(MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE
IN ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE
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COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD,
GATHERING TOGETHER TO STUDY THE
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BIBLE. I'D ALSO
LIKE TO WELCOME THE
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MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE
BAY CHURCH AND THE VISITORS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING OUT THIS MORNING.
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IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO BE ABLE TO
MEET ON SABBATH MORNING AND OPEN
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UP THE WORD. TODAY
WE'RE IN LESSON #13 OF OUR
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LESSON QUARTERLY,
TALKING ABOUT MISSIONARIES.
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TODAY'S LESSON IS ENTITLED:
MUST THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR?
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IT'S LESSON #13 - OUR
FINAL LESSON IN THIS QUARTERLY.
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LESSON, AND
THOSE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU'D
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LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH US,
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON
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AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE
- JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG .
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WE WILL BE STARTING A BRAND-NEW
STUDY NEXT WEEK ON THE BOOK OF
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JEREMIAH. SO
AGAIN, OUR CHURCH MEMBERS
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HERE, VISITORS - WE DO
HAVE OUR LESSON QUARTERLIES.
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THEY'RE IN THE BACK ON YOUR
WAY OUT, YOU CAN PICK IT UP.
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FOR OUR FRIENDS JOINING US, YOU
CAN ALSO FOLLOW ALONG ONLINE -
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DOWNLOAD THE LESSON - AND WE'RE
GOING TO START A BRAND-NEW STUDY
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NEXT WEEK ON THE
BOOK OF JEREMIAH.
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WE HAVE A FREE OFFER WE'D
LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT.
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IT'S A BOOK WRITTEN BY
PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR, ENTITLED:
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COMPROMISE,
CONFORMITY, AND COURAGE.
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WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS BOOK
TO ANYBODY IN NORTH AMERICA WHO
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CALLS AND ASKS. THE
NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - AND
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YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER
#774. AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS
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866-788-3966 AND ASK FOR OFFER
#774. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU
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THE BOOK COMPROMISE,
CONFORMITY, AND COURAGE.
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WELL, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
INVITE OUR SINGERS TO COME AND
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JOIN ME ON STAGE AND WE'LL BEGIN
BY PRAISING GOD FOR HIS MANY
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BLESSINGS. >>YOU
ALL READY TO SING?
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THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, I KNOW YOU
ARE, SO WE'RE GOING TO SING SOME
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OF YOUR FAVORITES.
WE'RE GOING TO START, AS WE
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CONTINUE OUR THEME WITH
MISSIONARIES, O HOW I LOVE
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JESUS - #248 - SO PULL OUT YOUR
HYMNALS HERE AND AT HOME, AND
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JOIN WITH US. WE'RE
GOING TO SING ALL THREE
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STANZAS - #248. (MUSIC)
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THERE IS A NAME I LOVE TO
HEAR, I LOVE TO SING ITS WORTH;
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IT SOUNDS LIKE MUSIC IN MY
EAR, THE SWEETEST NAME ON EARTH.
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O, HOW I LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I
LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I LOVE JESUS,
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BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME!
IT TELLS ME OF A SAVIOR'S LOVE,
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WHO DIED TO SET ME FREE; IT
TELLS ME OF HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD,
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THE SINNER'S PERFECT PLEA.
O, HOW I LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I
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LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I LOVE JESUS,
BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME!
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IT TELLS OF ONE WHOSE LOVING
HEART CAN FEEL MY DEEPEST WOE,
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WHO IN EACH SORROW BEARS A
PART THAT NONE CAN BEAR BELOW.
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O, HOW I LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I
LOVE JESUS, O, HOW I LOVE JESUS,
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BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME!
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>>DO YOU LOVE JESUS TODAY? AMEN.
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WE'RE GOING TO SING #426 - I
SHALL SEE THE KING - AND WE WILL
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ALSO DO ALL THREE
STANZAS. JOIN WITH US.
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(MUSIC)
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I SHALL SEE THE KING
WHERE THE ANGELS SING, I SHALL
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SEE THE KING SOME DAY, IN
THE BETTER LAND, ON THE GOLDEN
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STRAND AND WITH
HIM SHALL EVER STAY.
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IN HIS GLORY, I SHALL SEE
THE KING, AND FOREVER ENDLESS
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PRAISES SING; 'TWAS ON CALVARY
JESUS DIED FOR ME; I SHALL SEE
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THE KING SOMEDAY. IN
THE LAND OF SONG, IN THE
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GLORY THRONG, WHERE THERE NEVER
COMES A NIGHT, WITH MY LORD ONCE
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SLAIN I SHALL EVER REIGN
IN THE GLORY LAND OF LIGHT.
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IN HIS GLORY, I SHALL SEE
THE KING, AND FOREVER ENDLESS
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PRAISES SING; 'TWAS ON CALVARY
JESUS DIED FOR ME; I SHALL SEE
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THE KING SOMEDAY. I
SHALL SEE THE KING, ALL MY
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TRIBUTES BRING, AND SHALL
LOOK UPON HIS FACE; THEN MY SONG
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SHALL BE HOW HE RANSOMED ME
AND HAS KEPT ME BY HIS GRACE.
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IN HIS GLORY, I SHALL SEE
THE KING, AND FOREVER ENDLESS
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PRAISES SING; 'TWAS ON CALVARY
JESUS DIED FOR ME; I SHALL SEE
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THE KING SOMEDAY. >>ONE
DAY WE SHALL SEE THE KING.
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IF YOU WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON IN
OUR CRAZY WORLD, YOU KNOW THAT
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THAT DAY IS NOT FAR AWAY.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW TURN THE TIME
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OVER TO PASTOR JËAN ROSS, WHO
IS NOW GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL
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FEATURE FOR US. >>GOOD
MORNING AGAIN, FRIENDS.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SABBATH
SCHOOL IS WELL-KNOWN FOR IS
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MISSIONS. RIGHT FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING OF
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SABBATH SCHOOL, PART OF
THE FOCUS WAS NOT ONLY LEARNING
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TRUTH LOCALLY, BUT ALSO SHARING
TRUTH AROUND THE WORLD WITH AS
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MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE AT
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THE STUDY HOUR, IS TAKE A FEW
MOMENTS TO GET A LITTLE UPDATE
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ON A MISSION REPORT, AN ACTIVITY
THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE
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INVOLVING OUR CHURCH MEMBERS, OR
SOMETHING THAT AMAZING FACTS IS
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INVOLVED WITH. SO
THIS MORNING, I'M GOING TO
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INVITE MICHAEL
DEMYAN TO COME FORWARD.
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HE IS A PASTOR - HE IS ACTUALLY
A MEMBER HERE - OF THE GRANITE
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BAY CHURCH, BUT HE HAS A REAL
BURDEN FOR THE WORK IN UKRAINE,
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AND EVERY YEAR HE GOES OVER
THERE TO DO SOME EVANGELISTIC
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OUTREACH TO MINISTER TO
PEOPLE. SO, WELCOME MICHAEL.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
>>COME ON OVER HERE AND WE'VE
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GOT SOME SLIDES WE'RE GOING TO
BE SHOWING YOU, OF SOME RECENT
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MISSION ACTIVITY
OVER THERE IN THE UKRAINE.
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NOW TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION THAT
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PEOPLE ARE FACING IN
UKRAINE. >>YEAH, THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS
AND GOOD MORNING TO FAMILY.
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YEAH, I WANT TO TELL
SOMETHING ABOUT UKRAINE.
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UKRAINE, NOW, IS LIKE
INDEPENDENCE COUNTRY BUT, AS
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WELL YOU KNOW, IS VERY BIG
PROBLEM THERE - LIKE POLITICS
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PROBLEM - AND IT'S NOT
ONLY POLITICS, IT'S SOMETHING IN
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UKRAINE - RELIGION
POLITICS AND PROBLEM.
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AND BECAUSE THERE IS TWO BIG
ORTHODOX CHURCH - RUSSIAN CHURCH
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AND UKRAINE ORTHODOX CHURCH.
AND FOR US, FOR LIKE ADVENTISTS,
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OR ANOTHER PEOPLE, WE HAVE
FREEDOM THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
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FAITH BETWEEN THEM AND WE CAN DO
SOME PROGRAMS OR EVANGELISM IN
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THIS COUNTRY. >>SO
TELL US, I KNOW THINGS,
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WHEN IT COMES TO EVANGELISM IN
UKRAINE, ARE DONE A LITTLE BIT
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DIFFERENTLY THAN WE TYPICALLY
DO IT HERE IN NORTH AMERICA.
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SO TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING
FOR EVANGELISM IN THE UKRAINE.
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>>OH, THEY DO DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS, BUT I LIKE TO TELL YOU
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ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT I, WITH
MY FRIENDS AND MY PASTORS, WE DO
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LIKE - LIKE CAMP MEETINGS EVERY
YEAR AND WE DO THESE LIKE MORE
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THAN TEN YEARS - EVERY YEAR -
AND EVERY YEAR, WHEN WE DO LIKE
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EVANGELISM OUTSIDE THE CITIES,
LIKE CAMP MEETINGS, WE HAVE VERY
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GOOD RESULT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
YOUNG PEOPLE, WE HAVE FAMILIES,
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WE HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
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AND EVERY YEAR, EVERY TIME, WE
DO THESE PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT
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REGIONS BECAUSE THERE IS
COUPLE OF CONFERENCE AND EACH
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CONFERENCE HAS, KIND OF LIKE,
THREE - FOUR REGIONS AND WE DO
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THIS IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF UKRAINE.
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AND, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME,
WE CAN'T DO THIS PROGRAM IN THE
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VERY EAST OF UKRAINE BECAUSE
THERE IS WAR, BUT ANOTHER PART
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IT'S OKAY AND WE DO THESE
PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR THERE.
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>>ALRIGHT, SO YOU'VE BEEN DOING
THIS PROGRAM IN UKRAINE - OH,
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YOU SAID TEN YEARS NOW -
THAT YOU'VE BEEN REACHING OUT.
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WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE DO YOU GET
FOR THESE EVANGELISTIC PROGRAMS
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THAT YOU DO? >>OH,
LIKE THIS YEAR - THIS
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SLIDES SHOW YOU
THAT, LIKE, GOOD RESULT.
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WE HAD THE BAPTIZE PEOPLE IN
DIFFERENT REGIONS - LIKE IN ONE
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REGION IT WAS 13 PEOPLE AND
ANOTHER ONE WAS 11 PEOPLE - THIS
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GROUP - AND WE BAPTIZE PEOPLE
EVERY TIME OUTSIDE THE CITY -
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LIKE BY THE RIVER OR
OTHER PARTS - AND THEN WE
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PROVIDE THEIR FOOD. LIKE
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THESE
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SLIDES, WE PROVIDE THEIR FOOD,
THEY - PEOPLE THEY CAN EAT WITH
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US AND SEE WHAT WE EAT - LIKE
WE ARE VEGETARIAN AND, FOR THEM,
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IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO
BE. AND LIKE GOOD RESULT WE HAD,
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THIS YEAR, 43 PEOPLE TOGETHER
BAPTIZED ON THESE PROGRAMS.
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YEAH, YOU CAN SEE LIKE LAST
PROGRAM WAS VERY NICE PEOPLE AND
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VERY NICE EXPERIENCE THESE
PEOPLE HAD WITH US AND THESE
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PROGRAMS, YEAH. >>AMEN.
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SO SOME GOOD RESULTS THAT HAVE
BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER THE PAST
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TEN YEARS, BUT EVEN MORE SO THIS
PAST YEAR YOU WERE OVER THERE.
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BUT YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO BACK
NEXT YEAR AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL
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OUTREACH, NOT ONLY IN THE
UKRAINE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE
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ADDING AN EXTRA COUNTRY FAR AWAY
FROM THE UKRAINE THAT YOU'RE
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GOING TO BE MINISTERING TO.
