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00:43 Good evening and welcome to 3ABN's Fall Homecoming.
00:46 It is our last evening together 00:48 and I think I'm feeling a little sad about that. 00:51 What a blessing this weekend has been: 00:54 the Word of God being preached! How it has inspired my heart. 00:58 And I'm so grateful that each one of you are here 01:01 and you at home that you've joined us 01:03 for 3ABN Fall Homecoming, 01:05 and it's been an incredible experience. 01:07 Oh absolutely! It's a blessing to meet each one of you. 01:09 And we've heard some great reports already coming in 01:11 from social media about people that unfortunately couldn't 01:14 make it but are still being blessed by watching on 3ABN, 01:17 listening to it on the radio. 01:18 An interesting story: this was yesterday before Sabbath, 01:22 just so you know this, a gentle- man came to me and said: "Hey! " 01:24 I was actually talking to each one of you in the front here 01:26 and there was a gentleman on the phone. 01:28 And he hung up the phone and he said: "Wow! 01:31 I was just talking to Amazon customer service. " 01:33 OK... and they asked him: "How's your day? " 01:36 And he said: "Blessed! I'm here at 3ABN Camp Meeting. " 01:39 And they said: "That's my favorite channel. " 01:44 All right! 01:45 So praise the Lord! Don't give any names, they'd get fired. 01:49 That's why I'm stopping right there. 01:51 But we're glad that each one of you are here this evening. 01:53 We're going to have a great musical hour. You enjoy music, 01:56 right? Amen! Pr. Doug Batchelor of course. 01:59 And we have something exciting to talk about. 02:00 Amen. Earlier this year... Well let me back up. 02:04 2008 Amazing Facts and 3ABN teamed up. 02:07 We've done several things together over the years. 02:09 Revival programs. But we did something I think 02:12 just really made a difference in eternity. 02:14 We taped a program for kids 02:16 in Texas called Amazing Adventures. 02:19 That's right. But this is you know more than ten years ago 02:22 and it was standard definition. And those kids! I have people 02:26 walking up to me now that are 23 years old and they say: 02:29 "We've got kids of our own but we watched, we came to 02:32 the Lord, we got baptized 02:33 after watching the Amazing Adventures. " 02:35 So we really thought we needed to do a new program 02:38 and update it. And so I gave Danny and Greg a call 02:42 and I said: "I know it's not a lot of warning 02:44 but we've got this rare oppor- tunity to do a brand new Amazing 02:48 Adventure program there at the Michigan Camp Meeting. 02:51 We've got 300 young people "captive. " 02:54 Yeah... that's right. And they said: "We're on board. " 02:57 And so we taped a whole new program. 02:59 You've gotta see it. It's an incredible set. 03:01 We've got a ship on board. Some of you may have seen... 03:03 Some of them were on the Internet. 03:05 But they're just... the editing's just being finished. 03:08 They're being released with a brand new set of lessons. 03:11 A Bible called An Adventure Bible for kids 03:14 from 8 to 12 or 13. And we're just so excited about this 03:17 'cause we think... Now it's all high definition. 03:20 For years to come this is going to lead young people 03:22 to Jesus. Amen! We're so privileged to partner 03:25 with Amazing Facts for so many years 03:27 and especially with this new project for young people. 03:30 It's going to launch on 3ABN. We don't have the exact date 03:34 but maybe in the next month or two. 03:36 Yeah, I think just a little more than a month should all be done. 03:38 Um-hmm. This is real exciting. Doug, when did we do our first 03:42 satellite seminar? Was that 1996? 1997? 03:46 Karen knows. Thank you, thank you. I started to say 03:51 somebody's a real avid watcher. That's Karen Batchelor. 03:54 Thank you, Karen. 03:56 Lucky Karen's out there. Yeah... one of his fans. 03:59 I should marry her! Yeah, his fan out there. 04:01 Yeah... yeah, you might want to do that. 04:03 So that's been what? 22 years or something like that? 04:08 Yeah. A long time ago. So we did that 04:10 and then we ended up doing several more. 04:12 Hope for Revival, '05 Revive... 04:15 All I remember we did it from the 04:17 what's now Radio back there, but Boss... we called it Boss 04:20 Auditorium 'cause the ladies who donated the money 04:24 for it their last name was Boss. And we said: "You're the boss 04:26 so we'll do it. " And we built this facility studio. 