I am gonna do
something that's gonna make
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my producers very
nervous and so I'll
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be just be out from
with it you see I have
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another mike in my hand
and I grabbed her she was
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leaving because I wanna
do something special and not
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only will it make the
producers nervous, but it
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could intimidate lot of
folks what I'm about to do,
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but I want this person. We
have not talked, this is not
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planned. Brother Redge
De Swardt, why don't you
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come up and say hello to
folks and give us a little
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testimony and Redge is
my buddy and he is a guy
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in ministry that loves
the Lord and I just want the
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folks don't know you
around the world to get to know
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you and hopefully they
can, I'm on mike number 10.
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How you doing my
friend? Fine. Can we hug?
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Yeah. Alright,
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Well, How you doing?
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Well, I'm doing alright now.
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This is the first time
you hug me, so you should beat
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me in the game of basketball.
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Oh! Well, Yeh! I like
this guy is a nice guy,
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since you let me
you mean. Alright.
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Tell us a little
bit about, you know,
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who are here from
around here, right.
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Yes, I am, I
live in Duncanville,
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which is just south of Dallas.
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Alright. Now what did
you do after you got the
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high school, you went
to college and what did
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you do for living for a while?
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Well, I played
NFL for five seasons.
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NFL for five seasons.
What teams did you play for?
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I started I was the
first round draft pick up the
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New England Patriots
and then my last two years
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I played with the
Washington Redskins.
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He looks like he is a football
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player don't he. Alright.
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First-round draft pick. Correct.
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Alright. So you had
things going for you,
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things were going great
and you have probably made
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an pretty good money.
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Real good money.
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More and better, better
then minimum wage right.
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More than I can
make it now, right.
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Yeah, more or so, so you are
making money wasn't a problem,
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you probably could
buy, you know, nice suits
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and fur coats for
Lashanda or whatever.
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Anything I wanted.
Anything you wanted,
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you can do that.
Then something happen, you
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quit in the peak of
your career that doesn't make
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sense to the world.
Well, God first of all he
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gave me a lovely wife Lasanda.
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Yeah. As she around here.
I would have got her up to.
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Well, my daughter is on
a program at another church
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so, okay, they on their
way. Sure they maybe here.
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But you know, you
guys don't let folk
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in once they come late.
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Yeah, I know they
didn't let me in earlier so.
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You, well, Lord bless
her and she began the study
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with Seventh-Day
Adventist and they showed her
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Jesus Christ, showed her
the Sabbath and she in turn
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showed it to me.
Yeah, I mean but that's
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incredible, you know, a lot
of people accept the Sabbath,
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but when you're in your
position you've got your fame
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and your fortune and all
those things, it's happening.
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What was it that was,
where you open all along
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did you have, what
is does it captured you
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blind sighted, I mean,
where you are studying.
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What did you expect from
blind sighted, but I tell
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everyone the key was
that my wife which was,
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she wasn't, she didn't grew
up the Seventh-Day Adventist.
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She grow up in the Baptist
church and she always go to,
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always went to
church. But what showed me the
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most was when she began to
live her life and she began
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to be a true witness for Jesus.
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Oh! Okay. So, she
accepted the Christ and then she
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joined this Seventh
Day Adventist Church.
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That's correct. And then did she
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nag you all the time
and say Redge, you know,
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most football games
are when, weekends, right.
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They are on the
Sabbath, but you know,
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she didn't, she told me
she wouldn't be able to support
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the game. She
wouldn't go to the games,
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but she loves me
and she supported me
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and at the same time
she still live her life
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before Jesus. So,
when she first did,
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I mean one of the
things, she probably enjoyed the
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most is your wife watching
you on these great games.
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Well, and all of
a sudden she says
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no that doesn't bother
your pride a little bit.
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Well, it does Buddy,
but I saw a whole demeanor,
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her dress changed,
everything changed.
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Alright. Some of
the things we used to
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do she no longer
could do with me.
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Yeah. And let's tell the whole
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world my business,
but. But God knows and so
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she changed in
and she was able to be
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a true witness for
Jesus. Yeah, well I appreciate
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you so much in what you're
doing though, so you accepted
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the call to, to now
what were you prepared to do.
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When you quit NFL, I
mean you planned on doing
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that when you
retire and, Correct.
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And then whatever,
but all of a sudden,
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it's a great change.
What did you do I mean.
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Well as a key edge, I
thank you can play football,
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because being in NFL was a
lifetime goal, lifetime dream
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that I've had, I was
at the highest level of my
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profession and
it was at the time,
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when I was playing in
a NFC Championship Game,
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where God really
convicted me on the Sabbath
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that I should be
playing football and so
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when I retire, I was
ensure what I was gonna do.
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But, somehow, how old was you,
you're talking about retiring,
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I was 26 years old
26, he retired at 26.
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So, I was fairly
young and I had a lot of
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Fairly young. Okay. I thought
I had football, good football
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lift in me because some
things I want to accomplish.
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Well, of course you
could have several good years,
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but you, you heard the
call of the Lord you quit,
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now you hadn't
planned on retiring so early,
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so what did you decide to
do? I mean you didn't have
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enough money you make
good money, but not last
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you forever. No, I
did save some money,
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but God when open up the
door, I had youth ministry
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and I decided to share my
experiences and talk to the
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young people about my
experience and about the
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Lord and the first
thing I've to do, I've to go
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back to school. Because
I thought, I'm gonna play
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football forever and
so I did, I trained at
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Southern Methodist University in
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Dallas, so I was
able to go back and get my
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undergraduate degree
and began to witness in,
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I've a youth ministry,
where I'm all over the country
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speaking to the young people
and what blessed me the most
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was when I got on to 3ABN
and we talked about my testimony
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and my ministry really
just took off and I've been to
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places, where really
tell the truth I've never been
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before. I went to Montana
and some places I've been,
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you know, I didn't see any
black people in those areas.
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And so, I'm
thinking anyone was there.
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If you remember one
of your first trips to
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West Frankfort, you and I
were together and they are
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not used to say
black people, right.
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You have to tell us
that story, I'll let that go.
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No, I don't want to tell
that story, but we stood toe
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to toe with them
anyway. Yes, we did.
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Yes, sir they left
to alone after while.
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Amen. Amen. God is good. Yeah.
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Good is good. Yes, surely he is.
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Well, you know, what I love
you guys and I love what you
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do and course they do
team pathways on 3ABN,
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but the ministry that
you're in is so incredible
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because you're
looking out for the youth.
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You of all people know
that the world has so much to
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offer these young talented
kids growing up in church
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that the devil wants
them. That's correct.
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And what better do they
look up, they don't look
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up to me and they say
what's your background, I am a
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carpenter or so what. But
you know young kids, you're
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in NFL football player
at the peak of your game and
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I mean it's about as
high as you can go, right and
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these people disgrabs
their attention. Why would
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somebody like you with
all of the things that they
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dream for someday give it up.
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And I'll tell you the
truth. That's the first
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thing, when I play
football I didn't want to talk,
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I used to go places and
I wouldn't tell everyone
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else NFL player
they want me to sign
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autographs, but now I
uses as witnesses into
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That's right.
and they want to hear
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and the kids really won't
you tell them you are an NFL
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football player, you
get the attention and little
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do they know, I'm giving
them Jesus. I'll talk about
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Football, but the most
important thing I could
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do was change my life and gave
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my life to Jesus Christ. Amen.
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One time, One time, I
was flying on a Aeroplane
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and this guy that was said,
it was nearly full plane there
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was one seat beside me
and I was happy to have that
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from California
empty, and so when they shut
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the door somebody
came into last minute
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and the Steward has
moved that person, so the guy
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who sit across to me
ended up sitting right beside me
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and I had already hide
him over. He was black guy,
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he had long hair, he
had necklaces and jewelry
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allover and I said he is
a rock singer. I can tell,
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he is a rock singer, so
he came and sit by me so we
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are flying little bit
and I said what kind of
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work you in. He go I'm
with the Colts and I said, Oh!
