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00:03 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:15 Hello, friends, all around the world. 01:17 Welcome to 3ABN Thursday Night Live. 01:21 That's right, we are live right now. 01:24 And it's such a blessing to know that 01:25 this is going all around the world, 01:27 The Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 01:29 where we're all about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 01:31 And you know what? 01:33 We're just thankful 01:34 that you're joining us now at this time, 01:35 you could be doing anything else. 01:37 And I just want to tell you don't turn the channel, 01:39 don't stop this program. 01:40 You want to be with us tonight, 01:42 because we have a very, very special program, 01:44 a special two hours dedicated to talking about the gospel, 01:48 the everlasting gospel evangelism and how you 01:52 and everyone you know, 01:53 so tell your friends, tell your family members all, 01:55 you're not too late to join in, call everybody up. 01:58 And let's gather around and let's talk about evangelism 02:00 and how we can get this gospel to all the world. 02:04 And we have some special guests. 02:06 We have ASI in the building. 02:08 It's a blessing to have the President of ASI, 02:10 Brother Steve Dickman, 02:12 and we also have 02:13 the Vice President of Evangelism, 02:15 Brother Rodney Bowes down there, 02:17 all the way down there at the end of the table. 02:20 We're sitting at this big table, 02:21 it looks like you're so far away. 02:22 But we're trying to practice good social distancing here. 02:25 But we have a powerful two hours 02:27 in which we're going to be talking about 02:29 a new, wonderful, exciting evangelistic effort 02:32 that ASI is initiating, 02:34 and they're inviting you. 02:36 That's right, me, you 02:37 and everyone around the world to participate. 02:39 But before we get into that, 02:41 before we give our formal introduction 02:44 of our guests tonight and the program, 02:46 we're going to go to a special musical number 02:48 that I know is going to bring a blessing to us all. 02:50 And that musical number is coming to us 02:52 from Miss Stephanie Dawn 02:54 and she's going to be singing "Come To Me." 03:17 Come to me 03:22 All who are weary 03:29 I'll give you rest 03:35 I'll give you rest 03:45 Come to me 03:50 I'll take your burden 03:59 Come to me 04:04 I will give you rest 04:14 Come to me 04:19 All who are weary 04:25 I'll give you rest 04:31 I'll give you rest 04:41 Come to me 04:46 I'll take your burden 04:55 Come to me 05:00 I will give you rest 05:07 For I am gentle 05:13 And humble of heart 05:22 Lord of meek 05:26 And you shall find peace 05:31 Unto your souls 05:44 Come to me 05:49 All who are weary 05:55 I'll give you rest 06:01 I'll give you rest 06:10 Come to me 06:15 I'll take your burden 06:24 Come to me 06:29 I will give you rest 06:39 Come to me 06:43 All who are weary 06:52 Come to me 06:58 I will give you rest 07:13 Come to me 07:25 Amen. Thank you so much, Stephanie. 07:28 She has such a beautiful voice 07:30 and just such a pleasant personality. 07:32 I've got to talk with her 07:33 and as produced some of the music 07:36 that was that she's come here to record before 07:37 and has such a beautiful voice 07:39 and really makes the music come alive 07:41 and reach the heart. 07:42 So thank you, Stephanie, for that. 07:44 All right. 07:45 You know what, without further ado, 07:46 Brother Steve Dickman and Rodney Bowes from ASI. 07:51 How are you fellows doing? 07:52 It's a blessing to have you both here. 07:54 Well, it's a blessing to be here at 3ABN. 07:56 What a pleasure to come and partner with 3ABN 08:00 helping to get these three angels' messages 08:01 to the world. 08:03 Amen. Praise the Lord. 08:04 And Rodney all the way down there. 08:05 You're the... 08:07 Brother Steve, you're the President of ASI. 08:10 And Brother Rodney, 08:11 you're the Vice President of Evangelism and ASI. 08:14 So kind of talk about 08:16 what it is you guys do individually. 08:19 And since I went down there to the end the table, 08:20 I'll start with you, Rodney 08:22 and then we'll get back to Brother Steve. 08:23 ASI is evangelistic just in its name, actually. 08:27 But we have a department that focuses on evangelism. 08:31 And so, my job is to help develop tools 08:36 and inspire our ASI members. 08:38 And anyone actually who is part of our convention, 08:42 or who is watching any program, 08:44 inspiring them to do evangelism. 08:47 Amen. Praise the Lord. 08:49 And as president, 08:51 that's got to be a big that's a big title, 08:53 big responsibility. 08:55 What is it that you do as president for ASI? 08:58 Well, I get to do everything no one else wants to do. 09:00 That's the President's job, right? 09:02 Okay. 09:03 But basically provide leadership 09:05 for the organization. 09:07 And so I've been serving 09:08 as president for ASI since 2015. 09:11 Okay. 09:12 And so this will be six years now 09:15 that God has blessed me with this opportunity. 09:18 It's a volunteer position. 09:20 And so I have a day job that I work at actually to, 09:24 you might say, get a paycheck, right? 09:25 But you know, Ryan, to me, 09:29 ASI is such a beautiful organization. 09:33 And the reason I engage in ASI, 09:35 and the reason I invest my time and energy in ASI 09:39 is because I believe that 09:41 if we can activate the laypeople 09:43 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 09:46 if we could just take 09:47 a small segment of the laypeople 09:49 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 09:50 just think about the business people, 09:53 the professional people and the ministries 09:55 and that's basically where ASI focuses. 09:58 Take that group of people 10:00 and if you could get all of those people, 10:02 all of these Seventh-day Adventist business people 10:04 and professional people in a room and say, 10:07 "You're 100% in, 10:08 let's finish this job 10:09 of getting the gospel to the world." 10:11 The energy, the passion, 10:13 the ideas that would come out of that, 10:15 I believe could really help to change the world, 10:18 and to accomplish mission. 10:20 And so, I just see it as a powerful tool 10:23 to help get the gospel to the world. 10:24 And so, I'm so happy that I've had the opportunity 10:28 to engage and help ASI. 10:29 It's been a real blessing to me personally, 10:32 as well as, as well as you know, 10:35 just the work of doing it is a blessing to me. 10:37 Amen. Amen. 10:39 I can I can say amen to that. 10:40 Because I know there's probably millions of people 10:43 all across this globe 10:44 who have whether they know it or not 10:46 have been positively influenced by the Ministry of ASI. 10:49 ASI, A-S-I, 10:51 what does that stand for one more time? 10:53 Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. 10:56 Amen. 10:58 So it's the... 10:59 It's the lay side of the church integrally connected 11:04 as a department of the North American Division. 11:06 ASI is a department of the North American Division. 11:08 So it's really tied to the church. 11:11 And it came out of the work 11:13 that was done at Madison College. 11:15 Madison was started in 1904. 