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Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000921
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00:59 Good evening, Las Vegas.
01:02 You know, what's so nice about being here, 01:03 we know that when you serve the Lord it's not a gamble. 01:05 Amen? Amen. 01:06 And this is the place to make that very, very clear 01:09 and those of you who are joining us 01:10 we are not gambling. 01:12 This is not a luck thing but God is here to bless us. 01:15 And as they ask me to sing I always wonder, 01:17 "Well, what song do I sing?" 01:19 And I thought of the story in the Bible 01:21 where when Jesus was with the multitude 01:23 and He came down from the mountain 01:25 blessing a multitude, 01:27 In the crowd there was a lepers man 01:29 and he said to the Lord, "If You desire, if You can, 01:31 if You want to You can make me clean." 01:35 And, you know, just like everyone of us 01:36 sitting here tonight who has had an encounter with Jesus, 01:39 Jesus didn't care about His condition 01:42 and reached out and touched his life 01:44 and that man was made whole. 01:46 And, friends, I thought if there is ever a message 01:48 we to communicate is that the touch of Jesus Christ. 01:51 In the song it says the difference between 01:53 who we were and who we become 01:55 is by Him reaching out and touching our lives. 01:58 Amen. 02:08 Shackled by a heavy burden 02:16 Beneath a load of guilt and shame 02:25 Then the hand of Jesus touched me 02:33 And now I am no longer the same 02:39 Sing the chorus with me, "He touched me." 02:42 He touched me 02:45 Oh, He touched me 02:51 And all the joy 02:55 That floods my soul 02:59 Why? 03:01 Something happened 03:05 And now I know He touched me 03:11 And made me whole 03:16 Listen. 03:18 Since I met this blessed Savior 03:26 And since He cleansed and made me whole 03:35 Now I will never cease 03:40 To praise Him 03:44 I'll shout it while eternity rolls 03:51 Join me again, raise your voice tonight, 03:52 here we go. 03:54 He touched me 03:56 Oh, He touched me 04:02 And all the joy that floods my soul 04:12 Something happened 04:16 And now I know yes 04:20 Something happened 04:24 And now I know 04:29 Something wonderful happened 04:32 And now I know 04:38 He touched me 04:41 Oh, Jesus touched me 04:47 And all the joys 04:51 Now floods my soul 04:55 For something wonderful happened 04:59 And now I know 05:09 Jesus touched me 05:14 And made me 05:20 Whole 05:31 Amen. 05:32 Amen. 05:35 I'm going to sing a song, this very first song 05:38 is actually one that I've done all my life 05:40 and I'll say you know it as well. 05:44 The words came back to me 05:47 this past year in a very special sweet way 05:52 and I hope as you listen to these familiar lyrics 05:55 that you once again will realize 05:57 what a wonderful thing God has done for each one of us 06:01 as He pulls our hearts and our souls towards Him 06:04 to the place they belong. 06:22 Come Thou fount 06:27 Of every blessing 06:31 Tune my heart 06:35 To sing Thy grace 06:39 Streams of mercy, never ceasing 06:47 Call for songs 06:51 Of sweetest praise 06:55 Teach me some melodious sonnet 07:03 Sung by flaming tongues above 07:11 Praise the mount 07:15 I'm fixed upon it 07:20 Mount of Thy redeeming love 07:46 Oh, to grace 07:50 How great a debtor 07:54 Daily I'm constrained to be 08:02 Let Thy goodness, like a fetter 08:09 Bind my wandering heart to Thee 08:17 Prone to wander, Lord I feel it 08:25 Prone to leave God I love 08:33 Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it 08:40 Seal it for Thy courts 08:47 Above 09:02 Amen. Amen. 09:09 That's the heart of a Father to love us so much 09:13 that He will go to any cost to bring us to Himself. 09:18 You know, right now 09:20 He is before the throne, our Savior 09:24 and He is pleading in our behalf, 09:26 He is pleading to you and to the Father 09:29 that we can all be restored. 09:34 Before the throne of God above 09:39 I have a strong and perfect plea 09:44 A great High Priest, whose name is Love 09:50 Who ever lives and pleads for me 09:55 My name is graven on His hands 10:01 My name is written on His heart 10:06 I know that while in heaven He stands 10:13 No tongue can bid me thence depart 10:18 No tongue can bid me thence depart 10:32 When Satan tempts me to despair 10:37 And tells me of the guilt within 10:42 Upward I look, and see Him there 10:48 Who made an end of all my sin 10:53 Because the sinless Savior died 10:59 My sinful soul is counted free 11:04 For God the just is satisfied 11:10 To look on Him and pardon me 11:16 To look on Him 11:18 And pardon me 11:30 Behold Him there, the Risen Lamb 11:35 My perfect, spotless righteousness 11:41 The great unchangeable I Am 11:46 The King of glory 11:48 And of grace! 