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00:03 ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY
00:11 LIVE." THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND WE 00:14 HAVE HAD A GREAT FIRST HOUR, DON'T YOU THINK? 00:16 >> OH, YES. FOR SURE. 00:18 >> I MEAN IT'S AMAZING TO ME, THE WORK OF GOD THAT IS GOING 00:22 ON, AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ENOUGH IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 00:26 ASI, AND THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH -- 00:28 >> YES. >> -- SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, 00:32 ORPHANAGES AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED 00:34 TONIGHT -- IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US -- WE HAVE ELDER TED 00:38 WILSON WHO IS THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLDWIDE 00:42 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE 00:45 HERE. >> THANK YOU, DANNY. 00:47 >> AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, AND WE'RE A 00:52 SMALL ORGANIZATION COMPARED TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 00:56 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BUT WE'RE THRILLED THAT WE CAN JOIN 00:59 HANDS TOGETHER AND WORK WITH THE CHURCH -- 01:00 >> AMEN. >> TO GET THIS GOSPEL OF THE 01:05 KINGDOM INTO ALL OF THE WORLD. >> AMEN. 01:07 LET ME EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD CHURCH OUR TREMENDOUS 01:11 APPRECIATION FOR WHAT 3ABN IS DOING GLOBALLY IN PARTNERING 01:15 WITH THE CHURCH. WE HAVE VARIOUS OUTLETS THAT WE 01:21 ENJOY IN TERMS OF MEDIA OUTREACH, INTERNET EVANGELISM, 01:30 ADVENTIST RADIO, HOPE CHANNEL, AND SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF 01:33 REACHING INTO THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE, AND 3ABN IS RIGHT THERE 01:38 ALONG WITH THESE TREMENDOUS ELECTRONIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL 01:41 OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO 01:45 JUST EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR WHAT 3ABN HAS DONE, IS 01:49 DOING, AND WILL DO IN THIS SPIRITUAL EVANGELISTIC AN SAFE, 01:57 AFFIRMING MINISTRY, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE 02:01 TEAM -- AND WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH THE TEAM A FEW 02:06 MINUTES AGO -- MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO AGO, TREMENDOUS GROUP OF 02:10 PEOPLE. PEOPLE VERY COMMITTED TO THE 02:11 LORD, AND I PRAISE GOD FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR WHT YOU ARE 02:15 DOING. >> WELL, IT'S A GREAT 02:20 OPPORTUNITY. IT'S NOTHING I PERSONALLY 02:21 THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING GROWING UP AS A KID HERE IN SOUTHERN 02:27 ILLINOIS, BUT SOMEHOW THE LORD BROUGHT ME FROM A CARPENTER INTO 02:32 THIS, AND WE CAUGHT THE VISION OF THE MISSION OF THE 02:35 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. >> AMEN. 02:37 >> AND WHILE WE'RE -- IS SUPPORTING MINISTRY OF THE 02:42 CHURCH, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME MISSION, AND OUR GOAL IS NOT TO 02:45 BE A CHURCH. OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU 02:48 ARE DOING, AND THE WORK OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 02:51 AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE 02:55 TO DO IT, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VIEWERS FOR THOSE OF 02:58 YOU WHO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 03:02 3ABN, HOPE CHANNEL, WHEREVER THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES, BUT WE 03:08 SHOULD BE SUPPORTING SOMEWHERE, JESUS IS COMING SOON, AND I 03:12 THINK EACH OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE TO HELP PROVIDE -- I THINK NOT 03:18 ONLY FINANCES -- NOT ONLY PRAYERS, BUT WHAT WE NEED AND 03:21 THE CHURCH NEEDS IS PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ONLY PRAY, BUT WILL 03:25 HELP FINANCIALLY AS WELL, AND VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE WORK AND 03:29 NOT DEPEND ON JUST THE PASTORS AND THE LAYMEN AND THE 03:32 CONFERENCE LEADERS, BECAUSE AS LAYMEN JESUS TODAY GO YE INTO 03:40 ALL OF THE WORLD, AND I ALWAYS SAY IN CHURCHES IF YOU ARE YE, 03:45 LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. AND EVERY HAND SHOULD GO UP, 03:49 UNLESS YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE 03:53 DOING, BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING SOON. 03:56 >> AMEN. >> AND WE LOOK FORWARD -- THANK 03:59 YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO. SPEAKING OF JESUS COMING VERY 04:03 SOON, WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON A SONG. 04:11 THIS IS A SONG WE RECORDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, CALLED 04:17 "JUST IN TIME," AND THE PART IN THE MIDDLE, THE SPEAKING PART, 04:21 UNION IS GOING TO SING IT -- ACTUALLY I TOOK FROM THE 04:25 GREAT CONTROVERSY READING, ELLEN WHITE -- I WAS TRYING TO WRITE A 04:29 SONG ON THE SECOND COMING, AND I PARAPHRASED WHAT SHE WROTE TO 04:34 PUT IT INTO MUSIC, SO THIS SONG IS "JUST IN TIME." 04:38 ♪ 10:10 >> PRAISE THE LORD. THANK YOU, JESUS. 10:13 >> THANK YOU, YVONNE. BEAUTIFUL. 10:17 >> PRAISE THE LORD. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME WANT TO 10:19 CRY, BECAUSE I JUST -- NOT BECAUSE I'M SINGING IT, BUT 10:23 BECAUSE I SEE THE PICTURE THAT IS PAINTING IN THAT SONG, AND 10:28 THAT -- THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE LORD USE YOU TO WRITE THAT 10:34 SONG. >> I COWROTE IT WITH ELLEN 10:38 WHITE. [ LAUGHTER ] 10:38 >> I JUST THINK IT'S SO AMAZING WHEN WE THINK OF JUST IN TIME 10:42 THE SAVIOR COMES IN WHEN WE NEED HIM THE MOST. 10:46 HE IS THERE. AND THAT SONG FOR ME IS JUST SO 10:49 MOVING, BECAUSE IT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT THE LORD DOES FOR US. 10:53 >> PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, DURING THE BREAK, ONE OF 10:56 OUR WORKERS HERE, JIM, WENT INTO MASTER CONTROL -- ELDER 11:03 WILSON -- AND HE SAID DANNY AND YVONNE SAID THEY WOULD PUT UP A 11:07 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE OF THE ONE DAY CHURCHES -- 11:09 >> YEAH. >> AND HE SAID, WELL, IF THEY 11:12 WILL DO TWO, THEN I'LL MATCH IT. >> WHOO. 11:21 >> WHAT DO WE DO NOW? WE'RE ON THE SPOT? 11:24 >> WE GOT TO DO IT. >> THERE YOU GO. 11:27 SO THERE'S 2,000, JIM'S TWO, AND ELDER WILSON ALREADY, SO IT IS 11:34 STARTING TO COME IN. SO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE SUPPORT, 11:39 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN CALL US, SOME OF YOU MAY 11:44 WANT TO PRAY ABOUT IT OR THINK ABOUT IT A DAY OR TWO, WHATEVER, 11:49 BUT WHATEVER YOU DO IS GOING TO BE USED FOR GOD'S GLORY AND THE 11:54 SALVATION OF SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 11:57 >> AMEN. >> ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE SO HAPPY 12:00 YOU ARE HERE, ELDER WILSON. YOU SAID YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A 12:05 LOT OF TRAVELLING, SO TAKE THE TIME THAT YOU NEED, BECAUSE AS A 12:11 WORLD AUDIENCE, WE DON'T OFTEN GET TO HEAR YOU FROM YOUR 12:16 PERSPECTIVE TO HEAR WHERE THE CHURCH IS HEADING AND YOUR 12:20 PERSONAL ENDEAVORS AS YOU TRAVEL ASH THE WORLD. 