Hello, and welcome
to Camp Meeting 2007,
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our spring camp meeting
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here in beautiful
Thompsonville, Illinois.
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And we welcome all of
you who are present in house
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and those who are
watching from around the world.
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We've had a good
time, have we not, thus far?
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We've had good seminars
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this morning from Steve Darmody,
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and our own Shelley Quinn.
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And this particular sitting
will be nonetheless spiritual
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and anointed by
God as our speaker is
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our own Elder Kenneth Cox.
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How many heard
him on last evening?
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Powerful message,
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powerful message
on so many levels,
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you could get that
on so many, many levels.
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He had so much to
say to us as individuals,
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to us at 3ABN, to
the church at large,
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to the world family
and anointed method.
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One of the things
that we can say about
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Elder Kenneth Cox is
that he is worth listening to.
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Now when I say that,
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I mean, he is worth listening to
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because he is a man of God
who brings the Word of God.
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We don't need to hear
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in these last days
of the words of men.
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We don't need to hear
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the machinations
of the mind of men.
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What we need is a
clear word from the Lord.
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And I'm convicted that
every time Elder Cox speaks,
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he speaks a clear
word from the Lord.
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And that is what is so
needed in these last days.
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So we welcome you, and
we thank you for coming.
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I think it is good to
start off with prayer.
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So let's bow our
heads just now as we open up
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this particular
sitting with a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we
thank You and praise You,
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because You are so good to us,
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because Christ
came to die for us,
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and because
Christ now lives for us
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and ministers for us
and gives us of His grace.
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We thank You for men and women
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who have dedicated
their lives to You.
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We thank You for
ears to hear, eyes to see,
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and hearts to feel the
presence and power of God.
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And we asked for that presence
and power to be made manifest
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in this place during
this particular sermon
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as we listen to Your
words from Your man servant.
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Bless us now, Lord, and
feed us and we thank You
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Just before Elder Cox comes,
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Dona Klein has
two pieces of music
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that will flank the
sermon one before and one after.
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I think at first
we're going to hear
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"At the Foot of
the Cross," Dona?
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And then after the message
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"At the Lighthouse."
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Beautiful
organist, beautiful person
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who has been with
the Kenneth Cox Ministry
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so very, very long.
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I found out just yesterday
that she also gives haircuts.
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She said she
was going to give me
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a cut and blow dry I think.
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And I said that would
indeed be something to see.
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Dona Klein.
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Thank you, Dona.
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Appreciate that very much.
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I have a question for you, Dona.
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When you do CA's hair,
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what you're going
to use, a washcloth?
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Give him before the cut.
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Okay.
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Well, we're happy
that all of you are here.
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Appreciate you being here.
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Let me explain to begin with.
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This is not a
preaching service, folks.
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It's not what this
is, this is a seminar.
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And that's what
it's going to be.
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It's going to be a seminar
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in which we're going to
teach you how to win souls.
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That's the
purpose of the seminar.
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And so it's a
teaching process here.
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And that's what
we're going to be doing
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today and tomorrow.
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I like to start out
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by telling you of an experience.
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Been probably
seven, eight years ago now.
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A little lady called me up.
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Her husband had been
a minister in Alaska.
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He had died.
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And she had moved
to Lancaster, Ohio.
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She called me up and she said,
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"Brother Cox, I
want to do something to
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try to win people to Christ.
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I want to do
something to win souls."
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And she said,
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"I'd like to have some
videotapes to do that."
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Then I said, "Fine.
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How many sets would you like?"
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And she said, "I'd
like to have five."
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Five sets to work with people.
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But she said, "I
can't pay for them."
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She said, "I want
you to lend them to me."
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And she said, "I
can't afford them."
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She said, "I can't pay for them.
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Would you lend them to me?"
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And I said, "Well,
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who are you going
to use them with?"
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And she said,
"Well, I'm going to try
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and follow up
literature evangelist interest,
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where they have an
interest, I'm going to go in
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and try to give
them some studies."
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And I said...
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Her name is Freda Shorts.
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And I said, "Freda,
I'll tell you what,"
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and I didn't know
Freda from anybody.
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I said, "I'll lend
you five sets of tapes
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on the basis that you
will call me every month,
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and tell me how it's going.
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You have to call me and tell me
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how many Bible studies
or studies you're given,
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and how it's going every month."
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And she said,
"Okay, I will do that."
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And so I sent her five sets,
and she called me and told me
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how it was going,
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it seemed to be
going quite well.
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And one day she
called me and she said,
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"Brother Cox, I'd
really like to do more."
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She said, "I'd like
to have more studies."
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And she said, "I
need more videos."
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And I said, "Well,
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how many more
videos do you want?"
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And she said, "I
want five more sets."
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And I said, "Well,
can you use that many?"
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And she said, "Yes,
I can use that many."
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And so we sent
her another five sets.
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The church in
Lancaster, Ohio, folks,
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had 14 members.
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That's how many
members were in the church.
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And she began to share
the videos with people.
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We worked out a system
for her to find interest.
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She was giving...
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Now this lady was in her
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late 50s, early 60s.
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And she was giving,
I'm talking about one lady,
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90 Bible studies a week.
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Ninety Bible
studies a week, one woman.
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Now let me take it farther.
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Not only was she giving
90 Bible studies a week,
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she's a registered nurse
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and was working full time,
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okay?
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Working full time
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and giving 90
Bible studies a week.
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She has continued to
do that over the years.
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The little church in Lancaster,
Ohio now has 140 members.
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Most of them are
the results of her work.
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Okay? I'm not
talking about Africa.
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I'm not talking about India.
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I'm not talking
about South America.
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I'm talking about North America.
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You know, I have people say,
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"Well, you
can't win souls here."
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Wrong!
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You can win souls here.
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It just takes somebody
who is willing to do it.
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Someone who is
willing to dedicate
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their life and
their time to doing it.
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And if they will do
that, God will use them.
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But that is what is
necessary for it to take place.
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And so I'm going to share
with you in the next two days,
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ways in which you can
share with other people
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and how you can
win people to Christ.
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Ellen White tells us that
soul winning is a science.
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It is.
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And if you follow the rules
that there is in soul winning,
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you will see soul
saved in the kingdom.
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That will happen,
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but it requires
that you're willing,
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requires that you're
willing to take that step
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to do it, okay?
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So those of you
here and I hope my way,
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probably, my faith
was not strong enough.
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But we're going to be
sharing out of the manual.
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I'm going to be
going through this manual,
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so which you have
it in written form.
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If you and I put
strong emphasis on this,
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if you are interested,
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I'm not asking you
if you just like to know
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I'm saying if you are interested
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in dedicating your time
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and your efforts in all
to winning people to Christ.
