As the faculties return
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to the campus of
Andrews University,
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our theme has been,
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"Everyone is Called."
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And I'd like to,
we'd like to share
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this old hymn,
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this well-known
old hymn with you,
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but with a slightly newer tune.
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And it's not that hard.
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So, see if you can
learn and sing along as we go.
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Jesus calls us o'er the tumult
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Of our life's wild restless sea
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Day by day
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His sweet voice soundeth saying
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"Christian follow me"
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Jesus calls us from the worship
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Of the vain world's golden store
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From each idol
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That would keep us saying,
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"Christian love me more"
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In our joys and in our sorrows
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Days of toil and hours of ease
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Still He calls in
cares and pleasures
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"Christian,
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love me more than these"
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Jesus calls us
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By Thy mercies Savior,
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May we hear Thy call
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Give our hearts
to Thine obedience
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Serve and love Thee
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Love Thee best of all
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Love Thee best of all
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Love Thee
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Love Thee best
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Best of all
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Amen.
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So, I was
thinking about the theme
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of calling, of being called
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and I couldn't shake
another familiar hymn.
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Maybe you sing it
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at an altar call,
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maybe you responded to it.
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Maybe you turned
your life over to Jesus
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while you were
singing this song.
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And I'd like us
to sing it together.
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Let's stand together.
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And, you know Paul says,
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we're to die to Christ daily.
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Not once, not a
long time ago, but daily.
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So, wherever you are,
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however Jesus is calling you,
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respond with these words.
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Softly and tenderly
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Jesus is calling
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Calling for you
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And for me
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At the heart's portal
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He's watching and waiting
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Watching for you
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And for me
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Come home
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Come home
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Ye who are wary
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Come home
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Earnestly, tenderly
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Jesus is calling
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Calling, O sinner
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Come home!
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Why should we tarry
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When Jesus is pleading
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Pleading for you
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And for me?
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Why should we linger
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And heed not His mercies
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Mercies for you
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And for me?
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Come home
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Come home
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Ye who are wary
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Come home
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Earnestly,
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Tenderly Jesus is calling
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Calling, O sinner
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Come home
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Think of the wonderful love
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He has promised
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Promised for you
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And for me
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Though we have sinned
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He has mercy and pardon
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Pardon for you
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And for me
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Come home,
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Come home
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Ye who are weary
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Come home
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Earnestly, tenderly
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Jesus is calling
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Calling, O sinner
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Come home
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Amen.
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Be seated.
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And it's such a
beautiful, beautiful,
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such a
beautiful, beautiful hymn.
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That has to be
one of my favorite.
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I didn't pick it today,
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but when Jack said,
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"You know what?
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This is the kind of hymn
that altar calls are made of."
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So I'm standing with you
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and I'm just sensing
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this is a good moment
for an altar call right now.
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As some of you here,
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they need to come home,
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they need to come home to Jesus,
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I don't know what's
going on in your life.
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I don't know who you are.
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I don't know how old you are.
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It doesn't matter right now.
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But as you sang that song,
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something
happened inside of you.
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Well, that's,
something's the Holy Spirit.
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And I can't
think of a better time
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than right now
for you to say, "Yes"
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to that call,
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to come back to Jesus.
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Some of you here have
never been to Jesus at all.
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You've made it this far in life
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and you've done quite fine.
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Thank you.
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But maybe there's a knowing
uncertainty in your soul that
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man, if your life
should end right now,
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you wouldn't be
ready for it to end.
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If there's something
happened in your heart.
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You're a young
lady. You're a young man.
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Not so young maybe,
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but the spirit
is speaking to you.
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This is a perfect moment.
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I'm not gonna
invite you to come forward,
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but I am gonna invite
you to make a decision.
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You know, Jesus is at
you knocking at that door.
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You want me to come home?
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If that's you,
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I tell you right
now by the grace of God,
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I'll come back.
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I'll come to you
for the first time.
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But I'm coming.
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You hadn't
planned on an altar call
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at this moment
and I had neither,
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but that's just the way
the Spirit of Jesus works.
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And so, I'm praying for you.
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I don't know who you are.
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You're watching
online right now.
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Just happened to be online today
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at this moment.
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And the spirit is
tugging at your soul,
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say yes.
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Everybody's called, say yes.
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Let's pray.
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Oh God,
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what a beautiful,
beautiful reminder
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that we are Your children.
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And we're not home yet.
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Not to the big home that one day
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you wanna take us to,
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but some of us are
not home with Jesus yet.
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They're just, they
just don't feel at home yet.
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Oh God, you know who she is.
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You know who he is.
Love on him right now.
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And over these
next moments, just keep,
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keep loving on them
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and speak to all of us
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before we cross
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the threshold into an
incredibly new adventure
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on all three of our
campuses in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Amen and amen.
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Okay, so, one
more Olympic story.
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Would that be
all right, one more?
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This is the one you didn't see.
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I know you haven't seen
this, but I just predicted.
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I wouldn't have
even known about it,
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except for the
kindness of my friend,
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Dwayne Cofer who
sends me a video clip.
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I looked at that
video clip and I said,
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"My, oh, my."
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I'd show the
video clip right now,
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but it costs too
much to buy the rights
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to show it for this broadcast.
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So, you're just
gonna have to kinda
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feel the moment.
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But this is
nighttime in Tokyo stadium.
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Okay?
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The Olympic stadium in
Tokyo, the city of my birth,
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it's nighttime,
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they're having the
high jumpers' gold.
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Everybody's going for
gold tonight in high jumping.
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I don't know if
you've watched high jumping,
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but it is an incredible sport.
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Two of the finest
high jumpers on the planet
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are here tonight in Tokyo.
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We're talking about
the Qatari high jumper
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Mutaz Essa Barshim and
the Italian high jumper
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Gianmarco Tamberi.
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There are a host
of others with them,
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but one by one, as
they keep raising the bar,
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there he goes, there he goes,
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this is the men's high jump.
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There they go.
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And finally, we're down
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to a height you cannot
believe, it's 2.37 meters.
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You don't know how tall that is,
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but I'm gonna
give it to you in feet.
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That is seven feet and
9.3 inches into the air.
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So, I'm six.
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We'll add another
foot. That's seven.
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Then you gotta get
9.3 inches further up
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and you're
doing it from standing
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on sea level ground.
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You get one little run at it.
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And you throw
yourself backwards.
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In fact, I gotta
show you a picture
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in case you don't know
how high jumping works.
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So, there she is going over.
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This is the bar, it's
very delicately balanced.
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You can barely
touch it and it'll stay.
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But if you touch it
much, boom, it's over
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and you faulted and that's it.
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They've been weeding
through the contestants.
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They are now, as I
mentioned, 2.37 meters
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and both Barshim and Tamberi.
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Both of them clear that bar,
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nobody else now,
it's just the two of them.
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So, this is big deal,
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so the officials come and
they now raise the bar to,
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oh my 2.39 meters.
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How tall is that, Dwight?
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Well, it's seven feet, 10 inches
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plus a hair.
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Oh, boy, these two young men
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and they're
skinny as bean poles,
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but they have been
living for this moment.
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They have been
living. This is the goal.
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This is the goal,
ladies and gentlemen,
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this is what you spend
your life getting ready for.
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And Barshim gets
to go first again
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and he faults.
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They get three tries.
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He does two tries.
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He faults,
Tamberi goes, two tries.
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He faults, faults.
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Now, there's one trial left
and Barshim goes faults again.
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Ah!
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Tamberi knows,
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he is a world
champion high jumper,
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if he can sail over the
bar without touching it.
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And he throws everything into
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that young Italian heart of his,
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and he goes
running and he leaps,
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faults.
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The officials comes over.