12:23 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANNY AND YVONNE, AND JUMP IN ANY TIME YOU 12:28 WANT. BUT LET ME JUST -- BEFORE I 12:31 START TALKING ABOUT WHERE I HAVE JUST BEEN, AND SOME ASPECTS OF 12:35 THAT, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THAT WAS JUST SUCH A POWERFUL SONG, 12:43 AND I WANT TO BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES. 12:47 AND THAT'S REALLY THE CORE OF THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES, AND 12:52 AS YOU WERE REPEATING THOSE LINES, YVONNE, I REACHED INTO MY 12:57 BIBLE, BECAUSE I CARRY WITH ME, A POWERFUL SECTION, WHICH COMES 13:01 FROM THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, BUT IT'S -- IT'S KIND OF -- A 13:07 PORTION OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY PLACED IN A BOOK CALLED "LAST 13:15 DAY EVENTS," BY ELLEN WHITE. INCREDIBLE BOOK. 13:22 BUT I PHOTOCOPIED THAT AND I CARRY IT WITH ME. 13:27 IT'S THE CLOUD WHICH SURROUNDS THE SAVIOR -- 13:29 >> YES. >> I MEAN I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. 13:31 >> I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT. 13:33 >> I HAVE BEEN PREACHING ON THAT IN JAPAN, AND I'LL TELL YOU 13:37 ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT OR SO, BUT LET ME JUST SAY 13:43 THAT -- AGAIN, WHAT APPRECIATION WE HAVE FOR THE SOUL-WINNING 13:47 ASPECT OF 3ABN, AND THAT YOU ARE -- AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE 13:52 THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID -- YOU ARE A SUPPORTING 13:55 MINISTRY. AND TRULY YOU ARE A SUPPORTING 13:59 MINISTRY. WE FEEL THAT AND WE KNOW THAT, 14:01 AND YOU COOPERATE SO NICELY WITH HOPE CHANNEL, OUR CHURCH 14:06 OFFICIAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMING THAT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD AS 14:09 WELL, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE 14:12 OUGHT TO DO -- >> AMEN. 14:14 >> A SUPPORTING GROUP -- BOTH SIDES, EVERYONE WORKING 14:18 TOGETHER. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 14:19 >> AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION AGAIN. 14:23 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SOME OF YOUR VIEWERS MIGHT 14:26 SAY, WILSON LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 14:29 IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GROWING A FUZZY BEARD OR SOMETHING. 14:33 >> UH-HUH. [ LAUGHTER ] 14:34 >> ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL COUNSEL OF THE 14:40 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COMMERCE IN THE PLACE 14:42 WHERE THE CHURCH REALLY STARTED ESSENTIALLY, BATTLE 14:46 CREEK -- WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN OCTOBER, AND OF COURSE 14:49 PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, REPRESENTATIVES, AND IT 14:52 WILL BE A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY, AND OUR THEME IS -- A POWERFUL 14:56 OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY -- THERE IS A PAST WITH A 15:01 FUTURE. THAT'S OUR THEME. 15:02 >> OKAY. >> A PAST WITH A FUTURE, LOOKING 15:06 BACK TO MOVE FORWARD. IN FACT THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE 15:10 PREACHING ABOUT THAT SABBATH. I THINK THAT'S OCTOBER 13TH. 15:14 >> UH-HUH. >> SO I HAD THIS IDEA AND 15:18 SUGGESTED IT TO PEOPLE -- SOME MIGHT THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT 15:21 OFF BEAT, BUT I SAID THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO GROW A 15:25 BEARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR RETURN TO OUR PAST IN BATTLE CREEK -- 15:29 >> ALL RIGHT. >> -- GO AHEAD AND TRY IT. 15:33 YOU WOULD BE AMAZED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW 15:38 SPROUTING BEARDS, SO BY THE TIME OCTOBER COMES AROUND, IT WILL 15:42 LOOK BETTER, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE 15:45 FOR THE CHURCH IN THE PAST -- >> UH-HUH. 15:48 >> -- WHICH ONLY TELLS US THAT IF WE DON'T FORGET, AS ELLEN 15:53 WHITE SAYS, GOD'S LEADING IN THE PAST, WE WILL HAVE A GREAT 15:57 FUTURE. HIS LEADING AND HIS TEACHING IN 16:00 OUR PAST. >> UH-HUH. 16:01 >> SO AS WE LOOK BACK, WE SEE THAT GOD SET UP A MOVEMENT, AN 16:07 ADVENT MOVEMENT, NO ANOTHER DENOMINATION, NOT JUST A CHURCH, 16:11 NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION, BUT A MOVEMENT -- 16:15 >> YES. >> -- AND THAT'S WHAT THE 16:17 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS, AND THAT'S WHY I SO MUCH 16:21 APPRECIATE THAT 3ABN UNDERSCORES THAT THIS IS A MOVEMENT -- IN 16:26 FACT YOUR NAME, THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, 3ABN, AND 16:38 TIEING IN WITH REVELATION 18, THE FOURTH ANGEL, IT TIES IN OUR 16:44 REASON FOR BEING, AND I'M AFRAID SO MANY -- AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 16:48 THIS LATER IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SEVENTH-DAY 16:53 ADVENTISTS, AND PEOPLE WHO -- THEY KIND OF GET INTO 16:57 A -- A CERTAIN MODE, INTO A CERTAIN RHYTHM, AND THEY JUST 17:03 DON'T WANT TO BREAK OUT OF THAT TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT HERE 17:07 JUST TO ENJOY LIFE -- THAT'S A GOOD THING. 