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00:01 As you're well aware,
00:02 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 and welcome to 3ABN Live. 01:17 We're so glad that you have joined us this evening. 01:19 You know, we look forward to spending these two hours 01:21 with you each Thursday evening. 01:23 And we want to say thank you 01:25 for being a part of the 3ABN family. 01:26 It's so great to spend the time here with you 01:29 wherever you're watching or listening from, 01:31 welcome to this program. 01:33 And I want to just say thank you 01:34 for your prayers and financial support 01:36 for the Ministry of 3ABN. 01:38 You know this evening, I'm encouraged. 01:41 And why is that? 01:42 Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. 01:45 You know I got that line this morning 01:47 because the chairman of our board Bruce Farley. 01:50 He called me up, and he tends 01:51 to get up very early in the morning. 01:53 He'll call us early in the morning to you, Danny. 01:54 Yeah, he's in Oregon. He's in Oregon. 01:57 So he called up and I just answered the phone. 01:58 I said, "Good morning, Mr. Farley." 02:00 And he didn't say hello or anything. 02:01 All he says is, "Every day with Jesus 02:03 is sweeter than the day before." 02:05 And in case you haven't heard this song, 02:06 it goes like this, 02:08 every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. 02:11 Every day with Jesus, I love Him more and more. 02:15 Jesus saves and He keeps me 02:18 and He's the one I'm waiting for. 02:20 Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. 02:23 Amen. 02:25 We all can be encouraged, right? 02:26 Because Jesus loves us and we need to submit 02:28 and commit our lives to Jesus every single day. 02:30 Can't get any better than that 02:31 than having Jesus right with us. 02:33 So this is gonna be a great program today. 02:35 We call it 3ABN Behind the Scenes. 02:37 There's a lot of things going on here. 02:38 We want to talk about campaign that 02:40 we just came through, 02:41 looking forward to fall camp meeting and a lot of new things 02:43 we're gonna be talking about and also talking 02:45 with the Raffertys too, 02:46 which is a great addition to 3ABN as well. 02:48 I'm excited about that. 02:50 We talked about them a few weeks ago 02:52 joining the 3ABN team 02:53 but we have them with us via Skype 02:55 and we want to talk with them. 02:56 But maybe we should introduce the rest of the team over here. 02:57 Yes, I'm getting so excited. Yes. 02:59 I'm out of order. 03:00 Then next hour as well, 03:02 we'll be trading out some guests. 03:03 And we'll be hearing some exciting updates 03:05 how 3ABN is expanding into Cuba. 03:08 How 3ABN is expanding into Uganda, how in Nigeria. 03:12 Nigeria, that's right. 03:13 And how 3ABN is expanding into prisons. 03:15 So just excited tonight to talk to you 03:18 about this ministry 03:20 and how this gospel of the kingdom 03:22 is being preached into all the world. 03:24 Yes, amen. 03:25 What a privilege to be part of the ministry. 03:27 We have Mr. Danny Shelton, 03:29 founder and corporate consultant for 3ABN, 03:31 always love having you here. 03:33 I'm always thrilled to be here with you all. 03:34 You do such a great job 03:36 and feel so blessed in to be here with you. 03:39 It's great to interact. 03:41 So I'm sure that we have phone lines 03:43 and emails before the programs over, 03:45 will encourage people to call or write. 03:47 Let us know how you feeling prayer request 03:49 anything that's on your mind. 03:51 But this is great, 03:52 because when you do live program and I love it. 03:54 So, you know, it's a time that you can get together 03:58 with a folk and hear what they, 04:00 you know what they have to say. 04:01 But God has blessed this ministry 04:04 for 30, almost 37 years. 04:06 Yes. 04:07 And it's amazing to me that He saw this 04:09 before the foundation of the world 04:11 and He saw that you all would be here Shelley, 04:13 you and JD would be here. 04:14 He knew where we'd be. 04:16 He knows where you are, where, 04:17 what you would be doing 04:19 in the closing moments of earth's history. 04:21 So if we're not doing very much, 04:23 then maybe hope I know he did. 04:25 He saw ahead that we're going to change, 04:27 we're going to do more than what we are doing right now. 04:29 So tonight, I just encouraged. 04:31 Thank you for joining us. 04:33 And thank you for your prayers 04:34 and financial support of this ministry 04:36 as we continue to take the gospel 04:38 to the world. 04:39 I love hearing the reports of growing. 04:41 Now somebody says, 04:42 Well, I thought you already reached the world." 04:44 Well, we do reach the world but not every... 04:47 We're trying to find new venues, 04:49 communication highways to get in through 04:51 different TV stations, 04:52 different cable systems, internet, different ways. 04:54 You're right. 04:56 So getting into these countries like Cuba, 04:58 we've always had the technology 04:59 there for the last number of years. 05:01 People could get it, 05:02 but like in Cuba was against the law, 05:04 they couldn't do it. 05:05 And now these miraculous changes. 05:07 Amen. 05:08 Now we have launched tonight 05:09 and I know we're not really talking about it this hour. 05:11 But I'm just so excited. 05:12 We have been talking for months 05:14 that we are coming, and it's going to happen, 05:17 but it has happened. 05:18 So Praise the Lord. 05:20 We're going to talk about that. 05:21 And I was just going to reference, 05:22 we have your beautiful wife on with us the second hour. 05:26 I know she's not here right now. 05:27 All right. 05:29 She wasn't raptured, we don't believe in that. 05:30 So she is here somewhere. That's right. 05:32 Will be here in a bit. That's right. 05:34 Of course, we have here 05:35 Sister Shelley Quinn, we love you and JD, 05:37 you are new program development manager 05:39 and producer and just a woman of God 05:42 and woman of the Word. 05:44 And thank you for being here. 05:45 It's wonderful to be here. 05:47 And as you were talking about everything that's going on, 05:50 I was thinking about what the Lord impressed you 05:53 before the beginning of the year. 05:55 You came in and announced that 05:57 we always have a theme for the year end. 05:59 Greg came in and announced, this is the year of expansion. 06:04 And we're all, you know, 06:05 we go 90 miles an hour all the time. 06:09 Now we're going 120 miles per hour, of course. 06:12 But it is so exciting to see how God is reaching. 06:18 I'm expecting China next. 06:20 Praise the Lord. 06:23 And I've shared this story 06:24 before I will once again very careful, 06:26 I'm not saying the name of the person 06:28 who told me this. 06:30 But there was a professor who was in doing... 06:35 Oh, I don't remember 06:37 what country was in, maybe Turkey, 06:38 but he was doing some seminars and he was contacted. 06:43 Somebody wanted to bring him into Saudi Arabia. 06:46 And he said, he knew it was against the law to do that. 06:51 But it's like, Lord, are You sending me. 06:53 So when he went in with this person, 06:56 he walked into a room filled with imams 07:01 and he thought this is a setup. 07:03 I'm going to be arrested. This is it. 07:07 And he said that one of them bumped the remote, 07:11 it came on, it was 3ABN, 07:14 and come to find out 07:15 that's why they had invited him. 07:17 They'd all been watching 3ABN, so it is such, you know, 07:22 God is working in incredible ways. 07:26 Yeah, amen to that. 07:28 I'm thinking Mr. Danny too, 07:29 it's always been 3ABN's vision commission of the Lord 07:32 and that's to go. 07:33 You know and I like that. 07:34 No, we're not in the side of stop, right? 07:36 We're on the side of go as Larry Wolfe would say. 07:38 Yeah. Absolutely. 