:03.26\00:26:04.79
for the last
exile in our series,
00:26:04.83\00:26:07.10
who happens to be
the very first exile
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.86
in all the Bible.
00:26:09.90\00:26:11.23
The very first.
00:26:11.27\00:26:13.64
We're talking
about the young Joseph.
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.24
Ever heard of Joseph?
00:26:15.27\00:26:17.24
Perfect illustration of someone
who's been forcefully removed
00:26:17.27\00:26:20.88
from his home and homeland.
00:26:20.91\00:26:23.65
Joseph, everybody
loves the story of Joseph.
00:26:23.68\00:26:26.11
I got to put that
picture on the screen.
00:26:26.15\00:26:27.48
I grew up with
this picture of Joseph.
00:26:27.52\00:26:28.95
There he is. I
just love that picture.
00:26:28.98\00:26:30.62
That is no filled with emotion
for a kid who grew up in Japan
00:26:30.65\00:26:33.29
and had to leave
home at the age of 14
00:26:33.32\00:26:35.36
and never came home again.
00:26:35.39\00:26:37.46
I can identify
with this picture.
00:26:37.49\00:26:38.93
He's 17 right there,
and he's looking back
00:26:38.96\00:26:41.66
at his father's tents
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.83
and saying, "I'm
never gonna see him again.
00:26:43.87\00:26:45.30
I'm never gonna see them again."
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.10
That's an exile for you.
00:26:47.14\00:26:49.74
Yup, that's an exile.
00:26:49.77\00:26:52.77
Joseph, well, we know
the story of Joseph...
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.74
In fact, we did a
five part series here
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.41
once upon a time called, "Joseph
00:26:56.44\00:26:57.88
and the amazing
technicolor dream coach."
00:26:57.91\00:27:00.45
Remember that?
00:27:00.48\00:27:02.58
You can go to our website,
00:27:02.62\00:27:03.95
flip it up a
little later in the...
00:27:03.99\00:27:06.32
in our time together,
00:27:06.35\00:27:07.92
and you can just
binge watch that.
00:27:07.96\00:27:10.19
It's one of the greatest stories
00:27:10.23\00:27:11.56
in human literature.
00:27:11.59\00:27:12.93
We're talking about the...
00:27:12.96\00:27:14.30
This is the Joseph who
had the coat of many colors,
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.93
produced by his
doting and aging father,
00:27:16.97\00:27:19.37
"Big mistake, Dad, to single out
00:27:19.40\00:27:20.80
one of your boys and say."
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.17
This is my favorite."
00:27:22.20\00:27:23.54
You just don't want to do that.
00:27:23.57\00:27:24.91
You don't want to
do it as a parent.
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.27
You don't want to do
it ever as a teacher.
00:27:26.31\00:27:27.64
You don't want to do it
as a Pathfinder club leader.
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.01
You don't single kids out
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.38
and say, "This
is my favorite one."
00:27:30.41\00:27:32.18
Now she may be performing
in a way that makes you happy,
00:27:32.21\00:27:35.68
just honor that quietly.
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.05
That's all you have
to do because it created,
00:27:37.09\00:27:39.55
obviously, intense jealousy
00:27:39.59\00:27:42.09
on the part of
his step brothers.
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.33
And they're the
ones that took that boy
00:27:45.36\00:27:47.20
and saw some pagan
slave traders riding
00:27:47.23\00:27:49.40
by on their camels and said,
"Yo, we got a deal for you.
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.40
How much will you give
us? 30 pieces of silver?
00:27:52.43\00:27:54.07
We'll take it."
00:27:54.10\00:27:55.80
The story of Joseph
00:27:55.84\00:27:57.17
is the story of
Jesus writ large.
00:27:57.21\00:27:59.74
The details are just stunning,
00:27:59.77\00:28:01.74
the parallels
between Joseph and Jesus.
00:28:01.78\00:28:04.41
He is the Jesus
of the Old Testament.
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.45
He's taken, you saw the
picture of Harry Anderson.
00:28:06.48\00:28:08.65
He ends up on the
salve block in Egypt.
00:28:08.68\00:28:10.69
A general named Potiphar
says, "I'll take that boy.
00:28:10.72\00:28:12.79
He looks strong and healthy.
00:28:12.82\00:28:14.16
He'll come be my slave."
00:28:14.19\00:28:15.52
He became his slave
00:28:15.56\00:28:16.89
and he soar to
the top of slave hood
00:28:16.93\00:28:19.63
in Potiphar's house, yup.
00:28:19.66\00:28:22.10
Unsuccessful Mrs. Potiphar
00:28:22.13\00:28:23.83
was in trying
to seduce that boy,
00:28:23.87\00:28:26.03
he ends up throw
00:28:26.07\00:28:27.40
in a
subterranean dungeon to rot,
00:28:27.44\00:28:29.44
"We'll never see you again."
00:28:29.47\00:28:31.07
But what does he do there?
00:28:31.11\00:28:32.44
He rises back up
like a good pathfinder.
00:28:32.47\00:28:34.28
He just rises back
up to the top again.
00:28:34.31\00:28:39.58
And somewhere along the way,
00:28:39.61\00:28:40.95
it becomes clear that
this boy can interpret dreams.
00:28:40.98\00:28:43.89
And that mighty
king named Pharaoh
00:28:43.92\00:28:46.55
hears about the boy.
00:28:46.59\00:28:48.22
And when the boy warns him,
00:28:48.26\00:28:49.66
that ominous dream you've
had is bad news for the world.
00:28:49.69\00:28:54.53
"Pharaoh says, "We've got
nobody like this Pathfinder,
00:28:54.56\00:28:57.67
let's take him."
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.50
And they took the
exile, and they elevated him,
00:28:59.53\00:29:04.01
talking about a meteoric
rise, elevator to the top.
00:29:04.04\00:29:09.38
Power, prestige,
prominence, he had it all.
00:29:09.41\00:29:12.85
But you know what,
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.22
that's what God
does with exiles.
00:29:14.25\00:29:15.68
You remember Daniel?
00:29:15.72\00:29:17.09
We've been to
Daniel already this summer.
00:29:17.12\00:29:18.75
You remember Ester?
00:29:18.79\00:29:20.12
We've been to
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.52
How about Nehemiah?
00:29:21.56\00:29:22.89
When God invents an exile,
what God wants to do is move
00:29:22.92\00:29:26.33
that exile into circles he
would never be in otherwise,
00:29:26.36\00:29:30.53
and sometimes it's the three Ps,
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.20
position, power, and prominence.
00:29:33.23\00:29:35.54
Makes me look at you and wonder,
00:29:35.57\00:29:36.97
I wonder what God is
gonna do in your life.