11:17 And by 1947, 11:19 there were so many missionaries 11:20 coming out of the work at Madison 11:22 that the church said, 11:23 "We need a way to talk to these people 11:25 that are going abroad and doing work." 11:27 And here in the United States even doing work 11:29 in a more formal way. 11:31 And so, that, the organization was formed at that point. 11:34 Later we included the business people 11:36 and brought in the professionals, 11:38 but basically really powerful opportunity 11:42 to connect the work 11:44 of the administration of the church 11:47 with the work that the laypeople are doing, 11:49 and called by God 11:51 to do powerful work around the world 11:53 and in combination with the church. 11:55 Amen to that. 11:57 you know, you missed a group in the ASI. 12:02 What about our young people? 12:03 Oh, young people. 12:04 Rodney, thank you because we have in the last few years 12:07 actually started a special initiative 12:10 to reach out to the next generation. 12:13 Because a lot of times, honestly, 12:15 probably ASI is looked at 12:16 as kind of the older generation. 12:19 But we realize, we recognize 12:21 that we need that younger generation coming in 12:23 now to pick up the reigns and to take leadership 12:27 when some of us are not able. 12:29 And so we're excited. 12:30 We have a ASI, YP team, 12:33 young professional team 12:34 that is actually planning special events 12:36 at our convention special programming 12:39 to minister to the younger generation. 12:41 And we're excited about that initiative. 12:43 Hmm. Amen. 12:45 Praise the Lord to that. 12:46 So you guys just have your hands 12:48 in just about everything it looks like 12:49 and I can actually say 12:50 because I've heard Danny 12:52 and I've heard several people mentioned the story before. 12:54 I mean 3ABN to a certain extent 12:56 probably wouldn't be where we are 12:58 if it wasn't for the relationship 13:00 and the partnership with ASI. 13:03 And I think I've heard Danny tell the story somewhere 13:05 I think it was back in 1986 in Big Sky, Montana 13:09 where he pitched I think maybe for the first time 13:12 the concept of 3ABN to the leadership 13:16 and the people there at ASI. 13:18 And I think you mentioned me you were there? 13:19 I was there. 13:20 Tell us a little bit about that? 13:22 It actually was, 13:23 I was not connected directly with ASI at that point. 13:26 Right. 13:27 But my father and mother were attending that event 13:29 as members of ASI 13:30 and they had invited my wife and I 13:32 to come there and join them. 13:34 So we met in Big Sky, Montana. 13:37 And I can remember that convention 13:38 and because it was kind of a special 13:40 because it was, you know, 13:42 we're getting together 13:44 and then when Danny Shelton 13:46 and the story of the beginnings of 3ABN, 13:48 and all the excitement surrounding that at the time. 13:51 So there's been a partnership that existed for a long time. 13:54 I never imagined that 13:55 maybe I might have a part to play in that, 13:57 but the God, the Lord has arranged that 14:00 and it's been a blessing to me to partner with 3ABN. 14:04 And it is a strong partnership between ASI and 3ABN, 14:08 and we really love that. 14:10 The opportunity for us 14:12 to provide stories of laypeople doing real things 14:16 and then ASI, you know, 14:19 when we have our meeting 14:20 3ABN comes and they broadcast it live, 14:22 it's just, it's a really good relationship 14:25 and we value our relationship with 3ABN. 14:27 Absolutely. 14:29 I think it's been more than 25 years now 14:31 that 3ABN has been airing ASI programs over the air. 14:37 And so this partnership has been special. 14:39 And to hear, 14:40 I mean, I'm looking at this outline here 14:42 of all that we're going to be talking about 14:44 as far as this new evangelistic opportunity 14:46 and all that you guys have, 14:48 the Lord has used you to produce 14:50 and to create to help 14:51 open the door for more and more people 14:53 to evangelize and share the gospel. 14:55 And I'm excited about it. 14:57 Before we get into why you're here tonight 14:59 to discuss this new initiative. 15:01 I understand you guys normally as most of us would know 15:04 we look forward 15:05 to the big ASI Convention every year. 15:07 I understand you didn't do one last year 15:09 COVID probably has... 15:10 There's a little interruption. 15:12 COVID had a little something to do with that, 15:14 but tell us what the plans are for 2021 ASI Convention? 15:19 So we have been working diligently 15:22 to rearrange the convention 15:24 because we believe that 15:26 we need to physically come together 15:28 for this convention. 15:29 All right. 15:30 Last year we did not have that opportunity, 15:32 this year we were scheduled 15:34 to be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 15:36 but it looked like 15:38 that there were going to be some difficulties with that, 15:41 so we were able to arrange 15:42 an exit strategy from Grand Rapids 15:44 and as of today we have a signed contract 15:48 with the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort 15:50 in Orlando, Florida 15:52 for August 4 through 7. 15:54 All right. 15:56 Now, assuming that in a few get this evening 16:01 I may get a text, 16:02 and we'll have a special announcement 16:04 about registration for that event, 16:06 but we are working diligently. 16:08 We want to have an in-person event. 16:09 Okay. 16:11 And we want to be able to come together 16:13 and the purpose of coming together 16:16 is to connect and network and strategize 16:20 about how to be more effective 16:22 in finishing the work 16:24 of getting the three angels' messages to the world. 16:27 Right now ASI has had in fact voted officially 16:31 in its executive committee 16:33 and its leadership 16:37 it's voted officially 16:38 that our highest priority right now 16:42 is to get the three angels' messages to the world. 16:45 Nothing else is that high of priority, 16:47 so that's our most important thing right now. 16:50 Absolutely. 16:51 And I believe that God's going to help us 16:53 and I believe He's going to keep the door open for us 16:55 to meet together personally individually 16:57 and to be there 16:59 and to encourage each other, to pray for each other 17:01 and to go forth from that event 17:04 re-energized and empowered to help share the message. 17:07 Absolutely. 17:08 And I just respond to that with a hearty amen 17:11 because that's exactly what we're all about 17:13 that's who we are as a people, 17:14 that's why God raised up 17:16 the Seventh-day Adventist movement 17:17 to take the three angels' messages 17:19 to all over the world, 17:20 that's why this network 3ABN, 17:23 The Three Angels Broadcasting Network exists, 17:26 because we're all about making sure that 17:28 in this lost and dying world 17:29 that every single person hears the three angels' messages 17:33 and hears the gospel in this time 17:36 and we certainly could use 17:38 the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ 17:40 in such a dreary time that we're living in, 17:44 but there's exciting things coming ahead. 17:46 In fact, you know what? 17:48 When I first looked at 17:49 what we were going to be talking about this evening, 17:51 the first thing that comes to my mind, 17:52 I'm just gonna put it out there, 17:54 have you ever gotten that phone call, 17:57 let's say it's around 3 AM in the morning, right? 