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00:33 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO 00:34 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY WARM 00:37 WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND 00:40 THE WORLD AND ALSO TO OUR MEMBERS HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY 00:43 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE 00:46 CHOSEN TO JOIN US THIS SABBATH MORNING. 00:48 AS YOU NOTICE WE'RE DOING OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR 00:52 PROGRAM RIGHT HERE AT OUR NEW CHURCH. 00:54 THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR US. WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR STUDY IN 00:58 THE ADULT LESSON QUARTERLY ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. 01:01 SO IN A FEW MOMENTS WE'LL BE STUDYING TOGETHER BUT BEFORE WE 01:04 GET TO THE LESSON, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG 01:06 LEADERS TO COME OUT AND JOIN US AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEADING 01:09 US IN SOME BEAUTIFUL HYMNS TODAY. 01:12 THANK YOU DEBBIE, JOLYNE, AND SHERRY. 01:18 >>WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE BACK WITH YOU, 01:21 OUR FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN 01:25 WAITING TO SING WITH US AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO SING WITH 01:29 YOU AS WELL. SO WELCOME AND LET'S TURN IN OUR 01:33 HYMNALS TO THE FIRST SONG, I WILL FOLLOW THEE - #623 - AND 01:39 WE WILL SING THE FIRST AND LAST STANZAS. 01:42 JOIN WITH US - #623. (MUSIC) 01:50 I WILL FOLLOW THEE, MY SAVIOR, WHERESOE'ER MY LOT MAY BE. 01:59 WHERE THOU GOEST I WILL FOLLOW; YES, MY LORD, I'LL FOLLOW THEE. 02:08 I WILL FOLLOW THEE, MY SAVIOUR, THOU DIDST SHED THY BLOOD FOR 02:15 ME; AND THOUGH ALL MEN SHOULD FORSAKE THEE; BY THY GRACE I'LL 02:23 FOLLOW THEE. THOUGH TO JORDAN'S ROLLING 02:29 BILLOWS, COLD AND DEEP, THOU LEADEST ME, THOU HAST CROSSED 02:36 THE WAVES BEFORE ME, AND I STILL WILL FOLLOW THEE. 02:43 I WILL FOLLOW THEE, MY SAVIOUR, THOU DIDST SHED THY BLOOD FOR 02:50 ME; AND THOUGH ALL MEN SHOULD 02:54 FORSAKE THEE; BY THY GRACE I'LL FOLLOW THEE. 03:04 >>WE HAVE GREAT NEWS! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WONDERING, 03:07 YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR FAVORITE SONG, 03:09 LIKE YOU DID BEFORE - ABSOLUTELY! 03:11 SO YOU CAN GO AND SEND YOUR FAVORITES AND, OF COURSE, 03:16 WE WILL SING THOSE ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM. 03:18 OUR NEXT SONG FOLLOWS IN THE THEME OF OUR LESSON TODAY, 03:22 THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP , AND YOU WILL FIND 03:25 I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS ON #311. WE'RE GOING TO SING THE FIRST 03:31 AND LAST STANZAS OF #311 - I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS. 03:34 (MUSIC) EARTHLY PLEASURES VAINLY CALL 03:46 ME; I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS; NOTHING WORLDLY SHALL ENTHRALL 03:54 ME; I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS. BE LIKE JESUS, THIS MY SONG, 04:05 IN THE HOME AND IN THE THRONG; BE LIKE JESUS, ALL DAY LONG! 04:16 I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS. THAT IN HEAVEN HE MAY MEET ME, 04:27 I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS; THAT HIS WORDS "WELL DONE" MAY 04:35 GREET ME, I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS. BE LIKE JESUS, THIS MY SONG, 04:46 IN THE HOME AND IN THE THRONG; BE LIKE JESUS, ALL DAY LONG! 04:58 I WOULD BE LIKE JESUS. >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 05:09 JOINING WITH US IN OUR FAVORITE SONGS. 05:11 >>FROM TIME TO TIME HERE AT THE SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, 05:15 WE'RE GOING TO BE FEATURING A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT OR A MISSION 05:19 REPORT OF SOME KIND OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN 05:21 DONE BY THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH MEMBERS OR BY AMAZING FACTS OR 05:24 AFCOE, KIND OF LETTING YOU KNOW SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS 05:27 THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD IN SHARING THE GOSPEL. 05:30 SO JOINING ME UP HERE ON STAGE IS CARISSA MCSHERRY. 05:33 SHE'S THE ASSISTANT AFCOE DIRECTOR AND AFCOE IS THE 05:37 AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM. AND JUST RECENTLY, 05:40 IN DECEMBER, WE HAD A MISSIONARY TEAM FROM AFCOE GO ALL THE WAY 05:45 OVER TO NEPAL TO CONDUCT SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 05:49 AND SO CARISSA, I WANT TO ASK YOU JUST A FEW 05:51 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT EXCITING MISSION TRIP THAT YOU WERE 05:53 INVOLVED WITH. YOU ACTUALLY LED THE TEAM. THE QUESTION IS, 05:56 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AFCOE GOING TO NEPAL? 05:59 >>SO AT THE END OF EVERY AFCOE FOUR-MONTH PROGRAM, WE LIKE TO 06:03 TAKE THE STUDENTS ON AN EVANGELISTIC SEMINAR PROGRAM. 06:06 WE WANT TO TAKE THEM TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY SO THAT THEY CAN 06:09 APPLY ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING DURING THAT FOUR-MONTH 06:11 PERIOD. THEY CAN DO PERSONAL EVANGELISM, PUBLIC EVANGELISM 06:14 - THEY'RE MEETING THE NEEDS IN THAT RURAL COMMUNITY. 06:16 AND, AGAIN, THE BLESSING OF IT IS THAT WE LEARNED NEPAL HAS 06:18 ONLY TWO PERCENT OF CHRISTIANS IN THAT COUNTRY. 06:22 WE REALIZED THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE UNREACHED AND 06:25 THEY NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 06:28 >>DID ANY OTHER MINISTRIES WORK WITH AFCOE ON THIS NEPAL MISSION 06:32 PROJECT? >>WE HAD THE BLESSING OF WORKING 06:35 WITH A GREAT MINISTRY CALLED AMEN . 06:37 THEY SUPPLIED THE DENTISTS AND THE DOCTORS THAT WE NEEDED. 06:39 I REMEMBER ONE DAY WE WENT TO THIS RURAL COMMUNITY AND, 06:42 IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEY WERE LESS THAN RECEPTIVE TO 06:47 CHRISTIANS. IN FACT, OPENING NIGHT OF OUR SEMINAR HAD 06:49 TO BE DELAYED BECAUSE SOME HINDUS IN THAT VILLAGE CAME TO A 06:53 CHRISTIAN MAN'S HOME AND THEY STABBED HIM FOR EVANGELIZING. 06:57 SO AGAIN, HERE WE'RE GOING TO THAT COMMUNITY; WE WANT TO HAVE 07:00 A PROPHECY SEMINAR - HOW DO YOU DO THAT? AND WE REALIZED THE 07:03 ONLY WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY 07:07 - TO MEET THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS AND THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS. 07:10 SO WE HAD THE BLESSING OF TAKING THAT AMEN DENTIST AND MEDICAL 07:13 TEAM TO THAT REMOTE VILLAGE AND THAT DAY, WHEN WE ARRIVED, 07:17 THERE WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE THAT NEEDED DENTAL SERVICES. 07:22 AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS LINE AND 07:23 SAYING, 'THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HELP ALL 07:25 OF THESE PEOPLE.' BUT IN ONE DAY, ONE DENTIST SAW 40 07:31 PATIENTS. BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE WAS ABLE TO MEET THE NEED OF 07:35 THOSE PATIENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO PRAY WITH EVERY 07:37 SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND GOD OPENED THE DOORS FOR OUR 07:40 PROPHECY SEMINAR TO CONTINUE IN THAT RURAL COMMUNITY. 07:43 >>NOW CARISSA, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND THE 07:46 REST OF THE TEAM TRAVELING TO SOME VERY REMOTE PLACES OUT 07:49 THERE IN NEPAL? >>THEY WERE CERTAINLY REMOTE. 07:53 WHEN YOU THINK OF NEPAL, YOU THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL 07:54 HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND MOUNT EVEREST AND - 07:56 AND THE CRAZY ROADS THAT WE WOULD DRIVE ON. 08:00 EVERY DAY WE WERE TRAVELING FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS AND YOU WOULD 08:03 BE RIGHT ALONG A CLIFF AT TIMES AND CARS WOULD BE PASSING EACH 08:06 OTHER ALONGSIDE THIS CLIFF. BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT. 08:10 I REMEMBER ONE DAY, AS WE WERE TRAVELING TO OUR 08:12 SITE, I MET THE TAXI DRIVER'S FRIEND - 08:15 HE HAD COME ALONG FOR THAT AFTERNOON - AND AS WE BEGAN TO 08:18 SHARE WITH HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE, HE SAID, 08:20 "SO WHO IS THIS JESUS? I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM." 08:24 I MEAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT WE 08:26 PRAY FOR - WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR. "WHO IS THIS JESUS?" 08:29 AND FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS WE BEGAN TO SHARE WITH HIM WHO THIS 08:32 JESUS IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN OUR LIVES. 