We want to talk
about the impact that this
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program has had on
our communities here.
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And we have here
first we are going
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to have John, John Foote here,
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why don't you
step up here and may be
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you guys can step back a
little back a little bit.
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John, anybody who
knows John loves John,
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and it is. John,
what would you say
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what kind of an
impact has this had,
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but before we
even get into that,
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why don't you tell us a
little bit about yourself.
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You grew up in a
church, how did you end up,
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up here tonight if
you grew up in a church.
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I mean a faithful
churchgoer for many,
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many years I
presume is that correct?
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Not as many as I
would like to have been.
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Okay, why don't
you tell us about that.
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Ladies and
gentlemen and the auditorium
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audience and television viewers,
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I grew up in the
city of Louisville.
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I went to the
church out on Fourth Street
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that I believe is now
called the First Church.
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My mother
graduated from that school,
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went to nursing
school. I had an uncle that
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graduated from
there. If you know teenagers
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there is an awful lot
of, when they get about 14,
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15 years old, there ain't nobody
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as smart as you
are. I can say that I
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have tried many
different churches,
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but no church
could ever get me because
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they didn't
worship on the right day.
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So as you grew
up basically in the
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Seventh-day
Adventist church what happened,
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why are you up here today?
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Tell us about
yourexperience in the
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Adventist
church, going to church
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every week for
however many years,
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or is that so? I
rejoined the Adventist
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church in California,
kind of a biblical name
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community
Antioch. And I drifted away
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again for about 33
years, there was a sign on
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highway 55 and highway 53,
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it says, welcome
Adventist church.
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I told my wife I
should find out where
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that church is
because I am going back.
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And that's here in Louisville.
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Shelbyville, Shelbyville,
excuse me Shelbyville,
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the Louisville
area. Right, and so how
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long were you
going so now you had been
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away from the
church for 33 years.
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That's a lifetime,
that's affirmative.
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And so how did you,
so tell me little bit
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more about that.
Here we are tonight,
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backed up a few weeks possibly.
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I returned, I just one Sabbath
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I walked into the
church. Loving awesome take
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your right hand and
this I remembered as a child.
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Three weeks ago
tomorrow I was re-baptized
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into the Adventist
church, amen. Thank God,
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and I would like to say
if I may this ASI group,
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these young
people oh my goodness
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what an inspiration.
Amen. The Lord is truly
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speaking through
them, amen, amen.
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Thank you very much John and you
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have been an
inspiration to all of us,
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to all young
people. Thank you Kevin,
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we just love this guy John here.
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We are so grateful he came back.
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And this here is
Andy, Andy was over at
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the New Albany
church side and we are
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very excited to
take on New Albany right
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from the beginning.
They had a lot of youth
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there and we like
the youth obviously.
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We like everyone but
we like working especially
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with the youth. And so Andy,
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why don't you
tell us a little bit
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about your
experience. How did you,
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obviously you
were a church member
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over at New
Albany and so you heard
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about the meetings
and then ASI through
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being in the church.
And tell us a little bit
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about what this
has done for you,
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being a church
member. Well I found out ,
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I made up an acronym for ASI,
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Adventist Secret
Investigation but
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I found out really
what Adventist laymen
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service and
ministries, but just I stand
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before you all
tonight to tell you that ASI
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has literally
changed my life, amen.
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I have seen preachers,
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you see the televangelists,
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you see them make these awesome
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sermons
sometimes. I have never in my
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life seen people with
such a passion for the Lord,
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amen. I have
never, even well seasoned
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preachers I had never
seen them just rolling
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with the Lord's word
and they were the coolest
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people that came
here and I'm gonna miss
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when they go but my
testimony basically is,
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I'd a spiritual
revival, amen and over seven
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years ago they
mention this I was re baptized
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because ASI is
so powerful, amen.
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But seven years ago
I was paralyzed in a
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wheelchair and three years ago,
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lo and behold
the Lord blessed me,
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I'm walking again,
amen. But I don't wanna,
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I don't wanna be
self righteous or
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focus on me or
anything because it was a
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spiritual revival,
you have a spiritual body
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and you have a physical body.
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ASI has revived that
in me and I have never,
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any city that
holds reluctance for ASI
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to come to should not have it.
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No city would
ever do that no, no.
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But they said I'm
back to physical part they
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said be a
miracle in the magnitude
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at the Red Sea
party. Moses planning
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the red sea, that's exactly what
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my doctor said, the surgeon,
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but I'm up here
now. And Jerry Higgs,
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my pastor, he got a
pray circle around me
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to get me up
walking and I had legs
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literally dead to the world.
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But that's the physical part,
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spiritual part
ASI has revived me but
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and I have see my
friend Jeremy Wong
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he is out there
somewhere, seventeen years old
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and he was one half
of the tag team you can
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call them to
preach the Lord's word
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and he did it with
such passion I have never,
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I keep saying
tonight, I have never seen it.
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And ASI is
definitely should be supported
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and Jeremy,
Keith, Cal, all of them,
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there is too many
to mention but they all
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are such inspirations
and I'm gonna miss them.
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But we will all be
one day united in heaven
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I say that. Thank you Andy,
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thank you very much.
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These church members
have been such an inspiration
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to us they
don't even understand.
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Brenda, come on
over here and Brenda
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is gonna try and
contain her excitement tonight
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she is just an
excited, on fire. Brenda,
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tell us, now you
came to the meetings at
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the Pewee Valley
Church, is that correct?
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That's correct. And
how did you find out about
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these meetings,
you are not a member
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of the church, no,
how did you find out
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about these meetings?
I have two friends that
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are very nagging
friends and they would not
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leave me alone about coming up
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to the Bible study
that John and Paula
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having at their
home. John and Paula are
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church members, they are husband
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and wife that were
a part of the two that
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were nagging her
so to speak, yes,
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they had a Bible
study at their home
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if I could
interrupt you, yeah sure.
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They had a Bible
study at their home where
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they had twenty
non Adventist people
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every Sunday coming
to their Bible study,
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friends that's not
a Bible study that's
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a church plant,
amen. And so they were,
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Brenda was one of their victims.
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Well, John had said
this one thing to me
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and it stuck like
glue. He said learn to love,
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fall in love with the
truth and embrace the truth
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and that God
would set me free from
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all of these
confusion upon all of these
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different denominations that
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I have been a part of.
I come from the Catholic
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background, went to Baptist,
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got into a Pentecost movement,
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got into somewhere
God and I was so confused.
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So, then Brenda
tried to straighten me out
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and I'd just said no
way, there is too much laugh
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coming from her
and I have just didn't
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associate love
with the Seventh-day
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Adventist so
anyway. And so Brenda was
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another friend from
the Adventist church
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where you getting
this love from, yes,
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she loved me
through the whole thing her
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and Paula and
John loved me into the
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Seventh-day Adventist church,
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amen. It was all about love.
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Soul winning is easy isn't it?
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Yes and then I
got baptized Tuesday,
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that was Tuesday
night I got baptized
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and there was just a
feeling when I come up
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out of the water
that it was just different
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then the first
time when I got Baptized
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which was twelve years ago.
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Brenda is the one
that Pastor Rich said her
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eyes were like
this, I don't remember
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going up like this,
well they said I did
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but it was awesome,
it was the most awesome
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experience in this
whole week God has opened
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up doors like you
would never believe,
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amen. And I
didn't think I be up here
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tonight at all, I
told Kevin I said all those
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people I can't talk in
front of all those people,
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we knew she could.
