Hello and welcome
back to 3ABN Today Live.
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I hope you didn't miss
the first half of this program
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because we've had a great time
with my wife, Yvonne, and our
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special guest, but really he's
a brother in the Lord, Pastor
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Wentley Phipps.
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And if you did miss it, you can
always look at our schedule and
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this program will re-air here
for the next few days off and
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on, because you've got
to get the first hour here.
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We not only had fun,
but it was very informative.
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And we got a little bit of him,
I think, on Soul Train even,
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you know, going back to the day.
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And so we're finding out things
that maybe viewers didn't know
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about.
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finished yet.
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One of the things that we
do know is, as I mentioned
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earlier, Pastor Phipps does
not let any grass grow under his
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feet.
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How can I get this
gospel to the world?
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You spent years actually in
what you're developing now has
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actually taken
you a period of years.
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And I know we can't go through
all of that, but you gave us a
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little bit.
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trying to develop Google
before there was a Google.
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That's right.
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And so, Yvonne, you've got a
Mac computer, I think, in a bit
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you're going to be trying.
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Tell us, take us a little bit.
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We're AI technology,
artificial intelligence.
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Yes.
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advantage?
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Sure.
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media.
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yours, too.
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It's not even him.
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It's not his voice,
but it looks like him.
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It sounds like him.
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So this is technology
some of us are afraid of.
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And yet, you said
earlier, and you sang, no fear.
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You said, don't be afraid,
and we need to go forward.
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So whatever the devil's got out
there, God gave it to us first
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to take the Gospel to the world.
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So give us some why-fors
and all of that of what we're
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doing.
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aspect of AI, which can really,
as a matter of fact, it can be
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very dangerous.
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And we have right now, there
are many movie producers who
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are saying, we don't
have to build sets anymore.
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The Ten Commandments that
we see on television with these
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huge sets, they do
that in a computer now.
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You don't have to spend the
money to get thousands, a cast
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of thousands, because
that can be generated by AI.
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But the AI application I'm
talking about is the one that
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interfaces with the Gospel,
with the words of God, with the
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Word of God, and
biblical theology.
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Okay.
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Now, where that is most used
is in something called large
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language models.
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And an example of a large
language model is ChatGPT.
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You've heard of ChatGPT.
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Well, I liken ChatGPT and other
large language models to the
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tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
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Okay.
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Because it has read everything
ever written, both good and
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evil.
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And so when you ask it to give
me a response on a question, it
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will give you one that is
not in line with biblical values
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because it's the tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
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And if you ask it, no, no,
no, please give me a Christian
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response, a biblical response,
the crazy thing will give you a
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biblical response, but have you
ever had it tell you, you need
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to keep an open mind?
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Absolutely.
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you've got something that we
can go to that will give us the
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biblical perspective,
undiluted, not to the left or
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right, she can tell you how
much time I argue with that.
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Argue with AI.
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I do.
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hours.
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whatever.
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Well, the Protestants view
it as, I said, well, it doesn't
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make any difference.
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It doesn't make any difference.
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It's not the biblical Sabbath.
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Finally, after a while
she says, you might be right.
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So then I go back and say,
are you storing this so that if
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anyone else asks you the
same question, you will give us.
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She said, I do store
information that I get.
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But I can't get one.
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And when you're looking at
sermons and everything else,
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you can't get one.
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And that's what I'm saying.
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doing.
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praying for.
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Yes.
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biblical responses.
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And we're not doing
question and answer.
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Yeah.
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teaching on any
biblical topic or subject.
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And in Seventh-day Adventist,
I know it's for Christians in
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general, but we can go in there
and know that it's not going to
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replace something because like
so many of these are trained to
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do.
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Sabbath.
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Exactly.
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So here's the other
part that's interesting.
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These large language models, AI
large language models like chat
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GPT, co-pilot, some of them
Claude, and there are a number
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of them.
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Jasper.
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Well, God showed me
one of their weaknesses.
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They skin.
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They do not mine.
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Have you ever noticed when you
ask it a question and maybe you
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say, can you tell me more?
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It almost tells you the same
thing again in a different way.
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It almost sounds like it's
beginning to be repetitive.
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Yes.
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That's because it skins.
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It picks up the gems
that are on the surface.
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Right.
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taking all that content
and organizing it well and then
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presenting it to you
in a coherent fashion.
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Well, God gave me a
linguistic search algorithm.
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Come on now.
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This is from the Lord.
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All right.
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And I'm praying how
much I can say, right?
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He gave me a proprietary
unique linguistic algorithm that
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allows this technology
to mine and not just skin.
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To go down further into the
book or the books or the data
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and come up every time with
new perspectives and new data.
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Yeah, that's incredible.
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And so what we did then, we
pulled together the Bibles that
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we wanted to utilize.
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We pulled together all of
the writings of Ellen White.
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We pulled together all of
resources that have been vetted
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and trusted because they
were well researched before.
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And we can trust them.
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Whether it's a Sabbath
school lesson, you can trust it
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because it's been
well researched, right?
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And then we brought together
this technology and it's called
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GospelTruth.ai.
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Write that down.
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GospelTruth.ai.
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GospelTruth.ai.
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And the thing that's amazing
about it is that every time you
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ask it for more information,
it builds your whole new sermon.
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It builds your whole
new teaching with different
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perspectives.
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I'm ready to show it
to you if you're ready.
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We want to see.
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This is the answer to prayer
for me because this has been
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stressful to me for the last
year or two since I got chat.
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I'm like, this is not right.
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She'll say, are you
arguing with chat.ai again?
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Yes, I am.
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Because it won't
give you the whole truth.
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It'll just scam or what
it's basically what people know.
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I'm like, no, no, no.
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You've got to go deeper.
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Exactly.
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So this is going deeper.
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You're mining.
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You're down.
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We're mining.
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So you're going to
show us how this works?
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You've got the computer.
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Right.
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So you've logged in.
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Yes.
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Again, what it does for you
is whatever the spiritual topic
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you want to present on,
it reads for you in seconds.
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It researches
for you in seconds.
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That's incredible.
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Now remember, as a pastor,
having to spend 30, 40 hours
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researching and studying for
every sermon to get a resource
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that allows me to spend 20
hours doing that and 20 other
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hours, either
praying or thinking or...
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Spending some time with
your family, relaxing, whatever.
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Absolutely.
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And I tell people all the time,
you know, how much is one of
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your hours worth?
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And when you're my
age, it's worth a lot.
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That's right.
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When you're our
age, it is worth a lot.
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And so now that you have, you
know, the Gospel Truth AI up, I
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want you to choose a topic or
theme that you want to present
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a sermon or message on.
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You start the
Gospel of Salvation.
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Okay.
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So put in the
Gospel of Salvation.
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You're going to put
it up on the screen.
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The Gospel of Salvation.
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Oh, Gospel and Salvation.
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And Salvation.
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Gospel and Salvation.
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And by the way, as they're
doing this, this is really
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heavy.
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Do you see to the
right where it says English?
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Yes.
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Click on that.
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You can get the results back
in all of the major languages on
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earth.
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Russian, in any language,
major language on earth.
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So now you put the Gospel and
Salvation and then hit the...
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And click.
