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00:10 ♪ 00:22 >> Happy Sabbath, church. 00:23 >> Happy Sabbath! 00:25 >> It is my joy to welcome 00:27 all of you here to our 00:28 Pioneer Memorial Church 00:30 worship service. 00:31 Whether you are here 00:32 in person or online, 00:34 we are grateful 00:36 that you decided this morning 00:37 to spend it with us. 00:39 As we lift our voices in praise, 00:42 as we open up our hearts 00:43 for His Word, 00:45 and as we gather together 00:47 for prayer, 00:49 we ask that we remind ourselves 00:52 of God's love, His grace, 00:56 and His calling for our lives. 00:59 If you don't mind joining 01:00 me standing, 01:01 I want to lift up prayer 01:02 to the mercy throne 01:04 to be able to ask God 01:05 to be here with us 01:07 during this worship service. 01:10 Dear Heavenly Father, 01:11 we thank You, my Lord, 01:12 for the opportunity to come 01:13 to this wonderful church 01:15 on this wonderful campus, 01:16 to glorify and worship 01:18 Your name. 01:20 And we want to humbly ask 01:21 that the Holy Spirit 01:22 may be found in this place 01:24 and that we may be 01:25 able to gather together 01:26 in prayer, in Your Word, 01:28 and in praise, 01:30 to dedicate this worship service 01:32 for your glory and Your honor. 01:34 We ask all this in Your name. 01:35 Amen. 01:36 >> Amen. 01:38 [ "Praise Him! Praise Him!" 01:40 begins ] 01:42 ♪ 01:52 ♪ 04:15 ♪ 04:19 [ Choir vocalizing ] 04:22 ♪ 04:32 >> ♪ Come, weary one 04:35 ♪ Leave thy labors 04:40 ♪ Come lift thy head 04:43 ♪ See thy Savior and Friend 04:49 ♪ His arms are opened wide 04:54 ♪ O soul, be satisfied 04:57 ♪ Come find His rest 05:04 ♪ Take His yoke upon thee 05:12 ♪ For He is gentle 05:16 and lowly in heart ♪ 05:22 ♪ So learn from 05:24 Christ the Lord ♪ 05:26 ♪ Thy portion and reward 05:31 ♪ Come find His rest 05:35 [ Choir vocalizing ] 05:38 ♪ 05:45 ♪ 05:50 >> ♪ Come, weary one, 05:53 leave thy labors ♪ 05:59 ♪ Come lift thy head 06:02 ♪ See thy Savior and Friend 06:08 ♪ His arms are opened wide 06:12 ♪ O soul, be satisfied 06:16 ♪ Come find His rest 06:24 ♪ Take His yoke upon thee 06:32 ♪ For He is gentle 06:37 and lowly in heart ♪ 06:43 ♪ So learn from 06:45 Christ the Lord ♪ 06:48 ♪ Thy portion and reward 06:52 ♪ Come find His rest 06:56 >> ♪ Come find His rest 07:03 ♪ 07:07 >> ♪ I heard 07:10 >> ♪ Weary one 07:12 >> ♪ The voice 07:14 >> ♪ Come, weary one 07:17 >> ♪ Of Jesus say 07:19 >> ♪ Life thy head 07:24 >> ♪ I heard the voice 07:27 of Jesus say ♪ 07:30 ♪ "Come unto me and rest 07:37 ♪ Lay down, o weary one 07:42 ♪ Lay down 07:44 ♪ Your head upon my breast" 07:52 ♪ I came to Jesus as I was 07:59 ♪ So weary, worn, and sad 08:07 ♪ I found in Him 08:11 a resting place ♪ 08:14 ♪ And He has made 08:18 me glad ♪ 08:27 ♪ 08:33 >> ♪ Take His yoke upon thee 08:42 ♪ For He is gentle 08:47 and lowly in heart ♪ 08:54 ♪ So learn from 08:57 Christ the Lord ♪ 09:00 ♪ Thy portion and reward 09:05 ♪ Come find His rest 09:12 >> ♪ The voice of Jesus 09:15 >> ♪ Come find His rest 09:25 >> ♪ Oh, come find His rest 09:30 >> ♪ Come find His rest 09:35 >> ♪ Come find His rest 09:44 >> ♪ Come 09:51 >> ♪ Come 09:54 >> ♪ Come 10:01 ♪ Come 10:11 ♪ 10:15 >> Amen. 10:16 >> Amen. 10:18 [ Applause ] 10:25 >> I want to invite you 10:26 to come on a journey with me, 10:29 a journey not of 10:31 a physical nature, 10:34 but a journey of 10:35 and in the mind, 10:37 a journey into the future 10:40 of Pioneer Memorial Church. 10:43 And for those of you 10:44 that are not a regular part 10:45 of our Pioneer family, 10:46 perhaps you can envision 10:48 the church 10:49 that you are a part of. 10:51 What does the future look like? 10:54 And for our context here, 10:55 what does the future 10:56 of Pioneer Memorial Church 10:58 look like in the 10:59 not too-distant future? 11:03 Well, I don't know about you, 11:04 but in my mind's eye, 11:06 this is part of what I see. 11:10 In the journey in my mind 11:12 for the future of 11:13 Pioneer Memorial Church, 11:13 I arrive on our campus 11:15 on a Tuesday night 11:16 and I come out here 11:16 to our parking lot 11:17 and to my great surprise 11:18 it is absolutely 11:19 overflowing full. 11:21 There is no parking spot left. 11:22 There are two people 11:23 in pastor's parking 11:24 where I normally park. 11:25 And I think there 11:26 must be some emergency. 11:27 There's been a disaster. 11:28 That's why people are 11:28 gathering here. 11:29 I rush inside, 11:30 I find a deacon, and I say, 11:31 "Why is everybody here?" 11:32 He said, "Oh, pastor, 11:33 it's prayer meeting. 11:33 Didn't you know?" 11:34 I said, "Prayer meeting? 11:35 How many people are here?" 11:36 He said, "750." 11:38 "750 people at prayer?" 11:40 He says, "Yeah, actually, 11:40 there's so many people 11:41 at prayer meeting now 11:42 that we have prayer meeting 11:43 on Mondays and Tuesdays 11:44 and Wednesdays and Fridays 11:45 and sometimes, 11:45 if we're feeling really perky, 11:46 we will have it on Sundays 11:47 as well." 11:48 I said, "How many people?" 11:49 He said "750 at least at 11:50 each one of those things." 11:51 "Really?" 11:52 And I asked him about 11:53 Sabbath mornings. 11:54 He said, "On Sabbath mornings, 11:55 we have 10 full services. 