07:39 And I want to say too, Mr. Danny, 07:40 you're talking about you know God saw, you know, 07:42 3ABN where it is 07:43 but he saw you saying yes to His call 37 years ago. 07:47 You know, because if you hadn't said yes, 07:48 3ABN wouldn't be where it is, you know, today at all, 07:51 it wouldn't even be here so, you know, 07:53 we just praise the Lord for you saying yes to that call of God. 07:56 And I know you at home too. 07:57 We know many of you have been blessed. 07:59 We receive many letters 08:00 and I want to read that really quick 08:02 before we introduce the Raffertys to you via Skype. 08:05 This just came in. 08:06 We received so much email and letters. 08:08 Well, this one came snail mail, not gonna mention the name, 08:11 mentioned about how they enjoy 3ABN. 08:13 At the end it says, 08:14 "I listen to many of your seminars 08:16 and sermons and enjoy your Bible studies 08:18 and your praise programs on Sunday mornings, 08:21 camp meetings and health topics and shows." 08:25 Then they put a little asterisk little star PS. 08:28 "I'm a Methodist. 08:29 But seriously, 08:30 I'm thinking about becoming a Sabbath keeper. 08:32 I am interested in receiving 08:34 copies of your Bible study guides. 08:36 God bless you." Amen. 08:38 There are people everywhere, they're searching for truth. 08:41 We're going to be talking a little bit more 08:42 about Focus on Truth. 08:44 But I want to just touch back on that. 08:45 Thank you for your prayers 08:46 and financial support Mr. Danny mentioned 08:48 because you're making a difference 08:49 in other people's lives for eternity, 08:51 and it can't get any better than that. 08:53 Amen. 08:54 Speaking of the Raffertys, let's go to them now. 08:56 We have them present via Skype all the way on the west coast. 09:00 Of course, Pastor James Rafferty, 09:02 his wife Rise, and just maybe a month 09:05 just over a month ago, 09:07 you all joined officially the 3ABN team, 09:12 Pastor James Rafferty as 3ABN Director of Discipleship. 09:16 And his wife Rise is 3ABN health ministries, 09:19 and we're just delighted to have you all with us. 09:24 It's so good to be part of the 3ABN team. 09:27 And we are thankful for the way God has been blessing us. 09:32 Reports that we're hearing this morning and, 09:35 of course, for so many years that 09:36 we've worked with have been a real blessing up. 09:40 We've always worked remotely, you know in the far districts, 09:44 and now we're part of the 3ABN team, 09:46 and we're thankful first. 09:51 Amen. 09:52 Yeah, I know that 09:53 they, Raffertys have been a part of 3ABN. 09:55 Mr. Danny, you know, way before I came to 3ABN, 09:57 almost from the very beginning 09:59 you've been working with Pastor James. 10:00 Yeah, absolutely. 10:01 I know, it had to be in, you know, middle or late '80s, 10:05 something like that, you know, 10:06 we went on the air full time in '86. 10:08 And it wasn't long after that, 10:10 I heard about these two young guys, 10:11 you know, James and Ty. 10:14 And so we ended up interviewing them. 10:15 And then, of course, 10:17 we've been working together for a long time, 10:18 but what a blessing, what a privilege to have both. 10:21 He and Rise joined the 3ABN full time, 10:24 I mean, that's like a dream to me. 10:26 Me too. 10:27 James and I've talked, you know, 10:28 a little about it from 10:30 time to time of working together 10:31 and the Lord made it reality even though 10:34 it didn't seem like even a year or so ago that 10:37 that's the direction then you know, 10:39 he just the family, 10:41 everybody, we just pray about it. 10:42 Lord's will, His timing. That's right. 10:44 And all of a sudden things worked out. 10:46 And so, praise the Lord that you're... 10:48 You've always been on our team 10:50 but officially have joined with 3ABN to be 3ABN, 10:54 you know, coworkers here. 10:56 It's great to be working with y'all. 10:57 Amen. Amen. 11:01 So I'm gonna start with Rise, maybe ladies first, 11:05 I don't know, but, Rise, tell us about 11:08 some of the exciting new health fillers 11:12 and programs that you're working on? 11:14 You're incredibly gifted, a woman of God 11:17 and you have great knowledge of health. 11:19 And then maybe let's touch on the brand new 11:22 3ABN blog that launches next month? 11:27 Great. 11:29 So I don't consider myself perfect 11:31 like bunch of you. 11:32 Look at myself as a lifelong learner. 11:36 I love to learn and love to be share 11:39 what I learned translates that make it's understandable 11:42 or accessible by people who maybe as nerdy as I am. 11:47 So you know, I too do the research and learn. 11:49 So that's one of my passions, 11:52 and I'm so thrilled to be able to use it at 3ABN. 11:56 So you mentioned fillers. 11:58 And when we went through our interview process, 12:02 one of the things you mentioned 12:03 was that having fillers was a desperate need. 12:06 And I thought that, Lord, said, all right, 12:08 let's focus on that and that idea of looking 12:13 at scripture through the eyes of a foodie, 12:15 which is what I am. 12:16 And so, we're taking one minute, 12:19 what I mean half minute segments, 12:22 and looking at a verse 12:23 and looking at it just through my own lens. 12:29 So you said scripture... And obviously with the... 12:32 I know the Holy Spirit to, you know, 12:34 be the one who's inspiring and not just? 12:38 Yeah, absolutely. 12:40 You said you kind of just a moment 12:41 with the audio there. 12:43 But you said scripture through the eyes of a foodie. 12:44 Is that what you said? I love that. 12:49 Through the yes of a foodie. Go ahead. 12:51 Pastor, go ahead. Hey, I'm feeling really good. 12:54 She's been throwing and asked me just to get input. 12:58 And I have hardly any edits take. 13:00 Yeah, they're just, they're gonna be great. 13:03 And we record those next month. 13:05 I know, we'll be doing that and excited about that. 13:08 Then talk to us about the 3ABN blog 13:10 because 3ABN has not had a blog before, 13:13 we are just launching it. 13:15 You can go to 3ABN's website and access it there. 13:18 What is a block? 13:19 As someone may be saying, 13:20 you know, exactly what is a blog? 13:22 Is that like a frog or you know, which is a blog. 13:24 So maybe explain what that is? 13:26 Rise, you want to talk to us about that? 13:28 What's a blog? 13:30 Well, I don't know the accurate definition, 13:32 I'm going to tell you what we're going to do. 13:34 And that is four of us are teaming together 13:36 to provide fresh, 13:38 new weekly articles that are going to be 13:41 from the heart 13:42 and pertinent on different subjects 13:44 that each four of us 13:46 are kind of encompassing, obviously, 13:49 mine is going to be more health related. 13:51 We have one that's going to be more recovery related, 13:55 another one physical identity in Christ. 13:59 And then another one kind of taking us 14:01 through the Christ's wisdom, 14:03 and what does it mean to be a wise person, 14:05 and I'm excited about each four segments. 14:08 And so once a week, 14:09 there's going to be fresh new articles 14:11 on the 3ABN website 14:13 where each one of us are going to be 14:14 repeating our input, 14:18 what we've studied what's on our hearts, 14:20 needs to be great. 14:22 Amen. 14:23 We're really excited about that. 14:24 You're an incredibly gifted writer, 14:26 and very excited about 14:28 the new blog that will be coming out. 14:29 There'll be a focus on health, as you mentioned, 14:31 focus on who we are in Christ, 14:33 focus on recovery, and then just focus 14:36 on seeking wisdom and how to live a life well. 14:38 What decisions do we need to make so, 14:40 excited about that. 14:42 We have two men and two women 14:43 writing for the blog. 14:45 So this will be wonderful, 14:46 we'll be on 3ABN's website in July, 14:48 and you can access it there. 14:49 Now Pastor James, 14:51 tell us about 3ABN Director of Discipleship 14:54 and some of the new programs that you're working on? 15:00 Well, very, very excited about this. 15:02 I have a burden for discipleship ministry. 