08:36 >>AMEN. WELL, WHAT WAS THE RECEPTION YOU HAD FROM THE LOCAL 08:38 HINDUS IN SOME OF THESE REMOTE AREAS THAT YOU'RE DOING 08:41 EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH? >>THE RECEPTION WAS VERY, 08:45 VERY POSITIVE. AGAIN, WE WERE SOMEWHAT NERVOUS 08:47 OF THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE TRULY - BY GOD'S GRACE - 08:50 MEETING THE NEEDS, THE PEOPLE WERE OPEN AND RECEPTIVE. 08:53 I REMEMBER ONE SITE WE WERE WORKING WITH, 08:55 OUR EVANGELIST BY THE NAME OF STAN, 08:57 HE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COMING TO HIS MEETINGS AND ONE LADY, 09:00 IN PARTICULAR, WAS ABOUT 18 - 20 YEARS OLD. 09:03 SHE WAS EXCITED. SHE WAS DEDICATED. 09:05 SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR. 09:07 SHE ACCEPTED THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH. 09:09 SHE WANTED TO GO ALL THE WAY WITH JESUS IN BAPTISM AND THAT 09:13 AFTERNOON, STAN WENT TO HER HOUSE TO VISIT 09:15 WITH HER AND CLEAR UP ANY QUESTIONS SHE MIGHT HAVE. 09:18 AND AS STAN WAS AT HER HOUSE HE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS TREMBLING - 09:23 LITERALLY TREMBLING - IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM. 09:27 HE ASKED HIS TRANSLATOR, "WHAT'S WRONG? 09:29 WHY IS SHE SO AFRAID?" 09:31 AND THE TRANSLATOR TOLD HIM, "HER FAMILY IS HINDU. 09:35 THEY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRISTIANITY. 09:38 SHE IS TERRIFIED OF WHAT THEY WILL DO TO HER WHEN THEY LEARN 09:42 THAT SHE WANTS TO BE A CHRISTIAN." 09:44 STAN SPENT THE NEXT FEW HOURS TALKING WITH THE FAMILY AND 09:47 ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND IT 09:50 WASN'T LONG BEFORE HER PARENTS TURNED TO STAN AND THEY SAID, 09:54 "WE LOVE OUR DAUGHTER. WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR DAUGHTER. 09:58 AND IF SHE WANTS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, 10:00 WE WILL SUPPORT HER IN THAT DECISION." 10:03 >>SO SOME EXCITING REPORTS COME ALL THE WAY FROM NEPAL. 10:06 I KNOW THE AFCOE TEAM IS PLANNING ANOTHER EVANGELISTIC 10:10 SERIES AND WE'RE NOT FINAL ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING 10:13 JUST YET, BUT I HEARD MAYBE THAILAND? 10:16 SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION AS WE TELL YOU ABOUT 10:19 SOME UPCOMING EVANGELISTIC OPPORTUNITIES. 10:22 THANK YOU, CARISSA, FOR SHARING WITH US. 10:23 OUR LESSON TODAY IS IN THE LESSON QUARTERLY ON THE BOOK OF 10:28 LUKE. WE'RE ON LESSON #4 AND WE HAVE A 10:32 FREE OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE LESSON FOR TODAY. 10:34 WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE 10:36 WATCHING. THE BOOK IS CALLED ALONE IN THE 10:39 CROWD AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS, 10:41 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL OUR RESOURCE NUMBER - THE NUMBER IS 10:44 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR THE OFFER #714. 10:52 AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS 866-STUDY-MORE - 10:55 788-3966 - ASK FOR THE BOOK ALONE IN THE CROWD . 10:59 YOU CAN ALSO READ THIS BOOK FOR FREE IF YOU GO TO THE AMAZING 11:02 FACTS WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 11:04 WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY, I INVITE YOU JUST TO BOW YOUR 11:08 HEADS AS WE ASK GOD'S SPECIAL BLESSING. 11:11 DEAR FATHER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE BIBLE IS 11:13 YOUR BOOK AND WHEN WE STUDY THE SCRIPTURES, WE NEED THE HOLY 11:16 SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS. 11:18 AND SO WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US WITH YOUR SPIRIT IN THE STUDY. 11:22 LORD, LEAD US INTO A FULLER AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS 11:25 VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST, 11:29 FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 11:32 OUR LESSON THIS MORNING WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR SENIOR 11:35 PASTOR, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. THANK YOU PASTOR DOUG. 11:45 >>GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO 11:48 ARE JOINING US HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS 11:51 AND OUR FRIENDS THAT MAY BE STUDYING WITH US. 11:53 I THINK WE'RE STREAMING NOW, AS WELL AS RECORDING FOR THE 11:56 LATER BROADCAST. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE 12:00 IT'S BEEN MANY MONTHS SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECORD OUR 12:03 SABBATH SCHOOL IN AN ACTUAL SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS - IT'S BEEN 12:08 PRE-RECORDED IN A STUDIO - AND SO WE'RE EXCITED. NOW, SOME OF 12:12 IT - BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ACTUALLY WIRING OUR STUDIO THIS 12:15 COMING WEEK - WE'RE NOT DONE ENGINEERING EVERYTHING. 12:19 A LITTLE LATER WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE INTERACTION WE 12:22 HAD BEFORE WITH THE CLASS MEMBERS HERE, 12:25 AND WE MIGHT EVEN BE DOING SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO 12:28 BE TAKING SOME TEXTED QUESTIONS ON THE LESSON IN THE FUTURE. 12:31 SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE OUR SABBATH SCHOOL AS 12:34 INTERACTIVE AS WE CAN BE, BUT TODAY IS GOING TO BE KIND OF 12:36 A BARE BONES STUDY WHERE I'M GOING TO JUST BE PRETTY MUCH 12:40 TEACHING THE LESSON BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL THE OTHER 12:42 MICROPHONES WIRED IN SO THAT WE CAN DO - 12:44 DO IT LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. BUT, AS PASTOR ROSS SAID, 12:48 WE ARE IN THE BOOK OF LUKE. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING 12:51 LESSON #4 WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT DISCIPLESHIP. 12:53 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR STUDY TODAY BECAUSE HERE'S WHERE WE 12:58 TALK ABOUT JESUS AND FISHING FOR MEN. 13:02 AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS. 13:04 IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF LUKE - NOW THIS 13:13 LESSON IS DEALING, PRINCIPALLY, WITH LUKE CHAPTER 5 AND LUKE 13:16 CHAPTER 6, AND THE LESSON IS CALLED 13:18 THE CALL OF DISCIPLESHIP . AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 13:22 THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM LUKE 9, VERSE 23 AND YOU CAN EITHER FIND 13:28 THAT IN YOUR LESSON, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ IT OUT 13:31 LOUD WITH ME. LUKE 9:23 - AND I'VE GOT THE NEW 13:35 KING JAMES VERSION HERE. ARE YOU READY? 13:37 "THEN HE SAID TO THEM ALL, 'IF ANYONE DESIRES TO COME AFTER 13:42 ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, 13:47 AND FOLLOW ME.'" NOW YOU'LL FIND THAT PASSAGE, 13:50 OR ONE VERY MUCH LIKE IT, IN THE OTHER GOSPELS, 13:54 BUT LUKE SAYS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE. 13:57 HE SAYS, 'TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY.' THAT 14:00 WORD DAILY REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 14:02 WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION TO BE A CHRISTIAN, IT ISN'T 14:06 NECESSARILY A ONE-TIME DECISION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO DAILY. 14:11 YOU KNOW HOW PAUL SAID, 'I DIE DAILY?' 14:13 WELL, WHEN YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, YOU'RE DYING DAILY. 14:16 AND SO YOU NEED TO DENY YOURSELF - IT'S A DAILY CHOICE TO DENY 14:20 YOURSELF, TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND TO FOLLOW JESUS. 14:23 BEING A DISCIPLE FOR CHRIST IS REALLY THE HIGHEST CALLING IN 14:27 THE WORLD THAT ANYONE COULD RECEIVE. 14:30 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE LORD CALLING THE DISCIPLES, 14:32 TODAY, IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS. 14:34 THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO CONSIDER IS FISHERS OF MEN. 14:37 SO TURN TO LUKE CHAPTER 5 AND IN LUKE CHAPTER 5 THERE'S A STORY 14:42 - WE'LL READ VERSES 1 THROUGH 10. 14:45 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT - LUKE 5 - WE'LL 14:48 START WITH VERSE 1, "SO IT WAS, AS THE MULTITUDE PRESSED ABOUT 14:52 HIM TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, THAT HE STOOD BY THE LAKE OF 14:56 GENNESARET," - THIS IS GALILEE - THIS IS 15:00 THE LAKE OF TIBERIUS - IT GOES BY TWO OR THREE NAMES. 15:03 IT'S THE ONE LAKE THERE, GALILEE - AND SAW TWO BOATS 15:07 STANDING BY THE LAKE; BUT THE FISHERMEN HAD GONE FROM 15:10 THEM AND WERE WASHING THEIR NETS. 15:12 THEN HE GOT INTO ONE OF THE BOATS, WHICH WAS SIMON'S, 15:15 AND ASKED HIM TO PUT OUT A LITTLE FROM THE LAND. 15:17 AND HE SAT DOWN AND TAUGHT THE MULTITUDES FROM THE BOAT. 15:21 WHEN HE HAD STOPPED SPEAKING, HE SAID TO SIMON, 15:25 'LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP AND LET DOWN YOUR NETS FOR A CATCH.' 