¤¤
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>> ¤ Jubilate
Deo, Jubilate Deo ¤
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¤ Jubilate Deo, Jubilate Deo
¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo, Jubilate Deo ¤
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¤ Jubilate Deo, Deo ¤ ¤
Jubilate Deo, omnis terra ¤
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¤ Servite Domino in laetitia ¤
¤ Introite in conspectu ejus ¤ ¤
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In exsultatione ¤ ¤ In
exsultatione ¤ ¤ In exsultatione
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¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate
Deo, Jubilate Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate
Deo, Jubilate Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate
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Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo, Jubilate
Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo, Deo ¤ ¤
Quoniam suavis est Dominus ¤
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¤ In aeternum misericordia ejus
¤ ¤ Quoniam suavis est Dominus
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et usque in generationem ¤ ¤ In
generationem ¤ ¤ In generationem
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¤ ¤ In generationem ¤ ¤ Veritas
ejus ¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo, Jubilate
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Deo ¤ ¤ Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate
Deo, Jubilate Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate ¤
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¤ Jubilate Deo, Jubilate Deo
¤ ¤ Deo ¤ ¤ Jubilate Deo, Deo ¤
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¤ Jubilate Deo ¤ ¤¤ ¤
Jubilate Deo, omnis terra ¤
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[ Applause ]
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>> Good morning, everyone. Thank
you for coming here in person or
joining us via media.
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We welcome you and we especially
welcome the participants
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in the music festival
that's going on on campus
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right now.
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Eight schools are represented
standing before us. So glad
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you've come. The call to worship
is in the bulletin and also on
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the screens. "God has searched
us and known us. God has called
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us to be a holy people. God
has touched our hearts and our
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mouths. God has called us to
know and speak in holiness. Let
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us walk with God in holiness."
And as they file, we are going
to pray the invocation.
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Would you bow your head. Father,
this day, we are here to worship
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You in song and written word and
its spoken word. O Lord, feed
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our souls today and may we give
our souls in return to You. We
pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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>> Good morning, Church. Good to
be in the house of the Lord this
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morning. Can I get an amen?
>> Amen! >> Okay. Could you guys
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please stand up as we can
glorify our Lord and Savior?
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[ "Friend of God" begins ]
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>> All right, so, this next
song, it refers to our friend,
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but it refers to Him
how He's so indescribable,
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un-comparable, because
He put the stars in the sky
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and He knows
all of them by name.
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So please help me
rejoice with this song.
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[ "Indescribable" begins ]
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[ "Good Good Father" begins ]
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>> Amen.
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[ "Turn Your Eyes
Upon Jesus" begins ]
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¤¤ ¤¤
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>> Joining us today on
the platform are students
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from Andrews
Academy, Battle Creek Academy,
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Grand Rapids Adventist Academy,
Great Lakes Adventist Academy,
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Hinsdale Adventist Academy,
Indiana Academy, Spring Valley
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Academy, and Wisconsin Academy.
Let's give them a hand. Praise
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God. Praise God. [ Applause ]
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These students have spent
two days here representing their
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choir programs at their
individual academies.
Incidentally, every academy
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mentioned is subsidized and
under the banner of the
Adventist Church, Seventh-Day
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Adventist Church. And we do
welcome them. They've had a
wonderful time. Our program this
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afternoon, you must come to and
be inspired by the orchestra,
festival orchestra,
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and the choir, as well. 4:00
Pioneer -- Howard Performing
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Arts Center. Howard Performing
Arts Center, 4:00 this
afternoon. Please be there.
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I will read to you the scripture
from the New International
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Version. It's found
in Matthew 27:24-26.
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Starting with verse 24. "When
Pilate saw that he was getting
nowhere with the people,
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but that instead an uproar
was starting, he took water and
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washed his hands in front of the
crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of
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this man's blood. It is your
responsibility.' All the people
present answered and said, 'His
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blood is on us and on our
children.' Then, he released
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Barabbas to them. But he had
Jesus flogged and handed Him
over to be crucified."
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¤¤ >> ¤ Ooh ooh ooh
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¤ Ooh ooh ooh ¤ Ooh ooh ooh ooh
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¤ O day of peace
that dimly shines ¤
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¤ Through all our hopes and
prayers and dreams ¤ ¤ Guide us
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to justice, truth, and love
¤ ¤ Delivered from our selfish
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schemes ¤ ¤ May swords of hate
fall from our hands ¤ ¤ Our
hearts from envy find
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release ¤ ¤ Till, by
God's grace, our warring world ¤
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¤ Shall see Christ's promised
reign of peace ¤ ¤ Ooh ooh ooh
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¤ Ooh ooh ooh ¤ Ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ¤ Ooh ooh ooh-ooh-ooh
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¤ Ooh-ooh-ooh ¤
Ooh ooh ooh ¤ Ooh
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¤ Then shall the wolf dwell
with the lamb ¤ ¤ Nor shall the
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fierce devour the small ¤ ¤ As
beasts and cattle calmly graze ¤
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¤ A little child shall lead them
all ¤ ¤ Then enemies shall learn
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to love ¤ ¤ All creatures
find their true accord ¤
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¤ The hope of peace shall be
fulfilled ¤ For all the Earth
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shall know the Lord ¤
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¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¤
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¤ Then enemies shall learn
to love ¤ ¤ All creatures find
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their true accord ¤ ¤ The hope
of peace shall be fulfilled ¤
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For all the Earth shall
know the Lord ¤ ¤ Ooh ooh ooh
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¤ Ooh ooh ooh ¤ Ooh ooh
ooh ooh-ooh-ooh ¤ Ooh ooh
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ooh-ooh-ooh ¤
Ooh-ooh-ooh ¤ Ooh ooh ooh ¤ Ooh
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[ Applause ]
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>> Oh, God, we... we rise before
you. We can imagine that moment
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when the King of Kings will
be crowned. And we'll be there.