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And what it's doing now, again,
in about 20, 30 seconds, it is
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reading for you on
the Gospel of Salvation.
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It is researching...
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Reading the Bible and
researching everything.
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And then writing you in
the method or style that Jesus
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spoke.
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Uh -oh.
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Okay.
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In the style and method that
Jesus spoke, it begins to write
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for you...
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Here it comes.
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Wow.
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And I can trust this.
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And you can trust it.
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That's what's different
from this than any other program
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I've seen anywhere.
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Thank you, my brother.
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My hat's off to you for
all the work all the time.
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Because we can't, you're not
able, and I can't stress that
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enough, for those that
are researching, those who are
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studying, which we like
to do, to be able to trust...
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How do I know I can trust it?
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Right.
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Absolutely.
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Look at it, how quick.
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Look at this.
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It's typing you.
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So...
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This is incredible.
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This is going to
be great for you.
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All right.
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I'm more of a top-off.
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Now look down at the bottom.
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You see those little icons?
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Yes.
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You hover over them.
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One will say,
it's like a speaker.
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It can speak and present the
audio of this in any language.
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In any language.
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In any language, okay.
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Wow.
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Export to Docs.
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Export to Document.
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Our next one is...
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The arrow to share.
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To share.
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And then the next one is if you
just want to copy it and put it
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in your word processor
that you can use it, right?
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Now, but I want you to
scroll back up to the top.
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Mm-hmm.
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chapter.
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The foundation of salvation,
mercy and justice united.
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The beauty of salvation lies in
the perfect harmony of justice
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and mercy.
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Thank you.
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your gentleness
has made me great.
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Salvation when viewed through
the lens of the Gospel reveals
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God's unchanging law and
grants us hope born of love.
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Yes.
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everything to secure
redemption for humanity.
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That's beautiful.
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Now, go to the end
and read the conclusion.
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Okay.
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And all of it is like that.
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And watch as you read now,
you will see every sentence is
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proverbial prose the
way Jesus spoke and taught.
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Wow.
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Okay, go ahead.
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love in a way humanity could
never deserve yet desperately
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needs.
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Yes.
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share its message boldly and
to await the day when Christ's
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work of redemption
is seen in its entirety.
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Will you step into this light,
embrace this hope, and live out
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the Gospel's
transformative truth?
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The choice is yours.
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Eternity awaits.
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Eternity.
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That is beautiful.
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It is.
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Now, let me ask you a question
out of my ignorance, but you
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said a while ago that if we
go type in something similar, it
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will even not just come
back the same every time.
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In other words, if I write this
and she writes it or somebody
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in Spain writes it, it's going
to be something different every
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time.
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Absolutely.
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Now, watch this.
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Are you going to throw in
some Bible scriptures here and
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there?
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Absolutely.
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Watch this.
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You see that
little Tell Me More?
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Yes.
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That's where the
beauty of this is.
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When you click on Tell Me
More, go ahead and click it.
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Yeah, go ahead and click it.
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What it's doing is going down
further into the Bible, further
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into the writings of the Spirit
of Prophecy, writing into the
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Bible commentary, and
it's building you a whole new
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message.
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Now, this is not real, is it?
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This real?
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Are you pulling our leg?
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No, I'm not pulling your leg.
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This is a powerful tool.
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Wait till you see.
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Look at it going.
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Look at that.
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What did you say?
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I said that's
faster than I can type.
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Yeah, right.
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And you can type fast.
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So, but wait.
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Once it's the second message
and every time you hit Tell Me
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More, it gives
you another message.
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It goes further deeper.
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That's amazing.
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Giving you more perspectives
on the spiritual topic.
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You know, this tool, I can
see if you're studying a certain
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topic, this is not
just for people who speak.
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Yes.
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Word.
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Absolutely.
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And you want a Biblical
perspective on the Word.
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Right.
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And on a topic.
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Right.
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Scroll back up to the top.
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This is amazing.
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Scroll back to the second one,
the second message that they
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brought up.
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Okay.
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And just read
the first paragraph.
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Of the second message.
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Yes, right there.
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Okay.
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Consider this paradox.
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God's justice
demands perfection.
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Yet his mercy offers pardon.
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Yes.
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Hallelujah.
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Yes, yes.
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Where mercy and truth meet
and righteousness kisses peace,
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Psalm 85, 10.
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On that hill called Calvary,
nails did not hold Jesus to the
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cross.
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Come on, it was love.
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Yes, yes.
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He bore the weight of guilt
so we could carry the yoke of
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grace.
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We bring nothing
to our salvation.
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That's something.
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Except our need of it.
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Nothing but need.
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That's the title right there.
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What was that yoke?
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That sentence.
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It just struck me
where it says the yoke.
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He bore the yoke.
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He bore the, oh yeah.
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He bore the weight of guilt.
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Guilt.
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Oh.
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There's some beautiful like...
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Oh, it's beautiful.
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Let me tell you something
that's just hit me that's
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incredible and I never thought
about that to this minute so
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I'll say it before I forget it.
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But we as Adventists sometimes,
as Christians in general, but
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as Adventists we have what we
call spiritual arrogance and we
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kind of feel
like we know it all.
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So even if I look at this and I
say, oh great, this is going to
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go along with Adventist
theology which is the Bible.
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Yes.
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This is great.
00:18:45.92\00:18:49.86
did you mean when you said
it's going to speak like Jesus
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speaks.
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I'm like, well,
nobody can do what it is.
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It's taking truth that I might
in my spiritual arrogance on a
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certain subject.
00:19:01.37\00:19:02.07
It's like, I told you so.
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Here it is.
00:19:04.07\00:19:04.97
You know, this is what it says.
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This is with love.
00:19:06.41\00:19:07.44
It's just so much love and
it actually is humbling you, the
00:19:07.68\00:19:13.01
reader, that wow, this is
incredible and it really is.
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To me, because sometimes we
know truth, but we don't show
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it.
00:19:23.93\00:19:29.30
been able to stop reading.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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She's reading.
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Yvonne.
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What else did you read?
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I'm signing up for this.
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Yeah, me too.
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Whatever.
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Me too.
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I'll live longer.
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Because that takes stress off.
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Read something else that came,
the second paragraph if you
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want to, whatever.
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Let's see, the bread of life.
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Let's see.
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Yeah, the bread of life
nourished for the journey.
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That's number three.
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The gospel is not only the
path to life, it is life itself.
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Just as God fed manna to the
wandering Israelites, He offers
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the bread of life to
those who hunger today.
00:20:04.20\00:20:06.87
But what is this bread?
00:20:07.04\00:20:08.50
Christ answers plainly,
this is my body broken for you.
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My Lord.
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has no price tag.
00:20:17.45\00:20:19.08
We partake freely
because He paid fully.
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Wait, read that last
sentence one more time.
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Come on.
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We, let's see, the gospel
satisfies the deepest hunger,
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yet its feast has no price tag.
00:20:35.00\00:20:37.87
We partake freely
because He paid fully.
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Oh, we partake freely
because He paid fully.
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Now, wait a minute, all of this
information we've gotten and
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all of this is new and is
getting deeper as you ask it
00:20:53.31\00:20:56.55
more, but all came from just
a couple of words you asked in
00:20:56.55\00:20:59.49
the beginning.
