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>> Dear Heavenly Father, Lord,
thank you for this day, Lord,
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and thank you for
allowing us to be here, Lord.
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Thank you for
another day of life, Lord.
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We know that
sometimes, things may happen,
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and we go through trials,
Lord, but you've given us
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the opportunity to be here
this morning and to worship
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together as a community.
And, God, I just ask that
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as we enter our
worship service this morning,
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that you'll just please be
with each and every one of us.
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Thank you, Lord,
in your name, amen.
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>> Amen. >> I
encourage you guys to stand
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as we sing our first
song, "Blessed Be Your Name."
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You guys can sit
down for this next song.
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I invite the congregation to
stand for our last song today.
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>> Please stand
for the last song.
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>> Well, good
morning, boys and girls.
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Nice to see you on this,
oh, another great Sabbath
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in Michigan. Ahh! What's up
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with this winter,
huh? Thanks to my friend,
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Sharon Nugent, who
found this story, let's go to
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a place that has real winters.
How about going to Alaska
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right now? You
want to go to Alaska?
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They got winter up there.
Maybe we can travel up there.
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>> No. >> Oh, they
got winter up there.
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So this is -- This
happened just 3 weeks ago.
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So, Clyde comes to the door.
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It's a weekend. Still has his
pajamas on. He comes to the door
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and he said -- front door --
"Ah, I see Amy left --" That's
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Mommy. "I see that Mommy left
the garbage. She wants me to
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take the garbage out to the
garbage can. Well, I'll do that.
The girls are kind of
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laying back. Let me do
that." So he grabs the garbage.
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And then he gets out the door
and he looks both ways, because,
in South Anchorage,
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where he lives -- Okay? South
Anchorage, you never know what
shows up -- wild animals.
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We're talking about
fierce wild animals. Oh, man.
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Well, I wonder if I'm going to
see a bear today. He grabs the
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garbage. Nothing coming? Good.
Do I have the key to the shed?
Oh, I got the key to the shed.
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So, he's walking across the snow
-- ooh, ooh! The driveway has
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snow on it. Oh, I hate walking
on the snow in my slippers. He
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gets to the shed. There, I
got the key. He opens the lock.
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Opens the door. There's the
garbage can. Wait. Well, they
have to put this stuff in a shed
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because, otherwise, animals
would come and break your
garbage can open, so they don't
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want that to happen. So, he
gets inside. He closes the door
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behind him. He opens the garbage
can. Boom! There goes the
garbage for that week.
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Now he's ready to leave.
He walks outside the door. He
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closes the door, puts the
lock back in, got it, and turns
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around. Oh, boy. You want to
talk about a wild animal? We are
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talking major wild animal, the
one you don't want, because this
wild animal is more
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ferocious than a bear in Alaska.
Oh, no! It's coming straight --
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He's running toward him. Now,
I want to see what that wild --
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Let's just get the wild animal
in our minds right now. Is there
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a picture? Oh! Well, what do you
mean that's not a wild animal?
That's a wild animal.
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What is that? >> A
moose. >> That is a moose.
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And this moose is coming
straight at him, and they can
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run pretty fast. You know, they
had some problems with moose in
that neighborhood. In fact, a
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mother moose -- True story.
A mother moose gave birth to a
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little calf in their backyard
a couple years ago. And last
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Christmas, exactly a year ago, a
moose ate their Christmas wreath
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on the front door. So, here
comes this moose. Which way is
he going to go? If he goes to
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the house, he's straight into
the moose. There's only one
decision. Where's that key?
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Where's that key? Where's that
key? He gets that key in the
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lock. He pops the locks open. As
he started to open, that moose
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-- He could hear the... And it's
going faster. As he jumps in,
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he closes the door, and, boom,
the moose hits the door. Hits
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the door. One antler... [
Imitates thudding ] And he can
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see the door going... I mean,
this is just a little tin shed.
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Oh! Fortunately, he had
-- In his pajamas, he had his
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cellphone. He pulls his
cellphone out. "Come on, Amy.
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Answer the phone. Answer the
phone. Amy, do you understand?
I'm in trouble here."
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Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.
She doesn't answer the phone. "I
can't believe this.
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My teenage daughter is in
bed. I'll call her." Ring, ring,
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ring, ring, ring. No answer.
No answer. "Somebody is going to
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have to help me. I'll try Amy
one more time. I'll try Mom one
more time." And when Amy picks
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up, he starts yelling. He says,
"Look outside! Look outside! I'm
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in trouble!" So she goes to the
window. She looks outside.
There's nothing happening.
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She says, "Where's my husband? I
don't see him anywhere." And she
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sees the shed. [ Gasps ] He's in
the shed. There's nothing out
there. There is nothing out
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there. She said, "What's the
problem?" "Can't you see it?"
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"See what?" Now, they have a
security camera, and later, you
can have your mom and dad look
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at the YouTube piece, but just
let's take a look at the
security camera that...
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Ooh! Whoa! That foot is
up. That moose is moving fast.
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The security camera -- click.
He's trying to get that key in,
get that door open.
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"Let me in." Boom! Just in
time. Turns out that the moose
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got tired of that and walked off
to another neighbor's. Oh, my!
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You know what? There are some
mommies and daddies, there are
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some boys and girls who are
trapped inside a little shed.
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Oh, it's not a little shed like
that. It's a shed of their own
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troubles. They have troubles,
and they're calling. They're
calling, "Hello? Hello?
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Does anybody know that
I'm in trouble? I need help."
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But nobody's answering.
Nobody's answering. Guess what.
