I want to spend my life
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Spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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Thank you for joining us
as you do each and every day.
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Thank you for your
love and your prayers
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and financial support
of 3ABN as we endeavor
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to take this great
gospel of the kingdom
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into all the world.
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Today, I have
some special guest,
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my co-host here,
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I don't know if
we've ever co-hosted...
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I don't believe we have Danny.
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You know, host
and co-host together.
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And I have Brother Dan Houghton,
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and he's president of
the Hart Research Center.
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And, Dan, it's such a privilege
to have you here today.
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Thank you, Danny.
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It's delight for
me to be here as well.
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We've been known
each other a long time.
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It has since about 1985.
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Big Sky, Montana. That's right.
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ASI you were
doing the cassettes.
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That's right.
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That's first opportunity,
we had to talk about 3ABN.
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That's right.
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And I've been friends
with your family and Karen,
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the boys for ever since.
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Appreciate what you
do for the gospel of God.
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Thank you so much.
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And we're great
supporters of 3ABN, Danny.
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I know you are.
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And speaking of supporters
and people, they're friends,
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we have Brother
Mark, finally Pastor Mark.
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Hey, good to see you, my friend.
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Great to have you here.
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And of course,
he's the assistant
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to the president of
the General Conference.
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And Mark has worn numerous hats
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over the many,
many years from back
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there's written and
before that evangelist,
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so probably all
the people I know
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on the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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you've been there, Mark,
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for so many years as
somebody to look up to,
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you help us when it
comes to evangelism,
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when it comes to
keeping us in a straight narrow
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to the Word of God.
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And thank you for you
and Tony for the great work
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that you do.
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And it's been a
privilege working with you
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over the years.
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In the last couple years,
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we've done a lot of
programs together, right?
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Lot of programs,
44 programs, in fact,
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just have finished
this week 13 new programs
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on the Three Angels' Messages.
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Well, that's going to
be coming out shortly.
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So we'll keep you all
advised when that's happening.
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And then of course,
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we have our own
Pastor John Lomacang,
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our 3ABN World
Evangelism director here today.
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And, pastors, good to have you.
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Always good to be here on
the program of such gravity.
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There's spiritual parallels
to this, which we talked about.
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And we want to also encourage
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those who are
watching or listening
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that there's a better future
than what we see right now.
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Absolutely. Amen.
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Speaking of that,
that's a good segue.
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We're here for a reason today.
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This is the first time
in 35 years of ministry
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that I can look
into the camera and say,
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"We're gonna be talking
to you today about something
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that everybody in the
world is talking about.
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And that's a huge
statement, isn't it?
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It is.
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Never been able to make that
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and maybe not again
till the Second Coming.
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But at least, you
know, today's the day.
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And, Dan, we've asked
you here for a reason.
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And we have some other guests
that's coming in by Skype.
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Why don't you
talk to our audience...
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Okay.
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At home and tell them
what this program is all about?
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Well, just a few weeks ago,
if you heard the word corona,
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you might have thought of a town
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about 45 minutes
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from where I live
in Southern California,
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Corona, California.
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And maybe along the way,
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I saw a billboard
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that had some kind
of a beer advertisement
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said Corona beer.
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But all of a sudden,
just a few weeks ago,
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the word coronavirus
came into our nomenclature.
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We started hearing that.
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And now that's what
you're talking about, Danny,
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that everybody in the world
is talking about coronavirus
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and specifically, the COVID-19
variety of a coronavirus.
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And today, we
have two special guests
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that are joining us by Skype.
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One of them is Dr. Neil Nedley,
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who is the
president of Weimar Institute
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in California,
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a very good
friend and also someone
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who is very
proficient in his medical work,
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someone who I deeply respect.
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And also, Dr. Wes Youngberg
from Temecula, California.
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Dr. Youngberg is a
very good friend as well.
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Someone, Danny, who is
very into the epidemiology,
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the public health
aspects of this in addition
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to the clinical aspects of it.
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And so they're
joining us by Skype,
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and we'll be talking
with him here momentarily
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in a few minutes.
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But first, you
know, the word pestilence
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has been going
around a little bit.
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And, Pastor Mark,
tell us a little bit
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about what the Bible
says about pestilence.
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Well, the Bible uses the
term pestilence 81 times.
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I was looking
at this last night.
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It uses pestilence
in a variety of ways.
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It uses pestilence,
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in the general
sense of a pestilence
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that comes upon a
people or a nation
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because we're
living in a broken world.
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We're living in a world
of sickness and suffering
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and heartache and sorrow.
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So in one sense,
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the Bible uses the
word pestilence in that way,
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the result of
living in a world of sin.
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The Bible also uses
the word pestilence,
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in some instances,
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in the idea of
the judgments of God,
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the plagues on Egypt are
called a pestilence at times.
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When the Bible
uses the term pestilence
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in the context of
the judgment of God.
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It is often in
God's permissive will.
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It's not that God necessarily
causes pestilence at times,
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but it's rather that
God withdraws His favor,
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and the natural
consequence comes in pestilence.
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There are times that the
Bible uses the term pestilence
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in another way,
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and that is as a sign
of the coming of Jesus.
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If you look, for
example, at Luke 21:11,
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the Bible says
"There'll be great earthquakes,
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in various places,
famines and pestilences,
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and there'll be fearful sights
of great signs for heaven."
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And now the
question then becomes,
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what about this current virus?
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Is this a sign that
Jesus is coming next week
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or the week after?
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Not at all!
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What it does indicate
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is that we're living
in a world of uncertainty,
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the signs that
the Bible talks about
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in Matthew 24, Luke 21
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are being
fulfilled around us today.
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Do they precisely
define a period of time
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that Christ is going to come?
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They do not.
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But what they do, do
is give you a scenario,
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a scenario that helps
you to understand signposts
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on the way of Christ coming.
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I think the
greatest lesson we can learn
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though in these pestilences
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is life is very
uncertain for all of us.
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And if there ever is a time
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to make a full
commitment to Christ, it's now.
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These signs indicate to us,
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the need of
every day of our life,
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living a day of
total dependence on God.
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Amen.
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You know, I was thinking, Dan,
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if you turn on the
television or radio, news,
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everywhere, people
are basically looking
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at two ramifications of this,
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and they're
looking at the physical,
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they're looking
at the political.
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That's right. You know?
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But today, we want to look
at, of course, the physical
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but the spiritual.
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So thank you,
Mark and Pastor John,
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and for our doctors
that we have on the day
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because there's hope in a world
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that seems like everything is,
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you know, when
people are so confused,
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it's good to know
that we serve a God
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that's big enough that
He can solve any problem,
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small enough to
live within our hearts.
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And today, that
He has the answer,
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and is the only answer
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for this world's problems today.
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John, a couple comments
before we go to the doctors.
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Well, Habakkuk 2
brings another picture
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to this pandemic.
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When it began in
December of 2019,
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there was no
knowledge that it even existed.
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And I saw the
parallel there too,
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when sin had a beginning point.
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But then as it began to spread,
sin affected all humanity.
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Obviously, it began
with a single person,
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well sin began
with a single person.
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But the good news
as we look at it today,
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right now, the concern is that
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where is it affecting the world?
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How is the world
being affected by it?
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Well, Habakkuk 2:14,
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"For the earth will be filled
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with the knowledge of
the glory of the Lord,
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as the waters cover the sea."
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So right now, we're
looking at this spreading
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from neighborhood to
community, to continent.
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And now we look at
a worldwide concern,
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now the pandemic.
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The good news that
I'd like to communicate
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out of all of this,
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is there's something
that's going to spread
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and cover the world even
larger than the pandemic.
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And that is the
three angels' messages.
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That's right.
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The gospel to
get the world ready.
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This is an
indication of how near we are,
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an uncertain world has
passed, Mark Finley pointed out.
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So in the midst of
all of this uncertainty,
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God already had an
answer to the virus of sin,
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and that is His righteousness.
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So while people
are filled with fear,
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the best is yet to come.
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We'll talk about
that as we go on.
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So the earth will be filled
with knowledge of the Lord,
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more than the COVID virus.
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And that's the good news
in the midst of bad news.
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Amen. Very good news.
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And I'm wondering, Dr. Nedley,
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if we can ask
you to respond to us,
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to the viewers of 3ABN
right now, and tell us...
