Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
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There's just
something about that name
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Master, Savior, Jesus
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Like the
fragrance after the rain
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Jesus, Jesus
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Oh, Jesus
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Let all heaven
and earth proclaim
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Kings and kingdoms
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Will all pass away
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But there's
something about that name
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He's my Lord
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There is no other one
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Who can calm the storms of life
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Like my Lord
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He'll give rest to the weary
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Give new life to the hopeless
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There's no doubt about it
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He's my Lord
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Jesus, Jesus
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Oh, Jesus
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Let all heaven
and earth proclaim
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Kings and kingdoms
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Will all pass away
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But there's something
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About that name
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There is something about
the name of Jesus Christ.
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Our Father and our God,
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there is certainly something
about the name of Jesus.
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It's that name on which we rely
completely for life eternal.
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And, Father, we commit
our lives once again to You
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and to the task of proclaiming
Jesus to a lost world.
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In His name, amen.
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Comes time, at
the end of the year
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and the beginning of
a new year to look back
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and also to look
forward in commitment,
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we have a task to do.
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Lord said that we
have the great commission,
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we should go to all the
world and preach the gospel.
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And that we were
given that responsibility
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that these are
our marching orders
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to accomplish this task.
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He says that He
will not leave us,
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that we must not feel that
we are alone in doing this,
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that He will be with us.
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Through the power
of the Holy Spirit,
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we will see things happen
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that we could never
accomplish in our own strength.
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We look back at Joshua
when the children Israel
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were ready to enter
into the Promised Land.
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You know, we find ourselves
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we feel in that same position,
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waiting to enter
the Promised Land.
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We have a message to proclaim.
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We have a task to
do and remember that
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Joshua said to the
people in Joshua 3:5.
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Joshua said to the
people "Sanctify yourselves,
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for tomorrow the Lord
will do wonders among you."
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Amen.
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Ordinary people, but God says,
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I am gonna do wonders with you,
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not because you
are wonderful people.
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Because if we look at
the children of Israel,
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they very much parallel us today
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they were ordinary
human beings with frailties,
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with mistakes,
with shortcomings.
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But He said, I'm gonna use you
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if you will just
commit yourself to me
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and to the task I'm
gonna use you to do wonders.
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And He said, you are going
to enter the Promised Land.
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When I looked at
the sanctification
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that He is speaking about,
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Joshua really points it
out in the first chapter
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and this is actually the
Lord pointing it out to Joshua,
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"No man should be
able to stand before you
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in all the days of your life
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as I was with Moses
so I will be with you."
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In other words, as
the movement of God,
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we not as individual,
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but as
collectively God's people,
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He says, "Nothing will be
able to stand before you."
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He said, "I will not
leave you nor forsake you."
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Amen.
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Now, knowing that
should give us faith.
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Faith.
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Without faith God says
it's impossible to please Him.
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And this should be
the number one thing
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in sanctifying ourselves
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is that we have faith
that we believe that God is.
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The Bible says
that He's a rewarder
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of those that believe
in Him, and trust in Him.
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And then secondly
in verse 6 it says,
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"Be strong and
be of good courage."
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You know, you have
to act upon your faith.
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James said, "Faith
without works is dead."
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What He really meant was
faith without action is dead.
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He's not saying you can
earn your way to heaven.
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That's not what
that's about it all.
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He's saying that
without acting upon your faith
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what good does it do.
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And so He says, be
strong and of good courage
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for to this people--
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You shall divide
as an inheritance
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and then He says, "Only
be strong and very courageous
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that you may observe to
do according to all the law."
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Obedience.
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You see, if we have faith
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and we have the courage to act.
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God says, you're
going to obey me.
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That does not mean
that we are perfect.
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We are obedient as we can
be in our own imperfection.
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But we commit to Him.
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We're not
rebellious towards Him.
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You remember, George Vandeman
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wrote a book called
"The Planet in Rebellion."
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And rebellion is when we say,
I'm not going to do God's will.
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But to be able to say,
I want to do God's will
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and by His grace
I will do His will,
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it's what He asks
in our response to Him.
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And then it says, in verse 8
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"The book the law shall
not depart from your mouth
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but you shall
meditate in it day and night
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that you may observe to do
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according to that
which is written."
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And He says, we
should be studying His Work.
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So we need
faith, we need courage,
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we need obedience,
and we need Bible study
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to make us
stronger in our faith,
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and in our trust,
and in our belief.
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And in this way, He
says, you sanctify yourself,
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you prepare yourself
for the task that is ahead.
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We have a great
task ahead of us,
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to continue to
proclaim the message
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as we have never
proclaimed it before.
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To reach out in ways
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that we have never
reached out before,
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to reach every
segment of society
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and this is what
we're trying to do
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with 3ABN, 3ABN Latino,
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3ABN Dare to Dream.
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We're reaching
out to Russian people,
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the French speaking people,
as many groups as we can,
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and not forgetting our children.
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Because the children, my friend,
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we need to reach them first.
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Jesus said,
"Suffer little children
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to come unto me,
and forbid them not,
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for of such is the
kingdom of heaven."
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And we need to be
reaching out to our children
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as well as to
those who are adults.
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See, God is
giving us a great task.
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It's a wonderful task,
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it's a privilege to
even be a small part of that.
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Those who are the
supporters and viewers of 3ABN
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or our partners in
this, we stand together
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because without
you there is no way
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that we can accomplish anything.
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The lights would not
stay on a single month
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without your support
because you stand with us.
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Because your commitment
and as we sanctify ourselves
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or set ourselves aside
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at this time
for greater service,
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we do so believing
that you will do the same
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and that we will
reach out together.
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You see, we must be
willing to bear any burden.
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We must be
willing to pay any price.
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We must be willing
to meet any hardship.
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We must support
those who teach the truth
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and we must oppose those
who would destroy God's cause.
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We need to give all that we have
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to ensure that the
undiluted three angels' message
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continues to be
preached all over the world.
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The message of revelation 14,
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which is the
message of Jesus Christ
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to a world that is in need,
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to a world that is dying.
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It's such a
privilege to be a part of that
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and today I would
like to rededicate myself
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to that task of
reaching out with the gospel,
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praying that God will
give us all of the spirit,
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His Spirit, that we need
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in order to
proclaim this message.
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Thirty years ago,
God laid this message.
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A little over 30 years now
the message to Danny Shelton.
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Danny, God has led, hasn't he?
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Absolutely, absolutely, Jim.
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Thank you for
talking about faith.
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I get excited when
people start talking about faith
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because I've been
learning about faith
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for over 30 years now.
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Alan Molloy, you know,
you remember when it started.
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But I was thinking
about faith is an action word
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and I know the Lord
laid that on your heart,
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Jim and I didn't discuss
what were gonna talk about.
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But the Lord
impressed me to talk about faith
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for just a few moments.
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So I love it when you know
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that God's in it and
there's confirmation.
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But your faith doesn't
begin until your side ends
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and that's what I want to
encourage you folks at home.
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And I was thinking about
the Lord even has to give us,
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we don't have
any faith of our own
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but we exercise His faith.