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The children's story took us
there. What the choir just sang
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took us there. We want to
be there. We have a few moments
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left. Please engage these
moments. Address our minds. Move
our hearts and stir
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up our spirits. We
pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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I have one word from the
Bible for you who have just sung
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for us. Wow.
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That was absolutely heavenly.
Thank you, academies, for coming
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from all over the
Great Lakes states.
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We are so honored to have
you. I hope you all come back
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to Andrews University.
That is what I'm hoping.
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Come on. Come on
back. You know that song?
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"O Day of Peace
That Dimly Shines."
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Thank you, Steve Zork and...
Gabriel when the keyboard.
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I scribbled the words down.
"Then enemies shall learn to
love, for all the Earth shall
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know the Lord." What a message.
Bless you. Thank you for singing
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with us and for us. I want
to think about war for a minute.
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Come on. I got a -- I got a... a
weapon right here, and, so, if
it's okay with you,
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I'll just come and reach under
this piano and pull it out. It's
from a friend of mine
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named Errol Prentice And we're
talking about the real deal
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here, folks. I don't know if you
can recognize it from where you
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are. And Errol told me you got
to put your hand through this so
that, if you drop it -- and, oh,
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boy, I do not want to drop it.
This is one expensive piece of
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equipment. Oh, this is
backwards. Do you know what this
is? Yeah. I'm not even sure
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right now what it is. I don't --
Oh, there it is. I got it. I got
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it. Yeah. This is a bow. This
is a real live bow. This is not
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little cowboys and Indians bow.
This is the real deal. I'm not
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going to tell you how much it
cost. But Errol has become just
a pro. He's the champion
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leader of our Pathfinders, and
he's been teaching archery. The
reason I have this bow
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in my hand is because, for a few
moments, I want to think about
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war, and you'll see how it fits
in in just a second. I have more
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to tell you about this, but I
got to reach into my pocket
because people say that,
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when it comes to war, there are
four options. All right? Four
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options. These are responses you
can make in a war. Here we go.
Option number one -- offense.
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Come on. You know what that is.
Option number two -- defense.
Ooh, you know what that is.
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Option number three -- détente.
Ooh. What is that? We'll get to
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that in a moment. And option
number four -- desertion, just
running away. I want to go
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to that little French word
that's sitting there, détente.
Do you know what that old --
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It's from old French. Do you
know what the word means? I'll
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tell you. "De" means it negates
it. It takes something away. And
"tendere," "tendere" --
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Yeah, wrong word. "Tendere"
means "tension." So it's old
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French when they had crossbows.
You remember crossbows. The word
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means to take away the tension
of the bowstring. No more
tension. And you know what?
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If I release this -- this is 80
pounds, by the way. 80 pounds of
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pressure right here. So when
Errol pulls his hand back, it's
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80 pounds worth. Do you know, I
scribbled this down in between
services because he didn't share
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this with me till then. This
-- This bow is able to shoot an
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arrow 280 yards. That's almost
three football fields. It has a
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super duper -- super duper
electronic... Don't point it at
anybody. Said, okay.
00:24:51.85\00:24:55.99
A super duper electronic laser
scope. It's -- One of these
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arrows travels at 300 feet per
second. That's an entire
football field. Pshoo!
00:25:06.17\00:25:13.71
Unbelievable. But détente
means you lower the tension.
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These become floppy and flabby.
And that's why, in diplomacy --
French is the language of
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diplomacy -- the diplomat said,
"Hey, we got two superpowers
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here. They're not getting along.
We've got to find out a way.
It's not peace on Earth
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like you're just saying yet.
We've got to find a way to work
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it out. And they called it
détente. We're going to lower
the tensions on the planet.
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So how many strategies are there
when it comes to life? Winston
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Churchill, the great intrepid
leader of the British Empire
during World War II,
00:25:51.78\00:25:57.32
during those dark days, he
sent a message to one of his
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admirals, Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten, Secretary of the
Admiralty, that would be the
00:26:02.46\00:26:07.60
Department of Navy. He sent this
message. He said, "All right,
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.13
you want to talk about strategy
in the war? Here are my orders
00:26:10.13\00:26:13.30
to you." You're saying, "Yo,
right. Well, that's great for
military, but how about life
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strategy?" I want to suggest to
you -- and I'm going to put a
line in front of your eyes
00:26:26.85\00:26:30.95
in just a moment -- I want to
suggest that there's only one
strategy even in life.
