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>>GOOD MORNING,
FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY WARM
WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING
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US ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
OPEN THE BIBLE WITH US AND STUDY
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THESE GREAT LESSONS.
TO THE MEMBERS HERE OF THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH, A
VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL BACK AGAIN
THIS BEAUTIFUL SABBATH MORNING
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HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
WE WILL BEGIN A NEW LESSON
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QUARTERLY TODAY, ENTITLED
BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES AND WE'RE
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ACTUALLY ON LESSON #1 IN THIS
BRAND-NEW QUARTER, ENTITLED THE
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MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD .
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR LESSON
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QUARTERLY, THOSE HERE LOCALLY,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET ONE.
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THOSE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE TODAY'S LESSON, YOU
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CAN DOWNLOAD A COPY AT THE
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AMAZINGFACTS.ORG .
CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS
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"STUDY HOUR" AND YOU CAN
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AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE
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OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME FORWARD
AND THEY WILL LEAD US IN A HYMN
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TOGETHER BEFORE
WE STUDY OUR LESSON.
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>>THANK YOU PASTOR
ROSS. HAPPY SABBATH.
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THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, IT'S
OUR TIME TO SING TOGETHER, SO WE
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INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR
HYMNALS IF YOU HAVE THEM, CHRIST
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FOR THE WORLD - GOING ALONG WITH
OUR NEW LESSON STUDY - OUR NEW
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QUARTERLY - THE
MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD .
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CHRIST FOR THE WORLD - #370
- LET'S DO ALL THREE STANZAS OF
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THIS ONE AS WELL. (MUSIC)
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CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE
SING, THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE
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BRING, WITH LOVING ZEAL; THE
POOR, AND THEM THAT MOURN, THE
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FAINT AND OVERBORNE, SIN-SICK
AND SORROW-WORN, WHOM CHRIST
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DOTH HEAL. CHRIST
FOR THE WORLD WE SING,
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THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE BRING,
WITH FERVENT PRAYER, THE WAYWARD
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AND THE LOST, BY RESTLESS
PASSIONS TOSSED, REDEEMED AT
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COUNTLESS COST,
FROM DARK DESPAIR.
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CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING,
THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE BRING,
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WITH JOYFUL SONG; THE NEWBORN
SOULS, WHOSE DAYS, RECLAIMED
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FROM ERROR'S WAYS, INSPIRED
WITH HOPE AND PRAISE, TO CHRIST
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BELONG. >>THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
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WITH US AND - THOSE OF YOU AT
HOME - AND NOW OUR - WE'RE GOING
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TO TURN THE TIME
OVER AGAIN TO PASTOR ROSS.
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>>BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY THIS
MORNING, I INVITE YOU JUST TO
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BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF
PRAYER. DEAR FATHER, WE THANK
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YOU THAT WE CAN GATHER
TOGETHER AND STUDY YOUR WORD.
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AND TODAY, AS WE BEGIN
THIS NEW LESSON, LOOKING AT THE
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MISSIONARY HEART THAT YOU HAVE
FOR PEOPLE, I PRAY, LORD, THAT
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NOT ONLY WILL WE GATHER A
GREATER INSIGHT TO YOUR GREAT
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LOVE FOR SOULS, BUT THAT WE'D
ALSO BE INSPIRED TO DO WHAT WE
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CAN TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
WITH OTHERS, FOR WE ASK THIS IN
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JESUS' NAME, AMEN. I'D
LIKE TO THANK OUR SINGERS
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FOR LEADING US IN
OUR HYMNS THIS MORNING.
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NOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, BEFORE
WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE LESSON,
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WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A DIFFERENT
MISSIONARY ACTIVITY THAT SOME OF
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OUR CHURCH MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED
IN - MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT
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AMAZING FACTS IS DOING - SO THIS
MORNING I'D LIKE TO INVITE TAMMY
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STEENSEN TO COME FORWARD.
TAMMY AND DAVE STEENSEN ARE BOTH
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MEMBERS OF THE
GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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WE DON'T GET TO SEE THEM TOO
OFTEN BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY BUSY
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DOING A SPECIAL MISSIONARY
WORK DOWN IN SOUTHERN MEXICO.
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SO TAMMY, COME ON FORWARD HERE,
AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT
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THE MISSIONARY WORK THAT'S
HAPPENING AT EL PAN DE VIDA .
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WE ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT
WE'LL PUT UP ON THE SCREEN SO
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YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE.
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SO LET ME BEGIN WITH THIS,
TAMMY, WHERE IS EL PAN DE VIDA
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AND HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?
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>>WELL, EL PAN DE VIDA IS
LOCATED IN MEXICO, DOWN IN THE
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SOUTHERN PART OF MEXICO IN
THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ - IN THE
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STATE OF VERA CRUZ. YOU
CAN SEE A LITTLE MARK THERE
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ON THE MAP ON THE PICTURE -
THERE'S OUR CLINIC THERE IN THE
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RIGHT-HAND CORNER. OUR
CLINIC IS WHERE WE OPEN UP
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OUR HOME TO ALL FAITHS - ALL
PEOPLE - TO BE ABLE TO COME AND
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RECEIVE HEALING, NOT ONLY
PHYSICALLY, ALTHOUGH THAT IS OUR
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MAIN COURSE THERE, BUT ALSO
SPIRITUALLY, SO THAT THEY CAN
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EXPERIENCE THE
LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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>>TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENED
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
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>>YEAH, WELL WE WENT BACK
DOWN IN FEBRUARY AND WE WERE
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OFF AND RUNNING.
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WE HAVE A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE AND
WE HAD SOME SEMINARS, FIRST OF
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ALL, THERE IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO
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TEACH THE MESSAGE OF HEALTH AND
JESUS CHRIST COMBINED, WHICH IS
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SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ON
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BEHALF OF OUR LORD, JESUS
CHRIST. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO
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MINISTER TO OVER, OH THIRTEEN
HUNDRED PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT
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MEETINGS THAT WE HAD
IN COATZACOALCOS AND, I
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BELIEVE, SOMEWHERE
NEAR ACAYUCAN, WHICH IS
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DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
MEXICO AS WELL. AND WE ALWAYS,
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ALWAYS START OUR PRESENTATIONS
WITH LIFTING UP JESUS CHRIST.
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WE DON'T SHOW A PICTURE OF TOFU
OR THE VEGETABLES FIRST, WE SHOW
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A PICTURE OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST AND CONNECT THEM TO HIM
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SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW THE
BLESSING OF THAT HEALTH MESSAGE
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AND HOW HE WANTS US TO BE
ABUNDANTLY HEALTHY AND LIVE A
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LIFE TO GLORIFY HIM.
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>>THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE
IS HOW DOES THE MINISTRY OF EL
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PAN DE VIDA
INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS?
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>>WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE
UP THERE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE
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OF THE WORK,
TOO, THAT WE'RE DOING.
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WE HAD AN 8-WEEK PROGRAM, KIND
OF LIKE THE WEIMAR PROGRAM THAT
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HAS EIGHT WEEKS, AND WE TAUGHT
THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD HEALTH TO
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ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED
UP IN OUR VILLAGE. AND WE HAD
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QUITE A FEW - A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
- SIGN UP, BUT WE HAD A FEW
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FAITHFUL ONES END IN TRIUMPHANT
VICTORY OVER THE CONTROLLING
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APPETITE, WHICH IS A REALLY
STRONG, STRONG THING IN OUR
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LIFE, ISN'T IT?
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AND SHE, AFTER FIVE WEEKS, THIS
LOVELY LADY - HER NAME IS VICKY
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- SHE'S A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE - SHE WAS ABLE TO CONQUER
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OVER HER APPETITE AND HER
LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN
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GROWING AS WE'VE BEEN WALKING
TOGETHER EVERY MORNING, DOING
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LITTLE DEVOTIONALS ABOUT
WHY JESUS CHRIST WANTS US TO BE
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HEALTHY IN OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH,
AS WELL AS OUR SPIRITUAL - HOW
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THAT'S CONNECTED. AND
SHE LOST ABOUT SEVEN POUNDS.
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SHE HAD HYPERTENSION AND SHE
DOESN'T HAVE HYPERTENSION ANY
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MORE. SHE HAD A
REAL STRUGGLE WITH
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STOMACH PROBLEMS
AND CONSTIPATION.
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THAT'S ALL GONE AWAY AND
NOW SHE'S LIVING A HEALTHY - SHE
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SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO GO
BACK. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.
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I AM LIVING A HEALTHY AND FREE
LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST AND I'M SO
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EXCITED THAT I CAN HONOR
HIM RIGHT NOW WITH MY BODY."
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WE CAN GO AHEAD - WE CAN HIT
THE BUTTON THERE - THERE WE GO.
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THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IS
SHOWN IN THIS MINISTRY, AS WE
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MINISTER TO THE
PEOPLE ON OUR FRONT PORCH.
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WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE COMING
DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY,
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LOOKING FOR THAT PHYSICAL TOUCH
THAT THEY CANNOT FIND IN THEIR
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COMMUNITY THERE. THE
HOSPITALS AND THE DOCTORS
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AND THE MEDICAL SYSTEM IS - IS
VERY FAR FROM WHAT CHRIST WANTS
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FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOVE
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SO WE
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ACCEPT EVERYBODY
AT THE FRONT DOOR.
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THAT LITTLE BOY UP ON
THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER,
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UNFORTUNATELY, JUST
PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER.
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HE'S SIXTEEN YEARS OLD AND
HE WAS HAVING TO LIVE THOSE LAST
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DAYS IN HIS HOME BECAUSE OF THE
LACK OF MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT
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THERE IS FOR THE
SICK AND DYING THERE.
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AND SO THE LOVE OF CHRIST
IS SHOWN WHEN I'M HOLDING THAT
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WOMAN, THE MOTHER OF THIS YOUNG
BOY, AND AS SHE IS WEEPING OVER
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THE LOSS OF HER SON AND SHE
HAD NO ONE THERE BUT HER, HER
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HUSBAND, AND CHILDREN IN THAT
HOME AS SHE'S SUFFERING TO WATCH
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THAT LITTLE BOY DIE. THE
LOVE OF CHRIST IS SHOWN AS
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THIS MAN WITH THE OPEN WOUND
ON HIS FOOT - HIS WIFE, WHO THEY
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WERE MARRIED WHEN THEY
WERE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD - CAN YOU
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IMAGINE? MANY
YEARS TOGETHER AND SHE'S
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HAVING TO WATCH HIM ALSO SUFFER
AND POSSIBLY PASS AWAY AS WELL,
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BECAUSE OF
COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES.
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AND THIS LOVELY NOTE WAS WRITTEN
BY MY TRANSLATOR AND IT JUST
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CHEERED ME UP BECAUSE
SO MANY TIMES WE WONDER,
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'ARE WE IMPACTING? ARE
WE DOING SOMETHING FOR OUR
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LORD AND SAVIOR?' AND
SHE WRITES ON THERE, "I'M
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GRATEFUL" - AT THE END OF HER
LETTER - "I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE
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YOU TEACH ME ABOUT
THE LOVE OF JESUS."
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WOW, ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WANT OUR
LIVES TO BE SHOWING TO EVERYBODY
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AROUND US? IT IS,
ISN'T IT? >>ABSOLUTELY.
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WELL, THAT'S REALLY WHAT
MISSIONARY WORK IS ALL ABOUT,
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SHARING THE LOVE
OF JESUS. >>AMEN.
