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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL190006B
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00:05 ♪ >> WELCOME BACK.
00:13 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE'RE HERE WITH MY WIFE YVONNE. 00:22 WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME. 00:25 >> WE HAVE. >> AND ELDER TED AND HIS WIFE 00:30 NANCY WILSON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:35 I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO IS BUSIER AND TRAVELS MORE THAN 00:39 THEY DO. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 00:41 TIME. 3ABN, WE SUPPORT YOU, 100%. 00:46 WE BELIEVE GOD HAS PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE. 00:48 THERE IS NO PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING ANY TIME 24/7 THAT IF YO 00:54 FEEL PROMPTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO 00:59 THE WORLD CHURCH, THAT WE WON'T MOVE ASIDE THE PROGRAMMING AND 01:04 INTERRUPT IT TO PUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE 01:08 THAT GOD HAS LEAD YOU, IS LEADING YOU, GUIDING YOU, SO 01:12 3ABN IS YOUR NETWORK. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TO 01:16 BOTH OF YOU THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE 01:21 DOING IN THE WORLD OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 01:26 WE BELIEVE GOD HAS PEOPLE IN ALL CHURCHES. 01:31 A LOT OF CHURCHES BELIEVE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES. 01:34 QUELL, WE DON'T. WE BELIEVE GOD HAS PEOPLE IN ALL 01:40 CHURCHES, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE PRESENT 01:45 TRUTH TO A LOST AND DIEING WORLD. 01:47 AND BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW HERE, AND 01:50 THE REST OF THE TOPICS, WE HAVE A SONG WRITTEN BY DAVID 02:02 HUNTSINGER. AND IT'S ENTITLED "THEY SANG A 02:06 NEW SONG," AND WE HAVE RYAN DAY, WHO IS NOW HERE WITH 3ABN 02:12 FULL-TIME, HERE WORKING IN OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS 02:20 PREACHING. AND RYAN JUST LOST HIS MOTHER, 02:22 SO IT'S REALLY A TOUGH TIME FOR THEM, SO WE PRETAPED THEM 02:29 SINGING THIS. AND HE IS GOING TO MINISTER TO 02:32 YOU NOW. "THEY SANG A NEW SONG." 03:04 KROOER 03:08 . 07:22 >> GLORY. >> I THINK I NEED A COAT. 07:26 I'M GETTING CHILLS. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 07:28 >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SONG. DAVID HUNTSINGER JUST TAKES THE 07:35 WORDS OF THE BIBLE AND THEN WRITES THE MUSIC, SUCH BEAUTIFUL 07:42 MUSIC. AND THEN WE HAVE RYAN. 07:48 REGGIE AND LADYE LOVE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS. 07:54 AND THEY COULDN'T BE HERE. AND RYAN JUST LITERALLY SHOWED 08:00 UP. AND TIM PARTON SAID THERE IS A 08:05 MAN WHO IS HERE. AND I SAID IS HE GOOD? 08:10 AND HE SAID HE IS KIND OF LIKE DAVID PHELPS. 08:14 AND I LAUGHED. AND HE SAID, NO, I'M SERIOUS. 08:19 AND HE CAME TO JOIN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 08:26 BECAUSE OF THE BOOK. AND NOW WE HAVE HIRED HIM 08:30 FULL-TIME, SO PRAY FOR HIM -- IT HAS ONL BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS 08:35 OR SO BACK AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED, AND PRAY FOR HIS WHOLE 08:39 FAMILY, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT LOSS, AND HE IS GOING THROUGH A 08:44 REALLY ROUGH TIME. SO GOD BLESS YOU. 08:48 >> YES. >> SO ELDER WILSON IS AND NANCY 08:54 WILSON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 08:56 AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT. 09:02 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE LIKE TO GET KIND OF A 09:04 STATE OF THE UNION, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 09:11 THE CHURCH AND THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH, AND WHAT YOU SEE 09:15 HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHILE SATAN IS COMING IN WITH 09:20 THIS DOCTRINE OR THAT, AND YOU HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS FOR US TOO. 09:24 >> FIRST OF ALL LET ME ADD BY GREAT THANKS FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL 09:30 SONG. THEY SANG AS IT WERE A NEW SONG 09:33 BEFORE THE THROWN. AND MAY WE ALL JOIN IN, IN THAT 09:38 NEW SONG. >> YES. 09:41 >> ALL THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING A LITTLE 09:45 EARLIER THAT I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON, AND THAT IS, -YOU -- YOU EXPRESSED 09:51 APPRECIATION FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING, THROUGH MY MINISTRY 09:55 AND -- AND WORK, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT TWICE NOW. 09:58 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE GIVE GOD ALL OF THE GLORY. 10:03 >> AMEN. >> IT'S NOTING THAT WE ARE 10:06 DOING PER SE. WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD'S 10:12 WORD TO UNDERSTANDING THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO 10:17 PRAY, TO FEEL THE DIRECT LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE'RE 10:22 TOLD IN -- IN LUKE 11:13, THAT IF THOSE OF US WHO ARE EVIL WANT 10:30 TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS, CERTAINLY THE HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS TO 10:34 LIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO US. >> UH-HUH. 10:37 >> AND I -- I ATTENDED A MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO, A FEW -- FEW 10:42 DAYS AGO, ACTUALLY, NANCY WAS WITH ME, WHERE CHAPLAIN BARRY 10:51 BLACK WHO IS A RETIRED ADMIRAL FROM THE NAVY, ET CETERA, AND A 10:58 VERY KEEN BIBLE STUDENT. HE WAS BEING HONORED AT A 11:01 PARTICULAR EVENT, AND HE WAS GIVEN A PARTICULAR HONOR PLAQUE 11:08 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT HE PREACHED A SERMON THAT WAS SO 11:15 POWERFUL, BECAUSE IT WAS SO FULL OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE LORD 11:19 HAS HELPED HIM TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE IN SUCH A MAGNIFICENT 11:27 WAY. AND HE URGED THE AUDIENCE TO 11:31 CLAIM JAMES 1:5 EVERY DAY, WHERE IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ASK GOD AND 11:39 HE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU. AND LUKE 11:13, AND OF COURSE, I 11:43 HAVE ASKED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK IN MY LIFE, BUT I NOW AM 11:48 TRYING TO CLAIM THAT IN A SPECIFIC WAY. 11:53 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GUIDE