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Shawn Brummund:
Welcome to another edition
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of the "Sabbath
School Study Hour."
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It is so good to be able to have
you here as you are watching
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online or on various TV
channels around the world.
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It is always good to be able
to come together here at the
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Granite Bay Seventh Day
Adventist Church here in the
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Greater area of
Sacramento, California.
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It's always good to be able to
have our local visitors as well
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as our regular members that join
us from Sabbath to Sabbath as we
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come together to be
able to study God's Word.
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Now, today is a big day
because today is wrap-up day.
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Today is the last lesson that
we'll be looking at in a study
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and quarterly that we've
been studying for the last three
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months, and it's entitled, "The
Least of These," ministering to
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those in need.
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And this is a great
theme that we can find
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throughout the Bible.
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Jesus, of course, lived it in
a very powerful way during His
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time, and the early church did
as well, and so we look forward
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to being able to study that last
wrap-up lesson today entitled,
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"A Community of Servants."
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That's lesson number 13 and
so if you have your quarterlies,
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make sure that you open it up
and that you can follow along as
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we look at this
important subject.
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Before we continue on with our
singing and our praise, as we do
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every Sabbath morning, we want
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And so please take advantage
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And we are going to invite our
singers out as they lead us in
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praise and worship before
we get into our lesson study.
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male: Good morning.
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We're going to be singing
song number 492 in the Seventh
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Day Adventist
hymnal, it's "Like Jesus."
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"Teach me, Father, what to say.
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Teach me, Father, how to pray.
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Teach me all along the
way how to be like Jesus."
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You can all sing with us.
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We're going to
do all four verses.
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¤ Teach me,
Father, what to say. ¤
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¤ Teach me,
Father, how to pray. ¤
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¤ Teach me all along the way ¤
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¤ how to be like Jesus. ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus, ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Help me, Lord, to daily grow ¤
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¤ more and more like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Teach me as the days go by, ¤
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¤ teach me not to reason why, ¤
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¤ teach me that to do and die, ¤
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¤ is to be like Jesus. ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus, ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Help me, Lord,
to daily grow more ¤
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¤ and more like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Teach me that
the time is short. ¤
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¤ Teach me how
to live and work. ¤
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¤ Teach me that to never shirk ¤
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¤ is to be like Jesus. ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus, ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Help me, Lord,
to daily grow more ¤
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¤ and more like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Teach me how we may be one, ¤
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¤ like the Father and the Son; ¤
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¤ and when all is overcome, ¤
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¤ I will be like Jesus. ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus, ¤
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¤ I would be like Jesus! ¤
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¤ Help me, Lord, to daily grow ¤
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¤ more and more like Jesus! ¤¤
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Shawn: Father in heaven, as
we stop, we ask for Your Holy
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Spirit to bless us.
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We ask that You will be the
teacher that You promised to be
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for us and, God, we want to pray
that You will help us to be able
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to learn this important subject,
Lord, in all ways in which You
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would have us grow
and understand and grow as
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Christians, Lord, we want
to pray that You will do so.
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We want to pray that You will
bless our teacher today as we
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are thankful for his service
and his willingness to be able
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to teach us today.
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In Jesus's name we pray, amen.
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It's my privilege to be able to
invite and welcome our teacher
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today which is Carlos Munoz.
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Now, Pastor Carlos is the
AFCOE leader, the Amazing Facts
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College of Evangelism for
Amazing Facts for those of you
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who are not aware.
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God bless you, Carlos.
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Carlos Munoz:
All right, Maranatha.
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All right, who remembers
what does Maranatha mean?
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Christ is coming, amen?
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All right, so I think
eventually we'll get it down.
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So when I say "Maranatha," you
say, "Christ is coming," amen?
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Let's practice
that again. Maranatha.
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All right, here we go.
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We'll get
there, we'll get there.
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Shabbat Shalom, everybody,
welcome to another wonderful
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Sabbath School Study Hour.
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I'm excited, sad because
we're seeing this lesson--this
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quarterly come to an end.
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Who's enjoyed this
quarterly lesson, amen?
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Yes, I think it's been very,
very, very, very well written,
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very, very--a lot of information
and a good solid foundation
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because I think sometimes
we forget about ministering to
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those in needs, amen?
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And so before we start,
let's have a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, thank You
for this opportunity to come
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together and
share Your Word again,
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to study and review our lesson.
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We just ask that Your Holy
Spirit guide us so that we might
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not only have a theoretical
understanding of it but that we
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may also apply
this in a practical way
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in our daily lives.
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And so we ask this, Father, we
ask this blessing and guidance
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and we ask this in the precious
name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Amen, so our last lesson
for this quarterly is titled,
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"A Community of
Servants," right?
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And the memory text is Hebrews
chapter 10, verse 23 and 24.
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Let's go ahead and read it.
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"Let us hold fast the confession
of our hope without wavering,
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for He who promised is," what?
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"Faithful.
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And let us consider one
another in order to stir up love
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and good works."
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Very good.
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So the title of this lesson
is "A Community of Servants."
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Now, as I mentioned last time
when I did the first--this will
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be my--the second time I
actually do Sabbath School so
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I'm starting to get the
hang of it again, in English.
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Community of Servants, I always
like to look at the title.
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I like words. I
really enjoy words.
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I like breaking down words
and understanding words and so
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"A Community of Servants"
has two very interesting words.
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The first one is
"Community," right?
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Community has how many words?
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It's a compound word, right?
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Com-unity, right?
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So unity is a unit.
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Com, a community, right?
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Community means a
common unity, a common mission,
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among people, right?
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That's what it's talking about.
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We're a community because we are
a unit of people that have what?
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We have a commission, right?
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We have a
mission, we have a purpose.
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We're not just here just waiting
around, putting our seatbelts on
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and hitting cruise
control on the car.
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To wait for the
return of Jesus Christ.
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We have a mission and we
are in unity on that mission.
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We are in unity to what
our goal is as Christians.
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And so we are community, a
common unit, a unit of what?
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Of servants.
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Now, the word "servants," what's
the root word of servants?
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To serve, right? To serve.
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Now, we know the word "serve"
is very foundational for us, but
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when you go into the Greek and
the Hebrew, the word "servant"
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has a deeper understanding than
just to serve because we think
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to serve is, you know, when you
go to a restaurant, right, you
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have a server or a waiter, they
come and they're just attending
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you in what it is you want at
that moment or the service that
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you're requesting.
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But in Hebrew the word
"servant," right, is an
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interesting word and in
Greek, and it has a deeper
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understanding so I want to show
you some examples, what the word
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"servant" or
"serve" is in the Bible.
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So if you want to join with
me, please, go with me to Exodus
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chapter 20, for example.
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Exodus chapter 20.
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I want to share with you
some words and I think this is
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important as we establish
the foundation for this lesson,
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the "Community of Servants."
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So go with me to
Exodus chapter 20.
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We're going to look at an
example in both the Hebrew
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Scriptures and in the Greek
Scriptures of the word "serve"
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or "servant."
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Exodus chapter
20, we know very well.
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What's in Exodus chapter 20?
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The Ten Commandments, very good.
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So go with me to Exodus chapter
20 and we're going to go to
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verse number 2.
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Verse number 2.
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Everybody there?
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It says: "I am the Lord your God
who brought you out of the land
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of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage," right.
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That word "bondage"
in the English version.
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In Spanish it says
that you are slaves, right?
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So the word "servant"
really means the word "slave."
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Now what is a slave?
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We'll see the same--we're
going to look at it again,
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in the Greek now.
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Then so what it really
means to be in bondage, right,
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is to be a servant or a slave
to something or to someone.
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In this context,
God is telling them,
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"You were
slaves in Egypt, right?
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And I have," what?
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"I have liberated you from that
servant, from that bondage, that
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you had."
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Why?
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"Because I am a
loving God, amen?
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And I want you to," what?
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"I want you to
be servants to me."
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Go with me to Romans chapter 6.
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We'll see the same word again.
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Servants.
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The word "servants,"
we'll go to Romans chapter 6.
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We're looking at the words
"servant" so that we can have a
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better understanding of exactly
what is God asking us to do.
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Romans chapter 6 and we're going
to start on verse number 15.
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Everybody there?
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Romans 6:15, amen?
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I hear the pages twinkling.
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That's a good sound.
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Romans chapter 6, verse 15.
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Look at what Paul says here.
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"What then?
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Shall we sin because we are not
under the law but under grace?"
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Right?
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There the idea that because we
have been saved by grace now we
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can just continue to--we can
trample on the law and--which
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points to sin.
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And Paul says, "Certainly not!"
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He says, "Do you not know that
to whom you present yourselves
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slaves to," what?
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"To obey, you are the one's
slaves whom you obey, whether of
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sin leading to death, or of
obedience leading to," what?
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"To righteousness?"
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So understand this.
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We are all slaves to
something or someone, right?
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There's no middle ground here
where people say, "I don't want
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to serve God," or "I don't
want--I don't like the things of
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the enemy, and I want to
stay in this neutral ground."
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The Bible says you
are either serving God
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or you're serving what?
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You're serving sin which
would be under the kingdom
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of our enemy, right?
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And so you have to choose
who you're going to serve.
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You're going to have to
choose, we have to choose,
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who are we going
to be a slave to?
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Now, I know the word "slave" has
a negative connotation in our
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vernacular, right, because of
in slavery but really, the word
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"slave," the Greek word, what it
really means is just to be tied
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down to, right?
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It's actually the Greek word
is "doulos," and it means to be
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literally or figuratively
both voluntary or involuntary
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subjected to
something or someone, right?
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And it comes from--the root word
is deo which means to be tied
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to, to be bonded to.
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So you're either
bonded to or tied to what?
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Either to God or you're
tied to or bonded to what?
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To the flesh.
Are you following me?
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And so this is
what it's talking about.
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Who are you serving?
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Remember, we're all
slaves or servants to something
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or someone.
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You choose who you want to
be a servant or a slave to.
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I hope we all choose to be
servants or slaves of God, amen?
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And so this is what the
lesson is talking about.
