>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
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THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
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HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
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SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
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TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
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SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
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AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
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ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
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THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
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THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
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PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
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USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
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WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
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ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY CHURCH AND NATION.
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PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
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THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
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(MUSIC)
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>>HELLO FRIENDS.
WELCOME AGAIN TO SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. A
VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
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FRIENDS JOINING US IN OUR
EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS,
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING AND STUDYING TOGETHER.
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AND ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS AND
THOSE WHO ARE VISITING HERE AT
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THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - A VERY
WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU AS
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WELL. WE DO HAVE
A FREE OFFER THAT
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GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY
FOR TODAY, IT'S A BOOK ENTITLED
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HIGHER STILL AND THIS IS
FREE TO THOSE WHO CALL AND ASK.
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THE NUMBER TO CALL IS
866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR
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OFFER #816. THAT NUMBER AGAIN IS
866-788-3966 AND ASK FOR OFFER
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#816 - WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND
YOU THIS BOOK FOR FURTHER STUDY
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AND A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE.
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OUR LESSON TODAY IS LESSON #11
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH
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OUR LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING
WITH THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN
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THE COMMUNITY.
TODAY'S LESSON IS ENTITLED
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JESUS BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME' .
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF OUR
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STUDY TODAY, YOU CAN GO TO THE
AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE AND JUST
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DOWNLOAD LESSON #11 - JESUS BADE
THEM, 'FOLLOW ME' AND YOU CAN
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STUDY ALONG WITH US AND
FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE NOTES.
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BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
THOUGH, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
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LIFTING OUR VOICES IN PRAISE.
WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE SONG
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LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN ME AND
LET'S SING TOGETHER AS WE PRAISE
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GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS
AND ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY WE
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HAVE TO STUDY HIS WORD.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING
US, LIKE YOU DO EVERY WEEK YOU
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KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO: WE'RE GOING TO SING!
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AND WE ARE READY TO SING HERE AT
GRANITE BAY SO IF YOU'D PULL OUT
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YOUR HYMNALS AND JOIN WITH US,
OUR FIRST ONE IS #369 - BRINGING
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IN THE SHEAVES - WE'LL
DO ALL THREE STANZAS - #369.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
>>SOWING IN THE MORNING, SOWING
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SEEDS OF KINDNESS, SOWING IN
THE NOONTIDE AND THE DEWY EVE;
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WAITING FOR THE HARVEST, AND THE
TIME OF REAPING, WE SHALL COME
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REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
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WE SHALL COME REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
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WE SHALL COME REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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SOWING IN THE SUNSHINE, SOWING
IN THE SHADOWS, FEARING NEITHER
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CLOUDS NOR WINTER'S CHILLING
BREEZE; BY AND BY THE HARVEST,
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AND THE LABOR ENDED, WE SHALL
COME REJOICING, BRINGING IN THE
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SHEAVES, BRINGING IN
THE SHEAVES, BRINGING IN THE
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SHEAVES, WE SHALL COME
REJOICING, BRINGING IN THE
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SHEAVES. BRINGING IN
THE SHEAVES, BRINGING IN THE
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SHEAVES, WE SHALL COME
REJOICING, BRINGING IN THE
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SHEAVES. GOING
FORTH WITH WEEPING, SOWING
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FOR THE MASTER, THOUGH THE
LOSS SUSTAINED, OUR SPIRIT OFTEN
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GRIEVES, WHEN OUR WEEPING'S
OVER, HE WILL BID US WELCOME,
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WE SHALL COME REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES, WE
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SHALL COME REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES,
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WE SHALL COME REJOICING,
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES.
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>>OUR NEXT SONG IS
THINE IS THE GLORY - #171 -
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I REALLY LIKE THIS SONG.
IT'S ONE WE DON'T SING VERY
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OFTEN AND SO, IF IT'S NEW TO
YOU, JOIN WITH US AND YOU WILL
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LEARN IT - #171 - WE'RE
ALSO GOING TO DO ALL THREE
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STANZAS OF THIS
ONE. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THINE IS THE GLORY, RISEN,
CONQUERING SON; ENDLESS IS THE
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VICTORY THOU O'ER DEATH HAS WON.
ANGELS IN BRIGHT RAIMENT ROLLED
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THE STONE AWAY, KEPT THE FOLDED
GRAVE CLOTHES WHERE THY BODY
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LAY. THINE IS THE GLORY, RISEN,
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CONQUERING SON; ENDLESS
IS THE VICTORY THOU O'ER
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DEATH HAST WON.
LO! JESUS MEETS US.
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RISEN FROM THE TOMB, LOVINGLY
HE GREETS US, SCATTERS FEAR AND
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GLOOM; LET HIS CHURCH WITH
GLADNESS HYMNS OF TRIUMPH SING,
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FOR HER LORD NOW LIVETH; DEATH
HATH LOST ITS STING THINE IS THE
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GLORY, RISEN, CONQUERING SON;
ENDLESS IS THE VICTORY THOU O'ER
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DEATH HAST WON. NO MORE WE DOUBT
THEE, GLORIOUS PRINCE OF LIFE!
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LIFE IS NOUGHT WITHOUT THEE; AID
US IN OUR STRIFE; MAKE US MORE
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THAN CONQUERORS, THROUGH THY
DEATHLESS LOVE; BRING US SAFE
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THROUGH JORDAN
TO THY HOME ABOVE.
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THINE IS THE GLORY, RISEN,
CONQUERING SON; ENDLESS IS THE
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VICTORY THOU
O'ER DEATH HAST WON.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
WITH US AND, AT THIS TIME,
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PASTOR ROSS WILL
HAVE PRAYER FOR US.
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>>LET'S BOW OUR
HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE
AGAIN WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE
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ARE ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER
AND OPEN UP THE BIBLE AND STUDY
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TOGETHER. AND THIS
ENTIRE QUARTER WE HAVE
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BEEN LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLE THAT
JESUS HAS SET FOR US IN SHARING
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WITH OTHERS AND
MINISTERING TO THEIR NEEDS.
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SO ONCE AGAIN, AS WE TURN OUR
ATTENTION UPON JESUS' TEACHING,
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WE ASK FOR YOUR
BLESSING. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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>>OUR LESSON TODAY IS GOING
TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY DR. DAVID
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DEROSE. THANK YOU DR. DEROSE.
>>WELL, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR
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JOURNEY LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF
THE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY AND
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WE'RE JUMPING INTO LESSON #11 ON
THAT JOURNEY. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
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AT A PIVOTAL STATEMENT, AT LEAST
IN THE HISTORY, OF SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTISTS. OVER A
HUNDRED YEARS AGO, A
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LITTLE BOOK WAS PENNED CALLED
THE MINISTRY OF HEALING AND
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IN THAT BOOK IT SPOKE ABOUT
CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE GIVING
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SPECIAL EFFICACY
IN REACHING PEOPLE.
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WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AT
THAT METHOD: AS JESUS CAME CLOSE
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TO PEOPLE, HE MINGLED WITH THEM,
HE MINISTERED TO THEIR NEEDS
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AFTER SHOWING HIS SYMPATHY
TO THEM, AND THEN IT SAYS HE WON
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THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ULTIMATELY
HE BADE THEM FOLLOW HIM.
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AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'RE IN LESSON #11 - JESUS
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BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME' .
YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HELP BUT
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THINK ABOUT IT AS I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THE LESSON, AND I HAD
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A QUESTION THAT WAS RUNNING
THROUGH MY MIND: IF SOMEONE HAD
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NEVER MET YOU BEFORE, WOULD
THEY LEARN MOST ABOUT YOU OF
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RELEVANCE FROM YOUR FRIENDS OR
FROM YOUR ENEMIES. HAVE YOU EVER
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THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? WHAT
WOULD YOUR ENEMIES SAY OF
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YOU AND WHAT WOULD YOUR FRIENDS
SAY OF YOU AND WHAT KIND OF
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PICTURE WOULD THAT PROVIDE?
WELL, OUR LESSON ACTUALLY STARTS
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BY DOING JUST THAT - ACTUALLY
INTRODUCING US TO A STATEMENT
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FROM SOME OF
CHRISTIANITY'S ENEMIES.
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IN THE LESSON THAT'S DEVOTED TO
WHAT'S CALLED SABBATH AFTERNOON
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, IN YOUR QUARTERLY, IT QUOTES
FROM THE ROMAN EMPEROR JULIAN.
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IT SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO REVIVE
PAGANISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
CHRISTIANITY WAS THRIVING.
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AND IT SAYS THERE THAT JULIAN
TALKED WITH A PROMINENT PAGAN
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PRIEST, WONDERING WHY
CHRISTIANITY WAS GROWING SO
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RAPIDLY AND HERE'S THE
EXPLANATION THAT ALLEGEDLY WAS
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TENDERED: IT SAID, 'I THINK THAT
WHEN THE POOR HAPPENED TO BE
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NEGLECTED AND OVERLOOKED BY
THE PAGAN PRIESTS, THE IMPIOUS
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GALILEANS, THE CHRISTIANS,
OBSERVED THIS AND DEVOTED
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THEMSELVES TO BENEVOLENCE.
THEY SUPPORT NOT ONLY THEIR
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POOR BUT OURS AS WELL. EVERYONE
CAN SEE THAT OUR PEOPLE LACK AID
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FROM US.' WELL, YOU SAY,
THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S AN
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ASSESSMENT FROM FRIENDS
OR ENEMIES? IT'S ENEMIES.
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AND SO, THE ENEMIES ARE SAYING
THE CHRISTIAN CAUSE IS SO STRONG
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BECAUSE OF SELFLESS MINISTRY,
AND THAT RESONATES, DEFINITELY,
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WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT IN THE QUARTER.
00:12:00.75\00:12:03.45
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENEMIES.
00:12:03.45\00:12:07.69
AND IT'S NOT A
COMPLETE ASSESSMENT.
00:12:07.69\00:12:09.69
SO, SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO
LOOK AT THE CONTEXT, AND WE'RE
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LOOKING ESPECIALLY AT JESUS'
CALL TO FOLLOW HIM, I INVITE YOU
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TO TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF ACTS.
00:12:16.77\00:12:19.73
BECAUSE ACTS GIVES US A
DIFFERENT PICTURE OF SOMETHING
00:12:19.73\00:12:24.17
THAT WAS PART OF THE
SUCCESS OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY.
00:12:24.17\00:12:27.34
I'M NOT SAYING THAT MINISTERING
TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS WAS NOT AN
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IMPORTANT PART OF THAT EQUATION.
00:12:30.35\00:12:32.31
BUT IF WE JUST LOOK AT THAT
AS THE SINGLE TESTIMONY TO THE
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EFFICACY OF CHRISTIANITY IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CHURCH, I
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THINK WILL DRAW SOME
WRONG CONCLUSIONS AND, IN FACT,
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CONCLUSIONS THAT WOULD BE AT
ODDS WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING IN
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TODAY'S LESSON. I'M IN
ACTS CHAPTER 2 AND WE'RE
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READING FROM PETER'S GREAT
SERMON ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
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YOU KNOW THE CONTEXT: SOME 50
DAYS PREVIOUS TO THIS, JESUS HAD
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DIED. HE WAS RESURRECTED.
NOW HE HAS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN.
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THE DISCIPLES HAVE EXPERIENCED
THAT MARVELOUS OUTPOURING OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT AND NOW THEY ARE
PREACHING TO THE CROWDS WHO ARE
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GATHERED IN JERUSALEM.
PETER IS SPEAKING IN ACTS 3.