15:29 BUT SIMON ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, "MASTER, 15:32 WE HAVE TOILED ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING; 15:34 NEVERTHELESS AT YOUR WORD'" - YOU'RE A CARPENTER, 15:37 BUT IF YOU SAY SO - "'I WILL LET DOWN THE NET. 15:40 AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE THIS, THEY CAUGHT A GREAT NUMBER OF 15:44 FISH, AND THEIR NET WAS BREAKING. 15:47 SO THEY SIGNALED TO THEIR PARTNERS IN THE OTHER BOAT TO 15:50 COME AND HELP THEM. AND THEY CAME AND FILLED BOTH 15:52 THE BOATS, SO THAT THEY BEGAN TO SINK. 15:55 WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT," - I MEAN, 15:58 HE'D BEEN FISHING ALL HIS LIFE, HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 16:00 THIS - "WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES, 16:03 SAYING, 'DEPART FROM ME, FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN, O LORD!' 16:07 FOR HE AND ALL WHO WERE WITH HIM WERE ASTONISHED AT THE CATCH OF 16:11 FISH WHICH THEY HAD TAKEN; AND SO ALSO WERE JAMES AND JOHN, 16:14 THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE, WHO WERE PARTNERS WITH SIMON. 16:17 AND JESUS SAID TO SIMON, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID. 16:20 FROM NOW ON YOU WILL CATCH MEN.'" 16:24 - VERSE 11 SAYS, "SO WHEN THEY HAD BROUGHT THEIR 16:26 BOATS TO LAND, THEY FORSOOK ALL AND FOLLOWED 16:29 HIM." NOW WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME THEY 16:32 HAD MET JESUS? >>NO. 16:34 >>NO, BECAUSE YOU READ EARLIER IN JOHN 16:36 CHAPTER 1, AT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS, 16:39 THAT'S WHEN FIRST ANDREW INTRODUCED PETER TO JESUS. 16:42 NOW THAT HAPPENS AT THE JORDAN RIVER, 16:45 NOT AT THE SEA OF GALILEE, AND THAT HAPPENS NORTH OF THE 16:49 DEAD SEA SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S 50 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE 16:53 THIS HAPPENS. THEY THEN DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS. 16:56 THEY BELIEVED HE WAS THE MESSIAH BUT, YOU KNOW, 16:59 THEY HAD TO MAKE A LIVING AND SO THEY MAY HAVE LISTENED TO HIM. 17:02 AND JESUS WENT INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR 40 DAYS AFTER HIS 17:04 BAPTISM AND THEY PROBABLY MET WITH HIM SOME AFTER THAT WHEN HE 17:09 RETURNED TO THE JORDAN, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WENT BACK 17:12 AND RETURNED TO THEIR FISHING, SO IT HADN'T BECOME A FULL-TIME 17:14 BUSINESS YET. SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT THIS STORY 17:18 I THINK THAT WE CAN LEARN: FIRST OF ALL, 17:21 JESUS FILLED PETER'S BOAT AFTER PETER REALIZED HE COULDN'T. 17:31 IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IF PETER HAD HAD A 17:34 SUCCESSFUL NIGHT FISHING? HIS BOAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO FULL 17:37 OF FISH HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ROOM FOR JESUS. 17:39 BUT IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE HAD HAD A VERY UNSUCCESSFUL NIGHT 17:43 FISHING THAT HE WAS AT THE POINT OF SURRENDER. 17:46 WHEN HE GAVE HIS BOAT TO JESUS FOR A PLATFORM, 17:52 THEN HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FISHING. YOU REMEMBER? 17:55 JESUS IS SURROUNDED BY THE CROWD. 17:57 THEY'RE KIND OF PUSHING HIM OFF IN THE WATER AND A NATURAL WAY 18:00 FOR HIM TO, SORT OF, GET A LITTLE SEPARATION - AND 18:03 THE VOICE CARRIES VERY WELL OVER THE WATER - IS HE SAID, 'LOOK, 18:06 I'LL GET IN THE BOAT. IT'LL BE A PULPIT. 18:08 WE'LL PUSH OUT A LITTLE BIT SO PEOPLE CAN ALL SEE ME AND HEAR 18:12 ME.' AND SO, BASICALLY, PETER OFFERED HIS BOAT AS A 18:16 PLATFORM FOR JESUS' MINISTRY AND WHEN HE DID THAT, 18:20 THEN THE LORD COULD FILL HIS BOAT. 18:22 SOMETIMES THE LORD CAN'T BLESS OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE 18:24 HAVEN'T REALLY SURRENDERED IT TO JESUS. 18:27 AND SO PETER DOES THIS AND HE OFFERS HIS BOAT - I MEAN, 18:31 HE WAS BUSY CLEANING HIS NETS AND HE COULD HAVE SAID, 'LORD, 18:35 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT WORK TO DO.' BUT HE 18:36 STOPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING AND MADE IT AVAILABLE TO JESUS. 18:40 AND SO JESUS PREACHES AND THEN AFTER HE PREACHES, 18:44 INSTEAD OF GOING IN AND HEALING AND TOUCHING THE PEOPLE, 18:46 HE CALLS PETER AND HE SAYS, 'LOOK, 18:48 THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR BOAT, I'D LIKE TO RECIPROCATE. 18:51 LET'S GO FISHING.' AND PETER - I'M PARAPHRASING HERE - PETER 18:55 SAYS, 'LORD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT, 18:58 BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS HAPPEN HERE. 19:01 WE FISH AT NIGHT. WE FISH WITH NETS. 19:05 WE HANG A LAMP OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT. 19:08 THE FISH, AT NIGHT, ARE ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT. 19:10 THEY COME TO THE LIGHT AND WE PULL IN THE NET AND WE CATCH THE 19:14 FISH.' IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IT'S ABYSMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR 19:17 FISHING. YOU'RE JUST - YOU'RE NOT GOING 19:19 TO CATCH ANYTHING. THE FISH GO DOWN. 19:20 NOW I'VE DONE SOME FISHING WITH NETS, 19:23 FISHING WITH LIGHTS AT NIGHT - AND SOME OF YOU, MAYBE, 19:27 HAVE BEEN IN HAWAII AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER DONE ANY 19:29 NIGHT FISHING. I'M A VEGETARIAN BUT I LOVE 19:31 GETTING OUT IN THE WATER AND I'VE GOT FRIENDS THERE THAT GO 19:33 FISHING AND I GO WITH THEM. AND I REMEMBER SEVERAL TIMES 19:36 WE'VE GONE AND ANCHORED DOWN BY THE SOUTH PART OF THE BIG ISLAND 19:40 OF HAWAII AND WE FISHED ALL NIGHT. 19:42 AND A FRIEND I WAS WITH, NAMED STEVE, 19:45 HE HAD A RADAR DETECTOR ON HIS BOAT. 19:50 IT WAS A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED FISHING BOAT. 19:51 NOT VERY BIG BUT, I MEAN, IT WAS SERIOUS FOR FISHING. 19:53 AND THE SCREEN OF THE DETECTOR WAS ALWAYS BLUE UNLESS A FISH 19:57 GOES BY AND THE FISH APPEARS AS A RED BLIP ON THE SCREEN. 20:01 AND SO ONE NIGHT WE ANCHORED OFF THE SOUTH POINT OF HAWAII THERE 20:05 AND THE WATER WHERE WE ANCHORED IS, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF FEET 20:09 DEEP, BUT HE HAD THE ANCHOR LINE. AND THE SUN WENT DOWN - 20:14 WE ATE THERE ON THE BOAT, SOMETHING WE'D BROUGHT WITH US - 20:17 THEN WHEN IT GOT DARK HE HOOKED A LIGHT TO - IT'S A WATERPROOF 20:22 LIGHT THAT HE DROPPED OFF INTO THE WATER. 20:24 HE HOOKED THE LIGHT TO A COUPLE OF 12-VOLT - A 12-VOLT BATTERY 20:28 AND JUST DROPPED THE LINE OFF IN THE WATER WHILE WE WERE EATING. 20:31 AND WE LOOKED AT THE SCREEN AND WE SAW - FIRST THERE WAS JUST A 20:34 FEW LITTLE RED DOTS CAME AROUND AND THEN WE SAW SOME MORE LIGHTS 20:39 CAME AROUND - SOME MORE DOTS CAME AROUND - AND PRETTY SOON 20:41 THE SCREEN TURNED PINK AND WE LOOKED OFF AND - THE WATER'S SO 20:46 CLEAR ON THE SOUTH PART OF HAWAII, 20:48 YOU CAN SEE DOWN HUNDREDS OF FEET - ESPECIALLY IF A LIGHT'S 20:50 IN THE WATER - AND WE LOOKED OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT AND IT WAS 20:54 JUST A CLOUD OF FISH THAT HAD COME TO THE LIGHT. 20:57 SO FISH ARE ATTRACTED TO LIGHT, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO REMEMBER 21:00 WHEN JESUS SAID HE WILL MAKE US FISHERS OF MEN, RIGHT? 21:02 DURING THE NIGHT, IN OUR EXCITEMENT OF FISHING, 21:06 SOMEONE BUMPED THE LITTLE ALLIGATOR CLIPS THAT HELD ON TO 21:09 THE BATTERY AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND IT WAS AMAZING. 21:14 WE FUMBLED AROUND IN THE DARK FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WE PLUGGED 21:17 IT BACK IN. AS SOON AS THE LIGHT WENT OUT, THE FISH WERE GONE. 21:20 AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BOAT A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY AND 21:23 THEY ALL BEGAN TO GET VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THE FISH HAD ALL 21:26 COME OVER TO THEIR LIGHT. SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT 21:28 WITH YOUR LIGHT. ANYWAY, SO HE SAID, 21:31 'LORD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR 21:33 FISHING, BUT AT YOUR WORD, IF YOU INSIST, WE'LL DO IT.' 21:36 AND THEY LET DOWN THE NET AND YOU KNOW, IT ENCOMPASSED SUCH A 21:41 GREAT MULTITUDE OF FISH THAT ONE FISHING BOAT - YOU KNOW, 21:45 THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR NETS. THEIR NETS, 21:47 EVIDENTLY, WERE DESIGNED TO CATCH MORE FISH 21:50 THAN THE BOAT COULD HOLD BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE NET WAS 21:54 SO FULL OF FISH THAT NOT ONLY WAS IT TOO MANY FISH FOR ONE 21:58 BOAT, WHEN THEY SIGNALED TO JAMES AND 22:01 JOHN, IT WAS TOO MANY FISH FOR TWO 22:03 BOATS. BOTH BOATS WERE DOWN TO THE 22:05 GUNWALES READY TO SINK FROM THE BURDEN OF FISH. 22:10 THIS ALL HAPPENED WHEN THEY DECIDED TO COOPERATE WITH JESUS. 22:14 NOW, THAT WAS AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY 22:18 OF FISHING, BUT IF WE'RE WORKING FOR THE 22:21 LORD IN FISHING FOR MEN, CAN THE LORD SOMETIMES BLESS 22:24 IN WAYS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER DREAM? 