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So as a church, we are a
group--if we look at the title
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again, "Community of Servants,"
then, we are a group of people
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who have what?
00:15:00.96\00:15:02.30
Submitted, have tied ourselves
or who have enslaved our will
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to God, amen?
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And that's what it means
to be a community of servants.
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We have enslaved
ourself, we have tied our will
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to the service of God.
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And now God, if you notice, God
is always in evangelism mode.
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Have you ever
noticed that, right?
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I'm the director for Amazing
Facts Center of Evangelism
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so I just actually
came back from Puerto Rico.
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We were doing some evangelism
training and, as I've continued
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to develop and develop,
I've noticed that God is always
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on--He's always
on evangelism mode.
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God is always looking and
seeking for the lost, amen?
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And so a couple of lessons back,
remember, I talked about that if
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we are to be the reflection
or the image of God and God is
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always in evangelism mode, that
means that us as a community of
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servants, we
should always be what?
00:15:47.28\00:15:50.11
We should always have
that evangelistic mindset too.
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Remember,
evangelism is not an event.
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Evangelism is an attitude and so
we should also then, as our God
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is throughout all the Bible
in all the stories of the Bible,
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we should also have that same
evangelistic mindset of serving,
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reaching out to those
that have not known our God.
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Is everybody with me, amen?
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And we see that also
with the divine commission,
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Matthew chapter 28, right?
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Again, divine commission.
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Divine meaning it's what?
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It's not human, right?
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It's supernatural.
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And commission,
again, compound word.
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Co-mission.
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There is a mission
that divinity has given us
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and we are to do what?
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Commission, cooperate
with God in this mission, amen?
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And so He says--Jesus says very
clearly in Matthew chapter 8,
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when you read it, the
Great Commission, He says,
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"I have all authority," where?
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"In heaven and on--" He says,
"I have all the power," right?
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He says, "I now have at my
disposal all of the angels of
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heaven, I have all of the power
of the Holy Spirit, and from
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heaven I'm going to be
ministering to you through these
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powers, through the
power of the Holy Spirit."
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And He say, "Now
go and do," what?
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"Make disciples," amen?
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And to be a disciple, to teach
somebody to be a disciple, you
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have to be a disciple, amen?
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And so we're seeing that
and then He closes with the
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Commission, says, "Go make
disciples by baptizing them and
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by teaching them the
things that I have taught you."
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And then He closes the
Commission, saying what?
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"And I will be with you," what?
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"Every day."
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So He's telling
us, go out, serve.
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Go out and get this mission out.
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Get this message, this
gospel, out to the world.
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He says, "I'm with you," right?
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It's like a sandwich.
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The Commission is between--it's
sandwiched between Him telling
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you, "I have all the power," and
"I am going to be with you every
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day," amen?
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And so this is part of our
identity or at least it should
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be part of our identity, right?
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If you want to go with
me to page 104, there was an
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interesting quote there
I want to share with you.
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Page 104, the second chapter
says--this in the first and the
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introduction, it says: "The
temptation is that when we get
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together as a church, we become
distracted with keeping the
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church itself," what?
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"Going.
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Forgetting that the church
exists to serve the world in
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which God has placed it," right?
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Sometimes, I think we
get too churchy, right?
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Or we get too religious, right?
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And it's all about the routines
and keeping every--and we forget
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that the purpose that we're
here for is to serve, right?
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First, we're serving God;
second, we're serving who?
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We're serving each other, right?
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We're all ministering to each
other here also because amongst
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us, we have brothers
and sisters that are what?
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That are suffering, that are
down, that have their issues,
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and we're here to what?
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To minister to others, right?
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Today it might be to somebody
else, but next week it might be
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to you because next week I might
be the one that is struggling,
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that's having--that's down,
that's going through battles.
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We are to work
together too, amen?
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And especially to serve who?
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The community that we
have been placed in, right?
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We're not here out of accident,
we're not here out of some
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randomness.
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We have a purpose here, right?
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And especially as we move
into our new building, we have a
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purpose to the community
that we're going to be serving.
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We have a commission.
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Who says, "Amen"? The
Word is exciting, right?
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We're doing it together.
We're not by ourselves.
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Not only does God with us and
His angels and His Holy Spirit,
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but together, we are working
together to get to the mission
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of getting the
gospel out to every person
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that lives in our community.
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Can I hear an "amen" for that?
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And so when we look at the first
lesson, it talks about being
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agents of--agents of change.
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Now that was a very,
very interesting--I mean, this
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specific day caught my attention
in a lot of interesting ways
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because if we remember, if you
look on it, it talks about being
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agents of change and it
gives us a number of examples of
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metaphors that Paul has used to
show or portray or to exemplify
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how the church is to be
an action to the world, amen?
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And he uses four
very specific examples.
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First one is sacrifice, right?
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That means, remember, all of
those sacrifices of the lambs
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and the bulls and all of those
things, that represents us,
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my loved ones, amen, right?
00:19:57.66\00:19:58.99
Obviously, the Lamb that died on
the cross was Jesus Christ but
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when you look at all the
multiple types of sacrifices
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that were given, what is that?
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It's talking about us, right?
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And Paul says in Romans
chapter 12 that we are what?
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We are sacrifices. We
are to sacrifice what?
00:20:09.07\00:20:12.31
Our ego, right?
Sacrifice our will again.
00:20:12.34\00:20:15.58
Tie it up, bond it to God,
and surrender our own desires,
00:20:15.61\00:20:19.85
our own self, so that what?
00:20:19.88\00:20:21.72
So that the Holy
Spirit can use us, amen?
00:20:21.75\00:20:23.92
And so we are also sacrificing
as Christ gave the greatest
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sacrifice, we are to sacrifice
our own desires, our own will,
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and submit it to
the will of God, amen?
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Why?
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It's not just for any reason.
God's not being arbitrary.
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He's saying it because
He wants to use us, amen?
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And for the Holy Spirit
to be able to use me, what?
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I have to put my ego aside and I
have to say, "Lord, here I am."
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Didn't Jesus put His ego aside?
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He said, "Father, if this
cup can pass, please do it."
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But He says what?
00:20:52.55\00:20:53.95
"Not My will, but
Your will be done," amen?
00:20:53.98\00:20:57.55
So we see that moment, the--one
of the weakest moment of Jesus
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Christ and yet He still
submitted His whole life,
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His whole thought, His
will, to the Father, amen?
00:21:03.69\00:21:06.53
And it also talks about we
are the body of Christ, right?
00:21:06.56\00:21:09.43
And Paul uses that
metaphor that we are, what?
00:21:09.46\00:21:11.50
We are a community, right?
00:21:11.53\00:21:13.00
Some people are the mouth, some
people are the eyes, some people
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are the ears, some
people are the toes, right?
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.34
Some people are the knees.
00:21:18.37\00:21:19.67
We're all supposed to be what?
00:21:19.71\00:21:21.04
Everybody here in the
church has a purpose, amen?
00:21:21.08\00:21:24.31
And so the problem is imagine if
everybody wanted to be the eyes,
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or if everybody
wanted to be the mouth.
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There would be an issue, right?
00:21:29.18\00:21:30.49
God has--He has distributed His
gifts, His talents, among the
00:21:30.52\00:21:34.56
church so that
we can use it, what?
00:21:34.59\00:21:36.39
So that we can
fulfill the common mission
00:21:36.42\00:21:38.69
that He has given us, amen?
00:21:38.73\00:21:40.90
And so as I surrender my
will it's not what do I think
00:21:40.93\00:21:44.40
I should be doing or
where should I be placed
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.63
in the church, it's what?
00:21:46.67\00:21:48.07
Where does God want me?
00:21:48.10\00:21:49.40
What is God's purpose, right?
00:21:49.44\00:21:50.81
And as we continue to submit
ourselves and as the Holy Spirit
00:21:50.84\00:21:53.98
continues to give us gifts,
He'll give us more gifts, right?
00:21:54.01\00:21:56.98
So it's a constant growing
and that's one of the things
00:21:57.01\00:21:59.05
as I've been--when I
was baptized 11 years ago,
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I've seen that
I've consistently--God
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.82
is consistently cycling
me into something new, right?
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.46
He doesn't keep
me in the same spot.
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.16
He's consistently
moving me and moving me, right?
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.23
He's taking me out of my comfort
zone because when we get too
00:22:11.26\00:22:14.13
comfortable, that's
not a good spot, right?
00:22:14.20\00:22:16.53
So He's consistently doing this
and this is what we see Paul
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talking about.
00:22:19.47\00:22:20.77
Paul also talks
about ambassadors.
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Whoo, I love that
word "ambassadors," right?
00:22:22.57\00:22:24.91
What is an ambassador, right?
00:22:24.94\00:22:26.51
We have--do we have ambassadors
in different countries?
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And do other countries
have their ambassadors here?
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Where do the ambassadors live?
00:22:32.65\00:22:35.08
Where do they live?
00:22:35.12\00:22:36.42
It's called in--they
live in the--or they work
00:22:36.45\00:22:38.19
in the Embassy, right?
00:22:38.22\00:22:39.59
Where is--is God kingdom also
have an Embassy here on Earth?
00:22:39.62\00:22:44.19
What's God's Embassies
here on Earth? The church.
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Not only at church,
your house, your business,
00:22:48.20\00:22:51.97
where you work, right?
00:22:52.00\00:22:54.70
We are ambassadors
and I have a question.
00:22:54.74\00:22:56.81
Does an ambassador go to
another country to do what?
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.64
To represent his
country of origin.
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.54
Are we from this Earth?
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No, right?
00:23:05.11\00:23:06.41
Jesus says, "I'm not
from this Earth," right?
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.45
We're not from this Earth.
00:23:08.48\00:23:09.78
We're what?
We're strangers, right?
00:23:09.82\00:23:11.75
We're pilgrims in this
Earth. We're waiting for what?
00:23:11.79\00:23:14.22
We're waiting for
our eternal house, amen?
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.49
For the new heavens and the
new Earth, but while we're here
00:23:16.52\00:23:18.83
as ambassadors,
what are we to be doing?
