3ABN Homecoming

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00:01 The time has finally arrived for 3ABN's Fall Homecoming.
00:05 We're standing in the control room in the 3ABN Worship Center.
00:08 We are kind of giving you a little sneak peek
00:10 of what's going on behind the scenes. The crew have worked
00:12 so hard for Fall Camp Meeting.
00:13 We've looked forward to this date on our calendar.
00:16 I'm looking for a thumbs up from Brad on the open.
00:19 Are we ready, Brad? He's giving us a thumbs up.
00:21 Let's go to the open and we'll head to the stage.
01:13 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting.
01:17 We're so glad that you're here and for those of you at home
01:20 thank you for joining us as you do each and every day.
01:23 What a blessing to be alive in the closing moments
01:26 of earth's history. We have a number of folk here
01:28 already and we have several states.
01:30 Anybody not from Illinois?
01:32 Let's see. OK... that's most of you.
01:34 That's the way it happens.
01:36 Now the Illinoians... they'll be here in about 20 minutes,
01:40 you know, 'cause we're always late for everything.
01:42 But the rest of you: thank you so much for being here.
01:45 We're going to have a great weekend by God's blessings.
01:48 We know 'cause we've already prayed
01:50 and asked for the Holy Spirit. So we're expecting
01:53 some great and mighty and marvelous things
01:55 to happen this weekend.
01:57 We serve a great God; He's given us a Great Commission
02:01 to go into all the world, and I for one am just
02:03 thankful and blessed to be in ministry and partner with
02:07 all of you. Because without you there's really no ministry here.
02:11 So thank you for what you do.
02:12 Those of you at home and those of you here for 3ABN.
02:16 Yvonne, you happy today?
02:17 Oh, I'm so thankful. I LOVE Camp Meeting first of all
02:21 because we all talk about how, you know, we're in ministry
02:24 and we need our spirits to be watered, too.
02:26 So Camp Meeting is a time when we can have our spirits watered.
02:30 And I'm so happy that my husband is well
02:32 and with us for this Camp Meeting.
02:34 This has been quite a journey for you, Danny, hasn't it?
02:38 Oh, yeah, it has. Nine weeks or so ago I had
02:41 quadruple open heart surgery.
02:44 That's not any fun, by the way.
02:45 Some of you have had that.
02:47 But you know what? The Lord blessed
02:49 and at my age I was able to go home in 4 days.
02:52 And a lot of times it's much longer than that.
02:55 I had one night 13 days in where I went back
02:58 to the hospital and had A-fib all night.
03:00 That's no fun either.
03:01 So we're hoping that doesn't happen again.
03:03 But I'm so blessed, and I think about it
03:05 that the blessings of God because one minute you're here
03:09 and the next, you know, we're not.
03:12 So we have to... What we do for Christ
03:13 we need to do while we can.
03:15 But I thank God for His blessings.
03:17 When I went under the knife and they told me: "Well,
03:21 we're doing this artery under your heart
03:24 so we've got to kind of lift your heart up
03:26 and you know out a little bit;
03:28 move your lungs and all of this. "
03:29 And you say: "Wow! This may be the last...
03:33 last time in this earth you shut your eyes. "
03:36 In fact, two weeks after me a friend of mine right here
03:39 I went to school with all my life, knew him,
03:41 he had the same surgery, same thing, and he died
03:43 four days later. And it's been such a traumatic
03:46 experience. But in the hospital
03:50 the one thing I didn't worry about was 3ABN.
03:54 How's it going to happen? We've got Greg and Jill
03:56 and Jason Bradley and Ryan.
03:59 We've got Jason back here. All of the young people
04:03 that God is bringing... Bergman, Jason Bergman
04:06 and his wife, and all of the young people God is bringing in
04:10 that have the vision for the mission.
04:12 So we said: "Should the Lord tarry
04:13 that's the last thing I'm going to worry about right now
04:16 'cause it's in good hands. "
04:17 But the Lord saw fit and so far I'm still here.
04:20 And I'm thankful to be here and on my feet
04:23 and after nine weeks can do quite a bit of stuff.
04:26 And I'm not out really playing basketball yet.
04:28 I'm anxious to start that again.
04:30 But Yvonne didn't want anybody hitting me in the chest.
04:33 But since I have wire in there now it may hurt them worse
04:37 than me. You know, they put you together with wire.
04:39 And C.A., you had that surgery, so
04:41 you know all about that.
04:44 Right there. So they say we're part of the zipper club.
04:48 Yvonne, tell us about Jason. What's happening with
04:52 your son Jason... OK... OUR son Jason.
04:54 Our son Jason. So I guess around the middle of August
05:00 I've been praying about some things and
05:03 Jason has been my assistant for 4 years, almost 5 years now.
05:08 And he's just been doing an amazing, amazing job.
05:13 And so I've been preparing him to... I wanted to pass the baton
05:19 back to him. And I've been praying about it
05:23 and so the Lord impressed me that as of September 1
05:26 Jason should be the General Manager for Dare to Dream
05:31 and I would be the consultant. I say assistant
05:34 and she doesn't want me to say assistant. No, no, no,
05:36 no, no, no, no. That just didn't settle in yet.
05:41 Maybe secretary or clean up? No, no, no, no. No...
05:44 No, no, no, no, no, no.
05:46 Actually, I'm still... I haven't retired.
05:50 I'm still here at 3ABN... still doing things.
05:53 But Jason's handling the day-to-day
05:55 operations of Dare to Dream
05:57 and I still do production and all of that stuff.
06:00 So it's such a blessing, and he's doing an amazing job
06:03 and I'm so proud of where God has brought you.
06:06 I don't even want to start talk- ing about it 'cause you all know
06:08 that I'll start crying. But God is SO good
06:12 and I'm just so thankful for what He's doing with you, Jay.
