I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, happy Sabbath,
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and welcome to
3ABN's Family Worship.
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I'm Chris Shelton
along with my husband
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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We're so thankful that
you have chosen to join us
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to welcoming the Sabbath.
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And we have some
wonderful 3ABN family around us
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here at the table,
and I'm so excited.
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I know the Lord's
going to do great things
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during this hour of worship.
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Absolutely.
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Pastor, to our right,
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you've got some
real talent over here.
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Yes. Tim Parton.
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That's right.
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Brother Tim, you are
going to start a new...
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Well, In fact, it's
already launched, right?
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Right, right.
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The Praise Him Music
Network has launched,
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we're on the air,
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and excited to be
serving the Lord through music.
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Yes.
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And you've got a
wonderful cohort now
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that works with you,
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Ryan Day. Right. Ryan Day.
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That's exciting. I
love listening to you guys.
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You guys...
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You blend so well
together, you help one another.
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It's great.
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We have a great time
and we've been actually
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going out and
doing some concerts
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and promoting the
Praise Him Network.
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We love singing
together, and he's a blast,
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he's my
bodyguard when we go out.
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Oh, wow!
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Well, you know, I
feel a little bit slighted
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'cause I've only heard it
on TV or either on the radio,
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so I didn't...
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Well, I'll let you
know when we're going to be
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doing a concert so
you can come and see us.
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All right. Yeah, that's awesome.
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It's good time.
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And Brother Jason Bergmann,
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brother, how do
you like it here?
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You've been here a
short time at 3ABN,
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but I know you feel
like family already.
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What's your thought?
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Well, you know,
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I can't say enough how
much I enjoy being here,
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enjoying each one, the
treasury team, all of you,
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you've made it just a
wonderful experience for me.
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And it seem like I've
been here a long time.
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So it's really nice.
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So praise the Lord. I
know. It does feel like that.
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I mean, really, the first time
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you meet him and his
wife, you feel like family.
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It's like you've
been here forever.
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So the Lord knows
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how to put things
together, doesn't He?
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Absolutely. He's
still working on us.
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I know that. Absolutely.
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Oh, mercy, yes.
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Some days, we feel
like we're put together,
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and the other days, "Not."
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Not quite, need some help.
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Now over to my left, I'm
a little partial with this.
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This is my sister-in-law,
Sister Yvonne Lewis,
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which I know all
of you know already
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and her wonderful husband,
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my
brother-in-law, Danny Shelton.
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So we have some,
you know, church family
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and some biological
family going on at this table.
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So it's awesome.
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You guys want to
tell us your jobs at 3ABN?
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What do you do, Sister Yvonne?
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What do I do?
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Well, I am the...
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I'm now the consultant
for the Dare to Dream Network.
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I was the general
manager, but as of September,
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Jason Bradley, my
son, who was my assistant,
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stepped in that position,
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and it's been an
amazing blessing.
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Amen.
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He is doing such
a tremendous job.
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He is.
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I'm so proud of him
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and so thankful to
have him in that spot,
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you know, because, it's
a very important position,
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and so I'm really thankful.
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And we love Dare to Dream.
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Praise the Lord.
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You know, I hope
it continues to grow
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and get back on some of
the other channels that,
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you know, regular TV channels.
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I know it's on the Internet.
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How else can
people get Dare to Dream?
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We have a YouTube channel.
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Well, if you go to the
website, D2DNetwork.tv,
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you can do Roku, MySDATV box.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I mean, yeah,
your phone, your iPad,
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just download the free 3ABN app,
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24/7, Dare to Dream,
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Praise Him, our parent network.
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I mean, we're all...
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And you're on,
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Behold the Lamb
is on Dare to Dream.
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I know, I know.
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That's what I was
going to tell you because...
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The only reason
I said regular TV
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because whenever it was
taken off some of those,
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we had calls like,
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"Why are they doing that?
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Why are you guys going off?"
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I mean, we had so many calls,
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and people that would
stay home on Sabbath morning
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to watch Dare
to Dream, you know?
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We had a lot of
Dare to Dream followers.
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Well, the good thing is that
it's accessible to everyone.
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Yes. Amen.
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And even though it might
not still be on satellite,
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it's still 24/7 accessible.
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Any time you want
to watch, you can.
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That's good. Yeah.
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And most people
have the Internet.
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Yeah, that's true.
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So if you have the Internet,
you can watch Dare to Dream.
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Amen. Amen.
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Brother Danny. I love my job.
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My job is I've gotten older,
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it has changed a
little, it's evolved.
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And right now, I just try
to stay out of people's way
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because God has brought
in a good young team of folk
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that, you know, Greg, and Jill,
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and Jason, and Jason Bradley,
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Tim, I mean, Ryan,
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you know, I can
go down the list of
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all these young
folk that are coming in
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and have a burden for
the Three Angels' Messages
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to get, what we call, the
Bible message to the world.
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That's right. Amen.
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And that gives me great
peace, actually, knowing that.
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And some months ago...
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It's been about five months ago,
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I had a surgery.
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And when I was
getting prepared for that,
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you think of all sorts of things
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and you say, "This
open-heart surgery,
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a lot of folk
don't come out of this."
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And I actually can say
that I had a peace about 3ABN
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'cause there was
nothing in me that said,
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"Oh, boy, I need to
live because I need to be..."
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It's like, "This isn't about me.
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This is God's ministry.
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He uses anybody
that's willing to be used.
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I'm there for a short time.
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He's willing to use
somebody else for a time."
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And so I just
think it's a blessing.
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So now I try to
stay out of people's way.
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And I'm involved, but it's like,
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you know, it's
great to see the vision
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caught by so many people.
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Amen. Amen.
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We're getting into an
era of younger people.
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A lot of people are
not watching television.
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Young people today
aren't watching television.
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That's true.
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They're watching
through all sources,
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many sources,
whether you go to FaceTime,
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they got Twitter,
they got the YouTube,
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they've got...
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I can't even name
all of them. You all can.
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But there are so many.
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So 3ABN is making sure we're
available on all of those ways,
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including the app of course
because like our own kids,
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they tell us, "Well, we
don't really watch TV anymore."
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So we're figuring out
how to reach the young.
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And yet some of us older folks
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will probably
watch TV till we die.
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But I'm also glad
to hear the other day,
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someone just told me,
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"Hey, I've
dropped cable in the area.
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It was just too expensive.
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And now I get all
the 3ABN channels,
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like, this is
neat, just the antenna.
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I would have done this before."
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And they said,
"This is great, you know?
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And why buy a cable when
you can get all these channels?"
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Right.
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We got like eight
3ABN channels on, you know?
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So they were all
excited about it.
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We've had people
walk into our church
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because they,
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you know, had disconnected
their cable or their satellite,
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they couldn't afford it anymore.
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And then they were able
to get all the 3ABN channels,
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and that spoke to their heart
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and convicted
and converted them.
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So you know,
sometimes, it's better,
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it's absolutely better.
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And I love having
like the 3ABN app.
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I've got this
little Android device.
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It looks like a little
TV. And you can unplug it.
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I take it into my room
when my grandbabies are over,
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and I turn on Kids
Time, and they just love it.
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"Oh, grandma, we don't
have this at our house."
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I say, "Yes, you do.
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Tell your mom
and dad you want it.
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Yes, you do."
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That's right.
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Turn it on for your
grandkids, it is there 24/7,
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it is absolutely wonderful.
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I love all the
science and everything
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that they're doing on there.
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And it helps to balance our kids
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because they are bombarded
with things of this world
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that totally turned them away
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from scripture
and from the Bible.
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And of course, 3ABN
Radio all around the world.
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Yes.
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Many, many folk
are reached by that.
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Yes, amen. Amen.
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Okay.
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Well, Brother Tim, I
think you're going to...
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As soon as we have a prayer,
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we're going to sing a song,
right, "Blessed Assurance"?
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Amen.
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Pastor, would you
lead us in the prayer?
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Sure, absolutely.
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We invite you at
home to pray with us.
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Well, you just bow
your heads if it's possible,
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let's just pray.
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Merciful Father in
heaven, truly it is a blessing
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as we come to You on
this nice Sabbath day.
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We thank You most
of all for Your love
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that You have for us.
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We thank you for Calvary.
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We thank you for
the many blessings
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of life and health and strength.
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Thank you for leading,
guiding, and directing.
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Lord, we ask in
this special way,
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You come near to Your people.
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Each and every one
right now has taken time,
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maybe just sat in
front of the television,
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maybe just to listen,
but they're opening the pages
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of the beautiful
book called the Bible.
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And it's going to speak
words of life and encouragement
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and cheer to each
and every one who does.
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So we pray You'll
give heavenly wisdom
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to each and every one
of Your children today.
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We come not
because we know anything,
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but because we
know Jesus Christ,
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our Lord and our Savior.
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You've promised to
speak to Your people,
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You've promised to give
them what they need to hear
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that will change
their heart and life,
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not just for now
but for eternity.
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Amen. Amen.
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Bless now, we pray,
have Your will and Your way.
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May any thought
that comes in our mind
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that does not need to be there
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that may be put our study
a little bit out of kilter,
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and we pray that
You and by guidance
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of Thy Holy
Spirit keep it together,
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keep it where we
can understand it,
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and impress our
hearts and lives.
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Most of all would be
ready when Jesus shall come.
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And thank you, Lord,
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for this precious,
precious opportunity
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and privilege to be
part of the family of God.
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Thank You for the viewers,
every precious soul right now.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Blessed assurance
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Jesus is mine
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O what a
foretaste of glory divine
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Heir of salvation,
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Purchase of God
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Born of His
Spirit, washed in His blood
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day-long
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day-long
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Perfect submission
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Perfect delight
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Visions of rapture
now burst on my sight
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Angels
descending, bring from above
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Echoes of
mercy, whispers of love
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day-long
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day-long
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Perfect
submission, all is at rest
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I, in my Savior,
am happy and blest
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Watching and
waiting, looking above
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Filled with His
goodness, lost in His love
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day-long
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This is my story
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This is my song
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Praising my Savior
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All the day-long
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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I hope you enjoyed that at home
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as much as we did here.
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That was beautiful.
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Thank you, Brother Jim.
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Thank you, guys,
around the table.
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"Blessed
Assurance." Oh, that was good.
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The title of our lesson tonight
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is When Heaven
Calls, Don't Hesitate.
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And it's part four,
Pastor Kenny, part four.
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Yeah.