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Actually it's what we do
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when we submit and
commit our lives to Him
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and I was thinking about
when we stepped out in faith,
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in a cornfield and decided
to build a television station
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that would reach the world.
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Now we didn't know
where we were going.
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We didn't know where to start.
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The Lord began to
bring people into our lives
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and finally we
got a satellite system
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shooting signals
22,300 miles to space.
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I thought everybody
would be excited about it
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but I talked to
folk and they'd say,
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"Well, you got--"
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First, they said you'll
never get the signal up, right?
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You'll never get it up,
those guys never built that.
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It got built, went up
22,300 miles to space,
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then they said,
"It'll never come down,
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won't come down into
the homes of people."
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Jim Gulley went in 1979,
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tried to talk to some of
the leaders at the church
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about building a
television network
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and of course with no experience
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and new technology
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they weren't prepared for that.
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But then in the '80s even
once that he heard about 3ABN
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and I talked to him
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and knew the
satellite signals was going up.
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He said, "We need
to be part of this,"
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then they said, "Well, how many
people even have big dishes?"
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Well, I think they
said about a million.
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And he said, "Well,
it's a million people"
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they said, "Well, it's not worth
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all that for a million people."
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But you know what,
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when you go
forward, God honors it.
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Because that million end up
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growing into 6
million big dishes.
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Well, that
could've been the end of it
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and it reaches North America.
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But we said,
"Well, we'll just take
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another little step of faith.
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We'll go forward."
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And meanwhile while God said,
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"Go, ye into all the world."
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We just took one bite a time.
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As you say, one step
at a time, went forward.
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All of a sudden, we realized
there's other technology
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coming in on the scene.
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And then all of a sudden,
I heard about, you know what,
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we can actually get a
satellite now and go to Europe.
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So we decided,
hey, Mark Finley's
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doing a NET
series in the mid '90s,
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let's do that.
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Well, then all of a sudden,
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we heard the FCC
is opening windows
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that people can apply
for television stations.
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We said, "Wow, we can
send signals up to satellite,
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down to television stations
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and it'll
rebroadcast those signals
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and people only have
to have rabbit ears."
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Well, you don't
have to have an expensive
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$2,000 dish now to get it.
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So now we're excited,
one more step at a time.
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All of a sudden,
3ABN is going up,
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coming down into 6
million big dishes.
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We start
building, we're aggressive
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when it comes to
building downlink stations
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we call them and we
apply for dozens at a time
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and to our
surprise, we're getting them.
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When we wanted to go up,
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they told us
it'll take 3 to 5 years,
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thanks to the Lord and
Congressman Kenny Grey,
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that license came in 8 months.
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See, when you go forward
God will honor your faith.
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God will honor that faith.
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So now we have all
these signals going up.
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We got them coming
down and downlink stations
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are rebroadcasting the signal.
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We got 6 million people
or so with the big dishes
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and just when we think
we've just about got there.
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Finally, we're
able to go to Europe,
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then, we hear
about a little dish.
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This little dish
is just 2 to 3 feet.
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Now this dish can be
used in subdivisions,
00:16:31.37\00:16:34.77
even in some cities on a
network called Sky Angel.
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So on this
network called Sky Angel
00:16:38.19\00:16:40.59
there was a number of
other religious networks
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and all of a sudden that added
00:16:43.01\00:16:44.32
several hundred
thousand more people,
00:16:44.35\00:16:45.98
but these people were special.
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Because these are people
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who already are
spiritually minded.
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Because you know
when you get Sky Angel
00:16:51.96\00:16:54.40
you want to watch
religious programming
00:16:54.43\00:16:56.00
because that's just
about all that was there.
00:16:56.03\00:16:58.49
It took me back
to a dream that I had
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when before 3ABN was built,
00:17:00.74\00:17:03.34
the Lord impressed me to build
a station to reach the world.
00:17:03.37\00:17:06.21
That's fine, it
didn't have a name,
00:17:06.24\00:17:08.23
didn't know what
to call the station.
00:17:08.26\00:17:09.84
So I had a dream one night,
00:17:09.87\00:17:11.11
and in my dream
I saw it look like
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I was looking out at stars
00:17:13.51\00:17:14.77
but one of them
became closer and closer
00:17:14.80\00:17:18.10
and I saw it had color on
it, didn't look like a star
00:17:18.13\00:17:21.76
and then I saw
three angels flying
00:17:21.79\00:17:23.72
around the earth
blowing the three trumpets.
00:17:23.75\00:17:26.24
I said, that's the name of it
3 Angels Broadcasting Network.
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I was so excited I
started going to churches,
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anybody that would
let me go to church.
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So I ended up going to churches
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and I would tell the people
00:17:36.14\00:17:37.41
"We're building a television
station to counteract.
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We're gonna counteract
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the Jim and
Tammy Bakker's programs
00:17:42.22\00:17:44.81
because they're not
telling all the truth.
00:17:44.84\00:17:46.19
And we're gonna
counteract to Jimmy Swaggart.
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And we're gonna counteract
some of these evangelicals.
00:17:50.21\00:17:52.86
We're so excited about
this we weren't even on the air.
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It's a dream of doing it.
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Few days later,
I had another dream
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and all of a sudden I
was in a huge apple orchard.
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As far as the eyes could see,
00:18:03.81\00:18:05.67
all I saw was apple trees
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heavy laden with
beautiful red ripe apples
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that were hanging down.
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I didn't have to
get a ladder to get up.
00:18:12.23\00:18:14.33
I could just reach out and pluck
00:18:14.36\00:18:16.07
these red ripe apples.
00:18:16.10\00:18:18.58
And I was talking to the Lord.
00:18:18.61\00:18:19.90
I didn't see Him, but I said,
00:18:19.93\00:18:21.52
"Lord, why am I here
and what do all of these
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beautiful big red
ripe apples represent?"
00:18:24.67\00:18:28.39
And He said, "Your fight is not
against these other ministries.
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They're not your enemy.
The devil is your enemy.
00:18:32.77\00:18:35.60
These ripe red
apples represent people
00:18:35.63\00:18:39.28
who have come to
the knowledge of Christ
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through all these ministries
that you've been talking about.
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My Word will not
return in me voy."
00:18:44.41\00:18:46.68
It's not about the messenger
it's about the message.
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So the Lord said,
"These are ready to be plucked
00:18:50.23\00:18:53.03
as they hear the truth of
the three angels' messages.
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Suddenly, Sky
Angel is on the air
00:18:56.45\00:18:57.96
and we began to
get these letters
00:18:57.99\00:18:59.46
from all over
America and North America.
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Soon we're into
Europe then we take advantage
00:19:02.81\00:19:04.91
of other satellites literally
going around the world.
00:19:04.94\00:19:09.02
And technology
continues to increase.
00:19:09.05\00:19:11.98
Moses Primo comes way back
00:19:12.01\00:19:14.03
and he starts teaching us things
00:19:14.06\00:19:15.45
that we had no idea, no ways,
00:19:15.48\00:19:17.48
had no idea how to get
this message to the world.