06:16 Well, praise the Lord! You know, you look in
06:20 a lot of different organizations... you look at
06:23 people, how they complain about their predecessors.
06:26 I've got no complaint.
06:28 You know, God has blessed
06:32 for me to step into a position
06:35 that was already set up for success.
06:37 You know, my mother has done an excellent job
06:39 with leading Dare to Dream.
06:41 She's left it in a great position for me to step into
06:44 the role and take over so it's a smooth transition.
06:48 And I'm really looking forward to see what God is going to do.
06:52 Amen. We are, too.
06:54 We're so excited with Jason in this new position.
06:57 God has called him I really believe for such a time as this.
07:02 Jason is a servant leader. Yes!
07:04 He leads with humility but with dignity.
07:08 And he's doing an incredible job, and we are so proud of you.
07:11 Can I say I'm proud of you?
07:13 Am I old enough to say that?
07:15 I don't know, but I am so proud of what God is doing
07:19 in your life... so praise the Lord for that.
07:22 Switching gears just a moment here
07:24 Pastor C.A. Murray and his precious wife Irma
07:28 have been at the ministry of 3ABN almost since I first came
07:31 sixteen years ago. God called them here
07:35 and I know that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
07:37 They have ministered to you; they have ministered to you
07:41 at home. They've ministered to us here at 3ABN!
07:45 Pastor C.A. of course holds many titles
07:48 and the title I like most is preacher.
07:51 He's a great preacher. God has called and gifted
07:54 and anointed him. Amen! And his wife Irma
07:57 has produced programs for 3ABN Latino.
08:00 She has hosted programs. She has done a great job
08:05 with marketing and production coordination
08:08 and many different things.
08:09 And right now we have something special that we want to present
08:12 to you, Irma. We did a Behind the Scenes.
08:13 I don't know if any of you saw that
08:16 but we gave a special plaque to Pastor C.A. Murray.
08:19 But we want to present these flowers to you, Irma,
08:22 in recognition and support for you both
08:26 and what you have done for this ministry.
08:35 They are retiring and moving to Panama
08:37 or have already moved to Panama,
08:39 but we're hoping occasionally we can get them back
08:41 here at 3ABN and we would love that.
08:43 But we love both of you.
08:45 And I understand that they also
08:47 are providing their home address in Panama.
08:49 Is that right, Pastor C.A.? And you're inviting people
08:51 to come to Panama. We'll put another bean in the pot;
08:55 we'll get you fed somehow. That's right.
08:58 All right. Shelley, tell us something things that's going on
09:00 around here that's exciting right now.
09:04 We don't have enough time, but I just wanted to welcome you
09:07 all to the Fall Homecoming 2018 Camp Meeting.
09:12 I'm so excited about this Camp Meeting
09:15 and you're going to be as well.
09:16 Ty Gibson has basically unveiled a truth
09:22 in the Bible that once you see it
09:25 you can't unsee it.
09:27 He will be talking about Covenant Identity.
09:31 And he's written a book... I encourage you to get the book.
09:34 He had sent me a manuscript and when I read it
09:37 it blew my mind because it's something I've been
09:39 hinting at but I'd never studied it out.
09:43 And this book... Andrews is maybe wanting to use the book
09:49 for their seminary classes.
09:51 So you know, he did it the right way.
09:53 He wrote the book. He sent it off for peer review.
09:56 He's had all kinds of professors
09:59 look at this, and it's going to be so exciting.
10:03 Then I know that our dear Pastor John Lomacang
10:06 his sermon Coming With Clouds...
10:09 I had to twist his arm to get him to do this for you guys.
10:12 But he had done it at church
10:15 and I said: "This is a message the world needs to hear. "
10:20 And then: A Quiver of Quotient Questions?
10:23 A Quiver of Quotient Queries.
10:26 A Quiver of... It sounds like...
10:29 That one we may have to put before a review board
10:31 of some type.
10:34 And then of course Kenny Shelton is... He couldn't be with us
10:38 tonight but he will be speaking on Covenant Identity
10:41 and my message will be His Presence Is In The Cube.
10:47 So I hope you all will enjoy this.
10:50 Can I talk about the Ten Commandments? Oh! OK.
10:54 Did you know that November the 6th
10:57 Alabama has an amendment
11:02 on their ballot, and it has taken 17 years to get it there.
11:07 It is the Ten Commandment amendment.
11:10 Now we're not going to tell anybody how to vote.
11:12 But because Alabama... God is shining a spotlight
11:17 on the Ten Commandments once again.
11:20 And because Alabama is voting on this
11:23 people are interested in the Ten Commandments.
11:28 Nationwide we're seeing an interest.
11:31 So what we have done with your help: we've blanketed
11:35 the state of Alabama with Ten Commandments Twice Removed.
11:39 This is a book that Danny and I wrote in 2006.
11:44 I noticed this copy says it's the second edition
11:47 over 6 million copies. Over 11 million copies
11:51 of this book are out
11:52 and it has made a life-changing difference
11:56 in thousands of people. Ryan's shaking his head
12:02 'cause it made a difference in his life.
12:03 That's how... Ryan, you joined the church
12:07 through that book, right? Yeah, I was not an Adventist
12:11 at the time when I had read the book.
12:12 Had a gentleman who was also not an Adventist
12:15 who came across a copy of the book.
12:17 And he brought it in with a large stack of books
12:19 into our little family Sabbath-keeping church
12:21 that we were attending at the time.
12:23 And it just stuck out to me
12:25 and I thought: "You know, I'm going to read this book! "
12:26 And so started reading it; couldn't put it down.
12:29 And the Lord was just taking me from one level
12:31 to the next through that book. And it just set me on fire
12:34 to start studying the Word of God.
