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>>HELLO FRIENDS, WELCOME
TO 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, OUR EXTENDED SABBATH
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SCHOOL CLASS AND ALSO TO THE
MEMBERS HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY
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CHURCH AND THOSE WHO ARE
VISITING - A VERY WARM WELCOME
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TO YOU AS WELL. WE'VE
BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR
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LESSON QUARTERLY ENTITLED
THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE
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COMMUNITY AND I HOPE ALL
OF YOU HERE HAVE A COPY OF
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THE LESSON QUARTERLY. IF
YOU DON'T, YOU CAN JUST GET
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AHOLD OF ONE OF OUR DEACONS
FOLLOWING SABBATH SCHOOL AND
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THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET
YOU A LESSON SO YOU CAN
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STUDY ALONG WITH US. AND
FOR OUR FRIENDS JOINING US,
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THIS
QUARTER OF THE LESSONS, YOU CAN
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GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE
- JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND YOU
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CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON
AND YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH US.
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WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES
ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, IT'S
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A BOOK WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS
ENTITLED ALONE IN THE CROWD AND
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AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER
#714. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
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LESSON TODAY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO
BEGIN BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN
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PRAISE, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE
JOLYNE AND EMMA AND THEY'LL
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LEAD US AS WE SING TOGETHER.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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YOU KNOW, WORSHIP IS NOT
COMPOSED OF JUST LISTENING TO
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SERMONS OR READING THE BIBLE,
IT'S ALSO SINGING, WHICH IS ONE
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OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF WORSHIP,
AND WE KNOW BY THE LETTERS THAT
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WE GET AND THE E-MAILS THAT
WE GET, THAT THAT'S PART OF YOUR
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FAVORITE ALSO. SO I
INVITE YOU HERE IN THE
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STUDIO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE AT
HOME, PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS AND
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WE'RE GOING TO SING ABOUT GOD'S
GREATNESS TODAY - HYMN #21 -
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IMMORTAL,
INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY WISE .
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>>IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY
WISE, IN LIGHT INACCESSIBLE HID
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FROM OUR EYES, MOST BLESSED,
MOST GLORIOUS, THE ANCIENT OF
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DAYS, ALMIGHTY, VICTORIOUS,
THY GREAT NAME WE PRAISE.
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UNRESTING, UNHASTING, AND SILENT
AS LIGHT, NOR WANTING, NOR
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WASTING, THOU RULEST IN MIGHT;
THY JUSTICE LIKE MOUNTAINS HIGH
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SOARING ABOVE THY CLOUDS, WHICH
ARE FOUNTAINS OF GOODNESS AND
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LOVE. GREAT
FATHER OF GLORY, PURE
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FATHER OF LIGHT, THINE ANGELS
ADORE THEE, ALL VEILING THEIR
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SIGHT; ALL LAUD WE
WOULD RENDER: O HELP US TO SEE
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'TIS ONLY THE
SPLENDOR OF LIGHT HIDETH THEE.
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>>HYMN #6 - O WORSHIP THE LORD
- IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS.
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BOW DOWN BEFORE
HIM, HIS GLORY PROCLAIM.
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I PRAY THAT THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS
ON YOUR HEART AS WE SING HYMN #6
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- O WORSHIP THE LORD - THE
FIRST, THE SECOND, AND THE LAST
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VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>O WORSHIP THE LORD
IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS,
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BOW DOWN BEFORE HIM, HIS
GLORY PROCLAIM; WITH GOLD OF
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OBEDIENCE, AND INCENSE OF
LOWLINESS, KNEEL AND ADORE HIM;
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THE LORD IS HIS NAME. LOW
AT HIS FEET LAY THY BURDEN
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OF CAREFULNESS; HIGH ON HIS
HEART HE WILL BEAR IT FOR THEE,
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COMFORT THY SORROWS AND ANSWER
THY PRAYERFULNESS, GUIDING THY
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STEPS AS MAY BEST FOR THEE BE.
THESE, THOUGH WE BRING THEM IN
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TREMBLING AND FEARFULNESS, HE
WILL ACCEPT FOR THE NAME THAT IS
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DEAR; MORNINGS OF JOY GIVE FOR
EVENINGS OF TEARFULNESS, TRUST
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FOR OUR TREMBLING,
AND HOPE FOR OUR FEAR.
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>>WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE A
BLESSED WEEK, BEFORE WE COME AND
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JOIN AND SING TOGETHER
AGAIN. AT THIS TIME, PASTOR ROSS
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WILL LEAD US IN
PRAYER. >>THANK YOU, LADIES.
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BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY,
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A
PRIVILEGE, ONCE AGAIN, TO OPEN
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UP THE BIBLE AND TO
STUDY TOGETHER - TO LOOK AT THE
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EXAMPLE OF JESUS IN SHARING
WITH OTHERS THE GOOD NEWS OF
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SALVATION. AND SO,
FATHER, WE ASK FOR THE
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HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE
OUR HEARTS AND JUST LEAD US INTO
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A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING AND
IMPRESS UPON US WHAT WE CAN DO
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IN THAT GREAT WORK OF SHARING
GOOD NEWS TO OTHERS, FOR WE ASK
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THIS IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN. OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY
PASTOR DOUG. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>GOOD MORNING.
>>HOW'S EVERYBODY?
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>>GOOD. >>I WANT
TO WISH YOU A HAPPY
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SABBATH. I WANT TO
GREET THOSE WHO ARE
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WATCHING VIA TELEVISION OR
THE INTERNET AND WE HAVE SOME
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REGULAR CLASS MEMBERS AROUND THE
WORLD - GREETINGS - WE ALSO HAVE
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SOME OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY
THAT ARE PART OF THE GRANITE
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BAY CHURCH - SOME OF OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS - I WANT TO
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WELCOME YOU AS WELL. WE
ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY
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DEALING WITH THE ROLE OF THE
CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE
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PROBABLY COULD TAKE A WHOLE
YEAR AND TALK ABOUT 'WHAT IS
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THE WORK OF THE CHURCH?'.
TODAY'S LESSON IS LESSON #6.
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IT'S TITLED JESUS MINGLED WITH
PEOPLE - I ALMOST SAID 'JINGLE'
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- JESUS MINGLED WITH PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND
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THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM LUKE
15, VERSES 1 AND 2 - AND I'VE
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GOT IT HERE IN THE NEW KING
JAMES VERSION AND I'D APPRECIATE
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IT IF YOU WANT TO
SAY IT ALONG WITH ME.
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ARE YOU READY? LUKE
15:1 AND 2, "THEN ALL THE
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TAX COLLECTORS AND THE SINNERS
DREW NEAR TO HIM TO HEAR HIM.
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AND THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES
COMPLAINED, SAYING, 'THIS MAN
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RECEIVES SINNERS AND EATS WITH
THEM.'" NOW THIS IS GOING TO
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COME UP AGAIN A LITTLE
LATER IN OUR STUDY TODAY.
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NOW, THE LESSONS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO STUDY ABOUT THE CHURCH
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AND COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT OH,
I GUESS, ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OR SO,
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ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON
AN OUTLINE OF A QUOTE THAT YOU
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FIND IN THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
AND IT'S FROM THE BOOK MINISTRY
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OF HEALING - THIS WAS
WRITTEN BY ELLEN WHITE - P. 143.
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NOW, LET ME MAKE IT VERY CLEAR,
OUR STUDIES ARE BASED ON THE
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BIBLE, BUT THIS QUOTE FROM ELLEN
WHITE MAKES A GREAT OUTLINE AS A
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STUDY GUIDE FOR
THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH.
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AND HERE'S WHAT THE QUOTE SAYS
- IT'S MINISTRY OF HEALING P.
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143, "CHRIST'S METHOD
ALONE WILL GIVE TRUE SUCCESS IN
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REACHING THE PEOPLE. THE
SAVIOR MINGLED WITH MEN AS
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ONE WHO DESIRED THEIR GOOD.
HE SHOWED HIS SYMPATHY FOR THEM,
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MINISTERED TO THEIR
NEEDS, AND WON THEIR CONFIDENCE.
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HE THEN BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.'"
SO THERE'S A STEP OF - THERE'S
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SOME STEPS OF PROGRESSION
IN 'HOW DO YOU REACH OUT?'
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FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS
OUR MISSION AS A CHURCH?
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WHAT'S OUR MISSION
STATEMENT? WHAT'S OUR ROLE?
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WE ARE TO BRING
PEOPLE TO CHRIST.
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WE ARE TO BE A LIGHT IN
THE WORLD. WE ARE TO BE A SALT
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IN THE COMMUNITY FOR GOOD.
WE ARE TO GO AND TO PREACH AND
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TO TEACH AND TO BAPTIZE AND TO
BRING PEOPLE FROM BEING LOST TO
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BEING FOUND, FROM DEATH TO
LIFE, FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
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THE CHURCH IS - WE ARE A
NATION OF KINGS AND PRIESTS.
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WE - THE PRIEST'S JOB WAS
TO MAKE ATONEMENT - THAT MEANS
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AT-ONE-MENT - PEOPLE
ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD.
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THE CHURCH IS TO
BRING THEM TO GOD.
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SO WE ARE
CHRIST'S REPRESENTATIVES.
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WE'RE HIS
AMBASSADORS - THIS IS OUR WORK.
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AND SO, ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO
THAT - HOW DO YOU REACH PEOPLE?
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CHURCHES SHOULD NOT BE
FORTRESSES WHERE WE JUST SORT OF
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CLOISTER OURSELVES AND SAY,
'WE'RE PART OF THIS CLUB AND WE
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JUST GET TOGETHER AND ENJOY
EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.' WE'RE NOT
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DOING OUR WORK. UNLESS
WE'RE REACHING OUT, WE'RE
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NOT DOING OUR JOB AS THE
CHURCH. WE ARE TO BE GROWING.
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AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE -
THE WONDERFUL MINISTRIES WE HAVE
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HERE AT GRANITE BAY - AND THIS
IS - MAY SOUND LIKE A SHAMELESS
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PROMOTION OR BRAGGING FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, BUT I
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DO THINK THE LORD
HAS BLESSED THIS CHURCH.
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THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE PART
OF THE CHURCH PLANT - WHAT?
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- ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH
TWELVE PEOPLE AND NOW WE'LL HAVE
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SOME SABBATHS
WITH 500 PEOPLE - 600.
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VERY RARELY DO YOU HAVE AN
ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT HAS MORE
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IN ATTENDANCE
THAT IT HAS MEMBERS.
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USUALLY YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW,
A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THE BOOKS -
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400 ACTUALLY SHOW UP,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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WE'RE THE OTHER WAY AROUND
BECAUSE WE ARE REACHING OUT AND
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THIS CHURCH HAS GOT, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S HOMELESS MINISTRY, THERE
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ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE DOING
PRISON MINISTRY, THERE'S HEALTH
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MINISTRY AND DIFFERENT KINDS
OF COMMUNITY THINGS AND SO WE'RE
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TRYING TO REACH
OUT. THIS IS GREAT.
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THIS IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
- DOING EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY.
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AND SO, WE'VE GOT TO GET
OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE OF JUST
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THINKING, 'I'VE PUT IN MY
TIME. I WENT TO CHURCH.' THAT'S
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NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU WILL NOT BE
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CLOSE TO JESUS UNLESS
YOU'RE ENGAGED IN BRINGING
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OTHERS TO JESUS. >>AMEN.
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>>YOU WILL DRY UP AND DIE
SPIRITUALLY UNLESS YOU ARE USING
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YOUR GIFTS TO DO THE
WORK OF CHRIST IN THE CHURCH.
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WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED.
AND SO, SOMETIMES, WE WONDER
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WHAT BRINGS ON THE
LUKEWARM CONDITION.
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WELL, THAT'S ONE THING, SAYING
WE'RE RICH AND INCREASED WITH
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GOODS - WE'RE COMFORTABLE WHERE
WE ARE AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
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- IT DIES AT THAT POINT. SO
THE STATEMENT WE JUST READ -
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"CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE" - I'M
GOING TO READ IT ONE MORE TIME
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- "CHRIST'S METHOD" - NOT SOME
METHOD - "CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE
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WILL GIVE TRUE SUCCESS
IN REACHING THE PEOPLE.
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THE SAVIOR MINGLED WITH MEN AS
ONE WHO DESIRED THEIR GOOD, HE
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SHOWED HIS SYMPATHY FOR THEM,
MINISTERED TO THEIR NEEDS, WON
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THEIR CONFIDENCE, AND THEN
HE BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.'" NOW,
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THERE ARE LIKE FIVE
POINTS THE LESSON BREAKS UP.
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YOU'LL NOTICE ON YOUR
FIRST PAGE OF THIS QUOTE.