04:30 We did it and I remember we had something like 5 or 6 thousand 04:34 churches that were watching - home churches - that would... 04:39 had the study guides and all of that. 04:41 I think there were a few thousand people baptized. 04:43 I don't remember the results but it was tremendous. 04:45 So we said: "Let's just keep doing these. " 04:47 So we've done a lot of those seminars together 04:50 over the years. Amen. Yeah. 04:53 And so it's a thrill to continue working together. 04:55 We're so excited about this new children's program 04:57 Amazing Adventures, and we hope that you'll tell your friends 05:01 and enemies and anyone you know that has kids. 05:03 You know, the most... 73, 74% 05:07 of people who accept Christ do it between the ages of 05:11 like 8 and 13. Wow! And so it's such a critical time. 05:14 All I remember at that time I could do backward handsprings 05:18 and Doug could do a backward flip just standing here 05:21 and on stage. Can you still? 05:24 I can do it by faith in my mind. 05:28 I can do a back jump. 05:30 That's why I'm amazed I could do 3 backward handsprings 05:32 to round off and three 05:34 and Doug would just stand and jump up and do a... 05:36 so we had our own little acrobatic team going there. 05:39 But right now I don't even dream about that. 05:42 So I wouldn't want to... it'd be a nightmare. 05:44 But anyway, it's been a lot of years but God has 05:47 blessed on that. Thank you so much for what you 05:50 do and have been doing and Karen for so many years: 05:53 your dedication to the service of the Lord. 05:56 Only eternity will tell. I can tell you 06:00 thousands of people have written to us, e-mailed us, 06:04 people we've met over the years, 06:06 that have said: "I came to the Lord through watching 3ABN, 06:09 through watching Doug Batchelor on 3ABN, 06:12 or watching Amazing Facts on maybe other channels. " 06:15 But all I know is when you get to heaven 06:17 you need eternity. It's going to take you a long time 06:20 for people to keep coming up and saying: "Hey Doug, 06:22 thanks to you I'm here. " So God bless you. 06:25 I'll be thankful to be there - 06:26 praise the Lord - with everyone else. 06:30 Pastor John, do you mind opening in prayer as we start 06:32 our music hour? Sure. 06:34 Loving Father in heaven, this weekend has been 06:37 such a blessing. It's like a fountain that never stops 06:41 flowing, a sun that never stops shining. 06:45 And Lord, once again we submit ourselves 06:47 to You as we walk into Your throne room. 06:49 Under Your invitation we come to worship You. 06:53 To adore. To see that holiness is in fact beautiful. 06:59 We praise You, Father, for who You are. 07:02 We are amazed that, Lord, You can use vessels like us 07:05 to glorify Your name. 07:07 But our courage is in the knowledge that You have not 07:09 finished the work You've started in us yet. 07:12 But we are on that "conveyor belt" of faith; 07:15 we are in the hand of the Potter. 07:17 We thank you, Lord. We submit. Continue molding us 07:20 until one day we fully reflect Your glory. 07:23 But Father, for this evening take our frail offering, 07:26 our music, our songs, our sermons, our messages 07:29 and fill them with Your Spirit 07:31 that they may be a glory and honor to You 07:33 and a blessing to us. We ask in Christ's name, Amen. 07:38 Amen. OK. I'm going to read off the names again 07:41 like I've done the last couple nights 07:43 instead of bringing everybody out and introducing them. 07:46 And we're going to start off with Bro. Tim Parton. 07:48 How many have been blessed by Tim so far? 07:50 Amen. All right. What an incredible, incredible talent. 07:55 I've been around music for many, many years, 07:58 hired many Nashville musicians and pianists 08:01 and studio musicians, and really he's at the top 08:03 of the list. Yvonne likes to put it this way: 08:06 "Tim Parton is in a league by himself. " 08:08 And my dad always said that. He'd say: 08:11 "Son, you are outstanding! " I'd say: 08:13 "Yeah... in a field somewhere. " 08:15 And... But I don't mean that about Tim. 08:17 He's outstanding in the right way. 08:19 I was just kinda out in a field somewhere. 08:21 But Tim's going to be singing for us, and Ryan Day 08:24 is going to be doing a duet with Celestine Dickens. 