¤ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY
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LIVE." THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US, AND WE
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HAVE HAD A GREAT
FIRST HOUR, DON'T YOU THINK?
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>> OH, YES. FOR SURE.
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>> I MEAN IT'S AMAZING TO ME,
THE WORK OF GOD THAT IS GOING
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ON, AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE
ENOUGH IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
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ASI, AND THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH --
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>> YES. >> --
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS,
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ORPHANAGES AROUND THE
WORLD. WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED
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TONIGHT -- IF YOU ARE JUST
JOINING US -- WE HAVE ELDER TED
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WILSON WHO IS THE CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLDWIDE
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE
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HERE. >> THANK YOU, DANNY.
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>> AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING, AND WE'RE A
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SMALL ORGANIZATION COMPARED
TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BUT
WE'RE THRILLED THAT WE CAN JOIN
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HANDS TOGETHER AND
WORK WITH THE CHURCH --
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>> AMEN. >> TO
GET THIS GOSPEL OF THE
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KINGDOM INTO ALL
OF THE WORLD. >> AMEN.
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LET ME EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF
THE WORLD CHURCH OUR TREMENDOUS
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APPRECIATION FOR WHAT 3ABN
IS DOING GLOBALLY IN PARTNERING
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WITH THE CHURCH. WE
HAVE VARIOUS OUTLETS THAT WE
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ENJOY IN TERMS OF MEDIA
OUTREACH, INTERNET EVANGELISM,
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ADVENTIST RADIO, HOPE CHANNEL,
AND SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF
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REACHING INTO THE HEARTS OF
PEOPLE, AND 3ABN IS RIGHT THERE
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ALONG WITH THESE TREMENDOUS
ELECTRONIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
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OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUCH THE
HEARTS OF PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO
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JUST EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION
FOR WHAT 3ABN HAS DONE, IS
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DOING, AND WILL DO IN THIS
SPIRITUAL EVANGELISTIC AN SAFE,
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AFFIRMING MINISTRY, AND THANK
YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE
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TEAM -- AND WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF MEETING WITH THE TEAM A FEW
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MINUTES AGO -- MAYBE AN HOUR
OR SO AGO, TREMENDOUS GROUP OF
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PEOPLE. PEOPLE
VERY COMMITTED TO THE
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LORD, AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT,
AND THANK YOU FOR WHT YOU ARE
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DOING. >> WELL, IT'S A GREAT
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OPPORTUNITY. IT'S
NOTHING I PERSONALLY
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THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING GROWING
UP AS A KID HERE IN SOUTHERN
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ILLINOIS, BUT SOMEHOW THE LORD
BROUGHT ME FROM A CARPENTER INTO
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THIS, AND WE CAUGHT THE
VISION OF THE MISSION OF THE
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH. >> AMEN.
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>> AND WHILE WE'RE -- IS
SUPPORTING MINISTRY OF THE
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CHURCH, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME
MISSION, AND OUR GOAL IS NOT TO
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BE A CHURCH. OUR GOAL
IS TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU
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ARE DOING, AND THE WORK OF
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT HAS
BEEN A GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE
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TO DO IT, AND I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF OUR VIEWERS FOR THOSE OF
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YOU WHO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,
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3ABN, HOPE CHANNEL, WHEREVER THE
HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES, BUT WE
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SHOULD BE SUPPORTING SOMEWHERE,
JESUS IS COMING SOON, AND I
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THINK EACH OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE
TO HELP PROVIDE -- I THINK NOT
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ONLY FINANCES -- NOT ONLY
PRAYERS, BUT WHAT WE NEED AND
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THE CHURCH NEEDS IS PEOPLE
WHO WILL NOT ONLY PRAY, BUT WILL
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HELP FINANCIALLY AS WELL, AND
VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE WORK AND
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NOT DEPEND ON JUST THE
PASTORS AND THE LAYMEN AND THE
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CONFERENCE LEADERS, BECAUSE
AS LAYMEN JESUS TODAY GO YE INTO
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ALL OF THE WORLD, AND I ALWAYS
SAY IN CHURCHES IF YOU ARE YE,
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LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS.
AND EVERY HAND SHOULD GO UP,
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UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE
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DOING, BECAUSE
JESUS IS COMING SOON.
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>> AMEN. >> AND WE
LOOK FORWARD -- THANK
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YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO.
SPEAKING OF JESUS COMING VERY
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SOON, WE'RE
GOING TO PUT ON A SONG.
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THIS IS A SONG WE RECORDED
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, CALLED
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"JUST IN TIME," AND THE PART IN
THE MIDDLE, THE SPEAKING PART,
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UNION IS GOING TO SING IT
-- ACTUALLY I TOOK FROM THE
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GREAT CONTROVERSY READING, ELLEN
WHITE -- I WAS TRYING TO WRITE A
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SONG ON THE SECOND COMING, AND
I PARAPHRASED WHAT SHE WROTE TO
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PUT IT INTO MUSIC, SO
THIS SONG IS "JUST IN TIME."
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¤
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>> PRAISE THE
LORD. THANK YOU, JESUS.
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>> THANK YOU, YVONNE. BEAUTIFUL.
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>> PRAISE THE LORD. YOU
KNOW, IT MAKES ME WANT TO
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CRY, BECAUSE I JUST -- NOT
BECAUSE I'M SINGING IT, BUT
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BECAUSE I SEE THE PICTURE THAT
IS PAINTING IN THAT SONG, AND
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THAT -- THANK YOU FOR LETTING
THE LORD USE YOU TO WRITE THAT
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SONG. >> I COWROTE IT WITH ELLEN
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WHITE. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> I JUST THINK IT'S SO AMAZING
WHEN WE THINK OF JUST IN TIME
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THE SAVIOR COMES IN
WHEN WE NEED HIM THE MOST.
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HE IS THERE. AND THAT
SONG FOR ME IS JUST SO
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MOVING, BECAUSE IT REALLY SPEAKS
TO WHAT THE LORD DOES FOR US.
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>> PRAISE THE LORD.
WELL, DURING THE BREAK, ONE OF
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OUR WORKERS HERE, JIM, WENT
INTO MASTER CONTROL -- ELDER
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WILSON -- AND HE SAID DANNY AND
YVONNE SAID THEY WOULD PUT UP A
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THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE
OF THE ONE DAY CHURCHES --
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>> YEAH. >> AND HE
SAID, WELL, IF THEY
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WILL DO TWO, THEN
I'LL MATCH IT. >> WHOO.
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>> WHAT DO WE DO
NOW? WE'RE ON THE SPOT?
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>> WE GOT TO DO
IT. >> THERE YOU GO.
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SO THERE'S 2,000, JIM'S TWO, AND
ELDER WILSON ALREADY, SO IT IS
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STARTING TO COME IN. SO
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE SUPPORT,
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CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN,
YOU CAN CALL US, SOME OF YOU MAY
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WANT TO PRAY ABOUT IT OR THINK
ABOUT IT A DAY OR TWO, WHATEVER,
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BUT WHATEVER YOU DO IS GOING TO
BE USED FOR GOD'S GLORY AND THE
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SALVATION OF SOULS
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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>> AMEN. >> ONCE
AGAIN, WE'RE SO HAPPY
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YOU ARE HERE, ELDER WILSON.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A
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LOT OF TRAVELLING, SO TAKE THE
TIME THAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE AS A
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WORLD AUDIENCE, WE DON'T
OFTEN GET TO HEAR YOU FROM YOUR
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PERSPECTIVE TO HEAR WHERE
THE CHURCH IS HEADING AND YOUR
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PERSONAL ENDEAVORS AS
YOU TRAVEL ASH THE WORLD.
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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY AND
YVONNE, AND JUMP IN ANY TIME YOU
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WANT. BUT LET
ME JUST -- BEFORE I
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START TALKING ABOUT WHERE I HAVE
JUST BEEN, AND SOME ASPECTS OF
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THAT, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THAT
WAS JUST SUCH A POWERFUL SONG,
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AND I WANT TO BE
READY WHEN JESUS COMES.
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AND THAT'S REALLY THE CORE OF
THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES, AND
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AS YOU WERE REPEATING THOSE
LINES, YVONNE, I REACHED INTO MY
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BIBLE, BECAUSE I CARRY WITH ME,
A POWERFUL SECTION, WHICH COMES
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FROM THE GREAT CONTROVERSY,
BUT IT'S -- IT'S KIND OF -- A
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PORTION OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
PLACED IN A BOOK CALLED "LAST
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DAY EVENTS," BY ELLEN
WHITE. INCREDIBLE BOOK.
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BUT I PHOTOCOPIED THAT
AND I CARRY IT WITH ME.
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IT'S THE CLOUD WHICH
SURROUNDS THE SAVIOR --
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>> YES. >> I MEAN I
CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
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>> I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT.
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>> I HAVE BEEN PREACHING ON
THAT IN JAPAN, AND I'LL TELL YOU
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ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT
OR SO, BUT LET ME JUST SAY
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THAT -- AGAIN, WHAT APPRECIATION
WE HAVE FOR THE SOUL-WINNING
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ASPECT OF 3ABN, AND THAT YOU
ARE -- AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE
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THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU
SAID -- YOU ARE A SUPPORTING
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MINISTRY. AND TRULY
YOU ARE A SUPPORTING
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MINISTRY. WE FEEL
THAT AND WE KNOW THAT,
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AND YOU COOPERATE SO NICELY
WITH HOPE CHANNEL, OUR CHURCH
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OFFICIAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
THAT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD AS
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WELL, BUT WE'RE WORKING
TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE
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OUGHT TO DO -- >> AMEN.