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In fact, if you open your Bible.
And I'm going to put this down
because we're going to come back
00:26:35.16\00:26:38.39
to it in just a second. If you
open your Bible to 1 Timothy 6.
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So Paul, a greater leader than
Winston Churchill, in my humble
00:26:43.83\00:26:48.67
opinion, intrepid vagabond
preacher, evangelist and
missionary, greatest Christian
00:26:48.67\00:26:52.27
who ever lived. Paul is writing
to a young protege of his named
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Timothy, and he gives him, "How
many of those four options are
you going to take?"
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Well, this would be good for
us. Let's find out. 1 Timothy 6.
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We'll pick it up in verse
11. That will run into that one
00:27:04.62\00:27:08.62
line. "Offense," Churchill says,
"We want offense. Forget
defense." Okay, here we go.
00:27:08.62\00:27:15.16
1 Timothy 6:11 "But you men
of God" -- woman of God, teen of
00:27:15.16\00:27:19.93
God, people of God -- "but you
flee from all this." He's just
00:27:19.93\00:27:24.41
been talking about greed and the
love of money and covetousness.
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Now here it comes. "Fight the
good fight of faith." Of those
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four options, which do you think
that is? It's only one. It's the
00:27:40.96\00:27:44.36
first one. What's the first one?
Offense. You have no other
option. And by the way,
00:27:44.36\00:27:51.47
that's true for you and me. No
other option -- offense. But
this really gets dramatic
00:27:51.47\00:27:55.70
when we take this line and we
put it in the Greek. And, so,
these won't be Greek
00:27:55.70\00:28:00.71
letters. I've transferred them
into English, but it will sound
00:28:00.71\00:28:07.52
like the Greek.
00:28:07.52\00:28:09.22
Let's just take these two words
here -- agonizou, agona. Can you
think of an English
00:28:13.69\00:28:18.79
word that kind of sounds
like that? Agonizou, agona.
00:28:18.79\00:28:22.73
Say it fast -- agonizou, agona.
What's the word? Can you hear a
00:28:22.73\00:28:26.43
word? Yeah, you got it. Agonize
and agony. Fight the good fight
00:28:26.43\00:28:31.41
of faith means agonize the good
agony. Come on. No, I'm serious.
00:28:31.41\00:28:36.95
That's what it's saying here.
Agonize, agony. I point all of
00:28:36.95\00:28:43.18
this out to us so that we don't
think this little one-line
insertion at the end of his
00:28:43.18\00:28:47.89
letter to Timothy is some sort
of throwaway, you know, just a
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.63
little bit of a namby-pamby
advice. You've heard the line,
"when the going gets tough,"
00:28:50.63\00:28:54.86
how does it end? When the going
gets tough, the tough get going.
00:28:54.86\00:28:58.40
Yeah, but what does that mean?
Really? The word Paul chooses
00:28:58.40\00:29:05.97
has life and death written
all over it. He's talking about
00:29:05.97\00:29:11.75
fight. Agony. Agonize. Hey, wait
a minute. Some of you sitting
00:29:11.75\00:29:15.48
here right now, man, you got
such beautiful faces. I couldn't
tell what's in your
00:29:15.48\00:29:20.09
heart right now if I tried.
But behind all of that -- all of
00:29:20.09\00:29:25.63
that manicured look of yours,
there's some people here right
now going through agony.
00:29:25.63\00:29:31.30
They are agonizing to
the depths. They are broken.
00:29:31.30\00:29:34.74
We show up at church and show up
on Academy campus. "What is it?
00:29:34.74\00:29:38.37
Yeah. Hey, yo, bro. How are you?
High five. How are you doing?"
00:29:38.37\00:29:42.78
"Great." Nobody ever knows. One
of you here, a bunch of us here
00:29:42.78\00:29:50.05
-- agony. I got a young friend.
He's younger than my son. He is
00:29:50.05\00:29:55.92
going right now, battling for
his life through the agony,
fighting, agonizou,
00:29:55.92\00:30:01.53
he is fighting the dreadful
enemy of cancer. It is a mortal
00:30:01.53\00:30:09.27
battle. And he's in it to the
hilt. Agony. Agonizing. Nah,
this is not just a little
00:30:09.27\00:30:19.95
PS at the end of a very
important letter. No, this is a
00:30:19.95\00:30:23.89
whole letter. This is life
and death. And you know why it's
00:30:23.89\00:30:26.89
life and death? Because when you
agonize, when you feel agony,
the stakes are huge.
00:30:26.89\00:30:34.36
They are absolutely high. What's
amazing to me is that what Paul
00:30:34.36\00:30:39.73
is really writing here is this,
if you put it in the English
translation. "Agonize the good
00:30:39.73\00:30:45.67
agony." You say, "How could
-- How could it possibly be ever
00:30:45.67\00:30:52.31
true that there is such a thing
as good agony?" The only way I
can think about it, because it's
00:30:52.31\00:30:57.09
obviously what it says, "Agonize
the good agony." The only way I
00:30:57.09\00:31:02.39
can think it would be good is if
the cause that you're engaged in
is worth dying for.
