Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), C.A. Murray (Host), Shelley Quinn, John Lomacang, Brian Hamilton
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015068A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and welcome to a very special 3ABN today. 01:12 This is an extremely special program, 01:14 so you want to draw close even now. 01:17 If, on the-- shot, 01:18 you saw a rather impressive stack of papers sitting here, 01:22 we're going to tell you what that's all about 01:24 because that is a, that is a testament 01:27 to the Goodness of God and the blessings. 01:29 There it is. 01:31 That's impressive brother, Shelton. 01:32 It's blessings on the go. 01:34 Indeed. Amen. 01:35 Let's introduce our guest here, 01:37 though not really a guest, but family. 01:38 Will do so. 01:39 Then we're going to come right back 01:41 and talk about this and let everybody jump in. 01:42 Yeah. All right. 01:44 We have to give Shelley Quinn another label, I think. 01:47 Yeah. 01:48 She is program development manager, 01:50 but since she has sort of dived, dived, dove, dive... 01:54 Took over. 01:55 Dived in with both feet on this. 01:59 We've got to give her... Maybe we should give you pom-poms 02:01 and a cheerleader outfit because she is really... 02:03 manager. 02:05 Yeah. blessings. 02:06 Yeah, we're going to have to add another title 02:07 to your already lengthy list of things that you do, 02:10 but Shelley Quinn is here. 02:12 Our pastor, John Lomacang who also has got a new title. 02:15 Absolutely. World Evangelist. 02:17 World Evangelism title. 02:18 And Brian who just has CEO, CFO. 02:22 He's just the money guy. 02:24 Now, he's got a new title. He's got a new title. 02:25 He's also 3ABN prison ministries director. 02:28 That is true. That is true. 02:30 Everybody's switching hats. 02:32 We're getting new hats. We're not letting any hats go. 02:35 We're just adding new hats here, 02:37 but this is going to be a great program. 02:38 CA was talking about this stack. 02:41 We talked to you last week or so. 02:43 It's been a week or two now about the blessing 02:46 on the Go Evangelistic Team member, 02:48 and we've asked you to be a part of that 02:51 for anybody who gives a monthly gift 02:53 to 3ABN of any size, 02:55 we want to send you a tool, that's an Evangelism tool. 02:58 So it's different and the idea is for years, 03:01 and I, from the very beginning Brian, 03:03 I said, "We'll never have begathons. 03:05 We'll never have, they call them praisathons, 03:08 but begathons. 03:09 I'm not going to do that." 03:12 Uh, we don't need to be beggars for the gospel, right? 03:15 We need to just give the truth 03:16 and the Lord will impress the people to give. 03:19 So we've never had... 03:21 No one's ever turned on the set off. 03:22 If you don't give the money, we're turning the lights, 03:24 we're going home, we're doing all these things. 03:26 I always says, "Well, 03:27 that's the Lord's responsibility, 03:29 if we do our part." 03:30 But how do we get people involved 03:33 where it's not just saying, 03:34 "Well, we want you to give a monthly gift." 03:37 It's, this is a team. 03:38 Without you, there's no 3ABN. 03:41 Without this end, you couldn't watch 3ABN without you giving, 03:45 we couldn't be here to present the message to the world. 03:48 So it's a team. 03:50 People of like beliefs, Christians, number one. 03:53 Many of your are Seventh Adventist Christians', 03:55 we thank you for that. 03:56 Many of you are Christians from numerous denominations 03:59 who have just said, Shelley, "Hey, we love the music. 04:02 We love preaching." 04:04 And one guy told me. 04:05 He was one of "the most powerful people, 04:07 " if I can use that term, in America and you met him. 04:11 You guys met him. 04:12 He said to me, "I'm not an Adventist. 04:15 I really support you guys, 04:17 and I have to tell you the truth. 04:19 You guys are telling the truth 04:21 more than anybody that I've seen." 04:22 I would never get into... 04:24 He said, "I would never get into a biblical discussion 04:27 with a Seventh Day Adventist," 04:29 and I have told people at my church, 04:30 "Don't do it, you'll lose." 04:33 You'll lose when it comes to doctrines and bible truth. 04:37 And so, but, so we have people 04:39 who believe in support in this ministry, 04:43 but how do we get people and enlighten them. 04:44 We're going to talk about that. 04:46 Shelley and John is really going to hit on this, 04:48 but we're... 04:49 This is not business as usual. 04:51 We're in the closing moments of earth's history, 04:53 and if you're not aware of 04:54 and you haven't seen the programs, 04:56 you will be I believe with time this program is over. 04:58 And so how do we get involved as a unit, as one, 05:03 with one voice going out. 05:05 We are all of us to be involved in the work of God. 05:09 By us sending you, 05:10 you send your donations to 3ABN. 05:12 We send you this, a plaque. 05:14 We actually have one here. 05:16 I think they have it on the screen. 05:17 It's a certificate. 05:19 It's, actually, we don't send the plaque. 05:21 You can... 05:22 You can frame it. 05:23 We don't send you the frame, you can get your own frame, 05:25 but we'll send you the blessing on the go. 05:29 This is an actual one here. 05:30 Here, this is Louella, won't give her last name. 05:33 She can, if she wants to, but it's Louella. 05:35 The blessing is on the go evangelistic team member, 05:38 and it says, "Because of your commitment to the Lord's work 05:41 and your monthly supportive of 3 Angels Broadcasting Network, 05:44 we recognize you as The Blessing Is on 05:48 the Go Evangelistic Team Member, 05:50 and so what this does, 05:51 we will send you an evangelistic tool 05:54 that is, whether it's sermons, whether it's music, 05:57 it's something that will help you. 05:59 You can not only take it yourself, 06:01 but we're hoping you'll share it 06:03 with your neighbors, church members, 06:05 and get people involved. 06:07 And you had a quote 06:10 that you said you woke up to this morning. 06:12 Oh. Tell us a little about that. 06:13 While you do, this stack is legitimate stack. 06:17 This in about the first week 06:19 this is how many of you responded, 06:21 that said, "I want to be a blessing 06:23 on the go evangelistic team member." 06:26 3ABN has a foundation, 06:28 and it's amazing how few donors 06:31 that we have on a monthly donation, Brian, 06:35 for a ministry this big. 06:36 So our foundation is built like this, 06:39 but our responsibilities to what we're doing is like this. 06:46 We're trying with your help and with God's blessings 06:49 to make that foundation 06:51 so that it holds as we continue to grow 06:54 until we believe the Second Coming of Christ 06:57 and you all are respondent. 06:58 Thank you so much for joining with us. 07:01 Now, I'm going to quit talking, 07:03 turn, have you give the quote and then we're going to... 07:05 I've got some excited folks here today. 07:06 You do. 07:08 And we want you call your friends, your enemies, 07:10 everybody, tell them to tune in to 3ABN 07:12 because we are talking about end time events, 07:16 things that are happening right now, 07:17 to let us know without a doubt Jesus is coming very soon. 07:22 Woke up this morning, and the Lord brought to my mind 07:24 something that I read almost 40 years ago 07:27 when I bought this book. 07:28 Ellen White is talking about just going to church 07:31 and doing more in these last days. 07:32 She says, "The convocations of the church 07:34 as in camp meetings, the assemblies 07:36 or the home church are all occasions 07:39 where there's personal labor for souls. 