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00:33 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO 00:35 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:36 I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING 00:39 US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 00:42 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO OPEN THE BIBLE WITH US AND STUDY 00:45 THESE GREAT LESSONS. TO THE MEMBERS HERE OF THE 00:48 GRANITE BAY CHURCH, A VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU. 00:51 GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL BACK AGAIN THIS BEAUTIFUL SABBATH MORNING 00:54 HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. WE WILL BEGIN A NEW LESSON 00:57 QUARTERLY TODAY, ENTITLED BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES AND WE'RE 01:01 ACTUALLY ON LESSON #1 IN THIS BRAND-NEW QUARTER, ENTITLED THE 01:06 MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD . IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR LESSON 01:10 QUARTERLY, THOSE HERE LOCALLY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET ONE. 01:12 THOSE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TODAY'S LESSON, YOU 01:15 CAN DOWNLOAD A COPY AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE: JUST 01:19 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS 01:22 "STUDY HOUR" AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON - LESSON 01:25 #1 - AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH US AS WE STUDY TOGETHER. 01:29 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT, IT'S 01:32 A BOOK WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS ENTITLED AMAZING WONDERS OF 01:36 CREATION AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS BOOK TO ANYBODY WHO 01:39 CALLS AND ASKS. THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 AND 01:45 YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #116 - A HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN - AGAIN, 01:50 THAT NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - AND YOU ASK FOR THE BOOK 01:55 AMAZING WONDERS OF CREATION. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE 02:00 OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME FORWARD AND THEY WILL LEAD US IN A HYMN 02:04 TOGETHER BEFORE WE STUDY OUR LESSON. 02:06 >>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS. HAPPY SABBATH. 02:11 THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, IT'S OUR TIME TO SING TOGETHER, SO WE 02:16 INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS IF YOU HAVE THEM, CHRIST 02:19 FOR THE WORLD - GOING ALONG WITH OUR NEW LESSON STUDY - OUR NEW 02:24 QUARTERLY - THE MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD . 02:27 CHRIST FOR THE WORLD - #370 - LET'S DO ALL THREE STANZAS OF 02:29 THIS ONE AS WELL. (MUSIC) 02:38 CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING, THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE 02:46 BRING, WITH LOVING ZEAL; THE POOR, AND THEM THAT MOURN, THE 02:55 FAINT AND OVERBORNE, SIN-SICK AND SORROW-WORN, WHOM CHRIST 03:02 DOTH HEAL. CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING, 03:09 THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE BRING, WITH FERVENT PRAYER, THE WAYWARD 03:19 AND THE LOST, BY RESTLESS PASSIONS TOSSED, REDEEMED AT 03:26 COUNTLESS COST, FROM DARK DESPAIR. 03:32 CHRIST FOR THE WORLD WE SING, THE WORLD TO CHRIST WE BRING, 03:42 WITH JOYFUL SONG; THE NEWBORN SOULS, WHOSE DAYS, RECLAIMED 03:49 FROM ERROR'S WAYS, INSPIRED WITH HOPE AND PRAISE, TO CHRIST 03:57 BELONG. >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 04:02 WITH US AND - THOSE OF YOU AT HOME - AND NOW OUR - WE'RE GOING 04:06 TO TURN THE TIME OVER AGAIN TO PASTOR ROSS. 04:11 >>BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY THIS MORNING, I INVITE YOU JUST TO 04:14 BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. DEAR FATHER, WE THANK 04:17 YOU THAT WE CAN GATHER TOGETHER AND STUDY YOUR WORD. 04:20 AND TODAY, AS WE BEGIN THIS NEW LESSON, LOOKING AT THE 04:22 MISSIONARY HEART THAT YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE, I PRAY, LORD, THAT 04:26 NOT ONLY WILL WE GATHER A GREATER INSIGHT TO YOUR GREAT 04:29 LOVE FOR SOULS, BUT THAT WE'D ALSO BE INSPIRED TO DO WHAT WE 04:33 CAN TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS, FOR WE ASK THIS IN 04:36 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SINGERS 04:40 FOR LEADING US IN OUR HYMNS THIS MORNING. 04:42 NOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE LESSON, 04:45 WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A DIFFERENT MISSIONARY ACTIVITY THAT SOME OF 04:49 OUR CHURCH MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN - MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT 04:51 AMAZING FACTS IS DOING - SO THIS MORNING I'D LIKE TO INVITE TAMMY 04:55 STEENSEN TO COME FORWARD. TAMMY AND DAVE STEENSEN ARE BOTH 04:58 MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH. 05:00 WE DON'T GET TO SEE THEM TOO OFTEN BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY BUSY 05:03 DOING A SPECIAL MISSIONARY WORK DOWN IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. 05:07 SO TAMMY, COME ON FORWARD HERE, AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT 05:10 THE MISSIONARY WORK THAT'S HAPPENING AT EL PAN DE VIDA . 05:14 WE ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT WE'LL PUT UP ON THE SCREEN SO 05:16 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE. 05:18 SO LET ME BEGIN WITH THIS, TAMMY, WHERE IS EL PAN DE VIDA 05:22 AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? 05:24 >>WELL, EL PAN DE VIDA IS LOCATED IN MEXICO, DOWN IN THE 05:28 SOUTHERN PART OF MEXICO IN THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ - IN THE 05:33 STATE OF VERA CRUZ. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE MARK THERE 05:35 ON THE MAP ON THE PICTURE - THERE'S OUR CLINIC THERE IN THE 05:39 RIGHT-HAND CORNER. OUR CLINIC IS WHERE WE OPEN UP 05:43 OUR HOME TO ALL FAITHS - ALL PEOPLE - TO BE ABLE TO COME AND 05:48 RECEIVE HEALING, NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY, ALTHOUGH THAT IS OUR 05:52 MAIN COURSE THERE, BUT ALSO SPIRITUALLY, SO THAT THEY CAN 05:56 EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. 05:58 >>TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 06:00 >>YEAH, WELL WE WENT BACK DOWN IN FEBRUARY AND WE WERE 06:04 OFF AND RUNNING. 06:05 WE HAVE A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE AND WE HAD SOME SEMINARS, FIRST OF 06:08 ALL, THERE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO 06:12 TEACH THE MESSAGE OF HEALTH AND JESUS CHRIST COMBINED, WHICH IS 06:17 SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ON 06:20 BEHALF OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO 06:24 MINISTER TO OVER, OH THIRTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT 06:27 MEETINGS THAT WE HAD IN COATZACOALCOS AND, I 06:32 BELIEVE, SOMEWHERE NEAR ACAYUCAN, WHICH IS 06:36 DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF MEXICO AS WELL. AND WE ALWAYS, 06:40 ALWAYS START OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH LIFTING UP JESUS CHRIST. 06:43 WE DON'T SHOW A PICTURE OF TOFU OR THE VEGETABLES FIRST, WE SHOW 06:46 A PICTURE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND CONNECT THEM TO HIM 06:51 SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW THE BLESSING OF THAT HEALTH MESSAGE 06:54 AND HOW HE WANTS US TO BE ABUNDANTLY HEALTHY AND LIVE A 06:57 LIFE TO GLORIFY HIM. 07:00 >>THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IS HOW DOES THE MINISTRY OF EL 07:03 PAN DE VIDA INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS? 07:06 >>WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE UP THERE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE 07:09 OF THE WORK, TOO, THAT WE'RE DOING. 