>>YEAH, I LIKE IT - THANK YOU -
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I LIKE TO DO THIS PROGRAM
BECAUSE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM
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UKRAINE AND I DO THIS PROGRAM
EVERY YEAR THERE BUT, BESIDE OF
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THIS, MY PLAN IS TO GO TO THIS
COUNTRY - YOU CAN SEE THIS BIBLE
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IS MADAGASCAN BIBLE AND
MALAGASHIAN LANGUAGE - AND I WAS
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THERE FOR FOUR YEARS, SINCE
2011, AND WE PROVIDE THERE THE
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SAME PROGRAMS. THERE
IS VERY POOR COUNTRY.
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IT'S VERY BAD TO
HAVE TRANSPORTATION THERE.
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IT'S VERY BAD ROADS
THERE. IT'S VERY BAD CONDITION.
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YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE PEOPLE
IS VERY, VERY POOR, BUT THEY ARE
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VERY GOOD - VERY - YOU CAN SEE
THIS SLIDE SHOW YOU THE PEOPLE
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GATHER TOGETHER EVERY EVENING
LIKE FROM 700 TO 1,400 - EVERY
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EVENING. EVERY EVENING
WE PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS.
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WE BAPTIZE THERE AND THIS TIME
MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE - ATTEND
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PEOPLE THERE LIKE MORE THAN
7,000 AND WE - WE BAPTIZE THERE.
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THIS IS INDIAN
OCEAN - VERY NICE PLACE.
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PEOPLE THERE ARE NICE AND THIS
YEAR MY PLAN IS TO GO THERE ON
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END OF OCTOBER TO PROVIDE AND
SPECIAL, WE ALWAYS GIVE ONE OF
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THE BEST GIFT FOR EACH
ONE WHO COME TO CHURCH.
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WE GIVE THEM A BIBLE. >>AMEN.
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>>YEAH. >>ABSOLUTELY.
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WELL, THAT'S EXCITING. THE
TREMENDOUS REPORTS THAT ARE
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TAKING PLACE ALL THE
WAY OVER IN MADAGASCAR.
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NOW PASTOR MIKE, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE HEADING OVER THERE, IS IT
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NEXT YEAR, TO MADAGASCAR
TO DO SOME MORE EVANGELISM?
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>>NO, THIS YEAR.
>>IT'S THIS YEAR COMING UP?
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>>THIS YEAR -
OCTOBER - YEAH. >>OKAY.
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SO YOU WERE IN THE UKRAINE AND
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO
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SOUTHERN AFRICA TO
MADAGASCAR TO DO SOME OUTREACH.
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FOR OUR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING
AND FOR OUR CHURCH MEMBERS, IF
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THEY WANT TO HELP IN THIS
EVANGELISTIC ENDEAVOR, I SUPPOSE
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THAT THEY COULD JUST GO TO THE
GRANITE BAY SDA CHURCH WEBSITE -
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GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG - AND
FOLKS CAN GIVE TO THE SPECIAL
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MADAGASCAR OR UKRAINE OUTREACH
EFFORT RIGHT THERE ONLINE - OR
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MARK IT ON YOUR TITHE ENVELOPE,
JUST SAY 'MADAGASCAR' OR
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'UKRAINE' AND THE FUNDS WILL
GO TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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WE APPRECIATE IT. >>OKAY.
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>>IT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING,
FROM TIME TO TIME, TO GET THESE
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MISSION REPORTS.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OUR
MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY ACTIVE IN
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SHARING THE GOSPEL -
INVOLVED IN SOUL WINNING.
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YOU REMEMBER, NOT TOO LONG AGO,
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE GRANITE
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BAY CHURCH MEMBERS WHO CAME BACK
FROM A MISSION TRIP RECENTLY IN
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MEXICO, AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT
SHARING YOUR FAITH WITH OTHERS
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IS KEY FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
WELL, TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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EVANGELISM AND
SHARING OUR FAITH WITH OTHERS.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
LESSON #13 AND OUR TEACHER TODAY
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IS CHUCK HOLTRY. HE
IS THE DIRECTOR OF AFCOE.
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HE IS ALSO AN
EVANGELIST WITH AMAZING FACTS.
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CHUCK, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. >>THANK YOU JËAN.
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GREETINGS. GOOD MORNING.
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>>GOOD MORNING. >>I'M EXCITED.
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AS I LOOK AT THIS LAST LESSON IT
SAYS, MUST THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR?
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AND DO YOU HAVE
AN ANSWER FOR ME?
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>>AMEN. >>IS THE ANSWER YES?
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>>YES. >>MUST
THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR?
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THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO
WAS VERY INTERESTED IN DOING
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EVANGELISM AND, IN HIS HEART, HE
FELT THAT 'I HAVE TO REACH THE
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WORLD THE BEST I
POSSIBLY CAN.' SO HE WENT.
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AND HE WENT TO THE BOARD OF
LEADERS - A MINISTERS MEETING -
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AND HE BROUGHT IT UP TO THEM
- THIS IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS
00:15:16.04\00:15:17.98
AGO - AND AS HE BROUGHT IT UP TO
THEM, ONE OF THEM LOOKED AT HIM
00:15:18.01\00:15:20.65
AND SAID THIS:
"YOUNG MAN, SIT DOWN.
00:15:20.68\00:15:23.55
WHEN IT PLEASES THE LORD TO
CONVERT THE HEATHEN, HE WILL DO
00:15:23.59\00:15:27.56
IT WITHOUT YOUR AID
OR MINE." IS THAT TRUE?
00:15:27.59\00:15:32.83
>>NO. >>YOU KNOW, THERE'S - SOME
00:15:32.86\00:15:35.16
QUESTIONS THAT ARE
COMING OUT IN OUR LESSON TODAY.
00:15:35.20\00:15:37.53
AS WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT MUST THE WORLD HEAR?
00:15:37.57\00:15:39.97
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
FEEL THAT 'JUST LET IT ALONE AND
00:15:40.00\00:15:42.80
GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.'
AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT FEEL
00:15:42.84\00:15:45.44
THAT IF YOU DO NOT GET
INTO EXACTLY THE SAME EXACT
00:15:45.47\00:15:48.84
UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING
AS THEY DO, YOU WILL BE LOST.
00:15:48.88\00:15:51.28
KIND OF TWO EXTREMES.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH?
00:15:51.31\00:15:56.18
IS THAT WHAT WE WANT
TO HEAR THIS MORNING?
00:15:56.22\00:15:57.45
>>YES. >>WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT
00:15:57.49\00:15:58.65
THE BIBLE SAYS AND THE BIBLE IS
GOING TO, I BELIEVE, OPEN UP A
00:15:58.69\00:16:00.06
PICTURE FOR US FOR
MUST THE WORLD HEAR?
00:16:00.09\00:16:04.36
ARE YOU READY? OUR
FIRST ONE IS JESUS IS THE
00:16:04.39\00:16:07.93
ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED.
JESUS IS PRETTY CLEAR ON THIS.
00:16:07.96\00:16:11.07
JESUS SAYS, IN JOHN CHAPTER 14,
VERSE 6, "...I AM THE WAY, THE
00:16:11.10\00:16:15.07
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO ONE
COMES TO THE FATHER" - WHAT?
00:16:15.10\00:16:20.81
>>BUT BY ME. >>"BUT BY ME." -
00:16:20.84\00:16:23.41
OR EXCEPT BY ME.
SO IS IT IMPORTANT?
00:16:23.45\00:16:25.18
IS JESUS
IMPORTANT? YES. IS HE A WAY?
00:16:25.21\00:16:28.18
HE SAYS "THE WAY." HE IS
NOT A WAY, HE IS THE WAY.
00:16:28.22\00:16:32.69
ANOTHER POINT HE SAID, 'I AM THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.' YOU MIGHT
00:16:32.72\00:16:37.09
REMEMBER THIS FROM JOHN CHAPTER
8 - 'I AM THE LIGHT OF THE
00:16:37.13\00:16:40.36
WORLD.' IT DOESN'T SAY, 'I AM
A LIGHT.' FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN
00:16:40.40\00:16:43.97
DARKNESS AND
IGNORANCE, HE IS THE LIGHT.
00:16:44.00\00:16:46.57
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER LIGHT, HE
IS THE LIGHT. FOR THOSE WHO ARE
00:16:46.60\00:16:49.47
LOST THERE'S NOT
ANOTHER PATH. HE IS THE PATH.
00:16:49.50\00:16:51.61
THERE'S ANOTHER PASSAGE - HE
SAYS, 'I AM THE BREAD.' I MEET
00:16:51.64\00:16:59.01
HUNGRY PEOPLE. MAYBE
YOU MEET HUNGRY PEOPLE.
00:16:59.05\00:17:01.32
I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT PHYSICALLY HUNGRY.
00:17:01.35\00:17:03.22
SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY
PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR
00:17:03.25\00:17:05.59
SOMETHING IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY DON'T NEED BREAD, THEY NEED
00:17:05.62\00:17:09.69
THE BREAD. JESUS
SAYS, 'I AM THE BREAD.'
00:17:09.72\00:17:14.36
JESUS IS - HE IS
THE SOURCE OF SALVATION.
00:17:14.36\00:17:19.37
I DON'T - ONE MORE - JESUS SAID,
'I AM THE DOOR.' THERE'S NOT
00:17:19.40\00:17:23.47
ANOTHER WAY. IN FACT,
IF YOU COME IN ANOTHER
00:17:23.51\00:17:26.01
WAY WHAT DO YOU CALL
IT? A THIEF AND A ROBBER.
00:17:26.04\00:17:28.61
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY
TO START OUT WITH IS JESUS IS
00:17:28.64\00:17:32.78
THE ONLY WAY.
00:17:32.81\00:17:34.98
WHEN IT COMES TO MISSION WORK,
HE IS THE SOURCE OF SALVATION.
00:17:35.02\00:17:39.75
WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING
SEVERAL THINGS TODAY THAT ARE
00:17:39.79\00:17:43.39
ALMOST A LITTLE BIT
CONTROVERSIAL AND IT'S KIND OF
00:17:43.43\00:17:46.49
HARD TO DO WITHOUT A GIVING AND
TAKING, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO
00:17:46.53\00:17:50.83
DO THAT WITH A VIDEO HERE, BUT
ONE THING WE MUST START OUT WITH
00:17:50.87\00:17:54.87
IS THIS: IN SPITE OF THE
CONTROVERSY, JESUS IS THE WAY.
00:17:54.90\00:17:57.11
HE IS THE LIGHT. HE IS
THE TRUTH. HE IS THE BREAD.
00:17:57.14\00:18:01.18
HE IS THE DOOR.
HE IS THE SOURCE.
00:18:01.21\00:18:03.85
NOW, IF YOU OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES
TO ACTS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12 -
00:18:03.88\00:18:06.82
ACTS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12 - WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF
00:18:06.85\00:18:10.79
VERSES HERE TO KIND OF SOLIDIFY
THIS POINT IN THE BEGINNING OF
00:18:10.82\00:18:13.66
OUR LESSON. ACTS
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12.
00:18:13.69\00:18:21.73
PETER AND JOHN ARE SPEAKING,
MORE SPECIFICALLY, PETER - IN
00:18:21.76\00:18:27.87
VERSE 12 IT SAYS, "NEITHER IS
THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER."
00:18:27.90\00:18:31.91
WHO IS HE SPEAKING
ABOUT? JESUS CHRIST.
00:18:31.94\00:18:34.64
"NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION
IN ANY OTHER: FOR THERE IS NONE
00:18:34.68\00:18:37.55
OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN
AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE
00:18:37.58\00:18:42.22
SAVED." IT IS ONLY
IN JESUS THAT THERE'S
00:18:42.25\00:18:46.72
SALVATION FOR
HUMANITY. ONLY IN JESUS.
