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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Good evening and happy Sabbath.
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If indeed you're
watching this program
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on a Friday evening
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it also airs on
a Sabbath evening.
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And if that is the case,
then we bid you a happy week.
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But we welcome you to The
Family Worship Experience.
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I'm CA Murray
this is my wife Irma,
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better known as
Boo around the house.
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If I call her Irma,
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then I really want to
get her attention bad,
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that's like if
you call me Clement,
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which you never call me.
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No, I never do.
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I say, "Honey!" Yeah.
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If it's CA, then it means
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that then you need
my attention really bad
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or I put something
in the wrong place.
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But we, we're
having Family Worship,
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and we have our
friends, the Jacques
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who we love and respect so much.
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Yes.
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This is Lynette
and her husband Jorge,
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who is the production
manager for 3ABN Latino.
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And he also
doubles as one of the best
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smoothie makers in
the western hemisphere
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and he has promised
that in one of occasions,
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I keep inviting him, hoping
he'll bring the smoothies,
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you know, but he
hadn't done so yet.
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But one of these days,
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this water will be
replaced with a healthy smoothie
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as we enter the
Sabbath smoothie in hand.
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So we're looking
forward to that, Jorge.
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Sorry for the...
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I don't know what to say.
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So once you make a
promise, we never ever forget.
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This program, we're going to
be talking about useful tools.
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I was reading the other day
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and Ellen White one
of the three cofounders
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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talks about useful tools
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how God wants each of us to
be useful tools in his hands
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to lift up humanity and to
warn men and women about Jesus.
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So some of the things
we're going to be talking about
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were written initially
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for pastors and
workers for the church
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but I have found that
what is good for a pastor,
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usually pretty good
for a congregation too.
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And those kind of qualifications
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that he or she needs to have,
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the members need to have too
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because all of us
are called, Jorge,
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to be lights and preachers
and speakers for the Lord.
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You are a pastor's
child, a son of a pastor,
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but a speaker in your own right.
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And all of us,
once you come to Christ,
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you get the call to
lift up the name of Jesus
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in any way that you can.
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That's right. Yeah.
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So we're going to talk
about being useful tools.
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I said, as I took the hammer off
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the dining room
table this morning.
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That was one of those CA moves.
Why is this hammer on my table?
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I took the hammer and
put it where it belongs.
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I don't know how
that hammer got there.
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I know. Often seems to
finds its way to the table.
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Similar situation at
our house, tools migrate.
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Yeah, tools end up in
places where they should not be.
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So we're having a
good time in the Lord.
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Hopefully, you're beginning
a wonderful Sabbath day
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wherever you are or moving
to or through a Sabbath day
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or beginning a new week.
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Before we go to our music,
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I have a
reading here that I want
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to just go through
that kind of sets the stage,
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Jorge, and
Lynette, and Dear Boo,
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from the view in
Herald, August 24, 1886.
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So this is right in the time
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just before Ellen
White went to Australia
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and just prior to
that momentous 1888
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General Conference.
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She says, "It is
the purpose of God
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that the plan of salvation
shall not be wrought out
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independent of
human instrumentalities."
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So really God
could do the work Himself
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or assign angels to do it,
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"but it is in His plan
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that we get to
join hands with Him,
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" you know, and that's
why we want to be useful tools
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because He's planned that
we be part of the experience
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because in helping others,
you really help yourself.
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"He has not chosen angels
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but men of like
passions as ourselves
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to proclaim the
Gospel to the human race.
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Paul says, "We have this
treasure in earthen vessels
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that the excellency of the power
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maybe of God and not of us."
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Sometimes we feel a little more
earthen than others, you know.
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I was saying this the other day,
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this getting old
thing is getting old.
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As you grow old you
get aches and pains.
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But we are earthen vessels
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and God has chosen to
put the work in our hands,
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you know, to
help us work with him
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to do the saving of souls.
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So, "It was that he
might receive the honor
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that this work was committed
to weak erring mortals,
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being the feeble
instruments in his hands
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all the glory of their success
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would naturally
be reflected upon Him
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the great master workman."
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So if anything good
comes of what we do,
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if we ever give a Bible study
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or sing a song
or preach a sermon
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and someone's heart is touched
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and they're led to
the Lord, it ain't us.
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You know, it's God
working through us,
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and that's why
He gets the glory,
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which is why I'm always careful
when I receive compliments
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after a sermon, someone says,
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"Wow, that was the
best sermon in the world."
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You know, and we
ought to be careful
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how we puff up
preachers and teachers
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because it's not
them, it's the Lord.
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"And after He has in His
wisdom instituted this plan,
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we have no reason
to expect that the work
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will be accomplished
without the ordained means."
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So God has put it in our hands,
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but He's also given means by
which success can be garnered.
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And that's what we're
gonna talk about today.
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Certain traits of the character
needs to be gotten rid of,
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certain things we
do we ought not to do,
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certain things we're
not doing we ought to do,
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so how do you become
a more effective tool
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by following those plans
that God has put into place.
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"Hence, it is important
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that all who have
been made partakers
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of this great
salvation communicate to others
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that which has been
made known to them."
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So it is our job,
once we are called,
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to call others and to share
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and share God's light
to everyone that come,
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and that's God's plan.
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That's right.
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So what we're
going to talk about today
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is helping you
become a useful tool,
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a more effective tool by
looking at some of the things
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that sort of creep
into our lives occasionally
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and that can sort
of get us off track
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and give you some
encouragement also.
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Now let's go to our music.
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Everyone here is
an excellent singer,
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we want to go to... Is
it 156? Is that first one?
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I'm sorry, no,
195. One-ninety-five.
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One-ninety-five.
One-ninety-five.
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Showers of blessing.
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And we want to thank and welcome
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as she is warming up
her fingers there, Summer,
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who is our resident pianist
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and came into my office
a little bit ago and said,
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"Do you need a pianist?"
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I said, "Oh, Summer, yes we do."
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And there she is.
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Showers of Blessings,
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we'll sing first,
second and fourth.
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Three stanzas,
one, two and four.
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Here we go.
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There shall be
showers of blessing
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This is the promise of love
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There shall be
seasons refreshing
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Sent from the Savior above
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Showers of blessing
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Showers of blessing we need
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Mercy drops round us are falling
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But for the showers we plead
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Stanza number two.
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There shall be
showers of blessing
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Precious reviving again
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Over the hills and the valleys
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Sound of abundance of rain
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Showers of blessing
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Showers of blessing we need
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Mercy drops round us are falling
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But for the showers we plead
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And stanza number
four, the last one.
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There shall be
showers of blessing
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Oh, that today they might fall
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Now as to God we're confessing
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Now as on Jesus we call
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Showers of blessing
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Showers of blessing we need
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Mercy drops round us are falling
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But for the showers we plead
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Very good.
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We slip over quickly to 306,
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306, Draw me nearer.
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I am Thine, O Lord,
I have heard Thy voice.
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Draw me nearer. Here we go.
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I am Thine, O Lord,
I have heard Thy voice
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And it told Thy love to me
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But I long to rise
in the arms of faith
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And be closer drawn to Thee
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Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord
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To the cross
where Thou hast died
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Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord
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To Thy precious, bleeding side
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Consecrate me now
to Thy service, Lord
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By the power of grace divine
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May my soul look up
with a steadfast hope
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And my will be lost in Thine
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Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord
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To the cross
where Thou hast died
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Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord
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To Thy precious, bleeding side
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O, the pure
delight of a single hour
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That before Thy throne I spend
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When I kneel in
prayer, and with Thee, my God
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I commune as friend with friend
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Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord
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To the cross
where Thou hast died
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Draw me nearer,
nearer, blessed Lord
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To Thy precious, bleeding side
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All right, one
last one, 152, 152,
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Tell me the story of Jesus.
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Tell how the angels, in chorus
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Sang as they welcomed His birth
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Glory to God in the highest
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Peace and good tidings to earth
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Fasting alone.
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Fasting, alone in the desert
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Tell of the days that He passed
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How for our sins He was tempted
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Yet was triumphant at last
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Tell of the years of His labor
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Tell of the sorrow He bore
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He was despised and afflicted
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Homeless, rejected and poor
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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And that last stanza.
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Tell of the cross
where they nailed Him
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Writhing in anguish and pain
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Tell of the grave
where they laid Him
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Tell how He liveth again
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Love in that story so tender
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Clearer than ever I see
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Stay, let me
weep while you whisper
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Love paid the ransom for me
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Thank you very
much, Summer. Beautiful.
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Yes.
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Beautiful play. Beautiful songs.
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In our seeking
to be useful tools,
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I found a quote from the
book Evangelism under the title,
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The Worker and
His Qualifications.
