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Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR000993
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01:01 Today is my favorite day at GYC, amen, amen.
01:05 Not only is it the Sabbath Day, but today 01:09 is the Outreach Day. Today is your opportunity 01:13 to take what you have learned in those seminars 01:15 and put it into action. To take that enthusiasm 01:18 and excitement I have been seeing, 01:20 and bring it to the streets, amen. 01:21 The very first year I believe there were 17 01:24 buses, this year there were 50. 01:26 So, the number of buses, there are so 01:29 many people that want to go. 01:31 Outreach becomes the highlight of GYC. 01:33 Young people went out; sometimes for the first 01:35 time they will keep doing it from here on now. 01:38 I think if there's just a couple of hundred 01:40 people, this could be like a social 01:42 phenomenon, but seeing there are thousands, 01:45 couple of thousand of people coming here. 01:47 There is definitely a need. 02:02 Okay guys in the back door be sure to pray 02:05 with people when you have done it, if they 02:06 have a spiritual interest. It is crucial. 02:09 It has melted so many hearts. 02:11 I have had friends who were creative people, 02:13 who were atheists and agnostics, and it's 02:16 melted their hearts guys. 02:18 You have no idea about the power of prayer. 02:38 Yeah, we don't necessarily look like 02:39 a Bible worker type of people. 02:40 This is our first time doing this sort of thing. 02:43 And we had gone to the store and the door 02:46 opened up and a lady who is dress in 02:48 scrubs said, yeah what do you want? 02:50 At first it was little bit skeptic. 02:51 As soon as we mentioned religion and 02:53 God, his face completely changed. 02:55 As she goes, oh talking about God, my son, 02:58 my son just tried to commit suicide last night. 03:01 All the same time they have lost a job, their 03:05 spouses left them and they had 03:06 a death in the family. He lost nine family 03:09 members within eight months. 03:11 And he just continued to share why would 03:14 God allow this to happen, why? 03:16 Right in there it was a moment saying we need to 03:19 come and pray with you, can we pray with you. 03:21 And they all came together. 03:22 There was mellow music in the background and 03:26 we asked the family to come gather round, 03:27 they gathered around and they just you know, 03:31 wide knuckles just clinched, confused, 03:33 wondering why their son have done this? 03:36 And we got down there and we prayed with 03:37 them, and we encouraged them with the prayers. 03:40 As soon as we prayed, the Lord just started 03:43 opening up things for us. 03:44 It's just like God can use anyone. 03:45 It's like God let you to us. It sounds like God 03:47 did lead us, God did lead us to you man. 03:49 And so I said to a Monsieur if you are 03:51 interested, we have a means through which 03:53 you can start reading the Bible again. 03:55 You can actually study for a deeper meaning. 03:57 She took the Bible studies. 03:58 So we signed him up for Bible studies. 04:00 We signed up for more Bible studies. 04:02 It was so clear that the Holy Spirit, 04:04 which is at that moment. 04:05 And it was just such a blessing. 04:25 I don't know about you, but when I watch a 04:26 video like that, it makes me very proud of the 04:28 fact that ASI supports GYC, amen. 04:32 Amen! I have two officers from GYC here 04:36 with me today Alonna Smith and Justine 04:38 McNeilus, and Alonna I want to ask you 04:40 a question; are you involved with GYC and 04:42 Justine as well because of the big bucks they 04:44 pay you working at GYC, right? 04:47 No GYC is an organization that is run all by young 04:50 people who are volunteering their time. 04:52 So, it's not the big bucks, 04:53 you're a volunteer? No, no that's right. 04:55 Tell me a little bit more about 04:56 what makes GYC unique? GYC is an organization, 05:00 a growing organization that is run by young 05:03 people for young people, and it is 05:06 committed to the distinct views of the 05:07 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 05:09 Justin, let me ask you this question. 05:12 How is GYC making an impact on 05:14 Seventh-day Adventist young people? 05:17 Well, I think it's interesting and just 05:18 of kind a piggyback and something Alonna was 05:20 saying, but we do stand for the 27, 28 05:24 Fundamental Beliefs of the Adventist Church. 05:27 And that includes Seven Day creation, 05:30 all the things that the Church stands for. 05:32 And when young people catch onto that, 05:35 you can't stop them. They come to a 05:37 convention like this. They see that young 05:39 people can lead out in the Church. 05:41 They see we showcase what other young 05:43 people are doing around the world. 05:45 They see that and it creates such a fire, 05:47 such an enthusiasm they can't be stopped. 05:51 And if I can just share something real quick, 05:53 this last conference or two conferences ago, 05:56 group of young people met at GYC. 05:59 They had a heart for Africa, and they 06:02 thought to themselves, what 06:03 could we do in Africa? And they thought, 06:05 well we'll just start planning Evangelistic 06:07 series in Africa. So, last night as you 06:11 and I slept in our comfortable beds in the 06:13 air conditioning, a group of GYC young 06:16 people were in the heart of Ethiopia in 06:19 the middle of a desert preaching the Gospel. 06:23 Amen. Isn't that inspiring? 06:26 Justin I have another question for you. 06:27 We saw the video with the Outreach and 06:30 I believe that something it's a part of your 06:32 Convention every year. What happened last 06:34 year at the end of that Outreach? 06:36 Without a doubt, the highlight, shouldn't 06:40 necessarily say that, there is a lot of 06:41 highlights of GYC, but one of the highlights 06:44 that all young people look forward to 06:46 is the Outreach Day. And it gets very 06:49 exciting young people; it's almost like positive 06:53 peer pressure. So, you have got this 06:56 massive young people, I think we sent out 06:58 about 24-2500 young people into the City of 07:04 Louisville, Kentucky because of your 07:05 donation. And out they went into the buses, 07:09 into the streets thousands of requests 07:12 for Bible studies, the local Church followed 07:14 up with it. And, and it just creates this, 07:16 this passion and this excitement in young 07:19 people, and if I can just share one another thing. 07:21 I was over in Manchester, England 07:24 just a short time ago, and this young lady 07:27 came out to me and she said Justin guess what? 07:29 I'm from Scotland and I was at GYC last year. 07:33 So, I said well tell me a little more. 07:35 And, and she said, I went on Outreach. 07:38 I said, well yeah lot of people go. 07:40 She said, yeah but I went on Outreach, 07:43 I never go on Outreach. I saw all these young 07:45 people, my friends were pulling me along, 07:47 so I went on Outreach and, and I was so 07:50 nervous, but I did it because everyone else 07:52 was doing it. And so this young lady 07:54 went to the door and she said, guess what, 07:56 I signed up one for Bible studies. 