3ABN Homecoming

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00:01 Three Angels Broadcasting Network 00:03 is pleased to bring you something better, 00:06 a faith inspiring picture of a loving God 00:09 from the Book of Hebrews. 00:11 Welcome to 3ABN's Virtual Homecoming Camp Meeting. 00:17 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Fall Homecoming Camp Meeting. 00:20 It's hard to believe, kind of sad, actually, 00:23 that we're down to the final message 00:24 of our fall camp meeting, 00:26 but we know that God has been here. 00:28 We felt His presence here. 00:30 What an incredible music hour that we just experienced, 00:32 sweet, sweet spirit. 00:34 We think of the Holy Spirit as He impresses us, 00:37 we need to listen right away. 00:39 Do you all believe in divine providence? 00:43 Do you believe in miracles? I do. 00:47 Let me just share something with you just, 00:48 this is incredible. 00:50 This is pretending to the Rafferty's 00:51 and Pastor James, of course, going to be bringing us 00:53 our last message here, fall camp meeting. 00:56 And I'm going to give you the shortened version here 00:58 of how they came to 3ABN. 01:00 You know Mr. Danny and I, we dream some time just say, 01:02 "Man wouldn't it be neat of this and wow, 01:04 wouldn't it be incredible this and we mentioned, 01:06 you know, wouldn't be amazing if the Rafferty's 01:08 'cause somehow joined the 3ABN team?" 01:11 We kind of smiled at each other said, 01:12 "Oh, you know, it's, there's no way. 01:13 They're involved in other work, other ministries. 01:15 There's no way that they would come anytime soon to 3ABN." 01:20 I kid you not just a day or two later, 01:23 this is on a Friday, and there's a local store here 01:25 that the farmer store and I was there 01:27 and 3ABN is not open. 01:29 So I was going into the farmer's store 01:31 and I get a phone call from Mr. Danny. 01:32 I picked it up and he said, "Greg," 01:35 he said, "You won't believe this. 01:36 Are you sitting down?" I said, "No. 01:38 I'm actually walking inside this farmer store. 01:39 Let me just step outside." He said you know what? 01:42 He said, "I believe the Rafferty's 01:44 can actually join the 3ABN team." 01:45 I said, "You've got to be kidding me." 01:47 So we find out never say never. 01:49 You know, all we do is lay our plans 01:51 and lives before the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:53 That's what they were doing, that's what 3ABN was doing 01:56 and praise God, they've joined the team, an incredible team, 02:00 both Pastor James and his wife Rise. 02:03 They are great team players. 02:05 We've just enjoyed having them here as part of our team here 02:08 for the last several months. 02:09 They love the Lord. 02:12 They are passionate for the Lord. 02:14 They love each other 02:16 and they're passionate for each other. 02:19 They love others 02:20 and they're passionate for others 02:23 and souls for the kingdom of God. 02:26 This closing message will be brought to us like 02:28 I mentioned by Pastor James, it's entitled, The Finisher. 02:31 I've enjoyed the study through the Book of Hebrews 02:33 that he's presented and before he comes 02:36 and gives us the final message, 02:38 we have a wonderful song being brought to us by Doctor, 02:41 I'm going to call him Dr. John Stoddard 02:43 and it's a beautiful song entitled Were it not for Grace. 02:47 Thank you Dr. John. 03:04 Time measured out 03:07 My days 03:12 Life carry me 03:14 along 03:19 In my soul 03:21 I yearned to follow God 03:28 But knew I'd never be so strong 03:34 I looked hard at this world To learn 03:40 How heaven 03:42 Could be gained 03:48 Just to end where I began 03:53 Where human effort 03:57 Was all in vain 04:03 Were it not 04:06 For grace 04:12 I can tell you 04:14 where I'd be 04:19 Wandering down some pointless road 04:24 To nowhere 04:27 With my salvation up to me 04:34 I know how that 04:36 Would go 04:41 The battles 04:42 I would 04:44 Face 04:49 Forever running 04:54 But losing the race 04:57 Were it not 04:59 For grace 05:16 So here is all my praise 05:23 Expressed with all 05:26 My heart 05:31 Offered to the Friend 05:35 who took my place 05:39 And ran a course I could not start 05:45 And when He saw in full 05:51 Just how much this 05:55 would cost 06:00 He still went the final mile 06:05 Between me and heaven 06:08 So I would not 06:10 Be lost 06:16 Were it not for grace 06:24 I can tell you 06:26 where I'd be 06:31 Wandering down 06:33 some pointless road to nowhere 06:39 With my salvation up to me 06:45 I know how that 06:47 Would go 06:53 The battles I would 06:56 Face 07:02 Forever running 07:08 But losing the race 07:12 Were it not 07:15 For grace 07:19 Forever running 07:24 But losing the race 07:28 Were it not 07:32 For Grace 07:55 Amen. Amen. 07:57 Praise God. 08:00 Thank you, John. 08:02 I was flying to Florida, 08:05 I had a destination with 3ABN camp meeting, 08:07 set up by a 3ABN organizational expert 08:13 with the initials D.H. 08:19 Okay, Dee Hildebrand, right, right, right. 08:21 Unfortunately, our plane was traveling 08:24 through Salt Lake City, 08:26 and there was a snowstorm. 08:30 We got in late, 08:32 we actually had to land somewhere else and refuel. 08:34 And by the time we got to Salt Lake City myself 08:37 with hundreds of other passengers were stranded. 08:41 No planes were leaving. 08:43 And as I tried to rebook, there were no planes 08:45 that I could rebook on to get to my destination in time 08:49 for the time slot that D. H, 08:54 Dee Hildebrand had set for me. 08:56 So I was in a lose-lose kind of a situation 08:59 and I was not a happy camper. 09:01 I don't know if you've ever been in situations like this, 09:04 where you face the certain trials. 09:06 You have the certain images 09:08 of what's going to happen to you 09:11 when you get on the other side. 09:12 And as you're going through the trial, 09:14 you just feel like what am I doing here 09:18 in this packed out airport, 09:20 with all these people having a time crunch, 09:23 and no way of getting out of here in time? 09:31 It was at that point that God impressed me 09:35 to sit down in this crowded airport, 09:39 to take out my Bible and to study. 09:44 Now, I don't do that very often. 09:46 In fact, nowadays I have it on my phone 09:49 or my computer and nobody really knows 09:52 that I'm studying the Bible, but back then it was the Bible. 09:55 I didn't have a Bible on the phone. 09:57 I didn't have it on a computer. 09:59 So it was my Bible. 10:00 This was a few years ago and I was somewhat embarrassed 10:04 with the idea, just to be honest with you, 10:06 of sitting around all these people, 10:08 you know, this was a situation 10:10 where you're sitting next to people, 10:13 there's no seats in between, 10:15 there's no empty seats anywhere, 10:16 people are sitting in seats, 10:18 they're sitting on the floor, it's packed out, 10:20 opening my Bible, 10:21 hello, I'm going to be studying the Bible right now. 10:26 I felt like, oh, that's the last thing I want to do. 10:30 But the impression was really strong. 10:35 And the other problem was, 10:38 is that I was irritated right now. 10:39 And I thought to myself, this is not the time 10:43 to be studying the Word of God. 10:46 And then there was the text, 10:48 I opened up to Hebrews Chapter 12. 10:51 This is the book we've been studying for the last few days, 10:56 the theme, Something Better. 10:58 And we've looked at the Languages of Love, 11:01 the Heart Transplanter, 11:04 the Faith of Jesus, 11:09 and now the Finisher. 11:13 So these were the Bible verses that God led me to read 11:16 and I started reading them. 11:17 And in Hebrews 12:1-3, 11:19 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed 11:22 about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 11:24 let us lay aside every weight, 11:27 and the sin that does so easily beset us 11:29 and one with patience the race that is set before us." 11:32 And that word just jumped out of the page at me, patience. 11:38 It didn't help. 11:39 And then I kept reading, reading, 11:41 "Looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith, 11:44 who for the joy that was set before him," 11:49 joy, I wasn't feeling that, 11:52 "endured the cross, despising the shame, 11:54 and is set down at the right hand 11:56 of the throne of God. 11:57 For consider," verse 3, 12:00 "who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, 12:03 lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." 12:05 I was definitely wearied and fainting in my mind. 12:11 "For ye have not yet resisted unto blood, 12:14 striving against sin." 12:16 There it was, verse number 4 12:21 in Hebrews Chapter 12. 12:24 And right away, I had a bone to pick with God, 12:27 because this was a verse, 12:30 I don't know if you have these verses 12:32 that I just didn't understand. 12:34 You have not yet resistant unto blood striving against sin. 12:36 What's that? What does that look like? 12:38 Resisting unto blood, striving against sin? 12:40 I don't know if you have them, 12:42 but I have the back shelf Bible verses. 12:44 They're the Bible verses I can't figure out, 12:45 I don't know what they mean. So 12:47 I put them on the back shelf. 12:48 And I just wait for a time and place 12:50 when God will reveal them to me. 12:52 And so I decided since this verse 12:54 was on the back shelf, and God was impressing me 12:57 to study my Bible in public in front of all these people, 12:59 and I was in a irritated mood, 13:02 because I was stuck in Salt Lake City, 13:04 and wasn't going to make it to my destination time 13:06 was going to have to meet up with D.H. 13:12 That this was the verse that I was going to study 13:15 and I was going to expect 13:16 that God was going to give me an answer. 13:20 And you know how it is when you challenge God. 13:23 He always comes through because He is faithful. 13:29 So tonight as we finish up this theme on something better, 13:32 we're going to be looking at these texts 13:34 because they contain for us not only the closing motto, 13:40 the closing hope 13:43 that we have that Jesus is not only the author, 13:46 but the finisher of our faith. 13:48 And that's in verse 2, 13:49 but they also indicate 13:51 how it is that we are to strive 13:56 to resist unto blood, striving against sin, 14:00 which didn't make sense to me at the time, 14:02 but I believe that God will help us to understand 14:04 what it means this evening. 14:07 Before we dive in, let's just pause for a moment 14:10 and ask God to be with us through His Holy Spirit. 14:12 Father in heaven, thank You again tonight for Your Word. 14:15 Thank You so much for guiding us 14:18 through all of this camp meeting, 14:20 this homecoming fall camp meeting here at 3ABN 14:22 for choosing the speakers, the themes, the music, 14:28 for keeping us on, focus on target on time, 14:34 for giving us answers to questions, 14:36 for being with the team here, behind the scenes, 14:39 the sound, the video, the tech, all of the technicians. 