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THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OUTLINE
FOR A STUDY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
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WE'RE GOING TO SPECIFICALLY
FOCUS ON POINT #1 TODAY, WHICH
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IS JESUS MINGLED WITH PEOPLE
AS ONE THAT DESIRED THEIR GOOD.
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AND WE'LL LOOK AT SCRIPTURES
ON THAT OUTLINE POINT.
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FIRST OF ALL, WHY DO WE NEED TO
GO OUT AND BRING PEOPLE TO GOD?
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BECAUSE WE'RE SEPARATED
FROM GOD - SIN SEPARATES.
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NOW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ
FOR ME IN A MOMENT, GENESIS 3:8.
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OKAY, SAM, YOU'LL HAVE THAT?
LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU
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FROM ISAIAH 59, VERSES 1 AND 2,
"BEHOLD, THE LORD'S HAND IS NOT
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SHORTENED, THAT IT
CANNOT SAVE; NOR HIS EAR HEAVY,
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THAT IT CANNOT HEAR.
BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE
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SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; AND
YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE
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FROM YOU, SO THAT
HE WILL NOT HEAR."
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NOW, IT'S NOT THAT GOD IS
BEING ARBITRARY OR VINDICTIVE IN
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SAYING, 'LOOK, YOU SINNED AND SO
I'M GOING TO RUN FROM YOU.' IT'S
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REALLY THAT, IF GOD DID NOT
SHIELD HIMSELF FROM OUR SIGHT -
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AND FROM MOUNT SINAI, WHEN
HE GAVE THE LAW, WHY DID HE VEIL
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HIMSELF IN DARKNESS?
TO JUST TRY TO BE OBSCURE?
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OR WAS IT BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT
IF - THE NATION COULD BARELY
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STAND TO HAVE GOD SPEAK TO THEM.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY FINALLY
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SAID, 'DON'T SPEAK TO US
ANYMORE, SPEAK TO MOSES AND THEN
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LET HIM TALK TO US.' AND MOSES
WAS A MEDIATOR BECAUSE THEY
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COULD NOT HANDLE THE DIRECT
GLORY OF GOD. GOD IS PARTIALLY
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SEPARATED FROM US BECAUSE IT
WOULD DESTROY US AND HE LOVES US
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AND HE KNOWS WE CAN'T HANDLE
IT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN SEPARATED
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BECAUSE OF OUR SIN.
GO AHEAD, READ PLEASE,
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THE VERSE I GAVE YOU.
>>"AND THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF
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THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE
GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY,
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AND ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID
THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE OF
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THE LORD GOD AMONG
THE TREES OF THE GARDEN."
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>>THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
- WHO RAN FROM WHOM FIRST.
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GOD CAME LOOKING FOR
MAN; MAN RAN FROM GOD.
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I'VE HEARD IT SAID BEFORE THAT
THE FIRST QUESTION THAT GOD ASKS
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IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS 'WHERE
ARE YOU?' THE FIRST QUESTION MAN
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ASKS IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT IS 'WHERE IS HE?'
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A GREAT
SEPARATION AND THE PURPOSE OF
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THE PLAN OF
SALVATION IS TO RESTORE.
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GOD HIMSELF WILL BE
WITH US - TO RESTORE GOD.
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NOW, AFTER MAN CONFESSED OF HIS
SIN AND THAT WAS REVEALED, THEN
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- YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS 3:23,
IT SAYS, "THEREFORE THE LORD GOD
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SENT HIM OUT OF THE GARDEN
OF EDEN TO TILL THE GROUND FROM
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WHICH HE WAS
TAKEN." SO MAN WAS BASICALLY
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EVICTED FROM GOD'S
GARDEN. HE WAS EXPELLED FROM HIS
00:14:26.23\00:14:31.37
PARADISE HOME AND THE WHOLE
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION
00:14:31.37\00:14:34.70
IS TO GET MAN BACK
IN THE GARDEN AGAIN.
00:14:34.70\00:14:36.57
SO YOU SEE THE TREE OF LIFE
THERE - MAN COULD NO LONGER EAT
00:14:36.57\00:14:39.34
FROM THE TREE OF LIFE. HE
WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE GARDEN.
00:14:39.34\00:14:42.21
IN REVELATION WE SEE THE
TREE OF LIFE IS RESTORED.
00:14:42.21\00:14:46.28
MAN, AGAIN, LIVES FOREVER,
HE'S IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:14:46.28\00:14:49.02
AND BETWEEN GENESIS AND
REVELATION, YOU'VE GOT THE STORY
00:14:49.02\00:14:51.99
OF SIN AND SALVATION AND HOW
TO BE RECONCILED AND GET BACK TO
00:14:51.99\00:14:56.26
GOD. JUST A FEW MORE VERSES TO
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ILLUSTRATE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THERE'S A PROBLEM: GOD HAS GIVEN
00:14:58.29\00:15:02.30
THE CHURCH THE MANDATE TO
HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
00:15:02.30\00:15:05.37
HERE'S THE PROBLEM - DEUTERONOMY
31:17 AND VERSE 18, GOD SAYS,
00:15:05.37\00:15:10.41
"THEN MY ANGER SHALL BE
AROUSED AGAINST THEM...AND
00:15:10.41\00:15:12.94
THEY WILL BE DEVOURED" -
I'M SORRY - "AND I WILL FORSAKE
00:15:12.94\00:15:16.31
THEM, AND I WILL HIDE MY FACE
FROM THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE
00:15:16.31\00:15:19.28
DEVOURED. AND MANY
EVILS AND TROUBLES WILL
00:15:19.28\00:15:21.25
BEFALL THEM AND THEY WILL SAY IN
THAT DAY, 'HAVE NOT THESE EVILS
00:15:21.25\00:15:25.15
COME UPON US BECAUSE
GOD IS NOT AMONG US?'
00:15:25.15\00:15:28.19
AND I'LL SURELY HIDE MY FACE IN
THAT DAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE EVIL
00:15:28.19\00:15:31.63
WHICH THEY HAVE DONE AND WHICH
THEY HAVE TURNED TO OTHER GODS."
00:15:31.63\00:15:35.06
BECAUSE OF THE EVIL THAT
WE'VE DONE, WE ARE SEPARATED.
00:15:35.06\00:15:38.40
'I'LL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM.'
SEE HOW THE PROBLEM WORKS?
00:15:38.40\00:15:41.40
THE BOOK OF MICAH 3, VERSE 4,
"THEN THEY WILL CRY TO THE LORD,
00:15:41.40\00:15:45.87
BUT HE WILL NOT HEAR THEM;
HE WILL EVEN HIDE HIS FACE FROM
00:15:45.87\00:15:48.41
THEM AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN EVIL IN THEIR DEEDS."
00:15:48.41\00:15:52.15
NOW SOME PEOPLE THINK,
'ISN'T THIS A CONFLICT?
00:15:52.15\00:15:54.38
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM GOD?'
00:15:54.38\00:15:57.79
IS THERE ANYWHERE YOU
CAN RUN FROM HIS PRESENCE?
00:15:57.79\00:16:00.46
DID JONAH TRY TO HIDE
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD?
00:16:00.46\00:16:03.63
SO WHEN GOD SAYS, 'I'LL HIDE
MY FACE FROM THEM' HE'S TALKING
00:16:03.63\00:16:06.26
ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
IT'S NOT THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW
00:16:06.26\00:16:09.46
SOMETHING - THAT YOU COULD PLAY,
YOU KNOW, PEEK-A-BOO WITH THE
00:16:09.46\00:16:12.00
LORD AND HE DOESN'T SEE YOU, GOD
SEES EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME,
00:16:12.00\00:16:15.87
BUT HE HIDES HIS FAVOR - HE
HIDES HIS PRESENCE FROM US AND
00:16:15.87\00:16:20.21
THE BLESSINGS,
BECAUSE OF OUR SINS.
00:16:20.21\00:16:22.78
WE BECOME SEPARATED FROM
GOD, WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ALL
00:16:22.78\00:16:25.01
BLESSING. NOW
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
00:16:25.01\00:16:28.22
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
RESTORATION COMES THROUGH WHO?
00:16:28.22\00:16:33.29
THROUGH JESUS. MATTHEW 18:12,
JESUS SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:16:33.29\00:16:37.86
IF A MAN HAS A HUNDRED SHEEP,
AND ONE OF THEM GOES ASTRAY,
00:16:37.86\00:16:42.90
DOES HE NOT LEAVE THE
NINETY-NINE AND GO TO THE
00:16:42.90\00:16:44.87
MOUNTAINS TO SEEK THE
ONE THAT IS STRAYING?"
00:16:44.87\00:16:47.24
CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD
TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST.
00:16:47.24\00:16:50.94
IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSES
16 THROUGH 18, "AND THAT HE
00:16:50.94\00:16:57.15
MIGHT RECONCILE THEM BOTH TO GOD
IN ONE BODY THROUGH THE CROSS,
00:16:57.15\00:17:02.85
THEREBY PUTTING
TO DEATH THE ENMITY.
00:17:02.85\00:17:06.49
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE
TO YOU WHO WERE AFAR OFF AND TO
00:17:06.49\00:17:09.49
THOSE WHO WERE NEAR.
FOR THROUGH HIM WE BOTH HAVE
00:17:09.49\00:17:14.10
ACCESS BY ONE
SPIRIT TO THE FATHER."
00:17:14.10\00:17:16.97
THROUGH CHRIST WE'RE RESTORED.
WE HAVE ACCESS, AGAIN, TO GOD.
00:17:16.97\00:17:21.27
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 1
PETER 3:18 - OKAY, JUST GET YOU
00:17:21.27\00:17:25.71
READY. WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF AN AMBASSADOR?
00:17:25.71\00:17:30.98
YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN
WE'RE HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE
00:17:30.98\00:17:33.21
TURMOIL IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND,
AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING,
00:17:33.21\00:17:37.89
THEY WERE PUTTING DOWN A
MILITARY COUP IN TURKEY AND, YOU
00:17:37.89\00:17:44.19
KNOW, THE U.S., WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, THEY'LL OFTEN SEND OUT
00:17:44.19\00:17:47.40
A MESSAGE TO THEIR EMBASSIES
IN THESE COUNTRIES AND THEY'LL
00:17:47.40\00:17:50.50
RECALL - THEY'LL SAY, 'LOOK,
THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
00:17:50.50\00:17:52.97
YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE.'
BUT EMBASSIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
00:17:52.97\00:17:56.50
PROTECTED AND THE PURPOSE OF
AN EMBASSY IS TO REPRESENT ONE
00:17:56.50\00:18:03.04
COUNTRY WITHIN THE
TERRITORY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY.
00:18:03.04\00:18:07.32
AND IT'S LIKE A HAVEN
- IT'S LIKE - IT'S A -
00:18:07.32\00:18:10.92
IT'S A MINI
MICROCOSM OF THAT COUNTRY.
00:18:10.92\00:18:14.32
I WAS IN CAMEROON, AFRICA AND IN
THE HOTEL I GOT ON THE ELEVATOR
00:18:14.32\00:18:18.59
AND IN STEPPED A MARINE
WEARING HIS UNIFORM - HIS BLUES.
00:18:18.59\00:18:23.47
OUR SON DANIEL WAS IN
THE MARINES AND SO WE QUICKLY
00:18:23.47\00:18:26.60
IDENTIFIED THAT AND SAID, 'HI,
YOU KNOW, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?'
00:18:26.60\00:18:30.84
HE SAID, 'WELL, I'M PART OF THE
EMBASSY.' AND IT WAS AN AMERICAN
00:18:30.84\00:18:35.51
HOLIDAY AND HE SAYS, 'WE'RE HERE
TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY.' I
00:18:35.51\00:18:39.18
SAID, 'OH.' HE SAID, 'YEAH, WE
TREAT THE EMBASSY LIKE IT'S AN
00:18:39.18\00:18:42.35
EXTENSION OF THE UNITED STATES
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO
00:18:42.35\00:18:45.85
REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN
THIS COUNTRY.' AND SO THEY WERE
00:18:45.85\00:18:49.62
HAVING THEIR OWN - I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS - FOURTH OF JULY OR
00:18:49.62\00:18:51.76
THANKSGIVING - IT MAY HAVE
BEEN THANKSGIVING - I FORGET.
00:18:51.76\00:18:54.56
BUT WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO
ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE EMBASSY,
00:18:54.56\00:19:00.17
WHILE THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE
UNITED STATES, THEY UNDERSTAND
00:19:00.17\00:19:03.04
THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY
THEY'RE IN - BECAUSE IT'S HARD
00:19:03.04\00:19:06.11
TO COMMUNICATE - IT'S HARD
TO MEDIATE - IF YOU DON'T KNOW
00:19:06.11\00:19:09.81
SOMETHING ABOUT THEM. SO
THEY'LL STUDY THEIR DRESS.