He had a tone in his
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so that's why I'm
here but I mean it's love
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that brought me to the church,
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that's the bottom line, amen.
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And Brenda had
so many questions,
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I remember when I
first met her and she just
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had question after
question after question
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and that is what we love.
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We love when
people have questions
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and so we are able
to answer her questions
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and she has just
been a tremendous
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blessing to the church,
to all of the ASI and we
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just love Brenda.
Every time something
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comes up about
clothes or jewelry or food,
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especially food I
tell him I wanna seen
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in the Bible you
show me the Bible
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and I will believe anything.
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Amen. It's what he does with me,
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he takes me
straight to the word.
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And what an
example right here, yeah,
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that's exactly how Brenda is.
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She would not argue
but she would have her
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things that she was
going to present to us
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and if then she would
say if you can show me
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in the Bible then I
will do it and immediately
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as we showed her in
the Bible it was gone
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out of her life,
it was so amazing
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so we were praise
the Lord for Brenda.
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The Fourth Commandment God said,
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remember to keep it
Holy, Sabbath day Holy
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and you know I were
work for many doctors
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and they want me
to work on Saturdays.
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Well I told them, I
can't do that no more,
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amen. I said I honor
the fourth commandment
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why don't you, and
it really kind of put
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the ball in their
corner, but they were really
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sweet with me.
They gave me hugs,
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they told me go on,
you don't wanna work,
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but they don't like it one bit.
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But I love it,
I'm so excited. Amen.
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Already she
loves the Sabbath amen,
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I'm gonna scream it in
the parking lot tomorrow.
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Well Brenda,
thank you very much,
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Andy and John,
thank you very much
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and thank you every one. Amen.
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You know we have so many more
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testimonies like
that, and I just wish all of
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you could come and
visit us at least for
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like a twenty four hour period,
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and I'm going to
just invite you to,
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if you ever get a
chance next show it
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will be in
Tampa, Florida. And so,
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if you live in that
area or if you're visiting
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in the month of
July, you need to come
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and experience
this year for yourself.
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Well, I have three
youths here who have been
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part of our
youth for Jesus program
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this year and of
course it's called ASI
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youth for Jesus, because we want
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to impact youth
who have a passion
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and love to spread
the word of God with
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others and to
share the love of Jesus.
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And I have, here
with me Jeremy Wong,
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now Jeremy what
church are you with?
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I'm with the New
Albany Seventh-day
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Adventist Church in Indiana.
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And where do you
live? I live in Sellersburg,
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Indiana which is
about five minutes
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from New Albany.
Okay, now we met you
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last year because you were,
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you had
organized an evangelistic
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meeting in your
church for the youth.
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That's correct.
How did you do that?
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Well, it all
started at GYC 2005 in
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Chattanooga,
Tennessee. I was attending a
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seminar the Pastor
Mark Finley talking about
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the logic project
and that's where I caught
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fire and that's
where the fire started.
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I was so excited to
go back to my church,
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talk to my pastor,
talk to my parents,
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saying we need, we need
to get involved with this,
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youth need to be
getting involved in evangelism,
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amen. So, I went
back to my church,
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I told my parents,
I talked to my pastor
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and after seven
and half long months
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my dream finally came
true in October of last
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year me and seven
other young people
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preached our first
evangelistic series
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through their logic project.
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You know when we met
eremy and his friends,
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we knew we have
to get them involved
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in our youth for Jesus program,
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because you know he
planned and organized
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this without any
training. And so we thought he
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needs our training,
he needs the experience
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of ASI youth for
Jesus and so how did that
00:16:03.12\00:16:06.69
change your view on
evangelism and how to
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organize your next one? Amen,
00:16:10.08\00:16:13.87
ASI has been such a
blessing to me through
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the training and
to talk into the staff
00:16:17.12\00:16:19.10
and talking with
the different teachers,
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they've really
equipped me now to really
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plan an
evangelistic series be able to
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preach better. I
remember talking to Kevin Sears,
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he gave me so much information,
00:16:29.90\00:16:31.89
so much tips on
how to preach better,
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to win souls for
Christ. And through this ASI
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youth for Jesus,
I'm better equipped
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to preach the Gospel and
win many souls for Christ.
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Amen. Now, you're
going to be a senior
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in high school this
year and after that what
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are your plans?
My plans is I'm gonna
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go to Southern Chattanooga,
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Tennessee and
I'm planning to major
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in theology and
minor in business.
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So, you're going
to, so winning souls is
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going to be your profession.
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By God's grace it is. Amen.
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Now, we have
Sherene Becca and Sherene,
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tell us where are you from?
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I am from Austin,
Texas. And how did you hear
00:17:16.83\00:17:20.68
about ASI youth for Jesus?
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Its a little interesting,
its kind of a long story
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but I'll make it
short, I never heard of
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ASI youth for Jesus
until the end of May.
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And this was
kind of a little late
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in the ball
game, at the end of May
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I heard about the
program and basically
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I just prayed and
I said you know Lord,
00:17:40.22\00:17:41.61
if you want me to
go you will find a way
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for me to go. And I just want to
00:17:43.84\00:17:45.43
tell you that God is real,
00:17:45.44\00:17:46.76
because I'm a college student,
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I go to Baylor University,
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I'm a Freshman I
just started last month
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and I did the
first summer session.
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But that wasn't the
plan, the plan was for me
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to go for the whole
entire month of July
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and this had been set up
from back in about April.
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And in April
everything was set and still,
00:18:06.21\00:18:09.56
so come May
there was no way that
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I was gonna be
able to come out to this
00:18:12.33\00:18:13.73
program and I just
said, you know what Lord,
00:18:13.74\00:18:15.37
if you want me to
go you will find a way
00:18:15.55\00:18:17.74
and he found a
way. And I have been
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blessed as a result of that,
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I just want to say that
God is here in Louieville
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and he is not
leaving. Amen. I was seen
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that in this
program. Amen. now, you had a
00:18:29.60\00:18:34.67
goal that you
wanted to accomplish while
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you were here,
for when you go back
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to Baylor
University and what was that?
00:18:39.90\00:18:42.26
Well, my goal is
basically I want to
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minister to all
the students there,
00:18:44.24\00:18:46.70
you know like I
said earlier God's here
00:18:48.15\00:18:49.75
in Louieville and
he is not leaving.
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I wanna take God back
to Baylor and I don't want,
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I don't wanna see him leave.
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I want him to be
there forever and I just
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wanna use what
I've learned here,
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you know the
classes that we've doing
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that the youth for Jesus program
00:19:00.12\00:19:01.59
they have been so helpful.
00:19:01.60\00:19:02.78
I've learned more
spiritually within myself
00:19:02.79\00:19:06.64
and I hope that as
I go out to campus,
00:19:06.65\00:19:09.12
go out and stay on
campus that I can just
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reflect God in all
ways that I know and I'm,
00:19:11.01\00:19:14.22
also the evangelistic stuff,
00:19:14.75\00:19:16.55
the door knocking,
that helped me also
00:19:16.56\00:19:18.46
I had the pleasure
of working with the NAPS
00:19:18.97\00:19:21.60
group and through
that I've learned so much,
00:19:21.61\00:19:24.07
I'd never done
door knocking in my life
00:19:24.25\00:19:25.87
and this program has
just been so beneficial.
00:19:26.07\00:19:28.82
I wanna go back to Waco,
00:19:28.83\00:19:30.31
Texas and just
serve God and bring glory
00:19:30.32\00:19:33.73
to his name, amen, I'm excited.
