3ABN On the Road

Victory In Christ Pt. 2

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Participants: Bien Tejano

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Program Code: OTR000945


01:01 Good morning once again, ladies and gentleman.
01:03 I hope you enjoyed the first
01:07 episode that we had this morning and for the next part
01:12 I'd like you to brace yourself again for these are other
01:21 issues that I would like to bring to you
01:23 as witnesses for the Lord.
01:26 You know, as representatives of God and as soldiers
01:32 as Paul calls us, we don't only use one method.
01:37 There are several methods that we use in attacking
01:44 or getting into the objective of the goals that we have,
01:49 and our goals here are bringing souls for the Kingdom. Amen?
01:54 That is our goal. Amen? Amen!
01:57 Please all say "Amen" loud! AMEN!
02:01 You can't be heard in New Zealand!
02:05 You must be heard the whole Australia!
02:07 You know, you don't say, amen... so weak.
02:12 SAY AMEN! AMEN! Praise the Lord!
02:17 As I've said, we use several methods;
02:20 one method that you have just heard a while ago...
02:24 You know, when you use the capacity that you have...
02:29 Like, for instance, if you are an ambassador of your country
02:33 you know where to place yourself what floor you can use.
02:37 Some of you might be thinking, "Oh you can do that Ambassador
02:41 because you are an ambassador.
02:42 But friends, you are also an ambassador and God has given
02:48 you also another set of people to approach.
02:52 You are not expected to approach
02:53 the prime minister of this country.
02:55 Not even to the president of my country,
02:58 you can't get there to the palace... No, you can't.
03:04 Ambassador Tejano can go in and out,
03:06 and that is why he has given me this privilege
03:09 to witness to this people,
03:11 but you can come close to your neighbor.
03:14 If you are a carpenter, you can come close to those people
03:19 who would like their houses to be fixed,
03:21 and that is where you have to unload the mission that
03:24 God has given you.
03:25 If you are a nurse, the moment you touch a patient, friend,
03:29 you have the privilege to tell them about Jesus, Amen?
03:33 You can point to them the Great Physician,
03:36 and if you are a doctor, you don't only open their
03:42 pockets, you also open their hearts... laughter
03:48 You know doctors are known to be wealthy people
03:51 because they get a lot of money.
03:55 I say that because my wife is a doctor...
03:59 I mean, there are doctors who
04:02 are just interested of getting money.
04:04 I'm sorry to tell about this, but I am speaking the reality.
04:07 But there are doctors who don't care whether they can
04:11 make money or not for as long as they can
04:14 share the Word of God.
04:15 This morning, I was so much impressed about
04:18 Dr. Aviles, Sarah, was sharing to the audience...
04:27 Boy... where is she? Is the doctor here?
04:33 You're right there!
04:36 She's a surgeon, right? You are a surgeon.
04:40 I tell you, you can open all the skins of the people
04:45 and put in the Word of God wherever you want.
04:49 Surgeons can command their patients not to say anything
04:53 and not to move... That's their privilege.
04:57 Just like my wife, she is an obstetrician,
05:00 she can't stop the baby coming out with that box of things
05:03 If someone don't listen to her, "I'll not let the baby out."
05:08 You know, I've been watching her deliver babies,
05:11 and I had the privilege of praying for those mothers
05:16 who for like 12 hours, 24 hours, 30 hours, the baby is not
05:22 coming and already pleading, "Please doctor, do a cesarean."
05:25 But my wife doesn't trust that;
05:27 the cesarean is always a good money, but you know,
05:32 I used to pray while I put my hands on their tummy,
05:36 and I have witnessed how the Lord has helped.
05:42 My wife used to work at the hospital before she joined me
05:48 in this foreign service.
05:50 She worked for 18 years, and I've seen a lot of
05:55 babies and mothers coming in and out.
05:57 My wife, for the first part of her medical work,
06:03 we were having a lot of time in our living,
06:10 but she made a commitment to her life,
06:13 maybe because she is the wife of a pastor,
06:17 and maybe because I over-evangelized her.
06:21 That I told her, "You know, it would be good if you can
06:25 do charity work, charity work for the people.
06:29 If you think, you know, when they come to you
06:32 they're pregnant and then they are not actually thinking about
06:35 the baby coming out, but about the money to pay,
06:38 you should be able to read in-between lines,
06:41 and assure them before the baby comes out,
06:43 don't worry about the payment, I'll make it free for you,
06:46 maybe the baby will come easily. Laughter
06:51 And I indoctrinated my wife with that kind of...
06:54 "Please do that," you know.
06:56 And, you know, they will remember you.
06:58 And the mother will tell the child, "You know, child,
07:01 you were delivered FREE of charge,
07:03 and you know who delivered that one - that doctor,"
07:06 and you will be remembered as long as that child lives.
07:09 My wife was listening; somehow I think she got the message.
07:14 And you know what happened?
07:15 In that hospital, there were 5 of them,
07:19 5 of them in the hospital...
07:21 So, the arrangement with the hospital is that the doctor
07:27 receives the "P.F." What is P.F.?
07:32 Dr. Aimee? Dr. Aimee knows the "professional fee."
07:38 So 100% of the professional fee goes to the doctor.
07:42 So now they can decide whether
07:43 to make it free or charge them a lot.
07:46 You know what commitment she made?
07:49 She said - "All right."
07:52 All that I think do not have money,
07:56 I'll deliver the child free of charge," and it happens.
