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Series Code: AVGC
Program Code: AVGC210014S
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00:05 Today I've been asked to speak to you about: 00:07 The Great Gospel Commission. 00:09 I have to tell you that it's my favorite topic to preach about. 00:13 So, turn with me if you would to Matthew 28:18 to 20 00:17 and it says, "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 00:21 'All power... '" how much? 00:23 "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 00:27 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, 00:30 baptizing them in the name of the Father... of the Son... 00:33 and of the Holy Ghost: 00:35 Teaching them to observe 00:36 all things whatsoever I have commanded you: 00:40 and, lo I am with you always, 00:42 even unto the end of the world. Amen. " 00:46 In verse 18, Jesus establishes His authority. 00:49 He says, "All power is given Me in heaven and earth. " 00:53 Now, I love that little word "All. " 00:56 I think we can interpret "All" to mean: Total... Complete. 01:00 In fact, the dictionary says, 01:02 "Pre-determiner used to refer to the whole quantity 01:07 used to emphasize the greatest possible amount. " 01:11 So, when Jesus says, 01:12 "All power is given Me in heaven and earth... " 01:15 He is saying basically that He dominates heaven and earth. 01:19 He is in complete control. 01:21 Now doesn't... that should give us some assurance. 01:24 We find that little word "All" throughout the Bible. 01:27 Verses like Romans 8:28, 01:30 "For we know that all things work together for good... " 01:33 that means "everything" there's no exceptions... 01:35 All things work together... 01:37 Philippians 4:13, 01:39 "I can do... " what is it? Help me... 01:41 "All things through Christ which strengthens me. " 01:44 That means, there's nothing I can't do 01:47 when I come in the name of the Lord. 01:49 Philippians 4:19... 01:51 "For my God shall supply... " a little bit? 01:54 "My God shall supply... " part? 01:57 "My God shall supply all of my need 01:59 according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus. " 02:03 I mean, this is incredible... the God that we serve. 02:06 He's not short on His resources to take the gospel to the world. 02:10 Now, the good news for us is that whatever He tells us to do, 02:14 we can do. 02:16 The only way we can fail is, if we don't trust Him enough 02:19 to step out in faith. 02:21 Jesus, straight up, is telling us: "Trust Me... 02:24 I wouldn't give you a task that's impossible to do... 02:27 do without giving you the resources to do it... " right? 02:30 He wouldn't... He wouldn't do that to us... 02:32 Walter Thompson... Dr. Thompson, one of our Board Members 02:36 is now resting in Jesus used to say, 02:38 "When the Lord said, 'Go ye into all the world... ' 02:41 He counted His resources 02:42 and found that He was not wanting... " 02:44 I've remembered that for so many years. 02:47 I tell you, I'm so thankful, 02:50 we should never be discouraged, you know why? 02:52 Heaven is on our side. 02:55 Now, when Jesus says, "Go ye into all the world... " 02:57 all heaven is on our side... isn't that a beautiful thought? 03:00 I remember several years ago, 03:02 I was in the music studio producing a music project, 03:05 we took a break 03:07 and one of the studio musicians who is a Christian 03:09 and tremendously talented was talking to me 03:12 and he was telling me that he was discouraged. 03:14 He told me, "At times, I just feel like giving up on life. " 03:19 Immediately, I heard myself say to him, 03:21 "Don't give up... heaven's on your side... " 03:24 I couldn't wait to get home that evening to write a song 03:27 which I did... entitled: 03:29 Don't give up... heaven's on your side. 03:32 So, think about it... 03:33 we Christians should never be discouraged 03:35 because heaven is on our side. 03:37 I'm not sure why we sometimes seem to think 03:40 that God is supposed to grant us every wish... 03:43 He says He will supply our every need... 03:46 not our every wish... right? 03:49 Life's not fair... that's just the way it is. 03:51 My dad used to tell me that, "Son... " 03:53 I'd say, "But Dad, other kids get to do this... " 03:56 he'd say, "Son, this life's not fair. " 03:58 So, that's why we need a Savior to save us 04:01 from this sin-sick world. 04:03 The Bible says, "Rain falls on the... " what? 04:06 "The just as well as the unjust. " 04:08 My Friend, May Chung, used to say, 04:11 "We should be honored to suffer the 'Jesus Treatment. '" 04:15 Now, think about that. 04:16 How many of us count it an honor? 