You know if you
have come here to
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Michigan Men of Faith.
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You've come to
be blessed for sure,
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but I believe that you
are probably here because
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you have a determination
in your heart that you're
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not just going to be
one of those kind of men,
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who follows along
behind whatever wind is driving
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itself through the
church or through the world.
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You're here because you believe
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God can lead through you.
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You will be a soldier of
Christ then in God's army.
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Let's sing that song
Soldiers of Christ Arise.
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Soldiers of Christ,
arise, And put your armor on,
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Strong in the
strength which God supplies,
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Through His eternal Son;
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Strong in the Lord of hosts,
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And in His mighty pow'r,
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Who in the
strength of Jesus trusts
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Is more than conqueror?
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Stand then in His great might,
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With all His strength endued;
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But take, to arm
you for the fight,
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The panoply of God;
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That, having all things done,
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And all your conflicts passed,
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You may o'ercome
through Christ alone,
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And stand entire at last.
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From strength to strength go on;
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Wrestle, and fight, and pray;
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Tread all the
power of darkness down,
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And win the well-fought day:
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Still let the Spirit cry
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In all His soldiers, "Come!"
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Till Christ the
Lord who reigns on high,
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Shall take the conquerors home.
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Amen! Well if
you're going to be a
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Soldier of Christ,
how many of you think
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that you can just
branch out on your own
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and you can walk the
path alone and you can fight
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the battle alone.
You think you need help,
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amen. We can use
help from each other,
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but unless we have
Jesus walking with us,
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we won't
accomplish much, will we,
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we'll be overcome.
And so let's sing the
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next song I Want
Jesus to Walk With Me.
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I want Jesus to walk with me
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I want Jesus to walk with me
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All along my pilgrim journey,
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I want Jesus to walk with me
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In my trials, Lord, walk with me
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In my trials, Lord, walk with me
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When the shades
of life are falling,
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I want Jesus to walk with me.
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In my sorrows,
Lord, walk with me.
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In my sorrows,
Lord, walk with me.
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When my heart within is aching,
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I want Jesus to walk with me
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Amen! Thank you. Amen, amen!
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Good morning men, happy Sabbath.
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Good morning. I want
to thank Byron Graves,
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our music
teacher here our band and
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bell choir teacher here at
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Great Lakes Adventist Academy,
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and I want to thank
all of you students for
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coming and be in
willing and sharing your talents
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with us this Sabbath
day. You know it's just such a
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privilege to be able
to come together as men
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and to be able to worship God.
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This is the day that
the Lord has made for us
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to get to know Him,
and for us to be reminded
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that He created us, He loves us,
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and He wants to
spend time with us,
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like never before
the enemy of our souls,
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the enemy of God
is doing everything
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he can do to try to
ruin our experience.
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As men, he wants
to slam us, he wants
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to degrade us, he
wants to be little less,
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he wants to weaken our faith.
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If you turn on
any television show
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and you look at
any family on there,
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the man might
have the nice house but
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he is projected as an idiot.
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We are under attack
men, but we are called today
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to come together as men
to strengthen one another,
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to build faith and
to be reminded that
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there is a God in
heaven that loves us.
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There is a God in heaven
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that has paid
for our sins. Amen!
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That God became sin for us
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and He took our
penalty, He took our shame.
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This morning I
invite you to bow your heads
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with me as we
pray and as we ask the
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presence of God
to be here with us.
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Father in Heaven, we
want to thank you so much
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for this day
tha you've given us.
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This isn't a day where
we come to be entertained.
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This is your Holy Sabbath day.
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We have come to
worship you amen men. Amen!
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We have come to praise
you and give you honor.
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We have been under
attack but you are a God
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that can and will help us.
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We know that you love
us within everlasting love,
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and so today Lord we
pray that you would help us
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to forget about everything else,
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everything in this
world is gonna burn anyway,
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and help us to focus on
what you have to say to us.
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Lord we want to be
the man you want us to be,
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but it's
impossible without your help.
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So Lord we just want to
invite you into our hearts
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work through work
that you need to do.
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I ask your
blessing on every speaker,
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and everything that
happens today may Jesus
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receive the praise
and the glory. Amen!
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I want you to turn
with me in your Bibles
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to the Book of Acts.
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In the Book of Acts,
it's an amazing book of
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stories of men that,
had once been disappointed
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and Jesus has strengthened them,
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and they were on fire,
they were filled with the
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Holy Spirit in the
4th chapter of Acts.
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I want you to look
at verse 13; you see
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Peter was called
before they send Hedren.
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You know Peter's
story, he was zealous for God.
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He wasn't ashamed
of God at that garden,
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and he took that
sword and he cut off
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Malchus' ear. God, I am with you
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if everybody else
leaves you, I am with you,
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I've got your back
and he had God's back.
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In only a way a sinful
man could have God's back,
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he cut off the ear
of Malchus and Jesus,
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He put it back
together and He said
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that's not what I
am all about Peter.
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Not long after that
we find Peter warming
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himself up to a
fire denying Christ,
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I don't know
him, I don't know him,
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maybe a few swear
words were appropriate
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are in order, I
don't want to be associated
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with this. I was with God,
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I had His back in the
garden, but I don't know
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how to deal with the cross,
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I don't know how
to deal with this.
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And Jesus has
been taken captive;
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He is not doing His
stuff. He is not performing
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the miracles. I don't
know how to deal with this.
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In fact I don't
understand the cross.
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I am ashamed of the cross
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and Peter is denying his Lord
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and the rooster
crowed. Peter remembers the
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words of Christ, I can
only imagine Peter going
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and weeping what if
I die, what if I die.
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Jesus meets Peter
after the resurrection,
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and how they were
fishing you know the story,
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He meets Peter
and He says Peter,
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He says do you love
me. Peter says you know
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I do Lord. Feed my
sheep, He asked him that
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three times Peter, he
is starting to get it,
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he is starting to
understand the cross,
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sacrifice. He is
starting to understand the
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commitment that
God ask for His people
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that being a
Christian is not about,
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okay God I am on your
side, now you've got to
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help me pay my
bills, you've got to help
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me do this, you've
got to help me do that,
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if you take care
of me I am with you.
