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heads for prayer.
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Dear heavenly Father,
we just want to thank you
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for this Sabbath. As
the song says, we are
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gathered here in Your presence,
and we just ask that You be with
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us and bless us.
In Jesus' name, amen.
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>> Amen. >> Happy Sabbath.
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So, I would just like to invite
you to stand with us as we sing.
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We're going to sing a medley
of songs that sing praises to
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God, thanking him for
this day and for all the things
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that he does for us.
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You know, it's kind of hard
to believe that we're already
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in February with so many things
happening all over the world
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since the moment
that we entered into 2020.
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There's the Coronavirus.
There's riots happening
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everywhere.
There are earthquakes,
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volcanoes, the fires, and all
that's going on in the world.
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And it just makes us want
to, you know, yearn for God
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to draw closer to Him,
because He's the only one
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that gives us that peace.
So this song may be familiar
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or unfamiliar to you, but
I just hope that the words
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bless you or bless
your soul. So, as we sing,
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we will be singing the
statement and you'll join Joelle
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and Linda in the response.
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>> And he
really, really loves us.
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So as we sing our
response to him, I just invite
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you forward at this time.
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>> Well, good
morning, boys and girls.
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It's so nice to see you
on this beautiful Sabbath.
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Is that you there? Yes,
it is. And is that you? Yep.
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And somewhere in this
group, I've got two little
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granddaughters who are
visiting. Where -- Where is --
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Oh, here they are.
Girls, come on up here.
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Saved the best seats
for you. Ella and Izzy.
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Nice to have them bring Mom
and Dad up from Kettering, Ohio.
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And nice to see all of
you. Why are you staring at me?
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Is there something
wrong? >> You have a mask!
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>> Oh, because of the mask.
Do you know that halfway around
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the world, practically
everybody is wearing a mask?
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Let's just see.
Let's just say people from
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around the world. Oh,
let's put it on the big.
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There you go. Boy,
everybody's wearing masks.
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Do you know why
people wear masks?
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>> I know! >> Why?
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>> Coronavirus. >> Coronavirus.
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Okay, well, you've
got that part right.
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[ Laughter ] That's it.
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You're right.
Somebody's following the news
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in that home. Yep.
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It's viruses -- germs, viruses.
People wear masks in case
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they have germs and viruses
that might get out, or they wear
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masks to keep germs
and viruses from coming in.
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Now, the doctors don't think
that it helps much either way,
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but it feels
better to wear it. Yeah.
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So, listen, I wish -- I
wish Jesus invented a mask
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that we could put on our
face so that no angry words
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would come out.
No naughty words.
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Only kind words could come
out. Wouldn't that be great
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to have a mask like
that? Reminds me the story
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of Sean and Jimmy.
They were just the best of
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friends, and they're out
on the playground together
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and they're playing
hard when all of a sudden,
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as Jimmy is standing there,
Sean goes running by and Sean
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stepped right on
Jimmy's toe. [ Groans ]
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And Jimmy, bless his heart,
before he could think of it,
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a very unkind word
came out of his mouth.
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And as soon as that word came
out, Sean stopped, and Sean --
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He didn't know what to say,
and his eyes just filled with
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tears. And then the teacher --
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the teacher heard the whole
thing, and teacher looked --
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The teacher said,
"Jimmy, what did you do?"
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And Jimmy looked at the teacher,
he said, "Teacher, I'm so sorry.
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I didn't mean to say
that." "What? Don't tell me.
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Tell Sean." And he did.
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And when the boys came in from
playground, teacher sat down
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with the boys and she
opened her Bible, Psalm. 39:1.
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"I will put a
muzzle on my mouth."
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Oh, what a verse. Do
you think we could put a
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muzzle -- Do you
think Jesus could put
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a mask so that the words
that come out of our mouths
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are words of kindness and love?
That's what love on the move is.
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Words of kindness and
love come out so that instead
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of that angry, that
sassy, that naughty word,
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the word that comes out is
a word like Jesus would speak.
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Oh, I wish he'd make them
-- I wish he would make a mask
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like that, don't
you? Then we'd be okay.
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But guess what? Jesus
says, "I can be your mask
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for you." I can put my hand --
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Shh, shh, shh, shh! Oh,
you just about said that,
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girl! Stop! Stop!"
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He can be the mask.
He can keep our lips and
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mouths -- Love on
the move, as well.
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Aren't you glad
for a savior like that?
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Oh, I am. How many want to say,
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"Jesus, put a mask --
Please, just a little mask,
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whatever it looks like. I
don't know what it looks like,
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but put a mask on my lips
and let only the words of love
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on the move come
out." Yeah, me too.
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Who would like to thank Jesus
for being willing to do just
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that? Somebody
want to thank Jesus?
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Your hand -- You
had your hand up.
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Come on down. Can
you make it through?
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You're gonna pray.
Oh, you're not gonna pray?
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[ Laughter ] Are
you not gonna pray?
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Okay. I want to -- I want to.
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Another little boy.
Yep. There's a girl.
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Is there another
boy? Come on, red bow tie.
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That was a smart
move. That's very nice.
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And I'd love to have
you pray. Okay, let's --
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Let's close her eyes and fold
our hands and thank Jesus for
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being the
protector of our mouths.
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What's your
first name? >> Aaron.
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>> Oh, this is --
Aaron's gonna pray, okay?