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I've read some things
that say this is a flu.
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I've read some
other things in the media
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that say it's really not a flu.
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Would you describe for us
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what the COVID-19
coronavirus really is medically?
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Well, coronavirus,
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before it coursed out was known
to physicians as a common cold.
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And so the
coronavirus even today,
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this novel coronavirus,
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80% of the time
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it's just going to
cause cold like symptoms
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or maybe no symptoms at all
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if you have a
good immune system.
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If your immune
system is compromised
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or it's not great,
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you are at high risk
of developing pneumonia
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with this COVID-19 coronavirus.
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And that pneumonia can occur
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and as much as 20% of
individuals who contract it,
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and then a small percentage
of those with pneumonia
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will go into what's called
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acute respiratory
distress syndrome.
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That's where they need to be put
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on high pressured ventilation
to try to save their life.
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And some of those are dying.
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And so this is the concern now.
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Coronavirus
never caused pneumonia,
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just caused cold before,
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but this COVID-19 variant
is picking off individuals
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whose immune
systems are compromised
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and causing
that premature death.
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Okay.
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Now I want to go over
to Dr. Wes Youngberg now
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because, Dr. Youngberg,
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you and I have talked in
the past about the pandemic
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and Pastor John mentioned
the pandemic element of this.
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This started back in
Jan or in December actually,
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and in epidemiology,
the public health world,
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which is part of the
world that you live in,
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things go in
geometric proportions sometimes.
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Give us a little idea
of where this has come from
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and where it might be going.
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Yes, Dan.
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We were warned back in
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on January the 31st
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in the medical journal Lancet,
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where the key authors
from University of Hong Kong,
00:12:18.57\00:12:22.84
Dr. Gabriel Leung
and other key faculty
00:12:22.87\00:12:26.68
and medical professors
that are participating
00:12:26.71\00:12:30.15
in the WHO
collaborating research centers,
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they basically published
way back on January the 31st
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that this was
going to go pandemic
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because of the fact
00:12:39.99\00:12:43.09
that it was just
spreading so rapidly.
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The key issue we
still keep hearing,
00:12:45.69\00:12:49.26
some of my own colleagues
that I respect greatly
00:12:49.30\00:12:52.63
are still confusing this
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in terms of the
severity with the flu.
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It is true that to date,
00:12:57.34\00:12:59.61
in the United
States and even the world,
00:12:59.64\00:13:01.88
more people have died
from the seasonal flu,
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than from COVID-19.
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But that is going to change.
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If we know
anything about COVID-19
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based on the mathematic modeling
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and the projections is that
that will change definitively.
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The flu has what we
call an R0 or an infectivity,
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a basic reproduction
number of how many people
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if I'm infected,
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I will end up infecting as well.
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The flu only has
an R0 of 1.28 or 1.3,
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meaning if I'm
infected with the flu,
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I'll end up infecting
one in a third other person
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and then that gradually
spread throughout society.
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The COVID-19 has an
R0 of minimum of 2.2,
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which is dramatically elevated,
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but some projections
go up as high as 6.7.
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So this is very serious,
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and we need to take
this very seriously.
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That's why the NBA on
March 11 canceled all games.
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That's why
Pioneer Memorial Church,
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as of March 12 has canceled
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all in-person church services,
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everything is going
live in terms of online
00:14:18.42\00:14:22.09
like what we're doing right now.
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The State of Michigan has
declared medical emergency
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and has basically told
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all educational
institutions and churches
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that they should not be
meeting in large groups.
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And, you know,
we've been saying this
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for over six weeks in
our presentations, Dan.
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Yes.
00:14:44.98\00:14:46.31
And just a lot of people
haven't been listening to this.
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This is really, really serious.
00:14:48.68\00:14:50.79
Our churches
should not be meeting
00:14:50.82\00:14:53.12
person to person right now.
00:14:53.15\00:14:54.49
It should all be going live.
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If we don't make
those decisions ourselves,
00:14:56.86\00:14:59.63
the government is going to
eventually make them for us.
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But in the meantime,
00:15:02.83\00:15:04.43
if we don't
make those decisions,
00:15:04.47\00:15:07.04
people are going to
get sick needlessly,
00:15:07.07\00:15:10.41
and many people
will die needlessly.
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This is a very,
very critical issue.
00:15:12.97\00:15:15.01
And before I take questions,
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the Harvard and Los
Alamos National Laboratory
00:15:16.98\00:15:21.15
have been saying
since late January,
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early to mid-February,
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that they're
mathematic modelers,
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with the best
epidemiologists in the world
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that understand how to project
00:15:33.93\00:15:35.86
or forecast what is
to come very accurately.
00:15:35.90\00:15:39.83
They're saying that
anywhere between 40% and 70%
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of the world's entire population
00:15:44.24\00:15:46.98
will be infected,
00:15:47.01\00:15:48.38
not just exposed,
but actually infected.
00:15:48.41\00:15:51.35
Now as Dr.
Nedley has been saying,
00:15:51.38\00:15:54.02
we know that about 80%
maybe even 85% of people
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who get infected
will either not know it,
00:15:58.39\00:16:01.66
and therefore be
spreading it to other people,
00:16:01.69\00:16:04.46
or they will get mildly
sick like kind of a normal
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or mild to moderate flu symptoms
00:16:08.10\00:16:10.30
and then get over it.
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The problem is that
they're infecting people, okay?
00:16:12.17\00:16:15.07
So back to the
issue with the flu,
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the flu has a case fatality rate
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of 0.1%.
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It's very low, and
even that low percentage
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accounts for anywhere
between 3,000 and 60,000
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or more deaths in the
United States every year
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from the seasonal flu, okay?
00:16:35.26\00:16:37.66
But we should not confuse
00:16:37.69\00:16:40.40
what is about
to happen with this
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because with COVID-19,
00:16:42.80\00:16:45.60
the case fatality
rate at minimum is 1%,
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which is Dr. Anthony
Fauci said on March 11,
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10 times more
deadly than the flu.
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That's minimum,
00:16:59.48\00:17:00.82
that's the most
conservative estimate possible.
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Other studies and
reports are coming out
00:17:04.35\00:17:07.29
that COVID-19 is at
least 20 times more deadly.
00:17:07.36\00:17:12.96
In other words,
the case fatality rate
00:17:12.99\00:17:14.90
is 20 times worse
00:17:14.93\00:17:16.53
than the
seasonal flu and others.
00:17:16.56\00:17:19.47
And once the hospital systems
00:17:19.50\00:17:21.17
are no longer able to
take care of patients,
00:17:21.20\00:17:24.84
that case fatality
rate may go up dramatically,
00:17:24.87\00:17:29.24
meaning it's about 50
times more deadly than the flu.
00:17:29.28\00:17:32.68
So if you've been
kind of dismissive
00:17:32.71\00:17:36.99
about the potential impact
of COVID-19, in our country,
00:17:37.02\00:17:42.19
and in our personal
lives, this is the time to act.
00:17:42.22\00:17:45.99
This is the time to wake up.
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Just three weeks ago,
00:17:48.23\00:17:49.56
I did a sermon on
the unpreparedness,
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a sermon that was entitled,
00:17:52.47\00:17:54.80
"Wellness
implications of the parable
00:17:54.84\00:17:58.47
of the ten virgins."
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The questions are,
00:18:00.51\00:18:01.84
are we part of the
five foolish virgins?
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Or are we part of
the five wise virgins?"
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Remember, all of them
weren't really well prepared.
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But the ones that were wise
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were the ones that acted quickly
00:18:13.59\00:18:15.52
and had some preparation before.
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Well, I think that obviously,
00:18:18.36\00:18:21.00
one aspect for me is preparation
00:18:21.03\00:18:22.93
and trying to avoid getting it.
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Danny, I don't think
you want this, do you?
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No, absolutely no.
00:18:26.10\00:18:27.44
You know, I don't think
any of us would want that.
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So we want to try to
keep from getting it.
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And I guess, Dr.
Nedley, let me go to you next,
00:18:31.04\00:18:33.68
what would you say to the people
00:18:33.71\00:18:35.71
that are watching this and to us
00:18:35.74\00:18:37.58
that we should do to try
00:18:37.65\00:18:38.98
to prevent getting this disease?