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You're supposed to answer. Yeah,
Jesus says, "Are you love on the
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move?" He says, "I look at you,
girl. I look at you, boy. You
are love on the move.
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That's what you are. I need you
to answer. There are people in
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trouble. I'm giving you eyes to
see. I'm giving you ears to
hear. And when you see that
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they're in trouble, you help me.
You be my love on the move."
That's the only way
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Jesus can help some people is if
you become love on the move for
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Him. Oh! Are you trapped
in a shed? No. Are you fine?
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Yep. But there's some people
that need you. Open your eyes
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this next week at school. Open
your eyes. Recess time, open
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your eyes. In the neighborhood,
open -- Maybe downtown, open
your eyes. Oh, Jesus, thank you
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for being love on the move and
coming to us. We'll go for --
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How many will go for Jesus?
Would you be willing to go for
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Jesus if He said, "Hey, you help
me. You get over to that shed
where they're in trouble,
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and you help set them free."
Would you take care of that
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need? Find your neighbor for me.
Ah! Who wants to thank Jesus for
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being that kind of a friend and
a savior? Come on, sis. Let's
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thank Jesus. What's your first
name? >> Abby. >> Abby. Okay, so
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we're going to pray with Abby
now. Close your eyes, please,
and fold your hands
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as Abby prays. >> Dear Jesus,
thank you for this wonderful
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day. Please take care of us
while it's the Sabbath and while
we listen here in the church.
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In Jesus' name, amen. >> Amen.
Beautiful prayer, Abby. Thank
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you. As you go quietly back
to your seats, you can pray what
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Abby prayed, "Thank you, Jesus.
We want to be love on the move
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for you." Happy Sabbath.
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In fact, let's pray those
words. Precious Lord, that's our
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prayer. Take our hands. This is
a crazy place down here, not
that you haven't noticed,
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but we need to you to take us
by the hand. How do we do this
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thing that you've called us
to do? We want to be the best we
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can be for you. So, take these
few moments, inject yourself
into this conversation.
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We humbly pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen. So, how radical are
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we supposed to take
this love-on-the-move thing?
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Can you carry it too
far? Let's go to the moment.
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Come on. Open your Bible.
The second-best love story
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Jesus ever told -- this is
it. Yep, and here is the little
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prelude that sets
the story up. Luke 10.
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You got your device, your
Bible. Didn't bring a Bible,
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you're going to want to
follow this, a pew Bible.
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What's the page
number in the pew Bible?
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Page 699. I'm in the NIV.
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We begin reading in Verse 25.
Luke 10:25. "And on one
occasion, an expert
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in the law stood up to test
Jesus. 'Yo, Teacher,' he asked,
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'what must I do to inherit
eternal life?'" You go,
city-slicker lawyer.
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Way to come up with the hardest
question that a human can dream
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up. How do I get to heaven? "Oh,
I got to see how Jesus answers
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this one." Jesus answers, Verse
26, "Well, what is written in
the law? How do you read it?'"
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Little bit flustered that the
question is answered by another
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question, but
the Lord is prepared.
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Verse 27 -- "And he answered,
'Well, love the Lord your God
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with all your heart
and with all your soul
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and with all your strength
and with all your mind.'"
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And then, for good measure,
the lawyer tosses in one
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more line from the
Torah. "And, 'Love your neighbor
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as yourself.'"
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I'm sure Jesus spoke the next
words with a smile on his face,
when Jesus said, in Verse 28,
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"You have answered correctly. Do
this and you live." You got it.
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And now he's really embarrassed,
because he pulled the hardest
question he could think of
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and he's answered it himself.
And so the lawyer -- Look at
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Verse 29, "He wanted to justify
himself." That's code language
for wanting to spare his -- save
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face. "Oh, I got to save face."
And, so, the lawyer, Verse 29,
"He wanted to justify himself,
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and so he asked Jesus, 'Yo, but
who is my neighbor?'" Gotcha!
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And Jesus says, "'A man was
going down from Jerusalem to
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Jericho when he was attacked by
robbers, and they stripped him
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of his clothes. They beat him.
They went away. Then they left
him half-dead.'" I don't know if
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He read in the Jerusalem Times
or the Jericho Tribune, but He
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knew the story. And in fact,
"Desire of Ages" just pulls the
veil aside with a very
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interesting factoid. Listen to
this. I'll put it on the screen
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for you. "This
was no imaginary scene
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but an actual occurrence
which was known to be exactly
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as represented in Jesus'
story. The priest and the Levite
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who had passed by on
the other side of the road
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were in the company that
listened to Christ's words."
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Uh-oh! Talking
about uncomfortable.
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Here we go.
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So, we got a Jewish traveler
beat to a pulp. Carjacking. Come
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on. Everybody knows carjackings.
We got it all the time. This had
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been a carjacking. He's left to
the side of the road for dead.
Jesus says, "Okay."
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Now verse 31. "'A priest
happened to be going down the
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same road.'" That would be a
Jew. "'And when he saw the man,
he passed by on the other side.
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So too, a Levite.'" That's
an elder, now, but still a Jew.
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"'A Levite, when he came to the
place and saw him,'" fellow Jew,
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"passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan" -- It was
cheeky to even mention
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a Samaritan in this story, but
it took chutzpah and daring to
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make the Samaritan the hero of
the story. And it's just
happened, and everybody in the
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crowd knows it. But a Samaritan,
who, by the way, knows that if
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he were the carjacking victim
and he were mangled at the side
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of the road, the Jew would walk
over... [ Spits ] ...and then
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walk away. The only good
Samaritan is a dead Samaritan,
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they believed. It was a
bad word. Jesus used it.