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>> Dear, Jesus,
thank you for today.
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We love you. Amen. >>
Amen. Thank you, Aaron.
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Perfect. All
right, boys and girls,
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you can go back to your seats.
You can say that like Aaron did.
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"Jesus, thank you for
today. We love you. Amen."
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And he'll be
glad to hear from you.
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Oh, God. As
Pastor John said a moment
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ago, it is good to be in
the House of the Lord together
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today. We're
ready to wrap this up.
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Make it clear, cut
out the interference.
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Speak this little heart
and all these hearts, as well.
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We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Now, look, I understand I may
not be the brightest crayon in
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the box. Don't
you dare say "Amen."
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[ Laughter ] But this I know --
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hospitals exist for
the sick. True or false?
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Of course, if there were no
sick, there'd be no hospitals.
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Right? But of course.
I don't know if you're
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tracking -- that young boy was
right -- this Coronavirus up in
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China. Do you
know that they have --
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that they have what they
now call 10-day hospitals --
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1,000-bed hospitals
being built every 10 days?
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It's unbelievable.
Why did they do that?
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Because a number
of sick is increasing.
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Hospitals exist for the sick.
That's why they were invented.
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And guess what?
Churches exist for the sick.
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That's why they were
invented. I'm not talking about
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the the physically
sick. I'm talking about
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the spiritually sick.
Those are the kind of people.
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Oh, by the way,
they're called sinners.
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Those are the kind
of people that churches
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throw their doors open
to. Y'all come in and join
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all the rest of the
sinners already here.
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Jesus told a
story once upon a time.
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You may have heard it.
It's about two worshipers.
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The first worshiper
walked into the church.
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Came right up here
to the front row because
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he considered himself a
saint. And that's no reflection
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on those of you
that chose the front row.
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[ Laughter ] The
second worshiper came in.
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No, seriously, he --
Jesus said he chose the last row
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in the balcony because he
considered himself a sinner.
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And again, that's no
reflection on the last row.
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But the one who came to
the front prayed to himself,
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though, he addressed
God. "Oh, God, I thank you
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that I'm not like all
those moral sinners out there.
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You know what I mean? The
cheats -- tax collectors --
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the evil doers, the
adulterers. I'm none of that.
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Do you know what I do? I fast
twice a week. Wow. I give 1/10
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of all I get. Wow, wow!"
Meantime, in the same worship
service, on the back row...
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is a worshiper who can't
even lift his eyes up. He's so
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distraught, his eyes are down on
his toes, but he, too, prays.
It's a very simple prayer.
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"Oh, God," he prays, "be
merciful to me, a sinner." And
Jesus said, displaying that
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deep Oriental emotion of grief,
he is beating his chest as he
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says that prayer. Jesus then
tells us both worshipers at the
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end of the service that Sabbath
went home, but only one went
home saved. It was a man --
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the worshiper on the back row.
Reminds me of a prayer, a very
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unusual prayer, that Martin
Luther once prayed. And I'm so
glad he prayed it, because we're
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gonna pray it today, too. Found
in, of all places, that
apocalyptic classic
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called "The Great Controversy."
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Let me put it on the
screen for you -- the prayer of
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Martin Luther. You see
it there on the screen?
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"May God of His mercy preserve
me from a church in which there
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are none but saints. I
desire to dwell with the
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humble, the feeble, the
sick" -- there you go --
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"who know and feel their
sins and who groan and cry
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continually to God from
the bottom of their hearts
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to obtain his
consolation and support."
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Oh, my.
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My God, deliver me from a church
that is filled with none but
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saints. Put it on the screen.
That's the title for this last
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piece in our "Love on the Move"
series. "Deliver me from a
church with none but saints."
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Why? Because the church was
designed and created to be a
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hospital for whom? A hospital
for sinners. Let's let Jesus
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tell us himself. Open your Bible
to Matthew, chapter 9 -- The
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Gospel of Matthew, chapter
9. This is beautiful. I'm gonna
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talk while you're finding it.
Matthew, chapter 9. This is
beautiful because this
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is an autobiographical moment
where Matthew is going to
identify himself to the reader.
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Now, John, John-Boy, when he
wrote his gospel, he also
identified himself, but
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he did it with great humility.
He did it this way. He said,
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"Well, this is the disciple whom
Jesus kept on loving," and he
keeps saying it, and we finally
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get it. This is John-Boy that
he's talking -- He's talking
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about himself. Matthew, also
humble, identifies, "This is
me," and he gives his name,
00:31:46.53\00:31:50.94
but he does it this way. "I want
you to know what -- how terrible
00:31:50.94\00:31:56.31
a sinner I was when Jesus found
me." They're both humbled to
00:31:56.31\00:32:01.45
beat the band. Oh, this is
beautiful. Here's Matthew. So,
Matthew, chapter 9.
00:32:01.45\00:32:04.49
If you didn't bring a Bible,
grab the pew Bible in front of
00:32:04.49\00:32:07.36
you -- page 654. You got your
device, it's on there. Let's go.
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.86
I'm in the NIV. Matthew 9:9.
"As Jesus went on from there,
00:32:09.89\00:32:15.53
he saw a man named Matthew
sitting at the tax collector's
00:32:15.53\00:32:19.37
booth."