15:06 And just helping people 15:07 who are maybe new to the Bible, new to the faith, 15:12 and working with development, 15:14 their love of the Bible, staying at home study Bibles. 15:18 So we're going to start with the fundamentals, 15:22 the beliefs of our church 15:24 that are misunderstood by a lot. 15:26 A lot of people are not familiar with Adventism 15:30 and what our church beliefs. 15:33 So the number one belief, 15:35 number one on our list of beliefs as 15:38 Seventh-day Adventist is the Bible, 15:40 the Word of God. 15:41 And it's actually probably one of the things 15:45 that is the most misunderstood about our church, 15:48 and makes us more unique than any other church, 15:51 religion or denomination. 15:53 We believe in the Word of God, 100%, Old Testament 15:57 and New Testament, all of it. 15:59 And that belief sets the foundation 16:01 for everything that follows, 16:03 and actually makes a difference in the way we approach God, 16:10 religion, and truth. 16:12 So we're going to be going through both these, 16:15 and kind of giving 16:17 just a basic biblical perspective 16:19 and compare it to different religions 16:21 and different beliefs and why we are, 16:24 who we are to help our listeners 16:27 and others to really understand what Seventh-day Adventist is. 16:34 Yeah, amen. 16:36 We're looking forward to that new series coming up. 16:39 And I know, Mr. Danny, these new books, 16:41 The Focus on Truth, you know, he's talking about beliefs 16:43 and what we believe in. 16:44 Yeah, the... You've seen these books. 16:46 I know our Pastor James, the new ones, 16:48 The Focus on Truth, The Truth about Hellfire, 16:51 The Truth about the Ten Commandments, 16:53 and the Truth about Salvation. 16:56 Amen. 16:57 Yeah, powerful books, Mr. Danny. 16:59 Go ahead. 17:01 I know you've read these already. 17:03 Yeah, those are key ways to approach people 17:07 and help them to understand 17:09 what we believe as Adventist 17:10 and what the Bible actually teaches. 17:12 Those are the subjects. 17:14 It's interesting, because when you look 17:15 at the Book of Revelation, 17:17 which is my favorite book of the Bible. 17:20 You see that Satan is doubling down 17:22 in the end of time, 17:24 in misrepresenting God's character. 17:27 And one of the ways he does that 17:29 is through these doctrines, 17:31 or misunderstandings of these doctrines, 17:34 such as hell, which is identified as 17:36 one of the horses in Revelation Chapter 6, the pale horse, 17:40 his rider is death, and hell followed with him. 17:43 And he seeks to destroy faith. 17:45 You know, hell represents the absence of blood, 17:49 which is a symbol of Christ's righteousness, 17:52 Christ's salvation. 17:54 You have a horse there that it basically 17:58 has no salvation message. 18:01 That's one of the books that Danny's written salvation, 18:04 and uses the weapon of hell to destroy faith. 18:08 That's another one of the books that Daniel has written, 18:10 to help people to understand God's character, 18:13 the truth about what hell is and where it is, 18:16 when it takes place, how long it lasts, 18:20 just directly connected 18:21 with truth of the everlasting gospel. 18:23 Amen. 18:25 So really excited about it, 18:26 excited about being able to reach more people 18:30 with the simple basic truths of the Bible. 18:34 Praise the Lord. 18:36 James, you know, for so many years, 18:39 we're in television, and I didn't think much, 18:42 now we've written some books over the past but, 18:44 you know, when I go back and we look at, you know, 18:46 Ellen White's statements as leaves, you know, 18:48 spread them like the leaves of autumn. 18:50 Yes. 18:51 But it wasn't really for me at 3ABN till COVID came, 18:55 and it looked like the whole world 18:56 was shut down and practically was shut down, 19:00 that I really saw the need and is when you and Jill, 19:04 Greg asked us to write, Yvonne and me to write a book 19:07 on about COVID. 19:08 So we did a little 16 page... 19:10 Powerful book. Amen. 19:11 Introducing people to Jesus 19:13 and then also to 3ABN and talking about this. 19:16 It wasn't I guess until then, because I never dreamed 19:20 that I don't think most people did, 19:21 Shelley, that within a year's time. 19:23 If I asked the question on another program with them, 19:26 a year and a half ago, if someone said, 19:28 Hey, Shelley, you think in the next six months, 19:30 every church in the world will be shut down, you know, 19:33 schools will be shut down. 19:35 People can't go to anybody's homes. 19:37 You can't leave without mask and you know, 19:39 you would have said no. 19:40 So it showed how important it was. 19:43 And then so the Lord gave us a burden to write 19:45 and so we're shipping these and we'll talk about it 19:48 a little bit by the millions though 19:50 and how to get them. 19:51 And so, though things are opening up, 19:54 we don't know when they're going to go back, 19:56 but it's still we can ship these books 19:58 by zip codes to millions of people. 20:00 We can hand deliver them, ship them to the churches. 20:03 So, to me the topics of, you know, 20:08 we can't let as you say while ago, 20:10 we can't let the devil, it's all about stop and go. 20:12 The devil says stop and the Lord says go. 20:15 And so what are we going to do as Christians, 20:17 Seventh-day Adventist Christians 20:18 as Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 20:21 we've decided to be on the side and go along and time to go. 20:22 Amen. Yes. 20:24 And God always honors that and He blesses that. 20:27 And so, we can't be on the side of go 20:29 and go very far at all without you. 20:31 So thank you for your support, 20:33 your love and your prayers and being part of this 20:35 because actually, we're a team that 20:37 some of us are here, some of us are over here. 20:39 And now we're used to that because of Zoom and all these, 20:42 we have all these meetings with people 20:44 and yet we're not where they're virtual meetings, 20:46 we're not there. 20:47 And so we, in a sense, 20:49 done that with television for many years 20:51 with our viewers virtually. 20:53 But in a bit, you're going to talk about 20:54 camp meeting this fall, 20:56 maybe we can get past some of this back 20:58 so we can hug each other's necks, you know. 21:01 Yes. Looking forward to that. 21:03 Why don't we talk about the books actually, 21:04 because you've just mentioned and the call center 21:06 is actually open tonight. 21:07 And as we've mentioned before, everyone loves a deal, 21:09 at least I do, I'm sure you do, too. 21:11 And this is phenomenal, 21:12 an incredible tool for evangelism. 21:14 Tell us about it? It is. 21:15 The call center is open right now. 21:17 So as Mr. Danny already talked about, 21:19 you have two different options for distributing 21:22 this incredible evangelistic tool. 21:24 The first is the zip code mailing. 21:26 With the zip code mailing, 21:27 all three of these booklets will be placed in an envelope, 21:32 and the envelope is beautiful, 21:33 a full color envelope on the front. 21:35 And it was a free gift for you. 21:37 And it can be mailed to zip codes 21:39 for 50 cents a home. 21:41 So that's less than the cost of a postage stamp, 21:44 and neighbors in your community 21:46 would receive three of these booklets. 21:50 That's one way you can get them, 21:51 you can do a zip code mailing. 21:53 To do that, we want to encourage you 21:55 to call us at (618) 627-4651. 22:00 The call center is open right now, 22:02 (618) 627-4651. 22:05 You just say, I want to do a zip code 22:07 mailing in my neighborhood, in my community. 22:09 Here's the zip code, and how many addresses is that 22:12 and they have all those details for you. 22:13 Yes. 22:15 And the other option is you can get a case. 22:17 So you can get a case of the book on Hellfire. 