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Now, I'm
watching this on the clip.
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And the mobile, the
video cam is right there
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and the official comes
over and he says, all right.
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He says, you both have tied.
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We're gonna have
to have a runoff.
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And it's Barshim who said,
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"Excuse me,
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can we both win the gold?"
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And the official
has a black mascot.
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So, I'm trying hard to hear him
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get close to my
phone to hear him.
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And the official says,
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finally, he thinks about it.
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If you both so decide.
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Barshim looks at Tamberi,
Tamberi looks at Barshim.
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There is no word
exchange between them,
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but in the next
split, split second,
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Tamberi has leaped into the air
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and he is now in
the arms of Barshim
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was holding him
like a little child,
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booed beanpole, little child
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and they are both
yelling and whooping.
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Lets Tamberi down,
Tamberi the camera's just
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dragging him right now and
he's running, he's running.
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And then he falls on the
ground and he starts crying.
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He's crying while he's laughing
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and he's rolling
over, the camera's on him.
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And there's Barshim, he
races over to his coach.
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He's the only
one in the stadium.
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He gets over to the
coach and he burst into tears.
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It's just one of those
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absolutely
unforgettable Olympic moments.
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And it happened
just a few weeks ago
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in Tokyo, Japan.
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Unforgettable.
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When two champions
decide to split the gold,
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to share the gold,
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rather than try to win it solely
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for himself.
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Wow.
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Once upon a time,
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Jesus told a story
about splitting the gold.
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And I wanna share that
story with you right now.
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So, open your Bible
to Matthew Chapter 20,
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come on, you got a Bible.
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Open your Bible to
Matthew Chapter 20.
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I'll be in the New
International Version.
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What a story behind us?
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What a story
right in front of us.
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Matthew Chapter 20,
let's pick it up in verse 1.
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Jesus speaking, red
letter story in my Bible.
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"For the kingdom of
heaven is like a landowner
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who went out
early in the morning
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to hire workers
for his vineyard."
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It is harvest time.
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And when the owner goes
out early in the morning, 5:30,
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oh, he can smell the grapes.
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They are ready to be harvested.
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Hey, we live in a grape
vineyard valley ourselves.
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And in just a few
weeks, the Concorde,
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you're gonna smell
them all over this county.
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Oh, there's no greater smell.
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He said, all
right, this is it, man.
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This is gonna be the harvest.
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So, he jumps into
his pick them up truck
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up and down the
dusty windy roads
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from the farm to
the town at 6:00 AM.
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Sure, sure enough,
there they all are lining up
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migrant workers who need to be,
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who would love to
be employed today.
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So he rolls the window
down and says, "Yo guys,
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you wanna work?
I'll pay you a denarius."
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That was the wage
for a common labor
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for one 12 hour day.
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"I'll pay you a denarius.
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Come on, get in.
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We got grapes to pick."
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And that pickup truck is stuffed
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with workers.
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As the farmer drives back
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and they fan out
over the vineyard
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and here come
those luscious grapes
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down, down, down,
down into the baskets,
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into the baskets.
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At 9 o'clock in the
morning, the owner comes out.
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He sees the
progress on the ground
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and he says,
"Man, oh man, oh man,
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we're not gonna make it.
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I'm gonna need more workers."
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He jumps into
that same pickup truck.
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And here he goes
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about nine in the
morning he went out,
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this is verse 3 of Matthew 20.
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"He went out, Jesus said,
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and he saw others
standing in the marketplace
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doing nothing.
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Hey, he told them,
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'You also go and
work in my vineyard
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and I will pay you
whatever is right."
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Three hours later,
the owner goes back.
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It's noon.
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There is no way Jose that
this is going to get picked
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unless I get more workers.
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Bam, he goes back
into town, there they are.
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He says, "Come on
guys, get in, get in.
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I got work to do."
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That same routine
happens at 3 o'clock.
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That same routine
happens at 5 o'clock,
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one hour until sunset.
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We aren't gonna make
it unless I get more help,
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back into town he goes.
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All right Jesus says
about five in the afternoon
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that earnest and
desperate vineyard owner.
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He went out and he found
still others standing around
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and he asked them,
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"Hey boys, why have you
been standing here all day
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and all day long
you've been doing nothing?"
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"Well, because no
one has hired us,"
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they answered.
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And he said to them,
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"You also go and you
work in my vineyard."
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And so, these workers come back
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and hallelujah with that
last truckload of laborers,
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just as the sun goes
down, it's a 12 hour day.
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Just as the sun goes
down, the harvest is done.
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Hallelujah!
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So, the workers are all
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milling around
the farmhouse now,
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they're waiting for payroll.
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Come on. We worked
hard today, please.
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And finally, the landowner,
he grabs his accountant.
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He says, "Listen,
I want you to go out.
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I want you to do this.
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I want you to do this. Okay.
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I want you to start
with the guys that came,
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the 5 o'clock guys
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and take the payroll
all the way back, please."
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Okay.
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So, the accountant gets out
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and when evening came,
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the owner of the
vineyard said to his foreman,
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this is just
Jesus' corroboration
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that proved that
Dwight's not making it up.
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"Call the workers
and pay them their wages
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beginning with
the last ones hired
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and go going on to the first."
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So, the accountant put
that little metal safe box,
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flips it open.
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He said, "All right,
fellas, step on up, step on up,
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payroll starts right now.
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Hey guys, you guys that
came at 5 o'clock, step on.
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We're gonna start with you today
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and we'll work our way backwards
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if that's okay with you."
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And, so those 5 o'clock
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workers they've
worked for one hour,
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they step up and
the accountant slides
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a denarius
across the little table.
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A denarius!
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Their eyes pop out.
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Their smiles
are from ear to ear.
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You understand?
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They just got paid
for 12 hours of work.
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And they only put in one
hour, oh my, they are rejoicing.
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And the full 12 hour guys
are in the back of the line.
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And they just saw
that and they're going...
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You're not gonna believe this.
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If the first guy got a denarius,
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we're gonna get 12 denarii.
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Oh, they can hardly
wait to get to the front.
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It's coming. It's coming.
It's coming. It's coming.
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And finally, they
come to the front.
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The accountant
says, come on, guys,
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thank you very much, by the way,
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for your 12 hours.
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Well done.
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Here is the
denarius that you agree
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each step forward,
please and take it.
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They don't go quite
postal, but they are furious.
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You can't tell me,
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well, we'll let
Jesus tell us what happens.
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"And when they
received that denarius,
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they began to grumble.
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They began to grumble
against the landowner.
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These who were hired
last worked only one hour,
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they said, and you
have made them equal to us
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who have borne
the burden of the work
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and the heat of the day."
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But he, the owner
obviously stepped down,
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he has this little
bit of ruckus going on,
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but he answered one of them.
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So, it must be the
spokesman of the 12 hour guys.
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Hey, hey, hey, yo, yo, yo,
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I'm not being
unfair to you friend.
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The owner is not mad at anybody.
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He's not trying to be cruel.
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I'm not mad.
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I'm not being
unfair to you my friend.
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"Didn't you agree
to work for denarius?"
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"Well, yeah."
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"Well, then
take your pay and go.
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I wanna give the
one who was hired last
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the same as I gave you.
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Don't I have the right to do
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what I want with my own money
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or are you envious
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because I am generous?
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Churching.
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Are you envious
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because I am generous?"
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I just love that line.
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To me it's strikingly beautiful.
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Do you ever think of God
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as just this most generous
being in the whole universe.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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That God,
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you couldn't get
more generous than this,
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whether you've known God
and you've worked for Him
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all your life,
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or whether you just
came to Him recently
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and have worked for
Him for only an hour,
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it doesn't matter to Him.