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>> A SUPPORTING GROUP --
BOTH SIDES, EVERYONE WORKING
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TOGETHER. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> AND I JUST WANT TO
EXPRESS APPRECIATION AGAIN.
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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>
SOME OF YOUR VIEWERS MIGHT
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SAY, WILSON LOOKS
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
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IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GROWING
A FUZZY BEARD OR SOMETHING.
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>> UH-HUH. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE
HAVING OUR ANNUAL COUNSEL OF THE
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
GENERAL COMMERCE IN THE PLACE
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WHERE THE CHURCH REALLY
STARTED ESSENTIALLY, BATTLE
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CREEK -- WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
THAT IN OCTOBER, AND OF COURSE
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PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD, REPRESENTATIVES, AND IT
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WILL BE A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY,
AND OUR THEME IS -- A POWERFUL
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OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY -- THERE IS A PAST WITH A
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FUTURE. THAT'S OUR THEME.
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>> OKAY. >> A PAST
WITH A FUTURE, LOOKING
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BACK TO MOVE FORWARD. IN
FACT THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE
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PREACHING ABOUT THAT SABBATH.
I THINK THAT'S OCTOBER 13TH.
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>> UH-HUH. >> SO
I HAD THIS IDEA AND
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SUGGESTED IT TO PEOPLE -- SOME
MIGHT THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT
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OFF BEAT, BUT I SAID THOSE
OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO GROW A
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BEARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR RETURN
TO OUR PAST IN BATTLE CREEK --
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>> ALL RIGHT. >> --
GO AHEAD AND TRY IT.
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YOU WOULD BE AMAZED.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW
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SPROUTING BEARDS, SO BY THE TIME
OCTOBER COMES AROUND, IT WILL
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LOOK BETTER, BUT WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE
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FOR THE CHURCH IN
THE PAST -- >> UH-HUH.
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>> -- WHICH ONLY TELLS US THAT
IF WE DON'T FORGET, AS ELLEN
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WHITE SAYS, GOD'S LEADING IN
THE PAST, WE WILL HAVE A GREAT
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FUTURE. HIS
LEADING AND HIS TEACHING IN
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OUR PAST. >> UH-HUH.
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>> SO AS WE LOOK BACK, WE SEE
THAT GOD SET UP A MOVEMENT, AN
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ADVENT MOVEMENT, NO ANOTHER
DENOMINATION, NOT JUST A CHURCH,
00:16:07.46\00:16:11.40
NOT JUST AN
ORGANIZATION, BUT A MOVEMENT --
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>> YES. >> --
AND THAT'S WHAT THE
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
IS, AND THAT'S WHY I SO MUCH
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APPRECIATE THAT 3ABN UNDERSCORES
THAT THIS IS A MOVEMENT -- IN
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FACT YOUR NAME, THREE ANGELS
BROADCASTING NETWORK, 3ABN, AND
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TIEING IN WITH REVELATION 18,
THE FOURTH ANGEL, IT TIES IN OUR
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REASON FOR BEING, AND I'M AFRAID
SO MANY -- AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT
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THIS LATER IN THE PROGRAM, BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTISTS, AND PEOPLE
WHO -- THEY KIND OF GET INTO
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A -- A CERTAIN MODE, INTO A
CERTAIN RHYTHM, AND THEY JUST
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DON'T WANT TO BREAK OUT OF THAT
TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT HERE
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JUST TO ENJOY LIFE
-- THAT'S A GOOD THING.
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I MEAN THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME, AND AN ABUNDANT
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TIME, THAT'S WHAT HE PROMISED,
BUT HE WANTS US TO SHARE THIS
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MESSAGE WITH OTHER, AND HE
WANTS US TO HAVE AN URGENCY
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ABOUT IT. THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY
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WITHIN THE CHURCH AND ESPECIALLY
IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF
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THE WORLD -- >> WE'RE IN A RUT.
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>> WE'RE IN A RUT. AND
PEOPLE BEGIN -- AND THEY
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DON'T SEE ENORMOUS GROWTH,
BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST BEEN
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TALKING ABOUT AFRICA AND
CHURCHES THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT
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THEY DON'T SEE A LOT OF GROWTH,
SO SOMEHOW THEY START PICKING AT
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EACH OTHER, PICKING AT
THE CHURCH, CRITICIZING THIS,
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CRITICIZING THAT. WHEN
IN REALITY, IF YOU GOT INTO
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ACTION TO REACH SOMEBODY ELSE
WITH THE PRECIOUS MESSAGE THAT
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HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU, AND WHAT
SHOULD ANIMATE YOUR HEART --
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>> UH-HUH. >> -- YOU
WILL SOON FORGET A LOT
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OF THESE ANNOYANCES AND
FRUSTRATIONS THAT SEEM TO BE BIG
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PROBLEMS TO YOU, BUT IN REALITY,
THE DEVIL IS LEADING YOU OFF.
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HE'S KIND OF DISTRACTING YOU
FROM OUR MAIN GOAL, AND THAT IS
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TO PROMOTE, TO PRESENT
JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOR WHO IS
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INTERCEDING FOR US IN THE
MOST HOLY PLACE OF THE HEAVENLY
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SANCTUARY, A REAL SANCTUARY,
NOT A FAKE SYMBOLIC THING, BUT A
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REAL SANCTUARY, AND HE IS
INTERCEDING FOR US AS OUR HIGH
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PRIEST ANDED A OUR ADVOCATE, HE
IS THINK LAMB -- HE IS THE
-CREATOR, THE REDEEMER, THE
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LAMB, THE HIGH PRIEST.
EVERYTHING HAS COME OUT
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PERFECTLY BECAUSE GOD IS IN
CONTROL OF PROPHECY AND TIME --
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>> UH-HUH. >> --
AND HE IS WAITING FOR US
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TO BE PART OF SOMETHING
FAR BIGGER THAN ANY OF US CAN
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IMAGINE. >> UH-HUH.
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>> NOW I TURN TO JOHN 9:4, JESUS
WAS SPEAKING HIMSELF -- THESE
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ARE HIS WORDS, AND
THERE'S -- IT'S A FASCINATING
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LITTLE STORY AROUND IT, YOU
KNOW, AND ABOUT THE BLIND MAN,
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BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, BUT
JESUS SAYS I MUST WORK THE WORK
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OF HIM WHO SENT ME IN THE DAY.
THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE
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CAN WORK. >> UH-HUH.
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>> AND I THINK THEE IS SUCH AN
URGENCY IN THAT, THAT WE OUGHT
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TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE
LIVING AT THE VERY END OF TIME.
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I JUST PREACHED IN
JAPAN, EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS.
00:19:58.89\00:20:04.60
THE FIRST NIGHT, ONE OF FAYE
RATE -- FAVORITE SUBJECTS DANIEL
00:20:04.60\00:20:14.54
2. >> OKAY.
00:20:14.54\00:20:15.11
>> YOU SEE ALL OF THAT STUFF,
LIKE THE LEGS OF IRON AND THE
00:20:15.11\00:20:18.81
FEET OF IRON AND CLAY, AND THEN
THE NEXT THING THAT COMES IS
00:20:18.81\00:20:25.42
THAT STONE CUT OUT -- WITHOUT
MAN'S HANDS REPRESENTING THE
00:20:25.42\00:20:29.72
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST THAT
WILL SMASH ALL THER KINGDOMS
00:20:29.72\00:20:36.36
AND HIS KINGDOM WILL BE SET
UP, AND WHEN THE HOLY CITY COMES
00:20:36.36\00:20:42.64
DOWN TO THIS EARTH AFTER A
THOUSAND YEARS, WHICH I'M SURE
00:20:42.64\00:20:47.54
SOME OF YOUR WONDERFUL
PRESENTERS HAVE EXPLAINED TO
00:20:47.54\00:20:52.78
YOUR VIEWERS, THIS WILL BE
THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:20:52.78\00:20:58.75
IT WILL BE AMAZING. >> UH-HUH.
00:20:58.75\00:21:00.89
>> BUT DANIEL 2, WE ARE LIVING
IN THE TIPS OF THE TOES OF THAT
00:21:00.89\00:21:06.63
STATUE. >> THE TOENAILS.
00:21:06.63\00:21:07.76
>> EXACTLY. AND
THAT'S WHY THIS URGENCY THAT
00:21:07.76\00:21:11.53
JESUS SAYS WE NEED TO WORK WHILE
IT IS DAY, FOR THE NIGHT IS
00:21:11.53\00:21:16.34
COMING AND YOU CAN'T WORK
THERE. NOW WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
00:21:16.34\00:21:21.04
INIT INITIATIVE AROUND THE WORLD
00:21:21.04\00:21:26.95
CALLED TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED
00:21:26.95\00:21:29.22
IN THIS. I WANT TO
READ QUOTATION FROM
00:21:29.22\00:21:33.15
TESTIMONIES VOLUME 9, PAGE 117,
IT SAYS THE WORK OF GOD ON THIS
00:21:33.15\00:21:37.83
EARTH CAN NEVER BE FINISHED
UNTIL THE MEN AND WOMAN RALLY TO
00:21:37.83\00:21:41.30
THE WORK AND UNITE THEIR EFFORTS
WITH THOSE OF MINISTERS AND
00:21:41.30\00:21:45.80
CHURCH OFFICERS. NOW
YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AS TO
00:21:45.80\00:21:49.87
HOW PEOPLE HAVE
CAUGHT ON TO THAT IDEA.
00:21:49.87\00:21:53.98
YOU MEAN WE'RE JUST AS
MUCH A PART AS THE PROFESSIONAL
00:21:53.98\00:21:59.08
EVANGELISTS, OR THE
PASTOR, OR CHURCH OFFICER?
