Hello and welcome to a
special, a very special
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3ABN today
seasonal live. My name is
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C.A. Murray and it is
my pleasure to welcome
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you to really a
very special time,
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a very special
season and a very special
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program. To sort of
set the mood for what
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we're going to
talk about this evening.
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I wanna read
something which maybe one
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of the greatest lines
in the greatest chapter,
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in the greatest book
written by one of the
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greatest authors
about the greatest subject
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ever contemplated by mortal man.
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The lines are found
in chapter 1 of the book
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Desire of Ages. The
chapter is God with Us.
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The writer is Ellen
G. White and of course
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the subject matter
is Jesus and I read.
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"His name shall
be called Immanuel,
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God with us. The
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God
is seen in the face of
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Jesus Christ. From
the days of eternity
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the Lord Jesus Christ
was one with the Father;
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He was the image
of God, the image of
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His greatness and
majesty, the outshining
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of His glory. It was
to manifest this glory
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that He came to
our world. To this
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sin-darkened earth He
came to reveal the light
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of God's love,
to be God with us.
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Therefore, it was
prophesied of Him,
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His name shall
be called Immanuel.
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Now whether you are
of the mindset of those
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who celebrate this
season, where the world
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celebrates the
birth of Jesus Christ,
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or if you like many of
us who try to celebrate
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the birth of Jesus
everyday of our life.
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There is one
thing that is certain.
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It is certain that
Jesus came to this world.
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That a plan of
salvation was made for you
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and for me, and
that plan of salvation
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jumped into,
shall we say high gear.
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The day that Christ,
the Lord God left the womb
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of Mary and made
his way into our world
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and then into our
hearts. One of the
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things that we tend
to like to do during
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this time of year
is tell not only the
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old gospel story. But
gather together to tell
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our own personal
stories, to share the
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goodness of God
in the past year,
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and so this very
special program is gonna do
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that. Our guest,
our host for this night,
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are two beloved individuals here
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at 3ABN, our
President and his wife,
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Jim Gilley and his
gracious wife Camille.
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We're going to draw
up very close to them
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for the next several moments
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and take a peak
over their shoulder
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as they recount
this wonderful year.
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I'm not gonna
tell you how many years
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they've been
married, but they celebrated
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anniversary this
year. But God was very, very
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kind to Jim and
Camille this year.
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And so during the next
time we spend together,
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sit back and draw
very close and reflect on
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God's goodness in your own life
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and how good God has
been to you over this
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past year. As we
look over the shoulder
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as it were of Jim and Camille,
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as a reflect on
God's wonderful blessings
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during this past
year. Thank you C.A.
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it's so good to be
here at 3ABN isn't it?
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Yes, it is. We really
enjoy it, I like this.
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This is coming in
our fourth holiday
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season here actually. Yes it is.
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And we've enjoyed
each one and we always
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enjoy, being able to come to you
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and be in your
home for a few minutes
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and to talk a
little bit about the Lord,
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because he means
so much to us. As C.A.
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was talking
about the incarnation,
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Christ coming to this earth. We,
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we don't know
what time of the year
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that he came. We
don't know the exact day,
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we probably know
almost for sure it was not
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December 25 of all
the dates it wasn't,
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it wasn't that. But on
the other hand the fact
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that he came and
that the world stops
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and considers the
fact that Jesus Christ
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came to this
world, that this whole
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salvation process
began with that incarnation
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is the great
story, not when he came,
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but that he came.
And when the whole world
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stops to consider
that or at least a good
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portion of it.
It's a great opportunity
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for us to share what
Jesus has done for us.
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And as Camille and
I look back upon our
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lives, not only this past year,
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but on the entire
time of our marriage
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which we celebrate
our golden anniversary
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this summer.
When we look at that,
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we just realize
how much the Lord
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has done for us.
What a great blessing.
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We wouldn't have
made it without him.
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No we certainly wouldn't have,
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not in any
stretch of the imagination
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would we have
made it, we certainly
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wouldn't have. So we
wanna look at some of
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these things that
have taken place over the,
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this past year
especially and then
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reflect back on
our lives with Jesus,
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our lives together
and how the Lord has
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blessed us. And so we
hope that you would join
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with us this
July the 17th we had a
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very special day,
didn't we? Yes, we did.
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It started in
the morning with the
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beautifully event,
I'm sure you will talk
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about that and all
day and into the evening
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and you know the 17th
is kind of our number.
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Yes. You were born on the 17th,
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I was born on the
17th, we got married
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on the 17th and we
did not have 17 children.
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No. But it's still
our special number,
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it was a beautiful
day all day long. Yeah,
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it really, it really
was and I think it started
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a few weeks
before the 17th for us,
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as far as it
becoming a beautiful day.
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We got that
telephone call from Ethan.
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We were just
arrived in Dallas for an
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appointment. We
were getting our luggage
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and my cellphone
rings and it's my son-in-law
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Ethan Bearman and
Ethan made the statement
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to me at that time.
He said would it be a
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distraction from
the celebration you're
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planning on the 17th
of July to honor your
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50 years of
marriage. Would that,
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would it be
distraction if I were baptized
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on that day. And
I'm not a real emotional
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person, but I wanna
tell you I had to fight back
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the tears of joy
that came into my
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whole heart, when
I heard those words
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from Ethan and I
told him, I said,
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this would be the
highlight of our day.
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This is what our
whole life has been about.
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Right. Is
bringing people to Jesus,
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having a family
that continues to grow
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and Ethan in almost
a miraculous way had
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became a part of our
family a few years ago
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when he and Amy were married.
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And it had been a
day by day prayer of ours
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that one day he
would accept Jesus Christ
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as his savior and
that he will walk in
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to the
baptistery and be baptized.
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In fact he used
to embarrass me a
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little bit, because
you would say to Ethan
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and this was
before he was studying.
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He would say
Ethan, you are gonna be
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preaching this message some day.
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Yeah and he is
preaching and he's now teaching
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a class that he
conducts and you're gonna be
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able to, before
this program is over,
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you're gonna
listen to a little bit of
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Ethan's sermon on
that particular day.
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Right after he was baptized.
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Right after he was baptized.
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So right now
we're gonna break away
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and go to Dyersburg,
Tennessee, July 17, 2010
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and we're going
to start with the
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Baptism of Ethan Bearman.
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Our Father in
heaven, we thank you for this
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opportunity for
worship of you and we just pray
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that while we are
in your presence that
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the words we say
and hearing the songs
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we sing would bring
honor and glory to you
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and that by being
here we can be lifted up.
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We thank you that we
are. We thank you for
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Jesus and his
love for us and we pray
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this in Jesus name, amen.
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It's a great
privilege today for me to have
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the honor of
baptizing my son-in-law
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Ethan Bearman.
Ethan, I hope we will share
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some of the journey
that he has had in his
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message this morning.
It has been a very unique
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journey, starting
with two individuals before
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he even met Amy our daughter.
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One of those
individuals is here today
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and I'll let him introduce him
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a little later.
But, I just know that
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this is a high day,
as we visited last night,
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we talked a little
bit about the journey.
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We talked about
the beliefs, the 28
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Fundamental Beliefs
and Ethan assured me that
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he completely
embraced and studied fully
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and embraces all 28
Fundamental Beliefs.
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He also believes that
God has been leading him
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since he was a young
boy to this very day.
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That he has set up
certain things that
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happened in his
life for a reason
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and so that has
been exciting to each one
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of us to hear of that testimony,
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and I hope that he
will share some of those
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things with you
in his message today.
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But when I, when he
told me that he want to be
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baptized on this,
the occasion of our
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50th wedding
anniversary, I assured
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him that this
would be in our thanking
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and the thanking
of Camille and of my
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thanking and this
would be the highlight
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of the day for us.
Amen. This is what our life
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has been about and together
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and this certainly
is a very fitting event
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to take place at
this particular time.
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So Ethan, I'm gonna
ask you step over here
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little bit, because
you're taller than I,
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if you realized that you were,
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man you are taller.
And I'm gonna ask you
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to take hold of my
arm and now because
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you love Jesus
Christ, because you have
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committed your
life to him and ask him
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to be your savior. I
now baptize you in the
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name of the
Father and the son Jesus
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and with the Holy
Ghost, amen, amen.