08:28 And then also Ladye Love Smith is here. 08:31 Isn't that nice? She hasn't been here yet. 08:33 So Reggie couldn't make it. You know, he's doing the Gaither 08:35 thing. He's with the Gaither Vocal Band 08:38 and we're happy for him. They're I think in So. Bend, Indiana, 08:41 tonight. He just called me a little bit ago. 08:43 So Reggie, if the Gaithers are watching, don't copy 08:46 any of our music here tonight, OK? 08:49 I'll be talking to you, Bill. Just kidding... just kidding. 08:53 All right. Ladye Love's here and then Pr. John Lomacang. 08:56 Yvonne, and then we're going to do something totally brand new 08:59 with Tim playing. I got word about 15 minutes before we came 09:03 on the air that Doug Batchelor, John Lomacang, and myself 09:08 were going to be singing a song. 09:10 And so just minutes before you saw us stand around the piano. 09:13 So we're going to see how this turns out. 09:15 This will be interesting. 09:16 And so then, let's see, I think Tim's going to be back. 09:20 And I think that's it for tonight. 09:23 So we want to just pray. John has already prayed, 09:25 but we just, within ourself, as we listen to this music 09:29 we do it for a reason. We're not here entertaining you 09:32 by any means. None of these folks are. 09:34 They could make a living in the world and do whatever they 09:37 wanted to do, many of these folks - these singers - 09:39 but they have dedicated their time, their talents, 09:42 their gifts, their abilities, to the winning of souls 09:45 for the kingdom of God so God uses each of them. 09:47 So while they're singing 09:50 I would like to ask each and every one of you 09:52 to think about your own life and your own relationship 09:55 with the Lord Jesus Christ. And maybe this is the time 09:59 this hour that you say: "Lord, come into my heart. " 10:02 "Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. " 10:04 The song says: "Come in today; come in to stay. 10:06 Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. " So 10:08 it's up to us as to where we go from here. 10:11 We've been filled and overflowing 10:13 and hopefully we will not leave here 10:16 the same as we came but we'll leave here drawn closer 10:19 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 10:21 Tim. Amen, amen. 10:25 For the folks at home you haven't been privileged 10:27 to hear a lot of the before... Beforehand we've been doing 10:33 some congregational "stuff" so we're going to 10:36 invite the congregation to sing along on this first song. 10:40 This is a great song. The melody may be a little bit different 10:42 than what you're used to but the words are the same. 10:45 It says: Jesus, What A Friend For Sinners. 10:48 It goes like this: 10:54 Sing along with me. 11:34 Ah, that sounds wonderful! 12:57 Oh, yeah! 12:59 Let's take it up one more time: 13:44 Amen! Praise the Lord! Wonderful singing. 14:06 Jesus saves! 14:10 He still does. 14:15 He'll make of you someone new... 14:19 cleanse the sin that was. 14:23 The Holy Spirit whispers 14:27 "No more must you be enslaved. " 14:32 Just believe it: 14:36 Jesus saves. 14:41 We talk of heaven's beauty 14:45 and that's good. 14:48 We talk of loving others 14:52 and we should. 14:56 But to a dying world 14:59 the greatest thing that we can say 15:04 is: "Take a look at Calvary... 15:07 Jesus saves. " 15:11 Jesus saves! 15:14 He still does. 15:18 He'll make of you someone new... 15:22 cleanse the sin that was. 15:26 The Holy Spirit whispers 15:29 "No more must you be enslaved. " 15:33 Just believe it: 15:36 Jesus saves. 15:44 We have heard 15:48 the joyful sound: 15:52 Jesus saves! 15:56 Jesus saves! 16:00 Spread the tidings 16:05 all around: 16:08 Jesus saves! 16:12 Jesus saves! 16:20 Jesus saves! 16:24 He still does. 16:27 He'll make of you 16:30 someone new... 16:31 cleanse the sin that was. 16:35 The Holy Spirit whispers: 16:38 "No more must you be enslaved. " 16:41 Just believe it: 16:44 Jesus saves. 16:48 Jesus saves! 16:51 He still does. 16:54 He'll make of you 16:57 someone new... 16:58 cleanse the sin that was. 17:01 The Holy Spirit whispers: 17:04 "No more must you be enslaved. " 17:08 Just believe it: 17:11 Jesus saves. 17:15 The Holy Spirit whispers: 17:18 "No more must you be enslaved. " 17:25 Just believe it... 17:29 just believe it... 17:32 just believe it: 17:35 Jesus 17:37 saves! 18:13 I would love to tell you what 18:17 I think of Jesus 18:21 since I've found in Him a Friend 18:25 so kind and true. 18:29 I would tell you 18:32 how He changed my life completely. 18:37 He did something 18:40 that no other friend 18:43 could do. 18:47 No one ever 18:52 cared for me 18:55 like Jesus. 