00:18:39.01\00:18:40.52
And then we'll talk
about after that would be
00:18:40.55\00:18:42.68
once you get it, then what?
00:18:42.72\00:18:44.29
Because while it's good
00:18:44.32\00:18:45.99
and they're saying
people don't go to church
00:18:46.02\00:18:48.66
or, you know, do go online,
00:18:48.69\00:18:50.46
but we have all of
our healthcare people.
00:18:50.53\00:18:52.56
We have people in
traveling so many places,
00:18:52.59\00:18:55.36
we do not have that option.
00:18:55.40\00:18:58.40
So I think what
you're asking is for
00:18:58.43\00:19:01.27
if you're in that number,
and you've got to be there,
00:19:01.30\00:19:04.51
what can we do to prevent
00:19:04.54\00:19:07.31
or at least take the
risk down tremendously?
00:19:07.38\00:19:09.81
That's right.
00:19:09.84\00:19:11.18
And then we'll talk in a minute
about what to do in ministry.
00:19:11.21\00:19:13.82
Yes. But, Dr. Nedley.
00:19:13.85\00:19:16.08
Yes, some people are fearful.
00:19:16.12\00:19:18.15
For instance, if
they're on an airplane,
00:19:18.19\00:19:20.36
and one person is infected,
00:19:20.39\00:19:22.69
the entire
airplane is going down
00:19:22.72\00:19:25.06
and going to get infected,
00:19:25.09\00:19:27.90
all the passengers
that's actually not true.
00:19:27.93\00:19:31.03
With the systems that
we have in our aircraft,
00:19:31.07\00:19:33.44
it's only those
within a six foot radius
00:19:33.47\00:19:36.60
of the person that's infected.
00:19:36.64\00:19:38.84
And so this is
why they're trying
00:19:38.87\00:19:40.91
to prevent the
gathering together
00:19:40.98\00:19:44.25
in tight spaces,
00:19:44.28\00:19:47.22
an individual who is infected.
00:19:47.25\00:19:49.78
So that six-foot
radius is pretty clear.
00:19:49.82\00:19:52.35
If you're not within six feet,
00:19:52.39\00:19:54.69
and the person isn't
actively, you know, coughing,
00:19:54.72\00:19:59.03
you're going to be safe.
00:19:59.06\00:20:01.23
But also a big
way of transmission
00:20:01.26\00:20:04.40
is through your hands.
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.74
And if someone coughs,
and it gets on its surface,
00:20:06.77\00:20:12.21
and then you touch that surface,
00:20:12.24\00:20:13.98
and you go to your
mouth or your face,
00:20:14.01\00:20:17.35
you're very
likely to get infected.
00:20:17.38\00:20:19.51
And so we recommend
00:20:19.55\00:20:20.92
before you touch
your mouth or your face,
00:20:20.95\00:20:24.65
that you wash your
hands immediately before that
00:20:24.69\00:20:27.92
or at least use hand sanitizer.
00:20:27.96\00:20:30.53
It turns out the old fashioned
00:20:30.56\00:20:32.16
washing of the
hands with soap and water
00:20:32.19\00:20:34.70
is actually a little
better than the hand sanitizer
00:20:34.73\00:20:37.67
because the hand sanitizer
can't get rid of the mucus
00:20:37.70\00:20:41.40
that's surrounding that virus
00:20:41.44\00:20:43.20
that might come
from a cough as well.
00:20:43.24\00:20:46.14
And so the best method
00:20:46.17\00:20:48.04
is just
old-fashioned soap and water,
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.08
washing your hands thoroughly.
00:20:50.15\00:20:52.68
But if that's not around,
00:20:52.71\00:20:54.48
the hand sanitizer
is the next best thing
00:20:54.52\00:20:58.09
and even here at
Weimar Institute,
00:20:58.12\00:21:03.32
which by the way
Weimar has not closed down,
00:21:03.36\00:21:06.26
we'll tell you
why that's the case.
00:21:06.29\00:21:08.76
Weimar is still functioning
and will continue to function
00:21:08.80\00:21:14.54
as long as is practical
00:21:14.57\00:21:16.30
or unless the government
actually tells us we can't.
00:21:16.34\00:21:19.94
But Weimar is
probably the safest place
00:21:19.97\00:21:22.11
on planet earth
00:21:22.14\00:21:23.48
if you end up getting
COVID-19 to recover from it.
00:21:23.55\00:21:28.32
And so this is
something we'll get into later.
00:21:28.35\00:21:32.59
But nonetheless,
in the serving line,
00:21:32.62\00:21:35.22
we're having people at
the end of the serving line,
00:21:35.26\00:21:38.36
wash their hands again
00:21:38.39\00:21:41.23
because they might
touch some surfaces
00:21:41.26\00:21:43.23
in that whole process of serving
00:21:43.26\00:21:45.47
and just to prevent the spread.
00:21:45.50\00:21:50.04
And so it gets back
00:21:50.11\00:21:51.87
into that water
principle of new start.
00:21:51.91\00:21:54.28
And of course, that was
there in the Bible as well,
00:21:54.31\00:21:57.05
regarding the
avoiding of contamination
00:21:57.08\00:22:02.52
through cleanliness
and washing as we get into,
00:22:02.55\00:22:07.19
as we put our hands towards
where mucous membranes are at
00:22:07.26\00:22:11.49
and where this can get
into the cells of our body.
00:22:11.53\00:22:16.60
Okay, I want to
share a little idea
00:22:16.80\00:22:19.40
talking about the face.
00:22:19.43\00:22:20.77
And Dr. Youngberg
turned me on to this idea,
00:22:20.84\00:22:23.07
and I want to show something.
00:22:23.10\00:22:24.97
This is a little
bottle of liquid iodine forte.
00:22:25.01\00:22:28.51
And, Dr. Youngberg,
00:22:28.54\00:22:29.88
you can talk
about this in a minute,
00:22:29.91\00:22:31.25
but this,
00:22:31.28\00:22:32.61
we put a little
sprayer on this bottle,
00:22:32.65\00:22:34.02
and it has iodine,
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.38
which of course, is a
great antiviral in stuff.
00:22:35.42\00:22:40.16
But one of the things
Dr. Youngberg taught me to do
00:22:40.19\00:22:41.89
is to spray this
up in the air above me
00:22:41.92\00:22:44.49
and let it come down on my face.
00:22:44.53\00:22:46.70
And then get into my eyes.
00:22:46.73\00:22:48.06
You want some, Danny? I
just take some of yours.
00:22:48.10\00:22:49.80
Okay.
00:22:49.83\00:22:51.73
So let's talk about this aspect.
00:22:51.77\00:22:54.60
This is kind of a
unique little simple thing
00:22:54.64\00:22:56.34
that can be done.
00:22:56.37\00:22:57.71
That helps prevent
like if you touch your face,
00:22:57.74\00:22:59.51
or you get it on your
face, the simple use of iodine.
00:22:59.54\00:23:02.84
In 2009, Dr.
David Derry, an MD, PhD,
00:23:02.88\00:23:08.62
who was passionate
about getting the word out
00:23:08.65\00:23:13.15
that iodine is one of
the world's best antivirals
00:23:13.19\00:23:18.06
and antimicrobials.
00:23:18.09\00:23:20.70
And many people
who succumb to COVID-19
00:23:20.73\00:23:24.43
or any virus for that matter,
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.14
also end up
suffering bacterial infections
00:23:27.17\00:23:30.24
as secondary infection.
00:23:30.31\00:23:31.67
And so one of the
nice things about iodine
00:23:31.71\00:23:34.11
is that it actually
is very broad spectrum
00:23:34.18\00:23:36.95
and bacteria or fungi
00:23:36.98\00:23:39.21
don't have the opportunity
to become resistant to iodine.
00:23:39.25\00:23:42.72
Well, in 2009, Dr. David
Derry published a review article
00:23:42.75\00:23:47.69
in the medical
journal thyroid science
00:23:47.72\00:23:50.53
that basically highlighted
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.53
how to use iodine medically
00:23:53.60\00:23:57.60
to greatly
mitigate the challenges
00:23:57.63\00:24:01.44
with very deadly
virus, the various,
00:24:01.47\00:24:06.88
you know, little
epidemics and pandemics
00:24:06.91\00:24:09.51
that we've had up to date.
00:24:09.54\00:24:11.38
Of course, this could
very well be the biggest one.