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You're willing to
take it and use it,
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then I want you
to raise your hand,
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we'll give you a manual.
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But please do not take a manual
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if you're not
willing to take the time
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and effort to do it, okay?
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So that's very, very important.
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If you're
willing to take the time
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and the effort,
well, then raise your hand,
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they'll give you a manual here.
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We may not have enough.
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I've got this one.
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If we run out, we will try
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to have some made by tomorrow.
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So we can give you
the rest of you manuals
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that would like to have them.
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The best way that we have found
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to win souls
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is to have something
that you can give them
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and work with them.
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And we use
videotapes to do that.
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That's what we use.
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And what I have up
here on the platform
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are sets of videotapes.
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These are sets of videotapes.
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These three here are sets
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that go through
the complete message
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that cover all the messages.
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These are on DVDs.
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And so that's what's here.
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And each DVD has
two presentations on it.
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There are a total of
28 presentations in a set.
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That's what
these three sets are.
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And any one of them will work,
doesn't make any difference
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which one you're using.
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They all will work.
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We have a couple
small sets that we recommend
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that are used as follow up.
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By that I mean,
if somebody has gone
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through this complete
set, and they've there,
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then you might
want to share with them
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one of the small
sets that's follow up.
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This one's called
"God's Extreme Makeover,"
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which basically deals
with practical godliness.
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That's the purpose of it.
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It is practical godliness.
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How do I live a
Christian life day by day?
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That's what that's about.
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We have one other
here, and this one's entitled
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"What is Jesus Doing Now?"
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And this deals with
Christ in the sanctuary.
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So this is all on the sanctuary,
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and around that.
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And so those are two
small sets that deal with things
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that would be helpful to them
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in understanding the
Word of God and following it.
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This is what we use.
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Okay.
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Let me take a few
minutes to talk to you about
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how do I find somebody...
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how do I find somebody
to share the message with.
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Okay?
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Well, one way in
which you can find people
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is simply get you a
piece of paper and a pencil.
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Okay?
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And get on your knees and pray,
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and ask God to
bring to your mind,
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people that you could
share the message with.
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And as the Lord brings
those names to your mind,
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write them down.
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Just that simple.
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And then all you have to
do is go to them and tell them
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that you've been
looking at some DVDs
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on Bible prophecy that
you've enjoyed greatly.
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You thought
they might enjoy one.
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Would they like to
look at one to see?
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Share it with them.
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It's all in the to-do.
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That's one way in
which you can get people
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to share it with.
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Another way and this
is what free to use a lot
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and that is we have a
mailer that we mail out.
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And it just comes
to the people's home,
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and it invites them
to look at the videos,
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tells them about it.
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And then they mail
this card back in saying
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they would like
to look at the video,
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and you just simply
take it to their house.
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That's the other way.
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And...
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how should I say this?
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The response that you get
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from this card varies,
00:17:30.95\00:17:36.05
and it varies according
to the economic strata.
00:17:36.08\00:17:41.96
Do you understand
what I mean by that?
00:17:41.99\00:17:44.39
The wealthier the less response,
00:17:44.43\00:17:49.70
just simply works that way.
00:17:49.73\00:17:51.83
And so if you
want a better response,
00:17:51.87\00:17:55.40
well, then don't mail
it to that part of town
00:17:55.44\00:17:57.61
where they have a lot of wealth.
00:17:57.64\00:18:01.14
But anyhow, if under
normal circumstances,
00:18:01.18\00:18:05.81
you would get
about 10 per 1000 return,
00:18:05.85\00:18:11.99
that's about what
the return is about
00:18:12.02\00:18:13.72
10 out of 1000 that
you send out, you know.
00:18:13.76\00:18:17.83
You can either mail those
or you can just simply go down
00:18:17.86\00:18:20.36
the street and
put them in the door.
00:18:20.40\00:18:23.53
And either way in
which you can get names
00:18:23.57\00:18:27.27
to work with.
00:18:27.30\00:18:28.97
But what you've
got to do, folks,
00:18:29.00\00:18:31.17
is you've got to
make up your mind.
00:18:31.21\00:18:35.31
You've got to make
up your mind and say,
00:18:35.34\00:18:38.11
"Well, this is what
00:18:38.15\00:18:39.78
I'm going to do.
00:18:39.81\00:18:41.18
I'm going to win
somebody to Christ."
00:18:41.22\00:18:44.45
And make up your mind.
00:18:44.49\00:18:45.82
It can't be
something that you say,
00:18:45.85\00:18:47.76
"Well, I think I'll
do it or I'll do it long
00:18:47.79\00:18:50.86
as it doesn't
interfere with anything."
00:18:50.89\00:18:54.23
That doesn't work.
00:18:54.26\00:18:56.46
The devil will see
that it interferes.
00:18:56.50\00:18:59.70
You've got to make up
your mind and say, "Yes.
00:18:59.73\00:19:03.14
This is what I'm going to do."
00:19:03.17\00:19:06.78
Freda,
00:19:06.81\00:19:09.58
Lancaster, Ohio.
00:19:09.61\00:19:10.95
I don't know, maybe
it's a town of 30,000.
00:19:13.78\00:19:18.75
She has mailed.
00:19:21.79\00:19:24.09
She's covered the town, folks,
four or five times already.
00:19:24.13\00:19:30.57
And she can still mail
them out and get a response.
00:19:30.60\00:19:33.87
Okay?
00:19:33.90\00:19:35.24
So this excuse that
I hear so often saying,
00:19:35.27\00:19:38.71
"Well, these people
here aren't interested."
00:19:38.74\00:19:41.01
No, that's not the trouble.
00:19:41.04\00:19:43.41
The trouble is
you're not interested.
00:19:43.45\00:19:46.61
That's where
the problem is, see.
00:19:46.65\00:19:48.88
And you and I have
to work at it to see
00:19:48.92\00:19:51.85
if it's going to take place.
00:19:51.89\00:19:53.69
So you just have
to make up your mind.
00:19:53.72\00:19:55.96
This is what I'm going to do.
00:19:55.99\00:19:59.83
Okay, however you do it,
00:19:59.86\00:20:04.93
one set of DVDs
00:20:04.97\00:20:11.11
will only take
care of three families.
00:20:11.14\00:20:17.81
Do not try to
stretch it more than that.
00:20:17.85\00:20:22.85
Why do I say that?
00:20:22.88\00:20:24.59
Well, if somebody, if,
say you've got three people
00:20:24.62\00:20:28.79
that are interested,
00:20:28.82\00:20:30.46
then you going
to take them a DVD,
00:20:30.49\00:20:33.70
well, you can't take
it to the other person
00:20:33.73\00:20:35.63
till that one finishes.
