Let congregation
stand for a call to worship.
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Praise ye the Lord,
praise God in His sanctuary.
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Praise Him in the
firmament of His power.
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Praise Him for His mighty acts.
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Praise Him according to
His excellent greatness.
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Praise Him with
the sound of trumpet.
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Praise Him with the
psaltery and the harp.
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Praise Him with
the timbrel and dance.
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Praise Him with string
instruments and organs.
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Praise Him upon
the loud cymbals.
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Praise Him upon the
high sounding cymbals.
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Let everything, amen.
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Let everything that
have breath, do what?
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Praise ye the Lord.
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Praise God, from whom
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All blessings flow
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Praise Him, all
creatures here below
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Praise Him above
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Ye heavenly host
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Praise Father, Son
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And Holy Ghost
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Amen, amen, amen.
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Praise God. Amen.
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It is with high honor our Father
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we come to worship You
in spirit and in truth.
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Thank You for the privilege
of calling You our Father.
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And Father, we pray now that
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our worldly
cares we may set free.
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And upon this day
may we worship You.
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We thank You for
being here with us.
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In the name of
Jesus, we pray, amen.
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Our hymn of worship is,
"O day of rest and gladness."
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Hymn 383.
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O day of rest and gladness
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O day of joy and light
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O balm of care and sadness
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Most beautiful, most bright
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On thee the high and lowly
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Who bend before the throne
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Sing, Holy, holy, holy
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To the Eternal One
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Thou art a port protected
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From storms that round us rise
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A garden intersected
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With streams of Paradise
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Thou art a cooling fountain
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In life's dry dreary sand
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From thee, like
Pisgah's mountain
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We view our promised land
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A day of sweet reflection
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Thou art, a day of love
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A day to raise affection
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From earth to things above
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New graces ever gaining
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From this our day of rest
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We seek the rest remaining
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In mansions of the blest
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Hallelujah,
amen. Please be seated.
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The sky shall unfold
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Preparing His entrance
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The stars shall applaud Him
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With thunders of praise
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The sweet light in His eyes
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Shall enhance all awaiting
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And we shall behold Him
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Then face to face
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O we shall behold Him
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We shall behold Him
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Face to face in all of His glory
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We shall behold Him
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We shall behold Him
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Face to face
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Our Savior and Lord
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The angels shall sound
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Sound the shout of His coming
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And the sleeping shall rise
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From their slumbering place
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And those who remain
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Shall be changed in a moment
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And we shall behold Him
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Then face to face
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We shall behold Him
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We shall behold Him
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Face to face in all of His glory
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We shall behold Him
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We shall behold Him
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Face to face
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Our Savior and Lord
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We shall behold Him
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Our Savior and Lord
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Savior and Lord
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Amen. Well,
beautiful, thank you.
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All right. For sure.
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Well, praise the
Lord, Pastor Gilley,
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you're having a good time?
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Yes, we are having a good time.
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All right. Hello everybody.
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Hello. How you're doing?
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How many, or anybody watch 3ABN?
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Okay. If you don't,
shame on you, all right.
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But we're happy that you're here
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and we're happy
that our crew is here.
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And we're able to take
these programs around the world.
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Isn't that amazing? Yeah.
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The technology
that God has allowed us
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in the closing
moments of earth's history
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that people
literally around the world,
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virtually every
continent Jim, can watch 3ABN,
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can listen to it on radio,
get it through the internet
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and can watch what's happening
here today at Northeastern.
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So thank you for making--
giving us such a great welcome.
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Everybody we see out
here has been kind to us
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and you are all
happy in the Lord.
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It's a privilege to be here.
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And this crowd not
only fills this auditorium,
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but there's a great big
overflow tents in the back.
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And it's full and
people are standing
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all around this
auditorium right now.
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Quite a few years ago,
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my daughter Melody and I
were invited to come here
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and one of the things they said,
"We want you to sing a song,"
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but Molly, our
general manager said,
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"There's a pastor
there named C.A. Murray,
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and he says he's
singing with you all."
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And I said,
"Well, I don't know C.A.,
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I don't know if
he can sing or not
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and I know most
black people can sing,
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but see, you know,
there is an exception
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to the rule, you
know what I'm saying.
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There's always an
exception here or there"
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so then she said
"Well, he's going
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to sing a song Melody wrote."
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So we came here and I said,
"I'm gonna hear him first."
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Yeah. Well, he
had heard her album
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and he had his
part down perfectly.
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So that's where
we met C.A. Murray,
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who's now our production manager
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and who has literally
setup this whole production.
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And so praise the
Lord for Pastor C.A. Right.
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And Danny, I
have a special request
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because I was not
here to hear that.
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And at 4 o'clock
there's a great musical program
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and if you can
at all work it in,
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I hope the three of you
will sing that song again.
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All right. We'll try.
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All right. We'll just try
to do that this afternoon.
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Special request is,
I'd love to hear it.
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And speaking of the music,
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we brought a lot of
folk and in just a little bit
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there's going to be
some singers come up.
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We're happy to introduce to
you Reggie and Ladye Love Smith.
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Many of you have
seen Reggie and Ladye.
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They travel a lot
with the Gaither's
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and you see them
on the Gaither videos.
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They just got back
from Norway the other night.
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They said, "We want to
be here to camp meeting,"
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so they almost came
straight from Norway here.
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Then you have somebody in the--
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literally, I hadn't
realized that lives here,
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lived here for many years right
in this area Dr. Yvonne Lewis.
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Yes. And Dr. Lewis,
well, she's taken over.
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She's general manager
of 3ABN "Dare to Dream."
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It's our new minority network.
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Anybody watch
Dare to Dream here.
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All right. Well, we'll tell you
more about it this after noon
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at 4 o'clock, because
it's already on the air 24/7.
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We'll tell you
how you can tune in
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or listen to Dare to Dream.
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Dr. Lewis, has about
eight gold and platinum records.
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She has sang
with Whitney Houston,
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Roberta Flack, Luther
Vandross, and a number of others
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she's going to be
providing music today also.
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And they are
going to be singing in
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just a little bit
here for church service.
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And you know, when
Reggie and Ladye will sing,
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they're going to sing
"Remember the Sabbath."
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You remember that song.
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That's from our Pillars program,
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and so I'm looking
forward to hearing that.
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That's going to be a great time
and we want to thank all of you
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and here at
Northeastern for allowing 3ABN
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to be a part of your
great camp meeting celebration.
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Yes, it's a
real honor to be here
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with the Northeastern Conference
with the Atlantic Union
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and our President Don King
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and with the President of
the North American Division
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Elder Dan Jackson.
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And we appreciate
these organizations
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that we work very
closely with them.
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We love them, we support them,
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and we pray that you would
do absolutely the same as well.
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We're going home
together. All right.
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We're preaching this
message together. That's right.
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And we are--we are not
one set or another set,
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we are all together-- All right.
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Moving on towards the Gospel,
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with the Gospel
towards the Kingdom.
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And you know
what, we are to just
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have a revival
here this morning.
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Well, we're already having one.
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I think it's just
going to get better.
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Amen. All right. All right.
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Well, we love being with
you, we--I love the music
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as we began this program.
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I feel like we're
having church today.
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And God is going to bless
as we continue our service.
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Good morning my
brothers and sisters.
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Want to bring you greetings
in the name of Jesus Christ,
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my Savior and your Savior too.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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Are you feeling
really warm today?
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Yes. Warm in the spirit, amen.
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Amen. You know my fellow
colleague here a while ago
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he said, "If you're felling
warm don't worry about it,
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union presidents
can take the heat."
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And I said, "So can
division presidents."
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It's so good to
see each one of you.
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I want to bring you greetings
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on behalf of 107,000 believers
in the Atlantic Union, amen.
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Amen. And on
behalf of my colleagues
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at the Atlantic Union,
Elder Simons, Elder Thomasian,
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we want to bring you greetings
on this very special day.
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I know God is going
to bless us tremendously,
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because He has
promised to be here, amen.
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Amen. Promised to be here.
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How many would like
to send your greetings
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to all the rest of the 100,000
members of the Atlantic Union.
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Just wave your hands
right now, so that 3ABN
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can send that special
message to all of our members.
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Thank you so much.
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And we thank God for 3ABN
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and the tremendous
work that they are doing.
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At this time, I'm going
to call on the new officers
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of the Northeastern Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist
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and they are going to come
forward with their spouses.
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First I will call
on Dr. and Mrs. Daniel
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and Fritze Honore to
join me here on the platform.
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Amen.
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Then I'm going to
call on Dr. and Mrs. Oswald
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and Marcia Euell to
also join us here as well,
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the new secretary of
the Northeastern Conference,
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and his spouse Marcia. Amen.
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Amen. And now
I'm going to call on
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the new treasurer of
the Northeastern Conference
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Elder and Mrs. Edson
and Delaverony Bovell.
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Sister Delavern,
thank you so much.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
you have here before you
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the three new executive officers
of the Northeastern Conference.
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It gives me great
pleasure to present them to you
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on this first
camp meeting for them
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here at
Northeastern camp meeting.
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Can the Church say amen? Amen.
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We want to wish
them God's blessings.
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We want to wish
them God's speed.
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We want to wish them God's
every guidance and direction
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as they give leadership to
this great conference. Amen.
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And I know by God's
grace and by His spirit.
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Not by might nor by
power, but by God's Spirit
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said the Lord, they are
going to lead this conference
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to greater
heights and newer heights
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by the grace of
Lord Jesus Christ.
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What do you say?
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And so I'm going to
ask them at this time
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if they would kneel with me as
we have a special word of prayer
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to ask God's
blessing and guidance
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as they give
leadership to this conference.
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Going to ask my
colleague Elder Dan Jackson
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from the North
American division to join me
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as we kneel and
offer special prayer
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for these dear loved ones.
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Our loving father and
our God in the wonderful
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and marvelous name of
Jesus Christ, we come today.
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In our hands we bring nothing,
but simply to the wondrous,
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glorious and wonderful cross
of Jesus we cling this morning.
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Lord, we lean upon You
because we have none other.
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Like the disciples
said of all they said,
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"Lord to whom shall we turn,
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for we have no one else to
turn to, but Jesus Christ."
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So we look to You today Lord,
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and we plead on
behalf of Elder Honore,
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Elder Euell, Elder
Bovell and their spouses
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and all of their fellow officers
and departmental directors,
00:23:42.37\00:23:47.73
all of the office staff,
the pastors, the teachers,
00:23:47.76\00:23:52.34
the colporteurs, every employee,
00:23:52.37\00:23:55.75
every lay member of
this conference Lord,
00:23:55.78\00:23:57.82
I pray that You will pour
out Your Holy Spirit upon them.
00:23:57.85\00:24:03.07
Pour out the power from above.
00:24:03.10\00:24:05.89
May Northeastern
Conference never be the same,
00:24:05.92\00:24:09.90
but by Your power and
Your Spirit will go forward.
00:24:09.93\00:24:14.92
Lord, we thank You
for the tremendous work
00:24:14.95\00:24:16.96
that has already been done
00:24:16.99\00:24:18.36
for many years
of this conference,
00:24:18.39\00:24:20.76
and for those who have given
00:24:20.79\00:24:22.27
outstanding leadership
to this great conference.
00:24:22.30\00:24:25.52
We pray that You
will bless them too.
00:24:25.55\00:24:28.36
Right now Lord, we ask
that You will lay Your hand
00:24:28.39\00:24:30.99
upon these men
and their spouses.
00:24:31.02\00:24:34.51
Give them wisdom Lord,
give them courage we pray.
00:24:34.54\00:24:38.24
We all need courage in these
last days of earth's history
00:24:38.27\00:24:42.32
to stand firm, to
stand firm, to stand firm.
00:24:42.35\00:24:48.86
We thank You Lord for
Your presence with us today.
00:24:48.89\00:24:53.78
We thank You for
this camp meeting
00:24:53.81\00:24:56.11
and we know that
You're gong to bless.