19:00 There's no other friend 19:05 so kind as He. 19:13 No one else 19:16 could take the sin 19:19 and darkness from me. 19:27 Oh how much 19:30 He cares for me. 19:37 All my life was full 19:42 of sin 19:43 when Jesus found me. 19:49 And all my heart 19:52 was full 19:54 of misery and woe. 20:02 But Jesus placed 20:06 His strong and loving arms 20:09 around me 20:14 and He led me in 20:18 the way I ought to go. 20:25 And every day 20:29 He comes to me 20:31 with new assurance. 20:38 More and more 20:41 I understand 20:44 His words of love. 20:50 But I'll never know 20:54 just why 20:56 He came to save me 21:02 till that day 21:06 I see 21:08 His blessed face above. 21:13 No one 21:16 ever cared for me 21:21 like Jesus. 21:26 There's no other friend 21:31 so kind as He. 21:38 No one else 21:42 could take the sin 21:45 and darkness from me. 21:52 Oh how much 21:55 He cares for me... 22:05 Oh how much 22:07 He cares 22:11 for me... 22:16 for me. 22:26 Amen. No one ever cared for me like Jesus. 22:31 No one cares for us like Jesus. 22:34 Friends will forsake you. 22:37 Husbands will let you down; wives will let you down. 22:40 Because you know why? We're people 22:42 and we're not perfect like Him. 22:44 And He says: "I'll never leave you or forsake you. " 22:47 And if you don't know that Jesus tonight, 22:50 He's calling you. He's calling you softly and tenderly. 22:54 He'll never scream at you. 22:56 He won't push you to do it; He won't drag you to do it. 22:59 He just says: "I love you 23:01 and I'm here when you're ready. " 23:08 Softly and tenderly 23:14 Jesus is calling... 23:20 calling for you 23:24 and for me. 23:30 See on the portals 23:35 He's waiting and watching... 23:40 calling: "O sinner, 23:46 come home. " 23:51 "Come home, 23:56 come home. 24:02 Ye who are weary 24:06 come home. " 24:16 Earnestly, 24:18 tenderly 24:21 Jesus is calling. 24:26 Calling: "O sinner, 24:32 come home. " 24:43 O for the wonderful 24:48 love He has promised. 24:52 Promised for you 24:56 and for me. 25:00 And though we have sinned 25:04 He has mercy and pardon... 25:10 pardon for you 25:14 and for me. 25:19 "Come home, 25:23 come home. 25:30 Ye who are weary 25:34 come home. " 25:43 Earnestly, tenderly 25:48 Jesus is calling. 25:53 Calling: "O sinner... " 26:00 Calling: "O sinner... " 26:05 Calling: 26:08 "O sinner 26:15 come 26:18 home. " 26:30 Jesus, 26:33 Jesus, 26:36 Jesus... 26:40 there's just something 26:43 about 26:45 that name. 26:51 Master, 26:53 Savior, 26:56 Jesus... 27:00 like the fragrance 27:03 after the rain. 27:11 Jesus, 27:13 oh Jesus, 27:16 Jesus... 27:20 let all heaven and earth 27:25 proclaim: 27:31 Kings and kingdoms 27:36 they will all pass away 27:41 but there's something 27:45 about 27:49 that name. 27:55 Sing that with me just really quick. 28:01 Jesus, 28:04 Jesus, 28:07 Jesus... 28:11 there's just something 28:14 about that name. 28:21 Master, 28:24 Savior, 28:26 Jesus... 28:30 like the fragrance 28:34 after the rain. 28:40 Jesus, 28:43 oh Jesus, 28:45 Jesus... 28:50 let all heaven 28:52 proclaim: 29:00 kings and kingdoms 29:05 will all pass away 29:10 but there's something 29:14 about 29:17 that name. 29:46 In the harvest field now ripened 29:53 there's a work 29:56 for all to do. 30:00 Hark! The voice 30:04 of Jesus calling... 30:07 to the harvest 30:12 calling you. 30:15 Little is much 30:19 when God is in it! 30:22 Labor not for wealth 30:27 or fame. 30:29 There's a crown 30:33 and you can win it 30:37 if you go 30:40 in Jesus' name. 30:46 When the conflict 30:50 here has ended 30:53 and our work 30:56 on earth is through 31:00 He will say 31:03 if we are faithful: 31:07 "Welcome home 31:10 My child, 31:15 well done! " 31:21 Little is much 31:24 when God is in it! 31:28 Labor not 31:31 for wealth or fame. 31:35 There's a crown 31:37 and we can win it 31:41 if we go 31:44 in Jesus' name. Yes, 31:47 little is much 31:50 when God is in it! 31:54 Labor not 31:57 for wealth or fame. 32:01 There's a crown 32:04 and we can win it 32:08 if we go 32:12 in 32:14 Jesus' 32:21 name. 32:28 Amen! 32:50 Holy, holy God Almighty: 32:55 spotless Lamb for sinners slain. 33:00 Worthy, worthy... Thou art worthy 33:05 Lord we praise Your holy name. 33:09 We adore You; 33:11 bow before You; 33:14 let all of heav'n and earth proclaim: 33:18 You alone deserve the glory 33:24 Lord we praise Your holy name. 33:32 Lord, we praise Your name; 33:36 Lord, we praise Your name; 33:41 Lord, we praise Your name: 33:45 God Almighty! 33:51 Holy is Your name; 33:56 righteous is Your name; 34:00 name above all names: 34:04 God Almighty! 