22:20 And there's 250 in a case, so you can get a case 22:22 of the book on Ten Commandments, 22:24 or a case The Truth about Salvation. 22:26 And it's $16.50 for one case 22:31 to be shipped to your home in the US or your church, 22:35 and you can pass them out, either way it's evangelism. 22:38 If the post office mails them, or if you pass out the books, 22:41 either way it's evangelism. 22:43 So just give us a call at (618) 627-4651. 22:47 Or you can go to our website, that's 3abn.tv 22:52 and you can click on the Focus on 22:54 Truth banner at the top. 22:55 And then you can order that way as well, 3abn.tv 22:59 We can do this because private donors 23:03 have literally put up the finances 23:05 to basically purchase in the publishing 23:08 and the printing of these books. 23:10 So all really you're doing is doing a postage, 23:14 which we're getting a great deal 23:15 through Pacific Press, 23:16 because there's so many, so much volume. 23:19 There's 6 million of these being printed up, 23:21 2 million each right now, Shelley. 23:22 That's amazing. 23:23 And so, if each one so what you're doing 23:26 is you're just paying that remnant. 23:27 And so that's why, I mean, 23:29 when you think about it, honestly, 23:30 that's what it hit me, the price of the stamp, 23:32 one program we had a little stamp up there, Greg. 23:35 And so, if you wanted to witness to somebody, 23:38 and you wanted to do it by literature, 23:40 and you said, well, let's see, 23:41 let me get a stamp and let me get an envelope. 23:44 Now let me decide what I'm going to print on this 23:47 and both sides and do all of this and you mail it, 23:50 it's more expensive, you know, 23:52 you keep adding expenses, 23:53 this 50 cents for all three books. 23:56 So I want to thank those who have given money, 23:59 and if you want to give money 24:00 just for printing whatever, just say in general, 24:03 Focus on Truth books, 24:05 and we can use it wherever we need to, 24:06 shipping or printing or whatever we need. 24:09 So if you want to help support 24:11 because we think there's going to be 24:12 more than the 6 million. 24:14 But what's interesting about this 24:16 and the way these books came about, 24:18 Shelley asked me to mention this to you. 24:20 But Greg and Jill, as you know, I'm not much of a planner. 24:24 I got all kinds of ideas, 24:25 but I'm not good at planning like, 24:27 I don't like meetings and staying in meetings very long. 24:30 You know, like okay, what is it we're gonna do. 24:33 Okay, good, let's do it or let's don't. 24:35 That's kind of the way I'm brought up, 24:36 my mom used to call it. 24:37 You're a great visionary. Yes. 24:39 You are very good visionary. A vision. 24:40 Yeah, my mom used to say, 24:42 I have a flying by the seat of my pants. 24:43 I don't know if that's good or bad, indifferent. 24:45 But anyway, I don't spend a lot of time planning, 24:47 I think I'd rather, I'm a doer, I'd rather do than plan. 24:50 So on the books we said, man, 24:52 there's so many doctrines 24:54 that we have that people need to, to hear about. 24:57 So what should we choose? 24:59 Well, now I'm really realizing it was the Lord. 25:02 So one of the things I found out, 25:05 I started looking through and, of course, 25:07 you go on the internet and you do all of these 25:08 and looking at different doctrines, 25:10 because I want to find out 25:11 what the Baptists believe, the Pentecostals believe, 25:13 you know, what we, of course, believe 25:15 and then match all this together. 25:17 And as I went through, one of the things is salvation. 25:21 You know, we have tremendous amounts of literature 25:23 on the Ten Commandments that you can get at, 25:25 and if you go on Google, 25:27 you'll see all these different Adventist writers. 25:29 We've got them on subjects like hell, the state of the dead, 25:31 you know, heaven, a lot of these, 25:33 but we actually have very little on salvation. 25:36 So it's, of course, we believe in it and scripturally. 25:41 But I think sometimes we can put more focus on it. 25:44 And so I've thought about salvation. 25:47 Okay, that'd be one. 25:48 And we do one on hellfire, 25:49 the one Shelley and I'd co-written 25:51 on the Ten Commandments Twice Removed and some of this, 25:55 Shelley actually has some of that in it, 25:57 it's too good to pass up. 25:59 And so, these, when I looked at the different books, 26:02 but it never occurred to me till just recently, 26:05 you know, God set this up, 26:07 because the first thing we need to do 26:08 when we're reaching millions of people, 26:10 no matter who they are, is teach them about Jesus. 26:12 Amen. 26:14 You teach them so the book on the plan of salvation, 26:16 the truth about salvation, 26:18 and there's so much stuff out there in churches, 26:21 you know, once saved, always saved, 26:22 predestination, all of these things. 26:25 So I said, all of these questions 26:26 need to be answered. 26:28 But people need to understand who Jesus is. 26:30 And there's only one way under heaven to be saved 26:33 and let's go through, see what the Bible says. 26:36 And so we've even just said, 26:37 well, let's see how we're going to, 26:38 what about people before Christ was crucified? 26:41 Well, let's go back in 26:42 the Old Testament, how were they? 26:43 How were they saved? 26:45 So we go through, then the sanctuary, 26:47 each one of the, the parts of the sanctuary 26:50 to show their complete plan of salvation laid 26:53 before the foundation of the world. 26:54 Amen. So I said, okay, we did that. 26:57 Then, after that, once you understand who Jesus is, 27:01 and how to be saved, now we got to know well, 27:03 what is it He expects of us. 27:04 Amen. 27:06 If you love Me, keep My commandments. 27:07 So then this book, and this was after they're printed, 27:09 or after we're writing them I looked at that. 27:12 And I said, "Man, Thank You, Lord," 27:14 because right after we really learned, 27:16 now we have the Ten Commandments, 27:18 and it teaches us about God's law, 27:21 and that how His law, how important it is. 27:24 There's no life without God, and the Ten Commandments 27:27 are transcript of God's character. 27:30 So therefore, they must be very, very important. 27:32 So we need to focus on Jesus. 27:36 But He says, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 27:37 I didn't say that. 27:39 He said it, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 27:41 And so, then the book, The Truth about Hellfire. 27:47 It occurred to me because so many, 27:48 there are millions of people who are Christians, 27:50 but they're serving God out of fear. 27:52 We don't understand the character of God. 27:56 In fact, Ellen White makes a statement that 27:59 one of the last greatest attempts 28:01 of the devil to destroy God is against, 28:03 a war against His character. 28:05 And so churches, it's not like atheist. 28:09 It's not necessarily all agnostics, 28:11 all these people from other religions around the world. 28:14 But Christians, we do harm to our own self 28:17 because we want to teach people 28:19 about this wonderful God and about Jesus 28:22 and His love and how much He loves you. 28:24 Johnny be good, Jesus loves you. 28:26 If you live for Him, 28:28 He's going to take you to heaven, 28:30 and you're going to live forever and ever and ever. 28:32 No more sickness, no more pain, no more sorrow. 28:34 What a wonderful loving Savior. 28:36 Johnny is happy about that and Sally, 28:39 they're happy about that. 28:40 And then all of a sudden you say but Johnny, 28:43 just remember that if you don't do 28:47 what God says to do, and you sin, 28:50 you're gonna burn in hell forever and ever and ever 28:55 throughout all the ceaseless ages of eternity. 28:58 So now we've just got ourselves in a big 29:01 and Johnny is in a quandary because what, 29:03 wait a minute, Jesus loves me so much. 29:06 He did all this, died for me, gonna take me to heaven, 29:09 but if I don't do what He says, I'm gonna burn, 29:12 I'm gonna be tortured 29:13 throughout all the ceaseless ages of eternity. 