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>>GOOD MORNING,
FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
FRIENDS JOINING US ONCE AGAIN,
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD, THANK YOU FOR BEING A
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PART OF THIS
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDY.
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ALSO, A WARM WELCOME TO THE
MEMBERS HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY
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CHURCH, AND OUR VISITORS; IT'S
ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU AND SPEND
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TIME TOGETHER
STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD.
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YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS
REALIZE IT, BUT AMAZING FACTS
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AND THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
REALLY HAS A GLOBAL OUTREACH IN
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SHARING THE
GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD.
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THIS PAST WEEK I RECEIVED
AN E-MAIL FROM SOMEBODY WHO
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REGULARLY TUNES IN TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR
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IN A COUNTRY WHERE CHRISTIANITY
IS ILLEGAL. HE WATCHES ONLINE
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AND HE WORSHIPS WITH US AND
HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF PART OF THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH FAMILY.
SO REALLY, OUR WORK HERE IS
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IMPACTING THE LIVES OF MANY.
AT THIS TIME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO
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DO IS SHOW YOU A BRIEF VIDEO
- SORT OF A 50-YEAR VIDEO REVIEW
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OF AMAZING FACTS AND
SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
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AND THE REASON WE WANT TO SHARE
THIS WITH YOU IS BECAUSE THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH IS A
VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS
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WORLD-WIDE PROCLAMATION OF
THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES.
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SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING
TO SHOW YOU THIS SHORT VIDEO.
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(MUSIC) >>AMAZING
FACTS BEGAN IN 1965
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WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT.
>>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND
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THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST
- FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU.
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>>THESE RADIO BROADCASTS WOULD
BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM
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SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY,
FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT
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TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
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THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON
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BEGAN EXPANDING TO
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS.
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IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED
THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS
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GROWING OUTREACH
EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING
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EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES
FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
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IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE
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MINISTRY, ADDING THE
BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO
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PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY
TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON
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MULTIPLE
NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD.
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FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE
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BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A
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TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE
GLOBE AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND
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WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH
THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
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EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE -
THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S
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CHURCH SEE A
RICH HARVEST OF SOULS.
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AMAZING FACTS -
GOD'S MESSAGE, OUR MISSION.
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>>AND THERE YOU HAVE A TASTE OF
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AMAZING
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FACTS IS DOING IN REACHING THE
GOSPEL - OR REACHING THE WORLD,
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I SHOULD SAY - WITH THE GOSPEL
- THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
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AND AGAIN, GRANITE BAY IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THAT AND OUR
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
HOUR. TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
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LESSON #7 IN OUR LESSON
QUARTERLY. THE TITLE OF TODAY'S
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LESSON IS JESUS, THE
MASTER OF MISSIONARIES .
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WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GREATEST
EXAMPLE THAT WE CAN EVER FIND,
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OF MISSIONARY WORK. AND
THAT, OF COURSE, IS JESUS.
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WE HAVE A FREE OFFER WE'D
LIKE TO TELL OUR FRIENDS ABOUT.
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IT'S A BOOK ENTITLED
DOWN FROM HIS GLORY .
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WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS
TO ANYBODY WHO CALLS AND ASKS.
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THE PHONE NUMBER IS
866-788-3966. THAT NUMBER AGAIN
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IS 866-788-3966 AND
YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #154.
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YOU CAN ALSO READ THIS FOR
FREE ONLINE AT THE AMAZING FACTS
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WEBSITE, THE BOOK IS
ENTITLED DOWN FROM HIS GLORY .
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WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR LESSON
THIS MORNING, WE WOULD LIKE TO
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INVITE DEBBIE TO COME AND
LEAD US IN A FEW SONGS OF PRAISE
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BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART
OF STUDY, THAT OF PRAISE AND
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WORSHIPING GOD.
THANK YOU, DEBBIE.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
I KNOW YOU'RE READY TO SING
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HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU AT HOME,
I KNOW THAT YOU LOOK FORWARD TO
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YOUR FAVORITE HYMNS EVERY WEEK,
BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM YOU, SO
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WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH #578 - JOIN WITH US.
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WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FIRST,
SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS.
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(MUSIC) >>SO SEND I YOU BY GRACE
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MADE STRONG TO TRIUMPH O'ER
HOSTS OF HELL, O'ER DARKNESS
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DEATH AND SIN, MY NAME
TO BEAR, AND IN THAT NAME TO
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CONQUER SO SEND I
YOU MY VICTORY TO WIN.
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SO SEND I YOU TO TAKE TO SOULS
IN BONDAGE THE WORD OF TRUTH
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THAT SETS THE CAPTIVE FREE, TO
BREAK THE BONDS OF SIN, TO LOOSE
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DEATH'S FETTERS SO SEND I
YOU, TO BRING THE LOST TO ME.
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SO SEND I YOU TO BEAR MY CROSS
WITH PATIENCE, AND THEN ONE DAY
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WITH JOY I'LL LAY IT DOWN,
TO HEAR MY VOICE, "WELL DONE, MY
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FAITHFUL SERVANT' COME, SHARE
MY THRONE, MY KINGDOM, AND MY
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CROWN!" "AS THE FATHER
HATH SENT ME, SO SEND I YOU."
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>>THANK YOU FOR
SINGING THIS MORNING.
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AND NOW, PASTOR ROSS IS
GOING TO HAVE PRAYER FOR US.
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>>I INVITE YOU TO BOW
YOUR HEADS AS WE PRAY TOGETHER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU
FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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BE CO-LABORERS WITH YOU IN
TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD.
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AND FATHER, NOT ONLY DO WE THINK
OF THOSE DISTANT LANDS THAT NEED
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TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF
SALVATION, WE KNOW OF PEOPLE
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THAT ARE CLOSER TO US - MAYBE
FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH OR EVEN
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FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NEED TO
HEAR AND NEED TO RECEIVE THIS
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WONDERFUL MESSAGE OF HOPE.
AND SO, WE PRAY THAT YOU'D GIVE
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US WISDOM AS WE PRAYERFULLY
CONSIDER WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP
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FURTHER THE WORK IN
SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS.
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BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER AS WE
STUDY, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS'
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NAME, AMEN. OUR
LESSON THIS MORNING WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY ONE OF
THE AMAZING FACTS EVANGELISTS -
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EVANGELIST TIM JONES. HE
ACTUALLY IS A MEMBER OF THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH. WE
DON'T GET TO SEE HIM TOO
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OFTEN BECAUSE HE AND HIS WIFE,
CAROL, ARE USUALLY OUT DOING
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EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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TIM AND CAROL WERE ACTUALLY ONE
OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AGO, BUT FROM TIME TO TIME
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THEY'RE BACK AT THEIR HOME BASE
HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND I SAID,
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"TIM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU
WOULD TEACH THE LESSON FOR US
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TODAY." SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
TIM, FOR BEING WILLING TO SHARE
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WITH US. WE INVITE YOU
TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE.
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>>THANK YOU SO
MUCH, PASTOR ROSS.
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GOOD MORNING AND
HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU ALL.
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WELL, SOME OF YOU ARE AWAKE.
SOME - THE REST OF YOU HAD
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MORNINGS KIND OF
LIKE MINE, I THINK.
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WHERE YOU GET UP LIKE AT 4:00 IN
THE MORNING AND YOU CAN'T QUITE
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GET YOURSELF BACK TO SLEEP AND
SO YOU SAY, "WELL, I MIGHT AS
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WELL GET DRESSED
AND GET ABOUT THE DAY."
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WELL, THAT WAS MY
MORNING TODAY AS WELL.
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BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH
YOU TODAY - TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
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WE, KIND OF - WASN'T EXPECTING
TO BE DOING THE LESSON TODAY,
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BUT I'M THRILLED TO BE
ABLE TO BE HERE TO DO IT.
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WE, KIND OF, PUT TOGETHER THE
LESSON ON - WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY
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SHORT NOTICE,
BUT KIND OF QUICKLY.
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SO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR TEXT
TODAY - OR OUR LESSON VERSES,
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I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE
SPENDING MORE TIME REFERRING TO
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MY NOTES THAT I - THAN I WOULD
ACTUALLY BE COMFORTABLE WITH
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DOING, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
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I GET THE POINTS ACROSS THAT I
BELIEVE GOD'S PUT ON MY HEART TO
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SHARE TODAY. NOW WHEN
- AS PASTOR ROSS SAID,
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WE ARE NOT HERE THAT OFTEN.