00:19:33.74\00:19:35.89
So, you have been
equipped to go back to
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public university
campus to be a witness,
00:19:37.95\00:19:40.82
a powerful witness for him, yes.
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Well we will be
keeping you in our prayers,
00:19:43.65\00:19:44.62
thank you Sherene, thank you.
00:19:44.63\00:19:46.39
Now, this is Alicia
Zimmerman and Alicia
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tell me are you, have you been a
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Seventh-day
Adventist all your life?
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I have been an
Adventist all my life
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and I'm actually a
5th generation Adventist.
00:20:01.89\00:20:05.32
Fifth generation
Adventist, that's right,
00:20:05.89\00:20:07.58
so you know what being
a Seventh-day Adventist
00:20:07.69\00:20:10.65
Christian is all about.
Yes, I grew up believing
00:20:10.66\00:20:14.09
in everything
that Adventist teach
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and my parents
taught me everything from
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basically the time I was born.
00:20:19.92\00:20:21.35
And where were you
born? I was born in Zambia,
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Africa. So, you're a
missionary kid, I was.
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And so, your
spiritual life was just perfect
00:20:28.38\00:20:31.84
and you were
ready to be translated.
00:20:31.85\00:20:34.13
No, actually I felt
like being a Christian was
00:20:35.94\00:20:40.70
just all about
works, like all about doing
00:20:40.71\00:20:42.92
stuff and rules and
everything and I didn't
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have experience with
God, with God for myself.
00:20:46.15\00:20:49.28
And how did you
come to ASI Youth
00:20:51.27\00:20:53.31
for Jesus program? I
actually came because
00:20:53.32\00:20:56.59
my mom wanted me
too and I didn't really
00:20:56.60\00:20:58.40
wanna come in the first place,
00:20:58.41\00:20:59.98
but she convinced
me to come and I'm so
00:20:59.99\00:21:02.83
glad that I came.
Now, how did this change
00:21:02.84\00:21:06.14
your outlook on
what Christianity
00:21:06.15\00:21:08.31
is all about? I
realize that God is about love,
00:21:08.32\00:21:12.78
that God loves us and
it's the devil that wants
00:21:13.01\00:21:16.99
to make us unhappy not God.
00:21:17.00\00:21:18.72
And how did that
change your life?
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Well, I really want to
share God and I realize
00:21:22.15\00:21:23.12
too that like if
we just keep things to
00:21:25.99\00:21:29.68
ourselves it's
not gonna help us,
00:21:29.69\00:21:32.12
but if we share
with others that's what
00:21:32.13\00:21:33.69
helps us more than anything.
00:21:33.70\00:21:34.93
As we bless others
we are blessed more,
00:21:35.35\00:21:37.96
okay, great. And,
now you made a decision
00:21:38.50\00:21:41.26
while you were here
and what was decision?
00:21:41.27\00:21:43.02
I decided to be
re-baptized and this last
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Tuesday night I
was re-baptized, amen.
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Thank you Alicia.
You know as we work
00:21:52.31\00:21:55.79
with this youth and
we see them just change
00:21:55.80\00:21:59.83
their lives, just
right in front of our eyes.
00:22:01.07\00:22:03.75
And we have had
such wonderful staff
00:22:04.28\00:22:06.21
that have pleaded
with God for each one
00:22:06.22\00:22:08.98
and it was just
such a blessing because
00:22:09.44\00:22:12.07
you know we would
see this young person
00:22:12.13\00:22:13.77
struggling and
our staff would meet
00:22:13.78\00:22:16.16
and we would pray
and we would plead with
00:22:16.25\00:22:18.02
God for that young person.
00:22:18.03\00:22:19.37
And the next day we
would see a complete change,
00:22:20.12\00:22:23.00
you know we would
see an improvement
00:22:23.01\00:22:24.49
in their
attitudes, improvement in
00:22:24.50\00:22:26.01
their outlook,
improvement in their
00:22:26.02\00:22:27.98
desire to, to grow in their
00:22:27.99\00:22:30.47
Christian experience.
And this year we have
00:22:30.48\00:22:33.12
had twelve students;
ASI students that have
00:22:33.13\00:22:35.57
either been
baptized for the first time
00:22:36.07\00:22:38.11
or have been re-baptized.
00:22:38.39\00:22:39.98
Thank you so
much, now the fourth
00:22:42.21\00:22:47.83
objective of our
ASI Youth for Jesus
00:22:47.84\00:22:49.84
program is to
make this so that it
00:22:50.00\00:22:52.89
can be
duplicated, not just once a
00:22:52.90\00:22:55.79
year event at an
ASI convention city.
00:22:55.80\00:22:58.82
But we encourage
and teach the students
00:22:59.43\00:23:01.90
to take it back to
their own churches,
00:23:01.91\00:23:03.72
their
communities, their schools,
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.40
wherever they are
and light a fire under
00:23:05.82\00:23:08.87
their churches and
their schools and their
00:23:08.88\00:23:10.58
communities. And I
want Olivia and Mary
00:23:10.59\00:23:13.47
Jo to come up right
now, because these were two
00:23:13.48\00:23:16.47
of our students,
first time students
00:23:16.48\00:23:19.11
last year at Dallas,
ASI Youth for Jesus program.
00:23:19.37\00:23:23.13
Now, Olivia and Mary Jo,
this is your second year?
00:23:23.40\00:23:25.53
Yes, and but last
year you came to youth
00:23:26.52\00:23:31.02
for Jesus and
what was the result,
00:23:31.03\00:23:35.07
what was the end
result of your attending
00:23:35.08\00:23:37.28
youth for Jesus?
Well, youth for Jesus,
00:23:38.14\00:23:40.38
we enjoyed all the classes,
00:23:40.39\00:23:41.97
all the inspiration
from all the staff and
00:23:41.98\00:23:44.79
both of us felt
called at youth for Jesus,
00:23:45.21\00:23:46.83
we felt like we
couldn't just go home
00:23:46.84\00:23:48.66
and go back to
how life used to be.
00:23:48.83\00:23:50.39
We felt like we
knew, we learned so much
00:23:50.50\00:23:53.14
and we have such a
passion that we couldn't
00:23:53.15\00:23:54.72
just go home and let that die,
00:23:54.73\00:23:57.09
we decided to go home
and do something about it.
00:23:57.35\00:23:59.38
And Mary Jo, what was that?
00:24:00.09\00:24:01.29
Well, during one of the
classes we had actually,
00:24:02.49\00:24:06.10
I think it was Pastor
Shawn Boonstra I can't
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.70
remember for sure
for, but he was saying
00:24:07.71\00:24:10.07
you know this is
not hard to you guys
00:24:10.08\00:24:11.66
you can do it if you're a youth.
00:24:11.67\00:24:13.10
It doesn't really matter,
00:24:13.11\00:24:14.11
it just lot of
work but you can do it
00:24:14.24\00:24:16.60
and that just
planted a seed in my mind
00:24:16.80\00:24:18.56
and I started
thinking well is that possible.
00:24:18.57\00:24:21.05
Can I really take
it home and so we've
00:24:21.06\00:24:23.45
heard about it,
you know we prayed
00:24:23.46\00:24:25.03
about it for a
really long time and when
00:24:25.04\00:24:27.70
I got home I talked to
my pastor and my parents
00:24:27.71\00:24:30.81
and everybody was all for it so.