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"'But a Samaritan, as he
traveled, came where the man
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was, and when he saw
him, he took pity on him.
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He went to him and
he bandaged his wounds
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and he poured oil
and wine on the wounds.
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And then he put the
man on his own donkey
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and brought him to an
inn and he took care of him.
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And the next day, he
took out two denarii.'"
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That's two days of wages.
"'He took out two denariis
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and he gave them to
the innkeeper and he said,
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"Look. Look after
him, and when I return,
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I will reimburse you
for any extra expense
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you may have.'" Now
Jesus has been holding the
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lawyer's gaze the whole
time as he's telling the story.
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And he looks him into the face
with a smile again. He says,
"So, of these three,
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which one do you think was the
neighbor?" The lawyer drops his
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gaze and moves his sandaled toe
in the dust. He can't even say
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the word. The one who showed him
mercy. Lawyer looks back up.
Jesus smiles into his eyes.
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You got it. Go and
do the same. The end.
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Wow. So, who is my neighbor?
Is a convicted sex offender my
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neighbor? Is a socially
retarded, behaviorally odd
student on this campus my
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neighbor? How about the homeless
man who rummages through
street-side garbage as I cut a
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wide swath, as I did one of the
nights in San Diego this week,
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to avoid him? Is he my neighbor?
How about an inner-city baby? Is
that baby my neighbor?
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How about the unwed mother that
gave birth to her? Is that unwed
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mother my neighbor? Who is my
neighbor? How about the chief of
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police? Would he be my neighbor?
How about any police? Are they
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my neighbor? Is an unemployed
drug addict my neighbor? Is an
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employed alcoholic my neighbor?
Is a Roman Catholic my neighbor?
How about a Baptist?
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Yeah, but maybe -- maybe not
a Mormon. How about Jehovah's
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Witnesses? How about a Hindu? Is
a Muslim man who does not live
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next door to me -- Is he still
my neighbor? Is an illegal alien
00:33:28.17\00:33:36.98
my neighbor? How about if you're
gay? How about if you're a
lesbian, trans, or maybe you're
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straight? Who's my neighbor?
Anybody got it figured out yet?
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You know, wouldn't it be
something if this neighbor
business wasn't about categories
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at all, not about sexual
categories, not about
socioeconomic categories,
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not about political categories,
not about religious or
denominational categories,
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not even about morality
categories? Wouldn't it be
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something if it weren't about
any of that? David Redding, in
his marvelous book, asked the
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question. I do believe he
is right. We'll put it on the
00:34:30.73\00:34:35.80
screen for you. Redding writing,
the writer. "Now, just who is my
neighbor?" Answer -- "No one
00:34:35.80\00:34:43.48
knows until he knows." Hit the
pause button right here. Come
00:34:43.48\00:34:48.72
on. Come on. Look, folks, there
is no nifty little formula that
we can use to ascertain which
00:34:48.72\00:34:52.52
categories of neighbors apply to
me. There is no nifty category.
00:34:52.52\00:34:56.62
Here is the deal. You're going
to have to know it. Something
will happen inside of you.
00:34:56.62\00:35:01.00
Your conscience, which is used
by the Holy Spirit to commune
00:35:01.00\00:35:06.07
with your soul -- that heart and
compassion that you have beating
in your chest, something is
00:35:06.07\00:35:11.14
going to tell you. You'll know
the day, the moment, that is
your neighbor. Do something.
00:35:11.14\00:35:15.94
You'll know. He's right. How
am I going to know until I --
00:35:15.94\00:35:19.38
How am I going to know
until I get to that moment?
00:35:19.38\00:35:22.42
Keep reading. Redding back on
the screen. "Now, just who is my
00:35:25.65\00:35:29.36
neighbor? No one knows until he
knows." Now, this is good. "The
Samaritan story says,
00:35:29.36\00:35:33.83
'I don't care who he is.'"
00:35:33.83\00:35:37.97
I like that. "You
see, it is wrong,"
00:35:38.00\00:35:41.07
Redding writes. "It
is the wrong question to
00:35:41.07\00:35:44.41
ask," -- who's my neighbor?
-- "For it mistakenly assumes
00:35:44.41\00:35:47.68
a boundary. The point
00:35:47.68\00:35:49.38
is not who is your neighbor,
but make sure and be one."
00:35:49.38\00:35:54.58
Oh, you didn't get that, did
you? That went by so fast, but
00:35:54.62\00:35:58.42
that is your take-home line
today. My, oh, my, oh, my. I
mean, if you're talking about
00:35:58.42\00:36:04.99
love on the move -- And this
is a classic story, powerfully
00:36:04.99\00:36:08.73
dealing with just that,
love on the move. The point --
00:36:08.73\00:36:13.17
In fact, put it on the screen so
we get it one more time. We'll
lock it in our brains
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.64
that never forget a thing. On
the screen, "The point is not
who is your neighbor,
00:36:16.64\00:36:22.51
but make sure and be one."
Forget the questions. Wow.
Wouldn't that be something?
00:36:22.51\00:36:30.05
All this splitting of hairs
over, "Hey, is this one my
neighbor or is that one my
00:36:30.05\00:36:33.76
neighbor?" Guess what? We
can lay all that splitting
00:36:33.76\00:36:36.29
of hairs to permanent rest.
Never ask the question again.
Never ask the question again.
00:36:36.29\00:36:42.03
The question is not, "Who's
my neighbor?" Be one instead.
00:36:42.03\00:36:45.53
Be the neighbor. Now,
Redding is not quite through.