04:18 We don't want pain and we don't like rejection... 04:21 we don't like all these things 04:22 but she said, "It's an honor when the world rejects you. " 04:26 Wow, that is really deep. 04:29 So, don't let the devil get you down, 04:32 remember, all of heaven is on your side. 04:35 Even in Evangelism... not every person you witness to 04:38 is going to accept Jesus as their Savior. 04:40 Jesus walked among men, yet what? 04:43 Many saw Him... never saw Him as the Son of God. 04:47 In fact, believe it or not... and you know the story... 04:51 the crowd cried out, "Give us Barabbas... " 04:55 instead of Jesus the spotless Son of God. 04:58 Instead of Him, the crowd said, "Give us Barabbas. " 05:01 Our commission is to plant the seed 05:03 and it's the Holy Spirit's responsibility to nurture it. 05:07 We should never be discouraged. 05:09 Okay, let's move on to verse 19, now this one... 05:12 this is a clincher... I love this verse... 05:14 lived on it for nearly 37 years. 05:17 This is where Jesus says, "Go ye therefore... " all right, 05:22 "Go ye therefore... " 05:24 now, think about that: Go ye... 05:26 and I always tell people when I talk in churches, 05:28 "I hope that you're a 'Ye'" 05:29 when I say how many "Ye's" are there in the audience, 05:32 I hope... at home now... 05:33 everyone of your hands are raised... maybe both hands... 05:36 if you have arms... if you don't... your legs... 05:38 something... raise something... 05:39 look up to the heavens... 05:40 how many "Ye's" are... are there? 05:42 Jesus says, "Go ye into all the world. " 05:45 I've learned over the last nearly 37 years 05:48 that the blessing of God... now listen closely... 05:51 is on the... GO! 05:53 Every time I step out in faith, God honors my faith. 05:57 Just as He does yours... 05:59 every time you step out... I promise you... 06:01 He will honor your faith. 06:03 I want you to remember something. 06:04 The gospel is all about stop and go... 06:07 it's pretty simple really 06:09 and it would have to be for me to understand it... 06:11 the devil says... what? "Stop" 06:14 and the Lord says, "Go. " 06:16 When my brother and I started 3ABN, 06:19 we thought that every Seventh-day Adventist 06:21 would be excited about it. 06:23 Somehow, I guess I just thought everyone would jump on board. 06:27 Hey, why not? 06:29 Someone building the first 24/7 Seventh-day Adventist 06:33 television station 06:34 with Seventh-day Adventist programming... I should say... 06:37 that would reach the world... 06:38 everyone would be supportive, right? 06:40 Wrong... 06:42 I won't bore you with all the details of the opposition 06:45 that we got from within the SDA church... 06:48 some came from Leadership 06:49 and others opposed it because 06:51 they knew we didn't meet the world's qualifications 06:55 or criteria to build and operate a Television Station 06:58 to reach the world... 07:00 I even had an employee who once told me 07:03 that I needed to go to school to get a degree in Communications. 07:07 Now, so... why... I said, "Why?" 07:09 So people would accept my leadership at 3ABN. 07:12 Now, this was about ten years into 3ABN 07:15 after we had already been on the air 07:17 and was reaching much of the world. 07:20 But that's the way the world looks at it, 07:21 you see, I just say, "Lord, here I am... send me... " 07:25 If you say, "Lord, here I am... send me... " 07:28 I promise that that's what He'll do for you. 07:31 There's still opposition to 3ABN from within 07:34 but let me ask you a question, 07:35 why shouldn't there be? 07:36 How about in your life? 07:38 Why shouldn't there be opposition in your life? 07:41 If the devil hates what you are doing for God, 07:44 guess what he'll do? 07:45 He'll send every demon possible to destroy you 07:48 or to take you down 07:50 or to take your Ministry down... 07:52 take your family down... 07:53 that's what the devil does... 07:55 he's out to steal, kill and to destroy. 07:57 3ABN's had our share of attacks over the years, 07:59 you're no exception either 08:02 but praise the Lord, 08:03 we should expect opposition from the devil. 08:06 But greater is He that is in... what? 08:08 You know the Scripture... 08:09 "Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. " 08:12 Isn't that incredible that no matter what comes our way, 08:16 God has already been there. 