11:54 One with Himself I cannot die 12:00 My soul is purchased by His blood 12:05 My life is hid with Christ on high 12:11 With Christ, my Savior and my God 12:17 With Christ, my Savior 12:20 And my God 12:32 Amen. 12:37 People are touched by the ministry of 3ABN 12:39 all over the world 12:41 and it's always good to know that 12:42 this ministry which is God ordained, 12:46 born of God is reaching out and touching lives 12:48 and we have a couple of people this morning 12:50 that are gonna share with you how God has changed their lives 12:54 through the ministry of 3ABN. 12:56 We like to invite right now one of those ladies. 12:59 Barbara, would you come and join me? 13:01 And let's give her a hearty amen. 13:03 Amen. Barbara Spicuglia, am I-- 13:07 Yes, Spicuglia. Spicuglia. 13:08 Give me the accent with that. 13:09 Spicuglia. 13:11 Spicuglia. 13:12 That is Italian, am I correct? Yes, Sir. 13:14 Well, Barbara, it's so good to have you this morning 13:16 and we were talking just before the program began. 13:19 Barbara has that experience of knowing 13:22 how God searches you out. 13:24 You know, after you hear her testimony 13:26 you are gonna know that it's hard to hide from God. 13:28 Now, Barbara, walk us through this testimony. 13:30 How did the Lord find you? 13:32 Well, for 50 years or so I had a lifestyle of working, 13:36 making money, plenty of happy hours, smoking 13:42 and being very busy about everything for me, me, me. 13:48 And then all of a sudden 13:50 my body of course, caught up with my lifestyle. 13:53 I'm not a pill type of person 13:56 where I didn't want to take pills or medicine 13:58 or see doctors. 14:00 And I was surfing the channel one night 14:02 and I found 3ABN and they had a health message 14:06 and I thought, "Okay, well, I'm gonna give this a chance 14:10 instead of seeing doctors." 14:13 So I started listening to 3ABN 14:15 and it seems like they were always talking about health. 14:18 Who are these people? 14:19 They must be the healthiest people. 14:21 And I started living it 14:23 and I don't know if a pastor on 3ABN said 14:27 or if God impressed it upon my mind 14:31 but somebody told me 14:32 there was no Burger Kings in heaven. 14:35 So-- 14:36 I think I said that, I remember that. 14:38 Did you say that? 14:39 I said, "In heaven you won't have it your way. 14:41 There is no Burger King up there." 14:42 I remember that. 14:44 Well, it has been my theme song. 14:45 Amen. And so-- 14:47 We'll change it for you. 14:48 We don't want you to sing about Burger King in heaven 14:50 but go ahead. 14:51 Well, in any case I gave up meat 14:54 and I started having vegetables and fruits only. 14:57 I'm allergic to soy so you can see that 14:59 my diet really became nutritious. 15:02 And my doctors, 15:05 the medicine that I was talking they cut my medicine in half. 15:08 So I saw for sure that it was working. 15:11 And of course, there has been-- 15:14 whenever the health shows would come on, 15:18 I would be cleaning in the kitchen 15:19 waiting I met the three Micheff Sisters. 15:22 I love their program-- 15:23 Micheff, we called them the Micheff Sisters though. 15:25 Oh. Oh, thanks. Micheff. 15:28 Well, in any case 15:30 the pastors would come on early in the morning 15:32 and I'd be sitting there waiting for my health shows. 15:35 Well, I didn't really want to hear the religious stuff, 15:38 I just wanted my recipes. 15:40 And all of the sudden this ear was deaf 15:43 but this ear came open 15:45 and I started listening to the pastors 15:48 that were talking about Jesus and God. 15:51 And what they were saying 15:52 I would be sitting there washing my dishes 15:54 and I'd go, "How dare them say something like that?" 15:58 So I went and found my Bible, brushed off the dust, 16:03 opened it up and I was out to prove them wrong. 16:07 Well, unfortunately I even got more angry 16:10 because they kept being right. 16:13 So finally I just had to give up 16:15 and say, "Okay, these people must know 16:17 what they are talking about and I started listening." 16:21 And then I'll never forget I was on 3ABN, 16:24 I was listening to Mark Finley 16:27 and he was doing the "Left Behind series." 16:29 And I grew up in an era 16:31 where the rapture and all that was being taught. 16:36 And Mark Finley said the words, 16:40 "Take your eyes off Israel and put them on Jesus Christ." 16:43 And that hit me. 16:45 This sense of peace came on to me 16:47 that I cannot explain, 16:49 except that I just knew that Jesus was the answer 16:53 and I couldn't believe I was saying this. 16:56 And then I was working in the office one night 16:59 and all of the sudden behind me 17:02 Melody Firestone sang the song "Come Home" 17:06 and I just broke down because I knew 17:10 Jesus came into my life at that moment. 17:11 Can you say amen to that? 17:13 Amen. 17:14 And all I want to do is come home. 17:16 Wow. 17:17 You know, what so wonderful about that is, 17:19 she wouldn't come to a church. 