MY LIFE AND GIVE ME THE POWER OF 11:58 THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO ANYTHING WE DO, WE WANT TO 12:01 BASE ON THE WORD OF GOD. WE ALSO BELIEVE ON THE POWERFUL 12:06 INSTRUCTIONS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF ELLEN 12:10 WHITE IN WHAT WE CALL THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, AND WHEN YOU HEAD 12:16 REVELATION 19:10, IT TELL US IN A VERY -- VERY SPECIFIC WAY, 12:25 REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, WHICH IS A POWERFUL 12:28 WITNESS OF GOD'S POWER, AND IT SAYS HERE THAT -- I FELL AT HIS 12:36 FEET TO WORSHIP HIM, BUT HE SAID TO ME, THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT, 12:41 I AM YOUR FOLLOW SERVANT AND YOUR BROTHEREN WHO HAVE THE 12:46 TESTIMONY OF JESUS, WORSHIP GOD FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS 12:50 THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. SO WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS 12:54 INSTRUCTING AND ENCOURAGING US THROUGH WONDERFUL COUNSEL THAT 12:59 HE HAS GIVEN TO US. AND LATER ON -- A FEW MINUTES 13:03 FROM NOW, I WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE 13:07 CHURCH, AND ALSO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO, SO IN OUR WORK, WE 13:11 JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL. >> UH-HUH. 13:14 >> AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM ALL OF THE GLORY, BUT I REALLY 13:21 APPRECIATE WHAT 3ABN HAS OFFERED, TO ALLOW THE CHURCH TO 13:25 SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN GENERAL, AND THE CHURCH MEMBERS TO HELP THEM 13:30 FOCUS ON THAT WHICH IS TRUE AND HONEST AND OF GOOD REPORT. 13:37 THOSE THING WHICH ARE POSITIVE AND MISSION FILLED. 13:40 >> UH-HUH. >> SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 13:44 IS GROWING RAPIDLY IN SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. 13:48 >> UH-HUH. >> AND ACTUALLY WHERE IT'S 13:51 GROWING THE MOST IS IN AREAS THAT ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPING 13:59 WORLD. WHERE PERHAPS PERSONAL WEALTH 14:03 AND A COMFORTABLE SETTING IS NOT QUITE AS PREVALENT AS IT IS IN 14:09 PLACES LIKE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 14:11 >> UH-HUH. >> AND PEOPLE SEE THINGS IN A 14:15 MUCH CLEARER WAY -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND 14:18 EVIL, AND THINGS ARE NOT JUST SO GRAY AND THIS KIND OF THING, BUT 14:25 THEY ARE FILLED WITH THE POWER OF GOD AND THEY SEE TRUTH AND 14:29 THEY ACCEPT IT. WE ARE SEEING ENORMOUS GROWTH IN 14:33 AFRICA. I GREW UP IN NORTH AFRICA. 14:36 NANCY AND I LIVED IN WEST AFRICA. 14:39 I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY OF EGYPT AND NORTH AFRICA. 14:44 I LOVE THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA. 14:47 THE HUGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE WONDERFUL 14:51 PEOPLE JUST LIKE ANY OF US. THEY LOVE FAMILY. 14:54 THEY LOVE GOD. THEY LOVE LIFE. 14:56 AND SO MANY OF THEM ARE WAITING TO HEAR THIS PRECIOUS TRUTH. 15:01 SO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 15:04 PRAY FOR THE I'M IN AFRICA. PRAY FOR THOSE IN ASIA, ALL OVER 15:08 THE WORLD. IT'S A POWERFUL WITNESS THAT GOD 15:11 IS DOING THROUGH HIS PEOPLE. WE ARE SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH 15:16 IN PLACES LIKE EAST AFRICA, AND CENTRAL AFRICA, WHERE THEY ARE 15:25 INVOLVED IN TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 15:28 EVERYBODY DOING SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 15:30 EVERYBODY UNITED IN A POWERFUL WAY. 15:35 >> CHILDREN. >> CHILDREN. 15:37 NANCY TELL THEM ABOUT WHEN WE WERE IN RWANDA, WHICH IS RIGHT 15:42 IN THE CENTER OF AFRICA. YOU PREACHED YOUR OWN SERIES OF 15:48 MEETINGS IN AFRICA. >> DID. 15:51 FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND I AGREED TO DO IT ONLY ON 15:58 THE CONDITION THEY WOULD GIVE ME A TINY CHURCH. 16:02 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO THEY CAME TO PICK ME UP 16:04 AND TAKE ME UP THE MOUNTAIN, AND WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF WHERE I 16:12 WAS EXPECTED TO PREACH, I WANTED TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN AND RUN 16:17 AWAY. I HAD ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE 16:19 THERE -- >> OH. 16:21 >> -- IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL -- >> A LITTLE CHURCH OF 3,000. 16:24 >> IT WAS OUTSIDE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING. 16:32 AND IT WAS A THRILLING EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IT IS SO 16:35 DIFFERENT WHEN YOU ARE THE ONE PREACHING. 16:38 WHEN YOU ARE THE ONE TEACHING. >> YES. 16:41 >> AND I FELT LIKE I WAS BLESSED MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, BECAUSE I 16:45 HAVE KNOWN THIS MESSAGE FOR SO MANY YEARS, BUT WHEN YOU TEACH 16:52 IT YOURSELF, IT'S JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR MESSAGE. 16:58 AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING, AND VERY THRILLING TO SEE PEOPLE 17:02 ACCEPT IT. >> YES. 17:03 >> AND -- AND -- AND SO -- AND I KNEW IT WASN'T ME, 17:07 BECAUSE -- YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT A TRAINED TEACHER OR PASTOR, BUT 17:12 IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT. >> YES. 17:15 >> AND IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING THING SO HAVE A LITTLE PART IN 17:20 IT, KNOWING THAT IT WAS ALL GOD DOING IT. 17:24 >> THAT YOU WERE THE VESSEL THROUGH WHICH GOD WORKED. 17:27 >> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I WAS A WILLING VESSEL, BUT IT 17:33 WAS ALL HIM BRINGING IN SUCCESS. >> YES. 17:35 >> AND IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. 17:39 >> DANNY AND I JUST HEARD A STORY ABOUT CHURCH GROWTH, ABOUT 17:44 A THEOLOGIAN THAT HAD GONE TO THE MIDDLE EAST -- 17:47 >> MOST INCREDIBLE STORY. >> I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL IT. 17:51 BECAUSE YOU ARE BETTER AT TELLING IT. 17:55 >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES I EVER HEARD, 18:00 THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW -- MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE 18:04 PROGRAM, BUT WAS TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND HE MET AN 18:10 AMMON -- THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT? >> UH-HUH. 18:13 >> SO THIS PERSON SAID TO HIM THAT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU, AND 18:17 I WANT YOU TO COME AND MEET WITH SOME OTHER AMMONS, A GROUP OF 18:24 US. AND SO HE SAID, WELL, OKAY. 18:26 HE SAID I WENT TO THIS PLACE, AND WHEN I WENT IN, THERE WAS 18:31 ALWAYS OF THESE MEN THERE, AND I FIRST FEARED FOR MY LIFE. 18:36 I THOUGHT HUH OH, I'M IN A BAD POSITION. 