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But wait a minute
the least inconvenience,
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and I am not sure
that I want to follow you.
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Today, Jesus is
telling us through Peter
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and through all of
those that have lived
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and followed Him that
the cross demanded sacrifice,
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a commitment and I
want to ask you men,
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is Jesus Christ
enough for you and I today.
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The world is
looking for miracles,
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manifestations
to be taken care of,
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to be the least inconvenienced.
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Is Calvary enough for you
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or must you have a feeling,
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must you always be on a high.
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In the 13 verse of
Acts chapter 4 something
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happened to
Peter, something happened
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to Peter, and when
they saw the boldness
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of Peter and John
and perceived that
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they were
uneducated and untrained men,
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they marveled and
they realized that
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they had been with Jesus. Amen!
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I want to ask you this men,
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today when you leave
this place of worship,
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will your wives,
will your the people that
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you work with, or
will your kids know
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will those that
you associate with.
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Will they say wow!
What has happened to you,
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you've been with Jesus. Amen!
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You see it's really
up to you, because Jesus,
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He has a message
for us. I want to turn,
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ask you to turn with
me one more time just
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a page over to chapter 5,
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the apostles has been beaten,
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they had been
beaten in verse 40,
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and they agreed with him
and when they had called,
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I am in Acts chapter 5 verse 40
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are you with me say amen. Amen!
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And they called for the
apostles and beaten them,
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they commanded that
they should not speak
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in the name of
Jesus, and let them go.
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Verse 41, so
they departed from the
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presence of the
council, rejoicing
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that they were
counted worthy to suffer shame
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for His name. And
daily in the temple,
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and in every house,
they did not ceased teaching
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and preaching Jesus
as the Christ. Amen!
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Something had
happened, something had clicked.
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They realized that
they didn't have to live
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their life by
feeling that they could live
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their life by faith in
Christ and if that meant
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suffering hardship,
if that meant suffering
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pain and
humiliation who at one time
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Peter was not
willing to go through.
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But something had taken place,
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they began to
understand Calvary.
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I want to ask you men,
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are you willing to
spend that time with Jesus,
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we beg for the
times that you have denied
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Christ we all have, we
all have fallen short of
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the glory of
God. We've all denied
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Him in someway.
We've all, we all have
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misunderstood His
mission and His plan,
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but it takes time, it
takes time to be able to
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come together to be
able to take that quite time
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as well and to
be able to say Lord
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would you
deepen my understanding
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of the Calvary?
Would you deepen my
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understanding of
your love for me?
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Would you help me,
because I want to go
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through the pain
and the sorrow of what
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the last day prophets have told
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we would go
through, with your presence
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by me rejoicing,
thinking that I am nothing,
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I am worthless without you,
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but I am
everything with you? Amen!
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This morning we
have that opportunity
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to pause and to pray.
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I want to ask, if
you men would ask for the
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Holy Spirit to
be with each of you,
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that you would get in
prayer of men's of two's
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and three's here
in just a minute,
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three's four's put
your arms around each other,
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pray for one
another, and pray that the
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Holy Spirit would be here today.
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And it's not just
for the inconvenience
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that you're gonna
have to go through waiting
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for the meal
today because you will.
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We've got to feed 500
plus, now it's gonna be
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a thousand here today.
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It's not the inconvenience as
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you may find in
your everyday life
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whether or not you
know you get the choice
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or you have to wait
so long for your meal
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at a restaurant. Are you
willing to die for Jesus?
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Are you willing to
say yes Jesus is my Lord.
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I don't care what
you think about me,
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but I do care what
you think about Him. Amen!
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I ask for you to
divide up now and pray for
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one another and pray
for the Holy Spirit because
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I believe that we
assembled here like
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this can move
the right arm of our
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Father in Heaven,
and Jesus who is in the
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most holy place
right now where judgment
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is about to end.
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Here is our prayer
and will commission
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angels to work
for us, let's pray.
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
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Look full in His wonderful face,
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And the things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
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In the light of
His glory and grace.
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Good morning
Michigan Men of Faith.
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It's wonderful to
see you here today.
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And the Lord has
given us a beautiful day.
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I've Rodney
MacCallum here and with me
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he is a Bible teacher
for the Michigan Conference,
00:26:05.45\00:26:08.76
and he is, his
ministry is directed toward
00:26:09.26\00:26:14.61
reaching out to our
Muslim friends you know
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there are 1.2
billion Muslims in the world
00:26:17.99\00:26:22.31
somewhat like that
and Jesus loves them
00:26:22.32\00:26:26.06
and we want them to
hear God's last warning
00:26:26.75\00:26:29.68
message before
Jesus comes. Amen!
00:26:29.69\00:26:31.99
And, so he has
been, been doing this
00:26:32.29\00:26:36.17
and he has been
very clear who he is,
00:26:36.18\00:26:39.47
he is the Seventh-day
Adventist, a Bible teacher.
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And, so we are going
to share this morning
00:26:42.49\00:26:45.18
some of experiences
that God has been giving
00:26:45.19\00:26:48.71
him and the doors
that are been open.
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So I would like to
turn to you Brother Rodney
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and let you
began by maybe sharing
00:26:53.33\00:26:56.68
what happened
recently in Australia.
00:26:56.69\00:26:59.56
Now when you hear
him speak you know
00:26:59.57\00:27:00.94
he is not from
Michigan, but he has got a
00:27:00.95\00:27:04.40
beautiful Australian accent that
00:27:04.41\00:27:06.17
we all enjoy
hearing, but he was back home
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getting his visas
cleared away and what happened?
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I, as Jay Gallimore
has said I, I am a guest
00:27:16.36\00:27:21.56
in this country and my visa end,
00:27:21.57\00:27:24.11
periodically I
have to, have a checked
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and I sent to the
consultant in Sydney,
00:27:27.12\00:27:30.92
Australia. And, the
next person who followed
00:27:30.93\00:27:35.73
me in was, was a
wonderful Muslim lady,
00:27:35.74\00:27:39.35
she was running
late for her appointment,
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I was early so I
insist that she get before me.