00:13:11.62\00:13:15.46
WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ HIS
WHOLE SERMON BUT WE ARE GOING TO
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JUMP IN TO THE HEART OF THAT
SERMON WHERE PETER SAYS SOME
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THINGS THAT, WELL, MAY NOT
BE ALL THAT COMFORTABLE TO HAVE
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HEARD, WERE WE IN THAT AUDIENCE.
LET'S JUMP IN TO VERSE 32.
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AT THE RISK OF MISSING SOME OF
THE CONTEXT, I'M IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:13:35.94\00:13:39.25
2, VERSE 32, PETER SAYS, "THIS
JESUS GOD HAS RAISED UP, OF
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WHICH WE ARE ALL WITNESSES.
THEREFORE BEING EXALTED TO THE
00:13:44.75\00:13:49.09
RIGHT HAND OF GOD, AND HAVING
RECEIVED FROM THE FATHER THE
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PROMISE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT, HE POURED OUT THIS WHICH
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YOU NOW SEE AND HEAR."
- SO HE'S SPEAKING OF THE
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OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
THE TONGUES OF FIRE THAT CAME
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DOWN, THE GIFT OF TONGUES THAT
WAS THEN MANIFEST IN THE CHURCH.
00:14:00.20\00:14:04.04
AND HE SAYS, THEN, IN VERSE 34,
"FOR DAVID DID NOT ASCEND INTO
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THE HEAVENS, BUT HE SAYS
HIMSELF: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY
00:14:07.91\00:14:11.51
LORD, 'SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND
TILL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR
00:14:11.51\00:14:15.12
FOOTSTOOL.' THEREFORE, LET
ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL KNOW
00:14:15.12\00:14:19.02
ASSUREDLY THAT GOD HAS MADE THIS
JESUS, WHOM YOU CRUCIFIED, BOTH
00:14:19.02\00:14:25.16
LORD AND CHRIST.'" NOW, I JUST
WANT YOU TO PICK UP THE CONTEXT
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OF THE WORDS OF PETER.
THINK ABOUT IT: IF YOU'RE PART
00:14:28.80\00:14:32.50
OF THAT CONGREGATION HEARING THE
SERMON, WHAT IS BEING MANIFEST?
00:14:32.50\00:14:37.51
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
YEAH, YOU'RE HEARING A REBUKE.
00:14:37.51\00:14:43.75
YOU'RE BEING ACCUSED
OF THE DEATH OF JESUS.
00:14:43.75\00:14:47.35
ARE YOU PICKING THAT UP IN
THE VERSE? 'THE ONE WHOM YOU
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CRUCIFIED.' NOW, I
HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS
00:14:53.89\00:14:59.09
A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF
WHAT THE EARLY CHURCH WAS
00:14:59.09\00:15:02.93
DOING THEN MERELY
MINISTERING TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
00:15:02.93\00:15:06.17
ARE YOU SEEING THERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE HERE?
00:15:06.17\00:15:08.24
SOME PEOPLE WOULD
EVEN SAY A DISCONNECT.
00:15:08.24\00:15:10.24
BUT LET'S READ ON, BECAUSE
HERE'S THE RESPONSE OF THE
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PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN
THIS STERN MESSAGE - VERSE 37 -
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"NOW WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, THEY
WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND SAID
00:15:16.95\00:15:22.22
TO PETER AND THE
REST OF THE APOSTLES,
00:15:22.22\00:15:24.65
'MEN AND BRETHREN,
WHAT SHALL WE DO?'"
00:15:24.65\00:15:28.72
SO YES, THE EARLY CHURCH WAS
INVOLVED IN MINISTRY, BUT THIS
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FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE EARLY
CHURCH UNDER THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
00:15:32.36\00:15:35.80
POWER WAS NOT DOING MIRACULOUS
WORKS OF HEALING, THEY WERE
00:15:35.80\00:15:40.34
PREACHING A STERN MESSAGE THAT
LITERALLY WAS CALLING PEOPLE TO
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FOLLOW JESUS. DID YOU CATCH IT?
00:15:46.68\00:15:50.25
WE'RE SAYING, 'YOU REJECTED
THE LORD. NOW WE'RE CALLING YOU,
00:15:50.25\00:15:54.22
BASICALLY, TO REALIZE WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE.' AND SO, THEY SPEAK
00:15:54.22\00:15:59.69
WORDS NOT OF REBELLION BUT
OF CONVICTION, IN VERSE 37.
00:15:59.69\00:16:06.73
AND THEN VERSE 38 - PETER
SAYS THIS IN RESPONSE TO THEIR
00:16:06.73\00:16:11.03
QUESTION OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO:
"REPENT, AND LET EVERY ONE OF
00:16:11.03\00:16:15.10
YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF
JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION
00:16:15.10\00:16:19.57
OF SINS AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:16:19.57\00:16:24.68
FOR THE PROMISE IS TO YOU AND
TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND TO ALL WHO
00:16:24.68\00:16:28.45
ARE AFAR OFF, AS MANY AS THE
LORD OUR GOD WILL CALL.'" AND
00:16:28.45\00:16:34.12
SO, THROUGHOUT THE BOOK OF ACTS,
JUST LIKE WE SEE HERE IN THE
00:16:34.12\00:16:37.03
VERY BEGINNING, WE HAVE A
MESSAGE WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING TO
00:16:37.03\00:16:41.83
HEARTS, CALLING US TO TURN FROM
OUR WAYS AND TO TURN TO HIM.
00:16:41.83\00:16:46.23
IT'S A MESSAGE, REALLY,
THAT JESUS BASICALLY SAID,
00:16:46.23\00:16:49.97
'FOLLOW ME.' IN
FACT, YOU REMEMBER,
00:16:49.97\00:16:52.77
MANY TIMES WHEN JESUS SPOKE OF
FOLLOWING HIM, HE SAID WE WERE
00:16:52.77\00:16:56.95
TO TAKE UP OUR
CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM.
00:16:56.95\00:17:02.68
NOW, I THINK THIS IS ALL
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
00:17:02.68\00:17:05.05
SOME OF YOU, AS YOU'VE BEEN
STUDYING THROUGH THE LESSON, YOU
00:17:05.05\00:17:07.06
MAY HAVE BEEN LIKE ME, AND AS
YOU READ THROUGH LESSON 10 LAST
00:17:07.06\00:17:11.49
WEEK AND AS YOU CONTEMPLATED
THAT, SPEAKING ABOUT MINISTRY,
00:17:11.49\00:17:15.10
THERE WERE THOUGHTS RUNNING
THROUGH MY MIND AND MAYBE SOME
00:17:15.10\00:17:19.00
OF THAT IS
CONDITIONED BY MY - MY PAST.
00:17:19.00\00:17:24.34
AND BY MY PAST I COULD SPEAK
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS BUT WE'LL
00:17:24.34\00:17:27.98
JUST GIVE YOU ONE
GLIMPSE. SOME OF YOU KNOW I HAVE
00:17:27.98\00:17:30.18
FORMAL THEOLOGICAL TRAINING.
IN FACT, SOMEONE - I WAS
00:17:30.18\00:17:34.42
SPEAKING AT CAMP MEETING THIS
YEAR AND THEY HEARD THAT I HAD
00:17:34.42\00:17:37.15
FINISHED A DEGREE AT ANDREWS AND
THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK
00:17:37.15\00:17:39.52
WITH ME ANYMORE BECAUSE SOMEHOW
THAT HAD TAINTED ME NOW THAT
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I HAD THAT FORMAL TRAINING.
BUT I VALUE THAT TRAINING.
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ONE OF THE CLASSES THAT I
TOOK, IN ADDITION TO CLASSROOM
00:17:47.66\00:17:51.90
ACTIVITIES, WE WENT AND VISITED
A NUMBER OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES
00:17:51.90\00:17:56.30
AND WE WERE LOOKING REALLY
SERIOUSLY AT THE MINDSET OF THE
00:17:56.30\00:18:01.64
TYPICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY.
00:18:01.64\00:18:04.98
AND THE TYPICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
TODAY IS VERY MUCH IN THIS
00:18:04.98\00:18:08.12
MINDSET OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
BEING RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
00:18:08.12\00:18:13.39
AND I WOULD SAY, ON A CERTAIN
LEVEL, THAT'S GOOD, BUT I JOTTED
00:18:13.39\00:18:18.03
SOMETHING DOWN AND MAYBE IT'S
SOMETHING I READ SOMEWHERE ELSE,
00:18:18.03\00:18:23.43
SO IF IT'S CORRECT YOU CAN
ATTRIBUTE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
00:18:23.43\00:18:27.07
IF YOU THINK I'VE REALLY MISSED
THE MARK YOU CAN SAY, 'WELL
00:18:27.07\00:18:30.37
THERE'S DR. DEROSE
TWISTING THINGS AGAIN TO HIS OWN
00:18:30.37\00:18:34.11
DESTRUCTION.' WELL HERE WE ARE.
I WROTE IT THIS WAY - THIS IS
00:18:34.11\00:18:38.65
OUR GOAL AS CHRISTIANS: IT IS
NOT - OUR GOAL SHOULD NOT BE TO
00:18:38.65\00:18:46.45
BE RELEVANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
NOW SOME OF YOU ARE GETTING
00:18:46.45\00:18:50.46
REALLY WORRIED, AREN'T
YOU? OUR GOAL SHOULDN'T BE TO BE
00:18:50.46\00:18:53.60
RELEVANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES,
BUT TO BE SURRENDERED
00:18:53.60\00:18:58.47
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>AMEN.
00:18:58.47\00:19:01.44
>>NOW I BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS TRYING TO BE RELEVANT
00:19:01.44\00:19:04.44
TO EVERYONE, BUT AS I'M LOOKING
EVEN AT ACTS 2, AND AS WE JUMP
00:19:04.44\00:19:08.71
INTO THIS - AS WE LOOK AT
THIS SECULAR EMPEROR AND HIS
00:19:08.71\00:19:13.42
ATTRIBUTION OF THE SUCCESSIVE
CHRISTIANITY TO ITS MINISTRY,
00:19:13.42\00:19:17.75
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD
SET ASIDE MINISTRY. IN FACT,
00:19:17.75\00:19:19.72
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE
IN WHAT JESUS DEMONSTRATED.
00:19:19.72\00:19:22.96
IN FACT, IF YOU HAD STUDIED
THROUGH THIS LESSON, YOU WOULD
00:19:22.96\00:19:26.26
HAVE FOUND THAT AT THE VERY
END, IN FRIDAY'S READINGS, IT
00:19:26.26\00:19:29.36
ENCOURAGED US AGAIN TO READ FROM
THAT BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING
00:19:29.36\00:19:33.17
AND IT POINTED US TO SOME PAGES
YOU MAY WANT TO STUDY IN THE
00:19:33.17\00:19:36.60
FUTURE, AND THOSE ARE PAGES
139 TO 146 - THE CHAPTER CALLED
00:19:36.60\00:19:42.48
TEACHING AND HEALING . AND
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A
00:19:42.48\00:19:44.95
QUICK SYNOPSIS OF IT
AND YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH
00:19:44.95\00:19:47.78
ME IN YOUR BIBLES. I'M
FIRST TURNING TO MATTHEW
00:19:47.78\00:19:50.39
CHAPTER 10, BECAUSE IN THAT
CHAPTER THE AUTHOR POINTS US
00:19:50.39\00:19:55.39
TO SOME BIBLICAL
PILLARS OF MINISTRY.