17:20 Wouldn't to seek out a church at all 17:22 because her lifestyle just wouldn't allow her 17:23 to walk through the doors of a church 17:25 but the Lord came after you 17:26 like as we use that phrase so delicately 17:29 the hound of heaven finding you where He sought you 17:32 and broke down all the prejudices you had by-- 17:36 can you imagine she says, she heard it with this ear 17:38 but this ear blocked it 17:40 but the Lord found a way to your heart. 17:42 And I know this is a much longer testimony 17:44 but if there somebody watching this program 17:45 that's writing all in their kitchen 17:47 or struggling with listening to God's voice 17:49 what would you say to them? 17:50 Well, the one thing that I would say in today's-- 17:54 the way everything is 17:55 it's so easy to believe in evil, 17:58 it's so easy to believe in bad 18:01 but there is a God out there that loves you 18:04 and there is a God that will give you the love 18:07 and the peace and the happiness 18:09 that you will never experience ever without Him 18:13 and He is there knocking on your door 18:15 and all you have to do is just open up one ear 18:18 because the Holy Spirit will open up the other. 18:21 Thank you so much, Barbara. Can we say amen? 18:22 Thank you. Amen. 18:23 I like that open up one ear 18:25 the Holy Spirit will open the other. 18:26 We have another young man who has a powerful testimony. 18:29 Jum Jusits, 18:30 let's make him welcome with a hearty amen this morning. 18:32 Amen. 18:33 I'm amazed whenever I listen to how God does it so well. 18:36 Jim, young man living the life 18:39 that a lot of people think is glamorous. 18:41 Walk us through that. 18:42 Start at maybe 17 years old. 18:44 When I was 17 I got involved in drugs 18:47 and for about 14 years I did drugs 18:51 and eventually I got away from it for a while 18:55 and that's when I moved to Las Vegas 18:57 and drugs are rampant in Las Vegas. 18:59 It's real easy to find drugs here. 19:01 So I got back into drugs 19:02 and along with the drugs in this city 19:04 came associations with people who are into occult and sorcery 19:09 and witchcraft and open Satanism. 19:13 I actually dated a witch 19:15 and I saw my first demon 19:17 when I was sleeping with the witch. 19:19 Now I want to stop a moment because, you know, 19:20 I've heard guys say I'm married to a witch. 19:23 He is not speaking proverbially here, 19:25 he is talking about literally. 19:27 He dated a witch. 19:29 Yeah. Say that again. 19:30 She told me that the pagan blood is strong in me 19:34 and I thought, well, I thought she was nuts. 19:36 But later on, I learned that she was telling me the truth. 19:41 After a while I was harassed. 19:42 We had a bad breakup 19:44 and things in my life got really bad. 19:45 I was harassed by demons, footsteps and voices 19:49 and literal manifestations of demons 19:51 following me in traffic, 19:53 someone was with me all the time. 19:56 And I got to the point where I wanted relief 20:00 and I wanted the truth. 20:01 So I prayed to God with some of the old Catholic prayers 20:04 that I barely remember the words to 20:06 and I prayed for that He would return my brain 20:10 to the glorious way that He made it 20:13 and that I would find the truth. 20:15 Now, when you began to pray 20:17 those prayers you barely remembered, 20:18 was God responding? 20:19 God definitely responded. 20:21 I had had many spirits visit me in the night. 20:24 The things that you could feel dark 20:26 and other people that were with me could feel these too. 20:29 They could hear the voices. 20:30 It wasn't just my, 20:31 people who were associated with me 20:33 were being bothered too 20:35 but when the Holy Spirit showed up 20:37 I knew that something, there was something different. 20:39 There was something new there. 20:41 And so I instantly got that within 48 hours of my prayers 20:45 and honestly brother, I fell asleep with a mantra. 20:47 Please God, return my brain and teach me the truth. 20:51 And within 48 hours 20:52 I got the relief from the demons 20:55 but I still didn't have the truth. 20:57 Shortly thereafter I got sick, I got really sick of bronchitis 21:02 and I had to take time off from work. 21:03 I was in and out of work for about three weeks. 21:06 And during that time 21:07 I put all the religious stations 21:09 back in the line up of my channel changer. 21:11 Now I want you to get this. 21:12 He had deleted all 21:14 or locked out all religious programming 21:17 because his lifestyle didn't fit that. 21:19 He didn't want Jesus preaching 21:20 to him while he was living the life of drugs 21:22 and partying in Las Vegas and dating a witch, 21:25 he didn't want to hear about the Lord. 21:27 But when the Lord broke through in his life, 21:28 he undeleted, 21:30 opened up all those religious channels 21:32 and the Lord made you sick to stay home. 21:34 I believe that, I really think so. 21:36 I think about that. 21:37 But the Lord did a lot of things 21:39 to chase me and get my attention. 