I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Today Worship,
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and we're so glad that
we can come in your home
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and so glad that you
can come into our home
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and 3ABN is,
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of course, it's
for so many years,
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Yvonne, you know people say,
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"Oh, well, we talk about 3ABN."
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We say it's your 3ABN
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because without you
there would be no 3ABN.
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We all here,
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we have Sister Yvonne
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and Jason and
Brother Kenny and Chris.
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I mean, we all could be
sitting here by ourselves
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talking to nobody but ourselves.
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But it's you,
the viewing audience,
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that supply the prayers
and the financial support,
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this program is
literally goes around the world.
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm always amazed by that, Jay,
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that when we say
hello and welcome to 3ABN,
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it goes up 22,300
miles to space, that signal,
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gets on about nine
different satellite,
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goes from one
satellite to the other
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down into homes
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all around the world in
less than three seconds.
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Now, when you talk
about the end events
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being rapid,
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you know Daniel talks about
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people running to and fro
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and knowledge
shall be increased.
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I mean, how much
more can it be increased
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in three seconds.
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People say,
well, for generations,
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people said Jesus
is coming, you know.
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What else can...
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How do you know it's not going
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to be another hundred
years or thousand years?
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I say because how
much can you improve
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on three seconds?
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We say, that's not
gonna make any difference.
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So we're thankful today
that we can spend this time
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in the Sabbath,
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opening the Sabbath,
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because it's such a
great time of the week.
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And I guess
probably our favorite, right?
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Oh, yes. And the
Sabbath is special.
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What we want to talk about today
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is witnessing for
Jesus and sharing our faith.
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And I always think about
the great gospel commission
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which is Matthew
28:18-20, where Jesus says,
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"To go ye into all the world."
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But before He says that,
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He says, "All power is given
unto me in heaven and earth."
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And I love that part of it,
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because if
somebody just says to you,
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if I say to you, Jay,
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I want you to take
this into the whole world,
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whatever it is, I
hand you something,
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take that to the whole earth,
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you're scratching
your head like what?
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How am I gonna do that? Exactly.
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So even when
Jesus says, you know,
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take this gospel of the
kingdom into all the world,
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like, how am I going to do that?
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Well, all you have to do
is read verse 18, it says,
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"All power is given
me, go ye therefore."
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Amen.
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So all of a
sudden, wait a minute,
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if I'm a Christian, I submit
and commit my life to Jesus.
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And I trust Him.
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Now it's not about
me, it's He's saying,
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I'm willing to work
in you and through you
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to get the gospel
into all the world.
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That's right.
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Then the question might be,
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why does Jesus really need us
to get the gospel in the world?
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Couldn't He and the Holy Spirit,
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couldn't He and the Holy Spirit,
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literally, take
the gospel without us.
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Yeah. Well, they could.
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They could, but we need
it for our own salvation.
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But we're going to
talk more about it.
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We hope you have
your Bibles with you.
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And what we're going to do
is have a little prayer maybe,
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Brother Kenny, we could
ask you to say a prayer for us.
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Absolutely. Let's pray.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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truly, we thank
You for the opportunity
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to study Your Word,
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to be able to go forth
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and has been
mentioned here to all the world
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and to give the good news
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of the soon
coming of Jesus Christ.
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We thank You for 3ABN.
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We thank You for the outreach
and reaching people again
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for the cause of Christ.
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Lord, we just
pray in a special way
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now the Holy Spirit,
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anointing of the Holy Spirit
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upon everything
is said and done.
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May we see Jesus
in a very special way,
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may we learn more about
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how we have to share our faith.
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We just ask now
again your Holy Spirit
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will open ears, the hearts
and the minds of your children
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around the world,
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that each one may be involved,
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they will not
just be hearers only
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but we need to be
doers of the Word.
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Bless us now, we pray to this,
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and thank You for
the power of the Spirit
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upon each one in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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So could...
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Does Jesus really need us
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to take the gospel to
the world? Of course not.
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So if He doesn't really need us,
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why does He bother?
Why do we bother to do it?
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I believe
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He has us like being conduits
once we're the, you know,
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we submit and
commit our life to Jesus,
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then He's willing to work in us
and through us for our benefit.
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Why?
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Because without that,
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without a love
for our fellow man,
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everything is going
to be me, myself and I.
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Yeah.
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And me, myself and I
began in heaven through Satan.
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So Satan is the
king of me, myself and I.
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So he said, "I shall be
like the Most High God."
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So everything is about him.
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So because he put everything
so much emphasis on self.
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That's why
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that for each
and every one of us
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if He would love for us
just to think about ourselves.
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That's right.
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Kenny you and
Chris just worry about
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your house, your things,
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what you're doing,
pray for everybody else.
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But hey, this is us.
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What that's going to
do to your own salvation?
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Be detrimental, right?
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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Too much, you know,
the first thing Jesus said,
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when He said,
when you follow Him,
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He said, deny self,
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take up the cross and follow Me.
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So I'm learning in life
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that life's much bigger
than the me or individual.
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It's all about Christ
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and reaching out to
touch others for Him.
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Absolutely.
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We live in this
whole I generation,
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you know, this whole I time.
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It's all about me.
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It's what I want,
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it's what I want
to do is my truth,
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it's my and it's like,
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that is just so antithetical
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to what the Word of God teaches.
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It's all about others.
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It's all about other people.
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And Satan just has
it all about ourselves.
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So I think God is...
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It's a great privilege
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that He's willing to
use frail human agents,
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like each one of us.
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But what it does,
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once we sense and you feel
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the anointing
of the Holy Spirit.
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And I would love to tell
you an answer to prayer today,
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but I don't
really want to do it,
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because sometimes
you hate to sit around,
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say, "Oh, well, the
Lord told me this or that."
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I think He speaks
to all of us that way.
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Yes.
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But we were impressed
to give somebody something
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that we just out of the blue.
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But I thought and I told her,
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I have no idea
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of if they even
need something like this,
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because it has something
most people would need it.
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But it's something I
looked at and I said,
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"We ought to give this."
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So when I call the person,
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she can tell you this
just today literally was,
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man, I've been looking
for that for two weeks,
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but one of those like that,
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but I didn't think I
could afford it right now
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where I was trying
to get a good buy on it.
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And we're like,
wow, isn't that amazing
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the Lord knew
exactly when and where.
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And, but God is willing to
work in and through all of us.
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But once you
sense the Holy Spirit,
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and you realize when
you're up front speaking,
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you know, it's not always you.
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You know the
difference when it's, Kenny,
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whenever the
Holy Spirit using you,
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you know that
Chris, and each one of us.
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And so, what a
blessing to say, wow,
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this is really amazing
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God would in
all of our frailness
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that He'll use each
and every one of us.
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There's Luke 19:40.
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And it says,
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"He answered and said unto them,
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'I tell you that
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if these should
hold their peace,
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the stones would
immediately cry out."
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So think about that,
the stones would cry out.
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So for years,
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I never really
thought about that.
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What does that mean
that the stones will cry out,
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because you know,
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back in the '70s
they had to pet rock,
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remember that,
that was really big,
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everybody's, Jay,
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somebody before your
time they put a little box,
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a little rock
and put it in a box
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and you, the people were buying.
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And they sold it.
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That's your pet rock.
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I guess you get
your rock, you pad it.
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You do whatever,
I mean, you know,
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hey,
everybody's doing something,
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somebody made a bunch
of money on a pet rock.
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But when you say the
very rocks will cry out.
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So Jesus is telling us,
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look, I'm going to give you
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all power and
through Me all power.
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And I'm going to
give this to you,
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so I want you to take the gospel
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to every nation, every kindred,
tongue, and every people.
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But if you don't do your
job, I can't wait forever.
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That's right. I
can't wait forever.
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So what's happened is,
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the very rocks
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because we as a
church and as a people
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and human beings
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we could have
gotten it if everybody,
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if we said
something to you today, Jay,
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and you told her,
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she told him and it went around.
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You could get
something around the world
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in a matter of days.
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If you go on internet,
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now you can get it
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in a matter of
seconds or minutes.
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But we haven't done our job
as a church and as a people.
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So God says,
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"I'm going to
help you with this."
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Praise God.
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Heaven is not heaven
till my children are home.
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That's it.
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So I'm going to help you
because I want My children,
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I don't want him
sleeping in the graves.
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I wanna bring him home with Me.
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So I was headed to,
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in the very
beginning you remember 3ABN,
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Dr. Lee, down in Texas in Tyler.
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And so he
invited us to come down
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and we, Kenny and I
had been there once,
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I think when
Kenneth Cox was there.
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And then I went
down a few weeks later
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to talk with some people.
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And so he said,
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I'll come and pick you
up at the Dallas airport.
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Well, I got to Dallas airport,
and there was a man there.
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And he said, "I'm sorry.
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Dr. Lee couldn't make it.
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He had emergency,
he's in emergency room,
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working and he couldn't
make it to receive them.
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But he asked me
to come and get you."
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I said, "Oh,
great." So we went out.
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He's a farmer,
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and it was wasn't a
new car by any chance.
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And that's good,
because I didn't have a new one.
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But this car,
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he had to move things
around like I do sometimes
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when you're carrying somebody.
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And one thing that stuck out,
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I remember for all these years,
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we were driving,
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it's only probably
60 miles or something.
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About halfway there, we
stopped to put a little oil
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because the car
was smoking really bad.
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So he raised the hood,
and we put a little oil.
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So we're going
along and he says, so.
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And we didn't know
each other, we're young.
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And he said, "So
you're 3ABN, huh?
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So you guys are television."
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I said, "Well, we're building."
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We were just
building and getting started
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and, you know,
raising the funds for it.
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So he said,
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"Well, can you
explain a scripture to me?"
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I said, "I don't know.
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I'll try it. What is it?"
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He said, "Well, the Bible says
that if we don't do our job,
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even the very rocks will cry out
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to proclaim the name of Jesus."
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So he said, "How
do you explain that?"
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And I look dumb as a rock
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because I'm like,
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"Well, I don't know.
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I hadn't thought
that far in advance.
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You know, I'm not a preacher,
nor son of a preacher."
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So I'm like,
"Well, I don't know."
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And he said,
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"You don't even know
how the rocks will cry out?"
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And I said, "No."
And he said, "Well,
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you of all people should know."
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Okay.
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He said, "What do you
think radio was invented from?"
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And I said, "Crystal."
He said, "What's crystal?"
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I said, "A rock."
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He said, "Haven't
you noticed on every hill
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and every
mountain are the antennas?"
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He said, "The very
rocks and mountains
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are crying out to
proclaim the name of Jesus".
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Amen.
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I mean, that hit
me, that was deep.
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The Lord said
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that even the
very rocks will cry out
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if we're not doing our job.
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So here, crystal
turns into radio,
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radio, into television,
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television into computers
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and satellites and there you go.
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So the very rocks and mountains
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are crying out to
proclaim the name of Jesus.
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And why?
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Because I believe
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all nature wants to be
restored to the perfection.
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The rose,
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roses want to be
there without the thorns,
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right?
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Because now you look at
them, but you hate to grab them
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'cause they will struck.
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So all nature because
when man sinned, he fell,
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and yet God had to
curse the dust of the ground
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to in nature.
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Otherwise, perfect
nature would have been dominion
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over imperfect man.
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And so, God had
to curse in balance.
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So now we're all,
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so I believe all
nature is crying out
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for the Creator
Jesus to come back.
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So, what do we do?
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If the rocks can cry
out, surely we can, right?
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So today, we want to talk about
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how do you all share your faith?