00:19:09.81\00:19:13.01
THEY'LL UNDERSTAND SOMETHING
ABOUT THEIR FOOD AND THEIR DIET,
00:19:13.01\00:19:16.52
THEIR CUSTOMS, THEIR LANGUAGE
- SO THEY CAN COMMUNE WITH THEM.
00:19:16.52\00:19:19.85
BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE EMBASSY,
THEY WEAR THEIR NATIVE CLOTHING,
00:19:19.85\00:19:25.16
THEY SPEAK THEIR NATIVE
LANGUAGE, THEY EAT THEIR NATIVE
00:19:25.16\00:19:28.66
FOOD. GO TO WASHINGTON D.C. YOU
WILL SEE A LOT OF EMBASSIES FROM
00:19:28.66\00:19:33.70
THE WORLD IN WASHINGTON. IF
YOU - MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S
00:19:33.70\00:19:37.04
ONE ROW - I FORGET WHAT STREET
IT IS, BUT ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT
00:19:37.04\00:19:39.31
THERE'S ALL THESE
HIGH SECURITY BUILDINGS.
00:19:39.31\00:19:42.18
THEY CALL IT, LIKE, EMBASSY ROW
- AND YOU'LL SEE THEY'VE GOT THE
00:19:42.18\00:19:45.58
EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA - VERY
NICE - AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THE
00:19:45.58\00:19:48.02
EMBASSY OF, YOU KNOW, SOUTH
AFRICA, AND THEY'VE GOT THE
00:19:48.02\00:19:50.85
EMBASSY OF ALL THESE
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THERE.
00:19:50.85\00:19:53.15
ONCE YOU GO WITHIN THE WALLS
OF THAT, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE
00:19:53.15\00:19:56.39
PRACTICES OF THEIR COUNTRY AND
THEY ARE UNDER THE LAWS AND THE
00:19:56.39\00:19:59.16
CONSTITUTIONS
OF THEIR COUNTRIES.
00:19:59.16\00:20:01.20
WELL, AS CHRISTIANS IN THE
CHURCH, WE'RE SOMETHING LIKE AN
00:20:01.20\00:20:04.50
EMBASSY, BUT WE NEED TO
KNOW HOW TO REACH THE PEOPLE.
00:20:04.50\00:20:09.34
WE ARE TO COMMUNE WITH THE
PEOPLE IN THESE OTHER - IN,
00:20:09.34\00:20:13.01
BASICALLY, A FOREIGN
LAND - BECAUSE WE'RE PILGRIMS.
00:20:13.01\00:20:16.68
SO, CHRIST'S MISSION
IS TO BRING US TOGETHER.
00:20:16.68\00:20:20.05
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE
AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOU READ
00:20:20.05\00:20:21.98
1 PETER. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19,
"THAT IS, THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST
00:20:21.98\00:20:28.52
RECONCILING THE
WORLD TO HIMSELF."
00:20:28.52\00:20:32.89
PASTORS THAT DO MARRIAGE
COUNSELING OFTEN ARE INVOLVED IN
00:20:32.89\00:20:35.56
RECONCILIATION. YOU'RE
TRYING TO WORK WITH TWO
00:20:35.56\00:20:41.24
PEOPLE THAT HAVE ANIMOSITY OR
THERE'S SOME DIVISION AND BRING
00:20:41.24\00:20:45.01
THEM BACK INTO A
ONENESS AND HARMONY.
00:20:45.01\00:20:48.14
IT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH TWO PEOPLE
- TWO SISTERS IN THE CHURCH -
00:20:48.14\00:20:51.35
TWO BROTHERS IN THE CHURCH,
WHERE YOU TRY TO SAY, 'LOOK,
00:20:51.35\00:20:53.52
THERE'S BEEN SOME DIVISION.'
YOU WANT THEM TO BE RECONCILED
00:20:53.52\00:20:56.72
TOGETHER. WE ARE
SEPARATED FROM GOD.
00:20:56.72\00:20:59.22
CHRIST IS RECONCILING US,
AS OUR MEDIATOR, TO THE FATHER.
00:20:59.22\00:21:03.86
"GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING
THE WORLD TO HIMSELF, NOT
00:21:03.86\00:21:07.36
IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO
THEM, AND HAS COMMITTED TO US
00:21:07.36\00:21:12.10
THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION."
00:21:12.10\00:21:13.87
SO THE WORK THAT JESUS DID, OF
RECONCILIATION, HE COMMITS TO US
00:21:13.87\00:21:18.61
THAT WE MIGHT WORK TO
RECONCILE THE WORLD TO GOD.
00:21:18.61\00:21:21.74
WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
OUT WHERE THEY ARE TO DO THAT.
00:21:21.74\00:21:23.95
GO AHEAD, READ FOR
US, PLEASE, 1 PETER 3:18.
00:21:23.95\00:21:27.32
>>"FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED
ONCE FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE
00:21:27.32\00:21:31.42
UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING
US TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN
00:21:31.42\00:21:36.69
THE FLESH BUT MADE
ALIVE BY THE SPIRIT."
00:21:36.69\00:21:39.93
>>JESUS CAME WHY? THAT
HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD
00:21:39.93\00:21:45.23
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
SEPARATED FROM GOD.
00:21:45.23\00:21:47.24
AND WHAT JESUS DID FOR US,
HE WANTS US TO DO FOR THE WORLD.
00:21:47.24\00:21:50.74
HE WANTS US TO
BRING PEOPLE BACK TO GOD.
00:21:50.74\00:21:53.84
WELL, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT
IF YOU DON'T SPEND TIME WITH
00:21:53.84\00:21:56.08
PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T GO TO WHERE
THE PEOPLE ARE. YOU NEED TO
00:21:56.08\00:22:00.42
DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.
NOW, GOD WAS IN CHRIST - IT'S
00:22:00.42\00:22:07.19
CALLED THE INCARNATION.
LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, AND THIS IS
00:22:07.19\00:22:10.06
IN YOUR LESSON -
MATTHEW 1:22 AND 23.
00:22:10.06\00:22:12.89
MATTHEW IS QUOTING A PROPHECY IN
ISAIAH AND HE SAID, "SO ALL THIS
00:22:12.89\00:22:18.20
WAS DONE THAT IT MIGHT BE
FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY
00:22:18.20\00:22:20.67
THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET,"
- THE PROPHET ISAIAH - "SAYING:
00:22:20.67\00:22:23.34
'BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE
WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND
00:22:23.34\00:22:27.08
THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME
IMMANUEL,' WHICH IS TRANSLATED,
00:22:27.08\00:22:30.68
'GOD WITH US.'" WELL, HOW
OFTEN DO VIRGINS HAVE CHILDREN?
00:22:30.68\00:22:36.28
NOT VERY OFTEN. YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
00:22:36.28\00:22:38.99
THE WORLD REALLY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
00:22:38.99\00:22:43.06
IS THE VIRGIN BIRTH.
THEY SAY, 'OH, COME ON NOW.
00:22:43.06\00:22:45.33
THAT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC.
THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN.'
00:22:45.33\00:22:48.03
I WAS - I'M STUDYING FOR
ANOTHER SERIES OF SERMONS.
00:22:48.03\00:22:50.83
I WAS READING UP ABOUT ISLAM
AND, YOU KNOW, ISLAM BELIEVES IN
00:22:50.83\00:22:54.94
THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF
JESUS. THEY JUST DON'T BELIEVE
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.57
HE DIED ON THE CROSS.
BUT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW,
00:22:58.57\00:23:02.91
EVIDENTLY, FELT IT WAS IN
THE - IT WAS IN THE RECORDS
00:23:02.91\00:23:05.21
WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED. SO
THE INCARNATION IS GOD WITH
00:23:05.21\00:23:09.38
US - IMMANUEL - GOD
HIMSELF BEING WITH US.
00:23:09.38\00:23:11.75
ANOTHER VERSE THAT EXPLAINS
THIS - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 1 - 1
00:23:11.75\00:23:15.09
CHAPTER OF JOHN, VERSE 14, "AND
THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT
00:23:15.09\00:23:20.43
AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD HIS
GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY
00:23:20.43\00:23:24.93
BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,
FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH."
00:23:24.93\00:23:28.64
REMEMBER, JOHN SAID, IN THAT
OTHER VERSE IN 1 JOHN, 'OUR EYES
00:23:28.64\00:23:31.94
HAVE SEEN, OUR EARS HAVE HEARD,
OUR HANDS HAVE TOUCHED' - THAT'S
00:23:31.94\00:23:37.81
WHY JOHN, WHEN HE WRITES IN THE
BOOK OF REVELATION, HE SAYS, 'I,
00:23:37.81\00:23:41.15
JOHN, DO TESTIFY WHAT
I'VE SEEN. THIS IS TRUE.
00:23:41.15\00:23:44.72
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
HARD TO BELIEVE' - THAT'S WHY HE
00:23:44.72\00:23:46.45
EMPHASIZES THAT
- 'BUT IT'S TRUE.
00:23:46.45\00:23:48.82
IT REALLY DID HAPPEN. I
REALLY SAW THESE THINGS.' AND
00:23:48.82\00:23:51.69
SO, GOD CAME, IN
CHRIST, TO RECONCILE THE WORD.
00:23:51.69\00:23:56.36
NOW THAT WORK HAS
BEEN GIVEN TO THE CHURCH.
00:23:56.36\00:23:59.67
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT
00:23:59.67\00:24:02.70
LUKE 15. THERE'S
A SERIES OF 3 VERY
00:24:02.70\00:24:06.51
FAMOUS PARABLES
THAT JESUS SHARES.
00:24:06.51\00:24:08.84
IF YOU GO TO LUKE 15 - SOMEONE'S
GOING TO READ FOR ME VERSES - I
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.28
THINK IT'S JUST VERSES 1 AND
2 - AND YOU'LL BE DOING THAT AND
00:24:12.28\00:24:15.65
WE'LL GET READY FOR THAT
AND THEN VERSES 1 AND 2 EXPLAIN
00:24:15.65\00:24:19.72
WHY JESUS GIVES THE
NEXT THREE FAMOUS PARABLES.
00:24:19.72\00:24:23.29
THOSE PARABLES ARE THE LOST
SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, AND THE
00:24:23.29\00:24:27.96
LOST SON. ALRIGHT,
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US
00:24:27.96\00:24:30.70
PLEASE LUKE 15:1 AND 2.
>>THEN ALL THE TAX COLLECTORS
00:24:30.70\00:24:34.54
AND THE SINNERS DREW
NEAR TO HIM TO HEAR HIM.
00:24:34.54\00:24:37.11
AND THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES
COMPLAINED, SAYING, 'THIS MAN
00:24:37.11\00:24:39.57
RECEIVES SINNERS
AND EATS WITH THEM."
00:24:39.57\00:24:41.94
>>THE TAX COLLECTORS AND
THE SINNERS, NOW, YOU KNOW,
00:24:41.94\00:24:45.25
IT'S SOMETIMES HARD FOR US IN
OUR CULTURE TO UNDERSTAND 'TAX
00:24:45.25\00:24:48.58
COLLECTOR' BECAUSE WE THINK TAX
COLLECTOR, WE THINK IT'S - YOU
00:24:48.58\00:24:51.75
KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE HAPPY
WHEN THE TAX COLLECTOR VISITS OR
00:24:51.75\00:24:54.52
SENDS US A LETTER, BUT IT'S, YOU
KNOW, CERTAINLY A RESPECTABLE
00:24:54.52\00:24:58.39
POSITION, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF TAXES TO KEEP
00:24:58.39\00:25:01.23
THINGS RUNNING, BUT 'TAX
COLLECTOR' IN BIBLE TIMES WAS
00:25:01.23\00:25:04.57
MORE LIKE GANG MEMBERS AND
MAFIA - IT WAS ORGANIZED CRIME.
00:25:04.57\00:25:12.41
THEY GOT CONTRACTS FROM THE
ROMANS TO EXTRACT TAXES FROM
00:25:12.41\00:25:16.41
THEIR OWN PEOPLE. THEY OFTEN
DID THIS BY ROUGHING THEM UP.
00:25:16.41\00:25:19.85
AND THEY WOULD
EXTORT EXTRA MONEY.
00:25:19.85\00:25:22.25
THEY'D GET UNDERHANDED DEALS
TO CHARGE THEM LESS TAXES BUT
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.82
THEY'D GET KICKBACKS. I MEAN,
IT WAS A VERY CORRUPT BUSINESS.
00:25:24.82\00:25:28.22
SO 'TAX COLLECTOR,' 'PUBLICAN,'
- YOU'VE GOT TO THINK MAFIA -
00:25:28.22\00:25:33.90
JUST CROOKED - THE UNDERWORLD,
SORT OF, GROUP, OKAY?