00:23:18.86\00:23:20.96
Does the ambassador do and talk
and dress how he wants to do
00:23:21.00\00:23:24.17
and dress and talk?
00:23:24.20\00:23:25.80
No, the ambassador has
to dress a specific way.
00:23:25.83\00:23:29.14
The ambassador
doesn't go up there and say
00:23:29.17\00:23:30.54
what his opinion is.
00:23:30.57\00:23:31.97
An ambassador talks
about the opinion of what?
00:23:32.01\00:23:33.91
Of the government that
he is representing is, amen?
00:23:33.94\00:23:36.54
He doesn't dress
how he wants to dress.
00:23:36.58\00:23:38.41
And so us, as Christian,
Paul says we are also what?
00:23:38.45\00:23:42.15
Ambassadors, amen?
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.65
We are ambassadors.
00:23:43.69\00:23:44.99
We are here to send
a message from where?
00:23:45.02\00:23:46.45
From our
headquarters in heaven, amen?
00:23:46.49\00:23:48.36
From our heavenly house where
Jesus says He is preparing our
00:23:48.39\00:23:51.33
homes, amen?
00:23:51.36\00:23:53.03
And so if we're worrying
too much about our heavenly--our
00:23:53.06\00:23:56.26
earthly homes, it's not wrong
to have a house but our focus
00:23:56.30\00:23:59.13
should be what?
00:23:59.17\00:24:00.77
On preparing for eternity, amen?
00:24:00.80\00:24:02.74
And so we should be sharing that
message that there is a greater
00:24:02.77\00:24:05.64
hope than the things
that we are seeing here.
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.48
As ambassadors, we know this.
00:24:07.51\00:24:09.58
And the world is not aware.
00:24:09.61\00:24:11.05
The Bible says--Revelation
says that the whole world
00:24:11.08\00:24:13.15
is deceived.
00:24:13.18\00:24:14.48
So we are the
ambassador of God to do what?
00:24:14.52\00:24:16.75
To get this message
out to the world, amen?
00:24:16.79\00:24:19.35
To say there is something better
than what we're seeing here.
00:24:19.39\00:24:22.06
Death is here, guaranteed, but
eternal life is also guaranteed
00:24:22.09\00:24:25.53
through the blood
of Jesus Christ, amen?
00:24:25.56\00:24:28.03
And so that's the
mission that we're taking.
00:24:28.06\00:24:29.46
That's the message that we have.
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.80
I have a question.
00:24:30.83\00:24:32.13
Is there a greater, more
powerful message to the world?
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.44
No, I'm sorry, there isn't.
00:24:35.47\00:24:37.07
There's nothing you can
tell--give me here on Earth that
00:24:37.11\00:24:39.34
is going to give me
any hope for the afterlife.
00:24:39.37\00:24:41.68
Only the gospel of
Jesus Christ, amen?
00:24:41.71\00:24:44.21
And then lastly, he uses
the one, and this is a very
00:24:44.25\00:24:46.05
interesting one.
00:24:46.08\00:24:47.42
He uses the one
as a perfume, amen?
00:24:47.45\00:24:50.25
A perfume, right?
00:24:50.29\00:24:52.05
How is a perfume--when somebody
has a really good perfume and
00:24:52.09\00:24:55.02
they pass by, what happens?
00:24:55.06\00:24:56.36
You're, like, "Mmm."
00:24:56.39\00:24:58.29
And not only that, doesn't
perfumes, depending on who uses
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.60
them and when they were
used, doesn't there also bring
00:25:01.63\00:25:04.83
memories, right?
00:25:04.87\00:25:07.57
Memories.
00:25:07.60\00:25:08.84
I remember my grandmother used
to use a very specific perfume
00:25:08.87\00:25:11.87
and so sometimes when I'm, you
know, when I'm out in places,
00:25:11.91\00:25:14.94
I smell that perfume and it
reminds me of my--reminds me
00:25:14.98\00:25:16.68
of my grandmother, right?
00:25:16.71\00:25:19.28
So the perfume is we
should be a fragrance, right?
00:25:19.31\00:25:22.65
We should be giving a smell,
not of course, a literal smell.
00:25:22.68\00:25:26.05
We should bathe always and
we should always be, right,
00:25:26.09\00:25:28.02
nice and clean.
00:25:28.06\00:25:29.36
But I'm talking about a
spiritualness, right, that when
00:25:29.39\00:25:31.19
people sense, they
sense a difference in us.
00:25:31.23\00:25:33.63
There's something about
it. You can't explain it.
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.06
You don't even see it sometimes.
But other people do, right?
00:25:36.10\00:25:39.70
Like Moses, when he
came down from the mountain.
00:25:39.73\00:25:41.54
He didn't realize that he was
reflecting the glory of God but
00:25:41.57\00:25:45.07
everybody else did.
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.44
And he was,
like, "What's wrong?"
00:25:46.47\00:25:47.78
And he was, like, "Oh!" He
had to cover his face, right?
00:25:47.81\00:25:50.28
That's how it should be.
00:25:50.31\00:25:51.61
Go with me to the
verse here that it uses.
00:25:51.65\00:25:53.48
I want to read this
one. 2 Corinthians chapter 2.
00:25:53.52\00:25:56.65
Right there after
Romans, 2 Corinthians chapter 2.
00:25:56.69\00:25:59.62
I thought this was a
very interesting verse.
00:25:59.65\00:26:02.26
2 Corinthians
chapter 2 and let's read
00:26:02.29\00:26:03.93
number--verse number 14.
00:26:03.96\00:26:06.80
2 Corinthians
chapter 2, verse number 14.
00:26:06.83\00:26:11.27
Everybody there?
00:26:11.30\00:26:13.70
2 Corinthians 2,
chapter 2, verse 14, amen?
00:26:13.74\00:26:18.77
It says: "Now thanks be
to God who always leaves us
00:26:18.81\00:26:21.88
in triumph in Christ,
and through us difficulties
00:26:21.91\00:26:26.82
diffuses the," what?
00:26:26.85\00:26:28.15
I'm sorry, "diffuses
the fragrance of," what?
00:26:28.18\00:26:31.85
"Of His knowledge
in every place," amen?
00:26:31.89\00:26:34.02
So when we go
places we should be what?
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.96
We should be reflecting, we
should be giving the fragrance
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.99
of the mind of Christ, amen?
00:26:38.03\00:26:39.93
The way we think, the way we
talk, the way we act, the way
00:26:39.96\00:26:43.40
that we represent ourselves.
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.20
It continues to say in verse 15:
"For we are to God the fragrance
00:26:45.23\00:26:48.34
of Christ among those
who are being saved and
00:26:48.37\00:26:51.27
among those who are perishing."
00:26:51.31\00:26:54.11
Do you smell like Christ, right?
00:26:54.14\00:26:55.91
Not literally. You
know what I'm talking about.
00:26:55.94\00:26:58.01
Do I have the fragrance of
Christ that when I go around, in
00:26:58.05\00:27:00.75
the same way that you get a
reaction from somebody that has
00:27:00.78\00:27:03.12
a very strong perfume or
a fragrance, they're like,
00:27:03.15\00:27:05.22
[sniffing]
00:27:05.25\00:27:06.55
"Ooh, is that--" Do we
have that same reaction?
00:27:06.59\00:27:08.02
Do we give off that same
reaction when we're around
00:27:08.06\00:27:10.13
people?
00:27:10.16\00:27:11.46
Both those that are
in church, the Saved,
00:27:11.49\00:27:12.79
and those that
are outside of church.
00:27:12.83\00:27:14.76
Are we reflecting something
different than what they see
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.50
daily in their regular
lives around other people?
00:27:17.53\00:27:20.00
And it closes in verse 16:
"To the one we are the aroma of
00:27:20.04\00:27:24.91
death leading to death, and
to the other the aroma of life
00:27:24.94\00:27:29.14
leading to life," amen?
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.28
And so in the same way I love
how Paul uses these different
00:27:31.31\00:27:34.18
metaphors and he's trying
to explain to us how we are
00:27:34.22\00:27:37.42
supposed to be standing out, the
difference as we are a community
00:27:37.45\00:27:40.49
of servants that is serving,
that is giving this commission
00:27:40.52\00:27:43.49
out to the world
and showing the world.
00:27:43.53\00:27:45.36
Now, agents of change.
00:27:45.39\00:27:47.30
I have--it's interesting here
because today, Christianity,
00:27:47.30\00:27:52.93
especially Christianity
and that's not--it's not
00:27:52.97\00:27:55.50
specifically to the
United States anymore.
00:27:55.54\00:27:56.91
Now we see it--it's very,
very common around the world.
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.37
But Christianity today
seems to be trying to be,
00:27:59.41\00:28:02.91
instead of agents of
change through character change,
00:28:02.94\00:28:05.85
we seem to be trying to
focus in on using the power
00:28:05.88\00:28:08.95
of the state to change, right?
00:28:08.98\00:28:11.89
Can the--can we use the
state or the laws of our country
00:28:11.92\00:28:15.16
to change the heart?
00:28:15.19\00:28:17.06
No, right?
00:28:17.09\00:28:18.39
It would just be exterior.
00:28:18.43\00:28:19.79
But we see this phenomenon and,
because we study prophecy so
00:28:19.83\00:28:22.93
closely, we know that one of the
main issues in the end times,
00:28:22.96\00:28:26.77
what it's going to be,
it's going to be the image
00:28:26.80\00:28:28.60
of the beast, right?
00:28:28.64\00:28:30.14
And so I can't avoid
tying into prophecy every time
00:28:30.17\00:28:32.61
I'm studying and reading.
00:28:32.64\00:28:33.94
And it's talking to us that
we know that in the future our
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.38
country which was founded
on these principles, right, the
00:28:36.41\00:28:40.08
Revelation 13 talks about
it had horns like a lamb, these
00:28:40.12\00:28:42.88
principles of separations
of church and state, the Bible
00:28:42.92\00:28:45.55
tells us that
eventually we're going to what?
