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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Removing pain
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Lord, 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 our special
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3ABN Today program.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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We're coming to you live here
from West Frankfort, Illinois.
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And our program title
this evening is COVID-19
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and the Christians Response.
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We have a part of
our 3ABN family with us,
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some special
guests with us here.
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We know there's been
an incredible week, right?
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It seems like the
news is absolutely filled
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with the talk of COVID-19.
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And what's incredible,
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because we've
talked about this already,
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if you saw last
night's, Thursday Night Live,
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but it's a disaster
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that the entire
world is talking about.
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Yes.
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But not just because
they're seeing what's happening
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in someplace else.
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It's actually
because it's happening
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to everyone individually.
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It's absolutely incredible.
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But we know that
God is in control.
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And so, we have hope in a future
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to look forward to as well.
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But as we go through
these different fears
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and things here in this life,
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we want to talk about
the Christians response.
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But we also have a
doctor on with us this evening.
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We do.
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Oh, yeah, this
would be a great program.
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It's going to go by quickly.
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We have some
special guests tonight
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and the 3ABN family.
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And we're so glad that
you have joined us as well
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for the special program.
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I want to introduce our guests,
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we're gonna start
with Danny Shelton.
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All right.
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3ABN founder,
corporate consultant,
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you're not a guest.
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Part of the family.
The founder of family.
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Yeah, part of the family.
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So glad you can be here tonight.
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And we want you to introduce
who's sitting next to you
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because this is a
really special guest.
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Special doctor in
the house tonight.
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Of course, we got
Ryan, Pastor Ryan Day
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and Pastor John
Lomacang that everybody knows.
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But we have Dr. Denton Davis.
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Hello. And your wife, Alicia.
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She's in the control
room watching, I guess.
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Yes. Yes, yes. We
couldn't get her out here.
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She's the
prettiest part of the family.
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So I hope if you
don't mind me saying that
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because I know I
married up too, you know.
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Just a great
friend, Dr. Denton Davis.
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He's my doctor and
Yvonne's family doctor.
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Yours and Angie's, Trinity's,
her daughters, I mean,
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I think Shelley and JD,
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I don't know, a
lot of 3ABN folk.
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Yeah.
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But, we're very
happy that you're here.
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I actually have
known, excuse saying Denton,
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but Dr. Davis, so I've known him
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since he was a little boy.
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In fact, his dad and I
used to play ball together.
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I think when we were like
teenagers, late teenagers,
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and in the 20s, we
had independent ball team.
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And the only
trouble with his dad
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was that he was really good.
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He was too good to be
playing with the rest of us.
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But he was good.
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He was great
ballplayer and so is Dr. Davis.
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Wow.
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So, we've spent a lot of
time, you and me and John
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and even Ryan out
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since Ryan has come
along out to the basketball.
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But I guess we're
gonna have to curb that
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for a little bit, right?
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Yes, we are. 'Cause with this.
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So, we have you here for
a special reason tonight.
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And so, we want to...
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Go ahead, Jill.
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I was just going to
say, before we jump in
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with all the
questions for the doctor,
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we have another
special guest on tonight.
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And we just wanna
give a special greeting.
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I believe he's
joining us via Skype,
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and we will talk with him later.
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But tonight, we're also going
to hear from Elder Ted Wilson.
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Are you there, Elder Wilson?
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The President of
the General Conference
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of the Seventh-day Adventists.
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Are you there, Elder Wilson?
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I think he's there
via Skype. I'm here and...
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Okay. Okay.
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I'm here and a
privilege to be with you.
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Good. We're glad
that you're here.
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Thank you so much.
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We're looking for...
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This is, this is real,
this is real social distancing.
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Yes. It surely is.
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We appreciate
you taking the time
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'cause we know you're busy.
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And I know there's some updates
from the General Conference
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that you're gonna be sharing
with us this evening as well.
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But thank you
again for joining us
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from your home this evening.
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So, if, keep your ears
open, you might learn something
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from our doctor here.
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He's going to tell us
what to do and what not to do.
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So, Dr. Davis, I asked
you about being on the program
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and you said,
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you know, what are
we going to talk about,
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of course, the COVID-19 virus.
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But I think what you
came up with and said,
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why don't I talk about questions
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my patients ask
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and I don't know where
you can get any better.
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No use in us trying
to write things down
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because you're
dealing with people every day.
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Correct.
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So, in the beginning, tell
us a little bit about this virus
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and how do I know if I
have it, things like that?
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And what should I do?
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You know, tell us.
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Our behavior has
to be differently.
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Yes.
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And so, tell us a
little bit about the virus
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and maybe some things
we can do to prevent it?
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Well, as we know, the
virus is very contagious.
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You know, I tell my patients,
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you know, they
wanna know how I get it.
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And I said, well, when you talk,
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you spit droplets
about three or four feet.
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When you cough or sneeze,
you spit in 10 or 12 feet.
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I'll talk this way, Danny.
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That's okay, go ahead.
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And so, that's how
you spread this virus.
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Wow.
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So that's why
they are convincing
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our population to try
to do social distancing.
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If you can stay
away, that virus,
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let's say it infects
you, Danny, and we stay off
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our social distance for a while.
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You can't spread that
virus to me and that virus
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will eventually
die off within you.
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And so, if we do
that social distancing,
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the viruses will not be spread
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and allowed to
grow in a new person.
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Okay. All right.
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So, once we get it or in
fact, if we think we get it.
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What are some of the symptoms?
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So, the main symptoms you
want to look for is cough,
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high fevers and
shortness of breath.
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You know, most are
viral colds we have.
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You mostly have
runny nose, congestion,
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scratchy dry throat.
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And with this
one, the difference is
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you'll have similar symptoms
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and some of the
younger population
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may just have the
regular cold symptoms.
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But the ones that we
know are really in sick
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and being affected,
is when they developed
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that shortness of breath.
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That's the pneumonia and
that's what you hear people
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really having issues with
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and having the
difficulty breathing
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and end up in the ICU
and require ventilators.
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No, Dr. Davis, I was wondering.
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So, someone like for
me that's in their 40s,
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like I'm in my early 40s.
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Do I have to worry about this?
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I'm hearing maybe it affects
more the older population?
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It definitely is
the older population,
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like in most of the
studies are showing right now.
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And the research is,
you know, 80% of the people
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that are
affected are 65 and older.
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Okay.
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The largest
majority that are having
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the serious
complications are 85 and older.
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Okay.
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So, it's mostly
your elderly population,
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because I tell my patients,
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you know, after the age of 50,
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your immune system declines
by about 10% every 10 years.
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It's a kind of a rough
estimate of how to do that.
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And so, your immune
system isn't as good
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when you're older as it is.
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And that's why we give
some vaccines and things
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to boost your antibodies
to these different things.
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So, if you're exposed to
it, you can fight it off.
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Sure. Well, that makes sense.
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So, what can
contribute to some of the cases
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that are being heard now,
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like there's some
people between 20 and 44
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are catching it,
and some in their 30s?
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I think some of
the younger patients
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are like, they had a
21 year old recently.
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I heard on the news
that had developed it
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and developed
respiratory distress
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and eventually passed.
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But he also was
diagnosed with leukemia.
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So, you're gonna
have people that have
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a decreased immune system.
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That's your patients with
COPD, heart disease, diabetes.
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And they don't have the
ability to fight this virus off,
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and so the virus can overtake
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their immune
system very quickly.
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And it grows so rapidly
that it overtakes their system.
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And that's what's causing
the problem we're having.
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Yeah.
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So, Greg and I
have a cat at home.
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So, can you spread this to pets?
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Or can pets spread it to you?
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Or can pets spread it to humans.
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Or how does that work?
That's a very good question.
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I've actually had
some patients, so,
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that's why I
offered that question.
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Okay.
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They actually say,
they really don't know,
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but they say if you do
acquire the COVID virus,
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that you try to
distance yourself,
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you do social pet distancing.
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Wow.
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Really, so that you
keep the pet away from you,
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not directly in your face.
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There's not been any
known cases of transfer
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from domestic animals to humans
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in the United
States that we know of.
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Not that I've heard.
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I saw on the news today,
I think it was from Italy.
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Somebody was walking her dog.
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You know, they're
totally locked down.
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They were
walking him with a drone.
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They had him,
hooked up his leash,
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hooked up to the drone
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and was getting his exercise
around the one's got the drone.
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You're not gonna make
extra money after hours.
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Going dog walking.
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You know, what I think
what's incredible to me
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about this virus is
that I can be a carrier
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and yet show no symptoms.
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At least that's what I've heard.
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Yeah.
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And I can actually
spread it so I can feel that
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I'm really well and healthy
and go visit everyone to say,
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hey, wow, I'm
feeling strong and healthy,
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but I could
actually somehow be infected.
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Is that correct?
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And that's what's
tough in our field is we,
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I have my patients
that, that want to be tested,
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but we don't have enough tests.
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And really the patients
that are the young population
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that have mild
symptoms, they really could,
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you know, they
have mild symptoms.
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And we often say that's
just an upper respiratory cold.
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Sure. Right.
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And we'd like to test
them, but they're saving those
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for the people
who meet the criteria.
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And so that's
why you pretty much
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have to create
the social distancing
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and staying at
home as we've seen it.
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What they've
done here in Illinois,
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they're going to pass tomorrow.
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Yes. Yes.
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Because you
can't test everybody.
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You can't treat everybody.
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So, if you can keep
everybody away from each other,
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you don't spread the virus.
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Yeah, yeah,
it's incredible. Wow.
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Wow.
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So, if I've got
certain symptoms,
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how soon is it?
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Should I be calling
you, in other words,
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calling your
health professional?
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Because a lot of
times I'm not as you said,
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I'm not going to
know the difference,
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because sometimes
I'll just get a cold.
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Yeah.
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But it seems like maybe
people are starting to panic,
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you know, me, if
I start coughing,
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I'm probably gonna be.
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I've got his
cell number, poor guy,
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it'd 3:00 in the morning.
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He'll say, go back to
sleep, it's just a cold.
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No.
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But I mean,
honestly, we should you know,
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we realize there's
a shortage of testing.
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But yet on the other hand,
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if you get something
and you're not used to it.
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A sore throat or
you're running a little fever,
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you're automatically,
your mind wants to run away
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with itself and
say, I've got it.
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So, what do I try to just
watch it over a period of days.
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Yeah, the best
thing to always do is
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try to contact your
provider, your physician.
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And I think you can
do that very easily.
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And run your symptoms by them.
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And they kind of triage you.
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They'll ask you, they
already know your history.
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You know, whether you
have heart disease, diabetes,
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that plays into the factor
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of whether you need
to be seen and tested.
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So, if you're stable,
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you're not having
any trouble breathing.
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Yeah. It's
possibly you have the virus.
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But the best thing to really do
if you're stable to stay home.
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Okay, so I come in
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and I get tested
and it's positive.
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Yes. What now?
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So, if you get
tested and positive,
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if you are stable,
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you're not showing any
signs of respiratory distress.
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You're not 65 and older.
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You don't have lung disease.
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You don't have
those risk factors.
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Most likely, you'll be
told to try to stay home.
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Isolate yourself to a room.
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If you have somebody
help and take care of you.
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They should
probably wear a mask.
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They should wash their
hands after seeing you.
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And if you share
anything like drinks, glasses,
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those all should be
washed pretty thoroughly.
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So, what if I get
COVID-19 and I stay home
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as you recommend and isolate
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from other
members of the household
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and all of that.
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And time goes on and I think
I'm well and everything's good.
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How do I know when I
can go back to work or...
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That's a very good question.
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Or when I can
get in society again?
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Yes.
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So, really, what you
should always do again
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is you would
contact your physician
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and probably even the
local health department,
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because if you
have the diagnosis
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and the test is positive,
that changes the ballgame.
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Okay.
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The tough thing is they really
don't know how long before,
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for sure shedding the virus.
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On the CDC website right now,
they're saying if you have not
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had a fever for 72 hours,
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your symptoms of cough
and shortness of breath
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have resolved.
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And it's been
at least seven days
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from when you developed symptoms
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that you're
probably okay to go out.
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However, they still think
you possibly could still be
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shedding the virus.
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The viral load is lower,
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so it's less likely
and your immune system
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fought it off enough
that you may not spread it.
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But I would always talk to your
local, local health department
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because they may have
regulations differently
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depending on where you live.
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It's about ten
or eleven days ago.
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My wife Yvonne
had a hip replacement
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and people had
been sending flowers.
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I said we have more flowers
than when you go to a funeral,
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usually it seems like
they're all over the house
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and we're happy about that.
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Except when one of the
people bring in the flowers
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called and said we're
doing a no touch thing.
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So, I'm going to
set the flowers outside
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and I'll call you
when you're there.
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And I said,
that's probably wise.
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The very next when I
heard my doorbell ring,
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there's a lady
like, here's your flowers.
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Wow.
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So, now I hadn't
thought about it,
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but after I got
it, I took the vase in
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and so I went
inside and set it on.
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Then I went and wash my hands.
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Now, Yvonne, I think
Amazon makes half of their money
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through my wife
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and maybe some
of your other wives
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'cause she buys,
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she always finds
something to buy.
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But it's good stuff usually.
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But so, packages are coming,
you see these guys running in
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and they're
handling the packages now.
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Should we be concerned at all?
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Is there any way
that we could catch that,
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the virus on a
package or on some flowers
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or something somebody hands us?
00:14:02.87\00:14:04.51
Well, it's a good question.
00:14:04.54\00:14:05.87
You get packages from
all over and some of them may
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come from China.
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They recommend if
you do get packages,
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you open them up outside.
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And if you can wipe down
things that you get like that,
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and if it's any
kind of clothing,
00:14:17.82\00:14:19.15
you could wash it in a hot,
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hotter temperature to
try to kill off the virus.
00:14:20.59\00:14:22.82
Some things it's impossible
to wipe down everything.
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Sometimes a big
item or like a flower.
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Yeah.
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So, it is a tough,
tough situation to figure out.
00:14:29.73\00:14:33.37
Okay, good.
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We only have a
couple more minutes,
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but I'm wondering
maybe if you could
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look into the camera
because we have people
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from all around the world.
00:14:39.14\00:14:40.58
But here locally, I know a
lot of people are watching.
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What can you say to us
00:14:43.78\00:14:45.11
to kind of calm
everybody's fear,
00:14:45.15\00:14:46.92
yet we have to be aware
of the seriousness of this.
00:14:46.95\00:14:49.95
But is there
anything that you want to say
00:14:49.98\00:14:51.52
to the folk at home?
00:14:51.55\00:14:52.99
Probably the main
thing I would say is,
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you know,
practice the good hygiene.
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If you have risk
factors, you're 65 and older,
00:14:57.63\00:15:00.70
you have diabetes,
you have heart disease,
00:15:00.73\00:15:03.23
you have lung disease.
00:15:03.26\00:15:04.93
Try to, you know, stay at home
and stay away from the public.
00:15:04.97\00:15:10.14
You get this from
respiratory droplets.
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So, if you talk to
somebody at the store,
00:15:12.67\00:15:14.71
you ride in a cab,
00:15:14.74\00:15:16.18
you ride with somebody in a car,
00:15:16.21\00:15:17.88
you're increasing
your risk of getting that.
00:15:17.91\00:15:19.88
And your risk is much
higher if you're 65 and older.
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The younger population,
00:15:24.52\00:15:25.85
it's really hard
to stress to them
00:15:25.89\00:15:27.26
that they can be
carrying this to the people
00:15:27.29\00:15:29.92
that can get ill which
is our older population.
00:15:29.96\00:15:33.09
And if they don't
practice the isolation at home
00:15:33.13\00:15:36.70
during this process,
00:15:36.77\00:15:38.10
this virus will
continue to spread.
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We will get over this.
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We've got a great
amount of people here
00:15:43.27\00:15:47.38
in the world all over.
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And we'll overcome this.
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All right. Praise the Lord.
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Well, thank you so much.
00:15:52.31\00:15:53.65
Any last question
before we let him go.
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Well I tell you, it's
fantastic having you on.
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I know you're busy,
too. Well, thank you.
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Yeah, it's been very busy. Yes.
00:15:58.65\00:16:00.36
But thank you,
doctor. Thanks for having me.
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Ryan? I had a question.
00:16:01.89\00:16:03.22
Can I have your
cell phone number?
00:16:03.26\00:16:04.59
Sure, sure.
00:16:04.63\00:16:05.96
Just don't get it out right now.
00:16:05.99\00:16:07.33
All right, give it
to Ryan. That's right.
00:16:07.40\00:16:08.73
Good job.
00:16:08.76\00:16:10.10
That's good, Ryan. Yeah.
00:16:10.13\00:16:11.47
Yeah, good question, Ryan.
00:16:11.50\00:16:12.83
We'll answer tonight
though. I'm looking to.
00:16:12.87\00:16:14.74
We'll text it to
you later, all right.
00:16:14.77\00:16:16.10
Yeah. Now, thank you so much.
00:16:16.14\00:16:17.51
Thank you, Dr. Davis.
00:16:17.54\00:16:18.87
You know, we may need you
to come back in a week or two
00:16:18.91\00:16:20.98
depending on
how things are going
00:16:21.01\00:16:22.91
and maybe give
us some more advice
00:16:22.94\00:16:24.28
and talk to our folk, because...
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Thank you for having me.
00:16:25.68\00:16:27.02
Fear is, you know, the panic,
because when it first started,
00:16:27.05\00:16:28.55
you go to grocery
store, everybody was buying TP.
