This is "Pillars of Faith."
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A word for today
in today's world.
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I'm C.A. Murray and it is
my privilege, my pleasure,
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to welcome each of
you to session number five
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in this particular
series by Pastor Donnie Shelton,
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he of, Touching
Hearts Ministries.
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This has been a
wonderful series.
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The overall theme has been,
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Faith Leading To A
Closer Walk With God.
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His first message, Faith
Equals Knowledge Times Light.
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I like that title.
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Second message, My
Grace Is Sufficient For Thee.
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Third message was,
The Gift Of Eternal Life.
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And then our
last sitting together,
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A Piece Of The Puzzle.
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But this time the
title of the message is,
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He Found Me.
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And perhaps that is a
fitting title to close out this
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wonderful series
by Donnie Shelton.
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God has blessed him to
be a preacher with energy
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and enthusiasm
who loves the Lord,
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who loves the Word of God,
and has been given an ability
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to preach and
teach that Word of God.
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So we look forward to and
anticipate a great blessing
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as we hear the
message, He Found Me,
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by Pastor Donnie Shelton
of Touching Hearts Ministries,
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who has taken time out of
his schedule to come to be at
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this desk and to
give us the Word of God.
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I'm going to pray now, and
then we're going to ask the
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man of God to come forward
and preach the Word of God,
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and we will ask from God
for him and you open, receptive,
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listening ears, and a will to
do that which we know is right.
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Shall we pray.
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Father God,
again we do praise You.
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We thank You so very, very
much for the privilege we have
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of studying the Word of God.
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We thank Thee that through
the foolishness of preaching
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You have designed that
men and women will be brought
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to a saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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I ask, Lord, that You will bless
Donnie in a very special way.
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Touch his lips, touch his mind.
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Help him to speak what
You would have him to say.
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And then help us to hear and
to do, for it is in the doing
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that we are made
like Christ Jesus.
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Forgive us of our
sins, open our heart,
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clear the way for the
reception of the message,
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and then make it live in us
so that we may live for Thee.
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We thank You, dear Father.
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In Jesus' name, amen and amen.
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And now Pastor Donnie Shelton.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor C.A. Murray.
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I've had a wonderful time here.
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There's a group of people here
at 3ABN that are grace given,
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as we've said
throughout our sermons here,
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grace given and faith driven.
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A group of people
that have bonded together
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to take the undiluted message of
truth to a lost and dying world.
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These folks here are
dedicated, they're persistent,
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and they're consistent in
their walk with Jesus Christ.
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And I love to mention this;
they're filled with the power
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of the Holy Spirit.
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We've talked about in our
past sermons, the Holy Spirit
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transforms, the Holy
Spirit guides and directs.
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So these folks are
bonded, they're knitted.
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Their desire is to bring as many
people into the kingdom of God
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before God comes.
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So I want to thank
them so much for allowing me
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to be on, Pillars of
Faith, and to speak with you
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and to share my faith with you.
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The sermon today, He Found Me.
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As I was working on
this sermon, when I put
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right here, He Found Me, I
went back over my past life;
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how I was
living, what I was doing,
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all the troubles that I was in.
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And then I remembered
back to the first time
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that I heard the voice of Jesus.
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And I thought, "Is
that Jesus calling me?
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A sinner who is the
worst of all sinners?
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And He's calling me?"
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Not only into the
gospel to preach the message
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of His undying love,
but to actually accept me
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into the family is God.
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It says in Ephesians the first
chapter that we are adopted
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into this family, of
course by God's grace.
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But we are adopted
by the redeeming power
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and the precious blood of Jesus.
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And as we study
the Word of God today,
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as we listen to God's
words today, this will increase
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our faith in Him.
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I found this out in my own life.
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The more I study the Word of
God, the more that I find out
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about this God, this
Creator, this Redeemer,
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the more I find out
about His character,
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the more that I love Him.
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The more that I
want to serve Him.
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It's still hard for me to fathom
that a God that is so holy
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and pure would have
loved someone like me.
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But I had to get rid
of that low self-esteem.
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Because now that I had
been accepted into God's church
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and into the family by
the redeeming blood of Christ,
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that makes me somebody.
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I'm a child of the King.
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Jesus Christ is my Brother.
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That makes me somebody.
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You know, out here at 3ABN,
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I have a chance every
now and then to come out
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and visit with the folks here.
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Now when I go through
those doors, they hit a buzzer
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and I walk into 3ABN.
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Now, because of
the Shelton name...
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Nothing I've done.
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It isn't me.
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...I can walk with
confidence to the back
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and sit down with
my cousin Danny, who is
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president and founder of 3ABN.
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I feel very comfortable.
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I feel privileged
that I can just walk...
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I don't need an
appointment to do that.
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Not because I've done anything.
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It's all of what God has
done through Danny here at 3ABN
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and having the Shelton name.
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I'm in the family, I can just
walk on back and talk to him.
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I don't need an appointment.
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Well praise God, you
are a child of the King.
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With confidence you
can walk and spend time
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and converse with Jesus
Christ because of His blood.
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You are somebody.
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If you are saved and
given your life to Christ,
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get rid of that low self-esteem.
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Because of Jesus' name,
that makes you somebody.
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Praise God.
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Again, nothing that you've done.
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Nothing that I've done.
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It's by His grace and His mercy.
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So this message, in a way,
sort of surrounded my life.
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And I wanted to
share it today with you.
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He found me.
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That means He found you.
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Let's read the
Scriptures together.
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Let's turn to Romans 5,
let's read verse 8 together.
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Now as I always say, get out
that pencil, get out your pad.
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Get into the
recliner, put your feet up.
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Relax, because we
are about to take a trip
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that will take you deep
into the depths of the Bible
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and will be made simple
because of the Holy Spirit.
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He makes things simple
because He's the interpreter.
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Let's read that
together, Romans 5:8.
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"But God commendeth
his love toward us..."
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Who's us?
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Donnie Shelton and
you that are viewing in
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or listening in today.
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"But God
commendeth his love toward us,
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in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
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I love that because Jesus Christ
died for me, and you today.
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He died for us
in our worst state.
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In our sinful being.
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We hadn't said, "I
tell you what, God.
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I want to join Your church,
be a part of Your church,"
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and then He died for us.
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He died for us while
we were yet living in sin.
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Is everybody with me so far?
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Let's read. Now listen.
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What an amazing and
incomprehensible statement
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that we just said.
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That God not only loved us
in our sinful and lost state,
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that He sent Jesus His Son
to die for us in our place.