07:41 They are God's appointed opportunities 07:43 for giving the early and latter rain, 07:45 but let none think 07:47 that in attending these gatherings, 07:49 their duty is done. 07:50 A mere attendance upon all the meetings 07:53 that are held in the church is not in itself 07:56 and will not bring the blessing to the soul." 07:59 She says, "It's not an immutable law 08:00 that when you go to church, to these gatherings, 08:02 you will get the Holy Spirit, you'll get the latter rain." 08:05 God supplies this from heaven. 08:07 The circumstances may seem to be favorable 08:09 for a rich outpouring of the showers of grace, 08:12 but God himself must commend the showers of grace, 08:16 and he must commend the rain to fall. 08:18 Therefore, we should not be remiss in supplication. 08:22 Basically, what Ellen White is saying here 08:24 is that if all you do is, go to church, 08:27 sing, preach and pray, you're not doing enough. 08:31 Amen. 08:32 Not to receive the latter rain. 08:34 She says, "One of the prerequisites 08:35 for receiving the latter rain 08:37 is working for the salvation of the souls of men and women 08:40 for whom Christ has died." 08:42 That's right. So you cannot go. 08:43 Which means you've got to go. Got to go. 08:44 You've got to go, not just to church, 08:46 you've got to go to your neighbors, 08:47 you've got to go to your family, 08:49 and if you can't go, you've got to enable others 08:51 who can go to go. 08:52 Absolutely. 08:54 So you've got to go, you've got to do 08:55 just going to church, sitting and singing, 08:57 "Oh, I love Jesus" and going home is not enough. 09:00 That must be done, but if that's all you're doing 09:02 and some skip Sabbath School, some only come for the sermon, 09:05 some don't even come for that. 09:06 Watch out. 09:07 So if that's all you're doing, 09:09 you're not doing enough plus you're not preparing... 09:10 preaching went to Medland. 09:13 That's what somebody is saying. 09:14 You're not preparing yourself 09:16 to receive the latter rain experience. 09:18 This kind of thing is what's going to prepare you 09:21 for the latter rain experience. 09:22 Working for the souls of men and women 09:24 for whom Christ died. 09:26 That puts you in position 09:27 that's God's appointed agency to save your soul, 09:31 while you're trying to save someone else's. 09:33 Amen. 09:34 And you know something, this is 09:35 why I'm so excited about this program. 09:37 As soon as you announced it, 09:39 they didn't have to ask me to take over this 09:42 "Go Evangelistic Team." 09:44 I just started doing. 09:45 I've been operating like a, a, hummingbird on steroids, 09:49 but as soon as you announced it, 09:52 when I was praying, here is what I saw. 09:54 Is that... I'm going to tell a story 09:56 what happened when we were at the farm. 09:58 It was a severe draught. 10:00 There was cracks in the earth, and I... 10:03 We just moved to the farm and this was in Central Texas. 10:06 I'm praying to the Lord for rain. 10:09 Praying and praying for rain 10:11 and one night a gully washer came along. 10:13 You know, what a gully washer is. 10:14 When it just comes down, and we had a tin roof on the farm. 10:17 So it was... 10:19 You could just hear it and I couldn't wait 10:21 the next day to go out 10:22 and see what had happened. 10:24 And you know what, the ground was just as dry. 10:27 It was barely wet on top. 10:29 It was just as dry. Okay. 10:30 With just as many cracks. 10:32 And I'm thinking, "What happened in the..." 10:34 The still small voice of the Lord said, 10:37 "Just as you have seen in the physical realm, 10:39 when the earth is hardened, 10:41 the rain just rolls right off of it. 10:45 It was just off." 10:46 He said that, "If our hearts become hardened to his work, 10:52 then when the latter rain comes, 10:54 we're not going to be able to soak it up." 10:56 And what... 10:57 When you announced this, I was thinking that, in 1984, 11:01 when God launched 3ABN in 1984, 11:04 he could see the end from the beginning, 11:06 and I believe everything that we've done up to this point 11:09 has just been to get the infrastructure in place 11:12 because what I believe is that God. 11:15 This is no doubt a God redeemed program. 11:19 And I believe with all of my heart 11:22 that this is like relaunching the ministry 11:25 because God wants you involved. 11:27 He wants every one of us involved. 11:29 Right. 11:30 And what Ellen White said is so true that if-- 11:34 what the Lord was showing me 11:36 is that when we're filled with the Holy Spirit, 11:39 the way you know if you're filled with the Holy Spirit 11:41 is if you're a person who is loving. 11:43 If you can love God 11:45 with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength, 11:47 that's only by the power of the holys pirit. 11:49 Then you walk in obedience. 11:50 And then, if you are filled with the love of God. 11:54 Romans 5:5 said, 11:56 "He pours out his love into our hearts 11:58 so that we can not only love him 12:00 but that we can love others as our self." 12:02 If we're developing the character of Christ, 12:05 we will be going out 12:07 and we will be sharing the good news. 12:09 That's all evangelism is. 12:11 It's sharing the good news 12:13 to let someone know about salvation in Jesus Christ. 12:16 That's right. 12:18 And if we don't have a burden for other people, 12:21 we better check our pulse... 12:22 And see if we do have the spirit 12:25 because otherwise we don't. 12:27 And what I want to emphasize right now 12:29 is that somebody called and asked me 12:32 about the new program that we're doing. 12:34 This is not a program. This is not a campaign. 12:37 This is a revitalized emphasis on present truth evangelism. 12:42 Okay. 12:44 Which is what 3ABN's mission is all about. 12:47 And all we're doing now by the direction of God 12:51 is to weave you more into the fabric. 12:55 It's just like we're weaving golden threads 12:57 into the fabric of 3ABN 12:59 so that you become involved on a personal level. 13:03 And as you said, so that God did this, 13:06 I mean he could have saved the world 13:08 and salvation belongs to him, 13:09 but he could have done all of this without us. 13:12 But he gave us this opportunity 13:14 so that we could develop the character of Christ. 13:17 And this is a permanent part. 13:20 Like I said, it's like relaunching 3ABN. 13:23 This is our mission. 13:25 Our mission is not just to give the present truth 13:29 and the everlasting gospel, 13:31 the three angels messages of revelation 14, 13:34 our mission is to get you involved in doing this. 13:36 Amen. That's right. 13:38 Because that's how we're going to usher 13:39 in the latter rain. 13:41 And one more thought real quick. 13:42 Okay. Sure. 13:43 Because I'm so excited, you can't tell, can you? 13:46 Do you remember when we were in Israel 13:50 and you go and you see the Sea of Galilee 13:54 that is fed by the Jordan River 13:57 and life is teaming around the Sea of Galilee. 14:01 There's all kinds of industry, 14:02 there's all kinds of vegetation and farming, 14:04 and they use it to irrigate. 14:06 Life is teaming. 14:08 It's receiving this living water 14:10 that's coming from the Jordan into the Sea of Galilee, 14:14 but now the Sea of Galilee begins to empty out 14:17 and as it goes down through the Jordan River, 14:19 it goes into the Dead Sea. 14:21 Why is that living water... 