00:31:02.39\00:31:13.03
>> It's not worth dying for, I
mean, please. Who cares? But if
it's worth dying for,
00:31:13.03\00:31:18.87
hmm. I'm watching these
soldiers in the Ukraine,
00:31:18.87\00:31:22.91
and what, we just finished,
what, one year in Ukraine?
Unbelievable, tragic, tragic
00:31:22.91\00:31:27.38
war, in my humble opinion. But
when the war correspondent comes
up to those soldiers,
00:31:27.38\00:31:34.19
young guys already
battle-hardened, and an
interpreter's standing there,
00:31:34.19\00:31:37.83
and I'm listening to the
English, saying, "How long are
you going to fight?"
00:31:37.83\00:31:41.63
"We will fight, we will agonize
to the last man." Because that's
00:31:41.63\00:31:47.74
the way a soldier fights. You're
all in. And by the way, I'm just
00:31:47.74\00:31:54.11
thinking, if you and I don't
have a cause worth dying for,
really, we're going to end up
00:31:54.11\00:32:00.98
with a life not worth living
for. Come on. Do you have --
00:32:00.98\00:32:07.72
What's the cause? I know we're
teens, everybody in the front
here. And good on you.
00:32:07.72\00:32:12.09
You're strategically placed, by
the way. And I'm so glad you are
00:32:12.09\00:32:15.66
on the campus as you are. You
are strategically placed because
teens have an inner --
00:32:15.66\00:32:21.97
an inner energy that enables
you, in the face of others who
are not standing as you are,
00:32:21.97\00:32:29.41
to jump up and say, "I do. I
will. Count me in." So I'm
asking you teens up
00:32:29.41\00:32:36.42
front, what is it that you have
found worth dying for? Have you
found anything yet?
00:32:36.42\00:32:43.06
Too young, huh? No, some of
you already are honing in on it.
00:32:43.06\00:32:51.57
"Agonize the good agony." Which
is why now I'm going to drill
down a little deeper here.
00:32:51.57\00:32:58.87
I need you to hang on here.
Which is why the biggest threat
to freedom in the world --
00:32:58.87\00:33:04.65
I'm going to say this. The
biggest threat to the church.
00:33:04.65\00:33:07.32
All right? Here we are. We're
all at church right now. The
biggest threat to the church
00:33:07.32\00:33:11.09
is non-engagement. Which doesn't
mean you renounce the cause
00:33:11.09\00:33:16.49
that the church stands for.
Unh-unh. Not at all. You simply
00:33:16.49\00:33:22.76
stop defending it. You no longer
engage it. You no longer battle
it. Even as a teen, come on,
00:33:22.76\00:33:28.24
you're critical. "But,
nah, I'm not in it right now.
00:33:28.24\00:33:32.51
I'll get in it
later, maybe." No.
00:33:32.51\00:33:36.04
What's threatening culture
and church -- non-engagement.
00:33:36.08\00:33:43.22
Spiritual
non-engagement. And now
00:33:43.22\00:33:45.25
I'm really drilling
down. >> Don't leave me now.
00:33:45.25\00:33:48.66
Spiritual
non-engagement is the fruit
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.96
of our valueless culture,
where everybody's preference
00:33:51.96\00:33:56.83
needs to be
tolerated and defended.
00:33:56.83\00:34:00.47
That's the culture today.
Or at least allowed a place
00:34:00.47\00:34:03.57
at the table. "Come
on, You can sit here.
00:34:03.57\00:34:06.17
Come on. No, no, no, no, no."
00:34:06.17\00:34:09.64
You know what? That may
feel like bold equality.
00:34:09.68\00:34:13.55
But in my book, it's feckless
timidity. Say, "Hey, it doesn't
00:34:13.55\00:34:18.09
matter what you believe." It's
that old jingle on social media.
00:34:18.09\00:34:22.22
Have you heard it? "Nobody's
right. Nobody's wrong. We simply
have to get along."
00:34:22.22\00:34:25.53
You ever heard that one?
Nobody's right. Nobody's wrong.
We simply have to get along.
00:34:25.53\00:34:30.23
Nobody's right. Nobody's wrong.
We simply have to get along.
00:34:30.23\00:34:34.40
Come on. Not on your life.
Are you kidding? When we have a
00:34:34.40\00:34:38.37
mortal enemy who has his arrow
in place and all he needs is for
permission, in a heartbeat, that
00:34:38.37\00:34:46.05
arrow is released -- pshoo
-- right through you. This is no
00:34:46.05\00:34:53.86
namby-pamby stuff. Come on.
Nobody's right. Nobody's wrong.
We simply have to get along.
00:34:53.86\00:34:59.23
So here's a question for your
academy, where you're from, and
for my academy, where
00:34:59.23\00:35:03.70
I'm from, and for my university,
where I'm from. How long shall
00:35:03.70\00:35:08.80
we lower the moral bar? All
right. How long should we --
00:35:08.80\00:35:13.88
How far shall we lower the
moral bar? Hmm. How much are you
00:35:13.88\00:35:20.65
willing to compromise in your
friendships? Talking with a
student this last week.