17:10 I MEAN THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND AN ABUNDANT 17:16 TIME, THAT'S WHAT HE PROMISED, BUT HE WANTS US TO SHARE THIS 17:20 MESSAGE WITH OTHER, AND HE WANTS US TO HAVE AN URGENCY 17:24 ABOUT IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY 17:27 WITHIN THE CHURCH AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF 17:30 THE WORLD -- >> WE'RE IN A RUT. 17:32 >> WE'RE IN A RUT. AND PEOPLE BEGIN -- AND THEY 17:37 DON'T SEE ENORMOUS GROWTH, BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST BEEN 17:40 TALKING ABOUT AFRICA AND CHURCHES THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT 17:43 THEY DON'T SEE A LOT OF GROWTH, SO SOMEHOW THEY START PICKING AT 17:47 EACH OTHER, PICKING AT THE CHURCH, CRITICIZING THIS, 17:52 CRITICIZING THAT. WHEN IN REALITY, IF YOU GOT INTO 17:55 ACTION TO REACH SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THE PRECIOUS MESSAGE THAT 17:58 HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU, AND WHAT SHOULD ANIMATE YOUR HEART -- 18:02 >> UH-HUH. >> -- YOU WILL SOON FORGET A LOT 18:07 OF THESE ANNOYANCES AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT SEEM TO BE BIG 18:11 PROBLEMS TO YOU, BUT IN REALITY, THE DEVIL IS LEADING YOU OFF. 18:17 HE'S KIND OF DISTRACTING YOU FROM OUR MAIN GOAL, AND THAT IS 18:21 TO PROMOTE, TO PRESENT JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOR WHO IS 18:28 INTERCEDING FOR US IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE OF THE HEAVENLY 18:33 SANCTUARY, A REAL SANCTUARY, NOT A FAKE SYMBOLIC THING, BUT A 18:41 REAL SANCTUARY, AND HE IS INTERCEDING FOR US AS OUR HIGH 18:46 PRIEST ANDED A OUR ADVOCATE, HE IS THINK LAMB -- HE IS THE -CREATOR, THE REDEEMER, THE LAMB, 18:59 THE HIGH PRIEST. EVERYTHING HAS COME OUT 19:03 PERFECTLY BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL OF PROPHECY AND TIME -- 19:07 >> UH-HUH. >> -- AND HE IS WAITING FOR US 19:11 TO BE PART OF SOMETHING FAR BIGGER THAN ANY OF US CAN 19:15 IMAGINE. >> UH-HUH. 19:16 >> NOW I TURN TO JOHN 9:4, JESUS WAS SPEAKING HIMSELF -- THESE 19:25 ARE HIS WORDS, AND THERE'S -- IT'S A FASCINATING 19:28 LITTLE STORY AROUND IT, YOU KNOW, AND ABOUT THE BLIND MAN, 19:39 BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, BUT JESUS SAYS I MUST WORK THE WORK 19:45 OF HIM WHO SENT ME IN THE DAY. THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE 19:48 CAN WORK. >> UH-HUH. 19:50 >> AND I THINK THEE IS SUCH AN URGENCY IN THAT, THAT WE OUGHT 19:55 TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LIVING AT THE VERY END OF TIME. 19:58 I JUST PREACHED IN JAPAN, EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 20:04 THE FIRST NIGHT, ONE OF FAYE RATE -- FAVORITE SUBJECTS DANIEL 20:14 2. >> OKAY. 20:15 >> YOU SEE ALL OF THAT STUFF, LIKE THE LEGS OF IRON AND THE 20:18 FEET OF IRON AND CLAY, AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT COMES IS 20:25 THAT STONE CUT OUT -- WITHOUT MAN'S HANDS REPRESENTING THE 20:29 SECOND COMING OF CHRIST THAT WILL SMASH ALL THER KINGDOMS 20:36 AND HIS KINGDOM WILL BE SET UP, AND WHEN THE HOLY CITY COMES 20:42 DOWN TO THIS EARTH AFTER A THOUSAND YEARS, WHICH I'M SURE 20:47 SOME OF YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTERS HAVE EXPLAINED TO 20:52 YOUR VIEWERS, THIS WILL BE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 20:58 IT WILL BE AMAZING. >> UH-HUH. 21:00 >> BUT DANIEL 2, WE ARE LIVING IN THE TIPS OF THE TOES OF THAT 21:06 STATUE. >> THE TOENAILS. 21:07 >> EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHY THIS URGENCY THAT 21:11 JESUS SAYS WE NEED TO WORK WHILE IT IS DAY, FOR THE NIGHT IS 21:16 COMING AND YOU CAN'T WORK THERE. NOW WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS 21:21 INIT INITIATIVE AROUND THE WORLD 21:26 CALLED TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED 21:29 IN THIS. I WANT TO READ QUOTATION FROM 21:33 TESTIMONIES VOLUME 9, PAGE 117, IT SAYS THE WORK OF GOD ON THIS 21:37 EARTH CAN NEVER BE FINISHED UNTIL THE MEN AND WOMAN RALLY TO 21:41 THE WORK AND UNITE THEIR EFFORTS WITH THOSE OF MINISTERS AND 21:45 CHURCH OFFICERS. NOW YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AS TO 21:49 HOW PEOPLE HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THAT IDEA. 21:53 YOU MEAN WE'RE JUST AS MUCH A PART AS THE PROFESSIONAL 21:59 EVANGELISTS, OR THE PASTOR, OR CHURCH OFFICER? 22:02 YES, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING FOR JESUS, BECAUSE IT 22:06 JUST FLOWS OUT OF YOU, BECAUSE THAT DAILY CONNECTION WITH 22:10 JESUS, AND I HOPE -- I HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING 22:14 AND -- AND LISTENING WILL BE TAKING TIME EVERY DAY TO STUDY 22:20 GOD'S WORD, EVERY DAY TO SPEND TIME IN PRIVATE PRAYER. 22:31 AND ASK HIM SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO MY LIFE TODAY. 22:35 WHEN YOU DO THAT, SOMETHING HAPPENS. 22:39 YOU THEN BECOME PART OF THIS PROCLAMATION, THIS TOTAL MEMBER 22:47 INVOLVEMENT. YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AS TO HOW 22:50 PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD IN SO MANY PLACES HAVE BECOME ENAMORED 22:58 WITH PARTICIPATETORY APPROACH. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD 23:12 THIS ENORMOUS EVANGELISTIC SERIES THIS RWRWANDA. 23:19 110,000 PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED OUT OF THIS TOTAL MEMBER 23:22 INVOLVEMENT SERIES. IT WAS AMAZING. 23:24 >> WOW. >> OTHER PLACES, TREMENDOUS 23:28 OUTPOURING. BUT NOT ALL PLACES ARE LIKE 23:30 THAT. MANY PLACES ARE REALLY TOUGH. 23:34 PEOPLE ARE SECULAR. THEY HAVE MONEY. 23:38 THEY HAVE A CULTURED LIFE. >> UH-HU. 23:41 >> THEY HAVE A SCRIPTED LIFE. >> UH-HUH. 23:44 >> EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. AT LEAST MORE OR LESS. 23:49 THE PROBLEM IS THE WORLD IS FALLING APART AND WE SEE A LOT 23:53 OF DISORDER, BUT PEOPLE'S LIVES -- 23:56 >> THERE'S NO PERCEIVED NEED -- IS THAT IT -- THAT 24:01 THERE'S NO PERCEIVED NEED FOR GOD. 24:03 >> EXACTLY. EXACTLY. 24:05 WE SEE THAT IN MANY OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF THE 24:08 WORLD. WHERE THERE IS MONEY, WHERE 24:12 THERE IS A CALCULATED WAY IN WHICH YOUR LIFE IS CARED FOR, 24:20 AND IT'S REALLY A DETRIMENT TO OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. 24:23 >> UH-HUH. >> NOT THAT MONEY IS -- THAT 24:27 THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH MONEY. 24:29 THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, BUT MONEY GOD GIVES US 24:34 IN ORDER TO USE. BUT SOMETIMES WE USE IT ON 24:37 OURSELVES SO MUCH, AND SOCIETIES THAT HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, WHETHER 24:40 THEY BE CHRISTIAN OR OTHERWISE, THEY SOMETIMES BECOME SO 24:44 SECULAR -- >> UH-HUH. 24:47 >> -- THE LAST THREE YEARS OR SO, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY 24:52 WITH THE JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE. IT'S PART OF WHAT WE CALL THE 25:00 NORTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION. WE HAVE 13 WORLD DIVISIONS, AND 25:04 ALSO AN ATTACHED UNION, THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA UNION. 25:09 BUT THE NORTHERN ASIA PACIFIC UNION HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST 25:15 NON-CHRISTIAN POPULATION BASES ON THE GLOBE, INCLUDING COUNTRY 25:18 OF CHINA, KOREA, MONGOLIA, TAIWAN, JAPAN. 