00:24:11.41\00:24:16.55
Even more so
than the Spanish flu
00:24:16.58\00:24:18.85
some are believe in,
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.26
I presently believe
that it may actually end up
00:24:20.29\00:24:23.73
being worse based on Los Alamos
National Laboratory and others,
00:24:23.76\00:24:27.60
it could very
easily lead to more deaths
00:24:27.63\00:24:30.47
than even the
Spanish flu epidemic
00:24:30.50\00:24:32.70
of 1918 and 1919.
00:24:32.73\00:24:35.37
So the iodine is...
00:24:35.40\00:24:37.81
The key
00:24:37.84\00:24:39.17
is that there's
different types of iodine, okay?
00:24:39.21\00:24:41.98
And so we're using, what
you're using right there,
00:24:42.01\00:24:45.08
Dan, is a potassium iodide,
00:24:45.11\00:24:48.58
very dilute solution of
150 micrograms per drop.
00:24:48.62\00:24:53.59
And so with
every squirt of that,
00:24:53.66\00:24:55.62
that you can either squirt it up
00:24:55.66\00:24:58.59
into your nostrils or
00:24:58.63\00:25:02.26
use as into your lungs
just by breathing it in,
00:25:02.30\00:25:05.47
squirting it into your
mouth and breathing it in.
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.64
It helps kill viruses,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.17
and it helps become
an antiviral shield.
00:25:09.20\00:25:13.71
But they're the most
common forms of iodine
00:25:13.78\00:25:17.15
on the market are
Lugol's 2% or sometimes 5%.
00:25:17.18\00:25:21.35
You probably don't want to spray
00:25:21.38\00:25:22.72
that on to your eyes or...
00:25:22.75\00:25:26.76
Because it's
much more irritating.
00:25:26.79\00:25:28.46
So you have to use a
dilute form for the purposes
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.66
that you just demonstrated.
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.50
But Dr. David Derry also called
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.90
for increasing the
dose of regular iodine
00:25:35.93\00:25:39.77
and potassium
iodide combinations
00:25:39.80\00:25:42.90
found in Lugol's for instance,
00:25:42.94\00:25:45.21
as a protection against viruses.
00:25:45.24\00:25:49.51
Of course, Dr. Nedley
and others have been talking
00:25:49.54\00:25:53.08
about other very
valuable strategies,
00:25:53.11\00:25:55.62
including zinc lozenges
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.49
and other ways to
optimize the immune system.
00:25:57.52\00:26:00.96
But primarily, the
issues have to deal
00:26:00.99\00:26:04.66
with the lifestyle
medicine strategies,
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.93
the natural remedies.
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.03
The information
that we have learned
00:26:09.06\00:26:12.13
over the past century
00:26:12.17\00:26:14.24
from the amazing book
called Ministry of Healing,
00:26:14.27\00:26:16.81
that's what gave me the passion
00:26:16.84\00:26:18.61
to become a
lifestyle medicine doctor
00:26:18.64\00:26:20.91
is reading the
works of Ellen White
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.45
and the health message
00:26:23.48\00:26:26.25
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:26:26.28\00:26:27.75
which is designed
to spread to the world
00:26:27.78\00:26:30.32
to decrease
morbidity and mortality
00:26:30.39\00:26:33.49
to decrease sickness and
to decrease the death rate.
00:26:33.56\00:26:37.66
I want to follow up,
00:26:37.69\00:26:39.23
you kind of did a
nice little transition.
00:26:39.26\00:26:40.93
You mentioned Spanish
flu there, Dr. Youngberg.
00:26:40.96\00:26:44.63
And I was thinking
about the situation
00:26:44.67\00:26:47.37
that took place in
Minnesota and, Dr. Nedley,
00:26:47.44\00:26:50.11
it makes me think of
Weimar when I look at this.
00:26:50.14\00:26:53.38
But in 1918,
00:26:53.41\00:26:55.04
I have in my hand a copy
of the Northern Union Reaper,
00:26:55.08\00:26:58.05
which was the Adventist
union paper, back in 1918,
00:26:58.08\00:27:03.08
right in the heart
of the Spanish flu.
00:27:03.12\00:27:05.19
There's a fascinating story here
00:27:05.22\00:27:06.96
that actually Dr. Youngberg
brought to my attention
00:27:06.99\00:27:09.89
several weeks ago,
00:27:09.92\00:27:11.26
where we had a
group of 120 individuals
00:27:11.29\00:27:14.56
that were part
00:27:14.60\00:27:15.93
of the
Scandinavian seminary training
00:27:15.96\00:27:17.50
who were training pastors
00:27:17.57\00:27:19.20
in just west of
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
00:27:19.23\00:27:22.67
place where today we actually
have a Maplewood Academy,
00:27:22.70\00:27:25.67
on that same grounds.
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.08
They had a large
five-storied building
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.68
with 120 people living,
eating, and going to school,
00:27:28.71\00:27:32.78
that's one building.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.22
And 90 of those 120 people
00:27:34.25\00:27:38.02
got the Spanish flu.
00:27:38.05\00:27:40.39
But the beautiful thing
00:27:40.46\00:27:41.79
this article talks
about Dr. Frederick Shepherd,
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.63
the health officer
for the Hutchinson city,
00:27:43.66\00:27:46.26
reported in the newspaper
00:27:46.29\00:27:47.63
which was reprinted
in the Adventist paper
00:27:47.66\00:27:50.20
that not one single
person died of the Spanish flu.
00:27:50.27\00:27:55.44
That was before
there was penicillin,
00:27:55.47\00:27:57.11
before there was antibiotics,
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.04
it was before all those
things but Dr. H.E. Larson,
00:27:59.07\00:28:01.91
who is a graduate physician
00:28:01.94\00:28:03.55
that obviously knew how
to use natural remedies,
00:28:03.58\00:28:06.18
treated all 90 of
those with a staff of people
00:28:06.21\00:28:10.02
that were there,
and not one person died
00:28:10.09\00:28:12.02
and they were
taking note of this.
00:28:12.05\00:28:13.66
So I'm thinking, Dr. Nedley,
00:28:13.69\00:28:16.29
how would we utilize
the eight natural remedies
00:28:16.32\00:28:20.30
or someone who
actually gets this?
00:28:20.33\00:28:24.17
Well, and that's
a very good question
00:28:24.20\00:28:26.60
because if what Dr.
Youngberg said is correct
00:28:26.63\00:28:30.34
that 40% to 70% of
humanity is going to end up
00:28:30.41\00:28:34.08
getting this COVID-19,
00:28:34.11\00:28:36.08
which actually could be true
00:28:36.11\00:28:37.95
because this is why
no political organization
00:28:37.98\00:28:41.12
can stop it spread.
00:28:41.15\00:28:43.28
We can't really
quarantine this thing
00:28:43.32\00:28:45.62
to the point
where it won't spread
00:28:45.65\00:28:48.72
because unlike Ebola and SARS,
00:28:48.76\00:28:52.06
where virtually
everybody got sick,
00:28:52.09\00:28:54.30
when you have 80% of
people not getting sick
00:28:54.33\00:28:57.07
or very little sickness,
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.63
in other words, you're
not going to seek care,
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.67
those people are going
to go out and infect others.
00:29:00.74\00:29:03.51
And by the way,
00:29:03.54\00:29:04.87
that's why the flu can't
be completely contained either
00:29:04.91\00:29:07.08
because a lot of people
have healthy immune systems
00:29:07.11\00:29:09.61
and they get the flu,
00:29:09.64\00:29:10.98
but they develop zero symptoms,
00:29:11.01\00:29:12.81
and they think
they haven't had it,
00:29:12.85\00:29:14.58
but their immune
system fought it off.
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.89
And so this is
where NEWSTART principles
00:29:16.92\00:29:19.75
become very important
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.02
because NEWSTART actually
is a great immune booster,
00:29:22.06\00:29:27.80
and one that can actually put us
00:29:27.83\00:29:29.80
into this 80%
category instead of the 20%
00:29:29.83\00:29:33.84
that get really sick.
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.60
And I think that's
what was happening there
00:29:35.64\00:29:37.41
in Hutchinson
00:29:37.44\00:29:38.77
is that so many
people were getting very sick
00:29:38.81\00:29:41.01
with the Spanish flu,
00:29:41.04\00:29:42.48
and these people
didn't get very sick.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.18
So let's go through
that acronym a little bit.