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Yeah.
00:21:00.12\00:21:00.82
I just typed in
gospel and salvation.
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Gospel and salvation.
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Hit one time.
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And all of this
is coming through.
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That's right.
00:21:07.13\00:21:07.50
Now, you said...
00:21:07.66\00:21:08.30
Oh, I got another one.
00:21:08.30\00:21:09.40
Go ahead.
00:21:10.20\00:21:11.27
Go ahead.
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I'm excited.
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This is so beautiful.
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Faith and works.
00:21:15.30\00:21:16.54
And this is real important
because there's, yeah, there's
00:21:17.11\00:21:20.24
a lot of question about
faith and works and all that.
00:21:20.24\00:21:23.45
Faith and works.
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A relationship,
not a transaction.
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Many wrestle with the question,
what role do my actions play in
00:21:28.35\00:21:32.59
salvation?
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The answer lies in perspective.
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Salvation is God's gift.
00:21:36.42\00:21:38.33
It is not earned, but once
received, it begins to bear
00:21:38.59\00:21:42.93
fruit.
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Lord have mercy.
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Mm -hmm.
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That is...
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That's it.
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That's it.
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True faith produces works as
effortlessly as a vine produces
00:21:48.30\00:21:53.54
grapes.
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Yes.
00:21:54.14\00:21:54.81
James reminds us
faith without works is dead.
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James 2.26.
00:21:57.35\00:21:58.41
But Paul assures us...
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Bible scripture has
given you the scripture too.
00:21:59.95\00:22:01.72
Yes, which is critical.
00:22:01.88\00:22:03.79
But Paul assures us it is by
grace you've been saved through
00:22:04.25\00:22:07.96
faith, not from yourselves.
00:22:07.96\00:22:09.99
Right.
00:22:09.99\00:22:10.53
It is the gift of God.
00:22:10.53\00:22:11.99
Ephesians 2.8.
00:22:12.49\00:22:13.66
These verses are not
at odds, but in harmony.
00:22:13.80\00:22:16.80
Mm-hmm.
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.70
New life in Christ naturally
overflows into compassion,
00:22:21.27\00:22:25.54
obedience, and service.
00:22:25.94\00:22:27.31
The question isn't, are
we adding to salvation, but
00:22:27.51\00:22:31.28
rather, are we reflecting it?
00:22:31.28\00:22:33.08
Okay.
00:22:33.25\00:22:33.75
Yes.
00:22:34.25\00:22:38.72
and probably even in this
camp meeting on the everlasting
00:22:38.72\00:22:41.16
gospel, what the gospel really
is because what we've been
00:22:41.16\00:22:44.69
talking, there
are numerous gospels.
00:22:44.69\00:22:46.96
If you ask an Adventist or a
Christian, what is the gospel?
00:22:47.00\00:22:50.47
They're going to give you
all these different answers.
00:22:50.67\00:22:52.93
Right.
00:22:53.20\00:22:55.77
oh, well, it's, you know, we
feel like we've got to work our
00:22:56.07\00:22:59.57
way.
00:22:59.57\00:23:03.61
This blended it all together.
00:23:03.65\00:23:05.25
Yes.
00:23:05.38\00:23:09.32
you've got to be
kind of like me at first.
00:23:09.32\00:23:11.25
Some of you, maybe or
not, you'd call it tax-savvy.
00:23:11.52\00:23:15.56
Tax-savvy.
00:23:16.09\00:23:16.69
Tax -savvy.
00:23:16.76\00:23:17.33
See, I am so
unsavvy I can't even say it.
00:23:17.69\00:23:20.30
I can't even say it right.
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.00
So, but tax-savvy.
00:23:22.96\00:23:24.40
So, you know, well, I can do a
little, but I can't, I couldn't
00:23:25.03\00:23:29.20
do anything complicated.
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.41
We got plenty of engineers
and people here, but this is not
00:23:30.44\00:23:33.61
complicated.
00:23:33.61\00:23:34.21
Yes.
00:23:34.31\00:23:39.38
ringing right now, I should
answer, it's my granddaughter.
00:23:39.38\00:23:42.78
It's only seven months old.
00:23:42.98\00:23:44.42
That'd be interesting.
00:23:44.59\00:23:45.32
I'll call her back in a bit.
00:23:45.42\00:23:46.92
She's FaceTiming me.
00:23:46.99\00:23:48.12
So, right now, it's Baby Blair.
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.06
So, right now, for what's the
beauty of this is all of this
00:23:52.16\00:23:56.53
information literally
is at your fingertips.
00:23:56.53\00:23:58.63
You can use a phone.
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.14
If you could even pick the old
dial phone at home and do that,
00:24:00.34\00:24:04.14
remember back in the 70s you
can do this and get literally
00:24:04.51\00:24:09.54
all of this information
because you've streamlined it.
00:24:09.54\00:24:13.11
For me, I don't like when I
have to say, okay, step one,
00:24:13.72\00:24:17.15
okay, now do this, we'll go
to this icon and tap, and then I
00:24:17.32\00:24:22.36
don't say, well,
it's not on my iPad.
00:24:22.36\00:24:24.46
Oh, well, you need a Mac
or you need something else.
00:24:24.69\00:24:27.13
So, this, when you go to it,
you push, you wrote in what you
00:24:27.36\00:24:31.90
wanted, you basically
push, and then when all of this
00:24:31.90\00:24:35.14
information, it keeps typing,
then you push more, learn more.
00:24:35.14\00:24:39.51
Tell me more.
00:24:39.51\00:24:40.21
Tell me more.
00:24:40.24\00:24:41.04
And then it goes
into deeper and deeper.
00:24:41.28\00:24:44.75
And it won't give you
the same thing every time.
00:24:45.05\00:24:47.45
Exactly.
00:24:47.58\00:24:47.85
So, one of the
things, as I was saying...
00:24:48.62\00:24:50.35
In any language.
00:24:50.35\00:24:51.19
In any language.
00:24:51.42\00:24:52.92
That's technology.
00:24:54.86\00:24:55.82
That's really beyond.
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.29
When we started this in 1984,
I would have never dreamed you'd
00:24:57.86\00:25:02.10
get this far.
00:25:02.10\00:25:02.70
Yeah.
00:25:02.70\00:25:03.06
Never.
00:25:03.70\00:25:08.30
the world can use this too.
00:25:08.30\00:25:10.84
Oh, yeah.
00:25:11.17\00:25:15.04
trials.
00:25:15.04\00:25:15.68
Okay.
00:25:15.94\00:25:21.22
it does the same thing.
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.32
In seconds, once you put in
trials and hit enter, it goes
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.06
down, and it reads.
00:25:27.06\00:25:29.56
Because of the super computing
power, it's able to read a lot.
00:25:29.92\00:25:34.46
Very quickly.
00:25:34.46\00:25:35.53
And then it researches it, and
then it really organizes all of
00:25:36.00\00:25:41.37
the content.
00:25:41.37\00:25:41.97
Yeah.
00:25:42.00\00:25:42.44
And then it presents it to you.
00:25:42.90\00:25:44.61
Here it goes.
00:25:44.61\00:25:45.31
It's coming up like crazy.
