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, friends, and
welcome to another edition
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of 3ABN Family Worship.
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And that's exactly what it is,
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we don't have to take
it any further than that.
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It is family worship.
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We are gathered around
this table here tonight.
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We know you are at home
gathered with your family.
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If you're not,
you still have time.
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Go and gather all the
kids and mommy and daddy,
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and uncles and
aunts, and grandma, grandpa,
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all the families
even your enemies
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as Brother Danny would
say, "Gather everyone around."
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We're going to have
a good family worship
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this evening.
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Happy Sabbath, by the way.
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My name is Ryan Day
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and we have some
special guests in the house
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is going to be joining me
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for this family worship tonight.
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We have AWR
Adventist World Radio.
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And we are so blessed to
have each and every one of you.
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We have lots to discuss.
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But I'm going to get
right into our introduction
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because there may be someone
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who's catching this program
for the first time right now
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that doesn't know
who each one of you are
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and may not even know
what in the world AWR is.
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And so I'm going to
start with Brother Duane
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and Sister Kathy McKey.
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It's a blessing
to have both of you.
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Tell us a little
bit about yourself
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and a little bit about
AWR, and what you do for AWR?
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Okay, thanks Ryan.
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I'm Duane McKey, I'm president
of Adventist World Radio.
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And my sweetheart, Kathy,
we been married a few years.
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Actually...
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Actually, I don't work
for Adventist World Radio
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but my heart is with
Adventist World Radio.
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No, I am social media
and outreach coordinator
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for auto presidential
for the General Conference.
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Praise the Lord.
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And we're having
a time of our life,
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the best time in our life.
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Amen. Just fantastic.
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With Adventist World Radio,
we have boots on the ground,
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we have 1000 radio stations.
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But more important
than that, I think,
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is the fact that
we're able to reach
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around the world and
touch people's lives.
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You're an evangelist?
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That's right. That's what we do.
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I believe in that
with all my heart.
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Praise the Lord.
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And I believe in
fulfilling the Gospel Commission
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as you do and that's
what we, that's our charge.
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Jesus told us to go. Amen.
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And preach and
teach and baptize.
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And that's what
AWR is all about.
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And we have a
new element AWR 360,
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and we added also
boots on the ground.
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And so we believe is
you could sit in the office
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in Washington DC
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and we can tell
lots of good stories
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but when you're
out there in the field,
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when you're out there
seeing people baptized.
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We just saw how many was it
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on Sabbath about
two three weeks ago
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Sabbath we saw, was it 700?
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Seven hundred.
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Seven hundred baptized. Wow.
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Praise God.
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Many of them were military, CIA.
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Wow. Yeah.
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Many of them
were assassins. Amen.
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You're going to talk
a little bit about that
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probably during our
family worship tonight?
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Real assassins.
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Wow.
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God still can change hearts.
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Unbelievable. He still does.
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I've never seen
it like this before.
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Wow. Never.
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Praise the Lord.
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You know it's amazing
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because there may be
someone watching right now
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that says radio that
seems so old school, right?
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You know, in the world with,
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you know, social
media and internet
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and, you know,
satellite television
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and all that's going
around but yet still today
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for my knowledge radio
reaches still more people.
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It's the media
outlet reaches more people
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than any other form
of platform out there.
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And so praise the Lord for that,
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you guys are
doing an amazing work
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and we thank you.
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That's just one portion though,
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we do internet and we just like.
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Oh, wow.
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You know, we're going
to partner with you guys.
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We do radio. We do internet.
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We did a series of meetings
we had 10 million views.
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Amen. Wow.
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Yeah. Praise the Lord.
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We're going to talk about
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reaching the
millions in our study today,
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but I want to get down
here at the end of the table
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and talk to Mr. Kyle Allen,
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you also worked for
AWR Adventist World Radio,
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and what is it that you do
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for the mission of God?
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I just like Duane said,
every day wake up like, wow,
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I get to be involved
in this incredible work
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of taking the
gospel to the world.
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Yeah, it's amazing.
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So, you know, I'm blessed.
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I'm one of the vice
presidents and just enjoying
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seeing how God is
working in powerful ways,
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how His Spirit's
being poured out.
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I believe we're living
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just before the return of Jesus.
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Absolutely.
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So what a privilege to be able
to see these things happening
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before our very eyes.
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Absolutely. Wow.
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Praise God for that.
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And we have Miss Sue Hinkle,
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and tell us what you do for AWR?
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Well, I'm the outreach manager
for Adventist World Radio
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and help
coordinate different projects
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in many areas of the world,
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but also we have ambassadors
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that I help
coordinate in North America
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and many have
heard about God pods,
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these little prerecorded
audio players that we help.
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Kyle and I work together on that
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and, you know, what I
love, one thing I love about AWR
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is I think each
one of our team members
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are so passionate
about finishing the work.
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And when you invited us to
talk about evangelism, Ryan,
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this is our heart.
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That's it. Amen.
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I mean, we love evangelism.
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So thank you for
letting us be here with you.
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Praise the Lord.
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Yeah, when we
were kind of gathering
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and creating the
content for this study tonight,
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I thought to myself,
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what better people
to join me in this study
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than our friends
from Adventist World Radio
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because this is what you
live, eat and breathe, right?
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You live evangelism. Yeah.
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And you know, evangelism
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is not
something that we just do.
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It's a lifestyle. It is.
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It's a way of life when
Christ just transformed you.
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Now, He's going
to use you as a tool
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to go out and
help transform others
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for the good news and
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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And so before we get
right into our study, though,
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because we have lots to discuss
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and I know that
you're going to be blessed
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and I just want to
say thank you again
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for all of our
viewers all around the world
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who are participating right now
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and watching this
from wherever you are,
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for your love prayers
and support of 3ABN Ministry.
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And before we get
right into our study,
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which is
entitled Kingdom Agenda,
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we're going to have a
word of prayer and so,
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Brother Kyle, could you
have our opening prayer for us?
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Sure.
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All right, let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven,
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Lord, it is good
to be together tonight
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for family worship.
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And we thank You
that it's the Sabbath
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and that we can
worship You together, Father.
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And, Lord, as we
come together tonight
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as we open Your Word
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and as we study and as we pray,
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we ask that Your Holy Spirit
would be the honored guest.
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Amen.
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Lord, we see the
world in front of us
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and the huge mission of
taking this gospel to the world.
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And tonight, Lord, as
we read the scriptures
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and as we read these passages
from the Spirit of Prophecy,
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as we talk about the
needs around the world,
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we pray that You
would inspire our hearts
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with the mission that You called
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each one of us to,
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because each one of us is called
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to a lifestyle of evangelism,
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is called to take be a
part of that great commission.
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So, Father, bless
this worship tonight.
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Thank You for each
one that's watching
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wherever they
are around the world,
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bless them, bless their families
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and be with us now
in this special time.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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The Bible says
that we must worship Him
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in spirit and in truth.
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And that's exactly what
we're going to do this evening.
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We invite you to get your
Bibles, get your notepads,
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you're ready to take some notes
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because there's
going to be some quotes
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that we're going to be sharing
from the Spirit of Prophecy
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and many different
Bible passages and texts
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we're going to
be sharing tonight
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involved in talking around about
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this subject of
the Kingdom Agenda.
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So I had a little
bit of description
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written up for this study.
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And I simply asked the question,
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what is the
mission of God's Church
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in these last days?
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How can we ensure
that we are doing our part
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in fulfilling the
kingdom agenda of Christ?
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And, of course, we're
going to be discussing
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the divine
commission given to us
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in these closing
moments of earth's history
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here at this table tonight.
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And, you know, a
lot of people's idea
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of Christianity,
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their understanding
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of what it means
to be a Christian
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and, you know, I
haven't always been raised
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as a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian.
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And it's certainly real for me
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because being raised in
a non-Adventist setting,
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is my family and
many of our friends
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and there was
this idea that to be,
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you know, being Christian
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and living out
Christianity is just,
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it's more or less
a personal little,
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you know, bubble
encapsulated little experience.
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You know, it's,
you believe in Jesus,
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you express
that belief in Jesus,
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you know, you
sometimes congregate
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with other people that
believe in Jesus with you,
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you know, but
there was no mission
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mindedness or
sharing the good news
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in some of the
churches and denominations
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that I came from
before but when I came
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into the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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I was blown
away by the fact that
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they brought alive
the reality and the truth
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that we find flooded
throughout the Bible,
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which is God's divine commission
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in many different forms
and aspects about scripture
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where God is
saying, "You know what,
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I don't just want
to transform your life.
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I don't want you
to take that goodness
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and all of that
wonderful experience
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you've had and just,
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you know, encapsulated
in your own little bubble
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and in your own little world.
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I want you to go out there
and reflect the light of Jesus.
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I want you to go
into that same prison
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that I saved you from.
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And I want you to go
back there and help."
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You lead someone
out of that prison
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into the light of
Jesus Christ themselves.
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So tonight we're talking about
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the divine commission of Christ.
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We're talking
about the Kingdom Agenda.
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So let's start
with Matthew Chapter 28.
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I think that's the
appropriate place to start
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because someone may
say, "Okay, Jesus, He's gone.
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He's back in heaven, right?
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He's ascended into the heaven,
He's in the heavenly sanctuary
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but what are we as Christians
supposed to be doing now?"
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And Matthew 28:18-20.
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And who wants to
read that for us?
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Who wants to
volunteer to read that?
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Matthew 28:18-20.
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I can read that. All
right, thank you, Sue.
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Appreciate it.
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Okay, starting with verse 18.
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"And Jesus came and
spoke to them saying,
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'All authority has been given
to Me in heaven and on earth.
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Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to
observe all things
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that I have commanded you,
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and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age."
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Amen. Amen.
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That's it, right?
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The divine
commission given from Christ.
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So what's your response to that?
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When you read that
text, what comes to mind?
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Right?
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When I hear that text, Ryan,
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the first thing that
jumps out at me is go,
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because, Duane, you
know, you're always telling us
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to get our boots on the ground,
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get out there and do evangelism.
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That word go, that
is such a powerful word.
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Jesus is saying
that we need to go.
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We can't just be timid and stay.
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We've got a message
that the world needs
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and a message that
people need to hear
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as Seventh-day Adventists living
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through 2021, 2022.
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Right.
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We need to go
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because this is
a powerful message.
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And lives are
changed when you do go.
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And I picked up on the
word, all in there too,
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you know, all the nations.
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So this isn't just some. Right.
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This is all the
world we need to reach.
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You know, Mrs.
White tells us that
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I don't have the
quote right here with me
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but she says that
the disciples went,
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they went everywhere.