00:32:19.37\00:32:20.44
I imagine the words now are
spoken with this broad smile on
Jesus' face, 'cause he knows
00:32:20.47\00:32:27.21
that boy is gonna be stunned out
of his socks. He looks into that
00:32:27.21\00:32:33.35
tax collector's face, and he
says, "Follow me," he told him.
00:32:33.35\00:32:41.96
And Matthew... "'Scuse me?
'Scuse me? 'Scuse me? 'Scuse --
'Scuse me? 'Scuse me?
00:32:41.96\00:32:46.09
You talkin' 'bout me?" Matthew
cannot I believe it! The great
00:32:46.09\00:32:51.90
teacher and healer has just
called him to be in his little
00:32:51.90\00:32:54.57
inner circle. "And Matthew
got up and followed him."
00:32:54.60\00:32:56.91
And Luke, who wants to make sure
that we get all the details --
00:32:56.91\00:32:59.77
a little
postscript Luke throws in.
00:32:59.77\00:33:01.74
"And, oh, by the way, he left
all." Now, that is a big deal
00:33:01.78\00:33:06.31
because we're talking about
a tax collector here. We're
00:33:06.31\00:33:09.92
talking about these professional
cons who milked their fellow
Jews out of -- out of every dime
00:33:09.92\00:33:19.36
they could squeeze. Despised,
that's what they were --
turncoat collaborators
00:33:19.36\00:33:25.30
called tax collectors, like
Zacchaeus, who began our "Love
on the Move" series.
00:33:25.30\00:33:28.97
We end with a tax collector
with Matthew. Matthew walks away
00:33:28.97\00:33:34.08
from it all -- all that wealth,
filthy rich. He walks away from
00:33:34.08\00:33:38.48
it. "I'd rather have
Jesus." I love Matthew for that.
00:33:38.48\00:33:42.88
Now, obviously, he didn't
give his mansion up because he's
00:33:48.46\00:33:51.93
throwing a party for Jesus. The
very next verse, he's throwing a
00:33:51.93\00:33:54.50
party for Jesus in his opulent
home. I tell you what -- that
little that little country lane
00:33:54.50\00:33:58.73
where Matthew built this
beautiful edifice has never seen
so many stretch limos
00:33:58.73\00:34:05.37
on that lane in history, 'cause
they've all come. He has called
00:34:05.37\00:34:09.64
his crooked cronies, his fellow
tax collectors. "Guys, I want to
00:34:09.64\00:34:14.28
introduce you to a man who has
changed my life. He has saved me
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.72
as a tax collector." "No."
"Yeah! You come!" So it's a
00:34:16.72\00:34:21.26
black-tie event. They come in
their tuxes in black ties,
stretch limos. Don't you love
00:34:21.26\00:34:24.93
stretch limos? Ooh, that is so
cool. I've never ridden in one
00:34:24.93\00:34:29.33
in my life. They'll take me to
the cemetery one day in a
stretch limo. That's what
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.80
they're gonna do. That's okay.
Just tell me about when I get to
00:34:32.80\00:34:35.60
Heaven. [ Laughter ] All of them
there, and everyone comes out
00:34:35.60\00:34:39.47
with a girl on the end of his
arm. These guys are all coming
because Matthew says, "You're
00:34:39.47\00:34:44.01
gonna meet the man that changed
my life." So now they're all
00:34:44.01\00:34:46.61
gathered around the front, like,
"Where is the guest of honor?"
00:34:46.61\00:34:50.39
The guest of honor hasn't shown
up yet, but then, finally, down
the road, here comes a beat-up,
00:34:50.39\00:34:54.52
slightly faded Toyota Prius. And
when the door opens... this
unassuming man steps
00:34:54.52\00:35:03.73
out, and Matthew, just...
ebuillent with his joy, showers
Jesus with loving welcome.
00:35:03.73\00:35:14.28
And, of course, all the cronies
are pushing in. They're all
00:35:14.28\00:35:17.88
pushing in. They heard about
this man. And you know what
they're doing? They're saying,
00:35:17.88\00:35:21.28
"Hey, can can we get a selfie
right now, just you and me,
Jesus?" That's what's happening
00:35:21.28\00:35:26.86
here. Matthew threw a
party. Look at verse 10.
00:35:26.86\00:35:28.86
Oh! Oh! Verse 11.
00:35:37.53\00:35:39.47
Mind you, the Pharisees are
not inside. "Are you kidding?
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.85
I wouldn't touch this despicably
unclean place!" They wouldn't be
00:35:51.85\00:35:59.22
caught dead at this party. But
it's a cool evening. The moon is
00:35:59.22\00:36:03.16
out. Silver shadows cast about
the house. They're standing in
00:36:03.16\00:36:07.20
the windows. "Psst! Psst!
Psst!" They're motioning to the
00:36:07.20\00:36:12.50
disciples. They have a question.
We just read their question. But
00:36:12.50\00:36:15.40
I want to tell you something
about Jesus. I love this about
Him. He's just like your mom
00:36:15.40\00:36:20.38
was. He had eyes and ears on the
back of his head. He heard that.
00:36:20.38\00:36:25.58
He whirls around. "I'm gonna
answer this one myself, fellas.
00:36:25.58\00:36:28.75
Shh, shh." And Jesus answers it.
Look at that verse, verse 12.
00:36:28.75\00:36:32.82
So that we couldn't miss it,
Jesus inserts three negatives in
00:36:49.50\00:36:53.78
a row. Watch this. Put them
on the screen for us, please.
