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 Family Worship.
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Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath.
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We've had a very busy long week,
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we're so glad to see
the Sabbath rolling in
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and we are thrilled
that you're joining us.
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You know,
tonight's going to be special
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because we are
talking about a topic
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that you're going to
find very interesting.
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I'm just going to tease to it.
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Are you in Adam or in Christ?
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We can talk
about being in Christ.
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But you know what?
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Around the table we have
three angels with us today.
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Three of our Russian Angels.
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I'm Shelley Quinn. JD Quinn.
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Yeah.
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And let me
introduce our family members
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who've come all
the way from Russia
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to join us and
we are so excited.
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My sister Julia Outkina.
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Thank you, Shelley.
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It's an honor
for us to be together
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on Friday night together
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and reminisce about times
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that I have had with you,
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when you were going through
a lot of pain and me too,
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and how the Lord
kept our strength.
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Amen.
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Boy, sometimes we'd email back
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and forth for
hours on end, weren't we?
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Yeah. Yes.
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Well, Julia is
the executive director
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of 3ABN Russia
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and its 29 years?
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Uh-huh. Of 3ABN Russia, yeah.
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Twenty nine years.
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That seems
impossible to believe,
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but so glad that you're here.
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And then we have our
beautiful Angela Buzina, right?
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Yeah.
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And, Angela, you're an
editor and photographer.
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Yeah. Amen.
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How long have you
been in 3ABN Russia?
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About four years. Four years.
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I'm amazed.
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And you know, they
both, well, we're gonna...
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Obviously, Julia
speaks excellent English.
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She was an English professor
and Angela speaks good English.
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We will be doing
some translating tonight
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but she and Vadim both
speak good English as well.
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Vadim Trusyuk.
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Did I do that right?
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And you're the
production manager
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at 3ABN how long?
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Over 15 years. Fifteen years.
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And he was just telling us
he's got the cutest little boy.
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And how old is he now?
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Six years. Six years old.
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And you should
have heard him I said,
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what's his personality?
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Like oh, he's obedient.
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He's not demanding.
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He's just the best child.
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And I'm just like,
"I've never heard a child."
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We'll take three of them.
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Yeah, we'll take three
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but that's
wonderful, that's wonderful.
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We're so glad
that you all are here
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because we love you so much.
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And it's just good to
have you back in the house
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all the way from Russia.
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JD, you want to
open up with prayer?
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Most certainly. Okay.
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Father, as we come to
You in the name of Jesus,
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thank You for the
Sabbath day, Lord.
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Thank You for this
day that You created.
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And, Father, we
just ask Lord that is,
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as we go through
this evening, Lord,
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that we will indeed
be able to talk about
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being in You, in Christ, Lord.
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And so, Father,
just be with all, lead,
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God, direct us,
Lord, empty us of us
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and fill us with You, Lord.
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We thank You and we love
You in the name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Amen and amen.
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Before we actually
begin, you triggered something.
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We are sisters in Christ.
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Oh, yeah.
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And it was so much...
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Such a great
support for both of us
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when we were both in such pain,
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we've gone through
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some strange things, haven't we?
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But it was so good to be
able to write to one another
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and support one another.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Yes. In Christ, we are one.
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And when we
started corresponding,
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we knew about that.
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I mean, in
practice, not just in theory,
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because, our
pains were different
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but our unity was the same
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and our reliance upon the Lord.
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When you're in the middle of it,
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it's a difficult time
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but we were one in
Him and we were in Him,
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both you and me
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because, yes, we are all
God's family are one in Him
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but still we are
individually in Him.
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Yes, amen.
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Or I don't know if we'll
come to discuss about it today,
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but I wonder if
we can be out of Him.
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I believe we can.
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And we want to start tonight
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with one of my
favorite scripture.
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It's Ephesians
1:3, and Paul says,
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"Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord and Savior,
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Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
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with every spiritual blessing
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in the heavenly
realms in Christ."
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I thank God every night.
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I'm saying that, thank
You, Lord, that in Christ,
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You blessed me
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with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly realm.
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But what does Paul mean?
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What is the
expression in Christ?
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What does it mean?
Well, it's very important.
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I do know that
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because as I
was looking at this,
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he's used it 78
times in the New Testament.
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So that means that
this was important,
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being in Christ
and that basically
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is to those that are believers,
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who we are believers,
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is talking about
our relationship,
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our union with God.
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It also describes our
relationship with God,
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with Christ and how we
exercise our faith with Him,
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talking about this life,
death, resurrection for us,
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and describes not
only His union with us,
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but our union with Him
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as that's what we
were talking about,
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and being yoked to Christ.
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We hear about being
equally yoked in our lives,
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but this is being yoked
to Him, not with Him, so...
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Amen. That's good. Amen.
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Following His footsteps.
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You know, when
you think about it,
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we are either...
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Adam was the
first representative
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of mankind.
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He was created in
God's image, the first man,
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we were all born
in the image of Adam.
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But the sad thing is,
well, before the sad thing,
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God gave Him
authority over the earth.
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He said, "Be
fruitful, multiply, subdue."
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But Adam handed the
authority over to Satan,
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when he sinned, when he fell.
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And then as we think about this,
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we all because of Adam's sin,
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the penalty of sin was death.
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So we all if we're in Adam,
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death is what
we're facing, is it not?
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So what I love though is that
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God had a plan in store
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before the
foundation of the world.
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God became a man
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and in the
person of Jesus Christ,
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He became our last Adam.
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He is the new
representative of mankind.
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And when, as Paul explains it,
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it's when we are born
again, we are born in Christ.
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We are
connected, united to Christ,
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and in Christ all of
the spiritual blessings
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are ours.
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What's your experience been?
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You know, a
thought that recently,
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I think I knew it theoretically,
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but it recently
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just became just
part of my whole being,
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that when I am
in Christ by faith,
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then I'm crucified
with Him on the cross
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and it's not just theory.
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It is practice.
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I may forget about it
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and then I think
I'm outside of Christ.
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I forget about it.
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Even though my
direction is right,
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but still when I give myself
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back just to being
in Adam, being in flesh,
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and not grabbing
on this spiritual part
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of me that is in Christ,
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then I'm left out.
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I judge about
it by my attitudes,
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by certain things that I may do.
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As Paul says, I hate
what I do, but I do it,
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or what I want to do, I don't do
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and what I
don't want to do I do.
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And I think he spoke about
it in his Christian experience.
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Amen. I do too.
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Yeah. I believe that.