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that's a rock band
you know, no I'm thinking
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football, I think I
know people, I've traveled
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around the world I
see everybody I'm not that
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bad of judging character,
this guy is a rock singer.
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I can tell by
looking at him. He said I am
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the Colts, I say, Oh!
Rock band he says no the
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Indiana Colts Football
Team. He was a football player,
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but after we would
travel then he asked me what
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I did. Well, what do
you do? I said, well I'm
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in television, how did
you get into that. I said,
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well, it's a long story,
he said well, we got about
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four hours to go, no place
to go, but during the course
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of our conversation
and he was running back and
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had just was moving
from Canada to Indiana and
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I was able to lead
him to Christ, Amen
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he had been raised to Christian.
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Amen. Had left turned away
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from God, That's right.
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But before the flight was
over I don't know what the
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rest the folks
talk he and I held hands
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and we prayed Amen.
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And we prayed together and
he asked Jesus into his life
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and that was so rewarding
to me to have that opportunity.
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God is good, God is good. Amen.
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Alright, Redge thank you
so much and thanks for being
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a minute man, minute person
who just come it out I know
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you wouldn't mind it.
Oh! That's no problem.
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Alright closing thought for
any of the folks at home may
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be watching television
today, is closing thought
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for those maybe they
are discouraged, maybe they
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not sure what God
has restore for them.
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Well, I like to say
just keep your eyes on Jesus
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and my focus is on
young people and what we
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need to do, we need to
continue and encourage them,
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tell them positive
things and tell them you may go
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through struggles, but
keep your eyes on Jesus, but he
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will never leave you
nor forsake you. Amen
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Amen, thank you so
much. God bless you.
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It's my privilege now
to introduce to our world
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church those
watching around the world, but
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of course no stranger
to all of you here senior
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pastor Dallas Seventh
Adventist First Church
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pastor Jim Gilley
for that great testimony.
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Oh! That's a great testimony,
Alright, and let me tell you
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I remember when
Redge was playing football
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and you know the
Redskins are not number
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1 team in this area. I think
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I wonder who would be
here in Dallas, I can't.
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In fact when I
left this area I went to
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Washington DC, the
people their were saying
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Oh! You gonna be a Redskin fan.
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I said I'm so
excited I can now watch
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my second favorite
team and they said now,
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who would that be
and said anybody play
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in the Redskins.
Alright. But we were so thankful
00:11:00.29\00:11:05.84
when Redge retired
so that the Gospel did
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a great thing he
cleaned out a great runner
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back from the
Redskins you know. Alright
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and thank you pastor.
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It's so good to be
with you and I had seen
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Redge here and I
have heard him testified
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before and I'm
glad you brought him up
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Danny because he
kept me from having to do
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that. We appreciate
you you come in every week.
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This is a good place to come.
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I know you are
preaching everywhere
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and when you are
not out preaching
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you're welcome right
here at Dallas first church
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and all of you are welcome here.
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You know, you
don't have to just come
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on special days,
every week is a special day
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here, Amen, the Lord, the
Lord blesses week after week
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and you know I tell
you there is several
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people here in red suits today,
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I felt like I should
have worn a red suit.
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And I almost wore
my yellow sport coat
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a few weeks ago.
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I told the members
that my wife taught me out
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of it and she has desecration
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and sometimes
that's important to have.
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We just so thankful
that all of you are here
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and we just pray
that the Lord will lead us
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as we continue this
service, so we bow our
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heads for an
early morning prayer.
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Father of heaven
for your spirit we pray,
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for your guidance
in your word Lord,
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we depend, we
just pray that you will
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speak to our hearts
in Jesus name. Amen.
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Amen. I can just see the scene
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I wish I had been there.
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In fact I have a
theological belief,
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I have a feeling
that during the millennium
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that we will be
able to call up any scene
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that we want to
see that has happened
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in the history of the world.
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I really believe
that, I believe that is
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gonna happen to us.
See the Lord is just so
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far ahead of us
with technology that
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what he can do we have no idea,
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we just see a
little bit of grass today
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right now for the first time,
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we are up streaming our service
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right out of this little church
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of course on 3ABN,
but in addition to that
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on dallasfirstchurch.org
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and we are gonna be doing it
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everyday, there
is gonna be messages
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on all the time,
you can go on and click
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and watch a
message from this church
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anytime 24 hours a day anywhere
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around the world.
Now, if man can do
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that, what can God do? Amen.
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Now, I do believe
that those of us that are
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covered with the
blood, there are lot of scenes
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we don't want to
pull it up, right.
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A lot of things
that we want to forget.
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God says those
have been just done away
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with dropped out, nobody ever,
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you go to that
scene that will be blank
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it's covered by the blood.
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But the good
scenes, these things like
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Christ teaching and preaching,
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I think we will be
able to see every sermon
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that he ever
preached on this earth
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I believe that, you
know, I have also wondered
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Lord to wish I
have lived at that time.
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Wish I could have seen you,
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then sometimes I
thought you know it's so
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much better to live
now probably if I had
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to live at that time,
I might not even accepted
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Christ, at that particular time.
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It was a great
difficulty for those
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people that
accepted him when he was here
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on this earth,
it's actually easier to
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accept him now, years later
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when we have seen all
of the history transpire,
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it's easier to
accept him then it was
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to accept him if you were
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right there at that time.
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But here he was preaching
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on the sea of the Galilee.
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Early in the
morning, the fisherman
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have been out
fishing all night, but nobody
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had caught anything
you remember the story
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it's found in Luke
the fifth Chapter and they
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had been out there
fishing all night long.
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They had caught nothing.
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Jesus Christ is preaching
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and as he is
preaching things are happening.
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You know when
Lord talked all of a
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sudden hearts were touched.
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I would imagine
that they were people man
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for instance who had
not been down to the temple
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in years, who had not
been down for the pass
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over services they had
given up on all kinds of
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religion, but when
Jesus spoke, he spoke
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right to their
hearts and suddenly
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they are moved and
they know what they
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have to do, that they
have to make a decision
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to follow him that
he is their savior,
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there are women there.
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Women who have
lived lives of shame,
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they are ashamed to be anywhere,
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ashamed to go to the synagogue,
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ashamed to go to the temple,
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right all of a
sudden they realize as
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Jesus is speaking
to them and speaking to
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their hearts, they realized
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there is forgiveness,
there is restoration.
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the Christ takes
away all the shame
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from our lives and
those women standing
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there with tears
streaming down their
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chicks and even some
of those with hard faced
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fisherman find
that there is a tear
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dropping off into
the sand here and there.
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And than Jesus turns
to his to some people
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who are standing
there fisherman. These are
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men, he is coming
contact with before, but he
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says to them cast out
I wanna preach in your
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boat for a while and
he incept his message
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in the boat, and then
he turns to those men.
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And he says cast
your nets into the water.
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That's, wait a minute Lord.
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You are a carpenter.
You don't know nothing
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in the world about fishing
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this is what we
do for our living.
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This is not a hobby with us.
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These is our livelihood.
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If you go over
that today you will find
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fishermen's
still fishing in boats
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very similar to the boats
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that those fishermen
were using, using that
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very similar to
the nets that they used
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and if you ever watch them,
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they stretch out
those nets to dry them,
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it's not a
simple process, it takes
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a while to do it
and they keep them
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from getting all
tangled up with each other
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and it's not an easy job
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and all of a sudden
Jesus is saying throw
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them out there.
There is no fish out here.
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This is shallow
water, this is clear water
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the sea of Galilee
has very clear water
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and when fishermen go
out to fish they usually
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fish at night
because fish are not gonna
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swim into a net
if they can avoid it.
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And yet Peter says,
he says when Jesus said
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launch out into the
deep, let down your nets
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for a catch. Peter answered him
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said master we toiled all night,
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and caught
nothing. In other words,
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we have been at the best spots
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of all over this sea of Galilee.