08:18 He's already provided and said, "You know what? 08:20 I am going to make a way for you... 08:23 I want you to go into all the world. 08:25 Don't look to the left... don't look to the right... 08:28 go forward and I promise 08:30 that I will supply your every need 08:32 and you will be able to do what I've asked you to do. 08:35 Remember, all heaven is on your side. 08:39 I may say that a few more times 08:40 because today, I really think somebody out here 08:43 needs to hear that when you get discouraged, 08:45 all heaven is on your side. 08:47 The old saying is, "God does not call the qualified 08:51 He qualifies the called. " 08:53 So, today if you feel like you're not in a position 08:56 to do anything for God, 08:58 remember all you have to do is be willing. 09:00 I'm sure we all have our own story. 09:03 In my case, when the Lord impressed me to build 09:05 a television station to reach the world, 09:07 He obviously didn't call me because I was qualified... 09:11 I was not. 09:12 All I had was a... a willingness to go forward. 09:15 I had no idea how to build a television station 09:19 to reach the world and how to sustain it. 09:21 But it turns out, that's really all I needed... 09:24 was to be willing. 09:25 You see, the Lord has shown me time and time again: 09:28 The Blessing is on the... what? 09:30 The Blessing is on the GO! 09:32 Even when you don't know where you're going. 09:34 "Now how can that be?" You say... 09:36 the blessing is on the go 09:37 even when you don't know where you're going. 09:39 What do I mean by that? 09:40 That means, your faith doesn't even begin 09:43 until your sight ends. 09:45 Every time I step out in faith, my faith becomes stronger 09:50 as I watch God open every door needed 09:53 to accomplish this great task. 09:55 3ABN is a miracle of God. 09:57 It was not built by man... 09:59 it's not... it was built by God. 10:02 Yes, God uses you and me but it is His message 10:06 that's being proclaimed to the world... that's so important. 10:09 I'm so thankful for that. 10:11 Thank you Jesus. 10:12 God could have taken the conventional method 10:15 to build a first television station to reach the world. 10:18 I guess that would have been through the what? 10:21 Adventist Media Center at the time 10:23 but for some reason, He didn't. 10:25 The responsibility of taking the gospel to the world 10:28 belongs to each of us. 10:30 We are all part of the "Go Ye... " 10:33 So, the responsibility to take the three angels' messages 10:36 to the world 10:38 was never meant to be left up to the preachers 10:40 and the Conference Leaders and workers alone. 10:43 Ellen White makes this statement in Testimonies Vol. 9 page 117, 10:46 I'll paraphrase... 10:47 she says, "The works of God on this earth, 10:49 will never be finished 10:51 until the men and women comprising the church membership 10:54 join hands with the church leaders. " 10:56 She is, of course, talking about you and me... most of us... 11:00 the layman. 11:02 Remember Matthew 28:18-20 does not say, 11:05 "Go John Lomacang... " 11:07 "Go Doug Batchelor... " 11:08 "Go Mark Finley... " 11:10 it says, "Go ye into all the world. " 11:13 Isn't that amazing? "Go ye... " 11:16 God could look down from the beginning of time... 11:18 He could look down and see each and every one of us. 11:21 Someone wrote me once and said, 11:24 "The Lord... when he saw 3ABN... 11:27 He saw it before the foundation of the world. " 11:29 That just shook me. 11:30 I'm like, "Wow! you mean... really?" 11:33 and I had never thought about it, 11:35 it was in early years. 11:36 The Lord looked down the stream of time 11:38 and He would see a people 11:39 who would be willing to give their lives unto death 11:41 if necessary for the very cause of God 11:43 and she said... this person who wrote me the letter said, 11:47 "When Jesus was hanging on the cross, you were on His mind. " 11:50 I can say that about each and every one of you. 11:53 None of us are more important than the other one. 11:55 When Jesus was hanging the cross, 11:57 He could look down the stream of time 12:00 and see each and every one of us. 12:02 Are you one of those who would be willing 12:03 to give your life for the cause of God? 12:05 I don't know... 12:07 I don't know about myself what I'll do when the time comes 12:10 but I plan on trusting in God 12:12 and say, "Lord, here I am... use me in whatever way... 12:16 when you're finished with me, 12:17 then let me go and lay down to sleep 12:19 but if I can live to see You... Your second coming, 12:22 boy! what a blessing that would be. " 12:23 Now, back in 1986, people who could watch 3ABN 12:27 were only those people who had the big Dishes... 