00:16:28.58\00:16:31.19
And I mean, there's
just like all the stores.
00:16:31.22\00:16:33.69
My daughter called
me yesterday and said,
00:16:33.76\00:16:36.42
I can't get anything in
Nashville where she lives.
00:16:36.46\00:16:38.43
They couldn't get toilet
paper, you know, tissues.
00:16:38.46\00:16:41.86
Literally rolls of paper towels,
00:16:41.90\00:16:44.73
all that stuff.
00:16:44.77\00:16:46.10
I mean, hand soaps.
00:16:46.13\00:16:47.47
And she says she's germophobic.
00:16:47.54\00:16:48.97
Melody, if you're watching,
she tells everybody that.
00:16:49.00\00:16:52.24
So, this was
like a torture to her.
00:16:52.27\00:16:54.71
She couldn't find any.
00:16:54.74\00:16:56.08
So, I said, I
think we got some here.
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Every time I go,
00:16:57.95\00:16:59.28
the little Dollar general
right here in Thompsonville,
00:16:59.31\00:17:01.22
they've been having stuff.
00:17:01.25\00:17:02.58
So, I went out there
and got a whole lot of stuff
00:17:02.62\00:17:04.55
and her son took it down
and she's a happy camper.
00:17:04.59\00:17:07.06
And I said all of
Nashville didn't have anything.
00:17:07.09\00:17:08.82
And we have right
here in Thompsonville,
00:17:08.86\00:17:10.23
but some way we could.
00:17:10.26\00:17:11.59
Little
Thompsonville is our secret.
00:17:11.63\00:17:12.96
Yeah, the little.
00:17:12.99\00:17:14.33
Well, the other
little Dollar Generals
00:17:14.36\00:17:15.70
and the Kroger's
and all these people
00:17:15.73\00:17:17.07
have a lot of stuff here.
00:17:17.10\00:17:18.43
Some of the bigger
ones, Walmart were out, so.
00:17:18.47\00:17:19.80
But what we're learning
is then be calm, don't panic,
00:17:19.83\00:17:23.54
but be very preventative.
00:17:23.61\00:17:25.21
Correct. That's right.
00:17:25.24\00:17:26.57
Okay. Thank you so much.
00:17:26.61\00:17:27.94
Thank you very much.
00:17:27.98\00:17:29.31
We want to keep our
medical professionals in prayer
00:17:29.34\00:17:30.68
because many of
them on the frontlines
00:17:30.75\00:17:32.28
are putting their
risk on the line 24 hours
00:17:32.31\00:17:34.82
and some of them are
becoming victims of this.
00:17:34.85\00:17:38.09
So, that's something that
we have to very careful of.
00:17:38.12\00:17:39.92
Let's have a prayer
actually for Dr. Davis
00:17:39.95\00:17:41.66
and all the
other medical people,
00:17:41.69\00:17:43.02
personnel out there
'cause you're right.
00:17:43.06\00:17:44.39
They are on the frontline.
00:17:44.43\00:17:45.76
This is like a war
against the disease.
00:17:45.79\00:17:47.13
So, Pastor, you wanna.
00:17:47.20\00:17:48.53
Sure.
00:17:48.56\00:17:49.90
Loving Father in
heaven, we thank You so much
00:17:49.93\00:17:51.37
that we are
living in a day and age
00:17:51.40\00:17:53.20
where the technology
00:17:53.23\00:17:54.57
and the medical
understanding is great,
00:17:54.60\00:17:56.17
far advanced
than it's ever been.
00:17:56.20\00:17:58.17
We do pray for
those who are actively
00:17:58.21\00:18:00.81
on the
frontlines testing people.
00:18:00.88\00:18:03.14
They're trying to
diagnose and encourage.
00:18:03.18\00:18:05.98
And we know that
it's a scary time
00:18:06.01\00:18:07.92
in which to live.
00:18:07.95\00:18:09.28
So, we pray for Dr.
Davis and his staff.
00:18:09.32\00:18:10.69
Yes.
00:18:10.72\00:18:12.05
And for all those
nurses and doctors
00:18:12.09\00:18:13.42
and medical professionals
that are just there
00:18:13.46\00:18:15.22
seeking to find answers,
00:18:15.26\00:18:17.06
to bring relief to the
population of our world.
00:18:17.13\00:18:20.43
Keep them safe, Lord.
00:18:20.50\00:18:21.83
And many of them
are making sacrifices
00:18:21.86\00:18:23.57
to socially distance themselves
from their own children.
00:18:23.60\00:18:27.34
But we pray that
you'll keep them through this.
00:18:27.37\00:18:29.20
And as we were
told, when this passes,
00:18:29.24\00:18:32.27
because all storms pass.
00:18:32.31\00:18:33.98
Yes.
00:18:34.01\00:18:35.34
May we always give You the glory
00:18:35.38\00:18:36.71
for keeping our hearts calm
and giving us people of wisdom
00:18:36.75\00:18:40.25
and professional
skill like Dr. Davis.
00:18:40.32\00:18:42.48
In Jesus' name, we pray.
00:18:42.52\00:18:43.89
Amen. Amen.
00:18:43.92\00:18:45.25
Amen. Thank you.
00:18:45.29\00:18:46.62
It's a blessing to have
the medical personnel actually
00:18:46.65\00:18:49.49
right on our set
with us this evening.
00:18:49.52\00:18:51.83
And as we mentioned earlier,
we want to transition now back
00:18:51.86\00:18:54.13
to you on Elder Wilson.
00:18:54.20\00:18:56.03
Are you still there with
us via Skype, Elder Wilson?
00:18:56.06\00:18:59.30
Oh, yes.
00:18:59.33\00:19:00.67
I've been
listening to the discussion
00:19:00.74\00:19:02.07
and hearing all the
good advice from Dr. Davis.
00:19:02.10\00:19:04.34
Amen. All right.
00:19:04.37\00:19:05.71
Dr. Davis had to
leave, of course,
00:19:05.74\00:19:07.08
he's got a busy
schedule going right now,
00:19:07.11\00:19:08.61
been in the medical field.
00:19:08.64\00:19:09.98
But thank you for joining us.
00:19:10.05\00:19:11.38
We know that you have
also had a very busy week.
00:19:11.41\00:19:14.02
And I just want to
plug this right now too.
00:19:14.05\00:19:16.12
You were just at 3ABN a
little over one week ago.
00:19:16.15\00:19:19.39
You and your
dear wife are with us.
00:19:19.42\00:19:21.22
And we did a
program, a Today program
00:19:21.26\00:19:23.06
that actually airs tomorrow.
00:19:23.09\00:19:24.46
It does at 8 AM
Central and 3 PM Central
00:19:24.49\00:19:28.46
and 8 PM Central.
00:19:28.50\00:19:30.07
So, if you're watching tonight,
00:19:30.10\00:19:31.43
we want to encourage you
to watch that special program
00:19:31.47\00:19:33.27
tomorrow with Elder Ted
Wilson and his wife, Nancy.
00:19:33.34\00:19:36.04
Amen.
00:19:36.07\00:19:37.41
And so, again, the
Coronavirus COVID-19,
00:19:37.44\00:19:39.74
Elder Wilson has been
a big topic of the GC.
00:19:39.77\00:19:42.64
Of course, I know
there's some updates that
00:19:42.68\00:19:44.61
if you'd like to share
with us how things are going
00:19:44.65\00:19:46.95
pertaining also to the
General Conference session
00:19:47.02\00:19:49.15
that was to be
held in Indianapolis.
00:19:49.18\00:19:50.69
Well, let me just
express a deep appreciation
00:19:53.96\00:19:57.03
to be with you on 3ABN today,
00:19:57.06\00:20:01.73
and it was just a few days ago
00:20:01.76\00:20:03.87
that we were right
there in your studio.
00:20:03.90\00:20:05.70
That's right.
00:20:05.73\00:20:07.07
It's amazing how just a few days
00:20:07.14\00:20:11.27
makes an enormous
world of difference.
00:20:11.31\00:20:14.88
In fact, the last I would say
00:20:14.91\00:20:19.18
four or five days
00:20:19.21\00:20:21.45
seem like we have accomplished
and been involved in things
00:20:21.48\00:20:25.42
that normally would take months.
00:20:25.45\00:20:29.89
And the Lord has been with
us. I want to tell you this.
00:20:29.92\00:20:33.50
Last week, I can just say
I have seen God's miracles
00:20:33.53\00:20:38.70
take place.
00:20:38.73\00:20:40.07
People working
together like never before,
00:20:40.14\00:20:42.70
unity among God's people
00:20:42.74\00:20:44.77
focused upon the
immediate situation
00:20:44.81\00:20:49.04
and the rapid changes
00:20:49.08\00:20:54.02
that are taking place.
00:20:54.05\00:20:56.15
And you I think
were referencing that
00:20:56.18\00:20:58.12
just a little bit ago.
00:20:58.15\00:20:59.49
Yes.
00:20:59.52\00:21:00.86
The rapid changes
that are taking place
00:21:00.89\00:21:02.76
are just amazing
00:21:02.79\00:21:04.79
and almost
unprecedented for most of us.
00:21:04.83\00:21:09.90
Now, I've been through,
you know, a lot of interesting
00:21:09.93\00:21:12.33
and challenging things in life,
00:21:12.37\00:21:14.37
even as a 6 year old,
getting shipped out of Egypt.
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We lived there.
00:21:18.31\00:21:20.08
I was the son of
a missionary family
00:21:20.11\00:21:22.71
and love, love
Egypt and the Middle East.
00:21:22.74\00:21:25.61
But during the
Suez Canal crisis,
00:21:25.65\00:21:28.82
I was shipped out,
00:21:28.85\00:21:30.19
6th Fleet of the United States,
00:21:30.22\00:21:31.75
came and took my mother
and my sister and myself
00:21:31.79\00:21:35.66
and others and my
father stayed in Cairo
00:21:35.69\00:21:40.73
to be with our people there.
00:21:40.80\00:21:42.60
But, you know,
you live in places.
00:21:42.63\00:21:45.43
You have attempted
coups, you have unrest,
00:21:45.47\00:21:48.10
you have all kinds of things.
00:21:48.14\00:21:50.11
But I have never seen
anything quite like this
00:21:50.14\00:21:53.88
where everything is
coming to a standstill.
00:21:53.91\00:21:57.15
Yes.
00:21:57.18\00:21:58.51
And to me, that is a
momentous development
00:21:58.55\00:22:03.79
and certainly tells us
how in the very last days,
00:22:03.82\00:22:08.39
in fact, if we
have a little time
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.46
and a moment or so,
00:22:10.53\00:22:11.86
I'm going to read
something from the scripture
00:22:11.89\00:22:15.90
and also from
Testimonies Volume 9,
00:22:15.93\00:22:20.04
about how
things really developed
00:22:20.07\00:22:24.21
in such a rapid way.
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.98
And I think this is a precursor
00:22:27.01\00:22:29.74
as to how things will develop
according to biblical prophecy
00:22:29.78\00:22:35.12
as we understand it.
00:22:35.15\00:22:37.59
So, that each of us
needs to be awake and wake up.
00:22:37.62\00:22:43.53
In fact, I think
there are a lot of people
00:22:43.56\00:22:45.69
all over the world
who are eyes and ears
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.56
waiting to know about
God's precious truth and hope.
00:22:49.60\00:22:54.74
Well, I'm trying
to encourage people
00:22:54.77\00:22:56.37
by telling them that
Seventh-day Adventists
00:22:56.40\00:22:59.47
especially and, of
course, all other Christians,
00:22:59.51\00:23:02.21
we ought to be
anchors of stability
00:23:02.24\00:23:06.18
and pillars of
hope during this time.
00:23:06.21\00:23:10.62
But yes, we've had some rather
interesting things happening,
00:23:10.69\00:23:13.99
of course, this week,
even as late as last week,
00:23:14.06\00:23:19.13
on Wednesday evening
after we left you there
00:23:19.16\00:23:21.93
in Thompsonville area.
00:23:21.96\00:23:24.27
We drove to Indianapolis.
00:23:24.30\00:23:26.97
We took a tour of
the convention facility
00:23:27.04\00:23:31.44
and of the Lucas Oil Stadium,
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.98
where General Conference session
00:23:34.01\00:23:35.91
was programmed to take place
00:23:35.94\00:23:38.48
beginning at the end of June
00:23:38.51\00:23:41.72
and into July to July 4.
00:23:41.75\00:23:44.79
And my senior fellow officers
and I toured around along
00:23:44.82\00:23:50.23
with some others,
00:23:50.26\00:23:51.59
just seeing
final review of that.
00:23:51.63\00:23:54.53
Very, very professional
00:23:54.56\00:23:57.70
and lovely
setting for a convention.
00:23:57.73\00:24:01.60
And even that
night, Wednesday night,
00:24:01.64\00:24:04.51
which is about, you
know, nine days ago,
00:24:04.54\00:24:08.81
we had a very nice community
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.61
oriented program
00:24:12.65\00:24:15.72
with many community leaders
helping them to understand
00:24:15.75\00:24:20.76
who Seventh-day Adventists are
and trying to share with them
00:24:20.79\00:24:24.93
that when we do come,
00:24:24.96\00:24:26.70
we want to be of
great help and assistance.
00:24:26.73\00:24:30.17
Also, the Lake Union
Conference where you are located
00:24:30.20\00:24:35.67
has been very instrumental
00:24:35.70\00:24:38.91
in trying to focus
on evangelistic outreach
00:24:38.94\00:24:43.35
and helping people the
way Christ did in many ways.
00:24:43.38\00:24:47.22
In fact, a special
Your Best Pathway to Health
00:24:47.25\00:24:51.19
was scheduled for April,
early April in Indianapolis.
00:24:51.22\00:24:56.16
I was going to be in
the Lucas Oil Stadium
00:24:56.19\00:24:58.79
and then there were
gonna be public Bible lectures,
00:24:58.83\00:25:03.87
various ones.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.77
I was even scheduled to have
a special evangelistic meeting
00:25:05.80\00:25:10.81
just before the
General Conference
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.41
there in Indianapolis.
00:25:12.44\00:25:13.91
And then the
session would take place.
00:25:13.98\00:25:16.14
All of that has now been
wiped off the calendar for now.
00:25:16.18\00:25:20.72
Wow. That's incredible.
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.08
Except the wonderful
pastors in Indianapolis
00:25:22.12\00:25:27.36
from the Indiana, Conference,
00:25:27.39\00:25:29.96
from the Lake Region Conference,
00:25:30.03\00:25:32.09
from the Lake Union.
00:25:32.13\00:25:33.70
These people,
these regional settings
00:25:33.73\00:25:37.97
of our church structure
and our church members,
00:25:38.00\00:25:41.74
they have really focused
00:25:41.77\00:25:43.51
on trying to
pull things together.
00:25:43.54\00:25:46.98
And it looks like
the last report I heard,
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.81
they were going to try to have
00:25:49.84\00:25:51.75
a very, very
wonderful Bible presentation
00:25:51.78\00:25:55.88
and evangelistic
meeting on the Internet
00:25:55.92\00:25:59.39
during this period of time,
00:25:59.42\00:26:01.36
so that
everybody is doing things
00:26:01.39\00:26:03.26
in an innovative way.
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.66
But it was just a
little over a week ago
00:26:05.69\00:26:09.30
and we were still thinking
everything would go all right.
00:26:09.33\00:26:12.43
I'll just take a few
moments just to tell you that
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.90
things began to spiral
into different directions.
00:26:15.94\00:26:20.81
Even on Thursday of
last week and Friday,
00:26:20.88\00:26:25.78
we began to see the magnitude
of how the ripple effect
00:26:25.81\00:26:29.78
of all the
transportation cessation,
00:26:29.82\00:26:33.86
the flights being canceled,
people not being allowed
00:26:33.89\00:26:36.73
into the country.
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.09
The visa arrangements
in different countries.
00:26:39.13\00:26:42.83
I think Sunday morning we had,
00:26:42.86\00:26:45.13
we've had two very,
very good consultations
00:26:45.17\00:26:49.57
with division presidents.
00:26:49.60\00:26:51.27
That's our regional sections
around the world, 13 of them.
00:26:51.31\00:26:56.14
Two of those
meetings, all by Zoom,
00:26:56.18\00:26:59.68
which is an
electronic conferencing call.
00:26:59.71\00:27:02.85
And we're getting more
and more proficient now
00:27:02.88\00:27:05.79
at using real social distancing
00:27:05.82\00:27:09.89
through conference calls.
00:27:09.92\00:27:12.49
But I remember listening
00:27:12.53\00:27:16.80
to one of those
division presidents in a region
00:27:16.87\00:27:20.77
far from the United States.
00:27:20.84\00:27:23.34
And he was saying
all the US consulates
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.04
are closed until April 20.
00:27:26.07\00:27:28.91
And you can imagine
people trying to get visas
00:27:28.94\00:27:31.75
to come to the
General Conference session.
00:27:31.78\00:27:34.15
They, they'll be now
standing in longer lines
00:27:34.22\00:27:37.82
for these interviews.
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.92
And then perhaps
the consul will say, no,
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.42
we're not going
to give you a visa.
00:27:42.46\00:27:44.46
And then they have to
come back and reapply.
00:27:44.49\00:27:47.63
And then finally
they get a visa and then,
00:27:47.66\00:27:50.97
you know, General
Conference session's over
00:27:51.00\00:27:53.57
by the time they get the visa.
00:27:53.64\00:27:55.40
So, there are so many factors.
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.67
And the Lord just
started putting in our hearts
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.28
that we have to look at
it very, very diligently
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.68
and in a focused way.
