¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:05.50\00:00:10.41 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:10.41\00:00:18.31 ¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD, LET MY WORDS ¤ 00:00:18.31\00:00:26.09 ¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ 00:00:26.09\00:00:33.50 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:33.50\00:00:45.47 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:45.47\00:00:59.55 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER 3ABN TODAY PROGRAM. 00:01:09.63\00:01:13.00 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND THANK 00:01:13.00\00:01:17.57 YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS 00:01:17.57\00:01:21.91 WE CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM INTO ALL OF THE 00:01:21.91\00:01:26.28 WORLD. I THINK IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO 00:01:26.28\00:01:28.35 BE ALIVE IN THE CLOSING MOMENTING OF EARTH'S HISTORY. 00:01:28.35\00:01:32.92 DON'T YOU? >> IT REALLY IS. 00:01:32.92\00:01:35.49 YOU CAN SEE PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES. 00:01:35.49\00:01:42.00 >> I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN TIMES OF GREAT SHAKING. 00:01:42.00\00:01:47.00 SHAKING COMES RIGHT BEFORE THE END. 00:01:47.00\00:01:48.94 AND IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TODAY TO HAVE ELDER TED AND NANCY WILSON 00:01:48.94\00:01:53.81 WITH US. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING 00:01:53.81\00:01:56.64 AND BEING HERE, AND ELDER WILSON IS OUR WORLD PRESIDENT OF 00:01:56.64\00:02:06.89 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. AND YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT 00:02:06.89\00:02:10.46 AT SEPARATE TIMES, I THINK. IS THAT RIGHT? 00:02:10.46\00:02:13.66 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU 00:02:13.66\00:02:17.03 BOTH HERE TOGETHER. WE'RE SO PROUD OF OUR WORLD 00:02:17.03\00:02:20.84 AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU FOR SUCH 00:02:20.84\00:02:27.78 AN HOUR AS THIS TO BE THE LEADER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:02:27.78\00:02:32.55 CHURCH. YOU HAVE BEEN STEADY, YOU HAVE 00:02:32.55\00:02:35.72 NEVER DETOURED TO THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE STAYED 00:02:35.72\00:02:40.82 FOCUSED ON THE WORD OF GOD AND OF THE DOCTRINES OF CHURCH, 00:02:40.82\00:02:47.50 WHICH ARE BIBLICAL DOCTRINES. SO I'M SO THANKFUL GOD HAS 00:02:47.50\00:02:55.34 CALLED YOU TO DO IT AND NOT ME. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN KEEP 00:02:55.34\00:03:00.61 UP -- I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH IT ALL. 00:03:00.61\00:03:05.65 AND NANCY THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT SUPPORT. 00:03:05.65\00:03:10.82 YOU ARE SUCH A WOMAN OF GOD. AND THE ONE THING I NOTICE SHE 00:03:10.82\00:03:19.89 TALKS TO THOSE. SHE DOESN'T JUST GO TO THIS ONE 00:03:19.89\00:03:23.77 OR THAT ONE. I SAW HER TALKING TO THE COOKS 00:03:23.77\00:03:27.64 TODAY. SHE MAKES HER ROUNDS TO 00:03:27.64\00:03:29.67 EVERYBODY AND TREATS EVERYBODY AS EACH ARE EQUALS. 00:03:29.67\00:03:35.01 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:03:35.01\00:03:37.48 >> MY PLEASURE. >> AND THANK YOU. 00:03:37.48\00:03:39.91 AND YOU A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, RIGHT? 00:03:39.91\00:03:42.65 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> DO YOU DO ANY OF THAT, MAYBE 00:03:42.65\00:03:45.82 ON YOUR HUSBAND? >> OCCASIONALLY, 00:03:45.82\00:03:48.16 BUT -- I -- WORKED AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST UNTIL THEY ASKED ME TO 00:03:48.16\00:03:53.93 TRAVEL WITH TED, AND I COULD DON'T BOTH, SO -- 00:03:53.93\00:03:57.03 >> UH-HUH. >> -- I DON'T DO PHYSICAL 00:03:57.03\00:04:00.97 THERAPY ANYMORE. AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. 00:04:00.97\00:04:02.90 >> YVONNE WAS A NATURAL PATHIC DOCTOR, BUT SHE DOESN'T DO THAT 00:04:02.90\00:04:10.08 ANYMORE EITHER. I KNOW YOU MOM TO MOM PROBABLY 00:04:10.08\00:04:13.68 HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR HER. 00:04:13.68\00:04:17.02 >> I DO. ONE QUESTION IS, HOW DID YOU TWO 00:04:17.02\00:04:23.66 MEET? >> THAT'S A LONG STORY. 00:04:23.66\00:04:26.03 >> REALLY LONG STORY. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:04:26.03\00:04:31.07 >> MY GRANDMA INTRODUCED AT THE CHURCH. 00:04:31.07\00:04:36.91 AND I HAD FINISHED MY TRAINING AND I WAS WORKING THERE, AND I 00:04:36.91\00:04:42.84 HAD STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE CLINIC, AND TED WAS JUST 00:04:42.84\00:04:47.42 FINISHING UP HIS MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT WE HAD NEVER 00:04:47.42\00:04:53.89 MET, SO ANYWAY, WE MET IN CHURCH. 00:04:53.89\00:04:57.39 >> AND I KNEW HER GRANDMOTHER FROM BEFORE, OUR FAMILIES HAD 00:04:57.39\00:05:02.73 WITHIN ACQUAINTED. SO I CAME INTO THE CHURCH THAT 00:05:02.73\00:05:06.97 SABBATH MORNING, AND I HAD INVITED A -- A NON-MEMBER WHOM I 00:05:06.97\00:05:13.07 HAD MET THE DAY BEFORE, AN OLDER LADY -- DO YOU WANT TO GO TO 00:05:13.07\00:05:19.55 CHURCH? YES. 00:05:19.55\00:05:20.35 OKAY. SO I BROUGHT HER ALONG TO 00:05:20.35\00:05:22.45 CHURCH, AND I LOOKED IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I SAW HER 00:05:22.45\00:05:27.59 GRANDMOTHER, AND I SAW NANCY THERE, AND THIS WAS JUST LIKE A 00:05:27.59\00:05:32.59 DIVINE APPOINTMENT. THERE WERE PLACES RIGHT NEXT TO 00:05:32.59\00:05:35.86 HER GRANDMOTHER. SO WE WENT IN AND SAT DOWN AND 00:05:35.86\00:05:40.40 SAID HELLO TO HER GRANDMOTHER, AND YOU BETTER TELL WHAT THE 00:05:40.40\00:05:45.44 GRANDMOTHER SAID -- >> MY GRANDMOTHER WAS VERY PRIM 00:05:45.44\00:05:48.64 AND PROPER, BUT SHE WAS SO CUTE, AND SHE POKED ME IN THE RIBS, 00:05:48.64\00:05:54.42 AND SHE SAID THAT IS TEDDY WILSON, AND SHE SAID STICK WITH 00:05:54.42\00:05:58.99 ME, AND I'LL INTRODUCE YOU AFTER CHURCH. 00:05:58.99\00:06:02.49 AND SURE ENOUGH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 00:06:02.49\00:06:04.46 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND I THINK WE WERE THE LAST 00:06:04.46\00:06:06.36 PEOPLE TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THE SERVICE. 00:06:06.36\00:06:10.23 BUT IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT IT TURNED OUT IN A WONDERFUL WAY. 00:06:10.23\00:06:14.80 >> WE SEE THAT. YES. 00:06:14.80\00:06:17.74 AND ONE OTHER QUESTION. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 00:06:17.74\00:06:21.94 >> WE HAVE THREE WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS, AND NOW WE HAVE THREE 00:06:21.94\00:06:26.55 WONDERFUL SONS THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT INTO THE FAMILY. 00:06:26.55\00:06:30.39 SO WE HAVE SIX CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE TEN GRANDCHILDREN. 00:06:30.39\00:06:35.66 FIVE GRANDSONS AND FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS. 00:06:35.66\00:06:39.76 >> THAT'S AWESOME. >> WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HERE -- AND 00:06:39.76\00:06:44.27 OUR FOLKS DO TOO ABOUT THE FAMILIES. 00:06:44.27\00:06:47.90 BUT WHAT A PRIVILEGE. I GOT IN TROUBLE ONE TIME, 00:06:47.90\00:06:51.87 BECAUSE I SAID IN FRONT OF A CHURCH AUDIENCE, I WAS 00:06:51.87\00:06:56.11 INTRODUCING MY GRANDCHILDREN AND I SAID I THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN, 00:06:56.11\00:07:02.35 AND IF I KNEW THEY WERE THIS MUCH FUN, I WOULD HAVE HAD THEM 00:07:02.35\00:07:09.52 FIRST. AND MY DAUGHTER MELODY, SAID, 00:07:09.52\00:07:17.03 HEY, DAD, WHAT ABOUT ME? AND SPEAKING OF THAT OUR SONG IS 00:07:17.03\00:07:26.41 "LORD I WORSHIP YOU," AND MY DAUGHTER MELODY IS SINGING THIS 00:07:26.41\00:07:30.08 FOR YOU. ¤ 00:07:30.08\00:07:47.76 . . . 