07:59 And the smile lit up in her face and she said, 08:01 but I didn't stop there. I went back to Scotland 08:05 and you know what I found? 08:07 No one does door-to-door Ministry in Scotland. 08:11 And she said you know, I just got together with 08:13 a group of young people in Scotland and 08:15 there each Sabbath we go out door-to-door 08:19 finding people for Jesus, amen. 08:21 Because of a simple Outreach Day, even 08:24 because of your donation here at GYC, 08:26 at ASI excuse me, a group of young people 08:31 go out each Sabbath in Scotland and there 08:33 maybe the only group going out 08:36 door-to-door there, amen. Now, Alonna where is 08:39 GYC gonna be doing its Outreach 08:40 and having its Convention this year. 08:43 GYC will be December 29 to January 08:46 2nd in Baltimore, Maryland and you are 08:50 all invited. We would love to have each 08:52 of you join us there. We're gonna have many 08:54 of the same speakers that are here at ASI. 08:57 We're gonna have Mark Finley, Bill Knott, 09:00 David Asscherick, and Elder Ted Wilson 09:02 will be speaking for our Sabbath message as well. 09:04 So, consider this your personal invitation to 09:07 come to Baltimore and join us. 09:08 Even if you are over age 30. 09:10 Even if you are over age 30. 09:11 Alright, you are all very welcome to come, 09:12 thank you so very, very much. 09:15 My next guest is Dr. Michael Hasel. 09:19 Dr. Michael Hasel is an archeologist that works 09:22 at the School of Religion at Southern 09:24 Adventist University and welcome 09:26 Dr. Michael Hasel. It's great to be here. 09:28 Tell me, why is the Bible and its history 09:31 so important for the mission and message 09:33 our Seventh-day Adventist Church? 09:35 Well, I think when we go back in history, 09:36 and we look at the beginnings of this 09:38 movement, we see the Adventist Church 09:41 pioneers basing everything, 09:44 their entire existence, their entire message 09:47 mission on scripture. That was the root of 09:50 what started this movement. 09:52 And I think it's extremely important 09:54 as we look at our future, and as we look at our 09:56 mission and our message for the end 09:58 of time that we continue to be rooted in that 10:00 scripture. Jesus said in Corinthians when 10:05 there was a question about the resurrection 10:07 among the members in Corinth. 10:10 Some seize to believe in the resurrection 10:12 and so forth. He made a very vital connection 10:15 between what actually happened in history and 10:18 our current belief, and he says if you don't 10:20 believe in resurrection then not even Jesus has 10:22 been raised from the dead. 10:24 And if He is not been raise from the dead then 10:26 your preaching is in vain and your faith also. 10:29 And I think that's a vital message for us today 10:32 that as we look back into Biblical history, 10:35 if those things didn't take place, the way the 10:37 Bible describes and what are we doing 10:39 in Evangelism, what are we doing around 10:40 the world as we prepare people for 10:42 the Second Coming of Christ. 10:43 Without the authority of scripture a lot of 10:45 things fall apart. That's right. 10:47 Here is the next question for you; 10:48 we know that there are always challenges to the 10:51 authority of scripture. Why and how does 10:54 archeology and science play a role 10:57 in looking at the history of scripture? 11:00 I think in our Post-Modern Age in 11:01 which we live today, we have an increasing 11:04 number of challenges that are being brought 11:05 to the forefront. We have questions 11:09 about creation of course. Evolution is being 11:13 taught widely and is in the media all around us. 11:17 We have questions about even basic 11:20 Biblical figures that we have taken for granted 11:23 as a Church for many years. 11:25 In the last 20 years one of those figures that has 11:28 been attacked very, very keenly is David 11:32 and Solomon, and if you remove David from 11:35 history, a lot falls by the way side including the 11:39 promise of a Messiah, which David of course 11:41 was the beginning of that lineage 11:43 for Jesus Christ himself. Sure, sure. Now Sandra 11:47 and I, my wife had the privilege of joining you 11:50 on an archeological dig at Khirbet Qeiyafa or in 11:53 Israel today. What did you find on that dig? 11:56 Well, that's incredible I'm gonna let the 11:58 students on this video tell us a little bit about 12:00 what we have find and then 12:01 I'll expand on that a little bit. Excellent. 12:10 My name is Luther and I'm a business major. 12:12 As a young person growing up in an age of 12:15 higher criticism, I think it's very easy to become 12:17 skeptical of the Bible and the 12:19 religion as a whole. But as I have been 12:21 here in Israel and as I have seen Biblical sites 12:23 with my own eyes, as I have touched each 12:26 of artifacts with my hands, I feel like the 12:28 Bible has become a much more relevant, 12:30 intangible part of my life. 12:32 My name is Ross and I'm a theology major 12:34 and I found an awesome silver coin 12:36 from the time of Alexander the Great. 12:39 My name is Sarah and I'm a 12:40 nursing major and I found a bone. 12:44 My name is Heather and 12:45 I found a finger print handle. 12:46 My name is Joel and I found a flint arrowhead. 12:49 My name is Fluend and I found a bluestone. 12:51 I found a juglet. I found a grinding stone. 12:53 I found a stone platter. 12:55 My name is Anna Lee and I found 12:57 these funky huge teeth. 12:59 My name is Gin and I'm an animation major 13:01 and I found this metal made coin. 13:04 My name is Rachel, I'm an art education major 13:06 and I found an arrowhead. 13:08 My name is Cecil and I found the stone mortar. 13:12 My name is Houston, I found some roman glass. 13:14 I found an Iron Age vessel. 13:15 I found this monument. I found a spindle whorl. 13:20 My name is Clay, I'm an archeology major 13:22 and I found an Iron Age torch jar. 13:23 I'm Steven and I found iron daggers and swords. 13:28 My name is Kristen and I found a floor of Iron 13:31 Age storable vessels. My name is Luke and 13:34 I'm an archeology major. This is my first 13:36 excavation in Israel and being this close to 13:39 Biblical history that show me that 13:41 I definitely picked the right major. 13:49 I tell you having been at that site, 13:51 and actually digging in the dirt and finding 13:55 some of these artifacts that I knew was from 13:58 the time of David or you know, slightly 14:00 thereafter how exciting that was to be able to 14:02 touch a piece of Biblical history. 14:05 And as we look at all these students and we 14:06 see what they are finding Dr. Hasel, 14:09 why are these artifacts important? 14:11 Well again with the whole debate over 14:13 David, we have for the first time been 14:15 excavating a site that dates right at 14:17 the beginning of his monarchy. 14:19 We know that from the pottery, you heard 14:21 that term Iron Age over-and-over again. 14:23 Well, just translate that to the time of David. 14:26 And so we're talking about 3000 years ago. 14:29 We're talking about whole vessels that are 14:31 lying on floors, in rooms, 14:35 in huge monumental wall surrounding this 14:38 fortification, right in the Elah Valley where 14:41 the famous battle of with over David and 14:43 Goliath took place, between David and 14:45 Goliath and, and it's a border area between 14:48 Philistia and between Judah and here we have 14:50 not only evidence for huge fortifications, 14:54 a huge fortified city, but we have the 14:56 first evidence for writing. 