Who was Jesus?
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He had compassion for
the weak and the hurting.
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He loved every person He met
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and taught them how to love.
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His great heart helped
all those who came near Him
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but most of all He was a friend.
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That was who He was.
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Now find our who He is.
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Hello and welcome
back to 3ABN Camp Meeting.
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Don't you just love
this Summer Camp Meeting?
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We've been blessed by
such tremendous music,
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great speaking...
Pastor David Shin. And now
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I'm getting ready to
introduce our next speaker.
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And this is the speaker
for tonight: Pastor and Brother
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Dr. Wintley Phipps.
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We've been friends for
more than a couple decades
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so when I say it's
long... you quit counting!
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But an absolutely
incredible individual.
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He has a passion for evangelism.
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And honestly, if I
gave you his resume
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I would take all of
his time for preaching.
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So I'm not going to do
all of that. He's very humble.
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But I can tell you this:
he's an international speaker,
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singer, author.
Has the Dream Academy
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that many of you know about.
I'm sure he'll talk to you
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a little bit about
that. But most of all
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that I'm so thankful
that God is using him
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literally to reach a
lost and dying world.
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And so while he's
preaching if you have comments
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or questions you can text us:
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'Cause afterwards we're
going to do a little Q&A with he
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and Bro. David... so you
can e-mail your questions:
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So register at
3abncampmeeting.org
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A lot of this is new to
me... this 3ABN+ stuff...
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but I'm learning
as you are as we go.
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But that's if you have
any questions or comments
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feel free to e-mail, text us,
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however you want to contact us.
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Then we're going to
talk to them afterwards.
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But I'd like to ask
Bro. Phipps to come out.
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And Bro. Wintley, I was
trying to think of some things
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to say but all I can say
is I love you in the Lord.
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Tremendous respect. I
appreciate the many many years
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of service that you have
given to God and to the kingdom
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of God. Your wife
Linda... what an incredible gift
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He's given you. And to
see you two still traveling
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and glorifying the
name of Jesus is amazing.
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Thank you so much for
coming here and being a part
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of our 3ABN Camp
Meeting. My joy... my joy.
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You're gonna be singing for us
first - yes - & then preaching.
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Right? That's right.
If he didn't sing I'd have
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a lot of people
around the world upset.
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So maybe you could do a song
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after the sermon,
too? All right. Thank you.
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When peace
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like a river
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attendeth my way,
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When sorrows
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like sea billows
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roll...
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Whatever my lot
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Thou hast taught me
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to say:
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"It is well,
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it is well
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with my soul. "
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It is well
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with my soul...
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It is well,
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it is well with
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my soul.
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And Lord, haste the day
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when my faith shall be sight...
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the clouds
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be rolled back
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as a scroll.
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The trump shall resound
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and the Lord
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shall descend...
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even so
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it is well
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with my soul.
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It is well
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with my soul...
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it is well,
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it is well with
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my soul.
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It is well
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with my soul,
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it is well,
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it is well
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with
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my soul!
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Amen. Let's pray. Father,
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as we open Your Holy Word I
ask that You would cleanse me
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of all unrighteousness.
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Fill my life with Your Holy
Spirit's presence and power.
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Speak to me,
through me, and for me.
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I promise You, Lord,
I'll always give You the
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honor, the
glory, and the praise.
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In Jesus' name I
pray, Amen... amen.
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I love coming to
3ABN. It's a blessing
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to be with you today.
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You know, 20 years
ago I started a ministry
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for children whose
parents are in prison
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and children falling
behind in school. It's called
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the U.S. Dream Academy.
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And throughout those years
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God has used miracle
after miracle to sustain us.
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The COVID pandemic
challenged us to do mentoring,
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tutoring, virtually
and to do it online.
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And you know what? I've
learned and we've learned
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that a virtual relationship
is better than no relationship.
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A virtual relationship is
better than a relationship
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with the
criminal justice system.
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Think of it. We FaceTime
online with our grandkids
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and we would not give up
that virtual relationship
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for the world. And the
great lesson that I've learned
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is never underestimate
the power of a virtual
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relationship. As
a matter of fact,
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the most transformational
relationship I have
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is a virtual one.
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A virtual relationship. I
have a virtual relationship
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with someone I've
never seen with my eyes.
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I have a virtual relationship
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with someone I've
never seen in the flesh...
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and His name is Jesus.
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And that
relationship means more to me
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than anything in the
world. That relationship
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shapes my conduct and my choices
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and I don't want to do
anything to disappoint Jesus.
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Oh, but one day
Revelation 22:4 tells us
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that that relationship will
transform from a virtual one
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to as the Bible says: "a
relationship in the flesh"
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"for we shall see His face. "
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Oh, so please pray for
us at the Dream Academy
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as we mentor and tutor
these thousands of children
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in the name of Christ.
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Now I love coming here to preach
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because they always seem
to give much such wonderful
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and challenging topics to
preach on. Today I've been asked
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to preach on the
message The Suffering Servant.
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If you have your
Bibles, turn with me
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to the book of
Isaiah chapter 53 verse 4.
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The Word of God says:
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You know, as I
studied for this message
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God led me to
another passage in the Bible
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where the same
scriptures were used by God
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to change the world.