22:27 IT'S AMAZING HOW THE LORD - I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 22:30 GOD OFTEN DOES THINGS IN WAYS THAT JUST DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 22:32 WHAT MILITARY LEADER WOULD EVER SAY, 22:35 'I WANT YOU TO MARCH AROUND THE CITY AND BLOW A HORN AND SHOUT?' 22:37 I MEAN, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE LORD 22:40 DID JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. BUT IT WAS GOD'S WAY OF SAYING, 22:44 'TRUST ME. FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION. 22:47 DON'T QUESTION MY WORD AND I CAN BLESS YOU AND FILL YOUR NETS.' 22:51 SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL LESSON. 22:54 YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT ACTUALLY A - I'VE GOT A 22:56 LITTLE STUDY I DID A FEW YEARS EARLIER - BECAUSE JESUS NOW SAYS 23:01 TO PETER, 'FOLLOW ME AND I'LL MAKE YOU A 23:04 FISHER OF MEN.' IF PETER WAS A SHEPHERD, 23:07 HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE USED A DIFFERENT ANALOGY, 23:09 BUT THAT TEACHES US A LESSON ABOUT EVANGELISM. 23:12 JESUS SPOKE TO PETER IN TERMS PETER COULD UNDERSTAND. 23:15 IF JESUS WAS TALKING TO A TAILOR, HE WOULD SAY, 23:19 'YOU DON'T TAKE A PIECE OF UNSHRUNK CLOTH AND SEW IT ON A 23:24 PIECE OF OLD CLOTH.' HE'D USE THAT ILLUSTRATION. 23:27 IF HE WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO HAD A VINEYARD, 23:30 HE'D TALK ABOUT WINE SKINS. 23:32 IF HE WAS TALKING ABOUT - TALKING TO SHEPHERDS, 23:34 JESUS WOULD TALK ABOUT SHEEP. FARMERS, HE'D TALK ABOUT SEED. 23:36 WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO FISHERMEN HE TALKED ABOUT FISH. 23:40 JESUS ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO RELATE TO THE AUDIENCE HE WAS WITH. 23:44 AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, FOLLOW ME AND I'LL MAKE YOU A 23:47 FISHER OF MEN.' WHEN COULD JESUS MAKE PETER A FISHER OF MEN? 23:52 WHAT DID PETER HAVE TO DO FIRST? 23:54 HE FELL DOWN AND HE SAID, 'LORD, DEPART FROM ME, 23:59 I AM A SINFUL MAN.' HE WAS THINKING THAT JESUS WAS LIKE ONE 24:02 OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY. 24:04 DON'T - 'LORD, I MIGHT CONTAMINATE YOU IF YOU 24:06 STAY TOO CLOSE, SO YOU BETTER LEAVE.' BECAUSE 24:09 THEY WERE ALWAYS SO PREOCCUPIED. THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS DIDN'T 24:11 WANT TO BE RENDERED UNCLEAN BY THE SINNERS. 24:14 YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS AFTER MATTHEW CAME TO 24:17 FOLLOW CHRIST? AND MATTHEW MADE A FEAST FOR HIM AND THEY SAID, 24:22 'WHAT IS YOUR MASTER DOING EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND 24:24 SINNERS? THEY'LL DEFILE HIM.' AND SO PETER, 24:28 NATURALLY THINKING JESUS THOUGHT THAT WAY, SAID, 'DEPART FROM ME, 24:31 I'M A SINFUL MAN.' AND JESUS SAID, 24:34 'YOU'VE COME TO THE POINT OF REPENTANCE. 24:38 NOW I CAN USE YOU. NOW I CAN TEACH YOU. 24:41 YOU'VE SURRENDERED.' AND HE SAID, 24:44 'FOLLOW ME AND I'LL MAKE YOU A FISHER OF MEN.' NOW, 24:47 DOES THE BIBLE TEACH VARIATIONS OF VALUE? 24:50 YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD AND A 24:52 CULTURE TODAY WHERE EVERYTHING IS JUST, SORT OF, BLURRED AND, 24:54 YOU KNOW, YOU START TO WONDER WHAT'S MORE 24:58 IMPORTANT, PEOPLE OR WHALES? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 25:01 PEOPLE WILL DIE TO SAVE WHALES. THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 25:04 IT'S COMMENDABLE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT NATURE. 25:06 YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THE GREENPEACE EXPEDITIONS THAT JUST 25:09 ABOUT GET RUN OVER BY SHIPS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE 25:12 THE WHALES. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DIE - THERE ARE LOGGERS 25:17 THAT - OR PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO SAVE TREES AND THEY 25:21 GOT BIVOUACKED UP IN THE TOP OF THESE TALL TREES AND THE TREES 25:24 FELL AND THEY DIED - TRYING TO SAVE A TREE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW 25:29 ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK I'M WORTH MORE THAN TREE. 25:30 I THINK I'M WORTH MORE THAN A WHALE. 25:33 AND JESUS SAID - EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BIGGER - KEEP THAT IN 25:37 MIND, GOD DOES NOT CHOOSE VALUE BASED 25:40 ON SIZE. THERE ARE VARIATIONS OF VALUE. 25:45 NOW, I KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY BE OFFENDED BUT 25:47 YOU'RE WORTH MORE THAN YOUR DOG AND CAT. 25:48 AND YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WORTH MORE THAN YOUR DOG AND CAT. 25:52 AND WE HAVE DOGS AND CATS BUT, YOU KNOW, AMERICANS SPEND A LOT 25:56 MORE ON DOGS AND CATS THAN SOME COUNTRIES DO ON THEIR PEOPLE. 26:00 ANYONE STILL WANT TO BE MY FRIEND? 26:05 THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS SAID, 'YOU KNOW, 26:09 YOUR FATHER NOTICES A SPARROW WHEN IT FALLS, 26:11 BUT' - HE SAID - 'YOU'RE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SHEEP. 26:13 YOU'RE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.' YOU CAN LOOK AT THE 26:19 ORDER OF CREATION AND GOD DID THINGS IN ORDER OF THEIR VALUE. 26:22 HE MADE THE BARE ELEMENTS AND THEN HE MADE THE LESSER 26:27 CREATURES AND THEN HE MADE MAN AS THE CROWNING ACT OF HIS 26:29 CREATION. AND SO, GOD SAYS TO PETER, 26:33 'YOU ENJOY FISHING FOR FISH. YEAH, 26:37 THAT'S EXCITING WHEN YOU CATCH A FISH. 26:38 HOW MUCH MORE EXCITING SHOULD IT BE IF YOU CATCH A MAN? 26:40 AND YOU CATCH A FISH AND, YOU KNOW, 26:44 YOU CLEAN IT - IT STARTS TO STINK IF YOU DON'T EAT IT IN A 26:47 FEW DAYS AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? IT'S FISH. 26:52 BUT WHEN YOU CATCH A MAN AND HE BECOMES A SOUL WINNER AND YOU'RE 26:55 GOING TO SEE THAT PERSON IN HEAVEN FOREVER.' SO JESUS WAS 26:57 SAYING, 'HOW MUCH BETTER? FOLLOW ME.' 26:59 BUT PETER WAS, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY LIKED FISHING. 27:04 NOW, WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THE DISCIPLES DECIDED TO DO 27:06 AFTER THE RESURRECTION? THEY SAID - WHILE THEY WERE 27:09 WAITING FOR JESUS THEY SAID, 'LET'S GO FISHING.' THEY 27:12 COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM. 27:14 AND EVEN AFTER THEY FIRST FOLLOWED JESUS, 27:16 THEY ENDED UP BACK AT GALILEE FISHING AGAIN. 27:18 AND JESUS FINALLY SAID, 'LOOK, FOLLOW ME.' AND IT SAYS THEY 27:20 FORSOOK THEIR NETS. THEY FINALLY HAD TO FORSAKE 27:23 THEIR NETS AND THEIR BOATS AND FOLLOW HIM. 27:26 IT'S REAL EASY TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE OLD WAYS. 27:29 ONE THING I'VE NOTICED ABOUT FISHING: FISHING CAN BE 27:32 ADDICTIVE. ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S 27:35 ADDICTED TO FISHING? EVER MEET ANYBODY LIKE THAT? 27:40 IT'S LIKE THE SIGN OUT IN FRONT OF THE BARBER SHOP - IT SAID, 27:43 'WE'LL BE CLOSED NEXT THURSDAY DUE TO THE WEATHER.' AND SOMEONE 27:46 ASKED THE BARBER, 'HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 27:48 WEATHER'S GOING TO BE NEXT THURSDAY?' 27:50 HE SAID, 'WELL, IF IT'S RAINING, I'M GOING TO BE FISHING. 27:52 IF IT'S SUNNY I'M GOING TO BE FISHING. 27:54 IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.' NO MATTER WHAT, SOME PEOPLE ARE 27:59 ADDICTED TO FISHING AND THEY'RE FISHOHOLICS, I GUESS. 28:05 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH FISH - NOW HERE'S SEVERAL POINTS ON FISHING 28:10 - MAYBE I SHOULD INCLUDE THESE IN THE NOTES LATER. 28:12 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH FISH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO TO WHERE 28:15 THE FISH ARE. JESUS DID NOT SAY TO PETER, 'LET'S STAY HERE ON 28:20 THE SHORE AND SEE IF ANY FISH JUMP IN THE BOAT.' HE SAID, 28:23 'LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP.' YOU'VE GOT TO GO OUT INTO THE 28:26 DEEP IF YOU WANT TO CATCH THE FISH. 28:29 YOU'VE GOT TO GO WHERE THE FISH ARE. 28:30 NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE GOT TO GET IN THE WATER OR YOU 28:33 END UP LIKE JONAH AND THE FISH CATCH YOU. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO 28:36 GO TO WHERE FISH ARE TO CATCH FISH. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO 28:39 MISSION WORK AND THEY NEVER REALLY REACH OUT. THEY HAVE NO 28:41 FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CHURCH - AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN 28:44 SOULS TO CHRIST, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIPS THAT 28:46 ARE BESIDE JUST YOUR CHURCH RELATIONSHIPS, AMEN? 28:49 BEING PATIENT - IF YOU WANT TO BE A FISHERMAN - YOU KNOW, 28:54 PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE FISHING WHERE SOMEONE'S ACTUALLY GOT ONE 29:01 HOOKED AND THEY'RE REELING IT IN AND THEY'RE FIGHTING THE FISH. 29:03 IT'S EXCITING, BUT IN REALITY, YOU KNOW WHAT FISHING IS? 29:05 A LOT OF WAITING AROUND IN THE SUN, 29:09 ROCKING BACK AND FORTH IN THE BOAT, SITTING ON THE DOCK, 29:13 REELING IT IN AND FINDING OUT THE FISH TOOK YOUR BAIT AND 29:16 YOU'VE GOT AN EMPTY HOOK AND YOU'VE GOT TO HOOK IT UP AGAIN 29:18 AND THROW IT BACK OUT AGAIN, AND IT TAKES PATIENCE. 