12:31 the 10 to 12 foot satellite dishes... 12:32 3ABN would send the programming 22,300 miles to space 12:37 and it would come down into the homes of all the people 12:41 who had purchased these dishes. 12:43 Now, in the last 35 years, 12:46 technology has increased by leaps and bounds. 12:49 You know the Scripture... 12:51 "And knowledge shall be increased... 12:52 men shall run to and fro... " right? 12:54 Now, anyone with a Smartphone or a computer 12:56 can be seen and heard all around the world. 12:59 I think God's going to hold us accountable don't you 13:03 for what we do with what we have in our hands. 13:06 Millions of Christians can meet the "Go Ye" qualification now 13:11 to go into all the world through Social Media, for example 13:14 if they want to... that is. 13:15 But so many times, when I go to something like Facebook, 13:19 I see Seventh-day Adventist Christians as well as others 13:22 using the great platform 13:24 for purposes such as promoting political agendas 13:28 instead of promoting God's agenda for us which is... what? 13:32 To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ 13:35 to a lost and dying world. 13:36 You don't have to be perfect... you just have to be forgiven. 13:41 I'm going to say that again, 13:43 "You don't have to be perfect for God to use you... 13:46 you just have to be forgiven. " 13:48 God will use anyone who's willing to be used. 13:51 I could take you through miracle after miracle, if time allowed. 13:55 In fact, you can get "Mending Broken People" video 13:58 from 3ABN for free if you just contact... 14:00 usually when it's on the screen you can get our phone number... 14:04 you can get our address... 14:06 go to our 3ABN website: 3ABN.tv 14:08 and every one of us... God uses us... in spite of us 14:11 and not because of us, did you know that? 14:14 there is nobody worthy... nobody good... 14:16 we're all as filthy rags in the sight of God. 14:19 But yes, He is willing to use any of us 14:22 who's willing to be used 14:24 and He will use us in spite of our shortcomings. 14:26 All we have to do is be forgiven... 14:28 come to the foot of the cross, 14:30 "Lord, please forgive me... Lord, help me... 14:32 I want to be used for You 14:34 in the closing moments of earth's history. " 14:37 You see, we have nothing good to offer God 14:39 and He surely doesn't use us 14:41 because He thinks we're good people. 14:43 He uses us because we're willing to step out in faith 14:46 and follow His directions. 14:48 Now, I had no money... 14:50 no education in Communications, 14:52 no property... I was willing... 14:54 but it was God that even gave me the faith that I needed 14:57 to go forward with a seemingly impossible task. 15:00 When God calls... let me say it again, 15:04 when God calls you to do His work, He will do... what? 15:07 I can almost hear you saying it... 15:09 supply your every need. 15:11 Again, that's Philippians 4:19. 15:14 The Blessing is on... what? the GO! 15:17 By the time we're through, 15:18 you're going to have this down pat, 15:20 the blessing of God is on the go. 15:21 Let me give you an example. 15:22 As I mentioned, 15:24 we had no property to build a TV station to reach the world. 15:26 Within a few days, I went to our local church Prayer Meeting 15:30 on a Wednesday night. 15:31 There was less than 15 people there but I was excited 15:34 at what the Lord had impressed me to do. 15:37 So, I made sure I got a chance to give a testimony 15:39 right... the opportunity to talk about it. 15:42 My mother had invited a Methodist lady 15:45 whom she started giving Bible Studies to. 15:47 This is the first time this lady named Fonda Summers 15:50 had been to our church. 15:52 Two days later, she called my mother and told her... 15:55 she was so impressed with what I had told the church 15:58 about building a TV station 16:00 that she decided she wanted to donate 16:03 two of her six acres of property... 16:05 wow! that's... that's big really. 16:07 So... it was out in the country 16:10 but she said, "Hey, I've got this property, 16:12 I want to donate it. " 16:13 Here's what she told my mom. 16:14 She said... while she was praying to the Lord, 16:17 she told Him that she wanted to help with the new project 16:21 that I had talked about in church 16:23 but she didn't have any money. 16:24 Then she said something I've never forgotten. 