18:39 >> UH-HUH. >> AND HE SAID WHEN I WENT IN, 18:43 3ABN WAS ON IN THE LIVING ROOM. AND HE SAID THE MAN SAID, THE 18:48 LORD CAME TO ME IN A DREAM AND TOLD ME TO WATCH 3ABN. 18:51 >> WOW. >> WOW. 18:53 >> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. >> THE LORD CAME TO ME IN A 18:57 DREAM AND TOLD ME TO WATCH 3ABN, THAT I WOULD FIND THE TRUTH, AND 19:01 I HAVE FOUND THE TRUTH AND ALL OF THE AMOMS WITH ME, THEY HAVE 19:10 FOUND THE TRUTH. AND TO SEE YOU HERE, WE WANT YOU 19:13 TO TEACH US, AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING. 19:16 I MEAN IS THAT A PRAISE THE LORD OR WHAT? 19:19 THAT'S AMAZING. AND YOU WILL KNOW -- I'LL TELL 19:23 YOU AFTER THE PROGRAM, BUT HE SAID YOU CAN'T SAY THIS OR GIVE 19:26 ANY AREAS OR NAMES BECAUSE THIS COULD -- A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD 19:31 BE IN TROUBLE. BUT ISN'T THAT AN AMAZING STORY. 19:36 >> GOD IS USING ANGELS AND DREAMS TO HELP PEOPLE IN VERY 19:41 UNIQUE PEOPLE GROUPS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 19:43 >> YES. >> ALL OVER THE WORLD. 19:45 AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IT'S IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 19:50 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BUT CHURCH GROWTH IS TAKING 19:54 PLACE LIKE THIS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 19:56 HEALTH OUTREACH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, 20:00 YOUNG PEOPLE DOING THINGS. MUSIC OUTREACH. 20:05 PERSONAL WITNESSING. I MEAN -- AND OF COURSE HEALTH 20:09 OUTREACH, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS COMBINED, GOD IS USING 20:16 PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO UP TO THE LIVES. 20:21 WE'RE SEEING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN AFRICA. 20:25 IN ONE REGION, THEY HAVE GONE OVER 4 MILLION BAPTIZED MEMBERS. 20:31 >> WOW. >> IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN 20:36 INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION. OVER 4 MILLION. 20:39 THE EAST CERTAIN -- CENTRAL DIVISION IS GROWING ALSO. 20:49 ENORMOUS CHALLENGES, BUT ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES. 20:52 IN SOUTH AMERICA -- YOU -- THEY JUST HAD A -- I TELL YA, THE 20:58 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THE CHURCH IN SOUTH AMERICA AND IN 21:02 AFRICA. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 21:06 THEY JUST HAD A PATH FINDER CAMP-A-RE, WHICH IS LIKE 21:13 BOY SCOUTS OR GIRL SCOUTS. THEY HAD ONE -- ABOUT FIVE YEARS 21:21 AGO IN SOUTH AMERICA. THEY HAD ABOUT 30,000 YOUNG 21:24 PEOPLE COME. FIVE YEARS LATER NOW OR SO, THEY 21:27 WERE OVERWHELMED WITH APPLICATIONS. 21:30 THEY GOT SO MANY APPLICATIONS, THEY HAD TO HAVE TWO SIDE BY 21:39 SIDE -- YOU KNOW, SEQUENTIAL EVENTS CAMP-A-REES OF 50,000 21:49 EACH ONE. ESSENTIALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 21:52 >> AND THEY CALLED THEM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA. 21:56 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> I MEAN, THE PEOPLE ARE JUST 22:00 LIVE. IN INTER-AMERICA, WE JUST CAME 22:03 FROM THERE, THE LORD IS JUST -- HE IS DOING SOMETHING 22:07 HIGHLY UNUSUAL, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY END OF 22:11 TIME. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 22:12 THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND WE'RE SEEING MIRACULOUS 22:17 THINGS. IN ASIA, SOME MARVELOUS THINGS 22:20 ARE TAKING PLACE. AND SO GOD IS -- IS GROWING HIS 22:25 PEOPLE, NOT SIMPLY SO WE CAN ADD UP STATISTICS, AND MAKE NICE 22:30 BOASTFUL REPORTS ABOUT IT, BUT BECAUSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE 22:34 UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETIC ROLE THAT THIS MOVEMENT, THE ADVENT 22:40 MOVEMENT HAS AT THE END OF TIME AND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST 22:46 ANOTHER CHURCH, IT IS A MOVEMENT BORN OF GOD, PREPARING PEOPLE 22:50 FOR THE COMING OF JESUS, AND WARNING THEM OF WHAT IS GOING TO 22:53 COME ON THIS EARTH, BUT GIVING THEM GREAT HOPE. 22:57 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PRECIOUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE 23:00 CAN BRING. SO WE'RE IN -- WE'RE WORKING IN, 23:05 LIKE, OVER 215 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, OVER 21 MILLION BAPTIZED 23:09 MEMBERS, AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO 23:12 BE CONNECTED TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, IT'S EVEN LARGER, BUT WE 23:18 DON'T SIT HERE AND PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK BECAUSE OF THAT. 23:22 WHEN YOU THINK WILL ARE OVER 7.5 BILLION PEOPLE, THEN YOU 23:27 BEGIN TO SEE THE GREAT CHALLENGE. 23:28 THAT'S WHY W NEED TO PRAY EARNESTLY FOR THE LATTER RAIN OF 23:33 THE HOLY SPIRIT. TO PREPARE OUR OWN HEARTS AHEAD 23:37 OF TIME. SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE FORMER 23:41 RAIN, SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE LATTER REIGN, AND QUESTION WITH 23:45 BE UNITED IN OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE 13 WORLD DIVISIONS OR 23:50 REGIONAL AREAS. AND THESE REGIONAL AREAS HAVE 23:54 THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE CONNECTIONS, BUT THEY ARE VERY 23:58 CONNECTED TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, OR THE WORLD 24:01 HEADQUARTERS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF 24:04 OPINION. WE HAVE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, 24:07 PEOPLE DON'T AGREE. WE TAKE VOTES, AND SOME 24:11 INDIVIDUALS DON'T SEE IT THE WAY THAT THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, BUT I 24:17 WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD 24:21 CHURCH IS VERY MUCH BEHIND WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THIS 24:25 CHURCH. >> GOOD. 24:26 >> AND IT'S SUPPORTING THE WORLD CHURCH. 