00:28:45.59\00:28:47.96
We're going to go against those
principles and we're going to
00:28:47.99\00:28:50.99
bring church and state
together, making an image
00:28:51.03\00:28:53.16
of the beast, right?
00:28:53.19\00:28:56.70
And sadly, my loved
ones, what we're seeing today
00:28:56.73\00:28:58.30
and what I see is
a lot of Christians,
00:28:58.33\00:29:00.17
well-intentioned,
sincere Christians,
00:29:00.20\00:29:02.14
they're more focused on
using the power of the state
00:29:02.17\00:29:05.61
to try to impose
our beliefs on others.
00:29:05.64\00:29:09.61
Now is that what
we are here to do?
00:29:09.64\00:29:11.75
No, right?
00:29:11.78\00:29:13.31
Now, I'm not
saying that their, what?
00:29:13.35\00:29:15.15
Their intent is not correct,
but when I look in Scripture,
00:29:15.18\00:29:18.55
I don't see Jesus Christ, right?
00:29:18.59\00:29:20.92
He didn't get involved
in the politics of His day.
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.32
He didn't get involved
in the Roman occupation, no.
00:29:23.36\00:29:26.43
He's like, "No, no,
no, I'm not here for that.
00:29:26.46\00:29:28.03
I'm here for a greater purpose.
00:29:28.06\00:29:29.53
I'm here because
I'm here to save souls."
00:29:29.56\00:29:31.87
And so what we see, my loved
ones, is that we're trying to
00:29:31.90\00:29:35.97
use the power of the state, I'm
speaking in a very general term,
00:29:36.00\00:29:39.17
in Christianity in
general, to try to show others
00:29:39.21\00:29:41.68
what we believe.
00:29:41.71\00:29:43.35
But that's not going to
change the human heart, right?
00:29:43.38\00:29:45.78
That's not going
to change the way.
00:29:45.81\00:29:47.75
How is it that people
are changed and transformed?
00:29:47.78\00:29:50.15
It's through what?
00:29:50.19\00:29:51.49
It's through the power
of the Holy Spirit, amen?
00:29:51.52\00:29:53.22
And so look at this quote.
00:29:53.25\00:29:54.59
I thought this was a very
interesting quote on page 110.
00:29:54.62\00:29:57.33
I want to share it with you.
00:29:57.36\00:29:58.76
It really caught my attention.
00:29:58.79\00:30:00.26
Page 110, verse--it
was the third quote;
00:30:00.30\00:30:05.60
110, it's the last day, Friday.
00:30:05.63\00:30:07.60
It says: "The love of Christ
manifested in unselfish ministry
00:30:07.64\00:30:13.68
will be more effective
in reforming the evildoer
00:30:13.71\00:30:16.88
than will," what?
00:30:16.91\00:30:18.71
"The sword or
the court of justice.
00:30:18.75\00:30:22.28
Often the heart that hardens
under reproof will melt under
00:30:22.32\00:30:26.29
the love of Christ.
00:30:26.32\00:30:28.72
So she's specifically saying in
the ministry of healing, right?
00:30:28.76\00:30:32.23
She's saying--she used an ever
interesting word: "Reforming the
00:30:32.26\00:30:34.93
evildoer that
will--that will will the sword."
00:30:34.93\00:30:38.00
Now, what sword?
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.37
Do you know that the
Bible talks about two swords?
00:30:39.40\00:30:41.57
The first sword,
obviously, is what?
00:30:41.60\00:30:43.97
The Word of God, a
double-edged sword.
00:30:44.01\00:30:45.51
But do you know that there's
another sword in the Bible?
00:30:45.54\00:30:47.68
It's in Romans chapter 13.
00:30:47.71\00:30:49.21
You can write it down and you
can study it when you get back.
00:30:49.24\00:30:51.61
If you start reading in Romans
chapter 13, Paul's talking about
00:30:51.65\00:30:54.35
the sword but he's making
reference to the political
00:30:54.38\00:30:57.22
sword, right?
00:30:57.25\00:30:58.79
And he's saying that we are
to obey the civil laws of our
00:30:58.82\00:31:01.49
country, amen?
00:31:01.52\00:31:02.76
As Christians, we are to obey
the laws of our nation as long
00:31:02.79\00:31:06.43
as those laws do
not conflict with what?
00:31:06.46\00:31:09.46
With God's principles, right?
00:31:09.50\00:31:10.93
That's why we have
the Ten Commandments.
00:31:10.97\00:31:12.33
The Ten Commandments.
00:31:12.37\00:31:13.67
How many tablets?
00:31:13.70\00:31:15.37
Two tablets. Why two tablets?
00:31:15.40\00:31:18.07
Why two?
00:31:18.11\00:31:19.34
Did God run out of space when
He was writing the first one?
00:31:19.37\00:31:20.74
"Give Me another
tablet so I can finish."
00:31:20.78\00:31:22.11
No, we know very specifically,
first tablet has to do with
00:31:22.14\00:31:24.08
what?
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.41
Our first--the four commandments
that have to do with our
00:31:25.45\00:31:27.25
relationship with--second
tablet, the other six
00:31:27.28\00:31:30.19
commandment have to do with our
relationship towards--have you
00:31:30.22\00:31:33.15
ever noticed that
the Ten Commandments,
00:31:33.19\00:31:35.26
the first tablet
is God's priority?
00:31:35.29\00:31:37.96
Do you know that God
gives the state the jurisdiction
00:31:37.99\00:31:41.33
over the second tablet?
00:31:41.36\00:31:42.66
Have you ever
studied that, right?
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.00
The second tablet does--so let's
say, for example, honor your
00:31:44.03\00:31:47.10
mother and your father.
00:31:47.14\00:31:48.57
If you abuse of an elderly
person or if you abuse of your
00:31:48.60\00:31:50.11
mother and your father,
are there laws against that?
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.17
Yes. "Thou shall not kill."
00:31:52.21\00:31:53.51
Are there laws
against that? Yes.
00:31:53.54\00:31:54.84
"Thou shall not steal," "Thou
shall not commit adultery,"
00:31:54.88\00:31:56.48
all of the laws of the
second tablet are under
00:31:56.51\00:31:59.75
the jurisdiction of who?
00:31:59.78\00:32:01.82
Of the state, right?
00:32:01.85\00:32:04.02
Except which one?
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.92
The tenth commandment.
00:32:05.95\00:32:07.42
What's the
tenth commandment say?
00:32:07.46\00:32:08.82
"Thou shall not--" That's the
only one that's not legislative
00:32:08.86\00:32:12.26
here on the earthly kings.
00:32:12.29\00:32:13.80
You know why?
00:32:13.83\00:32:15.23
'Cause if it--if we
were to legislate covenants,
00:32:15.26\00:32:17.47
the capitalist
system would fall apart.
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.57
It's an economic joke for those
of you that like economics,
00:32:19.60\00:32:21.87
right?
00:32:21.90\00:32:23.27
I'm just joking.
But are you selling me?
00:32:23.30\00:32:25.07
And so we are to follow the laws
of our nation as long as those
00:32:25.11\00:32:27.88
laws do not conflict with what?
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.84
With the law of God.
Did we see this in Daniel?
00:32:29.88\00:32:32.35
Yes, Daniel was what?
00:32:32.38\00:32:33.92
One of the high--where he was in
the--in Nebuchadnezzar's cabinet
00:32:33.95\00:32:37.05
but what happened to Daniel?
00:32:37.09\00:32:38.99
The law--the king got
out of his jurisdiction.
00:32:39.02\00:32:41.09
He went into the first
table, the first tablet,
00:32:41.12\00:32:43.73
and he tried to what?
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.06
To impose worship
and what did Daniel say?
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.43
"Uh-uh," right?
00:32:46.46\00:32:48.16
So what I'm saying here,
my loved ones, and what Sister
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.33
White is saying here very
clearly is that to win the
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.70
hearts over, we're
not to use the state.
00:32:52.73\00:32:54.90
We're not to use
the power of the state.
00:32:54.94\00:32:56.47
We're to use what?
00:32:56.50\00:32:58.14
Love, amen?
00:32:58.17\00:32:59.77
We're to win people over.
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.88
I was recently see--I saw a
documentary that was this gay
00:33:01.91\00:33:05.08
parade and there was this group
of Christians that show up to
00:33:05.11\00:33:07.85
every gay, you know, parade
or manifestation and these
00:33:07.88\00:33:10.85
Christians show up
and guess what they have?
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.35
They have these posters, right?
00:33:12.39\00:33:15.46
And they say:
"Oh, God hates you.
00:33:15.49\00:33:17.86
You're going to burn in hell."
00:33:17.89\00:33:20.96
And I'm, like, "Is that
the way we're supposed to
00:33:20.96\00:33:23.37
win them over?"
00:33:23.40\00:33:25.30
No, right?
00:33:25.33\00:33:26.77
And they say, "Oh, we're
just telling truth how it is.
00:33:26.80\00:33:28.77
We're just saying it so
that they know what's coming."
00:33:28.80\00:33:31.17
I'm, like, "The Bible
says that we're to be a light
00:33:31.21\00:33:33.48
to the world," amen?
00:33:33.51\00:33:35.01
That it's through our works that
people are to see the light,
00:33:35.04\00:33:37.71
the beauty, of it.
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.08
I'm saying if we're screaming
at them and yelling at them,
00:33:39.11\00:33:41.02
they're not going to want
anything to do with us, right?
00:33:41.05\00:33:43.08
They're not
going to listen to us.
00:33:43.12\00:33:44.75
And so we--what we see in
this--what we see in this world,
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.32
my loved ones, is that
understanding that there are
00:33:47.36\00:33:49.29
things that are wrong, but as
agents of change, we're supposed
00:33:49.32\00:33:52.79
to be changers of what?
00:33:52.83\00:33:54.36
We're supposed to be changers
through the power of Jesus
00:33:54.36\00:33:56.00
Christ, amen?
00:33:56.03\00:33:57.43
That our character
transformation is to witness.
00:33:57.47\00:33:59.77
That's why it says in Matthew
24:14, Jesus says that this
00:33:59.80\00:34:02.74
gospel shall be
preached to world, to the what?