00:28:04.71\00:28:06.18
And things led to the
point where finally we presented
00:28:06.21\00:28:12.15
to our administrative committee
00:28:12.19\00:28:15.59
to actually postpone the
General Conference session,
00:28:15.62\00:28:19.63
which is the last
thing I wanted to do
00:28:19.66\00:28:22.30
and most everyone else.
00:28:22.33\00:28:24.33
But we recognized it
was absolutely necessary.
00:28:24.37\00:28:28.57
We had all...
00:28:28.60\00:28:29.94
We have already transitioned
00:28:30.01\00:28:33.31
to telework or telecommuting
00:28:33.38\00:28:36.18
for the General Conference
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.65
because of some
compromised situation
00:28:37.68\00:28:40.02
within the building.
00:28:40.05\00:28:41.65
Some who may
have been compromised
00:28:41.68\00:28:44.99
with the Coronavirus, COVID-19
00:28:45.02\00:28:48.66
and so we've become very adept
00:28:48.69\00:28:51.03
at holding meetings
through this electronic means.
00:28:51.06\00:28:54.23
We had our administrative
committee that way
00:28:54.30\00:28:57.07
and the General
Conference Executive Committee
00:28:57.10\00:28:59.60
met yesterday.
00:28:59.63\00:29:02.20
And after
explaining all of these factors
00:29:02.24\00:29:06.01
and that we had worked
with the convention center
00:29:06.04\00:29:11.91
in Indiana and Indianapolis
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.98
to try to reschedule.
00:29:15.02\00:29:16.79
And one of the
windows of opportunity
00:29:16.82\00:29:19.15
was May 20 to 25, 2021.
00:29:19.19\00:29:24.66
Okay, May 20... So, we have...
00:29:24.69\00:29:26.90
To 25, 2021
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.33
And so we've
tried to lock that in
00:29:29.83\00:29:32.30
and it was voted yesterday
by the executive committee
00:29:32.33\00:29:37.14
overwhelmingly,
00:29:37.21\00:29:38.91
so we received good support.
00:29:38.94\00:29:40.91
But I just want to tell you,
00:29:40.98\00:29:42.31
the Lord has been so close to us
00:29:42.34\00:29:44.98
and I've seen so
many marvelous expressions
00:29:45.01\00:29:49.05
of commitment, of cooperation.
00:29:49.08\00:29:52.65
You know, in a time of
trial and chaos around you.
00:29:52.69\00:29:58.36
If we are founded firmly
00:29:58.39\00:30:01.73
on the Cornerstone Jesus Christ
00:30:01.76\00:30:04.77
and we're connected to
Him through Bible study,
00:30:04.80\00:30:07.84
through earnest prayer,
00:30:07.87\00:30:10.41
the Lord is going
to answer our prayers.
00:30:10.44\00:30:13.81
And I want to tell you
this last week has been
00:30:13.88\00:30:17.15
just so busy,
00:30:17.18\00:30:18.65
but I have seen God's
hand working in so many ways.
00:30:18.68\00:30:23.18
Amen. Amen.
00:30:23.22\00:30:25.32
Let me just add one,
one more little aspect
00:30:25.35\00:30:29.72
and then maybe you
want to ask some questions.
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.26
And sometime,
whenever it's appropriate,
00:30:32.29\00:30:35.06
I'd like to share
some spiritual aspects
00:30:35.10\00:30:38.40
from the scripture and
also from Spirit of Prophecy.
00:30:38.43\00:30:42.04
Sure.
00:30:42.07\00:30:43.41
But we, we and
this whole process
00:30:43.44\00:30:46.47
began to look at how a
General Conference session
00:30:46.51\00:30:50.98
is organized.
00:30:51.01\00:30:53.92
And over the years,
it has become so large
00:30:53.95\00:30:59.02
and so costly
00:30:59.05\00:31:01.52
that we began to think
maybe this is a good opportunity
00:31:01.56\00:31:05.69
to simplify things,
00:31:05.73\00:31:08.23
refocus on the
business activities
00:31:08.26\00:31:12.60
of the church at a
General Conference session
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.87
and lessen the amount of days
00:31:15.90\00:31:18.61
and also the footprint in terms
of many ancillary meetings,
00:31:18.64\00:31:23.75
as well as
00:31:23.78\00:31:27.02
inviting thousands
upon thousands of people.
00:31:27.05\00:31:30.89
I mean, today
with live streaming
00:31:30.92\00:31:34.59
with programs like 3ABN,
00:31:34.62\00:31:37.23
Hope Channel and many others,
00:31:37.26\00:31:39.26
people can
watch from a distance.
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.50
So, we began to also realize
00:31:41.53\00:31:44.93
that this unbelievable
00:31:44.97\00:31:49.27
Coronavirus COVID-19
situation is creating
00:31:49.30\00:31:55.08
unbelievable economic havoc,
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.85
not only in the United
States but all over the world.
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.95
And so, we are looking towards
really being able to save funds
00:32:00.98\00:32:06.96
for God's work
and not spend them
00:32:06.99\00:32:10.43
in any frivolous manner.
00:32:10.46\00:32:12.33
So, we have now lessened
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.06
the 2021 General
Conference session
00:32:15.10\00:32:19.07
to six days.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.44
We will have no
auxiliary or ancillary meetings.
00:32:21.47\00:32:27.28
We will have no special guest.
00:32:27.31\00:32:30.28
We had a whole
category of almost 1,000 people,
00:32:30.35\00:32:34.32
900 and some people.
00:32:34.35\00:32:35.85
Wow. And those
will not be invited.
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.55
They were not delegates.
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.99
They were, you know,
people that divisions,
00:32:41.02\00:32:44.93
our regional areas
thought they ought to come.
00:32:44.96\00:32:48.03
They were either sponsored
by the division or themselves.
00:32:48.06\00:32:51.60
They would have
no voice or vote.
00:32:51.63\00:32:53.34
But we are wanting to, to
make the footprint smaller.
00:32:53.37\00:32:58.87
So, we're looking
at a different setting.
00:32:58.91\00:33:02.38
And we're not
going to be meeting
00:33:02.41\00:33:03.78
in the Lucas Oil Stadium,
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.71
which is a beautiful stadium,
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.42
but rather, we're
going to be utilizing
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.52
the convention center itself.
00:33:09.55\00:33:11.82
There is a large area
where we had exhibits.
00:33:11.85\00:33:15.02
This is perhaps a little
bit of a surprise to people,
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.76
but we will no longer have
any exhibits or booths there.
00:33:17.79\00:33:22.10
We are wanting to
focus on the business,
00:33:22.13\00:33:25.17
which is spiritual
evangelistic mission
00:33:25.20\00:33:30.24
focus of finishing God's work,
00:33:30.31\00:33:33.07
proclaiming the
three angels' messages
00:33:33.11\00:33:35.48
and the business
of electing leaders,
00:33:35.51\00:33:39.18
taking care of any
fundamental belief adjustments.
00:33:39.21\00:33:42.18
We don't have any
that are being proposed
00:33:42.22\00:33:44.72
for this time.
00:33:44.75\00:33:46.15
And also, the
church manual adjustments
00:33:46.19\00:33:52.06
as well as any constitution
and bylaws adjustments.
00:33:52.09\00:33:55.36
So, if we refocus our thinking
and turn our perspective a bit,
00:33:55.40\00:34:00.54
I think we can
accomplish those things
00:34:00.57\00:34:03.00
within a six day period.
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.04
It will involve one Sabbath.
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.38
And so that's
kind of where we're at,
00:34:07.41\00:34:10.75
but we're of good courage.
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.68
We feel the Lord
is working with us.
00:34:12.71\00:34:15.38
But, you know, we have
a real challenge out there
00:34:15.42\00:34:17.99
to try and bring hope
and healing and encouragement
00:34:18.02\00:34:21.69
to thousands and
hundreds of thousands,
00:34:21.72\00:34:24.73
millions of
people who seem to be
00:34:24.76\00:34:26.90
in the midst of chaos
00:34:26.93\00:34:29.56
and of a real panic situations.
00:34:29.60\00:34:33.87
So, we're of good courage.
00:34:33.94\00:34:36.27
And I know the Lord is
going to bless His church
00:34:36.30\00:34:38.97
and allow the church
to truly be a blessing.
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.28
Amen. Absolutely.
00:34:41.31\00:34:42.64
I think right now we would be up
00:34:42.68\00:34:44.08
for some good
Spirit of Prophecy counsel.
00:34:44.15\00:34:46.41
Well, let me just share with you
00:34:49.32\00:34:51.59
if you don't mind.
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Go, please.
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First of all, it was
amazing to me that yesterday,
00:34:54.36\00:34:59.69
I don't know how
many are following
00:34:59.73\00:35:02.23
our special believe
his prophets Bible reading,
00:35:02.26\00:35:06.84
a chapter a day.
00:35:06.87\00:35:08.20
I try to follow
that very, very closely.
00:35:08.24\00:35:12.64
And yesterday, I was
amazed on the very day
00:35:12.67\00:35:15.48
that we were going to vote this
00:35:15.51\00:35:18.38
rather challenging
change in our schedule
00:35:18.41\00:35:22.65
for the General
Conference session,
00:35:22.68\00:35:25.29
which has been
planned for years.
00:35:25.32\00:35:27.56
Here it is, Psalm 46.
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That was the chapter
for yesterday, Thursday.
00:35:31.49\00:35:35.06
That's a good chapter.
00:35:35.10\00:35:36.43
I'll read just
the first two verses
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and the last two verses.
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Okay.
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"God is our refuge and strength,
00:35:40.94\00:35:42.97
a very present help in trouble.
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Therefore, we will not fear
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even though the
earth be removed,
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and though the
mountains be carried
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into the midst of the sea."
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So, regardless of what we
face, even if it's a pestilence,
00:35:55.92\00:35:59.32
even if it's a big
problem, the COVID-19,
00:35:59.35\00:36:03.29
you know, look to the Lord
as your refuge and strength.
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He's a big help
in time of trouble.
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And we're really
facing a lot of trouble here.
00:36:09.40\00:36:11.90
And this is the message we
need to get out to those around,
00:36:11.93\00:36:15.77
friends and
neighbors and others.
00:36:15.80\00:36:17.91
Yes, you need to
keep your distance.
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.87
You know, four, five
feet or whatever, six feet.
00:36:19.91\00:36:23.68
You need to make
sure you wash your hands.
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.95
You need to, you
know, use contrast,
00:36:25.98\00:36:30.19
hot and cold to keep
your immune system up.
00:36:30.22\00:36:32.82
You need to eat
leafy green vegetables.
00:36:32.85\00:36:36.22
And some people are
saying zinc is really helpful
00:36:36.26\00:36:39.59
and all that kind of thing.
00:36:39.63\00:36:41.06
But you also, you need
to interact with people.
00:36:41.10\00:36:44.17
We can't just go and
hide and pretend that,
00:36:44.20\00:36:47.34
you know, people out there
aren't really needing help.
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In the last two verses
in that chapter, Psalm 46,
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beautiful verses, "Be
still and know that I am God."
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Amen.
00:36:58.21\00:36:59.55
"I will be
exalted among the nations.
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I will be exalted in the earth.
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The Lord of Hosts is with us.
00:37:03.62\00:37:06.62
The God of Jacob is our refuge."
00:37:06.65\00:37:10.56
And that's a message we
need to be sharing with people
00:37:10.63\00:37:13.73
and telling them that,
00:37:13.80\00:37:15.16
you know, this is
only the beginning.
00:37:15.20\00:37:19.03
The next very near time
00:37:19.07\00:37:23.20
we're going to see
all kinds of things.
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And the Lord has predicted
all of this in scripture.
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That's true Amen.
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Now, just a little,
00:37:28.48\00:37:32.21
a little thought
from Testimonies Volume 9,
00:37:32.25\00:37:37.82
and that's
"Testimonies for The Church"
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written by Ellen White,
00:37:40.29\00:37:42.26
whom I believe
was inspired by God,
00:37:42.29\00:37:45.73
the Spirit of Prophecy
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is not to take the
place of the Bible,
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but it is to lead us
to the Bible and to Jesus.
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And in this
section, beginning on page 11
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of Testimonies for
The Church, Volume 9.
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And you can look at it
in your hard, hardback,
00:38:02.71\00:38:06.21
or you can certainly
download those things.
00:38:06.25\00:38:09.95
It's amazing what we can
put into our iPhones these days.
00:38:09.98\00:38:13.56
It is.
00:38:13.59\00:38:14.92
But it says in, on page 11
and I'll just read a few lines.
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I don't want to take
too much time, but it's,
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.90
it's like it was almost
written yesterday for today.
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Wow
00:38:24.17\00:38:25.50
And it was written actually,
put together, I should say,
00:38:25.53\00:38:28.97
because some parts were
written a little bit earlier,
00:38:29.00\00:38:31.27
but it was compiled
by Ellen White in 1909.
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Now that's 111 years ago.
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Yeah, a long time ago. And...
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Yeah. And this was confirmed.
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.69
This was indicated by
our White Estate Office to me
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just yesterday, written in 1909.
00:38:50.23\00:38:54.20
We are living in
the time of the end
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fast fulfilling
signs of the times declare
00:38:57.10\00:39:00.17
that the coming of
Christ is near at hand.
00:39:00.24\00:39:02.97
Now this was 111 years ago.
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What about today.
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The days...
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Now those were my
words, I wasn't reading.
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Okay.
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The days in which we
live are solemn and important.
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The Spirit of God is gradually
but surely being withdrawn
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from the earth.
00:39:18.65\00:39:19.99
Plagues and judgments
are already falling upon
00:39:20.06\00:39:23.83
the despisers of
the grace of God.
00:39:23.86\00:39:26.59
The calamities by land and sea,
the unsettled state of society,
00:39:26.63\00:39:31.03
the alarms of
war are portentous.
00:39:31.07\00:39:34.30
They forecast approaching events
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.57
of the greatest magnitude.
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.84
Now listen to this.
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The agencies of evil
are combining their forces
00:39:40.28\00:39:43.95
and consolidating.
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.15
They are strengthening
for the last great crisis.
00:39:46.18\00:39:50.32
Now, that last great
crisis is still ahead.
00:39:50.39\00:39:52.95
The Coronavirus is
not the last great crisis.
00:39:52.99\00:39:56.46
That's right.
00:39:56.49\00:39:57.83
But it's leading up to
it, I still believe it.
00:39:57.86\00:40:00.10
Now, here's the
sentence that is familiar
00:40:00.13\00:40:04.07
to many Seventh-day Adventists.
00:40:04.10\00:40:06.43
And it takes on new
meaning in the Coronavirus,
00:40:06.47\00:40:09.27
which has spread so quickly.
00:40:09.30\00:40:12.04
This sentence says,
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.78
"Great changes are soon
to take place in our world
00:40:13.81\00:40:18.01
and the final
movements will be rapid ones."
00:40:18.05\00:40:21.88
Rapid ones. That's right. Yeah.
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.28
That's right.
00:40:23.32\00:40:24.65
Now, further on in
this section, on page 13,
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and I think this is a
beautiful encouragement for us
00:40:27.69\00:40:31.06
to look to the Bible.
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It says, "If men
would give more heed
00:40:32.73\00:40:35.96
to the teaching of God's Word,
00:40:36.00\00:40:38.40
they would find a
solution of the problems
00:40:38.43\00:40:41.84
that perplex them.
00:40:41.87\00:40:43.51
The scriptures describe
the condition of the world
00:40:43.54\00:40:47.48
just before
Christ's second coming."
00:40:47.51\00:40:50.35
And you know, Matthew 24
and so many other passages
00:40:50.38\00:40:54.25
tell us those particular signs.
00:40:54.32\00:40:58.02
Just another couple of sentences
00:40:58.05\00:41:00.39
here on page 14.
00:41:00.46\00:41:02.62
"The world is stirred
with the spirit of war.
00:41:02.66\00:41:05.96
The prophecy of the
11th Chapter of Daniel
00:41:05.99\00:41:08.96
has nearly reached
its complete fulfillment.
00:41:09.00\00:41:12.37
Soon, the scenes of troubles
spoken of in the prophecies
00:41:12.40\00:41:17.04
will take place.
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.77
And then perhaps
one final section,
00:41:18.81\00:41:23.55
because I don't want to be
too doing too much reading here.
00:41:23.58\00:41:26.05
But I'm just telling you,
this section is so appropriate
00:41:26.08\00:41:30.42
for what we're looking at now.
00:41:30.49\00:41:32.62
Not all, this is on page 15.
00:41:32.65\00:41:34.99
"Not all have become disloyal,
00:41:35.02\00:41:37.53
there are a faithful
few who are true to God."
00:41:37.56\00:41:41.20
Where John writes, and
this is from Revelation 14:12
00:41:41.23\00:41:44.70
from the first angel's message.
00:41:44.73\00:41:47.80
The three angels'
messages are in Revelation 14.
00:41:47.84\00:41:50.64
This is the first one.
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.04
"Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
00:41:52.07\00:41:54.54
and the faith of Jesus.
00:41:54.58\00:41:56.44
Soon the battle
will be waged fiercely
00:41:56.48\00:42:00.32
between those who serve God
and those who serve Him not."
00:42:00.35\00:42:04.29
And here is a sentence which
many Seventh-day Adventists
00:42:04.32\00:42:08.42
will remember.
00:42:08.46\00:42:09.79
"Soon everything that
can be shaken will be shaken,
00:42:09.82\00:42:15.00
that those things
that cannot be shaken
00:42:15.03\00:42:18.30
may remain."