00:29:37.01\00:29:39.04
I wonder what
dream Jesus has for you?
00:29:39.07\00:29:42.81
You're just a young
Pathfinder, are you?
00:29:42.84\00:29:44.38
You're an aged citizen?
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.01
Senior citizen they call you?
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.68
Are you kidding?
00:29:47.72\00:29:49.05
Moses is 80 years old
when the dream comes true.
00:29:49.08\00:29:51.12
Don't you ever give up God.
00:29:51.15\00:29:52.69
He will never give up on you.
00:29:52.72\00:29:54.52
You can't give up on Him.
00:29:54.56\00:29:56.36
You cannot.
00:29:56.39\00:29:58.19
Well, we know
the story of Joseph?
00:29:58.23\00:29:59.56
He goes... takes
that elevator to the top.
00:29:59.59\00:30:04.13
He's become the
prime minister of Egypt.
00:30:04.17\00:30:06.40
Along the way, he gets to marry
the daughter of the numero uno
00:30:06.43\00:30:12.51
religious leader
in the entire empire,
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.41
the high priest's daughter.
00:30:15.44\00:30:16.78
Oh, my!
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.15
What a deal.
00:30:18.18\00:30:20.08
Yup, that's the story of Joseph.
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.98
And then that...
00:30:23.02\00:30:24.49
Seven years of plenty, but
then those ominous years of dry,
00:30:24.52\00:30:29.92
dusty famine and they show up,
00:30:29.96\00:30:32.56
Joseph's step brothers
00:30:32.59\00:30:34.20
who betrayed him
as dead to daddy.
00:30:34.23\00:30:36.40
They show up, all of them.
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.67
And they bow down at the
feet of the keeper of the grain
00:30:38.70\00:30:41.34
who happens to be
the prime minister,
00:30:41.37\00:30:42.70
who happens to be
their betrayed brother.
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.27
Twice they come to Egypt.
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.94
Joseph is testing
them every single time.
00:30:46.98\00:30:49.18
He's got to find out
00:30:49.21\00:30:50.55
has there been any
change in these boys.
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.25
And when he insists
that they bring the youngest
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.65
of the litter,
Benjamin, "You bring Benjamin,
00:30:55.68\00:30:59.29
and I'll believe you."
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.52
Over the protest of daddy.
00:31:01.56\00:31:05.49
Joseph realizes
the men have changed.
00:31:05.53\00:31:10.00
They are not the
same brothers I once knew.
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.83
And so we come
to this precious...
00:31:12.87\00:31:15.24
this kind of...
00:31:15.27\00:31:16.87
The music is louder
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.01
as the scene cuts to Genesis 45.
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.91
This is great heart
of the story of Joseph.
00:31:21.94\00:31:25.41
As I say one of
the great stories
00:31:25.45\00:31:26.82
of all literature,
certainly sacred literature.
00:31:26.85\00:31:28.78
I want you to come to the moment
00:31:28.82\00:31:30.15
when he discloses who he is.
00:31:30.19\00:31:31.52
All right, so
Genesis 45, please.
00:31:31.55\00:31:33.56
Genesis 45.
00:31:33.59\00:31:34.92
I put the NIV on
the screen for you.
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.83
"Then Joseph could no
longer control himself
00:31:36.86\00:31:40.60
before all his
attendants and he cried out,
00:31:40.63\00:31:42.36
'Have one leave my presence!'
00:31:42.40\00:31:43.73
That means all the
Egyptians in the room.
00:31:43.77\00:31:45.33
"So there was
no one with Joseph,
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.17
when he made himself
known to his brothers."
00:31:47.20\00:31:49.67
Watch this, verse 3,
00:31:49.70\00:31:51.04
"Joseph said to his
brothers, 'I am Joseph!
00:31:51.07\00:31:54.98
Is my father still living?
00:31:55.01\00:31:58.31
But the brothers were
not able to answer him,"
00:31:58.35\00:32:00.75
because all they could do was...
00:32:00.78\00:32:02.18
nothing came out.
00:32:06.82\00:32:08.16
"I am your brother Joseph,
the one you sold into Egypt!
00:32:13.56\00:32:16.53
And now..."
00:32:16.56\00:32:17.90
Listen, listen,
"Do not be distressed
00:32:17.93\00:32:19.27
and do not be
angry with your selves
00:32:19.30\00:32:20.64
for selling me here
because it was to save lives
00:32:20.67\00:32:22.64
that God sent me ahead of you.
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.44
For two..."
00:32:24.47\00:32:25.81
Keep reading, "For two years now
00:32:25.84\00:32:27.18
there's been a
famine in the land.
00:32:27.21\00:32:28.54
And for the next five years,
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.15
there's not gonna be
any plowing and reaping.
00:32:30.18\00:32:31.81
But God sent me ahead
of you to preserve for you
00:32:31.85\00:32:35.68
a remnant on earth
and to save your lives
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.25
by a great deliverance."
00:32:38.29\00:32:41.69
Man, that's exactly.
00:32:41.72\00:32:44.36
Exile, Joe, you could not
have gotten that more clearly.
00:32:44.39\00:32:49.56
That is the precise
purpose that God invents exiles.
00:32:49.60\00:32:54.27
Put that line on
the screen, please.
00:32:54.30\00:32:55.64
Let's see it again."
00:32:55.67\00:32:57.01
It was to save lives
00:32:57.04\00:32:58.94
that God turned
me into an exile,
00:32:58.97\00:33:00.88
to preserve a remnant on earth."
00:33:00.91\00:33:03.61
The very reason you
and I are exiles right now,
00:33:03.65\00:33:06.61
there is somebody on this planet
00:33:06.65\00:33:08.05
that you are
perfectly positioned
00:33:08.08\00:33:10.79
to reach for the
kingdom of heaven.
00:33:10.82\00:33:13.05
Just like Joseph.
00:33:13.09\00:33:14.79
Wow!
00:33:14.82\00:33:16.59
So he spoke to
the very first exile,
00:33:16.62\00:33:18.33
"So he must live the last exiles
00:33:18.36\00:33:20.40
in the long
anguish history of earth."
00:33:20.43\00:33:22.30
Now here's a question.
00:33:22.33\00:33:23.67
Yeah, but did
God really accomplish
00:33:23.70\00:33:25.23
his mission for Joseph?
00:33:25.27\00:33:26.60
Did he save people?
00:33:26.63\00:33:27.97
Did he reach people
for the kingdom of heaven?
00:33:28.00\00:33:30.74
I got five fingers to prove it.