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Amen.
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They went to the
ends of the world.
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Right. They all died.
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They had that passion. Yes.
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Except for John.
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But they went and they
touched the whole world.
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Amen. It's amazing.
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Yes. Amen. It's powerful.
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They went to the
whole world, they went.
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Yes, absolutely
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because they took I believe
the words of Jesus seriously,
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you know,
seriously when you know,
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when I read John Chapter 4.
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This is a passage
that came to my mind
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as I was preparing this lesson.
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John Chapter 4, where Jesus
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just had this
powerful conversation
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with a woman at the
well, right, her whole life
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was turned right side
up in just a few moments.
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But right there in John 4:34-35,
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in the aftermath
of that conversation,
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Jesus had with
the woman at the well.
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His disciples have
now come out of the city,
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they've regathered with
Christ and they have their,
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you know,
belongings and their food
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and little resources, the things
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that they've
gathered to go on the road
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because they're
out evangelizing.
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And so now, they come to them
and they say, "Master, eat."
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You know, here's some food.
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And then Jesus responds,
listen to this, John 4:34-35.
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Jesus says, "My food is to
do the will of Him who sent Me
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and to finish His work.
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Don't..." Notice this.
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"Don't you have a saying,
it is four months into harvest?
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I tell you open your
eyes and look at the fields.
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They are ripe for
the harvest." Amen.
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You know, how
many people sit back
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and they're
blinded to the fact that,
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you know, I've heard
so many people say this,
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oh, this is a
hard area to reach.
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You can't, you know,
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we don't do much evangelism here
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because people
aren't interested.
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And a lot of
people, I think, sit back
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and they have that mentality
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that it's hard
to reach the people,
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therefore we should
just not do anything,
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there should be no response.
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But you know, the
beautiful thing about
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the divine
commission is that Jesus said,
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not only go
before that, He said,
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you know, teach
them, baptize them
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and then continue to teach them.
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It's a process, right?
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It's an ongoing
process that never stops.
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Does anybody else have anything
that they want to add to that?
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I was just thinking because
knowing you've often told me
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that so many times,
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people will say
it can't be done.
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It can't be done,
like that's always,
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it seems like it always happens
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when you try to do evangelism.
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We were in Africa
a couple years ago
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with AWR and they said,
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"Oh, it's not going to
work because it's winter."
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You know, and
then but that's June,
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in Africa it's winter.
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By God's grace
18,000 people were baptized.
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Amen. Wow.
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You know, and so
that seems to be a theme.
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People, man
says it's impossible.
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God says what's impossible
with man is possible with Me.
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That's right, Brother. Amen.
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That's right. Amen.
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You know, as I'm
reading this John 4:35,
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what sticks out to me here is,
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He says, "My food is
to do the will of Him
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who sent Me and
to finish His work."
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And it's interesting because,
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you know, my mind
goes back to Genesis,
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where on the
seventh day God rested.
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He blessed it. He made Holy.
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He sanctified the seventh day.
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And that word there for
rested is Shabbat in the Hebrew,
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which means to
cease or to finish.
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And so right there
even in our very names,
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Seventh-day Adventists,
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you know, when we think
of Seventh-day Adventists,
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we think of Adventists,
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you know, looking
forward to the promising return
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of Jesus Christ,
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and of course,
seventh day pointing back
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to the keeping of
all the commandments
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but in this case
the seventh day Sabbath
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but right there
even within our name,
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Seventh-day Adventist,
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not just pointing or
highlighting the fact
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that we were
Sabbath keepers but also,
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I believe God has divided,
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He's commissioned us.
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He has given us
the divine commission
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as His remnant church,
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His remnant
movement in these last days
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to continue to work
and finish that work
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that he started
to do 2000 years ago.
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It's powerful.
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Praise the Lord. It is.
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It's interesting the next
quote here from Testimonies.
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Yeah, now read that.
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Someone must fulfill
the gospel commission.
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Someone must
fulfill the commission.
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Someone must carry out
the work which He began.
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It's interesting. We...
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I've always said
anybody can preach,
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anybody with series of meetings,
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it's just, you know, we
have all these materials.
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And so even my wife,
she volunteered to go.
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She made a commitment to go.
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I was scared to death.
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I mean, I thought
surely I won't have to go.
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Right.
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I won't have to.
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But then when I was
called and given a date,
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when I would be going
to go and preach in Kenya.
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I started praying, you know,
we cannot do this on our own.
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We have to have the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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Because it's not about us.
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It's about Jesus. Amen.
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And it was the most
wonderful experience
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of my life
besides marrying this guy.
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But it changed my life.
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It changed my whole...
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Praise God. Yeah.
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My brother.
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Before she got to
that point she said,
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"Why did you let me do it?"
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Why?
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I said to him.
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She made the effort
to go out and preach.
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I said, "Why did
you let me go forward?"
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I said, "I wasn't near you."
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I said, "Did you do it
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because you're the
conference president's wife?"
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"No," she said, "Why
did you let me do it?"
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It was like the Holy
Spirit pushed me out of my chair
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to go forward.
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Amen. And it was phenomenal.
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Praise God.
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Well, it's
interesting because you said
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it was like the Holy Spirit.
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I believe it was the Holy Spirit
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that pushed you.
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Absolutely.
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I know that's
what you were saying.
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You know, you
started reading that quote
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from Testimonies, volume
six, page 295, which again says,
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"Someone must fulfill
the commission of Christ.
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Someone must carry on the work
which He began to do on earth."
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And then I love
this next part, it says,
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"And the church has
been given this privilege,
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for this purpose it
has been organized."
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So what's our purpose?
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Evangelism, this is
what we're here for.
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And it is a privilege.
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It is a privilege. It is.
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It's a privilege.
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And I believe that
with all my heart, like,
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if every church
had this statement,
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if every church understood,
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if every church member
understand their purpose
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was to go forth to
carry that commission forward,
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this world would be
turned upside down so fast.
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I know.
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So Seventh-day
Adventists, now is the time.
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We need to answer
the call, we need to go.
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That's right.
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And you know, Kathy,
you were probably scared.
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Well, you know, that
I was scared to death.
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But you know, the more I prayed,
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the less fear I felt.
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Amen.
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And that first Friday night,
when I stood up to preach,
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I was totally blown away.
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I mean, I could not believe
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how my fears
had been taken away.
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Praise God. That's right. Wow.
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And I had such a peace. Yes.
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And that's way it
was the whole series.
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And when God
blessed with baptisms,
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I thought, wow.
00:19:08.91\00:19:10.25
Amen. Praise God.
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And I would
challenge anybody that says,
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I can't do it.
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They can do it
with the Lord's help.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's like the Lord spoke to her
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and the fear went away
when He said, "It's not."
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"It's not about
me." That's right.
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You know, I felt,
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at first I was
concentrating on myself,
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you know, looking at
myself, well, I can't do it.
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But it's not about
us, it's about the Lord.
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Amen.
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And I believe also just to say,
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because I know
you guys believe this,
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and I know you believe this,
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because I get the
privilege of working with you.
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Young people...
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I mean, age is
not a factor here.
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No. That's right.
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We've seen young, young, right?
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And very...
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Well, I don't
want to say experienced
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in life and
everything in between.
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Everybody can do it.
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All they need to
have is a willing heart.
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I mean, Sue, I
remember in Palauan,
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you had young adults
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that had never done this before.
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Right. And it
changed their lives.
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It did change their lives.
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.21
And you know, some
were, they had come to preach,
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had never preached before,
00:20:13.51\00:20:14.84
didn't, weren't even
solidified in our doctrine.
00:20:14.88\00:20:18.38
They had been baptized,
00:20:18.41\00:20:19.75
but they didn't
really understand.
00:20:19.78\00:20:22.22
And this one young man,
00:20:22.25\00:20:24.65
he preached about the Sabbath.
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And when he came back,
he said, "Now I understand.
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Now I know why we
keep the Sabbath."
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I mean, it touched his own heart
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when he spoke the
truth to other people.
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Yes.
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Then it did
something inside like he was...
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The Holy Spirit was
teaching him as well.
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Sure.
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If the Lord can use a donkey,
to make a donkey speak, right?
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Yes, yes.
00:20:51.88\00:20:53.21
He certainly can use us,
you know, you talk about,
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you know, both the
young and more experienced.
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I remember years
ago, when I just had,
00:20:56.89\00:20:58.65
just first become a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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I was, I mean, of
course, I'm still on fire.
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But I was, man, I
was just so excited
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about this new faith
that God had brought me into,
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and I wanted to share and
I couldn't quite understand
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why some of the people
around me in the church
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was a little more
shy of sharing, right?
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But yet, it just really
brought a whole new world to me.
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There was a mission trip
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that was
happening, conference wide.
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I think it was
maybe in the Philippines
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or Africa or somewhere.
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And the pastor's
daughter, she was 11 years old.
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And they gave her
a series of studies.
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Beautiful graphics, set
her up at this location,
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I think it might have
been in the Philippines.
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And she preached
an entire evangelism.
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Eleven year old girl preached
an entire evangelistic series
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and had multiple baptisms.
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So if God can use a
kid, He can use you, right?
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He can use any one
and that's the purpose.
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We're all commissioned
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to take this
gospel to the world.
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And there's no excuse.
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None of us can say, "No, not me.
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You know, God
can't really use me
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for whatever reason."
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Yes, He can.
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And God will if
you will allow Him.
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Amen. That's right.
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Absolutely.
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You know, we're going to
get into in just a moment,
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why God wants us to
participate in this work?
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But you know, I made a note here
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that God technically does
not need us to finish the work.
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Let's give God the
glory for the moment.
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He is going to finish this work.
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He doesn't technically need us.
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In fact, that's
what Romans 9:28,
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is talking about here.
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Romans 9:28, which says,
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"For He will finish the work
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and cut it
short in righteousness
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because the Lord will make
a short work upon the earth."
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And then when you
couple that with these quotes
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that I found in
the Spirit of Prophecy,
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I'm going to have
someone read Testimonies
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to Ministers, page 300.
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If someone can prepare that,
and also Review and Herald,
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December 15, 1885,
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it's really sets
the groundwork here
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and helping us to understand
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that God will see
that the work is finished.
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But there's a
purpose, there's a reason
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as we're going
to cover in a moment
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as to why He wants
us to co-labor with Him
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and participating in this work.
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And so Testimonies
to Ministers, page 300.
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Let's read that and talk
about what it says there.
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So who wants to read that?
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"Let me tell you that the
Lord will work in this last work
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in a manner very much
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out of the common
order of things and in a way
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that will be contrary
to any human planning.