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If you have your Bibles,
go with me to the book of Acts
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chapter 8 verse 26.
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The Bible tells us
that the angel of the Lord
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spoke to Philip
the evangelist saying:
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Philip, in obedience
to the divine directive
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arose and did just
as God told him to do.
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He was unaware that God in
His sovereign irresistible will
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had arranged for him
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For you see
traveling along that same road
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was a high-ranking
Ethiopian official.
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A black man.
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A black man of noble rank.
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He was actually the
treasurer to Queen Kandake:
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Queen Candace of Ethiopia.
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How many of you know
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He arranges moments of destiny
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with such meticulous precision
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that it often leaves you
tongue-tied and speechless.
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All you can say is: "Did
you see what God just did? "
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"Did you see what
my God just did? "
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I want to tell you a
story. Some years ago
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my wife and I were on a flight,
an Eastern Airlines flight,
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and we saw this lady
and recognized who she was.
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So I went back to my
seat and I got a cassette
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of my first recording
and I knelt down beside her
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and I said: "You know
the Lord has impressed me
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to come share this with
you. I'm a gospel singer.
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I want you to listen to this
cassette where there's a special
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song entitled 'Lord,
I give You my life. '
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It's about giving
your life to God. "
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She said: "Thank you so much!
I travel with a cassette player
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and I can play this tape
you've given me as I travel. "
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The plane landed in Atlanta.
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She was standing in
the jet way waiting for me.
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She took my
hand... she squeezed it.
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Her eyes were misty; she
had a warm beautiful smile
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and she said: "Thank you
so much. God bless you. "
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That lady was
Natalie Wood, the actress,
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a few days before she drowned.
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And when I heard that
she had drowned, I was shaken
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but I knew without a
doubt it was God who had allowed
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our paths to cross
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and had given me the opportunity
to share a little of God's love
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with her. Oh my friends,
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here God was arranging a meeting
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between Philip and
the Ethiopian eunuch
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because God wanted the
good news of His Son's life,
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death, and resurrection to
get to the continent of Africa
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as soon as possible.
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So what does that tell us?
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It tells us... I
know what that tells me:
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it tells me that to God
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black lives matter.
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And so in the tense
social climate we live in today
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while we're debating
what to say and how to say it
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God has already
settled the matter.
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He's already
silenced the debate.
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God wanted that news
to go all over the world
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but He wanted
it to go to Africa.
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To me that was
God's way of saying
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that black lives matter
to Him... end of discussion.
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No more deliberation or debate.
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Amen and amen.
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Well that day, this
black minister of finance,
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the director of Queen
Candace's federal reserve,
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who had come to
Jerusalem to worship...
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He was now being chauffeur-
driven back to Africa.
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Now this brother... and,
forgive me, I call him a brother
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not only because I
call all who love the Lord
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my brother regardless of color
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because I especially
call him my brother because
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the Greek word used in the
Scriptures to describe this
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black man literally meant,
and this is what it meant:
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Ha, ha... I love that!
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And I don't know about you...
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I don't know if
you've figured it out yet
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but that's the
color of my face, too.
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Well let me say
it to you this way:
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my face is the
color I like my toast:
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just a little
burnt. Pray church, pray.
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Now I'm sure you do
not need much imagination
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to correlate the
Bible's burnt-face description
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with this man's
color and complexion.
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After his visit to Jerusalem
and for reading material
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on his long journey home
he decided he would purchase
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a copy of a Biblical scroll.
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And of all the books in the
Old Testament he could choose to
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purchase
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Now he could have
purchased a copy of Genesis
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or Exodus. Money was no object.
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With all the wealth at his
disposal he could have secured
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a copy of all of David's
inspirational psalms & sonnets.
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He could have secured a copy
of Deuteronomy or Leviticus.
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He could have afforded it.
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Instead, this
officer of the queen's court
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chose, and I believe by the
direction and providence of God,
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to purchase the
book... a copy of the book
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of Isaiah. Now why
Isaiah you may ask.
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Well, I'm glad you did.
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Now I don't know for
sure but I have a hunch.
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You see, I believe
that the word had gotten out
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that in the book of Isaiah
there was an astonishing verse:
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a verse containing
astounding promises from God
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to of all people eunuchs!
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You'll find it in the book
of Isaiah chapter 56 verse 4.
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Look at what the Bible says:
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Friend, nowhere else in
the Bible does God single out
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eunuchs who love Him for
blessing and affirmation.
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And I believe from the
first eunuch who read that
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he must have spread the word
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and the word must
have gotten around.
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God has a special plan for
us... for eunuchs who love Him.
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Now that's in chapter 56.
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But before the Ethiopian
eunuch gets to chapter 56
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the Ethiopian eunuch
is stumped and confounded
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by what he reads in chapter
53 of the book of Isaiah.
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And here's what it reads:
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And so now as he is
traveling back to Africa
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he's reading
those verses out loud.
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And the Holy Spirit spoke
to Philip, the evangelist,
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and said: "There he is!
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The one I sent you
along the road to meet.
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Go to that chariot
and you stay with him.
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I want you to run
alongside it and stay near. "
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And so Philip began a light jog
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alongside the eunuch's
chariot and Philip hears him
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reading aloud that
passage over and over again
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trying to understand it.