21:40 But one of the stations was 3ABN 21:43 and at this point I was really a seeker. 21:46 I had bought a Bible 21:47 and I was reading it from cover to cover 21:49 and I was searching on the internet 21:50 and every source that I could find. 21:53 And when I felt 3ABN 21:55 I think it was you who talked about 21:57 how the archangel Michael is actually Jesus 22:00 and I randomize my Bible software 22:02 and I searched out Michael through the Bible 22:04 and I realized it was true 22:06 and I thought this guy is telling me the truth 22:08 and I kept on watching. 22:09 When you see Danny Shelton you know 22:11 that he is telling you the truth. 22:12 You just know, 22:14 there's not a bone of lie in the man. 22:15 Amen. Amen. 22:16 And it was, uh, 22:18 My old -- who taught me about the Sabbath 22:21 and so it was 3ABN who brought me to the truth. 22:24 All the research I did and all their teachings 22:27 are inline with the Bible there is no doubt about it. 22:30 You know, what really is interesting in the story is 22:32 he prayed for deliverance, 22:33 he prayed for God to return him 22:35 back to his sanity, but he didn't stop there. 22:37 He said, also I pray for the truth. 22:40 You know, you got to pray and ask God for the truth. 22:42 Amen. Amen. 22:44 And when you are honestly seeking-- 22:45 well, I want to go back also to, is that 22:47 when you started to pray, 22:48 he said, "I pray prayers that I barely remembered." 22:52 And, you know, friends, you don't have to be 22:53 a prayer warrior for God to listen to your prayers. 22:56 You just have to say, "Lord, save me." 22:58 And the Lord heard that diligent prayer. 23:00 Tell us about that, I mean, what did it feel like to pray? 23:02 It was almost a relief. 23:05 I hadn't prayed in so long. 23:06 I didn't, I didn't haven't talked to God, 23:08 I talked to God a lot when I was young, 23:10 when I was in Catholic school when I was six years old 23:12 and but it had been so many years. 23:14 It was really nice to talk to God. 23:16 I wasn't real sure He existed 23:18 but at that point I knew that Satan existed 23:20 so I was counting on a literal and active God 23:23 and He had to exist. 23:25 There was no other choice for me. 23:26 God had to exist. Wow. 23:28 Somebody asked me a moment ago 23:30 they said, "Where is that accent from?" 23:32 That's not a New York accent. 23:33 That's-- where is that accent from? 23:34 I grew up in Philadelphia. 23:36 Philadelphia and the City of Brotherly Love. 23:39 Brotherly Love, the true years. 23:40 Now you know about the Lord's brotherly love in your life. 23:42 I certainly do. 23:43 Now what do you do right now, Jum? 23:44 I do construction work. 23:46 I work for California Closets. Okay. 23:47 I do offices and closets and stores, garage stores. 23:51 And do you still share Jesus? 23:53 I try to. 23:54 The company lines if I get-- 23:56 if they get a response from one of my customers, 23:59 then I'm in trouble. 24:00 So I have to share Jesus 24:02 and make sure that I'm sharing it 24:03 with the right individuals and not get myself in trouble. 24:06 Isn't that wonderful? 24:07 You know, 17-years-old out there taking drugs? 24:11 Now were you baptized? 24:13 I was baptized as an infant 24:15 but of course, I don't remember that 24:16 but a year ago in October 24:18 I was baptized in the Paradise church 24:20 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 24:21 Amen. Amen? 24:23 Go ahead and say, amen. Amen. 24:25 So he is walking in the Lord and preparing for paradise 24:29 that is to come. 24:31 Thank you so much, Jum. 24:32 God bless you. God bless you too. 24:33 And the Lord can show you, friends, 24:35 through no matter where you are, 24:36 no matter what your life is 24:38 or even if you are struggling right now 24:40 in your kitchen or wherever you may be 24:42 listening to this program, watching the program. 24:44 I remember what Barbara said, 24:46 "You may open just one ear 24:48 but the Lord can work through that ear 24:51 and listen to your heart's cry." 24:53 As Jum just said, 24:54 "If you can't pray just say, Lord, help me. 24:57 Lord, deliver me, 24:58 Lord, return me 24:59 to where you would have me to be. 25:01 Lord, show me the truth 25:02 and show me the way that you would have me to walk." 25:04 And you will discover that the Lord is doing that 25:06 to millions of lives all over the planet 25:09 through the ministry of 3ABN 25:11 and we praise God for that, amen. 25:27 We have turned 25:30 From Your ways 25:35 Your fruit we've ceased to bear 25:44 We lack the power 25:51 We once knew in our prayers 26:00 That gentle voice from heaven 26:07 We cease to hear 26:11 And know 26:15 The fact that he has risen 26:22 No longer stirs our soul 26:33 Revive us oh, Lord 26:40 Revive us oh, Lord 26:48 And cleanse us 26:50 From our impurities 26:56 And make us holy 27:02 Hear our cry 27:06 And