00:36:45.53\00:36:49.67
One last slide. There it
is. "The point is not who is
00:36:49.70\00:36:52.74
your neighbor, but
make sure and be one.
00:36:52.74\00:36:54.71
To whom? Well, not
next door, necessarily
00:36:54.71\00:36:58.71
but the next
necessity you notice.
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.08
The word 'neighbor' has
nothing to do with nearness
00:37:02.08\00:37:04.99
geographically,
everything to do with need
00:37:04.99\00:37:08.09
anywhere you find it,
wherever you hear it calling."
00:37:08.09\00:37:13.03
Hey, listen, folks. We got
people all over this planet
00:37:13.06\00:37:16.00
who desperately need somebody to
become their neighbor. And guess
00:37:16.00\00:37:24.21
what. I'm happy to inform you
that this month is Sign Up To Be
a Good Neighbor Month
00:37:24.21\00:37:30.08
for people overseas. Mm-hmm.
Student Missionary Month.
00:37:30.08\00:37:34.88
Guess what. There's somebody on
this planet where, if you were
00:37:34.88\00:37:39.15
willing to push aside your
schedule for just a few weeks,
you could be the very Samaritan,
00:37:39.15\00:37:48.03
Good Samaritan, God needs to
say to them. Get ahold of campus
00:37:48.03\00:37:53.07
ministries. Walk into that
office this month. Sign up. You
00:37:53.07\00:37:59.24
can do it. We've found that
people who have taken the extra
year off actually do better many
00:37:59.24\00:38:05.18
times. Mental health is a huge
issue now with this Gen Z
generation. The fact that you
00:38:05.18\00:38:12.82
give a year in service to be a
good neighbor, mental health. We
00:38:12.82\00:38:19.73
got studies now, secular
studies. There goes mental
health, optimal feelings.
00:38:19.73\00:38:24.43
Why? Because you're doing
something for somebody else.
Listen, we have people
00:38:24.43\00:38:28.90
all over this community who need
somebody to notice, to be a good
00:38:28.90\00:38:34.24
neighbor to them, somebody to
notice their particular need. So
why don't you sign up
00:38:34.24\00:38:38.18
and join a GROW group? Come
on. Join a GROW group because
00:38:38.18\00:38:42.42
every GROW group is required
to have a project to minister
00:38:42.42\00:38:47.19
to some neighbor in your
proximity. Every single GROW
00:38:47.19\00:38:50.59
Group. Doesn't matter which
subject you choose. They'll all
00:38:50.59\00:38:53.50
do that. And you can be a part
of a group that ministers to
that need. Sign up.
00:38:53.50\00:38:56.97
You heard how to sign up. You
can do that. And, by the way, we
00:38:56.97\00:39:01.40
have people all over this campus
-- I'm talking about faculty,
staff, and students -- who are
00:39:01.40\00:39:05.04
waiting for some colleague, some
classmate, somebody to say, "I
see your need and I am
00:39:05.04\00:39:10.21
coming to you right now. I want
to be your neighbor. I want to
00:39:10.21\00:39:17.55
be your neighbor." Come on. You
don't need a PhD in how to be a
00:39:17.55\00:39:25.26
good neighbor. Love on the move.
Whenever, wherever, whoever,
however you find out,
00:39:25.26\00:39:34.90
step into that need. You're
the good neighbor they've been
00:39:34.90\00:39:41.24
waiting for. And that must be
the story of this congregation
and this campus that have chosen
00:39:41.24\00:39:44.48
love on the move to be our
self-descriptor. We want to be
00:39:44.48\00:39:49.42
love on the move, do we? By the
way, David Redding did a good
00:39:49.42\00:39:56.22
job, but a century earlier, a
book called "The Desire of Ages"
00:39:56.22\00:39:59.49
and a writer called Ellen White
respond to the lawyer's question
in almost the identical
00:39:59.49\00:40:02.60
way as Redding does.
00:40:02.60\00:40:04.20
Watch this. I'll
put it on the screen
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.60
for you. This is good.
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.40
So, I'm reading
from "Desire of Ages."
00:40:07.40\00:40:09.40
"Thus the question, 'Who is my
neighbor?' is forever answered.
00:40:09.40\00:40:12.64
Christ has shown that
our neighbor does not --"
00:40:12.64\00:40:14.48
Now, there are going to be three
negative definitions of neighbor
00:40:14.48\00:40:17.21
and three positive
definitions. Watch these.
00:40:17.21\00:40:18.85
And I have them all
marked in the quotation.
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.68
"Christ has shown that
our neighbor does not --"
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.82
negative definition 1 --
"mean merely one of the church.
00:40:24.82\00:40:27.89
It does not mean merely one of
the faith to which we belong."
00:40:27.89\00:40:30.89
And here is the third
one. "It has no --" Negative.
00:40:30.89\00:40:33.56
"It has no reference to race,
color, or class distinction."
00:40:33.56\00:40:37.13
None of that
counts. Now here come
00:40:37.13\00:40:39.47
the three positives.
Whoa. These are good.
00:40:39.47\00:40:41.54
"Our neighbor is --"
positive 1 -- "every person
00:40:41.54\00:40:45.04
who needs our
help. Our neighbor is --"
00:40:45.04\00:40:48.98
positive 2 --
"every soul who is wounded
00:40:48.98\00:40:52.18
and bruised by the adversary.
And our neighbor is --"
00:40:52.18\00:40:54.98
positive 3 --
"everyone who is the property
00:40:54.98\00:40:57.89
of God."