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God will use ways and
means by which it will be seen
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that He is taking the
reins in His own hands.
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"Wow. Amen.
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And I know you guys have had
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to see something
like that already.
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I heard your stories
all the time of like,
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whoa, how did that happen
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or how did this
person hear the gospel?
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And you hear these
powerful stories about how,
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the only way to
explain it is God's in that.
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Yeah.
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God is the only one
that made that happen, right?
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And that's what that
quote is talking about
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and then Review and Herald,
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December 15, 1885 with that.
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Someone read that as well,
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Review and
Herald, December 15, 1885.
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"When divine power is
combined with human effort,
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the work will spread
like fire in the stubble.
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God will employ
agencies whose origin man
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will be unable to discern.
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Angels will do a work
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which men might
have had the blessing
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of accomplishing
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had they not neglected
to answer the claims of God.
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The work is now presented
to man, will he take it?
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There are at the
present time many doors unbolted
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and thrown open to the workers.
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Will they enter these doors?
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Who is ready at the
bidding of the master to say,
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'Here am I, Lord, send me.'"
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Amen.
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And it's powerful. Powerful.
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It's powerful to
consider the fact that
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you know even at
this present time,
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I hear stories all the time
of how people came to the Lord
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and then they tell the
story about how someone came
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to their house and they,
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you know, but you
have that those people
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just somehow just disappear.
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They, you know,
they spend a time
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and then no one
knows who they are
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or where they came from.
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And there's no doubt in
my mind, God has angels,
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ministering spirits as
the Bible would call them,
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working in the field out there,
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you know, spreading
the gospel in places
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that perhaps we can't get to.
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And you guys know
this more than anyone.
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There's places all
over the globe that,
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you know, it's hard to get,
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you know,
Christian presence in there
00:25:14.64\00:25:16.38
because of how
difficult and challenging
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and very dangerous it
is in certain countries.
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And so, yeah, what
were you going to say?
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Well, I was just going to
say like, we never thought,
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you know, we just, not long ago,
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we're in the Philippines.
00:25:28.72\00:25:30.16
And we saw God
unbolt doors and open ways
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that we could never
imagine a few years ago.
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Miracles, Ryan.
00:25:36.53\00:25:37.87
Miracles that God has done
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to reach
communist rebels, Duane.
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Yeah.
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And who would have
thought. Assassins.
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Tell us about that.
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Let's talk about this?
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Really, real assassins. Right.
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Real assassins
in the Philippines.
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They killed 40,000
people in the last 50 years.
00:25:50.31\00:25:55.42
Wow.
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Forty thousand people.
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And the government...
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Well, the
sheriff in the area said,
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.12
"We don't get it.
00:26:03.16\00:26:05.19
This war goes on
and on, year after year.
00:26:05.23\00:26:08.50
And we've tried to bribe them.
00:26:08.53\00:26:10.77
We'll say just stop killing us.
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.07
Stop shooting us.
00:26:13.10\00:26:15.10
We'll give you anything.
00:26:15.14\00:26:16.67
We'll give you money, anything.
00:26:16.71\00:26:18.97
Just stop killing
us, but doesn't help.
00:26:19.01\00:26:23.31
And all of a
sudden, you guys come here.
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And you start
broadcasting the Bible
00:26:25.68\00:26:28.45
and health
messages into the mountains
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and they surrender and
they're getting amnesty.
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It is all over.
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What is it?"
00:26:36.36\00:26:37.69
The sheriff.
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Wow. Just absolutely amazing.
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And then after they're baptized,
00:26:42.60\00:26:44.87
just this week,
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they have made a
goal to each one reach one
00:26:49.40\00:26:51.67
by the end of the year.
00:26:51.71\00:26:53.04
Wow.
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
And so they're going
up into the mountains
00:26:54.44\00:26:56.58
with video
projectors that we give them.
00:26:56.61\00:26:58.28
Amen.
00:26:58.31\00:26:59.65
Assassins, 700 of them
00:26:59.68\00:27:03.92
going up into these villages,
00:27:03.95\00:27:05.59
70 villages to
reach the unreachable,
00:27:05.62\00:27:11.46
to share Jesus with them.
00:27:11.49\00:27:13.50
It's unbelievable.
00:27:13.53\00:27:15.63
I've never, I've been
doing this kind of work
00:27:15.66\00:27:20.07
for years and years
for years, for many years
00:27:20.10\00:27:23.37
and as an evangelist too
and as a conference president,
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.17
union workers and
general conference
00:27:26.21\00:27:29.88
but I've never seen this.
00:27:29.91\00:27:31.98
These are mean people.
00:27:32.01\00:27:33.35
Of course. They're killers.
00:27:33.38\00:27:36.42
We used to go there.
00:27:36.45\00:27:37.79
And we take groups in, in
Mindoro in the Philippines
00:27:37.82\00:27:41.16
because it was an
easy way to get there
00:27:41.19\00:27:43.86
and take young
people there to preach.
00:27:43.89\00:27:46.03
But we didn't want to be shot.
00:27:46.06\00:27:48.90
So we were told, okay,
00:27:48.93\00:27:50.93
just give a 1,000
dollars for "medicines."
00:27:50.97\00:27:54.70
All right.
00:27:54.74\00:27:56.07
Give us a 1,000
dollars for medicines
00:27:56.10\00:27:57.77
and one of our
friends, he was a chauffeur.
00:27:57.81\00:28:01.31
It was his cousin
00:28:01.34\00:28:02.88
who was the general
up in the mountains.
00:28:02.91\00:28:06.11
And he said you won't be shot.
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.02
So we went there and
we gave him a thousand.
00:28:09.05\00:28:11.92
That was a relief. Yeah.
00:28:11.95\00:28:13.29
We went there and we
gave him a 1,000 dollars,
00:28:13.32\00:28:14.96
I think we're fine and
then Sue begins to pray
00:28:14.99\00:28:17.59
that God will chase him
away and they'll all surrender.
00:28:17.63\00:28:20.90
They all give
their hearts to Jesus.
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.26
And I thought Sue's crazy.
00:28:22.30\00:28:24.77
Just give him the 1,000 dollars.
00:28:24.80\00:28:26.30
That's right.
They're not going to listen.
00:28:26.33\00:28:28.60
They never have
listened, we've tried and tried.
00:28:28.64\00:28:30.74
They don't listen.
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.11
They just kill.
00:28:32.14\00:28:33.54
Well.
00:28:33.58\00:28:34.91
But they're all gone.
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.54
This week, the
last 17 surrendered.
00:28:36.58\00:28:40.08
Wow.
00:28:40.12\00:28:41.45
They got a full amnesty.
00:28:41.48\00:28:42.82
The President of the Philippines
00:28:42.85\00:28:44.19
gave them all a full amnesty.
00:28:44.22\00:28:46.09
Wow.
00:28:46.12\00:28:47.62
It's unheard of.
00:28:47.66\00:28:48.99
That's, yeah,
that's just I couldn't wrap
00:28:49.02\00:28:50.36
my mind around it.
00:28:50.39\00:28:51.73
It's never
happened that we know of
00:28:51.76\00:28:53.16
and it makes me think
of what you this quote,
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God will use ways and means
by which it will be seen that
00:28:56.06\00:28:59.00
He is taking the
reins in His own hands.
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.70
That's right. Yeah.
00:29:01.74\00:29:03.07
You know, otherwise
how could this happen,
00:29:03.10\00:29:05.24
but the power of God.
00:29:05.27\00:29:06.61
And we were standing
in that baptismal pool
00:29:06.64\00:29:08.24
not long ago, Ryan.
00:29:08.28\00:29:09.61
I mean, and it was
an incredible experience
00:29:09.64\00:29:11.58
to see these former,
00:29:11.61\00:29:13.38
these were hardened
killers like Duane said.
00:29:13.42\00:29:15.52
I mean, they had lived
lives in the mountains,
00:29:15.55\00:29:19.12
not at peace with each other.
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.96
You know, can you
imagine going to bed at night
00:29:20.99\00:29:22.96
thinking about the
things you've done,
00:29:22.99\00:29:24.33
those bad things you've done,
00:29:24.36\00:29:25.69
and after all those
decades of being just in anguish
00:29:25.73\00:29:29.46
over yourself and
over the life you've lived
00:29:29.50\00:29:31.20
and then finally learn
about the Lord Jesus Christ
00:29:31.23\00:29:33.97
and the
reconciliation that He brings.
00:29:34.00\00:29:35.67
And then not only
that, but to find that
00:29:35.70\00:29:37.31
the people that you
were once shooting at
00:29:37.34\00:29:38.97
are now also getting baptized.
00:29:39.01\00:29:41.11
And they're also
your brothers and sisters
00:29:41.14\00:29:42.61
and they're embracing in Christ.
00:29:42.64\00:29:43.98
That's right. Yeah.
00:29:44.01\00:29:45.35
That's the miracle
of the gospel, man.
00:29:45.38\00:29:46.72
Absolutely. That's
God unbolting doors.
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.55
That's only God.
00:29:48.58\00:29:49.92
Yes. Absolutely.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.29
We've had the
privilege of seeing that
00:29:51.32\00:29:52.65
and even the general himself
00:29:52.69\00:29:54.02
and his wife getting baptized
00:29:54.06\00:29:55.39
and the head
Philippine army people getting.
00:29:55.42\00:29:58.39
Jesus is coming soon.
00:29:58.43\00:29:59.76
That's all I've got to say.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.13
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:01.16\00:30:02.50
I mean, what you're
seeing there is prime example
00:30:02.53\00:30:05.17
that the Spirit of
God is far more powerful
00:30:05.20\00:30:06.80
than the spirit of the enemy.
00:30:06.84\00:30:08.17
Amen.
00:30:08.20\00:30:09.54
These are people full of demons.
00:30:09.57\00:30:10.91
I mean, it's the only way
you can explain it, right?
00:30:10.94\00:30:12.27
Yeah.
00:30:12.31\00:30:13.64
Full of demons, but
yet still the power of God
00:30:13.68\00:30:15.01
is at work to
cast out those demons,
00:30:15.04\00:30:16.64
to transform hearts,
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.28
God wants to
transform your heart.
00:30:18.31\00:30:19.65
Yes, He does.
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.02
And He wants to
use you right now
00:30:21.05\00:30:22.38
wherever you are,
whatever community.
00:30:22.42\00:30:23.75
Maybe it's in your
own home, wherever it is,
00:30:23.79\00:30:25.92
God wants to use you
to also shine that light
00:30:25.95\00:30:30.13
and share the light of
Christ with someone else.
00:30:30.16\00:30:32.13
And again, had
God not used you guys,
00:30:32.16\00:30:34.00
what would have
come about, right?
