As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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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
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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, friends.
Welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang,
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and I am blessed
to have my copilot,
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my wife, Angela.
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Good to have you here, honey.
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Hey, honey, I'm
so happy to be here.
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I'm glad that you
have tuned in today.
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They are in for a
blessing, aren't they?
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That's right.
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This program is
about the most important,
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I wanna say that word is
the most important relevant
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up-to-date critical
Christ centered message
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of the age.
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And we're gonna
talk about what that is.
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We're not gonna
introduce our guests yet,
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but because we know
when we introduce them,
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we are gonna take off.
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So I would encourage you to get
your family members together.
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If you are doing something,
just put the broom down,
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put the vacuum down, sit down
because you don't want to miss
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the push and the
urgency behind this message.
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But thank you for your prayers
and your financial support
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of the network as we continue
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going and
growing even 3ABN Radio.
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Amen.
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Getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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And before we
introduce our guests,
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we have some music right now.
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And so who do we have, honey?
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I choose to believe.
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Okay.
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That's the name of
the song by Vonda Beerman,
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"I Choose to Believe."
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You gonna be
blessed by this song.
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Unto each life
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Some rain must fall
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And it seems
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I've had it all
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Just when I thought
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The storm was over
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Out of the blue
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There came a squall
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But You never promised
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That life would be easy
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And I am starting
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To see
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Sometimes it takes
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The worst in life
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To bring out the best
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In me
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So I will choose to believe
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Though I cannot see
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How You are working all things
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For my good
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And I hold Your hand
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Though I don't understand
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Still I'll trust
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And choose to believe
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Lord, You may know
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Just what I need in
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It's hard to let go
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And trust Your leading
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Just when I thought
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I lost control
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You're always there
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You're always pleading
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So for today Lord
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Help me to to trust You
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I need Your strength
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Like mine own
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And when I need
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A friend to turn to
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You will be faithful and true
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So I will choose to believe
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Though I cannot see
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How you are working
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All things for my good
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And I hold Your hand
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Though I don't understand
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Still I'll trust
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And choose to believe
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Walking by faith
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Not by sight
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Is so very hard
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To do
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But as I grow
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I come to know
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That Your love
will see me through
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So I will choose
to believe though
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I cannot see
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How You are working all things
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For my good
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And I hold Your hand though
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I don't understand
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Still I'll trust
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And choose to believe
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Lord, help me to trust
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And choose to believe
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Thank you so
much, Vonda Beerman.
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What a wonderful
segue I choose to believe.
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And on that note, we'll tell you
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what to choose to believe.
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Not that this is the
only thing to believe,
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because we know ultimately
is to believe in Jesus Christ,
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but He has given us an
unshakeable commission.
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And we're gonna
talk about that today.
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I'm excited about
what we're gonna talk about
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and now our guests, honey.
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That's right.
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Right in front of
me is Steve Dickman,
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the President of ASI.
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Good to have you
here again, Steve.
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It's so good to be here with you
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and to know that
we can stand together
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as we have
partnership with ASI and 3ABN
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to help get this
good news to the world.
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And to my right is Rodney Bowes,
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ASI, Vice President
of Evangelism. Amen.
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Is there anything more
important than evangelism?
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Well, we're gonna
find out in today's topic
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that this is what
everyone is called to do,
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share the good
news of Jesus Christ.
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Wow. We're so
glad to have you here.
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I mean, my wife was,
she said, do you know what?
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We're gonna be talking
to the guys from ASI today.
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I'm so excited.
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And today, what is our topic?
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Oh, Steve, what
is our topic today?
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So, if you were to remember back
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for about a year
when ASI was at 3ABN
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for our spring
virtual conference,
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because of the pandemic.
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Elder Wilson spoke
for our 11 o'clock hour
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virtually, he
wasn't here in person,
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but he left his mark.
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And when he was here, he
shared with us a statement.
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And, Rodney, I believe we
have that statement here today
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that we can share with everyone.
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And that
statement kind of jelled
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into our topic today,
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the 3AM Call.
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Let me ask you a question.
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What happens when you get a call
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at 3 o'clock in the morning?
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Wow. It's probably urgent.
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You know, something
is either about to happen
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or has already happened
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and you need to know what it is
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because
telemarketers don't call at 3AM.
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That'd be a new one if they do.
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They'd really get our
attention, no distractions,
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but yeah, it's a
very urgent call.
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So what is the 3AM Call? Yeah.
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So the 3AM Call
is that the message
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of the three angels needs
to go to the entire world.
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And right now it
should be our top priority.
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Rodney, share that statement
with us because I think
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this is the essence
of it, it's the power
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that convicted Rodney and I,
when we were looking at this,
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it really convicted us
that something needs to change.
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Okay. Let's look at
that statement together.
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It's a powerful statement
from the book Evangelism,
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are willing to encourage
all of you to listen carefully
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as we put this
statement up here.
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It says, "In a special sense,
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"Seventh-day Adventists
have been set in the world
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as watchmen and light-bearers.
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To them has been
entrusted the last warning
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for a perishing world.
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On them is
shining wonderful light
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from the Word of God."
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And the next part of it talks
about what that message is.
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It says that, "This work
is of most solemn import,
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the proclamation
of the first, second,
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and third angels' messages.
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There is no other work
of so great importance.
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They are to allow nothing
else to absorb their attention."
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Wow. It's powerful.
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That's huge.
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I mean, think about it this way.
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When the plane is landing,
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nothing should
absorb the pilot's attention
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other than landing that plane.
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Not what he wants to eat,
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not what the
passengers are saying.
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That's why he says strap in.
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So this is an hour
if you're saying to us,
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we need to strap
in, tighten our seat,
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buckle our seatbelts.
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Wow.
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But now to our viewers,
honey, what does ASI mean?
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How do you think?
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You think we should ask Steve?
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Ask Steve, he's the president,
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because they may
not know what ASI is.
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ASI is an organization
focused on helping lay people
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to partner with the
church to advance mission.
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Okay.
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And so, as we think about
it, there's a couple of things
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that are very important to ASI.
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ASI believes in the mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Amen.
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Even though it's a
group of lay people,
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it believes in the
mission of the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church,
it supports the mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Because ASI
includes business people
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and ministry people together,
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there is this element of
entrepreneurship as well.
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Innovation and entrepreneurial
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thinking are kind
of inbred into ASI.
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And so you get
ideas that come forward
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and people say, I
think I could do that.
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Or there might be
another way to do that
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that could be more effective.
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And so as we take
that group of people,
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I want to ask you a question.
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Could you
imagine what would happen
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if every single
Seventh-day Adventist business
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layperson and ministry person
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put 100% of their effort
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into sharing the
gospel with the world?
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Hmm. Wow.
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I believe there would
be enough talent and energy
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and resources that
something would get done.
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Yes.
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So as I get up in the
morning and I spend time
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for ASI and I'm a
volunteer for ASI.
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I serve ASI. I love ASI.
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I do that because I
believe that ASI can help make
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a difference in getting
this gospel to the world.
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Okay. Wow.
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How long has ASI been around?
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So ASI was started in 1947.
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So 1947, and so you
can calculate that out
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and come up with
a number of years.
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Wow.
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And it grew out of a work
started at Madison College.
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Madison College was fomenting.
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It was producing missionaries
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that were going across
the Southern United States
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and around the
world starting things.
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And the church said,
"We need a way to talk
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to these
self-supporting missionaries,
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so that we can
coordinate better together."
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And so ASI was born for
the supporting ministries
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to get connected to the church
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in a way that allowed the church
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and the supporting ministries
to work more closely together.
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Wow.
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And so, Rodney, we
don't want you to sit there
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as a wonderful
specimen of evangelism.
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What about ASI evangelism?
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Talk about that?
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Well, it ties right
in to what Steve said.
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You know, ASI's vision
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is to share the
good news of Jesus Christ
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and our specific
initiative right now
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is the 3AM Call sharing
the three angels' messages.
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And we really want to
take to heart that statement
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that says, this should
be our most urgent work,
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nothing else should
absorb our attention.
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You know,
there's a lot of things
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they can call for our attention,
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but the three
angels' messages are the need
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and the call for the hour.
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And, honey, they
brought some slides,
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some really engaging slides
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that I think we should go
and start walking through them
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to be able to unpack
the urgency of this message,
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the three angels' messages.
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Here's another
one that was included
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in that quotation.
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Maybe you wanna
share this with us?
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Sure. It is a powerful letter
from Ellen White to Waggoner.
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And it talks about
the third angel's message.