34:13 Holy, holy God Almighty 34:17 spotless Lamb for sinners slain. 34:24 Worthy, worthy... Thou art worthy 34:30 Lord we praise Your holy name. 34:34 We adore You; 34:37 bow before You; 34:39 let all of heav'n and earth proclaim: 34:43 You alone deserve the glory 34:48 Lord we praise Your holy name. 34:55 Lord, we praise Your name; 35:00 Lord, we praise Your name; 35:05 Lord, we praise Your name: 35:09 God Almighty! 35:15 Holy is Your name; 35:20 righteous is Your name; 35:24 name above all names: 35:28 God Almighty! 35:36 Jesus, there is none above You; 35:41 we exalt Your majesty. 35:46 In Your name we find salvation 35:51 Speak your name and demons flee; 35:56 Devil and the grave defeated 36:00 Raise the scepter high 36:03 You read... 36:05 Mighty King of kings forever 36:10 Lord, we praise Your holy name. 36:18 Blessing and honor, 36:21 glory and power 36:23 be unto Thee who sits upon the throne forever! 36:28 Blessing and honor, 36:30 glory and power, 36:33 be unto Thee who sits upon the throne forever! 36:38 Blessing and honor, 36:43 glory and power forever. 36:48 Blessing and honor, 36:50 glory and power 36:52 be unto Him who sits upon the throne forever 36:58 and ever! 37:00 We adore You! 37:05 Let all heav'n and earth proclaim: 37:15 Lord, we praise Your holy name! 37:21 Amen. 37:24 Amen. 37:29 Amen. 37:34 Amen. 37:39 Amen! 37:45 Amen! 37:49 AMEN! 37:57 Amen! Whoo! 37:59 We probably should just shut the doors and go home after that! 38:02 Wow! How do you keep going from that for sure? 38:08 Well, it's a privilege to be here with Doug. 38:10 Now John and Doug and I have never sung together, have we? 38:12 As a trio? No, I think it'd be on YouTube 38:16 if we had by now. 38:20 Yeah, I don't know if that's good or bad. Right? Could be... 38:24 You know, there's about 180 years of experience 38:27 up here so it should be good. 38:30 And if you add Tim that's 280 years. 38:35 I'm just kidding. 38:36 You don't have a bus, do you Doug? 38:39 Do you have a bus or something? 38:41 I'll need something faster to get away! 38:43 I was thinking, you know, if we're going to make this work 38:45 as like a trio or something, you know... 38:48 or a quartet with Tim... 38:49 I like to go in style. 38:51 I don't want to be in a Volkswagen. I want to drive with 38:53 you. You know, when Doug and I were on the road 38:56 we roomed together, we had a lot of fun together 38:58 in evangelism. One of the best times of our lives - 39:01 of my life I should say. 39:03 And I didn't know until a year after... I just need to say this 39:06 Doug... I didn't know until a year after I was in evangelism 39:10 in California I wondered 'cause he said someone 39:13 made it possible for you to come to California 39:17 and get an opportunity to do evangelism. 39:19 I didn't know. Doug never told me until one day 39:21 we were swimming in his pond in Covelo 39:23 and I said... Don't misunderstand that. 39:29 No, we were swimming in his pond 39:32 in Covelo, and he got sick and tired of me telling this story. 39:38 I kept trying to figure out who put this money up 39:40 for me to get a chance in ministry. 39:42 And Doug said to me: "John, I am so tired of that 39:46 story you keep telling about some lady that put this money 39:50 up. " I said: "Why does that bother you? " 39:52 He said: "Because it was me. " 39:56 And you know what? I cannot thank you enough 40:01 for believing that in this New Yorker - we met in 40:05 Heritage Singers. I was the only one crazy enough to fly 40:08 in a plane with Doug. And here we are years later 40:11 still flying by the grace of God. So, you know, 40:14 this song is a summary of our lives 40:19 and I'll let the song speak for itself. 40:32 I will serve Thee 40:38 because I love Thee. 40:45 You have given life 40:51 to me. 40:57 I was nothing 41:03 before You found me... 41:10 You have given life 41:16 to me. 41:24 Heartaches, 41:29 broken pieces, 41:36 ruined lives 41:40 are why 41:43 You died 41:46 on Calvary. 41:51 Your touch 41:55 is what I longed for. 42:02 You have given 42:07 life to me. Sing with us: 42:12 Heartaches, broken pieces... 42:16 Heartaches, 42:22 broken pieces, 42:28 ruined lives 42:32 are why You 42:36 died on Calvary. 42:43 Your touch 42:47 is what I longed for. 42:54 You have given 42:59 life to me. 43:07 You have 43:09 given life 43:14 to me. 43:22 Amen! Thank you, Doug, good job. All right! 