00:09:15.55\00:09:17.95 >> OH. >> AMEN. 00:12:01.92\00:12:03.55 >> THAT'S SO LOVELY. >> THANK YOU, MELODY. 00:12:03.55\00:12:06.22 >> YES, THANK YOU. >> WE NAMED HER MELODY IN FAITH 00:12:06.22\00:12:10.33 THAT GOD WOULD GIVE HER MUSICAL ABILITIES, AND HE HAS DONE SO. 00:12:10.33\00:12:16.06 >> HE HAS. >> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:12:16.06\00:12:18.83 WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CAUSE OF GOD AND LANNY WOLFE FOR WRITING SUCH 00:12:18.83\00:12:23.84 A BEAUTIFUL SONG. AGAIN, TODAY WE HAVE TED AND 00:12:23.84\00:12:27.11 NANCY WILSON WITH US. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT 00:12:27.11\00:12:29.78 IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD CHURCH, SO WE WANT TO JUST TURN IT OVER 00:12:29.78\00:12:34.15 TO YOU GUYS AND LET YOU TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT. 00:12:34.15\00:12:39.29 AND WE'RE HEAR ALL EARS. AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO 00:12:39.29\00:12:44.59 REPORT TO US, AND WE'RE READY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY, AND 00:12:44.59\00:12:49.96 YVONNE FOR HAVING US HERE. AND LETTING US SHARE WHAT GOD IS 00:12:49.96\00:12:54.64 DOING WORLDWIDE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE 00:12:54.64\00:13:01.11 APPRECIATION FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG THAT MELODY JUST SHARED. 00:13:01.11\00:13:06.31 WE WANT TO WORSHIP GOD IN TRUTH AND BEAUTY, AND TO PROCLAIM 00:13:06.31\00:13:21.10 THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE. AND THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT 00:13:21.10\00:13:27.00 THAT THIS NETWORK CONTINUE WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 00:13:27.00\00:13:31.34 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD CHURCH FOR 00:13:31.34\00:13:34.94 THE SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE WORLDWIDE EVANGELISTIC 00:13:34.94\00:13:40.52 OUTREACH, AND TO NURTURING PEOPLE IN THE LORD. 00:13:40.52\00:13:44.59 IT'S A GREAT BLESSING. >> WE GIVE GOD THE CREDIT. 00:13:44.59\00:13:48.62 >> AMEN. AND 3ABN WORKING ALONG WITH 00:13:48.62\00:13:51.96 OTHER MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH, HOPE CHANNEL AND ALL OF THESE 00:13:51.96\00:13:56.73 ASPECTS TOGETHER, WE CAN TOUCH THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 00:13:56.73\00:14:02.80 PREPARING THEM FOR CHRIST'S SOON COMING. 00:14:02.80\00:14:05.01 AND WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT. 00:14:05.01\00:14:08.78 IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT 00:14:08.78\00:14:12.28 SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CAME FROM. 00:14:12.28\00:14:14.38 IT WAS A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY 00:14:14.38\00:14:19.99 OF JAMAICA. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH PART 00:14:19.99\00:14:25.16 OF THE ISLAND IN THE BEAUTIFUL AREA OF MON -- MONTIGO BAY. 00:14:25.16\00:14:40.34 AND WE BROUGHT IN WORLD LEADERS, AND THEY ALONG WITH THEIR 00:14:40.34\00:14:44.95 SPOUSES AND HEALTH MINISTRIES DIRECTORS AND THEIR SPOUSES AS 00:14:44.95\00:14:49.15 WELL AS SOME OTHERS FROM THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS AND A FEW 00:14:49.15\00:14:54.99 INSTITUTIONS CAME TOGETHER TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE REACH THE BIG 00:14:54.99\00:14:58.73 CITIES, THE POPULATION CENTERS OF THE WORLD? 00:14:58.73\00:15:01.53 NOW WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE MORE THAN 50% OF THE WORLD'S 00:15:01.53\00:15:07.37 POPULATION LIVE IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. 00:15:07.37\00:15:10.54 AS OPPOSED TO RURAL AREAS. 3ABN IS LOCATED IN A VERY RURAL 00:15:10.54\00:15:18.05 AREA, AND WE NEVER WANT TO FORGET THOSE AREAS. 00:15:18.05\00:15:21.88 BUT THE CITIES ARE COLLECTING SO-MANY PEOPLE THAT BY THE YEAR 2050, IF THE LORD ISN'T 00:15:21.88\00:15:30.09 HERE -- I BELIEVE HE'LL BE HERE BY THAT TIME -- BUT IF THE WORLD 00:15:30.09\00:15:34.36 WERE TO LAST IT WILL BE UPWARDS OF 68 TO 70% OF THE WORLD'S 00:15:34.36\00:15:40.34 POPULATION IN THESE METROPOLITAN AREAS. 00:15:40.34\00:15:42.87 SO HOW DO WE REACH THESE PEOPLE? HOW DO WE SHARE THE PRESSURE 00:15:42.87\00:15:48.21 GOSPEL? HOW DO WE LIFTED -- LIVE UP 00:15:48.21\00:15:53.88 CHRIST IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HEALTH MESSAGE. 00:15:53.88\00:16:00.26 GOD HAS TOLD US ONE OF THE WAYS IS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH 00:16:00.26\00:16:06.49 MINISTRY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE 00:16:06.49\00:16:09.56 LOOKED AT IN JAMAICA. IN ADDITION, WE HAD EVERYONE WHO 00:16:09.56\00:16:14.74 WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF A PERSONAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT 00:16:14.74\00:16:20.58 PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS WE TOOK SOME BLOOD SAMPLES, WE 00:16:20.58\00:16:27.38 TOOK -- WE DID BIOMETIC DATA COLLECTION. 00:16:27.38\00:16:32.19 AND THEN AT THE END OF EIGHT DAYS, WE DID THE SAME THING TO 00:16:32.19\00:16:37.63 SEE IF A PLANT-BASED DIET, EXERCISE, AND A PLEASANT 00:16:37.63\00:16:42.33 ENVIRONMENT HELPED CHANGE SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC FIGURES. 00:16:42.33\00:16:46.30 IT WAS AMAZING. EVEN WITHIN A SPAN OF SEVEN, 00:16:46.30\00:16:51.57 EIGHT DAYS. PEOPLE SAW THEIR WEIGHT DROP, 00:16:51.57\00:16:56.34 THEIR CHOLESTEROL DROP, THEIR NUMBERS IMPROVE. 00:16:56.34\00:16:59.28 IT WAS A WAY OF THOSE LEADERS BECOMING SO ENGAGED IN THIS 00:16:59.28\00:17:07.46 PARTICULAR ASPECT OF HEALTHY LIVING AND HEALTH REFORM, 00:17:07.46\00:17:13.93 CHANGING HABITS SO THAT NOW THEY WERE GOING BACK AS CHAMPIONS OF 00:17:13.93\00:17:19.80 GOD'S SPECIAL MESSAGE HIMSELF. HOW JESUS DEALT WITH PEOPLE, 00:17:19.80\00:17:23.97 PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY. 00:17:23.97\00:17:28.24 HOW HE SPENT MORE TIME HEALING THAN PREACHING. 00:17:28.24\00:17:32.05 TOUCHING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN A PRACTICAL WAY. 00:17:32.05\00:17:35.78 I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN AT A MEETING WHERE PEOPLE LEFT 00:17:35.78\00:17:42.52 WITH SUCH A POSITIVE, AN OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE -- I CAN'T 00:17:42.52\00:17:48.80 REMEMBER A MEETING LIKE THAT. >> THAT'S GREAT. 00:17:48.80\00:17:52.60 IT'S ONE THING TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE BENEFITS. 00:17:52.60\00:17:57.51 IT'S ANOTHER TO USE THEIR DATA TO SHOW THEM HOW IT REALLY 00:17:57.51\00:18:02.51 WORKS. IF YOU HAVE THEIR NUMBERS AT THE 00:18:02.51\00:18:05.58 BEGINNING AND AT THE END, THAT'S TREMENDOUS. 00:18:05.58\00:18:08.25 >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED 00:18:08.25\00:18:11.75 US -- THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS NETWORKS ON THE AIR. 00:18:11.75\00:18:16.56 AND THEY WILL SEE WHY DOES 3ABN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON HEALTH. 00:18:16.56\00:18:21.73 WHY DON'T YOU JUST PREACH THE GOSPEL? 00:18:21.73\00:18:26.00 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> YOU LEAD ME RIGHT INTO THE 00:18:26.00\00:18:31.17 BIBLE. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:18:31.17\00:18:31.87 >> AND WE DIDN'T EVEN REHEARSE THAT. 00:18:31.87\00:18:37.21 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IN 3 JOHN, ONE CHAPTER, 00:18:37.21\00:18:42.12 VERSUS 2. HE IS SAYING TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, 00:18:42.12\00:18:47.82 I PRAY THEY YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AND BE IN DEATH JUST 00:18:47.82\00:18:54.93 AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS. IF WE LOOK AT 1 CORINTHIANS. 00:18:54.93\00:19:05.77 6. YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN. 00:19:05.77\00:19:08.24 YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE. THEREFORE, GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR 00:19:08.24\00:19:16.05 BODY AND YOUR SPIRIT. YOU TURN OVER JUST ANOTHER FOUR 00:19:16.05\00:19:20.12 CHAPTERS OR SO, AND YOU COME TO THIS TREMENDOUS TEXT IN 1 00:19:20.12\00:19:29.36 CORINTHIANS 10:31. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT ALL TO 00:19:29.36\00:19:33.84 THE GLORY OF GOD. THE BIBLE IS REPLETE WITH 00:19:33.84\00:19:37.97 INFORMATION THAT WE ARE A WHOLE PERSON. 00:19:37.97\00:19:41.24 WE'RE NOT SEGMENTED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:19:41.24\00:19:43.55 >> THESE CHAIRS HAVE FOUR LEGS, A PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, 00:19:43.55\00:19:49.72 AND SOCIAL. IF ONE OF THE LEGS WASN'T 00:19:49.72\00:19:53.42 WORKING RIGHT, IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY SILLY ON THIS SET. 00:19:53.42\00:19:57.19 SO WE NEED TO BE IN BALANCE. AND THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE IN 00:19:57.19\00:20:02.56 BALANCE IS TO FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT PUTS YOU IN BALANCE. 00:20:02.56\00:20:06.97 AND THAT IS JESUS. HE IS THE HIGH PRIEST, THE 00:20:06.97\00:20:11.81 MASTER PHYSICIAN, THE MASTER TEACHER. 00:20:11.81\00:20:14.24 HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING FOR US. AND SO AS WE FOCUS UPON CHRIST 00:20:14.24\00:20:18.41 AND HIS INSTRUCTION TO US, THE BIBLE TELLS US IN PROVERBS A 00:20:18.41\00:20:25.15 MERRY HEART DO TO US LIKE A MEDICINE. 00:20:25.15\00:20:29.06 SO WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE BRAIN, WHICH IS ABOUT 3.5 00:20:29.06\00:20:34.56 POUNDS, NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT -- I HAVE SEEN A 00:20:34.56\00:20:38.67 BRAIN IN AN AUTOPSY, AND IT'S INTERESTING, BUT IT'S NOT 00:20:38.67\00:20:42.77 TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT WITHIN THIS BRAIN, THE BRAIN IS DOING 00:20:42.77\00:20:47.41 SO MANY THINGS AT THE SAME TIME, TELLING ME WHAT TO SAY, HOW TO 00:20:47.41\00:20:51.95 SPEAK, MOVING MY HANDS AND MANY OTHER THINGS I'M NOT EVEN 00:20:51.95\00:20:56.05 THINKING ABOUT AND THE -- THE SYSTEMS THAT THE BODY HAS, THAT 00:20:56.05\00:21:06.46 YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE WONDERFULLY MADE. 00:21:06.46\00:21:10.07 AND THIS BRAIN IS SITTING IN THIS BODY, AND THE BODY AND THE 00:21:10.07\00:21:15.07 BRAIN ARE SO INTERRELATED, THAT IF YOU PUT THE WRONG THINGS INTO 00:21:15.07\00:21:19.31 YOUR BODY, IT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BRAIN, AND ESPECIALLY THE 00:21:19.31\00:21:24.35 FRONTAL LOBES OF THE BRAIN WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN COMMUNICATE 00:21:24.35\00:21:30.35 WITH YOU. SO IF YOU CAN'T PROCESS THINGS 00:21:30.35\00:21:33.36 WELL, PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT LIVING 00:21:33.36\00:21:37.69 PROPERLY. AND IF YOU EAT IN THE RIGHT WAY. 00:21:37.69\00:21:40.80 IF YOU EAT IN MODERATION, YOU GET EXERCISE, FRESH AIR, PURE 00:21:40.80\00:21:46.97 WATER, AND -- AND REST AND ALL OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS YOUR 00:21:46.97\00:21:50.61 BODY IS GOING TO REACT IN A POSITIVE WAY. 00:21:50.61\00:21:56.08 THEREBY HELPING YOUR MIND TO BE IN A BETTER CONDITION TO RECEIVE 00:21:56.08\00:22:01.02 GOD'S WORD AND RECEIVE THE MESSAGE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. 00:22:01.02\00:22:06.65 >> OKAY. >> THAT'S THE ANSWER YOU CAN -GIVE. 00:22:06.65\00:22:11.39 THAT'S WHY 3ABN BROADCASTS POWERFUL INFORMATION ABOUT 00:22:11.39\00:22:16.56 BETTER HEALTH. >> UH-HUH. 00:22:16.56\00:22:19.03 NANCY? >> I WAS JUST -- WHEN WE WERE 00:22:19.03\00:22:21.07 TALKING ABOUT THE BEFORE AND AFTER LAB TESTS, YOU CANNOT 00:22:21.07\00:22:25.54 ARGUE WITH SUCCESS, AND IF AFTER SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS, PEOPLE ARE 00:22:25.54\00:22:32.58 FEELING BETTER, THEY HAVE LOST SOME WEIGHT. 00:22:32.58\00:22:35.38 THEY ARE SLEEPING BETTER, AND THEY ARE ENERGIZED AND THEY WANT 00:22:35.38\00:22:39.85 TO GO HOME AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE AMAZING HEALTH 00:22:39.85\00:22:44.36 PRINCIPLES THAT WE LEARN ABOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE 00:22:44.36\00:22:47.66 TODAY -- THEY ARE DOING STUDIES THAT ARE PROFOUNDLY BACKING UP 00:22:47.66\00:22:54.04 WHAT WE HAVE BELIEVED FOR YEARS, AND -- YOU KNOW, WE -- I THINK 00:22:54.04\00:22:58.34 ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR MANY OF US IS TO GET ENOUGH 00:22:58.34\00:23:02.48 REST. BUT WE ARE FINDING, WE DON'T 00:23:02.48\00:23:05.51 JUST NEED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE, AND WE'RE NOT TRAINING 00:23:05.51\00:23:10.02 FOR A MARATHON. WE JUST NEED ACTIVITY. 00:23:10.02\00:23:12.89 AND YOU CAN DO IT IN 10-MINUTE SEGMENTS. 00:23:12.89\00:23:17.33 BUT YOU NEED ENOUGH WATER, BECAUSE OUR BODIES ARE 70% 00:23:17.33\00:23:22.33 WATER. WE HAVE TRILLIONS OF CELLS. 00:23:22.33\00:23:25.13 EVERY CELL NEEDS WATER. AND NOW THEY ARE FINDING OUT 00:23:25.13\00:23:28.97 ABOUT SLEEP, AND HOW PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT IT IS, BECAUSE WITHOUT 00:23:28.97\00:23:34.51 SLEEP, WE ARE JUDGE -- OUR JUDGMENT IS NOT AS KEEN. 00:23:34.51\00:23:39.08 WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, IF ELDERLY PEOPLE DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP OR 00:23:39.08\00:23:44.75 WATER, THEY CAN BECOME CONFUSED, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED IT TO BE 00:23:44.75\00:23:50.46 CLEAR-THINKING AND TO WORK EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 00:23:50.46\00:23:55.33 >> YES >> SO IT'S EVERY PART OF OUR 00:23:55.33\00:23:58.30 LIVES GOD IS TELLING US, BE HEALTHY, BE HAPPY, WILL JOYFUL. 00:23:58.30\00:24:03.74 AND IF WE DO THESE THINGS, WE'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 00:24:03.74\00:24:07.41 THE JOY THAT HE LONGS FOR US TO HAVE EVERY DAY. 00:24:07.41\00:24:10.58 >> HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND HOLY, ALL THROUGH THE POWER OF JESUS 00:24:10.58\00:24:16.18 CHRIST. >> AMEN. 00:24:16.18\00:24:17.52 >> YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS ON YOUR OWN. 00:24:17.52\00:24:25.19 YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE HEALTH HABITS ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, 00:24:25.19\00:24:29.40 UNLESS YOU ARE ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONTROL OUR TEN 00:24:29.40\00:24:38.84 TENDENCIES. BUT I WANT TO TELL US WHAT ELSE 00:24:38.84\00:24:41.41 WE DID THERE IN JAMAICA, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. 00:24:41.41\00:24:49.75 OUR CHURCH THERE IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN CHURCH. 00:24:49.75\00:24:54.89 ABOUT EVERY NINE PEOPLE YOU MEET ON THE STREET IS GOING TO BE A 00:24:54.89\00:25:03.57 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. >> YOU MINE EVERY 1 IN 9. 00:25:03.57\00:25:07.87 >> YEAH. EVERY 1 IN 9 PEOPLE. 