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We fell into a
wonderful conversation
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and this is a special
lady. And about 45 minutes
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afterwards when
it came to a point
00:27:52.69\00:27:54.86
where this lady had
to prove that she could
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.90
cover the cost of her visa,
00:27:58.45\00:28:00.48
she had a Debit Card
and surprisingly the,
00:28:00.83\00:28:04.33
the US Consulate
doesn't accept the debit card,
00:28:04.90\00:28:07.19
she didn't have cash or credit,
00:28:07.91\00:28:09.54
and I could see
what was going to happen
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because she needs to
be in this country for the
00:28:12.29\00:28:17.02
birth of her grandchild,
if she left the Consulate
00:28:17.03\00:28:21.87
to find an ATM machine
she would lose her place,
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and she would lose a month.
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So, I just simply
step forward and I covered
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the cost of the visa for her.
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Now that active
kindness and there is a huge
00:28:35.31\00:28:39.74
lesson there
for all of us as we,
00:28:39.75\00:28:41.53
as we share God's love
with our Muslim friends,
00:28:41.54\00:28:45.48
a huge lesson
that active kindness
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what did that
happened, you didn't do it for
00:28:47.88\00:28:50.82
anything except just
to be a blessing to her
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but God used it.
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The result of that was
the some of the Islamic
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community in Sydney,
they invited me to speak
00:29:02.84\00:29:07.59
in the mosque as a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:29:07.60\00:29:10.38
to present
whatever message I believed
00:29:10.39\00:29:13.13
that Islam need to hear from a
00:29:13.50\00:29:16.17
Seventh-day Adventist. Amen!
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Now, so here you are invited and
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you're gonna see a
Michigan connection
00:29:22.18\00:29:24.26
here a little bit, God
just keeps opening marvelous
00:29:24.27\00:29:27.60
doors so he went
there and what did you say
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what did you tell folk.
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Well, when I,
everything that I spoke
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and I was
hesitant, I was nervous,
00:29:40.72\00:29:45.04
but the Muslims
very quickly made me
00:29:46.13\00:29:48.89
feel at ease, and
when I did start to speak
00:29:48.90\00:29:51.70
sitting down up in
a rest room, the hall
00:29:52.42\00:29:56.16
that I speaking in was packed,
00:29:56.17\00:29:58.11
people were
standing around the walls.
00:29:59.12\00:30:00.49
So, so I spoke
about, who we are a
00:30:01.60\00:30:05.03
Seventh-day
Adventist. I used the 391 years
00:30:05.04\00:30:12.07
and 15 day prophecy as the tool.
00:30:12.08\00:30:14.42
The loss of autonomy
of the Ottoman Empire
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and on eleventh
floor we sat in forty
00:30:20.02\00:30:23.22
and that day for
Seventh-day Adventist
00:30:23.70\00:30:25.83
is very important
because it is a linchpin
00:30:25.84\00:30:28.85
for the accuracy
or our understanding
00:30:29.67\00:30:31.79
of the accuracy of
that prophetic message
00:30:31.80\00:30:33.81
and prophetic understanding.
00:30:33.82\00:30:35.26
So, here you have the
demise of Ottoman Empire
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from that date you
know the rise of this,
00:30:42.20\00:30:45.02
this wonderful
understanding of prophecy
00:30:45.70\00:30:48.70
that we have,
yes, and they saw that.
00:30:48.71\00:30:54.67
So I, I spoke
actually I have some notes
00:30:56.33\00:31:00.19
here to make it simpler for me,
00:31:00.20\00:31:01.77
show us right now. Spoke
about, Jesus in the Quran,
00:31:01.78\00:31:10.14
they use. Now that
probably a surprise to
00:31:11.22\00:31:13.93
lot of people, people
will don't, they often
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.01
think the Muslims
don't really know much
00:31:16.02\00:31:18.88
about Jesus, but the
truth is He is actually
00:31:18.89\00:31:21.88
in the Quran. Very
much so, they up hold
00:31:21.89\00:31:26.21
Jesus Christ says
certainly as a prophet
00:31:26.22\00:31:29.95
the word of God, the
spirit of God, a sign,
00:31:30.57\00:31:36.83
the mercy of God.
They look forward to the
00:31:37.99\00:31:42.44
second coming of
Jesus Christ, the return of
00:31:42.45\00:31:44.81
Jesus Christ or Esa
Al Masseh is the name
00:31:44.82\00:31:47.95
they used for Jesus the Messiah.
00:31:47.96\00:31:50.37
Esa being Arabic for Jesus
00:31:50.38\00:31:53.36
Al is the word for the,
and Masseh with Messiah.
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So, so here in the
Quran, I mean the Quran
00:31:59.02\00:32:02.91
looking forward to
the coming of Jesus,
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yes, just as we are in a sense,
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.98
they are looking
forward to the coming of Jesus.
00:32:09.99\00:32:12.32
So that gives you
some common knowledge,
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.02
where did that, where
did you go from there?
00:32:14.03\00:32:15.73
The bottom line for
Muslims in ourselves is
00:32:20.16\00:32:22.54
of course you know the
God their understanding
00:32:23.84\00:32:26.49
of God, the understanding of
00:32:26.50\00:32:27.97
Jesus Christ
and so I went to the
00:32:27.98\00:32:31.82
Old Testaments sanctuary just
00:32:31.83\00:32:34.56
explain that. I
spoke about the corruption
00:32:34.57\00:32:40.52
of the Bible, the
Quran points to the Bible,
00:32:40.53\00:32:43.77
but Muslims believe
that because we don't have
00:32:45.52\00:32:47.72
the original
manuscripts then with in this
00:32:47.73\00:32:50.56
translations that
has been corrupted
00:32:50.57\00:32:52.71
and I spoke in a
manner I explained our
00:32:52.72\00:33:01.06
perspective and they
were, they were happy
00:33:01.07\00:33:04.06
with that at the end of that,
00:33:04.07\00:33:05.56
and I just add
when I started to speak
00:33:05.57\00:33:10.16
I was given the
half-an-hour to speak
00:33:10.17\00:33:11.72
it was from 8.30 un
till 9.00 pm in the evening,
00:33:11.73\00:33:14.69
was the Friday
evening and Sabbath for us.