revive us 27:12 Oh, Lord 27:21 Though we've been unfaithful 27:28 We have never been disowned 27:35 The spirit that raised Christ from the dead 27:43 Compels us 27:45 To His thrown 27:54 Revive us oh, Lord 28:01 Revive us 28:05 Oh, Lord 28:09 And cleanse us from our impurities 28:17 And make us holy 28:24 Hear our cry 28:28 And revive us 28:33 Oh, Lord 28:40 Revive us oh, Lord 28:48 Revive us oh, Lord 28:55 And cleanse us from our impurities 29:03 And make us holy 29:09 Hear our cry 29:13 And revive us oh, Lord 29:21 Hear our cry 29:24 And revive us 29:31 Oh, Lord 29:45 Amen. 30:18 Dear Father of Heaven 30:25 And all earth below 30:29 Blessed be Your name 30:38 May Your Kingdom come 30:45 And Your will be done 30:50 As it is in Heaven and us 31:02 We ask for bread 31:06 You give us Your feast 31:15 Forgive forget 31:19 When we're lonely 31:27 Dear Father of Heaven 31:34 And all earth below 31:38 Blessed be Your name 31:47 And lead us away from 31:54 Temptation and sin 31:58 T'ward the light 32:01 Of your Kingdom 32:09 You are our source 32:16 You are the power 32:22 You are the glory 32:29 You are forever 32:37 Forever is the kingdom 32:44 And the power 32:47 And the glory 32:51 Forever 32:59 Amen 33:24 Amen. 33:29 I want you to meet Ben Fitz 33:33 and he is a man that I have only met a short while ago. 33:39 But I feel like I've known him for a long time. 33:42 And how many of you already know Ben? 33:44 Let me see your hand. 33:46 All right, you've got lot of friends here. 33:48 Yes, Sir. 33:50 And Brother Ben, 33:52 you did not grow up as a Seventh-day Adventist, 33:55 is that correct? 33:56 Now you want to put that mike right there. 33:58 No, I did not. 34:00 And you want to put it right against you chinny chin chin, 34:02 right there. 34:03 Nice and comfortable. 34:04 There you go. Just let it rest right there. 34:07 You did not grow up a Seventh-day Adventist. 34:09 No, I did not. 34:11 You grew up in the Roman Catholic Church. 34:12 Correct. 34:14 And then you got a New Testament 34:17 with large print. 34:18 Right. 34:19 And you started studying it. 34:21 I said that. 34:22 And as you studied the Bible and the Bible alone, 34:25 you begin to feel a desire to be baptized by immersion. 34:30 Absolutely. 34:32 And then you told me that you had heard somewhere 34:36 that Seventh-day Adventists baptize by immersion. 34:39 Yes. Yes, I did. 34:41 And you came to church thinking 34:43 well, all I got to do is walk in 34:44 and say I want to be baptized by immersion 34:47 and they would put you right in the baptistery. 34:50 Those were my thoughts at the time. 34:51 Right. But I was surprised. 34:56 And so they-- the church then wanted to study with you, 34:59 is that right? 35:01 Correct. Correct. 35:02 And you went through what kind of studies, 35:03 tell me about them. 35:05 Well, I had studies about Dan Mckee, 35:08 regarding Ellen White's teachings, 35:11 Desire of Ages. 35:13 Then I had-- 35:15 well, I looked at a lot of videos. 35:17 Okay. 35:18 And I got to know some of the evangelist from 3ABN 35:23 and I was impressed with Pastor Mark Finley 35:28 and with Pastor Kenneth Cox. 35:30 Kenneth Cox. 35:32 I think we are all familiar with Kenneth Cox. 35:33 That's right. 35:34 And the impression he's made on many of us. 35:36 Yes. 35:37 And he is a wonderful teacher of the word. 35:40 He really is. Yes. 35:41 A wonderful man too. 35:43 You can't help but be impressed by his teachings. 35:44 That's right. That's right. 35:46 So then you made your decision? 35:50 Well, when I was reading the Bible for about 18 months, 35:54 during that time I was so, shall we say, 35:59 rather say shocked but surprise is with the learning 36:02 and the teachings in the Bible. 36:04 I never was exposed to that before. 36:07 And when I watched Kenneth Cox, 36:12 I was so impressed with him, with his style of teaching, 36:17 with his sincerity, 36:19 with his knowledge of the Bible. 36:21 I just thought that this was a place for me. 36:25 This was a place for me with the Seventh-day Adventist 36:28 who depends solely on the Bible for the teachings. 36:31 That's right. Amen. 36:33 And so one thing about Kenneth, 36:36 when he presents the message it's clear, isn't it? 36:39 Absolutely. 36:40 Logic is there. 36:42 Simplicity, logic and you can't help be 36:45 compelled to want to learn more. 36:47 That's right. 36:48 Especially, from him because he's such a fine teacher. 36:50 Yes, he really is. 36:52 And then as you became a part of this church 36:57 every time you've driven by here you would say, 36:59 "Well, there is a Seventh-day Adventist Church" right? 37:01 I never looked up at the sign. 37:03 I didn't know where it was. 37:06 And how many times did you probably been by here? 37:08 Well, I lived my house in that area for about 32 years 37:11 so at least 200, 300 times so to be speaking. 37:16 Right, and you drove by and never had even noticed 37:19 that this was a Seventh-day Adventist Church? 