00:29:44.25\00:29:47.32
The N is nutrition,
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.05
we want to have
good antioxidants.
00:29:49.08\00:29:52.22
Antioxidants are
great for the immune system,
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.66
and the top five antioxidant
vegetables are broccoli,
00:29:55.69\00:29:59.63
Brussels sprouts, spinach,
kale, garlic is number one.
00:29:59.66\00:30:03.47
And garlic actually
has antiviral properties.
00:30:03.50\00:30:07.04
We also want to have
the antioxidant fruits.
00:30:07.07\00:30:10.11
Those are your
berries, primarily plums,
00:30:10.14\00:30:12.17
or the whole fruit.
00:30:12.21\00:30:13.58
That's not a berry that
has the highest antioxidants
00:30:13.61\00:30:16.75
and those, you know,
plums are pretty inexpensive.
00:30:16.78\00:30:21.18
And then we also
want to avoid sugar
00:30:21.22\00:30:24.65
and have sugar out of our
diet as well as free oils.
00:30:24.69\00:30:29.39
And then there may be
some additional things
00:30:29.42\00:30:31.39
if you happen to mess up
00:30:31.43\00:30:32.76
and put something
towards your face or mouth
00:30:32.79\00:30:35.86
before washing your hands
00:30:35.90\00:30:37.83
that would be the
time for the zinc lozenge
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.90
because zinc actually stops
00:30:39.93\00:30:41.70
the replication of
this virus on contact.
00:30:41.74\00:30:44.94
And so those zinc
lozenges can come in,
00:30:44.97\00:30:47.61
and then N-acetylcysteine,
00:30:47.64\00:30:50.35
which is something that
really boosts our immune system,
00:30:50.38\00:30:53.11
very inexpensive.
00:30:53.15\00:30:54.48
There was a nice
randomized controlled trial
00:30:54.52\00:30:57.09
showing that
three out of four people
00:30:57.12\00:31:01.62
that were taking NAC,
00:31:01.66\00:31:03.93
developed zero
symptoms of the flu,
00:31:03.96\00:31:07.30
and that was a
randomized controlled trial
00:31:07.33\00:31:10.40
and those not taking NAC,
00:31:10.47\00:31:12.20
the vast majority of
them develop symptoms.
00:31:12.23\00:31:14.87
And because of
the similarities here
00:31:14.90\00:31:16.91
we think the NAC
will also be very immune
00:31:16.94\00:31:20.31
enhancing to anyone
even with the COVID-19 virus.
00:31:20.38\00:31:25.85
Exercise, aerobic
exercise, outdoors,
00:31:25.88\00:31:29.45
don't, you know, a
lot of people think
00:31:29.48\00:31:31.09
they need to stay
indoors with this thing.
00:31:31.12\00:31:33.86
There's virtually
no transmission outside
00:31:33.89\00:31:37.13
and particularly we're
exercising in the open air.
00:31:37.16\00:31:40.23
This is a very safe
environment to be in,
00:31:40.30\00:31:43.37
and it will boost
our immune system.
00:31:43.40\00:31:45.30
In regards to
water hydrotherapy,
00:31:45.33\00:31:47.80
this is what they
used in the in the seminary
00:31:47.84\00:31:50.91
was hydrotherapy
and contrast therapy
00:31:50.94\00:31:54.31
where you do
the hot and the cold
00:31:54.34\00:31:56.28
and the fomentations can
be very immune enhancing,
00:31:56.31\00:32:00.02
and it can also be
used as a treatment.
00:32:00.05\00:32:02.98
This is why at
Weimar where we're set up
00:32:03.02\00:32:04.95
for this
hydrotherapy sort of thing.
00:32:04.99\00:32:07.59
This could be a
great place for people
00:32:07.66\00:32:10.03
that are suffering
00:32:10.06\00:32:11.39
some of the more
severe complications
00:32:11.43\00:32:12.93
of COVID-19.
00:32:12.96\00:32:15.40
Sunlight, of
course, is antiviral,
00:32:15.43\00:32:17.70
and it helps
our vitamin D levels
00:32:17.73\00:32:19.77
which help our immune
system, that's the S in NEWSTAR.
00:32:19.80\00:32:23.24
T is temperance, if
we're using alcohol,
00:32:23.27\00:32:25.91
and this is why
it's probably good.
00:32:25.94\00:32:27.28
They suspended the NBA
00:32:27.31\00:32:28.74
because you have
thousands of people
00:32:28.78\00:32:30.88
badly in need of exercise,
00:32:30.95\00:32:32.91
watching about 10
people badly in need of rest.
00:32:32.95\00:32:36.35
But those people badly in need
of exercise are also drinking.
00:32:36.38\00:32:40.26
And when you have
alcohol on board at the time
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.62
you get this virus,
it replicates it rapidly,
00:32:42.66\00:32:46.19
and it does
suppress the immune system.
00:32:46.23\00:32:49.63
And then you have
the fresh air, of course,
00:32:49.66\00:32:52.77
which will be very
helpful, adequate rest,
00:32:52.80\00:32:55.40
we know that
sleep is very important
00:32:55.44\00:32:57.61
for the immune system and
getting that adequate rest.
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.88
And then that final
T is also important.
00:33:00.91\00:33:03.68
Those who trust in
God and don't panic
00:33:03.75\00:33:06.58
actually are going to
have a better immune system.
00:33:06.61\00:33:09.92
So we don't want this
pandemic to be a panic demic,
00:33:09.95\00:33:14.26
we want it to be one
that we can trust God
00:33:14.29\00:33:19.39
that He will do
what's best for us
00:33:19.43\00:33:21.13
and also help us by His grace
00:33:21.16\00:33:23.06
to follow these
consistent NEWSTART principles
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.87
in our life.
00:33:25.90\00:33:27.24
And I don't think we
really need to worry about it
00:33:27.27\00:33:29.37
if we're doing those
things and if we're healthy.
00:33:29.40\00:33:32.61
I want to go to
Pastor Finley for a moment.
00:33:32.64\00:33:36.61
Dr. Youngberg kind of
gave a nice transition to trust
00:33:36.64\00:33:39.78
and the spiritual elements.
00:33:39.81\00:33:41.15
If someone is watching
this and they're thinking,
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.22
"Oh, no, I don't
want to get this.
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.62
What if I do?"
00:33:45.65\00:33:46.99
And we know that
maybe almost everyone will.
00:33:47.06\00:33:50.23
Where is the spiritual
element of this, Pastor Finley?
00:33:50.26\00:33:53.50
If we live our lives in
fear, worry, and anxiety,
00:33:53.53\00:33:58.87
it does breakdown
the immune system,
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.50
and we are more
likely to get sick.
00:34:01.54\00:34:05.47
God leads us to have a
trust and a confidence in Him.
00:34:05.51\00:34:10.35
That does not mean
that we'll never get sick.
00:34:10.38\00:34:12.91
But what it does
mean is that it increases
00:34:12.95\00:34:15.78
our possibility of being well.
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.79
I love the way it's put
here in the book of Isaiah,
00:34:18.82\00:34:22.52
in Isaiah 43.
00:34:22.56\00:34:25.73
It tells us how
precious we are to God.
00:34:25.76\00:34:29.16
And it says,
Isaiah 43:1, but now,
00:34:29.20\00:34:32.43
thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob,
00:34:32.47\00:34:35.10
and he who formed you, O Israel,
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.81
fear not for I've redeemed you,
00:34:36.84\00:34:39.24
I've called you by
your name, you are mine."
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.58
So God says to us,
don't live your life in fear,
00:34:42.61\00:34:46.11
don't live your life in worry,
00:34:46.15\00:34:47.68
don't live your life in anxiety.
00:34:47.72\00:34:49.65
Certainly we
ought to be prudent,
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.62
certainly we ought
to take every precaution
00:34:51.65\00:34:53.76
as our doctors have
told us to wash our hands,
00:34:53.79\00:34:56.93
to use some of those
iodine sprays if necessary,
00:34:56.96\00:35:01.10
to definitely get the best diet
00:35:01.13\00:35:03.06
and get adequate
exercise and rest.
00:35:03.10\00:35:05.83
But in harmony with that,
00:35:05.87\00:35:08.90
our mental
attitude is one of trust.