00:33:14.70\00:33:16.64
When it came to 9
pm I look down to the
00:33:17.53\00:33:22.50
gentleman who
would have invited me,
00:33:22.51\00:33:24.06
he is the sheik,
and I said I think my
00:33:25.59\00:33:28.01
half hour is up
and he said keep going
00:33:28.02\00:33:31.89
take as long as you
want this is important.
00:33:32.26\00:33:34.46
So, instead of
stopping at 9 pm I stopped at
00:33:34.97\00:33:39.32
10 past 11, but I,
I spoke about Israel
00:33:40.25\00:33:48.91
simply being a flag today,
00:33:49.63\00:33:51.49
Israel is a big
issue for Muslims as
00:33:52.24\00:33:54.96
we are all aware.
And, we believe that Israel
00:33:54.97\00:34:00.06
is on your flag
also. I spoke about the
00:34:00.07\00:34:04.79
children of the
East started in Genesis
00:34:04.80\00:34:06.93
went through all
the way through to
00:34:06.94\00:34:08.31
The Book of Revelation
following the children
00:34:08.32\00:34:11.26
of the East all the
way, all the way through.
00:34:11.27\00:34:13.60
And at the end of it
I spoke about ourselves
00:34:14.99\00:34:18.67
as Seventh-day
Adventist and I said that
00:34:18.68\00:34:21.37
if we as
Seventh-day Adventist have vines
00:34:22.29\00:34:24.83
growing over our
doors even over the doors
00:34:24.84\00:34:27.94
of our churches,
then our doors are close
00:34:27.95\00:34:32.84
to God. And, I also
flipped it over to the
00:34:33.60\00:34:38.88
Muslims and I said
if your doors are close
00:34:38.89\00:34:41.14
to us to the rest of humanity,
00:34:41.15\00:34:44.18
if your doors
have wines growing over
00:34:44.19\00:34:46.65
you know the doors
today mosque's then speaking
00:34:49.85\00:34:54.73
to the Muslims
you know your doors
00:34:54.74\00:34:56.17
are closed too a lot.
And, and they got instantly
00:34:56.18\00:35:01.20
and then I, I
finished up really by,
00:35:02.56\00:35:06.76
by an invitation to
them saying that if ask
00:35:06.77\00:35:10.00
them if I had found
faith in their eyes that
00:35:10.01\00:35:14.21
I was willing to
come back to explain our
00:35:14.96\00:35:19.18
prophetic message,
the prophetic warning
00:35:19.19\00:35:21.19
for all of mankind
which I had stress through
00:35:21.20\00:35:25.12
my lecture. And, it was
unanimous that I return,
00:35:25.13\00:35:31.14
they were insistent
that I return. Amen!
00:35:31.15\00:35:35.27
They actually voted
it, they put it to vote,
00:35:35.28\00:35:37.15
am I correct. Yes
and they made me stand up
00:35:37.16\00:35:39.04
and, and it's in a
room like this and I had to
00:35:39.05\00:35:42.46
look all the hands and they,
00:35:42.47\00:35:44.70
I am not
embarrassing anything they were
00:35:45.91\00:35:48.04
all smiling and I mean
it was a special moment
00:35:50.36\00:35:53.82
it's one of the honestly
it's one of the highlight
00:35:53.83\00:35:56.56
of my life. So
you did go back, yes,
00:35:56.57\00:35:59.59
and what did you talk
about when you went back?
00:35:59.60\00:36:00.83
When I went back my
colleague Sam Bonello
00:36:02.36\00:36:06.51
is an other
Australian, there is two of us
00:36:08.57\00:36:10.34
involved in this ministry
here in Michigan and we,
00:36:10.35\00:36:14.17
we had to decide
we'll had to re-approach
00:36:14.18\00:36:17.55
this and we chose
to start with Daniel 2
00:36:17.56\00:36:22.62
in a conventional
manner, because if our message
00:36:22.63\00:36:29.29
was accepted by Islam
then everybody in this
00:36:29.30\00:36:34.08
room all you men
already have the tools
00:36:34.09\00:36:37.67
available to you to
share out our prophetic
00:36:37.68\00:36:42.60
warning with the Muslims.
00:36:42.61\00:36:43.58
So we started
with Daniel 2 currently
00:36:44.28\00:36:46.53
we are up to Revelation 14.
00:36:46.54\00:36:50.79
We didn't understand
initially but after a
00:36:53.66\00:36:56.79
few presentations we
learned that it was being
00:36:56.80\00:36:59.06
live streamed to
most of the world
00:36:59.07\00:37:02.60
and it's just phenomenal.
This, here the teachings
00:37:04.91\00:37:12.24
of the, of this
wonderful books of Daniel,
00:37:12.25\00:37:15.50
Revelation going
to our Muslim friends
00:37:15.51\00:37:18.32
and you know here
in the United States
00:37:18.33\00:37:21.45
because of what happened
of course on 9/11 there,
00:37:21.46\00:37:24.71
there are lot
of views of Muslims
00:37:25.10\00:37:27.01
that are incorrect.
Much of the Muslim world
00:37:27.02\00:37:30.10
are very fine good
people, absolutely,
00:37:30.55\00:37:34.12
and we want to do
now this particular part
00:37:34.71\00:37:38.56
of the Muslim world
that you are connected
00:37:38.57\00:37:40.41
with is one of the
most spiritual parts
00:37:40.52\00:37:43.66
of the Muslim
world they am I right.