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You're looking at me.
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We can go
around anyway you want.
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Well, you know, I
love acronyms, right?
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You do.
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So today, I ask the Lord
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to give me
some, just an acronym,
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so the word gospel.
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Okay.
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And all of these letters
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have to do with
sharing our faith
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and how to witness to others.
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So the G is, first of
all, what is the gospel?
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It's good news. Yes, it is.
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It's good news.
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And it's the light to
those who are in darkness.
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2 Corinthians 4:1 says,
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"Therefore, since
we have this ministry,
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as we have received
mercy, we do not lose heart.
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But we have renounced
the hidden things of shame,
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not walking in craftiness
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nor handling the
word of God deceitfully,
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but by
manifestation of the truth
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commending ourselves
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to every man's
conscience in the sight of God.
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But even if our
gospel is veiled,
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it is veiled to
those who are perishing,
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whose minds the god
of this age has blinded,
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who do not believe,
00:14:15.68\00:14:17.02
lest the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ,
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who is the image of
God, should shine on them.
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For we do not preach ourselves,
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but Christ Jesus the Lord,
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and ourselves your
bondservants for Jesus' sake.
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For it is the God
who commanded light
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to shine out of darkness,
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who has shone in our hearts
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to give the
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ."
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So the G in gospel
is for the good news.
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The O is observe.
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When we're sharing the
gospel, when we're witnessing,
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we need to know
the style of the person
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to whom we're witnessing.
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Culture and everything.
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Culture.
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Do they like
discussion, are they readers.
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I was talking to
one of my cousin's
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Jeda yesterday,
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I told her, I give her credit,
00:15:07.37\00:15:08.70
for this was a
shout out to Jeda.
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Because she was saying,
in witnessing, you know,
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and sharing the gospel,
00:15:15.38\00:15:16.91
you need to know who
or to whom you're speaking
00:15:16.95\00:15:19.51
and what they do
and what they like.
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So people have different styles,
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one size doesn't fit all.
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Observe in the person
that if you know the person,
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observe that in them.
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And then, S is for
start with your inner circle.
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That's the place to
start, people you know.
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Remember in Luke 8,
Matthew 8 and Mark 5,
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we read about the
demoniac and how he was naked,
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and he was shackled.
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And he came up against Jesus.
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And Jesus cast the demons,
00:15:48.64\00:15:50.95
demons because he
was called Legion,
00:15:50.98\00:15:53.35
because they were many of them.
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Cast the demons out.
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And the guy was
well-known in the community
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because he was a nutcase.
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So he was
well-known in the community.
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And so when the
people found out...
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Yes, that's politically correct.
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I know, he was a nutcase.
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You know, he was
filled with demons.
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Okay, okay. No, no.
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It was good.
00:16:14.24\00:16:15.57
You're demon
possessed, everything goes.
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Yeah, everything
goes, that's right.
00:16:17.14\00:16:19.21
So Jesus healed him.
00:16:19.24\00:16:21.84
Yes.
00:16:21.88\00:16:23.21
And he was clothed, and
he was in his right mind.
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And he begged Jesus,
"Let me go with you."
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And what did Jesus say?
00:16:29.15\00:16:31.25
He said to him,
00:16:31.29\00:16:32.85
"Return to your own house.
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And tell what great
things God has done for you."
00:16:35.39\00:16:39.29
Already he's
feeding on his faith, right?
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That's right.
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He sent him back to his home,
back to his community to tell
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because they were the
ones who saw him before.
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They were the ones who
saw him when they were,
00:16:49.14\00:16:51.11
when he was in
his, at his worst.
00:16:51.14\00:16:53.81
And now he was at his best.
00:16:53.84\00:16:56.68
So Luke 8:39 says,
00:16:56.71\00:16:59.38
"And he went his way
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and proclaimed
throughout the whole city
00:17:00.78\00:17:02.92
what great things
Jesus had done for him."
00:17:02.95\00:17:05.02
That's good.
00:17:05.05\00:17:06.39
The P in gospel is for praise.
00:17:06.42\00:17:09.22
When we share what
God has done in our lives,
00:17:09.26\00:17:12.29
it brings praise to God.
00:17:12.33\00:17:15.13
1 Chronicles 16:23-25 says,
00:17:15.16\00:17:18.33
"Sing to the
Lord, all the earth,
00:17:18.37\00:17:20.14
proclaim the good
news of His salvation
00:17:20.17\00:17:22.90
from day to day.
00:17:22.94\00:17:24.37
Declare His glory
among the nations,
00:17:24.41\00:17:26.61
His wonders among all peoples.
00:17:26.64\00:17:28.78
For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised,
00:17:28.81\00:17:32.31
He is also to be
feared above all gods."
00:17:32.35\00:17:35.62
So praise is important.
00:17:35.65\00:17:37.89
One thing we can do
is we can use music.
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Music is a way to witness
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because some
people are music buffs,
00:17:42.76\00:17:44.53
and you can reach
them through music.
00:17:44.56\00:17:48.06
So you can share music projects,
00:17:48.10\00:17:49.63
like Give Him Glory,
00:17:49.66\00:17:51.30
which is the three
angels' messages in music,
00:17:51.33\00:17:55.07
and accompany
that with the booklet,
00:17:55.10\00:17:58.51
Pastor John's booklet on
the three angels' messages.
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So there are ways to
use praise to reach people.
00:18:01.44\00:18:05.18
And then E is for
example, excuse me.
00:18:05.21\00:18:09.08
We are to set an
example through our own lives.
00:18:09.12\00:18:14.09
When we are talking to
people and dealing with people
00:18:14.12\00:18:17.29
and trying to witness to people.
00:18:17.33\00:18:19.93
People are watching to see
how we respond to situations.
00:18:19.96\00:18:23.26
Ephesians 4:17-24 says,
00:18:23.30\00:18:26.70
"This I say, therefore,
00:18:26.74\00:18:28.07
and testify in the Lord,
00:18:28.10\00:18:29.44
that you should no longer
00:18:29.47\00:18:30.81
walk as the rest
of the Gentiles walk,
00:18:30.84\00:18:33.41
in the futility of their minds,
00:18:33.44\00:18:35.44
having their
understanding darkened,
00:18:35.48\00:18:37.88
being alienated
from the life of God,
00:18:37.91\00:18:40.12
because of the
ignorance that is in them,
00:18:40.15\00:18:42.08
because of the
blindness of their heart,
00:18:42.12\00:18:44.55
who, being past feeling,
00:18:44.59\00:18:46.15
have given
themselves over to lewdness,
00:18:46.19\00:18:48.49
to work all
uncleanness with greediness.
00:18:48.52\00:18:51.53
But you have not
so learned Christ,
00:18:51.56\00:18:55.23
if indeed you have heard
Him and have been taught by Him,
00:18:55.26\00:18:59.43
as the truth is in
Jesus: that you put off,
00:18:59.47\00:19:02.84
concerning your former conduct,
00:19:02.87\00:19:04.97
put off the old
man which grows corrupt
00:19:05.01\00:19:07.91
according to
the deceitful lusts,
00:19:07.94\00:19:10.11
and be renewed in
the spirit of your mind,
00:19:10.15\00:19:12.45
and that you put on the new man
00:19:12.48\00:19:13.92
which was
created according to God,
00:19:13.95\00:19:16.38
in true
righteousness and holiness."
00:19:16.42\00:19:19.12
And the L in
gospel is for lessons.
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You may find it easier
00:19:23.09\00:19:25.36
to share the gospel
00:19:25.39\00:19:26.73
just by sharing written lessons,
00:19:26.76\00:19:28.13
that, you know,
00:19:28.16\00:19:29.50
there're some lessons
that go over, you know,
00:19:29.53\00:19:31.53
all these different topics
00:19:31.57\00:19:33.03
and so you might
share it that way.
00:19:33.07\00:19:35.40
So you can schedule a
time each week via video call.
00:19:35.44\00:19:40.04
Since we now have COVID,
00:19:40.08\00:19:41.58
we can't go to
people's houses necessarily.
00:19:41.61\00:19:43.85
So you can do video calls
00:19:43.88\00:19:45.71
and share lessons
that way with them.
00:19:45.75\00:19:48.08
So the gospel we can
share with good news,
00:19:48.12\00:19:52.45
observing people
and their styles,
00:19:52.49\00:19:54.49
starting with your inner circle,
00:19:54.52\00:19:56.36
praise, example and lessons.
00:19:56.39\00:19:59.06
Oh, praise the
Lord. That was it.
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That was. Praise the Lord.
00:20:01.00\00:20:03.43
Yeah. That was it.
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.20
I guess we can close
the Sabbath and go home.
00:20:06.23\00:20:09.04
It was very good. Very good.
00:20:09.07\00:20:12.61
That was awesome.
00:20:12.64\00:20:14.14
I had, some,
one of those points.
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.98
And one thing, you know,
00:20:16.01\00:20:17.61
we need to pray before we speak.
00:20:17.65\00:20:19.21
Come on. Yeah.
00:20:19.25\00:20:20.58
A lot of times,
00:20:20.62\00:20:21.95
we can go in with
our preconceived notions,
00:20:21.98\00:20:23.75
preconceived ideas, judgments,
whatever the case may be.
00:20:23.79\00:20:26.55
So we need to
pray before we speak.
00:20:26.59\00:20:28.82
But then know who
you're talking to,
00:20:28.86\00:20:30.73
that's the point that
I had on there as well,
00:20:30.76\00:20:32.66
know who you're talking to.
00:20:32.69\00:20:34.26
And then we need
to listen to them.
00:20:34.30\00:20:36.10
You know, so many
times we do all the talking,
00:20:36.13\00:20:38.47
but we don't listen very much.
00:20:38.50\00:20:40.50
So I remember,
00:20:40.54\00:20:41.87
I was sitting in a
car with an Uber driver,
00:20:41.90\00:20:43.64
and he was taking me,
I think, to the hotel,
00:20:43.67\00:20:45.81
I was in either California
or Florida or somewhere.
00:20:45.84\00:20:49.28
And I remember talking to him
00:20:49.31\00:20:50.65
about what I was in
town for a convention,
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.11
a church convention.
00:20:53.15\00:20:54.48
And he was like, you
know, I mean, no disrespect,
00:20:54.52\00:20:57.15
but I'm an atheist.
00:20:57.19\00:20:58.59
And so we begin to
have a conversation
00:20:58.62\00:21:00.36
and I shared a little
bit about what I believe.
00:21:00.39\00:21:02.42
And I listened to him,
00:21:02.46\00:21:03.79
I listened to the points
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.16
that he starts to
bring out and make in.
00:21:05.19\00:21:08.36
I said, "Amen.
00:21:08.40\00:21:09.73
No disrespect taken,
00:21:09.76\00:21:11.10
the same God that I serve
00:21:11.13\00:21:13.54
is the one that
gave you that choice
00:21:13.57\00:21:15.57
whether or not you
want to believe in Him."
00:21:15.60\00:21:17.71
And so, we continue to
have this conversation,
00:21:17.74\00:21:20.18
and I'm listening
to him and talking
00:21:20.21\00:21:22.08
and we get to the
hotel, get out the car,
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.91
he shakes my hand.
00:21:24.95\00:21:26.28
And he's just saying, you know,
00:21:26.31\00:21:27.65
"I'm thankful
for the conversation.
00:21:27.68\00:21:30.09
You're one of the few
Christians that I've met
00:21:30.12\00:21:32.62
that took the time to listen
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and didn't take a
condescending approach."