00:33:30.77\00:33:33.01
Finger number one.
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.38
These will be
all Joseph's bosses.
00:33:34.41\00:33:35.74
You think about them,
first's there's Potiphar.
00:33:35.78\00:33:37.78
These are people that
Joseph reached for God.
00:33:37.81\00:33:39.31
Potiphar, then
the prison warden,
00:33:39.35\00:33:41.22
and then the
mighty Pharaoh himself.
00:33:41.25\00:33:42.88
So that's finger number one.
00:33:42.92\00:33:45.19
Finger number two,
Joseph's associates,
00:33:45.22\00:33:47.32
all the people
in Potiphar's house,
00:33:47.36\00:33:49.09
all the people in the
prison subterranean dungeon,
00:33:49.12\00:33:51.83
all the courtiers
in the king's court,
00:33:51.86\00:33:54.63
Joseph reached,
touched them all for God.
00:33:54.66\00:33:57.13
How about category number three?
00:33:57.17\00:33:59.07
Joseph's wife.
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.44
That pretty little
girl that he married,
00:34:00.47\00:34:01.80
she's the daughter, remember,
00:34:01.84\00:34:03.17
of the high priest, the highest.
00:34:03.20\00:34:06.21
So he not only influences her,
but he influences her daddy,
00:34:06.24\00:34:09.71
he influences her mommy,
00:34:09.74\00:34:11.11
he influences the
entire family tree.
00:34:11.15\00:34:13.38
Finger number four,
00:34:13.42\00:34:14.75
the citizens of
the empire of Egypt
00:34:14.78\00:34:17.25
who now come to the
keeper of the grain himself.
00:34:17.29\00:34:20.62
And plead, "Help us.
00:34:20.66\00:34:22.96
Stop this famine,
don't let us starve."
00:34:22.99\00:34:25.83
Oh, my.
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.20
Is he having
influence with the human race?
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.90
And number five, come
on, on one more finger left,
00:34:29.93\00:34:32.03
the dignitaries from
nations all over around Egypt
00:34:32.07\00:34:35.10
who are desperate to find food.
00:34:35.14\00:34:37.14
They too come to Joseph.
00:34:37.17\00:34:39.17
Do you understand that
00:34:39.21\00:34:40.54
when God gets a
hold of an exile,
00:34:40.58\00:34:41.91
who's willing to be
gotten a hold of as you are,
00:34:41.94\00:34:44.71
he can move you
anywhere on earth.
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.58
You have no idea
where you're gonna end up.
00:34:46.61\00:34:49.08
And remember, your
age doesn't matter.
00:34:49.12\00:34:52.32
He'll move you
when He needs you.
00:34:52.35\00:34:55.06
Oh, my, wow.
00:34:55.09\00:35:00.06
No wonder God invented exiles.
00:35:00.10\00:35:02.16
All for the sake of them
sharing their contagious faith
00:35:02.20\00:35:06.57
with those who
do not yet believe.
00:35:06.60\00:35:08.40
Sounds a lot like your
mission and mine, doesn't it?
00:35:08.44\00:35:10.94
So I'm doing some
reading over the summer,
00:35:10.97\00:35:12.61
I'm studying up on Generation Z.
00:35:12.64\00:35:14.38
And by the way,
we just got infused
00:35:14.41\00:35:15.74
with a lot of Generation Z,
00:35:15.78\00:35:17.11
and it's not
even school time yet
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.48
because Generation Z is anybody
born between 1996 and 2005.
00:35:18.51\00:35:22.95
So that's the dominant
group of our mission field here
00:35:22.98\00:35:26.55
at Andrew's
University for every professor,
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.52
every staff member.
00:35:29.56\00:35:31.76
We'll talk much
more about that next week
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.13
'cause I want to share
some fascinating discoveries
00:35:33.16\00:35:35.13
about Generation Z.
00:35:35.16\00:35:36.50
Next week when we
have the big faculty staff
00:35:36.53\00:35:38.73
dedication service,
before the students arrive,
00:35:38.77\00:35:41.30
our last time in the X pack.
00:35:41.34\00:35:44.74
But I was doing
some reading this summer,
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.11
I'm reading a
James Emery White's book,
00:35:46.14\00:35:47.64
"Meet Generation Z."
00:35:47.68\00:35:50.21
And he tells about George Barna,
00:35:50.25\00:35:51.58
the evangelical
researcher and demographer
00:35:51.61\00:35:53.75
who has studies Generation Z.
00:35:53.78\00:35:56.32
And you got to see this
00:35:56.35\00:35:57.69
because it is huge corroboration
00:35:57.72\00:36:00.56
for our bring a
friend to church event.
00:36:00.59\00:36:05.69
It comes on August 31.
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.13
I want you to see.
Let's put it on the screen.
00:36:07.16\00:36:08.93
James Emery White in his
book meets the Generation Z,
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.40
"According..."
00:36:11.43\00:36:12.77
He reports to us,
00:36:12.80\00:36:14.14
"According to the
research of the Barna Group,
00:36:14.17\00:36:15.74
the unchurched
continue to be the most open,"
00:36:15.77\00:36:19.14
watch this,
"Most open to the..."
00:36:19.17\00:36:21.21
And here's a direct
quote from the survey,
00:36:21.24\00:36:23.14
"A friend of yours inviting
you to attend a local church."
00:36:23.18\00:36:26.58
Who's most open to that?
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.28
Unchurched people are
most open to your invitation.
00:36:28.32\00:36:30.92
"With one-fifth
of the unchurched
00:36:30.95\00:36:33.46
expressing strong interest..."
00:36:33.49\00:36:35.32
In that little statement,
00:36:35.36\00:36:36.69
"And nearly a half
willing to consider a church
00:36:36.73\00:36:39.29
based on this factor."
00:36:39.33\00:36:40.66
Can you believe that?
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.23
Bring a friend to church.
00:36:42.26\00:36:44.13
That is the most
successful method
00:36:44.17\00:36:45.67
you can use to reach unchurched.
00:36:45.70\00:36:49.37
But he goes on.
Now he's quoting Barna.
00:36:49.40\00:36:50.94
He's quoting George Barna,
00:36:50.97\00:36:52.64
"It's the top-rated way churches
00:36:52.67\00:36:55.38
can establish connections
with the unchurched."
00:36:55.41\00:36:58.25
Oh, and by the way,
Barna is still talking,
00:36:58.28\00:37:00.28
"With Generation Z,
00:37:00.32\00:37:01.88
this approach can
be especially effective
00:37:01.92\00:37:04.45
with 28 percent
00:37:04.49\00:37:06.05
Of Generation
Zers placing emphasis
00:37:06.09\00:37:08.82
on their personal relationships
00:37:08.86\00:37:10.33
compared to
millennials at 20 percent."