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And you know Ethan
is preaching on baptism
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today, so there
maybe somebody else
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that wants to
baptize, don't let the water
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out alright.
We'll be happy to do
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whatever can be
done. Well, there wasn't a
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dryer in the
place. No, that was all.
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Certainly none of
us. Just a little trivia,
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the robe that you were wearing,
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the baptismal
robe, yeah, you I think
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you lost yours five years ago,
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but that was my
dad's robe and had been
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in the Baptistry
over his lengthy ministry
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many, many times,
so I thought that was
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kind of special
that you were wearing it
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when you baptized
Ethan. Yeah, I and its
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amazing as you
really look at that robe
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you can see how worn
it is. It's is very worn
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and faded. Right. I
used it so many times.
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Yes. And we're gonna
hear more from your dad
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and a little bit
later on in our program
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today, because we, we
do have some very good
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footage of him having
a prayer for us towards,
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towards the end
of this sequence.
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Now this was the
beginning of that day
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and next we had
somethings happened,
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some music from
our grandchildren
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and then the
sermon by Ethan. Right.
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And we are gonna
move to that right now.
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When it was, we
were trying to decide
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what to do for
special music, my parents
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requested that the
grandchildren all sing
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family and I think
it just kind of shows
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where their heart is.
My parents have always
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thought of their family first
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and so is this a little chorus.
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And I said that's not
really a special music
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song, but they
said we like that and,
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and they want
the kids to sing it
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and so what we're wanting is,
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this children
will sing through twice
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and then because
we are all family,
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we all sing on
the third time, okay.
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Family, we are
family. Jesus, He is our Lord.
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And I'm so glad He
brought us all together.
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I'm so glad that
our Father is our God.
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Family, we are
family. Jesus, He is our Lord.
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And I'm so glad He
brought us all together...
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I'm so glad that
our Father is our God.
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Amen, amen. Our scripture that,
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scripture reading
this morning is found in
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Acts chapter 19
verse 5. I will give you a
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minute to, and it
reads, When they heard this,
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they were baptized
in the name of the Lord
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Jesus Christ. May
the Lord add the blessing
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of us reading of
his word this morning.
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Good morning
everyone. Good morning.
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It is a good Sabbath today;
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it's a very special Sabbath.
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I wanna thank you all
so much for being here,
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friends, family,
loved ones, brothers
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and sisters. People
I don't know that are
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my brothers and
sisters because we're all here
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in the house of God
together on this special
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Sabbath day. I
would like to have
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another moment if
you would bow your head
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with me in prayer. Dear Lord,
00:17:10.20\00:17:13.95
Father in heaven,
King of the Universe,
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thank you again for
this blessed Sabbath Day,
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thank you for
bringing us all together
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in your house of
worship. Please open our
00:17:21.00\00:17:24.30
hearts and our
minds to your message.
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Please remove the
impediments that we put
00:17:26.66\00:17:30.67
between your light shining on us
00:17:30.70\00:17:32.99
and our bringing
that light and warmth
00:17:33.02\00:17:35.17
and your grace into our lives
00:17:35.20\00:17:37.21
and into our
hearts. On this day today
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please be with all of
us and give us your peace
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and your joy, in the
name of Jesus Christ,
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amen. Amen. So
today I wanna talk to you
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a little about a
topic that is very special
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for me and that is
Baptism. In my studies
00:17:55.53\00:18:00.11
bringing me here
today besides the grace
00:18:00.14\00:18:02.82
of God, I learned
a lot about Adventism
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and there is a, there
is a long story there.
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But it is the 15th
of the 28 Fundamental
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Beliefs in the
Adventist Faith is Baptism.
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We confess our
faith in the death
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and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. We testify
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that the death of sin
is happening within us
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and was brought
to us, in the symbol
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and embodiment of Jesus Christ.
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Baptism is the symbol
of our union with Christ.
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It is the
forgiveness of our sins;
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it's the reception
of the Holy Spirit.
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It is through the
immersion in water.
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It is contingent on
an affirmation of faith
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in Jesus and evidence
of the repentance of sin.
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I wanted to read
you that little bit,
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because that's a,
that's a big paragraph stating
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what Baptism means to us.
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There is a
combination of faith and water.
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I titled my sermon
with a, what's called a
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false choice,
faith or water. But faith
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precedes the water,
because without faith
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an immersion in
water is meaningless,
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so I could come here
with malice in my heart.
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I could come here
without faith in God,
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I could here for
some reason that Satan
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would have brought
me here and ask to be
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baptized, and that
is not a true Baptism.
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I must have
faith in Jesus Christ,
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in our Lord
before I can be immersed
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in the water. And that
water simply symbolizes
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that final step for
the acceptance of Christ.
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I felt it
today, I apologize, I'm
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tearing up for a
second, I, it was a
00:19:50.90\00:19:55.16
truly wonderful experience to be
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not only baptized but
to have my father-in-law
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who has been so
loving and accepting
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from the day that
I met him. Pardon me,
00:20:07.52\00:20:12.28
I really felt it up
there today and I thank
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all of you for being
here. But faith leads us
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to new places and
it wasn't maybe the
00:20:22.57\00:20:25.92
next year that my
family took a trip to a
00:20:25.95\00:20:29.51
little island nation
in the Caribbean called
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Trinidad and
Tobago. And it was there
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I met a man named Arthur Isaac,
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who is the first
Seventh-day Adventist
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I ever knew. I mean
I had, I hadn't even
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heard of Seventh-day Adventism.
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And I remember asking my dad,
00:20:42.41\00:20:45.52
what is Seventh-day
Adventism. Well, again,
00:20:45.55\00:20:49.54
remember I drew up
Jewish, so maybe some
00:20:49.57\00:20:51.94
different
thoughts on these things,
00:20:51.97\00:20:53.41
but he said hey
it's a Christian church
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that actually shares
the Sabbath like we do.
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And I was
completely blown away by that.
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And Arthur was a
very special man,
00:21:01.98\00:21:03.89
to me to this day
showed me the love that
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Jesus tells every
single one of us to show
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all of our fellow
humans and it's through that
00:21:11.91\00:21:14.25
love that we live
everyday. I heard Martha
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telling that
story a little bit ago
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and it is so true I,
I Arthur was that person
00:21:20.69\00:21:25.13
to me that first
person that showed me
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what was possible through our
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Lord Jesus Christ. And
then one day he took me
00:21:32.08\00:21:37.11
swimming on the
north end of Tobago
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in this beautiful
place, Charlotteville
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there is a bay
called Man-o-war Bay,
00:21:43.81\00:21:45.19
not any wars there anymore,
00:21:45.22\00:21:46.22
but he was just
sharing his life with me
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and we went swimming
in the beautiful warm
00:21:50.69\00:21:52.91
Caribbean waters of
Tobago with parrot fish
00:21:52.94\00:21:57.07
swimming all around
and they get that name
00:21:57.10\00:21:59.15
because they
literally look like parrots
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that are fish.
And they are swimming
00:22:00.76\00:22:02.92
all around us and
he is sharing with me
00:22:02.95\00:22:05.05
this island and
this love of life
00:22:05.08\00:22:07.49
that his faith in
the Lord gave him.
00:22:07.52\00:22:09.42
And I remember very
distinctly at that point
00:22:09.45\00:22:13.28
in time that
there was more to God
00:22:13.31\00:22:17.48
than I have
realized. There was more
00:22:17.51\00:22:19.52
to this love then I
was learning in Hebrew,
00:22:19.55\00:22:22.59
in Scriptures, in
the Old Testament.
00:22:22.62\00:22:24.26
But Arthur is the one
who shared that with me.
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I had, I had a
period of time in my life
00:22:27.33\00:22:30.36
where I was searching,
and this wasn't all that
00:22:30.39\00:22:35.22
long ago. This
is probably seven,
00:22:35.25\00:22:36.92
eight years ago and
there was an Adventist.
00:22:36.95\00:22:40.44
This was the second
Adventist in my life
00:22:40.47\00:22:42.79
that I knew of, that
I had interaction with,
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.82
and he was just living his life,
00:22:44.85\00:22:49.43
just being who he is,
living as Jesus Christ
00:22:49.46\00:22:54.84
has told us to live our lives,
00:22:54.87\00:22:57.85
being who he was
and I was searching.
