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>> Good morning and
happy Sabbath to each
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and every one of
you that is here today.
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And those who
are worshiping online
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or by some other media form,
thank you also for joining us
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in worship. Today
here at Pioneer Memorial
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Church, we are worshiping God
and praising Him for everything.
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No matter where we came from
this past week, we are praising
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God and worshiping Him. As
we continue to worship, let's
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move to our call to worship.
And so please read when prompted
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by the words on the screen.
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Let's bow our heads. God, today
we come before You in humility,
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bowing before You, knowing that
You are God and we are here to
worship. So, Lord, right now
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accept our worship. Be here in
this place. We turn to You, and
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so let everything today
glorify and uplift You. Amen.
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>> We are told that if we do not
praise our God, that the rocks
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will cry out because He
is worthy to be praised.
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Let us join
together with all creation
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in this first song.
Let's stand and sing praises to
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our God. ¤¤
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Here we go. Verse one.
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Thank you for
joining us in that song.
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Our scripture
reading today is found in the
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Book of Acts 1:6-8. If
you'd like, I invite you
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to turn to your
Bibles, Acts 1:6-8.
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And it reads like this.
"Then they gathered around him
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and asked him, 'Lord, are you at
this time going to restore the
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kingdom to Israel?' He
said to them: 'It is not for
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you to know the times or dates
the Father has set by his own
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authority. But you
will receive power when
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the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses in
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Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the
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earth.'" Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Let's pray. Oh, God, we just
sang it. We go to all the world,
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one name and only one name upon
our lips -- the name of Jesus
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Christ, our Lord. So what does
that mean for us here at Andrews
University and Andrews Academy
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and Ruth Murdoch Elementary
School and Pioneer and this
little village in such a big
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world? Foxhole praying. Teach
us. Teach us to pray that way
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we pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Turns out the president of this
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university, Andrea Luxton,
has made a decision, and she
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announced it this last week.
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This Wednesday, four days from
now, will be a day of prayer
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at Andrews University,
at Andrews Academy, at
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Ruth Murdoch Elementary
School, at Pioneer, and in this
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community. And
how should we pray?
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I say, let's pray
with foxhole praying.
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Here we go.
"Mission Impossible (Maybe):
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Foxhole Praying." So
let's foxhole praying?
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Well, what's a foxhole? You know
what a foxhole is? Yeah, it's a
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hole. It's a pit. [ Laughs ]
It's a trench in warfare beneath
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which or inside of which
soldiers duck for incoming
hostile fire. [ Imitating
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gunfire ] Foxhole praying.
Got it right here. Never saw it
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before until just a few weeks
ago. And when I saw it, I said,
"Oh, man, that's not something
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just to share for yourself.
Dwight, you got to share that
with your friends."
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So I'm sharing it with you
today. An incredible story.
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Open your Bible. Open your
Bible, please, to the Book of
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Acts, and I'm not putting it on
the screen. I told everybody
last week, "Listen, I'm tired of
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putting all the verses on the
screen because nobody's bringing
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their Bibles." You don't have
your Bible, grab the pew Bible
in front of you. There's a Bible
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for you. Let's go to the Book of
Acts. Let me tell you something.
A very unique pattern that
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develops in the Book of Acts
goes like this. And by the way,
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you would never wish to be back
in the good old days of Acts,
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trust me. Number one, a friend
of Jesus performs a miracle.
This happens over and over
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and over again in Acts. Number
two, a crowd immediately gathers
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out of curiosity. Number three,
a friend of Jesus, that friend
begins to tell everybody about
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who this Jesus is -- the name
and the power that healed this
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poor, sick soul. Number four,
the authorities become
suspicious because a crowd has
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gathered and this speaker
holding them spellbound, who is
he? Number five -- So, the
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friend of Jesus is arrested and
examined. So far in the story.
Check, check, check, check.
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We got five checks. Here
comes number six. And either the
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charges are pressed or the case
is dropped. And finally, number
seven -- check -- the disciple
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is scourged, incarcerated,
released, or martyred. That's
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it. Over and over and over, that
same pattern, Book of Acts. So
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that's what's happening right
now. Come on, Acts 4. You've got
that Bible, that pew
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Bible in front of you. Acts
4. Grab it, because this story
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is going to be a YouTube. You're
going to see it. When the words
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are there, you'll just see it in
your mind. It's one of the great
opening sagas to this
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Book of Acts. Acts 4:1 I'm
reading. "The priests and the
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captain of the temple guard and
the Sadducees came up to Peter
and John while they were
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speaking to the people. They
were greatly disturbed because
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the apostles were teaching the
people, proclaiming in Jesus the
resurrection of the dead."
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So what do they do? Yep, true
to form. "They seized Peter and
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John and, because it was
evening, they put them in jail
until the next day."
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The next day, they bring
the boys out. I don't know if
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they're in handcuffs or not, but
they're brought to the Supreme
Council. This is the Sanhedrin,
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and under cross-examination
-- now you're watching this in a
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YouTube -- under
cross-examination, here it is,
verse 8. "Then Peter, filled
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with the Holy Spirit, said to
them: 'Rulers and elders of the
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people! If we are being called
to account today for an act of
kindness shown to a man who was
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lame...'" Hey, wait a
minute. You remember that story?