00:37:10.36\00:37:12.49
So this group is
even more than millennials
00:37:12.53\00:37:14.63
saying
relationships are big to us.
00:37:14.66\00:37:17.13
And what is this little
series that we're gonna have
00:37:17.17\00:37:19.73
and we're bringing
friends to church for?
00:37:19.77\00:37:21.10
What's the title of
it again? What is it?
00:37:21.14\00:37:22.64
Roommates, Bad
Dates, and Soul Mates.
00:37:22.67\00:37:26.37
And what's the theme?
00:37:26.41\00:37:27.74
It's all about
what every human heart
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.35
on the planet from
Hong Kong to Singapore
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.85
to Africa to America,
00:37:33.88\00:37:35.88
every human being on the planet
has a longing to accentuate,
00:37:35.92\00:37:40.32
to grow, to better
their relationships.
00:37:40.36\00:37:43.99
That what we're gonna do?
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.13
The most effective way
George Barna is telling us
00:37:47.16\00:37:49.53
to reach out to secular people
00:37:49.56\00:37:51.83
and say, "Hey,
come to church with me."
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.27
"Hey, we've got a new church.
00:37:54.30\00:37:56.17
We're so excited.
00:37:56.20\00:37:57.54
Can you come? Can you come?"
00:37:57.57\00:37:59.44
And by the way, you can do
this anywhere on the planet.
00:37:59.47\00:38:01.74
You don't have to
have a redone church.
00:38:01.78\00:38:03.35
You just say,
"Come to church with me."
00:38:03.38\00:38:06.05
Roommates, Bad
Dates, and Soul Mates,
00:38:06.08\00:38:08.25
doesn't matter your
age, it doesn't matter
00:38:08.28\00:38:09.78
whether you're
married or single.
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.15
That doesn't matter at all.
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.79
This series is for everyone.
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.49
Now I know what you're saying.
00:38:15.52\00:38:16.86
Are you sure?
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.66
I mean, are you really sure?
00:38:21.70\00:38:23.03
Hey, did you read the blog?
00:38:23.06\00:38:24.63
My blog for today?
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.00
Let's put that website up
please newpreceptions.tv/blog
00:38:26.03\00:38:29.67
and you can read this blog
00:38:29.70\00:38:31.04
anywhere in the
world if you wish.
00:38:31.07\00:38:32.61
But the blog for today,
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.14
I read a piece by
Kim Johnson, the writer.
00:38:34.18\00:38:36.85
inspectormagazine.com
or .org rather.
00:38:36.88\00:38:40.02
And he's talking
about a fascinating subject.
00:38:40.05\00:38:43.92
He's making a
defense for Christ-like love
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.39
for friendship making as
the most effective strategy
00:38:46.42\00:38:49.49
of all for
reaching people for Jesus.
00:38:49.52\00:38:53.70
I want you to read that blog.
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.06
Just go there, it'll pop up
00:38:55.10\00:38:56.43
and then you can
read it for yourself.
00:38:56.46\00:38:58.73
Three weeks from today,
00:38:58.77\00:39:01.27
we are having our bring a friend
00:39:01.30\00:39:03.84
to our brand newly
00:39:03.87\00:39:05.21
renovated church day, August 31.
00:39:05.24\00:39:10.05
I invite you to
take advantage of it.
00:39:10.08\00:39:11.41
You say, "I don't
know what I'm gonna say."
00:39:11.45\00:39:13.88
Okay, at the
very end of my blog,
00:39:13.92\00:39:15.38
I have this little sample.
00:39:15.42\00:39:17.12
You can do this.
00:39:17.15\00:39:18.49
Trust me you can do this
with your eyes blindfolded.
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.62
Put it on the screen, please.
00:39:20.66\00:39:21.99
Here's a sample invitation.
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.49
You say, "Hey, yo,
we're pretty excited
00:39:23.53\00:39:25.49
about the summer-long renovation
00:39:25.53\00:39:26.86
of our Pioneer church."
00:39:26.90\00:39:28.23
And they're gonna
say, "Yeah, what'd you do?"
00:39:28.26\00:39:29.60
"Well that's number
one, we had replace the roof.
00:39:29.63\00:39:30.97
That was a huge project.
00:39:31.00\00:39:32.33
You ought to see
it inside though."
00:39:32.37\00:39:33.70
So you can shoot off
this at any point you wish.
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.30
"But we're pretty excited
00:39:35.34\00:39:36.67
about the summer-long renovation
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.04
of our Pioneer church.
00:39:38.07\00:39:39.41
We're celebrating the new season
00:39:39.44\00:39:40.78
with a new
series of presentations
00:39:40.81\00:39:42.14
of our pastor's having."
00:39:42.18\00:39:43.51
"Oh, yeah? What are they about?"
00:39:43.55\00:39:44.88
"Well, they're all about growing
00:39:44.91\00:39:46.25
the most important
relationship in our lives.
00:39:46.28\00:39:47.82
It's called, "Roommates,
Bad Dates, and Soul Mates."
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.09
"You serious!
00:39:50.12\00:39:51.45
"Yeah, here's a card
and this is the key."
00:39:51.49\00:39:53.19
Here's a card.
00:39:53.22\00:39:54.56
So when you came in today,
00:39:54.59\00:39:55.92
you should have
received a bunch of these cards.
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.29
You didn't get a
card, then you got left out.
00:39:57.33\00:39:58.83
Make sure that when you
leave, you get this card
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.96
because you're
gonna hand this card.
00:40:01.00\00:40:02.33
You just say,
"Hey, here's a card.
00:40:02.36\00:40:03.70
It tells all about it."
00:40:03.73\00:40:05.07
They take the
card, they read it,
00:40:05.10\00:40:06.43
and then you
say, "Oh, by the way,
00:40:06.47\00:40:07.80
I'd be glad to pick you up
00:40:07.84\00:40:09.17
by Saturday morning, August 31."
00:40:09.20\00:40:10.54
That's it.
00:40:10.57\00:40:11.91
Is that rocket science?
00:40:11.94\00:40:13.27
No.
00:40:13.31\00:40:14.64
If it's a person
who you are going with,
00:40:14.68\00:40:16.01
they live next door.
00:40:16.04\00:40:17.38
It's a piece of cake.
00:40:17.41\00:40:18.75
Karen and I are already putting,
00:40:18.78\00:40:20.12
we got our separate lists,
00:40:20.15\00:40:21.48
we put it together
because they're people we know.