00:25:07.87\00:25:12.61 THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS OUTREACH, USING EXPOS, AND CULMINATING IN 00:25:12.61\00:25:19.11 PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THOSE DON'T WORK 00:25:19.11\00:25:26.96 THAT WELL ANYMORE. BUT EVEN IF IT REACHES ONE SOUL, 00:25:26.96\00:25:32.46 A PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC, OR HOME EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH IS 00:25:32.46\00:25:40.84 ABSOLUTELY WORTH WHIL -- WHILE. EVERY NIGHT I WAS PREACHING THE 00:25:40.84\00:25:48.78 WORD OF GOD AND NANCY WAS PRESENTING HEALTH PRESERVATION. 00:25:48.78\00:25:54.98 AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK WE HAD AN ENORMOUS RALLY IN MONTIGO 00:25:54.98\00:26:04.19 BAY. AND THIS WAS PUT ON BY THE 00:26:04.19\00:26:07.50 REGIONAL AREA, ALL ALONG TO ALL OF THEIR REGIONAL AREAS 00:26:07.50\00:26:12.63 THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA, INTER-AMERICA. 00:26:12.63\00:26:15.30 AND IT WAS A POWERFUL WITNESS FOR TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 00:26:15.30\00:26:19.14 EVERYBODY DOING SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 00:26:19.14\00:26:21.04 AND THEY HAD ABOUT 200 BAPTISMS THAT DAY. 00:26:21.04\00:26:25.71 THIS WAS ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO OR SO, AND ABOUT 300 MORE ACROSS 00:26:25.71\00:26:32.25 JAMAICA. AND THOUSANDS ACROSS THE 00:26:32.25\00:26:35.09 INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION. >> AMEN. 00:26:35.09\00:26:37.19 >> SO FOR ME, EVANGELISM AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC 00:26:37.19\00:26:43.30 PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD, AND SEEING LIVES CHANGE, THIS IS THE 00:26:43.30\00:26:52.44 HAPPIEST THING I CAN DO. PREACHING GOD'S WORD IS JUST SO 00:26:52.44\00:26:56.75 POWERFUL, NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY. 00:26:56.75\00:27:00.32 >> ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT GOD SHOWED ELLEN WHITE BACK IN THE 00:27:00.32\00:27:05.82 1960S, NEW CHURCH STARTING UP BEING FORMED, THAT THE HEALTH 00:27:05.82\00:27:09.96 MESSAGE COULD BE AS IMPORTANT AS THE RIGHT ARM IS TO THE BODY, 00:27:09.96\00:27:14.40 BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY UNDER STOOD IT, BECAUSE I HAD GREAT 00:27:14.40\00:27:25.67 HEALTH. BUT WHAT REALLY SURPRISE ME WAS 00:27:25.67\00:27:32.61 THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WATCH. WE WOULD GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE 00:27:32.61\00:27:39.02 THAT WOULD SAY I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, OR WHATEVER. 00:27:39.02\00:27:43.49 WE HAD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WATCHING, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T 00:27:43.49\00:27:46.36 HAVE LISTENED TO A PREACHER, BUT THEY WOULD LISTEN TO HEALTH. 00:27:46.36\00:27:52.00 BECAUSE PEOPLE -- ONE MAN TOLD ME. 00:27:52.00\00:27:54.00 I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN, AND I FIGURE WHEN I DIE, THAT'S IT. 00:27:54.00\00:27:58.47 SO THE REASON I WATCHED YOUR PROGRAM IS I FIGURE SINCE 00:27:58.47\00:28:03.28 THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO AFTER DEATH, AWANT TO LIVE AS LONG AS 00:28:03.28\00:28:07.92 HEALTHY AS I CAN, AND YOU GUYS ARE SHOWING THE TRUTH. 00:28:07.92\00:28:13.12 BUT ONCE PEOPLE BEGAN TO WATCH THE PROGRAMS, AND SEE THAT WE 00:28:13.12\00:28:16.69 ARE, AS YOU QUOTED, YOU KNOW, WONDERFULLY MADE BY GOD, THEN 00:28:16.69\00:28:22.46 THAT HELPS THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS. SO WHAT IS GREAT MINISTRY FOR 00:28:22.46\00:28:27.77 US, AND A TOOL TO GET PEOPLE TO WATCH, OR AS YOU -- WHEN YOU ARE 00:28:27.77\00:28:31.74 OUT LIKE THIS, PEOPLE COMING, -BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HEALTH, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO 00:28:31.74\00:28:37.65 INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS. >> IT IS. 00:28:37.65\00:28:40.08 IT'S A POWERFUL WAY, BECAUSE IT'S CHRIST'S METHODS. 00:28:40.08\00:28:44.89 >> PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OFTEN HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH CHALLENGES 00:28:44.89\00:28:49.92 AS WELL. SO THIS REALLY MEETS THEM WHERE 00:28:49.92\00:28:52.46 THEY ARE. BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND 00:28:52.46\00:28:54.93 THAT WAY IN. THE ENVIRONMENT IS SO SECULAR, 00:28:54.93\00:28:58.80 IT'S REALLY SECULAR, SO IT'S HARD TO FIND THAT WAY IN, SO 00:28:58.80\00:29:03.20 WHAT A BLESSING TO USE THAT AS THE ENTERING WEDGE. 00:29:03.20\00:29:07.04 >> IT. AND PRAISE GOD THAT WE CAN BE A 00:29:07.04\00:29:09.21 PART OF IT. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE 00:29:09.21\00:29:13.48 EVERYONE -- THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY CAN DO SOMETHING TO 00:29:13.48\00:29:18.22 HELP A NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND, KNOW BETTER HEALTH HABITS AND JUST 00:29:18.22\00:29:22.42 SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH THEM. >> UH-HUH. 00:29:22.42\00:29:24.79 >> AND ALSO INVITE THEM TO KNOW THE ONE WHO CREATED THIS EARTH. 00:29:24.79\00:29:34.00 AND HE GAVE TO US THE POWER OF CHOICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF 00:29:34.00\00:29:38.31 FOLLOWING HIM, AND LOOKING TO THE ONE WHO KNOWS YOU INSIDE 00:29:38.31\00:29:42.01 OUT, AND HOW BEST YOU CAN FUNCTION, AND HE CAME -- AND AS 00:29:42.01\00:29:46.41 JOHN 10:10 SAYS, HE CAME TO GIVE LIFE AND TO GIVE IT MORE 00:29:46.41\00:29:54.29 ABUNDANTLY. ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU WHY 3ABN 00:29:54.29\00:29:58.93 SHARES HEALTH, THEY WILL TRULY UNDERSTOOD THEY ARE POINTING TO 00:29:58.93\00:30:02.60 THE GIVER OF GOOD HEALTH. >> AMEN. 00:30:02.60\00:30:05.00 >> I WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLIMATE IN WHICH 00:30:05.00\00:30:09.54 WE'RE LIVING TODAY. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN -- THAN IN 00:30:09.54\00:30:13.64 MY LIFETIME THAT I CAN EVER REMEMBER, EVEN WITHIN THE 00:30:13.64\00:30:18.88 CHURCH. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WHEN I 00:30:18.88\00:30:20.78 GREW UP, WE HAD TENT MEETINGS, REVIVALS, YOU WEN TO CHURCH 00:30:20.78\00:30:25.72 EVERY TIME THE DOORS WERE OPENED. 00:30:25.72\00:30:31.39 YOU KNEW THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH. 00:30:31.39\00:30:35.60 WE WOULD LEARN BIBLE SCRIPTURES, AND SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 00:30:35.60\00:30:39.33 SAYING, I THINK ITS BEST THAT WE JUST NEED TO TALK ABOUT 00:30:39.33\00:30:42.57 JESUS, AND WE DON'T NEED TO CENTER TOO MUCH ON DOCTRINES AND 00:30:42.57\00:30:47.48 COMMANDMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 00:30:47.48\00:30:49.54 TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. >> IT'S INTERESTING HOW THE 00:30:49.54\00:30:55.85 PENDULUM SWINGS AT TIMES. PEOPLE WILL BECOME VERY 00:30:55.85\00:31:02.26 LEGALISTIC. BUT GOD ASKS US TO -- TO -- FOR 00:31:02.26\00:31:06.49 MODERATION BE KNOWN. STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 00:31:06.49\00:31:10.77 DON'T BECOME A FANATIC OR EXTREMIST ON EITHER SIDE. 00:31:10.77\00:31:15.24 THE LORD -- AND ONLY THE LORD WILL HELP YOU TO DO THAT. 00:31:15.24\00:31:18.91 HE KEEPS YOU FOCUSED ON THAT WHICH IS PROMINENT AND 00:31:18.91\00:31:23.21 APPROPRIATE AND BIBLICAL. SOMETIMES YOU WILL HEAR, MAYBE 00:31:23.21\00:31:28.22 INDIVIDUALS, A GROUP, MAYBE THERE ARE MORE GROUPS THAT WILL 00:31:28.22\00:31:31.45 SAY, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON JESUS. JUST -- ONLY JESUS. 00:31:31.45\00:31:36.76 LET'S NOT GET INTO ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF AND BELIEFS. 