00:36:53.78\00:36:56.54
"It is not the healthy who need
a doctor, but the" whom? "But
00:36:56.54\00:37:01.68
the sick." Number 2, "It is not
sacrifice I desire but" what? "I
00:37:01.68\00:37:06.32
want mercy." Number 3, "It is
not the righteous I have come to
00:37:06.35\00:37:09.39
call but" whom? "But sinners."
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.49
Not, not, not because
you are wrong, wrong, wrong.
00:37:11.49\00:37:15.73
The church is a hospital for
sinners. It's the only reason it
00:37:15.76\00:37:25.04
exists. Common sense tells
us that Jesus is right. The
00:37:25.04\00:37:29.01
Pharisees -- what can they say?
Nothing. Hospitals are for the
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.81
sick, not the well. Churches are
for sinners, not the righteous.
00:37:31.81\00:37:34.45
Religion is for mercy, not for
sacrifice. Let's just hang that
00:37:34.45\00:37:40.62
line of Jesus on the screen in
front of our eyes for a moment.
00:37:40.62\00:37:45.33
What did He say? He said, "It is
not healthy that need a doctor,
but the sick." And with those
00:37:45.33\00:37:53.10
words, Jesus powerfully
introduces a fresh metaphor for
the faith community,
00:37:53.10\00:37:57.27
for a faith community that
chooses to define itself as love
00:37:57.27\00:38:00.81
on the move, as we have boldly
set out to do. For such a
community, the church must be a
00:38:00.81\00:38:10.52
hospital for sinners, which is
why Martin Luther prayed the
prayer he did. In fact, let's --
00:38:10.52\00:38:14.32
let's take it one step further.
Let's you and me pray Martin
00:38:14.32\00:38:17.23
Luther's prayer. Okay? Let's put
Luther on the screen, and we'll
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.73
pray it out loud, all of us
together. "May God of His mercy
00:38:19.73\00:38:24.30
preserve me from a church in
which there are none but saints.
00:38:24.30\00:38:29.24
I desire to dwell with the
humble, the feeble, the sick" --
00:38:29.24\00:38:34.08
there they are -- "who
know and feel their sins,
00:38:34.08\00:38:38.38
and who groan and
cry continually to God
00:38:38.38\00:38:41.72
from the bottom of their
hearts to obtain his consolation
00:38:41.72\00:38:46.05
and support."
00:38:46.05\00:38:48.22
The church is a hospital for
sinners. I mean, can you imagine
00:38:48.26\00:38:54.36
a well-equipped hospital -- when
somebody sick shows up at the
door, they say to this
00:38:54.36\00:39:00.80
applicant, "We're awfully sorry.
You can't come in here 'cause
00:39:00.80\00:39:08.44
you're sick. Go home, get well,
and then you can come and join
us here." I can't imagine a
00:39:08.44\00:39:14.45
hospital on Earth that would do
that. Would a church do that?
"You can't come in here
00:39:14.45\00:39:19.52
'cause you got something wrong
with you. Go home. Get it fixed.
00:39:19.52\00:39:24.53
Come on back. We'll take
you in our little fellowship."
00:39:24.53\00:39:29.00
My. "May God preserve me from
a church in which there are none
00:39:29.00\00:39:35.14
but saints." We must pray that
prayer like Luther did because
00:39:35.14\00:39:40.68
the church is a hospital for
sinners. "Yeah, but, Dwight,
time-out. Time-out, please,
00:39:40.68\00:39:46.08
please. Yeah, but what kind of
sinners are you talking about?"
Oh, come on. Give me a break.
00:39:46.08\00:39:49.78
You're not gonna ask me to
go through this list again, are
00:39:49.78\00:39:52.55
you? We've already been through
this. But you want to know?
Okay. I'll tell you.
00:39:52.55\00:39:57.19
Here the kind of sinners Jesus
must be talking about. There
would be male sinners
00:39:57.19\00:40:02.03
and female sinners... young
singers, old sinners, rich
singers, poor sinners...
00:40:02.03\00:40:11.04
heterosexual sinners, homosexual
sinners, alcoholic sinners,
00:40:11.04\00:40:15.61
and non-alcoholic sinners...
drug addicts... and ice-cream
00:40:15.61\00:40:22.75
addicts. [ Laughter
] Uh-oh. [ Laughter ]
00:40:22.75\00:40:32.09
Democratic sinners, Republican
sinners, and probably a few
independent sinners
00:40:32.09\00:40:36.60
thrown in for good measure.
Incarcerated sinners,
respectable sinners,
00:40:36.60\00:40:42.67
black sinners, white sinners,
brown sinners, yellow sinners,
Christian sinners, non-Christian
00:40:42.67\00:40:46.24
sinners, Adventist sinners,
non-Adventist sinners. I am just
00:40:46.24\00:40:50.35
thinking that when Jesus says,
"I've come to call sinners," he
pretty much is speaking
00:40:50.35\00:40:52.85
about everybody.
That's... the hospital...
00:40:52.85\00:41:00.16
that the church is to become for
these very people that we just
00:41:00.16\00:41:04.69
thought about, 'cause we left
ourselves off that list, didn't
we? We said, "Oh, he didn't get
00:41:04.69\00:41:07.40
me. Oh, he didn't
get me." Ohh! Yeah.