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So the thought
that really became
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so amazing to me that by faith,
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I'm crucified with Christ,
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which means that
He was crucified.
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He was sinless
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but He bore all the sin
of the world on Himself,
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and I'm sinful.
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So when I'm
crucified in Him, by my faith,
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when I have it in my conscience,
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that I am crucified in Him,
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then my sin is crucified in Him
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and we may stop there,
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but we may go on and say,
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Christ didn't remain on
the cross, He resurrected.
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And if by faith,
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I'm resurrected with Him,
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co-resurrected
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as the Russian translation says,
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then He was
resurrected, sinless,
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and I'm
resurrected in Him sinless,
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as long as by faith I'm in Him.
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So to me, it takes a conscious
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desire to be in Him.
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It's about surrender,
it's yielding to His leading.
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Yeah, so this is
an amazing thought,
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you know, it
refreshed me so much.
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It was like another
wonderful revelation for me,
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that in Him by my faith,
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not just, theoretically,
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oh, I'm a believer.
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I have died to sin,
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and I'm resurrected to new life.
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No, it should be a
conscious attitude of mine.
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I should remember about that.
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As Paul said, it is
no longer I who lives,
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but Christ lives in me.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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And that
certainly is the definition
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of being in Christ.
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You were saying
in Him, in Christ.
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So if you're watching at home,
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what we're saying is
that to be in Christ,
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you're accepting Him as
your Lord, as your Savior.
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You're accepting everything
He accomplished in His life,
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everything He accomplished
on the cross for us,
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and you're
accepting that new life
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as Paul said in
2 Corinthians 5:17,
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"When you are in
Christ, you're a new creation,
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the old is gone,
the new has come."
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And it is by faith
because there are times that...
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Our faith like shakes a little.
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Yeah, it does.
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I'm glad to
hear you say it, too.
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We all go through it.
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There's no difference.
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Is there?
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Julia, did you want
to talk any more about
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any of those
scriptures in 1 Corinthians?
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No. Okay.
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What Paul said
to us is, in Adam,
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all die, but he called Jesus,
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the last Adam, the
person of Jesus Christ.
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He said, "In Him when
we accept Him by faith,
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we're all made alive."
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And I think that is so amazing.
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So now we're
going to read Romans,
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you want to read Romans 3:22-24,
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and what Paul is saying here
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is that when you are in Christ,
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when you accept
Him as Lord and Savior,
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you are justified by that faith
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and justified means to
be declared not guilty.
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God looks down at us,
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and he sees the
righteousness of Christ.
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Okay. You want to read that?
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And this is Romans 3:22-24.
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"Even the righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ,
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to all and all,
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to all on all who believe."
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Can I start that again, please?
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Please. Please.
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I mean, I'm sitting here,
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my glasses are not
strong enough I guess.
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"Even the righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ,
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to all and on all who believe.
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For there is no difference,"
in other words, no partiality,
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"for all have sinned
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and fallen
short of glory of God,
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being justified,
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not guilty freely by His grace
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through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus."
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That to me, I
love that scripture
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to think that we
are just the blessings
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of Abraham come upon us
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when we are in Christ.
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We are justified.
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And, Vadim, I know
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you've got an amazing testimony.
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And you recently, and
I just want to say this,
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I know it's gonna
be difficult for you,
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but you've recently
lost your mother to COVID.
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Tell us what is the
special significance
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of Romans 3:22 to you?
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I would like to dwell
on this a little bit later.
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Okay.
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Because reading this text,
what is very special to me.
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The 23rd text.
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Because all have sinned
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and all fall short
of the glory of God.
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I have been with 3ABN
Russia for over 15 years.
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And understanding of
this that all have sinned
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and all fall short
of the glory of God...
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Gives me strength
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to know how
important is what we do.
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How important it is
that we do God's work.
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We are in Christ.
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But others are...
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They have sinned
as well as we have
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and they are short of the
glory of God as well as we are.
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And thanks to what 3ABN does,
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thanks to what 3ABN
family of supporters does
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by supporting 3ABN.
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They help other
people who watch.
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They help to
bring them into Christ.
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Amen.
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Were you
introduced to the gospel
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through John Carter?
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I haven't walked to
the church on my own,
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I was carried into
the church by my parents.
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm several generations
of Seventh-day Adventist.
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When did it become real to you?
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I always say God
has no grandchildren,
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He only has children.
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So you can come from...
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You're three
generations of Adventist
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but you walked away.
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It has to be real
where there's that personal.
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How old were you when
that personal connection?
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I think this
happened when I was 12.
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And at that
time, I understood that
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independent of
what my parents do.
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I want to live
the same kind of life
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as my parents live.
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Praise the Lord.
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See, JD grew up in a
church, but then he kind of...
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Talk for yourself?
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Tell your experience?
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You tell it better. Yeah.
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Oh, I don't know, boy,
there are thin lines in life
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and I never
really left the church.
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I just wasn't
active in the church
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and I certainly didn't
demonstrate in any way.
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I slept in my classes,
I slept to the 2300 days.
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And you know as,
then as I become an adult,
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I'm very active in the church.
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And then I really don't remember
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what happened,
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just like a big
wave out in the sea,
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you know, just kind
of takes you over here.
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And I guess if I
was to point fingers,
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I guess I got so
active in my business world
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that all of a sudden,
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I didn't look in the
rearview mirror anymore.
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I just kept going straight
and then I wake up one day and,
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but I never...
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Every day, every
day nearly all day long,
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in Christ out of
Christ, I was always praying.
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So good seed was planted.
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Please hear
that parents, please.
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Good seeds are
planted in your youth.
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Someday as you begin to mature
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and have a little bit of sense
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then you begin to see
that what's right here
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that's been working for really?
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It's not too much.
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All is vanity. Amen.
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Yeah. But he came back in.
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So you made that decision
early and never walked away?
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Praise the Lord now.
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Praise God.
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Because first this
is how I was raised...
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And now this is where I work.
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Amen. Amen.
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It makes a
powerful difference too.
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And now you're teaching your son
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to have a personal relationship,
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a love
relationship with the Lord.
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That is wonderful.
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Did you have anything
else you wanted to add now?
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He thinks that
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he will mention those
things a little bit later
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when some other
verses are mentioned.
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That sounds good.
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Okay.
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So now, we're going
to come to Angela's story
00:21:43.37\00:21:48.80
but first, JD, would
you read Ephesians 2:10.
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We know that Ephesians 2:8 says,
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"We're saved by grace
through faith in Christ Jesus,
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not of works that
any man should boast."