00:31:36.76\00:31:40.56 JUST JESUS. WELL, ONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT 00:31:40.56\00:31:47.04 JESUS, HIMSELF, ASKED US TO GO UNTO ALL THE LORD AND TO TEACH 00:31:47.04\00:31:53.31 THOSE THINGS WHICH I HAVE ASKED YOU TO TEACH AND TO OBSERVE 00:31:53.31\00:31:58.38 THOSE THINGS. GOD HAS GIVEN TO US, BEGINNING 00:31:58.38\00:32:03.02 WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS -- YOU WROTE A BOOK ON THE TEN 00:32:03.02\00:32:06.22 COMMANDMENTS, DANNY, BEGINNING WITH THE VERY STRUCTURE OF WHO 00:32:06.22\00:32:10.76 GOD IS, AND HOW HE FUNCTIONS. HEAVEN IS A PLACE OF COMPLETE 00:32:10.76\00:32:16.50 ORDER. EVERYTHING IS CAREFULLY 00:32:16.50\00:32:19.07 ORGANIZED, AND STRUCTURE WITHIN THE CHURCH DOCTERNAL BELIEFS. 00:32:19.07\00:32:36.18 HE EXPLAINS THINGS IN A POWERFUL WAY, AND HELPS US HOW TO 00:32:36.18\00:32:47.56 UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THAT LOVE. 00:32:47.56\00:32:50.67 WE HAVE 28 FUND MENTAL BELIFS. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAS JESUS 00:32:50.67\00:33:08.45 AT THE VERY CORE. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 00:33:08.45\00:33:10.89 EVERYTHING IS FOCUSED UPON CHRIST. 00:33:10.89\00:33:12.72 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR A 00:33:12.72\00:33:16.96 GROUP OR TWO OR WHOEVER, WHO MAY SAY LET'S JUST FOCUS ON CHRIST 00:33:16.96\00:33:23.03 ONLY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE SEVENTH-DAY 00:33:23.03\00:33:25.93 ADVENTIST CHRCH IS DOING, AND MUST DO, BECAUSE CHRIST'S 00:33:25.93\00:33:31.67 RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS GRACE, HIS JUSTIFYING POWER, AND HIS 00:33:31.67\00:33:38.38 GLORIFYING POWER IS ALL DUE TO JESUS CHIST. 00:33:38.38\00:33:41.92 WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO HAV AND ACCEPT THROUGH JESUS. 00:33:41.92\00:33:47.22 YOU READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30, BUT OF HIM YOU ARE IN CHRIST 00:33:47.22\00:33:55.60 JESUS WHO CAME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 00:33:55.60\00:34:02.87 SANCTIFICATION AND REDEMPTION. AND THEN ANOTHER TEXT IN 2 00:34:02.87\00:34:09.74 CORINTHIANS 5 -- WHICH I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 00:34:09.74\00:34:15.55 VERSES THAT YOU COULD EVER READ IN VERSUS 21, FOR HE -- THAT'S 00:34:15.55\00:34:20.49 THE FATHER, MADE HIM, JESUS, WHO KNEW NO SIN THAT WE MIGHT BECOME 00:34:20.49\00:34:31.33 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN JESUS. 00:34:31.33\00:34:38.54 MAGNIFICENT. SO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, AND 00:34:38.54\00:34:41.18 ALL CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE GREAT PROMOTERS OF CHRIST AND HIS 00:34:41.18\00:34:47.12 RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REMEMBERING THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US A 00:34:47.12\00:34:51.25 FRAMEWORK AS TO HOW TO GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER. 00:34:51.25\00:34:54.42 HOW TO FOLLOW WHAT HE WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND. 00:34:54.42\00:34:57.76 SO WHEN A GROUP MIGHT SAY SOMETHING, YOU -- YOU MAY WANT 00:34:57.76\00:35:02.53 TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS, AND I WON'T READ A LOT OF QUESTIONS, 00:35:02.53\00:35:06.77 BUT I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE HOW DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE OR THE 00:35:06.77\00:35:11.74 ASPECT BETWEEN THE PERSON OF CHRIST AND THE TEACHINGS OR 00:35:11.74\00:35:16.44 DOCTRINES OF CHRIST? IF SOMEONE IS JUST SAYING, JUST 00:35:16.44\00:35:20.35 TALK ABOUT JESUS. HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND A BALANCE 00:35:20.35\00:35:23.28 OF KNOWING CHRIST AND LIVING HIS TEACHINGS? 00:35:23.28\00:35:27.69 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST? 00:35:27.69\00:35:31.86 WHAT IS THE END PRODUCT OF THAT. AND WHEN WE SAY WE ACCEPT 00:35:31.86\00:35:37.87 CHRIST, IS THIS SOME MYSTICAL CHRIST?-OR DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU 00:35:37.87\00:35:46.88 ACCEPT THE DOCTRINAL TRUTHS THAT HE HIMSELF TAUGHT. 00:35:46.88\00:35:50.45 >> OKAY. >> SO YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF 00:35:50.45\00:35:54.02 THESE QUESTIONS EVEN ABOUT CREATION, AND HOW GOD CREATED 00:35:54.02\00:35:58.15 THIS EARTH IN SIX LATERAL DAYS, AND RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, 00:35:58.15\00:36:03.96 AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BELIEF. 00:36:03.96\00:36:14.60 WHAT ABOUT PROPHETIC INTERPRETATION? 00:36:14.60\00:36:17.07 AND HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE LORD IS ALLOWING THINGS TO 00:36:17.07\00:36:21.38 PROGRESS TO A POINT WHERE, SOON, THIS WORLD WILL END AND 00:36:21.38\00:36:27.02 PROPHETIC INTERPRETATION HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT 00:36:27.02\00:36:30.15 YOU HAVE GOT TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF GROUPS AND PEOPLE 00:36:30.15\00:36:33.99 WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE A -- PERHAPS SOME KIND OF A 00:36:33.99\00:36:40.56 FLOWERY NEBULOUS UNDERSTANDING OF WHO JESUS IS, WITHOUT 00:36:40.56\00:36:44.40 UNDERSTANDING THAT JESUS HAS A WAY TO SALVATION. 00:36:44.40\00:36:46.94 IT IS THROUGH HIM, AND THE JUSTIFYING AND SANCTIFYING, 00:36:46.94\00:36:51.67 LEARNING TO BE MORE AND MORE HIM, INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING WHAT 00:36:51.67\00:36:55.44 HE HAS TAUGHT. >> AMEN. 00:36:55.44\00:36:57.75 >> ACTUALLY, THE DOCTRINES ARE ALL ABOUT JESUS, AND -- AND 00:36:57.75\00:37:04.05 DEEPEN OUR PICTURE OF JESUS. >> YES. 00:37:04.05\00:37:10.09 >> WE SEE THE LOVE, THE LONG SUFFERING, THE GRACE OF JESUS, 00:37:10.09\00:37:15.86 THE MORE WE DIG INTO SCRIPTURE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT PART OF 00:37:15.86\00:37:20.34 CHRIST CHARACTER THESE DOCTRINES REALLY TEACH US ABOUT, AND 00:37:20.34\00:37:26.44 REPRESENT. >> UH-HUH. 00:37:26.44\00:37:27.31 >> SO IT'S -- WE CAN ONLY HAVE -- WITH -- WITHOUT STUDYING 00:37:27.31\00:37:35.45 DEEPLY THE WORD OF GOD WE HAVE A VERY SUPERFICIAL CONCEPT OF 00:37:35.45\00:37:40.86 JESUS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:37:40.86\00:37:42.06 >> AND IT'S A VERY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, AND A PRACTICAL 00:37:42.06\00:37:48.56 RELATIONSHIP THAT SHOULD INFLUENCE EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE 00:37:48.56\00:37:52.60 EVERY DAY. BECAUSE WE ARE SO IN LOVE WITH 00:37:52.60\00:37:55.37 JESUS. AND HE CARES. 00:37:55.37\00:37:56.47 HE WANTS US TO BE SAFE, HAPPY, JOYFUL, AND WE CAN ONLY FIND 00:37:56.47\00:38:06.05 THAT PEACE AND FULFILLMENT IN LIFE, IF WE ARE LIVING THE LIFE 00:38:06.05\00:38:10.85 THAT HE CREATED US TO LIVE. HE HAS GIVEN US THE INSTRUCTION, 00:38:10.85\00:38:16.73 THE -- I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS GOD'S HAPPINESS RULES. 