14:57 In 2008 we found the oldest Hebrew 14:59 inscription ever found at that side. 15:01 Eight hundred years older than the Dead Sea 15:03 Scrolls, and that shows that people were 15:05 literate, people were writing and the stories 15:08 that we find in the Bible could have been written 15:10 that early in time. And that something 15:12 that has been attacked 15:13 again-and-again in critical scholarship. 15:15 I remember when we were walking around the site. 15:19 And you showed me something that was 15:21 very, very unique about that city, something that 15:23 was very distinct that was mentioned in 15:25 scripture, what was that? Well, one of the 15:28 important aspects is always the 15:30 identification of these sites. 15:32 How do we know, which site we are 15:33 excavating out. We haven't found 15:34 in scripture yet that says this is this site, 15:36 but we found another very tantalizing bit 15:39 of evidence. This city not only has one gate 15:41 facing towards Philistia, the border area that it's 15:44 guarding, but has another gate facing 15:47 towards the street or highway that leads up 15:49 to Jerusalem, that was the main highway in 15:51 ancient times. And that's unique for 15:55 a city to have two gates. Jerusalem perhaps had 15:58 several gates, but this site is the only other 16:01 city in the entire area of Judah and even Israel 16:04 that has two gates. And that's interesting 16:06 because in First Samuel 17 and the story of 16:08 David and Goliath after Goliath has been slain 16:11 and the Philistines are fleeing away 16:13 through the valley. It says that they fled 16:15 along the road of Sha'arayim and 16:18 Sha'arayim in Hebrew means Two Gates. 16:21 So, could it be that we're actually 16:23 excavating the site of Sha'arayim and 16:24 I found that city for the first time and our 16:27 excavating that site. So, that's 16:29 very, very exciting. We can trust the Bible, 16:31 amen. Amen! I wan to shift, and just ask you 16:35 briefly about another project that ASI 16:37 supported Southern Adventist University, 16:40 your origins exhibit. Tell me how you 16:43 believe that origins exhibit, first of all what 16:45 it is? And how you believe that will impact 16:48 students that are studying science at 16:50 Southern Adventist University? 16:51 I think we need to produce the best 16:53 scientists today. We have ability in 16:56 our institutions to do that, and if we have 16:58 ground them firmly in scripture and teach 17:00 them the Biblical view of how this 17:02 world came about. We have the potential 17:05 of really having the brightest young people 17:07 to be working in that field. 17:08 And we want to do that at Southern, so, 17:10 whether it's an archeology, biology, 17:12 the biology department is doing a fantastic job 17:14 transforming Hickman Science Center in the 17:16 second floor into a large museum, but more than 17:21 a museum through art work and through the 17:23 art as you walk in, you are walking 17:25 into a giant cell. And in showing the 17:28 intricacies of the smallest elements in the 17:32 human body of cell, they show how complex 17:36 that organism is and how difficult that would 17:40 be to just spontaneously generate itself, and 17:44 the whole exhibit is going to be designed 17:47 around various aspects the geological column. 17:50 We recently received gift of over 200,000 fossils. 17:57 And so that will be part of the exhibit as well. 17:59 And so that students as they come in, 18:01 not only in classrooms, but just walking down 18:03 the halls, visiting with one another they can 18:05 already see the evidences for the creator God. 18:08 Isn't that amazing? Amen. Thank you, 18:10 so much Dr. Hasel. Thank you. 18:15 Good morning. Good morning. 18:17 They send me out because I like excitement, 18:21 and I like the good things that happen at 18:23 ASI, amen. And this is one of my favorite parts. 18:27 We get to talk about the offering, amen. 18:29 The reason I like the offering is because of 18:31 what we do here at ASI. 18:34 The projects that we're able to help. 18:37 Now, last night you were told about the 38 18:41 projects and to go and look them over and 18:43 I will tell you as someone who gets to 18:46 look through the projects and hear about them, 18:48 they are all exceptional. And we're fortunate to 18:54 come here and to be able to help them 18:55 because the Ministries here we help. 18:59 There are many things they couldn't do unless 19:02 we, as ASI members are able to help them, 19:05 and to give, and that's why I like it, that's why 19:08 it's exciting because the Lord wants us to 19:11 participate in His work, amen. 19:13 The first we have to put our hearts in it. 19:16 We have to go out and see people because we 19:18 want to and we also participate financially 19:21 because there are some people, there are some 19:23 Ministries that don't have the means. 19:25 The Lord has give them the burden and that's 19:28 their skills is to go out and do the work, 19:31 we need to help them. So, we have got 38 19:33 projects. Hope you all had a chance to review them. 19:38 Our first project we're gonna talk about today 19:42 is from a friend of mine, and I think some 19:45 of you might know him. He returned not too 19:48 long ago from Rome. So, Shawn! 20:02 Hello, Shawn. It's a long walk from there. 20:06 Shawn you just returned from Rome. 20:10 What you do over there? We were holding an 20:12 Evangelistic series, downtown Rome just 20:15 literally stones throw from the Vatican City. 20:18 And I have got to say that was one of the most 20:19 exciting Evangelistic meetings of my entire life. 20:24 So, you were did an Evangelistic 20:28 meeting in Rome. So, that was, 20:32 that's in, that's in Europe. Right. Right? 20:35 Yeah. So, that's over there. 20:37 Well, that's actually the reason that we did this 20:39 Terry is that I had always heard that 20:42 Western Europe is a Postmodern secular 20:44 society and it can't be won, and you can't go 20:46 preach the Three Angles Message and 20:48 this generation won't listen to a simple 20:50 prophetic message and we asked the question, 20:52 where could you go on this planet to prove that 20:55 God did not make a mistake giving the 20:57 remnant Church, this assignment in this message. 21:00 Where could you preach, so that nobody 21:02 could say it won't work in my town? 21:04 And that's why we choose Rome, Italy 21:06 because if you can preach the Three 21:08 Angles Message in Rome, Italy and get a 21:10 crowd and see decisions happen you can do 21:12 it in any town on the face of the planet, amen. 21:15 Okay, so now that's Rome, what about here? 21:19 What about, how many people here would like 21:21 to see something done here in North America? 21:23 Well, that's the, the thing about this Terry is 21:28 I have heard the same thing about North America. 