THIS IS OUR HOME CHURCH, BUT WE
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TRAVEL A LOT SO WE ARE ON THE
ROAD MOST OF THE YEAR AND, WHEN
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WE ARE HERE, BECAUSE THIS CHURCH
HAS SUCH A - SUCH A RICHNESS IN
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MINISTRY AND IN PEOPLE WHO ARE
CAPABLE OF MINISTERING THE WORD,
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I CAN'T - WHEN YOU SEE ME
UP HERE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW
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THEY'VE GONE TO THE BENCH.
NOW FORTUNATELY, GRANITE BAY -
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IF THIS WAS A
SPORTING EVENT, RIGHT?
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YOU KNOW, A TEAM - THEY HAVE
THE GUYS THAT ARE THE REGULAR
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STARTERS - THE PLAYERS - AND
THEN THEY HAVE THE GUYS THAT ARE
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ON THE BENCH, WHO COME IN WHEN
SOMEBODY IS HURT OR INJURED OR
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TIRED.
FORTUNATELY, GRANITE BAY HAS A
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REALLY DEEP BENCH.
AND SO, I'M THRILLED TO BE
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COMING OFF THE BENCH TO BE ABLE
TO STAND IN AND TO SHARE TODAY.
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WELL, WE ARE ON - LET ME JUST
MENTION, ONCE AGAIN, THE OFFER
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THAT PASTOR ROSS
MENTIONED EARLIER.
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THERE'S A FREE BOOK ON - YOU CAN
GET IT ON THE LIBRARY - OR YOU
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CAN REQUEST IT AS #154
AND YOU CAN CALL THE NUMBER -
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866-788-3966 - THAT'S
866-STUDY-MORE - AND YOU'LL BE
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PROVIDED WITH THIS WONDERFUL
RESOURCE: DOWN FROM HIS GLORY .
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WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING
LESSON #7 IN OUR QUARTERLY, IF
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YOU HAVE YOUR QUARTERLIES, BUT
BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR LESSON,
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LET'S JUST HAVE ANOTHER,
VERY SHORT, WORD OF PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE
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TO STUDY YOUR
WORD AS YOUR PEOPLE.
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AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND
PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO FREELY
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GATHER AND OPEN YOUR HOLY BOOK.
AND LORD, WE KNOW THAT THE TIME
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THAT WE HAVE TO FREELY ASSEMBLE,
LORD, MAY BE LIMITED AND WE WANT
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TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN, GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW,
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TO BE ABOUT OUR - YOUR BUSINESS
- OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS.
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SO LORD, BLESS US TODAY AS WE
STUDY. LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT BE
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PRESENT. ANOINT EACH ONE.
AND LET THE POWER OF GOD BE HERE
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AND THAT CHRIST
WOULD BE GLORIFIED.
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WE ASK IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>WE'RE ON LESSON #7 AND, YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE'RE STUDYING THE
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WORD, PEOPLE OFTEN GET DIFFERENT
THOUGHTS AND LIFE APPLICATIONS
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FROM THE SAME BIBLE STUDY, AND
THIS IS WHAT MAKES BIBLE STUDY
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AND SHARING BIBLE
TRUTHS WONDERFUL AND EXCITING.
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SAME PERSON CAN READ THE SAME
LESSON AND CAN STAND UP HERE AND
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GIVE YOU A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
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AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
GOOD THING, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
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DIFFERENT GIFTS AND GOD
USES US QUITE DIFFERENTLY.
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NOW, IN THE NATURAL, WE HAVE A
BODY THAT'S COMPRISED OF SEVERAL
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DIFFERENT PARTS AND ALL OF THESE
PARTS; HOWEVER, ARE SUPPLIED BY
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THE SAME SYSTEMS AND EACH PART
RECEIVES EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS.
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AND WHEN THOSE BODY PARTS
RECEIVE FROM THE SAME SYSTEM
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THAT'S SUPPORTING ALL OF
THIS STRUCTURE, WHY, THE BODY
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OPERATES NORMALLY. IT'S HEALTHY.
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AND EACH PART DOES
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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THEY DON'T BEHAVE THE SAME
WAY. AND THAT WORKS THE SAME WAY
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SPIRITUALLY. WE ARE
THE BODY OF CHRIST AMEN?
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AND WE SPIRITUALLY RECEIVE FROM
THE SAME SOURCE, BUT ALL OF US
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HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
AND WE ALL PERFORM OUR TASKS -
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GOD-GIVEN TASKS -
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
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I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE
BEEN AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.
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A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO - WE WERE
STILL THERE, IN FACT, AND IT WAS
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A REAL AWAKENING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
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YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT THE
ALAMO DOME AND THEY HAVE THIS
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WALKWAY GOING OVER - IT'S A HUGE
WALKWAY - I JUST - WHEN I SAY
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WALKWAY YOU THINK OF A SMALL
SPACE - BUT THIS IS A HUGE THING
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GOING OVER THE ROADS THERE -
THE FREEWAYS OR THE OVER PASS -
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AND YOU WALK OVER THIS THING
AND IT'S - AND IT GOES DOWN INTO
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THE ENTRANCE TO THE ALAMO DOME.
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WELL, AS I WAS WALKING IN THIS
HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE, I LOOKED
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AROUND AND I THOUGHT THIS IS
WHAT HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE LIKE,
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BECAUSE NOW I'M IN THE MIDST
OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS - NOT
THAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE
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THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
TO BE IN HEAVEN, BUT AT THIS
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OCCASION THERE WERE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF ADVENTISTS.
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AND I LOOKED AROUND AT THEM
AND THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE PEOPLE
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THAT I NORMALLY SEE IN CHURCH.
THEY WERE FROM ALL OVER THE
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WORLD. THEY WERE -
THERE WERE PEOPLE -
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IT WAS JUST A - JUST A BOUQUET
OF ALL KINDS OF ETHNICITIES AND
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- AND THE MAJORITY OF
THEM WERE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
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AND I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT THE
ROAD TO HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE
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LIKE AND THIS IS WHAT
HEAVEN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
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THERE'S, I THINK, EIGHTEEN
AND A HALF MILLION SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTISTS IN THE WORLD AND ONLY
1.2 MILLION OF THAT GROUP ARE IN
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NORTH AMERICA. SO WHEN
YOU GET OUTSIDE OF WHERE
00:15:29.39\00:15:33.86
WE ARE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE
CHURCH LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.
00:15:33.90\00:15:41.60
HEAVEN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS I
00:15:41.64\00:15:49.18
LOVE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO
IS THAT I CAN GO TO ANY CITY -
00:15:49.21\00:15:54.68
ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD - AND
I CAN FIND BROTHERS AND SISTERS
00:15:54.72\00:16:00.39
WHO WILL TREAT ME
JUST LIKE I'M FAMILY.
00:16:00.42\00:16:03.93
>>AMEN. >>ANY CITY
- AND I'VE DONE IT -
00:16:03.96\00:16:06.73
ANY CITY, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,
ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND
00:16:06.76\00:16:11.87
THERE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THAT WILL TAKE ME INTO THEIR
00:16:11.90\00:16:14.70
HOMES, THEY WILL FEED ME,
GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAY. WHY?
00:16:14.74\00:16:21.18
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME
BODY. NOW OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
00:16:21.21\00:16:28.48
LESSON - I HAVE TO GET TO THAT
OR I WON'T HAVE TIME TO FINISH
00:16:28.52\00:16:31.15
IT. BY THE WAY, IF YOU STUDY
YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON, IT
00:16:31.19\00:16:36.42
IS A WONDERFUL WAY
TO DO BIBLE STUDIES.