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But somehow, we
couldn't wrap these questions
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that fast enough.
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I don't think we would have
been dragging to that, have we?
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I don't think so.
No, I don't think.
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There's just so much in
God's Word that's so good.
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It is.
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And we get started on it
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and then Holy
Spirit begins to work
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and gives people thoughts,
and it'll bring them together.
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And I believe it's just the
way God would have it to be.
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It has been a
tremendous blessing.
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And I think times
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when the Holy Spirit
has touched our heart
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and just brought
out wonderful things
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that maybe we hadn't
thought so much about before.
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You know, there was a
passage that we read out.
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Well, it wasn't a passage,
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but a part that we read
out of Spirit of Prophecy
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where it talks about,
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you know, that
it's God seeking us,
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not seeking Him.
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You know, we tend to think that
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we're seeking Him for salvation,
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but it's really God seeking us.
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Amen.
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We're the lost sheep,
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and we're going to talk
about that even more today.
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But you know, I don't
know about the rest of you,
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but have you ever felt
you just were unworthy?
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You know? Every day.
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You may have
sensed God's calling,
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but you totally
felt you were unworthy
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and you just couldn't answer.
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We're going to kind of
start with that thought
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and lead into a question.
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Question number
seven, I believe it is today.
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And this is from
Spirit of Prophecy.
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We've been so blessed with
Spirit of Prophecy, the Bible,
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and wonderful
testimonies during these series.
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It says, "When some..."
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And I'm just
going to start reading.
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If you guys want to
follow along, on page three.
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"When some who
have wandered far in sin
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seek to return to God,
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they will encounter
criticism and distress."
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And I know, I know,
especially when we have fallen
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or maybe we've been a
Christian and we've fallen
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and we come back, and
we see that criticism,
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we see that distress.
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I know. I've experienced it.
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And it's hurtful, you know?
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And it's difficult
to get through that.
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And you think, "Well, maybe,
I really shouldn't be doing
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what I'm doing", you know?
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"There are those who doubt
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whether their repentance
is genuine, or will whisper,
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'They have no stability.
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I do not believe
that they will hold out.'"
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In other words,
they're not going to continue
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on this course,
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they're going to fall again.
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"These persons are
doing not the work of God."
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Listen to this very carefully.
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When you are saying
these things about someone else
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that has fallen and
coming back to Christ
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or maybe they've never
been a Christian before,
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maybe they've
been a drug addict.
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We don't know, or lived a life
of ill repute, we don't know.
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And people don't trust
when they come to Jesus.
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"These persons,"
Spirit of Prophecy says,
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"These persons are not...
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They're not
doing the work of God
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but the work of
Satan, who is," what,
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"the accuser of the brethren."
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We seem to forget
that for some reason,
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and the Bible makes it so clear.
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"Through their
criticisms, the wicked one hopes
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to discourage these souls
and to drive them still farther
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from the hope and from
God, from hope and from God.
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Let the repenting sinners
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contemplate the
rejoicing in heaven
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over the return of
one that was lost."
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All of heaven
is rejoicing. Amen.
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And somehow, we need to
share that with those around us.
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So when they're coming
and they feel discouraged,
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which I know I have, you know?
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If we could somehow
just give them that hope
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that all of heaven
is rejoicing with them,
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it's beautiful.
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"Let them rest
in the love of God,
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and in no case be disheartened
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by the scorn and
suspicion of the Pharisees."
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The question number seven,
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"Share promises of
hope that we may hold onto
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and gain
strength through faith."
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You know, maybe before we
even share those promises,
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and I'm sure there's lot of them
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that everyone has,
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that to me is very
heavy duty as individuals,
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and even in the church,
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we have this because you notice
what you were reading there,
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it says that these people
were wanting to come back.
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They made a
mistake, they failed.
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You know,
willfully or maybe unwilling,
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something happened in
their life and they were...
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You know, the
call was to come back
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and that's what it's all about.
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Right.
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And then all of a
sudden, some people...
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And it says here...
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Whatever it might be, in church,
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we've all been
through some of these things.
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You know,
experienced it or whatever,
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been on boards or whatever.
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But why is it...
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Each one may ask.
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Why is it that we have that
critical spirit of somebody?
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Because they fell
short of the glory of God,
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which we all have.
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And they want to come back.
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Why would any of us
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begin to
criticize or condemn or say,
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"Well, they've
failed several times before,
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and I know they're not
going to be right this time?"
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Who are we that
we set in judgment
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of any individual who said,
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"I've made
things right with God?"
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What you read here was,
and I think that's just what
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I need to learn to go by is that
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that angels rejoice.
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"Whoo!" All of
heaven... Think about it.
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All of heaven is rejoicing
when one sinner returns back.
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They're getting
their implements of music.
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They're getting ready
to sound a chord together.
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Now would heaven know
00:19:04.91\00:19:07.14
if that person might fall again?
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Are you following me here?
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They don't go that far
with it at that moment.
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At that moment,
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that person was
sincere, repented.
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They came back in.
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If Heaven can rejoice
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and not try to
look to the future,
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we look to the future
sometimes and say, "Ha!"
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What do you think
about it, Brother Danny?
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You think about it...
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I mean, have you
been in those situations,
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maybe in churches in times past
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where sometime we've
become very critical of someone
00:19:34.57\00:19:36.57
who's failed and have
come back a dozen times?
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Absolutely, and I don't
mean this disrespectful,
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but this is a
time like, we don't...
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We heard what the
Spirit of Prophecy said,
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but we don't really even need it
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'cause she's just
echoing the Bible.
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Right. That's exactly right.
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We should have the spiritual
sense to understand exactly
00:19:51.02\00:19:54.06
what she said
and go along with her
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because what happens is
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we as individuals want
to judge everybody else
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and make them like ourselves.
00:20:02.50\00:20:04.03
That's right. And if we don't...
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If people come into our midst
and they don't look like us,
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.54
they don't act like us,
they don't dress like us,
00:20:08.57\00:20:11.37
and we're quick to
condemn that person which is,
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all of course, not of God,
and that's what's so beautiful.
00:20:15.28\00:20:18.61
As you said, no
matter what we did
00:20:18.65\00:20:20.65
or how many times we fail,
00:20:20.68\00:20:23.52
we can understand that
God is willing to forgive us.
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That's right.
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If He's willing to forgive us,
00:20:27.42\00:20:28.76
now we should say that's enough.
00:20:28.79\00:20:30.43
But as human
beings who've failed,
00:20:30.46\00:20:33.50
you want to come back
to a family with open arms
00:20:33.53\00:20:36.60
who says, "We forgive you."
00:20:36.63\00:20:38.70
But then the
church, so many times
00:20:38.73\00:20:40.57
where he failed
because just as was said here,
00:20:40.60\00:20:43.87
"Well, you know, this
is his fourth time already,
00:20:43.91\00:20:47.38
and he's done this in the
last two years, and so..."
00:20:47.41\00:20:51.91
Kenny and I know a person
00:20:51.95\00:20:53.52
who had failed
two or three times,
00:20:53.55\00:20:56.58
and he wanted to give
his heart to the Lord again,
00:20:56.62\00:20:59.95
and he said to
his brother sincerely,
00:20:59.99\00:21:04.19
"Would you come to my baptism?
00:21:04.23\00:21:05.96
I'm re-giving my
heart to the Lord."
00:21:05.99\00:21:08.36
And their answer was
00:21:08.40\00:21:10.00
"Oh, that's okay.
We're busy this time.
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We'll catch the next."
00:21:12.27\00:21:14.57
Yeah. Like, whoa!
00:21:14.60\00:21:16.24
And it just
really took him back.
00:21:16.27\00:21:18.34
He's like, "I know I messed
up but I'm really sincere."
00:21:18.37\00:21:22.44
But instead of them
encouraging him, it was like,
00:21:22.48\00:21:24.35
"Oh, well, we'll
catch your next one."
00:21:24.38\00:21:26.11
I mean, what
did that do for him?
00:21:26.15\00:21:27.62
You know?
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He can go look somewhere
else or go somewhere else.
00:21:29.02\00:21:31.59
So we have to be...
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On that same occasion,
Danny, that you mentioned,
00:21:32.99\00:21:35.02
another individual
said, part of the family said,
00:21:35.06\00:21:39.13
"Oh, he's been saved again?"
00:21:39.16\00:21:40.50
He said,
00:21:40.53\00:21:41.86
"Well, he has more
saves than Al Hrabosky."
00:21:41.90\00:21:43.37
Yeah, Al Hrabosky.
00:21:43.40\00:21:44.73
There's a cardinal picture.
00:21:44.77\00:21:46.10
I mean, he was making fun.
00:21:46.13\00:21:47.54
We're using it
as an illustration.
00:21:47.57\00:21:48.90
They actually said that about,
you know, their own family.
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And I thought,
"How sad that is."
00:21:51.27\00:21:54.61
Sometimes, we
step in that position
00:21:54.64\00:21:56.54
that we should
never, never step in.
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.15
Yeah.
00:21:58.18\00:21:59.51
That was kind of the
situation with Jonah except...
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In a way,
00:22:03.28\00:22:04.62
the whole idea of
going to Nineveh, because...
00:22:04.65\00:22:09.82
Why didn't he
want to see the people
00:22:09.86\00:22:12.03
give their life to Christ?
00:22:12.06\00:22:13.60
In their case, it may
have been the first time
00:22:13.63\00:22:15.16
or may have been...
00:22:15.20\00:22:16.53
We don't know.
00:22:16.56\00:22:17.90
It doesn't say that that
was their first or second time,
00:22:17.93\00:22:19.27
but they were sinful people.
00:22:19.30\00:22:21.14
But what is it in
our nature that denies...
00:22:21.17\00:22:25.04
I mean,
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.84
we should want to join
the angels in rejoicing
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.44
in anticipating
salvation of a lost sheep.
00:22:29.48\00:22:33.01
Come on.
00:22:33.05\00:22:34.58
But there's
something in our nature
00:22:34.62\00:22:36.28
that just goes contradicts that.
00:22:36.32\00:22:40.46
Now I know, in my
life, I've had several jobs.
00:22:40.49\00:22:43.69
I've had...
00:22:43.73\00:22:45.06
It's been in the same topic,
00:22:45.09\00:22:49.10
but I've played
for several groups.
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Go on.