24:29 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THERE ARE SOME AREAS 24:31 WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENCES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE 24:35 WORLD MISSION PROGRAM, AND IN ONE OF OUR MAJOR DIVISIONS, 24:41 WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, AND SOME 24:47 REAL CHALLENGES, WE HAD A MEETING JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO -- 24:51 >> UH-HUH. >> -- AND WE PRAYED EARNESTLY 24:54 ABOUT IT. WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE 24:58 DIVISION OFFICERS, THESE REGIONAL OFFICERS, AND WE OPENED 25:04 GOD'S WORD. WE STUDIED GOD'S WORD. 25:08 WE KNELT AND PRAYED TOGETHER. WE ASKED FOR THE LORD TO BE 25:11 PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE THERE. 25:14 >> AMEN. >> AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THE 25:18 HOLY SPIRIT MOVED IN A MARVELOUS WAY. 25:20 >> AMEN. >> WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF 25:26 FRICTION AND RHETORIC AND DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS, AND THE 25:35 HOLY SPIRIT WORKED IN A MARVELOUS WAY. 25:38 WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE. 25:43 IN JOHN 17, JESUS PRAYED FOR THE UNITY OF HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE 25:47 THAT IS A SIGN TO THE WORLD OF HOW HE WANTS US TO PROCEED. 25:52 SO THINGS ARE HAPPENING, MANY GOOD THINGS IN THE CHURCH. 25:56 AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO SIT AROUND AND 25:59 CRITICIZE, AND OH, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? 26:02 AND WHY -- GET INVOLVED WITH THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH. 26:05 WHEN YOU DO THAT, SO MANY OF THESE OTHER CONDITIONS PEOPLE TO 26:10 DROP OFF, AND THEY SEEM TO DISAPPEAR. 26:14 PEOPLE'S CRITICISM AND WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS ABOUT YOU ON THE 26:17 BLOG -- LET ME TELL YOU, I HAVE LONG SINCE LEARNED TO NOT WORRY 26:24 ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME, OR ABOUT THE CHURCH -- 26:29 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR THOSE 26:33 PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR YOURSELF 26:35 THAT YOU WILL BE CALM AND LOVING AND CARING, THAT YOU WILL 26:40 LISTEN. WE NEED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE. 26:42 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS, BUT NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED BY 26:47 WHAT PEOPLE SAY. >> OR DISTRACTED BY IT. 26:50 >> OR DISTRACTED. AND I MIGHT AD -- THIS IS 26:54 SOMETHING -- AND NANCY YOU CAN ADD TO, IF YOU WANT TO ON 26:59 SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY STRANGE RUMORS 27:04 THAT GO AROUND. >> YOU MEAN ABOUT THE CHURH? 27:07 >> ABUT PROPHECY, ABOUT PEOPLE, ABOUT PROCESS, AND I'LL NAME A 27:11 FEW THINGS. >> UH-HUH. 27:16 >> SOME RUMOR THAT HAS BEEN GOING AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF 27:20 YEARS NOW, AND IT CHANGES WITH THE CHANGING PRESIDENTS OF THE 27:23 UNITED STATES -- >> OKAY. 27:25 >> -- BUT THAT THE POPE CONTACTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE 27:29 UNITED STATES, WHO WAS TO CONTACT TED WILSON, THAT THE 27:33 NATIONAL SUNDAY LAWS WERE GOING TO BE ENACTED VERY SOON. 27:37 >> UH-HUH. >> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH 27:41 IN ALL OF THIS -- SOMEBODY CONTACTING SOMEBODY. 27:44 >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, I BELIEVE 100% IN WHAT 27:51 SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT AND THE WONDERFUL BOOK "THE GREAT 27:59 CONTROVERSY," AND OUR VIEWERS NEED TO READ "THE GREAT 28:05 CONTROVERSY," BY ELLEN WHITE FROM THE BEGINNING OF 28:08 CHRISTIANITY TO THE END OF TIME, IT PREDICTS THAT EVEN THIS 28:12 WONDERFUL COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE, THAT HAS PROMOTED 28:17 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND LET ME THANK GOD 28:23 FOR THE WONDERFUL WAY IN WHICH HE HAS BLESSED THE 28:27 UNITED STATES -- >> YES. 28:29 >> -- AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN HELPING LEGISLATURES AND 28:34 THOSE IN AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FOUNDATION OF A PROS 28:40 FERROUS WONDERFUL COUNTRY IS TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND 28:46 RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION, AND WHEN YOU BASE YOUR NATION 28:50 UPON GOD AND A BELIEF IN GOD, HE IS GOING TO BLESS. 28:54 AND GOD HAS BLESSED THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IN 29:04 PROBABLY THE SOMEWHAT NEAR FUTURE, THIS COUNTRY WILL 29:10 REPUDIATE THE VERY PILLARS AND FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 29:17 THAT IT HAS ENUNCIATED OVER THE YEARS. 29:20 I KNOW THAT NATIONAL SUNDAY LAWS WILL COME IN, IN THIS COUNTRY 29:25 AND AROUND THE WORLD. BUT RUMORS ARE NOT THE WAY TO 29:28 MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. THEY WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF 29:32 WHETHER SOMEONE THINKS THEY ARE HAPPENING OR NOT. 29:34 >> RIGHT. >> SO YOU GET A RUMOR LIKE THAT. 29:38 ALSO WITHIN OUR CHURCH, WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON A 29:42 TOPIC OF COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE TO POLICIES. 29:46 COMPLIANCE -- WHAT WE VOTE AS A MAJORITY, WE THEN AGREE THAT WE 29:52 WILL WORK WITH, EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WAS VOTED. 29:57 I MEAN I CAN REMEMBER THINGS THAT WERE VOTED IN OUR EXECUTIVE 30:01 COMMITTEE THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH, BUT WE VOTE THEM. 30:06 WE SAY THIS IS OUR CHURCH, I'M GOING TO MOVE WITH IT, EVEN 30:11 THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH IT. SO WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 30:19 DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS. SOME PEOPLE SAY NO, I WILL NOT 30:23 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT THE CHURCH IS DOING, BECAUSE IT'S 30:28 ACCORDING TO MY CONSCIENCE. WELL, NOBODY IS GOING TO FORCE 30:31 ANYONE AGAINST THEIR CONSCIENCE. THAT'S -- I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO 30:36 ABIDE BY THAT, BUT THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE 30:42 CHURCH, HAVE TAKEN ALSO A VERY CAREFUL UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN 30:48 WE VOTE SOMETHING, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, AND THE WAY 30:51 POLICIES WORK, AND THE WAY THAT AGREEMENTS WORK, IS THAT WE HAVE 30:58 A COLLEGIAL RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD'S 31:04 WORK. >> OKAY. 31:05 >> AND PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME OF THE STRANGEST IDEAS THAT 31:09 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IS GOING 31:13 TO REACH DOWN INTO LOCAL CHURCHES AND CONTROL PEOPLE 31:17 THROUGH COMPLIANCE COMMIT'EES AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF THING. 