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But he goes on,
what does he say,
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Ephesians 2:10?
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Oh, this is great,
"For we are His workmanship
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created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
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which God prepared beforehand
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that we should walk in them."
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Amen.
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So in other
words, we just need...
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Through Him we're
spiritually recreated.
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Amen. Amen.
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So it isn't...
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Works don't save us,
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but works are
fruit of our salvation.
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Is that a good way to say it?
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Okay.
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So, Angela, you
have an amazing testimony
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about an
accident that you are in,
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would you tell us
about that, please?
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I see this text in a
very different light now.
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Because I have a
certain experience in my life.
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My personal experience with God.
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After a terrible car accident.
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And we have three pictures.
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Probably we can
look at the picture.
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Oh, my. Wow.
00:23:14.76\00:23:16.36
And what is in front of this car
00:23:16.39\00:23:18.59
where Angela was
sitting here on the right,
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this is a big truck.
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Oh, my goodness.
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See it's under the truck.
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It went underneath the truck.
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Yeah.
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You could have been decapitated.
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And look at Angela
just after this and Daniel,
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.28
who was with her, the driver
00:23:34.31\00:23:35.88
Mercy.
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That hadn't been
that long ago though.
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I didn't have a single scratch.
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Praise the Lord.
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Just a little
spot on my forehead.
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Praise the Lord.
00:23:51.26\00:23:52.59
I asked the Lord, why...
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Why it happened?
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It was not the driver's fault.
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.57
Mud was splashed
into his windshield.
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He was moving very slowly
but that moment was enough
00:24:11.08\00:24:15.68
and that truck was
standing, it was not moving.
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So that moment was enough
for him because of that mud.
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It was wet outside.
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It was dark, it was slippery.
00:24:25.99\00:24:30.17
It was snowing and raining.
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And so the windshield
wipers were not quick enough
00:24:34.50\00:24:38.44
to remove the dirt.
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So there was no time
to do anything about this.
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So the driver,
was he injured badly?
00:24:50.95\00:24:56.56
No. That's amazing.
00:24:56.59\00:24:58.33
And later when I asked
God why did it happen to us,
00:25:04.10\00:25:08.84
and why have You let me survive.
00:25:08.87\00:25:11.67
I started thinking about it.
00:25:15.08\00:25:16.51
And I had a
thought in my mind...
00:25:20.12\00:25:22.32
That my life and those things
that I was doing at that time.
00:25:27.06\00:25:30.43
Yeah, they became
just a usual thing.
00:25:35.60\00:25:39.33
Just an everyday
hustle and bustle.
00:25:39.37\00:25:42.50
At that time I had
a ministry in church
00:25:46.17\00:25:50.88
as a member
00:25:50.91\00:25:54.45
I also have my
ministry at 3ABN as my work,
00:25:54.48\00:25:59.55
but God allowed
that shocking experience
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.26
to happen.
00:26:03.29\00:26:04.63
So when that thought came to
me that this life that I lead
00:26:10.43\00:26:15.44
became ordinary
00:26:15.47\00:26:16.87
just not
anything special anymore.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.74
I stopped
appreciating what I had.
00:26:23.21\00:26:27.78
What God had given
me, my church, my work.
00:26:27.82\00:26:30.82
And my attitude to my work
00:26:35.52\00:26:38.29
and to my service in
church changed completely.
00:26:38.33\00:26:42.86
If before I
would have questions,
00:26:50.97\00:26:53.71
oh, do I really want to
stay after the church service
00:26:53.74\00:26:57.85
doing certain things
that I'm asked to do?
00:26:57.88\00:27:00.95
Well, I don't, I really
need to hurry back home.
00:27:00.98\00:27:04.45
Yeah.
00:27:08.92\00:27:10.26
That was my online
media ministry in church
00:27:10.29\00:27:15.10
to prepare the
sermon for future,
00:27:15.13\00:27:18.47
for further viewers.
00:27:18.50\00:27:22.67
Now I don't have
this question anymore.
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.74
I stay willingly,
00:27:30.18\00:27:33.05
the thought
even doesn't visit me
00:27:33.08\00:27:35.28
that I'm hungry, that I'm
tired and it's time to go home.
00:27:35.32\00:27:39.32
And the same
thing about 3ABN Russia.
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.25
Whereas before this experience,
00:28:04.28\00:28:06.92
I would just tell her
the working time is over
00:28:06.95\00:28:09.18
and I arrives back home.
00:28:09.22\00:28:10.75
And now, I
sometimes even don't notice
00:28:10.79\00:28:13.42
how much later I
stay to finish something
00:28:13.46\00:28:17.53
that I started doing.
00:28:17.56\00:28:18.99
So now you are
doing the good works
00:28:19.03\00:28:22.63
God prepared in
advance for you to do?
00:28:22.66\00:28:25.60
It is just in my heart.
00:28:33.64\00:28:35.28
I don't think whether
I want to do it or not.
00:28:35.31\00:28:40.28
I just want to do it.
00:28:40.32\00:28:42.15
And I think sometimes
00:28:42.18\00:28:44.42
we can get so busy in ministry,
00:28:44.45\00:28:48.79
that we're serving
ministry and not God.
00:28:48.82\00:28:53.06
So your experience,
God awakened your heart.
00:28:53.09\00:28:58.83
To see the
privilege of doing good works
00:28:58.87\00:29:03.30
that He prepared
in advance for you.
00:29:03.34\00:29:05.81
Yeah.
00:29:09.01\00:29:10.35
Our safety is
always being in Christ.
00:29:10.38\00:29:12.15
Amen. Amen.
00:29:12.18\00:29:14.45
You know, as I was reading this
and everything talking about
00:29:14.48\00:29:16.75
being spiritually recreated,
00:29:16.79\00:29:19.02
and this is exactly kind...
00:29:19.05\00:29:21.56
What you just said
kind of proves this
00:29:21.59\00:29:23.26
and everything is that
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.66
somehow or the other
through His recreation,
00:29:25.69\00:29:29.73
our will is changed,
our affections are changed,
00:29:29.76\00:29:35.04
and our purposes are changed.
00:29:35.07\00:29:37.34
And so here you're
driving down the road one day,
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.61
you have an accident and
then all of a sudden here
00:29:39.64\00:29:43.04
that's all been changed.
00:29:43.08\00:29:45.05
And I don't know how
my spiritual standing
00:29:51.02\00:29:56.09
in this life would go,
00:29:56.12\00:29:59.59
in what direction
00:29:59.63\00:30:00.96
if this
situation hadn't happened?