00:19:55.39\00:19:58.36
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PAINT A
MONTAGE HERE - YOU MAY - IT MAY
00:19:58.36\00:20:01.83
SEEM LIKE SOME OF THE PIECES ARE
NOT FITTING TOGETHER, BUT I WANT
00:20:01.83\00:20:04.97
YOU TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING
BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO TIE
00:20:04.97\00:20:07.00
TOGETHER THIS PLAN OF MINISTRY
THAT JESUS EXEMPLIFIED AND THAT
00:20:07.00\00:20:12.27
WE'RE CALLED TO FOLLOW. SO
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 10, WE'RE
00:20:12.27\00:20:16.11
READING ABOUT THE COMMISSIONING
OF THE TWELVE. SO JESUS IS
00:20:16.11\00:20:20.32
GIVING A SPECIAL CALLING TO HIS
TWELVE MOST INTIMATE FOLLOWERS.
00:20:20.32\00:20:26.29
AND IT SAYS THERE, IN VERSE 5 OF
MATTHEW 10, "THESE TWELVE JESUS
00:20:26.29\00:20:33.13
SENT OUT AND HE COMMANDED THEM
SAYING, 'DO NOT GO INTO THE WAY
00:20:33.13\00:20:35.80
OF THE GENTILES, AND DO NOT
ENTER A CITY OF THE SAMARITANS.
00:20:35.80\00:20:39.47
BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST
SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.
00:20:39.47\00:20:42.84
AND AS YOU GO, PREACH, SAYING,
'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT
00:20:42.84\00:20:46.21
HAND.' HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE
THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST
00:20:46.21\00:20:50.48
OUT DEMONS. FREELY YOU
HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE."
00:20:50.48\00:20:54.65
AND SO WE SEE IN THIS
ARTICULATION OF JESUS' MINISTRY
00:20:54.65\00:20:59.82
AS HE'S COMMISSIONING THE
TWELVE, THEY ARE TO DO WHAT?
00:20:59.82\00:21:03.99
IF WE WERE TO SUMMARIZE, WHAT
THREE AREAS ARE THEY CALLED TO
00:21:03.99\00:21:07.13
DO? THAT'S RIGHT,
TEACH, PREACH, AND HEAL.
00:21:07.13\00:21:11.97
DID YOU PICK IT UP THERE?
JUMP OVER TO LUKE'S GOSPEL.
00:21:11.97\00:21:15.24
NOW I'M GOING
TO LUKE CHAPTER 10.
00:21:15.24\00:21:17.77
IN LUKE 10 WE READ ABOUT THE
COMMISSIONING OF THE SEVENTY.
00:21:17.77\00:21:22.11
SO, ANOTHER
COMMISSIONING SERVICE -
00:21:22.11\00:21:25.38
THIS TIME JESUS
SENDING OUT A LARGER GROUP.
00:21:25.38\00:21:28.45
AND AS YOU READ THROUGH WHAT
JESUS CALLS THEM TO DO, HE'S
00:21:28.45\00:21:31.85
CALLING THEM TO
PREACH ABOUT THE KINGDOM.
00:21:31.85\00:21:35.29
AND, AS YOU GET TO LUKE 10,
VERSE 9 IT SAYS, "AND HEAL THE
00:21:35.29\00:21:40.06
SICK THERE, AND SAY TO THEM,
'THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME
00:21:40.06\00:21:45.63
NEAR TO YOU.'" SO
YOU'RE GETTING THE PICTURE.
00:21:45.63\00:21:48.67
JESUS CALLS THEM TO
PREACH, TO TEACH, AND TO HEAL.
00:21:48.67\00:21:52.61
YOU READ THE GREAT COMMISSION -
YOU MAY NOT CATCH IT IN MATTHEW
00:21:52.61\00:21:55.04
28, BUT WHEN YOU READ IT IN MARK
16 YOU'LL SEE THAT JESUS CALLED
00:21:55.04\00:21:59.31
THEM NOT JUST TO TEACH AND
TO PREACH, BUT ALSO TO DO WHAT?
00:21:59.31\00:22:02.85
BUT TO HEAL. SO, YES, WE ARE TO
BE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:22:02.85\00:22:06.59
WE'RE TO MINISTER TO
PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS.
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.29
THE EARLY CHURCH DID
THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
00:22:09.29\00:22:12.79
LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT AN
EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE JUST LOOKED
00:22:12.79\00:22:15.30
AT ACTS 2. OUR
ACTUAL QUARTERLY POINTS US
00:22:15.30\00:22:18.87
TO THIS EXAMPLE OF THE
EARLY DISCIPLES IN THE MINISTRY
00:22:18.87\00:22:22.34
THEY WERE RENDERING. SO
AS YOU LOOK THROUGH WHAT THE
00:22:22.34\00:22:25.84
EARLY CHURCH WAS DOING, YOU SEE
THIS VERY SAME THING RECURRING.
00:22:25.84\00:22:30.61
SO I'M NOW TURNING IN ACTS
CHAPTER 6 - ACTUALLY, LET'S GO
00:22:30.61\00:22:34.92
TO ACTS 5 BEFORE WE GO THERE.
00:22:34.92\00:22:38.39
IN ACTS 5 - ACTS CHAPTER 5 -
SO THIS IS AFTER PETER'S GREAT
00:22:38.39\00:22:45.63
SERMON CALLING
ON PEOPLE TO REPENT.
00:22:45.63\00:22:48.03
IN ACTS 5 WE SEE, AGAIN,
THE DISCIPLES MINISTERING NOW TO
00:22:48.03\00:22:54.34
PEOPLE. ACTS 5
BEGINNING WITH VERSE 12
00:22:54.34\00:22:57.07
IT SAYS, "AND THROUGH THE HANDS
OF THE APOSTLES MANY SIGNS AND
00:22:57.07\00:23:00.14
WONDERS WERE
DONE AMONG THE PEOPLE.
00:23:00.14\00:23:02.14
AND THEY WERE ALL WITH ONE
ACCORD IN SOLOMON'S PORCH."
00:23:02.14\00:23:06.08
AND JUMPING DOWN TO VERSE
16 OF ACTS 5, "ALSO A MULTITUDE
00:23:06.08\00:23:10.55
GATHERED FROM THE SURROUNDING
CITIES TO JERUSALEM, BRINGING
00:23:10.55\00:23:13.92
SICK PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO WERE
TORMENTED BY UNCLEAN SPIRITS," -
00:23:13.92\00:23:18.06
AND WHAT HAPPENED? -
"THEY WERE ALL HEALED."
00:23:18.06\00:23:21.16
SO ARE YOU CATCHING THE PICTURE?
00:23:21.16\00:23:23.10
SO THE EARLY CHURCH WAS
INVOLVED, YES, WITH MINISTERING
00:23:23.10\00:23:26.47
TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT HOW
DID THEY DECIDE HOW TO MINISTER?
00:23:26.47\00:23:31.97
LET ME GIVE YOU THE
TYPICAL EVANGELICAL MODEL.
00:23:31.97\00:23:36.31
AND THIS IS NOT JUST FROM
WHAT I'VE READ FROM EVANGELICAL
00:23:36.31\00:23:38.91
AUTHORS. IT'S NOT
JUST FROM WHAT I'VE
00:23:38.91\00:23:40.32
STUDIED, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN
IT. I'VE BEEN IN THESE CHURCHES.
00:23:40.32\00:23:42.58
HERE'S THEIR MODEL: THEIR MODEL
IS IF YOU'RE ATTENDING THEIR
00:23:42.58\00:23:45.49
CHURCH THEY BASICALLY - NOW,
I'M OVER-GENERALIZING, OKAY?
00:23:45.49\00:23:50.53
SO WE HAVE MANY FRIENDS
WHO WATCH FROM MANY DIFFERENT
00:23:50.53\00:23:52.49
CHURCHES, BUT I'M TELLING
YOU, THIS IS A COMMON THING IN
00:23:52.49\00:23:55.66
CHRISTIANITY AND, BY THE WAY,
ADVENTISM IS NOT SPARED OF THIS.
00:23:55.66\00:24:00.84
THE TENDENCY IS TO BAPTIZE ANY
INTERESTS THAT MEMBERS HAVE AND
00:24:00.84\00:24:08.48
SAY, 'WE WILL USE THESE
TO MINISTER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
00:24:08.48\00:24:11.91
WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT TALENTS DO YOU HAVE?
00:24:11.91\00:24:14.22
WHAT ABILITIES DO YOU HAVE?
WHAT INTERESTS DO YOU HAVE?
00:24:14.22\00:24:16.28
AND SOMEONE SAYS, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, I'M A GOOD BASKETBALL
00:24:16.28\00:24:18.05
PLAYER.' 'WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
START A BASKETBALL MINISTRY IN
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.59
OUR CHURCH.' NOW,
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
00:24:20.59\00:24:22.86
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WRONG
TO HAVE A BASKETBALL MINISTRY,
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.26
OKAY? IN FACT, A
VERY GOOD FRIEND OF
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.56
MINE IS A BASKETBALL COACH.
HE BRINGS A VERY SPIRITUAL
00:24:27.56\00:24:30.83
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THAT AS
HE'S WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS.
00:24:30.83\00:24:33.97
OKAY, SO NOTHING AGAINST THAT.
LET'S SAY THAT SOMEONE SAYS,
00:24:33.97\00:24:37.11
'WELL, I'M A GREAT TIDDLYWINKS
PLAYER.' I'M NOT EVEN SURE I
00:24:37.11\00:24:40.44
KNOW WHAT TIDDLYWINKS IS, OKAY?
BUT IF YOU'RE A TIDDLYWINKS
00:24:40.44\00:24:44.25
PLAYER, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A TIDDLYWINKS MINISTRY IN OUR
00:24:44.25\00:24:46.98
CHURCH BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT.' I MEAN,
00:24:46.98\00:24:49.38
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
THIS? THIS IS A MIND-SET IN
00:24:49.38\00:24:52.29
MANY CHURCHES
TODAY. NOW I'M NOT SAYING
00:24:52.29\00:24:54.86
ANYTHING AGAINST THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD IS
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.96
LEADING IN ANY
SETTING. THAT'S NOT MY JOB.
00:24:57.96\00:25:00.96
BUT I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM
IF WE LOOK INTERNALLY AT 'WHAT I
00:25:00.96\00:25:05.00
LIKE TO DO AND WHAT I HAVE
ABILITIES TO DO' BECAUSE WE'RE
00:25:05.00\00:25:08.84
IN DANGER OF NOT DOING THE VERY
THING THE LORD HAS CALLED US TO
00:25:08.84\00:25:11.91
DO. >>AMEN.
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.17
>>IF OUR FOCUS IS TRYING, IN OUR
OWN HUMAN MINDS, TO BE RELEVANT
00:25:13.17\00:25:17.81
TO OUR COMMUNITY, I WOULD
SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE OFTEN DO
00:25:17.81\00:25:21.28
IT AT THE EXPENSE OF BEING
RECEPTIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:25:21.28\00:25:25.59
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER CASE HISTORY
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
00:25:25.59\00:25:27.56
BOOK OF ACTS. MANY
OF THE EXAMPLES WE'RE
00:25:27.56\00:25:30.16
DRAWING RIGHT FROM
HERE. LET'S GO NOW TO ACTS
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.29
CHAPTER 8 - ACTS CHAPTER 8.
PRIOR TO ACTS 8 THERE HAD BEEN
00:25:32.29\00:25:37.77
SOME CHALLENGES IN THE CHURCH.
AND, AS AN ANSWER TO SOME OF
00:25:37.77\00:25:41.90
THOSE CHALLENGES, A NUMBER
OF DEACONS ARE APPOINTED TO
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.31
MINISTER TO THE CHURCH.
