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[ "Standing on
the Promises" begins ]
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[ "Testify to Love" begins ]
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>> My name is Hope Malabrigo.
I am from Canada, originally
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born in the Philippines.
And I am one of the student
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chaplains here at
Andrews University.
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This is my story of being
involved in service. Growing up,
I was blessed enough
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to be, you know, with two loving
parents, great siblings, and we
were blessed growing up.
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And I think my parents really
instilled the fact that, you
know, we have to share our
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blessings, especially with
family members because they
weren't as fortunate as we were.
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And, so, I've always, you know,
known the idea that I have to
give whenever there are people
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in need, and if I can share
those blessings, you know, it
will make them happy, and I know
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that, in the end, it's, you
know, for God when I do share my
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blessings. I think one of the
main lessons that I've learned
is that there is always a need.
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One of my social work professors
would always say, like, you
know, there will always be
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poor people around you. And
service taught me that, you
know, we have to see the
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need and we have to serve the
people in need, and especially
during this time, you know, of
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a pandemic and COVID, a lot
of people are in need, a lot of
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people lost jobs. They're
lonely. And, so, I remember one
of our projects that we did last
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semester was actually write
cards to the homeless people, or
just even, like, the seniors.
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You know, I didn't understand
how important it would be to
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them. You know, I saw it as
another service project, but,
you know, we got feedback, and
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they said all the senior
residents actually loved the
fact that we wrote them cards
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because they felt loved and, you
know, they were thought about,
you know, during this time where
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a lot of people might not visit
them or, you know, talk to them.
So a lot of people think,
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you know, to serve people, you
have to make these grand
gestures or go on a mission
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trip, you know. I've been
to those. I've been to mission
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trips, and I tell you, you know,
they're an amazing experience,
but you can serve people, you
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know, within your own community,
and I think that is so
important. You know, within your
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own circle of friends. And that
is really what I've learned
throughout these years,
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you know, just showing love to
people in your community and,
you know, your friends.
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And it's what God calls us
to do. So I think that's --
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Service is just doing those
things and having a willing
heart to serve those around you.
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I'm Hope and
this is my story. い
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[ "Build My Life" begins ]
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>> Let's pray the prayer again.
Father, you heard us sing it. I
will build my life upon your
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love. It is a firm
foundation. Oh, boy.
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On this planet, right now,
we need that firm foundation, as
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survivors. I will put my trust
in you alone and I will not be
shaken. By your grace, Father.
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We're listening carefully now.
Don't let us be shaken. In
Jesus' name, we pray.
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Amen.
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If Jesus is coming
soon, and I believe he is...
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and if he left us a mission...
Before he returned to heaven,
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and I believe he
did, did he say this?
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What year is this? 2021? What
verse is that? John 20:21. Hmm.
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And if our mission was to
deliver a message that would be
compellingly simple...
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and I believe it is, how could
you get more simple than this?
"The maker of all things loves
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and wants me." If all of that
is true, then could it be...
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that the fulfillment of this
mission, the living it out, is
to be as simple as the message,
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uncomplicated? As uncomplicated
as a poem once written.
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As simple as this. Now, look
at, the poem is not about Jesus.
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Although maybe it is. We're
going to read the poem together
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right now. You may never have
heard it -- heard of it in your
life. The New England Historical
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Society has written that this
poem became one of the most
popular poems in America decades
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ago. Written by a
Massachusetts librarian.
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Isn't that something? A
librarian. And his name?
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Sam Walter Foss. The title
of the poem -- "The House by the
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Side of the Road." I'm going to
put the bibliographical
information right here on the
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screen right now, and I would
love it if you would download
this poem. You'll see.
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We're going to read it together.
But just take a picture of that,
and then, you can download it
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later. It's all over Google.
It's worth coming back to again
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and again. Every time I read
this poem, something is stirred
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up in my soul, and I get to read
it again right now with you. So,
without further ado, "The
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House by the Side of the Road."
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Last stanza.
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Isn't that good? I got to have
that on my phone so I can read
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that again and again. Download
it. Something happens in me when
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I read that line -- "Let me live
in my house by the side of the
road and be a friend to man."
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I want to be a fr-- I want to be
a friend to man. I want to be a
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friend to woman. I want to be a
friend to children. I want to be
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a friend to the elderly. I want
to be a friend with everybody.
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I mean, wasn't Jesus that way?
And by the way, Jesus was not an
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extrovert. He was not an
introvert. Jesus was Jesus. And
the story you remember so
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well begins this way. "And
he was coming into the city of
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Jericho." He'll be dead in a few
days. He's coming into the city
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of Jericho. That's right, the
Jericho that lost its walls,
long that ancient city long ago.
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The walls have been rebuilt. And
wherever Jesus is, there is a
crowd swirling around him.
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Shoot, if I had been alive when
he was alive, I'd have been in
that crowd every time I could
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find a chance. Wouldn't you?
They're swirling by, and you
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know the noise of a crowd. And
nobody notices that there is a
blind beggar sitting by the
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side of the road. Where most of
Jesus' life happens, by the way.
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By the side of the road. Now,
when you're blind, your sense of
hearing is very acute.