00:22:57.88\00:22:59.68
And he and I would
have hours of conversation,
00:22:59.71\00:23:03.39
and he would just
share with me his faith
00:23:03.42\00:23:05.18
and tell me about Adventism.
00:23:05.21\00:23:07.46
Tell me what his beliefs were,
00:23:07.49\00:23:11.01
how he understood
God, how he understood
00:23:11.04\00:23:13.76
we are supposed
to live our lives.
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.73
That affected me
very, very deeply
00:23:15.76\00:23:18.94
and every
opportunity I had, I would spend
00:23:18.97\00:23:21.62
hours usually hiding
off in a corner there be
00:23:21.65\00:23:24.54
lots of other people around.
00:23:24.57\00:23:25.98
And it was just
through who he was as a
00:23:26.01\00:23:30.36
Seventh-day
Adventist. It is who he is
00:23:30.39\00:23:33.39
and he was sharing his beliefs,
00:23:33.42\00:23:36.50
I can't emphasize
enough. Evangelism
00:23:36.53\00:23:40.94
is extremely
important, proselytizing,
00:23:40.97\00:23:43.90
sharing books when
you can, but it is the
00:23:43.93\00:23:46.18
daily life that you
lead, when you are out
00:23:46.21\00:23:50.53
in our communities,
when you are on an airplane,
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.79
when you're
waiting for a bus. Amen.
00:23:52.82\00:23:55.73
It is how you lead
your life every single day
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.55
and you know what,
we are fortunate enough
00:23:58.58\00:24:03.19
today that Grant and
his wife actually came
00:24:03.22\00:24:06.13
and joined us.
But he is that man,
00:24:06.16\00:24:08.64
he was just living
his life. He wasn't
00:24:08.67\00:24:10.45
thinking to
himself well. I'm gonna,
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.42
I'm gonna, I'm
gonna convert this guy.
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.40
I'm gonna show him the
way, I'm gonna give him
00:24:15.43\00:24:19.02
something and
I'm gonna drag him to
00:24:19.05\00:24:22.16
Jesus Christ, that
is not how it is done.
00:24:22.19\00:24:24.17
Everybody has their own way.
00:24:24.20\00:24:26.46
It is through light
instruction for some
00:24:26.49\00:24:30.23
people, me if
you had told me yeah,
00:24:30.26\00:24:31.94
this is what
you have to believe.
00:24:31.97\00:24:33.01
I would have told you
no way am I gonna believe
00:24:33.04\00:24:34.78
that. It is through
that light instruction
00:24:34.81\00:24:37.16
at least for me.
Somebody just living
00:24:37.19\00:24:39.30
their life,
somebody just sharing their
00:24:39.33\00:24:41.34
knowledge of God
that brought me on my path
00:24:41.37\00:24:46.90
to Jesus Christ, and here today
00:24:46.93\00:24:50.02
with all of you.
Amen. And you know
00:24:50.05\00:24:53.26
when the Lord is talking to you,
00:24:53.29\00:24:54.75
believe me you
know it. I know when
00:24:54.78\00:24:56.68
I had it, I know that
impression that I had,
00:24:56.71\00:24:59.61
that led me down
this path, the impression
00:24:59.64\00:25:03.48
that I had that
brought me to meet my wife
00:25:03.51\00:25:05.12
that day. I had a
very specific intervention
00:25:05.15\00:25:07.48
from the Lord that
rekindled my friendship
00:25:07.51\00:25:12.33
with Grant that
brought him here today.
00:25:12.36\00:25:14.10
The Lord specifically
intervened, that brought
00:25:14.13\00:25:17.02
all of us together. I
can't say that enough,
00:25:17.05\00:25:20.02
it is upto each and
everyone of you to live
00:25:20.05\00:25:22.25
that life, to lead
people to our shepherd
00:25:22.28\00:25:26.07
to lead people to our
Lord. Bring those lost
00:25:26.10\00:25:28.67
sheep home. It is
of utmost importance
00:25:28.70\00:25:31.31
to every single one
of us. There is nothing
00:25:31.34\00:25:33.87
more important than
helping and save another
00:25:33.90\00:25:35.51
person. Amen. Now
I, I don't know exactly
00:25:35.54\00:25:41.12
what the River
Jordan feels like I know
00:25:41.15\00:25:42.82
what it feels
like here in Dyersburg,
00:25:42.85\00:25:44.66
it was warm
water. And the love of my
00:25:44.69\00:25:47.70
father-in-law was
there. And I felt the love
00:25:47.73\00:25:50.65
of our Lord there
with us. But can you
00:25:50.68\00:25:54.99
imagine standing
there and listening.
00:25:55.02\00:25:57.63
As Jesus comes
up out of the water
00:25:59.85\00:26:01.71
and God himself from
heaven says this is my
00:26:01.74\00:26:07.05
son whom I love, with
him I am well pleased.
00:26:07.08\00:26:13.40
Now when I read
this, and when I read this
00:26:14.72\00:26:21.01
before today. I
thought to myself
00:26:21.04\00:26:24.17
if I'm standing in
that audience watching
00:26:24.20\00:26:26.41
all this, I would be jumping,
00:26:26.44\00:26:31.62
raising my hand. I
will be screaming out,
00:26:31.65\00:26:35.62
I'm next let me be
the next one, baptize me.
00:26:35.65\00:26:40.46
Well, I stand before
you today having just been
00:26:43.12\00:26:47.13
baptized saying all
of you have that faith
00:26:47.16\00:26:51.24
in our Lord. Have
that Baptism of faith
00:26:51.27\00:26:56.25
every single day.
And maybe your Baptism
00:26:56.28\00:27:02.09
by water you've
that before and maybe
00:27:02.12\00:27:04.46
you don't have to
come back up here again,
00:27:04.49\00:27:06.18
but as you stand in
that shower in the morning,
00:27:06.21\00:27:08.85
when you have
that moment of quite,
00:27:08.88\00:27:10.88
think of our
Lord, have a prayer,
00:27:10.91\00:27:14.71
have that
Baptism of faith and have
00:27:14.74\00:27:16.91
your own Baptism of
water. Everyday make
00:27:16.94\00:27:21.72
that connection with the Lord.
00:27:21.75\00:27:23.76
Bring him into your
life, bring the light
00:27:23.79\00:27:27.29
and the love that we
all have promised to us
00:27:27.32\00:27:30.16
that is waiting
for you to open up
00:27:30.19\00:27:32.90
and reach out.
Bring that into you
00:27:32.93\00:27:36.30
everyday, have that Baptism.
00:27:36.33\00:27:38.07
And I'm gonna leave
you with this one last
00:27:42.34\00:27:43.86
thought after you
have that Baptism,
00:27:43.89\00:27:47.48
every morning go
out and share it with
00:27:47.51\00:27:52.38
the whole rest of the
world. Amen. Thank you.
00:27:52.41\00:27:56.06
Well, that was a
wonderful message
00:27:57.60\00:27:58.80
and amazingly how
Ethan is speaking right
00:27:58.83\00:28:02.52
after he has been baptized.
00:28:02.55\00:28:03.91
Camille that was his
second sermon. I know.
00:28:03.94\00:28:07.78
He had already
preached a sermon before
00:28:07.81\00:28:10.00
he was baptized in the
little Soquel California
00:28:10.03\00:28:13.23
church. They had approached him,
00:28:13.26\00:28:15.50
and he said well I'm
not a baptized member
00:28:15.53\00:28:18.09
and they said well we
can take care of that.
00:28:18.12\00:28:20.62
But they said we
want you to preach
00:28:20.65\00:28:22.46
and so he had shared
his testimony there before
00:28:22.49\00:28:26.46
that congregation
a few weeks before.
00:28:26.49\00:28:28.49
He actually came
to be with us there
00:28:28.52\00:28:31.62
in Dyersburg to be baptized.