11:57 There are 1,400 people times 10 11:58 overflowing and people still 12:00 waiting to get in every Sabbath 12:01 morning here at Pioneer 12:02 because of what they see 12:04 God is doing here. 12:06 Now, Children's Ministries -- 12:07 Children's Ministries still 12:09 meets downstairs in their rooms 12:11 and also in 22 other classrooms 12:13 at Andrews University 12:14 and in several more classrooms 12:16 at Andrews Academy and at 12:17 Ruth Murdoch Elementary School. 12:19 That's the space required. 12:21 Active membership at Pioneer -- 12:23 well, you know, these days it's 12:24 a little bit difficult to tell. 12:26 With all that's been going on 12:27 amongst all the blessings 12:29 in the District 9 churches, 12:30 we collectively have 12:31 more than 20% 12:33 of Berrien County's 12:34 entire population 12:35 as active members. 12:36 And Berrien County has 12:37 152,000 people in it. 12:40 We have church plants 12:41 in South Bend, Mishawaka, 12:42 Coloma, Michigan City, 12:43 St. Joseph, and even three 12:45 in Grand Rapids. 12:46 And in a few more weeks, 12:47 we're going to add a fourth 12:48 church plant in Grand Rapids. 12:49 We also sponsor 25 church plants 12:51 around the world. 12:52 We send money. 12:53 We send people to places 12:54 like India and Iran 12:56 and previously unentered 12:57 countries of the world. 12:58 Every week 12:59 at our prayer meetings, 13:00 people are healed of a variety 13:02 of illnesses like cancer and 13:04 M.S. and Lyme disease. 13:06 People that have broken bones 13:07 come to our prayer meetings, 13:08 and they're regularly healed 13:09 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 13:11 In fact, we've had a number 13:13 of funerals that have not 13:14 happened because the people that 13:15 had died were raised back to 13:17 life from the prayers that took 13:18 place during prayer 13:18 meeting at Pioneer." 13:20 We have 2,500-plus of our 13:23 members that are engaged 13:24 as door-to-door missionaries. 13:25 They're meeting hundreds of 13:26 families in the Michiana area, 13:28 every week sharing health 13:29 information with them, 13:30 praying with them, 13:31 studying with them, 13:32 seeing them be baptized. 13:34 We have over 2,000 small groups 13:36 that meet in homes every week. 13:37 Nearly half of the attendees 13:39 at those small groups are not 13:40 yet Seventh-Day Adventists. 13:42 And Andrews Academy 13:43 and Ruth Murdoch -- 13:45 well, they're doing pretty well. 13:47 Ruth Murdoch's maxed out 13:48 at 1,000 students, 13:49 and Andrews Academy is building 13:51 its fourth new classroom wing 13:52 in the last three years 13:54 to accommodate 13:54 the influx of students. 13:57 To keep up with the receptivity 13:58 in various places 13:59 around the world, both schools, 14:01 Ruth Murdoch and 14:02 Andrews Academy, now take 14:03 four mission trips a year. 14:04 Last year, their students, 14:06 through their personal 14:06 evangelistic efforts overseas, 14:08 baptized more than 1,000 people. 14:10 And Andrews University? 14:12 Well, enrollment is 14:15 at 10,000 students and growing. 14:17 Alumni, seeing the moving of the 14:19 hand of God on campus, 14:20 have donated over $200 million 14:22 in the last three years 14:23 to build up housing and 14:24 classroom space as never before. 14:26 In fact, the world is seeking 14:28 out Andrews grads as quickly 14:30 as they can be minted, not only 14:32 because of their expertise 14:34 in their respective fields, 14:34 which is high, 14:36 but because each Andrews grad 14:38 has been trained to be 14:38 a Christ-centered 14:39 Seventh-day Adventist missionary 14:40 anywhere they go. 14:42 They are strong, they are kind, 14:43 they are earnest, and they are 14:45 honest and in demand 14:46 all over the world. 14:47 Last year alone, 14:48 180 new churches were planted 14:50 throughout the world 14:51 because of the efforts 14:52 of engineers and nurses 14:53 and social workers and 14:54 psychologists and teachers 14:56 and pastors and more 14:57 that all graduated 14:58 from Andrews University. 15:00 And perhaps most of all -- 15:01 most of all, 15:03 whether in those new churches 15:04 around the world 15:04 or right back here at Pioneer 15:06 and in our schools, 15:07 there is a spirit of love 15:09 and of unity and of power 15:11 that no one can miss 15:12 when they attend any 15:13 of our ministry events. 15:14 Guests that come sense 15:16 the presence of Christ as never 15:18 before, and they are drawn 15:19 to Him as never before. 15:21 What an awesome place to be. 15:23 This is what 15:25 heaven must be like." 15:27 >> Amen! 15:35 >> And it also sounds like 15:36 pure fiction, doesn't it? 15:42 But I'm here to tell you 15:43 this morning that it's not. 15:45 Or at least, 15:47 it doesn't have to be. 15:50 Because my Lord and Savior 15:52 Jesus Christ has promised 15:55 that at the end of time, 15:56 the days that we live 15:57 in right now, 15:58 there will come such 16:00 a mighty blessing sweeping 16:01 through the church 16:02 that indeed the things 16:03 I just described 16:04 will become reality and more. 16:06 >> Amen. 16:07 >> Let me show you what I mean 16:08 by just a few examples. 16:11 Ellen G. White, 1888 materials, 16:12 page 755. 16:13 "There will be thousands 16:15 converted to the truth 16:16 in a day --" How many? 16:17 >> Thousands. 16:18 >> Thousands. 