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>>WELL, TAMMY, WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, THEN,
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WITH EL PAN DE VIDA AND ALSO
LET US KNOW HOW FOLKS CAN GET IN
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CONTACT WITH THE
MINISTRY, IF THEY WANT TO HELP
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- IF THEY'RE ABLE TO
COME DOWN AND DO MISSION
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WORK OR WHATEVER
THE NEEDS MIGHT BE.
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>>OKAY, YEAH, ALL OF
OUR SERVICES ARE FREE.
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WE DON'T MAKE - WE DON'T CHARGE
ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE
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THERE'S A VERSE IN THE BIBLE
THAT SAYS, "FREELY HE HAS GIVEN
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AND SO FREELY WE ARE
TO ALSO GIVE TO OTHERS."
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AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST
WILL PROVIDE FOR THIS MINISTRY.
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WE'RE A MINISTRY OF FAITH
AND GOD HAS PROVIDED US, FOR THE
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LAST THREE AND A HALF - WE'RE
GOING ON FOUR YEARS - THAT WE
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HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE TAKING A
STEP OF FAITH - AN INDEPENDENT
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MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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AND YOU CAN CONTACT US BY
INTERNET, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE HAVE
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A WEBSITE:
ELPANDEVIDAMINISTRIES.ORG - YOU
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CAN LOCATE US ON THERE.
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AND MY E-MAIL IS
TEACHERPREACHER7@GMAIL.COM
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- A LITTLE NAME MY DAUGHTER
GAVE ME - TEACHER-PREACHER - SHE
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SAID "IF YOU'RE NOT TEACHING
SOMEBODY - EVERY TIME I SEE YOU
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WITH SOMEBODY YOU'RE TEACHING
OR YOU'RE PREACHING, MOM."
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AND I SAID, "IT'S ALL ABOUT
JESUS. IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS."
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OUR LAST PICTURE THERE IS
SHOWING OUR FUTURE PROJECT.
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WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE THIS HOUSE DOWN.
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DON'T YOU THINK IT
NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN?
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A FAMILY OF SIX
LIVES IN THIS HOME.
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FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN -
AND THEY COOK IN THIS HOME.
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THEY DON'T HAVE A STOVE.
THEY DON'T HAVE A REFRIGERATOR.
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THEY DON'T HAVE A DISHWASHER,
THEY DON'T HAVE A WASHING
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MACHINE. THEY
ACTUALLY COOK OVER AN OPEN
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WOOD FLAME INSIDE OF THIS HOME.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN I GO
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INTO THIS HOME, I HAVE TO GO OUT
AND IN BECAUSE THE SMOKE IS SO
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THICK IN THERE, MANY TIMES
AND THESE CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN
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THIS ENVIRONMENT. SO
WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
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WE WANT TO BUILD
A NEW HOME FOR THEM.
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WE WANT TO GET A STOVE
AND A REFRIGERATOR FOR THEM.
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AND WE - THEY ACTUALLY CHANGED
THEIR DIET AND THEIR HEALTH IS
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IMPROVING. HE LOST
THIRTEEN POUNDS AND HE'S
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FEELING SO MUCH
BETTER. HIS FAMILY IS SO HAPPY.
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LOOK AT THAT CUTE
LITTLE FAMILY THERE.
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WE HAVE A MISSION TEAM COMING
DOWN IN AUGUST TO HELP US WITH
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
PROJECT, BUT WE REALLY NEED YOUR
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PRAYERS. YOU KNOW,
MOST OF ALL, I KNOW
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THAT GOD MOVES THROUGH PRAYER
AND YOUR PRAYERS ARE THE MOST
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IMPORTANT THING THAT COULD
EVER BE GIVEN TO THIS MINISTRY.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR
THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE
MINISTRY OF EL PAN DE VIDA .
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BECAUSE WE NEED GOD TO CONTINUE
TO USE THIS MINISTRY TO REACH
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THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN
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MEXICO. PLEASE HELP
US WITH YOUR PRAYERS.
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>>AMEN. THANK YOU, TAMMY.
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YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH US JUST
A LITTLE STATEMENT IN CLOSING
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HERE, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WORK THAT
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YOU'VE BEEN DOING THERE.
>>ABSOLUTELY. IT'S - IT IS A
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LITTLE WORD FROM THE PEN OF
INSPIRATION. PLEASE LISTEN TO
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THESE WORDS, BECAUSE WE ARE
LIVING IN THE VERY FINAL DAYS
00:13:35.51\00:13:40.72
OF EARTH'S HISTORY. "MEDICAL
MISSIONARY WORK BRINGS TO
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HUMANITY THE GOSPEL OF
RELEASE FROM SUFFERING.
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IT IS THE PIONEER
WORK OF THE GOSPEL.
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IT IS THE GOSPEL PRACTICED - THE
COMPASSION OF CHRIST REVEALED.
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OF THIS WORK, THERE IS GREAT,
GREAT NEED AND THE WORLD" -
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LISTEN TO THIS - "IS
OPEN FOR IT." - IT'S OPEN.
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CHRIST IS WAITING FOR US TO GO
THROUGH THE DOORS AND BRING THIS
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MESSAGE TO LIFE
THROUGH OUR LIVES.
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PASTOR. >>AMEN.
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WELL THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR
SHARING WITH US AND WE'RE VERY
00:14:20.12\00:14:21.92
INTERESTED IN THE WORK GOING
ON THERE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO WITH
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EL PAN DE VIDA .
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WE'LL JUST KEEP YOU IN OUR
PRAYERS AND - EXCITED TO SEE
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WHAT GOD IS
DOING. THANK YOU, TAMMY.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR TEACHER
FOR THIS MORNING - HE IS THE
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AFCOE DIRECTOR AND I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE - IT JUST
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WORKED OUT THAT HE'S GOING TO BE
TEACHING OUR LESSON, TODAY, ON
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BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES. SO
CHUCK HOLTRY, COME FORWARD.
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OF COURSE, AFCOE IS ALL
ABOUT MISSIONARY ACTIVITY AND
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EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH, SO
WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.
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THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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GOOD MORNING. HAPPY
SABBATH. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS LESSON THIS MORNING.
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AS I WAS STUDYING IT, I REALIZED
- YOU EVER STUDY A LESSON AND
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YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE
IF YOU GOT EVERYTHING?
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YOU EVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN?
00:15:03.06\00:15:04.67
YOU STUDY AND YOU'RE NOT QUITE
SURE IF YOU GOT EVERYTHING?
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AND AS I LOOKED AT IT A SECOND
TIME, I REALIZED THERE IS SO
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MUCH POWER IN WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TODAY.
00:15:08.00\00:15:12.31
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
AN ADDITIONAL WORD OF PRAYER.
00:15:12.34\00:15:15.31
WOULD YOU PLEASE
BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME?
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OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE
SPEND TIME LOOKING AT YOU AND
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YOUR MISSION, WE PRAY AND ASK
FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH
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US. WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AS WE START A NEW QUARTERLY
- BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES - WE'RE
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GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE VERY
FIRST ONE, WHICH IS KIND OF AN
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INTRODUCTION TO EVERYTHING
ELSE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
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IT'S ENTITLED THE
MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD .
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AND AS YOU ARE TURNING THERE OR
GETTING YOUR LESSON READY, I'D
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LIKE TO SHARE A STORY WITH YOU.
SHE WAS A SHORT LADY, FOUR-FOOT
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TEN, AND VERY SMALL BUILD.
HEAVY COCKNEY ACCENT YET, AT AN
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EARLY AGE, SHE FELT A CALL TO BE
A MISSIONARY. SHE WASN'T REALLY
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THAT SPECIAL, AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT.
00:16:06.26\00:16:09.46
IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, SHE TRIED
TO GO TO A MISSION SOCIETY AND
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SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO BE A
MISSIONARY.' AND THEY SAID,
00:16:13.67\00:16:15.47
'YOU'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH AND
YOU'RE TOO OLD.' BECAUSE I THINK
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AT THAT POINT SHE WAS AROUND 28
YEARS OLD. DENIED HER THE RIGHT
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BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO
OLD AT AGE 28. HAVE MERCY!
00:16:24.71\00:16:27.48
A LOT OF US WOULD BE
ELIMINATED AT THAT POINT.
00:16:27.52\00:16:29.42
AND ALSO BECAUSE
SHE WASN'T SMART ENOUGH.
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SHE DETERMINED THAT SHE WANTED
TO DO IT ANYHOW AND, TWO YEARS
00:16:32.72\00:16:35.12
LATER, SAVING UP MONEY THE BEST
SHE COULD AS A HOUSEMAID, SHE
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HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE AN
OVERLAND TRAIN FROM HER COUNTRY,
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OBVIOUSLY IN EUROPE, ALL
THE WAY TO A PLACE CALLED CHINA.
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WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN CHINA
SHE STARTED HELPING WHOEVER SHE
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COULD AND SOON SHE, WHO WAS TOO
OLD AND NOT SMART ENOUGH, WAS
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FLUENT BOTH IN THE CULTURE
OF CHINA AND IN ITS LANGUAGE AS
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WELL. SHE WANTED TO MINISTER - I
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THOUGHT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE
NAME GLADYS AYLWARD - SHE WANTED
00:17:05.69\00:17:09.09
TO MINISTER THE BEST SHE
POSSIBLY COULD AND SHE FOUND
00:17:09.12\00:17:12.53
ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT
WAS TO BE A FOOT INSPECTOR.
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THEY HAD RECENTLY OUTLAWED THE
BINDING OF FEET - THAT USED TO
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BE CONSIDERED A THING OF
BEAUTY IN ANCIENT CHINA - THEY
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ELIMINATED THAT AND SO
SHE BECAME A FOOT INSPECTOR.
00:17:21.70\00:17:25.41
SHE SAID, 'THE ONLY REASON I'LL
BE A FOOT INSPECTOR IS IF YOU
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WILL LET ME TELL STORIES OF
JESUS WHILE I'M MEETING WITH THE
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PEOPLE.' AND THEY SAID, 'OF
COURSE WE'LL LET YOU DO THAT.'
00:17:31.95\00:17:33.95
AND SOON THEY STARTED REALIZING
THAT CHRISTIANITY WAS TAKING
00:17:33.98\00:17:36.55
ROOT IN THAT LITTLE PROVINCE
THERE, WHERE GLADYS WAS AT.
00:17:36.58\00:17:39.29
IN 1936, FOUR
YEARS AFTER SHE ARRIVED,
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SHE BECAME A CITIZEN OF CHINA.
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IN 1938, DURING A WAR THAT WAS
TAKING PLACE BETWEEN CHINA AND
00:17:49.56\00:17:53.57
JAPAN, SHE RESCUED ALMOST A
HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE, DRAGGED
00:17:53.60\00:17:56.91
THEM ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
- SEVERAL DAYS JOURNEY - AND
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ESCAPED, IN THE PROCESS HAVING
BULLETS THROUGH HER CLOTHING AND
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ONE GRAZED HER BACK.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN.
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DEDICATED HERSELF TO THE MISSION
OF REACHING THE PEOPLE OF CHINA.
00:18:08.25\00:18:13.76
WE LOOK AT GLADYS AND WE
SAY, 'WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
00:18:13.79\00:18:16.29
SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN.'
IN FACT, HERE'S A STATEMENT THAT
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DESCRIBES A LITTLE
BIT OF HER HUMILITY.
00:18:19.06\00:18:20.83
SHE SAID, 'I WASN'T GOD'S FIRST
CHOICE FOR WHAT I'VE DONE IN
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CHINA. THERE WAS SOMEBODY
ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.
00:18:23.80\00:18:28.07
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED;
PERHAPS HE DIED, PERHAPS HE
00:18:28.10\00:18:30.87
WASN'T WILLING AND GOD
LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAW GLADYS
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AYLWARD.' WHAT A THOUGHT.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
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GOING TO DO THE JOB.
THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO.
00:18:38.38\00:18:40.12
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO
IT, I'M GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE
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THERE'S A WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
00:18:42.38\00:18:45.59
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE MISSIONARIES
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MISSION.
00:18:45.62\00:18:48.22
WOULD YOU
AGREE? WHAT IS MISSION?
00:18:48.26\00:18:51.36
I WAS DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH,
AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE DONE.
00:18:51.39\00:18:54.56
A MISSION IS "AN IMPORTANT
ASSIGNMENT CARRIED OUT FOR
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POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS,
OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES,
00:18:57.77\00:19:00.57
TYPICALLY INVOLVING TRAVEL."
00:19:00.60\00:19:02.60
THAT SOUNDS BASIC
AND BROAD ENOUGH, RIGHT?
00:19:02.64\00:19:05.31
SO YOU CAN HAVE A MISSIONARY FOR
MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES, DEPENDING
00:19:05.34\00:19:07.38
ON WHAT YOUR MISSION MAY BE.
BUT GOD'S MISSION - WHAT IS IT?
00:19:07.41\00:19:11.38
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS TO
LOOK AT 'WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION?'
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WHAT HAS HE CALLED US TO DO
AS PART OF HIS MISSION AND WHAT
00:19:14.95\00:19:21.56
DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MISSIONARY?
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
00:19:21.59\00:19:24.69
LOTS OF MISSIONARIES THIS COMING
QUARTER, BUT THIS MISSIONARY,
00:19:24.73\00:19:27.50
THE FOCUS TODAY, IS
SOMEONE - A BEING - CALLED GOD.
00:19:27.56\00:19:32.97
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD.
00:19:33.00\00:19:35.20
WHAT IS OUR
MISSION? MATTHEW CHAPTER 28 -
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YOU WANT TO READ IT WITH ME?
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- MATTHEW CHAPTER 28, VERSES 18
THROUGH 20 - I'M GOING TO READ
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IT FROM THE LESSON WHICH IS IN
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, "AND
00:19:46.41\00:19:49.32
JESUS CAME AND SPAKE TO THEM
SAYING, 'ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN
00:19:49.35\00:19:52.95
GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND
ON EARTH, GO THEREFORE AND MAKE
00:19:52.99\00:19:56.49
DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS,
BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF
00:19:56.52\00:19:59.03
THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON,
AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING
00:19:59.06\00:20:01.56
THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT
I'VE COMMANDED YOU AND LO, I AM
00:20:01.60\00:20:03.67
WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END
OF THE AGE." THERE IT IS, OUR
00:20:03.70\00:20:07.67
GOSPEL COMMISSION - OUR MISSION,
WHILE WE WOULD BE A MISSIONARY.
00:20:07.70\00:20:11.31
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PASSAGE
THAT'S QUITE FAMILIAR TO US AS
00:20:11.34\00:20:13.98
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS,
WHICH GIVES A MORE DISTINCT
00:20:14.01\00:20:16.14
UNDERSTANDING:
"FEAR GOD AND" - WHAT?
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>>GIVE GLORY TO HIM.
>>GIVE GLORY TO HIM" - AND -
00:20:19.48\00:20:21.15
"FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT
IS COME AND WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE
00:20:21.18\00:20:27.02
HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE
SEA, AND THE SPRINGS OF WATER."
00:20:27.06\00:20:31.96
GOD HAS CALLED US - GIVEN
US THE AWESOME PRIVILEGE TO BE
00:20:31.99\00:20:35.93
PARTAKERS WITH HIM
IN HIS MISSION WORK.
00:20:35.96\00:20:38.07
WE ARE TO BE MISSIONARIES WITH
GOD, BUT WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION?
00:20:38.10\00:20:42.50
OUR FIRST THREE - IF YOU DON'T
MIND ME GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW
00:20:42.54\00:20:46.91
OF WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT -
THE FIRST THREE DAYS - SUNDAY,
00:20:46.94\00:20:51.75
MONDAY, AND TUESDAY -
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHY
00:20:51.78\00:20:54.02
THERE'S A MISSION.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE'RE
00:20:54.05\00:20:56.82
GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT WHAT IS THE MISSION?
00:20:56.85\00:20:58.55
SO THE FIRST THREE DAYS
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHY THERE'S A
00:20:58.59\00:21:01.59
MISSION; THE NEXT TWO
DAYS: WHAT IS THE MISSION?
00:21:01.62\00:21:05.49
SO WHY IS THERE A MISSION?
WELL, FIRST, GOD CREATED MAN.
00:21:05.53\00:21:12.00
NOW WERE WE THE CAUSE OF
THE MISSION OR THE RESULT OF THE
00:21:12.03\00:21:17.87
MISSION, OR WAS THERE A MISSION
WHEN GOD ORIGINALLY CREATED US
00:21:17.91\00:21:21.71
OR WAS THERE A MISSION AFTER
WE SINNED? WHEN DID THE MISSION
00:21:21.74\00:21:25.48
BEGIN? DID JESUS
HAVE A MISSION IN
00:21:25.51\00:21:29.85
CREATING US? YES. SO
THERE WAS A MISSION THAT
00:21:29.88\00:21:33.69
EXISTED BEFORE THERE
WAS SIN - WOULD YOU AGREE?
00:21:33.72\00:21:35.49
AT LEAST THE SIN OF
HUMANITY. LET'S LOOK AT IT.
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.23
GENESIS CHAPTER 1 -
JESUS, HE HAD A SPECIFIC GOAL.
00:21:38.26\00:21:42.33
HE TRAVELED, ACTUALLY, TO DO IT,
ALTHOUGH WITH THE TRAVEL WITH
00:21:42.36\00:21:45.40
GOD - IT MUST BE AMAZING -
TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN TRAVEL
00:21:45.43\00:21:47.34
WITH US, BUT HE TRAVELED TO THIS
PLANET AND HE HAD A MISSION -
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GENESIS CHAPTER 1 AND LET'S
LOOK AT VERSES 1 THROUGH 5.
00:21:50.34\00:21:54.81
"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:21:54.84\00:21:59.05
THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM, AND
VOID; AND DARKNESS WAS ON THE
00:21:59.08\00:22:02.22
FACE OF THE DEEP.
00:22:02.25\00:22:03.72
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED
UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS.
00:22:03.75\00:22:06.39
AND GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE
LIGHT': AND THERE WAS LIGHT.
00:22:06.42\00:22:12.99
AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT, THAT
IT WAS GOOD: AND GOD DIVIDED THE
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.70
LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS.
AND GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY,
00:22:15.73\00:22:17.67
AND THE
DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT.
00:22:17.70\00:22:19.50
AND THE EVENING AND THE
MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY."
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.70
THERE IT IS -
INITIAL PICTURE - FIRST DAY.
00:22:22.74\00:22:25.31
NOW, NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS
IN VERSE 6, "AND GOD SAID," -
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.21
WHAT'S THOSE NEXT THREE WORDS?
00:22:27.24\00:22:30.21
- "LET THERE BE" - LET'S LOOK AT
VERSE 9, "AND GOD SAID, 'LET THE
00:22:30.25\00:22:38.02
WATERS'" - AND VERSE 11, "AND
GOD SAID, 'LET THE EARTH'" -
00:22:38.05\00:22:42.46
VERSE 14 - HELP ME OUT - "AND
GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE.' - WOW,
00:22:42.49\00:22:49.96
WELL, WHEREVER YOU SEE 'LET IT
BE' - 'LET THERE BE' - 'LET THE
00:22:50.00\00:22:52.93
EARTH DO THIS' - 'LET THE WATERS
DO THIS' - BUT SOMETHING CHANGES
00:22:52.97\00:22:58.31
WHEN YOU GET TO VERSE
26, "AND GOD SAID," - WHAT? -
00:22:58.34\00:23:04.98
>>LET US MAKE. >>"LET
US MAKE" - SO ON DAY 1:
00:23:05.01\00:23:09.68
'LET THERE BE'. DAY
2: 'LET THERE BE' OR 'LET
00:23:09.72\00:23:13.79
THERE BE SOMETHING
SOMETHING' - ITS EQUIVALENT.
00:23:13.82\00:23:16.02
VERSE 3 - DAY 3: THE SAME THING;
DAY 4: THE SAME THING; DAY 5:
00:23:16.06\00:23:18.69
THE SAME THING; DAY 6: THE
FIRST PART - THE SAME THING.
00:23:18.73\00:23:23.10
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MANKIND, GOD
DIDN'T SAY, 'LET THERE BE' - HE
00:23:23.13\00:23:26.87
SAID, "LET US MAKE" - BECAUSE
THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT
00:23:26.90\00:23:31.11
BETWEEN MAN AND THE REST OF
CREATION. THERE'S A DISTINCTION
00:23:31.14\00:23:34.78
THAT'S BEING CLEARLY LAID OUT,
BETWEEN HUMANKIND AND THE REST
00:23:34.81\00:23:38.05
OF CREATION. >>AMEN.
00:23:38.08\00:23:40.58
>>THE BIBLE SAYS, IN VERSE 26,
"LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE,
00:23:40.62\00:23:45.05
AFTER OUR LIKENESS: AND LET THEM
HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF
00:23:45.09\00:23:48.96
THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL
OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE,
00:23:48.99\00:23:52.36
AND OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND
OVER EVERY CREEPING THING THAT
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.56
CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH."
00:23:54.60\00:23:56.00
- VERSE 27, "SO GOD CREATED MAN
IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE
00:23:56.03\00:24:00.07
OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; MALE
AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM."
00:24:00.10\00:24:04.34
AND THEN VERSE 28: A KEY -
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT HERE - "AND
00:24:04.37\00:24:08.18
GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID
UNTO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL, AND
00:24:08.21\00:24:11.61
MULTIPLY, AND REPLENISH THE
EARTH, AND SUBDUE IT: AND HAVE
00:24:11.65\00:24:13.78
DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE
SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE
00:24:13.82\00:24:18.19
AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING
THAT MOVETH UPON THE EARTH."
00:24:18.22\00:24:21.82
MAN WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE ALL
THE CREATION THAT TOOK PLACE,
00:24:21.86\00:24:26.49
MAN WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE IN CHARGE OF IT.
00:24:26.53\00:24:30.30
EVERYTHING THAT TOOK PLACE
ON DAY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND HALF OF
00:24:30.33\00:24:33.44
SIX, WAS FOR
MAN TO BE IN CHARGE.
00:24:33.47\00:24:36.37
MAN WAS TO HAVE - HUMANKIND
WAS TO HAVE DOMINION OVER IT.
00:24:36.40\00:24:40.38
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED
THIS - YOU READ 29 AND 30 AND
00:24:40.41\00:24:43.65
YOU'LL PICK UP THE SAME POINT
THAT THOSE THINGS CREATED ON THE
00:24:43.68\00:24:47.15
FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH
DAYS WERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.62
THOSE CREATED ON THE
FIFTH AND SIXTH DAYS.
00:24:49.65\00:24:51.32
THAT WHICH WAS CREATED IN
THE FIRST FOUR DAYS WAS FOR THE
00:24:51.35\00:24:54.96
BENEFIT OF THE - THOSE CREATED
IN THE FIFTH AND SIXTH DAY.
00:24:54.99\00:24:58.96
AND THEN MANKIND WAS FOR - NOW
I'M THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY
00:24:58.99\00:25:05.83
HEAD - IT'S NOT GOOD TO DO
THIS WHEN YOU'RE BEING VIDEOED -
00:25:05.87\00:25:07.97
SO I JUST KNOW
THEY CAN EDIT THIS.
