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00:01 >>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
00:03 THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE 00:06 HEAVENS FALL." YET STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR 00:09 SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT 00:13 TO PORTRAY MEN AS THE FAMILY IDIOTS. 00:17 SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED 00:21 AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN 00:24 ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING 00:28 THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY. 00:32 THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER 30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW 00:34 PROGRAM CALLED MIGHTY MEN OF GOD . 00:38 USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES 00:41 WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND 00:45 ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN THE FAMILY, CHURCH AND NATION. 00:49 PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM 00:52 THE WORD HOW TO LIVE COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING. 01:00 (MUSIC) 01:35 >>HELLO FRIENDS, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO 01:37 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU FROM THE GRANITE BAY 01:40 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. A WARM WELCOME TO OUR EXTENDED 01:43 SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND THOSE VIEWING ON THE VARIOUS 01:46 TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ALSO ONLINE - AND ALSO A WARM WELCOME 01:49 TO OUR AFCOE STUDENTS WHO ARE FORMING THE AUDIENCE HERE FOR 01:53 OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY TIME TOGETHER. 01:55 WE'RE DOING SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE 01:57 NORMALLY DO - WE USUALLY FILM OUR PROGRAM RIGHT HERE SABBATH 02:00 MORNING WITH OUR GRANITE BAY CHURCH MEMBERS, BUT BECAUSE THE 02:05 LESSON IS DEALING WITH WITNESSING, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD 02:07 BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE AFCOE STUDENTS PART OF THIS SPECIAL 02:11 CLASS TODAY. NOW WE'RE ON OUR LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING WITH 02:15 LESSON #10 AND IT'S ENTITLED JESUS WON THEIR CONFIDENCE . 02:19 SO FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE JOINING US ONLINE OR YOU'RE 02:22 WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION OUTLETS, IF YOU DON'T 02:25 HAVE A COPY OF OUR STUDY TOGETHER, THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH 02:28 IN THE COMMUNITY , YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE 02:32 - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - DOWNLOAD LESSON #10 AND YOU CAN 02:38 STUDY ALONG WITH US. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT IS 02:41 CALLED - ENTITLED - THE VOICE OF GOD AND THIS IS AVAILABLE TO 02:45 ANYBODY IN NORTH AMERICA WHO GIVES US A CALL. 02:47 THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - AND ASK FOR OFFER #816. 02:55 AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD . 02:57 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-STUDY-MORE - THAT'S 03:00 866-788-3966 - AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO YOU. 03:04 IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA, JUST GO TO THE AMAZING 03:06 FACTS' WEBSITE AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ THIS BOOK FOR FREE 03:10 ONLINE - CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD . 03:13 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL 03:16 TREAT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL BE LISTENING 03:18 TO A SPECIAL MUSICAL ITEM THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY SOME OF 03:22 THE MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH. 03:25 (MUSIC) >>JESUS BE THE SUN SHINING ON MY WAY WARM ME ON THE 03:38 ROAD TO YOUR ETERNAL DAY; MELT MY ICY HEART TEACH ME TO OBEY 03:48 O JESUS BE THE SUN SHINING ON MY WAY. 03:55 JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO WHEN I FOLLOW FAST AND IF I 04:05 LISTEN SLOW; ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS HIGH, IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS 04:14 SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO. JESUS BE THE MOON SHINING IN MY 04:25 NIGHT IF TEMPTATION CALLS HELP ME DO WHAT'S RIGHT; WHEN BLUE 04:33 SHADOWS CROWD ME, COMFORT WITH YOUR LIGHT O JESUS BE THE 04:39 MOON SHINING IN MY NIGHT. JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I 04:50 GO WHEN I FOLLOW FAST AND IF I LISTEN SLOW; ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS 04:58 HIGH, IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO. 05:14 JESUS BE THE STAR SHINING IN MY SOUL; TEACHING ME TO TRUST AS 05:23 YOU MAKE ME WHOLE SPARKLE LIKE A DIAMOND IN A LUMP OF COAL 05:31 O JESUS BE THE STAR SHINING IN MY SOUL. JESUS SHINE ON ME 05:42 EVERYWHERE I GO WHEN I FOLLOW FAST AND IF I LISTEN SLOW; 05:50 ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS HIGH, IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS SHINE 05:57 ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO. JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO. 06:17 >>ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR AND 06:19 THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL MUSIC. 06:21 JUST BEFORE WE GO TO THE LESSON, I INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR 06:23 HEADS AS WE HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER. 06:25 DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE WANT TO ASK YOUR SPECIAL BLESSING AS 06:28 WE STUDY YOUR WORD - IN PARTICULAR, CHRIST'S EXAMPLE OF 06:32 MINISTERING TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND WINNING THEIR 06:34 CONFIDENCE AND SHARING WITH THEM THE TRUTH. 06:38 SO MAY WE LEARN, MAY WE BE EQUIPPED, AND MAY WE BE WILLING 06:41 TO SERVE FOR YOU, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 06:45 >>AMEN. >>OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE 06:47 BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 06:54 HERE, I'LL LET YOU TAKE YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON BECAUSE I 06:57 BROUGHT MINE. OTHERWISE, I'LL BE DOING A STEREO LESSON. 07:01 HOW IS EVERYBODY? >>GREAT. 07:03 >>AMEN. >>GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. 07:05 I WANT TO WELCOME, AGAIN, OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING AND 07:07 YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M OUT OF UNIFORM, AS PASTOR ROSS 07:10 MENTIONED, THE REGULAR TEACHERS OF OUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS ARE 07:15 ALL OUT OF TOWN ON A PARTICULAR WEEKEND AND SO WE WERE REALLY 07:19 THANKFUL THAT THE LESSON WAS DEALING WITH AN EVANGELISTIC 07:21 SUBJECT, AND SO WE'RE TAKING WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE AS 07:25 OUR AFCOE TRAINING TIME. AND OUR STUDENTS - WE HAVE, I 07:29 GUESS - WHAT - 38 - 39 STUDENTS IN THIS CROP ARE COMING TOGETHER 07:34 AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE - STUDY THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON 07:38 TOGETHER WITH THEM. AND SO WE'RE JUST 07:41 REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING 07:43 'WHAT IS AFCOE'? AFCOE STANDS FOR THE AMAZING 07:46 FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM . SOMETIMES IT'S CALLED THE 07:49 AMAZING FACTS COLLEGE OF EVANGELISM AND WE INVITE MEN 07:53 AND WOMEN TO COME TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD - WE STUDY THE 07:56 PRINCIPLES OF EVANGELISM, WE HAVE A FULL-TIME CLASS THAT GOES 07:59 ON FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS - IS THAT RIGHT? 08:03 AND THEY WILL PREPARE FOR AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, GO THROUGH 08:07 AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, BE DOING DOOR-TO-DOOR WORK, BIBLE 08:10 STUDY WORK, DOCTRINAL WORK, AND THEN SPEND SOME TIME DOING 08:13 FOLLOW-UP AT AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING AND WE BRING IN SOME OF 08:16 THE BEST EVANGELISM TEACHERS WE CAN FIND IN NORTH AMERICA AND 08:20 EVEN GUEST TEACHERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 08:23 AND SO, THAT'S OUR AFCOE TRAINING CLASS AND PEOPLE THAT 08:26 GO THROUGH THAT, THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME. AND SO, WE'RE GLAD 08:29 THAT WE CAN USE THIS TIME TO STUDY THIS LESSON. 08:33 AGAIN, THE LESSON IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT - IT'S IN OUR 08:35 QUARTERLY - THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY - LESSON 08:38 #10 AND IT'S JESUS WON THEIR CONFIDENCE . 