00:18:46.76\00:18:51.03
THE NEXT VERSE WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK AT IS 1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 2
00:18:51.06\00:18:53.43
AND VERSE 5. 1
TIMOTHY CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 5
00:18:53.46\00:18:56.97
- IN OUR BIBLE STUDY THIS
MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING
00:18:57.00\00:18:59.27
TO QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES
TO GIVE US A SOLID FOUNDATION TO
00:18:59.30\00:19:01.54
STAND ON. 1 TIMOTHY
2, VERSE 5 SAYS, "FOR
00:19:01.57\00:19:04.61
THERE IS" - HOW
MANY GODS? >>ONE.
00:19:04.64\00:19:07.24
>>"ONE GOD," - AND
THERE'S HOW MANY MEDIATORS?
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.44
>>ONE. >>"ONE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND
00:19:09.48\00:19:11.68
MEN," - WHO?
>>THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.
00:19:11.71\00:19:15.12
>>"THE MAN CHRIST JESUS."
00:19:15.15\00:19:16.35
SO HERE IT IS, JESUS IS THE ONLY
WAY FOR SALVATION AND HE IS THE
00:19:16.38\00:19:19.22
ONE MEDIATOR
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
00:19:19.25\00:19:21.89
OUR NEXT VERSE,
JOHN CHAPTER 14, VERSE 6.
00:19:21.92\00:19:25.19
I QUOTED IT ALREADY, BUT
I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT IT.
00:19:25.23\00:19:28.03
JOHN CHAPTER 14, VERSE 6
- JESUS, AGAIN, IS SPEAKING.
00:19:28.06\00:19:34.17
HE'S SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES
AND IT'S THAT - THAT LAST NIGHT
00:19:34.20\00:19:39.14
- THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION.
00:19:39.17\00:19:42.08
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO THE
GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE AND HE SAYS
00:19:42.11\00:19:46.88
THIS TO THEM, "...I AM THE WAY,
THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN
00:19:46.92\00:19:54.69
COMETH UNTO THE
FATHER, BUT BY ME."
00:19:54.72\00:19:56.62
FROM JESUS' WORDS, HIMSELF, THE
ONLY WAY TO GET TO THE FATHER IS
00:19:56.66\00:20:00.60
THROUGH WHO? IS THROUGH JESUS.
00:20:00.63\00:20:03.00
OUR NEXT POINT HERE - THE FINAL
ONE FOR THIS SECTION - MATTHEW 1
00:20:03.03\00:20:05.50
CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 21 - MATTHEW
1 AND VERSE 21 - SOME OF YOU
00:20:05.53\00:20:09.67
COULD PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS
- IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE LIFE OF
00:20:09.70\00:20:12.07
JESUS. THIS IS
ACTUALLY BEFORE HIS BIRTH.
00:20:12.11\00:20:14.81
SOMEONE COMES AND SPEAKS THESE
WORDS TO JOSEPH: "AND SHE" -
00:20:14.84\00:20:20.45
THAT'S MARY - "SHALL BRING FORTH
A SON, AND THOU SHALT CALL HIS
00:20:20.48\00:20:23.22
NAME JESUS: FOR
HE SHALL" - DO WHAT?
00:20:23.25\00:20:26.09
- "HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE
FROM" - WHAT? - "THEIR SINS."
00:20:26.12\00:20:29.76
THE ONLY WAY, AND THE WHOLE
REASON FOR THESE VERSES IS THIS:
00:20:29.79\00:20:32.73
THE ONLY WAY A HUMAN BEING
CAN BE SAVED IS THROUGH JESUS
00:20:32.76\00:20:35.03
CHRIST. THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY. NOW I HOPE I'M RAISING SOME
00:20:35.06\00:20:38.27
QUESTIONS IN YOUR MIND. I'M
DOING THIS ON PURPOSE, OKAY?
00:20:38.30\00:20:40.77
THE ONLY WAY THAT A HUMAN BEING
CAN BE SAVED IS THROUGH WHO?
00:20:40.80\00:20:44.01
>>JESUS. >>JESUS CHRIST.
00:20:44.04\00:20:46.01
NOW, MY NEXT QUESTION IS THIS:
WHAT DOES JESUS' NAME HAVE TO DO
00:20:46.04\00:20:52.35
WITH IT? ROMANS CHAPTER 10 -
ROMANS CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 13.
00:20:52.38\00:20:59.15
WHILE YOU'RE TURNING THERE,
RIGHT NOW OUR AFCOE CLASS -
00:20:59.19\00:21:01.72
AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
EVANGELISM - IS IN FULL SWING.
00:21:01.76\00:21:05.56
AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS
SUBJECT IN OUR BIBLE CLASS THIS
00:21:05.59\00:21:09.46
WEEK AND IT WAS EXCITING.
IT FORCED US TO THINK. I THINK
00:21:09.50\00:21:15.47
ALL OF US WERE THINKING A LITTLE
BIT MORE AS A RESULT OF IT.
00:21:15.50\00:21:17.24
AND SO, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING
TODAY - I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND -
00:21:17.27\00:21:20.38
IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AFCOE
CLASS. ROMANS CHAPTER 10 AND
00:21:20.41\00:21:24.58
VERSE 3, "FOR THEY" - VERSE
13, EXCUSE ME - "FOR WHOSOEVER
00:21:24.61\00:21:29.18
SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME
OF THE LORD SHALL BE" WHAT?
00:21:29.22\00:21:33.96
>>SAVED. >>IF YOU
CALL UPON JESUS' NAME
00:21:33.99\00:21:36.39
IN FAITH AND
BELIEF, WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
00:21:36.42\00:21:39.09
YOU WILL BE SAVED.
YOU'LL HAVE SALVATION.
00:21:39.13\00:21:41.90
AND ONE MORE VERSE AND THAT
IS ACTS CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 43.
00:21:41.93\00:21:45.30
THERE IS A REASON FOR THESE
VERSES AS WE GO THROUGH THEM.
00:21:45.33\00:21:52.41
ACTS CHAPTER 10:43, "TO
HIM" - SPEAKING OF JESUS -
00:21:52.44\00:21:54.71
"TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PROPHETS
WITNESS, THAT THROUGH HIS NAME
00:21:54.74\00:21:59.58
WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN
HIM SHALL RECEIVE" - WHAT? -
00:21:59.61\00:22:03.45
"REMISSION OF SINS."
OR FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
00:22:03.49\00:22:06.05
IT IS THROUGH JESUS THAT I
RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
00:22:06.09\00:22:09.26
IT IS THROUGH JESUS
THAT SALVATION COMES.
00:22:09.29\00:22:11.49
IT IS THROUGH JESUS THAT I
HAVE LIGHT. IT IS THROUGH JESUS
00:22:11.53\00:22:13.83
THAT I HAVE BREAD. IT IS
THROUGH JESUS THAT I HAVE
00:22:13.86\00:22:16.00
A WAY AND A TRUTH TO FOLLOW.
JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE.
00:22:16.03\00:22:18.87
'HE THAT HATH
THE SON HATH' - WHAT?
00:22:18.90\00:22:20.74
>>LIFE. >>"LIFE."
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.24
1 JOHN 5:12 - THAT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO GRASP.
00:22:22.27\00:22:24.04
JESUS IS THE
SOURCE OF EVERYTHING.
00:22:24.07\00:22:27.48
AND I'M SPEAKING TO A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WHO I KNOW ALREADY
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.24
BELIEVE THIS SO YOU'RE
LOOKING AT ME LIKE, 'THANKS.
00:22:29.28\00:22:31.01
APPRECIATE IT. GLAD I
KNOW THAT.' BUT WE MUST
00:22:31.05\00:22:33.31
SOLIDIFY THIS IN OUR MIND
BEFORE WE GO TO OUR NEXT STEP.
00:22:33.35\00:22:38.42
FIRST, WE LOOKED AT THE
FACT THAT IT ONLY COMES THROUGH
00:22:38.45\00:22:43.66
JESUS. NOW MY QUESTION IS THIS:
00:22:43.69\00:22:47.73
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION - OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY BROUGHT OUT
00:22:47.76\00:22:53.50
THIS QUESTION SO I'M
GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU.
00:22:53.54\00:22:55.70
MUST YOU KNOW THE PERSON
WHO'S SAVING YOU TO BE SAVED?
00:22:55.74\00:23:02.54
MUST YOU KNOW THE PERSON
WHO'S SAVING YOU TO BE SAVED?
00:23:02.58\00:23:11.15
I'M GLAD THAT I GOT - OH,
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT
00:23:11.19\00:23:16.02
LISTENING - WHO CAN'T HEAR ON
A VIDEO - THE ANSWER IS YES AND
00:23:16.06\00:23:18.56
NO. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT -
00:23:18.59\00:23:21.30
WE'RE KIND OF PLAYING
WITH THAT THOUGHT IN OUR MIND.
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.93
SO LET ME ASK YOU
ANOTHER QUESTION: OLD TESTAMENT
00:23:23.97\00:23:27.07
PATRIARCHS, THOSE WHO NEVER
HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, WILL
00:23:27.10\00:23:31.37
THEY BE SAVED? YOU
WOULD SAY 'YES.' HEBREWS
00:23:31.41\00:23:34.81
CHAPTER 11 GIVES ME A
WHOLE LONG LIST OF THEM.
00:23:34.84\00:23:36.71
YOU SAY, WELL CHUCK,
THEY BELIEVED IN GOD.
00:23:36.75\00:23:39.31
YES, BUT DID THEY
HAVE THE NAME OF JESUS? NO.
00:23:39.35\00:23:44.19
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP
US THINK THROUGH A FEW THOUGHTS
00:23:44.22\00:23:47.56
HERE. THEY HAD
FAITH IN A MESSIAH TO
00:23:47.59\00:23:52.06
COME. IS THAT RIGHT?
BUT THEY DID NOT NECESSARILY
00:23:52.09\00:23:56.06
HAVE FAITH IN THE
EXACT NAME OF JESUS.
00:23:56.10\00:23:58.83
THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A
MESSIAH TO COME AND THEY HAD
00:23:58.87\00:24:01.24
FAITH IN THAT MESSIAH, BUT THEY
DIDN'T KNOW HIS NAME YET EXCEPT
00:24:01.27\00:24:04.01
HE WAS THE
MESSIAH, THE SON OF DAVID.
00:24:04.04\00:24:07.98
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW VERSES
AND THEN READ A PASSAGE TO YOU
00:24:08.01\00:24:14.08
FROM A BOOK CALLED
DESIRE OF AGES IF THAT'S OKAY.
00:24:14.12\00:24:16.99
SO LET'S LOOK AT A FEW PASSAGES
- ROMANS CHAPTER 1 - ROMANS
00:24:17.02\00:24:20.56
CHAPTER 1 AND LET'S LOOK
AT VERSE 18 TO START WITH.
00:24:20.59\00:24:28.56
ROMANS CHAPTER 1, STARTING
WITH VERSE 18 - AND THIS IS JUST
00:24:28.60\00:24:37.81
AFTER THAT FAMOUS PASSAGE WHERE
THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY THEIR
00:24:37.84\00:24:40.54
FAITH. THEN PAUL
SHIFTS GEARS HERE
00:24:40.58\00:24:44.98
UNDER INSPIRATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AND HE SAYS THIS IN
00:24:45.01\00:24:47.32
VERSE 18, "FOR THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST
00:24:47.35\00:24:52.32
ALL UNGODLINESS AND
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN, WHO HOLD
00:24:52.35\00:24:55.56
THE TRUTH IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS;"
SO GOD'S WRATH IS REVEALED
00:24:55.59\00:24:58.89
AGAINST UNGODLINESS
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:24:58.93\00:25:02.03
THEN HE SAYS THIS IN VERSE 19,
"BECAUSE THAT WHICH MAY BE KNOWN
00:25:02.06\00:25:06.33
OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM; FOR
GOD HATH SHEWED IT UNTO THEM."