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.33
Praise God.
00:30:02.36\00:30:03.70
Yeah.
00:30:12.44\00:30:13.84
It is just
revising all your life,
00:30:13.88\00:30:17.18
not just your ministry.
00:30:17.21\00:30:19.05
It is a moment that brings
you to look anew at everything.
00:30:19.08\00:30:23.85
It's a wake-up call. Amen.
00:30:23.89\00:30:25.72
What a testimony? Wow.
00:30:29.36\00:30:31.76
I was in a great
deal of pain last week,
00:30:31.79\00:30:35.56
and I'm good
about handling pain,
00:30:35.60\00:30:39.60
but one night, it was really bad
00:30:39.63\00:30:43.94
and I found myself...
00:30:43.97\00:30:45.91
I normally don't
complain to the Lord,
00:30:45.94\00:30:47.88
but it was, enough!
00:30:47.91\00:30:51.01
I was whining.
00:30:51.05\00:30:56.89
Does that translate whining?
00:30:56.92\00:30:58.65
And all of a
sudden, as I'm saying,
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.29
Lord, how much can
one person go through,
00:31:05.33\00:31:08.40
and I was carrying on.
00:31:08.43\00:31:11.07
And then it hit me
00:31:11.10\00:31:15.34
how blessed I am and
I'm praising God for life,
00:31:15.37\00:31:18.61
no matter, you know, no
matter how bad things are,
00:31:18.64\00:31:22.98
we are so blessed to be alive.
00:31:23.01\00:31:26.05
And you get right
at the edge of death
00:31:26.08\00:31:30.15
and God brings you back,
00:31:30.19\00:31:31.52
He preserves you and you realize
00:31:31.55\00:31:36.89
the privilege of
waking up every morning,
00:31:36.93\00:31:39.79
even if you're in pain,
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.26
the privilege of
having purpose in our lives.
00:31:41.30\00:31:45.77
It's beautiful.
00:31:45.80\00:31:48.04
But how is it in Christ?
00:31:48.07\00:31:53.27
How do we have
the power in Christ?
00:31:53.31\00:31:58.61
What is the power
that He gives us, Julia,
00:31:58.65\00:32:02.88
according to Galatians 5?
00:32:02.92\00:32:06.45
I believe that
Galatians 5 is a chapter,
00:32:06.49\00:32:10.03
especially its
part like verses 16-26,
00:32:10.06\00:32:14.00
it will be good for
us to read every day.
00:32:14.03\00:32:17.67
And, you know,
00:32:17.70\00:32:22.30
you start reading it
and you pay attention
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.11
to words like adultery,
no, I'm not involved in that.
00:32:25.14\00:32:29.98
Idol worship, no,
I'm not involved in that.
00:32:30.01\00:32:33.05
Start to read, it's
walking in the Spirit
00:32:33.08\00:32:36.95
because that's
where the power is
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.29
and then you don't
fulfill the lust of the flesh.
00:32:39.32\00:32:41.89
Yes. Yes. Okay, so.
00:32:41.92\00:32:43.43
So what I'm trying to say is,
we start reading Galatians 5,
00:32:43.46\00:32:48.23
and we look at the
words like drunkenness oh, no,
00:32:48.26\00:32:52.23
I don't drink,
00:32:52.27\00:32:54.67
but if you look
at the other things
00:32:54.70\00:32:58.41
which are mentioned here.
00:32:58.44\00:33:00.64
The works in the flesh.
00:33:00.68\00:33:02.14
Which are the works of
the flesh, and they don't...
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.95
I mean, in this list,
they may not look as terrible
00:33:04.98\00:33:07.35
as those other
things like idol worship,
00:33:07.38\00:33:13.29
or adultery, or drunkenness
00:33:13.32\00:33:16.06
but it says the
works of the flesh
00:33:16.09\00:33:19.73
are evident which are hatred.
00:33:19.76\00:33:22.73
Do I hate some people sometimes?
00:33:22.76\00:33:25.50
Contentions, jealousness.
00:33:25.53\00:33:27.90
Am I jealous of
some people sometimes?
00:33:27.94\00:33:30.31
Outbursts of wrath.
00:33:30.34\00:33:32.01
Though outbursts of
wrath happen with me sometimes?
00:33:32.04\00:33:35.38
Selfish ambitions,
00:33:35.41\00:33:40.25
envy, and the like.
00:33:40.28\00:33:42.82
This is what
Galatians 5 said and the like,
00:33:42.85\00:33:45.25
which means that there
are so many other ones.
00:33:45.29\00:33:48.39
And where I am
00:33:48.42\00:33:51.16
when I go through
feelings like this,
00:33:51.19\00:33:53.19
and the like, am I in
Christ or am I in Adam?
00:33:53.23\00:33:58.53
So, yeah, obviously,
00:33:58.57\00:34:00.94
not in Christ
because if I were in Christ,
00:34:00.97\00:34:03.30
I wouldn't have any of those
00:34:03.34\00:34:05.74
because He
doesn't have any of those.
00:34:05.77\00:34:08.84
Now, if we're not surrendered
yielding to the leading
00:34:08.88\00:34:13.31
of the Holy Spirit
because Ephesians 3:16 says,
00:34:13.35\00:34:17.02
"It is the Holy Spirit in
us that is the power of God,
00:34:17.05\00:34:21.86
to help us
overcome those things.
00:34:21.89\00:34:24.19
So we have to, day by
day asked to be filled
00:34:24.23\00:34:27.96
with the Holy Spirit and
then He gives us the power
00:34:28.00\00:34:31.67
and He develops the fruit in us.
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.37
Tell us about that? Yes.
00:34:33.40\00:34:35.54
Galatians 5:16,
"Walk in the Spirit,
00:34:35.57\00:34:39.04
and you shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh,
00:34:39.07\00:34:43.14
walk in Spirit."
00:34:43.18\00:34:46.38
And how do I know
if I walk in Spirit?
00:34:46.41\00:34:50.69
Because sometimes I
may try to convince myself,
00:34:50.72\00:34:52.92
oh, yes, I'm walking in Spirit.
00:34:52.95\00:34:55.22
But if I have
the fruit of wrath,
00:34:55.26\00:34:59.06
if I have the fruit of hatred,
00:34:59.09\00:35:02.20
it means I'm not
walking in Spirit
00:35:02.23\00:35:04.00
no matter what I tell myself.