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It's not very big
only about 30 miles wide
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and about 8-10 miles, a 30 miles
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long about 8-10 miles wide.
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He said we have
been all over this.
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We have not found any fish
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and you are telling us
to cast out right here.
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We will be fools in front of all
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these people.
These are other fishermen
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they know this is ridiculous.
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But he says
nevertheless at your word,
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I will let down
the net and he does.
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And that net is so full,
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it's about to
break it's like fishes
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jumping into the
boat and Peter is so moved
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by this, he falls
down in front of Jesus
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and he says the depart me my
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Lord, for I am a sinful man
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and he was not
kidding he was a sinful man.
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And when he saw
this, he realized he was
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seeing the power of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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He was seeing the
power of the creator.
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He was seeing the
power of the one who made
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the fish and all
of a sudden he was
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overwhelmed by
it. And you remember
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that when they got to shore
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the Bible says
that Jesus said to them
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follow me and I will
make you fishers of man.
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And the Bible
says they walked off
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and left
everything. Peter, Andrew, James
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and John
incorporated towards shutdown
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and they walked
off and followed Jesus
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and became fishers of man.
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That sometimes
people say well these were,
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these were poor fishermen,
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yet they were
uneducated fishermen,
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Yes. And you know
the God does not call
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the educated,
not always sometimes
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he does, but
usually he does not,
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if you go back
to first Corinthians
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you read what Paul said,
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Paul by the way was
a well educated man.
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He was an exception to the rule,
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but if you go back
here and you look at first
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Corinthians, you
look at the first
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chapter verse 18 for the message
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of the cross is foolishness
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to those who are
perishing, but to us
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who are being saved
it is the power of God,
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for it is
written. I will destroy
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the wisdom of the
wise and this comes
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out of Isaiah. The
29th chapter verse 14
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it says, I will
destroy the wisdom
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of the wise and
bring to nothing,
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the understanding of the prudent
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And then Paul continues he says,
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where is the wise,
where is described,
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where is the
disputer of this age
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Has not God made foolish
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the wisdom of this world
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and then going down to verse 26,
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he says for you see
you're calling brethren
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that not many wise.
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According to the
flesh, not many mighty,
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not many noble are called.
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You see God says I
don't reach very many
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of the mighty you see the reason
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that Redge story is
unusual, is there are
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very, very few
professional football
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players that have
walked away from a career
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at their prime for the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Very few and even
fewer that have walked
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away and become a part of his
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remnant Church.
There are not many
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at all that have done that.
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Not many mighty as
we might call them.
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Those who stand in a
position of where the
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world looks at
them and where the world
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rewards
financially, I would refer
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to that is the mighty not many.
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Not many noble.
At one time years ago
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when I was living in Dallas.
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I was part of a
group called Dallas 40.
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These were 40
young man supposed to be,
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I wanted two of
us slipped in there
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that shouldn't
been, but supposed
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who have been men with a future
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and leadership in Dallas
00:22:36.30\00:22:37.82
and I was in this group.
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I want to tell
you I cannot tell you
00:22:41.45\00:22:43.86
that there was a
single one in that group
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.67
that was interested
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I spend a lot of
time with those men
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and if they were
involved with church
00:22:52.44\00:22:54.47
it was strictly
to involve as far as
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their career was concerned.
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When I came to
Dallas the last time and
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we negotiated to a buy a house,
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I met a young man
and he is very successful
00:23:04.89\00:23:09.09
and he told me, where he had
00:23:10.15\00:23:11.19
gone to church
very humbled church.
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Here in over Oak Cliff
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and I said you're still
a member of that church.
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Oh! No he said and then
00:23:19.96\00:23:21.84
he mentioned a
very significant church
00:23:21.87\00:23:25.25
in Highland park, I
said why did you go there.
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He said because of
the people, who go there
00:23:31.05\00:23:34.03
to rub shoulders
with those people
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to get to know
those people had nothing
00:23:38.32\00:23:41.76
to do with what
they taught, what they
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believe. I said to
him but coming from
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the church where you came from,
00:23:46.71\00:23:48.62
you must be
running into theological
00:23:49.70\00:23:51.46
conflict with the
church where you are going,
00:23:51.49\00:23:54.10
you cannot say
that you believe in what
00:23:54.13\00:23:56.87
that church teaches.
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Oh! No, he said,
I'm not worried about
00:23:59.73\00:24:01.24
what they teach.
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I go there to
for who I can reach.
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You see we have
to make sure that we
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are reaching out with a gospel
00:24:10.93\00:24:13.80
of Jesus Christ
not many who are wise.
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Now there are some
who are wise, the apostle
00:24:19.32\00:24:21.73
Paul was wise. We
have some professors
00:24:21.76\00:24:24.80
in our universities
who are extremely wise
00:24:24.83\00:24:27.90
Individual, but
God says he doesn't
00:24:27.93\00:24:30.19
call many that are wise.
00:24:30.22\00:24:32.60
I believe the General Conference
00:24:33.75\00:24:34.74
president is an
wise individual as
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.74
I have ever known, I believe his
00:24:37.77\00:24:39.94
predecessor is one
of the most intelligent
00:24:39.97\00:24:42.33
human beings, I have ever known.
00:24:42.36\00:24:43.82
And the one before that, God has
00:24:44.86\00:24:47.34
called a new some wise people,
00:24:47.37\00:24:50.19
but not many, not
many, not many noble,
00:24:51.95\00:24:56.38
you just don't
run into very many
00:24:56.41\00:24:59.15
with that have a
big pedigree after
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their name, they
are noble, nobility.
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Somebody asked me one
time they said what about
00:25:04.78\00:25:08.98
this Galilee name,
where do you all come from.
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Well, I said they were
three brothers they came
00:25:11.88\00:25:13.66
over and they came
into Boston once stayed in
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New England and out of
that group there are a lot
00:25:19.32\00:25:23.94
of educators and
physicians, even one
00:25:23.97\00:25:29.17
president of Harvard
University whose mother
00:25:29.20\00:25:31.88
was a Galilee and so
that's the educated group.
00:25:31.91\00:25:36.47
The other group went to
out in around St. Louis,
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.98
Missouri, out of that
group there are lot of
00:25:40.01\00:25:42.66
attorneys and CPA's and
a lot of legal individuals.
00:25:42.69\00:25:49.38
The third brother
went down to Virginia on to
00:25:49.41\00:25:52.83
Tennessee just ahead
of the law and then others
00:25:52.86\00:25:59.18
came on Texas and that's
the group that has a lot of
00:25:59.21\00:26:03.58
country singers and
preachers and outlaws
00:26:03.61\00:26:09.81
and that's the group I
came from, I would like
00:26:09.84\00:26:16.97
to tell people I am
came from that New England
00:26:17.00\00:26:19.39
Group. When I was in
the New England, Oh! You are
00:26:19.42\00:26:21.48
a Galilee you know
that was pretty nice, you
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.35
know down here they say
you are not a Galilee, yeh
00:26:23.38\00:26:26.44
not related to that
yeah, I know, how do you
00:26:26.47\00:26:30.78
know? But you see my
friend not many noble are
00:26:30.81\00:26:38.17
Called. There was a lady
over in England. Her name
00:26:38.20\00:26:42.56
was Lady Huntington
and she was a very noble
00:26:42.59\00:26:45.74
person and there was
an evangelist by name of
00:26:45.77\00:26:49.14
Rowland Hill, who
held a meeting and she came
00:26:49.21\00:26:51.72
and she accepted the
Lord Jesus Christ and she gave
00:26:51.75\00:26:56.21
him her heart. She was
not interested in which
00:26:56.24\00:26:59.20
church she belong
to or whether it was a
00:26:59.23\00:27:01.08
fashionable church or
whatever. She was a person
00:27:01.11\00:27:04.43
who was born of the
spirit who loved the Lord Jesus
00:27:04.46\00:27:08.00
Christ and you know
what she said she was
00:27:08.03\00:27:12.56
saved by one letter
and somebody said what was
00:27:12.59\00:27:16.88
that, she said I was saved
by the letter M. It said not
00:27:16.91\00:27:21.41
many she said if they had left
M it would have been not any.