37:21 No, I did not. I did not. 37:22 But when you looked up the address you found 37:24 this was where you wanted to be, right? 37:26 Right. And it was so close. 37:28 I only live about five blocks, 37:30 down the street little past Harman. 37:32 In fact, if you know the church 37:34 there in the corner of Harman in Monte Vista, 37:37 I live about two blocks from there. 37:39 So it's only about five minutes to get here. 37:42 It's very convenient. 37:43 Wow. 37:45 And so now you are member of this church? 37:47 I'm so happy. 37:49 Praise the Lord. Finally, I found it. 37:51 That's right. Found the place to go. 37:53 All right, let's give Brother Ben a big hand. 37:56 Thank you very much. 37:58 Thank you. God bless you. 37:59 And we have somebody else we want you to meet him. 38:02 Brother Ben told me quite a bit 38:04 about how that he had continued watching 3ABN 38:08 and how that it had made a big impact in his life. 38:11 And I want to ask our audience here, 38:13 how many of you 38:15 either have come into the church through 3ABN 38:19 or have come back to the church through 3ABN 38:22 or you've been strengthen in your walk through 3ABN? 38:25 Let me see your hands. 38:26 Praise the Lord. Look at that. 38:28 All of these viewers of Three Angles' Broadcasting Network, 38:33 we really are praising the Lord for you. 38:36 And it just shows us that this ministry has had an impact 38:41 and I probably should've them left their hands up longer 38:44 so they could gotten a shot from the cameras 38:46 but it's very impressive how many people there are. 38:50 Now I want you to meet another man Wendell Allen. 38:52 And, Wendell, I want to shake your hand 38:55 and I want you to tell me a little bit 38:57 about how you got involved 38:59 with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 39:02 Put that mike right up there. 39:04 Well, a short story. 39:08 I arrived here in Las Vegas 39:11 with a lot of percussion equipment, 39:12 no car. 39:14 Live with my son ran around the place jamming with people, 39:19 could have got a job 39:21 and this little voice inside me kept saying, 39:24 forget about it you've been doing this 30 some odd years. 39:27 There's something else going on in my life. 39:30 So I got some work in the Limo business 39:34 and in the process 39:36 I started looking for the church 39:37 but I wasn't getting any Bible knowledge. 39:40 So I got to register non-denominational church, 39:42 a huge church and I was getting Bible knowledge. 39:45 During that same time 39:48 I started watching TV at night with my cigar, 39:51 my little beer over here, watching movies, 39:54 and playing through the channels 39:55 and somebody caught my eye 39:57 who was Doug Batchelor at the time 40:00 and I started learning something about the Sabbath. 40:04 So I went to my boss I said, 40:07 "I'm not gonna work Saturday's anymore or Friday nights." 40:10 He said, "Why?" 40:11 I said, "Because it's my Sabbath." 40:12 He said, "Are you Jewish?" I said, "No. 40:15 I have a person relationship with Jesus Christ now." 40:20 Of course, I didn't know really at that point 40:22 what the Sabbath really entails. 40:25 So I just thought you weren't supposed to work 40:28 because I'm sitting up there stewing my cigar 40:30 and my little beer 40:32 and late at night two, three in the morning 40:34 watching 3ABN. 40:36 Yeah. 40:37 You know, I hope there are lot of people out there 40:39 with cigars and beer watching 3ABN 40:43 because sooner or later they will be gone, aren't they? 40:47 Yes. That's right. 40:48 With God's grace they will be gone. 40:49 By God's grace they will be gone. 40:52 So I had prayed for quite a while for my own home 40:58 and I got sent with two guys up the prom 41:01 and I made lot of money and I bought my own place 41:04 which is over here. 41:05 And I would go to this church every Sunday. 41:08 I would drive by this church and I would see the sign 41:10 and I, "Oh, that's one of those churches 41:13 on that program I keep watching." 41:16 And, you know, just like watching a good movie or show 41:18 you can't wait to get home. 41:19 Well, I started finding myself, 41:22 couldn't wait to get off work. 41:24 In fact, I refused some rides just to get home 41:27 so I could watch John or Doug or Danny or one of them preach 41:33 'cause I was getting more interested 41:35 in what they had to say. 41:36 I'm starting to open up my Bible 41:38 and put the cigar down, right. 41:41 So I'm going to this church, I'm a greeter there 41:44 and I was taking my daughter-in-law 41:47 to church there with me every Sunday 41:49 and we drive past here 41:51 and one Sunday this interesting thing happened. 41:55 A lady in the church I knew came running over 41:58 during prayer and put her hand on my daughter-in-laws 42:01 pregnant belly, big belly 42:04 and her head and started ripping off in tongues. 