31:23 WE HAVE SET UP COMPLIANCE COMMITEES WHICH HAVE SIMPLY 31:31 ADVISORY THROUGH THE REGULAR STRUCTURE OF THE CHURCH. 31:34 NOT THROUGH SOME KIND OF SUPER POWERED BACKGROUND GRAB OF POWER 31:43 OR SOMETHING. VERY STRANGE THINGS THAT PEOPLE 31:45 COME UP WITH. SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR 31:49 CONCERNS, THEY NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THOSE IN AUTHORITY, WHETHER 31:52 OR NOT WHAT THEY ARE HEARING IS TRUE, OR IS SIMPLY SOME 31:58 FABRICATION, AND LOOK TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND DON'T BE 32:03 DISCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT 32:06 GOD HAS A PLAN, AN THAT LEADERS-IN GOD'S CHURCH, BY AND LARGE ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL, 32:14 AND THAT WE'RE NOT PAR OF SECRET SOCIETIES TRYING TO DO THIS AND 32:19 THAT, WE'RE JUST SIMPLE HUMBLE PEOPLE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, 32:24 TRYING TOO -- TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL. 32:28 SO MY ADVISE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING OR VIEWING OR 32:33 WHATEVER, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR OR SEE, 32:36 BECAUSE EVEN IN THE VERY END OF TIME, THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO 32:43 IMPERSONATE JESUS HIMSELF. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 32:45 >> AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS GLAMOROUS BEING, SO SAYS I AM 32:49 CHRIST, AND I CHANGE THE DAY OF SANCTITY FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY 32:55 FROM SABBATH TO SUNDAY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR BIBLE, AND YOU 33:00 SEE SOMETHING, AND YOU HER SOMETHING, YOU ARE GOING TO BE 33:03 TEMPTED TO BELIEVE IT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS COMPLETELY AGAINST 33:06 GOD'S WORD. >> RIGHT. 33:08 >> SO TEST THINGS ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD, AND FIND OUT 33:16 INFORMATION. ANYWAY I HAVE BEEN TALKING TOO 33:17 MUCH NOW. >> YOU HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT. 33:20 THAT'S WHY DOCTRINES ARE IMPORTANT, IMMORTALITY OF THE 33:25 SOUL. >> ABSOLUTELY. 33:26 WHEN YOU DIE, YOU HAVE SLEEP IN THE GRAVE, RIGHT? 33:31 AND SO UNTIL -- NET L LOSS -- UNTIL JESUS'S SECOND 33:41 COMING. BUT MANY BELIEVE WHEN A PERSON 33:44 DIES THEY GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN OR HELL, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH 33:49 THE DEAD. YOU SET YOURSELF UP TO BELIEVE 33:51 YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD. 33:54 IF THERE IS A SPIRIT LOOSE -- IN FACT THERE IS A CHRISTIAN MOVIE, 34:00 AND BY PEOPE WHO USED TO BE PART OF OUR CHURCH, ACTUALLY, 34:03 BUT THEY ARE PRODUCING, THAT IS SHOWING PEOPLE WHO DIED, AND 34:08 BASICALLY THEY -- LIKE ONE THAT SHOWED A TRAILER OF A LITTLE BOY 34:12 WHO -- WHO SAW HEAVEN AND SAW HIS GRANDPARENTS AND THEN HE 34:16 CAME BACK AND TOLD THEM, HEY, OUR GRANDPARENTS GAVE ME A 34:24 MESSAGE TO GIVE TO YOU. THEY ARE SETTING THEMSELVES UP 34:30 FOR A FALL. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE 34:35 KNOW -- WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE DIE, WE'RE ASLEEP UNTIL 34:40 JESUS COME, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE SIDETRACKED BY ALL OF THIS 34:46 STUFF. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO STUDY. 34:49 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT BY MY WORD I WILL NOT SIN AGAINST 34:56 THEE. AND IT'S WHAT HOLDS US AND KEEPS 34:59 US SAFE. AND I'M TRYING TO MEMORIZE MORE, 35:02 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I HAVE A SLEEPLESS NIGHT, I FIND THAT 35:08 JUST QUOTING SCRIPTURE IN MY MIND IS SO COMFORTING AND SO 35:13 ENCOURAGING, BECAUSE IT'S GOD SPEAKING TO ME. 35:15 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I THINK ONE OF SATAN'S 35:19 BIGGEST PLOYS IS TO KEEP US SO BUSY THAT WE CROWD GOD OUT OF 35:24 OUR LIVES. >> UH-HUH. 35:27 >> AND HE KNOWS THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE THAT TIME EVERY DAY WITH 35:34 JESUS, JUST ONE ON ONE -- >> RIGHT. 35:36 >> NOT -- I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHURCH OR PRAYER MEETING OR ANY 35:42 OTHER MEETING AT CHURCH, THIS IS JUST ONE ON ONE TIME BETWEEN ME 35:46 AND GOD, TO TALK TO HIM, TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE, TO READ HIS 35:54 WORD, AND TO ABSORB IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE NEED TO PRAY 36:00 BEFORE WE STUDY AND ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE US SPIRITUAL 36:05 DISCERNMENT, AND WHAT CAN I LEARN TODAY IN THE SCRIPTURE 36:08 THAT I CAN APPLY TO MY OWN LIFE, BECAUSE GOD MAKES IT PRACTICAL 36:14 FOR HERE AND NOW. IT'S NOT JUST WRITTEN FOR 4,000 36:18 YEARS AGO, OR 2,000 YEARS AGO. IT'S APPLICABLE TO OUR DAILY 36:24 LIVES. AND A FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME 36:26 SHE SAID DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUSY MEANS? 36:28 I SAID, NO. WELL, I DO IT'S WHEN YOU ARE 36:34 FRANTICALLY RUNNING AROUND, AND HE IS SAID, IT MEANS BEING UNDER 36:41 SATAN'S YOLK. AND IT'S SO EASY TO GET SO 36:46 CAUGHT UP IN LIFE TODAY THAT WE CROWD THE LORD OUT, AND IT'S 36:52 ONLY AS WE ARE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO HIM THAT WE CAN LIVE 36:57 THE ABUNDANT LIFE FOR HE LONGS FOR US TO LIVE. 37:03 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> LET ME PICK UP ON WHAT NANCY 37:06 HAS SAID. IN THIS AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA -- 37:09 >> UH-HUH. >> -- WHEN YOU ARE ABSORBED, YOU 37:13 KNOW, BY -- BY THESE LITTLE DEVICES -- 37:16 >> YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ] 37:17 >> AND THERE ARE MANY POWERFUL THINGS ABOUT IT. 37:21 WE NOW HAVE CELL PHONE EVANGELISM, IT IS REALLY 37:24 BECOMING A POWERFUL TOOL. I MEAN YOU -- YOU CAN HAVE -- I 37:28 HAVE THE BIBLE ON HERE. I HAVE OTHER SPIRITUAL 37:32 ENCOURAGEMENT RIGHT ON THIS, SO -- BUT WHEN YOU ARE SO DRIVEN 37:37 BY WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY -- >> UH-HUH. 37:40 >> AND DO. >> -- AND DO, SOCIETY BECOMES 37:45 THE DETERMINING FACTOR, RATHER THAN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 37:48 THE WORD OF GOD SAYS. >> OH, YEAH. 37:51 >> AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO -- WE GET INTO A WAR 37:55 BETWEEN WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS AND WHAT SOCIETY SAYS IS POLITICALLY 38:01 CORRECT. >> UH-HUH. 38:02 >> AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS -- YES, WE NEED TO 38:06 BE KIND. WE NEED TO BE ACCEPTING. 