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They're going to a prayer
meeting at 3:00. They're having
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a day of prayer there. 3:00 in
the afternoon, and there's this
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beggar. You remember that beggar
born lame? Just wobbly legs,
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nothing to them. But he's
brought by his family to beg
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every day. Peter walks by,
sympathy in his heart. "What can
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I do for this boy? "Silver and
gold have I none." How's that
end? "Silver and gold have I
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none, but such as I have I give
to you." And then what are the
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following words? "In the name
of Jesus of Nazareth, get up and
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walk." And that thick
fisherman's wrist from hauling
nets all his young life reaches
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down because there might have
been a flicker of "Do I do it
now?" That wrist comes down and
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grabs that bony skinny arm and
yanks him heavenward. And
somewhere between down and
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up, boom, those legs for years
have never felt pressure. Now he
stands and he is whooping
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and hollering and he's -- he's
yelling "Praise God" and the
crowd is racing from
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across those sacred precincts.
And you got it -- miracle,
crowd, and now the rest follows.
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Under the duress of
cross-examination... I'm telling
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you, "Rulers and elders, you've
taken us to account for this act
of kindness shown to a man who
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was lame and were being asked
how he was healed? I'll tell
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you. "'Know this, you and all
the people of Israel: It is by
the name of Jesus Christ of
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Nazareth, whom you crucified'"
-- preaching truth to power --
"'whom you crucified
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but whom God raised from the
dead, that this man stands
before you healed.'"
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And then Peter... Now we're
talking about -- we're talking
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about a bumbling fisherman,
uneducated, unschooled,
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unprepared at this moment. Peter
speaks, and out of his mouth
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comes the greatest magisterial
proclamation about the
uniqueness of Jesus Christ in
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the entire universe. Out of that
fisherman's lips on the spot.
Oh, this one's too good.
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I got to put -- I got to put
it on the screen. It's verse 12.
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Come on. Verse 12, right in
front of you. Here it is. It's
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Peter speaking under
cross-examination. You got the
YouTube moment. "Salvation is
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found in no one, I'm telling
you, gentlemen of the jury."
"'Salvation is found in no one
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else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to mankind by
which we must be saved.'"
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Man, oh, man, oh, man. Jesus
is the only one that counts.
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It must have been -- That
must have been the secret of the
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early Church. "We don't have
silver. You don't have gold. But
what we have, in the name
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of Jesus, get up and walk."
Someday that's going to happen,
and you may be the one
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to speak the words. Hold
on, foxhole praying. You'll be
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ready. Alright. The Book of Acts
of the apostles, oh, I love it.
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"Jesus only" -- speaking of this
moment, "Jesus only," in these
words is contained the secret of
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the life and power that mark
the history of the early Church.
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Jesus only. Jesus numero uno.
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Jesus only. Wow. So how
could this untrained, uneducated
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fisherman do it? Piece of cake.
Jesus told him. "Yo, Pete, when
this happens to you, don't worry
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about it." Did Jesus read to
him? Yeah. Same author of Acts,
Luke, in his Gospel, 21,
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Jesus spoke these words.
Not these. This is Nikolaus von
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Zinzendorf. No relation to
Peter. But I want this line to
go up right now out of place
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because it shows you what the
passion of Jesus means when you
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have it. I've had these words
on my -- taped to my wall in the
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course of life. "I have but one
passion," Zinzendorf...spoke. "I
have but one passion --
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It is He, only He." Peter has
one passion. It is He, only He.
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And under cross-examination,
Jesus -- Jesus' promise to Peter
absolutely does come true.
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He's talking to the disciples,
"But make up your mind not to
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worry beforehand how you will
defend yourselves." Don't plan
your little speech in advance,
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"For I will give you words and
wisdom that none of your
adversaries will be able to
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resist or contradict." He proved
it true for Peter. And in a
moment that comes for
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you where you'll be on the spot,
and it may be just over a game
of pickleball or over a lunch
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with a business associate or a
kid from across the hall that
you're talking with,
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but in that moment when it
presents itself, boom. It's what
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happened to Peter. You think
he planned this speech? Are you
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kidd-- Wow. What's going on
here? Well, look at verse 13.
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You have your Bible open. "When
they saw the courage of Peter
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and John" -- this is the Supreme
Court -- "and realize that they
were unschooled, ordinary men,
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they were astonished and they
took note that these men had
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been with Jesus." I have one
passion. That is He, only He.
They were men who lived
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with Jesus. Listen,
when you get -- Hey. Listen.
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When you get close to Jesus
first thing in the morning...
this is true about you.
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How does it work? Well, you get
close to Him and people notice.
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How could that be? Because when
you're with Jesus, He speaks
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through you. And they took
note... that these man, these
two boys, His fishermen --
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fishermen -- have been
with Jesus. Ah. Well, they're
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flummoxed. So they had the men
leave. They huddled. "What are
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we going to do? This is a mess.
This has get out of control."
And finally, verse 18,
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drop down there. They called
them back in again. They command
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them, "Don't you ever speak
again. Don't you ever teach
again at all in the name of
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Jesus." But Peter and John
replied. Both Both John Boy and
Peter now are replying together.
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"'Which is right in God's eyes:
to listen to you, or to him?'"
