I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
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to this
wonderful hour of blessing.
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We are glad to tell you,
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have a happy and
blessed Sabbath day.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I am glad to be with
you. My name is John Dinzey.
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And I am accompanied
by part of the family.
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And I would like to
introduce you to them.
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I'm going to start on my left.
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We have Matthew Andrew,
could you please tell us
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a little bit about
what you do at 3ABN?
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Well, I've been
here a number of years,
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worked in a number of
places including Pastoral,
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right now I'm the editor
for The Dare to Dream network.
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Wonderful, wonderful. Welcome.
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And we have Jay
Christian, you may have heard,
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but now you also see.
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Jay Christian,
tell us a little bit
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about what you do?
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Well, I've been
here for 20 years,
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and I've only had
one job and that's radio.
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So that's quite
a handful, really.
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And you are the voice we hear
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in one of the
most popular programs
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is musical variety program.
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What is the name of
that program on radio,
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3ABN Radio?
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It's Musical Meditations.
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Musical Meditations!
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I enjoy Musical Meditations.
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And you have the...
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What is it, the
Bible Question of the day?
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Yeah, yeah, Bible question,
health tips, Bible quiz,
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the health tips and
different Bible texts.
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It's always fun to do.
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Amen. Amen.
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We really enjoy
that. Praise God.
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And we are now
going to my right.
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And I think this
is the first time
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we have Pastor
Claude Turner with us
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and you are a volunteer at 3ABN.
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But you have pastured where...
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You also serve as a chaplain,
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could you tell us a
little bit about that?
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Well, I spent 24 years in
Illinois as chap, as pastor,
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Springfield, Downers
Grove and several churches here.
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Wonderful experience
within, went out to Loma Linda
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and became chaplain
out there until I retired.
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Very good, but you
didn't quite retire
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because now you volunteer
here in the pastoral ministries.
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Well, I guess I'm
the new kid on the block.
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I've been here about two years,
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answering the
telephone pastoral department,
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enjoyed very much.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, you are the
father of one of the workers
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that was here for
many years, Dave Turner.
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And I'm sure our
viewers remember seeing his name
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in the credits many times
because he was the carpenter.
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Yes, I think he was
here about 27 or 28 years
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into the carpentry division.
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Mm-hmm. Thank you very much.
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And we have JD, he is here.
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Tell us a little
bit about what you do.
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And how Pastor Turner
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got involved in
pastoral ministries?
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Well, I've been here since 2005,
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absolutely,
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probably the best thing
that ever happened to me.
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My life has been
transformed since being here.
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And I thank Jesus
every day for that.
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Claude is one of those
rare gifts that you get.
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Claude is only 99
years old. Praise the Lord.
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It's unbelievable
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that he's got the
energy of people our age,
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you know, but he does make
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a major
difference in people's lives.
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People all over
the world call in
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and he gets to talk and...
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Whenever you're 99 years
old, and with his background,
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you have so many
life experiences,
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so much wisdom to share in this.
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Not only are the
people who call him blessed,
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but we in pastoral are blessed.
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Amen. Yes.
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And we are certainly
blessed by you being here
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and tell us a little bit...
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Can you tell, share
one of the experiences
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you've had in
pastoral ministries
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that has been a blessing to you?
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Well, it's hard to...
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It's hard to
pick out the best one.
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Okay.
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But there was a lady called in
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and said she was in
dire straits financially,
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and she didn't know what to do.
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And I got to
thinking, she's a nurse
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and we have Mrs. Clark
here that needed some help.
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And I just said,
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"Why don't just two
of you get together."
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She needs employment.
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And we need someone
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to take care of
this elderly person.
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And so it worked out.
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So there's been many cases
like that where in pastoral
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we had the
opportunity to help people.
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And the main thing is I see
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the work of pastoral
is to give people hope.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. And that's our work.
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Amen. Amen.
Well, praise the Lord.
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How tremendous memory he has
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and we just are grateful
to the Lord for His goodness.
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And we are coming to you
on what we call the Sabbath.
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And just want to,
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just say a
little bit about that,
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because some of our
viewers are wondering
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what in the world is
the Sabbath, you know?
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Is that state of
mind or what is that?
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Well, the Sabbath
is what the Bible calls
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the day of rest
for God's people.
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And we have
scriptures that tell us
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that God wants
us to remember that.
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Perhaps, I don't know
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if one of you would like
to share about the Sabbath.
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We have the commandment
in the Book of Exodus 20.
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I'll start by reading that,
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because this is
what God wants us to do.
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This is one of
the Ten Commandments,
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which for the most part, I
would say that the majority
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of the Christian
world has forgotten
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about this
commandment or set it aside
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or believe that
it has been changed.
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But God has not changed it.
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And man has tried to change it,
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but it remains
God's day of rest,
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it is the day of the Lord.
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And so in Exodus Chapter 20,
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I am going to
start reading to you,
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verse 8 unto 11.
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And the Bible says the
fourth commandment, okay?
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This is,
"Remember the Sabbath day
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to keep it holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work.
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But the seventh-day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
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In it, you shall do no work.
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You, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant,
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nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
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the sea, and
all that is in them,
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and rested the seventh-day.
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Therefore, the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and hallowed it."
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So praise the Lord
for the Sabbath day.
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Now notice that it
says that even your animals
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are supposed to be given a break
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on the seventh-day,
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and the seventh-day we
recognize and understand,
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and it is true that is Saturday.
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And according to the
Bible, the days of the week
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begin with the evening portion.
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That's why when it
comes to Friday sunset,
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the Sabbath has begun
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and continues
until Saturday evening
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when the sun sets,
that's the Sabbath day.
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Any comments from
our gentlemen here?
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No. You did pretty good.
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Well, thank you
for the encouragement.
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Well, I also
like Isaiah 58:13,14,
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because we're talking here,
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it mentions that it's
the day that honors the Lord.
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And if I can just
read it, Isaiah 58:13, 14.
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"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath
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from doing your
pleasure on my Holy Day
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and call the Sabbath a delight."
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He's saying, call
the Sabbath a delight,
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"The Holy Day of the Lord
honorable shall Honor Him,
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shall Honor God but
not doing your own waste
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or finding your own pleasure,
or speaking your own words.
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And then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord."
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Thank you, Jesus,
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because I think
that's the ambition
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of all Christians.
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"You shall delight
yourself in the Lord
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and I will cause you,"
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this is capital, this is God,
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"I will cause you to ride
on the high heels of the earth
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and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father,
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the mouth of the
Lord has spoken."
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The mouth of
the Lord has spoken.
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Amen. Well, thank you so much.
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Pastor Turner, you have
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perhaps kept the Sabbath
longer than anyone else has.
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Could you maybe tell us
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how it has been
a blessing to you?
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Well, my parents were
Seventh-day Adventists
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when I was born,
which I thank the Lord
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for this wonderful privilege.
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I had the privilege of going
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to church
school most of my life,
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my grade school and then
I went to Campion Academy.
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That was a wonderful experience.
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But few years later,
after graduating from college
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and spending two
years in the ministry,
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they asked me to come
back to that very school,
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Campion Academy, and
be the Bible instructor.
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Oh, wonderful.
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So that was a really
wonderful experience for me.
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Excellent, excellent.
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Well, praise the Lord.
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I was just... Let
me bring out this.
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This to me is a
great story in Adventism.
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I mean, most of us
heard of HMS Richards.
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Now, your father
was a farmer, right?
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Right. Okay.
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And you were telling that story
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I don't know a little while ago,
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about something that
he dedicated to the Lord.
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I thought this
was a great story,
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'cause now we're going
back 80 years, 90 years,
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something like that,
maybe it's unbelievable.
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Well, my father and HMS Richards
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grew up together.
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Their families were good friends
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and HMS Richards had a lot to do
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with Campion
Academy and Loma Linda,
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that's well known there.