16:18 In what period of time? 16:20 In a day, it says. 16:21 "Thousands converted to 16:22 the truth in a day 16:23 who at the eleventh hour see 16:24 and acknowledge the truth 16:25 and the movements of 16:26 the Spirit of God." 16:27 "Great Controversy," 16:28 page 611 and 612. 16:30 "The angel --" and she's 16:31 referring to the angel 16:32 at the beginning of Revelation 16:32 chapter 18, 16:33 symbolizing this great 16:35 outpouring of the Spirit of God 16:36 at the end of time. 16:37 "The angel who unites in the 16:39 proclamation of the third 16:40 angel's message is to lighten 16:41 the whole earth with his glory." 16:43 How much of the earth? 16:44 All of it, every last bit of it. 16:46 It's gonna be lit up there. 16:47 "A work of worldwide extent 16:49 and power is here foretold. 16:50 The advent movement 16:51 of 1840 to 1844 16:53 was a glorious manifestation 16:54 of the power of God. 16:56 The first angel's 16:56 message was carried 16:57 to every missionary station 16:59 in the world, 17:00 and in some countries 17:01 there was the greatest 17:01 religious interest 17:02 which has been witnessed 17:03 in any land 17:04 since the Reformation 17:05 of the sixteenth century. 17:07 But these are to be exceeded 17:10 by the mighty movement 17:11 under the last warning 17:12 of the third angel." 17:13 Someone say, "Amen." 17:14 >> Amen! 17:14 >> Yeah! 17:15 "The great work of the gospel 17:17 is not to close 17:18 with less manifestation 17:19 of the power of God 17:20 than marked its opening. 17:21 Servants of God, 17:23 with their faces lighted up 17:24 and shining 17:24 with holy consecration, 17:26 will hasten from place to place 17:27 to proclaim the message 17:28 from heaven. 17:29 By thousands of voices all over 17:31 the earth, the warning will be 17:32 given. 17:33 Miracles will be wrought, 17:34 the sick will be healed, 17:36 and signs and wonders 17:37 will follow the believers. 17:38 Now the rays of light 17:39 penetrate everywhere, 17:41 the truth is seen 17:42 in its clearness, 17:43 and the honest children of God 17:44 sever the bands 17:45 which have held them. 17:46 Family connections, 17:47 church relationships, are 17:49 powerless to stop them now. 17:50 Truth is more precious 17:52 than all besides. 17:53 Notwithstanding the agencies 17:55 combined against the truth, 17:56 a large number take their stand 17:58 upon the Lord's side." 17:59 And all God's people said... 18:00 >> Amen. 18:01 >> Amen, amen. 18:03 The finest hour of the church 18:05 lies just before us. 18:07 Make no mistake. 18:08 Whatever you think about the 18:09 past, the recent or distant past 18:11 of the Seventh-day Adventist 18:12 Church, God has promised 18:14 the finest hour of the church 18:15 lies just before us. 18:17 I tell you what, friends. 18:19 I want to be there. 18:20 I want to be a part of that. 18:21 I want to see it 18:22 with my own eyes. 18:23 I want my own feet to be a part 18:24 of those final movements. 18:26 I want us to be there and ready. 18:29 >> Amen! 18:33 >> But if that's going to 18:35 happen, if the finest hour 18:38 of the church 18:39 is also going to be 18:41 our finest hour, well... 18:47 Let's do a little digging. 18:48 Turn in your Bibles, 18:49 please, to John 3:1. 18:52 John chapter 3, 18:55 beginning with verse 1. 18:56 It's page 715 in 18:57 the red pew Bible, 18:58 somewhere around 18:59 where you're sitting. 19:00 Page 715. 19:02 John chapter 3, 19:03 beginning with verse 1. 19:05 A little context here. 19:06 John chapter 3 is one 19:08 of the more read portions 19:10 of the Bible, in no small part 19:12 because it has John 3:16 in it, 19:14 probably the most famous verse 19:15 in the Bible, 19:16 at least as far as the rest 19:17 of the world is concerned, 19:18 you know, "For God so loved the 19:19 world," et cetera, et cetera. 19:20 The occasion for that 19:21 most famous text 19:23 is the visit of a guy 19:24 by the name of Nicodemus. 19:25 Nicodemus was a member 19:27 of the Jewish ruling council, 19:28 the Sanhedrin, 19:29 and by all human appearances, 19:31 he is a genuinely good guy. 19:36 I mean, let this sink in. 19:38 Yes, he's highly educated. 19:40 He's wealthy. 19:41 He is seemingly 19:41 wise in his ways. 19:42 He is faithful 19:43 in synagogue attendance. 19:44 He's faithful 19:45 in tithes and offerings. 19:46 He's a faithful 19:47 studier of Scripture. 19:48 He is a leader of the people 19:49 and apparently a sincere 19:51 shepherd, calling 19:52 his fellow Jews to follow God. 19:54 He is, by all appearances, 19:56 a good man. 19:58 And it is this man, 20:00 this model spiritual example, 20:02 that comes to Jesus at night 20:04 with apparently sincere 20:05 spiritual questions. 20:07 And this is what happens. 20:09 John 3:1. 20:11 "Now there was a man 20:12 of the Pharisees named 20:13 Nicodemus, a member 20:14 of the Jewish ruling council. 20:16 He came to Jesus at night 20:17 and said, 'Rabbi, 20:19 we know you are a teacher 20:21 who has come from God, 20:22 for no one 20:23 could perform the miraculous 20:24 signs you are doing 20:25 if God were not with him.' 20:28 In reply, 20:29 Jesus declared, 20:31 'I tell you the truth -- no one 20:34 can see the kingdom of God 20:36 unless he is born again.'" 20:42 Now, familiarity 20:44 sometimes breeds apathy. 20:46 This is a famous portion 20:47 of Scripture. 20:48 Many of you have seen this many, 20:49 many times, and consequently, 20:51 it is easy to forget 20:53 how jarring Jesus' response 20:56 to Nicodemus must have been. 20:58 Because, again, 20:59 this is a good guy. 21:01 The goodest of the good, right? 