08:02 Since there are 5 doctors and they have the same arrangement,
08:08 it's almost like everyone is competing to get more patients.
08:13 More patients, more money, right? Simple arithmetic, simple
08:20 And then how can you make money
08:22 when you are making so many free?
08:25 So that was another irony.
08:27 But I said, "You do it," the Lord will bless us."
08:32 And I tell you, my wife just became very popular
08:36 among the poor people.
08:39 Among all those poor people, the word spread out
08:44 in that Caloocan City, you know, it's a big city in Manila.
08:47 It just spread out even out to Paranaque, out to Passi,
08:51 all the Metro Manila and in Metro Manila
08:53 you have 24 million people and it spread out to the
08:58 Seventh-day Adventist Community.
09:00 When they see people living in a makeshift
09:03 and all the squatters area, they would say,
09:05 "You know you can deliver your child free,"
09:10 and it spreads out.
09:12 But the good thing is this, when one pregnant woman
09:16 comes to the hospital and she delivered her child
09:21 free of charge, when she goes home, this woman will start
09:28 to talk to all these people who have money and when she comes
09:31 back for a check up, she will bring like
09:33 5 or 10 pregnant women with money!
09:38 And you could imagine how many patients my wife has to deliver.
09:44 That's why for the past 18 years I pleaded with her "stop it now,
09:50 stop - no more - no more, you have to join me
09:57 because we will phase another ministry."
09:59 And so my wife, since I joined the Foreign Service,
10:03 she stopped practicing as a doctor.
10:07 Now what is the point I'm driving here?
10:09 With so many methods that we use, I'm telling you
10:12 the church has used a very effective method,
10:16 and Ellen G. White called this as what? John...
10:24 She called this as what? Come on church...
10:29 Please don't disappoint me, you're bright students here.
10:34 You look so bright, I don't know what's inside of you.
10:38 Come on! Ellen White calls this as what?
10:43 Look at my hands, what is this?
10:48 What is this first? Is this the right hand?
10:52 I want to test your senses. What is this? Left hand!
10:57 And what is this? Right hand!
10:58 And Ellen G. White said, "The right hand of the gospel
11:01 is what?" "Medical ministry."
11:06 Friends, the church has advanced so fast because our church
11:12 was able to use this instrument.
11:14 This is the opening words of the gospel.
11:18 And Ellen White said...
11:20 I have a very old book here, but it's all listed about
11:24 Medical Ministry... it's just old.
11:25 When people look at this, say, "What is the Ambassador doing,
11:29 doesn't he have money on him to buy a new one?"
11:32 Friends, I cannot depart from this.
11:34 It has been here with me for the past 28 years.
11:38 And what I read in here is just instruction for the church
11:41 and Ellen G. White said, "Every member of the church
11:45 should become a medical missionary worker."
11:49 If you are a member of this church,
11:53 God expects you to be His right arm of the gospel!
11:58 And to tell you the truth, the reason why I have an
12:01 easy access to these people in high places like
12:05 the president, kings and prime ministers is because
12:08 when we have the opportunity, when we run out of conversation
12:12 of politics, I don't have so much facts about politics,
12:16 about the economy, about diplomacy...
12:18 I'm a poor pastor, I started from grassroots.
12:21 But, when I ran out of all these issues,
12:24 I turned to the health message and everyone of them
12:28 would just open their eyes and..."Ohhh, I have rheumatism"
12:35 "Can you help me cure this?"
12:41 I am talking about my President... See?
12:46 "How can you help me?"
12:48 Because you can see him on television,
12:50 he is walking like this...
12:52 And he pretended to be... back straight.
12:56 And then in our personal, "Please, how can you help,
12:59 very painful."
13:01 Then started talking... "You know, Mr. President,
13:05 there is a simple way of relieving the pain,
13:09 and that is hydrotherapy."
13:12 "You can soak your leg up to here in your bathtub,
13:16 with hot water coming in and then soak it again
13:20 in cold water and then alternate and you will have this
13:25 hydrotherapy treatment."
13:27 And he tried it and said, "It's working."
13:31 Now we have something to talk about.
13:34 Simple, just water.
13:36 You have the water in your faucet anywhere you go.
13:39 You have all this, God provided so that it can be used
13:43 for any opportunity that you can present the gospel.
13:47 And you know, this president, I ended up having him
13:53 operated in "Hong Kong Adventist Hospital."
14:01 And when he was operated, he called me and he said,
14:04 "How can I join the Seventh-day Adventist Church?"
14:13 Isn't that amazing, it's so amazing!
14:16 And I just say, "It's simple, simple methodology
14:22 of presenting the gospel."
14:23 Of course we have our sanitariums, hospitals all over,
14:29 but we have a responsibility as a church.
14:33 You and I can be partakers of this as we present the gospel.
14:37 Pastor Bartolome was saying, "Oh I found one technique."
14:42 Those who are having nose bleeds... come here, come here,
14:45 come here, come here! You come here... you come here.
14:49 Where is your key? Here.
14:51 All right, put it right here. I think I'm having nosebleeds.
14:55 How many times? Just two times.
14:58 Oh come on, drop it, drop it.
15:00 You drop it like that see. Oh come on, I'm wired...
15:05 All right. It's very effective.
15:07 And you tried it? I tried it with my granddaughter
15:10 yesterday. Yesterday, no right now
15:13 can we try it? Let your nose bleed now
15:15 so that I can... Okay...
