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00:11 ♪♪♪ 00:16 >>Eric Flickinger: Welcome to "Sabbath School," 00:17 brought to you by It Is Written. 00:19 Glad that you could join us again this week. 00:21 We're getting near the very end of this quarter. 00:23 This is lesson 11 of 13, and we're looking at something very, 00:27 very significant today. 00:28 It's actually part 2 of what we looked at last week, 00:31 so we're looking at "Mission to the Unreached," 00:34 and this is part number 2. 00:36 Let's begin today with prayer. 00:39 Father, thank You again for being with us, 00:41 and we ask that You will be with us 00:43 as we seek to reach others, especially the unreached. 00:47 We ask now that You would bless our time together, 00:49 and we thank You in Jesus' name, amen. 00:52 Well, we're blessed this week once again 00:54 to have Doug Venn back with us. 00:56 He is currently serving 00:57 as the assistant to the president 00:59 for Adventist Possibility Ministries, 01:01 but when he authored this portion of the study, 01:03 he was the director for Global Mission Urban Center. 01:07 Doug, welcome back. 01:08 >>Douglas Venn: It's great to be with you, Eric. 01:10 >>Eric: That was a lot of words to describe where you are 01:13 and where you've been, but we're grateful 01:15 for the contributions that you've made 01:16 to this quarter's lesson. 01:19 And so, this particular week, we're looking at 01:21 "Mission to the Unreached," and there's this story 01:24 that we go into here 01:26 that kind of reminds me of a little bit of a field trip. 01:29 Now, field trips are often enjoyable things. 01:32 I remember back when I lived in Germany 01:34 during my high school years, 01:35 a fun field trip that we would go to 01:38 was a science center for children, for youth. 01:43 It was called, it was called Evoluon, 01:45 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. 01:47 So that was fun. It looked like a spaceship, 01:49 looked like a giant flying saucer, and you'd go in there 01:52 and just all kinds of fun stuff for kids. 01:54 But we're looking at a field trip 01:57 that Jesus goes on with the disciples here, 01:59 and it's not to the Netherlands, 02:02 it's not to a flying saucer-looking 02:04 spaceship thing. 02:05 He takes them to a place called Tyre and Sidon, 02:09 and when He goes there-- when they go there, there's-- 02:14 What's going on? 02:15 Why are the disciples not thrilled beyond words 02:19 to be able to go to this place? 02:20 >>Doug: Well, as any master teacher, 02:23 they're wanting to look at how the students 02:28 can kind of master the material, master the lesson learned. 02:34 So what was the lesson that you learned on your field trip that, 02:37 you know, years later, 02:38 that you reflect on that science center? 02:40 >>Eric: One of the lessons that I remember now is-- 02:42 I think the science center 02:44 closed in the late 1980s or '90s. 02:47 So, take advantage of things while they're there, 02:50 while the opportunity exists because you never know 02:52 when they're going to be gone. 02:54 And so, I still have fond memories 02:56 of going to Evoluon in Eindhoven. 02:58 >>Doug: Yeah, well, I think that that's the same. 03:00 Jesus was trying to take-- 03:03 give His disciples insight on site. 03:06 And that's what, whether your science teacher-- 03:10 I remember going to city hall, I remember meeting, 03:13 you know, other public officials on different field trips, 03:16 but one of the favorite ones for me was going to the food bank. 03:20 And there we got to help and serve and, you know, 03:24 repack, you know, rice and lentils and beans 03:27 and other legumes 03:28 and stack peanut butter jars on the shelves, 03:30 but at the end we always got doughnuts. 03:33 >>Eric: That makes it worthwhile. 03:34 >>Doug: That's why I remember; it was a sweet lesson. 03:36 But our teachers, and just like here, 03:39 Jesus, He's wanting to teach His disciples about mission. 03:44 And so, those insights on site, I think that that's-- 03:48 I wanted to jump in to actually look here 03:51 of some of these lessons, 03:54 at what's going on in the background. 03:56 So, in Judges 3, verses 1 through 6, 04:00 we see that God used these ancient people, 04:03 of the Sidonians and of Tyre, to actually test Israel's faith. 04:08 Also, in 1 Kings, chapter 5, verses 1 through 12, 04:12 we can see here how Israel, working with these people groups 04:16 of the--in Tyre and Sidon, they actually had 04:19 this trade negotiation, this trade partnership. 