00:40:57.89\00:40:59.15
Did you catch that? Anyone,
everyone in need -- that's your
00:40:59.19\00:41:06.70
neighbor. That's your neighbor.
00:41:06.70\00:41:09.16
Anybody who's the property
of God is my neighbor? "Dwight,
00:41:17.41\00:41:22.34
wait a minute. Time-out. That's
the whole planet." Oh, you got
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.05
it. You got it. The whole
planet, but you're not going to
meet the whole planet.
00:41:25.05\00:41:27.92
You're going to meet one
stranger at a time, and that
little voice inside
00:41:27.92\00:41:32.39
of you and that heart that pumps
compassion is going to be
knocking on your shoulder
00:41:32.39\00:41:36.19
and saying, "Come on, boys,
girls, slow down. This is your
00:41:36.19\00:41:42.53
neighbor today." Wow. Is it
convenient? Are you kidding?
00:41:42.53\00:41:48.24
I'm telling you what. Love
on the move... In fact, look how
00:41:48.24\00:41:54.64
the Samaritan does this. So,
what is this? Verse 33? But a
Samaritan comes along,
00:41:54.64\00:41:57.95
and you know the first
thing he does? He sees.
00:41:57.95\00:42:00.35
So love on the move first sees
the need. And then it says he
00:42:00.35\00:42:04.49
feels pity. So love on the move
now feels the need. And then he
00:42:04.49\00:42:10.56
moves toward the crumpled
Jew, and so love on the move now
00:42:10.56\00:42:14.60
moves. At first, it sees. Then
it feels it. Aha! There's that
00:42:14.60\00:42:18.80
inner voice talking to you. Then
it begins to move. And number
00:42:18.80\00:42:22.07
four -- love on the move then
meets the need. It's very
simple. It's those four steps.
00:42:22.07\00:42:26.31
Meets the need. What did he do?
00:42:26.31\00:42:28.78
He pulled out some oil and
wine, lotion and disinfectant,
00:42:28.81\00:42:32.65
and he put him
on his own donkey,
00:42:32.65\00:42:34.42
gave him a ride
to the next town,
00:42:34.42\00:42:36.42
Jericho, put him in a
motel, and the next morning,
00:42:36.42\00:42:40.89
he comes to the innkeeper
and said, "Yo, I got to go.
00:42:40.89\00:42:45.33
I'm giving you
two days of wages.
00:42:45.33\00:42:47.03
Take care of this man.
And when I come back someday,
00:42:47.03\00:42:51.37
I'll ask you how you did
and if I need to pay you more."
00:42:51.37\00:42:57.87
Love on the move resources
the need, but here is the --
00:42:57.87\00:43:02.14
This is fascinating. Watch this.
00:43:02.14\00:43:03.55
Love on the move
delegates the need.
00:43:03.55\00:43:07.85
You see what he did? He
says, "I'm giving this to
00:43:07.85\00:43:09.92
you now.
00:43:09.92\00:43:11.29
It's no longer me." Some of us
are so worried about love on the
00:43:11.32\00:43:14.99
move and actually stopping in
the middle of a street corner
somewhere and jumping out, that
00:43:14.99\00:43:19.93
this might somehow obligate us
more than that split second --
We're worried, "Well, what
00:43:19.93\00:43:23.63
if he comes back to me? What if
she finds my cellphone number
and she calls me up
00:43:23.63\00:43:27.60
and then she wants more, and
then I'm going to be -- I'm
going to be up to this thing
00:43:27.60\00:43:30.24
up to my eyeballs, and I'll
never be free." You see, that
00:43:30.24\00:43:36.41
foolish fear has throttled our
good instincts and our
love-on-the-move impulses.
00:43:36.41\00:43:42.72
"I don't know how long
this will last." Get over that.
00:43:42.72\00:43:46.79
Oh, I love the
way Redding puts it.
00:43:46.79\00:43:49.12
One last quote from
Redding on the screen.
00:43:49.16\00:43:52.03
Oh! "But the
Samaritan" -- Watch this.
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.10
"The Samaritan did
not try to play God."
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.06
Mnh-mnh. He just
wanted to be a good man.
00:43:56.06\00:44:00.14
I love this. "We
are not asked to put
00:44:00.14\00:44:02.04
everyone we are asked to help
all the way through school."
00:44:02.04\00:44:07.11
"Man, if I help him, he's going
to ask me to go to college. And
if I help him there,
00:44:07.14\00:44:10.08
then he's going to ask me to go
to graduate school. And now I'm
00:44:10.08\00:44:12.85
going to end up paying this
guy's education until he's dead.
00:44:12.85\00:44:15.12
I can't do that. You're crazy.
Forget it." The story is clear.
You can delegate it
00:44:15.12\00:44:19.65
to somebody else. Now keep
going. "Not every cry we hear
00:44:19.65\00:44:25.16
will become a permanent
assignment. Only a cup of water
may be called for, one meal
00:44:25.16\00:44:29.46
missed." I'm skipping my meal so
that you can have some food.
"This philanthropist --"
00:44:29.46\00:44:32.80
you know, the Samaritan --
"didn't move his case," the Jew,
00:44:32.80\00:44:36.44
"to Samaria or take over
his life. He did his turn and he
00:44:36.44\00:44:40.11
departed." Now, "Here
was not only a good man,
00:44:40.14\00:44:42.14
but a man good enough to
believe that other men were good
00:44:42.14\00:44:45.71
and would carry on
after he did what he could."
00:44:45.71\00:44:49.75
That's it. Do what you can.
Let somebody else take over. You
00:44:49.78\00:44:55.99
think God needs -- You're the
messiah of the human race and
you got to save everybody?