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And I think some
of these readings also
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that we'll be
looking at this morning
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come from that also.
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But here's something interesting
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that we're told from
the pen of inspiration.
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We're told, "Do not
depend on miracles."
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Now this is in
spreading the gospel.
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In other words, God is
not going to do for you
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what he wants to do through you.
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So it's like, okay,
my neighbor next door,
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I would really like
them to come to church.
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Lord, go over
there and invite them
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so I don't have to
be bothered with that.
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So she's saying, "Do
not depend on miracles."
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You need to get
up, put on your shoes,
00:16:07.23\00:16:09.86
strap on your
Bible and trot next door
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and extend that
invitation yourself you see.
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So don't depend on miracles.
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"God does not verily work
miracles to advance his truth."
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Now God does work miracles,
we serve a miracle working God,
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but what she's
trying to say here
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is God's not going to do for you
00:16:23.18\00:16:25.55
what he wants to do through you.
00:16:25.58\00:16:27.15
So He wants the
truth to be advanced
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but He wants to use us
to do that advancing, okay.
00:16:29.95\00:16:33.52
"If the husbandman,"
that's the farmer the sower,
00:16:33.56\00:16:36.52
"neglects to cultivate the
soil after sowing his seed,
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God works no miracle
00:16:40.00\00:16:42.40
to counteract the
sure result of neglect."
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You know, you
got to sow the seed
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and then water the
seed a little bit, you know.
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And if you don't and it
dies, then that that's on you,
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it's not God's fault
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because you're not following
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through on those plans
that God has put in place.
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"In the harvest, he
will find his field barren.
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God works
according to great principles
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which He has
presented to the human family
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and it is our part
to mature wise plans
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and set in operation the means
00:17:09.46\00:17:11.33
whereby God shall
bring about certain results."
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So if you follow the
pattern, you get the results.
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If you deviate from the pattern,
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then you're not guaranteed
that you will get results.
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But God has given us
ways to share the Gospel
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and ways to spread His word
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and ways to do what
He has called us to do.
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And when you follow those ways,
the sheer result is success.
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So let's spend a little time
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discussing and looking
at some of those things.
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Lynette, let's start with you
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because yours is a
very interesting one.
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And I've had to pastor
people who follow none of this
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and we're gonna talk
about this just a little bit.
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I had to deal with
this myself many times.
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The temptation to
fall victim to this.
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It says, "We should not allow
ourselves to be easily wounded.
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We are to live not to guard
our feelings or our reputation,
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but to save souls.
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As we become interested
in the salvation of souls,
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we cease to mind
the little differences
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that so often arise in our
association with one another,
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whatever others may think of us,
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it need not disturb
our oneness with Christ,
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the fellowship of the spirit."
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Amen.
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Now there is so much in there
but in reading that, Lynette,
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you've had a chance to
sort of look a little bit,
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how does that impact you?
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Wow.
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You pardon the
vernacular of the peasantry.
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I've had my tail
stepped on many times
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and by some fairly
high ranking people.
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And I did fall
victim to the poor little me
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and the wounded
feelings and I have striven
00:18:52.79\00:18:57.43
with the Lord to
overcome these feelings
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because in the
grand scheme of things,
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that doesn't matter,
where in the Bible does it say,
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Lynette shall not
be touched by anything.
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With that, I'd like to lean
on Hebrews 13:5 and it says,
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"Let your conversation
be without covetousness
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and be content with
such things as you have,
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for He hath said..."
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And that's the
Lord who says this.
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Yes.
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"I will never leave
you or forsake you."
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And so you know if I can
do all things through Christ
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who strengthens me,
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that just circles
right back around at this,
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I don't have any
reason to waste my energies
00:19:36.91\00:19:40.11
that God has given me on
the petty things of life,
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on those wounded feelings.
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Well said.
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You know, the truth is,
00:19:47.08\00:19:48.42
sometimes people
step on your toes
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or your tail on purpose
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and sometimes they do
so quite accidentally.
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I was preaching
last week in Oregon,
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I was telling people,
when I was in college,
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I had a roommate
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who use to chew with
his mouth, bless him.
00:20:01.03\00:20:03.30
You know when
you're in a dorm room,
00:20:03.33\00:20:04.87
there's not a lot of space,
00:20:04.90\00:20:06.23
you're sharing
each other's space,
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you become intimately
acquainted with your roommate.
00:20:07.64\00:20:10.11
And I think this is back in
the days when granola was big.
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You know, because that
was like the healthy thing.
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Granola was also crunchy
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.11
and it stays in your
mouth for a long time
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as you got to chew it.
00:20:18.85\00:20:20.18
And he would chew...
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And I said, you know what,
00:20:24.32\00:20:25.65
there's no way nowhere out
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.02
he doesn't know that
does aggravate me, you know.
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And I'm building up all
of this animus in my heart.
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I said he's
doing that on purpose,
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where he grow up, in a barn?
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And he would just
be eating his granola,
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hunched over there.
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and I got so upset with him
00:20:41.10\00:20:42.70
and I was really developing
something in my heart.
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I said there's
nobody in the world
00:20:45.24\00:20:46.78
that chews like that,
he's doing that on purpose.
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And he wasn't.
00:20:49.38\00:20:50.95
And the reason I know he wasn't,
00:20:50.98\00:20:54.32
because at graduation,
00:20:54.35\00:20:56.35
when all the parents came,
00:20:56.38\00:20:58.25
you know, and my
mom and dad came,
00:20:58.29\00:21:00.56
my sister came to my graduation,
00:21:00.59\00:21:01.92
his parents came.
00:21:01.96\00:21:03.29
And we were sitting
at the table with them
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and the whole family...
00:21:05.26\00:21:07.46
And the whole family...
00:21:07.50\00:21:08.83
It's just a family trait,
00:21:12.63\00:21:13.97
you know,
everybody kind of chews like.
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They're enjoying
the food. Honestly.
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It's just kind of a thing.
00:21:18.71\00:21:20.04
They were in his genes. Yeah.
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And then, you know,
00:21:21.48\00:21:23.04
after that we had
one week together more
00:21:23.08\00:21:26.01
and he had a
little green Volkswagen.
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He took this young
lady upon on Mount Sano,
00:21:27.72\00:21:30.82
which is kind of the
lovers' leap at of Huntsville.
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You know, they
went there at Sabbath
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afternoon to study the Bible.
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And he had an
accident coming down.
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When I came back the room,
I mean, the car was smashed
00:21:39.53\00:21:41.83
and he was laying in bed
and bandaged up, you know.
00:21:41.86\00:21:44.83
I felt so bad for him.
00:21:44.87\00:21:46.20
And I said, "You know, Hey, man,
00:21:46.23\00:21:47.57
you know can I do anything.
00:21:47.60\00:21:48.94
You want some granola?"
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.31
So you know
sometimes your feelings can,
00:21:57.65\00:21:59.85
sometimes people
can step on your toes
00:21:59.88\00:22:01.28
or wound you and not even know.
00:22:01.32\00:22:03.59
You know and you're developing
all of this stuff in your heart
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.12
and you know they don't know.
00:22:06.15\00:22:07.72
And there are other
times when people deliberately
00:22:07.76\00:22:09.76
or carelessly wound
you and yet to be offended
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.56
and I've heard Danny
say this is a choice.
00:22:13.60\00:22:15.96
I think you intimate that,
Lynette, that it's a choice.
00:22:16.00\00:22:19.17
You know
sometimes you just got be
00:22:19.20\00:22:21.27
you know when you,
when you love the Lord.
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.41
It allows you to make
allowances for other peoples
00:22:24.44\00:22:28.18
less than being perfect.
00:22:28.21\00:22:29.54
You know and
there's so much in here
00:22:29.58\00:22:31.91
because sometimes people
00:22:31.95\00:22:34.02
when they
attack your reputation,
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.82
your natural desire is
to fight back that's a lie,
00:22:35.85\00:22:40.96
you know I'm going
to straighten this out.
00:22:40.99\00:22:44.83
And you want to and yet
when you're following Christ,
00:22:44.86\00:22:48.33
Christ kind of tells you,
00:22:48.36\00:22:49.70
"When to, and how
to, and when not to,
00:22:49.73\00:22:51.53
and to hold and not to
hold feelings forever."
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.57
You know I've had members.
00:22:54.60\00:22:55.94
"Oh, we can't put them
on a committee with her
00:22:55.97\00:22:57.47
because they
don't like each other
00:22:57.51\00:22:58.91
you know or what,
what, what's the problem.
00:22:58.94\00:23:02.04
Nobody knows that
happened years ago,
00:23:02.08\00:23:03.58
they just don't
talk to each other.