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.50
Now, listen, I know what some of
you are thinking right now. "Is
this somehow suggesting,
00:41:15.30\00:41:19.07
Dwight, that we're supposed to
be now soft on sin?" [ Chuckles
00:41:19.07\00:41:23.71
] Not at all. Can you imagine a
hospital being soft on disease?
00:41:23.71\00:41:28.05
"We're kind of soft on disease
around here." Are you kidding?
00:41:28.05\00:41:32.09
Of course not. What Jesus is
suggesting here is not that we
00:41:32.09\00:41:37.03
become soft on sin but that we
become big on sinners, and
there's a big difference.
00:41:37.03\00:41:42.60
Love on the move must be big on
sinners because we are sinners.
You see? Now lookit.
00:41:42.60\00:41:51.41
Lookit. Lookit. This is -- You
really need to be thinking now.
00:41:51.41\00:41:55.24
There's a world of difference
-- Listen. There's a world of
00:41:55.24\00:41:58.18
difference between condemning
and condoning, okay? Many people
00:41:58.18\00:42:03.99
think that the opposite of
condemning is condoning. So to
00:42:03.99\00:42:07.89
avoid condemning, they condone.
To prove that they love the
sinner, they erroneously
00:42:07.89\00:42:11.33
conclude they must affirm
the sinner's lifestyle. "That's
00:42:11.33\00:42:15.23
proof I love you." They say, "We
want to be like Jesus. Neither
00:42:15.23\00:42:18.63
do I condemn you." The problem
with that line -- It's a
beautiful line, but people only
00:42:18.63\00:42:21.97
remember the first half. There's
a second half to it. To that
00:42:21.97\00:42:24.81
woman taken in adultery, He
says, "Neither do I condemn you.
Now, girl, go and leave that
00:42:24.81\00:42:28.21
lifestyle behind, please. This
-- This is really -- This is
00:42:28.21\00:42:32.55
hurting you." Is
Jesus being soft on sin? No.
00:42:32.55\00:42:36.28
Let's hold that up
there for a moment, please.
00:42:43.59\00:42:46.53
"You've had five husbands,
girl, and I want to tell you
00:42:52.40\00:42:55.74
something. The man you're living
with now -- he's not even your
00:42:55.74\00:42:59.21
husband." Is Jesus being soft on
sin? No. He's being very, very
00:42:59.21\00:43:03.58
honest. But he's trying to love
this woman to her savior. "Yo,
Simon, wealthy Pharisee
00:43:03.58\00:43:08.18
that you are, you led that
little girl into sin, didn't
00:43:08.18\00:43:12.65
you? I know."
00:43:12.65\00:43:13.72
He didn't say that.
"Simon, I have a story
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.99
I want to tell
you." Is Jesus condoning
00:43:15.99\00:43:18.39
Simon's behavior?
Abhorrent behavior.
00:43:18.39\00:43:23.23
But Jesus is trying to
love Simon to his savior.
00:43:23.23\00:43:27.37
If the church is a hospital
for sinners, it's not soft on
00:43:27.37\00:43:29.74
sin, it's big on sinners,
and there's a huge difference.
00:43:29.74\00:43:32.84
Please do not
misunderstand our Lord himself.
00:43:32.84\00:43:37.81
And, by the way, may
I tell you something?
00:43:37.81\00:43:39.95
It's messy.
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.48
Oh, boy. Love on the move --
when you're not about condoning
00:43:42.52\00:43:47.89
or condemning but loving the
sinner to Jesus, it's messy. I
mean, emergency rooms --
00:43:47.89\00:43:51.19
Come on. Let's be honest. They
always are. But you don't turn
00:43:51.19\00:43:54.46
the sick away to keep the place
clean and tidy. And when I said
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.63
that in first service, the
director of a big hospital just
across the border in Indiana, of
00:43:57.63\00:44:03.47
the emergency room, was sitting
right here. He grabbed me
afterwards. He said, "Dwight, I
00:44:03.47\00:44:07.91
want to tell you something.
Emergency rooms are not messy
00:44:07.91\00:44:10.75
places." I said, "I know, and
I've been in a bunch of them.
You're right. You're right."
00:44:10.75\00:44:15.58
But when a sick person is
brought in, everybody drops
00:44:15.58\00:44:18.39
everything and everything's
flying. Doesn't matter how it
00:44:18.39\00:44:20.86
looks right now. "We got to save
this life. That's what matters."
That's what I mean.
00:44:20.86\00:44:26.06
It's messy. Oh, boy. When
the church is a hospital --
00:44:26.06\00:44:31.23
Whew! -- it can be
messy, very messy. You know why?
00:44:31.23\00:44:36.00
Because listen to this. You will
not -- This is really important
00:44:36.00\00:44:39.34
now. You will not always be sure
where to draw the line. You say,
00:44:39.34\00:44:46.72
"What kind of line are you
talking about, Dwight?" The line
between group think and
00:44:46.72\00:44:54.46
conscience. "What will they say
if I stand up for this person?"
The line between policy
00:44:54.46\00:45:01.26
and compassion. "What will
happen to this sinner if I don't
00:45:01.26\00:45:07.30
stand up... for him or her?" The
line between creed and need. "Do
00:45:07.30\00:45:13.64
I have the courage to elevate
need above creed, as Jesus so
often did?" It's messy.
00:45:13.64\00:45:22.68
People won't understand, maybe.