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Notice specifically
what it says, that is,
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"The greatest importance
is the third angel's message."
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And it says, "It's embracing
the messages of the first
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and second angels."
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The next
statement is very important.
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"All should
understand the truths contained
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in these messages
and demonstrate them
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in daily life,
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for this is
essential to salvation.
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Wow.
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Whose salvation do you
think it's essential to?
00:14:32.67\00:14:35.07
Mine, yours, ours. And
the world, it's everyone.
00:14:35.10\00:14:38.64
You know, at
ASI, we really believe
00:14:38.67\00:14:40.58
that doing evangelism
00:14:40.61\00:14:42.44
is not just for
those who are hearing
00:14:42.48\00:14:44.75
that message or
hearing the gospel call,
00:14:44.78\00:14:47.35
it's for us as well.
00:14:47.38\00:14:49.22
You know, when we're
involved in ministry,
00:14:49.25\00:14:51.55
it deepens our own conviction.
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That's why we want every person
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who's watching this program
00:14:55.22\00:14:57.09
to get involved in the 3AM Call.
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Wow.
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So is evangelism just what we do
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or am I hearing you
say evangelism is who are?
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Well, that last
quote said very clearly,
00:15:08.37\00:15:10.44
it's expressed
in our daily life.
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So it is who we are.
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It's where we
work. It's how we live.
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It's how we eat.
It's how we dress.
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It's all part of
evangelism. It's how we live.
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Wow. Right.
00:15:22.55\00:15:23.89
You look like
you're gonna say something.
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So the most
powerful witness, Rodney,
00:15:25.29\00:15:27.82
when I think of
that statement is a life
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that is lived in harmony
00:15:30.83\00:15:32.56
with what you say
you believe, right?
00:15:32.59\00:15:34.30
That's right.
00:15:34.33\00:15:35.66
That's the testimony
that really engages people
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when they look
at you and they say
00:15:38.47\00:15:40.27
that person is really
living the way they're talking.
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Hmm. Yes.
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And so I think
that goes right along
00:15:46.37\00:15:49.24
with that idea that,
yeah, if we're gonna live it,
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we're gonna preach
it, we ought to live it.
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I know my wife
challenged somebody
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the other day about the...
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What'd you say, don't
talk to, was it talking walk,
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how would you say that?
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Yeah, don't talk the
talk or walk the walk.
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Yeah, don't just talk
the talk, you walk the walk.
00:16:02.36\00:16:04.49
I have a nephew
I'm dealing with.
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He's very challenging and
he's, oh, I'm gonna do this.
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I'm gonna do that.
00:16:09.10\00:16:10.43
And I'm like, please,
no, don't just say it, do it.
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And this is what
we're talking about.
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That brings up the
idea of a disciple.
00:16:16.17\00:16:19.97
And we talked
about that a little bit
00:16:20.01\00:16:21.58
before the program,
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but, you know, really
we all need to be disciples
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of Jesus Christ.
00:16:25.85\00:16:27.18
That's right.
00:16:27.22\00:16:28.55
And that means
more than just a member
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of the church.
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It's a disciple,
someone who leads
00:16:31.35\00:16:32.99
someone else to Jesus,
00:16:33.02\00:16:34.46
someone who
follows very closely.
00:16:34.49\00:16:36.29
So our dream for the 3AM Call
00:16:36.32\00:16:39.76
is not just to have
people sign up and say,
00:16:39.79\00:16:42.43
I'm part of the 3AM Call club.
00:16:42.46\00:16:45.00
It's to be a
disciple maker themselves...
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And I'm so glad that
both of you are signed up
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for the 3AM Call.
00:16:50.84\00:16:52.37
I know we're gonna show you
00:16:52.41\00:16:53.78
in a little bit
here, what it means
00:16:53.81\00:16:55.34
to be a part of the 3AM
00:16:55.38\00:16:57.55
and Rodney just
said loosely the club,
00:16:57.58\00:16:59.81
but in fact, a
part of the mission,
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a part of the disciple team,
00:17:01.25\00:17:02.58
a part of those
pushing the message.
00:17:02.62\00:17:04.92
But I'm excited.
00:17:04.95\00:17:07.06
You, I'm just gonna say,
00:17:07.09\00:17:08.52
you also wrote a little booklet
00:17:08.56\00:17:10.73
called the
Three Angels Messages,
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which 3ABN is carrying
00:17:12.63\00:17:15.23
and it's the message for
the whole world, isn't it?
00:17:15.26\00:17:17.60
That's right.
00:17:17.63\00:17:18.97
And it's right here as you see.
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Yeah.
00:17:21.30\00:17:22.64
And you shared one of
those with Rodney and I,
00:17:22.67\00:17:25.27
and I believe we're
gonna put some to use.
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Amen.
00:17:27.31\00:17:28.64
What a powerful
little book, you know,
00:17:28.68\00:17:30.65
it doesn't have
to be complicated.
00:17:30.68\00:17:33.18
The three angels'
messages, sometimes I think
00:17:33.21\00:17:34.92
we complicate it too much.
00:17:34.95\00:17:37.19
Right. It's a simple message.
00:17:37.22\00:17:38.75
We have a Savior
who's coming soon
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and He desperately wants to take
00:17:40.86\00:17:43.02
as many homes as possible.
00:17:43.06\00:17:44.39
That's right.
00:17:44.43\00:17:45.76
And making it to the
point and simple and relevant,
00:17:45.79\00:17:48.46
and today is
something that we wanna do
00:17:48.50\00:17:50.60
and that's what I've taken
the time to do in that booklet.
00:17:50.63\00:17:52.93
But I wanna get back
to, you brought some slides.
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We're gonna unpack this
because somebody might be
00:17:55.44\00:17:57.47
saying, I wanna be a
part of that 3 AM Call.
00:17:57.51\00:18:00.08
I wanna get my call too.
00:18:00.11\00:18:01.78
So let's go to
some of these slides
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and begin to unfold
what we have here today?
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Here we go. Okay.
00:18:05.35\00:18:06.92
So the goal of the
3AM Call is to inspire
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and equip as
many self-supporting,
00:18:11.49\00:18:14.86
that's where ASI comes in,
lay missionaries as possible
00:18:14.89\00:18:17.99
to do comprehensive evangelism,
00:18:18.03\00:18:20.50
specifically sharing
the three angels' messages
00:18:20.53\00:18:24.07
by the General
Conference session in 2022.
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Now, Rodney, wait a minute now,
00:18:28.24\00:18:29.90
that said as many as possible.
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Now, on that Sabbath afternoon,
00:18:32.61\00:18:34.68
when you and I
sat eating together,
00:18:34.71\00:18:37.41
and this idea
began to formulate,
00:18:37.45\00:18:40.92
we talked about some numbers.
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What numbers did we talk about?
00:18:42.62\00:18:44.32
Well, we started
with like 10,000.
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Let's get 10,000
people doing evangelism
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and sharing the
three angels' messages.
00:18:51.29\00:18:53.76
And then, you know, Steve,
00:18:53.80\00:18:55.13
it's always fun to
have lunch with you
00:18:55.16\00:18:56.77
because we all of us
come up with great ideas.
00:18:56.80\00:18:59.70
God inspires us so then we said,
00:18:59.73\00:19:02.50
well, that's too
small, 50,000 maybe,
00:19:02.54\00:19:05.74
100,000.
00:19:05.77\00:19:07.68
And then we said, Rodney,
why do we think so small?
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Why do we think so small?
Whose work is this anyway?
00:19:12.15\00:19:15.08
True. It's God's
work. It's not our work.
00:19:15.12\00:19:16.79
That's right...
00:19:16.82\00:19:18.15
Why shouldn't we
imagine that God wants
00:19:18.19\00:19:19.69
to do really great things?
00:19:19.72\00:19:21.52
Especially when the Bible says,
00:19:21.56\00:19:22.99
"Go ye therefore into all world
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And the message
is to every nation,
00:19:25.99\00:19:27.96
kindred, tongue and people."
00:19:28.00\00:19:29.56
So yeah, 50,000 is a
little bit of smaller number
00:19:29.60\00:19:32.23
to serve a huge God.
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So what number are you
up to right now as of...
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So we decided
00:19:36.34\00:19:38.14
that a reasonable
goal, reasonably small goal
00:19:38.17\00:19:40.88
would be to have a
million people engaged
00:19:40.91\00:19:43.28
in sharing the
three angels' messages
00:19:43.31\00:19:45.68
before General
Conference session in 2022.
00:19:45.71\00:19:48.22
Wow. Do you think
that's reasonable?
00:19:48.25\00:19:50.29
Yes. You could do more.