00:22:51.00\00:22:52.33
So I would play for
a group for five years,
00:22:52.37\00:22:55.00
and then I went with one
for like, two and a half years,
00:22:55.04\00:22:58.21
then I went with one
for about four months,
00:22:58.24\00:23:00.41
then I went with one
for another five years.
00:23:00.44\00:23:03.55
As I began to go along,
00:23:03.58\00:23:05.88
whenever I would
try out for a group,
00:23:05.91\00:23:07.55
the boss would say,
00:23:07.58\00:23:09.78
"Well, now how
long are you going
00:23:09.82\00:23:11.32
to anticipate being with us?"
00:23:11.35\00:23:16.89
But hopefully, my ability...
00:23:16.93\00:23:19.83
And you know what,
00:23:19.86\00:23:22.43
I always blame my ADD, you know?
00:23:22.46\00:23:26.23
As a musician, you know,
00:23:26.27\00:23:27.60
if it stops getting challenging,
00:23:27.64\00:23:29.44
well, I kind of lose interest.
00:23:29.47\00:23:31.81
Now in this case, we're
talking about salvation.
00:23:31.84\00:23:34.18
So the fact is that if
people are looking at you,
00:23:34.21\00:23:39.11
if you have a record of,
00:23:39.15\00:23:40.95
you know, baptisms and
being saved multiple times,
00:23:40.98\00:23:45.25
people will begin
to look at you and say,
00:23:45.29\00:23:46.65
"Well, how long are you going
to stick with it this time?"
00:23:46.69\00:23:49.49
But I think, I mean,
00:23:49.52\00:23:51.03
being gracious
and realizing that,
00:23:51.06\00:23:53.40
you know, life is full of...
00:23:53.43\00:23:58.03
Well, it's full of life
and, you know, challenges,
00:23:58.07\00:24:02.04
and not everybody has the
power to stick with something.
00:24:02.07\00:24:06.74
Thank God that He is faithful
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.21
and just to forgive
us our sins every time.
00:24:08.24\00:24:11.61
1 John 1:8-9,
what does that say?
00:24:11.65\00:24:16.42
It says,
00:24:16.45\00:24:17.79
"If we admit that we have
sinned and confess our sins,
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.72
He is faithful and true
and will forgive our sins,
00:24:19.75\00:24:22.12
cleanses from
all unrighteousness."
00:24:22.16\00:24:23.83
Period.
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.73
Doesn't say how many times.
00:24:25.76\00:24:27.33
I mean, I believe,
He has forgiven us.
00:24:27.36\00:24:30.47
And I think,
00:24:30.50\00:24:31.90
our readjusting and
getting back on track says,
00:24:31.93\00:24:38.87
"You know, God,
here we are again.
00:24:38.91\00:24:40.58
Let's try this."
00:24:40.61\00:24:41.94
And as you said, to begin with,
00:24:41.98\00:24:43.31
you know, we feel
unworthy as it is,
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.35
and so we certainly don't
need criticism and judgment
00:24:46.38\00:24:50.29
from our brothers.
00:24:50.32\00:24:51.65
Didn't the
disciples asked that question,
00:24:51.69\00:24:54.32
"How many times"?
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.69
Yeah. Seventy times seven.
00:24:55.72\00:25:00.63
I'm not trying to judge them.
00:25:00.66\00:25:02.00
I think,
they're honest in heart.
00:25:02.03\00:25:03.37
They won't know, maybe
'cause they were so legalistic,
00:25:03.40\00:25:05.77
"How many times," and
what was Jesus' answer?
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.54
Seventy times seven.
00:25:08.57\00:25:10.51
Well, how many will that be?
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.47
Four hundred and ninety.
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.84
It'd be 490.
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.68
And there are probably
people who got their paper out.
00:25:16.71\00:25:20.42
They're tracking it, right?
00:25:20.45\00:25:21.85
In other words,
they can get the point.
00:25:21.88\00:25:23.22
That's right.
00:25:23.25\00:25:24.59
That doesn't make any difference
00:25:24.62\00:25:25.95
of how many times,
you know, as you do it.
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.49
But I think what
we're talking about here
00:25:27.52\00:25:29.12
is more unconverted church.
00:25:29.16\00:25:31.39
So really, instead of condemning
00:25:31.43\00:25:33.96
that person who is
now come to Christ,
00:25:34.00\00:25:36.77
their record in the sight
of heaven is better than ours
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.93
for setting back, and we say,
00:25:39.97\00:25:42.17
"Okay, he's not going last this.
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.04
I bet you, you
know, this doesn't."
00:25:44.07\00:25:45.87
So really it sounds like
00:25:45.91\00:25:47.48
it's a big
problem within the church.
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.34
We both touched on it
00:25:49.38\00:25:50.71
because pride
cometh before the fall.
00:25:50.75\00:25:53.48
And see, you said earlier,
00:25:53.52\00:25:55.28
"They don't look like
us, they don't act like us,
00:25:55.32\00:25:57.32
they don't eat like us,
they don't talk like us."
00:25:57.35\00:25:59.75
It is. True.
00:25:59.79\00:26:01.66
But I really think that,
you know, it comes from study.
00:26:01.69\00:26:05.33
We are not grounding
ourselves in the Word of God
00:26:05.36\00:26:07.90
because when we
begin to do that,
00:26:07.93\00:26:09.70
we find out that
our very best effort
00:26:09.73\00:26:13.13
is as a filthy rag, a filthy...
00:26:13.17\00:26:15.80
I mean, how many of
you would take a bath
00:26:15.84\00:26:18.17
with a filthy dirty rag?
00:26:18.21\00:26:20.01
Maybe you've been cleaning
your carburetor out with it,
00:26:20.04\00:26:22.21
you know?
00:26:22.24\00:26:23.58
That's your very best work.
00:26:23.61\00:26:25.38
So really, we need
to examine ourselves.
00:26:25.41\00:26:27.78
That's why she
says and the Bible says,
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.92
"We're doing the
work of the enemy."
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.05
And sometimes,
00:26:32.09\00:26:33.42
we do the work of the enemy
and it's not even the truth,
00:26:33.46\00:26:37.23
it's on a tale or a rumor.
00:26:37.26\00:26:41.43
You see, it's
not even the truth.
00:26:41.46\00:26:43.40
She says, "Even
if it is the truth,
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.30
we're not to repeat it."
00:26:45.33\00:26:46.84
It hurts someone's character.
00:26:46.87\00:26:48.20
It will hurt their character,
00:26:48.24\00:26:49.57
and should they try
to come back to Christ?
00:26:49.60\00:26:53.14
This may prevent them
00:26:53.17\00:26:54.74
from actually
making that final decision.
00:26:54.78\00:26:57.18
Go ahead.
00:26:57.21\00:26:58.55
I think, sometimes, we
try to be the Holy Spirit,
00:26:58.58\00:27:00.68
and we try to do
the Holy Spirit's job.
00:27:00.72\00:27:02.25
That's right.
00:27:02.28\00:27:03.62
You know, we try to
force people into submission,
00:27:03.65\00:27:07.79
whereas that's not our job.
00:27:07.82\00:27:10.03
God is perfectly
capable of doing what He does.
00:27:10.06\00:27:13.70
Amen. All we need to do is...
00:27:13.73\00:27:16.16
We are to love people.
00:27:16.20\00:27:17.97
Now that doesn't mean
that we accept sinful behavior,
00:27:18.00\00:27:22.50
but we also
don't stand in judgment
00:27:22.54\00:27:25.37
because when we
look at ourselves
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.41
and take that plank
out of our own eyes,
00:27:27.44\00:27:31.28
then we see that
we are such sinners,
00:27:31.31\00:27:36.79
whether it's overt sin,
you know, that everybody sees,
00:27:36.82\00:27:40.12
or whether it's internal
that nobody really sees,
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.36
God sees it.
00:27:42.39\00:27:43.73
So we have no right
00:27:43.76\00:27:45.09
to stand in judgment of anybody.
00:27:45.13\00:27:46.46
So we are indeed
doing the work of Satan.
00:27:46.49\00:27:48.30
And when you look at it
00:27:48.33\00:27:49.73
from The Great
Controversy perspective,
00:27:49.76\00:27:54.34
you know, the enemy
doesn't want that person
00:27:54.37\00:27:56.74
to come back to church.
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.11
So the enemy is
going to do everything
00:27:58.14\00:28:00.21
he can do to pull them out.
00:28:00.24\00:28:01.68
That's right.
00:28:01.71\00:28:03.04
And one of the biggest reasons
00:28:03.08\00:28:04.78
for people
leaving is other people.
00:28:04.81\00:28:07.58
Oh, yes.
00:28:07.62\00:28:08.95
We are some of the
biggest reasons for losing,
00:28:08.98\00:28:11.92
for lack of
attention in the church.
00:28:11.95\00:28:14.32
That's true.
00:28:14.36\00:28:15.69
One quick story is, years ago,
00:28:15.72\00:28:17.23
Brother Kenny was
doing Revelation seminars,
00:28:17.26\00:28:20.03
a woman in Canada had
been praying for truth.
00:28:20.06\00:28:23.77
And she heard him
preaching and it offended her.
00:28:23.80\00:28:26.74
She'd been agnostic for years
00:28:26.77\00:28:28.40
and became
catholic for many years.
00:28:28.44\00:28:31.24
But suddenly, she
joined a Pentecostal Church,
00:28:31.27\00:28:35.14
given her heart to
the Lord, and was saying,
00:28:35.18\00:28:37.45
"Lord, I just feel like
00:28:37.48\00:28:38.81
we're not keeping
Sunday holy the way we should.
00:28:38.85\00:28:41.62
I'm reading the Bible
00:28:41.65\00:28:43.22
and, you know, You got
to teach me the truth."
00:28:43.25\00:28:45.55
So she says, "At 11 o'clock,
my husband is an engineer,
00:28:45.59\00:28:48.12
and he was
working on his computer.
00:28:48.16\00:28:50.16
And about 11 o'clock,
00:28:50.19\00:28:51.53
I turned on, Brother
Kenny was preaching."
00:28:51.56\00:28:53.63
And she said,
"He hit the Sabbath
00:28:53.66\00:28:55.40
and all these
things," and she said,
00:28:55.43\00:28:57.13
"It really made
me angry. I was like,
00:28:57.17\00:28:59.17
'Well, you know,
00:28:59.20\00:29:00.54
why would he
preach this stuff?'"
00:29:00.57\00:29:01.94
So she said, "I
just turned it off.