00:35:04.03\00:35:06.20
Okay, then how do we...
00:35:06.23\00:35:08.10
What is the
criterion? How do we know?
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.17
And then Galatians 5
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.27
tells us very plainly,
00:35:13.31\00:35:17.25
that if I'm in Christ,
00:35:17.28\00:35:19.65
if I let the Holy Spirit
work in me to be in Christ,
00:35:19.68\00:35:25.02
then the fruit of
the Spirit is love,
00:35:25.05\00:35:28.22
joy, peace, long-suffering,
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.93
kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, of faith,
00:35:30.96\00:35:34.86
some translations say faith,
00:35:34.90\00:35:37.27
gentleness, self-control.
00:35:37.30\00:35:40.47
And I don't think
that this verse says,
00:35:40.50\00:35:46.04
you have a little bit of love,
00:35:46.07\00:35:48.04
then you have a
little bit of joy,
00:35:48.08\00:35:49.74
then you have a
little bit of peace?
00:35:49.78\00:35:51.81
Well, if you just have
part of love and part of hatred,
00:35:51.85\00:35:55.45
then you are not
bearing the fruit of the Spirit.
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.65
That's good. Yeah.
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.02
And if you have a
little bit of joy,
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.79
and a little bit of depression,
00:36:01.82\00:36:03.73
you didn't have depression,
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.16
you were suffering
from such terrible pain
00:36:05.19\00:36:08.30
but you didn't have depression,
00:36:08.33\00:36:09.80
you were suffering
00:36:09.83\00:36:12.40
but you were relying
upon God all the time 100%
00:36:12.43\00:36:17.34
even when you
had questions to Him.
00:36:17.37\00:36:20.74
Like Angela had questions
to God, why can you allow?
00:36:20.78\00:36:25.05
If you saw in the third picture,
00:36:25.08\00:36:26.41
she was just standing
there looking at the car
00:36:26.45\00:36:28.92
after such a
thing but what a trauma
00:36:28.95\00:36:32.35
she went through,
00:36:32.39\00:36:35.82
but you have joy,
00:36:35.86\00:36:37.89
you have a complete
joy in the middle of it.
00:36:37.93\00:36:41.36
And what I'm trying
to say is the translation
00:36:41.40\00:36:44.70
that says faith,
00:36:44.73\00:36:46.77
it's not just you
have a little bit of faith,
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.40
and a little bit of this,
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.21
or just of
non-trust in the Lord.
00:36:51.24\00:36:54.64
No, you have complete faith.
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.55
This is when you are
bearing the fruit of the Spirit.
00:36:57.58\00:37:00.32
And this is when
you are in Christ.
00:37:00.35\00:37:02.08
I don't know how
much it is connected
00:37:02.12\00:37:03.85
with what Angela said.
00:37:03.89\00:37:05.85
But this is just my
favorite part of the Scripture,
00:37:05.89\00:37:09.06
Galatians 5.
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.43
And I believe we
should remind ourselves
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.66
about it all the
time, just by their fruit,
00:37:12.69\00:37:16.56
you will know them.
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.10
And there is no other
way of knowing ourselves.
00:37:18.13\00:37:21.77
Let us not judge
about someone else
00:37:21.80\00:37:23.71
because we don't
know what the person
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.14
is going
through, let us not judge,
00:37:25.17\00:37:27.14
but let us just
consider ourselves.
00:37:27.18\00:37:30.01
What fruit are you bearing?
00:37:30.05\00:37:31.38
Just be honest with yourself.
00:37:31.41\00:37:34.02
Try to bear the complete love,
00:37:34.05\00:37:38.25
the complete joy,
the complete faith.
00:37:38.29\00:37:41.32
Just strive at
it. Ask God for it.
00:37:41.36\00:37:44.39
And He will give
you the Holy Spirit.
00:37:44.43\00:37:46.16
You know, the thing you
were saying, I wasn't depressed.
00:37:46.19\00:37:50.27
It was some difficult times,
00:37:50.30\00:37:53.70
but I never asked the Lord, why?
00:37:53.74\00:37:56.60
People say, "Oh, why me?"
00:37:56.64\00:37:58.27
I've never asked the Lord,
why the rain falls on the just
00:37:58.31\00:38:02.84
and the unjust.
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.21
Good things happen to bad people
00:38:04.25\00:38:07.52
and bad things
happen to good people.
00:38:07.55\00:38:09.82
But Nehemiah 8:10 says,
00:38:09.85\00:38:12.52
"The joy of the
Lord is our strength."
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.86
We can be unhappy
and still have joy.
00:38:15.89\00:38:21.66
We can be
suffering, but still have joy
00:38:21.70\00:38:24.43
because it's coming from Him
00:38:24.47\00:38:28.80
in through us.
00:38:28.84\00:38:30.64
You know, I think what we go
00:38:30.67\00:38:33.68
through on earth has...
00:38:33.71\00:38:37.08
God...
00:38:37.11\00:38:39.15
I disagree with how
some people say things,
00:38:39.18\00:38:42.28
but God does allow
certain trials in our life
00:38:42.32\00:38:47.42
for our sanctification.
00:38:47.46\00:38:49.62
He is teaching us
00:38:49.66\00:38:53.09
and He's drawing
us nearer to Him.
00:38:53.13\00:38:55.50
He's separating us
from sin and it is,
00:38:55.53\00:38:59.83
the fruit of the Spirit
is the fruit of holiness.
00:38:59.87\00:39:02.74
Do you want to read
00:39:02.77\00:39:04.94
Romans 6:22-23?
00:39:04.97\00:39:09.81
And then Vadim has a
good testimony on this.
00:39:09.84\00:39:13.85
Okay.
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.22
Romans 6:22-23,
00:39:15.25\00:39:18.22
"But now having
been set free from sin,
00:39:18.25\00:39:21.22
and having become slaves of God,
00:39:21.26\00:39:23.76
you have your fruit to holiness
and the end everlasting life.
00:39:23.79\00:39:28.26
For the wages of sin is death,
00:39:28.30\00:39:30.47
but the gift of
God is eternal life
00:39:30.50\00:39:32.60
in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
00:39:32.63\00:39:36.27
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:39:36.30\00:39:39.37
Now, Vadim, can you speak
to that scripture, please?
00:39:39.41\00:39:43.65
Unfortunately, we now are living
00:39:49.35\00:39:51.35
in very complicated times.
00:39:51.39\00:39:54.76
Amen.