00:21:59.08\00:22:02.88
YES, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE DOING
SOMETHING FOR JESUS, BECAUSE IT
00:22:02.88\00:22:06.12
JUST FLOWS OUT OF YOU, BECAUSE
THAT DAILY CONNECTION WITH
00:22:06.12\00:22:10.46
JESUS, AND I HOPE -- I
HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING
00:22:10.46\00:22:14.20
AND -- AND LISTENING WILL BE
TAKING TIME EVERY DAY TO STUDY
00:22:14.20\00:22:20.70
GOD'S WORD, EVERY DAY TO
SPEND TIME IN PRIVATE PRAYER.
00:22:20.70\00:22:31.78
AND ASK HIM SEND THE HOLY
SPIRIT INTO MY LIFE TODAY.
00:22:31.78\00:22:35.82
WHEN YOU DO THAT,
SOMETHING HAPPENS.
00:22:35.82\00:22:39.65
YOU THEN BECOME PART OF THIS
PROCLAMATION, THIS TOTAL MEMBER
00:22:39.65\00:22:47.96
INVOLVEMENT. YOU
WOULD BE AMAZED AS TO HOW
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.43
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD IN SO
MANY PLACES HAVE BECOME ENAMORED
00:22:50.43\00:22:58.07
WITH PARTICIPATETORY APPROACH.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD
00:22:58.07\00:23:12.32
THIS ENORMOUS EVANGELISTIC
SERIES THIS RWRWANDA.
00:23:12.32\00:23:19.69
110,000 PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED
OUT OF THIS TOTAL MEMBER
00:23:19.69\00:23:22.30
INVOLVEMENT
SERIES. IT WAS AMAZING.
00:23:22.30\00:23:24.60
>> WOW. >> OTHER
PLACES, TREMENDOUS
00:23:24.60\00:23:28.60
OUTPOURING. BUT
NOT ALL PLACES ARE LIKE
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.34
THAT. MANY
PLACES ARE REALLY TOUGH.
00:23:30.34\00:23:34.11
PEOPLE ARE
SECULAR. THEY HAVE MONEY.
00:23:34.11\00:23:38.48
THEY HAVE A
CULTURED LIFE. >> UH-HU.
00:23:38.48\00:23:41.62
>> THEY HAVE A
SCRIPTED LIFE. >> UH-HUH.
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.92
>> EVERYTHING IS IN
ORDER. AT LEAST MORE OR LESS.
00:23:44.92\00:23:49.96
THE PROBLEM IS THE WORLD IS
FALLING APART AND WE SEE A LOT
00:23:49.96\00:23:53.43
OF DISORDER, BUT
PEOPLE'S LIVES --
00:23:53.43\00:23:56.43
>> THERE'S NO PERCEIVED
NEED -- IS THAT IT -- THAT
00:23:56.43\00:24:01.40
THERE'S NO
PERCEIVED NEED FOR GOD.
00:24:01.40\00:24:03.17
>> EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
00:24:03.17\00:24:05.47
WE SEE THAT IN MANY OF
THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF THE
00:24:05.47\00:24:08.84
WORLD. WHERE
THERE IS MONEY, WHERE
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.08
THERE IS A CALCULATED WAY IN
WHICH YOUR LIFE IS CARED FOR,
00:24:12.08\00:24:20.19
AND IT'S REALLY A DETRIMENT
TO OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES.
00:24:20.19\00:24:23.83
>> UH-HUH. >> NOT
THAT MONEY IS -- THAT
00:24:23.83\00:24:27.86
THERE'S ANYTHING
WRONG WITH MONEY.
00:24:27.86\00:24:29.56
THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF
ALL EVIL, BUT MONEY GOD GIVES US
00:24:29.56\00:24:34.20
IN ORDER TO USE. BUT
SOMETIMES WE USE IT ON
00:24:34.20\00:24:37.21
OURSELVES SO MUCH, AND SOCIETIES
THAT HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, WHETHER
00:24:37.21\00:24:40.44
THEY BE CHRISTIAN OR OTHERWISE,
THEY SOMETIMES BECOME SO
00:24:40.44\00:24:44.68
SECULAR -- >> UH-HUH.
00:24:44.68\00:24:47.42
>> -- THE LAST THREE YEARS OR
SO, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
00:24:47.42\00:24:52.02
WITH THE JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE.
IT'S PART OF WHAT WE CALL THE
00:24:52.02\00:25:00.53
NORTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION.
WE HAVE 13 WORLD DIVISIONS, AND
00:25:00.53\00:25:04.03
ALSO AN ATTACHED UNION, THE
MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA UNION.
00:25:04.03\00:25:09.67
BUT THE NORTHERN ASIA PACIFIC
UNION HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST
00:25:09.67\00:25:15.24
NON-CHRISTIAN POPULATION BASES
ON THE GLOBE, INCLUDING COUNTRY
00:25:15.24\00:25:18.91
OF CHINA, KOREA,
MONGOLIA, TAIWAN, JAPAN.
00:25:18.91\00:25:30.93
JAPAN, OUR CHURCH AS FAITHFUL
AS IT IS -- AND WE HAVE SOME
00:25:30.93\00:25:35.03
WONDERFUL MEMBERS THERE, IT HAS
BEEN ON THE DECLINE BECAUSE OF
00:25:35.03\00:25:38.40
SO MUCH SECULARISM, AND BECAUSE
JUST THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO
00:25:38.40\00:25:42.70
PEOPLE IS MORE
DIFFICULT IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES.
00:25:42.70\00:25:46.07
JAPANESE CULTURE
IS -- IS VERY PROPER.
00:25:46.07\00:25:49.91
IT'S VERY RESPECTFUL. FOR
SOMEONE TO SIT DOWN ON A BUS
00:25:49.91\00:25:55.15
OR A METRO OR -- YOU KNOW,
THE TRAIN, AND START TALKING TO
00:25:55.15\00:25:59.15
SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR SPIRITUAL
EXPERIENCE, IS NOT NECESSARILY
00:25:59.15\00:26:04.06
ACCEPTED WITHIN
THE CULTURE. >> UH-HUH.
00:26:04.06\00:26:06.76
>> BUT THAT IS WHAT
JESUS HAS ASKED US TO DO.
00:26:06.76\00:26:10.50
THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR CHURCH
MEMBERS IN JAPAN IS ABOUT 65.
00:26:10.50\00:26:14.47
>> WOW. >> SO WE
NEED MANY MORE YOUNG
00:26:14.47\00:26:17.14
PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
CHURCH TO MAKE IT VIBRANT.
00:26:17.14\00:26:20.31
WE HAVE WONDERFUL OLDER
MEMBERS. IT'S WONDERFUL.
00:26:20.31\00:26:23.01
BUT WE NEED THIS VITALITY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
00:26:23.01\00:26:26.25
CHURCH THERE TO TRY TO SEE HOW
WE COULD ORGANIZE A TOTAL MEMBER
00:26:26.25\00:26:31.72
INVOLVEMENT APPROACH.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST PUBLIC
00:26:31.72\00:26:35.42
EVANGELISM. IT MEANS
EVERYTHING LEADING UP
00:26:35.42\00:26:37.19
TO IT.
COMMUNITY SERVICES, HEALTH
00:26:37.19\00:26:40.06
OUTREACH, USE OF PUBLICATIONS,
YOUNG PEOPLE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR,
00:26:40.06\00:26:44.73
WOMEN'S MINISTRIES ACTIVITIES.
EVERYBODY DOING SOMETHING FOR
00:26:44.73\00:26:50.84
JESUS. AND AS
THEY WERE WORKING WITH
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.21
ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, AND
OTHER ASPECTS TO TRY TO REACH
00:26:54.21\00:26:57.75
IN -- HEALTH OUTREACH -- THEY
WERE PREPARING THE SOIL FOR A
00:26:57.75\00:27:01.48
PARTICULAR OUTREACH, WHICH THEY
CALL ALL JAPAN 2018 MARANATHA,
00:27:01.48\00:27:13.80
THAT'S THE PLAN
FOR THE MEETINGS?
00:27:13.80\00:27:17.43
. AND IT WAS NANCY AND MY
00:27:17.43\00:27:21.70
PRIVILEGE TO GO TO THE CURCH
WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOKYO
00:27:21.70\00:27:27.44
ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN TOKYO,
THE LARGEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE
00:27:27.44\00:27:32.95
WORLD, 34, 35 MILLION PEOPLE
IN THE GREATER TOKYO AREA --
00:27:32.95\00:27:37.19
>> WOW. >> I MEAN,
YOU GO THERE AND YOU
00:27:37.19\00:27:39.82
JUST -- IT CAN BE A
LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
00:27:39.82\00:27:43.22
HOW ARE WE GOING
TO REACH THESE PEOPLE?
00:27:43.22\00:27:45.19
WELL, YOU ARE GOING
TO REACH THEM ONE BY ONE.
00:27:45.19\00:27:47.40
SO WE DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS
OF BAPTISMS, BUT THE LORD HAS
00:27:47.40\00:27:52.97
BLESSED US. NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT AS WE ARE
00:27:52.97\00:27:55.44
PREACHING AND PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING, YOU CAN SENSE THE
00:27:55.44\00:27:59.44
AMAZING TRUTH THAT WE HAVE,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHING
00:27:59.44\00:28:04.35
PEOPLE'S HEARTS. WE
ENDED OUR SERIES WITH TWO
00:28:04.35\00:28:09.32
BAPTISMS, AND ABOUT 4 OR 5 MORE
THAT WILL BE BAPTIZED IN THE
00:28:09.32\00:28:14.19
NEXT THREE
MONTHS OR SO. >> UH-HUH.
