Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Danny Shelton (Host), Mark & Teenie Finley
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017541A
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00:02 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:08 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEEL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:33 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:44 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:06 >> HELLO AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO 3ABN THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE. 01:11 MY NAME IS CA MURRAY, AND I'LL BE PLEASED TO THANK YOU FOR 01:15 SHARING JUST A LITTLE OF YOUR NO DOUBT BUSY DAY WITH US. 01:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE YOUR PRAYERS, AND YOUR SUPPORT OF 01:30 THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK. 01:31 WE REALIZE WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO WITHOUT YOUR 01:39 PARTNERSHIP FOR THESE 33 YEARS. >> ALMOST 33. 01:42 >> YEAH, WE EXPECT EVEN GREATER THINGS AS WE TAKE THESE LAST 01:48 STEPS TO THE DAY WHEN CHRIST WILL COME, AND TAKE US ALL HOME. 01:53 DANNY SHELTON, FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, FRIEND, GOOD TO SEE 01:57 YOU. >> THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE 01:59 HERE, AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE SITTING IN THAT CHAIR TONIGHT. 02:03 THAT MEANS I CAN RELAX A LITTLE BIT. 02:06 BUT TONIGHT WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, AND SPECIAL FRIENDS -- WE 02:10 DON'T EVEN WANT TO CALL THEM GUESTS BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILY, 02:13 AND PROBABLY NEARLY ALL OF OUR VIEWERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 02:17 ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PASTOR MARK FINLEY, AND HIS BEAUTIFUL 02:22 WIFE TEENY. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE 02:27 TONIGHT, AND PASTER MARK HAS ALREADY TAPED FOUR, ONE-HOUR 02:36 PROGRAMS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT JUST TOOK 02:39 AN HOUR. IT HAS BEEN A FULL DAY, 02:41 OTHERWISE, PASTOR, MARK, AND YOU ARE STILL HERE. 02:44 AND LOOK LIKE YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR 02:49 LIVES AND IN YOUR MINISTRY, AND IN THE WORLD CHURCH. 02:52 YOUR POSITION IN THE WORLD CHURCH IS STILL -- 02:54 >> I'M ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TO THE GENERAL 02:57 CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, AND IT'S JUST 03:00 EXCITING, I SPEND MUCH OF MY TIME TRAVELING THE WORLD SHARING 03:05 THE WORD OF JESUS. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING 03:09 TO TALK ABOUT. CHURCH VERSUS WORLD, MAYBE A 03:12 LITTLE BIT ON THE 500 ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTESTANT 03:18 REFORMATION. MARK CAME BOUNDING INTO THE 03:22 CONTROL ROOM A LITTLE WHILE AGO. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW OLD HE 03:26 IS, BUT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME ZIP CODE. 03:30 I SAID WHRE DOES THAT ENERGY COME FROM? 03:33 >> HE IS EXCITED ABOUT THE LORD. >> AMEN AND AMEN. 03:37 SO WHEN WE SAY SPECIAL. IT'S A TERM WE USE A LOT, BUT 03:42 THESE TWO ARE STILL VERY SPECIAL INDEED. 03:47 TINA ARE YOU STILL RUNNING? >> YES, I HAVE RUN TWO FULL 03:51 MARATHONS NOW, AND A HALF MARATHON, AND I STARTED AT 70 03:56 AND CAME IN THIRD IN MY AGE GROUP, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, 03:59 I CAME IN SECOND IN MY AGE GROUP. 04:02 AND NOW I HAVE TO GET PREPARED FOR ANOTHER ONE. 04:05 >> SO YOU COULD LITERALLY RUN CIRCLES AROUND MARK. 04:09 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, I'M THE COACH. 04:10 >> INDEED. [ LAUGHTER ] 04:12 >> NO, THAT'S -- THAT'S AMAZING. NOW OUR MINISTRY'S RELATIONSHIP 04:18 GOES BACK MANY, MANY YEARS TO -- WHEN DID YOU JOIN IT IS 04:23 WRITTEN? >> IN 1991. 04:26 AND GEORGE VANDERBILT WAS MY MENTOR. 04:30 I VIEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TELEVISION AT THAT TIME, AND ONE 04:34 OF THE FIRST SERIES I DID WAS ON THE BOOK OF DANIEL, AND GEORGE, 04:38 YOU KNOW, REALLY CREATIVE MIND, AND HE SAID MARK WE WANT YOU TO 04:42 HAVE A REAL LION IN THE STUDIO. I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO TAPE 04:46 WITH THE LION, BECAUSE GEORGE HAD DONE A PROGRAM CALLED HOW TO 04:50 LIVE WITH A TIGER. IT WAS ON MARRIAGE. 04:54 HOW TO LIVE WITH A TIGER. AND THEY BROUGHT A SMALL TIGER 04:58 IN THE STUDIO, AND PUT IT NEXT TO GEORGE. 05:01 THAT TIGER JUMPED ON HIM AND ACTUALLY RIPPED HIS SUIT, SO 05:06 WHEN IT CAME TO TAPING WITH THE LION, HE SAID, MARK, YOU ARE 05:10 GOING TO TAPE WITH THE LION. [ LAUGHTER ] 05:13 >> SO YOU DID WITHOUT INCIDENT, I HOPE. 05:15 >> HALFWAY. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. 05:18 THEY BROUGHT THE LION INTO THE STUDIO THE FIGHT BEFORE WE 05:22 TAPED, AND THE TRAINER -- THERE WERE TWO WORKING LIONS IN 05:27 HOLLYWOOD. SO THEY BROUGHT THE LION IN. 05:28 THE LION IS ON A CHAIN. AND THE DIRECTOR, THE LION 05:35 TRAINER HAD A POUCH WITH RAW MEAT IN THE POUCH. 05:41 THEY GOT EVERYBODY OUT OF THE STUDIO. 05:45 AND THEY HAD CAGES AROUND TH CAMERAMEN. 05:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT OUGHT TO TELL YOU 05:52 SOMETHING. >> SO ANYWAY, THE LION TRAINER 06:00 SAID WATCH THIS. HE SAYS IF THE LION ACTS UP AT 06:04 ALL, I WILL THROW THIS RAW MEAT AND YOU WILL BE FINE. 06:09 THAT DIDN'T REASSURE ME. THOSE THINGS ARE LARGE. 06:12 THEY HAVE A HEAD LIKE THIS. SO HE TAUGHT ME TO COME UP TO 06:16 THE LION, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EVENTFUL TIMES I HAD. 06:21 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, GOD SHUT THAT LION'S MOUTH. 06:26 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AMEN. 06:27 >> PROBABLY FOR OUR VIEWERS AND AROUND THE WORLD I DON'T KNOW A 06:31 NAME THAT IS MORE KNOWN IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 06:35 THAN PAST FOR MARK FINLEY AND HIS WIFE TEENY, BECAUSE YOU 06:40 LITERALLY HAVE TRAVELLED THE WORLD AND GIVEN YOUR LIFE AND 06:42 TIME AND TALENTS AND ABILITIES TO GOD, SO MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU 06:47 FOR THAT. WE HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR 06:50 YOU HERE, AS WELL AS OUR 3ABN DOES. 06:53 AND UNTOLD -- I BELIEVE MILLIONS-OF PEOPLE -- WE SAY THIS TO UPLIFT JESUS, NOT YOU ALL, BUT I 07:01 BELIEVE MILLIONS WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP TO YOU IN THE KINGDOM 07:05 AND SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. 