29:15 Well, we need to know the truth about it 29:17 because it's Christian churches 29:19 who are teaching this about God, 29:21 I mean about His character. 29:22 So to me, I said, "Thank You, Lord," 29:24 after we had them together, 29:26 and I saw them in print, it's like, 29:27 "These are exactly what we needed." 29:29 Salvation bring people to Jesus 29:32 and to understand His great love. 29:35 Then we need to know about the character of God 29:38 to understand that we serve a God of love. 29:40 So how, is there a hell? How hot is it? 29:42 And how long does it burn, all of these things 29:44 we try to answer and then, 29:46 of course, the Ten Commandments. 29:48 We need to understand about God's law. 29:50 We started out, are your new covenant Christian 29:52 because there's, oh, well, those old commandments 29:53 were nailed to the cross. 29:55 Well, where are they? 29:56 Let's find out and see. So it's all Bible. 29:57 I'm not giving you my opinions on here of this, 30:00 so it's Scripture. 30:01 But, Shelley, you mentioned something earlier, 30:03 when you just telling me about when you were young and... 30:08 Tell us about that? 30:09 I was brought up to believe that Jesus was love, 30:13 but the Father was watching me too, 30:16 if I tripped up, 30:18 so He could send me to hell to burn forever and ever. 30:21 And I'll tell you what? 30:22 Was that in the church? 30:24 That was in the church. Was it? 30:25 Yeah, and I believe that, you know, and I remember 30:28 I was such a goody two shoes in high school. 30:31 When I went to college, they called me Pollyanna 30:33 till the third year. 30:35 They may not even remember, they may not be old enough 30:36 to know Pollyanna, remember that. 30:38 I do. We did know Pollyanna. 30:39 Anyway, but the point is, 30:41 that I got to that situation in my life, 30:46 where I felt like I wasn't pleasing God, 30:48 and where I felt like I couldn't please God. 30:50 So I finally said, I give up, I can't please You, 30:54 You're gonna burn me forever. 30:56 How can you be love? 30:58 And, you know, I used to worry, 31:00 my father was killed when I was six. 31:03 He had given his heart to the Lord, 31:05 but I don't know that he was living, 31:06 I'm not sure if he was living for the Lord, 31:10 and I, you know, somebody come over, 31:12 "He might be in hell burning right now." 31:14 And it was just like this too much. 31:16 And I have to say this, 31:18 I was taught that the soul is immortal. 31:21 The Bible never says that. 31:23 As a matter of fact, 1 Timothy 6:16, says, 31:27 "Only God is immortal right now." 31:31 And then when you get to 1 Corinthians 15:54, 31:36 it talks about, at the last moment, 31:40 when there's a sound of the trumpet, 31:42 that we come up from the grave, 31:45 because it says, this mortality, 31:48 and we're always referred to as a mortal soul. 31:51 This mortality puts on immortality at the end. 31:56 So here's the point. 31:58 If only those who have received the gift of eternal life, 32:03 salvation by grace through faith, 32:06 if only they will put on immortality, 32:09 and the people who come up 32:10 in the second resurrection won't. 32:13 Just like God said in the Old Testament, 32:16 the soul who sinned shall die. 32:18 You've got the rest of it all written there. 32:20 So it's something that I'm thrilled 32:24 that you touched on salvation, 32:26 so people can understand, we believe in salvation 32:29 by grace through faith alone. 32:31 I'm thrilled that the truth, Focus on Truth, 32:37 The Truth about Hellfire. 32:39 This is teaching people that a loving God 32:44 is going to do away with sin, annihilating sin and sinners, 32:49 and it's all over, 32:50 there'll be ashes under our feet. 32:53 But then I love that we understand 32:56 that a covenant keeping God 32:59 has a government of love, the law of love. 33:04 And this is the beauty of understanding 33:09 that the Ten Commandments are ten promises, 33:12 God works in us to will and to do. 33:14 Even obedience is by grace, perfect combination. 33:18 Well, it's the Lord. 33:20 Like I said, I don't spend much time planning 33:21 I didn't try to sit down and write all this out and say, 33:25 just okay, well, let's write a book on this or that, 33:27 but I have to give the Holy Spirit the credit 33:29 because once there it's like, 33:31 well, these are the three books that we should have written 33:34 and I want to thank Yvonne for their hard work, 33:36 many, many hours of editing 33:37 because I'm real good at talking fast 33:39 and writing stuff down and type of, 33:41 but then she corrects it all, you know, so I made A's in, 33:45 sometimes in high school in English, 33:47 not because I deserved them, 33:49 so I'll just leave it like that. 33:50 I sure bragged on the teacher a lot, you know? 33:54 Yeah, Mr. Danny, you're very sharp doing English, 33:56 Jill's mentioned that grammar and everything too, 33:58 God's given you. 33:59 When I'm writing, I'm a little better 34:00 than when I talk. 34:02 I come from a area of Southern Illinois between and so, 34:04 you know, sometimes I write better 34:07 because when I write out I'm like, 34:09 "Oh, I don't usually say that." 34:11 But anyway, but Yvonne did a great job on that. 34:13 So here because of some of you, 34:17 thank you for those of you who said, 34:18 you know, we want to support 34:20 that and they sent tax deductible 34:21 love gifts to 3ABN. 34:23 We can send literally all three, 34:24 they're 48 page books. 34:26 So there you can call it a booklet or little books, 34:29 but they're not 16 pages or 32, they're 48. 34:31 So we tried to pack as much information in this 34:35 as we possibly can. 34:37 But the fact that we did the printing, Shelley, 34:40 and the shipping from literally 34:42 anywhere in the country to zip codes 34:44 for less than the price of one stamp 34:46 into the homes of potentially millions of people 34:49 or since where the government seems most states are relaxing 34:53 like Illinois for one, 34:55 that people now can go back out and start handing books out, 34:58 so many people are ordering the cases, 250 books, 35:02 you said $16.50 as the shipping. 35:06 I mean, that's, that's really to me, it's amazing. 35:08 So, if you want to do something, 35:12 and you want to do this, 35:13 it's pretty hard to think that we can't do something. 35:16 Oh, yeah. 35:18 Can I say something? It just occurred to me. 35:20 I found a book that I really liked. 35:22 And I ordered five books for five friends. 35:26 It cost over $50 35:28 to have those $50 to send those books. 35:31 Do you realize I could have sent out 35:35 100 of these to 100 different people 35:39 for the same price? 35:40 Or I could have gotten a case of each for under $50? 35:45 That would be three times 16.50, 49.50, 35:48 have 250 people 35:51 that I could give all three of these too. 35:54 What an amazing opportunity. 35:57 Yeah, no, this is an incredible opportunity. 35:58 We're very excited about it. 36:00 Jill was mentioning a few moments ago, 36:01 the call center's open this evening. 36:03 So you can call them, we've already had, 36:04 oh, hundreds of thousands actually zip codes 36:06 being covered already. 36:08 So go ahead, you can comment on that, 36:10 because I know you've seen some reports coming in. 36:12 But we're very excited about already. 36:13 You jumping on board. 36:15 We know you love evangelism, you always have. 36:17 And now that we have the opportunity 36:19 of getting the cases, 36:20 we can distribute them even in our own neighborhoods. 36:22 But I think the power to me of the zip code 36:24 is that this is reaching in your neighborhood. 36:26 Let's say it's your neighborhood, 36:27 you may not have time, 36:29 or maybe don't want to meet everyone. 