00:19:17.51\00:19:20.01
But suddenly something came
00:19:20.04\00:19:21.63
on the scene
called the internet.
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.07
Anybody ever heard the internet?
00:19:24.10\00:19:25.85
And all of a sudden,
00:19:25.88\00:19:26.91
anybody could use the
internet and people can watch it
00:19:26.94\00:19:30.10
literally all around the world.
00:19:30.13\00:19:32.36
The walls of communism fell.
00:19:32.39\00:19:34.25
This is all since 3ABN started.
00:19:34.28\00:19:36.46
Eastern European countries:
00:19:36.49\00:19:38.64
Russia, Romania, East Germany,
00:19:38.67\00:19:41.17
all these countries
we could've never dreamed
00:19:41.20\00:19:43.33
we could get in.
00:19:43.36\00:19:44.49
Suddenly, the gospel is
going, 3ABN goes to Russia.
00:19:44.52\00:19:47.88
We end up going to New Guinea,
3ABN goes to the Philippines.
00:19:47.91\00:19:51.51
God continues to
open doors, new technology
00:19:51.54\00:19:54.85
then we get down to even
things lately like the Roku Box,
00:19:54.88\00:19:58.59
Mo, that people can
get it in a small box now
00:19:58.62\00:20:01.24
it's a little
thumbnail that you can literally
00:20:01.27\00:20:03.30
stick in the back
of your television.
00:20:03.33\00:20:05.40
And all of a sudden
here comes smartphones
00:20:05.43\00:20:07.64
and within smartphones
00:20:07.67\00:20:09.30
millions and millions
of people can watch 3ABN
00:20:09.33\00:20:11.55
anywhere in the world.
00:20:11.58\00:20:12.65
Download the app, you
get 3ABN on your iPhone,
00:20:12.68\00:20:15.71
your android, your
tablets, your iPads.
00:20:15.74\00:20:19.42
God is in the
business of creating miracles.
00:20:19.45\00:20:21.91
I want to tell you that,
when you step out in faith,
00:20:21.94\00:20:23.83
I can tell you, 30 years ago
00:20:23.86\00:20:25.96
when we took our
first little steps
00:20:25.99\00:20:28.51
we had no idea
that 30 years later
00:20:28.54\00:20:32.21
that God would do what
He had told us He would do,
00:20:32.24\00:20:35.37
but we had no idea
how it would happen.
00:20:35.40\00:20:37.40
That literally
hundreds of millions of people
00:20:37.43\00:20:40.66
can watch 3ABN at
anytime 24x7 around the world.
00:20:40.69\00:20:44.63
We're going to Latino,
then we go into 3ABN Radio.
00:20:44.66\00:20:48.32
Jay, now you have
hundreds of radio stations
00:20:48.35\00:20:51.63
down linking and rebroadcasting.
00:20:51.66\00:20:53.85
We go into Dare to Dream.
00:20:53.88\00:20:55.50
We go into all
these different networks,
00:20:55.53\00:20:57.66
now we have six
different networks.
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.35
Molly, our Russian network,
00:20:59.38\00:21:01.27
our proclaimed network CA,
we have our children's network.
00:21:01.30\00:21:05.29
God is in the business of
creating beautiful things.
00:21:05.32\00:21:10.38
And when the Lord says go,
00:21:10.41\00:21:12.40
"He said go ye
into all the world"
00:21:12.43\00:21:14.19
and I want to
encourage you today
00:21:14.22\00:21:16.02
that we're either on
the side of go or stop.
00:21:16.05\00:21:18.65
The Lord says go
and the devil says stop.
00:21:18.68\00:21:21.01
So we have to make up minds.
00:21:21.04\00:21:22.58
Which side do we want to be on?
00:21:22.61\00:21:24.31
What do we want to do
and I want to tell you today
00:21:24.34\00:21:26.05
when you step out in faith
your whole life will change
00:21:26.08\00:21:29.19
because when your
sight ends your faith begins
00:21:29.22\00:21:32.93
and I believe that God--
Jim, you've said this before,
00:21:32.96\00:21:36.61
we haven't seen anything yet.
00:21:36.64\00:21:38.52
For those of you here at
3ABN, those of you at home,
00:21:38.55\00:21:40.91
I don't think
we've seen anything yet.
00:21:40.94\00:21:42.89
What we have seen recently
00:21:42.92\00:21:44.89
in this huge surge of knowledge
and increased technology,
00:21:44.92\00:21:49.38
I think it's just the beginning.
00:21:49.41\00:21:51.41
Jesus wants to come back.
00:21:51.44\00:21:53.99
We're not waiting on Him,
00:21:54.02\00:21:55.49
He's waiting to come
back for a purified bride,
00:21:55.52\00:21:58.72
a purified church, and today
I want to rededicate my life.
00:21:58.75\00:22:03.20
We're here
rededicating the ministry
00:22:03.23\00:22:06.04
of 3 Angels Broadcasting Network
00:22:06.07\00:22:08.22
and for those of you at home,
thank you for joining with us
00:22:08.25\00:22:11.37
as we continue to take
this gospel of the kingdom
00:22:11.40\00:22:14.92
and to all the world and
we want you to participate
00:22:14.95\00:22:17.29
in this
communion service with us
00:22:17.32\00:22:20.38
in honor of the
Lord, Jesus Christ
00:22:20.41\00:22:23.02
who cared enough to
make a plan of salvation.
00:22:23.05\00:22:25.22
He could have done away this.
00:22:25.25\00:22:26.86
Made a plan of
salvation, decided to come down,
00:22:26.89\00:22:29.38
be born in a lowly manger,
00:22:29.41\00:22:32.36
give his life on
the cross of Calvary.
00:22:32.39\00:22:35.90
The song He gave me recently
"Calvary says Love to Me"
00:22:35.93\00:22:39.62
and that's really what it is.
00:22:39.65\00:22:40.72
It's an action.
00:22:40.75\00:22:41.84
The Lord showed us
how much he loves us.
00:22:41.87\00:22:43.91
But this time very soon,
00:22:43.94\00:22:45.58
He's coming
back not as that babe
00:22:45.61\00:22:47.70
in swaddling clothes in
a manger in a Bethlehem.
00:22:47.73\00:22:50.81
He's coming
back as King of kings
00:22:50.84\00:22:52.95
and Lord of lords
and it's our prayer
00:22:52.98\00:22:55.79
that each of us will
make it to see Jesus come back
00:22:55.82\00:22:58.95
and we can look up and say,
00:22:58.98\00:23:00.03
"Lo, this is our God
whom we've waited for.
00:23:00.06\00:23:02.58
He has come to save us."
00:23:02.61\00:23:05.01
For you that
would like to dedicate
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.42
and consecrate your life,
00:23:14.45\00:23:15.78
a fresh and new,
for this upcoming year,
00:23:15.81\00:23:19.03
if you can bow your knee,
00:23:19.06\00:23:21.74
but if you can't bow
your knee, bow your heart.
00:23:21.77\00:23:25.13
Holy Father, we come before you
00:23:31.57\00:23:33.69
in the name of our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ
00:23:33.72\00:23:36.33
and we thank you,
Father, for the way
00:23:36.36\00:23:38.91
You've led us in the past.