00:39:54.79\00:39:56.56
And probably like everyone else,
00:40:04.13\00:40:06.63
I never thought
that this hard situation
00:40:06.67\00:40:09.17
we're living in would touch
00:40:09.20\00:40:11.04
our family in such a direct way.
00:40:11.07\00:40:13.68
Yeah.
00:40:13.71\00:40:15.04
Unfortunately, a month
ago I lost my mom to COVID.
00:40:22.25\00:40:26.02
My father was very sick too.
00:40:32.33\00:40:34.40
I had to take
everything upon myself
00:40:38.23\00:40:43.17
as far as all the farewell
00:40:43.20\00:40:46.41
procession and everything.
00:40:46.44\00:40:47.91
And only Bible
texts like this one,
00:40:54.02\00:40:59.55
that the wages of sin
00:40:59.59\00:41:02.02
is death,
00:41:02.06\00:41:05.66
but God's gift is life eternal.
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.06
Amen.
00:41:08.10\00:41:09.43
Only this helped to
survive through this,
00:41:13.57\00:41:17.94
because there is
eternal life in Christ.
00:41:21.24\00:41:25.35
And I'm 100% sure,
00:41:30.25\00:41:35.09
that there is hope.
00:41:35.12\00:41:36.46
Amen.
00:41:36.49\00:41:38.69
And it's not just
hope, it's assuredness,
00:41:38.73\00:41:41.30
that sooner or later we
will all meet in Christ.
00:41:46.20\00:41:49.44
Amen. Amen.
00:41:49.47\00:41:51.31
And I often wonder, again,
00:41:51.34\00:41:54.21
we're so sorry for your mama.
00:41:54.24\00:41:58.45
She wasn't that old.
00:41:58.48\00:42:02.52
Sixty one. That's young, 61.
00:42:02.55\00:42:06.45
But I often
wonder, how do people
00:42:06.49\00:42:11.63
who don't have
the blessed assurance
00:42:11.66\00:42:16.26
of the resurrection morning,
how do they take that death?
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.80
How do you take that
death of a child or the death
00:42:19.83\00:42:23.37
of a parent if you
don't think you're going
00:42:23.41\00:42:25.77
to be reunited with them?
00:42:25.81\00:42:27.91
We have a blessed hope.
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.38
When I was taking care
00:42:36.02\00:42:39.89
of all those things, as far
as the funeral and everything,
00:42:39.92\00:42:43.22
I just caught myself thinking,
00:42:43.26\00:42:46.90
seeing so much suffering
of other people around,
00:42:46.93\00:42:49.76
how can they survive
00:42:49.80\00:42:52.67
not having the
hope that we have.
00:42:52.70\00:42:58.17
We have hope in Christ,
00:42:58.21\00:43:01.21
and they don't have anything.
00:43:01.24\00:43:03.35
And you know the word
hope in the Greek means
00:43:03.38\00:43:07.68
eager expectation.
00:43:07.72\00:43:09.98
We know that all
of God's promises
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.79
are ours in Christ Jesus.
00:43:12.82\00:43:15.92
I mean, when you accept
Christ as your Lord and Savior,
00:43:15.96\00:43:19.03
you can count on these promises.
00:43:19.06\00:43:21.40
So we know that the
resurrection morning
00:43:21.43\00:43:24.73
we'll be reunited
with our loved ones.
00:43:24.77\00:43:27.07
This is an assurance.
00:43:27.10\00:43:30.47
We're praying for you,
we're praying for your family,
00:43:30.51\00:43:33.41
and particularly your daddy.
00:43:33.44\00:43:35.28
How's he doing?
00:43:35.31\00:43:36.64
He is better.
00:43:39.95\00:43:43.15
He was sick with
COVID at the same time,
00:43:43.18\00:43:46.42
he has now recovered.
00:43:46.45\00:43:47.79
Now due to family,
due to family support,
00:43:53.33\00:43:57.23
he is better.
00:43:57.27\00:43:59.83
Amen. Well, I'm
glad he's got you.
00:43:59.87\00:44:04.37
Julia, you and
I have a scripture
00:44:04.41\00:44:09.81
that is one of our
favorites that we share
00:44:09.84\00:44:12.11
and that's Romans 5:17.
00:44:12.15\00:44:13.85
Would you read
that to us, please?
00:44:13.88\00:44:15.85
Oh, yes.
00:44:15.88\00:44:17.72
"For if by one man's offense
00:44:17.75\00:44:21.59
death reigned through the one,
00:44:21.62\00:44:24.56
through Adam,
00:44:24.59\00:44:26.29
much more those who
receive abundance of grace,
00:44:26.33\00:44:30.60
and of the gift of righteousness
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.77
will reign in
life through the One,
00:44:32.80\00:44:36.14
Jesus Christ."
00:44:36.17\00:44:38.81
Isn't it an amazing scripture?
00:44:38.84\00:44:42.44
And I don't know if I'm correct,
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.25
but it says will reign in life.
00:44:45.28\00:44:49.48
And I just think it's not only
the future, but we'll reign...
00:44:49.52\00:44:55.32
Yeah, we'll reign
in life at present.
00:44:55.36\00:44:59.39
Vadim is raining over
the sorrow of the death
00:44:59.43\00:45:03.40
of his mother
because he's in Christ
00:45:03.43\00:45:05.87
and had that
wonderful abundance of grace,
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.60
it helps us.
00:45:09.64\00:45:10.97
Amen. Yes.
00:45:11.01\00:45:12.34
So it is not only the future,
00:45:12.37\00:45:14.98
the bright future
in heaven with Jesus,
00:45:15.01\00:45:18.65
and with one another.
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.85
So it's not only the
future, it is the presence,
00:45:20.88\00:45:24.02
and what else is more
precious than the presence?
00:45:24.05\00:45:28.06
Yeah, so...
00:45:28.09\00:45:30.23
Yeah, I'm just
amazed that offense
00:45:30.26\00:45:35.23
and I would say that offense
reigns through the one still,
00:45:35.26\00:45:40.97
it's also the present.
00:45:41.00\00:45:42.74
So sometimes,
00:45:42.77\00:45:44.11
when we just yield
to the wrong spirit,
00:45:44.14\00:45:50.05
just not enough trust in God,
00:45:50.08\00:45:53.68
we're so helpless, we're so...
00:45:53.72\00:45:56.79
Or we get apathetic.
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.85
That's kind of where
you were at that things
00:45:58.89\00:46:02.36
become a
routine, it's no big deal,
00:46:02.39\00:46:06.70
we get apathetic
00:46:06.73\00:46:08.53
and we need to understand
the joy, the privilege,
00:46:08.56\00:46:12.87
the grace that
we have in Christ.