00:16:36.46\00:16:40.50
WE TRY TO DO THIS EVERY EVENING
- IS TO TAKE OUT OUR SABBATH
00:16:40.53\00:16:45.63
SCHOOL - BECAUSE IT'S BY DAYS
OF THE WEEK - IF YOU SPEND TIME
00:16:45.67\00:16:48.87
EACH DAY BEFORE YOU RETIRE
STUDYING THE BIBLE, PRAYING
00:16:48.90\00:16:55.98
TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY OR
YOUR SPOUSE, IT IS A WONDERFUL
00:16:56.01\00:16:59.48
WAY TO BRING CLOSURE TO YOUR
DAY. AND SO, PRAYER AND THE WORD
00:16:59.51\00:17:05.45
IS CRITICAL TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH,
SO I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO STUDY
00:17:05.49\00:17:09.19
THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS,
STUDY THEM DAILY, AND TO MAKE
00:17:09.22\00:17:14.10
THE APPLICATION OF WHAT YOU ARE
RECEIVING FROM THE WORD OF GOD,
00:17:14.10\00:17:18.70
MAKE THAT APPLICATION SOMETHING
THAT YOU DRAW STRENGTH FROM.
00:17:18.73\00:17:22.87
NOW WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR MEMORY
TEXT, STARTING - WE'RE IN LESSON
00:17:22.90\00:17:28.11
#7 - JESUS, THE
MASTER OF MISSIONS .
00:17:28.14\00:17:30.31
OUR MEMORY TEXT IS FOUND IN JOHN
20 AND 21 AND THIS IS WHAT IT
00:17:30.35\00:17:36.22
SAYS - AGAIN JESUS
SAID, "PEACE BE WITH YOU!
00:17:36.25\00:17:42.02
AS THE FATHER HAS
SENT ME, I AM SENDING YOU."
00:17:42.06\00:17:47.46
NOW THAT'S WRITTEN IN THE NIV.
SO I'M READING FROM THE TEXT.
00:17:47.50\00:17:52.27
LET'S READ IT AGAIN, "AND
JESUS SAID, 'PEACE BE WITH YOU!
00:17:52.30\00:17:55.04
AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME, I
AM SENDING YOU.'" NOW THE YOU IN
00:17:55.07\00:17:59.27
THIS TEXT REFERS NOT ONLY TO THE
DISCIPLES WHO WERE PRESENT WHEN
00:17:59.31\00:18:05.88
JESUS WAS SPEAKING. SEE,
IN THE MIND OF CHRIST, THE
00:18:05.91\00:18:11.75
ENTIRE CHURCH IS INCLUDED IN THE
INSTRUCTIONS THAT HE GIVES TO
00:18:11.79\00:18:17.43
HIS DISCIPLES. THE
WORD IS FOR ALL OF US.
00:18:17.46\00:18:21.96
WHEN JESUS SPOKE TO THOSE
DISCIPLES - WHEN HE SAID TO
00:18:22.00\00:18:25.97
THEM, 'AS THE FATHER SENT ME, I
AM SENDING YOU.' I BELIEVE THAT
00:18:26.00\00:18:30.64
HE WAS SPEAKING TO ME ALSO.
THE PRAYER THAT JESUS PRAYED IN
00:18:30.67\00:18:38.31
JOHN 17 IS A
GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
00:18:38.35\00:18:40.65
HE SAYS, 'I'M NOT JUST PRAYING
FOR THESE, I'M PRAYING FOR
00:18:40.68\00:18:43.02
EVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH
THEIR WORK IN MINISTRY.' AMEN?
00:18:43.05\00:18:46.89
'EVERYONE THAT COMES AFTER THEM,
I'M PRAYING FOR THEM ALSO.' HE
00:18:46.92\00:18:50.56
IS SPEAKING TO US. SO
IT'S CLEAR, HERE, FROM JOHN
00:18:50.59\00:18:53.19
CHAPTER 21 - 20, VERSE 21 -
THAT MISSION BEGAN WITH GOD.
00:18:53.23\00:19:02.60
THE FATHER DID THE SENDING.
JESUS SAID, 'AS THE FATHER HAS
00:19:02.64\00:19:09.94
SENT ME.' THE
FATHER DID THE SENDING.
00:19:09.98\00:19:12.78
HE INITIATED IT AND JESUS
ACCEPTED HIS CALL TO MISSION.
00:19:12.81\00:19:20.26
SO ESSENTIALLY, JESUS IS
THE MASTER OF MISSIONS, AS OUR
00:19:20.29\00:19:27.60
LESSON SAYS AND, IN FACT,
HE IS THE FIRST MISSIONARY.
00:19:27.66\00:19:32.83
HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE
ASSIGNMENT, ACCORDING TO
00:19:32.87\00:19:36.57
SCRIPTURE, BEFORE THE WORLD
BEGAN. HE KNEW THAT THIS MISSION
00:19:36.60\00:19:44.75
TRIP, THAT HE WAS VOLUNTEERING
FOR, BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN,
00:19:44.78\00:19:48.48
WOULD COST HIM HIS
LIFE, BUT HE CAME ANYWAY.
00:19:48.52\00:19:51.92
HE HAD THE LOVE AND HE HAD THE
COURAGE TO SURRENDER TO THE WILL
00:19:51.95\00:19:56.66
OF THE FATHER. WHY? FOR
THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND.
00:19:56.69\00:20:02.76
SEE, GOD FOREKNEW THAT WE WOULD
NEED A SAVIOR, SO A PLAN OF
00:20:02.80\00:20:07.37
REDEMPTION WAS INITIATED
EVEN BEFORE THE WORLD WAS MADE.
00:20:07.40\00:20:13.61
GOD IS ALWAYS SEVERAL
STEPS AHEAD OF THE DEVIL.
00:20:13.64\00:20:19.41
THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE ENEMY
CAN DO THAT GOD HAS NOT ALREADY
00:20:19.45\00:20:25.72
PREPARED FOR. BY THE
WAY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT
00:20:25.75\00:20:30.13
HAPPENS IN THE LIVES OF HIS
CHILDREN THAT GOD IS NOT AWARE
00:20:30.16\00:20:34.13
OF AND THAT HE'S ALREADY MADE
A PLAN FOR THEIR DELIVERANCE.
00:20:34.20\00:20:41.27
GOD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE
DEVIL. NOW THE OBJECTIVE OF
00:20:41.30\00:20:45.21
MISSION, FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE,
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME,
00:20:45.24\00:20:50.38
THAT IS, TO REACH AND
TO SAVE THOSE WHO ARE LOST.
00:20:50.41\00:20:55.22
IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, WAS
HIS OBJECTIVE, AND IT CONTINUES
00:20:55.25\00:21:01.36
THROUGH HIS CHURCH TODAY.
FROM THE BEGINNING WE HAVE THE
00:21:01.39\00:21:06.83
FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT WORKING TOGETHER TO
00:21:06.86\00:21:12.30
FULFILL THE
MISSION OF REDEMPTION.
00:21:12.33\00:21:16.37
THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
THE DIVINE AGENCY THROUGH WHICH
00:21:16.40\00:21:22.71
THE FATHER EMPOWERS
THE WORK OF MISSION.
00:21:22.74\00:21:26.48
IN ACTS CHAPTER 10, VERSE
38, THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS - ACTS
00:21:26.51\00:21:30.39
10:38 - "HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS
OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:21:30.42\00:21:37.13
AND WITH POWER, WHO WENT ABOUT
DOING GOOD AND HEALING ALL WHO
00:21:37.16\00:21:42.23
WERE OPPRESSED BY THE
DEVIL, FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM."
00:21:42.26\00:21:47.17
SO JESUS, WHO ACCEPTED THE CALL
OF GOD BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN
00:21:47.20\00:21:52.21
WAS, IN HIS INCARNATE HUMANITY,
ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
00:21:52.24\00:21:58.18
POWER TO FULFILL THE
MISSION AND WILL OF GOD.
00:21:58.21\00:22:03.39
SO IN CHRIST, THE
WILL OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED.
00:22:03.42\00:22:09.49
YOU SEE, GOD HAS
INCREASE ON HIS MIND.
00:22:09.52\00:22:14.23
ONE DOESN'T GO ON A MISSION
TO DECREASE THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:22:14.30\00:22:21.80
ONE GOES ON A MISSION TO
INCREASE THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:22:21.84\00:22:26.74
GOD IS NOT INTERESTED IN
THE DEMISE OF THE CHURCH, GOD IS
00:22:26.78\00:22:31.01
INTERESTED IN INCREASE.
GOD IS INTERESTED IN GROWTH.
00:22:31.05\00:22:36.25
GOD WANTS EVERYONE TO HEAR OF
HIS LOVE AND TO HAVE THEIR LIVES
00:22:36.28\00:22:40.89
CHANGED BY THE
POWER OF THAT LOVE.