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BUT IF EVERYTHING THAT WAS
CREATED IN THE BEGINNING WAS FOR
00:25:09.74\00:25:14.24
THE BENEFIT OF WHAT COMES LATER,
AND WHOEVER WAS LAST IS IN
00:25:14.28\00:25:18.61
CONTROL OF ALL THINGS, WHERE
DOES THAT PUT LADIES? OKAY,
00:25:18.65\00:25:23.08
JUST THOUGHT I'D
MENTION IT. >>(LAUGHTER)
00:25:23.12\00:25:26.65
>>SO HERE WE HAVE THIS
PICTURE; HUMANKIND HAS BEEN
00:25:26.69\00:25:32.86
GIVEN DOMINION OVER EVERYTHING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:32.89\00:25:37.87
HUMANKIND HAS BEEN GIVEN
DOMINION OVER ALL THINGS.
00:25:37.90\00:25:40.80
NOW THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
THAT STANDS OUT. HELP ME OUT.
00:25:40.84\00:25:46.27
IN VERSES 1:1 THROUGH 2:3, HOW
DO YOU SEE GOD MENTIONED IN YOUR
00:25:46.31\00:25:53.08
BIBLE? IT SIMPLY SAYS
'GOD' - CAPITAL G-O-D.
00:25:53.11\00:26:02.26
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO VERSE 4 IN
CHAPTER 2, NOTICE THAT THERE'S A
00:26:02.29\00:26:07.50
CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE.
WHAT'S CONNECTED WITH THE WORD
00:26:07.50\00:26:12.20
'GOD' IN VERSE 4? >>LORD.
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.97
>>LORD - CAPITAL
L-O-R-D - ALL CAPITALS. WHY?
00:26:16.00\00:26:21.41
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RETELLING
OF THE CREATION ACCOUNT IN
00:26:21.44\00:26:25.71
CHAPTER 2, FOCUSING ALMOST
PREDOMINANTLY ON THE CREATION OF
00:26:25.75\00:26:29.55
MAN AND THE WORD 'LORD' GOD
IS GIVEN INSTEAD OF SIMPLY 'GOD'
00:26:29.58\00:26:35.32
BECAUSE 'LORD' IS THE INTIMATE,
COVENANT GOD OF THE BIBLE AND
00:26:35.36\00:26:40.30
WHEN WE TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
00:26:40.33\00:26:44.33
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN,
THE CREATION OF MAN, IT'S BY THE
00:26:44.37\00:26:47.37
COVENANT GOD. NOT
JUST ELOHIM, BUT ALSO
00:26:47.40\00:26:52.07
YAHWEH, JEHOVAH,
THE COVENANT GOD.
00:26:52.11\00:26:57.11
SO WHENEVER YOU'RE
STUDYING, NOTICE THIS:
00:26:57.15\00:26:59.25
CHAPTER 2 AND
CHAPTER 1 ARE DIFFERENT.
00:26:59.28\00:27:01.68
THEY'RE RETELLING OF THE
SAME ACCOUNT IN CHAPTER 2, BUT
00:27:01.72\00:27:05.32
CHAPTER 2 IS GIVING IT FROM THE
PERSONAL COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.79
OF GOD HIMSELF - THE
COVENANT GOD - JEHOVAH YAHWEH.
00:27:07.82\00:27:11.39
THAT'S THE PICTURE
THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT.
00:27:11.43\00:27:13.90
NOTICE IN VERSE 27: "SO
GOD CREATED MAN IN" - WHAT?
00:27:13.93\00:27:25.14
- "HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE
OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; MALE AND
00:27:25.17\00:27:31.25
FEMALE CREATED HE
THEM." SO WHAT IS GOD'S IMAGE?
00:27:31.28\00:27:37.55
OH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
PHYSICAL IMAGE, BUT IF YOU WERE
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.79
TO GIVE A DEFINITION OF WHO IS
GOD OR WHAT IS GOD, WHAT WOULD
00:27:40.82\00:27:44.66
YOU TELL ME? SOME OF
YOU MIGHT GO TO 1 JOHN
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.96
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8, RIGHT? GOD
IS LOVE. SO WE COULD SAY THAT
00:27:47.96\00:27:51.63
PART OF THE IMAGE OF WHO
GOD IS, HIS CHARACTER, IS LOVE.
00:27:51.67\00:27:56.67
WHAT ABOUT JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE
16 - WHAT KIND OF LOVE IS IT?
00:27:56.71\00:27:59.81
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
HE GAVE." AND IT WASN'T JUST
00:27:59.84\00:28:07.68
SIMPLY A MINOR GIFT THAT YOU
BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE, IT'S A
00:28:07.72\00:28:12.72
GIFT THAT IS SACRIFICIAL
IN ITS HIGHEST EXTENT.
00:28:12.75\00:28:16.39
IT'S A LOVING, SACRIFICING GOD
AND YOU AND I WERE CREATED IN
00:28:16.42\00:28:23.60
HIS IMAGE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:28:23.63\00:28:28.47
I'M CREATED IN HIS IMAGE.
YOU'RE CREATED IN HIS IMAGE.
00:28:28.50\00:28:33.24
BECAUSE WE'RE CREATED IN
HIS IMAGE, WE LIVE LIKE HIM;
00:28:33.27\00:28:39.31
THEREFORE...ARE YOU READY?
OUR LIVES ARE WRAPPED AROUND HIS
00:28:39.35\00:28:44.49
MISSION. >>AMEN.
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.82
>>OUR CREATION ENABLED
US TO BE GOD'S MISSIONARY.
00:28:46.86\00:28:52.96
HE CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE
SO NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE ABLE TO
00:28:52.99\00:28:58.07
HAVE FREE CHOICE, WHICH WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT IN OUR NEXT DAY, BUT
00:28:58.10\00:29:01.30
IT'S ALSO SO THAT YOU AND
I CAN EXPERIENCE HIS MISSION.
00:29:01.34\00:29:05.21
WE WERE CREATED TO
CARRY FORWARD GOD'S MISSION.
00:29:05.24\00:29:11.55
YOU SEE, GOD'S
MISSION IS WHO HE IS.
00:29:11.58\00:29:15.38
WOULD YOU SAY THAT GOD
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MISSIONARY?
00:29:15.42\00:29:18.65
>>AMEN. >>I WOULD - ABSOLUTELY.
00:29:18.69\00:29:21.99
ALWAYS GOD HAS
BEEN A MISSIONARY.
00:29:22.02\00:29:23.59
HIS GOAL HAS BEEN TO GIVE LIFE
AND LOVE TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
00:29:23.63\00:29:27.03
TO HIS CREATED BEINGS
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME -
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.96
WHENEVER THAT WAS.
THAT'S WHY HE EXISTS AND HE
00:29:30.00\00:29:35.20
CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE SO THAT
WE COULD HAVE THE SAME EXACT
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.17
EXPERIENCE AND SAME EXACT
MISSION BECAUSE WE'RE THE SAME
00:29:38.21\00:29:40.94
EXACT CHARACTER. THAT'S
WHAT GOD WAS WANTING FOR
00:29:40.98\00:29:43.71
US TO HAVE. SO,
WHY IS THERE A MISSION?
00:29:43.75\00:29:47.78
WELL, THE MISSION WE'RE GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT HERE IN BIBLE - IN
00:29:47.82\00:29:51.92
BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES - IS
FOCUSING A LOT, PREDOMINANTLY,
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.72
ON SAVING PEOPLE FROM SIN,
RIGHT? RESTORING HUMANKIND BACK
00:29:54.76\00:29:57.79
INTO THE NATURE OF
GOD. THAT'S PART OF IT.
00:29:57.83\00:30:00.83
IT'S THE MAIN
THING WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
00:30:00.86\00:30:02.43
BUT - AND WE WERE CREATED AND
BECAUSE OF OUR FALL AND OUR SIN,
00:30:02.46\00:30:07.37
THAT'S - MISSION
WORK MUST HAPPEN.
00:30:07.40\00:30:09.50
BUT THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MISSION
AND THAT MISSION IS THAT YOU AND
00:30:09.54\00:30:12.41
I, IN GOD'S IMAGE, BEFORE SIN,
WOULD BE MISSIONARIES TO THE
00:30:12.44\00:30:17.01
UNIVERSE FOR GOD. I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMEDAY
00:30:17.05\00:30:20.55
FINDING OUT TO WHAT
EXTENT THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.45
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KNOWING
WHAT I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
00:30:22.48\00:30:25.12
BUT, THAT BEING SAID,
LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT DAY.
00:30:25.15\00:30:27.89
WHY WAS THERE A MISSION?
BECAUSE THERE WAS A CREATION.
00:30:27.92\00:30:30.83
WHY ELSE IS THERE A MISSION?
BECAUSE THERE IS FREE WILL.
00:30:30.86\00:30:35.30
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE
LOVE WITHOUT FREE WILL?
00:30:35.33\00:30:42.90
NO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU
AND I, IF WE WERE NOT GIVEN
00:30:42.94\00:30:49.14
A CHOICE, THEN LOVE
WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.
00:30:49.18\00:30:51.98
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES I
- THERE ARE SOMETIMES I WISH I
00:30:52.01\00:30:55.75
COULD TAKE CHOICE
AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN.
00:30:55.78\00:30:57.45
YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT? I JUST
WANT TO TAKE THE CHOICE AWAY.
00:30:57.49\00:31:00.36
FORGET IT. AND
SOMETIMES I ACTUALLY SAY
00:31:00.39\00:31:02.69
THAT, BUT THEY
STILL HAVE A CHOICE.
00:31:02.72\00:31:04.43
AM I RIGHT? NO
MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO
00:31:04.46\00:31:05.96
CONTROL MY CHILDREN,
THEY STILL HAVE A CHOICE.
00:31:05.99\00:31:07.83
THEY CAN LOOK AT ME AND SAY, 'I
CHOOSE NOT TO LIKE WHAT YOU'RE
00:31:07.86\00:31:10.00
DOING.' 'I CHOOSE NOT TO
LIKE YOU.' 'I CHOOSE NOT TO BE
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.00
INVOLVED WITH WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, BUT I WILL OBEY BECAUSE
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.80
THAT'S A CHOICE.' THEY EVEN HAVE
A CHOICE TO OBEY BECAUSE THEY
00:31:14.84\00:31:17.97
COULD DISOBEY BUT THEY
DON'T LIKE THE CHOICE'S RESULTS.
00:31:18.01\00:31:19.81
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOICE.
UM, JUST AS THERE WAS A CHOICE
00:31:19.84\00:31:30.79
IN SEPARATING FROM GOD - BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT A
00:31:30.82\00:31:34.22
LITTLE BIT LATER - THERE'S ALSO
A CHOICE IN COMING BACK TO GOD.
00:31:34.26\00:31:37.23
FREE WILL IS HUGE IN
THE CONCEPT OF MISSION.
00:31:37.26\00:31:41.76
PEOPLE ARE NOT
PREDESTINED TO BE LOST.
00:31:41.80\00:31:46.90
EVERYONE HAS BEEN PREDESTINED
TO SAVE. YOU UNDERSTAND, RIGHT?
00:31:46.94\00:31:50.21
GOD DESIRED THAT ALL MEN BE
SAVED. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A
00:31:50.24\00:31:53.51
CHOICE THAT WE CAN BE SAVED
OR LOST AND IT'S BASED UPON THAT
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.88
CHOICE THAT YOU AND I ACTUALLY
GO OUT AND GIVE A MISSION.
00:31:56.91\00:31:59.55
THERE'S NO REASON FOR A MISSION
IF THERE ISN'T FREE WILL.
00:31:59.58\00:32:02.22
THERE'S NO NEED FOR A
MISSION IF THERE'S NOT CHOICE.