08:42 SO OFTEN, WHEN JESUS WOULD HEAL SOMEBODY OR HE HEALED THE LEPER 08:45 OR - AND HE'S SAY, 'NOW DON'T TELL ANYBODY'. 08:48 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HIS TEACHING MINISTRY WAS GOING TO 08:52 BE IMPEDED BY THE THRONGS THAT WOULD COME TO HIM JUST FOR THE 08:56 HEALING. AND HE WANTED HIS MINISTRY 08:57 TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF THE PRACTICAL AS WELL 09:01 AS THE PHYSICAL. AND SO, BUT JESUS TOUCHED 09:08 PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND LIVES WHERE THEY WERE. 09:11 NOW, IN THE LAST FEW LESSONS, WE HAVE BEEN USING A QUOTE FROM A 09:15 BOOK CALLED MINISTRY OF HEALING AS A SPRINGBOARD TO UNDERSTAND 09:20 THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST. AND LET ME READ THAT TO YOU AGAIN. 09:22 AND, BY THE WAY, THIS IS FROM THE BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING - 09:24 THIS WAS WRITTEN BY ELLEN WHITE - PAGE 143 - GREAT QUOTE: 09:29 "CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE WILL GIVE TRUE SUCCESS IN REACHING THE 09:33 PEOPLE. THE SAVIOR MINGLED WITH MEN AS 09:36 ONE WHO DESIRED THEIR GOOD. HE SHOWED HIS SYMPATHY FOR THEM, 09:39 MINISTERED TO THEIR NEEDS, AND WON THEIR CONFIDENCE. 09:43 THEN HE BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.'" SO THERE WAS A SEQUENCE TO WHAT 09:47 HE DID: HE MINGLED WITH THEM, WENT TO WHERE THEY WERE, YOU 09:51 KNOW, KIND OF WALKED IN THEIR SHOES, AS YOU MIGHT SAY, HE 09:55 SHOWED THAT HE DESIRED THEIR GOOD, HE SHOWED SYMPATHY FOR 09:58 THEM, HE MINISTERED TO THEIR PRACTICAL NEEDS, WHETHER THEY 10:01 WERE HUNGRY AND HE GAVE THEM FOOD OR THAT THEY NEEDED 10:04 HEALING, AND THEN ONCE THEY DEVELOPED CONFIDENCE IN HIM - 10:10 HE WON THEIR CONFIDENCE - HE BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.' NOW, OUR 10:12 LESSON TODAY IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF WINNING PEOPLE'S 10:16 CONFIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING THE GOSPEL AND 10:20 MINISTERING TO THEM. AND MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK 10:25 ABOUT WHAT IS 'CONFIDENCE?' CONFIDENCE, OF COURSE, IN 10:29 ENGLISH COMES FROM THE LATIN WORDS - IT'S A COMPOSITE - 'CON' 10:32 MEANS 'WITH' - 'FIDEL' MEANS 'FAITH' - CONFIDENCE - AND IT 10:38 MEANS SOMETHING THAT IS WITH FAITH. 10:40 HE BUILT THEIR FAITH IN HIM. 10:42 NOW, IN HEBREW, THE MAIN ROOT FOR THE WORD 'FAITH' IS 'EMUNAH' 10:48 - THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE YOU GET THE WORD 'AMEN' AND EMUNAH MEANS 10:55 - IT GIVES THE IDEA OF CONSISTENCY - CONTINUITY - 11:00 RELIABILITY - SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TRUST. 11:04 IN GREEK, THE WORD THAT YOU OFTEN FIND FOR FAITH THAT WOULD 11:07 BE A SIMILAR EQUIVALENT TO EMUNAH WOULD BE 'PISTIS' WHICH 11:12 THAT COMES OUT MEANING 'BELIEF, TRUST, ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, 11:16 RELIABILITY' - IT'S A FORM OF THAT WORD IN GREEK THAT YOU FIND 11:19 IN JOHN 3:16 - "WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM" HAS EVERLASTING 11:24 LIFE. AND SO, WE'RE WANTING TO GET 11:28 PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE - BELIEF. NOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH? 11:35 IN JUST A MOMENT I'M GOING TO HAVE ONE OF YOU READ A VERSE FOR 11:36 ME AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO READ NUMBERS 14:11 - WOULD THAT 11:39 BE YOU? OKAY, I'M GOING TO READ HEBREWS 11:1. 11:43 HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH IN SALVATION? HEBREWS 11:1 - 11:47 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS? "FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF 11:50 THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. 11:53 PAUL GOES ON TO SAY, 'WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE 11:57 GOD' - I THINK THAT'S VERSE 6 - 'FOR WHOEVER COMES TO GOD MUST 12:00 BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT 12:04 DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.' WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE 12:07 GOD. THE JUST WILL LIVE BY FAITH. 12:09 YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. 12:11 FAITH IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT AND, EVEN IN WITNESSING, AT SOME 12:15 POINT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING TRUTH WITH A PERSON, YOU 12:19 WANT THEM TO HAVE FAITH IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 12:21 IT'S HARD TO TAKE IN INSPIRATIONAL OR SPIRITUAL 12:25 INFORMATION FROM A PERSON YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN. 12:28 GENESIS 15:6 - AND IT SAYS - ABRAHAM - "BELIEVED IN THE LORD; 12:34 AND HE [GOD] COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS." 12:38 AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH - YOU'VE 12:42 HEARD THAT CONCEPT BEFORE? ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO READ 12:44 FOR US PLEASE NUMBERS 14:11. >>NUMBERS 14:11, "THEN THE LORD 12:50 SAID TO MOSES: 'HOW LONG WILL THESE PEOPLE REJECT ME? 12:54 AND HOW LONG WITH THEY NOT BELIEVE ME, WITH ALL THE SIGNS 12:58 WHICH I HAVE PERFORMED AMONG THEM?" 13:00 >>YEAH, HE WAS DOING ALL HE COULD TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HE HAD 13:05 THEIR BEST INTEREST IN MIND. 13:07 GOD DID FOR ISRAEL WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. 13:11 WHEN THEY WERE HUNGRY, HE TOOK CARE OF THEIR FOOD. 13:15 WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH BATTLES, HE GAVE THEM VICTORY. 13:20 WHEN THEY WERE THIRSTY, HE GAVE THEM DRINK. 13:23 HE KEPT THEIR SHOES AND THEIR CLOTHES FROM WEARING OUT. 13:26 GOD TOOK CARE OF THEIR PRACTICAL NEEDS. 13:28 HE DELIVERED THEM IN THEIR DISTRESS. 13:30 HE PARTED THE SEA WHEN THEY - SAVED THEM FROM THEIR SLAVERY. 13:33 IN OTHER WORDS, GOD SHOWED THEM THAT HE CARED ABOUT THEM. 13:37 AND THEN, WHEN HE BROUGHT THEM TO MOUNT SINAI, HE WAS HOPING 13:40 THEY'D SAY, 'YOU'VE SHOWN THAT YOU LOVE US. 13:43 WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS.' 13:45 WHAT'S THE FIRST COMMANDMENT? >>I AM THE LORD THY GOD... 13:50 >>YEAH, THE FIRST COMMANDMENT INCLUDES THE PART THAT SAYS, 'I 13:53 AM THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF 13:55 EGYPT; OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE' BEFORE HE EVER SAYS, 13:58 'DON'T HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME', HE SAYS, 'I'VE SHOWN YOU 14:02 THAT I CARE ABOUT YOU.' >>AMEN. 14:04 >>I'M THE ONE WHO DELIVERED YOU FROM SLAVERY. AND IF YOU LOVE 14:07 ME' - THE IMPLICATION IS - 'HERE ARE MY COMMANDMENTS. 14:11 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A FAITH THERE. 14:16 IF YOU LOOK IN ISAIAH 7:9 YOU'VE GOT THAT SAME WORD THAT WE READ 14:20 EARLIER - EMUNAH - AND IT SAYS, "THE HEAD OF EPHRAIM IS SAMARIA, 14:25 AND THE HEAD OF SAMARIA IS REMELIAH'S SON. 14:27 IF YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE," - YOU WILL NOT 'EMUNAH' - "SURELY YOU 14:31 SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED." HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH? 14:35 IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH IN GOD, YOU CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED. 14:38 IN THE BOOK OF HABUKKUK 2:4, "BEHOLD THE PROUD, HIS SOUL IS 14:42 NOT UPRIGHT IN HIM; BUT" - WHO KNOWS THE REST OF THAT? 14:46 - "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH." 14:51 THE JUST WILL LIVE BY FAITH. AND SO, WITHOUT FAITH, 14:54 YOU CAN'T PLEASE GOD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 14:56 BUT IS IT FAITH IN MAN? HOW OFTEN DO PEOPLE LOSE FAITH 15:01 IN OTHER PEOPLE AND BECOME CYNICAL? 15:03 IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO TRUST IN OUR WORLD. 15:07 AND THAT PRINCIPLE CAN EVEN BE SEEN IN THE BIBLE - LOOK IN 15:10 MICAH, FOR INSTANCE - 7, VERSE 5, "DO NOT TRUST IN A FRIEND; DO 15:15 NOT PUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN A COMPANION; GUARD THE DOORS OF 15:19 YOUR MOUTH FROM HER WHO LIES IN YOUR BOSOM." 15:21 WELL THAT SEEMS PRETTY CYNICAL - DON'T TRUST YOUR FRIENDS; DON'T 15:24 TRUST YOUR WIFE - AND MICAH HERE, HE'S BASICALLY - THIS IS 15:30 IN THE CONTEXT OF A PROPHECY OF THE TREACHERY THAT WAS HAPPENING 15:35 IN ISRAEL. IT'S LIKE NOBODY COULD TRUST 15:37 ANYBODY - YOU COULDN'T EVEN TRUST THE PEOPLE 15:39 IN YOUR OWN FAMILY. DID JESUS SAY THAT THE DAY MAY 15:42 COME WHERE A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD? 15:47 PSALM 118, VERSE 9, SOMEONE HAD SAID ONE TIME, THIS IS THE - 15:52 WHAT IS IT - THE LONGEST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE IS PSALM 119 - 15:57 SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE IS PSALM 117 - AND BETWEEN THOSE 16:01 YOU HAVE PSALM 118 AND THEY WERE ARGUING THE MIDDLE VERSE OF THE 16:05 BIBLE IS PSALM 118:9 THAT SAYS, "IT'S BETTER TO TRUST IN THE 16:09 LORD THAN PUT CONFIDENCE IN PRINCES." NOW, SOMEONE ELSE - 16:13 DEPENDS ON WHAT TRANSLATION YOU'RE READING - IT'S NOT ALWAYS 16:15 THE MIDDLE VERSE IN THE BIBLE. I JUST THOUGHT I'D 16:17 LET YOU KNOW THAT. BUT IT IS STILL INTERESTING THAT 16:19 IT'S BETWEEN THE LONGEST AND THE SHORTEST VERSE. 