00:28:31.65\00:28:33.24
What a day that was,
we left that particular
00:28:33.27\00:28:37.13
service and we went into the
00:28:37.16\00:28:39.52
fellowship hall. They
always have a fellowship
00:28:39.55\00:28:44.36
dinner there,
yes, fellowship lunch,
00:28:44.39\00:28:46.28
and it's always very good,
00:28:46.31\00:28:48.83
the food is very
good. Very good cooks,
00:28:48.86\00:28:50.40
yes, right. And
that's well attended
00:28:50.43\00:28:53.07
everybody in the church
usually stays every week
00:28:53.10\00:28:55.58
and it's a just a
time for fellowship
00:28:55.61\00:28:57.48
and good food. It
really is and so we all
00:28:57.51\00:28:59.79
went in there and
they fed our whole family
00:28:59.82\00:29:02.32
and of course you
carried a number of
00:29:02.35\00:29:04.45
dishes and so does
Maryann and your mother
00:29:04.48\00:29:07.07
and all the people of the church
00:29:07.10\00:29:09.45
there in
Dyersburg were so friendly
00:29:09.48\00:29:11.57
and so
wonderful, and we, we really
00:29:11.60\00:29:14.08
enjoyed sharing.
We didn't send out
00:29:14.11\00:29:16.48
invitations for
those events. Right,
00:29:16.51\00:29:18.26
I was just gonna
send. We didn't invite,
00:29:18.29\00:29:19.88
actually we didn't invite anyone
00:29:19.91\00:29:21.69
and we did have one couple, Gary
00:29:21.72\00:29:24.91
and Juanita Grimes
came and I said well Gary,
00:29:24.94\00:29:27.86
I said we're not
inviting people to our
00:29:27.89\00:29:30.31
anniversary. He said
we're not coming to your
00:29:30.34\00:29:31.92
anniversary, we
are coming to see Ethan
00:29:31.95\00:29:33.38
be baptized. And
so they came for that,
00:29:33.41\00:29:37.29
they were the only ones that,
00:29:37.32\00:29:38.80
that really came
because we didn't invite.
00:29:38.83\00:29:41.62
The way we are
sharing it is with you know,
00:29:41.65\00:29:44.44
all of our
friends. Those of who that
00:29:44.47\00:29:46.78
are on
television, that watch 3ABN
00:29:46.81\00:29:49.68
and those of who
that maybe we have known
00:29:49.71\00:29:51.79
since the first year
that we were married.
00:29:51.82\00:29:53.39
This is how we
decided that we will share
00:29:53.42\00:29:56.75
this with you and by
the way some of our friends
00:29:56.78\00:30:00.19
are gonna want copies of this
00:30:00.22\00:30:01.47
and we will be happy
that to get them a copy.
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.83
But isn't, but
isn't it wonderful though
00:30:03.86\00:30:06.54
the way the Lord
works and this happening
00:30:06.57\00:30:10.43
on that very day,
yes, where is just a
00:30:10.46\00:30:12.68
beautiful. Yes, that
was the crowning event,
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.07
it really was. It
was kind of the Lord's
00:30:15.10\00:30:18.05
anniversary gift
to us. That's right.
00:30:18.08\00:30:19.93
I felt and he is
saying this is the greatest
00:30:19.96\00:30:24.15
gift that I can give
you would be the baptism
00:30:24.18\00:30:28.02
here of one of your
group, one of your own
00:30:28.05\00:30:30.84
and so we are so happy
to have that with Ethan.
00:30:30.87\00:30:34.35
Yeah. So we had an
afternoon of just being
00:30:34.38\00:30:36.53
together. Relax
together, talking with
00:30:36.56\00:30:39.65
each other and then
we came back together
00:30:39.68\00:30:42.23
for Vespers. They
had Vespers every week at
00:30:42.26\00:30:44.31
Dyersburg. And we
came back and at that time,
00:30:44.34\00:30:48.44
we actually spoke
ourselves, talked to the
00:30:48.47\00:30:52.96
group and we're
gonna share that with you
00:30:52.99\00:30:55.45
and then that
closes with a prayer that
00:30:55.48\00:30:58.56
Camille's father
offered. He is the one
00:30:58.59\00:31:01.34
who performed our
wedding 50 years before.
00:31:01.37\00:31:05.25
It's amazing that
he's still in good health
00:31:05.28\00:31:08.95
and still was very
much able to perform that
00:31:08.98\00:31:14.53
prayer for us, and
it was a very moving
00:31:14.56\00:31:17.35
time for us. Take
the blue of the sky
00:31:17.38\00:31:26.09
and the green of the forest,
00:31:26.12\00:31:30.43
and the golds and
the brown of the freshly
00:31:30.46\00:31:37.22
mown hay; Add the
pale shades of spring
00:31:37.25\00:31:44.11
and the circus of autumn,
00:31:44.14\00:31:48.87
And weave you a lovely today.
00:31:48.90\00:31:57.24
We have this moment to
hold in our hands and to
00:31:58.80\00:32:07.51
touch as it slips
through our fingers
00:32:07.54\00:32:13.36
like sand;
Yesterday's gone and tomorrow
00:32:13.39\00:32:22.48
may never come, But we
have this moment today.
00:32:22.51\00:32:33.72
Amen. When I think
about our relationship,
00:32:33.75\00:32:38.89
I remember how far back it goes.
00:32:38.92\00:32:41.92
It goes back to a
night when I was between
00:32:41.95\00:32:47.52
15 and 16. And I
was alone on a porch
00:32:47.55\00:32:53.41
at Belmont Street
5546 in Dallas, Texas.
00:32:53.44\00:32:58.93
That night I was
looking at the moon.
00:32:58.96\00:33:01.45
I was sleeping
on the porch because
00:33:01.48\00:33:03.24
when I went off
to school we gave up
00:33:03.27\00:33:05.83
my room and we rented it out,
00:33:05.86\00:33:08.45
try to get a
little income to help pay
00:33:08.48\00:33:11.56
for the expenses of
school. So when I came
00:33:11.59\00:33:14.91
home, I slept out on
the screen and porch.
00:33:14.94\00:33:17.06
Winter time I still
sleep out there if I
00:33:17.09\00:33:20.46
could, if it just
wasn't unbearably cold
00:33:20.49\00:33:22.72
and if it was then I would go
00:33:22.75\00:33:26.28
and sleep on the
couch or somewhere
00:33:26.31\00:33:28.03
in the house. I never
had a room at the house
00:33:28.06\00:33:30.35
after I left in the
11th grade to go to school.
00:33:30.38\00:33:34.66
Oh! That was just
the way it had to be
00:33:34.69\00:33:37.57
in order to make it.
That particular night
00:33:37.60\00:33:40.74
I was just thinking
and having some pretty
00:33:40.77\00:33:44.32
serious thoughts.
And I thought where
00:33:44.35\00:33:47.27
will life lead
me? Where will I go
00:33:47.30\00:33:51.27
and who will I be going with?
00:33:51.30\00:33:54.58
And that night I
remember more clearly
00:33:55.83\00:33:58.66
than I probably
remember somethings
00:33:58.69\00:34:00.50
from last week. I prayed, Lord,
00:34:00.53\00:34:04.86
I know you have a
girl for me somewhere.
00:34:04.89\00:34:08.13
Keep her, keep her
pure, keep her for me,
00:34:08.16\00:34:12.09
and then help me to
know when you bring her
00:34:12.12\00:34:15.73
to me. So that I'll
know exactly when that
00:34:15.76\00:34:20.02
woman comes into my
life. I knew already
00:34:20.05\00:34:24.39
that I had not met that person,
00:34:24.42\00:34:26.53
I just because no one I
had never met had caused
00:34:26.56\00:34:31.29
anything to stir
within me. And I remember
00:34:31.32\00:34:37.16
the first time I
heard that there was a
00:34:37.19\00:34:40.06
new girl on the
campus at South Western.
00:34:40.09\00:34:42.35
It was the second
semester of my senior
00:34:42.38\00:34:45.83
year in
Academy. And I heard that
00:34:45.86\00:34:49.43
there was a new
girl on the campus
00:34:49.46\00:34:51.13
that her father was
the Pastor now of the
00:34:51.16\00:34:53.78
Houston Church and
she had transferred
00:34:53.81\00:34:56.47
from Ozark Academy
down to South Western
00:34:56.50\00:35:00.19
and was finishing
her senior year there.
00:35:00.22\00:35:04.39
It was several
days that went by,
00:35:04.42\00:35:07.56
and I still had
not seen this girl.