00:30:34.03\00:30:35.43
If AWR had not
been there and been,
00:30:35.46\00:30:37.50
you know, I'm
sure God, obviously
00:30:37.53\00:30:38.87
but God used that avenue of AWR
00:30:38.90\00:30:42.87
and in you guys
to take that light
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.67
into that very, very dark place,
00:30:44.71\00:30:47.04
that perhaps
many other ministries
00:30:47.08\00:30:48.48
have said, "No, wait.
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.65
We don't want to
get shot." Right?
00:30:50.68\00:30:52.38
But the Lord is using
and working in mighty ways.
00:30:52.41\00:30:55.52
And what a
privilege. Absolutely.
00:30:55.55\00:30:57.39
What a privilege
to be used by God.
00:30:57.42\00:30:59.19
Yeah.
00:30:59.22\00:31:00.56
And, you know, we're just amazed
00:31:00.59\00:31:02.96
at what He's doing.
00:31:02.99\00:31:04.33
And I think just
like we see these rebels,
00:31:04.36\00:31:07.00
you know, these
hardened criminals
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.93
now are softened.
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.30
Yes.
00:31:10.33\00:31:11.67
And we see joy and
peace on their face.
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.30
Right.
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.67
Now, do they
think it's a drudgery
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.17
to have to go back
up in the mountains
00:31:16.20\00:31:17.77
and tell the other people?
00:31:17.81\00:31:19.41
No.
00:31:19.44\00:31:20.78
They're excited
now to share this.
00:31:20.81\00:31:23.11
Wow! Yeah.
00:31:23.14\00:31:25.21
What has happened
in their own life.
00:31:25.25\00:31:26.72
Now they want to tell others
and it keeps going and going.
00:31:26.75\00:31:29.65
I think, you know, sometimes
00:31:29.68\00:31:31.82
we get too
comfortable in church.
00:31:31.85\00:31:33.99
It's easy just
to be a pew warmer
00:31:34.02\00:31:37.26
and forget what our mission is,
00:31:37.29\00:31:38.79
like we talked about.
00:31:38.83\00:31:40.16
Right.
00:31:40.20\00:31:41.53
But when we really have
that connection with God,
00:31:41.56\00:31:43.60
when He transforms our heart,
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.83
we're not going to be
able to shut up about it.
00:31:45.87\00:31:47.30
That's right. Absolutely.
00:31:47.34\00:31:48.67
We're going to have
to share Him with others.
00:31:48.70\00:31:50.14
Amen. Absolutely.
00:31:50.17\00:31:51.54
You know, that's really the key
because there's a lot of people
00:31:51.57\00:31:55.11
that may be
watching this right now
00:31:55.14\00:31:56.54
who may not necessarily be
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.48
a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian,
00:31:58.51\00:31:59.85
but saying to themselves,
00:31:59.88\00:32:01.22
you know what, I'm saved
00:32:01.25\00:32:02.58
though, I'm already saved.
00:32:02.62\00:32:03.95
And, you know,
witnessing is not a part of the,
00:32:03.99\00:32:07.42
you know, the salvational plan.
00:32:07.46\00:32:10.03
In other words, believe
in Jesus and accept Christ
00:32:10.06\00:32:12.66
and you shall be saved.
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.36
So I don't really have to
go out and witness to someone,
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.80
but yet what we're describing
00:32:16.83\00:32:18.17
is that when you
genuinely accept Christ,
00:32:18.20\00:32:20.34
the natural
response is going to be
00:32:20.37\00:32:22.04
you can't keep your mouth shut.
00:32:22.07\00:32:23.41
Absolutely.
00:32:23.44\00:32:24.77
You got to go
out and tell someone.
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.14
And that's kind of sets
us up for this next part,
00:32:26.17\00:32:27.51
which is, you know, if
God can finish the work,
00:32:27.54\00:32:29.81
and I just asked
this question here,
00:32:29.84\00:32:31.65
if God could
finish the work by Himself
00:32:31.68\00:32:33.11
and why does He want us
to participate in evangelism?
00:32:33.15\00:32:35.98
Why does He want us to cooperate
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.32
and co-labor
with Him in this work?
00:32:38.35\00:32:40.42
And I think the Bible
and the Spirit of Prophecy
00:32:40.46\00:32:42.02
makes it ultimately clear.
00:32:42.06\00:32:43.39
Amen. That's right.
00:32:43.43\00:32:44.76
First of all, let me
just bring about the fact
00:32:44.79\00:32:46.13
that love should
be the motivation.
00:32:46.16\00:32:47.50
Yes.
00:32:47.53\00:32:48.86
You know, we love Him
because He first loved us.
00:32:48.90\00:32:51.43
And then when we comprehend
00:32:51.47\00:32:52.97
and start to begin to
comprehend and understand
00:32:53.00\00:32:55.60
that love that
Christ has bestowed upon us.
00:32:55.64\00:32:57.84
Amen.
00:32:57.87\00:32:59.21
Then out of us flows that love,
out of us flows that desire
00:32:59.24\00:33:04.95
for others to also
want to participate
00:33:04.98\00:33:07.62
and partake of the
goodness of Christ.
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.28
You know, I was thinking,
00:33:09.32\00:33:10.65
I was reading
this 1 John Chapter 4,
00:33:10.69\00:33:12.72
come to mind.
00:33:12.75\00:33:14.09
1 John 4:7-11.
00:33:14.12\00:33:16.06
I'm also going to read
verses 17, 19 through 21.
00:33:16.09\00:33:19.29
This is a powerful passage.
00:33:19.33\00:33:21.13
Probably many of us
have read it many times.
00:33:21.16\00:33:22.86
But it's just a great
reminder of the motivation
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.80
behind why we
want to seek out others
00:33:25.83\00:33:29.24
and share the
good news with them.
00:33:29.27\00:33:31.24
1 John Chapter 4,
00:33:31.27\00:33:32.74
we're going to
begin with verse 7.
00:33:32.77\00:33:35.84
It says, "Beloved,
let us love one another,
00:33:35.88\00:33:39.15
for love is of God.
00:33:39.18\00:33:41.58
And everyone who
loves is born of God
00:33:41.62\00:33:43.75
and knows God.
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.89
He who does not
love does not know God,
00:33:45.92\00:33:49.12
for God is love.
00:33:49.16\00:33:50.96
In this the love of God
was manifested toward us,
00:33:50.99\00:33:54.13
that God has sent
His only begotten Son
00:33:54.16\00:33:56.73
into the world
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.10
that we might live through Him.
00:33:58.13\00:34:00.37
In this is
love," this is verse 10,
00:34:00.40\00:34:03.24
"not that we loved God,
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.01
but that He loved
us and sent His Son
00:34:05.04\00:34:06.98
to be the
propitiation for our sins."
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.81
And then verse 11,
"Beloved, if God is so loved,
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.68
if God so loved us,
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.22
we also ought to
love one another."
00:34:14.25\00:34:17.35
Amen.
00:34:17.39\00:34:18.72
Now, fast
forward to verse 17 here.
00:34:18.75\00:34:20.29
"Love has been perfected
among us in this," notice,
00:34:20.32\00:34:23.79
"that we may have
boldness in the Day of Judgment
00:34:23.83\00:34:27.70
because as He is,
00:34:27.73\00:34:29.63
so are we in this world."
00:34:29.66\00:34:32.60
And then verse 19,
00:34:32.63\00:34:34.17
"We love Him
because He first loved us.
00:34:34.20\00:34:36.97
If someone says, 'I love
God and hates his brother,
00:34:37.01\00:34:39.81
he is a liar,
00:34:39.84\00:34:41.18
for he who does not love
his brother, whom he...'"
00:34:41.21\00:34:44.15
Excuse me, "'For he who
does not love his brother
00:34:44.18\00:34:46.65
whom he has seen,
00:34:46.68\00:34:48.02
how can he love God
whom he has not seen?'"
00:34:48.05\00:34:51.42
And then verse 21,
00:34:51.45\00:34:52.79
"And this
commandment we have from Him,
00:34:52.82\00:34:54.92
that he who loves God
must love his brother also."
00:34:54.96\00:34:59.26
What's the
motivation behind evangelism?
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.13
It's love. It's love. It's love.
00:35:01.16\00:35:03.20
It's love. It's love.
00:35:03.23\00:35:04.57
Because when the Spirit
of God is flowing through you
00:35:04.60\00:35:08.17
and using you,
00:35:08.20\00:35:09.70
it's, the
motivation behind that is love
00:35:09.74\00:35:11.87
because God loved us to save us.
00:35:11.91\00:35:13.91
Yeah.
00:35:13.94\00:35:15.28
Now we want to go out and
also love Him, love others,
00:35:15.31\00:35:18.51
just to see them saved as well.
00:35:18.55\00:35:20.85
You know, God wants us to share
00:35:20.88\00:35:23.99
because it helps us grow.
00:35:24.02\00:35:26.59
Amen.
00:35:26.62\00:35:27.96
And it helps us
to keep that fire
00:35:27.99\00:35:29.82
in our hearts.
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.56
That's why. Amen.
00:35:31.59\00:35:32.93
Absolutely. I
mean, another reason.
00:35:32.96\00:35:34.90
Yeah. Absolutely.
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.26
Kathy, that reminds
me of this statement here
00:35:36.30\00:35:38.47
that we have in front
of us, which is powerful.
00:35:38.50\00:35:41.90
God could have reached,
00:35:41.94\00:35:43.27
this is Desire
of Ages, page 142.
00:35:43.30\00:35:44.64
Yes.
00:35:44.67\00:35:46.01
God could have
reached His object
00:35:46.04\00:35:47.38
in saving
sinners without our aid.
00:35:47.41\00:35:49.74
Because He's all powerful,
00:35:49.78\00:35:51.11
He could have
send angels to do it.
00:35:51.15\00:35:52.48
That's right.
00:35:52.51\00:35:53.85
He could have
written in the sky.
00:35:53.88\00:35:55.22
Right.
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.58
But in order for us to
develop a character like Christ.
00:35:56.62\00:36:00.89
That's it.
That's it right there.
00:36:00.92\00:36:02.26
The character of love.
00:36:02.29\00:36:03.79
We must share in His work
in order to enter into His joy,
00:36:03.83\00:36:07.53
the joy of seeing souls
redeemed by His sacrifice.
00:36:07.56\00:36:10.57
We must participate
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.43
in His labors
for their redemption.
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.67
So that tells me
it's not optional.
00:36:14.70\00:36:16.97
Right. Amen.