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Incomprehensible.
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"Well Donnie, what
exactly does that mean?"
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Impossible to
comprehend or understand.
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I still don't understand it,
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how Jesus could
leave all of heaven for me.
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I don't understand it,
but I certainly accept it
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and I praise God for it.
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Now the thought that we
were entangled in the cares
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of this life, we were
filled with selfish gains,
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and we continually
ignored the Holy Spirit,
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that God in His
mercy and compassion
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He sent the lovely
Jesus, not only to save us,
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but to find us in
our lost condition
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with no hope,
other than the Shepherd
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who's only goal is to find,
save, and give eternal life.
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Praise God. That was
Jesus Christ's mission.
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To come here and to
find us, and then save us.
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And then to cleanse us.
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And then, by His
blood and His sacrifice,
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His redeeming power, we
are made partakers of heaven.
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Praise God.
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Now, here's what
Deuteronomy 26:8 says.
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Now remember, God
went out into the world,
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and He went out and He found
me and He found you out there.
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Here's what the Bible says.
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"And the LORD brought
us forth out of Egypt..."
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Well, that's the land of sin.
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"...with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm,
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and with great terribleness,
and with signs and wonders."
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I believe I was so far
out in sin that this text
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was talking about me.
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I was so far out there
that God had to stretch
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way out there and
grasp a hold of me
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and pull me out
of the world of sin.
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Let's read what Romans
8:38 says that Paul wrote.
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I love this Scripture.
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In fact, it's one of
my favorite Scriptures.
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Let's read this together.
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"For I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life,
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nor angels, nor principalities,
nor things present,
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nor things to come, nor
power, nor height, nor depth,
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nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us
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from the love of God, which
is in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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God loves us with
an unconditional love.
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Nothing can change that.
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No power in the
universe and no power on earth
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can change how God
feels about you and I today.
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Praise God.
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Matthew 11:28-30
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Now let's get them Bibles out.
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I want you to study with me
today and read with me today,
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that your faith may be
increased as you not only
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hear the Word of God,
you're reading the Word of God.
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Now listen.
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Matthew 11:28-30
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Here's what the Bible says.
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And I believe
what the Bible says.
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It's the promises of God.
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Here's what Jesus said.
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"Come unto me, all ye that
labour and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon
you, and learn of me.
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For," Jesus said, "I am
meek and lowly of heart."
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And I love this promise.
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"Ye shall find
rest unto your souls.
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For my yoke is easy,
and my burden is light."
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Life is hard.
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Life is tough.
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Under the best of circumstances.
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We live a rough hard life.
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I can't imagine now of living
this life without my Brother
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Jesus Christ
guiding me and directing me.
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Someone that I can lean upon.
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Someone that I can trust.
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And He said, "My yoke is
easy, and I'm lowly of heart.
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And if you would just accept
Me, I will give you some rest."
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As you go through life,
He helps carry those burdens.
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He helps in
those grief situations.
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God is with you.
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He will never ever
forsake you or leave you.
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Even when you
don't feel His presence,
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He promised, "I am there.
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And I will take your
burdens and your griefs
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and your trial, and
I will lighten them."
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Because Jesus Christ said,
"I will carry them for you."
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Praise God.
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He said, "Once you start this
race, those that are faithful,
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those that are just,
those that are righteous,
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once you start the
race, I will help you finish."
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In fact, I think He will carry
us across that finish line.
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Carry us.
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Alright, let's go
a bit further here.
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He found me.
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Now, Mrs. White said,
and I love her writings,
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we should contemplate
and meditate about heaven.
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About the things of God.
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The more I
meditate and contemplate,
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and I study and
I read and I pray,
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it makes the things
of heaven more real.
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It makes my
heavenly Father more real,
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and the plan of salvation
more real, if I think about it.
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And what I like to do
is use my own mind's eye,
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and I like to come up
with different things that
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may have been going on.
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It just makes
it more real to me.
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And I put this down here;
now this is ole Donnie Shelton.
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Because I've studied and
I fell in love with Jesus.
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I call it, the plan of
redemption and my thoughts
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about the plan of redemption.
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Listen.
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God says to Jesus,
"Jesus, I have a boy,
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and he's lost his way.
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Jesus, I want You to go and
find him and bring him home."
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Now I'm in my
own mind's eye here.
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I love this
because I'm thinking about
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Jesus coming and finding me.
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And Jesus looks into
the eyes of the Father,
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and God continues to speak.
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"This mission, Jesus,
involves sacrifice on Your part.
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For no matter how long it takes,
or how many miles Your feet
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will tread upon
the face of the earth,
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I love Donnie and I
want him in the kingdom.
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I want him here with Me."
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I'm just trying to break
down the plan of salvation
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in my own mind.
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It just makes it so real, folks.
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And without hesitation, Jesus
said, "Father, I will gladly go
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and find My brother Donnie.
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If I must go to the
uttermost part of the earth,
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then let it be so.
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Whatever it takes, even
My death, heavenly Father,
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I will find him and
I will bring him home."
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Praise God.
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And you know what?
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Put yourself in this
little story I've written here.
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In my eyes, I was trying
to make it clear to myself
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just how clear the
plan of salvation is,
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how simple it really is.
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And you know, I got to thinking.
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He may have said,
"Oh, Jesus, by the way.
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On the way to find Donnie,
you might find a boy named Doug
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living in a cave.
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You might find a boy
named Danny on top of a roof
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rebuilding a new home.
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You might find a man named
John who's working in a disco
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in New York City.
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I've got plans for him.
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You might find a
woman named Mollie
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who lives down in what
will be the state of Alabama."
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It just makes it more
real if you'll put your name
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in those Scriptures.
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That God went out
into the world to find you.
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Because he wants you to
spend eternity with Him.
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You know, a few years ago...
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I watch a lot of Mark
Finley cd's, and a lot of his
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older tapes, by the way.
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And I tell you,
when I watch him...
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I do.
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I missed it a
couple of sermons ago.
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...my wife and I get out
a big ole box of tissues.
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And I can guarantee you,
before the sermon is over
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the snot's a pouring.
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The tears are pouring.
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I've got to have hankies.
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He really touches your heart,
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because he makes the
Scriptures come to life.
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And he puts thoughts in your
mind that fills you with joy.
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And in one of his sermons, I
don't remember which one is was,
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he talked about being in heaven.
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Now this was in his mind's eye
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as he meditated
and contemplated.
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It just makes it
real for him too as well.