00:23:03.61\00:23:05.28
You know, that
stuff can go on for years,
00:23:05.31\00:23:07.65
but it says that we
shouldn't allow our feelings
00:23:07.68\00:23:10.82
to be easily wounded.
00:23:10.85\00:23:12.42
There're some people
00:23:12.45\00:23:13.79
who do wear their
feelings on their sleeves.
00:23:13.82\00:23:15.66
And one of the things
that coming to Jesus does,
00:23:15.69\00:23:18.23
He gives you a
little thicker skin.
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.10
You know so that you're not
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.46
so every little thing, you know,
00:23:21.50\00:23:23.47
I know you had people sort of
come after you over the years,
00:23:23.50\00:23:27.27
you know and you had
to kind of swallow it
00:23:27.30\00:23:28.94
and just deal with it.
00:23:28.97\00:23:30.54
Well, you know
sometimes the enemy knows
00:23:30.57\00:23:34.38
where our weakness are.
00:23:34.41\00:23:35.74
Yes.
00:23:35.78\00:23:37.11
And where we are easy
to be pushed to the ground,
00:23:37.15\00:23:41.95
and so it is good
00:23:41.98\00:23:44.55
and I have
learned through the years,
00:23:44.59\00:23:49.09
I wish it would have
been earlier too, you know,
00:23:49.12\00:23:51.53
but sometimes
it takes some while
00:23:51.56\00:23:53.26
to understand these things
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.66
and it's to realize that we are,
00:23:55.70\00:23:58.40
we are all very different.
00:23:58.43\00:24:00.57
And it's true,
sometimes people offends you
00:24:00.60\00:24:04.81
without intention
offend, they'll offend you.
00:24:04.84\00:24:08.14
And sometimes you do
the same thing to them.
00:24:08.18\00:24:11.18
And one thing that
I have realized too
00:24:11.21\00:24:14.75
is that when we are
so hurt and so offended.
00:24:14.78\00:24:20.49
It's a bit of pride in us
00:24:20.52\00:24:22.62
because we don't
want to be offended.
00:24:22.66\00:24:24.59
We don't want to be hurt
00:24:24.63\00:24:25.96
and we don't want
to be treated bad.
00:24:25.99\00:24:28.43
You know, the human nature
is that everybody loves you.
00:24:28.46\00:24:33.54
Everybody so nice to you,
everybody accepts you and,
00:24:33.57\00:24:37.57
and that is not so and
God has not promised us that.
00:24:37.61\00:24:42.44
It's interesting going back
00:24:42.48\00:24:44.91
to your dorm college experience.
00:24:44.95\00:24:49.92
It's interesting because
during my high school years
00:24:49.95\00:24:54.26
I was in a boarding school.
00:24:54.29\00:24:57.23
And those years are
very, they are really,
00:24:57.26\00:25:03.67
it cause an impact in your life
because you are so young and...
00:25:03.70\00:25:08.14
And you get a lot of those
because you get to meet people
00:25:08.17\00:25:11.71
you've never seen in
your life and boarding schools
00:25:11.74\00:25:14.58
they're coming
new kids every time.
00:25:14.61\00:25:16.95
So you have this new
guy coming and being cocky
00:25:16.98\00:25:20.02
and then condescend
sometimes and you said,
00:25:20.05\00:25:22.75
"That guy is never
going to be my friend."
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.19
At the end of the
year I can assure you
00:25:25.22\00:25:26.65
that was my best friend
and it happens over and over.
00:25:26.69\00:25:30.69
Now it's interesting
that as we grow older
00:25:30.73\00:25:34.46
it doesn't happen that easy,
00:25:34.50\00:25:37.30
because we are,
we're like you were saying,
00:25:37.33\00:25:39.83
I mean we need to be flexible.
00:25:39.87\00:25:41.64
We need to find in ourselves
00:25:41.67\00:25:43.51
what it is to
accept somebody else
00:25:43.54\00:25:46.04
and what the differences.
00:25:46.07\00:25:47.81
As we grow older it's
more and more difficult
00:25:47.84\00:25:49.84
to accept other
people's differences
00:25:49.88\00:25:52.08
or different
ways of doing things.
00:25:52.11\00:25:54.88
We get offended easier
as when we were younger
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.92
because we're more flexible.
00:25:57.95\00:25:59.29
Yeah.
00:25:59.32\00:26:00.66
And like I said,
00:26:00.69\00:26:02.02
I don't know having best friends
00:26:02.06\00:26:03.99
out of those people
that I would never think
00:26:04.03\00:26:06.90
they were going to be
friends where they were offense,
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.30
they were loud, they
were all kind of things.
00:26:09.33\00:26:12.00
So that's it.
00:26:12.03\00:26:13.60
And you're still friends
with many of them still today.
00:26:13.64\00:26:16.71
Yeah.
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.07
They come breezing in and
out of these Adventist circles
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.24
and he is like,
00:26:20.28\00:26:21.61
"I went to school with
him or I was his roommate."
00:26:21.64\00:26:23.88
And, and, and I
would never thought
00:26:23.91\00:26:26.05
I was going to be a
friend for the rest of my life.
00:26:26.08\00:26:29.92
You know this last line,
Lynette, is very important,
00:26:29.95\00:26:33.25
"Whatever
others may think of us,
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.86
it need not disturb
our oneness with Christ,
00:26:35.89\00:26:39.46
the fellowship of the spirit."
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.36
The truth is I don't know
00:26:41.40\00:26:43.40
if there's anybody that
everybody thinks good off.
00:26:43.43\00:26:46.90
You know,
everybody didn't go to Jesus.
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.87
So there are, there
are, and I think if you,
00:26:48.90\00:26:51.27
if you try to dance too
much to please everybody,
00:26:51.31\00:26:54.11
and you're not pleasing nobody
00:26:54.14\00:26:55.48
and you're not true
to yourself, you know.
00:26:55.51\00:26:57.01
The Bible says, "When a
man's ways please the Lord,
00:26:57.05\00:26:59.65
He causes even his
enemies to be at peace."
00:26:59.68\00:27:01.85
But it also says
to try to get along
00:27:01.88\00:27:03.59
with everybody as best you can,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.05
but there are some personalities
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.42
they're just not going to
mesh with yours, you know.
00:27:06.45\00:27:11.36
So you do the best
you can do what you got,
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.33
but don't let
others disapproval of you.
00:27:13.36\00:27:16.97
Don't let that
destroy your walk with Jesus
00:27:17.00\00:27:19.63
or impact your walk,
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.00
because you know
I have a good friend
00:27:21.04\00:27:23.34
and I talk with her
after many, many years
00:27:23.37\00:27:26.14
just when we were in St.
Louis a couple weeks ago,
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.08
and she left the church and...
00:27:29.11\00:27:33.65
After a few years we talked
and I said, "What happened?"
00:27:33.68\00:27:36.58
You know she said, "Well,
they ran me out of the church."
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.45
Well, they who?
00:27:39.49\00:27:40.89
Who are they? Who
were they, you know?
00:27:40.92\00:27:43.59
So they got
between you and Jesus.
00:27:43.63\00:27:47.50
You let them
between you and Jesus.
00:27:47.53\00:27:49.26
You know nothing should
come between you and the Lord.
00:27:49.30\00:27:51.67
People will say
things, people will do things,
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.60
but you can't
turn your back on Jesus
00:27:53.64\00:27:56.30
because somebody
called your name you know.
00:27:56.34\00:27:59.57
So don't let other
people disturb your oneness
00:27:59.61\00:28:02.91
with the Lord is
what that's trying to say
00:28:02.94\00:28:04.61
because people will get in there
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.15
and the devil will
throw people in your way.
00:28:06.18\00:28:07.78
And you say, okay, I'm
not going to church anymore
00:28:07.82\00:28:09.72
or who are you hurting
when you stop going to church?
00:28:09.75\00:28:12.72
It would be the same
myself when I leave my wife
00:28:12.75\00:28:17.09
because my kids must
respect, disrespectful to me
00:28:17.13\00:28:20.33
you know as it is a
start, it's a family.
00:28:20.36\00:28:22.46
I cannot led my
relationship with my spouse
00:28:22.50\00:28:25.40
be affected by somebody else.
00:28:25.43\00:28:26.90
Yes.
00:28:26.94\00:28:28.27
It's the same thing what
you're saying with Jesus,
00:28:28.30\00:28:30.67
it says, the logic,
00:28:30.71\00:28:32.21
there's no logic in saying okay,
00:28:32.24\00:28:33.68
I'm going to abandon my faith
because somebody offended me.
00:28:33.71\00:28:36.21
Because somebody offend you.
00:28:36.24\00:28:37.58
You have to decide
who your faith is in.