18:00 Usually when you get a phone call 18:01 at 3 AM in the morning, 18:03 you usually don't expect it to be 18:05 and I'm gonna use your words here 18:07 about supper or about something else right here. 18:10 You usually you receive that call 18:12 and you know that there's probably something there 18:14 that you're going to be talking about 18:16 what's happening 18:17 on the other side of that phone call 18:19 is probably something of an alert 18:20 your attention is being brought to something, 18:23 3 AM call, 18:24 we're not here to talk necessarily 18:26 about a phone call at 3 AM in the morning, 18:28 but we are here to talk about the 3 AM call. 18:32 What is the 3 AM call? 18:34 Tell us about that? 18:35 New ASI initiative, let's talk about that? 18:37 The 3 Am call is the three angels' messages, 18:41 3 AM call three angels' messages call, 18:45 and we believe it's very urgent. 18:47 And, you know, Ryan, 18:48 I was thinking about this 3 AM call 18:51 telemarketers don't call you at 3 AM, right? 18:54 I mean... We hope not. 18:56 It doesn't work, right? 18:58 Because they know that you're normally sleeping. 19:00 A 3 AM call is urgent. That's right. 19:03 It's very important 19:04 and it is a call to action actually. 19:07 You know, a 3 AM call is not one that 19:10 you just hit silence and go back to sleep. 19:13 And so the 3 AM call 19:15 is our urgent initiative from ASI 19:18 that we can engage one another in the world 19:21 in taking the three angels' messages 19:24 to every person on this planet. 19:26 Okay, okay. 19:28 So 3 AM call, three angels' messages call 19:31 speaking of call, okay? 19:33 Before we go any further into talking about 19:35 and breaking this apart 19:36 as to what exactly this is all comprised of. 19:40 I want to encourage our viewers, 19:42 you may hear something tonight that may spark 19:44 you'd maybe want to interact with us, 19:45 maybe you have a question that you want to ask 19:48 and there's a couple of ways you can do that 19:50 and we'll try our best to get to those questions 19:52 throughout this program, 19:54 but there's two ways that you can correspond 19:57 and communicate with us tonight, 19:59 that's by email and text. 20:00 First, you'll see text there, 20:02 618-228-3975. 20:07 I think text is what we're doing tonight. 20:09 So text again 618-228-3975. 20:14 So if you have a question, send those questions in. 20:18 And or you can email us there 20:20 at live, that's live@3abn.tv. 20:24 So two ways text and email, and that email address, 20:27 there's on the screen live@3abn.tv. 20:31 So send those questions in. 20:33 And as they come in, 20:34 we'll try our best to get to those questions. 20:35 I suspect, there's going to be some questions. 20:38 And before we get into this 3 AM call, 20:41 it's about the three angels' messages. 20:43 I just got to put this out there 20:44 because I know there's probably someone watching here 20:46 that may be new to 3ABN programming 20:48 that may, for the first time, 20:50 just heard about the three angels' messages. 20:53 What in the world are you talking about 20:55 when you say three angels' messages? 20:59 You know, I summarize it this way, Ryan. 21:02 It's God's end time message, 21:06 His love message to a generation 21:10 that's living in a world that needs to rescue. 21:12 Absolutely. 21:14 I mean, if you look around the world today, 21:15 you have to say our world today needs a rescue. 21:17 That's right. 21:19 And this is God's call. 21:20 He says, 21:21 "Listen, I'm coming soon. 21:24 And I want everyone in My kingdom." 21:26 Absolutely. 21:27 "I don't want to leave anyone out." 21:29 So let me give my people a special message 21:32 and we find it Revelation Chapter 14. 21:35 Some people think Revelation is like 21:36 this book you can't understand. 21:38 But the three angels' messages is a clear call from God. 21:43 Come, My people, I love you, and I want you in My kingdom. 21:47 Don't listen to the enemy. Amen. 21:49 Don't go the other way. 21:51 Listen to Me, come to My kingdom. 21:53 This controversy 21:55 that has existed in the universe 21:57 is soon to be over. 21:59 And God is calling for His people to come home. 22:01 Amen to that. 22:03 Praise the Lord, three angels' messages. 22:05 You know, I was not raised 22:07 a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 22:09 but I was raised a Christian. 22:11 And I have to say, 22:12 for the majority of my Christian upbringing, 22:13 I had never heard or even knew 22:15 what the three angels' messages were. 22:17 And primarily because 22:19 my gospel experience did not really comprise 22:22 of the study of Bible prophecy. 22:24 So I didn't really study 22:25 from the books of Daniel and Revelation. 22:27 But I'll never forget, 22:28 as God introduced 22:30 that great powerful gospel message to my family 22:33 via the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 22:36 and hearing those words, three angels' messages, 22:38 and then hearing it for the first time. 22:40 I just want to read this really quickly. 22:41 For those I'm gonna read this very first angel's messages 22:44 to all three messages to the entire world. 22:46 But Revelation 14:6, it says, of course, John the Revelator, 22:51 he is, he has envisioned and he sees here and he says, 22:53 "I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 22:57 having the everlasting gospel to preach to those 23:00 who dwell on the earth 23:01 to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people." 23:05 And then when you read verses 7 23:07 all the way through 14 there, 23:09 you have the three angels' messages. 23:11 It includes the everlasting gospel 23:14 going to all nations, tribes, tongues, and people. 23:17 And I love that first angel's message 23:18 all of them, 23:20 but first angel's message is so powerful, 23:22 as it says there in verse 7, saying with a loud voice, 23:24 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 23:26 for the hour of His judgment has come, 23:29 and worship Him 23:30 who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea 23:32 and the springs of waters." 23:34 What a powerful gospel message. 23:35 You know, there's a couple things 23:36 just jumped out at you when I read these words. 23:39 For instance, 23:41 what is this 23:42 that it would require a special messenger to bring? 23:45 Right. 23:46 And what is this 23:47 that they would need to say it with a loud voice? 23:49 There's something about this message 23:51 that says it's important. 23:53 And so, you know, 23:55 for us as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 23:58 believing that 23:59 this message needs to go to the entire world, 24:02 that this is a literal statement. 24:04 It needs to go to every nation 24:05 and kindred and tongue and tribe and people. 24:07 That's a big job. Absolutely. 24:09 We need everybody to engage in helping to do that. 24:11 Amen. 24:12 You know, one thing I'd like to also point out is verse 12, 24:16 because that is right there in the third angel's message 24:19 which is Seventh-day Adventists. 24:21 We understand is the message 24:23 that we really need to be trumpeting 24:25 to the world today, right? 24:27 But the third angel's message 24:28 is really the most fearful message. 24:30 Wouldn't you agree? 24:32 I mean, it's a warning against 24:33 receiving the mark of the beast. 24:35 But at the end is verse 12. 24:37 "Here's the patience of the saints, 24:40 here are those who keep the commandments of God 24:42 and the faith of Jesus." 