ONE OF THOSE DEACONS IS PHILIP.
00:25:45.31\00:25:48.68
THERE'S PHILIP THE APOSTLE
AND THERE'S PHILIP THE DEACON.
00:25:48.68\00:25:51.55
SO WE'RE GOING TO READ
ABOUT SOME OF THE MINISTRY OF
00:25:51.55\00:25:54.88
PHILIP HERE IN ACTS CHAPTER 8.
00:25:54.88\00:25:58.42
LET'S PICK IT UP IN VERSE 4
- ACTS 8, VERSE 4, SPEAKING OF
00:25:58.42\00:26:03.19
THIS GREAT PERSECUTION THAT
OCCURRED AFTER STEPHEN'S DEATH.
00:26:03.19\00:26:06.36
IT SAYS IN VERSE 4 OF ACTS
8, "THEREFORE THOSE WHO WERE
00:26:06.36\00:26:09.43
SCATTERED WENT
EVERYWHERE PREACHING THE WORD.
00:26:09.43\00:26:13.07
THEN PHILIP" - PHILIP THE DEACON
- "WENT DOWN TO THE CITY OF
00:26:13.07\00:26:16.20
SAMARIA AND
PREACHED CHRIST TO THEM."
00:26:16.20\00:26:20.01
SO WHAT IS HE DOING?
IT'S A PREACHING MINISTRY.
00:26:20.01\00:26:23.61
IT'S NOT A
COMMUNITY SERVICE MINISTRY.
00:26:23.61\00:26:25.98
AGAIN, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS
WONDERFUL - IT'S PART OF JESUS'
00:26:25.98\00:26:28.52
MINISTRY - BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT
PHILIP WAS CALLED TO DO AT THAT
00:26:28.52\00:26:31.35
POINT. PHILIP GOES
DOWN TO THE CITY OF
00:26:31.35\00:26:33.66
SAMARIA, HE PREACHES
CHRIST, AND WHAT HAPPENS?
00:26:33.66\00:26:36.69
LOOK AT VERSE 6, "AND THE
MULTITUDES WITH ONE ACCORD
00:26:36.69\00:26:39.63
HEEDED THE THINGS
SPOKEN BY PHILIP," -
00:26:39.63\00:26:41.70
WAIT! WAIT THOUGH! WAIT!
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.70
- "HEARING AND SEEING
THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID."
00:26:43.70\00:26:46.43
SO THERE IS - SO HE'S PREACHING
BUT THERE'S MIRACULOUS SIGNS
00:26:46.43\00:26:51.64
THAT ARE
ACCOMPANYING HIS PREACHING.
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.41
IT SAYS, VERSE 7, "FOR UNCLEAN
SPIRITS, CRYING WITH A LOUD
00:26:54.41\00:26:56.85
VOICE, CAME OUT OF MANY WHO WERE
POSSESSED; AND MANY WHO WERE
00:26:56.85\00:27:00.18
PARALYZED AND LAME WERE HEALED."
YOU SAY, 'WELL THERE IT GOES -
00:27:00.18\00:27:03.22
THERE YOU GO, DR. DEROSE, HE'S
DOING THIS POWERFUL MINISTRY
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.85
TEACHING,
PREACHING, AND HEALING.
00:27:05.85\00:27:10.23
WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING IS
YOU READ THROUGH ACTS CHAPTER 8,
00:27:10.23\00:27:14.76
BECAUSE IN ACTS 8, AFTER THIS
AMAZING EVENT - I'LL TELL YOU,
00:27:14.76\00:27:18.40
IF WE HAD AN EVANGELIST LIKE
THIS IN OUR RANKS - AND WE MAY,
00:27:18.40\00:27:22.14
YOU NEVER KNOW - I'M NOT ONE TO
COMPARE, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO
00:27:22.14\00:27:27.34
IF SOMEONE WHO YOU THOUGHT
WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
00:27:27.34\00:27:30.68
EVANGELISTS TODAY
RECEIVED A CALL LIKE WHAT
00:27:30.68\00:27:33.62
WE'RE GOING TO READ FURTHER ON
IN ACTS 8, BECAUSE LOOK AT THE
00:27:33.62\00:27:38.62
CALL IN VERSE 26 - ACTS 8:26,
"NOW AN ANGEL OF THE LORD SPOKE
00:27:38.62\00:27:47.23
TO PHILIP, SAYING," -
WHAT ARE YOU READY FOR?
00:27:47.23\00:27:50.87
HUGE EVANGELISTIC SERIES - YOU
SAY, 'WE GOTTA BOOK THIS GUY.
00:27:50.87\00:27:54.24
YOU KNOW, WHERE ELSE DO WE NEED
THE MESSAGE PREACHED WITH SUCH
00:27:54.24\00:27:58.07
CLARITY AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE COMBINED WITH IT.
00:27:58.07\00:28:02.31
WHERE IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT GOING TO CALL PHILIP?
00:28:02.31\00:28:06.35
- "'ARISE AND GO TOWARD THE
SOUTH ALONG THE ROAD WHICH GOES
00:28:06.35\00:28:10.89
DOWN FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA.'
00:28:10.89\00:28:14.12
THIS IS DESERT." THIS IS DESERT.
00:28:14.12\00:28:20.90
LET'S JUST IMAGINE THAT HERE
AT THIS VERY PULPIT, THIS VERY
00:28:20.90\00:28:24.77
PLACE, A POWERFUL EVANGELIST WAS
SPEAKING AND HE ANNOUNCED TO YOU
00:28:24.77\00:28:30.31
AND SAID, 'THE LORD HAS JUST
CALLED ME TO GO TO THE NORTH
00:28:30.31\00:28:32.84
POLE.' YOU'D
SAY, 'THE NORTH POLE?'
00:28:32.84\00:28:36.61
I MEAN, SURELY,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
00:28:36.61\00:28:39.68
SOMEONE WITH A POWERFUL MINISTRY
REACHING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
00:28:39.68\00:28:42.72
GOING TO THE - MAYBE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE - NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO
00:28:42.72\00:28:46.02
WHERE? NORTH POLE. LAST
NIGHT I WAS THINKING ABOUT
00:28:46.02\00:28:50.76
THIS ILLUSTRATION SO I HAD
MY BOY MICHAEL DO A FACT CHECK.
00:28:50.76\00:28:54.23
I SAID, 'MICHAEL, I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE NORTH
00:28:54.23\00:28:56.23
POLE.' HE SAYS - WELL, WE WON'T
GO INTO THE DIALOGUE - ANYWAY,
00:28:56.23\00:28:59.57
HE RESEARCHED IT OUT AND HE
SAID, 'DAD, THERE'S NOTHING BUT
00:28:59.57\00:29:04.14
ICE UP THERE.' AND THEY
OCCASIONALLY HAVE, I GUESS, SOME
00:29:04.14\00:29:07.71
KIND OF RESEARCH STATIONS IN
THAT VICINITY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE
00:29:07.71\00:29:11.05
ANTARCTICA WHERE YOU CAN
PUT SOMETHING ON SOME LAND MASS.
00:29:11.05\00:29:14.75
SO YOU CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE
IF HIS RESEARCH WAS ACCURATE.
00:29:14.75\00:29:18.82
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU
WHO DID IT, BUT THE POINT IS -
00:29:18.82\00:29:22.16
THE POINT IS, GOING TO THE NORTH
POLE, THIS SEEMS LIKE THE END TO
00:29:22.16\00:29:26.46
MINISTRY. YOU
WOULD SAY, 'IF YOU'RE
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.00
TALKING ABOUT BEING RELEVANT
TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU WOULD
00:29:28.00\00:29:30.80
NOT DO THIS.' RIGHT? BY
THE WAY, IN ACTS 8, WHO WAS
00:29:30.80\00:29:37.71
CALLING PHILIP TO
GO INTO THE WILDERNESS?
00:29:37.71\00:29:42.71
WHO WAS CALLING HIM? >>JESUS.
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.91
>>PHILIP WAS NOT FOCUSED ON - IN
HIS OWN MIND - WHAT WAS RELEVANT
00:29:44.91\00:29:50.95
TO HIS COMMUNITY.
WHAT WAS HE FOCUSED ON?
00:29:50.95\00:29:55.29
HE WAS FOCUSED ON
FOLLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:29:55.29\00:29:59.56
AND SO PHILIP - IT SAYS IN VERSE
27, "SO HE AROSE AND WENT."
00:29:59.56\00:30:07.74
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE - PILLARS IN
00:30:07.74\00:30:12.17
THE BIBLE HAVE
DONE THIS VERY THING?
00:30:12.17\00:30:14.68
THEY'VE DONE THINGS THAT WE
WOULD SAY ARE LIMITING THEIR
00:30:14.68\00:30:17.65
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. ARE
NARROWING THEIR MINISTRY.
00:30:17.65\00:30:21.52
THINK ABOUT ABRAHAM. WHERE
WAS ABRAHAM WHEN HE WAS CALLED?
00:30:21.52\00:30:27.19
HE WAS IN UR OF THE CHALDEES,
ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST, MOST
00:30:27.19\00:30:30.63
PROMINENT CITIES IN
THE THEN-KNOWN WORLD.
00:30:30.63\00:30:33.83
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY UNCOVERED
SOME OF THE TREASURES OF UR OF
00:30:33.83\00:30:36.63
THE CHALDEES.
AMAZING WORK IN GOLD.
00:30:36.63\00:30:39.33
HAVE SOME OF YOU
SEEN THIS? IT'S AMAZING.
00:30:39.33\00:30:41.60
HE LIVED IN WHAT ALL EVIDENCE
INDICATES WAS A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
00:30:41.60\00:30:45.81
AND ABRAHAM GETS A MESSAGE
TO LEAVE AND WHERE IS HE GOING?
00:30:45.81\00:30:51.58
YEAH, HE DIDN'T KNOW.
THIS STUFF IS - THIS IS KIND OF
00:30:51.58\00:30:53.98
EMBARRASSING FOR
THE CHURCH, ISN'T IT?
00:30:53.98\00:30:57.19
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT: A
PROMINENT CHURCH MEMBER PACKING
00:30:57.19\00:31:00.99
THE MOVING VAN AND THE NEIGHBOR
COMES BY AND SAYS, 'HEY, ABE,
00:31:00.99\00:31:06.13
WHERE'RE YOU GOING?'
AND WHAT DOES HE SAY?
00:31:06.13\00:31:09.70
'I DON'T KNOW.' I DON'T KNOW
-BUT YOU - THERE'S ALL THESE
00:31:09.70\00:31:13.60
PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD REACH.
YOU COULD DO PRACTICAL MINISTRY
00:31:13.60\00:31:16.20
RIGHT HERE IN UR.
'ABRAHAM, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?'
00:31:16.20\00:31:20.31
'I DO NOT KNOW. THE HOLY
SPIRIT HAS CALLED ME TO LEAVE.'
00:31:20.31\00:31:24.15
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY
RADICAL CHRISTIANITY, ISN'T IT?
00:31:24.15\00:31:29.38
JESUS, AS WE READ THROUGH THIS
LESSON, IS ACTUALLY NOT JUST
00:31:29.38\00:31:34.39
INTERESTED IN US MEETING
PEOPLE'S NEEDS, HE'S INTERESTED
00:31:34.39\00:31:38.76
IN CALLING PEOPLE THROUGH US
TO FOLLOW HIM. AND JESUS OFTEN
00:31:38.76\00:31:45.27
TELLS US TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS
AND FOLLOW HIM. IT IS NOT ALWAYS
00:31:45.27\00:31:52.67
A POPULAR MESSAGE THAT WE'RE
CALLED TO GIVE. LET'S LOOK AT
00:31:52.67\00:31:57.08
JOHN CHAPTER 10 - THAT'S IN
SUNDAY'S LESSON - JOHN CHAPTER
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.38
10 - AS WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF
THOUGHTS THAT WE'RE TRUSTING THE
00:32:00.38\00:32:04.95
HOLY SPIRIT WILL WEAVE TOGETHER
FOR US - JOHN CHAPTER 10 -
00:32:04.95\00:32:13.63
JESUS, HERE, SPEAKING
METAPHORICALLY IN JOHN 10.