21:31 I have been in this message for, oh just 21:33 about 20 years. I can't say I'm a new 21:35 Adventist anymore I still feel like one, 21:38 but I have heard about North American society 21:40 that it's the same Post-Modern secular, 21:42 nobody will listen, you got to change the 21:44 method, you got a change the message as 21:46 if God made a mistake with the assignment He 21:49 gave us and the message He gave us, 21:50 and I don't believe it. So, we have been 21:52 praying about this and thinking about this, 21:54 where could you go in North America to do 21:57 the same kind of thing we did in Rome. 21:58 Ring a bell, so that everybody's courage 22:01 level would rise and would realize hey, 22:03 it can happen anywhere and we have thought of 22:06 this place in North America, we could do 22:07 the same thing and not, not only that Terry. 22:10 Not only have I discovered that we 22:11 have been thinking and praying about this 22:12 place, but Ministries at ASI have been thinking 22:15 about the same place. And other Ministries 22:17 I have talked to and conferences and pastors 22:19 all over North America had been thinking about 22:21 the very same city all at the same time. 22:24 Well, Shawn where is the city? 22:26 What do we gonna do? This is so exciting you 22:28 know, that everybody is thinking the same thing 22:30 at the same time usually it means God's got his 22:32 finger on the project and there is a place in 22:35 North America where if you could hold a 22:36 meeting there, you can hold in anywhere. 22:38 The Bible Belt? It's not in the Bible Belt, 22:40 not exactly. It's in Sin City USA, 22:44 Las Vegas, Nevada. 22:48 Now think about it, that is not a 22:51 place that is not the Bible Belt, that is not 22:53 where you go for a spiritual retreat, right? 22:56 That's not where you go when your life is all 22:58 messed up and you need the Lord. 23:00 So, what's the plan for Las Vegas? 23:01 Well, this is the most exciting part. 23:03 Everybody has been thinking about the same 23:05 city and dreaming the same dream. 23:06 God's obviously got His hand on it. 23:08 And so this is not gonna be a Ministry going to 23:11 Las Vegas with an Evangelistic meeting. 23:13 This is going to be all of us working together 23:16 and lifting that city. So, that everybody can 23:18 see, if it can happen in Vegas, it can happen 23:20 anywhere and God knew what he was 23:22 doing with this message for this time. Amen! 23:24 So, the Ministries of ASI, I met with the 23:27 bunch of them yesterday, we're gonna 23:28 work with the Ministries of ASI. 23:30 It is written, Nevada -Utah Conferences is 23:32 one of the biggest Evangelistic 23:33 co-operations you will have ever seen 23:36 in your entire life, everybody working 23:38 together on the most difficult 23:39 city in the country. So, is the point then 23:42 to inspire the people of Las Vegas? 23:45 Well, it's a point to inspire the people of 23:46 Las Vegas. The point is to inspire the people 23:49 of North America. I want everyone to look 23:51 and say, hey if that can happen there I can do 23:54 it here in my town. But more than inspire, 23:57 we want to involve everybody. 24:00 I want this to spill out of Las Vegas all across 24:03 North America and so here is the plan. 24:06 We're going to Webstream meetings 24:08 interactively across all of North America 24:11 because everybody sitting in this room or 24:13 watching by television can run the very same 24:16 campaign in their living room or in your place of 24:19 business, if you are a doctor open your lobby 24:21 at 7 PM, invite your patients back. 24:23 If you have a high speed internet 24:25 connection, you can run this meeting 24:27 wherever you are. If you are the only one 24:29 in your town wants to do Evangelism you 24:30 can do it using this technology. 24:33 It's not only web streaming it will be 24:34 interactive, so your guests can ask questions. 24:36 It will bounce to the platform, 24:38 bounce back to you. You can still get it on 24:40 a satellite dish if you want to gather 24:41 everybody in the Church or you could 24:43 put it on your iPad and gather everybody at 24:45 the donut shop and have your Bible study every 24:48 evening interactive. This is all of us holding 24:51 a meeting at the very same time full message 24:53 for all of America, all at once interactive 24:56 and streaming, amen, amen. 24:58 And how many people do we want to reach? 25:00 Well, you know, up until recently there was 25:02 a limit on how much you could get down 25:04 over the internet because it was so 25:06 expensive, that limit I was told the other 25:08 day has gone, we can only accommodate 25:10 a trillion viewers that's all we can hold. 25:12 So, our target is to get one million 25:16 non-Seventh-Day Adventists into an 25:18 Evangelistic meeting in America, amen, amen. 25:21 One million people per night. 25:23 One million people every night. 25:25 All over the US. Absolutely. 25:26 North America division. You got it. 25:29 That's a pretty lofty goal can that be possible. 25:31 It's got to be possible. God says, He is gonna 25:33 light the world with His glory before Jesus 25:35 comes Revelation 18, there is a loud cry. 25:38 We know the end game, we're going to win. 25:41 It's going to win, Jesus wins and yes it's possible. 25:44 In fact I think God dreams bigger dreams 25:46 than we ever do. And so, this is not only 25:48 something we can do, this is 25:49 something we must do, amen. 25:51 This is something we must do. 25:54 When it's gonna happen? It's gonna happen 25:56 beginning in 2011. Now it happened in 25:58 several phases. In 2011 in May there will 26:02 be a short four or five I'm still working on it, 26:05 four or five I guess it depends, if it's metric 26:08 or imperial nights, four or five nights of 26:11 meetings live from Las Vegas interactive 26:14 online, we're gonna test the technology. 26:16 You can run this four or five night meeting, 26:18 it's to interest people in your community and 26:20 Bible study. I'm gonna show you a little bit 26:22 more about that Terry in just half a moment, 26:25 it's called Babylon Rising on last day events. 26:28 Then from May through the end of 2011 we're 26:31 gonna hit the City of Las Vegas, all these 26:33 Ministries we're gonna work at health 26:34 seminars, in archeology seminars, in marriage 26:37 seminars and Bible study and door-to-door 26:40 work everything you can dream up, then in 26:42 2011 the big event, a full message meeting 26:45 web streaming live from Las Vegas from 26:49 the month of January, February 2012, 26:52 big year. Everybody think some big is gonna 26:54 happen in 2012, and they are right, they just 26:56 didn't realize, it was a Seventh-day 26:57 Adventist Evangelistic meeting. 27:05 Shawn why are we looking at something this big now? 27:09 You know, I think everybody is getting 27:11 the sense, it's not business as usual. 27:13 Take a look around, this might be our last 27:17 chance to do something; this big, this freely, 27:19 this publicly, amen. I really have that 27:21 conviction and that fear that we 27:23 are running out of time. Take a look at the signs 27:25 of the times, take a look at the way society is 27:27 changing, and I don't know how many 27:29 more opportunities we're gonna get to lift 27:31 on a huge scale together as a Church. 