07:11 WE HAD AN 8-WEEK PROGRAM, KIND OF LIKE THE WEIMAR PROGRAM THAT 07:16 HAS EIGHT WEEKS, AND WE TAUGHT THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD HEALTH TO 07:21 ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP IN OUR VILLAGE. AND WE HAD 07:25 QUITE A FEW - A NUMBER OF PEOPLE - SIGN UP, BUT WE HAD A FEW 07:29 FAITHFUL ONES END IN TRIUMPHANT VICTORY OVER THE CONTROLLING 07:34 APPETITE, WHICH IS A REALLY STRONG, STRONG THING IN OUR 07:38 LIFE, ISN'T IT? 07:39 AND SHE, AFTER FIVE WEEKS, THIS LOVELY LADY - HER NAME IS VICKY 07:42 - SHE'S A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE - SHE WAS ABLE TO CONQUER 07:46 OVER HER APPETITE AND HER LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN 07:50 GROWING AS WE'VE BEEN WALKING TOGETHER EVERY MORNING, DOING 07:53 LITTLE DEVOTIONALS ABOUT WHY JESUS CHRIST WANTS US TO BE 07:57 HEALTHY IN OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS OUR SPIRITUAL - HOW 08:00 THAT'S CONNECTED. AND SHE LOST ABOUT SEVEN POUNDS. 08:03 SHE HAD HYPERTENSION AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE HYPERTENSION ANY 08:07 MORE. SHE HAD A REAL STRUGGLE WITH 08:09 STOMACH PROBLEMS AND CONSTIPATION. 08:12 THAT'S ALL GONE AWAY AND NOW SHE'S LIVING A HEALTHY - SHE 08:14 SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. 08:17 I AM LIVING A HEALTHY AND FREE LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST AND I'M SO 08:21 EXCITED THAT I CAN HONOR HIM RIGHT NOW WITH MY BODY." 08:24 WE CAN GO AHEAD - WE CAN HIT THE BUTTON THERE - THERE WE GO. 08:30 THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IS SHOWN IN THIS MINISTRY, AS WE 08:35 MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE ON OUR FRONT PORCH. 08:38 WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE COMING DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, 08:42 LOOKING FOR THAT PHYSICAL TOUCH THAT THEY CANNOT FIND IN THEIR 08:50 COMMUNITY THERE. THE HOSPITALS AND THE DOCTORS 08:52 AND THE MEDICAL SYSTEM IS - IS VERY FAR FROM WHAT CHRIST WANTS 08:58 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SO WE 09:03 ACCEPT EVERYBODY AT THE FRONT DOOR. 09:05 THAT LITTLE BOY UP ON THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER, 09:08 UNFORTUNATELY, JUST PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. 09:11 HE'S SIXTEEN YEARS OLD AND HE WAS HAVING TO LIVE THOSE LAST 09:15 DAYS IN HIS HOME BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT 09:20 THERE IS FOR THE SICK AND DYING THERE. 09:23 AND SO THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS SHOWN WHEN I'M HOLDING THAT 09:26 WOMAN, THE MOTHER OF THIS YOUNG BOY, AND AS SHE IS WEEPING OVER 09:30 THE LOSS OF HER SON AND SHE HAD NO ONE THERE BUT HER, HER 09:35 HUSBAND, AND CHILDREN IN THAT HOME AS SHE'S SUFFERING TO WATCH 09:39 THAT LITTLE BOY DIE. THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS SHOWN AS 09:42 THIS MAN WITH THE OPEN WOUND ON HIS FOOT - HIS WIFE, WHO THEY 09:47 WERE MARRIED WHEN THEY WERE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD - CAN YOU 09:51 IMAGINE? MANY YEARS TOGETHER AND SHE'S 09:53 HAVING TO WATCH HIM ALSO SUFFER AND POSSIBLY PASS AWAY AS WELL, 10:00 BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES. 10:03 AND THIS LOVELY NOTE WAS WRITTEN BY MY TRANSLATOR AND IT JUST 10:07 CHEERED ME UP BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WE WONDER, 10:10 'ARE WE IMPACTING? ARE WE DOING SOMETHING FOR OUR 10:12 LORD AND SAVIOR?' AND SHE WRITES ON THERE, "I'M 10:15 GRATEFUL" - AT THE END OF HER LETTER - "I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE 10:19 YOU TEACH ME ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS." 10:23 WOW, ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WANT OUR LIVES TO BE SHOWING TO EVERYBODY 10:28 AROUND US? IT IS, ISN'T IT? >>ABSOLUTELY. 10:32 WELL, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MISSIONARY WORK IS ALL ABOUT, 10:34 SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS. >>AMEN. 10:36 >>WELL, TAMMY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, THEN, 10:39 WITH EL PAN DE VIDA AND ALSO LET US KNOW HOW FOLKS CAN GET IN 10:42 CONTACT WITH THE MINISTRY, IF THEY WANT TO HELP 10:44 - IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND DO MISSION 10:45 WORK OR WHATEVER THE NEEDS MIGHT BE. 10:48 >>OKAY, YEAH, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FREE. 10:51 WE DON'T MAKE - WE DON'T CHARGE ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE 10:54 THERE'S A VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS, "FREELY HE HAS GIVEN 10:57 AND SO FREELY WE ARE TO ALSO GIVE TO OTHERS." 11:01 AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT CHRIST WILL PROVIDE FOR THIS MINISTRY. 11:05 WE'RE A MINISTRY OF FAITH AND GOD HAS PROVIDED US, FOR THE 11:09 LAST THREE AND A HALF - WE'RE GOING ON FOUR YEARS - THAT WE 11:12 HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE TAKING A STEP OF FAITH - AN INDEPENDENT 11:15 MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 11:19 AND YOU CAN CONTACT US BY INTERNET, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE HAVE 11:25 A WEBSITE: ELPANDEVIDAMINISTRIES.ORG - YOU 11:30 CAN LOCATE US ON THERE. 11:33 AND MY E-MAIL IS TEACHERPREACHER7@GMAIL.COM 11:38 - A LITTLE NAME MY DAUGHTER GAVE ME - TEACHER-PREACHER - SHE 11:41 SAID "IF YOU'RE NOT TEACHING SOMEBODY - EVERY TIME I SEE YOU 11:44 WITH SOMEBODY YOU'RE TEACHING OR YOU'RE PREACHING, MOM." 11:46 AND I SAID, "IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS. IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS." 11:49 OUR LAST PICTURE THERE IS SHOWING OUR FUTURE PROJECT. 11:53 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS HOUSE DOWN. 11:55 DON'T YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN? 11:57 A FAMILY OF SIX LIVES IN THIS HOME. 12:00 FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN - AND THEY COOK IN THIS HOME. 12:05 THEY DON'T HAVE A STOVE. THEY DON'T HAVE A REFRIGERATOR. 12:08 THEY DON'T HAVE A DISHWASHER, THEY DON'T HAVE A WASHING 12:11 MACHINE. THEY ACTUALLY COOK OVER AN OPEN 12:15 WOOD FLAME INSIDE OF THIS HOME. AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN I GO 12:19 INTO THIS HOME, I HAVE TO GO OUT AND IN BECAUSE THE SMOKE IS SO 12:23 THICK IN THERE, MANY TIMES AND THESE CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN 12:27 THIS ENVIRONMENT. SO WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT. 12:29 WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW HOME FOR THEM. 12:31 WE WANT TO GET A STOVE AND A REFRIGERATOR FOR THEM. 12:34 AND WE - THEY ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR DIET AND THEIR HEALTH IS 12:37 IMPROVING. HE LOST THIRTEEN POUNDS AND HE'S 12:40 FEELING SO MUCH BETTER. HIS FAMILY IS SO HAPPY. 12:43 LOOK AT THAT CUTE LITTLE FAMILY THERE. 12:45 WE HAVE A MISSION TEAM COMING DOWN IN AUGUST TO HELP US WITH 12:48 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE REALLY NEED YOUR 12:52 PRAYERS. YOU KNOW, MOST OF ALL, I KNOW 12:54 THAT GOD MOVES THROUGH PRAYER AND YOUR PRAYERS ARE THE MOST 12:58 IMPORTANT THING THAT COULD EVER BE GIVEN TO THIS MINISTRY. 13:02 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO. 13:05 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MINISTRY OF EL PAN DE VIDA . 13:10 BECAUSE WE NEED GOD TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS MINISTRY TO REACH 13:15 THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN 13:18 MEXICO. PLEASE HELP US WITH YOUR PRAYERS. 13:21 >>AMEN. THANK YOU, TAMMY. 13:23 YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH US JUST A LITTLE STATEMENT IN CLOSING 13:25 HERE, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WORK THAT 13:28 YOU'VE BEEN DOING THERE. >>ABSOLUTELY. IT'S - IT IS A 13:32 LITTLE WORD FROM THE PEN OF INSPIRATION. PLEASE LISTEN TO 13:35 THESE WORDS, BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN THE VERY FINAL DAYS 13:40 OF EARTH'S HISTORY. "MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK BRINGS TO 13:45 HUMANITY THE GOSPEL OF RELEASE FROM SUFFERING. 13:50 IT IS THE PIONEER WORK OF THE GOSPEL. 13:53 IT IS THE GOSPEL PRACTICED - THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST REVEALED. 14:01 OF THIS WORK, THERE IS GREAT, GREAT NEED AND THE WORLD" - 14:07 LISTEN TO THIS - "IS OPEN FOR IT." - IT'S OPEN. 14:12 CHRIST IS WAITING FOR US TO GO THROUGH THE DOORS AND BRING THIS 14:16 MESSAGE TO LIFE THROUGH OUR LIVES. 14:18 PASTOR. >>AMEN. 14:20 WELL THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR SHARING WITH US AND WE'RE VERY 14:21 INTERESTED IN THE WORK GOING ON THERE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO WITH 14:24 EL PAN DE VIDA . 