16:22 AND PSALMS IS THE MIDDLE OF THE BIBLE - "BETTER TO TRUST IN THE 16:26 LORD THAN PUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN PRINCES." 16:29 IF YOU'RE DOING A STUDY ON THE STATE OF THE DEAD, YOU'LL NEED 16:31 TO KNOW THIS NEXT VERSE, BECAUSE ALL GOOD EVANGELISTS KNOW PSALM 16:34 146, VERSES 3 AND 4, "DO NOT PUT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES NOR IN THE 16:39 SON OF MAN IN WHOM THERE IS NO HELP. 16:42 HIS SPIRIT DEPARTS. HE RETURNS TO HIS EARTH. 16:45 IN THAT VERY DAY HIS THOUGHTS PERISH." 16:47 SO THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY CONSCIOUS AFTER 16:49 DEATH IS KIND OF EXPLODED BY THIS VERSE. 16:53 BUT NOTICE THE FIRST PART - 'DO NOT PUT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES.' 16:56 SO THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TRUSTING IN 16:58 MEN. THERE ARE SOME FAITHFUL PEOPLE. 17:02 I THINK - IS IT IN ECCLESIASTES - SOLOMON SAYS, 'I'VE FOUND ONE 17:05 MAN FAITHFUL AMONG A THOUSAND.' AND IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW YOU CAN 17:13 BECOME CYNICAL. ANY OF YOU GET CALLS AROUND 17:17 DINNER TIME AT YOUR HOME? SOMEBODY TRYING TO 17:19 SELL YOU SOMETHING? IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT - THE 17:23 METHODS THEY USE - THEY SAY, 'YOU'VE WON!' 17:26 I'VE HEARD TWO OR THREE TIMES THIS WEEK THAT I'VE WON A 17:28 VACATION SOMEWHERE - 'AND ALL YOU'VE GOTTA DO' AND, YOU KNOW, 17:34 ONCE I GOT SUCKED INTO THAT AND I DROVE TWO AND A HALF HOURS 17:36 BECAUSE I HAD WON SOMETHING AND IT WAS JUST A BIG SALES PITCH. 17:41 I WAS SO DISGUSTED AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE CLEVER. 17:46 AND IN YOUR MAIL, EVERY NOW AND THEN IN YOUR MAIL YOU'LL GET 17:49 SOMETHING AND IT'LL SAY, 'FINAL WARNING! DON'T MISS THIS!' 17:52 YOU KNOW, I GOT ONE THIS WEEK - 'FINAL WARNING!' 17:54 - I SAID, 'OH, WHAT DID I DO? DID I FORGET A PAYMENT?' 17:56 AND YOU OPEN IT UP - IT'S A SALES THING. 18:00 AND THERE'S SO MUCH MARKETING GOING ON AND SO MUCH OF PEOPLE 18:04 USING PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER - FOR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN TO GET A 18:10 PROFIT - THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE, THEY USE PEOPLE - 18:13 THAT WE'RE OFTEN POLITE BUT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH REALLY 18:18 TRUSTING, ESPECIALLY SOME - IF GROWING UP, YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GO 18:25 THROUGH FAMILIES WHERE THERE'S DIVORCE OR IF THEY SEE 18:28 INFIDELITY IN THE FAMILY OR THEY CAN'T HAVE TRUSTING 18:30 RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS OR PARENTS OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN 18:33 GROW UP VERY CYNICAL AND IT'S HARD TO WIN YOUR TRUST. 18:36 SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE, THEY GO THROUGH LIFE AND THEY NEVER GET 18:38 MARRIED BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO PUT REAL TRUST IN SOMEBODY 18:42 ELSE. IN SPITE OF THAT, CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE A PEOPLE 18:51 THAT CAN BE TRUSTED. AND IT BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST 18:53 POWERFUL THINGS FOR WITNESSING IF YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE REALIZE 18:58 YOU CAN BE TRUSTED. DON'T YOU ALL WANT FRIENDS 19:02 YOU CAN TRUST? >>AMEN. 19:04 >>AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS, OF COURSE, TO WITNESS. 19:07 JEREMIAH 17:5, "THUS SAYS THE LORD: 'CURSED IS THE MAN WHO 19:12 TRUSTS IN MAN AND MAKES FLESH HIS STRENGTH..." 19:15 IN OTHER WORDS, ULTIMATELY, OUR TRUST SHOULD BE IN THE LORD. 19:17 NO MAN CAN SAVE YOU. 19:19 BUT JUST, YOU SEE THIS PRINCIPLE ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 19:21 PEOPLE ARE OFTEN GOING TO LET YOU DOWN. 19:23 ONE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS I MET, BROTHER HAROLD, HE SAID, 19:30 'MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN LET DOWN BY PEOPLE' - THIS WAS A JEWISH 19:33 CHRISTIAN THAT I KNEW WHEN I LIVED ON THE STREETS IN PALM 19:36 SPRINGS AND HE WAS JUST A REAL ORACLE. 19:38 HE WAS A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN MAN - LOVED THE LORD, PRAYED A LOT, 19:41 STUDIED THE BIBLE IN HEBREW AND GREEK, WENT TO ALL THE HOSPITAL 19:44 ROOMS AND QUOTED VERSES TO THEM AND HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN LET DOWN 19:50 MANY TIMES BY PEOPLE AND I'VE FORGIVEN THEM.' AND HE SAID, 'I 19:52 HAVE LET DOWN THE LORD MANY TIMES. BUT' - HE SAID - 19:55 'THE LORD HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN.' 19:58 GOD IS FAITHFUL. >>AMEN. 20:00 >>SO AS CHRISTIANS, WE ARE TO BE REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST. 20:05 WE SHOULD BE A FAITHFUL PEOPLE. WHY DIDN'T JESUS EXPOSE JUDAS? 20:11 DID JESUS KNOW THAT JUDAS WAS DIPPING IN THE BAG? 20:15 >>YES. >>WHY DIDN'T HE TURN HIM IN? 20:18 WAS JESUS AN ACCOMPLICE IN HIS CRIME? NO, FOR ONE THING, 20:24 JESUS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH JUDAS WAS A 20:26 SUPERNATURAL KNOWLEDGE SO HE DECIDED NOT TO USE THAT. 20:30 BUT HE WANTED TO GIVE JUDAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT. 20:35 JESUS WAS A FRIEND AND - THAT COULD BE TRUSTED - AND THE WORLD 20:40 IS LOOKING FOR FAITHFUL PEOPLE SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 20:45 NOW THERE'S A CAREFUL BALANCE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT TRUST AND 20:47 THIS IS OUR NEXT SECTION ON MONDAY. 20:49 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ IN 1 PETER 4:8 - WHO HAS THAT ONE? 20:53 OVER HERE - I WAS LOOKING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROOM - I'M 20:55 SORRY - 1 PETER 4:8 IN JUST A MOMENT. 20:57 I'M GOING TO READ JOHN 13:35, "BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU 21:04 ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF" - WHAT? - "IF YOU HAVE LOVE 21:07 FOR ONE ANOTHER." SO WHEN THE WORLD OBSERVES 21:10 CHRISTIANS, IF YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO TRUST YOU, THEY 21:14 OUGHT TO SEE THAT YOU TRUST EACH OTHER. 21:18 IF THEY SEE THAT THE CHRISTIANS ARE BITING AND DEVOURING ONE 21:20 ANOTHER, WHAT KIND OF WITNESS IS THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE 21:24 THEY GOING TO TRUST YOU? LOOK HOW YOU TREAT 21:26 YOUR OWN PEOPLE. AND SO, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY 21:29 OUGHT TO SEE - BEHOLD HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 21:32 AND SO IF WE LOVE EACH OTHER, YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO SAY, 21:36 'YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE FRIENDS LIKE THAT. 21:38 BOY, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO BE PART OF A GROUP WHERE THERE'S 21:40 THIS KIND OF SUPPORT AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER?' 21:43 SO THIS IS ONE THING - AND PETER ECHOES THAT. 21:45 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, PLEASE, 1 PETER 4:8. 21:48 >>1 PETER 4:8, "AND ABOVE ALL THINGS HAVE FERVENT LOVE FOR ONE 21:52 ANOTHER, FOR 'LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.'" 21:57 >>SO AS THE WORLD SEES HOW WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND - ISN'T LOVE 22:02 - WOULDN'T THAT INCLUDE BEING FAITHFUL TO EACH OTHER - BEING A 22:07 PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN? 22:09 SOMEONE SAID, 'THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO THE SPREAD OF 22:13 CHRISTIANITY IS THE MISSIONARIES.' - THE GREATEST 22:18 OBSTACLE TO THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IS OFTEN CHRISTIANS 22:21 - OR AT LEAST THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THEY'RE CHRISTIANS. 22:23 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD SOMEONE SAY WITH A SNEER, 'YEAH, 22:27 I'M NOT GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN. I KNEW SOME CHRISTIANS. 22:29 THESE CHRISTIANS - THEY WERE SUCH HYPOCRITES - AND THESE 22:32 PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE CHRISTIANS AND THEY ACT LIKE KOOKS AND - OH 22:35 THESE CHRISTIANS - AND LOOK HOW MEAN THEY ARE AND THEY'RE 22:37 STEALING FROM EACH OTHER.' JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. 22:40 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS OUT THERE AND 22:43 THEY'RE JUST NOT A GOOD WITNESS AND IT HURTS EVERYBODY. 