00:28:37.61\00:28:39.15
Precisely, yeah.
00:28:39.18\00:28:40.52
And even it is the pastor
00:28:40.55\00:28:42.05
or somebody
high up in the church
00:28:42.08\00:28:43.42
or some church leader.
00:28:43.45\00:28:44.79
No matter how high they
sit, they don't sit high enough
00:28:44.82\00:28:47.06
to come between you
and the Lord, you know.
00:28:47.09\00:28:49.22
It should never,
it should never be.
00:28:49.26\00:28:50.63
I mean you need to take
00:28:50.66\00:28:51.99
your relationship
with God to another place
00:28:52.03\00:28:55.16
where you can be a
ministering and ministered unto.
00:28:55.20\00:28:58.77
You need to change churches
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.94
because there is so
much dissension and friction
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.94
then that's acceptable
00:29:03.97\00:29:05.31
but to walk
away from fellowship.
00:29:05.34\00:29:08.38
That's, that's the
problem I can see with that.
00:29:08.41\00:29:10.35
Right, Yeah, you
don't walk away from Christ.
00:29:10.38\00:29:13.38
I think it will be...
00:29:13.42\00:29:15.38
It's good for us to
recognize these things and,
00:29:15.42\00:29:20.52
and always go unto God for help
because, you know, human nature
00:29:20.56\00:29:27.03
can be really
difficult to deal with.
00:29:27.06\00:29:29.63
You know, you don't self...
00:29:29.66\00:29:31.00
Just ask God, He
knows all about that.
00:29:31.03\00:29:33.57
Right. He knows all about that.
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.57
When you do that,
00:29:35.60\00:29:36.94
all that things
will fall in place.
00:29:36.97\00:29:39.91
And, and because
they no longer bother you,
00:29:39.94\00:29:42.54
while they bother
you is very difficult
00:29:42.58\00:29:46.21
you know to
accept and to move in
00:29:46.25\00:29:49.28
and to deal with
things that are...
00:29:49.32\00:29:53.72
Accessible to Jesus
through your, your trials,
00:29:53.76\00:29:56.26
you know, Lord
this is really hard
00:29:56.29\00:29:57.63
but I'm here please change me.
00:29:57.66\00:30:01.76
You know help me to
move through this instead
00:30:01.80\00:30:04.00
of just throwing your
hands up in the air and saying,
00:30:04.03\00:30:05.57
I can't, I can't.
00:30:05.60\00:30:06.94
Right, right, right.
00:30:06.97\00:30:08.30
I remember years ago,
00:30:08.34\00:30:09.67
we went to a path
with all our young pastors,
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.04
we went to a pastoral seminar
00:30:11.07\00:30:12.77
and they were trying
to, it was a seminar on
00:30:12.81\00:30:15.11
how to get to
motivate your members to work.
00:30:15.14\00:30:18.05
You know techniques to
try to get them involved
00:30:18.08\00:30:20.55
and invested in the
church and the teacher said,
00:30:20.58\00:30:24.05
"First of all
these techniques do work
00:30:24.09\00:30:27.09
but nobody's going
to get 100 percent."
00:30:27.12\00:30:30.23
You know you
just, we're all humans,
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.36
you're not going to get 100
percent of your church portion,
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.13
we want to get the better
part of your church working.
00:30:34.16\00:30:37.77
And one pastor put his hand
up, "Nope, nope, I disagree.
00:30:37.80\00:30:40.70
I have 100 percent
of my church working,
00:30:40.74\00:30:44.17
half working with me,
half working against me."
00:30:44.21\00:30:48.58
So I got, they're all working,
00:30:48.61\00:30:50.45
some working with me
and some working against me.
00:30:50.48\00:30:52.45
So the point is that you
know you do the best you can
00:30:52.48\00:30:56.82
and don't let
anybody or anything
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.15
come between you and Jesus
00:30:59.19\00:31:01.22
because then
they're in the wrong place
00:31:01.26\00:31:02.59
and you should not
allow anybody to be there.
00:31:02.62\00:31:05.29
Well done, thank you Lynette.
00:31:05.33\00:31:07.76
Jorge, you got the
next one. I do, I do.
00:31:07.80\00:31:10.23
It's about Meek and
Lowly in Heart, it says,
00:31:10.27\00:31:16.07
"The value of our work
00:31:16.10\00:31:18.54
does not consist in making
a loud noise in the world,
00:31:18.57\00:31:22.54
in being zealous, eager,
and active in our own strength.
00:31:22.58\00:31:27.52
The value of our
work is in proportion
00:31:27.55\00:31:29.68
to the impartation
of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:29.72\00:31:32.62
The value of our work
comes through trust in God,
00:31:32.65\00:31:36.79
which brings
holier qualities of mind,
00:31:36.83\00:31:40.13
so that in patience
we may possess our souls.
00:31:40.16\00:31:44.67
We should
continually pray to God
00:31:44.70\00:31:47.87
to increase our strength,
00:31:47.90\00:31:50.07
to make us
strong in His strength,
00:31:50.11\00:31:54.14
to kindle in our hearts
the flame of divine love.
00:31:54.18\00:31:58.71
The cause of
God is best advanced
00:31:58.75\00:32:01.92
by those who are
meek and lowly in heart.
00:32:01.95\00:32:06.45
What does that
say to you, Jorge?
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.02
It says a lot, it says
a lot and especially...
00:32:08.06\00:32:13.66
I have a little bit
of background in sales,
00:32:13.70\00:32:17.73
working in sales
force for many years.
00:32:17.77\00:32:22.07
And if you read
this to a sales force,
00:32:22.10\00:32:26.68
a group of
people will say, well,
00:32:26.71\00:32:28.04
what are you talking about...
00:32:28.08\00:32:29.41
Right, just the opposite.
00:32:29.44\00:32:30.78
It's absolutely the opposite.
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.15
You can't go and
get the sale closed
00:32:32.18\00:32:37.09
using these techniques.
00:32:37.12\00:32:39.29
But little they
know that you know
00:32:39.32\00:32:40.89
you can be very
successful in life
00:32:40.92\00:32:43.66
if you do exactly this.
00:32:43.69\00:32:45.93
So in my opinion it's
really, really interesting.
00:32:45.96\00:32:50.10
I have something
00:32:50.13\00:32:51.47
I want to share in
relationship with this.
00:32:51.50\00:32:52.83
This is not so biblical
but it's somebody who wrote it.
00:32:52.87\00:32:56.24
Theodore Roosevelt, in 1896,
00:32:56.27\00:33:00.04
"It is not the
critic who counts,
00:33:00.08\00:33:02.64
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles,
00:33:02.68\00:33:07.52
or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better.
00:33:07.55\00:33:11.75
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
00:33:11.79\00:33:15.66
whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood,
00:33:15.69\00:33:20.10
who strives valiantly,
00:33:20.13\00:33:24.27
who errs, and comes
up short again and again,
00:33:24.30\00:33:27.10
who knows the great enthusiasms,
00:33:27.14\00:33:29.00
the great devotions, and spends
himself in a worthy Cause,
00:33:29.04\00:33:32.84
who knows in the end
00:33:32.87\00:33:34.21
the triumph of high achievement,
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.98
and who at the
worst, if he fails,
00:33:37.01\00:33:39.45
at least fails
while daring greatly,
00:33:39.48\00:33:41.78
so that his place shall never be
00:33:41.82\00:33:44.75
with those cold and timid souls
00:33:44.79\00:33:47.52
who know neither
defeat nor victory."
00:33:47.56\00:33:50.26
So why this is in my opinion
00:33:50.29\00:33:53.06
a similar to what I
just read from Ellen White,
00:33:53.09\00:33:57.83
she wrote this in
1895, actually a few years
00:33:57.87\00:34:02.04
before Theodore
Roosevelt wrote this other one,
00:34:02.07\00:34:05.17
"Is because I think the value."
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.01
And it says here,
00:34:07.04\00:34:08.38
"The value of our
work is in proportion
00:34:08.41\00:34:10.58
to the impartation
of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:10.61\00:34:12.35
The value of our work
comes through trust in God."
00:34:12.38\00:34:15.62
So we, we can, we can
have a very successful life
00:34:15.65\00:34:20.82
if we learn to
appreciate what God has done
00:34:20.86\00:34:23.69
and gave us
00:34:23.73\00:34:25.39
a richer experience with him.
00:34:28.76\00:34:32.83
The value of our work
00:34:32.87\00:34:35.17
does not consist in making
a loud noise in the world.
00:34:35.20\00:34:38.27
That's exactly.
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.11
That is so counterintuitive
00:34:40.14\00:34:42.01
to what's going out
in the world right now
00:34:42.04\00:34:43.91
even as we're
taping this program.
