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00:13 [music ends] 00:16 >>Eric Flickinger: Welcome to "Sabbath School," 00:17 brought to you by It Is Written. 00:19 Glad that you could join us today for lesson number 9. 00:23 Today we're looking at "Mission to the Powerful"-- 00:26 how do we reach people who are in positions of power? 00:31 An exciting study today, 00:33 but as we dive in, let's begin with prayer. 00:36 Father, we're grateful to have another opportunity 00:38 to learn about ways, practical ways, 00:40 that we can reach people for You. 00:42 As we look at reaching individuals 00:45 in positions of power, we ask that You will open 00:47 our hearts and minds to opportunities and help us 00:50 to find those opportunities that You give us 00:53 to reach people like that in the world around us. 00:56 We thank You in Jesus' name, amen. 00:59 >>Clifmond Shameerudeen: Amen. 01:00 >>Eric: Well, we're glad also again this week 01:02 to have Cliff Shameerudeen back. 01:03 He is the director 01:04 for the Center for South Asian Religions, 01:08 and we're grateful to have you back again, Cliff, welcome. 01:10 >>Cliff: Thank you. >>Eric: All right, 01:11 so we're looking at "Mission to the Powerful" today, 01:15 people who are in positions of power. 01:18 Now, many of us maybe are not in positions of power, 01:22 and we're trying to figure how do we reach these people 01:25 in positions of power. 01:26 Does God have a desire-- let's start here-- 01:29 does God have a desire to reach people 01:32 who are in positions of power? My assumption is yes, He does. 01:36 But what evidence do we have of that in the Bible? 01:40 >>Cliff: This particular lesson, 01:41 it's gonna challenge us a little because we strive on-- 01:47 in a situation where we stay away from people of power 01:53 because either they are government leaders, 01:56 they are business owners, they run companies, 02:00 they provide what we need, 02:02 so we tend to stay away from them because we, 02:05 you know, they're powerful people, and we-- 02:09 they're not in our circle, 02:11 the average church member or pastor. 02:15 So, how do we even think about that? 02:18 It's--the Bible is challenging us 02:19 to go beyond what we are accustomed to. 02:22 It's easy to work with people who are, we will say, 02:25 are in need, in a general sense. 02:29 But when it comes to people who are powerful, 02:31 ah, is there any hope for them? 02:33 Even, does God really even wanna save them, you know? 02:35 Because they are responsible for a lot of tragedy 02:38 or a lot of problems we have in society 02:40 and as well as a lot of good. 02:42 But the question is: Do we have evidence 02:44 that God wants to reach them? 02:46 Well, we do. 02:49 One of the famous or known example is in the Bible 02:55 with the little maid, right, and her master and-- 02:59 Naaman, as we refer to him in English, right? 03:02 Did God really want to save him or-- 03:05 he was just trying to get help. 03:07 Yeah, but I really believe that God invest resources 03:12 and use us and calls us to reach the powerful in the same way 03:16 that He is trying to reach those that are in need. 03:19 >>Eric: And that little, "little maid" 03:21 as she's sometimes called, she reached an individual 03:25 who was of--in a great position of power, 03:28 and God was able to use her to reach him. 03:32 It's interesting when you take a look at the story 03:34 in 2 Kings, chapter 5, 03:36 it says that "the Syrians had gone out on raids, 03:39 "and had brought back captive a young girl 03:40 from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman's wife." 03:44 So, this was a servant who was reaching out 03:47 to her master's husband. 03:50 "Then she said to her mistress, 'If only my master were 03:53 "'with the prophet who is in Samaria! 03:54 For he would heal him of his leprosy.'" 03:57 So, even in this position of a lack of power, 04:01 a lack of influence, God opened a door 04:04 for this little maid to reach an individual 04:08 of significance, power, and influence. 04:11 So, not even limited to they're out there somewhere 04:14 and I feel insignificant in comparison, 04:17 but she was actually a servant of the one who she reached. 04:21 >>Cliff: I would say even more: She was a slave. 04:24 Can you imagine slave reaching their master with the gospel? 04:28 >>Eric: And yet God opened the door for that to happen. 04:31 Clearly, she saw an opportunity there. 04:34 She saw a--she saw a need there and took advantage 04:39 of that opportunity to share something with Naaman, 04:43 and it worked out well. 04:44 What kind of a hope or encouragement 04:47 do you think that ought to give to us? 04:49 >>Cliff: Oh, I say that's tremendous, 04:50 because how much of us are slaves? 