21:03 He's gooder 21:04 than anybody else in Israel. 21:06 He's got all of 21:06 these things there. 21:07 And Jesus essentially says 21:09 to him, "Nicodemus, 21:11 for all the good stuff 21:11 that's happening there -- 21:12 not trying to diss you, 21:13 Nicodemus, but 21:15 you need new spiritual life. 21:20 Even you, Nicodemus." 21:22 I mean, this must have shook 21:23 him up. 21:24 It may have comforted Nicodemus 21:26 to know, though, that he was not 21:27 the only one to receive that 21:28 kind of instruction. 21:31 You can find places like 21:32 Matthew 23. 21:33 Let me put it on the 21:34 screen here for you, 21:34 Matthew 23:37. 21:36 Jesus here is speaking. 21:37 He says... 21:47 In other words, 21:48 you scribes and Pharisees, 21:49 the elite of the elite, 21:51 you need new spiritual life. 21:53 Whether you know it or not, 21:54 you need new spiritual life. 21:57 If we were to look 21:58 in Luke chapter 4 -- we don't 21:59 have time this morning, but if 22:00 we looked in Luke chapter 4, 22:02 we would see that familiar story 22:03 of where Jesus goes back 22:04 to Nazareth, 22:05 to his hometown synagogue, 22:07 and he finds there 22:08 the spiritual condition 22:09 to be such that he says, 22:10 "God is sending blessings 22:12 to the pagans rather than 22:13 to them because they need 22:16 new spiritual life." 22:20 The spirit says through 22:21 the Apostle Paul 22:22 to the church at Ephesus -- 22:23 Ephesians 5:14 -- says... 22:30 He says this to church members, 22:32 to existing people. 22:34 This is not the first time, 22:35 but again he says, 22:36 "You need new spiritual life." 22:37 In other words, 22:38 the church in Ephesus, 22:40 those members had already, 22:41 at some time in the past, 22:42 been born again. 22:43 Now it was time 22:44 to be born again, again. 22:48 In other words, 22:49 it was time to be -- 22:51 and here comes that word -- 22:53 revived. 22:56 Revived. 22:59 Now, revived and revival -- 23:00 those are old words, 23:02 aren't they? 23:02 They've been around 23:03 from almost the beginning 23:05 of the Christian church 23:06 in the first century. 23:08 We hear them a lot. 23:09 And there's a reason 23:10 why these words have been 23:12 around for so long. 23:13 Because it is a perpetual need 23:15 of the Christian 23:17 to maintain a revived life. 23:20 But so often we don't, 23:22 and so the call comes out. 23:23 "Wake up, O sleeper, 23:25 you need to be born again. 23:26 You need to rise up 23:27 from the spiritual grave." 23:28 And that call for revival 23:30 comes down even to our day, 23:32 unless we forget 23:34 the verbiage God uses. 23:35 Turn to Revelation chapter 3, 23:36 please. 23:38 Revelation chapter 3:14. 23:43 Page 825 in your red pew Bible. 23:44 825, Revelation chapter 3, 23:46 beginning with verse 14. 23:48 Here we find the seventh 23:49 in a series of seven messages 23:50 to "the churches." 23:53 Revelation chapter 2 and 3, 23:54 they have these seven messages 23:56 to seven churches, 23:57 and indeed there were 23:58 real churches by these names 24:00 back in those days. 24:01 And undoubtedly 24:02 these messages meant something 24:03 specific to them. 24:04 There's also an interpretation, 24:06 which I believe to be correct, 24:07 where these seven messages 24:08 are also applied 24:10 to the entire lifetime 24:12 of the Christian church, 24:12 throughout the Christian era, 24:14 different phases of growth. 24:16 And the last phase, 24:18 the one that we're in right now 24:20 is what the seventh 24:21 letter refers to. 24:24 It's a letter to the church 24:25 of Laodicea, 24:26 and this is what it says. 24:26 Verse 14 -- "To the angel 24:28 of the church in Laodicea write: 24:30 These are the words of the 24:31 Amen, the faithful and true 24:33 witness, the ruler of God's 24:36 creation." 24:36 In other words, 24:37 the words of Jesus. 24:39 I know your deeds, 24:40 that you are 24:41 neither cold nor hot. 24:44 I wish you were 24:45 either one or the other!" 24:48 You see, in those days, 24:49 cold water could be 24:50 used to cool your thirst, 24:51 quench your thirst. 24:52 Hot water could be used 24:52 for medicinal purposes, 24:53 for bathing, for cleaning, 24:54 et cetera. 24:55 But if you were lukewarm, 24:56 what could be done with you? 24:57 Verse 16 -- 24:58 "So, because you are lukewarm, 25:00 neither hot nor cold, I am about 25:02 to spit you out of my mouth. 25:04 You say, 'I am rich. 25:06 I have acquired wealth 25:07 and do not need a thing.' 25:10 But you do not realize 25:11 that you are wretched, pitiful, 25:13 poor, blind, and naked. 25:17 I counsel you to buy from me 25:20 gold refined in the fire 25:22 so you can become rich." 25:24 Some have said this is 25:24 faith that works, applied faith. 25:28 "I counsel you and white clothes 25:30 to wear so that you can cover 25:31 your shameful nakedness." 25:32 Some have said this is 25:33 the righteousness of Christ. 25:34 "And salve to put on your eyes 25:36 so you can see." 25:38 Some have said this is the oil 25:39 of the Holy Spirit. 25:41 "Those whom I love 25:42 I rebuke and discipline. 25:44 So be earnest and repent. 25:48 Here I am! 25:49 I stand at the door and knock. 