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Little did the
Ethiopian eunuch know
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that as he was
studying the words of Isaiah
00:20:39.60\00:20:42.70
that God had sent
someone uniquely qualified
00:20:43.10\00:20:47.84
to interpret
those Scriptures to him.
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And not just any someone.
00:20:51.05\00:20:53.11
Philip was a
mighty evangelist...
00:20:53.52\00:20:56.12
one who understand
that God did not send him
00:20:56.99\00:20:59.29
on that road to Gaza to
make chitchat with the eunuch
00:20:59.49\00:21:03.32
about the weather.
00:21:03.53\00:21:04.86
He understood that God did
not bring him to this moment
00:21:05.19\00:21:07.96
of destiny to converse
with the eunuch about politics
00:21:08.16\00:21:12.33
or the latest news.
You know friends, I think
00:21:12.53\00:21:14.60
it's time we stopped
talking so much about politics
00:21:14.80\00:21:18.37
and start
talking more about Jesus.
00:21:18.57\00:21:21.61
Philip, this consummate
evangelist, this passionate
00:21:22.84\00:21:27.45
soul winner, he knew enough
00:21:27.65\00:21:29.75
to seize the moment for Jesus
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.65
and he understood that:
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.32
that He loved. Hallelujah!
00:21:43.06\00:21:45.03
And so Philip says
to the Ethiopian eunuch:
00:21:46.33\00:21:49.04
"Sir, do you understand
what you're reading? "
00:21:49.24\00:21:52.64
The Ethiopian eunuch says:
00:21:53.14\00:21:54.98
"How can I understand
these Hebraic mysteries
00:21:55.18\00:21:58.98
unless someone
explains it to me? "
00:21:59.18\00:22:00.82
"I can help you, " said Philip.
00:22:01.48\00:22:03.45
"Oh please! " said
the Ethiopian eunuch.
00:22:03.65\00:22:05.95
"Please come aboard!
00:22:06.15\00:22:08.12
Join me here in the chariot. "
00:22:08.32\00:22:10.29
And as they ride along
Philip watches and listens
00:22:11.16\00:22:14.03
as with a puzzled
face the Ethiopian eunuch
00:22:14.23\00:22:17.43
continues to read:
00:22:17.63\00:22:19.13
And then the
Ethiopian eunuch said to Philip:
00:22:50.17\00:22:52.73
"Sir, please tell me
00:22:52.93\00:22:55.50
who is the prophet
talking about here?
00:22:56.20\00:22:58.74
Himself or someone else? "
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.58
Oh friends, that Ethiopian
eunuch was having trouble
00:23:02.51\00:23:06.11
wrapping his mind
around this mystery
00:23:06.31\00:23:10.09
of a suffering
servant. And you can understand
00:23:10.29\00:23:13.25
if you see the teaching of a
suffering Messiah was unknown
00:23:13.46\00:23:18.93
in Jewish
theology. It was unimaginable
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.83
to the Jewish
people of Christ's day.
00:23:22.56\00:23:24.43
And then Philip begins
to explain to the eunuch
00:23:24.63\00:23:28.60
what to me is the greatest
mystery of all mysteries:
00:23:29.80\00:23:33.94
The Bible says that
Philip opened his mouth.
00:23:49.89\00:23:52.26
And you know, if you
love the Lord you have to open
00:23:52.46\00:23:54.70
your mouth. And
Philip began teaching
00:23:54.90\00:23:58.37
the message of:
00:23:58.57\00:23:59.90
Philip explains to the eunuch
00:24:14.88\00:24:16.92
that the One the prophet Isaiah
was writing about is Jesus.
00:24:17.32\00:24:21.89
And this made such a deep
impression on him that day
00:24:29.23\00:24:33.34
the Ethiopian eunuch
said: "Stop the chariot! "
00:24:33.54\00:24:36.60
"Stop my chariot! "
And then he said: "Look!
00:24:37.74\00:24:40.28
here is a pool of water.
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.91
Is there any reason why I
can't be baptized right here
00:24:43.31\00:24:47.18
and right now? "
00:24:47.38\00:24:48.98
And Acts 8:37 says:
00:24:49.58\00:24:52.12
And the Bible says:
00:25:21.45\00:25:23.05
The Greek writer
Irenaeus said that:
00:25:37.13\00:25:39.70
And Luke also makes it clear
00:25:49.31\00:25:51.11
that the eunuch's conversion
was a significant event
00:25:51.31\00:25:54.95
in the advance of the gospel.
00:25:55.15\00:25:57.82
But I want you to know
today the words in this verse
00:25:58.55\00:26:02.22
Acts 8:39 have gripped
my thoughts and thinking.
00:26:02.42\00:26:07.36
It says:
00:26:07.56\00:26:08.90
You see, I believe the reason
the eunuch went on his way
00:26:21.81\00:26:24.78
rejoicing is because when
Philip explained to the eunuch
00:26:24.98\00:26:30.52
that God had
expressed His love towards us
00:26:30.72\00:26:35.62
through substitutionary
suffering and sacrifice.