00:23:38.94\00:23:40.36
Thank you, Father,
for this past year,
00:23:40.39\00:23:43.14
for the times we've
seen Your hand of provision,
00:23:43.17\00:23:46.85
Your hand of health,
Your hand of comfort,
00:23:46.88\00:23:51.51
Your hand, Lord, that
has guided us this past year.
00:23:51.54\00:23:55.36
Thank you for that, oh, Father.
00:23:55.39\00:23:57.50
Now, Father, we give
You our upcoming year.
00:23:57.53\00:24:00.32
We ask, Lord, that
You take every one of us.
00:24:00.35\00:24:03.40
Take our hearts, oh, Lord.
00:24:03.43\00:24:05.30
Father, search us if
there be areas in our lives
00:24:05.33\00:24:09.35
that aren't consecrated
and committed to You.
00:24:09.38\00:24:11.82
We ask, oh, Father,
that You would open our eyes
00:24:11.85\00:24:14.83
to those areas,
search us, oh, God,
00:24:14.86\00:24:16.88
and know our hearts, try
us and know our thoughts,
00:24:16.91\00:24:19.82
see if there be
anyway in us that is unlovely
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.99
and unlike You
and, Father, we ask
00:24:23.02\00:24:25.16
that You would lead us
in a path of righteousness.
00:24:25.19\00:24:28.10
Now, Father, we
give our lives to You.
00:24:28.13\00:24:30.57
We give our thoughts to You.
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.23
We ask, Father,
that You would guide us
00:24:32.26\00:24:34.56
and that You would grace us.
00:24:34.59\00:24:35.98
Thank you,
Father, for this ministry
00:24:36.01\00:24:38.89
that You've given
us to be a part of.
00:24:38.92\00:24:40.73
Father, we
dedicate and consecrate 3ABN
00:24:40.76\00:24:43.99
into Your hands
for this upcoming year.
00:24:44.02\00:24:46.70
Father, allow this
ministry to accomplish all
00:24:46.73\00:24:50.17
that You've
called it to accomplish.
00:24:50.20\00:24:52.18
We ask, Father, that You would
00:24:52.21\00:24:54.10
take each one of us
and draw us into deeper
00:24:54.13\00:24:57.04
and a closer
relationship with You.
00:24:57.07\00:25:00.57
And, Father, use
us to bring glory
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.11
and honor to Your kingdom.
00:25:03.14\00:25:05.15
Now, Father, for
everyone in our viewing audience
00:25:05.18\00:25:07.86
and our listening audience,
we pray the same prayer,
00:25:07.89\00:25:10.94
Father, that You would
touch all of our hearts,
00:25:10.97\00:25:13.34
You would bind us
together in unity and harmony
00:25:13.37\00:25:16.32
and in one accord and
that You would lead us,
00:25:16.35\00:25:18.91
Father, in that
path that is everlasting.
00:25:18.94\00:25:21.69
This is our prayer for this
upcoming year in Jesus' name.
00:25:21.72\00:25:25.95
Amen.
00:25:25.98\00:25:27.50
One of the things that I
love about the Word of God
00:25:40.00\00:25:44.18
is that you can read
the same text over and over
00:25:44.21\00:25:49.95
and get meaning from it
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.38
and then one day
you read that text
00:25:52.41\00:25:55.26
and it's like that
text has totally changed.
00:25:55.29\00:25:59.21
Your life changes, a
light shines in that text
00:25:59.24\00:26:02.70
that gives you a
whole new understanding
00:26:02.73\00:26:05.28
of the Word of God,
00:26:05.31\00:26:07.01
who you are and who God is.
00:26:07.04\00:26:11.24
Last night, Erm
and I were sitting
00:26:11.27\00:26:12.47
at the dinning room table
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.37
going over bills
and moving papers around
00:26:14.40\00:26:18.73
and being generally aggravated
because you always aggravated
00:26:18.76\00:26:21.77
when you're going over
the bills and moving papers.
00:26:21.80\00:26:24.38
And I pushed that aside
and I just went to the Bible.
00:26:24.41\00:26:30.29
And we're sitting
there and she said,
00:26:30.32\00:26:32.11
"Are you working on something?"
I said, "I got something.
00:26:32.14\00:26:34.82
It's in my heart here"
00:26:34.85\00:26:35.88
and I opened to 1 Corinthians 11
00:26:35.91\00:26:39.61
and a line that we've
all read millions of times
00:26:39.64\00:26:41.86
"Do this in remembrance of me."
00:26:41.89\00:26:45.38
And somehow the Lord was pleased
00:26:45.41\00:26:48.04
to shine a little
light on that line.
00:26:48.07\00:26:52.65
And I went to Desire of
Ages and Ellen White says,
00:26:52.68\00:26:59.53
in the chapter "In
Remembrance of Me,"
00:26:59.56\00:27:01.82
page 652, she says,
00:27:01.85\00:27:04.29
"The service
which Christ established
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.28
was to be
observed by His followers
00:27:06.31\00:27:08.84
in all lands and
through all ages."
00:27:08.87\00:27:12.82
This was to go on forever.
00:27:12.85\00:27:15.28
"The ordinance
of the Lord's Supper
00:27:15.31\00:27:16.74
was given to commemorate
the great deliverance
00:27:16.77\00:27:19.11
wrought out as a
result of the death of Christ,
00:27:19.14\00:27:23.31
till He shall
come the second time
00:27:23.34\00:27:25.93
in power and glory,
00:27:25.96\00:27:28.44
this ordinance
is to be celebrated,
00:27:28.47\00:27:32.11
it is the means by
which his great work for us
00:27:32.14\00:27:38.11
is to be kept
fresh in our minds."
00:27:38.14\00:27:42.84
So I wondered about
this memorial service
00:27:42.87\00:27:47.58
and I began to play in
my mind and asked myself
00:27:47.61\00:27:51.62
"Is this memorial service
or is it a commemoration?"
00:27:51.65\00:27:57.86
And do the words mean anything,
is this a memorial service?
00:27:57.89\00:28:03.43
Because Christ said, "Do
it in remembrance of me."
00:28:03.46\00:28:06.16
Or is this a commemoration?
00:28:06.19\00:28:10.93
Luckily, nowadays
genius is not very far away.
00:28:10.96\00:28:14.65
You go to the
internet, you Google it,
00:28:14.68\00:28:17.64
and you're a genius.
00:28:17.67\00:28:20.64
So I went and I
Googled memorial service
00:28:20.67\00:28:24.78
and I found that
a memorial service
00:28:24.81\00:28:29.24
can only be held for
someone who has passed away.
00:28:29.27\00:28:34.69
Memorial is
inexorably linked to death.
00:28:34.72\00:28:39.87
So if you're
having a memorial service
00:28:39.90\00:28:43.24
someone has to be dead.
00:28:43.27\00:28:48.61
So this can never
be a memorial service.
00:28:48.64\00:28:52.67
You can't link a
memorial service with Jesus.