25:52 If anyone hears my voice 25:54 and opens the door, 25:56 I will come in and eat with him, 25:57 and he with me. 25:58 To him who overcomes, 26:00 I will give the right to sit 26:01 with me on my throne, 26:02 just as I overcame and sat down 26:04 with my father on his throne. 26:05 He who has an ear, 26:07 let him hear what the Spirit 26:09 says to the churches." 26:17 All of this reveals 26:18 at least three key realities. 26:20 Number one -- 26:22 God has incredible, 26:23 even miraculous things 26:25 in store for his church. 26:27 The future is bright, 26:28 ladies and gentlemen. 26:29 The future of the church 26:30 is bright. 26:30 Great things. 26:31 We are on the cusp 26:33 of great things happening. 26:35 Number two -- 26:36 But we can only be part 26:38 of those miraculous times 26:40 if we are spiritually alive. 26:43 Spiritual corpses 26:45 need not apply. 26:47 It's not that God doesn't love 26:49 those that are spiritual 26:50 corpses. 26:50 He loves them deeply. 26:51 He gave his life for them. 26:52 But they are not eligible, 26:53 as we will see, for 26:54 these final events. 26:55 They cannot participate because 26:56 they are spiritually dead. 26:59 And number three -- 27:01 and as Bible history clearly 27:02 shows, we can be spiritually 27:04 sick or even spiritually dead 27:05 and not even know it. 27:10 Do you remember what 27:11 Nicodemus' response was 27:13 when Jesus got done with 27:14 the first round of explaining 27:15 about this new 27:16 spiritual life that he needed? 27:17 Jesus explains it all 27:18 and talks about the imagery, 27:20 being born again, et cetera. 27:21 And Nicodemus' response is, 27:23 "How can these things be?" 27:27 Even he, a good man, 27:30 did not know of his lack. 27:35 Such is the nature of our 27:36 spiritual stupor so often. 27:38 We are numbed to the reality 27:39 of our own hearts. 27:43 So, this morning, 27:44 I'd like us to ask and answer 27:45 two questions about revival. 27:47 Number one -- 27:48 first question is, what is it? 27:50 What is revival? 27:52 What does it mean 27:54 to be revived in Christ? 27:56 Well, to answer this question, 27:57 I want to do something 27:58 a little bit different. 27:59 I want to work backwards. 28:00 I want to go backwards at it 28:02 to help us to see what it is. 28:04 In other words, 28:05 what does someone 28:06 who is not revived look like? 28:10 How does someone who is 28:11 not revived in Christ act? 28:14 And this will help us 28:15 to see what revival actually is. 28:18 I'm indebted to two individuals, 28:19 R.O. Roberts and 28:21 Sherry Henderson. 28:22 Independently, they compiled 28:23 a list after 28:24 extensive Bible study 28:26 to kind of summarize 28:28 what are the signs potentially 28:31 that a person 28:32 would need revival. 28:34 I've taken their list, 28:35 and I've shrunk them down here. 28:36 We're going to quickly go 28:38 through 20 little bullet points. 28:39 Now, we're going to move 28:40 through them fairly swiftly, 28:41 but I my prayer is, 28:43 truly, please, take 28:45 these questions seriously. 28:47 Let them be windows 28:49 into your heart. 28:49 Nobody's going to know 28:50 what your answer is. 28:51 This is between you and the 28:51 Lord. 28:53 But think carefully 28:54 as we go through these questions 28:55 to see whether or not perhaps 28:56 you may need revival. 29:42 In other words, exciting, 29:43 engaging, you know, 29:44 keeping your attention. 32:34 These are sobering questions, 32:35 aren't they? 32:39 And I wonder -- I wonder if, 32:42 in light of what we have seen 32:44 so far, if it might be helpful 32:47 if we did an actual survey 32:49 of those present here. 32:51 It's an anonymous survey. 32:53 Your name will not be attached 32:54 to it. 32:55 But if you have a phone, 32:57 would you pull it out, please? 32:58 Normally we pastors, 33:00 we like your phones 33:01 to stay nicely tucked away 33:02 during a sermon, 33:03 but I'm actually asking you 33:05 to bring it out right now 33:06 because I would like you 33:06 to do a texting survey. 33:09 Again, this is an anonymous 33:09 survey. 33:10 Your answers will 33:11 not be connected with you. 33:12 We're not going to come back 33:13 and ask you 33:14 why you answered thus and such. 33:15 You can text this word, 33:17 "aupolls460," to 37607. 33:22 So you pull out your phone, 33:23 you open up your texting app, 33:25 and you type in "aupolls460" 33:28 to that number, 37607. 33:31 If you do that, you'll get 33:33 a little message back, 33:34 and then depending 33:35 upon your platform, 33:36 on subsequent answers, 33:37 which I'll explain how to do 33:38 in just a moment, 33:39 you may or may not receive 33:40 an answer back, 33:41 but you are in the queue. 33:43 There are 10 questions 33:44 that elder Don MacLafferty, 33:46 who's going to be with us 33:46 this next week, 33:47 whom you just met 33:47 a few moments ago -- 33:49 he has put together this survey. 33:50 He's given it in a wide range of 33:52 places, and this morning 33:54 we would like to do it 33:55 for those of you that are here. 33:56 Those of you 33:57 that are watching online 33:57 right now, 33:58 you are also welcome 33:59 to take part in this survey. 34:01 If you're watching this later 34:02 as a recording, 34:03 the survey is closed, so you 34:04 don't have to worry about that. 34:05 There are 10 questions. 34:07 Each of the questions 34:08 has only two possible answers. 