38:08 WE NEED TO BE LOVING TO PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THE 38:13 WORD OF GOD AS THE DEFINING FACTOR IN WHAT IS GOOD AND EVIL. 38:18 >> AMEN. >> YOUR MIND IS NOT THE FINAL 38:22 DETERMINING FACTOR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 38:23 >> IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING FAR BEYOND YOU, SO THIS WHOLE IDEA 38:28 THAT NANCY IS -- IS -- IS SUGGESTING, WHICH IS A VERY -- A 38:34 VERY IMPORTANT POINT, WE NEED TO BE ABSORBING GOD'S INSTRUCTION 38:37 TO US ON A DAILY BASIS. >> UH-HUH. 38:40 >> AND SPENDING TIM IN PRAYER AND IN AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 38:44 HIS WORD IS SAYING TO US, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY, AS SHE WAS 38:51 SAYING, VERY RELEVANT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING OF 2,000, 38:54 4,000 YEARS AGO. IT IS VERY RELEVANT TODAY 38:58 BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE THROWN ROOM OF HEAVEN. 39:01 THE SAME GOD THAT WROTE AT THE VERY BEGINNING THROUGH MOSES, 39:06 AND ON THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE VERY GOD WHO IS ALIVE 39:10 TODAY AND IS SPEAKING TO US IN MANY WAYS THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND 39:16 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO US. 39:18 >> UH-HUH. >> RATHER THAN TO SIMPLY SAY, 39:21 WELL, I WONDER WHAT THIS PERSON SAYS AND THIS -- I GUESS I'LL 39:25 FORM MY OPINION BASED ON THAT. SOCIETY IS BECOMING SO 39:30 PERVASIVE, THAT SOON RIGHT AND WRONG WILL BE LOST SIGT OF, 39:34 ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD SAYS. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK 39:37 BACK TO THE BIBLE. >> IT'S HAPPENING NOW. 39:40 >> IT IS. >> IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 39:44 >> -- UH-HUH. >> SO WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL 39:58 ABOUT OUR TIME WITH GOD, OTHERWISE SATAN WILL DISTRACT 40:04 US. SO WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL TO 40:08 SET SOME TIME ASIDE FOR GOD. >> UH-HUH. 40:13 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE IF -- SOCIAL MEDIA, IF WE USED THAT TO GET 40:28 THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD? >> UH-HUH. 40:30 >> THESE COUNTRIES HAVE PHONES. AND I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AN 40:35 AMAZING THING THAT IF WE USED IT FOR THE GOOD -- THAT'S WHY AT 40:39 3ABN WE HAVE APPS THAT YOU GO TO 3ABN AND GET ALL EIGHT NETWORKS, 40:46 24/7, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AROUND, SO ANWHERE IN THE 40:48 WORLD, PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT. BUT PEOPLE SEND ME THINGS, AND I 40:53 HAVE GOT ON AND HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT ME FOR INSTANCE. 40:57 WHEN YOU ARE IN A FISH BOWL AND YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN ME, BUT 41:04 WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU, AND THEY'LL SAY, OH, HE DID SUCH AND 41:09 SUCH, AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL SAY ARE YOU SURE IN OH, NO. 41:14 SO AND SO TOLD MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND SHE TOLD ME. 41:19 AND THEY ARE LIKE, THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD 41:25 ANY GOSSUP. >> RIGHT. 41:33 >> BUT USING ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN UP IS SO 41:39 IMPORTANT. >> ABSOLUTELY. 41:40 LET ME POINT OUT -- THIS IS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT -- BUT TO 41:44 POINT OUT ONE PARTICULAR TOPIC, WHERE SOCIETY HAS SO SHAPED 41:49 PEOPLE'S VIEWS IN THE LAST -- ESPECIALLY EIGHT TO TEN 41:54 YEARS -- >> UH-HUH. 41:56 >> -- WHERE NOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO -- THOSE WHO ARE 42:02 TRYING TO FOLLOW THE SCRIPTURE, THEY ARE TRYING TO REINTERPRET 42:10 SCRIPTURE TO WHERE IT WILL CONFIRM WITH WHAT SOCIETY SAYS 42:14 IS POLITICALLY CORRECT. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE 42:27 LGBTQIA, WHERE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE 42:31 COME FROM, AND THE CHALLENGES. BUT SCRIPTURE IS VERY CLEAR 42:35 ON -- LET'S TAKE FOR INSTANCE, WELL, HUMAN SEXUALITY IN 42:46 PARTICULAR, BUT MARRIAGE. THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT 42:49 MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. 42:51 >> UH-HUH. >> NOT BETWEEN A HOMOSEXUAL 42:57 ARRANGE. THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT 43:02 HOMOSEXUALITY. THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT 43:06 ERRANT HETEROSEXUAL ACTIVITY. THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT 43:10 HUMAN BEINGS NEED TO LIVE ACCORDING TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS 43:17 AND RULES. AND IF YOU FAIL, IF YOU SIN, 43:20 THERE IS A LOVING SAVIOR WHO IS WILLING TO FORGIVE AND HELP YOU 43:28 BEGIN A NEW LIFE. SO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 43:32 CHURCH CERTAINLY WANTS TO BE CARING AND LOVING, TAKING INTO 43:37 CONSIDERATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM, AND WHAT THEIR 43:39 SITUATION IS, BUT TO TAKE THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FIND 43:44 VICTORY IN JESUS, WHERE THE LORD CAN BRING ABOUT A -- AS IT SAYS 43:49 IN THE SCRIPTURE, THAT ANYONE WHO IS IN CHRIST, THEY ARE A NEW 43:54 CREATURE. THIS IS A SUPER NATURAL THING 43:57 THAT TAKES PLACE. HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT EXPLAIN 44:01 THAT. THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE IS WHY 44:05 DRUNKARDS BECOME SOBER, IT'S WHY MEAN PEOPLE BECOME LOVING CARING 44:14 PEOPLE, WHY PEOPLE WHO ARE SELFISH, BECOME THE MOST GIVING 44:20 PEOPLE. IT'S CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE 44:23 INTERNALLY, BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 44:25 AND ANY PROBLEM THAT WE FACE, JESUS DOES HAVE THE ANSWER. 