00:28:14.19\00:28:17.19
>> ALL ACROSS JAPAN, THERE
WERE -- AND IT IS LASTING FROM
00:28:17.19\00:28:22.26
MARCH UP UNTIL JUNE, 161
EVANGELISTIC SITES, SO MANY OF
00:28:22.26\00:28:27.47
US WERE
CONCURRENTLY TAKING PART.
00:28:27.47\00:28:29.90
>> UH-HUH. >> AND
THEY WERE HOPING -- THE
00:28:29.90\00:28:34.51
JAPAN UNION WAS HOPING FOR 100
BAPTISMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:28:34.51\00:28:39.95
>> UH-HUH. >> NOW
FOR MANY OF US, WE MIGHT
00:28:39.95\00:28:43.92
SAY, MY, SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT,
BUT FOR JAPAN, THAT'S ENOMOUS,
00:28:43.92\00:28:48.06
AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE THE HUNDRED.
00:28:48.06\00:28:50.86
THE BIGGEST THING, THOUG, WHICH
IS SO EXCITING, IS THAT THE
00:28:50.86\00:28:55.13
CHURCHES IN JAPAN HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY REVIVED BY THE HOLY
00:28:55.13\00:28:58.43
SPIRIT. >> AMEN.
00:28:58.43\00:28:59.40
>> AND THE CHURCH MEMERS ARE
NOW EXCITED ABOUT SOUL WINNING,
00:28:59.40\00:29:03.87
ABOUT EVANGELISM, ABOUT
OUTREACH, ABOUT BRINGING MORE
00:29:03.87\00:29:07.68
PEOPLE INTO THIS PRECIOUS,
PRECIOUS ADVENT MOVEMENT.
00:29:07.68\00:29:10.91
>> YES. >> UH-HUH.
00:29:10.91\00:29:12.68
>> NOW I WANT TO UNDERSCORE AND
FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR
00:29:12.68\00:29:18.32
JUMP IN ANY TIME,
BUT I GET SO EXCITED --
00:29:18.32\00:29:21.56
[ LAUGHTER ] >> GO FOR IT.
00:29:21.56\00:29:22.82
>> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU,
ANYBODY -- ALMOST ANYONE CAN DO
00:29:22.82\00:29:27.23
AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES.
TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, AS I
00:29:27.23\00:29:30.73
SAID IS A COMPLETE CONNECT
THE DOTS ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE
00:29:30.73\00:29:35.37
PROGRAM THAT GOES YEAR-ROUND,
BUT PUBLIC EVANGELISM IS NOT
00:29:35.37\00:29:39.84
DEAD, AND IT
TOUCHES PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:29:39.84\00:29:42.61
RIGHT NOW, AS I JUST MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, MARK FINLEY IS
00:29:42.61\00:29:47.18
HOLDING MEETINGS IN TANZANIA.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMING.
00:29:47.18\00:29:52.09
YOU MAY BE IN TANZANIA,
AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS.
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.82
YOU MAY BE IN
JAPAN, AND YOU HAVE 25.
00:29:54.82\00:29:58.16
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY,
BECAUSE THE LORD CAN TOUCH THE
00:29:58.16\00:30:01.13
HEARTS OF PEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:30:01.13\00:30:02.90
>> RIGHT. >> NOW
ANYBODY CAN PREACH THESE
00:30:02.90\00:30:07.87
MESSAGES, EVERYONE SOMEONE
WHO IS HESITANT TO SAY ANYTHING
00:30:07.87\00:30:12.71
PUBLICLY. I HAVE
USED NOW, PROBABLY
00:30:12.71\00:30:16.44
EIGHT -- ABOUT EIGHT TIMES AT
LEAST, I SUPPOSE, EVANGELISTIC
00:30:16.44\00:30:23.55
MEETINGS. USED
BEAUTIFULLY PREPARED
00:30:23.55\00:30:26.99
SERMONS BY MY DEAR
COLLEAGUE, MARK FINLEY.
00:30:26.99\00:30:31.06
AND YOU CAN ADAPT, AND PUT IN
ILLUSTRATIONS WHATEVER YOU WANT,
00:30:31.06\00:30:35.16
BUT BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS.
AND THESE GRAPHICS WERE ALL PUT
00:30:35.16\00:30:39.50
INTO JAPANESE. SO
PEOPLE COULD IDENTIFY SO
00:30:39.50\00:30:42.77
CLOSELY. >> OH, MY.
00:30:42.77\00:30:43.87
>> UH-HUH. >> I
WOULD LOOK OUT INTO THE
00:30:43.87\00:30:47.51
AUDIENCE, AND LOOK INTO THE
FACE OF ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS
00:30:47.51\00:30:51.41
BAPTIZED JUST ABOUT TWO
WEEKS AGO -- OR TEN DAYS AGO --
00:30:51.41\00:30:54.75
>> UH-HUH. >> --
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN HIS
00:30:54.75\00:30:57.79
LIFE. HIS WIFE WAS A MEMBER, BUT
00:30:57.79\00:31:00.52
HE -- HE WAS NOT A BAPTIZED
OR CURRENT MEMBER, AND HE -- HE
00:31:00.52\00:31:06.16
JUST REALIZED THE
SABBATH WAS SO IMPORTANT.
00:31:06.16\00:31:10.03
THE SECOND COMING WAS SO
IMPORTANT, AND IT TOUCHED HIS
00:31:10.03\00:31:13.54
HEART, AND YOU
COULD SEE IT IN HIS FACE.
00:31:13.54\00:31:15.87
HE IS A NEW PERSON. >> WOW.
00:31:15.87\00:31:17.77
>> SO THESE ARE THE THINGS,
ONE BY ONE, THAT YOU CAN DO, AND
00:31:17.77\00:31:24.11
ANYONE CAN USE A SIMPLE
EVANGELISTIC APPROACH, IF YOU
00:31:24.11\00:31:28.42
CONNECT WITH THOSE WHO CAN PUT
YOU IN TOUCH WITH A PLACE WHERE
00:31:28.42\00:31:32.59
YOU CAN DO EVANGELISM, AND YOU
CAN DO IT IN YOUR HOME CHURCH.
00:31:32.59\00:31:36.12
YOU CAN DO IT ANYWHERE,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SCRIPT, THE
00:31:36.12\00:31:39.69
GRAPHICS, IT'S JUST
EXCITING. >> THAT'S GREAT.
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.26
SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS INVOLVED?
SO LET'S SAY VIEWERS WATCHING
00:31:42.26\00:31:46.77
SAY OH, WOW, I REALLY WOULD LIKE
TO DO ONE OF THESE EVANGELISTIC
00:31:46.77\00:31:52.94
SERIES -- BE PART OF
THIS EVANGELISTIC SERIES.
00:31:52.94\00:31:56.18
WHAT DO THEY DO? DO
THEY CONTACT THE GENERAL
00:31:56.18\00:31:59.08
CONFERENCE? WHAT ARE THE STEPS?
00:31:59.08\00:32:00.62
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT
THEY ARE WANTING TO DO.
00:32:00.62\00:32:03.75
I WOULD ENCOURAGE FIRST OF ALL,
CHURCH MEMBERS TO TALK TO THEIR
00:32:03.75\00:32:07.86
PASTOR, AND SEE IF HERE IS
SOMETHING LOCALLY THAT THEY CAN
00:32:07.86\00:32:11.76
DO. CONTACT THEIR CONFERENCE,
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.40
BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO
SEE THINGS HAPPEN LOCALLY.
00:32:13.40\00:32:16.63
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.53
SOMETHING EXCITING
HAPPEN THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:32:19.53\00:32:21.74
>> UH-HUH. >> IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE PART
00:32:21.74\00:32:24.71
OF SOMETHING GLOBAL, YOU CAN
CONTACT PASTOR DWYANE McKEE AT
00:32:24.71\00:32:32.78
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, OR HIS
WIFE KATHY McKEE, AND THEY ARE
00:32:32.78\00:32:38.52
HELPING US WITH
TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT.
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.26
>> RIGHT. >> ALSO
OTHERS WHO ARE VERY MUCH
00:32:40.26\00:32:45.36
INVOLVED, RAMON, JIM HOWARD AND
OTHERS KENT SHARP AND AWR, BUT
00:32:45.36\00:32:54.87
IF YOU WANT -- SOMEBODY
WOULD WRITE, AND THERE ARE
00:32:54.87\00:32:59.94
POSSIBILITIES, WHERE YOU
CAN GO SOMEPLACE OUTSIDE OF THIS
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.78
COUNTRY. HOWEVER,
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.65
IS RIGHT IN YOUR
OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.82
IN THE CITIES OF
THIS WORLD. >> RIGHT.
00:33:06.82\00:33:09.58
>> NOW, I WANT TO DRAW OUR
ATTENTION TO THE -- THE BOOK OF
00:33:09.58\00:33:15.52
MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, AND IN THE
35TH VERSE, IT SAYS JESUS WENT
00:33:15.52\00:33:20.10
ABOUT ALL OF THE CITIES
AND VILLAGES TEACHING IN THEIR
00:33:20.10\00:33:24.17
SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOSPEL
OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING
00:33:24.17\00:33:28.47
EVERY SICKNESS AND EVERY
DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE.
00:33:28.47\00:33:32.77
THIS PARTICULAR
MINISTRY IS TO BE OURS.
00:33:32.77\00:33:36.88
JESUS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE
SMALL TOWNS, IN THE VILLAGES,
00:33:36.88\00:33:40.65
AND IN THE BIG CITIES. >> RIGHT.