36:30 Hopefully, we should want to meet everyone 36:32 in our neighborhood 36:33 and I better correct myself, but... 36:34 Maybe physically you can't go out to meet them. 36:36 That's a good point. 36:37 But you can reach everyone in that zip code 36:38 around your neighborhood. 36:40 Or you can go and actually get multiple zip codes 36:42 and reach many, many people. 36:43 And that's incredible, 36:44 because it'll show up in their house. 36:46 We're showing that graphic to you now of where you can see 36:48 all these three booklets in that beautiful envelope, 36:50 it says a gift for you. 36:51 And we want to say thank you 36:53 to Pacific Press Publishing Association, 36:54 Dale Galusha and what they have done 36:56 to make this possible 36:57 and to be able to bring the price down to where it is 37:00 50 cents for three booklets shipped to a zip code 37:02 in your area. 37:03 It's amazing to me, it's a great opportunity. 37:05 It is absolutely. 37:07 Speaking of opportunities, 37:09 I'm reminded that fall camp meeting is coming 37:12 September 23 through 25. 37:14 And it will be in person, 37:16 that means we are inviting you to join us. 37:20 I'm thrilled about this. 37:21 It seems like so long, 37:23 we've done virtual camp meetings, 37:24 we have not been able to connect with you. 37:26 So set those dates in your calendar, 37:29 call us to reserve those RV spots 37:31 or 10 spots right away or the local hotels. 37:35 I mean, Shelley, why don't you kick it off 37:36 and talk to us about that? 37:37 Well, I'm very excited that this will be in person, 37:41 but I'm also very excited 37:43 that James Rafferty will be our keynote speaker. 37:47 This will begin Thursday evening 37:50 with an hour of music 37:51 and then his first message 37:53 he'll do a message Thursday, 37:55 Friday and two on Sabbath. 37:57 And you know what the theme is, Something Better. 38:01 You know the book of better is the Book of Hebrews, 38:06 the better mediator, the better covenant, 38:08 the better promises. 38:10 So he is doing that love, 38:14 the first one he does is Love Languages. 38:18 Friday night is Heart Transplanter, 38:20 Faith Factor. 38:21 And The Finisher is on Sabbath. 38:23 We also have... 38:25 Let's see Kenny Shelton, Shelley Quinn Ryan Day, 38:28 Jill Morikone, and John Lomacang, 38:32 who will be doing the seminars. 38:35 And great music too. 38:37 Great music. 38:38 And, Pastor Rafferty, are you still with us? 38:40 I believe you are. 38:41 Tell us, expound it. Yeah. Okay. 38:42 So expound a little bit upon that Shelley 38:44 just touched on the sermon titles, 38:45 but expound on this something better topic. 38:49 And what even motivated you, led you to the theme? 38:53 Okay, it connects with discipleship ministry. 38:58 The Book of Hebrews is relational book. 39:01 The focus of the book is relationship with God, 39:05 relationship with Christ. 39:07 And the best way to form relationship 39:11 when you're trying to get someone away 39:12 from maybe something bad like the sin, 39:16 and all of it forms 39:17 is to present to them something better. 39:20 And so all the author of Hebrews 39:23 does a masterful job, 39:26 diving right into the plan of salvation, 39:29 introduces God and Christ and the plan of salvation 39:32 in the first three verses. 39:34 Get this, normal introduction. 39:37 Book is directly on the gospel 39:40 and begins to introduce him in chapter, 39:42 what a better God than a better man, 39:45 you're talking about Christ and how often 39:48 and in a better obedience in Chapter 3, 39:51 and a better rest in Chapter 4, 39:53 talking about the spiritual rest 39:55 that we enter into through the Sabbath. 39:58 And then in Chapter 5, 39:59 well, it just continues on with a better covenant, 40:01 better promises, a better mediator, 40:04 a better sanctuary, a better experience, 40:05 a better faith. 40:07 It's an incredible relational focus 40:11 of something better. 40:13 And the whole idea of presenting Hebrews 40:16 is to help us to focus on a relationship with God 40:22 that we're going to need in these end times. 40:24 Things are closing out, we know that. 40:26 We are living in unprecedented times right now. 40:29 And this book, the Book of Hebrews 40:31 connects directly with Daniel and Revelation 40:34 because it has a lot of the sanctuary symbolism, 40:37 but it also focuses on the key elements 40:40 that we need to according to Revelation 4:4, 40:45 to follow the Lamb wherever He goes. 40:47 How can we do that? 40:49 What is the practical way that we can do that? 40:51 How can we have this relationship, 40:52 this daily relationship with Christ? 40:55 In fact, the Book of Hebrews is the book that I use, 40:58 number one for discipleship ministry, 41:00 when I'm studying with individuals, 41:03 studying with groups, I encourage them, 41:05 let's study the Book of Hebrews, 41:07 because that's the book that's going to help us 41:09 to develop relationship with Christ, 41:11 especially these last days. 41:13 And we have a number of people in groups 41:15 we're studying with right now 41:17 through the discipleship ministry. 41:18 So very excited about that, 41:20 very excited about camp meeting. 41:21 And looking forward 41:23 to God's riches blessings this fall. 41:28 We're so excited. 41:29 And what I love, James, 41:31 is that you are doing the Book of Hebrews 41:36 with parallel messages from Revelation and Daniel, 41:39 it's gonna be beautiful. 41:41 And we want to invite all of you. 41:44 You will be able to, 41:45 you can go to 3abncampmeeting.tv 41:50 You'll see the schedule there. 41:51 We're going to have some delicious free meals. 41:54 We're going to get to hugging in it. 41:57 We're going to have, 41:59 you can come in physically 42:01 instead of doing a virtual tour, 42:03 come take a tour of 3ABN. 42:06 But this is just, 42:08 we've all been missing this time. 42:10 There's something special about, 42:12 it's like a little taste of heaven 42:14 when we all get together. 42:16 So we hope that you will mark your calendars 42:19 September 23rd through the 25th. 42:21 And when you're here in person, 42:23 you get to come in and warm everything up 42:26 by having a sing along with Tim Parton 42:29 before it begins, 42:30 but it's gonna be great. 42:32 Oh, I look forward to it. I love it. 42:33 And speaking of Tim and the music, 42:35 you know that we have. 42:36 I mean, God has blessed you know with the Ryan 42:38 and Yvonne and Pastor John, others, 42:41 you know, to hear, 42:42 so to have a lot of even in house. 42:45 Of course, we usually to get Reggie and Ladye Love Smith. 42:47 And you know where the music 42:49 is just a big part of the camp meeting too. 42:51 And it's because you love it. 42:53 That's why we continue to do it. 42:54 You tell us what you liked and what you don't. 42:56 People aren't bashful. 42:58 They'll tell you if they don't like something, right? 42:59 Yeah, that's true. 43:01 There's a camp meeting that 43:02 we just finished, who is Jesus. 43:04 Yeah. 43:05 I was watching one of the music hours, 43:09 that ministered to me as much as any sermon. 43:13 I mean, it was beautiful. 43:15 Yeah. 43:16 I was just thinking, speaking of the music 43:17 from this past camp meeting we just came from. 43:20 I was on the 3ABN Plus site 43:22 and watching the virtual sing along before. 43:25 And Reggie Smith was singing the song, Hold on, 43:27 which is an amazing song. 43:29 And someone chatted in and said, 43:31 I'm sharing the song right now, 43:33 because my friend's wife was just murdered. 43:37 And he's going through a very difficult time. 43:40 Now, this song is going to minister to him. 43:43 So I just thought what confirmation 43:44 that the music is not only anointed, 43:47 but it ministers to people 43:49 in the midst of what they're going through 43:50 in their brokenness. 43:51 Absolutely. 43:53 So again, we're looking forward to having you come 43:54 for the fall camp meeting. 