14:24 Why does it become dead when it reaches the Dead Sea? 14:28 Because there's no outlet, 14:30 and it's the same thing for you and me. 14:32 Amen. 14:33 If we sit in church as Ellen White has said, 14:35 if we sit in church, 14:37 if we pray and we read our Bible 14:40 but you don't have an outlet to share the good news. 14:43 If you're not becoming a part of that team 14:48 that goes out to share the good news, 14:51 you're going to be stagnant. 14:52 So we want you to become a part, 14:55 we're calling it the "Go Evangelistic Team." 14:57 Yes, absolutely. That's right. 14:59 And I'll show real quick, a flier. 15:01 Sure. 15:02 Then I'll let somebody else talk. 15:03 Let me show you our flier 15:05 because this is something that the Lord impressed upon me 15:08 is that it is the Go Evangelistic Team, 15:11 which is the G-E-T. 15:13 That's... See... Can you read at the top, 15:15 it says, "Get Going into all the World. 15:18 That's the Go Evangelistic Team." 15:20 Going into all the world and we've got to get ready, 15:23 get set, and go. 15:24 And it's so simple to get ready, 15:27 all you have to do is call or go on online 15:30 and you can register at 3ABN.tv. 15:34 Just go on there, you'll see a button that... 15:36 It's kind of like on a go certificate right now. 15:38 You can press that button, go on, 15:40 and you can become a monthly donor 15:43 on credit card or a debit card or PayPal 15:46 and then just be sure you mark the recurring monthly box 15:52 so that it's a monthly donation. 15:54 Then you get the certificate 15:57 and you start getting not only the tools each month, 16:00 but we're working on evangelism tips 16:03 that will go out with a letter each month, 16:05 the best way to evangelize, 16:07 we've got all kinds of works... plans in the work, 16:10 and it is so exciting 16:12 but this is something that's so simple 16:14 that it doesn't matter you're 9 or you're 90 16:17 that you can share this tool 16:20 and prayerfully J.D. and I are prayerfully seeking the Lord 16:26 with whom we should share. 16:27 We've already got five people on our list... 16:29 So I'm going to have to buy some volume stuff 16:31 that we'lltalk about later. 16:33 Sure. All right. 16:34 I'll take a deep breath and let somebody else go. 16:37 Brian is stomping. 16:38 I want to say this one quick thing Brian. 16:40 I can see we're going to be. 16:42 We're going to be fighting for airtime here. 16:43 All right. 16:44 Quickly, and I said this to him last week. 16:46 Ellen White says, "If the lord calls you to go 16:48 and you don't go, heaven sees that as treason." 16:50 Yes. Wow. 16:51 Yes, that's true. That's the term she uses. 16:53 That's deep. 16:54 The term "treason," that if God calls you to go 16:56 and you don't go, heaven says you're treasonous 16:58 and treason of course is trying to pull down the government 17:01 that you sworn allegiance to. 17:03 You cannot do that. 17:04 The other thing is, remember when we were kids 17:05 and I will be done real quick, 17:07 when you took magnifying glass 17:08 and you shined the light of the sun on a piece of paper. 17:12 Yes. Yes, absolutely. 17:13 When you said that, that's what I was thinking about. 17:15 You're taking the rays of the sun 17:16 and you're focusing them on a point. 17:18 Yes. 17:19 So this is not a new program, 17:20 it's just focusing the rays of the sun 17:22 and at the point of focus, what happens right there. 17:24 It ignites. It ignites. 17:25 It ignites. 17:27 Precisely that's what we're trying to do, 17:28 start the fire. 17:29 That's true, I love it. 17:31 That pile says the fire is burning. 17:32 The ignition. Yeah-yeah. 17:34 And this is the first week or so. 17:35 Yeah. 17:36 I mean already and we know it takes a few days 17:38 to get through the system, 17:39 but you know I just praise the Lord for this 17:41 because the beauty of it is again, 17:43 the difference and you sending a monthly donation 17:46 and us sending you an ink pen, it's a world of difference 17:49 because what we're doing now, 17:50 we're sending you Pastor Lomacang's sermons, 17:53 brother CA's Shelley's, 17:55 all of these, we're sending you some music 17:57 you can share with your neighbors, every month, 17:59 and some of the things 18:01 that you know, the 3ABNs put a lot of time and money 18:05 and effort of putting these together, 18:06 but we're going to share these with you 18:08 so now you become an evangelist. 18:11 Yeah. Well, Brian. 18:12 I wish our viewers could come to 3ABN 18:16 and get the sense of what it's like here. 18:18 Yeah. 18:20 The way I would describe it is, at home, a Friday night 18:23 we'd have fruit salad and pop corn. 18:25 You ever take the lid off the popcorn popper 18:27 when it's popping? 18:29 Oh, I mean, it's just shooting everywhere, you know. 18:31 Well, that's the way ideas are shooting around here 18:34 and we can hardly collect the popcorn 18:37 and get it back in the bucket, you know. 18:39 So that's what it's like here right now at 3ABN. 18:42 It's fun. That is true. 18:43 Brian, also tell him how 18:45 because Shelley talked about donations. 18:46 I thought that would be a great transition 18:48 because there are people that are not in America, 18:50 but around the world and I think you... 18:51 Okay. 18:52 tell them how to get connected. 18:54 Okay, well Shelley talked about a little box there 18:57 that looks like one of our certificates 18:59 and there's a big bold word and it says, "Donate." 19:03 All you have to do is hit the button. 19:05 It's that simple. 19:07 Hit the button that says, "Donate, 19:08 " and then the page shows up 19:10 where you can put your credit card information, 19:12 the dollar amount that you want to donate, 19:14 and then one little button that you checkmark 19:18 and that little button says, "reoccurring." 19:20 "Recurring." This is that simple. 19:22 Now, we live in the world of windows. 19:25 In windows, you can get to the same place 19:27 from two or three different directions. 19:29 You know that. 19:30 It's sometimes that's flustrating to people, 19:32 frustrating, some kind of word like that anyway. 19:35 Yeah. 19:36 In other times, people like, say, 19:38 "I don't want to go your way. 19:39 I want to go a different way." 19:41 Up at the top of the 3ABN main home page 19:44 is a blue button with white letters 19:46 that says, "Donate." 19:47 If you hit that button, 19:49 it's going to let you to the same spot. 19:51 Now, if, if you're in another country 19:54 and you want to donate, 19:55 we have buttons for other currencies. 19:59 For instance, we have the British Pound, 20:03 we have one for Euros, one for Australian Dollars, 20:06 one for New Zealand Dollars, 20:08 another one is a button for Canadian Dollars. 20:12 We love Canadian Dollars. 20:15 Brazil, if you're in Brazil, guess what, you can do it. 20:18 Mexico, and we can add 20:20 as many buttons as there are currencies in the world 20:24 and if your button isn't on there, 20:27 then write 3ABN, email them, call us 20:31 and say, "Hey, I'm in and you tell us where 20:34 and I want to give, " 20:36 and we'll get your button on there. 20:37 Absolutely. Do we have a Euro button on it? 20:39 Yes, there's a Euro button. Okay. 20:41 So PayPal. I found an interesting thing. 20:44 We were at the general conference section, 20:46 you know 65,000 people a day 20:48 for over a period of nearly two weeks, 20:51 18 million plus Adventists in the world, 20:54 almost 17 million live outside North America. 20:57 17 million, nearly, live outside North America. 21:02 Thousands of you came up and said, 21:04 "When you saw us at our booths or walking around, 21:07 we love 3ABN, you know, we watch it 21:11 and we know people 21:12 who's given their lives to the Lord, 21:13 some of you have said that, but some of you have said, 21:16 "We would love to give, 21:18 but we don't know how to do it." 21:20 And that's why everything has changed. 