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What an incredible
guy that's empowered
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by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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But, he said he was
looking forward to walking
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the streets of gold in heaven,
and living in that mansion
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that Jesus Christ
had built just for him.
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And he said, one day
there was a knock at the door.
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Mark, thank you.
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A knock at the door.
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And it was Jesus.
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And he said Jesus
took him by the hand.
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And they went
through all of heaven.
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Finally they left
the city of Jerusalem
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and they went
out into the country.
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And they talked
about heavenly things.
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As they walked, Jesus said,
"Oh by the way, brother Mark,
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I have something special.
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I want you to see it."
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And Mark Finley said he
had a hold of Jesus' hand.
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And Jesus took him out
into green pastures out there.
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And he noticed, Mark said, that
out in the middle of the field
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was a beautiful tree.
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And as they went out there,
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he found the tree
was full of fruit.
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And as he went out underneath
the tree, he and Jesus,
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Jesus looked at him and
said, "Mark, I grew this tree
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just for you."
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What Mark is trying to say is,
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a personal
relationship with Jesus.
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It's one on one.
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It's a spiritual
intimate relationship.
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So, why don't we do this today.
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If you're watching a TV
program, a worldly program,
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turn it off.
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Sit down, open your Bible.
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Read the Scriptures.
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Begin to meditate upon His Word.
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And contemplate, oh, the
wonderful things of heaven
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and what a wonderful
Jesus that you serve.
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He's your big Brother.
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By Him you will be in heaven.
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Think about that relationship.
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Think about
spending time with Him.
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It makes it more real.
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And this God, this
Jesus, that hung upon the cross,
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that shed His blood just
for you, went out into the world
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and He found you.
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You didn't find Him.
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He found you.
00:20:52.61\00:20:54.15
And as I always
say in every sermon,
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He picks you up, and me up,
out of the muck, and the sin,
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and the filth, and the
unrighteousness of this world.
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And he picks you up
once He's found You,
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and He washes you
clean, from the blood that
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flowed from the cross,
and He wraps His robe of
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righteousness around you.
00:21:15.67\00:21:17.01
He fills you with the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:21:17.04\00:21:18.97
And then He offers
you, as a free gift, heaven.
00:21:19.01\00:21:24.95
Heaven as a free gift.
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Now that's my Brother.
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It just makes it more real.
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Let's go a bit
further here in Luke 15:4-5.
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Luke 15:4-5
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"What man of you,"
this is Jesus speaking,
00:21:39.06\00:21:43.63
"having an hundred
sheep, if you lose one of them,
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doth not leave
the ninety and nine
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and then you go
out in the wilderness,"
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go out into the world, "and
go after that which is lost,"
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and you search, and you
search until you find it?
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You know, there was a
group of sheep herders,
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.52
I'm sure, within the
area there as He was speaking.
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So this really
paralleled with their life.
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Jesus made things
simple to understand.
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Praise God.
00:22:16.10\00:22:17.43
So He said, "What men
that's standing around here
00:22:17.67\00:22:21.27
that you have sheep herding.
00:22:21.50\00:22:23.20
And say, you've
got a hundred sheep.
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And one morning you realize
that one of them is gone.
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Are you going to
just let that sheep stray
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and never go to look and
bring them back into the fold?"
00:22:33.42\00:22:36.85
He said, "No."
00:22:36.99\00:22:38.32
You'll leave this ninety-nine.
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You'll leave the
portals of heaven.
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You'll step off your throne and
you'll go down, like Jesus did,
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and you will search and
search until you find them.
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Praise God.
00:22:54.07\00:22:55.40
Now listen to this.
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I think often of the
sheep which left the flock
00:22:57.27\00:23:01.41
and ventured out into
the wilderness of the world.
00:23:01.84\00:23:04.65
Now look, this
sheep that left the fold,
00:23:05.18\00:23:08.58
he must have thought
that things looked a little
00:23:09.12\00:23:11.25
bit better out there.
00:23:11.29\00:23:12.75
As we said in a few sermons
ago, that Joshua drew a line,
00:23:13.25\00:23:17.13
and that Danny
Shelton drew a line,
00:23:17.33\00:23:18.99
and said, "This is my
world, the world of God.
00:23:19.09\00:23:21.76
This is the world over there.
00:23:22.06\00:23:23.73
I will not go
out into the world.
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And, world, I don't want
you coming across the line
00:23:25.67\00:23:27.90
into my world."
00:23:28.80\00:23:30.14
So, this sheep must have
been on this side of the line,
00:23:30.54\00:23:35.18
God's world, and decided one
day for some reason or the other
00:23:35.58\00:23:40.42
that it looked better on
the other side of the line.
00:23:40.68\00:23:43.02
And it said he ventured
out into the wilderness.
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That something
overpowered his reasoning.
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There he was.
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Now I want you to think
about the sheep that strayed.
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I think about these things.
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He was amongst his own kind.
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.21
He was watered.
00:24:05.44\00:24:06.88
He was fed.
00:24:07.28\00:24:08.61
He was protected
by the good shepherd.
00:24:09.14\00:24:11.31
Because the
shepherd, the good shepherd,
00:24:11.85\00:24:13.72
by the way, is Jesus Christ.
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.52
Whereas his
eyes were continually
00:24:15.98\00:24:18.19
focused on the flock.
00:24:18.22\00:24:20.09
Yet the call of the
world superseded the soft
00:24:20.42\00:24:25.73
patient voice of the shepherd.
00:24:25.96\00:24:28.43
And this sheep, even though he
was cared for, he was protected,
00:24:28.63\00:24:33.70
he was watered, he
was fed, he left the flock
00:24:33.74\00:24:38.11
and he became lost.
00:24:38.14\00:24:40.98
I've always wondered
why someone that is saved,
00:24:41.28\00:24:45.51
that's been washed in the blood,
and that Jesus Christ is their
00:24:46.28\00:24:50.19
Shepherd, why do
they leave the church?
00:24:50.22\00:24:54.62
What is that fantastic out in
the world that I would give up
00:24:55.06\00:24:59.86
eternal life?
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.33
What gets in our heads?
00:25:01.50\00:25:04.83
What are we thinking?
00:25:05.20\00:25:07.20
But I love, as we
continue in this story.
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Listen what the Bible says.
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The Bible says that
once the shepherd discovered
00:25:15.91\00:25:19.21
that one of his sheep was
gone, he set out on a mission,
00:25:19.91\00:25:24.75
not only to find the
sheep, but to reunite that sheep
00:25:26.19\00:25:31.36
with the flock.