00:34:43.95\00:34:46.08
"And doing things
in our own strength,
00:34:46.11\00:34:47.62
the value is in proportion
00:34:47.65\00:34:48.98
to the impartation
of the Holy Spirit."
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.15
You cannot do the work of
God without the Spirit of God.
00:34:51.19\00:34:52.75
No. Amen.
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.12
Yeah.
00:34:54.16\00:34:55.49
We need that...
00:34:55.52\00:34:56.86
That's so true
because every time
00:34:56.89\00:34:58.29
we do a work or
anything that we do,
00:34:58.33\00:35:01.36
we have the forces of the enemy
00:35:01.40\00:35:04.63
working against
the Spirit of God
00:35:04.67\00:35:08.64
because the
enemy knows where to...
00:35:08.67\00:35:11.91
Again, I say it
again to push the buttons.
00:35:11.94\00:35:14.48
What you were saying,
Jorge, it reminds me of a...
00:35:14.51\00:35:18.58
I saw part of
this little interview
00:35:18.61\00:35:20.75
they had this
morning on in the news
00:35:20.78\00:35:23.49
and they were interviewing
this man about his work ethics.
00:35:23.52\00:35:29.69
And his coming from these people
00:35:29.72\00:35:33.66
that wants to better themselves
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.53
and then the question to
him is why did you do that.
00:35:36.56\00:35:41.90
He said, well,
that sells, that sells.
00:35:41.94\00:35:44.54
Don't you care about the
people that you take money from
00:35:44.57\00:35:48.78
and you don't give
what they expected?
00:35:48.81\00:35:51.21
No, he says,
"We don't know that,
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.55
we don't know if
they don't have the money
00:35:53.58\00:35:55.02
we don't...
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.38
We don't care.
00:35:56.42\00:35:57.75
We don't care
because we don't know.
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.99
And he was arguing on
that point so strongly.
00:36:00.02\00:36:05.36
And says things with
God are so different.
00:36:05.39\00:36:09.36
And if the people
would open their eyes
00:36:09.40\00:36:13.13
and their ears to
hear more about what God is
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.10
and then how
better our lives are
00:36:16.14\00:36:19.27
and how we do behave
better with Christ in us.
00:36:19.31\00:36:23.45
They will see and want to
accept more of God's help.
00:36:23.48\00:36:28.28
There's a selfish
way to be successful
00:36:28.32\00:36:31.15
and there is the
right way to be successful
00:36:31.19\00:36:34.82
by helping others and
to be meek and humble.
00:36:34.86\00:36:38.06
Yes.
00:36:38.09\00:36:39.43
The last line, Jorge,
that you read popped out of me,
00:36:39.46\00:36:42.00
the cause of
God is best advanced
00:36:42.03\00:36:44.27
by those who are
meek and lowly in heart.
00:36:44.30\00:36:48.20
My mom who I had the
privilege of baptizing
00:36:48.24\00:36:51.67
at the Adventist church.
00:36:51.71\00:36:53.54
Her entrance into Adventism
was delayed considerably
00:36:53.58\00:36:58.18
by a well meaning Bible worker
00:36:58.21\00:37:00.78
who came to the
house on Friday afternoon.
00:37:00.82\00:37:04.45
I think she was trying
to get one more soul in
00:37:04.49\00:37:07.19
before Sabbath.
00:37:07.22\00:37:12.99
And my mother was frying
fish and this well meaning lady,
00:37:13.03\00:37:18.07
my mother came to the door
and the stove was still on.
00:37:18.10\00:37:21.60
And she planned on
being there just a moment
00:37:21.64\00:37:23.54
but the lady put
her foot in the door
00:37:23.57\00:37:25.27
anticipating she's
gonna close the door.
00:37:25.31\00:37:26.88
So that she can
give her whole canvas.
00:37:26.91\00:37:29.04
And she's talking and
not aware that you know
00:37:29.08\00:37:33.08
we got little configuration
going on in the kitchen area,
00:37:33.11\00:37:36.02
so...
00:37:36.05\00:37:37.89
So my father came in,
00:37:37.92\00:37:39.25
now my father is at that
time had a small restaurant
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.96
called the Silver Slipper.
00:37:41.99\00:37:43.39
And he was better in
the kitchen than my mother.
00:37:43.43\00:37:47.60
And any excuse that he tells us,
00:37:47.63\00:37:49.66
you don't belong in the kitchen,
00:37:49.70\00:37:51.03
so he came in...
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.40
Intervene.
00:37:52.43\00:37:53.77
And there was this roaring
volcano of fire in the kitchen.
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.04
And my mother really got upset
00:37:56.07\00:37:57.77
that the woman
was so inconsiderate
00:37:57.81\00:37:59.51
that she burned the food.
00:37:59.54\00:38:01.01
And of course it gave my mother,
00:38:01.04\00:38:02.78
my dad another
opportunity to tell us, see,
00:38:02.81\00:38:05.91
I'm the kitchen
person, I'm the professional,
00:38:05.95\00:38:08.58
you're the
amateur kind of thing.
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.29
So on holidays he would like
Thanksgiving when the big food,
00:38:10.32\00:38:13.56
of course, he'd always
say, okay, kitchen is mine,
00:38:13.59\00:38:15.96
all amateurs get out you know...
00:38:15.99\00:38:17.33
Get aside. Get aside.
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.39
So that really delayed my
mother's coming to the Lord
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.16
for quite a while
00:38:22.20\00:38:23.53
because she equated
the Adventist church
00:38:23.57\00:38:25.83
with that woman
who was inconsiderate
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.17
and who turned her kitchen
00:38:28.20\00:38:30.41
into a volcano of burning fish.
00:38:30.44\00:38:35.54
So the idea that you
can be meek and humble
00:38:35.58\00:38:39.35
it just speaks better
of the Jesus you serve
00:38:39.38\00:38:41.95
and does a better
job of sharing Christ
00:38:41.98\00:38:43.72
than being kind of
blustery and forward
00:38:43.75\00:38:46.19
and you know kind of having,
trying to have your own way
00:38:46.22\00:38:48.62
and that that
popped into my mind.
00:38:48.66\00:38:49.99
So it's a very, very good
and important reading, Jorge,
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.43
and I thank you for it.
00:38:52.46\00:38:53.80
Irma, you got, your's next.
00:38:53.83\00:38:55.16
Got something to,
00:38:55.20\00:38:57.30
and this one talks
about God's work not ours.
00:38:57.33\00:39:01.24
"Now here is the very
thing that we want to understand
00:39:01.27\00:39:06.61
that it is not our
work but God's work
00:39:06.64\00:39:10.28
and we are only instruments
in his hands to accomplish it.
00:39:10.31\00:39:14.98
We want to seek the
Lord with all our hearts
00:39:15.02\00:39:18.05
and the Lord will work for us."
00:39:18.09\00:39:20.96
And this was found
in the, Evangelist book.
00:39:20.99\00:39:27.60
2 Corinthians 2:14
says a little bit about
00:39:27.63\00:39:34.04
what God thinks about
the work that we're doing.
00:39:34.07\00:39:37.24
It says, "Now thanks be to God
00:39:37.27\00:39:41.04
who always leads us
in triumph in Christ,
00:39:41.08\00:39:45.08
and through us
diffuses the fragrance
00:39:45.11\00:39:47.55
of His
knowledge in every place."
00:39:47.58\00:39:51.29
I think is, what I think
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.59
that details me
that we even in the,
00:39:54.62\00:39:58.89
in doing the work of God
00:39:58.93\00:40:00.80
sometimes we want
to take the credit
00:40:00.83\00:40:04.30
because we want, we
want to see the results.
00:40:04.33\00:40:08.87
So the credit is not even
necessarily being like I want
00:40:08.90\00:40:13.84
you know people to know,
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.21
I want people to
give me the credit,
00:40:15.24\00:40:17.51
is that when you do a work,
00:40:17.55\00:40:19.35
also you want to
see good results.
00:40:19.38\00:40:22.58
So in there we
have the temptation
00:40:22.62\00:40:26.52
to go on our own.
00:40:26.55\00:40:28.42
To do, to use our own ways
00:40:28.46\00:40:31.86
of doing whatever
God is ask us to do
00:40:31.89\00:40:37.20
that to be in our job,
00:40:37.23\00:40:38.57
that be in our
witnessing to other people,
00:40:38.60\00:40:43.71
especially when we
witness to other people.
00:40:43.74\00:40:45.91
We want the people
that to respond right away
00:40:45.94\00:40:50.38
and you know we
are only called to do
00:40:50.41\00:40:56.52
our job and then lower the rest.