00:37:43.67\00:37:46.18
That's correct
yes. They are Sufi,
00:37:46.58\00:37:50.46
now Sufi's can be a
Shia they can be Shia
00:37:51.05\00:37:55.39
and they can be Sunni,
but there is no question
00:37:55.40\00:37:59.36
that it was, they
represents the spiritual
00:37:59.37\00:38:02.19
side of Islam and they
are truly spiritual people.
00:38:02.20\00:38:05.96
And, these people,
the people I am proud
00:38:06.66\00:38:11.48
to call my dear friends.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.35
Yes, now you left them a book,
00:38:13.36\00:38:16.76
do you tell us a
little bit about that?
00:38:16.77\00:38:18.53
I did leave them a
book. The book is called
00:38:19.18\00:38:24.01
The Great Controversy. Amen!
00:38:24.02\00:38:26.46
And, it was the
hard copy possession that
00:38:26.47\00:38:29.85
happened to be
just by not by designed,
00:38:29.86\00:38:32.91
it happened to
be Illustrated Great
00:38:32.92\00:38:34.45
Controversy and it
had immediate resonance
00:38:34.46\00:38:38.35
with them. The
photographs when they ended up
00:38:38.72\00:38:42.38
they said there is
a Muslim photographs,
00:38:42.39\00:38:45.27
photographs that
they identified with.
00:38:46.59\00:38:48.15
In a five weeks
period that book went
00:38:48.87\00:38:51.05
to Egypt and return.
Now this is may shock you,
00:38:51.06\00:38:56.05
certainly shocked
me, a girl in our office
00:38:56.79\00:39:01.25
photocopied it
six times that's what
00:39:01.26\00:39:04.35
approximately
550 pages time six.
00:39:04.36\00:39:08.58
It was staple
together two chapters at a time
00:39:09.35\00:39:12.74
and handed out
through the mosque,
00:39:14.13\00:39:15.87
so all the mosque
could read this book.
00:39:15.88\00:39:19.60
And when I return
to the mosque to start
00:39:20.49\00:39:24.93
delivering out
prophetic message we had
00:39:24.94\00:39:29.06
a greeting which I
lasted say minute-and-half
00:39:29.07\00:39:32.56
and they
immediately went into describing
00:39:33.10\00:39:36.61
this book and telling
the story I just told you.
00:39:36.62\00:39:39.30
And, the summary of
the book was this is the
00:39:39.82\00:39:44.97
most profound book.
And we would agree, amen,
00:39:44.98\00:39:52.00
is a most profound book
and has huge implications
00:39:52.01\00:39:56.31
here in the time at
the end, oh absolutely.
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.44
And I am so grateful
that they've seen the value
00:39:58.45\00:40:03.63
of this and as we've
seen the value of this.
00:40:03.64\00:40:06.00
Now, as you've
continued to visit with them
00:40:06.01\00:40:11.11
what is going on
now? You are back here
00:40:11.58\00:40:13.43
in the United
States, so is Rodney,
00:40:13.44\00:40:16.71
I mean not Rodney but
Samuel caring this on?
00:40:16.72\00:40:19.39
Sam, Sam is, in the
last two days just returned
00:40:19.98\00:40:23.78
from Australia, there
was a meeting in Australia
00:40:24.17\00:40:27.47
between the
leadership of at church
00:40:27.48\00:40:31.76
Seventh-day Adventist church and
00:40:31.77\00:40:33.49
the representatives of
Islam down in Australia
00:40:35.07\00:40:39.35
just because they are
in Australia doesn't mean
00:40:40.08\00:40:42.05
that it might be down
at the bottom of the world
00:40:42.06\00:40:49.55
but it doesn't mean
there this is no influence
00:40:49.56\00:40:51.32
from other parts
of the world trust me.
00:40:51.33\00:40:53.39
And, this meeting we
had represented this from
00:40:54.04\00:40:59.48
a great from the
General Conference.
00:40:59.49\00:41:02.79
The meeting was
a huge success and
00:41:04.47\00:41:08.33
where we go to
from here we will,
00:41:08.79\00:41:10.89
we will hear in the
future but it was positive,
00:41:10.90\00:41:16.04
it was huge
success and we'll be moving
00:41:16.05\00:41:18.87
forward to, this is
all unchartered territory.
00:41:18.88\00:41:22.75
Now what he is sharing
is that out of this came
00:41:23.18\00:41:26.94
an invitation and
opportunity for the
00:41:26.95\00:41:30.13
leadership of the
General Conference of
00:41:30.14\00:41:32.19
Seventh-day Adventist
to me with the leadership
00:41:32.20\00:41:35.01
of the Muslim
world in Sydney there,
00:41:35.60\00:41:39.37
and they have met,
they had a wonderful meeting
00:41:39.89\00:41:42.57
together, and these
are all great bridges that
00:41:42.58\00:41:47.94
we are grateful for.
Talk to us a little bit
00:41:47.95\00:41:51.54
about the visions that
how Muslims view visions
00:41:51.55\00:41:55.86
are in dreams?
Muslims put great importance
00:41:55.87\00:42:02.26
on dreams and you
know certainly divine
00:42:02.27\00:42:08.45
dreams they respond
to, and they are very,
00:42:08.46\00:42:11.45
very in tune, very
sensitive to dreams.
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.17
And, the Quran the book
of Quran which is the book
00:42:14.65\00:42:22.29
of course the
Muslims use that is to say
00:42:22.30\00:42:24.15
their holy book
which I think I've said
00:42:24.16\00:42:27.27
you know points to the
Bible. It's speaks about
00:42:27.28\00:42:32.23
the people of the
book, the people of the Bible
00:42:33.75\00:42:35.69
the Christians
and the Jews and they,
00:42:36.10\00:42:40.11
I am just paraphrasing
this, it basically it says
00:42:41.90\00:42:45.44
they are apostate,
but within that group of
00:42:45.45\00:42:48.37
people it's a small
group that do keep the
00:42:48.38\00:42:51.68
commandments of
God and they counted as
00:42:51.69\00:42:53.23
righteous. Now, I
mean that has to be us,
00:42:53.24\00:42:56.82
and they had, had to
come to that conclusion
00:42:57.32\00:43:01.24
but it's
interesting that the sheik had
00:43:01.25\00:43:05.52
a vision to
that, to that affect,
00:43:05.53\00:43:08.87
he was very excited he
contact to me said that
00:43:09.22\00:43:12.59
he had this vision
that Seventh-day Adventist
00:43:12.60\00:43:14.82
the true people
of the book. Amen!