00:40:21.52\00:40:22.85
We are on a
friendly basis with them.
00:40:22.88\00:40:24.22
We say, "Hey
listen, come on, come on.
00:40:24.25\00:40:25.89
Here's a card,
take a look at this.
00:40:25.92\00:40:27.32
Look I'll come and
pick you up, August 31."
00:40:27.36\00:40:29.62
You can do it, we can all do it.
00:40:29.66\00:40:31.89
That's what exiles do.
00:40:31.93\00:40:33.26
They live out their
faith in their Lord and God.
00:40:33.29\00:40:34.90
That's what Joseph did.
00:40:34.93\00:40:37.23
And by the way,
let's fast forward now
00:40:37.27\00:40:38.60
to the end of the story.
00:40:38.63\00:40:39.97
It's a sad ending because
there are two death bed scenes.
00:40:40.00\00:40:42.70
And we're gonna go to them both.
00:40:42.74\00:40:44.07
Let's go to first
the father's death bed.
00:40:44.11\00:40:45.51
Seventeen years was
all Jacob had of Joseph,
00:40:48.51\00:40:53.15
but God is good,
00:40:53.18\00:40:54.55
and when Jacob comes to Egypt,
00:40:54.58\00:40:56.25
God says, "I'm gonna
give you 17 more years
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.02
with that boy of yours."
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.59
Ain't God good?
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.16
But all good things
must come to an end.
00:41:01.19\00:41:02.52
Now I want to go to
the death bed of Jacob.
00:41:02.56\00:41:04.66
So okay, turn your page to 45,
go to chapter, what is it, 49.
00:41:04.69\00:41:10.50
This is fascinating.
00:41:10.53\00:41:11.87
Watch this, Genesis
49:29, "Then Jacob gave them..."
00:41:11.90\00:41:15.20
These are all his boys
now standing in his bedroom,
00:41:15.24\00:41:18.11
"Gave them these instructions:
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.81
'I am about to be
gathered to my people.
00:41:19.84\00:41:23.21
Bury me with my
fathers in the cave
00:41:23.24\00:41:26.85
in the field of
Ephron the Hittite,'"
00:41:26.88\00:41:28.68
It's back in the Promised Land.
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.05
"The cave in the
field of Machpelah,
00:41:30.09\00:41:31.89
near Mamre in Canaan,
00:41:31.92\00:41:33.59
which Abraham
brought along with the field
00:41:33.62\00:41:35.99
as a burial place
from Ephron the Hittite."
00:41:36.02\00:41:38.39
Therefore Jacob still talking,
boys, I want you to remember,
00:41:38.43\00:41:41.30
"Abraham and his
wife were buried,
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.40
there Isaac and his
wife Rebekah were buried,
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.20
and there I buried Leah.
00:41:47.24\00:41:48.97
The field and the cave in it
were bought from the Hittites."
00:41:49.00\00:41:51.67
It's our land.
00:41:51.71\00:41:53.04
"And when Jacob had finished
00:41:53.07\00:41:54.41
giving instructions to his sons,
00:41:54.44\00:41:56.01
he drew his feet up off
the floor and into the bed
00:41:56.04\00:41:58.48
and he breathed his last
00:41:58.51\00:41:59.98
and was gathered to his people."
00:42:00.02\00:42:02.22
To attend the moment,
00:42:02.25\00:42:03.59
it's a death bed
last will and testament.
00:42:03.62\00:42:08.52
"Bury me, bury me
back in the Promise Land."
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.76
But you know
what's so challenging?
00:42:10.79\00:42:13.13
I mean, you think about it.
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.06
The only piece of
real estate the exiles own
00:42:15.10\00:42:18.20
in a Promised
Land is a graveyard.
00:42:18.23\00:42:20.87
That's all they have.
00:42:20.90\00:42:22.50
They are exiles in Egypt.
00:42:22.54\00:42:23.87
"We have nowhere back
there, but there is a graveyard.
00:42:23.91\00:42:26.68
And would you
please bury me there?"
00:42:26.71\00:42:29.34
Oh, my!
00:42:29.38\00:42:31.21
Wow.
00:42:31.25\00:42:33.01
That's the death
scene of Father Jacob.
00:42:33.05\00:42:34.52
Now let's go to the
death scene of Joseph.
00:42:34.55\00:42:36.42
Wrapping it up right
here, death scene of Joseph,
00:42:36.45\00:42:39.02
go to chapter 50,
00:42:39.05\00:42:40.82
the last words of
the book of Genesis.
00:42:40.86\00:42:43.12
Here we go on verse 22,
"And Joseph stayed in Egypt,
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.63
along with all
his father's family.
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.76
He lived 110 years and
he saw the third generation
00:42:47.80\00:42:51.60
of his boy Ephraim's children.
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.80
And he saw the
children of Makir,
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.67
the son of his
other boy Manasseh,
00:42:55.70\00:42:57.37
they were placed at
birth on Joseph's knees."
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.41
Because when we
put a baby on the knees
00:42:59.44\00:43:01.88
of a great grandfather,
00:43:01.91\00:43:03.24
you're saying, "Great grandpa,
your DNA, you claim these,
00:43:03.28\00:43:06.55
these are you children,"
00:43:06.58\00:43:09.98
when you put that
child on the knees
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.99
of the great grandpa.
00:43:13.02\00:43:14.72
"Then..."
00:43:14.76\00:43:16.09
verse 24 "Joseph
said to his brothers,
00:43:16.12\00:43:17.99
'I'm about to die.
00:43:18.03\00:43:19.86
But God will
surely come to your aid
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.36
and take you up
out of this lands
00:43:21.40\00:43:23.03
to the land he promised on oath
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'
00:43:23.06\00:43:28.94
And Joseph made the
Israelites swear an oath
00:43:28.97\00:43:31.07
and said, 'God will
surely come to your aid
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.38
and then you must
carry my...'" What?
00:43:33.41\00:43:35.48
You must carry my what?
00:43:35.51\00:43:37.25
"You must carry my bones."
00:43:37.28\00:43:39.45
You got to carry them
back to the Promised Land.
00:43:39.48\00:43:41.98
And so Joseph
died, final verse 26,
00:43:42.02\00:43:44.79
"At the age of 110, and
after they embalmed him,
00:43:44.82\00:43:49.12
he was placed in
the coffin in Egypt."
00:43:49.16\00:43:52.23
Note carefully, he is
not placed in a grave,
00:43:55.43\00:43:58.53
he is placed in a coffin,
00:43:58.57\00:43:59.90
and it's a movable
coffin as all coffins are.
00:43:59.93\00:44:02.84
Why Joseph?