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My father was, as you say,
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was a dirt farmer
out in eastern Colorado,
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then later moved to the
western part of Colorado.
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But he raised cattle
as well as dirt farming.
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And every year he set aside
a calf for Voice of Prophecy.
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Amen.
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Little later he
started giving two calves
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to the Voice of Prophecy.
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In fact, market
them and, of course,
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the proceeds went to supporting
the Voice of Prophecy.
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And for those that don't
know what is Voice of Prophecy?
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Well, Voice of
Prophecy is Elder HMS Richards
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really started
that years and years ago
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and it's still going.
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And it's doing a wonderful work.
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So I suppose that some of
the contributions back there
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was like Three Angels Broadcast.
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It started a
great movement. Amen.
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And Voice of Prophecy has
helped thousands of people
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find their way into the kingdom.
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That's right. That's right.
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And the Voice of
Prophecy is the radio program,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
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one of the radio programs
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because now there are many more.
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And we praise
the Lord for the work
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of the radio
program, HMS Richards,
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then his son took
over and eventually
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we had Lonnie
Melashenko and others,
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and today it's Shawn Boonstra.
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Right.
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Director and speaker
of Voice of Prophecy.
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And what a blessing it has been.
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Amen. Well, I...
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Today, we're gonna talk about...
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continue talking
about something that
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we believe is an
anchor, a truth so wonderful,
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so sublime, if you
want to say that way,
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so great and
marvelous that the whole world
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should have this in their heart.
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And I would
like to read the text
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from which we get the
title for the program for today.
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And this is found
in the Book of Titus.
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I'm going to start
reading in Chapter 2 verse 13,
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I will also read verse 14.
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But in Titus Chapter 2, we
have these marvelous words,
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"Looking for the blessed
hope and glorious appearing
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of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ,
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who gave himself for
us, that he might redeem us
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from every lawless
deed and purify for himself,
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his own special people,
zealous for good works."
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That's Titus 2:13, 14.
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So this blessed hope,
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the hope of the soon
return of Jesus Christ
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burns in our heart, as it were.
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And maybe later on
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we can read the words
of that beautiful hymn.
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We have this hope... Amen.
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That has marvelous words.
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But I would like to
go to the Lord in prayer
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before we continue.
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Ask the Lord to
continue blessing,
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what we share
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and everyone that is
joining us all over the world.
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And, Brother Jay,
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would you please
lead us in prayer?
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Sure.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, we thank You
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for this
opportunity to praise You.
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And we ask that our
viewers and listeners praise You
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along with us.
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We thank You for
everything that You do for us.
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You know, there's so many things
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that You do for us that
we don't even know about,
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we don't
experience, we don't understand.
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We will find out one
day and will be amazed
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that so many of the things
that happened in our lives
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that were for the
good came from You.
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Right now, Lord, we
just go to You in true faith
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and say we thank
You for Your guidance,
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Your prayers, Your
help, always for all of us.
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And I speak not just for
those of us at this table,
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but everyone in
our audience as well.
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We ask for You to be
with us and guide us.
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We ask for Your
presence in our lives.
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We ask for Your
presence during this program,
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so that we can reach as
many eyes and ears as possible.
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Lord, be with us.
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We ask in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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So I would say
that one of the things
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that I would like to see
or know that has happened
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and we welcome your comments,
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those of you at
home or wherever you are,
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we say, those of you at home,
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but there may be people
in prison or in hospitals,
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listening to us.
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So our hope is that you that
this hope of the soon return
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of our Lord and Savior,
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Jesus Christ will reawaken,
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become a reality in your life
as a result of this program.
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And if you don't have this hope
that by the time we are done,
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you will have this hope
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and you will have
this encouragement,
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and this confidence
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that the Lord loves
you, and He will soon return
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to end all suffering.
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But I think we
have a great suggestion
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from Brother Jay, what...
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We should define the word hope,
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because it seems
that as time has continued
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this word hope has, kind of,
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changed a little bit in meaning.
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You say something to people.
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So are you going to pay me
tomorrow the $200 you owe me?
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Well, I hope so.
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And it has an air of doubt.
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Sometimes as
people expressed it,
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so what does the word hope mean?
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Who would like to
start on that one?
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Well, Jay, you read us earlier,
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which we were jumped
into this in everything
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and then you brought what maybe
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we should have the
definition of hope.
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And so you gave us a definition.
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And like Johnny was
saying, there is that...
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I remember, what do
you bring your baby?
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You know, you...
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the proud parents come out,
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you know, and they
love all those, baby says,
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"Oh, I hope that this young...
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this young baby will
grow up to be a mighty warrior
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for the kingdom of God."
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And so then, you
know, as the child matures,
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"Well, I hope that I'll
be able to attend college."
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But then it seems like
as you mature in Christ,
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you begin to get another grasp
of what blessed hope means.
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Today, I'm looking
forward to the blessed hope.
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I'm not just looking
for the things of today
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that the
darkened material things
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that I might get.
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But I'm looking at
the spiritual application.
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And then I was listening
to someone not too long ago
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and they brought out
that hope in the Greek myth,
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eager expectation.
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Yes.
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So now all of a sudden,
there's a difference here
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in receiving doubtfully,
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where do you
begin to look eagerly.
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And if you get into
God's Word here you begin
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and you look at
it with hope meaning
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eager expectation.
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Wow! And that's
the blessed hope.
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You know that you
know that you know
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that there is a
home waiting for us.
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And so you might
pick it up from here, Jay,
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in the definition
what Webster says,
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but, you know, as we progress,
if I put the little seed
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that I would like
to plant is look at it
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from an eager
expectation standpoint
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rather than a
standpoint of doubt.
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Yeah, and that's
exactly where this goes.
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One of the things that
I learned a long time ago
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was that often we have a
misunderstanding of words.
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They're used, I
don't know differently than
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what they meant originally.
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And I wanted to learn that,
I began going to the Bible...
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to the dictionary.
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Well, I go to the Bible too
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'cause I look at
lot of those words.
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Amen.
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But I started
going to the dictionary
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and reading about the
words and it makes a difference.
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Here is the definition
of what most people think
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hope means to want
something to happen,
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or to be true.
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Guess what we want?
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I hope I'll save
a million dollars
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by the time I retire.
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I hope I'll have
the new car that I want.
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I hope I'll have salvation.
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You know, these
types of things we hope,
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we want it to happen.
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But it's focused on us.
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It's focused on the
things that we want.
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And what is real
good definition to me
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is to cherish a
desire with anticipation.
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Okay. I anticipate.
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Amen. That it's
going to be true.
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And looking at one of the
older definitions of hope,
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it has a synonym in trust.
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Yes.
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And so I trust the Lord.
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The Lord is my
trust and my hope.
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And so when we look at
it from that standpoint,
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it's to cherish a
desire with anticipation.
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I anticipate spending
eternity with you guys.
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Amen.
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I anticipate spending eternity
with my family and friends,
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with Jesus, with God,
the Holy Spirit, with people
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that we will meet
for the first time,
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they said, I saw you guys on TV.
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That's a good
thing to look forward to,
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a cherished hope.
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And the cherished hope is Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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He provides all of that. Amen.
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That's wonderful.
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I'm looking here
also at a definition,
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which has these
words that you mentioned,
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anticipation, eager expectation
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and it also adds a word,
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anticipation with pleasure.
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Now because when we
think of the blessed hope,
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we have a pleasure in
believing and understanding
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and in the
reality of the soon return
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of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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And so we'd like to talk about
how people can get this hope.
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You know, we
live in this wicked,
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evil world, perhaps,
I even thought about,
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even now for people that
are wondering about hope.
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And those that have
ever fallen in love,
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you know, people
say fallen in love,
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but they also
had fallen in love.