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Do you know why it
doesn't matter to Him?
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I'll tell you why it
doesn't matter to Him
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because everyone
is called that's why.
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Everyone is called,
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this theme for a fall fellowship
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here at Andrews University.
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This theme for the faculty,
staff and administration
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of Andrews
University and Andrews Academy
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and Ruth Murdoch
Elementary School.
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What a theme,
whoever picked it, you go.
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Everyone is called.
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It doesn't matter.
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It doesn't matter
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if you've been
working here forever
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or you're joining, come lately,
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everyone is called.
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And by the way, listen,
everyone splits the gold.
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You split the gold.
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You get the same amount.
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Have mercy and that's exactly
what's happening in the story.
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This generous, generous God.
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Yeah, Dwight, come
on, come on, unpack this.
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I mean, please,
what does this mean,
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everyone is called?
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Well, let me read
you another parable.
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I know you've
never heard this one.
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All right.
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So, this is a parable
written by Michael Zigarelli
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and it appeared in
the journal of research
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in Christian Education.
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And it goes like this.
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May I read it in your hearing?
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Once upon a time,
God created a nation,
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that would be the
United States of America.
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Once upon a time,
God created a nation
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and seeded it with
4,146 institutions.
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Last night, I found
out that the number now
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is 6,502
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institutions of higher learning,
00:25:38.67\00:25:41.80
universities,
colleges, seminaries,
00:25:41.84\00:25:44.01
and other
post-secondary schools.
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Why did he see the nation?
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Ah, God did it to
teach His children truth
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and how to apply it rightly,
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but some of these
institutional seeds
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fell on a path and
were stolen by birds
00:25:56.52\00:25:58.85
before they
could ever take root.
00:25:58.89\00:26:00.82
And some of the seeds
fell on rocks and sprang up.
00:26:00.86\00:26:04.23
But then withered
for lack of moisture
00:26:04.26\00:26:06.70
and other seeds
grew amongst thorns
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.40
and were choked to death
before they could flourish.
00:26:09.43\00:26:11.97
And some of God's seeds
though fell on good soil
00:26:12.00\00:26:15.04
and took root and grew strong,
yielding a harvest 100 times
00:26:15.07\00:26:18.67
what was planted.
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.54
What is he talking about?
00:26:20.58\00:26:21.98
He goes on, let
me follow Jesus' lead
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and explain the parable.
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Okay. Here comes
the explanation now.
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The schools on the path
00:26:28.48\00:26:31.29
that the ravens picked up
00:26:31.32\00:26:32.75
are those that were
founded as secular institutions,
00:26:32.79\00:26:36.62
schools stolen away
from God at their nascence.
00:26:36.66\00:26:40.20
And that have never attempted
00:26:40.23\00:26:41.56
to educate people
from God's point of view.
00:26:41.60\00:26:43.77
The schools on the
rocks are those church related
00:26:43.80\00:26:46.90
or historically
Christian schools
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.80
that were founded to honor God.
00:26:48.84\00:26:50.87
And that pursued
this mission for a while,
00:26:50.91\00:26:53.58
but whose weak roots
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.18
caused the
original mission to die.
00:26:55.21\00:26:57.35
Now they are indistinguishable
from secular schools.
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And the schools
amongst the thorns
00:27:02.55\00:27:04.92
are those Christian schools
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.29
that still have an overtly
Christian mission statement.
00:27:06.32\00:27:09.09
But whose mission
has been choked out
00:27:09.12\00:27:11.06
by many factors,
00:27:11.09\00:27:12.56
fear that they will
lose prospective students
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.80
if they are too
overtly Christian.
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.30
Faculty trained
in secular schools
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.37
who cannot or will not teach
from a Christian perspective,
00:27:19.40\00:27:23.81
open admissions policies that
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culminate in a
highly secular student
00:27:25.77\00:27:28.08
culture and so on.
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The thorns are as
diverse as they are deadly.
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Then there are the
schools planted in good soil,
00:27:33.35\00:27:37.19
Christian
institutions fully committed
00:27:37.22\00:27:39.65
to honoring God in all they do,
00:27:39.69\00:27:41.49
where there is a
primacy of spiritual formation
00:27:41.52\00:27:43.93
and education from a
Christian perspective
00:27:43.96\00:27:46.33
and where a faculty members
00:27:46.36\00:27:47.70
endeavor to teaching
right from the same posture.
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.33
As a result,
00:27:50.37\00:27:51.70
these
institutions develop students'
00:27:51.73\00:27:53.84
heart and minds toward the goal
00:27:53.87\00:27:56.60
of graduating students
who are more like Jesus
00:27:56.64\00:27:59.17
than when they first enrolled.
00:27:59.21\00:28:01.14
The legions of alumni
from these good soils schools
00:28:01.18\00:28:03.91
are in their various vocations,
00:28:03.95\00:28:06.28
serving people
and leading change
00:28:06.31\00:28:08.25
in ways that please God,
00:28:08.28\00:28:09.65
as are the faculty
through their scholarly,
00:28:09.68\00:28:12.09
popular press, artistic
00:28:12.12\00:28:14.12
volunteer and practitioner work.
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.22
Indeed, these
schools are yielding
00:28:16.26\00:28:18.36
a harvest 100 times
00:28:18.39\00:28:21.36
what God sowed, the end.
00:28:21.40\00:28:25.17
Hmm. Hmm.
00:28:25.20\00:28:28.50
Two parables.
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.37
Jesus' parable that
reminds us everyone is called
00:28:30.41\00:28:35.21
and Zigarelli's
parable that reminds us
00:28:35.24\00:28:39.61
that everyone is
called to mission.
00:28:39.65\00:28:43.75
In fact, as we went
back to Jesus' parable,
00:28:43.79\00:28:45.92
we find out that's
precisely the point His,
00:28:45.95\00:28:48.19
two parables teaching us
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.83
that when you're called by
the Master of the vineyard,
00:28:50.86\00:28:53.90
you are called to work
with Him in His vineyard.
00:28:53.93\00:28:57.40
That's what it
means to be called,
00:28:57.43\00:29:00.84
to share His mission.
00:29:00.87\00:29:03.27
Yes, you are, Jesus says to you,
00:29:03.30\00:29:05.17
yes I'm talking to you,
boy, I'm talking to you, girl.
00:29:05.21\00:29:07.88
Yes, you are
called, but it is to help Me
00:29:07.91\00:29:10.71
finish My
harvest in My vineyard.
00:29:10.75\00:29:13.48
Now here's the question.
00:29:13.52\00:29:14.85
What is this, this
Michael Zigarelli really
00:29:14.88\00:29:17.55
trying to tell us?
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
Well, let's let
him speak for himself.
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.52
God entrust
students to His universities,
00:29:21.56\00:29:24.26
His universities.
00:29:24.29\00:29:25.63
And I like that
word entrust by the way.
00:29:25.66\00:29:27.70
In a few hours,
this place is going to be
00:29:27.73\00:29:29.20
crawling with students.
00:29:29.23\00:29:30.67
They've already been coming in.
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.60
But I liked that
that notion God entrust.
00:29:32.63\00:29:35.50
Any student who comes here
00:29:35.54\00:29:36.87
has been entrusted by
God to this institution.
00:29:36.91\00:29:39.51
God entrust students to
His universities and calls.
00:29:39.54\00:29:42.64
I like that word calls
00:29:42.68\00:29:44.01
because everyone is called
we're reminding ourselves.
00:29:44.05\00:29:45.98
"And calls the
trustees, administrators,
00:29:46.01\00:29:49.35
faculty, and staff
to be faithful stewards,
00:29:49.38\00:29:51.99
to equip students to
serve with excellence
00:29:52.02\00:29:54.89
in the vocation to
which God calls them."