00:35:20.65\00:35:27.16
And she said, "I was really
embarrassed." I said, "What are
00:35:27.16\00:35:31.23
you embarrassed about?" She
said, "I went on a date." "Yeah?
Well, there's nothing
00:35:31.23\00:35:35.16
embarrassing about that." Yeah,
and the guy said, "Hey, can we
00:35:35.16\00:35:39.43
end with a, you know, just a
little?" And she said, "I looked
at him and said, 'Not on your
00:35:39.43\00:35:45.51
life.'" And he says, "What's the
matter with you?" You know what?
00:35:45.51\00:35:50.65
That's -- That's where this
comes in. What she was facing
00:35:50.65\00:36:02.06
is... Whoa. Whoa. This is a
wonderful date. This is perfect.
She comes to the end.
00:36:02.06\00:36:08.30
And so far, so good. It's tight.
But she's faced with a choice
00:36:08.30\00:36:13.70
now. I'm going to loosen
the poundage on this bowstring.
00:36:13.70\00:36:19.71
I want to let it just get
floppy and flaccid and flabby.
00:36:19.71\00:36:24.58
I just let it ehh just for a few
moments, then I'll get back to
00:36:24.58\00:36:30.59
chhckt, ooh! This isn't just
about campuses. This isn't just
00:36:30.59\00:36:34.86
about institutions. This is
about you and me. Because we all
00:36:34.86\00:36:40.20
hold the bow in our hands, and
the bowstring's tautness --
T-A-U-T -- the bowstring's
00:36:40.20\00:36:47.57
tension is up to us. We have the
option, actually, to do détente.
00:36:47.57\00:36:52.54
Détente is when you say,
"Hey, 80 pounds, forget it. Ooh,
00:36:52.54\00:36:57.55
floppy, floppy. That's about
what I need." You got to be
kidding me. Can you imagine a
00:36:57.55\00:37:03.49
war with floppy and you got the
enemy coming straight at you,
and he has 300 feet per second
00:37:03.49\00:37:09.06
on his -- pshoo! And you're
pulling this thing and there is
00:37:09.06\00:37:13.70
nothing to it. We're dead meat.
We have to keep it taut. Oh,
00:37:13.70\00:37:21.57
come on, guys. Détente? Turns
out, this loosening of the
bowstring is actually
00:37:21.57\00:37:27.14
achieved by compromise. That's
it. It's the word compromise.
00:37:27.14\00:37:32.95
For our mortal enemy, that's
the only way he wins. "Come on,
00:37:32.95\00:37:37.72
Dwight, come on. Loosen up, boy.
Come on. It's just a party. This
00:37:37.72\00:37:42.32
is just tonight. It'll be over.
Come with us, chicken. Loosen
00:37:42.32\00:37:49.80
the bow." I'm not loosening
the bow. Yeah. In fact, you'd be
00:37:49.80\00:37:55.50
surprised. The word détente is
not found in scripture. Neither
is the word compromise.
00:37:55.50\00:37:59.07
Oh, there's one close to it. Oh,
what was that word? Laodicean.
00:37:59.07\00:38:03.21
What's Laodicean? I'm half hot
and half cold. That's
compromise. Apparently the
00:38:03.21\00:38:07.75
church, the culture at the very
end of the human history is
Laodicean -- compromise.
00:38:07.75\00:38:13.92
One foot in, one foot out.
Flabby. The enemy's bearing down
00:38:13.92\00:38:19.86
on you. You aim and there is
nothing left. You let the line
00:38:19.86\00:38:26.94
down. You loosened it up. Wrong
move, girl. Wrong time. Keep it
00:38:26.94\00:38:35.28
taut. Keep it taut. You
have nothing to apologize, guys.
00:38:35.28\00:38:40.18
Man, oh, man, singing the way
you sing, you have nothing to
00:38:40.18\00:38:45.22
apologize. You got steel in that
spine of yours. And I love it.
00:38:45.22\00:38:50.29
God loves it. No compromise, no
détente. Nope. We have one
strategy. Fight the good fight
00:38:50.29\00:38:55.63
of faith. That's it. Fight the
good fight of faith.
Non-engagement, not into it.
00:38:55.63\00:39:03.10
Détente? [ Scoffs ] Not
into it. Compromise, nope.
00:39:03.10\00:39:09.91
Here I stand. I'm standing and
I'm not moving. It's the only
00:39:09.91\00:39:15.28
way you're going to win. Paul
writes to this young Timothy.
00:39:15.28\00:39:18.35
Fight, agonize the good
agony. Of course it'll cost you
00:39:18.35\00:39:24.26
something. Think it's going to
be easy? You signed up for this.
I didn't sign you up.
00:39:24.26\00:39:30.40
Once you sign up, you're
in, girl. Boy, once you sign up,
00:39:30.40\00:39:34.90
you're in. No backing
out. Oh, you can back out,
00:39:34.90\00:39:38.31
but who would? You're
on a winning team already.
00:39:38.31\00:39:41.31
Can you imagine quitting a
winning team, you basketball
00:39:41.31\00:39:46.15
jocks? "I want to join a losing
team. I hate playing with
winners." Are you crazy?
00:39:46.15\00:39:50.92
Why would you join a losing team
when you're on the winning team?