00:25:45.51\00:25:46.74
I don't know if
we'll get it on the screen.
00:25:46.91\00:25:50.95
Finding Strength Through Trials.
00:25:51.08\00:25:53.35
Okay.
00:25:53.35\00:25:53.82
You got to read.
00:25:54.22\00:25:55.35
And let it finish.
00:25:55.68\00:25:56.82
It's going to have to finish
because it's writing you a
00:25:56.82\00:25:56.85
whole sermon of presentation.
00:25:58.65\00:25:59.89
You can get it on the screen.
00:26:00.16\00:26:01.56
Go ahead.
00:26:01.82\00:26:02.56
Wow.
00:26:03.09\00:26:03.63
It's writing it for you.
00:26:03.63\00:26:05.03
And it's going to probably
take about 15 more seconds.
00:26:05.23\00:26:08.23
But...
00:26:09.13\00:26:09.80
It's literally a whole sermon.
00:26:09.80\00:26:10.97
You know, can I also tell
you this while it's doing that
00:26:10.97\00:26:11.00
before we read.
00:26:14.30\00:26:15.07
The most prolific Christian
preacher in modern history was
00:26:16.54\00:26:22.18
a man by the name of Charles
Spurgeon from London, England.
00:26:22.18\00:26:26.45
Charles Spurgeon over his
lifetime preached over 4,000
00:26:28.42\00:26:34.59
sermons.
00:26:34.59\00:26:35.36
Now in my 45, 50 years of
preaching, it's going to be 50
00:26:35.79\00:26:40.36
years of preaching this
year, in a year, I've preached
00:26:40.36\00:26:44.90
probably about 2,000 sermons.
00:26:44.90\00:26:46.97
But when you look at 2,000
sermons times 40 hours each
00:26:47.90\00:26:53.24
sermon preparation,
that's a lot of time.
00:26:53.74\00:26:57.25
Now, Charles Spurgeon was smart.
00:26:58.45\00:27:00.82
He developed a system.
00:27:00.88\00:27:01.98
His system was, before,
whenever he got a topic or a
00:27:01.98\00:27:06.39
theme he wanted to preach on,
rather than go to his library
00:27:06.39\00:27:11.13
himself, he sent three or four
young pastors and preachers to
00:27:11.13\00:27:16.70
his library for him.
00:27:16.70\00:27:17.93
Oh, okay.
00:27:18.17\00:27:20.84
Yes, ma'am.
00:27:21.17\00:27:22.44
They researched his topic.
00:27:22.57\00:27:24.97
And I remember seeing a picture
of Charles Spurgeon sitting at
00:27:25.34\00:27:28.78
his desk with the books
piled up where those who were
00:27:28.78\00:27:32.81
researching opened it and put
tabs in it so he needed to read
00:27:32.81\00:27:37.92
and study these areas.
00:27:37.92\00:27:40.02
Right.
00:27:40.49\00:27:41.99
Well, this is
what this tool does.
00:27:41.99\00:27:43.96
Yes.
00:27:43.99\00:27:44.63
This, and Charles Spurgeon
had his Google before there was
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.96
Google, right?
00:27:47.96\00:27:48.70
Okay.
00:27:48.70\00:27:54.37
It instantly, it's able
to do it faster than Charles
00:27:55.64\00:28:00.98
Spurgeon's
people did it for him.
00:28:00.98\00:28:04.45
By far.
00:28:04.85\00:28:05.55
Right?
00:28:05.65\00:28:09.78
have reached and got books
as quick as what this just did.
00:28:09.78\00:28:12.95
And get the right stuff.
00:28:12.95\00:28:12.99
Because look, when you have,
if you have 10 books on your
00:28:14.16\00:28:18.13
library about grace, where
are you going to find, on what
00:28:18.13\00:28:23.33
pages will you begin to
look to find just what you need?
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.90
You can't.
00:28:27.37\00:28:28.57
But that's what
this technology does.
00:28:28.57\00:28:30.71
Man, this is so good.
00:28:31.81\00:28:32.44
Just like that.
00:28:33.41\00:28:34.94
It reads, it researches,
it organizes, and it writes it
00:28:35.24\00:28:42.78
eloquently and beautifully.
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.25
So much so that you can present
it the way it is, or which is
00:28:44.55\00:28:48.99
what I do and which I believe
most preachers will do, take it
00:28:48.99\00:28:52.69
and be inspired.
00:28:52.69\00:28:54.40
God gave me a quote.
00:28:54.46\00:28:55.30
You'll see it
right at the beginning.
00:28:55.33\00:28:56.50
When you are inspired,
you are more productive.
00:28:56.50\00:29:00.34
You're more productive.
00:29:01.67\00:29:02.40
Read the first
paragraph of that.
00:29:02.50\00:29:03.94
On trials.
00:29:04.84\00:29:05.37
Okay, let me go back up.
00:29:05.91\00:29:06.84
Yeah, you got a stroll to begin.
00:29:07.61\00:29:08.64
Yeah, I mean,
this is phenomenal.
00:29:09.08\00:29:12.61
Trials,
opportunities in disguise, that.
00:29:12.81\00:29:15.05
Is that the first paragraph?
00:29:15.05\00:29:16.05
That's the first one.
00:29:16.28\00:29:16.79
Trials are not punishments,
nor mere misfortunes.
00:29:17.32\00:29:19.65
They are opportunities
for growth, refinement, and
00:29:20.19\00:29:23.69
preparation.
00:29:23.69\00:29:24.46
The Lord permits His people
to face challenges, not to harm
00:29:24.93\00:29:28.10
them.
00:29:28.10\00:29:28.46
Yes.
00:29:28.46\00:29:31.17
Yes.
00:29:31.20\00:29:35.54
make it seem as though God has
forsaken us, are the tools He
00:29:35.54\00:29:39.07
uses to lead us closer to Him.
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.38
Yes.
00:29:41.38\00:29:45.75
surpasses understanding, a
gift that transforms pain into
00:29:45.75\00:29:50.62
purpose.
00:29:50.62\00:29:51.05
Into purpose.
00:29:51.19\00:29:51.75
Wow.
00:29:51.99\00:29:52.22
Wow.
00:29:52.22\00:29:57.13
trials, and I put it
in my sermon last week.
00:29:57.13\00:30:01.70
My son comes at the end of the
sermon and said, Daddy, look at
00:30:02.90\00:30:07.10
this.
00:30:07.10\00:30:15.18
telling me how much it
meant to him spiritually.
00:30:15.18\00:30:18.25
Amen.
00:30:18.38\00:30:20.25
Mm -hmm.
00:30:20.25\00:30:21.75
God uses our tears
to clear our vision.
00:30:22.52\00:30:26.62
Oh, wow.
00:30:26.99\00:30:27.72
Oh, that's good.
00:30:28.02\00:30:29.99
Yeah, that's amazing.
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.49
That's good.
00:30:31.49\00:30:35.60
folks says, now, that'll preach.
00:30:35.60\00:30:36.73
That'll preach.
00:30:37.07\00:30:38.30
That'll preach.
00:30:38.33\00:30:39.43
God uses our tears
to clear our vision.
00:30:40.17\00:30:44.64
The old song says, tears
are a language God understands.
00:30:44.64\00:30:44.67
That's right.