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Lookit. They're Pharisees in
that Supreme Court. Every
Pharisee would tell you,
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"Don't listen to us. Listen
to him." So it's a no-brainer.
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Smart question to ask -- "'Which
is right in God's eyes: to
listen to you or to Him?
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You be the judge! As for us, we
cannot help speaking about what
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we have seen or heard.'" I
thought you said this is about
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foxhole praying. We're now
there. Watch this. They go home.
They're released. "Don't you
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ever say a word. Not in that
name." They go back. Drop down
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to verse 23. And "On their
release, Peter and John went
back to their own people and
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reported all that the chief
priests and the elders had said
to them. And when they heard
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this, they raised their voices"
-- and in the NIV, it's plural.
I don't know what your
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translation is, but the Greek,
it's just singular. Not a lot of
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voices. There's one voice. They
all are praying with one voice.
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Whatever this foxhole praying is
taking place -- and we're going
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to have a day of prayer on this
campus and in Andrews Academy's
campus and Ruth Murdoch's campus
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-- whatever this one voice is,
there is unanimity apparently in
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the content of the prayer. Watch
this. We listened to Daniel pray
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last week, didn't we? Now we're
listening to a whole room full
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-- the upper room. And by the
way, the upper room is huge. I
once had the privilege
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of preaching in that upper room.
Archeologists are absolutely
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convinced that that is the
actual upper room of the gospels
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in Acts. It's a huge room. I
was so surprised. They're all
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crowded in there. They've heard
the threats and now they begin
to pray. So drop down to verse
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24. "When they heard this, they
raised their voices together in
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prayer. "Sovereign Lord,' they
said, 'you made the heavens and
the earth and the sea, and
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everything in them.'" By the
way, that's the last line of the
fourth commandment.
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They're Seventh Day people.
"'Sovereign Lord, Creator, who
made the heavens and the earth
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and the sea, and everything
in them.'" Identical line.
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"'You spoke by the Holy Spirit
through the mouth of your
servant, our father David.'"
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They now quote Psalm 2. "'Why do
the nations rage and the peoples
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plot in vain? The kings of the
earth rise up and the rulers
band together against the Lord
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and against his anointed one.'"
Why do they all rise up against
the Messiah whom we serve,
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the living Christ? "'Indeed,'"
they go on in that prayer,
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"'Herod,'" that's the half-Jew
king, "'Pontius Pilot,'" that's
the Roman governor, "'met
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together with the Gentiles,'"
those are the pagans, "'and the
people of Israel in this city to
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conspire against your
holy servant Jesus, whom you
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anointed. And now...'" That's my
next word in my translation, but
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hold it right there because here
comes -- here comes...the
foxhole prayer. And I'll tell
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you what's not the foxhole
prayer. Have you noticed they
haven't said a word about
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"Would you please protect us?"
Haven't said a word about "Would
you please deliver us?"
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And what struck me as I had
brooded over this is last fall,
they don't even say,
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"Send down the Holy Spirit." Not
a word about the Holy Spirit.
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They come instead to verse 29,
and I'm going to "iso" this --
this line on the screen for us
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all. "'Now Lord, consider their
threats and enable Your servants
00:29:51.22\00:29:58.29
to speak Your word with great
boldness.'" I repeat, look at
00:29:58.29\00:30:06.80
that prayer. No pleading for
protection, no praying for
deliverance, not even a prayer
00:30:06.80\00:30:10.11
for the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. They have one prayer. It
is a foxhole prayer
00:30:10.11\00:30:14.51
that has one passion. "Lord,
help us help You win the war.
00:30:14.51\00:30:21.12
Enable Your humble servants...
to speak Your word with great
00:30:21.12\00:30:28.26
boldness... to show the truth
about Jesus for those who don't
know Him." That's it. One
00:30:28.26\00:30:35.53
prayer. "'Now Lord, consider
their threats and enable Your
servants to speak Your word with
00:30:35.53\00:30:41.40
great boldness.'" You say, "Aw,
Dwight, there's more to that
00:30:41.40\00:30:44.91
prayer. You left it off." Well,
it's true. There's one more
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.31
verse. I'll show you the verse
after in this prayer. It's verse
00:30:47.31\00:30:51.18
30. You can reduce the prayer to
a language you and I can speak
easily to Jesus any time.
00:30:51.18\00:30:56.32
"Grant us the boldness to reach
lost people for You." That's it.
00:30:56.32\00:31:00.56
Here's the next verse. Verse 30.
"'And stretch out your hand to
00:31:05.59\00:31:11.67
heal and perform signs and
wonders'" -- And oh, by the way,
next week, "Avatars" -- you've
00:31:11.67\00:31:16.27
heard of avatars. "Avatars and
Angels." Everybody's heard of
00:31:16.27\00:31:20.94
avatars on this planet this new
year. "'Stretch out your hand'"
-- Don't miss next week.
00:31:20.94\00:31:28.38
Signs and wonders. Signs and
wonders. "'Stretch out your hand
00:31:28.38\00:31:31.25
to heal and perform signs and
wonders through the name of your
holy servant Jesus.'"
00:31:31.25\00:31:34.72
And here's the conclusion.
"After they prayed, the place
where they were meeting was
00:31:34.72\00:31:39.63
shaken. And they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and spoke
00:31:39.63\00:31:44.33
the word of God boldly."