00:20:35.66\00:20:37.67
And same way on down
and about three families
00:20:37.70\00:20:40.84
is as much as
you can stretch it.
00:20:40.87\00:20:44.64
Okay?
00:20:44.67\00:20:46.01
So don't try to
stretch it more than that.
00:20:46.04\00:20:48.84
But what you need to
do is decide how much time
00:20:48.88\00:20:53.95
you want to spend doing this.
00:20:53.98\00:20:57.85
That's what some
people never decide.
00:20:57.89\00:21:00.96
I say, "Well, okay, I'm
going to take a half a day
00:21:00.99\00:21:06.36
each week to
witness for my Lord."
00:21:06.39\00:21:09.86
I mean, if you've got a job,
you're working at another job,
00:21:09.90\00:21:13.44
you've got to
break up your time.
00:21:13.47\00:21:16.40
You've got to say, this
is how I'm going to do it.
00:21:16.44\00:21:18.71
So I say, I'm going
to take a half a day,
00:21:18.74\00:21:20.88
and I'm going to do that
00:21:20.91\00:21:22.24
each week to
witness for my Lord.
00:21:22.28\00:21:24.31
And so a half a day each week,
00:21:24.35\00:21:26.92
I take these
people their videos.
00:21:26.95\00:21:30.42
It's what I do.
00:21:30.45\00:21:31.79
And that's how I
witness for the Lord.
00:21:31.82\00:21:35.36
For person will
consistently do that
00:21:35.39\00:21:39.19
he or she will win souls.
00:21:39.23\00:21:44.23
No question about it.
00:21:44.27\00:21:46.27
But that's what you've got
to make a decision and say,
00:21:46.30\00:21:48.94
"This is what I'm going to do."
00:21:48.97\00:21:52.04
So you're going to take them
the DVDs or whatever you have.
00:21:52.07\00:21:58.05
There may be some of
you that have videos,
00:21:58.08\00:22:02.48
VCRs or maybe you
have DVDs already.
00:22:02.52\00:22:06.99
That's fine. Use them.
00:22:07.02\00:22:09.52
Folks, they won't
do a soul in the world
00:22:09.56\00:22:12.73
any good sitting in a bookcase.
00:22:12.76\00:22:16.16
They're worthless.
00:22:16.20\00:22:17.80
You got to take
them out and use them
00:22:17.83\00:22:20.70
if they're going to be
of any value to anybody.
00:22:20.74\00:22:24.97
So let's say that
you have three people
00:22:25.01\00:22:31.75
that you're going
to share this with.
00:22:31.78\00:22:33.45
Some things that Freda
does, now, like I told you,
00:22:38.15\00:22:42.39
she was given 90 a week.
00:22:42.42\00:22:46.16
I've gone with her, you know.
00:22:46.19\00:22:48.86
Not only have I
gone with her to places
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.10
where she was
taking the videos to,
00:22:51.13\00:22:54.54
we'd come back at noon
from delivering these things.
00:22:54.57\00:22:58.24
And here there would be
some of them at her door
00:22:58.27\00:23:02.11
that were
waiting for their videos.
00:23:02.14\00:23:05.31
Now let me
explain what she does.
00:23:05.35\00:23:07.18
She just takes a
clear plastic bag,
00:23:07.22\00:23:11.65
clear plastic bag that
has a hole on top of it,
00:23:11.69\00:23:14.66
it'll fit over doorknob.
00:23:14.69\00:23:17.33
That's what she takes.
00:23:17.36\00:23:18.69
And she puts in
that bag, these things.
00:23:18.73\00:23:23.50
She puts the DVD
that she's going to share
00:23:23.53\00:23:26.60
with the people.
00:23:26.63\00:23:28.14
She puts, if she's
going for the first visit,
00:23:28.17\00:23:32.01
let me explain that,
she puts a copy of the card
00:23:32.04\00:23:37.45
that they sent in.
00:23:37.48\00:23:39.45
She takes that and puts that
right in the front of the bag.
00:23:39.48\00:23:43.28
She takes this card
00:23:43.32\00:23:44.99
or she actually
makes a copy of this card,
00:23:45.02\00:23:48.62
and she puts it
right in the front
00:23:48.66\00:23:50.63
of this clear
plastic bag where it has
00:23:50.66\00:23:53.40
their handwriting
and everything on it.
00:23:53.43\00:23:56.26
So they can see it.
00:23:56.30\00:23:58.33
So when she knocks on
the door and tells them
00:23:58.37\00:24:01.00
that she's
brought their DVD to them,
00:24:01.04\00:24:03.20
then they can't deny the
fact that they sent it, okay?
00:24:03.24\00:24:07.41
So she puts that right
there where they can see it.
00:24:07.44\00:24:10.45
She puts a,
00:24:10.48\00:24:12.61
actually, there are
two presentations on a DVD.
00:24:12.65\00:24:16.38
So she puts two of the outlines
00:24:16.42\00:24:20.56
for that
presentation in that bag.
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.76
She puts two quizzes
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.43
that goes along
with it in the bag.
00:24:26.46\00:24:29.16
And she puts her card,
her business card in there.
00:24:29.20\00:24:35.10
It has her name and address
and telephone number on it.
00:24:35.14\00:24:37.84
She puts that in the bag.
00:24:37.87\00:24:39.97
And she just simply
goes knocks on the door,
00:24:40.01\00:24:43.14
and person comes to door.
00:24:43.18\00:24:44.95
She tells them who she is,
she tells them why she's there,
00:24:44.98\00:24:48.28
and she tells them
just briefly how it works
00:24:48.32\00:24:52.49
that they are given the
DVD, they can look at it.
00:24:52.52\00:24:57.03
She'll come back next
week, and will pick that one up
00:24:57.06\00:25:00.80
and give them another one.
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.16
And she explains that
to them how that works,
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.83
and simply leaves it with them.
00:25:05.87\00:25:09.90
If nobody's home,
now this is the area
00:25:09.94\00:25:12.24
that you've got to be
willing to work with, folks.
00:25:12.27\00:25:16.18
If nobody's home,
she simply takes that bag
00:25:16.21\00:25:21.58
and hangs it on the doorknob.
00:25:21.62\00:25:25.65
That's it.
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.79
And leaves.
00:25:27.82\00:25:30.99
Next week, when she...
00:25:31.03\00:25:34.50
Week is past,
00:25:34.53\00:25:35.86
she will call them on the phone.
00:25:35.90\00:25:39.40
Tell them her
name, tell them that
00:25:39.43\00:25:40.77
she's the one that came by
00:25:40.80\00:25:42.14
and left there DVD with them.
00:25:42.17\00:25:44.81
Have they had a
chance to look at it?