00:24:30.82\00:24:32.45
We started
organizing an evangelistic
00:24:32.99\00:24:35.01
series at home.
So, you were sixteen
00:24:35.02\00:24:37.39
at the time and you
were seventeen right.
00:24:37.40\00:24:39.56
So, when you got
back and you approached
00:24:40.25\00:24:42.01
your church board
and your church pastor
00:24:42.02\00:24:44.98
and you said we
want to organize an
00:24:44.99\00:24:47.21
evangelistic
meetings, what was that like?
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.06
My pastor and my
whole church family actually
00:24:51.23\00:24:53.64
were supportive
from the very beginning,
00:24:53.79\00:24:55.46
it was so awesome
because my dad would
00:24:55.70\00:24:57.58
actually told me
before he was like now
00:24:57.59\00:24:59.43
remember you are
sixteen years old
00:24:59.44\00:25:01.22
and the pastor he may say.
00:25:01.29\00:25:03.07
Well, that's a lot
of money I don't know
00:25:03.44\00:25:05.54
about it but we
prayed about it and when
00:25:05.55\00:25:07.21
I went in
before my pastor he was
00:25:07.22\00:25:09.15
like definitely,
just tell me what you
00:25:09.16\00:25:11.14
need for me and I will help you
00:25:11.15\00:25:12.59
anyway I can so. I had so much
00:25:12.60\00:25:14.90
support from my
entire church family.
00:25:14.91\00:25:16.77
Amen. So, now
you've decided to duplicate
00:25:17.98\00:25:23.80
what you've learned
at ASI Youth for Jesus
00:25:23.81\00:25:25.96
and take it to your
home church and what was
00:25:25.97\00:25:28.85
your church like?
Well, my church it was
00:25:28.86\00:25:31.27
really interesting
because I hadn't even,
00:25:31.28\00:25:32.83
our church had a
new pastor at the time
00:25:32.84\00:25:34.58
I hadn't even met him yet so.
00:25:34.59\00:25:36.15
The first time I
meet him I come up to him,
00:25:36.41\00:25:38.02
and he said well I
hear you had a busy summer
00:25:38.56\00:25:41.44
and I said yeah
and he said well,
00:25:41.45\00:25:43.45
tell me what you
wanted to do and so
00:25:43.75\00:25:45.34
I just laid it on i n
front him and told him
00:25:45.35\00:25:47.48
what our goals were
and he was right behind
00:25:48.59\00:25:51.40
me the whole way,
he just said alright
00:25:51.41\00:25:53.06
take it and run with
it. He helped a whole lot,
00:25:53.07\00:25:55.90
it was awesome.
Praise the Lord for
00:25:55.91\00:25:57.70
supportive
pastors, okay so now how
00:25:57.71\00:26:04.04
did this impact your church,
00:26:04.05\00:26:06.15
I mean you're just
teenagers, so how did,
00:26:06.38\00:26:08.81
how did your
meetings impact your church?
00:26:08.94\00:26:11.65
Well, I think that
God, they used to little bit
00:26:12.79\00:26:14.43
more involeved I mean my
friends came an helped us
00:26:14.44\00:26:16.89
out it was so cool
to see how it just,
00:26:16.90\00:26:18.76
it pulled our church together,
00:26:19.08\00:26:20.18
really we are
really a small church.
00:26:20.19\00:26:22.31
And if there is any
youth out there that
00:26:22.76\00:26:23.88
are thinking well I can't do it,
00:26:23.89\00:26:25.09
I'm just a kid thatis way too
00:26:25.10\00:26:27.31
hard. Well, it is
a lot of work but you
00:26:27.74\00:26:29.05
really can do it,
it's possible. Amen.
00:26:29.28\00:26:32.90
And Olivia, how did
this impact your church?
00:26:33.15\00:26:34.89
Well, my church had
actually a couple years
00:26:35.57\00:26:37.08
before had gone
through kind of a rough time
00:26:37.09\00:26:39.11
and we have a low membership but
00:26:39.42\00:26:42.00
it was built,
starting to built backup.
00:26:42.01\00:26:43.64
But people were still kind of,
00:26:43.65\00:26:45.17
I don't know we
weren't as united as we
00:26:46.09\00:26:47.67
should be and there
was still a lot of issues
00:26:47.68\00:26:49.79
but it was on
its way to recovery
00:26:49.80\00:26:51.26
and when we did
the series of meetings,
00:26:51.52\00:26:53.41
we had church training
for this Sabbaths before.
00:26:53.55\00:26:56.30
And the meetings
were the best thing that's
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.91
never happened to our church,
00:26:58.92\00:27:00.09
it pulled our church
together and everybody
00:27:00.19\00:27:03.23
worked together and I
was explaining to Lisa,
00:27:03.24\00:27:05.31
I was like it was so
cool because everybody
00:27:05.32\00:27:06.78
was so focused on
God, so focused on trying
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.38
to win others to Jesus,
00:27:09.39\00:27:10.59
that they forgot to fight.
00:27:11.32\00:27:12.30
And we forgot
to be worried about
00:27:12.31\00:27:13.69
others stuff, so it was a real
00:27:13.81\00:27:15.35
blessing and pulled
our church together.
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.18
Amen. The youth are
the church of today amen?
00:27:18.75\00:27:24.16
Amen, they're not
the church of tomorrow
00:27:24.70\00:27:26.41
and they can win souls
and even pull churches,
00:27:26.67\00:27:29.90
fighting churches together.
00:27:29.91\00:27:31.19
Thank you so
much, you know we all
00:27:31.92\00:27:34.76
have work to do.
Every single one of us,
00:27:34.77\00:27:40.74
whether you are
16, 17, 13 or 80 or 90
00:27:41.25\00:27:46.46
we all have work
that we need to do
00:27:46.76\00:27:49.59
outside of our
walls. Amen, amen, amen.
00:27:49.67\00:27:52.10
Within these
walls we join our hearts
00:28:23.71\00:28:31.61
We come together to be set apart
00:28:32.25\00:28:39.92
But worshiping on Sabbath
00:28:40.15\00:28:44.07
Is just a way to hide.
00:28:44.28\00:28:48.18
If we can't face on Monday
00:28:48.44\00:28:52.06
The dying world outside.
00:28:52.40\00:28:58.10
Do the crying know we care?
00:28:58.38\00:29:02.26
Do the lonely find us there?
00:29:02.49\00:29:06.34
Are we so involved,
00:29:06.55\00:29:08.70
we do not hear them call.
00:29:08.71\00:29:14.39
Everywhere men are searching
00:29:14.81\00:29:19.01
They're wondering
why they're hurting
00:29:19.20\00:29:22.85
Do they see the love of Jesus
00:29:23.14\00:29:27.06
at all outside these walls?
00:29:27.42\00:29:35.32
Within our
hearts He planted a seed
00:29:48.24\00:29:56.41
A love that we can count on
00:29:56.44\00:30:00.31
for everything we need
00:30:00.56\00:30:04.52
But safe in our seclusion
00:30:04.72\00:30:09.33
How can we grow
00:30:09.56\00:30:12.57
When outside these walls
00:30:12.94\00:30:16.59
There are fields we need to sow
00:30:16.98\00:30:22.24
Tell me do the
crying know we care?
00:30:22.43\00:30:26.85
Do the lonely find us there?
00:30:27.20\00:30:30.85
Are we so involved,
00:30:31.22\00:30:33.28
we do not hear them call?