07:08 >> IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR THE LORD. 07:11 >> AMEN. YOU PASTORED FOR A SHORT TIME. 07:15 >> ACTUALLY I PASTORED FOR TEN YEARS. 07:19 WE WOULD RAISE UP CHURCHES. I WOULD OFTEN PASTOR THE 07:22 CHURCHES THAT WE PLANTED. EARLY I PASTORED IN CONNECTICUT, 07:32 THEN LATER WHEN WE MOVED TO CHICAGO, WE PLANTED A NEW CHURCH 07:37 IN BURBANK, THAT I ASSUMED THE PASTOR OF AS WELL. 07:42 THOSE WERE WONDERFUL YEARS. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE 07:47 PASTORING, WHERE YOU GET CLOSE TO PEOPLE AND NURTURE PEOPLE AND 07:51 SEE THEM GROW IN CHRIST. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE PLATFORMS OF 07:54 THE WORLD NOW FOR 50 YEARS PREACHING. 07:57 WHEN WE STARTED PREACHING, OF COURSE, WE THOUGHT JESUS WOULD 08:01 COME VERY, VERY SOON, AND I WONDERED WHETHER WE WOULD EVER 08:05 COME TO RETIREMENT. AND THE LONGER I HAVE LIVED, AND 08:09 THE LONGER I HAVE PASTORED, I HAVE HAD TO WORK THROUGH THAT 08:14 DIFFICULT NAUGHTY PROBLEM, OF THE DELAY OF THEED A REPRESENT, 08:17 WHY CHRIST HASN'T COME. AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING I 08:20 HAVE BEEN STUDYING MORE CLEARLY, AND HAD SOME REAL DEEP 08:26 CONVICTIONS ON THAT. >> IT AMAZING WE JUST CELEBRATED 08:31 OUR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND THIS IS OUR 50TH YEAR IN -MINISTRY. 08:38 >> PRAISE THE LORD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SONG AND 08:40 THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT 08:44 NIGHT. CALL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, 08:46 YOUR ENEMIES, EVERYBODY, AND TELL THEM TO TUNE IN TONIGHT. 08:50 WE HAVE PRAYED AND ASKED FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON 08:55 THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT, THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID AND DONE 09:00 WILL BE TO GOD'S GLORY. I'M THANKFUL YOU ARE HERE, AND 09:04 I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR OWN PASTOR, JOHN LOMACANG. 09:06 I THINK HE IS GOING TO BE DOING SPECIAL MUSIC FOR US TONIGHT. 09:11 AND JOHN IS GOING TO BE SINGING "THERE IS A SAVIOR." 09:17 ♪ ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ 09:34 ♪ WHAT JOYS IT SPREADS ♪ ♪ HIS EYES ON THE KEY ♪ 09:52 ♪ FOR EACH TOMORROW ♪ ♪ FOR YESTERDAY ♪ 10:05 ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ ♪ WHO LIGHTS OUR WAY ♪ 10:21 ♪ ARE THERE BURDENS IN YOUR HEART ♪ 10:24 ♪ IS YOUR PAST A MEMORY THAT BINDS YOU ♪ 10:31 ♪ IS THERE A PAIN INSIDE THAT YOU CARRIED FAR TOO LONG ♪ 10:46 ♪ WEL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ WITH HIS GOOD NEWS ♪ 10:55 ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ ♪ AND HE'S FORGIVEN YOU ♪ 11:11 ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ ♪ WHAT JOYS IT SPREADS ♪ 11:25 ♪ HE EYES OF MERCY ♪ ♪ FOR EACH TOMORROW ♪ 11:45 ♪ AND FOR YESTERDAY ♪ ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ 11:57 ♪ WHO LIGHTS OUR WAY ♪ ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ 12:13 ♪ WHO JOYS IT SPREADS ♪ ♪ HIS EYES ARE MERCY ♪ 12:28 ♪ FOR EACH TOMORROW ♪ ♪ FOR YESTERDAY ♪ 12:44 ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ ♪ WHO LIGHTS OUR WAY ♪ 12:58 ♪ THERE IS A SAVIOR ♪ ♪ WHO LIGHTS OUR WAY ♪ 13:30 >> AMEN. BEAUTIFUL. 13:32 >> PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. WELL DONE. 13:35 WELL DONE. WELL DONE. 13:37 WE'RE BACK, OUR GUESTS ARE MARK AND EARNSTEEN FINLEY. 13:49 A CONSIDERABLE TALENT TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIS. 13:54 WE WERE BEGINNING TO DELVE INTO THE IDEA OF WHAT IT IS THAT IS 13:58 DELAYING THE COMING OF CHRIST, AND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, 14:04 HAVING SERVED THE LORD 50 YEARS, SO YOU GUYS STARTED VERY, VERY 14:09 YOUNG. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WALK US 14:13 THROUGH THAT. >> AS YOU LOOK AT SCRIPTURE, GOD 14:17 HAS ALWAYS HAD A DIVINE TIMETABLE. 14:20 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST, IN THE 14:24 FULLNESS OF TIME GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON. 14:29 IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. 14:34 WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE TIME WAS 14:40 FULFILLED. SO GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A DIVINE 14:43 TIMETABLE OF HISTORY. HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN A 14:48 KALEIDOSCOPE OF EVENTS THAT RANDOMLY HAPPENED. 14:51 IT'S NOT A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT THE BIBLE DOES 14:55 GIVE US SOME DIRECTION. IN ACTS THE FIRST 14:59 CHAPTER -- INCIDENTALLY THIS SUMMER I TAUGHT A COURSE ON THE 15:06 BOOK OF ACTS, AND I SAID TO MY STUDENTS I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT 15:11 IS IN THE FINAL EXAM. THEY STARTED CLAPPING. 15:17 I SAID THERE'S ONLY TWO QUESTIONS. 15:21 THEY CLAPPED EVEN LOUDER. I SAID I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE 15:25 THEME OF THE CHAPTER AND THE EVENTS OF THE CHAPTER. 15:28 NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEMORIZE THE ENTIRE CHAPTER, BUT IT WOULD 15:34 BE HELPFUL IF YOU DID. I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME 15:38 FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS WHAT WERE THE ASPECTS THAT CHANGE YOUR 15:42 LIFE IN MINISTRY. BUT IN ACTS 1, JESUS 15:48 SAYS -- ACTS 1:6, THEREFORE WHEN THEY HAD COME TOGETHER THEY 15:54 ASKED HIM SAYING LORD WILL YOU RESTORE THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL? 15:59 AND JESUS SAYS IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS 16:05 WHICH THE FATHER HAS PUT INTO HIS OWN AUTHORITY. 16:08 IN OTHER WORDS THE TIMING OF CHRIST COMING, THE EXACT DAY OR 16:12 HOUR OF HIS COMING IS UNKNOWN. JESUS SAYS NO MAN KNOWS THE DAY 16:17 OR THE HOUR. BUT THEN DOES THAT MEAN THE 16:20 PEOPLE OF GOD, THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 16:23 THE DELAY OR TIMING OF THE ADVENT? 16:26 NOT SO. IN SCRIPTURE, WE SEE THREE CON 16:31 ACCEPTS THAT COALESCE, THREE CONCEPTS THAT COME TOGETHER. 16:38 THE FIRST IS SOMETHING SCRIPTURE CALLS THE HARVEST PRINCIPAL. 16:44 YOU FIND THAT IN REVELATION 14, AND HERE WE HAVE THIS 16:48 INTRODUCTION OF THIS CONCEPT OF THE HARVEST PRINCIPLE. 