00:39:50.92\00:39:57.26
Come on. Jesus is right.
No woman, no man can serve two
00:39:57.26\00:40:01.00
masters. You love the one, hate
the other, hate the one, love
00:40:01.00\00:40:03.57
the other. You cannot serve God
and Satan. Impossible. Yeah. So,
00:40:03.57\00:40:10.61
hey, listen, there's been a lot
of talk lately about revival.
Have you heard about it on your
00:40:10.61\00:40:13.68
campuses? Everybody's heard
about it in America, I'm sure.
00:40:13.68\00:40:16.48
A lot of talk about revival
these days, ever since the news
started reporting it.
00:40:16.48\00:40:20.72
In fact, we talked about revival
last Sabbath. Yep. And since
00:40:20.72\00:40:25.15
then, I have received e-mails
and phone conversations and the
like. And what is becoming clear
00:40:25.15\00:40:29.96
to me -- listen up to this.
What's becoming clear to me is
00:40:29.96\00:40:35.26
that there is some confusion
over the meaning or definition
of revival. What are you talking
00:40:35.26\00:40:41.44
about, Dwight? Well, some people
are combing their personal
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.94
recollection or collective
history recollection, and
they're describing evidences
00:40:44.94\00:40:48.78
of what's happened in the past.
So we ought to be thankful.
We've got it in the past.
00:40:48.78\00:40:53.38
Hey, listen, listen, listen. I
receive every one of those with
00:40:53.38\00:40:59.29
great joy. Thank you for telling
me about that. It happened once.
00:40:59.29\00:41:03.79
But here's the deal. The
kind of revival I'm referring to
00:41:03.79\00:41:09.33
and many people are longing for,
the kind of revival we need here
00:41:09.33\00:41:14.70
at Pioneer, the kind of revival
we need here at Andrews
University, is a revival that
00:41:14.70\00:41:20.34
leads to reformation.
Réformation. It's not just a
00:41:20.34\00:41:27.15
flash in the pan. "Hey, we had
a revival. Good. What's next?"
00:41:27.15\00:41:30.35
No. The only revival now
that's left on the agenda is
00:41:30.35\00:41:36.56
a revival that leads to
reformation. It doesn't matter
00:41:36.56\00:41:40.90
to me what's happening on
another campus right now. That
is immaterial to me.
00:41:40.90\00:41:44.60
What we need here is a revival
that sparks reformation. And by
00:41:44.60\00:41:50.64
that, I mean a revival that
leads to changed hearts,
transformed lives. And I'm
00:41:50.64\00:41:55.14
talking about my heart and my
life and I'm talking about
yours, as well. That's what we
00:41:55.14\00:41:59.58
need, a change in our thinking
around here. A change in our
behaving. Hey, listen,
00:41:59.58\00:42:03.15
Paul's on death row. We
looked at this line last week.
00:42:03.15\00:42:05.55
Paul's on death row, and he
has a bitter pain. Talking about
00:42:05.55\00:42:08.99
agony. One of his closest
associates has deserted him. I'm
talking about the fourth
00:42:08.99\00:42:12.86
option in war, which is to run,
baby, run. That's what happened
00:42:12.86\00:42:16.56
to Paul. Let me put the line
back on the screen. "Demas has
00:42:16.56\00:42:20.67
deserted me." Paul is on death
row. "Demas has deserted me
because he loved this world."
00:42:20.67\00:42:27.58
You can't believe it. You
run because you love the world?
00:42:27.58\00:42:31.05
He did and has broken my heart.
And by the way, it's that love
00:42:31.05\00:42:36.35
of the world that's killing us
around here. It's killing us on
your campus. Whatever campus
00:42:36.35\00:42:41.79
you're from. It's that love of
the world. "What are you talking
00:42:41.79\00:42:44.79
about, Dwight?" Well, I'm
talking about a reformation that
means we abandon the love of the
00:42:44.79\00:42:50.23
world, we abandon this détente,
this compromise with a fallen
00:42:50.23\00:42:53.84
culture. There is a change in
our lifestyles. There is a
change in our sexual
00:42:53.84\00:42:58.24
lifestyles. That's what I'm
talking about. A change in the
00:42:58.24\00:43:03.88
way we do business around here.
A change in the way we treat one
another around here.
00:43:03.88\00:43:11.75
My heart breaks when I get an
e-mail that's gone to 500 other
00:43:11.75\00:43:18.63
people. Some people feel that
that's their solution. Just keep
forwarding e-mails.
00:43:18.63\00:43:23.53
Blanking them. My heart
breaks. Is that Jesus' way?
00:43:23.53\00:43:30.81
You really think we've tightened
the bowstring here? Or have we
00:43:30.81\00:43:35.98
loosened it so it doesn't matter
how I get my word out as long as
00:43:35.98\00:43:41.45
my word gets out. You got to be
kidding me. No, a revival, a
change in the way we do
00:43:41.45\00:43:49.26
business, a change in the way we
treat each other. That's the
revival and reformation I need.