12:35 Now you're raised what? United Pentecostal or?
12:38 Was raised primarily in many different branches
12:41 of Pentecostalism... but the Lord had a plan.
12:44 And a part of that plan was Ten Commandments questions.
12:47 We're glad that after that he went to the Amazing Facts
12:50 School of Evangelism for... Then you've been an evangelist
12:53 for how many? What, the last five years?
12:55 Five years, yes. What an amazing gifted voice.
12:59 He's... Literally I say this just my humble opinion
13:03 but one of the best male singers in America.
13:05 I mean, honestly, God has gifted him with an incredible
13:10 voice... but his love for Jesus, he and his wife,
13:12 is just infectious. I mean, when you're around them
13:15 they're happy people. And I like to be around...
13:18 John, don't you like to be around happy people?
13:20 What other kind of person is there?
13:23 When you come here you'd better be happy.
13:26 Don't worry... be happy.
13:28 That's right. Amen! Now, we're going to...
13:31 we're going to switch gears for a moment
13:32 because we need to announce this
13:35 and it's on a sadder note. Dr. Walt Thompson,
13:38 our board chairman for many, many years,
13:41 passed away just a few days... Monday?
13:44 Friday. I'm sorry: Friday.
13:47 And Walt was literally from the very first
13:52 week or two that I announced in 1984
13:55 that the Lord impressed me to build a television station
13:58 to reach the world we were invited to go to Hinsdale church
14:02 and Dr. Thompson was there.
14:04 He heard our vision. Kenny and I were there
14:07 and he heard the vision
14:08 and so he "caught" it.
14:12 And so right after that he started supporting.
14:15 So for nearly thirty-four years
14:17 he's been an incredible supporter of 3ABN.
14:20 Traveled around the world.
14:21 Always volunteered. Was chairman of the board
14:23 for many many years... through the ups and through the downs.
14:26 And he and Avon... wonderful people. His son, Greg,
14:29 now is on our board and we're thankful for that.
14:32 But we just want to let you all know
14:34 about Dr. Walt and his passing.
14:37 But here's the confident thing: we've all talked to him
14:40 and he says: "He knows I'm dying
14:42 but I'm waiting for the second coming. "
14:45 So his job is over. All he's doing now is
14:47 the next thing he knows he'll lift his eyes and see Jesus.
14:51 And I mean... what an amazing thing
14:53 to be in that position that you can close your eyes
14:56 in death and do it in such a peaceful way
14:58 knowing that "I've run a good race and fought a good fight"
15:02 and just praise the Lord for victory.
15:04 The times in which we are living, folks,
15:08 are amazing. Have any of you seen the news about
15:12 the Ten Commandments in Alabama?
15:15 It's amazing. In fact, you can go - and he doesn't mind me
15:18 telling it - Dean Young. If you look up on the Internet
15:22 Dean Young... Alabama.
15:23 You don't need to do it right now but if you'll do it
15:26 after the program... Everybody went to their phones
15:29 just then. But Dean Young in Alabama
15:33 and he has a video. And I asked him if I could use it.
15:37 Because John sent it to me and I said:
15:40 "I can't even believe my ears. "
15:41 And so when I found out for seventeen years
15:44 he had worked with Judge Roy Moore.
15:46 And he said: "We want to make this an amendment
15:49 to the bill in Alabama and when we vote
15:52 to put the Ten Commandments back in the schools,
15:55 to put them back in the statehouses. "
15:57 Now, we as Seventh-day Adventists
15:59 we don't want to get involved and tell people how to vote
16:01 and we know the pros and cons.
16:03 We believe there should be separation of church and state
16:05 but we don't think God should be thrown out of everything.
16:08 And so where we got involved is
16:12 is not to say: "Well, you should vote this way
16:14 or you should vote that way. "
16:16 We're saying right now all eyes - five million people
16:21 in Alabama - all eyes are looking to the law of God.
16:25 That's right. To the Ten Commandments.
16:26 And so we asked him: "Can I use your video? "
16:29 'Cause I wanted people to see it first hand and say
16:31 "This really is happening. " And they polled the people
16:35 and about 70% of the people
16:37 say they're going to vote for it. If that happens
16:39 November 6, other states are going to be trying it.
16:42 Of course, law suits by the ACLU and numbers of other groups
16:47 are coming. But the exciting part is
16:49 that the law of God is being lifted up.
16:51 So what we're doing is sending these books
16:54 to as many people as we can.
16:56 We've actually ordered 1 million. We have 1/2 million
17:00 that's being shipped by zip codes
17:02 to Mobile, to Birmingham.
17:04 To Huntsville, to Decatur. Mollie, to your area.
17:09 And these are literally going into peoples' hands
17:11 'cause we didn't want to wait to send the books to churches
17:14 and by the time they organized and passed them out -
17:17 which is the best way to do it -
17:18 the election may be past.
17:20 But it's OK if we get them there late.
17:23 So we're telling people: "If you want... " 12 years ago
17:26 we did this if any of you remember.
17:27 He remembers. He has a shirt on back there, right?
17:30 About Ten Commandments on it. And twelve years ago we did this
17:34 and we saw tremendous results.
17:36 Shelley had a list of something like... Now I'm not talking
17:39 about laymen. Pastors... something like 38...
17:41 Thirty-some-odd pastors - Sunday pastors -
17:44 who converted to Sabbath keeping.
17:46 We had Reggie Widdon from Alabama who has a good sized
17:50 church and a good sized church school
17:52 that came up a couple weeks ago and did our...
17:54 I think a week or two ago... and did our Live program
17:57 that totally his whole congregation converted.
18:01 And so John Dinzey I hear has many many many
18:05 reports of pastors, so it's not just the laymen.
18:09 But the law of God is being lifted up.