14:44 For those who've been able to come, 14:45 for those who are listening Father, 14:46 we just thank You for this, but we also pray 14:48 that You won't let us end this camp meeting 14:52 without feeding us, without ministering to us, 14:54 without communicating to us 14:58 through Your Spirit once again. 15:00 We give You this time, we give You this opportunity. 15:02 We're thankful that when we pray You answer 15:04 because we pray in the worthy name of Jesus Christ, 15:06 the author and the finisher. 15:08 And we say, "Amen." 15:12 Well, there I was in this airport, 15:14 not feeling very good, 15:17 and kind of embarrassed a little bit. 15:21 And deciding that I was going to read this verse. 15:23 I don't know why I open up to this verse. 15:25 I can't remember what it was that caused me 15:27 to look at this particular scripture. 15:31 But as I did, I remember thinking in my mind, 15:36 "How do I resist unto blood striving against sin? 15:38 It just doesn't make sense to me. 15:40 Am I supposed to try so hard 15:42 that I start sweating like Jesus 15:44 did great drops of blood?" 15:49 See, I'd always looked at this verse from that perspective. 15:52 How do I do this? How do I do this? 15:55 How do I do this? 15:56 And I think a lot of times 15:57 when we come to the Word of God, 15:59 that's the perspective we have. 16:01 We read God's Word, and we think, 16:02 how do I get this done? 16:03 How do I get that done? 16:05 And sometimes we even jump ahead of God, 16:07 and we say, "You know, everything you said, 16:09 I'm going to do, I'm just going to do it." 16:11 Kind of like that Old Covenant promise that the children 16:14 of Israel made. 16:15 And as I sat there, I started thinking, 16:19 "How did Jesus do it? 16:21 How did Jesus strive against sin resisting unto... 16:25 What did He do?" 16:26 I started asking a different question, not how do I do it? 16:29 But how did He do it? I started focusing on Christ. 16:33 That's where our focus needs to be, isn't it? 16:35 It needs to be on Jesus, because He's the author, 16:37 and He's the finisher. 16:38 And so I started focusing on Christ. 16:40 And when I did that, when I asked that question, 16:44 light just started streaming through. 16:47 I mean, in this packed airport, 16:49 with my Bible open with all those people around me, 16:52 I actually felt like I was filled with the joy 16:56 of the Holy Spirit. 16:57 And I started seeing this text unfold 16:59 as I never had before. 17:01 This new focus on Christ impressed me 17:04 to ask the question, "Well, where was it 17:08 that Christ resisted sin unto blood? 17:12 Where was it He was striving against sin, 17:15 so that He sweat great drops of blood?" 17:19 And the answer, of course, that came back was Matthew 26, 17:23 the Garden of Gethsemane. 17:24 This is where Christ resisted, 17:28 striving against sin unto blood. 17:30 And so I went back to Matthew Chapter 26, 17:32 and I was reading Matthew Chapter 26. 17:34 Now, before this time, I had, you know, an irritated mind, 17:39 but I wanted the patience and I wanted the joy. 17:41 So I was claiming those promises, 17:42 as I was reading, and I went to Matthew Chapter 26. 17:45 And I went back to the section where it kind of begins, 17:48 you know, this is just before Gethsemane, 17:50 and I thought, in my mind, 17:52 what was Jesus doing just before Gethsemane 17:55 that prepared Him for the Gethsemane ordeal. 17:58 'Cause I started realizing, you know, 18:00 maybe it's not so much sweating blood 18:03 that God is asking us to do here. 18:04 But maybe it's the preparation that comes 18:07 where Jesus engaged in before He went 18:10 through this experience. 18:12 Matthew 26:20-21. 18:14 Let's look at those verses this evening, 18:16 Matthew, 26:20-21. 18:20 They're powerful verses, the whole story is powerful. 18:23 Everything that we see here that Jesus is doing 18:25 with His disciples, 18:27 this is actually the Last Supper, 18:28 so it's right before Gethsemane and the cross and Calvary, 18:32 Jesus is in the upper room with His disciples, 18:34 He's getting ready to have the last supper 18:36 with His disciples. 18:38 And in verses 20 and 21, it says, 18:42 "Now when the even was come, He sat down with the twelve. 18:46 And as they did eat, He said, 'Verily, verily, 18:50 I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me." 18:55 One of you shall betray Me. 18:58 Now, the reason why I think this is so important 19:00 is because these are the last moments of Christ's life 19:05 on earth. 19:06 And you and I face, 19:08 or are going to face the final moments of our life 19:12 on this earth. 19:13 And one of the first things that Jesus does 19:14 as He's facing the last moments of His life on earth 19:18 is He exposes apostasy. 19:23 He talks about the apostasy, 19:26 the betrayal that's going to take place 19:28 right within the 12, right within the church. 19:31 In other words, He doesn't shy away from confronting 19:35 the elephant in the room. 19:37 Are you following me? 19:38 He confronts the elephant in the room and He says, 19:40 "Basically, one of you is going to betray Me." 19:43 Now, the reason why I think this is so significant 19:45 is because Jesus later tells us that Judas 19:50 or the Bible tells us that Judas 19:51 is called the son of perdition. 19:53 And that son of perdition was to be revealed, 19:56 according to John 13:19. 19:58 So the disciples could have courage 20:01 after Christ's death and resurrection. 20:03 You see, if the disciples had not been told 20:05 about this apostasy, when the apostasy came, 20:08 when Judas betrayed Him, 20:10 it would have put doubt into their minds 20:12 that Jesus was actually prepared for what was coming. 20:16 But because Jesus foretold this apostasy, 20:19 because Jesus says in John 13:19, 20:21 "I've told you ahead of time so that when it comes to pass, 20:23 you might believe." And He was talking specifically 20:26 about Judas, the son of perdition, 20:28 according to John 17:12. 20:30 When Jesus told the disciples this, 20:32 it helped their faith to know that Jesus knew 20:36 that this was coming. 20:38 And so I want to say to you this evening, 20:40 that it's so important for us 20:41 because we're told in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 20:46 that there is another son of perdition, 20:47 the lawless one, the Antichrist that is coming. 20:51 And it's so important for us as Christians, 20:54 as Bible believing Christians, 20:56 not to avoid an understanding of this truth. 21:00 Jesus didn't avoid it, 21:01 He didn't avoid exposing the son of perdition. 21:04 A lot of people will read the Bible 21:05 and they'll get to the Book of Revelation, 21:07 they'll say, "I'm not going any further. 21:08 I don't want to even know about that. 21:10 I don't want to understand the Antichrist." 21:11 And then, of course, Satan has all kinds 21:13 of different interpretations to get off, 21:15 get us off base as Christians, 21:17 so we can't even figure out who or what the Antichrist is. 21:20 Is it a computer? Is it a beast in a museum somewhere? 21:22 What is this Antichrist? 21:25 Jesus exposes, 21:27 He brings up the conversation because He knows it's going 21:30 to build the faith of the disciples, 21:32 and we need to do the same thing. 21:34 I believe the mark of the beast 21:35 is like the ace in our pocket, so to speak. 21:39 I believe that when we share with people 21:41 what we know about the son of perdition 21:43 and the apostasy that's coming, when it happens, 21:46 their faith is going to be built up. 21:48 And God is encouraging us to do this, 21:49 we cannot neglect it, 'cause Jesus didn't. 21:53 This is what prepared Him 21:55 to be faithful to God in the end of time, 21:57 and we need to be prepared. 21:58 We don't want all of these events to happen. 22:00 And people all around to say, "You knew about this. 22:02 You didn't tell us? Why didn't you tell us?" 22:04 Now, of course, sometimes it's kind of embarrassing, 22:06 and we feel embarrassed. 22:08 Because what we say how we interpret prophecy 22:12 will sometimes solicit the responsive, that's crazy, 22:16 no way, that can't be. 22:18 But we need to leave that with God. 22:20 They thought no He was a crazy fanatic, 22:22 because He predicted rain, they never even seen rain 22:25 in the antediluvian world. 22:28 Lot, his family all thought that was crazy to leave Sodom. 22:32 In fact, the angel had to basically 22:33 drag him out of there. 22:36 Jesus was called the devil because He was faithful 22:40 with the Word of God, 22:41 and the servant is no greater than the master. 22:45 The next thing Jesus does is found in verses 22 to 25, 22:50 of Matthew 26. 22:51 Let's just look there at 22 to 25. 22:53 "And they were exceeding sorrowful, 22:55 and then began every one of them to say unto Him, 22:57 'Lord is it I?' 22:58 And He assured, He answered and said, 23:01 'He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, 23:03 the same shall betray Me." 23:05 The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him, 23:07 verse 24, "But woe unto that man 23:11 by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! 23:13 It had been good for that man that he had not been born." 23:16 Then Judas," verse 25, "which betrayed him, 23:19 answered and said, 'Master, is it I?' 23:21 And He said unto him, 'Thou hast said.'" 23:25 Jesus was more specific about who was betraying Him. 23:28 He was more specific. 23:30 Jesus actually identifies Judas. 23:36 Because the unveiling would lead Judas 23:40 to separate from the disciples. 23:41 It was right after this, according to John 13:30 23:44 that Judas left. 23:46 And we know we face a separation in the end of time. 23:49 And we know we have to get specific, 23:51 we need to talk about the details of apostasy. 23:55 Because it's important for us not to be overwhelmed 23:59 and discourage when it actually happens. 24:02 You know, we think about things that are happening 24:03 in the church in the world, and we go, 24:05 "Oh, I can't believe it." 24:06 Well, why can't you believe it? 24:08 We've been told it's going to happen. 24:10 God has prepared us for it. 24:11 Don't be so shocked, 24:13 as more in a spirit of prayer, weeping in agony, 24:19 for the things that are happening in our church 24:21 and in the world and are going to happen in these last days. 24:25 Then we look at Matthew Chapter 26, 24:29 continuing on from verse 26 24:31 and we read all the way to verse 29. 24:34 "And as they were eating, 24:35 Jesus took the bread and blessed it, and break it, 24:37 and gave it to the disciples and said, 'Take, eat, 24:39 this is my body.' 24:40 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, 24:42 and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink ye all of it, 24:45 for this is my blood of the new testament, 24:47 which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 24:49 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth 24:52 of the fruit of the vine, 24:53 until that day when I drink it new 24:54 with you in my Father's kingdom.'" 24:57 Many times we focus on apostasy. 25:00 We need to know about it. 25:01 We focus on the specifics of apostasy. 