43:27 Doesn't that bother you when there's some people 43:29 who can do everything right? You know? 43:32 Doug Batchelor... there's not much he can't do. 43:35 The guy's an incredible person. 43:37 Tremendous gifts and tremendous talents. 43:40 And are we so thankful that he's chosen to be on the side - 43:44 he and Karen and their family - on the side of God. 43:46 Amen! Because that kind of tool in the devil's hand 43:49 could do a lot of harm. But praise the Lord 43:52 the Holy Spirit reached him in a cave. 43:56 And so some of us aren't in caves, but the Holy Spirit 43:59 hasn't reached us as well yet and we want to make 44:01 that opportunity. And this Camp Meeting... 44:03 All joking aside, this Camp Meeting, this is the time 44:06 that each of us have an opportunity 44:09 to re-dedicate our life to the Lord. 44:11 Amen! We can't go back to business as usual. 44:14 Amen! It's too late in earth's history to go back 44:17 to business as usual. We can't go back home 44:19 and just sit on our laurels. Is that OK to say: laurels? 44:23 Sit... You know where: on your behind. 44:25 We can't just go sit and do nothing 44:28 and expect to look up and when Jesus comes 44:31 and: "Oh, Lord, here I am. " 44:33 We're accountable. To whom much is given, much is required. 44:37 Are you with me? To whom much is given 44:39 much is required. When you have the knowledge 44:42 that we've been blessed to have and we have an aide 44:45 that's helped us and a lot of understanding through 44:47 the Spirit of Prophecy and every so-called edge to understand 44:52 where we are, we can't just be shutting our eyes 44:55 and just going on. 44:56 So remember, because God... When Jesus was hanging on 44:59 the cross as we always say you were on His mind. 45:03 Seriously! Can you imagine the value... 45:05 Denny, can you imagine your value that when Jesus was 45:08 on the cross He had you in mind? 45:11 I mean, that's amazing. 45:13 Why? Because He knew you would be alive in the closing moments 45:16 of earth's history. Each and every one of us. 45:19 He knew we'd be alive and we'd be willing to 45:21 give our lives to death if necessary for the cause of God. 45:26 But it's up to us to do that. 45:28 We have to constantly come to Jesus: 45:30 "Lord, save me. I'm a sinner. " 45:33 "Lord, save me. " We cannot be qualified... 45:35 consider ourselves qualified. Greg still... ever since 45:39 this afternoon every time we cross paths 45:41 "Brother Danny... " He always calls me Mr. Danny. 45:43 "Mr. Danny... " That makes me feel old. 45:45 But I like it... it's respect. 45:47 He says: "Mr. Danny, I don't feel qualified. " 45:49 I said: "Praise the Lord, Greg. " 45:51 "Praise the Lord because now God will qualify you. " Amen! 45:55 And He already has. He saw Greg and Jill 45:57 from... literally from the foundation of the world. 46:01 What an opportunity to support what they're doing. 46:05 We talked this morning about 3ABN and our finances. 46:09 We don't talk about it very much but Ellen White says we can 46:11 make our needs known, so some of you didn't get a chance, 46:14 you didn't put something in the offering or maybe today 46:16 the Holy Spirit's impressing, so later this evening 46:19 the program's over you see myself or Greg, Jill, Yvonne, 46:23 somebody... Pastor John 46:25 and you want to write a check just make it to 3ABN. 46:28 We believe God is going to allow us to end this year 46:33 financially in the black, right? 46:35 We believe it. Now somebody said "Amen. " 46:38 If you did, I'm going to look back over the cameras 46:40 and I'm going to have them play the re-run back. Say "OK, 46:43 now he said/she said 'Amen. ' That means you're going to 46:46 help. " All right? So no, no... but 46:49 I'm saying we believe that God is going to support His ministry 46:53 no matter what is out there. No matter what people... 46:56 what the devil is trying to do 46:59 we don't worry about the devil. 47:00 We serve the God of the universe: the Creator God 47:03 of the universe. And in your own life 47:05 it's time that each of us understand. There is no problem 47:09 as we mentioned today so big that God can't solve it 47:12 and no problem so small that He won't bend an ear. 47:16 So we are... it's an incredible oppor... It's mind boggling 47:20 "Eye hath not seen nor ear heard 47:22 neither has it entered into the heart of man 47:25 the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. " 47:28 And are willing to be part of the "GO! movement. " 47:31 "Go ye movement. " "Go ye into all the world. " 47:34 So today it's my hope and prayer that each and every 47:36 one of us will leave this place "on fire for Jesus" 47:40 if we can use that term. 47:42 That we're going to go home and wherever we live, 47:44 whatever church you're from, 47:46 they're going to say: "Man... you've changed. " 47:48 "Wow! You've changed. " You're going to bring 47:51 something back to your church that says 47:54 less "What about revival and reformation? " 47:57 "Let's concentrate on evangelism. " 47:59 Evangelism; evangelism. 