16:27 She said the Lord asked her, 16:30 "What is this... you have in your hand?" 16:33 Her answer: "All I have Lord is a few acres of property, 16:37 I guess I could give them a couple of acres 16:40 at the back of my property... " 16:42 and that's exactly what she did. 16:44 Now, here's another part of the miracle we found out 16:48 as we began to build this Uplink Station to reach the world. 16:52 Of all the property in our area, 16:54 the property she gave us was exactly what we needed 16:59 to put up a big C-Ban 30-foot diameter satellite dish 17:02 that would be free of microwave signal interferences... 17:06 from all around... 17:08 from this little spot, 17:09 we could send signals to any satellite in space. 17:12 Now, in order to get two... 17:14 the two acres of property she gave us, 17:17 we had now to make a road to the back 17:20 because remember she said, "Well, I've got some property, 17:23 I guess I could give them a couple of acres 17:25 in the back of the property. " 17:27 Well, that's about 1400 feet, 17:29 now, this is fall... we had no money 17:31 but it was ready... 17:33 we were ready to build, right? 17:34 Soon winter would be coming 17:36 so we needed to get this road built 17:38 so, I remember calling the local rock company 17:41 and asking them how much it would cost for enough gravel 17:45 to cover 1400 feet to build a new road... 17:48 it would take us to the back end of her property. 17:51 The answer was: about $6,000. 17:54 Now, we didn't have $6,000 17:56 we didn't have any money to put towards that. 17:59 For some reason and now as I look back 18:01 I know it had to be the Lord... 18:03 I asked the man if he could deliver it by the next Tuesday 18:07 which was several days away. 18:08 He said, "Yes. " 18:10 My brother, Kenny, talked to a man in the area 18:12 that had a road grader 18:14 and asked if we could use it for a day or two 18:16 and the man said, "Yes. " 18:19 We had to cut a path through the field just deep enough 18:23 to cut out the soft top soil and dig down to the hard clay 18:27 so, then when we poured the gravel, 18:29 it wouldn't sink, you see, 18:30 when we're traveling in the winter 18:32 so it gave us a solid foundation that should allow us 18:35 to drive all during the winter. 18:37 Now, we had an urgency to build 3ABN... 18:41 the first 3ABN Headquarters... 18:43 for some reason I can honestly say 18:45 from that day to this... I promise you this... 18:48 I've never been discouraged 18:50 or I've never been depressed about the continued success 18:53 of 3ABN to reach the world. 18:56 One more thing... 18:57 my brother and I had spent a number of years as carpenters... 19:00 contractors in the local area building houses 19:03 so, guess what? 19:05 So, when God asked us to do this, 19:07 we were prepared to build 19:09 the first 16,000 square-foot building. 19:11 I went to our new 3ABN Post Office box in West Frankfort 19:15 every day to pick up mail. 19:17 Hardly anyone knew about this young ministry called: 3ABN. 19:21 I had written a newsletter and had distributed to everyone 19:24 that I could... I thought would be interested 19:28 so, from that time... there would be... 19:30 from time to time... 19:32 there would be checks come in to the Post Office... 19:34 maybe $10... $50... a $100 19:37 to help us get started with this great task. 19:39 Many days... there was no mail. 19:41 Other days, there may be just a few checks 19:44 or, you know, as I say, 19:47 sometimes up to even maybe $200. 19:49 All the rest of the week, 19:51 I checked the mail box day after day 19:54 making... looking for that $6,000 commitment for gravel... 19:58 nothing came. 20:00 Now, Monday came along... 20:02 remember we were going to have the gravel delivered on Tuesday 20:05 and I got to pay for it when it was delivered. 20:07 Monday I went to the Post Office. 20:09 There were only two checks in the mail. 20:12 I was not expecting too much for that... I should have 20:15 but I didn't. 20:16 I opened the first check and it was made out for $4,000 20:19 from someone in California. 20:20 His name was Dale. 20:22 He wrote a note that said... the Lord had impressed him 20:24 to write a check for $4,000 20:28 to help build this new SDA TV station that he had heard about. 20:32 Praise the Lord. 20:34 The second check was from a lady in Chicago... 20:36 she had read a small article in the Lake Union papers. 