14:25 WE'LL JUST KEEP YOU IN OUR PRAYERS AND - EXCITED TO SEE 14:28 WHAT GOD IS DOING. THANK YOU, TAMMY. 14:30 I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR TEACHER FOR THIS MORNING - HE IS THE 14:34 AFCOE DIRECTOR AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE - IT JUST 14:36 WORKED OUT THAT HE'S GOING TO BE TEACHING OUR LESSON, TODAY, ON 14:40 BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES. SO CHUCK HOLTRY, COME FORWARD. 14:43 OF COURSE, AFCOE IS ALL ABOUT MISSIONARY ACTIVITY AND 14:46 EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH, SO WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU. 14:49 THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 14:50 GOOD MORNING. HAPPY SABBATH. >>GOOD MORNING. 14:53 >>I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LESSON THIS MORNING. 14:56 AS I WAS STUDYING IT, I REALIZED - YOU EVER STUDY A LESSON AND 15:01 YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE IF YOU GOT EVERYTHING? 15:03 YOU EVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN? 15:04 YOU STUDY AND YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE IF YOU GOT EVERYTHING? 15:06 AND AS I LOOKED AT IT A SECOND TIME, I REALIZED THERE IS SO 15:08 MUCH POWER IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TODAY. 15:12 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL WORD OF PRAYER. 15:15 WOULD YOU PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME? 15:17 OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE SPEND TIME LOOKING AT YOU AND 15:22 YOUR MISSION, WE PRAY AND ASK FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH 15:26 US. WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 15:30 AS WE START A NEW QUARTERLY - BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES - WE'RE 15:35 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE VERY FIRST ONE, WHICH IS KIND OF AN 15:38 INTRODUCTION TO EVERYTHING ELSE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. 15:40 IT'S ENTITLED THE MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD . 15:43 AND AS YOU ARE TURNING THERE OR GETTING YOUR LESSON READY, I'D 15:47 LIKE TO SHARE A STORY WITH YOU. SHE WAS A SHORT LADY, FOUR-FOOT 15:52 TEN, AND VERY SMALL BUILD. HEAVY COCKNEY ACCENT YET, AT AN 15:59 EARLY AGE, SHE FELT A CALL TO BE A MISSIONARY. SHE WASN'T REALLY 16:06 THAT SPECIAL, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT. 16:09 IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, SHE TRIED TO GO TO A MISSION SOCIETY AND 16:13 SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO BE A MISSIONARY.' AND THEY SAID, 16:15 'YOU'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH AND YOU'RE TOO OLD.' BECAUSE I THINK 16:21 AT THAT POINT SHE WAS AROUND 28 YEARS OLD. DENIED HER THE RIGHT 16:24 BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO OLD AT AGE 28. HAVE MERCY! 16:27 A LOT OF US WOULD BE ELIMINATED AT THAT POINT. 16:29 AND ALSO BECAUSE SHE WASN'T SMART ENOUGH. 16:32 SHE DETERMINED THAT SHE WANTED TO DO IT ANYHOW AND, TWO YEARS 16:35 LATER, SAVING UP MONEY THE BEST SHE COULD AS A HOUSEMAID, SHE 16:39 HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE AN OVERLAND TRAIN FROM HER COUNTRY, 16:44 OBVIOUSLY IN EUROPE, ALL THE WAY TO A PLACE CALLED CHINA. 16:50 WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN CHINA SHE STARTED HELPING WHOEVER SHE 16:55 COULD AND SOON SHE, WHO WAS TOO OLD AND NOT SMART ENOUGH, WAS 16:59 FLUENT BOTH IN THE CULTURE OF CHINA AND IN ITS LANGUAGE AS 17:02 WELL. SHE WANTED TO MINISTER - I 17:05 THOUGHT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME GLADYS AYLWARD - SHE WANTED 17:09 TO MINISTER THE BEST SHE POSSIBLY COULD AND SHE FOUND 17:12 ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT WAS TO BE A FOOT INSPECTOR. 17:15 THEY HAD RECENTLY OUTLAWED THE BINDING OF FEET - THAT USED TO 17:18 BE CONSIDERED A THING OF BEAUTY IN ANCIENT CHINA - THEY 17:21 ELIMINATED THAT AND SO SHE BECAME A FOOT INSPECTOR. 17:25 SHE SAID, 'THE ONLY REASON I'LL BE A FOOT INSPECTOR IS IF YOU 17:28 WILL LET ME TELL STORIES OF JESUS WHILE I'M MEETING WITH THE 17:31 PEOPLE.' AND THEY SAID, 'OF COURSE WE'LL LET YOU DO THAT.' 17:33 AND SOON THEY STARTED REALIZING THAT CHRISTIANITY WAS TAKING 17:36 ROOT IN THAT LITTLE PROVINCE THERE, WHERE GLADYS WAS AT. 17:39 IN 1936, FOUR YEARS AFTER SHE ARRIVED, 17:46 SHE BECAME A CITIZEN OF CHINA. 17:49 IN 1938, DURING A WAR THAT WAS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN CHINA AND 17:53 JAPAN, SHE RESCUED ALMOST A HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE, DRAGGED 17:56 THEM ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS - SEVERAL DAYS JOURNEY - AND 17:59 ESCAPED, IN THE PROCESS HAVING BULLETS THROUGH HER CLOTHING AND 18:05 ONE GRAZED HER BACK. JUST AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN. 18:08 DEDICATED HERSELF TO THE MISSION OF REACHING THE PEOPLE OF CHINA. 18:13 WE LOOK AT GLADYS AND WE SAY, 'WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 18:16 SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN.' IN FACT, HERE'S A STATEMENT THAT 18:19 DESCRIBES A LITTLE BIT OF HER HUMILITY. 18:20 SHE SAID, 'I WASN'T GOD'S FIRST CHOICE FOR WHAT I'VE DONE IN 18:23 CHINA. THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. 18:28 I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED; PERHAPS HE DIED, PERHAPS HE 18:30 WASN'T WILLING AND GOD LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAW GLADYS 18:33 AYLWARD.' WHAT A THOUGHT. THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE 18:38 GOING TO DO THE JOB. THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO. 18:40 BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, I'M GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE 18:42 THERE'S A WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 18:45 YOU WOULD NOT HAVE MISSIONARIES IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MISSION. 18:48 WOULD YOU AGREE? WHAT IS MISSION? 18:51 I WAS DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE DONE. 18:54 A MISSION IS "AN IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT CARRIED OUT FOR 18:57 POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, 19:00 TYPICALLY INVOLVING TRAVEL." 19:02 THAT SOUNDS BASIC AND BROAD ENOUGH, RIGHT? 19:05 SO YOU CAN HAVE A MISSIONARY FOR MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES, DEPENDING 19:07 ON WHAT YOUR MISSION MAY BE. BUT GOD'S MISSION - WHAT IS IT? 19:11 THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS TO LOOK AT 'WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION?' 19:14 WHAT HAS HE CALLED US TO DO AS PART OF HIS MISSION AND WHAT 19:21 DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MISSIONARY? WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 19:24 LOTS OF MISSIONARIES THIS COMING QUARTER, BUT THIS MISSIONARY, 19:27 THE FOCUS TODAY, IS SOMEONE - A BEING - CALLED GOD. 19:33 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MISSIONARY NATURE OF GOD. 19:35 WHAT IS OUR MISSION? MATTHEW CHAPTER 28 - 19:40 YOU WANT TO READ IT WITH ME? 19:42 - MATTHEW CHAPTER 28, VERSES 18 THROUGH 20 - I'M GOING TO READ 19:46 IT FROM THE LESSON WHICH IS IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, "AND 19:49 JESUS CAME AND SPAKE TO THEM SAYING, 'ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN 19:52 GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH, GO THEREFORE AND MAKE 19:56 DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF 19:59 THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING 20:01 THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I'VE COMMANDED YOU AND LO, I AM 20:03 WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." THERE IT IS, OUR 20:07 GOSPEL COMMISSION - OUR MISSION, WHILE WE WOULD BE A MISSIONARY. 20:11 THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PASSAGE THAT'S QUITE FAMILIAR TO US AS 20:14 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, WHICH GIVES A MORE DISTINCT 20:16 UNDERSTANDING: "FEAR GOD AND" - WHAT? 20:19 >>GIVE GLORY TO HIM. >>GIVE GLORY TO HIM" - AND - 20:21 "FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME AND WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE 20:27 HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND THE SPRINGS OF WATER." 