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.55
>> HE FOCUSED ON JERUSALEM, YES.
HE ALSO FOCUSED ON BETHLEHEM, OR
00:33:42.55\00:33:49.32
WHEREVER IT WAS. THE
LORD WANTS US TO HAVE AN
00:33:49.32\00:33:52.03
INTEREST IN NEW YORK, IN BREN
NECESSARY IRISES, AND IN TOKYO.
00:33:52.03\00:34:03.64
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,
THERE ARE VILLAGES AND CITIES
00:34:03.64\00:34:07.71
AND TOWNS. JESUS
WENT TO THEM, HE WAS
00:34:07.71\00:34:10.71
TEACHING, PREACHING, AND
HEALING, AND WE KNOW THAT HE DID
00:34:10.71\00:34:14.18
MORE HEALING
THAN HE DID PREACHING.
00:34:14.18\00:34:17.22
>> RIGHT. >> NOW
THAT'S -- THAT'S WHY
00:34:17.22\00:34:19.52
COMMUNITY
SERVICES IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:34:19.52\00:34:21.19
THAT'S WHY REACHING OUT TO TOUCH
PEOPLE'S LIVES IS SO IMPORTANT,
00:34:21.19\00:34:25.73
TO HELP THEM PERSONALLY, IN A
VERY PARTICULAR WAY, AND THAT'S
00:34:25.73\00:34:32.00
WHY WE ARE STRONGLY EMPHASIZING,
ESPECIALLY IN REACHING THE BIG
00:34:32.00\00:34:36.81
CITIES,
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH MINISTRY.
00:34:36.81\00:34:40.61
THAT WHICH CAN TOUCH PEOPLE'S
HEARTS IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY.
00:34:40.61\00:34:44.38
>> UH-HUH.-THAT'S GOOD.
>> FROM JAPAN, WE WENT TO
00:34:44.38\00:34:49.98
VIETNAM, AND FLE INTO THE CITY
OF HANOI, WHICH IS A CITY OF
00:34:49.98\00:34:54.62
ABOUT 8 MILLION
PEOPLE OR SO. >> WOW.
00:34:54.62\00:34:57.06
>> AND WE PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF
THE MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCES I
00:34:57.06\00:35:01.86
HAVE HAD RECENTLY
BESIDES, OF COURSE EVANGELISM --
00:35:01.86\00:35:06.30
>> SURE. >> -- BUT
IT WAS THE CULMINATION
00:35:06.30\00:35:09.57
OF A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE TO PREPARE WHAT WE CALL A
00:35:09.57\00:35:14.61
CENTER OF INFLUENCE, WHICH
IS WHAT THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
00:35:14.61\00:35:19.85
TALKS ABOUT, CREATING CENTERS
OF INFLUENCE IN BIG CITIES, AND
00:35:19.85\00:35:23.45
THIS CENTER OF INFLUENCE
IS THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY
00:35:23.45\00:35:28.62
ADVENTIST-OWNED
BUILDING IN HANOI IN DECADES.
00:35:28.62\00:35:32.03
>> THAT'S GREAT. >> IN
FACT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
00:35:32.03\00:35:34.66
THERE HAS BEEN ONE, PROBABLY
YEARS AGO THERE USED TO BE.
00:35:34.66\00:35:39.00
BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS
GRACIOUSLY WORKED WITH US ON IT.
00:35:39.00\00:35:42.14
WE HAVE A CETER OF INFLUENCE
NOW THAT WILL HAVE A BOOKSTORE,
00:35:42.14\00:35:47.84
A HEALTH FOOD STORE, AN
ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER, A MUSIC
00:35:47.84\00:35:53.95
TEACHING CENTER, TWO CHURCHES.
ONE OF THE VIETNAMESE, AND
-pANOTHER, SO PRAY FOR THE WORK
00:35:53.95\00:36:16.20
IN VIETNAM AND HANOI,
WHERE WE ONLY HAVE PROBABLY 40
00:36:16.20\00:36:21.71
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MEMBERS OR
SO, AND YET GOD HAS OPENED THIS
00:36:21.71\00:36:24.78
OPPORTUNITY FOR
US. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:36:24.78\00:36:26.72
>> THE THING THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO DIALOGUE A LITTLE BIT
00:36:26.72\00:36:30.59
ABOUT, AND TALK ABOUT -- BECAUSE
I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
00:36:30.59\00:36:33.99
TALKING -- >> NO, THAT'S GOOD.
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.56
THAT'S GOOD. >> THE
THING THAT I REALLY HAVE
00:36:35.56\00:36:40.13
A BURDEN FOR IS TO HAVE ALL
OF OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:36:40.13\00:36:46.80
THEIR ROLE IS
IN THESE LAST DAYS.
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.27
THAT IS SUCH A
HEAVY BURDEN ON MY HEART.
00:36:49.27\00:36:52.91
>> RIGHT. >> NOT TO
GET SIDETRACKED INTO
00:36:52.91\00:36:56.11
ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL ISSUES, AS
GOOD AS THEY MAY BE, AND WE DO
00:36:56.11\00:37:00.85
HAVE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE AND MAKE
SURE THINGS ARE DONE CORRECTLY,
00:37:00.85\00:37:04.25
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT GRASPING THE INCREDIBLE
00:37:04.25\00:37:07.26
OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING THIS
MESSAGE IN YOUR LIFE AND THROUGH
00:37:07.26\00:37:14.40
YOUR WORDS THAT I WISH EVERYONE
WOULD HAVE A STRONG BURDEN FOR.
00:37:14.40\00:37:19.43
>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SO
00:37:19.43\00:37:23.61
THANKFUL ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP
IS, IS YOU ENCOURAGE THAT.
00:37:23.61\00:37:28.08
THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS HAPPENED.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT LEADERS
00:37:28.08\00:37:31.35
SEEM LIKE -- YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE
TO BE IN CHARGE OR THIS SHOULD
00:37:31.35\00:37:35.25
BE THIS WAY, THIS THAT WAY.
YOU ALLOW THE MEMBERSHIP -- AND
00:37:35.25\00:37:39.35
NOT ONLY ALLOW IT, YOU ENCOURAGE
THE MEMBERSHIP, TO, HEY, YOU ARE
00:37:39.35\00:37:45.56
A YE. JESUS SAID
GO YE INTO ALL OF THE
00:37:45.56\00:37:50.03
WORLD, SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A
PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES MEMBERS
00:37:50.03\00:37:56.91
TO GET INVOLVED, SO WE FEEL
LIKE, MAYBE WE DIDN'T GO TO THE
00:37:56.91\00:38:02.91
SEMINARY, AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT
A FULL-PLEDGED PASTOR OR EVEN AN
00:38:02.91\00:38:09.38
ELDER IN THE CHURCH, BUT
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT I CAN DO
00:38:09.38\00:38:13.96
SOMETHING FOR GOD.
WHATEVER STATE I'M IN, WHATEVER
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.29
I'M DOING, I CAN BE A WITNESS
FOR GOD, AND I CAN WORK WITH THE
00:38:16.29\00:38:20.96
CHURCH. SO THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING OUT THE
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.53
TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE
US TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE
00:38:22.53\00:38:25.97
CHURCH -- AND I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT 3ABN RIGHT NOW, I'M
00:38:25.97\00:38:30.44
TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, YOU,
AND US LAYMEN, THAT WE'RE ABLE
00:38:30.44\00:38:34.28
TO DO THIS, AND DO IT IN
A WAY THAT LITERALLY GOING
00:38:34.28\00:38:37.78
TO -- TOGETHER WE CAN DO A
WHOLE LOT MORE THAN SEPARATE.
00:38:37.78\00:38:40.82
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >>
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
00:38:40.82\00:38:43.28
>> WELL, PRAISE GOD.
AND REALLY, TOTAL MEMBER
00:38:43.28\00:38:46.02
INVOLVEMENT IS HAVING
EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER.
00:38:46.02\00:38:48.02
>> UH-HUH. >> AND
IT ISN'T THE GENERAL
00:38:48.02\00:38:50.86
CONFERENCE
CONTROLLING EVERYTHING --
00:38:50.86\00:38:51.89
>> RIGHT. >>
AND CHURCH OFFICIALS
00:38:51.89\00:38:55.23
CONTROLLING EVERYTHING -- THAT'S
WHAT WE GET ACCUSED OF AT TIMES
00:38:55.23\00:38:58.70
ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE CHURCH HAS TO BE PART OF
00:38:58.70\00:39:02.80
SOMETHING MUCH GRANER AND
BIGGER THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE CAN
00:39:02.80\00:39:06.94
CONCEIVE OF. >> UH-HUH.
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.71
>> AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
JUST WANTS TO FIL OUR LIVES IN A
00:39:08.71\00:39:12.18
POWERFUL WAY. IN
FACT, I REALLY WANT TO URGE
00:39:12.18\00:39:16.08
PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THE
LATTER REIGN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.02
THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO
MOVE THE WORK THROUGH THE 34, 35
00:39:19.02\00:39:23.83
MILLION PEOPLE IN TOKYO.
WE HAVE TO DO OUR WORK RIGHT
00:39:23.83\00:39:27.36
NOW, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ATTENDS
US, BUT THE LATTER REIGN IS
00:39:27.36\00:39:31.70
GOING TO DO SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY THROUGH HIS
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.27
PEOPLE. BUT HIS
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.30
WILLING TO BE USED. >> YEAH.