I'm tell you. No prayer for
00:31:44.33\00:31:50.57
protection. No pleading for
"deliver us from evil." No
petitioning, "Pour out the
00:31:50.57\00:31:56.58
Holy Spirit upon us." They have
one single prayer -- ""Grant us
the boldness to reach
00:31:56.58\00:32:04.52
lost people for You.'" So what's
the lesson here? Two lessons.
00:32:04.52\00:32:09.99
One, we ought to pray the same
prayer. And number two, we've
00:32:09.99\00:32:15.13
been wrong. We have been wrong,
and I finally realized it.
00:32:15.13\00:32:19.37
You say, "Wrong about what?"
Well, let me explain. Several
00:32:19.37\00:32:23.87
months ago, when Karen and I
announced that we were bringing
our pastorate here at Pioneer
00:32:23.87\00:32:27.58
to an end, the end of May, this
coming May, in the homily that
00:32:27.58\00:32:32.55
followed -- some of you'll
remember this. In the homily
that followed, I happened to
00:32:32.55\00:32:37.29
mention that for 39 years, there
has been one prayer that I'd
00:32:37.29\00:32:41.56
pray again and again on and
off. I'll be honest, more off
00:32:41.56\00:32:48.83
sometimes than on. But one
prayer that I prayed over these
39 years, and, man, nothing's
00:32:48.83\00:32:55.87
happened. "What's that prayer,
Dwight?" Well, it's a prayer,
"Dear God, would You please
00:32:55.87\00:32:59.81
revive? Would You please revive
this wonderful campus Andrews
00:32:59.81\00:33:03.01
University and the Pioneer
Memorial Church and Andrews
Academy and Ruth Murdoch
00:33:03.01\00:33:08.32
Elementary School? Would You
please revive us? Pour out Your
spirit on us." Well, I received
00:33:08.32\00:33:17.89
an e-mail instantly. I didn't
see it instantly, but the
timestamp indicates
00:33:17.89\00:33:21.70
this person sent the e-mail as
soon as I finished my homily. I
00:33:21.70\00:33:26.84
have no idea who this person is.
All I have is a last name. I
have no idea where he
00:33:26.84\00:33:31.31
or she is living on this planet.
But I'm going to read the e-mail
00:33:31.31\00:33:35.94
to you. It's very short. And it
goes like this. "Sir," I don't
00:33:35.94\00:33:43.69
mind that. You wanna
call me sir, be my guest.
00:33:43.69\00:33:46.69
"Sir, FYI" -- In case you don't
know what FYI stands for, For
Your Information, alright?
00:33:46.69\00:33:54.86
"Sir, FYI, from all appearances,
Almighty God has been utilizing
you and PMC for revival.
00:33:54.86\00:34:03.24
Perhaps the revival is other
than your definition." >> Mercy.
00:34:03.24\00:34:08.11
>> [ Laughs ] That's
exactly what I said. Mercy!
00:34:08.11\00:34:14.12
I have no idea who this guy is
or girl. But it just hit me like
00:34:14.12\00:34:22.62
a bolt. What was that line
again? "Perhaps the revival
00:34:22.66\00:34:26.33
is other than your definition."
And I have been mulling on that.
00:34:26.33\00:34:31.53
I've been brooding on
that all the fall behind us.
00:34:31.53\00:34:34.40
Could it be I have been
insisting to God on a definition
00:34:34.40\00:34:37.84
of revival that is not
His definition for today?
00:34:37.84\00:34:43.41
Man. And then when I discover
00:34:43.41\00:34:48.45
this prayer that
we just discovered...
00:34:48.45\00:34:52.12
that there's no
mention of protection,
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.89
there's no pleading
for "Don't let me die.
00:34:54.89\00:34:56.96
Don't let me die.
Keep me out of prison.
00:34:56.96\00:34:58.79
Don't let anything --
Don't let any harm or danger
00:34:58.79\00:35:00.96
come to me," none of that.
00:35:00.96\00:35:02.73
There's not even a prayer for
"Send down the Holy Spirit.
We're ready down here."
00:35:02.76\00:35:07.50
None of that. When hits me as
I'm reading this last fall Acts
00:35:07.50\00:35:15.61
4, could it be we have prayed
the wrong prayer? Because I know
00:35:15.61\00:35:23.12
people all over this campus and
community who have been praying
and praying for God
00:35:23.12\00:35:27.52
to pour out a spirit on Andrews
University and Andrews Academy
00:35:27.52\00:35:30.46
and Ruth Murdoch Elementary
School. And by the way, that is
a very appropriate prayer.
00:35:30.46\00:35:34.63
I'm not dissing the prayer,
but it may not be the right one.
00:35:34.63\00:35:38.93
"'Grant us the boldness to
reach lost people for You.'"
00:35:42.27\00:35:50.01
Hmm! Wow.
00:35:52.21\00:35:57.35
After all, wasn't that -- Come
on. Come on. Now it's dawning on
00:36:00.19\00:36:04.73
me. Wasn't that precisely what
Jesus was saying when His last
00:36:04.73\00:36:09.63
words are spoken to the 11
disciples on top of the Mount of
Olives? Red letters in Acts 1,
00:36:09.63\00:36:16.30
read by our praise team a moment
ago. Our Scripture reading,
00:36:16.30\00:36:21.18
isn't that what Jesus is saying
right here? Come on, look at it.