34:10 Yes or no, not a Y or an N, 34:13 but the actual words 34:14 "yes" or "no." 34:15 If you do anything else, 34:16 it will not register 34:17 with the technology 34:19 or with the platform 34:19 that we're using. 34:20 So, I'm going to take about 20 34:22 seconds for each one of the 34:23 questions. 34:24 That'll give our technology time 34:25 to collate and you time to 34:26 answer. 34:27 When I move to the next 34:29 question, the previous 34:30 question will be closed. 34:31 So, if you try to answer too 34:32 soon or whatnot, 34:34 it'll send you a message back. 34:35 So, everybody's clear? 34:36 If you don't have a phone, 34:37 you can go to the URL 34:38 PollEv.com/aupolls460, 34:42 and there is a concurrent survey 34:45 that will be taking place there. 34:46 We're going to share with you 34:47 the results of this survey 34:49 in just a few minutes. 34:50 So, it's anonymous. 34:54 Tell God the truth. 34:56 Let's see what's -- 34:57 Let's take our temperature, 34:59 spiritually speaking, 35:00 with these 10 questions. 35:09 Yes or no? 35:11 Just those two answers. 35:12 Y-e-s or n-o. 35:35 Now, notice what it's asking. 35:36 It's not asking if you feel, 35:38 "I'm going to march right into 35:38 the kingdom. 35:39 I'm so good, God's going to have 35:40 to let me in." 35:41 No, that's not what we're 35:41 asking. 35:42 Do you have peace 35:44 about your salvation 35:45 by the grace of Jesus Christ 35:46 through faith 35:47 in Him and Him alone? 35:48 That's what it's asking. 35:49 Yes or no? 35:57 And by the way, again, 35:58 if you don't get a response back 35:59 after each one of your 36:00 questions, that's all right. 36:01 Just keep sending your answers. 36:02 It will automatically go 36:04 only to the question that's 36:05 open, even if you don't see 36:06 a response back on your screen. 36:09 Number three, do you have -- 36:11 and notice carefully here -- 36:12 daily, meaningful, 36:15 unrushed time alone with God 36:17 in His written Word? 36:19 So, it's a very specific 36:20 question. 36:21 Do you have daily, meaningful, 36:24 unrushed -- Maybe that's the 36:25 most difficult qualifier on 36:27 there -- unrushed time 36:28 alone with God 36:29 in His written Word? 36:30 Yes or no? 36:46 So, not just Bible study. 36:47 Now we're asking 36:48 specifically about prayer. 36:49 Do you have daily, meaningful 36:51 unrushed time in prayer? 36:54 Y-e-s or n-o, yes or no? 37:16 Yeah, the first time I saw that 37:17 question some months ago, 37:18 I chuckled, too. 37:19 Well done, Don. Well done. 37:21 Electronics can be a noose 37:22 around our neck, can't they, 37:22 sometimes? 37:29 Yes or no? 37:50 Again, there's no one 37:50 to impress here. 37:51 We're just looking 37:52 for honest answers. 37:52 We want 37:53 an honest assessment here. 38:10 Yes or no? 38:22 Number eight. 38:25 This is for those of you 38:26 that are living with 38:27 other family members. 38:28 We know that there may be some 38:28 of you that are not, 38:29 so this is for maybe a smaller 38:31 subset here. 38:32 When you are home with them, 38:34 do you have daily worship 38:36 together? 38:37 When you are home with your 38:38 family, do you have 38:39 daily worship together? 38:51 Number nine, are you free 38:54 from anything 38:55 that would make you a slave? 38:57 And then we have some examples 38:57 here such as bitterness, 38:59 addictions, electronics, 39:00 porn, appetite, et cetera. 39:02 Are you free from anything 39:04 that would make you a slave? 39:06 Really important question. 39:07 What's your honest answer 39:09 to that -- yes or no? 39:18 And lastly, question number 10. 39:34 Yes or no? 39:44 And with that, 39:45 we're going to close the survey. 39:47 As I said in just a few moments 39:49 here, we're going to share 39:50 with you the results of that. 39:51 But while they're being 39:52 tabulated 39:53 and put in a presentable form, 39:55 let me just point 39:55 something out here. 39:58 Being spiritually ill 40:00 or spiritually dead 40:02 is a serious thing. 40:05 You know, so often in the world 40:07 today, Christianity 40:07 is treated very tritely. 40:09 You know, it's the butt 40:10 of the joke. 40:11 You know, people that are 40:12 Christians are often seen as 40:14 kind of cranks and fanatics. 40:15 And, yeah, there are some 40:15 of those in here, but I've seen 40:17 some pretty cranky atheists, 40:18 too, in my day. 40:19 Christianity is often 40:20 not taken very seriously, 40:22 but if you are a Christian, 40:23 you know the truth. 40:24 There is no question 40:25 more important than what 40:27 you will do with Jesus Christ. 40:29 Nothing. 40:30 Not who you marry, 40:31 not what job you do, 40:33 not where you live. 40:34 All those things are important, 40:34 but none of them 40:35 are so important as to 40:36 what you do or do not do 40:37 with Jesus Christ. 40:38 The quality of your relationship 40:40 with Jesus, whether you know him 40:42 or not, will affect every single 40:44 thing about your life, 40:46 no exceptions. 40:47 It will affect who you marry. 40:49 It will affect the job 40:50 that you take or don't take. 40:51 It will affect 40:51 where you live or don't live. 40:52 It will affect what you eat, 40:54 how you speak, what 40:55 you listen to, what you see. 40:57 A relationship with Jesus 40:59 affects everything. 41:01 And if we are spiritually sick, 41:04 if we are spiritually dead, 41:06 it will affect everything. 