00:26:36.02\00:26:40.70
When he explained to the
eunuch that God loved us so much
00:26:40.90\00:26:45.97
that He allowed His
Son to die in our place
00:26:46.17\00:26:49.84
as a substitute for us
00:26:50.04\00:26:51.94
to spare us eternal shame,
eternal damnation and death,
00:26:52.34\00:26:57.45
I believe that's
why the Ethiopian eunuch
00:26:57.65\00:27:02.22
went on his way rejoicing.
00:27:02.42\00:27:05.49
You see, he saw
past the gruesome details
00:27:05.89\00:27:09.62
of the suffering servant
and he saw the love of God
00:27:09.82\00:27:14.30
expressing itself in
substitutionary suffering
00:27:14.66\00:27:19.53
for our peace, for our well-
being. And when he saw that
00:27:19.73\00:27:24.57
he could not help but rejoice.
00:27:24.77\00:27:27.24
And I admit to you
when I think of God's love
00:27:28.11\00:27:31.08
expressed in substitutionary
suffering and sacrifice
00:27:31.28\00:27:35.35
for me, I too rejoice
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.95
for I do not
understand such love.
00:27:38.79\00:27:42.22
I do not understand
such reckless abandonment
00:27:42.42\00:27:47.76
of divine self-interest.
00:27:47.96\00:27:50.20
I do not understand
such calculated disregard
00:27:50.60\00:27:56.07
by Jesus for His own life
00:27:56.27\00:27:59.71
just to rescue the
perishing like you and like me.
00:27:59.91\00:28:03.81
I do not understand
such abasement of self
00:28:04.01\00:28:08.45
and the deliberate
premeditated embrace
00:28:08.65\00:28:13.05
of the horrors of
Calvary and the dangers
00:28:13.46\00:28:17.06
that He faced just to save us...
00:28:17.26\00:28:20.43
to save those who are unfit and
unworthy. I do not understand
00:28:20.63\00:28:26.17
God's love expressed in substi-
tutionary sacrifice & suffering
00:28:26.37\00:28:31.34
so that I and you,
and so that we can be:
00:28:31.74\00:28:35.01
Now we've heard of subjects
giving their lives for their
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.62
kings. We don't hear of kings
00:28:45.82\00:28:49.46
giving their lives
for their subjects.
00:28:49.86\00:28:52.89
And this news of a righteous
King who chose to be wounded,
00:28:53.80\00:28:59.33
who chose on sinners' behalf
to wear the robe of scandal,
00:28:59.53\00:29:04.84
who chose to die for
those worthy of only dishonor
00:29:05.04\00:29:09.54
and disrepute, who chose to die
00:29:09.74\00:29:12.81
for sinners mired in
degradation and disgrace,
00:29:13.01\00:29:17.02
who chose to die
that we might be rescued,
00:29:17.22\00:29:22.06
redeemed, AND restored.
00:29:22.26\00:29:25.69
I believe the eunuch
went on his way rejoicing
00:29:26.43\00:29:30.07
over such love. Love that
would throw itself in harm's way
00:29:30.47\00:29:35.80
to rescue the foolish,
to rescue the incorrigible
00:29:36.00\00:29:41.14
like you and like me.
00:29:41.34\00:29:42.88
I too rejoice
over this good news!
00:29:43.08\00:29:46.38
Now I want to tell you
there are those who believe
00:29:46.78\00:29:50.89
that to introduce the
gospel to modern minds
00:29:52.05\00:29:55.29
it would be more
appropriate to skip over
00:29:56.42\00:30:00.03
the narrative of
the suffering servant
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.70
giving His life as a sacrifice.
00:30:03.20\00:30:05.03
They believe that the
subject of suffering... because
00:30:05.23\00:30:09.10
it's not a popular
one... And think of it:
00:30:09.30\00:30:12.84
no evangelist starts his crusade
00:30:13.24\00:30:17.11
with a sermon based on:
00:30:17.31\00:30:19.41
Oh, but what they miss
00:30:25.35\00:30:27.56
is that everyone
understands suffering.
00:30:27.76\00:30:30.19
None of us are
immune from suffering.
00:30:30.39\00:30:33.40
I think it was
Edward Judson who once said:
00:30:37.10\00:30:39.43
Too many believe if
you want to persuade people
00:30:53.48\00:30:56.28
of the benefits and
blessings of Christianity today
00:30:56.48\00:30:59.89
that it would make more sense
to hold up a gospel of wealth
00:31:00.09\00:31:03.26
and prosperity
00:31:03.66\00:31:04.99
or a gospel of
health and healing
00:31:05.39\00:31:08.26
or a gospel of
wonders and miracles.
00:31:08.46\00:31:11.07
Or a social gospel
or a liberation gospel
00:31:11.47\00:31:15.50
or a prosperity gospel.
But Philip does not shun
00:31:15.70\00:31:19.47
the inferences of
pain and sacrifice.
00:31:19.67\00:31:23.24
He makes no
apologies about this love that
00:31:23.98\00:31:27.48
shines brightest in adversity.
00:31:27.68\00:31:29.55
Instead Philip holds up:
00:31:29.75\00:31:31.75
Friends, we live in
a modern world where:
00:31:38.83\00:31:42.13
We have focused our
gaze on the peripherals,
00:31:51.67\00:31:54.84
the temporal, the non-essentials
00:31:55.04\00:31:57.41
and we've neglected
this preeminent truth
00:31:57.61\00:32:00.62
that Christ suffered for us.