00:22:40.92\00:22:44.26
GOD HAS INCREASE ON HIS MIND AND
EVERY CHILD OF GOD, I BELIEVE,
00:22:44.29\00:22:51.87
WILL HAVE THE SAME MIND.
JESUS WAS OF THE SAME MIND.
00:22:51.90\00:22:57.67
HE CAME TO BE THE SEED THAT WHEN
THAT SEED DIES AND WAS PLANTED,
00:22:57.71\00:23:03.48
WHY, IT SPRANG UP
WITH A TREMENDOUS INCREASE.
00:23:03.51\00:23:11.52
SO THE MISSION OF CHRIST
IS A MISSION OF INCREASE.
00:23:11.55\00:23:17.46
LUKE 19:10 SAYS, "FOR THE SON
OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE
00:23:17.49\00:23:22.83
THAT WHICH WAS LOST."
NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR - WELL,
00:23:22.86\00:23:28.84
ACTUALLY, I HAVEN'T MOVED ON.
I'M STILL ON SABBATH AFTERNOON.
00:23:28.87\00:23:31.17
I'M GOING TO RUN
OUT OF TIME. I CAN TELL.
00:23:31.21\00:23:36.91
IN THE SABBATH AFTERNOON
READING, THERE'S A STATEMENT IN
00:23:36.95\00:23:41.08
THERE THAT SAYS, "IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, JESUS OUTLINES THE
00:23:41.12\00:23:46.99
PROGRAM FOR MISSIONS." SO
WHAT DOES JESUS - WHAT DOES
00:23:47.02\00:23:52.56
HIS MISSION PROGRAM CONSIST OF?
WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE -
00:23:52.59\00:23:59.57
THIS IS JUST MY TAKE ON IT,
BY THE WAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT
00:23:59.60\00:24:03.30
THERE ARE FIVE THINGS
THAT HIS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF.
00:24:03.34\00:24:06.78
THE FIRST ONE
WOULD BE COMMITMENT.
00:24:06.81\00:24:09.24
COMMITMENT TO THE FATHER.
JESUS DIDN'T COME TO DO HIS
00:24:09.28\00:24:14.75
WILL, HE SAYS,
BUT THE WILL OF WHAT?
00:24:14.78\00:24:17.89
THE ONE THAT SENT HIM. SO
THERE IS FIRST COMMITMENT TO
00:24:17.92\00:24:22.19
THE FATHER TO
DO THE WILL OF GOD.
00:24:22.22\00:24:25.66
THE SECOND THING IN
HIS PROGRAM IS PREPARATION.
00:24:25.69\00:24:31.63
AND JESUS, IN CONCERT
WITH THE GODHEAD, WHY THEY MADE
00:24:31.67\00:24:37.07
PREPARATION BEFORE THE
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
00:24:37.11\00:24:41.11
HE JUST DIDN'T UP AND COME, THEY
HAD ALREADY PREPARED THIS THING
00:24:41.14\00:24:44.91
BEFORE THE
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
00:24:44.95\00:24:47.65
AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT
WOULD BE EXECUTION - THAT'S
00:24:47.68\00:24:52.22
ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING. WELL,
HE DID. ULTIMATELY, HE CAME.
00:24:52.25\00:24:58.83
HIS LIFE AND HIS DEATH HERE
ON EARTH REQUIRED A COMPLETE
00:24:58.86\00:25:03.90
SACRIFICE. SO HE HAD
THE COMMITMENT, HE HAD
00:25:03.93\00:25:07.17
THE PREPARATION, AND
THEN HE HAD THE EXECUTION.
00:25:07.20\00:25:10.21
AND, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU'RE
EXECUTING A MISSION, IT REQUIRES
00:25:10.24\00:25:13.91
A COMPLETE SACRIFICE. NINETY-
NINE AND A HALF WON'T DO. I WAS
00:25:13.94\00:25:20.28
RAISED A PENTECOSTAL. YOU COULD
NEVER TELL THAT, BUT I WAS.
00:25:20.32\00:25:24.02
AND THE OLD PEOPLE USED TO SING
THIS SONG IN THE PENTECOSTAL
00:25:24.05\00:25:30.66
CHURCH: LORD, I'M RUNNING
TRYING TO MAKE A HUNDRED.
00:25:30.69\00:25:33.26
NINETY-NINE AND A HALF WON'T DO.
IN ANYTHING THAT WE COMMIT TO DO
00:25:33.29\00:25:38.20
FOR GOD,
NINETY-NINE AND A HALF WON'T DO.
00:25:38.23\00:25:42.20
IT REQUIRES A TOTAL COMMITMENT.
THE NEXT COMPONENT, I BELIEVE,
00:25:42.24\00:25:49.58
IS EXTENSION. THAT
IS, NOT ONLY DID HE COME
00:25:49.61\00:25:54.32
AND THAT HE'D DO - HE DID HIS
MISSION, BUT HE APPOINTED AND
00:25:54.35\00:25:59.19
EQUIPPED OTHERS
TO CONTINUE THE WORK.
00:25:59.22\00:26:03.36
IT WASN'T JUST A ONE SHOT THING,
YOU SEE, HE CAME, HE COMMITTED
00:26:03.39\00:26:09.40
FULLY, AND THEN HE APPOINTED AND
EQUIPPED OTHERS TO CONTINUE THE
00:26:09.43\00:26:14.30
WORK. THEN THE LAST PART
IN JESUS' PROGRAM FOR MISSION,
00:26:14.34\00:26:20.38
I BELIEVE, IS COMPLETION.
THAT IS, WHEN PROBATION CLOSES,
00:26:20.41\00:26:26.08
THEN JESUS RETURNS AGAIN TO
TAKE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
00:26:26.11\00:26:32.69
GATHERED TOGETHER, RECEIVE
HIM INTO ONE WONDERFUL HARVEST.
00:26:32.72\00:26:40.53
I WANT TO BE IN THAT
NUMBER, HOW ABOUT YOU?
00:26:40.56\00:26:42.93
SO HE WILL,
ULTIMATELY, COMPLETE THE WORK.
00:26:42.96\00:26:48.00
NOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE LIKE
CHRIST, WHO IS THE MASTER OF
00:26:48.04\00:26:52.41
MISSIONS, I BELIEVE THAT
WE MUST UTILIZE THESE SAME
00:26:52.44\00:26:57.75
COMPONENTS, OR SOMETHING
VERY SIMILAR, IF WE ARE TO BE
00:26:57.78\00:27:05.49
INVOLVED IN A MISSION THAT
LOOKS LIKE THE MISSION OF JESUS.
00:27:05.52\00:27:13.36
NOW THE REASON FOR STUDYING
ABOUT CHRIST AND STUDYING ABOUT
00:27:13.40\00:27:18.53
THE MASTER OF
MISSION, IS TO BECOME LIKE HIM.
00:27:18.57\00:27:25.57
WE WANT TO LEARN
TO FOLLOW HIS STEPS.
00:27:25.61\00:27:29.84
WE'RE NOT STUDYING ABOUT
HIM JUST TO ACCUMULATE MORE HEAD
00:27:29.88\00:27:33.28
KNOWLEDGE OR TO PRESENT
OURSELVES AS MORE ACCOMPLISHED
00:27:33.31\00:27:36.89
OR MORE ENLIGHTENED,
WE WANT TO BE CHANGED.
00:27:36.92\00:27:41.42
WE WANT TO BE LIKE
JESUS. NOW MOVING ON TO SUNDAY'S
00:27:41.46\00:27:46.83
LESSON: JESUS IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT - 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1
00:27:46.86\00:27:56.14
AND VERSES 8 AND 9 - IF YOU HAVE
YOUR BIBLES YOU CAN TURN WITH ME
00:27:56.17\00:28:01.31
THERE. I WILL READ IT.
00:28:01.34\00:28:03.35
IT SAYS, "THEREFORE DO NOT BE
ASHAMED OF THE TESTIMONY OF OUR
00:28:03.38\00:28:07.42
LORD, NOR OF ME HIS PRISONER,
BUT SHARE WITH ME IN THE
00:28:07.45\00:28:12.82
SUFFERINGS FOR THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO THE POWER OF GOD,
00:28:12.85\00:28:16.49
WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED
US WITH A HOLY CALLING, NOT
00:28:16.52\00:28:22.33
ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS, BUT
ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND
00:28:22.36\00:28:27.20
GRACE WHICH WAS GIVEN TO US IN
CHRIST JESUS BEFORE TIME BEGAN."