29:23 SOUL WINNING TAKES PATIENCE. PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY CONVERT 29:27 AND LEARN EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY. TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FISHERMAN, 29:31 YOU'VE GOT TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. 29:33 THERE'S A VIDEO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON YOUTUBE OF SOME 29:39 FISHERMEN IN SOUTH AMERICA - IT'S AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO. 29:42 I THINK I'VE SHOWED IT TO SEVERAL FRIENDS BEFORE - 29:44 A TRIBUTARY OF THE AMAZON CALLED THE MEQUENS 29:51 RIVER AND THEY GO OUT AT NIGHT, THESE FISHERMEN, 29:56 AND THEY TAKE A SPOTLIGHT - A BATTERY POWERED SPOTLIGHT, 29:59 AND THEY SHINE IT ON THE WATER AND THERE'S THIS INCREDIBLE 30:02 YOUTUBE OF ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FISH GET REAL EXCITED AND THEY 30:05 BEGIN TO JUMP. AND THEY START JUMPING AND 30:08 JUMPING AND YOU'RE WATCHING THIS VIDEO OF THE FISH LITERALLY 30:11 JUMPING INTO THE BOAT. THE MAN NEVER PUTS A NET DOWN. 30:15 HE NEVER PUTS A POLE OUT, NEVER PUTS A HOOK IN THE WATER - 30:17 ALL HE DOES IS SHINE A LIGHT ON THE WATER AND THE FISH ATTRACTED 30:20 TO THE LIGHT, JUST START JUMPING LIKE MAD. 30:22 NOW THE THEORY IS THE LIGHT ATTRACTS THE BUGS AND THE FISH 30:24 JUMP FOR THE BUGS BUT, IN THE PROCESS, 30:27 HIS BOAT WAS FILLED WITH FISH FROM LETTING THE LIGHT SHINE. 30:32 AND I BELIEVE, IN A COMMUNITY THE SIZE OF 30:37 SACRAMENTO - THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT THERE'S PLENTY 30:41 OF SINNERS OUT THERE - IF WE LET THE LIGHT SHINE - YOU KNOW, 30:45 SOMETIMES CHURCHES GET COMPETITIVE AND THEY SAY, 'OH, 30:48 YOUR CHURCH IS TOO CLOSE TO MY CHURCH' AND 'DON'T ADVERTISE 30:51 YOUR EVANGELISM IN MY DISTRICT.' AND I REMEMBER ONE OF OUR 30:55 CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS YEARS AGO SAID, 30:57 'THERE ARE PLENTY OF SINNERS TO GO AROUND.' THERE'S A LOT OF 31:01 LOST PEOPLE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO LET THE LIGHT SHINE 31:05 AND THEY'LL COME. FISH ARE ATTRACTED TO GOOD FOOD. 31:07 IN FISHING, BEFORE YOU - YOU NEED TO KNOW, 31:11 FIRST OF ALL, WHAT THE FISH LIKE. DIFFERENT FISH GO AFTER 31:15 DIFFERENT FOOD AND YOU PUT THE FOOD WHERE THEY ARE. 31:18 IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER TUNA - IN HAWAII THEY CALL THEM GORILLAS - 31:23 THE BIG TUNA - THEN YOU SUSPEND THE LINE DOWN HUNDREDS OF FEET 31:26 DOWN - IT MIGHT EVEN BE A THOUSAND FEET DOWN - THESE GREAT 31:30 BIG FISH ARE DOWN THERE. AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH 31:32 MARLIN THEN YOU TROLL ACROSS THE SURFACE. 31:35 I MEAN, ALL THE DIFFERENT FISH HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT HABITS. 31:38 YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR FOOD OF PREFERENCE IS AND WHERE TO 31:41 FISH FOR THEM. AND IT TAKES SOME STUDY LIKE THAT IN SOUL-WINNING. 31:44 BEST WAY TO CATCH FISH IS WITH A FRESH FISH. 31:48 I REMEMBER WE WERE OUT FISHING IN HAWAII ONE TIME AND I CAUGHT 31:53 JUST A LITTLE TUNA ABOUT THAT BIG FROM THE BOAT WITH A POLE. 31:56 I WAS SO EXCITED I THOUGHT WE'D MOUNT IT OR SOMETHING. 31:58 THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION, BUT STEVE, 32:02 THE CAPTAIN OF THAT LITTLE BOAT, HE KIND OF TOOK IT AWAY FROM ME 32:05 AND, WITHOUT ASKING ME, HE WAS VERY DEXTROUS WITH HIS 32:09 FISHING BOX AND HIS HANDS AND WHILE THAT FISH WAS STILL 32:13 GULPING AIR, RIGHT AFTER I PULLED IT OUT OF 32:14 THE WATER, AND VERY LIVELY, HE STRAPPED A HOOK TO THE BACK 32:19 OF THAT POOR THING, THREW IT BACK IN THE WATER - 32:21 HOOKED IT TO A POLE. I SAID, 'WHAT'D YOU DO WITH MY FISH?' 32:24 HE SAYS, 'AH,' - HE SAYS - 'NOW WE'RE GOING 32:26 TO CATCH A REAL FISH.' AND SURE ENOUGH, WITH THAT FISH, 32:29 WE CAUGHT A MARLIN. BEST WAY TO CATCH A FISH IS WITH 32:32 A LIVE FISH. YOU KNOW WHO THE BEST SOUL 32:35 WINNERS ARE? NEW CONVERTS. 32:38 NEW CONVERTS HAVE THAT RAW ENTHUSIASM. 32:41 THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THEIR FAITH. 32:44 THEY'VE GOT THAT FIRST LOVE. THEY WANT TO TELL EVERYONE. 32:46 THEY HAVEN'T HEARD YET THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ACT THE WAY 32:48 THEY'RE ACTING AND BE SO EXUBERANT AND UP-FRONT ABOUT 32:55 THEIR FAITH. THEY'LL TALK TO ANYBODY. 32:57 SO YOU CAN CATCH FISH WITH FRESH FISH. 33:00 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH FISH, SOMETIMES, 33:02 INSTEAD OF LOOKING DOWN IN THE WATER, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK UP. 33:05 YOU HAVE TO BE IN AN ATTITUDE OF PRAYER. 33:08 MY FRIEND, STEVE, I REMEMBER HE'D BE DRIVING OUT 33:10 IN THIS TRACKLESS OCEAN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'D - HE WAS JUST 33:13 GOING ALONG FOR HOURS - HE'D TAKE A SHARP TURN. 33:15 I SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' I SAID, 33:18 'DID YOU SEE A SIGN SOMEWHERE THAT SAID 'TURN HERE?'' 33:21 HE SAID, 'NO, SEE THE BIRDS OUT THERE?' 33:23 HE SAID, 'THE BIRDS ARE WORKING THE WATER. 33:25 THEY'RE WORKING THE WATER BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE FISH. 33:27 WHERE THERE'S LITTLE FISH, THERE'S GOING TO BE BIGGER FISH. 33:29 YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH THE BIRDS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR 33:32 THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO KNOW WHERE TO GO. 33:35 HAVE YOU READ IN THE BOOK OF ACTS HOW MANY TIMES THE APOSTLES 33:37 SAID, 'WE ASKED ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 33:39 WE TRIED TO GO HERE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, 'NO, 33:41 INSTEAD I WANT YOU TO GO TO MACEDONIA.'' OR - AND SO, 33:43 YOU'VE GOT TO STAY OPEN AND BE PRAYING ABOUT WHERE TO FISH, 33:46 OR YOU COULD WASTE A LOT OF TIME. FISHING PAYS FOR FISHING. 33:51 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I RUN INTO CHURCHES AND 33:55 CONFERENCES THAT SAY, 'WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO EVANGELISM. 33:57 THAT IS THE KISS OF DEATH WHEN YOU HEAR ANYONE SAY THAT. 34:00 BECAUSE IF A FISHERMAN SAYS, 'I CAN'T GO FISHING BECAUSE I 34:04 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FISH TODAY.' WELL, 34:07 THE WAY YOU GET MONEY IS BY FISHING - IF YOU'RE A FISHERMAN. 34:09 AND SO, YOU'VE GOT TO GO OUT FISHING TO 34:13 GET MORE FISH TO PAY FOR YOUR FISHING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF - 34:20 I REMEMBER ONE TIME, PETER NEEDED SOME MONEY. 34:23 YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS TOLD HIM TO DO? 34:24 HE WAS GOING TO PAY THE TEMPLE TAX. 34:26 HE SAID, 'GO OUT TO THE LAKE, PUT YOUR LINE IN THE WATER, 34:28 YOU'LL CATCH A FISH WITH GOLD IN ITS MOUTH.' AND IF YOU WANT THE 34:32 TITHE IN A CHURCH OR OFFERINGS IN A CHURCH TO GO UP, 34:34 YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE TO PRODUCE TITHE AND OFFERINGS. 34:37 I KNOW THAT SOUNDS PRETTY CRASS, BUT IT WORKS THAT WAY. 34:40 IF YOU WANT YOUR CHURCH TO GROW, YOU'VE GOT TO WIN NEW PEOPLE AND 34:43 YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY BE BRINGING THEM IN AND THAT 34:46 SUBSIDIZES MORE EVANGELISM TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE AND THAT'S 34:48 THE WAY IT WORKS. FISHING PAYS FOR FISHING. 34:52 WHEN YOU FISH PREDATORS WILL COME. 34:55 SEVERAL TIMES I'VE SEEN IT WHERE YOU HOOK UP A BIG FISH AND IN 34:59 FIGHTING THAT, I REMEMBER WE CAUGHT THIS MARLIN 35:03 ONE TIME AND WE WERE FIGHTING IT INTO THE BOAT AND - IT TAKES A 35:06 LONG TIME. YOU REEL THEM IN AND THEY - 35:08 ZHHHHH - THEY TAKE THE LINE BACK OUT AGAIN. 35:09 YOU REEL THEM IN - YOUR ARM FEELS LIKE RUBBER AFTER AWHILE. 35:11 AND, ONE TIME, IN PARTICULAR, BY THE TIME WE GOT THAT FISH IN 35:14 THE BOAT, THERE WERE THREE LARGE BROWN 35:17 SHARKS THAT WERE WANTING TO TAKE A PIECE OUT OF THAT FISH BEFORE 35:21 WE EVEN GOT IT IN. THEY SMELLED THE BLOOD. 