00:35:08.94\00:35:13.27
In the Book of Isaiah,
00:35:13.31\00:35:15.91
it talks about how God
Himself is our protector.
00:35:15.94\00:35:20.25
But when you come
over to the Book of Psalms,
00:35:20.32\00:35:22.95
in the 91 Psalm,
00:35:22.98\00:35:25.35
it talks about the
increase of pestilences,
00:35:25.39\00:35:28.49
like this that are
going to take place
00:35:28.52\00:35:30.53
in the last days of history.
00:35:30.56\00:35:32.89
And it says, talking
about those pestilences,
00:35:32.93\00:35:36.13
it says,
"Surely He, that is God,
00:35:36.16\00:35:39.20
shall deliver you from
the snare of the fowler,
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.57
and from the
perilous pestilence."
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.21
Then down in verse 7,
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.68
"A thousand may
fall at your side,
00:35:46.71\00:35:49.11
ten thousand at your right hand,
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.58
but it shall not come near you."
00:35:51.61\00:35:55.22
And then it talks
about God giving His angels
00:35:55.25\00:35:58.15
charge over us to
keep us in all our ways.
00:35:58.19\00:36:01.69
I think that as Christians,
the way I view life is this.
00:36:01.72\00:36:05.86
We are in a
world of good and evil,
00:36:05.89\00:36:07.93
a world where even
good people get sick.
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.97
But our hearts and
minds can totally trust God,
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.97
knowing that His purposes for us
00:36:15.00\00:36:17.74
and His intention
for us is only good.
00:36:17.77\00:36:21.38
Even if I get sick, I
trust Him to get me through it.
00:36:21.41\00:36:25.15
So it's a matter
in my understanding,
00:36:25.18\00:36:28.75
when sickness is all around you
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.79
to do the best
you can to keep well,
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.25
but if for some
reason you cannot control,
00:36:33.29\00:36:36.19
you actually get sick,
00:36:36.22\00:36:38.56
to trust God that He's
going to get you through.
00:36:38.59\00:36:40.60
Amen.
00:36:40.63\00:36:42.86
Pastor John?
00:36:42.90\00:36:44.47
You know, the
impact of this is something
00:36:44.50\00:36:46.20
that people are
doing almost naturally,
00:36:46.23\00:36:48.54
I heard just
recently on the news
00:36:48.57\00:36:50.21
and it's on all networks,
00:36:50.24\00:36:52.51
people are
self-quarantining themselves.
00:36:52.54\00:36:56.11
They figure it's
better to take a precaution
00:36:56.14\00:36:59.31
than expose what I
have to someone else.
00:36:59.35\00:37:03.49
And, Pastor Finley,
00:37:03.52\00:37:05.29
that brought me to the
verse versus examine yourself.
00:37:05.32\00:37:09.39
In light of the conditions
that exist in the world,
00:37:09.42\00:37:11.96
we know that this is a
synonymous parody to sin.
00:37:11.99\00:37:15.96
What affects me,
affects someone else.
00:37:16.00\00:37:19.03
And I think we've
heard this throughout.
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.64
You may have even
mentioned it in your preaching
00:37:20.67\00:37:23.34
if what you had
infected someone else,
00:37:23.41\00:37:28.51
would it better their
lives or make their lives worse?
00:37:28.54\00:37:31.58
And I think this
is where our attitude
00:37:31.61\00:37:33.21
in this difficult time
is so vitally important.
00:37:33.25\00:37:36.99
I've said so many times
00:37:37.02\00:37:38.35
if we can
communicate trust and faith
00:37:38.39\00:37:41.29
in a troublesome
time, then people might say,
00:37:41.32\00:37:43.53
"Well, what about your God?"
00:37:43.56\00:37:46.13
Look at Daniel's attitude
00:37:46.16\00:37:47.63
when people had
fears about his future.
00:37:47.66\00:37:52.37
Well, Daniel said,
00:37:52.40\00:37:53.74
"The God that I
serve is able to deliver."
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.84
The Hebrew said
the very same thing.
00:37:56.91\00:37:59.04
"We are not going to be
fearful about the atmosphere
00:37:59.07\00:38:02.74
that surrounds us
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.15
because the God who we
serve is able to deliver."
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.92
And that's why Peter said,
00:38:06.95\00:38:08.28
"Cast all your care on
Him because He cares for you."
00:38:08.32\00:38:11.82
So we've taken the
commonsense precautions.
00:38:11.85\00:38:14.99
If you're sneezing, well,
00:38:15.02\00:38:16.93
be mindful of people around you.
00:38:16.96\00:38:18.99
A sneeze in your
elbow, cover your mouth.
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.93
But if you do sneeze in
your hand, wash your hands,
00:38:21.96\00:38:24.73
and soap and water.
00:38:24.77\00:38:26.10
I like the fact
that soap and water
00:38:26.13\00:38:27.47
you don't have to go buy it.
00:38:27.54\00:38:28.87
It's in every household.
00:38:28.90\00:38:30.34
But I also heard
maybe some of the doctors
00:38:30.41\00:38:32.01
could convey this
and clear this up.
00:38:32.04\00:38:34.21
Someone also said the
overuse of hand sanitizers
00:38:34.28\00:38:38.38
could actually not
be a very good thing.
00:38:38.41\00:38:40.15
Maybe that's a question
that we might be able to ask
00:38:40.22\00:38:42.35
because so many people
are buying hand sanitizers.
00:38:42.38\00:38:44.89
And then also secondly,
00:38:44.92\00:38:46.25
there's a certain level
of alcohol that's needed,
00:38:46.29\00:38:48.92
rather than the perfumey type
00:38:48.96\00:38:50.96
that smells like
strawberries or grape.
00:38:50.99\00:38:53.60
Should we look out
for those types of things
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.30
and which kind of hand sanitizer
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.37
will be best and at what level?
00:38:57.40\00:39:00.24
How much should we use?
00:39:00.27\00:39:01.60
That's a good question.
00:39:01.64\00:39:03.34
Dr. Youngberg, would you
like to answer that question
00:39:03.41\00:39:06.17
about the hand sanitizer?
00:39:06.21\00:39:08.64
Well, as Dr.
Nedley just pointed out,
00:39:08.68\00:39:11.48
the key is washing
hands with soap and water,
00:39:11.51\00:39:14.78
and then using hand
sanitizers as a secondary option
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.62
when you can't
easily wash your hands.
00:39:18.65\00:39:21.82
I personally,
00:39:21.86\00:39:23.22
I personally have a little
bottle of this liquid iodine
00:39:23.26\00:39:26.09
and I just spray it,
00:39:26.13\00:39:27.50
I spray it right on my hands
00:39:27.53\00:39:28.96
and that becomes my
simple hand sanitizer,
00:39:29.00\00:39:33.23
and I can wipe it
on my face as well.
00:39:33.27\00:39:35.47
So right now I'm a
little bit less concerned
00:39:35.50\00:39:40.68
about using too
much hand sanitizer.
00:39:40.71\00:39:43.45
I'm more concerned about people
00:39:43.48\00:39:44.95
not paying attention
to sanitation properly.
00:39:44.98\00:39:48.45
Okay, thank you.
00:39:48.48\00:39:50.19
Pastor Mark, the
General Conference,
00:39:50.22\00:39:54.06
of course,
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.59
were global
church and have millions,
00:39:55.62\00:39:59.03
20 plus million members
around the world this summer.
00:39:59.06\00:40:02.43
Even we're looking at having
our General Conference session,
00:40:02.46\00:40:06.07
for hundreds of
thousands of people,
00:40:06.10\00:40:07.77
maybe even million plus,
00:40:07.80\00:40:10.04
would be coming to Indianapolis.
00:40:10.11\00:40:12.54
Can you tell us
anything about that?
00:40:12.57\00:40:14.34
And then also about
how are we as a church
00:40:14.38\00:40:17.88
because while
we're hearing that,
00:40:17.91\00:40:19.65
you know, we're
having to stop many things,
00:40:19.68\00:40:23.15
what are we doing as a church
00:40:23.18\00:40:24.52
to make sure we're
still going forward,
00:40:24.55\00:40:26.59
taking the gospel to the world?
00:40:26.62\00:40:28.39
That's a great question.
Danny, thank you so much.