15:17 Look at this, you might laugh, but there might be some
15:21 scientific effect on this because you know
15:25 when you put anything like metal on your body,
15:29 the electrical changes, whatever this is, might happen,
15:34 but, you know, I'm not even surprised about that. Why?
15:39 Actually, you can even drop this one and the bleed
15:43 in the nose will stop. Laughter
15:47 You know why? Yesterday, if you remember my message,
15:53 Jesus even used His saliva.
16:02 But anything can be used to advance the work of God.
16:06 So I am saying that you who are engaged in witnessing,
16:10 friends, prepare yourself with a humble knowledge in health,
16:16 simple home remedies, hydrotherapy, massage,
16:21 maybe a counsel, maybe taking blood pressure.
16:25 In fact, if I am a propose, pastor in massages,
16:28 whenever we again have this kind of gathering like this
16:33 as you do it, division-wide, I would propose if you have
16:37 like 5 days or 4 days gathering, please let us have one day
16:43 for community service.
16:46 That would become more memorable to all of us
16:48 rather than you guys just be sitting there and we are
16:51 talking here and you go home and you forget what we said.
16:55 But when you are involved, now in the new technology,
16:59 no matter how good is the thing,
17:01 if you don't have on-hands practice,
17:04 you forget everything.
17:06 So I propose, next time around, maybe our next,
17:09 maybe in New Zealand or anywhere else around the world,
17:13 please make use of it, maybe we can visit
17:16 the president or your prime minister or your governor,
17:19 or your mayor in this community and tell them that
17:24 this is what we do, and maybe in few hours
17:27 we spend like distributing "Steps to Christ,"
17:29 get 50,000 copies, distribute them.
17:31 We go home, we are satisfied,
17:33 we did a lot of job for the Lord! Amen!
17:35 Use so many methods on how we can carry out
17:40 this message of salvation, that is the health ministry.
17:46 You know when I was... sorry, were running out of time here,
17:52 but when I first became a pastor, I graduated from
17:59 "Mountain View College," I was assigned in a village where the
18:02 bulk of Catholicism was started in the Philippines.
18:07 That was the place where Magellan landed.
18:10 You know Magellan started Christianity in the whole region
18:14 of Asia. All right?
18:17 So he landed in Homonhon Island, and if you go to
18:22 Homonhon Island, there are huge, big Catholic Churches.
18:27 One of my professors at Mountain View College
18:29 always gave lectures and the class said,
18:31 "Oh, I have been assigned to this island for 10 years,
18:36 and not a single sick soul really accepted Jesus Christ,
18:42 14 years of his pastoral work...
18:45 And I kept saying, I was still sitting in his class and said,
18:49 "Lord, please don't assign me there." Laughter
18:53 Because, you know, young students, you are afraid
18:55 to take those risks.
18:58 Then after my graduation, the first letter I received
19:01 from the Mission said, "You are assigned on the
19:04 Island of Homonhon... I almost melted.
19:10 But you know, when you make a commitment to the Lord,
19:12 and we sing, "Lord send me wherever You want me to go."
19:17 So I went there, I was assigned as a young pastor.
19:21 I got my Bible... always wore like - you know, PACK!
19:29 And I memorized a lot of texts here,
19:32 and I was thinking the moment someone comes and
19:36 initiate any debate, I will bombard them with all
19:41 the texts that I have here.
19:42 You know, a young pastor is also aggressive.
19:45 I said, "Come on, tell me your doctrine and I'll attack you
19:49 head to foot."
19:50 But when I arrived in that community,
19:54 when they learned that I was a Seventh-day Adventist pastor,
19:59 they started to shun away from me.
20:02 When they saw me, they would try, when I'm walking on the
20:06 street, they would detour, and I was really hurt, you know,
20:11 for the first 6 months of my ministry in that village.
20:15 Now I started to understand my professor why he was
20:17 not able to convert one, and I was so hurt,
20:21 I said, "Oh Lord, what shall I do?"
20:27 When I was at Mountain View College, I learned how
20:32 to do some simple home remedies and treatment,
20:36 so I started to put aside a little for a while, my Bible,
20:45 and I started walking around the community
20:49 trying to hear if there are some people who are sick,
20:53 and finally, I heard someone, a very prominent family,
20:59 he has rheumatism, arthritis,
21:05 so I said, "I know how to do that - hydrotherapy."
21:08 So I went there and said, "I hear that you have problem
21:12 with your knees and your ankles."
21:14 "Oh yes, so painful I cannot move."
21:17 I said, "Do you have a bucket or a pail?" He said, "Yes."
21:21 Kindly boil water.
21:23 You know, when you do some kind of things
21:26 you just act as if you're a professional,
21:29 even if this is your first time to do it. Laughter
21:33 But be sure that you practice it at home... Okay?
21:37 So they listened and the daughter prepared
21:40 and boiled it and everything, so I soaked the leg.
21:43 And while he was there sitting, "Oh, I'm starting to get relief
21:48 from all this pain."
21:49 So I did it 2 times, 3 times, 4 times,
21:52 and then massage a little bit and then went back home.
21:56 The following day, I came back again - he was smiling!
22:00 I thought, "Lord, thank you, maybe he is relieved."
22:03 He said, "You know, last night, your sturdy hand,
22:05 I was able to sleep... good, good!" "Well we'll do it again!"
22:09 So we did it again and this time neighbors
22:13 were really trying to peep into the windows, they were watching.
22:16 So I did it seriously as if I'm a professional, you know,
22:22 "arbularyo"... but with all my praise, Lord,
22:26 I am not an "arbularyo," please.