16:53 REVELATION 14:14, I LOOKED AND BEHOLD A WHITE CLOUD, AND ON THE 16:59 CLOUD ONE SAT LIKE THE SON OF MAN HAVING ON HIS HEAD A GOLDEN 17:04 CROWN AND IN HIS HAND A SHARP SICKLE, AND ANOTHER VOICE CAME 17:10 OUT AND CRIED OUT THRUST IN YOUR SICKLE AND REAP. 17:14 FOR THE TIME FOR YOU TO REAP HAS COME. 17:18 FOR THE HARVEST OR THE EARTH IS RIPE. 17:21 REVELATION 14 SAYS THERE IS GOLDEN GRAIN, AND THERE IS GLORY 17:25 GRAPES. SO BEFORE JESUS RETURNS, THERE 17:27 ARE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 17:30 THOSE THAT ARE TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY SOLD OUT FOR CHRIST, 17:34 AND THOSE WHO ARE TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY CONTRARY TO THE 17:37 PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 17:41 SO WE SEE THE INFILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ONE GROUP AND THE 17:49 DEMONIC WORKS IN THE OTHER GROUP. 17:54 IN THE GREAT CON TROER VERSY BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL HAS BEEN A 18:01 CHALLENGE. AND GOD IS LETTING THE UNIVERSE 18:04 RIPEN, SO THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTED TO 18:08 CHRIST. A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 18:10 TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH CHRIST, AND THEY WANT NOTHING ELSE BUT TO 18:14 SERVE CHRIST, AND THE UNIVERSE SEES THE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS, 18:22 AND THEN THE UNIVERSE SEES THE TREMENDOUS WORKING OF SATAN IN 18:27 OTHER LIVES. AND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE SAYS 18:31 GOD'S WAY OF LIFE IS BEST. CHRIST ON THE CROSS DEMONSTRATED 18:36 THE LOVE OF GO ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. 18:40 NOW THAT SACRIFICE AND LOVE IS BROUGHT OUT IN HIS PEOPLE. 18:43 SO ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE DELAY OF THEED A REPRESENT IS 18:47 THE UNIVERSE WAITING FOR THE RIPENING OF CHARACTER. 18:52 THERE'S ANOTHER REASON, THOUGH. AND THAT IS, IF YOU LOOK DOWN 18:56 THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT, THERE WAS A POINT AT WHICH BABYLON 19:05 FELL MANY, MANY -- YOU WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES AND FOUND 19:14 WANTON. LOOK AT THE DAYS OF NOAH, SAME 19:19 THINGS. SODOM AND GOMORRAH, THE FIGURES 19:22 OF SIN REACHED A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO AS GOD IS DEVELOPING 19:27 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOODNESS IN HIS PEOPLE, HERE ARE THEY THAT 19:31 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND WORD OF JESUS, BUT THEN THE 19:38 WHOLE WORD IS THIS LASER HOUSE OF SIN, AND THE CUMULATIVE 19:44 SICKNESS REACHES A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AND GOD SAYS THAT'S 19:47 ENOUGH. BUT THERE IS ONE LAST THING, WHY 19:50 HASN'T JESUS COME? WELL, WE LOOK AT THE BOOK OF 2 19:56 PETER 3:9. THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING 19:59 HIS PROMISE. THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING, THE 20:02 PROMISE THAT HE WILL RETURN, BUT IS LONG SUFFERING TO US, NOT 20:06 WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PARISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO 20:10 REPENT. GOD HAS DELAYED HIS COMING. 20:14 HE SUFFERS MUCH. JESUS SEES THE HEART ACHE, THE 20:18 SORROW, THE FAMINE. HE SEES THE SUFFERING IN OUR 20:21 WORLD, BUT HE DELAYS. HE LONGS FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS TO 20:25 BE SAVED. IN JESUS SERMON ON END TIME 20:31 EVENTS IN MATTHEW 24:14, THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE 20:36 PREACHED TO ALL OF THE WORLD. >> AMEN. 20:39 >> THEN THE END SHALL COME. SO JESUS IS WAITING FOR WHAT? 20:43 REVELATION 14:6, I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL FLY IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN 20:49 TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 20:52 ONE, HE IS WAITING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SO SOLD OUT WITH CHRIST 20:59 THEY ARE GNAWS -- NAUSEATED WITH THIS WORLD, AND THEY GIVE THEIR 21:07 LIVES IN LOVING SERVICE. HE POURS OUT HIS SPIRIT TO HIM 21:11 TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD. 21:14 AT THE SAME TIME EVIL IS DEVELOPING, AND THE WHOLE 21:17 UNIVERSE SEES GOD'S LOVE SO PASSIONATELY REVEALED THAT JESUS-SAYS IT'S ENOUGH, AND HE COMES. 21:23 >> AMEN. >> SO HE IS WAITING FOR HIS 21:26 PEOPLE TO PERFECT HIS CHRACTER WITHIN THEIR LIVES SO HE SHINES 21:30 OUT. BECAUSE HE SAYS IF I BE LIFTED 21:36 UP FROM THIS EARTH, ALL WILL BE DRAWN TO ME. 21:39 BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE UNIVERSE 21:43 BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, BETWEEN -- BETWEEN GOD AND THE 21:47 DEVIL. >> YEAH, AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING 21:51 IS THIS. LOOK AT EPHESIANS THE 2ND 22:03 CHAPTER. IT'S THE GIFT OF GOD. 22:05 SO SALVATION IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO, IT'S SOMETHING GOD HAS DONE 22:10 FOR US, AND WE ACCEPT THE GRACE OF CHRIST FROM THE CHRIST. 22:20 VERSUS 10, FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, WHICH GOD PREPARED 22:25 BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. 22:27 GOD HAS PREPARED GOOD WORKS FOR EACH OF OUR LIVES. 22:31 ACCEPTING CHRIST IS ACCEPTING THE GRACE THAT PARDONS US, BUT 22:35 HIS GRACE ENTERS INTO OUR LIVES, AND LIKE A LEAVEN, IT LIFTS US 22:43 TO WHAT HE WANTS US TO BE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 22:47 CHARACTER OF CHRIST, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THIS SELF 22:51 DISCIPLINE, AND WE CLENCH OUR FISTS AND SAY I'M GOING TO DO 22:54 THIS IF IT KILLS ME. IT'S RATHER HIS GRACE WORKS IN 22:59 US, AND THAT CHANGES US. >> AMEN. 23:02 >> YOU KNOW WHAT IMPRESSES ME IS EPHESIANS 2:10, YOU MIGHT ASK 23:12 WHAT ARE GOOD WORKS? TO DO JUSTLY. 23:18 HE IS NOT GIVING YOU A QUIZ THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER. 23:22 I WANT TO DO GOOD WORKS. HERE IS WHAT THEY ARE. 23:25 >> THE OTHER THING THAT IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THAT TEXT IS 23:28 IT SAYS, BUT HE HAS CREATED US FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD 23:34 PREPARED BEFORE HIM IN THAT HE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. 23:36 IN OTHER WORDS BEFORE YOU WERE EVER BORN, BEFORE YOU WERE 23:41 CONCEIVED IN THE WOMB OF YOUR MOTHER, YOU WERE CONCEIVED IN 23:48 HIM. AND HE HAS PREPARED THOSE GOOD 23:50 WORKS FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE AND AS YOU ACCEPT CHRIST INTO YOUR 23:55 LIFE, AND AS HE WORKS WITHIN YOU, THOSE GOOD WORKS NATURALLY 23:59 FLOW OUT OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU FULFILL YOUR DESTINY. 