00:32:01.38\00:32:04.35
Bled and died to
secure our rescue,
00:32:04.75\00:32:09.39
our redemption,
and our restoration.
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.39
Please allow me to
share with you something
00:32:13.90\00:32:15.96
important God has
taught me. God showed me that:
00:32:16.16\00:32:19.87
The complete good
news of the gospel
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.85
is that Jesus
suffered and bled and died
00:32:40.82\00:32:44.89
and was risen
to do three things:
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.70
to rescue us
from the power of sin;
00:32:47.90\00:32:50.77
He died to redeem us
from the penalty of sin;
00:32:51.70\00:32:55.44
and He died to restore us
00:32:55.84\00:33:00.14
into the image and likeness
of His Father's character.
00:33:00.54\00:33:04.85
I call this a
trinity of divine purpose:
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.88
to rescue, redeem, and restore.
00:33:08.52\00:33:11.49
This is the complete gospel:
00:33:11.69\00:33:13.46
that because of God's love
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.39
expressed through substitution-
ary suffering and sacrifice
00:33:16.79\00:33:21.46
that we may become partakers
of what the Bible calls
00:33:21.66\00:33:26.20
"the divine nature. "
00:33:26.40\00:33:28.14
That means that we
may resemble, reflect,
00:33:28.44\00:33:31.64
and reveal the likeness,
image, and character of God.
00:33:32.04\00:33:36.41
And even today we
can start the process
00:33:37.15\00:33:40.35
of growing evermore into
the likeness of God's character.
00:33:40.55\00:33:44.09
Now that process can
begin for you right now.
00:33:44.85\00:33:48.56
It can begin this moment
00:33:48.76\00:33:50.99
with a decision
to follow Christ.
00:33:51.19\00:33:53.29
And every day we can grow to be
00:33:53.70\00:33:57.80
more like Christ.
Can I tell you something?
00:33:58.00\00:34:01.50
Somebody say amen.
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.34
If you're a touchy Christian...
00:34:09.88\00:34:11.65
You know, some Christians
are just touchy... touchy.
00:34:11.85\00:34:13.42
You say something wrong
to them they come at you.
00:34:13.82\00:34:16.55
For some Christians all it
takes is a little provocation
00:34:22.02\00:34:25.49
to really show you
who they really are.
00:34:25.69\00:34:28.10
If you're a Christian
who is easily annoyed,
00:34:28.93\00:34:31.50
you've got some growing to do.
00:34:32.53\00:34:34.64
Or if you're easily frustrated,
you've got some growing to do.
00:34:35.37\00:34:40.41
As a matter of fact
00:34:41.28\00:34:42.88
Christlikeness is the purpose
for our probation. Hallelujah!
00:34:51.05\00:34:55.62
The years we
have been given by God
00:34:56.32\00:34:59.09
left on earth
are for our growth.
00:34:59.59\00:35:02.90
It is to begin now
00:35:03.10\00:35:04.83
what will be an
eternal growth process
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.64
in our lives.
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.14
And throughout
eternity we will be learning
00:35:16.48\00:35:20.78
and growing. Yes... always,
00:35:20.98\00:35:24.39
more into the
likeness of His character.
00:35:24.59\00:35:28.19
Listen to what the
servant of the Lord says:
00:35:28.39\00:35:29.79
My God!
00:35:40.54\00:35:42.27
Faith that does not produce
Christlikeness is a false faith.
00:35:42.67\00:35:48.08
And she says:
00:35:48.28\00:35:49.61
And so I state unequivocally
I believe that it is
00:35:56.95\00:36:00.06
Christ-like character and
not our evangelistic methods
00:36:00.26\00:36:05.63
that will be the key to
successful church growth.
00:36:05.83\00:36:09.90
The substitutionary suffering
and sacrifice of Christ
00:36:50.51\00:36:56.24
saves us. It is a moral force
00:36:56.44\00:36:59.65
that confounds the
forces of retributive justice.
00:36:59.85\00:37:03.92
It is a moral force
that shreds all objections
00:37:04.32\00:37:09.52
and accusations that
the devil makes against us.
00:37:09.72\00:37:13.06
His suffering - His substitu-
tionary suffering & sacrifice -
00:37:13.26\00:37:17.77
it wastes all objections
in the fires of substitution
00:37:18.27\00:37:24.27
and sacrifice.
That's why John said in
00:37:24.47\00:37:27.58
chapter 15 verse 13:
00:37:27.78\00:37:29.74
Substitutionary
suffering and sacrifice.
00:37:40.82\00:37:45.03
As I close today
I want to tell you
00:37:48.73\00:37:50.87
I've sung for
many memorial services.
00:37:51.97\00:37:54.54
One of the most
amazing ones that touched me
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.47
was really a
memorial for four men.
00:37:59.61\00:38:03.61
You see, on January 3, 1943,
00:38:03.81\00:38:08.85
in the middle of World War II
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.95
a civilian ship used
by the Navy was carrying
00:38:12.19\00:38:17.73
900 U.S. servicemen to Europe
00:38:17.93\00:38:21.13
in the fight
against Nazi Germany.