00:28:27.24\00:28:36.24
NOW THE KING JAMES SAYS,
"BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN."
00:28:36.28\00:28:39.91
NOW IS TIME IMPORTANT? WELL
GOD CREATED TIME, DIDN'T HE?
00:28:39.95\00:28:47.39
IF IT'S NOT IMPORTANT I DON'T
THINK GOD WOULD HAVE CREATED IT.
00:28:47.42\00:28:54.36
ALL OF GOD'S NATURAL CREATION
EXISTS IN THE REALM OF TIME.
00:28:54.40\00:29:02.57
WITHOUT TIME WE
LOSE OUR BEARING.
00:29:02.60\00:29:05.77
OUR CONNECTION WITH
CREATION ITSELF IS HINDERED.
00:29:05.81\00:29:09.71
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD IS
HINDERED AND WE LOSE CONNECTION
00:29:09.74\00:29:15.62
WITH OUR HISTORY.
REDEMPTION, ACCORDING TO
00:29:15.65\00:29:21.29
SCRIPTURE - WE JUST READ IT,
WAS INITIATED BEFORE TIME BEGAN.
00:29:21.32\00:29:28.30
CONSEQUENTLY, IT DOESN'T
FLOW FROM THE NATURAL ORDER OF
00:29:28.33\00:29:35.00
CREATED THINGS. IT DOES
NOT FLOW FROM NATURAL OR
00:29:35.04\00:29:43.71
CREATED THINGS BECAUSE IT WAS
INITIATED BEFORE ANY OF THOSE
00:29:43.75\00:29:49.02
THINGS EXISTED, ARE YOU
WITH ME? DID I LOSE HALF OF YOU?
00:29:49.05\00:29:56.83
>>NO. >>OKAY.
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.76
I TOLD YOU ALL I WAS
RAISED A PENTECOSTAL.
00:29:58.79\00:30:03.20
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
IF YOU SAY 'AMEN' IT DOESN'T
00:30:03.23\00:30:06.13
BOTHER ME ONE BIT.
NOT ONE BIT. >>AMEN.
00:30:06.17\00:30:13.11
>>NOW, SINCE REDEMPTION WAS
INITIATED BEFORE TIME BEGAN -
00:30:13.14\00:30:21.65
YOU SEE, IT COMES FROM THE
HEART OF GOD, IT SPRANG FROM THE
00:30:21.68\00:30:27.42
ETERNAL, AND WAS IN PLACE BEFORE
ANYTHING THAT IS TEMPORAL WAS
00:30:27.46\00:30:33.29
MADE. JESUS, THE
LAMB OF GOD - THE
00:30:33.33\00:30:37.47
SCRIPTURE SAYS - WAS SLAIN
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
00:30:37.50\00:30:41.40
WORLD. REDEMPTION,
WHICH IS REALLY WHAT
00:30:41.44\00:30:46.24
MISSION IS ALL ABOUT - GOING OUT
TO REACH THE LOST - WAS FIRST.
00:30:46.27\00:30:51.65
HE PUT THAT IN PLACE FIRST.
AND CREATION AND TIME FOLLOWED.
00:30:51.68\00:31:02.09
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO GOD?
00:31:02.12\00:31:05.96
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO GOD, BASED ON WHAT WE JUST
00:31:05.99\00:31:12.23
READ, IS THE ETERNAL
REDEMPTION OF MANKIND.
00:31:12.27\00:31:18.84
HE MADE PROVISION FOR THAT
FIRST. SEE, HE WASN'T TAKING A
00:31:18.87\00:31:25.91
CHANCE WHEN HE CREATED MANKIND,
HE ENSURED THAT THERE WAS A PATH
00:31:25.95\00:31:31.99
TO REDEMPTION IN PLACE
BEFORE HE EVER MADE MAN.
00:31:32.02\00:31:37.09
NOW JESUS, WHO IS THAT
PATH, EXISTED BEFORE TIME BEGAN.
00:31:37.13\00:31:47.74
SO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHICH
BEGINS WITH THE WORDS, "IN THE
00:31:47.77\00:31:52.27
BEGINNING GOD" - CLEARLY
THE GODHEAD WAS THERE IN THE
00:31:52.31\00:31:57.75
BEGINNING. IN THE
BEGINNING OF WHAT?
00:31:57.78\00:32:02.48
WELL, I BELIEVE THAT IT REFERS
TO IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
00:32:02.52\00:32:10.56
IN THE BEGINNING
OF TIME, GOD CREATED.
00:32:10.59\00:32:15.66
NOW WHAT WAS
BEFORE THE BEGINNING?
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.77
WAS ANYTHING
BEFORE THE BEGINNING?
00:32:17.80\00:32:20.37
THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT ALREADY WERE THERE.
00:32:20.40\00:32:24.17
SO THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, THE OLD
TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT,
00:32:24.21\00:32:32.35
JESUS IS PRESENT.
JESUS WAS PRESENT BEFORE THE
00:32:32.38\00:32:38.02
FIRST WORDS WERE EVER WRITTEN.
JESUS WILL BE PRESENT AFTER THE
00:32:38.05\00:32:43.96
LAST WORD IS FULFILLED.
NOW HERE'S AN IMPORTANT
00:32:43.99\00:32:49.86
PRINCIPLE: IF SOMETHING EXISTS
IN THE HEART OF GOD, IT EXISTS
00:32:49.90\00:32:57.57
ALREADY, WHETHER
YOU CAN SEE IT OR NOT.
00:32:57.61\00:33:02.11
AND BECAUSE IT ALREADY EXISTS
IN GOD, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE
00:33:02.14\00:33:09.25
MANIFESTED IN THE SPIRIT - IN
THE PHYSICAL REALM, ALL GOD HAS
00:33:09.28\00:33:13.15
TO DO IS SAY THE
WORDS AND IT COMES TO PASS.
00:33:13.19\00:33:26.30
THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE A NEGATIVE
UNBELIEVING WORD SHOULD NEVER
00:33:26.33\00:33:31.11
COME OUT OF A
BELIEVER'S MOUTH. WHY?
00:33:31.14\00:33:35.34
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
EXIST IN THE HEART OF GOD.
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.28
EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED ALREADY
EXISTS IN GOD, WHETHER YOU SEE
00:33:38.31\00:33:45.12
IT OR NOT. AND
WHATEVER YOU NEED, NO MATTER
00:33:45.15\00:33:51.73
WHAT IT IS, GOD
ALREADY HAS A SOLUTION FOR IT.
00:33:51.76\00:33:58.20
ISAIAH 61 AND VERSE 1 SAYS, "THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON
00:33:58.23\00:34:08.64
ME, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS
ANOINTED ME TO PREACH GOOD
00:34:08.68\00:34:12.21
TIDINGS TO THE POOR; HE HAS SENT
ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO
00:34:12.25\00:34:17.05
PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE
CAPTIVES, AND THE OPENING OF
00:34:17.09\00:34:21.29
THE PRISON TO
THOSE WHO ARE BOUND."
00:34:21.32\00:34:25.16
NOW THIS IS A MESSIANIC PROPHECY
AND JESUS QUOTED THIS VERY TEXT
00:34:25.19\00:34:31.20
IN LUKE 4:18 WHILE TEACHING
IN THE SYNAGOGUE - SYNAGOGUE.
00:34:31.23\00:34:36.77
ESSENTIALLY, HE WAS LAUNCHING
HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY AND THE
00:34:36.81\00:34:40.94
SCRIPTURE SAYS, 'ALL THE EYES IN
THAT PLACE WERE FIXED ON HIM.'
00:34:40.98\00:34:46.35
BUT THIS TEXT, I BELIEVE, ALSO
REFERS TO CHRIST WORKING THROUGH
00:34:46.38\00:34:51.69
HIS CHURCH FOR
THE WORK OF MISSION.