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When they develop a relationship
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and they come to the point,
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they have hope
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that the love they
have for the other person
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I remember, you know,
00:22:26.34\00:22:27.68
hoping Idalia would
agree or say yes to,
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you know, be my girlfriend,
marrying me, you know,
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you have that hope and that joy,
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expecting the yes
and that's the hope,
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you know, you have the
desire for a positive answer,
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you know, and
you prepare yourself
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and you know, present, I
love you, would you marry me?
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And then you're waiting
00:22:52.43\00:22:53.77
with eager
anticipation for the answer.
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Yes.
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I think perhaps
that may help some people
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that have gone down that line.
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And so, Matthew,
anything you would like to share
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concerning the blessed hope?
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I have been listening to this
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and my mind has been
taking a little journey
00:23:09.58\00:23:11.92
as I've been listening.
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As we began here,
we sort of started out
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with your little
talk about the Sabbath
00:23:16.26\00:23:19.23
which takes us
back to the beginning.
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Yes.
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The very beginning
and we were talking
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about why that was important.
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And that was
important for us to know
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the Sabbath day tells us
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what God is the
God of the Bible,
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.47
the Creator God,
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the one who made all
those things in the beginning,
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who made everything perfect,
and had a perfect family.
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But way back then
00:23:39.51\00:23:42.32
something went
wrong in the big plan.
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Everything went wrong.
00:23:44.65\00:23:45.99
Sin came in, you know,
people fell, we fell into sin.
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But there was a promise made
00:23:49.89\00:23:52.26
that there will be one
who would make it right.
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Amen. Yes.
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And so as we sort of
go back to the beginning,
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I mean, now
we're looking forward,
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they had, they
were hoping, you know,
00:23:59.57\00:24:02.20
we've lost our
even, our garden home,
00:24:02.24\00:24:04.61
we've lost our Eden home,
00:24:04.64\00:24:06.31
will there ever be hope for us?
00:24:06.34\00:24:08.44
And they said,
"Yes, one will come."
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So every mother
said had that hope.
00:24:10.65\00:24:13.52
Maybe this child will be the one
00:24:13.55\00:24:15.35
who will be the
Redeemer of the world,
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.39
all those generations
waiting for that Redeemer,
00:24:17.42\00:24:20.62
the one to come.
00:24:20.66\00:24:21.99
And then Jesus came and
did His work of redemption,
00:24:22.02\00:24:26.39
salvation for us.
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And when He went
back, He gave us a promise,
00:24:28.33\00:24:31.80
I will come again. Yes.
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And so we have
that from the beginning
00:24:33.77\00:24:36.07
to where we are.
00:24:36.10\00:24:37.44
And we're not
just looking for hope
00:24:37.47\00:24:38.81
that I'll get my bills paid.
00:24:38.84\00:24:40.84
We're looking
for the greater hope
00:24:40.88\00:24:42.34
that the world could
be made a better place.
00:24:42.38\00:24:45.58
That we don't have
this sickness and suffering,
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.52
and illness and
murder, and strife and envy,
00:24:47.55\00:24:50.65
all these things
will be put away.
00:24:50.69\00:24:52.19
So as I look at this,
00:24:52.22\00:24:54.16
I've just sort of
seeing this thread
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.69
from the beginning
to where we are now.
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.39
Why do I need hope?
00:24:57.43\00:24:59.13
We need hope because
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.50
we live in a world without hope.
00:25:00.53\00:25:02.23
And people are desperate,
00:25:02.26\00:25:03.87
they're looking for
something to hope in.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.43
They're looking
for a glorious future.
00:25:05.47\00:25:08.10
That's right.
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.47
So is that hope
available to us all?
00:25:09.50\00:25:11.97
I would think so. Yes.
00:25:12.01\00:25:13.74
Let me read here
what Paul has to say
00:25:13.78\00:25:15.74
to the Colossian church.
00:25:15.78\00:25:17.55
This is Colossians
1:5-6, "Because of the hope
00:25:17.58\00:25:22.58
which is laid up
for you in heaven."
00:25:22.62\00:25:24.92
Amen, that's each of us,
00:25:24.95\00:25:26.59
"Of which you heard before
00:25:26.62\00:25:27.96
and the word of the
truth of the gospel."
00:25:27.99\00:25:29.99
In other words, he's
talking to Colossians.
00:25:30.03\00:25:31.59
Hey, you've heard this before
in the word of the gospel,
00:25:31.63\00:25:34.00
which is, "Come to you,
as it is also in the world
00:25:34.03\00:25:37.47
and is bringing forth fruit."
00:25:37.50\00:25:39.77
Amen. Yes.
00:25:39.80\00:25:41.14
And it's also,
"As it is among you
00:25:41.17\00:25:43.94
since the day that you heard
00:25:43.97\00:25:45.31
and knew the
grace of God and truth."
00:25:45.34\00:25:47.24
So hope is available to us
all if we will just reach out,
00:25:47.28\00:25:51.28
if we will give him permission
00:25:51.31\00:25:53.62
to assist us in
our time of need.
00:25:53.65\00:25:56.18
And as we said,
00:25:56.22\00:25:57.55
people are looking
for hope yesterday.
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.29
I mean, everywhere. Yes.
00:25:59.32\00:26:00.76
Yesterday I had an opportunity
to visit with a young man.
00:26:00.79\00:26:05.29
And I'm sick and tired
of being sick and tired.
00:26:05.33\00:26:11.93
I want hope.
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.30
Wow, this just kind of fell
into what we're talking here.
00:26:14.34\00:26:17.57
And so couple of us
was this in with him
00:26:17.61\00:26:19.54
and everything
and says you know,
00:26:19.57\00:26:21.24
it is available.
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.14
And we just kind of
started taking some steps,
00:26:23.18\00:26:25.81
you know, and
that's what he was,
00:26:25.85\00:26:28.18
most people are
looking for hope of some type,
00:26:28.22\00:26:30.32
nobody's too old or
too rich or too poor,
00:26:30.35\00:26:34.72
not to want hope.
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.93
What do you think, Claude?
00:26:37.96\00:26:39.29
Well, I have a little
problem with the word hope
00:26:39.33\00:26:42.56
because to me, hope
is a wishful desire.
00:26:42.60\00:26:48.04
But you know,
00:26:48.07\00:26:50.61
heaven is more
than a wishful desire.
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.38
I like what is
recorded here in John 14:1-3
00:26:53.41\00:26:59.25
where it says,
00:26:59.28\00:27:00.78
"In my Father's
house are many mansions,
00:27:00.82\00:27:03.35
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:27:03.39\00:27:05.95
I go to prepare a
place for you and if..."
00:27:05.99\00:27:10.39
And we now He went.
00:27:10.43\00:27:11.76
Amen.
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.13
"If I go," He did go,
00:27:13.16\00:27:15.16
He's going to
prepare a place for you.
00:27:15.20\00:27:17.93
"And I will come again."
It's not a wishful desire.
00:27:17.97\00:27:21.90
It's a promise based upon
God and Jesus Christ Himself.
00:27:21.94\00:27:26.68
"I will come again and
receive you unto myself
00:27:26.71\00:27:30.35
that where I am
there you may be also."
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.11
He is going to prepare a place.
00:27:33.15\00:27:38.09
JD, you live out
there, you have a house,
00:27:38.12\00:27:41.86
you have a garage,
00:27:41.89\00:27:43.22
you have a
garden too, don't you?
00:27:43.26\00:27:44.59
I do.
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.96
You know, I heard him telling
but that tomato he picked.
00:27:45.99\00:27:49.26
JD said, "Claude, would you stop
00:27:49.30\00:27:52.23
by my place sometime?"
00:27:52.27\00:27:55.07
No, that's a
permanent situation.
00:27:55.10\00:27:59.24
There's a building.
There's all the material thing.
00:27:59.27\00:28:02.74
You know, Jesus said,
I go to prepare a place.