24:05 >> GO AHEAD. >> IT'S PRETTY EXCITING WHEN YOU 24:07 THINK ABOUT THE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, THOUGH, THAT THE TIME 24:11 OF THE END IS CLOSE, AND JESUS IS SOON TO COME. 24:14 >> YEAH, I MEAN -- IT'S -- TO ME YOU CAN SEE THE DEVIL UNLEASHING 24:20 LIKE IN HISPANIC, IN HIS REALIZING THIS IS THE END, I 24:24 HAVE GOT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN DO OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, 20 24:29 YEARS. I MEAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN 24:33 PLANET EARTH IN AMERICA, AND THE DIVIDING AND ALL THAT HE DOES. 24:37 SATAN COMES TO DIVIDE, KILL, AND DESTROY. 24:41 BUT SATAN IS UNLEASHING EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS RIGHT 24:44 NOW, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF GOD -- HE DOESN'T WANT THE WORLD 24:48 TO SEE THAT THERE IS REALLY A PEOPLE WHO ABOVE POLITICS, ABOVE 24:53 FAMILY, ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STAND UP FOR HIM, AND LIFT 24:57 UP HIS NAME TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD, SO HE AS A CHURCH AND AS 25:01 A PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED. 25:05 IF PASTOR MARK LOSES THAT BIBLE, I DON'T KNOW -- HE MAY BE LIKE 25:08 MY BROTHER TOMMY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WE WERE POOR, BUT WE HAD 25:15 A PIANO THAT DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE WHITE KEYS. 25:19 WHEN WE WENT TO CHURCH MY MOTHER ASKED HIM TO PLAY, AND HE JUST 25:23 SAT AND LOOKED AT THE PIANO. AND HE JUST SAT THERE. 25:29 AND SHE SAID WHAT IS WRONG, AND HE SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY 25:37 BECAUSE ALL OF THE IVORY WAS THERE. 25:41 THAT IS KIND OF LIKE MARK'S BIBLE. 25:44 >> WELL, THE TRUTH OF IT IS, HE HAS TO DO A LOT OF IT BY MEMORY, 25:49 BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PAGES ARE OUT. 25:52 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE 25:53 DOING IS FOCUSING RIGHT THERE. KEEPING YOUR FOCUS ON THE WORD 25:57 OF GOD, JUST LIKE YOU ARE DOING THERE, AND THEN THAT WAY WHEN 26:02 EVERYTHING ELSE COMES AROUND US, WON'T BE DECEIVED. 26:08 WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED ON JESUS, RIGHT? 26:11 >> EXACTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY 26:14 IMPRESSES ME IS THIS, GOD NOW IS NOT WAITING FOR MORE HURRICANES, 26:20 EARTHQUAKES, FAMINE, FIRE, FLOOD, WARS. 26:25 MANY PEOPLE HAVE THESE VERY SOPHISTICATED TIME CHARTS, AND 26:29 THEY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 26:33 CERTAINLY WE OUGHT TO BE CHILDREN OF THE DAY, NOT OF THE 26:37 NIGHT. CERTAINLY THERE IS A BROAD 26:44 PROPHETIC OUTLINE THAT GOD HAS LAID OUT FOR US. 26:48 BUT THE FOCUS OUGHT TO BE ON NUMBER 1, KNOWING CHRIST. 26:53 >> YEAH. >> KNOWING CHRIST. 26:55 THAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE FOOLISH VIRGINS AND THE WISE 27:00 VIRGINS. THE FOOLISH VIRGINS HAS A FORM 27:02 OF RELIGION, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WASN'T LIVING IN THEIR HEART, 27:07 THAT OIL OF GRACE. SO ONE ASPECT OF THE PEOPLE OF 27:10 GOD TODAY IS DO I REALLY KNOW CHRIST? 27:12 DO I HAVE A LIFE OF PRAYER? AM I SATURATING MY LIFE WITH THE 27:19 WORD OF GOD? DO I HAVE A GENUINE 27:22 CHRISTIANITY. THAT'S ONE ASPECT. 27:24 THE SECOND ASPECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD IS, AND THIS IS AN AREA 27:29 THAT REALLY TO ME INDICATES THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON, AND THAT 27:32 IS THE CONCEPT THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO REACH THE WORLD. 27:37 GOD HAS CALLED US TO REACH THE WORLD. 27:39 A FRIEND OF MINE PUTS IT THIS WAY. 27:42 GOD NEVER SAYS STOP. HE SAYS GO. 27:47 HE IS THE GO GOD. YOU HEAR THAT ONE DANNY. 27:54 >> THAT'S RIGHT, BLESSINGS ON THE GO. 27:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. TELEVISION TODAY LEAPS ACROSS 28:01 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, IT BRIDGES THE LANGUAGE BARRIER. 28:06 TODAY WE CAN IMPACT NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH TELEVISION. 28:09 WE SIT HERE WITH 3ABN, AND IT GOES ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND WE 28:13 HAVE NO CLUE WHO IS WATCHING THOSE PROGRAMS, OR YOU THINK 28:17 ABOUT THE INTERNET TODAY, AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING 28:19 WHERE PEOPLE GET TV ON DEMAND AND THEY SEE RELIGIOUS 28:24 BROADCASTING ON THE INTERNET.-pEVEN IF OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS WANTED TO STOP THE PREACHING OF 28:32 THE GOSPEL, THEY CAN'T DO IT TODAY. 28:34 YOU CAN PICK IT UP ON YOUR iPHONE, ON RADIO, TELEVISION, 28:39 LITERATURE, AND WHEN I SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING, AND AS WE TRAVEL 28:43 THE WORLD, I SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING THE 28:48 DOORS THAT ARE OPENING. >> WOULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED IN 28:51 1991 OR '92 WHEN YOU WENT TO MOSCOW AND THE KREMLIN. 29:00 WE WERE JUST THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, TEENY, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE 29:05 DREAMED BACK THEN, WHEN THIS IRON CURTAIN HAD FALLEN, THAT 25 29:10 YEARS LATER, THAT LITERALLY SOME OF THE TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN 29:15 RUSSIA SENT CONGRATULATIONS TO 3ABN RUSSIA FOR THE GREAT WORK 29:20 THAT THEY ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE EX-SOVIET UNION. 29:25 IN THAT IS GOD. >> IT IS. 29:27 >> WHEN YOU WERE THERE, IT HAD TO BE MAYBE THE MOST AWESOME 29:31 FEELING UP TO THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE, TO HAVE WATCHED RED SQUARE 29:36 ON TELEVISION, AND GROWING UP IN THE COLD WAR, AND THEN YOU ARE 29:40 STANDING IN THE KREMLIN, I MEAN DIDN'T THAT SEEM, JUST UNREAL?-p>> WHO WOULD EVER THINK THAT 29:46 THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREACH THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE 29:54 IN THE KREMLIN. >> THAT'S GOD. 29:57 >> TWO THINGS IMPRESSED ME. THE OPENING NIGHT I WAS STANDING 30:03 ON THE PLATFORM WITH MICKAEL, AND HE HAD BEEN THIS FAITHFUL 30:07 MAN OF GODFOR SO MANY YEARS. HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR HIS 30:12 FAITH FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THEN SENTENCED TO LIFE 30:15 EXILE. WE WERE STANDING ON THE 30:20 PLATFORM. HE WA STANDING THERE AND BEGAN 30:23 TO CRY. HE PUT HIS ARMS ASH AROUND ME, 30:28 AND HE LOOKED OUT AT THE AUDIENCE, I NEVER THOUGHT I 30:34 WOULD SEE THIS DAY. WE TOLD PEOPLE WHEN THEY WALK BY 30:37 THE KREMLIN NOT TO WALK TOO LONG OR LINGER TOO LONG, BECAUSE THEY 30:43 MAY ARREST YOU. AND I STILL RELIVE THAT 30:46 EXPERIENCE. THE SECOND EXPERIENCE I HAVE, I 30:51 SPOKE ON DANIEL THE SECOND CHAPTER. 