00:19:50.32\00:19:52.89
You could go over a million.
00:19:52.92\00:19:54.26
Well, maybe a
million is too small,
00:19:54.29\00:19:55.62
but we just pick that
number and so that sounds like
00:19:55.66\00:19:58.53
a good goal to start with,
because really think about it,
00:19:58.56\00:20:01.86
how many Seventh-day Adventists
are there in the world?
00:20:01.90\00:20:05.13
Hmm. Oh, 19 to 21 million.
00:20:05.17\00:20:07.50
About 20, 22 million.
00:20:07.54\00:20:09.54
So shouldn't
everybody be involved in this?
00:20:09.57\00:20:13.04
I mean, isn't that what
we just read that everyone
00:20:13.07\00:20:15.94
should be
involved in doing this.
00:20:15.98\00:20:17.58
So really the
million is just a beginning.
00:20:17.61\00:20:19.48
Let me tell you
00:20:19.51\00:20:20.85
a very
interesting story about this
00:20:20.88\00:20:22.42
that I think you'll
be very intrigued by.
00:20:22.45\00:20:25.59
So when people register,
00:20:25.62\00:20:27.16
I get the
registrations and the contacts
00:20:27.19\00:20:29.59
come through evangelism
through our department at ASI.
00:20:29.62\00:20:33.80
And repeatedly over
the last several months,
00:20:33.83\00:20:36.20
I've been getting
some very exciting emails
00:20:36.23\00:20:38.67
that say, "I am not a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:20:38.70\00:20:42.10
but I would like
to join the 3AM Call.
00:20:42.14\00:20:44.81
Is it possible for me?"
00:20:44.84\00:20:46.84
And I said, "Yes,
it definitely is."
00:20:46.88\00:20:49.31
So not only are we training
00:20:49.34\00:20:51.05
and equipping
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:20:51.08\00:20:53.38
but through our
Facebook marketing outreach,
00:20:53.42\00:20:56.05
which is how we're
promoting this around the world.
00:20:56.08\00:20:59.19
Other people are coming in,
00:20:59.22\00:21:00.66
who are not yet
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:21:00.69\00:21:02.66
We call them pre Adventists.
00:21:02.69\00:21:04.03
There you go.
00:21:04.06\00:21:05.43
They are not just the laypeople.
00:21:05.46\00:21:09.10
There's Reverend so-and-so
who's coming in or Bishop.
00:21:09.13\00:21:13.10
So these are people
from other denominations
00:21:13.13\00:21:15.10
who are gonna be learning
the three angels' messages.
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.81
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:21:17.84\00:21:19.17
'Cause it is once again
00:21:19.21\00:21:20.54
for every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
00:21:20.58\00:21:21.91
And you all know that
when the Lord comes back,
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.45
there's not gonna be, you know,
00:21:24.48\00:21:25.91
35 different
denominations, it's gonna be
00:21:25.95\00:21:27.68
just those who serve the
Lord and those who do not serve.
00:21:27.72\00:21:30.65
That's right.
00:21:30.69\00:21:32.02
And this message is intended
to call all of God's people
00:21:32.05\00:21:34.82
together in
preparation for that.
00:21:34.86\00:21:36.93
Let's go to the next
slide, but see what we got.
00:21:36.96\00:21:39.39
Yeah, I'm just gonna say
00:21:39.43\00:21:40.76
this really is
an end time message.
00:21:40.80\00:21:42.60
That's right.
00:21:42.63\00:21:43.97
It's a relevant
message for this day.
00:21:44.00\00:21:45.63
If you look around the world,
00:21:45.67\00:21:47.40
people are just
asking what's happening.
00:21:47.44\00:21:50.24
So there's a lot of
questions about that, but yes.
00:21:50.27\00:21:52.84
So, Rodney, this is the website.
00:21:52.87\00:21:54.98
Yes, it is the3amcall.org
00:21:55.01\00:21:58.78
And we want to encourage
everyone to take their phone,
00:21:58.81\00:22:02.28
take their iPad,
take their computer,
00:22:02.32\00:22:04.99
whatever it is right
now, put down everything
00:22:05.02\00:22:07.46
and sign up at
the3amcall.org website.
00:22:07.49\00:22:11.56
It's very simple.
00:22:11.59\00:22:12.93
You just click a register
to become a 3AM missionary
00:22:12.96\00:22:15.86
and then enroll in
that introductory course.
00:22:15.90\00:22:18.67
That's as easy as
it is to get started.
00:22:18.70\00:22:21.50
And you can have an account.
00:22:21.54\00:22:22.87
I'm looking at my wife's iPad.
00:22:22.90\00:22:24.24
I just joined
before the program.
00:22:24.27\00:22:26.14
It's so easy, simple,
just press here, right?
00:22:26.17\00:22:28.54
And she even passed the quiz.
00:22:28.58\00:22:30.71
She passed the quiz. I got 100%.
00:22:30.75\00:22:33.62
And the resources are abundant.
00:22:33.65\00:22:35.78
We wanna talk about
some of those resources
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.45
because not only is
the call an urgent call,
00:22:37.49\00:22:40.72
but it's a call
that really says to us,
00:22:40.76\00:22:43.02
answer the phone.
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.63
So if somebody is gonna call you
00:22:44.66\00:22:45.99
at 3 o'clock in the morning,
you got to pick the phone up.
00:22:46.03\00:22:49.20
You can't say some telemarketer,
00:22:49.23\00:22:51.23
it's something
serious on the other line.
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.30
And, friends, you
know, we are smiling
00:22:53.34\00:22:55.37
because we're excited
about what the Lord is planning
00:22:55.40\00:22:58.24
to do in our lives.
00:22:58.27\00:22:59.61
Let's go, let's start walking
through some of these resources
00:22:59.64\00:23:02.41
that are
available at this website.
00:23:02.44\00:23:03.95
Let's go to the next slide.
00:23:03.98\00:23:05.31
So the 3AM Call
is set up that people
00:23:05.35\00:23:08.25
can take different
classes, so to speak.
00:23:08.28\00:23:11.09
So we've
partnered with the Center
00:23:11.12\00:23:13.22
for Online
Evangelism, ASAP Ministries
00:23:13.25\00:23:16.99
and others that we'll be adding.
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.99
And we have
different components.
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.53
You can see here on the slide.
00:23:20.56\00:23:22.50
There are eight of them
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.47
that are shown
here on the screen
00:23:24.50\00:23:26.17
that we're specifically
looking at that are very,
00:23:26.20\00:23:28.87
very important.
00:23:28.90\00:23:30.27
And we're gonna
talk about each one
00:23:30.31\00:23:31.74
of those in the time
that we have together.
00:23:31.77\00:23:35.58
So we have one
called grow your church.
00:23:35.61\00:23:39.08
It's talking about growth.
00:23:39.11\00:23:40.88
And we partnered with
the General Conference,
00:23:40.92\00:23:44.25
Sabbath School and
Personal Ministries department
00:23:44.29\00:23:47.22
and put their course in a class
00:23:47.26\00:23:50.49
so that everyone can learn
00:23:50.53\00:23:51.99
how to grow
their church God's way.
00:23:52.03\00:23:54.33
Okay.
00:23:54.36\00:23:55.86
Now there's
something interesting
00:23:55.90\00:23:57.23
about this initiative.
00:23:57.27\00:23:58.60
When we conceived it
and thought about it,
00:23:58.63\00:24:00.74
began to develop it.
00:24:00.77\00:24:02.60
We realized that
people need training.
00:24:02.64\00:24:05.51
And so this is
actually based in a platform
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.98
that tracks your
training for you.
00:24:09.01\00:24:11.78
So it tracks the class
for you, how you're doing,
00:24:11.81\00:24:15.08
which courses you take,
00:24:15.12\00:24:16.45
how much complete you are.
00:24:16.48\00:24:17.82
And then it sends
you an email saying,
00:24:17.85\00:24:19.19
"Hey, you're only 30%
done with this course.
00:24:19.22\00:24:21.26
You should finish this course
00:24:21.29\00:24:22.99
or you haven't
started this course
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.36
yet that you signed up for,
you should finish this course,
00:24:24.39\00:24:26.59
so get started."
00:24:26.63\00:24:27.96
And so, you can
go to the website
00:24:28.00\00:24:29.70
and you can
enroll in these courses
00:24:29.73\00:24:32.17
and really get some
powerful training to equip you.
00:24:32.20\00:24:35.64
You know, we were
talking about this
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.67
a little bit earlier.
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.04
Sometimes people feel,
I'm not a professional.