00:29:01.97\00:29:04.31
I said, 'Well, I
don't want to hear that.
00:29:04.34\00:29:05.74
We know Sunday is the Sabbath.'
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.54
So she says,
00:29:07.58\00:29:08.91
"After that, I went to
bed and yet I was convicted.
00:29:08.94\00:29:12.11
So I said, 'Lord, if there's
really any truth to this,
00:29:12.15\00:29:14.82
you know, You have to help me.
00:29:14.85\00:29:16.42
The next morning,' she said,
00:29:16.45\00:29:17.79
'I opened my front
door to get my newspaper,
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.16
and there was a book.'"
00:29:20.19\00:29:21.52
Somebody had put on
a Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:29:21.56\00:29:23.89
So she said, "I looked at that.
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.39
And finally said, 'Okay, Lord,
00:29:25.43\00:29:27.43
maybe You're trying
to tell me something.
00:29:27.46\00:29:29.43
I'm going to turn
on that channel again.
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.63
And if they're talking
about the Sabbath and God's law,
00:29:31.67\00:29:35.30
then I'm going to listen
00:29:35.34\00:29:36.67
'cause I'm going
to know it's You.'"
00:29:36.71\00:29:38.11
She said, "As I turned it on,
you, Danny, were sitting there,
00:29:38.14\00:29:41.84
and you said, 'Hello,
and welcome to 3ABN Today.
00:29:41.88\00:29:45.28
We're doing a
special two-hour program
00:29:45.31\00:29:47.75
on the Seventh-day Sabbath.'"
00:29:47.78\00:29:49.22
Oh, wow.
00:29:49.25\00:29:50.59
So she was listening to it,
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.09
she became so
excited, she couldn't wait.
00:29:53.12\00:29:55.62
And after about
six or eight weeks,
00:29:55.66\00:29:57.29
she got her husband
involved, told her two children,
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.16
"We're going to go
visit an Adventist church.
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.30
We're going to this church."
00:30:02.33\00:30:03.67
So she did what any
good Christian would do.
00:30:03.70\00:30:07.04
She said, "I'm dressed up
00:30:07.07\00:30:08.40
because I was a teacher
and a real estate agent,
00:30:08.44\00:30:11.14
and, you know,
00:30:11.17\00:30:12.51
and I wanted to look the best
for God that I've ever looked.
00:30:12.54\00:30:15.61
So I went to my jewelry box,"
00:30:15.64\00:30:16.98
Tim, she said, "I got
my best diamond rings.
00:30:17.01\00:30:19.91
I got my best diamond necklace."
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.52
She said, "I
put my..." and said,
00:30:22.55\00:30:23.89
"I want to present myself to God
00:30:23.92\00:30:26.15
in the best way
that I've ever looked."
00:30:26.19\00:30:27.99
So she said, "I
really decorated myself
00:30:28.02\00:30:30.76
and went to church."
00:30:30.79\00:30:32.13
Said then we noticed
the front rows were empty,
00:30:32.16\00:30:36.50
and so I said, "Maybe
we can go down there."
00:30:36.53\00:30:39.13
"And my husband said,
'Oh, that must be reserved for,
00:30:39.17\00:30:41.34
you know,
somebody in the choir.'"
00:30:41.37\00:30:43.24
But she said, "I asked."
00:30:43.27\00:30:44.61
And they said, "Do you
want to sit on the front?
00:30:44.64\00:30:45.97
Go ahead."
00:30:46.01\00:30:47.34
So she said, "All
during the sermon,
00:30:47.38\00:30:48.78
the preacher was preaching.
00:30:48.81\00:30:50.15
He was saying
these beautiful things
00:30:50.18\00:30:51.61
from the Word of God,
things never heard of."
00:30:51.65\00:30:53.68
And I said, "Praise the
Lord, glory, hallelujah."
00:30:53.72\00:30:56.62
I said, "I never heard a peep."
00:30:56.65\00:30:59.65
She said, "I asked my husband,
00:30:59.69\00:31:01.92
'Is everybody else still here?'"
00:31:01.96\00:31:04.26
He said, "Yeah."
00:31:04.29\00:31:05.63
She said, "Why aren't
they praising the Lord?"
00:31:05.66\00:31:07.43
So she said,
00:31:07.46\00:31:08.80
"At the end of
service, I got up.
00:31:08.83\00:31:10.70
I want to go talk to
the pastor and tell him,
00:31:10.73\00:31:12.97
'This is the first
time I've been to a church.
00:31:13.00\00:31:14.84
It's so great.'"
00:31:14.87\00:31:16.20
She said, "Two
little ladies come,
00:31:16.24\00:31:17.71
older ladies
come down the hallway.
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.14
One of them said,
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.11
'Excuse me, ma'am,
00:31:22.14\00:31:23.48
are you going to come
back to church anymore here?'"
00:31:23.51\00:31:26.72
And she said, "Oh,
yes. Praise the Lord."
00:31:26.75\00:31:29.08
She said,
00:31:29.12\00:31:30.45
"We don't wear
jewelry in our church."
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.95
So she said,
00:31:31.99\00:31:33.32
"You need to know that
if you are coming back..."
00:31:33.36\00:31:35.46
And she said that,
00:31:35.49\00:31:37.53
"I just looked at her
00:31:37.56\00:31:38.89
'cause I thought I was
doing the best for God."
00:31:38.93\00:31:41.76
And she said,
the other lady said,
00:31:41.80\00:31:44.87
"Oh, don't listen to her."
00:31:44.90\00:31:47.14
She said, "Don't listen to her."
00:31:47.17\00:31:48.60
She said,
00:31:48.64\00:31:49.97
"And as far as you
raised your hands and all that,"
00:31:50.01\00:31:52.84
she said, "We don't
praise God in this church."
00:31:52.87\00:31:56.21
It's not what she meant we
don't praise God like that,
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.08
but the things
she said, the truth,
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.92
we will praise
God in this church.
00:32:00.95\00:32:02.82
So as she was
walking away, the lady said,
00:32:02.85\00:32:06.12
the two couples, one said,
00:32:06.15\00:32:07.86
"You shouldn't
have been so hard on her
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.69
'cause don't worry about her.
00:32:09.72\00:32:11.06
After she's here a while,
she'll be like the rest of us."
00:32:11.09\00:32:14.30
And the lady said,
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.66
"I thought to
myself, I hope not.
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.93
I hope not."
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.30
Years later, she's
still going to church,
00:32:19.33\00:32:21.34
still praising, raising hands,
and still praising the Lord.
00:32:21.37\00:32:24.31
Amen. That's good.
00:32:24.34\00:32:25.87
And, you know, but
that's how we are sometimes.
00:32:25.91\00:32:27.78
Well, sadly,
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.14
that's how many of us
were raised in churches
00:32:29.18\00:32:31.35
that were basically
spiritually dead, you know?
00:32:31.38\00:32:34.88
I can remember
sitting there many times
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.82
and saying amen and
wanting raise my hand,
00:32:36.85\00:32:39.39
I feel the Holy
Spirit, you'd want to...
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.32
but you'd be afraid
you'd be the only one doing it.
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.86
You know, and it
wasn't till years later,
00:32:43.89\00:32:45.69
I'm reading, God
inhabits our praises,
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.56
you know?
00:32:48.60\00:32:49.93
And when it comes from a heart,
00:32:49.96\00:32:51.80
a heart that's being
moved by the Spirit of God,
00:32:51.83\00:32:54.60
it's real, it's not a put on.
00:32:54.64\00:32:56.44
I know that we have places
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.74
where they learn to
do some of these things
00:32:58.77\00:33:00.78
to try to get
the people excited.
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.51
But when it's
real, God loves it.
00:33:02.54\00:33:04.85
And we need not hold back.
00:33:04.88\00:33:07.22
Some of the most
beautiful meetings
00:33:07.25\00:33:08.78
that we've ever had or where
people were coming hungering
00:33:08.82\00:33:11.39
and thirsting for righteousness,
00:33:11.42\00:33:13.79
and they're crying
out, and they're raising,
00:33:13.82\00:33:15.96
they're wanting to somehow
grab God's hand as it were.
00:33:15.99\00:33:20.00
You know, and you
see the Holy Spirit
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.33
really working those areas.
00:33:22.36\00:33:24.43
And I'm so thankful.
00:33:24.47\00:33:26.03
But they were doing
the work of the enemy,
00:33:26.07\00:33:29.04
just exactly what we read.
00:33:29.07\00:33:30.71
You had an experience...
00:33:30.74\00:33:32.44
I don't know if
you both were there
00:33:32.47\00:33:33.81
when your cousin came in
00:33:33.84\00:33:35.18
after she'd been
gone for a long time,
00:33:35.21\00:33:36.61
and she came in
00:33:36.64\00:33:37.98
with a bunch of
stuff in the local church.
00:33:38.01\00:33:39.85
Been out in the world a
long time and decided...
00:33:39.88\00:33:43.92
Her one big question was,
00:33:43.95\00:33:46.55
"Have I
offended the Holy Spirit?
00:33:46.59\00:33:48.62
Have I rejected
the Holy Spirit?"
00:33:48.66\00:33:50.39
'Cause she heard about
that in her younger years
00:33:50.43\00:33:52.56
and been gone for so long.
00:33:52.59\00:33:53.93
And so, anyway,
00:33:53.96\00:33:55.30
she was still troubled about it,
00:33:55.33\00:33:56.67
so she wanted to come
and ask the question that,
00:33:56.70\00:33:58.43
"Wait,
00:33:58.47\00:33:59.80
is it possible I've
committed the unpardonable sin?"
00:33:59.83\00:34:02.94
So anyhow,
00:34:02.97\00:34:04.31
she got all dressed
up and want to look good,
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.64
came in the last
doors, just open the doors,
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.54
and one of the
deacons were standing there,
00:34:09.58\00:34:11.75
and she had a lot of
jewelry, lot of things on.
00:34:11.78\00:34:14.12
And he looked and he said,
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.48
"Well, I'm glad to see
that you're here today."
00:34:15.52\00:34:17.05
He said, "I hope you
don't fall in the creek,
00:34:17.09\00:34:18.42
you'll ground with
all that stuff on."
00:34:18.45\00:34:21.89
She turned right around,
00:34:21.92\00:34:23.26
walked out the
door as far as I know
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.99
and is never been back again.
00:34:25.03\00:34:26.90
This is what we
don't want to do,
00:34:26.93\00:34:28.46
we want to rejoice.