00:40:28.42\00:40:30.53
The Seventh-day
Adventist church leadership
00:40:30.56\00:40:32.69
is certainly extremely
conscious of what's happening,
00:40:32.73\00:40:35.33
cognizant of what's happening.
00:40:35.36\00:40:37.50
And our leadership is
praying is seeking God.
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.34
No decisions have
been made at this point
00:40:41.37\00:40:43.61
regarding the
General Conference session.
00:40:43.64\00:40:46.14
You know, you may hear a rumor
00:40:46.17\00:40:47.51
that it's canceled or
something that's just not true.
00:40:47.58\00:40:50.25
At this point,
00:40:50.28\00:40:51.61
at the point we're
taping this television program
00:40:51.65\00:40:54.25
in March,
00:40:54.32\00:40:55.92
the General Conference
00:40:55.95\00:40:57.29
is looking to our
health department,
00:40:57.32\00:40:59.99
Dr. Peter Landless,
00:41:00.06\00:41:01.59
who is very
much up with the CDC,
00:41:01.62\00:41:04.63
and the health authorities,
00:41:04.66\00:41:08.16
we are looking
00:41:08.20\00:41:09.53
at the
development of this virus,
00:41:09.56\00:41:11.33
how is it going to develop
if it develops in the way
00:41:11.37\00:41:14.40
that some people think
00:41:14.44\00:41:15.77
we will need to make
some very serious decisions.
00:41:15.80\00:41:18.74
The General Conference session
represents the entire world.
00:41:18.77\00:41:23.48
And so we have to
be asking the question,
00:41:23.55\00:41:25.65
if indeed there are major issues
00:41:25.68\00:41:29.72
with travel with visas,
00:41:29.75\00:41:33.12
at what point do
you make the decision
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.39
say this no longer
represents the world?
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.79
Also, if you bring
that many people together,
00:41:37.83\00:41:40.60
how does that indeed indicate
to infecting other people?
00:41:40.63\00:41:46.13
So we want to
take every single thing
00:41:46.17\00:41:48.47
into consideration.
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.01
At this point, we're looking
at every one of this issue,
00:41:50.04\00:41:52.77
contingency plans
are being developed,
00:41:52.81\00:41:55.01
but no specific
decision has been made
00:41:55.04\00:41:57.18
as this program is being taped.
00:41:57.25\00:41:59.28
Now as far as a
church is concerned,
00:41:59.31\00:42:03.32
we look at this coronavirus
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.86
through the eyes of compassion.
00:42:06.89\00:42:10.03
We've talked about prevention,
00:42:10.06\00:42:11.73
we've talked about trusting God.
00:42:11.76\00:42:14.33
But what about
our responsibility
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.46
to minister to
people that have this virus,
00:42:16.50\00:42:20.84
and the virus has
become a severe impairment
00:42:20.87\00:42:24.31
to their health?
00:42:24.34\00:42:26.14
We as a church believe
00:42:26.17\00:42:28.38
that we do not
run from sickness,
00:42:28.41\00:42:31.61
we run to people that are sick.
00:42:31.65\00:42:34.65
And I'm reminded of a new book
that's come out by an author
00:42:34.68\00:42:38.69
by the name of Starkey.
00:42:38.72\00:42:40.16
He wrote the book
on early Christianity.
00:42:40.19\00:42:43.63
And he tells the story
00:42:43.66\00:42:45.39
of the second
and third centuries,
00:42:45.43\00:42:48.76
when one of the worst
plagues ever to hit humanity
00:42:48.80\00:42:52.50
was killing tens of thousands
and hundreds of people.
00:42:52.53\00:42:57.34
And he goes back
00:42:57.41\00:42:58.74
and looks at second and
third century documents,
00:42:58.77\00:43:02.78
which indicate that the
pagans abandoned their sick
00:43:02.81\00:43:07.85
and actually put
them in the streets.
00:43:07.88\00:43:10.09
And Christians
went into the streets
00:43:10.12\00:43:12.62
ministered to them,
00:43:12.65\00:43:13.99
sometimes getting the
influenza themselves and dying.
00:43:14.06\00:43:17.66
And Starkey says that
one of the great reasons
00:43:17.69\00:43:21.93
Christianity grew was not only
the preaching of the gospel,
00:43:21.96\00:43:26.10
but it was the
living of the gospel.
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.17
It was this self-sacrificial
ministry to the disadvantage,
00:43:28.20\00:43:32.67
to the sick.
00:43:32.71\00:43:34.38
One of the things
00:43:34.41\00:43:35.74
that the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:43:35.78\00:43:38.35
is doing today
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.32
is looking at
00:43:40.35\00:43:42.45
how we can proclaim the gospel
00:43:42.48\00:43:47.16
not only in our lips,
00:43:47.19\00:43:48.76
but what blessing
can we be to society?
00:43:48.79\00:43:51.79
What healing remedies
can we bring to society?
00:43:51.83\00:43:56.67
How can our health
message benefit society?
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.83
How can these simple things
like hydrotherapy bless others?
00:43:59.87\00:44:03.27
How can we share the
message of this new start
00:44:03.30\00:44:07.18
or creation health or celebrate
whatever you want to call it,
00:44:07.21\00:44:10.18
how can we share the message
00:44:10.25\00:44:11.58
of these eight
natural remedies of wellness
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.92
with a larger community,
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.78
so they can help to
have strong immune systems?
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.49
That is a role
for Adventists to play
00:44:18.52\00:44:20.69
where we can light the
world with the glory of God.
00:44:20.76\00:44:23.66
And, you know, Danny,
it seems like to me that,
00:44:23.73\00:44:25.96
especially with
the news reports,
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.53
that perhaps the
supply chain for medications
00:44:28.56\00:44:32.50
may be
interrupted in this process,
00:44:32.53\00:44:34.57
that's going to put
even more of an emphasis
00:44:34.60\00:44:36.74
on the natural remedies.
00:44:36.81\00:44:40.78
It's gonna make
it really important,
00:44:40.81\00:44:42.14
and we have,
00:44:42.18\00:44:43.65
maybe we need to
get kind of retooled
00:44:43.68\00:44:46.55
and know how to
give a fomentation,
00:44:46.58\00:44:48.92
know how to care
in those situations.
00:44:48.95\00:44:50.89
And so to me,
there's three things.
00:44:50.92\00:44:52.42
Number one, I want to try
to avoid getting this if I can.
00:44:52.45\00:44:55.72
That's right.
00:44:55.76\00:44:57.13
And then if I get it,
00:44:57.16\00:44:58.49
I want to make
common sense decisions
00:44:58.53\00:45:00.70
on how I'm going to
relate to whether I go out,
00:45:00.73\00:45:03.60
whether I'd stay in.
00:45:03.67\00:45:05.00
And I think I know
I'm going to stay in.
00:45:05.03\00:45:06.94
And then,
thirdly, if others have it,
00:45:06.97\00:45:10.61
and they need my help,
then I want to help them.
00:45:10.64\00:45:15.34
Those three things.
00:45:15.38\00:45:16.75
Then I think two,
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.11
that there are
two great pitfalls
00:45:18.15\00:45:21.62
that as
individuals we ought to avoid
00:45:21.65\00:45:23.69
and the church ought to avoid.
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.32
One is ignoring
what's happening.
00:45:25.35\00:45:28.29
One is saying, "Well,
this is just going to pass
00:45:28.32\00:45:29.86
and I'm not worried about it."
00:45:29.89\00:45:31.36
And I think that
really contributes
00:45:31.39\00:45:32.99
to what you've just said.
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.50
We don't live in panic,
but we don't overreact either.
00:45:34.53\00:45:38.43
That's right.
00:45:38.47\00:45:39.80
We don't ignore this situation.
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.14
We take commonsense principles
to be on the very best diet,
00:45:42.17\00:45:45.31
to get adequate exercise,
to build our immune system,
00:45:45.34\00:45:48.11
to wash our hands, to
watch it when we sneeze
00:45:48.14\00:45:51.21
and try to sneeze
into our elbows and to...
00:45:51.25\00:45:53.18
And to avoid the large crowds...
00:45:53.21\00:45:54.98
Yeah, sure.
00:45:55.02\00:45:56.35
And be little bit more isolated.
00:45:56.38\00:45:57.72
You know, when
it comes to church.