00:40:56.55\00:40:59.72
Many times we will never see
the results of our witnessing
00:40:59.75\00:41:03.76
or else talking to
people and showing him Christ.
00:41:03.79\00:41:08.23
We will never see it
until we go to heaven
00:41:08.26\00:41:11.23
and that is way of biblical.
00:41:11.27\00:41:15.17
So it's good to remember.
00:41:15.20\00:41:17.57
God says that He is
the one who has the power.
00:41:17.61\00:41:20.18
He obviously has the
power to help us to overcome.
00:41:20.21\00:41:23.61
He will have to do the
power to in these people
00:41:23.65\00:41:27.75
to overcome those trials
00:41:27.78\00:41:30.05
and whatever
they need to overcome.
00:41:30.09\00:41:32.85
So he doesn't
wants us to get a credit
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.26
because that will not be
good for God to see there.
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.69
He loves us so much
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.56
that He knows how
much credit we can accept
00:41:39.59\00:41:44.87
without getting a
little big on our heads.
00:41:44.90\00:41:51.04
Yeah, I think it's,
00:41:51.07\00:41:52.54
it's a something that
we as Christians ought
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.38
to actually remember that
the work is God's not ours.
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.85
We have to do our part
and then let God do his part.
00:41:57.88\00:42:00.12
I can remember years ago,
00:42:00.15\00:42:01.62
when I was working as a student
00:42:01.65\00:42:03.75
and we gave this long
Bible study to this woman.
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.92
And we did well, went through
every text ever objections
00:42:06.96\00:42:10.26
and she said, "I
just don't see it."
00:42:10.29\00:42:14.03
And at that point, you know,
00:42:14.06\00:42:15.40
you're student
you got all the zeal,
00:42:15.43\00:42:16.77
I got little irritated.
00:42:16.80\00:42:18.13
May be you don't see it.
00:42:18.17\00:42:19.93
So we go through it again.
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.40
Well, I just, I
just don't see it.
00:42:21.44\00:42:22.77
I don't see it."
00:42:22.80\00:42:24.14
What, are you blind?
00:42:24.17\00:42:25.51
You know, it's plain,
you know, you don't see it,
00:42:25.54\00:42:28.11
you don't want
to see it, you know,
00:42:28.14\00:42:29.48
and you can get
yourself in there.
00:42:29.51\00:42:31.68
You know, you're all in the way
00:42:31.71\00:42:34.08
and that's when you got
to remember it's God's word.
00:42:34.12\00:42:36.95
Your job is to
present and encourage,
00:42:36.99\00:42:40.49
it's God's job
00:42:40.52\00:42:41.86
to change that heart
and you can't do that.
00:42:41.89\00:42:45.86
No, you can't, you can't.
00:42:45.89\00:42:47.23
Sometimes you want to,
you want to sign, sealed,
00:42:47.26\00:42:49.30
delivered,
baptized, fry, fillet,
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.43
you want to do the
whole thing but you can't.
00:42:51.47\00:42:53.80
All you can do
is present the truth
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.67
and then let the
Lord do the rest.
00:42:55.70\00:42:58.24
You've got to
remember it is God's work
00:42:58.27\00:43:00.14
and that He is not going to
let His work fall to the ground.
00:43:00.18\00:43:01.98
It is nice to see
results, so it's nice to see
00:43:02.01\00:43:04.65
that when we do
something for the Lord we get...
00:43:04.68\00:43:09.42
Sometimes when we don't get
00:43:09.45\00:43:10.79
those immediate
answers to prayer
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.69
or we don't see
things in action,
00:43:12.72\00:43:14.39
we think, "Lord, what did I do.
00:43:14.42\00:43:15.82
Did I do something wrong?"
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.26
I need to evaluate my
approach or my own heart.
00:43:18.29\00:43:21.70
Yes.
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.06
We can, we can get a
little bit of self-conscious
00:43:23.10\00:43:26.33
and start feeling.
00:43:26.37\00:43:27.74
Well you start going to
the whispers of the devil
00:43:27.77\00:43:29.54
I mean... Yes.
00:43:29.57\00:43:30.91
Because if you know that
you are following scripture
00:43:30.94\00:43:33.68
to the very
best of your ability,
00:43:33.71\00:43:35.84
anything
negative is not from God.
00:43:35.88\00:43:38.55
Yeah, you have to trust
God, you really have to.
00:43:38.58\00:43:40.65
Yeah, that's a powerful point.
00:43:40.68\00:43:42.45
You know it's you,
00:43:42.48\00:43:44.05
you want so bad to
land that that Sunday punch.
00:43:44.09\00:43:46.92
You want to say that perfect
thing to bring them across.
00:43:46.96\00:43:49.19
And Ellen White says,
00:43:49.22\00:43:50.93
"If a person does
not want to believe,
00:43:50.96\00:43:53.26
you can give them
Genesis to Revelation."
00:43:53.29\00:43:55.46
They're not, they're
gonna find a reason not to
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.23
and if a person
wants to believe one text
00:43:57.27\00:44:00.34
he's gonna do it you know.
00:44:00.37\00:44:01.70
So a lot of it has to do
with their heart and it's true
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.81
that we can't change
the hearts of other people
00:44:03.84\00:44:05.74
God's got to do that,
that's the work of the Lord.
00:44:05.77\00:44:08.64
In a ways is
that people believe,
00:44:08.68\00:44:11.51
seen you and not
what you're saying
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.18
and know what you know.
00:44:13.21\00:44:14.78
Your knowledge of
this is less important
00:44:14.82\00:44:18.45
or meaningless
sometimes for people.
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.46
What I know well
you know probably
00:44:20.49\00:44:23.29
doesn't really
affect me or well, yeah,
00:44:23.32\00:44:25.89
I like the fact
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.30
that you are a
knowledgeable person,
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.20
a good pastor, a good preacher
00:44:29.23\00:44:31.17
but when it comes to
believe in what you're saying
00:44:31.20\00:44:35.47
it may not be
what I need to know.
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.87
So I just close,
00:44:37.91\00:44:40.18
I put that
shield in front of me.
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.91
Yeah.
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.28
Yeah, especially when
sometimes we say something
00:44:44.31\00:44:46.18
and really don't
really live up to it we don't,
00:44:46.21\00:44:50.89
we are just saying
that it's good to do.
00:44:50.92\00:44:53.19
Yeah, you know one
thing we found about
00:44:53.22\00:44:56.86
serving the Lord,
witnessing for the Lord,
00:44:56.89\00:44:58.93
you really got to get
yourself out of the way
00:44:58.96\00:45:01.50
you know and all of
these have kind of said
00:45:01.53\00:45:03.50
in their own way.
00:45:03.53\00:45:04.87
Don't be so thin skinned,
get yourself out of way.
00:45:04.90\00:45:07.77
Don't try to do it all,
get yourself out of the way.
00:45:07.80\00:45:11.34
You know, remember
it's God's work not yours.
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.64
Get yourself out of the way.
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.01
So one of the great
tools to successful living
00:45:15.04\00:45:20.12
and successful
witnessing is put self aside.
00:45:20.15\00:45:23.62
Don't lead with your chin.
00:45:23.65\00:45:24.99
You know it's not
you, it's the Lord.
00:45:25.02\00:45:27.49
You know, you know Elijah said,
00:45:27.52\00:45:29.72
"Hey, I'm the only
one left serving God."
00:45:29.76\00:45:32.33
Lest I notice 7000 you know
00:45:32.36\00:45:34.10
there's others
it's not all on you,
00:45:34.13\00:45:36.60
so don't put it on you
because it's God's work
00:45:36.63\00:45:40.30
and God will
prosecute his work I guarantee.
00:45:40.34\00:45:44.41
Our time is getting
away from us but this one
00:45:44.44\00:45:47.04
is under the heading of
void business attachments.
00:45:47.08\00:45:48.94
"We are to be
workers together with him.
00:45:48.98\00:45:52.71
Those who are in His service
00:45:52.75\00:45:55.52
need to separate from
all business entanglements
00:45:55.55\00:45:59.39
that would tarnish their Christ
00:45:59.42\00:46:01.19
like Christ
likeness of character.
00:46:01.22\00:46:04.29
The fisherman and the Savior
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.19
called
straightway left their nets,
00:46:06.23\00:46:09.33
those who give themselves
to the work of the ministry
00:46:09.36\00:46:13.64
must not entangle
themselves in business lines
00:46:13.67\00:46:17.37
that will bring a
coarseness into their lives.
00:46:17.41\00:46:20.38
And will be a detriment to
their spiritual advancement
00:46:20.41\00:46:24.65
to their spiritual advancement
in the work of the Lord
00:46:24.68\00:46:28.02
that He has given them to do."