00:28:02.78\00:28:06.18
Amen.
00:28:06.21\00:28:07.55
And I'm just wondering,
00:28:07.58\00:28:11.79
I hope is more
of a wishful desire
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.79
based upon the promise of God.
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.09
I hope that I
can live in my place
00:28:17.13\00:28:20.53
that He's gonna prepare.
00:28:20.56\00:28:21.90
Amen.
00:28:21.93\00:28:23.26
But wouldn't be terrible
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.63
if there was a
vacancy sign on my place.
00:28:24.67\00:28:30.41
You know, that promises,
00:28:30.44\00:28:33.21
there's security and
promise and assurance
00:28:33.24\00:28:38.01
that He's going
to prepare a place.
00:28:38.05\00:28:40.05
The question is, I want to live
so that I can feel that place.
00:28:40.08\00:28:44.92
Amen.
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.29
Well, the... Go ahead.
00:28:46.32\00:28:48.72
You know, we have the
Lord bringing to our attention,
00:28:48.76\00:28:54.30
the offer and
reality that all can,
00:28:54.33\00:29:00.54
all have the opportunity.
00:29:00.57\00:29:03.94
All thanks to
the great sacrifice
00:29:03.97\00:29:07.08
that Jesus Christ
made on the cross for us.
00:29:07.11\00:29:09.18
Yes.
00:29:09.21\00:29:10.55
And for this reason, I
like to quote John 3:16,
00:29:10.58\00:29:14.75
because it says, "For
God so loved the world,
00:29:14.78\00:29:18.79
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:29:18.82\00:29:21.42
that whosoever believes
in Him shall not perish,
00:29:21.46\00:29:26.63
but have ever lasting life."
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.93
In that place.
Yes, in that place.
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.23
So the blessed hope is something
00:29:33.27\00:29:36.04
that everyone can have,
00:29:36.07\00:29:38.21
because Jesus
Christ has made provision.
00:29:38.24\00:29:40.78
He has died for our sins,
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.14
you know, we are
in this situation,
00:29:42.18\00:29:44.51
as Matthew, very well presented,
00:29:44.55\00:29:48.88
that sin came into the
world, Adam and Eve sinned.
00:29:48.92\00:29:53.05
And that's why we have
suffering in this world,
00:29:53.09\00:29:55.86
not just because of
Adam and Eve sinned,
00:29:55.89\00:29:57.33
but because
people keep on sinning.
00:29:57.36\00:29:59.93
And people keep
making things worse,
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.90
because the Bible
also says what you sow,
00:30:01.93\00:30:04.43
you shall reap.
00:30:04.47\00:30:05.80
And so calamity and
trouble comes upon people
00:30:05.83\00:30:09.07
because they
have sowed the seeds
00:30:09.10\00:30:12.07
that will bring calamity
and trouble upon themselves.
00:30:12.11\00:30:14.68
So I like to read also
from Ephesians Chapter 2,
00:30:14.71\00:30:17.78
which talks
about the opportunity
00:30:17.81\00:30:20.58
and continuing on
this thought of salvation
00:30:20.62\00:30:24.82
is available to all.
00:30:24.85\00:30:26.86
But if people have to
make a decision to believe,
00:30:26.89\00:30:31.09
and to do
something with that belief.
00:30:31.13\00:30:34.43
Yes.
00:30:34.46\00:30:35.80
Because that's another
word that people sometimes
00:30:35.83\00:30:38.10
put a little bit of doubt into.
00:30:38.13\00:30:39.90
I believe, I can with
a little bit of doubt.
00:30:39.93\00:30:45.27
But here in Ephesians 2:8,
00:30:45.31\00:30:51.65
I like to read in verse 7 too,
because this is just wonderful,
00:30:51.68\00:30:56.12
"That in the ages to come,
00:30:56.15\00:30:57.72
He might show the
exceeding riches of His grace,
00:30:57.75\00:31:03.02
in His kindness
toward us, in Christ Jesus,
00:31:03.06\00:31:06.70
for by grace,
00:31:06.73\00:31:08.40
you have been
saved through faith,
00:31:08.43\00:31:10.43
and that not of yourselves,
00:31:10.47\00:31:12.43
it is the gift of
God, not of works,
00:31:12.47\00:31:16.04
lest anyone should boast.
00:31:16.07\00:31:18.04
For we are His workmanship,
00:31:18.07\00:31:19.74
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:31:19.77\00:31:22.28
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."
00:31:22.31\00:31:28.15
And so the opportunity
is available for all,
00:31:28.18\00:31:32.25
you know, if salvation was
only available to the rich,
00:31:32.29\00:31:36.36
well, a lot of us poor people
will not have the opportunity.
00:31:36.39\00:31:39.29
But the Bible says,
whoever believes in Him,
00:31:39.33\00:31:41.96
and it says, "By
grace, you are saved,"
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.13
and perhaps somebody
can help me with a nice,
00:31:44.17\00:31:48.14
clear definition of grace.
00:31:48.17\00:31:49.57
What is grace?
00:31:49.60\00:31:51.91
To me, grace is
divine assistance.
00:31:51.94\00:31:54.18
You know, it's unmerited favor.
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.58
I mean, that's
what most people say,
00:31:56.61\00:31:58.31
but it's a gift that He
gives to each one of us.
00:31:58.35\00:32:02.05
In Romans 5:1-2,
and I'll follow this up,
00:32:02.08\00:32:05.02
having been
justified, in other words,
00:32:05.05\00:32:06.42
"Having been saved by faith,
00:32:06.45\00:32:07.79
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:32:07.82\00:32:11.39
So now we're talking
about claiming those promises
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.53
that we were talking
about, claiming the promises
00:32:13.56\00:32:16.56
through whom we have
access by faith into this grace,
00:32:16.60\00:32:21.40
His grace in which
we stand and rejoice
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.61
in the hope of the
Lord God of glory of God,
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.78
talking about eager expectation
into the eager expectation
00:32:27.81\00:32:30.55
that He does
have promises for us.
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.98
As you've just said,
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.52
He has gone to
prepare us a place,
00:32:34.55\00:32:37.25
as you said, you know,
that He gave up His only Son
00:32:37.29\00:32:39.99
that we could have life.
00:32:40.02\00:32:42.02
And so I think, at
least in my own life,
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.63
my own testimony is, the
more that I read His Word,
00:32:45.66\00:32:49.23
the Bible,
00:32:49.26\00:32:50.60
the more I see the
promises they have,
00:32:50.63\00:32:52.73
the longer I live,
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.10
I see that those
promises come true.
00:32:54.14\00:32:57.01
And so that
enhances my thread of belief.
00:32:57.04\00:33:02.18
I know that I know that I
know that He is coming again.
00:33:02.21\00:33:06.35
And I'm looking forward to,
I'm not gonna get into that,
00:33:06.38\00:33:11.39
because you told a
wonderful story earlier about,
00:33:11.42\00:33:14.86
you know,
00:33:14.89\00:33:16.83
your great niece or grand,
great, whatever, you know,
00:33:16.86\00:33:20.20
but I am not gonna
get into that right now.
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.53
About some day whenever
00:33:22.56\00:33:24.47
we do
experience the blessed hope
00:33:24.50\00:33:25.93
and you get to visit with them.
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.50
But the main thing is
please get into His Word.
00:33:27.54\00:33:31.21
Please start learning
what the promises are.
00:33:31.24\00:33:33.91
And then please
claim those promises.
00:33:33.94\00:33:36.41
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:33:36.44\00:33:38.31
Now get back on the grace. Yes.
00:33:38.35\00:33:43.02
Matthew Andrew, you have some
thoughts you'd like to share?
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.25
Oh, well, I was,
00:33:45.29\00:33:47.46
you just took it back to grace.
00:33:47.49\00:33:48.96
I was actually thinking
there's also another word
00:33:48.99\00:33:51.13
that kind of
goes with this to me,
00:33:51.16\00:33:52.73
and that is confidence.