22:46 IT MAKES THEM LOSE CONFIDENCE. 22:47 BUT WE WANT TO COUNTER THAT, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. 22:52 ACTS 2:46 - HOW WAS IT WITH THE EARLY CHURCH? 22:57 WERE THEY ABLE TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES? 23:01 IT SAYS IN ACTS 2:46 - AND I'LL BE READING VERSE 47 TOO, "SO 23:05 CONTINUING DAILY WITH ONE ACCORD IN THE TEMPLE, AND BREAKING 23:10 BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE," - THEY HAD GOOD SOCIAL CONNECTIONS 23:13 - "THEY ATE THEIR FOOD WITH GLADNESS AND SIMPLICITY OF 23:16 HEART," - UM, JUST A LITTLE EXTRA THOUGHT FOR OUR AFCOE 23:20 CLASS HERE: SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHEN THEY BROKE BREAD, IT MEANT 23:23 THAT THEY HAD A COMMUNION SERVICE BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU 23:26 THAT THEY BROKE BREAD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. 23:31 AND THEY SAY, 'OH SEE, THIS WAS PROOF THAT THEY WERE COMING 23:33 TOGETHER FOR SUNDAY NEW COMMUNION SERVICE.' 23:36 BUT NO, YOU READ THIS VERSE, IT SAYS THEY BROKE BREAD 23:39 FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND THEY ATE THEIR FOOD. 23:41 BREAKING BREAD IS ANOTHER TERM FOR EATING FOOD AND THEY DIDN'T 23:44 DO IT JUST ONE DAY A WEEK IN ONE PLACE, THEY DID IT DAILY FROM 23:47 HOUSE TO HOUSE. AND SO, WHEN PEOPLE SAY BREAKING 23:50 BREAD MEANS COMMUNION SERVICE, NO, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT. 23:53 "HAVING FAVOR WITH ALL THE PEOPLE." 23:56 - PRAISING GOD AND HAVING FAVOR WITH ALL - NOT JUST AMONG THE 23:59 CHURCH, BUT IN JERUSALEM THEY HAD FAVOR. 24:02 THEY'D SAY, 'WHY ARE THESE CHRISTIANS - THEY ARE GOOD 24:04 PEOPLE. THEY'VE GOT GOOD TEACHING. 24:06 THEY ARE VIRTUOUS. THEY ARE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY.' 24:10 SO WE'VE GOT TO BE GOOD WITNESSES TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 24:15 - "AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE 24:18 BEING SAVED." NOTICE HOW THE CHURCH WAS 24:20 GROWING, EVANGELISTICALLY, WHEN THEY HAD FAVOR WITH ALL THE 24:24 PEOPLE - WHEN THE CHRISTIANS WERE BEING GOOD WITNESSES - HOLY 24:28 SPIRIT POURED OUT AND THEY WERE GOOD EXAMPLES AT THAT TIME. 24:31 SIMILAR VERSE - 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1, "AND I, 24:35 BRETHREN," - THIS IS WHERE PAUL IS SAYING, ACTUALLY HE'S SAYING 24:38 THE OPPOSITE - 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1 - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - "AND 24:43 I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK TO YOU AS TO SPIRITUAL PEOPLE BUT 24:47 AS TO CARNAL, AS TO BABES IN CHRIST. 24:50 I FED YOU WITH MILK, AND NOT WITH SOLID FOOD; FOR UNTIL NOW 24:53 YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE IT, AND EVEN NOW YOU ARE STILL NOT 24:56 ABLE; FOR YOU ARE STILL CARNAL. FOR WHERE THERE ARE ENVY, 24:59 STRIFE, AND DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, ARE YOU NOT CARNAL AND 25:03 BEHAVING LIKE MERE MEN?" - YOU'RE ACTING LIKE REGULAR 25:05 PEOPLE - "FOR WHEN ONE SAYS, 'I AM OF PAUL,' AND ANOTHER, 'I AM 25:08 OF APOLLOS,'" - AND THEY'RE ALL GETTING DIVIDED ON THEIR 25:10 FAVORITE PREACHERS. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR 25:13 FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM OR POLITICAL PARTY AND THE OTHER 25:16 CHURCH WAS ALL DIVIDED AND HE SAYS THAT'S CARNAL BEHAVIOR. 25:22 WHAT KIND OF WITNESS IS THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THE CHURCH 25:24 IS NOT ACTING SPIRITUALLY, BUT CARNALLY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 25:28 HAVE A LOT OF EVANGELISM GOING ON. BUT WHEN YOU'RE CONSISTENT 25:33 IN YOUR FAITH, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 25:36 I'VE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE 25:43 OF MY LIFE, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE PAGANS, YOU KNOW, THEY 25:48 DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD - THEY'RE ATHEISTS OR WHATEVER, AND 25:53 THEY'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS. 25:54 NOW, WHERE I'M AT NOW IN MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF 25:58 OUR NEIGHBORS - I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR THEY ARE GOOD 26:01 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 26:05 SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CHRISTIANS, AND I KNOW THE 26:07 NEIGHBORS, KIND OF, A COUPLE HOUSES IN EACH DIRECTION. 26:10 I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 26:15 MOST OF THEM KNOW WE'RE ON TV NOW, BECAUSE IN SACRAMENTO WE'RE 26:18 ON SO MUCH AND THEY JUST RUN INTO IT AND THEY'LL SAY, 'HEY, I 26:21 SAW YOU ON TV.' ONCE THEY SEE YOU ON TV AND YOU SAY YOU'RE A 26:24 CHRISTIAN, I'VE GOT TO ACT EXTRA GOOD. 26:26 (LAUGHTER) HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT ALL ACTING, AMEN? 26:28 >>AMEN. >>BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE A 26:31 LOT MORE VISIBLE THEN. SO I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO TRY 26:35 TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND BE CONSISTENT AND BE FRIENDLY. 26:38 AND JUST LAST WEEK I CAME BACK FROM OUT OF TOWN AND MY NEIGHBOR 26:42 HAD HIS GARAGE DOOR OPEN - HE WAS HOLDING SOME PIPES OR 26:44 SOMETHING IN HIS HAND AND I SAID, 'WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, 26:48 BROTHER' - I WON'T MENTION HIS NAME - AND HE SAID, 'MAN, I'VE 26:52 GOT A LEAKY PIPE OUT BACK.' AND I SAID, 'WELL, LET ME HELP YOU 26:55 WITH THAT.' AND I GRABBED MY TOOLBOX, I WENT OVER AND HELPED 26:58 HIM WITH HIS PIPE AND SAID, 'HERE'S THE PROBLEM.' I SAID, 'I 27:01 CAN FIX IT FOR YOU.' I SAID, 'IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE DOLLARS 27:03 IN PARTS AND I CAN FIX THAT FOR YOU.' HE SAID, 'WELL, I THINK 27:05 IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO LET ME CALL THE PLUMBER FIRST.' 27:07 ANYWAY, BUT HE WROTE ME A NOTE THE NEXT DAY OR A DAY AFTER - HE 27:14 WROTE A CARD AND HE SAID, 'IT IS SO NICE HAVING A NEIGHBOR LIKE 27:17 YOU.' AND WOW, THAT MADE ME FEEL 27:19 PRETTY GOOD. AND SO, WHEN YOU START, THEN, 27:22 SHARING YOUR FAITH, THEY MAKE A CONNECTION. 27:24 THEY SAY, 'THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. 27:26 I WONDER IF THEIR BELIEFS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR GOOD 27:29 BEHAVIOR - THEIR VIRTUES?' SEE? 27:32 THEY BEGIN TO WONDER IF THERE'S A CONNECTION. 27:34 AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF 27:39 RIDICULE YOUR FAITH AND 'OH, DON'T PREACH TO ME.' BUT THEN A 27:43 CRISIS COMES TO THEIR FAMILY - SOMEONE DIES OR SOMEONE IS AT 27:46 THE POINT OF DEATH AND YOU SAY, 'CAN I PRAY FOR YOU.' AND WHERE, 27:51 BEFORE, THEY SAID, 'WE'RE ATHEISTS, DON'T BOTHER US,' WHEN 27:54 THERE'S A CRISIS, THEY'RE NOT ATHEIST ANYMORE, NOW THEY'RE 27:58 AGNOSTIC. YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? 28:00 NOW THEY THINK THERE COULD BE A GOD BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HIM. 28:02 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN DOWN PRAYER BECAUSE ANYTHING'LL HELP 28:05 WHEN A LOVED ONE IS ON A DEATH BED. AND SO - AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 28:10 SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME TO YOU AND THEY'LL ASK FOR ANSWERS - IF 28:15 SOMEONE DIES THEY'LL SAY, 'WHAT DO YOU GUYS BELIEVE ABOUT 28:17 DEATH?' BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU'RE A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON, THEY'RE 28:21 WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH THEM. 28:24 NOW, THE REASON I MENTION THIS IS BECAUSE, IN OUR LESSON, IT'S 28:28 OFTEN TALKING - WE'VE BEEN STUDYING IN PREVIOUS WEEKS - YOU 28:31 SHOW YOUR NEIGHBORS - THEY'RE HUNGRY YOU FEED THEM; THEY'RE 28:35 NAKED YOU BRING THEM CLOTHES; THEY'RE SICK YOU HEAL THEM OR 28:38 YOU VISIT THEM IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT IN REALITY, A LOT OF US HAVE 28:42 NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE NOT HUNGRY AND THEY'RE NOT NAKED AND 28:46 THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS AND THEY'RE NOT SICK ALL THE TIME, SO YOU 28:50 HAVE TO JUST WITNESS TO THEM BY OVERCOMING (CLEARS THROAT) 28:55 YOU WITNESS TO THEM BY JUST OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD AND BY 28:59 SHOWERING THEM WITH BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 29:03 I'VE GOT A PLUM TREE BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. 29:07 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FRUITLESS PLUM BUT WHOEVER SOLD US THE 29:09 TREE LIED. AND SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S THIS 29:13 CROP OF PLUMS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE - YOU CAN EAT THEM 29:16 BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S TONS OF THEM SO YOU CAN ONLY EAT A 29:18 LITTLE BIT AND IT GETS OLD. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRUNE PLUMS 29:23 SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW MANY YOU EAT. 29:25 (LAUGHTER) BUT THEY FALL IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN YOU DRIVE OVER 29:30 THEM AND IT MAKES JAM EVERYWHERE AND IT'S STICKY AND THE TREE IS 29:34 RIGHT BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, SO THEY'RE 29:36 FALLING ON MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD. AND SO, I FIGURE, IT'S MY TREE, 29:41 I OUGHT TO GO PICK UP THE PLUMS IN FRONT OF THEIR YARD. 29:47 WOULDN'T - DO YOU THINK THAT'D BE THE THING TO DO? 29:49 AND I NEED TO OFFER AND SAY, 'CAN I - I SEE SOME FELL ON YOUR 29:52 CAR, CAN I CLEAN? SOME HAS MADE YOUR DRIVEWAY 29:55 STICKY, CAN I WASH THAT OFF FOR YOU?' 29:57 AND THAT'S PART OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 29:59 IF YOU'RE BORROWING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S LEAF BLOWER AND HE'S 30:04 GOT TO ASK FOR IT BACK - >>MERCY! 30:08 >>YOU'RE NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND IF YOU BORROW HIS RAKE OR 30:12 WHATEVER IT IS, YOU WANT TO JUST BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO BE 30:18 CHRIST-LIKE - TO BE A PERSON OF FAITH. 30:20 THIS IS A PERSON I CAN TRUST. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? 30:23 OUR NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES, WHEN THEY TRAVEL THEY SAY, 30:27 'DOUG, KAREN, CAN YOU FEED OUR DOG? 30:30 CAN YOU WATCH OUR HOUSE?' ONE NEIGHBOR SAID, 'YOU GUYS ARE 30:33 WELCOME TO GO OVER AND USE THE POOL.' I MEAN, THEY TRUST US. 30:38 THEY GAVE US THE KEY TO THE HOUSE. 30:40 IF YOUR NEIGHBOR GIVES YOU THE KEY TO THE HOUSE - 30:43 >>TRUST. >>YEAH, THEY'VE GOT 30:46 FAITH IN YOU. AND SO THEN YOU START SHARING 30:50 YOUR FAITH AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LISTEN. 30:53 AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT. 30:54 THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE. JESUS WOULD SHOW THAT HE CARED. 30:57 HE WOULD SHOW HE'S TRUSTWORTHY - AND THAT PERSON WOULD SAY, 30:59 'I CAN TRUST HIM WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH. 31:02 THEY TRAVEL, THEY SAY, 'CAN YOU GET OUR MAIL FOR US?' 31:05 THAT'S KIND OF PERSONAL WHEN YOU'RE GETTING SOMEONE'S MAIL 31:07 OUT OF THEIR BOX - THEN WE GIVE THEM A BAG OF MAIL WHEN THEY GET 31:09 BACK - AND WE TELL THEM THE SAME THING. 31:12 WE SHOW 'WE TRUST YOU.' AND SO, WITH BOTH OF OUR 31:14 NEIGHBORS ALL AROUND OUR HOUSE, WE SHOW WE TRUST YOU TOO. 31:17 AND IT JUST BUILDS A CAMARADERIE SO THAT WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS 31:25 THEY'LL SAY, 'BROTHER DOUG, SISTER KAREN, CAN YOU HELP? 31:29 COULD YOU PRAY? AND WHAT IS IT YOU BELIEVE?' 31:31 AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS 31:33 HAPPEN IN A WEEK, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SOCIAL CAPITAL IS THE 31:40 NEXT SESSION WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. 31:43 SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE BAD WITNESSES? 31:46 IT BACKFIRES, YOU LOSE YOUR INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY IF 31:49 WE'RE SQUABBLING AND WE SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE EACH 31:51 OTHER. BUT YOU CAN DEVELOP SOCIAL 31:53 CAPITAL SO YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN PROVERBS 22:1 - 31:57 HERE'S A FAMOUS VERSE - IT SAYS, "A GOOD NAME IS TO BE CHOSEN 32:01 RATHER THAN GREAT RICHES, LOVING FAVOR RATHER 32:05 THAN SILVER AND GOLD." SIMILAR VERSE - ECCLESIASTES 7:1, 32:11 "A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT." 32:14 WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE BIBLE WHEN IT SAYS 'A GOOD NAME'? 32:16 WE USE THE WORD - I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD THE WORD I'M 32:21 LOOKING FOR. CHARACTER IS TRUE. 32:24 WHAT ABOUT REPUTATION? DID ANYONE SAY THAT? 32:27 A GOOD REPUTATION - THERE'S NOTHING WRONG - THAT MEANS 32:30 YOU'RE OF GOOD REPUTE - THAT YOU'RE BEYOND SCORN. 32:37 IF SOMETHING COMES UP MISSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T 32:39 FIRST LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE TRUSTWORTHY - YOU'VE GOT 32:43 A GOOD REPUTATION. AND A GOOD NAME IS WORTH A LOT. 32:46 IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RUIN A GOOD NAME. 32:48 IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD ONE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS END UP IN 32:53 THE HEADLINES ONCE AND YOU CAN RUIN A GOOD NAME. AND SO, 32:58 IT TAKES A WHILE TO BUILD ONE. ACTS 7:9 AND 10 "AND THE 33:03 PATRIARCHS, BECOMING ENVIOUS, SOLD JOSEPH INTO EGYPT." 33:08 - STEPHEN IS PREACHING HERE AND HE'S REHEARSING THE HISTORY OF 33:11 ISRAEL - "THEY SOLD JOSEPH INTO EGYPT" - PATRIARCHS MEANING THE 33:14 TWELVE TRIBES - THE ELEVEN BROTHERS OF JOSEPH - ACTUALLY, 33:18 IT WAS TEN OF THE BROTHERS THAT SOLD HIM; BENJAMIN DID NOT GO ON 33:24 WITH THAT - "BUT GOD WAS WITH HIM AND DELIVERED HIM OUT OF ALL 33:28 HIS TROUBLES, AND GAVE HIM FAVOR AND WISDOM IN THE PRESENCE OF 33:32 PHARAOH, KING OF EGYPT; AND HE MADE HIM GOVERNOR OVER EGYPT AND 33:36 ALL HIS HOUSE." NOW THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 33:39 HOW A CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO OPERATE WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY 33:41 PAGANS. JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS A 33:43 SLAVE, WAS HE FAITHFUL? >>YES. 33:46 >>I KNOW HE WAS FALSELY ACCUSED, BUT POTIPHAR DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE 33:49 HIS WIFE, I DON'T THINK, OR HE WOULD HAVE KILLED JOSEPH. 33:51 YOU TRY TO RAPE A GENERAL'S WIFE - IF HE REALLY BELIEVED - BUT I 33:55 THINK HIS WIFE HAD A REPUTATION, YOU KNOW, 'OH, HERE SHE GOES 33:58 AGAIN' - AND HE SAID, 'WELL, I BETTER PUT HIM IN JAIL TO SAVE 34:01 FACE.' OFTEN MAKES YOU WONDER TOO, WHEN JOSEPH BECAME THE KING 34:06 AND HE WAS RIDING HIS CHARIOT BY POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, YOU WONDER 34:10 WHAT MRS. POTIPHAR WAS THINKING - WHEN JOSEPH WAS PRIME 34:12 MINISTER. HE DIDN'T RETALIATE, DID HE? 34:16 AT LEAST THERE'S NO RECORD OF IT. 34:19 BUT JOSEPH WAS SO FAITHFUL, AFTER HE INTERPRETED THE 34:22 PHARAOH'S DREAMS HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, HE 34:25 WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE PRISON, AND HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF 34:28 EGYPT - ALL BECAUSE OF HIS WITNESS AMONG PAGANS. 34:33 THEY SAID, 'JOSEPH IS SOMEONE THAT CAN BE TRUSTED. 34:35 THAT IS A GREAT LESSON FOR CHRISTIANS. 34:38 AND THEN JOSEPH WAS ABLE TO WITNESS FOR HIS GOD - YOU KNOW, 34:42 HISTORIANS SAY THAT DURING THIS TIME IN EGYPT, IT WAS ONE OF THE 34:45 FEW TIMES THAT THEY HAD BECOME A MONOTHEISTIC NATION. 34:50 NOW THEY CALLED THEIR GOD BY A DIFFERENT NAME, BUT THEY HAD 34:53 COME TO BELIEVE IN ONE GOD AND THEY THINK THAT MAY HAVE HAD 34:55 SOME INFLUENCE FROM JOSEPH - THAT TALKED ABOUT THE ONE TRUE 34:59 GOD AND - THAT HE BELIEVED IN. AND JOSEPH'S SERVANTS CERTAINLY 35:04 BELIEVED THAT WAY, SO LOOK AT THE INFLUENCE OF ONE PERSON. 35:08 1 PETER 4:15 - IN JUST A MOMENT SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 35:12 1 TIMOTHY 3:7 - THAT'D BE YOU? OKAY, I'LL READ 1 PETER 4:15, 35:18 "BUT LET NONE OF YOU SUFFER AS A MURDERER, A THIEF, AN EVILDOER, 35:23 OR AS A BUSYBODY IN OTHER PEOPLE'S MATTERS." 35:25 CHRISTIANS MAY SUFFER FOR THEIR FAITH AND PETER SAID IF YOU'RE 35:28 GOING TO SUFFER, MAKE SURE YOU'RE SUFFERING FOR DOING GOOD 35:30 AND NOT DOING EVIL, BUT CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE PEOPLE 35:34 THAT ARE BEING HAULED OFF IN HANDCUFFS BECAUSE OF SHOPLIFTING 35:38 OR BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PAY YOUR BILLS OR BECAUSE 35:42 YOU LOST YOUR TEMPER - YEAH, I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY 35:48 BUT I DECIDED NOT TO. (LAUGHTER) 35:51 SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND JUST 35:53 TOTALLY LOST THEIR TEMPER AND ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, THE 35:57 AUTHORITIES HAD TO BE CALLED AND I THOUGHT - THIS PERSON THAT 35:59 GOES TO CHURCH - OH, WHAT DOES THAT DO? 36:04 THAT'S REVERSE EVANGELISM WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 36:08 1 TIMOTHY 5:13, "AND BESIDES THEY LEARN TO BE IDLE, WANDERING 36:13 ABOUT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, AND NOT ONLY IDLE BUT ALSO GOSSIPS 36:17 AND BUSYBODIES, SAYING THINGS WHICH THEY OUGHT NOT." 36:21 YOU NOTICE PETER SAID 'BUSYBODIES IN OTHER PEOPLE'S 36:22 MATTERS' - CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE GOSSIPS. 