24:45 It's really all about Jesus. 24:46 And it's a message of righteousness by faith. 24:48 That's right. 24:50 I think that's very important to note, 24:52 and these messages, as you mentioned, Steve, 24:55 are right before Jesus comes. 24:57 You see in verse 14, 24:59 there's Jesus on the cloud one like the Son of Man. 25:03 And so these three messages are warning to the world. 25:07 But they're also a preparation for God's people. 25:10 They are preparing the saints. 25:12 That's right. 25:13 And something you mentioned, Ryan, 25:15 that really strikes me 25:17 is how most of the world has no clue 25:21 what these messages are. 25:23 Just last night, when I arrived in St. Louis, 25:27 at the airport late at night, 25:29 I was talking to the person behind the counter, 25:32 very friendly, very friendly lady. 25:34 And we got to talking and she said, 25:36 "What are you doing here in this area?" 25:37 I said, "I'm going to 3ABN. Have you heard about it?" 25:40 She said, "No, what is Three Angels Broadcasting Network?" 25:44 I said, "It's a Christian program." 25:46 She said, "Interesting. 25:47 What are you going to talk about?" 25:49 I mean, is this amazing or what? 25:51 I said, 25:52 "It's about the three angels' messages 25:53 of Revelation 14? 25:55 Have you heard about it?" 25:56 "No, I have no idea," 25:58 was her response? 25:59 But here's the thing. 26:01 There are many Seventh-day Adventists 26:02 who don't know it either. 26:04 That's right. 26:05 Yeah. And that's just it. 26:06 And I'm glad 26:08 that you brought us down to verse 12. 26:09 Because I actually, I think I made a mistake earlier 26:11 in saying that it goes to verse 14. 26:13 The three angels' messages 26:14 actually go from verse 6 to verse 12. 26:16 But you're right, verse 14, 26:18 you see Jesus Christ coming back on a cloud, right? 26:22 We know that those are clouds of angels, 26:23 He's coming back to get His people. 26:25 And these three angels' messages 26:27 must, they have to be preached to all the world 26:29 before Jesus can come? 26:31 And I love what you said earlier, 26:32 Brother Steve, 26:34 that this is God's love message. 26:35 This is like His final love letter to say, 26:37 "Hey, look, I love you. 26:38 I'm your Creator, returning to worshiping Me, 26:41 because I'm coming soon. 26:42 And I want you to be in My kingdom." 26:43 That's what all the three angels' messages 26:45 are all about. 26:46 And I appreciate you guys bringing that about there. 26:48 I'd like to bring out one more point about this. 26:51 And that is the angels themselves 26:53 that are bringing the message, 26:55 because what is an angel in the Bible? 26:59 It's a messenger. 27:00 And as you study this, 27:02 I personally have come to the conclusion 27:05 that the angel 27:06 is a representation of the people 27:09 who will be taking the message. 27:11 Amen. Amen. 27:12 So I think the fact that they're flying in mid-heaven 27:15 is an indicator of a speed 27:17 at which the message needs to go. 27:19 That's right. 27:20 And I think that they're speaking with a loud voice 27:22 is an indicator of the urgency 27:25 that the message needs to have as we take it to the world. 27:28 Right. 27:29 So we're not excluded from this. 27:31 This is not, let's wait and see 27:32 when the angels show up and shout this stuff. 27:34 No, let's engage personally, individually 27:39 studying this, understanding it, 27:41 allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us 27:44 so that we can effectively share this message 27:46 with those who are in danger. 27:49 And we can warn them, Jesus is coming soon. 27:51 That's right. 27:53 It's time for us to commit our lives to Him, 27:55 and to allow Him 27:57 to give us that experience that Rodney talked about. 27:59 That faith experience, so much trust in Him, 28:02 and so much trust in His saving power, 28:05 that we're not afraid. 28:06 We know we have a relationship with our Savior. 28:09 And we can rest in peace. Amen. 28:12 Praise the Lord. I love that. 28:13 You speak of the speed 28:14 that this message is going to take. 28:16 As we're sitting here, 28:18 and this message is going all around the world. 28:19 And I've heard Danny say it several times, 28:21 and I forget the actual numbers, 28:23 but just seconds that it takes to get from here 28:26 all the way so many thousands of miles 28:28 out into outer space to this satellite, 28:30 and then you know beams all the way around the world 28:33 to all these different locations. 28:35 It's powerful to know that 28:36 God is getting that message out there. 28:38 And He will do all that is necessary. 28:39 And He wants us to co-labor with Him, 28:42 which is why we're here to talk about 3 AM call. 28:46 So let's break it down. 28:48 Let's talk about what is this 3 AM call 28:50 and how can people, 28:52 how, there may be someone watching right now, 28:53 based on all that we've said just in the past few minutes, 28:55 I want to be a part of this three angels' call movement 28:58 to take the three angels' message to the world. 29:01 Tell us how we can do that? 29:02 Well, we've got 29:03 several different opportunities tonight. 29:05 But I'd like to address our audience here, 29:07 actually ask you to take out your phone 29:09 even right now 29:11 or your tablet or your iPad, your computer, whatever it is, 29:14 and go to the website, the3amcall.org. 29:19 You will see a big blue button there 29:21 that says register to become a 3AM missionary. 29:25 We want to encourage you to do that right now. 29:28 Rodney, what's the age range here? 29:29 I mean, do we have a cut off 29:31 how young you have to be or how old you have to be? 29:34 As long as you can use a device. 29:36 How about that? 29:37 Well, I have a five year old grandson 29:39 that's using a device. 29:41 That is fine. 29:43 The reason I say that is because 29:46 God can do amazing things. 29:47 You remember reading the Great Controversy. 29:50 God used young children 29:51 who were out playing, you know, in their childhood enjoyment. 29:56 God would move upon them, 29:58 the Holy Spirit would inspire them. 29:59 They would stand up 30:01 and they would preach the gospel messages 30:03 and then they'd go back to playing. 30:05 So yes, I believe 30:06 anyone who can understandably use a device. 30:10 How about someone who is maybe in their 70s, 30:13 would they qualify or in their 80s? 30:15 Okay. All right. 30:17 So at our local church we have a number of people 30:20 who are in that age category 30:23 and have signed up for the 3AM Call. 30:25 So I would say, over 100, 30:29 there's no limit until you're in the grave. 30:32 Until you can't breathe. 30:34 Until you cannot... 30:35 You can't be a part of this sharing business. 30:37 Most definitely. Amen. 30:38 You know, I want to talk about something though, 30:40 Ryan, just as a point of interest. 30:43 This initiative was born right here at 3ABN. 30:46 This is not something that happens somewhere else. 30:48 ASI was here last year, virtual convention. 30:50 Almost a year ago. 30:52 About a year ago. That's right. I remember. 30:53 This month. 30:55 And it was exciting times, 30:56 we were doing a virtual convention, 30:58 we're in the midst of a pandemic, 30:59 the first stages of a pandemic and Elder Wilson, 31:02 our Seventh-day Adventist Church president 31:04 was speaking virtually to us for one of our meetings. 