00:32:02.25\00:32:04.09
I BELIEVE THAT MY CHOICE TO
OBEY GOD REVEALS THE CHARACTER -
00:32:04.12\00:32:15.43
A CHARACTER TRAIT - OF GOD.
LET ME EXPLAIN AND WE'RE GOING
00:32:15.46\00:32:21.27
TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF
A RUN THROUGH OUR QUARTERLY, IF
00:32:21.30\00:32:23.64
THAT'S OKAY. WHEN A
PERSON'S CHARACTER - WHAT
00:32:23.67\00:32:27.18
A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS, IS
REVEALED IN HOW THEY USE FREE
00:32:27.21\00:32:30.51
WILL - MOST OF THE TIME.
WHAT A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS, IS
00:32:30.55\00:32:36.15
REVEALED IN HOW
THEY USE THEIR FREE WILL.
00:32:36.18\00:32:38.39
FREE WILL ALLOWS FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE REVEALING OF
00:32:38.42\00:32:42.09
A PERSON'S CHARACTER. CAN
YOU SEE THAT FOR YOURSELF?
00:32:42.12\00:32:44.96
HOW YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS -
THE CHOICES YOU HAVE MADE THIS
00:32:44.99\00:32:48.33
WEEK - HELP US KNOW - ACTUALLY,
HELP GOD KNOW, NOT US - HELP GOD
00:32:48.36\00:32:52.47
TO KNOW - SO WHERE ARE
THEY NOW? WHAT IS THEIR CHOICE?
00:32:52.50\00:32:57.21
THEIR CHOICE TELLS ME WHAT
THEY WANT IN LIFE - WHAT THEIR
00:32:57.24\00:33:00.31
CHARACTER IS - THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
00:33:00.34\00:33:02.21
FOR EXAMPLE, DAVID'S CHOICE
TO FIGHT GOLIATH - WHAT THAT A
00:33:02.24\00:33:06.55
CHOICE? HE CHOSE TO DO SO.
00:33:06.58\00:33:09.38
DOES THAT REVEAL SOMETHING
ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD?
00:33:09.42\00:33:11.59
DOES IT REVEAL A
CHARACTER TRAIT OF GOD?
00:33:11.62\00:33:14.16
I BELIEVE IT DOES. WHAT
CHARACTER TRAIT WOULD THAT BE?
00:33:14.19\00:33:16.66
BOLDNESS - WOULD YOU SAY
THAT? HE CHOSE TO OBEY, BUT THAT
00:33:16.69\00:33:22.26
CHOOSING TO OBEY REVEALED
SOMETHING - A CHARACTER TRAIT.
00:33:22.30\00:33:26.53
DO YOU REALIZE OUR
CHOICES ARE NOT EASY, ARE THEY?
00:33:26.57\00:33:29.70
OFTENTIMES OUR CHOICES ARE HARD
BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHARACTER
00:33:29.74\00:33:32.94
TRAITS THAT NEEDED TO BE
EXPRESSED IN THAT CHOICE ARE NOT
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.28
ONES THAT WE WANT TO DO.
00:33:35.31\00:33:38.21
I THINK OF DANIEL:
DANIEL WAS GIVEN A CHOICE.
00:33:38.25\00:33:41.88
HE HAD A CHOICE TO PRAY
OR TO HIDE AND HE CHOSE TO -
00:33:41.92\00:33:46.86
>>PRAY. >>PRAY.
00:33:46.89\00:33:48.99
IN THAT CHARACTER CHOICE -
IN THAT CHOICE TO OBEY - THAT
00:33:49.02\00:33:52.13
FREE-WILL DECISION MADE BY
DANIEL, HE EXHIBITED A CHARACTER
00:33:52.16\00:33:55.93
TRAIT OF GOD
AND THAT IS LOYALTY.
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.80
SO ANOTHER CHARACTER TRAIT.
WHAT ABOUT DANIEL - REMEMBER
00:33:57.83\00:34:02.54
DANIEL AND HIS THREE FRIENDS,
THEY HAD A CHOICE AS THEY CAME
00:34:02.57\00:34:04.64
INTO THAT BEAUTIFUL CAFETERIA
OF THE KING'S DINING HALL.
00:34:04.67\00:34:09.64
AND AS THEY WERE
LOOKING AT IT THEY HAD A CHOICE.
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.91
EAT OR NOT EAT. EAT
OR REQUEST SOMETHING
00:34:11.95\00:34:18.12
DIFFERENT. AND WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:34:18.15\00:34:20.16
THEY REQUESTED
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
00:34:20.19\00:34:21.66
WHAT DOES IT SHOW? AND
YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, IT
00:34:21.69\00:34:24.13
SHOWS OBEDIENCE.' AND YES,
I KNOW IT SHOWS OBEDIENCE, BUT
00:34:24.16\00:34:25.96
WHAT CHARACTER
TRAIT DO YOU SEE HERE?
00:34:25.99\00:34:28.10
YOU SEE SOMETHING OF
GOD COMING OUT IN FREE WILL.
00:34:28.13\00:34:32.23
WHEN YOU EXERCISE FREE WILL AND
YOU CHOOSE TO OBEY GOD, YOU SEE
00:34:32.27\00:34:36.24
A CHARACTER
TRAIT OF GOD COME OUT.
00:34:36.27\00:34:39.37
HERE, WHAT IS IT? TEMPERANCE.
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.14
IS THAT A
CHARACTER - IS GOD TEMPERATE?
00:34:41.18\00:34:43.81
NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO TOO
MUCH FURTHER ON THIS SUBJECT,
00:34:43.85\00:34:46.45
BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN
OBEDIENCE, OUT OF FREE CHOICE -
00:34:46.48\00:34:51.22
WHICH, THAT'S WHAT WE
HAVE - WE REVEAL WHO GOD IS.
00:34:51.25\00:34:54.32
EXAMPLE: ELIJAH'S
CHOICE TO CONFRONT AHAB.
00:34:54.36\00:34:58.96
RUTH'S CHOICE
TO STAY WITH NAOMI.
00:34:58.99\00:35:02.06
MATTHEW'S CHOICE TO LEAVE HIS
LUCRATIVE BUSINESS AND BECOME A
00:35:02.10\00:35:07.00
DISCIPLE WITH JESUS.
ABRAHAM'S CHOICE TO LEAVE UR.
00:35:07.04\00:35:09.77
ESTHER'S CHOICE TO GO
BEFORE THE KING UNBIDDEN.
00:35:09.80\00:35:13.84
LITTLE MAID'S CHOICE - REMEMBER
THE STORY OF LITTLE MAID -
00:35:13.88\00:35:18.61
LITTLE MAID AND NAAMAN - LITTLE
MAID'S CHOICE TO SHARE GOD TO
00:35:18.65\00:35:22.38
THE ONE WHO WAS HER CAPTOR.
00:35:22.42\00:35:25.69
JONAH'S CHOICE TO GO TO JOPPA
AND THEN LATER TO GO TO NINEVEH.
00:35:25.72\00:35:29.09
JESUS' CHOICE TO
COME TO OUR PLANET.
00:35:29.12\00:35:32.13
THE CENTURION'S CHOICE
TO BELIEVE IN A HEBREW GOD.
00:35:32.16\00:35:35.40
PAUL'S CHOICE TO SERVE
HIM WHOM HE USED TO HATE.
00:35:35.43\00:35:39.70
PETER'S CHOICE
TO VISIT CORNELIUS.
00:35:39.73\00:35:42.34
THESE PEOPLE ALL HAD CHOICES
AND THEIR CHOOSING TO OBEY.
00:35:42.37\00:35:48.51
THAT FREE WILL ENABLED THEM
TO DO A MISSION THAT GOD HAD.
00:35:48.54\00:35:52.21
IN FACT, IT ENABLED THEM TO
BECOME PART OF GOD'S MISSION -
00:35:52.25\00:35:54.98
ENABLED THEM TO SHOW
SOMETHING OF WHO GOD REALLY IS.
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.89
THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF LOVE
CANNOT BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE
00:35:57.92\00:36:07.20
WILL. THE
CHARACTER TRAIT OF BOLDNESS
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.50
CANNOT BE
EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE WILL.
00:36:09.53\00:36:12.43
THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF PATIENCE
CANNOT BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE
00:36:12.47\00:36:15.97
WILL. DO YOU
REALIZE FREE WILL'S HUGE?
00:36:16.00\00:36:18.74
IT'S SO IMPORTANT. YOU
KNOW, I - I LONG TO BE A
00:36:18.77\00:36:25.48
MORE PATIENT INDIVIDUAL.
SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL LIKE I DO,
00:36:25.51\00:36:27.92
BUT I LONG TO BE A
MORE PATIENT INDIVIDUAL.
00:36:27.95\00:36:29.95
BUT I CAN CHOOSE. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:36:29.98\00:36:34.49
IT'S ONE THING TO LONG FOR IT;
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO CHOOSE IT.
00:36:34.52\00:36:37.49
AND SOMETIMES THAT
CHOOSING TAKES EFFORT.
00:36:37.53\00:36:42.33
IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO LONG
FOR SOMETHING THAN TO CHOOSE IT.
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.57
'I LONG TO HAVE MONEY, BUT I
DON'T CHOOSE TO WORK.' RIGHT?
00:36:44.60\00:36:51.87
'I LONG TO BE HEALTHY, BUT
I DON'T CHOOSE TO EXERCISE.'
00:36:51.91\00:36:58.08
CHOICE IS SO IMPORTANT GOD
GAVE IT TO US SO THAT WE, BY HIS
00:36:58.11\00:37:06.76
GRACE, CAN BE
PARTAKERS OF HIS CHARACTER.
00:37:06.79\00:37:10.33
WHAT A MISSION GOD HAD IN
CREATING MAN WITH FREEWILL.
00:37:10.36\00:37:15.43
AND, BY THE WAY, THE FREE WILL
WAS CREATED IN US BEFORE SIN,
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.07
RIGHT? SO WHAT
WAS IT GOING TO DO?
00:37:17.10\00:37:19.53
IT WAS A REVEALING OF GOD.
DID THE ANGELS HAVE FREE WILL?
00:37:19.57\00:37:23.37
YES, VERY OBVIOUSLY,
BECAUSE SATAN CHOSE OTHERWISE -
00:37:23.41\00:37:27.01
LUCIFER CHOSE OTHERWISE.
00:37:27.04\00:37:28.61
FREE WILL GOD HAS GIVEN TO
HIS SUBJECTS SO THAT WE CAN
00:37:28.64\00:37:36.15
EXPERIENCE - TRULY -
LOVE AND HIS CHARACTER.
00:37:36.18\00:37:44.13
I GUESS TUESDAY'S LESSON -
IT'S CALLED THE FALL - PROBABLY
00:37:44.16\00:37:50.83
EXPLAINS, FROM THIS LESSON'S
PERSPECTIVE, WHY THERE'S
00:37:50.87\00:37:54.70
MISSIONARIES
MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
00:37:54.74\00:37:56.44
THERE WAS A FALL. THERE
WAS A CHOICE THAT WAS MADE
00:37:56.47\00:38:01.18
BY THE CREATED BEINGS OF
GOD WHO WERE IN HIS IMAGE.
00:38:01.21\00:38:04.51
THERE WAS A CHOICE
THAT WAS MADE TO DO WHAT?
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.85
GO ANOTHER WAY. LET'S
LOOK AT THOSE CHOICES.
00:38:06.88\00:38:11.02
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THREE -
CHAPTER 3 OF GENESIS AND VERSES
00:38:11.05\00:38:13.42
5 AND 6, "'FOR GOD DOTH
KNOW THAT IN THE DAY YE EAT
00:38:13.46\00:38:21.50
THEREOF,'" -
WHO'S SPEAKING HERE?