18:12 So what we decided to do is we're going to open this up
18:14 again, by faith, and we need you to help.
18:17 But we've opened this up again where if you want the books
18:21 and your churches are willing to go
18:23 even if you're outside Alabama, other states,
18:25 'cause it's coming your way
18:27 that all you have to do is pay the shipping.
18:29 The shipping is $22.00 for 100 books...
18:33 so it's 22 cents apiece.
18:34 That's all it costs. So if you'll pay the shipping...
18:37 I'm going to talk real straight and family...
18:40 We're family here, right?
18:41 If you don't care enough to pay 22 cents, you don't need
18:44 the book, right? To be passing it out.
18:46 'Cause you've gotta have the umph to say: "I care enough;
18:49 I want to pass this out. "
18:50 Well, if you're not... So this way you pay the shipping.
18:54 And so you can have 500 of them if you're church
18:57 if that's what they want to do.
18:58 But the results of people going out
19:01 we saw it was a spark to churches all over.
19:05 Because a lot of our churches are doing nothing.
19:07 And when people begin to go out and pass the book out
19:10 and would get results and somebody walked in church
19:13 or just start conversations it's like it was a spark of revival
19:17 in peoples' lives. We want to see that again
19:19 because there's so many amazing things happening.
19:23 Last night I was sent a link...
19:25 And it's... What's his name? We can say it publicly.
19:29 Andy... Andy Stanley. Andy Stanley, which is Dr. Charles
19:33 Stanley... you've heard of him? His son is a pastor
19:37 of a church of 33,000 members.
19:40 And there's a link and I think it was CBN
19:42 who did the story. Get this: we have Sunday pastors
19:47 disagreeing about the Ten Commandments.
19:49 He says you don't have to keep any of the commandments.
19:52 The Old Testament is done away with so you don't.
19:55 But a lot of the people were saying
19:57 "No... you have to keep the commandments of God. "
19:59 So we saw the writers and some of the other
20:03 big name Sunday pastors
20:06 saying... giving scriptures like Matthew, saying:
20:11 "Think not I've come to destroy the law or the prophets.
20:13 I've come to fulfill them. "
20:14 So they within themselves have this thing about
20:18 doing away with the Ten Commandments period.
20:20 He says: "The new covenant's just love your neighbor. "
20:23 Love the Lord; love your neighbor. That's it.
20:26 But even people in Christendom all across America,
20:29 they know better than that.
20:30 But we can help them right now.
20:32 So we want you and your help. Those of you here
20:35 we'll just donate you the books if you promise to pass them out.
20:38 You can drive here in your car, your vehicle...
20:40 take 'em home with you. Those of you that want these
20:43 books while we have 'em. We don't have enough money
20:45 to keep them going, so we're going to ask some of you
20:48 who can't go out, you're maybe not able to
20:51 but you can send a donation financially
20:54 that helps purchase the books so that we can then donate 'em
20:57 to those who are willing to go out and pass them
21:00 and able to go out. Does that make sense?
21:02 So we're trying to get these out because we've seen the results
21:05 of hundreds and yea, thousands of people
21:08 who've accepted Jesus and His truths
21:11 from the book, so we praise the Lord.
21:14 Shelley and I don't take credit for the book
21:16 because it was written in spite of us.
21:19 But anytime you take God's Word...
21:21 He says: "My Word will not return unto Me void. "
21:24 But while we have it, folks, we can't sit on it any longer.
21:27 When we see things like this in the news happening
21:30 right here in the United States of America
21:32 and we don't do anything about it
21:34 shame on us. That's right! Shame on us!
21:36 To whom much is given much is required.
21:38 And there's nobody given more information
21:41 in the closing moments of earth's history. If there were,
21:43 I wouldn't be here... I'd be wherever that is.
21:45 Nobody's been given more information
21:48 of present truth to give to the world than we have.
21:51 We don't say that arrogantly.
21:52 We say: "Praise the Lord! Thank you
21:55 that You've given us this. " Now what are we going to do?
21:57 Are we gonna sit in our pews? We gonna talk about our neighbors?
22:00 We gonna do whatever or are we gonna say:
22:02 "Lord, let me be a part of some- thing. I want to be a witness.
22:05 I want to do something that makes sense
22:07 and that can change lives. " And God's Word changes lives.
22:11 So we're going to ask you to take part.
22:12 As soon as the... We actually have a million books.
22:15 Half a million are being printed, send them by zip code.
22:18 The other half can be passed out.
22:20 So if we get enough money and you support it,
22:23 we'll do more books to get these out to as many people
22:27 as we possibly can. But as you can tell
22:29 for somebody that just got over heart surgery I'm ready to run
22:33 a race out here. I'm excited about what God is doing
22:36 and to play basketball with NAPS. So I'm ready to go back
22:41 and do that. I see them in the back back there.
22:43 We're about ready... No elbows, though, in the chest...
22:46 but we're ready to go out and start shootin' around
22:48 a little bit with y'all.
22:49 Somebody else. We've got just a couple more minutes.
22:51 A few more minutes. Somebody comment on
22:53 what we're talkin' about here. Well it sounds to me like
22:56 God is laying the foundation for the greatest end-time move
22:59 of God that we've ever seen.
23:01 So I just am excited about that!
23:04 Yeah. When I was in Colombia I saw that on the Internet.
23:08 As a matter of fact, my wife showed it to me.
23:10 And I said: "I've got to let Danny know right away. "
23:12 Because that's a phenomenal open door.
23:15 When pastors say the commandments are done away with
23:18 they need to sell watermelons.
23:20 OK... They have no job!
23:23 Salvation from what?
23:25 Where there's no law there is no sin.
23:27 So when you say the commandments are done away with
23:30 and you are a pastor you need to sell watermelons
23:32 or something else... but you don't need a church.