00:36:17.01\00:36:18.81
To evangelize,
00:36:18.84\00:36:20.18
to be a witness
it's not optional.
00:36:20.21\00:36:22.68
It's not.
00:36:22.71\00:36:24.05
It's part of being a
Christian. That's right.
00:36:24.08\00:36:25.75
Amen. That's right.
00:36:25.78\00:36:27.12
In fact, I was
going to circle around
00:36:27.15\00:36:28.48
and you got right up to it.
00:36:28.52\00:36:29.95
Because again, I
mentioned earlier,
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.32
some people's idea of
the gospel is just believe.
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.19
Yeah.
00:36:33.22\00:36:34.56
They just
mentally accept the fact
00:36:34.59\00:36:35.92
that Christ has died
on the cross for my sins.
00:36:35.96\00:36:37.39
And now that that makes me,
00:36:37.43\00:36:39.49
you know, justified and saved
through the blood of Christ.
00:36:39.53\00:36:41.93
But yet we know that the
fullness of the gospel means
00:36:41.96\00:36:44.63
fully surrendering.
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.00
And if we're fully surrendered,
00:36:46.03\00:36:47.70
then of course,
what comes with that
00:36:47.74\00:36:49.54
is the desire to
want to see someone else
00:36:49.57\00:36:53.94
changed and
transformed as we are.
00:36:53.98\00:36:55.68
Amen. Absolutely.
00:36:55.71\00:36:57.05
That's right.
00:36:57.08\00:36:58.41
Fully reconciled,
fully surrendered.
00:36:58.45\00:36:59.78
That's right.
00:36:59.81\00:37:01.15
We've been using
those words with the rebels,
00:37:01.18\00:37:02.52
you know, their
relationship with the military.
00:37:02.55\00:37:03.89
And it's amazing.
00:37:03.92\00:37:05.55
I was just thinking,
Sue, when you were speaking
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.92
and why we do evangelism.
00:37:07.96\00:37:10.69
Another element is I remember,
00:37:10.73\00:37:13.36
it's been what, 20
years I think, about that.
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.36
We were in Malawi.
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.77
And you had a 13 year old son
and we needed an extra speaker.
00:37:18.80\00:37:22.64
Someone didn't show up
and I asked him to speak
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.91
and through a lot
of fear and tears.
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.08
Amen.
00:37:27.11\00:37:28.44
He did a series of
meetings and now he's a pastor.
00:37:28.48\00:37:30.45
Amen. Not far from here.
00:37:30.48\00:37:31.91
Praise God. Praise the Lord.
00:37:31.95\00:37:33.38
Praise the Lord.
Yeah, changes life.
00:37:33.42\00:37:35.42
It's that power.
00:37:35.45\00:37:36.92
You know, you preaching
it, just like I was saying,
00:37:36.95\00:37:39.19
this young man from Australia
and went to the Philippines,
00:37:39.22\00:37:44.43
you know, when
you come in contact
00:37:44.46\00:37:47.76
with the Word of
God and you share it.
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.90
Yeah. It transforms.
00:37:49.93\00:37:51.63
And I can say that
for me, too, personally.
00:37:51.67\00:37:53.23
My own testimony
in that, you know,
00:37:53.27\00:37:56.40
I didn't want to be a
pastor for a long time.
00:37:56.44\00:37:59.77
I had, I was afraid of getting
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.78
stuck in a church
with lots of problems
00:38:01.81\00:38:03.91
and dealing with
people's problems.
00:38:03.95\00:38:06.88
And having those burdens,
but you know what the thing is,
00:38:06.92\00:38:09.85
God is so merciful. Yes, He is.
00:38:09.88\00:38:11.65
And He knows what we
need more than what we want.
00:38:11.69\00:38:13.89
What's that?
00:38:13.92\00:38:15.26
He knows what we
really need, I should say.
00:38:15.29\00:38:16.76
And I think for me,
00:38:16.79\00:38:19.56
just being able to
be on trips like this,
00:38:19.59\00:38:22.96
going on mission
projects, being able to speak.
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.70
You know, I
didn't feel like I could,
00:38:25.73\00:38:27.34
I was doing very well.
00:38:27.37\00:38:28.87
And seeing God working
through that and seeing His,
00:38:28.90\00:38:31.87
getting to know the
love of Jesus personally,
00:38:31.91\00:38:33.98
it just changes your heart.
00:38:34.01\00:38:35.81
And it's like, I can't,
I cannot live on this earth
00:38:35.84\00:38:39.21
without telling
someone else about Jesus.
00:38:39.25\00:38:41.12
That's right.
00:38:41.15\00:38:42.48
I can't live my
life and feel like I'm
00:38:42.52\00:38:43.92
doing what God
has called me to do.
00:38:43.95\00:38:45.55
That's right.
00:38:45.59\00:38:46.92
If I'm not and so
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.29
it's not, it's not
supposed to be like a burden.
00:38:48.32\00:38:49.82
No.
00:38:49.86\00:38:51.19
It's like a calling
00:38:51.23\00:38:52.56
in your fire in your
bones type of calling.
00:38:52.59\00:38:54.30
And I believe, Ryan,
00:38:54.33\00:38:55.86
that for everyone
who's watching this program.
00:38:55.90\00:38:58.37
Yeah. This is the thing.
00:38:58.40\00:38:59.73
Not everybody watching
this program is a pastor.
00:38:59.77\00:39:01.20
Right.
00:39:01.24\00:39:02.57
Not everybody watching
this program is a Bible worker.
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.24
Right.
00:39:04.27\00:39:05.61
Everybody watching tonight
00:39:05.64\00:39:06.98
has the same calling to
take their, to do their part
00:39:07.01\00:39:11.08
in sharing the
gospel with other people.
00:39:11.11\00:39:12.51
It's all our call. That's right.
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.35
Is that only for good people?
00:39:14.38\00:39:16.42
Only good people are
called to preach and teach?
00:39:16.45\00:39:19.69
It's a good question.
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.09
Then I'm definitely not.
00:39:21.12\00:39:23.76
Now, a couple years
ago, we were in Mindoro.
00:39:23.79\00:39:26.13
We were teaching
some of the rebels
00:39:26.16\00:39:28.60
and military both were
doing it to do evangelism,
00:39:28.63\00:39:31.43
giving them
little battery powered
00:39:31.47\00:39:35.20
video projectors
00:39:35.24\00:39:36.57
and giving them materials to use
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.24
and this young man came up.
00:39:38.27\00:39:39.97
He was married, had a little kid
00:39:40.01\00:39:42.78
and he got tears in his eyes.
00:39:42.81\00:39:45.51
And he said... We
were in the city of Rojas.
00:39:45.55\00:39:48.85
He said, "I killed
the vice mayor here."
00:39:48.88\00:39:52.52
He said, "I have been assassin.
00:39:52.55\00:39:55.99
I killed many." Wow!
00:39:56.02\00:39:58.46
And I said, "God
can forgive you."
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.63
That's right.
God can forgive you.
00:40:00.66\00:40:03.10
That's right.
00:40:03.13\00:40:04.47
You used to be an
assassin for the devil.
00:40:04.50\00:40:06.60
And now you're going to
be an evangelist for Jesus.
00:40:06.63\00:40:10.21
Praise God.
00:40:10.24\00:40:11.57
Go into the mountains to
teach people about Jesus.
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.14
He forgives you. That's right.
00:40:14.18\00:40:16.75
Just amazing. That's right.
00:40:16.78\00:40:18.88
Last three weeks ago,
00:40:18.91\00:40:21.05
we were sitting at a restaurant,
00:40:21.08\00:40:23.28
on the lake, on the...
00:40:23.32\00:40:24.69
Oh, near the ocean
00:40:24.72\00:40:26.15
and these military people.
00:40:26.19\00:40:29.26
And they had been baptized
two days ago on Sabbath.
00:40:29.29\00:40:33.19
And these assassins,
00:40:33.23\00:40:35.70
they're sitting
there talking together,
00:40:35.73\00:40:37.07
ladies and men.
00:40:37.10\00:40:39.07
And it was amazing.
00:40:39.10\00:40:41.97
They used to be bitter enemies.
00:40:43.20\00:40:45.57
And they started
talking together.
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.08
This one says,
"I was chasing you."
00:40:49.11\00:40:51.28
Another one says,
00:40:52.38\00:40:53.75
"I was
commissioned to kill you."
00:40:53.78\00:40:55.12
Wow!
00:40:55.15\00:40:56.48
I was chasing you.
00:40:56.52\00:40:58.09
And they cry.
00:40:58.12\00:41:00.69
And then they
hold hands and pray.
00:41:00.72\00:41:02.56
Wow!
00:41:02.59\00:41:03.93
And they're all
Adventists. Amen.
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.76
They're Seventh-day
Adventists. Praise God.
00:41:05.79\00:41:07.96
Military. Praise God.
00:41:08.00\00:41:09.96
Wow! Yeah.
00:41:10.00\00:41:11.33
And assassins, ex assassins.
00:41:11.37\00:41:13.40
That's only God.
00:41:13.44\00:41:15.04
Absolutely. Yeah.
00:41:15.07\00:41:16.40
I don't understand that. Yeah.
00:41:16.44\00:41:17.84
I mean, yeah,
it's hard to fathom it
00:41:17.87\00:41:19.51
because we get, the
Bible's flooded with examples.
00:41:19.54\00:41:21.54
I mean, Moses was a murderer.
00:41:21.58\00:41:24.48
Yeah.
00:41:24.51\00:41:25.85
Again, God used
him, changed his heart.
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.45
God used him to
deliver His people to witness,
00:41:27.48\00:41:29.72
and to deliver His people.
00:41:29.75\00:41:31.45
David, a man
after God's own heart,
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.32
he was a murderer,
00:41:34.36\00:41:35.69
but yet God forgave
him because he repented
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.79
and he confessed his sin
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.26
and he went about to do
mighty things for the Lord.
00:41:39.29\00:41:42.46
You know, I think of...
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.97
Also came to mind was Paul.
00:41:46.00\00:41:47.87
Yeah. Paul was a murderer.
00:41:47.90\00:41:49.24
Yeah.
00:41:49.27\00:41:50.61
But yet again, you know, he was,
00:41:50.64\00:41:51.97
he repented and confessed.
00:41:52.01\00:41:53.38
And God went on to use him
00:41:53.41\00:41:54.74
to be the most
popular evangelists
00:41:54.78\00:41:56.11
New Testament has
to write about, right?
00:41:56.14\00:41:57.55
Yeah.
00:41:57.58\00:41:58.91
I was just
thinking, as you were saying,
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.28
you know, we...