21:22 So right now we're telling you all you have to do, 21:24 it's called PayPal. 21:26 You go to PayPal, 21:27 and you can send donations 21:29 from wherever you are in the world 21:31 right here to 3ABN, 21:32 so we would like to get you involved 21:35 those that are outside North America. 21:37 Now, we're still... This is so new, 21:39 we're trying to be the best stewards of money, 21:42 but okay, how do we get you the evangelistic tools. 21:47 John, we may have to do it through MP3 files 21:49 or through links that we can send to you on the internet, 21:54 you can download certain links of sermons, evangelistic tools. 21:58 You can either... 22:00 If its sermons or books, you can print them out 22:02 or just give those links 22:03 to your friends and your neighbors, 22:05 they can look at it. 22:06 But we want you to be part of the evangelistic team. 22:09 Go. 22:11 Not just in your giving, 22:12 but the part that you'll be blessed 22:14 is going yourself. 22:15 Doing something and that's why Shelley you're saying 22:18 this makes so much sense and I believe it too. 22:21 The latter rain has to start. 22:23 We've seen things happen. 22:24 John will talk about in a minute. 22:26 We never thought we'd see in our lifetime Brian. 22:28 I have for sure. That's happening. 22:30 Well, how about the second coming. 22:32 About before the second coming, the latter rain. 22:35 It's got to start somewhere, why not here. 22:37 Why not now. Why not with you. 22:39 Amen. Why not with us. 22:41 And this is it. 22:42 This is, I believe, bringing us together, 22:45 joining hands together, helping each other 22:48 to take the gospel to the world. 22:49 John... 22:51 Before John goes, I want to make one comment 22:52 because we talked about 22:54 how you can go online to do this, 22:56 but we also want you to know there's... 22:58 We're receiving some from a lot of people 23:02 my age and older, I'll put it that way, 23:05 some people who don't like to use the internet. 23:07 You can also call 3ABN and we can set you up on this 23:12 or you can mail us your intension. 23:15 You can do what's called snail mail the check, 23:18 so many of us have done all of our lives 23:20 or you can do the credit cards over the phone, 23:23 however you want to do it. 23:25 But the most important thing is just to get out and get moving. 23:28 Do say hummingbird. 23:29 All right, hummingbird, I'll hum. 23:31 But I'm... I'm glad that you're excited Shelley 23:34 because when you're excited, people get behind. 23:38 No one wants to follow a lethargic leader 23:41 and there's anything but lethargy as Brian said, 23:43 this is a popcorn, call it popcorn, 23:46 call it hummingbirds on steroids, 23:48 whatever you want to call it, we are not standing still. 23:51 Amen. The Lord said, "Go forward." 23:53 We're going forward, and God will part the Jordan, 23:55 but you know what came to my mind, Danny, 23:57 an illustrious guest is... 23:59 There's a systemic issue 24:01 that's happening in the world right now 24:02 and particularly in America. 24:03 Yesterday, I did a program entitled. 24:06 It's on "A Sharper Focus," and if you want to see that, 24:09 you could go to "A Sharper Focus, asf.3abn.org, 24:13 " I plugged for the program on Wednesday nights. 24:16 There's an issue happening in America 24:17 that just took place, the redefinition of marriage, 24:20 and I said to the Christians that are watching television. 24:22 I said. 24:24 "There are many Christians 24:25 that are really irate about what just happened." 24:27 They are incensed about what the Supreme Court just did 24:30 because they know that it has no biblical foundation 24:34 whatsoever. 24:35 They are incensed and many people that are saying, 24:38 "How could they redefine something 24:40 that only God can define." 24:42 God created marriage, God defined it man and woman. 24:46 Now, that's why the Christians are upset today. 24:49 They want to do something about it 24:50 but there is another issue 24:52 because many people might think, 24:53 "Well, this is the beginning of the attack 24:55 on what God established. 24:56 Our creation, but I have news for you." 24:58 This is the capstone of the attack Danny, 25:01 because there was another attack 25:02 about 2000 years ago on the Sabbath 25:06 and many Christians today are honoring a day 25:08 that's nothing more than the tradition. 25:10 That's the reason why I say 25:12 we don't believe in traditional marriage. 25:14 I never support traditional marriage, 25:15 I support scriptural marriage. All right. 25:17 If it's on the bible, it's not going to change. 25:19 Now, let's just put this together in a context. 25:21 Let's say if the world lasts 300 more years. 25:24 In 300 years, Brian, if God allows to go that far, 25:28 which I don't think He will, 25:29 same sex marriage is going to be a tradition. 25:32 And that generation is going to say, 25:33 "We support traditional marriage." 25:35 That's the reason it's got to be scriptural. 25:38 So now, here's the point I make. 25:40 As we go through the study on the first day, 25:42 if you don't find any support in the Bible 25:45 for the observants of the first day, 25:48 you should be just as incensed as you are 25:51 about same sex marriage 25:52 because both hinder on the same thing, 25:54 what God established from the very beginning 25:56 and in the Garden of Eden, marriage and the Sabbath 25:59 were the only two institutions God blessed before sin, 26:02 so sin is responsible for the change. 26:04 And here's my point. 26:05 Christians should never support anything that man changes 26:09 from God's original design. 26:11 So if you're incensed about same sex marriage, 26:13 you should be just as incensed 26:15 about the change made from the Sabbath 26:17 to the first day of the week, 26:19 almost 2000 years ago, but what's the problem. 26:21 I'm working on a sermon called, "Termites," 26:23 and the reason is they're called Termites Shelley 26:25 because they are never just one. 26:28 It's not called termite, but termites. 26:30 Yeah. And the issue is systemic. 26:33 Four reasons. 26:34 They work in secret, you never know they're working. 26:38 Okay. 26:39 They work to weaken the foundation, 26:41 these are the issues happening. 26:42 They target areas that are vulnerable 26:45 and they are too tiny not to take seriously. 26:49 That's good. 26:50 Right now, the church is dealing with issues 26:52 that we say are tiny issues. 26:53 I'm not going to go through them now 26:54 because that'll be a whole another program, 26:57 but whatever issue weakens the foundation, 27:00 whatever groups are working in secret, 27:02 and whatever areas are becoming 27:04 more and more vulnerable to the Christian church 27:06 and the evangelist church at large 27:08 is an indication that there's an systemic issue. 27:10 Now, 3ABN, what are we doing to counteract that? 27:13 We are refusing to be politically correct. 27:16 Okay. 27:17 We are refusing to be biblically incorrect. 27:19 Amen. All right. 27:21 Our focus is to be biblically correct. 27:23 Amen. 27:24 As was told to that young prodigy of Paul. 27:27 He said, Paul said, "Preach the word." 27:28 Yes sir. 27:30 Be instant in season, out of season. 27:32 What that means is when you're telling people 27:34 that agree with you, preach it. 27:36 When you're telling people that don't agree, preach it. 27:38 Why? 27:39 For the time will come. Can I rephrase that? 27:41 For the time has come. All right. 