00:32:13.63\00:32:18.07
IN MANY PLACES IN JOHN'S
GOSPEL - YOU KNOW, JESUS GIVES
00:32:18.07\00:32:20.70
DIFFERENT ANALOGIES - DIFFERENT
METAPHORS FOR HIS MINISTRY.
00:32:20.70\00:32:24.61
AS JOHN 10 OPENS UP, JESUS SAYS,
'MOST ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU,
00:32:24.61\00:32:28.64
'HE WHO DOES NOT ENTER
THE SHEEPFOLD BY THE DOOR, BUT
00:32:28.64\00:32:31.38
CLIMBS UP SOME OTHER WAY, THE
SAME IS A THIEF AND A ROBBER.
00:32:31.38\00:32:35.35
BUT HE WHO ENTERS BY THE DOOR
IS THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP.
00:32:35.35\00:32:38.25
TO HIM THE DOORKEEPER OPENS AND
THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE AND HE
00:32:38.25\00:32:42.36
CALLS HIS OWN SHEEP BY
NAME AND LEADS THEM OUT.
00:32:42.36\00:32:46.16
AND WHEN HE BRINGS OUT HIS OWN
SHEEP, HE GOES BEFORE THEM AND
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.90
THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM
FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE.'
00:32:48.90\00:32:53.77
MANY YEARS AGO I WAS
WITH ANOTHER PHYSICIAN IN THE
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.44
HOSPITAL. IT
WAS A BUSY HOSPITAL.
00:32:56.44\00:32:58.57
WE WERE IN AN AREA TOWARD THE
FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL - A LOT OF
00:32:58.57\00:33:00.71
NOISE - A LOT OF ACTIVITY - AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAID, 'THAT'S
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.28
MY DAUGHTER!
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!'
00:33:03.28\00:33:04.95
WHAT? HIS DAUGHTER?
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.68
I MEAN, I DON'T
SEE ANY DAUGHTER.
00:33:06.68\00:33:08.15
BUT SURE ENOUGH, SOMEWHERE
AROUND SOME CORNER HE COULD HEAR
00:33:08.15\00:33:11.29
THE VOICE OF HIS DAUGHTER.
I WAS TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS TO IT.
00:33:11.29\00:33:16.32
HOW COULD IT BE THAT HE COULD
HEAR THE VOICE OF HIS DAUGHTER
00:33:16.32\00:33:19.39
AMID ALL THAT
CONFUSION AND I COULDN'T?
00:33:19.39\00:33:24.20
YOU WOULD SAY, 'WELL, IT'S
OBVIOUS, BECAUSE HE' - WHAT?
00:33:24.20\00:33:27.57
- HE KNEW THE
VOICE OF HIS DAUGHTER.
00:33:27.57\00:33:31.14
AND SO, IN JOHN 10, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT KNOWING THE VOICE
00:33:31.14\00:33:35.78
OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
AND THIS IS REALLY THE HEART
00:33:35.78\00:33:39.08
OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, BECAUSE HOW WOULD ABRAHAM
00:33:39.08\00:33:41.68
KNOW TO LEAVE EVERYTHING?
HOW WOULD PHILIP KNOW TO LEAVE
00:33:41.68\00:33:45.02
HIS EFFECTIVE EVANGELISTIC
MINISTRY IF HE DIDN'T KNOW THE
00:33:45.02\00:33:49.69
VOICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD?
HOW DO WE KNOW JESUS' VOICE?
00:33:49.69\00:33:57.90
THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S THE SAME WAY
YOU KNOW ANYONE'S VOICE, IT'S BY
00:33:57.90\00:34:01.00
SPENDING TIME WITH THEM.
THE FATHER KNEW THE VOICE OF HIS
00:34:01.00\00:34:04.61
DAUGHTER NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE
ESTRANGED AND HE HADN'T HEARD
00:34:04.61\00:34:08.51
FROM HER IN A NUMBER OF YEARS,
BUT BECAUSE THEY LIVED IN THE
00:34:08.51\00:34:12.31
SAME HOUSE -
BECAUSE THEY WERE INTIMATE.
00:34:12.31\00:34:15.25
SO IF WE WANT TO KNOW JESUS'
VOICE, WHAT MUST WE BE COMMITTED
00:34:15.25\00:34:19.25
TO? SPENDING
TIME WITH HIM, RIGHT?
00:34:19.25\00:34:24.39
AND IT'S NOT A BURDEN, IT'S A
JOY, BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO REVEAL
00:34:24.39\00:34:28.33
HIS WORD TO YOU.
DO YOU SENSE THAT?
00:34:28.33\00:34:31.67
AND IF YOU DON'T SENSE
IT, SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM.
00:34:31.67\00:34:34.97
AND FOLLOW HIM WHEN HE ASKS
YOU TO DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE
00:34:34.97\00:34:38.87
SENSE. NOW THERE
IS A DANGER TO THIS.
00:34:38.87\00:34:43.48
I WAS REMINDED OF
IT JUST LAST WEEK.
00:34:43.48\00:34:46.01
LAST WEEK I WAS AT ASI AND SOME
- A NUMBER OF YOU WERE THERE.
00:34:46.01\00:34:51.85
THE ADVENTIST LAYMAN'S SERVICES
AND INDUSTRIES - THEIR BIG
00:34:51.85\00:34:56.76
INTERNATIONAL MEETING -
AND I HAD A NEW BOOK WITH ME.
00:34:56.76\00:35:01.60
SOME OF YOU HAVE
BEEN PRAYING WITH US.
00:35:01.60\00:35:02.96
WE'VE GOT A NEW BOOK OUT
CALLED 30 DAYS TO NATURAL BLOOD
00:35:02.96\00:35:06.43
PRESSURE CONTROL AND I WAS DOING
A SEMINAR ON THIS TOPIC AND SO I
00:35:06.43\00:35:11.07
HAD THIS BOOK IN MY HANDS AND
I RAN INTO SOMEONE - A FRIEND OF
00:35:11.07\00:35:14.54
MINE - AND WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE BOOK AND I SAID, 'I'VE
00:35:14.54\00:35:17.95
GOTTEN INTO TROUBLE
OVER THIS BOOK ALREADY.
00:35:17.95\00:35:20.65
AND THEY SAID,
'WHAT WAS THAT TROUBLE?
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.92
AND I SAID, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
AT THE BOOK AND THEY'RE SAYING
00:35:23.92\00:35:26.55
I'M SELLING IT TOO INEXPENSIVELY
AND THEY'RE ACCUSING ME OF NOT
00:35:26.55\00:35:31.29
BEING A VERY GOOD BUSINESSMAN.
AND THIS PERSON SAID, 'WELL,
00:35:31.29\00:35:35.00
I'VE WONDERED ABOUT YOU IN THAT
REGARD FOR MANY YEARS.' AND AS I
00:35:35.00\00:35:41.30
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, YOU
KNOW, I SAID, 'THERE'S SOMETHING
00:35:41.30\00:35:43.00
INTERESTING.' HOW GOOD A
BUSINESSMAN DID IT APPEAR
00:35:43.00\00:35:47.61
ABRAHAM WAS WHEN HE
LEFT UR OF THE CHALDEES?
00:35:47.61\00:35:53.28
HOW WELL DID PHILIP SEEM TO BE
TRADING ON HIS MASTER'S TALENTS
00:35:53.28\00:35:57.95
WHEN HE WENT TO THE
DESERT? THESE ARE INTERESTING
00:35:57.95\00:36:01.02
QUESTIONS, AREN'T
THEY? YOU SAY, 'DR.
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.29
DEROSE, YOU'RE JUST
TRYING TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF.
00:36:03.29\00:36:05.26
YOU'RE A LOUSY BUSINESSMAN.
STICK WITH MINISTRY.'
00:36:05.26\00:36:07.93
OKAY, WELL, WHATEVER.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK I'M NOT
00:36:07.93\00:36:11.93
ALL THAT GOOD IN MINISTRY AND
I SHOULD STICK WITH BUSINESS.
00:36:11.93\00:36:14.27
(LAUGHTER) OKAY, ANYWAY, IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE'S
00:36:14.27\00:36:18.44
ASSESSMENT OF YOU IS.
I'M PICKING ON MYSELF BECAUSE
00:36:18.44\00:36:22.54
GOD IS CALLING EACH ONE
OF US. DID YOU CATCH THAT?
00:36:22.54\00:36:25.85
GO BACK TO ACTS 2 BECAUSE MAYBE
I HASTENED BY THAT TOO QUICKLY
00:36:25.85\00:36:30.52
IF YOU DON'T THINK
THIS IS RELEVANT TO YOU.
00:36:30.52\00:36:33.05
IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, THE VERY
PEOPLE THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE,
00:36:33.05\00:36:37.56
UNDER THE WORD OF INSPIRATION,
FOR THE DEATH OF JESUS - AND YOU
00:36:37.56\00:36:40.76
COULD SAY,
'WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE.
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.66
HE DIED FOR ALL OUR SINS.' BUT
PETER, AFTER, TELLING THEM THAT
00:36:42.66\00:36:49.00
THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEATH OF JESUS IN ACTS 2, VERSE
00:36:49.00\00:36:52.14
39 HE SAID THE PROMISE
IS FOR WHO? IT'S TO YOU.
00:36:52.14\00:36:57.78
AND TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TO
WHO? TO ALL WHO ARE AFAR OFF.
00:36:57.78\00:37:04.29
SO THE PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL
COMES TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
00:37:04.29\00:37:08.72
SO I DON'T CARE
WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY.
00:37:08.72\00:37:10.49
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE
DONE. THE PROMISE IS FOR YOU.
00:37:10.49\00:37:14.13
AND SO, AS WE'RE READING ABOUT
THIS, WE'RE READING ABOUT A
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.40
JESUS WHO COMMISSIONS
PEOPLE WHO'VE MESSED UP.
00:37:16.40\00:37:21.00
THAT'S GOOD NEWS, ISN'T IT?
AND WHETHER PEOPLE'S ASSESSMENTS
00:37:21.00\00:37:24.34
OF US ARE CORRECT OR NOT, PLENTY
OF PEOPLE HAVE ASSESSED ALL OF
00:37:24.34\00:37:27.34
US AS NOT
MEASURING UP IN SOME REGARD.
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.94
AND MAYBE THEY EVEN SIZED YOU
UP THAT WAY WHEN YOU WALKED IN
00:37:29.94\00:37:32.28
TODAY AND THEY SAID, 'WHO PICKED
OUT THOSE CLOTHES THAT YOU'RE
00:37:32.28\00:37:35.92
WEARING?' NOW, NO
ONE, YET, HAS SAID THAT
00:37:35.92\00:37:39.42
TO ME, BUT YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:37:39.42\00:37:44.76
WE LIVE IN A VERY JUDGMENTAL
WORLD, BUT JESUS COMMISSIONS
00:37:44.76\00:37:49.60
EACH ONE OF US. HE
CALLS US TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:37:49.60\00:37:52.07
HE CALLS US TO KNOW HIS VOICE.