00:21:34.56\00:21:37.46
So, you know,
00:21:37.49\00:21:38.83
I don't know what
happened after that,
00:21:38.86\00:21:40.23
but the seed had been planted.
00:21:40.26\00:21:42.90
So we need to learn
to listen to people.
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.40
We need to know our role.
00:21:45.43\00:21:46.90
In other words,
we're not the Holy Spirit.
00:21:46.94\00:21:49.27
Our job is not
to plant the seed,
00:21:49.30\00:21:52.24
convict them and grow
the whole oak tree and that.
00:21:52.27\00:21:54.44
That's right.
00:21:54.48\00:21:55.81
You know, that's not our job.
00:21:55.84\00:21:57.18
So, we need to know our role.
00:21:57.21\00:21:58.85
And we need to get
past the outward appearance.
00:21:58.88\00:22:00.98
You know,
sometimes we see people,
00:22:01.02\00:22:02.52
they may be tattooed
up, they may have earrings,
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.72
they may have,
whatever the case may be,
00:22:04.75\00:22:06.89
we need to get past
that outward experience.
00:22:06.92\00:22:09.32
Look at who Jesus hung out with.
00:22:09.36\00:22:11.06
I mean, tax collectors,
00:22:11.09\00:22:12.79
harlots and all of these people
00:22:12.83\00:22:15.60
to witness to them,
to minister to them.
00:22:15.63\00:22:18.03
How can they be reached
00:22:18.07\00:22:19.40
if we can't even get
past outward appearance?
00:22:19.43\00:22:22.24
So that's important.
00:22:22.27\00:22:23.61
Continuing to pray for the seeds
00:22:23.64\00:22:25.34
that have been planted.
00:22:25.37\00:22:26.71
You know, it's not
enough to just say, okay, here,
00:22:26.74\00:22:29.08
you know, learn
about Jesus and good luck.
00:22:29.11\00:22:32.18
You know, no, we
need to pray for them.
00:22:32.21\00:22:34.95
Thank you.
00:22:34.98\00:22:36.32
And as much as possible,
00:22:36.35\00:22:37.69
we need to keep in
contact with people
00:22:37.72\00:22:39.05
that we witness to,
or put them in touch
00:22:39.09\00:22:41.59
with people that
are in their area.
00:22:41.62\00:22:43.22
I think those
are important steps
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.13
in witnessing.
00:22:46.16\00:22:47.50
Amen. Very good, okay.
00:22:47.53\00:22:48.86
Very good. Praise the Lord.
00:22:48.90\00:22:50.57
Going around the table.
00:22:50.60\00:22:52.87
I see the eyes.
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.34
Well, when I began
to study about this
00:22:54.37\00:22:57.07
and pray about this,
00:22:57.11\00:22:58.47
the first thing
that came to my mind
00:22:58.51\00:22:59.94
is you cannot give
what you don't have.
00:22:59.97\00:23:03.51
So I think it bears repeating,
you talked about the demoniac.
00:23:03.55\00:23:06.92
But it bears repeating
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.45
that we need to be
in study every day,
00:23:08.48\00:23:11.82
we need to be in
prayer every day.
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.06
When you talked about
the rocks crying in out,
00:23:14.09\00:23:16.36
why God, you
know, chooses to use us.
00:23:16.39\00:23:19.76
It reminds me of the thought
00:23:19.79\00:23:21.26
that it's because
He's reforming us.
00:23:21.30\00:23:24.43
He's reforming us
from this old world
00:23:24.47\00:23:27.34
to be fit and
ready for the new world
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.90
that He has for us.
00:23:29.94\00:23:31.27
And we have to
keep that in our mind.
00:23:31.31\00:23:33.41
And one thing
that I thought about,
00:23:33.44\00:23:35.01
the best way to
witness or to share your faith
00:23:35.04\00:23:38.48
is to live your faith,
no matter where you are,
00:23:38.51\00:23:42.22
no matter who you're around.
00:23:42.25\00:23:44.05
You know, Mrs.
White makes it very clear
00:23:44.09\00:23:46.15
that we are
responsible for actions
00:23:46.19\00:23:48.39
as well as our reactions.
00:23:48.42\00:23:50.56
And you were talking
about where our field
00:23:50.59\00:23:52.59
is because I came up
with three different things.
00:23:52.63\00:23:54.96
Mine wasn't an acronym,
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.77
but number one was
realize that we have a mission.
00:23:56.80\00:24:01.24
And this mission may
be closer than we think.
00:24:01.27\00:24:04.27
It's our family.
00:24:04.31\00:24:06.17
You know, our
representation of Christ
00:24:06.21\00:24:08.81
starts with our families,
starts with our children,
00:24:08.84\00:24:11.61
starts with our
husband and wife.
00:24:11.65\00:24:13.38
You know, he's a pastor.
00:24:13.42\00:24:15.25
But that doesn't
give me an excuse
00:24:15.28\00:24:16.82
not to be loving,
00:24:16.85\00:24:18.19
not to be Christ like
to him and vice versa.
00:24:18.22\00:24:21.16
You know, because we can hurt,
00:24:21.19\00:24:23.32
you know, we're
always with our...
00:24:23.36\00:24:26.83
You know, we are
always sowing seeds.
00:24:26.86\00:24:29.76
We're always sowing seeds.
00:24:29.80\00:24:31.13
So we're either sowing
seeds for the kingdom of heaven,
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.54
or we're sowing seeds
00:24:34.57\00:24:36.37
for the kingdom
that will be lost
00:24:36.40\00:24:38.71
here on this earth, you
know, so there's always tears.
00:24:38.74\00:24:41.94
And sadly, we, so many
times sow those seeds of tears,
00:24:41.98\00:24:48.08
we lose our patience.
00:24:48.12\00:24:49.45
We're not
reflective of God's love,
00:24:49.48\00:24:52.02
you know, when we need to.
00:24:52.05\00:24:53.39
A lot of times, you know,
00:24:53.42\00:24:54.76
if you feel like
you're about to burst out,
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.12
you need to just leave the room,
00:24:56.16\00:24:57.49
excuse yourself.
00:24:57.53\00:24:58.86
Go pray if you have to.
00:24:58.89\00:25:00.23
You know, when I was reading
about disciplining children,
00:25:00.26\00:25:02.50
Mrs. White says we should never,
00:25:02.53\00:25:04.60
listen to this because
I've failed many times.
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.34
But I kept working on it.
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.17
We should never discipline
our children in anger.
00:25:09.20\00:25:13.38
We need to go to the closet,
00:25:13.41\00:25:15.04
we need to go in
secret to that God
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.21
who hears in secret.
00:25:17.25\00:25:18.85
We need to calm down,
00:25:18.88\00:25:20.22
and we need to handle it
00:25:20.25\00:25:21.58
in the way that we should.
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.59
The second one for
me was pray for God
00:25:23.62\00:25:26.79
to open doors to
share the gospel.
00:25:26.82\00:25:30.06
Some of the best
Bible studies I ever had
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.13
was when I asked
God to open a door.
00:25:33.16\00:25:36.23
I still ask Him to open a door.
00:25:36.26\00:25:38.43
I'm asking Him to open a
door to those who I love,
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.50
you know, my family members,
00:25:41.54\00:25:43.07
our children, our grandchildren,
00:25:43.10\00:25:46.07
who once knew the faith,
00:25:46.11\00:25:47.84
but they have
kind of walked away.
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.05
And, of course,
we pray for those
00:25:50.08\00:25:51.71
who are supporting
the ministries here.
00:25:51.75\00:25:54.82
You know, we get a lot of calls.
00:25:54.85\00:25:56.38
I know you guys
get a lot of calls.
00:25:56.42\00:25:58.65
And we need to be in prayer,
00:25:58.69\00:26:00.16
because we're to
work while there is light.
00:26:00.19\00:26:03.59
And we realize the
darkness is coming.
00:26:03.63\00:26:05.66
And number three,
share true stories of faith,
00:26:05.69\00:26:09.63
answers to prayer,
God's power in everything,
00:26:09.66\00:26:14.07
your testimonies.
00:26:14.10\00:26:15.94
Testimonies can be so powerful
00:26:15.97\00:26:18.27
when people see
00:26:18.31\00:26:19.67
what God is doing
in and through you.
00:26:19.71\00:26:22.38
You know, I've
sat amongst all of you
00:26:22.41\00:26:24.98
and I listened
to your testimonies,
00:26:25.01\00:26:27.15
and it's always uplifting to me.
00:26:27.18\00:26:29.42
I never tire of it,
00:26:29.45\00:26:31.22
because God is in that
miracle working business.
00:26:31.25\00:26:34.12
He's out to seek and to
save those who are lost,
00:26:34.16\00:26:37.33
and which is why
00:26:37.36\00:26:38.69
we have such a
wonderful opportunity.
00:26:38.73\00:26:41.26
And I've got more to say,
00:26:41.30\00:26:42.63
but I'm going to throw it
on over to Pastor Kenny here.
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.83
And then we'll see,
maybe it'll bounce back later.
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.60
Yeah.
00:26:47.64\00:26:48.97
Well, the one thing
that really hit home for me
00:26:49.00\00:26:50.57
as I was looking at this,
and Jesus made the statement,
00:26:50.61\00:26:53.51
I think it's in Luke.
00:26:53.54\00:26:54.88
You looked up Luke 19 something,
00:26:54.91\00:26:56.24
I think this is 19:10.
00:26:56.28\00:26:57.61
Yeah, you had it.
00:26:57.65\00:26:58.98
He said,
00:26:59.01\00:27:00.35
"He came to seek
00:27:00.38\00:27:01.72
and to save
that which was lost."
00:27:01.75\00:27:03.72
That's always stuck in my mind.
00:27:03.75\00:27:05.82
Jesus came to seek and
save that which is lost,
00:27:05.85\00:27:09.42
and I
automatically inserted my name.
00:27:09.46\00:27:12.96
Okay.
00:27:12.99\00:27:14.33
See, I think it
needs to be personal,
00:27:14.36\00:27:15.70
I inserted my name,
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.07
He came to seek and save me,
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.50
to make it personal and to you.
00:27:18.53\00:27:20.90
And we need to be careful
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.27
how we, I love the way
he's talking about witnessing,
00:27:22.30\00:27:23.77
there's a way to do it.
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.14
Jesus, I know, I read
in the Desire of Ages said,
00:27:25.17\00:27:27.01
when Jesus was
witnessing, speaking to a group,
00:27:27.04\00:27:31.18
He always looked at
the face, the faces.
00:27:31.21\00:27:34.88
And you could tell,
00:27:34.92\00:27:36.25
and you do that
when you're up front,
00:27:36.28\00:27:37.62
you can tell when
the face is accepting
00:27:37.65\00:27:38.99
what's being said and
one who's rejecting it.
00:27:39.02\00:27:40.69
Yes, that's right. You see.
00:27:40.72\00:27:42.06
That didn't mean he
changed the message.
00:27:42.09\00:27:43.63
But he read and I
read one time, it said,
00:27:43.66\00:27:45.36
where he,
00:27:45.39\00:27:46.73
when he looked through
and saw the people there,
00:27:46.76\00:27:48.10
he saw somebody
there for the second time.
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.77
I mean, how many of
us can really do it?
00:27:50.80\00:27:52.53
They showed up again.
00:27:52.57\00:27:54.27
He said, it brought such
joy and peace to his heart.
00:27:54.30\00:27:57.11
How wonderful it was.
00:27:57.14\00:27:58.47
So we have to be
careful, like say,
00:27:58.51\00:27:59.84
when're witness not to
apply too much pressure.