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And so blind Bartimaeus can't
see a thing. Smells the dust
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kicked up by the crowd like a
river swirling by. But he begins
to pick up a name. A name that
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has passed from lip to lip --
Jesus of Nazareth. And his heart
jumps. Jesus of Nazareth!
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Isn't this that miracle worker
who healed lepers, who raised
the dead, who gave legs back to
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the lame? "I'm just a blind boy,
but what could he do for me?"
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And in his heart, Bartimaeus
believes this is the moment of a
lifetime, and he can't miss it
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now. And so he does the
only thing a blind man can do.
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He sees no one. He has no idea
where the one he's calling for
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is, but he starts calling,
"Jesus, Son of David, have mercy
on me. Jesus, Son of David, have
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mercy on me." And the crowd,
a bit angry, bothered by the hot
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dust, are quick to hush him
up. "Shush!" My mother said you
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never say "shut up" to
somebody. "Shush your mouth."
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The wrong thing to say to a
desperate blind beggar. And all
the louder now, "Jesus,
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Son of David, have mercy on me!
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy
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on me!" He sees nothing. But
Jesus hears every cry. I want
you to know, whenever you
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cry his name, the room may be
packed or the space may be
lonely, but he hears you every
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single time. Jesus stops --
"Whoa! Hey, somebody's calling
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me. Who is that? Who is this
that is calling me? Find him and
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bring him to me." Oh, let's pick
up the record. This is Mark 10.
Right near the end of Mark 10.
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That dramatic short gospel.
"Jesus stopped and said, "'Yo,
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call him.' So they called to the
blind man, 'Cheer up, boy! On
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your feet! He's calling you."
And Bartimaeus doesn't need a
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second invitation. "Throwing his
cloak aside" -- nothing's going
to get caught between his legs
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now -- "he jumps to his feet and
he comes to Jesus." And he can't
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see a thing. So he puts his
hands out, and two strangers
grab his hands, one on either
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side, and they lead him. "Move.
Move. Move. Move. Move." Here
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comes Bartimaeus. "Move. Move.
Move. Move. Move." Finally, they
drop his arms. He doesn't know
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where to look. But there stands
Jesus. And I love what the voice
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of Jesus asks. Take a look at
this. What's the next line?
Jesus, looking into those blind
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eyes. But that earnest
face asks one question.
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"What do you want me to do to
you, huh?" "What do you want me
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to do to you?" Has he ever asked
you that? Have you ever sat in
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the silence and heard him
whisper, "Girl, boy, what do you
want me to do for you?"
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What would you tell him? Hey,
let's just close our eyes for a
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moment. We'll be blind
Bartimaeus right now. We'll
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close our eyes for a moment. And
let's just pretend -- and this
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isn't pretending, by the way --
that Jesus is standing right
here. Right in front of you.
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And right now, because I'm going
to quit talking, he's going to
ask you the question, "What do
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you want me to do for you?" Some
of you, for years, have known in
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your heart, if you could get one
prayer answered, it would be
this. Now's the time.
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He's listening. Tell him.
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You say, "Don't interrupt me
right now, Dwight." I'm still
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talking to him." I know.
You're going to carry on this
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conversation. The question will
still be the same when you get
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back to your room. He wants to
know. "What do you want me to do
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to you?" That's what he asked.
"'What do you want me to do for
you?' Jesus asked him."
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And then, "The blind man said,
'Rabbi...'" How long would it
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take you to answer? "Rabbi,
I want to see." I want to see,
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please. "Go." Boy, Jesus
doesn't mince words, does he?
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When he finds out what it is
your heart wants most, the reply
from him may be as simple as
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this. "'Go,' said Jesus,
'your faith has healed you.'
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And immediately, Bartimaeus
received his sight and followed
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Jesus..." What are the next
three words? "Along the road."
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You know why? Because Jesus
lived in the house by the side
of the road and most of his life
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happens along that road.
And guess what? When you follow
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Jesus... along that road, you'll
build your house by the side of
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that road. And when the crowds
swirl around you, the traffic of
life, you will know that, just
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like your master, you've been
placed where they are. "And he
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followed Jesus along the
road." How does that line go?
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In fact, Jesus gets only a few
yards down the Jericho road.
Only Dr. Luke, chronologically,
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gets it and pastes the two
stories together. The others put
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the story wherever they want it.
Matthew and Mark. So we have to
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go to Luke. He's just told the
story of Bartimaeus. Now it's
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Luke 19. And
notice how it begins.
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Do you know why? Because
he had to go, that's why.
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He had to go. He could
have gone around Jericho.
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He could have said, "Listen,
let's get to Jerusalem. I'm
getting ready to die in a
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few days." Nope, he
has to go through Jericho.
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There will be somebody in
Jericho. Not a blind beggar, but
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a filthy rich tax collector.
Who, even with his platform
shoes on, can't see over
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the crowd.
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"He wanted to see" -- on his
tippy-toes -- "who Jesus was,
but because he was short he
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could not see over the crowd."
But by the side of the road that
Jesus travels is a sycamore
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tree, and that ungainly, short,
little businessman type
scrambles up that tree
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and precariously dangles from an
overhanging bow just so that he
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can see Jesus. If Jesus had
stood in front of his heart
early that morning and said,
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"What do you want me to do for
you?" Zacchaeus' prayer would
have been... "Just give me a
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chance." "Just give me a
chance." He doesn't dare breathe
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the thought. And Jesus had to go
through Jericho to see this
sight. He'll never forget it.