41:08 Again, whether we know it or 41:10 not, it affects everything 41:12 in our lives, 41:15 which, strangely enough, 41:16 brings us to 41:17 an interesting conclusion. 41:18 We can now answer 41:20 the question of what 41:21 does it mean to be revived? 41:24 You know, we've done 41:25 an interesting exercise here. 41:26 We've kind of gone 41:27 and looked at the reversed image 41:28 of it here. 41:29 Well, what's the truth? 41:31 Well, revival is a spiritual 41:33 awakening. 41:35 It is a renewal of one's first 41:37 love experience with Christ. 41:39 It's when new life comes back in 41:41 and the old dullness goes away. 41:43 When we are revived, 41:45 we are engaged in our faith. 41:47 When we are revived, 41:48 we are in communication 41:49 regularly with God. 41:50 When we are revived, 41:52 we are sharing our faith 41:53 with other people. 41:54 n short, when we are revived, 41:56 to be revived means 42:01 that we are alive in Christ. 42:03 We are alive in Jesus. 42:07 Do we understand that this is 42:09 what we were created for? 42:11 In the Garden of Eden, 42:12 we were created for nothing less 42:13 than this intimate, close 42:15 relationship with Jesus Christ. 42:17 That's what we're wired for. 42:18 And since the fall, 42:20 we are forever lost. 42:21 Apart from Jesus, 42:23 we're forever lost in this 42:24 shadow, this echo of what 42:25 we were meant to be. 42:27 And yet when we come to Christ, 42:29 all of the pieces 42:31 begin to fall into place. 42:33 I'm not saying life has 42:34 no troubles to it. 42:34 Sometimes there's 42:35 even more troubles 42:36 after you accept Jesus Christ. 42:37 But you have 42:37 peace in spite of it. 42:39 You have this strength 42:40 that rises above the storm. 42:41 You have a connection 42:43 with the most powerful being 42:44 in all of the universe. 42:45 And He loves you 42:46 and gave His life for you. 42:47 How do you get 42:47 any better than that? 42:49 To be revived means to be 42:51 in a relationship 42:52 with Jesus Christ. 42:56 Now, the crew tells me 42:57 that the answers are ready here. 42:58 Let's go back and see what 43:01 the answers are here. 43:03 The question number one was... 43:07 96%, yes. 43:09 Amen. Amen. 43:10 Me too. Amen. 43:18 A little bit less here. 43:19 83% say yes. 43:20 No say 17%. 43:22 If you're one of the folk that 43:23 answered in that 17%, 43:25 I have good news for you. 43:26 We're going to help change 43:28 that this next week. 43:30 In the MORE + Conference, 43:31 we're going to talk about that. 43:32 Our prayer is and we believe 43:33 that you can walk away 43:34 from this conference 43:35 with assurance of 43:36 your salvation in Jesus Christ. 43:43 Yes, 31%. 43:44 No, 61%. 43:46 Ladies and gentlemen, 43:47 I appreciate your honesty. 43:50 You know, I've seen surveys 43:52 that are actually a little bit 43:52 lower on the yes side. 43:54 Generally speaking, 43:54 it's like 25% to 30%, 43:56 the surveys that I've seen. 43:57 That's for Adventists, 43:58 that there's regular time there. 43:59 61%. 44:01 We have some room 44:02 to grow here, don't we? 44:08 So, a little bit higher 44:08 on the yeses here. 44:09 44%, yes. 44:10 56%, no. 44:12 And by the way, 44:13 for each one of these questions, 44:14 we have between 3 44:14 and 500 responses. 44:16 So it's a -- 44:18 It's not a scientific sample 44:19 set, but it's a decent size 44:20 of data here. 44:27 Yes, 38%. 44:28 No, 62%. 44:37 Yes, 32%. 44:38 No, 69%. 44:40 Again, I appreciate 44:41 your honesty here. 44:47 Yes, 85%. 44:48 No, 15%. Okay. 44:50 And by the way, 44:51 some of you that answered 44:52 no, it may be because you're 44:53 the only one left. 44:55 I don't want to ignore some -- 44:56 Some of our members 44:57 have long experience. 44:58 You're the last ones standing. 44:59 We're glad you're here, okay? 45:00 But we know you did love your 45:01 family sacrificially when they 45:02 were still here, alright? 45:09 About 50-50. 45:11 It's about the same what it was, 45:12 if I recall correctly, in first 45:13 service as well, a 50-50 45:14 split down the middle there. 45:23 Yes, 33%. 45:24 No, 2/3, 67%. 45:28 We're going to talk about all 45:28 this stuff at the 45:29 MORE + Conference. 45:30 We're going to talk 45:30 about these things, 45:31 finding victory in Jesus Christ. 45:32 You don't have to 45:34 be a slave anymore. 45:36 You don't have to 45:37 be a slave anymore. 45:39 It's not just this survey. 45:40 There are other surveys 45:41 that talk about the levels of, 45:42 for instance, 45:43 addiction amongst Christians. 45:44 And they are high. It is high. 45:45 Again, I appreciate your 45:46 honesty. 45:47 I want you to know there is 45:49 freedom found in Jesus Christ. 45:50 Come and join us this next week. 45:51 We're going to find out how. 45:58 Yes, 29%. 45:59 No, 71%. 46:02 Perhaps we have some room to 46:03 grow in this department, 46:04 don't we? 46:05 We'll talk about this 46:06 as well in this next week. 46:08 You know, to me, 46:09 this reveals -- 46:11 This is not an exercise 46:12 in self-flagellation. 46:14 We're not here to beat 46:14 ourselves up here, right? 46:15 We are here to be honest 46:17 and to say to Jesus, 46:18 "These are the areas 46:19 that we need help in." 46:20 And so seeing these things to, 46:23 to me, brings us directly 46:25 to question number two. 46:27 Question number one was, 46:28 what is revival? 