42:08 And I'm howling in her ear "Don't listen. 42:11 Don't listen to anything she has to say 42:14 because you don't know what she is saying." 42:16 Yeah. 42:17 So we drove by on our way home 42:19 and I said, "You see that church there, 42:22 I'm gonna pick you up Saturday about 8 A.M. 42:24 and I said, we're gonna go to that church." 42:27 And so I'll never forget this. 42:30 We got out the car and I came up 42:31 and this wonderful young man called Robert Howell 42:36 greeted-- came outside and greeted us. 42:38 I came inside, he had a lot of love given to me that day 42:42 and I was overwhelmed. 42:44 Wow. 42:45 And then I began to learn what the Sabbath gradually, 42:49 what the Sabbath really entailed 42:52 and it changed my life. 42:54 Amen. Amen. 42:56 Well, isn't that a tremendous testimony? 42:58 Yes. 42:59 It's a great testimony to 3ABN. 43:02 It's a great testimony to this church 43:05 right here as well 43:06 because when you came here you got a welcome, 43:09 a warm welcome. 43:11 And I can understand that 43:13 because I felt the warmth of these people. 43:15 And how many of you actually the members of Paradise here? 43:18 Let me see your hands. 43:20 The great majority of you. 43:22 And this is a warm, friendly, caring congregation 43:26 and that makes a big difference, folks. 43:28 We can have tremendous messages coming out over the air. 43:32 But when they come to Seventh-day Adventist Church, 43:34 if they don't find some warmth there 43:37 and they don't find the love there, 43:39 and they don't find the biblical truth 43:41 being taught there then they are not gonna find 43:45 what they are looking for. 43:46 So, Brother Wendell, you want to say one more thing. 43:49 Just one short thing. 43:50 This is important because as I've looked back on my life, 43:56 God led me to this church. 43:58 What He did was He brought me to Las Vegas 44:01 to have an affect on my son's life. 44:04 And He brought me to Las Vegas to direct me, 44:08 to some Bible knowledge which I was getting, 44:10 then He said, well, it's time for you to move on. 44:13 Then He brought me to this church 44:16 and gave me more Bible knowledge 44:17 and He's given me more responsibilities 44:20 in my life now. 44:21 And I'm overwhelmed with my life being the way 44:25 it is that my age at this point 44:28 and it's all because of Him. 44:29 I give it all to Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord. 44:32 Let's give him a hand. God bless you. 44:33 Thank you. Thank you. 44:35 Thank you. 44:37 So many people, folks, so many places in life. 44:41 Different people are at different spots in life. 44:44 Brother Wendell was talking about 44:45 having the beer can and the cigar 44:48 but see the Spirit of God was still speaking to his heart. 44:52 And sometimes when you see your neighbor with a beer can 44:54 over the back fence and you see him with a cigar 44:58 and he is out there with making a burnt offering 45:01 in his backyard on that barbeque grill... 45:07 you may not want to talk to him. 45:09 But let me tell you there may be 45:11 the most sincere soul 45:12 in the world back there, you see. 45:14 So you go and you talk. 45:17 And we don't know where people are. 45:19 I met a lady today homeless, homeless lady. 45:23 She came in and she insisted on giving me $250 45:31 for the ministry of 3ABN. 45:35 She said, "3ABN means so much to her." 45:38 Now this lady is homeless but let me tell you. 45:42 She told me, she said, 45:44 "Now, I didn't get that money honestly." 45:48 And I thought, "Oh, no, what am I gonna do?" 45:52 She said, "I played the slot machines 45:54 and won $4,500" 45:58 and she said, "But I want to give the Lord His"-- 46:00 well, you know, what am I gonna do. 46:02 I don't know what to do. 46:04 Let me tell you 46:06 that lady is just like the person 46:08 with a beer can and a cigar. 46:11 They are in a growing position in place in life. 46:15 The Lord is gonna take all that away. 46:17 Gonna take that desire to gamble. 46:19 I don't know the lady's history 46:21 but I suspect that she is homeless 46:23 because of possibly a gambling habit 46:26 or something of that nature. 46:28 All throughout this area there are so many people 46:32 who used to be Seventh-day Adventist, 46:35 or who are still searching for the truth. 46:38 We need to keep 3ABN strong here because it can reach them 46:44 about as well as anything else can. 46:46 The Holy Spirit can guide them to that channel, 46:48 they can view the truths of His word 46:52 and then they can one day make a decision 46:57 and go all the way with Him. 46:59 So I didn't know what to do 47:02 but I thought it's not my prerogative 47:05 to accept or to turn down a gift. 47:09 This person has been something laid on their heart, 47:13 I thought, you know, that's amazing. 