30:53 WE'RE DOING A NEW SERIES CALLED REVELATIONS ANCIENT DISCOVERY, 31:00 AND WE DID DANIEL 2 TODAY. EVERY TIME I PREACH ON DANIEL 31:05 THE SECOND CHAPTER, IT'S LIKE I LEARN IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 31:12 IT'S JUST THRILLING TO ME. WE HAD TWO SESSIONS A NIGHT IN 31:15 THE KREMLIN. BETWEEN THE TWO SESSIONS, I WAS 31:18 SITTING AT N A LITTLE ROOM, TRYING TO GET ENOUGH ENERGY TO 31:22 GO PREACH THE SECOND SESSION, AND THIS LARGE RUSSIAN MAN WALKS 31:29 IN, 6'4", MUSCULAR, WALKED OVER TO ME, HE GIVES ME THIS BIG HUG. 31:38 I FEEL CRACK, CRACK. HE WAS THE RUSSIAN GENERAL THAT 31:42 LEAD THE AFGHAN INVASION. AND RUSSIA INVADED AFGHANISTAN 31:47 IN THE '70S, AND HE WAS THE RUSSIAN GENERAL THAT LEAD THAT. 31:52 AND HARDENED WAR VETERAN, AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYES, AND WITH 31:59 THIS STEELY LOOK, HE SAID I MET TONIGHT WITH A GROUP OF RUSSIAN 32:07 INTELLECTUALS, AND HE SAID AND? AND IT WAS LIKE THIS PREGNANT 32:10 PAUSE. AND I SAID YES? 32:13 AND HE SAID, WE DISCUSSED WHAT YOU SAID, AND THE ONLY FUTURE 32:17 FOR OUR SOCIETY IS A MORAL REVOLUTION IN THE FACE OF GOD. 32:21 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AND THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO 32:23 THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD. >> ISN'T IT? 32:27 >> NOT A POLITICAL REVOLUTION BUT A MORAL REVOLUTION BASED ON 32:31 THE PRINCIPALS OF THE WORD OF GOD. 32:34 >> ABSOLUTELY. I SAW A VIDEO RECENTLY OF A 32:37 BUNCH OF PASTORS, CHRISTIANS, TELLING PEOPLE TO MARCH AND 32:42 DEMAND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND I SAID THAT'S A DISTRACTION, WHILE 32:47 THERE'S SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND ALWAYS WILL BE, AND WE SHOULD 32:51 TALK ABOUT IT, DON'T BE TELLING PEOPLE TO MARCH AND PROTEST, 32:55 LET'S -- LET'S SPEAK JESUS. LET'S LIFT JESUS UP TO THE 33:00 WORLD. YES, TAKE A STAND WHERE WE NEED 33:03 TO, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING SO FOCUSED ON ALL OF THIS, THEY 33:07 LITERALLY FORGET WHAT GOD HAS TOLD US TO DO TO TAKE THE GOSPEL 33:11 OF THE KINGDOM INTO ALL OF THE WORLD. 33:13 AND WE'RE SEEING SO MANY THINGS, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO GLAD 33:17 THAT YOU'RE HERE, BECAUSE FOR YOU, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE LIVING 33:21 IN A DREAM TIME, BECAUSE 50 YEARS AGO -- NOW YOU ARE LOOKING 33:25 AT THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN, AND NOW YOU SA THEY ARE 33:32 HAPPENING. >> YEAH. 33:33 TEENY WE HAVE BEEN IN CHINA THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE SEEN WHAT GOD 33:37 HAS DONE. >> THAT WAS REALLY VERY EXCITING 33:41 BECAUSE WE SAW PEOPLE JUST COMING. 33:44 WE HAD -- HE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAVE US PERMISSION TO GO IN, SO 33:49 WE HAD PERMISSION TO GO, AND USUALLY YOU GET A 20-DAY VISA, 33:56 AND THEY GIVE ME A THREE-MONTH VIA, AND THEN I LOOKED AT MARK'S 34:02 AND THEY GAVE HIM A TEN-YEAR VISA. 34:04 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS AMAZING. 34:07 SO WE WENT INTO CHINA, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PREACH THE 34:14 GOSPEL, AND HAVE HEALTH MEETINGS -- 34:16 >> NOW THESE WERE PUBLIC MEETINGS? 34:19 >> YES. IN THE CHURCH, BUT THE COMMUNITY 34:23 WAS INVITED, AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING. 34:28 THEY EVEN FED PEOPLE THAT CAME TO MEETINGS, AND THEY DID A 34:33 COUPLE THOUSAND MEALS A DAY. >> WOW. 34:35 >> AND THEN THEY DID THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, SO THEY DID 34:40 SEVERAL THOUSAND MEALS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE. 34:42 SOME PEOPLE CAME FRM DIFFERENT PLACES IN CHINA, AND THEY STAYED 34:46 IN THE DHUR, SO THERE WERE HUNDREDS THAT STAYED THERE. 34:49 IT WAS VERY, VERY EXCITING. >> YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO PUBLIC 34:54 EVANGELISM WHERE WE HAVE A MEETING AT 7:00 AT NIGHT. 34:57 THEY STARTED THEIR MEETING AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING. 35:00 IT WAS HOLIDAY TIME, SO THEY HAD A MEETING FROM 9:00 TO 10:00. 35:06 TEENY DID A HEALTH MEETING FROM 10:00 TO 11:00. 35:11 THEY FED 2,000 PEOPLE. I PREACHED AGAIN IN THE EVENING. 35:19 17,000 MEALS THEY SERVED. >> GOD BLESS. 35:22 >> AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS CAME TO THE MEETINGS. 35:25 >> AMAZING. >> AND THE THING THAT REALLY 35:28 IMPRESSED ME WAS -- A COUPLE OF THINGS. 35:30 ONE THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD STAY SITTING ALL DAY. 35:35 NOW THEY WEREN'T SLEEPING -- >> OH, THEY TOOK NOTES. 35:39 THEY HAD THEIR BIBLES OPEN AND PIN SILLS AND PENS AND PADS, AND 35:43 THEY WERE REALLY STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD. 35:47 >> AND HUNDREDS CAME TO JESUS AND WERE BAPTIZED. 35:50 >> THE PASTOR WAS SO ENERGETIC. >> WE PREACHED 20 -- ABOUT 16 TO 35:56 20 TIMES. >> UH-HUH. 35:57 >> SO WE WERE PREACHING TRIES A DAY, ONCE IN THE MORNIG, ONCE 36:02 IN THE EVENING FOR TEN DAYS, 20 MEETINGS AND JUST WATCHED THE 36:09 HOLY SPIRIT WORK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSES 36:12 ME IS THIS, IT IMPRESSED ME IN RUSSIA, WE WERE IN BULGARIA THIS 36:18 YEAR. >> THAT WAS EXCITING. 36:19 >> THAT WAS AN EXCITING MEETING AGAIN. 36:22 >> YEAH, WE HAD SOME GREAT MEETINGS IN BULGARIA. 36:26 WE HAD HEALTH IN THE EVENING, AND THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, 36:32 AND PEOPLE CAME, AND LIVES WERE CHANGED, AND WE MET WONDERFUL 36:35 PEOPLE THERE, SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT GOD IS 36:40 DOING AROUND THE WORLD. >> I MET THE MAN JUST THIS YEAR, 36:46 HE CAME A CHRISTIAN, A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ABOUT AT 36:49 THE TIME OF THE FALL OF COMMUNISM, 1991, '92. 36:54 HE SAID CAN I TELL YOU MY STORY. HE SAID THERE WAS AN AMERICAN 37:00 EVANGELIST, ROBERT WAGGLY, YOU MAYBE NEW ROBERT. 37:04 HE SAID ROBERT WAS GOING TO HAVE HIS MEETINGS, AND JUST AFTER THE 37:08 FALL OF COMMUNISM, PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING THOSE MEETINGS, AND HE 37:13 SAID I WAS DRINKING ALL DAY, AND I WAS DRUNK, AND I SAW THIS 37:17 CROWD GOING INTO THIS AUDITORIUM, AND I THOUGHT I 37:21 THINK I'M GOING TO GO, BUT HE SAID I GOT SO DRUNK I MISSED THE 37:28 DOOR. HE SAID THE NEXT DAY I WAS 37:31 DRINKING. I WAS ON A TWO-DAY DRUNK. 37:34 I GOT IN THE CROWD AND SOMEBODY PUSHED ME IN THE MEETING. 