00:24:56.14\00:24:58.82
In the wonderful and precious,
00:24:58.85\00:25:00.30
and glorious name of
Jesus Christ we pray.
00:25:00.33\00:25:03.02
And for His sake let
the people of God say--
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Amen. Amen and amen.
00:25:06.29\00:25:10.09
Good morning church
of God. Good morning.
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.82
It gives me great
pleasure this morning.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.53
So welcome each
and everyone of you,
00:25:53.56\00:25:56.55
as we recharge our batteries
to become empowered to witness.
00:25:56.58\00:26:01.23
That is our theme.
00:26:01.26\00:26:02.74
My fellow officers
and I take great pleasure
00:26:02.77\00:26:05.85
in welcoming each of you today
00:26:05.88\00:26:08.11
and we send greetings
to our worldwide church
00:26:08.14\00:26:10.80
who is watching live on 3ABN.
00:26:10.83\00:26:14.04
Before I sit, we want to give
a special tribute this morning,
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.71
because we want
to continue building
00:26:17.74\00:26:20.61
on what has been done before.
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.06
But for the past ten
years we have been served
00:26:22.09\00:26:24.20
by good administration.
00:26:24.23\00:26:27.23
And we would like to
invite Pastor Trevor Baker
00:26:27.26\00:26:29.76
who has served this
conference with distinction.
00:26:29.79\00:26:32.04
Please welcome Pastor
Baker and his wife Eunice.
00:26:48.51\00:26:51.52
I would also ask
Pastor Larry Bailey
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.60
and Sister Diane
Bailey to join us.
00:27:05.63\00:27:07.88
These servants of God
have given their utmost best
00:27:30.05\00:27:33.03
to move the work
of God forward. Amen.
00:27:33.06\00:27:35.69
Our church is a
movement and from time to time
00:27:35.72\00:27:38.07
people are asked to move on
00:27:38.10\00:27:39.99
to other position
and to other places,
00:27:40.02\00:27:41.76
but that does not diminish
the work they have done. Amen.
00:27:41.79\00:27:44.51
So this morning Pastor
Baker and Pastor Bailey,
00:27:44.54\00:27:47.16
from the bottom of our
hearts we say thank you
00:27:47.19\00:27:49.34
for your distinguished service
to the people of our conference.
00:27:49.37\00:27:52.49
I join our new President
Dr. Honore in affirming
00:28:42.37\00:28:46.65
these two men of
God, honoring them
00:28:46.68\00:28:49.92
for their service,
their committed wives.
00:28:49.95\00:28:52.82
Can you put your
hands together again?
00:28:52.85\00:28:55.32
God has blessed their ministry.
00:28:55.35\00:28:59.51
They have worked
well to this conference
00:28:59.54\00:29:01.92
and we give God the glory
and we give Him the praise.
00:29:01.95\00:29:05.09
We wish them well.
00:29:05.12\00:29:06.70
We wish God's continued
blessings upon their lives
00:29:06.73\00:29:10.12
as they continue to work
in the cause of Christ. Amen.
00:29:10.15\00:29:15.34
I too join with my
fellow administrators
00:29:15.37\00:29:17.92
and express my appreciation
00:29:17.95\00:29:20.38
to Elder and Mrs. Baker
and Elder and Mrs. Bailey
00:29:20.41\00:29:24.48
for their many
years of dedicated service
00:29:24.51\00:29:27.34
to the
Northeastern Conference. Amen.
00:29:27.37\00:29:29.51
May God continue to
bless you abundantly. Amen.
00:29:29.54\00:29:32.66
We send our greetings as
well to Elder Ebenezer Agboka
00:29:35.74\00:29:38.85
who is traveling overseas,
but if he's watching on 3ABN,
00:29:38.88\00:29:42.62
let's send him a
greeting. Thank you.
00:29:42.65\00:29:47.09
Remember the
Sabbath to keep it Holy
00:30:37.95\00:30:45.95
Honor the day
00:30:46.95\00:30:51.50
That our Lord commands
us to cease our toiling
00:30:51.53\00:30:59.50
And we obey that we may know Him
00:31:00.38\00:31:08.38
And learn His patient ways
00:31:12.14\00:31:19.45
Keeping the Sabbath holy
00:31:19.48\00:31:25.73
In all our day
00:31:25.76\00:31:33.73
So enter His temple
with high thanksgiving
00:31:35.69\00:31:43.69
Worship the Lord
00:31:45.21\00:31:49.96
And fill up this house
00:31:49.99\00:31:53.34
With your voices ringing
00:31:53.37\00:31:58.80
Let them be heard
00:31:58.83\00:32:03.70
For we adore Him
00:32:03.73\00:32:10.48
And lift our hearts in praise
00:32:10.51\00:32:17.75
Keeping the Sabbath holy
00:32:17.78\00:32:24.03
In all our days
00:32:24.06\00:32:32.03
Remember the
Sabbath to keep it Holy
00:32:34.58\00:32:41.78
Honor the day
00:32:41.81\00:32:48.13
That our Lord commands
us to cease our toiling
00:32:48.16\00:32:55.56
And we obey
00:32:55.59\00:33:01.89
That we may know Him
00:33:01.92\00:33:08.69
And learn His patient ways
00:33:08.72\00:33:16.52
Keeping the Sabbath holy
00:33:16.55\00:33:23.58
In all our days
00:33:23.61\00:33:26.72
Glory be to the Father
00:33:55.39\00:34:00.11
And to the Son
00:34:00.14\00:34:04.25
And to the Holy Ghost
00:34:04.28\00:34:10.89
As it was in the beginning
00:34:10.92\00:34:16.25
Is now, and ever shall be
00:34:16.28\00:34:22.27
World without end
00:34:22.30\00:34:26.44
Amen, amen
00:34:26.47\00:34:34.44
Holy, holy, holy
00:34:58.04\00:35:04.01
Lord God Almighty
00:35:04.04\00:35:09.82
Early in the morning
our song shall rise to Thee
00:35:09.85\00:35:17.82
Holy, holy, holy
00:35:21.49\00:35:27.65
Merciful and mighty
00:35:27.68\00:35:33.49
God in three Persons
00:35:33.52\00:35:39.96
Blessed Trinity
00:35:39.99\00:35:47.96
Holy, holy, holy
00:35:54.77\00:36:01.42
Though the darkness hide Thee
00:36:01.45\00:36:06.87
Though the eye of sinful man
00:36:06.90\00:36:12.82
Thy glory may not see
00:36:12.85\00:36:20.82
Holy Thou art holy
00:36:22.51\00:36:28.35
There is none beside Thee
00:36:28.38\00:36:34.41
Perfect in power
in love, and purity
00:36:34.44\00:36:42.41
As it was in the beginning
00:36:58.00\00:37:03.22
Is now, and ever shall be
00:37:03.25\00:37:09.29
World without end
00:37:09.32\00:37:13.67
Amen, amen
00:37:13.70\00:37:20.83
Holy, holy, holy
00:37:20.86\00:37:26.51
Lord God Almighty
00:37:26.54\00:37:31.91
All Thy works
shall praise Thy Name
00:37:31.94\00:37:37.18
In earth, and sky, and sea
00:37:37.21\00:37:43.40
Thousands and ten thousands
00:37:43.43\00:37:48.93
Bowing down before Thee
00:37:48.96\00:37:53.86
Who was, and is,
00:37:53.89\00:38:01.21
And evermore shall be Amen
00:38:01.24\00:38:09.21
He is Lord.
00:39:04.90\00:39:06.72
He is Lord
00:39:06.75\00:39:13.69
He is Lord
00:39:13.72\00:39:21.09
He has risen from the dead
00:39:21.12\00:39:28.09
And He is Lord
00:39:28.12\00:39:34.71
Every knee shall bow
00:39:34.74\00:39:42.30
And every tongue confess
00:39:42.33\00:39:43.77
Every tongue confess
00:39:43.80\00:39:51.61
That Jesus Christ
00:39:51.64\00:39:59.61
Jesus, Jesus
00:40:00.41\00:40:07.55
How I trust You
00:40:07.58\00:40:13.90
How I prove
00:40:13.93\00:40:20.49
Him more and more
00:40:20.52\00:40:27.33
Jesus, Jesus
00:40:27.36\00:40:35.33
Precious Jesus
00:40:37.05\00:40:41.74
O for grace
00:40:41.77\00:40:48.19
To trust Him more
00:40:48.22\00:40:56.19
O for grace
00:40:56.22\00:41:03.18
To trust Him more
00:41:03.21\00:41:11.18
When the Assembly of
God's people come together
00:41:15.54\00:41:21.63
on the Holy Sabbath
day in holy convocation
00:41:21.66\00:41:25.93
there is a special blessing
that we receive on this day
00:41:25.96\00:41:30.49
that we cannot
receive on any other day.
00:41:30.52\00:41:33.93
It is my privilege at this
time to invite God's people
00:41:33.96\00:41:37.55
here and all around the
world to join us in prayer
00:41:37.58\00:41:41.49
as we enter before the
throne of the Majesty on high.
00:41:41.52\00:41:46.29
I would ask you to
stand right where you are,
00:41:46.32\00:41:50.81
and I want you to
just touch somebody
00:41:50.84\00:41:54.22
because the word of
God says that when we touch
00:41:54.25\00:41:57.45
and agree concerning anything
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.59
that oh father, who
listens to us from above,
00:42:00.62\00:42:05.35
He will do
according to how we ask.
00:42:05.38\00:42:09.24
Jesus once said,
"Moses shortly, I say to you,
00:42:09.27\00:42:15.39
he who believes in
Me, the works that I do,
00:42:15.42\00:42:20.56
will he also do,
and greater works
00:42:20.59\00:42:24.32
than these he will do,
because I go to My Father."
00:42:24.35\00:42:28.94
And whatsoever-- say
whatsoever. Whatsoever.
00:42:28.97\00:42:32.89
"And whatsoever
you ask in My name
00:42:32.92\00:42:38.54
that I will do that the Father
may be glorified in the sun."
00:42:38.57\00:42:44.02
If you ask for any
thing-- somebody say anything.
00:42:44.05\00:42:47.43
Anything. "If
you ask for anything
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.96
in my name, I will do it."
00:42:50.99\00:42:55.73
This is the pledged word of
God, brother's ands sisters.
00:42:55.76\00:42:59.29
And it is all privilege to enter
into the throne room of God
00:42:59.32\00:43:03.52
and ask for the promises
to be fulfilled in our lives.
00:43:03.55\00:43:07.12
Let's bow our heads as we pray.
00:43:07.15\00:43:10.96
Holy God, we praise Your name.
00:43:10.99\00:43:16.06
Lord of all we bow before You.
00:43:16.09\00:43:19.81
All on earth your scepter claim.
00:43:19.84\00:43:23.72
All in heaven above adore you.
00:43:23.75\00:43:27.09
Infinite is your vast domain,
00:43:27.12\00:43:30.97
everlasting is your rain.
00:43:31.00\00:43:35.13
We worship You today oh father.
00:43:35.16\00:43:38.88
We lift You up and we adore you.
00:43:38.91\00:43:42.87
We thank You for
being our Creator.
00:43:42.90\00:43:46.13
We thank You for
being our Redeemer.
00:43:46.16\00:43:49.45
We thank You for
being our sustainer.
00:43:49.48\00:43:53.01
We thank you for
interceding on our behalf.
00:43:53.04\00:43:56.61
We thank You for
redeeming us in Calvary.
00:43:56.64\00:44:00.38
We thank You for
the forgiveness of sins.
00:44:00.41\00:44:03.76
We thank You
Lord, for the promise
00:44:03.79\00:44:05.91
of the soon coming of Jesus.
00:44:05.94\00:44:08.58
We thank You that
this trivial of all today,
00:44:08.61\00:44:12.36
one day it's gonna
transform into glory
00:44:12.39\00:44:16.81
as we're
transported from glory to glory
00:44:16.84\00:44:21.33
in the presence
of the Almighty One.