27:33 This might be our last go at it 27:36 in a big public freeway. And so this isn't 27:39 something we can do or should do, we must 27:41 do it and we have to do it now, amen. 27:43 We have to do it now, amen. 27:45 And to do that we need the participants 27:48 that are out here today. We need them to 27:50 participate in person. We need them to have 27:54 the meetings in their homes, in their 27:56 Churches, in their places of business 27:58 to invite people. Our motto is Christ in 28:00 the marketplace, and I want to put that to 28:03 the pavement. If Christ is in the market 28:06 place we need your involvement in this 28:07 in several ways. Obviously today your 28:09 financial involvement is of the utmost 28:12 importance. We got to lift this project 28:14 up the ground and then even bigger than that 28:17 we got to work on it together. 28:18 We all have to do it to get a million people 28:20 Terry and I can't get a million people 28:22 ourselves, but take a look around, 28:23 we could get a million people watching this. 28:26 We could get a million people watching this, 28:27 if we all did it, if you open your place of 28:29 business and made it Christ in the market 28:31 place and you ran an Evangelistic meeting 28:32 in your waiting room, in your garage base 28:35 wherever you happened to work, or open your 28:37 home or gather people in your Church, but do it. 28:40 We all have to do it together because God's 28:42 dream was not one or two or five specialists 28:45 finishing the work, it was God's Church 28:47 finishing the work, and we can do it. 28:49 Some generations gonna do this and 28:51 I think it may as well be us because I want 28:53 to go home, amen. Shawn the last question 28:56 I have, have you ever seen an Evangelistic 28:59 series that like you are working on whereas 29:02 many Ministries have come forward and 29:04 said yes I want to participate, 29:06 I'm gonna be there. No, Terry you know, 29:08 we have always worked in a synergistic pattern 29:11 and it is written they have always been a few 29:13 Ministries at work with us and I have seen the 29:15 power of that synergy. But I have never seen 29:18 anything on this scale, if we all come together; 29:20 can you imagine how God smiles on that? 29:22 And how he just as and to the angels let's lift it, 29:25 let's make it bigger than they ever dreamed. 29:27 I have never seen anything with this kind 29:28 of potential ever, Terry. And I can only imagine 29:32 that one day in heaven people were still gonna 29:34 be telling the story about the discussion we 29:36 have all had here at this morning together 29:38 because there is a final burst of 29:40 glory before Jesus comes. 29:42 See it's time for us to come together, 29:44 work together that's when we will finish the work? 29:46 Absolutely, absolutely May 2011 is the kick 29:51 off event. May 2011, are you ready for that? 29:54 Yes. Alright, May 2011, four or five nights 29:58 on Bible prophecy it's called Babylon Rising. 30:01 I have got a little trailer this just the idea behind 30:04 this project again is to invite people into Bible 30:06 study, to get them interested in your 30:08 community and in Las Vegas. 30:10 I'm gonna show the ad that we have developed 30:11 for Babylon Rising, four or five nights in 30:14 May to kick the whole thing off. 30:16 Let's roll that video now. I want you to see 30:18 what we're working on. 30:20 This is the ad for Babylon Rising. 30:27 An ancient city rises, 30:35 the most wicked city on earth. 30:43 The prophets said it would be destroyed. 30:49 They were right. It has never been rebuilt, 30:59 yet the ancient prophets saw her rising, 31:05 and then the world ends. 31:14 Babylon Rising. 31:22 Do you know, what's coming? 31:34 In ASI we never think small do we? 31:38 You know, my, my guest right here 31:41 in an ASI member by name of Jeffery Cobb. 31:44 And Jeffery represents a Ministry that he is 31:46 gonna be benefiting from our offering this 31:48 morning called Shelter from the Storm. 31:50 Now, Jeffery a few years ago you ended 31:54 up with some accommodations 31:55 that you weren't necessarily desiring, 31:57 what were those accommodations? 31:59 I ended up in prison. Okay, you were in prison. 32:02 And you wanna tell all these good people 32:04 what you were doing in the prison and how 32:06 come you got there? I was selling drugs in 32:08 Miami for 20 years. I was involved with 32:12 crooked judges, lawyers, police officers 32:14 in Miami for 20 years. Okay and you ended up 32:18 in prison having to pay for those crimes. 32:20 Now, what happened to you in that prison? 32:23 When I entered in a prison I was tired of 32:25 living in a way that I was living. 32:27 When I was not just selling drugs I knew 32:29 it was a better life. So, I ended up in prison 32:32 and some guys invite me to come to the Bible study. 32:35 So, they say come on let's go down on 32:37 Saturday to the Bible study. 32:39 So, I went down there, when I was brought up 32:42 in about this Church, when I went there and 32:44 I went back to my cell, I pulled a knife on a guy 32:47 and I say, if you tell me to comeback to that job 32:50 telling me that I can't eat my pork chop and 32:52 my shrimps, I'll cut your head off. 32:56 Oh! Now that's a witnessing story, alright. 32:58 Alright. Now, now, now Jeffery something 33:02 happened to you though, 33:03 you got over pulling knife? 33:05 Yes, what happened was, they transferred 33:08 me from the prison in Miami to Gainesville. 33:11 And so as I get off the bus here a guy hey man, 33:14 you need to come to this service on Saturday. 33:16 I said here goes the Saturday junk again. 33:18 Yeah, he was chasing you. Yes. The Lord was 33:21 following you around, okay but when that 33:23 happened something got to hold to your heart. 33:26 Yes, I went down and I attended the study 33:29 and you know, the Holy Ghost came into my 33:33 life and I had accepted this message, amen. 33:37 And then once I accepted his message, 33:40 when I was released I didn't want to go 33:42 back to Miami to the old friend. 33:44 So I stayed in Gainesville and 33:46 I actually, I am must say, hey I don't want to 33:48 go back to that life. You know, I know a 33:50 lot of Seventh-day Adventists 33:52 is locked up in prison. What the Lord 33:54 impressed on me to do when I get out to start 33:57 a halfway house for the Seventh-day 33:59 Adventist Church. Amen. Okay, now in that 34:01 halfway house and that's good, we're 34:03 excited about that. In that halfway house 34:05 you have had people come out and what's 34:07 in just a, a couple of sentences, what's the 34:10 biggest challenge that a prisoner that has 34:11 had to conversion experience in a prison. 34:14 What are the biggest challenges they have 34:15 when they come out? Going to a place where 34:19 they can continue to study you know, 34:21 it is truth, because there is a baby in Christ, 34:24 and that was my problem, I went to a 34:25 first day halfway house and I was struggling 34:28 with well versed truths because they would 34:30 twisting the scriptures and no this and that. 34:33 And I think that's the biggest challenge 34:35 coming out and being able to go a place 34:37 where they can continue to study the truth. 34:40 But in the transition that you actually in 34:43 Shelter from the Storm this halfway house for 34:45 these prisoners that are coming out, 34:48 you are actually helping them, creating a 34:51 moment where the Holy Spirit can 34:52 transform their lives. Have you seen some 34:54 lives transformed? Oh! Yes couple of the 34:56 guys have come to the program. 