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.99
When he discovered
the sheep had strayed,
00:25:33.56\00:25:36.97
the shepherd, Jesus
Christ the good Shepherd,
00:25:37.07\00:25:40.74
went out into the
world and found them.
00:25:40.77\00:25:43.61
Now we're going to find
out he brought him back.
00:25:43.64\00:25:45.81
Now, the sheep that
was lost, think about this,
00:25:45.84\00:25:49.91
was it injured?
00:25:50.91\00:25:52.45
Had the sheep
become entangled in briers?
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.78
Or was it down in a ravine
and the sheep could not get out?
00:25:56.25\00:26:00.62
Had the sheep gotten
itself in a bad situation?
00:26:01.16\00:26:06.46
Have you ever gotten
yourself in a bad situation
00:26:06.49\00:26:09.10
and the only one that
could save you was Jesus Christ?
00:26:09.13\00:26:11.37
I have. Praise the Lord.
00:26:11.40\00:26:13.23
Have you ever been entangled
in the briers of this world?
00:26:13.27\00:26:16.20
I have. And
Jesus Christ saved me.
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.57
Praise God.
00:26:18.61\00:26:19.94
Now, the
question crossed my mind:
00:26:19.97\00:26:22.24
Why, oh why, did the sheep leave
the fold in the first place?
00:26:22.74\00:26:29.45
Did not the sheep...
00:26:29.98\00:26:31.32
I ask myself this question.
00:26:31.35\00:26:33.15
Did not the sheep feel comfort
in the fact that he lived,
00:26:33.39\00:26:37.06
and he grazed, and he
interacted with the sheep
00:26:37.26\00:26:40.96
that were of the same mind?
00:26:41.00\00:26:42.43
In the Adventist
church, we are unified.
00:26:42.73\00:26:47.20
We preach truth.
00:26:47.70\00:26:49.34
We are filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:26:49.80\00:26:51.84
We are one in group, in oneness,
00:26:52.67\00:26:56.78
through the power of God,
and Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
00:26:56.95\00:27:00.95
I cannot imagine of leaving
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:27:01.75\00:27:07.76
or the
Seventh-day Adventist Movement
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.43
and going somewhere else.
00:27:10.46\00:27:12.13
What would I be thinking?
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.00
Let's go a bit further now.
00:27:16.56\00:27:18.00
There are many reasons
that folks leave the church.
00:27:18.47\00:27:23.00
We're going to talk
about a few of those today.
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.37
I don't want to offend anyone.
00:27:26.07\00:27:27.51
I really don't.
00:27:28.08\00:27:29.41
I don't want anyone to
leave the church because of
00:27:29.54\00:27:31.31
something that I did or said.
00:27:31.35\00:27:33.28
I don't.
00:27:34.08\00:27:35.42
There are many reasons
that folks leave the church.
00:27:35.48\00:27:37.55
And some of them should
have never had taken place.
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.49
But what does the shepherd
do, what does the pastor do,
00:27:41.06\00:27:47.76
when he discovers
that one of his members
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.43
have gone astray
and they're gone?
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.80
That one of his
members has backslidden
00:27:56.44\00:27:59.54
and have gone back
out into the world?
00:27:59.57\00:28:01.71
What does the elder do?
00:28:02.14\00:28:04.71
We put all the
pressure sometimes
00:28:05.15\00:28:07.42
and all the
responsibilities on the pastors.
00:28:07.52\00:28:10.39
But they need help.
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.02
Oh they have Christ,
they have the Spirit,
00:28:12.32\00:28:14.62
they have the heavenly Father.
00:28:14.66\00:28:15.99
They need our help.
00:28:16.02\00:28:17.36
The pastor needs elders
and deacons and deaconesses.
00:28:17.79\00:28:21.20
He needs workers in the church.
00:28:21.23\00:28:23.13
So, what does the elder
do, what does the pastor do,
00:28:23.43\00:28:27.84
what does the brother
or sister do in Christ
00:28:28.14\00:28:30.91
when someone leaves the church?
00:28:30.94\00:28:34.54
What does God do?
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.38
Let's talk about that.
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.01
In, Christ's Object
Lessons, page 187-188...
00:28:38.61\00:28:43.72
"Christ's Object Lessons"
was written by one of my
00:28:45.22\00:28:49.59
favorite writers.
00:28:49.62\00:28:51.29
Ellen G. White
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.86
Filled with the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:28:54.00\00:28:56.87
And here's what she said.
00:28:57.43\00:28:58.97
"The shepherd who discovers
one of his sheep is missing..."
00:29:00.67\00:29:04.64
He has backslidden.
00:29:05.31\00:29:06.94
I'm trying to break
it down in her words.
00:29:08.04\00:29:10.28
He has left the church.
00:29:12.41\00:29:14.05
Does not one think,
"Well, we have ninety-nine left.
00:29:14.62\00:29:18.99
It's just too much trouble
to go out and find them."
00:29:19.35\00:29:22.46
Should that be our beliefs?
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.43
When someone leaves the
church, they need to be found.
00:29:24.86\00:29:29.20
Someone needs to call them.
00:29:30.37\00:29:32.17
Someone needs to visit them.
00:29:32.43\00:29:34.20
Someone needs to text
them or email them at least.
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.91
With all the different avenues,
we can reach that person today.
00:29:38.47\00:29:42.48
Especially with the
technology that we have.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.85
But really, we should
personally go to their house
00:29:44.88\00:29:50.32
and visit with them one on one.
00:29:50.59\00:29:52.99
They are lost.
00:29:53.62\00:29:54.96
They need to be found.
00:29:55.09\00:29:56.46
The pastor needs to go.
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.59
The elders, the deacons.
00:29:58.63\00:30:00.33
The brothers and
sisters in Christ need to unite
00:30:00.53\00:30:03.57
and go and visit
that one that has strayed.
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.60
The minute the pastor,
elder, or laymen is aware
00:30:07.97\00:30:13.34
that a member has left, he
should be filled, she said,
00:30:14.01\00:30:17.91
with despair and anxiety.
00:30:17.95\00:30:20.75
She went on to write,
one should be unable to sleep
00:30:21.45\00:30:25.92
and should seek the lost in
earnest and make every effort,
00:30:25.95\00:30:31.93
every effort, to find and
bring them back into the fold.
00:30:32.96\00:30:39.90
Those that are
living in the world of sin,
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.97
some may have been in the
flock at one time or another,
00:30:45.41\00:30:49.24
God does all that He
can without forcing them
00:30:50.18\00:30:56.45
to come back to the
fold, to the church.