00:28:52.70\00:28:56.91
It's got to be a commemoration
00:28:56.94\00:29:00.23
because the one who
we're honoring is not dead.
00:29:00.26\00:29:05.70
All right. That's right.
00:29:05.73\00:29:06.99
Now several of us have
been to The Garden Tomb,
00:29:07.02\00:29:10.90
Sully, JD, Molly,
Hal, Joe, a lot of us,
00:29:10.93\00:29:15.36
yeah, we've been
to The Garden Tomb.
00:29:15.39\00:29:17.35
We've all gone in
at different times,
00:29:17.38\00:29:20.04
but we've all
seen the same thing.
00:29:20.07\00:29:24.54
You were there.
00:29:24.57\00:29:26.48
When you go in there,
Jim, the tomb is empty.
00:29:26.51\00:29:30.83
Praise the Lord.
00:29:30.86\00:29:32.51
Amen. Amen.
00:29:32.54\00:29:33.64
There's nobody there, Greg,
you were there, it's empty.
00:29:33.67\00:29:37.44
We all saw an empty
to-- It's beautiful.
00:29:37.47\00:29:41.63
It's clean. It's swept.
00:29:41.66\00:29:45.45
But it's empty.
00:29:45.48\00:29:47.37
Amen.
00:29:47.40\00:29:50.28
So it would be like saying
00:29:50.31\00:29:52.44
this is the 30th
anniversary of 3ABN
00:29:52.47\00:29:54.48
let's have a memorial
service for Danny Shelton.
00:29:54.51\00:29:59.74
So some thinking
person would say,
00:29:59.77\00:30:01.69
"You can't have
that, that's inappropriate"
00:30:01.72\00:30:04.36
because Danny is still here.
00:30:04.39\00:30:08.63
He's still
alive, praise the Lord.
00:30:08.66\00:30:11.59
So the word memorial,
00:30:11.62\00:30:14.46
when it comes to Christ
is patently inappropriate.
00:30:14.49\00:30:19.04
Because Jesus is
still alive. Amen.
00:30:19.07\00:30:21.77
Now I must admit to you
00:30:21.80\00:30:22.89
there was a short window of time
00:30:22.92\00:30:25.69
when it would
have been appropriate.
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.95
Shelley, there was
a little 3-day window
00:30:27.98\00:30:30.92
between Friday and Sunday
00:30:30.95\00:30:33.57
we could have had
a memorial service.
00:30:33.60\00:30:36.10
That would've been
the time to have it
00:30:36.13\00:30:37.44
because He was
dead and in the tomb,
00:30:37.47\00:30:39.68
but Sunday
morning the angel said,
00:30:39.71\00:30:42.48
"Why seek ye the
living among the dead?"
00:30:42.51\00:30:48.58
And so from that day to
this, memorial is inappropriate.
00:30:48.61\00:30:54.95
This is a solemn celebration.
00:30:54.98\00:30:59.28
It's a time, when we
afflict our souls in solemnity
00:30:59.31\00:31:04.46
but we also praise God
00:31:04.49\00:31:07.07
for the work
wrought by Jesus Christ.
00:31:07.10\00:31:09.22
It's a solemn celebration. Yes.
00:31:09.25\00:31:12.71
No more memorial. Mm-mmm.
00:31:12.74\00:31:15.54
It's a celebration
of the work of Christ
00:31:15.57\00:31:18.78
who died for each of us
00:31:18.81\00:31:21.09
and who sits at the
right hand of the Father.
00:31:21.12\00:31:24.56
Amen.
00:31:24.59\00:31:25.73
Brian, ever living to
make intercession for us.
00:31:25.76\00:31:31.94
That's what gives this life.
00:31:31.97\00:31:33.84
That's what gives this meaning.
00:31:33.87\00:31:35.78
That's why we
know that the same God
00:31:35.81\00:31:38.26
who got us this far is
gonna get us all the way home.
00:31:38.29\00:31:43.57
And that next year
will be a great year
00:31:43.60\00:31:47.60
because we serve a great God.
00:31:47.63\00:31:50.25
Amen.
00:31:50.28\00:31:51.41
A powerful God,
00:31:51.44\00:31:53.48
who can do anything but fail.
00:31:53.51\00:31:59.99
Father God, we just praise You.
00:32:02.12\00:32:06.68
We praise You, and praise You,
00:32:06.71\00:32:08.66
and praise You, and praise You.
00:32:08.69\00:32:11.83
Because You are
worthy to be praised.
00:32:11.86\00:32:15.00
We are here not
through any goodness of our own
00:32:15.03\00:32:20.78
but that we serve a keeping God,
00:32:20.81\00:32:25.13
a loving God, a sustaining God,
00:32:25.16\00:32:29.49
who will one day take us home.
00:32:29.52\00:32:33.57
Give meaning to this service
00:32:33.60\00:32:37.39
because of the sacrifice of Him
00:32:37.42\00:32:40.92
who we honor, in Jesus' name.
00:32:40.95\00:32:44.79
Amen.
00:32:44.82\00:32:46.24
I'd like to continue
the thought that Pastor CA
00:33:29.57\00:33:31.79
just shared with you.
00:33:31.82\00:33:33.51
And because I haven't
been to The Garden Tomb,
00:33:36.53\00:33:38.74
I want to say,
"Blessed are those
00:33:38.77\00:33:41.85
who haven't seen
and yet believe."
00:33:41.88\00:33:44.82
Amen.
00:33:44.85\00:33:47.69
I don't know geographically
that Jesus is not there
00:33:47.72\00:33:50.51
but I know experientially
that He's isn't there.
00:33:50.54\00:33:54.33
I haven't walked where He
was but He walks where I am
00:33:54.36\00:33:59.92
and so today is
very special to me
00:33:59.95\00:34:02.97
because as I was
asked to pray for the bread.
00:34:03.00\00:34:07.31
How significant that is as
I had bread for lunch today.
00:34:07.34\00:34:11.56
And bread has always
been a part of my diet,
00:34:11.59\00:34:14.25
rye bread,
pumpernickel, you name it,
00:34:14.28\00:34:18.25
whole-wheat, multigrain bread.
00:34:18.28\00:34:21.69
But the bread
we're talking about today
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.58
is quite
different than the bread
00:34:23.61\00:34:25.40
that you can buy in a store.
00:34:25.43\00:34:27.62
And as I was
sitting thinking about bread
00:34:27.65\00:34:29.34
I came to the conclusion
00:34:29.37\00:34:31.19
that I could be standing
in the bread aisle in Walmart
00:34:31.22\00:34:35.71
and die of hunger
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.44
if I don't partake of the bread.
00:34:37.47\00:34:40.21
You know, the
children of Israel,
00:34:40.24\00:34:41.54
how amazing it is that
when the Lord freed them
00:34:41.57\00:34:44.25
from the land of Egypt.
00:34:44.28\00:34:45.38
He said to Moses "Say
to the children of Israel,
00:34:45.41\00:34:49.40
behold I will rain
bread from heaven for you."