00:27:21.44\00:27:26.76
And she said I would not
have been saved not any, you
00:27:26.79\00:27:31.12
see God has called a
lot of common people Billy
00:27:31.15\00:27:34.80
Sunday very common. A baseball
00:27:34.83\00:27:38.44
player, and a major
league baseball player. At one
00:27:38.47\00:27:42.28
time he was a clerk at
YMCA, but he had drifted
00:27:42.31\00:27:45.85
away from the Lord,
he came back to the Lord
00:27:45.88\00:27:47.56
and when he came back
he gave everything he had
00:27:47.59\00:27:52.09
to Jesus. You know we
can't make a fun of Billy
00:27:52.12\00:27:55.29
Sunday because he was
such a funny character he
00:27:55.32\00:27:58.82
would do all kind
of wild Shenanigans and
00:27:58.85\00:28:01.50
some of the things that
you see that he would do
00:28:01.53\00:28:07.77
we are pretty well warn
how to spirit the prophecy
00:28:07.80\00:28:11.77
not to do those kind
of things. And we can see
00:28:11.80\00:28:14.70
why that they talked
about some of these because
00:28:14.73\00:28:17.86
it was just overdone.
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.20
He would run and fire across
the stage and slide across
00:28:19.23\00:28:23.02
the stage do you
remember they didn't
00:28:23.05\00:28:24.27
have microphones in
those days and he would
00:28:24.30\00:28:26.50
be speaking to thousands
of people, Billy Sunday.
00:28:26.53\00:28:30.51
One time was given a
call and there was a man that
00:28:30.54\00:28:34.98
came down to the
front and Billy Sunday was
00:28:35.01\00:28:38.20
enamored with this
man's beard. It look
00:28:38.23\00:28:40.05
like father tie. It was
really long. And he went
00:28:40.08\00:28:44.34
down and went down on
one knee. First, he patted
00:28:44.37\00:28:47.98
the man on the head and
said I'm so glad you came.
00:28:48.01\00:28:51.47
He knelt down on one knee
and took hold of that beard
00:28:51.50\00:28:54.98
and pulled it twice and said
00:28:55.01\00:28:56.30
Hock Hock, when he knelt down.
00:28:56.33\00:28:58.42
Now that's Billy
Sunday, a character, but you
00:28:58.45\00:29:03.49
know something
Billy Sunday led over one
00:29:03.52\00:29:07.41
million people to
Christ without radio without
00:29:07.44\00:29:12.32
television without even
a microphone, he led all of
00:29:12.35\00:29:17.61
those people to
Christ. God uses simple things.
00:29:17.64\00:29:21.95
Dwight L. Moody, he had
no education at all he is one
00:29:21.98\00:29:26.45
of the greatest evangelist
in the history of this country
00:29:26.48\00:29:30.33
came out of a
little town Northampton,
00:29:30.36\00:29:32.51
Massachusetts went over
to Clinton, Massachusetts.
00:29:32.54\00:29:35.14
I lived in that area for
a While, he sold shoes there
00:29:35.17\00:29:38.49
at an uncle shoe
store. Then he went to Boston
00:29:38.52\00:29:41.55
and worked in another
shoe store and then he
00:29:41.58\00:29:43.55
ended up outing
Chicago and he started taking
00:29:43.58\00:29:46.16
children to church.
He is getting in some
00:29:46.19\00:29:49.53
kind of a conveyance and
taking them to church and
00:29:53.23\00:29:54.20
then before long he
began to preach and he
00:29:54.21\00:29:56.21
absolutely
slaughtered the King's English.
00:29:56.24\00:30:00.64
There was no church
of any repute anywhere
00:30:00.67\00:30:04.87
around that would let him
in the poppet, they wouldn't
00:30:04.90\00:30:07.89
do it. But soon God
kept use of him, he kept
00:30:07.92\00:30:11.93
bringing people to Christ,
he kept bringing them one
00:30:11.96\00:30:15.60
by one and one time
there was a man in the
00:30:15.63\00:30:19.36
audience, a very
well educated man that
00:30:19.39\00:30:21.43
became so upset with
the Dwight L. Moody that he
00:30:21.46\00:30:25.35
took a piece of paper
and wrote one big word on it,
00:30:25.38\00:30:30.06
folded it and sent it
up front. He wrote the word
00:30:30.09\00:30:33.54
fool and sent it up
to Dwight L. Moody and
00:30:33.57\00:30:38.05
Dwight L. Moody took
it and he said this is
00:30:38.08\00:30:41.03
interesting he said,
you know I have had many
00:30:41.06\00:30:44.34
many people write me
letters and forget to sign
00:30:44.37\00:30:46.92
it, but this is the
first time I've had a person
00:30:46.95\00:30:50.17
sign the letter and
forget to write me a letter.
00:30:50.20\00:30:53.16
You see my friend,
God uses those who come to
00:30:53.19\00:31:04.01
him, he says but God has
chosen to use the foolish
00:31:04.04\00:31:07.24
things. He names five
things that God has chosen. God
00:31:07.27\00:31:08.24
has chosen to use
the foolish things of the
00:31:08.25\00:31:14.55
world to put to shame
the wise and the God has
00:31:14.58\00:31:18.16
chosen the weak things
of the world to put the
00:31:18.19\00:31:21.39
shame the things
which are mighty and God has
00:31:21.42\00:31:24.22
chosen the base things
of the world and the things
00:31:24.25\00:31:27.88
which are despised and
which are not to bring to
00:31:27.91\00:31:33.37
nothing to things that
are, now I am not putting
00:31:33.40\00:31:36.40
down education please. I
got all the education that I
00:31:36.43\00:31:39.71
could, I went through
college went through seminary,
00:31:39.74\00:31:42.40
I've studied beyond that,
I believe in education and
00:31:42.43\00:31:46.13
believe we should get
all the education that we
00:31:46.16\00:31:48.44
possibly can, but do
not depend upon that. You
00:31:48.47\00:31:53.45
see that Lord Jesus
Christ when he is talking, when
00:31:53.48\00:31:57.05
he talked it says back
here in Luke the 4th chapter
00:31:57.08\00:32:01.01
verse 36, Then they
were all amazed and spoke
00:32:01.04\00:32:04.39
among themselves,
saying, "What a word this
00:32:04.42\00:32:07.34
is! For with authority
and power He commands the
00:32:07.37\00:32:12.31
unclean spirits,
and they come out with
00:32:12.34\00:32:14.81
authority and power",
now listen I've got, I've got
00:32:14.84\00:32:18.67
a credential here. This
gives me the authority to
00:32:18.70\00:32:22.63
speak in an Adventist
Church, but it didn't give
00:32:22.66\00:32:25.47
me the power, the power
comes only from the Lord
00:32:25.50\00:32:30.49
Jesus Christ now. I honestly
believe in our organization,
00:32:30.52\00:32:33.85
I believe the authority
is our right too, but it
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.27
comes from him too, but
the authority alone will
00:32:36.30\00:32:40.52
not do it. I can walk
in here with the authority
00:32:40.55\00:32:44.11
but if the spirit of God
is not in the message it's a
00:32:44.14\00:32:47.61
waste of time that I
spend my nights before
00:32:47.64\00:32:52.99
preaching crying out
to God to fill a message
00:32:53.02\00:32:56.81
with power because
with out the power it is
00:32:56.84\00:33:01.33
absolutely
worthless. You see God had three
00:33:01.36\00:33:07.42
periods of 40 years
with Mosses. First of all, he
00:33:07.45\00:33:10.61
took 40 years
and taught him to be
00:33:10.64\00:33:12.13
Somebody. Mosses was
well Educated. He knew all the
00:33:12.16\00:33:17.87
system. He knew all
about it, he seemed to be
00:33:17.90\00:33:21.57
pretty fool of himself
if you have noticed and then
00:33:21.60\00:33:25.66
God let him go down
and he took 40 years to
00:33:25.69\00:33:32.03
teach him to be
nobody, absolutely nobody then
00:33:32.06\00:33:36.92
when he got into the
place, where he knew he
00:33:36.95\00:33:39.98
was nobody then he
said now I'm gonna teach
00:33:40.01\00:33:43.58
you how to be somebody
with God. Amen. You see
00:33:43.61\00:33:48.36
somebody with God
can be used in a powerful
00:33:48.39\00:33:52.88
way. When we stand
alone without him, we are
00:33:52.91\00:33:58.37
nothing, we are
nobody, but when we stand with
00:33:58.40\00:34:03.82
him and with his
complete assurance then
00:34:03.85\00:34:08.74
God uses us, he uses
the foolish, he uses the
00:34:08.77\00:34:12.26
weak, he uses the
base, he uses the despised
00:34:12.29\00:34:16.01
and he uses the Bible
says those who are not.