It will not always be clear
where to draw that line.
00:45:22.68\00:45:28.16
You may even be condemned for it
by your friends or your -- your
family, your colleagues,
00:45:28.16\00:45:31.76
even other churches. Jesus
certainly was. Listen, it's
00:45:31.76\00:45:35.70
messy. But that's the price to
pay to become a hospital for
sinners. Like Jesus, we make
00:45:35.70\00:45:41.10
our decisions tilted -- tilted
-- toward love... no matter how
00:45:41.10\00:45:47.78
messy it turns out to be...
because in order for a church to
00:45:47.78\00:45:52.21
be a hospital -- I repeat,
messy. Maybe the price we have
to pay to be a people --
00:45:52.21\00:45:57.65
love-on-the-move kind of people.
Does any of this make sense? Are
you following any of this?
00:45:57.65\00:46:05.83
No, I'm serious. Does this --
Am I being clear enough? >> Yes.
00:46:08.20\00:46:15.00
>> I think so. >> Love on the
move. Let me put a line written
00:46:15.00\00:46:24.35
a century ago. This is
love on the move for you.
00:46:24.35\00:46:27.08
Put it on the screen,
please. Ellen White. Isn't this
00:46:27.08\00:46:33.76
something? Isn't that something?
There's nothing more powerful,
there's nothing stronger
00:46:37.99\00:46:42.43
to convince people that what you
believe is really the truth than
00:46:42.43\00:46:46.90
by loving them. Everything we
stand for depends on how we love
people. We think everything
00:46:46.90\00:46:51.57
we stand for -- Can we get the
brightest minds on Earth to
defend our beliefs?
00:46:51.57\00:46:54.98
No. That will never do. Nobody's
won by argument. They're won by
00:46:54.98\00:47:01.85
a loving and lovable Christian.
Love on the move is God's
strategic end game.
00:47:01.85\00:47:08.12
"By this, all people will know
that you are my disciples if you
have love for one another."
00:47:08.12\00:47:16.23
"Well, who are you talking
about?" "Anybody that's in the
00:47:16.23\00:47:19.13
hospital and everybody outside
of the hospital." Love on the
00:47:19.13\00:47:24.77
move. "Can you really live it
like -- like that around here?"
00:47:24.77\00:47:28.61
"Yep." "How do you know,
Dwight?" Because you kept
sending stories in this week.
00:47:28.61\00:47:32.25
I'm gonna read some right now
before I sit down. Thank you for
00:47:32.25\00:47:35.38
sending these stories in. Don't
quit sending them. I'll tell you
00:47:35.38\00:47:39.15
something about the website in
just a moment, but first, let me
put the website up for you, for
00:47:39.15\00:47:44.79
those of you that are saying, "I
didn't know I could share a
story." You're gonna hear from a
00:47:44.79\00:47:48.83
college kid in just a moment.
Pmchurch.org/loveonthemove,
00:47:48.83\00:47:52.73
okay? You go to that. And it's
a beautiful website. Our guys in
00:47:52.73\00:47:56.37
the media team have really
designed something nice, and
there'll be a little
00:47:56.37\00:47:59.47
surprise for you at the bottom,
and I'll talk about it later,
00:47:59.47\00:48:02.81
okay? So, let's go. These came
in in the last week. Here we go.
00:48:02.81\00:48:08.18
Here's one from online. We have
people all over the planet who
00:48:08.18\00:48:12.69
join us live, Eastern Standard
Time, at 11:45 every Saturday,
and so we're glad to have
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.79
all of you, wherever you are.
So, this is from one of those,
because it's a community,
00:48:16.79\00:48:21.50
and love on the move is how that
community is supposed to live,
00:48:21.50\00:48:24.13
too. So, here's one of
the worshipers there. "I watch
00:48:24.13\00:48:27.54
Pioneer online each week. One
Sabbath, I felt moved to reach
00:48:27.54\00:48:29.60
out and tried to connect with a
person who, for several weeks
shared a prayer request online
00:48:29.60\00:48:33.31
that touched me. We have become
pen pals. We have shared about
00:48:33.31\00:48:36.44
trials, family, pasts, likes,
dislikes, hobbies, and such. I
00:48:36.44\00:48:39.48
look forward to checking e-mail
and getting a 'happy Sabbath'
and maybe 'How was your week?'
00:48:39.48\00:48:43.25
kind of e-mail, just knowing
that there's somebody out there,
00:48:43.25\00:48:47.56
someone who cares. I am so glad
I was able to connect. God gave
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me a new friend, and I have been
so blessed." Love on the move
can be done electronically,
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folks. You don't know how many
people are out there who feel
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like they can't go to their
church any longer -- any longer.
But there's this little church
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in southwestern Michigan that
they dial into week after week
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after week. This is important.
Don't you think Jesus would
think it's important?
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Wow. Here's another one.
Anonymous. This is a college
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student that was here just last
Sabbath. So, this college
student loves the Bible, so the
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college student quotes Isaiah
52:7, from The Message. It goes
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like this. How beautiful on the
mountains are the feet of the
messenger bringing good news,
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breaking the news that all's
well, proclaiming good times,
announcing salvation, telling
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Zion, 'Your God reigns!'" Now,
this writer writes, "How
beautiful are the feet of the
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one who shows love on the move?"