43:56 We've already heard from a number of you, 43:57 you're already starting to reserves some spots 43:59 and saying we're coming. 44:00 We've been working with the, of course, the grounds crew, 44:02 they're already getting the RV spots ready 44:05 for you to come for fall camp meeting 44:06 that Shelley just touched on. 44:08 For those of you that have 44:09 never come to camp meeting before, 44:11 we do provide complimentary breakfast, 44:14 and usually a lunch when you're here. 44:16 And so that's a real blessing. 44:17 We do have some children's meetings as well, 44:20 the seminar time, 44:21 it's just great time of fellowship. 44:23 And so we're just really looking forward 44:24 to you coming to fall camp meeting. 44:26 And what days are those? 44:27 It's September 24, 23, 24 and 25. 44:31 That's Thursday, Friday and Sabbath. 44:32 Okay. Yeah. 44:34 Looking forward to it. 44:35 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 44:37 Pastor James, again, I know that you've just come 44:39 from a camp meeting there in the Oregon Conference, 44:41 you and Rise keep a very busy, 44:43 we continue to lift you all up in prayer. 44:45 And we're looking forward 44:46 'cause you're going to be here in just a couple of weeks. 44:48 But God bless both of you. 44:49 And we're so very excited 44:50 to have you part of the 3ABN family. 44:52 Yes. Amen. 44:53 We love you both. 44:55 And we're so grateful 44:56 to have you part of the team. 44:57 Any closing thoughts that both of you have? 45:00 Amen. Thank you. 45:02 We are so thankful ourselves. 45:04 And one of the things that's a real blessing to us 45:07 is that, you know, we've been, again part of the 3ABN team 45:11 for so many years. 45:12 But we're living in a time 45:14 when we need to use all our wisdom, 45:15 all our experience, everything that we've learned, 45:19 we've got to get it out there to the world. 45:21 We don't have a lot of time left. 45:22 And I love the fact that 45:24 as you open up the session today 45:26 that the 3ABN is expanding. 45:28 Yes, it's always been reaching the world, 45:30 but it's opening up specific doors in Cuba, Uganda 45:33 and these other countries. 45:37 And I love that, as we know, we mentioned Saudi Arabia. 45:41 We know that people are watching 3ABN 45:42 and that these books, again, as Danny mentioned, 45:45 are going to go at silent messengers. 45:47 And they're going to plant seeds, 45:48 and they're going to be thousands 45:50 if not millions of people who are going to be prepared 45:52 for the second coming of Jesus 45:54 that we're not even going to be aware of. 45:56 We're not even going to know until we get to heaven. 45:58 We're going to see behind the scenes 45:59 as we're doing right now, 46:01 we're talking about behind the scenes. 46:02 Well, the real behind the scenes 46:04 is we don't know what's happening right now, 46:06 how heaven is working right now 46:08 to orchestrate people to connect 46:11 with the truths of the Bible 46:13 through the 3ABN ministry, the various outreaches 46:16 that we are so thankful to be a part of it as a team, 46:19 and we want to bring everything we've got, 46:21 you know, I feel like we're, we've been in a marathon. 46:24 And we're rounding the last corner. 46:26 And it's time for us 46:27 to just sprint to the finish line, 46:29 and give it everything we've got 46:30 in preparation of the second coming of Jesus. 46:32 So thank you, that we are part of this team. 46:35 Amen. How about you, Rise? 46:36 I just want to say that. 46:38 Well, yeah, one of my favorite words 46:40 that you guys keep bringing up is the word team. 46:42 I think my favorite prophecy 46:44 and that's not really considered a prophetic chapter 46:46 is John 17, 46:47 where Jesus proclaims 46:49 that we're going to experience unity, 46:52 and by His grace, 46:54 and by the power of the Holy Spirit, 46:55 and in our short time working with you guys, we really, 46:58 yeah, I feel like a part of that community and that team, 47:01 and I think that it's gonna extend worldwide. 47:04 Yeah, excited to be a part of it. 47:05 Amen. Amen. 47:07 We're so grateful to have you as part of the team. 47:09 I'm sorry, Mr. Danny. 47:10 No, no, I was just saying, thank you so much, 47:12 and what a blessing 47:14 because God is calling people together. 47:17 And I believe here at 3ABN He's bringing, He brought, 47:21 I mean, that's from the foundation 47:22 of the world again. 47:23 He saw James and Rise, 47:25 He knew exactly where they would be, 47:26 and how we are able to have a tool like this, 47:30 a communication highway 47:32 that literally can reach the world. 47:34 And so I'm so thankful for the balance 47:37 that you that both of you bring, 47:39 because the devil's got people we go the left to the right, 47:42 we're either legalist or liberalist, 47:44 we're one or the other. 47:46 Some of us are laziest, and the word lazy. 47:48 You know, I used to always say the things is killing us. 47:50 The L's, you know, legalism, liberalism, lazyism. 47:55 There are several others I forget right now, 47:57 but I'm putting in a little. 47:59 But I'm glad that you're so balanced, 48:02 and stick with the truth no matter what. 48:04 That's right. 48:06 And the devil has done everything He can 48:08 to them as well as you at home and us, 48:10 he wants to see you dead. 48:12 And so, but Jesus says He's come to give us life 48:15 and give it more abundantly. 48:16 And so while we're here, 48:18 this is such a privilege to work for the Lord. 48:21 And again, that team 48:22 that Rise was talking about is exactly 48:25 for you at home for each of us. 48:26 You're a part of this team. 48:28 Without you, we couldn't be going anywhere. 48:30 I want to say one other little thing, 48:32 I was on the books. 48:34 Six million sounds like a lot. 48:36 But we did six and a half million 48:38 of the little COVID book and they all went out. 48:40 Oh, yeah. 48:41 So we're hoping that you, if you want to do this 48:43 and be part of it, that you do it quickly. 48:47 Because every day 48:48 that people are writing in orders, their posts, 48:50 so we can't promise we don't know, 48:52 we're hoping that more money will come in. 48:55 And we can continue this going. 48:57 But we don't know that for sure. 48:58 So hopefully, if the Lord's impressing you 49:01 and you want to do something, but as you mentioned, 49:03 you're not physically able to get out, 49:05 you maybe people are, you know, can be incarcerated, 49:09 they are witnessing outside. 49:11 I mean, there's so many ways, 49:13 and people and you just can't get out. 49:15 But you can do this. 49:17 So you send a donation to 3ABN, we'll make sure 49:20 that these go out to your zip codes 49:22 or your churches wherever you want. 49:24 So we're excited about getting truth out, Shelley, 49:28 and it's been from the beginning, 49:30 get an undiluted three angels' messages, 49:32 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 49:34 And I don't know anybody better to join the team 49:38 that's lived that in the last 30 some years. 49:41 They started about same time we did, 49:43 1984, '85, in that area. 49:46 And they've been balanced and focused on truth 49:50 for all these years. 49:51 So thank you. God bless. 49:53 We love you. Yeah. 49:54 And this is great working together. 49:55 We got virtual camp meeting. 49:57 That's right. 49:58 Can I say one thing, because you've mentioned 50:00 doctrines as well, as James mentioned doctrines, 50:04 so I just want you to understand at home, 50:06 doctrine is just a word for teaching. 50:10 And I know that when I was considering 50:13 becoming a Seventh-day Adventist, 50:15 I've been watching 3ABN, 50:17 I knew the Lord was calling me. 50:19 You know, I've been a Sabbath keeper 50:20 for two years 50:22 before I even watched 3ABN, 50:24 because God was teaching me directly from the Word. 50:27 He'd already taught me the truth 50:29 of the state of the dead, 50:30 and I thought I was the only one 50:31 that knew these things, 50:33 I'm out teaching. 