00:42:00.32\00:42:01.65
When we saw those former rebels,
00:42:01.68\00:42:03.02
we call them FRs.
00:42:03.05\00:42:04.39
That was the name
that military gave them FR.
00:42:04.42\00:42:05.89
Right?
00:42:05.92\00:42:07.26
Because they're
not rebels anymore.
00:42:07.29\00:42:08.62
They're former rebels. Okay.
00:42:08.66\00:42:09.99
But they didn't
really like that name.
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.36
No.
00:42:11.39\00:42:12.73
Because they didn't
want to be identified
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.10
as rebels anymore.
00:42:14.13\00:42:15.46
Oh, I see.
00:42:15.50\00:42:16.83
They preferred FR stand
for something different.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.20
Okay. Fully reconciled.
00:42:18.23\00:42:20.04
I like that.
00:42:20.07\00:42:21.40
They said, "We're
fully reconciled."
00:42:21.44\00:42:22.77
And Elder Wilson, he said,
00:42:22.80\00:42:24.14
"I'm not going to
call you rebels anymore.
00:42:24.17\00:42:25.51
You're now new
creatures in Christ."
00:42:25.54\00:42:27.08
Oh my!
00:42:27.11\00:42:28.44
And, you know, I
just have to say this,
00:42:28.48\00:42:29.81
the amazing thing,
00:42:29.84\00:42:31.18
the last night
that they had a meeting.
00:42:31.21\00:42:33.68
We weren't actually
there because we had gone on
00:42:33.72\00:42:35.82
but some of our team was there.
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.39
This group of 700
former fully reconciled.
00:42:38.42\00:42:41.66
Now, they actually had a program
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.76
where they gave testimonies
00:42:44.79\00:42:47.03
about what God had
done in their life.
00:42:47.06\00:42:48.46
And they sang songs and they...
00:42:48.50\00:42:50.20
It was so sincere,
00:42:50.23\00:42:51.57
there were many
tears that were shed.
00:42:51.60\00:42:53.03
That's right.
00:42:53.07\00:42:54.50
And at the end of that program,
each one of them lit a candle.
00:42:54.54\00:42:58.77
And this whole group
of hundreds of people
00:42:58.81\00:43:01.18
all around the baptistery,
where we had baptized
00:43:01.21\00:43:03.55
just two days before,
they all lit a candle,
00:43:03.58\00:43:08.15
as a sign of
commitment that their light,
00:43:08.18\00:43:11.05
they wanted to
share that light that God
00:43:11.09\00:43:12.85
had given them in the darkest
places of that, of this world,
00:43:12.89\00:43:16.16
one of the
darkest places on earth.
00:43:16.19\00:43:17.83
They want to win
another soul for Jesus Christ.
00:43:17.86\00:43:20.30
Amen.
00:43:20.33\00:43:21.66
And if God can place that burden
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.57
in the heart of a former rebel,
00:43:23.60\00:43:26.20
God can place it
in our hearts too.
00:43:26.23\00:43:28.00
That's right.
00:43:28.04\00:43:29.37
And God is calling
us to take this light
00:43:29.40\00:43:30.74
and to win more souls for Him.
00:43:30.77\00:43:32.11
Absolutely. Amen.
00:43:32.14\00:43:33.48
You know what
comes to mind right now,
00:43:33.51\00:43:34.84
there may be
someone watching this.
00:43:34.88\00:43:36.21
It's super correct, I know I am.
00:43:36.24\00:43:37.58
I'm on fire right now
listening to all these stories.
00:43:37.61\00:43:40.68
God can use anyone,
00:43:40.72\00:43:42.08
I think we've
communicated that very clearly.
00:43:42.12\00:43:44.22
And we're talking about rebels
00:43:44.25\00:43:45.75
who were full of
the spirit of the enemy,
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.39
who have done horrible things
00:43:48.42\00:43:49.82
that most people
would probably think
00:43:49.86\00:43:51.79
is unforgivable, right?
00:43:51.83\00:43:53.23
But yet we serve a God
that forgives and transforms.
00:43:53.26\00:43:55.76
God can use anyone,
00:43:55.80\00:43:57.27
but there may be
someone watching right now
00:43:57.30\00:43:58.63
that says, "Okay,
00:43:58.67\00:44:00.17
I want to be a
witness for the Lord,
00:44:00.20\00:44:02.50
I want to do my part now.
00:44:02.54\00:44:05.81
How do I make that happen?
00:44:05.84\00:44:07.38
What do I do now
to make that happen?"
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.21
So let's talk about,
00:44:10.25\00:44:11.58
you know, how do I
carry out such a work?
00:44:11.61\00:44:15.18
How is, how can God use me?
00:44:15.22\00:44:16.79
First of all, what has to happen
00:44:16.82\00:44:18.35
in order for God
to be able to use me
00:44:18.39\00:44:20.86
to carry out such
an evangelistic work?
00:44:20.89\00:44:23.16
Amen.
00:44:23.19\00:44:24.53
So does anybody
want to jump in here
00:44:24.56\00:44:25.89
and answer that?
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.26
I think the first
thing you do is pray.
00:44:27.30\00:44:28.63
Yeah. Okay.
00:44:28.66\00:44:30.00
That's right.
00:44:30.03\00:44:31.37
You pray and ask
for God's guidance,
00:44:31.40\00:44:32.73
you know, and even if
you don't have that desire,
00:44:32.77\00:44:35.27
you pray.
00:44:35.30\00:44:36.64
Yes.
00:44:36.67\00:44:38.01
Tip for God to
give you that desire
00:44:38.04\00:44:39.64
for you to be able to
see people through His eyes.
00:44:39.67\00:44:43.01
Amen.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
You know, see them being
worthy of your witness to them.
00:44:44.41\00:44:48.85
And so I would say
start with praying for it.
00:44:48.88\00:44:51.32
Amen. Amen.
00:44:51.35\00:44:53.19
Praise the Lord. Yeah, Lord.
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.62
I don't really have a desire
00:44:55.66\00:44:56.99
to be the person
You want me to be,
00:44:57.03\00:44:58.36
but you know,
what the Bible says
00:44:58.39\00:45:00.10
ask and you shall receive,
seek and you shall find,
00:45:00.13\00:45:02.60
knock and it shall be open.
00:45:02.63\00:45:03.97
Lord, I'm knocking.
00:45:04.00\00:45:05.33
Maybe that's you
right now at home.
00:45:05.37\00:45:06.70
Maybe you need to just
call out to God and say,
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.07
"Lord, change me.
00:45:08.10\00:45:09.44
Give me that desire,
00:45:09.47\00:45:10.81
give me that
hungering and thirsting,
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.17
that I need to be
00:45:12.21\00:45:13.54
that vessel of
honor for Your kingdom."
00:45:13.58\00:45:14.91
So it starts by
asking in prayer.
00:45:14.94\00:45:17.38
Of course now,
when we ask in prayer,
00:45:17.41\00:45:18.98
what's God going to do?
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.48
What's going to come next?
00:45:20.52\00:45:21.85
He is going to
pour out His Spirit.
00:45:21.88\00:45:23.22
Oh, I love that,
Zechariah 4:6. Yes.
00:45:23.25\00:45:24.79
Why don't you read
that for us, Kathy,
00:45:24.82\00:45:26.35
Zechariah 4:6 there.
00:45:26.39\00:45:27.89
"Not by might nor by power,
00:45:27.92\00:45:30.19
but by My Spirit
says the Lord of hosts."
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.59
Amen.
00:45:32.63\00:45:33.96
So it's by His Spirit,
God is going to do this work.
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.26
He is going to finish
this work through us and in us
00:45:36.30\00:45:38.83
by His Spirit.
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.20
Also Acts 1:8, if
somebody wants to read that,
00:45:40.24\00:45:43.81
Acts 1:8.
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.57
Do you want to read
that, Kathy, for us?
00:45:45.61\00:45:47.01
Oh, sure.
00:45:47.04\00:45:48.38
Acts 1:8?
00:45:48.41\00:45:49.74
"But you shall receive power
00:45:49.78\00:45:51.11
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you
00:45:51.15\00:45:53.15
and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem
00:45:53.18\00:45:56.62
and in all Judea and Samaria
and to the end of the earth."
00:45:56.65\00:46:00.52
Amen. And you know that...
00:46:00.56\00:46:02.12
Yes.
00:46:02.16\00:46:04.16
I claim that because
00:46:04.19\00:46:06.43
we cannot have power
without the Holy Spirit.
00:46:06.46\00:46:09.36
That's right. That's right.
00:46:09.40\00:46:10.73
You know, we may
be great preachers,
00:46:10.77\00:46:13.87
you know, be able
to do a great delivery.
00:46:13.90\00:46:17.87
But without the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:46:17.91\00:46:20.28
we, you know, it
doesn't have the power.
00:46:20.31\00:46:24.41
And it's encouraging if
you're not a great speaker
00:46:24.45\00:46:27.22
or you don't know what to do.
00:46:27.25\00:46:28.98
Yes. That's right.
00:46:29.02\00:46:30.35
Just claim it,
00:46:30.39\00:46:31.72
and the Holy Spirit will
take your feeble attempts.
00:46:31.75\00:46:36.29
Yes.
00:46:36.32\00:46:37.66
And make,
00:46:37.69\00:46:39.53
you know, touch people's hearts.
00:46:39.56\00:46:41.16
I just have to say
just in the 30 seconds,
00:46:41.20\00:46:42.83
one of my favorite AWR stories
00:46:42.86\00:46:44.87
is a story from Tanzania
where a woman I'll just say,
00:46:44.90\00:46:47.07
I'll summarize it.
00:46:47.10\00:46:48.57
She hears the pastor
preaching a message like this
00:46:48.60\00:46:50.51
that she needs to
use her talents for this.
00:46:50.54\00:46:52.61
All she has is a garden. Right.
00:46:52.64\00:46:55.04
And she has a radio
00:46:55.08\00:46:56.41
and in the garden
she works every day.
00:46:56.44\00:46:57.98
She takes her radio,
00:46:58.01\00:46:59.35
she decides to
put it in the garden
00:46:59.38\00:47:00.72
and turn it up really loud.
00:47:00.75\00:47:02.55
That's all, she said,
"At least I have a radio,
00:47:02.58\00:47:04.49
at least I have a
garden, I'll do that."
00:47:04.52\00:47:06.15
What she didn't realize
was it next to her garden,
00:47:06.19\00:47:08.46
there was a shack
actually was a bar
00:47:08.49\00:47:11.06
where men would
come and drink every day.
00:47:11.09\00:47:13.16
What she didn't
realize it as these men
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.90
were coming to drink in the bar,
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.80
they were
listening to the radio.