35:23 HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE? 35:26 I USED TO PUT A LINE IN THE WATER - I'D CATCH A FISH BEFORE 35:29 I'D GO TO SCHOOL, IN FLORIDA - DAD HAD A HOUSE ON 35:32 THE WATER - MY BROTHER AND I, WE'D CAST OUR LINES OUT, 35:35 WE'D TIE THEM OFF REAL GOOD TO THE DOCK, WE'D GO TO SCHOOL, 35:38 COME BACK, AND EXPECT TO REEL IT IN. 35:40 WELL, WE'D FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED 35:42 IS WE CAUGHT A FISH AND WHILE THAT POOR THING WAS ON THE LINE, 35:44 ANOTHER BIGGER FISH CAME AND ATE THAT FISH AND WE ENDED UP 35:46 CATCHING A FISH WITH A FISH IN IT. 35:48 SO WHEN YOU CATCH FISH, PREDATORS COME IN. 35:54 AND IF YOU'RE DOING EVANGELISM, YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER 35:56 RESISTANCE. WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE 35:59 COMING OUT OF EGYPT, PHARAOH RAN AFTER THEM. 36:02 AND YOU CATCH MORE FISH BY WORKING TOGETHER. 36:06 THIS SAME OCCASION, WHEN WE CAUGHT THIS BIG MARLIN, 36:11 WE NEEDED ONE GUY TO STEER THE BOAT. 36:14 WE'D BE YELLING AT HIM, 'TURN LEFT! 36:16 THE THING'S GOING TO WRAP THE LINE AROUND THE PROPELLER.' SO 36:18 ONE GUY'S STEERING THE BOAT, ANOTHER GUY WAS GETTING THE GAFF 36:20 READY, AND SOMEONE ELSE WAS PULLING ON 36:23 THE LINE WITH THEIR HANDS WHILE I WAS REELING. ANOTHER GUY WAS 36:26 TAKING PICTURES, I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS WORKING TOGETHER. 36:28 IT'S KIND OF NEAT WHEN YOU SEE A CHURCH ALL ENGAGED - 36:31 EVERYONE USING THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN FISHING FOR MEN. 36:34 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. 36:36 WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR STORY WE JUST READ WHEN JESUS FILLED 36:40 PETER'S NET, THEY SIGNALED TO THEIR PARTNERS 36:43 - THEIR FRIENDS - JAMES AND JOHN. 36:45 THEY CAME OVER AND HELPED AND THEY ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND 36:47 THEY FILLED BOTH BOATS - NOT JUST PETER'S BOAT BUT, 36:51 BECAUSE THEY WORKED TOGETHER, BOTH BOATS WERE FILLED. 36:53 EVEN THOUGH JESUS WAS IN ONE OF THE BOATS, 36:56 BECAUSE THEY WORKED TOGETHER, BOTH BOATS WERE FILLED. 36:59 SOMETIMES WE'LL GO TO AN AREA WHERE WE'LL DO EVANGELISM 37:02 WHERE SEVERAL CHURCHES WORK TOGETHER. 37:04 AND EVEN THOUGH THE MEETING MIGHT BE IN ONE CHURCH, 37:06 THE LORD CAN STILL FILL ALL THE CHURCHES THAT WORK TOGETHER. 37:10 SO - AND THEN THE FINAL POINT, AND THIS IS JUST POINTS ABOUT 37:13 THIS TRUTH ABOUT FISHING FOR MEN, 37:16 IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT JOY WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SHORE AND 37:24 YOUR BOAT IS FULL OF FISH. LIKE THE SHEPHERD WHO REJOICES 37:30 WHEN HE'S FOUND THAT MISSING SHEEP, 37:31 WHEN A FISHERMAN COMES BACK EMPTY, IS HE SAD OR HAPPY? 37:34 >>HE'S SAD. >>HE'S SAD. 37:36 WHEN HE COMES BACK AND HE'S GOT A TROPHY FISH, 37:40 HE WANTS TO TELL EVERYBODY - HE'S HAPPY. 37:43 THERE'S NO GREATER JOY THAN KNOWING YOU HAVE CAUGHT MEN - 37:46 THAT YOU'VE WON SOULS TO JESUS. AND ANYTHING YOU DO IN THIS 37:51 WORLD IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHEN YOU WIN SOULS, 37:54 THE RESULTS OF THAT LAST FOREVER. 37:57 SO IN HEAVEN, THROUGH ETERNITY - I REMEMBER 37:59 WHEN WE CAUGHT THIS MARLIN - THIS BIG MARLIN - IT WAS A BIG 38:04 300-POUND MARLIN - IT'S - WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS TO 38:06 CATCH A MARLIN - AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK INTO KONA AND 38:13 THERE WERE OTHER FISHING BOATS THAT WERE GOING OUT - AND 38:16 THIS FISH WAS SO BIG IT WOULDN'T FIT IN THE FISH BOX. 38:18 ITS NOSE WAS STICKING UP KIND OF OUT OF THE BACK AND ITS TAIL WAS 38:20 STICKING UP BY THE STEERING SEAT. 38:22 IT JUST, KIND OF, WAS LAYING IN THERE AND EVERYONE 38:25 COULD SEE YOU HAD A FISH. STEVE, HE DROVE OUT OF HIS WAY TO GO BY 38:28 THE OTHER BOATS SO THEY COULD SEE OUR FISH - 38:30 BECAUSE YOU'RE HAPPY WHEN YOU CATCH FISH. 38:37 AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING WHEN YOU WIN SOULS. 38:40 AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IT'S FUN - YEARS AFTER BAPTIZING 38:43 PEOPLE - WHEN YOU LOOK AND YOU SAY 'THIS PERSON IS DOING THIS 38:47 FOR THE LORD AND THAT PERSON IS DOING THIS FOR THE LORD' AND YOU 38:49 CAN SAY, TO YOUR FRIENDS 'I BAPTIZED THEM' OR 'I SAW THEM 38:52 COME TO JESUS' OR 'I BROUGHT THEM TO THEIR FIRST BIBLE 38:56 STUDY.' AND YOU REJOICE IN DOING THAT FOREVER. 38:59 SO JUST A FEW THOUGHTS ON FISHING. 39:01 THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT OUR WHOLE LESSON TODAY. 39:02 ALRIGHT, SO NOW IN ORDER TO BE A FISHER, 39:08 JESUS DIDN'T JUST SAY, 'I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF 39:11 MEN.' WHAT DID HE SAY YOU HAD TO DO? 39:13 'FOLLOW ME AND THEN I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.' YOU WILL 39:18 NOT AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A FISHER OF MEN AND WOMEN UNLESS 39:21 YOU FOLLOW. AND SO HE SAID, 'FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU 39:24 ONE.' SO HE ALSO SAYS THAT, BY THE WAY, IN MATTHEW 4:18. 39:28 ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SECTION IS THE 39:30 SELECTION OF THE TWELVE - MEANING THE TWELVE APOSTLES - 39:34 AND YOU CAN JUMP WITH ME TO LUKE 5:28 - 27 RATHER - AND IT SAYS, 39:41 "AFTER THESE THINGS HE WENT OUT AND SAW A TAX COLLECTOR NAMED 39:44 LEVI, SITTING AT THE TAX OFFICE. AND HE SAID TO HIM, 39:48 'FOLLOW ME.' SO HE LEFT ALL, ROSE UP, AND FOLLOWED HIM." 39:52 WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER - THE COST OF 39:54 DISCIPLESHIP. MATTHEW LEVI GOT UP AND HE 39:56 WALKED AWAY FROM HIS CASH REGISTER AND HE FOLLOWED JESUS. 40:00 PETER, JAMES, JOHN, ANDREW - THEY WALKED AWAY FROM 40:05 THEIR NETS. WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, 40:08 WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF JESUS' APOSTLES WAS A SCRIBE. 40:13 WHICH ONE WAS THAT? PROBABLY JUDAS. 40:16 YOU REMEMBER THE PASSAGE WHERE IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN 40:21 SCRIBE THAT SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU, 40:24 MASTER.' MATTER OF FACT, YOU FIND THAT IN MATTHEW 8:19, 40:26 "THEN A CERTAIN SCRIBE" - MATTHEW 8:19 - "CAME AND SAID TO 40:29 HIM, 'TEACHER, I WILL FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU 40:31 GO.' AND JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'FOXES HAVE HOLES AND BIRDS OF 40:34 THE AIR HAVE NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE 40:37 TO LAY HIS HEAD.'" NOW, THE REASON - IF YOU READ IN THE 40:40 SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, IT SAYS THAT WAS JUDAS. 40:42 WHY DID JESUS SAY THIS? 40:45 BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING, 'OH, CHRIST IS GOING TO ESTABLISH AN 40:49 EARTHLY KINGDOM AND I WANT TO BE THERE AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO 40:51 CASH IN ON THAT KINGDOM.' AND, YOU KNOW, 40:54 JESUS WAS TELLING JUDAS WHAT HE SAID TO THE OTHERS: 'IF YOU'RE 40:56 FOLLOWING ME FOR AN EARTHLY MANSION, I HAVE NOWHERE TO LAY 41:01 MY HEAD DOWN HERE.' SO HE WAS MAKING IT CLEAR 'YOU'VE GOT TO 41:07 LIQUIDATE.' SO FISHERMEN, TAX COLLECTOR, SCRIBE - THE NAME 41:12 PHILIP MEANS SOMETHING - HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HORSES. 41:16 SOME HAVE WONDERED IF MAYBE HE WAS A KEEPER OF HORSES OR 41:19 SOMETHING. OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN SHEPHERDS. 41:21 WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THEIR OCCUPATIONS, 41:22 BUT AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM WERE FISHERMEN. 41:26 SOMEONE ELSE SAID, 'LORD, LET ME FIRST' - HE SAID, 41:30 'FOLLOW ME' - AND HE SAID, 'LET ME FIRST GO BURY MY 41:32 FATHER.' AND JESUS SAID, 'FOLLOW ME AND LET THE DEAD BURY 41:35 THEIR DEAD.' THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THOMAS WHO SAID, 41:38 'I CAN'T FOLLOW YOU NOW.' AND HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE 41:40 OBSTACLES - 'YOU KNOW, MY DAD IS OLD AND WEAK AND I'VE 41:43 GOT TO BE AROUND TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.' AND HE SAID, 41:44 'YOU FOLLOW ME.' AND THEN IF YOU LOOK IN JOHN 1:43 HE SAYS TO 41:55 PHILIP, 'FOLLOW ME.' WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FOLLOW THE LORD? 42:05 I JUST GRABBED A VERSE FROM 1 KINGS 14:8 AND HE SAYS, 42:11 "...YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, 42:13 WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS AND FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS 42:15 HEART..." IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN 42:18 KEEPING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND FOLLOWING HIM? 42:21 IT SAYS DAVID 'FOLLOWED WITH ALL HIS HEART...WHO KEPT MY 42:24 COMMANDMENTS.' NOW, WHEN HE SELECTS THE TWELVE, 42:28 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT. 42:30 IT SAYS - AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS - NOW WE'RE IN LUKE CHAPTER 42:34 6 - IN LUKE 6, VERSE 12, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE 42:40 DAYS THAT HE WENT OUT TO THE MOUNTAIN TO PRAY," 42:42 - AND JESUS FREQUENTLY DID THAT BUT THIS TIME HE - 42:45 "CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD." 42:51 I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS, 42:52 BUT HAVE YOU EVER SPENT AN ENTIRE NIGHT AWAKE PRAYING? 