00:30:56.55\00:30:59.42
God never forces
anyone to accept Him.
00:30:59.99\00:31:04.36
God's government is
built on love, not force.
00:31:04.69\00:31:09.23
John says that God is love.
00:31:09.63\00:31:12.07
Mrs. White, in the spirit
of prophecy, went on to write,
00:31:13.03\00:31:15.97
that God's love permeates His
every being, His every fiber.
00:31:16.00\00:31:23.21
God is love.
00:31:23.31\00:31:26.68
So when one of His babies
leaves the fold, that sheep,
00:31:26.72\00:31:32.29
God goes out into the
world and He will find them.
00:31:32.42\00:31:36.46
He sends Jesus
Christ His Son to find them.
00:31:36.66\00:31:41.03
He could have sent an angel.
00:31:41.06\00:31:42.76
But He didn't.
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.47
He sent Jesus Christ.
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.14
And Jesus
willingly left all of heaven
00:31:47.47\00:31:52.07
to come and find me...
00:31:52.27\00:31:54.81
...and you.
00:31:57.05\00:31:58.38
No matter whether
you are a prostitute,
00:32:00.48\00:32:04.52
whether you're an alcoholic,
00:32:06.76\00:32:08.32
whether you are
involved in drugs,
00:32:09.52\00:32:11.93
whether you are a wife beater,
00:32:13.33\00:32:15.56
whether you have left
your children and ran off
00:32:16.43\00:32:18.97
with another person,
00:32:19.00\00:32:20.34
God wants you back.
00:32:20.90\00:32:24.91
If you're listening
to this message today,
00:32:26.21\00:32:29.14
if you're watching, if
you're sitting in a hospital
00:32:29.54\00:32:32.95
visiting someone
and 3ABN is on the air
00:32:32.98\00:32:36.52
and you're
watching this program,
00:32:37.05\00:32:38.79
God is giving you the
opportunity to come back.
00:32:39.39\00:32:43.66
It may be through this telecast
on Three Angels Broadcasting,
00:32:44.59\00:32:49.36
that He has found you, and
He is offering you eternal life.
00:32:50.13\00:32:55.60
He is offering you forgiveness.
00:32:55.87\00:32:58.41
So we need to
leave that old life
00:32:59.04\00:33:02.21
and come back into the fold.
00:33:02.24\00:33:04.65
If you've been in drugs and
you've been into prostitution,
00:33:04.98\00:33:08.18
you have left your family,
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.95
whatever you've been
involved in that's ungodly,
00:33:09.98\00:33:12.92
the blood of Jesus
Christ can wash you clean.
00:33:13.25\00:33:17.83
Praise God.
00:33:17.86\00:33:19.66
You know, I have this
blister on my hand here.
00:33:20.10\00:33:23.40
We were in the daycare
the other day and I was moving
00:33:23.50\00:33:25.67
one of the toys and my
hand, it got pinched there
00:33:25.70\00:33:29.84
and gave me a blood blister.
00:33:29.87\00:33:31.34
Praise God,
eventually that will clear up.
00:33:31.37\00:33:33.34
Now if that was a stain,
I could have cleaned it off.
00:33:33.38\00:33:37.25
Here's the good news
about Jesus Christ's blood.
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.92
No matter how deep the stain,
Jesus Christ can wash you clean.
00:33:41.08\00:33:47.32
Jesus Christ can take
that earthly, worldly,
00:33:48.39\00:33:52.83
devilish, unrighteous
robe and wash it clean
00:33:53.13\00:33:57.00
and make it spotless and
wrinkle free with His blood.
00:33:57.03\00:34:00.74
He is offering
you this robe today.
00:34:00.94\00:34:03.77
He has found you
through this broadcast.
00:34:03.81\00:34:06.44
Maybe you're
listening on 3ABN radio.
00:34:06.47\00:34:08.71
Wherever you are
today, God loves you.
00:34:09.08\00:34:14.35
He is intensely
in love with you.
00:34:14.72\00:34:19.59
He will never stop loving you.
00:34:19.72\00:34:23.26
He is calling you today, wooing
you through the Holy Spirit,
00:34:23.63\00:34:28.46
to come back to the flock.
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.13
Or if you've
never accepted Christ,
00:34:31.23\00:34:33.37
today He's giving
you the opportunity.
00:34:33.40\00:34:36.81
The opportunity of a lifetime.
00:34:37.11\00:34:40.01
The opportunity of a lifetime
that you may live forever;
00:34:40.98\00:34:47.92
through His
grace, through His mercy,
00:34:48.05\00:34:50.59
through His compassion,
and through His love.
00:34:50.79\00:34:53.59
So when the pastor, and the
elder, and the laymen are aware
00:34:53.62\00:34:58.59
that someone has left the
church, we must immediately
00:34:58.63\00:35:02.46
contact that person.
00:35:02.66\00:35:04.63
Now Mrs. White
went on to write...
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.90
I'm trying to break
down her words as best I can.
00:35:07.94\00:35:10.64
Some new
converts leave the church.
00:35:11.87\00:35:14.61
Because to unlearn everything
that they've been taught
00:35:15.18\00:35:18.61
makes things
perplexing for them.
00:35:19.41\00:35:22.32
Many, many years
ago back in the 70's,
00:35:22.95\00:35:25.59
I was in a
church that kept Sunday.
00:35:26.05\00:35:28.76
When I accepted the
Seventh-day Adventist truth
00:35:29.42\00:35:33.60
about the Sabbath, when
I first joined the church,
00:35:34.03\00:35:37.80
I had to unlearn all of
the teachings I had learned
00:35:37.83\00:35:43.71
in this Sunday keeping church.
00:35:43.81\00:35:46.04
"So, Donnie, are you saying that
all Sunday keepers are lost?"
00:35:46.54\00:35:49.54
Absolutely not.
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.15
Everyone that lives up to
the light they have received,
00:35:51.58\00:35:56.05
and have accepted Christ and
have been washed in the blood,
00:35:56.45\00:35:59.42
that are born again,
will be in the kingdom.
00:35:59.45\00:36:01.59
But once you receive
truth and light, like I did,
00:36:01.86\00:36:07.00
I had to unlearn
everything that I had learned
00:36:07.46\00:36:12.43
in this Sunday keeping church.
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.30
And it was perplexing.
00:36:14.34\00:36:15.70
It was like
starting all over again.
00:36:15.87\00:36:18.14
And you know
what? Maybe I needed to.
00:36:18.17\00:36:19.87
Praise God.