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.97
SATAN - THE SERPENT - SATAN
THROUGH THE SERPENT - "'THEN
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.10
YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED,
AND YE SHALL BE AS GODS, KNOWING
00:38:27.14\00:38:29.30
GOOD AND EVIL.' AND WHEN THE
WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD
00:38:29.34\00:38:33.17
FOR FOOD, AND THAT IT WAS
PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE
00:38:33.21\00:38:35.84
TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE,
SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF,
00:38:35.88\00:38:38.91
AND DID EAT, AND GAVE ALSO UNTO
HER HUSBAND WITH HER; AND HE DID
00:38:38.95\00:38:41.45
EAT. AND THE
EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE
00:38:41.48\00:38:44.92
OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY
WERE NAKED; AND THEY SEWED FIG
00:38:44.95\00:38:47.42
LEAVES TOGETHER, AND
MADE THEMSELVES APRONS."
00:38:47.46\00:38:51.36
THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICES HERE,
BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON FOUR.
00:38:51.39\00:38:54.73
FOUR CHOICES THAT WERE MADE HERE
WITH THE FREE WILL THAT WAS PART
00:38:54.76\00:38:58.63
OF THE IMAGE OF GOD.
THEY CHOSE TO DOUBT WHO?
00:38:58.67\00:39:03.64
WHO DID THEY CHOOSE TO
DOUBT HERE IN THIS STORY?
00:39:03.67\00:39:07.58
WHO ARE THEY DOUBTING? GOD.
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.01
THEY CHOOSE TO TRUST
WHOM? THE SNAKE, RIGHT?
00:39:10.05\00:39:14.15
THEY CHOOSE TO
TRUST THIS CREATED BEING.
00:39:14.18\00:39:17.05
NUMBER 3: THEY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW
SOMETHING OTHER THAN FAITH -
00:39:17.09\00:39:21.32
WHAT WAS IT? THEY
WERE CHOOSING TO FOLLOW
00:39:21.36\00:39:24.29
THEIR SENSES. SHE
SAW THAT IT LOOKED GOOD.
00:39:24.33\00:39:27.50
IT WAS TOUCH - THERE'S - THERE
ARE SO MANY SENSES THAT CAME
00:39:27.56\00:39:30.30
INTO THE PICTURE
HERE - SHE WAS LISTENING -
00:39:30.33\00:39:31.90
SHE CHOSE TO FOLLOW HER SENSES.
00:39:31.93\00:39:33.50
AND, FINALLY, NUMBER FOUR: THEY
CHOSE LEAVES INSTEAD OF LIGHT.
00:39:33.54\00:39:38.67
AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK,
THAT WAS KIND OF AN INADVERTENT
00:39:38.71\00:39:42.58
CHOICE.' DOES THAT
HAPPEN TO US A LOT?
00:39:42.61\00:39:45.58
DO WE GET THESE
INADVERTENT CHOICES?
00:39:45.61\00:39:48.05
'YOU CHOSE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN.'
'I DIDN'T CHOOSE THAT.' 'OH, YES
00:39:48.08\00:39:52.12
YOU DID. YOU CHOSE
THIS, WHICH HAPPENED
00:39:52.15\00:39:54.22
THIS, AND THEREFORE
YOU CHOSE THAT.' RIGHT?
00:39:54.26\00:39:56.19
THAT IS THE PICTURE WE SEE
HERE WITH ADAM AND EVE: THREE
00:39:56.22\00:40:00.40
CHOICES, WHICH
INADVERTENTLY CHOSE ANOTHER ONE.
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.83
GOD'S MISSION NOW IS TO REVERSE
THOSE CHOICES - TO LET US CHOOSE
00:40:02.86\00:40:12.11
AGAIN AND TO CHOOSE
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
00:40:12.14\00:40:15.14
THE FALL HAS GIVEN
JESUS A NEW MISSION.
00:40:15.18\00:40:20.92
A NEW MISSION?
AN ENHANCED MISSION.
00:40:20.95\00:40:24.02
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF
MISSIONS THAT COST A WHOLE LOT
00:40:24.05\00:40:27.36
MORE THAN THEY WERE
PLANNING WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED?
00:40:27.39\00:40:30.16
I'VE HAD THINGS
LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
00:40:30.19\00:40:33.96
I THINK I'D LIKE TO - I GOT SO
EXCITED WHEN I WAS - I THINK IT
00:40:34.00\00:40:38.87
WAS MY JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH
SCHOOL - THE DEAN CAME UP TO ME
00:40:38.90\00:40:42.47
AND SAID, 'CHUCK, WE NEED
SOMEONE TO CLEAN BATHROOMS
00:40:42.50\00:40:44.57
DURING CAMP MEETING.' AND I
SAID, 'CLEAN BATHROOMS DURING
00:40:44.61\00:40:47.81
CAMP MEETING?' HE
SAID, 'YEAH, I'LL PAY YOU TWO
00:40:47.84\00:40:49.74
HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH.' AND
BACK WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GUY, TWO
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.21
HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH WAS A LOT
OF MONEY FOR CLEANING BATHROOMS
00:40:52.25\00:40:54.82
DURING CAMP MEETING. I
SAID, 'SURE, I'D LOVE TO DO
00:40:54.85\00:40:56.52
IT.' HE GOES, 'I'LL TAKE
CARE OF YOUR FOOD FOR THE WEEK.
00:40:56.55\00:40:58.39
I'LL TAKE CARE OF
YOUR HOUSING FOR THE WEEK.
00:40:58.42\00:41:00.12
AND YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE
THE BATHROOMS STAY CLEAN.' AND
00:41:00.16\00:41:02.36
THAT WAS WORKING IN THE
BEAUTIFUL STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
00:41:02.39\00:41:04.49
AND THEY HAD A LARGE CAMP
MEETING - A LARGE CAMPUS -
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.80
AND WE KEPT PRETTY BUSY.
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.00
I WAS SO EXCITED AND AT THE END
OF THE WEEK I GOT MY TWO HUNDRED
00:41:08.03\00:41:10.13
DOLLARS CASH AND SOMEONE CAME
UP TO ME AND SAID, 'CHUCK, WE
00:41:10.17\00:41:12.13
NOTICED THAT YOU
HAVE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
00:41:12.17\00:41:14.40
WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN US IN A SPECIAL
00:41:14.44\00:41:17.14
BUSINESS THAT
WE HAVE.' 'REALLY?'
00:41:17.17\00:41:21.31
AND I SAID, 'WELL, WHAT IS IT?'
'WELL, IF YOU SELL SO MUCH OF
00:41:21.34\00:41:26.11
THIS AND GET THESE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE TO JOIN YOU IN SELLING
00:41:26.15\00:41:29.18
IT, SOON YOU'LL BE MAKING MORE
MONEY THAN YOU'VE EVER DREAMED.'
00:41:29.22\00:41:32.09
AND SO I ENDED UP THAT WEEK WITH
ABOUT FIFTY DOLLARS INSTEAD OF
00:41:32.12\00:41:36.06
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE
I DONATED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
00:41:36.09\00:41:37.96
DOLLARS TO START MY OWN STARTER
KIT TO JOIN THIS COMPANY AND I
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.00
THINK I SOLD NOTHING.
I KNOW I SOLD NOTHING.
00:41:40.03\00:41:44.40
TERRIBLE. I WAS SO EXCITED.
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.00
IT COST A WHOLE LOT
MORE THAN I THOUGHT.
00:41:47.04\00:41:48.60
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO
COST A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.
00:41:48.64\00:41:50.41
IT WAS GOING TO COST SOMEONE
LIKE ME, WHO WAS VERY SHY, TO
00:41:50.44\00:41:53.48
ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO
PEOPLE - I WAS GOING TO TRY TO
00:41:53.51\00:41:56.51
SELL THEM ON SOMETHING. IT
COST A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I
00:41:56.54\00:42:01.02
EXPECTED. YOU KNOW,
WITH JESUS, IT WAS SO
00:42:01.05\00:42:04.12
MUCH MORE THAN
ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE.
00:42:04.15\00:42:06.22
HIS MISSION, TO GIVE LOVE
AND LIFE TO THE UNIVERSE, NEVER
00:42:06.25\00:42:10.96
CHANGES. HE IS THE
SOURCE OF ALL LIFE.
00:42:10.99\00:42:14.00
HE'S THE SOURCE OF ALL LIGHT.
HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL LOVE.
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.86
THAT'S HIM. BUT, WITH THE FALL
OF MAN, IT ADDED A NEW ELEMENT.
00:42:15.90\00:42:21.74
IT MADE IT A VERY, VERY COSTLY
ENTERPRISE - MUCH, MUCH MORE
00:42:21.77\00:42:26.01
EXPENSIVE THAN WAS
ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.78
CHOICE - THE CHOICE TO DOUBT
GOD NOW IS GOING TO BE, BY GOD'S
00:42:27.81\00:42:35.48
GRACE, A CHANGE OF
CHOICE TO DOUBT WHO?
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.25
WHO DO WE NEED TO DOUBT?
WHAT'S GOD TRYING TO CHANGE?
00:42:37.29\00:42:41.92
SATAN, RIGHT? EVIL.
OURSELVES EVEN, SOMETIMES.
00:42:41.96\00:42:46.70
OUR SECOND CHOICE: ORIGINALLY,
CHOOSE TO TRUST THE SNAKE - YES
00:42:46.73\00:42:52.00
- NOW WHO ARE
WE TRYING TO TRUST?
00:42:52.03\00:42:56.20
>>GOD. >>GOD.
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.44
SO WE'RE GOING NOW - INSTEAD
OF TRUSTING A SNAKE AND DOUBTING
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.74
GOD, GOD WANTS TO CHANGE IT
SO WE TRUST HIM AND DOUBT SATAN.
00:43:01.78\00:43:06.05
THAT'S THE GOAL.
THAT'S THE CHANGE.
00:43:06.08\00:43:08.42
THAT'S THE MISSION THAT GOD
HAS - WHAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE
00:43:08.45\00:43:10.65
MISSION?
CHOOSING TO FOLLOW SENSES.
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.19
WE CAN'T FOLLOW
OUR SENSES ANYMORE.
00:43:12.22\00:43:14.36
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW?
00:43:14.39\00:43:15.59
WE HAVE TO LIVE BY - WE HAVE TO
FOLLOW TRUTH AND WE HAVE TO LIVE
00:43:15.62\00:43:18.63
BY FAITH. THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE NEEDING.
00:43:18.66\00:43:20.90
AND THE FINAL ONE HERE, CHOOSING
LEAVES INSTEAD OF LIGHT.
00:43:20.93\00:43:24.83
I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING: WHAT
COVERS YOU AND I SPIRITUALLY -
00:43:24.87\00:43:34.88
WITHOUT GOD - IT'S
FILTHY. IT'S USELESS.
00:43:34.91\00:43:38.55
WE MUST PUT ASIDE OUR OWN
RIGHTEOUSNESS - PUT ASIDE WHAT
00:43:38.58\00:43:44.12
MAKES - WE THINK MAKES US
GOOD AND TRUST IN CHRIST'S
00:43:44.15\00:43:47.82
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO CLEANSE US AND
COVER US AND DO A MIRACLE IN OUR
00:43:47.86\00:43:50.93
LIVES. THAT'S THE CHOICE.
00:43:50.96\00:43:53.09
THAT'S THE CHOOSING
THAT GOD IS WANTING US TO DO.
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.36
THERE'S A CHANGE AND
THAT CHANGE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:43:56.40\00:44:00.07
SO, WHY THE MISSION?