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The tax collector dangling. And
with a smile on his face -- I'm
sure it was -- Jesus looked
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up and said, "Yo. I'll bet
you're Zacchaeus. I've heard
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about you. You know, listen."
And he uses this word. "I need
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you down here immediately.
Do you hear me? You know why?
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Because I have a dinner
invitation. It's at your house
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and we need to let your wife
know right now. And Zacchaeus,
Zacchaeus comes down, he came
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down at once, and he welcomed
Jesus gladly. He can't even get
home. We are told that Zacchaeus
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listened very carefully to the
preaching of the thundering
wilderness preacher
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John the Baptizer. And he's been
convicted. And we are told he's
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already begun to act on that
conviction. So he doesn't even
get home. Watch this.
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"All the people saw this, and
they began to mutter, 'He has
gone to be the guest
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of a'" what? Oh, a
real live sinner. Oh!
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The Jews had a phrase. It's sort
of slang catchall to pull in all
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the tax collectors and
prostitutes and other riffraff
of the immoral. And the phrase
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was "tax collectors and
sinners." You just heard it.
Luke has already introduced us
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to that phrase, which is the
preamble to the beautiful
scripture about this shepherd
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that won't sleep until the last
sheep is home. And you may be
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that sheep. I may be that sheep.
Here's the preamble to it. Luke
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15:1... He was like a magnet. I
don't know why. The moral
riffraff were drawn
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him. You know why?
Because nobody else cares for us
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and everybody else has shut us
out, but you love us. And they
picked up on it like
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fly to flypaper. "Now the tax
collectors and sinners were all
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gathering around to hear Jesus,"
but -- pah -- every party loves
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a pooper. That's why we invited
you, party pooper Pharisees.
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[ Scoffs ] I know some churches
that welcome sinners and eat
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them. And there's a big
difference. "This man welcomes
sinners and eats with them."
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It is a calculated risk
that Jesus takes to go home with
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Zacchaeus. He knows exactly how
the tongues will wag. "Desire of
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Ages" dramatically describes the
risk this way. Don't ever forget
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what you're about to read.
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Keep reading.
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Your reputation is going to get
smeared. They're going to start
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talking about you, whispering
about you. They'll eventually
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throw you out. He knew
the cost. Keep reading.
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Several years ago, a group of
homosexuals gathered for a camp
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meeting. Kinship, they called it
the Kinship Camp Meeting. I was
a younger pastor then.
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And the word was out word, word
on the street. "You're not to
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go. You're not -- Even if they
invite you to preach, don't go.
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We don't agree. We do not
agree." And my eyes were wide as
I began to read the names of
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some leading pastors who said,
"We're going anyway." That was
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Jesus. "I'm going
anyway, do you understand?
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I'm going anyway.
You want to stop me?
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"But no question of policy could
influence his movements." Keep
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reading. "With him" --
Now, this is a big deal.
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"I don't care
about that tatted arm.
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Those tattoos don't bother me.
I don't care about the bangles
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and the piercings on
appendages all over that body.
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I don't care what
color the skin is.
00:31:47.24\00:31:49.74
I don't care how
messed up the life is."
00:31:49.74\00:31:54.28
External. Those are all external
00:31:54.28\00:31:57.41
distinctions.
00:31:57.41\00:31:59.15
Why was Jesus not stopped by
external distinctions? because
the external is a facade
00:31:59.18\00:32:09.46
for the internal, and it's the
internal that he was longing to
00:32:09.46\00:32:16.03
touch. "You can come any way you
want, just come to me. You can
come as you are, but I
00:32:16.03\00:32:22.44
will never leave you as you
are." That's the kind of friend
00:32:22.44\00:32:27.71
He was. They loved Him for
it. They threw parties for Him.
00:32:27.71\00:32:31.45
Keep reading. No, "that which
appealed to Jesus' heart" --
00:32:31.45\00:32:35.62
this is so beautiful. "That
which appealed to Jesus' heart
was a soul thirsting for
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.25
the water of life. How does that
verse go? "Then why should I sit
00:32:39.25\00:32:43.56
in the scorner's seat?" Always
picking, critical, critical,
critical, critical.
00:32:43.56\00:32:47.00
Some churches make their living
being critical of everybody else
outside the church.
00:32:47.00\00:32:51.73
"Why would I sit in the
scorner's seat? "Why will I hurl
00:32:51.73\00:32:55.04
the cynic's ban?" You've been
banned? You can't come into this
00:32:55.04\00:32:59.04
church. You can't -- You
can't do that. I'm sorry.
00:32:59.04\00:33:01.74
You -- You do not belong. Do you
understand? Find another church
00:33:01.74\00:33:05.68
down the road." Well, find a
church by the side of the road
and you'll be fine.