22:28 "Arbularyo" is a quack doctor, you know.
22:31 So, I'm just doing this Lord, I know this is scientific,
22:34 You know it... this is professional-one,
22:36 so I was doing that... and then I went back home.
22:40 The third time I came, the morning when I visited him...
22:44 Oh, he was so happy... the whole family.
22:46 I looked at the table, they prepared a nice breakfast
22:49 for me... I said, "Come on, I'm going to eat now."
22:52 So before I started... "Can we eat first?"
22:56 I said, we eat first. Okay...
22:58 I started eating, enjoying nice food, you know.
23:01 Good vegetables and fruits and some fish,
23:04 but I said, "I don't eat this meat."
23:07 I started to inject the message that I had.
23:10 He said, "No, it's very nice, it's pork."
23:14 I said, "Yeah but it might even add to that pain."
23:18 REALLY? I said, "Yes." So he started, "Oh okay."
23:21 "Grandma, don't serve me PORK." "No pork" products.
23:29 All these kinds of meat products "No more meat products!"
23:33 So I started to inject the message.
23:37 But the third time I did give to him,"
23:39 I said, "Sir, you know actually the reason why the healing
23:44 is so fast is because after I left your home,
23:48 I went back to my house and I knelt down and prayed
23:53 that the good Lord will help you recuperate."
23:57 And he opened his eyes and said, "Then can we pray here?"
24:01 I said, "Yes." "Okay, let's pray."
24:04 "Okay, let's pray."
24:06 And then I noticed him, he said, "Okay let's pray."
24:09 And then he was moving his chair like this,
24:13 and then I was just waiting for him to knee down...
24:16 "Okay let's pray." Here, here, here, here... Mr. Tejano
24:19 And I saw all the... I thought that I was...
24:27 because it was a good ready position here to kneel down,
24:29 but he was... here, here, okay, okay, okay, okay
24:32 Come on here... here, here.
24:34 And oh, when I looked at all the Santa Maria, everything and
24:39 all the infant Jesus and all the San Pedros and San Juan,
24:43 and, you know, you don't object to that.
24:48 Yeah, of course, I faced them, but I said, "All right you can
24:54 close your eyes if you want."
24:56 He said, "No, I want to see Virgin Mary."
24:58 I said, "Okay, look at her."
25:00 So I just prayed, I prayed.
25:04 I tell you, it just took me 3 months,
25:06 the whole family was baptized. Amen
25:09 The whole family!
25:11 In my 2 years of internship, with the Lord's help,
25:17 and it's there, I was able to establish 7 churches,
25:22 and one church school with 2,000 church members baptized.
25:27 Simple health approach.
25:29 Another method - this communication.
25:33 The Lord has blessed us, this communication,
25:37 this technology.
25:40 We have the 3ABN, Three Angels Broadcasting Network,
25:45 very powerful instrument in reaching a lot of people,
25:49 wealthy people.
25:54 You know, if you happen to go to the Philippines,
25:57 go to the big churches; their services is not only once,
26:01 3 times in the morning because people will just come into
26:06 the church - you don't know their faces.
26:09 Some times I was so amazed, I'd ask, "Who are you?"
26:16 And they would introduce; I'm Agnes? "Oh, you are members
26:22 of this church?" "No, we don't know anybody here."
26:25 "How did you come?"
26:26 "Oh, we were told by Doug Batchelor to look for a
26:31 Seventh-day Adventist Church, or sometimes Mark Finley
26:36 told me that the Sabbath is the true day of worship,
26:41 so we found out that it's the Seventh-day Adventist,
26:43 so we came here."
26:44 "In fact, we are bringing our tithes and offerings,
26:47 we shall report this one."
26:49 I was surprised, you know, and a lot of them,
26:53 They are professional, sometimes I meet them in the palace,
26:56 sometimes I meet them in some working place in high places.
27:00 I said, "Oh brother, why are you here?"
27:02 "Well I was listening to Doug Batchelor, you know..."
27:04 or we listen to 3ABN, do you have that?"
27:07 They are asking me, "What do want us to put
27:09 the 3ABN in the Philippines?" I said, "Somehow, yeah."
27:13 And they said, "Oh boy, this is
27:15 a very nice, very nice broadcast."
27:18 He said, "You know one time, we were having difficulty
27:21 in our home, I could not sleep; there were no more
27:25 television stations operating, so I put on my television
27:28 trying to scan if there is someone operating,
27:31 and I opened at 3ABN and there Doug Batchelor was hammering
27:34 about the Sabbath."
27:36 And I looked at him and then he talked about the food,
27:38 he talked about all this doctrine,
27:40 and I asked my family, and they found Jesus Christ."
27:44 So amazing! Now, in the elite area in
27:48 Makati where the wealthy people are,
27:50 there is a big group now gathering.
27:53 They are multimillionaire people.
27:56 You know the Philippine National Book Store's owner?
27:59 He is one of those there, they are there doing having
28:04 Bible study every morning on Saturday with our
28:08 Conference President, Pastor Gala
28:11 They are studying the Bible, and they said,
28:14 "Pastor Tejano, I'm just so excited, I don't know what
28:17 to do with these wealthy people...
28:18 You know, when they come with all their limousines,
28:21 and all their security guards and all this, and then,
28:24 you know, I have to be very careful about what I say."
28:28 I said, "Go on brother, the Lord has opened the way."
28:31 And this is the power of this communication
28:34 the 3ABN Broadcasting Network.
28:37 Now you have it here in Australia,
28:40 you have it in New Zealand, you have it everywhere.