00:38:16.73\00:38:20.96 HE KNOWS HOW TO PROTECT US, HOW TO KEEP US FROM HARM AND DANGER, 00:38:20.96\00:38:26.67 AND HOW TO HELP US LIVE A FULL LIFE. 00:38:26.67\00:38:29.74 AND WE -- WE LEARN THOSE THINGS -- THE MORE -- THE BIBLE 00:38:29.74\00:38:35.11 IS JUST AMAZING, BECAUSE THE MORE YOU READ IT, THE MORE YOU 00:38:35.11\00:38:39.48 STUDY IT, YOU ARE ALWAYS SEEING NEW -- NEW GLIMPSES IN THE LORD 00:38:39.48\00:38:45.09 AND HOW HE WORKS AND HOW HE PLANS FOR US, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW 00:38:45.09\00:38:48.56 HE LONGS TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH US. 00:38:48.56\00:38:52.09 HE DOESN'T WAT TO LOSE ONE OF US. 00:38:52.09\00:38:54.40 HE LOVES US SO DEEPLY, REGARDLESS OF THE TERRIBLE 00:38:54.40\00:38:59.40 CHOICES WE MAY HAVE MADE. HE IS LONGING TO REDEEM US, SO 00:38:59.40\00:39:06.88 RECREATE IN US -- YOU KNOW, A CHARACTER THAT WILL REPRESENT 00:39:06.88\00:39:12.28 HIM AND BRING US THAT PEACE AND JOY, SO IT'S A VERY DEEP 00:39:12.28\00:39:17.72 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. >> AND OF COURSE, THE ENEMY 00:39:17.72\00:39:21.92 WOULD WANT US TO NOT DELVE INTO THE WORLD, BECAUSE AS YOU READ 00:39:21.92\00:39:27.20 THE WORD, YOU FIND THE CHARACTER OF GOD, THE TRUE CHARACTER OF 00:39:27.20\00:39:32.13 GOD. SATAN IS ALWAYS TRYING TO 00:39:32.13\00:39:35.54 MISREPRESENTATIVE GOD'S CHARACTER, BUT THE BIBLE 00:39:35.54\00:39:39.61 VINDICATES GOD'S CHARACTER. SO THE MORE WE READ ABOUT HIM, 00:39:39.61\00:39:44.58 THE MORE WE GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER. 00:39:44.58\00:39:48.32 AND OF COURSE SATAN WOULD WANT US TO BE DISTRACTED BY THAT. 00:39:48.32\00:39:51.92 BECAUSE WE GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER. 00:39:51.92\00:39:54.76 >> ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A 00:39:54.76\00:39:57.36 TIME THAT HE HAS SO DECEIVED PEOPLE, JUST WATCH THE NEWS, AND 00:39:57.36\00:40:02.96 THERE ARE NO RULES, THERE ARE NO -- EVERYTHING IS HOW I 00:40:02.96\00:40:08.50 BELIEVE. I WAKE UP THIS MORNING, AND SAY 00:40:08.50\00:40:10.71 I THINK I'M A WOMAN. THEN I'M A WOMAN. 00:40:10.71\00:40:16.54 SO I CAN DRESS UP IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES. 00:40:16.54\00:40:20.65 AND PEOPLE SAY THAT'S OKAY -- PLACES LIKE TARGET, SAY, 00:40:20.65\00:40:25.12 OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. 00:40:25.12\00:40:26.25 I'M NOT GOING TO TARGET BECAUSE OF THAT. 00:40:26.25\00:40:29.66 THERE'S NO RULES. AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THIS 00:40:29.66\00:40:35.96 UNIVERSE GOD SET UP IN SUCH PERFECT ORDER. 00:40:35.96\00:40:38.63 SO THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO SAY, DOCTRINES, BELIEFS, RULES, AND 00:40:38.63\00:40:43.00 YOU SAID, BASICALLY THEY ARE FOR OUR GOOD. 00:40:43.00\00:40:47.51 AND WE LOOK AT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS THE TEN 00:40:47.51\00:40:50.98 PROMISES. AND THE LORD SAYS IF YOU SUBMIT 00:40:50.98\00:40:53.28 AND COMMITMENT YOUR LIFE WITH ME, I'LL HELP WITH YOU YOUR 00:40:53.28\00:40:58.39 TEMPTATION WITH ADULTERY, AND STEALING AND LYING AND WITH 00:40:58.39\00:41:04.56 BEARING FALSE WITNESS. SO PEOPLE TODAY DON'T WANT TO 00:41:04.56\00:41:08.46 HEAR THE WORLD COMMAND. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY COMMANDING 00:41:08.46\00:41:12.63 ME. THESE ARE PROMISES. 00:41:12.63\00:41:14.60 GOD SAID, IF YOU SUBMIT AND COMMIT TO ME, I PROISE YOU, I 00:41:14.60\00:41:20.64 WILL BE THERE. SO THE DEVIL WANTS TO GET US 00:41:20.64\00:41:24.58 LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, AND THIS IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT, 00:41:24.58\00:41:29.22 WELL, WE NEED TO DO THIS OR THAT. 00:41:29.22\00:41:31.99 SO, I MEAN, EVEN WITHIN OUR CHURCH -- I LOVE THIS CHURCH. 00:41:31.99\00:41:38.69 I TOLD PEOPLE I'M NOT JUST A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TO BE A 00:41:38.69\00:41:43.57 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, IF I SAW A BETTER CHURCH, THAT'S WHERE I 00:41:43.57\00:41:47.07 WOULD BE, BUT THIS IS WHERE GOD HAS LEAD ME AND IN MY STUDIES 00:41:47.07\00:41:52.57 WITH NUMEROUS DENOMINATIONS, THIS IS WHERE I AM. 00:41:52.57\00:41:57.31 I'M ONE BECAUSE I HAVE STUDIED IT OUT, AND SO I UNDERSTAND, AND 00:41:57.31\00:42:02.12 SO TODAY, THE DEVIL WANTS TO DISTRACT ALL OF OUR YOUNG 00:42:02.12\00:42:05.62 PEOPLE, AND ALL OF US TO JUST -- WELL, THESE ARE RULES 00:42:05.62\00:42:09.32 AND REGULATIONS, AND AS SHE SAID, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT 00:42:09.32\00:42:13.06 JESUS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THESE OTHER THINGS. 00:42:13.06\00:42:15.83 >> YEAH, THIS IS NOT LEGALISM. THIS IS NOT SOME DOCTERNAL, THIS 00:42:15.83\00:42:32.78 IS GOD'S SENSE. BECAUSE HE WANTS A PROPHETIC 00:42:32.78\00:42:42.79 MOVEMENT, A PROPHETIC MESSAGE. A PROPHETIC MISSION. 00:42:42.79\00:42:48.13 PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE BEING LEAD BY THE HOLY 00:42:48.13\00:42:51.87 SPIRIT TO DO SOMETHING AT VERY UNIQUE AT THEN OF TIME. 00:42:51.87\00:42:56.24 THAT'S WHY GOD WANTS TO DRAW HIS PEOPLE INTO A COVENANT 00:42:56.24\00:42:59.74 RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, SO THEY WILL BE EMPOWERED TO PROCLAIM 00:42:59.74\00:43:06.38 NOT ONLY WITH WORD, BUT WIT ACTION. 00:43:06.38\00:43:09.58 THIS IS NOT LEGALISM. THIS IS CHRIST-CENTERED 00:43:09.58\00:43:14.52 RIGHTEOUSNESS. I MEAN YOU GO TO THE THREE 00:43:14.52\00:43:18.96 ANGELS' MESSAGES. ALL RIGHT. 00:43:18.96\00:43:21.80 THIS IS THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK. 00:43:21.80\00:43:26.47 AND WE LOOK AT THEM IN REVELATION 14. 00:43:26.47\00:43:33.61 YOU SEE THEM SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, FEAR GOD OR HAVE RESPECT 00:43:33.61\00:43:38.18 FOR GOD, AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM. THE ONE WHO -- WHO MADE HEAVEN 00:43:38.18\00:43:42.95 AND EARTH. I MEAN THIS IS MAGNIFICENT 00:43:42.95\00:43:46.45 UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD IS. DRAWING PEOPLE BACK TO THEM. 00:43:46.45\00:43:49.62 AND THE SECOND ANGEL, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 8 THERE. 00:43:49.62\00:43:55.86 BABYLON HAS FALLEN. BABYLON WHICH IS A MIXING OF 00:43:55.86\00:44:00.44 HUMAN AND TRUTH, WHICH BECOMES VERY MISERABLE KIND OF -- OF 00:44:00.44\00:44:07.74 TEACHING, AND IT SAYS BABYLON HAS FALLEN BECAUSE SHE HAS MADE 00:44:07.74\00:44:11.68 ALL NATIONS DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION. 00:44:11.68\00:44:17.15 PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT INTO A MIXTURE OF ERROR AND TRUTHS 00:44:17.15\00:44:23.43 BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING AT THE WORD OF GOD. 00:44:23.43\00:44:26.03 THE WORD OF GOD -- AND WE CAN TOUCH ON THIS TOO. 00:44:26.03\00:44:31.33 THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'S WORD IS BEING CHALLENGED SO MUCH TODAY. 00:44:31.33\00:44:35.54 IT HAS BECOME A SETTING OF WHAT DO YOU THINK? 00:44:35.54\00:44:39.64 OR WHAT DOES YOUR CHAT ROOM SAY? OR WHAT DOES YOUR BLOG SAY? 00:44:39.64\00:44:44.28 AS OPPOSED TO WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? 00:44:44.28\00:44:48.48 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE LORD SAYS. 00:44:48.48\00:44:51.72 AND EVERYBODY GIVES THEIR OPINION. 00:44:51.72\00:44:54.62 SO BABYLON SHOWS US CONFUSION TODAY. 00:44:54.62\00:44:58.66 >> OKAY. >> AND THEN OF COURSE, IT SAYS 00:44:58.66\00:45:01.33 IN THE THIRD ANGEL. IT IS REALLY CALLING PEOPLE OUT 00:45:01.33\00:45:04.50 OF THIS.-THE FOURTH ANGEL IN REVELATION 18, PULLS PEOPLE OUT, 00:45:04.50\00:45:10.01 CALLS THEM TO A BETTER WAY. TO TRULY UNDERSTAND GOD'S TRUTH. 