34:58 They are in the Seventh-day Adventist 35:00 Church, a couple in Maryland, also one guy, 35:03 now he is a leader of the community and 35:05 service at the Church, they have come to 35:08 Shelter from the Storm. Okay, now how does 35:10 Shelter from the Storm support itself? 35:13 Shelter from the Storm, well God impressed on 35:15 me to start a lawn service, and I had know 35:18 some of you all as you are riding by the street 35:20 you see these guys in these uniform cutting grass. 35:23 So, the Lord impressed on me to 35:25 start a lawn service. So, the lawn service 35:28 is the big support for Shelter from 35:30 the Storm Ministry. Okay, now when you 35:33 are in Miami in your earlier career 35:36 you earned some pretty good money, yes. 35:38 Okay, now in your lawn service what 35:40 kind of money do you earn? 35:42 I don't earn as what I used to earn when 35:45 I was out there in a world organization, 35:48 we would make seven to eight thousand 35:50 dollars a night selling drugs. 35:51 Okay, and what do you make now selling lawn service? 35:56 Oh, its not near that much, you might be praying. 36:01 Oh, you know, now what, what is that 36:03 transforms the man from that kind of 36:07 income to being satisfied with another income. 36:12 It hasn't been only Christ that changes 36:14 because as I've said, making seven to eight 36:17 thousand dollars a night and coming 36:19 out of prison, I started five dollars an hour. 36:23 It can be nothing but Jesus. 36:27 And Jesus always comes through. 36:29 Now, last question, I know in our earlier 36:33 conversation that Florida Prison 36:35 Ministries, my friend Frank Barton, 36:38 he works closely with you, yes. 36:40 And recently he had a request from a couple 36:42 of guys on death row. Tell us what happened? 36:46 Yes, Frank had called me saying he received 36:49 a call from Amazing Facts to the Bible 36:52 course that two guys on death row 36:56 need to be baptized. So I talked with Frank 36:59 and he say, hey you need to go down and 37:01 baptized these guys on death row. 37:03 So, what I do, I go and connect with the 37:07 local pastor, Pastor Dan Gayman at Gainesville 37:10 Church, I said, hey we got two guys on death 37:12 row need to be baptized. And I called the Chapel; 37:15 I say can we baptize these two guys on Thursday. 37:20 He said, you can baptize, he said but you 37:22 can't baptize them on the same day 37:24 and I was like why. He says when these 37:26 guys on death row go to get baptized, 37:30 they got to close down the whole compound, 37:32 it just can be you, the pastor and a Chaplain 37:36 and a person who is going to be baptized. 37:38 So we did them one on Wednesday, one on 37:41 Thursday and the first guy that we baptized 37:44 that on death row he was so much at peace 37:47 that I have to check myself. 37:50 You know, and it was amazing and then the 37:52 next guy he say he had been on a death row 37:54 for a while and he said and when he got 37:57 baptized he was crying. He said he was on death 38:00 row and he might, you know, die but he wanted to 38:04 get Baptized into the truth before he die. 38:07 Amen, you know, what there is an entire world 38:10 that we live in its on death row. Amen. 38:13 And whether you are reaching Las Vegas 38:16 and the million people that Pastor Shawn 38:18 and ASI working on, or whether you are looking 38:21 at a couple of guys on death row, 38:23 like my friend Jeffery has just talked about 38:25 baptizing just three weeks ago, 38:27 the power of the Holy Spirit changes lives and 38:29 that's what ASI is all about. Thank you. Amen. 38:41 Many viewers at ASI have been tracking 38:44 the One-Day Church project. 38:47 Have you heard of the One-Day Church? 38:48 Now down here is a little sample 38:51 of that One-Day Church. 38:52 Somebody asked me this morning if that was one. 38:55 Its not that small, it's that just a sample 39:01 to remind you it's a symbol that God is working 39:04 around the world meeting the needs 39:06 for Churches and schools. 39:08 The Church has grown in the last couple of decades 39:11 in a great way in many parts of the world. 39:14 I have to tell you today, I'll give you an update, 39:16 nearly 500,000 people on this Sabbath 39:19 are meeting under a One-Day Church, amen. 39:22 You say praise the Lord for that? 39:25 From Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 39:30 Chad, Kenya, Tanzania over to the populus 39:36 sub-continent of India to the islands of Vanuatu 39:41 in the Pacific, Ecuador in South America, 39:43 Mexico our neighbor, Tahiti. God is providing places 39:50 for those new members to meet, praise the Lord, amen. 39:54 And it's not only providing places for people to meet, 39:57 it's a witnessing too, 39:58 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 40:00 People know that the creator God exists 40:04 because the One-Day Church is there. 40:07 And I need to tell you that we, the reason that we 40:12 have got excited about this is because we had 40:14 a hundred thousand requests for Churches, amen, amen. 40:18 Now, we have a hundred thousand requests 40:19 just for One-Day Churches around the world. 40:22 Now what's good about that of course is that, 40:25 that means the work is growing, yes. 40:26 Now, some of the pictures here shows 40:29 some of the simple projects. 40:30 Some of them have just been put up and some of them 40:34 the locals have already finished them. 40:35 And I have been very excited 40:38 and I need a report to you that the locals 40:40 are finishing these buildings in Ecuador, 40:44 I talked to the Union President and he said, 40:46 he was shocked that over 90% of the Churches 40:50 were finished within the first six months. Amen. 40:52 So, it's working the locals once they have that frame 40:56 and the rough, they go ahead and finish. 40:58 And this was initially set up as a 41:01 combined project of ASI and Maranatha. 41:05 I want to tell you we have been combining 41:08 with the lot of partners 41:09 around the world, which is very exciting. 41:11 There is a lot of people out there that are helping 41:13 out and here in North America Churches, 41:16 Sabbath school classes, conferences, unions, schools 41:23 are helping out with the One-Day Church, 41:25 around the world OCI - Outpost Centers, 41:29 Riverside Farms, Congo Frontline Missions, 41:33 Living Waters, ShareHim, Quiet Hour, 41:35 Gary Robertson Chad, Kibidula Institute, 41:39 Daystar Academy and probably some I forgot, 41:43 but combing together to make this an exciting 41:46 and powerful project around the world. 41:49 Now, one of the places that they are actually building 41:52 and using the One-Day Church is at Riverside Farms 41:55 in Zambia and here to speak about that 41:57 is Meiring Pretrius from Riverside. 42:04 Good morning ASI family? Good morning. 42:07 It is my first at ASI this year. 42:09 If it looks like I'm nervous it's not nervousness, 42:13 it's excitement because of what is happening 42:15 around the world, if I hear all these wonderful 42:18 testimonies and I want to share one blessing from 42:22 Africa in this project of the One-Day Church program. 