00:33:05.68\00:33:10.02
Because churches that are built
by the side of the road are
built for the people that walk
00:33:10.02\00:33:14.52
the road, and they have no
barrier to those who wish to
00:33:14.52\00:33:21.10
enter and worship. Find a church
by the side of the road, not way
00:33:21.10\00:33:25.67
off. "Let me live in my house by
the side of the road, and
please, let me be a friend
00:33:29.34\00:33:35.94
to man. That was Jesus.
And it was the spirit of
00:33:35.94\00:33:40.45
friendship, that spirit that won
Zacchaeus' heart. Ah, come on.
00:33:40.45\00:33:44.39
So Zacchaeus, before -- Oh, ooh,
ooh. Go back. "But Zacchaeus
00:33:44.39\00:33:47.66
stood up." So this is before.
He's down from the tree, but he
hasn't gone to the house yet.
00:33:47.66\00:33:51.83
And Jesus breaks down into a
smile, and he needs the crowd to
00:34:03.10\00:34:07.28
hear this. "And Jesus said to
him" -- to Zacchaeus, but he's
talking to the crowd -- "'Today
00:34:07.28\00:34:12.38
salvation has come to this house
because this man, too, is a son
00:34:12.38\00:34:16.38
of Abraham.'" You know what it
means to be a son of Abraham? It
means to be a member in good
00:34:16.38\00:34:20.86
and regular standing in the
faith community. And Jesus, in
00:34:20.86\00:34:26.49
one declaration, makes that man
good and regular, like all the
00:34:26.49\00:34:32.30
rest. Yeah, why would you do
this, Jesus? Ah, I'll tell you.
00:34:37.57\00:34:40.91
"For the Son of Man came to seek
and save" lost people. That's
00:34:40.91\00:34:47.88
why. Wow. "For the Son of Man
came to seek and save the lost."
00:34:47.88\00:34:54.16
What was that last line in that
"Desire of Ages" quote? "That
which appealed to Jesus'
00:34:54.16\00:34:59.43
heart was a soul thirsting for
the Water of Life." That's all
00:34:59.43\00:35:03.23
that counts. "The external
distinctions mean nothing to me.
What's happening on the inside?
00:35:03.23\00:35:07.17
That's what I want to know."
Shoo. A house by the side of the
00:35:07.17\00:35:13.74
road. He did it to Zacchaeus. He
did it to Bartimaeus. He did it
to the woman at the
00:35:13.74\00:35:18.05
well, he did it to the woman
taken in adultery. He did it to
00:35:18.05\00:35:21.98
'em all. You know why? Because
the maker of all things loves
and wants me, that's why.
00:35:21.98\00:35:26.19
Never forget that sentence. Your
mission, should you choose to
accept it, is to take this
00:35:26.19\00:35:30.96
sentence, the truth of
this sentence, to the world. All
00:35:30.96\00:35:35.23
universal truth is summarized in
this one line. All revealed
universal truth is summarized in
00:35:35.23\00:35:40.94
this one line. The maker of all
things loves and wants me. Which
is why Jesus had his house
00:35:40.94\00:35:48.34
by the side of the road and why
we must build our houses by the
side of that same road.
00:35:48.34\00:35:53.18
Don't you think? The question
that begs itself right now is,
00:35:53.18\00:35:57.19
"Okay, Dwight, how, how,
how? I'm in a dormitory. I can't
00:35:57.19\00:36:00.42
build a house. I work on this
campus. I live in the community.
I work in a factory.
00:36:00.42\00:36:04.09
I work at the hospital. I'm
in a clinic. I'm in an office.
00:36:04.09\00:36:07.30
I can't" -- What do you mean you
can't? I ask you one question --
00:36:07.30\00:36:12.13
are there people where you
live? Are there people where you
00:36:12.13\00:36:16.10
study? Are there people where
you work? Yep. Yep. Yep. Good.
That's all you need.
00:36:16.10\00:36:21.11
You can build your house by the
side of that road. I'm going to
00:36:21.11\00:36:26.45
leave you now with three simple
steps to build your house by the
side of the road. Jot these
00:36:26.45\00:36:31.72
three down. No study guides
in these pandemic days. That's
00:36:31.72\00:36:34.19
okay. You'll remember them. I'm
going to put them on the screen
for you one at a time.
00:36:34.19\00:36:37.69
Number one.
00:36:37.69\00:36:39.46
Jesus had no idea who Bartimaeus
was. They never met before.
00:36:44.47\00:36:48.77
He has never met Zacchaeus, but
Jesus, not an extrovert, not an
introvert, Jesus being Jesus
00:36:48.77\00:36:55.01
meets a stranger and then sets
out to win that stranger to a
00:36:55.01\00:37:00.92
friendship. Be friend or
befriend strangers. And there's
no reason why you and I can't do
00:37:00.92\00:37:07.96
the same. I'm telling you what.
There is no reason we can't. In
00:37:07.96\00:37:14.36
person or online. Social
interaction or social media
interaction, keyboard to
00:37:14.36\00:37:19.00
keyboard. It doesn't matter.
You can be a friend to even
00:37:19.00\00:37:25.64
strangers. [ Chuckles ] Look
at, come on. The Bible is clear.
00:37:25.64\00:37:28.28
Proverbs 18:24. "A man
must show himself friendly."