00:44:55.99\00:44:58.96
You're not that important. He
says, "I just need somebody to
do something for me."
00:44:58.96\00:45:05.17
Excuse me. The guy in
the back row. Could I do it?
00:45:05.17\00:45:08.17
Yeah, you do it right now. And
you do it. You don't write home
00:45:08.17\00:45:13.94
about it. You just do it. Is
it convenient? Are you kidding?
00:45:13.94\00:45:17.81
I want to tell you something.
Love on the move is quite
00:45:17.81\00:45:20.55
inconvenient. You know what?
Number one, it's going to get
you outside of your comfort
00:45:20.55\00:45:23.79
zone. Oh, look out.
Number two, it's going
00:45:23.79\00:45:26.96
to cost you some precious time,
because I'm in a rush, baby. I
can't stop to talk to right
00:45:26.96\00:45:31.69
now, but, no, my conscious
is saying, "You stop and talk."
00:45:31.69\00:45:34.73
I'll miss the bus. I'll -- And,
number three, it'll cost you
00:45:34.73\00:45:41.10
more than time. Two days' wages
it cost the Samaritan. No, it's
00:45:41.10\00:45:47.74
not convenient. It was terribly
inconvenient, by the way, when
the capital-G Good Samaritan
00:45:47.74\00:45:52.48
stepped 1,000 light-years out of
his comfort zone. He was where
00:45:52.48\00:45:58.99
everybody loved him. Whenever
they wrote a song, he was the
00:45:58.99\00:46:01.59
hero of the song. Whenever they
wrote up -- made up a story, he
would be the main guy in the
00:46:01.59\00:46:05.99
plot. He was everybody's
beloved. But he steps out of
that comfort zone to a dark
00:46:05.99\00:46:13.27
planet lost in something called
the solar system -- jagged
rocks, the human race
00:46:13.27\00:46:18.41
battered and bruised, ravaged
by the adversary of all of God's
00:46:18.41\00:46:27.45
Kingdom. And he came down. He
saw the need. He felt the need.
00:46:27.45\00:46:34.06
He moved into the -- plunged
into the need. And he met the
00:46:34.06\00:46:37.86
need. He starts wrapping. He
starts saying, "Get these filthy
00:46:37.86\00:46:40.60
rags off, off, off, filthy rags.
Move -- Those wounds, heal those
00:46:40.60\00:46:44.23
wounds. Let me get those wounds.
Let me get the wounds. Hey, hey,
00:46:44.23\00:46:47.20
I got a robe right here,"
spotless robe. His perfect life,
his perfect righteousness.
00:46:47.20\00:46:51.14
He wraps it around our battered
hearts, and now we're -- "Oh,
00:46:51.14\00:46:54.44
this is great." And then He
finds for us a place of refuge
and rest. He says, "You rest
00:46:54.44\00:46:58.11
here for a while. You're going
to be fine. You're going to make
00:46:58.11\00:47:02.48
it." That's what He did. And, by
the way, he says, "Before this
00:47:02.48\00:47:05.19
is through, I want you --" Hey,
watch me now. And He went like
00:47:05.19\00:47:09.09
this. He said, "I want you to
want you this," and they nailed
Him. They nailed Him to a Roman
00:47:09.09\00:47:15.06
cross, and He died to redeem
the entire human race, every
00:47:15.06\00:47:21.67
neighbor you will ever know,
plus more. But before He left,
He looked into faces of His
00:47:21.67\00:47:28.68
upturned followers,
said, "Yo, I'm giving you a new
00:47:28.68\00:47:35.52
commandment. I want you to love
one another as I have loved you.
00:47:35.52\00:47:38.92
Love each other. The whole world
will know you're my people if
you love this way."
00:47:38.92\00:47:43.83
Wow. Because when you become
love on the move, it just keeps
00:47:43.83\00:47:50.43
coming again and again and
again. It's not just once. It's
00:47:50.43\00:47:54.57
just -- You're love on the move
now and you're making a
difference everywhere you wander
00:47:54.57\00:48:00.48
in the human race, like the
three people whose stories I
want to share with you right now
00:48:00.48\00:48:05.61
as we put a wrap on this.
Yep, they went to our website,
00:48:05.61\00:48:10.69
downloaded -- uploaded the
story. I got the story now. I
got a student here,
00:48:10.69\00:48:14.92
an anonymous man, and a young
adult that was a student here.
00:48:14.92\00:48:20.93
Okay. Let me read the first
one. This is the student one.
00:48:20.93\00:48:22.93
"When I came to Andrews
University to study in the fall,
I didn't know anybody.
00:48:22.93\00:48:28.07
I had briefly met two
Andrews-associated people at a
convention a few months
00:48:28.07\00:48:31.17
before, but to say I knew them
would be a big stretch. So when
00:48:31.17\00:48:35.01
I got here, it took some time to
figure out where I fit in. After
a few weeks, a classmate
00:48:35.01\00:48:38.95
invited me to a Sabbath School
class he was attending." You go,
classmate. Well done.