42:26 Training is very important aspect in Evangelism 42:29 and Paul says to us in 2 Timothy 2 Verse 2, 42:32 that we should train others that are capable, 42:35 so that they can teach others once again, 42:38 and so multiply the workers for God. 42:40 About three years ago I was driving 42:42 with one of our lay Bible workers, and we just had 42:45 a conversation about his working at district. 42:47 And then he looked at me and he said to me, 42:49 do you know, how many Laypeople are here 42:52 in this district that want this training. 42:56 They will work without money. 42:57 They will work for God full time. 43:01 They just want the knowledge and the information, 43:05 can we train them? And then there was silence 43:07 and then he said to me, 43:08 what are we going to do about it? 43:11 And then we committed of course just to pray 43:13 and we said, Lord we need training centers. 43:16 And we said Lord please give us more than just one, 43:23 because we have the whole Zambia 43:26 with 72 languages to cover. 43:28 Please give us more than one. 43:31 And above our expectations you know, when I, when I 43:35 when I first heard about the idea 43:37 of the One-Day Churches, I was thinking 43:39 why we are just gonna use these Churches? 43:41 But above my expectations the answer came so fast 43:47 it was called the One-Day Church structures. 43:51 And then it was transformed recently into 43:56 also using it as lay Evangelism schools. 43:59 And I was really excited about that project 44:01 and we started about a year and a half ago finding 44:07 some land outside of the cities and towns 44:13 and we decided, we just start, 44:15 God has told us He will help us. 44:18 So, we started under the trees. 44:20 My wife and I do week Evangelism trainings, 44:24 and we just started with people that are interested 44:27 in the community on these properties that we found. 44:30 But now we have buildings, and we're gonna use 44:35 four buildings on each of these six schools 44:38 and it's gonna be used for a Church, for a classroom 44:42 and which we will separate of course in two parts 44:45 because we also train in medical missionary work 44:47 and we're gonna use it as spectacle hydrotherapy 44:50 massage and teaching natural remedies. 44:53 We're gonna use one as Adometry, 44:55 which we going to split into two using for 44:58 men and women and then also it's going to be one 45:02 for living quarters for our staff and our teachers, 45:04 and these lay schools are helping us to break 45:08 the barriers of these 72 languages. 45:09 And these Laypeople can now come and be trained 45:13 in their owned local languages 45:15 more than just what Riverside could do, 45:17 these schools also helping the conferences 45:20 in the fields to train more of these Laypeople 45:24 to help them as leaders 45:25 and Evangelists in different districts. 45:27 The pastors are few; some of our pastors 45:31 have to oversee anything from 45:33 40 to 50 company's branches and Churches. 45:35 There is a huge and there is a great 45:39 need for this type of training. 45:42 We have already done more than a hundred 45:44 training just under the trees. 45:46 Now just imagine if we have these 45:49 buildings that we can use, 45:51 how many students we can bring and train 45:55 for Christ and for his Second Coming. 45:58 And I know that ASI family here is helping us 46:02 to establish these schools not just in Zambia, 46:05 but in other places in the world as well. 46:07 And your contributions will help us to further 46:10 this project and this training to train 46:13 more people for Jesus Second Coming. 46:14 Let us give in proportion to our desire 46:17 to see Jesus coming soon. Amen, amen. 46:21 Thank you Meiring. Another place that God has chosen 46:25 to use the one day structure in a major 46:27 and phenomenal way is the country of Haiti. 46:32 I'm gonna talk little bit this afternoon about Haiti, 46:35 but let me just mention a couple of things. 46:36 When the earthquake first happened down there 46:40 in January, I got a call from Israelite 46:42 to the Division President for in America, 46:45 and he said we need some buildings to be used 46:49 for housing for our members right away. 46:51 So we work very fast and hard to get some containers 46:55 out to Haiti, and we got down there, 46:58 we started putting them up quickly 47:00 and we found something very interesting, 47:03 and I will just cut through a real quick. 47:05 Those buildings are being used somewhat for shelters, 47:09 but primarily they are being used 47:11 for Churches and schools. 47:12 Parents will not send their children to a school 47:17 that has a concrete rough, you can understand why? 47:21 Most of them won't sent, won't go to Church 47:24 and most of the Churches by the way in Port-au-Prince, 47:26 the Adventist Churches most of them were destroyed. 47:29 Today we have about 4000 members meeting under 47:33 One-Day Churches in Port-au-Prince, amen. 47:35 And over 5000 students in One-Day schools 47:40 including virtually all the students 47:42 at the Adventist University in Port-au-Prince 47:45 over 2500 students under one day structures 47:49 on that campus. So, we praise the Lord for that, 47:52 I have to tell you. 47:54 And God is very merciful toward His people. 48:05 I have been working with Maranatha for 28 years. 48:09 I have never seen such a graphic, 48:13 graphic intervention of God 48:17 and the leading of God in a project as that one. 48:19 We had no idea what the real need was? 48:23 He knew that this versatile one day structure 48:26 was gonna bring the people together. 48:29 In fact, in such a way that those Churches have caused 48:33 the baptism rate to more than double 48:36 since the earthquake, amen. 48:38 So, praise the Lord for that, that's exciting. 48:41 One of the greatest developments out of the 48:45 One-Day Church is the One-Day School. 48:47 Some of you have seen it look at the exhibit hall, 48:50 eduction a powerful thing in the Adventist Church. 48:53 This building from the concrete floor, 48:58 9 foot sidewalls, doors, windows, desks, blackboard, 49:04 everything is included in this building. 49:06 So, from the time that concrete floor is poured 49:09 until schools starts would be how long? 49:12 How long? One day. 49:16 Ah! Excellent, you are a good class. 49:19 One day you are all qualified 49:21 to support the One-Day School now. 49:23 And now some of these are being asked 49:26 for is individual classrooms, 49:27 many of them for complete campuses. 49:29 In fact, at the General Conference Session in Atlanta 49:32 we put up one of these buildings just to see, 49:35 if the world Church was interested in it. 49:37 Do you think they were interested? Yes. 49:39 After meeting with the Church leaders 49:42 from around the world at the end 49:43 of the General Conference Session, 49:44 we had 40,000 requests for classrooms 49:49 around the world, amen Can you imagine? Amen. 49:53 Can you imagine what would happen, 49:54 if we build them? 49:55 What would happen to a generation of young people? 49:59 Last night, Pastor Rosary was talking about Adventism 50:04 being only one generation away from extinction. 