00:25:44.84\00:25:48.11
And if they have,
did they enjoy it?
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.45
If they have not had
a chance to look at it,
00:25:51.48\00:25:55.75
then she simply
tells them, she hopes
00:25:55.78\00:25:58.12
that they will
look at it this week,
00:25:58.15\00:25:59.99
and when would be a
good time to come back
00:26:00.02\00:26:02.22
and pick it up and
leave the next one.
00:26:02.26\00:26:05.09
That's simply what she does.
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.13
And like I said,
we'd go out visit
00:26:07.16\00:26:09.33
and come back.
00:26:09.36\00:26:10.70
And here would be three
and four of those things
00:26:10.73\00:26:12.47
hung on her
doorknob that people said,
00:26:12.50\00:26:15.00
"I've watched it,
bring me another one."
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.44
And that's how she took care of
00:26:17.47\00:26:20.04
90 studies a week,
just by simply doing that.
00:26:20.08\00:26:26.31
But you just got
to go take it there,
00:26:26.35\00:26:28.78
talk with people.
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.15
Now, not everybody, not
everybody's going to say,
00:26:30.19\00:26:33.22
"Yes," not
everybody's gonna watch it.
00:26:33.25\00:26:37.06
In fact, you'll find some people
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.79
that hard to get
them to watch it.
00:26:38.83\00:26:41.96
They'll say they want
it and the week will go by
00:26:42.00\00:26:44.70
and they didn't look at
it and next week will go by
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.70
and they didn't look at it.
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.07
That happens, folks.
00:26:48.10\00:26:49.90
You just have
to understand that.
00:26:49.94\00:26:51.84
The hardest part
of the whole thing
00:26:51.87\00:26:54.91
is getting them by
00:26:54.94\00:26:58.41
lessons one,
two, three and four.
00:26:58.45\00:27:03.75
If you can get them
through those four lessons,
00:27:03.79\00:27:06.86
they go, they'll go
the rest of the way.
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.66
But it just is hard to
get them started doing that.
00:27:09.69\00:27:14.66
In fact, I talked
to Freda this week.
00:27:14.70\00:27:17.37
And she was telling me
about, she has an attorney
00:27:17.40\00:27:21.90
that is watching
them, and how that...
00:27:21.94\00:27:25.57
What a struggle it was with him
to get him started, you know.
00:27:25.61\00:27:30.08
But finally he got started
and now he just eaten them up,
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.95
one right after another.
00:27:33.98\00:27:35.45
But it just takes that
so you have to work with it.
00:27:35.48\00:27:40.79
What you need to do is to decide
00:27:40.82\00:27:45.89
how much you want to work with.
00:27:45.93\00:27:49.20
See, if you say, "Well,
00:27:49.23\00:27:51.00
I'm going to work
with three families
00:27:51.03\00:27:53.80
or I'm going to
work with six families,"
00:27:53.84\00:27:56.97
you need to decide how
much you want to work with.
00:27:57.01\00:28:00.81
Okay?
00:28:00.84\00:28:02.28
Then, folks, you have
to start working at it
00:28:02.31\00:28:06.92
so that you keep that going.
00:28:06.95\00:28:10.49
Do you understand
what I mean by that?
00:28:10.52\00:28:12.29
What I mean is you may
have three people watching it,
00:28:12.32\00:28:15.96
that's what you
want to work with.
00:28:15.99\00:28:17.56
One of them may drop out.
00:28:17.59\00:28:20.46
If one of them drops out,
00:28:20.50\00:28:23.60
then you got to find
one to take their place.
00:28:23.63\00:28:27.87
So you need to keep that up.
00:28:27.90\00:28:30.31
You've got to work it
that way to keep it going,
00:28:30.34\00:28:33.64
so that you
constantly have three people
00:28:33.68\00:28:37.05
or three families to work with.
00:28:37.08\00:28:40.62
And as you do, you just simply
take them the video each week.
00:28:40.65\00:28:47.06
Now let me tell
you a little secret.
00:28:47.09\00:28:50.83
People.
00:28:50.86\00:28:53.19
People do not make
decisions based on intellect.
00:28:53.23\00:28:58.67
I'm sorry.
00:29:01.70\00:29:03.61
You know, you may have
thought that you were calm,
00:29:03.64\00:29:06.24
cool and collected
and you thought it through
00:29:06.27\00:29:08.44
and made a decision.
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.28
Sorry, we don't.
00:29:10.31\00:29:12.51
We make
decisions based on emotion.
00:29:12.55\00:29:18.52
That's how we make decisions.
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.06
That's why Ellen White says,
00:29:21.09\00:29:23.89
if we were kind,
00:29:23.93\00:29:26.36
tender, loving, there would be
00:29:26.39\00:29:30.77
100 conversions today,
00:29:30.80\00:29:33.37
where there is one.
00:29:33.40\00:29:36.20
Has nothing to
do with intellect,
00:29:36.24\00:29:38.84
has to do with emotion.
00:29:38.87\00:29:40.68
Now it doesn't mean
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.04
that they don't need
to understand, they do.
00:29:42.08\00:29:45.08
I'm saying they
don't make decisions
00:29:45.11\00:29:48.55
based on intellect,
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.19
they make
decisions based on emotion.
00:29:50.22\00:29:53.56
Therefore, what
becomes extremely important
00:29:53.59\00:29:57.36
is that you must
become their friend.
00:29:57.39\00:30:00.76
If you do not
become their friend,
00:30:04.33\00:30:09.27
you'll never get them.
00:30:09.30\00:30:11.71
You've got to
become their friend.
00:30:11.74\00:30:13.88
It will not work.
00:30:13.91\00:30:17.41
Listen to me, it will not work
00:30:17.45\00:30:20.85
for you to knock on the door,
00:30:20.88\00:30:22.42
hand it to them and leave.
00:30:22.45\00:30:26.49
You've got to do more than that,
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.82
you've got to
become their friend.
00:30:28.86\00:30:33.40
Okay?
00:30:33.43\00:30:35.53
Another thing
that you have to do
00:30:35.56\00:30:37.20
to make it work,
and that's the reason
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.77
we put a little quiz in there,
00:30:40.80\00:30:45.01
and you have to go
through that quiz with them.
00:30:45.04\00:30:49.18
When they give you back the DVD,
00:30:49.21\00:30:51.75
you say, did you have a
chance to fill out the quiz?
00:30:51.78\00:30:56.45
If they say, yes,
fine, ask for it, take it.
00:30:56.48\00:31:01.52
If they say, no, say,
00:31:01.56\00:31:03.36
"Do you have a
moment to fill it out?"
00:31:03.39\00:31:05.93
And go over with
them and fill it out.