27:43 When men do not endorse sound doctrine, 27:46 but according to their own lust, 27:48 they look for teachers having itching ears 27:50 and they turn away from the truth 27:52 and they turn to fables, and then Shelley 27:54 the reason why we are on the board 27:55 for this Go Evangelism 27:57 is because Paul says, "Do the work of an evangelist. 28:00 Make fool proof of your ministry." 28:02 So we're not still any longer. 28:05 We're not looking to be praised, pat on the back. 28:07 We're not looking for plaudits. 28:09 We don't want to be first, last, best, 28:10 but we do want to be right. 28:12 We want to be in harmony with God's word 28:14 and the other thing that is happening in our world today 28:16 is the knowledge that God intended for us 28:18 church to receive is being withheld. 28:21 And what happens as a result, 28:22 my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. 28:24 Amen. 28:25 Now, it's not that the knowledge is not there. 28:27 What knowledge is being withheld? 28:29 You know the more I travel Brian and CA and Danny 28:32 and Shelley, I don't want to exclude you, 28:33 the more we hear people saying, 28:35 "Whatever happened to sermons about the end time. 28:37 What about the second coming of Jesus. 28:39 What about the three angels messages. 28:40 What about the movements of Rome 28:42 and the coming in of the Sunday Law. 28:44 What about the truth about salvation, 28:46 'Not once saved, always saved.' 28:47 What about these things?" 28:49 And in this push for Go evangelism, 28:52 we're getting back to those messages 28:54 that the Lord said... 28:55 Amen. 28:57 "This gospel of the kingdom 28:58 shall be preached in the all the world 29:00 for a witness to all nations and then shall the end come." 29:03 So the monthly tools that Shelley and I 29:05 are going to be working on together 29:07 and all of our team 29:08 is to get people involved in being ambassadors. 29:11 Now, CA, I've got to go back to this 29:13 because Pastor CA, 29:14 you've got to work on the sermon, 29:16 you do the said worship. 29:17 He said, "Ambassador is not just a person that is sent, 29:20 but a person that supports the country 29:22 that it is sent by." 29:23 Okay. 29:25 You can go to an embassy 29:28 but you can't stay in there always. 29:30 If you don't buy into the program of that embassy, 29:32 if you're not a citizen of that kingdom 29:34 that that embassy represents, 29:35 sooner or later you're going to be put out. 29:37 Here's my point. 29:39 If you're in the church 29:40 and you're not involved in the work of the church, 29:41 you're not a part of the embassy, 29:43 you're an embesil. 29:44 Oh, whoo, whoo. 29:46 That's a strong word. 29:47 I never said that. They're strong words. 29:49 Now, let me tell you why I said that 29:51 because Jesus came during the wedding supper 29:54 and he saw a man in there, didn't He? 29:57 He did not have on the wedding garment. 29:58 Jesus didn't say, "You could stay." 30:00 He said, "Cast him into outer darkness. 30:02 Get him out of here." 30:03 Here's our point, 30:04 "It's not enough to be in the church." 30:06 You've got to be in the mission. 30:08 If you're not gathering with Jesus, 30:09 you're scattering abroad. 30:11 If you're not an ambassador, you're an embesil. 30:14 Preach it. Preach it. You've got to be involved. 30:16 You cannot be taking, taking, 30:17 taking Sabbath by Sabbath, week by week 30:20 but not get involved in gathering together 30:21 because Jesus says, 30:23 "If you're not gathering with me, 30:24 you're scattering abroad." 30:26 Finally, here are the two points of our mission. 30:30 Strategy, one, uplift Christ and everything. 30:32 Amen. We've got to do that. 30:34 Second, focus on preaching, not on popularity, 30:38 Thirdly, scriptively correct, not politically correct 30:42 and fourth equip all the partners 30:44 that join with us to be evangelists in the field, 30:48 every one can be an... Every one can do something 30:51 and finally what's our motive. 30:52 Our strategy is that those first four things. 30:54 What's our motive? 30:56 We want Jesus to come. 30:57 Is that a bad thing? No. No. 30:59 And He says, "This Gospel of the kingdom 31:00 shall be preached in all the world 31:03 for a witness sent to all nations, 31:04 and then shall the end come," 31:06 A prophecy and a promise. And as Pastor CA, say it again. 31:08 It's a prophecy and a promise. 31:10 It's a prophecy and it's a promise. 31:12 So I believe 31:13 as Ellen White says in the Desire of Ages 31:15 that he did not say 31:17 all the world is going to be converted, 31:18 but he did say, this gospel has to go as a witness. 31:20 Yes. 31:21 And as we do that, we're getting people prepared 31:24 so that when Jesus comes, there will be no excuse 31:27 and what that says to be Danny is God has given us 31:31 the awesome humble responsibility 31:35 to get the world ready for a second coming. 31:37 So what do we have to do? 31:39 What's the greatest threat? 31:40 The greatest threat to the Christian 31:42 is to preach a message that he or she does not live. 31:46 We're not just going to preach this message. 31:47 We're calling ourselves to living for this message. 31:49 Amen. Amen. 31:50 We're not just telling you what to do or what to believe, 31:53 we're saying, this is what we have to believe. 31:54 The greatest threat to the Christian church 31:57 is not to preach the message that Jesus said is or dained 32:01 to prepare the world for a second coming. 32:03 It's no longer business as usual. 32:05 Getting back to the message, Praise the Lord for that. 32:07 The blessings on the go. 32:08 When you get involved with the Blessings on the Go, 32:11 you will be equipped unequivocally equipped. 32:14 Brazil, you're up. 32:16 Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Africa, 32:20 the list goes on and on. 32:21 You will be equipped. 32:23 So join us if you do believe that Jesus is soon to come, 32:27 you will be incensed by the darkness. 32:29 You will be incensed, but you can't get upset 32:32 and not do something. 32:34 That's kind of being nonplus. 32:35 That zero plus zero equals zero. 32:37 You've got to be a one factor and the power of one, 32:40 if you want to know the power of one, 32:41 just look at the life of Jesus. 32:43 One man affected the entire world. 32:45 We want to be that power of one joining with Christ. 32:48 Join us in the Blessings on the go. 32:49 Amen. 32:51 Now, you didn't mention about the Evangelistic Series 32:54 that you're going to be doing. 32:55 Yes. It's important. 32:57 As a matter of fact, we're walking along 32:59 with Danny and all the pastors. 33:00 CA and Danny, we're going to get together 33:02 with whoever decides to jump onboard with us in Europe, 33:06 I don't want to preempt 33:07 anything that you might be planning. 33:08 So I'm going to be broad about that, 33:10 but the evangelistic series, 33:12 we are going to go back to preaching messages 33:15 that are direct, messages that are relevant today. 33:18 Right. 33:19 There are moments happening in our world. 33:21 Rome is about to come and speak to Congress in America. 33:25 If this program is timed, if he's already come. 33:27 If it's repeated, then he may have already come, 33:30 but the purpose about to come and speak to Congress, 33:32 speak to politically leaders. 33:34 I understand that not too long ago, 33:35 he had meetings with many of the major mayors 33:37 in the United States. 33:39 Why is he doing that? 33:41 Because America is the last stronghold 33:44 for religious freedom 33:46 but you know if you're an American 33:48 that religious freedom is being eroded. 