00:38:21.96\00:38:25.30
Their first stop
was to be Greenland.
00:38:26.30\00:38:29.70
The Coast Guard
told the ship's captain
00:38:30.81\00:38:34.11
that he had to extra careful
because sonar had detected
00:38:35.14\00:38:39.41
a German U-boat
submarine in the area.
00:38:39.61\00:38:43.69
The captain
ordered everyone on board
00:38:45.32\00:38:47.82
to sleep in their clothes and
to keep their life jackets on.
00:38:49.19\00:38:53.73
Sadly, many of the
soldiers disregarded the order
00:38:55.50\00:39:00.47
because they said:
"With the life jackets on
00:39:00.67\00:39:04.24
it made them too hot
and too uncomfortable. "
00:39:04.44\00:39:08.41
Well, at about 1
AM in the morning
00:39:10.31\00:39:13.28
in the dark of
night on February 3, 1943,
00:39:14.28\00:39:19.85
the German submarine U-boat 223
00:39:20.69\00:39:24.16
spotted that ship. The
Dorchester was its name...
00:39:24.36\00:39:30.03
that ship carrying
the U.S. troops to Europe.
00:39:30.23\00:39:34.10
And quietly the
submarine lay in wait to strike.
00:39:35.14\00:39:39.21
Just when the
Dorchester was most vulnerable
00:39:40.78\00:39:44.68
the German submarine
went in for the kill.
00:39:45.58\00:39:48.82
In the icy cold
waters of the North Atlantic
00:39:50.62\00:39:53.69
the submarine launched a torpedo
00:39:54.76\00:39:57.66
and in moments the
Dorchester was hit.
00:39:57.86\00:40:01.96
The torpedo knocked out
the ship's electrical system.
00:40:03.10\00:40:07.50
That left the
ship completely dark.
00:40:08.64\00:40:11.91
Many of the soldiers who
were trapped below its deck
00:40:13.07\00:40:17.25
never made it up.
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.71
In all the panic and confusion,
00:40:20.58\00:40:22.82
however, there were four men
00:40:23.22\00:40:27.82
who brought calm
to those soldiers.
00:40:29.72\00:40:33.43
They were four Navy chaplains.
00:40:33.63\00:40:37.20
And those four
chaplains stayed on the ship
00:40:38.40\00:40:43.37
to organize and
orderly evacuate the soldiers.
00:40:44.41\00:40:49.61
Not only that,
they aided and guided
00:40:49.81\00:40:53.28
the wounded to safety.
00:40:53.48\00:40:55.75
And as the men
prepared to leave the ship
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.35
the chaplains were there
helping, handing them their
00:41:00.49\00:41:05.79
life jackets before they
got into the water... until
00:41:05.99\00:41:08.80
to their horror and dismay
00:41:10.70\00:41:13.30
they soon realized they
had run out of life jackets.
00:41:14.40\00:41:20.31
And in that moment something
extraordinary happened.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.95
Those four chaplains
00:41:26.65\00:41:29.18
took off their life jackets
00:41:30.29\00:41:33.29
and handed their
life jackets to soldiers
00:41:34.42\00:41:37.79
who needed one.
Those four chaplains
00:41:37.99\00:41:42.53
from different faiths -
00:41:42.73\00:41:44.70
two Protestants, one
Catholic, and a Jewish rabbi -
00:41:44.90\00:41:49.30
that night those four chaplains
00:41:49.50\00:41:52.51
went down with the ship
00:41:52.91\00:41:55.54
into those icy
waters off of Newfoundland.
00:41:55.94\00:42:00.78
One of the 200 men who survived
00:42:02.48\00:42:04.82
he had been given a life jacket.
00:42:05.02\00:42:07.19
He said: "As I
swam away from the ship
00:42:07.39\00:42:10.23
I looked back and the
flares had lighted everything.
00:42:11.16\00:42:14.86
The bow of the ship came up high
00:42:15.06\00:42:18.17
and then the ship, " he said,
"it slid under the water. "
00:42:18.37\00:42:21.90
He said: "The last thing I saw
00:42:22.10\00:42:23.71
were those four chaplains.
They were up there praying
00:42:24.47\00:42:30.41
for the safety of the men. "
00:42:30.61\00:42:33.31
They had done
everything they could
00:42:33.52\00:42:35.48
and everyone saw
those four chaplains
00:42:36.55\00:42:39.99
on that sinking ship.
00:42:40.19\00:42:43.19
Their arms... their
arms were linked together.
00:42:43.59\00:42:46.90
Those four chaplains
were praying together
00:42:47.83\00:42:51.03
and singing hymns
00:42:51.23\00:42:54.00
as the ship went down
into the icy sea that night.
00:42:54.20\00:42:58.07
Oh my friends,
I want you to know
00:43:00.48\00:43:02.41
that was love demonstrated
00:43:03.31\00:43:06.48
through
substitutionary sacrifice
00:43:06.68\00:43:10.39
and substitutionary suffering.
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The died so that
others could live.
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Well, I want you
to know on Calvary,
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.96
on that hill called Mt. Calvary,
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.70
my Jesus took
off His life jacket
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and He gave it to me;
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He gave it to
you; He gave it to us.