04:23 So there was this economic benefit 04:26 for both nations happening. 04:29 But with the interaction comes also the opportunity 04:34 to be exposed to other cultures and worldview and, 04:38 just like I got to taste doughnuts there, 04:41 and I know that my mom, growing up at home, 04:44 we didn't have doughnuts a lot, 04:46 so that's why it was so special. And for you, you know, 04:50 being there in that part of Germany, 04:52 you got to have insights on site in a different cultural setting. 04:57 But King Solomon 04:58 in 1 Kings, chapter 11, verses 1 through 6, 05:01 he actually married a Sidonian princess, 05:04 but that relationship, 05:07 he was not in a missionary position. 05:10 And so, she actually invited him to worship Ashtoreth, 05:15 the goddess of the Sidonians, and so here we see that, 05:19 despite this family history between these nations, 05:22 and those are just three of the other-- 05:25 if you have a chance to jump into God's Word, 05:28 you can actually see more of this background 05:30 of the mission to these regions beyond in this lesson. 05:35 But Jesus, He, years later now, He's bringing these disciples 05:42 to a place that, despite the paganism and idolatry, 05:46 Jesus wants us and His disciples to see their bias 05:52 and their bigotry, and He gives us a model 05:55 for this cross-cultural, holistic, 05:57 urban mission for us today. 06:00 >>Eric: So, in this story, we're looking at Jesus, 06:02 the example that He is giving us, 06:05 the lessons that He wants us to learn, 06:09 the observations to maybe-- to recognize our own biases, 06:13 our own challenges, perceived ideas or misperceived ideas. 06:20 We see Christ's compassion, 06:22 His heart for all kinds of people here, 06:25 including heathen, including idolaters. 06:29 What motivated Jesus to try to reach these types of cities 06:34 in His day and what's the lesson 06:36 we can pull from that for our day? 06:38 >>Doug: Yeah, so I think that Matthew 9, verses 35 and on, 06:41 we actually see how Christ was moved 06:44 with compassion when He saw the multitudes. 06:48 We also see in Luke, chapter 19, verse 41, 06:51 how when Jesus saw Jerusalem, He was moved, 06:54 and He wept over the city. 06:56 And so it is today that-- where are the people? 07:00 They live in the cities. 07:01 And so that's why we are called to also 07:05 do that cross-cultural-- it may not be comfortable, 07:09 it may not be our normal way of living, 07:13 but Christ calls us, just like He did His disciples 07:16 2,000 years ago, to care and to share. 07:21 >>Eric: So, Doug, I wanna read a passage here for you, 07:23 and this is in Matthew, chapter 4. 07:25 We're going to look at verses 23 through 25. 07:29 Matthew 4, starting in verse number 23, 07:31 it says, "And Jesus went about all Galilee, 07:34 "teaching in their synagogues, 07:36 "preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 07:37 "and healing all kinds of sickness 07:39 and all kinds of disease among the people." 07:43 So Jesus is preaching, He's teaching, and healing, 07:46 is His three-part ministry, as it were. 07:48 It says, "Then His fame went throughout all Syria; 07:51 "and they brought to Him all sick people 07:53 "who were afflicted with various diseases 07:55 "and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, 07:58 "epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 08:00 "Great multitudes followed Him-- from Galilee, ...from Decapolis, 08:04 Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan." 08:08 So, where are all these people-- it says they're coming 08:13 from a wide variety of areas. 08:15 What's drawing them to Jesus? Where are they coming from? 08:18 >>Doug: Well, Jesus selected Capernaum as His base 08:22 for His ministry, and that was the crossroads 08:24 for these nations and these regions. 08:26 But then Jesus, then He stretches--because He-- 08:30 if we jump to today's lesson, 08:34 it's basically based in Matthew, chapter 14. 08:38 We see here He-- John the Baptist is beheaded, 08:42 His cousin, then they take some time away, 08:45 and He goes to a quiet place in verse 13, 08:49 but then that's where the crowd follows Him, 08:51 and we see part of where that crowd is from, 08:53 and He feeds the 5,000, He walks on the sea, 08:56 and then He then jumps into this area of how defilement comes in, 09:03 in verse--chapter 15, and then He leaves that region 09:08 and goes to Tyre and Sidon. 