00:47:16.83\00:47:18.57
They started
listening to sermons.
00:47:18.60\00:47:20.40
They were drinking,
listening to the sermons.
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.54
And you know what?
00:47:22.57\00:47:23.91
Eventually the
owner of the bar said,
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.34
"Enough of this.
00:47:25.37\00:47:26.71
We need to get our own radio
00:47:26.74\00:47:28.08
because we have a hard
time hearing from the garden."
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.08
So the bar owner buys a radio,
00:47:30.11\00:47:32.11
those guys listen to AWR
00:47:32.15\00:47:34.65
in the bar
drinking, reading the Bible.
00:47:34.68\00:47:36.69
Well, eventually,
you can't read the Bible
00:47:36.72\00:47:38.05
and drink at the same time.
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.42
That's right. So they
give up their drinking.
00:47:39.45\00:47:41.86
All of them become Seventh-day
Adventist Christians.
00:47:41.89\00:47:43.96
And the bar is now a
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:47:43.99\00:47:46.19
Wow!
00:47:46.23\00:47:47.56
Because one lady said. Yes.
00:47:47.60\00:47:49.16
"I'm going to use
what little I have."
00:47:49.20\00:47:50.57
That's right. Amen.
00:47:50.60\00:47:51.93
And let God bless it
and look what God did.
00:47:51.97\00:47:53.34
Yes.
00:47:53.37\00:47:54.70
God can use you,
whatever you have.
00:47:54.74\00:47:56.07
That is amazing. That's right.
00:47:56.10\00:47:57.44
It's an incredible
story. I love that story.
00:47:57.47\00:47:59.07
I love it too.
Yeah, we love it too.
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.01
It's amazing.
00:48:01.04\00:48:02.38
Straight from the garden, right?
00:48:02.41\00:48:03.75
That's right. Amen.
00:48:03.78\00:48:05.11
Yeah. Romans 8:11.
00:48:05.15\00:48:06.48
Just on that same note. Yeah.
00:48:06.51\00:48:07.85
It says, "But if
the Spirit of Him
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.22
who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you,
00:48:09.25\00:48:11.92
He who raised
Christ from the dead
00:48:11.95\00:48:13.46
will also give life
to your mortal bodies,
00:48:13.49\00:48:16.12
through His Spirit
who dwells in you."
00:48:16.16\00:48:18.43
Never think that
you can't be used by God
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.46
because there's
too many examples.
00:48:21.50\00:48:23.37
There's too many,
there's too much evidence
00:48:23.40\00:48:24.97
that is shown over time that God
00:48:25.00\00:48:27.67
can use anyone if all
you have to be is willing.
00:48:27.70\00:48:30.17
All you have to do is say,
00:48:30.21\00:48:31.54
"Lord, I don't know what to do.
00:48:31.57\00:48:32.91
I really don't, I'm
just, I'm an unworthy vessel.
00:48:32.94\00:48:35.54
But here I am, Lord, send me."
00:48:35.58\00:48:38.01
It brings me back to what we
referenced earlier in a quote,
00:48:38.05\00:48:40.52
Isaiah's
conversion experience where,
00:48:40.55\00:48:42.72
you know, God
looks out and He says,
00:48:42.75\00:48:44.42
"Behold there
was no man, right?"
00:48:44.45\00:48:45.79
He was looking out.
00:48:45.82\00:48:47.16
He didn't see anyone but yet
00:48:47.19\00:48:48.52
Isaiah stepped forward and said,
00:48:48.56\00:48:49.89
"Okay, Lord,
here I am, send me."
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.26
Yes. This was a
man of unclean lips.
00:48:51.29\00:48:52.93
This is a man
that says, "Woe is me."
00:48:52.96\00:48:54.93
But yet he's repenting.
00:48:54.96\00:48:56.36
He's putting himself
out there and saying,
00:48:56.40\00:48:57.87
"God, I'm unworthy, but yet
00:48:57.90\00:49:00.10
I'm sorrowful for what I've done
00:49:00.14\00:49:01.97
and for my sins."
00:49:02.00\00:49:03.34
He confessed, he
repented and then
00:49:03.37\00:49:04.71
he, God sent him out
as a powerful witness.
00:49:04.74\00:49:07.61
And God can do
that through us as well.
00:49:07.64\00:49:09.31
And we've seen
it too many times.
00:49:09.34\00:49:10.68
Yeah. Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:49:10.71\00:49:12.31
And you know, we
shouldn't get discouraged
00:49:12.35\00:49:14.88
if we go out and have
evangelistic meetings.
00:49:14.92\00:49:18.85
And somebody that you think
00:49:18.89\00:49:21.42
is really going to be baptized
00:49:21.46\00:49:25.86
and join the Seventh-day
Adventist Church from your,
00:49:25.89\00:49:29.20
the messages that
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.93
you have preached from the Word.
00:49:30.97\00:49:32.63
One time, Duane was
having evangelistic meetings
00:49:34.20\00:49:37.47
and he preached on
the state of the dead.
00:49:37.51\00:49:41.58
And this lady came
out and she is very upset.
00:49:41.61\00:49:45.31
There were three
that came together,
00:49:45.35\00:49:47.85
her brother and her nephew.
00:49:47.88\00:49:50.62
And she said,
00:49:50.65\00:49:51.99
"We do too have
an immortal soul.
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.02
We do too have
an immortal soul."
00:49:54.06\00:49:56.06
And I said to her,
00:49:56.09\00:49:59.53
I mean, I said
her name and I said,
00:49:59.56\00:50:02.13
"What does Duane
say every night?"
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.50
"If it's in the
Bible, I believe it.
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.33
If it's not in the
Bible, it's not for me."
00:50:06.37\00:50:08.40
That's right.
00:50:08.44\00:50:09.77
And I said, "That
is not in the Bible.
00:50:09.80\00:50:12.97
We will not receive
immortality until Jesus comes."
00:50:13.01\00:50:18.61
Well, we felt really
bad, because she was precious.
00:50:18.65\00:50:22.98
But you know what?
00:50:23.02\00:50:24.45
About two or three years later,
we went back to that church.
00:50:24.49\00:50:28.89
And there she was,
00:50:28.92\00:50:31.29
sitting at the table
00:50:31.33\00:50:34.60
going to eat the
potluck dinner with her brother.
00:50:34.63\00:50:38.60
Amen. And they
were being baptized.
00:50:38.63\00:50:41.77
Amen. So we shouldn't give up.
00:50:41.80\00:50:44.67
That's right. We
should not give up.
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.14
Praise God. Amen.
00:50:46.17\00:50:47.81
I mean, that was so exciting.
00:50:47.84\00:50:49.38
The Spirit of God is powerful.
00:50:49.41\00:50:50.75
And that's the thing,
you know, you never need to.
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.38
Don't overestimate
00:50:52.41\00:50:53.75
the power of God
on a person's heart
00:50:53.78\00:50:55.35
because I have a very
similar story to that.
00:50:55.38\00:50:56.79
I was preaching an
evangelistic series
00:50:56.82\00:50:58.59
in Louisiana.
00:50:58.62\00:50:59.95
And I'll never forget the story.
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.32
Because I was
actually up preaching,
00:51:01.36\00:51:02.69
I was right in the
middle of my sermon
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.06
on the state of the dead.
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.43
Guy gets up, this
is toward the end,
00:51:05.46\00:51:06.96
I was about ready to
pray and in my sermon
00:51:07.00\00:51:09.23
for us to take a break.
00:51:09.26\00:51:10.60
And guy stands up right in
the middle of my presentations.
00:51:10.63\00:51:13.34
And he's walking
towards the front screaming,
00:51:13.37\00:51:15.20
yelling, shaking
his finger at me saying,
00:51:15.24\00:51:17.01
"You don't know the truth.
00:51:17.04\00:51:18.37
You don't know the
truth. You think you know."
00:51:18.41\00:51:20.21
And he's just,
I mean, he's just,
00:51:20.24\00:51:21.58
"Let me have it."
00:51:21.61\00:51:22.94
Right there in
front of everyone.
00:51:22.98\00:51:24.31
And I'm just like, oh, Lord.
00:51:24.35\00:51:25.68
I didn't really know how
to respond at the moment.
00:51:25.71\00:51:27.62
But the Lord quickly
pulled everything together.
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.22
Long story short,
00:51:30.25\00:51:31.59
we were able to
talk with this guy,
00:51:31.62\00:51:32.95
get him calmed down.
00:51:32.99\00:51:34.32
But by the end of that series,
00:51:34.36\00:51:35.69
both him and his wife
00:51:35.72\00:51:37.06
were had been
baptized and joined the church.
00:51:37.09\00:51:39.56
Praise the Lord. Praise God.
00:51:39.59\00:51:40.93
God can use anybody.
00:51:40.96\00:51:42.30
He can change people just
like that and He will use you
00:51:42.33\00:51:44.57
if you are willing to
reach out to these people.
00:51:44.60\00:51:47.30
Yes.
00:51:47.34\00:51:48.67
You know, we have
about five minutes.
00:51:48.70\00:51:50.04
I got to get into this
because there's so much
00:51:50.07\00:51:51.44
I wanted to read here and study.
00:51:51.47\00:51:53.27
But let's... There
may be someone right now.
00:51:53.31\00:51:55.11
This is okay.
I'm willing to share.
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.21
I have a
willingness, I want to do this.
00:51:57.25\00:51:59.05
But I don't know
00:51:59.08\00:52:00.42
the first thing
about what to share,
00:52:00.45\00:52:02.02
how to share, you know,
what platforms to share,
00:52:02.05\00:52:04.69
what resources to share.
00:52:04.72\00:52:06.15
So let's first, I think
what better place to start
00:52:06.19\00:52:08.76
would be with AWR, right?
00:52:08.79\00:52:10.53
I mean, AWR is available
for people to share the gospel.
00:52:10.56\00:52:14.66
So how can people do that?
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.63
Share with our viewers,
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.00
how people can share the gospel,
00:52:18.03\00:52:19.87
just by sharing AWR?
00:52:19.90\00:52:21.57
What are some ways?
00:52:21.60\00:52:22.94
Well, we would love
for you to connect with us,
00:52:22.97\00:52:24.71
because we have
lots of resources
00:52:24.74\00:52:26.17
to help you share.
00:52:26.21\00:52:27.54
In fact, we'd love to help
you be a digital missionary,
00:52:27.58\00:52:30.38
to use your cell phone,
00:52:30.41\00:52:31.78
to share messages
of truth with people.
00:52:31.81\00:52:33.75
Everybody has
one of these, right?