20:31 GOD HAS CALLED US - GIVEN US THE AWESOME PRIVILEGE TO BE 20:35 PARTAKERS WITH HIM IN HIS MISSION WORK. 20:38 WE ARE TO BE MISSIONARIES WITH GOD, BUT WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION? 20:42 OUR FIRST THREE - IF YOU DON'T MIND ME GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW 20:46 OF WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT - THE FIRST THREE DAYS - SUNDAY, 20:51 MONDAY, AND TUESDAY - WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHY 20:54 THERE'S A MISSION. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE'RE 20:56 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE MISSION? 20:58 SO THE FIRST THREE DAYS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHY THERE'S A 21:01 MISSION; THE NEXT TWO DAYS: WHAT IS THE MISSION? 21:05 SO WHY IS THERE A MISSION? WELL, FIRST, GOD CREATED MAN. 21:12 NOW WERE WE THE CAUSE OF THE MISSION OR THE RESULT OF THE 21:17 MISSION, OR WAS THERE A MISSION WHEN GOD ORIGINALLY CREATED US 21:21 OR WAS THERE A MISSION AFTER WE SINNED? WHEN DID THE MISSION 21:25 BEGIN? DID JESUS HAVE A MISSION IN 21:29 CREATING US? YES. SO THERE WAS A MISSION THAT 21:33 EXISTED BEFORE THERE WAS SIN - WOULD YOU AGREE? 21:35 AT LEAST THE SIN OF HUMANITY. LET'S LOOK AT IT. 21:38 GENESIS CHAPTER 1 - JESUS, HE HAD A SPECIFIC GOAL. 21:42 HE TRAVELED, ACTUALLY, TO DO IT, ALTHOUGH WITH THE TRAVEL WITH 21:45 GOD - IT MUST BE AMAZING - TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN TRAVEL 21:47 WITH US, BUT HE TRAVELED TO THIS PLANET AND HE HAD A MISSION - 21:50 GENESIS CHAPTER 1 AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSES 1 THROUGH 5. 21:54 "IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 21:59 THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM, AND VOID; AND DARKNESS WAS ON THE 22:02 FACE OF THE DEEP. 22:03 AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE WATERS. 22:06 AND GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT': AND THERE WAS LIGHT. 22:13 AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT, THAT IT WAS GOOD: AND GOD DIVIDED THE 22:15 LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. AND GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY, 22:17 AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT. 22:19 AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY." 22:22 THERE IT IS - INITIAL PICTURE - FIRST DAY. 22:25 NOW, NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 6, "AND GOD SAID," - 22:27 WHAT'S THOSE NEXT THREE WORDS? 22:30 - "LET THERE BE" - LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 9, "AND GOD SAID, 'LET THE 22:38 WATERS'" - AND VERSE 11, "AND GOD SAID, 'LET THE EARTH'" - 22:42 VERSE 14 - HELP ME OUT - "AND GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE.' - WOW, 22:50 WELL, WHEREVER YOU SEE 'LET IT BE' - 'LET THERE BE' - 'LET THE 22:52 EARTH DO THIS' - 'LET THE WATERS DO THIS' - BUT SOMETHING CHANGES 22:58 WHEN YOU GET TO VERSE 26, "AND GOD SAID," - WHAT? - 23:05 >>LET US MAKE. >>"LET US MAKE" - SO ON DAY 1: 23:09 'LET THERE BE'. DAY 2: 'LET THERE BE' OR 'LET 23:13 THERE BE SOMETHING SOMETHING' - ITS EQUIVALENT. 23:16 VERSE 3 - DAY 3: THE SAME THING; DAY 4: THE SAME THING; DAY 5: 23:18 THE SAME THING; DAY 6: THE FIRST PART - THE SAME THING. 23:23 BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MANKIND, GOD DIDN'T SAY, 'LET THERE BE' - HE 23:26 SAID, "LET US MAKE" - BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT 23:31 BETWEEN MAN AND THE REST OF CREATION. THERE'S A DISTINCTION 23:34 THAT'S BEING CLEARLY LAID OUT, BETWEEN HUMANKIND AND THE REST 23:38 OF CREATION. >>AMEN. 23:40 >>THE BIBLE SAYS, IN VERSE 26, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, 23:45 AFTER OUR LIKENESS: AND LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF 23:48 THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, 23:52 AND OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING THAT 23:54 CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH." 23:56 - VERSE 27, "SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE 24:00 OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM." 24:04 AND THEN VERSE 28: A KEY - ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT HERE - "AND 24:08 GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID UNTO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL, AND 24:11 MULTIPLY, AND REPLENISH THE EARTH, AND SUBDUE IT: AND HAVE 24:13 DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, AND OVER THE FOWL OF THE 24:18 AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVETH UPON THE EARTH." 24:21 MAN WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE ALL THE CREATION THAT TOOK PLACE, 24:26 MAN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF IT. 24:30 EVERYTHING THAT TOOK PLACE ON DAY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND HALF OF 24:33 SIX, WAS FOR MAN TO BE IN CHARGE. 24:36 MAN WAS TO HAVE - HUMANKIND WAS TO HAVE DOMINION OVER IT. 24:40 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED THIS - YOU READ 29 AND 30 AND 24:43 YOU'LL PICK UP THE SAME POINT THAT THOSE THINGS CREATED ON THE 24:47 FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH DAYS WERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF 24:49 THOSE CREATED ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH DAYS. 24:51 THAT WHICH WAS CREATED IN THE FIRST FOUR DAYS WAS FOR THE 24:54 BENEFIT OF THE - THOSE CREATED IN THE FIFTH AND SIXTH DAY. 24:58 AND THEN MANKIND WAS FOR - NOW I'M THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY 25:05 HEAD - IT'S NOT GOOD TO DO THIS WHEN YOU'RE BEING VIDEOED - 25:08 SO I JUST KNOW THEY CAN EDIT THIS. 25:09 BUT IF EVERYTHING THAT WAS CREATED IN THE BEGINNING WAS FOR 25:14 THE BENEFIT OF WHAT COMES LATER, AND WHOEVER WAS LAST IS IN 25:18 CONTROL OF ALL THINGS, WHERE DOES THAT PUT LADIES? OKAY, 25:23 JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION IT. >>(LAUGHTER) 25:26 >>SO HERE WE HAVE THIS PICTURE; HUMANKIND HAS BEEN 25:32 GIVEN DOMINION OVER EVERYTHING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 25:37 HUMANKIND HAS BEEN GIVEN DOMINION OVER ALL THINGS. 25:40 NOW THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT STANDS OUT. HELP ME OUT. 25:46 IN VERSES 1:1 THROUGH 2:3, HOW DO YOU SEE GOD MENTIONED IN YOUR 25:53 BIBLE? IT SIMPLY SAYS 'GOD' - CAPITAL G-O-D. 26:02 BUT WHEN YOU GET TO VERSE 4 IN CHAPTER 2, NOTICE THAT THERE'S A 26:07 CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE. WHAT'S CONNECTED WITH THE WORD 26:12 'GOD' IN VERSE 4? >>LORD. 26:16 >>LORD - CAPITAL L-O-R-D - ALL CAPITALS. WHY? 26:21 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RETELLING OF THE CREATION ACCOUNT IN 26:25 CHAPTER 2, FOCUSING ALMOST PREDOMINANTLY ON THE CREATION OF 26:29 MAN AND THE WORD 'LORD' GOD IS GIVEN INSTEAD OF SIMPLY 'GOD' 26:35 BECAUSE 'LORD' IS THE INTIMATE, COVENANT GOD OF THE BIBLE AND 26:40 WHEN WE TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN 26:44 AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN, THE CREATION OF MAN, IT'S BY THE 26:47 COVENANT GOD. NOT JUST ELOHIM, BUT ALSO 26:52 YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, THE COVENANT GOD. 26:57 SO WHENEVER YOU'RE STUDYING, NOTICE THIS: 26:59 CHAPTER 2 AND CHAPTER 1 ARE DIFFERENT. 27:01 THEY'RE RETELLING OF THE SAME ACCOUNT IN CHAPTER 2, BUT 27:05 CHAPTER 2 IS GIVING IT FROM THE PERSONAL COVENANT RELATIONSHIP 27:07 OF GOD HIMSELF - THE COVENANT GOD - JEHOVAH YAHWEH. 27:11 THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT. 27:13 NOTICE IN VERSE 27: "SO GOD CREATED MAN IN" - WHAT? 27:25 - "HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD CREATED HE HIM; MALE AND 27:31 FEMALE CREATED HE THEM." SO WHAT IS GOD'S IMAGE? 