00:36:20.21\00:36:21.54
Each new convert
that joins this church,
00:36:21.64\00:36:25.95
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church which I absolutely love,
00:36:26.21\00:36:29.18
each new convert that's been
found and has joined the church
00:36:29.55\00:36:34.62
should be prayed for.
00:36:34.92\00:36:36.39
They should be instructed
gently and watched over.
00:36:36.59\00:36:41.86
They're just little babies.
00:36:42.93\00:36:44.63
Don't try to cram the meat
of the Word down their throats.
00:36:45.07\00:36:48.67
Give them a little
bottle of milk and honey
00:36:48.70\00:36:53.27
that's something they
can digest and get down.
00:36:53.64\00:36:57.18
Don't just start cramming
prophecies and doctrine.
00:36:57.21\00:37:00.75
What we need to do
is introduce Jesus.
00:37:00.78\00:37:03.99
And once they really
fall in love with Jesus,
00:37:04.15\00:37:07.36
Sabbath keeping, the
prophecies, and the doctrines,
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.53
and the Adventist
movement will come easy to them.
00:37:10.56\00:37:13.16
And they will
hunger for these truths.
00:37:13.19\00:37:15.80
Once you give them the
milk, they get stronger.
00:37:15.90\00:37:18.73
And then they hunger for more.
00:37:18.77\00:37:20.77
Then we can gently
guide them and direct them
00:37:21.00\00:37:25.91
into all truths, through
the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:25.94\00:37:30.38
Now, when the Good
Shepherd found the lost sheep,
00:37:30.41\00:37:37.39
He did not scold him.
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.12
That sheep that had
went out into the world
00:37:41.19\00:37:44.26
and Christ left the
flock to go find them,
00:37:44.69\00:37:47.73
listen, when He found
them He did not scold them.
00:37:47.76\00:37:51.90
He did not whip them.
00:37:52.90\00:37:55.30
He did not just lead them
home and say, "I tell you what,
00:37:55.97\00:37:59.37
you've left the fold, you
don't deserve to walk with Me.
00:37:59.57\00:38:02.71
You'll walk behind Me."
00:38:02.74\00:38:04.45
No, He didn't
scold and He didn't whip.
00:38:04.75\00:38:08.58
He led them home alright.
00:38:08.98\00:38:10.85
Mrs. White says that He
tenderly placed the sheep
00:38:11.69\00:38:16.79
on His shoulders and
He carried him with joy.
00:38:16.89\00:38:21.86
I believe that all
of heaven shouts praises
00:38:23.23\00:38:27.74
when Jesus finds someone
and brings them into the church
00:38:27.94\00:38:32.67
to live eternal life with them.
00:38:32.81\00:38:35.44
I believe there's joy in heaven.
00:38:35.48\00:38:37.95
So when Jesus finds
us out in the world,
00:38:38.35\00:38:42.08
He doesn't scold us.
00:38:42.12\00:38:43.72
He's not mad at us.
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.09
He loves us.
00:38:46.25\00:38:47.72
He's gentle,
He's long-suffering,
00:38:47.76\00:38:50.53
He's kind, He's tender.
00:38:50.73\00:38:53.23
And Mrs. White says
that He gently bent down
00:38:53.26\00:38:57.97
and He picked up the
sheep and carried the sheep home
00:38:58.17\00:39:02.90
on His shoulders.
00:39:02.94\00:39:04.37
Praise God for a God like that.
00:39:04.41\00:39:07.34
So forgiving, so loving.
00:39:07.44\00:39:09.44
Let's go a bit further, friends.
00:39:09.48\00:39:11.21
Get your Bible, open them up.
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.28
If you've closed them,
open those Bibles back up.
00:39:13.31\00:39:15.42
I want you to
read with me today.
00:39:15.45\00:39:17.29
John 10:14
00:39:17.55\00:39:21.76
"Who is that shepherd that we've
been reading about, Donnie?"
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.39
Jesus said, "I am
the good shepherd.
00:39:26.59\00:39:30.17
I know My sheep and
I know they know me."
00:39:30.73\00:39:35.30
You know, I've done a lot
of traveling the last 14 years.
00:39:35.77\00:39:40.11
A lot of miles.
00:39:40.14\00:39:41.48
And I've enjoyed
every last one of them.
00:39:41.51\00:39:44.25
Been in many, many churches.
00:39:44.78\00:39:46.58
Many, many states and cities.
00:39:46.78\00:39:48.98
I love what I do.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.85
Preach the grace of Christ.
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.29
We were in a church in Missouri,
I won't give the church's name.
00:39:54.82\00:39:58.73
It was a church in Missouri.
00:39:58.76\00:40:00.33
A wonderful Seventh-day
Adventist Church, by the way.
00:40:00.36\00:40:02.66
Full of loving people.
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.13
And it just so happens
I was preaching the sermon
00:40:04.83\00:40:08.00
that God taking you...
00:40:08.04\00:40:09.60
This is one of my favorite ones.
00:40:09.64\00:40:11.17
...just as you are in
your "as-is" condition,
00:40:11.21\00:40:14.58
that He loves you.
00:40:15.04\00:40:16.38
And a couple came
in, a man and a woman.
00:40:17.31\00:40:20.58
Probably in their thirties.
00:40:20.62\00:40:22.15
Now they had never been in a
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:40:22.95\00:40:27.36
Ever.
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.26
This was their first time in
a Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:40:30.29\00:40:34.93
Now I knew they were strangers.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.33
I knew these folks in
this church quite well.
00:40:37.37\00:40:40.00
I had been there
many, many times.
00:40:40.04\00:40:41.40
And so when the couple
came in, I thought they were
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.14
somebody that had been invited.
00:40:44.17\00:40:45.84
But it just so happens God
had led them there that day.
00:40:46.11\00:40:49.64
No one invited
these folks to church.
00:40:49.68\00:40:51.65
They came in through
the doors and they sat down.
00:40:52.01\00:40:54.18
And I preached the message
of God going out into the world
00:40:54.65\00:40:58.55
and finding folks that had
strayed, or maybe had never,
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.62
ever had known Him.
00:41:02.66\00:41:04.49
These folks had
never left the church.
00:41:05.26\00:41:08.66
They had never met Christ yet.
00:41:09.03\00:41:10.83
They were about to
meet their Savior today.
00:41:11.90\00:41:15.64
God had found them.
00:41:16.57\00:41:18.84
He put them there in that
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:41:19.07\00:41:22.34
to hear the message of
coming to Him just as you are.