00:25:33.90\00:25:39.70
AND THEN, OF COURSE, TAX
COLLECTORS WERE OFTEN MENTIONED
00:25:39.70\00:25:43.20
WITH PROSTITUTES
AND SINNERS AND HARLOTS.
00:25:43.20\00:25:47.28
AND SO, YOU SEE, THAT'S - THOSE
PEOPLE THAT WERE CONSIDERED THE
00:25:47.28\00:25:52.58
OFFSCOURING OF SOCIETY
WERE DRAWN TO JESUS BECAUSE THEY
00:25:52.58\00:25:58.22
RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE
SINNERS AND THEY NEEDED HELP.
00:25:58.22\00:26:03.12
WELL, WHEN THE SCRIBES AND
THE PHARISEES - THESE WERE THE
00:26:03.12\00:26:05.69
CHURCH FOLK - CHURCH LEADERS
- WHEN THEY SAW ALL OF THESE
00:26:05.69\00:26:11.43
SINFUL PEOPLE SURROUNDING JESUS
AND CHRIST RECEIVING THEM AND
00:26:11.43\00:26:16.14
THEM RECEIVING CHRIST INTO THEIR
HOMES, THEY THOUGHT, 'OH, THIS
00:26:16.14\00:26:19.77
IS DESPICABLE.
WHAT A BAD EXAMPLE.
00:26:19.77\00:26:22.51
WHY WOULD HE BE WITH PEOPLE
LIKE THIS?' AND HE WAS BASICALLY
00:26:22.51\00:26:24.81
SAYING, 'THIS IS WHY I'M
HERE. IT'S THE SICK THAT NEED A
00:26:24.81\00:26:28.62
PHYSICIAN, NOT
THOSE THAT ARE WELL.
00:26:28.62\00:26:30.19
SO HE THEN GOES ON AND HE SHARES
THESE NEXT THREE PARABLES.
00:26:30.19\00:26:33.32
I'LL READ THE FIRST PARABLE OF
THE LOST SHEEP - AND THIS BEGINS
00:26:33.32\00:26:39.26
WITH VERSE 3 IN LUKE 15, "SO
HE SPOKE THIS PARABLE TO THEM,
00:26:39.26\00:26:43.40
SAYING: 'WHAT MAN OF YOU, HAVING
A HUNDRED SHEEP,'" - NOW I READ
00:26:43.40\00:26:47.64
YOU A VERSE EARLIER FROM MATTHEW
- THIS IS THE ONE IN LUKE - "'IF
00:26:47.64\00:26:51.34
HE LOSES ONE OF THEM, DOES
NOT LEAVE THE NINETY-NINE IN THE
00:26:51.34\00:26:56.14
WILDERNESS, AND GO AFTER THE ONE
WHICH IS LOST UNTIL HE FINDS IT?
00:26:56.14\00:27:00.25
AND WHEN HE HAS FOUND IT,'"
- MEANING HE SEARCHES UNTIL HE
00:27:00.25\00:27:03.85
FINDS IT. HE
DOESN'T SAY 'IF HE FINDS IT'
00:27:03.85\00:27:06.72
- "'WHEN HE HAS FOUND IT HE LAYS
IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, REJOICING.
00:27:06.72\00:27:11.29
AND WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE
CALLS'" - HE DOESN'T SCOLD THE
00:27:11.29\00:27:13.80
SHEEP AND SAY, 'YOU DUMB SHEEP',
HE DOESN'T DRAG IT BY ITS NECK,
00:27:13.80\00:27:19.77
HE PUTS IT ON HIS SHOULDERS
BECAUSE IT'S HAD A ROUGH DAY AND
00:27:19.77\00:27:22.04
- HE'S HAD A ROUGH DAY TOO, BUT
HE CARES ABOUT THE SHEEP - WHEN
00:27:22.04\00:27:27.54
HE COMES HOME, HE CALLS TOGETHER
HIS FRIENDS AND HE SAYS, 'YOU
00:27:27.54\00:27:29.84
KNOW THAT SHEEP I LOST?' -
HE'S REJOICING - "'HE CALLS
00:27:29.84\00:27:32.88
TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS, SAYING TO THEM,
00:27:32.88\00:27:34.22
'REJOICE WITH ME, FOR I HAVE
FOUND MY SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST!'
00:27:34.22\00:27:37.49
I SAY TO YOU THAT LIKEWISE THERE
WILL BE MORE JOY IN HEAVEN OVER
00:27:37.49\00:27:41.36
ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS THAN OVER
NINETY-NINE JUST PERSONS WHO
00:27:41.36\00:27:46.16
NEED NO REPENTANCE.'" NOW,
IN THESE STORIES, IT TALKS ABOUT
00:27:46.16\00:27:50.37
NOT JUST LOSING A SHEEP - IF I
HAD NINETY-NINE SHEEP - IF I HAD
00:27:50.37\00:27:54.47
A HUNDRED SHEEP AND I
LOST ONE, I'D SAY, 'WELL, I GOT
00:27:54.47\00:27:56.27
99-PERCENT; THAT'S NOT TOO BAD.'
BUT THIS SHEPHERD LOVES HIS
00:27:56.27\00:28:00.54
SHEEP AND HE'S RISKING HIS
LIFE - HE'S GOING OUT IN THE
00:28:00.54\00:28:03.95
WILDERNESS FOR THIS
SHEEP. THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID
00:28:03.95\00:28:07.45
WHEN HE CAME TO THIS WORLD. IT'S
DANGEROUS. AND THEN HE TELLS
00:28:07.45\00:28:10.99
ANOTHER PARABLE OF A LOST COIN.
NOW, A SHEEP KNOWS IT'S LOST,
00:28:10.99\00:28:18.46
EVENTUALLY, BUT IT
DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK.
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.96
A LOT OF ANIMALS - YOU KNOW,
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES CAN FIND
00:28:20.96\00:28:23.47
THEIR WAY 2,000 MILES
TO THE WOODS IN MEXICO.
00:28:23.47\00:28:28.37
THESE GREEN SEA TURTLES AND
LEATHERBACK TURTLES, THEY CAN
00:28:28.37\00:28:33.38
FIND THEIR WAY 2,000 - 5,000
MILES ACROSS A TRACKLESS OCEAN
00:28:33.38\00:28:37.75
TO THIS LITTLE BITTY ISLAND
WHERE THEY BREED AND THEN THEY
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.12
TAKE OFF AGAIN FOR YEARS.
THEY FIND IT. SHEEP DON'T HAVE
00:28:40.12\00:28:43.28
THAT MIGRATION GPS IN
THEIR HEAD LIKE OTHER ANIMALS.
00:28:43.28\00:28:46.89
WE HAVE BRED THAT OUT OF THEM
WHERE THEY ARE PRETTY DUMB AND
00:28:46.89\00:28:51.69
THEY MAKE GREAT WOOL AND MAYBE
MILK AND WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.20
FROM THEM, BUT WE'VE BRED OUT
A LOT OF THE NATURAL SURVIVAL
00:28:54.20\00:28:57.20
ABILITY. AND, YOU'VE HEARD THE
EXPRESSION BEFORE, DUMB SHEEP?
00:28:57.20\00:29:00.94
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY GET LOST.
00:29:00.94\00:29:05.21
I'VE HEARD STORIES OF DOGS AND
CATS THAT ARE 2,000 MILES FROM
00:29:05.21\00:29:08.28
THEIR HOME - THEY GET LOST AT A
REST STOP - AND THEY FIND THEIR
00:29:08.28\00:29:11.55
WAY HOME. HOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE HEARD THESE STORIES?
00:29:11.55\00:29:14.58
YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT A SHEEP
THAT GOT LEFT OUT THERE 2,000
00:29:14.58\00:29:18.69
MILES FROM HOME
AND FOUND ITS WAY HOME.
00:29:18.69\00:29:22.92
IT DOESN'T KNOW IT'S - HOW
TO GET BACK, IT JUST KNOWS IT'S
00:29:22.92\00:29:25.09
LOST. IT NEEDS
SOMEONE TO FIND IT.
00:29:25.09\00:29:27.03
THEN THERE'S A COIN. THE
COIN DOESN'T KNOW IT'S LOST.
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.17
NOW, YOU NOTICE JUST
THE NUMBERS HERE TOO.
00:29:30.17\00:29:32.63
IT SAYS THAT THERE'S A MAN WITH
A HUNDRED SHEEP, A LADY WITH TEN
00:29:32.63\00:29:36.97
COINS, AND A MAN WITH TWO SONS.
SO THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN -
00:29:36.97\00:29:42.64
AND THE FEWER YOU'VE GOT,
THE MORE PRECIOUS IT GETS.
00:29:42.64\00:29:45.15
THAT ONE SON IS WORTH MORE THAN
TEN COINS OR A HUNDRED SHEEP.
00:29:45.15\00:29:50.29
IF YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH COINS, YOU
CAN BUY SHEEP, BUT WHO'S GOING
00:29:50.29\00:29:52.85
TO TRADE THEIR SON
FOR COINS OR SHEEP?
00:29:52.85\00:29:56.39
SEE WHAT JESUS IS DOING IN THE
STORY IS HE'S BRINGING IT IN TO
00:29:56.39\00:29:58.66
THE THINGS THAT
ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS.
00:29:58.66\00:30:00.60
THEN HE TELLS ABOUT THIS
WOMAN - TEN SILVER COINS.
00:30:00.60\00:30:03.83
THESE WERE OFTEN COINS THAT WERE
GIVEN, MAYBE, AS WEDDING GIFTS
00:30:03.83\00:30:07.20
OR MOMENTOS AND
SO THEY'RE PRECIOUS.
00:30:07.20\00:30:10.81
AND SHE LOSES ONE COIN. SHE
DOESN'T SHRUG AND SAY, 'I'VE
00:30:10.81\00:30:13.98
GOT, YOU KNOW, TEN
PERCENT - OR NINETY PERCENT.
00:30:13.98\00:30:17.81
SHE LIGHTS A LAMP - THEY DIDN'T
HAVE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, YOU HAD
00:30:17.81\00:30:22.45
TO LIGHT A LAMP.
SHE GETS OUT A BROOM.
00:30:22.45\00:30:25.65
SHE DECIDES TO JUST CLEAN
AND SWEEP EVERY CORNER AND SHE
00:30:25.65\00:30:29.82
SEARCHES CAREFULLY UNTIL -
SHE KNOWS IT'S IN THE HOUSE.
00:30:29.82\00:30:33.23
IT DOESN'T KNOW IT'S LOST.
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.40
SHE WON'T GIVE UP
UNTIL SHE FINDS IT.
00:30:34.40\00:30:36.90
AND THEN SHE GOES AND TELLS HER
NEIGHBORS, 'REJOICE WITH ME!'
00:30:36.90\00:30:40.24
IF YOU CAME AND KNOCKED ON
MY DOOR AND SAID, 'COME ON OVER,
00:30:40.24\00:30:42.50
WE'RE HAVING A PARTY.' I'D SAY,
'WELL, WHAT'S THE OCCASION?'
00:30:42.50\00:30:44.04
'I LOST ONE OF MY COINS.' I'D
SAY, 'OKAY, ANY GOOD REASON TO
00:30:44.04\00:30:51.45
CELEBRATE.' BUT, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU REJOICE
00:30:51.45\00:30:54.25
WITH THOSE THAT REJOICE. THAT'S
WHAT JESUS SAID. "LIKEWISE," -
00:30:54.25\00:30:59.29
HE TELLS US - "THERE IS JOY
IN HEAVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
00:30:59.29\00:31:02.69
ANGELS OVER ONE
SINNER WHO REPENTS."
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.16
JUST ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS.
00:31:05.16\00:31:09.40
WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO THE
LORD, THE ANGELS ARE REJOICING.
00:31:09.40\00:31:12.13
THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED IN SAVING
SOMEBODY HERE IN THIS WORLD.
00:31:12.13\00:31:15.77
AND THEN, HE FINALLY - BEFORE
I LEAVE THE POINT OF THE COIN, I
00:31:15.77\00:31:23.24
JUST HEARD A PASTOR ILLUSTRATE
ONE TIME, 'WHAT ELSE COMES IN
00:31:23.24\00:31:27.75
DENOMINATIONS OF TEN?
WELL, YOU'VE GOT TEN LEPERS AND
00:31:27.75\00:31:33.02
ONE CAME BACK TO THANK THE LORD.
YOU'VE GOT TEN COMMANDMENTS -
00:31:33.02\00:31:39.56
WAS ONE LOST FOR A MILLENNIA?
AND WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT
00:31:39.56\00:31:45.27
IN BIBLE ANALOGIES
OR METAPHORS? A CHURCH.