48:01 And let God do the rest. 48:03 He will supply all the needs. I've never been more encouraged 48:07 than I have in my life, and I say that almost every year. 48:10 You know why? Because every year it just keeps gettin' better. 48:13 Now does that mean there's no hassles and no all kinds of 48:16 stuff and junk going on? No. 48:18 But it just means we're one step closer to Jesus' coming. 48:21 And I'm so thankful to be involved, and thank each 48:24 and every one of you here and those of you at home 48:26 for your love, for your prayers, 48:29 and your financial support of 3ABN. 48:33 Tim. I like that line you said 48:38 "When He was on the cross He saw us. " 48:42 And I remember the day mercy saved me. 48:47 Trembling I knelt down and prayed. 48:51 There at the cross love forgave me 48:56 exchanging my sin for His grace. 49:00 I will never forget 49:03 the burden He lifted 49:06 and the peace that flooded my soul. 49:10 I will cherish the cross. 49:12 So precious to me: 49:15 the place of my pardon where I was redeemed. 49:20 No more a sinner, 49:23 I'm a child of God. 49:25 I'm free and forgiven... 49:29 and that's why I cherish the cross. 49:42 Wherever this journey may lead me, 49:47 whatever road I may walk 49:52 my heart will always be clinging 49:57 to the treasure I have in this cross. 50:01 I know it is foolish 50:03 to those who don't choose to believe 50:06 but to me it's the power of God. 50:10 I will cherish the cross. 50:13 So precious to me: 50:16 the place of my pardon where I was redeemed. 50:21 No more a sinner, 50:23 I'm a child of God. 50:26 I'm free and forgiven... 50:29 and that's why I cherish the cross. 50:36 I will cherish the cross 50:38 till my trophies at last I lay down. 50:44 Oh, I will cherish the cross 50:47 and I'll trade it some day for a crown! 50:53 I'm gonna cherish the cross. 50:56 So precious to me: 50:58 the place of my pardon where I was redeemed. 51:03 No more a sinner, I'm a child of God. 51:08 I'm free and forgiven... 51:11 and that's why I cherish the cross. 51:27 Amen. 51:28 Amen. Thank you, Tim. 51:34 We see 3ABN as a lifeline. 51:38 A lifeline to many souls. 51:41 You remember the Paradise fires what? About a year ago? 51:44 Terrible tragedy, right? 51:46 People lost their lives, natural disaster. Recently 51:49 we're thinking of the hurricane, right? that hit the Bahamas. 51:51 Terrible. There was a father that heard this story. 51:54 You may have heard it as well. Father... he was blind. 51:58 Storm rolling in. Cerebral palsy son couldn't walk. 52:04 Father's blind; son can't walk. 52:07 The water's rising in his house. 52:10 Didn't have a way out. Couldn't see; son can't walk. 52:13 The neighbor next door comes running over to the house 52:16 and says: "Let me lead you out. " 52:19 So the father who is blind put the son on his shoulder. 52:22 Cerebral palsy; can't walk. 52:23 And the neighbor led them out. Lifeline, right? 52:27 Jill and I were at a rally in Minnesota 52:30 earlier this year. A man named Bill 52:34 we met there. I'm sure many of you can relate to this. 52:38 And he was down and out. 52:40 Life was just terrible for him. 52:43 He stumbled across 3ABN. 52:46 Didn't stumble across it, right? It was divine providence 52:49 for him to come across 3ABN. 52:51 He went into the local bookstore 'cause he was interested in 52:54 religion. 3ABN had kind of peaked that for him. 52:57 He went to the bookstore and he was perusing the books. 52:59 And he saw a book on the shelf that said The Great Controversy. 53:03 Wow! That looks interesting. 53:05 So he picked up The Great Controversy. 53:07 Went to the checkout; handed it to the person. 53:10 They tried to scan it. Beep, beep. "I don't know, 53:12 sir. This book isn't even registered in our system. " 53:16 I'm not encouraging you to take books and drop them off 53:18 in the local bookstore like this. Somebody did that. 53:21 Anyway, he took The Great Controversy. 