00:24:39.07\00:24:41.54
Oh, that's right.
00:24:41.58\00:24:42.91
Why would God want me
to share this message?
00:24:42.94\00:24:45.11
This is a preacher message here.
00:24:45.15\00:24:47.02
You need to be a preacher
to share this message...
00:24:47.05\00:24:49.12
This is something that
read this out of the Book
00:24:49.15\00:24:51.55
of Revelation, you know?
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.42
So you need to be a preacher,
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.62
but God calls all of us
00:24:55.66\00:24:57.56
to share this
message with the world.
00:24:57.59\00:24:59.73
So we provide some training
00:24:59.76\00:25:01.96
You can get these resources,
00:25:02.00\00:25:03.63
you can engage
in these courses...
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It's on the website?
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It's all on the website.
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So I think that first one
Grow is a very powerful course.
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We partnered with
the General Conference.
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This is part of the
General Conference's training.
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And it's a very
powerful course...
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that helps someone to
learn how to grow their church.
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That's exactly...
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Look at the five areas there,
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prepare, plant, cultivate,
harvest, and preserve.
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Not only is my vision great,
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.23
but that's a wonderful graphic.
00:25:32.26\00:25:33.86
But when you go
there then, is that...
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It's one of the
courses. One of the courses.
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That is one of the
courses and what we've done
00:25:37.63\00:25:40.24
is we've taken the material
from the General Conference
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and put it in a class
format as Steve described.
00:25:43.00\00:25:46.78
And what's really
exciting about this
00:25:46.81\00:25:49.91
is that every church member
can get involved in something.
00:25:49.94\00:25:53.68
We believe that
everyone has been gifted by God
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in special ways that
they can share their talents.
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And I also believe that
you can share the three angels'
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messages through
those different talents.
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It could be music,
it could be cooking.
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Have you thought about that?
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Sharing the three
angels' messages in cooking?
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Well, I haven't
thought about it,
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maybe my wife made it.
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Right arm of the message.
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You mean, I could share
the three angels' message
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when I burned the toast, Rodney.
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Well, maybe with the firemen
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that have to
come put out the fire.
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Okay.
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It's a TMI thing.
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Total members
involvement, isn't it?
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There you go. Exactly.
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Total member involvement,
that's really what the goal is.
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And the goal is
specifically though,
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we've got a laser
focus in on this goal,
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which is the
three angels' messages.
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We're not just talking about,
you know, a wonderful message
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about God loves us,
00:26:41.16\00:26:42.50
which is very
important, of course,
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but we've got to zero in
on the three angels' messages.
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And so we have
a lot of materials
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that get directly to the point.
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You know, you make a very good
point because the three angels'
00:26:53.51\00:26:55.98
messages as I was
thinking about it and putting
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the book together, and I know
we have proclaimed that message
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a number of
times, it is not a tiptoe
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through the
tulips kind of message.
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But it's wrapped in the
urgency of a loving God.
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That's right.
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And it's like
somebody once said,
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if the bridge is
out and you know it,
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and somebody driving
by, you're not gonna say,
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.63
"Hey, have a great day."
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You can do everything you can
to get that person's attention.
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What do you say, Steve?
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I say that, you know, when you
think about it in the context
00:27:24.44\00:27:27.34
of the world we live in today,
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you have to admit
that something is different
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and that we should understand
that above all people.
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You know, we
shouldn't be ignorant.
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Peter says we should
not be ignorant of the times
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in which we live.
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We should
understand those times,
00:27:43.39\00:27:45.06
respond to those
times appropriately,
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which means at this time,
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.00
this message is
urgent for the world.
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That's right.
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And most of the world
doesn't know this message.
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If you interview
people on the street,
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you say, do you know
about these three angels'
00:27:58.54\00:28:01.14
messages of Revelation 14?
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You'll get lots of blank
stares looking back at you.
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And the downside of
that is a lot of churches
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teach that
Revelation is a mysterious book,
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you can't
understand, a closed book.
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It's not a closed book.
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That's why it's called the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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It's as clear as an 8K screen,
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the day that the Lord
gave that to John on the island
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of Patmos, it
was never closed up.
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It was intended to be proclaimed
00:28:27.97\00:28:29.30
throughout the world.
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Let's go to the next
slide and see what we have here.
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That's a part of
this because you said,
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you're partnering with
different kinds of ministries.
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So, we partnered with
LIGHT ministry to provide
00:28:36.38\00:28:39.75
health evangelism training.
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And we know that health
evangelism is very powerful.
00:28:42.48\00:28:46.02
It is according to
Ellen White the right arm.
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It's used to open the
doors to people's heart.
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And there's a beautiful
quote that we want to share
00:28:53.66\00:28:55.90
from Testimonies for the Church,
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volume seven, page 62.
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It says, "We have come to a time
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when every member of the church
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should take hold of
medical missionary work.
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The world is a lazar house.'
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What does that
mean? It's a sick house.
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Notice, it goes on to say,
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"Filled with victims of both
physical and spiritual disease.
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Everywhere people are perishing
for lack of a knowledge
00:29:18.42\00:29:22.36
of the truths that
have been committed to us."
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So we have this
course in the 3AM Call
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.46
that will help
every person who logs in
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to know what they can
do to share that message
00:29:33.03\00:29:35.30
at whatever level they are.
00:29:35.34\00:29:36.84
If they're a
physician, if they're a surgeon,
00:29:36.87\00:29:40.24
if they are a layperson
who doesn't have a medical
00:29:40.28\00:29:43.31
degree at all, everyone
can do something to share
00:29:43.35\00:29:46.25
the health message and
reach people's heart for Jesus.
00:29:46.28\00:29:49.52
And it's intimately connected
with that three angels'
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messages of Revelation 14.
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Beautiful.
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And when we look
at the life of Christ,
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we see something unique there.
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His method was to
meet people where they were
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and if they were
sick, He would heal them.
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Yes.
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If they were blind,
He would give them sight.
00:30:08.94\00:30:10.61
If they were deaf,
He would help them hear.
00:30:10.64\00:30:13.48
And then it says,
00:30:13.51\00:30:14.84
He would ask them to follow Him.
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Yes.
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.05
So that method, Rodney,
00:30:18.08\00:30:19.41
fits right with
what you're saying
00:30:19.45\00:30:21.22
is that if we meet
people's needs physically,
00:30:21.25\00:30:24.39
a lot of times they
will respond spiritually.
00:30:24.42\00:30:26.96
Christ's method
alone is gonna work
00:30:26.99\00:30:29.32
to win people's hearts.
00:30:29.36\00:30:30.69
That's right.
00:30:30.73\00:30:32.06
So this is not just about
intellectually informing them,
00:30:32.09\00:30:34.86
but physical transformation.
00:30:34.90\00:30:37.10
Impacting their lives,
00:30:37.13\00:30:39.07
taking them from
where you find them
00:30:39.10\00:30:41.67
to where God wants them to be.
00:30:41.70\00:30:43.54
Exactly.
00:30:43.57\00:30:44.91
Another thing in this note,
00:30:44.94\00:30:46.84
you know, it's very important
the health of a person's body
00:30:46.88\00:30:51.15
really affects
their thinking as well.
00:30:51.18\00:30:54.32
And so this health message
00:30:54.35\00:30:57.42
helps clear up people's brains,
00:30:57.45\00:31:00.26
so they can understand the truth
00:31:00.29\00:31:02.99
of the third angel's message.
00:31:03.02\00:31:05.59
You know, the
third angel's message
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.10
is not a...
00:31:07.13\00:31:09.60
What did you say earlier?
00:31:09.63\00:31:10.97
A tiptoe through the tulips.
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Exactly.
00:31:12.50\00:31:13.84
It's the most solemn
message that you can imagine.
00:31:13.87\00:31:16.71
And many people are
just not ready to receive it
00:31:16.74\00:31:19.17
because their
brain is so clouded
00:31:19.21\00:31:21.28
with all the other
ailments that they might have.
00:31:21.31\00:31:25.51
So it's such a
powerful tool that can be used.
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.58
'Cause someone may ask
00:31:28.62\00:31:29.95
what is the
three angels' messages?
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.52
That's right.
00:31:31.55\00:31:32.89
People out there
00:31:32.92\00:31:34.26
that don't know
what it is, right?
00:31:34.29\00:31:35.62
Now, I need to
tell you something,
00:31:35.66\00:31:36.99
I need to warn you.
00:31:37.03\00:31:38.36
You're gonna be
getting a weekly email from us.