00:34:49.43\00:34:54.00
It should've rung a bell
00:34:54.03\00:34:55.10
but it didn't because
they thought to themselves
00:34:55.13\00:34:56.84
they had bread in Egypt.
00:34:56.87\00:34:58.19
What difference is that?
00:34:58.22\00:34:59.74
I had bread in Egypt,
00:34:59.77\00:35:00.91
what difference is the bread
in the wilderness going to be?
00:35:00.94\00:35:04.28
And He said to them
don't forget to gather
00:35:04.31\00:35:06.21
a certain quota everyday.
00:35:06.24\00:35:08.84
And I've come to understand
00:35:08.87\00:35:10.10
unless I have a
certain quota of Jesus everyday
00:35:10.13\00:35:12.94
I'm going die in the wilderness,
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.02
what do you say?
00:35:14.05\00:35:15.08
Hallelujah.
00:35:15.11\00:35:16.36
But they still
didn't understand.
00:35:16.39\00:35:18.22
The fact of the matter
is when you read the story,
00:35:18.25\00:35:20.34
when you read the story
00:35:20.37\00:35:21.83
in the Bible in
the book of Exodus,
00:35:21.86\00:35:23.34
they went out to
get some of this bread
00:35:23.37\00:35:25.05
and they were so
unfamiliar with God,
00:35:25.08\00:35:28.07
they said, "What is it?"
00:35:28.10\00:35:30.43
They looked at it,
they ate it, they tasted it,
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.55
but they said, "What is it?"
00:35:32.58\00:35:34.89
And somebody said,
"That's what it is."
00:35:34.92\00:35:39.61
You'll never know who God is.
00:35:39.64\00:35:43.73
You'll never know who Jesus is.
00:35:43.76\00:35:46.61
And the power
that's resident in Him
00:35:46.64\00:35:49.25
unless you partake
on a day-by-day basis,
00:35:49.28\00:35:52.57
your quota of
Jesus in your life.
00:35:52.60\00:35:55.00
Amen.
00:35:55.03\00:35:56.10
You know, the children of Israel
00:35:56.13\00:35:57.20
had continued to
eating this bread
00:35:57.23\00:35:58.92
even after they entered Canaan.
00:35:58.95\00:36:00.67
And then one day Jesus shows up
00:36:00.70\00:36:02.59
and in the
vernacular of a language
00:36:02.62\00:36:05.35
that seemed to
have lost its meaning
00:36:05.38\00:36:07.01
in the course of a
thousand or so years.
00:36:07.04\00:36:09.76
He said to them,
"Moses didn't give you bread.
00:36:09.79\00:36:14.37
My Father gave you the bread
that came down from heaven."
00:36:14.40\00:36:17.98
They still
didn't understand that.
00:36:18.01\00:36:20.56
You see, there's bread
00:36:20.59\00:36:21.72
and we know very well
that bread can get stale.
00:36:21.75\00:36:25.14
Bread can get old.
Bread could mildew.
00:36:25.17\00:36:27.82
Bread could lose its nurturing
qualities and propensities.
00:36:27.85\00:36:32.69
But Jesus never gets old.
00:36:32.72\00:36:34.86
Jesus never loses His power.
00:36:34.89\00:36:37.08
And there He
stood in their presence,
00:36:37.11\00:36:39.08
those who were so
filled with their daily bread.
00:36:39.11\00:36:42.68
And He says to them,
00:36:42.71\00:36:45.02
I am the true bread
that came down from heaven.
00:36:45.05\00:36:48.88
If you partake of Me
you'll never hunger again.
00:36:48.91\00:36:53.56
And all of a sudden the
light went on in the minds
00:36:53.59\00:36:56.10
of one of the
disciples and they said to Him,
00:36:56.13\00:36:58.63
"Lord, Lord, give
us this bread always."
00:36:58.66\00:37:04.97
And those of you that are
watching this broadcast today,
00:37:05.00\00:37:07.97
one of the reasons
why we're gonna be able
00:37:08.00\00:37:09.57
to be sustained beyond today
00:37:09.60\00:37:11.61
is not because of
the bread that we get
00:37:11.64\00:37:13.41
that's made by our wives
or bought in our food stores
00:37:13.44\00:37:17.08
or put together on the tables
00:37:17.11\00:37:18.93
of those that have
extra secret ingredients.
00:37:18.96\00:37:22.98
But the only bread
that's going to sustain us
00:37:23.01\00:37:25.21
is the daily bread
that came down from heaven.
00:37:25.24\00:37:29.33
When we realize how imperative
00:37:29.36\00:37:31.17
our daily bread is we
say like the disciples,
00:37:31.20\00:37:34.19
"Lord, give us
this bread always."
00:37:34.22\00:37:37.55
And I need to say
in my own testimony,
00:37:37.58\00:37:39.52
unless I have my
daily quota of Jesus always
00:37:39.55\00:37:43.50
I don't have enough strength
to make it through the day.
00:37:43.53\00:37:46.22
And for those of us
that have come to the place
00:37:46.25\00:37:48.52
Brian that had that
spiritual starvation.
00:37:48.55\00:37:51.28
You know, we've come to be able
to narrow that down, Shelley,
00:37:51.31\00:37:54.87
to the fact that we
didn't get our quota of Jesus
00:37:54.90\00:37:57.89
and we try to catch up on that
00:37:57.92\00:37:59.32
and have our bread
at the end of the day.
00:37:59.35\00:38:00.97
It's just not the same.
00:38:01.00\00:38:02.81
And so let me encourage
you when the day comes to you
00:38:02.84\00:38:05.04
as it has been
given to you today
00:38:05.07\00:38:07.92
ask the Lord to
pour into your life.
00:38:07.95\00:38:10.05
And then all of a
sudden now you'll understand
00:38:10.08\00:38:12.25
what the bread is
all about not to look at,
00:38:12.28\00:38:14.81
not to handle but to ingest
00:38:14.84\00:38:18.09
and allow it to nurture
your spiritual walk with Christ.
00:38:18.12\00:38:21.07
That's what Paul the
Apostle meant when he said,
00:38:21.10\00:38:24.31
"As often as you eat
this bread and drink this cup,
00:38:24.34\00:38:28.33
you do proclaim the
Lord's death till He comes."
00:38:28.36\00:38:31.61
And Pastor CA, as you said,
00:38:31.64\00:38:32.99
you know, sometimes
you read the scriptures.
00:38:33.02\00:38:34.21
Well, today all of a sudden
it took on new meaning to me.
00:38:34.24\00:38:37.25
Greg, it didn't mean that I
just eat that in preparation
00:38:37.28\00:38:40.96
for the coming of the Lord.
00:38:40.99\00:38:42.10
But what it meant to me
00:38:42.13\00:38:43.20
is unless I eat
of Jesus everyday,
00:38:43.23\00:38:47.72
I cannot proclaim that I'm
even waiting for His coming.
00:38:47.75\00:38:51.82
And so the imperative nature
00:38:51.85\00:38:53.04
of having the Jesus in our lives
00:38:53.07\00:38:54.51
is not just to
get our daily bread.