33:51 Example One, exhibit A, same sex marriage. 33:54 It's being eroded. 33:56 When the government starts penalizing its citizens 33:58 for standing for their scriptural beliefs, 34:01 America is not the place for God intended for it to be. 34:04 We're not standing, 34:06 we're not going against our government, 34:07 we're not anarchist, but when the decision comes. 34:09 You're going to get in trouble, John. 34:10 You're going to get in trouble now. 34:11 You know what, Danny. 34:13 You sure you don't want to be politically correct. 34:14 I'm not being politically correct. 34:15 I'm done with political correctness. 34:17 Lord called me to stand on the scriptures. 34:19 We're not speaking about anarchy. 34:21 We're not talking about overthrowing the government. 34:23 We're simply saying, 34:24 "Live what the Lord has called you to live for." 34:27 Jesus said, "In this world, you will have tribulation, 34:29 but be of good cheer. 34:31 I'll overcome the world." 34:32 So here's the point, 34:34 when it comes down to making the decision about men or God, 34:37 can we all say together we are on whose side? 34:39 God's side. Lord's side. 34:41 No question. God's side. 34:42 We're on the Lord's side. 34:43 3ABN is not just another ministry. 34:45 This is a God ordained light that needs to shine brighter 34:49 amid the growing darkness. 34:51 Promise Danny in Isaiah 60 34:53 is "Rise, shine for your light has come 34:57 and the glory of the Lord shall be risen upon you. 35:00 Darkness will cover the inhabitants 35:01 and gross darkness to people 35:03 but the glory of the Lord shall be risen upon you 35:06 and shall be seen upon you." 35:07 What's going to happen? 35:09 The gentiles will come 35:10 to the brightness of the rising. 35:11 So here's the point, 35:13 now if we refuse to light, if we refuse to allow 35:15 the glory of the god to be seen through us, 35:16 the gentiles cannot come out of darkness 35:18 and we believe that the majority of the people 35:20 that Jesus came to save are still in the world 35:23 so we're committed to getting into your neighborhood, 35:25 your community, your churches, 35:27 wherever you live, if you want to be involved, 35:29 we are the people that you need to partner with 35:31 because we are standing not with ourselves 35:34 but we're standing with Jesus. 35:36 So this evangelistic series is going to challenge you 35:40 not just to come and attend, 35:41 but we're going to send you from every evangelistic series 35:44 that we have, every series that we hold, 35:48 we're going to equip you to go forth now 35:50 and to duplicate and to triplicate 35:52 that very message in your community. 35:54 That's what we're doing. 35:55 That's the difference between this evangelism 35:57 and evangelism of the past. 35:59 Could I just add one thing? Sure. 36:02 I know that, to me, this is the most exciting time 36:05 since I've been here at 3ABN in 10 years. 36:08 I thought I was excited about the 10 commandments 36:10 we gained it 36:11 but to me just planning this and working on this, 36:17 God has revitalized my own spiritual energy. 36:21 Danny said it to me the other day. 36:22 He said, "Shelley's back." 36:24 And I didn't realize how I was beginning to kinda... 36:29 just droop a little bit, God, it's like he's put the wind 36:32 underneath my wings again. 36:34 You'll be revitalized by participating in this. 36:37 But I forgot to mention why we have the flier. 36:40 We've have so many of you saying, 36:42 you know, "What can you send us? 36:44 Can you send us a flier so that we can get others," 36:47 because not only do you want to be involved and revitalized, 36:52 but get other people to join in this effort. 36:56 Get out there and get others 36:58 and your whole church will become revitalized. 37:01 This is what it's all about. 37:03 Now, I mentioned that... 37:08 we've already got-- Our list is growing. 37:10 I think we're going to be one of these people 37:13 and I think we've discussed this. 37:14 It's okay for me to announce I believe. 37:16 That if you want volume of material, 37:19 if we're sending out a certain sermon 37:21 and you want to get a 10 pack of that, 37:22 we're going to make 37:24 a special volume price available 37:28 to our Go Evangelistic Team members 37:32 so that you get the free one, 37:33 but if you want to get some more, 37:35 we're going to make that available to you-- 37:36 We're serious enough about this. 37:38 We're even talking about Spring Camp Meeting Brian 37:41 that to took start a day early 37:44 evangelistic team members that you'll come, 37:47 we'll have seminars being taught. 37:49 The tools, you'll tell us what tools you've been using, 37:51 what tools you would like to have 37:53 so we can get together here at 3ABN 37:56 so we want you to be on that team member 37:59 and so when you come, 38:00 we're going to maybe start camp meetings at... 38:02 all right everybody a day earlier 38:05 and this will be especially for the Go Evangel-- 38:08 We want you to meet all of us, us to be able to meet you, 38:11 to hear how the Lord is blessing 38:13 and your testimonies as well, we want to hear, 38:16 because when you go, 38:18 the blessing of God really is on the go, 38:21 and when you do, all of a sudden 38:23 when you see these blessings, you can't contain them. 38:25 When you can't contain them, guess what happens. 38:27 You begin to share and that's what gets people 38:30 because the world around us is dark. 38:33 There is no good news. 38:34 I mean two TV anchors just recently... 38:37 doing a live program, 38:38 and they're killed in front of live audience. 38:41 Some one else shot. 38:43 I mean nowhere in the world is safe today. 38:45 No. 38:46 No one has any answers-- That's right-- 38:48 that can help today. 38:50 Except the only answer for this world's problems today 38:53 is the Lord Jesus Christ. 38:54 and to submit and commit our lives to Him, 38:57 but in order to go to heaven, we can't be a hermit. 38:59 One guy tell me, "I could just be a hermit and be a Christian. 39:02 I could just go out by myself." 39:04 I said, "That's not the Bible I'm reading." 39:07 This says, "Go E and to all the world." 39:09 So once we receive it, our greatest asset, 39:12 Ellen White, says, and I have to agree with it 39:15 is our own personal testimony of what God has done for us 39:18 and when you share that, people can't deny that. 39:21 They can't fight that. They can't rebuddle it. 39:24 How can just somebody rebuddle what's happened to you. 39:27 Right? That's Right. 39:28 They can try to deny it, but it doesn't change you. 39:30 It doesn't change where you're at. 39:32 But once you become evangelistic team member 39:36 and one of the things is, about this, 39:38 it may seem like it's very insignificant, 39:41 but to me, it says, "I'm a part of something." 39:43 Amen. 39:44 Sometimes when we're by ourselves, we forget... 39:48 about all the other people, who are on our team. 39:51 And I want to tell you something, 39:53 you may be at home and when you're alone 39:54 and you're thinking, "Man, I'm here by myself. 39:57 I'm not really a part of anything." 39:59 Well I'm glad for 3ABN, glad for whomever, 40:02 but I'm just not a part. 40:03 No, you're a part of this, 40:04 but I'm going to have to tell you something 40:06 that I'll confess to you. 40:08 There has been times that I almost felt 40:09 like, "We're alone," 40:11 because where are the people. 40:12 Where are the 18 million Seventh Adventist Christians 40:16 and only about 8,000 or 9,000 people up to this point 40:19 ever gave any size donation in a given month. 40:23 I mean that's not even fraction of a percentage, Brian. 