00:31:38.39\00:31:41.46
And we're gonna be telling you
00:31:41.50\00:31:43.63
about five
different practical things
00:31:43.67\00:31:46.53
that you can do
00:31:46.57\00:31:47.97
to actually share the
three angels' messages.
00:31:48.00\00:31:50.77
They're called weekly missions.
00:31:50.81\00:31:52.84
They're the 3AM
Call weekly missions.
00:31:52.87\00:31:56.51
And so some of them
are very practical, like,
00:31:56.54\00:31:59.01
go meet your neighbor.
00:31:59.05\00:32:00.38
You know, a lot of us
don't know our neighbors.
00:32:00.42\00:32:02.92
So you know, get to know them,
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.05
make some
delicious vegan cookies
00:32:05.09\00:32:07.32
and, you know, go
meet your neighbors
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.02
and just say, thank you.
00:32:09.06\00:32:10.49
And then after time goes by,
00:32:10.53\00:32:12.26
you can give them a GLOW track.
00:32:12.29\00:32:13.93
Then you can give them a book.
00:32:13.96\00:32:15.30
Then you can give them
the Three Angels' Messages
00:32:15.33\00:32:18.53
booklet that you wrote
or something else like that,
00:32:18.57\00:32:21.60
a DVD that really
explains the message.
00:32:21.64\00:32:24.14
Cosmic series.
00:32:24.17\00:32:25.51
Exactly. The Cosmic series.
00:32:25.54\00:32:27.21
And that, I'm glad
you brought that up.
00:32:27.24\00:32:28.58
Pastor Mark Finley,
he did a series here
00:32:28.61\00:32:30.35
on the Cosmic Conflict,
which is also a part of that.
00:32:30.38\00:32:34.38
And then there
it is right there.
00:32:34.42\00:32:35.98
It's one of our
tools for this initiative.
00:32:36.02\00:32:40.09
And one of the things I
like about this message,
00:32:40.12\00:32:42.26
specifically,
00:32:42.29\00:32:43.63
those of you who
know Elder Finley,
00:32:43.66\00:32:44.99
he's a master at
presenting the gospel
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.16
in a way that exudes love.
00:32:48.20\00:32:51.33
And the love of God
is the central theme
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.64
of this whole message.
00:32:53.67\00:32:55.00
Even though it
has some like you say,
00:32:55.04\00:32:56.37
it's not tiptoeing
through the tulips.
00:32:56.40\00:32:58.27
You've got some, some
fine lines in this message,
00:32:58.31\00:33:02.01
but God loves us so
much, He desires to save us.
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.61
Like say, if somebody is
driving toward the bridge
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.48
that's out, you're
gonna jump in the way
00:33:06.51\00:33:08.22
and try to stop them.
00:33:08.25\00:33:09.62
Right.
00:33:09.65\00:33:10.99
But it's out of love.
00:33:11.02\00:33:12.35
And this is God's heart for us
00:33:12.39\00:33:13.72
is a heart of love
that is overflowing.
00:33:13.76\00:33:16.86
And He wants to
make sure that no one
00:33:16.89\00:33:19.13
misses the opportunity
to be in His kingdom.
00:33:19.16\00:33:22.20
Wow. Wonderful.
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.57
Well, let's go to the next slide
00:33:23.60\00:33:24.93
and see what else we have here.
00:33:24.97\00:33:26.30
So I think it's
important to look,
00:33:26.33\00:33:27.67
now, this is...
00:33:27.70\00:33:29.04
Oh, he's gonna say something.
00:33:29.07\00:33:30.41
Before we go to
that one... Okay.
00:33:30.44\00:33:31.77
I just wanted to
go back to that one
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.88
about the three cosmic messages.
00:33:33.91\00:33:36.21
I'm guessing that many people
who are watching this right now
00:33:36.24\00:33:39.88
don't feel that they can
present like Mark Finley.
00:33:39.91\00:33:43.92
Well, the
reality is that everyone
00:33:43.95\00:33:46.99
has the tools that
they can do something
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.39
to share that message.
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.19
Well, ASI has
partnered with Heart Research,
00:33:51.23\00:33:54.06
which I know Dan Houghton has
been on the program many times.
00:33:54.10\00:33:58.13
And so we have a 13 part series
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.90
where anyone can
preach this series.
00:34:01.94\00:34:05.04
All those
graphics, all the notes,
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.18
the illustrations of
Elder Finley are already.
00:34:07.21\00:34:11.01
So anyone can take it.
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.08
And we want to encourage
church members to do this
00:34:13.11\00:34:16.52
no matter what their age
is, there's a curriculum.
00:34:16.55\00:34:19.62
And, Steve, maybe you could
talk a little bit more about.
00:34:19.65\00:34:21.82
Is it scripted?
00:34:21.86\00:34:23.19
They're fully scripted.
00:34:23.22\00:34:24.56
Okay. It's fully scripted.
00:34:24.59\00:34:25.93
And there's actually
in our training courses
00:34:25.96\00:34:27.40
there's what they
called an honors course.
00:34:27.43\00:34:30.00
In addition to the
regular curriculum,
00:34:30.03\00:34:31.80
there's this honors course,
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.17
which means find out
some of the techniques
00:34:33.20\00:34:37.27
that Elder Findley
uses when he presents.
00:34:37.31\00:34:40.21
And so, this has been
developed and we presented it
00:34:40.24\00:34:43.14
actually to our
students at a high school level.
00:34:43.18\00:34:46.51
And they were very
engaged and suggest,
00:34:46.55\00:34:48.98
we believe we can
learn to do these things,
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.12
you know, using
illustrations in the right way,
00:34:51.15\00:34:53.62
making sure to
keep it Christ centered,
00:34:53.66\00:34:56.02
making sure
that you are positive
00:34:56.06\00:34:58.53
about your message.
00:34:58.56\00:34:59.89
So all of these things
are part of this training.
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.56
And that specific training
is through advent source.
00:35:02.60\00:35:06.00
Yes, it is. Right.
00:35:06.03\00:35:07.37
Okay. So that,
that's a curriculum.
00:35:07.40\00:35:09.57
That's actually an
NAD approved curriculum
00:35:09.60\00:35:12.51
for grades 9 through 12.
00:35:12.54\00:35:14.34
Okay. Getting
young people involved.
00:35:14.38\00:35:15.98
We want young people involved.
00:35:16.01\00:35:17.81
You know, when I read
The Great Controversy,
00:35:17.85\00:35:20.05
we learn about those times past
00:35:20.08\00:35:23.05
where children, you
know, they'd be out playing,
00:35:23.08\00:35:25.45
God would move upon them,
00:35:25.49\00:35:27.16
the Holy Spirit
would come upon them,
00:35:27.19\00:35:28.76
they would go and
they would preach.
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.49
And then they
would go back to playing.
00:35:30.53\00:35:32.23
Well, we went to
equip young people
00:35:32.26\00:35:33.80
to share the
three angels' messages.
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.96
You know, one of my friends
00:35:36.00\00:35:37.33
who lives near one
of our universities
00:35:37.37\00:35:40.77
asked students,
00:35:40.80\00:35:42.47
can you tell me about
the three angels' messages?
00:35:42.50\00:35:45.07
And he shared with me
the overwhelming response
00:35:45.11\00:35:48.61
is people don't
have a good understanding
00:35:48.64\00:35:50.38
of what the messages really are.
00:35:50.41\00:35:52.45
So even within, you
know, our universities
00:35:52.48\00:35:55.45
and our elementary schools,
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.75
we want everyone at
whatever age to be ready,
00:35:57.79\00:36:02.16
able, and capable to share
the three angels' messages.
00:36:02.19\00:36:05.93
I like that.
00:36:05.96\00:36:07.30
It's very important
00:36:07.33\00:36:08.66
because the
resources you're talking
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.03
about are making it
easier because a lot of times
00:36:10.07\00:36:12.40
people say, I'm not a
preacher like Pastor Finley
00:36:12.43\00:36:14.77
or a preacher at all.
00:36:14.80\00:36:16.14
So how do I put this
whole thing together.
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.61
And when you have it scripted,
00:36:17.64\00:36:19.34
it gives them
room to be flexible.
00:36:19.37\00:36:21.51
So can you see
members at your church
00:36:21.54\00:36:24.98
getting equipped and
preaching this series
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.08
right here in America?
00:36:27.12\00:36:28.45
You know, Angie knows,
00:36:28.48\00:36:29.82
my wife knows we're
doing that right now.
00:36:29.85\00:36:31.19
We're teaching our members
00:36:31.22\00:36:32.55
how to do the
whole Bible marking,
00:36:32.59\00:36:34.46
how to be evangelists.