00:38:54.54\00:38:57.44
But by partaking
of Jesus every day
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.91
we're proclaiming to the world
00:38:59.94\00:39:01.97
that we're
waiting for Jesus to come.
00:39:02.00\00:39:05.66
So as often as we eat this bread
00:39:05.69\00:39:07.55
and drink this cup,
00:39:07.58\00:39:08.81
we proclaim the living bread,
00:39:08.84\00:39:10.67
who is Christ Jesus.
00:39:10.70\00:39:14.11
Let us pray, Father,
00:39:14.14\00:39:17.94
help us today to
have this living bread.
00:39:17.97\00:39:20.72
Up until this moment,
00:39:23.02\00:39:24.28
we have been at
many communion services,
00:39:24.31\00:39:27.49
we have partaking of bread
many times, fermented bread.
00:39:27.52\00:39:31.61
We have had wafers.
00:39:31.64\00:39:33.46
Some have had bread
without gluten in it.
00:39:33.49\00:39:36.96
We've had all
different types and styles,
00:39:36.99\00:39:39.55
but Father that's not
the bread we seek today.
00:39:39.58\00:39:42.25
We seek the living bread
that has come down from heaven.
00:39:42.28\00:39:45.62
We don't want to hunger anymore,
00:39:45.65\00:39:48.37
we want to be filled.
00:39:48.40\00:39:50.04
And so, Father, today,
as we close out this year
00:39:50.07\00:39:54.04
and we sit down and
look at our itinerary,
00:39:54.07\00:39:56.22
where we've been
and what we've done,
00:39:56.25\00:39:58.41
we look at our program logs.
00:39:58.44\00:39:59.96
We look at the
challenges and the blessings.
00:39:59.99\00:40:02.75
The rainy days and
the days of tornados,
00:40:02.78\00:40:05.12
the days of hurricanes
we look at all of this
00:40:05.15\00:40:08.55
and we say, had it not
been for the living bread
00:40:08.58\00:40:10.52
we would not be here.
00:40:10.55\00:40:12.41
So anoint us afresh we pray.
00:40:12.44\00:40:15.33
Fill us anew and sustain us
00:40:15.36\00:40:17.98
as one year closes
and another begins.
00:40:18.01\00:40:21.65
In Jesus' name I pray.
00:40:21.68\00:40:23.95
Amen.
00:40:23.98\00:40:25.26
We think of the wine,
00:40:31.55\00:40:36.17
the pure juice from the grape.
00:40:36.20\00:40:42.40
In fact, this whole service
is a service of symbolism.
00:40:42.43\00:40:46.10
And the symbolism
teaches us lessons
00:40:46.13\00:40:50.24
and I'm just
thinking of some of you
00:40:50.27\00:40:52.86
who may be viewing this
service with us at this time.
00:40:52.89\00:40:57.85
Maybe this is the first time
00:40:57.88\00:40:59.25
you've ever seen
anything like this before.
00:40:59.28\00:41:01.76
And you're wondering about it
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.06
and this is the way
Seventh Day Adventists
00:41:04.09\00:41:09.14
stop every once in a
while, every quarter normally,
00:41:09.17\00:41:14.23
and we remind ourselves
of what the Son of God,
00:41:14.26\00:41:17.93
who came in human
flesh, did for us.
00:41:17.96\00:41:22.72
Gave His body, gave
His life, life blood
00:41:22.75\00:41:27.22
so that you and I could live.
00:41:27.25\00:41:29.94
The only human being
who lived on this earth
00:41:29.97\00:41:32.16
without sin, never once sinned.
00:41:32.19\00:41:36.22
That's not our story
00:41:36.25\00:41:37.99
but that's His story
for us, isn't that right?
00:41:38.02\00:41:42.21
We're quite
familiar with this service,
00:41:42.24\00:41:43.99
but I was thinking
some of our viewers
00:41:44.02\00:41:46.25
as we've-- Elder
Lomacang has prayed
00:41:46.28\00:41:48.93
a blessing on the bread
00:41:48.96\00:41:50.82
and I will pray a
blessing over the wine.
00:41:50.85\00:41:55.70
This does not magically
turn the bread and the wine
00:41:55.73\00:42:00.19
into the actual
body or blood of Jesus.
00:42:00.22\00:42:05.63
You see, there was
only one sacrifice.
00:42:05.66\00:42:08.76
It was good for all
time and for all people.
00:42:08.79\00:42:12.16
So we don't have to repeat it.
00:42:12.19\00:42:14.83
It's good once and for all.
00:42:14.86\00:42:16.39
The book of Hebrews tells us
00:42:16.42\00:42:18.81
that Christ's
sacrifice is preeminent.
00:42:18.84\00:42:22.19
Nothing can do better
00:42:22.22\00:42:24.25
and nothing
needs to be repeated.
00:42:24.28\00:42:26.90
So this is a symbol
00:42:26.93\00:42:29.41
but it helps us
remember and that's its value.
00:42:29.44\00:42:33.61
I used the word wine,
00:42:33.64\00:42:36.05
when I used the
word wine in our service,
00:42:36.08\00:42:38.39
I mean pure unfermented juice.
00:42:38.42\00:42:44.61
Jesus had no sin
00:42:44.64\00:42:47.25
and so that we don't use
anything that symbolize sin
00:42:47.28\00:42:51.38
and fermentation symbolizes sin.
00:42:51.41\00:42:54.67
So we used the
pure, unfermented juice.
00:42:54.70\00:43:01.77
The songwriter and
this won't be an exact quote
00:43:01.80\00:43:06.20
but he penned the words
00:43:06.23\00:43:07.98
or she penned the
words something like this,
00:43:08.01\00:43:12.23
the blood of Jesus that
blood shed for us, for me,
00:43:12.26\00:43:19.30
so long ago on Calvary
00:43:19.33\00:43:22.64
that blood will
never, never lose its power.
00:43:22.67\00:43:29.13
Never, never lose its power.
00:43:29.16\00:43:32.16
Bow your heads with
me and join me in prayer.
00:43:32.19\00:43:34.26
Father in
heaven, thank you so much
00:43:34.29\00:43:40.41
that You are
willing to give Your life,
00:43:40.44\00:43:45.78
actually shed Your blood for us.
00:43:45.81\00:43:52.46
And as we
partake a least emblems
00:43:52.49\00:43:55.54
both the bread and the wine,
00:43:55.57\00:43:59.59
we are commemorating,
we're celebrating,
00:43:59.62\00:44:02.28
and we're giving thanks
for what You did for us.
00:44:02.31\00:44:07.18
And one day,
Father, one day, Jesus,
00:44:07.21\00:44:11.18
one day, Holy
Spirit, one day, angels,
00:44:11.21\00:44:14.90
we look forward to
being around a table
00:44:14.93\00:44:19.52
in the kingdom of heaven
and celebrate there with You
00:44:19.55\00:44:24.70
and be able to cast
our crowns at Your feet
00:44:24.73\00:44:28.01
and thank you
personally, right there visibly.
00:44:28.04\00:44:32.81
Thank you for
what You did for us.
00:44:32.84\00:44:34.93
Please bless this
service and particularly
00:44:34.96\00:44:37.43
bless the emblem of the wine.