20:40 Now, it was talking about our dream 20:43 to build a television station 20:44 that we hadn't really done it yet, 20:46 but we were just working on it. 20:48 She sent a check... 20:49 said the Lord impressed her to send $2,000. 20:53 Now, you tell me... 20:54 you don't have to be a Mathematician 20:56 4 + 2 = what? 6 and put three zeros 20:59 or some zeros behind it... 21:00 this is exactly what we needed to move forward 21:03 with the road... $6,000. 21:05 Once again, we didn't have much 21:07 but as we took steps to go forward... 21:10 the blessing of God is on the what? 21:12 Go... I can't stress that enough. 21:14 If you're doing what God has called you to do, 21:17 He will supply your every need 21:19 according to His riches in glory. 21:21 Again, I could go on and on with miracle stories 21:24 literally one after another 21:26 but feel free to contact again 3ABN... 21:29 we'll make sure you get your DVD 21:31 or you can go watch this on YouTube... 21:33 what we call: Mending Broken People. 21:35 Wow! my time is getting away from me 21:38 so, I'm going to have to hurry through this. 21:41 Now, last but not least, Jesus instructs us... 21:43 this is Matthew 28:20, 21:45 "Teaching them to observe all things 21:47 whatsoever I have commanded you: 21:50 and, lo, I am with you always, 21:52 even unto the end of the world. " Amen. 21:55 Now, I believe, this commission of God 21:57 should be especially near and dear to our hearts 22:01 as He's talking about a last-day-generation people 22:04 on Planet Earth. 22:06 He says... He will be with us even to the end of the world. 22:09 I believe... the end of the world is in... 22:12 I think it's pretty close, don't you? 22:14 I think it's nigh... even at the door. 22:17 Now, as we say down home on the farm... 22:18 here's the kicker... 22:20 the message we carry to the world is everything 22:23 and I want to pause there just a second. 22:25 The message that we take to the world is everything. 22:28 God supplies every need... 22:31 Jesus has already shown us in verse 18, 22:33 "All power is given Me in heaven and on earth... 22:35 go ye therefore... " in verse 19... 22:38 but He blesses the... the "Go" 22:40 but He does it when we go in His name... 22:43 when we rightly represent Him. 22:45 So, that's why I say... this message is everything. 22:49 God has commissioned the Seventh-day Adventist Church 22:52 to take the three angels' messages to the whole world 22:55 before Jesus returns. 22:57 The Devil's doing everything he can do 22:59 to dilute this message. 23:02 Now, why... why? 23:03 The three angels' messages exposes who Satan really is 23:07 and that's his mission... is what? 23:09 To steal, kill and to destroy. 23:12 We're living in a day when the world has forgotten 23:15 God's Ten Commandments. 23:16 I'm going to say it again, 23:18 we're living in a day where the world has forgotten 23:21 God's Ten Commandments. 23:22 It wasn't too long ago that we as Seventh-day Adventists 23:25 would preach about the forgotten Commandment 23:27 which, of course, is what? 23:28 Is the Fourth Commandment 23:30 because it seemed... why do we do it? 23:32 because it seemed that... 23:34 it seemed like that's the only Commandment 23:35 Christians ignored or rejected. 23:37 Now, millions of Christians have forgotten 23:40 a number of other of the Commandments 23:41 including... I'm sad to say... some of Seventh-day Adventists. 23:45 In actuality, we have rebelled or rejected them. 23:49 Many of us let our politics dictate how we respond 23:52 to the Ten Commandments. 23:54 To keep... or not to keep based on my political party's agenda. 23:57 That's how some feel. 24:00 As you probably already know, 24:02 abortion and same-sex marriage, 24:04 the sixth and seventh Commandments 24:05 have become Law of the Land in the United States of America 24:09 and many countries around the world. 24:11 They're both in opposition to the Ten Commandment Law of God. 24:15 God has called Seventh-day Adventists 24:17 to give a final warning message 24:19 to a lost and dying world 24:20 just before Jesus comes back to this earth. 24:23 This is an incredible privilege. 24:25 Yes, it's a great responsibility, 24:28 but it is a privilege... 24:29 we are not to compromise God's Ten Commandments. 24:33 Jesus says, "Teaching them to observe all things 24:36 whatsoever I have commanded you. " 24:38 Did you get that? 24:39 Could "whatsoever things I have commanded you 24:43 to teach to the world" possibly include 24:45 His Ten Commandment Law? 24:47 As long as we SDAs commit to giving an undiluted 24:51 three angels' messages to the world, 24:53 the Lord will bless our efforts. 