00:45:10.01\00:45:14.48 BUT THE THIRD ANGEL SAYS IF ANYONE IS GOING TO WORSHIP THE 00:45:14.48\00:45:20.02 BEAST IN HIS IMAGE, ARE THOSE WHO PARTAKE OF THIS CONFUSING 00:45:20.02\00:45:26.29 RELIGION, A MIXTURE OF ERROR AFTER TRUTH, THEN THEY ARE GOING 00:45:26.29\00:45:30.46 TO RECEIVE A MARK IN THEIR FOREHEAD OR THEIR HAND. 00:45:30.46\00:45:34.30 AND GOD IS -- CALLING FOR US TO RECEIVE HIS SEAL. 00:45:34.30\00:45:41.50 HIS CONNECTION. AND ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS IS, IF 00:45:41.50\00:45:46.51 YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 00:45:46.51\00:45:51.41 THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID. SO ARE WE GOING TO CALL JESUS A 00:45:51.41\00:45:56.55 LEGALIST? NO. 00:45:56.55\00:45:57.39 HIS BELIEFS WERE CENTRAL TO ALL THAT HE TAUGHT, AND THEN IT SAYS 00:45:57.39\00:46:02.52 IN THAT BEAUTIFUL VERSE IN VERSE 12, HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE 00:46:02.52\00:46:07.66 SAINTS. HERE ARE THOSE WHAT KEEP THE 00:46:07.66\00:46:10.60 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS. 00:46:10.60\00:46:13.97 THIS IS THE PEOPLE GROUP THAT GOD IS CALLING FROM EVERY 00:46:13.97\00:46:18.07 RELIGIOUS BODY, FROM EVERY CULTURE, FROM EVERY LANGUAGE TO 00:46:18.07\00:46:22.61 COME TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO HAS A 00:46:22.61\00:46:26.01 BEAUTIFUL WAY PREPARED FOR THEM, IF THEY WILL -- AND YOU USED THE 00:46:26.01\00:46:34.06 RIGHT WORD. SUBMIT TO HIM. 00:46:34.06\00:46:36.56 WE ALL NEED TO SUBMIT TO GOD TO HIM LEADING OUR LIVES. 00:46:36.56\00:46:41.73 THEN THIS DOESN'T BECOME LEGALISM, AND WE SEE JESUS FOR 00:46:41.73\00:46:47.34 WHO HE IS. >> AMEN. 00:46:47.34\00:46:51.81 SATAN IS AFRAID OF TRUTH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT -- GOD HAS 00:46:51.81\00:46:57.78 ALWAYS HAD PEOPLE WHO PROCLAIM PRESENT TRUTH, AND I BELIEVE WE 00:46:57.78\00:47:02.35 ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE, SO WHO 00:47:02.35\00:47:05.89 WOULD HE WORK THE HARDEST ON? SATAN WOULD WORK THE HARDEST TO 00:47:05.89\00:47:12.99 DESTROY AND DIVIDE THE CHURCH WHO IS GIVING THE TRUTH. 00:47:12.99\00:47:17.20 >> RIGHT. >> SO TODAY -- AND I THINK THIS 00:47:17.20\00:47:20.27 IS A TIME BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING TO FAMILY AND ALL, I WOULD LIKE 00:47:20.27\00:47:24.47 TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT SATAN IS TRYING TO 00:47:24.47\00:47:29.98 DO WITHIN THE CHURCH. THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE INATI 00:47:29.98\00:47:35.58 INATIONS -- INTERPRETATIONS GOING AROUND. 00:47:35.58\00:47:40.76 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL YOU WANT TO REACH OR TALK ABOUT. 00:47:40.76\00:47:44.43 BUT WHATEVER YOU FEEL FREE, LET'S DO IT. 00:47:44.43\00:47:46.93 >> DANNY IS, SOME OF TH THINGS THAT THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO 00:47:46.93\00:47:52.67 BRING IN ARE ABERRATIONS OF TRUTH. 00:47:52.67\00:47:54.87 WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, PROPHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE. 00:47:54.87\00:47:58.84 NO ONE CAN CLAIM TO UNDERSTAND EVERY PROIF I -- PROPHECY. 00:47:58.84\00:48:07.45 WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ENORMOUS LIGHT. 00:48:07.45\00:48:10.72 BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE SO SOLID, YOU CAN SAY 00:48:10.72\00:48:18.83 ABSOLUTELY. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS 00:48:18.83\00:48:20.76 PROPHETIC MEANING REALLY IS SIGNIFYING. 00:48:20.76\00:48:23.93 WE UNDERSTAND THAT -- THAT THE 2,300-YEAR PROPHECY IS A 00:48:23.93\00:48:33.01 MAGNIFICENT ONE. AND WE ARE LIVING IN THE VERY 00:48:33.01\00:48:37.31 ENDING OF TIME. NOW THERE ARE SOME STRANGE 00:48:37.31\00:48:39.61 THINGS GOING AROUND. THERE'S ONE ABOUT 2520, THAT 00:48:39.61\00:48:46.02 THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME IN WHICH YOU -- YOU KNOW, IT'S PREDICTED 00:48:46.02\00:48:49.89 THAT THIS AND THIS AND THIS WILL HAPPEN. 00:48:49.89\00:48:52.66 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SET THE DATE OF JESUS COMING. 00:48:52.66\00:48:56.06 THEY NOW FOR A FACT IT'S IN THIS MONTH -- 00:48:56.06\00:48:58.77 >> WOW. >> THE BIBLE SAYS THAT NO ONE 00:48:58.77\00:49:01.90 KNOWS EXCEPT THE FATHER. SO WHY WOULD YOU PRETEND TO BE 00:49:01.90\00:49:05.97 ABLE TO GIVE A DATE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY I KNOW 00:49:05.97\00:49:10.68 EXACTLY WHEN THE NATIONAL -- IN FACT SOMETHING IS GOING TO 00:49:10.68\00:49:13.75 HAPPEN IN APRIL 2019, BECAUSE I HAVE UNDERSTOOD -- OR SOMEONE 00:49:13.75\00:49:19.49 HAS SAID THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS AND THIS AND THIS, AND NOW 00:49:19.49\00:49:23.66 SOMETHING DRAMATIC IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 00:49:23.66\00:49:27.96 WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT PREDICTIONS THAT ARE NOT BASED 00:49:27.96\00:49:34.84 UPON FACTUAL BIBLICAL INFORMATION, BUT ARE A 00:49:34.84\00:49:40.08 HYPOTHESIS OF SOMEBODY, SOME IMAGINATION OF SOMEONE, AND 00:49:40.08\00:49:44.98 UNFORTUNATELY, NOT TALKING ABOUT PROPHETIC, BUT TALKING ABOUT A 00:49:44.98\00:49:50.02 VERY STRANGE MISUNDERSTANDING THAT SEEMS TO BE CAPTURING THE 00:49:50.02\00:49:55.72 ATTENTION FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS THE FACT THAT 00:49:55.72\00:50:01.46 THAT -- THAT THE GOD HEAD -- GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE 00:50:01.46\00:50:07.10 HOLY SPIRIT ARE PERHAPS NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL OR HAVE NOT 00:50:07.10\00:50:13.07 ALWAYS EXISTED, BUT THAT THEY CAME INTO EXISTENCE, THE SON, OR 00:50:13.07\00:50:18.75 WHATEVER -- BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, THE BIBLE IS SO CLEAR. 00:50:18.75\00:50:23.42 THE BIBLE IS SO SOLID, AND EVEN OUR CHURCH PIONEERS -- SOME OF 00:50:23.42\00:50:28.99 THEM BELIEVED TO BEGIN WITH IN THAT PARTICULAR HERESY. 00:50:28.99\00:50:36.03 BUT THEY GREW AND THEY UNDERSTOOD, AND GOD REVEALED 00:50:36.03\00:50:41.24 THINGS TO THEM, SO WE CAN -- SAY THAT GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE 00:50:41.24\00:50:52.08 SON, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE ONE, THEY WORK TOGETHER AS ONE, 00:50:52.08\00:50:56.22 AND THEY HAVE EXISTED FROM ETERNITY, AND THEY WILL EXIST 00:50:56.22\00:51:01.19 INTO ETERNITY. >> UH-HUH. 00:51:01.19\00:51:04.03 >> SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STRANGE THINGS THAT PEOPLE GET 00:51:04.03\00:51:08.26 SO CONFUSED ABOUT, AND THEY SAY IF THIS PERSON DIDN'T BELIEVE 00:51:08.26\00:51:14.00 IT, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD ACCEPT THAT TOO. 00:51:14.00\00:51:18.04 BUT MANY OF THOSE PERSONS PROGRESSED AND UNDERSTOOD A 00:51:18.04\00:51:21.68 FULLER PICTURE, AND THEY HAD FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE GOD HEAD 00:51:21.68\00:51:27.62 FROM ETRNITY TO ETERNITY, SO SOME OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO 00:51:27.62\00:51:32.32 BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT ACCEPTING. WE HAVE TO ASK A LOT OF 00:51:32.32\00:51:36.36 QUESTIONS, AND PRAY, ASKING THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US INTO ALL 00:51:36.36\00:51:41.63 TRUTH, AND WE ARE GUARANTEED THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL DO 00:51:41.63\00:51:45.60 JUST THA. >> YEAH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 00:51:45.60\00:51:47.67 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT IS ABORTION, 00:51:47.67\00:51:51.07 AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH'S STANCE ON -- ON ABORTION? 00:51:51.07\00:51:54.34 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY MOST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS HAVE A 00:51:54.34\00:52:00.78 GREAT RESPECT FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. 00:52:00.78\00:52:03.99 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT WHEN LIFE IS FORMED, IT 00:52:03.99\00:52:07.42 IS SOMETHING, WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN BY GOD. 00:52:07.42\00:52:13.13 GOD KNEW US IN THE WOMB OF OUR MOTHER. 00:52:13.13\00:52:17.30 HE KNEW US EVEN BEFORE OUR CREATION. 