00:39:36.30\00:39:40.14
>> THIS MARVELOUS DESCRIPTION OF
GOD'S PEOPLE IN REVELATION 12:17
00:39:40.14\00:39:45.31
ABOUT HOW THE DRAGON WAS ANGRY
WITH THE WOMAN AND WENT TO MAKE
00:39:45.31\00:39:49.62
WAR WITH THE REST OR THE REMNANT
OF HER OFFSPRING WHO KEEP TH
00:39:49.62\00:39:55.39
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE
THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:39:55.39\00:39:59.76
THESE WONDERFUL
CHARACTERISTICS -- I CALL THEM
00:39:59.76\00:40:02.33
THE CALLER ID -- [ LAUGHTER ]
00:40:02.33\00:40:03.80
>> OKAY. >> THESE
TWO POWERFUL THINGS
00:40:03.80\00:40:06.10
SHOULD ANIMATE US, AND THEN
YOU JUMP OVER TO REVELATION 14,
00:40:06.10\00:40:13.48
REVELATION 18, AND 13 SANDWICHED
IN THERE, REVELATION 13 IS
00:40:13.48\00:40:24.29
TAKING PLACE BEFORE OUR EYES.
BUT PEOPLE SEEM COMPLACENT AND
00:40:24.29\00:40:32.03
DISTRACTED AT TIMES. I'M
READING NOW FROM EVANGELISM
00:40:32.03\00:40:37.43
686 TOWARDS THE END OF THE BOOK.
FOR 40 YEARS DID UNBELIEF, MORE
00:40:37.43\00:40:43.10
MURMURING AND REBELLION SHUT OUR
ANCIENT ISRAEL FROM THE LAND OF
00:40:43.10\00:40:51.31
CANEON, THE SAME SINS HAVE
DELAYED THE ENTRANCE OF MODERN
00:40:51.31\00:40:55.52
ISRAEL -- THAT'S THOSE
OF US WHO ARE PART OF THIS
00:40:55.52\00:40:58.95
FULFILLMENT -- IS DELAYED THE
ENTRANCE OF MODERN ISRAEL INTO
00:40:58.95\00:41:03.26
THE HEAVEN I WILL CANON.
IN NEITHER CASE, EITHER IN THE
00:41:03.26\00:41:08.90
PREVIOUS, OR IN OUR CASE WERE
THE PROMISES OF GOD AT FAULT.
00:41:08.90\00:41:12.73
GOD IS NO AT FAULT.
IT IS THE UNBELIEVE, THE
00:41:12.73\00:41:19.91
WORDILINESS, UNCONSECRATION,
AN STRIFE AMONG THE WORLD'S
00:41:19.91\00:41:24.95
PROFESSED PEOPLE THAT HAVE
KEPT US IN THIS WORLD OF SIN AND
00:41:24.95\00:41:28.95
SORROW SO MANY YEARS. >> UH-HUH.
00:41:28.95\00:41:31.99
>> WE CAN HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE LORD'S COMING.
00:41:31.99\00:41:36.42
NOW YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE
SAY, THE LORD IS DOING WHEN HE
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.86
DECIDES. WE DON'T
KNOW WHEN HE IS COMING.
00:41:39.86\00:41:42.06
JESUS SAID ONLY
THE FATHER KNOWS.
00:41:42.06\00:41:44.20
BUT WE KNOW IT'S VERY
CLOSE. BUT LISTEN TO THIS QUOTE.
00:41:44.20\00:41:49.50
BY -- SAME PAGE OF
EVANGELISM -- BY GIVING THE
00:41:49.50\00:41:53.71
GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, IT IS IN
OUR POWER TO HASTEN OUR LORD'S
00:41:53.71\00:41:57.85
RETURN. I MEAN, I
WISH PEOPLE WOULD FEEL
00:41:57.85\00:42:00.38
THE BURDEN FOR THAT. >> YEAH.
00:42:00.38\00:42:02.88
>> OKAY. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO PREACH A
00:42:02.88\00:42:05.49
SERIES OF MEETINGS. GO
TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND ASK
00:42:05.49\00:42:09.39
THEM HOW YOU CAN HELP. OR
BETTER YET -- THIS IS REALLY
00:42:09.39\00:42:12.73
AN INTERESTING CONCEPT I HAVE
LEARNED RECENTLY, YOU CAN ASK
00:42:12.73\00:42:16.87
THEM FOR SOME HELP. >> OKAY.
00:42:16.87\00:42:19.90
>> AND GET THEM TO HELP YOU
TO DO SOMETHING, OR PROVIDE FOR
00:42:19.90\00:42:23.74
YOU, AND THEN IN RESPONSE,
THEY'LL -- THEY'LL BE INTERESTED
00:42:23.74\00:42:29.38
IN WHAT YOU HAVE
TO SAY. >> UH-HUH.
00:42:29.38\00:42:32.41
>> NOW JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
IN THIS BOOK -- AND THIS IS THE
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.75
LAST QUOTATION I -- I WANT TO
-READ, BUT IT TELLS US ABOUT AN
AMAZING WAY IN WHICH THE CHURCH
00:42:35.75\00:42:45.86
CAN BE AWAKENED OR THAT
IT NEEDS TO BE AWAKENED.
00:42:45.86\00:42:50.17
WHEN WE HAVE -- AND THIS IS PAGE
699 IN THE BOOK EVANGELISM, IT'S
00:42:50.17\00:42:56.54
A MARVELOUS COMPILATION, IT
TALKS ABOUT THE CITIES, RURAL
00:42:56.54\00:43:01.81
AREAS, EVERYTHING INVOLVED
IN OUTREACH, TOTAL MEMBER
00:43:01.81\00:43:04.41
INVOLVEMENT. WHEN
WE HAVE ENTIRE WHOLE
00:43:04.41\00:43:07.48
HEARTED CONSECRATION TO THE
SERVICE OF CHRIST, WHEN YOU ARE
00:43:07.48\00:43:11.92
CONNECTED WITH JESUS SO
INTIMATELY, AND IT'S NOT JUST A
00:43:11.92\00:43:26.70
PROFUNCTORY THING, IT'S
A DAILY LIVING EXPERIENCE.
00:43:26.70\00:43:31.41
GOD WILL RECOGNIZE THE FACT
BY AN OUTPOURING OF HIS SPIRIT
00:43:31.41\00:43:35.81
WITHOUT MEASURE, BUT THIS WILL
NOT BE WHILE THE LARGEST PORTION
00:43:35.81\00:43:38.85
OF THE CHURCH ARE NOT
LABORERS TOGETHER WITH GOD.
00:43:38.85\00:43:43.55
>> HUM. >> THAT'S
WHY I WIH PEOPLE HAD
00:43:43.55\00:43:47.02
THIS ENORMOUS BURDEN, TOTAL
MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, EVERYONE
00:43:47.02\00:43:49.96
DOING SOMETHING
FOR JESUS. >> UH-HUH.
00:43:49.96\00:43:52.36
>> IN TOUCHING THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR SMALL
00:43:52.36\00:43:56.87
CIRCLE. >> AND
IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T
00:43:56.87\00:43:58.60
HAVE THE ENERGY. IT'S
NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
00:43:58.60\00:44:02.14
ENERGY, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING
SOMETHING WITH OUR ENERGY ONE
00:44:02.14\00:44:05.31
WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE'RE JUST
NOT REALLY AS INVOLVED -- LIKE I
00:44:05.31\00:44:09.51
SAY TO PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES.
WE SHOULD BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.28
IN THE MISSION OF THE
CHURCH THAN IN POLITICS.
00:44:13.28\00:44:16.02
>> ABSOLUTELY. >>
WE'LL HEAR OURSELVES
00:44:16.02\00:44:20.96
BICKERING. YOU GO
ON FACEBOOK AND THINGS,
00:44:20.96\00:44:23.59
AND MEMBERS WILL BE ARGUING
WHETHER THEY LIKE THE PRESIDENT
00:44:23.59\00:44:25.96
OR HATE HIM, AND I'M LIKE WHY
ARE WE SPENDING ALL OF OUR TIME
00:44:25.96\00:44:31.93
AND ENERGY IN DOING THINGS IN
THIS WORLD THAT IS NOT GOING TO
00:44:31.93\00:44:36.44
-LAST. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>
WHAT I PRAY ABOUT IS LORD,
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.74
HELP ME TO LOOK INTO THE
SPIRITUAL AND NOT SO MUCH THE
00:44:38.74\00:44:42.61
PHYSICAL. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:44:42.61\00:44:43.41
>> WHEN I LOOK AT THE PHYSICAL,
I SEE ME MYSELF AND I AND ALL OF
00:44:43.41\00:44:47.48
THE NEEDS I HAVE, AND I NEED
THIS, AND I WANT TO DO THAT, BUT
00:44:47.48\00:44:51.92
AS JESUS SAID, GIVE ME THE MIND
OF CHRIST, SO NOW THAT I SEE
00:44:51.92\00:44:55.49
THAT WE'RE HERE FOR JUST A
SHOT-MOMENT, AND IT'S ONLY WHAT
WE DO FOR CHRIST, AS THE SONG
00:44:55.49\00:45:02.16
SAYS, WILL LAST, AND SO LORD
HELP ME TO BE USED AS A VESSEL
00:45:02.16\00:45:06.80
OF HONOR FOR YOU DURING
THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE HERE ON
00:45:06.80\00:45:10.51
PLANET EARTH, WHETHER WE DIE
IN THE LORD, OR WHETHER YOU COME
00:45:10.51\00:45:15.51
BACK VERY SOON, LET'S USE OUR
TIME, OUR TALENT, OUR GIFTS, OUR
00:45:15.51\00:45:21.25
ABILITIES -- AND SATAN IS A
MASTER OF TRYING TO DISTRACT US
00:45:21.25\00:45:26.05
FROM SPIRITUAL THINGS, SO I HAVE
TO PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND
00:45:26.05\00:45:29.76
DISCERNMENT, AND THAT HELPS ME
TO BE FOCUSED, OTHERWISE WE GET
00:45:29.76\00:45:35.56
CAUGHT UP. >> AND MY
PRECIOUS WIFE NANCY IS
00:45:35.56\00:45:42.10
AN AVID BIBLE STUDENT,
AND READER OF THE SPIRIT OF
00:45:42.10\00:45:46.07
PROPHECY, AND SHE
REMINDS ME AT TIMES -- I HAVE TO
00:45:46.07\00:45:49.84
CONFESS -- YOU ARE
BUSY, DOING THINGS.