25:03 Obviously Jesus did too. 25:05 But we've got to get our focus back on the bread 25:09 and on the wine. 25:11 We've got to get our focus back on Jesus, 25:14 and His great sacrifice for us. 25:16 We've got to get our focus back on fellowshipping with Christ, 25:18 on supping with Him, 25:20 on letting Him in on that personal relationship. 25:22 That's what the whole Book of Hebrews 25:23 has been delivering to us, that personal relationship. 25:26 And this section of Matthew Chapter 26 25:29 is all about personal relationship. 25:30 Jesus Christ was able to speak to the disciples, 25:33 He was able to speak about Judas 25:35 because He had a personal close relationship with them, 25:38 and that's what we want with Jesus also. 25:40 We want that close personal relationship 25:43 that is depicted symbolically, 25:45 in our partaking of the bread and of the wine. 25:50 But He also says, 25:51 "I'm not going to drink this henceforth, 25:53 until I drink it new with you in My Father's Kingdom." 25:56 Jesus exercise faith in the future. 25:59 I'm going to drink it again with you, 26:01 we need to have faith that our future is settled, 26:04 it's sealed. 26:06 We have a hope. We have a destiny. 26:08 This is not it. 26:10 If we lose our earthly life, 26:12 we just rest in the grave for a short time, 26:14 and then we go to that destiny that God has for us. 26:17 And this is what Jesus did, 26:18 as He focused here with the disciples. 26:21 And that goes on to say this in verse 30. 26:23 And I love this because this is what we've been doing 26:26 in this camp meeting, it's been saturated with it. 26:28 And then it says in verse 30, "And when He had sung a hymn, 26:32 a song, they went out to the Mount of Olives." 26:35 You know, music is powerful, 26:37 and they're going to be many people 26:38 who are going to be in the Kingdom of God 26:39 because of music. 26:41 Because of the musical talents that have been dedicated 26:44 to God service by people like John, and Dino, 26:49 and Ryan. 26:52 My wife was telling me on the way over this morning, 26:55 she said, "I sure hope Ryan..." 26:57 When we woke up this morning, sometime this morning, 26:59 "I sure hope Ryan is going to sing some more." 27:01 And I said, "Oh, yeah, Ryan told me 27:03 he's singing more at this camp meeting. 27:04 He hasn't any other camp meeting." Oh, good. 27:06 Because song is powerful, 27:09 song is like a weapon to destroy discouragement. 27:14 So I've really been blessed. 27:16 You know, I said, "You like Ryan Day?" 27:18 And she said, "Yeah, I like Ryan Day. 27:19 But I also like Celestine, I like her voice, 27:23 but I also like Yvonne, I like her voice. 27:25 But I also like Danny, I like his voice. 27:27 But I also like, Reggie and Lady Love, 27:30 but I also like," 27:32 I guess we like everyone singing up here. 27:35 God speaks to us through song. 27:39 And He wants to encourage us. 27:40 And so Jesus sang the song. 27:43 Now one of the reasons why He sang this song 27:44 is because He knew where He was going. 27:47 He was going to Gethsemane on the cross, 27:49 and He knew what He was going to experience there, 27:51 is predicted in Psalm 22. 27:53 Just look there in Psalm 22 quickly. 27:54 Keep your hands right here 27:57 in or keep your Bibles open here in Matthew 26, 28:00 because we're going to come back there. 28:01 But Psalm 22:1 28:04 is a prophetic prediction, 28:07 description of the experience of Christ, 28:10 on the cross, and even in Calvary. 28:12 "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? 28:15 Why art thou so far from helping me 28:18 and from the voice of my roaring? 28:20 Oh, My God, I cry in the daytime, 28:22 but thou hears not. 28:24 And in the night season, I am not silent." 28:26 That's exactly what Christ went through in Gethsemane 28:29 and on the cross. 28:30 But notice verse 3, 28:32 because it's really significant. 28:33 You see, God, Jesus Christ was guided by the Holy Spirit. 28:38 He was guided by God in all that He did. 28:41 He was familiar with the scriptures. 28:42 And He was familiar with verse 3 which says, 28:44 "But thou art holy, 28:45 oh, thou that inhabits the praises of Israel." 28:51 Jesus was familiar with this verse 28:52 that was in the context of being forsaken 28:54 that says that God inhabits 28:58 the praises of Israel. 29:00 And so as He's going to Gethsemane, 29:02 He's going to the cross. 29:03 And He knows and senses 29:05 that God is going to be separating from Him. 29:07 He begins to sing, because this promise right here 29:09 says that God will inhabit the praises of Israel. 29:15 God will be in the presence 29:17 of the praises of His people. 29:22 And Jesus believed that God was with Him 29:25 by faith in His Word, and so can we. 29:28 In the end of time, we're going to feel 29:30 all kinds of opposition, people are going to mock us, 29:32 they're going to make fun of us, they're going to say, 29:33 "Where's your God now? 29:35 Where's your God now?" 29:36 And song is going to be a powerful weapon for us. 29:39 Because as we sing those songs, Satan and his angels, 29:43 those songs that glorify Christ, 29:44 Satan and his angels are going to, 29:46 it's going to sound to them like nail scratching 29:48 a chalkboard. 29:50 They're going to hate it. 29:51 They're going to want to have nothing to do with it. 29:54 And it's going to lift our spirits like it lifted 29:56 the spirits of Christ. 29:59 Verse 31, 30:01 this is where we see some major preparation for Gethsemane, 30:07 that is so practical. 30:09 Then saith Jesus unto them all, Jesus unto them, the disciples, 30:15 all ye shall be offended because of me this night: 30:18 for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, 30:20 and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad." 30:23 Jesus turned to the scriptures. 30:25 And as He turned to the scriptures, 30:26 He became beautifully, excuse me, 30:30 brutally honest with His disciples. 30:32 He turns to the scriptures, 30:34 and He tells them according to Word of God, 30:35 "You are going to forsake Me. 30:38 You are going to forsake Me." 30:40 In the end of time, we're going to have to be brutally honest 30:42 with people. 30:43 We're going to have to be brutally honest 30:44 based on the Word of God. 30:46 You know, sometimes the church kind of lets things slide, 30:49 they let things go by the wayside, 30:51 we're not really on top of stuff, 30:53 we're kind of like, "Yeah, doesn't matter." 30:54 In the end of time, everything is going to matter. 30:56 It's going to be very important for us. 30:59 And we must be honest with our brothers and sisters, 31:02 in the church and in the world. 31:04 Because Jesus has died for all, and we must be honest, 31:08 based on scripture. 31:09 We must go to the Word of God, 31:11 and we must honestly share the Word of God. 31:12 You know, sometimes we're reluctant to do that. 31:14 And then there's some of us that don't have 31:16 a reluctant bone in our body, right? 31:18 We'll say whatever it is, let the chips fall where they may. 31:21 But there's a verse in Colossians 4:6, 31:23 that's meant a lot to me 31:24 when it comes to sharing the truth. 31:25 It says that our speech should always be grace, 31:30 full of grace, seasoned with salt. 31:33 And I'm Irish, on my mother's side, 31:35 I'm a salt and potatoes guy. 31:37 I like my potatoes with a little bit of salt. 31:40 And if you come over to our house, 31:41 you're going to get potatoes, 31:42 you're going to get rice and beans also, 31:44 because my wife is Hispanic, 31:45 but you're going to get potatoes. 31:47 But if you were to come to my house for dinner, 31:49 and I was to set a plate in front of you, 31:50 and I was to pile on salts, 31:52 I mean, the whole plate is full of salt, 31:54 and sprinkle on a few potatoes on the top, 31:56 what would you think? 31:58 Ugh, right? 32:00 But sometimes that's what we do 32:02 with the three angels' messages. 32:04 We are the salt of the world. 32:07 And we need to have the savior of salt. 32:09 But to make it all salt, 32:13 with a sprinkle of potatoes is like telling people 32:15 about all of the prophecies in the mark of the beast 32:17 and then closing up with the line, 32:18 and by the way, Jesus loves you. 32:21 We need the plate to be filled with grace. 32:24 But don't leave off the salt 32:26 because the world is bland with iniquity. 32:30 We need a combination of the two 32:31 but we need to be heavy on the grace 32:33 according to Colossians 4, 6:4, 4:6. 32:38 If you read the whole book of Colossians, 32:40 you'll find that verse in there. 32:42 So Jesus is honest. 32:45 And then verse 32. 32:47 "But after I am risen again, 32:49 I will go before you into Galilee." 32:52 This is powerful. 32:54 Jesus gave the disciples assurance, 32:56 even though they were going to desert Him. 32:58 He gave them assurance of forgiveness, 33:00 before the denial, 33:01 they have the assurance of forgiveness. 33:03 And after His death and resurrection, 33:05 they knew that they were forgiven, 33:07 and they were dear to the heart of God. 33:08 We need assurance. 33:10 If we're going to get through the end of time, 33:11 we need assurance, we need the assurance 33:12 of God's forgiveness, that He's with us 33:14 that we have the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 33:17 And the disciples had that and that's what was going 33:19 to take them through even their own betrayal. 33:23 But notice how the disciples respond. 33:27 26:33-34, 33:31 "And Peter answered and said unto Him, 33:33 the all men will be offended because of thee yet well, 33:36 I never be offended." 33:37 You know, that's the way we are, especially, 33:39 I think, as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, well, 33:41 we know that all the other churches are going 33:43 to apostatize and be offended 33:46 and receive the mark of the beast, 33:47 but we're not going to because we know 33:48 what the mark of the beast is, and we would never receive 33:50 the mark of the beast. 33:52 We're like Peter. 33:54 But notice, 33:56 the other disciples respond in verse 34. 34:00 Excuse me, verse 36, we just read 35, 34:04 oh verse 35, excuse me, we just said 34. 34:07 "And Peter said unto Him, though I should die with thee, 34:10 yet will I not deny thee. 34:12 Likewise said all the disciples." 34:15 They didn't know themselves, 34:16 and many times we don't know ourselves, 34:17 we don't know our weaknesses. 34:19 And so Jesus Christ has to be again, honest with us 34:23 and we have to receive His words. 34:27 But Jesus, verse 35, 34:29 doesn't argue with the disciples. 34:30 And many times, you know, we argue with people. 34:32 Sometimes we need to just put the truth out there, 34:34 we needed to share the Word of God, 34:36 and we need to let the Holy Spirit 34:37 do the convicting. 34:39 And many times when we share the truth with people, 34:42 it's going to take time for it to settle in. 34:45 Share the principles of Bible prophecy. 34:47 Don't worry about how people respond. 34:49 Don't worry if they don't accept it, 34:50 but when they go through the trial, 34:52 maybe they will be more receptive. 34:53 The disciples were not ready to hear the straight testimony 34:56 from Jesus Christ, He shared it anyway. 