00:34:51.72\00:34:55.92
EVERY MEMBER OF THE BODY OF
CHRIST WHO IS FILLED WITH THE
00:34:55.96\00:35:00.93
HOLY SPIRIT AND SURRENDERED TO
THE WILL OF GOD, CAN MAKE THIS
00:35:00.96\00:35:05.37
VERY DECLARATION,
DO YOU REALIZE THAT?
00:35:05.40\00:35:08.54
BECAUSE WE'RE REPRESENTATIVES
OF CHRIST HERE ON EARTH.
00:35:08.57\00:35:17.45
JESUS, WHO IS THE MASTER
OF MISSIONS, WAS ANOINTED WITH
00:35:17.48\00:35:21.32
POWER AND HE ANOINTS HIS BODY
TODAY WITH THAT SAME POWER FOR
00:35:21.35\00:35:28.56
MISSIONS. WELL, LET'S CONTINUE
WITH JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
00:35:28.59\00:35:37.47
. ISAIAH CHAPTER 7, VERSE 14,
"THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL
00:35:37.50\00:35:43.81
GIVE YOU A SIGN: BEHOLD, THE
VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A
00:35:43.84\00:35:49.38
SON, AND SHALL
CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL."
00:35:49.41\00:35:51.85
SO JESUS, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
IS REVEALED AND WHEN HE APPEARS
00:35:51.88\00:36:01.02
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - WELL, LET
ME SAY THAT CORRECTLY - JESUS,
00:36:01.06\00:36:08.73
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS REVEALED
WHEN HE APPEARS IN THE NEW
00:36:08.76\00:36:16.07
TESTAMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, BY THE TIME THE
00:36:16.10\00:36:19.81
NEW TESTAMENT TIMES CAME,
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND THE
00:36:19.84\00:36:26.28
RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE ONE WHO WAS
00:36:26.31\00:36:29.98
FORETOLD IN THE VERY TEXT THAT
THEY READ ALMOST EVERY SABBATH.
00:36:30.02\00:36:35.82
THEY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE ONE
WHO WAS FORETOLD IN SCRIPTURE
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.59
AND THE ONE WHO WAS ON A MISSION
TO REDEEM THEM. ISAIAH VERSE 9 -
00:36:39.63\00:36:46.33
CHAPTER 9, RATHER -
VERSE 6 SAYS, "FOR UNTO US A
00:36:46.37\00:36:50.41
CHILD IS BORN,
UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN;
00:36:50.44\00:36:55.04
AND THE GOVERNMENT
WILL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER.
00:36:55.08\00:36:57.21
AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED
WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY
00:36:57.25\00:37:01.32
GOD, EVERLASTING
FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE."
00:37:01.35\00:37:05.59
NOW YOU READ THESE MESSIANIC
PROPHECIES AND YOU MARVEL AT HOW
00:37:05.62\00:37:09.49
ANYONE, PARTICULARLY A PEOPLE
WHO WERE STEEPED IN THE OLD
00:37:09.52\00:37:15.40
TESTAMENT, HOW ANYONE COULD READ
THESE PROPHECIES AND MISS THE
00:37:15.43\00:37:21.40
FACT THAT THEY WERE
FULFILLED IN CHRIST.
00:37:21.44\00:37:25.31
IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO
SCREAM, 'LOOK AT JESUS!
00:37:25.34\00:37:32.35
THE PROPHETS WROTE ABOUT
HIM! HE'S THERE IN THE PAGES OF
00:37:32.38\00:37:37.42
SCRIPTURE!' IT'S
A POWERFUL PROPHECY.
00:37:37.45\00:37:44.76
COULD THERE BE ANY DOUBT THAT
THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS WROTE
00:37:44.79\00:37:50.43
ABOUT CHRIST AND
HIS MISSION? NONE.
00:37:50.47\00:37:55.54
NOW I COULD READ MORE, BUT I
HAVE TO MOVE AHEAD FOR SAKE OF
00:37:55.57\00:37:58.97
TIME. NOW LEST IT
APPEARS THAT WE'RE
00:37:59.01\00:38:03.81
CASTING ASPERSIONS AT OTHERS
BECAUSE OF THEIR BLINDNESS, WE
00:38:03.85\00:38:08.75
UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN
BLIND AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES
00:38:08.78\00:38:13.56
AND GOD, FORTUNATELY, DID NOT
GIVE UP ON US. AND JUST AS HE -
00:38:13.59\00:38:23.00
JUST AS HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON US,
WE MUST NOT GIVE UP ON MISSION
00:38:23.03\00:38:29.24
UNTIL EVERYONE THAT CAN BE SAVED
IS SAVED. ISAIAH 53, VERSE 1
00:38:29.27\00:38:39.88
SAYS, "WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR
REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM
00:38:39.91\00:38:44.02
OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?
FOR HE SHALL GROW UP BEFORE HIM
00:38:44.05\00:38:48.96
AS A TENDER PLANT, AND AS
A ROOT OUT OF A DRY GROUND
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.96
HE HAS NO FORM OR COMELINESS;
AND WHEN WE SEE HIM, THERE IS NO
00:38:51.99\00:38:57.50
BEAUTY THAT WE
SHOULD DESIRE HIM.
00:38:57.53\00:38:59.90
HE IS DESPISED AND REJECTED
BY MEN, A MAN OF SORROWS AND
00:38:59.93\00:39:03.94
ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF.
AND WE HID, AS IT WERE, OUR
00:39:03.97\00:39:07.38
FACES FROM HIM; HE WAS DESPISED,
AND WE DID NOT ESTEEM HIM.
00:39:07.41\00:39:11.88
SURELY HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS
AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS; YET WE
00:39:11.91\00:39:16.99
ESTEEMED HIM STRICKEN,
SMITTEN BY GOD, AND AFFLICTED.
00:39:17.02\00:39:20.52
BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR
TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.69
FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE
CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS
00:39:23.73\00:39:26.86
UPON HIM, AND BY HIS
STRIPES WE ARE HEALED."
00:39:26.90\00:39:31.77
YOU SEE, JESUS WAS THE ACTIVE
AGENT OF THE FATHER AT CREATION.
00:39:31.80\00:39:37.77
THE BIBLE SAYS 'ALL THINGS
WERE MADE BY HIM AND WITHOUT HIM
00:39:37.81\00:39:41.91
THERE WAS NOTHING MADE THAT WAS
MADE.' HE'S OUR CREATOR AND HE
00:39:41.94\00:39:48.12
HAS BECOME THE
SURETY FOR OUR SALVATION.
00:39:48.15\00:39:53.82
YOU SEE, THE PENALTY WAS HANDED
DOWN - WHAT THE PENALTY SHOULD
00:39:53.86\00:40:00.96
BE FOR ALL OF US. AND WHAT
WAS THAT PENALTY BY THE WAY?
00:40:00.96\00:40:04.17
DEATH. AND WONDER OF WONDERS, HE
00:40:04.20\00:40:09.64
OFFERED HIMSELF UP TO TAKE
THAT PENALTY ON OUR BEHALF.
00:40:09.67\00:40:17.35
GIVING UP YOUR LIFE IS THE
HIGHEST PRICE THAT ANYONE COULD
00:40:17.38\00:40:24.55
PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE -
ON PURPOSE - TO DO THAT.
00:40:24.59\00:40:27.52
'I'M GOING TO, ON PURPOSE, DIE
FOR YOU.' ANYONE WHO WOULD DIE
00:40:27.56\00:40:34.20
FOR YOU WOULD SURELY TAKE CARE
OF YOU WHILE YOU WERE ALIVE,
00:40:34.23\00:40:39.47
AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:40:39.50\00:40:41.57
>>AND IN THE FACE OF THAT KIND
OF LOVE FROM A LOVING CREATOR,
00:40:41.60\00:40:45.91
WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT OUR HOPE
IN AN ETERNAL FUTURE IS SECURED.
00:40:45.94\00:40:55.92
AND IT'S THAT MESSAGE, YOU SEE,
THAT FORMS THE CORE OF MISSION.
00:40:55.95\00:41:02.96
WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO
MONDAY: THE DESIRE OF AGES .