04:53 I think we may have slavery still exists today, 04:56 but it comes in different form. 04:59 And we understand that when you look at social scientists, 05:02 they can tell us all the different ways 05:04 that we become slaves to, you know, 05:07 to society in so many ways. 05:09 But just comparison, I think we can understand 05:14 that slavery do exist, 05:16 and people who are in those position, 05:18 God is still calling us to witness to those 05:22 who are powerful. 05:24 And so, but there are some other components 05:26 in this particular story, is that her faith was grounded. 05:32 She knew who she believed in. 05:34 She even knew the prophet. 05:36 I mean, she was a little girl. 05:38 I'm sure she--you know, I don't know. 05:40 Did she ever met him? 05:42 But she knew about him. 05:43 She knew what he can do. 05:45 And so, when her master was in need, she referred him-- 05:49 she found the channel. 05:50 She used the channels that was available to her 05:53 to witness to him. 05:55 And I think this is also an important step 05:57 that we can learn as a church. 05:59 God can use us in-- to witness to the powerful 06:06 with the channels that is available 06:07 to the Adventist church. 06:08 >>Eric: She seemed to be confident in her faith. 06:12 She wasn't affluent, she wasn't influential, 06:15 but she was confident, and she had a connection with, 06:18 well, with the most powerful individual in the universe, 06:21 and that's God. >>Cliff: Amen. 06:22 >>Eric: And that connection that she had helped her to be able 06:26 to find an opportunity to witness to someone 06:28 who was more powerful than she is, or was, 06:32 but not nearly as powerful as her God is. 06:36 And that's incredible. 06:38 Now, when we look at those who are in positions of power, 06:42 the wealthy, the influential, the famous, 06:45 we may have a tendency to kind of look at them as if, 06:50 oh, they're powerful; they're influential; 06:52 they're wealthy. God must be blessing them. 06:56 But there are a lot of people who are powerful, influential, 06:59 and wealthy who don't have relationships with God 07:02 and whose lives are-- maybe on the outside 07:05 they may look like they've got everything but, 07:07 really, lives are falling apart. There are significant holes, 07:12 things missing in that relationship with God 07:14 that can really ground a person, 07:17 that can give them purpose, a more appropriate purpose. 07:21 How does that misconception-- or how could that misconception 07:25 that the powerful have their act together, 07:28 they don't need anything-- how could that misconception 07:32 cause us to trip up or miss opportunities 07:36 to reach out to them? 07:38 >>Cliff: I think this is where God is calling us 07:41 to be more diligent in searching the Scriptures 07:45 to understand His role in our lives and the ministry 07:49 He has called us to. 07:51 And so, it's easy for us to, as you have shared, to say, 07:57 "Well, that person has been blessed." 07:59 They are, you know-- what can I share with them? 08:03 When--if I go to them, they're gonna look at me 08:06 and use their understanding of life: "Well, look at me. 08:08 "I have everything I need. I'm being blessed by God. 08:14 "But look at you. You don't even have half of the resources 08:18 "I have, and you will come tell me I need help, I need Jesus, 08:22 I need God, when I have everything I need." 08:25 That can be difficult, no doubt. There is no exception to that. 08:29 We have numerous stories about us trying to go witness 08:33 to the powerful. 08:35 The first thing I wanted to observe here 08:37 is the methods we use. 08:40 We need to use different methods. 08:42 And we see Jesus did that. 08:44 One of the things that Jesus did in Scripture, 08:47 and we see it with Zacchaeus, we see it with powerful people, 08:52 is that He create a space for them to hide their identity 08:57 when they're searching Him. 08:59 And so, a lot of times when we wanna reach the powerful, 09:01 we wanna broadcast it; we wanna make it public. 09:04 But this doesn't work very well with them 09:07 because of their position of power and influence. 09:10 Sometime, they're afraid to come to us to express needs 09:14 because what will happen after. 09:16 And so Jesus created a space, and He protected that. 09:19 He respected their amenity so that they can actually get 09:24 the help they need and find Jesus and still have a-- 09:27 even to the extent to have 09:28 a secret relationship with Jesus, 09:31 because of their situation that they're in. 09:33 >>Eric: You know, speaking of Jesus creating a place 09:35 for them to meet, it brings to my mind 09:38 the story of Nicodemus. >>Cliff: That's right. 