09:10 And so, here we see that Jesus is caring for all of these areas 09:17 which were Jewish and also Gentile. 09:20 And so it is for us, is that how today are we-- 09:23 are we just talking to our own, our own tribe, 09:26 our own family of faith, or are we also, like Jesus, 09:30 being intentional about going to those who've never heard? 09:34 >>Eric: So, He's making an effort. 09:36 It's not just kind of happening. >>Doug: Yes. 09:39 >>Eric: But He's making an intentional effort 09:40 to reach out to these individuals. 09:44 >>Doug: That's correct. 09:46 >>Eric: Bring that real quick into our day. 09:49 What might these people--where might these people be around us? 09:53 You mentioned cities. >>Doug: Yeah, well, again, 09:56 the majority of the population today lives in the major cities 10:00 of the world. And that may not be where you live 10:03 or where I live, but that's where 10:06 the majority of the population lives. 10:08 And I'm reminded in the book, "The Desire of Ages," page 399, 10:12 that "after [this] encounter with the Pharisees, 10:15 "Jesus withdrew from Capernaum, and crossing Galilee, 10:18 "repaired to the hill country on the borders of Phoenicia. 10:21 "Looking westward, He could see, spread out upon the plain below, 10:26 "the ancient cities of Tyre and Sidon, 10:28 "with their heathen temples, their magnificent palaces 10:30 "and marts of trade, 10:32 and [their] harbors filled with shipping." 10:34 So, we see that the people are in the same kind 10:39 of economic centers in these population centers, 10:41 and so that's where Jesus, 10:43 He didn't just stay with the Jews. 10:47 He crossed these national-- He's crossed these borders 10:50 to then actually go and care for one, 10:53 this woman and her daughter. 10:57 >>Eric: So they-- in many people's minds, 11:00 if they're in the city, as it were, if they have a home, 11:06 if they have a good job, they have a decent car, 11:09 maybe three or four decent cars, they've kind of got it made, 11:14 at least from a certain perspective. 11:16 And it might seem as if it would be difficult, 11:20 if not futile, to try to reach them 11:23 because they seem to have it together. 11:27 Or we think they perceive that they have it together. 11:31 But is it always futile to try to reach them? 11:33 I'm guessing the answer is no. 11:35 >>Doug: No, it's not. 11:36 And that's where we can look at how Jesus cared 11:39 for the wealthy in His day. If we look at in Jericho, 11:43 Jesus ministered to the emotional 11:45 and social situation that Zacchaeus found himself in. 11:50 And we could look through all of Christ's ministry 11:53 and start looking at where did He care for these people. 11:57 The Roman centurion-- and the list can go on, 12:01 so that's where we are challenged today 12:03 to follow Christ's example, 12:06 propels us into those urban areas. 12:09 >>Eric: So, there are lots of people in the urban areas, 12:11 which is kind of what, by default, makes them urban-- 12:13 >>Doug: Yes, that's right. 12:15 >>Eric: ..is the concentration of people. 12:16 And with those-- the concentration of people, 12:18 there's frequently affluence; there's frequently poverty. 12:23 >>Doug: Right, you have your extremes. 12:24 >>Eric: You've got extremes there. 12:26 There's a lot of worldliness in cities, 12:29 which means that there's also a lot of need. 12:31 Now, they may or may not recognize that need, 12:34 but we can go and reach them in an effort to help them 12:39 become aware of that need. 12:41 And trust that God is going to lead and guide 12:44 and direct us in that. We're gonna be looking 12:46 more at how we can reach the unreached here 12:48 when we come back from our break. 12:50 But before we go to the break, I wanna remind you, 12:52 if you haven't yet done so-- 12:54 and we're getting late in the quarter, 12:56 but it's not yet past time-- 12:59 make sure you pick up the companion book 13:02 to this quarter's lesson. 13:03 It is "God's Mission My Mission" by Gary Krause. 13:07 You will find some wonderful additional resources in here, 13:11 references. You're going to find more Bible verses 13:15 that will help you to understand 13:16 how God's mission and your mission, 13:18 my mission, are exactly the same. 13:21 This will help you teach your Sabbath school class, 13:23 it will help you to contribute more 13:25 to your Sabbath school class, 13:26 and you'll be blessed if you pick it up. 13:28 We're going to come back in just a moment 13:30 as Doug and I continue looking at 13:32 the "Mission to the Unreached." 