00:34:28.50\00:34:29.86
Jesus says, "Come as you are."
00:34:29.90\00:34:31.57
That's right. Praise the Lord.
00:34:31.60\00:34:33.74
You got something on your heart
I can just feel a little here.
00:34:33.77\00:34:35.94
You've been awful quiet,
but I know that it's there.
00:34:35.97\00:34:38.51
Let us have it.
00:34:38.54\00:34:40.01
So one of the
stories that I thought about
00:34:40.04\00:34:43.28
and it talked
about the prodigal son.
00:34:45.45\00:34:47.08
Go on.
00:34:47.12\00:34:48.45
And you look, you
consider that story how,
00:34:48.48\00:34:52.75
you know,
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.39
we've all been in a
place where we go down a road
00:34:54.42\00:34:57.56
and we find out that
this is not the best road.
00:34:57.59\00:35:00.86
So we turn
around, and we come back,
00:35:00.90\00:35:03.47
but then we have
people judging us.
00:35:03.50\00:35:05.87
And, you know,
00:35:05.90\00:35:07.24
this is our
experience with the Lord
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.37
that people don't understand
00:35:09.40\00:35:10.74
and they assume
and they say things.
00:35:10.77\00:35:13.24
But what's interesting is
00:35:13.27\00:35:15.01
the brother who is
seeing his brother come back
00:35:15.04\00:35:19.01
and the party
going on, you know,
00:35:19.05\00:35:21.92
I sometimes see our
churches or even our family,
00:35:21.95\00:35:26.89
they feel like, why be
happy, you know, it's...
00:35:26.92\00:35:33.13
They did this,
00:35:33.16\00:35:34.50
they're almost as jealous
that they did these things.
00:35:34.53\00:35:37.27
But when we
should be really happy
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.23
that they have
come back to Jesus
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.54
and the relationship
has grown to another level.
00:35:41.57\00:35:45.81
But sometimes, we
look at other things
00:35:45.84\00:35:48.44
instead of what
is the real reason.
00:35:48.48\00:35:51.55
We are here to encourage others,
00:35:51.58\00:35:54.72
to build God's kingdom,
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.75
to increase heaven,
and praise the Lord.
00:35:56.79\00:36:00.76
And sometimes,
00:36:00.79\00:36:02.12
I think these other things
we kind of get wrapped up in,
00:36:02.16\00:36:06.09
but, you know, praise the Lord
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.03
that He's willing to forgive us
00:36:08.06\00:36:10.47
even though we've gone
places we shouldn't have
00:36:10.50\00:36:12.83
or done things
we shouldn't have,
00:36:12.87\00:36:14.20
but there is hope
that Jesus accepts us
00:36:14.24\00:36:18.94
and that we're able
to go to that next level.
00:36:18.97\00:36:21.21
I look at it,
00:36:21.24\00:36:22.58
it's kind of like
climbing a ladder.
00:36:22.61\00:36:25.41
You know, a
ladder has lots of rungs.
00:36:25.45\00:36:27.92
And as we grow in our
relationship with Jesus,
00:36:27.95\00:36:30.45
we go and climb.
00:36:30.49\00:36:32.72
But every once in a
while, we trip, but we fall.
00:36:32.75\00:36:35.76
But as long as we hold on
00:36:35.79\00:36:37.89
and go to that next
level and focus on Jesus...
00:36:37.93\00:36:40.90
Amen. Amen.
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.26
We'll get to that where
the Lord wants us to be.
00:36:42.30\00:36:45.47
So I praise the
Lord. That's right.
00:36:45.50\00:36:46.97
Get back on the mark. Amen.
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.34
That's exciting. It is exciting.
00:36:48.37\00:36:49.70
That's why it's important
00:36:49.74\00:36:51.07
we learn to develop a
relationship with Jesus
00:36:51.11\00:36:53.27
so that we're not so distracted
by what people think about us.
00:36:53.31\00:36:57.15
So we want people to...
00:36:57.18\00:36:59.08
When you come back to the
Lord to you do your own study,
00:36:59.11\00:37:02.82
you do your own prayer,
00:37:02.85\00:37:04.59
and, you know,
God will lead you.
00:37:04.62\00:37:07.79
He brought you, He
was seeking after you,
00:37:07.82\00:37:09.16
He found you, you find Him.
00:37:09.19\00:37:11.39
You got an open heart.
00:37:11.43\00:37:12.76
So now it's between you and God.
00:37:12.79\00:37:14.66
And that way,
00:37:14.70\00:37:16.03
we can't blame when
you go to heaven though,
00:37:16.06\00:37:17.97
we can't really say,
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.33
"Well, Lord, I would have done,
00:37:19.37\00:37:20.70
but these people in
church treated me badly."
00:37:20.74\00:37:23.37
It's still the
choice. That's right.
00:37:23.41\00:37:25.11
But when you're
young in the Lord
00:37:25.14\00:37:27.38
and you're young there,
00:37:27.41\00:37:29.21
I think those of
us will be responsible
00:37:29.24\00:37:32.25
who are
discouraging others here,
00:37:32.28\00:37:35.18
that's gonna be
something we have to answer to.
00:37:35.22\00:37:37.52
But each one,
00:37:37.55\00:37:38.89
as we develop our own
relationship with the Lord,
00:37:38.92\00:37:41.82
then I'm gonna say
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.76
your skin gets
tougher, gets harder,
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.26
so darts begin to throw.
00:37:46.29\00:37:47.73
And when you're in
ministry, every one of you are,
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.50
there's not one of you
00:37:50.53\00:37:51.87
that hasn't had
darts throwing at you
00:37:51.90\00:37:53.97
that you think is unfair.
00:37:54.00\00:37:56.30
And one time, I had
something written about me.
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.44
In fact, just this
week on the internet,
00:37:58.47\00:38:01.34
somebody was saying...
00:38:01.38\00:38:03.24
They made out this
cry to Danny Shelton
00:38:03.28\00:38:07.15
and challenged something I said.
00:38:07.18\00:38:08.85
They agreed with it,
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.22
but said, "Well,
others in your church don't.
00:38:10.25\00:38:12.72
What's going on?"
00:38:12.75\00:38:14.09
I'm like, "Why somebody...
00:38:14.12\00:38:15.46
Why didn't you just write me?
00:38:15.49\00:38:16.83
You know, what are you doing?"
00:38:16.86\00:38:18.19
So they're
throwing these stones.
00:38:18.23\00:38:19.66
And one time, somebody was...
00:38:19.69\00:38:21.73
and written some
things that were not true.
00:38:21.76\00:38:24.07
I was afraid it would
hurt the ministry, so I said,
00:38:24.10\00:38:26.77
"I'm gonna write a
letter and put in our newsletter
00:38:26.80\00:38:29.90
that this is not true.
00:38:29.94\00:38:31.27
Someone had said,
00:38:31.31\00:38:32.64
"Well, 3ABN is no longer giving
the Three Angel's Messages.
00:38:32.67\00:38:36.34
They're giving
now that conference,
00:38:36.38\00:38:38.41
they've gone under
control of the church,
00:38:38.45\00:38:41.22
which in our case,
00:38:41.25\00:38:42.68
we're not talking good or bad.
00:38:42.72\00:38:44.05
We're just saying
the Lord had called us,
00:38:44.09\00:38:45.89
but we hadn't done that.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.36
We hadn't signed anything
00:38:47.39\00:38:49.22
to give the
ministry to the church.
00:38:49.26\00:38:51.23
So I said, "All right, I
need to really write this
00:38:51.26\00:38:53.66
'cause this is...
people will misunderstand."
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.83
So I was really writing away
to get it in the newsletter,
00:38:56.87\00:39:00.74
couldn't get there
fast enough, right,
00:39:00.77\00:39:03.07
to straighten all
this out 'cause I said,
00:39:03.10\00:39:05.17
"Lord, this is just not true,
00:39:05.21\00:39:06.68
and then they accuse me of
some things that wasn't true."
00:39:06.71\00:39:08.81
I said, "I'm not guilty."
00:39:08.84\00:39:10.61
And the Lord said
something really shocked me,
00:39:10.65\00:39:13.01
I was impressed, "Yes, you are."
00:39:13.05\00:39:15.25
And I said, "No, but
I'm not." I didn't...
00:39:15.28\00:39:17.95
I'm like,
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.32
"Where did that
thought come from?
00:39:19.35\00:39:20.69
I'm not guilty.
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.06
I didn't do any of
those things that they said.
00:39:22.09\00:39:24.39
This isn't
true. I'm not guilty."
00:39:24.43\00:39:28.40
And again, the Lord
said, "Yes, you are.
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.13
You may not be guilty of that,
00:39:31.17\00:39:32.93
but you're guilty
of being a center.
00:39:32.97\00:39:34.94
And you say you
trust Me to be your judge,
00:39:34.97\00:39:38.57
to be your brother,
to be your advocate,
00:39:38.61\00:39:41.28
but you only do it when
you think that is necessary,
00:39:41.31\00:39:44.45
then really, I'm
not your advocate,
00:39:44.48\00:39:45.98
I'm not your brother.
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.35
You really don't depend on Me.
00:39:47.38\00:39:48.72
If you're depending on Me,
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.75
if I'm your defender,
00:39:50.79\00:39:52.75
then you're a
sinner saved by grace."
00:39:52.79\00:39:55.59
So it doesn't make
any difference what it is.
00:39:55.62\00:39:58.56
We sometimes will say,
00:39:58.59\00:39:59.93
"Thank you, Lord,
00:39:59.96\00:40:01.30
for You took
care of this problem."
00:40:01.33\00:40:02.76
Another one comes up, we say,
00:40:02.80\00:40:04.13
"Okay, I've had it with that.
I'm gonna really, you know..."
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.97
So the Lord was telling me,
00:40:07.00\00:40:08.60
"You know what,
don't worry about that."
00:40:08.64\00:40:11.11
Exodus 14:14, "Let
me fight Your battle."
00:40:11.14\00:40:13.88
So I backed away from it,
00:40:13.91\00:40:15.71
literally waded the
paper up and threw it in,
00:40:15.74\00:40:18.21
and the Lord took care of it.
00:40:18.25\00:40:19.98
And here we are years later,
00:40:20.02\00:40:21.35
3ABN still going
forward, still growing,
00:40:21.38\00:40:24.02
but it's a
learning process for sure.
00:40:24.05\00:40:25.75
It is. It is.