00:44:21.36\00:44:24.26
Oh father, we lift up
your people before you today.
00:44:24.29\00:44:28.65
Many of the concerns
of those who have come
00:44:28.68\00:44:32.78
and those who are
watching us all round the world.
00:44:32.81\00:44:36.83
There are some amongst us, oh
God, who are facing challenges.
00:44:36.86\00:44:41.68
Some are facing
physical challenges,
00:44:41.71\00:44:45.18
but Father we know
that You are the healer.
00:44:45.21\00:44:48.59
We know you healed yesterday,
00:44:48.62\00:44:51.35
You can heal today and
You will heal tomorrow.
00:44:51.38\00:44:54.93
So in the name of Jesus, we ask
You, oh Father, to protect those
00:44:54.96\00:45:01.73
who are suffering
from different infirmities.
00:45:01.76\00:45:05.06
Touch their bodies right now
00:45:05.09\00:45:07.60
and heal them for
Your power and Your grace.
00:45:07.63\00:45:11.06
Oh Lord, there are
some who are going through
00:45:11.09\00:45:13.26
relational difficulties,
difficulties at home.
00:45:13.29\00:45:18.67
We ask for reconciliation,
00:45:18.70\00:45:21.47
we ask for homes
to come back together.
00:45:21.50\00:45:24.41
We ask for
forgiveness among our brethren.
00:45:24.44\00:45:27.94
Some of us have treated
00:45:27.97\00:45:30.28
treacherously our
brothers and sisters,
00:45:30.31\00:45:33.09
but Lord, today we
come in the name of Jesus
00:45:33.12\00:45:37.51
and we ask that You forgive us
00:45:37.54\00:45:39.68
for trespassing
against one another.
00:45:39.71\00:45:42.27
And we ask for reconciliation
to come among Your people,
00:45:42.30\00:45:47.01
oh heavenly Father.
00:45:47.04\00:45:49.43
Lord, we lift up every church
00:45:49.46\00:45:51.73
we presented in
this encampment today.
00:45:51.76\00:45:55.68
Many of its challenges
that your people face,
00:45:55.71\00:45:59.02
so we ask for
empowerment from above,
00:45:59.05\00:46:02.25
so that we be in empowerment
to be witnesses for You.
00:46:02.28\00:46:06.33
Lift the proof
of all discipleship
00:46:06.36\00:46:09.95
be shown in our relationships.
00:46:09.98\00:46:13.39
Let everyone
who sees us may know
00:46:13.42\00:46:16.02
that we are Your disciples,
because we love one another.
00:46:16.05\00:46:20.82
Oh Father, we lift up
the one who you have chosen
00:46:20.85\00:46:24.85
to break the bread
of life before us today.
00:46:24.88\00:46:27.84
We ask that You empower
him with power from above.
00:46:27.87\00:46:31.07
We ask that You touch his lips
00:46:31.10\00:46:33.41
with a coal from
the burning alter.
00:46:33.44\00:46:36.04
So that while
have he speaks to us
00:46:36.07\00:46:38.24
our hearts be transform,
our souls be refreshed
00:46:38.27\00:46:42.08
and our minds be
transported heavenward.
00:46:42.11\00:46:45.94
Oh God, there are some in
here who are feeling depressed.
00:46:45.97\00:46:51.27
Some around the world who
are feeling like giving up.
00:46:51.30\00:46:55.49
We ask in the name of
Jesus that You may touch them
00:46:55.52\00:46:59.88
so they know that
there is balm in Gilead,
00:46:59.91\00:47:04.12
that can heal the sin sick soul,
while I cast out all my soul.
00:47:04.15\00:47:09.28
Rejoice in the Lord
Father, lift up Your people,
00:47:09.31\00:47:13.44
empower Your people,
strengthen Your people.
00:47:13.47\00:47:17.49
Grab the power that only
the Holy Spirit can give.
00:47:17.52\00:47:21.80
And when this encampment
has come to an end today,
00:47:21.83\00:47:26.04
let everyone may have said,
00:47:26.07\00:47:30.19
we've been in the
presence of the Almighty One.
00:47:30.22\00:47:35.64
Oh God, whatever we are
failed of asking of You today.
00:47:35.67\00:47:41.03
We ask that by Your
mercy and by Your grace,
00:47:41.06\00:47:45.77
You may granted unto us anyhow
because we ask these mercies
00:47:45.80\00:47:50.90
and we give thanks in the mighty
name, in the matchless name,
00:47:50.93\00:47:57.70
in the only name,
in the name of Jesus.
00:47:57.73\00:48:02.85
Let the church say, amen. Amen.
00:48:02.88\00:48:06.85
Jesus, Jesus
00:48:13.21\00:48:19.87
How I trust you
00:48:19.90\00:48:25.55
How I prove
00:48:25.58\00:48:31.15
Him more and more
00:48:31.18\00:48:39.09
Jesus, Jesus
00:48:39.12\00:48:46.07
My precious, precious Jesus
00:48:46.10\00:48:51.04
O for grace O for grace
00:48:51.07\00:48:57.23
To trust Him more
00:48:57.26\00:49:05.23
O for grace
00:49:05.26\00:49:10.65
To trust Him more
00:49:10.68\00:49:18.65
When peace like a river
00:50:11.80\00:50:18.15
Attendeth my way
00:50:18.18\00:50:24.78
When sorrows
like sea billows roll
00:50:24.81\00:50:32.78
Whatever my Lord
00:50:38.14\00:50:44.65
You have taught me to say
00:50:44.68\00:50:51.21
It is well, it
is well with my soul
00:50:51.24\00:50:59.21
Though Satan should buffet
00:51:08.91\00:51:15.41
Though trials should come
00:51:15.44\00:51:22.32
Let this blessed
assurance control
00:51:22.35\00:51:30.32
That Christ has regarded
00:51:36.59\00:51:43.78
My helpless estate
00:51:43.81\00:51:50.51
And He shed His own blood
00:51:50.54\00:51:58.51
For my soul
00:51:59.84\00:52:07.84
My sin, oh the bliss
00:52:29.65\00:52:35.75
Of this glorious thought
00:52:35.78\00:52:43.13
My sin not in part
00:52:43.16\00:52:49.35
but the whole is
nailed to the cross
00:52:49.38\00:52:57.35
And I bear it no more
00:52:59.91\00:53:06.77
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
00:53:06.80\00:53:13.52
O my soul
00:53:13.55\00:53:20.35
It is well
00:53:20.38\00:53:27.08
With my soul
00:53:27.11\00:53:33.88
Praise the Lord
00:53:33.91\00:53:40.15
O my soul
00:53:40.18\00:53:48.05
He was nailed to the cross
00:53:48.08\00:53:56.05
Praise the Lord
00:54:02.45\00:54:07.85
O my soul!
00:54:07.88\00:54:15.85
It is well
00:54:15.88\00:54:22.96
With my soul
00:54:22.99\00:54:30.96
And Lord haste the day
when my faith shall be sight
00:55:35.99\00:55:41.53
And Lord haste the day
when my faith shall be sight
00:55:41.56\00:55:46.86
The Lord haste the day
when my faith shall be sight
00:55:46.89\00:55:54.30
It is well with my soul
00:55:54.33\00:56:02.00
Even so, it is well with my soul
00:56:02.03\00:56:05.80
Even so, it is well with my soul
00:56:05.83\00:56:11.01
It is well with my soul
00:56:11.04\00:56:13.41
It is well
00:56:13.44\00:56:14.85
Even so, it is well with my soul
00:56:14.88\00:56:17.85
It is well with my soul
00:56:17.88\00:56:25.17
it is well with my soul
00:56:25.20\00:56:30.21
It is well, it
is well with my soul
00:56:30.24\00:56:37.52
With my soul
00:56:37.55\00:56:45.52
It is well with my soul
00:56:45.55\00:56:52.64
With my soul
00:56:52.67\00:57:00.64
And Lord haste the day
00:58:15.36\00:58:22.79
When my faith shall be sight
00:58:22.82\00:58:29.88
And the clouds be
rolled back as a scroll
00:58:29.91\00:58:37.88
The trump shall resound
00:58:41.88\00:58:49.88
And the Lord shall descend
00:58:51.18\00:58:59.18
Even so it is well
00:58:59.21\00:59:06.00
It is well
00:59:06.03\00:59:12.48
With my soul
00:59:12.51\00:59:20.48
It is well with my soul
00:59:28.09\00:59:36.09
It is well, it is well
00:59:38.24\00:59:46.24
Amen.
01:00:18.63\01:00:20.00
I invite the ushers to
come forward at this time
01:00:27.72\01:00:33.17
as we prepare to receive
the gifts you hav bought.
01:00:33.20\01:00:36.79
In commissioning His disciples
to go into all the world
01:00:39.21\01:00:44.24
and preach the
gospel to every creature,
01:00:44.27\01:00:47.64
Christ assigned to
men the work of extending
01:00:47.67\01:00:50.95
the knowledge of His grace.
01:00:50.98\01:00:53.78
But while some
go forth to preach,
01:00:53.81\01:00:56.59
He calls upon others to answer
01:00:56.62\01:00:59.21
His claims upon
them for offerings
01:00:59.24\01:01:02.60
with which to support
His cause in the earth.
01:01:02.63\01:01:05.90
He has placed
means in the hands of man
01:01:05.93\01:01:10.05
that His divine gifts may
flow through human channels.
01:01:10.08\01:01:16.72
Let us pray. We
thank you heavenly Father
01:01:16.75\01:01:21.03
for this wonderful Sabbath day.
01:01:21.06\01:01:24.05
We thank You for the opportunity
01:01:24.08\01:01:26.80
that we now have to
return our gifts to You.
01:01:26.83\01:01:30.41
We ask that You
would bless them,
01:01:30.44\01:01:32.36
may they be used
efficiently to finish Your work
01:01:32.39\01:01:36.09
even here in the
Northeastern Conference
01:01:36.12\01:01:38.77
and throughout the world we pray
01:01:38.80\01:01:40.68
in Your worthy name, amen.
01:01:40.71\01:01:42.69
His Name is Wonderful
01:02:00.45\01:02:05.83
His Name is Wonderful
01:02:05.86\01:02:11.22
His Name is Wonderful
01:02:11.25\01:02:17.05
Jesus My Lord
01:02:17.08\01:02:22.39
He is the Mighty King
01:02:22.42\01:02:27.63
Master of Everything
01:02:27.66\01:02:33.27
His Name is Wonderful
01:02:33.30\01:02:38.50
Jesus My Lord
01:02:38.53\01:02:44.05
He's the Great Shepherd
01:02:44.08\01:02:48.70
The Rock of all ages
01:02:48.73\01:02:54.00
Almighty God is He
01:02:54.03\01:03:02.00
Bow down before Him
01:03:05.82\01:03:10.72
Love and Adore Him
01:03:10.75\01:03:16.23
His Name is Wonderful
01:03:16.26\01:03:21.73
Jesus My Lord
01:03:21.76\01:03:27.08
He's the Great Shepherd
01:03:27.11\01:03:31.72
The Rock of all ages
01:03:31.75\01:03:36.98
Almighty God is He
01:03:37.01\01:03:44.98
Bow down before Him
01:03:50.03\01:03:55.40
Love and adore Him
01:03:55.43\01:04:00.89
His Name is Wonderful
01:04:00.92\01:04:06.29
Jesus my Lord
01:04:06.32\01:04:14.29
He is Wonderful
01:04:14.32\01:04:21.16
Thy name of Jesus
01:04:21.19\01:04:29.16
My Lord
01:04:29.82\01:04:37.82
When I am down
and, oh my soul so weary
01:05:07.38\01:05:13.41
When troubles come
and my heart burdens be
01:05:15.76\01:05:23.76
And I am still and
wait here in the silence
01:05:23.79\01:05:31.76
Until you come
and sit awhile with me
01:05:31.79\01:05:39.76
You raise me up so I
can stand on mountains
01:05:41.73\01:05:49.73
You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas
01:05:49.76\01:05:57.73
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders
01:06:00.43\01:06:08.43
You raise me up
to more than I can be
01:06:09.80\01:06:17.80
Thank you Lord
01:06:41.81\01:06:44.25
You raise me up so I
can stand on mountains
01:06:51.79\01:06:59.79
You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas
01:06:59.82\01:07:07.38
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders
01:07:07.41\01:07:15.38
You raise me up
to more than I can be
01:07:18.01\01:07:26.01
There is no life
01:07:28.87\01:07:32.73
No life without its hunger
01:07:32.76\01:07:37.31
Each restless heart
beats so imperfectly
01:07:37.34\01:07:45.01
But then You come and
I am filled with wonder
01:07:45.04\01:07:53.01
Sometimes, I
think I glimpse eternity
01:07:53.04\01:08:00.81
You raise me up so I
can stand on mountains
01:08:00.84\01:08:08.81
You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas
01:08:08.84\01:08:16.81
And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders
01:08:16.84\01:08:24.81
You raise me up
to more than I can be
01:08:26.95\01:08:34.95
You raise me up
01:08:38.79\01:08:45.06
To more than I can be
01:08:45.09\01:08:53.06
The scripture reading
for today will be taken
01:09:15.50\01:09:17.77
from the book of
Genesis 3, Genesis 3.