00:34:16.04\00:34:18.98
They are not in the group,
they are not group. And when
00:34:19.01\00:34:26.15
he call those disciples
he wasn't calling people
00:34:26.18\00:34:30.33
that came out of the
Levitical system down in
00:34:30.36\00:34:33.78
Jerusalem, those men
who were so qualified,
00:34:33.81\00:34:37.17
those men who had
studied so much, he didn't
00:34:37.20\00:34:40.57
call them. He called
these fisherman. Now poor no
00:34:40.60\00:34:46.61
I don't believe they
were poor and let me tell you
00:34:46.64\00:34:49.99
why I don't believe they
are poor. Uneducated yes,
00:34:50.02\00:34:53.69
without any question,
but I believe they were hard
00:34:53.72\00:34:57.15
working dynamic promotional type
00:34:57.18\00:35:01.23
individuals, entrepreneurs.
Now, I'm gonna tell
00:35:01.26\00:35:05.62
you why I believe this,
they say I went to sight
00:35:05.65\00:35:08.78
the componium that has
been excavated when I first
00:35:08.81\00:35:13.58
started going over
to Israel they had not
00:35:13.61\00:35:15.19
excavated that sight yet
and then it was excavated
00:35:15.22\00:35:19.03
by Dr. Harold
Wise, Dr. Harold Wise
00:35:19.06\00:35:21.60
is the head of
archeology at Notre
00:35:21.63\00:35:24.83
Dame, University and he
excavated this site. Now
00:35:24.96\00:35:30.23
the amazing thing about
Dr. Wise is that I had him
00:35:30.26\00:35:33.94
as a professor at
Andrew's University. At
00:35:33.97\00:35:36.85
that time, they had a
very strong archeological staff
00:35:36.88\00:35:40.31
at Andrew's and they
really didn't have a place
00:35:40.34\00:35:43.25
for Dr. Wise. Dr. Seekford
Horn was their and others, so
00:35:43.28\00:35:48.05
Wise would teach
some classes at Andrew.
00:35:48.08\00:35:49.99
Andrew's when he started
teaching up at St. Mary's
00:35:50.02\00:35:53.28
in at Notre Dame and
soon they saw the ability
00:35:53.31\00:35:58.71
of this devote
Seventh Day Adventist
00:35:58.74\00:36:00.87
Archeologist and he
has become the leading, one
00:36:00.90\00:36:05.00
of the leading
archeologist in the
00:36:05.03\00:36:06.35
country. He is a
Seventh Day Adventist, a lot of
00:36:06.38\00:36:09.21
good Seventh Day
Adventist archeologist in
00:36:09.24\00:36:12.06
the world today and this
is one of the best. He was
00:36:12.09\00:36:16.16
the one that wrote
the article in the Barr
00:36:16.19\00:36:19.32
Magazine Biblical
Archaeological Review, I
00:36:19.35\00:36:22.61
know all of you read
that on a regular basis and
00:36:22.64\00:36:25.30
believe it or not, I
do occasionally read it.
00:36:25.33\00:36:28.90
But this article was so
interesting about Peter's
00:36:28.93\00:36:33.82
House. I've been there,
it's big this is not a little
00:36:33.85\00:36:40.06
House. Now I don't believe
that this house was built
00:36:40.09\00:36:43.42
after Peter start preaching
the gospel, I believe it
00:36:43.45\00:36:46.03
was built with
proceeds before he started
00:36:46.06\00:36:49.97
preaching the gospel.
Oh! You said, I thought
00:36:50.00\00:36:53.57
he was a fishermen.
Listen, Peter went out there
00:36:53.60\00:36:56.28
with the hookin and a warm.
He was out there with a net,
00:36:56.31\00:37:00.59
they were in business
and the amazing thing about
00:37:00.62\00:37:06.15
this business is that
according to Malcolm Kardia
00:37:06.18\00:37:09.41
who is one of the
foremost experts in this
00:37:09.44\00:37:12.98
particular area in Jerusalem,
I've to spend lot of time with
00:37:13.01\00:37:16.97
him and we go over on
Holy land trips he goes
00:37:17.00\00:37:20.63
along as our guide,
but according to him he
00:37:20.66\00:37:25.40
believes that these
men had developed a market
00:37:25.43\00:37:29.65
for the fish. There is
one particular species is
00:37:29.68\00:37:33.72
found only in the
sea of Galilee. For this
00:37:33.75\00:37:36.29
market and these fish
were being taken to Rome, now
00:37:36.32\00:37:41.43
you know how it is
when servicemen came to
00:37:41.46\00:37:44.73
your country, you go
I remember when I was
00:37:44.76\00:37:46.79
living in
Shreveport, you go down to
00:37:46.82\00:37:48.44
Barksdale Air Force Base and
00:37:48.47\00:37:50.60
you will see all kinds
of Vietnamese restaurants
00:37:50.63\00:37:52.76
right down there why?
Because when these men, where
00:37:52.79\00:37:55.00
stationed overseas in
Vietnam. They develop a
00:37:55.03\00:37:58.31
taste for Vietnamese
food and so that's a very good
00:37:58.34\00:38:02.78
market. These men who
had serve time in Vietnam
00:38:02.81\00:38:05.50
they may not be as many there
00:38:05.53\00:38:06.60
in the house that are used to
00:38:06.63\00:38:07.60
be, some of those
guys are not in the service
00:38:07.61\00:38:09.42
anymore, but they were
really like that food. And
00:38:09.45\00:38:15.20
the Romans liked that
delicacy that they got that
00:38:15.23\00:38:19.89
fish and so they had
developed some type of
00:38:19.92\00:38:23.27
process, it could have
been smoked, it could have been
00:38:23.30\00:38:25.60
salted, it could have
been combination whatever,
00:38:25.63\00:38:28.56
but they would put
them in the barrels and they
00:38:28.59\00:38:31.09
would sell them to
Rome. You see they were just
00:38:31.12\00:38:34.61
out fishing for fun,
they were fishing for money
00:38:34.64\00:38:39.26
and doing well with
it, and somebody says what
00:38:40.19\00:38:43.41
makes you think that they
are doing so well with it.
00:38:43.44\00:38:46.17
Well, I want you to
go with me back to John.