34:59 But He didn't start arguing with them 35:01 when their response was a denial. 35:03 No, no, no, no, no, we'll never do that. 35:06 He didn't argue with them. He just left it. 35:08 He just left it. 35:10 Verse 35, He just left it. 35:13 "Peter said unto Him, though I should die with you, 35:15 I will not deny you like all the disciples. 35:17 Then comes Jesus with them 35:19 unto the place called Gethsemane, 35:21 and said unto the disciples, sit here while I go 35:23 and pray yonder." 35:24 So He doesn't argue with them. 35:26 When we share the truth, and people argue against it, 35:30 and resist it, leave it. 35:32 They will go through their own experiences, 35:34 their own trials, and hopefully those experiences 35:37 will bring them to the place where they remembered 35:39 what you shared with them, 35:40 and they'll be open to receiving. 35:43 We're told that when the mark of the beast is enforced, 35:47 the seeds that have been sown will spring up and bear fruit. 35:51 And a lot of that will happen 35:53 because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit, 35:54 not because of our theological arguments. 35:56 The arguments have all been given. 35:59 Then it says in verse 36, as Jesus goes yonder, 36:02 it says in verse 6, that He went to pray. 36:04 This is one of the most significant preparations 36:07 we can make for the end of time. 36:09 We need to pray, we need to be on our knees, 36:11 we need to be just listening for the voice of God. 36:13 You have nothing to say to God, 36:15 just listen and think about the truths 36:17 that He's given you and He will share 36:18 with you thoughts. 36:19 He will impress you 36:21 with exactly what it is 36:22 that you need to say and do. 36:25 I experienced that over and over again 36:28 as I wait in His presence. 36:30 Sometimes we just don't wait long enough. 36:31 We say a quick prayer, and then we're off 36:32 to do whatever is we plan to do 36:34 when God might be wanting to change our plans, 36:36 He might have something else in mind for us. 36:40 And then in verses 37 and 38, 36:42 it says that "Jesus took with Him Peter 36:44 and the two sons of Zebedee, 36:47 and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 36:49 And then He said unto them, verse 38, 36:51 'My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: 36:53 tarry here and watch with me.'" 36:57 So Jesus asked for help. 36:59 He asked for help. 37:01 He asked people to pray for Him and to pray with Him. 37:04 We need to do that also. 37:06 That's a big part of the ministry here at 3ABN. 37:10 We have prayer requests that come in all the time. 37:12 Sometimes we pray about those requests 37:15 at our staff meetings, at our smaller meeting, 37:17 sometimes I get texts from the management 37:20 here to pray for a specific person. 37:23 We've been praying for a young lady recently. 37:24 And as you know, Danny shared with you, 37:26 God is answering those prayers, praise the Lord. 37:29 God will answer prayers. 37:31 We need to ask people to pray for us, 37:33 we need to pray. 37:34 And then it says in verse 39, and this is huge for Jesus, 37:37 this is huge. 37:39 "And He went a little further, He fell on His face, 37:42 and He prayed, 'Oh, my Father, if it be possible, 37:47 let this cup pass for me: 37:49 nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." 37:54 Jesus Himself, the perfect Holy Son of God, 38:00 separate from sinners, blameless, 38:03 confessed the weakness of His human world, 38:06 of His human nature. 38:08 His human nature shrank from the cross 38:14 as decidedly as ours does. 38:18 He came to meet us where we are. 38:20 And the greatest battle we face 38:22 is the battle against our wills, 38:24 the surrender of the will to God, 38:25 it's like plucking out the eye or cutting off the arm. 38:29 Jesus faced that battle. 38:31 And He surrendered His will to God. 38:34 He said, "Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine will be done." 38:37 And that was it, right? It was all over. 38:40 He prayed, He made that surrender, and it was done. 38:42 And then He went back in verses 40 and 41, 38:44 "And He came to the disciples and He found them asleep, 38:47 and He said unto Peter, 'What, 38:49 could you not watch with me for one hour? 38:52 Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation, 38:54 for the spirit indeed is willing, 38:55 but the flesh is weak." 38:57 So He prays to God, He surrenders His will to God, 38:59 He's all filled up. 39:00 And then He goes to the disciples 39:02 and He sees that they're failing, 39:04 and He encourages them. 39:05 He encourages them to be faithful 39:06 and watching in prayer. 39:08 And you know, sometimes when we encourage others 39:10 or sometimes when we see others 39:11 who aren't being faithful, it actually affects us. 39:16 Jesus goes back in verse 42, 39:20 again, the second time and He prayed, saying, 39:21 "Oh, My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, 39:24 except I drink it, Thy will be done." 39:26 He prays the second time to surrender His will to God. 39:31 No, it wasn't done in complete the first time. 39:33 Jesus had to pray again. 39:36 No, it's not good enough for us to just pray in the morning 39:39 to have our devotions in the morning. 39:40 We need to maybe need to pray again in the afternoon. 39:43 We may need to pray again in the mid morning. 39:45 We may need to pray again in the mid afternoon. 39:47 We may need to pray every single hour. 39:48 We may need to constantly surrender our will to God. 39:51 Jesus Christ surrenders His will to God 39:54 and then He does it again. 39:58 We need to continue surrendering our will 40:01 to the Lord, 40:02 surrendering it to God again and again. 40:05 And then in verse 43, "Jesus goes back 40:08 to the disciples, He came again, 40:09 He found them asleep, again, 40:11 for their eyes were heavy, 40:12 and He left them and He went away again." 40:16 Jesus Christ doesn't rebuke the disciples this time. 40:19 You know, you can get on people, 40:20 you can write people, you can just tell them 40:22 what they're doing wrong, what they're doing wrong, 40:23 what they're doing wrong over and over again. 40:25 But Jesus tells us, "No." 40:29 We need to tell people, 40:31 we need to be faithful to people, but don't write it. 40:34 Leave that with the Lord. 40:36 You've done your job, you've been faithful. 40:38 Now it's time to pray up. 40:39 And it says in that same verse, 40:42 that Jesus, verse 43, 44, 45, 44, 40:48 He left them, He went away again. 40:49 And He prayed the third time saying the same words. 40:52 Sometimes we write other people, 40:54 because we have our own weaknesses. 40:55 And Jesus saying, "No, I have my own issues here. 40:57 I have my own weaknesses, 40:58 I have the thing that I need to surrender. 41:00 And I'm not going to spend a lot of time 41:01 writing other people when I need to be surrendering 41:03 My will to God." 41:05 And so Jesus focuses, this third time, 41:07 on confessing His weakness to God 41:09 and surrendering His will to God's will, 41:11 His human will to God's will. 41:13 And you know, it's really interesting 41:14 that Jesus reveals Himself 41:18 as one with us in this one instance. 41:20 I'm sure that there were many times 41:22 when Christ surrendered His will to God, 41:23 but here, we see it clearly in some 41:26 of the greatest struggles that He faced. 41:30 And then in verse 45, 41:32 Jesus comes to the disciples again, 41:34 He sees them sleeping, and He says, "Sleep now, 41:37 take your rest, behold, the hour's at hand, 41:41 and the Son of Man is betrayed 41:42 into the hands of sinners." 41:47 Christ battle is over. 41:48 His personal battle with the surrender of His will is over. 41:53 He is at rest, He is at peace with God, 41:58 and He exudes that peace to His disciples. 42:03 He lets them rest, because He knows a battle 42:06 is coming for them that they were unwilling 42:09 to face in this moment. 42:13 So Matthew Chapter 26 42:15 was just exploding open in this airport. 42:20 And I was so excited. 42:21 You know, I was sitting there, I was reading all these verses, 42:23 and I was just like, "Wow, this is amazing. 42:25 Look at all of us." 42:27 This is what it means to resist unto blood, 42:28 striving against sin. 42:30 I see it now, it makes so much sense. 42:31 God isn't asking me to sweat blood. 42:33 He's asking me to follow Jesus, because Jesus is the author, 42:36 and Jesus is the finisher. 42:39 And He wants us to let Jesus finish what He's begun. 42:44 He wants us to get our focus on Christ. 42:47 And so I'm in this airport, and I'm just excited. 42:49 You know, I've already tried 42:51 my hardest to get on another flight 42:53 and they just aren't any available. 42:54 But I finally, as I'm done here, 42:55 and I'm kind of happy and all that irritation 42:57 and impatience is all gone away, 42:59 my heart is filled with joy. 43:01 And I'm just looking around and everyone's my friend. 43:04 They're probably wondering, what's happened to this guy? 43:07 I get a brilliant idea, 43:09 I decided to call my travel agent. 43:10 She's the one that booked the flight 43:12 and asked her if she can get me out of this situation. 43:14 So I called her up, and I tell her what my situation is, 43:16 and I have to get to Florida. 43:18 That's the destination for the camp meeting, 43:19 the 3ABN camp meeting. 43:20 And I have a certain D.H. person 43:24 that has set my schedule. 43:26 And if I don't make it, I'm going to be in big trouble 43:28 with D.H. 43:31 And she says, "Oh, that's easy." 43:33 She says that's not a problem at all. 43:35 I said, "What do you mean?" 43:36 And she said, 43:38 "Every flight has open seats in first class. 43:43 I said, "How can I get in first class?" 43:47 She said, "You are a premier fly, 43:49 you fly a lot on this airline, 43:51 all you need to do is walk up to the podium 43:53 and tell the flight attendant, you really need to get 43:55 to your destination and you would like, 43:57 you would request for them to put you in first class." 44:00 And I thought, "Would that work? 44:03 I mean, it'd be great to be in first class anyway, right? 44:05 Would that work?" And so I decided to try it. 44:08 I mean, why not? 44:10 Give it a chance, right? 44:12 So sure enough, I go up there. 44:15 I mentioned that I need to get to this destination. 44:17 I mentioned what my travel agent said 44:20 and I request if they would put me in first class. 44:22 And they did a little bit of, you know, 44:24 button pushing on the computer and they looking on the screen 44:27 and they said, "Yep, no problem. 44:29 We can get you in first class on the next plane out of here." 44:32 And I was like, "Yes. 44:34 This is amazing." I was so happy. 44:36 I was so excited. 44:38 I had a sermon for the camp meeting 44:40 in Matthew 26 in relation to Hebrews Chapter 12. 44:43 I had figured out a verse that I put on the back shelf 44:46 for years, I didn't understand, 44:48 what does it mean to resist unto blood? 44:49 And now I was going to fly to my destination. 