00:27:59.87\00:28:01.34
I was thinking of
the story was told about,
00:28:01.38\00:28:03.35
people went to
church and they said,
00:28:03.38\00:28:04.71
"You don't have anything good
happen this week, you know."
00:28:04.75\00:28:06.51
" Oh, yeah, yeah, we had
good things happen, " said.
00:28:06.55\00:28:08.55
Can you believe it?
00:28:08.58\00:28:09.92
Somebody ran out of gas
right in front of our house.
00:28:09.95\00:28:12.45
And they said, Oh, they did,
00:28:12.49\00:28:13.82
well, they said, "Well,
well, " you know, providence,
00:28:13.86\00:28:15.92
God was working because
we were able to help them.
00:28:15.96\00:28:18.56
But it says and they ran
out, said, "What can we do?"
00:28:18.59\00:28:20.43
"Well, we're out of gas."
00:28:20.46\00:28:21.80
They said, "We're
gonna help you with some gas.
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.07
But would you
promise to come to church,
00:28:24.10\00:28:26.57
and then we'll
give you the gas?"
00:28:26.60\00:28:27.97
Oh, my goodness.
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.34
They put that out there,
and the guy said, "Well, yeah,
00:28:30.37\00:28:32.57
we'll come, sure."
00:28:32.61\00:28:33.94
And then we said, "Look around.
00:28:33.98\00:28:35.44
Did he show up?" No.
00:28:35.48\00:28:37.61
That never works that way.
00:28:37.65\00:28:39.95
It's kind of like the guy
00:28:39.98\00:28:41.32
I was thinking
about the one little.
00:28:41.35\00:28:42.85
He was 12 or 13 years old.
00:28:42.88\00:28:45.15
And I think this has to
do with witnessing and so on
00:28:45.19\00:28:48.32
in such a profound way.
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.63
He was with his grandpa
and he's out in the field
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.99
and he was hoeing
potatoes or something working.
00:28:53.03\00:28:56.50
And he told
grandpa, he said, "Grandpa,
00:28:56.53\00:28:58.93
I want to be a preacher."
Grandpa said, "Oh, you do?"
00:28:58.97\00:29:02.64
He said, "Yeah, I
want to be a preacher."
00:29:02.67\00:29:06.17
Grandpa looked at him
and grandpa in his wisdom.
00:29:06.21\00:29:08.81
Don't think
grandpa sat with them.
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.18
Grandpa said,
00:29:10.21\00:29:11.55
"You're gonna need
three things, son."
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.11
And now think this helps us
00:29:13.15\00:29:14.48
when we're
talking about witnessing
00:29:14.52\00:29:15.85
and what God's called us to do.
00:29:15.88\00:29:17.22
He said, Grandpa said,
00:29:17.25\00:29:18.59
"You need three
things and the boy said,
00:29:18.62\00:29:19.95
"Well, what
three things Grandpa,
00:29:19.99\00:29:21.32
what three things do I need?"
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.39
Grandpa is
talking the way he did.
00:29:23.43\00:29:25.13
He said, "Son, first of all,
00:29:25.16\00:29:26.63
you're going to
need some learning.
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.50
You gonna need some learning."
00:29:29.53\00:29:30.87
That's right.
00:29:30.90\00:29:32.23
And number two,
00:29:32.27\00:29:33.60
he said, "You're going
to need the grace of God."
00:29:33.64\00:29:35.74
He said, "Well, that's good.
00:29:35.77\00:29:37.11
What's number three?
Grandpa, what's number three?"
00:29:37.14\00:29:39.44
He said, "Son, you're going
to need some common sense."
00:29:39.47\00:29:43.01
Think about common sense, right?
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.78
And this is in the gospel too.
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.42
And so he said,
"Now, listen, son.
00:29:47.45\00:29:49.48
" And boy is
looking at him like,
00:29:49.52\00:29:50.85
"Well, Grandpa,
what about the learning?"
00:29:50.89\00:29:52.95
He said, "You know what,
00:29:52.99\00:29:54.32
if you don't have the learning,
00:29:54.36\00:29:55.69
you can start to study
and the learning will come.
00:29:55.72\00:29:59.56
Number two, if you
don't have the grace of God,
00:29:59.59\00:30:02.16
you can pray about it.
00:30:02.20\00:30:04.63
And God will
give you His grace."
00:30:04.67\00:30:07.20
And he said number three,
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.80
he said, "If you
don't have," notice this,
00:30:09.84\00:30:12.51
"if you don't
have common sense,"
00:30:12.54\00:30:14.91
then he said,
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.28
"If you don't have common sense,
00:30:16.31\00:30:17.65
son, then get back
to hoeing the potatoes,
00:30:17.68\00:30:19.01
because God can't use
you and man can't use you."
00:30:19.05\00:30:22.18
I thought it's
kind of interesting.
00:30:22.22\00:30:23.99
But you put them together.
00:30:24.02\00:30:25.69
Kind of remind me the
fields of Grandpa Shelton,
00:30:25.72\00:30:27.86
you know, out there.
00:30:27.89\00:30:29.22
Oh, yeah. Good common sense.
00:30:29.26\00:30:30.59
We called it the slave
farm, you can understand,
00:30:30.63\00:30:32.69
he worked as
hard, but we needed it.
00:30:32.73\00:30:34.96
But it's
important, we need to be,
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.80
you know, enough learning,
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.17
enough knowledge and
wisdom, the Bible talks about,
00:30:38.20\00:30:39.90
we need the grace of God.
00:30:39.93\00:30:41.47
And then in our
Christian witnessing
00:30:41.50\00:30:43.34
we're talking about here.
00:30:43.37\00:30:44.71
By God's grace,
00:30:44.74\00:30:46.07
we need good common
sense of who we're talking to,
00:30:46.11\00:30:49.61
because we've been
talking about whom and what,
00:30:49.64\00:30:51.41
you know, where
maybe they're at,
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.15
find out where they're
at in their walk with God,
00:30:53.18\00:30:55.35
or whatever it is,
00:30:55.38\00:30:56.72
and not try to give
them everything all at once,
00:30:56.75\00:30:58.85
we might just flow them away.
00:30:58.89\00:31:00.99
So good common sense
00:31:01.02\00:31:02.52
and God will be
able to use that.
00:31:02.56\00:31:03.89
God can use that and certainly
fellow man can use that.
00:31:03.93\00:31:06.36
And so, I just think
that's something good.
00:31:06.39\00:31:07.93
I'm gonna keep those
three things in my mind.
00:31:07.96\00:31:10.37
It is a commodity today,
00:31:10.40\00:31:11.83
common sense is out the window,
00:31:11.87\00:31:13.74
all you got to do is
turn on the news any night,
00:31:13.77\00:31:16.00
almost any channel and you say,
00:31:16.04\00:31:17.37
"Where in the world
did common sense go."
00:31:17.41\00:31:19.34
See, just common reasoning.
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.08
Yeah, that's right.
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
Now I bounce back to you. Okay.
00:31:22.48\00:31:23.98
Well, I would,
one thing he said,
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.75
you know was common sense,
00:31:25.78\00:31:28.08
and he was talking about
not giving them too much.
00:31:28.12\00:31:31.65
And that brought
me back in my mind
00:31:31.69\00:31:33.82
to think you
know that that's why
00:31:33.86\00:31:35.72
I say, "Lord,
open the door." Yes.
00:31:35.76\00:31:38.33
Because so many people
00:31:38.36\00:31:39.69
we have met over the years
00:31:39.73\00:31:41.30
that they, like the person
00:31:41.33\00:31:42.70
that was out in
front and ran out of gas,
00:31:42.73\00:31:45.30
they go with it
and nearly attack them.
00:31:45.33\00:31:47.40
They take the
Bible and it's like,
00:31:47.44\00:31:48.77
they're hitting them
over the head with it.
00:31:48.80\00:31:50.94
You know, rather than Lord,
what do I say, Lord, speak it.
00:31:50.97\00:31:55.18
And you mentioned
this earlier, Danny,
00:31:55.21\00:31:56.81
that you know when the
Holy Spirit is speaking
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.25
in and through you.
00:31:59.28\00:32:00.62
And like I said,
00:32:00.65\00:32:01.98
those are the
best Bible studies,
00:32:02.02\00:32:03.69
because then the Holy Spirit
is speaking to the hearts,
00:32:03.72\00:32:06.79
not just our heart,
00:32:06.82\00:32:08.16
but the heart of
those who are listening
00:32:08.19\00:32:09.96
and who we're listening to.
00:32:09.99\00:32:12.19
So I think that's,
that's very powerful.
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.56
Now, me on the other hand,
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.10
it's not the kids
asking me what they want to do.
00:32:16.13\00:32:19.03
I'm telling them, "Now,
son, you see grandpa up there,
00:32:19.07\00:32:21.57
you need to learn to be
a preacher like grandpa."
00:32:21.60\00:32:26.17
And I'm telling all the grades,
00:32:26.21\00:32:27.54
you need to be a
preacher like grandpa,
00:32:27.58\00:32:29.08
you know, I'm trying
to plant those seeds,
00:32:29.11\00:32:31.71
you know, every
opportunity I get it,
00:32:31.75\00:32:34.88
because honestly,
honestly, my heart breaks.
00:32:34.92\00:32:40.46
When I look at those children,
00:32:40.49\00:32:41.86
you know, we've kind of
been tossing out some things
00:32:41.89\00:32:44.06
in the times we're living at,
00:32:44.09\00:32:45.43
but when I look at those babies,
00:32:45.46\00:32:47.43
and our youngest is one,
00:32:47.46\00:32:48.86
she'll be two at
the end of December.
00:32:48.90\00:32:51.47
And I think about the
world that they are born into,
00:32:51.50\00:32:54.94
and what's coming
on, it breaks your heart.
00:32:54.97\00:32:58.31
And we need to be,
I praise God for 3ABN.
00:32:58.34\00:33:03.31
You mentioned it earlier,
00:33:03.35\00:33:04.68
I gotta throw it
back at you again.
00:33:04.71\00:33:06.38
But to me,
00:33:06.41\00:33:07.75
this has always been a
fulfillment of prophecy.
00:33:07.78\00:33:11.52
The Bible says, what
is it, in Mark 16:15-16,
00:33:11.55\00:33:15.29
"Go ye into all the world."
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.53
Danny's always said,
the blessings on the go.
00:33:17.56\00:33:19.63
Go ye into all the
world to preach the gospel
00:33:19.66\00:33:22.20
to every creature,
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.63
every tongue, every kindred.
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.93
You know, this gets
into homes where we cannot.
00:33:25.97\00:33:30.57
So often we talk to people
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.11
and, in fact, I had a lady
00:33:33.14\00:33:34.81
come in from
Colorado the other day,
00:33:34.84\00:33:36.81
I didn't know who she was.
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.45
And she said,
"I just stopped by,
00:33:38.48\00:33:39.81
I want to know
what you do here."
00:33:39.85\00:33:41.78
So I began to share with her
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.25
and talk to her about
3ABN and different things.
00:33:43.28\00:33:46.02
And she said,
00:33:46.05\00:33:47.39
"Well, I watch
3ABN all the time."
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.56
So it was a setup.
00:33:49.59\00:33:52.86
But you know, it was
also an opportunity to share
00:33:52.89\00:33:56.26
and to help her and
we're helping her now.
00:33:56.30\00:33:59.03
We'll see how she's acting.
00:33:59.07\00:34:01.27
People do that.