THERE WAS A CREATION, BY A
00:44:00.10\00:44:05.84
CREATOR GOD, OF HUMAN
BEINGS THAT WERE IN HIS IMAGE.
00:44:05.87\00:44:09.21
AND THEN THERE WAS FREE CHOICE
THAT WAS GIVEN, BECAUSE YOU
00:44:09.24\00:44:12.68
CAN'T HAVE ANY CHARACTER TRAITS
OF GOD WITHOUT FREE CHOICE.
00:44:12.71\00:44:14.65
YOU CAN'T HAVE LOVE
WITHOUT FREE CHOICE.
00:44:14.68\00:44:16.65
FREE CHOICE
PRE-EMPTS ALMOST EVERYTHING.
00:44:16.69\00:44:19.39
THEN NUMBER 3: THERE WAS A
FALL. THAT FREE CHOICE WAS USED.
00:44:19.42\00:44:25.39
CHOICES WERE GIVEN THAT WERE
WRONG AND GOD IS NOW TRYING TO
00:44:25.43\00:44:28.20
CHANGE YOUR CHOICES.
THOSE THREE THINGS DESCRIBE WHY
00:44:28.23\00:44:30.57
THERE'S A MISSION
TODAY. SO WHAT IS THE MISSION?
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.97
I'D LIKE IT IF GOD COULD EXPLAIN
IT - WHAT HIS MISSION WAS.
00:44:33.00\00:44:38.41
JESUS WOULD JUST SIMPLY COME
HERE TODAY AND SAY, 'GRANITE
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.78
BAY, LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT MY MISSION IS.'
00:44:41.81\00:44:44.05
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT?
WOULD YOU BE MORE INSPIRED IF
00:44:44.08\00:44:46.61
JESUS WAS TELLING
YOU WHAT HIS MISSION WAS?
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.58
I HOPE SO. WHAT IS HIS MISSION?
00:44:48.62\00:44:53.39
IF YOU KNEW WHAT THE MISSION
OF GOD WAS, WOULD YOU DO IT?
00:44:53.42\00:44:57.66
>>AMEN. >>WOULD
YOU BE A MISSIONARY FOR
00:44:57.69\00:44:59.79
GOD IF HE COULD SPELL IT
OUT - 'HERE IS MY MISSION WORK.
00:44:59.83\00:45:03.70
I'M GOING TO LAY
IT OUT BEFORE YOU.
00:45:03.73\00:45:05.23
GOD BLESS YOU.' I WOULD HAVE
TO SAY I THINK THAT GRANITE BAY
00:45:05.27\00:45:09.40
WOULD BECOME - IT'S - I ALREADY
LIKE GRANITE BAY, BUT GRANITE
00:45:09.44\00:45:13.17
BAY WOULD BE TAKEN TO A
WHOLE NEW EXISTENCE IF GOD WAS
00:45:13.21\00:45:17.61
STANDING HERE AND
SAYING, 'HERE IS MY MISSION.
00:45:17.65\00:45:20.98
AND I'D LIKE YOU
TO BE MISSIONARIES.
00:45:21.02\00:45:23.72
IN OTHER WORDS, FOLLOWERS OF MY
MISSION.' SO TODAY, HE CANNOT BE
00:45:23.75\00:45:29.79
HERE IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH HE CAN
BE IN OUR HEARTS SO THAT WOULD
00:45:29.82\00:45:32.39
BE IN PERSON, AMEN?
BUT HIS WORDS ARE HERE.
00:45:32.43\00:45:35.93
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR WHAT
HE HAS TO SAY FOR US TODAY AT
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.50
GRANITE BAY? >>AMEN.
00:45:38.53\00:45:40.14
>>LET'S SEE, JOHN CHAPTER 3 AND
VERSE 16. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT
00:45:40.17\00:45:48.24
THIS IS JESUS' MISSION - WELL,
ACTUALLY, HE'S SAYING THAT.
00:45:48.28\00:45:51.61
THIS IS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING HIS
MISSION IS, "FOR GOD SO LOVED
00:45:51.65\00:46:00.22
THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER" -
00:46:00.26\00:46:07.23
WHAT? -
"BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT
00:46:07.30\00:46:12.33
PERISH, BUT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:46:12.37\00:46:16.07
FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO
THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD;
00:46:16.10\00:46:20.88
BUT THAT THE WORLD
THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE" - WHAT?
00:46:20.91\00:46:24.85
>>SAVED. >>THIS
IS GOD'S MISSION.
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.45
THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
00:46:26.48\00:46:29.82
MATTHEW CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21
- MATTHEW 1, VERSE 21 - THIS IS
00:46:29.85\00:46:35.99
NOT NECESSARILY JESUS SPEAKING,
BUT THIS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT VIA
00:46:36.02\00:46:40.20
INSPIRATION - MATTHEW CHAPTER 1,
VERSE 21 AND IT SAYS, "AND SHE"
00:46:40.23\00:46:46.67
- THAT IS, MARY - "SHALL BRING
FORTH A SON AND THOU SHALT CALL
00:46:46.70\00:46:50.57
HIS NAME JESUS: FOR
HE SHALL" - DO WHAT?
00:46:50.61\00:46:53.34
- "HE SHALL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS."
00:46:53.38\00:46:57.61
THIS IS PART OF GOD'S MISSION,
TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN HIM
00:46:57.65\00:47:02.58
AND TO BE SAVED - AND NOT JUST
SAVED FROM THEIR PAST, BUT SAVED
00:47:02.62\00:47:07.49
IN THE PRESENT AND
SAVED IN THEIR FUTURE.
00:47:07.52\00:47:09.62
LUKE CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE
10 - JESUS GIVES US A BEAUTIFUL
00:47:09.66\00:47:17.43
SECTION HERE - LUKE CHAPTER
19, VERSE 10 - IT TELLS - NOW
00:47:17.47\00:47:24.77
REMEMBER, A MISSIONARY IS
SOMEONE WHO'S SENT TO ACCOMPLISH
00:47:24.81\00:47:27.71
SOMETHING. AND
HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAYS IN
00:47:27.74\00:47:30.81
19, VERSE 10, "FOR
THE SON OF MAN IS" - WHAT?
00:47:30.85\00:47:36.08
HE'S COME - HE WAS
SENT. HE WAS SENT FROM HEAVEN.
00:47:36.12\00:47:39.39
HE CAME HERE TO DO WHAT? -
"COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT
00:47:39.42\00:47:43.79
WHICH WAS LOST."
THAT'S GOD'S MISSION.
00:47:43.83\00:47:46.76
THAT IS THE MISSION OF JESUS
- TO SEEK AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS
00:47:46.80\00:47:51.63
LOST. TO GIVE THEM
HOPE WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE.
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.80
TO SAVE THEM FROM THE PAST,
THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
00:47:54.84\00:47:57.81
JOHN CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 10 -
WE COULD LOOK AT JESUS' MISSION
00:47:57.84\00:48:03.14
ALL DAY AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME
AND, ALSO YOUR PATIENCE, WE WILL
00:48:03.18\00:48:07.38
NOT. ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE,
YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I'M SURE.
00:48:07.42\00:48:10.49
JOHN 10 AND VERSE 10 - THIS IS
ANOTHER PART OF JESUS' MISSION -
00:48:10.52\00:48:16.09
BEAUTIFUL PART HERE - THE THIEF
COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL,
00:48:16.12\00:48:22.53
AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY:
I AM COME" - HE IS SENT - HE'S A
00:48:22.56\00:48:28.44
MISSIONARY - "I AM COME THAT
THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT
00:48:28.47\00:48:33.41
THEY MIGHT HAVE
IT MORE ABUNDANTLY."
00:48:33.44\00:48:35.48
THIS IS HIS MISSION.
THIS IS WHY JESUS HAS COME.
00:48:35.51\00:48:39.55
JESUS HAS COME SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR HIM.
00:48:39.58\00:48:43.25
THEY CAN BELIEVE ON HIM. THEY
CAN BE SAVED AND NOT CONDEMNED.
00:48:43.28\00:48:47.09
THAT THEY CAN HAVE
SALVATION FROM THEIR SINS.
00:48:47.12\00:48:50.56
THAT THEY COULD HAVE A JOYFUL
LIFE. THAT THOSE WHO ARE LOST
00:48:50.59\00:48:53.40
CAN BE FOUND.
THAT'S WHY JESUS WAS SAVED.
00:48:53.43\00:48:56.40
THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME AS A
MISSIONARY - CORRECTION - JOHN
00:48:56.43\00:49:01.60
CHAPTER 6. WHY
ELSE DID JESUS COME?
00:49:01.64\00:49:05.64
JOHN CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 38 -
JOHN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 38, "FOR I
00:49:05.67\00:49:17.99
CAME DOWN FROM
HEAVEN," - I LOVE THAT -
00:49:18.02\00:49:21.49
HOW HE SAYS THAT - HE WAS SENT.
00:49:21.52\00:49:23.53
HE CAME AS A MISSIONARY - "I
CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, NOT TO DO
00:49:23.56\00:49:26.66
MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE
WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME."
00:49:26.70\00:49:29.46
SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS
CAME HERE HE WAS DOING WHAT GOD
00:49:29.50\00:49:32.00
WANTED. WHAT'S IT SAY NEXT?
00:49:32.03\00:49:34.07
"AND THIS IS THE FATHER'S WILL
WHICH HATH SENT ME, THAT OF ALL
00:49:34.10\00:49:38.97
WHICH HE HATH GIVEN ME I
SHOULD LOSE NOTHING, BUT SHOULD
00:49:39.01\00:49:42.01
RAISE IT UP
AGAIN AT THE LAST DAY."
00:49:42.04\00:49:44.55
GOD'S WILL, HIS LOVE,
HIS PLAN FOR US IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:49:44.58\00:49:51.52
HIS MISSION FOR
US IS SO INCREDIBLE.
00:49:51.55\00:49:54.29
THIS IS HIS MISSION, DO YOU
WANT TO BE PART OF HIS MISSION?
00:49:54.32\00:49:59.03
THE MISSION
DOESN'T END WITH THAT.
00:49:59.06\00:50:09.77
IT'S NOT JUST TO TAKE A SINNER
LIKE CHUCK - OR ANYONE WHO'S
00:50:09.80\00:50:14.18
SITTING IN THE GRANITE BAY
CHURCH AND MAKE THEM WHOLE.
00:50:14.21\00:50:18.75
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PART OF HIS
MISSION. THERE'S SOMETHING MORE.
00:50:18.78\00:50:22.75
JOHN CHAPTER - EXCUSE ME, NOT
JOHN, THIS IS MATTHEW, I BELIEVE
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.95
- MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 - MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5 - JESUS WANTS TO TAKE
00:50:25.99\00:50:31.66
US AND RESTORE US
FULLY INTO HIS IMAGE.
00:50:31.69\00:50:39.40
THE ONLY WAY YOU AND I COULD
BE RESTORED INTO HIS IMAGE -
00:50:39.43\00:50:42.87
COMPLETELY
RESTORED INTO HIS IMAGE -
00:50:42.90\00:50:44.94
IS SO THAT WHEN YOU AND
HIM HAVE THE SAME MISSION.
00:50:44.97\00:50:48.68
WHEN YOU AND GOD HAVE THE
SAME MISSION, THAT'S THE FULL
00:50:48.71\00:50:53.72
RESTORATION OF HUMANITY IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD - IS WHEN HUMANITY
00:50:53.75\00:50:57.05
AND GOD HAVE THE SAME MISSION.
WHAT'S YOUR MISSION IN LIFE?