09:39 >>Eric: He met with Jesus at night. He met with Him alone. 09:43 So there was a personal one-on-one connection 09:47 that Jesus had with Nicodemus, that He had with Zacchaeus. 09:52 "I wanna--let's go to your house and talk," sort of a thing. 09:55 And Jesus was effective in doing that and, 09:58 as you mention, we might be more effective if we were able 10:01 to connect one on one privately with the wealthy. 10:07 I think that's a very valuable, very valuable observation, 10:12 which doesn't mean that we abandon public evangelism, 10:14 by any stretch of the imagination. 10:16 Jesus engaged in both: 10:18 personal soul-winning and public soul-winning. 10:20 >>Cliff: That's right. >>Eric: And He was effective 10:22 in both, knowing when to use which approach 10:25 and where and with which groups of people, 10:28 because it's not a cookie-cutter approach. 10:30 You can't do the same thing with everybody in every place; 10:32 it doesn't work very well. 10:34 When working with powerful non-Christians to reach them 10:40 with the gospel, sometimes it takes a little bit longer 10:44 than reaching others with the gospel. 10:48 >>Cliff: That's right. >>Eric: Talk to us a little bit 10:50 about that timeline of things. 10:52 Now, God works in many mysterious and wonderful ways, 10:56 in different ways with different people, 10:57 but it's not uncommon for it to take a little bit longer 11:00 with somebody in power. Help us to understand that. 11:03 >>Cliff: I had-- let me begin with a story. 11:05 And so, I was doing a training for pastors, 11:09 and at the end of the session, 11:11 one of the pastors came to me and says, 11:15 "I need some help. 11:17 "I've been trying for many years of reaching the 1% 11:21 "in this particular country, and it's been a challenge, 11:25 "I have to say. I tried all the methods I was taught 11:29 "when I went to study, and I've been additional training, 11:34 "but none of it is working. 11:36 "These wealthy people are not interested in the gospel. 11:41 Do you have any suggestions that I can consider?" 11:44 And I said, "Let's think about it this way. 11:48 "They have everything they need, so when they see you coming, 11:50 "they're thinking that you're coming 11:52 "because you need something from them. Right? 11:56 "Because that's in the position of power and wealth. 11:58 "And so, how about change the paradigm? 12:03 "Instead of actually going to them, 12:05 "thinking that you have something that you need to fix 12:07 "in their lives--and we all recognize they have needs; 12:10 "the façade of wealth does not take away 12:13 "the crisis that ensued, whether it's children or marriage 12:19 "or even business practice and so forth. 12:22 "They still face their own sets of problems, 12:25 "that they hide from the public. 12:28 "Let's slip the paradigm around and invite them 12:32 "to come alongside you and serve those who are in need. 12:37 "It creates a space where they can come 12:39 "without having to feel like you need to give them 12:41 "Bible study the first day they show up. 12:43 "So that, by alongside you, it create that space. 12:45 Partner with them." 12:47 Ellen White talks about how we should partner 12:49 with the affluent, and that include non-Christians. 12:54 And of course, there are limits how much you can partner, 12:57 and there's checks and balances you have to do, 13:00 but at least you can create that space. 13:02 And by doing that, 13:04 you understand that they can serve with you. 13:07 >>Eric: So that's powerful. A paradigm shift, 13:09 not a huge one, but a significant one, 13:11 help them to come alongside you to assist-- 13:14 in that, opening the door. 13:15 That's powerful. That's a huge takeaway. 13:18 If you wanna get more gems like that out of your study 13:23 of God's mission and my mission this quarter, 13:26 I want to encourage you to pick up the companion book 13:29 to this quarter's Sabbath school 13:31 Adult Bible Study Guide, and that is the book 13:33 that's called "God's Mission My Mission" 13:35 by Gary Krause. 13:37 It will give you more practical ways 13:39 that you can reach out to the wealthy, 13:41 that you can reach out to the powerful, 13:43 that you can reach out to those who are needy, 13:45 that you can reach out to those who are poor, 13:47 that you can apply in your own life to share 13:49 your faith more effectively with others. 13:51 Make sure you pick up that companion book. 13:53 You can find it at itiswritten.shop. 13:56 Again, that's itiswritten.shop. 13:59 We're going to be back here in just a moment 14:01 with more as Cliff and I talk about 14:03 how to reach those who are in positions of power. 