00:30:47.94\00:30:48.58
This is absolutely amazing.
00:30:48.58\00:30:50.78
Now, tell us, I'm still in
my mind, okay, how did you get
00:30:51.01\00:30:57.49
this?
00:30:57.49\00:31:00.66
How do we know
that this is trusted?
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.86
It appears it sure is, but you
had to do something, so I don't
00:31:03.06\00:31:08.13
want to give away any trade
secrets, but also you said, did
00:31:08.13\00:31:11.97
you say that you can look up
commentaries, Ellen White, you
00:31:11.97\00:31:16.07
can look up other...
00:31:16.07\00:31:17.91
This is not a tool for you
to build a doctoral thesis on a
00:31:17.91\00:31:22.38
subject, so you're not going
to get citations and references
00:31:22.38\00:31:26.08
and footnotes and
that kind of thing.
00:31:26.08\00:31:27.72
That's not what this is for.
00:31:27.78\00:31:28.92
This is purely an
inspirational tool.
00:31:29.32\00:31:32.82
When I read that, just like
you read that, I am inspired.
00:31:33.29\00:31:38.13
The only difference is I know
that the inspiration that I'm
00:31:39.19\00:31:42.80
getting comes directly from
the spirit of prophecy, directly
00:31:42.80\00:31:47.14
from the spirit of God, and
it is not from sources that have
00:31:47.14\00:31:52.67
not been vetted and not
sources that I can trust.
00:31:52.67\00:31:56.41
That's the key.
00:31:56.41\00:31:57.25
So you've vetted, everything's
been vetted, but I'm amazed at
00:31:57.68\00:32:02.08
how you can just go more, learn
more, and it starts all over
00:32:02.08\00:32:07.82
again, or if I go back to what
she just did and type in trials
00:32:07.82\00:32:12.09
again, there'll be more, as
you say, it goes deeper, so it
00:32:12.09\00:32:15.46
gives you this beautiful layer,
but now, okay, you want it a
00:32:15.46\00:32:18.50
little deeper, let's
go dig a little deeper.
00:32:18.50\00:32:20.94
We'll go with this.
00:32:21.07\00:32:21.97
And every time that it's
different, yet it's beautiful,
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.67
and I understand, at first
I'm like, what do you mean how
00:32:25.97\00:32:29.64
Jesus would say it, but there's
so much love there and done in
00:32:29.64\00:32:33.21
a way that you're not, as I
said, trying to say, oh, look
00:32:33.21\00:32:36.45
what I know and what you
don't know or look at this.
00:32:36.45\00:32:38.99
It's like, wow,
that's beautiful.
00:32:39.19\00:32:41.26
Let me also tell you, one of
the main reasons God impressed
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.46
me to build this, I
really built it for myself as a
00:32:44.46\00:32:48.53
preacher, because preaching
is the hardest thing I've ever
00:32:48.53\00:32:53.37
done in my life.
00:32:53.37\00:32:54.37
There is nothing more
difficult, more time consuming.
00:32:55.00\00:32:59.17
If I had back all of the
hours, three, four, five in the
00:33:00.44\00:33:05.21
morning, that I've been
laboring to preach, and I
00:33:05.21\00:33:11.65
preach, one of the reasons is
because I want to be a blessing
00:33:11.65\00:33:14.86
to my family.
00:33:14.86\00:33:15.99
I don't want my children, my
wife, if there's something that
00:33:16.49\00:33:21.46
I can say that will help
them get to heaven in a message,
00:33:21.46\00:33:25.90
praise God, that's why I preach.
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.34
But what I wanted to tell you
is, we have a crisis that needs
00:33:29.20\00:33:35.88
good preaching
and good teaching.
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.38
And the crisis is that in most
Christian churches today, not
00:33:39.28\00:33:44.69
the mega ones you see on
television, in the regular rank
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.92
and file Christian churches,
they are either empty pews,
00:33:48.92\00:33:54.20
abandoned rows, or you
have churches that are literally
00:33:55.10\00:34:01.64
shutting down,
closing their doors.
00:34:01.64\00:34:04.24
Now that wouldn't be any
of our own churches, right?
00:34:04.27\00:34:06.44
That's everybody else.
00:34:06.71\00:34:07.68
No, that's ours too.
00:34:08.08\00:34:09.88
Ours too.
00:34:10.21\00:34:11.31
I know one conference president
who in the last few weeks
00:34:11.38\00:34:15.42
closed four of his
churches to try to build up one.
00:34:16.12\00:34:20.76
Wow.
00:34:20.92\00:34:21.46
Because that's
where we are, right?
00:34:22.36\00:34:24.69
And the statistics bear it out.
00:34:24.89\00:34:27.73
Now, for example, two things
I'll tell you that's important
00:34:28.53\00:34:32.97
about these statistics.
00:34:32.97\00:34:34.10
In 2014, our church, the
nomination that we're a part
00:34:34.70\00:34:41.41
of, a few research showed that
67% of all the members in our
00:34:41.41\00:34:48.92
denomination in this country,
67% of them attended church at
00:34:48.92\00:34:55.86
least one day a week.
00:34:55.86\00:34:58.33
The latest, this is 10 years
later now, 2024, the latest
00:35:00.50\00:35:05.43
research shows that it
has dropped from 67% to 15%.
00:35:05.43\00:35:15.44
Only 15% of our members
are attending church regularly.
00:35:15.44\00:35:21.88
And everyone who's listening to
me right now, more than likely,
00:35:22.35\00:35:27.12
it pains you when you go to
church to see all these empty
00:35:28.06\00:35:32.06
pews and empty spaces, right?
00:35:32.06\00:35:36.60
And I came across this
Gallup poll that showed that the
00:35:36.60\00:35:43.00
number one determinant, the
number one driver, the number
00:35:43.00\00:35:47.38
one thing that determines
whether people will come to
00:35:47.38\00:35:50.95
your church is the sermon.
00:35:50.95\00:35:54.82
Not even the music.
00:35:55.15\00:35:56.48
Not the music.
00:35:56.58\00:35:57.62
Isn't that something?
00:35:57.79\00:35:58.52
Not your lights,
camera, and action.
00:35:59.15\00:36:00.96
You can put up a fancy video
wall, all the technology you
00:36:00.99\00:36:05.43
want.
00:36:05.43\00:36:05.89
That's not what...
00:36:05.89\00:36:07.30
People want to
be fed spiritually.
00:36:07.30\00:36:10.13
They want to know that that
message is well researched and
00:36:10.40\00:36:16.77
inspirationally written.
00:36:16.77\00:36:17.97
You know, Jesus could have
spoken His Sermon on the Mount
00:36:19.84\00:36:24.45
in a way that was throwaway
words, but they weren't
00:36:24.45\00:36:29.12
throwaway words.
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.02
It was beautifully written.
00:36:30.75\00:36:32.62
It was, you know,
blessed of the poor in spirit.
00:36:33.82\00:36:36.99
Blessed of the mean...
00:36:38.46\00:36:39.59
It was beautifully written
and written in a way that we
00:36:39.59\00:36:43.97
memorized it growing up and
we carry that in our hearts.
00:36:43.97\00:36:47.90
And so I pray that God
will use this to inspire a new
00:36:48.37\00:36:57.18
generation of
preachers and teachers.