01:09:17.80\01:09:24.88
For those of us who
have our Bibles or iPad
01:09:24.91\01:09:28.42
or iPhone or kindle
01:09:28.45\01:09:32.70
and all our
smart device Genesis 3,
01:09:32.73\01:09:38.79
allow me to read in your
hearing verses 7 through 9.
01:09:38.82\01:09:44.52
After you found it,
will you please stand.
01:09:44.55\01:09:48.43
The book of Genesis 3,
01:09:48.46\01:09:51.61
allow me to read in your
hearing verses 7 through 9.
01:09:51.64\01:09:58.33
And the Bible read us,
01:09:58.36\01:10:01.36
"And the eyes of
them both were opened,
01:10:01.39\01:10:05.06
and they knew
that they were naked.
01:10:05.09\01:10:08.44
And they sewed
fig leaves together
01:10:08.47\01:10:11.70
and made themselves aprons.
01:10:11.73\01:10:14.86
And they heard the
voice of the Lord God,
01:10:14.89\01:10:18.26
walking in the garden
in the cool of the day,
01:10:18.29\01:10:21.73
and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
01:10:21.76\01:10:25.19
from the
presence of the Lord God
01:10:25.22\01:10:27.53
among the tree of the garden.
01:10:27.56\01:10:30.97
And the Lord
God called unto Adam
01:10:31.00\01:10:33.99
and said unto
him, "Where are thou?"
01:10:34.02\01:10:39.09
Hear in the
reading of God holy word
01:10:39.12\01:10:41.28
may the Lord add a rich
blessing to the reading,
01:10:41.31\01:10:45.01
to the hearing and
mostly to the doing of His work.
01:10:45.04\01:10:48.52
Amen. You may be seated.
01:10:48.55\01:10:51.75
The time has
come now to introduce
01:10:59.46\01:11:02.07
our speaker for today.
01:11:02.10\01:11:05.08
I have the privilege
of meeting him personally
01:11:05.11\01:11:07.26
a few months ago
in Tampa, Florida,
01:11:07.29\01:11:09.17
where we were gathering
01:11:09.20\01:11:10.57
for the church
ministries convention.
01:11:10.60\01:11:12.55
He strikes me as an
honest and humble person.
01:11:12.58\01:11:16.15
And so when I ask him
what he would want me to say?
01:11:16.18\01:11:19.66
He said, just keep it simple.
01:11:19.69\01:11:21.71
And it goes
with his personality.
01:11:21.74\01:11:24.94
He would not want
me to tell you today
01:11:24.97\01:11:26.73
that he got his degrees from
Canadian University College.
01:11:26.76\01:11:31.78
He would not want me to tell you
01:11:31.81\01:11:33.18
that he's been the president
of three conferences in Canada.
01:11:33.21\01:11:36.49
He would not
want me to say to you
01:11:36.52\01:11:37.89
that he was a union
president of Canadian Union
01:11:37.92\01:11:41.46
or that perhaps he served years
01:11:41.49\01:11:43.34
as a missionary in
Sri Lanka and India.
01:11:43.37\01:11:47.48
He just wants me to tell
you that he's a servant of God.
01:11:47.51\01:11:51.61
And I'm happy to
relay that message to you
01:11:51.64\01:11:54.71
that this servant of
God has been married happily
01:11:54.74\01:11:57.05
for many years to his
wife Donna who is with us.
01:11:57.08\01:12:00.13
I would invite her to stand
01:12:00.16\01:12:01.53
so that the Northeastern
family can greet her.
01:12:01.56\01:12:04.49
Amen. Amen.
01:12:04.52\01:12:06.44
They have three
children and four grandchildren.
01:12:10.27\01:12:14.07
And that something they
would love to share with you.
01:12:14.10\01:12:17.10
It gives me great pleasure today
01:12:17.13\01:12:20.12
to welcome to
Northeastern Conference
01:12:20.15\01:12:22.40
the president of the
North American division,
01:12:22.43\01:12:25.72
Pastor Daniel
Jackson. In the few moments
01:12:25.75\01:12:28.89
he will share the word
with you, but before he stands,
01:12:28.92\01:12:32.38
we're going to
hear a musical message
01:12:32.41\01:12:36.74
from our crowd to pre-dispose
the message for today.
01:12:36.77\01:12:42.16
May God bless your
hearing and understanding
01:12:42.19\01:12:44.68
because of this ministry, amen.
01:12:44.71\01:12:47.00
Beams of heaven as I go
01:13:11.27\01:13:17.40
Through this wilderness below
01:13:17.43\01:13:23.58
Guide my feet in peaceful way
01:13:23.61\01:13:30.02
Turn my midnights into days
01:13:30.05\01:13:36.06
When in the
darkness, I would grope
01:13:36.09\01:13:42.58
Faith always sees a star of hope
01:13:42.61\01:13:48.97
And soon from all
life's grief and danger
01:13:49.00\01:13:55.46
I shall be free some day
01:13:55.49\01:14:02.25
I do not know how long 'twill be
01:14:02.28\01:14:08.84
Nor what the future holds for me
01:14:08.87\01:14:15.31
But this I know,
if Jesus leads me
01:14:15.34\01:14:21.70
I shall get home some day
01:14:21.73\01:14:28.62
I do not know how long 'twill be
01:14:28.65\01:14:35.23
Nor what the future holds for me
01:14:35.26\01:14:41.76
But this I know,
if Jesus leads me
01:14:41.79\01:14:48.42
I shall get home some day
01:14:48.45\01:14:56.42
Harder yet may be the fight
01:15:00.85\01:15:06.87
Right may often yield to might
01:15:06.90\01:15:13.45
Wickedness awhile may reign
01:15:13.48\01:15:20.08
Satan's cause may seem to gain
01:15:20.11\01:15:26.35
There is a God that rules above
01:15:26.38\01:15:32.71
Sith hand of
power and heart of love
01:15:32.74\01:15:39.26
If I am right,
He'll fight my battle
01:15:39.29\01:15:45.47
I shall have peace some day
01:15:45.50\01:15:52.29
There is a God that rules above
01:15:52.32\01:15:59.01
Sith hand of
power and heart of love
01:15:59.04\01:16:05.34
If I am right,
He'll fight my battle
01:16:05.37\01:16:12.04
I shall have peace some day
01:16:12.07\01:16:20.04
Burdens now may crush me down
01:16:21.23\01:16:29.14
Disappointments all around
01:16:29.17\01:16:36.79
Troubles speak in mournful sigh
01:16:36.82\01:16:44.27
Sorrow through
a tear stained eye
01:16:44.30\01:16:52.27
There is a world
where pleasure reigns
01:16:52.30\01:17:00.27
No mourning soul
shall roam its plains
01:17:00.30\01:17:08.27
And to that land
of peace and glory
01:17:10.30\01:17:18.30
I want to go some day
01:17:19.38\01:17:27.38
I do not know how long 'twill be
01:17:28.91\01:17:36.12
Nor what the future holds for me
01:17:36.15\01:17:43.21
But this I know,
if Jesus leads me
01:17:43.24\01:17:50.12
I shall get home some day
01:17:50.15\01:17:57.05
I do not know how long 'twill be
01:17:57.08\01:18:03.85
Nor what the future holds for me
01:18:03.88\01:18:10.37
But this I know,
if Jesus leads me
01:18:10.40\01:18:16.92
I shall get home some day
01:18:16.95\01:18:24.92
I do not know
01:18:32.33\01:18:40.33
How long 'twill be
01:18:40.36\01:18:46.33
Nor what the future holds for me
01:18:46.36\01:18:52.87
But this I
know, if Jesus lead me
01:18:52.90\01:18:59.27
I shall get home some day
01:18:59.30\01:19:02.87
I shall get home
01:19:02.90\01:19:09.38
I shall get home some day
01:19:09.41\01:19:17.38
If Jesus lead me
01:19:18.76\01:19:25.16
I shall get home
01:19:25.19\01:19:33.12
Some day some day
01:19:33.15\01:19:41.12
I shall get home
01:19:41.15\01:19:49.12
I don't know about you
01:20:27.22\01:20:30.62
but I'm here doing
a standing ovation.
01:20:30.65\01:20:34.65
You know what I came on
to the camp ground today,
01:20:39.59\01:20:42.19
one of the first persons I
met was Elder Danny Shelton
01:20:42.22\01:20:47.63
and he said to me
are you going to go
01:20:47.66\01:20:50.26
and arouse the saints today.
01:20:50.29\01:20:52.28
You're going to
have them raise the roof.
01:20:52.31\01:20:56.38
I told him I don't have
to be present to do that
01:20:56.41\01:20:59.69
you should have
been here two weeks ago.
01:20:59.72\01:21:02.03
I want to praise and honor God
01:21:18.60\01:21:22.65
for the wonderful music
that we have had this morning,
01:21:22.68\01:21:28.45
it has been
glorious, don't you agree?
01:21:28.48\01:21:31.42
I want to raise a banner
in your mind this morning,
01:21:34.92\01:21:39.94
I want to raise a banner
01:21:39.97\01:21:42.63
because if I
shall get home one day,
01:21:42.66\01:21:47.19
it will be because this banner
is in my mind and in my heart.
01:21:47.22\01:21:53.98
And on that word,
on that banner rather,
01:21:54.01\01:21:57.58
there will be a
saying that goes like this,
01:21:57.61\01:22:01.46
"There is only one true north,
01:22:01.49\01:22:06.00
and that is the cross
of Jesus Christ." Amen!
01:22:06.03\01:22:11.16
In the Seventh
Day Adventist Church
01:22:11.19\01:22:13.63
the true north
is not the Sabbath,
01:22:13.66\01:22:17.01
it is not judgment, it is
the cross of Jesus Christ.
01:22:17.04\01:22:22.41
Amen! It is not
the health message,
01:22:22.44\01:22:25.53
it is not dependant on
how much tofu you didn't eat
01:22:25.56\01:22:29.11
or you did eat today, it
is on the cross of our Lord
01:22:29.14\01:22:33.72
and Savior Jesus Christ
and all of these other things
01:22:33.75\01:22:38.42
as significant as they
are, they must be preached,
01:22:38.45\01:22:43.06
caught and lived through
the lens of the cross of Jesus.
01:22:43.09\01:22:49.42
Would you bow your
head with me as we pray?
01:22:49.45\01:22:53.69
Our heavenly
Father, we raise Your name,
01:22:53.72\01:22:58.05
we honor You, You
are the King of Kings
01:22:58.08\01:23:01.54
and the Lord of
Lords, You are the one
01:23:01.57\01:23:04.41
who is the fountain of love,
the source of our salvation.