40:26 You're the mathematician here, 40:28 and a lot of that is amazing to me, but now... 40:31 as far as the people overseas, 40:33 the 17 million there, 40:35 now they have a way to give. 40:37 And before, it was very hard 40:39 with currencies, you couldn't do it. 40:40 Now, you can go to PayPal 40:42 and send the money directly there, 40:44 but there's been times we felt alone 40:46 because we say, "What is wrong? We're giving the message 40:49 and yet people aren't catching the vision, other people are. 40:54 The folks outside that are not Adventist, 40:55 they're watching this and coming in," 40:57 but they'll go to churches and people say, 41:00 I've actually had people say, "I've gone to the church 41:03 and nobody seems to be excited about the message." 41:06 What I see on 3ABN, when I get into the churches, 41:09 it's business as usual. 41:11 Well, business won't be as usual 41:13 because what we want you to do not only become an official... 41:17 blessing on the Go Evangelistic Team member with us 41:20 and that's by donation of any amount. 41:22 We're not telling you what you give. 41:24 You pray and ask God. 41:25 Some of you will give more than you thought you could. 41:28 Some may say, "I've got to give less." 41:31 It's between you and the Holy Spirit. 41:32 We're not telling you what to do, 41:34 but we're committed every time, 41:36 as Shelley says, "You can go on like me." 41:38 I don't like to have to think about it every month 41:40 so you can go and click that where it's just recurring. 41:45 Until you want to stop so every month 41:47 it'll just come out, whether it's your credit card 41:49 or whatever it is that you have. 41:51 So we want you 41:52 to be a part of something that we're a part of 41:55 and we actually now are working together. 41:57 You're taking this, you're sharing 42:00 what it's doing for you with others, 42:01 get your church members involved and say, "Listen, 42:05 we want you to get involved with 3ABN." 42:07 Maybe they are not watching 3ABN. 42:09 It is so simple to get 3ABN. 42:10 You can downlink it on your iPhone, 42:13 if you've got an android, any kind of smart phone, 42:16 some of you still has a little flip phone. 42:18 You can go to Wal-Mart. I'm not paid by Wal-Mart. 42:22 You can go to Wal-Mart and pay $49 42:24 for a little roku box. 42:26 If you've got internet in your house, 42:27 you can watch all the Adventist channels and a lot more. 42:30 We're coming out with a new one called my SDA TV. 42:33 There'll be all Adventist channels. 42:35 This is going to be like $35. No monthly fee, a one-time fee. 42:39 When we started this Brian, I couldn't believe 42:41 conservative Adventists, older folks, 42:44 who never had a television were paying $2000 42:47 for a 12 foot satellite dish out in their yard 42:50 because they were so excited about getting the message. 42:53 So now, God has made it, 42:55 the technology has changed so much. 42:56 It's so simple to get 3ABN. You can do it in numerous ways. 43:00 Of course, we're on hundreds of cable stations 43:04 and our own stations and radio stations, 43:06 but-- and all of these things, 43:08 you can get us through the internet, 43:10 but God has made a way to get this gospel into all the world, 43:13 but people are not going to be rejuvenated. 43:16 You're not going to be 43:17 until you say, "Lord, I want to be on the part of go." 43:21 And it's really this simple, 43:23 the devil says, "Stop," and the Lord says, "Go." 43:27 Think about it for just a second. 43:29 That's really what it's all about. 43:30 Whose side am I on? Am I on the side of stop? 43:33 Am I on the side of go? 43:34 The fact that you have bad health that help, 43:36 the fact that you live by yourself, 43:37 the fact that you might even be incarcerated 43:39 doesn't keep you from sharing the tools 43:42 that we send you with those around you. 43:44 You are an evangelist. Amen. 43:47 You even know there are many people, 43:48 they have monthly payments set up. 43:50 My wife and I, 43:51 we have our payments set up on a monthly basis. 43:53 There are some people that have their cable bills 43:55 on a monthly basis, and I can guarantee you 43:57 many are paying more for cable than they are donating to 3ABN. 44:00 Absolutely. 44:01 There are people that have their internet service, 44:03 but look at...look at... look at what's happening. 44:05 They're paying for things that are self focused. 44:08 We're saying for you to pay for something. 44:11 Let me rephrase that, to invest in something 44:14 that is Gospel focused. 44:17 You see, when the Lord comes, 44:19 if we have not invested our time and our talents, 44:23 where your treasure is, 44:24 that's where your heart is going to be. 44:26 So, when people invest, just imagine, 44:28 I looked at some of these cable packages. 44:30 I remember when we decided to get cable, 44:31 I mean, a satellite 44:33 because we live so far away from anything. 44:36 They give you these packages 44:37 and when you look at how much that they're asking 44:39 on a monthly basis for just to furnish stuff to self, 44:43 and then you think about... 44:45 how much we give towards the Gospel, 44:46 as I said, as a pastor, there are few people, 44:48 Brian knows this 44:49 and some of you that have involved 44:51 and Pastor CA knows this. 44:52 It is sad that in many churches, 44:54 and this is across the board, 44:57 the minority of the members 44:58 support the majority of the church. 45:01 Because so many people are self focused. 45:03 I can see why Ellen White says, "The greatest battle 45:04 that we have to fight is against self." 45:06 So if self is put to death, we could then be involved 45:09 in what we are told, to get involved with the gospel 45:12 and there was a message here 45:13 in Quotation and Testimonies, Volume 8. 45:15 She says, "The world is perishing 45:16 for want of the Gospel." 45:18 The Lord calls upon his servants 45:20 to carry His message to the people. 45:22 That's what we're doing Shelley. 45:23 We're saying to the people now, 45:24 "You are the servant the Lord has called." 45:26 He has called no one and Danny, I like this. 45:29 For years, Danny blessings on the go. 45:31 The Lord has two-- He has two statements. 45:36 Come and what else? Go. 45:38 If you've come, now it's time for you to go, 45:41 go into all the world 45:42 and that's what we're excited about. 45:43 Come to the foot of the cross and then you go and tell 45:46 what god has done for you, Brian. 45:49 For the folks at home, we were saying 45:50 3ABN has been growing for 31 years, 45:53 but it's like we had a foundation 45:55 and I'm talking about on monthly donations 45:57 that we can depend on... 45:59 and very few just a few thousand... 46:02 from literally around the world 46:04 so we only have this much we know coming, 46:07 but our ministries are going like this 46:10 and it literally can topple. 46:12 And so what we are doing is saying, 46:15 "Now, how can we do this? 46:16 We don't want to do begathons, we don't want to do praisathons 46:19 and then it occurred to us, 46:21 and it was a God idea, I'm sure. 46:23 Let's join together team members 46:26 who really watching this program says, 46:29 I want to be a part of something, not just giving, 46:32 but I want to be able to be equipped 46:34 so that I can be a better evangelist 46:36 and 3ABNs got 31 years of experience. 46:38 If you could tell us, Brian it cost us, 46:41 how much, a million-- 46:42 About $1.2 million a month. 46:45 Just to maintain-- Yeah, Just to maintain, 46:48 not grow or go anywhere, but just to maintain. 