31:08 And afterwards, Rodney and I were eating together. 31:11 And we said, you know, 31:14 that statement that Elder Wilson made, 31:17 this moved me, it said something to me, 31:20 something needs to be different. 31:21 Maybe I don't have my priorities right. 31:24 You know, we actually have that statement, 31:27 that statement that resonated with both of us we have. 31:29 Yeah, let's look at it. Yeah. 31:31 So it is a powerful statement. 31:33 Let's bring it up here. 31:35 It's from the book Evangelism, page 119. 31:38 Notice what it says, 31:39 "In a special sense 31:41 Seventh-day Adventists 31:43 have been set in the world as watchmen and light-bearers. 31:47 To them has been entrusted the last warning 31:50 for a perishing world. 31:52 On them is shining wonderful light 31:54 from the Word of God." 31:55 Listen to what it says, 31:57 "They have been given a work of the most solemn import, 32:01 the proclamation of the first, second 32:04 and third angels' messages." 32:06 There is and this is this point. 32:09 "There is no other work of so great importance. 32:12 They are to allow nothing else to absorb their attention." 32:17 That is what really... 32:18 This is what got us talking. 32:20 Because I'm sitting there thinking, 32:22 actually, right, I'm sitting there thinking. 32:24 Right. 32:25 There's other things in my life that I'm paying attention to 32:28 more than the three angels' messages. 32:31 And I think my priorities need to be readjusted. 32:35 And you're not the only one. 32:36 You know, and so as Rodney and I were talking, 32:38 we're eating lunch, we're talking, we're saying, 32:40 "Wow, there's nothing else 32:42 that's supposed to really absorb our attention 32:44 as much as this message. 32:45 What are we going to do?" 32:48 And so, we began to strategize and to think and to pray, 32:52 and to call some of our friends. 32:53 We actually took a walk after lunch, 32:55 and we start calling people. 32:56 And we said, 32:57 "What do you think? 32:59 Should we have maybe some kind of initiative 33:01 to pull together 33:02 and to see what we can do to get more focus 33:05 on these three angels' message?" 33:07 And so, this 3AM Call initiative 33:10 was born right here about a year ago. 33:13 Wow. 33:14 That's powerful. 33:16 So here we are. 33:17 So here we are. Here we are. 33:18 And now we're talking about the 3AM Call. 33:21 And it's starting to gain traction. 33:23 We're gonna see a slide a little bit later on, 33:25 that shows where we're at and where we want to be. 33:28 But Steve and I were talking about 33:31 what it would be like 33:32 if we had 1,000 Seventh-day Adventists 33:36 or 10, 000 Seventh-day Adventist, 33:38 who were all devoted 33:40 to sharing the three angels' message, right? 33:43 I mean, that's the job 33:45 of our pastors and evangelists, right? 33:47 That's why we think, that's their job, 33:50 they should be doing it. 33:52 But what would happen if all the laypeople 33:54 were doing the same thing, 33:55 and we had the synergy of all of us focused on that? 33:59 And then we get to talking and said, 10,000. 34:02 We said, 34:04 "Why do we think so small anyway?" 34:05 I mean, this is the win. 34:08 How many people on planet earth? 34:09 Seven plus billion 34:11 on pointing towards 8 billion almost. 34:14 You know, that's a few more than 10,000 34:17 and 10, 000 has been scratched the surface. 34:19 So Rodney and I imagine that 34:22 maybe we should think of a larger number 34:24 and that we really did serve a God 34:25 who was capable of doing the impossible. 34:28 And so, we imagine maybe 50 or 100,000. 34:31 Then we said, but that's really nothing either. 34:33 Right. 34:34 And so, Rodney, what did we imagine? 34:37 Well, we came up to our first goal of 1 million. 34:42 We're gonna put it on the screen. 34:44 But we have one more slide actually that's very powerful, 34:47 which is a quote from Ellen White 34:49 in a letter to Waggoner, E.J Waggoner. 34:51 Okay. All right. Let's look at that quote. 34:53 It says, 34:54 "The theme of greatest importance 34:56 is the third angel's message, 34:58 which we talked about, 34:59 embracing the messages of the first and second angels. 35:03 All should understand 35:05 the truths contained in these messages 35:07 and demonstrate them in daily life, 35:11 for this is essential to salvation." 35:15 I have a question, 35:16 whose salvation do you think it's essential for? 35:18 Mine. Yeah, everyone. 35:20 It's essential for my salvation 35:21 that I be involved in helping to share this message. 35:25 I believe it's twofold. 35:27 There's a world out there, 35:28 many people have no idea about a loving God, 35:31 they have no clue about Jesus Christ 35:34 who died for them. 35:35 You know, the church, 35:37 I'm so thankful 35:38 that our focus is shifting toward the unreached, 35:41 the 10/40 Window populations, 35:44 two-thirds of the world's population, 35:46 many of them have never heard the good news of Jesus Christ, 35:49 let alone the three angels' message. 35:52 So salvation is for us, 35:55 and for those that we share with. 35:57 And that's why I love to do Bible studies 35:59 and why I like to preach, 36:01 because every time I do, God speaks to me too. 36:05 And He speaks louder to me if I'm sharing 36:08 than if I'm just reading on my own. 36:10 Amen. Praise the Lord. 36:12 And you know what, you may be watching tuning in right now 36:14 for the first time. 36:15 We're here with President of ASI Ministries, 36:19 Brother Steve Dickman, 36:20 and the Vice President of Evangelism, 36:22 Brother Rodney Bowes, again both from ASI. 36:25 We're talking about 36:26 this new three angels' messages initiative, 36:29 3AM Call 36:31 and how you and me and everyone 36:32 can become involved 36:34 in taking the gospel to the world 36:36 to as many people as possible. 36:38 And you may be watching the program, 36:39 you may have a question 36:41 that may be pertaining to the three angels' messages 36:43 or maybe pertaining to this new 3AM Call 36:46 evangelistic initiative. 36:47 And we want to tell you 36:49 how you can send in those questions right now. 36:51 Again, you can text it in 36:52 and the number's right there on the screen at 618-228-3975. 36:59 Again, 618-228-3975. 37:03 Text in your question 37:05 or you can email us your question. 37:08 There's the email address on the screen there 37:11 live@3abn.tv. 37:14 Again, that's live@3abn.tv. 37:17 So send in those questions, 37:19 we'll do our best to get to those 37:20 during the time we're together tonight. 37:22 3AM Call, 37:24 you know, as you're talking about those numbers, 37:26 and we're going to get back to those numbers, 37:27 because you had a goal number that you're reaching, right? 37:29 You said you started at what some 5,000, 10,000. 37:33 And it's like, what are we doing here? 37:34 You know, that number seems too small, right? 37:36 Because seven and a half plus billion people in the world 37:40 that we're living in today. 37:41 And I think what is it the Adventist membership 37:43 is somewhere north of 20 million, 21 million, 37:46 something like that. 37:47 And I saw, I know we're going to talk about this 37:48 in a little while. 37:50 You know, I myself do some evangelistic training 37:51 on the road. 37:53 And I was going through some of the grow your church, 37:56 you know, presentations, 37:57 and were teaching people how to evangelize. 