42:55 YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP ON YOUR KNEES. 42:59 BUT JUST - I KNOW A LOT OF US PROBABLY HAVE BEEN PART OF A 43:02 24-HOUR PRAYER VIGIL WHERE YOU DIVIDE UP A CLOCK AND SOMEONE 43:05 SAYS, 'LOOK, I'LL PRAY THIS HOUR.' AND 43:08 SOMEONE SAYS, 'AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO 43:09 SLEEP AND I'LL WAKE UP AND I'LL PRAY FOR THIS HOUR.' YOU KNOW 43:12 HOW THE DISCIPLES STRUGGLED TO PRAY WITH JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF 43:15 GETHSEMANE AND THEY KEPT FALLING ASLEEP? 43:18 AND WHEN THEY WERE ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION - THEY'RE 43:20 PRAYING, THEY'RE FALLING ASLEEP? JESUS PRAYED ALL NIGHT. 43:23 NOW, WHAT WAS HE PRAYING ABOUT WHEN 43:25 HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT? IT'S THE DAY BEFORE HE ORDAINED 43:27 THE TWELVE APOSTLES AND THE WHOLE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH 43:33 HINGED UPON THIS DECISION AND THIS PRAYER BEING ANSWERED. 43:37 IT SAYS HE "CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. 43:41 AND WHEN IT WAS DAY," - HE TOOK A NAP. 43:44 NO - "WHEN IT WAS DAY, HE CALLED HIS DISCIPLES TO 43:47 HIMSELF; AND FROM THEM HE CHOSE TWELVE 43:50 WHOM HE ALSO NAMED APOSTLES:" - I WANT TO PAUSE. 43:54 WHY DID JESUS CHOOSE TWELVE APOSTLES? 43:58 WERE THEY ALL FROM TWELVE DIFFERENT TRIBES? 44:00 FIRST LET'S ESTABLISH HE DIDN'T CHOOSE TWELVE BECAUSE THEY WERE 44:04 FROM TWELVE DIFFERENT TRIBES. IF YOU'VE GOT TWO SETS OF 44:06 BROTHERS - PETER AND ANDREW, JAMES AND JOHN - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE 44:11 TO HAVE THOSE TWELVE FROM TWELVE SEPARATE TRIBES. 44:15 THE ORIGINAL TWELVE WERE ONE FROM EACH TRIBE. 44:18 AND WHEN THEY SENT OUT THOSE TWELVE SPIES - ONE FROM EACH 44:21 TRIBE - EQUAL REPRESENTATION. WHY DID JESUS PICK TWELVE? 44:25 THE TWELVE TRIBES WERE NOT THERE IN ISRAEL ANYMORE. 44:27 MANY OF THEM HAD BEEN CONQUERED BEFORE JESUS WAS EVER BORN. 44:33 THEY WERE CONQUERED IN THE DAYS OF HEZEKIAH. 44:36 THE KING OF ISRAEL WAS CONQUERED BY THE ASSYRIANS AND CARRIED OFF 44:41 CAPTIVE AND MANY OF THOSE TRIBES INTERMARRIED AND DISPERSED. 44:44 AND I'VE MET ASSYRIANS - TODAY - ANCIENT SYRIANS - AND THEY SAY 44:48 THAT 'WE'RE RELATED TO SOME OF THOSE TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL' - 44:53 BUT THEY ALL KIND OF INTERMARRIED SO IT IS ALMOST 44:56 IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A PERSON WHO IS PURE-BRED, PURE-BLOOD, 45:00 ZEBULAN, NAPHTALI, MANASSEH, ISSACHAR - YOU KNOW WHY ELSE 45:08 THAT'S IMPORTANT? WHEN YOU READ, IN REVELATION CHAPTER 7, 45:11 'AND I SAW 144,000 FROM THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL' 45:15 AND IT NAMES THE TRIBES, ARE THEY LITERAL JEWS FROM THOSE 45:18 TRIBES? IS THE LORD GOING TO RAISE UP 45:21 12,000 PEOPLE FROM MANASSEH? I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND 12,000 45:25 TODAY. EVEN AT THE TIME OF CHRIST, TEN OF THOSE TRIBES - OR 45:30 AT LEAST NINE OF THOSE TRIBES - WERE PRETTY WELL INTERMARRIED. 45:33 NOW MATTHEW MAY HAVE BEEN FROM LEVI - MATTHEW LEVI. 45:37 PAUL SAID HE WAS FROM THE STOCK OF WHAT TRIBE? BENJAMIN. 45:41 AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. 45:45 THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM IS ALL THAT REALLY CAME BACK FROM THE 45:48 BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, WHICH WAS JUDAH, BENJAMIN, AND LEVI. 45:52 AND SO A LOT OF THOSE TRIBES DISAPPEARED. 45:54 WHY DID HE PICK TWELVE? 45:56 BEFORE YOU ANSWER - NOT THAT I'VE BEEN LETTING YOU ANSWER, 46:02 BUT - PEOPLE WON'T HEAR YOUR ANSWER - WHY DID THE LORD WAIT 46:09 UNTIL JUDAS WAS REPLACED BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT? 46:14 ACTS CHAPTER 1 - YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING THAT HAPPENS 46:16 BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POURED OUT? 46:18 THEY'RE MISSING AN APOSTLE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWELVE, 46:22 THEY'VE ONLY GOT ELEVEN. PETER SAID, 46:23 'IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REPLACE THE MISSING APOSTLE.' WHY? 46:27 AND OF THE TWO MEN THAT THEY PICKED TO CAST LOTS AMONG - WHY 46:34 DIDN'T THEY JUST PICK TWO AND MAKE ONE OF THEM AN ALTERNATE? 46:36 THEY SAID, 'THERE'S GOT TO BE TWELVE.' THAT 46:39 NUMBER MUST HAVE MEANT SOMETHING, DO YOU AGREE? 46:41 IT MEANT SOMETHING TO JESUS, WHY? 46:42 CHRIST WAS FOLLOWING THE PATTERN FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT ISRAEL, 46:46 BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE PICK TWELVE APOSTLES, HE THEN PICKED 46:50 70 - AT ANOTHER POINT - TO SEND THEM OUT. MOSES HAD THE TWELVE 46:54 PRINCES OF ISRAEL AND HE ALSO HAD 70 ELDERS. 46:57 IT'S INTERESTING THAT BOTH JESUS AND MOSES HAD TWELVE AND 70. 47:00 NOW THERE'S A STATEMENT - OH, LET ME TELL YOU THEIR NAMES, 47:04 "SIMON, WHOM HE ALSO NAMED PETER," 47:07 - SIMON'S OFTEN AT THE TOP OF ALL THE LISTS OF ALL THE 47:09 APOSTLES - "AND ANDREW HIS BROTHER; JAMES AND JOHN; 47:12 PHILIP AND BARTHOLOMEW; MATTHEW AND THOMAS; 47:14 JAMES THE SON OF ALPHAEUS," - SOME HAVE WONDERED IF JAMES, 47:17 THE SON OF ALPHAEUS WAS ALSO THE BROTHER OF JESUS AND - 47:21 THE ONE WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF JAMES. 47:25 I'VE READ SCHOLARS THAT MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR THAT - "AND SIMON 47:28 CALLED THE ZEALOT; JUDAS THE SON OF JAMES, 47:31 AND JUDAS ISCARIOT WHO ALSO BECAME A TRAITOR." 47:34 NOW IF YOU READ IN THE BOOK DESIRE OF AGES - AND I'M MAKING 47:39 A SPECIAL POINT OF THIS BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 47:41 YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO CHRISTIANS TODAY THAT SAY, 47:43 'JESUS DID NOT ORDAIN THE TWELVE APOSTLES.' THE WORD ORDAIN IS A 47:49 WORD THAT SIMPLY MEANS 'SET ASIDE; OR APPOINTED.' THE 47:53 PRINCIPLE - THE WORD MEANS THINGS - YOU KNOW HOW WORDS TAKE 47:56 ON DIFFERENT MEANING ETYMOLOGY, AS TIME GOES BY? 47:59 WHEN WE SAY THE WORD ORDAINED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO 48:02 HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY APPOINTED - SET ASIDE FOR A PARTICULAR 48:04 PURPOSE - AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. 48:07 JESUS SET ASIDE TWELVE. DOES ANYONE QUESTION THAT? 48:10 THEN OTHERS ARGUE, 'IT DOESN'T SAY HE LAID HANDS 48:13 ON THEM.' WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE. 48:15 YOU CAN'T FIND A VERSE WHERE IT SAYS, 48:17 'AND HE LAID HANDS ON THE TWELVE.' YOU DO FIND WHERE JESUS 48:20 LAID HANDS ON PEOPLE. YOU FIND WHERE THE APOSTLES 48:24 LAID HANDS ON THOSE THAT WERE CHOSEN. THERE'S A DOCTRINE 48:27 CALLED THE DOCTRINE OF THE LAYING ON OF HANDS . 48:29 BUT YOU DO READ IN DESIRE OF AGES - AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED 48:32 TO MAKE A NOTE OF THIS - DESIRE OF AGES P. 296, "HE GATHERED THE 48:34 TWELVE AFTER THAT NIGHT OF PRAYER. HE INSTRUCTED THEM. 48:40 WHEN JESUS ENDED HIS INSTRUCTION - DESIRE OF AGES P. 48:45 296 - "TO HIS DISCIPLES, HE GATHERED THE LITTLE BAND 48:49 CLOSE ABOUT HIM AND KNEELING IN THE MIDST OF THEM, 48:52 LAYING HIS HANDS UPON THEIR HEADS," - IS THIS AN ORDINATION? 48:58 IT IS - "HE OFFERED A PRAYER DEDICATING THEM TO THE SACRED 49:02 WORK. THUS THE LORD'S DISCIPLES WERE 49:05 ORDAINED TO THE GOSPEL MINISTRY." 49:07 NOW, IF YOU BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF 49:08 PROPHECY, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A 49:09 SLAM-DUNK. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 49:13 IT'S VERY CLEAR HE DID LAY HANDS ON THEM. HE DID ORDAIN THEM. 49:16 HE DID SET THEM ASIDE AS SOMETHING UNIQUE. 49:20 NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION 49:21 TODAY ABOUT ORDINATION AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SAY IT 49:25 DOESN'T MATTER AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED. 49:28 AND THEN, NOT ONLY WERE THEY SET ASIDE, 49:30 THEY ARE COMMISSIONED. HE GIVES THEM THEIR WORK TO DO. 49:33 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN LUKE 9:1 TO 6; 49:37 ALSO MATTHEW 10 IS VERY EXTENSIVE - "THEN HE CALLED HIS 49:41 TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM POWER AND AUTHORITY 49:43 OVER ALL DEMONS, AND TO CURE DISEASES. 49:46 HE SENT THEM TO PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TO HEAL THE 49:49 SICK. AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'TAKE NOTHING FOR THE JOURNEY, 49:52 NEITHER STAFFS NOR BAG NOR BREAD NOR MONEY; 49:55 AND DO NOT HAVE TWO TUNICS APIECE. 