44:52 I was going to get there on time. 44:53 D.H. was going to be super happy with me. 44:56 That's what I was thinking foremost, of course. 44:58 And I was going to fly first class. 45:01 Well, it was a late flight. 45:03 But I got on the plane, I went into first class, 45:04 I sat down, there was another guy sitting next to me. 45:06 And he looked over at me kind of sheepishly, and he said, 45:09 "I don't normally fly first class." 45:11 And I said, "Yeah, I don't either." 45:13 He was a plumber, and I was a pastor, 45:15 and none of us usually can afford first class. 45:17 And we just started talking. 45:19 And long story short, this man was an atheist. 45:23 And I told him, "I was a pastor." 45:25 And he said, "You know, 45:26 I've gone through a divorce recently, 45:28 and my daughter, I think, 45:29 needs to know a little bit about God. 45:31 So I started going to church." 45:33 And we started having this conversation about the Bible, 45:36 and about God, and it was incredible. 45:38 It was a providential encounter. 45:41 You know, God is overruling. 45:46 He is working together for good to them that love Him, 45:50 and are called according to His purpose. 45:52 And as we started talking, 45:54 they brought us our meals back then, 45:57 and still today, in first class, you get meals. 46:00 And he got his meal and I got my meal. 46:03 And I was a little bit sheepish about what to do. 46:06 Because, you know, I always pray over my meals. 46:08 And sometimes I feel like well, he's, you know, like, 46:10 "What should I do?" 46:12 And he looks at me and he said, 46:13 "Should we pray over our meals?" 46:16 The atheist says to me on this plane, 46:19 "Should we pray over our meals?" 46:21 And I said, "Yeah. Yeah. Let's pray. 46:22 Let's pray." We prayed together. 46:24 It was amazing. 46:27 Anyway, finally, we got to our destination. 46:29 I got into Atlanta, I don't know what time it was, 46:30 it was probably 12 o'clock at night, it was really late. 46:34 And I went to my car rental place and it was closed, 46:37 the booth was closed. 46:39 And so are all of the others except for one, 46:42 and the one that was open had a line that was so long, 46:46 it would probably take another hour 46:47 just to get to the counter. 46:48 But I got in the back of that line. 46:50 And I'm telling you I was in the back of that line. 46:51 It wasn't my car rental place. 46:53 And I waited for a long time, and I was just hoping 46:56 that they would have a car 46:57 and that they would rent me a car 46:59 even though I hadn't reserved one. 47:03 So I got to the front of the line. 47:05 Finally I got to the counter. And the... 47:08 I told the lady my dilemma, my situation. 47:10 She said, "Oh, yes, yes, we can rent you a car, 47:13 no problem. 47:14 We've got some cars left." 47:16 And so she went to look at what they had. 47:17 And she came back and she said, "Well, unfortunately, 47:20 we've only got two cars left, 47:23 and they're both Ford Mustang G Ts." 47:28 Now, that was right back 47:29 when the new old Ford Mustang G Ts was coming out. 47:32 I don't know if you remember that, you know, 47:34 when they went back to the old style, 47:35 but they made the new. 47:37 I was like, "You mean the new Ford Mustang G Ts?" 47:41 And they said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." 47:43 I saw that is a bummer. 47:44 That's the only two cars you have left. 47:46 Oh, that's going to be tough. 47:48 And they said, "Would you like red or yellow?" 47:52 I said, "Well, driving into camp meeting 47:55 as this pastor speaker in a red Ford Mustang GT 48:00 might be a little bit overwhelming." 48:02 I'm thinking in my brain. So I'll take the yellow one. 48:05 And so they went back and they checked, 48:07 and they came back and they said, you know, 48:09 "We're really sorry. 48:10 But the red one is the only one we have left." 48:12 I said, "Well, I'll take the red one then." 48:15 And so here I was, in a situation 48:19 where my plane was delayed, frustrated, impatient, 48:23 impressed to open the Bible and study, 48:26 challenging God with a verse that I put on back shelf, 48:29 and having God finally give me understanding that verse 48:32 in such a way that it blessed my heart, 48:35 and actually gave me a sermon for the camp meeting 48:37 I was going to that I wasn't planning on sharing. 48:40 God redirects us sometimes. 48:42 And then getting a first class ticket, 48:45 a first class seat next to an atheist 48:47 who was seeking God, getting to the airport so late 48:50 that my rental car wasn't available, 48:51 but getting another rental car that was a Ford Mustang GT 48:55 that just came out of the factory, 48:57 'cause that's what rental cars use, they use new cars, 48:59 and driving into camp meeting, and I'm telling you, 49:01 it was about 12:30 at night, and when I got to my car, 49:04 I thought, man, 49:05 "It's going to be so cool to see 49:07 what this thing has under the hood." 49:10 Right? 49:12 That's Bible speak for, I want to put the pedal 49:14 to the metal and see how far 49:16 and how fast I can get down the road. 49:17 So I pulled out of the rental car place, 49:21 and I saw a police officer. 49:23 I thought, "Well, I'm going to have to wait 49:24 a little bit longer." 49:25 Went down the road a few blocks. 49:27 I saw another police officer, I'm like. 49:29 "Whoa, are they waiting for me? 49:30 What's going on here?" 49:32 Maybe God is, and lo and behold, 49:34 I arrived there the evening of a motorcycle rally, 49:39 and I discovered that there were hundreds 49:41 of motorcycles everywhere driving through town, 49:45 and there were police everywhere, 49:46 and I wasn't going to get my opportunity 49:48 to see what was under the hood of that Ford Mustang GT 49:51 on my way to camp meeting. 49:54 So I ended up spending the night in town. 49:56 And then I drove the next day down to the camp meeting. 49:59 And I remember coming in there in the daytime, 50:01 and everyone looking at me, looking at that Ford Mustang GT 50:06 and figuring out that I was driving. 50:11 I thought, "Well, I can live that down, 50:12 I'll just tell the story. 50:14 You know, that'll get me out of the situation 50:16 where people are wondering 50:17 why I'm driving a Ford Mustang GT." 50:18 And sure enough, in the camp meeting, 50:21 I open up the Word of God to Hebrews Chapter 12, 50:25 and shared the story, the testimony experience 50:28 that God has just given me. 50:32 God wants to give each one of us an experience with Him. 50:37 An experience not only in His Word, 50:39 but an experience from His Word that impacts our lives. 50:44 There are a lot of verses 50:46 that we skip over in the Book of Revelation, 50:49 that identify God's remnant church, 50:52 and we need to stop doing that. 50:54 There's only two that we normally focus on, 50:56 Revelation 12:17, right? 50:58 And Revelation 14:12. 51:01 But you know, there are five other places 51:02 where God's remnant church is described 51:05 in the Book of Revelation. 51:07 And one of them I know we're familiar with, 51:09 one of them is Revelation 12:11. 51:14 You know what it says? 51:16 And they, God's people, overcame him, the dragon, 51:19 by the word of their testimony, and the blood of the Lamb, 51:25 and they love not their lives unto the death. 51:28 Actually, it says it in a different order. 51:30 It says, they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, 51:32 and by the word of their testimony. 51:34 And I see that in Matthew 26, I see the blood of the Lamb, 51:39 the focus on Jesus. 51:42 I see the relationship that Jesus had with His disciples, 51:46 the relationship that God wants us to have with one another, 51:49 the relationship that God wants us to have in the church, 51:53 and the testimony that He wants us to bear, 51:55 not a testimony, that's a one-time testimony 51:58 of how God worked in our life so many years ago, 52:00 that's a powerful, valid testimony. 52:02 All through His life, from the beginning to the end, 52:04 Paul shared that testimony, 52:05 he never stopped sharing his testimony. 52:07 You find it several times in the New Testament, 52:10 in the New Testament experience of the Acts of the Apostles, 52:13 you find Paul sharing his testimony more than once, 52:16 and that's very important. 52:17 But Paul shares other testimonies. 52:20 And when we're in the Word of God, 52:23 and God speaks to us, and we're honest with Him, 52:26 and we tell Him our frustrations 52:27 and our impatience and the things 52:29 that we're struggling with, 52:30 we too will have fresh testimony 52:34 of how God is working in our lives. 52:40 Hebrews is a relational book. 52:43 And we haven't been able to cover 52:44 everything that's in there. 52:46 There's so much here that God wants to share with us. 52:50 But there are some basic principles 52:52 that are powerful for us to understand. 52:56 First principle we've looked at is that love is practical. 53:00 It's not just a definition of who God is. 53:04 Love is practical, because it communicates in practical ways. 53:07 God communicates His love, Hebrews Chapter 1. 53:10 In giving the gift of Himself, He communicates His love, 53:12 Hebrews Chapter 2, in touching us physically 53:14 becoming one with the human race for all eternity. 53:17 He communicates His love, Hebrews Chapter 4, 53:19 in spending quality time with us 53:21 and calling us into the Sabbath as a doorway 53:25 into that eternal rest or that salvation rest. 53:30 Because it's by spending time with Jesus and beholding Him 53:33 that we become changed, 2 Corinthians 3:18. 53:38 We learned also that God communicates His love to us 53:43 through acts of service. 53:45 Right now, He's continually mediating in our behalf, 53:49 continually hearing our prayers, 53:50 and covering our sins with His righteousness 53:54 as we confess them to Him. 53:57 And we learned earlier in Hebrews Chapter 11, 54:03 that God is communicating His love to us 54:05 through words of affirmation. 54:07 He affirms us continually showing us 54:10 what it looks like to stand before Him in the investigative 54:14 judgment without the record of our sins, 54:18 to stand in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, 54:20 to be vindicated by His righteousness, 54:22 and to have all of our failures blotted out, 54:25 cast into the depths of the sea. 54:27 So our record looks like the record of Noah, 54:30 and Abraham, and Moses, and Jacob, without a flaw, 54:34 without a failure. 54:36 And finally, God says, 54:38 as He concludes this book of relationship, 54:41 He says to us in Hebrews Chapter 12, 54:44 "Now don't forget, don't forget, 54:47 I'm the author, and I'm the finisher." 54:51 I began this work of faith, 54:54 and I'm going to finish this work of faith. 54:58 So what you need to do 55:01 is look unto me, 55:04 so that you can deal with that sin 55:09 that so besetting and lift off the weights, 55:12 have those weights lifted off to you that drag you down. 55:16 But then Paul goes on to say in Hebrews 12:15, he says, 55:22 "Looking diligently lest any man fail 55:26 of the grace of God, 55:28 lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, 55:32 and thereby many be defiled." 