00:35:07.59\00:35:09.42
I often skipped
breakfast because
00:35:10.77\00:35:14.45
I enjoy that extra
30 minutes of sleep
00:35:14.48\00:35:19.22
in the morning
sometimes or for whatever
00:35:19.25\00:35:22.32
reason I was often not there.
00:35:22.35\00:35:24.02
And so I would
have probably seen her
00:35:24.05\00:35:27.38
if I would have
been there at breakfast,
00:35:27.41\00:35:28.38
but I wasn't and
then I looked out of
00:35:28.41\00:35:32.36
events hall, those of
you that are acquainted
00:35:32.39\00:35:35.18
with that campus
know that was the new
00:35:35.21\00:35:37.19
building on the
campus. And there was a
00:35:37.22\00:35:39.33
girl coming down
the sidewalk and I knew
00:35:39.36\00:35:42.00
every girl on the
campus and this was one
00:35:42.03\00:35:43.81
I didn't know, and so
I thought this must be
00:35:43.84\00:35:48.48
the girl. Open the
door, spoke to her.
00:35:48.51\00:35:51.14
She says, she spoke
back. I don't even think
00:35:51.17\00:35:56.44
she remembers
the moment, but I do.
00:35:56.47\00:36:00.30
And I spoke to her
and if she did anything
00:36:00.33\00:36:06.37
it was no more than
a nod. Held the door
00:36:06.40\00:36:09.48
for her and then
the thought came to me
00:36:09.51\00:36:12.40
at that very just
as clear, I wonder Lord
00:36:12.43\00:36:16.06
if that is the girl
that you have for me.
00:36:16.09\00:36:22.70
I began to try to
impress this girl.
00:36:23.82\00:36:28.43
I, we had typing class together
00:36:28.46\00:36:31.90
and I was usually
late for typing class.
00:36:31.93\00:36:35.01
I never had any
paper in the typing class,
00:36:35.04\00:36:38.40
and I would come in
and try to sit as close
00:36:38.43\00:36:42.68
to her as I
could and our typing,
00:36:42.71\00:36:46.10
typewriters and
tables were close to
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.70
each other. I
make quite an entrance
00:36:49.73\00:36:52.72
into the place to try
to attract her attention
00:36:52.75\00:36:56.19
and I would sit
down and fiddle around
00:36:56.22\00:36:59.56
with the typewriter
and look for some paper,
00:36:59.59\00:37:04.38
I never had any
and I borrow some paper
00:37:04.41\00:37:07.25
from somebody. Do
you have a sheet of paper
00:37:07.28\00:37:09.37
I could borrow and
usually try to borrow
00:37:09.40\00:37:11.57
from her which
disgusted her completely but.
00:37:11.60\00:37:15.01
So, I didn't
impressed her that much.
00:37:16.99\00:37:18.91
She began to
date a friend of mine,
00:37:18.94\00:37:22.91
a young man named Roger Thompson
00:37:22.94\00:37:25.43
and Roger and I
played ball together,
00:37:25.46\00:37:28.62
he was a shortstop,
I was a pitcher and so,
00:37:28.65\00:37:34.25
I more or less felt
like that they were dating,
00:37:34.28\00:37:38.44
so I still kept
trying to impress her,
00:37:38.47\00:37:40.74
but I never ask
her to go out with me
00:37:40.77\00:37:44.46
or out meant
going over to the dorm
00:37:44.49\00:37:47.23
and inviting
somebody to go to her program
00:37:47.26\00:37:49.26
on the campus with
you, that was going out.
00:37:49.29\00:37:51.69
You never left
the campus, you never
00:37:51.72\00:37:54.83
were out of sight
of anybody or anything
00:37:54.86\00:37:57.63
of that nature. Then
one day in the summer
00:37:57.66\00:38:00.86
time Roger and I
were playing ball
00:38:00.89\00:38:03.54
and we went into
Dallas and Camille
00:38:03.57\00:38:07.98
rode long with
us. We stopped by my
00:38:08.01\00:38:10.52
mother's house
and mother met Camille
00:38:10.55\00:38:13.80
and later she said
to me I really like
00:38:13.83\00:38:17.18
that girl, I
really like that girl.
00:38:17.21\00:38:20.95
Why don't you
date her? I said that's
00:38:20.98\00:38:24.94
Roger's
girlfriend. She said they're
00:38:24.97\00:38:27.95
not married,
are they? I said no.
00:38:27.98\00:38:31.93
Then she said you can
date her if you want to.
00:38:31.96\00:38:35.71
I mean that's not,
if they're not married,
00:38:35.74\00:38:38.52
there is nothing
wrong asking her for a date.
00:38:38.55\00:38:41.30
So we started,
actually I didn't still ask her
00:38:41.33\00:38:47.65
for a date. Roger
didn't comeback school
00:38:47.68\00:38:50.55
that fall, for
some reason he didn't
00:38:50.58\00:38:53.11
come back. And I
saw my opportunity,
00:38:53.14\00:38:56.46
so I asked her for
a date. And on that
00:38:56.49\00:39:02.74
first date picked
her at the dormitory,
00:39:02.77\00:39:05.77
show her that she was so pretty,
00:39:05.80\00:39:07.77
she is kicking me right there.
00:39:07.80\00:39:09.01
She doesn't
want me to tell this,
00:39:10.43\00:39:11.79
but I won't tell it anyway.
00:39:11.82\00:39:12.79
I've been in
trouble with her most of
00:39:15.08\00:39:16.66
my life. But I
picked at the dorm,
00:39:16.69\00:39:21.79
we started walking down the dorm
00:39:21.82\00:39:23.63
and her beauty overwhelmed me.
00:39:23.66\00:39:25.78
Now this is our
first date and I just
00:39:25.81\00:39:28.23
grabbed her and I kissed her.
00:39:28.26\00:39:29.23
Now on that campus
something like that
00:39:29.24\00:39:32.79
would cause you
to be social bond.
00:39:32.82\00:39:34.73
I mean you would really
get in trouble for that,
00:39:34.76\00:39:37.23
but it was worth trying anyway.
00:39:37.26\00:39:41.18
I was a little bit like Ben.
00:39:42.55\00:39:44.07
Ben just had
some experiences along
00:39:44.10\00:39:46.27
this line and I guess I was like
00:39:46.30\00:39:49.71
my grandson Ben.
But we really, I just,
00:39:49.74\00:39:56.63
I tell you I just
fell for this girl 100%.
00:39:56.66\00:40:00.20
And we, a week
later on Sunday night
00:40:00.23\00:40:06.54
or on Sunday, a week after that,
00:40:06.57\00:40:09.25
I asked her if
she would marry me.
00:40:09.28\00:40:11.65
And I would ask her
sooner, but I thought
00:40:11.68\00:40:15.86
that be a little
quick. But I knew what I
00:40:15.89\00:40:19.96
wanted and I knew
this was who I wanted.
00:40:19.99\00:40:23.02
And I asked her
and she said yes.
00:40:23.05\00:40:25.82
We are still very
so very fortunate that
00:40:25.85\00:40:28.97
Camille's mom
and dad are with us.
00:40:29.00\00:40:31.25
How many people
get to celebrate their
00:40:31.28\00:40:34.91
50th wedding
anniversary with a full set
00:40:34.94\00:40:39.52
of parents there?
My folks been gone a
00:40:39.55\00:40:43.72
long time and
Camille is so fortunate
00:40:43.75\00:40:48.00
and these kids are
so fortunate to have
00:40:48.53\00:40:50.85
their parents and grandparents
00:40:50.88\00:40:54.06
and great grandparents
still living in such
00:40:54.09\00:40:57.86
good health and we just
thank the Lord for that.
00:40:57.89\00:41:00.77
And before we finish
today we are gonna have
00:41:00.80\00:41:04.79
Elder Thurman come
up. He performed that
00:41:04.82\00:41:07.29
wedding and we're
gonna have him come up
00:41:07.32\00:41:09.72
and have a prayer
for us. A 50 years
00:41:09.75\00:41:16.55
Thanksgiving prayer
and a reconfirmation
00:41:16.58\00:41:20.13
of our love for each other.
00:41:20.16\00:41:22.49
Dad, would you come up and.
00:41:22.52\00:41:25.76
Maybe we can all stand in this.