00:33:52.76\00:33:54.36
You were kind of
leading in that direction.
00:33:54.40\00:33:56.33
Yes. Confidence, okay.
00:33:56.36\00:33:58.70
This Jesus promised
that He would come back.
00:33:58.73\00:34:02.27
How do I know He will do that?
00:34:02.30\00:34:04.21
How do I know that He
has that kind of power?
00:34:04.24\00:34:06.61
How do I know that
00:34:06.64\00:34:07.98
He has the
ability to raise the dead
00:34:08.01\00:34:10.21
and take me to that
place that He has the power,
00:34:10.25\00:34:13.65
the ability to make that place
00:34:13.68\00:34:15.38
that He's forming for me
that I can go to someday?
00:34:15.42\00:34:18.65
How do I understand
that? How do I know that?
00:34:18.69\00:34:20.86
I have confidence
that He can do that,
00:34:20.89\00:34:23.96
because of what I
have seen in His life
00:34:23.99\00:34:26.76
through reading His
Word through the gospels,
00:34:26.80\00:34:29.30
and what I see
that this is the God
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.53
who commands the
winds and the waves
00:34:32.57\00:34:35.17
and they obey Him.
00:34:35.20\00:34:37.01
He raises the dead to life.
00:34:37.04\00:34:39.81
He feeds the
5000, then the 4000.
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.64
He has done these things,
00:34:42.68\00:34:45.45
to prove I am who
I am who I say I am.
00:34:45.48\00:34:50.05
I am that Messiah.
00:34:50.09\00:34:51.95
I am the creator
God who made all things.
00:34:51.99\00:34:54.56
So I have that ability.
00:34:54.59\00:34:56.02
Now I have confidence,
00:34:56.06\00:34:57.86
having seen the
things that He's done,
00:34:57.89\00:35:01.00
raising the
dead, healing lepers,
00:35:01.03\00:35:03.40
nobody just speaks
and does that today,
00:35:03.43\00:35:06.80
that He has this power,
00:35:06.84\00:35:08.70
and therefore I
have confidence in Him
00:35:08.74\00:35:10.44
that whenever
He says He will do,
00:35:10.47\00:35:12.54
He will do and has
the power and ability
00:35:12.57\00:35:15.64
and the desire to go ahead.
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.61
Amen.
00:35:17.65\00:35:18.98
How about, Jay, when
you think of God's grace,
00:35:19.01\00:35:21.78
and some of the
definition of grace,
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.92
and what does grace mean to you?
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.96
Well, it gets down to me
00:35:26.99\00:35:29.19
to just exactly what you guys
have been talking about so far.
00:35:29.22\00:35:34.23
And that is
that we don't deserve
00:35:34.26\00:35:37.17
the good treatment that we get.
00:35:37.20\00:35:38.77
We just don't deserve
it under no circumstances.
00:35:38.80\00:35:42.50
And when we talk
about the blessed hope,
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.64
our blessed hope
is our trust in Jesus.
00:35:44.67\00:35:49.68
Amen.
00:35:49.71\00:35:51.05
And for me,
there have been things
00:35:51.08\00:35:52.41
that have happened in my
life and I'm sure with you, too,
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.25
with the people in our audience,
00:35:55.28\00:35:56.62
things happen
that we don't like,
00:35:56.65\00:35:59.55
we don't want to have happen,
we lose jobs, we get sick.
00:35:59.59\00:36:03.26
We have car
accidents, we have, you know,
00:36:03.29\00:36:06.23
things that we
would say are bad things.
00:36:06.26\00:36:09.53
And so then we start to say,
00:36:09.56\00:36:11.70
Well, I hope Jesus
is who He says He is
00:36:11.73\00:36:15.24
and gets back to this,
00:36:15.27\00:36:17.01
I wonder if it's true
or not definition of hope.
00:36:17.04\00:36:21.04
And we need to
turn it around to trust,
00:36:21.08\00:36:24.51
the old definition of hope.
00:36:24.55\00:36:26.65
And that's
trust, trust in Jesus.
00:36:26.68\00:36:30.02
And that's all that it is.
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.42
If there's
something that I want,
00:36:32.45\00:36:35.59
and Jesus
doesn't want it for me,
00:36:35.62\00:36:40.00
then I don't want it.
00:36:40.03\00:36:42.43
If there's
something I don't want,
00:36:42.46\00:36:45.17
and this seems
to happen too often.
00:36:45.20\00:36:48.37
Something I don't want,
that Jesus wants for me,
00:36:48.40\00:36:53.44
then I want it.
00:36:53.48\00:36:54.94
Does that make sense?
00:36:54.98\00:36:56.31
It makes sense. Okay.
00:36:56.34\00:36:57.68
And so that's the
direction I try to go.
00:36:57.71\00:37:00.82
And so when something
00:37:00.85\00:37:03.69
that I am not
happy with happens.
00:37:03.72\00:37:07.16
What I've
learned to do over time,
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.36
is to say, okay, Lord,
00:37:10.39\00:37:12.33
there's something
in this here for me.
00:37:12.36\00:37:14.80
Why is this happening?
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.53
I don't know but You do.
00:37:16.56\00:37:19.53
And there's been so
many times in my life,
00:37:19.57\00:37:22.47
that I haven't
wanted something to happen
00:37:22.50\00:37:25.94
that over time,
00:37:25.97\00:37:28.51
I see that I
had a blessing. Yes.
00:37:28.54\00:37:30.65
There was a good
reason that it happened.
00:37:30.68\00:37:32.91
I had some bad
things happen in my life,
00:37:32.95\00:37:35.08
seemed like all at once.
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.69
And everything just fell apart.
00:37:37.72\00:37:41.92
It was before I met Christ,
but it brought me to Christ.
00:37:41.96\00:37:45.39
Amen.
00:37:45.43\00:37:46.76
And so it started
the things in action
00:37:46.80\00:37:51.90
that God knew
was going to happen
00:37:51.93\00:37:55.70
that brought me to Him.
00:37:55.74\00:37:57.27
Now, if you asked me
00:37:57.31\00:37:59.41
when I go back to 1989
00:37:59.44\00:38:03.91
and have things to be different.
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.95
Now, if you were to
ask me that in 1989,
00:38:06.98\00:38:09.22
I'd have said,
"No, I don't want that.
00:38:09.25\00:38:11.15
I want things to be different.
00:38:11.19\00:38:14.12
I don't want this
bad thing to happen.
00:38:14.16\00:38:16.29
Am I glad that
it happened today?
00:38:19.56\00:38:22.06
Absolutely.
00:38:22.10\00:38:23.90
Wow. Yes.
00:38:23.93\00:38:25.43
I'm glad that it happened today.
00:38:25.47\00:38:28.04
Today, I'm glad
that it happened.
00:38:28.07\00:38:30.11
But back then
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.81
it was one of the worst
things that happened in my life.
00:38:31.84\00:38:36.18
And so it's that trust,
it's the hope in Jesus Christ.
00:38:36.21\00:38:41.15
So the hope/trust. Yes.
00:38:41.18\00:38:45.02
And so when we can do
that and trust in Jesus,
00:38:45.05\00:38:50.86
it's always going to be right.
00:38:50.89\00:38:54.56
Amen. Amen.
00:38:54.60\00:38:55.93
You mentioned grace.
00:38:55.96\00:38:58.63
I've been reading this book.
00:38:58.67\00:39:01.57
What's so amazing about
grace, that's a wonderful book
00:39:01.60\00:39:06.57
but this is not only grace,
00:39:06.61\00:39:09.98
this is a deed to
the kingdom of heaven
00:39:10.01\00:39:12.95
that Jesus is coming.
00:39:12.98\00:39:14.32
Excellent. And...
00:39:14.35\00:39:16.65
One definition of
grace is unmerited favor.