00:46:28.05\00:46:30.25
I had a member of my church
00:46:30.29\00:46:33.49
and I won't
mention which church.
00:46:33.52\00:46:34.96
Try to keep it
as general as I can,
00:46:34.99\00:46:38.23
who was a good businessman.
00:46:38.26\00:46:41.56
He...
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
When I knew him was a,
I guess multimillionaire
00:46:42.96\00:46:47.64
and he ended up wearing one
of those electronic bracelets
00:46:47.67\00:46:54.54
where his movement was monitored
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.68
and he could only go
from the house to church
00:46:57.71\00:47:03.18
to his office back to the house,
00:47:03.22\00:47:07.42
he was very good.
00:47:07.46\00:47:08.79
There are some people
00:47:08.82\00:47:10.16
who seem to be able to
predestined to make money,
00:47:10.19\00:47:11.96
they can just make
money and this guy was like,
00:47:11.99\00:47:14.56
he could make money.
00:47:14.60\00:47:15.93
And I think sometimes we
rely on that maybe too much.
00:47:15.96\00:47:18.53
And he got in tangled
with a business partner,
00:47:18.57\00:47:24.61
and this guy was really shady,
00:47:24.64\00:47:27.88
and the partner
got a slap on the wrist
00:47:27.91\00:47:32.95
and the Christian,
00:47:32.98\00:47:36.32
the weight of
it came down on him
00:47:36.35\00:47:37.69
to the tune of
losing a lot of money
00:47:37.72\00:47:39.55
and they didn't put him in jail
00:47:39.59\00:47:40.92
but they monitored his
movements for 18 months
00:47:40.96\00:47:44.19
everywhere he go,
he got to sign on,
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.56
he couldn't leave the
country, we got your passport.
00:47:45.59\00:47:47.96
You can't leave the
city without telling us
00:47:48.00\00:47:49.36
and you got this
bracelet on your ankle
00:47:49.40\00:47:52.40
and every move is monitored
00:47:52.43\00:47:55.00
because he got
entangled with somebody
00:47:55.04\00:47:56.40
who was just a shaky shady guy.
00:47:56.44\00:47:59.07
And so it says, you
know, it is the love of money
00:47:59.11\00:48:02.44
that is the root of
all evil, not money itself.
00:48:02.48\00:48:04.65
And trying to, you
know, you've got some,
00:48:04.68\00:48:06.58
I want to make
more, I want to double,
00:48:06.61\00:48:07.95
I want to triple,
I want to quadruple,
00:48:07.98\00:48:09.32
I want to
quintuple, I want to, you know,
00:48:09.35\00:48:10.69
just want to go
on and on and on.
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.12
So you've got to
be very, very careful
00:48:12.15\00:48:13.49
particularly when you are
doing the work of the Lord
00:48:13.52\00:48:15.22
when you're trying to serve.
00:48:15.26\00:48:16.59
And I was going to say
00:48:16.62\00:48:17.96
because I know who
you're talking about
00:48:17.99\00:48:19.93
and this man was sort
of really philanthropist.
00:48:19.96\00:48:22.40
He was.
00:48:22.43\00:48:23.77
He used so much money
00:48:23.80\00:48:26.80
in helping the poor
and providing for the poor.
00:48:26.84\00:48:30.37
So he was not just
wanted to make money
00:48:30.41\00:48:33.68
he did use that quite well.
00:48:33.71\00:48:36.44
Very true, if you
needed helped, he helped,
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.85
he helped in a great way,
00:48:38.88\00:48:40.98
but he got caught
up in something else
00:48:41.02\00:48:42.38
that was bigger than him
and he got caught in trouble.
00:48:42.42\00:48:44.95
So if you want to
be an effective tool,
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.59
you want to be free to be
able to do the work of the Lord
00:48:47.62\00:48:50.23
and you've got to
watch who you partner with.
00:48:50.26\00:48:52.36
When the children of Israel
00:48:52.39\00:48:53.73
were going into
the Promised Land.
00:48:53.76\00:48:55.20
First thing Lord told
them don't get into alliances
00:48:55.23\00:48:57.53
with these people,
you know, don't get
00:48:57.57\00:48:59.37
because what happens is
00:48:59.40\00:49:00.74
well we'll win them as
a rule it's the opposite.
00:49:00.77\00:49:04.04
They pull you out as
opposed to you pulling them in.
00:49:04.07\00:49:05.94
Yeah.
00:49:05.97\00:49:07.31
And of course it
ruins your effectiveness
00:49:07.34\00:49:08.68
and you don't want to do it,
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.05
you want to be free to
do the work of the Lord.
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.41
All right, time is
getting away from us, Lynette,
00:49:11.45\00:49:12.78
you've got another one.
00:49:12.81\00:49:14.15
I do I do, this one is entitled,
00:49:14.18\00:49:17.35
Harsh Spirit Denies Christ,
00:49:17.39\00:49:20.16
"Men may speak
fluently upon doctrines,
00:49:20.19\00:49:22.62
and may express
strong faith in theories,
00:49:22.66\00:49:25.43
but do they possess
Christ like meekness and love?
00:49:25.46\00:49:29.13
If they reveal a
harsh, critical spirit,
00:49:29.16\00:49:31.77
they are denying Christ.
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.77
If they are not kind,
tender hearted, long-suffering,
00:49:33.80\00:49:36.81
they are not like Jesus
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.34
they are
deceiving their own souls.
00:49:38.37\00:49:40.98
A spirit contrary to the
love, humility, meekness,
00:49:41.01\00:49:43.91
and gentleness of
Christ denies him,
00:49:43.95\00:49:46.68
whatever may be the profession."
00:49:46.72\00:49:48.72
Powerful.
That's, that's powerful.
00:49:48.75\00:49:53.76
You want to
take a swing at that.
00:49:53.79\00:49:55.29
Yeah, I will I,
00:50:02.06\00:50:03.97
I haven't got anything
incredibly deep and spiritual.
00:50:04.00\00:50:06.74
I can just relate to
what I see in my profession
00:50:06.77\00:50:12.77
which is that of a homemaker
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.71
and I am also in the
classroom with my kids.
00:50:14.74\00:50:17.48
A soft answer turns away wrath.
00:50:20.65\00:50:24.09
You can't jump in
00:50:24.12\00:50:28.36
and act out
00:50:28.39\00:50:31.59
of these sudden impulses
of your heart to somebody.
00:50:31.63\00:50:37.20
This is hard one, CA.
00:50:37.23\00:50:38.63
Anyway if you reveal
00:50:41.87\00:50:43.51
what flashes through
your heart due to sin nature,
00:50:43.54\00:50:46.51
you're going to
tear everything apart.
00:50:46.54\00:50:49.61
That's when you need to,
00:50:49.64\00:50:50.98
to lean hard on Jesus
00:50:51.01\00:50:53.31
and ask him to change you
day-by-day minute-by-minute,
00:50:53.35\00:50:56.85
to exude that
kind tender heartedness
00:50:56.89\00:51:00.69
to develop the ability
to be more longsuffering
00:51:00.72\00:51:04.33
with that which
goes on around you,
00:51:04.36\00:51:07.06
whether it's
through other people
00:51:07.10\00:51:08.43
or through groups of
people or just happenstance.
00:51:08.46\00:51:11.40
You need to reflect
that Christ like demeanor.
00:51:11.43\00:51:16.74
Exactly. Take a breath,
count to ten, take a walk.
00:51:16.77\00:51:21.34
You know sometimes, you just,
00:51:21.38\00:51:22.71
you just need to do
these things in order
00:51:22.74\00:51:24.51
for Christ to work in you
and to create this ability.
00:51:24.55\00:51:29.48
It's interesting
that is for the question
00:51:29.52\00:51:33.42
that finish the first sentence
00:51:33.46\00:51:35.32
but do they possess Christian
like meekness and love.
00:51:35.36\00:51:38.73
I'm thinking about 1
Corinthians 13 in the first,
00:51:38.76\00:51:43.93
we always dedicate time to read
00:51:43.97\00:51:47.20
what Lord said
about in that chapter
00:51:47.24\00:51:49.70
before we get to read
00:51:49.74\00:51:51.07
and to really understand
the first two verses it says.
00:51:51.11\00:51:55.88
Let's just read it.
00:51:55.91\00:51:57.25
Why don't we do
that 1 Corinthians 13
00:51:57.28\00:52:00.02
and so it's known,
everybody knows what it says,
00:52:00.05\00:52:03.65
"Though I speak with the
tongues of men and angels,
00:52:03.69\00:52:07.96
but have not love,
00:52:07.99\00:52:09.92
I have become sounding
brass or a clanging cymbal."