00:41:37.33\00:41:40.69
Our Father in
Heaven, first we thank you
00:41:42.89\00:41:47.09
for our Lord and
Savior and for the beautiful
00:41:47.12\00:41:50.46
message that you
left and has filled our
00:41:50.49\00:41:53.86
hearts and filled the hearts of
00:41:53.89\00:41:59.05
Jim and Camille
for so many years.
00:41:59.08\00:42:02.43
It's still
beautiful and we love him
00:42:02.46\00:42:06.91
and his message
now, even perhaps
00:42:06.94\00:42:11.33
more everyday. We
long to see Jim and Camille
00:42:11.36\00:42:16.39
be a part of that
lighting of the world
00:42:16.42\00:42:19.95
through 3ABN. We
long to see Ethan and Amy
00:42:19.98\00:42:30.53
active in their
sphere of influence
00:42:30.56\00:42:34.32
and all the
members of this church
00:42:34.35\00:42:37.77
and every other
church embraces Jesus,
00:42:37.80\00:42:41.87
they too may join
in giving their life
00:42:41.90\00:42:45.63
to Christ that
precedes the coming of
00:42:45.66\00:42:48.62
our savior. We
thank you sincerely for
00:42:48.65\00:42:52.74
the ministry of Jim
and Camille and we pray
00:42:52.77\00:43:00.14
that you will bless
their working together
00:43:00.17\00:43:03.55
and their fruitage
in seeing many men souls
00:43:03.58\00:43:11.60
come to the
knowledge of our Lord,
00:43:11.63\00:43:14.44
through their
ministry. And Lord, we love you,
00:43:14.47\00:43:19.56
we pray that you
will continue your sweet
00:43:19.59\00:43:24.79
favors on this couple
and that eternity alone
00:43:24.82\00:43:32.67
will never expose
that they have to see
00:43:32.70\00:43:39.69
the Savior and
enjoy eternal life.
00:43:39.72\00:43:43.15
So right now, we give our hearts
00:43:43.18\00:43:46.74
a new to you and fully dedicate
00:43:46.77\00:43:50.81
and reconsecrate our
lives, so that all of us
00:43:50.84\00:43:55.25
individually can
have a part in sharing
00:43:55.28\00:43:59.78
this wonderful
privilege for the whole world,
00:43:59.81\00:44:05.30
in Jesus name, amen. Amen.
00:44:05.33\00:44:09.88
May I kiss the bride?
00:44:09.91\00:44:14.92
One more time for the camera.
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.50
Well that was, that
was quite a time. Yes,
00:44:26.48\00:44:29.77
that was. It was, it really was
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.93
and I don't know about you,
00:44:31.96\00:44:34.34
but I can remember
the very night that
00:44:34.37\00:44:38.22
we were married of
course and your father
00:44:38.25\00:44:40.73
performed that
wedding. I have probably
00:44:40.76\00:44:44.91
told you this before
and maybe few others,
00:44:44.94\00:44:46.98
but just before
that wedding took place,
00:44:47.01\00:44:49.97
yeah here I'm almost
20, but not yet 20, 19.
00:44:50.00\00:44:54.66
My brother Ed was my best man
00:44:54.69\00:44:57.51
and we were in the
back room with your father
00:44:57.54\00:45:00.21
and so the two of
them begin to tell me
00:45:00.24\00:45:04.34
it's not too late
for you to back out
00:45:04.37\00:45:05.89
and that wasn't
what a nervous young man
00:45:05.92\00:45:09.75
needed to hear.
My dad including.
00:45:09.78\00:45:11.53
Yes, your dad was
definitely included
00:45:11.56\00:45:14.42
with that. They
even offered me the keys
00:45:14.45\00:45:16.91
to one of their cars
and said you can head out
00:45:16.94\00:45:19.03
the back door and
you can still run.
00:45:19.06\00:45:20.78
But you know
something I really knew Camille
00:45:20.81\00:45:25.26
that the Lord
wanted us to be together.
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.53
I knew honestly
what I wanted was you,
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.97
and, I wasn't tempted to run,
00:45:30.00\00:45:32.87
even though I was
afraid and nervous about
00:45:32.90\00:45:36.35
the wedding itself. I
wasn't really all that
00:45:36.38\00:45:40.40
nervous about our
having a life together.
00:45:40.43\00:45:42.79
Although when
you're young like that,
00:45:42.82\00:45:44.65
you wonder can I
even support a wife
00:45:44.68\00:45:48.86
and I remember
mentioning that to
00:45:48.89\00:45:51.19
Dr. Ross Curtis
who gave me a physical
00:45:51.22\00:45:53.58
and he really put
me at ease because
00:45:53.61\00:45:56.42
he said Jim all you
needs is a jar of peanut
00:45:56.45\00:45:58.63
butter and a loaf
of bread and you can
00:45:58.66\00:46:00.79
make it. And I
have had a. We have gone
00:46:00.82\00:46:04.06
through a few jars of peanuts.
00:46:04.09\00:46:05.43
A few jars of peanut
butter and a few loaves
00:46:05.46\00:46:07.10
of bread over
the years together.
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.22
But that was a
very special time.
00:46:10.25\00:46:14.53
It was this very
simple wedding. Yes.
00:46:14.56\00:46:17.02
My mother made my
dress and actually
00:46:17.05\00:46:20.95
they had moved
and so someone else
00:46:20.98\00:46:22.79
did the preliminaries,
the planning in Houston.
00:46:22.82\00:46:26.55
Right. But it doesn't
have to be a big wedding
00:46:26.58\00:46:30.03
to make it last,
does it obviously.
00:46:30.06\00:46:32.89
It really does. And
you have told our children
00:46:32.92\00:46:35.04
many times that
ours was the last teenage
00:46:35.07\00:46:37.50
marriage. That is correct.
00:46:37.53\00:46:38.94
That was
sanctioned. We don't encourage
00:46:38.97\00:46:40.60
teenagers to get
married. But I will say
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.41
this, there are
worst things they can do
00:46:43.44\00:46:45.04
then get married
and so that is something
00:46:45.07\00:46:49.11
that I still believe
is appropriate when people
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.76
find someone they
love. They know they
00:46:51.79\00:46:53.95
want to spend
their life with them.
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.36
It's certainly
the right thing to do,
00:46:55.39\00:46:57.92
is to join
together. Well I will say that
00:46:57.95\00:47:00.99
these last 50 years
have never been boring.
00:47:01.02\00:47:04.19
Living with you is not boring.
00:47:04.22\00:47:07.34
Well you know the
Lord has given some
00:47:07.37\00:47:10.28
adventures
together. That's right.
00:47:10.31\00:47:11.96
And when we look
back at some of the things
00:47:11.99\00:47:14.71
that have
happened, some of the years
00:47:14.74\00:47:16.70
that we have spend together,
00:47:16.73\00:47:17.70
some of the
things that we've done.
00:47:17.71\00:47:19.02
I know we talked about
going to Ukraine a lot.
00:47:19.05\00:47:22.98
Oh, yeah. And we
even spent some holidays
00:47:23.01\00:47:27.33
over there holding
evangelistic meetings.
00:47:27.36\00:47:29.78
I think it maybe one
of the most memorable
00:47:29.81\00:47:31.99
ones was in
Odessa, that was in 1991
00:47:32.02\00:47:37.06
and communism had just fallen.
00:47:37.09\00:47:40.28
There was a lot of
unrest in the country
00:47:40.31\00:47:43.09
at that time.
We went over there,
00:47:43.12\00:47:45.33
we have been in the summer to
00:47:45.36\00:47:46.73
Dnipropetrovsk, and
now we went to Odessa
00:47:46.76\00:47:49.61
and held a meeting
there. The Lord just
00:47:49.64\00:47:52.90
really blessed in
that meeting. It was,
00:47:52.93\00:47:55.33
it was the cold of
winter, but it was so
00:47:55.36\00:47:57.58
beautiful and we had
John and Amy with us.
00:47:57.61\00:48:00.72
Yes. I think they gave
us a Christmas present.
00:48:00.75\00:48:03.85
That was the most
beautiful, that was,
00:48:03.88\00:48:06.53
you talk about a
memorable Christmas.