00:39:19.05\00:39:22.92
I have experiences
of unmerited favor.
00:39:22.96\00:39:25.29
May I tell you a
little experience?
00:39:25.33\00:39:26.83
Please.
00:39:26.86\00:39:28.50
Back in the 1800s,
going back a long way.
00:39:28.53\00:39:33.07
None of us can say that.
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.44
I wasn't there, no.
You weren't there, okay.
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.64
I wasn't there
00:39:36.67\00:39:38.04
but my
grandfather and grandmother
00:39:38.07\00:39:43.68
buried five children
within about three weeks
00:39:43.71\00:39:48.08
from diphtheria.
00:39:48.12\00:39:50.99
Why?
00:39:51.02\00:39:52.35
I don't know.
00:39:52.39\00:39:53.72
Why was their lives cut short?
00:39:53.76\00:39:56.59
And here, I'm still
in this world today.
00:39:56.62\00:40:00.56
Why?
00:40:00.60\00:40:01.93
It's unmerited favor.
00:40:01.96\00:40:03.30
I don't deserve it.
00:40:03.33\00:40:05.00
But it's the gift of God. Amen.
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.24
Gift of God.
00:40:07.27\00:40:09.74
Well, thank you
for sharing that.
00:40:09.77\00:40:11.54
You know, there are many things
00:40:11.57\00:40:13.07
that happen in our lives
or in the lives of people
00:40:13.11\00:40:16.18
that we know
including friends and family.
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.61
And we may ask ourselves
now, why is that happening?
00:40:19.65\00:40:22.95
Sometimes when
things happen to people,
00:40:22.98\00:40:25.69
we say, "Well, I
wonder if that's because,
00:40:25.72\00:40:28.42
you know, he kicked a dog
00:40:28.46\00:40:29.79
or because he
did some bad thing."
00:40:29.82\00:40:31.83
But we don't
know what's all behind
00:40:31.86\00:40:35.36
the why things happen.
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.00
We are living in a world
00:40:37.03\00:40:38.67
that is involved
in a great controversy
00:40:38.70\00:40:41.24
between good and evil.
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.67
And Satan is
playing his little games.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.94
And
unfortunately, we are not always
00:40:44.97\00:40:49.44
able to see clearly
that he does things,
00:40:49.48\00:40:54.22
some bad things to people.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.48
And then people
blame God for it.
00:40:56.52\00:40:58.55
And I'm sure he's
delighted himself in the idea
00:40:58.59\00:41:01.42
that people are believing
00:41:01.46\00:41:03.26
God did these bad
things happen to people
00:41:03.29\00:41:06.66
when in fact, you
can go to the Book of Job
00:41:06.70\00:41:08.76
and see some evidence
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.33
that the devil gets
involved in people suffering,
00:41:10.37\00:41:12.93
including taking
the lives of people,
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.20
and causing storms
00:41:15.24\00:41:17.11
and destroying
the property of Job.
00:41:17.14\00:41:20.78
He is still doing this today.
00:41:20.81\00:41:22.54
And many times people blame God,
00:41:22.58\00:41:25.21
well, look what
God allowed to happen,
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.62
or God did this.
00:41:27.65\00:41:29.32
But going back to what we
call the great controversy
00:41:29.35\00:41:34.56
between good and evil, you know,
00:41:34.59\00:41:36.73
we see evidence in the Bible
that God wants to do us good.
00:41:36.76\00:41:41.43
He says, "Ask and
you will receive."
00:41:41.46\00:41:43.26
Now, why would God
tell you things like
00:41:43.30\00:41:45.70
ask and you will
receive, seek and you will find,
00:41:45.73\00:41:49.44
and then there's that text,
perhaps somebody can find it,
00:41:49.47\00:41:52.24
cant' think of
where it is right now.
00:41:52.27\00:41:54.61
It says, "For I
know the thoughts
00:41:54.64\00:41:57.21
that I have told you."
00:41:57.25\00:41:58.58
Jeremiah 29.
00:41:58.61\00:41:59.95
Jeremiah 29:13. Yes.
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.98
Thoughts of peace,
to give you a hope,
00:42:02.02\00:42:05.62
to give you an expected end,
00:42:05.65\00:42:07.69
and so God has
thoughts of peace.
00:42:07.72\00:42:10.96
Now, when we
understand and believe
00:42:10.99\00:42:13.66
that God has thoughts of peace,
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.56
and wants to do
good things to us.
00:42:15.60\00:42:17.70
And then when bad
things happen to us,
00:42:17.73\00:42:20.00
there must be a good reason
00:42:20.04\00:42:22.10
for these bad
things happening to us.
00:42:22.14\00:42:24.47
Or there's something we
can learn from these things.
00:42:24.51\00:42:27.84
I would like to read to you,
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.21
because we've been also
talking about the reality
00:42:29.24\00:42:32.61
that we can all
have the blessed hope
00:42:32.65\00:42:34.35
that we can all have salvation.
00:42:34.38\00:42:36.75
And you know,
00:42:36.79\00:42:39.49
you mentioned a million
dollars not too long ago,
00:42:39.52\00:42:42.32
maybe in the minds
of some people still.
00:42:42.36\00:42:45.16
So if I had a million
dollars, which I don't,
00:42:45.19\00:42:49.90
if I had a million dollars,
and I say to 100 people,
00:42:49.93\00:42:54.70
I have a million dollars,
00:42:54.74\00:42:57.07
and I am giving
it away right now.
00:42:57.11\00:43:00.21
And I put my hand out like that,
00:43:00.24\00:43:01.98
how many people do you
think will come rushing
00:43:02.01\00:43:03.45
to get the million dollars?
00:43:03.48\00:43:07.48
They would believe
you. They will believe me.
00:43:07.52\00:43:09.48
They will trust you.
00:43:09.52\00:43:10.85
Now, here's a text
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.32
that I would like to read to you
00:43:12.35\00:43:13.69
from 1 Timothy 6:12.
00:43:13.72\00:43:16.69
Because we've been talking
about that whoever believes
00:43:16.73\00:43:21.00
can have eternal life.
00:43:21.03\00:43:22.70
It says in 1 Timothy 6:12,
00:43:22.73\00:43:25.83
"Fight the good fight of faith,
00:43:25.87\00:43:29.70
lay hold on eternal life
to which you were also called,
00:43:29.74\00:43:34.64
and have confess
the good confession
00:43:34.68\00:43:36.91
in the presence
of many witnesses."
00:43:36.95\00:43:39.51
Now, this
scripture speaks of something
00:43:39.55\00:43:44.69
as it's out there
00:43:44.72\00:43:47.26
because I had
before me a glass of water.
00:43:47.29\00:43:51.33
In order for me to
partake of that glass of water,
00:43:51.36\00:43:53.93
I have to lay hold
of the glass of water,
00:43:53.96\00:43:58.00
so I can enjoy the water
00:43:58.03\00:44:00.27
and if the water's
before I'm thirsty,
00:44:00.30\00:44:02.80
I would like to
drink some water.
00:44:02.84\00:44:04.91
And I keep saying I'm thirsty,
00:44:04.94\00:44:06.27
I would like to drink some water
00:44:06.31\00:44:07.64
and the water is right there.
00:44:07.68\00:44:09.01
But I don't really hold
of the water and drink it,
00:44:09.04\00:44:12.05
then I cannot enjoy the water.
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.98
So here God is saying,
lay hold on eternal life.
00:44:14.02\00:44:18.62
It's right there.
00:44:18.65\00:44:20.36
God is offering
eternal life to us.
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.46
But we must accept it by faith,
and believe that we have it.
00:44:22.49\00:44:27.36
Not only that.
00:44:27.40\00:44:28.73
Believe that we have it. Yes.
00:44:28.76\00:44:30.10
Not only that, but
like you said, reach out.