00:25:06.37\00:25:10.24
HE SAID THE REASON WHY GOD'S
WRATH WILL BE POURED OUT ON
00:25:10.27\00:25:13.27
THEIR UNGODLINESS AND
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS BECAUSE I
00:25:13.31\00:25:15.24
HAVE SHOWN MYSELF TO
THEM. THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
00:25:15.28\00:25:19.78
IS THAT OKAY?
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.02
NOW NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE
20 - HERE'S HOW THEY KNOW, "FOR
00:25:21.05\00:25:25.02
THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM FROM
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD ARE
00:25:25.05\00:25:29.22
CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD
BY THE THINGS THAT ARE" - WHAT?
00:25:29.26\00:25:35.00
- "MADE" - IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHO JESUS IS, YOU CAN LOOK AT
00:25:35.03\00:25:41.07
WHAT HE MADE AND THAT
WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HIM.
00:25:41.10\00:25:44.04
THEN IT SAYS IN VERSE - IT
CONTINUES ON, "EVEN HIS ETERNAL
00:25:44.07\00:25:50.41
POWER AND GODHEAD;" - WILL BE
SEEN - "SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT
00:25:50.45\00:25:55.08
EXCUSE:" YOU MEAN THOSE WHO ARE
- KNOWLEDGE IS SIMPLY THROUGH,
00:25:55.12\00:26:02.56
MAYBE, THE CREATED WORLD, AREN'T
WITH EXCUSE WHEN IT COMES TO
00:26:02.59\00:26:09.76
WHETHER THEY
ACCEPT JESUS OR NOT?
00:26:09.80\00:26:11.93
THAT'S WHAT IT'S
SAYING HERE, ISN'T IT?
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.60
LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER
PASSAGE: JOB CHAPTER 12.
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.97
THE BOOK OF JOB CHAPTER 12 -
POOR JOB, HE IS IN THE MIDST OF
00:26:17.01\00:26:22.88
BEING TORMENTED BY HIS
FRIENDS WITH THEIR ACCUSATIONS.
00:26:22.91\00:26:27.18
AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS IN
JOB CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 7 -
00:26:27.22\00:26:29.68
BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE - IT SAYS,
"BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND
00:26:29.72\00:26:34.99
THEY SHALL" - DO WHAT?
00:26:35.02\00:26:36.83
- "THEY SHALL TEACH THEE; AND
THE FOWLS OF THE AIR, AND THEY
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.53
SHALL TELL THEE: OR SPEAK TO THE
EARTH, AND IT SHALL TEACH THEE:
00:26:39.56\00:26:41.56
AND THE FISHES OF THE
SEA SHALL DECLARE UNTO THEE.
00:26:41.60\00:26:44.37
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE
THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH
00:26:44.40\00:26:48.20
WROUGHT THIS?" BEAUTIFUL.
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.97
ASK THE FOWLS OF THE AIR, ASK
THE CREATURES, ASK THE EARTH,
00:26:52.01\00:26:55.41
AND THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW
IT'S GOD WHO DID IT. MY FRIENDS,
00:26:55.44\00:26:59.28
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN, SIMPLY
THROUGH A STUDY OF THE CREATION
00:26:59.31\00:27:04.65
THAT GOD MADE, COME TO A
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD - CAN SEE THAT.
00:27:04.69\00:27:10.29
LET'S GO TO ANOTHER PASSAGE:
JOHN CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 16 -
00:27:10.33\00:27:14.83
JOHN CHAPTER 10, VERSE 16 - THIS
IS JESUS' WORDS HERE AND HE SAYS
00:27:14.83\00:27:19.70
SOMETHING - WE'RE NOT GOING
TO GO TOO FAR WITH THIS, WE'RE
00:27:19.73\00:27:23.20
SIMPLY GOING TO TAKE IT AT
FACE VALUE AND THEN CONTINUE ON.
00:27:23.24\00:27:25.34
JOHN CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 16 -
JESUS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES,
00:27:25.37\00:27:31.61
"AND OTHER SHEEP I HAVE, WHICH
ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD: THEM ALSO
00:27:31.65\00:27:38.85
I MUST BRING, AND THEY
SHALL HEAR MY VOICE; AND THERE
00:27:38.89\00:27:42.32
SHALL BE ONE
FOLD, AND ONE SHEPHERD."
00:27:42.36\00:27:47.00
SO HE SAID THERE, 'I HAVE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT IN THE FOLD; THEY'RE
00:27:47.03\00:27:48.86
NOT IN THE SAME BELIEF SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY'RE MINE
00:27:48.90\00:27:52.80
AND SOMEDAY THEY'RE GOING TO
HEAR MY VOICE AND THEY'RE GOING
00:27:52.83\00:27:56.27
TO COME IN AND WE'RE ALL GOING
TO BE TOGETHER. NOW WE SEE THIS
00:27:56.30\00:27:59.57
IN A LOT OF PLACES - REVELATION
CHAPTER 18 - DO WE NOT?
00:27:59.61\00:28:02.68
WE SEE THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUND -
IT SAYS, 'BABYLON IS FALLEN, IS
00:28:02.71\00:28:05.98
FALLEN. COME OUT OF HER' - WHAT?
00:28:06.01\00:28:09.55
- 'MY PEOPLE.' SO, THEREFORE,
EVEN IN A CORRUPT RELIGIOUS
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.59
SYSTEM OF BABYLON,
GOD HAS HIS PEOPLE.
00:28:11.62\00:28:15.72
IT'S A PICTURE
WE'RE BEING GIVEN HERE.
00:28:15.76\00:28:19.09
SO GOD - FIRST WE LOOKED AT THE
FACT THAT GOD CAN SPEAK THROUGH
00:28:19.13\00:28:22.26
HIS CREATED WORKS. THERE
IS A BOOK CALLED STEPS TO
00:28:22.30\00:28:25.53
CHRIST - MAYBE
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
00:28:25.57\00:28:27.54
THERE'S ANOTHER
BOOK CALLED EDUCATION .
00:28:27.57\00:28:29.14
BOTH BOOKS ARE CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT GOD'S SECOND BOOK IS
00:28:29.17\00:28:32.74
CREATION - IT'S NATURE -
AND GOD SPEAKS THROUGH THAT.
00:28:32.77\00:28:36.31
THERE ARE WAYS THAT PEOPLE
COME TO KNOW JESUS BETTER.
00:28:36.34\00:28:39.38
ACTS CHAPTER 14 - ACTS
CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE 17.
00:28:39.41\00:28:43.45
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
ME IN THIS JOURNEY TODAY.
00:28:43.49\00:28:46.62
I WAS GLAD THAT I WAS DOING THE
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON, SIMPLY
00:28:46.65\00:28:50.26
BECAUSE, WHEN I SAW WHAT IT WAS,
I KNEW I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE
00:28:50.29\00:28:53.23
ANSWERS THAT I WANTED SO
IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO STUDY.
00:28:53.26\00:28:56.77
ACTS CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE 17
- AND, BY THE WAY, WHEN I WAS
00:28:56.80\00:29:00.40
DONE, I STILL DON'T THINK I HAVE
ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT I THINK
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.94
WE'RE A WHOLE LOT CLOSER.
00:29:02.97\00:29:04.24
ACTS CHAPTER 14 AND VERSE
17, "NEVERTHELESS, HE LEFT NOT
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.11
HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS," - THIS
IS SPEAKING OF GOD WHO, IN PAST,
00:29:06.14\00:29:10.21
SUFFERED ALL NATIONS
TO WALK IN THEIR OWN WAYS.
00:29:10.25\00:29:12.98
SO VERSE 16 GOES, 'I'M
SUFFERING ALL NATIONS TO WALK IN
00:29:13.01\00:29:15.15
THEIR OWN WAYS.' THEN IN VERSE
17, "NEVERTHELESS HE LEFT NOT
00:29:15.18\00:29:17.52
HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS," - THAT
IS, TO THESE NATIONS - "IN THAT
00:29:17.55\00:29:20.46
HE DID GOOD, AND GAVE US
RAIN FROM HEAVEN, AND FRUITFUL
00:29:20.49\00:29:24.03
SEASONS, FILLING OUR
HEARTS WITH FOOD AND GLADNESS."
00:29:24.06\00:29:28.83
HE HAD A WITNESS. HE WAS
DOING GOOD TO THESE PEOPLE.
00:29:28.86\00:29:33.00
SO WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE,
THESE NATIONS - SEE WE'RE NOT
00:29:33.03\00:29:34.84
JUST SPEAKING ABOUT ISRAEL,
WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT A BROADER
00:29:34.87\00:29:37.41
SPHERE - THEY HAVE WITNESS OF
GOD BECAUSE GOD DOES THINGS THAT
00:29:37.44\00:29:42.31
ARE GOOD AND PROVIDES FOR THEIR
NEEDS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PICTURE
00:29:42.34\00:29:45.18
THAT GOD CAN OPERATE.
ACTS CHAPTER 17 - LET'S JUST
00:29:45.21\00:29:49.88
CONTINUE ON - ACTS CHAPTER
17 AND VERSE 26 - WHILE YOU'RE -
00:29:49.92\00:30:06.27
BEFORE WE READ THIS, I HAD A
CHANCE TO STAND WHERE PAUL MADE
00:30:06.30\00:30:11.17
THESE WORDS AND THAT WAS
A MOVING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
00:30:11.21\00:30:14.78
A YEAR AGO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE,
WITH AFCOE, OF BEING IN A PLACE
00:30:14.81\00:30:18.55
CALLED ATHENS AND WE WENT TO
MARS HILL, SPENT TIME THERE AND
00:30:18.58\00:30:23.89
- I KNOW IT SOUNDS EXCITING
- I SPENT MY MORNING EXERCISE
00:30:23.92\00:30:28.56
ROUTINE EVERY DAY
CLIMBING UP TO MARS HILL.
00:30:28.59\00:30:31.33
WALKING AMONG THE TRAILS THERE
- SOME OF THE OLIVE GROVES THAT
00:30:31.36\00:30:34.86
WERE AROUND, SEEING WHERE THIS
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED - AND AS I
00:30:34.93\00:30:38.53
LOOKED AT IT - YOU KNOW, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A PAGAN CITY,
00:30:38.57\00:30:41.54
COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED
WITH PEOPLE WHO WORSHIPED IDOLS.
00:30:41.57\00:30:44.01
NOTICE WHAT PAUL IS SAYING HERE,
"AND HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL
00:30:44.04\00:30:51.08
NATIONS OF MEN FOR TO DWELL ON
ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND
00:30:51.11\00:30:54.35
HATH DETERMINED THE TIMES BEFORE
APPOINTED, AND THE BOUNDS OF
00:30:54.38\00:30:57.42
THEIR HABITATION;" - GOD - HE
SAID GOD'S IN CHARGE OF ALL MEN.
00:30:57.45\00:31:00.96
HE DETERMINED WHO'S GOING TO DO
WHAT AND HOW FAR THEY CAN SPREAD
00:31:00.99\00:31:03.56
AND WHAT THEY CAN OWN, ETC. -
"THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK THE LORD,
00:31:03.59\00:31:08.56
IF HAPLY THEY MIGHT FEEL AFTER
HIM, AND FIND HIM, THOUGH HE BE
00:31:08.60\00:31:12.27
NOT FAR FROM EVERY ONE OF US:"
HE HAS BEEN IN CONTROL OF WHAT
00:31:12.30\00:31:16.40
THEY DO AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND
WHAT THEY CANNOT DO AND - AND -
00:31:16.44\00:31:19.51
AND IT'S HOPING THAT THROUGH
THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
00:31:19.54\00:31:22.24
TO SEEK AFTER AND SENSE FOR HIM.
AND IT SAYS "HE IS NOT FAR FROM
00:31:22.28\00:31:24.55
EVERY ONE OF US." DEAR
PAGAN FRIEND, HE IS NOT FAR
00:31:24.58\00:31:32.09
FROM YOU. DEAR
RELIGIOUS FRIEND WHO'S NOT
00:31:32.12\00:31:36.46
CHRISTIAN, HE'S
NOT FAR FROM YOU.