00:31:45.27\00:31:49.77
SO YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN -
AND WHAT DOES A LAMP REPRESENT?
00:31:49.77\00:31:53.94
WORD OF GOD - 'THY WORD IS
A LAMP UNTO MY FEET' - RIGHT?
00:31:53.94\00:31:57.95
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT
SAYS? SO HERE SHE LOSES ONE OF
00:31:57.95\00:32:01.18
SOMETHING
INANIMATE, BUT PRECIOUS.
00:32:01.18\00:32:03.92
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD ARE
NOT HUMAN, BUT THEY'RE PRECIOUS.
00:32:03.92\00:32:07.72
AND SHE LIGHTS A LAMP AND SHE
TAKES OUT THE BROOM OF DILIGENCE
00:32:07.72\00:32:11.26
AND FAITH AND SHE SEARCHES UNTIL
SHE FINDS IT, AND WHEN SHE FINDS
00:32:11.26\00:32:14.00
IT SHE SAYS, 'OH BUMMER, A NEW
LAW.' THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE SAYS.
00:32:14.00\00:32:19.03
SHE REJOICES. THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IN THE
00:32:19.03\00:32:22.37
BIBLE ARE ALWAYS PRESENTED
AS SOMETHING THAT IS PRECIOUS.
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.71
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS AN
INTERESTING SPIRITUAL APPROACH
00:32:25.71\00:32:28.24
TO THAT PARABLE ABOUT FINDING
A MISSING COMMANDMENT AND
00:32:28.24\00:32:32.28
REJOICING. AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT A MISSING SON.
00:32:32.28\00:32:35.48
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS
TOGETHER AND WE STILL HAVE SOME
00:32:35.48\00:32:38.95
OTHER POINTS TO COVER
SO I'LL TRY TO PACE MYSELF.
00:32:38.95\00:32:43.96
AND YOU GO TO LUKE 11, "A
CERTAIN MAN HAD" - LUKE - I'M
00:32:43.96\00:32:49.13
SORRY, 15, VERSE 11 - "A
CERTAIN MAN HAD TWO SONS."
00:32:49.13\00:32:53.00
IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE TWO
ROADS IN THE KINGDOM - STRAIGHT
00:32:53.00\00:32:59.07
GATE - BROAD WAY TO DESTRUCTION
- "AND THE YOUNGER OF THEM SAID
00:32:59.07\00:33:02.81
TO HIS FATHER, 'FATHER, GIVE ME
THE PORTION OF GOODS THAT FALLS
00:33:02.81\00:33:06.18
TO ME.' SO HE DIVIDED
TO THEM HIS LIVELIHOOD.
00:33:06.18\00:33:10.12
AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER, THE
YOUNGER SON...JOURNEYED TO A FAR
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.86
COUNTRY'" - GETS AS FAR AWAY
FROM HIS FATHER - SEE, HE KNOWS
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.86
WHERE HE'S GOING. IT'S
DELIBERATE - "AND THERE WASTED
00:33:16.86\00:33:21.06
HIS POSSESSIONS WITH PRODIGAL"
- OR RIOTOUS - "LIVING.
00:33:21.06\00:33:24.67
BUT WHEN HE HAD SPENT ALL,"
- YOU NOTICE HE SPENT IT PRETTY
00:33:24.67\00:33:27.94
QUICK - AN INHERITANCE THAT
IS GOTTEN HASTILY IS OFTEN LOST
00:33:27.94\00:33:31.87
QUICKLY TOO. WHEN YOU
WORK FOR YOUR MONEY FOR
00:33:31.87\00:33:36.64
YEARS AND YOU SAVE IT, YOU'RE
MORE CAREFUL HOW YOU SPEND IT.
00:33:36.64\00:33:40.22
WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO
MONEY QUICKLY AND EASILY,
00:33:40.22\00:33:43.05
THEY'RE OFTEN
RECKLESS IN SPENDING IT.
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.35
HAVE YOU ALL HEARD THE STORIES
ABOUT PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW WIN
00:33:45.35\00:33:47.66
THE LOTTERY AND WHAT THEIR
LIVES ARE LIKE A YEAR LATER?
00:33:47.66\00:33:51.96
SOME AMAZING STORIES OF JUST
DISSIPATION AND SQUANDERING IT
00:33:51.96\00:33:56.43
AND BEING ROBBED BY OTHER FAMILY
AND THEY'RE MORE MISERABLE AND,
00:33:56.43\00:33:59.73
SOMETIMES, EVEN IN DEBT DEEPER A
YEAR AFTER WINNING THE LOTTERY -
00:33:59.73\00:34:04.41
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS -
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
00:34:04.41\00:34:08.41
SO THIS YOUNG MAN GETS THIS
MONEY AND HE SQUANDERS IT AND
00:34:08.41\00:34:14.65
AFTER HE SQUANDERS IT WITH WILD
LIVING, THEN HE SPENDS ALL -
00:34:14.65\00:34:19.09
"THERE AROSE A SEVERE FAMINE" -
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE - "IN THAT
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.36
LAND," - THIS FAR COUNTRY -
"AND HE BEGAN TO BE IN WANT."
00:34:22.36\00:34:26.49
- MISSING THE BASIC NECESSITIES.
AND HE FINALLY, IN DESPERATION,
00:34:26.49\00:34:30.13
HE JOINS HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN
OF THAT COUNTRY - THE ONLY WORK
00:34:30.13\00:34:33.60
HE CAN FIND - THEY HAD NO
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS YOU COULD
00:34:33.60\00:34:37.17
APPLY FOR - HE SENDS HIM
INTO HIS FIELD TO FEED PIGS.
00:34:37.17\00:34:42.14
NOW REMEMBER, JESUS IS SHARING
THIS STORY IN - TO A JEWISH
00:34:42.14\00:34:46.35
AUDIENCE AND JUST THE VERY WORST
THING YOU COULD TO IS TO BE -
00:34:46.35\00:34:52.92
WHAT DO THEY CALL IT IN GERMAN?
A SCHWEINEHERDE - A PIGGARD -
00:34:52.92\00:34:56.66
TAKE CARE OF PIGS - AND - AND
- SENDS HIM INTO THE FIELDS TO
00:34:56.66\00:35:04.57
FEED THE PIGS THESE SEED PODS
"AND HE GLADLY WOULD HAVE FILLED
00:35:04.57\00:35:08.84
HIS STOMACH WITH THE PODS
THAT THE SWINE ATE, AND NO
00:35:08.84\00:35:12.54
ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING."
HE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS
00:35:12.54\00:35:15.48
WHEN HE HAD MONEY. NOW
HE'S ALL ALONE. HE'S LOST.
00:35:15.48\00:35:20.85
HE'S SEPARATED FROM HIS
FATHER, BUT HE COMES TO HIMSELF.
00:35:20.85\00:35:24.49
THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGINS TO WORK
ON HIM AND HE REASONS AND HE
00:35:24.49\00:35:27.66
SAYS, 'HOW MANY OF MY FATHER'S
HIRED SERVANTS HAVE BREAD ENOUGH
00:35:27.66\00:35:31.43
TO SPARE AND I
PERISH WITH HUNGER?'
00:35:31.43\00:35:33.53
- HE'S REJECTED HIS FATHER'S
BREAD AND NOW HE WANTS THAT
00:35:33.53\00:35:36.40
BREAD. "AND I
PERISH" - JESUS SAID HE
00:35:36.40\00:35:40.14
CAME THAT WE MIGHT NOT PERISH -
"I WILL ARISE" - HE NEEDS TO DO
00:35:40.14\00:35:44.84
SOMETHING ON HIS OWN - "AND
GO TO MY FATHER, AND WILL SAY TO
00:35:44.84\00:35:48.01
HIM, 'FATHER, I HAVE SINNED
AGAINST HEAVEN AND BEFORE YOU,
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.88
AND I AM NO LONGER
WORTHY TO BE CALLED YOUR SON.
00:35:50.88\00:35:53.72
MAKE ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR HIRED
SERVANTS.'" HE THOUGHT, 'I'M
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.95
MUCH BETTER OFF BEING A SERVANT
OF MY FATHER'S HOUSE THAN TAKING
00:35:56.95\00:35:59.42
CARE OF THESE PIGS.' - "AND HE
AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
00:35:59.42\00:36:03.16
- HE'S COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY
- "BUT WHEN HE WAS STILL A GREAT
00:36:03.16\00:36:07.30
WAY OFF, HIS FATHER SAW HIM AND
HAD COMPASSION, AND RAN AND FELL
00:36:07.30\00:36:12.93
ON HIS NECK" - HE WONDERED
IF HIS FATHER WOULD ACCEPT HIM.
00:36:12.93\00:36:15.37
THE BIBLE SAYS 'DRAW NEAR TO
GOD, HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.'
00:36:15.37\00:36:18.57
AS SOON AS THE FATHER SAW HIM
DRAWING NEAR, HE RUNS TO MEET
00:36:18.57\00:36:21.34
HIM. AS SOON AS
WE RECOGNIZE THAT
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.18
WE'VE DRIFTED FROM GOD
AND WE MAKE OUR WAY BACK,
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.58
THE LORD COMES TO US. >>AMEN.
00:36:26.58\00:36:29.22
>>HE CAME TO HIS FATHER AND HIS
FATHER RAN - HE HAD COMPASSION -
00:36:29.22\00:36:32.99
HE FELL ON HIS NECK AND HE
KISSED HIM - HE'S SO HAPPY THAT
00:36:32.99\00:36:35.82
HE'S COME HOME - HAPPIER THAN
THE WOMAN WHO FOUND THE COIN OR
00:36:35.82\00:36:38.93
THE SHEPHERD
THAT FOUND THE SHEEP.
00:36:38.93\00:36:40.66
THIS MAN HAS FOUND HIS
SON. AND HE BEGINS - THE BOY
00:36:40.66\00:36:43.90
BEGINS TO MAKE HIS
SPEECH OF REPENTANCE.
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.87
"FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST
HEAVEN AND IN YOUR SIGHT, AND AM
00:36:45.87\00:36:49.10
NO LONGER WORTHY TO BE CALLED
YOUR SON.' BUT THE FATHER SAID
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.64
TO HIS SERVANTS, 'BRING OUT THE
BEST ROBE AND PUT IT ON HIM, AND
00:36:52.64\00:36:55.81
PUT A RING ON HIS HAND AND
SANDALS ON HIS FEET.'" - COVER
00:36:55.81\00:36:58.41
UP THE RAGS THAT HE'S
WEARING. GIVE HIM A ROYAL ROBE.
00:36:58.41\00:37:02.08
KIND OF WHAT JACOB DID FOR
JOSEPH - "'AND BRING THE FATTED
00:37:02.08\00:37:05.89
CALF HERE AND KILL IT, AND LET
US EAT AND BE MERRY;'" - LET'S
00:37:05.89\00:37:09.56
CELEBRATE - LET'S HAVE A FEAST
- "'FOR THIS MY SON WAS DEAD AND
00:37:09.56\00:37:12.89
IS ALIVE AGAIN; HE WAS LOST AND
IS FOUND.'" - NOW WHO DOES THAT
00:37:12.89\00:37:18.23
SON REPRESENT? YOU
KNOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT
00:37:18.23\00:37:21.07
THIS PARABLE, FROM SOME OF THE
OTHERS? IS THERE IS A BOY WHO IS
00:37:21.07\00:37:26.51
EVIDENTLY IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE
WHEN HE STARTS, BUT HE DOESN'T
00:37:26.51\00:37:29.34
APPRECIATE IT AND HE LEAVES.
PEOPLE GROW UP IN THE CHURCH,
00:37:29.34\00:37:34.35
THEY THINK MAYBE THE WORLD'S
MORE ATTRACTIVE, THEY GET BORED
00:37:34.35\00:37:37.92
WITH THE FATHER'S BREAD,
THEY GET BORED WITH THE FATHER'S
00:37:37.92\00:37:40.96
RULES AND THINK IT'LL BE A LOT
MORE INTERESTING OUT THERE IN
00:37:40.96\00:37:43.59
THE WORLD AND
THEY LEAVE THE CHURCH.
00:37:43.59\00:37:46.36
THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILY'S
RELIGION AND THEY FIND OUT THAT
00:37:46.36\00:37:49.36
THE HARD WAY, OFTEN, AND AFTER
SOME SCARS AND BAD LESSONS -
00:37:49.36\00:37:53.84
THERE'S NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED.
THERE'S NO REST FOR THE WICKED.
00:37:53.84\00:37:56.87
AND THEY START SAYING, 'WHAT
IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING?'
00:37:56.87\00:37:59.04
SOMETIMES IT TAKES YEARS.