00:36:34.49\00:36:35.99
Within every Sabbath afternoons
00:36:36.02\00:36:37.83
I would do, now, right
now, the Bible marking,
00:36:37.86\00:36:40.23
how to present, we had
them demonstrate last week
00:36:40.26\00:36:42.76
and we're talking about
digital evangelism on Sundays.
00:36:42.80\00:36:45.77
So, yeah, we're right
along that these resources
00:36:45.80\00:36:48.30
could be very
beneficial for our church.
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.31
We'd love for you to use them.
00:36:50.34\00:36:51.87
And for anyone who's watching,
00:36:51.91\00:36:53.24
you know, if it's a
conference or a union,
00:36:53.27\00:36:56.88
we'd love to see
this on a bigger scale.
00:36:56.91\00:37:01.02
We wanted at the
local church, of course,
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.78
but we'd love to see it.
00:37:02.82\00:37:04.15
And Elder Wilson has
fully endorsed the 3AM Call.
00:37:04.19\00:37:08.49
We collaborated with
him on the very beginning
00:37:08.52\00:37:11.53
and, you know, his heart
00:37:11.56\00:37:12.89
is with the
three angels' messages.
00:37:12.93\00:37:14.26
That's right.
00:37:14.30\00:37:15.63
So every part of the
church, we want to engage
00:37:15.66\00:37:18.33
with every part of the church.
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.90
Wow.
00:37:19.93\00:37:21.27
So now let's go to that
slide that was about beginnings.
00:37:21.30\00:37:23.54
'Cause we want to
make sure that the people
00:37:23.57\00:37:24.91
that are listening and watching
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.01
understand how they could
get access to these resources.
00:37:27.04\00:37:29.68
Very good.
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.08
So New Beginnings is a project
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.88
that has really
reached literally
00:37:33.92\00:37:37.19
hundreds of thousands
of people around the world.
00:37:37.22\00:37:40.29
This was an ASI initiative.
00:37:40.32\00:37:41.96
Steve, when was the first
New Beginnings called out?
00:37:41.99\00:37:45.53
It was in the mid '90s.
00:37:45.56\00:37:47.03
Mid '90s when it first came out?
00:37:47.06\00:37:48.96
Yes, it could have
been as late as '98.
00:37:49.00\00:37:51.27
I don't know the exact date,
00:37:51.30\00:37:52.90
but I know that it's
been a very powerful tool.
00:37:52.93\00:37:56.17
Hundreds of thousands
of people around the world
00:37:56.20\00:37:58.41
have been trained.
00:37:58.44\00:37:59.77
Laypeople have already
been trained on how to use this.
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.84
What happened though is
it became after a while,
00:38:01.88\00:38:04.18
it became a little bit dated,
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.55
you know, how graphics can
become, and that sort of thing.
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.68
And the standards go up.
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.35
We're on 4K now, we're
not on standard definition.
00:38:10.39\00:38:14.06
Well, now, we've just recently
gone through the entire series.
00:38:14.09\00:38:18.39
We've updated the...
00:38:18.43\00:38:20.86
not only the graphics,
but we've updated the scripts
00:38:20.90\00:38:24.67
to really focus centrally
00:38:24.70\00:38:26.63
as these are
presented on the love of God.
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.30
So the scripts are updated,
the graphics are updated.
00:38:29.34\00:38:32.37
It's a powerful, new version
00:38:32.41\00:38:35.08
that can be used by
laypeople everywhere
00:38:35.11\00:38:37.55
to share this good
news with the world.
00:38:37.58\00:38:40.12
That's right.
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.48
And it's a series of 26 sermons.
00:38:41.52\00:38:44.29
The three cosmic
messages is 13 parts
00:38:44.32\00:38:48.12
and it's laser-focused on
the three angels' messages.
00:38:48.16\00:38:51.56
Amen.
00:38:51.59\00:38:52.93
And the New Beginnings though
is 26 and it's more topical.
00:38:52.96\00:38:56.53
You know, talking
about the major truths
00:38:56.56\00:38:58.93
of the Bible.
00:38:58.97\00:39:00.30
It's an evangelistic series.
00:39:00.34\00:39:01.90
Again, fully
scripted for any layperson
00:39:01.94\00:39:04.84
to take this tool and to do it.
00:39:04.87\00:39:07.44
And in our world today, you know
00:39:07.48\00:39:09.44
everyone can be
an evangelist online.
00:39:09.48\00:39:12.61
Isn't that right?
00:39:12.65\00:39:14.42
Because of
different restrictions
00:39:14.45\00:39:16.08
that have
happened around the world,
00:39:16.12\00:39:17.99
a lot of things
have shifted online
00:39:18.02\00:39:19.75
and this
material can also be used
00:39:19.79\00:39:22.66
to do a virtual
evangelistic series.
00:39:22.69\00:39:25.16
Rodney, tell us
about Dr. Norton?
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.36
Ah. Okay.
00:39:27.40\00:39:28.76
Dr. Norton.
00:39:28.80\00:39:30.13
I think we have a
picture of Dr. Norton as well.
00:39:30.17\00:39:32.23
Let's see.
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.60
So this is Dr. Ken Norton,
00:39:33.64\00:39:35.60
and he is doing in
this picture a series,
00:39:35.64\00:39:40.78
15 presentation series
for the island of Guam.
00:39:40.81\00:39:44.31
At this time he
was the president
00:39:44.35\00:39:47.88
of the Guam
Micronesia Conference.
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.39
And so he did the initiative
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.22
and it got great
results and it was,
00:39:52.25\00:39:54.99
you can see in the picture,
you know, very well done.
00:39:55.02\00:39:57.93
With a simple setup, it didn't
00:39:57.96\00:39:59.53
cost hundreds of thousands
of dollars to make a studio.
00:39:59.56\00:40:03.67
It was a pretty simple
setup, but very powerful.
00:40:03.70\00:40:06.90
You had a question a moment ago.
00:40:06.94\00:40:09.14
Oh what was my...
Oh, the fundamentals.
00:40:09.17\00:40:11.37
Does it have, you
know, that you just talk
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.58
about the
fundamental, the New Beginnings.
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.54
Yeah, New Beginnings.
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.91
Now, do you have topics
like what happens when you die?
00:40:16.95\00:40:19.65
Exactly.
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.02
Yeah, it's basically
00:40:21.05\00:40:22.38
a Seventh-day
Adventist evangelistic series.
00:40:22.42\00:40:25.79
You know, it goes through
the inspiration of scripture,
00:40:25.82\00:40:28.16
starts off with Daniel 2.
00:40:28.19\00:40:29.52
That was the one in
the picture right now,
00:40:29.56\00:40:31.29
but it goes
through all of the things.
00:40:31.33\00:40:32.96
And, of course, it
highlights the last days,
00:40:32.99\00:40:35.83
the three angels' messages,
00:40:35.86\00:40:37.53
Babylon, Sunday
worship and the whole thing,
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.37
you know, it's a full
Seventh-day Adventists series.
00:40:41.40\00:40:43.81
You have
pictures, films, everything?
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.44
All of the pictures
are in 4K resolution.
00:40:45.47\00:40:49.21
If you so desire to present 4K.
00:40:49.24\00:40:52.15
I like that.
00:40:52.18\00:40:53.65
We partnered with the
Justinen Creative Group
00:40:53.68\00:40:56.89
and you know, they do
our Sabbath School lesson.
00:40:56.92\00:40:59.59
They did a
phenomenal job for us.
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.82
There's a lot of new artwork
00:41:01.86\00:41:03.19
that's never been
seen anywhere else.
00:41:03.22\00:41:05.46
Lars Justinen. Lars Justinen.
00:41:05.49\00:41:07.03
Okay, yeah. Great artist.
00:41:07.06\00:41:08.53
Yes.
00:41:08.56\00:41:09.90
You know, Rodney,
00:41:09.93\00:41:11.27
though, I don't want
to pass over this point.
00:41:11.30\00:41:12.63
And that is that you can
do this in your living room.
00:41:12.67\00:41:16.94
You don't
necessarily need a Paul
00:41:16.97\00:41:21.74
or a 500 people
sitting in front of you.
00:41:21.78\00:41:25.38
You can do this
in your living room
00:41:25.41\00:41:27.12
with just a few people
00:41:27.15\00:41:28.48
that you've
invited into your home.
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.82
So again, it doesn't
have to be a big meeting.
00:41:30.85\00:41:34.49
It can be a small
meeting just with a few people
00:41:34.52\00:41:36.73
where you go over this
material and share with them
00:41:36.76\00:41:39.59
the beauty of the
Bible and the gospel.