13:34 We'll be back in just one moment. 13:40 >>John Bradshaw: Among Jesus' final words 13:41 to His closest friends was a commission 13:43 to take the gospel to the world. 13:46 What would He say to His friends today? 13:49 Don't miss "To Seek and to Save." 13:52 Join me for reports and insights from around the globe 13:55 and see what God is doing to reach the lost 13:58 with the good news. 14:00 We'll visit It Is Written mission projects 14:02 around the planet, 14:03 and you'll learn how you can participate 14:05 in growing the kingdom of God. 14:07 Of the 8 billion people in the world, 14:09 almost 6 billion are not Christian, 14:12 and it's said that 3 billion people alive today 14:15 have never had the chance to hear the gospel. 14:19 It's time to seek and to save, 14:22 an inspiring look at the power of God 14:24 to change a life and the opportunities 14:27 you have to lead someone to salvation. 14:31 "To Seek and to Save," 14:33 brought to you by It Is Written TV. 14:39 ♪♪♪ 14:44 >>Man 1: What does the Bible say about astrology? 14:45 ♪♪♪ 14:50 >>Man 2: Why do bad things happen to good people? 14:53 ♪♪♪ 14:59 >>Girl: What color is Jesus? 15:01 >>John Bradshaw: If you have a question, 15:03 we'd love to find an answer for you from the Bible. 15:05 "Line Upon Line" from It Is Written TV. 15:09 ♪♪♪ 15:13 >>Eric: Welcome back to "Sabbath School," 15:14 brought to you by It Is Written. 15:16 We're looking at "Mission to the Unreached." 15:20 And, Doug, a moment ago we were talking about 15:22 people in the cities and how, frequently, 15:25 they're doing well or not well, 15:28 and it can be viewed as a challenge, 15:31 and it is, indeed, a challenge. 15:33 You and I have both worked in New York City; 15:35 we've both ministered in Manhattan. 15:37 It's a different world out there. 15:40 Are there any resources that are available 15:44 that would help us to reach people in urban centers? 15:49 >>Doug: Yes, one resource, as a faith family 15:53 around the world, is the initiative called 15:55 Mission to the Cities. 15:56 You can go to our website, missiontothecities.org, 16:00 and you can find resources there on how to serve and work 16:05 with the people--like we served the stockbrokers, you know, 16:10 the Zacchaeuses of today, 16:12 as well as then you can find those--and in Luke, chapter 18, 16:16 we see Bartimaeus, or the blind man-- 16:19 so, those who are most vulnerable, 16:21 and there's resources available for local churches, families-- 16:26 maybe you're a young professional 16:28 seeking on, you know, how can God use your creativity 16:32 and your skills to help share the three angels' messages 16:37 to those individuals on the full continuum of people 16:43 who live in the cities-- 'cause that's Jesus-- 16:45 He cared for all of them, and so that example propels me 16:50 and propels us, as a Adventist family, to care. 16:53 >>Eric: And that website once again was? 16:55 >>Doug: Missiontothecities.org. 16:57 >>Eric: Very good, all right. 16:58 So, in the cities, you have the wealthy, 17:01 and we'll talk for a little bit about them. 17:03 Wealth in this world is finite. >>Doug: Yes. 17:07 >>Eric: Eventually, it comes to an end. 17:10 As somebody has once famously said, 17:13 "I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul." 17:15 You can't take it with you. 17:17 You can't take it with you, so, eventually, it comes to an end. 17:20 But there is a wealth that can continue. 17:24 What's the difference between the two? 17:25 >>Doug: Well, and that's where Jesus looks-- 17:29 we can see from His life in ministry 17:32 that He had His eye on the eternal prize, 17:35 and that is where--to help people to see that this world 17:41 is passing, but that, in Christ, 17:43 that we can have eternal life and salvation. 17:48 And we actually jump into that here in the story in Matthew, 17:53 chapter 15, here at verse 22: 17:55 "And behold, a woman of Canaan 17:57 "came to that region and cried...to Him, saying, 18:00 "'Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! 18:03 My daughter is severely demon-possessed.'" 18:06 And you can see here that she cuts 18:09 through that social class, and she confronts Jesus, 18:14 but notice that she has faith, because how would she know 18:20 that Jesus is the Messiah, 18:22 'cause she's using a very specific term there 18:26 that refers actually to Jesus as the anointed one. 18:32 Anyway, to me, that shows that God is working outside 18:37 of our boundaries as humans, and God is actually wanting to-- 18:41 and His Spirit is working with all peoples. 