YOU KNOW THAT PROMISE: 'TRAIN UP
00:37:59.04\00:38:02.64
A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO
AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT
00:38:02.64\00:38:05.91
DEPART FROM IT.'
SOMETIMES IT'S WHEN THEY'RE OLD.
00:38:05.91\00:38:09.22
NOW THERE'S NO REASON
FOR ANYONE TO DO THAT.
00:38:09.22\00:38:12.35
THE WISE THING TO DO IS TO
REMEMBER THE LORD IN THE DAYS OF
00:38:12.35\00:38:16.26
YOUR YOUTH, AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.69
>>AND DON'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
BUT HE COMES TO HIS SENSES, THE
00:38:18.69\00:38:22.96
FATHER CELEBRATES, AND
THEY BEGIN TO MAKE MERRY.
00:38:22.96\00:38:26.37
NOW, WHEN THE OLDER SON - HE'S
NEVER LEFT HOME - HE'S IN THE
00:38:26.37\00:38:29.87
FIELD AND HE COMES AND HE DRAWS
NEAR - HE'S BEEN OUT WORKING IN
00:38:29.87\00:38:32.84
THE FIELDS - WORKING FOR THE
FATHER - HE HEARS THE MUSIC AND
00:38:32.84\00:38:36.51
DANCING AND HE
CALLS ONE OF THE SERVANTS.
00:38:36.51\00:38:39.11
HE DOESN'T GO IN AND FIND OUT;
HE WANTS TO FIND OUT BEFORE HE
00:38:39.11\00:38:41.55
GOES IN, WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:38:41.55\00:38:43.32
HE ASKS A SERVANT: HE SAID,
"'YOUR BROTHER HAS COME, AND
00:38:43.32\00:38:46.82
BECAUSE HE RECEIVED HIM SAFE AND
SOUND, YOUR FATHER HAS KILLED
00:38:46.82\00:38:51.43
THE FATTED CALF.' BUT HE
WAS ANGRY AND WOULD NOT GO IN.
00:38:51.43\00:38:55.43
THEREFORE HIS FATHER
CAME OUT AND PLEADED WITH HIM.
00:38:55.43\00:38:58.27
SO HE ANSWERED AND SAID...'LO,
THESE MANY YEARS I HAVE BEEN
00:38:58.27\00:39:01.77
SERVING YOU; I NEVER
TRANSGRESSED YOUR COMMANDMENT AT
00:39:01.77\00:39:04.21
ANY TIME; AND YET YOU NEVER GAVE
ME A YOUNG GOAT, THAT I MIGHT
00:39:04.21\00:39:07.61
MAKE MERRY WITH MY FRIENDS.
BUT AS SOON AS THIS SON OF YOURS
00:39:07.61\00:39:13.68
CAME,'" - YOU NOTICE HE
DOESN'T SAY, 'MY BROTHER'?
00:39:13.68\00:39:16.18
- "'WHO HAS DEVOURED YOUR
LIVELIHOOD WITH HARLOTS, YOU
00:39:16.18\00:39:19.52
KILLED THE FATTED CALF FOR
HIM.'" - HE SAID, "'SON, YOU ARE
00:39:19.52\00:39:23.22
ALWAYS WITH ME, AND
ALL THAT I HAVE IS YOURS.
00:39:23.22\00:39:25.33
IT WAS RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD
MAKE MERRY AND BE GLAD, FOR YOUR
00:39:25.33\00:39:28.03
BROTHER WAS DEAD AND IS
ALIVE AGAIN, AND WAS LOST AND IS
00:39:28.03\00:39:31.47
FOUND.'" NOW WHO - JESUS
IS TELLING THIS PARABLE TO THE
00:39:31.47\00:39:37.57
SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES THAT
ARE SAYING, 'WHY DOES THE SON OF
00:39:37.57\00:39:40.51
MAN MINGLE AND
HANG OUT WITH SINNERS?
00:39:40.51\00:39:44.78
AND JESUS IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN
TO THEM, WITH THIS SERIES OF
00:39:44.78\00:39:47.92
PARABLES, THAT WE SHOULD
LOVE THE LOST AND THERE'S TWO
00:39:47.92\00:39:52.79
CATEGORIES OF LOST PEOPLE THAT
JESUS IS SPEAKING ABOUT HERE.
00:39:52.79\00:39:56.39
ONE IS THE JEWS - THEY'RE
JEWS, BUT THEY'RE PUBLICANS AND
00:39:56.39\00:40:01.53
THEY'RE HARLOTS AND
THEY'VE WANDERED FROM GOD.
00:40:01.53\00:40:04.23
THEY'RE NOT RELIGIOUS AND
THEY'VE JUST BEEN WRITTEN OFF AS
00:40:04.23\00:40:07.44
LOST. THE OTHER
ARE THE GENTILES WHO
00:40:07.44\00:40:10.87
WERE CONSIDERED
TOTALLY FOREIGN TO GOD.
00:40:10.87\00:40:14.31
AND, IN THIS SERIES OF PARABLES,
JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT REACHING
00:40:14.31\00:40:17.75
BOTH. BUT, YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE TALK
00:40:17.75\00:40:20.65
ABOUT REACHING THE LOST,
THERE'S TWO GROUPS: YOU'VE GOT
00:40:20.65\00:40:23.69
BACKSLIDDEN BELIEVERS
AND YOU'VE GOT UNBELIEVERS -
00:40:23.69\00:40:28.29
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
WHAT OTHER GROUP IS THERE?
00:40:28.29\00:40:31.36
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ONCE KNEW
00:40:31.36\00:40:33.23
AND THEY WANDERED - AND WE
SHOULD HAVE COMPASSION FOR BOTH.
00:40:33.23\00:40:36.63
BUT HERE THIS BOY WHO STAYS
HOME - HE WORKS FOR THE FATHER -
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.63
SOMEHOW HE THINKS
HE'S EARNING HIS SALVATION.
00:40:39.63\00:40:42.54
HE DOESN'T REALIZE
IT'S BASED ON GRACE.
00:40:42.54\00:40:44.71
ALRIGHT, LET'S KEEP MOVING HERE.
SO, EATING WITH SINNERS - NOW,
00:40:44.71\00:40:48.78
THIS STORY - THIS IS A
GOOD SEGUE INTO ONE OF THE WAYS
00:40:48.78\00:40:52.88
THAT WE REACH THE PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT TO MINGLE WITH THEM.
00:40:52.88\00:40:56.25
AND YOU CAN READ SOME EXAMPLES
OF THIS - MATTHEW 9, VERSE 10 -
00:40:56.25\00:41:01.96
AND IT SAYS HERE, "NOW IT
HAPPENED, AS JESUS SAT AT THE
00:41:01.96\00:41:05.29
TABLE IN THE HOUSE," - THIS IS
IN THE HOUSE OF MATTHEW - AFTER
00:41:05.29\00:41:08.46
HE CALLS MATTHEW, MATTHEW WALKS
AWAY FROM HIS TAX BOOTH - "MANY
00:41:08.46\00:41:14.50
TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS CAME
AND SAT DOWN" - ALL OF MATTHEW'S
00:41:14.50\00:41:16.94
FRIENDS WERE INVITED
AND WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:41:16.94\00:41:18.87
THEY'RE TAX
COLLECTORS AND SINNERS.
00:41:18.87\00:41:21.54
AND THEY SAT WITH "HIS DISCIPLES
AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT,
00:41:21.54\00:41:24.75
THEY SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES"
- THEY DON'T SAY IT TO JESUS -
00:41:24.75\00:41:27.32
"'WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH
TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS?'
00:41:27.32\00:41:31.09
WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT HE SAID TO
THEM, "THOSE WHO ARE WELL HAVE
00:41:31.09\00:41:35.52
NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN,
BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK.
00:41:35.52\00:41:38.03
BUT GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS
MEANS: 'I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT
00:41:38.03\00:41:41.60
SACRIFICE.' FOR I DID NOT
COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT
00:41:41.60\00:41:44.90
SINNERS TO REPENTANCE."
DURING OUR CAMP OUT - I THINK I
00:41:44.90\00:41:48.74
MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THE LAST
DAY - NOW, MOST OF THE GUYS THAT
00:41:48.74\00:41:56.44
WE WERE OUT CAMPING WITH
ARE MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH - ALL
00:41:56.44\00:42:00.15
BELIEVERS IN GOD - AND THERE'S
NO BEER, NO SMOKING, NO DIRTY
00:42:00.15\00:42:04.99
STORIES - WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
- SO IT'S A GOOD, CLEAN GROUP.
00:42:04.99\00:42:09.62
NOT ALL CAMPERS AND
HUNTERS ARE LIKE THAT.
00:42:09.62\00:42:12.93
AND THE LAST NIGHT WE WERE
THERE, SOME HEADLIGHTS CAME ON -
00:42:12.93\00:42:17.17
WE HAD A GREAT CAMPSITE -
SOMEONE ELSE PULLED UP WITH
00:42:17.17\00:42:20.24
THEIR QUAD - ONE GUY -
AND THEIR CAMPER AND SAID,
00:42:20.24\00:42:27.91
'HOW LONG YOU
GUYS GOING TO BE HERE?'
00:42:27.91\00:42:29.34
WE SAID, 'WELL, WE'RE PULLING
OUT IN THE MORNING.' HE SAID,
00:42:29.34\00:42:31.05
'WELL, I'LL GO OFF AND I'LL
COME BACK.' I SAID, 'NO, NO, YOU
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.48
COME' - WE SAID, 'YOU COME JOIN
US.' WE SAID, 'JUST HANG OUT
00:42:33.48\00:42:35.98
WITH US AND WHEN WE'RE
GONE YOU'LL HAVE MORE SPACE.
00:42:35.98\00:42:39.22
AND HE WAS SO
HAPPY TO TALK WITH US.
00:42:39.22\00:42:41.29
HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT A BELIEVER
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
00:42:41.29\00:42:46.80
DRINKING AND HE WAS TELLING
SOME SORDID STORIES AND HE WAS
00:42:46.80\00:42:50.97
TALKING ABOUT HOW BIG HIS STEAKS
AND PORK CHOPS WERE AND WE
00:42:50.97\00:42:55.40
INVITED HIM FOR BREAKFAST AND
HE WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'D HAVE
00:42:55.40\00:42:57.34
BACON AND (LAUGHS) - WE
SAID, 'NO, IT MAY NOT BE THAT
00:42:57.34\00:43:01.68
ELABORATE.' BUT, YOU KNOW,
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO - ALL
00:43:01.68\00:43:06.01
OF MY FRIENDS, THEY KEYED RIGHT
IN, THEY SAID, 'WE'RE GOING TO
00:43:06.01\00:43:08.55
MAKE A FRIEND OUT OF THIS
GUY.' AND WE WERE SO NICE AND SO
00:43:08.55\00:43:11.85
WELCOMING - AND
THAT'S HOW YOU REACH PEOPLE.
00:43:11.85\00:43:14.29
WE DIDN'T SAY, 'BACON, WE DON'T
EAT BACON.' HE KIND OF FIGURED
00:43:14.29\00:43:18.73
THAT OUT THE NEXT
MORNING. (LAUGHTER) 'HAVEN'T YOU
00:43:18.73\00:43:23.43
HEARD - THEY'RE UNCLEAN!'
YOU CAN'T SHARE EVERYTHING WITH
00:43:23.43\00:43:28.07
EVERYBODY ALL AT ONCE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:43:28.07\00:43:30.61
FIRST YOU'VE GOT TO WHAT?
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH
00:43:30.61\00:43:32.37
THEM AND MINGLE WITH THEM.
AND, OF COURSE, AS I LEFT I
00:43:32.37\00:43:36.11
SAID, 'NOW, IF YOU'RE RIDING
AROUND UP IN THE DESERT AND YOU
00:43:36.11\00:43:37.81
FIND A BACKPACK - AND I WROTE MY
HOME NUMBER ON MY BUSINESS CARD,
00:43:37.81\00:43:44.12
HOPING THAT HE'LL
CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.
00:43:44.12\00:43:48.06
AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN STUFF
LIKE THAT, IT'S EVANGELISTIC.
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.96
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
00:43:50.96\00:43:53.90
NOW THERE'S A - IT PUSHES YOUR
- IT SOMETIMES PUSHES CHRISTIANS
00:43:53.90\00:43:59.23
IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO JUST
00:43:59.23\00:44:03.10
KNOW HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.37
THINGS THAT YOU - YOU KNOW, HE
WAS TELLING US ALL ABOUT ALL HIS
00:44:05.37\00:44:09.21
HUNTING. WE SAID,
'WELL, WE'RE NOT REALLY
00:44:09.21\00:44:10.38
DOING ANY HUNTING, WE'RE JUST'
- I MEAN, WE HAD A COUPLE OF
00:44:10.38\00:44:14.12
PISTOLS BECAUSE THERE ARE
RATTLESNAKES OUT THERE, BUT WE
00:44:14.12\00:44:16.08
DIDN'T DO ANY HUNTING,
THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR PURPOSE WAS.