00:42:18.33\00:42:20.14
And I would just urge
all our viewers on 3ABN,
00:42:20.17\00:42:23.81
all our members
around the world.
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.31
Let us plant our feet firmly
00:42:26.34\00:42:30.95
on Christ the solid rock
00:42:30.98\00:42:33.82
and in His Word
and through prayer,
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.38
so that through
the power of God,
00:42:36.42\00:42:38.92
we will not be
shaken even by Coronavirus
00:42:38.95\00:42:43.73
or by anything
that may come our way.
00:42:43.76\00:42:46.90
Amen. Amen
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.46
So, I'm of really good courage.
00:42:48.50\00:42:50.80
And I believe that God is
going to take His people through
00:42:50.87\00:42:55.27
in a marvelous way as we
rely upon Him completely.
00:42:55.30\00:43:00.28
And I just want
to encourage everyone
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.01
to be an anchor of
stability and a pillar of hope
00:43:03.04\00:43:07.62
as you rely and lean completely
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.39
on our Lord Jesus Christ,
because He will not leave us,
00:43:10.42\00:43:14.42
He's promised in Matthew 28,
00:43:14.46\00:43:16.42
to be with us to
the very end of time.
00:43:16.46\00:43:18.59
Don't be afraid,
be a witness for Him.
00:43:18.63\00:43:20.96
Amen. Amen.
00:43:21.00\00:43:22.33
Amen.
00:43:22.36\00:43:23.70
Elder Wilson, thank you so
much for the encouragement.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.90
And I wonder if we could
just have a word of prayer.
00:43:25.93\00:43:28.47
You have an incredible job.
00:43:28.50\00:43:31.07
I mean, I can't
imagine the weight
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.27
that that's on your shoulders.
00:43:33.31\00:43:35.34
And I know you
have to give it to God
00:43:35.38\00:43:37.15
and because 20 some million,
00:43:37.18\00:43:40.42
but those are not
Adventists joining us,
00:43:40.45\00:43:42.58
20 some million
members worldwide.
00:43:42.62\00:43:45.32
And that's our world president.
00:43:45.35\00:43:47.29
So, I know that you have,
00:43:47.36\00:43:49.29
as you said in the
last five or six days,
00:43:49.32\00:43:52.19
you've put in several years,
00:43:52.23\00:43:53.60
I think would be enough
information for several years.
00:43:53.63\00:43:56.46
But God has put you
exactly where He wants you
00:43:56.50\00:43:59.50
for these closing
moments of earth's history.
00:43:59.53\00:44:01.74
Whatever is happening,
we're no doubt it's God's will
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.81
for your life, for
the life of the church
00:44:04.84\00:44:07.61
at this closing
moments of earth's history.
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.84
And thank you for
telling us we can't sit still.
00:44:09.88\00:44:12.78
Now we know we can't
get out and do things,
00:44:12.81\00:44:14.82
but we know the church has it.
00:44:14.85\00:44:16.99
3ABN, we have
plans to reach people
00:44:17.02\00:44:19.85
right where they
are in their homes.
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.99
And so, with God's blessings,
00:44:22.02\00:44:23.76
evangelism will
continue to go forward.
00:44:23.83\00:44:26.23
But I'm gonna ask Pastor John
00:44:26.26\00:44:27.93
if he would say a
prayer for you right now.
00:44:27.96\00:44:29.66
Sure.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.03
Loving Father in heaven,
we bow our hearts in agreement
00:44:31.07\00:44:33.84
with Elder Wilson.
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.60
Lord, we know that the shoulders
00:44:35.64\00:44:37.51
that You've given to him
00:44:37.54\00:44:39.61
are shoulders on
which Your hand rests,
00:44:39.64\00:44:42.41
in which wisdom from Your throne
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.85
flows into his heart.
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.22
And has guided his footsteps
and will continue to guide.
00:44:47.25\00:44:50.89
Father, we thank
You for the faithfulness
00:44:50.92\00:44:52.55
that we have seen in his life
00:44:52.59\00:44:54.66
and for the wisdom
that permeates the decisions
00:44:54.69\00:44:57.66
that are being made
00:44:57.69\00:44:59.13
for the 20 plus million
Adventists around the world.
00:44:59.16\00:45:02.76
We know tough decisions
are not easily arrived at,
00:45:02.80\00:45:06.07
but we, Father,
we thank You that
00:45:06.10\00:45:08.04
when the decisions
are made, we can be sure
00:45:08.07\00:45:11.61
that this wisdom
has come from above.
00:45:11.64\00:45:13.31
Yes.
00:45:13.38\00:45:14.71
We know that You'll
prosper our president
00:45:14.74\00:45:16.58
and his committees,
00:45:16.61\00:45:18.05
and all of our
division presidents,
00:45:18.08\00:45:20.65
and union presidents,
and local presidents,
00:45:20.72\00:45:22.45
and church pastors.
00:45:22.48\00:45:23.99
We pray for unity in our church
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.55
in a time where
the world is divided
00:45:26.59\00:45:28.66
as to how the answers will come.
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.73
Give us unity and a
sense of firm confidence
00:45:30.76\00:45:35.93
that God is still leading.
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.07
Thank you for what he
has shared with us tonight.
00:45:38.10\00:45:40.64
And may all the wisdom
that we need for the future
00:45:40.67\00:45:43.51
continue to be
imparted to our president
00:45:43.54\00:45:45.91
and to our world leaders.
00:45:45.94\00:45:47.58
And when the
COVID virus is passed,
00:45:47.61\00:45:50.15
may we pause to remind ourselves
00:45:50.18\00:45:53.72
that You are still God
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.45
and You are the
ruler of our world.
00:45:55.48\00:45:57.82
In Jesus' name, I pray.
00:45:57.85\00:45:59.22
Amen. Amen.
00:45:59.25\00:46:00.99
Thank you, Pastor John.
00:46:01.02\00:46:02.36
Thank you, Elder Wilson,
for joining us this evening.
00:46:02.39\00:46:04.83
Again, we know you're busy.
00:46:04.86\00:46:06.26
We appreciate your leadership.
00:46:06.29\00:46:08.16
And God is using
you in a powerful way.
00:46:08.20\00:46:11.03
In any way that 3ABN
can continue to be of help,
00:46:11.07\00:46:13.97
because we're a
supporting ministry
00:46:14.04\00:46:15.47
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.54
And again, what a
blessing to be a working partner
00:46:17.61\00:46:21.08
with you and the world church
00:46:21.11\00:46:22.81
in spreading the
gospel around the world.
00:46:22.84\00:46:24.18
It's a blessing to be part
of this great Advent movement.
00:46:25.98\00:46:29.45
And we thank God for
what 3ABN does to promote
00:46:29.48\00:46:33.29
the marvelous Gospel of Christ.
00:46:33.36\00:46:35.52
And the knowledge
that Christ is coming soon.
00:46:35.56\00:46:38.66
Amen. Amen.
00:46:38.69\00:46:40.03
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.43
Have a wonderful Sabbath.
00:46:41.46\00:46:42.80
Bye-bye.
00:46:44.57\00:46:46.50
Blessed to have Elder
Wilson, you know, with us,
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.27
because he is...
00:46:48.30\00:46:49.64
Absolutely.
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.01
A busy man and has, of
course, a lot of weight,
00:46:51.04\00:46:52.44
as you said, on his shoulders.
00:46:52.47\00:46:53.81
But what's I
think so encouraging.
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.21
I have to say for us
younger people is to see,
00:46:55.24\00:46:57.88
you know, leaders
that lead by example.
00:46:57.91\00:47:00.15
Yes.
00:47:00.22\00:47:01.55
You know, as far
as his walk with God.
00:47:01.58\00:47:02.92
Even as he's talking
about studying and trying to,
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.55
you know, keep his daily
devotions going with God.
00:47:04.59\00:47:06.86
Even with all of the
stuff that's going on.
00:47:06.89\00:47:09.09
Stay firm, planted on the
rock, Jesus Christ for sure.
00:47:09.12\00:47:13.26
We want to remind you
this is a live program.
00:47:13.29\00:47:16.87
And I know we're transitioning
to some of what 3ABN is doing
00:47:16.90\00:47:20.44
in the midst of
this COVID-19 crisis.
00:47:20.47\00:47:23.61
We have some brand
new programming coming out
00:47:23.64\00:47:26.31
that we're excited about.
00:47:26.34\00:47:27.68
That's right.
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.04
We have a brand
new booklet coming out.
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.95
This is brand new.
"After COVID-19, What's next?"
00:47:31.98\00:47:34.65
So, we want to tell you
how you can get involved
00:47:34.68\00:47:38.02
in evangelism with us.
00:47:38.05\00:47:39.72
So, Danny, tell us about
what God put on your heart
00:47:39.75\00:47:42.52
and what's going on with this?
00:47:42.56\00:47:43.93
I mean, this is a
project you've been working on
00:47:43.96\00:47:45.29
for the last few hours?
00:47:45.33\00:47:46.66
Few days... Few days at most.
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.23
But all night, some
night ago. That's incredible.
00:47:48.26\00:47:50.40
Yeah, what an
opportunity, though.
00:47:50.47\00:47:51.80
After Katrina,
Hurricane Katrina,
00:47:51.83\00:47:54.44
Pacific Press asked me to write.
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.24
There you have
it, After the Storm.
00:47:56.27\00:47:58.31
And so, then, we had that out.
00:47:58.34\00:48:00.78
Then as each storm came, a
hurricane or disaster came,
00:48:00.81\00:48:05.61
then these were circulated.
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.42
I think there's been
at least a couple million
00:48:07.45\00:48:09.05
or more circulated.
00:48:09.08\00:48:10.89
But just the other day,
00:48:10.92\00:48:13.02
I think we were taping a program
00:48:13.05\00:48:14.69
and then Greg and
Jill came up and said,
00:48:14.72\00:48:16.83
you know, we
really need another book.
00:48:16.86\00:48:18.59
We need one on
COVID-19. That's right.
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.90
Evangelistic outreach tool that
would speak to the people now.
00:48:20.93\00:48:26.50
And maybe you should do it.
00:48:26.53\00:48:28.00
So, I said, I don't know about.
00:48:28.04\00:48:29.47
This was only like two days ago.
00:48:29.50\00:48:30.84
Yeah, I know. It was.
00:48:30.91\00:48:32.24
I said, well, we don't let
any grass grow under our feet.
00:48:32.27\00:48:35.14
John, so, I went
home and told Yvonne
00:48:35.18\00:48:37.28
and I said now you could
do the little medical part.
00:48:37.35\00:48:40.05
It'd just be a
pamphlet, maybe 16 pages or so.
00:48:40.12\00:48:43.49
But you could talk
about the virus and how it is.
00:48:43.52\00:48:46.42
And then what I
answered and we're going to do
00:48:46.45\00:48:48.52
some of the same
questions in a different way.
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.49
But some of the
things that we addressed,
00:48:51.53\00:48:53.26
and people wanted to know
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.56
were, for instance,
we put what happens.
00:48:55.60\00:48:59.67
The title is, What Happens Next.
00:48:59.70\00:49:01.70
That's right.
00:49:01.74\00:49:03.07
So, but people are
asking questions like,
00:49:03.10\00:49:05.51
well, if there is a God,
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.01
why does He allow
these disasters to happen?
00:49:07.08\00:49:09.11
Right.
00:49:09.14\00:49:10.48
Why do bad things
happen to good people?
00:49:10.55\00:49:14.22
Why does God allow
innocent babies to die?
00:49:14.25\00:49:17.82
Right.
00:49:17.85\00:49:19.19
I mean, the
questions go on and on and on.
00:49:19.22\00:49:21.52
Who is
responsible for all of this?
00:49:21.56\00:49:24.73
That's right.
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.09
The Bible has the
answers for all of those things.
00:49:26.13\00:49:28.73
No matter what the topics
are, the Bible has the answers.
00:49:28.76\00:49:32.57
People are even saying,
00:49:32.60\00:49:34.94
and I had someone just
the other day that says,
00:49:34.97\00:49:37.44
well, you all say
that God is a God of love.
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.68
But you preach that He
burns people for eternity.
00:49:40.71\00:49:45.28
So how could a God of love
torture somebody for eternity?
00:49:45.31\00:49:49.82
So, I was happy to tell
him that's not the case.
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.95
Sin has to be done away
with, but they're not burning.
00:49:51.99\00:49:55.96
You know, God is not a torturer.
00:49:55.99\00:49:57.56
The Bible says God
is love. That's right.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.79
So, what we decided to do,
I said, well, we'll, we'll...
00:49:59.83\00:50:03.77
Let me think about it,
go home, talk to Yvonne.
00:50:03.80\00:50:06.63
And so then I
called Remnant Publication.
00:50:06.67\00:50:11.61
And so, I said,
what if we put together
00:50:11.64\00:50:16.64
a book really quick,
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.01
something on the
COVID virus 19 virus,
00:50:18.05\00:50:22.52
that would be
like after the storm.
00:50:22.55\00:50:25.09
So, after doing
for Pacific Press,
00:50:25.12\00:50:27.76
After The Storm,
After COVID-19, What next?
00:50:27.79\00:50:32.03
And so, what we want to
do, it's a small brochure,
00:50:32.06\00:50:34.56
but it will answer
people's questions.
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.16
That's right.
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.57
It ends up saying that
Jesus is the only answer
00:50:37.60\00:50:39.63
in this world's
problems, no matter who you are,
00:50:39.67\00:50:42.10
how much money you
have or don't have.
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.01
Whatever your background is,
00:50:44.04\00:50:45.54
we're all born
with a terminal illness
00:50:45.57\00:50:48.31
and that is because of sin.
00:50:48.34\00:50:49.94
And so, of course, in the
book we relate as we would,
00:50:49.98\00:50:55.05
that sin represents a
virus like the COVID virus.
00:50:55.08\00:50:58.29
First time in history,
00:50:58.32\00:50:59.65
the whole world
has been stopped,
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.02
literally stopped.
00:51:01.06\00:51:02.39
Tomorrow here in Illinois,
00:51:02.42\00:51:03.76
the governor is
pretty well putting us
00:51:03.83\00:51:05.16
in our place, restricting.
00:51:05.19\00:51:06.53
That's right.
00:51:06.56\00:51:07.90
You know,
thankfully, we're media.
00:51:07.93\00:51:09.26
So, I think media is allowed,
health care professionals,
00:51:09.30\00:51:11.07
a number of people are.
00:51:11.10\00:51:12.70
But as far as business as usual
or life as usual not happening.
00:51:12.73\00:51:16.81
No Tuesday night
basketball, John.
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.01
We stopped that for
more than a week now.
00:51:19.04\00:51:21.08
I have to get a little Nerf ball
00:51:21.11\00:51:22.44
and put it in a
doorway like when we were kids,
00:51:22.48\00:51:24.51
we get it and play, but
then we didn't have Nerf balls
00:51:24.55\00:51:27.52
so we made our own.
00:51:27.55\00:51:28.88
And you know what I'm
excited about this book,
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.62
though, is
because, okay, you know,
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.02
we could say, okay,
great to have a pamphlet,
00:51:32.05\00:51:33.76
but we're having
social distancing.
00:51:33.79\00:51:35.19
So how do we even
get this book out there?
00:51:35.22\00:51:37.63
And that's what
I'm excited about,
00:51:37.66\00:51:39.06
what Remnant
Publications is going to do.
00:51:39.09\00:51:40.60
Yeah.
00:51:40.63\00:51:41.96
Let me tell you the
miracle of all of this.
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.07
It's incredible.
00:51:44.10\00:51:45.43
I was talking to a
few people and yesterday
00:51:45.47\00:51:49.50
actually
somebody called and said,
00:51:49.54\00:51:53.98
what if I, what
would it cost to print
00:51:54.01\00:51:58.15
a million, half a million?
00:51:58.18\00:51:59.71
Right.
00:51:59.75\00:52:01.08
They told me
what they'd given said
00:52:01.12\00:52:02.45
how many books could you print?
00:52:02.48\00:52:03.92
So, I called them. We
can print a half a million.
00:52:03.99\00:52:06.35
So, we have somebody
who's donated the money
00:52:06.39\00:52:08.52
to print half a million books.
00:52:08.56\00:52:12.16
And this person
came forward yesterday.
00:52:12.19\00:52:13.73
This person came
forward yesterday.
00:52:13.80\00:52:16.03
I didn't ask for the money.
00:52:16.06\00:52:17.57
He called and said,
00:52:17.60\00:52:18.93
I've been thinking
about that the need.
00:52:18.97\00:52:21.04
And I'd like to
supply that need.
00:52:21.07\00:52:23.54
So, he and his family.
00:52:23.61\00:52:25.44
So, we said okay to that.
00:52:25.47\00:52:27.18
But now how do you do
00:52:27.21\00:52:28.81
like when we did
the Ten Commandments
00:52:28.84\00:52:30.25
and the others?
00:52:30.28\00:52:31.61
We passed them out.
We would let people.
00:52:31.65\00:52:32.98
The books were free.
00:52:33.01\00:52:34.35
We got donors to buy the
books and they were free.
00:52:34.38\00:52:37.09
But then we got people
to pay for the shipping,
00:52:37.12\00:52:39.62
which was only like 22 cents.
00:52:39.65\00:52:41.72
And it would go to churches.
00:52:41.76\00:52:43.09
Then people would pass them out.
00:52:43.12\00:52:44.96
Well, how do you do this now,
00:52:44.99\00:52:46.33
because
California is locked down,
00:52:46.36\00:52:48.00
New York's about there.