00:30:33.47\00:30:38.95
Everywhere men are searching
00:30:39.27\00:30:43.27
They're wondering
why they're hurting
00:30:43.42\00:30:47.17
Do they see the love of Jesus
00:30:47.30\00:30:51.02
at all outside these walls?
00:30:51.38\00:30:58.03
O Lord, through our lives
00:30:59.28\00:31:02.80
please let others see
00:31:03.09\00:31:06.74
Your love
reflecting through us perfectly
00:31:07.04\00:31:14.92
Everywhere men are searching
00:31:14.93\00:31:18.91
They're wondering
00:31:19.16\00:31:20.13
why they're hurting
00:31:20.14\00:31:22.53
Do they see the love of Jesus
00:31:22.85\00:31:26.49
at all outside these walls?
00:31:26.87\00:31:34.15
Do they see the love of Jesus
00:31:35.27\00:31:41.40
at all outside these walls?
00:31:41.83\00:32:00.56
This is my privilege
this evening to introduce
00:32:09.68\00:32:11.97
this speaker for the hour,
00:32:11.98\00:32:13.30
he needs no
introduction to young people,
00:32:14.05\00:32:16.23
students and
especially young professionals.
00:32:16.48\00:32:19.29
His name is Randy Skeete,
00:32:19.96\00:32:22.56
he is currently the
Director or In-charge
00:32:23.28\00:32:26.26
of Campus
evangelism, he is our evangelism
00:32:26.27\00:32:29.42
Director for
Secular University Students.
00:32:29.43\00:32:32.24
Prior to working as
full time evangelist
00:32:33.20\00:32:35.82
for Secular University students,
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.46
Randy Skeete served as
a Director for Academic
00:32:38.07\00:32:41.77
enrichment for the
University of Michigan
00:32:42.03\00:32:44.53
Medical School. He has lead and
00:32:44.54\00:32:47.45
guided many
medical students through
00:32:47.46\00:32:49.64
the program, and
six years ago the Lord
00:32:49.65\00:32:53.09
convicted him to
dedicate the entire
00:32:53.10\00:32:56.38
reminder of his life to
the service of the Lord.
00:32:57.01\00:32:59.45
Waking us an
evangelist, evangelizing secular
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.66
universities
and having a special
00:33:03.67\00:33:05.89
heart for
Africa. Randy Skeete is a
00:33:06.14\00:33:09.27
studious Bible
student. He has literally
00:33:09.38\00:33:12.68
memorized a substantial
section of the Bible.
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.70
One thing I
appreciate most from him is he
00:33:16.70\00:33:19.28
brings a life of excellence,
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.19
doctrinal clarity
and a sense of urgency
00:33:22.19\00:33:26.12
to the task of evangelism.
00:33:26.57\00:33:28.41
He is gonna be
our speaker tonight,
00:33:30.62\00:33:32.78
pray for him as he
speaks to us. Amen.
00:33:33.18\00:33:36.09
Good evening everyone,
may the Lord bless us as
00:33:43.21\00:33:46.13
we study His
word tonight whether
00:33:46.14\00:33:47.52
we are here or
watching by television,
00:33:47.53\00:33:49.52
let us pray because
time is moving quickly.
00:33:50.21\00:33:52.00
Our Father in
heaven, in the name of Jesus
00:33:53.11\00:33:54.52
we come to you,
I ask today God to
00:33:54.53\00:33:56.86
bless me
quickly, speak through me,
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.35
take control of my
mind and enlightened
00:34:00.01\00:34:02.10
the understanding of
your sons and daughters
00:34:02.11\00:34:03.90
who have come. I offer this pray
00:34:03.91\00:34:05.79
from my heart, in
Jesus name, amen, amen.
00:34:05.80\00:34:08.96
In your bulletins
the sermon is entitled,
00:34:09.52\00:34:11.44
Right But Not
Righteous Under The Force
00:34:11.89\00:34:13.46
of A Conviction,
I have had to change
00:34:13.47\00:34:15.12
that the titled is now
"Tell God Tell Him Now."
00:34:15.13\00:34:18.64
In John 17 verses 3 and
4 I won't wait for you to
00:34:19.33\00:34:22.48
find it because
that will eat up my time.
00:34:22.49\00:34:24.44
The Bible says, And
this is life eternal,
00:34:24.80\00:34:27.04
that they might know
thee the only true God,
00:34:27.56\00:34:29.58
and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent.
00:34:29.97\00:34:31.95
Now, verse 4, listen carefully:
00:34:31.96\00:34:33.50
I have glorified
thee on the earth:
00:34:33.91\00:34:36.27
I have finished the work which
00:34:36.70\00:34:38.40
thou gavest me to
do. Now what was this
00:34:38.41\00:34:41.52
work that Jesus Christ
declares very confidently
00:34:41.53\00:34:44.78
to whom have
finished? I have finished
00:34:45.18\00:34:48.26
the work which
thou gavest me to do.
00:34:48.37\00:34:50.81
Before answering that
question let me tell us
00:34:51.25\00:34:54.11
what the work was
not. Now, in 1st John 5:19
00:34:54.53\00:34:59.14
the beloved
disciple of Christ John
00:34:59.53\00:35:01.23
writes these
words: And we know that
00:35:01.24\00:35:03.67
we are of God,
and the whole world
00:35:03.68\00:35:06.35
lieth in
wickedness. These was written
00:35:06.69\00:35:09.29
2000 years ago, the same author
00:35:09.54\00:35:11.92
John in the book
of Revelation chapter
00:35:12.36\00:35:14.11
13 verse 8 he
writes: And all that dwell
00:35:14.12\00:35:17.01
upon the earth
shall worship him,
00:35:17.02\00:35:18.64
whose names are not
written in the book of
00:35:19.01\00:35:20.93
the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
00:35:20.94\00:35:23.26
Seeing things as they would be
00:35:23.67\00:35:25.65
in the end of
time, a revelation given
00:35:25.66\00:35:28.32
to John by Christ,
John sees that most
00:35:28.33\00:35:32.70
of the world
would worship the beast.
00:35:32.71\00:35:35.05
In Revelation 13
verse 3 John writes:
00:35:35.51\00:35:38.03
And I saw one of
his heads as it were
00:35:38.19\00:35:40.09
wounded to death;
and his deadly wound
00:35:40.10\00:35:42.11
was healed: and all of the world
00:35:42.12\00:35:44.42
wondered after the beast.
00:35:44.70\00:35:46.05
When you read all the world,
00:35:46.54\00:35:48.03
you must include
except a few of them,
00:35:48.47\00:35:50.87
what I am saying is this.
00:35:51.20\00:35:52.54
It was clear in
the days of John,
00:35:52.89\00:35:54.68
as it was in the
days of Noah that most
00:35:55.39\00:35:57.96
of the world was
wicked, as it was in the days of
00:35:58.25\00:36:01.79
Noah so shall it
be in the days of the
00:36:01.80\00:36:04.14
coming of the son of man,
00:36:04.15\00:36:05.53
most of the world is
wicked. Ellen White writes
00:36:05.54\00:36:09.65
in Christ Triumphant
page 36 and paragraph 5:
00:36:09.66\00:36:13.24
The great majority of
the earth's inhabitants
00:36:13.25\00:36:17.12
are in the kingdom of Satan.