46:50 And where does that money come from? 46:52 I guess you're rich and you're the CFO, right. 46:54 Well, no. 46:56 I maybe the CFO but somewhere I was out to lunch 46:59 when the riches came by. 47:00 When the riches came by. 47:02 I do want to say something to our viewers. 47:05 I'm the treasurer. 47:06 I deal with the money every day. 47:08 I work with paying the bills, collecting and receiving, 47:11 and all that kind-- 47:13 It's with money with me every day. 47:14 But I want you to notice, of the group here, 47:17 I have said the least about money. Okay. 47:20 I want you to catch that. You have. 47:21 I have said the least about money 47:23 because really my heart is in ministry. 47:26 Money is necessary, but 3ABN is about ministry. 47:30 That's right. 47:32 I'm just thinking of our downlinks. 47:34 We have downlinks across the country. 47:37 Any church, Adventist Church, where you have a downlink 47:41 and you haven't canvassed your town 47:43 telling them about the possibility 47:46 of the dew falling on them from 3ABN, 47:51 you've lost the greatest 47:53 evangelistic opportunity in a lifetime. 47:56 That's right. You know. Really. 47:57 And so maybe our tools that we can give you, 48:01 yes, there's a DVD to share with your friends 48:03 or neighbors or something, 48:04 but if you're in an area where the 3ABN can be seen, 48:08 you need to let your whole town or radio. 48:11 That's right. Whole town know. Very good, Brian. 48:14 That 3ABN is available in your community 48:17 and is alternative viewing that is family friendly, 48:21 that is morally on key, that is right, 48:25 that's good stuff, not bad stuff, 48:28 not evil stuff, you know. 48:30 And so I'm about evangelism 48:32 and this thing is about evangelism. 48:34 There's money involved, 48:36 but I'm not about the money on it. 48:37 I'm about what...getting the message. 48:41 Danny, you used the word just a minute ago, 48:43 as we were starting the program. 48:45 It's been a few minutes ago. 48:47 You said, "We're living at the end of earth's history." 48:50 That's right. 48:53 I'm a student of prophecy, I'm not a prophet, 48:55 but I'm a student of prophecy, and prophecy tells me 48:59 that there is a time of trouble coming 49:01 such as never was in all history of earth 49:06 and it's coming 49:07 and when you see a nation who's abandoned god. 49:11 In other words, they've just thrown out 49:13 one of God's ordained institutions out the window. 49:16 A few years ago, they threw out something called... 49:21 "Thou shall not kill, thou shall not murder." 49:25 Wow. Okay. 49:26 And we did seen on the news recently harvesting body parts. 49:31 Well. Harvesting. 49:33 I mean that's like growing soybeans or corn. 49:36 No, but they're talking about little innocent human beings 49:40 in harvesting, destroying human life for a body part. 49:46 And that's allowed by the laws of the land. 49:50 When a nation starts doing stuff like that, 49:53 judgment follows. 49:55 And that's what's coming, 49:57 that's what's coming upon the world. 49:58 Right, and we've got to work while we can. 50:00 Yeah, that's right. That's what I believe. 50:02 Brian, that's great stuff, thank you. 50:04 And I just want to take about 30 seconds to talk to you from. 50:06 I'll calm down, but if you don't understand 50:10 why we're so excited about getting involved in evangelism, 50:13 if you don't have a burden for other people's souls, 50:17 I just want to encourage you to pray 50:20 because what it means is 50:22 you're not walking in to surrender 50:25 to God and his love, 50:26 because when we're walking and surrendering, 50:28 God fills us with His Holy Spirit 50:30 and His love. 50:31 It is the character of Christ, 50:34 it's the character of the Holy Spirit 50:36 for us to want to reach out 50:37 and snatch others from the flames. 50:40 And this is where we're at today 50:42 so you know this is something that I didn't realize how-- 50:47 Yes, I go out and preach and everything, 50:48 but on a day to day basis, I was ignoring some people 50:52 in my center of influence 50:55 and this has woken me up to say, 50:57 "Oh, Lord, God, I don't want to be responsible 51:00 for their blood on my hands," 51:02 because I've got an opportunity to share the good news. 51:06 You know the hour is late. I'll say this quickly too. 51:10 A good friend of mine, the church I grew up in, 51:12 they abandoned that church, they moved away. 51:14 And so I called the pastor, I said, 51:15 "How come you moved away from my church?" 51:16 He said, "Well, he said, the only reason 51:18 this church is still standing 51:19 is because the termites are holding hands." 51:21 Ah. 51:24 And Pastor Lomacang said something 51:26 that touched that in my mind, 51:27 the only reason this country is still standing 51:30 is because the termites are holding hands. 51:32 But the termites are there, 51:33 the seeds of disillusion are there, 51:36 and what is driving us is the fact 51:37 that we got to work while it is yet day. 51:41 I mean the night is coming when no man can work, 51:43 so we've got to work now and you've got to work now 51:46 because the time has come in 51:47 when you're not going to be able to work. 51:48 So this is an avenue. 51:50 This is an God ordained avenue 51:52 to fight back against the darkness 51:54 and that's why we're so excited 51:55 because we see where the move of god 51:57 is taking place and you want to get onboard a ship 52:01 that is going into harbor, 52:02 that is going to sail all the way through. 52:03 This is it. 52:05 This is your opportunity to do something great for God, 52:07 not just something mediocre, something average, 52:10 do something mighty. 52:11 A mighty move of God, you want to be a part of that. 52:13 You know the preaching of the gospel 52:15 is the only guarantee against the erosion 52:17 and the termite destruction of the church. 52:20 The lord says, "The gates of hell shall not prevail." 52:23 If you get busy preaching the Gospel, 52:25 the gates of hell, the termites of hell 52:27 will not erode this gospel. 52:29 The foundation is Jesus Christ, Amen. 52:32 Termites cannot eat away the foundation of Jesus Christ. 52:35 31 years ago, I look at it as an early rain, 52:39 when we were impressed to build a television station 52:41 to reach the world 52:42 and people began to give and support 52:46 and now after 31 years I sense the latter rain. 52:50 Hallelujah. Praise the lord. 52:51 And on this ministry, not only with us individually, 52:54 but within you as you're responding in the way you are 52:57 literally by the thousands that this is for real. 53:01 Judgment is falling. 53:03 We've talked about it for years, 53:05 and judgment is falling 53:07 and now God's people are going to stand up. 53:09 It's our time to rise and shine, John, 53:11 which you just gave us. 53:12 Now the latter rain because people are supporting. 53:16 We're actually becoming team members 53:18 to go out and take this gospel to the world. 53:21 Danny, well said, 53:22 and if what Ellen White is sayinghere is true. 53:24 She says, what we're doing now is ordained by god, 53:28 is put together by god 53:29 for the outpouring of the latter rain. 53:31 We're doing what God has said you have to do 53:33 in order to get the latter rain, 53:35 so the latter rain is coming 53:36 and we're doing what God has asked us to do 53:38 in order for that to come. 53:39 We're going to go to our news break, 53:41 then we'll come back and put a little bow on this, 53:42 some closing thoughts. 53:44 God bless you and we willbe right back. |
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