00:48:38.95\00:48:44.02
"A couple months earlier,
he'd been invited to this same
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.82
Sabbath School by a guy who saw
him walking to campus and gave
him a ride. The Sabbath School
00:48:46.82\00:48:50.23
sounded like a good one, so I
decided to give it a try. It
didn't take long for me
00:48:50.23\00:48:53.80
to see that this wasn't just any
old Sabbath School. This was a
00:48:53.80\00:48:59.53
community of belonging that not
only studied together, but they
00:48:59.53\00:49:02.20
ate together, played music
together, socialized together,
and served in the community
00:49:02.20\00:49:05.61
together." Sounds to me like a
GROW group. "When a member had a
crisis, the community rallied
00:49:05.61\00:49:10.18
around them." Here it
comes. "When I injured my knee
00:49:10.18\00:49:13.62
early in the second semester,
I started to spiral into
00:49:13.62\00:49:18.42
depression." Mental health,
okay? "One person in particular
from this Sabbath School class
00:49:18.42\00:49:22.96
made it her personal mission to
regularly invite people over to
00:49:22.96\00:49:27.20
eat and fellowship with her and
her husband. I was one of the
people she invited,
00:49:27.20\00:49:30.57
and thanks to that invitation
and many more to follow, I found
00:49:30.57\00:49:34.14
a very close group of friends
here in this place where I had
previously known no one.
00:49:34.14\00:49:38.17
They became my support system,
and the downward spiral reversed
00:49:38.17\00:49:43.18
in large part because of this
community that showed they
cared. Invitations --" Yep.
00:49:43.18\00:49:49.08
"Invitations to Sabbath School,
invitations to a home for a meal
00:49:49.08\00:49:52.79
and fellowship -- thanks to
those invitations, I found a
community of belonging and best
00:49:52.79\00:49:59.76
friends." Isn't that beautiful?
>> Amen. >> We're not dealing
00:49:59.76\00:50:03.03
with rocket science here. "Hey,
come over with us." That's all
00:50:03.03\00:50:10.24
it took. Wow. Okay. This is
anonymous now. This is from a
00:50:10.24\00:50:14.41
male. "My wife and I were
traveling south to be with
family at Christmastime, 2018,
00:50:14.41\00:50:18.88
and after 10 hours on the road,
we stopped around 11:00 at night
00:50:18.88\00:50:22.65
at the hotel where we had made
reservations. So I went into the
00:50:22.65\00:50:25.92
lobby to check in, but I had to
wait my turn because a father
was talking to the desk clerk
00:50:25.92\00:50:29.39
while his young family stood off
to the side. I couldn't help but
00:50:29.39\00:50:33.53
overhear the pleas of the father
of Hispanic heritage asking if
he could get a room
00:50:33.53\00:50:37.60
for the night with the
only money he could offer, a $20
00:50:37.60\00:50:42.27
bill. The clerk was sympathetic
but said she was not authorized
to deviate from the hotel's
00:50:45.44\00:50:50.21
policy requiring full payment
at the lowest price they could
00:50:50.21\00:50:53.82
offer, which is more than five
times what the man could pay. I
was instantly impressed."
00:50:53.82\00:50:58.69
There's that little voice.
You'll know. You'll know the
00:50:58.69\00:51:03.93
moment. "I was instantly
impressed. 'Excuse me, but I can
pay for the room for this
00:51:03.93\00:51:10.50
family.' The relief from the man
and his wife was palpable as
they accepted my offer of help
00:51:10.50\00:51:15.07
and went upstairs rejoicing with
their two children. And I
joyfully praised God
00:51:15.07\00:51:19.51
for his exquisite timing and
for answering my daily prayer
00:51:19.51\00:51:22.68
to be filled by his spirit so
that I could be a faithful
ambassador for him."
00:51:22.68\00:51:27.18
You go. You just keep
praying that daily prayer.
00:51:27.18\00:51:30.89
Beautiful. "After 10
hours of being on the move --"
00:51:30.89\00:51:34.66
Isn't this amazing? "He brought
me to that place at the exact
00:51:34.66\00:51:38.86
instant I needed to be there to
be love on the move for that
family. What a God!"
00:51:38.86\00:51:43.87
Exclamation mark. Isn't that
beautiful? What'd he do? He saw
00:51:43.87\00:51:49.24
the need. He felt the need. He
moved into the need. He met the
00:51:49.24\00:51:56.68
need. Love on the move. Got one
more. So, here is a student, who
now is a young adult
00:51:56.68\00:52:01.32
working in the community. "When
I heard the sermon today, I
realized I'd been trying to do
00:52:01.32\00:52:05.09
this thing -- Really, I'd been
doing this for a while, trying
00:52:05.09\00:52:08.79
to show God's love to my various
co-workers." So, she lists her
co-workers with only a letter.
00:52:08.79\00:52:15.43
First, "D" -- the letter "D" --
"whose fiancé is suffering from
00:52:15.43\00:52:19.90
PTSD, left her and took
everything, including her car.
She didn't even have any makeup
00:52:19.90\00:52:23.27
to her name, so I bought her
some mascara. We had her to our
00:52:23.27\00:52:27.11
house to share Thanksgiving
dinner with us. I shared with
her how God loved her and how --
00:52:27.11\00:52:30.68
And she now prays and believes
in God but has moved to another
00:52:30.68\00:52:34.95
job." You go, girl. Oh, "And
then came 'R,' who was
struggling with poverty
00:52:34.95\00:52:40.56
and who had her children taken
away and put into the foster
00:52:40.56\00:52:43.29
system. When she had a plumbing
issue, my husband and a friend
were able to fix it for her,
00:52:43.29\00:52:46.73
and when she said she had
nothing to eat in the house, we
00:52:46.73\00:52:49.23
dropped off a bag of food
essentials so that she'd have
something to eat over the
00:52:49.23\00:52:52.30
weekend. She expressed an
interest in coming to church.
She came over to our house
00:52:52.30\00:52:55.84
for a meal once. She's moved
on to other work, and I've lost
00:52:55.84\00:53:01.61
touch with her." It's okay. Then
"K." "Oh, 'K' was going through
00:53:01.61\00:53:05.98
a divorce who had a terrible
accident. She fell down a flight
of stairs, fractured her skull.