00:44:02.87\00:44:04.21
Because I want you to bury me
00:44:04.24\00:44:05.57
in the only piece
of real estate we own
00:44:05.61\00:44:06.94
in the Promised
Land, the family graveyard.
00:44:06.98\00:44:08.31
You bury my bones
there, do you understand?
00:44:08.34\00:44:10.58
"We swear it, we will do it."
00:44:10.61\00:44:14.25
Something is
going on here, folks.
00:44:14.28\00:44:17.95
This isn't just a
little death bed scene.
00:44:17.99\00:44:19.79
The writer of Genesis
whom I happen to believe
00:44:19.82\00:44:21.89
is Moses is making a
huge point for his readers.
00:44:21.92\00:44:27.30
This isn't just
about a graveyard
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.96
in the Promised Land.
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.63
It's about the Promised Land
one day without a graveyard.
00:44:31.67\00:44:35.44
Amen.
00:44:35.47\00:44:36.81
A Promised Land with
zero, nada, no graveyard.
00:44:36.84\00:44:41.31
That's what it is about.
00:44:41.34\00:44:42.74
Zondervan, my friend,
in his Magnum Opus says,
00:44:42.78\00:44:45.31
his commentary in
the book of Genesis,
00:44:45.35\00:44:48.88
I learnt this from him,
I never heard this before.
00:44:48.92\00:44:51.25
Let me run it by you.
00:44:51.29\00:44:52.62
Isn't it something?
00:44:52.65\00:44:53.99
Jacob, okay, so we have
Father Jacob right here,
00:44:54.02\00:44:55.66
Jacob ends in a grave
with no coffin, right?
00:44:55.69\00:45:01.16
Joseph, his boy,
00:45:01.20\00:45:03.13
ends in a coffin with no grave.
00:45:03.16\00:45:06.00
What's going on here?
00:45:09.74\00:45:11.57
There's something
trying to be said,
00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94
there's something we
are supposed to be hearing
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.64
because as it turns
out, the book of Genesis ends
00:45:14.68\00:45:17.71
the very same way
the Pentateuch ends.
00:45:17.75\00:45:21.35
The book of
Deuteronomy, both heroes die.
00:45:21.38\00:45:24.79
Joseph dies in Genesis,
Moses dies in Deuteronomy.
00:45:24.82\00:45:29.82
Both heroes die,
but for both of them,
00:45:29.86\00:45:32.36
it is death without a grave.
00:45:32.39\00:45:37.20
Hmm.
00:45:37.23\00:45:38.57
Why?
00:45:38.60\00:45:40.04
Because there is
embedded in these endings
00:45:40.07\00:45:41.64
the promise of
another Promised Land,
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.30
that's why.
00:45:43.34\00:45:44.67
There is the
embedded in these endings
00:45:44.71\00:45:46.04
the promise of a
Promised Land one day
00:45:46.07\00:45:47.41
in which they will never,
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
ever, ever, ever,
ever be a graveyard.
00:45:48.81\00:45:51.25
What do you say? Amen.
00:45:51.28\00:45:52.78
Not a graveyard
in the Promised Land
00:45:52.81\00:45:54.58
that God's promising.
00:45:54.62\00:45:57.89
Look at Hebrews 11:22.
00:45:57.92\00:45:59.82
This is the Bible
hall of faith chapter,
00:45:59.85\00:46:02.19
it's amazing to me.
00:46:02.22\00:46:03.56
They could have picked anyone
00:46:03.59\00:46:04.93
of the great
moments in Joseph's life.
00:46:04.96\00:46:06.29
They don't pick any of
them, they skip over them all,
00:46:06.33\00:46:07.66
here's Joseph's little
corner in the hall of fame.
00:46:07.70\00:46:10.67
Put it on the screen please.
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.03
Hebrews 11:22, there
he is, "By faith Joseph,
00:46:12.07\00:46:17.34
when his end was near,
00:46:17.37\00:46:18.71
spoke about the exodus
of the Israelites from Egypt
00:46:18.74\00:46:22.61
and gave instructions
00:46:22.64\00:46:23.98
concerning the
burial of his bones."
00:46:24.01\00:46:26.51
Come on, why are we
talking about bones?
00:46:26.55\00:46:28.15
What's so by faith about that?
00:46:28.18\00:46:31.72
What so by faith
about picking a place
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.29
where want your
bones to be buried
00:46:33.32\00:46:34.66
if you're never coming up again?
00:46:34.69\00:46:36.02
Why would you care
where your bones are buried?
00:46:36.06\00:46:38.53
Unless you believe by faith.
00:46:38.56\00:46:41.73
You'll be coming up again,
you'll be coming up again.
00:46:41.76\00:46:45.43
And when you come up,
00:46:45.47\00:46:46.80
it will be a Promised
Land with no graveyard in it.
00:46:46.84\00:46:50.21
Hallelujah.
00:46:50.24\00:46:51.91
That's what's going on.
00:46:51.94\00:46:55.54
Moses, before he
dies is embedding this
00:46:55.58\00:47:00.12
in the psyche of every reader.
00:47:00.15\00:47:04.05
There's another Promised
Land, what is it saying?
00:47:04.09\00:47:06.72
Hebrews 11,
"They look for a city
00:47:06.76\00:47:08.12
whose builder and maker is God."
00:47:08.16\00:47:09.62
It's not the one
you're living in.
00:47:09.66\00:47:12.19
They are looking for
another Promised Land.
00:47:12.23\00:47:15.60
How can that be?
00:47:15.63\00:47:16.97
I'll tell you how,
because if you could...
00:47:17.00\00:47:18.83
Listen, if you could find
the Cave of Machpelah today,
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.50
any archaeologist here?
00:47:21.54\00:47:22.87
If you could find the
Cave of Machpelah today,
00:47:22.90\00:47:25.01
that graveyard of
saints still bares
00:47:25.04\00:47:27.34
the dusty DNA of
Abraham and Sara,
00:47:27.38\00:47:30.18
of Isaac and Rebecca, of
Jacob and Leah, and Joseph.
00:47:30.21\00:47:34.55
Dusty DNA is there,
00:47:34.58\00:47:36.12
but there is another grave
outside the ancient Jerusalem,
00:47:36.15\00:47:41.56
where also a Jew
without a coffin was buried.
00:47:41.59\00:47:47.40
But for you to go
to that grave today,
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.53
you would not find a
scintilla of dusty DNA
00:47:49.56\00:47:53.23
belonging to Jesus of Nazareth.
00:47:53.27\00:47:54.94
Do you know why?
00:47:54.97\00:47:56.47
Because He is not here.