25:30 JAPAN, OUR CHURCH AS FAITHFUL AS IT IS -- AND WE HAVE SOME 25:35 WONDERFUL MEMBERS THERE, IT HAS BEEN ON THE DECLINE BECAUSE OF 25:38 SO MUCH SECULARISM, AND BECAUSE JUST THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO 25:42 PEOPLE IS MORE DIFFICULT IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES. 25:46 JAPANESE CULTURE IS -- IS VERY PROPER. 25:49 IT'S VERY RESPECTFUL. FOR SOMEONE TO SIT DOWN ON A BUS 25:55 OR A METRO OR -- YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN, AND START TALKING TO 25:59 SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, IS NOT NECESSARILY 26:04 ACCEPTED WITHIN THE CULTURE. >> UH-HUH. 26:06 >> BUT THAT IS WHAT JESUS HAS ASKED US TO DO. 26:10 THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS IN JAPAN IS ABOUT 65. 26:14 >> WOW. >> SO WE NEED MANY MORE YOUNG 26:17 PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CHURCH TO MAKE IT VIBRANT. 26:20 WE HAVE WONDERFUL OLDER MEMBERS. IT'S WONDERFUL. 26:23 BUT WE NEED THIS VITALITY. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 26:26 CHURCH THERE TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE COULD ORGANIZE A TOTAL MEMBER 26:31 INVOLVEMENT APPROACH. THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST PUBLIC 26:35 EVANGELISM. IT MEANS EVERYTHING LEADING UP 26:37 TO IT. COMMUNITY SERVICES, HEALTH 26:40 OUTREACH, USE OF PUBLICATIONS, YOUNG PEOPLE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR, 26:44 WOMEN'S MINISTRIES ACTIVITIES. EVERYBODY DOING SOMETHING FOR 26:50 JESUS. AND AS THEY WERE WORKING WITH 26:54 ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, AND OTHER ASPECTS TO TRY TO REACH 26:57 IN -- HEALTH OUTREACH -- THEY WERE PREPARING THE SOIL FOR A 27:01 PARTICULAR OUTREACH, WHICH THEY CALL ALL JAPAN 2018 MARANATHA, 27:13 THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE MEETINGS? 27:17 . AND IT WAS NANCY AND MY 27:21 PRIVILEGE TO GO TO THE CURCH WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOKYO 27:27 ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN TOKYO, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE 27:32 WORLD, 34, 35 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE GREATER TOKYO AREA -- 27:37 >> WOW. >> I MEAN, YOU GO THERE AND YOU 27:39 JUST -- IT CAN BE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. 27:43 HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 27:45 WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO REACH THEM ONE BY ONE. 27:47 SO WE DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF BAPTISMS, BUT THE LORD HAS 27:52 BLESSED US. NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AS WE ARE 27:55 PREACHING AND PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, YOU CAN SENSE THE 27:59 AMAZING TRUTH THAT WE HAVE, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHING 28:04 PEOPLE'S HEARTS. WE ENDED OUR SERIES WITH TWO 28:09 BAPTISMS, AND ABOUT 4 OR 5 MORE THAT WILL BE BAPTIZED IN THE 28:14 NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SO. >> UH-HUH. 28:17 >> ALL ACROSS JAPAN, THERE WERE -- AND IT IS LASTING FROM 28:22 MARCH UP UNTIL JUNE, 161 EVANGELISTIC SITES, SO MANY OF 28:27 US WERE CONCURRENTLY TAKING PART. 28:29 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THEY WERE HOPING -- THE 28:34 JAPAN UNION WAS HOPING FOR 100 BAPTISMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 28:39 >> UH-HUH. >> NOW FOR MANY OF US, WE MIGHT 28:43 SAY, MY, SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT FOR JAPAN, THAT'S ENOMOUS, 28:48 AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE HUNDRED. 28:50 THE BIGGEST THING, THOUG, WHICH IS SO EXCITING, IS THAT THE 28:55 CHURCHES IN JAPAN HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REVIVED BY THE HOLY 28:58 SPIRIT. >> AMEN. 28:59 >> AND THE CHURCH MEMERS ARE NOW EXCITED ABOUT SOUL WINNING, 29:03 ABOUT EVANGELISM, ABOUT OUTREACH, ABOUT BRINGING MORE 29:07 PEOPLE INTO THIS PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS ADVENT MOVEMENT. 29:10 >> YES. >> UH-HUH. 29:12 >> NOW I WANT TO UNDERSCORE AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR 29:18 JUMP IN ANY TIME, BUT I GET SO EXCITED -- 29:21 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GO FOR IT. 29:22 >> IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU, ANYBODY -- ALMOST ANYONE CAN DO 29:27 AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES. TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, AS I 29:30 SAID IS A COMPLETE CONNECT THE DOTS ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE 29:35 PROGRAM THAT GOES YEAR-ROUND, BUT PUBLIC EVANGELISM IS NOT 29:39 DEAD, AND IT TOUCHES PEOPLE'S LIVES. 29:42 RIGHT NOW, AS I JUST MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MARK FINLEY IS 29:47 HOLDING MEETINGS IN TANZANIA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMING. 29:52 YOU MAY BE IN TANZANIA, AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS. 29:54 YOU MAY BE IN JAPAN, AND YOU HAVE 25. 29:58 IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY, BECAUSE THE LORD CAN TOUCH THE 30:01 HEARTS OF PEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. 30:02 >> RIGHT. >> NOW ANYBODY CAN PREACH THESE 30:07 MESSAGES, EVERYONE SOMEONE WHO IS HESITANT TO SAY ANYTHING 30:12 PUBLICLY. I HAVE USED NOW, PROBABLY 30:16 EIGHT -- ABOUT EIGHT TIMES AT LEAST, I SUPPOSE, EVANGELISTIC 30:23 MEETINGS. USED BEAUTIFULLY PREPARED 30:26 SERMONS BY MY DEAR COLLEAGUE, MARK FINLEY. 30:31 AND YOU CAN ADAPT, AND PUT IN ILLUSTRATIONS WHATEVER YOU WANT, 30:35 BUT BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS. AND THESE GRAPHICS WERE ALL PUT 30:39 INTO JAPANESE. SO PEOPLE COULD IDENTIFY SO 30:42 CLOSELY. >> OH, MY. 30:43 >> UH-HUH. >> I WOULD LOOK OUT INTO THE 30:47 AUDIENCE, AND LOOK INTO THE FACE OF ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS 30:51 BAPTIZED JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO -- OR TEN DAYS AGO -- 30:54 >> UH-HUH. >> -- SOMETHING HAPPENED IN HIS 30:57 LIFE. HIS WIFE WAS A MEMBER, BUT 31:00 HE -- HE WAS NOT A BAPTIZED OR CURRENT MEMBER, AND HE -- HE 31:06 JUST REALIZED THE SABBATH WAS SO IMPORTANT. 31:10 THE SECOND COMING WAS SO IMPORTANT, AND IT TOUCHED HIS 31:13 HEART, AND YOU COULD SEE IT IN HIS FACE. 31:15 HE IS A NEW PERSON. >> WOW. 31:17 >> SO THESE ARE THE THINGS, ONE BY ONE, THAT YOU CAN DO, AND 31:24 ANYONE CAN USE A SIMPLE EVANGELISTIC APPROACH, IF YOU 31:28 CONNECT WITH THOSE WHO CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH A PLACE WHERE 31:32 YOU CAN DO EVANGELISM, AND YOU CAN DO IT IN YOUR HOME CHURCH. 