00:46:12.90\00:46:16.64
Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:46:16.67\00:46:18.01
He is amazing and
what an awesome opportunity
00:46:18.04\00:46:22.01
for every person
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.38
who has come to this
earth to get to know Him.
00:46:23.41\00:46:26.28
I'm sure that
everyone can get to know Him.
00:46:26.31\00:46:29.15
I'm sure each one of our
viewers can get to know Him.
00:46:29.18\00:46:34.92
I don't think God
would give life to anyone
00:46:34.96\00:46:37.29
just for suffering,
and for hopelessness.
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.60
Everyone can get to know Him.
00:46:40.63\00:46:42.56
Praise the Lord for you all,
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.60
who allow people to
get to know the Lord.
00:46:45.63\00:46:49.67
And that is the heart of
the Lord is that every man
00:46:49.70\00:46:53.04
would be saved.
00:46:53.07\00:46:54.71
Well, we've got another,
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.08
we want to hear a
testimony from Angela but first,
00:46:56.11\00:46:59.65
Honey, would you read
00:46:59.68\00:47:01.42
Romans 8:16-18?
00:47:01.45\00:47:05.59
Yes, I will.
00:47:05.62\00:47:06.96
Romans 8:16-18,
00:47:06.99\00:47:10.16
"The Spirit himself
bears witness with our Spirit
00:47:10.19\00:47:13.76
that we are children of God.
00:47:13.80\00:47:16.13
And if children, then heirs,
00:47:16.16\00:47:18.83
heirs of God and
joint-heirs with Christ."
00:47:18.87\00:47:21.30
Ooh, and I think
that's His righteousness,
00:47:21.34\00:47:23.87
His resources,
all of His privileges.
00:47:23.91\00:47:26.84
In his power is ours by faith,
00:47:26.88\00:47:30.98
okay, but then there's
that two-letter word if.
00:47:31.01\00:47:35.38
"If indeed we suffer with Him,
00:47:35.42\00:47:38.25
that we may also
be glorified together.
00:47:38.29\00:47:42.89
For I consider
that the sufferings
00:47:42.92\00:47:44.83
of this present
time are not worthy
00:47:44.86\00:47:47.23
to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us."
00:47:47.26\00:47:52.83
Angela, tell us
what this means to you?
00:47:52.87\00:47:56.74
This has been a
recent revelation for me.
00:48:01.91\00:48:05.35
And it talks about
00:48:13.19\00:48:15.52
that our temporary suffering
00:48:15.56\00:48:19.69
are not as important
00:48:19.73\00:48:23.26
as compared to the glory
that will be later revealed.
00:48:23.30\00:48:27.37
I see that due to the
times in which we live.
00:48:33.98\00:48:36.85
Some people leave the
church, quit going to church.
00:48:36.88\00:48:40.15
And it's just a pretext.
00:48:43.32\00:48:46.19
It seems to her that
the reason is pandemics.
00:48:46.22\00:48:49.19
It hurts me to see how people
take it just as a pretext.
00:49:03.71\00:49:09.41
It's not really that they take
care of their health that much,
00:49:09.44\00:49:13.01
but they just take
it as an opportunity.
00:49:13.05\00:49:16.48
To just slack-off.
00:49:16.52\00:49:17.99
Yes. Okay.
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.35
Yeah.
00:49:22.26\00:49:23.59
I know these people
and this is why I'm saying
00:49:23.63\00:49:25.26
that it hurts me.
00:49:25.29\00:49:28.83
And I immediately see
the changes in these people.
00:49:28.86\00:49:31.70
These maybe young people
her friends, and she says,
00:49:31.73\00:49:34.60
I see the changes in them.
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.10
Immediate changes
that start to happen.
00:49:36.14\00:49:38.24
And this moves me
in the same direction
00:49:47.72\00:49:50.22
to give more of my time,
00:49:50.25\00:49:52.12
more of my heart to ministry.
00:49:52.15\00:49:54.56
Glory to God.
00:49:54.59\00:49:56.06
It says that we
are heirs of God,
00:49:59.46\00:50:03.40
but heirs of God are not only
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.94
those who just go to church.
00:50:08.97\00:50:12.84
Those who don't go to
church are also heirs.
00:50:12.87\00:50:15.71
So they can be heirs,
00:50:23.72\00:50:26.35
but they may miss this.
00:50:26.39\00:50:30.36
So they are potentially heirs
00:50:30.39\00:50:32.49
and this is why she says that
00:50:32.53\00:50:34.76
her heart is towards
attracting them back in church.
00:50:34.80\00:50:39.10
What she is
observing now is that people
00:50:44.44\00:50:48.11
who are church
members quit going to church,
00:50:48.14\00:50:52.15
but those who
have never known God,
00:50:52.18\00:50:56.18
they start looking for God.
00:50:56.22\00:50:58.75
They see what's
happening in the world,
00:51:01.76\00:51:04.93
they don't understand.
00:51:04.96\00:51:06.53
She would like to read.
00:51:12.03\00:51:13.50
Before we do that, we
just have six minutes.
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.00
I want to get to
Vadim's testimony about...
00:51:16.04\00:51:20.68
We'll come back to that.
00:51:20.71\00:51:22.74
But, Angela,
00:51:22.78\00:51:24.11
I appreciate
00:51:24.15\00:51:27.52
when Christ is in you,
00:51:27.55\00:51:31.09
when you're in Christ
00:51:31.12\00:51:32.89
you have that same
heartfelt connection
00:51:32.92\00:51:37.59
that you want to
see others saved.
00:51:37.63\00:51:40.46
And that's what's going on?
That's the real McCoy there.
00:51:40.50\00:51:44.60
Amen.
00:51:44.63\00:51:46.33
Vadim, you had
chosen a scripture
00:51:46.37\00:51:49.67
that I love about
being in Christ Jesus
00:51:49.70\00:51:55.01
and putting on Christ.
00:51:55.04\00:51:56.44
In Galatians 3:26-27,
00:51:56.48\00:52:00.52
Paul writes,
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.08
"You are all sons of God
00:52:02.12\00:52:04.85
through faith in Christ Jesus.
00:52:04.89\00:52:08.76
We're sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus.
00:52:08.79\00:52:12.89
For as many as you
00:52:12.93\00:52:16.06
who are baptized into
Christ, have put on Christ."