24:55 We must first be true to our calling and our mission. 24:58 Satan is using people from within 25:01 to bring all sorts of false doctrine into the church. 25:03 I'm appealing to the dedicated flock 25:06 of the true followers of God 25:08 not to allow this dilution of truth 25:10 to make in-roads into our churches. 25:12 What do we do about it? 25:14 Stand up and oppose false... false doctrines. 25:17 It's your church... it's God's church... 25:20 our mission has never changed. 25:22 It's the times that have changed 25:24 and the people's politics have changed... 25:27 but God and His principles... 25:29 guess what? Have never changed. 25:31 One day soon, we will answer to God 25:33 for not only the things we've done 25:35 but maybe for what we have not done. 25:38 So, hold fast to the armor of God. 25:40 Don't look to the left... 25:42 don't look to the right... 25:43 behold the face of Jesus 25:45 and God's truth to a lost and dying world. 25:47 God will give the grace and the courage 25:50 to march in His spiritual army. 25:52 What about you today dear Friend? 25:55 Is Jesus the Lord of your life? 25:57 Are the things of earth growing strangely dim 26:00 in the light of Christ's glory and grace? 26:03 Do you need a fresh touch from Him? 26:06 If you do, today is the day of salvation 26:10 and I'd like to pray with you. 26:11 Now, today our time is all gone 26:15 but even as we go off of this Program, 26:17 maybe you want to spend a little time on your knees 26:21 saying, "Lord, What do you want me to do?" 26:24 If you feel you've strayed away from the truth, 26:27 say, "Lord, please help me, I'm a sinner. " 26:30 If you ask Jesus to forgive us... 26:33 forgive you from your sins... 26:34 that's what I have to do too, 26:36 He says... He is faithful and just 26:38 1st John 1:9... He's faithful and just 26:40 to forgive us from our sins 26:42 and what's He going to do? 26:43 He's going to cleanse us from... here's this word... 26:45 all unrighteousness... 26:47 it means everything now goes from us... to Christ... 26:51 He takes that... Christ's righteousness. 26:53 How beautiful is that? 26:55 So, today, if you confess your sins, He is faithful and just 26:58 to forgive us from our sins 26:59 and He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness 27:03 which makes us new creatures in Him. 27:06 I want to pray with you right now. 27:08 "Dear Heavenly Father, 27:11 I want to thank you for your many wonderful blessings. 27:13 I want to thank you for the opportunity 27:16 of being Seventh-day Adventist Christians 27:18 in the closing moments of earth's history. 27:20 I want to thank you Lord, that we have nothing to fear 27:23 as we look ahead... 27:25 unless we look behind and see how You have blessed and 27:28 led and guided each of us in our lives... in our church... 27:31 and Father, I'm so thankful that we have read 27:34 the back of the book 27:36 and the back of the book says, 27:38 'And they overcame Him by the blood of the Lamb 27:40 and the word of their testimony... ' 27:41 thank You God for hearing... for answering prayers... 27:44 thank you for renewing our hearts and our minds 27:48 and we can behold You 27:49 and very soon, we can look up in the clouds of glory and say, 27:52 'Lo, this is our God whom we've waited for... 27:55 You have come to save us. '" 27:57 I'm so thankful today that I have this opportunity 28:01 to talk to you and I want to thank you 28:03 for your love and your prayers 28:05 and your financial support 28:06 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network 28:09 as we take this great gospel into all the world. 28:12 It's amazing the transitions that have taken place 28:16 in the last 35 years of being on the air 28:19 from the big satellite dish we talked about 28:22 now to the Smartphones... 28:24 to the computers... 28:25 people can literally go live anywhere in the world 28:28 so, the responsibility is yours, Brothers and Sisters. 28:31 If you have a Smartphone... you have a computer... 28:34 if you don't... you have neighbors and friends 28:36 all around us... 28:37 Jesus says, "Go Ye into all the world... " 28:39 if your world is small, that's the world you go into 28:42 but I know this... Jesus is coming very soon. 28:46 My time is all gone... so until I see you next time, 28:49 may the Lord richly bless you 28:51 abundantly more than you could ever ask or think. |
Revised 2021-09-20