00:36:57.18\00:37:00.35
I had some young pastors
together and I asked them, how
00:37:01.02\00:37:06.39
do you prepare your sermons?
00:37:06.39\00:37:07.92
I was shocked.
00:37:09.06\00:37:10.63
They said what they should have
said, but they left some things
00:37:12.56\00:37:16.06
out.
00:37:16.06\00:37:16.63
They said, we pray.
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.43
Yes, you should pray.
00:37:19.97\00:37:21.27
I asked for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit when I'm
00:37:22.10\00:37:25.94
preparing a message or a sermon.
00:37:25.94\00:37:28.48
They said, we
listen to the Lord.
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.21
I try to do that.
00:37:31.38\00:37:32.41
I listen to the Lord.
00:37:32.41\00:37:33.58
One pastor said, I brood,
which is a kind of, you know,
00:37:34.82\00:37:41.46
melancholy, thinking about
the subject that you're doing,
00:37:41.62\00:37:45.46
asking God to
reveal some things to you.
00:37:46.06\00:37:48.86
And that's wonderful.
00:37:48.93\00:37:49.90
None of them said, we research.
00:37:51.03\00:37:53.94
I was just getting ready to
say I'm waiting for research.
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.11
None of them said, we research.
00:37:57.41\00:37:59.51
None of them said, we study.
00:38:00.38\00:38:02.08
Unfortunately, it shows.
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.61
Oh, have mercy.
00:38:04.28\00:38:05.05
I'm sorry, but it shows.
00:38:05.28\00:38:07.92
Those who study and
research, you can tell.
00:38:08.22\00:38:11.45
Yes.
00:38:11.55\00:38:12.05
Yes.
00:38:12.15\00:38:12.99
And one of the ways, one of the
ways you can tell too is this.
00:38:13.39\00:38:18.26
And God, I'm
praying as I'm speaking.
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.86
There are only two kinds of
preachers and teachers who try
00:38:24.53\00:38:29.70
to be extemporaneous off the
top of their heads and profound
00:38:29.70\00:38:34.74
at the same time.
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.11
Only two kind of people try it.
00:38:37.31\00:38:39.48
They are geniuses.
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.12
And I won't call the name,
but the other people who try it.
00:38:41.38\00:38:45.02
In other words, it
doesn't come off well.
00:38:45.05\00:38:47.62
Most of us are geniuses.
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.16
Most of us can't...
00:38:51.96\00:38:54.00
That's disheartening.
00:38:54.76\00:38:55.96
Go ahead.
00:39:00.20\00:39:01.17
I learned that a long
time ago, but go ahead.
00:39:01.44\00:39:03.47
But you know, if somebody said,
I want you to speak on this
00:39:03.74\00:39:06.91
topic in the next five
minutes, a spiritual topic.
00:39:06.91\00:39:10.21
Most of us don't have what
it takes to stand up for 40
00:39:10.35\00:39:14.55
minutes and off the top of
our heads be profound, engaging,
00:39:14.55\00:39:20.49
spiritual.
00:39:20.82\00:39:21.19
We need time to prepare.
00:39:21.92\00:39:23.26
We need time to research.
00:39:23.86\00:39:25.43
We need time to study.
00:39:25.53\00:39:26.03
Right?
00:39:26.70\00:39:27.03
And this is what God allowed me
to build for those who wish to
00:39:28.70\00:39:34.77
use it.
00:39:34.77\00:39:35.94
A way to reduce those hours
and use those hours for more to
00:39:35.94\00:39:45.88
take you deeper into your
own relationship with the Lord.
00:39:45.88\00:39:48.62
Because you're struggling
to research and to write.
00:39:49.32\00:39:52.95
But this tool allows you just
like that to have it at your
00:39:53.25\00:39:56.36
disposal.
00:39:56.36\00:39:56.73
I see this too.
00:39:56.99\00:39:58.89
For people, you know, as lay
people, I'm not a preacher, but
00:39:59.79\00:40:05.00
I'm a student.
00:40:05.00\00:40:06.17
Yes.
00:40:06.17\00:40:13.24
deeply.
00:40:13.24\00:40:13.58
The Lord wants us to study.
00:40:13.91\00:40:15.28
We're supposed
to test everything.
00:40:15.34\00:40:17.15
Yes.
00:40:17.18\00:40:17.91
We're supposed
to not be deceived.
00:40:17.95\00:40:20.15
We have to study.
00:40:20.25\00:40:21.52
And how do we study?
00:40:21.58\00:40:23.28
We have to have tools.
00:40:23.28\00:40:25.55
That's right.
00:40:25.85\00:40:26.22
So to me, this is
not just for preachers.
00:40:26.79\00:40:30.33
No.
00:40:30.53\00:40:31.16
Yeah.
00:40:31.73\00:40:32.23
No.
00:40:32.46\00:40:38.03
into the Word.
00:40:38.03\00:40:39.33
And a lot of these concepts
that you're setting forth, many
00:40:39.57\00:40:44.27
of them you can see
Scripture tied to them.
00:40:44.27\00:40:47.31
Yes.
00:40:47.31\00:40:47.91
But they're also nuggets.
00:40:47.91\00:40:50.01
Yes.
00:40:50.11\00:40:53.85
into your daily study.
00:40:53.85\00:40:55.42
And that's how Jesus spoke.
00:40:55.48\00:40:56.85
It's beautiful.
00:40:56.85\00:40:57.49
That's how Jesus taught.
00:40:57.49\00:40:58.12
It's just beautiful.
00:40:58.12\00:40:58.15
trials.
00:41:04.09\00:41:04.66
Because it is God's way of
using this latest technology to
00:41:05.39\00:41:12.27
advance this kingdom.
00:41:12.27\00:41:13.17
Conclusion refined for glory.
00:41:14.30\00:41:16.30
Trials are the
proving grounds of faith.
00:41:17.01\00:41:19.21
They remind us of our
dependence on God and through
00:41:19.21\00:41:22.84
them, His power is
perfected in our weakness.
00:41:22.84\00:41:26.25
Yes.
00:41:26.75\00:41:30.49
brings us closer to
the joy set before us.
00:41:30.49\00:41:33.39
Yes.
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.46
So in the furnace of
affliction, let us not despair,
00:41:36.66\00:41:40.53
but trust in the one who works
all things for His glory and
00:41:40.86\00:41:45.57
our ultimate good.
00:41:45.57\00:41:47.04
Yes.
00:41:47.37\00:41:47.64
Amen.
00:41:47.64\00:41:48.17
It's beautiful.
00:41:48.30\00:41:49.10
I think for the person
too, Yvonne, that most of us, no
00:41:49.50\00:41:54.88
matter if we're pastors, we're
elders, whether we even go to
00:41:54.88\00:41:59.41
church, the Holy Spirit,
thankfully, continues to work
00:41:59.41\00:42:03.18
on us.
00:42:03.18\00:42:08.26
be saved?
00:42:08.26\00:42:08.96
Talk about surrender.
00:42:10.63\00:42:12.06
In other words, it seems to
me that we can put, things here
00:42:12.13\00:42:15.96
will help draw
me closer to Jesus.