00:52:48.03\00:52:49.36
Many states following
suit, us, Illinois included.
00:52:49.40\00:52:52.83
And very soon,
I'm sure your state,
00:52:52.87\00:52:54.77
if it isn't already.
00:52:54.80\00:52:56.14
How do you do it?
00:52:56.17\00:52:57.51
And the time in which
we're living is just amazing.
00:52:57.54\00:52:59.14
Oh, it is.
00:52:59.17\00:53:00.51
This is absolutely,
00:53:00.58\00:53:01.91
the Lord knew all
of this in advance,
00:53:01.94\00:53:03.38
Brother, Pastor John,
00:53:03.45\00:53:04.78
because here's
what's going to happen.
00:53:04.81\00:53:07.78
For the price, and
let me get this right,
00:53:07.82\00:53:10.09
because the way the
Lord has worked this out,
00:53:10.12\00:53:12.02
for the price of
one postage stamp...
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.46
Fifty five cents.
00:53:14.49\00:53:15.82
For the price of
one postage stamp,
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.69
you can send two books, not one,
00:53:17.73\00:53:21.76
but two to two different
people in your zip code
00:53:21.80\00:53:25.47
anywhere in America.
00:53:25.50\00:53:26.84
Does that include
the postage and the book?
00:53:26.87\00:53:28.80
That includes the
postage and the book
00:53:28.84\00:53:31.04
because the books are paid for.
00:53:31.07\00:53:32.64
Wow. Because the donor said.
00:53:32.67\00:53:34.31
But, so, here's what
we're wanting you to do.
00:53:34.34\00:53:37.65
So, for you make a donation
to 3ABN, whether it's $100,
00:53:37.68\00:53:41.85
$1,000, or maybe you
could do more, some do less.
00:53:41.88\00:53:45.39
If you want books
shipped to your zip code.
00:53:45.42\00:53:48.99
All you have to
do, if you send $100
00:53:49.02\00:53:51.26
put on there and
that'll do approximately
00:53:51.29\00:53:53.63
200 books to your
neighbors and friends.
00:53:53.70\00:53:57.17
That includes the book
and the postage delivered too.
00:53:57.20\00:54:00.54
You don't have to
get off your seat,
00:54:00.57\00:54:01.97
but you're still evangelizing.
00:54:02.00\00:54:03.61
Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:54:03.64\00:54:04.97
So just as much so as
if you were walking around
00:54:05.01\00:54:07.11
passing these books out.
00:54:07.18\00:54:08.51
Now, is that incredible?
00:54:08.54\00:54:09.88
Is that God or
what? That is God.
00:54:09.91\00:54:11.25
That we can do it for the...
00:54:11.28\00:54:12.61
If you have a
stamp home, get it.
00:54:12.65\00:54:14.12
I looked at one I
was gonna bring it.
00:54:14.15\00:54:15.92
It's about this big, 55 cents.
00:54:15.95\00:54:18.45
And I said, wait a minute,
we can get two of these books,
00:54:18.49\00:54:20.89
buy the books and the
postage to the zip codes
00:54:20.96\00:54:24.93
anywhere in America.
00:54:24.96\00:54:26.29
Wow.
00:54:26.33\00:54:27.66
So, if you just want to donate,
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.03
we want to hit
cities like San Francisco.
00:54:29.06\00:54:30.87
We want New York, LA,
Chicago, all of these cities.
00:54:30.90\00:54:35.47
So, if you donate,
say, $100 or $1,000 to 3ABN.
00:54:35.50\00:54:39.94
You can just put
COVI-19 if you don't know
00:54:39.97\00:54:42.61
how to spell it
or say it like me,
00:54:42.64\00:54:44.05
I get confused at times.
00:54:44.08\00:54:45.41
Just put virus book
or whatever you want to.
00:54:45.45\00:54:47.92
And we'll know what it is?
00:54:47.95\00:54:49.38
New virus book.
00:54:49.42\00:54:50.79
Well, we'll know what
it is, but we're hoping
00:54:50.82\00:54:53.49
because we have
a half a million.
00:54:53.56\00:54:55.02
Now, what I
think maybe will happen
00:54:55.06\00:54:57.53
is like these others,
00:54:57.56\00:54:58.89
there have been two or
three million going out,
00:54:58.93\00:55:01.23
so it may be more.
00:55:01.26\00:55:02.60
But for now, we have
the funds to literally pay
00:55:02.63\00:55:06.74
for a half a million books.
00:55:06.77\00:55:08.40
To me, that's an incredible,
that's a two hander for me.
00:55:08.44\00:55:10.61
It's a lot.
00:55:10.64\00:55:11.97
And the timing of
this and then to think that
00:55:12.01\00:55:14.21
they can be sent out.
00:55:14.28\00:55:15.78
So, for $1,000,
that's 2,000 books.
00:55:15.81\00:55:18.78
That's 2,000 homes.
00:55:18.81\00:55:20.15
Homes, which there's
depending on the families.
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.98
That's right.
Two thousand homes.
00:55:23.02\00:55:24.35
That's Incredible.
00:55:24.39\00:55:25.72
And that's the
book and the postage
00:55:25.75\00:55:27.09
and to the zip
codes of your choice.
00:55:27.16\00:55:28.76
If you don't have a
choice, then we'll decide that
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.46
and try to hit,
start hitting these cities,
00:55:31.49\00:55:33.60
dividing it up, not
hitting all at once,
00:55:33.63\00:55:35.70
but going to all
these major cities
00:55:35.73\00:55:37.57
around the country.
00:55:37.60\00:55:38.93
So, to me, I mean,
some things are just
00:55:38.97\00:55:40.54
of the Lord and you know it.
00:55:40.57\00:55:41.97
You don't have to
really think about it too long,
00:55:42.00\00:55:43.91
is this of the Lord.
00:55:43.94\00:55:45.27
The timing of this.
00:55:45.31\00:55:46.64
You guys asked us
two or three days ago.
00:55:46.68\00:55:48.71
We've been
working day and night.
00:55:48.74\00:55:50.25
I hate to admit
that because older people
00:55:50.28\00:55:51.91
are more susceptible to this,
00:55:51.95\00:55:54.02
you should get your
rest, but I can't sleep.
00:55:54.05\00:55:56.32
And so Sister Yvonne,
she's been sitting a lot
00:55:56.35\00:55:59.52
because of her, you
know, hip replacement.
00:55:59.55\00:56:02.66
But she's sitting up now
00:56:02.69\00:56:04.06
and she's been typing furiously.
00:56:04.13\00:56:06.19
I've been in the
other room typing.
00:56:06.23\00:56:08.16
So, I'm working on
the part of the cause
00:56:08.20\00:56:10.97
and effects of sin
and all of these things.
00:56:11.00\00:56:12.80
And she's getting information
about the COVID-19 virus
00:56:12.83\00:56:17.51
and some of the
information that's pertinent.
00:56:17.54\00:56:19.84
And so, we're bringing
it in that this whole world
00:56:19.87\00:56:23.48
has a virus and
that's called sin
00:56:23.55\00:56:25.25
that was brought in by Satan.
00:56:25.28\00:56:26.82
And there's only one way
out and that's through the name,
00:56:26.85\00:56:30.19
through the Lord Jesus
Christ and Him crucify.
00:56:30.22\00:56:32.72
So, this is evangelism
tool, a witnessing, tool.
00:56:32.75\00:56:35.59
So, while we're sitting home,
00:56:35.62\00:56:37.63
you know, we
can say, well, Lord,
00:56:37.66\00:56:38.99
we can't, we can't go to church.
00:56:39.03\00:56:40.36
The churches are closed.
00:56:40.40\00:56:41.76
Well, Greg, I really,
00:56:41.80\00:56:43.23
God doesn't
expect me to do anything?
00:56:43.26\00:56:45.60
Well, guess what?
00:56:45.63\00:56:46.97
This Elder Wilson
hit it, I believe,
00:56:47.04\00:56:48.37
the nail on the head.
00:56:48.40\00:56:49.74
This is just the
beginning of sorrows.
00:56:49.77\00:56:51.11
That's true. And
the Bible says that.
00:56:51.14\00:56:52.47
There's going to
be something else.
00:56:52.51\00:56:53.84
That's right.
00:56:53.88\00:56:55.21
That's why we say
after COVID-19, what next?
00:56:55.24\00:56:57.35
There'll be other things
but their solution is the same.
00:56:57.38\00:57:00.52
And that's that our
trust and faith in the Lord.
00:57:00.55\00:57:02.68
I want to read real
quickly if I have it here,
00:57:02.72\00:57:05.32
someone just, just
wrote me literally.
00:57:05.35\00:57:08.02
I read it before I came here.
00:57:08.06\00:57:09.89
And she says,
my job may be gone.
00:57:09.92\00:57:13.40
I might even face homelessness.
00:57:13.43\00:57:15.06
My church has closed its doors,
00:57:15.10\00:57:17.37
but we should be
more than a building.
00:57:17.40\00:57:20.24
My ability to go in capitals
00:57:20.27\00:57:23.61
may be suspended by
travel restrictions,
00:57:23.64\00:57:26.68
but my faith and
trust are in Him.
00:57:26.71\00:57:29.44
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:57:29.48\00:57:30.85
Then she gives it, my people
who are called by my name.
00:57:30.88\00:57:33.21
So, here's somebody
that says I may lose my job.
00:57:33.25\00:57:37.92
I may be homeless,
but my faith and my trust
00:57:37.95\00:57:41.42
is still in the Lord.
00:57:41.46\00:57:42.79
So, that's where
we all have to be
00:57:42.82\00:57:44.66
is that so what
we're gonna do, Jill?
00:57:44.69\00:57:47.00
How, how will they,
they get the book when?
00:57:47.03\00:57:51.07
Absolutely. It's going to press.
00:57:51.10\00:57:52.53
We actually go on
Monday. It's incredible.
00:57:52.57\00:57:54.57
So, it's going to
be, going to press
00:57:54.60\00:57:56.34
and it'll take a
couple of weeks or so
00:57:56.37\00:57:57.94
to before they
start being shipped out.
00:57:57.97\00:57:59.81
I'm very
excited about this book.
00:57:59.84\00:58:01.31
I want to see if we can put
up that graphic one more time,
00:58:01.34\00:58:03.95
After COVID-19, What's Next?
00:58:03.98\00:58:07.85
By Danny and Yvonne Shelton.
00:58:07.88\00:58:09.22
I am excited about this book
because when people are afraid,
00:58:09.25\00:58:13.29
when people don't have answers,
00:58:13.36\00:58:15.32
when you want to
witness to your community,
00:58:15.36\00:58:18.03
but yet you're shut in
00:58:18.06\00:58:19.39
and you can't
get out and witness,
00:58:19.43\00:58:21.13
here is a way
that you can witness.
00:58:21.16\00:58:23.23
I'm holding up the
After the Storm book
00:58:23.26\00:58:25.07
because we don't
have the other book yet.
00:58:25.10\00:58:27.14
But we want to be able to
witness in our communities
00:58:27.17\00:58:31.57
and hit the need
where people feel it most
00:58:31.61\00:58:34.71
because everyone's wondering.
00:58:34.74\00:58:36.21
Everyone has a question.
00:58:36.24\00:58:37.75
So now is our opportunity.
00:58:37.78\00:58:40.55
So, we just invite you
tonight. This is a live program.
00:58:40.62\00:58:43.89
Wanna invite you, you
can email us right now
00:58:43.92\00:58:46.62
at live live@3abn.org.
00:58:46.65\00:58:52.33
That address again
is live, live@3abn.tv.
00:58:52.36\00:58:58.03
I just looked at the address.
00:58:58.07\00:58:59.40
It's.TV
00:58:59.43\00:59:00.97
live, live@3abn.tv.
00:59:01.00\00:59:03.81
So just email us
tonight and just say,
00:59:03.84\00:59:06.24
hey, I want to be involved.
00:59:06.27\00:59:08.81
I want to donate $500
for this particular zip code,
00:59:08.84\00:59:12.95
and we will get
back in touch with you.
00:59:12.98\00:59:15.05
I know it's Friday night,
so we don't really want to get
00:59:15.08\00:59:17.19
involved in those
finances right now.
00:59:17.22\00:59:19.32
But all we want you to
do is to email us right now
00:59:19.35\00:59:22.09
and say, I live
in this community,
00:59:22.12\00:59:23.93
I live in this city.
00:59:23.96\00:59:25.29
I'm willing to
donate X amount of money
00:59:25.33\00:59:27.73
and I want to do a zip
code mailing for my community.
00:59:27.76\00:59:31.67
Just tell us what
your community is.
00:59:31.70\00:59:33.97
Tell us your local zip code.
00:59:34.04\00:59:35.64
Tell us the city that
you want to donate for.
00:59:35.67\00:59:39.41
And we will get back in
touch with you next week.
00:59:39.44\00:59:41.91
Now on our website,
it's not up tonight,
00:59:41.94\00:59:44.58
but it will be come Sunday.
00:59:44.61\00:59:46.72
If you go to 3ABN.TV,
click on the donate tab.
00:59:46.75\00:59:50.89
You scroll down and
it will be button 313
00:59:50.92\00:59:55.19
is the code and it
was a COVID-19 book.
00:59:55.22\00:59:58.39
That's all you have to look for.
00:59:58.43\00:59:59.83
Just look for COVID-19 book.
00:59:59.86\01:00:01.86
Or as Danny said the virus book.
01:00:01.90\01:00:03.57
You just look for that
01:00:03.60\01:00:04.93
and then you'll be
able to donate for that
01:00:04.97\01:00:07.47
and you'll be able to
do that on our website.
01:00:07.54\01:00:09.20
Not tonight, but you'll be
able to do that come Sunday.
01:00:09.24\01:00:12.37
The miracle of all
that to me again and still,
01:00:12.41\01:00:15.14
I've seen a lot
of miracles, right?
01:00:15.18\01:00:16.85
Yeah, you have.
Thirty five years.
01:00:16.88\01:00:18.21
This as big as any of
them, because it's timing.
01:00:18.25\01:00:21.22
Yeah. That's right.
01:00:21.25\01:00:22.58
We don't believe
in coincidence here.
01:00:22.62\01:00:23.99
We always say, we
believe in divine providence.
01:00:24.02\01:00:26.15
That's right. But
the timing of this.
01:00:26.19\01:00:28.06
To be able to get
somebody who says,
01:00:28.09\01:00:30.73
you know, we're
gonna give enough money
01:00:30.76\01:00:32.69
and purchase
half a million books,
01:00:32.73\01:00:35.26
then all the people at home,
01:00:35.30\01:00:37.00
you're just
gonna pay the postage.
01:00:37.07\01:00:39.53
But two homes,
two separate homes
01:00:39.57\01:00:43.51
for less than the
price of a postage stamp.
01:00:43.54\01:00:46.47
It's about 50 cents.
01:00:46.51\01:00:47.84
So, you look in, I
mean, to me, that's the book
01:00:47.88\01:00:49.44
and the mailing.
01:00:49.48\01:00:50.85
That's God.
01:00:50.88\01:00:52.21
And I believe right now
we can put millions of these
01:00:52.25\01:00:54.52
because there's never
been a time in my life
01:00:54.55\01:00:57.29
that so many
people are gonna be home.
01:00:57.32\01:00:58.65
That's right. True.
01:00:58.69\01:01:00.02
That's right Right.
01:01:00.06\01:01:01.39
They're gonna be
home and they may be open
01:01:01.42\01:01:02.76
because they're
sitting like this woman.
01:01:02.79\01:01:04.96
What am I gonna do? Yeah.
01:01:04.99\01:01:06.33
They need something to read.
01:01:06.36\01:01:07.70
They need to see that
there is hope after COVID-19.
01:01:07.73\01:01:10.87
That's right.
01:01:10.90\01:01:12.23
Yeah, and the other thing
that I'm excited about, too,
01:01:12.27\01:01:13.64
is that at the back,
it actually has 3ABN.
01:01:13.67\01:01:15.47
Yes.
01:01:15.50\01:01:16.84
So, if they're trying to
find out more information.
01:01:16.91\01:01:18.24
They can actually
get a hold of 3ABN.
01:01:18.27\01:01:19.61
They can look it
up and say, oh, wow.
01:01:19.64\01:01:20.98
So, I think this is going
to continue to grow and grow.
01:01:21.01\01:01:22.98
They're gonna be
blessed by the book.
01:01:23.01\01:01:24.68
Inside the back cover,
01:01:24.71\01:01:26.61
it's gonna be
all the information
01:01:26.65\01:01:28.15
how to get 3ABN
television, radio, Internet,
01:01:28.18\01:01:31.05
all the ways you can get 3ABN.
01:01:31.09\01:01:33.15
So, yeah.
01:01:33.19\01:01:34.52
Also, if you
just think about it,
01:01:34.56\01:01:35.89
if you took a letter
in an envelope, John,
01:01:35.92\01:01:38.39
and you bought an
envelope, you bought a stamp
01:01:38.43\01:01:41.06
and then you made a
little ad, little paper,
01:01:41.10\01:01:44.27
five by three by
eight, whatever it is,
01:01:44.30\01:01:46.50
folded it up, put it in that
01:01:46.53\01:01:48.37
it will cost you more
money than two of these books
01:01:48.40\01:01:51.21
into the homes of
the people ready to them.
01:01:51.24\01:01:54.18
So, for the people
to have an audience
01:01:54.21\01:01:56.85
that's literally a
contained audience of millions
01:01:56.88\01:02:00.25
and hundreds of
millions of people.