37:59 And I think they had put it, I forget the specific, 38:03 the specific stat, 38:05 but it was something along the lines of, 38:07 you know, in the lower percentage 38:08 is that just a small percentage of Seventh-day Adventist 38:12 would win a soul. 38:14 We all just focused on winning a soul, 38:15 training one soul for the mission of God's work, 38:20 creating disciples for the church, 38:22 it's total member involvement perspective. 38:23 But it's just like, 38:25 I think it was somewhere around you know, 38:26 like 10% or 15%, or something like that, 38:29 that just in 12 years 38:32 we would reach the world with the gospel. 38:34 And we think of that, and it's just like 38:36 that just so farfetched, right? 38:37 Seven and a half, 38:39 7.8 billion people in the world, 38:40 and that many people if you just, 38:42 if each one were to reach one. 38:44 And that kind of sounds so strange to think about, 38:46 but it's possible. 38:48 It's possible. 38:49 I mean, we wouldn't even be sitting here talking about it 38:51 if it wasn't possible, 38:52 and for us to co-labor with the Lord 38:54 in taking the gospel to the world. 38:55 And that's what this 3AM Call is all about, 38:59 so let's talk about. 39:00 It could literally happen instantly. 39:02 And I think we've all seen it in COVID. 39:05 Do you remember 39:07 when the pandemic first started coming out? 39:09 Yeah. Right. 39:11 How quickly do you think 39:12 the entire planet knew about COVID? 39:14 I mean, serious, 39:16 you think it was just a couple of days, 39:18 a couple of weeks at the most, right? 39:20 And then literally everyone, 39:22 you could have been in the deepest jungle, 39:25 and I am almost 100% sure 39:28 that they would have known what it is. 39:30 Before COVID, I used the example of Coca Cola. 39:33 Because, you know, I've traveled around the world 39:35 as a missionary and been to a lot of countries. 39:38 And I have seen that Coca Cola has a vision. 39:41 Do you know what their vision is? 39:42 What's that? 39:43 It's a can of coke in the hand of every person on the planet. 39:46 Wow. That is their vision. 39:48 And they're serious about it. 39:49 If you see the pictures, 39:51 they've got their Coca Cola on the back of camels. 39:54 They've got it loaded up, 39:56 you know, on people carts and not oxcarts, but people. 40:01 What if we as a Seventh-day Adventist Church 40:03 had that same laser focus 40:06 of sharing the three angels' messages 40:09 with the entire world? 40:10 What could happen? 40:11 So we do have a goal. 40:13 Have a goal now, yeah, let's talk about that. 40:14 We have a slide that we want to put up 40:16 that talks about our goal. 40:17 All right. 40:18 And it has to do with our goal 40:20 in relationship to the General Conference session next year. 40:25 Our goal is inspiring 40:26 and equipping as many self-supporting, 40:29 this is a key point, we'll come back to it, 40:31 self-supporting lay missionaries 40:34 as possible to do comprehensive evangelism, 40:37 specifically sharing the three angels' messages 40:41 by the General Conference of 2022. 40:44 A couple of key points, 40:46 self-supporting lay missionaries. 40:48 Okay. 40:49 We already mentioned pastors and evangelists. 40:52 They're paid to do that. 40:53 Right? Right. 40:55 We are wanting to provide materials 40:57 that people can just do it on their own. 41:00 They don't need to go out and get a big budget 41:03 and say, I got to build a TV studio 41:05 or, you know, I need all this support 41:08 to do this mission. 41:11 We want to put materials that everyone can use. 41:13 That's right. 41:15 You have a smartphone. 41:16 You have any connection to internet at all, 41:20 and a lot of the world does. 41:22 The materials are literally at your fingertips. 41:25 Wow. 41:27 Powerful materials, 41:29 which you started to talk about, 41:32 the Grow initiative. 41:33 Yeah. 41:34 So we talked about a little bit of the Grow initiative. 41:36 This is something that I was actually introduced, 41:38 I think back in, 41:40 might have been the fall, for me, 41:41 at least for the first time I heard 41:43 it was back in the fall of 2019. 41:44 We had, I think it was Wes Peppers 41:46 and some evangelism coordinators. 41:49 Yeah, it was a few, 41:51 a few from the Michigan Conference. 41:52 And they were about to start up an evangelistic effort, 41:55 and Wes Peppers shared that with me. 41:57 And it was basically, in a nutshell, 42:00 what I had been taught in my four month program 42:03 at the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism, 42:05 just packaged a little differently 42:07 and communicated a little differently. 42:08 But when I saw this Grow initiative, 42:10 it just, it's so simple, 42:12 but it's profound in the sense that it works. 42:15 I have seen it work, 42:17 I've implemented this even in my evangelistic effort. 42:19 And if everyone would just practice it, 42:22 and follow those steps very simply, 42:25 and allow the Holy Spirit to lead them to just share. 42:28 And as simple as sharing a testimony, 42:31 or sharing a few texts of the Word of God, 42:32 you're sharing Jesus with someone, 42:34 and it's powerful to see how, 42:36 if you follow those steps that grow pattern, 42:39 you know, the preparing of the soil, 42:41 and we're going to talk about all that. 42:42 But yeah, and even, 42:44 we're gonna even get into The New Beginnings. 42:45 Talk about how powerful of a tool 42:47 The New Beginning series is as well. 42:49 And I've used those as well. So it's very, very good tools. 42:53 So when we look at this thing, our objective, 42:55 ASI's objective 42:57 is to empower laypeople 43:00 to help get this message to the world. 43:02 If you added up all the preachers 43:04 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 43:06 and each one of them got very active, 43:09 and maybe had 50 people baptized a year, 43:12 you still have a low number. 43:14 But if you take all the laypeople, 43:16 and you get them active, and each just reaches one, 43:19 you yourself have said how quickly this could grow. 43:22 That's right. 43:23 And so, our objective is empower the laypeople, 43:26 and let them do 43:27 what God has already called them to do 43:30 with a variety of tools 43:32 and the variety of gifts God has given each one. 43:35 We believe that 43:36 this can be a powerful opportunity for God 43:39 to work through people 43:41 and helping to get this message to the world. 43:42 So we have a variety of tools, a simple website, 43:47 people can go there, they can sign up. 43:50 Rodney's already challenged them 43:51 to go there right now to start signing up. 43:53 I wonder if anyone signed up. 43:55 Rodney, what do you think? I think so. 43:57 I think there have been signups. 43:59 But I would like to mention, though, 44:01 that this is a platform, it's a learning platform. 44:04 We have a slide that shows the 3AM Call. 44:08 It shows specifically the courses that we have, 44:11 because what it is, is a learning platform. 44:14 And it shows these courses, right? 44:17 There is, you see the first one in the upper left hand corner. 44:20 That's the orientation, the introduction. 44:23 And in that course, 44:24 we encourage people 44:26 to find out what their spiritual gifts are. 44:28 Yeah. 44:29 You know, we believe that 44:30 every person has been created by God 44:33 with very unique talents, their own personality. 