53:24 Took it home and it changed his life 53:27 along with 3ABN. 53:29 He didn't have good credit, so he borrowed his friend's 53:32 credit card. And his friend said: "What are you going to use 53:35 my credit card for? " And he said: "I'm going to buy 53:37 more Great Controversy books. " 53:39 "OK... what book is that? " 53:41 "Well let me buy one for you, too. " 53:42 "OK. " These two men are active SDA members 53:47 in the Minnesota church that Jill and I were at, 53:49 and that's thanks to 3ABN. 53:50 It is a lifeline. Praise the Lord! 53:53 What an incredible blessing to know that God is using 53:56 each one of you - that's right - to partner with 3ABN 53:59 in helping to spread the gospel to the world. 54:01 I love II Corinthians 5:17. 54:03 The Word of God says: "If anyone is in Christ, 54:06 he or she is a new creation. 54:10 Old things have passed away; 54:12 behold all things have become new. " 54:17 It's incredible to me how God can transform us. 54:21 That metamorphosis process from the caterpillar 54:25 as it were to the butterfly. 54:28 In Romans 12 it talks about how we are transformed 54:31 by the renewing of our mind. And in Greek it talks about 54:35 that metamorphosis process. Greg and I live in the country. 54:39 I used to be a city girl. 54:40 I grew up in Massachusetts, and when I married Greg 54:43 I moved here 17 years ago. 54:45 It's country here. Would you all agree? 54:47 There's not a lot of people here, and I always 54:50 say: "There's 600 people including 54:53 cows... " Right? "in Thompsonville. " 54:56 There's hardly anybody here. So we live outside of Thompsonville 54:59 on a little gravel road. And it is so infrequently 55:02 traveled that when someone drives by our house 55:05 I used to run to the window and see who it was 55:08 because it happens like once every 6 hours. 55:11 Really, there's no traffic on our road. 55:13 And so Greg said: "Jilly, " he said, "come 55:16 out front and you've gotta see this. " 55:17 So I looked, and we have a front porch 55:19 and underneath the railing you could see there was 55:22 a caterpillar, and he was just spinning his cocoon. 55:26 His chrysalis. And it was hanging right underneath 55:29 that. And we would check it every day. 55:32 Still there. Next day: still there. 55:35 Next day: still there. 55:37 And then on Sabbath... There has to be a spiritual 55:41 application to that... It was the Sabbath 55:44 when Greg said... We're eating breakfast. "Aah! 55:46 Jilly, the butterfly's coming out! " 55:48 So I ran out and I peeked and here it comes. One wing... 55:52 Have you ever seen a butterfly come out? 55:53 Other wing. That's awesome. And then we just watched it. 55:56 And then it flew off and it was gone. 55:58 And it reminded me 56:00 of what the Lord Jesus wants to do in your heart 56:04 and in mine. We're in the mud; we're crawling 56:07 in that junk - in that sin - and He says: 56:10 "I can change you. I can transform you 56:13 by the power of My Spirit. Will you let Me do that? " 56:17 And that's what the ministry of 3ABN is all about: 56:20 preaching the gospel so that people can be transformed 56:23 by the power of Jesus Christ. 56:26 Yeah, absolutely. Again, it seems like we thank you 56:29 every day, right? For your prayers and financial support 56:31 for the ministry of 3ABN. But it means so very much 56:33 to us. You know, when you look out at the camera lens 56:36 like we're doing here this evening you have someone 56:38 that actually sent something down if you want to read that 56:40 quickly. It was really cute. 56:42 We had asked the question earlier here live to the 56:44 audience. You guys responded but this person... 56:46 This is on YouTube. This is from Merrilee. 56:49 She says... let me find it: 56:52 Blessed and beautiful Camp Meet- ing! When the question was asked 56:54 this was Thursday night "Who's watching on YouTube? " 56:57 "you all weren't looking at home; my hand was up. " 57:00 Yeah, so we want to... So Merrilee, 57:03 this shout out is for you: 57:05 thank you for watching and our hands are up back to you. 57:09 You are part of the 3ABN family 57:11 and we're so glad for that. 57:13 We want to make sure you stay with us for the next hour. 57:16 We're going to hear our final presentation 57:19 from Pastor Doug Batchelor. 57:21 I am looking forward to what the Lord Jesus is going to do 57:25 in and through him. So praise the Lord for that. 57:28 Praise the Lord for him being consistent, 57:30 a student of the Word. |
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