37:38 AND I ENDED UP SLEEPING IN THE BACK, AND ROBERT GIVES AN 37:42 APPEAL, AND HE SAID I WAKE UP, AND I HEAR THIS APPEAL, ABOUT 37:46 THE LAST TEN MINUTES OF THE SERMON TO COME TO CHRIST, AND SO 37:51 I HOPED MY HEART AND I SAID JESUS I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, 37:55 BUT IF YOU CAN DO WHAT THAT MAN SAYS, IF YOU GIVE ME THAT PEACE 37:59 AND STRENGTH, I WANT TO KNOW YOU. 38:03 HE SAID THAT NIGHT I WENT HOME AND FELL ON MY KNEES AND PRAYED 38:07 TO GOD. HE SAID THAT NIGHT CHRIST 38:10 DELIVERED ME FROM ALCOHOL. THAT NIGHT JESUS CHRIST WORKED 38:14 IN MY LIFE. I HAD MISHG MIRACULOUS 38:21 DIFFERENCE. IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE 38:23 NOT TAKEN A DRINK. THE MIRACLE POWER OF GOD STILL 38:28 TOUCHES HEARTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. 38:30 ABSOLUTELY. INCREDIBLE. 38:31 YOU GUYS TRAVELING SO MUCH IN THIS PAST YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE, 38:35 YOU HAVE BEEN -- I MEAN, YOU ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN -- 38:38 >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT RETIREMENT IS. 38:39 [ LAUGHTER ] >> LITERALLY, WHERE ELSE HAVE 38:43 YOU BEEN? >> THIS YEAR? 38:46 GO AHEAD. >> WELL, WE WERE IN ENGLAND FOR 38:49 SEVERAL TRIPS. WE WERE DOING SOME WORK IN 38:53 ENGLAND, AND WE DID SOME TRAINING THERE 38:55 FOR -- PREPARATION FOR SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, SO WE HAD 38:59 A WONDERFUL TIME. A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAME TO 39:02 THE TRAINING. THEY WERE EXCITED. 39:04 WE WERE INTRODUCING THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A STRONG 39:09 PRAYER MINISTRY, BECAUSE PRAYER AND FAIH WILL DO WHAT NO POWER 39:13 ON EARTH CAN ACCOMPLISH. SO WE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME 39:17 US TO AND SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM 39:21 ALREADY, AND WE STARTED PRAYER GROUPS, AND WE'RE 39:24 STARTING -- YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK TO HAVE OUR PRYER GROUPS COME 39:28 TOGETHER, SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING, AND WE HAD ACTUALLY A 39:32 SERIES ON STRESS MANAGEMENT, AND WE INVITED THE PUBLIC, AND THEY 39:36 DIDN'T DO MUCH ADVERTISING, SO THEY DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH WOULD 39:40 HAPPEN, BUT TO THEIR AMAZEMENT AND OURS AS WELL, WE HAD CLOSE 39:45 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, MANY NON-SEVENTH-DAY 39:52 ADVENTISTS WHO WERE COMING TO THE MEETINGS. 39:55 >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. >> MOST OF THE TIME, TEENY AND I 39:58 TRAVEL TOGETHER. BUT THIS YEAR I HAD AN INATION 40:05 TO HOLD MEETINGS IN ARGENTINA. EIGHT DIFFERENT CITIES IN EIGHT 40:11 NIGHTS. THE ARGENTINEAN BROTHERS AND 40:14 SISTERS WOULD GATHER TOGETHER IN A -- LARGE VENUES. 40:18 THE PASTORS HAD HELD EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS BEFORE 40:21 THAT, SO THEY WOULD BE HOLDING THESE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, I 40:26 WAS TO COME AND MAKE APPEALS AND HAVE BAPTISMS. 40:30 EIGHT CITIES, EIGHT NIGHTS, 11 FLIGHTS. 40:34 >> OH, WOW. >> WE SPOKE TO 16,OOO PEOPLE. 40:47 I WAS IN A PLACE WHERE I PREACHED TO 2500 PEOPLE. 40:51 GOT TO ANOTHER CITY, MET THE MAYOR, MET THE GOVERNOR AND HAD 40:57 VARIOUS CITATIONS AND SO FORTH, PREACHED THERE. 41:01 AFTER PREACHING THAT SATURDAY EVENING, I WAS PRETTY TIRED AND 41:04 THEY SAID NOW WE HAVE TO FLY TO THE NEXT CITY TO BE THERE TO 41:10 PREACH. YOU GET TO YOUR HOTEL 12:30, YOU 41:13 SLEEP A LITTLE BIT. WE GET ON THE FLIGHT FLYING TO 41:22 BUENOS AIRES. HALFWAY THROUGH THE FLIGHT, THE 41:25 CAPTAIN COMES ON AND SAYS WE HAVE MECHANICAL DIFFICULTY, WE 41:30 ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO BUENOS AIRES. 41:34 WE HAVE TO GO BACK. YOU COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS 41:38 WRONG. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 41:41 HE TURNS THE PLANE AROUND BANKS IT, AND I'M THINKING THIS PLANE 41:49 IS GOING DOWN. SO THE PLANE WENT DOWN, DOWN, 41:53 DOWN, AND I'M LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, AND I SEE A RIVER THAT 41:59 IS THREE TO FIVE MILES ACROSS. AND I'M THINKING IF WE GO IN THE 42:07 RIVER, WHERE IS THE EXIT? AND THEN I THOUGHT IF I GO INTO 42:13 THAT RIVER, MY WIFE WILL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN, AND MY KIDS. 42:18 AND ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS ARE GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD. 42:26 AND I SAID I NEED TO PRAYER. SO I BEGAN PRAYING OUT LOUD, 42:32 DEAR LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS, BUT THIS IS NOT 42:35 GOOD. AS WE'RE GOING DOWN, AFTER THE 42:37 PRAYER, WE'RE NOT FAR FROM THE RIVER -- I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR, 42:42 AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW, PRETTY SOON THE PLANE JERKS UP, AND THE 42:47 PLANE WENT UP, AND THEN IT BEGINS TO BANK, GOES BACK AND 42:51 FORTH. FINALLY HE GETS BACK. 42:54 WE LAND. WE GET OFF THE PLANE AND WE 42:56 TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND SOMEBODY SAID 43:00 WELL, IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THE PLANE COULDN'T GAIN 43:04 ALTITUDE. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS IT. 43:06 SO I SAW THE PILOTS WALK OUT ON THE STREET. 43:11 AND I SAID I'M GOING TO TALK TO THEM. 43:14 I SAID THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING FLIGHT. 43:16 HE SAID IT WAS. I SAID CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT 43:20 HAPPENED? HE SAID SURE, AS WE WERE FLYING 43:23 ALONG, BIRDS CAME INTO THE ENGINE. 43:26 YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT OF? I THOUGHT OF SKULLY'S LANDING, 43:32 REMEMBER HE LANDED IN THE HUDSON, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 43:36 GOD YOUR YOU SPARED US. SO AS WE TRAVEL, I KNOW GOD IS 43:41 WITH US, SHORTLY AFTER THAT IN THE NEXT CITY, THE AIRLINES 43:50 UNRELATED TO THAT AIRLINE, THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS WENT ON STRIKE. 43:55 SO THEY SAID WE CAN'T GET YU THERE. 43:58 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I SAID LET'S TAPE THE PROGRAM. 44:01 THEY CALLED A TV STATION IN THAT CITY, WE WENT DOWN AND 44:05 TRANSFERRED IT TO THAT NEXT SITE, CAME ON THIS LARGE SCREEN 44:08 IN THIS BIG STADIUM, LIVE, AND 100 PEOPLE MADE DECISIONS FOR 44:14 BAPTISM. AFTER THAT MEETING THEY SAID 44:16 MARK, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE YOUR NEXT CITY, WE'RE GOING TO 44:19 PUT YOU ON A BUS FOR 14 HOURS. SO 14 HOURS ON A BUS. 44:24 YOU KNOW, IF I WERE YOUNGER, I COULDN'T DO THIS. 44:26 THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE ENERGY YOU GET. 44:29 >> NOW I KNOW WHY I WASN'T INVITED. 