00:47:56.50\00:47:58.14
He is risen.
00:47:58.17\00:48:00.04
He is risen.
00:48:00.08\00:48:01.41
That's the point.
00:48:06.51\00:48:09.18
And because He lives,
this crucified, buried, risen,
00:48:09.22\00:48:12.95
ascendant, and
soon coming Savior.
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.29
Because He lives,
we shall live also.
00:48:15.32\00:48:18.53
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:48:18.56\00:48:20.03
Yeah, that's the
hope. That's the hope.
00:48:20.06\00:48:22.00
Going home, going home,
00:48:22.03\00:48:26.23
I'm going home.
00:48:26.27\00:48:29.34
Antonin Dvorak composed
the great New World Symphony,
00:48:29.37\00:48:34.01
whose Largo has
become globally renowned.
00:48:34.04\00:48:36.64
You know the Largo.
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.25
Goin' home, goin' home
00:48:39.28\00:48:42.38
I'm just goin' home
00:48:42.42\00:48:46.69
Goin' home, goin' home
00:48:46.72\00:48:50.36
I'm just goin' home
00:48:50.39\00:48:52.36
The whole world loves the Largo.
00:48:52.39\00:48:54.76
But you understand of
course Dvorak never wrote words.
00:48:54.80\00:48:57.17
You don't write
words to a symphony.
00:48:57.20\00:48:58.83
But a student of
his, listen to this,
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.30
a student of his named
William Arms Fisher decided
00:49:00.34\00:49:02.60
to write lyrics
that would match the tune
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.57
of that beloved
melody in the Largo.
00:49:04.61\00:49:07.18
Goin' home, goin' home
00:49:07.21\00:49:09.51
I am goin' home
00:49:09.54\00:49:11.21
Quite like some still day
00:49:11.25\00:49:14.08
I'm just goin' home
00:49:14.12\00:49:17.32
In a few days, the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:49:17.35\00:49:19.12
on the campus of
Andrews University
00:49:19.15\00:49:20.86
will go home to the
home that we belong in.
00:49:20.89\00:49:24.89
And some day, sooner
than any of us here realizes,
00:49:24.93\00:49:29.50
we will all be going home.
00:49:29.53\00:49:32.53
Going home, going home.
00:49:32.57\00:49:35.37
I am going home.
00:49:35.40\00:49:37.71
Going home, going home
00:49:40.68\00:49:43.31
to that one Promised Land
00:49:43.35\00:49:47.05
where there is no graveyard.
00:49:47.08\00:49:51.35
Hallelujah.
00:49:51.39\00:49:53.19
That's the home I'm going to.
00:49:53.22\00:49:55.16
How about you? Amen.
00:49:55.19\00:49:56.59
Hmm?
00:49:56.62\00:49:57.99
You going home?
00:49:58.03\00:49:59.43
Some of you right now
00:49:59.46\00:50:00.80
when I say, "You're going home?"
00:50:00.83\00:50:02.16
You know what,
your mind just jumps
00:50:02.20\00:50:03.53
to start thinking
quickly, "Am I going home?"
00:50:03.57\00:50:06.03
And you're thinking of something
00:50:06.07\00:50:07.40
that's between you
and Jesus right now.
00:50:07.44\00:50:09.60
Now you've been
Pathfinders for years,
00:50:09.64\00:50:12.07
you've been a Pathfinder leader.
00:50:12.11\00:50:14.24
But something is in
your life that you realize,
00:50:14.28\00:50:17.15
"Oh my, if Jesus came tonight,
00:50:17.18\00:50:19.65
I'd have to deal
with some heavy baggage."
00:50:19.68\00:50:22.25
You know what, my friend,
00:50:25.25\00:50:26.62
it's as simple
as you saying Jesus.
00:50:26.65\00:50:29.66
You see that baggage?
00:50:29.69\00:50:31.46
I can't take that to heaven,
I can't take it home with me.
00:50:31.49\00:50:36.67
I'm leaving it.
00:50:36.70\00:50:38.57
I'm leaving it in
your nail scarred hands.
00:50:38.60\00:50:41.60
If it's physical or material,
if you want me to have it back,
00:50:41.64\00:50:44.81
you give it back to me.
00:50:44.84\00:50:46.57
If it's dark and immoral,
never let me see that again.
00:50:46.61\00:50:51.71
Take it away, Jesus.
00:50:51.75\00:50:54.02
You can go home, my friend.
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.42
You can go home.
00:50:56.45\00:50:58.29
It's as simple as that.
00:50:58.32\00:51:00.56
He just needs you
to say, "Be my Savior,
00:51:00.59\00:51:04.86
be my forever
Savior and friend, please.
00:51:04.89\00:51:08.66
I can't get home without you."
00:51:08.70\00:51:11.03
Do you understand He's
dying for you to come home?
00:51:11.07\00:51:12.90
He's already died
for you to get you home.
00:51:12.93\00:51:15.24
And He's dying
for you to come home.
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.37
We got to go home together.
00:51:18.41\00:51:20.04
There's nothing in your
life that Jesus can't handle.
00:51:20.08\00:51:23.08
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus.
00:51:23.11\00:51:25.28
Together.
00:51:25.31\00:51:26.65
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus
00:51:43.20\00:51:48.24
Sing His mercy and His grace
00:51:48.27\00:51:53.07
In the mansions
00:51:53.11\00:51:55.78
Bright and blessed
00:51:55.81\00:51:58.31
He'll prepare for us a place
00:51:58.35\00:52:02.68
When we all get to heaven
00:52:02.72\00:52:07.56
What a day of rejoicing
00:52:07.59\00:52:10.13
That will be
00:52:10.16\00:52:12.46
When we all see Jesus
00:52:12.49\00:52:17.30
We'll sing
00:52:17.33\00:52:19.03
And shout the victory
00:52:19.07\00:52:23.64
While we walk
00:52:23.67\00:52:25.64
The pilgrim pathway
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Clouds will overspread the sky
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But when traveling days
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Are over
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Not a shadow, not a sigh
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When we all get to heaven
00:52:43.63\00:52:48.50
What a day of rejoicing
00:52:48.53\00:52:51.03
That will be
00:52:51.07\00:52:53.44
When we all see Jesus
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We'll sing
00:52:58.67\00:53:00.18
And shout the victory
00:53:00.21\00:53:02.84
All right, ladies alone.
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Sing that third
stanza, ladies alone.
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Come on, ladies.