28:42 Then you say, "Oh pastor, what is our role?
28:45 Of course the 3ABN is broadcasting."
28:46 What is our role, friends?
28:48 You can have the part of this.
28:53 You can have the satellites installed in your house.
28:58 You can have connection with cable and then invite
29:02 your neighbor and perhaps they don't want to come
29:05 because you don't smile too much to them.
29:07 That's what you do sometimes.
29:10 That's why you don't know your neighbor.
29:13 BUT, you can tell them, "Hey, we have a nice
29:16 program on 3ABN, I understand you don't have it here."
29:20 And then you can sponsor one and say, "Would you like
29:23 it if I put one in your house?"
29:26 Who would ever say "No."
29:28 This is a television program, you know, both these
29:31 antenna or receiver and put it in the house,
29:34 and I tell you, friends, when you have it
29:36 installed in your house, you have the 24-hour broadcast
29:39 and the evangelism day and night,
29:42 and I'm doing it now in New Zealand.
29:44 I'm in the Filipino community,
29:46 I said, "Do you have this 3ABN?" "No, we don't have."
29:49 "You like I put one?"
29:51 "Pastor, really?" I said, "Yes."
29:53 "Are you doing that? "Yes."
29:55 "Oh, if it's from you, I will listen day and night."
29:58 So I would have it installed.
30:01 And now in my embassy because there are a lot of
30:04 people coming every day.
30:06 They want to have visa, they need to have renewal
30:09 of all those documents.
30:11 What I did is to put a television station
30:14 right in the waiting area and then I put it on...
30:19 And while they wait, they watch.
30:27 They cannot wait if they will not watch.
30:32 And they are so delighted and happy because
30:35 sometimes they come at the time when there's cooking
30:37 for the mothers... aww, the women do
30:40 "Aww, these are the healthy foods, what channel is this?"
30:46 You know they ask, my consul general
30:50 is watching always, my television,
30:51 I have it in my office and then also in my house
30:55 I installed one so that when I have guests from all over
30:59 some congressman, senators, some guests from
31:02 around the world, they come to my house,
31:04 I would purposely put on the television station,
31:07 and they watch the singing, you know... "Oh they're so
31:10 beautiful, I don't know if there is a
31:11 station like this in my country."
31:14 I said, "You have it there."
31:16 Now look church, I am a believer that
31:20 the Lord is coming very soon.
31:24 But sometimes before the introduction of this
31:26 communication, I said, "How can these things happen
31:31 when the Bible said, "And this gospel of the Kingdom
31:34 shall be preached into all the world,
31:37 and then the end shall come."
31:41 Now, while I was thinking... You know I am the kind of
31:44 pastor who just doesn't accept, that's why I was telling you
31:48 the verse that I cited yesterday about when the Lord said,
31:53 "No one is to be blamed," I really would like to ask
31:56 when He comes again, I said, "Jesus, if only there is
31:59 someone to blame to just tell the people about who really
32:03 sinned, the boy or the parents."
32:06 You know, in the same manner, I was asking...
32:09 and the gospel shall be preached and then the angel come,
32:13 then there are so many people who have not heard
32:15 the word of God; how about in China,
32:17 there are more than 1 billion, India, more than 1 billion.
32:21 The Philippines has just high-rocketed population
32:24 all over the world, you know.
32:27 Oh by the way, the Filipino outside of the Philippines
32:29 have 13 million Filipinos working include you and myself.
32:34 Thirteen million, and thank you for the remittance, on behalf
32:40 of my president, I would like to thank you,
32:43 and on behalf of the government.
32:45 If not for your help and remittance your friends
32:49 and relatives back at home, the Philippines would have
32:51 gone down because you are remitting 12 billion dollars
32:55 every year and thank you very much on behalf of our president.
33:01 We count you as our hero, the silent hero,
33:05 the supporter of our economy.
33:06 Now let me go back to the evangelism...
33:10 that's not my topic, please, just for the sake of my
33:13 president but he is doing good.
33:15 Now, what I was saying is that we can use this as a tool
33:22 in reaching a lot of people, and I was not truly a
33:26 believer when it says, "and the gospel shall be preached
33:29 and then the end shall come."
33:30 I said, "Lord, how can we finish this one."
33:32 But when this communication came into our time,
33:36 mind you friends, I am the number one believer
33:41 of the verse that says, "And the gospel shall be preached
33:45 and then the end shall come."
33:46 And my church... listen, if you will not support and help
33:50 in this evangelism, just the same, the work will be finished.
33:56 But it's a pity if you are not a partaker of this job.
34:00 You will not even enjoy even if you are saved in the Kingdom.
34:05 But when you are a part of the workforce, I tell you,
34:08 you will enjoy singing the song of Moses
34:11 and the song of the Lamb because you have
34:14 something to share on that music and the lyrics
34:19 because you too, yourself, has become an instrument
34:22 for some souls that were brought into the Kingdom of God.
34:26 You can be a part.
34:30 That's why when I started to understand this,
34:34 I said, "Lord, what can we do now, Lord, what shall we do?"
34:40 "Look, in the Philippines, how can we reach these people?
34:44 many of them don't know about Your ways.
34:50 They don't even know about the Sabbath
34:52 which is a sign between You and Your children."
34:56 So I started thinking, "How can we have a television station?"
35:00 I prayed, I talked to the Union president,
35:03 and my Union president said, "Ah Brother Tejano, you are
35:06 dreaming so much, please wake up."