00:44:37.46\00:44:40.13
We pray in Jesus' name.
00:44:40.16\00:44:43.06
Amen.
00:44:43.09\00:44:44.28
Be seated.
00:49:06.11\00:49:07.78
What a wonderful time.
00:49:13.68\00:49:17.25
What a wonderful
a moment to reflect
00:49:17.28\00:49:24.20
a new and again on
the sacrifice of Jesus
00:49:24.23\00:49:28.47
and to
reconsecrate ourselves to Him.
00:49:28.50\00:49:31.28
What a wonderful
day that we live in.
00:49:31.31\00:49:38.31
What an
incredible time to be alive.
00:49:38.34\00:49:41.78
To be serving the Lord.
00:49:41.81\00:49:46.08
Ellen White in the
book "Desire of Ages"
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.67
talks about how
things were set in place
00:49:47.70\00:49:51.08
for Christ's first Advent.
00:49:51.11\00:49:54.34
World was speaking
one language generally,
00:49:54.37\00:49:57.22
there was a
general peace in the world
00:49:57.25\00:50:00.33
and the message could get out.
00:50:00.36\00:50:03.89
We live in a parallel time now.
00:50:03.92\00:50:07.60
They're speaking
English almost everywhere.
00:50:07.63\00:50:10.70
In Philippines,
Africa, New Guinea
00:50:10.73\00:50:16.03
with their own language
00:50:16.06\00:50:17.70
there's English
across the world.
00:50:17.73\00:50:21.09
And there is enough peace
for the gospel to get out.
00:50:21.12\00:50:28.02
And then Christ has been pleased
00:50:28.05\00:50:31.13
to look down into
Southern Illinois,
00:50:31.16\00:50:35.38
a cornfield, cornfield.
00:50:35.41\00:50:39.79
He didn't do it in New
York, didn't go to Dallas.
00:50:39.82\00:50:44.28
Didn't go to Los
Angeles, Boston, Florida.
00:50:44.31\00:50:50.23
A cornfield in
Illinois and said,
00:50:50.26\00:50:56.80
"I'm going to erect
for myself a monument
00:50:56.83\00:51:02.25
that will shine
the light of my love
00:51:02.28\00:51:06.28
to everyone who
wants to see it."
00:51:06.31\00:51:11.17
And then He was pleased...
00:51:11.20\00:51:13.60
to call us all.
00:51:18.22\00:51:20.75
He said, Jim, go
to Southern Illinois.
00:51:23.00\00:51:26.59
Brian, Southern Illinois.
00:51:26.62\00:51:30.76
Lomacang, get out of California.
00:51:30.79\00:51:34.33
Southern Illinois.
00:51:34.36\00:51:36.61
Mol and Hally.
00:51:36.64\00:51:37.97
Mol and Hally-- Molly and Hal.
00:51:38.00\00:51:41.46
Leave Alabama,
leave the cotton fields,
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go to the cornfield.
00:51:45.86\00:51:49.38
And He called us all.
00:51:49.41\00:51:51.33
Pulled you out of Texas,
00:51:51.36\00:51:53.42
took JD out of those big trucks.
00:51:53.45\00:51:57.50
Brought Moses in from
Boston, and here we are.
00:51:57.53\00:52:03.12
Little part to play,
in the greatest work ever
00:52:05.45\00:52:10.41
given to the frail
hands of men and women.
00:52:10.44\00:52:13.16
Amen.
00:52:13.19\00:52:14.97
How could we, how could we,
00:52:15.00\00:52:16.71
how could we hope to
do this without Jesus?
00:52:16.74\00:52:23.59
Who here is
sufficient for these things?
00:52:23.62\00:52:27.73
Who's smart enough?
Who's got the brains?
00:52:27.76\00:52:31.10
Who's got the intelligence?
00:52:31.13\00:52:32.40
Who's got the money?
00:52:32.43\00:52:35.90
Without God.
00:52:35.93\00:52:38.95
Then we add radio and
we go around the world.
00:52:38.98\00:52:45.35
Who here is sufficient?
00:52:45.38\00:52:49.80
The truth is,
it always has been,
00:52:49.83\00:52:54.35
it is now, will
always be all about Jesus.
00:52:54.38\00:53:01.74
Amen.
00:53:01.77\00:53:03.31
And so the letter to
the Corinthians reckons
00:53:07.47\00:53:09.75
that faithful
and wonderful evening
00:53:09.78\00:53:16.57
"For I received from the Lord
00:53:16.60\00:53:18.67
that which I
also delivered to you.
00:53:18.70\00:53:22.07
That the Lord
Jesus on the same night
00:53:22.10\00:53:24.01
in which He was
betrayed took bread
00:53:24.04\00:53:27.93
and when He had given thanks,
00:53:27.96\00:53:30.50
He broke it and said,
'Take ye, this is my body,
00:53:30.53\00:53:34.99
which is broken for you.
00:53:35.02\00:53:36.46
This do in remembrance
of Me in the same manner.'
00:53:36.49\00:53:41.26
He also took the
cup after supper saying,
00:53:41.29\00:53:44.91
'This cup is the new
covenant in my blood,
00:53:44.94\00:53:49.59
this do as often as you drink it
00:53:49.62\00:53:53.94
in remembrance of me
00:53:53.97\00:53:56.90
for as often as
you eat this bread
00:53:56.93\00:54:01.05
and drink this cup,
00:54:01.08\00:54:04.34
you proclaim...
00:54:04.37\00:54:07.81
the Lord's
death till ye comes.'"
00:54:07.84\00:54:13.64
Shall we commune together.
00:54:13.67\00:54:15.40
You have given life to me
00:55:08.05\00:55:15.61
Heartaches, broken pieces
00:55:23.52\00:55:31.46
Ruined lives are why
00:55:36.22\00:55:42.37
You died on Calvary
00:55:42.40\00:55:48.85
Your touch is what I long for
00:55:51.20\00:55:58.81
You have given life to me
00:56:04.03\00:56:11.87
Amen.
00:56:18.36\00:56:19.49
Shall we pray,
gracious and glorious Father,
00:57:30.60\00:57:36.47
we praise You and thank
You for this time together.
00:57:36.50\00:57:42.57
We thank You for the presence
and power of Your Holy Spirit
00:57:42.60\00:57:46.53
and for the wonderful sacrifice
of Jesus in our behalf.
00:57:46.56\00:57:54.16
We know that we have
nothing to fear for the future
00:57:54.19\00:57:58.09
except we shall
forget Your blessings
00:57:58.12\00:58:00.21
and Your leading
in our past history.
00:58:00.24\00:58:04.01
But we will not forget, Lord.
00:58:04.04\00:58:06.37
We pledge to take hold
of Your unchanging hand
00:58:06.40\00:58:11.09
and never to let it
go until you walk us
00:58:11.12\00:58:16.04
through the gates and
into that eternal city.
00:58:16.07\00:58:20.31
And we thank you in Jesus' name.
00:58:20.34\00:58:23.79
Amen and amen.
00:58:23.82\00:58:26.65