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.10
And it's even not just a
learning tool, but maybe a life
00:42:18.40\00:42:22.30
-saving tool because literally
spiritually, it can save our
00:42:22.30\00:42:27.64
lives.
00:42:27.64\00:42:32.08
that wouldn't save your life.
00:42:32.08\00:42:33.52
If I'm parachuting, jumping
out of the plane, I want to
00:42:33.58\00:42:36.32
parachute on my back, right?
00:42:36.32\00:42:38.12
Right.
00:42:38.15\00:42:42.22
every tool I can get from
the Word of God that I can get.
00:42:42.22\00:42:46.63
And this is the
first thing that I've seen.
00:42:46.63\00:42:49.13
I think I can safely say it's
the only thing like this in AI,
00:42:49.30\00:42:54.87
in anywhere, maybe in any
technology that is capable of
00:42:55.54\00:42:58.94
doing what it's doing
and one that we can trust.
00:42:58.94\00:43:01.08
So that's the deal.
00:43:01.58\00:43:02.54
I can trust it.
00:43:02.84\00:43:04.05
That's the trouble that we have
with all these other chats and
00:43:04.05\00:43:09.52
the different, I've
tried different ones of those.
00:43:09.52\00:43:11.55
Again, they come back and
they'll say things like, I ask
00:43:12.05\00:43:15.96
them about LGBTQ and they'll
say, well, we don't deal with
00:43:15.96\00:43:20.43
this or we won't speak.
00:43:20.43\00:43:21.63
And some will say, well, maybe
you should be open or this is
00:43:21.83\00:43:25.47
what some say,
but others say this.
00:43:25.47\00:43:28.07
And I didn't ask that.
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.24
And I'll turn my back and
I'll say, I didn't ask you that.
00:43:29.67\00:43:31.94
I just ask you to tell me about
this, you know, and I give the
00:43:32.27\00:43:36.61
subject.
00:43:36.61\00:43:36.98
So I can't wait.
00:43:37.38\00:43:38.28
I'm definitely a customer.
00:43:38.48\00:43:41.35
So I went down while
you guys were talking.
00:43:41.65\00:43:44.59
I went down and you know, you
have some other categories and
00:43:44.59\00:43:48.49
one was tests with the trials.
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.46
So I clicked on that and
then you get a whole, 15 points
00:43:51.53\00:43:56.46
about tests and overcoming
through faith, resilience
00:43:56.46\00:44:00.80
through adversity, facing the
cost of commitment, trials as a
00:44:00.80\00:44:05.04
process of preparation.
00:44:05.04\00:44:06.57
I mean, this is really
some great, great information.
00:44:07.48\00:44:11.68
Well, God did.
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.52
I give him all the
glory for what he's done.
00:44:13.52\00:44:16.05
And you know, Ellen White tells
a story because I grew up in
00:44:17.55\00:44:22.39
Canada.
00:44:22.39\00:44:27.96
in a blizzard and
almost gave himself up to die.
00:44:27.96\00:44:32.67
And as he was lying there in
the snow, he heard the moaning
00:44:33.10\00:44:39.74
of a fellow traveler who
had also been caught in the same
00:44:39.74\00:44:43.14
blizzard.
00:44:43.14\00:44:43.81
And something
sparked in his heart.
00:44:44.48\00:44:46.25
You've got to help him.
00:44:46.78\00:44:47.85
And he picked himself up and he
found the person and he started
00:44:48.55\00:44:54.09
rubbing his limbs
trying to warm him up.
00:44:54.09\00:44:55.76
And he realized this
person needed more help.
00:44:55.79\00:44:57.93
He picked him up in his
arms and he started walking.
00:44:58.93\00:45:02.46
He didn't know
where he was going.
00:45:02.60\00:45:03.80
But after about 10, 15 minutes
of just walking through the
00:45:04.60\00:45:07.24
snow with this man in his
arms, he saw a log cabin in the
00:45:07.24\00:45:10.71
distance with smoke
coming out of the chimney.
00:45:10.71\00:45:13.81
And when he kicked the door
open with this man in his arms,
00:45:14.68\00:45:19.61
she said as he crossed over
into the house, it hit him that
00:45:19.75\00:45:26.72
in saving his
neighbor, he had saved himself.
00:45:26.72\00:45:29.52
Saved himself, absolutely.
00:45:29.56\00:45:31.43
Got him
blood-stained and got him...
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.13
Isn't that something?
00:45:34.13\00:45:35.80
Absolutely.
00:45:35.90\00:45:36.60
And what I have found, this
has been such a blessing for me
00:45:37.10\00:45:41.44
because I have been trying
to build tools that would help
00:45:41.44\00:45:49.31
other people.
00:45:49.31\00:45:50.41
And it's been such a blessing
for me and my preaching.
00:45:51.55\00:45:55.28
If you go on YouTube and put in
Palm Bay SDA and listen to the
00:45:56.35\00:46:03.69
sermons that God has given me,
the time that it has taken and
00:46:03.69\00:46:10.90
how this tool has been a
blessing to me, it is my prayer
00:46:10.90\00:46:15.00
that it will be a
blessing to many others.
00:46:15.00\00:46:17.97
And you know, we were talking
about the Glorious Church.
00:46:18.37\00:46:21.58
Great song, by the way.
00:46:23.28\00:46:24.45
Praise the Lord.
00:46:24.45\00:46:25.48
Lanny Wolfe and Yvonne Shelton.
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.48
Yeah, great song.
00:46:27.95\00:46:28.58
And a great artist to sing.
00:46:28.58\00:46:29.78
Oh, great song.
00:46:29.78\00:46:29.82
And I know we're
going to play it.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.05
But I just want to say that
how amazing is it going to be to
00:46:32.55\00:46:41.93
get to glory.
00:46:41.93\00:46:43.06
And the Lord shows us and shows
me how He used this tool to
00:46:44.50\00:46:52.51
prepare His Glorious Church
for His soon and second coming.
00:46:52.51\00:46:57.45
That sounds like
segue right into it.
00:46:57.55\00:47:00.38
I think we've got time to do it.
00:47:00.48\00:47:01.92
Then we've got to come back
and you've got to tell us how we
00:47:02.08\00:47:04.05
can make contact, phone
numbers, email addresses.
00:47:04.05\00:47:08.26
Anyway, yeah, we
want to get this.
00:47:08.26\00:47:09.92
We're signing up.
00:47:09.92\00:47:10.89
Why don't we do this Glorious
Church by Brother Phipps.
00:47:11.13\00:47:14.73
Of the ancient world
Babylon worshipped gods of stone
00:47:36.62\00:47:46.83
Evil twins that ruled her heart
00:47:50.87\00:47:56.47
She was likened to a harlot
Fornication was in the wine
00:48:01.54\00:48:13.96
That filled the cup From which
she drank Sins of every kind
00:48:13.96\00:48:25.67
Daniel's vision, would topple
given time, as would nation's
00:48:44.05\00:48:55.30
kings and merchants
intoxicated by her wine.
00:48:55.30\00:49:03.97
The prophets tried to heed
the writing on the wall, turned
00:49:08.88\00:49:20.22
from her wicked ways before
the day the wrath of God would
00:49:20.22\00:49:30.07
fall.