23:34 33,000 people are in danger in that pastor's church
23:38 because he says God's command- ments are done away with.
23:41 Yeah. But isn't it interesting
23:43 that those - the other folk that keep the same day -
23:50 are in a debate saying: "That's crazy!
23:54 Commandments of God are not done away with. "
23:57 And they're giving scriptures that we use:
23:59 "Think not I'm come to do away with the law... "
24:03 That's amazing. I read that and I said: "Am I seeing this? "
24:06 It looks like an Adventist was writing to this.
24:10 But it's other people. BUT what it really comes down to
24:13 is they believe in nine commandments.
24:15 But it's our job... and it's not judging.
24:18 People just don't know. Rick Odle said
24:21 if any of you remember Pr. Odle. You remember Pr. Odle?
24:24 A Pentecostal minister for years and became a SDA Christian.
24:28 And he'd gone to the I always say "cemetery. "
24:32 I mean seminary. He'd gone to the seminary
24:34 for many many years and he had a couple degrees.
24:38 And I forgot what they were in, but he worked
24:41 in the Assembly of God in Springfield, Missouri,
24:45 for a number of years. Came back to West Frankfort.
24:47 I went to high school with him.
24:49 Came back and he said to me
24:51 "When I saw this I couldn't believe it.
24:54 I've been to the seminary; I've pastored for whatever...
24:57 twenty-some years... I just never associated...
25:01 I always associated the Sabbath with Sunday.
25:05 I just didn't know. Once I found out
25:08 it made all the difference in the world. "
25:09 So there are a lot of honest-hearted people.
25:12 So we're not judging anybody. God has people in all churches.
25:15 He has wonderful people that want to be a part
25:18 of that eleventh-hour group because Jesus is coming soon.
25:22 You know, the interesting thing is
25:24 with keeping 9 and not the 10 like telling God basically
25:29 "I'll keep 9 of them but I don't want to keep the 10th. "
25:32 You can't go to a bill collector and say
25:36 "You know, you let me borrow - let's say - a thousand dollars
25:40 but I just feel like giving you $300. "
25:42 Yeah, that's right. And be OK with that.
25:44 He's not going to be OK with that. There's going to be some
25:46 some consequences. Tell him about that YouTube... the person
25:50 that wrote in to our YouTube channel about the Sabbath. Oh.
25:54 Yes... yes. This is so beautiful,
25:58 and this is what we do it for.
26:00 And we received a comment from a gentleman
26:03 on YouTube. He had been watching Salvation
26:06 in Symbols and Signs and he said:
26:08 "You mean to tell me that the Sabbath is on the 7th day? "
26:13 "The seventh-day Sabbath is when I'm supposed to worship? "
26:16 And he said: "It's all becoming so clear to me now. "
26:21 And he's willing... he wants to learn more about it.
26:24 So that's why these programs exist:
26:27 to lead people to God's truth.
26:30 You know, Danny, the Bible says: "A house divided against itself
26:32 shall not stand. " It is interesting that God has
26:35 asked us to join hands with Him in saving souls.
26:38 But God has not left to us to move, because He can move
26:43 in His own time in His own way.
26:45 I believe that some of the first-day pastors
26:49 will study and argue themselves into Sabbath keeping.
26:52 Among themselves... without the Adventists interposition.
26:55 God is going to get the message out. Whether we're on the couch
26:59 or in the field the message is going to go out.
27:01 And if He has to use them to preach to themselves
27:05 to convert them to Adventism He will do that.
27:08 And we can see this because this is coming back again
27:10 and again, again and again.
27:12 God will agitate these issues Himself
27:15 because He wants to get the word out.
27:16 But won't we be held accountable if that's the way it happens?
27:19 When we have the truth, we're to get out and tell it.
27:22 The reason that we need to tell others about Jesus
27:25 and be a witness is for our own salvation.
27:28 Amen! Because if you don't love people enough
27:30 to go out and witness to them and to make sacrifices,
27:34 we don't love God enough to go to heaven.
27:36 So to me, I believe God... Yes, God can save all of us,
27:40 everybody, if He wanted to, without using anybody.
27:44 But He says you all need it
27:47 because without it you get too self-centered.
27:49 Me, myself, and I. So this is what a great...
27:52 And then once you get into evan- gelism and you're passing out
27:56 books and you are able to talk to these people
27:58 you see people giving their hearts to Jesus
28:01 it's like saying "Sic 'em" to a dog.
28:04 You want to just keep doin' it and go out and do it.
28:07 So what an opportunity we have!
28:09 You know, this is a fulfillment of what we've known
28:11 for a long time. In the Great Controversy Ellen White says
28:14 "The Sabbath question will be agitated. "
28:17 That's what's happening right now.
28:19 So we're at the cusp of this really exploding.
28:22 God is now exalting His law
28:24 in the arena where it has been downcast.
28:28 And I love that they're fighting amongst themselves
28:30 on a foundation that cannot be broken.
28:32 Absolutely! And predictably November 7th,
28:36 the day after, there's going to be talk about agitation.
28:39 I'd say a lawsuit's agitation.
28:42 There's going to be numerous lawsuits.
28:44 So the whole country and possibly the whole world
28:47 are going to be looking at the law of God.
28:50 So for 2019, Shelley, Camp Meeting...
28:53 One more minute then we're going to turn it over to Ryan
28:56 and Tim... tell us. In our Spring Camp Meeting
29:00 we will have another grand-themed event
29:03 June, 2019, and it will be the Ten Commandments.
29:07 We've got sixteen sermons on the Ten Commandments
29:10 and quite the line-up which I don't have memorized
29:14 so I'll tell you at the end of this Camp Meeting who's coming.
29:19 Oh, yeah... some great speakers.