50:34 But here's my point. 50:36 Before I became the Seventh-day Adventist, 50:37 I interviewed the pastor to makes sure 50:40 he taught the same way you taught on 3ABN. 50:42 Okay. 50:43 I got online and I looked at the fundamental beliefs, 50:48 which we call doctrines. 50:50 Let me tell you something. 50:51 They are all straight from the Bible. 50:53 You look it up 50:54 and it'll have it five, ten scriptures after it, 50:58 scripture references. 50:59 What Rise mentioned about unity, 51:03 you know why it is possible? 51:05 It is because we don't go by private interpretation 51:09 of anybody in our church. 51:11 It is Sola scriptura, the Bible and the Bible alone. 51:16 And when we have this truth in our heart, 51:18 we can't help but become united as one. 51:21 Yeah. Praise the Lord. Yeah. 51:23 Well, we appreciate again, like I mentioned the Raffertys, 51:25 looking forward to camp meeting coming up soon. 51:27 Why don't we... 51:28 We were talking about the books again 51:29 in case someone just joined us. 51:31 Why don't you tell people at home 51:32 how they can actually get these books 51:34 that we're talking about this evening, 51:35 The Focus on Truth series? 51:36 Absolutely, you can call us right now. 51:38 The call center is open at (618) 627-4651. 51:43 That number again, and if the lines are full, 51:45 just hang on (618) 627-4651. 51:51 Or you can go to our website, 51:53 this works especially well 51:55 if you want to order the cases, at 3abn.tv. 51:59 You don't have to wait in line on the phone. 52:01 You can just go to the website and you can order the cases 52:04 at 3abn.tv. 52:06 On the website also, 52:07 if you just want to donate toward a zip code 52:09 and 3ABN will pick the zip code and assign it. 52:12 You can do that as well. 52:14 If you want a specific zip code and you give us the number, 52:17 you'll have to call us for that. 52:18 So hopefully that's clear. 52:20 If you want a specific zip code call us, 52:22 but if you just want to donate towards any zip code. 52:25 At 3ABN we're trying to cover some of the larger cities. 52:28 You can do that online at 3abn.tv. 52:31 And it's an incredible evangelistic opportunity. 52:34 One thing I want to touch on of these books too 52:36 is that you mentioned 48 pages per book. 52:39 Excuse me, and it is beautiful actually print on the inside. 52:42 It's not just black and white. 52:43 There's actually some really nice artwork 52:46 on the inside full color. 52:48 Also some of those beautiful pictures. 52:49 Oh, yeah. 52:51 Oh, just fantastic. 52:52 One of these that I love 52:53 and I'm gonna put this book down 52:55 I think it's in, is it this one 52:56 that has the one of Christ's second coming? 52:58 Yeah, this, well, this is a beautiful one here too. 53:00 You can see that, just fantastic artwork 53:02 on the inside. 53:03 But the very back, 53:05 see, every one of these booklets. 53:07 See that? 53:08 That is actually ways that you can watch 3ABN 53:11 which is fantastic 53:12 because these are going into homes 53:13 that they may have never heard of 3ABN, 53:15 maybe not even the gospel. 53:16 So finding out truth, how can I find out more? 53:19 Well, at the very back in like Dish Network, Fires, 53:21 Apple TV, Apple's, Fire TV, YouTube, Roku, 53:25 and the list goes on and on. 53:26 So what a great opportunity for evangelism. 53:28 For 50 cents you think about 53:30 three books in an envelope mailed, 50 cents. 53:34 Had we just said less, 53:35 we want 6 million people to know about 3ABN. 53:40 So let's get a stamp and an envelope 53:42 and put in that one page, put it in there 53:46 that would it probably cost 60 cents or more. 53:48 And to do that just for one page. 53:51 Well, this is on everyone anyway. 53:53 So all six million, you get all this information, 53:56 plus the other. 53:57 So we're excited. 53:58 And what I love is to see people 54:00 when we join hands together. 54:02 Shelley, the book we've written 54:03 there's what 10 to 12 million copies of those 54:06 out literally and to see the people 54:08 that have come to the Lord and even... 54:10 Pastors. 54:11 Pastors, Shelley used to have a list, 54:13 I think 30 some articles, to 40 pastors who said, 54:17 you know, we're going to accept the Sabbath part 54:19 of the Ten Commandments. 54:20 And we never knew this before. 54:21 So not just, you know, members or Christians, 54:24 but sometimes church leaders, so their truth is effective. 54:29 And so that's what it's all about today, 54:31 that we need to focus on the truth, 54:33 as a church as a network and as individuals, 54:36 each of us, 54:38 and the Lord will honor that, He'll bless it. 54:39 So we just do our part, and God does the rest. 54:42 You know what I like about written truth, 54:43 the one that we will get the most blowback 54:47 on is The Truth about Hellfire, 54:50 because so many churches 54:54 teach an eternal torture in hell. 54:58 And it's hard to have a conversation, 54:59 I know you've tried, 55:01 it's hard to have a conversation with pastor 55:02 about this without them going, nope, you know, dismiss. 55:06 But when it's written, 55:08 and they've got the scriptural references, 55:10 they can get in and do a study for their own 55:13 and become convinced. 55:15 We give scriptures on both sides. 55:17 So we say, let's where does the weight of the evidence go? 55:20 We don't try to ignore and just give a one side, 55:22 we show what the Bible says, 55:23 you know, whether it's on the subject of the fire burns 55:27 forever and ever on salvation 55:29 to once saved always saved, predestination. 55:32 So we try to cover all those actually. 55:33 Yeah. Amen. 55:35 We're getting down to the end of this hour 55:37 and I know we're going to transition 55:38 some guests here some family. 55:39 Yeah, that's right. 55:41 But, Shelley, we just have a moment left, 55:42 but why don't you tell us about another way 55:43 people can evangelistically partner with 3ABN? 55:46 This is blessings on the go. 55:48 Yes, and I just want to thank all 55:50 of our Go evangelists out there. 55:52 Blessing on the go, that is, of course, 55:56 Danny's slogan, if you will, he has. 56:00 Since the day I met him he's always said, 56:02 the blessings on the go. 56:03 And what The Blessing on the Go team members do 56:09 is they support the world evangelism of 3ABN, 56:14 as well as evangelism in their local neighborhood. 56:18 You can become a team member, you can go to 3abn.tv, 56:23 click on the blessing is on the go banner. 56:28 And what will happen is you receive a book, 56:31 you receive a certificate 56:32 and the book is called The Blessings on the Go. 56:35 You will receive a certificate 56:37 that says you are one of our team members. 56:42 And what you're doing is when you, when you sign in, 56:45 The Blessing on the Go Team support 3ABN monthly 56:50 with whatever amount you can. 56:52 And it can be if you're from overseas, 56:55 you can do this through PayPal, 56:58 but it can be by credit card or you can mail it in. 57:01 But you can also, there's two steps you register 57:04 and say yeah, I want to be a monthly supporter 57:07 of what 3ABN's doing. 57:09 But if you click on the second step, 57:12 and you want, 57:13 you will receive a monthly resource 57:17 that you can share. 57:19 And you know, we've got some good sermons coming up. 57:21 It could be a sermon, it could be a book. 57:23 Great tools. 57:25 Great tools, time's up. 57:26 Ways to support evangelism. 57:27 Thank you so much, Shelley, put in here. 57:29 And we're going to trade out next hour. 57:31 We're going to hear about evangelism with 3ABN 57:34 from the Dinzeys in Cuba. 57:36 We're going to hear from Moses Primo 57:37 and Jason Bradley 57:39 and what's happening 57:40 with prison ministries and Africa. 57:42 So stay tuned, we'll be right back. |
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