00:43:14.83\00:43:16.44
And then there is,
there is a whole list of
00:43:16.45\00:43:20.62
comments that have
streamed out from that
00:43:21.99\00:43:24.11
which I would
like to share if I may,
00:43:24.12\00:43:27.05
I was challenged in the
most Christ like manner,
00:43:29.87\00:43:33.28
I might had but
I was challenged.
00:43:33.29\00:43:35.28
I just put some old background,
00:43:39.27\00:43:40.43
Islam has been looking
for this group of people
00:43:40.44\00:43:44.04
but they've never
been able to find until
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.67
they've met us, and I
was given a mild rebuke,
00:43:47.68\00:43:54.77
how is it
possible that your people
00:43:55.34\00:43:57.89
are 150, 160 years of
age, Seventh-day Adventist
00:43:57.90\00:44:02.06
church and Islam
has never heard it.
00:44:02.07\00:44:04.95
How is it possible if
you, who you claim to be
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.13
that we don't wh
you are, now it was just
00:44:09.14\00:44:10.88
a mild rebuke, but
quickly these people
00:44:10.89\00:44:17.17
went on to say that
Seventh-day Adventist
00:44:17.60\00:44:22.61
have a responsibility
before God to take our
00:44:22.62\00:44:26.37
message to the
whole world if we don't
00:44:26.38\00:44:29.67
we will be, we'll be
judge by God that we not
00:44:30.29\00:44:33.70
to compromise our boundaries,
00:44:33.71\00:44:35.39
our doctrines for
anyone. We are not to step
00:44:35.85\00:44:39.82
over our borders
not even for a Muslim.
00:44:39.83\00:44:43.40
That, we ought to be
a Seventh-day Adventist,
00:44:46.09\00:44:54.16
we've to be like
ants busy, busy, busy
00:44:54.17\00:44:57.56
and I mean do we
see ants working,
00:44:57.57\00:45:00.15
do they make any
noise no, I've never heard
00:45:00.16\00:45:03.66
an ant and they
said that's how you need
00:45:03.67\00:45:06.92
to be busy, busy,
busy like ants and make
00:45:06.93\00:45:10.54
no noise. We, just use my notes
00:45:10.55\00:45:18.40
to tell me here, that we,
00:45:18.41\00:45:24.53
if ever we have a
problem we don't have an answer
00:45:28.47\00:45:30.61
to a problem pray to Jesus.
00:45:32.48\00:45:36.02
That's the advice
tools, yeah and we will get out
00:45:37.55\00:45:40.45
our answer. We, there
is a very profound comment
00:45:40.95\00:45:47.71
that was made to me
that Islam is this huge
00:45:47.72\00:45:52.36
sleeping giant it's
been waiting for a spiritual
00:45:52.37\00:45:55.63
trigger to acknowledge
it. Now, to me that is a
00:45:55.64\00:46:02.57
profound mark and
directed, directed to
00:46:02.89\00:46:07.47
to our
denomination. The muslim world
00:46:07.48\00:46:13.86
is now quickly
learning who we are.
00:46:13.87\00:46:15.59
The muslim world
has been being told that
00:46:16.45\00:46:19.21
we are to be left alone
we are not to be converted,
00:46:19.22\00:46:22.19
because we are countered
as right just before God.
00:46:24.17\00:46:26.49
Its exciting things happening.
00:46:30.54\00:46:31.79
You know the Lord,
the Lord loves 1.2 billion
00:46:33.63\00:46:37.51
people He loves all
the people of the world
00:46:37.52\00:46:39.27
and he has you know
they correctly identified
00:46:39.80\00:46:43.12
the fact that as
Seventh-Day Adventist.
00:46:43.13\00:46:45.01
We have something for everybody,
00:46:45.52\00:46:47.34
we have
something for a protestant
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.10
brothers and
sisters, we have something
00:46:49.11\00:46:50.40
for a roman catholic
brothers and sisters,
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.97
we have, we have
something for Atheist
00:46:52.98\00:46:55.42
and agnostics we have something
00:46:55.43\00:46:56.83
for the Hindu
world, we have something
00:46:56.84\00:47:00.26
for the muslim world
because Jesus them all
00:47:00.27\00:47:02.77
and the whole world
needs to hear this message
00:47:03.56\00:47:06.33
of the soon coming
savior. You know I think
00:47:06.34\00:47:09.23
there is some real
challenges here for us
00:47:09.24\00:47:11.87
to really be that
was righteous people
00:47:12.56\00:47:15.40
of that book to
actually make sure about
00:47:15.73\00:47:19.48
the grace of God
that we can live up
00:47:19.49\00:47:22.00
to that calling. We,
we share so much with
00:47:22.01\00:47:26.88
muslim in set at
conduct how we live our lives
00:47:26.89\00:47:32.27
and yet I would
have to say that many
00:47:32.84\00:47:35.15
of the things that
we inspire to certainly
00:47:35.16\00:47:38.36
when it comes to
modesty for example you know
00:47:38.37\00:47:41.90
we inspire to modesty
and there is no question
00:47:41.91\00:47:44.23
of that, but if we
were to you know go to a
00:47:44.24\00:47:49.86
mosque I mean you see
an application of modesty
00:47:49.87\00:47:52.83
and there are challenges to us,
00:47:53.23\00:47:55.23
these people want to
come they want to learn
00:47:56.03\00:48:00.39
who we are, they
want to learn what we know
00:48:00.87\00:48:04.28
and reality is as
standard that we are sparked
00:48:04.74\00:48:10.11
to we really have to
step up to that standard,
00:48:10.12\00:48:12.32
if we are too really
accommodate these people
00:48:12.87\00:48:16.60
where they will
feel comfortable.