49:58 WHATEVER HOUSE YOU ENTER, STAY THERE, 50:00 AND FROM THERE DEPART.'" - IN OTHER WORDS, 50:03 MAKE THAT YOUR LAUNCHING POINT - "'AND WHOEVER WILL NOT RECEIVE 50:06 YOU, WHEN YOU GO OUT OF THAT CITY, 50:08 SHAKE OFF THE VERY DUST FROM YOUR FEET AS A TESTIMONY AGAINST 50:10 THEM.'" YOU EVER HEARD THAT TAUGHT IN EVANGELISM CLASS? 50:14 SHAKING THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET IF YOU GO TO A TOWN? 50:18 SOMETHING JESUS SAID - "SO THEY DEPARTED AND WENT THROUGH THE 50:23 TOWNS, PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND HEALING 50:25 EVERYWHERE." SO THEY MET WITH A GREAT DEAL OF 50:29 SUCCESS BUT HE GAVE THEM AUTHORITY. 50:32 NOW DOESN'T JESUS SAY IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 28 'ALL AUTHORITY IS 50:38 GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, GO YE THEREFORE?' 50:41 IS THIS JUST FOR THE APOSTLES OR DID THE LORD GIVE BELIEVERS AND 50:46 DISCIPLES A CERTAIN AUTHORITY? DOESN'T HE SEND US OUT? 50:49 IF THE LORD SENDS YOU, HE HAS AUTHORIZED YOU TO BE 50:52 SHARING THE TRUTH. AND THEN WE'LL JUMP DOWN - 50:58 IT TALKS ABOUT SENDING OUT THE SEVENTY. 51:00 NOW YOU FIND THIS IN LUKE. 51:02 YOU DON'T FIND THIS IN SOME OF THE OTHER GOSPELS. 51:04 LUKE 10, VERSE 1, "AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD 51:08 APPOINTED SEVENTY OTHERS ALSO, AND SENT THEM TWO BY TWO BEFORE 51:13 HIS FACE INTO EVERY CITY AND PLACE WHERE HE HIMSELF WAS ABOUT 51:17 TO GO." NOW NOTICE THIS: HE'S SENDING THEM OUT TO DO A 51:21 PREPARATION WORK. THIS IS A GOOD PLAN FOR 51:23 EVANGELISM. THEY'RE GOING OUT - WHAT ARE 51:26 THEY DOING? THEY'RE HEALING. 51:28 IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, BEFORE YOU HAVE A PUBLIC 51:31 EVANGELISTIC MEETING, TO HAVE ANOTHER TEAM GO OUT IN 51:35 ADVANCE WHERE THE EVANGELISTIC MEETING IS GOING TO BE, 51:38 AND PREPARE THE GROUND BY HAVING BRIDGING PROGRAMS. 51:42 THERE WAS HEALING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND THERE WAS CASTING 51:46 OUT OF DISEASE AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, STUFF WITH DEPRESSION 51:49 RECOVERY AND DOING PROGRAMS - COOKING SCHOOLS - IN OTHER 51:54 WORDS, THEY WERE PREPARING THE WAY SO THAT WHEN EVANGELISTIC 51:57 MEETINGS HAPPENED, THEY HAD A LOT BIGGER SUCCESS. 52:00 YOU HEARD ME MENTION, I THINK, LAST WEEK, 52:02 ABOUT OUR SERIES WE RECENTLY DID IN THE PHILIPPINES AND I THINK 52:07 THE REASON IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL - IT'S, YOU KNOW, 52:09 THE BEST MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD THERE. 52:12 THE HALL THAT SEATS LIKE 12,000 PEOPLE WAS FULL EXCEPT FOR 52:17 THE PLACE BEHIND THE SCREEN WHERE NO ONE COULD SEE ANYTHING 52:20 - AND THERE WERE 596 BAPTISMS - BUT IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF WHAT I 52:25 DID IN TEN DAYS. IT'S - OR THE AMAZING FACTS TEAM 52:29 - IT'S WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OUR EVANGELISM TRAINING PROGRAM 52:32 - WHAT THEY DID IN THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE EVER GOT THERE. 52:35 AND SO, THE PRE-WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 52:39 SO JESUS WAS SENDING OUT THE SEVENTY. 52:41 THEY MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME INTENSIVE TRAINING AS THE 52:44 TWELVE, BUT THEY WERE DOING A SPECIAL PRE-WORK, OBVIOUSLY. 52:47 AND YOU CAN SEE IN MATTHEW 10, VERSE 5, 52:50 "THESE TWELVE JESUS SENT OUT AND COMMANDED THEM, 52:53 SAYING: 'DO NOT GO INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES, 52:55 AND DO NOT ENTER A CITY OF THE SAMARITANS. 52:58 BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL." 53:01 WHERE DID HE SEND THEM FIRST? BOTH THE TWELVE AND THE SEVENTY? 53:03 HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO GO FIRST TO THE 53:06 HEBREW TOWNS. IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU 53:09 KNOW THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE, WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO START? 53:14 START WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST BUT MAYBE 53:18 DON'T KNOW THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE. 53:20 THESE ARE THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. 53:22 THEN, FROM THERE, YOU GO TO THE HIGHWAYS AND THE 53:25 HEDGES AND THE BYWAYS, BUT YOU START WITH PEOPLE WHO 53:28 HAVE, OSTENSIBLY, ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO THE FEAST, 53:31 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 53:33 SOMETHING ELSE I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING - OH, BY THE WAY, 53:36 YOU'LL FIND REFERENCE TO THE SEVENTY ALSO IN THE OLD 53:38 TESTAMENT - NUMBERS 1:44, "THESE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE 53:42 NUMBERED, WHOM MOSES AND AARON NUMBERED, 53:44 WITH THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL, TWELVE MEN..." 53:46 AND THEN NUMBERS 11:24, "SO MOSES...GATHERED THE SEVENTY 53:50 MEN OF THE ELDERS...AND PLACED THEM AROUND THE TABERNACLE." 53:54 YOU'VE GOT THE TWELVE AND YOU'VE GOT THE SEVENTY, 53:56 JUST LIKE JESUS HAD. ONE OTHER THOUGHT, 53:58 AND I SEE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE, 54:00 IN ACTS CHAPTER 1 HOW MANY WERE IN THE UPPER ROOM? 54:05 BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT? 54:09 A HUNDRED AND TWENTY. 54:11 WHEN YOU ADD SEVENTY AND TWELVE, WHAT DO YOU COME TO? 54:14 82 - I KNEW KAREN WOULD GET THAT RIGHT AWAY. 54:18 SHE DOES THE CHECKBOOK. SO YOU'VE GOT SOME LEFT OVER, 54:23 DON'T YOU? WHO WAS IN THE UPPER ROOM? 54:25 I BET IT WAS SOME OF THE SEVENTY - MAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM. 54:28 THE TWELVE WERE THERE BECAUSE - THEY WEREN'T TWELVE YET - ELEVEN 54:31 OF THEM - AND IT SAYS THE WOMEN THAT FOLLOWED HIM WERE THERE. 54:35 IT WAS A SMALL GROUP: SOME FROM GALILEE, SOME FROM JERUSALEM, 54:38 PROBABLY LAZARUS, MARTHA, MARY WERE UP THERE. 54:42 BUT THAT'S LARGELY THE ONES WHO THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT 54:46 ON IN THE TIME OF PENTECOST. AND THEN FINAL THOUGHT. 54:51 IT SAYS HERE THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP - LUKE 9:23, 54:55 "IF ANYONE DESIRES TO COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, 54:59 AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME. 55:02 FOR WHOEVER DESIRES TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, 55:06 BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL SAVE IT. 55:09 FOR WHAT PROFIT IS IT TO A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD, 55:12 AND IS HIMSELF DESTROYED OR LOST?" 55:14 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STATEMENT MADE IN THE 55:17 OLD TESTAMENT - YOU KNOW WHEN ONE COUNTRY CONQUERS ANOTHER 55:21 COUNTRY IN A WAR THEY ASK FOR WHAT THEY CALL AN UNCONDITIONAL 55:23 SURRENDER. WHAT DOES JESUS WANT FROM US? 55:28 IT'S GOT TO BE AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. 55:32 WE DON'T GIVE HIM TERMS OF SURRENDER. 55:34 AND KING AHAB SAID TO THE KING OF SYRIA, 'MY LORD, O KING, 55:40 JUST AS YOU SAY, I AND ALL THAT I HAVE ARE 55:42 YOURS.' I AND ALL THAT I HAVE ARE YOURS.' HE THAT FINDS A 55:49 TREASURE OF GREAT PRICE, HE GOES AND HE SELLS ALL THAT HE HAS. 55:52 THE MERCHANT FINDS THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, 55:54 HE GOES AND HE SELLS ALL THAT HE HAS. 55:57 AND SO WHAT IS THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP? 56:00 THE LORD WANTS YOUR HEART. HE WANTS ALL OF IT. 56:02 AND WHAT DOES HE GIVE US BACK? MUCH MORE. 56:05 CHRISTIANITY COSTS BUT IT PAYS MUCH MORE THAN IT COSTS. 56:10 SO ONE MORE TIME I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU WE HAVE A FREE OFFER 56:15 FOR OUR STUDY TODAY. YOU CAN ALSO READ THIS ONLINE AT 56:17 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND FOR IT, 56:21 CALL THE NUMBER: 866-STUDY-MORE - THAT'S 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR 56:27 OFFER #714 WHEN YOU DO. AND NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE 56:31 STUDYING LESSON #5 IN OUR STUDY ON THE BOOK OF LUKE. 56:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FRIENDS, FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL LOOK 56:36 FORWARD TO STUDYING WITH YOU NEXT WEEK. 56:40 >>(CRICKETS CHIRPING) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 57:23 >>MOMMY! DADDY! HELP ME! >>NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 57:29 YOU DIDN'T DO VERY WELL ON YOUR REPORT CARD THIS LAST QUARTER 57:32 SO...NO. >>YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PULLING YOUR 57:35 WEIGHT AROUND HERE LATELY. YOU WANT HELP? 57:37 WELL, I WANTED HELP WITH THE DISHES LAST NIGHT. 57:40 HELP YOURSELF! >>HUH? 57:42 >>HONEY, DID YOU BRING THE MARSHMALLOWS? 57:45 >>(COUGHING) (SIRENS) (MUSIC) 58:10 (MUSIC) |
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