31:36 YOU CAN DO IT ANYWHERE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SCRIPT, THE 31:39 GRAPHICS, IT'S JUST EXCITING. >> THAT'S GREAT. 31:42 SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS INVOLVED? SO LET'S SAY VIEWERS WATCHING 31:46 SAY OH, WOW, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE OF THESE EVANGELISTIC 31:52 SERIES -- BE PART OF THIS EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 31:56 WHAT DO THEY DO? DO THEY CONTACT THE GENERAL 31:59 CONFERENCE? WHAT ARE THE STEPS? 32:00 >> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO. 32:03 I WOULD ENCOURAGE FIRST OF ALL, CHURCH MEMBERS TO TALK TO THEIR 32:07 PASTOR, AND SEE IF HERE IS SOMETHING LOCALLY THAT THEY CAN 32:11 DO. CONTACT THEIR CONFERENCE, 32:13 BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN LOCALLY. 32:16 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE 32:19 SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPEN THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 32:21 >> UH-HUH. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART 32:24 OF SOMETHING GLOBAL, YOU CAN CONTACT PASTOR DWYANE McKEE AT 32:32 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, OR HIS WIFE KATHY McKEE, AND THEY ARE 32:38 HELPING US WITH TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 32:40 >> RIGHT. >> ALSO OTHERS WHO ARE VERY MUCH 32:45 INVOLVED, RAMON, JIM HOWARD AND OTHERS KENT SHARP AND AWR, BUT 32:54 IF YOU WANT -- SOMEBODY WOULD WRITE, AND THERE ARE 32:59 POSSIBILITIES, WHERE YOU CAN GO SOMEPLACE OUTSIDE OF THIS 33:02 COUNTRY. HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE 33:04 IS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 33:06 IN THE CITIES OF THIS WORLD. >> RIGHT. 33:09 >> NOW, I WANT TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE -- THE BOOK OF 33:15 MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, AND IN THE 35TH VERSE, IT SAYS JESUS WENT 33:20 ABOUT ALL OF THE CITIES AND VILLAGES TEACHING IN THEIR 33:24 SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING 33:28 EVERY SICKNESS AND EVERY DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE. 33:32 THIS PARTICULAR MINISTRY IS TO BE OURS. 33:36 JESUS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE SMALL TOWNS, IN THE VILLAGES, 33:40 AND IN THE BIG CITIES. >> RIGHT. 33:42 >> HE FOCUSED ON JERUSALEM, YES. HE ALSO FOCUSED ON BETHLEHEM, OR 33:49 WHEREVER IT WAS. THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE AN 33:52 INTEREST IN NEW YORK, IN BREN NECESSARY IRISES, AND IN TOKYO. 34:03 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, THERE ARE VILLAGES AND CITIES 34:07 AND TOWNS. JESUS WENT TO THEM, HE WAS 34:10 TEACHING, PREACHING, AND HEALING, AND WE KNOW THAT HE DID 34:14 MORE HEALING THAN HE DID PREACHING. 34:17 >> RIGHT. >> NOW THAT'S -- THAT'S WHY 34:19 COMMUNITY SERVICES IS SO IMPORTANT. 34:21 THAT'S WHY REACHING OUT TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES IS SO IMPORTANT, 34:25 TO HELP THEM PERSONALLY, IN A VERY PARTICULAR WAY, AND THAT'S 34:32 WHY WE ARE STRONGLY EMPHASIZING, ESPECIALLY IN REACHING THE BIG 34:36 CITIES, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH MINISTRY. 34:40 THAT WHICH CAN TOUCH PEOPLE'S HEARTS IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY. 34:44 >> UH-HUH.-THAT'S GOOD. >> FROM JAPAN, WE WENT TO 34:49 VIETNAM, AND FLE INTO THE CITY OF HANOI, WHICH IS A CITY OF 34:54 ABOUT 8 MILLION PEOPLE OR SO. >> WOW. 34:57 >> AND WE PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCES I 35:01 HAVE HAD RECENTLY BESIDES, OF COURSE EVANGELISM -- 35:06 >> SURE. >> -- BUT IT WAS THE CULMINATION 35:09 OF A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE TO PREPARE WHAT WE CALL A 35:14 CENTER OF INFLUENCE, WHICH IS WHAT THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY 35:19 TALKS ABOUT, CREATING CENTERS OF INFLUENCE IN BIG CITIES, AND 35:23 THIS CENTER OF INFLUENCE IS THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY 35:28 ADVENTIST-OWNED BUILDING IN HANOI IN DECADES. 35:32 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> IN FACT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF 35:34 THERE HAS BEEN ONE, PROBABLY YEARS AGO THERE USED TO BE. 35:39 BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS GRACIOUSLY WORKED WITH US ON IT. 35:42 WE HAVE A CETER OF INFLUENCE NOW THAT WILL HAVE A BOOKSTORE, 35:47 A HEALTH FOOD STORE, AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER, A MUSIC 35:53 TEACHING CENTER, TWO CHURCHES. ONE OF THE VIETNAMESE, AND -pANOTHER, SO PRAY FOR THE WORK IN 36:16 VIETNAM AND HANOI, WHERE WE ONLY HAVE PROBABLY 40 SEVENTH-DAY 36:21 ADVENTIST MEMBERS OR SO, AND YET GOD HAS OPENED THIS OPPORTUNITY 36:24 FOR US. >> ABSOLUTELY. 36:26 >> THE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DIALOGUE A LITTLE BIT 36:30 ABOUT, AND TALK ABOUT -- BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF 36:33 TALKING -- >> NO, THAT'S GOOD. 36:35 THAT'S GOOD. >> THE THING THAT I REALLY HAVE 36:40 A BURDEN FOR IS TO HAVE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WHAT 36:46 THEIR ROLE IS IN THESE LAST DAYS. 36:49 THAT IS SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN ON MY HEART. 36:52 >> RIGHT. >> NOT TO GET SIDETRACKED INTO 36:56 ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL ISSUES, AS GOOD AS THEY MAY BE, AND WE DO 37:00 HAVE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE CORRECTLY, 37:04 BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT GRASPING THE INCREDIBLE 37:07 OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING THIS MESSAGE IN YOUR LIFE AND THROUGH 37:14 YOUR WORDS THAT I WISH EVERYONE WOULD HAVE A STRONG BURDEN FOR. 37:19 >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SO 37:23 THANKFUL ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP IS, IS YOU ENCOURAGE THAT. 37:28 THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS HAPPENED. THERE ARE TIMES THAT LEADERS 37:31 SEEM LIKE -- YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OR THIS SHOULD 37:35 BE THIS WAY, THIS THAT WAY. YOU ALLOW THE MEMBERSHIP -- AND 37:39 NOT ONLY ALLOW IT, YOU ENCOURAGE THE MEMBERSHIP, TO, HEY, YOU ARE 37:45 A YE. JESUS SAID GO YE INTO ALL OF THE 37:50 WORLD, SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES MEMBERS 37:56 TO GET INVOLVED, SO WE FEEL LIKE, MAYBE WE DIDN'T GO TO THE 38:02 SEMINARY, AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT A FULL-PLEDGED PASTOR OR EVEN AN 38:09 ELDER IN THE CHURCH, BUT I'M ENCOURAGED THAT I CAN DO 38:13 SOMETHING FOR GOD. WHATEVER STATE I'M IN, WHATEVER 38:16 I'M DOING, I CAN BE A WITNESS FOR GOD, AND I CAN WORK WITH THE 38:20 CHURCH. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUT THE 38:22 TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE US TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE 38:25 CHURCH -- AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 3ABN RIGHT NOW, I'M 38:30 TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, YOU, AND US LAYMEN, THAT WE'RE ABLE 38:34 TO DO THIS, AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT LITERALLY GOING 38:37 TO -- TOGETHER WE CAN DO A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN SEPARATE. 38:40 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 38:43 >> WELL, PRAISE GOD. AND REALLY, TOTAL MEMBER 38:46 INVOLVEMENT IS HAVING EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER. 38:48 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IT ISN'T THE GENERAL 38:50 CONFERENCE CONTROLLING EVERYTHING -- 38:51 >> RIGHT. >> AND CHURCH OFFICIALS 38:55 CONTROLLING EVERYTHING -- THAT'S WHAT WE GET ACCUSED OF AT TIMES 38:58 ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. THE CHURCH HAS TO BE PART OF 39:02 SOMETHING MUCH GRANER AND BIGGER THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE CAN 39:06 CONCEIVE OF. >> UH-HUH. 39:08 >> AND THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST WANTS TO FIL OUR LIVES IN A 39:12 POWERFUL WAY. IN FACT, I REALLY WANT TO URGE 39:16 PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THE LATTER REIGN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 39:19 THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO MOVE THE WORK THROUGH THE 34, 35 39:23 MILLION PEOPLE IN TOKYO. WE HAVE TO DO OUR WORK RIGHT 39:27 NOW, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ATTENDS US, BUT THE LATTER REIGN IS 39:31 GOING TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY THROUGH HIS 39:34 PEOPLE. BUT HIS PEOPLE HAVE TO BE 39:36 WILLING TO BE USED. >> YEAH. 39:40 >> THIS MARVELOUS DESCRIPTION OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN REVELATION 12:17 39:45 ABOUT HOW THE DRAGON WAS ANGRY WITH THE WOMAN AND WENT TO MAKE 39:49 WAR WITH THE REST OR THE REMNANT OF HER OFFSPRING WHO KEEP TH 39:55 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST. 39:59 THESE WONDERFUL CHARACTERISTICS -- I CALL THEM 40:02 THE CALLER ID -- [ LAUGHTER ] 40:03 >> OKAY. >> THESE TWO POWERFUL THINGS 40:06 SHOULD ANIMATE US, AND THEN YOU JUMP OVER TO REVELATION 14, 40:13 REVELATION 18, AND 13 SANDWICHED IN THERE, REVELATION 13 IS 40:24 TAKING PLACE BEFORE OUR EYES. BUT PEOPLE SEEM COMPLACENT AND 40:32 DISTRACTED AT TIMES. I'M READING NOW FROM EVANGELISM 40:37 686 TOWARDS THE END OF THE BOOK. FOR 40 YEARS DID UNBELIEF, MORE 40:43 MURMURING AND REBELLION SHUT OUR ANCIENT ISRAEL FROM THE LAND OF 40:51 CANEON, THE SAME SINS HAVE DELAYED THE ENTRANCE OF MODERN 40:55 ISRAEL -- THAT'S THOSE OF US WHO ARE PART OF THIS 40:58 FULFILLMENT -- IS DELAYED THE ENTRANCE OF MODERN ISRAEL INTO 41:03 THE HEAVEN I WILL CANON. IN NEITHER CASE, EITHER IN THE 41:08 PREVIOUS, OR IN OUR CASE WERE THE PROMISES OF GOD AT FAULT. 41:12 GOD IS NO AT FAULT. IT IS THE UNBELIEVE, THE 41:19 WORDILINESS, UNCONSECRATION, AN STRIFE AMONG THE WORLD'S 41:24 PROFESSED PEOPLE THAT HAVE KEPT US IN THIS WORLD OF SIN AND 41:28 SORROW SO MANY YEARS. >> UH-HUH. 41:31 >> WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LORD'S COMING. 41:36 NOW YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAY, THE LORD IS DOING WHEN HE 41:39 DECIDES. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE IS COMING. 41:42 JESUS SAID ONLY THE FATHER KNOWS. 41:44 BUT WE KNOW IT'S VERY CLOSE. BUT LISTEN TO THIS QUOTE. 41:49 BY -- SAME PAGE OF EVANGELISM -- BY GIVING THE 41:53 GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, IT IS IN OUR POWER TO HASTEN OUR LORD'S 41:57 RETURN. I MEAN, I WISH PEOPLE WOULD FEEL 42:00 THE BURDEN FOR THAT. >> YEAH. 42:02 >> OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PREACH A 42:05 SERIES OF MEETINGS. GO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND ASK 42:09 THEM HOW YOU CAN HELP. OR BETTER YET -- THIS IS REALLY 42:12 AN INTERESTING CONCEPT I HAVE LEARNED RECENTLY, YOU CAN ASK 42:16 THEM FOR SOME HELP. >> OKAY. 42:19 >> AND GET THEM TO HELP YOU TO DO SOMETHING, OR PROVIDE FOR 42:23 YOU, AND THEN IN RESPONSE, THEY'LL -- THEY'LL BE INTERESTED 42:29 IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. >> UH-HUH. 42:32 >> NOW JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THIS BOOK -- AND THIS IS THE 42:35 LAST QUOTATION I -- I WANT TO -READ, BUT IT TELLS US ABOUT AN AMAZING WAY IN WHICH THE CHURCH 42:45 CAN BE AWAKENED OR THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AWAKENED. 42:50 WHEN WE HAVE -- AND THIS IS PAGE 699 IN THE BOOK EVANGELISM, IT'S 42:56 A MARVELOUS COMPILATION, IT TALKS ABOUT THE CITIES, RURAL 43:01 AREAS, EVERYTHING INVOLVED IN OUTREACH, TOTAL MEMBER 43:04 INVOLVEMENT. WHEN WE HAVE ENTIRE WHOLE 43:07 HEARTED CONSECRATION TO THE SERVICE OF CHRIST, WHEN YOU ARE 43:11 CONNECTED WITH JESUS SO INTIMATELY, AND IT'S NOT JUST A 43:26 PROFUNCTORY THING, IT'S A DAILY LIVING EXPERIENCE. 43:31 GOD WILL RECOGNIZE THE FACT BY AN OUTPOURING OF HIS SPIRIT 43:35 WITHOUT MEASURE, BUT THIS WILL NOT BE WHILE THE LARGEST PORTION 43:38 OF THE CHURCH ARE NOT LABORERS TOGETHER WITH GOD. 43:43 >> HUM. >> THAT'S WHY I WIH PEOPLE HAD 43:47 THIS ENORMOUS BURDEN, TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, EVERYONE 43:49 DOING SOMETHING FOR JESUS. >> UH-HUH. 43:52 >> IN TOUCHING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR SMALL 43:56 CIRCLE. >> AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T 43:58 HAVE THE ENERGY. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE 44:02 ENERGY, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING WITH OUR ENERGY ONE 44:05 WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT REALLY AS INVOLVED -- LIKE I 44:09 SAY TO PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES. WE SHOULD BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED 44:13 IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THAN IN POLITICS. 