00:41:39.63\00:41:42.00
Amen.
00:41:42.03\00:41:43.37
This is great.
00:41:43.40\00:41:44.73
Now I have a Zoom meeting
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.74
on Friday nights with my family.
00:41:46.77\00:41:49.10
I was thinking,
I could use this.
00:41:49.14\00:41:51.51
It's ready for you.
00:41:51.54\00:41:52.87
She's a Zoom
evangelist every Friday night.
00:41:52.91\00:41:54.81
That's beautiful.
I mean, literally.
00:41:54.84\00:41:56.34
I'm so excited
when I see my wife,
00:41:56.38\00:41:58.38
when she started
this a little while ago,
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.72
now family members that
had kind of lost their luster
00:42:00.75\00:42:04.39
in the COVID environment,
00:42:04.42\00:42:06.55
they call in and say,
"You don't realize we missed it
00:42:06.59\00:42:09.79
last Friday when you
guys were out of town."
00:42:09.82\00:42:12.69
Or they talk
about the transformation
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.50
that are being seen
in other family members
00:42:14.53\00:42:16.77
and the light is coming back
on in lot of the family members.
00:42:16.80\00:42:20.04
I mean she's mission-driven.
00:42:20.07\00:42:21.80
Amen.
00:42:21.84\00:42:23.17
And I hear last Friday night,
00:42:23.20\00:42:24.54
she was like in
the room, just...
00:42:24.57\00:42:25.91
I mean...
00:42:25.94\00:42:27.28
We're reading last day events.
00:42:27.31\00:42:28.64
Amen. Beautiful.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.01
And some of my family
members that have wandered away,
00:42:30.05\00:42:32.41
they're coming back in,
and I'm just praising God.
00:42:32.45\00:42:36.38
And when you told us
about, you just shared with us
00:42:36.42\00:42:38.65
about this wonderful
series called New Beginnings,
00:42:38.69\00:42:42.16
we could do this on my Zoom.
00:42:42.19\00:42:44.43
I'd love to encourage you
to start this coming Friday,
00:42:44.46\00:42:49.16
you know, choose New Beginnings.
00:42:49.20\00:42:51.90
And then you can do
the Three Cosmic messages.
00:42:51.93\00:42:54.57
It's you know,
these are two series
00:42:54.60\00:42:57.31
that really can dovetail,
you know, we're encouraged
00:42:57.34\00:43:00.28
when we do evangelism to do
it again, to repeat the message,
00:43:00.31\00:43:04.65
use one, and
then do the other one.
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.72
Either way you can
do New Beginnings first
00:43:06.75\00:43:09.02
and then Three Cosmic messages
to follow up or vice versa.
00:43:09.05\00:43:13.15
See, honey, 'cause she
was set to go to New Guinea
00:43:13.19\00:43:15.89
a couple of years
ago when COVID hit...
00:43:15.92\00:43:17.99
So was I.
00:43:18.03\00:43:19.36
We were all gonna
be there together.
00:43:19.39\00:43:20.73
And that was that.
00:43:20.76\00:43:22.10
I mean, that excited me so much.
00:43:22.13\00:43:23.47
So I know that our
heart is, the Lord is moving
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.07
in that direction
because for her to accept
00:43:25.10\00:43:27.37
an assignment to be a
speaker in New Guinea,
00:43:27.40\00:43:29.50
I mean, it just
totally terrified.
00:43:29.54\00:43:30.87
And I said, I'm not gonna
even try to influence you,
00:43:30.91\00:43:33.54
let the Holy
Spirit convicts you.
00:43:33.58\00:43:34.91
And I heard her in the
kitchen, practicing her scripts,
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.48
preaching and
going through her slides.
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.21
Get ready for New Beginning.
00:43:39.25\00:43:40.58
And then COVID hit.
00:43:40.62\00:43:41.95
I prefer Zoom New Beginnings.
00:43:41.98\00:43:44.15
But that may get you
ready for the bigger stage.
00:43:44.19\00:43:45.82
But I like what you said, Steve,
00:43:45.85\00:43:47.19
you can have it
in your living room.
00:43:47.22\00:43:48.62
You have meetings
in your living room.
00:43:48.66\00:43:50.43
You don't need a big hall.
00:43:50.46\00:43:52.09
Well, and you can even do it
practicing social distancing.
00:43:52.13\00:43:55.73
You know, with a
smaller group it's easier to,
00:43:55.76\00:43:58.37
a little protection
these days is not a bad thing.
00:43:58.40\00:44:00.70
Right.
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.07
Oh, wow. This is amazing.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
What else do we have?
00:44:03.47\00:44:04.81
Let's go to the next
slide that you have here.
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.17
Sure.
00:44:06.21\00:44:07.54
So we have also
partnered with ASAP Ministries.
00:44:07.58\00:44:11.35
This picture is
beautiful because it shows
00:44:11.38\00:44:13.55
people from
different ethnic backgrounds
00:44:13.58\00:44:16.22
as well as different
spiritual persuasion.
00:44:16.25\00:44:19.35
So ASAP
Ministries, ASAP, we call them,
00:44:19.39\00:44:23.39
they have developed
00:44:23.43\00:44:24.76
something called
reach the world next door.
00:44:24.79\00:44:27.40
And for those of us
00:44:27.43\00:44:28.76
living in the
United States of America,
00:44:28.80\00:44:31.53
we have a lot of people
that have literally come
00:44:31.57\00:44:34.97
from around the world
with different backgrounds,
00:44:35.00\00:44:38.77
ethnically different
religious backgrounds.
00:44:38.81\00:44:42.11
They're right here and they're
next door to us in the US.
00:44:42.14\00:44:45.11
This course helps us
to understand how to reach
00:44:45.15\00:44:48.38
the refugees and the immigrants
00:44:48.42\00:44:50.85
that are all over
the United States.
00:44:50.89\00:44:53.59
And really if you do research
and if there's someone watching
00:44:53.62\00:44:57.69
internationally
around the world,
00:44:57.73\00:44:59.69
there's a lot of
movement of people.
00:44:59.73\00:45:01.83
A lot of people are
displaced right now.
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.10
And we know that
when someone is displaced,
00:45:04.13\00:45:07.20
they're more open to change.
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.07
They're more open
to receive the gospel.
00:45:09.10\00:45:11.34
So this course will help you
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.11
identify where those
people are in your locality
00:45:13.14\00:45:16.68
and then how to befriend
them with practical ways.
00:45:16.71\00:45:19.95
And then you can share
00:45:19.98\00:45:21.32
the three angels'
messages with them also.
00:45:21.35\00:45:22.82
Friendship evangelism.
00:45:22.85\00:45:24.19
ASI has taken
this to the next level.
00:45:24.22\00:45:25.95
I mean, I look at
that Adventist Laymen's
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.92
Services and Industries.
00:45:28.96\00:45:31.06
And, I mean, as
the president of ASI,
00:45:31.09\00:45:34.63
you're sharpening your pencil
00:45:34.66\00:45:36.00
as you look at the
future in a bright way.
00:45:36.03\00:45:37.37
Yes.
00:45:37.40\00:45:38.73
So there's an
interesting word in there.
00:45:38.77\00:45:42.00
It's laypeople,
it's laymen's services.
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.91
That's right.
00:45:43.94\00:45:45.27
We believe that there
are not enough pastors
00:45:45.31\00:45:48.38
to finish the work of spreading
the gospel to the world.
00:45:48.41\00:45:50.41
That's right.
00:45:50.45\00:45:51.78
And that as we
engage with laypeople,
00:45:51.81\00:45:55.88
then the work will
move forward more quickly
00:45:55.92\00:45:58.49
because that's
where the power lies
00:45:58.52\00:46:01.66
in the numbers of
laypeople, 20 million.
00:46:01.69\00:46:04.06
How many pastors in the whole
Seventh-day Adventist Church?
00:46:04.09\00:46:06.80
Just a few thousands when
compared to the 20 millions
00:46:06.83\00:46:09.86
of Seventh-day Adventist people.
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.93
And so, we need
to help the laypeople
00:46:11.97\00:46:14.84
understand that
it is their mission,
00:46:14.87\00:46:17.37
it is their calling.
00:46:17.41\00:46:20.98
John 15:16, "I have chosen you.
00:46:21.01\00:46:26.01
You didn't
choose Me," Jesus said.
00:46:26.05\00:46:28.32
He said, "I chose you."
00:46:28.35\00:46:30.52
And then He goes on
to say, "I chose you
00:46:30.55\00:46:33.79
and I've ordained
you to do this work."