00:52:09.96\00:52:15.00
I remember when I was going
00:52:18.50\00:52:21.40
through the Greek
part of this in the seminar
00:52:21.44\00:52:25.97
these word in Greek is...
00:52:26.01\00:52:31.41
something to make a noise,
00:52:31.45\00:52:35.85
it's something that
doesn't have any make any sense.
00:52:35.88\00:52:39.22
So a person who
may know everything
00:52:39.25\00:52:44.79
can be like here it says,
00:52:44.83\00:52:48.63
"Men may speak fluently
upon the doctrines etc, etc."
00:52:48.66\00:52:52.43
But they don't show love.
00:52:52.47\00:52:54.10
It's like a piece of
metal the makes noise.
00:52:54.14\00:52:58.71
That's what...
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.08
That's what he's
saying here, verse 2 says in,
00:53:00.11\00:53:03.45
"And though I have
the gift of prophecy,
00:53:03.48\00:53:05.75
and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge,
00:53:05.78\00:53:08.75
and though I have all faith,
00:53:08.78\00:53:10.99
so that I could
remove mountains,
00:53:11.02\00:53:12.95
but I have no
love, I am nothing."
00:53:12.99\00:53:19.23
Very, very
powerful, very powerful.
00:53:19.26\00:53:24.23
I'm looking at the line
00:53:24.27\00:53:27.04
"A spirit contrary to
the love, humility, meekness,
00:53:27.07\00:53:29.84
and gentleness of
Christ denies him."
00:53:29.87\00:53:32.61
So you're talking about Jesus,
00:53:32.64\00:53:34.31
but if you're talking
about Jesus in a critical way,
00:53:34.34\00:53:37.08
you are at the same
time denying the person
00:53:37.11\00:53:39.18
that you're trying to promote.
00:53:39.21\00:53:40.88
You can't argue
anybody into the kingdom.
00:53:40.92\00:53:44.05
You can't argue
anybody into the church.
00:53:44.09\00:53:46.99
You cannot browbeat
people into the church.
00:53:47.02\00:53:49.96
You got to love them in,
00:53:49.99\00:53:51.36
and any other spirit
is an antichrist spirit.
00:53:51.39\00:53:55.86
You just, you just, you
can't, you can't do it that way.
00:53:55.90\00:53:58.27
Whatever maybe the profession,
be a pastor, preacher,
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.60
teacher whatever, if
you're mean and critical.
00:54:00.64\00:54:04.37
And then see the Holy Spirit
00:54:04.41\00:54:05.74
when it comes
and it softens you.
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.11
We had a lady, bless her heart,
00:54:10.25\00:54:11.58
she wanted to be on
the Greeting Committee.
00:54:11.61\00:54:13.65
And this was a lady
00:54:13.68\00:54:15.22
who if she had a bad week
she brought that to church.
00:54:15.25\00:54:18.59
And I said, "You're not suited
00:54:18.62\00:54:22.82
to be at the door
to be the first face
00:54:22.86\00:54:25.29
that people see
when they come to church.
00:54:25.33\00:54:26.66
It's just not, you got
other gifts but that's not it,
00:54:26.70\00:54:29.73
because if
you're having a bad day,
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.27
you're going to make sure
everybody else has a bad day."
00:54:31.30\00:54:33.77
So we had to pull her off
and she was very, very upset
00:54:33.80\00:54:36.27
but I said, "Your nature is,
00:54:36.30\00:54:39.17
you're not the
first face I want to see
00:54:39.21\00:54:40.78
when I come to the
church on Sabbath."
00:54:40.81\00:54:43.61
Because you know
if it's bad for you,
00:54:43.65\00:54:45.78
it's going to be bad for
me and you will see to it
00:54:45.81\00:54:47.58
that it's bad for me,
00:54:47.62\00:54:48.95
and she
couldn't understand that.
00:54:48.98\00:54:50.95
And then time, you know she,
00:54:50.99\00:54:52.32
she got upset and she
went to another church,
00:54:52.35\00:54:55.09
but she took that
same critical spirit
00:54:55.12\00:54:57.69
down to the church
00:54:57.73\00:54:59.06
and so the pastor
called me he said,
00:54:59.09\00:55:00.83
"You did me no favor
sending me this one."
00:55:00.86\00:55:02.73
You know, this kind of thing
00:55:02.76\00:55:04.43
because she had
a critical spirit
00:55:04.47\00:55:06.10
but she wanted to be a greeter
00:55:06.13\00:55:07.47
but that was not her
gift, it just wasn't her gift.
00:55:07.50\00:55:09.87
So if you have that
spirit you are denying Christ.
00:55:09.90\00:55:12.57
And so you're not
leading anybody to Christ.
00:55:12.61\00:55:14.54
And that's really deep to think
00:55:14.58\00:55:16.91
that that we
are denying Christ--
00:55:16.95\00:55:19.65
Oh, yeah.
00:55:19.68\00:55:21.02
Just the thought
of it is quite harsh.
00:55:21.05\00:55:24.85
But, you know,
00:55:24.89\00:55:28.32
we have to ask
God to chose our way.
00:55:28.36\00:55:31.43
When He chose our way,
00:55:31.46\00:55:33.43
then He's just ready
there to listen to us to confess
00:55:33.46\00:55:37.93
so that He can change us.
00:55:37.97\00:55:39.30
Exactly.
00:55:39.33\00:55:40.67
So if we have
something, if we're not loving,
00:55:40.70\00:55:43.34
if we are critical, if we are
00:55:43.37\00:55:45.41
or whatever of all those
ugly things that we can be,
00:55:45.44\00:55:49.41
He can change us if we,
00:55:49.44\00:55:51.81
if we really want to change,
00:55:51.85\00:55:54.32
we can ask and
God will change us
00:55:54.35\00:55:57.62
because He's promised.
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.65
I have
experienced it in some things
00:55:59.69\00:56:01.79
not in all of it yet,
00:56:01.82\00:56:03.16
but I'm walking and
hoping that it will continue.
00:56:03.19\00:56:08.80
He says that the good work
00:56:08.83\00:56:10.17
that He has
started, He will finish,
00:56:10.20\00:56:11.83
and to me that is
really powerful promise
00:56:11.87\00:56:16.84
'cause sometimes,
00:56:16.87\00:56:18.84
I myself see that it's not
easy to change that I, you know,
00:56:18.87\00:56:23.45
I asked for this to be different
00:56:23.48\00:56:25.65
and then I and
end up in one place
00:56:25.68\00:56:27.65
where it does prove to
me that hadn't I changed it.
00:56:27.68\00:56:30.72
Yeah, it is a very true.
00:56:33.56\00:56:35.86
We've been talking about things
that make us useful tools.
00:56:35.89\00:56:39.53
I want to just and we
got, only got seconds left but,
00:56:39.56\00:56:42.90
Lynette, your third one
00:56:42.93\00:56:44.27
that we would not be
able to really exhaust it
00:56:44.30\00:56:45.63
to talk faith and encouragement.
00:56:45.67\00:56:47.00
Okay.
00:56:47.04\00:56:48.37
If you want to be a useful tool,
00:56:48.40\00:56:49.74
one of the things
that you want to do
00:56:49.77\00:56:51.11
is to talk faith
and encouragement.
00:56:51.14\00:56:53.68
You can talk
about how bad life is
00:56:53.71\00:56:55.24
but you can also talk
about how good Jesus is,
00:56:55.28\00:56:57.58
and talking about
the love of Christ
00:56:57.61\00:56:59.85
and how good Jesus is draws,
00:56:59.88\00:57:02.08
talking about how bad
your life is pushes away
00:57:02.12\00:57:05.22
because if your life is
bad, I got my own story.
00:57:05.25\00:57:06.59
Yeah.
00:57:06.62\00:57:07.96
You got a story, I got a story,
00:57:07.99\00:57:09.32
we can sit around
talk about our stories
00:57:09.36\00:57:10.93
or we can lift up
the name of Jesus,
00:57:10.96\00:57:12.86
which attracts people.
00:57:12.89\00:57:14.23
So we hope that
in this time together
00:57:14.26\00:57:17.23
we've given you some tools
to make you a more useful tool
00:57:17.27\00:57:20.70
in the hand of God
00:57:20.74\00:57:22.07
because God wants everyone
to share the good news of Jesus
00:57:22.10\00:57:25.04
and you know
when you share Jesus,
00:57:25.07\00:57:26.71
you're really helping
yourself and blessing yourself.
00:57:26.74\00:57:29.64
Bye-bye, have a
wonderful Sabbath
00:57:29.68\00:57:31.18
and a wonderful week.
00:57:31.21\00:57:32.55