LET'S HASTEN ON TO TUESDAY'S
00:37:52.07\00:37:57.37
LESSON. AND THE REASON I'M GOING
TO TUESDAY IS BECAUSE IT SHOWS
00:37:57.37\00:38:01.31
US ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL MINISTRIES.
00:38:01.31\00:38:04.05
IT'S CALLED THE BRIDGE
- IT'S CALLED THE BRIDGE.
00:38:04.05\00:38:07.28
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTRODUCING
PEOPLE TO JESUS AND, YOU KNOW,
00:38:07.28\00:38:10.65
IT'S SO EASY - I'VE DONE LOTS
OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OVER THE
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.82
YEARS. AND SO, EVERYONE IN THE
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.49
COMMUNITY IS HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE
SERVING, BUT WHEN YOU START
00:38:15.49\00:38:17.66
TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND
START TALKING ABOUT THE CLAIMS
00:38:17.66\00:38:20.83
OF THE CROSS, SOMETIMES
PEOPLE GET VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
00:38:20.83\00:38:24.93
AND YET, WE'RE
CALLED TO DO BOTH.
00:38:24.93\00:38:26.20
WE'RE NOT JUST CALLED TO BE
EXPERTS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS.
00:38:26.20\00:38:29.57
AND SO, HERE IN TUESDAY'S LESSON
IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE BRIDGE AND
00:38:29.57\00:38:35.34
IT SAYS, 'WHAT IS THE BRIDGE?'
I'M READING FROM THE FIRST FULL
00:38:35.34\00:38:39.15
SENTENCE IN THAT LESSON,
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG.
00:38:39.15\00:38:41.28
WHAT IS THE BRIDGE TO BRING
PEOPLE TO THE 'FOLLOW ME' STAGE?
00:38:41.28\00:38:45.32
WE SHOULD ASK,
RATHER, 'WHO IS THE BRIDGE?'
00:38:45.32\00:38:48.19
YOU ARE. THE
STRONGEST ARGUMENT IN FAVOR
00:38:48.19\00:38:50.99
OF THE GOSPEL IS A
LOVING AND LOVABLE CHRISTIAN.
00:38:50.99\00:38:54.40
AND IT SPEAKS ABOUT THIS ASPECT
OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS.
00:38:54.40\00:38:58.83
YOU KNOW, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT
THIS, PERHAPS ONE PERSON IN THE
00:38:58.83\00:39:01.60
GOSPELS WHO CRYSTALLIZES THIS
CHARACTERISTIC MORE THAN ANY
00:39:01.60\00:39:07.11
OTHER - IN FACT, ALMOST EVERY
TIME HE'S INTRODUCED, HE IS
00:39:07.11\00:39:11.08
INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO
JESUS. WHO AM I THINKING ABOUT?
00:39:11.08\00:39:14.72
THAT'S RIGHT, I'M
THINKING ABOUT ANDREW.
00:39:14.72\00:39:16.52
TURN IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN WITH
ME AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP A
00:39:16.52\00:39:21.19
FEW GLIMPSES OF THIS BECAUSE
SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK WE HAVE
00:39:21.19\00:39:24.73
MUCH TO OFFER, BUT CAN WE
INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS?
00:39:24.73\00:39:29.63
CAN WE DO THAT? YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS WE
00:39:29.63\00:39:32.57
INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS
IS SIMPLE TELLING THEM WHAT
00:39:32.57\00:39:35.60
JESUS HAS DONE IN OUR
LIFE. THAT JESUS HAS CALLED US.
00:39:35.60\00:39:39.71
AND I WAS TELLING YOU THIS
MORNING THAT JESUS CALLED ME
00:39:39.71\00:39:42.81
FROM A POSITION OF PROMINENCE TO
ONE OF LITTLE REGARD AND THEN HE
00:39:42.81\00:39:46.95
BLESSED IN THAT VERY CONTEXT.
BY THE WAY, AT THAT MINISTRY IN
00:39:46.95\00:39:50.22
NEW YORK CITY, SOME OF THE
MOST REMARKABLE THINGS HAPPENED.
00:39:50.22\00:39:53.05
I REMEMBER ONE WOMAN ACTUALLY
BEING DIRECTED BY A VISION TO
00:39:53.05\00:39:56.19
THE PLACE WHERE
WE WERE MINISTERING.
00:39:56.19\00:39:58.53
I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD
THAT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
00:39:58.53\00:40:00.86
BUT ALSO, SOME - MANY
DIFFICULT EXPERIENCES AS WELL.
00:40:00.86\00:40:04.77
I'M IN JOHN 1 AND JOHN THE
BAPTIST IS MINISTERING - HE'S
00:40:04.77\00:40:09.10
BAPTIZING - AND HE'S DOING
JUST WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:40:09.10\00:40:13.41
LOOK AT VERSE 35 - VERSE 35 OF
JOHN 1 - "AGAIN, THE NEXT DAY,
00:40:13.41\00:40:18.68
JOHN STOOD WITH TWO OF HIS
DISCIPLES. AND LOOKING AT JESUS
00:40:18.68\00:40:22.85
AS HE WALKED, HE SAID," - WHAT?
- "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD."
00:40:22.85\00:40:28.06
SO WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT
INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO JESUS AND
00:40:28.06\00:40:32.39
HERE'S WHAT JOHN IS DOING:
HE'S POINTING TO JESUS AS WHO?
00:40:32.39\00:40:37.50
REMEMBER, HE'S
SPEAKING TO JEWS, PRIMARILY.
00:40:37.50\00:40:41.37
WHAT IS HE REFERRING
TO JESUS AS IN JOHN 1?
00:40:41.37\00:40:45.17
THAT'S RIGHT, THE LAMB OF
GOD. HE IS SAYING JESUS IS THE
00:40:45.17\00:40:48.18
FULFILLMENT OF THE
ENTIRE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM.
00:40:48.18\00:40:51.48
OKAY? DID YOU PICK UP ON THAT?
00:40:51.48\00:40:54.15
AND SO, THESE DISCIPLES -
VERSE 37 - TWO WHO HEAR IT BEGIN
00:40:54.15\00:40:58.95
FOLLOWING JESUS AND JESUS
ASKS THEM, 'WHAT DO YOU SEEK?'
00:40:58.95\00:41:05.86
AND THEY SAY TO HIM,
'RABBI, WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?'
00:41:05.86\00:41:09.26
AND JESUS SIMPLY RESPONDS IN
VERSE 39 OF JOHN 1, "COME AND
00:41:09.26\00:41:13.23
SEE." AND THEN IT
IS - WE READ VERSE
00:41:13.23\00:41:17.24
40 - "ONE OF THE TWO WHO HEARD
JOHN SPEAK, AND FOLLOWED HIM,
00:41:17.24\00:41:20.71
WAS ANDREW,
SIMON PETER'S BROTHER.
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.08
HE FIRST FOUND HIS OWN BROTHER
SIMON, AND SAID TO HIM, 'WE HAVE
00:41:23.08\00:41:26.95
FOUND THE MESSIAH' (WHICH
IS TRANSLATED, THE CHRIST).
00:41:26.95\00:41:31.05
AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS."
SO ANDREW BRINGS HIS BROTHER TO
00:41:31.05\00:41:38.56
JESUS. THERE'S NOT ANY
GREAT SERMON THERE THAT ANDREW
00:41:38.56\00:41:41.10
PREACHES. HE SIMPLY
INTRODUCES HIS BROTHER TO JESUS.
00:41:41.10\00:41:45.13
NOW TODAY, HOW WOULD YOU
INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO JESUS?
00:41:45.13\00:41:50.27
WELL, YOU CAN ENGAGE
THEM WITH THE BIBLE, RIGHT?
00:41:50.27\00:41:53.61
YOU CAN SHARE HOW JESUS
HAS WORKED IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
00:41:53.61\00:41:56.88
YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY - EVEN SAYING
THAT YOU'RE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS
00:41:56.88\00:42:01.65
IS A TESTIMONY IN TODAY'S
WORLD. TURN WITH ME NOW TO
00:42:01.65\00:42:10.13
JOHN 6 - JOHN 6. WE
WANT TO CATCH ANOTHER GLIMPSE
00:42:10.13\00:42:16.33
OF ANDREW
INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO JESUS.
00:42:16.33\00:42:20.94
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT
AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT OUR OWN
00:42:20.94\00:42:23.84
ABILITY TO BE
INVOLVED IN MINISTRY.
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.37
IN JOHN 6 WE FIND JESUS WITH A
MULTITUDE AND IT SAYS, IN VERSE
00:42:26.37\00:42:35.62
5 OF JOHN 6, "THEN JESUS LIFTED
UP HIS EYES, AND SEEING A GREAT
00:42:35.62\00:42:40.09
MULTITUDE COMING TOWARD HIM, HE
SAID TO PHILIP, 'WHERE SHALL WE
00:42:40.09\00:42:45.03
BUY BREAD, THAT THESE MAY EAT?'
BUT THIS HE SAID TO TEST HIM FOR
00:42:45.03\00:42:50.80
HE HIMSELF KNEW
WHAT HE WOULD DO."
00:42:50.80\00:42:55.27
"PHILIP ANSWERED HIM, 'TWO
HUNDRED DENARII WORTH OF BREAD
00:42:55.27\00:42:59.84
IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THEM, THAT
EVERY ONE OF THEM MAY HAVE A
00:42:59.84\00:43:03.75
LITTLE.'" - THEY SAY TWO HUNDRED
PENNIES - THAT'S WHAT THE KING
00:43:03.75\00:43:07.52
JAMES VERSION
TRANSLATES THIS AS.
00:43:07.52\00:43:10.42
THIS DOESN'T SOUND
LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
00:43:10.42\00:43:12.29
WHAT WAS A PENNY OR A
DENARIUS - WHAT WAS THAT?
00:43:12.29\00:43:16.26
THAT WAS A DAY'S
WAGE FOR A COMMON LABORER.
00:43:16.26\00:43:19.36
SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE
IN TODAY'S TERMINOLOGY?
00:43:19.36\00:43:21.40
WHAT WOULD BE A DAY'S
WAGE FOR THE AVERAGE LABORER?
00:43:21.40\00:43:25.57
IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND
SEVENTY OR EIGHTY DOLLARS, ISN'T
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.87
IT - HERE IN CALIFORNIA
IF YOU WORK AN 8-HOUR DAY?
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.17
>>MORE. >>SOME OF YOU SAY
00:43:31.17\00:43:33.58
MORE THAN THAT.
OKAY, MAKE THE MATH EASY.
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.04
LET'S SAY IT'S
EIGHTY DOLLARS, OKAY?
00:43:36.04\00:43:39.55
AND LET'S LOOK THEN: EIGHTY
DOLLARS - THAT'S ONE DAY'S WAGE
00:43:39.55\00:43:43.95
- THIS IS TWO
HUNDRED DAYS' WAGES.
00:43:43.95\00:43:47.56
HOW MUCH DOES
THAT COME OUT TO BE?
00:43:47.56\00:43:51.23
SOMEONE'S SAYING, WITH GREAT
ASSERTIVENESS, SIXTEEN THOUSAND
00:43:51.23\00:43:54.10
DOLLARS. NOW, FOR
SOME OF YOU THAT MAY BE
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.83
SMALL CHANGE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO
WANT FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT
00:43:56.83\00:44:02.07
I'M NOT A GREAT BUSINESSMAN THE
WAY THE WORLD COUNTS BUSINESS,
00:44:02.07\00:44:06.14
SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
IS A LOT OF MONEY TO ME, OKAY?
00:44:06.14\00:44:12.58
THAT IS A SIZEABLE SUM.