35:10 And I said, "No, look at the other Protestants group,
35:13 they have like 10 hours, 24 hours broadcasts.
35:17 They are preaching the gospel;
35:19 we are an organized church, what happened?
35:21 Why can we not put it on?"
35:24 He said, "Aww, that's okay. You know, even if we
35:27 only going to rent by hours, they are chalking up by the
35:29 millions and we cannot afford to operate."
35:32 But you know, down deep in my heart said,
35:34 "You know, the Lord... perhaps some means."
35:36 That was my dream before 3ABN came to the Philippines,
35:42 I said, "Well I hope we can have a television station."
35:46 And he told me, "You know, even in the whole
35:49 Pacific and Asia there is no television station
35:52 owned by the Seventh-day Adventists,
35:53 are you aware of that, Brother Tejano."
35:55 I said, "Yes, but Lord, you know why are all those
35:58 people are having... You know Benny Hinn and all these
36:00 other Protestants - they are making all this evangelism
36:04 by television and radio... Why can't we not do this?"
36:10 Then that was the time I was assigned as an ambassador.
36:18 You know Channel 9 was for sale, owned by the government.
36:23 I approached Channel 9, and they are selling it to us for
36:35 the figure is more of a billion.
36:39 Mr. Tejano I can give you the quotation...
36:41 He said, "More or less roughly, including everything,
36:43 we can give it to you for about 2.5 to 3 billion."
36:46 I said, "Billion?"
36:49 "I don't even have a ticket going to Palawan." Laughter
36:54 And, it's almost impossible because all these things
36:58 are so expensive, very expensive.
37:01 So, I almost dismissed this idea of having a
37:04 television station in the Philippines.
37:07 When I was appointed as ambassador, I happened to
37:12 meet someone who a owns franchise.
37:20 He has a radio station all over the country, he's a wealthy man.
37:25 He owns 13 radio stations in the country,
37:30 and he owns a franchise which was approved by the congress
37:35 during the time of Corazon Aquino and Marcos,
37:40 approved by the congress, approved by the senate,
37:43 but not signed by the president.
37:46 And, it has a timeframe that if it will not be signed
37:49 within that period, that franchise will be cancelled.
37:53 I met this man, we had a dinner.
37:57 He told me, "Yeah, I have radio stations,
38:00 in fact, I have franchise and licenses, but not signed by the
38:04 president." I said, "How would you
38:06 work it?" I said, "Well, if the president will sign this,
38:09 I can put up television station all over the country."
38:12 It so happened at that time, I was appointed as ambassador,
38:15 I said, "Can I try that?"
38:19 He said, "Well, if you can have this signed,
38:22 I'll allow you to use one of the licenses here
38:26 that I have in the whole Philippines."
38:28 I said "Really? Can I try that?" He said, "Yes"
38:34 So I thought... Hold it!
38:36 I said, I want to go to the president."
38:38 You know, the good thing of the ambassador is
38:40 you have the access to the office of the
38:43 president anytime you want. All right?
38:46 So, because I am his and he is my friend, you know.
38:51 So I went there... very funny because when I was a pastor,
38:56 every time I went to the palace, they would search my body
39:00 and examine everything in order
39:03 for me to be able to come inside the premises,
39:06 but when I was appointed ambassador,
39:08 everybody executed the salute and I just nodded them, alright.
39:14 So I went there, I went to the office of the president,
39:17 and then we had pleasantries, talked together,
39:20 and I said, "Mr. President, I have a very important
39:25 purpose and he said, "What?"
39:27 I said, "Mr. President, you know, the Seventh-day Adventists
39:33 would love to have a television station in this country."
39:37 And he looked at me and he said, "Ahhh."
39:41 So I pulled out my letter. I said, "Mr. President,
39:44 this is my letter to you, asking if you can help us."
39:49 And he said, "I understand all the licenses and all the
39:53 frequencies were already assigned all over the country
39:55 a long time ago and there is no more vacancy."
39:57 I said, "Yes, Mr. President, but there is a one that is
40:01 being contested and I know if you will give it to us,
40:10 this will be the only television in the entire country
40:13 of the Philippines that would broadcast on anything
40:18 on community services like anti-smoking...
40:21 he is a chain-smoker, so he opened his eyes,
40:26 anti-alcoholism... he drinks a lot, and then I told him
40:31 and others like, anti-drugs, cooking, all kinds of helpful
40:37 lifestyle will be shown here and not so much
40:41 advertisement, Mr. President."
40:43 He said, "Do you know, this is very expensive."
40:46 And I said, "I know, Mr. President, but you know
40:48 Seventh-day Adventist is a church worldwide.
40:52 We have our members all over the world."
40:55 "Do you think you can afford to put up a station?
40:58 I said, "Mr. President, with God's help
41:01 we will be able to put it up."
41:02 "There is only one available frequency."
41:07 "But there is a franchise, Mr. President,
41:11 to be signed by you."
41:13 And you know, he pulled out his pen and he started
41:16 writing what they call a marginal note.
41:21 See, if this was my letter, he started to write right here,
41:24 and instructed the commissioner and said, "Mr. Commissioner,
41:28 release the license - approved by the President
41:34 of the Republic of the Philippines."
41:36 I tell you, friends, that license was contested with
41:42 4200 applicants, multimillionaire and for you
41:49 to be able to get that license, sometimes you have to give a
41:53 grace money of not less than
41:54 200 million - 300 million to get that.
41:59 It was given to us by the President free of charge. AMEN!