29:21 So, y'all excited now? You ready to have some?
29:23 All right. Ready to join with us everybody?
29:25 Hope those of you at home you're excited about what's happening.
29:29 It's the doors that God is opening.
29:31 Then Brian said to me... Brian Hamilton, our financial
29:34 director... he said: "Think about God's timing
29:37 because had this happened two or three years ago
29:40 3ABN was not in... We were in the worst financial condition
29:43 we've ever been and we couldn't even have... probably
29:46 wouldn't have even taken this type of an undertaking
29:50 to go to do something this big.
29:53 And we had a board meeting today.
29:55 I want to let you know something: thirty-four years
29:58 of ministry 3ABN is totally in the black.
30:01 I don't mean black like black, Yvonne.
30:03 I'm saying we're in the black.
30:05 You say black and she always like "Yeah! "
30:08 "We're there. " See, some of you back there
30:11 saying "Yeah! That's right! " You know what I'm talking about.
30:14 Thirty-four years and 3ABN.
30:16 We don't owe anybody; we have no long-term debt.
30:19 Is that amazing? Amen! We don't get money from the church.
30:23 We only get money from... yeah.
30:27 We only get it as the Holy Spirit impresses you.
30:31 And this is a miracle, folks.
30:33 I'm talking about an incredible miracle.
30:36 I'm thankful for such a great board
30:37 and we should have had Jacki and Bruce up here.
30:40 He's the board chairman. I saw Bro. Kenny and Chris
30:42 come in late. We'd thought you guys had been up here too.
30:45 But you'll have a chance. We'll make sure everybody's
30:47 got a chance to talk about it. But this to me is exciting.
30:51 God is on the throne and He's put us in a position.
30:53 We're stepping out by faith but we need you.
30:56 So those of you at home
30:58 if you'll just write to 3ABN whatever the Lord is impressing
31:01 you... whether you send a snail-mail check.
31:04 Whether you do it online, pay pal, however you want to do it
31:09 and just put Ten Commandment Project.
31:11 Those of you who want the books in your state
31:14 whatever that is as long as we have them
31:16 and enough money to cover it we're willing to send you
31:19 up to 500 or so as your church as long as you promise
31:23 that you'll pass them out all you do is pay the shipping:
31:25 it's 22 cents apiece.
31:28 So all hearts are cleared for that.
31:31 Ryan... We're so glad that Ryan Day is here.
31:34 And Tim Parton, what an incredible man, incredible
31:38 musician. We have the new... We'll talk a little later
31:40 but we've got the new Praise Him! Music Channel
31:43 will be coming on January 1st.
31:45 So y'all are going to get some great gospel music.
31:48 But I always say one of the greatest... What happens
31:51 when you put one of the great- est piano players in America
31:55 talent wise and one of the greatest singers in America?
31:59 You're gonna find out in just a minute.
32:01 All right... let's go. We're gonna get off.
32:03 Love you guys. We love you, too.
32:16 The love of God
32:21 has been extended
32:25 to a fallen race.
32:32 Through Christ, the Savior
32:37 of all men
32:40 there's hope
32:42 in saving grace.
32:48 The love of God
32:52 is greater far
32:56 than gold or silver
33:01 ever could afford.
33:04 It reaches past
33:08 the highest star
33:12 and covers
33:15 all the world.
33:20 Its power is
33:24 eternal;
33:28 its glory is
33:32 supernal!
33:36 When all this earth
33:40 shall pass away
33:44 there'll always be
33:48 the love of God.
33:52 It goes beneath
33:57 the deepest stain
34:00 that sin
34:03 could ever leave
34:09 redeeming souls
34:13 to live again
34:17 who will on Christ
34:21 believe.
34:25 The love of God
34:29 is greater far
34:34 than gold or silver
34:38 ever could afford.
34:42 It reaches past
34:46 the highest star
34:50 and covers all
34:54 the world.
34:57 His power is
35:01 eternal;
35:06 His glory is
35:09 supernal!
35:13 When all this earth
35:17 shall pass away
35:21 there'll always be
35:25 the love of God... precious love of God!
35:33 Amen! Hallelujah!
35:35 The love of God!
35:37 Praise the Lord! You can't beat it.
35:40 You cannot beat the love of God. Amen? Amen!
35:43 How many of you love God! Amen! I know that I do.
35:46 You know, the Bible says that "We love Him... " Because?
35:49 "He first loved us. " He first loved us. Amen.
35:52 We're going to do a whole lot of singing about Jesus tonight
35:55 and about our God.
35:56 And we praise the Lord for each and every one of you
36:00 coming here to join us here at Camp Meeting.
36:03 This next song, Tim, is a good old-fashioned hymn.
36:07 Yeah. Now I have to give you a disclaimer.
36:10 This one is a pick-me-up. OK.
36:14 You know, some people have different styles
36:16 and they have different likes and dislikes when it comes to
36:19 music. But you know, the Bible says "make a joyful noise
36:23 unto the Lord. " We don't want to misuse and abuse
36:27 the wonderful music and abilities that God has given us
36:30 but surely someone is so joyful about the Lord
36:33 that they just sometimes can't help but sing those praises
36:37 aloud and sing them in such a way that will pick
36:39 someone up and help them just have a better day.
36:42 And this is a good old gospel message
36:44 entitled: "We'll Understand It Better By and By. "
36:47 Let's sing. Oh, by and by...
36:51 when the morning comes
36:54 all the saints of God will gather home.
36:58 We will tell the story
37:01 of how we've overcome
37:03 and we'll understand it better by and by.
37:08 We are often tossed and driven
37:10 on the restless seas of time.
37:13 Somber skies and howling tempests
37:15 oft succeed a bright sunshine.
37:18 In that land of perfect day
37:20 when the mist has rolled away
37:23 and we'll understand it better by and by.