44:32 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MY, MY, MY. 44:33 THOSE ARE AMAZING STORIES, AND WE NEED TO HEAR IT. 44:38 PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR, GOD IS IN CONTROL, AND WHEN HE SAID GO YE 44:44 INTO ALL OF THE WORLD, HE COUNTED HIS RESOURCES IN ADVANCE 44:48 AND FOUND HE WASN'T WANTING, SO WHEN HE SAYS MARK, TEENY, GO TO 44:53 ALL OF THE WORLD, YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT. 44:55 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THAT STEP FORWARD, SO PEOPLE ARE 45:00 BLESSED 24/7. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BRING 45:04 THIS UP. SOMEBODY SAS IT'S BETTER TO ASK 45:08 FOR FORGIVENESS. BUT I WANTED OUR FOLKS TO KNOW 45:11 THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND THE 45:17 WHOLE U.K. TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK 45:20 PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING THAT. 45:23 IT'S GOING TO BE A CHANNEL THAT BASICALLY -- NOT BECAUSE HE 45:27 SAID, BUT WE'RE AND MANY OTHERS ARE ENCOURAGING, MARK YOU HAVE 45:31 HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF HOURS. 45:33 THIS NEEDS TO BE GOING 24/7 AROUND THE WORLD, AND GOD IS 45:38 OPENING UP THE U.K. FOR YOU. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 45:43 SEND DONATIONS. WOULD THEY SEND THAT TO THE 45:46 GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR EVANGELISM? 45:48 FOR YOU. OUR DONORS LOVE EVANGELISM, 45:52 TEENY, SO I KNOW THERE WILL BE PEOPLE SAYING WE WANT TO HELP 45:57 BROTHER MARK AND TEENY WHEREVER YOU GO. 45:59 WE WANT TO HELP AND BLESS YOUR MINISTRY. 46:03 SO WE'LL GIVE AN ADDRESS -- I MAY GET IN TROUBLE WHEN WE GO TO 46:09 BREAK HERE. THEY SAID YOU SHOULD DON'T THAT. 46:12 BUT GOD IS OPENING UP TREMENDOUS DOORS, AND TO HAVE A CHANNEL 46:16 THAT CANNOT ONLY BE THERE, BUT NOW WE'RE FINDING MANY OTHER 46:27 COUNTRIES 24/7. THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR IT, I'M 46:30 JUST -- I'M THE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY DOING THAT. 46:33 SO IF YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR THAT, MAYBE WE COULD PUT UP AN 46:38 ADDRESS FOR THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 46:43 WOULD THAT BE OKAY? >> WE WOULD BE EXCITED. 46:46 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY. 46:47 I'M FEELING A LITTLE BETTER. >> YEAH, THEY CAN MAKE OUT A 46:51 CHECK TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, SEND 46:55 IT OF COURSE, MARK FINLEY GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 47:00 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, 12501 OLD CLUM BEE PAK, SILVER SPRINGS, 47:06 MARYLAND, 301-680-6000 IS THE PHONE NUMBER. 47:13 IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD BLESSES AND WE NEVER ASK FOR FINANCES. 47:18 VERY, VERY RAELY, IF SOMEBODY ASKS US, WE TELL THEM WHAT OUR 47:24 NEEDS ARE, BUT TEENY AND I SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 47:27 CALLED BY GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE 47:30 PEOPLE TODAY THAT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE 47:33 CHURCH AND THIS AND THAT. WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. 47:37 WE'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF THE PLANET FOR THE 47:40 SECOND COMING OF JESUS. >> OKAY. 47:42 WITH YOUR PERMISSION LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL PUT THAT 47:45 ADDRESS UP AGAIN. AND BE SURE YOU PUT MARK FINLEY 47:50 EVANGELISM, SO THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS TO GO TO. 47:53 LATER WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CENTER, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE 47:57 DOING INCREDIBLE WORK THERE, AND YOU ALWAYS NEED FINANCES, AND 48:01 THEY NEVER MENTION IT, WE HAVEN'T SAID A WORD, BUT 48:05 SOMETIMES YOU FEEL A LITTLE PROMPTING. 48:09 I HOPE IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT AND I WAS LOOKING AT THEM TO MAKE 48:12 SURE IT WAS. BUT WE WANT YOU TO SUPORT MARK 48:16 AND TEENY, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK AROUND THE 48:19 WORLD. AND MANY OF YOU, YOU CAN'T DO 48:21 IT. YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GET 48:24 OUT -- PHYSICAL REASONS, WHATEVER YOUR REASONS ARE, BUT 48:28 THEY CAN, AND THEY ARE, AND SO -- BUT THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT 48:31 AND YOUR HELP, SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN ASKING YOU TO 48:35 SUPPORT -- I HAVE KNOWN THEM 30-PLUS YEARS, SO I CAN TELL YOU 48:39 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS COUPLE. 48:42 THEY LOVE JESUS. THEIR WHOLE LIFE IS ABOUT 48:45 SHARING JESUS TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD, AND I'M SO THANKFUL 48:48 THAT THEY ARE PART OF THIS CHURCH, AND THEY CAN USE THEIR 48:52 TALENTS AND GIFTS AND ABILITIES OUT IN THE WORLD. 48:56 AND THEY AE IN OUR CHURCH. AND WE'RE FAMILY, AND WE THANK 48:59 YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR 49:03 PEOPLE REALLY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND SAY WE WANT TO HELP 49:07 WITH THIS, WE WANT TO HELP WIT THE EVANGELISM CENTER. 49:11 SO WHEN YOU PUT MARK FINLEY EVANGELISM, LET THEM HAVE THE 49:15 FREEDOM TO SAY WE'LL PUT THIS TO HERE, WE'LL PUT THIS TO ENGLAND, 49:21 BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, I PROMISE YOU. 49:25 SO WE'LL PUT THAT UP LATER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU 49:29 ARE DOING, BECAUSE YOU ARE ANY THE YEARS WHERE YOU COULD SAY, 49:34 IT'S TIME TO CLOCK OUT. I'M OF THAT AGE, CA, WE CAN SAY 49:39 THIS IS IT. BUT WHEN WE RETIRE THERE'S NO 49:42 SUCH THING IN THE GOSPEL, RIGHT? BUT YOU ARE KEEPING A TREMENDOUS 49:46 SCHEDULE, AND YOU ARE MAKING ME FEEL BAD, I HAVE KIND OF BACKED 49:50 OFF OF MY TRAVELING SOME FROM WHAT I USED TO DO. 49:54 SO LORD FORGIVE ME, IF YOU WANT ME TO TRAVEL ME, LET ME KNOW, IF 50:01 NOT, MAYBE I CAN RAISE MONEY FOR THE FINLEYS. 50:04 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THANK YOU, DANNY. 50:06 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT GOD DOES. 50:09 GOD FINANCES OUR WORK IN UNUSUAL WAYS. 50:13 HE BRINGS PEOPLE INTO OUR LIFE THAT SAY WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? 50:18 AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 50:23 AS I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND AS TEENY AND I TRAVEL TOGETHER, ONE 50:28 OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSES ME IS WE GET OFF ON AN AIRPLANE, 50:34 AND THE ADVENTISTS COME. THEY ARE HUGGING US. 50:39 THEY CARE FOR US. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS CHURCH -- A 50:42 LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOUR CHURCH HAS THIS PROBLEM OR THAT 50:46 PROBLEM. ANYPLACE YOU HAVE PROBLEMS. 50:49 >> SURE. 20 MILLION PEOPLE, YOU ARE GOING 50:50 TO HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS. >> YOU ARE. 50:54 BUT THE GRACIOUSNESS OF OUR PEOPLE, THE KINDNESS OF OUR 50:58 PEOPLE, THE DESIRE TO SEE JESUS COME, AND EVERY PLACE I GO, I 51:03 HEAR THE MIRACLES OF GOD'S GRACE. 51:06 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN INTERESTING STORY EARLIER ABOUT 51:12 THE BUCAMIRANGA. >> YEAH, IT WAS A FABULOUS 51:22 STORY. I THINK WE HAVE SIX MINUTES. 51:25 CAN YOU GET IT IN, IN SIX MINUTES? 51:29 >> I SURE CAN. WE WERE PREACHING THERE, AND 51:33 3ABN WAS THERE, SENDING VIA SATELLITE THAT MESSAGE. 51:41 10S OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE WATCHING. 51:46 AND ONE NIGHT MY DEAR FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT A STORY FROM BUCA 51:57 ARANDA. HE TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR A PERSON 51:59 TO MEET, AND I WANTED TO MEET THAT PERSON, WHICH I DID, AND 52:02 ROBERT WAS THERE, AND WE TOOK PICTURES TOGETHER AND SO FORTH, 52:06 BUT HERE IS THE STORY. MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS 52:10 A VERY SMALL GROUP OF ADVENT BELIEVERS. 52:18 THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHURCH. THEY NET A HOME. 52:22 AND ONE SABBATH THE GROUP SAID, LOOK, IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY 52:26 TODAY, AND WE HAVE TO SWITCH THE PLACES WE MEET. 52:30 BECAUSE THESE WERE DAYS OF PERSECUTION WHEN THE POPULAR 52:36 CHURCH HIRED VIGILANTES TO GO BREAK UP GROUPS LIKE THIS. 52:42 SO THEY SAID LET'S GO THOUGH PARK. 52:45 AND THE ELDER SAID, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD OF ME, AND I WILL GO 52:50 SEPARATE AND MEET YOU. SO THE ELLER OF THE CHURCH AND 52:55 HIS WIFE WERE IN THEIR HOME, AND SHE WAS HOLDING A BABY. 52:59 BEFORE THEY COULD LEAVE, THE VIGILANTES CAME IN. 53:04 THEY SHOT HIM IMMEDIATELY IN THE HEART. 53:10 HE FELL OVER AND BLED ON THE BIBLE. 53:12 MY HANDS HAVE HELD THAT BIBLE. AND I SAW THE BLOOD ON THE PAGES 53:17 OF THE BIBLE. THEY THEN WENT TO SHOOT HIS 53:19 WIFE. BEFORE THEY COULD DO THAT, THE 53:22 WINDOW WAS OPEN. SHE PASSED THAT LITTLE SON 53:27 OUTSIDE THE WINDOW TO A PASSER-BY TO SAVE HIS LIFE. 53:32 SHE WAS KILLED, SO THIS BOY WAS BROUGHT UP IN A HOME WHERE HE 53:36 NEVER KNEW HIS PARENTS, DIDN'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND, AS WE GOT 53:40 OLDER, HE BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS, FOUND THAT THE 53:44 FAMILY -- THAT HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE 53:48 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. HE SAID WHAT ARE SEVENTH-DAY 53:50 ADVENTIST? BEGAN STUDYING THE BIBLE. 53:53 JOINED A SMALL GROUP. MY COLLEAGUE ROBERT CASTA HELD 54:00 AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING. THIS MAN NOW OLDER CAME. 54:05 AND HE WAS BAPTIZED. IN HIS BAPTISM ELDER COSTA TOLD 54:14 THE STORY. WHEN HE DID, A MAN GOT UP AND 54:23 CAME FORWARD AND CRIED AND CRIES, AND HE SAID IT WAS MY 54:27 FATHER THAT KILLED YOUR FATHER. AND NOW I TOO AM A SEVENTH-DAY 54:31 ADVENTIST. >> ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 54:35 COINCIDENCE OR DIVINE PROVIDENCE, CA? 54:38 >> PROVIDENCE ALL THE WAY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE 54:43 IMPEDIMENTS TO THE COMING OF THE LORD. 54:47 YOU HAVE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SO ON FIRE FOR THE LORD, 54:51 AND THE LORD IS DOING SUCH MIGHTY -- GOD WILL CALL ANYBODY 54:57 AT ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, AND USE THEM IN MIGHT YAY WAYS, AND YOU 55:04 HAVE SEEN THIS AROUND THE WORLD THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE 55:08 LITERALLY ON FIRE FOR THE LORD, AND THEY ALMOST DEFY 55:14 IMAGINATION, BUT GOD IS SO DESPERATE TO SAVE THE WORLD. 55:18 IT IS MARVELOUS. >> WHAT IMPRESSES ME IS THAT GOD 55:22 DOES NOT DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY, HE DEPENDS ON OUR AVAILABILITY. 55:27 >> AMEN. >> AND I HAVE SEEN SIMPLE LAY 55:30 PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE GIFTS THEY HAVE FOR GOD, AND GOD IS 55:34 DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR THEM. AND I HAVE SEEN LAY 55:39 PROFESSIONALS, PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO 55:42 ARE SOLD OUT FOR CHRIST, AND THEY ARE USING THEIR BUSINESS, 55:45 THEIR OFFICES, THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS 55:50 FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS A 55:54 WILLIAM KERRY, A SHOE COBBLER IN ENGLAND, WHO PUT THE MAP OF THE 56:01 WORLD ON THE WALL, AND SAID I COBBLE SHOES BUT MY LIFE IS FOR 56:14 THE LORD. >> IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW 56:16 THESE TERRITORIES WHICH ARE SO SECULAR, GOD IS TEARING DOWN 56:21 STRONG HOLDS, AND TEARING DOWN WALLS, AND MEN AND WOMAN ARE 56:24 COMING TO THE CHURCH. >> AMEN. 56:27 >> I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT IN THE FIRST 56:31 HOUR. BUT WE HAVE MUCH MORE, TALKING 56:34 ABOUT THE EVANGELISM CENTER. I'M LOVING IT. 56:39 I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME, I HOPE YOU ARE TOO. 56:42 IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, CALL YOUR FRIENDS, EVERYBODY, AND 56:47 TELL THEM TO TUNE INTO 3ABN. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN BLESSED, 56:51 BECAUSE I SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR LIVES, AND HOW HE IS 56:55 USING -- HE USES ALL OF US IN SPITE OF US, BUT HOW HE HAS 57:00 CALLED YOU TO A SPECIFIC MINISTRY, AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED 57:05 THAT CALL AND AS I SAID EARLIER, ONLY WHEN YOU GET TO 57:11 HEAVEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. 57:15 >> AMEN. CA WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 57:21 >> NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGACY, WHEN YOUR HAIR GETS A 57:27 LITTLE THIN, AND YOU HAVE SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, YOU TALK 57:31 ABOUT LEGACY. GOD HAS GIVEN THEM A VISION FOR 57:35 LEGACY. SO WE WANT YOU TO GET A GLASS OF 57:38 WATER. TAKE A LITTLE BREAK. 57:40 COME BACK, WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. 57:43 YOU WILL FIND THIS VERY, VERY EXCITING. 57:45 WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO MINUTES AND TWO SECONDS. 57:48 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ |
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