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.73
But it is important
that you go through that
00:31:08.76\00:31:13.64
quiz with them,
00:31:13.67\00:31:15.97
'cause that reinforces
00:31:16.00\00:31:18.81
what they have
seen on the video,
00:31:18.84\00:31:22.68
what they have seen
that tells them again,
00:31:22.71\00:31:25.08
repeats it, it helps
see minute in their minds.
00:31:25.11\00:31:29.72
Also, as you go
through the studies,
00:31:29.75\00:31:33.42
at the bottom of that quiz,
00:31:33.46\00:31:35.59
sometimes there is
a decision to be made,
00:31:35.62\00:31:40.50
and it will ask
for certain decisions.
00:31:40.53\00:31:44.93
People do not...
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.64
How should I put this?
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.00
Getting decisions
from people, folks,
00:31:54.54\00:31:57.71
is like cutting down a tree.
00:31:57.75\00:32:01.65
Okay?
00:32:01.68\00:32:03.02
You do not cut down a
tree with one blow of the axe.
00:32:03.05\00:32:07.49
You get it by chipping away.
00:32:10.73\00:32:14.50
Same thing is true with people.
00:32:14.53\00:32:18.80
There are certain
decisions that you have to get,
00:32:18.83\00:32:23.67
and you have to clear
them on those decisions
00:32:23.71\00:32:27.18
as you're going
through the studies.
00:32:27.21\00:32:29.41
So when you're
down here at the end,
00:32:29.44\00:32:32.48
and you're
trying to get a decision
00:32:32.51\00:32:35.32
for the person to step
out in faith and follow
00:32:35.35\00:32:38.32
what they have learned,
if you didn't clear them
00:32:38.35\00:32:41.52
on all those points,
you're not going to get them.
00:32:41.56\00:32:44.49
You're just not
going to get them.
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.40
Won't happen.
00:32:50.43\00:32:53.13
So let me ask you,
00:32:53.17\00:32:55.77
if you're clearing people
00:32:55.80\00:32:58.87
on points of faith
00:32:58.91\00:33:03.11
as you're going through it,
00:33:03.14\00:33:05.35
what would be the first thing
00:33:05.38\00:33:09.32
you'd want
someone to be clear on?
00:33:09.35\00:33:11.02
What would be the first thing
00:33:17.09\00:33:19.76
you'd want
someone to be clear on?
00:33:19.79\00:33:21.50
And the very first thing
00:33:27.57\00:33:30.94
you want that
person to be clear on
00:33:30.97\00:33:33.88
is their acceptance
00:33:33.91\00:33:35.81
of Jesus Christ as
their personal Savior.
00:33:35.84\00:33:41.12
If they do not do
that, if that person
00:33:41.15\00:33:45.45
does not make a
decision to accept Jesus Christ
00:33:45.49\00:33:49.26
into their heart as
their personal Savior,
00:33:49.29\00:33:51.83
I don't care how much
you make clear them on
00:33:51.86\00:33:56.43
other points of belief,
you're not going to get them.
00:33:56.46\00:34:01.24
And if you do get them,
you wished you had enough...
00:34:01.27\00:34:04.77
'cause Jesus talked about it.
00:34:08.04\00:34:10.51
He said, read it
there in Matthew 23,
00:34:10.55\00:34:12.61
He said, "You made
him twice the devil."
00:34:12.65\00:34:15.85
That's what He said.
00:34:15.88\00:34:17.82
So you must make
sure that person is clear
00:34:17.85\00:34:21.82
on accepting Jesus
Christ as their personal Savior.
00:34:21.86\00:34:27.80
And I would say to you here,
00:34:27.83\00:34:30.37
that if you are not clear
00:34:30.40\00:34:35.67
on Jesus Christ
being your personal Savior,
00:34:35.70\00:34:40.34
make sure you're
clear on that before
00:34:40.38\00:34:42.71
you talk to somebody else.
00:34:42.74\00:34:46.48
Make sure you understand.
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.55
If someone was to say to you,
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.29
"What do I have to do
to accept Jesus Christ?"
00:34:52.32\00:34:57.59
What would you tell them?
00:35:00.76\00:35:02.10
If you said,
00:35:06.33\00:35:07.90
"What do I have to do
00:35:07.94\00:35:10.37
to accept Jesus Christ?"
00:35:10.41\00:35:14.01
What would you tell them?
00:35:14.04\00:35:15.38
Would you tell them,
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.92
"Oh, just be good?"
00:35:21.95\00:35:24.69
I can remember,
when I was in college,
00:35:28.59\00:35:31.13
the teacher
gave us an assignment
00:35:31.16\00:35:33.33
to go out and knock on
20 doors and ask the people
00:35:33.36\00:35:36.97
that came in the door,
"What must I do to be saved?"
00:35:37.00\00:35:42.74
I went out and
knocked on 20 doors,
00:35:42.77\00:35:46.41
19 out of the 20 told me,
00:35:46.44\00:35:50.35
just be good,
00:35:50.38\00:35:54.58
19 out of 20.
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.95
You need to know how
to explain to someone
00:35:57.99\00:36:04.63
what it means to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:36:04.66\00:36:10.57
Do you understand?
00:36:10.60\00:36:13.64
Do you understand
that there's not any thing
00:36:13.67\00:36:18.47
you can do
00:36:18.51\00:36:22.68
from a human standpoint
00:36:22.71\00:36:25.98
as far as
qualifying to be saved,
00:36:26.01\00:36:32.85
that there's nothing you can do?
00:36:32.89\00:36:38.39
Like I told the
fifth grade class
00:36:38.43\00:36:40.26
I was talking to
00:36:40.30\00:36:42.50
and this kid
asked me the question,
00:36:42.53\00:36:43.87
I said, "The only
people that will be saved
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.63
are those that qualify."
00:36:46.67\00:36:49.80
And he, this fifth
grade boy, looked at me
00:36:49.84\00:36:52.91
with a snare on his
face, and he said, "Okay,
00:36:52.94\00:36:55.71
tell me what I
got to do to qualify.
00:36:55.74\00:36:59.61
And I said, "The only people
that qualify are sinners."
00:36:59.65\00:37:06.49
And he said, "I qualify."
00:37:06.52\00:37:07.89
There's nothing you can do
00:37:12.19\00:37:15.46
that makes you acceptable,
00:37:15.50\00:37:20.14
understand that
there's nothing you do
00:37:20.17\00:37:23.34
that makes you acceptable.
00:37:23.37\00:37:26.24
Jesus makes you acceptable.
00:37:26.27\00:37:30.25
It says that
you and I are saved,
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.58
and they be loved.
00:37:32.61\00:37:36.08
It's what Christ did for you
00:37:36.12\00:37:38.85
that makes you acceptable.