00:37:28.28\00:37:30.98
And by the way, that's true of a
woman. A woman must show herself
00:37:30.98\00:37:34.25
friendly. That's all you have
to do. You don't have to be a
00:37:34.25\00:37:37.22
superstar. You don't have to
be the most popular kid on the
00:37:37.22\00:37:40.36
campus. You don't have to be the
most friendly guy in the office.
00:37:40.36\00:37:45.53
You just be you. That's all He
needs 'cause that's all Jesus
was. He was just Jesus.
00:37:45.53\00:37:52.27
But it worked every time. Except
for the times it didn't work.
00:37:52.27\00:37:59.17
Not everybody's going to love
you. Not everybody's going to
00:37:59.17\00:38:03.21
high-five you. That's
okay. I just finished the
00:38:03.21\00:38:08.52
autobiography of Malcolm X on
MLK Day this week. I started it
00:38:08.52\00:38:15.32
just before Christmas and
finished it. And everybody here
knows Malcolm X, the most
00:38:15.32\00:38:19.79
well-known Black activist in the
20th century, perhaps.
Eventually becoming a global
00:38:19.79\00:38:23.80
ambassador for Islam. So imagine
my surprise as I'm reading this
00:38:23.80\00:38:28.14
-- and I shared this was some of
you the other day -- imagine my
surprise when reading this I
00:38:28.14\00:38:33.01
discover that Malcolm X met
Seventh-Day Adventists. Come on,
I got to share this
00:38:33.01\00:38:38.45
with you. This is straight
out of his autobiography.
00:38:38.45\00:38:41.52
As told to Alex Haley, the great
writer. "About this time, my
00:38:41.52\00:38:45.75
mother began to be visited by
some Seventh-Day Adventists" --
kind of misspelled it, but Haley
00:38:45.75\00:38:50.86
got it right anyway -- "who had
moved into a house" -- by the
side of the road, by the way --
00:38:50.86\00:38:55.83
"who had moved into a house not
too far down the road from us.
They would talk to Mom for hours
00:38:55.83\00:39:01.67
at a time and leave booklets and
leaflets and magazines for her
00:39:01.67\00:39:05.31
to read." Yep. They got to be
Adventists. "We began to go with
my mother to the Adventist
00:39:05.31\00:39:09.94
meetings that were held further
out in the country." This is
00:39:09.94\00:39:13.38
Lansing, Michigan. So this is a
little outside Lansing,
Michigan. That's where this is
00:39:13.38\00:39:17.45
happening. So he's going with
his mom. "For us children, I
know that the major attraction
00:39:17.45\00:39:21.99
was the good food they served."
Let's hear it for Adventist
00:39:21.99\00:39:25.39
potlucks. Give me an amen for
that. Come on. That's the one --
That's a big loss about
00:39:25.39\00:39:29.40
the pandemic, no potlucks. What
is the deal with that? Who -- [
00:39:29.40\00:39:36.14
Sighs ] They'll come back.
They'll come back. So, "I know
00:39:36.14\00:39:40.38
that the major attraction was
the good food they served." Keep
00:39:40.38\00:39:43.01
reading. "But we listened."
That's the deal. You do the
potlucks because you
00:39:43.01\00:39:46.11
want to serve those who are
there, but they're listening
while they're there, and
00:39:46.11\00:39:49.72
Malcolm X is very honest. He
said, "We were listening to what
00:39:49.72\00:39:53.32
they were saying." "There were a
handful of Negroes from small
towns in the area, but I would
00:39:53.32\00:39:58.79
say" that little church "was
about 99% white people." You got
00:39:58.79\00:40:03.10
the picture. End
quote. Malcolm X. Amazing.
00:40:10.74\00:40:20.42
When you're friendly to a
12-year-old, you have no idea
what the 12-year-old will
00:40:20.42\00:40:24.69
turn out to be. But you're
still friendly to a 12-year-old
00:40:24.69\00:40:28.76
because you don't care what she
turns out to be. She's a
12-year-old and you love her.
00:40:28.76\00:40:35.93
God bless that little church
outside Lansing, Michigan. "They
were the friendliest white
00:40:35.93\00:40:42.30
people I'd ever seen." "Let me
live by the side of the road, my
00:40:42.30\00:40:48.18
house. Let me live and be a
friend to man." Befriend or be a
00:40:48.18\00:40:52.45
friend to strangers. That's
what Jesus did. All right, three
00:40:52.45\00:40:55.45
simple rules. Here are
strategies. Here comes strategy
number two. Take the initiative.
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.72
Hey, let me tell you something
about this. If Jesus had not
00:40:58.72\00:41:01.86
taken the initiative with the
woman at the well as he did last
Sabbath when we were together,
00:41:01.86\00:41:05.59
she wouldn't have been saved. If
he was waiting for her, she
would never have opened
00:41:05.59\00:41:09.66
the door. He took the
initiative. He took the
00:41:09.66\00:41:12.87
initiative with Zacchaeus.
He took the initiative with
00:41:12.87\00:41:15.27
Bartimaeus. He's taking the
initiative with you and me. Why?
00:41:15.27\00:41:17.64
Because that was his strategy.
That little classic, "Ministry
00:41:17.64\00:41:21.11
of Healing." Let me share this
with you. This is incredible.
This is Christ's modus operandi.