14:08 We'll be back in just a moment. 14:10 [music] 14:14 >>John Bradshaw: Of the more than 31,000 verses in the Bible, 14:17 it's said that this one is the most loved: 14:20 "For God so loved the world, 14:22 "that He gave His only begotten Son, 14:24 "that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 14:27 but have everlasting life." 14:32 But who said those words, and to whom did He say them? 14:36 Don't miss "Great Chapters of the Bible: John [Chapter] 3," 14:40 where we investigate that nighttime interview 14:43 between Jesus and an important visitor. 14:47 Jesus in John, chapter 3, said that we must be "born again" 14:51 if we want to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 14:53 And later in John, chapter 3, 14:55 the final words recorded in Scripture 14:58 of John the Baptist. 15:01 Don't miss "Great Chapters of the Bible: John [Chapter] 3" 15:05 on It Is Written TV. 15:08 [music] 15:14 >>John: You know that at It Is Written, 15:16 we are serious about studying the Word of God, 15:18 and we encourage you to be serious as well. 15:21 Well, here's what you do if you wanna dig deeper 15:23 into God's Word. Go to itiswritten.study 15:26 for the It Is Written Bible Study Guides online, 15:29 25 in-depth Bible studies 15:31 that will take you through the major teachings of the Bible. 15:34 You'll be blessed, and it's something 15:36 you'll want to tell others about as well. 15:38 itiswritten.study. 15:39 Go further: itiswritten.study. 15:44 [music] 15:49 >>Eric: Welcome back to "Sabbath School," 15:50 brought to you by It Is Written. 15:52 We're here with Cliff Shameerudeen, 15:54 and we're talking about reaching out to the powerful, 15:57 the mission to the powerful. 16:00 Cliff, if I wanna reach someone who is in a position of power, 16:05 what is required of me? What do I need to do? 16:08 What do I need to bring to this? 16:10 What mentality do I need to have if I wanna reach someone 16:13 who's powerful, and I'm not? Let's start there. 16:18 If I'm not powerful, what can I do? 16:21 >>Cliff: It's an unusual question, 16:23 because we normally don't begin asking 16:26 those questions. We just say, 16:27 "Well, as a church, we need to witness." 16:31 Well, who should we start with? 16:33 And we just-- we create a campaign, 16:35 whether it's public evangelism, or we may decide 16:39 that we wanted to do house-to-house, so forth. 16:43 That's how we do it. 16:45 You know, we seldom don't begin 16:47 with the question you start with: 16:48 "Well, let's reach powerful people." [chuckles] 16:50 We don't do that. But let's assume that's our strategy here. 16:54 We want to reach powerful people. 16:56 As a church, we are responsible 16:58 to share the good news of Jesus Christ with those 17:00 who are in need and those who are powerful. 17:02 As I shared in the previous segment 17:05 is that if we go to them, in general, and say, 17:09 "We're here to witness to you," 17:11 in whatever form, we're gonna get a cold shoulder. 17:14 We also shared that one principle 17:18 we have learned from Ellen White 17:22 is to engage them, is to create a space 17:27 where they can serve with us. Well, guess what? 17:31 When that happens, there is also what you call 17:33 a mutual respect for each other 17:35 because they also have perception. 17:37 One of the things that I hear frequently 17:40 is that there is this perception that people who are ministers 17:45 are just not honest, are not genuine. 17:47 "They're just after my money or after to get fame," 17:51 or whatever the case may be. 17:53 There's a lack of trust between the powerful 17:57 and those that are, that in the church. 18:00 I will use that metaphor. 18:03 There is a lack of trust between the two. 18:05 And then also, I think the first thing is to be able 18:08 to show that you can trust-- we can trust each other. 18:12 And we see we have a number of modern-day examples of that, 18:17 but I think that's the first thing 18:19 is to develop trust. How do we develop trust? 18:21 We have to go to them and meet them in opportunities 18:25 that God permits and allows, and when the church 18:28 is making a difference-- 18:29 so I want to give you an example, particular example, 18:33 of how we have done this before. We created a center. 18:37 We know it as--sometime it refer to centers of influence, 18:41 urban centers. 18:43 When we create these opportunities 18:44 where we serve people, the people of position 18:49 and power notice that, especially when news has spread. 