00:46:33.82\00:46:37.16
I love that.
00:46:37.19\00:46:38.53
And this is my
rendition of this,
00:46:38.56\00:46:41.90
and I'm gonna give you
what you need to get it done.
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.23
That's right.
00:46:44.27\00:46:45.60
God never denies us
00:46:45.63\00:46:46.97
what we need to
get the work done.
00:46:47.00\00:46:48.34
We may not be an
ordained trained minister,
00:46:48.37\00:46:52.14
but we can share His good
news with the gifts and talents
00:46:52.17\00:46:55.81
He's given us and
help other people.
00:46:55.84\00:46:59.08
You know, and, Rodney,
there's something else in this
00:46:59.11\00:47:02.02
that I heard mentioned earlier,
00:47:02.05\00:47:03.82
and that's the
spiritual gifts part.
00:47:03.85\00:47:05.62
Oh, yeah.
00:47:05.65\00:47:06.99
You know, some people may
not know what their gift is.
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They may need to experiment
with this a little bit.
00:47:09.02\00:47:11.09
Okay.
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What I say is take what you have
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and get started with that,
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and God will bless it and show
you if that's your gift or not.
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Wow.
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It's on the webpage, isn't it?
00:47:20.97\00:47:22.30
It is. That's
actually the very first thing.
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When you sign up, by the
way, have you signed up yet?
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We want everyone to sign up.
00:47:27.78\00:47:29.11
What is it?
00:47:29.14\00:47:30.48
Three, the3...
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The3amcall.org We
want people to sign up.
00:47:31.88\00:47:34.68
But once you sign up,
the first thing we do is
00:47:34.72\00:47:36.99
we give you a little roadmap
00:47:37.02\00:47:38.42
and we want people
to learn a little bit
00:47:38.45\00:47:40.99
about their spiritual gifts.
00:47:41.02\00:47:42.36
Now, again, we believe
that everyone has been created
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by God in a very special way
00:47:45.69\00:47:47.80
with different
gifts and talents.
00:47:47.83\00:47:50.03
But I also believe
that God wants all of us
00:47:50.07\00:47:52.77
to go up a little
higher to the next level.
00:47:52.80\00:47:55.34
I mean we're in the last days,
00:47:55.37\00:47:57.61
so maybe some of you
have a spiritual gift
00:47:57.64\00:48:00.94
in, you know, the
health message, right?
00:48:00.98\00:48:03.68
Okay.
00:48:03.71\00:48:05.05
But you're terrified
of going door-to-door.
00:48:05.08\00:48:07.15
I believe maybe God wants
00:48:07.18\00:48:08.52
to stretch the
comfort zone a little bit.
00:48:08.55\00:48:11.89
And take you door-to-door.
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.76
You know what I mean?
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.12
Yeah, yeah.
00:48:15.16\00:48:16.49
God wants us to do, yes,
what we're comfortable with,
00:48:16.52\00:48:19.53
but also something that
we might feel uncomfortable.
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But I guarantee that
00:48:22.23\00:48:23.57
there's a good
result at the end.
00:48:23.60\00:48:24.93
It's like a new pair of shoes,
00:48:24.97\00:48:26.30
it's really firm
and hard to bend,
00:48:26.33\00:48:28.37
but if you wear them long enough
00:48:28.40\00:48:29.74
they become comfortable.
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.11
They become your favorite shoes.
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.47
There you go.
00:48:32.51\00:48:33.84
Do we have any
more slides before we...
00:48:33.88\00:48:35.21
We do actually, yeah.
00:48:35.24\00:48:36.58
Let's go to the next one.
00:48:36.61\00:48:37.95
We have these
courses, there are four of them
00:48:37.98\00:48:39.31
that we
partnered with the Center
00:48:39.35\00:48:40.82
for Online Evangelism.
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.05
You know, they focus
in the digital realm.
00:48:43.08\00:48:46.12
So during this
whole pandemic experience,
00:48:46.15\00:48:49.39
this is where a lot of
people have shifted their focus.
00:48:49.42\00:48:52.39
So we have four
specific courses to help people
00:48:52.43\00:48:55.16
get ready for
YouTube for ministry,
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.73
podcasting for ministry,
00:48:57.77\00:48:59.70
how to engage in
an online small group.
00:48:59.73\00:49:03.64
All of those things,
the resources are all there.
00:49:03.67\00:49:06.68
They're all there.
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.18
Everyone can get involved,
they're free materials.
00:49:08.21\00:49:10.85
Doesn't cost a
penny to do the training.
00:49:10.88\00:49:13.01
You're equipping the saints.
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.72
That is the goal.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.25
That's right. The
equipment is there.
00:49:16.28\00:49:17.85
I want to just, I don't know.
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.45
Do we have any more slides?
00:49:19.49\00:49:20.82
I want to just make sure
00:49:20.86\00:49:22.19
that we've covered
all we've had today.
00:49:22.22\00:49:23.56
If we have anymore,
that's the one right there.
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I love that.
00:49:24.96\00:49:26.29
What is that?
00:49:26.33\00:49:27.66
Equip, answer,
spread the message.
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.63
That's for those who are
on radio listening to this.
00:49:29.66\00:49:32.17
And I love that 3AM Call
00:49:32.20\00:49:34.44
that we're extending to everyone
00:49:34.47\00:49:35.97
that's watching and
listening to the program.
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.21
Now, before we go
to the information
00:49:38.24\00:49:41.91
where we can share with you.
00:49:41.94\00:49:43.28
As a matter before
we go to our news break,
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.75
I wanna just go ahead
and give them a chance
00:49:44.78\00:49:46.72
to gain some information.
00:49:46.75\00:49:48.22
And then we're gonna come back
and on the other side of this,
00:49:48.25\00:49:51.79
give you an
opportunity to just recapitulate
00:49:51.82\00:49:56.12
or readdress what we
talked about and let people know
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.69
that this is
something that every one of us.
00:49:58.73\00:50:02.83
Now, my wife has
already signed up.
00:50:02.86\00:50:04.93
I know that I have to sign up
00:50:04.97\00:50:06.94
because hey, as a pastor,
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.57
I'm always looking
for some new information.
00:50:08.60\00:50:11.41
Nothing can be
worse than stale bread
00:50:11.44\00:50:14.91
and if you didn't hear
it, these are 4K graphics.
00:50:14.94\00:50:18.38
You know, I just
shared the graphics
00:50:18.41\00:50:19.75
from the old New Beginnings
with my local pastors.
00:50:19.78\00:50:22.45
They said, we
don't have this library.
00:50:22.48\00:50:24.65
Now I got to tell them,
hey, there's some new graphics.
00:50:24.69\00:50:26.69
Good stuff.
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.06
It's just waiting for download.
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.72
I had the master library
when I worked with master,
00:50:29.76\00:50:31.93
I mean, Mark Finley,
a number of years ago,
00:50:31.96\00:50:34.10
he gave me the
whole master library.
00:50:34.13\00:50:35.46
And a lot of pastors said,
00:50:35.50\00:50:36.83
where are you
getting your graphics from?
00:50:36.87\00:50:38.20
And I just in our last pastor's
00:50:38.23\00:50:39.57
meeting showed
them and they said,
00:50:39.60\00:50:40.94
"Could we get the graphics?"
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.30
I said, "Sure,
anything to share the gospel."
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.01
Well, pastors,
there's some new 4K graphics
00:50:44.04\00:50:47.48
and you can get them and we'll
let you know how to get that.
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.98
But here's the
information that you need
00:50:50.01\00:50:52.35
to find out more
about ASI and the 3AM Call.
00:50:52.38\00:50:56.45
Here's the information,
00:50:56.48\00:50:57.82
the phone
number and the website.
00:50:57.85\00:51:00.66
ASI is a Seventh-day
Adventist organization
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.32
of supporting ministries,
businesses and professionals
00:51:03.36\00:51:06.06
who are
responding to the call of God
00:51:06.09\00:51:07.86
to actively share Christ's
love and hope with the world.
00:51:07.90\00:51:10.83
If you would
like to find out more
00:51:10.87\00:51:12.20
about becoming a 3AM missionary,
00:51:12.23\00:51:14.30
visit their
website, the3amcall.org
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.84
That's the3amcall.org
00:51:17.87\00:51:21.11
You may also call
them at (443) 391-7235
00:51:21.14\00:51:26.55
or write to them at ASI 9705,
00:51:26.58\00:51:30.19
Patuxent Woods Drive,
Columbia, Maryland 21046.
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