44:36 We want to encourage them 44:38 to use that God given personality 44:41 to share the gospel. 44:42 But I believe that God is calling all of us 44:46 to get out of our comfort zone a little bit. 44:48 If we're afraid of knocking on doors, 44:50 I believe God is saying give it a try. 44:53 If we're scared of public speaking, 44:55 give it a try. 44:56 You know, I was afraid of public speaking 44:59 back in the high school days, right? 45:03 I remember I was just so nervous 45:05 and so scared. 45:06 Now I love it. 45:07 I mean, I really love to preach, 45:11 share Bible studies with people. 45:12 It is just so amazing. 45:15 So that's number one. 45:17 But you saw the other things on that screen, right? 45:19 Those are all modules, their courses. 45:22 And so, ASI invested in this platform. 45:26 It's a learning platform. 45:27 So every week, you will get an email, 45:30 and it will say, 45:31 you are completed with this assignment, 45:35 you have this much to go. 45:37 It's your reminder to keep you going. 45:38 And there are certificates, some people have asked, 45:41 "Are there certificates for this thing?" 45:43 Yes, we have a little certificate 45:45 that says you have participated in such and such a course. 45:49 And the first one is grow. 45:51 That is the first one because we believe that 45:54 every one of us 45:56 as members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 45:59 are called to be disciples, 46:02 and disciple makers of Jesus. 46:06 Amen. Praise the Lord. 46:07 So there's the grow staying there. 46:10 And this is powerful, 46:11 because many people don't realize that 46:14 in order to be truthfully successful 46:16 and this grow 46:18 what you're seeing on the screen here 46:19 is based on that powerful quote 46:22 from Ministry of Healing, I think page 143, 46:25 where she talks about Christ method alone. 46:28 Only Christ method alone 46:30 can bring true success in the evangelistic effort. 46:32 And when we look at that, 46:33 if we can bring that up there one more time on the screen, 46:34 the grow cycle. 46:36 This is what we call an evangelism cycle. 46:38 And so when they take this course, 46:40 so this is a part of the course, 46:41 when they take this course, you're going to learn 46:43 what it means to go through 46:44 and to implement in your church, 46:46 in your community an evangelism cycle. 46:50 So you prepare the soil 46:51 and it's based off 46:53 of a kind of an agricultural planting perspective, 46:55 Jesus used a lot of these 46:57 types of illustrations in His parables. 46:59 And I can guarantee something. 47:01 Ryan, when you look at this slide, 47:03 I guarantee you something. 47:04 If you skip one of those steps, you're in trouble. 47:07 That's right. Absolutely. Okay. 47:08 If you ignore this, say, 47:09 I'm not going to prepare the soil. 47:11 I'm just going to go plant, you're done, 47:13 you're not getting the harvest. 47:15 Okay, so that's a very important 47:17 if I'm disciple. 47:18 I'm glad you said that. 47:20 Because many people's idea is of evangelism is just, 47:23 you know, I will, I know what this is. 47:24 And I know what the Bible says. 47:25 So I'm just going to go out there and just, 47:27 you know, share with people, certainly encouraging that, 47:29 certainly not discouraging that. 47:31 But there has to be an intelligent, 47:32 methodical way you go about it. 47:34 And I don't know of a person at all 47:35 that just takes a bag of seeds 47:37 and goes out and throws seeds on the ground, right? 47:39 On just any type of soil, you got to prepare that soil 47:42 and prepare them to receive that seed 47:44 that you're going to plant. 47:46 And that's what the Grow, 47:47 that Grow initiative is all about. 47:48 It's powerful. 47:50 And what's so beautiful about this particular course, 47:52 is it has little five minute videos 47:55 that are put together 47:57 by Pastor Howard and Kameron DeVasher. 48:01 Yeah, and they are excellent, just five minutes. 48:03 And then it has a little quiz. 48:05 And it really encourages us to become engaged. 48:09 Too often we can be, what do we call them, 48:13 sideline Christians or just spectators? 48:17 Let me ask a question. 48:19 Is there really such a thing? 48:20 Do those two things really go together? 48:21 It's an oxymoron, actually. 48:23 Because if we're a Christ follower, 48:26 and we are not engaged 48:28 in helping to lead other people to Him, 48:31 are we really Christ follower? 48:32 Because that's what He was doing. 48:33 That was the work He was doing. 48:35 And if we say, we're following Christ. 48:38 But yet we're not engaged in his work, 48:40 what have we really done? 48:41 Right. 48:43 And so what I really love about this Grow course, 48:45 is that it can be implemented on a personal level. 48:48 That's right. 48:50 But there's so much synergy. 48:52 If the church can take this, 48:55 bring it to their board and reinvent the church. 48:58 And I'm so glad that 48:59 you've been involved in these kinds of trainings. 49:01 I really like the graphic. 49:03 Did you notice it, it says Grow and then in parentheses, 49:07 it is your church. 49:08 Right. 49:09 You put your name there, your church. 49:11 That's great. 49:12 I'd like to encourage all of those 49:14 who are watching the program right now. 49:17 Just imagine this icon with your church in that slot. 49:22 That's what God wants to do. 49:24 He wants to grow your church. Amen. 49:26 I love that, 3AM Call, three angels' message call. 49:33 And that's what we're talking about here, 49:35 with our friends from ASI. 49:38 Elder Steve Dickman, President of ASI 49:40 and Elder Rodney Bowes, 49:42 who is the Vice President of Evangelism. 49:45 So you know a little bit about evangelism. 49:47 And I could tell that you do as well. 49:48 And just hearing these brothers talk 49:50 and I'm excited about this effort, 49:52 because it's providing you. 49:54 That's right, you sitting at home 49:55 with the tools that you need to learn 49:58 how to be the best witness 49:59 that you could possibly be right now for Jesus Christ 50:04 as the gospel should be going to all the world. 50:05 Remember, Jesus said in Matthew 24, 50:07 that the gospel of His kingdom must go to all the world 50:09 before He returns. 50:11 And that's what we're discussing. 50:12 If you're just now tuning in, 50:14 we want to, if you may, you may have a question 50:15 that you want to submit to us 50:16 and we want to get to those questions 50:18 in the second hour tonight. 50:19 A couple of ways you can do that. 50:20 You can text us at 618-228-3975. 50:25 Again, 618-228-3975. 50:28 Text us your question, 50:29 or you can email us your question if you'd like 50:32 at live@3abn.tv. 50:35 As you see it there live@3abn.tv. 50:39 Send us in your questions, 50:40 because we're going to be taking those 50:42 in the second hour. 50:43 And you know, I have to just say, 50:45 as we're talking about registering for this, 50:46 because we want people to register this for, right? 50:48 And I actually did that 30 minutes before 50:51 we showed up tonight. 50:52 And I can I can... 50:54 We got it. 50:55 We got another missionary right here. 50:57 Three angels' missionary. 50:58 Was it hard? It wasn't. 50:59 And that's just what I wanted to witness to right now. 51:01 Because some people like, 51:02 "Well, you know, I'm not a computer savvy person. 