00:34:01.30\00:34:02.64
See, they're gonna act
before they say anything.
00:34:02.67\00:34:04.44
They do.
00:34:04.47\00:34:05.81
But that's so scriptural.
00:34:05.84\00:34:07.18
Just real quick, that scripture
what everybody's here said,
00:34:07.21\00:34:09.34
"Pray for an open door."
00:34:09.38\00:34:10.71
We always say,
"Pray for an open door."
00:34:10.75\00:34:12.08
But you got to listen.
00:34:12.11\00:34:13.45
Listen that's
what Colossians 4 says,
00:34:13.48\00:34:14.82
if you read Colossians 4:2-6,
00:34:14.85\00:34:16.79
I'm not going to do that
because it's not my turn,
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.55
just want to say something.
00:34:18.59\00:34:20.26
I think two through four
is absolutely the foundation
00:34:20.29\00:34:24.23
on how to be able to
witness and what you go through.
00:34:24.26\00:34:27.13
Colossians Chapter 2
and it's about 4:2-4.
00:34:27.16\00:34:30.07
And I'm going to read the
one because it says right here,
00:34:30.10\00:34:32.13
"Withal praying also for us,
00:34:32.17\00:34:34.94
that God would open
unto us a door of utterance,
00:34:34.97\00:34:40.18
to speak the
mysteries of Christ,
00:34:40.21\00:34:42.14
for which I'm also in bonds."
00:34:42.18\00:34:43.85
I mean, that's just so beautiful
00:34:43.88\00:34:45.21
when you think
about it, isn't it?
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.82
We pray that God will
open a door of utterance
00:34:46.85\00:34:49.55
where we get an opportunity
to say something to somebody.
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.19
I can guarantee you
when you do that of a morning
00:34:52.22\00:34:54.22
before you leave
your house, you will,
00:34:54.26\00:34:56.83
you will have an opportunity
to lift up the name of Christ.
00:34:56.86\00:34:59.36
Before the day is over,
00:34:59.39\00:35:01.16
you will have that if
that's your heart's desire.
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.30
Yes.
00:35:03.33\00:35:04.67
Open the door,
every person I see
00:35:04.70\00:35:06.23
is a possibility
for heaven, you know.
00:35:06.27\00:35:08.84
That's good.
00:35:08.87\00:35:10.21
It never always,
was always that way.
00:35:10.24\00:35:11.64
But I'm looking, I'm trying
to through the eyes of Christ
00:35:11.67\00:35:13.68
as we read His Word,
00:35:13.71\00:35:15.04
you know,
00:35:15.08\00:35:16.61
it's to just
keep our mind focused
00:35:16.64\00:35:18.61
upon why we were here.
00:35:18.65\00:35:20.62
We're here as His what?
00:35:20.65\00:35:22.02
His witnesses.
00:35:22.05\00:35:23.55
And remember,
00:35:23.59\00:35:24.92
I read sometime in
one place where it said,
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.92
"In the plan of
salvation, the only possible,
00:35:26.96\00:35:30.03
only way God can
use man is for us
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.69
to represent Him to
witness for Him, to witness."
00:35:32.73\00:35:36.16
That's the only part
the man can play in anything
00:35:36.20\00:35:38.23
in the plan of salvation.
00:35:38.27\00:35:39.70
We can be His witnesses.
00:35:39.73\00:35:41.57
That is a big responsibility.
00:35:41.60\00:35:43.77
You know, may God help
us where we fall in short,
00:35:43.81\00:35:45.84
when we're giving
people too much all at once,
00:35:45.87\00:35:47.88
where we beat them over the head
00:35:47.91\00:35:49.24
and said, come to church,
and I'll give you the gas,
00:35:49.28\00:35:50.71
that type of thing.
00:35:50.75\00:35:52.08
Don't think
anybody will do that,
00:35:52.11\00:35:53.45
you know what I mean,
00:35:53.48\00:35:54.82
but still yet, may God help
us to see the importance of,
00:35:54.85\00:35:57.25
you know,
looking, when Christ spoke,
00:35:57.29\00:35:59.19
He spoke in love,
00:35:59.22\00:36:00.72
He spoke in concern,
and people need to know,
00:36:00.76\00:36:03.83
I keep thinking myself,
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.39
they need to know
that you love them
00:36:05.43\00:36:06.90
that you care for them
00:36:06.93\00:36:08.26
that you
understand where they're at,
00:36:08.30\00:36:09.63
you understand what
they're going through.
00:36:09.66\00:36:11.10
Maybe you've been there
00:36:11.13\00:36:12.47
and people be a
little more receptive.
00:36:12.50\00:36:14.10
That's a key. Absolutely.
00:36:14.14\00:36:15.84
I wrote down,
00:36:15.87\00:36:17.74
it may raise an
eyebrow or two, but I put,
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.97
don't plan too
much, just prepare.
00:36:20.01\00:36:22.91
No, that's, that's okay.
00:36:22.94\00:36:24.28
Don't plan too
much, just prepare.
00:36:24.31\00:36:26.11
Come on now.
00:36:26.15\00:36:27.48
Unpack it, yeah.
00:36:27.52\00:36:28.92
Okay.
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.29
I always think about May Chung,
00:36:30.32\00:36:31.89
when she says, she
called me one night,
00:36:31.92\00:36:35.09
she said about 10:30.
00:36:35.12\00:36:37.16
Son, I always
called her mom and son.
00:36:37.19\00:36:39.19
She said, she's
a wonderful person.
00:36:39.23\00:36:41.13
And she said,
00:36:41.16\00:36:42.50
"Son, I just
thought I'd let you know,
00:36:42.53\00:36:43.87
I'm at the airport
headed to the Philippines."
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.53
And I said, "To the Philippines?
00:36:46.57\00:36:48.90
Who do you know there?"
00:36:48.94\00:36:50.27
"Nobody really."
00:36:50.31\00:36:51.64
I said, "Why are
you going there?"
00:36:51.67\00:36:53.01
She said, "Well, the
Lord impressed me to."
00:36:53.04\00:36:54.98
Now she's in her mid 70s.
00:36:55.01\00:36:57.28
That's not so old now is it,
00:36:57.31\00:36:58.65
but it was number of years ago.
00:36:58.68\00:37:00.48
And I said,
"Well, Mom, you can't go.
00:37:00.52\00:37:02.45
Did you tell your kids?"
00:37:02.48\00:37:03.82
"No, you can call
them and tell them
00:37:03.85\00:37:05.79
because they'd be upset
and wouldn't want me to go."
00:37:05.82\00:37:07.86
I said, "What are you gonna do?"
00:37:07.89\00:37:09.39
I said,
00:37:09.42\00:37:10.76
"You can't just
go to the Philippines
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.13
with no plans."
00:37:12.16\00:37:13.50
And you know what she said?
00:37:13.53\00:37:14.86
"Son, I used to
plan all the time,
00:37:14.90\00:37:17.23
but I got so much in
the way of the Lord's work.
00:37:17.27\00:37:20.14
I decided just to let
the Lord tell me what to do.
00:37:20.17\00:37:22.90
And so I don't plan
anymore, I just go."
00:37:22.94\00:37:26.07
And I said, "But I
know I understand all that.
00:37:26.11\00:37:28.24
But still yet I'm
worried, you can't just go."
00:37:28.28\00:37:31.38
"Well, I'll call you
when I get a chance."
00:37:31.41\00:37:33.68
Two or three days went by,
00:37:33.72\00:37:35.05
her kids were all
concerned about her.
00:37:35.08\00:37:38.12
I was worried about it.
00:37:38.15\00:37:39.55
And maybe three
or four days later,
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.09
I get a call, "Son."
00:37:41.12\00:37:42.79
I said, "Yeah." I said,
"Mom, we haven't heard from you.
00:37:42.82\00:37:46.09
What's going on?"
00:37:46.13\00:37:47.46
She said, "Oh, I've
only got a few minutes.
00:37:47.50\00:37:49.76
I'm on a train
00:37:49.80\00:37:51.27
with the
president of the country
00:37:51.30\00:37:52.73
and we're going
across the Philippines."
00:37:52.77\00:37:56.94
She said, "It's election time.
00:37:56.97\00:37:59.17
And he's asked
me to go with him."
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.54
I said,
00:38:00.58\00:38:01.91
"You're with the
president of the Philippines.
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.28
Did you know him?"
00:38:03.31\00:38:04.65
"Well, not really." I
said, "How did that happen?"
00:38:04.68\00:38:06.65
"Well, on my flight over,
00:38:06.68\00:38:08.85
I sat with the man
and we were talking
00:38:08.88\00:38:12.05
and he worked
for the government.
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.66
And I said, "Oh, well,
my husband was a doctor,
00:38:13.69\00:38:17.79
Chung from Hawaii.
00:38:17.83\00:38:20.23
And it turned out
00:38:20.26\00:38:21.60
that general Ramos who
later became president,
00:38:21.63\00:38:25.90
General Ramos was in
a wreck of some kind,
00:38:25.93\00:38:29.80
I thought it was
a small plane crash.
00:38:29.84\00:38:31.67
But anyway, the doctor
helped put him back together.
00:38:31.71\00:38:35.74
So when he says,
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.71
"Oh, well, if you..."
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.28
She told him the story,
00:38:39.31\00:38:40.65
well, the president will
want to know you're here.
00:38:40.68\00:38:42.35
So he went and told him,
he said, "Well, come with me.
00:38:42.38\00:38:44.59
I'm going to be a few days."
So they go downtown Manila.
00:38:44.62\00:38:49.19
She says, He said,
"Anything we can do.
00:38:49.22\00:38:50.63
" She said, "Yeah,
00:38:50.66\00:38:51.99
we need to build an
Adventist Hospital here.
00:38:52.03\00:38:54.06
Could you give me some property,
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.43
give us some property."
00:38:55.46\00:38:56.80
And they did gave a property.
00:38:56.83\00:38:58.37
There's a big
Adventist hospital.
00:38:58.40\00:39:00.07
We've been there.
00:39:00.10\00:39:01.44
She prepared by not preparing.
00:39:01.47\00:39:02.97
Yeah.
00:39:03.00\00:39:04.34
She's on her knees,
she's praying and trust.
00:39:04.37\00:39:06.68
She learned to trust the Lord.
00:39:06.71\00:39:09.01
Now, quickly, we're in
London, you all remember London,
00:39:09.04\00:39:12.28
was it 2/16 or
whenever, 2/16, we're in London.
00:39:12.31\00:39:16.48
There were 13
different churches something,
00:39:16.52\00:39:19.12
13 or 14 different churches.
00:39:19.15\00:39:21.76
And so we would try to
go because we were saying
00:39:21.79\00:39:24.39
try to go to different ones.
00:39:24.43\00:39:25.76
You were preaching
one, John, you know,
00:39:25.79\00:39:27.46
all the preachers were preaching
00:39:27.50\00:39:29.00
at different churches.
00:39:29.03\00:39:30.37
So we called a taxi
00:39:30.40\00:39:32.57
to take us one evening
00:39:32.60\00:39:34.57
to one of the
churches when we called.
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.17
I didn't know this,
but in that huge city,
00:39:37.21\00:39:39.94
there are 5,000
or more taxi drivers.
00:39:39.97\00:39:43.98
Five thousand,
00:39:44.01\00:39:45.35
but there's several
million people there.
00:39:45.38\00:39:47.42
So I sat up front and several,
00:39:47.45\00:39:50.19
some of y'all
were in the backseat.
00:39:50.22\00:39:52.39
And I'm talking to driver there.