00:38:46.20\00:38:48.83
The 21st Chapter and you
remember that this is after
00:38:48.86\00:38:54.15
the resurrection of Jesus
the disciples Peter gets really
00:38:54.18\00:38:58.48
impatient and he says I
am going fishing what he
00:38:58.51\00:39:02.11
is saying is I thought we
were going to take over the
00:39:02.14\00:39:04.88
country because
that's what they had thought
00:39:04.91\00:39:07.03
was gonna happen. I
thought there was going to
00:39:07.06\00:39:08.98
be a rebellion. But now
Christ has been crucified
00:39:09.01\00:39:12.09
yes we have seem him a
couple of times, we don't
00:39:12.12\00:39:14.13
know what's going
on. I am going back to my
00:39:14.16\00:39:15.90
Business, back to what
I know, back to what I can
00:39:15.93\00:39:20.49
do, and I've got to put
bread on the table and so
00:39:20.52\00:39:25.46
he went back to
fishing. Now the Bible says that
00:39:25.49\00:39:31.25
night they caught
nothing sounds like
00:39:31.28\00:39:33.76
another night doesn't, they
caught absolutely nothing and
00:39:33.79\00:39:39.78
then as they come in they
see somebody over their on the
00:39:39.81\00:39:44.62
shore cooking fish,
have you ever, ever got that
00:39:44.65\00:39:52.46
scene in your mind.
Jesus fixing breakfast wouldn't
00:39:52.49\00:39:58.20
you love, well that's a
another scene I want to see,
00:39:58.23\00:40:00.73
I want to see that one.
Jesus fixing that breakfast
00:40:00.76\00:40:05.37
and he calls out to
the disciples, have you got
00:40:05.40\00:40:08.38
any fish and they said
no. And he said cast your net
00:40:08.41\00:40:12.23
on the other side.
And immediately the Bible
00:40:12.26\00:40:15.54
says they knew it was the
Lord. And that net was filled
00:40:15.57\00:40:19.47
even they brought it in,
they even tell you how many
00:40:19.50\00:40:22.33
it says in verse 11
chapter 21 Simon, Peter went up
00:40:22.36\00:40:26.80
and dragged the net to
land, full of large fish, a
00:40:26.83\00:40:31.77
hundred and fifty-three;
and altogether there were
00:40:31.80\00:40:37.80
so many, but the net
was not broken. Hundred and
00:40:37.83\00:40:41.12
fifty-three that's quit a
catch, I don't know how many
00:40:41.15\00:40:45.34
would go on the barrel, but
that several barrels of fish
00:40:45.37\00:40:48.29
prepared they can go
right to Rome and make some
00:40:48.32\00:40:52.16
money. And yet Jesus
had breakfast with them
00:40:52.19\00:40:56.90
and then Jesus said
something. He said Peter
00:40:56.93\00:41:00.77
do you love me more
than these. Now when I used
00:41:00.80\00:41:07.27
to read that I thought
he was telling about other
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.12
disciples, you love me
more than, but he didn't
00:41:09.15\00:41:11.89
care that much
about James and John those
00:41:11.92\00:41:13.97
guys. You just look at
the stories and you can
00:41:14.00\00:41:17.20
see that there shouldn't
be any question about that
00:41:17.23\00:41:20.25
also is it that a little
bit, Oh! That's not, that's kind
00:41:20.28\00:41:25.84
a sick. If Jesus is
saying do you love me as much
00:41:25.87\00:41:30.59
as love these guys,
doesn't sound like much
00:41:30.62\00:41:33.59
doesn't? Doesn't sound
right, what Jesus is saying
00:41:33.62\00:41:37.93
is do you love me as
much as you do making
00:41:37.96\00:41:41.57
money. Do you love
me as much as you do the
00:41:41.60\00:41:45.76
fishing business? Do
you love me and are you
00:41:45.79\00:41:49.42
ready to give all this
up? You said you are gonna
00:41:49.45\00:41:51.81
give it up once, you
are going back to it now.
00:41:51.84\00:41:54.16
Do you love me as much
as you do the things of
00:41:54.19\00:42:00.70
this world. Then he
says feed my sheep, I have a
00:42:00.73\00:42:07.53
job for you to do and
I want you to do it. And
00:42:07.56\00:42:12.15
you see all of a sudden
that starts to make sins
00:42:12.18\00:42:14.87
and Peter and Andrew
and James and John were
00:42:14.90\00:42:21.19
back into the business
of the gospel spreading the
00:42:21.22\00:42:25.65
gospel these men that
knew how to get the fishing
00:42:25.68\00:42:28.23
business and getting
fish all the way to Rome.
00:42:28.26\00:42:30.55
These entrepreneurs,
these ASI guys you know
00:42:30.58\00:42:35.27
for 25 years I didn't
have one of these, I had to
00:42:35.30\00:42:40.69
preach just by the
power of the Lord and by
00:42:40.72\00:42:44.39
permission one at a
time to preach because I was
00:42:44.42\00:42:50.37
working for a company
that I owned preaching
00:42:50.40\00:42:54.85
the gospel, yes, but
doing at over the auspicious of
00:42:54.88\00:42:59.05
ASI. Now you see this
is the way these men were
00:42:59.08\00:43:05.18
the real power of our
gospel began with self
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.64
supporting people,
promoters, business
00:43:08.67\00:43:12.96
people that's what
these men were you see that's
00:43:12.99\00:43:17.18
what Danny was, Danny
was a carpenter, he was a
00:43:17.21\00:43:21.45
Contractor, don't let
him make you thank you, he
00:43:21.48\00:43:23.31
was just a simple carpenter,
he was doing all kind of
00:43:23.34\00:43:26.20
contracts and
everything else, but he was a
00:43:26.23\00:43:29.06
carpenter. God called,
his ministry started with
00:43:29.09\00:43:34.95
about a hundred dollars
you see how god blesses.
00:43:34.98\00:43:39.23
He start off with a few
fish and what happens it
00:43:39.26\00:43:44.02
just keeps multiply.
God keeps doing something
00:43:44.05\00:43:48.23
about it, you see this
is why I get so excited
00:43:48.26\00:43:51.18
about 3ABN, 3ABN was
not something that came
00:43:51.21\00:43:55.11
down from above and
was put what I'm talking
00:43:55.14\00:43:58.61
about as far organization
when it concern was not
00:43:58.64\00:44:02.37
just something that
we are promoted, it was
00:44:02.40\00:44:06.24
something God rose
and took up and it rose up
00:44:06.27\00:44:10.43
from the bottom and it
is continued to grow that's
00:44:10.46\00:44:15.16
why we need to support it
and stand with it and help
00:44:15.19\00:44:19.45
this ministry to continue
reaching people, if you go
00:44:19.48\00:44:22.70
back and you look at
the growth that has happened
00:44:22.73\00:44:25.97
in the Seventh-Day Adventist
Church you will see that
00:44:26.00\00:44:28.89
the great mushroom
of growth has happened
00:44:28.92\00:44:32.36
after we went on
satellite television after 3ABN
00:44:32.39\00:44:36.51
began, after we
began to preach on Sabbaths
00:44:36.54\00:44:39.19
because they showed
us how to do it. All the
00:44:39.22\00:44:42.73
other ministries
that take place today are
00:44:42.76\00:44:45.48
taking place
because 3ABN showed the way.
00:44:45.51\00:44:49.91
We have to got to
remember that my friend,
00:44:49.94\00:44:52.86
they have shown us how
to do it. It is a fantastic
00:44:52.89\00:44:58.62
story. Danny I tell you
we need to keep telling it
00:44:58.65\00:45:01.82
over and over again
because sometimes we
00:45:01.85\00:45:03.78
forget it, you about to become
an institution. You are been
00:45:03.81\00:45:06.14
around so long, people
start thinking of you an
00:45:06.17\00:45:08.55
Institution, it is a
faith ministry, a faith ministry
00:45:08.58\00:45:11.15
that is one that our
people have gone along with the
00:45:11.18\00:45:21.25
Lord to make
happen on this earth and I
00:45:21.28\00:45:25.96
am so thankful for it.