Well, what's the person talking
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about? Here it comes. "Such were
the feet of 'D.'" Okay? So, she
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gives an -- She gives a-a-a
letter, initial. I don't know
who "D" is. "Such were the feet
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of 'D' as she literally ran to
love me last Sabbath, shortly
after the passionate sermon
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about loving our neighbor.
'D' knows about my current
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situation. She made a decision
to love me right now in a
practical and selfless way.
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For me, 'D' not only cared about
my basic needs, but she allowed
God to use her to convey to me
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how much He cares about
the mundane details in my life.
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Thank you, Pastor, for
challenging and inspiring us to
love on the move, and thank you,
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'D,' for not hesitating to show
me love on the move. Thank you
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for remembering what the wise
man said. Never walk away from
someone who deserves help if you
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can help them now." You
go, girl. Whoever "D," you were
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love on the move on the spot.
Somebody said, "Well, I got to
go 10 miles away, at least, in
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order to be love on the move."
You can turn over and do love on
the movie own family.
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Oh, boy, here's somebody that
was at Andrews in the mid-'80s.
"My family spent three years
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in Berrien Springs while my
husband completed his doctorate
at Andrews University.
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With two children in church
school" -- so this was a
graduate student -- "my husband
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a full-time student, and me
working in the library right
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across campus to help support
our family, they were the
hardest years of my life.
00:51:05.63\00:51:08.80
One night, as I knelt to pray
before going to bed, I said,
'God, what in the world
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were we thinking, giving up
everything to come here and live
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in near poverty?'" And there are
people sitting by you right now
who are thinking those same
00:51:17.94\00:51:22.88
thoughts. Might be easy for you,
for the people all around you.
00:51:22.88\00:51:26.21
"We gave up everything to come
here and live in poverty, and
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then I made a very brave, for
me, request. 'Okay, Lord, if You
really want us here, please show
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me in a way that's so obvious I
can't possibly miss it.'" Okay.
"So, the next morning
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when I went to work, I stopped,
as I always did, to pick up the
mail for my department.
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Included in the mail was a plain
white envelope with my name
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printed on it." Hmm. "Inside the
envelope was a brief note
printed on plain paper that
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said, 'Thought you might be able
to use this.' That's all -- no
00:51:55.91\00:52:00.18
signature, no name. But folded
up in the note were four $20
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bills." Wow. "There it was --
the answer to my prayer, and it
was so obvious, I couldn't
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possibly have missed it. Now,
look, that $80 didn't pay the
00:52:10.56\00:52:14.20
husband's tuition or the
children's tuition. Maybe it
didn't even pay for our
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.37
groceries for a week. But I do
know that God impressed upon
someone's heart that I
00:52:17.37\00:52:22.24
desperately needed a spiritual
hug, and that person followed
through. I never found out
00:52:22.24\00:52:25.34
who the anonymous donor
was. Could be sitting right here
00:52:25.34\00:52:29.54
right now. But it was
truly a love-on-the-move moment
00:52:29.58\00:52:32.91
those years ago that
I have never forgotten."
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I want to say a word
about anonymous givers.
00:52:36.45\00:52:38.99
They're like God.
They don't need credit.
00:52:38.99\00:52:44.86
God does so much
stuff for us anonymously,
00:52:44.86\00:52:46.83
and He never gets
credit. He doesn't even tell us
00:52:46.83\00:52:48.93
He did it. God
bless. Love on the move.
00:52:48.93\00:52:52.97
Last one. Oh, this is something.
00:52:52.97\00:52:56.81
"Her name kept nagging me --
Jennifer." Okay? "Jennifer" is a
00:52:56.84\00:53:00.38
pseudonym, is what I'm reading.
It's not her name. "She was a
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girl who had attended boarding
school with my daughter. They
were not close friends, and
00:53:03.88\00:53:06.38
I'm not sure I ever met her, yet
I had a sense that I should send
00:53:06.38\00:53:09.75
Jennifer a check. But where? She
had graduated. I didn't know how
I could locate her.
00:53:09.75\00:53:12.59
Nevertheless, her name came to
mind nearly every day. While
chatting with my daughter
00:53:12.59\00:53:16.32
one evening, I requested that
she get Jennifer's address for
00:53:16.32\00:53:20.10
me. I became a nagging mother,
regularly asking my busy college
student to make inquiries to
00:53:20.10\00:53:24.23
locate a girl she barely knew.
Weeks passed, and still I didn't
know where to send a check.
00:53:24.23\00:53:28.90
At last, my daughter
pulled through with just enough
00:53:28.90\00:53:31.54
information. She had learned
which Adventist university
Jennifer attended, but no
00:53:31.54\00:53:37.28
address. So, praying, I
phoned the girls' dorm at that
00:53:37.28\00:53:39.65
university, requested Jennifer's
mailing address -- bingo. I
whipped out my checkbook
00:53:39.65\00:53:43.05
and began to write a check for
the amount I originally had in
00:53:43.05\00:53:45.55
mind. But, no, I had a clear
impression that I should send a
different amount, an amount
00:53:45.55\00:53:48.96
that was very specific,
not just a round number. Huh.