27:37 OH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL IMAGE, BUT IF YOU WERE 27:40 TO GIVE A DEFINITION OF WHO IS GOD OR WHAT IS GOD, WHAT WOULD 27:44 YOU TELL ME? SOME OF YOU MIGHT GO TO 1 JOHN 27:47 CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8, RIGHT? GOD IS LOVE. SO WE COULD SAY THAT 27:51 PART OF THE IMAGE OF WHO GOD IS, HIS CHARACTER, IS LOVE. 27:56 WHAT ABOUT JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16 - WHAT KIND OF LOVE IS IT? 27:59 "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE." AND IT WASN'T JUST 28:07 SIMPLY A MINOR GIFT THAT YOU BUY AT THE GROCERY STORE, IT'S A 28:12 GIFT THAT IS SACRIFICIAL IN ITS HIGHEST EXTENT. 28:16 IT'S A LOVING, SACRIFICING GOD AND YOU AND I WERE CREATED IN 28:23 HIS IMAGE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 28:28 I'M CREATED IN HIS IMAGE. YOU'RE CREATED IN HIS IMAGE. 28:33 BECAUSE WE'RE CREATED IN HIS IMAGE, WE LIVE LIKE HIM; 28:39 THEREFORE...ARE YOU READY? OUR LIVES ARE WRAPPED AROUND HIS 28:44 MISSION. >>AMEN. 28:46 >>OUR CREATION ENABLED US TO BE GOD'S MISSIONARY. 28:52 HE CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE SO NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE ABLE TO 28:58 HAVE FREE CHOICE, WHICH WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN OUR NEXT DAY, BUT 29:01 IT'S ALSO SO THAT YOU AND I CAN EXPERIENCE HIS MISSION. 29:05 WE WERE CREATED TO CARRY FORWARD GOD'S MISSION. 29:11 YOU SEE, GOD'S MISSION IS WHO HE IS. 29:15 WOULD YOU SAY THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MISSIONARY? 29:18 >>AMEN. >>I WOULD - ABSOLUTELY. 29:22 ALWAYS GOD HAS BEEN A MISSIONARY. 29:23 HIS GOAL HAS BEEN TO GIVE LIFE AND LOVE TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE 29:27 TO HIS CREATED BEINGS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME - 29:30 WHENEVER THAT WAS. THAT'S WHY HE EXISTS AND HE 29:35 CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE SAME EXACT 29:38 EXPERIENCE AND SAME EXACT MISSION BECAUSE WE'RE THE SAME 29:40 EXACT CHARACTER. THAT'S WHAT GOD WAS WANTING FOR 29:43 US TO HAVE. SO, WHY IS THERE A MISSION? 29:47 WELL, THE MISSION WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HERE IN BIBLE - IN 29:51 BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES - IS FOCUSING A LOT, PREDOMINANTLY, 29:54 ON SAVING PEOPLE FROM SIN, RIGHT? RESTORING HUMANKIND BACK 29:57 INTO THE NATURE OF GOD. THAT'S PART OF IT. 30:00 IT'S THE MAIN THING WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 30:02 BUT - AND WE WERE CREATED AND BECAUSE OF OUR FALL AND OUR SIN, 30:07 THAT'S - MISSION WORK MUST HAPPEN. 30:09 BUT THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MISSION AND THAT MISSION IS THAT YOU AND 30:12 I, IN GOD'S IMAGE, BEFORE SIN, WOULD BE MISSIONARIES TO THE 30:17 UNIVERSE FOR GOD. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMEDAY 30:20 FINDING OUT TO WHAT EXTENT THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. 30:22 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KNOWING WHAT I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW. 30:25 BUT, THAT BEING SAID, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT DAY. 30:27 WHY WAS THERE A MISSION? BECAUSE THERE WAS A CREATION. 30:30 WHY ELSE IS THERE A MISSION? BECAUSE THERE IS FREE WILL. 30:35 IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE LOVE WITHOUT FREE WILL? 30:42 NO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU AND I, IF WE WERE NOT GIVEN 30:49 A CHOICE, THEN LOVE WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION. 30:52 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES I - THERE ARE SOMETIMES I WISH I 30:55 COULD TAKE CHOICE AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN. 30:57 YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT? I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE CHOICE AWAY. 31:00 FORGET IT. AND SOMETIMES I ACTUALLY SAY 31:02 THAT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A CHOICE. 31:04 AM I RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO 31:05 CONTROL MY CHILDREN, THEY STILL HAVE A CHOICE. 31:07 THEY CAN LOOK AT ME AND SAY, 'I CHOOSE NOT TO LIKE WHAT YOU'RE 31:10 DOING.' 'I CHOOSE NOT TO LIKE YOU.' 'I CHOOSE NOT TO BE 31:12 INVOLVED WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I WILL OBEY BECAUSE 31:14 THAT'S A CHOICE.' THEY EVEN HAVE A CHOICE TO OBEY BECAUSE THEY 31:18 COULD DISOBEY BUT THEY DON'T LIKE THE CHOICE'S RESULTS. 31:19 THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOICE. UM, JUST AS THERE WAS A CHOICE 31:30 IN SEPARATING FROM GOD - BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT A 31:34 LITTLE BIT LATER - THERE'S ALSO A CHOICE IN COMING BACK TO GOD. 31:37 FREE WILL IS HUGE IN THE CONCEPT OF MISSION. 31:41 PEOPLE ARE NOT PREDESTINED TO BE LOST. 31:46 EVERYONE HAS BEEN PREDESTINED TO SAVE. YOU UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? 31:50 GOD DESIRED THAT ALL MEN BE SAVED. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A 31:53 CHOICE THAT WE CAN BE SAVED OR LOST AND IT'S BASED UPON THAT 31:56 CHOICE THAT YOU AND I ACTUALLY GO OUT AND GIVE A MISSION. 31:59 THERE'S NO REASON FOR A MISSION IF THERE ISN'T FREE WILL. 32:02 THERE'S NO NEED FOR A MISSION IF THERE'S NOT CHOICE. 32:04 I BELIEVE THAT MY CHOICE TO OBEY GOD REVEALS THE CHARACTER - 32:15 A CHARACTER TRAIT - OF GOD. LET ME EXPLAIN AND WE'RE GOING 32:21 TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A RUN THROUGH OUR QUARTERLY, IF 32:23 THAT'S OKAY. WHEN A PERSON'S CHARACTER - WHAT 32:27 A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS, IS REVEALED IN HOW THEY USE FREE 32:30 WILL - MOST OF THE TIME. WHAT A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS, IS 32:36 REVEALED IN HOW THEY USE THEIR FREE WILL. 32:38 FREE WILL ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REVEALING OF 32:42 A PERSON'S CHARACTER. CAN YOU SEE THAT FOR YOURSELF? 32:44 HOW YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS - THE CHOICES YOU HAVE MADE THIS 32:48 WEEK - HELP US KNOW - ACTUALLY, HELP GOD KNOW, NOT US - HELP GOD 32:52 TO KNOW - SO WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WHAT IS THEIR CHOICE? 32:57 THEIR CHOICE TELLS ME WHAT THEY WANT IN LIFE - WHAT THEIR 33:00 CHARACTER IS - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. 33:02 FOR EXAMPLE, DAVID'S CHOICE TO FIGHT GOLIATH - WHAT THAT A 33:06 CHOICE? HE CHOSE TO DO SO. 33:09 DOES THAT REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD? 33:11 DOES IT REVEAL A CHARACTER TRAIT OF GOD? 33:14 I BELIEVE IT DOES. WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT WOULD THAT BE? 33:16 BOLDNESS - WOULD YOU SAY THAT? HE CHOSE TO OBEY, BUT THAT 33:22 CHOOSING TO OBEY REVEALED SOMETHING - A CHARACTER TRAIT. 33:26 DO YOU REALIZE OUR CHOICES ARE NOT EASY, ARE THEY? 33:29 OFTENTIMES OUR CHOICES ARE HARD BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHARACTER 33:32 TRAITS THAT NEEDED TO BE EXPRESSED IN THAT CHOICE ARE NOT 33:35 ONES THAT WE WANT TO DO. 33:38 I THINK OF DANIEL: DANIEL WAS GIVEN A CHOICE. 33:41 HE HAD A CHOICE TO PRAY OR TO HIDE AND HE CHOSE TO - 33:46 >>PRAY. >>PRAY. 33:49 IN THAT CHARACTER CHOICE - IN THAT CHOICE TO OBEY - THAT 33:52 FREE-WILL DECISION MADE BY DANIEL, HE EXHIBITED A CHARACTER 33:55 TRAIT OF GOD AND THAT IS LOYALTY. 33:57 SO ANOTHER CHARACTER TRAIT. WHAT ABOUT DANIEL - REMEMBER 34:02 DANIEL AND HIS THREE FRIENDS, THEY HAD A CHOICE AS THEY CAME 34:04 INTO THAT BEAUTIFUL CAFETERIA OF THE KING'S DINING HALL. 34:09 AND AS THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT THEY HAD A CHOICE. 34:11 EAT OR NOT EAT. EAT OR REQUEST SOMETHING 34:18 DIFFERENT. AND WHAT DID THEY DO? 34:20 THEY REQUESTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 34:21 WHAT DOES IT SHOW? AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, IT 34:24 SHOWS OBEDIENCE.' AND YES, I KNOW IT SHOWS OBEDIENCE, BUT 34:25 WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DO YOU SEE HERE? 34:28 YOU SEE SOMETHING OF GOD COMING OUT IN FREE WILL. 34:32 WHEN YOU EXERCISE FREE WILL AND YOU CHOOSE TO OBEY GOD, YOU SEE 34:36 A CHARACTER TRAIT OF GOD COME OUT. 34:39 HERE, WHAT IS IT? TEMPERANCE. 34:41 IS THAT A CHARACTER - IS GOD TEMPERATE? 34:43 NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO TOO MUCH FURTHER ON THIS SUBJECT, 34:46 BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN OBEDIENCE, OUT OF FREE CHOICE - 34:51 WHICH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE - WE REVEAL WHO GOD IS. 34:54 EXAMPLE: ELIJAH'S CHOICE TO CONFRONT AHAB. 34:58 RUTH'S CHOICE TO STAY WITH NAOMI. 