00:50:57.09\00:51:00.29
THIS MORNING AS YOU'RE SITTING
HERE IN CHURCH LISTENING, OR
00:51:00.32\00:51:04.49
THINKING, OR DWELLING ON THE
LAST WEEK OR TRYING TO FIGURE
00:51:04.53\00:51:07.76
OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT,
WHAT IS YOUR MISSION IN LIFE?
00:51:07.83\00:51:11.30
WHY DO YOU
EXIST? WHY ARE YOU HERE?
00:51:11.33\00:51:16.00
WHAT HAS GOD CALLED YOU FOR?
00:51:16.04\00:51:17.84
DO YOU DO YOUR
MISSION OR GOD'S MISSION?
00:51:17.87\00:51:19.94
DO YOU WANT TO DO GOD'S MISSION?
ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR MISSION?
00:51:19.97\00:51:23.24
WHY DO YOU EXIST?
WHAT IS YOUR MISSION?
00:51:23.28\00:51:27.15
MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 13,
"YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH."
00:51:27.18\00:51:34.16
- VERSE 14 - "YE ARE
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
00:51:34.19\00:51:39.93
GOD HAS CALLED US, YOU
AND I, TO BE SALT AND LIGHT.
00:51:39.96\00:51:43.87
JESUS CALLED US TO BE SALT
AND LIGHT. SO WHO'S THE LIGHT
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IN THE BIBLE? WHO'S
THE LIGHT? JESUS IS, RIGHT?
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JOHN CHAPTER 8, VERSE 12,
"I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
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SO JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD - AND THEN 1 PETER CHAPTER
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2, VERSE 9 - SPEAKING OF THOSE
WHO'VE BEEN CALLED TO BE A HOLY
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GENERATION. IT SAYS WE ARE
CALLED THAT WAY BECAUSE GOD HAS
00:51:58.61\00:52:01.32
CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO WHAT? HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
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SO WE ARE SIMPLY
AROUND GOD'S LIGHT.
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SO WHEN HE SAYS 'YOU ARE THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.' IT'S NOT
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THAT WE'RE THE LIGHT, IT'S
JUST WE HAVE THE LIGHT IN US.
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 60 - IT SAYS,
"ARISE, SHINE, FOR THY LIGHT IS
00:52:14.93\00:52:21.04
COME AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD
IS RISEN UPON ME." MY LIGHT IS
00:52:21.07\00:52:26.11
NOT MY LIGHT, IT'S THE GLORY
OF THE LORD, RISEN UPON ME."
00:52:26.14\00:52:28.74
SO WHEN GOD CALLS ME TO BE
LIGHT, IT'S GOD'S GLORY SHINING
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THROUGH ME. WHAT ABOUT
SALT? I'M ADDICTED TO SALT.
00:52:31.28\00:52:36.38
ANYONE HERE ADDICTED TO SALT?
OR YOU DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT.
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OKAY, SOME OF YOU. THANK
YOU. I LIKE SALTY THINGS.
00:52:38.42\00:52:41.82
I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH SWEET,
EVEN THOUGH I LIKE SWEET THINGS.
00:52:41.86\00:52:45.19
BUT MAN, YOU GET ME A BOX OF
CHIPS - AM I SPEAKING SOMEONE'S
00:52:45.23\00:52:49.16
LANGUAGE? OR SOME KIND OF SNACK
MIX AND THERE'S TOO MUCH SALT IN
00:52:49.20\00:52:54.37
IT - I CAN'T STOP.
OH, IT TASTES SO GOOD.
00:52:54.40\00:52:57.87
SALT KEEPS ME
WANTING TO HAVE MORE.
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AND THAT IS WHY
YOU AND I ARE SALT.
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SORRY, SLIGHT APPLICATION THERE.
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IS THAT OKAY? WE
SHOULD BE LIKE THAT.
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WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET
PEOPLE TO WANT TO HAVE MORE.
00:53:08.05\00:53:10.29
'MAN, I LIKE THAT CHRISTIAN!
I WANT MORE OF WHAT HE'S GOT.
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I WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF
EXPERIENCE.' YOU KNOW THERE'S
00:53:12.42\00:53:15.52
ANOTHER THING ABOUT SALT: WHILE
YOU'RE DOWNING ALL YOUR SALTY
00:53:15.56\00:53:18.93
SNACKS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING ELSE, AREN'T YOU?
00:53:18.96\00:53:22.03
WATER - SOMETHING TO QUENCH
THE THIRST THAT'S WELLING UP.
00:53:22.06\00:53:25.53
MY FRIENDS, YOU AND I, ON THIS
PLANET, YOU AND I KNOW HERE AND
00:53:25.57\00:53:31.21
OUR SUBURBS OF SACRAMENTO,
WE ARE TO BE LIKE SALT.
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WHEN PEOPLE MEET
US THEY WANT MORE.
00:53:37.25\00:53:38.71
'WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT, I WANT
MORE.' AND THEN THEY REALIZE,
00:53:38.75\00:53:42.22
'YOU KNOW WHAT? I
NEED WATER.' AND JESUS SAYS
00:53:42.25\00:53:44.45
THAT HE'S THE WATER.
THAT THOSE WHO COME TO HIM AND
00:53:44.49\00:53:47.22
DRINK WILL NOT THIRST
ANY MORE. HE IS THE SOURCE.
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PEOPLE, BY CONNECTING WITH
YOU, WILL LONG FOR JESUS CHRIST.
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THAT'S THE PICTURE
THAT GOD HAS FOR US.
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IF I WERE TO SUMMARIZE - AS
A TEACHER, BECAUSE I HAVE TO
00:53:56.90\00:54:04.34
SUMMARIZE - I WOULD SAY
WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL THINGS IN OUR
00:54:04.37\00:54:08.48
LESSON. WE FOUND
OUT WHAT A MISSION IS.
00:54:08.51\00:54:10.41
WE FOUND OUT
GOD IS A MISSIONARY.
00:54:10.45\00:54:12.01
WE REALIZED WHY THERE'S A
MISSION ON OUR PLANET EARTH.
00:54:12.05\00:54:15.08
FIRST, THERE WAS A MISSION
TO START WITH, BUT WHY WE'RE
00:54:15.12\00:54:17.19
CURRENTLY ON THE MISSION WE ARE
NOW AND THAT'S THE MISSION OF
00:54:17.22\00:54:19.29
SALVATION BECAUSE GOD CREATED
US IN HIS IMAGE WITH FREE CHOICE
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AND WE FELL. NOW
THERE'S A NEED FOR A MISSION
00:54:21.82\00:54:24.93
AND GOD'S MISSION IS TO SEEK
AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS LOST.
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IT'S TO RESTORE US INTO HIS
IMAGE TO SAVE US FROM THE PAST
00:54:28.46\00:54:32.93
IN THE PRESENT AND TO
KEEP US IN THE FUTURE.
00:54:32.97\00:54:37.84
THAT'S THE PICTURE OF THE
SALVATION GOD WANTS TO GIVE.
00:54:37.87\00:54:40.34
BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE WANTS TO
TAKE US AND MAKE US LIKE HIM AND
00:54:40.38\00:54:45.45
WHEN YOU AND I ARE LIKE
HIM, WE HAVE HIS MISSION -
00:54:45.48\00:54:47.58
WE HAVE HIS CHARACTER.
BEING IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, MY
00:54:47.62\00:54:50.82
FRIENDS, IS TO HAVE HIS MISSION.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION
00:54:50.85\00:54:55.06
TO THINK ABOUT. HAS
GOD CALLED YOU TO MISSION
00:54:55.09\00:54:58.79
WORK? WHAT MAY IT BE?
00:54:58.83\00:55:02.43
WE KNOW THE GENERAL ANSWER
IS 'YES' BUT WHAT'S YOUR MISSION
00:55:02.46\00:55:06.30
WORK? WHAT'S YOUR CALL?
00:55:06.33\00:55:07.94
MY FRIENDS, YOUR CALL IS
NOT SIMPLY TO EXIST HERE ON THIS
00:55:07.97\00:55:10.31
PLANET; YOUR GOAL IS NOT
SIMPLY TO EXIST HERE OUTSIDE OF
00:55:10.34\00:55:13.27
SACRAMENTO, GOD'S GOT A MISSION.
HE'S GOT A MISSION HERE.
00:55:13.31\00:55:16.04
WHAT IS THAT MISSION?
00:55:16.08\00:55:17.75
DO YOU WANT TO BE
UNITED WITH THAT MISSION?
00:55:17.78\00:55:19.41
IT SOUNDS FOR ME LIKE I WANT TO
DO AN APPEAL FOR YOU ALL TO COME
00:55:19.45\00:55:22.42
TO AFCOE. WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
00:55:22.45\00:55:24.09
BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
00:55:24.12\00:55:27.19
WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION FOR YOU?
00:55:27.22\00:55:29.86
IN A BOOK BY SAM WELLMAN, HE
READS - OR QUOTES - THE WORDS OF
00:55:29.89\00:55:38.27
A MANDARIN LEADER THAT WAS
SPEAKING TO A LADY BY THE NAME
00:55:38.30\00:55:43.91
OF GLADYS AYLWARD, AND HERE
IT IS. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HER
00:55:43.94\00:55:48.31
CHINESE NAME THAT
WELL, BUT PLEASE HAVE MERCY.
00:55:48.34\00:55:50.61
"FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
WORLD, AI-WEH-DEH, JOURNEYED TO
00:55:50.65\00:55:55.08
CHINA, OWING ALLEGIANCE ONLY TO
HER LIVING GOD. SHE BROUGHT HER
00:55:55.12\00:56:00.49
CHRISTIANITY TO YANGCHENG.
SHE HAD NOT SAT HIDDEN INSIDE A
00:56:00.52\00:56:04.89
TEMPLE CONTEMPLATING
HOW VIRTUOUS SHE WAS.
00:56:04.93\00:56:06.80
SHE HAD UNBOUND
THE FEET OF INFANTS.
00:56:06.83\00:56:09.33
SHE HAD HELPED THE POOR.
SHE HAD VISITED THE JAILS.
00:56:09.36\00:56:12.87
SHE HAD TAKEN
ORPHANS UNDER HER ROOF.
00:56:12.90\00:56:15.24
SHE HAD NURSED THE
WOUNDED. HER FAITH WAS ALIVE.
00:56:15.27\00:56:20.81
CONFUCIANISM LIVES IN MY
HEAD, BUT NOT IN MY HEART, AS
00:56:20.84\00:56:25.41
CHRISTIANITY DOES IN
AI-WEH-DEH AND HER CONVERTS.
00:56:25.45\00:56:29.72
I WISH TO BE A CHRISTIAN." I
BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE CALL
00:56:29.75\00:56:38.63
FOR NO MATTER WHERE
YOU ARE ON THIS PLANET.
00:56:38.66\00:56:41.76
GOD MAY BE ASKING YOU
TO TAKE UP HIS MISSION.
00:56:41.80\00:56:46.27
IT MAY BE IN A CITY, IT MAY
BE IN A COUNTRY, IT MAY BE IN A
00:56:46.30\00:56:50.44
VERY FIRST WORLD COUNTRY, IT MAY
BE IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, BUT
00:56:50.47\00:56:54.98
GOD HAS ASKED US TO TAKE UP HIS
MISSION AND WHEN WE DO THAT, I
00:56:55.01\00:57:01.28
BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD'S
GOING TO LOOK AT US AND SAY,
00:57:01.32\00:57:05.69
'I WANT CHRISTIANITY.
I WANT JESUS CHRIST.'
00:57:05.72\00:57:11.13
THAT'S THE KIND OF
EXPERIENCE I WANT TO
00:57:11.16\00:57:13.19
HAVE. HOW ABOUT YOU? >>AMEN.
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MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP ON
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