00:44:30.13\00:44:32.57
Yes. That's our part.
00:44:32.60\00:44:34.04
That's our part. Yes.
Our part is to accept.
00:44:34.07\00:44:37.71
Well, I don't want
to get into arguments
00:44:37.74\00:44:39.87
or discussions about works,
00:44:39.91\00:44:42.38
what's works and
what's not works.
00:44:42.41\00:44:44.68
But to me, it makes
sense that the Lord offers us
00:44:44.71\00:44:49.25
eternal life.
00:44:49.28\00:44:50.62
He offers us salvation.
00:44:50.65\00:44:54.19
And our part is what?
00:44:54.22\00:44:57.89
Accept that.
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.26
To reach out and accept it.
00:44:59.29\00:45:01.46
Yes. Yes.
00:45:01.50\00:45:02.83
And when we do that, we have it.
00:45:02.86\00:45:05.33
God does not ever
force anything on us.
00:45:05.37\00:45:10.04
That's a tactic from Satan.
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.77
Satan will try to
force stuff on us.
00:45:11.81\00:45:13.94
But from God, He offers
it, please take it, here it is,
00:45:13.98\00:45:17.75
it's yours forever for eternity.
00:45:17.78\00:45:21.92
Just reach out and take it.
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.39
Amen. Amen.
00:45:24.42\00:45:25.75
And like the text
said, lay hold of.
00:45:25.79\00:45:29.52
And it's a
perfect example for me
00:45:29.56\00:45:32.39
of our part in salvation.
00:45:32.43\00:45:34.70
Amen. Amen.
00:45:34.73\00:45:36.06
You know Jay,
you mentioned works.
00:45:36.10\00:45:38.23
That's a good thing.
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.67
You know, there's a lot
of works for a Christian.
00:45:40.70\00:45:44.31
We Christians probably
work harder than anybody else.
00:45:44.34\00:45:48.34
And we try to give out tracks
and Bible studies and sermon.
00:45:48.38\00:45:53.72
Christians are
full of good works.
00:45:53.75\00:45:56.92
But the good works
are not means to attain.
00:45:56.95\00:46:00.96
Right.
00:46:00.99\00:46:02.32
Good works are
gratitude for the gift.
00:46:02.36\00:46:04.66
Amen. Amen.
00:46:04.69\00:46:06.03
Thank you, that's very good.
00:46:06.06\00:46:07.40
Yes. Amen.
00:46:07.43\00:46:08.76
So we need to have
faith that works by love.
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.33
Amen. And purifies the soul.
00:46:11.37\00:46:13.23
I remember reading that, I
can't remember quite where,
00:46:13.27\00:46:15.70
but it's a good understanding
of what happens in this.
00:46:15.74\00:46:20.14
I would like to read
you the words from a hymn,
00:46:20.18\00:46:24.91
a song that has meant
so much to Christians,
00:46:24.95\00:46:29.68
Seventh-day Adventist
Christians, in particular,
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.02
and really anyone
that has the belief
00:46:32.05\00:46:34.99
in Jesus Christ's returning.
00:46:35.02\00:46:36.69
Reading the words
or singing the song,
00:46:36.73\00:46:40.66
you will see that
they are full of meaning.
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.63
And this is the
song we have this hope.
00:46:43.67\00:46:46.60
And so it has two verses.
00:46:46.63\00:46:49.80
And it says,
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.17
"We have this hope that
burns within our hearts.
00:46:51.21\00:46:54.71
Hope in the coming of the Lord.
00:46:54.74\00:46:57.51
We have this faith that
Christ alone imparts faith
00:46:57.55\00:47:02.92
in the promise of His Word.
00:47:02.95\00:47:05.09
We believe the time is here,
00:47:05.12\00:47:07.09
when the nations far and
near shall awake and shout
00:47:07.12\00:47:11.26
and sing
Hallelujah, Christ is king.
00:47:11.29\00:47:15.23
We have this hope that
burns within our hearts,
00:47:15.26\00:47:18.43
hope in the coming of the Lord.
00:47:18.47\00:47:21.10
We are united in
Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:47:21.14\00:47:24.44
We are united in His love,
00:47:24.47\00:47:26.51
love for the
waiting people of the world.
00:47:26.54\00:47:29.94
People who need
our Savior's love.
00:47:29.98\00:47:32.48
Soon, the
heavens will open wide.
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.58
Christ will come
to claim His bride.
00:47:35.62\00:47:38.95
All the universe will sing,
hallelujah, Christ is King."
00:47:38.99\00:47:44.79
We have this hope,
00:47:44.83\00:47:46.33
this faith and God's great love,
00:47:46.36\00:47:49.33
we are united in Christ.
00:47:49.36\00:47:52.13
And so this is a hymn
00:47:52.17\00:47:53.97
that has meant so much to
Seventh-day Adventists for
00:47:54.00\00:47:56.54
since the 60's
00:47:56.57\00:47:57.91
and it's almost
like our theme song
00:47:57.94\00:48:01.21
if you wanna say that way.
00:48:01.24\00:48:03.45
And really when
you think about it,
00:48:03.48\00:48:04.98
we have this hope that
burns within our hearts.
00:48:05.01\00:48:07.08
Hope in the
coming of the Lord. Why?
00:48:07.12\00:48:09.55
Because this world is
not really our final home
00:48:09.58\00:48:12.85
in its present condition.
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.22
We want the better world.
00:48:15.26\00:48:16.59
What do you say, Pastor Claude?
00:48:16.62\00:48:18.09
Well, that hope that burns,
00:48:18.13\00:48:21.23
it means that
something's on fire.
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.77
When something's on fire,
00:48:23.80\00:48:25.93
we scream, we
yell, we broadcast it.
00:48:25.97\00:48:30.51
Your house is on fire.
00:48:30.54\00:48:33.14
We're anxious to tell you that.
00:48:33.17\00:48:36.54
Christians should be anxious
00:48:36.58\00:48:38.08
to tell others
about this blessed hope.
00:48:38.11\00:48:40.68
Amen.
00:48:40.72\00:48:42.05
I had an
experience here the other day.
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.49
Friend and I were down
to a little cafeteria here.
00:48:44.52\00:48:48.36
And we went through line
00:48:48.39\00:48:50.69
and well there
were some vegetables,
00:48:50.73\00:48:52.63
there were some meat.
00:48:52.66\00:48:54.90
I said, we'll take
some of the vegetables,
00:48:54.93\00:48:57.40
we're vegetarians.
00:48:57.43\00:48:59.20
Oh, they looked
at us staring at us
00:48:59.23\00:49:01.50
if we were something strange.
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.30
Oh, are you a vegetarian?
00:49:06.94\00:49:09.58
Well, we just feel
that's a better thing to eat.
00:49:09.61\00:49:13.82
And so we went on through line,
00:49:13.85\00:49:17.32
got our plate
and went to a table
00:49:17.35\00:49:19.92
and sat down,
enjoying our vegetarian food,
00:49:19.95\00:49:24.06
and pretty soon the
lady that took our money
00:49:24.09\00:49:28.63
came and sat down on
the table opposite and said,
00:49:28.66\00:49:31.97
I want to ask you
folks some question.
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.57
Why are you vegetarians?
00:49:34.60\00:49:36.64
Well, we just said,
00:49:36.67\00:49:38.11
"We think it's
a better way to go
00:49:38.14\00:49:40.91
and we have better
health, we believe."
00:49:40.94\00:49:44.41
She looked at me.
00:49:44.45\00:49:45.81
She said, may I
ask you a question?
00:49:45.85\00:49:48.45
Oh, sure.
00:49:48.48\00:49:50.39
How old are you?
00:49:50.42\00:49:52.95
Well, my partner said,
"You wanna make a guess?
00:49:52.99\00:49:57.06
She said, "Well, late 60s."
00:49:57.09\00:50:01.16
Thank you.