35:02 MATTHEW'S CHOICE TO LEAVE HIS LUCRATIVE BUSINESS AND BECOME A 35:07 DISCIPLE WITH JESUS. ABRAHAM'S CHOICE TO LEAVE UR. 35:09 ESTHER'S CHOICE TO GO BEFORE THE KING UNBIDDEN. 35:13 LITTLE MAID'S CHOICE - REMEMBER THE STORY OF LITTLE MAID - 35:18 LITTLE MAID AND NAAMAN - LITTLE MAID'S CHOICE TO SHARE GOD TO 35:22 THE ONE WHO WAS HER CAPTOR. 35:25 JONAH'S CHOICE TO GO TO JOPPA AND THEN LATER TO GO TO NINEVEH. 35:29 JESUS' CHOICE TO COME TO OUR PLANET. 35:32 THE CENTURION'S CHOICE TO BELIEVE IN A HEBREW GOD. 35:35 PAUL'S CHOICE TO SERVE HIM WHOM HE USED TO HATE. 35:39 PETER'S CHOICE TO VISIT CORNELIUS. 35:42 THESE PEOPLE ALL HAD CHOICES AND THEIR CHOOSING TO OBEY. 35:48 THAT FREE WILL ENABLED THEM TO DO A MISSION THAT GOD HAD. 35:52 IN FACT, IT ENABLED THEM TO BECOME PART OF GOD'S MISSION - 35:55 ENABLED THEM TO SHOW SOMETHING OF WHO GOD REALLY IS. 35:57 THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF LOVE CANNOT BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE 36:07 WILL. THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF BOLDNESS 36:09 CANNOT BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE WILL. 36:12 THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF PATIENCE CANNOT BE EXPRESSED WITHOUT FREE 36:16 WILL. DO YOU REALIZE FREE WILL'S HUGE? 36:18 IT'S SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, I - I LONG TO BE A 36:25 MORE PATIENT INDIVIDUAL. SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL LIKE I DO, 36:27 BUT I LONG TO BE A MORE PATIENT INDIVIDUAL. 36:29 BUT I CAN CHOOSE. IS THAT RIGHT? 36:34 IT'S ONE THING TO LONG FOR IT; IT'S ANOTHER THING TO CHOOSE IT. 36:37 AND SOMETIMES THAT CHOOSING TAKES EFFORT. 36:42 IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO LONG FOR SOMETHING THAN TO CHOOSE IT. 36:44 'I LONG TO HAVE MONEY, BUT I DON'T CHOOSE TO WORK.' RIGHT? 36:51 'I LONG TO BE HEALTHY, BUT I DON'T CHOOSE TO EXERCISE.' 36:58 CHOICE IS SO IMPORTANT GOD GAVE IT TO US SO THAT WE, BY HIS 37:06 GRACE, CAN BE PARTAKERS OF HIS CHARACTER. 37:10 WHAT A MISSION GOD HAD IN CREATING MAN WITH FREEWILL. 37:15 AND, BY THE WAY, THE FREE WILL WAS CREATED IN US BEFORE SIN, 37:17 RIGHT? SO WHAT WAS IT GOING TO DO? 37:19 IT WAS A REVEALING OF GOD. DID THE ANGELS HAVE FREE WILL? 37:23 YES, VERY OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE SATAN CHOSE OTHERWISE - 37:27 LUCIFER CHOSE OTHERWISE. 37:28 FREE WILL GOD HAS GIVEN TO HIS SUBJECTS SO THAT WE CAN 37:36 EXPERIENCE - TRULY - LOVE AND HIS CHARACTER. 37:44 I GUESS TUESDAY'S LESSON - IT'S CALLED THE FALL - PROBABLY 37:50 EXPLAINS, FROM THIS LESSON'S PERSPECTIVE, WHY THERE'S 37:54 MISSIONARIES MORE THAN ANY OTHER. 37:56 THERE WAS A FALL. THERE WAS A CHOICE THAT WAS MADE 38:01 BY THE CREATED BEINGS OF GOD WHO WERE IN HIS IMAGE. 38:04 THERE WAS A CHOICE THAT WAS MADE TO DO WHAT? 38:06 GO ANOTHER WAY. LET'S LOOK AT THOSE CHOICES. 38:11 I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THREE - CHAPTER 3 OF GENESIS AND VERSES 38:13 5 AND 6, "'FOR GOD DOTH KNOW THAT IN THE DAY YE EAT 38:21 THEREOF,'" - WHO'S SPEAKING HERE? 38:24 SATAN - THE SERPENT - SATAN THROUGH THE SERPENT - "'THEN 38:27 YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED, AND YE SHALL BE AS GODS, KNOWING 38:29 GOOD AND EVIL.' AND WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD 38:33 FOR FOOD, AND THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE 38:35 TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF, 38:38 AND DID EAT, AND GAVE ALSO UNTO HER HUSBAND WITH HER; AND HE DID 38:41 EAT. AND THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE 38:44 OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NAKED; AND THEY SEWED FIG 38:47 LEAVES TOGETHER, AND MADE THEMSELVES APRONS." 38:51 THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICES HERE, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON FOUR. 38:54 FOUR CHOICES THAT WERE MADE HERE WITH THE FREE WILL THAT WAS PART 38:58 OF THE IMAGE OF GOD. THEY CHOSE TO DOUBT WHO? 39:03 WHO DID THEY CHOOSE TO DOUBT HERE IN THIS STORY? 39:07 WHO ARE THEY DOUBTING? GOD. 39:10 THEY CHOOSE TO TRUST WHOM? THE SNAKE, RIGHT? 39:14 THEY CHOOSE TO TRUST THIS CREATED BEING. 39:17 NUMBER 3: THEY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW SOMETHING OTHER THAN FAITH - 39:21 WHAT WAS IT? THEY WERE CHOOSING TO FOLLOW 39:24 THEIR SENSES. SHE SAW THAT IT LOOKED GOOD. 39:27 IT WAS TOUCH - THERE'S - THERE ARE SO MANY SENSES THAT CAME 39:30 INTO THE PICTURE HERE - SHE WAS LISTENING - 39:31 SHE CHOSE TO FOLLOW HER SENSES. 39:33 AND, FINALLY, NUMBER FOUR: THEY CHOSE LEAVES INSTEAD OF LIGHT. 39:38 AND YOU SAY, 'WELL, CHUCK, THAT WAS KIND OF AN INADVERTENT 39:42 CHOICE.' DOES THAT HAPPEN TO US A LOT? 39:45 DO WE GET THESE INADVERTENT CHOICES? 39:48 'YOU CHOSE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN.' 'I DIDN'T CHOOSE THAT.' 'OH, YES 39:52 YOU DID. YOU CHOSE THIS, WHICH HAPPENED 39:54 THIS, AND THEREFORE YOU CHOSE THAT.' RIGHT? 39:56 THAT IS THE PICTURE WE SEE HERE WITH ADAM AND EVE: THREE 40:00 CHOICES, WHICH INADVERTENTLY CHOSE ANOTHER ONE. 40:02 GOD'S MISSION NOW IS TO REVERSE THOSE CHOICES - TO LET US CHOOSE 40:12 AGAIN AND TO CHOOSE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 40:15 THE FALL HAS GIVEN JESUS A NEW MISSION. 40:20 A NEW MISSION? AN ENHANCED MISSION. 40:24 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF MISSIONS THAT COST A WHOLE LOT 40:27 MORE THAN THEY WERE PLANNING WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED? 40:30 I'VE HAD THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN. 40:34 I THINK I'D LIKE TO - I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I WAS - I THINK IT 40:38 WAS MY JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL - THE DEAN CAME UP TO ME 40:42 AND SAID, 'CHUCK, WE NEED SOMEONE TO CLEAN BATHROOMS 40:44 DURING CAMP MEETING.' AND I SAID, 'CLEAN BATHROOMS DURING 40:47 CAMP MEETING?' HE SAID, 'YEAH, I'LL PAY YOU TWO 40:49 HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH.' AND BACK WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GUY, TWO 40:52 HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH WAS A LOT OF MONEY FOR CLEANING BATHROOMS 40:54 DURING CAMP MEETING. I SAID, 'SURE, I'D LOVE TO DO 40:56 IT.' HE GOES, 'I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR FOOD FOR THE WEEK. 40:58 I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOUSING FOR THE WEEK. 41:00 AND YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THE BATHROOMS STAY CLEAN.' AND 41:02 THAT WAS WORKING IN THE BEAUTIFUL STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA 41:04 AND THEY HAD A LARGE CAMP MEETING - A LARGE CAMPUS - 41:06 AND WE KEPT PRETTY BUSY. 41:08 I WAS SO EXCITED AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK I GOT MY TWO HUNDRED 41:10 DOLLARS CASH AND SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, 'CHUCK, WE 41:12 NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. 41:14 WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US IN A SPECIAL 41:17 BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE.' 'REALLY?' 41:21 AND I SAID, 'WELL, WHAT IS IT?' 'WELL, IF YOU SELL SO MUCH OF 41:26 THIS AND GET THESE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO JOIN YOU IN SELLING 41:29 IT, SOON YOU'LL BE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN YOU'VE EVER DREAMED.' 41:32 AND SO I ENDED UP THAT WEEK WITH ABOUT FIFTY DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 41:36 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE I DONATED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY 41:37 DOLLARS TO START MY OWN STARTER KIT TO JOIN THIS COMPANY AND I 41:40 THINK I SOLD NOTHING. I KNOW I SOLD NOTHING. 41:44 TERRIBLE. I WAS SO EXCITED. 41:47 IT COST A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT. 41:48 I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO COST A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY. 41:50 IT WAS GOING TO COST SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO WAS VERY SHY, TO 41:53 ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE - I WAS GOING TO TRY TO 41:56 SELL THEM ON SOMETHING. IT COST A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I 42:01 EXPECTED. YOU KNOW, WITH JESUS, IT WAS SO 42:04 MUCH MORE THAN ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE. 42:06 HIS MISSION, TO GIVE LOVE AND LIFE TO THE UNIVERSE, NEVER 42:10 CHANGES. HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE. 42:14 HE'S THE SOURCE OF ALL LIGHT. HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL LOVE. 42:15 THAT'S HIM. BUT, WITH THE FALL OF MAN, IT ADDED A NEW ELEMENT. 