00:31:36.49\00:31:39.16
DEAR CHRISTIAN
FRIEND, HE'S NOT FAR FROM YOU.
00:31:39.19\00:31:42.30
WHAT'S HE DOING? HE'S
SPEAKING TO US AND ASKING
00:31:42.33\00:31:44.23
US TO FOLLOW HIM. DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD SPEAKS
00:31:44.27\00:31:47.54
TO HEATHENS AND
ASKS THEM TO FOLLOW HIM?
00:31:47.57\00:31:50.87
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE SPEAKS TO
BUDDHISTS AND MUSLIMS AND HINDU?
00:31:50.91\00:31:55.48
AMEN. I AGREE. DO YOU
AGREE THAT HE SPEAKS TO US TOO?
00:31:55.51\00:32:00.22
GOD IS CONSTANTLY SPEAKING
TO EACH ONE OF US, ASKING US TO
00:32:00.25\00:32:05.49
COME CLOSER. COME CLOSER TO HIM.
THERE'S ONE MORE PASSAGE, ROMANS
00:32:05.52\00:32:12.79
CHAPTER 2 - ROMANS CHAPTER 2
- AND I LIKE THE FIRST COUPLE OF
00:32:12.83\00:32:18.47
CHAPTERS OF ROMANS IF
- AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
00:32:18.50\00:32:22.04
ROMANS CHAPTER 1, PAUL,
UNDER INSPIRATION, IS GIVEN A
00:32:22.07\00:32:26.57
FOUNDATION FOR
THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
00:32:26.61\00:32:28.61
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 2 HE'S LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT THE HEATHEN.
00:32:28.64\00:32:31.45
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 3 HE'S LOOKING
AT THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN WORLD.
00:32:31.48\00:32:36.12
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, ALL OF US' -
00:32:36.15\00:32:39.15
WHAT'S IT SAY IN ROMANS CHAPTER
3, VERSE 23 - "FOR ALL HAVE
00:32:39.19\00:32:41.89
SINNED, AND" - WHAT? - "COME
SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
00:32:41.92\00:32:45.33
YOU CAN BE A PAGAN HEATHEN
AND YOU CAN BE A GOOD JEW OR
00:32:45.36\00:32:47.13
CHRISTIAN AND GUESS WHAT?
00:32:47.13\00:32:49.03
YOU'VE FALLEN
SHORT. THAT'S THE PICTURE.
00:32:49.06\00:32:50.97
NOW LET'S GO BACK TO ROMANS 2
- GIVE YOU A LITTLE FOUNDATION
00:32:51.00\00:32:53.54
THERE - ROMANS CHAPTER 2 - AND
STARTING WITH VERSE 12, "FOR AS
00:32:53.57\00:32:58.24
MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW
SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT LAW:"
00:32:58.27\00:33:03.18
- SO IF YOU SINNED AND YOU
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW WAS AND
00:33:03.21\00:33:07.25
YOU SINNED ANYHOW,
YOU'RE GOING TO PERISH ANYHOW.
00:33:07.28\00:33:09.22
THAT SOUNDS
ENCOURAGING, DOESN'T IT?
00:33:09.25\00:33:12.25
LET'S CONTINUE - "AND AS MANY AS
HAVE SINNED IN THE LAW SHALL BE
00:33:12.29\00:33:15.89
JUDGED BY THE LAW;" - SO YOU
KNEW WHAT THE LAW WAS AND YOU
00:33:15.92\00:33:17.89
SINNED ANYHOW AND YOU BROKE
IT ANYHOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
00:33:17.93\00:33:19.56
JUDGED BY IT. THEN IT
SAYS THIS IN VERSE 13,
00:33:19.59\00:33:22.13
"(FOR NOT THE HEARERS OF THE
LAW ARE JUST BEFORE GOD, BUT THE
00:33:22.16\00:33:24.93
DOERS OF THE LAW
SHALL BE JUSTIFIED.
00:33:24.97\00:33:27.27
FOR" - VERSE 14 - "FOR WHEN
THE GENTILES, WHICH HAVE NOT THE
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.94
LAW, DO BY NATURE THE THINGS
CONTAINED IN THE LAW, THESE,
00:33:30.97\00:33:35.31
HAVING NOT THE LAW ARE
A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES:" -
00:33:35.34\00:33:39.21
WAIT A MINUTE, THEY DON'T HAVE
A WRITTEN LAW IN FRONT OF THEM
00:33:39.25\00:33:41.85
YET THEY ARE DOING THE LAW?
AND THAT'S OKAY, THEY'RE A LAW
00:33:41.88\00:33:47.92
UNTO THEMSELVES. THEN
IT SAYS THIS IN VERSE 15 -
00:33:47.96\00:33:51.43
"WHICH SHEW THE WORK OF
THE LAW" - WHERE'S THE LAW?
00:33:51.46\00:33:55.70
WHERE'S THE LAW? -
IT'S "WRITTEN IN THEIR
00:33:55.73\00:33:59.17
HEARTS," - HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT PHRASE SOMEWHERE BEFORE?
00:33:59.20\00:34:02.74
THAT IS A NEW COVENANT
EXPERIENCE WE SEE DESCRIBED IN
00:34:02.77\00:34:06.21
HEBREWS CHAPTER 8. THE
LAW OF GOD WRITTEN IN HEARTS
00:34:06.24\00:34:10.28
- IS THIS
SPEAKING ABOUT GOOD JEWS?
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.48
IS THIS SPEAKING ABOUT
GOOD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS?
00:34:12.51\00:34:15.22
WHO IS IT SPEAKING
ABOUT IN ROMANS CHAPTER 2?
00:34:15.25\00:34:18.52
THIS IS SPEAKING ABOUT GENTILES
WHO KNEW NOT THE LAW AS IT'S
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.49
WRITTEN OUT. THAT
MEANS THAT GOD CAN HAVE A
00:34:21.52\00:34:26.76
LIVING EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE -
PEOPLE HAVE A LIVING EXPERIENCE
00:34:26.80\00:34:30.13
WITH HIM, WHO KNOW NOT THE
WRITTEN LAW BUT IT'S WRITTEN IN
00:34:30.17\00:34:34.77
THEIR HEARTS, SO IT IS WRITTEN.
I'VE GOT TO CLARIFY THAT - IT
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.64
IS WRITTEN, BUT IT'S WRITTEN
IN THEIR LIVES AND HEARTS.
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.94
THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN IT IN
THE PHYSICAL FORM THAT YOU AND I
00:34:38.97\00:34:41.21
MAY HAVE IT. BUT
LET'S CONTINUE - MAKE SURE
00:34:41.24\00:34:43.88
I'M NOT GOING OFF OF THIS -
"THEIR CONSCIENCE ALSO BEARING
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.61
WITNESS, AND THEIR THOUGHTS
THE MEAN WHILE ACCUSING OR ELSE
00:34:46.65\00:34:49.42
EXCUSING ONE ANOTHER;)"
- YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:34:49.45\00:34:52.55
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
WORKING WELL IN THEIR LIVES.
00:34:52.59\00:34:55.26
'YOU SHOULD BE DOING THIS.'
'NO, NO, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING
00:34:55.29\00:34:57.79
THIS.' IS THERE TIMES THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOUR LIFE
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.66
AND YOUR HEART AND TELLS YOU TO
DO SOMETHING OR NOT DO SOMETHING
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.97
THAT'S REALLY NOT WRITTEN OUT,
BUT YOU KNOW HE'S SPEAKING TO
00:35:04.00\00:35:05.73
YOU? I HAD THAT HAPPEN. I
REMEMBER, FOR AWHILE IT WAS MY
00:35:05.77\00:35:09.64
PARENTS THAT WERE MY CONSCIENCE:
'BETTER NOT DO THIS.' 'BETTER DO
00:35:09.67\00:35:15.88
THIS.' I REMEMBER
I'D GET SO FRUSTRATED.
00:35:15.91\00:35:17.55
THERE WAS CERTAIN MUSIC I WOULD
LIKE AND MY DAD WOULD SAY, 'SON,
00:35:17.58\00:35:19.65
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEN
TO THAT MUSIC. NOT IN MY HOUSE.'
00:35:19.68\00:35:22.58
MY DAD WAS MY CONSCIENCE.
BUT THEN, EVENTUALLY, I GOT OUT
00:35:22.62\00:35:28.56
OF THE HOME AND I HAD TO
SEE IF I HAD ANOTHER CONSCIENCE.
00:35:28.59\00:35:30.73
THE HOLY SPIRIT STARTED SPEAKING
AND SAYING, 'CHUCK, MAYBE THAT'S
00:35:30.76\00:35:34.76
NOT FOR YOU.' HE DIDN'T QUITE
SAY IT THAT WAY HE SAID, 'THAT'S
00:35:34.83\00:35:38.97
NOT FOR YOU.' THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
A LITTLE MORE DIRECT, ISN'T HE?
00:35:39.00\00:35:41.57
BUT IT HELPED ME - HE
DOES THAT TO US AND THERE IS NO
00:35:41.60\00:35:45.67
CODIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE
SAYING, 'THOU SHALT NOT LISTEN
00:35:45.71\00:35:49.38
TO THIS EXACT FORM OF MUSIC.'
THERE IS SOME GOOD PRINCIPLES, I
00:35:49.41\00:35:53.95
BELIEVE, BUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT DOES IT SPEAKING TO US.
00:35:53.98\00:35:56.79
AND WE CAN KNOW, CAN WE NOT?
SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.55
THE GENTILE WORLD
HERE AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
00:35:59.59\00:36:01.96
I AM TAKING TOO
LONG TO PROVE THIS POINT.
00:36:01.99\00:36:05.13
LET'S CONTINUE ON IN VERSE 16,
"IN THE DAY WHEN GOD SHALL JUDGE
00:36:05.16\00:36:08.93
THE SECRETS OF MEN
BY" - WHO? BY WHO? -
00:36:08.96\00:36:13.47
"BY JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL."
00:36:13.50\00:36:15.40
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN THE
GENTILES WHO KNEW NOT GOD, WHO
00:36:15.44\00:36:18.17
WERE WORSHIPING GOD WITH
THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS
00:36:18.21\00:36:20.91
UNKNOWINGLY - THAT'S THE PICTURE
HERE - ARE STILL BEING JUDGED BY
00:36:20.94\00:36:24.45
JESUS CHRIST.
YOU'RE EITHER SAVED THROUGH
00:36:24.48\00:36:26.72
JESUS OR YOU'RE
LOST WITHOUT HIM.
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.05
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU
MAY NOT KNOW HIM, BUT IT'S
00:36:29.08\00:36:32.72
ONLY THROUGH HIM
THAT SALVATION COMES.
00:36:32.75\00:36:36.19
I WANT YOU TO REALIZE, MY
FRIENDS, THAT IN THE CASES THAT
00:36:36.22\00:36:39.09
WE'VE JUST LOOKED AT, ALTHOUGH
THERE ISN'T SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
00:36:39.13\00:36:42.46
IN SOME AREAS, THERE IS
STILL REPENTANCE AND A GENERAL
00:36:42.50\00:36:47.37
KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH IN THE
MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE BEING
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.97
DESCRIBED IN ROMANS CHAPTER 2.
THERE'S STILL A CHANGE OF LIFE.
00:36:51.01\00:36:53.71
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS
TO THEIR CONSCIENCE, EVEN THOUGH
00:36:53.74\00:36:58.65
THEY MAY NOT CALL THAT SPEAKING
THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY TURN
00:36:58.68\00:37:01.05
AROUND ON THE PATH - FROM THE
PATH OF DESTRUCTION - AND WALK
00:37:01.08\00:37:04.05
TOWARDS GOD. THEY
REPENT AND CHANGE THEIR
00:37:04.09\00:37:06.49
LIVES AND THAT IS
OKAY, IN GOD'S EYES.