00:50:01.20\00:50:04.57
I had great hopes.
00:50:04.60\00:50:08.30
But pretty soon she started
telling us about her dilemma,
00:50:08.34\00:50:13.81
real dilemma.
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.18
Her son was incarcerated,
family is in trouble.
00:50:15.21\00:50:20.18
We had the opportunity
to share our hope with her.
00:50:20.22\00:50:25.32
And to me that's the
goal of Three Angels Broadcast
00:50:25.35\00:50:29.49
to share this blessed hope.
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.43
We have the deed to the kingdom.
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.50
Amen.
00:50:33.53\00:50:34.86
It can be
theirs as well as ours.
00:50:34.90\00:50:36.23
Amen.
00:50:36.26\00:50:37.60
We want to let them know that
they too can have that hope.
00:50:37.63\00:50:41.20
Amen.
00:50:41.24\00:50:42.57
Amen, thank you very much.
00:50:42.60\00:50:43.94
Good news. Amen.
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.31
Well, we have come to
almost the end of this.
00:50:45.34\00:50:48.08
And I think it's time to
give everyone an opportunity
00:50:48.11\00:50:51.38
to give a final
message to our friends
00:50:51.41\00:50:55.88
that are home, or
hospital or prison,
00:50:55.92\00:50:59.09
wherever you may be.
00:50:59.12\00:51:00.46
We'll start with Jay.
00:51:00.49\00:51:01.82
What final words do
you have for our friends?
00:51:01.86\00:51:03.53
You have about a minute
to share from your heart.
00:51:03.56\00:51:07.33
Okay, some final words.
00:51:07.36\00:51:09.50
When you say a minute that's,
00:51:09.53\00:51:11.77
you know, often not long enough.
00:51:11.80\00:51:14.24
But it all I think
to me comes down to,
00:51:14.27\00:51:19.31
you know, again, to talk
about the hope and the trust,
00:51:19.34\00:51:22.94
and everything that we do,
everything that we think of,
00:51:22.98\00:51:27.45
everything in our
lives comes down to this.
00:51:27.48\00:51:32.09
And the trust in the Lord.
00:51:32.12\00:51:36.12
This is the thing that we need
to develop I think the most.
00:51:36.16\00:51:39.79
Trust in what the
Bible says is true.
00:51:39.83\00:51:44.67
Amen.
00:51:44.70\00:51:46.03
And the more we
live from the Bible,
00:51:46.07\00:51:48.50
the more examples we
have, of this being true
00:51:48.54\00:51:53.61
and so as we focus on that,
00:51:53.64\00:51:55.68
and as life goes on,
00:51:55.71\00:51:57.88
and we get closer
and closer to Christ,
00:51:57.91\00:52:00.55
that's the goal.
00:52:00.58\00:52:03.32
We remember all of these lessons
00:52:03.35\00:52:05.49
that we have learned,
00:52:05.52\00:52:06.86
and we've heard some
wonderful stories from Claude.
00:52:06.89\00:52:10.43
You know, some of the things
that have happened in his life.
00:52:10.46\00:52:13.23
And I'm sure that he
could go on with these stories
00:52:13.26\00:52:16.87
for a long time.
00:52:16.90\00:52:19.07
These are the things
that we need to remember.
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.24
The stories of the success,
the stories of the love,
00:52:21.27\00:52:25.17
the stories of the
trust of Jesus Christ.
00:52:25.21\00:52:28.54
Amen.
00:52:28.58\00:52:30.25
Matthew Andrew?
00:52:30.28\00:52:32.51
I just wanna leave this I
think with just a scripture.
00:52:32.55\00:52:37.32
I think that's the
best way for me to end it.
00:52:37.35\00:52:40.02
I was just thinking of that.
00:52:40.06\00:52:41.96
We have this hope.
00:52:41.99\00:52:43.32
But many don't have this hope.
00:52:43.36\00:52:44.69
In fact, many people
scoff at the idea that
00:52:44.73\00:52:48.26
well, things have
been going on like this
00:52:48.30\00:52:49.93
forever and ever and ever.
00:52:49.96\00:52:51.30
You guys are crazy.
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These are old wives tales.
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But the word of the Lord
says this in 2 Peter 3:3,
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"Knowing this first
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that scoffers will
come in the last days
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walking according
to their own lusts,
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and saying,
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'Where is the
promise of His coming
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for since the
father's fell asleep,'
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all things continue as they were
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from the beginning of creation,
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for this day will fully
forget that by the word of God,
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the heavens were of old
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and the earth
standing out of the water
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and in the water,
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by which the world
that existed perished
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being flooded with water.
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But the heavens and the
earth which are now preserved
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by the same word
are reserved for fire
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until the Day of Judgment
and perdition of godly men.'
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" But Peter goes on to says,
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"But beloved, do not
forget this one thing,
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that with the Lord
one day is as a 1000 years
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and 1000 years as one day.
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In other words, time
is no big deal to God.
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It's He owns it all.
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"The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,
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as some count slackness.
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But He is long
suffering toward us
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not willing that
any should perish,
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that that all
should come to repentance."
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Amen. Amen. Thank you very much.
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Pastor Claude Turner.
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Well you struck on the point
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not willing that
any should perish.
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If we are real
Christians, we don't think,
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well, now I've got to
pass out so many tracks.
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I've got to do all these works
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and I've got to
keep the Sabbath.
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I've got to do this and this.
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You know, would you say that
song our hearts burn within us.
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We have this hope
that burns within us.
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Right, we just
can't keep it within us.
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We got to tell it.
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And, you know,
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when I come here to,
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I don't want to
say come here to work.
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When I come here to
answer the telephone,
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I'm glad I can walk
right past that time clock.
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And to me it's not work,
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it's a privilege to
share this blessed hope.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you.
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I want to share real
quickly, Romans 15:13.
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I absolutely
love this scripture,
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Romans 15:13,
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"May the God of
hope is your expectation,
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may the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace
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and believing
that you may abound
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and hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit."
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And as I was reading
this last sentence today,
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for this morning's devotional,
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His Word is like
the mountain stream
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fed by unfailing springs,
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whose cool sparkling
waters leap from rock to rock,
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refreshing, the
weary the thirsty,
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the heavy laden,
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having hope in Jesus will
indeed quench your thirst.
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Amen. Thank you very much.
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And speaking of hope,
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when we listen to the
newspaper and the news,
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it sounds like that
hope isn't very far away.
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Amen.
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The second coming of
Christ is the next great event.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, I have a
couple of scriptures
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to share with you, you
know, to have this hope
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you need to have
Jesus Christ in your heart.
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And so, I'm reading to
you from Colossians 1:27,
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"To them,
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God will make known
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what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery
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among the gentiles,
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which is Christ in
you the hope of glory."
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Amen.
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And, you know,
Revelation 3:20 says that,
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"Jesus Christ, it says, Behold,
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I stand at the door and knock."
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Amen.
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"If any man hears my
voice and opens the door,
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I will come into him
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and sup with
him and he with me."
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So Christ wants to
come into your heart,
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to bless you with eternal life
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so that you can have this hope,
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the hope of the
coming of the Lord,
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the hope of
redemption through Jesus Christ,
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and to have eternal
life where there is no pain,
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suffering or sickness or death.
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And I'm going to
read as much as I can
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from Revelation 21:1-4.
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"Now I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
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for the first
heaven and the first earth
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had passed away also,
there was no more sea.
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Then I John saw the
Holy City, New Jerusalem,
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coming down out of heaven,
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from God prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a
voice from heaven saying,
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"Behold,
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the tabernacle
of God is with men,
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and he will dwell with them
and they shall be his people,
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and God himself
will be with them."
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And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes
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and there should
be no more death,
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nor pain or
suffering for the former things
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have passed away."
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Thank you. May God bless you.
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Amen, amen.
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