01:23:04.44\01:23:09.13
Today sir we would see Jesus.
01:23:09.16\01:23:12.35
We do not want to see man,
01:23:12.38\01:23:13.75
we don't want to hear
the words of humanity,
01:23:13.78\01:23:16.63
we want to hear the elevated
words baved by Your Spirit.
01:23:16.66\01:23:22.18
So we come to You acknowledging
how much we need You
01:23:22.21\01:23:27.04
and we appeal for
Your Spirit to be here,
01:23:27.07\01:23:30.16
in Jesus name, amen.
01:23:30.19\01:23:34.09
Want to talk to you
this morning about trees,
01:23:34.12\01:23:37.44
sounds like a funny subject.
01:23:37.47\01:23:39.34
But you go
anywhere in New York State
01:23:39.37\01:23:41.45
and you see trees,
wonderful beautiful trees.
01:23:41.48\01:23:45.75
You know when I was a boy
01:23:45.78\01:23:47.52
we had a big maple
tree in front of our house.
01:23:47.55\01:23:51.09
It demonstrates that
boys don't always know
01:23:51.12\01:23:53.47
what they think they know,
because in the lightning storms
01:23:53.50\01:23:57.18
and the thunderstorms I
would go and sit under the tree,
01:23:57.21\01:24:02.46
because I love lightning
and thunder, I have all my life.
01:24:02.49\01:24:06.71
The reality is this,
and you know may that's why
01:24:06.74\01:24:09.73
I became a Division President
01:24:09.76\01:24:11.65
because I like
lightening and thunder.
01:24:11.68\01:24:13.97
God expresses His love
to us, through the trees.
01:24:21.16\01:24:26.37
Ellen White makes a statement
in the book Steps to Christ,
01:24:26.40\01:24:28.89
she says," God
is love is written
01:24:28.92\01:24:31.68
upon every opening bud
01:24:31.71\01:24:33.92
upon every spire
of springing grass,
01:24:33.95\01:24:36.78
the lovely birds making the air
vocal with their happy songs,
01:24:36.81\01:24:40.65
the delicately tinted
flowers in their perfection
01:24:40.68\01:24:44.25
perfuming the air, the
lofty trees of the forest
01:24:44.28\01:24:48.35
with their rich foliage
of living green all testify
01:24:48.38\01:24:53.44
to the tender
fatherly care of our God
01:24:53.47\01:24:56.28
and to His desire to
make His children happy.
01:24:56.31\01:25:01.23
Amen! I want to talk to you
this morning about three trees.
01:25:01.26\01:25:05.39
Three trees that have
shaped the history of humanity.
01:25:05.42\01:25:09.43
Three trees that have
had great significance
01:25:09.46\01:25:12.55
and impact on
your life and on mine.
01:25:12.58\01:25:15.81
We read as our scripture
this morning Genesis 3,
01:25:15.84\01:25:19.93
the core of that scripture was
verse 8 and it read like this,
01:25:19.96\01:25:23.25
"Then the man and his wife,
heard the sound of the Lord God
01:25:23.28\01:25:27.02
as He was walking in the
garden in the cool of the day
01:25:27.05\01:25:30.47
and they hid from the Lord God
among the trees of the garden."
01:25:30.50\01:25:35.82
They were
hiding under the trees,
01:25:35.85\01:25:38.33
they were hiding in
the trees from the Creator,
01:25:38.36\01:25:41.20
from the greatest
lover of their soul,
01:25:41.23\01:25:43.69
but this story had its origin,
01:25:43.72\01:25:46.20
it's beginnings
under another tree.
01:25:46.23\01:25:48.75
It was perhaps the
noblest of any tree
01:25:48.78\01:25:51.72
to have ever graced this planet.
01:25:51.75\01:25:53.88
Full of beauty and symmetry
01:25:53.91\01:25:56.46
and vested with all
the productive energy
01:25:56.49\01:25:59.43
that only our missions
creative genius can engender,
01:25:59.46\01:26:04.36
imagine standing under
its lush and loaded branches,
01:26:04.39\01:26:09.12
its fruit
beautiful and inviting,
01:26:09.15\01:26:12.11
looking at this tree
from a historical perspective,
01:26:12.14\01:26:15.48
this one tree offered
a tantalizing enticement,
01:26:15.51\01:26:20.56
a power so great
that it could change
01:26:20.59\01:26:23.37
the beauty of all that God
had done in His creative act.
01:26:23.40\01:26:27.54
This tree offered a power
that used in the wrong way
01:26:27.57\01:26:32.68
could bring untold
misery to the human family,
01:26:32.71\01:26:35.98
the greatest power ever
extended to the human family
01:26:36.01\01:26:40.17
right there at that spot.
01:26:40.20\01:26:42.42
The power to choose.
01:26:42.45\01:26:44.91
It was the place of choice,
the ultimate in an eternal
01:26:47.67\01:26:52.42
God's expression
of giving freedom.
01:26:52.45\01:26:55.90
And make no bones about it,
01:26:55.93\01:26:58.27
God is no courser
of the human spirit.
01:26:58.30\01:27:01.75
God will never
force you to do anything
01:27:01.78\01:27:05.37
that you do not choose to do.
01:27:05.40\01:27:09.70
Salvation does not come
01:27:09.73\01:27:12.75
because God forces
you to accept His will.
01:27:12.78\01:27:15.70
It comes because of your choice.
01:27:15.73\01:27:18.21
Now think of Eve
and then think of Adam,
01:27:18.24\01:27:21.14
can you imagine them standing
there all be at different times
01:27:21.17\01:27:24.97
in the midst of
that lush foliage,
01:27:25.00\01:27:27.19
that only God
Himself could have made
01:27:27.22\01:27:30.47
and choice presents itself.
01:27:30.50\01:27:33.98
Would they obey God or
would they obey the deceiver.
01:27:34.01\01:27:37.43
Like all of us who
have followed them,
01:27:37.46\01:27:39.81
they had a choice to
rely upon their own ingenuity
01:27:39.84\01:27:44.15
and strength or
to place themselves
01:27:44.18\01:27:46.74
under the
protective care of God.
01:27:46.77\01:27:48.99
Now listen to the
magnificent statement
01:27:49.02\01:27:50.78
from the little book
called, Mount of Blessings,
01:27:50.81\01:27:53.58
as she talks about how we
can be defended against evil,
01:27:53.61\01:27:59.04
she makes this
statement, "He who is in beude,
01:27:59.07\01:28:02.50
with the spirit of
Christ abides in Christ
01:28:02.53\01:28:05.89
the blow that is aimed at
him falls upon the savior,
01:28:05.92\01:28:11.36
who surrounds
him with his presence
01:28:11.39\01:28:13.90
whatever come to
him comes from Christ,
01:28:13.93\01:28:16.74
he has no need to resist
evil for Christ is his defense,
01:28:16.77\01:28:21.16
nothing can touch him
except by our Lord's permission
01:28:21.19\01:28:25.09
and all things
that are permitted
01:28:25.12\01:28:27.27
work together for
good to them that love God.
01:28:27.30\01:28:31.67
Adam and Eve could not
have completely understood
01:28:31.70\01:28:36.04
the eternally
bitter consequences
01:28:36.07\01:28:38.56
that they're caving
in their fruit eating
01:28:38.59\01:28:41.17
that day would
bring to the human family,
01:28:41.20\01:28:44.11
but you and I
are all too familiar
01:28:44.14\01:28:46.35
with those consequences.
01:28:46.38\01:28:47.97
We are witnesses
and we experience
01:28:48.00\01:28:50.43
the flood of
bitterness that has come
01:28:50.46\01:28:52.39
to humanity because of sin.
01:28:52.42\01:28:54.75
We know that all the
tears the anguish, the sorrow,
01:28:54.78\01:28:58.15
the crying and the dying
lead back to Adams distrust
01:28:58.18\01:29:02.51
or mistrust of God's word
01:29:02.54\01:29:04.79
to his rejection of man's
true relationship with God.
01:29:04.82\01:29:09.79
You and I have become
airs of that bitterness
01:29:09.82\01:29:14.81
and they call
that place Dutch Bar,
01:29:14.84\01:29:18.30
it is a little community located
01:29:18.33\01:29:20.45
just south of that city
of Batticaloa, Srilanka.
01:29:20.48\01:29:24.86
I stood on the beautiful shore
at Dutch Bar with a young man
01:29:24.89\01:29:28.72
I had my arm around his
shoulder, he said to me,
01:29:28.75\01:29:31.72
"Do you see those trees pastor?"
They're 25 to 30 feet high.
01:29:31.75\01:29:36.75
He said, "Do you
see those trees pastor?
01:29:36.78\01:29:38.58
The water came right in
over top of those trees."
01:29:38.61\01:29:42.69
He said," I lost 25
members of my family
01:29:42.72\01:29:47.03
that day in five
minutes, including his dear wife
01:29:47.06\01:29:52.54
who he could not
find for a long time
01:29:52.57\01:29:54.88
until he searched
in a nearby community
01:29:54.91\01:29:57.58
and found her
stacked like cardboard
01:29:57.61\01:29:59.74
among bodies
outside of a hospital
01:29:59.77\01:30:02.22
but in her hand she was
clutching her wedding sari.
01:30:02.25\01:30:07.85
She had gone back into the house
01:30:07.88\01:30:10.32
to get her wedding sari
and died as a result of it.
01:30:10.35\01:30:14.86
Now read Paul's statement
of Roman 5:12 through 19
01:30:14.89\01:30:19.14
and you begin to
understand the consequences
01:30:19.17\01:30:22.21
of Adam and Eve's
rebellion against God.
01:30:22.24\01:30:25.19
You begin to
see the consequences
01:30:25.22\01:30:27.02
that you and I face
that that young man faced.
01:30:27.05\01:30:29.52
As we stood there on
the shores of the ocean
01:30:29.55\01:30:32.57
and the beautiful sunny day
01:30:32.60\01:30:33.97
the pain of the
moment was palpable.
01:30:34.00\01:30:38.24
Romans 5:12,
"Wherefore as by one man sin
01:30:38.27\01:30:44.53
entered into the
world and death by sin
01:30:44.56\01:30:47.27
and so death passed up on all
men for that all have sinned."
01:30:47.30\01:30:52.00
Without the intervention of God,
01:30:52.03\01:30:55.28
we won't have
been bound endlessly
01:30:55.31\01:30:58.92
to a round of
seeking but never finding,
01:30:58.95\01:31:01.88
of speaking but
never hearing a response,
01:31:01.91\01:31:04.35
of wandering in a
wilderness of human invention,
01:31:04.38\01:31:07.81
but never finding a
home a place of refreshing,
01:31:07.84\01:31:12.34
or the Eden
tree, or the Eden tree,
01:31:12.37\01:31:16.75
and how it has infected
and affected the human family.
01:31:16.78\01:31:21.62
But then there is a second tree.
01:31:21.65\01:31:24.09
We move through history
to the time of the Exodus.
01:31:24.12\01:31:27.93
And this is a fantastic
story, it is a marvelous example
01:31:27.96\01:31:31.70
of the principle of
healing and redemption
01:31:31.73\01:31:34.15
that is so much
apart of what God is about.
01:31:34.18\01:31:37.22
Exodus 15:22
through 26 reads like this,
01:31:37.25\01:31:42.13
"Then Moses lead
Israel onward from the red sea
01:31:42.16\01:31:46.12
and they went into
the wilderness of Shur,
01:31:46.15\01:31:48.53
and they went three
days into the wilderness
01:31:48.56\01:31:50.78
and they found no
water, when they came to Marah
01:31:50.81\01:31:54.25
they could not drink the water
of Marah because it was bitter,
01:31:54.28\01:31:58.04
therefore it was named
Marah and the people murmured
01:31:58.07\01:32:01.45
against Moses saying,
"What shall we drink?"
01:32:01.48\01:32:05.91
And he cried to the Lord
and the Lord showed him a tree
01:32:05.94\01:32:11.44
and he threw it into the water
and the water became sweet.