00:48:16.61\00:48:17.69
We, if I can just
switch to America, yes,
00:48:20.65\00:48:24.33
Sam and I went to a
conference we are invited
00:48:24.86\00:48:26.91
to get to a conference
as Seventh-Day Adventist
00:48:26.92\00:48:28.99
this was the
Muslim conference here
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.65
in North
America. 40,000 Muslims,
00:48:30.66\00:48:34.27
very similar to
our general conference
00:48:36.30\00:48:38.42
session but that
happens of the year
00:48:38.43\00:48:39.98
and the main
speaker who happened to be
00:48:40.69\00:48:47.23
North America's best
popular Islamic Scholar.
00:48:48.82\00:48:53.15
He came seeking
trying to find these two
00:48:53.86\00:48:57.26
Seventh-Day Adventists,
he found us in amongst
00:48:57.27\00:49:00.07
the booth and he,
we had a conversation
00:49:00.08\00:49:03.91
for 35 or 40 minutes
he went to the auditorium
00:49:03.92\00:49:08.00
stepped up his speak
and he spoke about two
00:49:08.63\00:49:11.81
Seventh-Day
Adventist brothers to do had a
00:49:11.82\00:49:14.31
conversation with he
spoke about the conversation
00:49:14.32\00:49:18.79
we had and then he and
this is televised around
00:49:18.80\00:49:21.51
the whole Islamic
world and he upheld the
00:49:21.52\00:49:24.49
Seventh-Day Adventist church.
00:49:24.50\00:49:25.72
Now, that hasn't
been an isolated incident
00:49:26.22\00:49:30.81
not to move on
such a grand scale but
00:49:31.73\00:49:34.44
it has happened
also at else where,
00:49:34.45\00:49:38.48
you know here in North America.
00:49:38.49\00:49:39.89
And, if I can just
some simple things that
00:49:40.65\00:49:47.31
you may not know
about, about Islam about
00:49:47.32\00:49:51.14
the Quran they
tend to keep Friday,
00:49:51.15\00:49:59.73
but the Quran
rebukes the Jews they say
00:50:00.52\00:50:05.10
in the Quran it
speaks about those who
00:50:05.11\00:50:07.78
don't kept the
Sabbath as apes to me,
00:50:07.79\00:50:12.01
and to be and to be
despise the men identifies
00:50:13.34\00:50:16.59
the true Sabbath which
is important to an Adventist
00:50:16.60\00:50:20.42
you know that's
one of our identifying
00:50:20.43\00:50:24.18
your marks. These
people you know we've heard
00:50:24.19\00:50:31.01
lecturers in the mosque
from Matthew chapter 24,
00:50:31.50\00:50:36.79
the sings of second coming,
00:50:36.80\00:50:41.56
the second coming,
we've heard lecturers from
00:50:42.17\00:50:46.49
Ephesians chapter 6
putting on the Armor
00:50:47.77\00:50:49.98
of God to protect
oneself to be prepared
00:50:49.99\00:50:54.74
for the
principalities of darkness.
00:50:54.75\00:50:56.85
Matthew chapter 6: why
do we worry in this world,
00:50:57.53\00:51:03.58
why do we worry when
God looks after the birds,
00:51:04.28\00:51:07.70
and in our communities
there are people that
00:51:08.07\00:51:11.90
are dying that have
no eternal future because
00:51:11.91\00:51:17.10
they don't know
their goal, and you know
00:51:17.11\00:51:21.11
we need to be, I think
we need to be very careful
00:51:21.12\00:51:23.81
speaking about
Islam and Muslims we need
00:51:24.23\00:51:29.59
to be mindful of
the Ninth Commandment
00:51:29.60\00:51:31.40
not to be a false
witness. And, you know
00:51:31.81\00:51:36.23
we've we are well aware
that there is an element
00:51:36.24\00:51:39.27
within Islam that
causes world of problem,
00:51:39.28\00:51:42.45
it causes Islam a
problem. And, and that concern
00:51:42.46\00:51:47.79
we need to keep at
in the context that even
00:51:49.36\00:51:54.35
within our own
ranks and certainly within
00:51:54.36\00:51:57.76
Christianity there
are some French people
00:51:57.77\00:52:01.28
that yeah it cause the
world problems as well.
00:52:01.29\00:52:06.88
And, the bulk of
Islam is like the bulk of
00:52:07.29\00:52:10.12
Christianity
certainly the bulk of
00:52:10.13\00:52:12.42
Seventh-day Adventism.
These are good people,
00:52:12.43\00:52:15.81
these are good
people, you know they are
00:52:17.25\00:52:20.91
descendants of Abraham,
sort of same as ourselves.
00:52:20.92\00:52:23.68
Yeah, so as you, as you
have talk to these folks
00:52:23.69\00:52:29.95
and going back again
to Australia they keep
00:52:29.96\00:52:34.57
reaching out to you
they keep giving you this
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.97
advice you've got
this wonderful message
00:52:36.98\00:52:39.53
be true to your own faith.
00:52:39.54\00:52:42.28
We like what we are
hearing that demonstrates
00:52:43.37\00:52:46.59
that there is a
longing in the heart of many
00:52:46.60\00:52:49.52
Muslim people and
religious leaders of the
00:52:49.53\00:52:51.93
Muslim faith, a longing
for the coming of the Lord
00:52:51.94\00:52:55.61
and for an end to this
world and it's all of its
00:52:55.62\00:52:58.53
trials and
sorrows? Absolutely, they,
00:52:58.54\00:53:01.66
they have an
understanding of end time
00:53:03.48\00:53:05.26
events, there
is, there is trouble,
00:53:05.27\00:53:06.67
there is calamity
coming upon this world,
00:53:06.68\00:53:08.88
they believe that we
right on the brink of it.