00:41:21.11\00:41:24.95
You want to know how Jesus
operated with a house by the
00:41:24.95\00:41:28.48
side of the road? This is it.
This is it. "Christ's method
alone will give true success in
00:41:28.48\00:41:32.85
reaching the people. Number one,
the Savior mingled with men" --
00:41:32.85\00:41:36.59
and women -- "as one who desired
their good." Now, here's the key
00:41:36.59\00:41:40.23
word. Watch this. This is kind
of magic. Whoa! That red circle
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.63
goes around the word "mingled."
You know why? Because that's the
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.80
key. That's the key. He just
mingled with them. "I'm just
00:41:46.80\00:41:50.21
here. What are you talking
about? Let me be a part of that.
Latest football scores?
00:41:50.21\00:41:54.48
Okay, come on, I can do that."
He mingled, "he mingled with men
as one who desired their good."
00:41:54.48\00:42:02.68
He wasn't just hanging around.
They knew there's something good
00:42:02.68\00:42:06.49
about this guy. He wants the
best for me. I don't know. He
00:42:06.49\00:42:10.89
just was Jesus. Just like you
are you. But people pick up on
it. "The Savior mingled with men
00:42:10.89\00:42:17.23
as one who desired their good.
Number two, he showed sympathy
00:42:17.23\00:42:21.44
for them." "Wow, that happened
to you? I am so sad. I'm sure
that guy didn't know
00:42:21.44\00:42:26.14
what he was doing, but if he
did, I apologize to you. That is
00:42:26.14\00:42:31.08
bad how you were treated." He
sympathized for them. He showed
his sympathy for them.
00:42:31.08\00:42:36.48
"Number three, he ministered
to their needs." Find a need and
00:42:36.48\00:42:39.35
fill it. That will often open
a door for you. You find a need
00:42:39.35\00:42:42.19
that that person has, and you
fill that need and that opens
the door. It often opens a door.
00:42:42.19\00:42:45.23
"Number four, he won their
confidence." "You can trust me.
00:42:45.23\00:42:48.26
I'm on your side." And then,
number five, he says, "Yo, come
00:42:48.26\00:42:52.03
on. Let's go. Follow me down the
road with a house by the side of
the road. Let's go."
00:42:52.03\00:42:58.77
I tell you what. If you're
living in 2021, and you are,
00:42:58.77\00:43:03.08
whether you're a student, a
faculty member, a community
member, just a human being, one
00:43:03.08\00:43:10.02
of the great gifts that social
media has given to you and me is
it's the perfect place to mingle
00:43:10.02\00:43:16.42
with people. You can mingle with
people. You don't have to know
them. They know you.
00:43:16.42\00:43:20.40
They've gone by your -- They've
commented on your picture.
00:43:20.40\00:43:23.70
"That post, ooh, yeah. I'm
commenting." You know, what?
00:43:23.70\00:43:26.77
Why don't we turn the tables?
You're always waiting for people
to comment on your stuff.
00:43:26.77\00:43:30.87
Why don't you go ahead and
comment on somebody else's?
Maybe it's not just to have the
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.88
coolest everything out there
so that you can just drive the
00:43:34.88\00:43:38.18
numbers up. That's not the
point. You're hanging around
people like Jesus did.
00:43:38.18\00:43:41.28
Your house is beside the road.
Comment on that stranger's post.
"Boy, that was provocative.
00:43:41.28\00:43:45.92
You know what, I agree with you.
I never saw it that way before."
Extend a compliment.
00:43:45.92\00:43:52.16
Don't lie. But mingle.
Those of us living in this world
00:43:52.16\00:43:57.80
of social media now have
been given this huge traffic
00:43:57.80\00:44:01.34
opportunity. There are people
everywhere. Do just like Jesus
did. Just mingle among them.
00:44:01.34\00:44:06.88
I think of you faculty who have
electronic contacts with your
colleagues nearly all over
00:44:06.88\00:44:13.15
the world. And some of the you
know some very well-known other
00:44:13.15\00:44:18.02
faculty members -- researchers,
writers, scientists, you know
them. Those of you who are
00:44:18.02\00:44:28.00
faculty, if I might have your
ear for a moment, you have a
reputation, these people have a
00:44:28.00\00:44:32.43
reputation, but have you ever --
have you ever considered
connecting with one of them?
00:44:32.43\00:44:36.30
You know, you say, "Man, I'm not
going to write to that guy. Who
00:44:36.30\00:44:40.81
am I? No." What do you mean? All
it takes is somebody to just get
00:44:40.81\00:44:45.01
behind a keyboard and just...
"Hey, I really appreciate it.
I've been using your book
00:44:45.01\00:44:48.88
in my class. This was
insightful." The issue is not,
00:44:48.88\00:44:53.96
"Well, will he write back and
compliment me back?" No, the
issue is just making a
00:44:53.96\00:44:57.33
connect. You live in a
house by the side of the road.
00:44:57.33\00:45:00.23
Just connect with him. I mean,
why couldn't it happen for you
like it happened with
00:45:00.23\00:45:08.44
C.S. Lewis, the great C.S.
Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis? One
day an American woman,
00:45:08.44\00:45:14.68
living in -- true story
-- living in Illinois, has a
00:45:14.68\00:45:18.58
question. So this brilliant
mind, she decides, "I'm going to
write him a letter."
00:45:18.58\00:45:22.68
There was no social media back
there, so she had to just do
00:45:22.68\00:45:26.99
this like this. She writes him a
letter. She sends it to him. It
00:45:26.99\00:45:30.63
crosses the pond. He eventually
looks, read his mail. He said,
"I'm gonna let this
00:45:30.63\00:45:34.46
lady know this." He answers
her. She sends another letter
00:45:34.46\00:45:38.17
sometime later. He sends an
answer back. They never met, but
00:45:38.17\00:45:43.27
they carried on a conversation
over the Atlantic. An unknown
00:45:43.27\00:45:50.45
American woman living in the
state of Illinois is
corresponding with the great
00:45:50.45\00:45:55.18
C.S. Lewis. Yep. Yep. Yep.
Because all it took was she took
00:45:55.18\00:46:00.89
the initiative. She just said,
"Hey, I really need to ask you
00:46:00.89\00:46:05.26
this." Why not? Faculty, you
have contacts. You're selling
yourself short if you're
00:46:05.26\00:46:10.37
thinking, "I don't have
influence." You have incredible
influence. And that woman didn't
00:46:10.37\00:46:14.60
have a shred of influence, but
there was a response, and then,
there's a response, and there's
00:46:14.60\00:46:18.51
a response. With your bright
mind and your sensitive heart,
00:46:18.51\00:46:24.31
who better to make contact with
that individual that the Spirit
brings to your attention.
00:46:24.31\00:46:29.08
Ah. "Let me live in my house
by the side of the road and be a
00:46:29.08\00:46:33.02
friend to man." Three simple
strategies. Here's the last one.
00:46:33.02\00:46:36.02
Befriend or be a friend to
strangers. Take the initiative.
00:46:36.02\00:46:39.73
I got it. Finally, share your
"capital F" Friend. Why? Because
the Maker of all things
00:46:39.73\00:46:45.73
loves and wants me. And if the
Maker of all things loves and
wants you, don't you
00:46:45.73\00:46:50.21
suppose Jesus loves and wants
the people that you have
connections with, that you have
00:46:50.21\00:46:54.91
relationships with?
00:46:54.91\00:46:56.48
He wants them, but he
wants them through you.
00:46:56.51\00:47:00.82
Why not? Share
your "capital F" Friend.
00:47:00.82\00:47:07.26
The day will come. I'm
not just saying write every
00:47:07.26\00:47:10.73
famous person
you can think of now.
00:47:10.73\00:47:12.73
"Dear President Biden." No.
00:47:12.73\00:47:15.70
I tell you what, I wish somebody
would write that young lady who
00:47:15.70\00:47:18.70
read the poem.
"Hey, I'm a student at
00:47:18.70\00:47:21.24
Andrews University, and I
just want you to know that was
00:47:21.24\00:47:24.07
masterful. You go, girl."
00:47:24.07\00:47:27.18
You can find her.
She's got a publisher.
00:47:27.18\00:47:30.65
The publisher has an
e-mail address. You write to the
00:47:30.68\00:47:34.35
publisher. The publisher will
send it on. Wow. Why? Because
the Maker of all things
00:47:34.35\00:47:38.15
loves and wants me, and the day
will come when the Spirit
whispers in my eye -- my ear,
00:47:38.15\00:47:42.39
and the Spirit says, "Dwight,
this would be the time now, pass
00:47:42.39\00:47:46.09
this along." "You know what?
I've discovered something in
this life that has changed my
00:47:46.09\00:47:49.60
life. It's so simple. I'm
embarrassed to share it with
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you, but can I pass it on? The
Maker of all things loves and
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wants me." Why not? You don't
have to trumpet it. "Hey, I just
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wrote so-and-so." "Come on, keep
it to yourself." You never know
what'll happen. Because this
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little lady in Illinois, let me
tell you the rest of the story
here. They took all those
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letters. After Lewis died and
after she died, her estate took
the letters, got permission, and
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they've published them in a book
called "Letters to an American
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Lady." I read that book. I could
not believe my eyes when I
discovered that this woman had
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met some Seventh-Day Adventists.
All right, follow this. She met
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some Seventh-Day Adventist, and
I praise God it was a very
positive experience. We don't
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know. We don't have her letters.
We just have what she -- We just
have how Lewis responds.
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She's met an Adventist, and
she's asked him, "Do you know
anything about these
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Adventists?" Watch this.
On October 26, 1962, one year
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before he died, from Cambridge,
Magdalene College, this
brilliant Englishman and
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world-renowned apologist for
Christianity wrote back to Mary
-- 'cause her name is Mary.
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She writes, and he writes back.
I'll put the clip from that
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letter right here. "Dear
Mary..." And then, dot, dot,
dot, dot. So I'm leaving that
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part of the letter out. "What
you say about VII Day
Adventists" -- I like
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that, "VII Day." We're not
Adventists just one day a week.
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Seven-Day Adventists. Take
it from an Englishman. Not bad.
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They got to be a first-name
basis. Ain't that something?
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"Hey, tell me about these
Adventists. What do you know?"