01:32:11.47\01:32:14.85
The Lord made for them
a statue and an ordinance
01:32:14.88\01:32:18.56
and there he proved them saying,
01:32:18.59\01:32:20.79
"If you will diligently hearken
01:32:20.82\01:32:22.59
unto the voice of
the Lord your God,
01:32:22.62\01:32:24.63
and do that which
is right in His eyes
01:32:24.66\01:32:27.07
and give ear to His commandments
and keep all His statues,
01:32:27.10\01:32:30.77
I will put none of
the diseases upon you,
01:32:30.80\01:32:32.81
which I put upon the Egyptians
for I am the Lord your healer."
01:32:32.84\01:32:37.43
This is the story
of divine intervention
01:32:37.46\01:32:40.39
of God bringing His people
up out of bondage for 430 years,
01:32:40.42\01:32:45.59
the people of Israel have been
held in cruel bondage in Egypt
01:32:45.62\01:32:49.98
and now they are
being lead out of that land
01:32:50.01\01:32:52.68
and during the time
of their deliverance,
01:32:52.71\01:32:55.09
God had demonstrated
to them so many times
01:32:55.12\01:32:59.10
on so many occasions
His mighty power and grace
01:32:59.13\01:33:03.30
before their amazed eyes
he had laid out before them
01:33:03.33\01:33:07.04
His determination to
give them their freedom
01:33:07.07\01:33:10.19
under His leadership
and freedom had come,
01:33:10.22\01:33:13.83
with the glorious
occasion of their own freedom
01:33:13.86\01:33:17.44
with delirious
joy and exuberance
01:33:17.47\01:33:19.99
they had raised the
chorus of the song of Moses
01:33:20.02\01:33:22.75
that we find in the Exodus 15,
01:33:22.78\01:33:25.02
the words at the beginning
of the song go like this,
01:33:25.05\01:33:27.96
"I will sing to the Lord
for He has triumphed gloriously
01:33:27.99\01:33:31.75
the horse and it's rider
He has thrown into the sea,
01:33:31.78\01:33:35.12
the Lord is my
strength and my song
01:33:35.15\01:33:37.50
and He has become my salvation.
01:33:37.53\01:33:39.65
He is my God and
I will praise Him
01:33:39.68\01:33:42.59
and there we're
many, many more versus
01:33:42.62\01:33:45.04
and the wonderful thing
about the song of Moses is that
01:33:45.07\01:33:48.11
by God's grace you and I
are going to add versus to that
01:33:48.14\01:33:51.11
when we call it the
song of Moses and the lamb,
01:33:51.14\01:33:54.69
in the glorious works that
God is doing in delivering us,
01:33:54.72\01:33:58.94
with those
beautiful words of gratitude
01:33:58.97\01:34:02.14
still there in their ears,
01:34:02.17\01:34:04.44
and with the
memory of the parted sea
01:34:04.47\01:34:06.43
and the dry ground
fresh in their mind
01:34:06.46\01:34:08.89
they make their way to freedom.
01:34:08.92\01:34:11.95
They're three
days into the journey,
01:34:11.98\01:34:14.30
three days of being under
the direct leadership of God,
01:34:14.33\01:34:17.56
three days of being a renewed
nation, three days of freedom.
01:34:17.59\01:34:22.82
Oh! How it must
have been? Delicious.
01:34:22.85\01:34:28.54
The day was hot, the day is hot,
01:34:28.57\01:34:35.13
but the day was hot.
01:34:35.16\01:34:37.39
Out on the sandy plain they
came to a painful conclusion,
01:34:37.42\01:34:42.00
they were fast
running out of water,
01:34:42.03\01:34:45.00
their supplies had
dwindled down to almost nothing.
01:34:45.03\01:34:48.65
And as they
surveyed the horizon,
01:34:48.68\01:34:50.66
there was no body
of water in sight.
01:34:50.69\01:34:52.87
Only one person in the camp was
01:34:52.90\01:34:55.17
aware of a body
of water close by
01:34:55.20\01:34:57.29
and the knowledge of
that particular place
01:34:57.32\01:34:59.79
did not bring any pleasure
to him, it brought him dread.
01:34:59.82\01:35:04.06
He was hoping that
the Lord would choose
01:35:04.09\01:35:06.76
not to lead the
people in that direction
01:35:06.79\01:35:09.36
but to his amazement
as he looks up at the sky,
01:35:09.39\01:35:13.69
he sees the cloud headed right
01:35:13.72\01:35:16.18
in the direction of
the springs at Marah.
01:35:16.21\01:35:20.04
And the people at first
must have been very excited
01:35:20.07\01:35:24.79
because they would be
able to slake their thirst,
01:35:24.82\01:35:27.48
they had great
anticipation and expectation,
01:35:27.51\01:35:30.75
however their joy
soon turned to anxiety
01:35:30.78\01:35:34.00
and murmuring as
they had discovered
01:35:34.03\01:35:36.09
that they had been
lead to a bitter spring.
01:35:36.12\01:35:39.69
You know the reality is
this, that our anticipation
01:35:39.72\01:35:42.68
and expectation
of events and places
01:35:42.71\01:35:45.19
does not always bring about
a desired fulfillment, does it?
01:35:45.22\01:35:49.53
You see
sometimes moments of time
01:35:49.56\01:35:51.68
that seemed the
whole great potential,
01:35:51.71\01:35:53.60
don't turn out that way.
01:35:53.63\01:35:57.00
We were on our way back to India
01:35:57.03\01:35:59.82
and we decided that we
would take our children
01:35:59.85\01:36:02.69
to the Lourdes Museum in Paris.
01:36:02.72\01:36:06.06
Now that I'm a
grandfather I know that,
01:36:06.09\01:36:08.29
if you're going to
take teenagers to a museum,
01:36:08.32\01:36:11.65
you're going to be in trouble
01:36:11.68\01:36:14.19
because when they
saw the Mona Lisa,
01:36:14.22\01:36:16.15
they thought it was a
bust, to coin a phrase.
01:36:16.18\01:36:22.06
The whole time we
were in the museum
01:36:22.09\01:36:23.96
they were very unhappy
and the whole chaotic episode
01:36:23.99\01:36:28.12
came to a conclusion
as I stood on the steps
01:36:28.15\01:36:31.44
of the Lourdes Museum in Paris,
01:36:31.47\01:36:33.38
this great wonderful
museum and said to my daughter,
01:36:33.41\01:36:38.01
"How many young
people get brought to a place
01:36:38.04\01:36:41.25
of such high culture?"
01:36:41.28\01:36:42.65
And she looked at me
in the eye steadfastly
01:36:42.68\01:36:45.29
and said, "How many
kids get dragged around here
01:36:45.32\01:36:48.18
by their parents?"
01:36:48.21\01:36:49.58
It just didn't turn out to
be what we thought it would.
01:36:52.11\01:36:58.07
At Marah, the
people's expectations
01:36:58.10\01:37:00.26
and anticipation of cool
refreshing streams of water
01:37:00.29\01:37:04.60
evaporated with the
bitter springs of the water
01:37:04.63\01:37:07.37
and there is nothing worst.
01:37:07.40\01:37:08.77
The Bible says that
Moses cried unto the Lord
01:37:08.80\01:37:11.94
and he expected a
benevolent response,
01:37:11.97\01:37:14.68
but scripture
renders those startling words
01:37:14.71\01:37:17.18
and God showed him a tree.
01:37:17.21\01:37:20.39
It's a puzzling
and an amazing answer.
01:37:20.42\01:37:22.79
It defies our understanding
the Lord showed him a tree.
01:37:22.82\01:37:27.17
How would you feel
about that kind of response?
01:37:27.20\01:37:30.49
I believe many of us
would have thrown up our hands
01:37:30.52\01:37:33.34
and we would have said, "I
hate to ask you this question,
01:37:33.37\01:37:37.16
but what does this tree
have to do with this water?"
01:37:37.19\01:37:42.66
And what would you
like me to do with the tree?
01:37:42.69\01:37:45.26
Or you've got to be kidding.
01:37:45.29\01:37:48.90
But if you are a
student of the word of God,
01:37:48.93\01:37:51.13
if you are one who reads
and believes the scripture,
01:37:51.16\01:37:54.47
you discover that
this kind of response
01:37:54.50\01:37:57.33
is given by God
over and over again.
01:37:57.36\01:38:00.67
Read 2nd
Chronicles 20 and you discover
01:38:00.70\01:38:04.51
that a nation about to be
mutilated comes to the temple
01:38:04.54\01:38:08.40
to the most holy
place of their faith
01:38:08.43\01:38:10.69
and they stand on
the steps of the temple
01:38:10.72\01:38:12.79
and their king
utters these words,
01:38:12.82\01:38:14.75
"We do not know what
to do with this vast enemy
01:38:14.78\01:38:17.85
that is coming against us
but our eyes are upon you".
01:38:17.88\01:38:24.18
And one would have thought that
01:38:24.21\01:38:25.58
God would have
given them every ornament.
01:38:25.61\01:38:27.45
He would have
given them every sword,
01:38:27.48\01:38:29.40
every spear, every shield,
01:38:29.43\01:38:31.68
every human
implement of war available.
01:38:31.71\01:38:34.73
They would have been
trained better than any army.
01:38:34.76\01:38:39.38
God said, "Get the choir."
01:38:39.41\01:38:43.34
Get the choir.
01:38:47.32\01:38:49.84
Now this is a mighty
choir, but I want to tell you
01:38:49.87\01:38:53.13
if I was the general of an army,
01:38:53.16\01:38:54.85
they wouldn't
scare me in the least.
01:38:54.88\01:38:59.37
But they stood on the
plains outside the city
01:38:59.40\01:39:02.56
and they sang the glory
of God and in God's name
01:39:02.59\01:39:07.29
a great victory was
brought on behalf of his people.
01:39:07.32\01:39:12.44
Read 2nd Kings 3
and discover that
01:39:12.47\01:39:16.17
an army who was not willing
to listen to the voice of God,
01:39:16.20\01:39:19.57
an army under the leadership
of three rebellious kings,
01:39:19.60\01:39:23.19
an army way out in the desert,
01:39:23.22\01:39:25.57
discovers they
don't have an water either
01:39:25.60\01:39:27.90
and then one of
them the king of Israel,
01:39:27.93\01:39:29.68
it always makes me kind
of choke up a little bit
01:39:29.71\01:39:32.12
because I can't
understand how anybody could ask
01:39:32.15\01:39:34.60
such a dumb question.
He asked the question,
01:39:34.63\01:39:36.96
"Well isn't there a
prophet around here somewhere?"
01:39:36.99\01:39:41.57
Off course they had
just left the prophet
01:39:41.60\01:39:43.67
and ignored the
prophet, isn't there a prophet?
01:39:43.70\01:39:46.67
God told those armies out
in the middle of the desert,
01:39:46.70\01:39:49.93
"Get on your knees and
dig with your bare hands"
01:39:49.96\01:39:54.02
and they dug holes out
in the middle of the desert
01:39:54.05\01:39:56.73
and were lead to understand that
the grace of God was present
01:39:56.76\01:40:00.40
and at the time when
the evening sacrifice
01:40:00.43\01:40:03.51
was being
offered in the sanctuary
01:40:03.54\01:40:05.63
at that very time
those holes filled with water
01:40:05.66\01:40:09.03
and those people survived.
01:40:09.06\01:40:10.79
Read the story of
Matthew 14, camp meeting time,
01:40:10.82\01:40:15.47
5,000 people
present and no food,
01:40:15.50\01:40:20.80
but a little lad has some food
01:40:20.83\01:40:23.07
and Jesus takes the
insignificance of the loaves
01:40:23.10\01:40:26.15
and the fishes and transforms
them into the sufficient.
01:40:26.18\01:40:30.83
How many trees
has God shown you?
01:40:30.86\01:40:35.42
How many will He
show you in the future?
01:40:35.45\01:40:38.36
The whole issue of
divine appointment comes here.