00:45:49.84\00:45:52.51
SHE GIVES ME A LITTLE SIGNAL.
YOU NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE
00:45:52.51\00:45:59.42
TIME WITH THE LORD.
BECAUSE THINGS DISTRACT US.
00:45:59.42\00:46:02.69
TAKING CARE OF YOUR
HOUSE. HELPING A NEIGHBOR, YEAH,
00:46:02.69\00:46:05.86
OKAY -- I MEAN THAT'S GOOD,
BUT IF IT'S TAKING YOU AWAY FROM
00:46:05.86\00:46:10.17
DOING THE REAL MISSION ASPECT
AND FROM CONNECTING WITH THE
00:46:10.17\00:46:13.03
LORD -- I MEAN, LET'S
GET A LITTLE PERSONAL NOW.
00:46:13.03\00:46:16.67
SOME PEOPLE LOVE COMPETITIVE
SPORTS AND PULIC SPORTS AND
00:46:16.67\00:46:21.01
EVERYTHING, YOUR LIFE CAN
GET SO WRAPPED UP IN FOLLOWING A
00:46:21.01\00:46:24.58
PARTICULAR TEAM, NOT WANTING TO
NECESSARILY KNOCK ANYONE WHO IS
00:46:24.58\00:46:28.58
KIND OF ENJOYING --
>> DURING THE PLAYOFFS
00:46:28.58\00:46:32.39
ESPECIALLY. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.39
>> BUT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE
EXPERIENCE, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN
00:46:33.39\00:46:37.83
I WAS A LOT YOUNGER, AND I GREW
UP IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C.
AREA,-THE REDSKINS FOOTBALL TEAM
00:46:37.83\00:46:43.93
THAT IS JUST
WASHINGTON -- >> YEAH.
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.57
YEAH. YEAH.
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.17
>> SO I WOULD AVIDLY FOLLOW
THE REDSKINS, AND USUALLY THEY
00:46:47.17\00:46:51.67
PLAYED ON SUNDAYS AND ONCE IN A
WHILE MONDAY NIGHT OR WHATEVER,
00:46:51.67\00:46:56.48
BUT SUNDAYS -- LET
ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
00:46:56.48\00:46:59.01
ON MONDAY MORNING IF THE
REDSKINS HAD WON,I WAS JUST
00:46:59.01\00:47:04.52
EXCITED. IF THEY LOST, I MEAN IT
00:47:04.52\00:47:06.12
WAS -- IT WAS A PRETTY
DARK BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
00:47:06.12\00:47:09.56
>> OH, MY. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:47:09.56\00:47:12.76
>> FINALLY, I CAME TO THE POINT,
I SAID I DIDN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
00:47:12.76\00:47:18.23
I'M NOT GOING TO
FOLLOW THEM ANYMORE.
00:47:18.23\00:47:20.47
>> OKAY. >> WHEN
THAT HAPPENED, LIFE TOOK
00:47:20.47\00:47:23.00
ON A LITTLE
DIFFERENT MEANING. >> WOW.
00:47:23.00\00:47:25.21
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS A
WATERSHED THING IN LIFE, BECAUSE
00:47:25.21\00:47:29.81
YOUR LIFE CAN GET SO ABSORBED
WITH A PARTICULAR -- EVEN A
00:47:29.81\00:47:35.32
HOBBY YOU HAVE -- I'M
NOT SAYING HOBBIES ARE BAD.
00:47:35.32\00:47:38.92
IT'S A GOOD THING
TO HAVE DIVERSION --
00:47:38.92\00:47:41.69
>> UH-HUH. >> BUT
WHEN THE DEVIL GETS AHOLD
00:47:41.69\00:47:45.69
OF YOU, AND DETOURS YOU,
OR DISTRACTS YOU FROM THE TRUE
00:47:45.69\00:47:51.37
MISSION -- >> UH-HU.
00:47:51.37\00:47:52.63
>> THEN YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
BE READY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
00:47:52.63\00:47:56.44
FALL UPON YOU WITH SUCH POWER
THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE AWAKENED
00:47:56.44\00:48:00.11
AND THE WORK
WILL GO LIKE WILDFIRE.
00:48:00.11\00:48:04.08
>> AMEN. >> AND --
AND REALLY THAT'S A
00:48:04.08\00:48:07.38
BURDEN, A HUGE
BURDEN THAT I HAVE.
00:48:07.38\00:48:09.65
BUT I JUST WANT TO EARNESTLY ASK
OUR PEOPLE, WORD WIDE -- AND I
00:48:09.65\00:48:13.99
SPEAK TO MYSELF -- >> UH-HUH.
00:48:13.99\00:48:15.92
>> -- THAT LET'S FOCUS ON THE
REAL ETERNAL THINGS, THE THINGS
00:48:15.92\00:48:20.83
THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY HELP
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.80
TO BE WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT IS A MOUTHPIECE FOR GOD IN
00:48:23.80\00:48:29.20
THE LAST DAYS TO TELL PEOPLE,
AND WARN THEM THAT JESUS IS
00:48:29.20\00:48:33.34
COMING. SHARE HIS LOVE, BUT TO
00:48:33.34\00:48:36.28
DEFINITELY EXPLAIN TO THE
WORLD, THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS, THE
00:48:36.28\00:48:41.58
FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS THAT WE
HAVE, WHICH ARE ALL CENTERED IN
00:48:41.58\00:48:45.52
CHRIST, AND DON'T LET ANYBODY
SAY, OH, THAT DOCTRINE OLD
00:48:45.52\00:48:51.49
STUFF -- EVERY DOCTRINE WE HAVE,
HAS AT THE VERY CORE AND CENTER,
00:48:51.49\00:48:55.36
JESUS CHRIST. >> AMEN.
00:48:55.36\00:48:56.70
>> DON'T YOU THINK WE OUGHT
TO BE THE HAPPIEST MOST EXCITED
00:48:56.70\00:49:00.74
PEOPLE ON PLANET
EARTH, REALLY? >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:49:00.74\00:49:03.37
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE
READ THE BACK OF THE BOOK.
00:49:03.37\00:49:05.64
>> ABSOLUTELY. >>
THAT'S WHAT I TELL FOLK, WE
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SHOULD NEVER BE DISCOURAGED.
IT'S NOT THAT BAD THINGS DON'T
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HAPPEN TO US, THEY DO. BUT
THE LORD WILL GIVE US PEACE
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IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM.
SOMEBODY SAYS MY WIFE DIED.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY
THIS HAPPENED TO HER.
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MY QUESTION IS, I HAD A WIFE
DIE, MELODY'S MOTHER, WE HAD
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BEEN MARRIED 11 YEARS,
AND SH WAS IN A CAR WRECK.
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IT'S NOT WHY
DID THIS PERSON DIE?
00:49:38.17\00:49:40.61
WOE IS ME. THAT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD,-RIGHT?
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WE SHOULD BE THE HAPPIEST
PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE READ THE BACK
00:49:44.85\00:49:50.29
OF THE BOOK, SO NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS TO US ON THIS EARTH, WE
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STILL CAN HAVE PEACE IN
THE MIDST OF THE STORM, TO
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
CHRISTIANS, AND CHRISTIANS IN
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GENERAL, WE OUGHT TO HAVE
PEACE IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM.
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IF WE DON'T WE'RE LOOKING
TOO MUCH IN THE PHYSICAL AND NOT
00:50:06.57\00:50:10.71
ENOUGH IN THE SPIRITUAL, AND YOU
ARE ENCOURAGING US TO GET CLOSER
00:50:10.71\00:50:17.05
TO JESUS, READ THE PROPHECY, AND
WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT -- LIKE
00:50:17.05\00:50:21.32
YOU WITH THE
FOOTBALL -- WHATEVER IT IS IN
00:50:21.32\00:50:25.19
YOUR LIFE, TURN YOUR EYES TO
JESUS, AND THE THINGS OF EARTH
00:50:25.19\00:50:30.63
WILL GROW STRANGELY DIM.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY,
00:50:30.63\00:50:35.20
LOOK TO JESUS, BECAUSE
HE IS THE CENTER OF OUR JOY.
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>> THA'S RIGHT. THERE
ARE TWO WORDS THAT HAVE
00:50:38.07\00:50:41.64
COME UP MORE THAN ONCE DURING
THIS CONVERSATION, AND ONE IS
00:50:41.64\00:50:46.14
DISTRACTION, AND THE
OTHER IS COMPLACENCY.
00:50:46.14\00:50:49.28
AND I THINK THAT IS TRULY WHAT
IS GOING ON WITHIN THE CHURCHES.