42:21 IT MADE IT A VERY, VERY COSTLY ENTERPRISE - MUCH, MUCH MORE 42:26 EXPENSIVE THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 42:27 CHOICE - THE CHOICE TO DOUBT GOD NOW IS GOING TO BE, BY GOD'S 42:35 GRACE, A CHANGE OF CHOICE TO DOUBT WHO? 42:37 WHO DO WE NEED TO DOUBT? WHAT'S GOD TRYING TO CHANGE? 42:41 SATAN, RIGHT? EVIL. OURSELVES EVEN, SOMETIMES. 42:46 OUR SECOND CHOICE: ORIGINALLY, CHOOSE TO TRUST THE SNAKE - YES 42:52 - NOW WHO ARE WE TRYING TO TRUST? 42:56 >>GOD. >>GOD. 42:58 SO WE'RE GOING NOW - INSTEAD OF TRUSTING A SNAKE AND DOUBTING 43:01 GOD, GOD WANTS TO CHANGE IT SO WE TRUST HIM AND DOUBT SATAN. 43:06 THAT'S THE GOAL. THAT'S THE CHANGE. 43:08 THAT'S THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS - WHAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE 43:10 MISSION? CHOOSING TO FOLLOW SENSES. 43:12 WE CAN'T FOLLOW OUR SENSES ANYMORE. 43:14 WHAT DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW? 43:15 WE HAVE TO LIVE BY - WE HAVE TO FOLLOW TRUTH AND WE HAVE TO LIVE 43:18 BY FAITH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NEEDING. 43:20 AND THE FINAL ONE HERE, CHOOSING LEAVES INSTEAD OF LIGHT. 43:24 I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING: WHAT COVERS YOU AND I SPIRITUALLY - 43:34 WITHOUT GOD - IT'S FILTHY. IT'S USELESS. 43:38 WE MUST PUT ASIDE OUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS - PUT ASIDE WHAT 43:44 MAKES - WE THINK MAKES US GOOD AND TRUST IN CHRIST'S 43:47 RIGHTEOUSNESS TO CLEANSE US AND COVER US AND DO A MIRACLE IN OUR 43:50 LIVES. THAT'S THE CHOICE. 43:53 THAT'S THE CHOOSING THAT GOD IS WANTING US TO DO. 43:56 THERE'S A CHANGE AND THAT CHANGE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 44:00 SO, WHY THE MISSION? THERE WAS A CREATION, BY A 44:05 CREATOR GOD, OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT WERE IN HIS IMAGE. 44:09 AND THEN THERE WAS FREE CHOICE THAT WAS GIVEN, BECAUSE YOU 44:12 CAN'T HAVE ANY CHARACTER TRAITS OF GOD WITHOUT FREE CHOICE. 44:14 YOU CAN'T HAVE LOVE WITHOUT FREE CHOICE. 44:16 FREE CHOICE PRE-EMPTS ALMOST EVERYTHING. 44:19 THEN NUMBER 3: THERE WAS A FALL. THAT FREE CHOICE WAS USED. 44:25 CHOICES WERE GIVEN THAT WERE WRONG AND GOD IS NOW TRYING TO 44:28 CHANGE YOUR CHOICES. THOSE THREE THINGS DESCRIBE WHY 44:30 THERE'S A MISSION TODAY. SO WHAT IS THE MISSION? 44:33 I'D LIKE IT IF GOD COULD EXPLAIN IT - WHAT HIS MISSION WAS. 44:38 JESUS WOULD JUST SIMPLY COME HERE TODAY AND SAY, 'GRANITE 44:41 BAY, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY MISSION IS.' 44:44 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT? WOULD YOU BE MORE INSPIRED IF 44:46 JESUS WAS TELLING YOU WHAT HIS MISSION WAS? 44:48 I HOPE SO. WHAT IS HIS MISSION? 44:53 IF YOU KNEW WHAT THE MISSION OF GOD WAS, WOULD YOU DO IT? 44:57 >>AMEN. >>WOULD YOU BE A MISSIONARY FOR 44:59 GOD IF HE COULD SPELL IT OUT - 'HERE IS MY MISSION WORK. 45:03 I'M GOING TO LAY IT OUT BEFORE YOU. 45:05 GOD BLESS YOU.' I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I THINK THAT GRANITE BAY 45:09 WOULD BECOME - IT'S - I ALREADY LIKE GRANITE BAY, BUT GRANITE 45:13 BAY WOULD BE TAKEN TO A WHOLE NEW EXISTENCE IF GOD WAS 45:17 STANDING HERE AND SAYING, 'HERE IS MY MISSION. 45:21 AND I'D LIKE YOU TO BE MISSIONARIES. 45:23 IN OTHER WORDS, FOLLOWERS OF MY MISSION.' SO TODAY, HE CANNOT BE 45:29 HERE IN PERSON, ALTHOUGH HE CAN BE IN OUR HEARTS SO THAT WOULD 45:32 BE IN PERSON, AMEN? BUT HIS WORDS ARE HERE. 45:35 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY FOR US TODAY AT 45:38 GRANITE BAY? >>AMEN. 45:40 >>LET'S SEE, JOHN CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 16. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT 45:48 THIS IS JESUS' MISSION - WELL, ACTUALLY, HE'S SAYING THAT. 45:51 THIS IS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING HIS MISSION IS, "FOR GOD SO LOVED 46:00 THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER" - 46:07 WHAT? - "BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT 46:12 PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 46:16 FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; 46:20 BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE" - WHAT? 46:24 >>SAVED. >>THIS IS GOD'S MISSION. 46:26 THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. 46:29 MATTHEW CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21 - MATTHEW 1, VERSE 21 - THIS IS 46:36 NOT NECESSARILY JESUS SPEAKING, BUT THIS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT VIA 46:40 INSPIRATION - MATTHEW CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21 AND IT SAYS, "AND SHE" 46:46 - THAT IS, MARY - "SHALL BRING FORTH A SON AND THOU SHALT CALL 46:50 HIS NAME JESUS: FOR HE SHALL" - DO WHAT? 46:53 - "HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS." 46:57 THIS IS PART OF GOD'S MISSION, TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN HIM 47:02 AND TO BE SAVED - AND NOT JUST SAVED FROM THEIR PAST, BUT SAVED 47:07 IN THE PRESENT AND SAVED IN THEIR FUTURE. 47:09 LUKE CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE 10 - JESUS GIVES US A BEAUTIFUL 47:17 SECTION HERE - LUKE CHAPTER 19, VERSE 10 - IT TELLS - NOW 47:24 REMEMBER, A MISSIONARY IS SOMEONE WHO'S SENT TO ACCOMPLISH 47:27 SOMETHING. AND HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAYS IN 47:30 19, VERSE 10, "FOR THE SON OF MAN IS" - WHAT? 47:36 HE'S COME - HE WAS SENT. HE WAS SENT FROM HEAVEN. 47:39 HE CAME HERE TO DO WHAT? - "COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT 47:43 WHICH WAS LOST." THAT'S GOD'S MISSION. 47:46 THAT IS THE MISSION OF JESUS - TO SEEK AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS 47:51 LOST. TO GIVE THEM HOPE WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE. 47:54 TO SAVE THEM FROM THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. 47:57 JOHN CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 10 - WE COULD LOOK AT JESUS' MISSION 48:03 ALL DAY AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AND, ALSO YOUR PATIENCE, WE WILL 48:07 NOT. ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE, YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I'M SURE. 48:10 JOHN 10 AND VERSE 10 - THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF JESUS' MISSION - 48:16 BEAUTIFUL PART HERE - THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, 48:22 AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I AM COME" - HE IS SENT - HE'S A 48:28 MISSIONARY - "I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT 48:33 THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." 48:35 THIS IS HIS MISSION. THIS IS WHY JESUS HAS COME. 48:39 JESUS HAS COME SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR HIM. 48:43 THEY CAN BELIEVE ON HIM. THEY CAN BE SAVED AND NOT CONDEMNED. 48:47 THAT THEY CAN HAVE SALVATION FROM THEIR SINS. 48:50 THAT THEY COULD HAVE A JOYFUL LIFE. THAT THOSE WHO ARE LOST 48:53 CAN BE FOUND. THAT'S WHY JESUS WAS SAVED. 48:56 THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME AS A MISSIONARY - CORRECTION - JOHN 49:01 CHAPTER 6. WHY ELSE DID JESUS COME? 49:05 JOHN CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 38 - JOHN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 38, "FOR I 49:18 CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN," - I LOVE THAT - 49:21 HOW HE SAYS THAT - HE WAS SENT. 49:23 HE CAME AS A MISSIONARY - "I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, NOT TO DO 49:26 MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME." 49:29 SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS CAME HERE HE WAS DOING WHAT GOD 49:32 WANTED. WHAT'S IT SAY NEXT? 49:34 "AND THIS IS THE FATHER'S WILL WHICH HATH SENT ME, THAT OF ALL 49:39 WHICH HE HATH GIVEN ME I SHOULD LOSE NOTHING, BUT SHOULD 49:42 RAISE IT UP AGAIN AT THE LAST DAY." 49:44 GOD'S WILL, HIS LOVE, HIS PLAN FOR US IS BEAUTIFUL. 