01:40:38.39\01:40:41.67
We fail to
recognize as Christians
01:40:41.70\01:40:45.08
that God is attempting
to speak to us everyday,
01:40:45.11\01:40:48.75
but often when we get
the promptings of His Spirit,
01:40:48.78\01:40:51.67
we say to ourselves,
"Oh that's ridiculous,
01:40:51.70\01:40:54.52
I could never do
that". And so we don't
01:40:54.55\01:40:57.20
and we miss huge
blessing after blessing.
01:40:57.23\01:41:00.69
You see, this is not uncommon,
01:41:00.72\01:41:03.27
this story of the
trees is not uncommon
01:41:03.30\01:41:06.19
in God's dealing
with the human family,
01:41:06.22\01:41:08.47
people facing
terrible circumstances
01:41:08.50\01:41:10.94
coming asking pleading for help
01:41:10.97\01:41:12.99
and God inevitably
responds with solutions
01:41:13.02\01:41:15.92
that defy human
logic and common sense.
01:41:15.95\01:41:18.96
The fact is I'm
aided by God's Holy Spirit,
01:41:18.99\01:41:22.42
we do not think as He thinks,
we do not see as He sees,
01:41:22.45\01:41:26.42
and we do not plan as He plans.
01:41:26.45\01:41:29.08
Brother-in-law of mine went out
01:41:29.11\01:41:30.97
and found himself
an antique old table.
01:41:31.00\01:41:33.81
He thought it was the most
wonderful table he'd ever seen.
01:41:33.84\01:41:36.23
He purchased it brought
it home and said some day
01:41:36.26\01:41:38.97
I will refinish that
table according to oil
01:41:39.00\01:41:42.25
and he put covers
and blankets over it
01:41:42.28\01:41:44.87
and one day when they
were alone his boys said,
01:41:44.90\01:41:48.49
"Let's do
something to surprise dad."
01:41:48.52\01:41:52.65
And they went and found a
can of black automotive paint
01:41:52.68\01:41:58.48
and they
painted the table black.
01:41:58.51\01:42:02.65
I will tell you that
they still are alive.
01:42:02.68\01:42:05.11
But let me say
this, when we look beyond
01:42:09.04\01:42:12.12
our foolishly conceived
and often childish solutions
01:42:12.15\01:42:16.57
and enter into the
realm of true faith,
01:42:16.60\01:42:19.20
we come face to
face with the God
01:42:19.23\01:42:21.68
who can take the smallest,
simplest and weakest object
01:42:21.71\01:42:25.26
and turn it into a
mighty object of redemption.
01:42:25.29\01:42:28.76
He plead with God and
God showed him a tree.
01:42:31.57\01:42:36.69
A young woman in
Hamilton, Ontario
01:42:36.72\01:42:38.60
by the name of Sandra
Silver woke up one morning,
01:42:38.63\01:42:41.46
the Lord had said to her
that night go to Sacramento.
01:42:41.49\01:42:47.26
She went to her father and said,
01:42:47.29\01:42:48.93
the Lord seems to be
telling me to go to Sacramento
01:42:48.96\01:42:52.59
and he who was not a
practicing Seven-day Adventist
01:42:52.62\01:42:56.65
or particularly a
Christian at that moment said,
01:42:56.68\01:42:59.18
"Well, if God told you
to do that you better go."
01:42:59.21\01:43:02.14
So she got on a plane and
she traveled to Sacramento
01:43:02.17\01:43:06.83
and then she started
to understand what is was,
01:43:06.86\01:43:09.56
that the Lord wanted from her.
01:43:09.59\01:43:11.78
She was
instructed to go see a woman
01:43:11.81\01:43:14.05
that she had previously
been studying the Bible with,
01:43:14.08\01:43:17.17
but she couldn't
remember the woman's name
01:43:17.20\01:43:18.72
and she couldn't remember
where she lived in that city.
01:43:18.75\01:43:21.18
Nonetheless she bought
a car and she headed out
01:43:21.21\01:43:23.08
to where she thought it
might be and in her confusion
01:43:23.11\01:43:27.34
she pulled in to a gas station
01:43:27.37\01:43:29.24
and a vehicle
pulled right in behind her,
01:43:29.27\01:43:31.27
a young man who had seen her
01:43:31.30\01:43:32.67
at the previous
stop like got out
01:43:32.70\01:43:34.50
and came to her window
01:43:34.53\01:43:35.90
and said to her, "You
look like you're lost."
01:43:35.93\01:43:39.10
And she said,
"You're a smart man."
01:43:39.13\01:43:43.39
He said, "Who
are you looking for?"
01:43:43.42\01:43:45.36
By that time, the name of
the person came to her mind
01:43:45.39\01:43:49.21
and she looked at
the young man and said,
01:43:49.24\01:43:50.69
I studied the Bible
with this lady sometime ago
01:43:50.72\01:43:53.67
and the Lord
seems to be telling me
01:43:53.70\01:43:55.56
that I should go and see her".
01:43:55.59\01:43:57.12
And he said,
"Well, what's her name?"
01:43:57.15\01:43:59.93
And she spit out the
name and the young man
01:43:59.96\01:44:02.93
stepped back from
the car and he said,
01:44:02.96\01:44:06.41
"That's my grandmother."
That's my grandmother.
01:44:06.44\01:44:10.16
The grandmother was dying.
01:44:13.56\01:44:16.24
And she had been praying in
her concern for her grandson
01:44:16.27\01:44:22.34
that God would bring
somebody into her life
01:44:22.37\01:44:25.57
and back to minister to
her, that is not natural.
01:44:25.60\01:44:30.50
No. That is not coincidence.
01:44:30.53\01:44:33.80
No. That is God using somebody
who is willing to listen.
01:44:33.83\01:44:38.78
Yes. His ways are
beyond our ways. Yes.
01:44:38.81\01:44:44.15
Paul says Romans 11:33,
"All the depths of the riches
01:44:44.18\01:44:48.15
both of the wisdom
and the knowledge of God
01:44:48.18\01:44:50.82
how unsearchable
are his judgments
01:44:50.85\01:44:53.07
and his ways
past in finding out,
01:44:53.10\01:44:55.27
how difficult this is
for us who have been thought
01:44:55.30\01:44:58.06
to believe in
our own sufficiency,
01:44:58.09\01:45:00.38
our self sufficiency."
01:45:00.41\01:45:01.88
We want to analyze, scrutinize
and even criticize God
01:45:01.91\01:45:05.94
until we can shape
Him into just the kind
01:45:05.97\01:45:08.77
of predictable God
that we want him to be.
01:45:08.80\01:45:12.08
The reality is
however as Isaiah describes,
01:45:12.11\01:45:15.46
"To whom will you like
in God or what likeness
01:45:15.49\01:45:18.65
will you compare him
to" and God says of Himself,
01:45:18.68\01:45:22.47
"I am God and
there is none like me."
01:45:22.50\01:45:25.64
Moses cried out to the
Lord and he showed him a tree.
01:45:25.67\01:45:29.32
And quickly he cuts it down
and throws it into the water
01:45:29.35\01:45:33.04
and the waters became sweet
01:45:33.07\01:45:36.01
and the people
drank of that sweet water.
01:45:36.04\01:45:38.81
These words from a little
book called, Spiritual Gifts,
01:45:44.00\01:45:47.60
"The children of
Israel seemed to possess
01:45:47.63\01:45:49.74
an evil heart of
unbelief. They were unwilling
01:45:49.77\01:45:52.82
to endure
hardships in the wilderness.
01:45:52.85\01:45:55.19
When they met with
difficulties along the way
01:45:55.22\01:45:57.61
they would regard
them as impossibilities,
01:45:57.64\01:46:00.72
their confidence
in God would fail,
01:46:00.75\01:46:02.97
and they could see
nothing before them but death.
01:46:03.00\01:46:07.01
He was ready to be a
present help to them,
01:46:07.04\01:46:09.48
but they seemed unwilling
to trust the Lord any farther
01:46:09.51\01:46:12.76
than they could
witness before their eyes
01:46:12.79\01:46:15.54
the continual
evidences of His power."
01:46:15.57\01:46:19.89
What a lesson there is for
01:46:19.92\01:46:21.29
Seventh-day
Adventist living in 2012.
01:46:21.32\01:46:24.50
I want to tell you
I hear it all the time
01:46:24.53\01:46:26.99
of churches going down.
01:46:27.02\01:46:29.50
There's evil in the
church and I'm not going to deny
01:46:29.53\01:46:32.16
that there are
problems in the church
01:46:32.19\01:46:33.95
and indeed some
evil in the church.
01:46:33.98\01:46:37.36
But I want you to
know that as enfeebled
01:46:37.39\01:46:40.82
and defective as it may be,
01:46:40.85\01:46:43.71
the church is still
the object of God's supreme
01:46:43.74\01:46:47.30
regard on this earth
and it will not fail.
01:46:47.33\01:46:52.17
There are many obstacles,
many things that seem like
01:46:56.88\01:47:00.64
the impending do
of the organization
01:47:00.67\01:47:03.87
or at some of our
schools etc, etc, etc...
01:47:03.90\01:47:07.92
And all that I could
say is God showed him
01:47:07.95\01:47:10.80
a tree or the tree at Marah.
01:47:10.83\01:47:15.60
Interestingly enough,
our experience as individuals
01:47:15.63\01:47:20.61
is similar to the
experience at Marah
01:47:20.64\01:47:22.74
as we attempt to move
along the way without God.
01:47:22.77\01:47:26.09
Aren't all normal
human beings seek happiness,
01:47:26.12\01:47:29.26
seek to find a way into
a promise land of their own
01:47:29.29\01:47:32.80
devising of
their own expectations
01:47:32.83\01:47:35.41
so often in our attempts to seek
01:47:35.44\01:47:37.09
and find our
ideals and physical in...
01:47:37.12\01:47:42.63
Boy I got tongue tied.
01:47:42.66\01:47:44.43
Let me try that
again, our philosophical
01:47:44.46\01:47:46.88
and physical and
intellectual sweet spots,
01:47:46.91\01:47:50.09
we wind up finding bitterness.
01:47:50.12\01:47:52.49
We search and we study for
ways to correct the problem,
01:47:52.52\01:47:56.28
to fill the void,
to quench the thirst,
01:47:56.31\01:47:58.48
but humanly
speaking we come up empty,
01:47:58.51\01:48:02.00
we come up dry every time.
01:48:02.03\01:48:03.45
We build all kinds of
solutions but the screams
01:48:03.48\01:48:06.97
that we find are
all too often bitter.
01:48:07.00\01:48:10.26
And why is that? What
answer could there be?
01:48:10.29\01:48:13.92
God Himself gives us an answer
recorded in Jeremiah 2:13,
01:48:13.95\01:48:18.51
"For my people have
committed two evils,
01:48:18.54\01:48:22.39
they have forsaken me
the fountain of living waters
01:48:22.42\01:48:25.03
and have hewn
themselves cisterns,
01:48:25.06\01:48:28.00
broken cisterns
that can hold no water.
01:48:28.03\01:48:32.26
Human ideas, human
schemes, human wisdom.
01:48:32.29\01:48:36.94
Now we may fail to
find the vision of God,
01:48:36.97\01:48:38.96
because we cannot envision
Him based upon our experiences,
01:48:38.99\01:48:43.73
added to that our intimate
knowledge of who we are.
01:48:43.76\01:48:47.39
A combined
experience in inner knowledge
01:48:47.42\01:48:50.29
may sometimes bring us
to the place of despair
01:48:50.32\01:48:52.93
and so we cry out
in our hopelessness.
01:48:52.96\01:48:56.37
How are we to move beyond
the current circumstances?
01:48:56.40\01:48:59.30
How may we find
the fresh streams?
01:48:59.33\01:49:01.86
How can we see
things as God sees them?
01:49:01.89\01:49:04.79
And not as
imperfectly as we envision them.