00:49:30.07\00:49:32.80
The oppressor of God's people,
Babylon so powerful and strong,
00:49:32.80\00:49:46.75
she thought she was invincible,
but God would prove her wrong.
00:49:47.42\00:49:59.83
An angel filled with glory
shall descend where the shout
00:50:11.64\00:50:20.05
proclaim, Babylon the great is
fallen, she will die in sin and
00:50:20.05\00:50:32.83
shame.
00:50:32.83\00:50:35.66
Will be heard across the earth,
to give a warning loud and
00:50:43.47\00:50:53.72
clear to those who
claim to be God's church.
00:50:53.72\00:51:04.76
Come out of her, my people,
be not partakers of her sin, for
00:51:04.76\00:51:17.31
I'm coming back for a glorious
church, undefiled and pure
00:51:17.31\00:51:26.38
within.
00:51:26.38\00:51:28.38
To him who worships me,
in spirit and truth, and is
00:51:28.38\00:51:36.39
faithful to the end, I will
say, well done, a kind new one.
00:51:36.39\00:51:51.24
Come sit and reign with
me, throughout eternity.
00:51:51.24\00:52:02.95
Thus say the Lord,
00:52:02.95\00:52:07.42
to him who worships me,
in spirit and truth, and is
00:52:11.73\00:52:19.20
faithful to the end, I will
say, well done, a kind new one.
00:52:19.20\00:52:34.02
Come sit and
00:52:34.02\00:52:37.02
reign with me,
throughout eternity.
00:52:44.06\00:52:48.20
Thus say the
00:52:48.56\00:52:51.47
Lord, for thine is the kingdom
00:52:57.14\00:53:03.95
of God.
00:53:16.46\00:53:18.39
Praise the Lord.
00:53:42.98\00:53:43.65
That was a two-hander.
00:53:43.65\00:53:44.65
That is.
00:53:44.79\00:53:45.22
That's a two-hander.
00:53:45.32\00:53:46.12
Thank you, Yvonne and
Lanny Wolf, for writing that
00:53:46.65\00:53:49.26
beautiful song and for
your incredible delivery.
00:53:49.26\00:53:52.53
I can't believe it.
00:53:52.53\00:53:53.90
We only have
about three minutes.
00:53:53.90\00:53:55.40
So we've been talking
about this incredible tool.
00:53:55.73\00:53:58.40
And so how do we contact you?
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.34
Is there phone numbers?
00:54:01.44\00:54:02.24
We have websites.
00:54:02.24\00:54:03.30
How do we do this?
00:54:03.67\00:54:04.81
Because I think everybody
watching, Christian, Adventist,
00:54:04.84\00:54:09.24
Baptist, Catholic, whoever you
are, you're going to want this.
00:54:09.34\00:54:12.21
It's absolutely incredible.
00:54:12.25\00:54:13.98
What we've been
reading here is just amazing.
00:54:15.02\00:54:16.89
It literally makes you
feel closer to the Lord.
00:54:17.09\00:54:19.45
And we know that it's truth
and it's not slanted from a
00:54:19.45\00:54:22.69
secular, you know, outside.
00:54:22.69\00:54:24.59
It's the Bible.
00:54:24.99\00:54:25.59
Right.
00:54:25.79\00:54:27.83
So how do we, how do we do this?
00:54:27.86\00:54:29.40
Well, they can
just go on the website.
00:54:29.40\00:54:31.07
Gospel Truth.
00:54:31.40\00:54:32.67
Okay.
00:54:32.73\00:54:33.13
Let's put it up.
00:54:33.17\00:54:33.94
.ai.
00:54:34.57\00:54:35.10
Gospel Truth.
00:54:35.80\00:54:36.57
.ai.
00:54:37.04\00:54:37.54
And I want to
leave with one thought.
00:54:38.31\00:54:40.81
Okay.
00:54:40.91\00:54:50.45
In other words,
it's not either or.
00:54:52.95\00:54:55.56
It's both and.
00:54:57.09\00:54:59.33
I remember reading where a
beautiful quote that said, God
00:55:01.06\00:55:08.50
can use a dull ax.
00:55:08.50\00:55:11.47
But he can use
a sharp ax better.
00:55:12.07\00:55:14.54
All right.
00:55:15.54\00:55:16.18
Let's get a phone number up.
00:55:16.21\00:55:17.45
Also, we get a phone number.
00:55:17.61\00:55:18.88
There's a lot of us.
00:55:19.11\00:55:20.18
There you go.
00:55:20.42\00:55:21.05
212-419-0155.
00:55:21.42\00:55:23.45
Let's leave that up for
a few seconds for people.
00:55:25.05\00:55:27.69
Some of them like me slow.
00:55:27.82\00:55:28.89
You still got an ink
pen to write that down.
00:55:29.02\00:55:32.63
That's writing for radio.
00:55:32.76\00:55:34.10
Again, it's 212-419-0155.
00:55:34.36\00:55:38.43
And let's go back
now to the website.
00:55:38.43\00:55:42.07
And so that's it.
00:55:43.10\00:55:43.81
Just Gospel Truth.
00:55:43.87\00:55:44.87
.ai.
00:55:45.11\00:55:45.51
That's all you need.
00:55:45.84\00:55:46.57
And once you sign up and
you log in, you just put in your
00:55:47.04\00:55:51.88
theme, your topic, and one
push gives you the results.
00:55:51.88\00:55:59.35
Okay.
00:55:59.39\00:56:02.56
or however you do with this.
00:56:02.56\00:56:05.03
So the answer is right there.
00:56:05.83\00:56:07.03
If you missed this for whatever
reason, you said, I didn't get
00:56:07.03\00:56:10.47
that.
00:56:10.47\00:56:10.87
I wasn't ready.
00:56:10.87\00:56:15.57
phone number to contact Pastor
Wentley Phipps, and we'll make
00:56:15.57\00:56:19.21
sure that Call
Center gets it to you.
00:56:19.21\00:56:21.61
Yvonne, we have a few
seconds of closing thoughts.
00:56:21.81\00:56:24.61
Oh, this is just
such a powerful tool.
00:56:24.88\00:56:27.95
And I mean, you can find out
answers that you're looking for
00:56:28.35\00:56:33.22
in a quick way, as opposed to
like kind of scrolling through
00:56:33.22\00:56:37.56
a lot of pages.
00:56:37.56\00:56:38.33
It's all done for you.
00:56:38.46\00:56:40.10
It's all there,
which is really amazing.
00:56:40.10\00:56:41.90
So thank you so much.
00:56:42.10\00:56:43.60
You're very welcome.
00:56:43.60\00:56:43.63
the first time with the church.
00:56:47.77\00:56:49.44
Absolutely.
00:56:49.80\00:56:50.31
Right here on 3ABN.
00:56:50.34\00:56:51.64
We expect a tremendous,
tremendous response from this
00:56:51.64\00:56:55.21
and we're going to make
sure it continues to go out.
00:56:55.21\00:56:57.61
Speaking of going out, our
time is all gone for today, but
00:56:57.95\00:57:01.18
until we see next time,
may the Lord richly bless you
00:57:01.18\00:57:04.19
abundantly more than
you could ever ask or think.
00:57:04.19\00:57:06.62