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"I don't know, but if what you
just told me, if they have that
kind of love, if they have
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so much charity, there must
be something very right about
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them." So much love. Somewhere,
I remember reading a sentence
that goes like this.
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The last rays of merciful light.
I'll put it on screen for you.
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That simple. You thought you had
to preach a sermon about God's
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love. You do not. All you have
to do is build your house by the
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side of the road and be a friend
to man. For Jesus. For Jesus.
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To which I say
amen. And amen. Yeah.
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Take out your Connect Card right
now. I'll put it on the screen
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for you. You can do it in
your -- You can do it with your
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device there.
pmchurch.org/connect. Once you
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get to that page, you'll see my
next step today is, "How can I
act on this, Dwight?
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Well, what about this?"
00:51:07.00\00:51:08.56
Me, too, I'm putting a check
mark right there. Why not? I
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want to be that. Box number 2...
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You're not saying you're going
to do it tomorrow, but you know
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what? Make a deal with your own
heart and the Holy Spirit. "You
point out somebody to me,
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Spirit. I'll hear you.
And help me then connect."
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Why not? You got nothing to
lose. And somebody might have
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eternity to gain. Because you
were a friend by the side of the
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road. Box number three...
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Every time we put this up,
somebody else says, "Hey, me,
00:51:53.21\00:51:57.25
too." So I keep putting it up.
Because some of you never been
baptized in your life, and I
00:51:57.25\00:52:02.52
don't know why, and it doesn't
matter to me at all. It's not
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the externals that count. Jesus
loves you. He knows your heart.
00:52:07.22\00:52:09.96
And right now, the Holy Spirit
is saying, "It's your turn.
Guess what, this is your day."
00:52:09.96\00:52:14.86
Put a check mark there. They'll
get in touch with you
electronically, and that's what
00:52:14.86\00:52:19.60
we'll do. Why put it off?
Had a young man come to me
00:52:19.60\00:52:23.20
after chapel. He said, "I
was in church last Sabbath.
00:52:23.20\00:52:27.01
I want to be baptized." You
go. "Can you help me with Bible
00:52:27.01\00:52:33.31
studies?" We got
it. We got it. Why not?
00:52:33.31\00:52:38.35
So, if something's happening in
your heart right now, keep the
00:52:38.35\00:52:41.82
door open. Don't slam the door.
Keep the door open. Keep the
door open to Jesus.
00:52:41.82\00:52:47.10
Put a check mark there. Make
sure we have your e-mail
address, and we'll be back in
00:52:47.10\00:52:51.30
touch with you electronically.
Oh, oh, oh, oh. Go back. Box
00:52:51.30\00:52:56.37
number four... What you don't
know is that what we've been
sharing these last few Sabbaths,
00:52:59.27\00:53:03.18
all the fill in the blanks are
coming from "Desire of Ages." I
don't quote it every time.
00:53:03.18\00:53:07.55
That book has changed my life
over and over and over again.
You want an e-version that you
00:53:07.55\00:53:12.92
can have on your device, please
send your e-mail address to us.
We'll send it to you.
00:53:12.92\00:53:18.06
Let's pray. The singers are
going to sing a beautiful song,
00:53:18.06\00:53:21.30
by the way. "Make Me a Servant."
I just love that, Vivian. "Make
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Me a Servant." That's what it
means to have a house by the
side of the road. Jesus, I'm
00:53:25.30\00:53:30.54
your servant. And we'll sing in
our hearts with them. Oh, Jesus,
why did you make it
00:53:30.54\00:53:35.24
so simple? No, no. The question
is, why have we made it so
00:53:35.24\00:53:39.68
complicated and so hard? As the
Father sent me, I'm sending you.
00:53:39.68\00:53:45.22
Tell them the Maker of all
things loves and wants you.
Build a house by the side
00:53:45.22\00:53:49.59
of the road, you can do it. This
is nothing. You can do it. I
00:53:49.59\00:53:53.80
did. Oh, Jesus, know our hearts
and know that we would want
nothing more, to build that
00:53:53.80\00:54:01.74
house right beside yours by the
side of that crowded road. In
your name, we pray.
00:54:01.74\00:54:10.71
Amen. [ "Make Me
a Servant" begins ]
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>> I want to take an extra
moment to thank you for joining
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us in worship today.
It's by the continued support
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from viewers like you that we're
able to bring this program.
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Today I want to invite you,
though, to share with us how
00:57:22.90\00:57:25.31
this ministry has blessed you.
I get inspiring notes, e-mails
00:57:25.31\00:57:28.38
from viewers literally all over
the world telling me, "Look,
00:57:28.38\00:57:30.98
Dwight, God has been
blessing me this way, he's been
00:57:30.98\00:57:33.31
doing this." I would
love to hear from you,
00:57:33.31\00:57:35.28
as well. Just
visit our web site, you
00:57:35.28\00:57:37.79
know it, newperceptions.tv,
and click on the "contact" link
00:57:37.79\00:57:41.36
at the top of the
page. Send me a note.
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Let me know what God has been
doing right now in your life.
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Once again, thank you for being
with us today. I hope you'll
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join us right here next time.
And until then, may the God of
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step of the way.
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