00:40:25.79\00:40:27.12
That we are all guilty,
00:40:27.16\00:40:28.49
so how can we judge
others who are coming in
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.13
because sometimes seasoned
Christians church goers,
00:40:31.16\00:40:34.53
I should say,
00:40:34.56\00:40:35.90
I don't know if I want
to use the word Christians,
00:40:35.93\00:40:37.53
we're just better
at hiding our sins
00:40:37.57\00:40:39.77
than maybe
someone new coming in.
00:40:39.80\00:40:41.87
And so we want to sit and judge
because somebody doesn't see,
00:40:41.90\00:40:45.77
you know, us,
00:40:45.81\00:40:47.14
but we think we have
a right to judge others
00:40:47.18\00:40:48.84
which distracts from us to them.
00:40:48.88\00:40:51.28
But God knows. Amen.
00:40:51.31\00:40:52.88
You know, that's so
important what he just said
00:40:52.91\00:40:55.68
'cause sometimes the babies
00:40:55.72\00:40:58.25
are really more
spiritually grounded
00:40:58.29\00:41:00.76
than those of us that
may have been in the church
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.99
for many years are.
00:41:03.02\00:41:04.49
And I know, I was
thinking of a story of a man
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.53
that you both know
and have worked with.
00:41:06.56\00:41:09.46
And before he came to Christ,
he was part of Hell's Angels.
00:41:09.50\00:41:13.60
I know some of you...
00:41:13.64\00:41:14.97
I think they're still
around, that motor cycle group,
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.51
but I mean, back,
what, in the '80s,
00:41:17.54\00:41:19.61
they were really
making headline news
00:41:19.64\00:41:21.64
because they were doing
horrible, horrible things.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.68
And you came across this
man, and long story short,
00:41:24.71\00:41:29.02
he worked here for many
years after he was converted.
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.82
But long story short,
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.19
he was in prayer
meeting one night,
00:41:33.22\00:41:34.59
and I've just got
this second-handed,
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.09
you may want to jump in
at any time and help me here.
00:41:36.12\00:41:39.09
You're doing good.
00:41:39.13\00:41:40.93
But he was testifying
00:41:40.96\00:41:42.76
and saying
something in the church,
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.50
and another church
member stood up and said,
00:41:44.53\00:41:47.00
"You have no right
to speak like that.
00:41:47.04\00:41:49.00
Look at all of the
things that you've done.
00:41:49.04\00:41:51.11
You should not even be here."
00:41:51.14\00:41:53.41
and he stood up and he said,
00:41:53.44\00:41:55.04
"I have no idea what
you're talking about.
00:41:55.08\00:41:56.58
I was just born..." what was it?
00:41:56.61\00:41:58.25
Six months. Six months.
00:41:58.28\00:41:59.61
He said, "I'm just
six-month-old baby,
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
how could I've done
all of those things?"
00:42:01.02\00:42:03.35
That's right.
00:42:03.39\00:42:05.19
Put him to fight,
00:42:05.22\00:42:06.55
put the enemy to
flight with all of that.
00:42:06.59\00:42:08.62
No one could say anything
else, he just simply said,
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.63
"I'm only six
months old in Christ.
00:42:10.66\00:42:12.29
How could a six-month-old baby
have done all these things?"
00:42:12.33\00:42:15.10
Behold, all things are made new.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.90
That is powerful, powerful.
00:42:16.93\00:42:19.80
I know we started
the new year with...
00:42:19.83\00:42:22.77
Yeah, the Lord's Supper,
and it's just so wonderful
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.31
that you can
partake of His body.
00:42:25.34\00:42:27.81
You can go back
and partake of His,
00:42:27.84\00:42:30.11
you know, a symbol of His blood
00:42:30.15\00:42:32.08
and know that His
blood is covering us.
00:42:32.11\00:42:34.62
We're born
again. We're born anew.
00:42:34.65\00:42:36.69
It's so beautiful.
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.05
We're just bathed
00:42:38.09\00:42:39.42
and we really need to
be bathed every day, right?
00:42:39.45\00:42:41.56
Really, when we wake up,
00:42:41.59\00:42:42.92
we need to be a
fresh baby every day.
00:42:42.96\00:42:45.99
We shouldn't miss the point that
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.73
that doesn't always happen.
00:42:47.76\00:42:49.70
No.
00:42:49.73\00:42:51.07
We got some wonderful
churches, wonderful groups.
00:42:51.10\00:42:52.57
And if people
come in and every day
00:42:52.60\00:42:54.10
we get these
great reports of people
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.30
watching or listening to
3ABN, going into churches,
00:42:56.34\00:42:59.54
and the people loving them in.
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.64
We're just
talking about in general
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.38
for those of us that
claim to be God's church
00:43:03.41\00:43:07.25
that we really should,
00:43:07.28\00:43:09.28
first of all, we need to submit
00:43:09.32\00:43:11.09
and commit our
own lives to the Lord,
00:43:11.12\00:43:13.32
and then understand that
00:43:13.36\00:43:14.79
that soul is a soul
that Jesus died for,
00:43:14.82\00:43:18.29
no matter what they look like.
00:43:18.33\00:43:19.66
And I love it.
00:43:19.69\00:43:21.03
It was Larry that
said it and he came.
00:43:21.06\00:43:24.20
And the first
time he came to church,
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.07
it's interesting, empty seats.
00:43:26.10\00:43:27.90
How many of your churches,
the first rows are empty.
00:43:27.94\00:43:31.07
But he came in and
then pretty good sized guy,
00:43:31.11\00:43:34.04
had his jeans, his boots,
and his wallet with the chain,
00:43:34.08\00:43:37.48
you know, the
whole suit to match,
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.41
the big beard, long
hair and the ponytail,
00:43:39.45\00:43:43.15
you know, walking like
this, and guess where he came,
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.45
he went right in, sat
right down the front row,
00:43:45.49\00:43:48.16
right there and listened.
00:43:48.19\00:43:49.52
And people are
like, "Who is he?"
00:43:49.56\00:43:51.39
I doubt a lot of
people could tell you
00:43:51.43\00:43:54.43
what the sermon is about
'cause they were just like,
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.10
"What's this guy
doing here at our church?"
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.07
As rough as he looked,
you know, what's he doing?
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.64
But, you know,
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.00
how we praise the Lord for that,
00:44:02.04\00:44:03.64
not that we're
just good Christian...
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.11
At that time, we saw it
and saw someone coming in
00:44:05.14\00:44:07.94
that was searching for Jesus,
00:44:07.98\00:44:10.65
and that's what
you were reading there
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.01
in the Book of Luke while ago,
00:44:12.05\00:44:13.92
there's just
three quick examples.
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.58
This is how we should do.
00:44:15.62\00:44:16.95
We've talked about it,
00:44:16.99\00:44:18.32
we've experienced
00:44:18.35\00:44:19.69
some of these
things with individuals,
00:44:19.72\00:44:21.22
you know, in our own lives.
00:44:21.26\00:44:22.89
Maybe we've been guilty
at one time or the other.
00:44:22.92\00:44:24.96
But here's what the Bible
says about how we should respond
00:44:24.99\00:44:28.93
to someone coming in to the fold
00:44:28.96\00:44:31.27
or maybe has left the fold,
00:44:31.30\00:44:32.93
and is coming back to the fold.
00:44:32.97\00:44:34.90
And first one is in
Luke 15, the lost sheep
00:44:34.94\00:44:37.67
that you're
talking about a while ago.
00:44:37.71\00:44:39.04
The lost sheep, just two
verses knows what it says.
00:44:39.07\00:44:42.04
It says...
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.41
I'm gonna put on my
glasses on if you don't care.
00:44:43.45\00:44:44.81
Sure. Maybe I
can see for a change.
00:44:44.85\00:44:47.78
Pray for me. You look good.
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.15
Thank you.
00:44:49.18\00:44:51.09
It makes me look almost like,
00:44:51.12\00:44:52.45
"Well, I don't know,
Brother Tim put his on."
00:44:52.49\00:44:54.32
Like we don't...
It's just to see.
00:44:54.36\00:44:57.76
Yvonne put hers on now.
00:44:57.79\00:44:59.13
Bless her well. I wish I had so.
00:44:59.16\00:45:01.10
I think I also want to
prepare, two of you left.
00:45:01.13\00:45:04.13
I know it's only a dollar,
00:45:04.17\00:45:05.50
I get them at
like a dollar again,
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.27
I want to put them on too
00:45:07.30\00:45:08.64
just because I want
to be part of the group.
00:45:08.67\00:45:10.57
Mine was $1.50,
00:45:10.61\00:45:11.94
and I put in my
pocket another pair
00:45:11.97\00:45:13.84
and I tried to pull
them out of my pocket.
00:45:13.88\00:45:15.31
I couldn't get
them with my hand,
00:45:15.34\00:45:16.68
so I tore leg off of it.
00:45:16.71\00:45:19.91
So I picked up the next one
00:45:19.95\00:45:21.28
and it's where it's
$2.75 rather than $1.25.
00:45:21.32\00:45:25.05
So I still see a
little funny. Be careful.
00:45:25.09\00:45:27.32
Just listen to the words of God.
00:45:27.36\00:45:28.69
Somebody help me
if I mispronounce.
00:45:28.72\00:45:30.06
Okay. See a little bit better.
00:45:30.09\00:45:31.59
Verse 6 and 7,
the Bible says here,
00:45:31.63\00:45:33.40
notice about the lost sheep.
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.13
Remember, this
is how we handle it,
00:45:35.16\00:45:36.87
not how the church handles
it, not how individual...
00:45:36.90\00:45:39.10
We want it done or how
we think it ought to be.
00:45:39.13\00:45:41.64
Here's what happened, verse 6.
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.44
"And when he cometh home,"
00:45:43.47\00:45:44.81
I like that start
with the lost sheep.
00:45:44.84\00:45:47.64
"He calleth together
his friends and his neighbor
00:45:47.68\00:45:50.05
saying unto
them, "Rejoice with me,
00:45:50.08\00:45:52.51
for I have found my
sheep which was lost."
00:45:52.55\00:45:55.68
We know, that's
what... Think about it.
00:45:55.72\00:45:57.05
When you come home,
00:45:57.09\00:45:58.42
he just didn't
rejoice by himself.
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.79
He said, he wanted the
family, he wanted the friends,
00:45:59.82\00:46:01.62
he wanted the neighbors.