00:50:49.28\00:50:55.15
WE GET DIS -- DISTRACTED, AND
JESUS TRIED TO WARN OUT, WITH
00:50:55.15\00:51:03.29
THE SEED THAT FELL ON THORNY
GROUND, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET
00:51:03.29\00:51:12.37
CAUGHT UP IN THE THINGS OF THIS
LIFE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE END UP
00:51:12.37\00:51:16.34
DOING IF WE DON'T STAY IN THE
WORD, AND IT'S SO EASY FOR US
TO-JUST GO OFF A LITTLE BIT HERE
00:51:16.34\00:51:21.68
AND THERE, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW
IT, YOU ARE NOT MAKING TIME FOR
00:51:21.68\00:51:25.45
GOD. AND THAT'S -- THAT'S A
BURDEN OF-MINE TOO, BECAUSE I
00:51:25.45\00:51:29.95
FEEL LIKE, IT'S SO EASY --
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED
00:51:29.95\00:51:33.66
IN MINISTRY, IT'S SO EASY FOR
YOU TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE WORK
00:51:33.66\00:51:36.83
OF THE LORD, BUT WE HAVE TO
MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION TO THE
00:51:36.83\00:51:40.93
LORD IN ORDER TO HAVE POWER.
WE JUST DISCONNECT FROM THE
00:51:40.93\00:51:44.40
SOURCE OF POWER IF WE'RE
NOT -- IF WE'RE NOT PLUGGED INTO
00:51:44.40\00:51:47.77
THE WORD. >> AN WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE -SPIRITUAL, WE REALIZE THAT
00:51:47.77\00:51:53.14
THESE BAD THINGS THAT
HAPPEN -- SICKNESS AND DEATH AND
00:51:53.14\00:51:56.54
ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THAT'S
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL
00:51:56.54\00:52:02.32
HAPPEN, AND THAT'S
WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR.
00:52:02.32\00:52:06.72
BUT THIS ACTUALLY
CAN DRAW US CLOSER --
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>> RIGHT. >> -- YOU
KNOW, JOY COMES IN THE
00:52:09.22\00:52:13.50
MORNING AFTER WEEPING AT NIGHT,
SO -- IN OTHER WORDS WHY ME?
00:52:13.50\00:52:17.60
WELL, WHY NOT ME? I'M
JUST LIKE SEERAL BILLION
00:52:17.60\00:52:21.34
OTHER PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, I CAN
00:52:21.34\00:52:24.34
HAVE PEACE. I KNOW
PEOPLE, AND YOU DO TOO
00:52:24.34\00:52:27.11
THAT GO TO SLEEP IN JESUS,
JOHN CANTER WHO BUILD THE RUSSIA
00:52:27.11\00:52:33.05
FACILITY THAT I'M SURE YOU MET
IN THE DIVISION OVER THERE -- HE
00:52:33.05\00:52:37.65
DIED OF CANCER A FEW YEARS AGO,
BUT AS HE WAS DIEING, I WAS IN
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AUSTRALIA, AND HIS
BROTHER SAID HE CAN HEAR YOU.
00:52:45.83\00:52:48.80
BUT WE MENTIONED RUSSIA, AND HE
SAID HE HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE,
00:52:48.80\00:52:53.74
AND HE'S OKAY. HE'LL
REST IN JESUS, BECAUSE OF
00:52:53.74\00:52:56.77
THAT GREAT PEACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
00:52:56.77\00:52:59.77
ENCOURAGING US TODAY,
BUILD OUR FOUNDATION ON JESUS.
00:52:59.77\00:53:02.31
>> AND JESUS HAS THE
ANTIDOTE, THE REMEDY.
00:53:02.31\00:53:04.98
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
CHURCH IN REVELATION 3, IT SAYS
00:53:04.98\00:53:09.35
THERE -- JESUS IS
SPEAKING, THE PURE, SOLID TRUTH.
00:53:09.35\00:53:16.73
>> UH-HUH. >> THAT
YOU MAY BE RICH IN WHITE
00:53:16.73\00:53:22.66
GARMENTS, OF COURSE THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST,
00:53:22.66\00:53:25.17
THAT YOU MAY BE CLOTHED, THAT
THE SHAME OF YOUR NAKEDNESS MAY
00:53:25.17\00:53:28.80
NOT BE REVEALED, AND ANOINT YOUR
EYES WITH EYE SALVE THAT YOU MAY
00:53:28.80\00:53:35.88
SEE. THE EYE
SALVE THAT COMES FROM
00:53:35.88\00:53:38.61
HEAVEN THAT HELPS YOU
TO SEE THINGS CLEARLY.
00:53:38.61\00:53:41.22
AND LET ME JUST INTERACT AND
SAY THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
00:53:41.22\00:53:46.05
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
WHO ARE ALIVE AND VIBRANT.
00:53:46.05\00:53:50.79
I'M NOT SAYING -- SO MANY
OF US CAN DROP INTO THAT MODE.
00:53:50.79\00:53:54.76
IT'S ALMOST LIKE
AN AUTOMATIC PILOT.
00:53:54.76\00:53:59.43
GET OUT OF YOUR MOLD, AND
JUST ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
00:53:59.43\00:54:04.07
INVIGORATE YOUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, AND THEN TELL
00:54:04.07\00:54:06.41
SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT IT. >> AMEN.
00:54:06.41\00:54:09.01
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING
GLAD, JUST A LITTLE STORY, VERY
00:54:09.01\00:54:14.28
SHORT. ONE OF MY MENTORS G RALPH
00:54:14.28\00:54:22.09
THOMPSON, WONDERFUL MAN. I
VISITED HIM IN HIS DAUGHTER'S
00:54:22.09\00:54:26.03
HOME RECENTLY --
WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN.
00:54:26.03\00:54:32.23
AND HE USED TO SAY, ADVENTISTS
UNFORTUNATELY ARE SAD-VENTISTS,
00:54:32.23\00:54:42.34
WHEN THEY SHOULD
BE GLAD-VENTISTS.
00:54:42.34\00:54:49.28
AND THAT STUCK WITH ME. IF
YOU ARE EXCITED IN THE LORD,
00:54:49.28\00:54:53.05
AND WE'RE LIVING IN THE TIPTOES
OF THIS STATUE, YOU ARE GOING TO
00:54:53.05\00:54:58.39
BE SO EXCITED ABOUT SHARING WHAT
GOD HAS IN STORE FOR HIS PEOPLE,
00:54:58.39\00:55:02.70
BECAUSE JESUS IS
COMING SOON. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:55:02.70\00:55:06.74
>> AMEN. >> HE
HAS GIVEN US A LOT TO
00:55:06.74\00:55:09.67
THINK ABOUT. AND WE
ONLY HAVE -- LESS THAN
00:55:09.67\00:55:11.77
TWO MINUTES, AND WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO -- I'M GOING TO ASK
00:55:11.77\00:55:15.88
YVONNE, WOULD YOU
JUST SAY A PRAYER.
00:55:15.88\00:55:19.55
WE WANT THOSE OF YOU AT HOME TO
JOIN US WITH, AND ALSO WE WANT
00:55:19.55\00:55:23.05
YOU TO BE PRAYING WHAT GOD WOULD
HAVE YOU TO DO IN SUPPORT OF
00:55:23.05\00:55:28.29
THESE ONE DAY CHURCHES. WE
HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, SO WE
00:55:28.29\00:55:32.83
HAVE ALREADY DONE TWO CHURCHES.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL.
00:55:32.83\00:55:37.77
WE'RE JUST PRAYING THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL IMPRESS YOU THAT
00:55:37.77\00:55:41.04
THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN
HELP WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM
00:55:41.04\00:55:45.37
OF GOD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:55:45.37\00:55:48.44
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR US.
CAN YOU SAY A SHORT PRAYER?
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>> SURE. SURE.
00:55:51.55\00:55:52.65
LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WHAT YOU HAVE DNE TODAY, LORD,
00:55:52.65\00:55:57.09
ALREADY FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED
FOR THIS ONE CHURCH -- ONE
00:55:57.09\00:56:01.26
PROJECT, RATHER, AND
WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:56:01.26\00:56:03.99
AND WE PRAY FOR THE WORLD CHURCH
AND ELDER WILSON AND ALL THT HE
00:56:03.99\00:56:08.10
IS DOING. WE PRAY
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.87
WILL REIGN DOWN UPON
US, SO THAT WE CAN BE SAVED.
00:56:10.87\00:56:15.04
THANK YOU, LORD, AND SPREAD
THE WORD TO ALL OF THE LORD.
00:56:15.04\00:56:19.47
THANK YOU.-WE PRAISE
YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
00:56:19.47\00:56:22.84
>> AMEN. >> AMEN.
00:56:22.84\00:56:24.15
>> ELDER WILSON, ON BEHALF OF
NOT ONLY US HERE AT 3ABN, BUT AS
00:56:24.15\00:56:37.13
I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD,
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:56:37.13\00:56:42.13
WILLINGNESS TO STICK TO
THE PILLARS OF THE CHURCH.
00:56:42.13\00:56:45.13
IT'S GREAT TO LOOK TO LEADERSHIP
THAT KNOW -- WE KNOW THAT YOU
00:56:45.13\00:56:48.97
HAVE THE VISION TO STAY -- STAY
STRAIGHT ON TARGET, AND SO WE'RE
00:56:48.97\00:56:53.17
PRAYING AND ASKING EACH OF
YOU TO PRAY AND SUPPORT HIM.
00:56:53.17\00:56:56.58
I HATE TO SAY THIS NOW, BUT OUR
TIME IS ALL GONE, SO UNTIL WE
00:56:56.58\00:57:00.68
SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MAY THE LORD
RICHLY BLESS YOU MORE THAN YOU
00:57:00.68\00:57:09.22
COULD EVER ASK OR THINK. ¤
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