00:36:17.13\00:36:20.32
She wrote that about
1903, now it says the
00:36:21.30\00:36:23.78
Bible teaches the
world is getting worse,
00:36:23.79\00:36:26.26
we know the
situation must be worse now
00:36:26.27\00:36:29.75
overwhelmingly I say
the great majority of
00:36:29.76\00:36:33.74
the inhabitants of
the earth are in the
00:36:33.75\00:36:36.63
kingdom of God. She
writes in Gospel Workers
00:36:36.64\00:36:39.73
page 26, paragraph
2: The great majority of
00:36:39.74\00:36:43.05
earth's inhabitants
have given their allegiance
00:36:43.06\00:36:45.87
to the enemy. That is
what we are up against
00:36:45.88\00:36:48.71
as a church. So it
is clear that in the end
00:36:48.72\00:36:51.74
time most people will
not be save Jesus Christ
00:36:51.75\00:36:56.74
laments the
condition in the last days when
00:36:56.75\00:36:59.11
He says in Luke 18:8:
Nevertheless, when the
00:36:59.12\00:37:02.29
son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on
00:37:02.30\00:37:05.93
the earth? And the
obvious answer is no,
00:37:05.94\00:37:08.50
there will be little
faith found on the earth
00:37:08.51\00:37:11.88
when Jesus Christ comes back.
00:37:11.89\00:37:13.90
Now, if this is
the case and it is, any
00:37:13.91\00:37:18.96
organization who makes
as his mission baptizing
00:37:18.97\00:37:23.14
the whole world is
planning for failure,
00:37:23.15\00:37:25.81
are you listening to
me? If our goal as a church
00:37:25.82\00:37:32.26
is to baptize the
whole world, we are planning
00:37:32.27\00:37:36.33
for expensive
failure. Now, don't
00:37:36.34\00:37:39.65
misunderstand
me, evangelism is an
00:37:39.66\00:37:42.44
expression of a converted heart,
00:37:42.45\00:37:44.51
because one of the
evidences of a converted
00:37:44.52\00:37:46.56
man or woman is a
burden for souls do
00:37:46.57\00:37:49.98
you understand that.
But the Bible is still clear
00:37:49.99\00:37:53.76
when Jesus comes back
shall he find faith on
00:37:53.77\00:37:57.37
the earth and the
answer is no in the
00:37:57.38\00:37:59.63
sense that he will
find very little faith when
00:37:59.64\00:38:02.56
the flood came and
destroyed the world,
00:38:02.57\00:38:04.48
8 people went into the Ark.
00:38:04.49\00:38:06.02
When the fires
came to destroy Sodom,
00:38:06.03\00:38:07.96
Gomorrah, Admah,
Zeboim and Bella,
00:38:07.97\00:38:10.62
three people
came out of Sodom and
00:38:10.63\00:38:12.55
only one is
described as righteous.
00:38:12.56\00:38:14.94
Are you following
me? Amen, our subject is
00:38:19.72\00:38:22.37
tell God, tell him now
let's go back to John 7
00:38:22.38\00:38:25.23
and 4, the mission of
Jesus Christ was not to
00:38:25.24\00:38:28.02
convert the whole
world. It never was, it never
00:38:28.03\00:38:33.02
will be and the
mission of the church cannot be
00:38:33.03\00:38:36.25
different from
the mission of Christ.
00:38:36.26\00:38:39.10
Because Christ said
in John 17 verse 18:
00:38:39.11\00:38:43.11
As thou hast sent
me into the world,
00:38:43.12\00:38:45.47
even so have I also
sent them into the world.
00:38:45.48\00:38:48.30
He says similar
words in John 20 verse 21:
00:38:48.31\00:38:51.12
As the Father has
sent me, so send I you.
00:38:51.13\00:38:54.52
Nor the manner of
coming but the mission
00:38:54.53\00:38:57.72
for which he came,
and the mission for Christ
00:38:57.73\00:39:00.77
is the mission for the
church that is why when
00:39:00.78\00:39:03.82
Jesus said: I have
glorified thee on the earth:
00:39:03.83\00:39:06.57
I have finished the
work which thou gavest
00:39:06.58\00:39:08.33
me to do. Jesus
was saying the mission
00:39:08.34\00:39:11.56
I came to fulfill I
have fulfilled, which was the
00:39:11.57\00:39:15.82
glorification of
God. Now, what is that,
00:39:15.83\00:39:18.67
what did that Jesus
mean when He said I have
00:39:20.45\00:39:22.45
glorified thee on
the earth, what is glory?
00:39:22.46\00:39:26.56
Ellen White writes
in God's Amazing Grace
00:39:26.57\00:39:30.15
page 322 and
paragraph 2, God's glory is his
00:39:30.16\00:39:34.62
character,
somebody say amen? Amen,
00:39:34.63\00:39:37.34
God's glory is his
character, she writes
00:39:37.35\00:39:40.92
in the same book,
God's Amazing Grace page 322
00:39:40.93\00:39:43.75
and paragraph 3: This
character was revealed
00:39:43.76\00:39:47.83
in the life of Christ,
then she writes, same book
00:39:47.84\00:39:52.83
God's Amazing Grace same
page 322 and paragraph 4:
00:39:52.84\00:39:57.36
Christ desires his
followers to reveal
00:39:57.37\00:40:00.32
in their lives this
same character, amen.
00:40:00.33\00:40:05.52
Now, let me introduce
you an expression with
00:40:05.53\00:40:08.27
which we are
familiar, The Great Controversy,
00:40:08.28\00:40:11.31
everything that
Jesus did. He did within a
00:40:12.52\00:40:17.11
context of The
Great Controversy;
00:40:17.12\00:40:20.04
His mission was a part
of His Father's plan to win
00:40:20.05\00:40:24.94
The Great Controversy.
The church which Christ
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.88
has authorized to carry
on his work must conduct
00:40:27.89\00:40:31.53
it's business in the
light of The Great Controversy
00:40:31.54\00:40:35.48
and what is The
Great Controversy?
00:40:35.49\00:40:37.05
It is that battle
that began when Lucifer
00:40:37.06\00:40:39.59
made unfair charges
against God's character
00:40:39.60\00:40:42.51
and against God's
law we do not have the
00:40:42.52\00:40:44.88
transcript of
his speech forbidden,
00:40:44.89\00:40:47.22
but by reasoning from
scripture to scripture
00:40:47.23\00:40:49.77
we can conclude that
if the devil succeeding
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.98
and getting one
third of perfect angels to
00:40:52.99\00:40:55.41
follow him into
his kingdom. He must
00:40:55.42\00:40:57.84
have said something
false about God's kingdom,
00:40:57.85\00:41:00.56
are you with me?
Yeah, Bible study requires
00:41:00.57\00:41:04.19
reasoning, if Satan
succeeded in getting
00:41:04.20\00:41:09.19
perfect angels to
accept his worship then
00:41:09.20\00:41:13.86
he must have
convinced them to express doubt
00:41:13.87\00:41:16.22
in God's word. Somehow
the devil cast aspersions
00:41:16.23\00:41:21.33
on the character of
God and to impune the
00:41:21.34\00:41:24.81
character of God is
to impune God's law.
00:41:24.82\00:41:28.16
Because the law of God
is an expression of the
00:41:28.17\00:41:30.96
character of God when
we pray the Lord's pray,
00:41:30.97\00:41:33.34
thy will be down on
earth as it is in heaven,
00:41:33.35\00:41:35.71
what it means that
the way God is obeyed in
00:41:35.72\00:41:38.27
heaven he must
be obeyed on earth.