00:46:01.66\00:46:02.99
Everybody have a get-together
and we're gonna rejoice,
00:46:03.02\00:46:05.19
because I found
this one lost sheep.
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.30
Notice, "I say unto you,
that likewise shall joy."
00:46:07.33\00:46:11.03
Notice this.
00:46:11.07\00:46:12.50
"Joy shall be in heaven
over one sinner that repenteth
00:46:12.53\00:46:16.07
more than over the
90 and 9 just persons?
00:46:16.10\00:46:19.01
which need no repentance."
00:46:19.04\00:46:20.68
So I look at this one.
00:46:20.71\00:46:22.04
I say, "God, help
me to be like this.
00:46:22.08\00:46:23.65
I need help a bit
because sometime, I'm quick.
00:46:23.68\00:46:26.38
Sometime I'll
look at something."
00:46:26.41\00:46:27.75
You make a judgment real
quick, but just there's...
00:46:27.78\00:46:30.55
Heaven rejoices.
00:46:30.59\00:46:32.52
Heaven knows the
outcome of what that person
00:46:32.55\00:46:34.56
we mentioned while
ago in the future may do.
00:46:34.59\00:46:38.29
But they're not saying,
"Well, ten years down the road,
00:46:38.33\00:46:40.30
they're going
to pull this thing.
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.76
Didn't say, they rejoice
right then and right there
00:46:41.80\00:46:44.07
over that one
sinner that came back.
00:46:44.10\00:46:46.10
The lost coin follows that up.
00:46:46.13\00:46:48.14
There's two verses there
that says what we need to do.
00:46:48.17\00:46:50.77
Now notice Luke 15:9 and 10.
00:46:50.81\00:46:54.08
"And when she
had found it," hat?
00:46:54.11\00:46:55.98
"The lost coin,
00:46:56.01\00:46:57.35
she called her
friends again and her," what?
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.81
"Her neighbors together,
saying, rejoice with me,
00:46:59.85\00:47:03.02
for I have found the
piece which I had lost."
00:47:03.05\00:47:06.79
Rejoice
00:47:06.82\00:47:08.16
"Likewise, I say unto
you, there's joy," where?
00:47:08.19\00:47:10.86
"In the presence
of the angels of God
00:47:10.89\00:47:13.26
over one sinner that repenteth."
00:47:13.29\00:47:15.63
So over and over, even
in different parables here,
00:47:15.66\00:47:18.17
the bottom line
is, we had something,
00:47:18.20\00:47:20.70
we lost it, now it's
found, call the family,
00:47:20.74\00:47:24.11
call the friends,
call the preacher,
00:47:24.14\00:47:26.34
call the piano
player, call the musician,
00:47:26.37\00:47:28.54
call the singers, call
somebody to make lunch.
00:47:28.58\00:47:31.51
Yeah, get the
cater set up the meal
00:47:31.55\00:47:32.98
because we are going
to have some good time,
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.75
we're gonna rejoice.
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.12
We may eat, we
may sing, we may cry,
00:47:37.15\00:47:39.65
but we're going to rejoice
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.02
because that's what heaven says.
00:47:41.06\00:47:42.39
Do rather say,
"Well, I don't know
00:47:42.42\00:47:43.76
if you could really do that."
00:47:43.79\00:47:45.13
And then you did so
well on the prodigal son.
00:47:45.16\00:47:46.80
I just want to read
one verse, that's 32,
00:47:46.83\00:47:49.10
if what happened to
prodigal son, it said,
00:47:49.13\00:47:51.33
"It was meet that
we should make merry
00:47:51.37\00:47:54.37
and be glad.
00:47:54.40\00:47:56.07
For this night,
brother was," whoo,
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.37
"was dead and he's," what?
00:47:58.41\00:48:00.78
"He's alive again. He
was lost and he's found."
00:48:00.81\00:48:04.11
You couldn't get
any deeper and dirtier
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.92
than this guy had been.
00:48:06.95\00:48:08.28
And it says, "But this is
good that you'd be merry."
00:48:08.32\00:48:10.89
This is good that you're
glad. I'm glad you're happy.
00:48:10.92\00:48:12.95
I'm glad you're
setting up that table.
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.72
I'm glad you're
inviting the friends
00:48:14.76\00:48:16.69
because, what?
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.06
This brother was there.
00:48:18.09\00:48:19.43
Well, I don't know
about that brother.
00:48:19.46\00:48:20.80
He's had a lot of saves.
00:48:20.83\00:48:22.16
That's not what the Bible said.
00:48:22.20\00:48:23.53
The Bible said
the brother was dead.
00:48:23.57\00:48:25.40
He was dead in what?
In trespasses and sins.
00:48:25.43\00:48:29.10
His life was in total
mess until he found Jesus.
00:48:29.14\00:48:32.77
He found Jesus and he
said, "Now, he's alive again."
00:48:32.81\00:48:36.28
Praise God.
00:48:36.31\00:48:37.65
May I encourage you
quickly as you're studying,
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.68
and I know you're
rejoicing with us here
00:48:39.71\00:48:41.45
because I sense that
your table's rejoicing,
00:48:41.48\00:48:44.52
we're rejoicing
00:48:44.55\00:48:45.89
because we either
been in that position,
00:48:45.92\00:48:47.69
or we know people
that's been in that
00:48:47.72\00:48:49.09
and maybe many times,
that when you're found
00:48:49.12\00:48:51.63
and you realize
you have life again
00:48:51.66\00:48:53.40
that you were
dead as a mackerel.
00:48:53.43\00:48:54.90
Yes. There you go.
00:48:54.93\00:48:56.26
All right.
There's no life in you.
00:48:56.30\00:48:57.63
You're a fish out of water,
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.00
that Jesus came
back into your heart.
00:48:59.03\00:49:00.64
Somebody may
have just done this.
00:49:00.67\00:49:04.41
That's all that it took.
00:49:04.44\00:49:05.81
It's just a pat on
the back or sometime, nod.
00:49:05.84\00:49:07.81
Somebody be sweet to you,
somebody just nod and say,
00:49:07.84\00:49:10.21
"We're praying
for you, brother."
00:49:10.25\00:49:11.58
It's all that would
take. And now he was like,
00:49:11.61\00:49:13.25
"He was lost but he's found."
00:49:13.28\00:49:15.12
Now he's found.
00:49:15.15\00:49:16.48
To me, this what
this lesson is all about
00:49:16.52\00:49:18.22
is he's found because...
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.59
What's the title of it?
00:49:19.62\00:49:20.96
When heaven calls, what?
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.32
Don't hesitate. Don't hesitate.
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.73
Heaven call, you got to
make that decision right now.
00:49:24.76\00:49:27.30
It's got to be made right now.
00:49:27.33\00:49:29.60
I see better if I take
them off at a distance,
00:49:29.63\00:49:31.30
I couldn't even see on there.
00:49:31.33\00:49:33.87
But you know,
the beautiful thing,
00:49:33.90\00:49:35.24
there's not one person here,
00:49:35.27\00:49:36.64
there's not one
person listening at home
00:49:36.67\00:49:39.04
that has not
been that lost sheep.
00:49:39.07\00:49:41.51
We have all been lost.
00:49:41.54\00:49:42.94
And I love this next
part in our lesson today
00:49:42.98\00:49:46.51
because it talks
about, "By the lost sheep,
00:49:46.55\00:49:49.18
Christ represents? not
only the individual sinner
00:49:49.22\00:49:52.65
but the one world
that has apostatized
00:49:52.69\00:49:56.56
and has been ruined by sin.
00:49:56.59\00:49:58.89
This whole world
was his one lost sheep,
00:49:58.93\00:50:02.40
his one lost sheep.
00:50:02.43\00:50:03.80
This world, listen to
this, this was so powerful
00:50:03.83\00:50:07.30
when I really dug into
this and thought about it.
00:50:07.34\00:50:10.91
This world is but an
atom, and the vast demands
00:50:10.94\00:50:15.51
over which God presides, yet,
00:50:15.54\00:50:18.48
this little fallen world,
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.55
this one lost
sheep is more precious,
00:50:20.58\00:50:23.49
more precious in His
sight than are the 90 and 9
00:50:23.52\00:50:27.22
that went not
astray from the world.
00:50:27.26\00:50:29.92
Now an atom,
00:50:29.96\00:50:31.33
have any of you
ever seen an atom.
00:50:31.36\00:50:33.50
We've heard about the atom bomb.
00:50:33.53\00:50:35.63
An atom is so tiny.
00:50:35.66\00:50:38.90
It is one millionth the
size of the largest human hair.
00:50:38.93\00:50:43.67
It's pretty small. Too small.
00:50:43.71\00:50:45.34
And we are but an atom
00:50:45.37\00:50:49.08
and God loved us so much
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.65
that He sent His Son
down to this lost sheep.
00:50:51.68\00:50:57.32
All of heaven was
emptied out. Amazing.
00:50:57.35\00:51:00.66
I mean, an atom, he
could have just said goodbye
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.43
and no one would
have ever missed us.
00:51:03.46\00:51:06.03
No one, we're just that
small, that insignificant,
00:51:06.06\00:51:11.47
but in the sight of
our heavenly Father,
00:51:11.50\00:51:13.27
we're everything.
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.77
He loves us with
an everlasting love.
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.07
And when I thought about
just even the size of an atom,
00:51:18.11\00:51:21.38
just how insignificant
we are, and yet Christ said,
00:51:21.41\00:51:24.05
"If it wasn't
just for one person,
00:51:24.08\00:51:27.08
I would have done everything.
00:51:27.12\00:51:28.45
I would have taken
those stripes for Danny.
00:51:28.48\00:51:31.12
I would have allowed them
to spit on me, to slap on me,
00:51:31.15\00:51:33.56
to put the thorns on my head
00:51:33.59\00:51:36.46
for Brother Tim,
Jason, all of us,
00:51:36.49\00:51:40.63
every one of you at home.
00:51:40.66\00:51:42.56
That's how much heaven loves us.
00:51:42.60\00:51:44.67
You know, we've
been talking about,
00:51:44.70\00:51:46.70
as it were the other brother,
00:51:46.74\00:51:48.97
because many
times we find ourselves
00:51:49.00\00:51:50.87
as the other
brother, "What about me?"
00:51:50.91\00:51:53.27
You know, what
about me? Look at me.
00:51:53.31\00:51:55.21
Why don't I get a fatter cow?