00:29:54.92\00:29:58.79
Wow. He goes on by the way.
00:29:58.83\00:30:00.96
"It is the role of
the Christian university
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.96
to graduate people
who love what God loves
00:30:03.00\00:30:06.50
and as such are
increasingly becoming
00:30:06.53\00:30:08.80
like Jesus Christ."
00:30:08.84\00:30:11.34
Now look at, I go
out before the service
00:30:11.37\00:30:12.94
begins both services and I kind
of circulate around and I know
00:30:12.97\00:30:16.38
we have parents who are here
with their freshmen children
00:30:16.41\00:30:19.65
sitting beside them right now.
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.48
And I can't think I
ever met some of you.
00:30:21.52\00:30:23.72
I can't think a parent
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.42
think of a parent here
who would say, "No, no,
00:30:25.45\00:30:27.19
I don't care if a university
has that kind of an ambition.
00:30:27.22\00:30:30.99
Are you kidding?"
00:30:31.03\00:30:32.36
There's no parent
alive that doesn't say,
00:30:32.39\00:30:33.73
"No, that's it,
that's it right there.
00:30:33.76\00:30:35.43
That's why we're
sending our children
00:30:35.46\00:30:36.80
to Andrews University.
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.17
'Cause of that, you're
gonna graduate students
00:30:38.20\00:30:40.17
who love what God loves
00:30:40.20\00:30:41.84
and as such are
increasingly becoming
00:30:41.87\00:30:43.67
like Jesus Christ."
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.57
And that's a
no-brainer, isn't it?
00:30:46.61\00:30:48.84
And we're kind of
scratching our mind.
00:30:48.88\00:30:50.21
Well, maybe
that's not what we know,
00:30:50.25\00:30:52.05
of course.
00:30:52.08\00:30:53.42
But Zigarelli
pushes a bit harder
00:30:53.45\00:30:56.69
when he describes the challenge
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.05
of a faith based
university like ours,
00:30:58.09\00:31:00.16
the challenge we face.
00:31:00.19\00:31:01.82
Here we go. These are his words.
00:31:01.86\00:31:03.66
"There are those
Christian schools
00:31:03.69\00:31:06.29
that still have an
overtly Christian."
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.00
I'm gonna say
Adventists. All right?
00:31:08.03\00:31:09.80
And overtly
Adventist mission statement.
00:31:09.83\00:31:12.20
But whose mission
has been choked out
00:31:12.23\00:31:14.20
by many factors,
00:31:14.24\00:31:15.70
fear that they will
lose perspective students
00:31:15.74\00:31:17.87
if they're too
overtly Christian."
00:31:17.91\00:31:20.31
Two Adventists
back off just a little.
00:31:20.34\00:31:24.21
Hmm.
00:31:24.25\00:31:25.61
"Faculty trained
in secular schools
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.42
who cannot, or who choose not
00:31:27.45\00:31:29.75
to teach from a
Christian Adventist perspective.
00:31:29.78\00:31:34.66
Open admissions
policies that culminate
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.83
in a highly
secular student culture
00:31:36.86\00:31:39.46
and so on."
00:31:39.49\00:31:41.56
Whoa, hey listen.
00:31:41.60\00:31:44.53
I've lived
around here long enough,
00:31:44.57\00:31:46.77
just long enough to know
00:31:46.80\00:31:48.54
that we cannot
help on this campus.
00:31:48.57\00:31:50.64
We cannot help,
but feel the pressures
00:31:50.67\00:31:52.91
that the pressures rather
from an essentially godless
00:31:52.94\00:31:56.21
and secular culture out
there that America's become,
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.75
a culture that rules a
day in much of academia today.
00:31:59.78\00:32:02.92
It rules a day in much
of career building today,
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.62
much of socialization,
much of entertainment
00:32:05.65\00:32:08.22
in an essentially
godless and secular culture.
00:32:08.26\00:32:12.06
I understand that.
00:32:12.09\00:32:14.20
There's a sea around us.
00:32:14.23\00:32:17.00
I also
understand that it is tough.
00:32:17.03\00:32:20.70
It is tough
00:32:20.74\00:32:22.07
when you deal with a
generation that doesn't seem
00:32:22.10\00:32:24.34
to enjoy reading
anything lengthy or reasoned.
00:32:24.37\00:32:28.21
That prefers sound bites,
the size of social media posts
00:32:28.24\00:32:31.48
towards education and
struggles to find a way
00:32:31.51\00:32:34.22
to even read scripture,
00:32:34.25\00:32:35.58
let alone apply it
to life and lifestyle.
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.35
Trust me,
you're not the only one
00:32:39.39\00:32:41.86
dealing with
them in your classes,
00:32:41.89\00:32:45.43
every Sabbath.
00:32:45.46\00:32:47.73
So, what do we do now?
00:32:47.76\00:32:51.50
Ah.
00:32:51.53\00:32:52.87
But everyone is called
means, here's the good news.
00:32:52.90\00:32:57.34
Everyone is called
means that we all share.
00:32:57.37\00:33:01.04
It's not on
your shoulders alone,
00:33:01.08\00:33:02.54
it's not on my shoulders alone,
00:33:02.58\00:33:03.91
it's not on
anybody's shoulders alone.
00:33:03.95\00:33:05.28
We all share the
mission of Christ
00:33:05.31\00:33:07.95
to help God connect
with this generation.
00:33:07.98\00:33:11.15
God is so...
00:33:11.19\00:33:12.62
He is so excited about Gen Zers.
00:33:12.65\00:33:16.42
He just loves them to death.
00:33:16.46\00:33:19.09
Gen Zers, this is, He says, guys
00:33:19.13\00:33:21.43
I'm entrusting you
the best on the planet.
00:33:21.46\00:33:25.37
Wow.
00:33:25.40\00:33:26.80
Everyone is called.
00:33:26.84\00:33:28.57
And by the way, by the
way, everyone means every one.
00:33:28.60\00:33:33.98
Everyone means every one.
00:33:34.01\00:33:35.88
We're talking about that
smiling cafeteria worker,
00:33:35.91\00:33:38.11
God bless her.
00:33:38.15\00:33:39.55
We're talking
about that friendly
00:33:39.58\00:33:41.72
custodial employee.
00:33:41.75\00:33:43.15
God bless him.
00:33:43.18\00:33:44.55
We're talking about
that wonderfully helpful
00:33:44.59\00:33:46.82
library assistant.
00:33:46.86\00:33:48.19
God bless them all.
00:33:48.22\00:33:49.62
Everyone means every one.
00:33:49.66\00:33:51.89
You know why?
00:33:51.93\00:33:53.36
It means we are all called.
00:33:53.40\00:33:58.37
I don't care where you are.
00:33:58.40\00:33:59.73
I just attended professors,
00:34:02.97\00:34:06.41
not just the department chairs,
00:34:06.44\00:34:09.84
not just the C suite
leaders on the third floor
00:34:09.88\00:34:13.05
of the Ad building.
00:34:13.08\00:34:14.42
We are all called.
00:34:14.45\00:34:17.29
Right?
00:34:20.39\00:34:21.72
You're thinking,
oh, this is a trick.
00:34:26.06\00:34:27.40
I'm not gonna say yes.
00:34:27.43\00:34:29.36
There's no trick here.
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.20
We are all called
by the Lord Himself.
00:34:31.23\00:34:33.23
The Master of the
vineyard who Himself declares,
00:34:33.27\00:34:36.34
you know, He
says this in Matthew,
00:34:36.37\00:34:37.71
I think is Matthew 10.