00:41:02.99\00:41:11.40
WHEN GOD CREATED MAN IN GENESIS
- WELL, ACTUALLY, WHEN HE
00:41:11.43\00:41:21.31
CREATED THE WHOLE WORLD
INCLUDING MAN - THE ENTIRE
00:41:21.34\00:41:25.18
UNIVERSE
OPERATED IN HARMONY WITH
00:41:25.21\00:41:29.28
ALL OF HIS PROCESSES, SYSTEMS,
AND STRUCTURES SUPPORTING THE
00:41:29.32\00:41:35.36
WHOLE - NOT ONLY WAS THE EARTH
A PARADISE, ALL OF CREATION WAS
00:41:35.39\00:41:41.93
PERFECTLY SYNCHRONIZED.
EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
00:41:41.96\00:41:46.70
THERE WERE NO JEWS.
THERE WERE NO GENTILES.
00:41:46.74\00:41:49.90
IN FACT, THERE WERE ONLY TWO
PEOPLE AND I WOULD JUST ASSUME
00:41:49.94\00:41:54.41
THAT THEY WERE THE SAME.
SO WE HAD EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
00:41:54.44\00:42:01.25
WE HAD ONE RACE OF PEOPLE.
AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SIN
00:42:01.28\00:42:06.25
UPSET THE HARMONY OF
GOD'S PERFECT CREATION.
00:42:06.29\00:42:13.16
BUT AS WE POINTED OUT EARLIER,
GOD HAD ALREADY MADE PROVISIONS
00:42:13.19\00:42:16.20
FOR THAT EVENTUALITY. IN
CHRIST, THE RESOLUTION FOR
00:42:16.23\00:42:21.10
SIN WAS OFFERED BEFORE THE
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD - NOT
00:42:21.14\00:42:25.54
JUST FOR THE JEWS - NOT FOR
ANY PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE -
00:42:25.57\00:42:29.41
BUT, ACCORDING TO
SCRIPTURE, FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
00:42:29.44\00:42:32.65
WHEN JESUS CAME ONTO THE
SCENE, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
00:42:32.68\00:42:37.59
FINALLY, THE WORLD COULD SEE, IN
HUMAN FORM, WHAT GOD WAS LIKE.
00:42:37.62\00:42:45.76
HERE HE IS, STANDING
THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
00:42:45.79\00:42:49.33
HERE IS CHRIST - HE'S SOMEONE
THAT IS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT
00:42:49.36\00:42:55.57
AT THE SAME TIME HE'S WHOLLY
DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
00:42:55.60\00:42:59.51
HE WAS A MAN ON A MISSION FROM
GOD. HE WAS THE TURNING POINT
00:42:59.54\00:43:10.42
FOR A NEW CREATION
- A NEW RACE OF MAN.
00:43:10.45\00:43:16.06
HE WAS THE LAST ADAM,
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
00:43:16.09\00:43:20.30
AND EVERYONE WHO EMBRACES HIM,
MOVES FROM THE OLD CREATION TO
00:43:20.33\00:43:26.77
BECOME A NEW CREATION.
YOU'VE MOVED FROM WHATEVER YOUR
00:43:26.80\00:43:33.51
IDENTITY WAS. IF
YOU'RE STILL IDENTIFYING WITH
00:43:33.54\00:43:37.15
THAT OLD FLESH LIFE - IF YOU'RE
STILL IDENTIFYING WITH YOUR OLD
00:43:37.18\00:43:41.05
FLESH - THEN YOU NEED TO
HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS.
00:43:41.08\00:43:46.25
AND SEE, THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE
ISSUE OF MISSION - JESUS, THE
00:43:46.29\00:43:50.06
MASTER MISSIONARY - THAT'S WHAT
HIS MISSION IS ALL ABOUT, TO
00:43:50.09\00:43:53.53
MOVE US FROM WHERE WE WERE
TO SOMEPLACE THAT IS SO MUCH
00:43:53.56\00:43:56.97
BETTER. OH, I'M
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
00:43:57.00\00:44:06.37
WELL, LET'S READ A COUPLE
OF TEXTS HERE, OF HIM COMING.
00:44:06.41\00:44:10.85
LUKE CHAPTER 2, VERSE 8 -
IT SAYS, "NOW THERE WERE IN THE
00:44:10.88\00:44:15.45
SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS LIVING
OUT IN THE FIELDS, KEEPING WATCH
00:44:15.48\00:44:18.62
OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT.
AND BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD
00:44:18.65\00:44:21.26
STOOD BEFORE THEM, AND THE GLORY
OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM,
00:44:21.29\00:44:23.86
AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID.
THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM, 'DO
00:44:23.89\00:44:27.13
NOT BE AFRAID, FOR BEHOLD, I
BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT
00:44:27.20\00:44:31.50
JOY WHICH WILL BE TO ALL
PEOPLE.'" - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
00:44:31.53\00:44:35.60
ALL PEOPLE - "FOR THERE IS BORN
TO YOU THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF
00:44:35.64\00:44:40.58
DAVID A SAVIOR,
WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD.
00:44:40.61\00:44:43.71
AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO YOU:
YOU WILL FIND A BABE WRAPPED IN
00:44:43.75\00:44:48.42
SWADDLING CLOTHS,
LYING IN A MANGER.
00:44:48.45\00:44:52.35
AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH
THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE
00:44:52.39\00:44:56.66
HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD
AND SAYING: 'GLORY TO GOD IN THE
00:44:56.69\00:45:01.43
HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH
PEACE, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN!'"
00:45:01.46\00:45:06.17
- TOWARD ALL MEN, NOT JUST A
SELECT FEW. JOHN 1:29, "THE NEXT
00:45:06.20\00:45:14.38
DAY JOHN SAW JESUS COMING
TOWARD HIM, AND SAID, 'BEHOLD!
00:45:14.41\00:45:19.08
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES
AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!'"
00:45:19.11\00:45:29.36
SEE, JESUS CAME TO BE THE
SAVIOR IN HIS MISSION TRIP.
00:45:29.39\00:45:35.36
OF NOT JUST A PARTICULAR PEOPLE
- HE CAME TO BE THE SAVIOR OF
00:45:35.40\00:45:40.97
THE ENTIRE WORLD. NOW THAT
IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE NO MATTER
00:45:41.00\00:45:45.54
WHERE YOU HAPPEN TO LIVE TODAY,
IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR COUNTRY,
00:45:45.57\00:45:50.21
IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR UPBRINGING,
IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR ETHNICITY,
00:45:50.25\00:45:55.58
JESUS CAME TO BE
YOUR SAVIOR. >>AMEN.
00:45:55.62\00:45:59.85
>>AND, AS I MENTIONED IN
MY INTRODUCTION, ABOUT MY
00:45:59.89\00:46:05.53
EXPERIENCE AT
THE GC, I SAW THAT.
00:46:05.56\00:46:08.96
I SAW PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE -
ALL - BIG, LITTLE, TALL, SHORT,
00:46:09.00\00:46:18.74
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COLORS
- THEY HAD EMBRACED THE SAVIOR.
00:46:18.77\00:46:24.18
THAT'S WHAT JESUS CAME
TO DO - TO SAVE THE WORLD.
00:46:24.21\00:46:29.62
AND HE ALSO CAME TO EMPOWER
US - TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE OF
00:46:29.65\00:46:35.92
REDEMPTION TO THE WORLD.
THE WORLD, YOU SEE, IS OUR
00:46:35.96\00:46:40.46
MISSION FIELD. NOW,
FOR SOME OF US, WHEN JESUS
00:46:40.50\00:46:46.94
SAYS 'GO' THAT MIGHT MEAN JUST
ACROSS THE STREET OR IT COULD
00:46:46.97\00:46:53.11
JUST MEAN NEXT DOOR, BUT
THE WHOLE WORLD IS OUR MISSION
00:46:53.14\00:46:58.71
FIELD. THE MISSION
- THE FIELD, RATHER
00:46:58.75\00:47:03.75
- IS ALL AROUND US.
THE MISSION IS IN US.
00:47:03.79\00:47:07.49
AS WE TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND, REALLY, AROUND THE WORLD,
00:47:07.52\00:47:13.63
I'M AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF
CHURCH MEMBERS - SEVENTH-DAY
00:47:13.66\00:47:19.20
ADVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS
WHO WILL TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE
00:47:19.23\00:47:23.34
NEVER LED A
SINGLE PERSON TO CHRIST.
00:47:23.37\00:47:28.74
SOME HAVE BEEN IN THE CHURCH
ALL OF THEIR LIVES OR FOR A LONG
00:47:28.78\00:47:35.05
NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE
NEVER LED A SOUL TO JESUS.