44:29 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AMEN. 44:31 >> SO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ACCEPTS THE BEAUTY OF 44:40 BIBLICAL SEXUALALTIVE -- BIBLICAL 44:48 SEXUALITY, AND HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT WHAT GOD ACCEPTS. 44:53 FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY MIGHT SAY THAT'S A TERRIBLE AFFRONT TO 44:58 PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT POLITICAL 45:00 CORRECTNESS SAYS, BUT GOD SAYS HE WANTS US TO COME TO HIM AS WE 45:05 ARE, AND ACCEPT HIM, AND HE WILL CHANGE US. 45:08 YOU DO NOT ACCEPT JESUS AFTER YOU STRAIGHTEN YOURSELF UP, 45:12 AFTER YOU PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS. 45:17 YOU COME TO JESUS AND YOU SAY, LORD, I AM HELPLESS, I NEED YOU, 45:25 AND THEN IS WHEN GOD WORKS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IN YOUR 45:30 LIFE. THAT'S THE CONVERSION 45:32 EXPERIENCE, AND WE DO IT WITH GOD'S LOVE. 45:35 >> AMEN. >> I REALLY WOULD LIKE OUR 45:38 VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAS PLAN, AND THAT PLAN IS 45:43 SOMETHING THAT HE CAN HELP TO PUT INTO EFFECT, AND IT IS ONLY 45:47 THROUGH HIS POWER. >> YOU HIT IT EXACTLY -- I 45:50 MEAN -- THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. BECAUSE YVONNE AND I HAVE TALKED 45:55 ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES. IT'S THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, AND 45:58 IT'S -- IT'S -- YOU WATCH ALL OF THE LIBERAL NEWS, AND IT MAKES 46:05 YOU THE BAD GUY IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT EVEN THE 46:09 BIBLE -- I KNOW OF A CHURCH -- AND I'M SURE YOU ARE 46:13 AWARE OF IT TOO, WHERE THEY HIRED AN OPENLY -- MAN SAID I'M 46:19 A GAY, OPENLY, BUT HIRED HIM AS A MUSIC DIRECTOR IN THE CHURCH. 46:25 WELL, THERE MAY BE SOME, BUT NORMALLY WE'RE NOT TO JUDGE WHAT 46:30 SOMEBODY DOES. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS I'M 46:34 OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL, AND THE PEOPLE SAID WE FELT LIKE WE NEED 46:38 TO LOVE AND SUPPORT HIM, SO WE BROUGHT HIM IN AND SAID THIS IS 46:43 WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THEM IN AND LOVE THEM. 46:48 AND I SAID, BUT WHAT IF I CAME TO YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR 46:53 TREASURER, AND MY DAD WAS A THIEF, AND I'M A THIEF, AND I 46:57 STEAL A LITTLE BIT. CAN I BE YOUR TREASURER? 47:02 THE CHURCH IS GOING TO SAY, NO. WHY NOT? 47:05 >> -- BECAUSE IT'S WRONG. BASED ON WHAT? 47:12 BECAUSE THAT'S STEALING. OKAY. 47:14 SO I COME TO THE NEXT CHURCH AND I SAY I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR 47:19 YOUTH DIRECTOR AND I SMOKE POT A LITTLE BIT, AND DO DRUGS A 47:23 LITTLE BIT, BUT BASICALLY I'M A GOOD PERSON, AND I REALLY FEEL 47:27 LIKE I COULD DO WHAT YOU WAT ME TO DO, AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO 47:31 SAY? YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, NO, NO, 47:33 THAT'S THE LAST INFLUENCE WE WANT AROUND OUR KIDS? 47:36 . WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE YOU. 47:38 WHY NOT? WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S WRONG. 47:41 WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WRONG IN WELL, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 47:45 THAT'S WRONG. I CAN GO DOWN EVERY COMMANDMENT 47:48 AND THEY WILL TELL ME NO. BUT ON THIS ONE, THEY WILL SAY 47:56 IT'S DIFFERENT. AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR 48:00 ACADEMIES, THEY ARE DOING SURVEYS AND ABOUT 40% SAY IT 48:07 ISN'T AN ISSUE. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 48:11 ANYBODY INDIVIDUALLY, OR ANY ONE SIN, BECAUSE IF I SAID HEY, I'M 48:15 AN ADULL -- ADULTER, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT PEOPLE WILL 48:24 SAY THIS IS DIFFERENT, AND HE IS MADE THAT WAY, BUT WE HAVE 48:30 TO -- IF ALL OF THE OTHER COME MANAGED -- COMMANDMENTS ARE 48:39 IMPORTANT, SO IS THIS ONE. NONE OF US ARE PERFECT, BUT ON 48:46 THE OTHER HAND WE CAN'T CONDONE OPEN SIN. 48:50 >> ONLY BY THE GRACE OF JESUS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LIVE OUR 48:56 LIVES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. EXCEPT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD 49:00 THERE GO WE AS WELL AS OTHERS. SO THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT US 49:06 PERSONALLY, THAT IS BETTER THAN SOMEBODY ELSE. 49:08 IT IS AS WE SUBMIT TO THE LORD, AND TRULY UNDERSTAND HIS WILL 49:12 FOR OUR LIVES, AND HIS POWER TO CHANGE US -- 49:15 >> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH. 49:18 >> -- THAT WE CAN THEN LIVE LIVES THAT ARE AN HONOR TO HIM. 49:24 >> I THNK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. 49:27 BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T SAY TO YOU, CHA 49:33 CHANGE. HE SAYS I WILL GIVE YOU THE 49:35 POWER TO CHANGE. GOD DOESN'T JUST TELL US, DO 49:38 THIS, THIS, AND THIS, AND THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN. 49:43 WITHOUT HIM, WE CANNOT DO IT, BUT WITH HIM, WE CAN MAKE ALL OF 49:50 THESE CHANGES. BUT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT 49:54 IT IS FIRST IN ORDER TO SUBMIT TO GOD. 49:57 AND WE HAE MINISTRIES -- LIKE COMING OUT MINISTRIES THAT GO 50:01 INTO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND TALK 50:05 ABOUT VICTORY. THESE ARE FORMALLY -- THESE ARE 50:09 FORMERLY GAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE 50:17 POWER OF GOD. AND THEY TALK ABOUT VICTORY 50:21 THROUGH CHRIST. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE 50:24 SUPPORTIVE OF MINISTRIES LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE PREACHING 50:27 TRUTH. THEY ARE SAYING, YOU CAN BE 50:30 DELIVERED. GOD HAS A BETTER WAY. 50:33 THEY ARE SAYING GOD HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU. 50:35 >> AND I WANT TO -- I WANT TO ENCOURAGE INSTITUTIONS AND 50:40 CHURCHES TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF COMING OUT MINISTRIES. 50:44 THIS PARTICULAR MINISTRY -- >> YES. 50:46 >> -- THEY ARE VERY SINCERE, DEDICATED PEOPLE, AND WE NEED TO 50:51 GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO PEOPLE WHO CAN IDENTIFY WITH OTHERS AND 50:55 SHOW THEM WHAT JESUS HAS DONE IN THEIR OWN LIVES. 