18:45 >>Eric: So, this story is one that I think many of us 18:48 are very familiar with. >>Doug: Yes. 18:50 >>Eric: Sometimes the challenge comes in: 18:51 How do I now apply what's here to my life in a practical way? 18:57 I know the story, I could recite the story, 19:00 but now bringing it to my day, what does that look like for me? 19:05 >>Doug: Well, there are several ways 19:07 that we could go with this, 19:08 but I wanted to confront when I wrote this-- 19:14 I was asking God's Spirit to say what do I need. 19:19 What does the Adventist family around the world-- 19:22 what do we need when we look at mission? 19:24 And in this case, mission to the cities. 19:26 And I was confronted that here in Matthew, 19:30 he wrote his perspective for the Jews. 19:35 But if you look at Mark's Gospel, 19:37 he wrote his perspective for the Gentiles. 19:41 So in this case, if we were to compare Matthew's account, 19:45 comparing that in Mark 7, verses 24 through 30, 19:48 we actually can see that there's a difference 19:51 between how both were led by the Holy Spirit, 19:55 but because of their audience, they have a different angle. 20:00 And so that's where I would say that here in Matthew this woman, 20:05 you can see her foreignness in different ways, 20:10 and I say that--obviously, in verse 21, 20:14 they're in the region of Tyre and Sidon, okay? 20:17 So, they're in that area. 20:20 And verse 22-- "a woman of Canaan"-- 20:22 and we went through and we already talked about, 20:26 you know, who were the Canaanites, 20:27 who are these Sidonians, who are these people from Tyre, 20:31 historically. But Mark's Gospel, he actually looks at 20:37 and shows her motherness, and so that, you know, 20:40 she also is a Gentile. 20:42 And so, here, Matthew-- you could say, 20:45 "Well, this lady's a heathen," but in Mark's Gospel, 20:48 "No, she's like us. 20:50 "She's a beloved mother who's having compassion 20:52 for her daughter." 20:54 And so, that's one thing that I wanted to, 20:57 as I wrote this lesson and moved by God to say, 21:01 you know, "How does this apply to me? 21:04 "What are my biases and stigmas against other people, 21:08 wherever they live?" 21:10 And God's Spirit is wanting to propel me to cross 21:13 those boundaries to care and to share the hope that we have, 21:17 as found and described in the three angels' messages 21:19 in Revelation 14. 21:22 There's a power quote I wanted to look--here, 21:24 in "Desire of Ages," page 400: 21:27 "Christ did not immediately reply to the woman's request. 21:31 "He received this [representation] 21:33 "of a despised race as the Jews would have done. 21:36 "In this He designed that His disciples 21:39 "should be impressed with the cold 21:41 "and heartless manner in which the Jews would treat 21:44 "such a case, as evinced by His reception of the woman, 21:49 "and [in] compassionate manner in which He would have them deal 21:53 "with such distress, 21:55 as manifested by His subsequent granting of her petition." 21:59 So, in this, Jesus is confronting my bigotry, 22:04 my biases, my, you know, 22:07 stereotypes that I have towards a daughter of God 22:13 or a son of God who His Spirit is already working, 22:17 as evidenced here in Scripture that, 22:19 wait a second, when-- if we look at other places like, 22:23 I think of immediately, of Luke, chapter 18, 22:27 where the blind man, he asked, 22:29 "Hey, what's going on?" He's reading that social media feed, 22:32 and the crowd says, "Hey, it's Jesus of Nazareth." 22:35 But wait a second, God's Spirit was already working 22:38 on this man's heart, and he said, 22:40 "No, this is Jesus, Son of David." 22:42 So, here we see this faith shining in a bright-- 22:46 in a dark place that is unexpected. 22:49 And that's where I, you know, 22:51 going into this lesson, we-- 22:52 at the beginning, we have a field trip. 22:55 Jesus is giving insight on site. 22:58 And so, we're seeing how that the Holy Spirit 23:02 was confronting His disciples to say, 23:05 "Wait a second." In verse 24: 23:07 "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of...Israel." 23:10 But this is where the mother says, no: "Lord, help me!" 23:14 And then there's this kind of this racial-- 23:18 or this well-known at that time--illustration that, 23:24 "It's not good to take the children's bread 23:26 and throw it to the little dogs"--or the little puppies. 