00:34:37.74\00:34:39.07
He says,
listen, even if you have
00:34:39.11\00:34:40.44
a student on this campus
and the student comes your way
00:34:40.48\00:34:41.81
and you're in a staff position
out on the periphery somewhere,
00:34:41.84\00:34:44.75
and that student says,
man, I'm just dying of thirst
00:34:44.78\00:34:47.02
and you give him
a drink of water.
00:34:47.05\00:34:48.92
Jesus says you are
gonna be rewarded one day
00:34:48.95\00:34:52.05
for that act of
courtesy and compassion.
00:34:52.09\00:34:55.46
Everybody shares the gold.
00:34:55.49\00:34:58.79
They're not different metals
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.60
for where you
serve on this campus.
00:35:00.63\00:35:02.56
Everybody shares the gold.
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.60
Splits the gold because why?
00:35:05.63\00:35:09.30
We are all called.
00:35:09.34\00:35:10.71
Speaking of worldview, Zigarelli
00:35:10.74\00:35:13.17
writes a Christian worldview
00:35:13.21\00:35:15.81
emphasizes that
00:35:15.84\00:35:17.18
God has a
particular point of view
00:35:17.21\00:35:18.85
about sociology.
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.02
Yep.
00:35:21.05\00:35:22.38
God has a
particular point of view
00:35:22.42\00:35:23.75
about law,
00:35:23.79\00:35:25.12
a particular point of view
about accounting and so forth.
00:35:25.15\00:35:27.46
And God invites us
to embrace that view.
00:35:27.49\00:35:30.16
He has revealed it through both
00:35:30.19\00:35:31.56
the special
revelation of His word.
00:35:31.59\00:35:34.00
So I had a Bible is
where it is and this university
00:35:34.03\00:35:36.93
and the general revelation
of our study of creation,
00:35:36.97\00:35:39.37
for example, our
science discoveries.
00:35:39.40\00:35:42.54
This is all a part of a strategy
00:35:42.57\00:35:44.64
to lead a
transformed life to Jesus.
00:35:44.67\00:35:48.34
So in any given class or
chapel or student affairs,
00:35:48.38\00:35:51.51
or we'd say student life program
00:35:51.55\00:35:52.95
or athletic contest,
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.38
the leader's integrate, inter...
00:35:54.42\00:35:58.12
Let me try that again.
00:35:58.15\00:36:00.26
I haven't graduated yet.
00:36:00.29\00:36:02.49
The leader's integration,
the leader's integration task
00:36:02.52\00:36:05.69
is to bring together
these two types of revelation
00:36:05.73\00:36:09.00
in pursuit of one unified truth.
00:36:09.03\00:36:10.80
Come on, to teach a
theology of nursing.
00:36:10.83\00:36:13.30
Did you understand there's a,
is there a theology of nursing?
00:36:13.34\00:36:15.77
Yep.
00:36:15.80\00:36:17.14
To teach a theology
of political science,
00:36:17.17\00:36:19.07
to teach a theology of resolving
00:36:19.11\00:36:20.78
roommate conflict, a
theology of sportsmanship.
00:36:20.81\00:36:24.51
This practice is primary
to the role of renewing minds,
00:36:24.55\00:36:28.25
and it is a role that
significantly differentiates
00:36:28.28\00:36:31.25
the most effective Christian.
00:36:31.29\00:36:32.79
And I'm saying Adventist schools
00:36:32.82\00:36:34.52
from all the others.
00:36:34.56\00:36:38.43
Does this guy making any sense?
00:36:38.46\00:36:41.36
Yeah.
00:36:41.40\00:36:44.10
And then he makes
this stunning point
00:36:44.13\00:36:45.57
and it's so stunning.
00:36:45.60\00:36:46.94
I find it controversial.
00:36:46.97\00:36:48.30
When I read it, I
said, nah, that's not true.
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.04
That's not true.
It's taken me while.
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.37
I've kind of brewed
it over, reflected on it.
00:36:52.41\00:36:55.94
He's probably right.
00:36:55.98\00:36:58.28
Here it is, "Mounting relativism
00:36:58.31\00:37:01.78
and a socially reinforce
readiness to ignore God."
00:37:01.82\00:37:05.22
So, anything goes,
that's the culture.
00:37:05.25\00:37:07.12
And just listen, just
forget that you know God,
00:37:07.16\00:37:09.02
don't worry about it.
00:37:09.06\00:37:10.53
"Mounting relativism
and a socially reinforced
00:37:10.56\00:37:12.89
readiness to ignore God
make it more urgent than ever
00:37:12.93\00:37:16.36
to develop influential
ambassadors of the faith.
00:37:16.40\00:37:19.17
I love that.
00:37:19.20\00:37:20.54
That's what our students
become once they come here.
00:37:20.57\00:37:22.54
Now, he describes them
00:37:22.57\00:37:24.17
influential and
ambassadors of the faith,
00:37:24.21\00:37:26.74
people of
excellency and integrity
00:37:26.78\00:37:28.94
students who will
be thought leaders,
00:37:28.98\00:37:30.81
culture shapers,"
00:37:30.85\00:37:32.18
we call them
world changes, don't we?
00:37:32.21\00:37:33.58
"Compassionate
servants and living witnesses
00:37:33.62\00:37:36.28
who inspire
others to return to God."
00:37:36.32\00:37:39.02
Now so far so good.
00:37:39.05\00:37:40.39
Do you have any
problem with this?
00:37:40.42\00:37:42.22
Nobody has any problem at all.
00:37:42.26\00:37:43.59
Here comes the
controversial line.
00:37:43.63\00:37:45.03
Just a sentence.
00:37:48.73\00:37:50.07
None of God's other
institutions, all right?
00:37:53.67\00:37:56.20
So none of God's
other institutions
00:37:56.24\00:37:59.27
he's gonna say can
do it like we do it.
00:37:59.31\00:38:04.68
None of God's
other institutions,
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.68
not the family,
00:38:06.72\00:38:08.85
not the local
church, whoa, whoa,
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.92
timeout, timeout, timeout.
00:38:10.95\00:38:12.35
What do you mean
not the local church?
00:38:12.39\00:38:13.72
Don't you understand?
00:38:13.76\00:38:15.09
I heard this from Bill
Hybels don't you understand
00:38:15.12\00:38:16.62
that the local church is
the largest organization,
00:38:16.66\00:38:18.49
the most
influential organization
00:38:18.53\00:38:19.89
on this planet
composed totally of volunteers.
00:38:19.93\00:38:23.73
Don't you tell me
that the local church
00:38:23.77\00:38:26.13
is not influential.
00:38:26.17\00:38:28.77
He said, calm down,
calm down, calm down.
00:38:28.80\00:38:33.31
Notice what I said before.
00:38:33.34\00:38:34.84
To develop influential
ambassadors of the faith,
00:38:40.98\00:38:44.12
people of excellency
00:38:44.15\00:38:45.75
and integrity, who
will be thought leaders,
00:38:45.79\00:38:47.59
culture shapers, world changers,
00:38:47.62\00:38:49.09
compassionate
servants, and living witnesses
00:38:49.12\00:38:50.79
who inspire
others to return to God.
00:38:50.83\00:38:52.79
He says, I stand by my point.
00:38:52.83\00:38:54.63
None of God's
other institutions,
00:38:54.66\00:38:56.50
not the family,
not the local church,
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.53
not the media and not the state
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.10
are better
positioned than this university
00:39:01.14\00:39:03.57
to fulfill this role
00:39:03.61\00:39:06.57
right now.
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.94
This university,
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.95
all of you picking up on
this, but this university
00:39:10.98\00:39:14.58
has a high, high calling.
00:39:14.62\00:39:18.12
And there's no other institution
00:39:18.15\00:39:20.26
on this planet that can do
00:39:20.29\00:39:21.62
what God has called
this university to do.