37:27 Oh, by and by...
37:28 when the morning comes
37:33 all the saints of God will gather home.
37:37 We will tell the story
37:40 of how we've overcome
37:42 and we'll understand it better by and by.
37:47 We are often destitute
37:50 of the things that life demands.
37:52 Want of food and want of shelter,
37:55 thirsty hills and barren lands.
37:57 We are trusting in the Lord
38:00 that according to His Word
38:02 and we'll understand it better by and by.
38:06 Oh, by and by...
38:09 when the morning comes
38:12 all the saints of God will gather home.
38:16 We will tell the story
38:19 of how we've overcome
38:21 and we'll understand it better by and by.
38:24 Oh, by and by...
38:29 when the morning comes
38:31 all the saints of God will gather home.
38:35 We will tell the story
38:38 of how we've overcome
38:40 and we'll understand it better by and by.
38:44 One more time now... I say we'll understand
38:46 it better by and by...
38:49 Oh, we'll understand it better
38:53 by and by.
39:03 Amen... ha, ha... amen.
39:06 Amen... praise the Lord.
39:09 That's one of those songs that teaches us...
39:11 That you know, sometimes we often have questions
39:14 about this life. "Lord, why do I have to endure this? "
39:17 "Why do I have to go through that? "
39:19 But there's coming a time when we step through those
39:21 pearly gates Jesus will provide all the answers
39:25 and we will come to understand it better by and by.
39:29 Yeah... amen.
39:38 How many would rather have Jesus this evening?
39:40 I know that I would.
39:43 I'd rather have Jesus
39:48 than silver or gold;
39:53 I'd rather be His
39:58 than have riches untold.
40:03 I'd rather have Jesus
40:08 than houses or lands...
40:13 I'd rather be led
40:18 by His nail-pierced hand.
40:23 Than to be the king of
40:29 a vast domain
40:33 or be held in sin's dread
40:39 sway.
40:44 I'd rather have Jesus
40:49 than anything
40:54 this world
40:57 affords
41:00 today.
41:07 Oh, I'd rather have Jesus
41:13 than men's applause.
41:18 I'd rather be faithful
41:23 to His dear cause.
41:27 I'd rather have Jesus
41:33 than world-wide fame...
41:37 Oh, I'd rather be true
41:41 to His holy name!
41:47 Than to be the king of
41:53 a vast domain
41:57 or be held
42:00 in sin's dreadful sway.
42:10 I'd rather have Jesus
42:16 than
42:18 anything
42:25 this world
42:30 affords
42:34 today.
42:46 Thank you Jesus. Amen! Praise be to Jesus.
42:52 Ryan came to 3ABN in the spring
42:57 right before the Spring Camp Meeting - right -
43:00 and just in time to be involved on that project.
43:03 And what a blessing! I will never forget...
43:05 We had exchanged phone calls
43:10 and he was coming to... You had gotten permission
43:13 to come do a project while you were still working with
43:16 Amazing Facts. Right. And so you were just coming in
43:20 to make a recording. Right.
43:23 So that process for me was something...
43:26 You know, it's not always something you look forward to
43:28 because you don't always know what you're going to get.
43:31 And so I remember
43:35 every time that you would call and change the date...
43:37 change the date I would say: "Whew! "
43:41 You know, I was kind of glad actually.
43:42 Until the day that you came. I didn't know that.
43:45 Well, now I'm just saying that you've been
43:47 here, God and everybody, I'm just telling you that.
43:49 So but then whenever the day that you came I thought
43:53 "Oh my goodness! What time I've wasted! "
43:55 Because now I know what a great singer you are.
43:58 And not only your singing but your heart
44:00 and your testimony, and now to know that
44:04 you are a partner, we're partners. We're working on...
44:07 on the Praise Him! Network and I'm so excited to have you
44:10 as a part of that. So I want to publicly say thank you.
44:13 Well I have to say something back, too, because truthfully
44:17 like I grew up watching and singing along with
44:21 the Gaither Homecoming Series. In my home growing up
44:24 good gospel music, that was just the highlight
44:28 of our day, the highlight of our evening.
44:29 And so I thought I knew all of the great southern gospel
44:34 musicians and singers. And when I called 3ABN
44:37 I remember Jill, she had said: "You know,
44:39 you need to contact E.T. and you need to talk to
44:42 also Tim Parton... and he'll probably play on your album. "
44:45 And I thought: "Tim Parton? Who's that? "
44:49 And so when you don't know who someone is
44:52 but yet they're supposed to be really good what do you do?
44:54 You go to YouTube. And so I went on YouTube
44:56 and I typed in Tim Parton. And I have to say my mind
44:59 was blow. I thought: "Where have you been all my life? "
45:04 Phenomenal musician. So we're part of a mutual admiration...
45:06 Amen! Praise the Lord! Wonderful! Amen!
45:08 Well, it's just an honor to be playing the piano for you.
45:11 And let's do another tune called Satisfied.
45:16 OK with that one? Absolutely.
45:21 I think you're even going to even let me sing on this one,
45:23 right? I think I might. Thanks, Buddy.
45:28 All my life long
45:32 I had panted
45:35 for a drink from some cool spring
45:41 that I hoped would
45:45 quench the burning
45:48 of the thirst I felt within.
45:54 Oh Hallelujah!
45:58 I have found Him
46:02 whom my soul
46:05 so long had craved.
46:09 Jesus satisfied my longing...
46:15 through His blood
46:18 I now am saved.
46:26 Feeding on the
46:29 husks around me
46:32 till my soul was almost gone
46:38 long I sought for
46:42 something better
46:45 only still
46:47 to hunger on.
46:52 Oh Hallelujah!
46:56 I have found Him
46:59 whom my soul
47:02 so long had craved.