44:16 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE'LL HEAR OURSELVES 44:20 BICKERING. YOU GO ON FACEBOOK AND THINGS, 44:23 AND MEMBERS WILL BE ARGUING WHETHER THEY LIKE THE PRESIDENT 44:25 OR HATE HIM, AND I'M LIKE WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL OF OUR TIME 44:31 AND ENERGY IN DOING THINGS IN THIS WORLD THAT IS NOT GOING TO -LAST. 44:36 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHAT I PRAY ABOUT IS LORD, 44:38 HELP ME TO LOOK INTO THE SPIRITUAL AND NOT SO MUCH THE 44:42 PHYSICAL. >> ABSOLUTELY. 44:43 >> WHEN I LOOK AT THE PHYSICAL, I SEE ME MYSELF AND I AND ALL OF 44:47 THE NEEDS I HAVE, AND I NEED THIS, AND I WANT TO DO THAT, BUT 44:51 AS JESUS SAID, GIVE ME THE MIND OF CHRIST, SO NOW THAT I SEE 44:55 THAT WE'RE HERE FOR JUST A SHOT-MOMENT, AND IT'S ONLY WHAT WE DO FOR CHRIST, AS THE SONG SAYS, 45:02 WILL LAST, AND SO LORD HELP ME TO BE USED AS A VESSEL OF HONOR 45:06 FOR YOU DURING THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE HERE ON PLANET EARTH, 45:10 WHETHER WE DIE IN THE LORD, OR WHETHER YOU COME BACK VERY SOON, 45:15 LET'S USE OUR TIME, OUR TALENT, OUR GIFTS, OUR ABILITIES -- AND 45:21 SATAN IS A MASTER OF TRYING TO DISTRACT US FROM SPIRITUAL 45:26 THINGS, SO I HAVE TO PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND 45:29 DISCERNMENT, AND THAT HELPS ME TO BE FOCUSED, OTHERWISE WE GET 45:35 CAUGHT UP. >> AND MY PRECIOUS WIFE NANCY IS 45:42 AN AVID BIBLE STUDENT, AND READER OF THE SPIRIT OF 45:46 PROPHECY, AND SHE REMINDS ME AT TIMES -- I HAVE TO 45:49 CONFESS -- YOU ARE BUSY, DOING THINGS. 45:52 SHE GIVES ME A LITTLE SIGNAL. YOU NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE 45:59 TIME WITH THE LORD. BECAUSE THINGS DISTRACT US. 46:02 TAKING CARE OF YOUR HOUSE. HELPING A NEIGHBOR, YEAH, 46:05 OKAY -- I MEAN THAT'S GOOD, BUT IF IT'S TAKING YOU AWAY FROM 46:10 DOING THE REAL MISSION ASPECT AND FROM CONNECTING WITH THE 46:13 LORD -- I MEAN, LET'S GET A LITTLE PERSONAL NOW. 46:16 SOME PEOPLE LOVE COMPETITIVE SPORTS AND PULIC SPORTS AND 46:21 EVERYTHING, YOUR LIFE CAN GET SO WRAPPED UP IN FOLLOWING A 46:24 PARTICULAR TEAM, NOT WANTING TO NECESSARILY KNOCK ANYONE WHO IS 46:28 KIND OF ENJOYING -- >> DURING THE PLAYOFFS 46:32 ESPECIALLY. [ LAUGHTER ] 46:33 >> BUT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE EXPERIENCE, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN 46:37 I WAS A LOT YOUNGER, AND I GREW UP IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA,-THE REDSKINS FOOTBALL TEAM THAT 46:43 IS JUST WASHINGTON -- >> YEAH. 46:45 YEAH. YEAH. 46:47 >> SO I WOULD AVIDLY FOLLOW THE REDSKINS, AND USUALLY THEY 46:51 PLAYED ON SUNDAYS AND ONCE IN A WHILE MONDAY NIGHT OR WHATEVER, 46:56 BUT SUNDAYS -- LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. 46:59 ON MONDAY MORNING IF THE REDSKINS HAD WON,I WAS JUST 47:04 EXCITED. IF THEY LOST, I MEAN IT 47:06 WAS -- IT WAS A PRETTY DARK BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. 47:09 >> OH, MY. [ LAUGHTER ] 47:12 >> FINALLY, I CAME TO THE POINT, I SAID I DIDN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. 47:18 I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THEM ANYMORE. 47:20 >> OKAY. >> WHEN THAT HAPPENED, LIFE TOOK 47:23 ON A LITTLE DIFFERENT MEANING. >> WOW. 47:25 >> I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS A WATERSHED THING IN LIFE, BECAUSE 47:29 YOUR LIFE CAN GET SO ABSORBED WITH A PARTICULAR -- EVEN A 47:35 HOBBY YOU HAVE -- I'M NOT SAYING HOBBIES ARE BAD. 47:38 IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE DIVERSION -- 47:41 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT WHEN THE DEVIL GETS AHOLD 47:45 OF YOU, AND DETOURS YOU, OR DISTRACTS YOU FROM THE TRUE 47:51 MISSION -- >> UH-HU. 47:52 >> THEN YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE READY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 47:56 FALL UPON YOU WITH SUCH POWER THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE AWAKENED 48:00 AND THE WORK WILL GO LIKE WILDFIRE. 48:04 >> AMEN. >> AND -- AND REALLY THAT'S A 48:07 BURDEN, A HUGE BURDEN THAT I HAVE. 48:09 BUT I JUST WANT TO EARNESTLY ASK OUR PEOPLE, WORD WIDE -- AND I 48:13 SPEAK TO MYSELF -- >> UH-HUH. 48:15 >> -- THAT LET'S FOCUS ON THE REAL ETERNAL THINGS, THE THINGS 48:20 THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY HELP THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 48:23 TO BE WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. IT IS A MOUTHPIECE FOR GOD IN 48:29 THE LAST DAYS TO TELL PEOPLE, AND WARN THEM THAT JESUS IS 48:33 COMING. SHARE HIS LOVE, BUT TO 48:36 DEFINITELY EXPLAIN TO THE WORLD, THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS, THE 48:41 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE ALL CENTERED IN 48:45 CHRIST, AND DON'T LET ANYBODY SAY, OH, THAT DOCTRINE OLD 48:51 STUFF -- EVERY DOCTRINE WE HAVE, HAS AT THE VERY CORE AND CENTER, 48:55 JESUS CHRIST. >> AMEN. 48:56 >> DON'T YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO BE THE HAPPIEST MOST EXCITED 49:00 PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH, REALLY? >> ABSOLUTELY. 49:03 >> BECAUSE WE HAVE READ THE BACK OF THE BOOK. 49:05 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S WHAT I TELL FOLK, WE 49:08 SHOULD NEVER BE DISCOURAGED. IT'S NOT THAT BAD THINGS DON'T 49:12 HAPPEN TO US, THEY DO. BUT THE LORD WILL GIVE US PEACE 49:16 IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM. SOMEBODY SAYS MY WIFE DIED. 49:24 I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED TO HER. 49:28 MY QUESTION IS, I HAD A WIFE DIE, MELODY'S MOTHER, WE HAD 49:32 BEEN MARRIED 11 YEARS, AND SH WAS IN A CAR WRECK. 49:38 IT'S NOT WHY DID THIS PERSON DIE? 49:40 WOE IS ME. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD,-RIGHT? 49:44 WE SHOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE READ THE BACK 49:50 OF THE BOOK, SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO US ON THIS EARTH, WE 49:55 STILL CAN HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM, TO 49:59 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CHRISTIANS, AND CHRISTIANS IN 50:02 GENERAL, WE OUGHT TO HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM. 50:06 IF WE DON'T WE'RE LOOKING TOO MUCH IN THE PHYSICAL AND NOT 50:10 ENOUGH IN THE SPIRITUAL, AND YOU ARE ENCOURAGING US TO GET CLOSER 50:17 TO JESUS, READ THE PROPHECY, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT -- LIKE 50:21 YOU WITH THE FOOTBALL -- WHATEVER IT IS IN 50:25 YOUR LIFE, TURN YOUR EYES TO JESUS, AND THE THINGS OF EARTH 50:30 WILL GROW STRANGELY DIM. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY, 50:35 LOOK TO JESUS, BECAUSE HE IS THE CENTER OF OUR JOY. 50:38 >> THA'S RIGHT. THERE ARE TWO WORDS THAT HAVE 50:41 COME UP MORE THAN ONCE DURING THIS CONVERSATION, AND ONE IS 50:46 DISTRACTION, AND THE OTHER IS COMPLACENCY. 