00:39:21.66\00:39:23.69
What this academy to do,
00:39:23.73\00:39:25.09
Ruth Murdoch to
do, it doesn't matter.
00:39:25.13\00:39:29.10
And then the little lady,
00:39:29.13\00:39:33.23
the American
writer that raised up
00:39:33.27\00:39:36.20
our predecessor of
Battle Creek College.
00:39:36.24\00:39:39.81
And then in 1900 or
1901, He said, listen,
00:39:39.84\00:39:42.21
move down to Berrien Springs,
build something down there.
00:39:42.24\00:39:45.21
We'll just give up
where we were here.
00:39:45.25\00:39:48.48
Ellen White,
00:39:48.52\00:39:50.55
she agrees with Zigarelli.
00:39:50.59\00:39:55.59
Watch this.
00:39:55.62\00:39:57.26
"A sacred
influence should go forth
00:39:57.29\00:39:59.39
from our college."
00:39:59.43\00:40:00.76
Okay? She's
talking about Battle Creek.
00:40:00.80\00:40:02.66
"Should go
forth from our college
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.77
to meet the moral
darkness existing everywhere
00:40:04.80\00:40:07.50
in this sea of godlessness
in the secular culture.
00:40:07.54\00:40:12.27
I saw that it, our college
00:40:12.31\00:40:14.78
would be one of
the greatest means
00:40:14.81\00:40:17.78
ordained of God for
the salvation of souls."
00:40:17.81\00:40:21.95
That's it. Nobody
can do it like you.
00:40:21.98\00:40:25.92
Don't you let anybody,
00:40:25.95\00:40:27.29
don't you let a parent,
don't you let a trustee member,
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.96
don't you let nobody tell you
00:40:29.99\00:40:33.16
that you are in a position
to do what no one else can do.
00:40:33.19\00:40:38.17
Everyone in this
institution is called to do
00:40:38.20\00:40:41.70
what nobody can
do quite like this.
00:40:41.74\00:40:45.57
Wow.
00:40:45.61\00:40:46.94
In other words,
here's where we're going.
00:40:52.65\00:40:56.85
God has
positioned our three campuses
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.72
to have maximal
kingdom influence
00:40:59.75\00:41:02.29
on the students that
are descending upon us
00:41:02.32\00:41:04.26
in just a few hours,
maximal kingdom influence.
00:41:04.29\00:41:08.56
Nobody and I mean
nobody is better positioned
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.83
to fulfill God's
role than this university.
00:41:11.87\00:41:14.27
And everybody that makes
this university what it is,
00:41:14.30\00:41:16.37
the administration,
the faculty, the staff,
00:41:16.40\00:41:19.07
nobody, nobody can
make the difference
00:41:19.11\00:41:24.51
that God is calling us to make.
00:41:24.55\00:41:29.22
Come work for Me, Jesus says.
00:41:29.25\00:41:31.92
You come work with
Me, for Me in My vineyard.
00:41:31.95\00:41:36.36
You do understand
00:41:39.66\00:41:41.00
this is the highest mission
00:41:41.03\00:41:42.36
anybody can have on this planet.
00:41:42.40\00:41:44.10
Do you understand that?
00:41:44.13\00:41:45.57
It's the highest
mission and you got it
00:41:45.60\00:41:49.77
'cause everybody is called.
00:41:49.80\00:41:52.67
Some of the manuscripts
for Matthew Chapter 20
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.31
ends Jesus'
parable with a sentence
00:41:58.38\00:42:00.22
newer translations have omitted.
00:42:00.25\00:42:03.12
That's okay.
00:42:03.15\00:42:04.75
Because as it turns out,
00:42:04.79\00:42:06.12
Jesus uses that same
sentence in Matthew Chapter 22
00:42:06.15\00:42:09.99
and all
translations carry this sentence
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.73
and you know the sentence well.
00:42:11.76\00:42:13.09
So I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.46
Everybody knows
this, "Many are called,
00:42:14.50\00:42:16.26
but few are chosen."
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.00
Wow.
00:42:19.03\00:42:20.37
I heard a preacher once get
up and preach on this very text.
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.60
And he said many are
called, but a few are frozen.
00:42:22.64\00:42:27.11
He said, some
churches are so cold
00:42:27.14\00:42:28.78
that you can ice
skate down the center aisle.
00:42:28.81\00:42:30.88
That's not this
church. That's not this campus.
00:42:34.02\00:42:36.99
Oh, maybe
sometimes we get frozen.
00:42:37.02\00:42:38.89
We get frozen
out of our mission,
00:42:38.92\00:42:40.36
but hey,
00:42:40.39\00:42:41.76
now Jesus said many are called,
00:42:41.79\00:42:44.83
but few are chosen.
00:42:44.86\00:42:46.19
What are you saying, Lord Jesus?
00:42:46.23\00:42:47.56
And He says, here's what I mean,
00:42:47.60\00:42:49.06
not everybody I call says yes
00:42:49.10\00:42:53.54
to My call.
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.30
That's the deal.
00:42:55.34\00:42:56.67
Oh.
00:42:59.81\00:43:01.14
Jesus did.
00:43:04.18\00:43:06.28
He said yes to God's call,
you know where it ended Him up?
00:43:06.31\00:43:08.95
On a cross.
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.32
Can you believe that?
00:43:10.35\00:43:11.69
The master of the vineyard
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.86
is nailed to a tree
00:43:13.89\00:43:17.93
outside the camp.
00:43:17.96\00:43:20.23
And when He is
begging for water,
00:43:20.26\00:43:25.47
all they give Him
00:43:25.50\00:43:27.27
is stale grape vinegar
00:43:27.30\00:43:31.17
to slake His thirst.
00:43:31.21\00:43:33.68
The master of the vineyard gets
00:43:33.71\00:43:36.78
five day old grape vinegar.
00:43:36.81\00:43:40.42
Yep.
00:43:40.45\00:43:41.78
But that same
master of the vineyard
00:43:46.32\00:43:48.76
who now with nail
scars forever and ever said,
00:43:48.79\00:43:51.69
I've called you.
00:43:51.73\00:43:53.66
I've called
you. I've called you.
00:43:53.70\00:43:56.36
I've called you.
00:43:56.40\00:43:57.87
Everyone is called
00:43:57.90\00:44:00.10
and I'm begging you please
00:44:00.14\00:44:02.80
say yes to My call.
00:44:02.84\00:44:06.21
Many are called,
00:44:06.24\00:44:09.44
but few are chosen.
00:44:09.48\00:44:12.58
Phew!
00:44:12.61\00:44:14.65
Why did He do it?
00:44:14.68\00:44:16.02
To save the likes of you and me.
00:44:16.05\00:44:17.39
Of course, He came to
seek and save the lost.
00:44:17.42\00:44:18.89
He wants to save
the entire planet.
00:44:18.92\00:44:20.46
If He can find a way He
will save the entire planet
00:44:20.49\00:44:23.83
if the entire
planet says yes to Him.
00:44:23.86\00:44:26.56
So He invites us to do the same,
00:44:26.59\00:44:28.20
go to the cross for My mission.
00:44:28.23\00:44:31.60
Join My mission.
00:44:31.63\00:44:33.20
Work beside Me.
00:44:33.23\00:44:34.97
Pray the prayer,
Jesus help me this new year.
00:44:35.00\00:44:37.41
Some kids are
gonna walk into my space,
00:44:37.44\00:44:40.28
some kids are
gonna walk into my space.
00:44:40.31\00:44:42.34
Help me to know
00:44:42.38\00:44:43.71
if that's the one
you need me to lead,
00:44:43.75\00:44:46.28
point to You.