50:58 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO COMING OUT MINISTRIES 51:02 DOING VERY WONDERFUL WORK. >> AND THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO 51:08 TELL US THAT THEY WERE IN THIS OTHER LIFE -- SOME OF THEM FOR 51:13 MANY YEARS, BUT THEY ARE MUCH HAPPIER NOW. 51:18 THEY HAVE THAT PEACE AND JOY THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE IN THEIR 51:22 PREVIOUS LIFE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 51:23 >> BECAUSE -- I WAS JUST LOOKING UP 1 CORINTHIANS 3:19, THE 51:30 WISDOM OF THE WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS TO GOD -- 51:35 >> UH-HUH. >> GOOD. 51:36 >> -- AND IT IS ONLY AS WE SEE THINGS THROUGH GOD'S EYES, AND 51:42 WE KNOW THAT TRUTH NEVER CHANGES. 51:45 TRUTH IS ETERNAL, BECAUSE GOD NEVER CHANGES, AND HIS TRUTH 51:49 IS -- THE BASIS OF IT IS LOVE. AND WHAT -- WHAT HE HAS SAID TO 51:53 US, TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE THE MORE ABUNDANT LIFE IS JUST 51:58 WRAPPED IN LOVE, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PROTECT US FROM PAIN, 52:03 SORROW, AND HURT, AND -- SO TRUTH NEVER CHANGES, AND I THINK 52:07 TODAY OUR SOCIETY IS NOT LOOKING HERE FOR TRUTH. 52:10 >> ALL RIGHT. >> THEY ARE LOOKING TO SOCIETY 52:14 FOR TRUTH. >> THAT'S TRUE.3 52:15 >> AND IT'S -- IT'S -- WELL, WE SEE THE WORLD IS IMPLODING. 52:21 FAMILIES ARE BEING DESTROYED, AND -- AND I THINK THAT'S 52:24 WHY -- BECAUSE OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE WORL, PEOPLE ARE MORE 52:28 RECEPTIVE TO BIBLICAL TRUTH TODAY THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN, 52:38 BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MEANING IN LIFE, SOMETHING TO 52:43 HANG ON TO, THAT WILL HELP EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE SEEING 52:48 AROUND THEM, AND GIVE THEM HOPE. AND WE HAVE NO HOPE APART FROM 52:54 JESUS AND STRENGTH APART FROM HIM, AND JOY APART FROM HIM. 52:58 AND HE IS WILLING, HE IS LONGING TO GIVE THAT TO US. 53:03 WE KNOW WITH HIM ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 53:09 WITHOUT HIM, NOTHING IS POSSIBLE. 53:11 >> WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES LEFT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT 53:14 OVER TO YOU ALL -- I CAN'T BELIEVE TWO HOURS HAS -- 53:19 >> IT HAS GONE BY TOO FAST. I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A 53:25 WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE IT IS TO HAVE A WIFE THAT IS SO COMMITTED 53:29 TO THE LORD. SHE TAKES TIME IN THE MORNING TO 53:33 STUDY GOD'S WORD. SHE DIGS IN. 53:36 SHE IS A REAL PERSON OF PRAYER, AND IT -- IT JUST MAKES ME SO 53:42 HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT WHO IS ENCOURAGING ME, BUT IN SO 53:49 MANY WAYS. LET ME READ THREE VERSES THAT I 53:54 THINK WILL ENCOURAGE ALL OF US. IT'S FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS 53:58 FROM THE 4TH CHAPTER. A FAMILIAR PASSAGE, BUT IT IS SO 54:04 EXCITING, BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT JESUS, WHO IS IN THE MOST 54:08 HOLY PLACE OF HEAVEN RIHT NOW, IN THE LITERAL SANCTUARY. 54:11 I BELIEVE THERE'S A LITERAL SANCTUARY. 54:17 IT SAYS VERSE 14-16, SEEING WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH 54:22 PRIEST -- THAT'S JESUS -- WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE 54:25 HEAVENING, JESUS, THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD FAST OUR 54:31 CONFESSION. SO HERE IN THE LAST DAYS WHEN 54:33 SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY IS PUSHING US, HOLD FAST TO OUR 54:38 CONFESSION IN THE WORLD OF GOD, FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST 54:44 WHO CANNOT SEARCH THIEZ WITH OUR WEAKNESS, BUT WAS TEMPTED AS WE 54:48 ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN. >> YES. 54:51 >> LET US, THEREFORE, COME BOLDLY TO THE THROWN OF GRACE, 54:56 THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF 55:00 NEED. AND IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME OF 55:02 NEED, IT'S NOW. WE NEED TO COME BOLDLY TO THE 55:08 TIME OF GRACE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THE 55:11 CHURCH -- AND THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER. 55:13 NOT JUST PASTORS AND CHURCH OFFICERS, IT'S EVERYBODY IS 55:18 CALLED TO BE OF SERVICE TO GOD. EVERYONE WHO IS BORN -- OR WHO 55:25 BECOMES A NEW CHRISTIAN, IS BORN A MISSIONARY. 55:29 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THIS. 55:31 I LEAD IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOOK, STEPS TO CHRIST, AND IT'S 55:36 A MARVELOUS BOOK, IF OUR VIEWERS HAVEN'T READ IT, YOU HAVE GOT TO 55:41 GET A COPY OF THIS. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS GOD'S 55:45 APPOINTED AGENCY FOR THE SALVATION OF MEN. 55:48 IT'S MISSION IS TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD. 55:51 I WANT TO URGE EVERY LOCAL CHURCH, EVERYWHERE, EVERY 55:55 INDIVIDUAL IN THOSE CHURCHES TO BE PART OF A CHURCH, A LOCAL 56:00 CHURCH THAT IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN TOTAL MEMBER 56:04 INVOLVEMENT. OPEN YOUR CHURCH DOORS, HAV 56:07 COMMUNITY OUTREACH, HEALTH OUTREACH, HELPING PEOPLE WITH 56:12 COOKING CLASSES, CHILD CARE, HELPING TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO 56:15 TOUCH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE JUST AS JESUS DID. 56:18 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 56:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 56:21 OUR TIME IS ABOUT ALL GONE. I WANT TO ASK OUR FOLKS AT HOME 56:25 TO JOIN US WITH. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT 56:28 PRAYING TODAY. WE WANT TO PRAY FOR ELDER WILSON 56:31 AND NANCY THAT THE LORD BE CONTINUE TO PUT A LEGION OF 56:42 ANGELS AROUND THEM. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU 56:45 PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY, AND WE'RE JUST GOING 56:50 TO GO OUT PRAYING. WE WANT TO YOU TO JOIN HANS OR 56:56 REACH OUT SYMBOLICALLY. DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR 56:59 LIFE AND FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH, AND TODAY, HEAVENLY 57:04 FATHER WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT ELLER WILSON, AND NANCY COULD BE 57:09 HERE WITH US, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM, 57:13 GUIDE THEM, WATCH OVER THEM, AND YOU WILL BLESS THEM MENTALLY, 57:19 PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. YOU SAID YOU HAVE COME TO GIVE 57:22 US LIFE AND TO GIVE US . . . ♪ |
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