00:34:02.77\00:34:05.24
To the whole--to
the world who--how?
00:34:05.27\00:34:08.48
Through testimony, right?
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.95
It's through our witness, it's
through our testimony, that we
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.22
are to win people over, amen?
00:34:14.25\00:34:16.79
It's by subduing the heart.
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.32
That's what she
says in that quote.
00:34:18.35\00:34:19.79
It's by them
seeing our mercy, right?
00:34:19.82\00:34:23.22
How we reflect the
mercy of God, the love of God,
00:34:23.26\00:34:25.59
the patience of God.
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.03
That's how we are to
win people over to Christ.
00:34:27.03\00:34:29.63
It's not bashing them
over the head with the Bible.
00:34:29.66\00:34:32.57
And actually, the Bible is not
to bash people over the head,
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.84
in case you didn't know.
00:34:34.87\00:34:36.10
The Bible is to bash myself over
my head, and to me show that and
00:34:36.14\00:34:40.74
to win them over, I know, it's
uncomfortable and some of the
00:34:40.78\00:34:44.21
things in the practices and the
things we see, but it's through
00:34:44.25\00:34:47.02
love that we are
to conquer, amen?
00:34:47.05\00:34:49.48
It is not through hate and
so, as we are agents of change,
00:34:49.52\00:34:52.69
my loved ones, and the Bible
says we are the remnant, right?
00:34:52.72\00:34:56.86
Revelation chapter 12,
verse 17, what does it say?
00:34:56.89\00:34:59.33
"And the devil did," what?
00:34:59.36\00:35:00.80
"He was enraged with the woman."
00:35:00.83\00:35:02.86
And what did he do?
00:35:02.90\00:35:04.23
"He went to make war on
her," and who is the woman?
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.90
"The remnant of the seed."
00:35:06.94\00:35:08.67
Who is the seed? Christ.
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.21
The woman is the church and
there shall be a remnant, right,
00:35:11.24\00:35:15.31
that last stage of the woman,
the last remnant, the last part
00:35:15.34\00:35:19.15
of God's people on
earth, and they shall do what?
00:35:19.18\00:35:21.72
They shall be keeping what?
00:35:21.75\00:35:23.65
The commandments of
God and have what else?
00:35:23.69\00:35:25.82
The testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:35:25.85\00:35:27.96
Now, if you want to summarize
what is the testimony of Jesus
00:35:27.99\00:35:30.03
Christ, this is it, amen?
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.73
It's the Word of God.
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.30
It's the Holy Spirit speaking
through His servants, through
00:35:34.36\00:35:36.16
His prophets, as what?
00:35:36.20\00:35:37.60
As testimony, as witness.
00:35:37.63\00:35:39.37
And you and I are what?
00:35:39.40\00:35:41.30
We are pages in
God's Word, amen?
00:35:41.34\00:35:44.37
We are a
testimony, we are a fragrance.
00:35:44.41\00:35:47.28
People are to see the power of
God to transform our lives and
00:35:47.31\00:35:51.58
they will want to
participate also of this, amen?
00:35:51.61\00:35:54.95
And we see this when the lesson
talks about Exodus chapter 32
00:35:54.98\00:35:59.15
with Moses, right?
00:35:59.19\00:36:00.99
It says Moses--what
happened with Moses?
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.26
We saw the--Moses was
interceding on behalf of all
00:36:03.29\00:36:07.96
these people that they--God had
just told them about His law, He
00:36:08.00\00:36:11.50
went up to give them the
commandments and, as Moses was
00:36:11.53\00:36:14.37
up, he hears
this rowding, right?
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.04
And then he comes down and
Joshua says, "There's--it looks
00:36:16.07\00:36:18.71
like there's war down there."
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.11
And Moses says, "No,
that's not war," right?
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.34
There was dancing
and celebrating, right?
00:36:22.38\00:36:24.41
And so what does God do?
00:36:24.45\00:36:25.98
God says, "I'm going to
finish with all of them."
00:36:26.01\00:36:27.32
And what does Moses do?
00:36:27.35\00:36:29.98
He intercedes.
00:36:30.02\00:36:32.05
I have a
question, my loved ones.
00:36:32.09\00:36:34.39
We, knowing the things that
we know, knowing that our high
00:36:34.42\00:36:37.73
priest Jesus Christ is in
the heavenly sanctuary and He is
00:36:37.76\00:36:41.06
ministering and very soon His
work is going to come to an end,
00:36:41.10\00:36:44.47
as Moses did, what should
we be doing here on Earth?
00:36:44.50\00:36:49.14
We should be interceding
also on behalf of who?
00:36:49.17\00:36:52.27
Of those that are doing what?
00:36:52.31\00:36:53.81
That are
worshiping the calf, amen?
00:36:53.84\00:36:56.71
In the same way, I'm talking
about both Christians and
00:36:56.75\00:36:58.81
non-Christians, we are supposed
to be the difference here to the
00:36:58.85\00:37:02.28
rest of the world, to the rest
of Christianity, to intercede on
00:37:02.32\00:37:07.12
God's part and Moses said,
"I'd prefer to die," right?
00:37:07.16\00:37:10.59
He put his life on the line.
00:37:10.63\00:37:13.43
Are we willing to do that?
00:37:13.46\00:37:15.00
Or do we look at people that
don't have our--don't share our
00:37:15.03\00:37:17.63
common beliefs and our common
doctrines and we're pointing
00:37:17.67\00:37:20.10
fingers, "Oh, look at what they
do on this thing and look at how
00:37:20.14\00:37:22.27
they do and look at the way that
they sing and look at the way
00:37:22.30\00:37:25.57
that they have
their worship service."
00:37:25.61\00:37:26.91
And we're pointing
fingers when we should be what?
00:37:26.94\00:37:29.14
Interceding,
praying, say, "Lord, help me.
00:37:29.18\00:37:32.51
How can I be an
influence to them?
00:37:32.55\00:37:34.65
How can I be an influence to my
neighbor who loves You sincerely
00:37:34.68\00:37:39.49
but the things that they're
doing is not the way that you
00:37:39.52\00:37:41.42
have taught us," right?
00:37:41.46\00:37:43.09
The truths that we
have, my loved ones,
00:37:43.12\00:37:44.86
we should be interceding.
00:37:44.89\00:37:46.19
First, Lord, have mercy
on them. Have mercy on me.
00:37:46.23\00:37:48.46
And help me to be an instrument
of change in their lives
00:37:48.50\00:37:52.77
and to show them, right?
00:37:52.80\00:37:54.87
Not by going over their house
and saying, "You know what?
00:37:54.90\00:37:57.01
The way that you worship
at your church, that's wrong.
00:37:57.04\00:38:00.88
That's--it's not wrong, that
stuff's--" No, it's about what?
00:38:00.91\00:38:04.78
It's about love, amen?
00:38:04.81\00:38:06.31
It's going over there,
ministering to their needs,
00:38:06.35\00:38:09.12
ministering to them and seeing
the things that they want and
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.62
that's how we are
supposed to be reaching souls.
00:38:11.65\00:38:14.16
And so the lesson talks about
in this context of this is the
00:38:14.19\00:38:17.49
purpose that
we're here for, right?
00:38:17.53\00:38:19.53
We're to be ambassadors,
we're to be perfume, we're to be
00:38:19.56\00:38:22.03
agents of change, we're to
be ministering to the needs of
00:38:22.06\00:38:24.50
those around us, and
sometimes we get caught up.
00:38:24.53\00:38:26.97
The lesson talks about
reaching the soul, right?
00:38:27.00\00:38:29.64
How do we reach the souls?
00:38:29.67\00:38:31.14
And the lesson talks about
how sometimes we get caught up
00:38:31.17\00:38:34.38
between ministering to
the commune--I think the--it
00:38:34.41\00:38:38.28
specifically says: "Social
work or gospel work, charity or
00:38:38.31\00:38:41.98
witnessing,
justice or evangelism."
00:38:42.02\00:38:45.39
And so my question is why
do they have to be mutually
00:38:45.42\00:38:48.69
exclusive, right?
00:38:48.72\00:38:51.39
It's the same thing.
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.53
When we are talking about
ministering, when we are talking
00:38:53.56\00:38:56.03
about--when we're talking about
reaching out to our community
00:38:56.06\00:38:58.93
with the truth as well, amen?
00:38:58.97\00:39:00.90
But how did Jesus
reach people with the truth?
00:39:00.94\00:39:03.41
He didn't go up to them
and say, "You know what?
00:39:03.44\00:39:04.84
You Samaritans, you
know, you're just horrible."
00:39:04.87\00:39:07.58
No, He did what?
00:39:07.61\00:39:08.91
He ministered to their needs.
00:39:08.94\00:39:10.95
And so the way that we draw
people in, the way that we catch
00:39:10.98\00:39:14.55
people's attention
is through ministering
00:39:14.58\00:39:16.55
to their needs, right?
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.42
As AFCOE director, right,
I teach the evangelism cycle.
00:39:19.45\00:39:22.19
We don't just go
straight into evangelism
00:39:22.22\00:39:24.16
and public evangelism.
00:39:24.19\00:39:25.73
We do what?
00:39:25.76\00:39:27.20
There's a whole work that is
supposed to be built up before
00:39:27.23\00:39:29.26
we get to the public preaching
of the truth, which is what?
00:39:29.30\00:39:32.33
Is first is through
personal preparation, right?
00:39:32.37\00:39:35.07
Revival and reformation in my
own life, preparing to be open
00:39:35.10\00:39:38.27
so that the Spirit can use me so
how I can reach X and Y person,
00:39:38.31\00:39:42.18
my neighbor, my friend, because
the Bible doesn't say, "Carlos,
00:39:42.21\00:39:45.25
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
at the gas station there's going
00:39:45.28\00:39:47.88
to be a person there called John
and I want you to minister to
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.05
him because he's
feeling depressed."
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.45
The Bible doesn't tell me
that but the Holy Spirit will.