47:15 Here's a person homeless 47:18 who has a greater burden to help for 3ABN 47:21 than may be somebody that's got a home 47:23 and all kind of money and everything else 47:27 and is still not willing 47:28 to make a sacrificial gift like that 47:31 because I felt like it was a very sacrificial gift. 47:53 I will love to tell you what I think of Jesus 47:59 Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true 48:06 I would tell you 48:07 How He's changed my life completely 48:12 He did something 48:14 That no other friend could do 48:21 No one ever cared for me 48:28 Like Jesus 48:33 There's no other friend 48:38 So kind as He 48:45 No one else could take the sin 48:51 And darkness from me 48:58 O how much He cares for me 49:05 How much He cares for me 49:11 He cared for me 49:14 Every day He comes to me 49:21 With full assurance 49:26 Now more and more I understand 49:32 His words of love 49:39 But I'll never know just why 49:44 He came to save me 49:51 Till some day I see 49:54 His blessed face above 50:01 No one ever cared for me 50:08 Quite like Jesus 50:13 There's no other friend 50:17 So kind as He 50:25 No one else could take the sin 50:31 And darkness from me 50:38 O how much 50:41 He cares for me 50:51 O how much 50:54 He cares for me 51:18 Amen. Amen. 51:27 I cannot tell 51:31 Why He, whom angels worship 51:36 Should set His love 51:40 Upon the souls of men 51:45 Or why, as Shepherd, 51:48 He should seek the wand'rers 51:54 To bring them back 51:57 They know not how nor when 52:02 But this I know 52:06 That He was born of Mary 52:11 When Bethl'hem's manger 52:15 Was His only home 52:20 And that He lived at Nazareth 52:27 And labored 52:30 And so the Savior, Savior of the world 52:37 Has come 52:41 I cannot tell 52:44 How all the lands will worship 52:49 When, at His bidding 52:52 Every storm is stilled 52:57 Or who can say 53:01 How great the jubilation 53:06 When all our hearts 53:10 With love for Him are filled 53:16 But this I know 53:19 All flesh shall see His glory 53:25 And He shall reap 53:28 The harvest He has sown 53:33 And some glad day 53:37 His Son shall shine in splendor 53:44 When He the Savior 53:47 Savior of the world, is known 53:54 But this I know 53:59 The skies shall sound His praises 54:05 Ten thousand thousand human 54:11 Voices sing 54:16 And earth to heaven 54:21 And heaven to earth shall answer 54:28 At last the Savior 54:32 Savior of the world 54:39 Is King! 54:47 Amen. Amen. 54:49 Amen. 54:52 I'll tell you, it will be something else 54:55 to see our Savior face to face, won't it? 54:57 Amen. 54:58 I really can't wait that's why I sing 55:01 because God is worth singing about 55:04 and we will all sing 55:06 the day we see Him face to face. 55:08 If you are not singing now you should be 55:10 but you will definitely sing when you see His face. 55:14 Those precious hands that were crucified for us, 55:16 what a day that will be. 55:18 I recently, this last year I've had a busy year, 55:22 I was in three or four countries last year 55:25 and produced an album and had a baby and, you know, 55:30 so its been a busy year but a very good one 55:32 and I want to share a song with you. 55:34 I've been sharing several songs with you from that new album 55:36 and this one I just-- I want to prepare you. 55:40 This whole album, my goal with 55:42 it was to do a huge orchestral sound 55:45 and you are gonna hear, 55:47 you know, you're gonna hear 80 strings 55:49 and more there are almost 100 instruments 55:51 you are gonna hear in the sound of this 55:53 and they are playing very fast. 55:55 So hold on to your seats, get ready for it here it comes. 56:12 All creatures of our God and King 56:15 Lift up your voice and let us sing 56:18 Oh, praise Him Hallelujah 56:21 Thou burning sun with golden beam 56:24 Thou silver moon with softer gleam 56:27 Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him 56:30 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 56:41 Let all things their creator bless 56:47 And worship Him in humbleness 56:53 Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him 56:56 Oh, praise the Father praise the Son 57:01 And praise the Spirit three in one 57:04 Oh, praise Him Oh, praise Him 57:07 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah 57:14 Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing 57:17 My great Redeemer's praise 57:20 The glories of my God and King 57:23 The triumphs of His grace 57:28 Jesus, the name that calms my fears 57:35 That bids our sorrows cease 57:43 'Tis music to the sinner's ears 57:48 'Tis life and health 57:51 And peace 57:57 Hallelujah 58:02 Hallelujah 58:08 Praise Him, praise Him 58:13 Our Lord and King 58:27 O worship the King, all glorious above 58:33 O gratefully sing His power and His love 58:39 Our shield and defender 58:42 The Ancient of Days 58:45 Pavilioned in splendor 58:48 And girded with praise 58:52 Oh, creatures of our God and King 58:58 Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing 59:03 Hallelujah 59:16 Amen. Amen. |
Revised 2016-01-11