00:37:06.52\00:37:10.53
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT TWO THINGS
OUT OF FIVE AND WE'RE HALFWAY
00:37:10.56\00:37:13.86
DONE. THE FIRST
THING WE LOOKED AT IS
00:37:13.90\00:37:16.67
THERE IS NO
SALVATION OUTSIDE OF WHO?
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.53
>>JESUS. HE IS THE SAVIOR.
IT'S ONLY THROUGH THE MERITS OF
00:37:19.57\00:37:22.27
HIS BLOOD THAT ANY
OF US HAVE ANY CHANCE.
00:37:22.30\00:37:24.81
CRYSTAL CLEAR: HE IS THE
WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
00:37:24.84\00:37:26.98
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT
GOD WILL GIVE THE MERITS OF HIS
00:37:27.01\00:37:30.88
SACRIFICE TO, EVEN IF THEY DON'T
FULLY KNOW HIM THE WAY WE DO OR
00:37:30.91\00:37:33.65
BY THE NAME JESUS, BECAUSE THEY
ARE FOLLOWING THE LIGHT THAT
00:37:33.68\00:37:38.92
THEY KNOW - THEY ARE FOLLOWING
THE SPEAKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:37:38.95\00:37:40.99
TO THEIR CONSCIENCE.
THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO
00:37:41.02\00:37:44.66
READ THIS PASSAGE FROM
DESIRE OF AGES P. 638 ,
00:37:44.69\00:37:47.40
"AMONG THE HEATHEN
ARE THOSE WHO WORSHIP GOD
00:37:47.46\00:37:52.10
IGNORANTLY. THOSE TO WHOM THE
LIGHT IS NEVER BROUGHT BY HUMAN
00:37:52.13\00:37:56.50
INSTRUMENTALITY, YET
THEY WILL NOT PERISH.
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.84
THOUGH IGNORANT OF THE WRITTEN
LAW OF GOD, THEY HAVE HEARD HIS
00:37:59.87\00:38:04.18
VOICE SPEAKING TO THEM IN NATURE
AND HAVE DONE THE THINGS THAT
00:38:04.21\00:38:08.15
THE LAW REQUIRED." THEN
IT SAYS THIS: "THEIR WORKS
00:38:08.18\00:38:12.29
ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT HAS TOUCHED THEIR HEARTS
00:38:12.32\00:38:16.79
AND THEY ARE RECOGNIZED
AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
00:38:16.83\00:38:20.93
DESIRE OF AGES P. 638 -
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE.
00:38:20.96\00:38:23.90
SO IF I WERE TO TAKE WHAT I JUST
SAID AND WENT FAR WITH IT, I
00:38:23.93\00:38:33.11
WOULD GET MYSELF
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
00:38:33.14\00:38:34.88
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME,
00:38:34.91\00:38:36.85
BUT I'LL AGREE
WITH MYSELF. I WOULD.
00:38:36.88\00:38:39.28
THERE IS A THEORY CALLED
'UNIVERSALISM' - YOU KNOW WHAT
00:38:39.31\00:38:41.92
THAT IS? I DIDN'T KNOW
UNTIL I READ THIS WEEK'S LESSON.
00:38:41.95\00:38:44.22
UNIVERSALISM IS THE BELIEF THAT
EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE SAVED -
00:38:44.25\00:38:47.76
EVEN LUCIFER, SOMEDAY, WILL BE
SAVED, ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE IT'S
00:38:47.79\00:38:50.69
JUST THE WAY
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.43
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BELIEF
CALLED PLURALISM WHICH SAYS,
00:38:52.46\00:38:55.00
'ALL RELIGIONS LEAD TO GOD.' YOU
CAN BE MUSLIM, HINDU, CHRISTIAN,
00:38:55.03\00:39:02.74
BUDDHIST - WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
BE - IT'S ALL GOING TO LEAD TO
00:39:02.77\00:39:05.67
GOD EVENTUALLY.' ARE
THOSE TWO BELIEFS RIGHT?
00:39:05.71\00:39:10.78
NO, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.82
THROUGH HERE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN
CLEARLY THAT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
00:39:14.85\00:39:17.12
BE SAVED IS
THROUGH WHOM? >>JESUS.
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.39
>>JESUS CHRIST. BUT
THEN, WELL, DO YOU MIND IF I
00:39:19.42\00:39:23.69
SHARE A FEW SCRIPTURES WITH YOU?
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29 - JEREMIAH
00:39:23.73\00:39:30.67
CHAPTER 29 - AND THIS -
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN IN
00:39:30.70\00:39:36.14
COLLEGE, A FRIEND OF MINE SHARED
THIS TEXT WITH ME AND IT WAS ONE
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.94
OF THE GREATEST
ENCOURAGEMENTS I HAD EVER HAD.
00:39:39.97\00:39:42.41
YOU SEE, YOU MAY BE LIKE
ME. I STRUGGLED IN MY WALK IN MY
00:39:42.44\00:39:46.98
LIFE AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN
I REALIZED I'M JUST FALLING FLAT
00:39:47.02\00:39:49.78
ON MY FACE. BUT I
KNOW IN MY HEART I REALLY
00:39:49.82\00:39:52.85
WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, AND
I LOVE GOD AND I REALLY WANT TO
00:39:52.89\00:39:55.22
GET BACK UP AND
KEEP MOVING, RIGHT?
00:39:55.26\00:39:56.89
JEREMIAH 29, VERSE 13 SAYS, "AND
YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND" - WHAT'S
00:39:56.93\00:40:01.43
THAT NEXT THING? -
"AND FIND ME, WHEN YE SHALL
00:40:01.46\00:40:04.30
SEARCH FOR ME
WITH ALL YOUR HEART."
00:40:04.33\00:40:05.80
THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE EVEN IF
I'M FALLING, I'M GOING TO GET UP
00:40:05.83\00:40:10.77
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP SEEKING
BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND GOD.
00:40:10.81\00:40:12.44
I WANT TO KNOW HIM. I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO IN MY LIFE.
00:40:12.47\00:40:15.71
I WANT TO
SURRENDER MY LIFE TO HIM.
00:40:15.74\00:40:17.88
I'M A SEEKER. "AND YE
SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND
00:40:17.91\00:40:21.15
ME, WHEN YE SHALL SEARCH
FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART."
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.02
IN VERSE 14, THE FIRST LINE
SAYS, "AND I WILL BE FOUND OF
00:40:23.05\00:40:26.99
YOU, SAITH THE LORD:" WOW.
YOU WILL SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND.
00:40:27.02\00:40:32.53
MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE
33 - YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BY
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.40
MEMORY, "BUT SEEK YE FIRST
THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS
00:40:35.43\00:40:39.23
RIGHTEOUSNESS;
AND" - WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
00:40:39.27\00:40:42.07
- "ALL THESE THINGS
SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU."
00:40:42.10\00:40:44.51
IT IS SEEKERS, MY
FRIENDS, WHO FIND GOD.
00:40:44.54\00:40:46.91
IT IS SEEKERS WHO FIND GOD.
NOW I HAVE ABOUT 15 TEXTS HERE -
00:40:46.94\00:40:52.65
20 TEXTS - THAT
VERIFY THAT SAME POINT.
00:40:52.68\00:40:54.82
I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF
THEM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT
00:40:54.85\00:40:57.19
LET'S LOOK AT A FEW OF THEM.
ZEPHANIAH - WE HAVEN'T TURNED
00:40:57.22\00:41:00.29
THERE FOR AWHILE, SO LET'S TURN
THERE - ZEPHANIAH CHAPTER 2 AND
00:41:00.32\00:41:02.42
VERSE 3 - ZEPHANIAH CHAPTER 2
AND VERSE 3 - NOW I SHOULD HAVE
00:41:02.46\00:41:16.81
MEMORIZED EXACTLY WHERE
ZEPHANIAH IS SO THAT I COULD
00:41:16.84\00:41:19.37
TELL YOU WHERE IT'S AT.
IT'S AFTER HABAKKUK, IF THAT'S
00:41:19.41\00:41:22.94
HELPFUL. ZEPHANIAH
CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 3
00:41:22.98\00:41:27.72
- IT SAYS, "SEEK YE THE LORD,
ALL YE MEEK OF PALESTINE" -
00:41:27.75\00:41:34.59
ALL THE MEEK OF WHO?
MEEK IS THE HUMBLE, RIGHT?
00:41:34.62\00:41:40.26
SO SEEK ME ALL YE
HUMBLE, YE MEEK PEOPLE OF WHERE?
00:41:40.30\00:41:43.97
PLANET EARTH. MAN,
THAT'S A WIDE RANGE.
00:41:44.00\00:41:47.14
HE'S NOT JUST SPEAKING
TO THE CHOSEN ONES HERE.
00:41:47.17\00:41:48.87
ACTUALLY, HE'S SPEAKING TO HIS
CHOSEN ONES, BUT NOT THE CHOSEN
00:41:48.90\00:41:51.77
NATION PER SE. "SEEK
YE THE LORD, ALL YE MEEK
00:41:51.81\00:41:55.51
OF THE EARTH, WHICH HAVE WROUGHT
HIS JUDGMENT;" - OH, THESE ARE
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.85
ONES WHO ARE WANTING TO
DO WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO DO.
00:41:58.88\00:42:00.98
WE LOOKED AT THIS CONCEPT BEFORE
- THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKING TO
00:42:01.02\00:42:04.15
HEARTS - "SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS,
SEEK MEEKNESS: IT MAY BE YE
00:42:04.19\00:42:09.36
SHALL BE HID IN THE DAY OF
THE LORD'S ANGER." POWERFUL.
00:42:09.39\00:42:13.66
LET'S TURN A FEW PAGES BACK,
CLOSER TO THE NEW TESTAMENT -
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.90
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 8 - ZECHARIAH
CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 22 -
00:42:15.93\00:42:21.67
ZECHARIAH 8:22 SAYS THIS: "YEAH,
MANY PEOPLE AND STRONG" - WHAT'S
00:42:21.70\00:42:27.68
THE NEXT WORD? -
"NATIONS" - THANK YOU - "SHALL
00:42:27.71\00:42:31.41
COME TO SEEK" - WHO? -
"THE LORD OF HOSTS" - WHERE? -
00:42:31.45\00:42:34.82
"IN JERUSALEM, AND TO PRAY
BEFORE" - WHOM? - "THE LORD."
00:42:34.85\00:42:38.79
AGAIN, WE SEE A SEEKING IN BEING
DONE, NOT JUST BY PEOPLE THAT WE
00:42:38.82\00:42:43.16
WOULD PUT IN THE CATEGORY OF
GOD'S SPECIAL CHURCH, BUT WE'RE
00:42:43.19\00:42:49.03
SEEING A SEEKING BY ALL PEOPLE
AND THEY COME AND WORSHIP GOD.
00:42:49.06\00:42:54.24
THIS IS GOD'S DESIRE AND I
BELIEVE IT WILL BE HAPPENING.
00:42:54.27\00:43:01.08
IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE SEEKERS, RIGHT NOW, IN
00:43:01.11\00:43:05.11
A LOT OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE
BLOCKED OFF TO CHRISTIANITY.
00:43:05.15\00:43:10.12
THEY'RE SEEKING AND GOD
REVEALS HIMSELF TO THEM.
00:43:10.15\00:43:13.62
OH, NOT QUITE THE WAY HE DOES IT
WITH US, BUT HE REVEALS HIMSELF
00:43:13.66\00:43:18.19
TO THEM. MAYBE IN DREAMS.
00:43:18.23\00:43:20.36
MAYBE AN ANGEL COMES AND VISITS
THEM, BUT HE REVEALS HIMSELF IN
00:43:20.40\00:43:25.23
WAYS THAT THEY KNOW - THAT THEIR
PERSON WHO THEY'RE SEEKING HAS
00:43:25.27\00:43:28.94
BEEN FOUND. I LIKE
TO LOOK AT ONE MORE
00:43:28.97\00:43:34.14
PASSAGE THAT I USED TO NOT QUITE
CONNECT WELL WITH, BUT AFTER
00:43:34.18\00:43:37.95
LOOKING AT THE
ISSUE OF SEEKING, I HAVE.