00:44:16.08\00:44:18.19
WE WERE JUST ENJOYING THE
SCENERY AND RIDING AROUND.
00:44:18.19\00:44:20.79
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO
MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.19
OFFENDING THEM OR ACTING LIKE,
'I'M MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN THOU'
00:44:23.19\00:44:27.03
AND SHOW THAT YOU VALUE
THEM. AND THIS IS THE METHOD
00:44:27.03\00:44:29.33
THAT JESUS USED.
JESUS THEN SAID - WHEN THE
00:44:29.33\00:44:35.14
PHARISEES WERE GIVING HIM A
HARD TIME - HE SAID, 'THOSE WHO
00:44:35.14\00:44:38.37
ARE WELL DO NOT NEED A PHYSICIAN
BUT THOSE WHO ARE SICK.
00:44:38.37\00:44:41.38
BUT GO LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: I
DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE,
00:44:41.38\00:44:46.31
FOR I DID NOT COME TO CALL
THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS TO
00:44:46.31\00:44:48.68
REPENTANCE.' JESUS
IS QUOTING HOSEA 6:6.
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.35
THE LORD WANTS PEOPLE
WHO ARE POOR IN SPIRIT.
00:44:52.35\00:44:56.12
HE'S LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW SINFUL WE
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.16
ARE. IF THERE'S A
CONTRITION, HE CALLS IT.
00:44:58.16\00:45:01.23
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
SOMEBODY LIKE NICODEMUS, WHO WAS
00:45:01.23\00:45:05.57
A RELIGIOUS LEADER, OR YOU'RE
MARY MAGDALENE. KING DAVID SAID
00:45:05.57\00:45:09.17
IN PSALM 51, VERSE 17, "THE
SACRIFICES OF GOD ARE A BROKEN
00:45:09.17\00:45:13.64
SPIRIT, A BROKEN AND
CONTRITE HEART - THESE,
00:45:13.64\00:45:16.51
O GOD, YOU WILL NOT DESPISE."
00:45:16.51\00:45:18.31
'WHOEVER COMES TO ME I WILL
IN NO WISE CAST OUT.' IT DOESN'T
00:45:18.31\00:45:21.75
MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE A TRULY
CONVERTED REPENTING RELIGIOUS
00:45:21.75\00:45:25.22
PERSON OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN
A SINNER THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE
00:45:25.22\00:45:28.62
FIRST THING ABOUT HOW TO FIND
YOUR WAY AROUND IN THE BIBLE.
00:45:28.62\00:45:32.93
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STORIES
IN THE BIBLE THAT ALWAYS KIND OF
00:45:32.93\00:45:35.33
STRUCK ME IS ABOUT DAVID
AND HIS MIGHTY MEN - HIS ARMY.
00:45:35.33\00:45:42.30
HAVE YOU READ THAT WHEN HE FIRST
ATTRACTED THIS ARMY - HOW THEY
00:45:42.30\00:45:46.31
WERE COMPOSED? IT
SAYS, "DAVID THEREFORE
00:45:46.31\00:45:49.44
DEPARTED, HE ESCAPED
TO THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.
00:45:49.44\00:45:52.68
SO WHEN HIS BROTHERS AND ALL HIS
FATHER'S HOUSE HEARD IT, THEY
00:45:52.68\00:45:55.05
WENT DOWN THERE TO HIM." -
DAVID'S RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE,
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.22
HE'S LIVING IN A CAVE - "AND
EVERYONE WHO WAS IN DISTRESS,
00:45:57.22\00:46:01.46
EVERYONE WHO WAS IN DEBT," -
THESE PEOPLE NOT PAYING THEIR
00:46:01.46\00:46:05.63
CREDIT CARDS - "AND
EVERYONE WHO WAS DISCONTENTED
00:46:05.63\00:46:10.23
GATHERED TO HIM." SO HE
BECAME CAPTAIN OVER THEM.
00:46:10.23\00:46:13.90
AND THERE WERE ABOUT
FOUR HUNDRED MEN WITH HIM.
00:46:13.90\00:46:16.34
ALL KINDS OF STRANGE CHARACTERS
GATHERED AROUND DAVID AND HE
00:46:16.34\00:46:21.31
TURNED THEM INTO A FORMIDABLE
ARMY BY MINGLING WITH THEM, BY
00:46:21.31\00:46:26.08
HIS EXAMPLE - HE TAUGHT THEM HOW
TO PRAY, HE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO
00:46:26.08\00:46:28.42
TRUST GOD, HE TAUGHT THEM, YOU
KNOW, HOW TO ORDER THEIR LIVES -
00:46:28.42\00:46:32.52
HE WAS A LEADER FOR A
VERY STRANGE GROUP, BUT HE
00:46:32.52\00:46:35.12
DISCIPLINED THEM -
BUT HE WELCOMED THEM.
00:46:35.12\00:46:38.86
IT DOESN'T SAY HE REJECTED
ANY OF THEM AND SAID, 'YOU'RE IN
00:46:38.86\00:46:40.66
DEBT.' 'YOU'RE A GRUMBLER.'
'YOU'RE A COMPLAINER.'
00:46:40.66\00:46:43.26
'YOU'RE A REBEL.'
THEY ALL GATHERED TO HIM.
00:46:43.26\00:46:45.93
THEY WERE ATTRACTED TO HIM - AND
HE TURNED THEM INTO THE LEADERS
00:46:45.93\00:46:49.00
OF THE KINGDOM. IT'S
LIKE JESUS WITH THE APOSTLES.
00:46:49.00\00:46:51.67
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED
AT WHAT THEY WERE MADE OF?
00:46:51.67\00:46:53.91
THERE WERE FISHERMEN AND
SHEPHERDS AND TAX COLLECTORS AND
00:46:53.91\00:46:57.28
SCRIBES AND JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
00:46:57.28\00:47:00.48
BUT HE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
WE HAVE ONE MORE VERSE I'D LIKE
00:47:00.48\00:47:04.62
YOU TO READ AND THAT'S LUKE 19 -
THIS WAS OUR MEMORY VERSE, BUT I
00:47:04.62\00:47:08.59
THOUGHT IT'D BE A
GOOD PLACE TO SHARE.
00:47:08.59\00:47:12.19
GO AHEAD, WHY DON'T
YOU READ THAT? LUKE 19:5-7.
00:47:12.19\00:47:15.13
>>"AND WHEN JESUS CAME TO THE
PLACE, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW HIM,
00:47:15.13\00:47:18.60
AND SAID TO HIM, 'ZACCHAEUS,
MAKE HASTE AND COME DOWN, FOR
00:47:18.60\00:47:22.27
TODAY I MUST STAY AT YOUR
HOUSE.' SO HE MADE HASTE AND
00:47:22.27\00:47:26.44
CAME DOWN, AND
RECEIVED HIM JOYFULLY.
00:47:26.44\00:47:29.18
BUT WHEN THEY SAW IT, THEY ALL
COMPLAINED, SAYING, 'HE HAS GONE
00:47:29.18\00:47:32.58
TO BE A GUEST WITH A
MAN WHO IS A SINNER.'"
00:47:32.58\00:47:35.38
>>GOING TO EAT AT THE HOUSE OF
ZACCHAEUS - THAT BOTHERED THEM -
00:47:35.38\00:47:39.75
BUT JESUS SAID, 'THIS IS WHY
I CAME.' THE LORD WANTS TO BE IN
00:47:39.75\00:47:43.29
THEIR HOMES. IF YOU WANT TO WIN
PEOPLE TO THE LORD YOU NEED TO
00:47:43.29\00:47:45.53
GO INTO THE HOMES OF PEOPLE WHO
MAY NOT BELIEVE AND LEARN HOW TO
00:47:45.53\00:47:49.00
INTERACT WITH THEM IN A WINSOME
WAY AND WIN THEIR HEARTS.
00:47:49.00\00:47:53.17
NOW THERE'S A
BALANCE IN MINGLING WISELY.
00:47:53.17\00:47:57.17
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BE
IN THE WORLD WITHOUT THE WORLD
00:47:57.17\00:48:00.04
BEING IN YOU. SAMSON
MIGHT HAVE ARGUED HE WAS
00:48:00.04\00:48:05.55
DOING MISSIONARY WORK AMONG
THE PHILISTINES, BUT INSTEAD OF
00:48:05.55\00:48:09.78
WINNING THE PHILISTINES,
THE PHILISTINES WON HIM.
00:48:09.78\00:48:14.49
INSTEAD OF REACHING
THEM, THEY TRAPPED HIM.
00:48:14.49\00:48:19.33
AND SO, YOU'VE GOT
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
00:48:19.33\00:48:20.80
THERE IS A BALANCE AND MAYBE
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT
00:48:20.80\00:48:23.40
WEEK AND - HOW DO YOU DRAW THAT
LINE SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.74
REACHING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY,
MINGLING AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:48:26.74\00:48:31.04
LOST, WITHOUT THEM
AFFECTING YOU AND REACHING YOU?
00:48:31.04\00:48:35.54
IT'S ONE THING TO GO OUT IN THE
OCEAN AND TO CATCH FISH, BUT IF
00:48:35.54\00:48:40.05
YOU GET TOO FAR IN THE
WATER, THE FISH COULD CATCH YOU.
00:48:40.05\00:48:44.15
SOMEONE SAID THE CHURCH IS
SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A BOAT IN
00:48:44.15\00:48:46.89
THE OCEAN. A
BOAT ON DRY LAND LOOKS
00:48:46.89\00:48:51.13
USELESS, DOESN'T IT? AND
IN THE SAME WAY - BUT, IF
00:48:51.13\00:48:54.46
THE OCEAN GETS IN THE
BOAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, RIGHT?
00:48:54.46\00:48:57.67
AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO
MAINTAIN THAT SEPARATION.
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.37
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'RE OUT OF TIME
AND I'LL MAYBE COVER SOME OF
00:48:59.37\00:49:01.20
THESE OTHER POINTS NEXT WEEK.
I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE
00:49:01.20\00:49:03.71
WATCHING, WE DO
HAVE THE FREE OFFER.
00:49:03.71\00:49:05.77
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BEGINNING, IT'S CALLED ALONE IN
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00:49:12.11\00:49:18.29
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WORD TOGETHER
AGAIN NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC)
00:49:22.82\00:49:35.94
>>ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1971,
17-YEAR-OLD JULIANE KOEPCKE
00:49:35.94\00:49:40.61
BOARDED LANSA FLIGHT #508
WITH HER MOTHER IN LIMA, PERU.
00:49:40.61\00:49:44.71
THEY INTENDED TO JOIN HER FATHER
FOR CHRISTMAS AT HIS RESEARCH
00:49:44.71\00:49:48.42
STATION IN THE
AMAZON RAIN FOREST.
00:49:48.42\00:49:51.09
AFTER CROSSING THE ANDES
AT ABOUT 21,000 FEET, THEIR
00:49:51.09\00:49:54.82
AIRCRAFT WAS ENVELOPED BY
LARGE, DARK THUNDERCLOUDS AND IT
00:49:54.82\00:49:58.59
ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE.
LIGHTNING WAS FLASHING
00:49:58.59\00:50:01.66
EVERYWHERE AND THE PLANE
WAS SHAKEN VIOLENTLY, WHICH
00:50:01.66\00:50:04.37
NATURALLY
TERRIFIED THE PASSENGERS.
00:50:04.37\00:50:06.84
THEN, A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK
THE PLANE'S ENGINE AND TORE OFF
00:50:06.84\00:50:11.07
A WING. AS THE
DOOMED AIRLINER HURTLED
00:50:11.07\00:50:14.31
TOWARDS THE EARTH, THE CABIN
CAME APART AND THE NEXT THING
00:50:14.31\00:50:17.75
SHE KNEW, JULIANE FOUND HERSELF
STRAPPED ALONE TO A ROW OF SEATS
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FALLING AND SPINNING
SILENTLY FROM OVER 10,000 FEET
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ABOVE THE RAIN FOREST. SHE
PLUMMETED THROUGH THE JUNGLE
00:50:25.62\00:50:28.86
CANOPY AND SLAMMED
ON THE FOREST FLOOR.
00:50:28.86\00:50:31.46
WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT DAY,
JULIANE WAS AMAZED TO REALIZE
00:50:31.46\00:50:34.96
SHE HAD SURVIVED THE
TWO-MILE FALL WITH JUST A BROKEN
00:50:34.96\00:50:38.47
COLLARBONE AND A
BAD GASH IN HER ARM.