00:37:38.89\00:37:42.06
And all that I can do, folks,
00:37:42.09\00:37:45.83
is simply by faith, reach out
00:37:45.86\00:37:48.93
and accept what
He has done for me.
00:37:48.96\00:37:54.57
Salvation is totally
and completely of God.
00:37:54.60\00:38:01.14
Say that again?
00:38:04.15\00:38:06.55
Salvation is totally
00:38:06.58\00:38:09.85
and completely of God.
00:38:09.88\00:38:14.99
Man's responsibility
is simply to obey.
00:38:15.02\00:38:18.99
That's it.
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.40
I can't do anything
to make myself qualify.
00:38:24.43\00:38:29.10
There's nothing I can do
that adds to what God has done.
00:38:29.14\00:38:33.68
That's totally
and completely of Him.
00:38:33.71\00:38:37.71
But I, as an individual,
00:38:37.75\00:38:40.08
the scripture
says, simply to obey.
00:38:40.12\00:38:44.39
At least that's
what the smartest man
00:38:44.42\00:38:46.02
in the world ever said,
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.36
Ecclesiastes,
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.19
"Fear God, keep
His commandments,
00:38:52.23\00:38:56.00
for this is the
whole duty of man."
00:38:56.03\00:39:01.80
It's my
responsibility is to obey.
00:39:01.84\00:39:06.81
So I've got to
explain to that person.
00:39:06.84\00:39:09.81
Now in the videos
they have watched,
00:39:09.84\00:39:13.35
videos that
explain salvation to them.
00:39:13.38\00:39:17.72
What you've got
to do is make sure
00:39:17.75\00:39:19.92
they're clear on it.
00:39:19.95\00:39:23.63
Have any of you ever
attended Billy Graham's Crusade?
00:39:23.66\00:39:27.16
Any have of you?
00:39:27.20\00:39:29.13
A few of you.
00:39:29.16\00:39:32.23
If you want to see
kind of a strange phenomena.
00:39:32.27\00:39:36.14
When Billy
Graham's through preaching
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.17
and he makes a call,
and he has the people
00:39:39.21\00:39:42.81
come down out of the bleachers,
and they're coming down
00:39:42.84\00:39:46.21
out of the bleachers
coming up to the front.
00:39:46.25\00:39:49.75
If you are observant,
00:39:49.78\00:39:53.32
you'll notice
that for every person
00:39:53.36\00:39:57.59
that comes down
out of the bleachers,
00:39:57.63\00:40:00.16
somebody will come out
from underneath the bleachers
00:40:00.20\00:40:03.87
and will come up
right beside that person
00:40:03.90\00:40:06.27
and walk with
them down to the front.
00:40:06.30\00:40:09.97
Why?
00:40:10.01\00:40:11.64
Because when he's
through praying with them,
00:40:11.67\00:40:15.38
then that person will explain
00:40:15.41\00:40:18.51
the gospel to them.
00:40:18.55\00:40:21.62
You see, a minister
can get up front, folks,
00:40:21.65\00:40:24.19
and preach the gospel.
00:40:24.22\00:40:27.69
But it takes one-on-one for them
00:40:27.72\00:40:32.26
to really
understand it and accept it.
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.96
And for your
minister to preach at church
00:40:36.00\00:40:38.93
or for an evangelist to come in
00:40:38.97\00:40:41.04
and hold an evangelistic meeting
00:40:41.07\00:40:42.90
and you sit in your
homes and in your pews
00:40:42.94\00:40:46.47
and do nothing, is horrible.
00:40:46.51\00:40:50.35
God expects all
of us to be there,
00:40:54.15\00:40:58.89
and to witness
and explain to people
00:40:58.92\00:41:03.66
what it means to accept Christ.
00:41:03.69\00:41:07.23
And I have seen people
00:41:07.26\00:41:10.30
very, very young
00:41:10.33\00:41:13.64
that have done that.
00:41:13.67\00:41:15.74
And I've seen people
00:41:15.77\00:41:17.44
very, very old
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.08
that can do that.
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.48
In fact, I remember I
had it, was holding meeting
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.21
and this man came up
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.42
front at the
close of the meeting...
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.38
spoke to me and asked me
00:41:32.39\00:41:34.79
some questions
about the videotapes,
00:41:34.82\00:41:38.76
and just asked me about them
00:41:38.79\00:41:40.80
how they were put
together and so forth.
00:41:40.83\00:41:42.33
I'm sure he was in his 80s,
00:41:47.10\00:41:52.87
had arthritis so bad
00:41:52.91\00:41:56.18
that his hands were
all gnarled and drawn up
00:41:56.21\00:41:59.85
from what the
arthritis had done to him.
00:41:59.88\00:42:01.72
We talked a little bit.
00:42:04.72\00:42:06.05
I didn't know him,
didn't know him from Adam.
00:42:06.09\00:42:10.13
He went back out front
00:42:10.16\00:42:13.26
and bought a set of videos.
00:42:13.29\00:42:18.13
That's the last I heard of him
00:42:18.17\00:42:21.24
for about nine months.
00:42:21.27\00:42:25.17
Nine months later,
he called me and said,
00:42:25.21\00:42:29.31
"I'm in Wyoming."
00:42:29.34\00:42:32.51
He said, "I need some help."
00:42:32.55\00:42:35.78
And I said, "What
help do you need?"
00:42:35.82\00:42:39.35
He said, "I've
been using your videos."
00:42:39.39\00:42:41.82
He said, "I have 15
people ready for baptism."
00:42:41.86\00:42:46.33
See, you've got
to be willing, folks,
00:42:46.36\00:42:50.73
just to take it out,
00:42:50.77\00:42:53.44
to get on your knees and to pray
00:42:53.47\00:42:56.74
and ask God to guide
and direct you to someone
00:42:56.77\00:43:01.31
that you can share it with.
00:43:01.34\00:43:03.85
And if you'll do that
the Lord will open the door,
00:43:03.88\00:43:07.25
one after another.
00:43:07.28\00:43:10.42
So you've got
to lead that person
00:43:10.45\00:43:13.22
to an acceptance of Christ.
00:43:13.25\00:43:14.79
And in this manual is an outline
00:43:14.82\00:43:19.59
that takes you through
00:43:19.63\00:43:20.96
how to lead a person to Christ
00:43:21.00\00:43:22.86
step by step by step.
00:43:22.90\00:43:25.93
Let me just break
it down very quickly.
00:43:29.27\00:43:31.64
Let's say that wall there
00:43:34.88\00:43:38.11
represents where you were born.
00:43:38.15\00:43:42.52
Let's say this lectern
00:43:42.55\00:43:47.62
represents where
you accept Jesus Christ.