00:36:21.18\00:36:23.75
"But you will receive power,"
boys and girls. "You will
00:36:23.75\00:36:31.05
receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you." And why
would the Holy Spirit come on
00:36:31.05\00:36:34.92
you? Because "'you will then be
my witnesses in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea and Samaria,
00:36:34.92\00:36:40.66
and to the ends of the earth.'"
When the Holy Spirit comes on
you -- He's promising us,
00:36:40.66\00:36:47.27
"When the Holy Spirit comes on
you, I promise you not you might
00:36:47.27\00:36:52.87
be, you may be. No, you will
be." Do you understand that?
When you have the Spirit
00:36:52.87\00:36:59.25
of Christ come upon you, you
will be. And that's a promise.
00:36:59.25\00:37:04.05
"You will be My witnesses to the
people next door, to the people
in the next state, to
00:37:04.05\00:37:08.76
the people in the next country,
to the ends of the earth. I
promise you, you will be
00:37:08.76\00:37:17.10
My witness." Whew! I
guess this is starting
00:37:17.10\00:37:23.54
to make sense. Which, by the
way, is precisely why when the
00:37:23.54\00:37:30.41
early Church engages foxhole
praying, there is not a whisper
of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:30.41\00:37:36.02
They have one
passion. One passion. Enable.
00:37:36.02\00:37:41.09
Come on, "Grant us the
boldness." Enable Your servants
00:37:41.09\00:37:45.83
"to reach lost people for You."
You say, "Dwight, I'm not a
00:37:45.83\00:37:49.26
servant of Jesus." Oh, yes, you
are. Because if you're a
disciple, you're a servant.
00:37:49.26\00:37:52.93
"Well, I'm not even a disciple."
Oh, yes, you are -- soon --
because a disciple?
00:37:52.93\00:38:00.61
Follow Jesus. Some of you are
here and you're not following
00:38:00.61\00:38:05.51
Jesus yet. But you came because
some friends came and it seems
00:38:05.51\00:38:08.68
the right thing to do on a
religious institution --
institutionalized campus. You're
00:38:08.68\00:38:15.26
going to become a friend
of Jesus. I can tell just by
00:38:15.26\00:38:18.53
looking at you. He's already
marked you. He's got big plans
for you. I'm telling you what.
00:38:18.53\00:38:24.20
And guess what? When He calls
you, here's what you become.
00:38:24.20\00:38:28.87
He grants to you boldness to
reach lost people for Him. Ah.
00:38:28.87\00:38:39.08
Help us help You save the lost.
That's what the prayer is. Help
us help You win the war.
00:38:39.08\00:38:46.39
Help me help You reach the
people on this campus who are in
00:38:46.39\00:38:52.09
my little circle. Help me reach
them for You. That's it. So
rather than praying for
00:38:52.09\00:38:58.07
revival, to look like 1971,
1972, because that's when the
big revival happened
00:38:58.07\00:39:05.71
at Andrews University. I was
not here. I was at Southern...
00:39:05.71\00:39:11.68
and we got the word.
"Something's happened at Andrews
00:39:11.68\00:39:16.15
University." "The great Andrews
University?" "The great Andrews
University. Something's
00:39:16.15\00:39:23.06
happened." A friend of mine came
up to me after first service and
he said, "Dwight, I was here.
00:39:23.06\00:39:28.10
I was a student when that
revival took place. They had a
00:39:28.10\00:39:34.37
chapel one day and all of a
sudden, poof. I don't know."
I've read the records over and
00:39:34.37\00:39:39.31
over again. I've had my
staff. We've pored over this.
00:39:39.31\00:39:42.14
How could we do this again? How
could we do this again? Somebody
00:39:42.14\00:39:46.55
got up in chapel and gave a
testimony, somebody came behind
her and gave a testimony.
00:39:46.55\00:39:49.65
Somebody became behind him and
gave a testimony. This chapel
00:39:49.65\00:39:53.25
went for 2 to 3 hours long right
here in the Pioneer Memorial
Church. What's going on here?
00:39:53.25\00:39:58.49
I don't know. Apparently,
somebody was praying.
00:39:58.49\00:40:03.00
My friend Skip McCarty, who came
up to me and told me he was a
student here, he said,
00:40:03.00\00:40:08.37
"You know what? They were
meeting in the student center at
00:40:08.37\00:40:12.84
night. And some of those
meetings went all night. And
00:40:12.84\00:40:15.84
listen to this. They are praying
for lost people on this campus.
00:40:15.84\00:40:21.02
They're praying. They're praying
for students by name that are
lost. And they know they're lost
00:40:21.02\00:40:25.09
because I was lost until
something happened to me and
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.19
someone must have been praying
for me. They're praying all
night long. And you know what's
00:40:28.19\00:40:32.19
happening while they're praying
all night long? Kids are
crawling out of bed
00:40:32.19\00:40:35.76
coming down to that center and
saying, 'I don't know why I'm
here, but I just feel impressed
00:40:35.76\00:40:40.50
to be here.' And we were just
praying him." You can't do that.