00:53:05.98\00:53:09.18
She missed almost a month of
work, and I set up a GoFundMe
00:53:09.18\00:53:12.02
which raised $2,000 to help her
pay her bills while she couldn't
00:53:12.02\00:53:16.19
work. I still work with her and
being a friend to her each day
as we work together."
00:53:16.19\00:53:21.30
"Yeah, Dwight? And next?"
No, there's nothing more. That's
00:53:23.97\00:53:28.97
what she did. Do you think love
on the move has some sort of,
like, the whole orchestra
00:53:28.97\00:53:32.24
playing, and all Heaven stands
up and says, "Wow!" No, no, it's
00:53:32.24\00:53:36.31
just you do what you do.
And she's got four of these, so
00:53:36.31\00:53:40.12
there's one more. "The latest
one that God has brought into my
path is 'P,' who shared with me
00:53:40.12\00:53:43.49
how when she divorced her
extremely controlling
ex-husband, he took everything
00:53:43.49\00:53:46.42
from her, including her car,
because he insisted that
everything be in his name,
00:53:46.42\00:53:49.89
so he got it. She has precious
little and not really any family
00:53:49.89\00:53:53.60
in her life. We have prayed for
her situation to improve, and it
has. She now has two jobs and
00:53:53.60\00:53:57.77
has got more shifts at her other
job. I'm down to only working
with her one day a week
00:53:57.77\00:54:01.70
but hoping to have further
chances to interact with her and
show her God's love."
00:54:01.70\00:54:05.01
Now here comes the wrap. "We
still pray for all these people
00:54:05.01\00:54:08.28
I've mentioned, even the ones
I've lost touch with, and I know
00:54:08.28\00:54:11.41
that God brought all of them
into my life so that I could try
to show them God's love in the
00:54:11.41\00:54:15.48
best way I could." She saw
the need, she felt the need,
00:54:15.48\00:54:18.95
she moved into that need,
and she met the need. That's it.
00:54:18.95\00:54:24.63
And that's what every one of
us is called to do. Every man,
00:54:24.63\00:54:28.03
woman, and child in this
congregation, every Sabbath
School division, every Sabbath
00:54:28.03\00:54:32.00
School class is called to be
love on the move. Every elder,
every deacon, every volunteer
00:54:32.00\00:54:37.54
leader, every Pathfinder, every
Adventurer, everything we do,
00:54:37.54\00:54:40.54
every worship leader, every
worship participant, everybody
00:54:40.54\00:54:44.25
has been called to be love on
the move. It's our mission. I
got to end with this.
00:54:44.25\00:54:54.36
Got this story from my friend,
Frank Hasel, who is just ready
00:54:54.36\00:55:02.30
to publish his new book, "Living
for God," which I had the
privilege of reading in advance.
00:55:02.30\00:55:05.43
He sent me the manuscript. In
the book, he tells the story of
00:55:05.43\00:55:10.14
his boy, Daniel. This is a great
story, so let me just read his
words. "When my youngest son,
00:55:10.14\00:55:14.11
Daniel, was a child, he played
with his friends at Bogenhofen
00:55:14.11\00:55:16.98
in Austria --" so that's where
Daniel and his family were --
"where I was a teacher
00:55:16.98\00:55:19.88
in the theology department. I
also taught religion classes for
international-language
00:55:19.88\00:55:24.29
students who wanted to learn or
improve their German. Daniel's
friends, therefore,
00:55:24.29\00:55:28.42
came from a wide variety of
countries and spoke many
different languages --
00:55:28.42\00:55:31.26
Portuguese, French, Russian,
English, German to name but a
00:55:31.26\00:55:34.23
few." Now here it is.
00:55:34.23\00:55:35.73
"One day, a mother,
who spoke, fluently,
00:55:35.76\00:55:41.50
several languages introduced
her children to little Daniel
00:55:41.50\00:55:44.84
and then asked him,
'Daniel, do you speak French?'
00:55:44.84\00:55:49.24
Daniel shook his head.
'Do you speak Italian?'
00:55:49.24\00:55:52.45
Daniel shook his head.
'Do you speak English?'
00:55:52.45\00:55:55.42
Again, Daniel shook his
head. Then, as if she wanted
00:55:55.42\00:55:58.05
to build a bridge for
Daniel, she asked him in German,
00:55:58.05\00:56:00.69
which is his mother
tongue, 'Do you speak German?'
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.53
'No,' Daniel responded. 'No?
00:56:03.53\00:56:07.86
Nein?' "By this
time, the lady seemed a
00:56:07.86\00:56:13.23
bit confused and
flabbergasted. 'Well, Daniel,
00:56:13.23\00:56:16.54
what language do you
speak?' To which the little boy
00:56:16.54\00:56:21.94
responded, 'I speak friendly.'"
00:56:21.94\00:56:28.42
"I speak friendly."
Put it on the screen
00:56:30.32\00:56:34.62
so we won't forget
that, please. Love on the move
00:56:34.62\00:56:38.33
is when you speak friendly.
Jesus asked the question,
00:56:38.33\00:56:42.26
"Which one of these
three were the neighbor?"
00:56:42.26\00:56:43.63
It was the one who spoke
friendly, just like Jesus,
00:56:43.63\00:56:49.67
which, of course, is
the whole point of it all.
00:56:49.67\00:56:53.74
So let's speak
friendly together.
00:56:53.74\00:56:57.71
Amen. Before you
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