00:39:52.42\00:39:53.89
So I'm just trying to make,
00:39:53.92\00:39:55.66
you know, a little conversation.
00:39:55.69\00:39:57.03
We're headed so I say
here's the address we're going.
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.59
I said, "It's the
Seventh-day Adventist Church."
00:39:59.63\00:40:01.80
Want to see his response.
00:40:01.83\00:40:04.13
He didn't say much at first.
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.00
And I said, "Yeah, we
are here to hold meetings,"
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.67
I said, "in lot of different
churches." "Oh, really?"
00:40:08.70\00:40:12.04
And I said, "Yeah."
So as we begin to talk,
00:40:12.07\00:40:14.64
he said, "I used to be
a Seventh-day Adventist."
00:40:14.68\00:40:17.88
And I said, "You did?"
00:40:17.91\00:40:19.28
And he said, "Yes."
00:40:19.31\00:40:20.65
And he said,
00:40:20.68\00:40:22.02
"But I left the
church years ago,
00:40:22.05\00:40:23.39
and my father and I
haven't spoken in years.
00:40:23.42\00:40:25.22
We don't get along.
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.86
And I'm not
going to go to church."
00:40:26.89\00:40:28.52
And so, finally, as we talked,
00:40:28.56\00:40:30.39
it took us about 45 minutes
to get there through the city.
00:40:30.43\00:40:33.13
And I said, would you,
00:40:33.16\00:40:35.06
he talked with a
softness about his father.
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.47
So I said, "Well,
would your father,
00:40:37.50\00:40:40.14
would you want us
to talk to your father?
00:40:40.17\00:40:42.60
If he wanted to talk to
you, would you talk to him?"
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.87
And he said, "Yeah, I would.
00:40:44.91\00:40:49.94
My grandkids hardly know him."
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.31
And, you know,
and he was just quiet.
00:40:51.35\00:40:55.35
And I said, "How we're gonna?"
00:40:55.38\00:40:56.72
We're in London,
there's all these churches.
00:40:56.75\00:40:59.09
And this was our
last Sabbath there.
00:40:59.12\00:41:01.56
We were leaving.
00:41:01.59\00:41:02.99
So how in the world
it's going to work out?
00:41:03.02\00:41:05.49
So he dropped us
off at the place.
00:41:05.53\00:41:08.73
And, so we went to the church
that evening, we came back.
00:41:08.76\00:41:12.87
And the next morning,
00:41:12.90\00:41:14.40
we just picked
a church and said,
00:41:14.44\00:41:16.17
"Okay, we're gonna go,
00:41:16.20\00:41:17.54
I think, it's
Pastor John's that morning.
00:41:17.57\00:41:19.34
So we said, "We're gonna
go to Pastor John's Church."
00:41:19.37\00:41:22.04
We were there.
00:41:22.08\00:41:23.41
We were praying
and my daughter Melody,
00:41:23.45\00:41:25.31
I said, "Here's the guy's name."
00:41:25.35\00:41:27.15
He gave his father's name.
00:41:27.18\00:41:28.95
And if there any way,
00:41:28.98\00:41:31.25
first of all,
00:41:31.29\00:41:32.62
he may not be here
in the 13 churches.
00:41:32.65\00:41:34.42
But if he was, any way we could,
00:41:34.46\00:41:36.52
how are we going
to know who he is,
00:41:36.56\00:41:37.89
because I can't leave
London without hooking this up
00:41:37.93\00:41:40.73
because I knew God
did it, was a setup.
00:41:40.76\00:41:43.13
Melody hands a bulletin.
00:41:43.16\00:41:44.50
And she said, "Look,
00:41:44.53\00:41:45.87
isn't this the name
you're looking for?"
00:41:45.90\00:41:47.64
His name was on,
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.00
in the church
bulletin for doing something.
00:41:49.04\00:41:51.61
I don't know something
Sabbath afternoon, whatever.
00:41:51.64\00:41:54.11
But then church is over.
00:41:54.14\00:41:55.91
We've got to go
to another place.
00:41:55.94\00:41:57.81
We're looking all over.
00:41:57.85\00:41:59.38
And I asked
somebody, "Do you know him?"
00:41:59.41\00:42:00.78
"I do." And they
looked all around,
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.15
we couldn't find him.
00:42:02.18\00:42:03.52
So we're on a little van,
00:42:03.55\00:42:04.89
holds about 15 of us
getting ready to leave
00:42:04.92\00:42:07.16
and I'm just, oh, Lord, please,
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.06
if he's here, the
driver as he takes off,
00:42:09.09\00:42:11.96
he's looking in his mirror said,
00:42:11.99\00:42:13.33
"Oh, I see him in
the rearview mirror."
00:42:13.36\00:42:15.56
So I go back and we
have the opportunity.
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.03
And, of course,
tears flowed down his eyes.
00:42:18.07\00:42:20.14
So now, was that coincidence
or divine providence?
00:42:20.17\00:42:23.71
Divine providence.
00:42:23.74\00:42:25.17
It really, that's what
you all were talking about,
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.81
just be prepared.
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.18
In other words,
00:42:28.21\00:42:29.54
know when you leave the house,
00:42:29.58\00:42:31.51
that it's your commission
to go into all the world.
00:42:31.55\00:42:34.95
We didn't have to go to London.
00:42:34.98\00:42:36.35
We can go right
here in West Frankfort,
00:42:36.38\00:42:37.75
right here in Thompsonville,
00:42:37.79\00:42:39.35
know that it's our
responsibility and privilege
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.42
that if were mind
is on, why we're here.
00:42:42.46\00:42:45.76
That's to be a
witness into all the world.
00:42:45.79\00:42:47.90
Then everybody we
see as you said, Kenny,
00:42:47.93\00:42:50.23
is a potential
person that may need Jesus.
00:42:50.27\00:42:54.07
So when I say,
don't plan too much.
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.00
I've seen May Chung
00:42:56.04\00:42:57.67
incredible work she
did around the world,
00:42:57.71\00:43:00.11
and never really had planned.
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.64
She said, "Well, I don't
know, the Lord impressed me.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.78
So I'll try not to
get in the way this time.
00:43:03.81\00:43:05.95
I'm going to go," and it worked.
00:43:05.98\00:43:07.75
Yeah, I've seen that myself.
00:43:07.78\00:43:09.25
You plan, plan and plan. Yeah.
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.15
So even when I go speak anymore,
00:43:11.19\00:43:12.82
I pray, of
course, I try to read,
00:43:12.85\00:43:14.56
but I hardly
ever will make notes
00:43:14.59\00:43:17.46
or outlines too much,
00:43:17.49\00:43:18.83
because so many
times I've been prepared
00:43:18.86\00:43:21.30
in the early years,
00:43:21.33\00:43:22.66
then I get up and it's like,
00:43:22.70\00:43:24.03
the Lord is telling me to go
a totally different direction.
00:43:24.07\00:43:26.53
So, but on an individual basis,
00:43:26.57\00:43:29.00
let's...
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.07
Our planning is
when we're praying, Lord,
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.54
how can You use me today,
let me be a vessel of honor.
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.61
And when you do,
00:43:36.64\00:43:37.98
God will use you
as a vessel of honor.
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.22
Somebody he'll put in your path.
00:43:40.25\00:43:42.02
So it is all a
setup. It's a good setup.
00:43:42.05\00:43:44.39
God had set it up,
00:43:44.42\00:43:45.75
commissioned you to
go into all the world.
00:43:45.79\00:43:47.42
As Chris said, we always
say, the blessing is on the go.
00:43:47.46\00:43:50.39
When you go forward,
00:43:50.43\00:43:51.76
you're the one who
will be the most blessed
00:43:51.79\00:43:53.13
out of this whole thing.
00:43:53.16\00:43:54.50
God will honor that. Yes.
00:43:54.53\00:43:56.06
I am.
00:43:56.10\00:43:57.43
I've recently been
reading more about,
00:43:57.47\00:44:00.60
you know, how to
witness to Muslims,
00:44:00.64\00:44:02.44
or Jews or whatever.
00:44:02.47\00:44:05.54
And I think that's something
we have to consider too.
00:44:05.57\00:44:07.74
How do we give Christianity
to people of other faiths
00:44:07.78\00:44:13.52
to whom Christianity
might be in the front?
00:44:13.55\00:44:16.28
Like I have Jewish
friends, and you have to,
00:44:16.32\00:44:20.46
if you begin to
talk about Jesus,
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.59
they have a certain idea,
many of them of who He is,
00:44:22.62\00:44:27.13
and so or who He's not.
00:44:27.16\00:44:28.73
Right.
00:44:28.76\00:44:30.10
And so, it's hard to
know how to approach that.
00:44:30.13\00:44:34.00
So I had read an
article and about,
00:44:34.04\00:44:37.57
it was like 13 facts about Jesus
00:44:37.61\00:44:41.68
that that Jewish
people might want to know
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.61
or something like that.
00:44:44.65\00:44:45.98
And so, I said,
00:44:46.01\00:44:47.35
"Oh, maybe I'll send
this to one of my friends."
00:44:47.38\00:44:49.42
So I sent it.
00:44:49.45\00:44:50.99
And, I mean,
that's all you can do.
00:44:51.02\00:44:53.79
I prayed about it.
00:44:53.82\00:44:55.16
I sent it and the
friend wasn't angry,
00:44:55.19\00:44:59.43
but there was
that kind of push back,
00:44:59.46\00:45:02.96
like, "Okay, I know
where your heart is,
00:45:03.00\00:45:05.90
I know that,
00:45:05.93\00:45:07.27
you know, you're
just trying to share this.
00:45:07.30\00:45:09.17
But don't send me
this information anymore."
00:45:09.20\00:45:12.97
And that's sometimes
00:45:13.01\00:45:14.34
we're gonna get
that kind of response
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.28
when we witness but
the thing is our job,
00:45:17.31\00:45:20.85
as we've said here,
we're not the Holy Spirit.
00:45:20.88\00:45:23.15
Right.
00:45:23.18\00:45:24.52
Our job is just
to spread the seed.
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.55
But it could lay
there dormant for years
00:45:26.59\00:45:28.39
and wouldn't spring up.
00:45:28.42\00:45:29.76
That's right. Exactly.
00:45:29.79\00:45:31.13
That's right.
That's the Holy Spirit.
00:45:31.16\00:45:32.49
If I go back later and
read the article, again,
00:45:32.53\00:45:34.96
with a different mindset.
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.33
So how, I mean,
how do you handle that?
00:45:36.36\00:45:38.50
How does the
Christian handle that
00:45:38.53\00:45:40.00
when somebody tells you
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.74
because you're
wanting them to find Christ.
00:45:41.77\00:45:44.07
But they say,
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.44
"Don't send me
anymore and don't talk to me."
00:45:45.47\00:45:47.41
I've heard people say,
"Well, they tell me that,
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
but I tell them anyway."
00:45:48.81\00:45:50.15
Oh, no.
00:45:50.18\00:45:51.51
Now, I mean, how
should we do that?
00:45:51.55\00:45:52.88
Should we leave it alone?
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.25
Should we shake the dust
off our feet and move on?
00:45:54.28\00:45:56.35
And just put them
on the prayer list?
00:45:56.38\00:45:58.02
Because I mean, that,
00:45:58.05\00:45:59.39
to me, that's very crucial
00:45:59.42\00:46:00.76
how we deal with
it when someone says,
00:46:00.79\00:46:02.12
"You don't say another word."
00:46:02.16\00:46:03.49
Right. Right.