01:02:00.32\01:02:01.98
That's what's amazing to me.
01:02:02.02\01:02:03.62
And what are
they gonna be doing?
01:02:03.69\01:02:05.02
Everybody is used to doing
something, going somewhere.
01:02:05.05\01:02:07.79
That's right.
01:02:07.82\01:02:09.16
And at a time
when we're vulnerable.
01:02:09.19\01:02:10.53
Yeah.
01:02:10.56\01:02:11.89
When we say, man, what
is going to happen to me?
01:02:11.93\01:02:13.70
I don't know how I'm
gonna feed my family.
01:02:13.73\01:02:15.36
What am I gonna do?
01:02:15.40\01:02:16.77
I'm thankful
that the government,
01:02:16.80\01:02:18.23
President Trump
and the government
01:02:18.27\01:02:20.14
are gonna try to send
checks out, that all helps.
01:02:20.17\01:02:22.64
But that's not the
answer, the cure all.
01:02:22.67\01:02:24.37
That's right.
01:02:24.41\01:02:25.74
And so, it's our
trust and faith in God
01:02:25.77\01:02:27.48
that's gonna have
to pull us through this
01:02:27.51\01:02:30.08
because again, there
may be something else.
01:02:30.15\01:02:31.85
So, people at home by
the millions sitting there
01:02:31.88\01:02:35.58
wondering, what am I gonna do?
01:02:35.62\01:02:37.99
What am I gonna do?
01:02:38.02\01:02:39.35
And this shows
up in their house.
01:02:39.39\01:02:41.82
Yep. After COVID-19.
01:02:41.86\01:02:43.93
That's what you're
thinking. Yeah, and what's next.
01:02:43.96\01:02:45.46
What happens next?
01:02:45.49\01:02:46.90
So thank you Greg and
Jill, it was your idea.
01:02:46.93\01:02:49.70
The Lord impressed. Now,
thank you for writing it.
01:02:49.73\01:02:52.10
But we've got most of it.
01:02:52.13\01:02:53.74
And we're going
on the same plan.
01:02:53.77\01:02:56.14
It's not the same
book or the same inside,
01:02:56.17\01:02:58.84
but it's a similar to
answer these questions
01:02:58.87\01:03:01.24
that as Dr. Davis
answered the physical questions
01:03:01.28\01:03:04.51
people are answering.
01:03:04.55\01:03:05.88
This is word for this to
answer these type of questions
01:03:05.91\01:03:09.38
for people that I believe
will draw multitudes of people.
01:03:09.42\01:03:13.19
We might find that
when our church is opened,
01:03:13.22\01:03:15.52
there are more people walking in
01:03:15.56\01:03:17.06
than we've ever seen before
because of things like this.
01:03:17.13\01:03:20.70
Make sure 3ABN
is not the only one,
01:03:20.73\01:03:23.00
but what we're doing that
millions of these could go out.
01:03:23.03\01:03:25.93
So, it's really up to
you as to how much because
01:03:25.97\01:03:29.20
the more that comes in.
01:03:29.24\01:03:30.61
Hopefully we can print
another half a million books.
01:03:30.64\01:03:32.71
There is a lot
of people to reach
01:03:32.74\01:03:34.48
and I just know
God is in this thing.
01:03:34.51\01:03:36.51
So, thank you for that.
And Yvonne's said I'll help.
01:03:36.54\01:03:39.51
So, she's working
late night too on it,
01:03:39.55\01:03:42.05
sitting in her little
bed, you know, sitting there
01:03:42.08\01:03:44.29
and getting up, she
walks around getting exercise
01:03:44.32\01:03:46.29
and has to sit back down
again and type some more.
01:03:46.32\01:03:49.59
And so, no, I think this
is an incredible opportunity.
01:03:49.62\01:03:53.50
And we'll tell you
more about it as we go,
01:03:53.53\01:03:55.80
but that fact that we
can get millions of people
01:03:55.83\01:03:59.43
for less than the
price of a postage stamp,
01:03:59.47\01:04:02.54
two books out.
01:04:02.57\01:04:03.91
I mean, to me that still.
01:04:03.94\01:04:05.34
And so, thank you to the donors
who made this possible so far.
01:04:05.37\01:04:10.55
Now, all you
have to do is tell us
01:04:10.58\01:04:12.55
what zip code you want to cover
01:04:12.58\01:04:14.42
and you can contact 3ABN
01:04:14.45\01:04:15.88
and they'll
tell you all the ways
01:04:15.92\01:04:17.29
that you normally support
01:04:17.32\01:04:18.65
or give your
tax deductible gift.
01:04:18.69\01:04:20.29
Amen. Amen.
01:04:20.36\01:04:21.69
And Pastor John and
of course, Pastor Ryan,
01:04:21.72\01:04:23.63
we're gonna get to you, too.
01:04:23.66\01:04:24.99
Because again, this is a special
01:04:25.03\01:04:26.36
one and a half hour live program
01:04:26.39\01:04:28.13
it's Friday night,
we realize it's Sabbath.
01:04:28.16\01:04:30.07
So, what a blessing because
the week's been pretty crazy.
01:04:30.10\01:04:32.63
Yes.
01:04:32.67\01:04:34.04
But it's a blessing to come
into the Sabbath from hours,
01:04:34.07\01:04:35.64
but to build a worship with you,
01:04:35.67\01:04:37.01
you're part of our family.
01:04:37.04\01:04:38.37
And, of course,
01:04:38.41\01:04:39.74
we're
worshipping our creator, God.
01:04:39.77\01:04:41.11
What incredible
things He is doing.
01:04:41.14\01:04:42.48
You know, what amazing
opportunities are there.
01:04:42.51\01:04:44.25
We also want to recognize
that there are many families
01:04:44.28\01:04:46.51
right now that are worried,
01:04:46.55\01:04:47.95
really, because their family
members are in the hospital.
01:04:47.98\01:04:50.42
Yes.
01:04:50.49\01:04:51.82
Have family members that
we have people that have lost
01:04:51.85\01:04:53.29
family members to the COVID-19,
01:04:53.36\01:04:55.49
so we want to
remember all of you as well,
01:04:55.52\01:04:57.73
because we are getting responses
01:04:57.76\01:04:59.36
from around the
world, from Italy,
01:04:59.39\01:05:01.76
South Korea and the
countries go on and on and on.
01:05:01.80\01:05:04.27
Thank you for
reaching out to us.
01:05:04.30\01:05:05.80
We put a...
01:05:05.83\01:05:07.17
Jill and I did a little
promo earlier in the week.
01:05:07.24\01:05:08.87
If you would send an
email to this email address,
01:05:08.90\01:05:11.67
it's mail, mail@3abn.org.
01:05:11.71\01:05:16.85
We would love to hear from you,
01:05:16.88\01:05:18.38
where you are
watching 3ABN from.
01:05:18.41\01:05:21.02
We have a new
lineup for tomorrow.
01:05:21.05\01:05:22.75
We want to talk about that
really quick before we talk
01:05:22.78\01:05:25.45
to both of you all
about what's happening
01:05:25.49\01:05:27.56
because 3ABN has been adjusting
01:05:27.59\01:05:28.92
and making some
changes this past week.
01:05:28.96\01:05:30.46
I have to say thank
you to the production crew.
01:05:30.53\01:05:32.76
On Monday, just a few days ago,
01:05:32.79\01:05:34.60
we had the concept
for a church service,
01:05:34.63\01:05:36.90
3ABN worship hour.
01:05:36.97\01:05:38.47
The crew got
together, they built a set,
01:05:38.50\01:05:40.54
they did the open, the
close, the graphic package,
01:05:40.57\01:05:43.74
the music and Pastor John
recorded the first message.
01:05:43.81\01:05:46.81
First thing that we need
a good preacher, you know.
01:05:46.88\01:05:48.44
Pastor John already preached.
I'm thinking right here.
01:05:48.48\01:05:50.98
So, I think we actually may be.
01:05:51.01\01:05:52.58
And Ryan did the music
and it is already on YouTube.
01:05:52.61\01:05:54.48
It is.
01:05:54.52\01:05:55.85
Because as we're
doing the program.
01:05:55.88\01:05:57.22
I saw it uploaded on YouTube.
01:05:57.29\01:05:58.72
It actually does not
air on 3ABN until tomorrow.
01:05:58.75\01:06:01.62
But we put it on YouTube
because of those in Australia.
01:06:01.66\01:06:03.46
Because there's
people in Australia
01:06:03.53\01:06:04.86
and there's
people in New Zealand
01:06:04.89\01:06:06.23
and there's people
in the South Pacific
01:06:06.26\01:06:07.80
who you're
already Sabbath morning,
01:06:07.83\01:06:09.33
going to church,
but you're at home.
01:06:09.36\01:06:11.03
So, we knew you
would need this sermon.
01:06:11.07\01:06:13.34
And I already
heard about the sermon.
01:06:13.37\01:06:14.90
So, I'm gonna be
watching it tomorrow too.
01:06:14.94\01:06:17.11
So, I don't even
know if we have a picture
01:06:17.14\01:06:18.91
of what just took place I asked.
01:06:18.94\01:06:20.68
I know we're doing
some communication,
01:06:20.71\01:06:22.04
will rely if you're on the set.
01:06:22.08\01:06:23.41
But do we have that picture
of what took place on the set?
01:06:23.45\01:06:25.65
Oh, here we go. Yay!
01:06:25.68\01:06:27.12
Right, here we go.
There you are Pastor John.
01:06:27.15\01:06:28.85
This was just a
couple of. Look at that set.
01:06:28.88\01:06:30.52
Isn't that incredible? Yes.
01:06:30.59\01:06:31.92
Good enough. It's amazing.
01:06:31.95\01:06:33.29
So, the crew put that together
01:06:33.32\01:06:34.66
in just about
two and a half days,
01:06:34.69\01:06:36.02
and that's unheard of.
01:06:36.06\01:06:37.39
But thank the Lord for everyone
coming together to focus
01:06:37.43\01:06:38.86
on one thing, and
that's to get the gospel out,
01:06:38.89\01:06:40.63
especially for those
that are homebound right now
01:06:40.70\01:06:42.86
during this really big crisis.
01:06:42.90\01:06:44.43
You know what?
01:06:44.47\01:06:45.80
You know, the
various sermon idea came
01:06:45.83\01:06:47.64
from before COVID-19
was even called a pandemic.
01:06:47.67\01:06:51.21
About three or
so, four weeks ago,
01:06:51.24\01:06:53.27
I think, before
we went to Trinidad,
01:06:53.31\01:06:54.64
I did a sermon
called Pandemic and...
01:06:54.68\01:06:56.28
Yeah.
01:06:56.31\01:06:57.65
My wife said to me, why
are you using that title?
01:06:57.68\01:06:59.05
There is no pandemic.
01:06:59.08\01:07:00.42
I said, Honey, I see
where this is headed.
01:07:00.45\01:07:02.08
And when we came back, it
was just aired on the news.
01:07:02.12\01:07:05.85
Now we have
entered into a pandemic.
01:07:05.89\01:07:07.66
That's right.
01:07:07.69\01:07:09.02
And I thought, wow, you
know, we are in pandemic mode.
01:07:09.06\01:07:11.39
And so what I did
was conglomerated.
01:07:11.43\01:07:14.00
Holy Spirit was
prompting you ahead of time.
01:07:14.03\01:07:15.36
The Holy Spirit was
showing me ahead of time,
01:07:15.40\01:07:16.77
where this is headed
because when you think
01:07:16.80\01:07:18.13
about what happened in China.
01:07:18.17\01:07:19.50
Yeah.
01:07:19.53\01:07:20.87
And then we see
this jumping into Italy.
01:07:20.94\01:07:22.54
Oh, yeah.
01:07:22.57\01:07:23.91
And then we hearing,
my family's in New York
01:07:23.94\01:07:25.27
and Florida and
different parts of the world.
01:07:25.31\01:07:26.68
France is lockdown today.
01:07:26.71\01:07:28.04
France is locked,
01:07:28.08\01:07:29.41
Spain is having a
burst of, of cases.
01:07:29.44\01:07:31.48
And so, we see this whole thing.
01:07:31.51\01:07:33.52
And I was reading about
the three major pandemics
01:07:33.55\01:07:36.69
that took place.
01:07:36.72\01:07:38.05
The very first one was
called the Justinian Plague.
01:07:38.09\01:07:41.42
Roman Emperor Justinian
in fifth and sixth century.
01:07:41.46\01:07:44.13
He was the first one to
catch this plague from a rodent,
01:07:44.16\01:07:48.53
but he didn't die.
01:07:48.56\01:07:49.90
And, but, but 200
but 200 million people
01:07:49.93\01:07:54.50
perished in the Mediterranean.
01:07:54.54\01:07:55.87
Two hundred million? Wow.
01:07:55.90\01:07:57.24
And they said, the
reason he didn't die,
01:07:57.31\01:07:58.84
the saying was they
said that he was so evil
01:07:58.87\01:08:01.64
that he caused this plague.
01:08:01.68\01:08:03.01
Obviously, we know he didn't,
01:08:03.04\01:08:04.38
but he didn't die was
the first one to catch it.
01:08:04.41\01:08:06.01
And we had the bubonic
plague or the black plague,
01:08:06.05\01:08:09.08
which wiped out
one third of Europe.
01:08:09.12\01:08:11.69
But then we had a
resurgence of that in America
01:08:11.72\01:08:14.56
in the early 1900s.
01:08:14.59\01:08:16.02
And so there were
three major plagues
01:08:16.06\01:08:18.89
or pandemics in the world.
01:08:18.93\01:08:20.90
But this is the first time
01:08:20.93\01:08:22.53
that the whole
world is involved.
01:08:22.56\01:08:23.90
Yeah, it's amazing.
01:08:23.97\01:08:25.30
I mean, this is the first
time in human history that
01:08:25.33\01:08:27.24
it doesn't
matter what you believe.
01:08:27.27\01:08:29.37
It doesn't matter
your political persuasion
01:08:29.40\01:08:31.64
or religious beliefs,
the entire world is touched
01:08:31.67\01:08:33.81
by this pandemic.
01:08:33.88\01:08:35.21
So pretty much what it
is, is we're walking through
01:08:35.24\01:08:37.05
what we're facing.
01:08:37.08\01:08:38.58
But in answer to the questions
that people have been asking,
01:08:38.61\01:08:41.58
what are the four
most important things
01:08:41.62\01:08:42.98
that the people of God
01:08:43.02\01:08:44.35
should be doing
during this time?
01:08:44.39\01:08:45.75
So, it's while the
topic may sound ominous,
01:08:45.79\01:08:47.86
which it is,
that's the atmosphere
01:08:47.89\01:08:49.22
we're living in.
01:08:49.26\01:08:50.63
It's filled with hope
and filled with courage,
01:08:50.66\01:08:52.23
letting people know
that there's one place
01:08:52.26\01:08:54.70
in the universe where the leader
01:08:54.73\01:08:57.30
is not scratching his head.
01:08:57.37\01:08:58.70
That's right. Thank you.
01:08:58.73\01:09:00.07
That's in heaven. All right.
01:09:00.10\01:09:01.44
The Lord has known.
01:09:01.47\01:09:02.80
And, you know, when
you talk about this, Danny,
01:09:02.84\01:09:04.17
that is inspiration for the Lord
01:09:04.21\01:09:05.61
to move upon your heart too.
01:09:05.64\01:09:06.98
What do people
do after COVID-19?
01:09:07.01\01:09:08.84
And I even said
that in a sermon.
01:09:08.88\01:09:10.35
What next?
01:09:10.38\01:09:11.71
So, you guys answered
the question, what next?
01:09:11.75\01:09:13.31
That's right.
01:09:13.35\01:09:14.68
But what about the people
that are losing loved ones?
01:09:14.72\01:09:16.25
What about the
person who is wondering,
01:09:16.28\01:09:17.65
what do I do with my job?
01:09:17.69\01:09:19.19
You know, the waitresses,
many in the service industry
01:09:19.22\01:09:22.59
that live on tips.
01:09:22.62\01:09:24.33
What do they do?
01:09:24.36\01:09:25.69
Matthew 6. Look at this.
01:09:25.73\01:09:27.66
Matthew Chapter 6.
01:09:27.70\01:09:29.80
The Lord says, well, verse 25.
01:09:29.83\01:09:33.94
And I'm gonna say this
to you if you're watching.
01:09:33.97\01:09:36.84
"Therefore I say to you."
01:09:36.91\01:09:39.31
And this is not
a small statement.
01:09:39.34\01:09:41.61
I don't want you to
think that this is just
01:09:41.64\01:09:43.55
brushing off the idea that
01:09:43.58\01:09:45.01
you're going through difficulty,
01:09:45.05\01:09:46.41
because when the Lord says this,
01:09:46.45\01:09:48.38
He's the one that can
stand behind the provision.
01:09:48.42\01:09:49.95
That's right.
01:09:49.98\01:09:51.32
We've seen
evidence after evidence
01:09:51.35\01:09:52.69
that God not only
tells you not to worry,
01:09:52.72\01:09:54.16
but He brings a
deliverance team.
01:09:54.19\01:09:56.12
I could tell you
of stories where,
01:09:56.16\01:09:57.73
you know, Elder
Brooks tells a story
01:09:57.76\01:09:59.09
when he was a young
boy, his parents were going
01:09:59.13\01:10:00.50
through
difficulty and his mom said,
01:10:00.53\01:10:01.86
we are just not
going to do that.