00:41:22.61\00:41:27.45
The message was given.
00:41:29.12\00:41:30.49
We had prayer.
00:41:31.59\00:41:32.92
I walked to the
back of the church,
00:41:33.52\00:41:36.16
and they were waiting for me.
00:41:37.23\00:41:38.93
They had some questions.
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.10
They wanted answers.
00:41:41.76\00:41:43.13
So I asked God, "Oh faithful
God, give me the words to speak,
00:41:44.43\00:41:50.44
to comfort.
00:41:50.47\00:41:51.81
May they have hope,
may they be encouraged.
00:41:52.34\00:41:55.64
May they be lifted up today
before they leave this church.
00:41:55.78\00:41:58.51
The man came up to me
and said, "Pastor Donnie,
00:42:00.22\00:42:02.62
last week I was
released from prison.
00:42:03.85\00:42:07.76
I was sentenced for life.
00:42:08.82\00:42:11.59
After a few years,
for some unknown reason
00:42:13.73\00:42:16.93
they let me out.
00:42:18.00\00:42:19.33
I didn't deserve
it, but they let me out.
00:42:20.30\00:42:23.34
This is the first
church I've been in since
00:42:24.77\00:42:28.04
my release from prison.
00:42:28.08\00:42:29.64
And for some reason we
came to this church today.
00:42:30.45\00:42:33.78
You said that if I
came to God just as I am,
00:42:36.18\00:42:39.65
even though I've been in prison,
I committed a horrible sin,
00:42:39.69\00:42:43.06
that He would
forgive me and cleanse me,
00:42:43.46\00:42:44.99
and take me into the kingdom.
00:42:45.03\00:42:47.13
He promised me eternal life.
00:42:47.46\00:42:49.10
Is that what you're
saying, brother Donnie?"
00:42:49.13\00:42:50.97
I said, "Brother, it
doesn't matter what you've done.
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.67
It's in the past now.
00:42:55.87\00:42:57.41
It's what you do in
Christ, through Christ,
00:42:58.07\00:43:02.48
and for Christ
today that will determine
00:43:02.74\00:43:06.08
your eternal destination."
00:43:06.11\00:43:08.38
God loves those poor
men and women in prison.
00:43:08.42\00:43:12.69
They're there.
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.22
They're paying a price.
00:43:14.26\00:43:15.59
But He wants to find
them, He wants to save them.
00:43:15.62\00:43:18.83
He loves them just as
much as He loves you and I.
00:43:18.93\00:43:22.36
They made a mistake, friends,
and they're paying for that.
00:43:22.40\00:43:25.83
We need to pray for
those precious folks today
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.40
that are barred and in
prison, that God would find them
00:43:28.70\00:43:32.41
and that they would give
their lives to Him as well.
00:43:32.44\00:43:35.11
This man had just
been released from prison.
00:43:35.14\00:43:37.45
On that day, he and his
wife gave their lives to Christ,
00:43:38.21\00:43:45.09
by faith through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:46.52\00:43:50.16
They knelt down
and they were cleansed.
00:43:50.19\00:43:53.19
This man and woman
now have a ministry
00:43:53.40\00:43:57.07
in the
Seventh-day Adventist movement
00:43:57.10\00:43:58.90
and they're working for Jesus.
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.94
They've joined the church.
00:44:00.97\00:44:02.50
They're on this
side of the line.
00:44:02.54\00:44:04.51
They're out of the world,
they're in God's world now.
00:44:04.54\00:44:07.51
God found them.
00:44:07.61\00:44:11.55
Praise the Lord.
00:44:11.75\00:44:13.08
Whatever you've done,
the blood of Christ cleanses.
00:44:14.02\00:44:19.52
It removes all stains of sin.
00:44:20.02\00:44:23.12
That robe of righteousness
that He puts around you
00:44:23.99\00:44:26.70
is not your righteousness.
00:44:26.73\00:44:28.83
I always try to make that clear.
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.67
It's His righteousness.
00:44:30.70\00:44:32.50
By His merits, by His life,
by His death, by His mercy,
00:44:32.73\00:44:39.57
by His forgiveness, that's
why you will be in heaven.
00:44:39.77\00:44:44.05
Praise the Lord.
00:44:44.38\00:44:45.71
Oh my.
00:44:46.61\00:44:47.95
And because... Let's
go a bit further here.
00:44:47.98\00:44:50.09
And because the sheep are
so well protected and fed,
00:44:50.52\00:44:53.39
and guided by the
gentle hand of their Shepherd,
00:44:53.86\00:44:56.79
they know His voice.
00:44:57.29\00:44:59.03
And they tend to
want to stay with Him.
00:44:59.06\00:45:02.86
They trust Him.
00:45:02.90\00:45:04.37
The good Shepherd,
Jesus Christ, is my Shepherd.
00:45:04.40\00:45:08.47
He's your Shepherd.
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.37
He protects you.
00:45:11.87\00:45:13.38
He guides you.
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.11
And the longer that we
serve Him, we fall more
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.58
deeply in love with Him, and the
more that we learn to trust Him.
00:45:18.61\00:45:22.88
And here's what Jesus said...
00:45:23.22\00:45:24.55
Pastor, elders, deacons,
those that stand behind the
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pulpit and
preach the Word of God,
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here's what I want you to
do, I'd love for you to do.
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Are the doctrines in
the Adventist movement,
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are they important? Oh yes.
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Are prophecies?
Oh yes, they are.
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But let us, I have, incorporated
Jesus as the central point,
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as the cornerstone,
as the center point,
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of our sermons.
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That we lift Him up.
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And that all things evolve
and revolve around Jesus Christ.
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His law, His
doctrines, the prophecies;
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they all revolve and evolve,
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and are in and
through and about Jesus.
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So in my messages, as
I teach some doctrines,
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some prophecies, I love to
incorporate the lovely Jesus.
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And here's what
Jesus said in John 12:32.
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"And I, if I be
lifted up from this earth,
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will draw..." How many men?
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Look at your
Bible, what it says.
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"...all men unto Me."
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"Raise Me up.
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And once the
world sees My character,
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My loveliness of spirit,
my patience, My kindness,
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by lifting Me up, it
will draw all men unto Me."
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Once they accept Christ,
and once I accepted Christ
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as my personal Savior,
and they fed me that milk,
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the more milk I drank
the stronger that I became,
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and I wanted more of
the meat of the Word.
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And I dug into the doctrines
of the truth of the Word of God.
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I dug into the prophecies.
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We have men and women out there.