55:34 And I think that's going to be our special challenge 55:36 in the end of time. 55:38 I think when we engage with the apostasy, 55:43 that Jesus foretold to the disciples, and that, 55:45 of course, He's foretold us in the Book of Revelation. 55:47 When we deal with betrayal, when we deal with coldness, 55:51 when we deal with what's going to happen in this nation, 55:54 in the world with the deceit, 55:56 the overwhelming evil that's going to come against 55:59 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 56:01 we're going to be tempted to be bitter. 56:05 And there's only one way we can get rid of that root 56:07 of bitterness that sometimes we stuff way down, 56:11 hoping that it'll never come up. 56:13 There's only one way. 56:15 We to look unto Jesus, it says, diligently. 56:19 And tonight, I want to make an appeal that we would do that. 56:22 We're distracted by a lot of things 56:23 that are going on in the world. 56:24 But God wants us to keep our focus on Christ, 56:27 and we need to do that with all diligence 56:30 now never than ever before. 56:32 Revelation 14:4 56:34 pictures of people who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. 56:39 That's the diligence, wherever He goes. 56:43 Daniel Chapter 12, reveals a people 56:45 who are delivered in the time of trouble. 56:47 Why? 56:48 Because they have been focusing on the name of Christ 56:49 and talking often one to another, 56:51 according to Malachi 3:60. 56:53 Let that be us. 56:54 I'm appealing to you this evening, 56:56 those of you who are listening, let that be you, 56:59 each one of you. 57:00 Let's get our focus on Jesus Christ, 57:02 because He's the only one that can finish 57:04 the work He has begun. 57:07 Let's pray. 57:08 Father in heaven, thank You so much, 57:10 that Jesus Christ is the finisher. 57:12 Thank You so much that He has begun, 57:15 and He promises to finish 57:16 and calls us to look to Him diligently. 57:18 Thank You so much 57:20 that we can know how to resist unto blood, 57:22 striving against sin by following 57:25 the patterned Jesus Christ, the patterned man. 57:29 Thank You so much that He took our humanity, 57:31 our human nature and showed us how to surrender our wills 57:34 and trust You with everything. 57:36 Father, please, for those out there tonight, 57:39 please deliver them, bless them, encourage them. 57:44 And each one of us, Father, 57:45 we surrender our hearts to You and we thank You and praise You 57:48 for this wonderful camp meeting, 57:50 for this wonderful theme, in the name of Jesus Christ. 57:53 Amen. 57:56 Amen. 57:58 Praise the Lord. 57:59 Amen. Thank you, Pastor. 58:01 Amen. 58:03 You can stay right there if you would... 58:04 Right here. Right here. 58:05 You can have your beautiful wife come 58:07 and get right next to you. 58:08 Okay, I'll stay here if she's coming. Okay. 58:10 We want to first of all say thank you 58:12 for and Rise for being here, and part of the 3ABN team 58:16 and for the encouraging messages 58:19 that you have given us have been incredible. 58:20 Amen. 58:22 And it's our hope and prayer and all the other folk too 58:24 in the meetings... 58:25 Thanks for having us. The other speakers. 58:27 Well, you're part of the family, 58:28 you know, you're part of the family so... 58:29 We feel like that. Very glad that you all are here. 58:31 And so those of you at home, 58:32 thank you for allowing us to come into your home 58:35 as you do each and every day. 58:36 And also thank you for, we always like to say this, 58:38 thank you for your love, 58:40 your prayers and financial support at 3ABN. 58:42 Here's some of our team. 58:44 This is not all of us, but is some of our team, 58:46 and leadership. 58:47 So we'd like to come out we call this an afterglow. 58:49 And so we just kind of come out 58:51 and a few people can just whatever is on their hearts 58:54 and Tim's usually I hope he's at piano, 58:56 Oh, there, he's over there, we may end up 58:58 singing a little chorus or something together. 59:00 But Greg and Jill, 59:02 thank you so much for what you do for the cause 59:04 of God and leading out in this ministry 59:07 that God has ordained and He ordained you guys 59:09 to be here for such an hour as this. 59:11 And thank you so much and we're praying for you. 59:13 And I'd like for all of our folk 59:15 to really put Greg and Jill way up there on your prayer list 59:18 because tremendous responsibilities. 59:20 I noticed I feel a lot less responsibility 59:23 in my shoulders, a lot less weight in the last few years. 59:26 So Mr. Danny, you said you've never lost any sleep 59:28 thinking about 3ABN right being worried about it. 59:30 Well, I don't know if this makes, 59:32 any way I woke up this morning at 1:58 AM. 59:35 Yes, thinking about 3ABN. 59:38 Maybe well, good ideas come sometimes, you know, but... 59:41 I have a prayer. 59:43 Yeah, during those times, you know, 59:44 just lift up the Ministry of 3ABN 59:45 and I was thinking about the times that we live in. 59:47 We're not guaranteed tomorrow. 59:49 We have today 59:50 and what an incredible privilege all of us had, have. 59:52 I'm thinking about the team that we have here. 59:54 You at home are just a part of the team, 59:56 part of the family. 59:58 What an incredible opportunity we have. 59:59 And it's a privilege to be here, 01:00:00 in this time in earth's history. 01:00:02 Thank you, Rise. 01:00:03 We don't want to put you on the spot, 01:00:04 but I guess we will. 01:00:06 You are going to do it anyway. 01:00:07 Yeah, we're going to do it anyway. 01:00:09 And maybe just tell us what you're feeling right now 01:00:10 and maybe give a word of encouragement 01:00:11 to the folk at home. 01:00:13 I honestly have been so blessed by this camp meeting. 01:00:15 I resonate so much with the music, 01:00:17 prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. 01:00:19 And yet God is my refuge. 01:00:21 And underneath there His everlasting arms. 01:00:22 And this is my reason to live. 01:00:25 And it's such a good reason. 01:00:26 And I have these songs and these words, 01:00:28 just floating through my brain, and I'm just on a high. 01:00:31 Just really blessed I've been here. 01:00:32 All right. Praise the Lord. 01:00:34 Francine and Jason, you got your mikes. 01:00:36 We haven't seen you up front much this time. 01:00:38 But we got, of course, Kids Time, 01:00:39 Francine and Jason, the CFO. 01:00:41 What's on your guy's heart? 01:00:43 And give us a little encouragement here? 01:00:44 Well, you know, I always think of the kids 01:00:46 and they always excited about 01:00:47 wanting to come to camp meeting. 01:00:49 And, of course, you know, that didn't happen. 01:00:51 But you know, it reminds me of something 01:00:52 in 2 Chronicles 29:30 as well. 01:00:56 But it talks about how Hezekiah 01:00:59 first had people dedicate the priests, 01:01:02 dedicate their lives first, consecrate themselves, 01:01:05 and then to clean the temple and focus on that. 01:01:10 And then they provided offerings for Christ. 01:01:13 And you know, that is another some of those love languages 01:01:17 that we were talking about, 01:01:18 you know, some of those things and how God is out there 01:01:22 reaching each one of us, 01:01:23 and that is something special for us. 01:01:26 And then they had a big celebration. 01:01:28 All right. Praise the Lord. 01:01:29 You know they had the Passover. 01:01:31 And you know, and that's about singing, again, 01:01:33 that we were talking about those love languages. 01:01:35 So, you know, that's something that we all want to share 01:01:38 in the excitement for Jesus. 01:01:40 Thank you. 01:01:41 You know, I just praise the Lord 01:01:43 that we have an opportunity 01:01:44 to be aware of the truth, 01:01:47 the truth that is in Jesus, 01:01:49 and to be a part of this, 01:01:51 and to be a responsible party 01:01:54 to share that good news with others 01:01:56 is really important. 01:01:58 And I think of everything that was said, 01:01:59 and all the singing. 01:02:01 I'm truly blessed. 01:02:03 And I kind of look, thought about it. 01:02:05 And you know, when I was younger, 01:02:07 about five or six, 01:02:08 and we would go to the ice cream store 01:02:13 and we would get the scoops on our ice cream. 01:02:16 And we were just looking and we're like, 01:02:17 "Oh, I hope we get more. 01:02:19 I hope we get more." 01:02:21 You're talking soy ice cream, right, Jason? 01:02:23 That's right. Soy... 01:02:24 Did that happen? 01:02:27 Anyway, you know, it's a privilege 01:02:30 that we have the truth that is in Jesus. 01:02:33 And to be a part of that, however, 01:02:35 we need your help in order to carry this word out. 01:02:38 Because if we just share it amongst ourselves, 01:02:41 that will only get so far, but we need your help. 01:02:44 All right. Thank you so much. 01:02:46 Jay? 01:02:50 Danny, I've been here for 22 years. 01:02:52 All right. Wow. 01:02:53 And each year, I've been here for all the camp meetings. 01:02:57 And each year after the first one, 01:03:01 I've thought, 01:03:02 "They can't beat last year's, just can't be done. 01:03:05 It was so good." 01:03:07 At the end of the second camp meeting 01:03:09 and each succeeding camp meeting, 01:03:11 I've said the same thing. 01:03:12 I think maybe after all this time 01:03:14 I can learn to expect the next one 01:03:17 will be better than this one. 01:03:19 But I can tell you that it was tremendous. 01:03:22 It was wonderful learning about the seven love languages. 01:03:26 And now that I know that it's in the Bible, 01:03:29 I'm going to study it even more in depth. 01:03:32 And in realizing that we need to be 01:03:35 a little more forward speaking. 01:03:38 It's easy, you would think, to just talk to somebody. 01:03:42 But, James, you were talking about 01:03:44 how people react to you. 01:03:46 And I think a lot of us pull back a little bit 01:03:51 and are concerned about saying something, 01:03:54 not anymore. 01:03:56 Not for me anyway. 01:03:57 Thank you very much. All right. 01:03:58 Praise the Lord. 01:04:00 Thank you for what you've been doing 01:04:01 you and your family all of these years. 01:04:03 And hopefully, 01:04:04 each and every one of us have been touched. 01:04:06 So that's Tim Parton's cue to do He touched me. 01:04:10 But... And to mute the mike. 01:04:12 I'll start out and then you all join the chorus. 01:04:14 We'll do He touched me. 01:04:21 All the words are up here so you all can join with me. 01:04:24 Let's do it. 01:04:25 Shackled by a heavy burden 01:04:32 'Neath a load of guilt 01:04:35 And shame 01:04:40 Then the hand of Jesus 01:04:44 Touched me 01:04:47 And now I am no longer 01:04:52 The same 01:04:56 He touched me 01:04:59 Oh, He touched me 01:05:04 And oh, the joy 01:05:08 That floods my soul 01:05:14 Something happened 01:05:18 And now I know 01:05:22 He touched me 01:05:25 And made me whole 01:05:31 Yvonne? 01:05:33 There are so many people right now 01:05:35 who are dealing with overwhelming circumstances. 