42:03 I brought that letter for the commissioner...
42:07 Of course the commissioner was not happy,
42:09 but I told him - this is the instruction of the President.
42:11 Quickly it was approved!
42:14 And immediately, since we don't have resources
42:17 on how to put up a television station, I called up
42:20 3ABN in Illinois and I talked to Danny Shelton,
42:24 and Danny said, "If we have the license, next month
42:28 you will have all the equipment brought to your country."
42:31 And in three months' time, they brought the equipment.
42:34 It would be the biggest television station
42:37 in the whole Pacific and Asia,
42:39 and now it is radiating with 80,000 kilowatt power,
42:45 and it is radiating to 24 million people.
42:49 That's why a lot of people are coming in,
42:51 a lot of people coming in.
42:53 We have been operating now for about 10 years now,
42:56 and we were not charged of this license from the owner.
43:00 The owner, himself, was watching the television station,
43:07 the owner himself, the whole family...
43:10 three weeks ago, he was baptized at Loma Linda University,
43:16 the whole family! Audience applause...
43:21 Don't clap first because I'm going to give you a bombshell.
43:29 After this, he called me in New Zealand,
43:35 he calls me now, "brother."
43:37 "Brother Tejano," he said, "I have joined your church,
43:43 and my entire family."
43:45 You know, I could not hold my emotion on the phone.
43:51 I started crying... I said, "Brother Manny, for 10 years,
43:55 I could not resist the truth that your television station
44:01 was broadcasting; I pretended not to listen,
44:06 but every time I opened and checked the frequency
44:09 and the picture whether it's good or not,
44:11 then Mr. Doug Batchelor and Mark Finley, they were
44:14 talking to me directly, and I had to yield
44:19 because I understand that this is the Word of God.
44:22 Now, we've joined your church.
44:24 Thank you, Brother, for being patient with me," he told me.
44:28 Then he started to talk to me and said,
44:31 "I have a problem." I said, "What is this?"
44:34 He said, "I have a cancer."
44:38 And he is having now an intensive treatment in America.
44:45 And now, because this franchise that he owns, this company,
44:51 he has partners, and they want to sell this whole franchise.
44:56 They want to sell it before, I think, I hope not,
45:00 before he passed away.
45:02 The problem that I am now entertaining,
45:05 in fact, I called up Danny, first one I called up Danny
45:08 a few days ago before I came here and almost
45:12 with tearful eyes, I said, "Danny, we cannot let go
45:16 of this television station.
45:18 The tagged price of 4.5 million U.S. dollars.
45:23 Where shall we get that money?
45:25 I came here with a heavy heart, but I know that the
45:31 Lord will hear our prayers.
45:33 I'm just letting you know about this.
45:36 Please pray for this."
45:38 I talked to him earnestly and said, "Brother,
45:41 can you not just donate to the Seventh-day Adventists?"
45:45 He said, "I want you to do that now that we are brothers,
45:48 but I have my partners who partly own."
45:53 I said, "Could you... how about making it a lower price?"
45:58 You know with all the discussion on the telephone,
46:01 we spent about 3 hours...
46:02 He finally said, "Okay, if it will be possible for our church
46:09 or anybody to help, I'll just let it go... I'll convince
46:14 my partners so that you'll just pay for their share,
46:18 and that is 2 million dollars out of 4.2 million," he said
46:23 he can let it go for 2 million.
46:25 And so with this, I said I'm going to bring it
46:30 to the knowledge of our church, and you are the first group
46:33 that I have informed; you are the first group.
46:37 This is a powerful television station in the Philippines,
46:40 friends, and there are few, not only a few, I think
46:44 religious groups who wanted to buy it,
46:48 but Brother Manny who became a member of our church,
46:52 he is resisting not to let go not unless it goes
46:55 to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
46:57 So this is my prayer, please help with this,
47:00 pray for this.
47:01 If God impresses your idea, let it be and guide you
47:05 with the Holy Spirit, but I want you to pray for this.
47:08 This is an instrument that is being used in many ways
47:12 that the Lord can bring souls to the kingdom.
47:17 Church, for the very limited time, let me end up
47:23 with a very, I hope, short story...
47:28 In Papua New Guinea, when I was there as an ambassador,
47:32 I was in my office when all of a sudden, a wife came,
47:39 I could hardly see her eyeballs anymore because the eyes
47:44 were already closed, bulging.
47:47 She has been crying for days and days and days.
47:51 And I don't know if they have watched the television station
47:59 because when I was in Papua New Guinea, the first thing I
48:01 did was also ask the government to give us television license,
48:07 and now it's broadcasting also in Papua New Guinea,
48:09 so it is there already in Philippine and Papua New Guinea,
48:12 but this particular lady, she came to my office and said,
48:15 "Mr. Ambassador, I have a problem." I said "What is this?"
48:18 She said, "You know my husband is in the jail."
48:24 I said, "What happened?"
48:28 She said, "He was charged with bribery."
48:33 "Oh, so how much did he bribe?"
48:39 And then she cried more...
48:42 "No," she said, "He was given a sentence of 12 years
48:47 with hard labor."
48:49 I said, "How much did he bribe?"
48:51 She said, "He bribed only $500."
48:56 And I said, "No wonder why, he should have made it
49:01 $5,000 or $50,000; maybe they got angry
49:06 because your bribe was very small."
49:09 I was joking with her, but this could be the truth,
49:13 because, you know, but he was in things.
49:17 And this guy is a CPA, certified public accountant.