00:44:46.31\00:44:48.25
Just give me just
enough presence of mind
00:44:48.28\00:44:52.02
to be myself and
just love on them.
00:44:52.05\00:44:55.92
And then let them
know I'm loving you
00:44:55.96\00:44:57.39
because Jesus loves you.
00:44:57.43\00:44:59.36
And if you don't know Jesus,
00:44:59.39\00:45:01.36
I'm here this year to
help you get to know Him.
00:45:01.40\00:45:05.00
To help you do that with your
00:45:05.03\00:45:08.00
students who are soon
to step into your space
00:45:08.04\00:45:10.77
this year,
00:45:10.81\00:45:12.54
we're bringing
in a young preacher.
00:45:12.57\00:45:14.74
I'm pretty excited about this.
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.11
His name is Richie Halverson.
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.48
He's a great preacher.
00:45:17.51\00:45:19.98
He's coming in here.
00:45:20.02\00:45:22.08
And the theme
of his week with us
00:45:22.12\00:45:24.95
from October 1
through October 10,
00:45:24.99\00:45:27.32
two Sabbaths,
he'll be in this pulpit.
00:45:27.36\00:45:29.82
Here's this theme. The
darkness will not overcome.
00:45:29.86\00:45:35.53
Guy has a story to tell,
00:45:35.56\00:45:38.70
but it is out of his experience
00:45:38.73\00:45:41.60
that he has a testimony to share
00:45:41.64\00:45:45.31
that will help other young lives
00:45:45.34\00:45:48.24
come to Jesus.
00:45:48.28\00:45:49.61
Some of you say, well, you know,
00:45:49.64\00:45:50.98
I'm just not really real good
00:45:51.01\00:45:52.35
about talking about
Jesus with my students.
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.92
That's fine.
00:45:53.95\00:45:56.05
Send your students to
Richie Halvorson Friday,
00:45:56.08\00:45:58.99
October 1 in this space,
00:45:59.02\00:46:04.23
and let somebody help you.
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.80
That's why we exist.
00:46:06.83\00:46:08.30
Everyone is called.
00:46:08.33\00:46:10.30
Everyone doesn't have to preach.
00:46:10.33\00:46:11.67
Everyone doesn't have to
teach, but everybody's called,
00:46:11.70\00:46:15.27
all of us.
00:46:15.30\00:46:16.64
So, I repeat.
00:46:19.37\00:46:22.88
It doesn't get
any better than that.
00:46:22.91\00:46:25.25
It just doesn't get
any better than that.
00:46:25.28\00:46:29.88
We all, ooh, come on.
00:46:29.92\00:46:32.62
We all share the gold.
00:46:32.65\00:46:35.22
We're gonna split it.
00:46:35.26\00:46:36.86
We're gonna split
the gold, everybody here.
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.93
Would you like to
re-enlist for your mission
00:46:40.96\00:46:44.23
in this place,
00:46:44.27\00:46:46.07
maybe live outside this place,
00:46:46.10\00:46:48.17
but you re-enlist
for where you live,
00:46:48.20\00:46:49.67
where you work.
00:46:49.70\00:46:52.24
Let's say yes to Jesus.
00:46:52.27\00:46:54.24
Now we've always
come to this moment
00:46:54.28\00:46:55.61
here at Andrews University.
00:46:55.64\00:46:56.98
We've been
doing this since 2013,
00:46:57.01\00:46:58.78
I do believe, so
this is our ninth time.
00:46:58.81\00:47:02.42
At the end of this
moment, we say, okay,
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.52
let's sign up.
00:47:05.55\00:47:06.89
And so you see all these,
this is just four of them.
00:47:06.92\00:47:10.53
One got removed
00:47:10.56\00:47:11.89
because we
turned it into the one
00:47:11.93\00:47:13.26
that's overhead now.
00:47:13.29\00:47:14.63
But when COVID hit
last year, you remember
00:47:14.66\00:47:16.10
that's the one right there.
00:47:16.13\00:47:17.47
We had a texting. We
just texted in our names.
00:47:17.50\00:47:19.23
Oh man, well, it's okay.
It's better than nothing.
00:47:19.27\00:47:22.60
Here's what we're
going to do. Watch this.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.94
So here's your
worship bulletin, right?
00:47:24.97\00:47:26.57
This is what you got.
00:47:26.61\00:47:27.94
And by the way, if you
did not get one of these,
00:47:27.98\00:47:29.34
there's a tear-off on the bottom
00:47:29.38\00:47:30.71
and you're gonna want
to have that tear-off.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.21
Trust me, because
we're gonna paste them
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.08
all over.
00:47:34.12\00:47:35.45
And then this will
go to the new students
00:47:35.48\00:47:36.82
Friday night and
they'll get a chance
00:47:36.85\00:47:38.19
with another color paper
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.55
to also make a
decision like you.
00:47:39.59\00:47:40.92
But if you
didn't get one of these,
00:47:40.96\00:47:43.12
five of you came
with just one person,
00:47:43.16\00:47:44.49
hold your hand up.
00:47:44.53\00:47:45.86
Ushers are coming right now.
00:47:45.89\00:47:47.23
Hold your hand
up, in the balcony
00:47:47.26\00:47:48.60
hold your hand up.
00:47:48.63\00:47:49.96
In the back of this
church hold your hand up.
00:47:50.00\00:47:51.33
You want one of
these. Deacons, thank you.
00:47:51.37\00:47:52.70
Look in the back.
00:47:52.73\00:47:54.07
We need some
deacons in the back.
00:47:54.10\00:47:55.44
Thank you.
00:47:55.47\00:47:56.81
Just hold your hand up
and then just tear this off.
00:47:56.84\00:47:58.94
I would write your name first.
00:47:58.97\00:48:00.61
It's easy to write and
then tear your name off.
00:48:00.64\00:48:02.94
Just tear. It
just tears right off.
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.88
And here's what we're gonna do.
00:48:05.91\00:48:07.32
No fanfare.
00:48:07.35\00:48:08.98
I'm gonna invite you
once you write your name down,
00:48:09.02\00:48:14.92
I'm gonna invite
you to come forward.
00:48:14.96\00:48:16.29
Here's what
we're gonna do today.
00:48:16.32\00:48:17.66
We're gonna come
up the side aisles
00:48:17.69\00:48:19.13
and go down the center,
00:48:19.16\00:48:20.50
just come up the
side aisle and go down.
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.96
This way, it's
not just me texting
00:48:23.00\00:48:24.93
and just me and Jesus.
00:48:24.97\00:48:26.30
No, this is now me
and you and Jesus together
00:48:26.33\00:48:29.47
making this commitment.
00:48:29.50\00:48:30.84
I hope you will.
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.31
And so, without any further ado,
00:48:33.34\00:48:36.44
I'm gonna ask somebody who's
00:48:36.48\00:48:37.81
already
scribbled down your name.
00:48:37.85\00:48:39.18
Have you already
got it down? Come on up.
00:48:39.21\00:48:40.55
Come on up.
00:48:40.58\00:48:41.92
God bless you.
Yeah, just come here.
00:48:41.95\00:48:43.59
Drop there,
there's first service.
00:48:43.62\00:48:45.85
They're ahead of you,
but you're joining them.
00:48:45.89\00:48:48.96
Just drop it down. That's it.
00:48:48.99\00:48:51.43
This is not an emotional moment.
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.80
This is a moment
where I'm saying,
00:48:53.83\00:48:55.16
hey, sign me back up
master of the vineyard.
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.07
You bet I'm
working for you this year.
00:48:57.10\00:48:59.07
That's what we're saying. Yeah.