18:52 And so, I remember there was one newspaper article 18:57 that was published as a result of what we're doing 19:00 for the needy. Well, the powerful people came, 19:03 government official minister came, called, 19:06 they drove up, and they came, and they said, 19:08 "Can we meet with you? 19:10 "We notice that you are making a impact in the society, 19:14 "and we want to partner with you. 19:16 "But also, whenever you are sharing about what you do, 19:20 "it creates an awkward situation for us. 19:23 "Please don't publish any more articles 19:24 "about what you're doing in the community 19:26 unless you talk to us." Because they feel threatened. 19:29 Powerful people feel threatened when we are doing things 19:33 that takes away their share of influence in society. 19:38 So, we have to respect each other 19:40 and learning to set their boundaries, 19:42 and so, I think that is one way we, 19:45 as a church, can reach out to powerful people to show 19:49 that we have a powerful God. 19:51 >>Eric: I think that's huge, very practical. 19:53 Let me ask you this. 19:55 And it's coming from a slightly different angle. 19:58 How do we, as a church, as members of a church, 20:01 how do we avoid the trap that because we have the truth, 20:07 that that's enough to save us? 20:09 We're talking here about our mission 20:11 that God has given us 20:13 to reach different groups of people: 20:14 the poor, the needy, the powerful, the wealthy. 20:19 But if we're not careful, we can just feel like, 20:21 "I've got the truth. I'm good. 20:23 I don't need to worry so much about sharing it." 20:26 What's the danger in that? 20:29 >>Cliff: Well, we can use the illustration 20:32 that the powerful thinks, "Because I'm wealthy, 20:34 "everything is going well; I don't need anything. 20:37 I don't need God." Or, "I do have God; 20:38 I don't need to worry about anything." 20:40 The same thing can happen to us because we are rich 20:43 in the truth, we can forget 20:46 our need to depend on Jesus Christ. 20:49 And I think that's the danger that we can find ourselves in 20:54 and--well, "We don't need to share anything 20:56 "because we are saved; we are waiting for Jesus' coming. 20:59 "Everything is set. Our family is set, good job, 21:02 good education, everything is going well." 21:05 We can fall in the same trap that the powerful 21:08 and the rich falls into. 21:10 >>Eric: And so that's something that we need to be careful of, 21:12 that we don't end up being rich in different things, 21:17 but still being poor. 21:18 >>Cliff: Well, being rich is not the problem. 21:21 I think this is an old discussion we can have. 21:24 Being rich is not the issue. 21:25 The issue is, how do we seize those things, 21:28 and how do we use them to the glory of God? 21:32 >>Eric: Very good. I like that. 21:34 So, let me ask you this 21:36 as our time is slipping away from us, 21:39 as it usually does. 21:41 If I want to be a part of a ministry in a church 21:45 that reaches out to the powerful, 21:48 people in positions of powerful, 21:50 influential, wealthy, what does that look like? 21:55 What could--how could we effectively do that? 21:58 Some practical things that we could do, 22:01 actionable steps that we could take, 22:03 if there are people in our community 22:05 who fall into that category-- and they need the gospel 22:10 as much as anybody else-- 22:11 where does it begin with us if we wanna try to reach them? 22:15 What does that look like? 22:16 >>Cliff: I would say as a-- 22:18 let's use a church as illustration. 22:19 A church is in the community. 22:21 A lot of times, we don't know the church exists. 22:23 I've done this before. I was in a particular country. 22:26 It's better that way. 22:27 And I--when I got to the church and did a wonderful seminar 22:32 for the church, I went outside of the church, 22:34 and I looked around the community 22:38 and see who lived there. 22:39 I came back to the church, and I said, 22:42 "How much of us know the names of the people 22:44 that lives around this church?" 22:47 No one could answer, even at that particular time. 22:51 So I asked the question: 22:52 "If the church suddenly disappear, 22:56 would anybody miss the church?" 22:58 And I think that's where we begin, 23:00 is that the rich and the powerful should know 23:02 that the church exist. And how do we do that? 23:06 There's many ways that we can do that. 23:09 I shared some of that earlier. 23:11 But I think we can begin to tell that the powerful and the rich, 23:15 "We exist, and we can actually partner with you 23:19 "with some of the things 23:21 that you wanna do in this community." 23:22 The powerful people, some of them do care, 23:25 and others may not even care, but we help them to care 23:28 by approaching them, have a good proposal or address 23:32 a society issue or something that can benefit 23:34 more than just themselves. 