00:43:49.26\00:43:52.89
That's the reformation and
transformation we need, all of
00:43:52.89\00:43:56.67
us, all seven of your campuses
plus ours. A transformation that
means becoming more
00:43:56.67\00:44:05.14
and more like Jesus. Like his
strong love for people. Jesus
00:44:05.14\00:44:11.31
loved people. He always was
standing up, by the way, for the
00:44:11.31\00:44:15.22
disenfranchised, marginalized,
the and the alienated. That's
being like Jesus. Jesus stood up
00:44:15.22\00:44:21.79
for holiness. You stand up for
holiness? You say, "Hey, you
know, hey, come on, boy.
00:44:21.79\00:44:24.89
My string is taut."
Nope. That's being like Jesus.
00:44:24.89\00:44:30.47
Jesus' devotion to his father.
Getting along with him. Abba,
00:44:30.47\00:44:35.84
Father. That's what it means to
be like Jesus. "Be like Jesus,
00:44:35.84\00:44:41.24
this my song, in the home and in
the throng. Be like Jesus all
day long. I would be like
00:44:41.24\00:44:48.02
Jesus." That's the revival that
leads to reformation. To be like
00:44:48.02\00:44:53.96
Jesus. Because, you see, it
always keeps coming back to
Jesus. I've got to show you this
00:44:53.96\00:44:57.13
before I sit down. It always
comes back to Jesus. You see,
00:44:57.13\00:44:59.73
I left off part of this. That
line we've been looking at is
"fight the good fight."
00:44:59.73\00:45:04.07
But there's actually more to it.
"Of the faith." And that's from
00:45:04.07\00:45:09.30
the NIV. Translates the article
here to make sure that we see
it. "Fight the good fight of
00:45:09.30\00:45:13.61
the faith." Of the faith
of what? Of the faith of whom?
00:45:13.61\00:45:17.35
Whose faith are you talking
about? If you're a generation at
00:45:17.35\00:45:20.58
the end of time, I'll tell you
whose faith we're talking about.
The Book of Revelation
00:45:20.58\00:45:24.35
is absolutely clear. People
livin', teens livin' at the end
00:45:24.35\00:45:27.86
of time, you'll identify
them right here. Here we go.
00:45:27.86\00:45:31.03
Revelation 14:12. This is from
the David Bentley Hart
rendition, or translation,
00:45:31.03\00:45:35.26
of the New Testament.
00:45:35.26\00:45:36.90
They keep the faith of Jesus.
Fight the good fight of faith.
00:45:45.61\00:45:50.91
Of the faith. Whose faith? The
faith of Jesus. Come on. It's
00:45:50.91\00:45:54.68
all about Jesus, I'm telling
you. You want revival and
reformation around here?
00:45:54.68\00:45:57.82
Me, too. Then it comes back
to all about Jesus. That's it.
00:45:57.82\00:46:04.26
It's all about Jesus. You won't
get a revival without Jesus.
00:46:04.26\00:46:11.40
Oh, that little classic "Steps
to Christ." I got to share this
00:46:11.40\00:46:15.67
with you. I gave this to a
friend of mine. We had lunch a
week and a half ago.
00:46:15.67\00:46:19.91
He's a minister, a pastor, been
here for 15 years. For 10 years,
00:46:19.91\00:46:25.91
he's been watching every week
right here. Another
denomination. "Steps to Christ."
00:46:25.91\00:46:31.55
I gave him a copy of this.
Look at this. "Steps to Christ."
00:46:31.55\00:46:35.26
Why? Because it's the faith
of Jesus. That's how you win.
00:46:45.90\00:46:49.14
The faith of Jesus.
That's your weapon right there.
00:46:49.14\00:46:52.27
I'm telling you, that's revival
that leads to reformation. When
00:46:59.88\00:47:04.25
Christ is first and last and
always, you got the seeds of a
revolution. A revival that turns
00:47:04.25\00:47:12.63
into a reformation that turns
into a revolution. And you're
00:47:12.63\00:47:16.93
the generation. I'm looking at
you. Teens. You're what we need.
Don't you let anybody sell you
00:47:16.93\00:47:24.11
short. We have to have
you. And we have to have you
00:47:24.11\00:47:27.34
sold out. We can't have you with
your bowstring just slackened
00:47:27.34\00:47:31.88
and when you come here. No,
no, no. We need you with the
00:47:31.88\00:47:35.82
bowstring taut.
00:47:35.82\00:47:37.22
Tight, tension,
steel in your spine.
00:47:37.25\00:47:41.49
That's who we need.
If you're not going to be
00:47:41.49\00:47:43.76
that way, find another
school. We need you sold out.
00:47:43.76\00:47:50.73
And you are it.
When I heard you singing,
00:47:50.73\00:47:53.40
man, I just said, "Jesus,
what a platform full of teens.
00:47:53.40\00:47:59.84
Can you believe it?
Handpicked by God himself."
00:47:59.84\00:48:05.15
You're it. I'm proud of you.
00:48:05.15\00:48:08.68
I can tell just by looking into
your face. I'm proud of you.
00:48:08.72\00:48:13.15
And the best is yet to come.
Don't you ever back down. Keep
00:48:13.15\00:48:18.23
it taut. The best is yet to
come. Yeah. Fight the good fight
of the faith of Jesus.