01:05:39 And this camp meeting has been so encouraging 01:05:43 because we look at the love of God. 01:05:46 I think that that's the kind of the overarching theme here, 01:05:50 that God is love and that He loves us so much. 01:05:54 And so there's a verse in Psalms that says, 01:05:58 from the ends of the earth, I will cry unto you, 01:06:01 when my heart is overwhelmed, 01:06:04 lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 01:06:08 And I know that right now 01:06:09 many of you need to be led to that rock the truth, 01:06:13 God is the rock. 01:06:15 And He will do for you what no one else can do. 01:06:19 So hold on and be assured that Jesus has got you, 01:06:24 He's got your back and He'll never let you go. 01:06:27 Oh, we got to do the second verse then. 01:06:29 And then we'll have Mo and Adjma. 01:06:32 Since I've met. 01:06:33 Since I've met 01:06:35 This blessed Savior 01:06:41 Since He's cleansed 01:06:43 And made me whole 01:06:49 I will never cease 01:06:53 To praise Him 01:06:56 I'll shout it while eternity rolls 01:07:02 Sing with us at home now. 01:07:05 He touched me 01:07:07 Oh, He touched me 01:07:13 And oh, the joy 01:07:17 That floods my soul 01:07:22 Something happened 01:07:26 And now I know 01:07:30 He touched me 01:07:33 and made me whole 01:07:38 Moses, Adjma? 01:07:40 Hi, Danny. 01:07:42 This is my 30th anniversary here. 01:07:45 Wow, 30 years. 01:07:46 Thirty years. Praise the Lord. 01:07:48 And I can't even think of the first one. 01:07:52 But I know this is not going to be the last one. 01:07:55 This is a beautiful camp meeting, 01:07:57 and I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit here. 01:08:01 And I was thinking sitting back there, 01:08:04 I was thinking, there are other people 01:08:08 that are all over the world, 01:08:11 and that they can feel the Holy Spirit 01:08:13 and the Holy Spirit can preach to them in their language. 01:08:16 But it would be so much better 01:08:19 if we could have more languages. 01:08:21 So I was thinking when I was sitting back there, 01:08:23 and I said, English, Spanish, 01:08:27 Russian and French is not enough. 01:08:30 That's right. All right. 01:08:31 I was thinking my commitment is to this year 01:08:34 to advance to more language 01:08:37 so we can share these blessings 01:08:39 with the other language people. 01:08:40 All right. Praise the Lord. 01:08:42 Thank you. How about Jeff? 01:08:44 Bring your lovely bride right up 01:08:46 by Jill and Greg there and maybe introduce yourself 01:08:50 for those that don't know. 01:08:52 Well, this is my wife, Charletta, and I'm Jeff Doerr, 01:08:54 I'm the director 01:08:56 of Planned Giving and Trust Services here 01:08:57 for 3ABN 01:08:58 and Moses talking about 30 years 01:09:00 and Jay 20 plus years. 01:09:02 This is our first year. All right. 01:09:04 That deserves a clap. All right. 01:09:07 You know, we've enjoyed camp meeting 01:09:09 as a visitor for many years. 01:09:12 And the virtual camp meeting is great. 01:09:15 But I miss all our extended family. 01:09:17 Yeah. 01:09:19 Not to be able to take and visit, 01:09:20 hug their necks, shake their hands. 01:09:22 And this has been a revival 01:09:24 in more than just a camp meeting. 01:09:26 Yeah. 01:09:27 Reviving the Lord in my heart. 01:09:28 Yeah. Amen. 01:09:30 You know, when somebody like Ben Carson, 01:09:32 speaking this morning, 01:09:34 someone as intelligent and gifted as that man. 01:09:38 And for him to acknowledge that it's not him, 01:09:40 it was the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:09:42 that was touching him and guiding him, 01:09:45 getting surgeries and everything. 01:09:47 And then for James, 01:09:48 to divide the Word and bring it to life, 01:09:51 to bring the Word to our present day life... 01:09:54 Amen. 01:09:56 It's amazing that a gift that God has given that man. 01:09:59 If I remember rightly, 01:10:00 that you all were members of another denomination 01:10:04 but used to listen to 3ABN radio 01:10:06 and then watch television, 01:10:07 Charletta, and then you started coming to church. 01:10:09 That's very true. 01:10:11 I'm so thankful for people 01:10:14 who have donated to 3ABN over the years 01:10:16 'cause that's how I discovered the truth. 01:10:19 Well, praise Lord. 01:10:20 John, in the Book of John, it says, 01:10:24 "You shall know the truth 01:10:26 and the truth shall set you free." 01:10:28 And that, you know, that has happened for us. 01:10:33 Absolutely. 01:10:34 And there's so many people that are in churches, 01:10:39 they're good people, 01:10:42 and it's very difficult to step out 01:10:46 of a comfort zone. 01:10:48 It is very difficult. 01:10:51 And they're good people. 01:10:52 They just do not realize perhaps 01:10:55 that there's a truth that they have not witnessed. 01:11:00 Maybe something better, right? Yes. 01:11:03 James, Brother James? 01:11:04 So if the Holy Spirit speaks to you, 01:11:07 even though it can be very difficult sometimes, 01:11:10 please obey, please listen, 01:11:14 and you will be set free in a way 01:11:16 that you have never experienced 01:11:18 Brian? 01:11:20 Brian's been here some time, few years, 01:11:23 but you're kind of mostly behind scenes. 01:11:25 Tell us, just give us what's on you, 01:11:27 you and your beautiful wife. 01:11:29 We've seen her before. 01:11:30 Yes. 01:11:31 As many of you know, 01:11:33 this is my beautiful wife Celestine. 01:11:35 In December of 2017, we were baptized together 01:11:39 before we got married. 01:11:41 Praise the Lord. 01:11:42 And then I got, 01:11:44 we got married in 2018 then I started at 3ABN. 01:11:47 Yeah, what do you do at 3ABN? 01:11:49 I started in the programming department 01:11:51 in February. 01:11:52 And then by this time in camp meeting 01:11:55 in September, starting October of 2018, 01:11:58 I became the programming manager. 01:12:00 All right. So praise the Lord. 01:12:02 And it was definitely a gift to be able to do the work 01:12:07 that I do for the Lord 01:12:08 and especially for the ministry. 01:12:10 You're fairly new Adventist? 01:12:11 Fairly new Adventist. All right. 01:12:13 You know, I fell away from the Lord for many years, 01:12:16 and then He patiently brought me back. 01:12:18 And when He did... That's what He does. 01:12:20 And He brought me through the truth, 01:12:22 through Bible studies 01:12:24 with Pastor John and Pastor C.A. Murray. 01:12:26 Amen. Praise the Lord. 01:12:27 That sounds like we're just going to have 01:12:28 to sing something about that name. 01:12:30 Amen. 01:12:32 That's your that's your cue, Brother Tim. 01:12:37 Let's see, we're cueing. 01:12:43 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus 01:12:52 There's just something 01:12:55 About that name 01:13:02 Master, Savior, Jesus 01:13:10 Like the fragrance 01:13:13 after the rain 01:13:20 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus 01:13:29 Let all Heaven 01:13:32 And earth proclaim 01:13:39 Kings and kingdoms 01:13:43 Will all pass away 01:13:48 But there's something 01:13:51 About that name 01:13:56 Jason? 01:13:57 Jason Bradley, what's on your heart? 01:14:00 All right. 01:14:01 Well, you know, camp meeting is always 01:14:02 such an exciting time of year, 01:14:07 two times out of the year, 01:14:08 and there's a lot of planning and preparation 01:14:11 that goes into camp meeting 01:14:13 and I think about our lives and recognize that 01:14:17 there's a lot of planning and preparation 01:14:18 that needs to take place, 01:14:20 and that people don't plan to fail, 01:14:23 but they tend to fail to plan 01:14:25 and we've been given the Bible... 01:14:27 We got a sermon now. 01:14:28 Come on. Come on Jay. 01:14:29 We've been given the Bible 01:14:31 which is like basic instructions 01:14:32 before leaving earth. 01:14:35 And so contained within the pages of Scripture 01:14:38 is a plan and a purpose and a calling on your life. 01:14:43 Do not fail to plan for eternity. 01:14:48 God has something in store for you 01:14:50 and He wants to reveal it to you 01:14:52 but you have to open His Word, He loves you. 01:14:56 Give your heart to Him. Thank you. 01:14:57 Hey Jay, before you leave, now this is our son Jason. 01:15:02 And a lot of people get us confused. 01:15:04 They say we look alike, for about same height and same, 01:15:07 you know, but actually I'm older than him. 01:15:09 I may not look like it, no I'm just kidding. 01:15:11 Just a tad. 01:15:12 It's okay to have a little bit of fun right, 01:15:14 once in a while just don't stretch it too far then. 01:15:16 But we're so privileged 01:15:18 and I'm so privileged to be a part of your life 01:15:20 and set in for a pop I'm not, 01:15:22 you know, you got to father and that's great, 01:15:23 but I'm the pop and you make me so proud as a Christian, 01:15:27 as a person to see the growth in your life. 01:15:30 It's been amazing since we, you know, many years ago, 01:15:33 when we first met, we told you to go home 01:15:35 and you came here right for a program. 01:15:38 What was it New Years? 01:15:40 It was the day of prayer. Day of prayer. 01:15:42 And you were up here speaking and you said, 01:15:43 if you leave this place, 01:15:44 and you can't get it out of your mind, 01:15:46 then perhaps this is where God would have you to be. 01:15:48 And... Trap. 01:15:50 That was a trap. 01:15:51 And seven and a half plus years later, here I am. 01:15:55 Praise God. Amen. 01:15:56 All right. 01:15:58 J.D? 01:16:01 I guess we all have a testimony. 01:16:04 All I know is that God is mighty, mighty good. 01:16:07 And, you know, camp meeting is always a favorite time 01:16:10 because we're people persons. 01:16:13 If you're a people person, you love hugging necks, 01:16:16 you love getting names, and you love sharing Jesus. 01:16:21 And what I've learned in pastoral is that 01:16:23 there are so many hurting people out there, 01:16:26 that they're, they need prayer, 01:16:28 they need attention, they want to be heard. 01:16:32 And I just encourage anyone here that's listening, 01:16:37 first of all, that we do miss you. 01:16:40 Second of all, don't hesitate to call. 01:16:43 You know, we got an 800 number. 01:16:45 But today, the way the technology is set up, 01:16:47 it doesn't cost anything, use your own phone. 01:16:51 Be a good steward, allow 3ABN to use those funds 01:16:55 that would go out on an 800 number, 01:16:57 to go for magazines, books, 01:17:00 and et cetera to bless other people. 01:17:02 But anyway, don't hesitate to give us a call. 01:17:05 Once again, I just want to make it perfectly clear 01:17:08 that we do love you. 01:17:09 In fact, we adore you. 01:17:10 You are part of our family. 01:17:12 All right. Sister Shelley? 01:17:15 Well, I know my heart was touched. 01:17:18 I want to thank you, James. 01:17:20 Hebrews has always been my favorite book. 01:17:22 But I think what impressed me 01:17:25 the most about this camp meeting 01:17:28 is how intimate it was. 01:17:30 We saw a God of intimate love of relational love. 01:17:35 And he touched my heart. 01:17:37 I feel changed. 01:17:38 And I feel blessed. 01:17:40 Thank you so much. Amen. 01:17:42 Thank you so much. 01:17:43 Greg and Jill, we have a few minutes. 