00:48:59.10\00:49:00.44
I get into the back
of that pickup truck
00:49:00.47\00:49:01.90
and I'm going to your
vineyard and guess what?
00:49:01.94\00:49:03.87
This is the vineyard
and I will do this for you.
00:49:03.91\00:49:06.74
If you're a
public school teacher,
00:49:06.78\00:49:08.58
I'm gonna invite you
to come forward right now.
00:49:08.61\00:49:10.55
If you're a homeschool teacher,
00:49:10.58\00:49:12.05
I'm gonna invite
you to come forward.
00:49:12.08\00:49:13.52
Private school, not
here, you come forward.
00:49:13.55\00:49:16.35
You're a friend of Jesus
00:49:16.38\00:49:18.09
and Jesus has you
where He needs you.
00:49:18.12\00:49:20.46
And so, come on forward. Okay.
00:49:20.49\00:49:22.42
So we're going down
the center aisle, folks.
00:49:22.46\00:49:24.09
Go down the center aisle,
00:49:24.13\00:49:25.49
in that way you
won't bump into the people
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
that are coming
back up your direction.
00:49:26.90\00:49:30.40
God bless you.
00:49:30.43\00:49:31.77
And we'll paste all of these.
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.50
And in a few weeks,
it'll hang on that space,
00:49:33.54\00:49:36.10
that empty space of the wall.
00:49:36.14\00:49:38.01
When we're out,
when we're through,
00:49:38.04\00:49:39.94
we're gonna stand together.
00:49:39.97\00:49:41.58
Read a short litany
led by our president,
00:49:41.61\00:49:44.78
Andrea Luxton,
00:49:44.81\00:49:46.15
and she'll lead us in
a prayer of dedication.
00:49:46.18\00:49:49.38
Well, come on. Let's
sing a stanza to that.
00:49:49.42\00:49:51.85
Jesus, keep me near the cross
00:50:05.97\00:50:11.87
There a precious fountain
00:50:11.91\00:50:17.25
Free to all, a healing stream
00:50:17.28\00:50:22.95
Flows from Calvary's mountain
00:50:22.98\00:50:28.86
In the cross, in the cross
00:50:28.89\00:50:34.76
Be my glory ever
00:50:34.80\00:50:40.44
Till my raptured soul shall find
00:50:40.47\00:50:46.31
Rest beyond
00:50:46.34\00:50:49.01
The river
00:50:49.04\00:50:54.12
I'm gonna get this invitation
on a microphone, please.
00:50:54.15\00:50:56.72
If you're in the balcony,
come on down from the balcony.
00:50:56.75\00:50:58.92
Some of you are in the
youth chapel right now.
00:50:58.95\00:51:00.86
Come from the youth chapel.
00:51:00.89\00:51:02.22
Just bring that
little stub with you.
00:51:02.26\00:51:03.83
Drop it in the
basket as everyone's doing
00:51:03.86\00:51:06.46
and say yes to the
master of the vineyard,
00:51:06.49\00:51:08.83
partnering this new year.
00:51:08.86\00:51:11.50
Gentlemen, please.
00:51:11.53\00:51:15.40
Near the cross, a trembling soul
00:51:15.44\00:51:20.91
Love and mercy found me
00:51:20.94\00:51:26.21
There the
bright and Morning Star
00:51:26.25\00:51:31.59
Sheds its beams around me
00:51:31.62\00:51:37.59
In the cross, in the cross
00:51:37.63\00:51:43.37
Be my glory ever
00:51:43.40\00:51:49.30
Till my raptured soul shall find
00:51:49.34\00:51:54.84
Rest beyond
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.51
The river
00:51:57.55\00:52:01.28
All right. Sing along.
00:52:01.32\00:52:03.42
They're still coming.
Let's do another stanza.
00:52:03.45\00:52:05.95
Near the cross! O Lamb of God
00:52:05.99\00:52:11.69
Bring its scenes before me
00:52:11.73\00:52:17.70
Help me walk from day to day
00:52:17.73\00:52:23.67
With its shadow
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.74
o'er me
00:52:26.78\00:52:30.05
In the cross, in the cross
00:52:30.08\00:52:35.95
Be my glory
00:52:35.98\00:52:39.25
Ever
00:52:39.29\00:52:42.56
Till my raptured
00:52:42.59\00:52:45.69
soul shall find
00:52:45.73\00:52:48.70
Rest beyond
00:52:48.73\00:52:51.37
The river
00:52:51.40\00:52:55.07
Chorus, one more time
00:52:55.10\00:52:56.84
In the cross,
00:52:56.87\00:53:00.61
In the cross
00:53:00.64\00:53:03.55
Be my glory
00:53:03.58\00:53:06.82
Ever
00:53:06.85\00:53:10.45
Till my raptured
00:53:10.49\00:53:13.62
soul shall find
00:53:13.66\00:53:16.99
Rest beyond
00:53:17.03\00:53:19.79
the river
00:53:19.83\00:53:24.17
Oh, what a beautiful
testimony to the Lord Jesus
00:53:28.04\00:53:31.87
who looks at this basket
00:53:31.91\00:53:34.24
and He smiles at
the Father and Gabriel.
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.55
He says,
00:53:37.58\00:53:38.91
"This is the year.
00:53:38.95\00:53:40.82
This year."
00:53:40.85\00:53:44.09
I'm gonna invite
President Luxton to come
00:53:44.12\00:53:47.42
and lead us in our litany.
00:53:47.46\00:53:48.82
If you have this little bulletin
00:53:48.86\00:53:50.49
that you tore off from,
00:53:50.53\00:53:51.86
you see on the
backside new year dedication
00:53:51.89\00:53:54.36
based on the theme text
00:53:54.40\00:53:55.73
for this weekend, Isaiah 43.
00:53:55.76\00:53:57.73
Thank you very much.
00:54:00.94\00:54:02.27
And if you'll join me and read
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what is in the bold print.
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Here now God's promise for
a second pandemic New Year.
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Do not fear, for I
have redeemed you...
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I have summoned you by name,
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you are Mine.
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Who is this with so bold
a promise for this campus?
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I am the Lord your God,
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the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior.
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But why would He so
graciously promise this to us?
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Because you are precious
and honored in My sight,
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and I love you.
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And then how
broad is His assurance?
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I will bring your
children from the east
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and gather them from the west.
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My sons from afar
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and my daughters from
the ends of the earth.
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And what will he do
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for this
university and her children
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I have called you by My name.
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See I will do a new thing.
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Then it is well,
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that we dedicate
ourselves to Him this day.
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Let us pray.
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Our Lord and our God,
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we approach this new year with
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optimism and yet apprehension.
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There are around 700 of us.
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We work at Ruth Murdoch,
we work at Andrews Academy,
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we work at the Crayon Box,
00:55:48.04\00:55:50.85
Griggs International Academy.
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One of our
partners on this campus,
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Bon Appetit, dynamic campus,
00:55:56.65\00:55:59.15
Barnes and Noble,
00:55:59.19\00:56:01.46
and we are at
Andrews University.
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But, Lord,
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all of us are called by You.
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And as we
approach this new year,
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the optimism
and the apprehension
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joined together,
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as we partner with You.
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And today we
commit every one of us
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to work with You,
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to represent You,
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to accept our
individual callings,
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to make this a place
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where every
student that comes here
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will be transformed,
00:56:39.79\00:56:42.56
will find something new,
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a newness of
deeper experience with You
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because of what
we do through You.
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Lord, bless us, be with us.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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The fact is, as everyone
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So if God has blessed you
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and you'd like to further
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And may the God
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continue to pour into your life
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the gifts of His
joy and His hope.
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Thank you.
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And I'm looking
forward to seeing you,
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right here, again, next time.
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