49:51 HIS MISSION FOR US IS SO INCREDIBLE. 49:54 THIS IS HIS MISSION, DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF HIS MISSION? 49:59 THE MISSION DOESN'T END WITH THAT. 50:09 IT'S NOT JUST TO TAKE A SINNER LIKE CHUCK - OR ANYONE WHO'S 50:14 SITTING IN THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH AND MAKE THEM WHOLE. 50:18 THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PART OF HIS MISSION. THERE'S SOMETHING MORE. 50:22 JOHN CHAPTER - EXCUSE ME, NOT JOHN, THIS IS MATTHEW, I BELIEVE 50:25 - MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 - MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 - JESUS WANTS TO TAKE 50:31 US AND RESTORE US FULLY INTO HIS IMAGE. 50:39 THE ONLY WAY YOU AND I COULD BE RESTORED INTO HIS IMAGE - 50:42 COMPLETELY RESTORED INTO HIS IMAGE - 50:44 IS SO THAT WHEN YOU AND HIM HAVE THE SAME MISSION. 50:48 WHEN YOU AND GOD HAVE THE SAME MISSION, THAT'S THE FULL 50:53 RESTORATION OF HUMANITY IN THE IMAGE OF GOD - IS WHEN HUMANITY 50:57 AND GOD HAVE THE SAME MISSION. WHAT'S YOUR MISSION IN LIFE? 51:00 THIS MORNING AS YOU'RE SITTING HERE IN CHURCH LISTENING, OR 51:04 THINKING, OR DWELLING ON THE LAST WEEK OR TRYING TO FIGURE 51:07 OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, WHAT IS YOUR MISSION IN LIFE? 51:11 WHY DO YOU EXIST? WHY ARE YOU HERE? 51:16 WHAT HAS GOD CALLED YOU FOR? 51:17 DO YOU DO YOUR MISSION OR GOD'S MISSION? 51:19 DO YOU WANT TO DO GOD'S MISSION? ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR MISSION? 51:23 WHY DO YOU EXIST? WHAT IS YOUR MISSION? 51:27 MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 13, "YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH." 51:34 - VERSE 14 - "YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD." 51:39 GOD HAS CALLED US, YOU AND I, TO BE SALT AND LIGHT. 51:43 JESUS CALLED US TO BE SALT AND LIGHT. SO WHO'S THE LIGHT 51:47 IN THE BIBLE? WHO'S THE LIGHT? JESUS IS, RIGHT? 51:50 JOHN CHAPTER 8, VERSE 12, "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD." 51:53 SO JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - AND THEN 1 PETER CHAPTER 51:55 2, VERSE 9 - SPEAKING OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN CALLED TO BE A HOLY 51:58 GENERATION. IT SAYS WE ARE CALLED THAT WAY BECAUSE GOD HAS 52:01 CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO WHAT? HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT. 52:05 SO WE ARE SIMPLY AROUND GOD'S LIGHT. 52:10 SO WHEN HE SAYS 'YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.' IT'S NOT 52:12 THAT WE'RE THE LIGHT, IT'S JUST WE HAVE THE LIGHT IN US. 52:14 ISAIAH CHAPTER 60 - IT SAYS, "ARISE, SHINE, FOR THY LIGHT IS 52:21 COME AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS RISEN UPON ME." MY LIGHT IS 52:26 NOT MY LIGHT, IT'S THE GLORY OF THE LORD, RISEN UPON ME." 52:28 SO WHEN GOD CALLS ME TO BE LIGHT, IT'S GOD'S GLORY SHINING 52:31 THROUGH ME. WHAT ABOUT SALT? I'M ADDICTED TO SALT. 52:36 ANYONE HERE ADDICTED TO SALT? OR YOU DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT. 52:38 OKAY, SOME OF YOU. THANK YOU. I LIKE SALTY THINGS. 52:41 I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH SWEET, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE SWEET THINGS. 52:45 BUT MAN, YOU GET ME A BOX OF CHIPS - AM I SPEAKING SOMEONE'S 52:49 LANGUAGE? OR SOME KIND OF SNACK MIX AND THERE'S TOO MUCH SALT IN 52:54 IT - I CAN'T STOP. OH, IT TASTES SO GOOD. 52:57 SALT KEEPS ME WANTING TO HAVE MORE. 53:01 AND THAT IS WHY YOU AND I ARE SALT. 53:03 SORRY, SLIGHT APPLICATION THERE. 53:06 IS THAT OKAY? WE SHOULD BE LIKE THAT. 53:08 WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO HAVE MORE. 53:10 'MAN, I LIKE THAT CHRISTIAN! I WANT MORE OF WHAT HE'S GOT. 53:12 I WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.' YOU KNOW THERE'S 53:15 ANOTHER THING ABOUT SALT: WHILE YOU'RE DOWNING ALL YOUR SALTY 53:18 SNACKS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE, AREN'T YOU? 53:22 WATER - SOMETHING TO QUENCH THE THIRST THAT'S WELLING UP. 53:25 MY FRIENDS, YOU AND I, ON THIS PLANET, YOU AND I KNOW HERE AND 53:31 OUR SUBURBS OF SACRAMENTO, WE ARE TO BE LIKE SALT. 53:37 WHEN PEOPLE MEET US THEY WANT MORE. 53:38 'WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT, I WANT MORE.' AND THEN THEY REALIZE, 53:42 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED WATER.' AND JESUS SAYS 53:44 THAT HE'S THE WATER. THAT THOSE WHO COME TO HIM AND 53:47 DRINK WILL NOT THIRST ANY MORE. HE IS THE SOURCE. 53:51 PEOPLE, BY CONNECTING WITH YOU, WILL LONG FOR JESUS CHRIST. 53:53 THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT GOD HAS FOR US. 53:56 IF I WERE TO SUMMARIZE - AS A TEACHER, BECAUSE I HAVE TO 54:04 SUMMARIZE - I WOULD SAY WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL THINGS IN OUR 54:08 LESSON. WE FOUND OUT WHAT A MISSION IS. 54:10 WE FOUND OUT GOD IS A MISSIONARY. 54:12 WE REALIZED WHY THERE'S A MISSION ON OUR PLANET EARTH. 54:15 FIRST, THERE WAS A MISSION TO START WITH, BUT WHY WE'RE 54:17 CURRENTLY ON THE MISSION WE ARE NOW AND THAT'S THE MISSION OF 54:19 SALVATION BECAUSE GOD CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE WITH FREE CHOICE 54:21 AND WE FELL. NOW THERE'S A NEED FOR A MISSION 54:24 AND GOD'S MISSION IS TO SEEK AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS LOST. 54:28 IT'S TO RESTORE US INTO HIS IMAGE TO SAVE US FROM THE PAST 54:32 IN THE PRESENT AND TO KEEP US IN THE FUTURE. 54:37 THAT'S THE PICTURE OF THE SALVATION GOD WANTS TO GIVE. 54:40 BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE WANTS TO TAKE US AND MAKE US LIKE HIM AND 54:45 WHEN YOU AND I ARE LIKE HIM, WE HAVE HIS MISSION - 54:47 WE HAVE HIS CHARACTER. BEING IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, MY 54:50 FRIENDS, IS TO HAVE HIS MISSION. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION 54:55 TO THINK ABOUT. HAS GOD CALLED YOU TO MISSION 54:58 WORK? WHAT MAY IT BE? 55:02 WE KNOW THE GENERAL ANSWER IS 'YES' BUT WHAT'S YOUR MISSION 55:06 WORK? WHAT'S YOUR CALL? 55:07 MY FRIENDS, YOUR CALL IS NOT SIMPLY TO EXIST HERE ON THIS 55:10 PLANET; YOUR GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY TO EXIST HERE OUTSIDE OF 55:13 SACRAMENTO, GOD'S GOT A MISSION. HE'S GOT A MISSION HERE. 55:16 WHAT IS THAT MISSION? 55:17 DO YOU WANT TO BE UNITED WITH THAT MISSION? 55:19 IT SOUNDS FOR ME LIKE I WANT TO DO AN APPEAL FOR YOU ALL TO COME 55:22 TO AFCOE. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? 55:24 BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 55:27 WHAT IS GOD'S MISSION FOR YOU? 55:29 IN A BOOK BY SAM WELLMAN, HE READS - OR QUOTES - THE WORDS OF 55:38 A MANDARIN LEADER THAT WAS SPEAKING TO A LADY BY THE NAME 55:43 OF GLADYS AYLWARD, AND HERE IT IS. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HER 55:48 CHINESE NAME THAT WELL, BUT PLEASE HAVE MERCY. 55:50 "FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, AI-WEH-DEH, JOURNEYED TO 55:55 CHINA, OWING ALLEGIANCE ONLY TO HER LIVING GOD. SHE BROUGHT HER 56:00 CHRISTIANITY TO YANGCHENG. SHE HAD NOT SAT HIDDEN INSIDE A 56:04 TEMPLE CONTEMPLATING HOW VIRTUOUS SHE WAS. 56:06 SHE HAD UNBOUND THE FEET OF INFANTS. 56:09 SHE HAD HELPED THE POOR. SHE HAD VISITED THE JAILS. 56:12 SHE HAD TAKEN ORPHANS UNDER HER ROOF. 56:15 SHE HAD NURSED THE WOUNDED. HER FAITH WAS ALIVE. 56:20 CONFUCIANISM LIVES IN MY HEAD, BUT NOT IN MY HEART, AS 56:25 CHRISTIANITY DOES IN AI-WEH-DEH AND HER CONVERTS. 56:29 I WISH TO BE A CHRISTIAN." I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE CALL 56:38 FOR NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON THIS PLANET. 56:41 GOD MAY BE ASKING YOU TO TAKE UP HIS MISSION. 56:46 IT MAY BE IN A CITY, IT MAY BE IN A COUNTRY, IT MAY BE IN A 56:50 VERY FIRST WORLD COUNTRY, IT MAY BE IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, BUT 56:55 GOD HAS ASKED US TO TAKE UP HIS MISSION AND WHEN WE DO THAT, I 57:01 BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD'S GOING TO LOOK AT US AND SAY, 57:05 'I WANT CHRISTIANITY. I WANT JESUS CHRIST.' 57:11 THAT'S THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE I WANT TO 57:13 HAVE. 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