00:52:16.10\00:52:21.44
We put on His
robe of righteousness.
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Talk to us about that?
00:52:24.41\00:52:25.81
I would like to finish
on a very positive note.
00:52:31.51\00:52:34.45
Each time, I'm amazed,
00:52:37.65\00:52:38.99
when we're here to the
other end of the planet.
00:52:42.22\00:52:46.09
We actually are strangers.
00:52:50.13\00:52:53.87
We don't know
one another too much.
00:52:53.90\00:52:57.71
But coming here we feel
like we are in a family. Amen.
00:53:03.55\00:53:08.88
We are all sons of God,
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:53:12.89\00:53:18.49
And we feel this care,
this support, this help.
00:53:22.86\00:53:27.10
And we feel at home
because we are all one family.
00:53:34.24\00:53:38.05
Amen.
00:53:38.08\00:53:39.41
Yeah.
00:53:47.09\00:53:48.42
And in any country of the world,
00:53:48.46\00:53:51.09
when you come to your church,
00:53:51.13\00:53:53.19
you will feel that you
have come back to your family.
00:53:53.23\00:53:57.10
Amen.
00:53:57.13\00:53:58.47
That's the beauty
of being in Christ
00:53:58.50\00:54:00.60
is we have
family around the world.
00:54:00.64\00:54:01.97
We just have a
couple of minutes left.
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I can't believe how
quickly this is going,
00:54:04.31\00:54:06.14
but I'm going to
read 1 Peter 4:10-11,
00:54:06.17\00:54:10.15
because Angela
wants to get this one in.
00:54:10.18\00:54:13.38
And what Peter writes is,
00:54:13.42\00:54:16.72
"As each one has
received a gift,"
00:54:16.75\00:54:19.25
he's talking about a
gift of the Holy Spirit,
00:54:19.29\00:54:21.69
"minister it to one
another as good stewards
00:54:21.72\00:54:24.36
of the manifold grace of God.
00:54:24.39\00:54:26.43
If anyone speaks, let him
speak as the oracle of God.
00:54:26.46\00:54:29.76
If anyone ministers,
00:54:29.80\00:54:31.13
let him do it as with the
ability which God supplies,
00:54:31.17\00:54:36.04
that in all things,
God may be glorified
00:54:36.07\00:54:38.84
through Jesus Christ,
to whom belong the glory,
00:54:38.87\00:54:42.54
and the dominion
forever and ever.
00:54:42.58\00:54:44.55
Amen."
00:54:44.58\00:54:45.91
So, Angela, take just a
couple of minutes and tell us
00:54:45.95\00:54:49.75
what that means to you about
the ministry ofA 3ABN Russia?
00:54:49.78\00:54:53.22
God gives gifts,
00:54:56.62\00:54:59.76
and God gives talents
00:54:59.79\00:55:03.63
and they are gifts.
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.00
And we should use these gifts
00:55:12.37\00:55:15.28
for the glory of God.
00:55:15.31\00:55:16.88
Amen.
00:55:16.91\00:55:20.05
God gives opportunities for
distributions of His message.
00:55:20.08\00:55:24.29
What is needed from us is
real is actually very little.
00:55:27.59\00:55:31.13
Just take it and go with it.
00:55:31.16\00:55:33.86
Amen.
00:55:33.90\00:55:35.23
And 3ABNA is especially blessed,
00:55:40.20\00:55:42.80
because it
undertakes this ministry.
00:55:42.84\00:55:45.91
Amen.
00:55:45.94\00:55:47.28
You're on how many
satellites now in 3ABN Russia?
00:55:47.31\00:55:49.94
We are on two
satellites over Russia,
00:55:49.98\00:55:54.42
covering
practically all of Russia,
00:55:54.45\00:55:56.75
and on over 500 cable companies
00:55:56.79\00:56:00.66
that broadcast us
from those satellites
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.12
around the clock.
00:56:03.16\00:56:04.83
I remember when we
were in Israel together
00:56:04.86\00:56:07.80
and then you flip
the switch to go there.
00:56:07.83\00:56:10.17
But you're also
very active on YouTube.
00:56:10.20\00:56:13.64
The ministry, the
gifts that God has given you,
00:56:13.67\00:56:17.47
but you're dedicating His,
00:56:17.51\00:56:19.64
the talents He's given
you're dedicating back to God.
00:56:19.67\00:56:23.28
And it is such a beautiful thing
00:56:23.31\00:56:25.21
to say these are really...
00:56:25.25\00:56:27.98
You know, when I
said we had three angels
00:56:28.02\00:56:30.65
sitting at the table.
00:56:30.69\00:56:32.15
The word angel, both in Hebrew
00:56:32.19\00:56:34.26
and in Greek means messenger
00:56:34.29\00:56:36.73
and these are
three messengers of God.
00:56:36.76\00:56:39.49
And we're so blessed
that you are our brothers
00:56:39.53\00:56:44.00
and sisters in Christ
and just want to thank you,
00:56:44.03\00:56:47.74
Julia, I love you so much.
00:56:47.77\00:56:50.04
And, Angela,
you're a precious heart.
00:56:50.07\00:56:52.31
I love you too
and, Vadim, we love you.
00:56:52.34\00:56:55.91
And we want to thank you
00:56:55.94\00:56:58.38
that we're glad
you're in Christ,
00:56:58.41\00:57:00.62
but we're glad that
you're stirring up the gifts
00:57:00.65\00:57:04.25
that are in you and that
you are really reaching out
00:57:04.29\00:57:08.59
to bring others into Christ.
00:57:08.62\00:57:11.59
Honey, it's always
good to be with you.
00:57:11.63\00:57:14.16
Yes, it is darling. I love you.
00:57:14.20\00:57:15.86
It just reminds me real
quick how small the world is.
00:57:15.90\00:57:19.53
Amen.
00:57:19.57\00:57:20.90
I mean, we're right here,
00:57:20.94\00:57:22.27
we're praying to this very
same God in the same language
00:57:22.30\00:57:24.57
and thank you, Jesus,
00:57:24.61\00:57:26.31
And even the same God
in different languages.
00:57:26.34\00:57:29.41
Our prayer for you is
that the grace of our Lord
00:57:29.44\00:57:32.38
and Savior Jesus
Christ, the love of the Father,
00:57:32.41\00:57:34.88
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:34.92\00:57:36.65
will be yours on
this Sabbath and always.
00:57:36.69\00:57:39.95
Bye-bye. Happy Sabbath.
00:57:39.99\00:57:41.32