We look at these, these
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.17
Fishermen, we look
at Peter. Now sometimes,
00:45:28.20\00:45:30.40
we get worried about
Peter because we want to
00:45:30.43\00:45:32.47
make sure that we don't
let people think we think
00:45:32.50\00:45:35.40
he was the Pope, you
know that, we can't put Peter
00:45:35.43\00:45:39.22
down. Now listen, Peter was
the leader of the church. Paul
00:45:39.25\00:45:42.20
was the writer and
see because Paul wrote so
00:45:42.23\00:45:45.90
much we read it we think
Paul was the leader of the
00:45:45.93\00:45:48.15
church. Paul was not
the leader of the church. He
00:45:48.18\00:45:50.23
was never really in
with the leadership, I mean
00:45:50.26\00:45:53.71
this fascist, he was
gather held the court when they
00:45:53.74\00:45:56.99
stoned their best
friend Steven, and even though
00:45:57.02\00:46:00.74
they kind a get
over they never could
00:46:00.77\00:46:02.65
told me forget it.
And you will see it rising
00:46:02.68\00:46:05.88
up every once in a
while Paul was the rider.
00:46:05.91\00:46:08.12
Peter didn't write much,
but peter was the leader.
00:46:08.15\00:46:12.89
You think he is not let
me tell you something you
00:46:12.92\00:46:16.20
go home tonight this
afternoon sometime you
00:46:16.23\00:46:20.02
want to eventually
go home because we can't
00:46:20.05\00:46:23.41
feed you forever you
know that, but when you
00:46:23.44\00:46:27.20
do go home you get
your Bible out and you will
00:46:27.23\00:46:29.58
find it all the disciples
are mentioned a total of a 129
00:46:29.61\00:46:33.84
times, out of a 129
times 86 times it mentions
00:46:33.87\00:46:41.86
Peter, all the other 11
are mentioned 43 times, if you
00:46:41.89\00:46:48.69
doubt me go count
it. Peter has mentioned
00:46:48.72\00:46:52.55
twice for every one
time all the other 11 are
00:46:52.58\00:46:56.51
mentioned. Now this
does not mean that he was the
00:46:56.54\00:46:59.45
first Pope, he was not
there in that popes. They didn't
00:47:02.67\00:47:03.64
have Popes away
down on the line and the
00:47:03.65\00:47:04.79
church had really got
narrow back, before they
00:47:04.82\00:47:07.86
had popes, but he was the
leader of the early church.
00:47:07.89\00:47:13.65
Now they all did
things together, he wasn't
00:47:13.68\00:47:15.88
detecting things, he
was leading with the power
00:47:15.91\00:47:18.52
that God had given him
the personality that God
00:47:18.55\00:47:21.62
has given him. And
that's the kind of leader
00:47:21.65\00:47:25.76
God choosing, Jesus
chose him, he knew all
00:47:25.79\00:47:30.85
about Peter when he
chose him, he knew all
00:47:30.88\00:47:34.63
about David when he
chose him by the way, he
00:47:34.66\00:47:36.79
even knew the
mistakes that David was
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.78
gonna make and he
chose him in the way, do
00:47:38.81\00:47:42.15
you remember that.
Sometimes you want to
00:47:42.18\00:47:44.43
slap somebody down,
you want to talk about
00:47:44.46\00:47:46.73
somebody who has
been used by God. You
00:47:46.76\00:47:50.65
remember that God
chose them knowing that
00:47:50.68\00:47:55.29
they might trip up, a
wood trip up, but he is the one
00:47:55.32\00:48:00.17
who restores he did it
for David and he does it. God
00:48:00.20\00:48:05.21
is the great restore.
And he is Peter, Peter
00:48:05.24\00:48:10.77
somebody, I've people
come to me and say I'm
00:48:10.80\00:48:13.19
just like Peter are you, I
think this is a quite a guy
00:48:13.22\00:48:16.89
seems why he denied the Lord,
yes, but remember before he
00:48:16.92\00:48:20.47
denied the Lord he had a
sword and tried to take on
00:48:20.50\00:48:23.11
the whole Roman
army. So we don't give him
00:48:23.14\00:48:25.97
credit for that always
got him denying Lord, we
00:48:26.00\00:48:28.77
forget about
Pentecost when he preached in
00:48:28.80\00:48:31.11
front of everybody,
he could have been killed
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.77
right there three
thousand accepted the gospel, we
00:48:32.80\00:48:36.15
forget about Peter doing
that, we forget about his
00:48:36.18\00:48:39.03
challenging that Roman
legion, he was confused
00:48:39.06\00:48:41.90
when he denied the Lord
because he started to kill
00:48:41.93\00:48:45.80
that guy and the Lord,
in fact you know he got his
00:48:45.83\00:48:48.52
ear, but the only reason
that you read about the ears
00:48:48.55\00:48:52.01
that man moved his
head. If he had moved his head
00:48:52.04\00:48:54.42
you've not heard about
the miracle the Lord put
00:48:54.45\00:48:56.44
that head
together. That may not have
00:48:56.47\00:48:59.91
been a miracle, but that's
a one you would have heard
00:48:59.94\00:49:01.55
about, but he moved and
Peter was trying his best
00:49:01.58\00:49:06.13
and then the Lord
repute him for that he
00:49:06.16\00:49:09.68
thought what I am last
suppose to fight, what I
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.79
am suppose to do? And
he became confused and
00:49:11.82\00:49:16.33
then he denied the Lord
and his confusion, but Peter
00:49:16.36\00:49:20.62
what a man he was,
you look at James and
00:49:20.65\00:49:22.97
John, sons of thunder.
You see the Lord by the
00:49:23.00\00:49:25.97
way he gave Peter
that name. Peters name was
00:49:26.00\00:49:27.83
Simon, he gave him
the name Peter Cephus
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.38
means a little stone, and
he said you're just a little
00:49:30.41\00:49:35.31
rock you think you are tough
but you not all at tough. I
00:49:35.34\00:49:38.69
think the Lord like to
give people names. He gave
00:49:38.72\00:49:41.17
James and John
the names of sons of
00:49:41.20\00:49:43.06
thunders, their
father name was Zabdi, his
00:49:43.09\00:49:46.61
name wasn't thunder?
Where did Jesus get it,
00:49:46.64\00:49:51.53
you remember that time
when they wanted to go into
00:49:51.56\00:49:53.51
that village they had
this custom, they were going
00:49:53.54\00:49:56.20
to a village at night,
get permission they would buy
00:49:56.23\00:49:58.50
food, they would cook
and they would eat, they
00:49:58.53\00:50:01.33
would eat their serve
at night, they would have a
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.62
little bit leftover for
breakfast in the morning,
00:50:03.65\00:50:05.74
then they will take what
little bit was left, put it in
00:50:05.77\00:50:08.67
a knapsack walk during
the day and eat that for lunch
00:50:08.70\00:50:11.84
and they repeat the
process that night, but you
00:50:11.87\00:50:14.62
couldn't take 70 or 80
people into one of these little
00:50:14.65\00:50:17.81
villages without getting
permission they will think
00:50:17.84\00:50:19.68
it was invasion. And so
they sent somebody in, so we
00:50:19.71\00:50:24.74
would like to come in
spend the night and the
00:50:24.77\00:50:28.09
word came back go out
we don't want you. Now
00:50:28.12\00:50:33.01
the Lord was very turned
and head on what did James
00:50:33.04\00:50:35.99
and John said bring
fire down from heaven
00:50:36.02\00:50:38.49
destroy them Lord. What
kind of fellows were those, I
00:50:38.52\00:50:44.95
mean you want to
go a place and hold a
00:50:44.98\00:50:46.46
evangelistic rally
or something Danny and
00:50:46.49\00:50:49.36
they say well you know
we're really, we're really
00:50:49.39\00:50:51.33
don't have bring
fire down from heaven
00:50:51.36\00:50:53.71
destroy them. I don't
think we would do that
00:50:53.74\00:50:57.75
would we? But James
and John did they were also
00:50:57.78\00:51:04.58
ambitious, they wanted
to be on the right hand, the
00:51:04.61\00:51:08.20
left hand and they
got their mom because they
00:51:08.23\00:51:10.00
thought that Jesus really
had a kind of soft spot for
00:51:10.03\00:51:13.16
the mother and they
said mom you ask him
00:51:13.19\00:51:15.74
because Mom did, she
said you don't hear them
00:51:15.77\00:51:17.92
saying no mom don't say
that we don't hear that.