00:46:03.53\00:46:05.49
I think you should
shake the dust off.
00:46:05.53\00:46:08.70
And you pray about
it in your own closet.
00:46:08.73\00:46:11.87
You pray about
it, but you can't,
00:46:11.90\00:46:13.77
if you start beating
people over the head with it,
00:46:13.80\00:46:16.34
they resent you.
00:46:16.37\00:46:17.87
Once that shield
goes up, isn't that right?
00:46:17.91\00:46:19.47
Once the shield goes up,
00:46:19.51\00:46:21.08
it's very hard to like
have to come back down anymore.
00:46:21.11\00:46:23.55
They're not
gonna hear you anyway,
00:46:23.58\00:46:24.91
no matter what you
said, they're gonna askew.
00:46:24.95\00:46:27.38
I've heard people
say it in a negative way.
00:46:27.42\00:46:29.42
It's not really shake the dust.
00:46:29.45\00:46:31.15
All that's really
signifying is I can't do it.
00:46:31.19\00:46:34.16
I've planted,
00:46:34.19\00:46:35.52
now God will
take care of the rest,
00:46:35.56\00:46:36.89
doesn't mean like,
hey, well, fully on you.
00:46:36.93\00:46:38.73
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:46:38.76\00:46:40.10
If you don't
listen to me, bad on you.
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.46
You know, that's not what
00:46:41.50\00:46:42.83
that means at
all, it means, okay,
00:46:42.86\00:46:44.20
I'm going to go somewhere else,
00:46:44.23\00:46:45.63
you know, and
then give the gospel.
00:46:45.67\00:46:48.04
And now the Lord
will in His own timing
00:46:48.07\00:46:51.11
should these people want truth.
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.07
Wants truth.
00:46:53.11\00:46:54.44
That's not bad.
That can't be bad at all.
00:46:54.48\00:46:55.81
Because Jesus shook
the dust off of His feet.
00:46:55.84\00:46:58.58
When He went into
whole towns and villages
00:46:58.61\00:47:00.95
where He was not accepted,
it says where He should.
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.32
It didn't mean He didn't care,
00:47:03.35\00:47:04.69
it didn't mean He
didn't die for everyone.
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.05
He loved everyone
with the everlasting love,
00:47:06.09\00:47:08.76
but He knew to move on.
00:47:08.79\00:47:10.13
And sometime I
think as Christians,
00:47:10.16\00:47:11.76
there's times that
we need to move on.
00:47:11.79\00:47:13.70
There's people in the bushes,
00:47:13.73\00:47:15.30
there's people in
highways and byways,
00:47:15.33\00:47:16.93
3ABN can reach that can,
00:47:16.97\00:47:18.93
you can't do it individually.
00:47:18.97\00:47:20.54
And we need to move on
00:47:20.57\00:47:21.90
to spend what
little time we have
00:47:21.94\00:47:23.41
rapidly giving this
message to the world,
00:47:23.44\00:47:25.17
so Jesus can come.
00:47:25.21\00:47:26.71
And Jesus also told
the disciples, He says,
00:47:26.74\00:47:29.28
"There's so much
information I want to give you,
00:47:29.31\00:47:32.41
but you're not ready for it."
00:47:32.45\00:47:33.98
You know, the Bible
teaches that some will plant,
00:47:34.02\00:47:36.58
some will water and
some will reap the harvest.
00:47:36.62\00:47:39.45
And so, we just like
you, somebody said here,
00:47:39.49\00:47:42.29
we just need to
add those people,
00:47:42.32\00:47:43.83
I think, to our
prayer list, because I know,
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.89
I know, even with
my own family members,
00:47:45.93\00:47:48.10
you know, that I
want to give so much too.
00:47:48.13\00:47:51.90
You know, I
praise God every time
00:47:51.93\00:47:53.37
I can give a book or I can't,
00:47:53.40\00:47:55.17
but that doesn't
mean that they'll read it,
00:47:55.20\00:47:57.97
you know, but I
think we're in a time
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.38
where people
are wanting to know.
00:48:00.41\00:48:02.81
And we're gonna see
more of a differentiation
00:48:02.84\00:48:05.65
between the wheat and the tares.
00:48:05.68\00:48:07.42
And those wheats
that are out there
00:48:07.45\00:48:09.98
that we don't recognize yet,
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.45
they're going to be
digging into those books,
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.72
which is one reason I
saw you had a COVID-19 book.
00:48:13.76\00:48:16.76
That's another reason
that that is such a blessing.
00:48:16.79\00:48:19.76
I saw you bring it in earlier,
00:48:19.79\00:48:21.50
but you know, things like that.
00:48:21.53\00:48:23.16
Yeah, it was on there.
00:48:23.20\00:48:24.53
But you know what I'm saying,
00:48:24.57\00:48:25.90
it's things like that
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.27
the people, you know,
00:48:27.30\00:48:28.64
maybe that has some information,
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.01
and it leads them to the Lord.
00:48:30.04\00:48:31.47
I've been blessed to give away
00:48:31.51\00:48:33.14
a lot of Great
Controversies here of late.
00:48:33.17\00:48:35.84
We just sent a box
of them to Florida,
00:48:35.88\00:48:38.68
and I keep getting little notes
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.12
from one of my
friends in Florida.
00:48:40.15\00:48:41.52
And she's like,
00:48:41.55\00:48:42.88
"Oh, this
person gave these away,
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.25
this person gave."
00:48:44.29\00:48:45.62
You know, the doors are opening.
00:48:45.65\00:48:47.72
We just have to
be willing to listen.
00:48:47.76\00:48:49.39
That's right.
00:48:49.42\00:48:50.76
Yeah, I think that, you know,
in that particular situation,
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.19
you continue to pray for them,
00:48:53.23\00:48:54.66
but you continue to
maintain that relationship
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.10
and love on them.
00:48:56.13\00:48:57.47
Right.
00:48:57.50\00:48:58.83
You know, because you
don't want to just walk away,
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.74
you want to lead by example,
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.37
and just continue to show them,
00:49:02.40\00:49:04.21
"Hey, this is what
Christ does in me."
00:49:04.24\00:49:07.58
And you show them,
00:49:07.61\00:49:08.94
you can be a silent
witness in that regard.
00:49:08.98\00:49:10.65
Right.
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.01
I remember and speaking
about the power of a witness.
00:49:12.05\00:49:17.19
You know, I love food.
00:49:17.22\00:49:18.55
So, I used to work at
a restaurant in Atlanta,
00:49:18.59\00:49:21.76
and this restaurant
had been around since 1945.
00:49:21.79\00:49:25.33
They didn't do anything on TV,
00:49:25.36\00:49:26.70
they had no ads or
anything on television,
00:49:26.73\00:49:29.56
yet, I mean, presidents
have been to this place,
00:49:29.60\00:49:32.10
actors, actresses.
00:49:32.13\00:49:34.94
All kinds of people had been
to this particular restaurant,
00:49:34.97\00:49:38.54
and it was because people
spread the word about the food.
00:49:38.57\00:49:42.38
You know, the
Bible says in Psalm 34:8,
00:49:42.41\00:49:46.31
"Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:49:46.35\00:49:48.68
Blessed is the man
who trusts in Him."
00:49:48.72\00:49:50.79
So we just have to
introduce them to Christ
00:49:50.82\00:49:55.56
and let them know that
they have a seat at the table
00:49:55.59\00:49:58.26
to taste the food.
00:49:58.29\00:49:59.63
There you go. Very good.
00:49:59.66\00:50:01.96
I'm gonna give one,
00:50:02.00\00:50:03.33
try to give one
more little example
00:50:03.37\00:50:04.70
of don't plan too much, prepare.
00:50:04.73\00:50:07.27
So that I make this clear,
00:50:07.30\00:50:08.64
but he said, well, he said,
00:50:08.67\00:50:10.01
"We don't have to do anything."
00:50:10.04\00:50:11.37
Well, what I'm saying
00:50:11.41\00:50:12.74
let's don't plan in
our humaneness so much,
00:50:12.77\00:50:14.74
that we're not
prepared for the Holy Spirit
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.54
to take over.
00:50:16.58\00:50:17.91
Right. Right. That's good.
00:50:17.95\00:50:19.28
Many years ago
00:50:19.31\00:50:20.65
we had somebody
come to this area,
00:50:20.68\00:50:22.02
evangelist from out
of state, set up a tent,
00:50:22.05\00:50:24.85
and so held some
evangelistic meetings,
00:50:24.89\00:50:28.42
and people were
coming to these meetings.
00:50:28.46\00:50:31.16
But one of the men who came
00:50:31.19\00:50:33.50
was somebody we knew
lived on Warden Street up there,
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.50
and we were growing up
and he was our folk's age.
00:50:36.53\00:50:40.30
He came to me
one night and said,
00:50:40.34\00:50:42.44
"Man, I really want to
give my heart to the Lord.
00:50:42.47\00:50:45.34
I've been there three nights,
00:50:45.37\00:50:46.88
and the preacher's
not made an altar call.
00:50:46.91\00:50:49.04
And I've got to give
my heart to the Lord.
00:50:49.08\00:50:51.31
And I'm really
wanting him to do it."
00:50:51.35\00:50:53.11
So I said, "Oh, this is great."
00:50:53.15\00:50:54.78
So I go to the evangelist,
00:50:54.82\00:50:56.48
and I say tonight
00:50:56.52\00:50:57.89
really make an
altar call because Jimmy,
00:50:57.92\00:51:00.06
I said, Jimmy is coming,
00:51:00.09\00:51:01.59
and he wants to give
his heart to the Lord.
00:51:01.62\00:51:04.19
And he said, "Oh, no, no,
00:51:04.23\00:51:05.56
that's not planned yet."
00:51:05.59\00:51:06.93
He said, "I knew
that on number 12.
00:51:06.96\00:51:09.00
Number 12 nights, I
give my." And I said, "What?"
00:51:09.03\00:51:12.40
He said, "No, no,
it's all planned out."
00:51:12.43\00:51:14.30
He said, "I have each
of my sermons and on 12."
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.21
I said, "But here's a man
00:51:17.24\00:51:18.71
who wants to give his
heart to the Lord tonight."
00:51:18.74\00:51:21.24
And he said,
"Well, if he keeps coming,
00:51:21.28\00:51:23.08
just tell him keep coming back."
00:51:23.11\00:51:24.51
What if he died
the next day? Exactly.
00:51:24.55\00:51:25.88
But you know what he did?
00:51:25.91\00:51:27.25
There was another
church that in the area.
00:51:27.28\00:51:30.25
He went out to that church,
that pastor made an altar call,
00:51:30.29\00:51:33.32
and he continued in
that church till he died.
00:51:33.36\00:51:35.89
So don't plan so
much in our humaneness
00:51:35.92\00:51:38.63
thinking here's
what we need to do.
00:51:38.66\00:51:41.10
When someone says,
00:51:41.13\00:51:42.56
I want to give
my heart to Jesus,
00:51:42.60\00:51:44.47
prepare, be prepared for that.
00:51:44.50\00:51:46.07
That's what you
dream about as a Christian.
00:51:46.10\00:51:48.40
Wow, somebody is ready.
00:51:48.44\00:51:49.77
So let's don't in
our own humaneness
00:51:49.80\00:51:52.04
try to plan too much,
00:51:52.07\00:51:53.41
our church services
are planned so much.
00:51:53.44\00:51:56.18
So many times,
00:51:56.21\00:51:57.55
the Holy Spirit came
00:51:57.58\00:51:58.91
and there's no time
for the Holy Spirit.