49:21 He was the cashier - the reason why he was charged
49:24 was because the owner of the company asked him to deliver
49:29 an envelop and there was a $500 there and he thought
49:34 that it was only a letter of thanks,
49:36 but they interpreted it as a bribe.
49:37 Anyway, in short this guy was jailed and he attempted
49:42 to commit suicide 2 times because when you are
49:46 in that jail friends, you would rather choose death than life.
49:50 So horrible, I mean they just pee and poo on the floor,
49:55 and you live there and you don't even have a place to stay,
49:59 you just sit down... you know it's so horrible!
50:02 I went there myself and the reason why it caught my
50:06 attention because he got blinded.
50:08 His one eye because he was forced to do hard work
50:11 and carry heavy loads, his retina ruptured,
50:16 and that because of infection, it is starting to move
50:19 to the other left eye and then
50:21 finally this guy was almost blind.
50:24 I pleaded to the judge to release him,
50:26 bring him to the Philippines or to Australia
50:29 while he is under treatment, but the jury
50:33 did not like and even the judge.
50:35 Because of my compassion and I was so touched
50:39 ... you know the lady, the wife doesn't leave my office anymore,
50:43 and I was also crying already
50:45 because I saw the children, you know.
50:48 You know when the wife started to relate "we have children,"
50:51 you know we already agreed with my children,
50:53 we will commit suicide, all of us."
50:55 "We never expected this life.
50:59 The children agreed that we will all kill ourselves together."
51:03 I was so moved, I cannot stand with those kind of things.
51:07 I went to the judge, asked him...
51:10 Please release that guy, have him treated,
51:12 after the treatment, he can come back and serve.
51:15 "NO!"
51:17 Out of my desperation, I said, "Okay, I will write,
51:23 I'll guarantee, if he will not come, I will pay all the charges
51:27 He said, "No.." "All right, let him out, I'll go to jail."
51:31 He said, "You cannot do that, Ambassador,
51:35 because you cannot be jailed."
51:37 "We know that, we know that you have the
51:39 diplomatic protection and if we jail you,
51:42 we'll be the one to be in jail."
51:43 I said, "Okay, I will make my waiver."
51:45 And I did make my waiver.
51:48 "I waive my privilege as ambassador,
51:52 let him just be treated."
51:54 And this guy was allowed to be free.
51:57 I thought they would put me in...
52:00 He said, "Ambassador no, we will keep your promise here.
52:04 If this guy will not come back, you will be in jail."
52:07 I said, "I accept that."
52:09 So he was escorted to the Philippines with 4 soldiers,
52:13 4 policemen I mean, policemen,
52:16 and he was treated right immediately
52:18 in "Makati Medical Center."
52:19 The whole treatment, there were there,
52:21 and then the policemen got tired,
52:23 they went back home after 3 months.
52:25 After 4 months, the doctor called me and said,
52:28 "Mr. Ambassador, the guy is already healed,
52:31 so I will send him back."
52:35 I said, "Doctor, no he is not yet healed." Audience laughter
52:46 And he said, "No, no, no, he's okay, he is cleared."
52:48 "Look, he is still sick."
52:50 "No, no, I'm the doctor, I'm talking to you now."
52:53 I said, "Doctor, please, he's still... you know,
52:55 he needs further treatment."
52:57 "I'm the specialist!"
52:58 "Doctor, he is still sick, please, look at his other eye."
53:02 "I know it," he said.
53:03 "Doctor, you don't understand me PLEASE!"
53:06 "HE IS STILL SICK... THE MOMENT HE COMES HERE,
53:08 HE'S BACK IN JAIL!"
53:11 He said, "Oh really." I said, "Yes."
53:15 "Can you please have a second, like a second opinion
53:19 like you have to refer him to somewhere else
53:21 so that he will have further treatment?"
53:23 "Yeah, but he's already..."
53:24 "Please not yet, okay, please."
53:26 He understood my message, and I told him
53:31 have him for an opinion back to the United States
53:34 to be sure that he is okay.
53:36 And then he was sent to the United States...
53:40 This guy, instead of having been treated or to the hospital,
53:46 he found a job and he landed a good job in the United States.
53:51 One day, I was called to the palace, MalacaƱan,
53:59 and I was surprised, the president was sitting,
54:05 and there was the wife who pleaded with me
54:09 in the embassy; she was smiling with her tears,
54:16 and the children were crying.
54:19 And when they saw me, "Madam President,
54:21 this is the one, that's the one, he's the one
54:25 who helped my husband."
54:27 "We never thought that there would be an ambassador
54:30 like that - who is willing to go to the jail
54:32 on behalf of my husband."
54:36 "Madam President, thank you very much...
54:38 With all our lives, we owe it from this man."
54:42 Then I explained to the present, I told him,
54:45 "Madam President, it's always my obsession wherever I can
54:52 be a part in relieving people."
54:54 And the president thanked me very much.
54:57 But the greatest joy I have is that their children
55:01 were sent to the Adventist University in the Philippines,
55:05 and they became baptized Seventh-day Adventists.
55:09 They are nurses now. We praise the Lord!
55:13 God can use many ways and many methods
55:17 for as long as you open your heart
55:21 for the working of the Holy Spirit.
55:24 It is my prayer, church, that we will have this
55:27 opportunity to serve Him.
55:31 In fact, if God impresses you to do His work,
55:34 please don't hesitate because
55:36 the One who is behind you is known as
55:39 The King of Kings and The Lord of Lords.
55:43 God bless you.


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