00:39:52.49\00:39:56.36
And so I need to be connected
to the Holy Spirit so that the
00:39:56.39\00:39:58.66
Spirit can tell me and guide me
who are the people that I need
00:39:58.69\00:40:01.23
to minster to, amen?
00:40:01.26\00:40:02.56
And so once we've got
that connection to God,
00:40:02.60\00:40:05.93
then it's what?
00:40:05.97\00:40:07.27
It's about gaining
their confidence, right?
00:40:07.30\00:40:08.97
Winning them over. Through what?
00:40:09.00\00:40:11.27
Through
ministering to their needs.
00:40:11.31\00:40:12.61
How do--how can I
minister to somebody's needs
00:40:12.64\00:40:14.78
if I don't know their needs?
00:40:14.81\00:40:16.95
I have to have contact with
people, I have to connect, and
00:40:16.98\00:40:20.95
so once I know their needs, I
start ministering to their needs
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.82
and when their needs are met,
whether it be physical, whether
00:40:23.85\00:40:26.52
it be social, whether it be
emotional, whatever their need,
00:40:26.55\00:40:29.29
everybody has a
need, you know how I know?
00:40:29.32\00:40:31.39
Because we all have needs
too, and I have needs too.
00:40:31.43\00:40:33.80
We're all battling
and struggling here.
00:40:33.83\00:40:35.86
But we are to be agents of
this change, amen, and to bring
00:40:35.90\00:40:40.27
people this hope.
00:40:40.30\00:40:42.47
And when we do that, guess what?
00:40:42.50\00:40:43.87
We've gained their confidence,
we win them over, and then what?
00:40:43.91\00:40:46.41
And then we start
sharing the Word, amen?
00:40:46.44\00:40:48.98
Sometimes what I've noticed too
also is that sometimes a lot of
00:40:49.01\00:40:52.21
ministries do a lot
of great work, right?
00:40:52.25\00:40:54.48
And I've seen churches that they
have this community outreach
00:40:54.52\00:40:57.62
program and it's just great.
00:40:57.65\00:40:58.99
It's, you know, feeding the poor
and ministering to the community
00:40:59.02\00:41:03.09
and doing all of this,
but they forget about what?
00:41:03.12\00:41:06.16
The whole purpose is just not
to minister to minister, right?
00:41:06.19\00:41:09.40
It's like if we're trying
to appease our conscience,
00:41:09.43\00:41:12.47
you know, "Ooh, I did my
Christian work today," right?
00:41:12.50\00:41:15.30
Ah, I gave up a plate of
food to a homeless person.
00:41:15.34\00:41:18.47
Yeah, good, I'm good to go now.
00:41:18.51\00:41:20.88
That's not what it's
about, my loved ones.
00:41:20.91\00:41:23.04
That is part of it but the part
of that is to connect with them
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.91
so that we can reach them with
Christ, because we can serve,
00:41:25.95\00:41:29.18
we can minister to somebody's
needs but at the end of the day
00:41:29.22\00:41:31.62
they're still going to what?
00:41:31.65\00:41:32.95
They're still going to die.
00:41:32.99\00:41:34.29
But when we use that as a tool,
right, the ministering and the
00:41:34.32\00:41:40.96
sharing and the reaching out
to the community is not the end;
00:41:40.96\00:41:43.70
it's the means.
00:41:43.73\00:41:45.20
The end is who?
00:41:45.23\00:41:47.20
Christ.
00:41:47.24\00:41:48.67
So we're using
this to reach the soul,
00:41:48.70\00:41:50.34
to reach out to them, right?
00:41:50.37\00:41:51.94
And so these two things
are not mutually exclusive,
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.51
my loved ones.
00:41:54.54\00:41:55.84
They're the same and one.
00:41:55.88\00:41:57.21
That's why it says it's through
testimony that this gospel shall
00:41:57.25\00:41:59.41
be preached to
the whole world, amen?
00:41:59.45\00:42:02.05
It's through our witnessing
and what does our witnessing
00:42:02.08\00:42:03.89
represent?
00:42:03.92\00:42:05.22
If we are witnessing because
we have been--we are being
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.79
transformed through the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:42:06.82\00:42:09.16
then we should
be reflecting what?
00:42:09.19\00:42:10.49
The character of God.
00:42:10.53\00:42:11.83
And the
character of God is what?
00:42:11.86\00:42:13.16
God is always on what?
00:42:13.19\00:42:14.46
He's always in
evangelism mode, amen?
00:42:14.50\00:42:15.96
He's always seeking, looking,
open, trying to reach the heart.
00:42:16.00\00:42:20.07
That should be
our mentality too.
00:42:20.10\00:42:22.60
That should be what we
should be doing then, right?
00:42:22.64\00:42:25.17
Because at the end of the
day, this is not our hope.
00:42:25.21\00:42:28.11
We know this is going to end up.
00:42:28.14\00:42:29.68
We should be looking and what?
00:42:29.71\00:42:31.05
We should be looking to reach
the heart of people, ministering
00:42:31.08\00:42:33.28
them so that they can what?
00:42:33.31\00:42:34.68
So that they can also be part
of this great community that God
00:42:34.72\00:42:36.32
has, amen?
00:42:36.35\00:42:37.65
Join in with us and do what?
And go and reach more souls.
00:42:37.69\00:42:42.56
So if we are not participating,
if we are not working together,
00:42:42.59\00:42:46.59
my loved ones, as
this community of servants,
00:42:46.63\00:42:48.73
then there is something
that--there's a disconnect
00:42:48.76\00:42:51.40
between us and God, right?
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.00
If we don't have that passion,
if we don't have that desire
00:42:53.03\00:42:57.47
to want to minister to
our neighbors, to our friends,
00:42:57.51\00:43:00.14
to our co-workers, to
our family, to the community
00:43:00.18\00:43:02.98
that we live in, then that means
we are disconnected somehow
00:43:03.01\00:43:06.01
in some way from God and so
what is the first thing we need?
00:43:06.05\00:43:08.92
We need revival
and reformation, right?
00:43:08.95\00:43:11.02
We need to connect
with God again so that what?
00:43:11.05\00:43:13.86
So that we can have that.
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.22
I remember one of
my favorite preachers,
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.62
he's a--he speaks in Spanish.
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.36
He says--he said a phrase
one time that I never forget.
00:43:19.39\00:43:21.56
He said, "Those that do not have
the missionary, the evangelistic
00:43:21.60\00:43:26.84
spirit, do not
have the Spirit of God."
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.01
Hoo, and that hit me hard.
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.71
I was, like, "Wow."
00:43:32.74\00:43:34.11
He said, "If you don't have that
spirit to reach out and to--you
00:43:34.14\00:43:36.61
don't have the Spirit of God."
00:43:36.64\00:43:38.35
Because that was the
spirit that led Christ.
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.18
He reached out, He touched
the leper, He saved, He healed,
00:43:41.22\00:43:44.19
He ministered to everybody.
00:43:44.22\00:43:45.69
I believe that when we go
in--when we go back to heaven
00:43:45.72\00:43:48.12
because we're all
going to be there, amen?
00:43:48.16\00:43:50.29
We're going to see that Jesus
touched the life of every single
00:43:50.33\00:43:54.23
person that lived in Palestine,
in Galilee, and all that region.
00:43:54.30\00:43:57.97
Every single person that
lived in that area was one way
00:43:58.00\00:44:02.00
directly or
indirectly touched through
00:44:02.04\00:44:04.37
the power of Jesus Christ.
00:44:04.41\00:44:06.04
I believe that and
that's our influence too, amen?
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.01
We should also--this lesson
is talking about us being agents
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.68
of change, us ministering,
reaching out to the hearts
00:44:11.71\00:44:14.52
and souls of
those that around us.
00:44:14.55\00:44:16.35
Not just to put a check
box on the Christian and say,
00:44:16.38\00:44:18.82
"Boop, there it is.
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.16
I did my mission work.
00:44:20.19\00:44:22.32
I gave out a pamphlet.
00:44:22.36\00:44:23.89
I gave out a magazine."
00:44:23.93\00:44:25.23
Those things are good
too, don't get me wrong,
00:44:25.26\00:44:27.83
but our purpose is to what?
00:44:27.86\00:44:29.40
Is to minister to the needs of
those, to win their confidence,
00:44:29.43\00:44:33.00
and then be able to give them
the everlasting gospel, amen?
00:44:33.03\00:44:35.77
A gospel that has--that nobody
else on this Earth has, that
00:44:35.80\00:44:39.41
nobody else is preaching, amen?
00:44:39.44\00:44:42.24
And so part of what the
lesson is talking about is also
00:44:42.28\00:44:46.51
encouraging each
other in this work, amen?
00:44:46.55\00:44:50.05
Working together, right?
00:44:50.09\00:44:51.82
This is what we are. We
are a community of servants.
00:44:51.85\00:44:53.96
God has called
us to be different,
00:44:53.99\00:44:56.52
to be unique, to be special.
00:44:56.56\00:44:58.33
Not to think that we're better.
00:44:58.36\00:45:00.53
And so our mission
field is not also reaching out
00:45:00.56\00:45:03.63
but we need to do this together.
00:45:03.67\00:45:06.13
This is what we're here for.
00:45:06.17\00:45:07.94
We're here as we come
together on Sabbath day,
00:45:07.97\00:45:09.67
right, because why?
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.04
We want to worship God
and say thank You, God, right?
00:45:11.07\00:45:13.01
Thank You for being my creator.
00:45:13.04\00:45:14.34
Thank You for being my redeemer.
00:45:14.38\00:45:15.71
Thank You for
sanctifying me every day.
00:45:15.74\00:45:18.01
Thank You for this.
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.35
That's what we come here Sabbath
morning to congregate and give
00:45:19.38\00:45:21.75
honor and glory to our
God, amen, as His Word says.
00:45:21.78\00:45:25.59
But that's not
should be it, right?
00:45:25.62\00:45:28.56
We're together.
00:45:28.59\00:45:29.89
We should be
co-missioned, right?
00:45:29.92\00:45:31.26
We're on a mission together.