00:50:38.47\00:50:41.37
AFTER FAILING TO FIND ANY OTHER
SURVIVORS, JULIANE RELIED ON
00:50:41.37\00:50:44.84
WHAT HER FATHER HAD TAUGHT HER:
THAT WALKING DOWNSTREAM WILL
00:50:44.84\00:50:48.01
ALWAYS LEAD TO CIVILIZATION.
SO, WITH A BAG OF CANDY THAT HAD
00:50:48.01\00:50:52.61
FALLEN FROM THE PLANE AND
ONE SANDAL, SHE STARTED WALKING.
00:50:52.61\00:50:56.58
FOR TEN DAYS JULIANE HOBBLED,
SWAM, OR FLOATED DOWNSTREAM.
00:50:56.58\00:51:01.12
HER WOUNDS BECAME INFECTED AND
SHE WAS PLAGUED BY MAGGOTS WHILE
00:51:01.12\00:51:04.43
HAVING TO DODGE CROCODILES,
PIRANHAS, AND RELENTLESS
00:51:04.43\00:51:07.76
INSECTS.
EVENTUALLY SHE CAME TO A SHACK
00:51:07.76\00:51:11.83
WHERE SHE SLEPT AND SHE WAS SOON
DISCOVERED BY PERUVIAN LOGGERS.
00:51:11.83\00:51:15.60
EVENTUALLY JULIANE WAS
UNITED WITH HER AMAZED FATHER.
00:51:15.60\00:51:20.01
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL SURVIVING
00:51:20.01\00:51:22.94
SUCH A FALL AND THEN HIKING
ALONE OUT OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
00:51:22.94\00:51:26.55
RAINFOREST. YOU
KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
00:51:26.55\00:51:29.98
SOME WHO SURVIVED AN EVEN
GREATER FALL THAN JULIANE.
00:51:29.98\00:51:33.42
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE
SCRIPTURES, WHEN ADAM AND EVE
00:51:33.42\00:51:36.22
FELL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN,
IT BROUGHT THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE
00:51:36.22\00:51:38.99
DOWN. BUT JESUS CAME TO
REDEEM THE WORLD FROM SIN.
00:51:38.99\00:51:42.93
PERHAPS YOU'RE THINKING TO
YOURSELF, 'WELL, THAT'S OKAY FOR
00:51:42.93\00:51:45.50
THE WORLD, BUT
I'VE FALLEN TOO FAR.'
00:51:45.50\00:51:48.60
WELL, IF THE LORD CAN
SAVE JULIANE, GOD CAN SAVE YOU.
00:51:48.60\00:51:52.11
YOU'VE NOT GONE FARTHER THAN
MOSES, WHO WAS GUILTY OF MURDER,
00:51:52.11\00:51:55.21
OR DAVID, WHO WAS GUILTY OF
ADULTERY, OR PETER, WHO DENIED
00:51:55.21\00:51:58.41
JESUS - AND ALL OF THEM WERE
SAVED AND RESTORED FROM THEIR
00:51:58.41\00:52:02.28
FALL. OR MAYBE
YOU'RE THINKING, 'I'VE
00:52:02.28\00:52:04.82
FALLEN TOO MANY
TIMES.' BE OF GOOD COURAGE.
00:52:04.82\00:52:07.72
IT SAYS IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 24,
VERSE 16, "FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:52:07.72\00:52:11.16
MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES AND RISE
AGAIN" - AND JESUS CAST SEVEN
00:52:11.16\00:52:15.10
DEVILS OUT OF MARY MAGDALENE.
SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED,
00:52:15.10\00:52:18.03
FRIEND, IF YOU'VE
FALLEN, GET BACK UP AGAIN.
00:52:18.03\00:52:20.74
THE SAME WAY THAT HE COULD SAVE
JULIANE - LEAD HER FROM THAT
00:52:20.74\00:52:23.84
LOST CONDITION IN THE RAINFOREST
AND RESTORE HER TO HER FATHER,
00:52:23.84\00:52:27.68
JESUS CAN LEAD YOU FROM YOUR
LOST CONDITION AND RESTORE YOU
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.91
TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. (MUSIC)
00:52:30.91\00:52:44.36
>>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES.
00:52:44.36\00:52:51.93
>>WHEN I WAS 15 I BOUGHT MY
FIRST BAG OF MARIJUANA OUT OF
00:52:51.93\00:52:55.90
CURIOSITY AND FROM THE AGE
OF 15 ON TO 23 IT WAS A CONSTANT
00:52:55.90\00:53:02.24
EXPERIMENTATION WITH
DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES.
00:53:02.24\00:53:06.08
BY THE TIME I WAS 23 THERE
WAS NOT A DRUG I HAD NOT TRIED.
00:53:06.08\00:53:10.35
I HAD WORN MYSELF OUT SEARCHING
FOR HAPPINESS AND ONE DAY I CAME
00:53:10.35\00:53:14.69
HOME, TIRED AS USUAL,
AND I STARTED DRINKING.
00:53:14.69\00:53:19.29
AND, AS USUAL, AFTER I STARTED
DRINKING, I STARTED LOOKING FOR
00:53:19.29\00:53:23.67
A HIGHER BUZZ. SOMEONE CAME
BY WITH SOME XANAX. SOMEONE ALSO
00:53:23.67\00:53:30.94
CAME BY WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT
I LIKED AND THAT WAS COCAINE.
00:53:30.94\00:53:35.84
BUT THIS TIME, NOT THINKING,
I TOOK THE WHOLE THING.
00:53:35.84\00:53:39.28
SO I WENT TO BED
ABOUT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON.
00:53:39.28\00:53:42.82
MY ROOMMATE WENT OFF TO WORK
THAT NIGHT; WHEN HE CAME BACK
00:53:42.82\00:53:46.12
FROM WORK THE NEXT DAY THOUGH,
HE NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG
00:53:46.12\00:53:49.56
BECAUSE I WAS STILL IN
BED IN THE SAME POSITION.
00:53:49.56\00:53:52.79
HE TRIED TO WAKE ME UP
AND HE COULDN'T WAKE ME UP.
00:53:52.79\00:53:57.43
AND WHEN MY PARENTS FOUND ME,
THEY FOUND ME CURLED UP IN THE
00:53:57.43\00:54:01.34
FETAL POSITION IN MY
HOSPITAL ROOM UNCONSCIOUS STILL.
00:54:01.34\00:54:07.71
AND I STAYED UNCONSCIOUS IN THIS
COMA-LIKE STATE FOR THE NEXT
00:54:07.71\00:54:11.55
WEEK. I STAYED
THE NEXT MONTH IN THE
00:54:11.55\00:54:14.72
HOSPITAL, SLOWLY GETTING BETTER
TO WHERE I COULD SIT UP IN BED
00:54:14.72\00:54:20.09
AND I HAD TO LEARN TO WALK
AGAIN. BUT MY PARENTS FOUND THIS
00:54:20.09\00:54:23.26
ONE FACILITY OUT IN
THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE.
00:54:23.26\00:54:26.83
I HAD TO ADMIT THAT I LIKED THE
PLACE, BUT THEY WERE CHRISTIAN -
00:54:26.83\00:54:32.07
AND EVEN WORSE THAN THAT, I SAID
'YES' WHEN THEY ASKED ME IF I
00:54:32.07\00:54:36.04
WANTED TO GO TO
CHURCH THAT WEEK.
00:54:36.04\00:54:38.54
BEFORE THE PASTOR SAID THE
BENEDICTION I WAS SO EXCITED
00:54:38.54\00:54:41.24
BECAUSE I WAS
PLANNING MY ESCAPE.
00:54:41.24\00:54:43.41
AND SO, AFTER EVERYBODY WAS ALL
IN BED THAT NIGHT, I MADE SURE
00:54:43.41\00:54:46.88
THAT THEY WERE SNORING
AND THAT THEY WERE ASLEEP.
00:54:46.88\00:54:50.55
I WENT INTO THE KITCHEN
AND STOLE A FEW BANANAS, GOT MY
00:54:50.55\00:54:54.02
BACKPACK READY - I FIGURED
I COULD GET SOBER ON MY OWN.
00:54:54.02\00:54:59.26
MY FAVORITE SONG WAS 'I
DID IT MY WAY'. OF COURSE, MY
00:54:59.26\00:55:03.16
DEFINITION OF SOBER WAS A NICE
SUPPLY OF MARIJUANA EACH DAY AND
00:55:03.16\00:55:10.01
ALCOHOL ON THE WEEKENDS.
AND, OF COURSE, IF I HAD A BAD
00:55:10.01\00:55:13.07
HANGOVER, I MIGHT NEED SOME
OF THOSE RELAXING PILLS TO TAKE,
00:55:13.07\00:55:16.85
BUT OTHER THAN
THAT, THAT WOULD BE IT.
00:55:16.85\00:55:20.78
SO HERE I AM, STRANDED ON
THE STREET IN THE BIG CITY OF
00:55:20.78\00:55:23.72
HOUSTON, MY BAG
OF CLOTHES IS GONE.
00:55:23.72\00:55:27.09
MY CELL PHONE IS GONE - MY
WALLET, MY BUS TICKET'S GONE.
00:55:27.09\00:55:30.33
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
BUT THE SHIRT ON MY BACK.
00:55:30.33\00:55:33.23
IT'S AT THAT POINT THAT THIS MAN
COMES UP TO ME - THIS MYSTERIOUS
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.60
MAN - HE'S ACTUALLY VERY SHORT
AND APPEARS TO BE HOMELESS AND
00:55:36.60\00:55:40.77
HE LED ME TO SOME FOOD AND
EVEN A PLACE TO STAY THAT NIGHT.
00:55:40.77\00:55:45.21
LOOKING BACK, IT IS MY
FIRM CONCLUSION THAT THAT WAS AN
00:55:45.21\00:55:49.34
ANGEL. SO MY DAD
WAS ABLE TO COME DOWN
00:55:49.34\00:55:52.41
TO HOUSTON AND PICK ME UP AND
TAKE ME BACK UP TO THE HEALTH
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.62
RETREAT AT WILDWOOD IN
TENNESSEE. THEY HAD A SATELLITE.
00:55:55.62\00:56:01.69
ON THIS CHANNEL THERE WAS
A MAN NAMED DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:56:01.69\00:56:04.86
I LIKED WHAT I HEARD. I
LIKED THE WAY HE EXPLAINED
00:56:04.86\00:56:08.16
THE BIBLE - IT WAS SO SIMPLE.
AND HE ALSO HAD AN EXPERIENCE
00:56:08.16\00:56:11.23
SIMILAR TO MINE AND I TALKED
TO LOU ABOUT THEM AND THEY
00:56:11.23\00:56:15.24
HAPPENED TO HAVE A
WHOLE SET OF CASSETTE TAPES.
00:56:15.24\00:56:18.74
I WOULD WAKE UP AT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING SOMETIMES AND I WOULD
00:56:18.74\00:56:22.48
GET UP AND I WOULD WATCH TWO OF
THOSE VIDEOS BEFORE BREAKFAST.
00:56:22.48\00:56:26.48
I WOULD SIT THIS CLOSE TO THE
TV, WATCHING WHAT DOUG BATCHELOR
00:56:26.48\00:56:29.98
WAS SAYING - JUST
EATING UP EVERY WORD OF IT.
00:56:29.98\00:56:32.55
I WAS SO TIRED OF HEARING LIES
AND EVEN BELIEVING MY OWN LIES,
00:56:32.55\00:56:35.79
THAT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO FIND
SOMETHING THAT WAS SOLID AND
00:56:35.79\00:56:40.96
THAT I COULD RELY ON.
AND SO, WHEN I GOT HOME FROM
00:56:40.96\00:56:44.13
REHAB, IN MY LOCAL CHURCH, ERIC
FLICKINGER FROM AMAZING FACTS
00:56:44.13\00:56:49.87
WAS HOLDING AN
EVANGELISTIC SERIES.
00:56:49.87\00:56:52.24
THEY SOLIDIFIED MY CONVICTION
AND IT WAS THEN I MADE THE
00:56:52.24\00:56:56.58
ABSOLUTE
DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS.
00:56:56.58\00:56:59.88
I PRAISE THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST FOR AMAZING FACTS.
00:56:59.88\00:57:04.59
I PRAISE GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BIBLE BASED.
00:57:04.59\00:57:09.62
THEY SEND OUT EVANGELISTS WHO
ARE WILLING TO TEACH THE TRUTH
00:57:09.62\00:57:12.89
TO PEOPLE. I'M
THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.20
PREACHING RIGHT NOW ALL
OVER THE WORLD, CHANGING LIVES
00:57:15.20\00:57:20.14
JUST AS THEY CHANGED MINE.
>>TOGETHER, WE HAVE SPREAD THE
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GOSPEL MUCH
FATHER THAN EVER BEFORE.
00:57:25.91\00:57:28.88
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
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