00:40:40.50\00:40:48.91
The president of the university
cannot legislate that. The
pastor of the church cannot
00:40:48.91\00:40:53.82
say "Now we will do that." It
is spontaneous. But you have to
00:40:53.82\00:41:00.39
pray the foxhole prayer. What
is that prayer? "Grant me the
00:41:00.39\00:41:05.03
boldness to reach lost people
for You." And kids are praying
all night long while others
00:41:05.03\00:41:11.13
are coming from the dorms in
response to those prayers. My,
00:41:11.13\00:41:18.14
oh, my, oh, my. I'm not dissing
on praying for the Holy Spirit,
nope. I'm just saying if you're
00:41:18.14\00:41:22.71
waiting for warm fuzzies and the
chance to say we had a revival
00:41:22.71\00:41:27.82
at Andrews, that ain't what
we're waiting for. We need more.
00:41:27.82\00:41:31.82
We're living at the end of time.
Do you understand that? We are
living at the end of
00:41:31.82\00:41:34.89
time. I don't care if
you believe it or not.
00:41:34.89\00:41:37.99
We're still living
at the end of time.
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.83
And if Jesus came tonight, would
you be ready? I'm talking to you
00:41:44.07\00:41:49.50
up there. I'm talking to you in
the back, talking to you
watching on live stream right
00:41:49.50\00:41:53.01
now. If Jesus were to come
tonight, would you be ready?
Only you can answer that.
00:41:53.01\00:42:02.42
No, the president did a wise
maneuver. A decision she made
00:42:02.42\00:42:10.06
to call this campus to prayer
this Wednesday and the two other
00:42:10.06\00:42:16.00
campuses in our orbit here.
Can God make you bold? Are you
00:42:16.00\00:42:24.17
kidding? I want to run this by
real fast before I sit down. I'm
going to give you five
00:42:24.17\00:42:26.84
promises from Holy Scripture
that will give you the assurance
00:42:26.84\00:42:30.95
that it is God's will for you to
become bold. You haven't been
bold yet. You have not been bold
00:42:30.95\00:42:34.52
yet. You know it and I know it.
But He's going to make you bold.
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.79
Five promises. Jot these down
real quick. I'll leave 'em up
just long enough to quote 'em
00:42:38.79\00:42:42.42
and you can check them
out later. Psalm 138:3.
00:42:42.42\00:42:45.63
Oh, this is something. David
writing, "When I called," O God,
00:42:45.63\00:42:51.97
"You answered me; You greatly
embolden me." Apparently you can
00:42:51.97\00:42:56.57
ask to be bold. "You greatly, in
response to my prayer," You
emboldened me." This is the new
00:42:56.57\00:43:01.68
NIV. Now here's the old NIV,
which I really like too. "You
00:43:01.68\00:43:05.85
made me bold and stout-hearted."
Wow. That's a promise to be
00:43:05.85\00:43:13.36
bold. Here's another one.
Proverbs 28:1 -- "The wicked
flee though no one pursues,
00:43:13.36\00:43:18.86
but the righteous are as bold
as a [roars] lion." Come on.
00:43:18.86\00:43:26.67
I'm not making that up. There's
a boldness that happens in your
soul when you pray the
00:43:26.67\00:43:34.91
foxhole prayer. It
happened to me just this week.
00:43:34.91\00:43:42.68
I'm in a group. We're
having an intense conversation,
00:43:42.68\00:43:47.19
and the Spirit says, "Say
something." And I'm saying, "I
00:43:47.19\00:43:49.96
haven't prepared anything to
say." It said, "I don't care
what you prepared, just say
00:43:49.96\00:43:55.63
something." And so I opened my
mouth. And I'm telling you what,
something came out.
00:43:55.63\00:44:03.64
I guess it was the right
something to say at that moment.
00:44:03.64\00:44:09.24
Make me bold. Oh, I love Daniel
11. This is the New King James
00:44:09.24\00:44:14.12
rendition. "The people who Know
their God shall be strong and
carry out great exploits."
00:44:14.12\00:44:19.89
Oh, that's good. Of course,
I'm going to put Acts 4:31.
00:44:19.89\00:44:22.89
That is a huge promise right
here in the ending to the story.
"After they prayed, the place
00:44:22.89\00:44:27.56
where they were meeting was
shaken, and they were all filled
with the Holy Spirit
00:44:27.56\00:44:31.13
and they spoke the Word of
God boldly." That's a promise.
00:44:31.13\00:44:35.57
"Girl, you do that, I'll take
care of you. That boldness you
00:44:35.57\00:44:40.78
want, boy? I'll take care of
you." That's what Jesus just
said. You'll receive power when
00:44:40.78\00:44:46.45
the Holy Spirit comes on
you. You don't have to speak in
00:44:46.45\00:44:49.18
tongues when the Holy Spirit
comes on you. You don't have to
see visions when the Holy Spirit
00:44:49.18\00:44:52.35
comes on you. You don't even
have to heal people to prove the
00:44:52.35\00:44:55.09
Holy Spirit comes on you. The
Holy Spirit comes on you when
00:44:55.09\00:45:00.73
you ask. Not with warm fuzzies.
He's just there for one mission
-- to enable you, sir,
00:45:00.73\00:45:07.37
to be bold in your witness for
Jesus. That's His one mission.