01:10:01.90\01:10:03.23
We're going to wait.
01:10:03.26\01:10:04.63
And pretty
soon, two hours later,
01:10:04.67\01:10:06.67
five church members
came with bags of groceries
01:10:06.74\01:10:08.94
and she didn't call anybody.
01:10:08.97\01:10:10.31
Wow.
01:10:10.34\01:10:11.67
So, God can do
things, that's just one story,
01:10:11.71\01:10:13.04
but we've seen that
happen in our own lives.
01:10:13.07\01:10:14.41
I was praying once
in Northern California
01:10:14.44\01:10:16.54
when I was a young pastor
and I made only $500 a month.
01:10:16.58\01:10:21.02
And my sister, my
brother-in-law and his wife
01:10:21.05\01:10:24.12
and his child were coming
to stay with us for the week.
01:10:24.19\01:10:26.05
And I said to Angie,
said, "We don't have any food.
01:10:26.09\01:10:28.72
We can hardly feed ourselves."
01:10:28.76\01:10:30.73
And I was sitting on the
couch praying in my living room
01:10:30.76\01:10:33.90
saying, Lord, how are
You going to provide this?
01:10:33.93\01:10:37.17
And I said,
hold on. I'm praying.
01:10:38.70\01:10:40.17
Lord, how are
you going to provide.
01:10:40.24\01:10:41.84
And I went to the door.
01:10:43.27\01:10:44.61
I cut my prayer short,
and I saw a church member
01:10:44.64\01:10:46.27
that lived over the mountains
01:10:46.31\01:10:48.11
in Northern
California 35 miles away.
01:10:48.14\01:10:50.35
She had to cross the
mountain to come over.
01:10:50.38\01:10:52.98
And I said, what?
01:10:53.01\01:10:54.68
What are you doing here
so early on Sunday morning?
01:10:54.72\01:10:56.55
She said, I
woke up this morning,
01:10:56.58\01:10:58.02
had my devotions.
01:10:58.05\01:10:59.55
The Lord said to me,
Pastor John has a need.
01:10:59.59\01:11:02.49
And she said, I have a
habit of listening to God.
01:11:02.52\01:11:04.36
Here's some money.
01:11:04.39\01:11:05.73
God told me to give it
to you before I prayed.
01:11:05.76\01:11:07.13
Praise the Lord.
01:11:07.20\01:11:08.53
So, I'm telling you
what I know to be true.
01:11:08.56\01:11:09.90
Here it is.
01:11:09.93\01:11:11.27
Matthew 6:25,
"Therefore, I say to you,
01:11:11.30\01:11:14.47
do not worry about your
life, what you will eat.
01:11:14.50\01:11:18.44
This fits or
what you will drink,
01:11:18.47\01:11:21.18
about your body,
what you will put on it
01:11:21.21\01:11:23.45
is not life more than food
01:11:23.48\01:11:25.48
and the body
more than clothing."
01:11:25.51\01:11:27.45
And you know, Danny, every day
Angie and I feed our cardinals,
01:11:27.52\01:11:31.09
our sparrows, and
they show up every day.
01:11:31.12\01:11:34.06
And here is what the
Lord said He will do for us.
01:11:34.09\01:11:36.39
"Look at the birds of the air.
01:11:36.42\01:11:38.49
For they neither sow nor
reap nor gather into barns,
01:11:38.53\01:11:42.00
yet your heavenly
father feeds them.
01:11:42.03\01:11:44.83
Are you not more
valuable than they?"
01:11:44.87\01:11:48.47
So, you don't know
where it's coming from.
01:11:48.50\01:11:50.14
But then the one
making the promise
01:11:50.21\01:11:51.54
is the one who
can move mountains.
01:11:51.57\01:11:53.01
Amen. Some I'm saying you too.
01:11:53.04\01:11:54.74
You don't worry.
01:11:54.78\01:11:56.11
And our
president's doing all he can.
01:11:56.14\01:11:57.48
Praise the Lord
that our nation leaders
01:11:57.55\01:11:59.68
are pulling
their heads together.
01:11:59.71\01:12:01.42
But the Lord says
the earth is the Lord's
01:12:01.45\01:12:04.95
and the fullness
thereof, the world
01:12:04.99\01:12:06.52
and they that dwell therein.
01:12:06.55\01:12:07.89
He says, "If I was hungry,
I wouldn't even tell you."
01:12:07.92\01:12:10.13
And He does not
count His cattle by heads.
01:12:10.16\01:12:12.89
He counts it by
hills. All right.
01:12:12.93\01:12:14.66
So, the one
that made the promise
01:12:14.70\01:12:16.36
is the one that can bring
you through this difficulty.
01:12:16.40\01:12:18.97
Hold on.
01:12:19.00\01:12:20.34
Trust the Lord. The
answer is on your way.
01:12:20.37\01:12:22.10
And He said, I will
supply all of your need
01:12:22.14\01:12:24.44
according to my
riches and glory.
01:12:24.47\01:12:26.21
So, trust God and just
put your life before Him.
01:12:26.24\01:12:28.54
Say Lord, I have a need.
01:12:28.58\01:12:29.91
I'm opening my home
up and my life to you,
01:12:29.94\01:12:31.68
and He will come to your aid.
01:12:31.71\01:12:33.42
Praise God for that.
Amen. Praise the Lord
01:12:33.45\01:12:34.98
Pastor Ryan,
what's on your heart?
01:12:35.02\01:12:36.35
Yeah.
01:12:36.38\01:12:37.72
You know where we're
living in interesting times.
01:12:37.75\01:12:39.09
We are.
01:12:39.12\01:12:40.46
And it is just amazing
to see what has transpired
01:12:40.49\01:12:43.53
in such a short time.
01:12:43.56\01:12:44.89
And, you know, I praise
God that we have a president
01:12:44.93\01:12:48.30
who is willing
to give the message
01:12:48.33\01:12:50.47
that he gave earlier,
01:12:50.50\01:12:51.83
because while we
don't want to spark fear
01:12:51.87\01:12:53.34
and we don't want to put
worry into people's hearts,
01:12:53.37\01:12:56.81
I pray and hope that this brings
01:12:56.84\01:12:58.37
about a spiritual awaking
in each and every one of us.
01:12:58.41\01:13:00.68
That's right. This is
a shaking time period.
01:13:00.71\01:13:02.18
Yeah, true.
01:13:02.21\01:13:03.55
We are living
in times of shaking
01:13:03.58\01:13:05.51
and we're told that the
shaking is going to occur.
01:13:05.55\01:13:07.62
In fact, that's probably what
my sermon is going to be about
01:13:07.65\01:13:10.49
coming up this time,
01:13:10.52\01:13:12.72
these times of
shaking that we're living in
01:13:12.75\01:13:14.69
and we're given counsel on that
01:13:14.72\01:13:16.22
and the Bible has much to say
about these times of trouble,
01:13:16.26\01:13:18.86
these times in which God
allows certain events to occur,
01:13:18.89\01:13:22.13
to wake us up and not
to put fear in our hearts,
01:13:22.16\01:13:25.03
not to cause us to worry,
01:13:25.07\01:13:26.40
but spiritually awaken us
01:13:26.43\01:13:27.97
so that we flee to the throne
of grace and say, okay, God,
01:13:28.00\01:13:30.64
we open up our hearts to Him
01:13:30.71\01:13:32.04
and say, come in,
change me transform me,
01:13:32.07\01:13:33.98
prepare me for the
times that are at hand.
01:13:34.01\01:13:36.28
You know, what I want to do
01:13:36.31\01:13:37.65
is I just want encourage people,
01:13:37.68\01:13:39.01
as Pastor John has
clearly already established.
01:13:39.05\01:13:41.38
We don't need to worry.
01:13:41.42\01:13:42.75
And we have so many
promises in God's Word.
01:13:42.78\01:13:44.62
This particular time
period that we're living in
01:13:44.65\01:13:46.86
is going to test us.
01:13:46.89\01:13:48.22
It's going to test our faith.
01:13:48.26\01:13:49.59
It's going to push us
into an area of thinking
01:13:49.62\01:13:52.13
in which either we're
going to think more about self
01:13:52.16\01:13:54.40
or we're going to
think more about God.
01:13:54.43\01:13:55.83
And I hope it draws us
to think more towards heaven
01:13:55.86\01:13:58.70
rather than to ourselves.
01:13:58.73\01:14:00.14
I have to tell a
little bit of a story.
01:14:00.17\01:14:01.50
You know, this morning,
01:14:01.54\01:14:02.87
never in my
life did I ever think
01:14:02.90\01:14:04.24
it was going to be
awkward going to the store
01:14:04.31\01:14:05.74
to buy toilet paper.
01:14:05.77\01:14:07.61
You know, praise.
01:14:07.64\01:14:08.98
And I know someone
at home saying, what?
01:14:09.01\01:14:10.35
You found a store
that sold toilet paper.
01:14:10.38\01:14:11.71
I did one of our
local stores here.
01:14:11.75\01:14:14.12
And, you know, me and my
wife, we're not hoarders.
01:14:14.15\01:14:15.92
We haven't went out
01:14:15.95\01:14:17.29
and stocked up a bunch of stuff.
01:14:17.32\01:14:18.65
But it's just been an
interesting experience.
01:14:18.69\01:14:21.32
I walked into the local store.
01:14:21.36\01:14:22.69
We were getting down
to our last few rolls.
01:14:22.72\01:14:24.56
And so, I thought, okay,
let's just go see by chance
01:14:24.59\01:14:27.10
if we're able to find something.
01:14:27.13\01:14:28.46
It just felt awkward.
01:14:28.50\01:14:29.83
You know, you reach out to
grab that pack off the shelf
01:14:29.86\01:14:32.00
and you look and there's
like eight eyes staring at you
01:14:32.03\01:14:34.14
from all directions.
01:14:34.17\01:14:35.50
It's an awkward situation.
01:14:35.54\01:14:37.01
And this is the... Are
you going to take that?
01:14:37.04\01:14:38.54
I didn't even
take it up to the...
01:14:38.57\01:14:39.91
Are you taking my toilet paper?
01:14:39.94\01:14:41.28
And it said you
could buy three or more.
01:14:42.51\01:14:44.15
I just grabbed one
because I thought to myself,
01:14:44.18\01:14:45.91
Lord, there's got to be
someone else that needs this.
01:14:45.95\01:14:47.95
So, I grabbed one pack,
01:14:47.98\01:14:49.32
was just walking to the counter,
01:14:49.35\01:14:50.69
you know, and
putting it on the counter
01:14:50.72\01:14:52.05
and watching them.
01:14:52.09\01:14:53.46
You know, you get all
these eyes at you like,
01:14:53.49\01:14:54.82
oh, you know, he
needed toilet paper.
01:14:54.86\01:14:56.19
But it's strange
times we're living in.
01:14:56.22\01:14:58.46
And we want to
encourage people to go to God.
01:14:58.49\01:15:02.30
And that's what I wanted.
01:15:02.33\01:15:03.67
I want to share
just a couple of text.
01:15:03.70\01:15:05.10
You know, there
maybe someone at home,
01:15:05.13\01:15:06.47
as Brother Danny brought
out just a few minutes ago.
01:15:06.50\01:15:08.67
There are people
that's going to fear.
01:15:08.70\01:15:10.21
That's right.
01:15:10.24\01:15:11.57
There's people that
may have lost their job
01:15:11.61\01:15:12.94
who may have contracted this
or fear of contracting this,
01:15:12.97\01:15:15.31
who are put in an
almost impossible situation.
01:15:15.34\01:15:17.28
Yeah.
01:15:17.35\01:15:18.68
I just want to share
some counsel from God's Word.
01:15:18.71\01:15:20.05
Some of my favorite text,
01:15:20.08\01:15:21.42
we need to go back to the Bible,
01:15:21.45\01:15:22.78
believe in God's
promises because God cannot lie.
01:15:22.82\01:15:25.95
The Bible says, He promised
us that He will see us through,
01:15:25.99\01:15:28.62
Isaiah 41:10. Okay.
01:15:28.66\01:15:30.43
Oh, yeah. I love this.
01:15:30.46\01:15:31.79
And when I read this, I could.
01:15:31.83\01:15:33.70
I don't know what
God's voice sounds like.
01:15:33.73\01:15:35.30
You know, some people say
01:15:35.33\01:15:36.67
they've heard the
audible voice of God.
01:15:36.70\01:15:38.03
I know that
thought, that impression
01:15:38.07\01:15:39.53
of the Holy Spirit of
His voice speaking to me.
01:15:39.57\01:15:42.27
But I could just imagine
God's powerful voice saying,
01:15:42.30\01:15:44.91
"Fear not, for I am with you.
01:15:44.94\01:15:46.68
Be not dismayed,
for I am your God.
01:15:46.71\01:15:49.21
Yes, I will help you.
01:15:49.24\01:15:50.58
I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand."
01:15:50.65\01:15:54.02
God has made that promise,
and we can believe in that.
01:15:54.05\01:15:56.35
Another one, just a
couple of chapters over,
01:15:56.38\01:15:58.32
Isaiah 43:2.
01:15:58.35\01:15:59.72
Here it is.
01:15:59.75\01:16:01.09
He says, "When you
pass through the waters,
01:16:01.12\01:16:02.46
I will be with you."
01:16:02.49\01:16:03.83
That's right.
01:16:03.86\01:16:05.19
He goes on to say, "And through
the rivers, you shall not,
01:16:05.23\01:16:07.13
there they shall
not overflow you.
01:16:07.20\01:16:08.56
When you walk through the
fire, you shall not be burned,
01:16:08.60\01:16:11.33
nor shall the flame scorch you."
01:16:11.37\01:16:14.44
And then I want
to read one last one
01:16:14.47\01:16:15.90
before I shut up and be quiet.
01:16:15.94\01:16:17.97
No, this is good. This is great.
01:16:18.01\01:16:19.34
But this is, this is.
01:16:19.37\01:16:20.71
It's powerful stuff
that I remind myself
01:16:20.78\01:16:22.28
of these as I see
the world being launched
01:16:22.31\01:16:24.08
into hysteria and an excitement
01:16:24.15\01:16:27.45
that's going on around
us and people fearing us
01:16:27.52\01:16:29.68
as we read earlier in
last night's live program.
01:16:29.72\01:16:32.79
You know, Luke 21 tells us
that men's hearts will fail them
01:16:32.82\01:16:35.92
for fear of the
expectations of what is to come.
01:16:35.96\01:16:39.09
And so, you know, we
can look at these promises
01:16:39.13\01:16:41.03
and put our
faith in God and say,
01:16:41.06\01:16:42.43
Lord, you've got this,
01:16:42.46\01:16:43.80
you're going to
get us through this.
01:16:43.87\01:16:45.20
You know, we don't have to fear.
01:16:45.23\01:16:46.57
Psalm 91,
01:16:46.60\01:16:48.10
this is
probably the championship
01:16:48.14\01:16:51.47
passage of promises
01:16:51.51\01:16:53.41
when we are threatened
with serious times of plague
01:16:53.48\01:16:58.28
or we know this isn't a plague,
01:16:58.31\01:16:59.78
but it's certainly a
serious time to wake us.
01:16:59.81\01:17:01.55
Oh, my, yes. Signs
of the times for sure.
01:17:01.58\01:17:03.99
But Psalm 91 this opening verses
01:17:04.02\01:17:06.19
I just want to read down just
to probably the end of verse 3.
01:17:06.22\01:17:09.86
But it's interesting here.
01:17:09.89\01:17:11.23
"He says he who
dwells in the secret place
01:17:11.26\01:17:12.63
of the most high,"
01:17:12.66\01:17:14.00
this is verse 1, "shall abide
01:17:14.03\01:17:15.53
under the shadow
of the Almighty."
01:17:15.56\01:17:17.20
And he says, "I
will say of the Lord,
01:17:17.27\01:17:19.90
He is my refuge and my fortress.
01:17:19.93\01:17:22.20
My God, in Him, I will trust."
01:17:22.24\01:17:25.84
You could just put an
exclamation point right there
01:17:25.87\01:17:28.21
because that's the key, right?
01:17:28.24\01:17:29.58
In Him, I will trust.
01:17:29.61\01:17:31.51
Coronavirus.
01:17:31.55\01:17:32.88
No Coronavirus.
01:17:32.91\01:17:34.25
It doesn't matter.
In Him, I will trust.
01:17:34.32\01:17:36.62
And then notice verse 3.
01:17:36.69\01:17:38.02
"Surely, he shall deliver
you from the snare of the fowler
01:17:38.05\01:17:41.49
and from the
perilous pestilence."
01:17:41.52\01:17:44.13
Yeah. And so, we
have these promises.
01:17:44.16\01:17:46.39
God says, "Wake up, My children.
01:17:46.43\01:17:48.06
I'm speaking to you.
I've given you the promises."
01:17:48.10\01:17:50.60
Do you trust in the Lord?
01:17:50.67\01:17:52.00
That's what this
test is all about.
01:17:52.03\01:17:53.77
God is, you know,
01:17:53.84\01:17:55.30
as Brother Ted
Wilson read earlier,
01:17:55.34\01:17:58.11
that Mrs. White tells
us that the Spirit of God
01:17:58.14\01:18:00.28
is being
withdrawn from this planet.
01:18:00.31\01:18:01.81
That's right.
01:18:01.84\01:18:03.18
And during this time,
the wheat and the tares
01:18:03.21\01:18:04.88
are beginning to
start being separated.
01:18:04.91\01:18:07.12
And we need to put
our trust in the Lord now.