BUT THE STORY'S NOT DONE.
00:44:12.58\00:44:15.98
YOU KNOW - LOOK
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
00:44:15.98\00:44:19.35
VERSE 8 - VERSE 8, "ONE OF HIS
DISCIPLES, ANDREW, SIMON PETER'S
00:44:19.35\00:44:26.49
BROTHER, SAID TO HIM, 'THERE IS
A LAD HERE WHO HAS FIVE BARLEY
00:44:26.49\00:44:31.93
LOAVES AND TWO SMALL FISH, BUT
WHAT ARE THEY AMONG SO MANY?'"
00:44:31.93\00:44:40.24
NOW WE NEED TO PAUSE HERE AND
BREAK THIS DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE
00:44:40.24\00:44:42.98
TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN WITNESS -
BIDDING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW JESUS.
00:44:42.98\00:44:46.31
WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IN A CONTEXT
OF COMMUNITY MINISTRY - REACHING
00:44:46.31\00:44:49.78
OUR COMMUNITIES - AND I'M
SUGGESTING TO YOU, IF WE JUST
00:44:49.78\00:44:53.19
THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO
BE POPULAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY,
00:44:53.19\00:44:56.12
WE WILL MISS OUR
GREATEST CALLING.
00:44:56.12\00:44:59.83
I MEAN, I COULD GO THROUGH
EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE - MAYBE
00:44:59.83\00:45:02.03
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT
- WHERE - WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO
00:45:02.03\00:45:06.50
GO ANY FURTHER THAN JESUS
HIMSELF. I MEAN, WHAT IS THE
00:45:06.50\00:45:10.57
CLOSING PICTURE OF JESUS'
MINISTRY AS HE'S STANDING THERE
00:45:10.57\00:45:15.01
BESIDE PILATE? HOW
SUCCESSFUL DID JESUS'
00:45:15.01\00:45:19.41
MINISTRY LOOK WHEN HE
WAS STANDING IN PILATE'S
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.42
JUDGMENT HALL? IT
LOOKED TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE.
00:45:22.42\00:45:27.02
IT LOOKED LIKE JESUS
HAD PLAYED HIS CARDS WRONG.
00:45:27.02\00:45:29.56
IN FACT, THE WISE BUSINESSMEN
OF THE DAY - IN FACT, YOU KNOW
00:45:29.56\00:45:32.29
THERE WAS ONE VERY SHREWD
BUSINESSMAN AMONG THE TWELVE.
00:45:32.29\00:45:35.50
YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS? >>JUDAS.
00:45:35.50\00:45:37.67
>>IT WAS JUDAS AND JUDAS KNEW
THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO
00:45:37.67\00:45:40.74
CONDUCT MINISTRY. AND
JUDAS WAS ACTUALLY MAKING
00:45:40.74\00:45:44.81
SOME FINANCIAL GAIN
FROM HIS CONNECTIONS.
00:45:44.81\00:45:47.54
NOW, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND
ME. I WAS JUST WITH MANY OF MY
00:45:47.54\00:45:49.98
FRIENDS IN MINISTRY AND
I RUN A BUSINESS, ACTUALLY.
00:45:49.98\00:45:52.98
WE RUN - IT'S A MINISTRY OR A
BUSINESS - IT'S CALLED 'COMPASS
00:45:52.98\00:45:56.48
HEALTH' SO, YOU KNOW, I'M
NOT CONDEMNING ANYONE WHO'S IN
00:45:56.48\00:46:01.59
BUSINESS, OTHERWISE I WOULD BE
POINTING, YOU KNOW, FOUR FINGERS
00:46:01.59\00:46:04.83
AT MYSELF WHEN I'M
POINTING ONE AT SOMEONE ELSE.
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.50
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW
THAT WORKS, DON'T YOU.
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.03
BUT HERE'S MY POINT - HERE'S
MY POINT, IF WE JUST LOOK FROM A
00:46:10.03\00:46:13.90
SECULAR BUSINESS MINDSET, THESE
THINGS CAN LOOK LIKE FAILURES.
00:46:13.90\00:46:21.34
BUT LET'S COME BACK, NOW, TO
WHERE WE'RE AT IN JOHN 6 BECAUSE
00:46:21.34\00:46:26.01
ANDREW IS USING HIS HUMAN
COMPUTATIONAL ABILITIES AND YET
00:46:26.01\00:46:32.92
HE IS STILL BRINGING WHAT HE HAS
ACCESS TO OR WHAT THE BODY, YOU
00:46:32.92\00:46:39.79
MIGHT SAY, THE BODY OF CHRIST
IN THAT SETTING HAD ACCESS TO.
00:46:39.79\00:46:43.40
HE BRINGS TO JESUS SOMETHING
THAT SEEMS INSIGNIFICANT.
00:46:43.40\00:46:49.84
HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL TODAY THAT
YOUR TALENTS ARE INSIGNIFICANT?
00:46:49.84\00:46:56.98
HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL THAT WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTRODUCING
00:46:56.98\00:46:59.61
PEOPLE TO JESUS YOU SAY,
'THERE'S NO WAY I COULD DO
00:46:59.61\00:47:01.65
THAT'? THERE'S NO
WAY I COULD DO THAT.
00:47:01.65\00:47:05.99
I'M REMINDED OF
WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
00:47:05.99\00:47:10.03
IN FACT, JUST THIS MORNING AS
I WALKED IN SOMEONE INTRODUCED
00:47:10.03\00:47:12.99
THEMSELVES TO ME. I
HADN'T RECOGNIZED THEM SEEING
00:47:12.99\00:47:16.00
THIS PERSON IN MANY
YEARS. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
00:47:16.00\00:47:17.80
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MINISTERS
I HAD EVER MET. I MET HIM IN
00:47:17.80\00:47:21.74
FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA BECAUSE I
WAS ATTENDING A SECULAR COLLEGE
00:47:21.74\00:47:27.28
THERE, NEVER HAVING HEARD
OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
00:47:27.28\00:47:30.48
I WAS GOING TO A SCHOOL CALLED
CARLETON COLLEGE IN NORTHFIELD
00:47:30.48\00:47:33.31
MINNESOTA AND THERE WAS ANOTHER
ADVENTIST MINISTER THERE WHO
00:47:33.31\00:47:37.52
SAID, 'THIS SCHOOL NEEDS THE
GOSPEL.' THEY HAD BEEN ON THE
00:47:37.52\00:47:41.89
CAMPUS LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THERE
- IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS NO
00:47:41.89\00:47:44.96
VESTIGE OF CHRISTIANITY ON
THAT SECULAR COLLEGE CAMPUS.
00:47:44.96\00:47:48.83
THERE WAS NO ONE THERE
WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS A
00:47:48.83\00:47:51.00
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND THIS PASTOR GOT
00:47:51.00\00:47:54.17
PERMISSION TO HOLD A NON-CREDIT
CLASS ON BIBLE PROPHECY THERE AT
00:47:54.17\00:47:59.11
CARLETON COLLEGE AND THAT'S
WHERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.81
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE.
BUT I'M TELLING THIS STORY FOR
00:48:01.81\00:48:04.45
THIS REASON: I WOULD HAVE NEVER
GONE TO THOSE MEETINGS WERE IT
00:48:04.45\00:48:07.58
NOT FOR ANOTHER FELLOW IN THE
DORM, BECAUSE HE WALKED INTO MY
00:48:07.58\00:48:11.05
ROOM, HE SAW THE FLYER FOR THE
MEETINGS SITTING ON MY DESK AND
00:48:11.05\00:48:15.26
HE SAID, 'OH, YOU GOT ONE
OF THOSE TOO? ARE YOU GOING TO
00:48:15.26\00:48:18.06
THOSE MEETINGS?' AND I SAID,
'WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT
00:48:18.06\00:48:20.50
IT.' HE SAID,
'THEY'RE GOING TO BE GREAT
00:48:20.50\00:48:21.76
MEETINGS.' HE DIDN'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, OKAY?
00:48:21.76\00:48:25.20
I MEAN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
AND SOMEHOW HE TALKED ME INTO
00:48:25.20\00:48:30.21
TELLING HIM THAT I
WOULD GO TO THOSE MEETINGS.
00:48:30.21\00:48:33.98
AND SO, WHEN THE ACTUAL DAY CAME
FOR THAT NON-CREDIT CLASS - IT
00:48:33.98\00:48:38.51
WAS - IT WAS TAUGHT AS A CLASS.
THERE WAS NO FANCY SINGING.
00:48:38.51\00:48:41.98
IT WASN'T AN AUDITORIUM, IT WAS
IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM WITH A
00:48:41.98\00:48:44.82
SYLLABUS AND A
BOOK. I WAS TOO BUSY.
00:48:44.82\00:48:49.92
I HAD, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF
TESTS COMING UP AND ALL KINDS OF
00:48:49.92\00:48:52.26
STUFF GOING ON, BUT I TOLD
THIS GUY THAT I WOULD SHOW UP.
00:48:52.26\00:48:56.70
SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
HOW DO YOU MAKE GOOD ON YOUR
00:48:56.70\00:48:59.60
WORD WHEN YOU JUST
DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
00:48:59.60\00:49:03.87
'YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL DO?' -
I SAID - 'I'LL SHOW UP AT THE
00:49:03.87\00:49:06.07
VERY END OF THE
MEETING.' SO THEN I CAME, RIGHT?
00:49:06.07\00:49:09.78
THEY WERE PROMISING A FREE BOOK
ANYWAY - MAYBE I'D GET A FREE
00:49:09.78\00:49:12.05
BOOK. SO I WAIT
UNTIL I THINK THE
00:49:12.05\00:49:16.22
MEETING'S ABOUT
OVER AND I SLIP IN.
00:49:16.22\00:49:20.72
IT WAS A MUCH LONGER
MEETING THAN I BARGAINED ON.
00:49:20.72\00:49:24.03
(LAUGHTER) SO I HEARD A LOT
MORE THAN I WAS EXPECTING, BUT
00:49:24.03\00:49:28.70
WHATEVER - I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT THAT FIRST MEETING WAS
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.73
ABOUT, BUT IT SPOKE TO MY HEART.
IT WAS NOT A POPULAR CLASS.
00:49:30.73\00:49:38.47
NOT MANY STUDENTS CAME, IN FACT,
I LEARNED FROM THIS MINISTER -
00:49:38.47\00:49:43.61
ACTUALLY FROM HIS SON, YEARS
LATER, THAT HE HAD TRIED TO DO
00:49:43.61\00:49:46.68
THIS IN MANY PLACES - MANY
SECULAR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGE
00:49:46.68\00:49:50.92
CAMPUSES, AND MOST EVERYWHERE HE
WENT, PEOPLES' VERDICTS WERE THE
00:49:50.92\00:49:54.36
SAME. IT WAS A FAILURE.
HE DIDN'T GET PERMISSION TO
00:49:54.36\00:49:57.66
DO IT - HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER
YOU'VE FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES?
00:49:57.66\00:50:01.70
DO YOU GIVE UP?
HE DIDN'T GIVE UP.
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.27
HE BROUGHT WHAT HE HAD TO JESUS
AND JESUS DID, AT LEAST IN MY
00:50:04.27\00:50:10.27
LIFE, JUST WHAT HE DID WITH
THOSE LOAVES AND FISHES THAT
00:50:10.27\00:50:15.14
ANDREW HAD ACCESS TO.
THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLY THIS:
00:50:15.14\00:50:19.51
IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW TO
INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS, JUST
00:50:19.51\00:50:22.95
ALLOW JESUS TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE
AND THEN SHARE WHAT HE'S DOING.