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.53
This world is not
going to last very long,
00:53:12.87\00:53:14.82
we are on the same
page. And, if I could just,
00:53:15.33\00:53:20.82
I receive e-mails
from these people,
00:53:23.99\00:53:25.63
and I just want to
want to share some words,
00:53:26.78\00:53:29.10
they suggest the end
some words at the end
00:53:29.11\00:53:32.00
of two emails that
was sent to me recently
00:53:32.01\00:53:35.25
and they really
touched my heart.
00:53:35.26\00:53:37.29
The first one is and he
is finishing up an email
00:53:39.47\00:53:42.82
to me and I ask him, I
ask him who holds everything
00:53:43.13\00:53:47.63
in his hand to make
this openings and journeys
00:53:47.64\00:53:51.16
to him smooth and fruitful.
00:53:51.17\00:53:54.22
Your friend did
unimaginable travel
00:53:55.02\00:53:58.27
to the truth and then
just now I didn't, amen,
00:53:58.28\00:54:03.13
just beautiful words,
then one that only arrives
00:54:03.14\00:54:05.87
the other day
the acceleration of
00:54:05.88\00:54:08.24
enlargement of
our relationships with
00:54:08.25\00:54:11.74
Seventh-day
Adventist is amazing.
00:54:11.75\00:54:14.54
Obviously God has
the plan and pulls
00:54:14.55\00:54:18.01
the strings, we must
do our best to understand
00:54:18.02\00:54:21.29
each other,
exchange our knowledge
00:54:21.30\00:54:23.87
and start to collaborate. Amen!
00:54:24.69\00:54:28.84
Yours in truth. Here
a part what you didn't
00:54:30.67\00:54:34.40
read here it this,
please pray for us I love
00:54:34.41\00:54:38.20
and deeply respect
you. I miss that I am sorry.
00:54:38.21\00:54:40.61
Yes, and now this
was to be yet in a quite
00:54:41.43\00:54:50.18
two weeks ago
just leading up the
00:54:51.36\00:54:52.69
meetings in
Sydney. You know here in
00:54:52.70\00:54:57.30
North America we you
know we've been asked
00:54:57.31\00:55:02.80
for our theological
books which are now in a
00:55:03.31\00:55:07.57
Islamic library,
some of those books
00:55:08.65\00:55:11.93
you've personally
signed and they were almost
00:55:11.94\00:55:17.87
bashful when they
asked you know would
00:55:17.88\00:55:19.96
it be possible to have
a Seventh-day Adventist
00:55:19.97\00:55:23.88
books. The first book
we gave them was of course
00:55:23.89\00:55:27.12
we gave them the
Bible, but then we gave them
00:55:27.13\00:55:30.19
so many other
books Great Controversy,
00:55:30.20\00:55:32.39
even down Bible
Readings for the Home.
00:55:32.88\00:55:35.08
They have had
Seventh-day Adventist
00:55:37.46\00:55:40.08
hand book of theology.
These people are serious,
00:55:40.87\00:55:44.98
these people are
serious they are messing around.
00:55:45.44\00:55:47.54
What can we do at
to reach out to our
00:55:48.74\00:55:52.02
Muslim friends, who I
am sure filled the weight
00:55:52.03\00:55:56.79
as you say of the
tragedies in a society
00:55:56.80\00:56:02.21
that many times they
probably feel the anger,
00:56:02.22\00:56:05.67
undeserved anger
towards them first,
00:56:05.68\00:56:07.35
what can we do as
Seventh-day Adventist
00:56:07.36\00:56:10.03
Christians to be
God's love and to be able to
00:56:10.04\00:56:14.72
reach out to our friends as we,
00:56:14.73\00:56:16.29
they are all around us.
If I may just use a very
00:56:16.30\00:56:20.54
simple answer for
us to be Christ like,
00:56:21.00\00:56:24.00
it really is simple as
that for us to be everything
00:56:24.63\00:56:28.87
that we claim to be
and it was said to me
00:56:28.88\00:56:32.54
as I was leaving Australia
in February one evening
00:56:34.11\00:56:38.50
at the Sydney
airport, it was very late
00:56:38.51\00:56:41.05
and the Concord was nearly empty
00:56:41.63\00:56:45.89
and my Muslim friend
came along the Concord
00:56:45.90\00:56:48.21
and he had come to say goodbye
00:56:48.22\00:56:51.66
and this is in a big
city and where parking is
00:56:51.67\00:56:54.71
horrendous at Sydney airport.
00:56:54.72\00:56:56.23
We got it easier to
the church trust me.
00:56:58.41\00:57:00.33
And, he just out of nowhere,
00:57:00.34\00:57:04.35
we spoke for an
hour-and-half two hours
00:57:04.36\00:57:07.51
out of nowhere he
said Rodney the way to a
00:57:07.52\00:57:10.95
Muslim is not
theology, all of theology
00:57:10.96\00:57:14.28
in the world will not
work, but if you love us
00:57:14.29\00:57:17.79
and we connect heart to heart,
00:57:19.25\00:57:21.04
heart to heart love
we will ask you feel
00:57:21.05\00:57:25.24
theology and that's
what happening. Amen!
00:57:25.25\00:57:27.98
You know my appeal to
us as Seventh-day Adventist
00:57:28.34\00:57:31.44
Men of Faith. My appeal
to us is let's really be
00:57:31.45\00:57:36.91
the real people of this book.
00:57:36.92\00:57:38.52
Let us have our
hearts filled with the
00:57:39.80\00:57:42.61
love of Jesus. Amen!
Let us not be detracted
00:57:42.62\00:57:46.02
by all the political
things that roll around us,
00:57:46.09\00:57:48.92
we have a great
and marvelous message
00:57:48.93\00:57:51.31
and Jesus his heart is
filled with such love for
00:57:51.82\00:57:57.25
people all over the world and
00:57:57.26\00:57:58.84
for our Muslim
friends, and we have something
00:57:58.85\00:58:01.68
we need to share, but
let them feel and sense
00:58:01.69\00:58:05.87
our love for
Jesus, our love for them,
00:58:06.23\00:58:09.92
and our loyalty
and love for this book.
00:58:10.60\00:58:14.03