00:43:37.98\00:43:40.78
HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 - YOU
PROBABLY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING,
00:43:40.82\00:43:43.75
THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE MEMORIZED
HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 - "BUT
00:43:43.79\00:43:48.02
WITHOUT FAITH" - WE'RE IN VERSE
6 - "BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS
00:43:48.06\00:43:52.39
IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM: FOR HE
THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST" - WHAT?
00:43:52.43\00:43:57.93
- "BELIEVE THAT HE IS,
AND THAT HE IS A" - WHAT?
00:43:57.97\00:44:00.87
- "REWARDER OF THEM
THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM."
00:44:00.90\00:44:04.34
MY FRIENDS, THOSE WHO ARE SAVED
IN THE END OF TIME ARE SEEKERS,
00:44:04.37\00:44:07.41
NOT PROFESSORS. THOSE
WHO ARE SAVED IN THE END
00:44:07.44\00:44:11.85
OF TIME ARE
THOSE WHO ARE SEEKERS.
00:44:11.88\00:44:13.62
SO WHAT IS THE
- WHY DO WE EXIST?
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.45
WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE
THIS CALL FOR MISSIONS?
00:44:16.48\00:44:19.42
LET EVERYONE ELSE
GO OUT THERE AND SEEK.
00:44:19.45\00:44:21.52
IT SHOULD BE ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
00:44:21.56\00:44:23.66
GOD SPEAKS IN
NATURE - DOESN'T NEED ME.
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.46
MAYBE THAT GUY WHO SPOKE AT
THE MEETING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, A
00:44:25.49\00:44:29.13
COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS AGO -
SAYS, 'HEY CHUCK, SIT DOWN.
00:44:29.16\00:44:31.20
IF GOD WANTS TO CONVERT THE
HEATHEN, HE'LL DO IT HIS OWN
00:44:31.23\00:44:35.44
WAY.' SHOULD IT
HAPPEN THAT WAY? SO WHY US?
00:44:35.47\00:44:43.31
WELL, YOU WANT
THE ANSWER, RIGHT?
00:44:43.35\00:44:48.88
I DO - IT'S HERE - CRYSTAL
CLEAR IN THE WORD OF GOD.
00:44:48.92\00:44:51.92
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW I CAN PUT IN THE NEXT DAY'S
00:44:51.95\00:44:56.09
LESSON AND FINISH ON TIME.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO JUST
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.99
SKIP IT. IS THAT OKAY? YOU
CAN SAY 'YES' - YOU CAN SAY
00:44:59.03\00:45:02.23
'NO' - BUT I THINK I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO ANYHOW.
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.90
WEDNESDAY'S LESSON TALKS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT US BEING
00:45:03.93\00:45:09.00
SAVED BY GRACE. I'M
GOING TO POINT - A FEW
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.17
POINTERS IN THAT
BEFORE I GO TO OUR FINAL DAY.
00:45:11.21\00:45:13.11
THOSE WHO SIN ARE IN
REBELLION AGAINST GOD.
00:45:13.14\00:45:18.78
THE REBELLIOUS AND THE
UNRIGHTEOUS NEED TO HEAR A CALL
00:45:18.81\00:45:22.55
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SEEKING AND
WE NEED TO CALL AND, BY CHANCE -
00:45:22.58\00:45:26.19
BY GOD'S GRACE - CONVICT
THEM (THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:45:26.22\00:45:30.03
CONVICTING THEM,
NOT US) TO TURN TO GOD.
00:45:30.06\00:45:33.46
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I
MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, IF GOD
00:45:33.50\00:45:37.00
CAN'T - IF NATURE DOESN'T DO IT,
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE DO IT?
00:45:37.03\00:45:39.90
THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PART OF THE WHOLE LESSON.
00:45:39.93\00:45:45.44
GOD USES US BECAUSE
WE ARE THE BEST METHOD.
00:45:45.47\00:45:53.28
RIGHT AWAY I'VE GOT A LOT OF RED
FLAGS POPPING UP IN YOUR MIND
00:45:53.31\00:45:56.62
SAYING, 'YOU'VE GOT TO BE OUT OF
YOUR MIND, CHUCK.' GOD USES US -
00:45:56.65\00:46:01.82
I WOULD SAY WE'RE THE
SECOND-BEST METHOD BECAUSE THE
00:46:01.86\00:46:06.29
FIRST METHOD WAS
JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF, AMEN?
00:46:06.33\00:46:10.40
LET ME JUST SHARE A
FEW THOUGHTS WITH YOU.
00:46:10.43\00:46:13.47
ACCORDING TO ROMANS CHAPTER
1, VERSES 18 THROUGH 20 AND JOB
00:46:13.50\00:46:18.07
12:7-9, GOD SPEAKS THROUGH
NATURE TO HUMANITY AND THEY
00:46:18.11\00:46:23.81
LEARN OF HIM AND THEY'RE WITHOUT
EXCUSE BECAUSE THEIR CONSCIENCE
00:46:23.85\00:46:28.32
WILL SPEAK TO
THEM, THAT'S CLEAR.
00:46:28.35\00:46:30.69
SO GOD USES NATURE TO
SPEAK. DO YOU KNOW GOD ALSO USED
00:46:30.72\00:46:34.46
EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS? HE
USES EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS TO
00:46:34.49\00:46:37.53
TEACH THEM ABOUT US -
TEACH US ABOUT HIMSELF.
00:46:37.56\00:46:39.96
ISAIAH CHAPTER 49 AND VERSE 15 -
WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE VERY
00:46:40.00\00:46:42.73
QUICKLY HERE - ISAIAH CHAPTER
49, VERSE 15 - GOD USES NATURE
00:46:42.76\00:46:47.37
AND GOD ALSO USES EARTHLY
RELATIONSHIPS - VERSE 15 OF
00:46:47.40\00:46:50.64
ISAIAH 49 SAYS THIS: "CAN A
WOMAN FORGET HER SUCKING CHILD,
00:46:50.67\00:46:54.61
THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE
COMPASSION ON THE SON OF HER
00:46:54.64\00:47:00.38
WOMB? YEA, THEY
MAY FORGET, YET WILL I
00:47:00.42\00:47:04.79
NOT FORGET THEE." WHAT
A PICTURE IS BEING GIVEN.
00:47:04.82\00:47:08.96
NOW I - I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD AND
I KNOW THE INTIMATE CONNECTION
00:47:08.99\00:47:16.03
BETWEEN CHILD AND MOTHER.
I SEE IT ALL THE TIME, THE
00:47:16.06\00:47:20.84
INTIMATE CONNECTION.
THERE IS NOTHING MY WIFE WOULD
00:47:20.87\00:47:24.67
NOT DO FOR OUR CHILD - NOTHING!
AND GOD SAYS, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:47:24.71\00:47:29.51
EVEN IF SHE GAVE UP ON HIM,
I WON'T GIVE UP.' IS THAT GOOD
00:47:29.54\00:47:34.28
NEWS? GOD DOESN'T GIVE UP ON US.
00:47:34.32\00:47:38.32
HE WILL NOT FORGET US.
WHAT A - WHAT A PICTURE IS BEING
00:47:38.35\00:47:42.26
GIVEN HERE ON THIS
EARTHLY - EARTHLY RELATIONSHIP.
00:47:42.29\00:47:44.96
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE - PSALMS
CHAPTER 68 AND VERSE 5 - PSALMS
00:47:44.99\00:47:49.20
68, VERSE 5 - SPEAKING OF JAH,
AS HE IS CALLED HERE, OUR LORD
00:47:49.23\00:47:57.27
GOD - IN VERSE 4. VERSE 5
SAYS HE IS "A FATHER OF THE
00:47:57.31\00:48:00.74
FATHERLESS, AND A JUDGE OF
THE WIDOWS, IS GOD IN HIS HOLY
00:48:00.78\00:48:04.78
HABITATION." A
FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS.
00:48:04.81\00:48:07.68
SOME PEOPLE HERE ARE FATHERLESS
BECAUSE YOUR FATHER WASN'T A
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.39
GOOD FATHER. SOME
OF YOU ARE FATHERLESS
00:48:10.42\00:48:12.29
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A FATHER.
SOME OF YOU ARE FATHERLESS
00:48:12.32\00:48:14.89
FOR SOME OTHER
REASONS. BUT HE IS A FATHER.
00:48:14.92\00:48:18.86
A WOMAN CAN'T - MAY FORGET
HER CHILD; HE WON'T AND HE'S THE
00:48:18.89\00:48:22.23
FATHER. WHAT A
PICTURE WE'RE SEEING OF
00:48:22.26\00:48:25.20
JESUS. WHAT A
PICTURE WE'RE SEEING OF
00:48:25.23\00:48:26.84
GOD. HOSEA
CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 19 -
00:48:26.87\00:48:29.00
EZEKIEL, DANIEL, HOSEA CHAPTER
2 AND VERSE 19 - GOD SAYS THIS -
00:48:29.04\00:48:37.08
NOW HE'S MORE THAN A MOTHER
AND HE'S MORE THAN A FATHER.
00:48:37.11\00:48:40.25
LOOK AT THIS IN HOSEA 2:19, "AND
I WILL BETROTH THEE UNTO ME FOR
00:48:40.28\00:48:44.69
EVER; YEA, I WILL BETROTH THEE
UNTO ME IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IN
00:48:44.72\00:48:48.72
JUDGMENT, AND IN
LOVINGKINDNESS, AND IN MERCIES."
00:48:48.76\00:48:50.83
WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE IS,
'I WANT TO MAKE YOU MY SPOUSE.
00:48:50.86\00:48:55.10
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE,
I WANT TO MAKE YOU MY SPOUSE.
00:48:55.13\00:48:58.20
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU,
UNFAITHFUL PERSON, AND BRING YOU
00:48:58.23\00:49:01.84
TO MYSELF. I WILL
BE MORE THAN A MOTHER.
00:49:01.87\00:49:07.61
I WILL BE MORE THAN A FATHER.
I WILL BE A SPOUSE.' WHAT A
00:49:07.64\00:49:14.75
PICTURE IS BEING GIVEN OF
GOD. GOD SPEAKS THROUGH NATURE.
00:49:14.78\00:49:22.79
HE SPEAKS THROUGH
EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS.
00:49:22.82\00:49:25.06
YOU KNOW, I - I WAS LISTENING TO
A YOUNG MAN, RECENTLY, SHARING
00:49:25.09\00:49:34.30
ABOUT HOW HIS MOTHER HAS CHANGED
HIS LIFE - HOW MUCH HIS MOTHER
00:49:34.34\00:49:37.51
MEANT TO HIM - HOW THE PRAYERS
OF A MOTHER ARE POWERFUL.
00:49:37.54\00:49:40.11
I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND THAT I'VE
TALKED TO RECENTLY AND SHE SAID,
00:49:40.14\00:49:44.11
'CHUCK, THE ONLY REASON I'M A
CHRISTIAN IS BECAUSE OF MY DAD.'
00:49:44.15\00:49:45.95
THERE'S POWER IN THESE EARTHLY
RELATIONSHIPS - INCREDIBLE POWER
00:49:45.98\00:49:52.22
FOR THE SAVING OF SOULS.
STEPS TO CHRIST PAGE 10 SAYS
00:49:52.25\00:50:00.80
THIS ABOUT NATURE AND EARTHLY
RELATIONSHIPS - IT SAYS THEY
00:50:00.83\00:50:05.87
IMPERFECTLY REPRESENT
GOD'S LOVE. LET ME REPEAT THAT.
00:50:05.90\00:50:10.37
THEY IMPERFECTLY
REPRESENT GOD'S LOVE.