01:18:07.15\01:18:09.38
And then I just pray tonight
that, you know, God cleanse me,
01:18:09.42\01:18:12.92
cleanse me, create in
me a clean heart, oh, God
01:18:12.95\01:18:16.49
and restore
right spirit within me.
01:18:16.52\01:18:17.86
Yeah.
01:18:17.89\01:18:19.23
Isn't that neat to
know that when we said it
01:18:19.26\01:18:22.83
before many times,
01:18:22.86\01:18:24.20
when Jesus was
hanging on the cross,
01:18:24.27\01:18:26.17
He can look down the stream
of time and see each of us.
01:18:26.20\01:18:28.47
Oh, absolutely.
01:18:28.50\01:18:29.84
See you and He knew
us before we ever formed.
01:18:29.87\01:18:33.68
Yeah, that's powerful.
01:18:33.71\01:18:35.04
And he had a plan,
and that plan is that
01:18:35.08\01:18:36.85
we are saved from this life
01:18:36.88\01:18:40.72
of which said
earlier terminal illness.
01:18:40.75\01:18:43.49
That's right.
01:18:43.52\01:18:44.85
But to think that our
creator God knew that,
01:18:44.89\01:18:47.56
and He allowed us
to live in the closing,
01:18:47.59\01:18:49.36
you and all of us
01:18:49.39\01:18:50.73
at the very closing
moments of earth's history.
01:18:50.76\01:18:53.03
When the devil says,
01:18:53.06\01:18:55.00
I'm going to
shut this world down.
01:18:55.03\01:18:57.83
3ABN and I'm sure
others cranks it up.
01:18:57.87\01:19:00.44
Yeah. Amen. So
we're not quitting.
01:19:00.47\01:19:02.17
And we'll, the devil
says we're gonna shut.
01:19:02.20\01:19:04.31
When I heard that
churches were shutting.
01:19:04.34\01:19:05.71
I really, you
know, I'm an old man now.
01:19:05.74\01:19:08.38
When I was young,
young men dream dreams,
01:19:08.41\01:19:10.35
old men have visions.
01:19:10.38\01:19:11.71
But I never envisioned or
dreamed that it'd be a time
01:19:11.75\01:19:14.85
in my life that all
churches would be shut down.
01:19:14.88\01:19:17.59
It's incredible.
01:19:17.62\01:19:18.95
I mean, and then when I
heard that, is that possible?
01:19:18.99\01:19:21.02
Right.
01:19:21.06\01:19:22.39
I mean, no Adventist churches,
no Baptist churches, no.
01:19:22.42\01:19:24.66
You know, whatever
churches, Catholic churches,
01:19:24.69\01:19:26.70
all the churches in America.
01:19:26.73\01:19:28.23
The devil was planning a heyday.
01:19:28.26\01:19:31.10
Where he says,
man, I've got him now
01:19:31.13\01:19:33.34
because now that's so bad,
01:19:33.37\01:19:35.30
people aren't
gonna be able to work.
01:19:35.34\01:19:37.01
They don't know where
the money is coming from.
01:19:37.04\01:19:39.07
You know, I'm gonna
have him curse God and die.
01:19:39.11\01:19:42.14
That attitude.
01:19:42.18\01:19:43.55
But, you know, the
Lord knew ahead of time.
01:19:43.58\01:19:46.48
And 3ABN is here
to say, you know what?
01:19:46.51\01:19:49.68
Thank you for your leadership
of saying, let's go forward.
01:19:49.72\01:19:52.45
We're not quitting.
01:19:52.49\01:19:53.86
We're gonna go forward,
01:19:53.89\01:19:55.22
take the gospel
to all the world.
01:19:55.26\01:19:56.59
So, the...
01:19:56.62\01:19:58.19
If you think about,
01:19:58.23\01:19:59.56
here we are able to
reach millions of people
01:19:59.59\01:20:02.10
and you're able to reach
as many people as you want
01:20:02.13\01:20:05.00
by simply for a postage stamp.
01:20:05.03\01:20:07.80
Yeah, that's incredible
01:20:07.84\01:20:09.17
You know, for
two people, I mean,
01:20:09.20\01:20:10.54
for that postage stamp.
01:20:10.61\01:20:11.94
So, to me, for God to
impress that on your heart,
01:20:11.97\01:20:13.98
because then I called
call two or three people
01:20:14.01\01:20:16.88
and talk to you and
some others and said,
01:20:16.95\01:20:18.28
well, do I
really, do we need this?
01:20:18.31\01:20:21.15
Do we have time to do it?
01:20:21.18\01:20:22.52
Should I do it?
01:20:22.55\01:20:23.89
And I talked to a
friend that I know and said,
01:20:23.92\01:20:27.89
he said, I think you should.
01:20:27.92\01:20:29.26
Absolutely.
01:20:29.29\01:20:30.63
And then later that
evening, he said, excuse me.
01:20:30.66\01:20:33.60
I was thinking
about the conversation
01:20:33.63\01:20:35.93
that we had today,
01:20:35.96\01:20:37.30
and those books
need to be out there.
01:20:37.37\01:20:38.70
Amen.
01:20:38.73\01:20:40.07
And so, when he told me
what his family had decided,
01:20:40.10\01:20:41.74
I made some phone calls.
01:20:41.77\01:20:43.24
They came back that
500,000 of these books
01:20:43.27\01:20:47.08
would be paid for.
01:20:47.11\01:20:48.48
And now to do that's a miracle.
01:20:48.51\01:20:50.85
It is a miracle.
The timing of it.
01:20:50.88\01:20:52.21
And then to get
this information,
01:20:52.25\01:20:53.72
to be able to put it together
01:20:53.75\01:20:55.15
and plan on going
to press on Monday
01:20:55.18\01:20:57.59
and answering the questions
that the people need to know.
01:20:57.62\01:21:00.36
Is your
opportunity as well as ours.
01:21:00.39\01:21:02.26
We have one.
01:21:02.29\01:21:03.63
Yvonne said today, we
just have to trust God.
01:21:03.66\01:21:05.99
That's right. We
just have to trust God.
01:21:06.03\01:21:08.06
And so, I believe
that people will respond
01:21:08.10\01:21:10.97
because the Lord
knew ahead of time
01:21:11.00\01:21:12.50
that somebody would donate it,
01:21:12.53\01:21:13.87
donate enough for a
half a million dollars
01:21:13.94\01:21:15.87
and more that comes
in, we'll print more books.
01:21:15.90\01:21:18.04
As I said before,
it's important to remember
01:21:18.07\01:21:20.08
everybody's home.
01:21:20.11\01:21:21.81
Almost everybody
is gonna be home.
01:21:21.84\01:21:23.75
We have more time
on our hands than ever.
01:21:23.78\01:21:25.58
We're gonna be worried.
01:21:25.61\01:21:26.95
People will be
reading spiritual, the Bible,
01:21:27.02\01:21:29.58
spiritual books,
watching Christian television
01:21:29.62\01:21:31.95
more than ever before,
01:21:31.99\01:21:33.46
because now they've
finally many of us brought
01:21:33.49\01:21:36.73
low and say, I better
be looking for the future.
01:21:36.76\01:21:39.73
That's right.
01:21:39.76\01:21:41.10
You know, I see
something positive in
01:21:41.13\01:21:42.53
and I tried to figure out
01:21:42.56\01:21:44.90
why would it come to the point
01:21:44.93\01:21:47.44
where the churches are closing?
01:21:47.47\01:21:48.80
Yeah.
01:21:48.84\01:21:50.17
You know, you talked about
the bars would close later.
01:21:50.21\01:21:53.04
Yeah, the mall closed later.
01:21:53.07\01:21:54.51
You know, the
convenience store closed later.
01:21:54.54\01:21:57.35
Why was the church one
of the first ones to close?
01:21:57.38\01:21:59.91
And something came to me
as I was thinking about this.
01:21:59.95\01:22:02.65
Why would the Lord allow that?
01:22:02.68\01:22:04.02
You know, a lot of times
01:22:04.09\01:22:05.42
church has become
a habit to people.
01:22:05.45\01:22:07.06
Yeah, that's true.
01:22:07.09\01:22:08.42
You know, we go to
church out of habit.
01:22:08.46\01:22:10.36
Kind of a
routine. It's a routine.
01:22:10.43\01:22:12.29
And now that you don't
have someone else to lean on,
01:22:12.33\01:22:15.63
because I preach,
you know, Ryan, you see.
01:22:15.66\01:22:18.07
And sometimes I'm in
a congregation preaching
01:22:18.10\01:22:19.83
to people.
01:22:19.87\01:22:21.20
And I could tell some
people are there out of habit.
01:22:21.24\01:22:24.01
They are dialed in to
just show up at church
01:22:24.04\01:22:26.11
because it's habit.
01:22:26.14\01:22:27.48
But all of a sudden
now it's about just them
01:22:27.51\01:22:29.24
and their relationship with God.
01:22:29.28\01:22:30.65
That's right. That's right.
01:22:30.68\01:22:32.01
And it will reveal to them
what kind of faith they have.
01:22:32.05\01:22:33.38
It's a good point, Pastor.
01:22:33.42\01:22:34.75
When the Lord led His
disciples go on the ocean
01:22:34.78\01:22:36.32
and He sat on the
mountainside and watched them.
01:22:36.35\01:22:39.09
He didn't lose sight of them.
01:22:39.12\01:22:40.69
He was just, He let them
go on the ocean by themselves.
01:22:40.76\01:22:44.13
And he sat and watched
the boat floating away.
01:22:44.16\01:22:46.80
And then he said to
them, when the storm hit.
01:22:46.83\01:22:49.80
They thought when
he came to help them,
01:22:49.83\01:22:51.73
they didn't even
recognize the Lord.
01:22:51.77\01:22:53.54
And there's some
people that are accustomed
01:22:53.57\01:22:55.87
to recognizing God,
Jesus when he's with them.
01:22:55.90\01:22:58.84
But when they go through storms,
01:22:58.87\01:23:00.21
they can't
recognize the hand of God.
01:23:00.28\01:23:02.11
So, I want to make that point.
01:23:02.14\01:23:03.55
Right now, it's about your faith
01:23:03.58\01:23:05.78
and your
relationship with Christ.
01:23:05.81\01:23:07.15
And one more thing,
01:23:07.22\01:23:08.55
because somebody
kept asking the question
01:23:08.58\01:23:09.92
and I saw it on Facebook.
01:23:09.95\01:23:11.29
My wife showed it to me.
I'm not a Facebook person.
01:23:11.32\01:23:12.99
But she said somebody said,
01:23:13.02\01:23:14.59
does Jesus believe in isolation?
01:23:14.62\01:23:16.83
And I got upset that the church,
01:23:16.86\01:23:18.53
that people are isolating,
01:23:18.56\01:23:19.89
does Jesus believe in isolation?
01:23:19.93\01:23:21.53
Well, when you read
the Bible, there is,
01:23:21.56\01:23:24.07
isolation is
throughout the Old Testament
01:23:24.10\01:23:26.33
and the New Testament.
01:23:26.37\01:23:27.70
For example, when Jesus
healed a man, he said to them,
01:23:27.74\01:23:29.90
He said, "Go show
yourself to the priest."
01:23:29.94\01:23:31.87
He said it to a leper
because there was a principle
01:23:31.91\01:23:34.28
in the Bible when a leper was,
01:23:34.31\01:23:35.94
was infected, he was contagious.
01:23:35.98\01:23:38.58
He could affect
everybody around him.
01:23:38.61\01:23:40.92
He was to be
isolated for seven days.
01:23:40.95\01:23:42.95
And if the
leprosy didn't subside
01:23:42.98\01:23:45.25
for seven more
days, 14 day isolation.
01:23:45.29\01:23:48.49
And if the priest
declared him clean,
01:23:48.52\01:23:50.13
then he was able to
enter back into society.
01:23:50.16\01:23:52.56
So, the Lord says,
01:23:52.59\01:23:53.93
"Go show
yourself to the priest."
01:23:54.00\01:23:55.56
And when the
priest declared you clean,
01:23:55.60\01:23:57.30
you could go back
into general society.
01:23:57.37\01:23:59.50
So, you'll see that in
the Bible, in Leviticus
01:23:59.53\01:24:02.10
and in Book of Luke.
01:24:02.14\01:24:03.81
And lastly, King Uzziah,
a great man at 68 years old.
01:24:03.84\01:24:08.18
The Bible says when he became
a leper in 2 Chronicles 26:21.
01:24:08.21\01:24:12.75
"He dwelt in an isolated
house because he was a leper."
01:24:12.78\01:24:17.49
Wow. So, the Bible talks about.
01:24:17.52\01:24:18.89
That's just the
tip of the iceberg.
01:24:18.92\01:24:20.66
It talks about isolation
when disease can be spread
01:24:20.69\01:24:23.53
from one person to the other.
01:24:23.56\01:24:24.89
That's right. We just...
01:24:24.93\01:24:26.26
So, some of these
people who are in isolation
01:24:26.29\01:24:27.63
can receive the book
01:24:27.66\01:24:29.03
because these
are just coming in.
01:24:29.06\01:24:30.40
I'm gonna go
through very quickly.
01:24:30.47\01:24:31.93
My husband and I
are going to donate
01:24:31.97\01:24:33.84
for a mass mailing to
zip code in North Dakota.
01:24:33.87\01:24:37.44
The Calvary SDA
Church is going to send
01:24:37.51\01:24:40.11
the new book to zip codes.
01:24:40.18\01:24:41.51
And they gave the zip codes
they're going to send them to.
01:24:41.54\01:24:42.88
Praise the Lord. Happy Sabbath.
01:24:42.91\01:24:44.25
I want to donate for
this zip code in Wisconsin.
01:24:44.28\01:24:47.55
My name is and
I'm going to donate
01:24:47.62\01:24:49.72
to Boston, Massachusetts.
01:24:49.75\01:24:51.49
Yay!
01:24:51.52\01:24:52.85
And they give one,
two, three, four, five, six,
01:24:52.89\01:24:55.02
seven zip codes
they are giving to.
01:24:55.06\01:24:56.39
Praise the Lord.
01:24:56.42\01:24:57.76
This one, they're donating 2000
to cover a certain zip code.
01:24:57.79\01:25:00.13
This one says they're donating
for a 1,000 of the COVID books
01:25:00.20\01:25:04.27
and they want to
go to prison ministry.
01:25:04.30\01:25:06.07
So, we'll have to
get in touch with you.
01:25:06.10\01:25:07.84
This one says I want,
01:25:07.87\01:25:09.67
our whole
church were in contact.
01:25:09.70\01:25:11.97
We're gonna contact
the church and be in touch.
01:25:12.01\01:25:14.28
They live in Kentucky.
01:25:14.31\01:25:15.64
Wow. Praise the Lord.
01:25:15.68\01:25:17.05
I just want to
say, this is incredible.
01:25:17.08\01:25:18.71
With all the economic
things that are going on,
01:25:18.75\01:25:20.62
I think about this
family that stepped forward.
01:25:20.65\01:25:22.22
A lot of times
people want to say,
01:25:22.25\01:25:24.09
I don't know what's happening,
01:25:24.12\01:25:25.45
let me just hang on
to all the money I have.
01:25:25.49\01:25:26.86
You know, these are
people that have the vision.
01:25:26.89\01:25:28.22
That's how God blesses you.
01:25:28.26\01:25:29.59
These are people
forward, He blesses you.
01:25:29.62\01:25:31.53
They have the
vision for evangelism.
01:25:31.56\01:25:33.13
They do.
01:25:33.16\01:25:34.50
That's powerful because
the figures that we're seeing
01:25:34.53\01:25:35.86
right here, they're phenomenal,
actually, that are coming in.
01:25:35.90\01:25:37.27
So, yeah. Praise the Lord.
01:25:37.30\01:25:38.63
Thank you for your
vision and for your mission,
01:25:38.67\01:25:40.97
your commission to
understand that God wants us
01:25:41.00\01:25:42.70
to spread the
gospel around the world.
01:25:42.74\01:25:44.31
I want you to just recap
what's happening tomorrow,
01:25:44.34\01:25:47.48
because, again, we
have a special lineup
01:25:47.51\01:25:49.04
for our church
service for you tomorrow.
01:25:49.08\01:25:51.01
So, tell us about that, please.
01:25:51.05\01:25:52.38
Elder Ted Wilson, his wife Nancy
01:25:52.41\01:25:54.32
will be on the
3ABN Today program.
01:25:54.35\01:25:56.38
That's at 8 AM Central.
01:25:56.42\01:25:57.92
Then at 9 AM, we have
3ABN's Sabbath School Panel.
01:25:57.95\01:26:01.36
10 AM is the brand
new 3ABN Worship Hour
01:26:01.39\01:26:04.96
with Pastor John
Lomacang preaching.
01:26:04.99\01:26:06.80
And I think Ryan
did special music.
01:26:06.83\01:26:08.73
Then at 11 AM, we're
re-airing this program tonight
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and then it will
continue throughout the day.
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Make sure you check out
at our website, 3abn.tv,
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go to the COVID-19
3ABN resource center.
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You can get the sermon
and the Sabbath School panel.
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You can get health resources.
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And we've got a
lot more there too.
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You know, we do. We
only have 15 seconds left.
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But just in a couple of
days, we're also going record
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some programs
pertaining to health.
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How do you build
your immune system?
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What do you do
if you get COVID-19.
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We just want to say
thank you for your prayers
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and financial support
for the ministry of 3ABN.
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Thank you for
being part of our family.
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We'll see you
next time. God bless.
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