00:45:07.37\00:45:12.74
Ohh. "You will be My witnesses
to the ends of the earth.:
00:45:12.74\00:45:18.45
My, oh, my, oh, my. How does it
work? Well, I'm gonna show you
00:45:18.45\00:45:23.08
right here, because Dr. Luke
apparently is trying to make a
00:45:23.08\00:45:27.16
point. Twice in the same gospel,
he makes the -- he quotes Jesus
almost identically.
00:45:27.16\00:45:33.06
Why would you bring it back? We
just saw it in Luke 21. Turn the
00:45:33.06\00:45:38.70
21 around, go to Luke 12. He
has already made this promise.
00:45:38.70\00:45:42.60
But apparently the promise is so
critical that Luke includes it
00:45:42.60\00:45:48.81
twice. Now, here's the other
one. We went to Luke 21 a moment
ago. Here's Luke 20-- Luke
00:45:48.81\00:45:54.15
12:11. I love this in the New
Living Translation. Take a look
00:45:54.15\00:45:56.89
at this. Jesus speaking to His
friends. You're a friend of
Jesus. I'm a friend of Jesus.
00:45:56.89\00:46:00.96
Oh, and by the way, boys and
girls, "'when you are brought to
00:46:00.96\00:46:05.09
trial in the synagogues and
before rulers and authorities'"
00:46:05.09\00:46:09.23
-- remember that pattern in
Acts? That just goes with the
turf. When things get moving
00:46:09.23\00:46:14.40
again in the Church of God on
Earth, this pattern will repeat.
00:46:14.40\00:46:20.11
Can't help it. Because the enemy
is furious at emboldened young
adults. He is furious at
00:46:20.11\00:46:26.92
teens who are emboldened. He is
furious at senior citizens who
suddenly have become
00:46:26.92\00:46:32.09
emboldened for Jesus. He's
furious. He said, "I'll shut you
00:46:32.09\00:46:38.06
up." That's why the promise
is good for you and me. Jot it
00:46:38.06\00:46:43.47
down, Luke 12:11. I left off the
12 here. 12:11-12. "'And when
00:46:43.47\00:46:47.87
you are brought to trial in the
synagogues and before rulers and
authorities, don't worry about
00:46:47.87\00:46:52.61
how to defend yourself or what
to say, for,'" here it is, "'the
Holy Spirit will teach you
00:46:52.61\00:46:58.85
what needs to be said even as
you are standing there.'" No
prep, no -- no CliffNotes,
00:46:58.85\00:47:07.62
no nothing on my iPhone. Nothing
-- Where do I turn? Nothing.
00:47:07.62\00:47:12.16
You have no time to turn.
"Speak for Me. Speak for Me now.
00:47:12.16\00:47:19.97
And if you obey that conviction,
I promise you. You may feel
00:47:19.97\00:47:26.64
'haltering' -- faltering right
at the beginning. No, no, no,
00:47:26.64\00:47:29.98
no, no. You just keep putting
one word in front of the other,
and suddenly a string of words
00:47:29.98\00:47:35.02
will be given to you with your
free choice being exercised the
00:47:35.02\00:47:38.82
entire time." It's called
foxhole praying. The bullet -- [
00:47:38.82\00:47:46.13
Imitates gunfire ] Praying in a
war. That's what we'll do
Wednesday. Foxhole praying.
00:47:46.13\00:47:54.17
That's what we do in
church. Foxhole praying. Wow.
00:47:54.17\00:48:01.44
Imagine what would happen if
Andrews University and Andrews
00:48:01.44\00:48:04.08
Academy and Ruth Murdoch
Elementary School and Pioneer
were filled with people who
00:48:04.08\00:48:08.68
every morning prayed, "Oh, God,
grant me to be bold for You in
sharing Jesus. Just grant it to
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me, enable me." This is the
revival we need. This is the
one. We don't need '71, '72.
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No, we don't need it. We
don't need it. We need 2023.
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And that's the revival
He promises. To -- Imagine a
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generation of young warriors --
I'm looking at some of them
right here -- a generation of
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young warriors boldly speaking
and sharing Jesus with their
world. Anywhere on campus,
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they're ready because you just
sat down at the cafeteria beside
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a lost person. And three minutes
into your conversation, you know
this is your moment.
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"Speak for Me, and you will."
You say, "Ah, how's it going
with 'Mission Impossible'?
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'Your mission, should
you choose to accept it.'"
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What have you been saying? To
make ready a people, prepare for
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the Lord? That was last week.
The mission is clear. Make a
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people ready. You say,
"No, that's not my mission. My
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mission is to teach biology
here." Well, of course it is.
"No, my mission is to teach
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accounting here."
Oh, good. "I teach PT."
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Good for you. "My mission is to
teach the humanities, the arts,
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you know?" Good. But every one
of those subjects are your
entree to young minds
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that have been enlisted by the
God of the universe to fight for
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Him. And the opportunity will
present itself in the course of
one semester for you to reach
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that boy, that girl, and instill
a boldness for Christ. You can
do it. Just be bold.
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Find yourself saying something
in front of the class you never
thought you would say,
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but you just did.
Good for you. Yeah.
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That's what revival will
look like one day. I do believe.
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Well, thank you, Dr. Luxton, for
your appeal for us to join this
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day of prayer. And we will join
you Wednesday. Oh, man, the
world's a mess right now.