00:53:06.08\00:53:08.62
Let us
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Then be true and faithful
00:53:10.02\00:53:13.15
Trusting, serving every day
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Just one glimpse
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Of Him in glory
00:53:20.46\00:53:23.53
Will the toils of life repay
00:53:23.57\00:53:28.47
When we all get to heaven
00:53:28.50\00:53:33.71
What a day of rejoicing
00:53:33.74\00:53:36.34
That will be
00:53:36.38\00:53:38.81
When we all see Jesus
00:53:38.85\00:53:44.25
We'll sing
00:53:44.29\00:53:45.62
And shout the victory
00:53:45.65\00:53:49.12
Stand, everybody.
00:53:49.16\00:53:51.29
Onward to the prize before us
00:53:51.33\00:53:55.76
Soon his beauty we'll behold
00:53:55.80\00:54:00.90
Soon the pearly gates will open
00:54:00.94\00:54:06.21
We shall tread
00:54:06.24\00:54:08.14
He streets of gold
00:54:08.18\00:54:10.98
When we all get to heaven
00:54:11.01\00:54:16.12
What a day of rejoicing
00:54:16.15\00:54:18.72
That will be
00:54:18.75\00:54:21.12
When we all see Jesus
00:54:21.16\00:54:26.70
We'll sing
00:54:26.73\00:54:28.10
And shout the victory
00:54:28.13\00:54:32.47
Ah, let's do it again.
00:54:34.77\00:54:36.10
When we all get to heaven
00:54:36.14\00:54:41.11
What a day of rejoicing
00:54:41.14\00:54:43.91
That will be
00:54:43.95\00:54:46.55
When we all see Jesus
00:54:46.58\00:54:52.15
We'll sing
00:54:52.19\00:54:53.69
And shout the victory
00:54:53.72\00:54:58.46
We got to pray right now.
00:54:58.49\00:54:59.83
But we have a prayer team here,
some of you have maybe brought
00:54:59.86\00:55:03.33
something you'd be
great to have, a partner,
00:55:03.37\00:55:05.60
just lift up to
Jesus on my behalf.
00:55:05.63\00:55:07.94
We have husband and
wife, Donnie and Trudi Starlin.
00:55:07.97\00:55:11.21
And so one is going
to be on the other side
00:55:11.24\00:55:13.07
and the other is
going to be right here.
00:55:13.11\00:55:14.74
And you see the little
dangle around their necks?
00:55:14.78\00:55:18.18
They are here to pray with you
if you'd like somebody to pray.
00:55:18.21\00:55:20.78
Let's pray together.
00:55:20.82\00:55:22.15
Oh, God, when we
all get to heaven,
00:55:22.18\00:55:23.99
oh, can you imagine it, Father,
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.99
going home, going
home, we're just going home.
00:55:26.02\00:55:31.29
Not to a little
church across the campus,
00:55:31.33\00:55:35.16
as joyful as that would be,
00:55:35.20\00:55:37.50
but oh, no, when
you throw the floodgates
00:55:37.53\00:55:42.47
and the 12 gates
of heaven wide open,
00:55:42.50\00:55:45.27
we wanna be in that homecoming.
00:55:45.31\00:55:48.68
There's a man here who's saying,
00:55:48.71\00:55:50.05
"Oh, Lord, I need help,
be merciful to me, a sinner."
00:55:50.08\00:55:53.35
I want that man to know
that Justice Jesus said,
00:55:53.38\00:55:55.98
"You can go home safe today."
00:55:56.02\00:55:58.42
You just say, "Be
merciful to me, the sinner."
00:55:58.45\00:56:01.12
And He'll save you.
00:56:01.16\00:56:02.96
And if we can help you
write the next chapter,
00:56:02.99\00:56:04.69
you let u know.
00:56:04.73\00:56:06.06
There's a women here who says,
"I don't wanna go home alone,
00:56:06.09\00:56:10.10
I want my children
to go home with me."
00:56:10.13\00:56:12.47
Father, keep
that mother praying.
00:56:12.50\00:56:14.47
Keep that
grandmother on her knees.
00:56:14.50\00:56:16.50
We can't give up.
00:56:16.54\00:56:18.34
You're not giving up.
00:56:18.37\00:56:20.11
You want to bring every
man women and child alive
00:56:20.14\00:56:22.68
if you possibly
can to that homecoming.
00:56:22.71\00:56:25.51
So, Jesus, Your
mighty spirit will do it.
00:56:25.55\00:56:28.88
And then I'm gonna
say a special prayer
00:56:28.92\00:56:30.39
for these OshKosh bound
pathfinders and their leaders.
00:56:30.42\00:56:33.69
God bless them all.
00:56:33.72\00:56:35.42
Thank you for every club.
00:56:35.46\00:56:36.96
Thank you for
every partner in ministry
00:56:36.99\00:56:40.40
that each club represents.
00:56:40.43\00:56:42.16
Go with them, protect them
on the road and in the air,
00:56:42.20\00:56:46.13
and one day when we
get to the big OshKosh
00:56:46.17\00:56:49.00
in the sky in heaven,
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.31
when we've gone home,
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.51
yeah, we will be
together forever and ever.
00:56:53.54\00:56:56.31
In Jesus' name, we thank You
that all the people say amen.
00:56:56.34\00:57:01.85
Amen.
00:57:01.88\00:57:03.22
I want to take an
extra moment to thank you
00:57:13.66\00:57:15.10
for joining us in worship today.
00:57:15.13\00:57:16.56
It's by the continuous
support from viewers like you
00:57:16.60\00:57:18.90
that we are able to
bring you this program.
00:57:18.93\00:57:20.70
Today, I wanna invite
you though to share with us
00:57:20.74\00:57:22.87
how this
ministry has blessed you.
00:57:22.90\00:57:25.07
I get inspiring
notes, emails from viewers,
00:57:25.11\00:57:27.38
literally all over
the world telling me,
00:57:27.41\00:57:29.11
"Look, Dwight, God has
been blessing me this way.
00:57:29.14\00:57:31.15
He's been doing this."
00:57:31.18\00:57:32.51
I would love to
hear from you as well.
00:57:32.55\00:57:33.88
Just visit our
website, you know it.
00:57:33.92\00:57:35.68
NePerceptions.tv
00:57:35.72\00:57:37.89
and click on the contact
link at the top of the page.
00:57:37.92\00:57:40.59
Send me a note, let me
know what God has been doing
00:57:40.62\00:57:43.32
right now in your life.
00:57:43.36\00:57:44.89
Once again, thank you
for being with us today.
00:57:44.93\00:57:47.70
I hope you join us
right here next time,
00:57:47.73\00:57:49.90
and until then,
00:57:49.93\00:57:51.27
may the God of grace journey
with you every step of the way.
00:57:51.30\00:57:54.47