00:43:47.66\00:43:52.13
Let's say the wall there
represents where your life
00:43:52.16\00:43:55.93
comes to an end.
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.30
When you accept
Christ, when you accept Christ
00:44:01.84\00:44:06.78
as your Savior,
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.14
any sin
00:44:09.18\00:44:12.41
that you have done
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.88
from the day you were born
00:44:14.92\00:44:18.22
to the day you
accept Jesus Christ
00:44:18.25\00:44:21.46
is paid for by His death.
00:44:21.49\00:44:27.20
I don't care how
dark that sin may be.
00:44:27.23\00:44:32.50
I don't care if
that includes murder.
00:44:36.14\00:44:40.94
I don't care how bad it may be.
00:44:44.71\00:44:46.82
I don't care if it
includes homosexuality.
00:44:49.98\00:44:54.92
However dark that sin may be
00:44:57.99\00:45:03.03
is paid for by the
death of Jesus Christ
00:45:03.06\00:45:07.90
and you are clean.
00:45:07.94\00:45:11.87
You don't have
one thing against you.
00:45:11.91\00:45:16.04
You are perfectly clean.
00:45:16.08\00:45:17.41
My problem...
00:45:21.32\00:45:22.65
And by the way,
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.02
the scripture
says this is a gift.
00:45:24.05\00:45:26.65
Do you understand that?
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.32
It's a gift. You
know why it's a gift?
00:45:28.36\00:45:31.56
'Cause you can't pay the debt.
00:45:31.59\00:45:34.76
If you pay the
debt, you forfeit life.
00:45:34.80\00:45:38.60
You can't pay the debt.
00:45:38.63\00:45:40.40
Christ paid it.
00:45:40.44\00:45:41.77
All you can do is
accept what He did.
00:45:41.80\00:45:44.97
Okay. My problem is I'm clean.
00:45:45.01\00:45:49.58
I don't have one
thing against me.
00:45:49.61\00:45:53.35
If I could get from here
00:45:53.38\00:45:57.35
to there
00:45:57.39\00:45:59.15
without doing
anything wrong, I'd be saved.
00:45:59.19\00:46:03.69
What do you
think my chances are?
00:46:03.73\00:46:05.06
You sound like you
don't think they're very good.
00:46:08.63\00:46:11.43
Can't.
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.61
Dear friend, that's
the reason Jesus came
00:46:17.64\00:46:22.01
and spent 30 years on the earth.
00:46:22.04\00:46:26.11
See, if all that was
necessary for you to be saved
00:46:26.15\00:46:30.39
was for Jesus to die,
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.62
He could have
done that as a baby.
00:46:32.65\00:46:36.73
But it required a perfect life.
00:46:36.76\00:46:41.80
So He came here
00:46:41.83\00:46:43.73
and He lived an
absolute perfect life.
00:46:43.77\00:46:48.30
Never sinned, not
even so much as in thought.
00:46:48.34\00:46:54.88
So when I accept Him,
00:46:54.91\00:46:57.71
His death pays
the debt for my sins.
00:46:57.75\00:47:03.42
And He gives to me
00:47:03.45\00:47:06.72
His perfect life.
00:47:06.76\00:47:11.49
That is given to me by faith.
00:47:11.53\00:47:15.66
And I accept
what He's done for me.
00:47:15.70\00:47:18.80
That's reason it
says it's a gift,
00:47:18.83\00:47:21.10
because I don't
have a perfect life.
00:47:21.14\00:47:24.91
All I can do is
accept what He has done.
00:47:24.94\00:47:29.81
The Bible has one
word for all that.
00:47:29.84\00:47:33.18
It calls that grace and
says you're saved by grace.
00:47:33.21\00:47:39.79
Okay, so you've got
to explain to that person
00:47:39.82\00:47:43.69
what it means to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.69
What's the next thing
you would take them to?
00:47:48.70\00:47:53.60
If you're going to take them
step by step through beliefs,
00:47:53.64\00:47:58.24
you've explained to them
00:47:58.27\00:47:59.77
what it means to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.64
They've accepted Jesus
Christ, what's the next step?
00:48:01.68\00:48:04.71
Baptism.
00:48:09.65\00:48:12.72
Sorry,
00:48:12.75\00:48:14.86
sorry.
00:48:14.89\00:48:16.66
The Bible does not
tie baptism to doctrine.
00:48:16.69\00:48:22.50
It ties baptism to
the acceptance of Jesus.
00:48:22.53\00:48:27.67
Baptism is a public declaration
00:48:27.70\00:48:31.81
of my
acceptance of Jesus Christ.
00:48:31.84\00:48:35.78
That's what baptism is.
00:48:35.81\00:48:38.28
So when I accept
Jesus Christ as my Savior,
00:48:38.31\00:48:42.62
then the next point
I need to be moving to,
00:48:42.65\00:48:45.79
is to decide to be baptized.
00:48:45.82\00:48:50.09
And if you watch the videos,
that's the way it'll take you.
00:48:50.13\00:48:55.50
It'll take you
from the acceptance
00:48:55.53\00:48:56.93
of Christ to baptism.
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.30
Now, unfortunately...
00:49:02.30\00:49:04.51
we many times tie
baptism to doctrine,
00:49:07.88\00:49:11.85
not the acceptance of Christ.
00:49:11.88\00:49:14.68
The Bible doesn't do that.
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.79
There is not one, sorry.
00:49:16.82\00:49:20.36
There's not one,
you can't show me one
00:49:20.39\00:49:23.83
in all of God's Word of
one long termed baptism.
00:49:23.86\00:49:30.50
You show me one.
00:49:30.53\00:49:33.47
The jailer at Philippi,
when did they baptize him?
00:49:33.50\00:49:39.41
That night!
00:49:39.44\00:49:43.68
No such thing.
00:49:43.71\00:49:45.95
Now that doesn't mean
that we need to be putting them
00:49:45.98\00:49:49.98
in the water
before they're ready.
00:49:50.02\00:49:54.32
That's not when I'm
standing up here preaching.
00:49:54.36\00:49:57.96
I am saying to you
00:49:57.99\00:50:00.66
that when you're
working with these people
00:50:00.70\00:50:02.56
and that person has made
a decision to accept Christ,
00:50:02.60\00:50:05.83
you need to be
getting a decision
00:50:05.87\00:50:08.10
from that person
next to be baptized,
00:50:08.14\00:50:12.94
okay?
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.31
That may be at the end
of looking at the videos,
00:50:14.34\00:50:17.85
but you need to be
getting the decision there.
00:50:17.88\00:50:21.05
At that point,
00:50:21.08\00:50:22.42
you shouldn't be getting
it clear down at the end.