00:45:31.29\00:45:32.66
We're a unity of
people that are what?
00:45:32.69\00:45:34.60
That have a mission to go
and reach out to our community,
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.40
to reach out.
00:45:37.43\00:45:38.90
And so I'm going to
challenge you this week.
00:45:38.93\00:45:41.57
I'm going to
challenge you that maybe
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.00
you haven't had that spirit.
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.57
Maybe you've been
here, "No, I'm fine here.
00:45:45.61\00:45:47.88
I don't mess
around with anybody."
00:45:47.91\00:45:49.44
Yeah, but you don't
influence anybody either.
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.35
You're just in
your little capsule,
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.68
you're in your little bubble.
00:45:53.72\00:45:55.25
It's time to get
out of that bubble.
00:45:55.28\00:45:57.75
It's time to start what?
00:45:57.79\00:45:59.15
And the only way to do it is,
Lord, I don't have that heart to
00:45:59.19\00:46:02.46
minister out to the others.
00:46:02.49\00:46:03.93
That's all right, there's no
problem with that because Jesus
00:46:03.96\00:46:05.93
says in Matthew chapter
7, verse 7, what does He say?
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.96
"Ask and you
shall--knock and you shall--"
00:46:08.00\00:46:12.90
What--how does it say?
00:46:12.93\00:46:14.24
I'm reading in Spanish.
00:46:14.27\00:46:15.57
"Ask and you shall--"
And then, "Knock and--" amen.
00:46:15.60\00:46:21.54
So what should we be doing?
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.04
Lord, give me a
missionary heart.
00:46:23.08\00:46:27.25
Give me an
evangelistic heart, right?
00:46:27.28\00:46:29.68
You don't have to go to China,
you don't have to go to Africa
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.02
to minister to people's needs.
00:46:32.05\00:46:33.36
There are people all
around us that are desperately
00:46:33.39\00:46:36.06
needing the gospel.
00:46:36.09\00:46:38.19
And so our job is to take them
the gospel and the gospel is not
00:46:38.23\00:46:41.20
just some theory.
00:46:41.23\00:46:42.60
The gospel is
not just a doctrine.
00:46:42.63\00:46:44.20
The gospel is Jesus Christ, and
it is our opportunity to share
00:46:44.23\00:46:48.50
this, to give these people
hope, to give them healing.
00:46:48.54\00:46:51.24
That's what we're called to
do and I think that's what this
00:46:51.27\00:46:52.97
lesson in general is talking
about, is how we are to be
00:46:53.01\00:46:57.35
this--God's unique special
people on the Earth to show them
00:46:57.38\00:47:00.45
that there's something
different, to show them that
00:47:00.48\00:47:02.55
there's something
better, to reach out to them,
00:47:02.58\00:47:06.89
and things will happen.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.22
So what's my
challenge for you this week?
00:47:08.26\00:47:10.73
My challenge for
you this week is this.
00:47:10.76\00:47:12.09
And the Holy
Spirit's going to remind you.
00:47:12.13\00:47:15.26
You--I want you to go out to
your neighbor that you haven't
00:47:15.30\00:47:19.27
talked to, that maybe
you don't even know, right?
00:47:19.30\00:47:22.27
If you know the neighbor next to
you, go them to--and I want you
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.64
to go and pray for them, amen?
00:47:24.67\00:47:27.91
What are you going to do?
00:47:27.94\00:47:29.28
Just pray for them.
00:47:29.31\00:47:30.65
Just go to your neighbor
and say, "Hey, neighbor."
00:47:30.68\00:47:32.01
If you know them, amen.
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.35
If you don't, go, "Hey, I'm--"
Because I just got two neighbors
00:47:33.38\00:47:36.52
that go in so I'm going to do
this too, that just moved into
00:47:36.55\00:47:39.02
my apartment complex.
00:47:39.05\00:47:40.96
And just go up to them and
say, "Hey, my name is Carlos.
00:47:40.99\00:47:43.39
I'm here from apartment.
00:47:43.43\00:47:45.53
I just wanted to greet you.
00:47:45.56\00:47:46.93
I just want to say
I'm--I want to pray for you.
00:47:46.96\00:47:48.23
That's all I want to do.
00:47:48.26\00:47:49.56
I just want to say
hi and to pray for you.
00:47:49.60\00:47:50.90
Can you tell me
what are your needs?
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.50
Anything that you would like me
to pray for you," and watch out
00:47:52.53\00:47:55.17
because they're
going to start telling.
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.87
And once they open up to their
needs, then the Holy Spirit is
00:47:56.91\00:47:59.01
going to use you as an
instrument, as an agent of
00:47:59.04\00:48:01.24
change, to minister to those
needs that they have, amen?
00:48:01.28\00:48:04.18
Whatever it may
be, and start praying,
00:48:04.21\00:48:05.91
and just pray with them.
00:48:05.95\00:48:07.25
And that's how you're
going to, little by little, gain
00:48:07.28\00:48:08.52
confidence and watch how this
Holy Spirit works because He's
00:48:08.55\00:48:11.02
going to give you more and
more opportunities to interact
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.89
with your neighbors,
with your co-workers,
00:48:13.92\00:48:16.12
with your family members.
00:48:16.16\00:48:17.53
You maybe have some
strained relationships.
00:48:17.56\00:48:19.79
That's okay, that's
okay, I understand that.
00:48:19.83\00:48:22.66
Work on them now,
pray, and start reaching out.
00:48:22.70\00:48:25.67
Minister to their
needs, and then we're like,
00:48:25.70\00:48:27.80
"Oh, my neighbor asked
me what church do I go to.
00:48:27.84\00:48:30.01
What do I do now?"
00:48:30.04\00:48:31.37
Come to me, come to Pastor
Shawn, come to Pastor Doug, come
00:48:31.41\00:48:33.04
to Pastor Luccas, or any
of the elders here and say,
00:48:33.07\00:48:36.51
"My neighbor wants
to know a little bit.
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.41
What do I do?"
00:48:38.45\00:48:39.78
Amen, we'll start doing
some Bible studies, amen?
00:48:39.81\00:48:42.22
But that's what we're here for.
00:48:42.25\00:48:44.12
We're here to be agents of
change and so as we look at the
00:48:44.15\00:48:47.39
lesson I want to just to
read the last quote in the--in
00:48:47.42\00:48:51.36
today's lesson.
00:48:51.39\00:48:52.73
Go with me to page 110, 110.
00:48:52.76\00:48:57.33
It was a very interesting quote.
00:48:57.37\00:48:58.93
It was from A.G.
00:48:58.97\00:49:00.64
Daniels in regards to
Ellen White's funeral.
00:49:00.67\00:49:03.64
He said
something very interesting.
00:49:03.67\00:49:05.51
It says, the last paragraph on
page 110, he says: "Slavery, the
00:49:05.54\00:49:08.78
cast system, unjust racial
prejudice, the oppression of the
00:49:08.81\00:49:11.98
poor, the neglect of the
unfortunate, these all are set
00:49:12.01\00:49:15.62
forth as unChristian and a
serious menace to the wellbeing
00:49:15.65\00:49:19.05
of the human race.
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.49
And as evils which the church
of Christ is appointed by her
00:49:20.52\00:49:23.26
Lord," to do what?
00:49:23.29\00:49:24.76
"To overthrow."
00:49:24.79\00:49:26.26
Now, ministering to
those problems isn't the end,
00:49:26.29\00:49:28.56
my loved ones.
00:49:28.60\00:49:29.93
It's the means to a
greater thing and it's to what?
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.77
To minister them
to Jesus Christ, amen?
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.70
So we are here with this
purpose: to be different, to be
00:49:33.74\00:49:36.30
special, to be unique,
to show the world something
00:49:36.34\00:49:38.74
that they're not seeing.
00:49:38.77\00:49:40.88
And if we're trying to do
what everybody else is doing,
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.64
then we're not being
any unique in that, right?
00:49:42.68\00:49:44.75
We have a special unique message
and this lesson points to we're
00:49:44.78\00:49:48.42
here to minister to
their needs with what purpose?
00:49:48.45\00:49:50.89
To take them to Christ, amen?
00:49:50.92\00:49:52.65
To reach them out to Christ.
00:49:52.69\00:49:53.99
And so I hope that this
quarterly lesson--I know it's
00:49:54.02\00:49:55.82
really reinforced in me too,
that I have to have my spiritual
00:49:55.86\00:49:59.66
eyes and ears open because
I'm--I am an ambassador all over
00:49:59.69\00:50:04.00
wherever I go and I
need to be to ministering
00:50:04.03\00:50:05.90
to those that are around me.
00:50:05.93\00:50:07.27
Can I hear an "Amen"?
00:50:07.30\00:50:08.60
Does everybody here want to say,
"Lord, I want to be a faithful
00:50:08.64\00:50:10.14
ambassador too.
00:50:10.17\00:50:11.57
I want to be a faithful
witness to the Lord," amen?
00:50:11.61\00:50:13.84
Stand up if it's
your desire today to say,
00:50:13.88\00:50:15.61
"Lord, You know what?
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.18
I've been a little bit
neglect--I've neglected my call
00:50:17.21\00:50:20.58
to action, my call to mission,"
and I'm the first one here to
00:50:20.62\00:50:24.39
admit, you know, sometimes, I
pass by the person that I know
00:50:24.42\00:50:28.19
is in need and--because
it's not--I don't have the time
00:50:28.22\00:50:30.96
right now or I have to do this.
00:50:30.99\00:50:32.46
I'm the first one to recognize,
my loved ones, but I want to be
00:50:32.49\00:50:35.50
sure that I am connected
to God every day through
00:50:35.53\00:50:38.23
study and prayer, why?
00:50:38.27\00:50:39.63
So that the Holy
Spirit can reach me,
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.54
so that I can
reach others, amen?
00:50:41.57\00:50:43.34
So I can be this powerful
influence that God wants us to
00:50:43.37\00:50:45.87
be to the community.
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.21
I think that would be the focus
of what this lesson was about,
00:50:47.24\00:50:49.14
is that we're here not to be in
our bubble, put our seatbelt on
00:50:49.18\00:50:52.45
and hit cruise control
and wait for Jesus to show up.