36:25 THAT'S NOT THE REPUTATION WE WANT. 36:27 GO AHEAD, YOU READ - THESE ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS NOW FOR AN 36:29 ELDER THAT HE'S GOING TO READ NEXT. 36:32 GO AHEAD. >>1 TIMOTHY 3:7, "MOREOVER HE 36:37 MUST HAVE A GOOD TESTIMONY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE, LEST HE 36:42 FALL INTO REPROACH AND THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL." 36:45 >>SO ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP WAS YOU NEED TO 36:48 BE A GOOD WITNESS. IT SAYS, 'FOR THOSE THAT ARE 36:50 OUTSIDE' - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, WHICH WOULD 36:54 MEAN THE COMMUNITY, BELIEVER OR UNBELIEVER. 36:58 WE OUGHT TO HAVE GOOD REPUTATIONS. 37:00 IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SOMEONE AN ELDER OF YOUR CHURCH 37:03 AND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAY, 'OH THAT 37:06 FELLOW, HE'S - YOU KNOW, HIS FRONT YARD IS THE DIRTIEST YARD 37:08 IN TOWN.' THAT'S NOT A GOOD TESTIMONY. 37:13 SO CHRISTIANS - I DIDN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT THAT - NOT ONLY 37:16 SHOULD YOU BE HONEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR FRONT YARD OUGHT 37:18 TO BE A TESTIMONY IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? 37:23 IS THAT OKAY? I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SAW A HAND. 37:25 ALRIGHT, 2 CORINTHIANS, HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SAME 37:28 PRINCIPLE - AND THIS IS 2 CORINTHIANS 6:3, "WE PUT NO 37:33 OBSTACLE IN ANYONE'S WAY, SO NOT FAULT MAY BE FOUND WITH OUR 37:38 MINISTRY." PAUL SAID, 'LET'S BE A GOOD 37:40 WITNESS.' 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11 AND 12, "THAT YOU ALSO ASPIRE TO 37:45 LEAD A QUIET LIFE, TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO WORK WITH 37:48 YOUR HANDS, AS WE INSTRUCTED YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY WALK 37:52 PROPERLY BEFORE OUTSIDERS AND BE DEPENDENT ON NO ONE." 37:57 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT BEGGING FROM YOUR 38:01 NEIGHBORS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WORK, THAT'S NOT A GOOD WITNESS. 38:06 IF HE SAYS THAT WE OUGHT - CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE 38:08 PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING 38:12 AND THOSE AROUND OUGHT TO SEE THAT YOU ARE BRINGING GOOD 38:15 THINGS TO THE SOCIETY - THAT YOU WORK WITH YOUR HANDS AND THAT WE 38:21 WALK PROPERLY IN OUR CONDUCT BEFORE OUTSIDERS. 38:24 SO ALL OF THIS GOES ALONG WITH THAT PASSAGE THAT WE STARTED 38:28 WITH - WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE. 38:31 THAT'S HAVE - THAT COMES FROM LIVING LIKE JESUS LIVED - NOT 38:36 ONLY SHOWING AN INTEREST IN THEIR GOOD, BUT BEING FAITHFUL 38:39 IN WHAT THEY SEE WHEN THEY LOOK IN YOUR WINDOWS OF YOUR HOUSE. 38:43 DO THEY HEAR YOU YELLING AT YOUR SPOUSE AND YOUR CHILDREN? 38:47 WE HAVE A BIG PICTURE WINDOW - SO YOU HAVE GOOD INSULATION IN 38:50 YOUR HOUSE SO THEY DON'T HEAR YOUR YELLING, RIGHT? 38:52 THAT'S THE TRICK? WE'VE GOT A BIG PICTURE WINDOW 38:55 IN OUR HOUSE - WE DIDN'T DO THIS TO SHOW OFF, IT JUST CAME THAT 38:57 WAY - IT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM. WE ALWAYS HAVE WORSHIP IN THE 38:59 LIVING ROOM AND WE DON'T DO IT TO TRY TO, LIKE DANIEL, PRAY IN 39:05 THE WINDOW FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, BUT JUST WHERE WE HAPPEN TO HAVE 39:07 OUR WORSHIP, SOMETIMES WE HAVE GUESTS AND WE HAVE A PIANO 39:10 IN THE FRONT ROOM AND PEOPLE WALKING BY, THEY'LL SEE IN THE 39:14 BATCHELOR PAD PEOPLE ARE SINGING HYMNS. 39:16 YOU CAN HEAR IT, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT AND THEY'LL HEAR US 39:19 PLAYING HYMNS ON OUR INSTRUMENTS. 39:21 THEY LOOK IN THE WINDOW, THEY'LL SEE THE FAMILY KNEELING - IT'S 39:24 EASY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PRAYING. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT DOING IT TO 39:26 BE A SPECTACLE, BUT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT - I'VE ACTUALLY THOUGHT, 39:29 'I DON'T WANT TO BE - MAYBE I SHOULD CLOSE THE WINDOW.' I 39:31 THOUGHT ABOUT DANIEL - I'M NOT CLOSING THE WINDOW. 39:33 SO, LET 'EM SEE YOU PRAY! THEY KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 39:37 AND SO, YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD WITNESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 39:41 ALRIGHT, NOW, WHAT IS THE VALUE - HOW DOES THIS SOCIAL CAPITAL 39:44 TRANSLATE? AND THIS IS UNDER WEDNESDAY'S SECTION. 39:48 IT'S LARGELY USING THE EXAMPLE OF NEHEMIAH, SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR 39:52 BIBLES, TURN TO NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 2. 39:54 I'M GOING TO BE READING VERSES 1 THROUGH 8 - NEHEMIAH 2:1-8. 39:59 "AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MONTH OF NISAN, IN THE TWENTIETH 40:03 YEAR OF KING ARTAXERXES, WHEN WINE WAS BEFORE HIM, THAT I TOOK 40:07 THE WINE AND GAVE IT TO THE KING." 40:08 - NOW NEHEMIAH IS THE KING'S CUPBEARER AND THAT WAS HIS JOB. 40:10 AND THAT WAS A VERY TRUSTED POSITION. 40:12 YOU NEEDED FAITH IN YOUR CUPBEARER. 40:13 PEOPLE FREQUENTLY TRIED TO POISON THE KING. 40:16 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO POISON THE 40:18 PHARAOH, EVIDENTLY, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THE 40:20 BUTLER OR THE BAKER. THE BAKER BROUGHT THE FOOD, 40:23 THE BUTLER BROUGHT THE WINE. AND THEY BOTH HAD DREAMS AND 40:26 JOSEPH INTERPRETED THEIR DREAMS. 'ONE OF YOU IS GOING 40:28 TO BE FOUND GUILTY. THE OTHER INNOCENT. 40:29 ONE'LL BE KILLED, THE OTHER WILL BE SPARED.' SOMEONE TRIED TO 40:32 POISON THE PHARAOH AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE BUTLER WAS SPARED, 40:36 BUT HE FORGOT ABOUT JOSEPH. THE BAKER WAS HUNG. 40:40 AND SO, THE FACT THAT NEHEMIAH IS THE BUTLER FOR THE KING OF 40:42 PERSIA, YOU HAD TO TRUST YOUR BUTLER BECAUSE HE COULD POISON 40:45 YOU IF HE WANTED TO, RIGHT? AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE 40:51 "WINE WAS BEFORE HIM, THAT I TOOK THE WINE AND 40:52 GAVE IT TO THE KING. NOW I HAD NEVER BEEN SAD 40:55 IN HIS PRESENCE BEFORE." - ALRIGHT, STOP. 40:58 WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT NEHEMIAH? WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU 41:01 ABOUT CHRISTIANS? NEVER SAD IN HIS PRESENCE MEANS 41:05 THAT HE WAS NORMALLY WHAT? >>CHEERFUL. 41:07 >>POSITIVE - OPTIMISTIC - CHEERFUL. 41:12 ISN'T THAT A GOOD TEST - WHAT IS THE GOSPEL, BAD NEWS OR GOOD 41:14 NEWS? >>GOOD NEWS. 41:16 >>YEAH, GOD'S PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE A HAPPY PEOPLE. 41:18 IF A CHRISTIAN'S ALWAYS GOING AROUND LOOKING MOROSE AND LIKE 41:22 WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO A FUNERAL INSTEAD OF A FEAST, THEN WHO'S 41:25 GOING TO WANT YOUR RELIGION? AND THAT'S WHY THE KING TOOK NOTE. 41:28 HE SAID, 'WOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS REAL POSITIVE. 41:31 SOMETHING'S WRONG.' AND THE KING NOTICED THAT - "THEREFORE THE 41:35 KING SAID TO ME, "WHY IS YOUR FACE SAD, SINCE YOU ARE NOT 41:38 SICK?" - NOTICE, THE OTHER THING THAT'S 41:39 HAPPENING. BECAUSE NEHEMIAH WAS SO FAITHFUL 41:42 AND HE WAS SO POSITIVE, THE KING CARED ABOUT HIM. 41:45 SUDDENLY THE KING IS CONCERNED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS - 41:49 PEOPLE WILL CARE ABOUT YOU IN YOUR COMMUNITY IF YOU SHOW YOU 41:51 CARE ABOUT THEM. >>AMEN. 41:53 >>AND THE KING IS CONCERNED: "'WHY IS YOUR FACE SAD, SINCE 41:56 YOU ARE NOT SICK? THIS IS NOTHING BUT SORROW OF HEART.' 41:59 SO I BECAME DREADFULLY AFRAID," - YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED 42:02 TO BE SAD IN THE KING'S PRESENCE. 42:04 YOU REMEMBER MORDECAI? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FAST OR 42:06 COME INTO THE KING'S PRESENCE WITH TORN CLOTHES. 42:09 AND SO, HE THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, I DON'T - DIDN'T MEAN - I DIDN'T 42:13 MEAN TO LOOK SO SAD.' BUT HIS HEART WAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF BAD 42:15 NEWS HE HAD HEARD ABOUT JERUSALEM. 42:18 AND THEN HE PRAYED. "I WAS AFRAID AND 42:21 SAID TO THE KING, 'MAY THE KING LIVE FOREVER! 42:24 WHY SHOULD MY FACE NOT BE SAD, WHEN THE CITY, THE PLACE OF MY 42:28 FATHERS' TOMBS, LIES WASTE, AND ITS GATES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE?' 42:33 THEN THE KING SAID TO ME, 'WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?'" 