51:04 And you know what they're talking about sounds great. 51:06 But it just sounds too complicated for me." 51:08 Let me tell you something, 51:09 you literally go to their website, 51:11 which we'll put up there again in just a moment. 51:13 Go to the website, here it is. 51:16 What does that say there? 51:17 The3amcall.org. 51:20 The3amcall.org. 51:22 It's as simple as going to that website. 51:25 And you click on sign up. 51:27 And literally, I think it took me less than a minute, 51:30 less than 60 seconds. 51:31 And I was already a part of the program. 51:33 I was right in there 51:35 and starting my very first lesson. 51:38 So it's powerful, powerful tool. 51:40 So on the screen, 51:41 you see that big blue button at the bottom of the screen, 51:45 you click that, that's all it is, 51:47 you just tap that on your phone or device, 51:50 click it on your computer 51:51 register to become a 3AM missionary. 51:55 And then the next screen says enroll in the course. 51:58 That's right. So it's two clicks away. 51:59 That's all it is. 52:01 And once you're in, you've started, 52:05 I'm going to tell you that 52:06 you're going to get an email now 52:07 from me every week. 52:09 And it's going to be practical. 52:11 You remember that quote that we read 52:13 that Ellen White wrote to Waggoner, 52:15 and said it needs to be a practical demonstration 52:17 in the daily life. 52:19 We have what we call 3AM missions. 52:23 So every week we have two missions, 52:25 sometimes three 52:26 that are practical ways 52:28 that we can implement the three angels' messages. 52:32 Amen. Praise the Lord. 52:33 Everything that we've talked about so far 52:35 with the overall initiative 52:37 and what you're trying to accomplish with 3AM Call. 52:40 And then we kind of got into the grow aspect, 52:44 that training session 52:46 that they're going to go through 52:47 to learn about the evangelism cycle 52:49 that you can do individually or for your church. 52:52 I just have to read this, 52:53 I referenced the Ministry of Healing, 52:55 page 143 earlier. 52:56 I want to read that, I have it here. 52:58 Powerful, this is what it says. 52:59 It says, 53:01 "Christ method alone will give true success 53:02 in reaching the people. 53:05 The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good." 53:09 He was preparing the soil. 53:10 That's right. He prepared the soil. 53:12 "He showed His sympathy for them, 53:14 friendship evangelism, 53:16 ministered to their needs, and won their confidence." 53:21 Okay, planting the seed. Yeah. 53:23 "Then He bade them, 53:25 "Follow Me." 53:26 Okay. The harvest, yeah. 53:27 So then comes the harvest 53:29 and the nurturing of the disciple, 53:30 the grafting into the mission, 53:32 all of what you talked, 53:33 all that we talked about so far, 53:34 and the Grow 53:36 and all of these different aspects of this 3AM Call 53:38 is basically based on 53:40 the premise of Christ method alone. 53:42 And so, I'm excited about it, guys. 53:44 I just looking at 53:45 all that you had on the screen there. 53:47 It looks like you guys have just created 53:49 a Mecca of evangelistic tools to help the average person. 53:54 Right, I want to mention something here. 53:56 Rodney and I talked about this, 53:57 as we were developing this project. 53:59 We said, you know, 54:00 it would be easy to get distracted. 54:02 Okay. 54:03 And there's a lot of things and different things 54:06 that exist out there that are in nature, 54:10 somewhat related to witnessing 54:11 and methods and different things. 54:13 I said, Rodney, we've got to work hard 54:15 to make sure that 54:16 whatever we put into this 54:18 is focused on the three angels' message. 54:21 Absolutely. 54:23 We're not diverted into something else. 54:25 We want to stay focused on that message, 54:27 because that's the message for our world today, 54:30 that we needs to get to the highest priority, 54:32 needs to get our top skills 54:34 and gifts and thinking and resources 54:37 put into getting that message to the world. 54:40 And as I was just looking here 54:42 at Revelation Chapter 14 in my Bible, 54:45 there's a heading just above verse 6, 54:47 and it says, 54:48 the harvest of the earth 54:50 is the title of this section of scripture. 54:54 And as I was thinking about that, 54:57 I thought, what we need to make sure 55:01 we know the harvest is coming. 55:03 Jesus is coming. He's coming soon. 55:06 If you look at the world, we kind of have to admit that, 55:10 and even people 55:11 who have no religious background 55:14 are asking questions in today's world. 55:16 What's going on? 55:17 There's something different today. 55:19 This is not business as usual. 55:22 So they're asking those kinds of questions 55:25 and the Bible has the answer. 55:27 That's right. 55:28 Yes, you're right, friend, 55:30 we're not living in just any time in world's history. 55:32 This is a very special moment in earth's history 55:35 when Jesus is about to come 55:38 and this message of the harvest is coming, 55:41 you know, is a powerful message 55:43 that needs to reach every heart 55:45 and not in a general way 55:47 but in a very specific way to our hearts. 55:50 God wants to reach in and touch us and say, 55:52 I have a place for you. 55:54 In John Chapter 14 He said, 55:56 "I'm preparing a place for you in My kingdom." 55:58 Amen. 55:59 I've got a special room prepared for you. 56:02 It's got your name on it. 56:05 What a tragedy it would be 56:07 if we missed telling someone 56:09 or someone missed the message because I didn't do my job, 56:13 because I didn't answer the call, 56:16 because I didn't engage 56:17 in recognizing God's call in my life 56:20 to help get this message to the world. 56:22 You know when I read the Bible, 56:24 it comes clear to me 56:26 that God is very broad in His calling. 56:28 That's right. 56:30 If you study He called farmers, He called physicians, 56:33 He called priests, He called rabbis, 56:36 He called the business people, He called all of these people, 56:40 He called fishermen, 56:41 He said follow Me, 56:42 I'm going to make you a fishermen. 56:44 That's right. 56:45 So, my friend, tonight 56:47 if you're listening to this program, 56:49 I just want you to know that God is calling you as well. 56:52 That's right 56:53 This is not some ethereal thing, 56:55 this is not a theory, it's a practical reality. 56:58 If you read the Bible, God is calling you. 57:01 He wants you to engage in His mission. 57:04 He wants to use you to reach a soul. 57:07 He wants to use you to have 57:08 another one of His children in His kingdom. 57:12 And if you're thinking tonight 57:13 this is too hard or I can't do this, 57:15 we're going to share some things 57:17 in our next hour, 57:18 that I believe will help you change your mind. 57:21 That's right. Amen. 57:22 Hey, we just got this engine going, right? 57:26 We still have lots more 57:27 to talk about in our second hour. 57:29 Don't go away, 57:30 and if you haven't sent in those questions, get them in. 57:33 We're going to take just a short break. 57:34 We'll be back in our second hour 57:36 to talk more about this 3AM Call 57:39 with our ASI friends. 57:40 So don't go anywhere. 57:42 See you right back here in just a moment. |
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