00:50:52.48\00:50:54.82
No, my loved ones, we're to
get out of the car and to go
00:50:54.85\00:50:57.92
minister out to the
needs of the community, right?
00:50:57.95\00:51:00.66
And you are in your
mission field, where you live,
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.56
your friends, your
family, your neighbors.
00:51:03.59\00:51:05.29
That's your mission field.
00:51:05.33\00:51:07.13
And God has you
there for a purpose.
00:51:07.20\00:51:08.90
He wants you to reach out to
them and to minister to their
00:51:08.93\00:51:11.10
needs and then what?
00:51:11.13\00:51:12.70
When you gain their confidence,
then you can present them the
00:51:12.73\00:51:14.90
greatest need of the human heart
which is Jesus Christ, amen?
00:51:14.94\00:51:18.71
Amen, so before we
close, I have a word of prayer.
00:51:18.74\00:51:21.98
I wanted to remind you
of the gift that we have.
00:51:22.01\00:51:25.98
It's called--it's a DVD,
"Opening Our Hearts," right?
00:51:26.01\00:51:30.15
And you can do this
by a number of ways.
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You can call 1-866-788-3966
and offer number 827
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or you can also text, right?
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.66
In the digital world, we
can also text the code, "SH132,"
00:51:42.70\00:51:47.70
and text number 40544.
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.17
And this goes right in line
with what we're talking about,
00:51:50.21\00:51:52.17
opening our homes to Christ.
00:51:52.21\00:51:53.51
Our homes are what?
00:51:53.54\00:51:54.84
Our embassies, amen?
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.28
They're embassies and they
should be a light shining to our
00:51:56.31\00:51:58.81
community to come in
and so that we can be able
00:51:58.85\00:52:01.38
to share Christ with them.
00:52:01.42\00:52:02.72
Who says "Amen" for that?
00:52:02.75\00:52:04.05
Amen, so we want to thank
everybody that was with us on
00:52:04.09\00:52:05.59
watching our lesson today and
we hope to see you next week.
00:52:05.62\00:52:09.49
God bless.
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To get your digital copy of
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the key word on your screen to
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00:52:44.99\00:52:54.20
Doug Batchelor: Today's
smartphones are a virtual
00:52:55.14\00:52:56.74
universe of information that
fits in the palm of your hand.
00:52:56.77\00:53:00.34
It's a good thing we
have opposable thumbs.
00:53:00.38\00:53:02.51
With it, you can buy your
groceries, take care of your
00:53:02.54\00:53:06.01
exercise regime, watch a video,
listen to music, you can surf
00:53:06.05\00:53:10.25
the international worldwide
web which may not always
00:53:10.29\00:53:13.49
be a good thing.
00:53:13.52\00:53:15.02
And you know, there is more
computer processing technology
00:53:15.06\00:53:18.16
and power in a little smartphone
today than was used by NASA to
00:53:18.19\00:53:22.26
put a man on the moon.
00:53:22.30\00:53:23.73
And I almost forgot,
you can also use these
00:53:23.77\00:53:25.90
to make a phone call.
00:53:25.93\00:53:27.50
But who does that anymore?
00:53:27.54\00:53:29.04
Today, communication is
not in complete sentences.
00:53:29.07\00:53:31.81
It's all about short message
servicing, or SMS texting.
00:53:31.84\00:53:37.35
That's right, there are about
2.5 billion people in the world
00:53:37.38\00:53:41.02
today that are communicating
with their fellow humans in
00:53:41.05\00:53:43.59
short bytes called texting.
00:53:43.62\00:53:46.12
That's more data that is being
used than those who are surfing
00:53:46.15\00:53:48.82
the web or even
playing video games.
00:53:48.86\00:53:51.23
And, friends, nowhere is this
more true than right here in the
00:53:51.26\00:53:53.86
Philippines.
00:53:53.90\00:53:55.16
Even though the Philippines has
about 100 million people, they
00:53:55.20\00:53:58.13
are responsible for the largest
number of text messages of
00:53:58.17\00:54:01.30
anywhere in the world.
00:54:01.34\00:54:03.10
They're the 12th largest
country, but they send 400
00:54:03.14\00:54:06.51
million text messages every day.
00:54:06.54\00:54:09.81
Wow, that's a lot
of finger fatigue.
00:54:09.84\00:54:12.98
Even though the greatest
number of texters is here
00:54:13.01\00:54:14.92
in the Philippines, the
record for the fastest texter
00:54:14.95\00:54:17.69
in the world is from Brazil.
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.52
A young man by the name
of Marcel Fernandes Filho.
00:54:19.55\00:54:22.29
He was able to text 25 very
complicated words in a little
00:54:22.32\00:54:25.69
more than 18 seconds.
00:54:25.73\00:54:27.56
Wow, it takes me longer than
that to just say, "I love you,"
00:54:27.60\00:54:30.77
to my wife and press "Send."
00:54:30.80\00:54:33.00
All thumbs.
00:54:33.03\00:54:35.04
One of the neat things about
texting is you can text just
00:54:35.07\00:54:37.07
about anywhere.
00:54:37.11\00:54:38.61
If you're surrounded with
people, you want to send a
00:54:38.64\00:54:39.97
personal message, you text.
00:54:40.01\00:54:41.91
You're in a crowded subway
or an airport, you can text.
00:54:41.94\00:54:44.81
If you're surrounded by noise
or nosy people, you can text.
00:54:44.85\00:54:48.92
Just don't text
while you're driving.
00:54:48.95\00:54:51.19
That's what's so
wonderful, friends.
00:54:51.22\00:54:52.82
You can always
text God a message
00:54:52.85\00:54:54.96
of prayer from your heart.
00:54:54.99\00:54:56.66
When you're wondering
what school do I go to?
00:54:56.69\00:54:58.73
What job do I take?
00:54:58.76\00:55:00.06
Who am I supposed to date that
may be a future life partner?
00:55:00.10\00:55:03.13
Your prayers
don't have to be long.
00:55:03.16\00:55:04.87
The shortest prayer in the
Bible is three words, when Peter
00:55:04.90\00:55:07.44
prayed, "Lord, save me,"
and Jesus answered his prayer.
00:55:07.47\00:55:11.17
And it doesn't matter
how fast you can text when
00:55:11.21\00:55:13.41
you're talking to God.
00:55:13.44\00:55:14.84
He'll know what you're asking
for and hear your prayer before
00:55:14.88\00:55:17.38
you have a
chance to say, "Amen,"
00:55:17.41\00:55:19.18
and press the "Send" button.
00:55:19.21\00:55:20.52
In fact, friends, you'll bring
joy to God when you send Him
00:55:20.55\00:55:23.49
regular messages
from your heart to His.
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.39
So why don't you
talk to Him right now?
00:55:26.42\00:55:28.99
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00:55:29.02\00:55:39.00
announcer: "Amazing
Facts Changed Lives."
00:55:43.41\00:55:52.48
male: I had a lot of pressure
as a pastor's kid to perform.
00:55:52.51\00:55:57.72
They're not allowed to make the
same mistakes as everyone else.
00:55:57.75\00:56:01.46
Not only are people looking
at you, but they're judging your
00:56:01.49\00:56:05.86
father according to
what they see in you.
00:56:05.89\00:56:09.26
After a while, you get tired of
carrying that load as a child.
00:56:09.30\00:56:13.07
By the time it got
time for me to leave home,
00:56:13.10\00:56:17.47
I was pretty much
finished with all that.
00:56:17.51\00:56:20.01
I just--I wasn't good enough
and I didn't belong in there.
00:56:20.04\00:56:24.35
So when I left home, I went
to the world, at a dead run.
00:56:24.38\00:56:30.79
You know, I partied and went to
work and, you know, was living
00:56:30.82\00:56:33.92
my life as the way I wanted to.
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.26
And I just
wanted to be left alone.
00:56:36.29\00:56:39.19
One day, I was
driving my motorcycle with
00:56:39.23\00:56:41.60
some buddies of mine.
00:56:41.63\00:56:43.23
All of a sudden, I had oil
running everywhere, all up and
00:56:43.26\00:56:45.53
down my arm and across my
legs, and rippling down the
00:56:45.57\00:56:48.77
tank in the wind.
00:56:48.80\00:56:50.14
And we loaded it up on a
trailer and sent it to the
00:56:50.17\00:56:53.27
shop to have it fixed.
00:56:53.31\00:56:55.21
So I went to pick it
up and mechanic came out.
00:56:55.24\00:56:57.61
He said, "You know," he said,
"we got your front end rebuilt."
00:56:57.65\00:57:00.42
He said, "That
wasn't the bad part."
00:57:00.45\00:57:03.42
He said, "The bad part was
the only thing holding the front
00:57:03.45\00:57:05.55
tire on was the
weight of the motorcycle."
00:57:05.59\00:57:08.06
So all I would have had to have
done was accelerate quickly and
00:57:08.09\00:57:12.29
front tire would have came off.
00:57:12.33\00:57:14.93
And it got my attention, it got
me to thinking, "You know, you
00:57:14.96\00:57:17.50
hear a lot of people
talking about, you know, the
00:57:17.53\00:57:20.74
relationship that they have with
Jesus and all that, and I didn't
00:57:20.77\00:57:24.27
even know what that
was supposed to look like.
00:57:24.31\00:57:26.51
It began to work on my mind.
00:57:26.54\00:57:28.24
I think God was
beginning to speak to me.
00:57:28.28\00:57:31.58
I believe that you can
say I may be a poster child
00:57:31.61\00:57:34.75
for the
shepherd lost sheep story
00:57:34.78\00:57:37.22
because I
wasn't looking for God.
00:57:37.25\00:57:40.09
I didn't really care.
00:57:40.12\00:57:42.46
But He cared about me.
00:57:42.49\00:57:46.83
And He came and got me.
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announcer: Together, we have
spread the gospel much farther
00:57:57.31\00:58:00.34
than ever before.
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Thank you for your support.
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