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On that cruel cross
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God expressed
His love towards us
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through the substitutionary
suffering and sacrifice
00:43:48.32\00:43:53.60
of His Son.
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.13
And He wept that
we might weep no more.
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Hallelujah God!
00:43:59.13\00:44:00.47
He endured our sorrow
so that we would be spared
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shame and death.
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And on Calvary
He single-handedly
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salvaged our freedom,
00:44:12.08\00:44:15.05
wrestled away from the enemy
00:44:15.25\00:44:18.15
the keys of hell and death.
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And He died so
that we might live.
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I Peter 4:12-13
tells it to us this way:
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That means, my
friends, that we may suffer
00:45:01.56\00:45:06.23
but we can rejoice
because God is faithful.
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You know the difference
between iron and steel
00:45:10.64\00:45:15.14
is only time spent in the fire.
00:45:15.34\00:45:19.01
Sure, God
leaves you in the fire.
00:45:19.21\00:45:21.42
It is to make steel out of you.
00:45:21.62\00:45:25.05
Rejoice! God is faithful.
00:45:25.99\00:45:30.03
You may be
persecuted... but rejoice.
00:45:30.79\00:45:33.66
God is faithful.
00:45:34.83\00:45:36.63
You know, every
time I look at the cross
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and I think of His substi-
tutionary suffering & sacrifice
00:45:40.27\00:45:44.77
for me, I ask myself the
same question every time:
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"Jesus did that for me? "
00:45:53.28\00:45:59.22
"Jesus did that for me? "
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Yes, He did!
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And He did that for you.
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He did that for me.
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And one day, my friends,
00:46:15.80\00:46:17.94
He is coming back for you.
00:46:18.14\00:46:22.18
He is coming
because of that love.
00:46:23.08\00:46:26.92
He is coming because of
the gift of substitutionary
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suffering and sacrifice.
00:46:34.09\00:46:37.09
You know, one day I found myself
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.76
trying to ask God
00:46:41.96\00:46:45.83
"Why are You so good to me? "
00:46:46.03\00:46:47.97
As a matter of fact, I
was actually on an airplane...
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it was the only airplane
crash I've ever been in.
00:46:52.71\00:46:56.34
I was flying in on
a small private plane
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.92
from Seattle to
Spokane. We were going over
00:47:01.12\00:47:07.06
the Cascade
Mountains and we crashed
00:47:07.26\00:47:12.63
while trying to land.
00:47:13.66\00:47:16.20
The FAA
investigated the situation
00:47:17.13\00:47:20.17
and found out that the pilot
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.64
had forgotten to
put the wheels down.
00:47:24.47\00:47:28.14
And so we came in out of the sky
00:47:28.88\00:47:32.61
and we slammed
into the concrete.
00:47:32.81\00:47:36.15
I saw a couple in Maryland
trying to land. They, too, had
00:47:37.89\00:47:42.46
forgotten to put
their wheels down.
00:47:42.66\00:47:44.09
And when their
plane hit the tarmac
00:47:44.29\00:47:47.30
the sparks ignited the
fuel and I saw that plane
00:47:48.13\00:47:53.27
go up in a ball of flames.
00:47:53.47\00:47:55.20
But the FAA said
it didn't happen to us
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.91
because it was
raining heavily that night
00:47:59.11\00:48:03.38
and the wet conditions
may have doused the sparks
00:48:04.25\00:48:09.15
that could have ignited the fuel
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.69
and sent us up
in a ball of flames.
00:48:13.09\00:48:16.42
But you know what?
00:48:16.83\00:48:18.29
That's what they said happened.
00:48:19.09\00:48:21.43
Let me tell you what happened.
00:48:22.46\00:48:25.83
I was coming in on that plane
00:48:26.94\00:48:29.44
calling out to God. I
was coming in on that plane
00:48:30.37\00:48:33.88
praying to God that
same prayer that I prayed
00:48:34.78\00:48:39.58
when I looked at
Jesus on the cross.
00:48:39.78\00:48:42.28
I was praying: "Lord,
why are You so good to me? "
00:48:43.52\00:48:49.49
"Lord, I don't deserve it. "
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.80
And I heard that
voice that I know as God
00:48:56.20\00:49:01.07
speaking to my
heart saying: "My son...
00:49:01.27\00:49:04.61
my son, no matter what happens
00:49:06.44\00:49:08.78
I'm gonna take care of you. "
00:49:09.94\00:49:12.88
And that's what Jesus
is saying to you today.
00:49:14.22\00:49:17.49
Give Him your life.
00:49:18.82\00:49:22.52
Give Him your heart
00:49:23.39\00:49:26.29
and He will take care of you.
00:49:27.33\00:49:31.87
You are a
recipient of God's love
00:49:33.07\00:49:38.74
expressed in substitutionary
00:49:39.14\00:49:43.91
suffering. He suffered for you.
00:49:44.31\00:49:48.25
You are a
recipient of God's love
00:49:48.45\00:49:53.62
expressed in
substitutionary sacrifice.
00:49:54.49\00:50:00.00
And He did it for you.
He did it so that you can
00:50:00.83\00:50:05.40
be... say it with me...