00:51:55.24\00:51:57.55
You know, why
don't I get the praise?"
00:51:57.58\00:51:58.98
Why don't I get the...
But really, who are we?
00:51:59.01\00:52:03.28
That's right.
00:52:03.32\00:52:04.85
We need to recognize...
00:52:04.89\00:52:06.22
That song now you said, saying,
00:52:06.25\00:52:07.86
who am I that a King
should bleed and die for?
00:52:07.89\00:52:11.49
Mercy.
00:52:11.53\00:52:12.86
Just studying might brings
tears to your eyes and say,
00:52:12.89\00:52:14.23
"Who am I that a
King would come down here
00:52:14.26\00:52:16.50
and bleed and die
for someone like me?"
00:52:16.53\00:52:18.63
It's way beyond my thinking.
00:52:18.67\00:52:20.67
But on strive, and I
think we should strive,
00:52:20.70\00:52:22.74
don't you, day by day
to understand it better
00:52:22.77\00:52:26.57
by and by.
00:52:26.61\00:52:27.98
You know what
that Hubble telescope
00:52:28.01\00:52:29.58
he was talking about here?
00:52:29.61\00:52:30.95
I looked at so I
thought, how interesting
00:52:30.98\00:52:32.31
because we talk about galaxies,
we talk about the universe,
00:52:32.35\00:52:34.92
we talk about all these things,
and just quickly right here,
00:52:34.95\00:52:37.09
I thought how interesting it is.
00:52:37.12\00:52:39.39
Light travels at
186,262 miles a second.
00:52:39.42\00:52:46.29
That would mean
that you could go
00:52:46.33\00:52:47.90
around this earth almost
eight times in one second.
00:52:47.93\00:52:50.90
Mercy me.
00:52:50.93\00:52:52.27
That simply means that
when it travels through space
00:52:52.30\00:52:55.00
or it's 670
million miles a second.
00:52:55.04\00:53:01.84
That's unbelievable
when you think about it,
00:53:01.88\00:53:05.85
670 million, think about it.
00:53:05.88\00:53:07.85
I can't even...
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.22
My mind just doesn't
know to comprehend that way.
00:53:09.25\00:53:12.09
And this is what
the Hubble has picked up
00:53:12.12\00:53:13.76
some of these things
so far out into space.
00:53:13.79\00:53:17.43
When I was mentioned that
should have been light years,
00:53:17.46\00:53:20.06
I was talking
about, you remember?
00:53:20.10\00:53:22.63
They judge it in light
years and so we realize
00:53:22.66\00:53:24.87
how light travels
for millions of years
00:53:24.90\00:53:27.10
before it ever gets here.
00:53:27.14\00:53:28.47
How big is God?
00:53:28.50\00:53:29.84
Yeah. Really.
00:53:29.87\00:53:31.21
You think about, how big is God?
00:53:31.24\00:53:32.57
Really, yes.
00:53:32.61\00:53:34.18
To think about how
that light travels,
00:53:34.21\00:53:35.94
and if it travels that
fast, you think about it
00:53:35.98\00:53:38.51
because there's
galaxies that are what?
00:53:38.55\00:53:40.68
They're billions of light years.
00:53:40.72\00:53:43.75
So I didn't really
have a computer or anything.
00:53:43.79\00:53:46.22
I think it go about billions
00:53:46.25\00:53:48.09
and times that
times 186,200 seconds.
00:53:48.12\00:53:52.93
But think what that would be.
00:53:52.96\00:53:54.66
How interesting!
That's big, God's big.
00:53:54.70\00:53:56.60
And how big is His love? Yeah.
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.20
Bigger than that.
How big is His love?
00:53:59.23\00:54:00.57
Endless.
00:54:00.60\00:54:01.94
How big is God, how big
and wide His vast domain
00:54:01.97\00:54:04.44
to try to tell
this tongue can only,
00:54:04.47\00:54:07.21
what is it, start?
00:54:07.24\00:54:09.04
He's big enough to
rule the mighty universe,
00:54:09.08\00:54:11.75
yet small enough to
live within our hearts.
00:54:11.78\00:54:14.78
So one part, I would
like to bring out quickly is,
00:54:14.82\00:54:17.95
that we as Christians should be,
00:54:17.99\00:54:20.96
when we represent
Jesus, looking for that lost.
00:54:20.99\00:54:24.29
So I have to
admit, they say, you know,
00:54:24.33\00:54:28.16
confession is good for the
soul and hard on the reputation.
00:54:28.20\00:54:31.73
Brother Kenny, tell me
when in the lumberyard,
00:54:31.77\00:54:33.77
we're building
houses that he met this guy,
00:54:33.80\00:54:36.64
really rough guy
and was witnessing
00:54:36.67\00:54:38.97
to the lumberyard managers.
00:54:39.01\00:54:41.04
When this guy was just
in there doing drywall,
00:54:41.08\00:54:43.35
picking up some stuff,
rough looking character.
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He said, "You got to meet him."
00:54:47.02\00:54:49.08
I went in lumberyard week
or two later, met the guy.
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And I said,
00:54:52.49\00:54:53.82
"This guy I would not
want to meet him in an alley."
00:54:53.86\00:54:56.22
He's Harley rider
00:54:56.26\00:54:57.59
and did all the
things you would expect.
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And then within weeks,
00:55:00.06\00:55:01.40
Kenny got him
by saying something
00:55:01.43\00:55:03.37
about being a Christian
00:55:03.40\00:55:04.73
and he butted in the
conversation and said,
00:55:04.77\00:55:06.50
"Well, if there's a God,
00:55:06.53\00:55:07.97
then why would he
burn people forever?
00:55:08.00\00:55:10.14
Tell me why God
burns?" Kenny said,
00:55:10.17\00:55:11.84
"Well, He doesn't.
00:55:11.87\00:55:13.21
You know, and he
said, "What? He doesn't?"
00:55:13.24\00:55:15.38
Well, he was raised in a church,
00:55:15.41\00:55:16.75
he left when he
was 12 years old,
00:55:16.78\00:55:18.11
never go back.
00:55:18.15\00:55:19.48
He said, "I
wouldn't serve a God."
00:55:19.51\00:55:20.85
But the story is
that Kenny invited him
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to his home for Bible
Studies, and he said to me,
00:55:24.02\00:55:26.69
"You don't invite
him to you know...
00:55:26.72\00:55:28.56
Let's invite he and his wife
00:55:28.59\00:55:30.13
to my house or
your house and I said,
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.23
"Let's do it your house."
00:55:32.26\00:55:35.46
I mean, really, if
it had been up to me,
00:55:35.50\00:55:37.13
he may have never been reached
00:55:37.17\00:55:38.50
because I was looking
on the outward appearance,
00:55:38.53\00:55:41.50
but Kenny said, "Oh,
he can come to my house."
00:55:41.54\00:55:43.00
He was a man
that I really believe
00:55:43.04\00:55:45.34
that God called
in a very special way
00:55:45.37\00:55:48.48
because that day,
00:55:48.51\00:55:49.84
as he was
standing there at the desk,
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.21
as you well know,
where he was standing,
00:55:51.25\00:55:52.58
the way that he looked,
I was going out the door,
00:55:52.61\00:55:55.32
the front door at that time,
00:55:55.35\00:55:56.69
not the side
one, the front door.
00:55:56.72\00:55:58.05
And a voice, it's like
almost clear as crystal,
00:55:58.09\00:56:00.02
said, "Go in there
00:56:00.06\00:56:01.39
and introduce
yourself to this man."
00:56:01.42\00:56:03.26
And I said, "You haven't
looked at his face evidently.
00:56:03.29\00:56:05.76
I'm not about to go
and introduce myself."
00:56:05.79\00:56:08.50
And I shut the
door and went out.
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And it's like the
Lord said, "You go back
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and introduce
yourself to the man."
00:56:11.27\00:56:12.97
I said, "Yes, Lord, I
will." So I went back and do it.
00:56:13.00\00:56:15.10
And then... Well, sometime,
you just kind of make it...
00:56:15.14\00:56:18.51
I won't say a fool of myself.
00:56:18.54\00:56:19.87
I won't say that,
because you make a fool
00:56:19.91\00:56:21.24
of yourself because right quick,
00:56:21.28\00:56:22.61
I walked up to him and said,
00:56:22.64\00:56:23.98
"Hi, my name is Kenny Shelton."
00:56:24.01\00:56:25.35
And he just looked at
me and said, "So what?"
00:56:25.38\00:56:27.35
And I thought, "I
miss that one real quick."
00:56:27.38\00:56:29.88
And so I said,
"Well, my name is Shelton.
00:56:29.92\00:56:31.25
What's yours?" He said Welch.
00:56:31.29\00:56:32.65
And I looked around, I said,
00:56:32.69\00:56:34.02
"Oh, you mean like grape juice?
00:56:34.06\00:56:38.16
That didn't work
very well. I'm just...
00:56:38.19\00:56:40.36
So I can
remember your name right.
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Anyhow, Lord
knows what He's doing.
00:56:42.63\00:56:44.83
Point is, you were willing
to go ahead and look beyond
00:56:44.87\00:56:49.17
what was the end of
the physical at him.
00:56:49.20\00:56:52.64
And if it had been for me, I
may, you know, I was failing.
00:56:52.67\00:56:56.14
But praise the Lord.
00:56:56.18\00:56:57.51
Now joined right on
in, that was a blessing.
00:56:57.55\00:56:58.88
And that's a beautiful thought
as we're just about to close.
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We need to look past
the outward appearances,
00:57:01.28\00:57:04.35
see not where people
are but where they could be,
00:57:04.39\00:57:08.12
where God wants them to be.
00:57:08.16\00:57:10.39
I want to just
share Isaiah 41:10.
00:57:10.43\00:57:13.43
It says, "Fear thou
not for I am with thee.
00:57:13.46\00:57:16.60
Be not dismayed
for I am thy God.
00:57:16.63\00:57:18.87
I will strengthen
thee, ye I will help thee.
00:57:18.90\00:57:21.77
I will uphold thee
00:57:21.80\00:57:23.14
with the right hand
of My righteousness."
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.31
God is calling each
and every one of you.
00:57:25.34\00:57:27.51
Don't hesitate
when you hear Him call.
00:57:27.54\00:57:30.01
May our precious Lord continue
to richly bless you and yours.
00:57:30.05\00:57:34.32
God bless each and every one.
00:57:34.35\00:57:35.75
Amen. Amen.
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