01:49:04.82\01:49:08.43
A woman came home one day
01:49:08.46\01:49:10.61
and she walked into
the door of the home
01:49:10.64\01:49:12.42
that her and her
husband were renovating.
01:49:12.45\01:49:14.21
She saw her husband
standing at the stove
01:49:14.24\01:49:17.25
and there was a cord
that seemed to be running
01:49:17.28\01:49:19.66
between him and
an electrical outlet
01:49:19.69\01:49:21.99
and he was dancing
around frantically.
01:49:22.02\01:49:24.73
They had just been renovating
the house as I've said
01:49:24.76\01:49:27.77
and so there were
bare wires everywhere.
01:49:27.80\01:49:29.52
She literally swung into action,
she picked up a small 2X4
01:49:29.55\01:49:33.90
and ran over and
whacked him in the arm
01:49:33.93\01:49:36.39
broke his arm in two
places, up to that point
01:49:36.42\01:49:39.94
he had been happily
listening to his iPod.
01:49:39.97\01:49:42.10
How can we see God
and how can we see things
01:49:51.97\01:49:56.72
as God sees them and not as
we imperfectly envision them.
01:49:56.75\01:50:01.69
1st Corinthians 3:18 and
19, "Let no one deceive himself
01:50:01.72\01:50:07.49
if anyone among you seems
to be wise enough in this age,
01:50:07.52\01:50:10.84
let him become a fool
that he may become wise.
01:50:10.87\01:50:13.53
For the wisdom of God is
foolishness with this world."
01:50:13.56\01:50:17.97
The book, Steps to
Christ, "It is impossible
01:50:18.00\01:50:20.33
for us of ourselves to escape
01:50:20.36\01:50:23.15
from the pit of sin
into which we have sunken.
01:50:23.18\01:50:26.45
Our hearts are evil
and we cannot change them."
01:50:26.48\01:50:29.64
Education, culture
the exercise of the will,
01:50:29.67\01:50:32.91
human effort all
have their proper sphere,
01:50:32.94\01:50:36.03
but here they are powerless.
01:50:36.06\01:50:39.60
Now they may produce an
outward correctness of behavior
01:50:39.63\01:50:42.58
but they cannot
change the heart,
01:50:42.61\01:50:44.79
they cannot purify
the springs of life.
01:50:44.82\01:50:48.99
And so we try and we
fail and we fail and we try
01:50:49.02\01:50:53.10
and in our
exhaustion we cry out,
01:50:53.13\01:50:55.30
"Help me God, help me God".
01:50:55.33\01:50:59.59
And He shows us a tree.
01:50:59.62\01:51:02.37
Galatians 3:13,
"Christ has redeemed us
01:51:02.40\01:51:06.38
from the curse of the law."
01:51:06.41\01:51:08.26
Having become a curse for us
01:51:08.29\01:51:10.41
for it is written
cursed is everyone
01:51:10.44\01:51:13.59
who hangs upon a tree.
01:51:13.62\01:51:16.39
Now, listen to Peter,
"He himself bore our sins
01:51:16.42\01:51:19.40
in his body on the tree
that we might die to sin
01:51:19.43\01:51:22.53
and live to
righteousness by his wounds
01:51:22.56\01:51:25.61
you and I have been healed.
01:51:25.64\01:51:28.18
This tree, this
precious cross of Jesus
01:51:28.21\01:51:31.79
gives you and me the
opportunity to choose again.
01:51:31.82\01:51:35.25
Thank God that He
did not cut off grace
01:51:35.28\01:51:37.67
or choice at the Eden tree.
01:51:37.70\01:51:39.77
Thank God that Paul under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit
01:51:39.80\01:51:42.85
went on in the
statement of Romans 5,
01:51:42.88\01:51:45.43
to make this
statement, "For if by one mans
01:51:45.46\01:51:48.76
offence death reigns
through the one much more
01:51:48.79\01:51:51.95
those who receive
abundance of grace
01:51:51.98\01:51:54.02
and the gift of
righteousness will reign in life
01:51:54.05\01:51:57.73
through the one Jesus Christ."
01:51:57.76\01:52:01.71
At the cross, you and I
have the opportunity of looking
01:52:01.74\01:52:05.20
into the face of God and
saying I'll be your's forever
01:52:05.23\01:52:09.13
take me use me I trust
my life with you eternally
01:52:09.16\01:52:13.34
and God responds by saying,
"I am the Lord, who heals you."
01:52:13.37\01:52:19.24
You see
friends, here's the story
01:52:19.27\01:52:21.49
and here's how we
have to get it right
01:52:21.52\01:52:23.85
as Seventh-day
Adventist in how we preach
01:52:23.88\01:52:26.27
and how we
teach and how we live.
01:52:26.30\01:52:29.15
The cross of Jesus is the tree
01:52:29.18\01:52:32.66
that God threw into
the ocean of human need,
01:52:32.69\01:52:36.18
it reverses the bitterness
of the man or the woman
01:52:36.21\01:52:38.97
who stands alone without
God, it is God's solution.
01:52:39.00\01:52:44.64
So what am I to
do with the tree?
01:52:44.67\01:52:47.42
This precious gift of
Calvary, Matthew records Jesus
01:52:47.45\01:52:51.22
answer in Matthew 10:38 and 39,
01:52:51.25\01:52:54.09
"And he who does
not take up his cross
01:52:54.12\01:52:56.69
and follow me is
not worthy of me,
01:52:56.72\01:52:59.21
he who finds his
life will lose it
01:52:59.24\01:53:00.89
and he who loses his life
for my sake will find it."
01:53:00.92\01:53:04.52
And then the Apostle
Paul, 1st Corinthians 1:18,
01:53:04.55\01:53:08.18
"For the message of
the cross is foolishness
01:53:08.21\01:53:11.17
to those who are perishing,
01:53:11.20\01:53:12.57
but to us who
believe are being saved
01:53:12.60\01:53:16.01
it is the power of God."
01:53:16.04\01:53:20.40
So what am I to
do with the tree?
01:53:20.43\01:53:23.15
I am called to take
the tree everywhere with me
01:53:23.18\01:53:25.95
that I go, into
the pool of my despair
01:53:25.98\01:53:29.16
I cast the tree,
into the slew of my pain,
01:53:29.19\01:53:32.90
I carry it, into the
oceans of my wild emotions
01:53:32.93\01:53:37.01
I carry the tree, in
times of temptations,
01:53:37.04\01:53:40.22
and failure, and
heartache, I carry the tree.
01:53:40.25\01:53:43.29
In times when I'm over my head
01:53:43.32\01:53:45.27
and the waters of
uncertainty and frustration,
01:53:45.30\01:53:47.73
I bring the tree.
Into the moments of my joy
01:53:47.76\01:53:51.38
I hear the splash of the tree
01:53:51.41\01:53:53.89
in the refresh
waters of the salt.
01:53:53.92\01:53:57.95
Colossians 1:19 and 20,
01:53:57.98\01:54:00.83
"For it pleased
the father that in him
01:54:00.86\01:54:02.94
all the fullness should dwell
01:54:02.97\01:54:04.75
and by him to reconcile
all things to himself by him
01:54:04.78\01:54:09.06
whether things on
earth or things in heaven
01:54:09.09\01:54:11.33
having made peace,
through the blood of his cross.
01:54:11.36\01:54:14.75
And Galatians 2:20, "I
have been crucified with Christ,
01:54:14.78\01:54:19.04
nevertheless I live yet
not I but Christ lives in me
01:54:19.07\01:54:24.52
and the life I
now live in the flesh
01:54:24.55\01:54:26.72
I live by the
faith of the son of God
01:54:26.75\01:54:28.71
who loved me and
gave himself for me".
01:54:28.74\01:54:31.32
And Galatians
6:14, "But God forbid
01:54:31.35\01:54:34.73
that I should boast
except in the cross of our Lord
01:54:34.76\01:54:38.01
Jesus Christ by whom
the world has been crucified
01:54:38.04\01:54:41.36
to me and I too the world."
01:54:41.39\01:54:43.89
Friends, we have a
message to give to our world.
01:54:43.92\01:54:46.90
It is a message that is
focused on the true north,
01:54:46.93\01:54:50.50
the Lord Jesus Christ and
what He did through His life,
01:54:50.53\01:54:53.61
death and
resurrection and what He's doing
01:54:53.64\01:54:56.28
for you and me
even now as we are here.
01:54:56.31\01:54:58.78
We have a message to the
world that goes like this,
01:54:58.81\01:55:01.40
"None are so sinful that
they cannot find strength,
01:55:01.43\01:55:04.53
purity and righteousness
in Jesus, who died for them.
01:55:04.56\01:55:07.81
He is waiting to strip
them of their garments stained
01:55:07.84\01:55:11.09
and polluted with
sin and to put upon them
01:55:11.12\01:55:13.68
the white robe of righteousness.
01:55:13.71\01:55:15.24
He bids them live and not die."
01:55:15.27\01:55:19.15
The Calvary tree provides hope
01:55:19.18\01:55:21.84
for you and me not
only now, but eternally.
01:55:21.87\01:55:25.81
Praise His holy name.
01:55:25.84\01:55:27.70
Three trees and
the waters of the salt.
01:55:27.73\01:55:30.70
You know, I have done
many evangelistic campaigns,
01:55:30.73\01:55:33.20
I don't call
myself an evangelist,
01:55:33.23\01:55:35.50
but I've done many campaigns
01:55:35.53\01:55:37.75
and one evening in
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
01:55:37.78\01:55:39.94
I kind off proved that I
wasn't, you know they say
01:55:39.97\01:55:44.48
that white preachers don't know
01:55:44.51\01:55:45.88
how to open the door, you know.
01:55:45.91\01:55:50.12
And I stood there
and I made an alter call
01:55:50.15\01:55:53.89
and a woman came forward
01:55:53.92\01:55:55.29
there were a
number who came forward.
01:55:55.32\01:55:57.33
We baptized 66
people in that campaign,
01:55:57.36\01:55:59.74
but one woman came forward
and was a dear Muslim lady
01:55:59.77\01:56:03.69
and she came forward and
I asked her this question,
01:56:03.72\01:56:06.47
"Are you sure
you want to do this?"
01:56:06.50\01:56:07.87
I was concerned
about her and her family,
01:56:13.41\01:56:17.64
but she looked
into my face and said,
01:56:17.67\01:56:19.21
"Pastor, when I think of
all that Jesus has done for me,
01:56:19.24\01:56:23.56
how can I not take this cup,
how can I not take this step?"
01:56:23.59\01:56:27.95
And I said, "So I really
should be ashamed of myself
01:56:27.98\01:56:30.68
for asking that
question and she said, yes."
01:56:30.71\01:56:36.11
And we baptized her in
the name of the Father,
01:56:36.14\01:56:38.37
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
01:56:38.40\01:56:41.51
How many of you today,
01:56:41.54\01:56:44.48
want to reaffirm your commitment
01:56:44.51\01:56:49.68
to the true north, to
the cross of Jesus Christ,
01:56:49.71\01:56:53.43
I want to invite you
to stand if you would.
01:56:53.46\01:56:55.72
You see before
Jesus comes again,
01:56:59.48\01:57:02.38
the glorious message
of the grace of the great
01:57:02.41\01:57:06.34
God will encircle this
earth like a flaming fire.
01:57:06.37\01:57:10.42
There will be
missionaries of hope everywhere.
01:57:10.45\01:57:13.46
Perhaps there are some
today who have never committed
01:57:13.49\01:57:15.77
for the very first
time their life to the Lord
01:57:15.80\01:57:18.60
Jesus Christ and
what He's done for them.
01:57:18.63\01:57:20.57
I want to invite
you in the closing
01:57:20.60\01:57:22.83
seconds of this
program to come forward.
01:57:22.86\01:57:25.93
You've never
given your life to Jesus
01:57:25.96\01:57:27.80
really committed
to the cross before,
01:57:27.83\01:57:30.28
I want to invite
you to come forward.
01:57:30.31\01:57:32.03