00:48:06.56\00:48:08.32
Yes. What they did and I think
00:48:08.35\00:48:10.97
we'll see a clip of
that later, that they sang
00:48:11.00\00:48:14.33
a song at night. For
us John played and he
00:48:14.36\00:48:18.09
and Amy sang, yeah,
and that was a thrill.
00:48:18.12\00:48:20.54
It really was and it
was a surprise to me.
00:48:20.57\00:48:22.29
Yes it was. Because we
didn't know what we are
00:48:22.32\00:48:23.32
gonna do it. The
people there don't honor
00:48:23.35\00:48:26.38
Christmas. No they celebrate,
00:48:26.41\00:48:28.64
I think January 6th.
And so they're not into
00:48:28.67\00:48:33.01
that
celebration, so when it came
00:48:33.04\00:48:36.71
December 25th we
don't make a big thing out
00:48:36.74\00:48:40.32
of that being the
birthday of Christ,
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.54
but it's been kind of
a tradition in our family
00:48:42.57\00:48:44.43
where people get
together, so that was
00:48:44.46\00:48:48.44
quite a thing that
they gave us was that.
00:48:48.47\00:48:50.67
That was. That song,
and the biggest thing that
00:48:50.70\00:48:54.15
happened to us
there was seeing all those
00:48:54.18\00:48:56.70
hundreds of people
that were baptized.
00:48:56.73\00:48:59.17
Baptized. Because
that was so thrilling.
00:48:59.20\00:49:02.10
Oh! Yes. And then
we were back to Odessa.
00:49:02.13\00:49:04.62
Yeah that was
our second crusade;
00:49:04.65\00:49:05.93
we had been there
the summer before, right,
00:49:05.96\00:49:08.24
and then the next
summer. The summer after
00:49:08.27\00:49:11.51
this Christmas
we went to Kharkov,
00:49:11.54\00:49:13.60
that's right. And had
a very wonderful time.
00:49:13.63\00:49:17.30
Many many more baptized. Yes.
00:49:17.33\00:49:18.89
Those years in
the Ukraine going back
00:49:18.92\00:49:22.05
and forth and just
it's the most valuable
00:49:22.08\00:49:27.55
memories because
you felt you're really
00:49:27.58\00:49:30.86
giving and you
saw a result. Yes.
00:49:30.89\00:49:32.91
And you loved the
people, it was nothing
00:49:32.94\00:49:36.65
can match that
experience. You know
00:49:36.68\00:49:39.78
those people have
been 70 years without
00:49:39.81\00:49:43.16
the gospel and when
we went there they were
00:49:43.19\00:49:46.95
hungry for the
word. I understand now
00:49:46.98\00:49:50.25
that they, you
know probably are not
00:49:50.28\00:49:54.12
as excited as they
were then, they're a little
00:49:54.15\00:49:56.97
more hard to reach
at this particular time,
00:49:57.00\00:49:59.89
but there was a
hunger there at that time.
00:49:59.92\00:50:03.26
Not just a
physical hunger, right,
00:50:03.29\00:50:04.90
but there was a
hunger for the gospel.
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.64
And all those
homes, we would go into a
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.94
different home every
night after the meeting
00:50:08.97\00:50:12.10
and they would
prepare beautiful,
00:50:12.13\00:50:14.95
beautiful meals for
us and I know it was
00:50:14.98\00:50:18.35
the hardship on them,
but there were so giving
00:50:18.38\00:50:20.49
and so loving. I just
will never forget those.
00:50:20.52\00:50:24.46
You know each time I
would slip a bill under
00:50:24.49\00:50:28.17
my plate, so that
when they picked up
00:50:28.20\00:50:31.99
the plates at the end
after we had left that
00:50:32.02\00:50:35.13
they would find
some money there to help
00:50:35.16\00:50:36.73
buy those and I
never had one person bring
00:50:36.76\00:50:40.51
the money back,
so they needed it.
00:50:40.54\00:50:42.75
Oh! Of course they
needed it and so many
00:50:42.78\00:50:44.89
of them lived you
know, you know everybody
00:50:44.92\00:50:47.92
lived in an
apartment. Yeah. But some would
00:50:47.95\00:50:50.05
even have to share a
kitchen yet they could
00:50:50.08\00:50:51.78
turn out such beautiful meals.
00:50:51.81\00:50:53.39
They could and
there will be two, three
00:50:53.42\00:50:55.36
families living in
one very small apartment.
00:50:55.39\00:50:58.33
Right. And they would
make a temporary table.
00:50:58.36\00:51:01.16
I never looked to see
what made those tables,
00:51:01.19\00:51:04.16
but sometimes I'm
sure were just boards
00:51:04.19\00:51:06.76
that they put there.
But they covered them
00:51:06.79\00:51:08.57
with a nice table
cloth and the tables
00:51:08.60\00:51:11.16
were beautiful. Yes.
And we might be sitting
00:51:11.19\00:51:13.75
on a couch, you might
be sitting on a chair,
00:51:13.78\00:51:15.55
but it was just, it
was there was the warmth
00:51:15.58\00:51:18.89
and love.
Absolutely. And so that was,
00:51:18.92\00:51:22.68
those were very thrilling times.
00:51:22.71\00:51:25.03
We've had some
other times that we have
00:51:25.06\00:51:28.32
spent with our
families and usually at home.
00:51:28.35\00:51:31.09
But there was another time that
00:51:31.12\00:51:34.63
we went with a group of people
00:51:34.66\00:51:35.76
and went up to
Colorado and usually
00:51:35.79\00:51:40.16
where we were it wasn't snowing.
00:51:40.19\00:51:41.72
So being in
Colorado around the snow
00:51:41.75\00:51:44.83
was an unusual
experience. Well it was
00:51:44.86\00:51:47.38
atmospheric, we
weren't good enough skiers
00:51:47.41\00:51:49.91
to enjoy it at all
and but we did enjoy
00:51:49.94\00:51:54.70
the atmosphere. We did, I did,
00:51:54.73\00:51:58.86
I had been a
water skier and somehow
00:51:58.89\00:52:01.31
had all of that
built into prepare. You
00:52:01.34\00:52:03.23
thought they would
been close to the sea.
00:52:03.26\00:52:04.59
It was entirely
different and I didn't
00:52:04.62\00:52:07.73
spend enough time
really trying to work at
00:52:07.76\00:52:09.63
and I had a
friend taught me going up
00:52:09.66\00:52:11.43
to the top of the
mountain and he said
00:52:11.46\00:52:12.77
you will on the way down and.
00:52:12.80\00:52:15.07
Well, as I remember
you didn't learn much
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.44
'cause you came down in a sled.
00:52:17.47\00:52:19.22
Yes I went down
too hard, too fast,
00:52:19.25\00:52:22.02
too quick and messed up an ankle
00:52:22.05\00:52:24.72
and they had to
hold me down in a sled
00:52:24.75\00:52:28.53
and I was so
embarrassed I wanted to put
00:52:28.56\00:52:31.28
the tarpaulin over
my head, so that nobody
00:52:31.31\00:52:34.02
would recognize me
when I, when I came down
00:52:34.05\00:52:36.29
that hill. So much for
you skiing on Christmas.
00:52:36.32\00:52:39.25
That is true. Then
next, few days later
00:52:39.28\00:52:42.84
I was leaving to go to Israel
00:52:42.87\00:52:44.48
and I was still able to go.
00:52:44.51\00:52:46.63
You limped through.
Limped right through
00:52:46.66\00:52:48.71
carrying a tour of
people that were there
00:52:48.74\00:52:51.23
and every time
we've gone to Israel
00:52:51.26\00:52:54.46
we have enjoyed
it, particularly in the
00:52:54.49\00:52:57.30
winter time. Long
about this season,
00:52:57.33\00:53:00.35
going out to
the Shepherd's cave.
00:53:00.38\00:53:02.59
You remember some of
those trips out there
00:53:02.62\00:53:04.98
to Bethlehem. Yes.
You go out from the city,
00:53:05.01\00:53:06.85
go out through this
cave. It's sort of a
00:53:06.88\00:53:09.25
traditional place.
Light a candle. Yeah
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.80
and you would lit a
candle really for light,
00:53:11.83\00:53:14.64
yeah, and we
would sing in those cave
00:53:14.67\00:53:18.88
and then usually
on the way out where
00:53:18.91\00:53:21.15
that candle we'd
sing this little light
00:53:21.18\00:53:22.93
of mine. Yeah. I'm
gonna let it shine.