00:47:35.08\00:47:43.59
NOW, I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE MET
A FISHERMAN WHO HAS NEVER CAUGHT
00:47:43.63\00:47:50.07
A FISH. NOT ONCE
HAVE I MET A FISHERMAN
00:47:50.10\00:47:55.10
THAT WILL TELL ME, 'I'VE BEEN
FISHING FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
00:47:55.14\00:47:58.84
I'VE NEVER CAUGHT A FISH.' AND
IF I DID, I WOULD PROBABLY TELL
00:47:58.87\00:48:05.38
HIM, 'YOU KNOW, BROTHER, YOU
PROBABLY NEED TO CONSIDER TAKING
00:48:05.41\00:48:09.78
A FISHERMAN'S SELF-HELP CLASS.
CLEARLY YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING
00:48:09.82\00:48:17.39
WRONG.' YOU WON'T CATCH ANY
FISH FISHING IN YOUR BATHTUB.
00:48:17.43\00:48:33.21
IS THAT A REVELATION? >>YEAH.
00:48:33.24\00:48:38.71
>>YOU WON'T CATCH ANY FISH
FISHING IN YOUR HOUSE IN YOUR
00:48:38.75\00:48:43.85
BATHTUB. IF YOU
WANT TO CATCH FISH, YOU
00:48:43.89\00:48:47.46
HAVE TO GO TO
WHERE THE FISH ARE.
00:48:47.49\00:48:52.53
YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THE WATER,
THE LAKES, OR THE RIVERS WHERE
00:48:52.56\00:48:56.06
THE FISH TEND TO
CONGREGATE OR PASS THROUGH.
00:48:56.10\00:48:59.67
IF YOU FISH IN THE WATER, EVEN
IF YOU'RE A LOUSY FISHERMAN,
00:48:59.70\00:49:03.71
YOU'LL CATCH A FISH BY ACCIDENT
IF YOU DO IT LONG ENOUGH.
00:49:03.74\00:49:13.55
IN MONDAY'S LESSON, THERE IS
A QUOTE FROM ELLEN WHITE FROM
00:49:13.58\00:49:25.96
TESTIMONIES, VOL. 6 .
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE
00:49:25.99\00:49:31.70
QUARTERLY, THEY LEAVE OUT
THE LAST LINE OF THE QUOTE.
00:49:31.73\00:49:37.41
I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU WITH
THAT LINE INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY
00:49:37.44\00:49:41.78
SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT.
THIS IS WHAT SHE WROTE, "THE
00:49:41.81\00:49:46.51
MISSIONARY SPIRIT NEEDS TO
BE REVIVED IN OUR CHURCHES.
00:49:46.55\00:49:49.88
EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH
SHOULD STUDY HOW TO HELP FORWARD
00:49:49.92\00:49:54.79
THE WORK OF GOD, BOTH IN
HOME MISSIONS AND IN FOREIGN
00:49:54.82\00:50:00.20
MISSIONS. SCARCELY A THOUSANDTH
PART OF THE WORK IS BEING DONE
00:50:00.23\00:50:05.13
THAT OUGHT TO BE
DONE IN MISSIONARY FIELDS.
00:50:05.17\00:50:08.67
GOD CALLS UPON HIS WORKERS
TO ANNEX NEW TERRITORY FOR HIM.
00:50:08.70\00:50:14.58
THERE ARE RICH FIELDS OF TOILS
AWAITING THE FAITHFUL WORKERS."
00:50:14.61\00:50:19.11
- NOW HERE'S THE SENTENCE THAT
THEY DIDN'T PUT IN THE QUARTERLY
00:50:19.15\00:50:22.55
- "AND MINISTERING ANGELS WILL
COOPERATE WITH EVERY MEMBER OF
00:50:22.58\00:50:26.92
THE CHURCH WHO WILL LABOR
UNSELFISHLY FOR THE MASTER."
00:50:26.96\00:50:31.66
AMEN. SO GOD DOESN'T
EXPECT US TO DO MISSION ALONE.
00:50:31.69\00:50:42.74
WE HAVE BACK UP. WE HAVE HELP.
00:50:42.77\00:50:50.01
AND MINISTERING ANGELS, IT SAYS,
WILL COOPERATE WITH NOT JUST THE
00:50:50.05\00:50:55.25
SELECT FEW - NOT JUST THE
MARQUEE NAMES, BUT IT SAYS
00:50:55.28\00:51:00.12
"EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH
WHO LABOR UNSELFISHLY FOR THE
00:51:00.16\00:51:07.66
MASTER." I WANT TO
BE IN THAT NUMBER, HOW
00:51:07.66\00:51:12.93
ABOUT YOU? >>AMEN.
00:51:12.97\00:51:15.44
>>WELL, LET'S
MOVE ON TO TUESDAY.
00:51:15.47\00:51:18.91
WE MAY GET TUESDAY INTRODUCED.
IT SAYS MISSION TO THE JEWS .
00:51:18.94\00:51:24.55
IN MATTHEW 10:5 AND 6,
"THESE TWELVE JESUS SENT OUT AND
00:51:24.58\00:51:29.52
COMMANDED THEM, SAYING: 'DO NOT
GO INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES,
00:51:29.55\00:51:33.89
AND DO NOT ENTER A
CITY OF THE SAMARITANS.
00:51:33.92\00:51:38.19
BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP
OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.'" AND
00:51:38.23\00:51:43.73
JESUS, HIMSELF, SAID IN MATTHEW
15:24, "I WAS NOT SENT EXCEPT TO
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THE LOST SHEEP OF
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL."
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NOW OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON EARTH,
GOD CHOSE ABRAHAM AND CUT A
00:51:52.24\00:51:57.75
COVENANT WITH HIM.
AND OF ALL OF ABRAHAM'S
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DESCENDENTS - AND HE HAD MANY
- GOD CHOSE ISRAEL TO BE HIS
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CHOSEN PEOPLE - A PEOPLE THROUGH
WHOM HE COULD REACH THE WORLD.
00:52:07.19\00:52:12.53
ISRAEL, UNFORTUNATELY, FAILED
IN THEIR MISSION AND WHEN CHRIST
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CAME, HE CAME AS A MESSIAH IN
FULFILLMENT OF BIBLE PROPHECY.
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AND ACCORDING TO THE PROPHECY
OF DANIEL CHAPTER 9, SEVENTY
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PROPHETIC WEEKS OF THE 2300-YEAR
PROPHECY WAS DESIGNATED - CUT
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OFF - FOR ISRAEL. AND
THE MESSIAH'S MISSION WAS
00:52:30.95\00:52:36.35
DURING THE LAST WEEK OF
THIS SEVENTY-WEEK PROPHECY.
00:52:36.38\00:52:44.19
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS ENCOMPASSED
THE MISSION OF THE MESSIAH.
00:52:44.23\00:52:50.43
SO IT WAS GOD'S ATTEMPT
TO GIVE THEM ONE LAST CHANCE.
00:52:50.47\00:52:59.34
ONE LAST CHANCE TO REACH
THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF
00:52:59.37\00:53:03.58
ISRAEL AND TO HAVE THEM EMBRACE
THE MESSIAH THAT HAD BEEN
00:53:03.61\00:53:08.52
PROMISED TO THEM THROUGH
PROPHECIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:53:08.55\00:53:12.25
JESUS CAME AND
HE PREACHED TO THEM.
00:53:12.29\00:53:14.62
JESUS WORKED MIRACLES AMONG
THEM, THEN HE SENT HIS DISCIPLES
00:53:14.66\00:53:18.53
TO PREACH TO THEM BUT
THEY REJECTED THE MESSAGE.
00:53:18.56\00:53:24.83
THEY REJECTED CHRIST AND,
ULTIMATELY, A NEW COVENANT WAS
00:53:24.87\00:53:29.94
CUT WITH SPIRITUAL ISRAEL - THE
ISRAEL OF GOD - AND THE MESSAGE
00:53:29.97\00:53:34.98
WENT TO THE GENTILES. SO
TODAY, THE CHURCH, SPIRITUAL
00:53:35.01\00:53:40.05
ISRAEL, IS MADE UP OF JEWS AND
GENTILES WHO EMBRACE CHRIST THE
00:53:40.08\00:53:45.75
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