00:51:17.95\00:51:20.37
She said when you
come into your kingdom can
00:51:20.40\00:51:22.64
one of my boys be on
the right hand, one on the
00:51:22.67\00:51:24.45
left. Jesus said you
don't know what you are
00:51:24.48\00:51:29.04
asking, you see when
you came into his kingdom
00:51:29.07\00:51:32.32
there was a man on the
right, man on the left with
00:51:32.35\00:51:35.05
their own crosses.
Jesus, Jesus said no, sometimes
00:51:35.08\00:51:41.49
we get turn down for
what we ask for and we
00:51:41.52\00:51:44.99
need to be thankful,
but James and John, we look
00:51:45.02\00:51:49.12
at Andrew, Andrew
a quite man. Remember
00:51:49.15\00:51:51.89
it was Andrew that
found Jesus first and he
00:51:51.92\00:51:54.51
had brought his
brother Peter, Andrew worked
00:51:54.54\00:51:56.87
one of the time it
was Andrew that found that
00:51:56.90\00:51:59.44
boy defeating the
five thousand and he
00:51:59.47\00:52:01.37
brought that boy with
a bread and the fish and
00:52:01.40\00:52:05.12
they feed that 5000
you see Andrew working one
00:52:05.15\00:52:08.98
at the time, Peter is
up there working with the
00:52:09.01\00:52:10.94
whole crowd talking
in three thousand are
00:52:10.97\00:52:13.38
accepting and so
forth, Andrew talking to the
00:52:13.41\00:52:16.05
individuals. Now we
look at these and we see
00:52:16.08\00:52:21.15
that Peter was the first
of these, no actually James
00:52:21.18\00:52:28.18
was the first to die he
was the first murder of the
00:52:28.21\00:52:32.02
12th, first murder of
the 12. His brother John he
00:52:32.05\00:52:38.56
lived to die natural
death, but he suffered. He was
00:52:38.59\00:52:42.54
treated in such a way
that I'm sure that he wished
00:52:42.57\00:52:45.97
many times that he
had gone ahead and gone to
00:52:46.00\00:52:50.12
sleep like those before.
We look at Peter, when it
00:52:50.15\00:52:54.65
came time for Peter to
be crucified what happened?
00:52:54.68\00:52:59.69
He said I'm not worthy
to be crucified the way
00:52:59.72\00:53:03.77
that my Lord was
crucified. He said I am
00:53:03.80\00:53:09.30
not worthy to die like he
did and so he requested to
00:53:09.33\00:53:16.24
be crucified outside
there. They put him on a cross
00:53:16.27\00:53:20.56
up side down, and
then there is Andrew you
00:53:20.59\00:53:28.89
know Andrew,
Andrew was a shy person
00:53:28.92\00:53:32.28
sometimes I run in the
individuals and they say I
00:53:32.31\00:53:35.20
can't preach by the
way next year I'm hoping
00:53:35.23\00:53:39.38
that our church we are
going to have a year of
00:53:39.41\00:53:42.13
mission and we are
going to organize and we are
00:53:42.16\00:53:47.54
going to take a
group overseas and we are
00:53:47.57\00:53:51.12
going to preach and some
of you gonna preach that have
00:53:51.15\00:53:54.10
never preached before
then you gonna preach precise.
00:53:54.13\00:53:57.14
Some of you are Andrew's
and you don't see yourself
00:53:57.17\00:54:02.66
as preaching, but God
knows he can use you and
00:54:02.69\00:54:09.89
then we look at
what Andrew did. Lot of
00:54:09.92\00:54:15.19
people wonder
whatever happened to Andrew?
00:54:15.22\00:54:17.96
Whatever happened to
him. There is not a whole
00:54:17.99\00:54:21.93
lot in scripture
about him and so we have to
00:54:21.96\00:54:25.55
go to secular history
to find out what we can
00:54:25.58\00:54:29.05
about Andrew that
will tell you that I have
00:54:29.08\00:54:35.74
found some information,
there are some conflicting
00:54:35.77\00:54:39.29
stories you will hear
different stories about
00:54:39.32\00:54:42.72
what happened to
Andrew and where he
00:54:42.75\00:54:44.38
went, but the one that
I have chosen to believe
00:54:44.41\00:54:49.32
and it really comes down
to that is that when I went
00:54:49.35\00:54:54.88
to Kiev to hold
a crusade in Kiev,
00:54:54.91\00:54:59.90
Ukraine I saw
there right near the
00:54:59.93\00:55:04.09
Napo river a statue of
Andrew and I asked them
00:55:04.12\00:55:11.24
why do you have a
statue of Andrew here? And they
00:55:11.27\00:55:18.05
said well you know the
story is that Andrew came up
00:55:18.08\00:55:23.42
to Napo river stopping
along the way to preach
00:55:23.45\00:55:26.84
the gospel, when he got to
keep, he was witnessing the
00:55:26.87\00:55:31.16
people one on one
with people and he became
00:55:31.19\00:55:35.69
acquainted with the
wife of the governor of the
00:55:35.72\00:55:38.84
region and he talked
to her about Jesus Christ.
00:55:38.87\00:55:44.29
Told her what Christ
could do in her life and
00:55:44.32\00:55:49.86
she accepted Jesus as her
personal savior. And when she
00:55:49.89\00:55:56.78
did that her husband
became very, very angry.
00:55:56.81\00:56:00.70
And he had Andrew
arrested, he brought
00:56:00.73\00:56:05.67
Andrew in and he
gave him an opportunity to
00:56:05.70\00:56:10.52
declare that he didn't
believe in Jesus Christ.
00:56:10.55\00:56:13.36
He gave him an
opportunity to retract all
00:56:13.39\00:56:17.63
that he had said, but
Andrew stood fast and he
00:56:17.66\00:56:23.53
would not do it.
Amen. And then finally, the
00:56:23.56\00:56:28.97
Governor said
alright then you will be
00:56:29.00\00:56:32.39
crucified, you will be
crucified just like this
00:56:32.42\00:56:38.15
Jesus that you are
talking about this Jesus who you
00:56:38.18\00:56:42.23
claim was crucified on
a cross went into a grave
00:56:42.26\00:56:45.46
and was resurrected,
you will be crucified in the
00:56:45.49\00:56:49.55
same way. And Andrew
said I'm not worthy to be
00:56:49.58\00:56:57.13
crucified as he was
crucified. He said I'm
00:56:57.16\00:57:00.98
not worthy to be
crucified like my brother was
00:57:01.01\00:57:03.39
crucified upside down,
I'm going to ask you to
00:57:03.42\00:57:09.20
crucify me on an
X. Now the X in those
00:57:09.23\00:57:14.91
days was the true
sign of Christianity it
00:57:14.94\00:57:19.09
stood for Christies,
there were also the fish as the
00:57:19.12\00:57:24.14
sign, but the axe was
even more the cross did not
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become a sign really
until that much later. But the
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Christies just the first letter
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X, which was the letter for
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Christies and so they
put Andrew on that X. Now
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the death of the
cross sometimes took a long
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time. You remember
Jesus when he died on
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cross he lived only a
few hours, but my friend it
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was not those nails that
cause his death, it was my
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sins, my sins alone
were enough to kill him
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because of the
separation that he felt from the
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father and then you add
your sins to it and that's
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quit a load right for
all of us and then you add
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the sins of the world
everybody picked up and
00:58:20.42\00:58:25.92
placed upon Jesus and
that's what killed him. And so,
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Andrew, Andrew said I'm
going to have to preach because
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people came and they
would yelled him. And they
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would jeered at him and
they would say things and
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finally Andrew had
mounted a poppet and
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he began to preach. And
tradition tells us that the
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church in that area
was born from the preaching
00:58:53.88\00:58:58.03
of Andrew right there
on that clots in Kiev.
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My friend Jesus is calling
you to be his team, to be
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his servant and for
him to be your king.
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