He did it so that you can be
00:50:05.60\00:50:09.80
rescued. Rescued from the
power of sin. Praise the Lord!
00:50:10.01\00:50:15.58
Praise the Lord
you can be redeemed
00:50:16.58\00:50:20.28
from the penalty of sin.
00:50:21.35\00:50:23.52
Praise the
Lord! Praise the Lord!
00:50:24.29\00:50:26.55
And that you can be restored.
00:50:27.42\00:50:32.03
You see, the Lord doesn't
just stop at rescuing you
00:50:33.09\00:50:36.00
and walk away.
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.53
He doesn't stop at redeeming you
00:50:37.73\00:50:40.04
and walking away.
00:50:40.24\00:50:41.70
He wants to restore
you more and more every day
00:50:42.60\00:50:47.91
into the likeness,
image, and character
00:50:48.11\00:50:53.48
of the Father and of His Son.
00:50:54.18\00:50:58.59
You know, the
servant of God tells us
00:51:00.16\00:51:03.32
that to be a Christian
00:51:03.73\00:51:06.83
means to be Christ-like.
00:51:07.86\00:51:11.53
And He will
give you the strength
00:51:12.53\00:51:15.00
and the power every day
00:51:15.20\00:51:16.71
to grow more to be like Him.
00:51:16.91\00:51:20.24
There's a song I
want to sing for you.
00:51:22.34\00:51:24.28
Listen to the words
of this beautiful hymn.
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.55
A wonderful Savior
00:52:02.78\00:52:07.22
is Jesus my Lord...
00:52:07.42\00:52:11.19
a wonderful Savior to me.
00:52:11.93\00:52:17.87
He hideth my soul
00:52:19.20\00:52:23.37
in the depths of His love
00:52:23.57\00:52:27.18
where rivers of pleasure
00:52:27.58\00:52:31.91
I see.
00:52:32.11\00:52:35.85
He hideth my soul
00:52:36.05\00:52:41.16
in the cleft of the rock
00:52:41.36\00:52:44.93
that shadows
00:52:45.13\00:52:47.33
a dry, thirsty land.
00:52:47.53\00:52:52.97
He hideth my life
00:52:53.17\00:52:57.67
in the depths of His love
00:52:57.87\00:53:01.71
and covers me there
00:53:01.91\00:53:06.18
with His hand...
00:53:06.38\00:53:09.72
and covers me there
00:53:10.22\00:53:14.16
with His hand.
00:53:14.36\00:53:18.99
A wonderful Savior
00:53:22.93\00:53:27.34
is Jesus my Lord...
00:53:27.74\00:53:31.87
He taketh my burdens away.
00:53:32.27\00:53:38.25
He holdeth me up
00:53:39.51\00:53:43.45
and I shall not be moved...
00:53:43.65\00:53:47.89
He giveth me strength
00:53:48.29\00:53:51.09
as my day.
00:53:51.29\00:53:56.16
He hideth my soul
00:53:56.36\00:54:00.80
in the cleft of the rock
00:54:01.20\00:54:05.17
that shadows a
dry, thirsty land.
00:54:05.57\00:54:11.55
He hideth my life
00:54:12.85\00:54:17.69
in the depths of His love
00:54:17.89\00:54:21.92
and covers me there
00:54:22.12\00:54:26.19
with His hand...
00:54:26.39\00:54:30.00
and covers me there
00:54:30.20\00:54:34.34
with His hand.
00:54:34.54\00:54:38.64
When clothed in His brightness
00:54:55.69\00:54:59.53
transported I rise
00:54:59.93\00:55:04.40
to meet Him in clouds
00:55:04.80\00:55:07.64
of the sky
00:55:07.84\00:55:13.81
His perfect salvation,
00:55:16.44\00:55:20.58
His wonderful love:
00:55:20.78\00:55:24.65
I'll shout
00:55:24.85\00:55:26.42
with the millions on high!
00:55:26.62\00:55:32.59
He hideth my soul
00:55:33.23\00:55:37.87
in the cleft of the rock
00:55:38.07\00:55:42.37
that shadows
00:55:42.57\00:55:44.57
a dry, thirsty land.
00:55:44.77\00:55:50.48
He hideth my life
00:55:50.98\00:55:54.62
in the depths of His love
00:55:54.82\00:55:58.95
and covers me there
00:55:59.35\00:56:03.19
with His hand...
00:56:03.39\00:56:07.56
and covers me there...
00:56:07.76\00:56:13.70
He covers
00:56:18.14\00:56:22.31
me there
00:56:22.51\00:56:26.92
with
00:56:27.58\00:56:31.52
His hand...
00:56:31.92\00:56:37.86
with
00:56:46.07\00:56:50.37
His hand.
00:56:50.77\00:56:56.71
His body was broken
00:57:03.25\00:57:05.42
so that we could live, giving
us the gift of eternal life.
00:57:06.42\00:57:10.29
He pursues us relentlessly
with an everlasting love.
00:57:12.23\00:57:16.13
Regardless of our
failures and mistakes
00:57:17.20\00:57:20.54
the One who
loves us like no other.
00:57:20.74\00:57:24.11
This is who Jesus IS.
00:57:25.11\00:57:28.21