50:49 AND I THINK THAT IS TRULY WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE CHURCHES. 50:55 WE GET DIS -- DISTRACTED, AND JESUS TRIED TO WARN OUT, WITH 51:03 THE SEED THAT FELL ON THORNY GROUND, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET 51:12 CAUGHT UP IN THE THINGS OF THIS LIFE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE END UP 51:16 DOING IF WE DON'T STAY IN THE WORD, AND IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO-JUST GO OFF A LITTLE BIT HERE 51:21 AND THERE, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU ARE NOT MAKING TIME FOR 51:25 GOD. AND THAT'S -- THAT'S A BURDEN OF-MINE TOO, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, 51:29 IT'S SO EASY -- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY, 51:33 IT'S SO EASY FOR YOU TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE WORK OF THE 51:36 LORD, BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION TO THE LORD IN 51:40 ORDER TO HAVE POWER. WE JUST DISCONNECT FROM THE 51:44 SOURCE OF POWER IF WE'RE NOT -- IF WE'RE NOT PLUGGED INTO 51:47 THE WORD. >> AN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE -SPIRITUAL, WE REALIZE THAT THESE 51:53 BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN -- SICKNESS AND DEATH AND 51:56 ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL 52:02 HAPPEN, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR. 52:06 BUT THIS ACTUALLY CAN DRAW US CLOSER -- 52:09 >> RIGHT. >> -- YOU KNOW, JOY COMES IN THE 52:13 MORNING AFTER WEEPING AT NIGHT, SO -- IN OTHER WORDS WHY ME? 52:17 WELL, WHY NOT ME? I'M JUST LIKE SEERAL BILLION 52:21 OTHER PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, I CAN 52:24 HAVE PEACE. I KNOW PEOPLE, AND YOU DO TOO 52:27 THAT GO TO SLEEP IN JESUS, JOHN CANTER WHO BUILD THE RUSSIA 52:33 FACILITY THAT I'M SURE YOU MET IN THE DIVISION OVER THERE -- HE 52:37 DIED OF CANCER A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT AS HE WAS DIEING, I WAS IN 52:45 AUSTRALIA, AND HIS BROTHER SAID HE CAN HEAR YOU. 52:48 BUT WE MENTIONED RUSSIA, AND HE SAID HE HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE, 52:53 AND HE'S OKAY. HE'LL REST IN JESUS, BECAUSE OF 52:56 THAT GREAT PEACE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE 52:59 ENCOURAGING US TODAY, BUILD OUR FOUNDATION ON JESUS. 53:02 >> AND JESUS HAS THE ANTIDOTE, THE REMEDY. 53:04 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH IN REVELATION 3, IT SAYS 53:09 THERE -- JESUS IS SPEAKING, THE PURE, SOLID TRUTH. 53:16 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT YOU MAY BE RICH IN WHITE 53:22 GARMENTS, OF COURSE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST, 53:25 THAT YOU MAY BE CLOTHED, THAT THE SHAME OF YOUR NAKEDNESS MAY 53:28 NOT BE REVEALED, AND ANOINT YOUR EYES WITH EYE SALVE THAT YOU MAY 53:35 SEE. THE EYE SALVE THAT COMES FROM 53:38 HEAVEN THAT HELPS YOU TO SEE THINGS CLEARLY. 53:41 AND LET ME JUST INTERACT AND SAY THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF 53:46 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WHO ARE ALIVE AND VIBRANT. 53:50 I'M NOT SAYING -- SO MANY OF US CAN DROP INTO THAT MODE. 53:54 IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN AUTOMATIC PILOT. 53:59 GET OUT OF YOUR MOLD, AND JUST ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 54:04 INVIGORATE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND THEN TELL 54:06 SOMEBODY ELSE ABOUT IT. >> AMEN. 54:09 >> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING GLAD, JUST A LITTLE STORY, VERY 54:14 SHORT. ONE OF MY MENTORS G RALPH 54:22 THOMPSON, WONDERFUL MAN. I VISITED HIM IN HIS DAUGHTER'S 54:26 HOME RECENTLY -- WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN. 54:32 AND HE USED TO SAY, ADVENTISTS UNFORTUNATELY ARE SAD-VENTISTS, 54:42 WHEN THEY SHOULD BE GLAD-VENTISTS. 54:49 AND THAT STUCK WITH ME. IF YOU ARE EXCITED IN THE LORD, 54:53 AND WE'RE LIVING IN THE TIPTOES OF THIS STATUE, YOU ARE GOING TO 54:58 BE SO EXCITED ABOUT SHARING WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR HIS PEOPLE, 55:02 BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING SOON. >> ABSOLUTELY. 55:06 >> AMEN. >> HE HAS GIVEN US A LOT TO 55:09 THINK ABOUT. AND WE ONLY HAVE -- LESS THAN 55:11 TWO MINUTES, AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO -- I'M GOING TO ASK 55:15 YVONNE, WOULD YOU JUST SAY A PRAYER. 55:19 WE WANT THOSE OF YOU AT HOME TO JOIN US WITH, AND ALSO WE WANT 55:23 YOU TO BE PRAYING WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE YOU TO DO IN SUPPORT OF 55:28 THESE ONE DAY CHURCHES. WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, SO WE 55:32 HAVE ALREADY DONE TWO CHURCHES. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL. 55:37 WE'RE JUST PRAYING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL IMPRESS YOU THAT 55:41 THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM 55:45 OF GOD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 55:48 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR US. CAN YOU SAY A SHORT PRAYER? 55:51 >> SURE. SURE. 55:52 LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DNE TODAY, LORD, 55:57 ALREADY FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THIS ONE CHURCH -- ONE 56:01 PROJECT, RATHER, AND WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. 56:03 AND WE PRAY FOR THE WORLD CHURCH AND ELDER WILSON AND ALL THT HE 56:08 IS DOING. WE PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 56:10 WILL REIGN DOWN UPON US, SO THAT WE CAN BE SAVED. 56:15 THANK YOU, LORD, AND SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL OF THE LORD. 56:19 THANK YOU.-WE PRAISE YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. 56:22 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 56:24 >> ELDER WILSON, ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY US HERE AT 3ABN, BUT AS 56:37 I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 56:42 WILLINGNESS TO STICK TO THE PILLARS OF THE CHURCH. 56:45 IT'S GREAT TO LOOK TO LEADERSHIP THAT KNOW -- WE KNOW THAT YOU 56:48 HAVE THE VISION TO STAY -- STAY STRAIGHT ON TARGET, AND SO WE'RE 56:53 PRAYING AND ASKING EACH OF YOU TO PRAY AND SUPPORT HIM. 56:56 I HATE TO SAY THIS NOW, BUT OUR TIME IS ALL GONE, SO UNTIL WE 57:00 SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MAY THE LORD RICHLY BLESS YOU MORE THAN YOU 57:09 COULD EVER ASK OR THINK. ♪ |
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