23:29 But in verse 27, 23:30 but, "Yes, Lord, ...even the little [puppies]"-- 23:32 okay, so the Greek word there is actually, you know, 23:36 the favorite, you know, 23:38 household pet who's always there, 23:40 "eats the crumbs, which fall from their masters' table." 23:44 And so in this exchange, we lose sight or maybe, 23:47 you know, Jesus calling this lady, 23:49 you know, a dog, this can-- 23:52 we may not catch all the cultural implications, 23:55 but what we can see is that verse 28, 23:58 that Jesus says to her, "Woman, great is your faith!'" 24:02 That He has this faith detector, 24:04 whether it's in Jericho with Zacchaeus, 24:06 or the blind man, or here in Tyre and Sidon, 24:09 that this woman is emitting, you know, 24:13 she's responding out of-- to the Spirit of God's work 24:16 in her heart, and thus she is showing her faith in Jesus, 24:20 in who He is. And we have the opportunity to today 24:23 in, whether it's in a subway, in a bus, 24:26 on an airplane, or at a café in a city, 24:29 that we can also bring hope and see how God is working 24:33 on these people's lives. 24:35 >>Eric: That's powerful, a beautiful picture here. 24:37 I wanna read a Bible verse to you, Doug, 24:40 and give you an opportunity to respond to it. 24:42 It's in 1 John, chapter 2 and verse 2. 24:45 Here's what it says. 24:46 It says, "And He Himself"-- of course, speaking of Jesus-- 24:49 "is the propitiation for our sins, 24:52 and not for ours only but also for the whole world." 24:57 What does that verse tell us about our sameness, 25:05 our oneness, before God? 25:08 >>Doug: We are all sinners. 25:10 "For all have sinned and [fallen] short 25:12 of the glory of God." And so, that's where in this situation, 25:16 in this Bible story, we see Christ 25:20 confronting His disciple and the Jewish racism 25:26 or the bigotry, 25:28 the biases that they have in this interaction. 25:31 But you--we can't see the twinkle in Christ's eye 25:35 when He's talking, because these are words, 25:37 you know, in red letters of, from, in my Bible 25:41 of it is written of what He has said. 25:44 But what we can see is that Christ in this story 25:48 and in this lesson, He's comforting 25:51 and challenging us to say, 25:54 "Are we being people of hope to those who God's Spirit is 25:59 working on, but maybe He's nudging us 26:02 in a work relationship, 26:04 He's nudging us with a new neighbor, 26:06 or He's nudging us with someone who's helping us 26:09 at a restaurant, café, or at a grocery store, to say, 26:12 "These are my children, and I want them to know 26:17 the hope that you've had. Now will you share it?" 26:21 >>Eric: Good, good. We don't have much time left. 26:24 In fact, we have very little time, 26:25 but I wanna toss this to you and give you an opportunity 26:27 just to give a quick answer. 26:29 When we see Jesus' disciples regularly 26:31 throughout His ministry, He seem-- 26:32 they seem to wanna push people 26:34 away from Him. >>Doug: Yup. 26:35 >>Eric: Jesus doesn't share that view. Help us to grasp that. 26:39 >>Doug: Well, when you-- when the mothers brought 26:41 the little children to Jesus, what did they say? 26:43 "Go away, go away." So we see it again. 26:46 That's where in--whether it's feeding the thousands 26:52 and feeding the four thousands, Jesus says, 26:54 "I didn't wanna send them away hungry," but here, 26:59 the disciples wanted to send her away because she keeps, 27:04 you know, chasing or bothering Jesus. 27:06 And I think the lesson for me is that--and for us, 27:09 as a faith family-- is that God's Spirit 27:13 is persistently working on individuals' hearts, 27:16 and I need to listen, and I need to care and share. 27:20 >>Eric: Very good. Doug, thank you again 27:21 for being with us this week. 27:23 And thank you for joining us again this week as well. 27:26 We're delighted that you could be with us 27:27 as we've looked at "Mission to the Unreached." 27:30 We looked at part 1 last week, part 2 this week. 27:33 We have just a couple of weeks left in this quarter 27:35 as we're looking at how God's mission and my mission, 27:38 your mission, are the same. 27:40 We wish you God's blessings 27:42 and look forward to seeing you again next week, 27:44 once again, on "Sabbath School," brought to you by It Is Written. 27:48 ♪♪♪ 28:24 ♪♪♪ 28:26 [Captioning provided by Aberdeen Broadcast Services] |
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