00:53:22.96\00:53:25.05
And all our
children have been with us
00:53:25.08\00:53:27.16
several time. I
mean, I know you've been
00:53:27.19\00:53:29.15
many times to Israel,
but our family has been
00:53:29.18\00:53:31.31
many times too.
And we have traveled
00:53:31.34\00:53:35.07
with all our kids a
lot. A lot. There are a lot
00:53:35.10\00:53:38.35
of places, yes, but
if you gave them a choice
00:53:38.38\00:53:41.26
where would you like to go back.
00:53:41.29\00:53:42.48
If we were gonna
go somewhere where
00:53:42.51\00:53:44.13
would it be? It's always Israel.
00:53:44.16\00:53:46.23
It's always
Israel, yeah, that's right
00:53:46.26\00:53:47.66
and so many for,
because its not vacation
00:53:47.69\00:53:50.43
type travel, but as you're there
00:53:50.46\00:53:52.58
you're studying.
Oh! You have learned
00:53:52.61\00:53:54.44
so much, your brain hurts at the
00:53:54.47\00:53:56.38
end of the day. You
try to absorb so much
00:53:56.41\00:53:58.73
knowledge. That's
true, that's right.
00:53:58.76\00:54:00.04
And we have
Malcolm Cordier who is just
00:54:00.07\00:54:03.04
so knowledgeable
and makes the Bible
00:54:03.07\00:54:05.12
live just beautifully.
Yes, I hope to go back
00:54:05.15\00:54:08.92
one of these days and maybe.
00:54:08.95\00:54:10.59
I know you keep
promising the kids,
00:54:10.62\00:54:12.29
I know, and they're
gonna hold you to it
00:54:12.32\00:54:13.95
one of these
days. One of these days
00:54:13.98\00:54:15.50
we are gonna
back. You keep waiting
00:54:15.53\00:54:16.57
for the last one
to get old enough
00:54:16.60\00:54:18.33
and now we have
a new one coming.
00:54:18.36\00:54:21.29
Yeah, you know it
seems like that every time
00:54:21.32\00:54:24.14
we think that
maybe they're getting
00:54:24.17\00:54:25.45
old enough to go, a
new one comes along.
00:54:25.48\00:54:27.42
That's right. And we
keep waiting for that.
00:54:27.45\00:54:29.69
Right. But that,
there is no question.
00:54:29.72\00:54:33.22
We have a lot of
friends that'd like to go
00:54:33.25\00:54:34.72
back with us
too. Yeah that's true.
00:54:34.75\00:54:36.58
People that have
gone before they,
00:54:36.61\00:54:37.80
I know we see
people lot and they say
00:54:37.83\00:54:39.96
if you go ever go
back to Israel be sure
00:54:39.99\00:54:41.65
you just send me a
letter let me know.
00:54:41.68\00:54:43.80
Yeah, one of these
day, one of these days.
00:54:43.83\00:54:46.22
That's right, one of these days.
00:54:46.25\00:54:48.61
You work it in.
yeah, well you know
00:54:48.64\00:54:50.89
we have so many
things for which to be
00:54:50.92\00:54:53.48
thankful and the
Lord has blessed us
00:54:53.51\00:54:56.61
and blessed our
family, given us good health
00:54:56.64\00:55:00.25
even when we've
had health challenges.
00:55:00.28\00:55:02.62
He has given the
answers to those challenges
00:55:02.65\00:55:05.08
and through
surgery and so forth,
00:55:05.11\00:55:07.51
and so he has just
been very good. Yeah it just
00:55:07.54\00:55:10.21
keeps getting better
I think. Yes, it does.
00:55:10.24\00:55:11.91
Yeah. That's right in
fact I tell people all
00:55:11.94\00:55:14.40
the time I feel
better now than I did
00:55:14.43\00:55:15.84
ten years ago and
I have more energy.
00:55:15.87\00:55:18.51
You got patched
up. That's right.
00:55:18.54\00:55:19.88
And you're doing
fine. Patched up,
00:55:19.91\00:55:20.97
ready to go,
absolutely. We've got a lot more
00:55:21.00\00:55:24.74
things we wanna
share with folks in the
00:55:24.77\00:55:26.59
second hour. You
know we were talking
00:55:26.62\00:55:28.33
about all things
that we've done in life
00:55:28.36\00:55:30.84
never boring. I think
we, didn't we sit down
00:55:30.87\00:55:33.12
one time and
count how many houses
00:55:33.15\00:55:34.76
we've lived in and
it's probably around
00:55:34.79\00:55:38.26
30 something. It's a
lot of different places.
00:55:38.29\00:55:40.61
So if you don't
like, it's gonna change
00:55:40.64\00:55:44.04
really quick. Well
some of those were,
00:55:44.07\00:55:45.97
but now I don't
wanna move anymore. Okay.
00:55:46.00\00:55:47.90
Well some of those
were sort of quick one right
00:55:47.93\00:55:50.39
after the other.
Right, right. In Shreveport
00:55:50.42\00:55:52.70
I think three or four
places in a very short
00:55:52.73\00:55:55.37
period of time.
Right, then it burned,
00:55:55.40\00:55:56.65
so we had to leave.
Had to leave the last one,
00:55:56.68\00:55:59.03
that's right, but
each time I tease people
00:55:59.06\00:56:03.68
they say well you've
done a lot of different
00:56:03.71\00:56:04.87
things. I have
about a five to seven year
00:56:04.90\00:56:08.64
range where I can
really fill myself into
00:56:08.67\00:56:11.33
something and then
I begin to wanna have
00:56:11.36\00:56:14.22
another challenge
and to do something else.
00:56:14.25\00:56:16.48
I really admire
people who are able to keep
00:56:16.51\00:56:19.58
one particular
challenge for 30, 40, 50 years,
00:56:19.61\00:56:22.84
but it just doesn't happen.
00:56:22.87\00:56:24.41
Am I a challenge?
No, you're not the part,
00:56:24.44\00:56:27.22
I'm talking
about my work. I know.
00:56:27.25\00:56:29.76
And so that's why
that, we have opportunities
00:56:29.79\00:56:34.30
have come. I
heard one of our former
00:56:34.33\00:56:37.05
general
conference President say that
00:56:37.08\00:56:38.48
he had always
accepted each call that ever
00:56:38.51\00:56:41.50
came at a committee had voted
00:56:41.53\00:56:42.81
and we have pretty
close to done that.
00:56:42.84\00:56:45.61
It had been few
times that we have said
00:56:45.64\00:56:48.77
no when a
committee did call and that
00:56:48.80\00:56:51.63
we've been
ready to move forward.
00:56:51.66\00:56:54.11
Well in the second
half of this hour we're
00:56:54.14\00:56:57.15
gonna share with
you some cooking that
00:56:57.18\00:57:00.17
you and Maryann
recently did. Yes,
00:57:00.20\00:57:02.67
that's, it was a
holiday cooking. Right.
00:57:02.70\00:57:04.78
We haven't even
finished our celebration
00:57:04.81\00:57:07.52
of our anniversary.
Yeah, no we haven't.
00:57:07.55\00:57:10.14
We got one more clip of that.
00:57:10.17\00:57:11.63
We got one more clip of that
00:57:11.66\00:57:12.65
and then I think you
know it is getting kind
00:57:12.68\00:57:15.07
of cold. I think
we're gonna go inside
00:57:15.10\00:57:17.72
for the second
half. Isn't this is a
00:57:17.75\00:57:19.19
beautiful setting
though. It really is.
00:57:19.22\00:57:20.88
I wish everyone
could just be here
00:57:20.91\00:57:23.13
and enjoy it. Yeah
but we're gonna go in
00:57:23.16\00:57:24.87
by the fire and we're
gonna also have a couple
00:57:24.90\00:57:26.80
of grandchildren drop by. Yes.
00:57:26.83\00:57:27.99
So you be sure to stay with us,
00:57:28.02\00:57:30.88
we've got a lot
more coming up in just
00:57:30.91\00:57:33.76
a very short time
and we'll be looking
00:57:33.79\00:57:36.79
for you in the next hour.
00:57:36.82\00:57:39.34