00:45:57.75\00:45:59.29
I think that's a decision
00:45:59.32\00:46:00.89
that every pastor has to
make with his congregation.
00:46:00.96\00:46:03.96
It's a decision
that may be made for us
00:46:04.03\00:46:06.06
by government entities.
00:46:06.09\00:46:07.76
But it's a
decision, I think that's one
00:46:07.80\00:46:09.83
that we need to cautiously make.
00:46:09.86\00:46:13.94
But the one idea
is people ignore.
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.91
The other is they overreact.
00:46:16.94\00:46:18.81
So you got those two extremes.
00:46:18.84\00:46:21.34
We want to take a
measured, prayerful,
00:46:21.38\00:46:24.98
commonsense
approach to the problem
00:46:25.01\00:46:27.95
as we move ahead.
00:46:27.98\00:46:29.32
Steady at the controls.
00:46:29.35\00:46:30.89
And it's amazing
with medical science,
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.56
where we are
today and the things
00:46:33.59\00:46:35.36
that are going to be happening
00:46:35.39\00:46:36.73
should the Lord
tarry in the next 10 years
00:46:36.76\00:46:38.93
or we're reading about
00:46:38.96\00:46:40.30
that we find ourselves going
back to Sister Ellen White.
00:46:40.33\00:46:44.30
Yes, yes.
00:46:44.33\00:46:45.67
And the health
message God gave her...
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.77
Hot and cold.
00:46:47.80\00:46:49.14
Isn't it? The simple things.
00:46:49.17\00:46:50.81
Yes. To do this.
00:46:50.84\00:46:52.17
But I also want to
talk for just a moment
00:46:52.21\00:46:54.11
focus on the mission,
and the mission as a church,
00:46:54.18\00:46:59.18
as people, as Christians
00:46:59.21\00:47:00.72
or whatever
denomination you are.
00:47:00.75\00:47:02.82
For instance, Dan
and Karen are here,
00:47:02.85\00:47:06.99
Mark Finley neither
live in Southern Illinois.
00:47:07.06\00:47:09.52
I don't have to tell those
00:47:09.56\00:47:10.93
of you know
that from California,
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.86
from DC area,
00:47:12.89\00:47:14.46
but you decided it's
worth the risk to come here.
00:47:14.50\00:47:20.04
Now commonsense would say,
maybe on the secular level,
00:47:20.07\00:47:25.31
"I'm not. Are you kidding?
00:47:25.34\00:47:26.68
Travel all the way
to Southern Illinois
00:47:26.71\00:47:28.44
and go down and do all this."
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.75
But the heart for
Jesus, the love for Jesus,
00:47:30.78\00:47:33.52
and love for
people, and compassion,
00:47:33.55\00:47:35.92
as you brought out,
says, "You know what,
00:47:35.95\00:47:38.49
we're going to go
ahead and do this.
00:47:38.52\00:47:40.16
And when I get home,
00:47:40.19\00:47:41.52
I may isolate
myself for a while."
00:47:41.56\00:47:43.56
But I just want to
say to our viewers,
00:47:43.63\00:47:45.46
and for all of
us here, thank you,
00:47:45.49\00:47:47.60
and for being willing to be here
00:47:47.63\00:47:50.60
to do what you're doing.
00:47:50.67\00:47:52.50
Mark, you're
doing this, Pastor Mark,
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.14
on the series on the
three angels' messages.
00:47:54.17\00:47:57.21
You could have
opted and said, "You know,
00:47:57.24\00:47:58.64
I think I'll just stay home."
00:47:58.67\00:48:00.38
But you're driven
by the Holy Spirit,
00:48:00.41\00:48:02.61
by the Lord to say, "You
know, I can't live in fear."
00:48:02.64\00:48:05.55
You said that earlier.
00:48:05.58\00:48:07.35
You know, I'm
going to trust God.
00:48:07.42\00:48:09.08
So the things that
he's been telling us,
00:48:09.12\00:48:11.92
you're living in your own life.
00:48:11.95\00:48:13.29
That's what I noticed here.
00:48:13.36\00:48:14.69
You're living by
those same principles,
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.83
to trust the Lord
and to go forward and do.
00:48:16.86\00:48:18.86
So commonsense, cleanliness,
00:48:18.89\00:48:22.33
and being driven by the mission
00:48:22.36\00:48:25.27
that Jesus says, "Go
ye into all the world."
00:48:25.30\00:48:27.44
Now for the churches and pastors
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.54
and all the people who say,
00:48:29.57\00:48:31.67
we are not like
pioneer that was said earlier,
00:48:31.71\00:48:34.78
guess what, you can watch 3ABN,
00:48:34.81\00:48:36.78
you can stream it online,
00:48:36.85\00:48:38.18
you can do it on your computers,
00:48:38.21\00:48:39.61
download the 3ABN
app on your phones,
00:48:39.65\00:48:42.52
just turn on the 3ABN
whether it's dish network,
00:48:42.55\00:48:45.12
whether it's Roku,
00:48:45.15\00:48:46.52
cable stations around the world.
00:48:46.55\00:48:48.59
So for many of you,
and there's other networks,
00:48:48.62\00:48:50.46
of course, also,
00:48:50.53\00:48:51.86
but for many who can't
get out or decide not to,
00:48:51.89\00:48:54.80
look into technology
that God has given us
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.90
that sitting
anywhere in the world.
00:48:57.93\00:49:00.04
And no matter
how isolated we are,
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.54
that we have the opportunities
00:49:02.57\00:49:04.04
that we can literally
continue to take in the gospel,
00:49:04.11\00:49:07.21
but more importantly
than just taking it in,
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.71
it's taking it in
and then taking it out,
00:49:09.74\00:49:12.21
giving this
message to the world.
00:49:12.25\00:49:14.12
So thank you for
what you're doing.
00:49:14.15\00:49:15.52
And Karen, and for what
you're doing Pastor John.
00:49:15.55\00:49:18.39
You just got back from
Tobago, and you know, Trinidad
00:49:18.42\00:49:21.62
and so you
didn't hesitate to go.
00:49:21.66\00:49:23.76
You said, "Hey, the
Lord wants me there"
00:49:23.83\00:49:25.89
so you did it.
00:49:25.93\00:49:27.30
So there are
people who go forward.
00:49:27.33\00:49:28.86
Does that mean that
God's protecting them?
00:49:28.90\00:49:31.03
Tell me about
that for just a moment.
00:49:31.07\00:49:32.83
We only have a
minute left here to couple
00:49:32.87\00:49:34.80
but tell me about the
people who go forward.
00:49:34.84\00:49:37.84
I think I heard you
say something earlier
00:49:37.87\00:49:39.71
doesn't mean that
because you go forward
00:49:39.74\00:49:42.38
in the name of the Lord,
00:49:42.41\00:49:43.75
that you can't
contract something like this
00:49:43.78\00:49:46.01
or bad things happen to you.
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.95
But when they do, tell
us what's the remedy here?
00:49:47.98\00:49:51.85
God is with you.
00:49:51.89\00:49:53.25
When we unselfishly serve
00:49:53.29\00:49:56.73
and give our lives to
self-sacrificial service,
00:49:56.76\00:49:59.83
Christ is with us.
00:49:59.86\00:50:01.66
You know, there's a statement
here that I wanted to read.
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.53
And then I wanted
to make a simple appeal
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to somebody that's
watching this broadcast.
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Why does God allow these things?
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God does not cause them.
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God is not the
originator of them.
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But there's a statement
in 19 Manuscript Releases
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page 279 by Ellen
White, where she says,
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"God has a purpose in
permitting these calamities
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to occur.
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They're one of His means
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of calling men and
women to their senses."
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What does this virus do
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when we see it
spreading so rapidly?
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It calls us to our senses.
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This world is not
all that there is.
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Christ is
speaking to you, and to me.
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Our lives are fragile.
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Every single one of us live
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in these fragile
earthened bodies.
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But beyond what is
there is something yet coming.
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And that is the glory of Christ.
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There's something worth
living for beyond this life.
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And that's Jesus Christ,
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allowing Him to fill our hearts,
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to take away our
fears, to strengthen us,
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and to prepare us
for His soon return.
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Amen. Well, that is beautiful.
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What we're going to do,
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we're going to
go to a news break,
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and then we're going to
come back for a closing thought.
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