00:50:10.41\00:50:13.07
AND BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPERFECT,
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FULLY
00:50:13.11\00:50:17.31
REPRESENT WHAT GOD'S LOVE
IS, GOD HAD TO SEND HIS SON.
00:50:17.35\00:50:22.68
AND WHEN HE SENT HIS SON, HIS
SON WAS GOING TO SHOW US 'THIS
00:50:22.72\00:50:25.32
IS WHAT LOVE IS.
THIS IS WHO GOD IS.
00:50:25.35\00:50:27.36
I'M GOING TO
VINDICATE HIS CHARACTER.
00:50:27.39\00:50:28.89
I'M GOING TO VINDICATE HIS LOVE.
I'M GOING TO VINDICATE WHAT HE
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.76
IS AND WHAT HE
DOES.' JESUS CHRIST IS THAT.
00:50:30.79\00:50:34.73
YOU SEE, NATURE
CAN'T FULLY REACH US.
00:50:34.76\00:50:37.87
EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS ARE
GOOD, BUT THEY'RE FULLY HUMAN.
00:50:37.90\00:50:42.57
WHAT CAN REACH US IS THE UNION
OF THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE.
00:50:42.60\00:50:47.94
THE BEST WAY TO DO MISSION IS
THE UNION OF THE HUMAN AND THE
00:50:47.98\00:50:54.45
DIVINE. IF YOU MISS
NOTHING - I MEAN, IF
00:50:54.48\00:50:59.42
YOU MISS EVERYTHING
ELSE, DON'T MISS THAT POINT.
00:50:59.45\00:51:02.42
THE BEST WAY TO DO MISSIONS IS
THE HUMAN - UNION OF THE HUMAN
00:51:02.46\00:51:06.03
AND THE DIVINE. THE
BEST WAY TO REACH HUMANITY
00:51:06.06\00:51:11.77
IN ITS FALLEN CONDITION - JESUS
DID NOT COME AS AN ANGEL BECAUSE
00:51:11.80\00:51:17.04
THAT WASN'T THE BEST WAY.
JESUS DID THE VERY BEST WAY AND
00:51:17.07\00:51:21.38
THE VERY BEST WAY IS THE DIVINE
SON OF GOD COMING IN FALLEN
00:51:21.41\00:51:25.25
HUMANITY TO REACH
YOU AND I WHERE WE'RE AT.
00:51:25.28\00:51:28.75
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO
MISSIONS. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND
00:51:28.78\00:51:36.42
EXPERIENCE OF HUMANITY,
JESUS COULD BEST REACH HUMANITY.
00:51:36.46\00:51:40.03
I BELIEVE THAT TODAY IT'S
THE UNION OF THE HUMAN AND THE
00:51:40.06\00:51:45.90
DIVINE THAT IS
STILL THE BEST WAY.
00:51:45.93\00:51:48.97
'I AM CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST; NEVERTHELESS, I LIVE.
00:51:49.00\00:51:56.88
YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN
ME AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE
00:51:56.91\00:52:02.82
IN THE FLESH, I LIVE BY FAITH IN
THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED ME AND
00:52:02.85\00:52:05.39
GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.' MY
FRIENDS, WHEN CHRIST COMES AND
00:52:05.42\00:52:10.83
LIVES IN MY HEART - WHEN HE
COMES AND LIVES IN YOUR HEART -
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.80
WHEN THE HUMAN IS CONNECTED WITH
THE DIVINE, THAT IS THE GREATEST
00:52:13.83\00:52:16.97
POWER FOR MISSION. A
CONVERTED SPIRIT-FILLED
00:52:17.00\00:52:22.17
CHRISTIAN CAN DO MORE ON BEHALF
OF CHRISTIANITY THAN ANYTHING
00:52:22.20\00:52:25.47
ELSE. NATURE IS
NICE. I LOVE NATURE.
00:52:25.51\00:52:32.31
IF I HAD MY WAY - MY POOR WIFE,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU - IF I HAD MY
00:52:32.35\00:52:36.05
WAY, I'D DISAPPEAR EVERY MONTH
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND HANG
00:52:36.08\00:52:38.39
OUT AS A HERMIT IN THE WOODS
AND JUST ENJOY GOD'S INCREDIBLE
00:52:38.42\00:52:41.99
NATURE - ESPECIALLY OUT HERE
IN CERTAIN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.
00:52:42.02\00:52:44.96
BUT THAT'S NOT THE BEST
REPRESENTATION OF WHO GOD IS.
00:52:44.99\00:52:51.20
IT IS THE UNION OF
THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE.
00:52:51.23\00:52:56.30
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN 2
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 - 2
00:52:56.34\00:53:02.94
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4, "FOR GOD,
WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHT" - WHAT
00:53:02.98\00:53:06.85
IS THAT, VERSE 6? -
"FOR GOD, WHO COMMANDED THE
00:53:06.88\00:53:09.22
LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF
DARKNESS, HATH" - DONE WHAT?
00:53:09.25\00:53:13.15
- HE "SHINED IN OUR HEARTS, TO
GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE
00:53:13.19\00:53:17.26
OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN
THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST."
00:53:17.29\00:53:20.30
SO THE GLORY OF GOD IS SHINING
ON MY HEART AND HE SAYS THIS:
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"BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE" -
THIS GLORY OF GOD - "IN EARTHEN
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VESSELS, THAT THE EXCELLENCY OF
THE POWER MAY BE OF GOD, AND NOT
00:53:25.27\00:53:29.57
OF US." YOU WANT TO SEE THE
SUCCESS OF MISSIONS TAKE PLACE?
00:53:29.60\00:53:33.84
CAN I TELL YOU A
SECRET? IT'S NOT HANDBILLS.
00:53:33.88\00:53:37.28
I'M AN EVANGELIST, I USE
HANDBILLS, BUT THAT'S NOT IT.
00:53:37.31\00:53:42.85
IT'S NOT SIMPLY
GREAT HEALTH PROGRAMS.
00:53:42.88\00:53:47.32
THEY'RE FANTASTIC - IT'S THE
RIGHT ARM OF THE MESSAGE - BUT
00:53:47.36\00:53:51.16
THE ONLY REASON IT'S THE RIGHT
ARM OF THE MESSAGE IS BECAUSE
00:53:51.19\00:53:53.80
HEALTH SHOULD BE A UNION
OF THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE.
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THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
THE REASON WHY THERE'S SUCCESS
00:53:57.43\00:54:01.17
IN MINISTRY - THE REASON WHY
THERE'S SUCCESS IN MISSIONS IS
00:54:01.20\00:54:03.71
BECAUSE THE HUMAN AND THE
DIVINE ARE UNITED TOGETHER.
00:54:03.74\00:54:06.94
THAT'S GOD'S PLAN.
THAT'S WHY YOU ARE NEEDED - YOU.
00:54:06.98\00:54:13.85
WE DON'T NEED MORE RADIO WAVES,
ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY'RE GREAT.
00:54:13.88\00:54:17.89
THEY'RE REACHING PLACES THAT WE
COULDN'T REACH. WHAT WE NEED IS
00:54:17.92\00:54:20.59
CHRISTIANS FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT - CONVERTED CHRISTIANS
00:54:20.62\00:54:24.93
WHO ALLOW GOD TO WORK IN THEIR
LIFE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES,
00:54:24.96\00:54:27.96
AMONG THEIR FRIENDS, AMONG
THEIR RELATIVES, IN THEIR HOMES.
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THEN, HOW QUICKLY
WOULD WE SEE THE WORK DONE?
00:54:31.23\00:54:35.07
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE
14, "FOR THIS CAUSE I BOW MY
00:54:35.10\00:54:50.92
KNEES UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST, OF WHOM THE
00:54:50.95\00:54:55.29
WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
IS NAMED, THAT HE WOULD GRANT
00:54:55.32\00:54:59.09
YOU, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES
OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED
00:54:59.13\00:55:04.37
WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN THE
INNER MAN; THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL
00:55:04.40\00:55:10.47
IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH; THAT
YE, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN
00:55:10.51\00:55:14.74
LOVE, MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND
WITH ALL SAINTS WHAT IS THE
00:55:14.78\00:55:17.91
BREADTH, AND LENGTH, AND DEPTH
AND HEIGHT; AND TO KNOW THE LOVE
00:55:17.95\00:55:21.62
OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH
KNOWLEDGE, THAT YE MIGHT BE
00:55:21.65\00:55:25.69
FILLED WITH ALL
THE FULLNESS OF GOD.
00:55:25.72\00:55:29.46
NOW UNTO HIM" - YOU EVER
FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE?
00:55:29.49\00:55:33.29
DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOUR LIFE TO BE
00:55:33.33\00:55:36.56
FILLED WITH ALL THE
FULLNESS OF GOD? I DO.
00:55:36.60\00:55:38.47
I KNOW WHO I AM AND I LOOK AND
SAY, 'MAN, GOD, HOW COULD THAT
00:55:38.50\00:55:41.84
HAPPEN?' AND
THEN HE TELLS ME THIS
00:55:41.87\00:55:44.24
BEAUTIFUL PROMISE IN VERSE 20 OF
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3, "NOW UNTO
00:55:44.27\00:55:49.48
HIM THAT IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING
ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK
00:55:49.51\00:55:54.35
OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE POWER
THAT WORKETH IN US, UNTO HIM BE
00:55:54.38\00:56:00.49
GLORY IN THE CHURCH BY CHRIST
JESUS THROUGHOUT ALL AGES, WORLD
00:56:00.52\00:56:04.13
WITHOUT END. AMEN."
00:56:04.16\00:56:07.30
TODAY THE SECRET FOR GRANITE BAY
- FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING,
00:56:07.36\00:56:13.94
WHEREVER YOU LIVE - THE SECRET
FOR THE SUCCESS OF MISSIONS IS
00:56:13.97\00:56:17.27
CHRIST IN YOU,
THE HOPE OF GLORY.
00:56:17.31\00:56:22.04
THE SECRET SUCCESS OF MISSION IS
THE UNITING OF THE HUMAN AND THE
00:56:22.08\00:56:24.88
DIVINE BECAUSE WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, MIRACLES TAKE PLACE.
00:56:24.91\00:56:30.19
THE HOLY SPIRIT - GOD - IS ALIVE
AND REAL RIGHT AROUND THE PEOPLE
00:56:30.22\00:56:35.29
WHO NEED HIM MOST. I
WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE,
00:56:35.32\00:56:38.56
HOW ABOUT YOU?
LET'S CLOSE WITH A WORD OF
00:56:38.59\00:56:41.30
PRAYER. FATHER IN
HEAVEN, IT DOESN'T
00:56:41.33\00:56:46.33
MAKE SENSE THAT WE FRAIL
HUMANS CAN BE OF USE TO YOU.
00:56:46.37\00:56:49.74
BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE
ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE EMPTIED OF
00:56:49.77\00:56:54.04
OURSELVES AND THAT YOU FILL US,
THAT UNION OF HUMAN AND DIVINE
00:56:54.08\00:56:56.98
IS WHAT YOU LONG FOR AND IS WHAT
YOU USE FOR THE SAVING OF SOULS.
00:56:57.01\00:57:02.78
IT'S THE MOST PERFECT
REPRESENTATION OF YOUR LOVE.
00:57:02.82\00:57:05.89
PLEASE DRAW CLOSE TO US
AS WE FINISH UP THIS LESSON.
00:57:05.92\00:57:11.76
DRAW CLOSE TO US, FATHER, AS WE
GO THROUGHOUT THE DIVINE SERVICE
00:57:11.79\00:57:14.36
AND FATHER, AS WE CONTINUE
IN OUR LIVES, MAY WE NOT FORGET
00:57:14.40\00:57:18.90
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN US.
WE TRUST YOU TO DO IT, FOR WE
00:57:18.93\00:57:24.14
ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
>>NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
00:57:24.17\00:57:29.48
COMING TO JESUS
AND GOING FOR JESUS.
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FALL TO BRING A SOUL TO CHRIST?
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