01:17:45 Why don't you give us a little bit, 01:17:46 maybe your vision for the coming months, 01:17:50 the coming years, 01:17:52 and both of you are doing incredible, 01:17:53 credible work. 01:17:55 And I don't say that lightly, 01:17:56 everybody here will agree with us. 01:17:59 We're not uplifting you, but we uplift the Jesus in you. 01:18:02 I've never seen more people more committed 01:18:05 to anything in my life 01:18:06 than I have these two as a couple. 01:18:07 So, but you're great visionaries, 01:18:10 and I love it. 01:18:11 And I've kind of handed that over now. 01:18:13 I love you waking up at 1:30 in the morning 01:18:15 thinking about what 3ABN needs to happen here. 01:18:18 That's so good. 01:18:20 Yvonne and I are sound asleep, and Greg is awake, but, no, 01:18:23 give us a little bit of your heart 01:18:25 both of you please? 01:18:27 I was just standing here this evening, 01:18:30 on the stage 01:18:31 and 19 years ago, 01:18:36 I came here to 3ABN. 01:18:39 I was a young bride, had just married Greg, 01:18:42 in my 20s, knew nothing, wanted to serve Jesus, 01:18:48 wanted to give my life 01:18:50 to share the gospel with others. 01:18:53 And as I stood here on the stage tonight, 01:18:56 I was reminded of all the people 01:18:59 who have poured into my life. 01:19:02 And you all are standing right here. 01:19:04 Oh, praise the Lord. 01:19:05 Reminded that they have prayed for Greg and I, 01:19:08 that you all have loved us, that you all have mentored us, 01:19:13 that you all have showed us a picture of Jesus. 01:19:17 And I'm so very grateful for that. 01:19:19 Grateful that no matter who you are, 01:19:22 no matter where you've been, 01:19:24 no matter what you don't know 01:19:27 or what you think you don't know, 01:19:29 the Lord Jesus loves you. 01:19:31 The Lord Jesus made you. 01:19:33 The Lord Jesus redeemed you for a purpose. 01:19:36 He called you to be His witness. 01:19:40 No matter what you feel you can or can't do, 01:19:43 He wants to use you, empower you, 01:19:46 equip you, stand you up to be His witness. 01:19:51 If anyone is in Christ, He or she is a new creature, 01:19:55 the old is past, the old life of sin, 01:19:57 the old man or woman of sin, 01:19:59 those old addictions, 01:20:01 those things that hold us hostage, 01:20:04 Jesus came to set you free. 01:20:07 And if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed. 01:20:12 So we go forth from this camp meeting 01:20:14 knowing that there is something better. 01:20:17 We have a better hope, we have a better Savior, 01:20:20 we have a better future. 01:20:22 And right now, in this world that we have today, 01:20:26 we can look around, and we can share Jesus. 01:20:30 To me, that's my goal. 01:20:31 That's my vision for 3ABN, new avenues, new methods, 01:20:37 new ways to proclaim the gospel, 01:20:39 whether it's through other languages, 01:20:41 whether it's through different avenues 01:20:42 that the gospel can go forward. 01:20:45 But that is our objective, and that is our purpose, 01:20:47 to share the undiluted three angels' messages 01:20:51 with a lost and dying world. 01:20:53 Amen. 01:20:54 You know, I found at 3ABN that, you know, we have plans, 01:20:57 and it's good to have plans. 01:20:58 But I've found that my plans today 01:21:00 may be totally different tomorrow, 01:21:01 because God's opened another window, 01:21:03 and we've got to go this way, 01:21:04 and then also, it seems like we're going this way. 01:21:06 So our plan and our vision 01:21:08 is to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:21:10 And that's our plan and our vision. 01:21:12 I want to just say thank you also to the crew. 01:21:14 Even though you've not been here, 01:21:16 the production crew have worked tirelessly, 01:21:18 like they always do, 01:21:19 to bring camp meeting to you. 01:21:21 And so I want to say thank you to the production team 01:21:23 and everyone else. 01:21:25 Jesus is coming very soon. 01:21:28 Amen. 01:21:29 We're on a journey. 01:21:30 And I want to encourage you, don't give up. 01:21:33 I was in the woods not long ago, 01:21:35 and I heard a little rustling in the leaves 01:21:37 and I looked down and I saw 01:21:38 a little Eastern box turtle. 01:21:41 It was on a journey heading somewhere. 01:21:43 As I look closer, its right eye was gone. 01:21:47 It was just sealed shut. 01:21:49 Its eye was gone. 01:21:50 Turtle was still moving forward. 01:21:52 I looked a little closer, its shell had a massive gash. 01:21:56 It was old, it healed over. 01:21:58 But this turtle was on a journey. 01:22:00 All right. 01:22:01 In front of this turtle was a log. 01:22:03 I said, "This is going to be interesting." 01:22:05 I sat back and I looked and that turtle with one eye, 01:22:08 battle scars on his back, I looked at that log. 01:22:11 And as turtles go kind of slow, 01:22:13 up and over and he stood on top. 01:22:15 It just bounced in the middle of his shell. 01:22:17 And then he went over the other side 01:22:18 on his journey. 01:22:19 I want to encourage you, many of you are battle scarred, 01:22:22 you're weary, maybe you've lost sight of something 01:22:25 but you still got one eye, 01:22:26 you've got a scar somewhere here but go for it. 01:22:28 I want to encourage you don't give up. 01:22:30 You know, we're almost there. 01:22:32 We're almost home. Don't give up. 01:22:33 We're oppressed. 01:22:35 It seems like things are coming on. 01:22:36 Pressure past, you mentioned last year you said, 01:22:39 "Do you feel the pressure?" 01:22:40 I raise my hand, I feel the pressure. 01:22:42 And I think you feel the pressure too at home 01:22:44 but don't give up. 01:22:45 Jesus Christ is coming very, very soon. 01:22:48 Amen. 01:22:50 Oh, I have to tell you, I can identify with the turtle. 01:22:52 I'm blind to my right eye. 01:22:54 But you didn't give up. 01:22:55 I'm 70 years old and I'm a little slower 01:22:56 than I used to be. 01:22:58 But I'm not giving up yet. Amen. 01:22:59 That's right. That's right. 01:23:01 I'm still going up breezy. 01:23:02 I'm still going forward. 01:23:03 Praise the Lord. All right. 01:23:05 I'm still going forward here. 01:23:06 We're still going forward. 01:23:07 These young ones, they don't know 01:23:09 what we're talking about. 01:23:10 Some of you at home do for sure. 01:23:13 Thank you so much, and for your leadership 01:23:16 and for what you do for the calling 01:23:18 that God has placed on your life. 01:23:19 And I just want to say something to the viewers. 01:23:22 This doesn't happen by itself. 01:23:25 3ABN, you heard Brother Mo continuing to grow. 01:23:28 You heard their vision, 01:23:29 continue to reach more and more people. 01:23:32 While the avenues, communication highways 01:23:35 or new ones coming out all the time. 01:23:38 But it's also open for secular vision 01:23:42 for folks that have the vision to take, 01:23:45 I'm just going to say bad stuff, anti-God, 01:23:48 anti-Bible, anti-themes to the world. 01:23:52 We have to work now. 01:23:53 That's right. Right? 01:23:55 The fields are wide under harvest 01:23:57 but the reapers, where are they? 01:24:00 We cannot do what we do without you. 01:24:03 You're as much a part of the team 01:24:05 of 3ABN as we are. 01:24:07 Honestly, I'm going to say it again, without you, 01:24:10 we just all be standing there having a good time all right 01:24:13 but all by ourselves. 01:24:14 Probably couldn't afford all the lights on. 01:24:16 So we maybe been in the dark, 01:24:17 but we'd still be talking to each other. 01:24:20 But I want to thank you for what you do. 01:24:22 And so I know many of you are sacrificing. 01:24:24 Thank you for that. 01:24:26 Many of you, maybe you haven't, maybe you say, well, 01:24:28 they tell me that after 25 years, 01:24:31 people look at an organization as an institution 01:24:34 and an institution while they just go on. 01:24:37 But honestly, this would not go on 01:24:39 without what you do 01:24:41 as the Holy Spirit impresses you 01:24:43 what you should do for this ministry, 01:24:45 us too, each and every one of us here 01:24:47 we make that decision, what can we do to support 3ABN? 01:24:50 It's not enough just to get up front, 01:24:52 talk or travel and do whatever. 01:24:54 But we want to personally give, 01:24:56 we personally want to be a part 01:24:58 of getting this great gospel of the kingdom 01:25:00 unto all the world. 01:25:02 So I'm going to ask you to think about it. 01:25:03 And I'm going to ask Greg to say a prayer 01:25:05 that we want to pray for each and every one of you. 01:25:07 And right now, we don't normally do this. 01:25:09 It's not a big begathon or anything, 01:25:11 but I just felt impressed by the Holy Spirit. 01:25:13 There are many watching this program, 01:25:15 maybe you've never given, you've never supported. 01:25:18 But maybe the Holy Spirit right now 01:25:19 is wanting to speak to you 01:25:21 and tell you what He would have you to do. 01:25:23 Maybe you volunteer your time. 01:25:25 Thank you for your prayers. 01:25:26 We appreciate all that. 01:25:28 God has something in store for you. 01:25:29 And we can get this gospel of the kingdom 01:25:32 into all the world 01:25:33 only when we unite together, church, people, 01:25:36 all of us in unity, no division. 01:25:39 Can't a house divided against itself can't stand, 01:25:42 it will fall, right? 01:25:43 But we want to be united 01:25:44 and we are with our viewers and our listeners 01:25:47 and for those of you round the world. 01:25:48 Thank you so much. 01:25:49 And then you as Greg prays, you ask the Holy Spirit, 01:25:52 what He would have you to do. 01:25:53 We're all part of the family of God. 01:25:55 Amen. 01:25:56 Father in heaven, Lord, we're thankful 01:25:58 for the privilege each one of us have 01:26:00 been a part of spreading Your gospel around the world. 01:26:03 Thank You for the sacrifice that so many have done 01:26:06 and given Lord to make 3ABN what it is today. 01:26:09 And, Lord, thank you for taking the funds multiplying them. 01:26:12 And, Father, thank You so much for protecting 3ABN, 01:26:15 we pray for special hedge of protection 01:26:17 around the donors. 01:26:18 We thank You for Your Holy Spirit 01:26:19 that impresses 01:26:21 and in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 01:26:22 Amen. 01:26:24 So I think we should probably go out sing 01:26:25 and don't you, Brother Tim, Family of God? 01:26:28 All right. 01:26:32 I'm a part of the Family of God 01:26:37 I've been washed in the fountain 01:26:41 Cleansed by His blood 01:26:44 Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod 01:26:50 For I'm part of the family 01:26:54 The Family of God 01:26:56 Again... 01:26:59 I'm a part of the Family of God 01:27:04 I've been washed in the fountain 01:27:08 Cleansed by His blood 01:27:11 Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod 01:27:18 For I'm part of the family 01:27:22 The Family of God 01:27:25 Our time is all gone. 01:27:27 Until we see you next time, may the Lord richly bless you, 01:27:30 abundantly more than you could ever ask or think. 01:27:32 Amen.

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