00:50:22.45\00:50:24.99
That's not the way
the Scripture teaches it.
00:50:28.29\00:50:31.23
I need when that
person has made the decision
00:50:31.26\00:50:33.60
to accept Christ.
00:50:33.63\00:50:36.46
Then they need to be
making decision to be baptized.
00:50:36.50\00:50:39.83
I was preaching on Sabbath.
00:50:44.21\00:50:47.81
This old gentleman came
in, I've never seen him before.
00:50:47.84\00:50:53.28
Sit down in church.
00:50:53.31\00:50:55.85
When the service was over,
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.22
I was standing at the
door shaking people's hands.
00:50:57.25\00:50:59.89
He came by and I
shook his hand and said,
00:50:59.92\00:51:01.99
"We're very happy to
have you here at church."
00:51:02.02\00:51:04.06
And I said, "Have
you been here before?"
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.89
And he said, "No,
this is my first time."
00:51:05.93\00:51:08.56
I said, "Well, we're
very, very happy that you came.
00:51:08.60\00:51:11.33
Hope you'll come back."
00:51:11.37\00:51:12.97
And I said,
00:51:13.00\00:51:15.74
"Would you mind if I
came out to visit you."
00:51:15.77\00:51:18.61
He said, "Not at
all, like for you to."
00:51:18.64\00:51:21.58
And I said, "Well, this week,
00:51:21.61\00:51:22.94
I'll try to come
out and see you."
00:51:22.98\00:51:24.98
So that week, I went out
to see the old gentleman.
00:51:25.01\00:51:28.08
And we talked and I
said to him, I said,
00:51:28.12\00:51:32.45
"Why did you come to church?
00:51:32.49\00:51:33.82
What got you to come to church?"
00:51:33.86\00:51:36.26
He said, "When I
was a young man,"
00:51:36.29\00:51:39.09
he said, "I gave my
heart to Jesus Christ."
00:51:39.13\00:51:42.36
He said, "I went to
church all the time."
00:51:42.40\00:51:46.30
He said, "Every time
the church door was open,
00:51:46.33\00:51:47.90
I was at church."
00:51:47.94\00:51:49.27
He said, "I love
to go to church."
00:51:49.30\00:51:51.37
I said, "Enjoy it."
00:51:51.41\00:51:53.01
He said, "When I was
about 19-20 years of age,"
00:51:53.04\00:51:56.14
he said, "I started
dating this young lady."
00:51:56.18\00:51:59.01
He said, "We went
together for some time,"
00:51:59.05\00:52:00.95
he said, "she
didn't go to church."
00:52:00.98\00:52:03.45
He said, "I didn't
pay much attention to it."
00:52:03.49\00:52:05.39
He said, "I fell
in love with her."
00:52:05.42\00:52:07.56
And he said, "We got married."
00:52:07.59\00:52:11.09
And he said,
"After we got married,
00:52:11.13\00:52:13.63
she started objecting
to my going to church."
00:52:13.66\00:52:17.07
He said, "Every time
I came home from church,
00:52:17.10\00:52:19.47
we wound up in an argument."
00:52:19.50\00:52:21.84
And he said,
"That went on until,"
00:52:21.87\00:52:23.54
he said, "I finally
just quit going to church."
00:52:23.57\00:52:26.88
And he said, "I haven't gone
to church in all these years."
00:52:26.91\00:52:30.95
He said, "My wife
died two weeks ago,
00:52:30.98\00:52:34.32
"he said, "I decided
to come back to church."
00:52:34.35\00:52:38.95
In my mind, I said to myself,
00:52:38.99\00:52:42.46
"This time, you'll
know what you're doing."
00:52:42.49\00:52:45.19
See, 'cause I thought
00:52:45.23\00:52:46.56
you hadn't studied somebody for,
00:52:46.59\00:52:48.40
oh, you know, at
least six months or a year.
00:52:48.43\00:52:52.40
And so I said to him,
"Would you like to study?"
00:52:52.43\00:52:55.34
He said, "Very much so."
00:52:55.37\00:52:57.27
So I studied that
old gentlemen, folks.
00:52:57.31\00:52:59.57
I didn't just study with him,
I gave him assignments to do.
00:52:59.61\00:53:03.21
He could have gotten a degree
from the seminary, you know.
00:53:03.24\00:53:08.78
We were studying Acts Chapter 2,
00:53:08.82\00:53:13.12
we came to that
text where it says,
00:53:13.15\00:53:15.39
"Three thousand were converted
in a day and were baptized."
00:53:15.42\00:53:19.96
And I'll never forget,
he looked at me and he said,
00:53:20.00\00:53:21.76
"Brother Cox,
if Peter would have
00:53:21.80\00:53:24.20
put those people through,
00:53:24.23\00:53:25.57
what you've put me
through, there wouldn't be 3000?
00:53:25.60\00:53:28.60
And I learned something.
00:53:32.04\00:53:33.68
You see, it's important
that they tie their baptism
00:53:33.71\00:53:40.08
to their
acceptance of Jesus Christ
00:53:40.12\00:53:42.85
as their personal Savior.
00:53:42.88\00:53:45.52
Very, very
important they do that.
00:53:45.55\00:53:48.96
We will continue to go
through points of belief,
00:53:48.99\00:53:52.86
and what you need
to do to clear them
00:53:52.89\00:53:55.60
on those points of belief,
so that when you're through
00:53:55.63\00:53:58.20
you'll be able
just simply to ask
00:53:58.23\00:54:01.20
and they'll make the decision
and come into the church.
00:54:01.24\00:54:04.67
We hope it will
be helpful to you.
00:54:04.71\00:54:06.64
Dona is going to play
for us a beautiful song,
00:54:06.68\00:54:10.35
entitled "The Lighthouse."
00:54:10.38\00:54:12.11
Let's bow our heads for prayer.
00:56:33.25\00:56:35.02
Father, we thank You.
00:56:35.06\00:56:37.26
Thank You, Lord,
00:56:37.29\00:56:38.63
that in spite of our weaknesses,
00:56:38.66\00:56:42.80
in spite of our sinfulness,
00:56:42.83\00:56:45.93
in spite of our inability,
00:56:45.97\00:56:49.60
You are still willing to use us,
00:56:49.64\00:56:53.48
to make us witnesses.
00:56:53.51\00:56:55.91
We pray that
You'll bless each one here
00:56:55.94\00:56:59.41
that as they go about
their daily activities
00:56:59.45\00:57:04.62
that they may be a witness.
00:57:04.65\00:57:07.92
A witness of
Jesus with their hearts
00:57:07.96\00:57:12.86
may be surrendered to You.
00:57:12.89\00:57:14.56