00:41:38.28\00:41:40.51
If that is the case
and the Ten Commandments
00:41:40.52\00:41:42.80
are the whole duty
of man than the duty of
00:41:42.81\00:41:45.08
man is no different
from the duty of angels,
00:41:45.09\00:41:47.34
which is perfect
obedience to God, amen.
00:41:47.35\00:41:51.12
That amen was
weak, say it again. Amen.
00:41:51.13\00:41:54.88
Perfect obedience to
God's word, to God's law,
00:41:56.12\00:41:59.82
Satan convinced some
angels and he convinces
00:41:59.83\00:42:05.21
us that God's
law cannot be kept,
00:42:05.22\00:42:09.16
God's law is
unfair, God's law represents
00:42:09.17\00:42:12.41
a standard that is
so Himalayan no one can
00:42:12.42\00:42:15.51
reach it. Here
comes Jesus to demonstrate
00:42:15.52\00:42:22.37
in his life don't
sleep, don't talk to people
00:42:22.38\00:42:26.67
next to you, here
comes Christ to demonstrate
00:42:26.68\00:42:31.21
in his life and
through his life that Satan's
00:42:31.22\00:42:35.12
charge was false,
wrong, no foundation in fact.
00:42:35.13\00:42:42.57
And at the end of his
life he is moving toward
00:42:42.58\00:42:45.81
the cross, he is
hours away from the cross
00:42:45.82\00:42:48.48
and Jesus says in John
7 and 4, I have glorified
00:42:48.49\00:42:52.55
thee on the earth,
glory is character this was
00:42:52.56\00:42:56.10
what God demonstrated
to Moses in Exodus 34
00:42:56.11\00:42:59.25
verse 6: And the
Lord passed by before him
00:42:59.26\00:43:02.06
and declared, "The
Lord, the Lord, merciful
00:43:02.07\00:43:04.51
and gracious, longsuffering
and abundant in truth.
00:43:04.52\00:43:07.76
He showed Moses
his character and Jesus
00:43:09.26\00:43:13.46
Christ said in my
life I have glorified you,
00:43:13.47\00:43:18.69
I have reflected
your character but as we
00:43:18.70\00:43:23.67
continue with
tell God tell him now.
00:43:23.68\00:43:26.61
And I have ten minutes
and five seconds to go,
00:43:26.62\00:43:29.07
Jesus is only one man,
listen to me carefully.
00:43:30.78\00:43:35.93
Christ was one man on
this earth, so in Christ
00:43:35.94\00:43:40.45
in his life proclaimed
the fairness of God's law
00:43:40.46\00:43:43.93
and the beauty
of God's character.
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The devil said but
you are just one witness
00:43:45.95\00:43:47.91
for the glory of God.
Now in the jury system,
00:43:47.92\00:43:51.73
any claim had to be
establish in the mouth
00:43:51.74\00:43:54.42
of how many
witnesses at least, 2.
00:43:54.43\00:43:58.00
So, here is Jesus
and he says in my life
00:43:58.01\00:44:02.86
I have glorified
God, I have reflected
00:44:02.87\00:44:04.98
his character, Satan
you were wrong my Father
00:44:04.99\00:44:07.74
is just and
righteous his law can be kept.
00:44:07.75\00:44:10.32
The devil said but
you are one man and you
00:44:10.33\00:44:14.47
inspired mortals to
right, in Deuteronomy 19:15:
00:44:14.48\00:44:17.59
One man shall not rise
up, one witness shall not
00:44:17.60\00:44:20.74
rise up against a
man for any iniquity,
00:44:20.75\00:44:23.40
in any sin that he
sinneth: at the mouth
00:44:23.41\00:44:26.65
of two witnesses, or
at the mouth of three,
00:44:26.66\00:44:28.70
shall the matter be established.
00:44:28.71\00:44:30.76
Satan says, Jesus you
need one more witness,
00:44:30.77\00:44:34.52
your testimony by
itself cannot stand.
00:44:36.02\00:44:41.30
Jesus needs another
witness to the glory of
00:44:41.31\00:44:45.44
the character of
God, Jesus needs another
00:44:45.45\00:44:48.40
witness to stand with
him that the universe might
00:44:48.41\00:44:51.52
know forever that
God is good, how many,
00:44:51.53\00:44:55.70
much of the time? All
the time, now who will that
00:44:55.71\00:45:00.03
second witness be
the church, the church.
00:45:00.04\00:45:07.81
This is the mission
of the church, to rise up
00:45:07.82\00:45:12.48
and reflect in our
lives, the character
00:45:12.49\00:45:15.52
Jesus tried to
reflected in his that Satan's
00:45:15.53\00:45:18.75
mouth maybe
stopped, amen. Not every knee
00:45:18.76\00:45:23.44
bow and every tongue
confess that Jesus Christ
00:45:23.45\00:45:26.55
is the Lord but as
long as the testimony of
00:45:26.56\00:45:29.12
Jesus hangs by
itself. The controversy cannot
00:45:29.13\00:45:34.94
come to an end, God
needs another witness,
00:45:34.95\00:45:37.94
for in the mouth of
two or three God just needs
00:45:37.95\00:45:41.03
one more and that's
you and that's me that is
00:45:41.04\00:45:44.01
the church, amen.
Now, my Seventh-day tell
00:45:44.02\00:45:47.35
God tell him now,
we need to understand
00:45:47.36\00:45:51.36
that as a church.
The reason Christ has not
00:45:51.37\00:45:55.11
come is not because
Muslims are not getting
00:45:55.12\00:45:56.51
baptized. I say
that with respect,
00:45:56.52\00:46:00.29
Christ has not come
not because Jews not
00:46:00.30\00:46:03.02
accepting Adventism,
not because the Buddhist
00:46:03.03\00:46:05.64
are not accepting, or
the Hindus or the followers
00:46:05.65\00:46:08.38
of Hinduism or
Taoism or Jainism.
00:46:08.39\00:46:11.21
Christ has not yet
come because of his people,
00:46:11.22\00:46:14.83
amen. When he came
the first time the world
00:46:14.84\00:46:18.66
was not ready
because his people have not
00:46:18.67\00:46:21.55
prepared the world.
Now, so while we're planning
00:46:21.56\00:46:26.85
all kinds of expensive
strategies to reach the
00:46:26.86\00:46:29.82
post modern mind
and pre-modern mind
00:46:29.83\00:46:34.80
and the Jurassic
Park mind someone needs to
00:46:34.81\00:46:38.64
tell God how do I
reach the Adventist mind.
00:46:38.65\00:46:42.26
To led them
understand the responsibility is
00:46:42.27\00:46:45.81
theirs to bring me back. Amen.
00:46:45.82\00:46:49.77
By representing in
their lives my character,
00:46:49.78\00:46:53.33
this is the
mission of the church.
00:46:53.34\00:46:55.11
Now, evangelism is an
expression of that mission.
00:46:55.12\00:47:00.92
But it is not the
end all and the be all,
00:47:00.93\00:47:03.19
let me tell you
something with respect.
00:47:03.20\00:47:05.09
If every person on
earth became a Seventh-day
00:47:07.17\00:47:10.84
Adventist today and
Christ came tomorrow,
00:47:10.85\00:47:15.11
most of the world
would still be lost, amen.
00:47:15.12\00:47:19.11
Now, that should
effect our evangelism.