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You saw the communiqué that she
sent out. She said -- She said,
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"I just was at a meeting in San
Francisco of all college
presidents -- secular, public,
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whatever." She said,
"I couldn't believe."
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You read it. "I could not
believe it. There's just this
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sense of uncertainty. Kind
of a grayness in the air. Public
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education, private education,
I've never seen a hit like this
00:50:52.61\00:50:58.02
post-pandemic generation is
facing." By the way, it's not
just education, it's health
00:50:58.02\00:51:02.26
care. I got a son who works in a
health care system. He's a
physician's recruiter.
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Health care has taken a
huge hit. Any institution,
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any church entities, please.
It's right to have a day of
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prayer. It's not an admission of
anything except, "Dear God, we
need Your help now."
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That's the only admission you'll
make. It's foxhole praying.
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You want a foxhole
prayer to lift up? Here it is.
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"O God, enable me to be
bold for You in sharing Jesus."
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Here's your prayer to take home.
Psalm 50:15 -- "'Call on Me in
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the day of trouble; and I will
deliver you,'" that's God
speaking, "'and I will honor
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you.'" Wednesday all across this
campus, Andrews Academy, Ruth
Murdoch, Pioneer community,
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we're going to have a day of
prayer. "Yeah, Dwight, are we
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supposed to fast for this?"
That's your choice. No one's
00:52:07.46\00:52:12.36
requiring it. It's your choice.
Here's what I'm learning about
fasting, because I'm still
00:52:12.36\00:52:14.86
experimenting with it myself. I
have found that fasting focuses
your mind, sharpens your
00:52:14.86\00:52:24.07
prayers and scatters the clutter
and clatter of distractions.
Here's what fasting does.
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Shh... Just like a
laser. Why wouldn't God love
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to have His kids come to Him
with laser attention? Of course.
00:52:35.02\00:52:41.02
"Fasting will hurt me."
I'm just looking at you.
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I don't think you'll
be hurt. [ Laughter ]
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I think you'll
survive. I tried to be careful
00:52:52.17\00:52:56.07
where I looked. [ Laughter ]
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Come on. Then at
the end of the day, 5:00
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in this beautiful sanctuary,
we're going to gather.
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All students are being invited.
All staff, all faculty, all
00:53:07.42\00:53:14.76
administrators, all chaplains,
all pastors, all community
members. We're going to gather
00:53:14.76\00:53:20.00
here at 5:00, and the president
himself will address this group.
And we will lift up our voices,
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plural will become singular. One
voice will be lifted up to God.
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A foxhole prayer. "'Call on
Me in the day of trouble,'" You
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say? We claim it, for You have
promised "I will deliver you,
Andrews University,
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and you will honor Me, Andrews
University. You will honor Me."
00:53:42.42\00:53:50.39
Okay. So I'm gonna sit down.
"And the place where they were
00:53:50.39\00:53:55.40
meeting was shaken, and they
were all filled with the Holy
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Spirit, and they spoke the Word
of God boldly." May that be the
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truth about you and
me and us together...
00:54:08.78\00:54:12.11
...right now. Now... ¤
This little light of mine
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¤ I'm going to let it shine [
Piano playing ] That's nice key.
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It's good. Don't let me sing.
I'll ruin it. Come on, singers.
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Where are you? Are you here?
Where are the singers? Come on,
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guys. This little light of mine,
I'll let it shine. Let it shine,
00:54:38.51\00:54:42.81
let it shine." What a way to end
the service, singing that little
00:54:42.81\00:54:46.98
childhood prayer. ¤¤ We're
gonna stand. >> Please stand.
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>> Thank you for worshiping
with us here at Pioneer Memorial
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Church this Sabbath. We know
God's been here. We're gonna
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leave you with the words of the
disciples. "Enable Your servants
to speak Your Word with great
00:56:44.50\00:56:50.17
boldness. Stretch out Hour hand
to heal and perform miraculous
signs and wonders to the name
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through the Your holy servant
Jesus." Have a great and blessed
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Sabbath. >> Thank you for taking
the time to join us in worship
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today. I'd like to spend
another moment with you here
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at the end of our
program to share a word of hope.
00:57:09.36\00:57:11.73
In fact, that's what
this little book is all about.
00:57:11.73\00:57:13.86
In these uncertain times -- and
let's face it, they're uncertain
00:57:13.86\00:57:16.26
all over this planet -- this
book entitled "The Great Hope"
00:57:16.26\00:57:20.30
will help you understand
not just what God has planned
00:57:20.30\00:57:22.20
for your future, but for the
future of the entire human race.
00:57:22.20\00:57:26.04
Light keeps shining on this
dark old world and new truths
00:57:26.04\00:57:28.68
long forgotten are
being constantly rediscovered.
00:57:28.68\00:57:32.05
If you need a fresh dose of hope
for your life these days or you
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.95
know somebody else who could
sure use that gift of hope,
00:57:34.95\00:57:38.09
then I'd like to
invite you to grab your phone.
00:57:38.09\00:57:39.72
Dial our toll-free number,
877 the two words "HIS WILL,"
00:57:39.72\00:57:43.53
877-HIS-WILL, and at no charge
to you, we'll get a copy in the
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mail to you right away.
Till the next time we meet,
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may the peace and hope of
the Lord Jesus be with you 24/7.
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