42:35 - WOW, WOULDN'T YOU ALL LIKE TO HAVE A KING SAY THAT? 42:39 BY THE WAY, YOU DO HAVE A KING THAT SAYS THAT. 42:41 >>AMEN. >>THE LORD SAYS 'ASK 42:44 AND YOU WILL RECEIVE. UP 'TIL NOW YOU'VE ASKED 42:46 NOTHING IN MY NAME. ASK THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL.' 42:49 WE CAN PRAY AND ASK - "'WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?' 42:52 SO I PRAYED TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN." 42:54 - 'OH LORD, WHAT DO I ASK FOR? DO I DARE ASK FOR 42:57 SOMETHING BIG?' HE SAID, 'THE KING SAYS HE'S 43:00 MY FRIEND.' - "WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?' 43:03 SO I PRAYED TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN." 43:04 - HE DIDN'T GET ON HIS KNEES, HE PRAYED WHERE HE WAS - "AND I 43:07 SAID TO THE KING, 'IF IT PLEASES THE KING, AND IF YOUR SERVANT 43:10 HAS FOUND FAVOR IN YOUR SIGHT,'" - 'IF I'VE BEEN A GOOD SERVANT 43:12 AND YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING' - "'I ASK THAT YOU SEND ME TO 43:15 JUDAH,'" - IT'S IN YOUR TERRITORY NOW' - "'TO THE CITY 43:19 OF MY FATHERS' TOMBS, THAT I MAY REBUILD IT.' THEN THE KING SAID 43:23 TO ME (THE QUEEN ALSO SITTING BESIDE HIM)," - YOU KNOW WHY IT 43:25 SAYS 'THE QUEEN SITTING BEHIND HIM'? 43:26 YOU KNOW WHAT QUEEN THAT WAS? ESTHER. 43:30 THIS IS THE KING ARTAXERXES, WHO MARRIED ESTHER - "(THE QUEEN 43:34 ALSO SITTING BESIDE HIM) HOW LONG WILL YOUR JOURNEY BE?" 43:37 - MAYBE SHE GAVE HIM AN ELBOW. LIKE WHEN IT SAID, 'HAH!' 43:40 (WINK, WINK) - "HOW LONG WILL YOUR JOURNEY BE?" 43:43 - WELL, THAT'S A 'YES' - HOW LONG WILL YOU BE GONE? 43:46 - "'AND WHEN WILL YOU RETURN?' 43:48 SO IT PLEASED THE KING TO SEND ME; AND I SET HIM A TIME. 43:51 FURTHERMORE I SAID TO THE KING, "IF IT PLEASES THE KING, LET 43:55 LETTERS BE GIVEN TO ME FOR THE GOVERNORS OF THE REGION BEYOND 43:57 THE RIVER, THAT THEY MUST PERMIT ME TO PASS THROUGH TILL I COME 44:00 TO JUDAH, AND A LETTER TO ASAPH THE KEEPER OF THE KING'S 44:03 FOREST," - UP IN LEBANON - "THAT HE MUST GIVE ME TIMBER TO MAKE 44:07 BEAMS FOR THE GATES OF THE CITADEL WHICH PERTAINS" - SEE, 44:10 THE KING OWNED ALL THE FORESTS. YOU COULDN'T JUST GO IN AND LOG 44:15 - "...FOR THE CITY WALL, AND FOR THE HOUSE THAT I WILL OCCUPY." 44:17 AND THE KING GRANTED THEM TO ME ACCORDING TO THE GOOD HAND OF MY 44:21 GOD UPON ME." NEHEMIAH HAD BEEN SUCH A 44:24 POSITIVE WITNESS IN THE PALACE OF PERSIA, THAT WHEN HE FINALLY 44:29 DID MAKE A REQUEST, THE KING GAVE HIM EVERYTHING THAT HE 44:31 ASKED FOR BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, I CAN TRUST NEHEMIAH 44:36 TO BE A GOOD GOVERNOR. I'VE SEEN HOW HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL 44:39 IN LITTLE THINGS IN MY HOUSE, I CAN TRUST THAT HE 44:42 WILL BE A GOOD GUY. NEHEMIAH WENT FROM 44:44 CUPBEARER TO GOVERNOR. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 44:48 HE SAID, 'BECAUSE HE CAN BE TRUSTED.' 44:51 WHAT DID THE KING OF PERSIA DO FOR MORDECAI? 44:53 MORDECAI WAS INTERESTED IN THE KING - SOMEONE TRIED TO 44:56 ASSASSINATE THE KING, HE REVEALED IT, HE SHOWED HIMSELF 45:00 TO BE A FAITHFUL CITIZEN, AND LATER, WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE 45:03 WAS RELATED TO THE QUEEN, HE MADE HIM PRIME MINISTER INSTEAD 45:06 OF HAMAN. HE SAW HE COULD BE TRUSTED. 45:10 AND SO THE LORD OFTEN, IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL, HE WILL PUT YOU IN 45:15 POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE. YOU SEE THAT THROUGH HISTORY. 45:20 SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGO, JOSEPH, MORDECAI, NEHEMIAH, EZRA 45:25 - THEY WERE ALL PLACED IN POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE 45:29 THE PAGANS SAW THEY COULD BE TRUSTED. 45:33 ISN'T THAT A GREAT TESTIMONY? 45:35 AND THAT SHOULD BE THE TESTIMONY OF BELIEVERS AS WELL. 45:39 ALRIGHT - AND THEN HE SAYS, 'YOU SEND ME AND THE HAND OF MY GOD 45:42 IS UPON ME.' I WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK PROPHETS 45:46 AND KINGS ABOUT NEHEMIAH - THIS IS PAGE 634 - "THE MEANS THAT HE 45:51 [NEHEMIAH] LACKED, HE SOLICITED FROM THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO 45:54 BESTOW. AND THE LORD IS STILL WILLING TO 45:57 MOVE UPON THE HEARTS OF THOSE IN POSSESSION OF HIS GOODS IN 45:59 BEHALF OF THE CAUSE OF TRUTH. THOSE WHO LABOR FOR HIM ARE TO 46:04 AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE HELP THAT HE PROMPTS MEN TO GIVE. 46:07 THE DONORS MAY HAVE NO FAITH IN CHRIST OR ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIS 46:10 WORDS, BUT THEIR GIFTS ON THIS ACCOUNT ARE NOT BE REFUSED." 46:14 ALRIGHT, HERE'S A MORAL QUESTION FOR YOU: IF A VISITOR COMES TO 46:19 YOUR CHURCH AND BRINGS A BIG CHECK AND HANDS YOU A CHECK FOR 46:24 $10,000.00 AND SAYS, 'THIS IS MY TITHE ON MY LOTTO MONEY.' 46:29 ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT? I SEE ONE 'YES'. 46:34 ANYONE ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN? I SAY 'YES.' OKAY? 46:41 NOW WHAT IF IT'S A MEMBER? DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 46:46 >>YES. >>I THINK IT DOES MAKE A 46:47 DIFFERENCE. I THINK YOU OUGHT TO THINK SLOW 46:50 ON THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO ENDORSE OR ENCOURAGE 46:53 THE MEMBERS TO BE OUT GAMBLING. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 46:58 SO I - I RAN INTO THAT ONCE BECAUSE THIS ONE GUY, HE CAME TO 47:01 CHURCH, AND HE WAS NOT A MEMBER AND HE WON ALL THIS MONEY AT A 47:04 RACETRACK. HE SAID, 'OH, GOD BLESSED ME AND 47:06 I'VE GOT THIS BIG WIN AND I WANT TO GIVE SOME TO YOU.' AND WE HAD 47:09 TO TALK ABOUT THAT - WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT? 47:12 BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A MEMBER THAT'S GOING OUT AND GAMBLING 47:15 EVERY WEEK, AND THEY SAY, 'OH, I WON BIG THIS WEEK, HERE.' YOU 47:19 DON'T WANT TO - YOU CAN'T PAY OFF A BAD CONSCIENCE BY PUTTING 47:23 AN OFFERING IN. SO THAT'S - IT'S A LITTLE 47:26 DIFFERENT ISSUE AND I'LL PROBABLY GET LETTERS ON THAT. 47:29 OKAY, FAVOR WITH THE PEOPLE - THIS IS OUR THURSDAY LESSON. 47:33 AND SOMEONE, IN A MOMENT'S, GOING TO READ LUKE 16:10 - OKAY? 47:38 I'M GOING TO READ LUKE 12:48, "BUT HE WHO DID NOT KNOW, YET 47:43 COMMITTED THINGS DESERVING OF STRIPES, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH 47:45 FEW. FOR EVERYONE TO WHOM MUCH IS 47:48 GIVEN, FROM HIM MUCH WILL BE REQUIRED; AND TO WHOM MUCH HAS 47:52 BEEN COMMITTED, OF HIM THEY WILL ASK THE MORE." 47:55 AND SO, IF WE ARE FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS, PEOPLE WILL TRUST 47:59 YOU WITH BIGGER THINGS. IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO LISTEN 48:02 TO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE LITTLE THINGS, WHEN THEY HAVE A BIG 48:06 THING AND THEY'RE OPENING THEIR HEARTS, THEY'LL LISTEN TO YOU. 48:09 >>AMEN. >>AND SO, IF YOU PROVE THAT YOU 48:11 GIVE THEM GOOD ADVICE IN LITTLE THINGS, AND YOU'RE WILLING TO 48:14 LISTEN AND YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AND YOU CAN KEEP THEIR 48:16 CONFIDENCE AND NOT BETRAY THEIR TRUST, THEY WILL INCREASE 48:20 HOW MUCH THEY TRUST YOU. AND SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT GROWS. 48:24 AND THIS OTHER VERSE IS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE. 48:26 GO AHEAD, YOU CAN READ YOURS NOW. 48:27 >>LUKE CHAPTER 16, VERSE 10, "HE WHO IS FAITHFUL IN WHAT IS LEAST 48:32 IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH; AND HE WHO IS UNJUST IN WHAT IS LEAST 48:38 IS UNJUST ALSO IN MUCH." 48:40 >>YEAH, WE WANT TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE THINGS AS WELL. 48:45 IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, MOSES ACTUALLY SAID, IN DEUTERONOMY 4, 48:49 VERSE 5, SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - AND THIS - 48:53 DEUTERONOMY IS THE LAST BOOK OF MOSES. 48:55 IT REALLY IS HIS LAST SERMON BEFORE HE DIES. 48:58 HE SAYS, 'SURELY I HAVE TAUGHT YOU STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS JUST 49:02 AS MY LORD GOD COMMANDED ME, THAT YOU SHOULD ACT ACCORDING TO 49:05 THEM IN THE LAND THAT YOU GO TO POSSESS. 49:08 THEREFORE, BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE THEM, FOR THIS IS YOUR WISDOM 49:11 AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE SIGHT OF THE PEOPLES WHO HEAR 49:15 ALL THESE STATUTES.' NOW, KEEP IN MIND, WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF 49:19 GOD CALLING ISRAEL? I HAVEN'T FINISHED READING MY VERSE YET. 49:24 HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO BE A NATION OF KINGS AND PRIESTS.' 49:28 WELL, IF EVERYBODY IN THE NATION'S A PRIEST, WHO ARE THEY 49:31 MAKING ATONEMENT FOR? THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR NATION. 49:36 THE PURPOSE OF ISRAEL WAS THEY WERE TO BE A LIGHT ON A HILL SO 49:40 THAT THEY COULD LEAD THE PAGANS TO JEHOVAH. 