47:06 Jesus satisfies
47:10 my longing...
47:12 through His blood
47:15 I now am saved.
47:22 Well of water
47:26 ever springing;
47:29 Bread of Life so rich
47:32 and free...
47:36 Untold wealth
47:38 that never faileth
47:42 my Redeemer is
47:46 to me!
47:49 Oh Hallelujah!
47:55 I have found Him
47:58 whom my soul
48:01 so long had craved.
48:05 Jesus satisfies
48:09 my longing...
48:12 through His blood
48:15 I now am saved...
48:19 Jesus satisfies
48:24 my longing...
48:27 through His blood
48:30 I now am
48:34 saved.
48:41 Amen! Amen! Praise the Lord!
48:45 Praise the Lord!
48:50 You know, Tim, one of my favorite things
48:52 to sing about is when we are going to be in heaven
48:56 with Jesus. I have a lot of songs,
49:01 a lot of tracks that I've sung over the years.
49:03 And after looking at them over the years
49:05 I found out that I have a lot of songs about heaven.
49:07 That's not so much a bad thing I guess
49:10 because I love to sing about the time
49:14 when you and I are going to step onto heaven's shore
49:18 for the first time, and we're going to get to look our Savior
49:21 face to face and embrace Him.
49:23 And who knows how we're actually going to respond.
49:28 You know, that's that Blessed Hope that I have
49:30 to look forward to: when Jesus will come back.
49:33 But until then... right...
49:37 But until then my heart will go on singing.
49:50 My heart can sing
49:54 when I pause to remember
50:01 a heartache here
50:04 is but a stepping stone
50:10 along the trail
50:14 that's winding always upward.
50:21 This troubled world
50:25 is not
50:27 my final home.
50:32 Sing it with me: But until then
50:37 my heart will go on singing.
50:44 Until then
50:48 with joy I'll carry on.
50:54 Until the day
50:58 my eyes behold that city...
51:05 until the day
51:09 God calls us home.
51:16 The things of earth
51:20 will dim and lose their value
51:26 if we recall
51:30 they're borrowed for a while.
51:36 And things of earth
51:41 that cause my heart to tremble
51:47 remembered there
51:51 will only bring a smile.
51:57 But until then
52:01 my heart will go on singing.
52:08 Until then
52:12 with joy I'll carry on.
52:18 Until the day
52:22 my eyes behold that city...
52:28 until the day
52:32 God calls me
52:35 home...
52:39 Until the day
52:44 my eyes behold
52:48 that city...
52:51 until the day
52:55 God calls me
52:59 home...
53:05 Until the day
53:08 He calls me
53:12 home!
53:20 Amen! Amen.
53:23 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord.
53:26 So Ryan and I did a program
53:29 a Today program, and I wanted to say thanks to Danny
53:31 for allowing us to do some programs
53:36 on the 3ABN Today program.
53:38 Just music and we have a great time.
53:40 We're going to do some more of those because
53:42 we got a lot of great feedback. Absolutely.
53:44 And so it always helps when- ever people like what they see
53:47 and they call in and say "We like what we saw. "
53:50 And that secures our job. Amen!
53:53 And so I like that.
53:56 So I am grateful, Danny, for allowing us to do that.
53:59 Thanks that he loves music so much.
54:01 And so off of that project...
54:06 off the program we did you recorded a CD.
54:09 Yeah, so praise the Lord a very quick 3-1/2 week turn around
54:15 but we were able to finally record my very first
54:19 professional album. And so it came in today!
54:21 Yes! So a few of the songs you're hearing
54:24 tonight are on the album.
54:25 And you know, at the end of the day we just have to give God
54:28 all the glory because none of us would be where we are
54:31 without Him. Right. And I praise You God.
54:33 Thank you so much for the opportunity.
54:35 So be sure and pick up your copy of that.
54:37 And if you're watching and would like a copy of that,
54:39 you can call the call center. That's right.
54:42 At 3ABN you can go on the store on the 3ABN...
54:45 Um-hmm. And my lovely wife will also be out...
54:49 We have a little spot in the booth there
54:51 if you would like to pick one up
54:52 perhaps maybe tonight at the end or maybe Saturday evening
54:56 after the sun has went down.
54:58 We would love to put one in your hand - yeah -
55:01 for a good donation.
55:04 So thank you for enjoying this music and singing along
55:09 and being so responsive. Amen!
55:11 And I'm going to play another one while you sing along.
55:14 Sure. You catch how that went? Yeah.
55:17 So this is a fun song that everybody knows
55:21 and it goes a lot like this:
55:30 Sing the wond'rous
55:32 love of Jesus,
55:34 sing His mercy and His grace.
55:38 In the mansions bright and blessed
55:42 He'll prepare for us a place.
55:46 When we all get to heaven
55:49 what a day of rejoicing that will be!
55:53 When we all see Jesus
55:57 we'll sing and shout the victory!
56:02 While we walk the pilgrim pathway
56:05 clouds will overspread the sky.
56:09 But when traveling days are over
56:13 not a shadow, not a sigh.
56:17 When we all get to heaven
56:20 what a day of rejoicing that will be!
56:24 When we all see Jesus
56:28 we'll sing and shout the victory! One more verse:
56:32 Onward to the prize before us;
56:36 soon His beauty we'll behold.
56:40 Soon the pearly gates will open,
56:44 we shall tread the streets of gold.
56:48 Oh when we all get to heaven
56:52 what a day of rejoicing that will be!
56:56 Oh, when we all see Jesus
57:00 we'll sing and shout the victory! One more time!
57:04 When we all get to heaven
57:08 what a day of rejoicing that will be!
57:11 When we all see Jesus
57:16 we'll sing and shout
57:20 the victory!
57:26 Amen.


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