00:51:58.95\00:52:00.28
Yes.
00:52:00.32\00:52:01.65
So let's prepare
for the Holy Spirit
00:52:01.68\00:52:03.25
and maybe plan
less in our humanity.
00:52:03.28\00:52:05.25
Didn't that make
that any clearer?
00:52:05.29\00:52:06.62
Yeah, yeah. That's good.
00:52:06.65\00:52:07.99
Amen.
00:52:08.02\00:52:09.36
All right, all clear, good.
00:52:09.39\00:52:10.73
And I think we need to remember
that everyone can do something.
00:52:10.76\00:52:14.10
You know, we are
not all speakers,
00:52:14.13\00:52:17.07
we're not all singers,
00:52:17.10\00:52:18.43
we're not all,
you know, apologists,
00:52:18.47\00:52:21.20
Christian apologists,
or biblical scholars,
00:52:21.24\00:52:23.87
but everybody can
give somebody a tract,
00:52:23.91\00:52:26.21
or everyone can make
a phone call and say,
00:52:26.24\00:52:28.64
"You know, is there something
00:52:28.68\00:52:30.01
you want me to
pray with you about?"
00:52:30.05\00:52:32.15
Anyway, you, we,
00:52:32.18\00:52:33.92
we don't have to be gifted
in all the gifts of the Spirit
00:52:33.95\00:52:38.05
in order to witness
and share our faith.
00:52:38.09\00:52:40.89
We can all share, we
can all do something,
00:52:40.92\00:52:44.19
whether it's
sending the COVID-19 tracts,
00:52:44.23\00:52:48.16
or sending a music
project, or card, or whatever,
00:52:48.20\00:52:51.73
YouTube link.
00:52:51.77\00:52:53.10
There might be a program.
00:52:53.13\00:52:56.47
Recently,
00:52:56.50\00:52:57.84
I was talking
to a friend of mine
00:52:57.87\00:52:59.21
who is really, really ill
00:52:59.24\00:53:01.48
and sent a link to one
of the sermons on Jesus,
00:53:01.51\00:53:07.15
who is Jesus,
00:53:07.18\00:53:08.55
just to share
them before they die
00:53:08.58\00:53:12.42
because, I mean,
you just don't know.
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.62
But we can all do something
00:53:14.66\00:53:16.83
and I think that's
important to reiterate.
00:53:16.86\00:53:19.73
And today more than ever
before because of the technology
00:53:19.76\00:53:23.50
God has given us. Yes.
00:53:23.53\00:53:24.87
I don't know how
many people have said,
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.37
"Well, you know,
you got a gift to gab,
00:53:26.40\00:53:28.14
I just can't talk to people,
I just can't do this or that.
00:53:28.17\00:53:31.71
Well, how come I see you
on Facebook all the time?
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.78
You're telling all you
got. You have to keep yourself.
00:53:33.81\00:53:36.24
You're describing
your house, your car.
00:53:36.28\00:53:38.58
You're describing all
these things you can talk,
00:53:38.61\00:53:40.95
but when it comes
to putting Jesus on,
00:53:40.98\00:53:43.39
we, well, we
don't really do that.
00:53:43.42\00:53:45.82
So what we really
need to look at, you know,
00:53:45.85\00:53:48.32
within ourselves,
00:53:48.36\00:53:49.69
I'm talking to me
00:53:49.72\00:53:51.06
as I talk to everybody out here.
00:53:51.09\00:53:52.43
Hopefully, we understand that,
00:53:52.46\00:53:54.40
hey, all of this
technology and social media
00:53:54.43\00:53:57.13
is here for us as Christians
to get the gospel to the world,
00:53:57.17\00:54:01.20
and I go on and
I've been in the past
00:54:01.24\00:54:03.04
I'm guilty as everybody else
00:54:03.07\00:54:04.44
getting involved in
this chat or that one
00:54:04.47\00:54:06.14
or going back and forth.
00:54:06.17\00:54:07.51
But really,
00:54:07.54\00:54:08.88
we have to keep our
focus on, you know, what?
00:54:08.91\00:54:11.18
We should be using every means
that we have to reach people
00:54:11.21\00:54:15.48
and tell them
about the love of Jesus.
00:54:15.52\00:54:16.85
Yes.
00:54:16.89\00:54:18.22
And the very simple,
Jesus loves me this I know,
00:54:18.25\00:54:20.86
for the Bible
tells me so, right?
00:54:20.89\00:54:23.49
Little ones to him belong,
we are weak, but he is strong.
00:54:23.53\00:54:27.43
Yes, Jesus loves
me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.00
Yes, Jesus loves me.
00:54:30.03\00:54:31.37
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so.
00:54:31.40\00:54:34.40
You know, if you want to
have a good evangelistic series,
00:54:34.44\00:54:36.74
you know, or
something to every church
00:54:36.77\00:54:38.11
is real quickly here.
00:54:38.14\00:54:39.47
Pastor always gets
that to people and say,
00:54:39.51\00:54:40.84
start studying the Word
00:54:40.88\00:54:43.18
and do some praying
and naturally you study,
00:54:43.21\00:54:45.11
you pray with sanctuary message,
00:54:45.15\00:54:46.92
study, pray and
witness, the church got on fire.
00:54:46.95\00:54:50.09
I'm believer in
this, I've seen it.
00:54:50.12\00:54:51.59
The church got on fire.
00:54:51.62\00:54:52.95
They start studying,
00:54:52.99\00:54:54.32
they started
praying, they got on fire,
00:54:54.36\00:54:55.69
but all of a
sudden it backfired.
00:54:55.72\00:54:57.06
They studied, they prayed,
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.43
everybody seemed like
there's really going on
00:54:58.46\00:54:59.79
and just, it all
fell apart and I said,
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.16
"What happened?"
00:55:01.20\00:55:02.53
They did not witness.
00:55:02.56\00:55:04.33
You pray, study
and you must witness,
00:55:04.37\00:55:08.24
remember in the
sanctuary, isn't that right?
00:55:08.27\00:55:10.21
Three things, prayer, study,
witness, let our light shine.
00:55:10.24\00:55:12.37
If you don't do
that, it'll fall apart.
00:55:12.41\00:55:14.61
Witness is so important.
00:55:14.64\00:55:15.98
And what a blessing.
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.38
How many times
have we been blessed?
00:55:17.41\00:55:19.75
And what a testimony it gives us
00:55:19.78\00:55:22.12
when we listen
to the Holy Spirit,
00:55:22.15\00:55:24.65
and we talk to somebody.
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.32
Kenny with
Larry Welch, you know,
00:55:26.35\00:55:28.92
before 3ABN
probably 40 years ago,
00:55:28.96\00:55:31.53
long beard,
00:55:31.56\00:55:32.89
you know, used to ride
with Hells Angels motorcycle,
00:55:32.93\00:55:35.93
drinker in the lumberyard,
talking to the people there.
00:55:35.96\00:55:39.57
And so Kenny was talking
about what happens to you,
00:55:39.60\00:55:41.74
I think, when you die.
00:55:41.77\00:55:43.14
And the guy was saying,
"Well, people burn forever."
00:55:43.17\00:55:45.27
And Kenny would
just know what I said.
00:55:45.31\00:55:46.64
Larry, this guy,
00:55:46.68\00:55:48.01
rough looking guy
walks over and says,
00:55:48.04\00:55:49.74
"What are you talking about?"
00:55:49.78\00:55:51.11
So they got into a conversation.
00:55:51.15\00:55:52.91
He had left the
church when he was a kid,
00:55:52.95\00:55:54.88
because he said he
wouldn't gonna serve a God
00:55:54.92\00:55:56.62
who would burn you forever,
ended up having Bible studies.
00:55:56.65\00:56:00.36
Larry and his wife
00:56:00.39\00:56:01.72
ended up joining the church
and worked into church deacons,
00:56:01.76\00:56:04.76
and then actually
pastored it for years,
00:56:04.79\00:56:07.33
because Jay said,
00:56:07.36\00:56:08.70
"You don't look
00:56:08.73\00:56:10.07
on the outward
appearance, you know."
00:56:10.10\00:56:11.43
So here's this guy
that's rough looking.
00:56:11.47\00:56:13.23
I mean, scary to me, Kenny said,
00:56:13.27\00:56:16.14
"We should have Bible studies."
00:56:16.17\00:56:17.54
And I said, "Can we
have him at your house?"
00:56:17.57\00:56:19.11
I remember then,
00:56:19.14\00:56:20.61
I didn't know if I
wanted the guy in my house.
00:56:20.64\00:56:23.38
It's like Kenny said,
00:56:23.41\00:56:24.75
"Yeah, he can come to my house."
00:56:24.78\00:56:26.11
Maybe he shamed me a
little bit, you know,
00:56:26.15\00:56:27.48
but turned out to be wonderful.
00:56:27.52\00:56:28.85
Leave it open,
just like you said
00:56:28.88\00:56:30.22
just when you pray about it,
00:56:30.25\00:56:31.59
leave it open
for the Holy Spirit.
00:56:31.62\00:56:32.95
The prayer that
morning was, Lord,
00:56:32.99\00:56:34.42
help lead me to somebody
00:56:34.46\00:56:35.79
that I can witness
and lift up Your name.
00:56:35.82\00:56:37.16
Yes.
00:56:37.19\00:56:38.53
No accident, you
were in the lumberyard
00:56:38.56\00:56:40.03
at same time he was.
00:56:40.06\00:56:41.40
Not that point in time,
and the Holy Spirit said
00:56:41.43\00:56:42.96
and it will
introduce yourself to that man.
00:56:43.00\00:56:44.53
And he moved
here from California
00:56:44.57\00:56:46.50
to get away from
basically all the things
00:56:46.53\00:56:49.40
he had been in to get away,
00:56:49.44\00:56:50.77
move somewhere else and
happened to run into him
00:56:50.81\00:56:53.07
that very day.
00:56:53.11\00:56:54.44
Amazing.
00:56:54.48\00:56:55.81
So, God is in business of,
isn't He of changing hearts,
00:56:55.84\00:56:59.61
changing lives for the better.
00:56:59.65\00:57:01.78
So it's our
hope and prayer today
00:57:01.82\00:57:03.62
that each and every one of you
00:57:03.65\00:57:05.12
that when you submit and
commit your life to Jesus.
00:57:05.15\00:57:07.46
Then He says,
00:57:07.49\00:57:08.82
"Go and tell what
He's done for you."
00:57:08.86\00:57:10.46
Amen.
00:57:10.49\00:57:11.83
Sister White says,
00:57:11.86\00:57:13.19
"Our greatest asset is
our own personal testimony
00:57:13.23\00:57:15.96
of what God has done for us."
00:57:16.00\00:57:17.50
See, nobody can argue
with you about your testimony.
00:57:17.53\00:57:20.10
That's between you and God.
00:57:20.14\00:57:21.70
So hopefully each and every
one of us today will leave here
00:57:21.74\00:57:25.91
and say thank You, Lord,
00:57:25.94\00:57:27.28
that You've allowed us to
be workers in Your vineyard.
00:57:27.31\00:57:29.58
Amen.
00:57:29.61\00:57:30.95
Our time is all gone for today.
00:57:30.98\00:57:32.31
Until we see you next time,
00:57:32.35\00:57:33.68
may the Lord richly
bless you abundantly
00:57:33.72\00:57:35.05
more than you
could ever ask or think.
00:57:35.08\00:57:36.89
Amen.
00:57:36.92\00:57:38.25