00:52:17.30\00:52:21.27 HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS AND BELIEVES IN THIS WONDERFUL 00:52:21.27\00:52:26.68 ABILITY TO SEE A HUMAN BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE 00:52:26.68\00:52:30.65 WHO CREATED THEM. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WOULD 00:52:30.65\00:52:35.45 HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND FOR 00:52:35.45\00:52:39.82 AVOIDING ABORTION IN ALMOST EVERY RESPECT. 00:52:39.82\00:52:44.43 I'M REALLY SHOCKED AT WHAT ONE OF THE STATES HAS RECENTLY DONE. 00:52:44.43\00:52:48.86 >> UH-HUH. >> WITH -- ESSENTIALLY A 00:52:48.86\00:52:52.97 FULL-TERM ABORTION PROVISION. IT'S JUST -- ALMOST BEYOND 00:52:52.97\00:52:58.41 IMAGINATION. >> YEAH. 00:52:58.41\00:52:59.14 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT ABORTION AT ANY 00:52:59.14\00:53:01.98 LEVEL -- MOST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WOULD NOT ACCEPT 00:53:01.98\00:53:05.65 ABORTION. >> UH-HUH. 00:53:05.65\00:53:06.68 >> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER, THOUGH, IN CERTAIN 00:53:06.68\00:53:11.55 SITUATIONS, FOR RAPE OR INCEST OR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER -- AND 00:53:11.55\00:53:15.32 EVEN IN RAPE AND INCEST, SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU 00:53:15.32\00:53:19.69 KNOW, IT'S LIFE AND WE NEED TO RESPECT THAT, SO THERE ARE SOME 00:53:19.69\00:53:25.63 DIFFERING OPINIONS ON THAT. BUT ESSENTIALLY SEVENTH-DAY 00:53:25.63\00:53:31.44 ADVENTISTS ARE GREAT SUPPORTERS OF THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. 00:53:31.44\00:53:35.28 AND I HOPE THAT ALL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WILL GIVE NOT ONLY 00:53:35.28\00:53:39.28 LIP SERVICE BUT STRONG EMPHASIS TO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO 00:53:39.28\00:53:43.02 PRESERVE LIFE AND NOT TO TAKE IT. 00:53:43.02\00:53:45.99 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THAT'S NO DIFFERENT TO ME 00:53:45.99\00:53:49.89 THAN SOME PEOPLE SAYING, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE 00:53:49.89\00:53:53.53 WHICH DAY YOU KEEP, JUST AS LONG AS YOU KEEP ONE. 00:53:53.53\00:53:56.93 SO TO SAY IF IT'S RAPE OR INCEST, THAT MAY BE 00:53:56.93\00:54:01.14 DIFFERENT -- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SEPARATE THAT, 00:54:01.14\00:54:04.24 AND SAY, IT'S OKAY TO KILL THAT BABY, BECAUSE IF LIFE IS 00:54:04.24\00:54:09.88 IMPORTANT, AND GOD -- YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. 00:54:09.88\00:54:15.05 A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY -- AND MUCH OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE 00:54:15.05\00:54:20.42 ALIGNING THEMSELVES WITH POLITICAL PARTIES. 00:54:20.42\00:54:23.12 SO THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN WITHIN THE CHURCH WHO WILL ALIGN 00:54:23.12\00:54:28.30 THEMSELVES WITH POLITICAL PARTIES WHO SAY ABORTION IS 00:54:28.30\00:54:31.20 OKAY, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL ABOUT THE TIME THE BABY IS BORN, SO 00:54:31.20\00:54:35.34 WE'RE ALLOWING THAT TO BE OUR STANDARD RATHER THAN WHAT THE 00:54:35.34\00:54:40.11 BIBLE SAYS ABOUT LIFE. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE 00:54:40.11\00:54:44.18 AND THE BEAUTY OF THAT, AND GOD ALLOWED MAN AND WOMAN TO 00:54:44.18\00:54:50.15 PROCREATE, AND GIVE US THAT ABILITY -- SO THAT WE CAN 00:54:50.15\00:54:53.96 UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, WHEN WE'RE RAISING OUR CHILDREN, TO 00:54:53.96\00:54:57.56 BE ABLE TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T RUN OUT IN THE STREET, BECUSE 00:54:57.56\00:55:02.63 GOD -- WELL, WHY, LORD, WON'T YOU LET ME? 00:55:02.63\00:55:06.94 NOW AS PARENTS WE GET A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTAND. 00:55:06.94\00:55:11.87 WE SAY GOD IS MUCH MORE PATIENT AND LOVING THAN I WILL EVER BE, 00:55:11.87\00:55:16.21 SO I THINK IT'S TIME WE AS A CHURCH, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF 00:55:16.21\00:55:20.88 THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE PUT EMPHASIS -- AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID 00:55:20.88\00:55:24.72 IN THE PAST. YOU SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS YOU 00:55:24.72\00:55:27.09 WANT TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, BUT I 00:55:27.09\00:55:32.63 DON'T HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT ABORTION OR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. 00:55:32.63\00:55:38.33 SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE TODAY, AND WE'RE ABLE TO 00:55:38.33\00:55:42.94 TALK -- I KNOW IT'S QUICKLY, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME OF 00:55:42.94\00:55:49.08 THIS. >> EVERYTHING MUST BE BASED UPON 00:55:49.08\00:55:51.08 THE WORD OF GOD, AND THA'S WHERE WE FIND OUR DIRECTIVES. 00:55:51.08\00:55:57.22 CURRENTLY, WE HAVE SOME VERY DEDICATED THEOLOGIANS AND 00:55:57.22\00:56:03.53 BIBLICAL SCHOLARS, WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS QUESTION, 00:56:03.53\00:56:08.16 HELPING TO UNDERSTAND HOW BEST THE BIBLE SHARES THIS 00:56:08.16\00:56:11.17 INFORMATION. >> UH-HUH. 00:56:11.17\00:56:12.33 >> AND OF COURSE WE CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE OR LEGISLATE PEOPLE. 00:56:12.33\00:56:16.67 WE CAN GIVE THEM THE WONDERFUL TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE. 00:56:16.67\00:56:19.74 >> RIGHT. >> AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE 00:56:19.74\00:56:22.48 CHURCH IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS IN AN EVEN MORE POWERFUL 00:56:22.48\00:56:27.02 WAY TO UPLIFT AND TO HOLD BEFORE THE WORLD, THE SANCTITY OF LIFE 00:56:27.02\00:56:32.85 ACCORDING TO THE HOLY WORD OF GOD. 00:56:32.85\00:56:34.56 >> UH-HUH. >> WE TALKED TO SOMEONE NOT TOO 00:56:34.56\00:56:37.83 LONG AGO, THEIR MOTHER TRIED TO ABORT THEM TWO OR THREE TIMES, 00:56:37.83\00:56:43.83 AND IT DIDN'T WORK. THEY GOT THE SHOTS AND 00:56:43.83\00:56:46.33 EVERYTHING. AND TODAY THEY ARE CHRISTIANS 00:56:46.33\00:56:49.17 GIVING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. 00:56:49.17\00:56:51.34 >> AMEN. >> AND I THINK OF PASTOR JOHN 00:56:51.34\00:56:54.84 LOMACANG, HIS MOTHER ABANDONED HIM AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE, AND 00:56:54.84\00:56:59.75 WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD SHE ABORTED A PAN WHO IS NOW 00:56:59.75\00:57:04.85 REACHING THE WORLD FOR CHRIST AND MAKING AN IMPACT. 00:57:04.85\00:57:08.06 OF COURSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS AND WHEN YOU ARE TALK ABOUT THE 00:57:08.06\00:57:12.89 LIVES OF THE MOTHER, THERE ARE CERTAIN CHOICES, BUT GOD IS THE 00:57:12.89\00:57:18.23 GIVER OF LIFE AND THE GIVER OF ALL THINGS. 00:57:18.23\00:57:20.97 >> AMEN. >> I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY AND 00:57:20.97\00:57:24.44 RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US IN HIS WORD -- 00:57:24.44\00:57:28.34 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> -- AND WE'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND 00:57:28.34\00:57:31.71 THE BEAUTY OF LIFE UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN. 00:57:31.71\00:57:35.35 I CANNOT BELIEVE THE FIRST HOUR IS GONE FROM THIS PROGRAM. 00:57:35.35\00:57:38.89 BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AWAY. 00:57:38.89\00:57:42.09 WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT TALKING WITH ELDER TED 00:57:42.09\00:57:45.79 AND NANCY WILSON. ¤ 00:57:45.79\00:57:48.23