00:50:22.95\00:50:30.83
YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THAT
FELLOW THAT INVITED ME TO THE
00:50:30.83\00:50:32.66
MEETINGS, PROBABLY - NEVER CAME.
(LAUGHTER) NEVER SHOWED UP.
00:50:32.66\00:50:39.70
AND I TELL YOU THAT FOR ANOTHER
REASON - BECAUSE YOU CAN INVITE
00:50:39.70\00:50:45.31
PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH JESUS AND
EVEN HAVE AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU
00:50:45.31\00:50:49.88
DON'T HAVE. I'M
NOT SAYING THAT'S THE
00:50:49.88\00:50:52.21
BEST WAY OF BEING A
WITNESS. IT'S BETTER TO SHARE
00:50:52.21\00:50:55.92
FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.
BUT THIS FELLOW HAD NO
00:50:55.92\00:50:57.99
EXPERIENCE WITH
THOSE CLASSES AT ALL.
00:50:57.99\00:51:00.96
AND HE INVITED ME TO COME AND I
TOLD HIM I WOULD AND I SHOWED UP
00:51:00.96\00:51:05.16
AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE. >>AMEN.
00:51:05.16\00:51:08.93
>>HAVE YOU EVER
INVITED SOMEONE TO CHURCH?
00:51:08.93\00:51:12.10
NOW, WHAT HAPPENS
IF THEY DON'T COME?
00:51:12.10\00:51:14.77
AND WHAT IF YOU INVITE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO CHURCH AND THEY DON'T
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.74
COME? HOW MANY OF YOU COULD JUST
00:51:16.74\00:51:18.57
CONCLUDE YOU DO NOT
HAVE THE GIFT OF EVANGELISM?
00:51:18.57\00:51:22.78
NO. YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD TELL
00:51:22.78\00:51:23.88
YOU IS KEEP INVITING
PEOPLE. DO YOU INVITE PEOPLE TO
00:51:23.88\00:51:27.18
STUDY THE BIBLE WITH YOU?
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HARD TODAY.
00:51:27.18\00:51:31.55
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
WONDERFULLY PREPARED LESSONS.
00:51:31.55\00:51:34.52
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LESSONS
ACTUALLY HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE ARE
00:51:34.52\00:51:38.19
RAISED IN THIS LESSON -
INVITING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW JESUS.
00:51:38.19\00:51:42.40
IF YOU CAN'T SAY IT
YOURSELF, IT'S IN THE LESSON.
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.67
WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE
LESSON IT SAYS SOMETHING JUST
00:51:44.67\00:51:47.47
LIKE THEY HAVE - THEY HAVE ONE
THESE RENDITIONS OF THE SINNER'S
00:51:47.47\00:51:50.51
PRAYER HERE IN
THURSDAY'S LESSON.
00:51:50.51\00:51:53.84
AND THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE
THIS IN YOUR LESSON STUDIES.
00:51:53.84\00:51:57.15
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
TO POINT SOMEONE TO JESUS, THE
00:51:57.15\00:52:00.78
LESSON WILL
WALK THEM THROUGH IT.
00:52:00.78\00:52:05.09
WELL, WE'D BE NEGLIGENT NOT TO
TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER ASPECTS OF
00:52:05.09\00:52:12.16
THIS LESSON BEFORE WE FINISH.
IN WEDNESDAY'S LESSON WE HAVE
00:52:12.16\00:52:18.53
PAUL BEFORE KING AGRIPPA AND
WE TALK HERE - I'LL READ THIS
00:52:18.53\00:52:26.21
RIGHT FROM WEDNESDAY'S LESSON.
THIS IS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH
00:52:26.21\00:52:31.05
THERE IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING
ALONG IN THE QUARTERLY.
00:52:31.05\00:52:33.58
'SOME MAY SAY' - AND I'M
PARAPHRASING - 'I WILL TAKE CARE
00:52:33.58\00:52:37.12
OF THE FIRST PART OF
JESUS' METHOD BUT I DON'T DO THE
00:52:37.12\00:52:40.72
BIDDING - I DON'T DO
THE 'FOLLOW ME' PART.
00:52:40.72\00:52:42.86
THAT'S NOT MY GIFT.' CAN WE JUST
BEG OUT OF INVITING PEOPLE TO
00:52:42.86\00:52:52.53
FOLLOW JESUS? YOU SAY, 'DR.
00:52:52.53\00:52:55.54
DEROSE, I WANT EVERYONE TO THINK
WELL OF ME AND IF I ASK PEOPLE
00:52:55.54\00:52:57.97
TO FOLLOW JESUS' - IT MIGHT
HAPPEN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO
00:52:57.97\00:53:00.51
ME NOT LONG AGO IN MY MEDICAL
CLINIC AS I DEVELOPED NEW - YOU
00:53:00.51\00:53:05.18
KNOW, SOME REALLY GOOD RAPPORT
WITH THIS NEW PATIENT AND THEN I
00:53:05.18\00:53:08.08
BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF
JESUS AND THIS PERSON GOT REALLY
00:53:08.08\00:53:11.32
ANGRY. THAT
DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
00:53:11.32\00:53:14.09
I JUST DID IT THE OTHER DAY AND
SOMEONE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE
00:53:14.09\00:53:16.52
AND WE ENDED UP
HAVING PRAYER TOGETHER.
00:53:16.52\00:53:18.03
BUT THIS WOMAN GOT VERY ANGRY.
AND SO YOU'LL SAY, 'WELL, THERE
00:53:18.03\00:53:21.86
YOU GO, STICKING YOUR
FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN.
00:53:21.86\00:53:24.27
YOU SHOULD NOT
HAVE SAID ANYTHING.
00:53:24.27\00:53:25.43
YOU SHOULD HAVE WON HER
CONFIDENCE MORE AND THEN TALKED
00:53:25.43\00:53:27.50
ABOUT JESUS.' WELL, LISTEN, I'LL
LEAVE THAT TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.'
00:53:27.50\00:53:31.17
YOU SAY, 'DR. DEROSE, DON'T
BLAME THE HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S
00:53:31.17\00:53:33.68
YOU. YOU'VE GOT
TO LISTEN TO THE HOLY
00:53:33.68\00:53:35.01
SPIRIT.' WELL,
OKAY, POINT WELL TAKEN.
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.78
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED
THERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU SHE
00:53:36.78\00:53:38.88
WAS NOT VERY HAPPY AND I DON'T
KNOW THAT I'LL EVER SEE HER
00:53:38.88\00:53:41.72
AGAIN. I ACTUALLY
DON'T THINK THAT I WILL.
00:53:41.72\00:53:44.29
BUT, IN JOHN'S GOSPEL AND IN
LUKE'S GOSPEL - I WANT YOU TO
00:53:44.29\00:53:47.92
TURN TO LUKE 6 - THIS IS
OUR FINAL SCRIPTURE - LUKE 6.
00:53:47.92\00:53:52.66
LUKE IS GIVING HIS RENDITION OF
THE BEATITUDES AND IT JUST - AS
00:53:52.66\00:53:57.10
WE'RE CLOSING THROUGH
JESUS' METHOD, I THINK THERE ARE
00:53:57.10\00:54:00.10
PITFALLS ON EITHER SIDE.
THERE'S THIS BIG PITFALL THAT
00:54:00.10\00:54:03.34
WE WILL NOT MINISTER TO OUR
COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
00:54:03.34\00:54:06.64
WE HAVE TO BE
INVOLVED IN HEALTH EVANGELISM.
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I'LL BE THE FIRST
ONE TO TELL YOU THAT.
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BUT IF ALL WE DO IS FOCUS
ON MINISTRY AND TRYING TO BE
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POPULAR WITH OUR COMMUNITIES,
WE'RE MISSING THE POINT.
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IN LUKE CHAPTER 6 WE HAVE
THE RENDITION OF LUKE OF THE
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BEATITUDES. AND
AFTER JESUS HAS SPOKEN
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BLESSINGS IN LUKE 6, WE READ
JESUS' PRONUNCIATION OF WOES.
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I'M IN LUKE 6, VERSE 24, "BUT
WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH, FOR YOU
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HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSOLATION.
WOE TO YOU WHO ARE FULL,
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FOR YOU SHALL HUNGER.
WOE TO YOU WHO LAUGH NOW, FOR
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YOU SHALL MOURN AND WEEP.
WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK
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WELL OF YOU, FOR SO DID THEIR
FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS."
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I READ THAT - YOU SAY, 'THAT'S
NOT A NICE NOTE TO CLOSE ON.' I
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READ IT TO YOU FOR THIS REASON:
GOD IS GOING TO CALL US TO DO
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THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES WILL
LOVE - THEY'LL APPRECIATE US
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FOR. THEY'LL SAY, 'WOULDN'T
IT BE WONDERFUL IF EVERYONE WERE
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS?' BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:55:07.47\00:55:09.84
GOD IS GOING TO CALL US TO DO
SOME THINGS TOO WHERE PEOPLE ARE
00:55:09.84\00:55:13.01
NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE
DO. THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY
00:55:13.01\00:55:16.95
MORE. WE'VE GOT A FREE
GIFT. IT'S CALLED HIGHER STILL:
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FINDING ETERNAL SECURITY IN
CHRIST - THAT'S OUR FREE OFFER.
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IT IS #815. YOU
CAN GET IT BY CALLING
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866-STUDY-MORE -
THAT'S 866-788-3966.
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UNTIL NEXT WEEK, I ENCOURAGE
YOU TO STUDY, TO DIVE IN, TO GET
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CLOSER TO THE ONE WHOSE
VOICE WE ALL NEED TO HEAR.
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>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
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THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
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HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
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SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
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TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
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SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
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AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
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ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
00:56:10.83\00:56:14.57
THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
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THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
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PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
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USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
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WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
00:56:27.38\00:56:31.12
ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY CHURCH AND NATION.
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PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
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THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
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>>AMAZING FACTS
HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE.
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>>AND I JUST PRAISE
GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS.
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>>AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY
DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
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>>THIS WHOLE PROCESS - GETTING
WHERE I AM TODAY - I FELT GOOD
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ABOUT THAT. I
DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED.
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>>I BEGAN
READING THE BIBLE AND -
00:56:58.05\00:57:00.68
>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -
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>>I REALIZED THAT
THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE.
00:57:02.92\00:57:05.42
>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
00:57:05.42\00:57:07.66
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO
POWERFUL. >>I'LL FOLLOW CHRIST
00:57:07.66\00:57:09.62
WHEREVER HE GOES.
>>AMAZING FACTS. MORE THAN
00:57:09.62\00:57:13.73
45 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING
GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
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>>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS
ACROSS AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
00:57:18.17\00:57:22.17
I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS
00:57:22.17\00:57:24.67
WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
00:57:24.67\00:57:27.58
I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND
ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE
00:57:27.58\00:57:31.45
NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE.
LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND
00:57:31.45\00:57:33.98
FIND THIS. AND I
JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
00:57:33.98\00:57:35.75
>>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE
STUDIES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
00:57:35.75\00:57:39.19
THESE GUYS STARTED BEING
CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF.
00:57:39.19\00:57:42.99
>>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY
DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?'
00:57:42.99\00:57:46.39
THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS
00:57:46.39\00:57:49.50
A FATHER. >>I LOST
EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS
00:57:49.50\00:57:52.83
WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT
WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
00:57:52.83\00:57:55.84
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT.
00:57:55.84\00:58:00.08
THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL
AND SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT,
00:58:00.08\00:58:04.11
'THIS IS REAL. THIS
IS - THIS IS AMAZING.'
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(MUSIC)
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