50:08 I'm sure he would agree that if we turn it around 50:11 and educate we are only one generation 50:13 away from the kingdom, amen. 50:15 The One-Day Church is just a school 50:19 is just for that educating for eternity. 50:21 At the General Conference, 50:22 I had the privilege of talking 50:24 with the man and his wife, they came up to the booth 50:27 and they talked us about the school. 50:29 They were from Africa. This man told me a story, 50:32 very compelling story. He said, I was raised 50:35 an animist in Africa, didn't know about God. 50:39 There happened to be a Christian school 50:41 or Seventh-day Adventist School in my town. 50:43 And my parents want to me to be educated, 50:46 so they send me there. And as often happens 50:49 in a short time he committed his life to Jesus Christ, 50:53 praise the Lord happens all the time. 50:55 He was more serious He went to college. 50:58 He became a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, amen, amen. 51:02 And today that man who sat in that One-Day School 51:05 telling a story is Dr. Gilbert Wari, 51:08 the President of the West-Central Africa Division 51:10 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 51:12 He is in charge of 22 countries of God's work 51:16 around the world, praise the Lord. Amen. 51:19 And his wife is the Education Director 51:21 and guess what at the end of that discussion, 51:24 they requested 2000 complete campuses of 51:27 One-Day Schools just in those 22 countries, why? 51:31 Because they know the potential 51:34 they know the value. Ellen White said, educate, 51:39 educate, educate, and you will change the world. 51:42 You know the One-Day Church and the One-Day School, 51:45 hundred thousand requests for One-Day Churches, 51:47 40,000 requests so far for One-Day Schools, 51:51 God must be doing something; 51:52 He must be opening wide a door of opportunity, 51:55 would you agree? Amen. 51:57 He is opening wider door of opportunity. 51:59 We need to walk through that door. 52:01 My wife says you need to get on, 52:03 to get off the planet plan. 52:05 And the One-Day Church and the One-Day School 52:08 are part of that get off the planet plan. 52:10 Just yesterday as part of result of this, 52:13 we started planning for India that great continent, 52:17 one campaign including 500 One-Day Churches, 52:22 some One-Day Schools, the goal is to baptize a hundred 52:26 thousand people stand by for that that's coming up. 52:30 You can participate, you can be involved 52:33 hang on to your seatbelt and things will happen 52:36 into this world and Jesus is coming soon. 52:38 Hang on your seat belt, loosing up your wallets. 52:41 Now, is the time to respond to the opportunity 52:45 as the Jesus has given us. 52:47 Now, is the time for the One-Day School. 52:49 Now is a time for the One Day Church, amen, amen. 53:04 Garwin, when you first had the fleeting thought 53:09 go through your mind that you can bend some steal, 53:11 and somehow create a structure 53:15 that people would worshipping, 53:17 did you ever had any idea 53:18 that it would be like it is today? 53:21 No, Dan I didn't. The One-Day Church 53:24 is definitely inspired from heaven. 53:27 And we think a last year, everyday 2000 people 53:32 receive the spiritual home, 10,000 each Sabbath, 53:36 over a half a million last year. 53:39 God is in the One Day Church. Amen. 53:42 And I have had the privilege of being in the field 53:46 and seeing the joy in their hearts 53:49 on the Thanksgiving, and the thing that they say, 53:51 tell my brothers and sisters thank you. 53:55 So, on behalf I say, thank you for the privilege 54:00 of being involved in the One Day Program 54:04 and now the school just Zimbabwe alone, 54:08 we are putting up a large school at Victoria Falls 54:11 right across from Livingston 54:13 it's comprises of about 40 buildings. 54:15 And I was concerned, I said to the pastor, 54:19 can you feel it? And he brought me the list. 54:21 He says here is our list of students signed up 54:24 and here is the waiting list, 54:26 and we haven't even built it, 54:27 we're gonna built it this winter. 54:29 Zimbabwe alone the leadership said they have 2,480,000 54:34 Seventh-day Adventists aged children that want 54:37 Christian education, that's just one union. 54:39 Yes the One-Day Church is beyond anything I expected 54:46 and on behalf of the brothers and sisters 54:49 who receive it, we say thank you 54:53 and without your support the One-Day Church 54:56 would just be a pile of iron in God center, 55:00 and we thank you, we thank you, we thank you, amen. 55:04 You know, Garwin and I, and you can go ahead, 55:07 I have one more thing I want to say here. 55:09 It maybe that someone sitting 55:13 in your home watching right now. 55:15 You may have sent in a $5 donation towards 55:18 the One-Day Church or Schools or other structures. 55:21 Someone may have send in $50, 55:25 someone may have send an $500, 55:26 and there is some in this group that may have send 55:29 some those numbers or some have done $50,000, 55:31 some who have done $500,000. 55:34 Whatever it is that you can give in this year's offering 55:38 will make a difference in eternity 55:41 for someone and I thank you for it. 55:55 I think we can all relate to this, 55:57 and that is now is the time to take action. 56:01 You know, I don't have to tell you 56:05 what's going on in this world. 56:08 It's coming up pretty sure. And it's your contribution, 56:15 it's our contributions in time and our means 56:18 that make a difference to finish this work. 56:21 You can see the different activities that were, 56:26 the different projects that we're doing. 56:27 You know in Las Vegas for a thousand dollars 56:31 you can reach a thousand people. 56:34 That's efficient use of money in Evangelistic terms. 56:40 I found that out. For the One-Day School, for $200 56:48 you can educate a student for life to know Jesus. 56:53 The statistics on people who go to Christian education, 56:57 who are involved in the Church is amazing, 57:00 and that's the impact that we have. 57:03 For $20,000 you can do a lay planning's, 57:09 lay training center. 57:10 You know, we don't think about this, 57:12 we think about just training Laypeople, 57:15 but sometimes we need good places to train them, 57:18 and this for $20,000 you can do that. 57:22 It's exciting to be part of ASI. 57:27 It's exciting to give because when we get to heaven 57:31 this is, this is for me you can apply it 57:33 however you want. When you get to heaven 57:35 we'll find out where our dollars went, 57:39 when people will come to us and say, 57:40 because you gave, it made a difference in my life. 57:44 And that's why we're here, that's why we give. 57:48 And sometimes it's not easy, 57:50 sometimes their sacrificial giving involved 57:54 and hopefully you prayed last night 57:56 and today about what the Lord want you to do? 58:00 You know, you, we had an interview Wednesday night 58:03 with Rodney who is working with the Muslims. 58:07 I can't tell you, I can't take the time to describe 58:12 what this offering will do for his work. 58:15 It's amazing, that's why we are giving 58:20 because the power of the Holy Spirit is working today 58:26 God wants to unleash His power at this time 58:29 alone because we all want to go. |
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