00:52:33.78\00:52:35.12
Yes, yes.
00:52:35.15\00:52:36.48
You know and you may not
even feel like you can preach,
00:52:36.52\00:52:37.85
but you can share
messages of hope and truth
00:52:37.89\00:52:39.65
through social media.
00:52:39.69\00:52:41.29
So you can come to
our website awr.org
00:52:41.32\00:52:43.96
Find out about how you can be
00:52:43.99\00:52:45.63
a digital missionary
using cell phone evangelism.
00:52:45.66\00:52:48.16
From their couch. That's right.
00:52:48.20\00:52:49.90
They can sit in
their living rooms
00:52:49.93\00:52:51.27
and be a missionary.
00:52:51.30\00:52:52.63
You can go to
Unlocking Bible Prophecies,
00:52:52.67\00:52:54.40
our YouTube page
and share those videos
00:52:54.44\00:52:56.67
with your friends
and your neighbors.
00:52:56.71\00:52:58.27
And we have these
things called God pods.
00:52:58.31\00:53:00.11
What are those? What are those?
00:53:00.14\00:53:01.48
These guys work with...
00:53:01.51\00:53:03.04
We have these little
solar powered audio players.
00:53:03.08\00:53:07.45
And we have them
preloaded with the Bible
00:53:07.48\00:53:09.72
and Ellen White's
writings and sermons and music
00:53:09.75\00:53:12.55
and help and all that.
00:53:12.59\00:53:13.99
And those can be
shared with people.
00:53:14.02\00:53:16.52
We send those all over the world
00:53:16.56\00:53:18.73
into countries where people
don't have access to radio,
00:53:18.76\00:53:23.83
maybe they don't
have electricity,
00:53:23.87\00:53:25.50
maybe they're illiterate,
they don't know how to read.
00:53:25.53\00:53:28.57
And these are going
out all around the world.
00:53:28.60\00:53:30.97
And you can be a missionary
00:53:31.01\00:53:32.41
by helping to
sponsor some of those.
00:53:32.44\00:53:34.94
It's amazing.
00:53:34.98\00:53:36.31
I just have to
say before I forget.
00:53:36.34\00:53:37.68
We have two apps
on the App Store.
00:53:37.71\00:53:39.05
We would love for...
00:53:39.08\00:53:40.42
Oh, sorry, Kathy, I didn't
mean to steal your thunder.
00:53:40.45\00:53:41.78
No, it's okay.
00:53:41.82\00:53:43.15
We would love for you to
download the apps, right?
00:53:43.18\00:53:44.52
Yes. AWR360 app.
00:53:44.55\00:53:45.89
You can go there type
in AWR360, download it.
00:53:45.92\00:53:48.49
You'll find
videos to inspire you.
00:53:48.52\00:53:50.13
You can share with your friends
00:53:50.16\00:53:51.49
about how you
can be an evangelist.
00:53:51.53\00:53:52.86
Wow.
00:53:52.89\00:53:54.23
And our AWR
digital evangelism mapper,
00:53:54.26\00:53:56.43
digital missionary app.
00:53:56.46\00:53:57.80
Find that on the App Store
and right now from your couch,
00:53:57.83\00:54:01.84
you can literally be involved
in winning a soul for Christ
00:54:01.87\00:54:04.41
through your phone.
00:54:04.44\00:54:05.77
That's amazing.
00:54:05.81\00:54:07.14
So we live in the day
and age where you don't have
00:54:07.18\00:54:08.51
to even get up from your chair.
00:54:08.54\00:54:09.88
That's right.
00:54:09.91\00:54:11.25
You can be right
there in your home.
00:54:11.28\00:54:12.61
Watching 3ABN. Yeah, right?
00:54:12.65\00:54:13.98
Watching 3ABN just like
you're watching right now.
00:54:14.02\00:54:15.38
That's another option,
another platform you can share.
00:54:15.42\00:54:17.49
Amen.
00:54:17.52\00:54:18.85
3abn.tv Send
them to the website.
00:54:18.89\00:54:20.22
Amen. You know, buy mySDA box.
00:54:20.26\00:54:22.89
I mean, my goodness, we
could sit here for the next hour
00:54:22.92\00:54:25.39
and talk about
all of the endless
00:54:25.43\00:54:26.86
amounts of
resources that are available.
00:54:26.90\00:54:28.56
The most important thing is
that you have to a willingness,
00:54:28.60\00:54:31.57
a willingness to share.
00:54:31.60\00:54:33.34
Yeah.
00:54:33.37\00:54:34.70
And, oh, man,
I'm just so excited.
00:54:34.74\00:54:36.07
We are just almost at
the end of this thing here.
00:54:36.10\00:54:40.74
Let's get some
final thoughts here
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.11
just before we,
before we close off.
00:54:42.14\00:54:45.18
Brother Duane, I know that,
00:54:45.21\00:54:46.55
I know there's someone right now
00:54:46.58\00:54:47.92
that's watching and saying.
00:54:47.95\00:54:49.28
Just do it.
00:54:49.32\00:54:50.65
Yeah, just do it, he says, okay.
00:54:50.69\00:54:52.02
Just do it.
00:54:52.05\00:54:53.39
Like you said, you
have all these options
00:54:53.42\00:54:54.76
through us and you
and other ministries,
00:54:54.79\00:54:57.89
just do it
because God is amazing.
00:54:57.93\00:55:02.10
When people see the
gospel, when they see assassins
00:55:02.13\00:55:06.53
being changed
00:55:06.57\00:55:08.30
and they have
stories to share and to take,
00:55:08.34\00:55:11.91
go to our app, your
app, share the story.
00:55:11.94\00:55:15.64
Yes. Touches people's hearts.
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.21
That's right. Wow.
00:55:17.25\00:55:18.71
And they have to
say, it's only God.
00:55:18.75\00:55:20.95
Yeah. Only God can do this.
00:55:20.98\00:55:22.68
That's right. Amen.
00:55:22.72\00:55:24.52
We just have to have
willingness, my friends.
00:55:24.55\00:55:27.09
I can't repeat
that enough. Yeah.
00:55:27.12\00:55:29.09
You may be at home right
now saying, "You know what,
00:55:29.12\00:55:30.99
I want to be a
witness for Christ.
00:55:31.03\00:55:33.46
But I just don't know how."
00:55:33.50\00:55:34.83
We have talked
here today about all
00:55:34.86\00:55:37.90
the many different opportunities
00:55:37.93\00:55:39.37
just right from
your seat at home,
00:55:39.40\00:55:41.37
you know, you could
simply just copy a link
00:55:41.40\00:55:43.41
and send it in a text or
maybe it's a website link
00:55:43.44\00:55:46.84
maybe, you know,
maybe you have...
00:55:46.88\00:55:49.01
God has blessed you
with resources and money
00:55:49.04\00:55:51.45
to be able to,
00:55:51.48\00:55:53.05
you know, go and
purchase these items like this.
00:55:53.08\00:55:55.08
What was it called? A God pod?
00:55:55.12\00:55:56.45
God pod. God pod.
00:55:56.48\00:55:57.82
They are so cool, right? Yes.
00:55:57.85\00:55:59.19
Maybe there's maybe,
right now, what better time.
00:55:59.22\00:56:00.96
You know, you
can give it as a gift
00:56:00.99\00:56:02.69
or birthday gift or
just a random goodwill gifts.
00:56:02.72\00:56:05.36
And just I had you in my mind
00:56:05.39\00:56:06.86
and I wanted to
bless you with this.
00:56:06.90\00:56:08.40
Take your family's phone.
00:56:08.43\00:56:10.07
And if you
could get access to it
00:56:10.10\00:56:11.90
and download those
apps on their phone
00:56:11.93\00:56:13.34
and say, here is
a blessing to you.
00:56:13.37\00:56:14.70
Amen. Listen to this.
00:56:14.74\00:56:16.07
There's so many different ways.
00:56:16.10\00:56:17.44
We have about a minute here.
00:56:17.47\00:56:18.81
Kyle, just want to give
you an opportunity as well,
00:56:18.84\00:56:20.98
maybe to share
some final thoughts.
00:56:21.01\00:56:22.34
Oh, well, you
know what I saw Duane
00:56:22.38\00:56:23.78
pointing to a verse, Duane.
00:56:23.81\00:56:25.61
And I know that's
your favorite verse.
00:56:25.65\00:56:28.15
It's Habakkuk, right? Yeah.
00:56:28.18\00:56:29.55
It's Habakkuk, what is it? 1:5.
00:56:29.58\00:56:30.92
1:5. What is that one?
00:56:30.95\00:56:33.25
"Look among the
nations and watch.
00:56:33.29\00:56:35.39
Be utterly astounded!
00:56:35.42\00:56:37.19
For I will work a
work in your days,
00:56:37.23\00:56:39.79
which you would not believe,
though it were told you."
00:56:39.83\00:56:43.13
God is doing it now.
That's right, Brother.
00:56:43.16\00:56:46.00
And He wants to use us to do it.
00:56:46.03\00:56:47.84
Yeah.
00:56:47.87\00:56:49.20
We have the privilege
of being used by God to do.
00:56:49.24\00:56:51.37
And He is going to
work that work in our day.
00:56:51.41\00:56:53.54
That's right.
00:56:53.58\00:56:54.91
Right now, we get the
privilege of seeing that.
00:56:54.94\00:56:56.41
Amen.
00:56:56.44\00:56:57.78
And so God is inviting you
to be a part of this great work
00:56:57.81\00:57:00.05
of taking the
gospel to the world.
00:57:00.08\00:57:01.42
He's calling each one of us.
00:57:01.45\00:57:02.78
All we need to say is
here I am, Lord, send me.
00:57:02.82\00:57:04.95
Amen. Praise God.
00:57:04.99\00:57:06.72
Thank you guys so much. Amen.
00:57:06.76\00:57:08.09
It's been a blessing to
be able to share this time
00:57:08.12\00:57:09.79
and to worship with you
guys with Adventist World Radio.
00:57:09.82\00:57:12.99
And, my friends, like I said,
00:57:13.03\00:57:14.36
don't think that you
cannot be used by God.
00:57:14.40\00:57:16.43
There's someone
in your community,
00:57:16.46\00:57:17.90
in your home, a family,
coworkers, wherever you are,
00:57:17.93\00:57:21.20
share the good news with Jesus.
00:57:21.24\00:57:23.14
Contact us, we'll be glad
to give you some resources.
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.57
Until next time, my friends,
00:57:25.61\00:57:26.98
God bless you all
and we'll see you again.
00:57:27.01\00:57:28.84
Amen. Amen.
00:57:28.88\00:57:30.21