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We have Shelley Quinn,
we have Pastor Ken Cox,
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we have Pastor Kenny
Shelton who is a dynamic speaker
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on doctrine and prophecy.
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We have David Asscherick,
we have Doug Batchelor,
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we have Pastor John
Lomacang, Pastor C.A. Murray,
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Pastor Hal Steenson; they
deliver doctrine and prophecies.
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But they also deliver, and
they always do, Jesus Christ.
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He is their center
part of all their messages.
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And I love that.
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John 12:32, here's
what the Bible says.
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Not only did His death signify
that He should be lifted up,
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but it also meant
when you lifted Him up
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you saw His life, you saw His
character, and you saw His love.
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God's desire is that once the
world can catch just a glimpse
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of His love, that
they will come to Him.
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We don't want to do anything,
anything to offend anyone.
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Now, even in our walk with God,
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we will be
involved in confrontations.
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Man, you can't
stay away from them.
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It's almost like
they come and find you.
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You will be involved.
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But don't let any type of
confrontation discourage you,
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break down your faith.
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cause you to
step over this line.
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You stay over here.
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Don't let any
type of confrontation.
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Always, in
confrontations, always fall back
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on the Word of God.
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Not how you
feel, what you think.
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Always use what the
Bible says if a confrontation
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comes about in your life.
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And I can tell
you something, folks.
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It will happen.
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Now listen, in the
courses of these confrontations,
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and in the battles,
sometimes we're discouraged.
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And we can find, as I
wrote here, a hundred reasons
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just to give up.
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So you have to find one
good reason to stay in there,
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to stay in this fiery trial.
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You have to
find one good reason.
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And I will always go back
to: when the battles come,
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and in the heat of the battle,
my mind goes back to the day
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that God found me.
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And I remember that weight that
was lifted off my shoulders.
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And I placed this yoke,
this weight, on Jesus Christ,
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the one whom has
the broad shoulders.
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And I remember I felt
like a new man, a new creature.
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The guilt was gone, the
discouragement was gone.
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Finally I had found hope.
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I found Jesus.
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He found me. Praise God.
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So, no matter what
type of circumstance that
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you're in today, and
it seems overwhelming,
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don't give up, please.
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Don't get discouraged.
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Remember the day that
God discovered and found you.
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That will keep you going.
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Praise the Lord.
Let's go a bit further.
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Now I got to thinking
about the Seventh-day Adventist
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precious folks.
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I got to thinking
about this movement.
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And I thought, we
need to reach the world
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with this undiluted truth.
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Three Angels Broadcasting
is literally reaching thousands
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upon hundreds of thousands,
and millions of people.
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But still, Jesus is coming soon.
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We need to reach all of
the world before it ends.
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So I got to thinking.
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Numbers started
going through my head.
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And I put this down on paper.
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And it works.
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There are
17,500,000 Adventist today.
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And that is constantly growing.
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It's grown since I came up
with this message, I'm sure.
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There are 17,500,000
across the world today.
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Isn't that enough Christians
to reach the whole world
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when twelve men
turned the world upside down?
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If twelve men
empowered by the Holy Spirit
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can turn the whole world
upside down, surely almost
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18 million Seventh-day
Adventists can turn the
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world upside down
and reach everybody
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with the good news that
Jesus, that Jesus saves.
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We can do that.
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So these numbers
started going through my head.
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Almost 18 million.
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If every Adventist in the
world would reach one person
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every day 365 days a year, in
the matter of a year or two...
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If Donnie Shelton
reaches 365 people this year,
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let's put it that way,
and the other 18 million
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Seventh-day Adventist
folks, they reach 365 people
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in one year, we can reach
the whole world with the gospel
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of Christ in one year.
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Praise the Lord.
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But praise God we have
ministries such as 3ABN
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that are continually
working and moving forward
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trying to reach as
many of the lost as possible
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to bring them unto
Christ before He comes.
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And I can tell you, He's coming.
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Isn't a soul, a soul
that Jesus loved and died for,
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isn't that man, isn't
that woman, isn't that child
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worth your time and your money?
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Aren't they?
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Maybe you think they're not.
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We need to give everything that
we have for the cause of Christ.
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Not just material things,
but our time and our talents.
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We need to give them to
God so that God can take these
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talents and magnify them so
that we can save as many souls,
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babies, men, women, children,
to bring them into this church,
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Jesus Christ's bride.
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Bring as many as we can
before that great judgment day.
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Now, we don't need to
have an MBA or a BA or a PhD.
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God can use us just as we are.
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Proverbs says that
every one of us were born
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to be a soul winner.
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That each and every one
of us can reach somebody
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that maybe 3ABN
isn't able to reach.
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Or Doug
Batchelor, or Mark Finley,
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or Kenny Shelton, John Lomacang.
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They can't reach everybody.
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But God has designed
us; we're very, very unique.
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We all have talents,
some talent that God has
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given to us as a free gift,
that we might take these talents
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and reach somebody for Jesus.
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We all need to be soul
winners for Jesus Christ.
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It can be done.
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Jesus Christ does
not need surveillance
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cameras to find you.
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He doesn't need
police dogs to find you.
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Are you with me so far?
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Listen, He sees us
in our distress today.
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He hears us as we call for help.
00:55:47.64\00:55:49.94
He says, "No
matter where you are at,
00:55:50.85\00:55:53.92
no matter how
deep in sin you are,
00:55:54.82\00:55:57.72
I am out to find you.
00:55:58.29\00:56:00.59
Why?
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Because I love you.
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I want to spend," Jesus said,
"one on one time with just you."
00:56:06.66\00:56:13.67
If you... Listen.
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Jesus said, "If you accept
Me, there will come a time,"
00:56:17.21\00:56:22.01
like Mark Finley said,
"that in heaven I will come
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to your mansion door, I
will knock on your door.
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And then you and I will spend
that day, that time, together.
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We will walk the
streets of gold."
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And I believe that
Jesus knows me very well.
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He knows you very well.
00:56:42.76\00:56:45.13
He knows your
likes and dislikes.
00:56:45.17\00:56:47.77
He knows what pleases you.
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And He wants to make you happy.
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I believe that in heaven
Jesus Christ has something
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special for everybody that
arrives at that pearly gate.
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So, my friend,
today bow before Him,
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give your life to
Him, trust in Him,
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put your faith in Him.
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His blood can cleanse you.
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His Spirit can empower
you to do impossible things.
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Why?
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Because He wants you
to spend eternity with Him
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for one reason.
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I'll say it one more time.
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He is intensely
in love with you.
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