23:37 And a lot of times, they're waiting 23:39 'cause they don't know that they can 23:40 actually make a difference. 23:42 >>Eric: So you mention things that the church can do, 23:44 programs that they can do, 23:46 that people in positions of power 23:48 can come alongside and assist with. 23:50 That's gonna look different in different locations, 23:54 in different geographic areas and in different neighborhoods, 23:59 even. So, what might a few different ideas be? 24:03 What would be some ministries that the church could provide, 24:07 depending on whether you're in a more affluent part of town, 24:11 a less affluent part of town, a more well-to-do country, 24:16 a less well-to-do country. 24:17 It's gonna--I understand it's gonna look different 24:18 in different places. Gives us a few ideas 24:20 of what that might look like. 24:22 >>Cliff: Okay, so, like, for example, 24:24 one of the things that I tell people, 24:26 even before you plan to do something, 24:28 survey the community. 24:30 Know the needs of the people that you are-- 24:32 that you're serving or you want to serve. 24:35 A lot of times, we presume we know 24:37 what the needs of people are. 24:39 So, you begin with a survey, 24:40 a simple survey of finding out needs. 24:42 And once you do that, like, for example, 24:44 we just did one here in the place 24:47 that I currently reside in, 24:49 and we have a group of committed people 24:53 who are working with the affluent. 24:55 And they--and we found out that language is an issue, 25:01 getting support in that. And we also found out 25:05 that people are having marriage crisis. 25:09 And so, you prepare something to reach people who are powerful. 25:13 So, we may take for granted that they could find counselors 25:16 and they have the resources to pay for them, 25:19 but they can't find someone who they can trust, 25:22 who will actually minister to their needs. 25:25 So having a survey, and then from the survey, 25:28 you can either create a ministry. 25:32 A lot of times, we think about investment, 25:34 but I think, first we need to look at people first, 25:37 rather than start a building or to create an organization. 25:41 I think we can work with people first. 25:44 >>Eric: All right, so start with the people, 25:45 find out what their needs are, and then provide opportunities 25:48 for the wealthy to come alongside. 25:50 >>Cliff: That's right. >>Eric: Very, very good. 25:53 If there was somebody who's watching this today, 25:55 who says, "Okay, I never felt like I was called to reach 25:59 "the wealthy, the powerful, but now I'm sensing 26:02 "that maybe God is calling me to get 26:04 "a little outside of my comfort zone 26:06 "and to try something new, try something different, 26:08 "reach a different group of people than I'm-- 26:11 than I feel comfortable doing," 26:14 what kind of words of encouragement 26:15 would you give to someone, 26:17 maybe some practical steps that you could encourage them 26:20 to take if they're feeling called to do that? 26:23 What would you tell them? 26:24 >>Cliff: The first thing that we need to keep in mind 26:25 is that we can't do this alone. 26:28 We need prayer; we need a support family. 26:31 So, find yourself with a group of church members 26:33 where you can actually pray together 26:35 and look at the gifts that you have 26:37 and ask God for guidance. 26:40 The next step is to be able to look at the community. 26:43 Who are the powerful people that lives in this community? 26:47 And then begin working on a strategic plan 26:51 where you can actually engage them 26:53 on a mutual and a respectful position. 26:58 And I think we see that-- that that's one-- 27:00 the method that Jesus have used. >>Eric: Fantastic. 27:03 Cliff, thank you so much for helping open our eyes 27:06 to opportunities that God has out there for us. 27:08 And thank you for joining us, 27:10 and perhaps God has opened your eyes 27:12 to some opportunities, some perhaps connections 27:15 that you have or that you could easily make. 27:17 You never know how God might use you to reach someone 27:21 that you never expected to be able to reach. 27:24 We pray that God will continue to bless you as you realize that 27:27 God's mission is your mission, and we get to partner with Him, 27:31 the most powerful and influential individual 27:34 in history, to do that very, very important work. 27:38 God bless you. Have a wonderful day, 27:39 and we look forward to seeing you again next time 27:42 when we get together again for "Sabbath School," 27:44 brought to you by It Is Written. 27:46 [music] 28:25 [music ends] 28:27 [Captioning provided by Aberdeen Broadcast Services] |
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