49:45 THE BIBLE SAID THAT ISRAEL WOULD BE - ALL THE GENTILES WOULD FLOW 49:51 TO THEM - THAT EVERY MAN WOULD TAKE HOLD OF THE HAND OF A JEW 49:54 AND SAY, 'LEAD ME TO YOUR HOUSE AND TO YOUR GOD.' AND SO GOD 49:57 WANTED THEM TO BRING THE OTHER NATIONS TO HIM. 50:01 AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH 50:04 - UNTO HIM THE GENTILES WILL SEEK. AND SO, MOSES HAS SAID 50:07 'THIS'LL BE YOUR WISDOM.' WHAT? THESE RIGHTEOUS LAWS. 50:10 THE OTHER NATIONS WILL SEE IT AND THEY WILL SAY, 'SURELY THIS 50:15 IS A GREAT NATION AND A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE. 50:19 FOR WHAT GREAT NATION IS THERE THAT HAS GOD SO NEAR TO IT AS 50:23 THE LORD OUR GOD IS TO US?' AND, FOR WHATEVER REASON, 50:27 WE MIGHT CALL UPON HIM. 'AND WHAT GREAT NATION IS THERE 50:31 THAT HAS SUCH STATUTES AND RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS AS IN ALL 50:35 THE LAW THAT I SET BEFORE YOU THIS DAY?' 50:37 I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY SON LAST NIGHT AND I WAS 50:40 TALKING TO HIM ABOUT, OH, JUST LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY AND - AND HE 50:47 CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE WHERE HE WAS STUDYING THE PHILOSOPHERS, 50:50 YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE YOU - EVEN IN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS THEY MAKE 50:52 YOU STUDY WORLD PHILOSOPHY. AND IF IT'S NOT TAUGHT RIGHT, 50:56 IT CAN DO A LOT OF HARM. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CHRISTIAN 50:59 TEACHER, THERE'S NOTHING TO BE FEARED FROM PHILOSOPHY. 51:01 AND I SAID, 'WELL,' - I SAID, 'ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LEARN 51:05 FROM THE PHILOSOPHERS, IS THE PHILOSOPHERS THAT WERE 51:11 SUCCESSFUL, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT REAL WISDOM WAS THE FEAR OF THE 51:16 LORD. THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO EXPLORE 51:18 'WHAT IS TRUE KNOWLEDGE?' AND 'WHAT IS TRUE WISDOM?' 51:21 KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM ARE NOT THE SAME THING. 51:23 AND SOCRATES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO WAS KILLED FOR ATHEISM - NOW, 51:29 THE ATHEISM SOCRATES WAS KILLED FOR WAS NOT BELIEVING IN THE 51:33 PANTHEON OF GREEK GODS - HE THOUGHT IT WAS FOOLISH - AND HE 51:36 WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT HE BELIEVED THAT IF THERE WAS A 51:40 GOD, HE WOULD BE A VIRTUOUS GOD. 51:41 NOT ALL THE GREEK GODS WERE VIRTUOUS. 51:43 AND HIS REASON WAS, IF YOU EXPLORE TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND 51:47 WISDOM, THERE IS - THERE ARE WISE REASONS FOR BEING VIRTUOUS. 51:54 AND HE'D USE THE SOCCRATIC METHOD OF ASKING QUESTIONS. 51:56 WHAT HAPPENS TO A SOCIETY IF YOU DON'T UPHOLD HONESTY? 52:00 BREAK IT DOWN. CAN YOU TRUST ANYONE? 52:03 ARE ANY - ARE ANY COVENANTS TRUSTWORTHY? 52:06 IF EVERYONE'S LYING TO EVERYBODY, WHAT HAPPENS TO 52:09 SOCIETY? SO SOCRATES WOULD BRING 52:10 OUT THE REASONS FOR HONESTY. YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST. 52:14 WHAT HAPPENS TO A SOCIETY IF PEOPLE STEAL? 52:16 CAN ANYONE BE SAFE IF THEY DON'T RESPECT PROPERTY? 52:20 AND WHAT HAPPENS TO A SOCIETY IF YOU DON'T HONOR THE INSTITUTION 52:23 OF MARRIAGE? WELL, WE'RE FINDING OUT, 52:26 AREN'T WE? BUT THERE'S A BREAKDOWN IN 52:28 THE FAMILY - A BREAKDOWN IN HUMANITY. 52:31 AND SO, SOCRATES WOULD REASON THESE THINGS FROM CAUSE TO 52:33 EFFECT AND HIS CONCLUSION WAS, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IS 52:37 VIRTUE, WHICH WE BELIEVE - INTEGRITY. AND HE DID IT FROM A 52:41 LOGICAL REASON. MOSES IS SAYING, 'WHEN THESE 52:43 OTHER NATIONS LOOK AT YOUR LAWS, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'THIS IS A 52:46 WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOGICAL 52:49 REASONS FOR THE LAWS THAT GOD GAVE ISRAEL. 52:53 AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF WESTERN LAW IS BASED ON THE LAW OF MOSES 52:57 - THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES - THE CIVIL LAWS AND EVERYTHING FROM 53:02 FIRST AND SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND THE - WHAT WAS THE INTENT? 53:09 WAS THERE MALICE BEFORE THE CRIME? 53:11 AND YOU JUST START LOOKING INTO THE NUANCES OF OUR LAWS AND YOU 53:15 CAN ALMOST ALWAYS POINT BACK TO THE LAW OF MOSES AND SAY, 53:18 'HERE'S WHERE YOU FIRST SAW THAT PRINCIPLE.' 53:20 AND SO IT WAS A WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE. 53:23 AND SO, GOD WANTED WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE TIME OF THE QUEEN OF 53:26 SHEBA, WHERE SHE CAME TO SEEK GOD BECAUSE OF THE WISDOM THAT 53:33 SHE SAW IN THE LAWS AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND, IN 53:36 PARTICULAR, IN SOLOMON, WHO LOVED THE LORD AT THAT TIME IN 53:40 HIS LIFE. ANYWAY, SO THROUGH ALL THIS, GOD 53:44 WANTS US TO SHOW THAT WE'RE A PEOPLE OF FAITH AND THEN WE'RE A 53:46 WITNESS - WE'RE A LIGHT TO THE WORLD. 53:47 AND THIS IS WHAT GOD'S PLAN WAS FOR ISRAEL, IT'S HIS PLAN FOR 53:50 THE CHURCH, AND IT'S HIS PLAN FOR EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY, 53:53 AMEN? >>AMEN. 53:55 >>AND SO, I WANT TO REMIND YOU BEFORE WE GO OFF THE AIR, WE 53:57 HAVE A SPECIAL BOOK THAT WE'LL BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR 54:00 FREE. IT'S CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD AND 54:02 JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN - IT'S 866-788-3966 54:09 - THAT TRANSLATES INTO 866-STUDY-MORE. 54:13 WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STUDY MORE. ASK FOR OFFER #816 54:16 WHEN YOU CALL. GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, WE ARE 54:18 OUT OF TIME FOR OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR RIGHT NOW. 54:21 THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE AFCOE CLASS JOIN US FOR THIS STUDY AND 54:24 GOD BLESS YOU 'TIL WE STUDY HIS WORD AGAIN TOGETHER NEXT WEEK. 54:28 >>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS 54:31 THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE 54:35 HEAVENS FALL." YET STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR 54:37 SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT 54:41 TO PORTRAY MEN AS THE FAMILY IDIOTS. 54:44 SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED 54:49 AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN 54:53 ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING 54:56 THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY. 55:00 THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER 30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW 55:03 PROGRAM CALLED MIGHTY MEN OF GOD . 55:06 USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES 55:09 WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND 55:13 ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN THE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND NATION. 55:17 PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM 55:20 THE WORD HOW TO LIVE COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING. 55:29 >>AMAZING FACTS, THROUGH YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT, HAS HAD A 55:32 MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OF THE LARGEST NON-CHRISTIAN LOCATIONS 55:35 IN THE WORLD. BEYOND THE GREAT WALL, THE 55:39 PRINTING AND TRANSLATION OF OUR BOOKS AND VIDEO MATERIALS 55:42 ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION. >>(CHINESE DIALOGUE) 55:49 >>THE AMAZING FACTS CHINESE LANGUAGE WEBSITE IS NOW ONE OF 55:52 OUR MOST VISITED WEBSITES. WE ALSO TRANSLATED THOUSANDS OF 55:56 PIECES OF LITERATURE FOR THESE NATIONS. 55:59 WHAT STARTED OUT AS HUNDREDS OF FOLLOWERS IS NOW IN THE HUNDREDS 56:03 OF THOUSANDS. THE IMPACT OF YOUR FUNDS 56:05 INVESTED IN SHARING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL IN THESE 56:08 FOREIGN LANDS WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. 56:12 >>YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM 56:14 ALL OVER THE GLOBE, OF LIVES THAT ARE BEING CHANGED AND 56:18 HEARTS THAT ARE BEING TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF THE 56:20 WORD. AND NONE OF IT COULD HAPPEN 56:22 WITHOUT YOUR TEAMWORK WITH THIS MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU. (MUSIC) 56:29 >>HEY GRANDMA, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR MAIL THE OTHER DAY. 56:33 >>YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH MY WHAT? 56:35 >>AND I FOUND A WAY YOU CAN SAVE BIG ON YOUR TAXES. 56:39 NOW THAT YOU ARE SEVENTY AND A HALF YEARS OLD YOU CAN MAKE 56:43 CHARITABLE DONATIONS TO AMAZING FACTS. 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