00:48:18.23\00:48:24.23
Agonize the good agony. Of the
agony and faith of Jesus. One
thing I know, revival
00:48:24.23\00:48:31.61
and reformation around here will
have Jesus' fingerprints and
00:48:31.61\00:48:35.84
Jesus' blood drops all over it.
I end now with one other place
the word agony appears.
00:48:35.84\00:48:40.72
And I want you to open your
Bible, I'm not putting it on the
00:48:40.72\00:48:43.32
screen. Open your Bible to Luke
chapter 23. Pull your little
00:48:43.32\00:48:46.96
phone out. You got it. And turn
to Luke 22, Luke 22. I'm going
to read this story,
00:48:46.96\00:48:51.93
and then I'll sit down. Luke
22. It's Thursday night late.
00:48:51.93\00:48:57.30
The upper room is behind. The
Last Supper is now finis. And
pick it up in verse 39.
00:48:57.30\00:49:03.54
"And Jesus went out as usual to
the Mount of Olives." He's going
00:49:03.54\00:49:07.18
to the Gethsemane, his favorite
nighttime prayer spot. "He went
00:49:07.18\00:49:10.61
out, as usual, to the Mount of
Olives, and his disciples
followed him. And on reaching
00:49:10.61\00:49:13.95
the place, He said to them,
'Pray.'" By the way, you want
revival and reformation and
00:49:13.95\00:49:18.52
revolution? Three Rs? Pray.
There's no way around it. Of
course it's through Jesus.
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But pray, He's telling his
closest companions, "'Pray that
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you will not fall into
temptation.'" Keep that
bowstring taut. Don't loosen
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your bowstring. The enemy has
his sights on you. He'll kill
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you tonight. "'Pray that you
will not fall into temptation.'
Jesus withdrew about
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a stone's throw beyond them. He
knelt down and He prayed." Red
letters in my Bible.
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"'Father, if you are willing,
take this cup from me, yet not
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my will, but Yours be done.'"
And pshoo! Just like that, "an
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angel from Heaven," verse 43,
"appeared to Him and
strengthened Him." What's going
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on here? I will put the last
verse on the screen because I
need you to see where the Greek
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word is. Here it is, final verse
44. "And being in anguish" --
here's the Greek word, agonia.
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Agonize the good agony. Jesus
does it first himself. You're
not treading a pathway
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that Jesus has not already
walked ahead of you. "And being
in anguish, [agonia],
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He prayed more earnestly" --
intensely -- "and His sweat was
like drops of blood
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falling to the ground." There it
is. You just read it. The basis,
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the bedrock for revival and
reformation around here and on
the campus where you live.
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The blood of Jesus and the
sacrifice of Jesus. That's what
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ignites what we're desperately
praying for. And you're it. Keep
that bowstring taut.
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Don't you go home with it
all flabby and flaccid. No.
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And the best is yet to come
for your campus and for mine, as
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well. There's one prayer to
pray. I'll put it on the screen.
Just memorize this prayer.
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Memorize this prayer. "Jesus" --
I pray this prayer all the time
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in my dark little prayer room.
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Have mercy on my campus. Have
mercy on my teachers. Have mercy
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on my peers. Have mercy on my
administrators. "Jesus, Lamb of
God, who takes away the sin of
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the world, have mercy on
me." You just keep repeating it.
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You'll get it. You just keep
repeating it. "Jesus, Lamb of
God, who takes away the sin of
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the world, have mercy on
us." Let's pray. Oh, God, Lord
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Jesus... we don't want -- we
don't want slacked bowstrings.
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No. We want it to be taut.
Tense. In your hands, all that
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you need to let your arrow take
the enemy out. That's all we
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ask. Jesus, Lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world,
have mercy on us here
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and there and everywhere. Have
mercy on us. And we will praise
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you. Yes, we will. As the choir
just sang, we will praise you in
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that place. Our enemies are no
more. And peace and love in the
Lord for ever and ever.
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Amen. They're gonna
sing a beautiful song.
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Grab the hymnal in front of
you. It's number 336. Just three
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stanzas. One, two, and four.
It's a beautiful, beautiful
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song. We're going to stand.
In fact, stand right now to get
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ready to sing it.
Stand right now. Hymn 336.
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>> We've been really blessed by
the financial support that comes
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from our viewers, and we've
made a conscious decision -- and
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you know this is true -- not
to continually appeal to you for
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that support. But the
fact is, as everyone in
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the industry will tell you,
we need to be making constant
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upgrades to our technology.
While I'll be leaving Pioneer
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soon, I'm confident that God has
a plan to continue growing the
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media ministry
here with a new leader.
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The new lead pastor will
need your support in prayer
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and financially. If
God has blessed you and
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you'd like to further the work
of this ministry, we invite you
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to partner with us.
Every bit of your gift goes to
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the mission of blessing
your community and our world.
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You can donate on our
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pmchurch.org.
Then click "giving"
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up at the top.
And then select "media
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ministry." Or you
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877-HIS-WILL. Again,
that number is 877 and
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then the two words "HIS-WILL."
My prayer is that the God who
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has blessed you will continue
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of His joy and His
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for your gracious generosity.
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