00:47:22.83\00:47:25.45
Jesus can save
everyone I am not undermining
00:47:25.46\00:47:29.84
evangelism, I am
saying evangelism must replace
00:47:29.85\00:47:33.22
in it's proper
context and the context is the
00:47:33.23\00:47:35.92
Great Controversy
between Christ and Satan
00:47:35.93\00:47:38.74
and the last piece
missing is the reflection
00:47:38.75\00:47:42.65
of Christ in his people, amen.
00:47:42.66\00:47:46.60
And so in Christ
Object Lessons page 69
00:47:46.61\00:47:49.68
and paragraph 1, our
servant, our messenger,
00:47:49.69\00:47:52.88
our prophetess
Ellen White, come on give
00:47:52.89\00:47:54.79
Ellen White an amen.
We live in a day when
00:47:54.80\00:47:58.05
she gets no respect,
don't join that bandwagon.
00:47:58.06\00:48:01.56
She writes, Christ
is waiting with longing
00:48:01.57\00:48:04.44
desired for a manifestation of
00:48:04.45\00:48:06.40
himself and his
people when the character of
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.92
Christ shall be perfectly
reflected or represented
00:48:08.93\00:48:11.72
in them, then he
will come not when every
00:48:11.73\00:48:14.87
Muslim has been baptized, amen.
00:48:14.88\00:48:18.01
I am talking about prospective,
00:48:18.02\00:48:20.98
the prospective, the
context of evangelism
00:48:20.99\00:48:24.32
must be the Great Controversy.
00:48:24.33\00:48:27.19
God's name has some mud on it.
00:48:27.20\00:48:29.90
Jesus whipped off
course some, it is up
00:48:29.91\00:48:34.91
to us to whip off
the rest. By committing
00:48:34.92\00:48:39.64
ourselves to living a
Christ like life but if
00:48:39.65\00:48:44.49
we don't believe
that victory over sin
00:48:44.50\00:48:46.41
is possible, now
some of us don't.
00:48:46.42\00:48:49.50
We can never contribute
to the Great Controversy
00:48:49.51\00:48:52.89
on God's side,
alright, amen. If we don't know
00:48:52.90\00:48:56.07
whether Christ had
a human nature or not,
00:48:56.08\00:48:57.77
if we don't know
whether the atonement finished
00:48:57.78\00:48:59.48
at the cross or not if
we don't know these things
00:48:59.49\00:49:02.35
how can the character
of God be revealed in us.
00:49:02.36\00:49:04.53
Because God's character
is associated with truth,
00:49:04.54\00:49:08.07
amen that's right. God
according to Rome is 2:24,
00:49:08.08\00:49:17.18
the name of God
is blasphemed among
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.59
the Gentiles
because of whom you,
00:49:19.60\00:49:22.86
God's people. No
unbeliever can does
00:49:22.87\00:49:26.90
got a bad name
because he does not claim
00:49:26.91\00:49:28.76
to have a relationship
with God, those of us
00:49:28.77\00:49:31.59
who make that claim
we give God a bad name.
00:49:31.60\00:49:34.86
And so to take the
honors of ourselves,
00:49:34.87\00:49:39.23
we try to make others perfect.
00:49:39.24\00:49:41.35
So we wanna
baptize every Muslim,
00:49:43.15\00:49:45.13
wanna baptize every
Hindu, wanna baptize
00:49:45.14\00:49:49.89
every person who
is not Adventism.
00:49:49.90\00:49:52.19
You know we have
sociologists in our church,
00:49:52.20\00:49:54.99
we have biostatisticians,
we have everyone
00:49:55.00\00:49:57.60
who can develop
instruments to measure
00:49:57.61\00:49:59.98
the benefits of
drinking soy milk and the
00:49:59.99\00:50:02.99
benefits of eating
almonds and the benefits
00:50:03.00\00:50:05.35
of riding a
bicycle and swimming.
00:50:05.36\00:50:07.52
We need someone to
develop an instrument
00:50:07.53\00:50:09.20
to determine who is
converted into church,
00:50:09.21\00:50:11.18
amen. The results
maybe embarrassing
00:50:11.19\00:50:15.37
yes they are
thirteen million members
00:50:15.38\00:50:17.62
I understand that, but
how many are converted,
00:50:17.63\00:50:20.69
amen. Three
minutes and eight seconds,
00:50:20.70\00:50:25.66
my brothers and my
sisters, we need to
00:50:27.28\00:50:32.80
understand that God's
problem is not the Buddhist.
00:50:32.81\00:50:39.12
His problem is not
the Muslim, he knows
00:50:39.13\00:50:44.25
how to reach them
when his people are already
00:50:44.26\00:50:46.80
to receive them.
Jesus said in Matthew 23 and
00:50:46.81\00:50:50.06
verse 15: Woe unto
you, Scribes and Pharisees,
00:50:50.07\00:50:52.76
hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land
00:50:52.77\00:50:55.21
to make one
proselyte, and when he is come
00:50:55.22\00:50:57.26
you make him twice to
tried of hell as yourselves.
00:50:57.27\00:51:00.46
God knows that if many
people came to this church
00:51:00.47\00:51:03.19
we would make them
like we are, because
00:51:03.20\00:51:05.58
organizations
produce after their kind.
00:51:05.59\00:51:09.09
And so God is waiting
there are thousands that
00:51:11.30\00:51:14.34
God is holding back
and no evangelistic expert
00:51:14.35\00:51:17.48
can win them if God is
holding them back, amen.
00:51:17.49\00:51:20.48
You wanna see
evangelistic success,
00:51:20.49\00:51:22.21
lets get our lives
right with Christ, amen.
00:51:22.22\00:51:25.51
God knows how to convert people,
00:51:28.42\00:51:30.94
there is nothing to
stop God from giving the
00:51:30.95\00:51:33.41
vision to some
tribe lead into the jungle
00:51:33.42\00:51:35.15
somewhere and
telling him look there is the
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.65
Sabbath, keep it. Can
we stop God for doing that?
00:51:36.66\00:51:40.30
No, God used an Ass
to talk to Balaam, amen.
00:51:40.31\00:51:44.50
But no one can tell
God how to reach Adventism,
00:51:44.51\00:51:48.59
my subject is tell
God, tell him now how do
00:51:48.60\00:51:52.02
I reach my church,
amen. Listen to me,
00:51:52.03\00:51:58.06
not because it's just
me but I'm coming from
00:51:59.54\00:52:01.05
the word of God. God
needs a people in these
00:52:01.06\00:52:06.45
last days in whose
life? His character is
00:52:06.46\00:52:12.37
perfectly reflected,
amen. Not 99 percent,
00:52:12.38\00:52:17.02
God does not lower his
standards to incorporate
00:52:17.03\00:52:19.86
our creative recommendations,
00:52:19.87\00:52:22.25
are you understanding
me? Yeah, tell God,
00:52:24.19\00:52:27.38
tell him now, tell
him what how do I awake
00:52:27.39\00:52:30.79
my church up and
get them to understand
00:52:30.80\00:52:33.91
that I am waiting for
them, not the Buddhists.
00:52:33.92\00:52:37.74
God's program has
always held up frustrated
00:52:40.90\00:52:43.30
and delayed,
retarded by his people.
00:52:43.31\00:52:45.51
My brothers, my
sisters you and I must make
00:52:45.52\00:52:47.45
individual commitments
to not tonight by the
00:52:47.46\00:52:50.47
grace of God, I
offer myself to God that in
00:52:50.48\00:52:53.93
my life the
character of God maybe seen.
00:52:53.94\00:52:57.14