00:53:48.96\00:53:56.70
"Since I didn't know Jennifer, I
included a little note
explaining that I'd felt
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impressed to send a check. If
she needed it, wonderful. If
not, perhaps a shopping trip
00:53:59.47\00:54:03.71
was in her future. I dropped it
in the mail with a great sense
00:54:03.71\00:54:07.38
of relief. About a week later"
-- listen to this -- "I received
00:54:07.38\00:54:11.41
the most amazing letter from
that sweet girl. She had drawn
tears of joy on it.
00:54:11.41\00:54:15.42
Jennifer had been facing a
financial crisis that was going
00:54:15.42\00:54:18.62
to require her to drop out of
college. Just before she went to
the administration building
00:54:18.62\00:54:21.86
to withdraw, she felt impressed
to pick up her mail at the dorm,
00:54:21.86\00:54:24.89
and there it was -- my note with
exactly the amount of money
required at that very moment
00:54:24.89\00:54:29.53
she needed it." Wow.
"God had been working on this
00:54:29.53\00:54:36.07
for two months." Then she
scribbles down Isaiah 65 --
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"Before they call, I will
answer." Hey, guys, is this
like, uh, something hard.
00:54:41.78\00:54:48.95
No. It's love on the move. You
got stories. You got stories.
00:54:48.95\00:54:53.59
You're not bragging when
you share them. We're gonna keep
00:54:53.59\00:54:56.62
putting one up every week on the
website, so keep them coming in.
00:54:56.62\00:55:01.70
What was that line
that we read a moment ago?
00:55:01.70\00:55:02.86
Love on the move, just
like Jesus. Hey, listen,
00:55:11.77\00:55:15.24
I need to invite you. I need
to make an appeal. Would you be
00:55:15.24\00:55:18.81
willing, with me, at the end of
this little miniseries, to say,
"Okay, Dwight, I got it, I got
00:55:18.81\00:55:24.25
it. It's gonna be risky. It's
gonna be messy. But you know
00:55:24.25\00:55:28.49
what? That's the way God has
loved me. And I'm willing to
offer up my life to Jesus,
00:55:28.49\00:55:33.60
to be His love on the move."
Would you be willing to? It's
just a quiet thing.
00:55:33.60\00:55:41.34
You don't have stand. Please
just do it in your heart. "I
want to be that kind of --
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I want to be that -- I want to
be love on the move that way."
00:55:46.27\00:55:50.85
You know what? If we make a
little covenant here, just quiet
00:55:50.85\00:55:54.85
and private, only Jesus knows,
but if we make that covenant and
I see the little nod in your
00:55:54.85\00:55:59.12
head -- If we make that covenant
here, I promise you -- I promise
00:55:59.12\00:56:04.63
you -- you won't be
able to keep sinners away.
00:56:04.63\00:56:09.83
You think that's hyperbole,
don't you -- a little bit of
00:56:13.44\00:56:16.50
hyperbole? Let me put this on
the screen and then I'll sit
down. On the screen, 100 years
00:56:16.50\00:56:20.21
ago -- "If we would humble
ourselves before God and be kind
00:56:20.21\00:56:23.08
and courteous and tenderhearted
and pitiful" -- in other words,
full of pity and love --
00:56:23.08\00:56:26.58
"there would be 100 conversions
to the truth where there is now
00:56:26.58\00:56:31.35
only one." You won't be able
to keep the sinners away. Why?
00:56:31.35\00:56:36.22
Because love on the move... met
'em and led' em to Jesus. You're
00:56:36.22\00:56:47.14
His agent. You're His agent, and
I'm proud of you. For Jesus....
00:56:47.14\00:56:53.24
this year... let's be live
on the move. What do you say?
00:56:53.24\00:56:58.38
>> Amen. >> Oh, no.
Come on. Give me another one.
00:56:58.38\00:57:02.02
How do you really
feel? >> Amen! >> Amen. Amen.
00:57:02.02\00:57:06.09
Yeah.
00:57:06.09\00:57:06.62
>> Thank you for taking the time
to join us in worship today,
00:57:08.26\00:57:11.36
I'd like to spend
another moment with you here
00:57:11.36\00:57:13.03
at the end of our
program to share a word of hope.
00:57:13.03\00:57:15.10
In fact, that's what
this little book is all about.
00:57:15.10\00:57:17.27
In these uncertain times -- and
let's face it, they're uncertain
00:57:17.27\00:57:20.07
all over this planet -- this
book entitled "The Great Hope"
00:57:20.07\00:57:23.47
will help you understand
not just what God has planned
00:57:23.47\00:57:25.61
for your future but for
the future of the entire
00:57:25.61\00:57:28.01
human race. Light keeps shining
00:57:28.01\00:57:30.35
on this dark old world,
and new truths long forgotten
00:57:30.35\00:57:33.21
are being
constantly rediscovered.
00:57:33.21\00:57:35.45
If you need a fresh dose of
hope for your life these days
00:57:35.45\00:57:38.05
or you know somebody
else who could sure use
00:57:38.05\00:57:40.39
that gift of hope,
then I'd like to invite you
00:57:40.39\00:57:42.32
to grab your phone.
Dial our toll-free number,
00:57:42.32\00:57:44.36
877, the two words "His
will" -- 877-HIS-WILL --
00:57:44.36\00:57:49.10
And at no charge to you,
We'll get a copy in the mail
00:57:49.10\00:57:51.83
to you right away.
Till the next time we meet,
00:57:51.83\00:57:54.84
may the peace and
hope of the Lord Jesus
00:57:54.84\00:57:57.67
be with you 24/7.
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