46:29 Okay? What does it look like? 46:30 Question number two is this. 46:37 I mean, that's the question, 46:38 right? 46:38 I mean, that's the question 46:39 of the hour, after seeing 46:41 the things we've seen here. 46:42 Let me put this up 46:42 on the screen. 46:43 Ellen White, thinking about the 46:44 end time church, 46:45 "Selected Messages: Volume 1," 46:46 page 121. 46:47 She said this -- "A revival 46:49 of true godliness among us 46:50 is the greatest and most urgent 46:52 of all our needs. 46:53 To seek this should be 46:54 our first work." 46:55 Which work? 46:57 First one. Top of the list. 46:58 There's all kinds of important 46:59 things we need to be doing, 47:00 but they need to be second, 47:00 third, fourth, fifth, et cetera. 47:01 The first work is 47:03 to seek this revival 47:04 of true godliness among us. 47:06 "There must be earnest effort 47:07 to obtain the blessing 47:08 of the Lord, 47:09 not because God is not willing 47:11 to bestow his blessing upon us, 47:12 but because we are 47:13 unprepared to receive it." 47:15 Ladies and gentlemen, 47:16 she's not talking about 47:17 earning your salvation. 47:18 She's talking about preparing 47:20 the soil for God to pour 47:21 out this great blessing. 47:22 We've mentioned this before. 47:24 Let me say it again. 47:25 The reason 47:26 why God delays in pouring 47:28 out this massive blessing 47:29 of His Holy Spirit 47:29 that will bring all these other 47:30 blessings in this train 47:31 is because we're not ready 47:32 to handle that kind of power. 47:34 We are not ready to be part 47:35 of that kind of a brew. 47:36 God's not going to give 47:37 that kind of power 47:39 and spiritual blessing 47:40 to people who have no idea 47:41 what to do with it. 47:42 And so he's waiting. 47:44 He's waiting. 47:44 He's not withholding, 47:45 you know, greedily. 47:46 He's longing to give it, 47:48 and he's waiting for us 47:48 to prepare the way. 47:49 So, how do we do that? 47:51 How can we become revived? 47:56 Well, there's all kinds 47:57 of things that we could say 47:57 about that, but given I have 48:00 only a few seconds left, 48:02 I'm going to limit myself here 48:03 to just two steps, two steps 48:05 that I would gently suggest. 48:06 If you want to be revived, 48:08 take these two steps. 48:10 Step number one -- 48:11 attend the MORE + Conference. 48:16 That's cheating, isn't it? 48:17 That's shorthand, isn't it? 48:17 Yeah. 48:19 That's why we're having it. 48:20 That's why we're having 48:21 the MORE + Conference -- 48:22 because we want revival. 48:24 We want spiritual life 48:25 to flow anew once again 48:27 in our congregation, 48:28 on our campus, on our campuses. 48:30 We want to see this happen. 48:31 Clear your schedule. 48:32 Do whatever it takes. 48:33 Come and join us. 48:34 7:00 is when we begin 48:35 tomorrow night, 48:36 right here in this place. 48:36 7:00 every night, 48:38 all the way up until 48:39 Sabbath March 8th, 48:40 and then that meeting's not 48:41 at 7:00. 48:42 It's at 4:00 in the afternoon. 48:43 All the other ones, starting 48:44 tomorrow night, 7:00. 48:46 I want you to be there. 48:47 By the way, those of you 48:47 that are prayer warriors for 48:49 for the MORE + Conference, 48:50 we so appreciate all the prayers 48:51 you've been doing. 48:52 4:00 today right here 48:53 in the sanctuary. 48:54 That's where we're going 48:55 to meet. 48:56 Don MacLafferty gonna be here. 48:56 Please come and join us. 48:57 Any of the rest of you can come, 48:58 too, but prayer warriors 48:59 4:00 today. 49:00 Everybody else starts tomorrow 49:03 night, 7:00, right here. 49:04 Come to the MORE + Conference. 49:06 The transformation 49:07 you experience 49:08 just might last for eternity. 49:11 And step number two. 49:24 You know all that stuff 49:26 that I said at the beginning 49:26 of the sermon, 49:27 all these amazing things, 49:28 thousands being baptized and, 49:29 you know, prayer, meeting 49:31 attendance overflowing and 49:32 miracles and all this stuff? 49:33 Do you really think 49:34 that at the end of time, 49:35 God's going to be all out 49:36 of breath, like, "Oh, man, 49:38 I'm so -- I can't -- 49:39 It's so much hard work to do. 49:41 I can't believe the end of time. 49:42 I should have worked out more. 49:43 I should have eaten better." 49:44 You know, I mean, is He really 49:45 gonna say that? 49:45 No. It will be normal for Him. 49:48 And he's gonna pour 49:49 out these blessings 49:50 on a normal church because God's 49:53 church simply has these things. 49:54 God's church is a conduit 49:55 for his Holy Spirit. 49:56 God's church is a conduit 49:58 for miraculous things to happen, 49:59 for conversion to take place, 50:00 for the work to be finished. 50:02 So please be normal. 50:06 Let us be normal. 50:08 Ask God for the strength. 50:09 Come to the MORE + Conference. 50:10 We're going to talk all about 50:11 how to be a normal Christian 50:12 in the sight of God. 50:16 I'll leave you with a final 50:17 thought. 50:19 "Selected Messages: Volume 1," 50:20 page 124. 50:21 She says, "There is nothing 50:22 that Satan fears so much --" 50:23 Time out for just a moment. 50:24 Don't you like the stuff 50:25 that Satan's afraid of? 50:26 That's a good thing. 50:27 I get sick and tired of the 50:28 devil kicking the earth around 50:29 like he does. 50:30 Isn't it great to know there's 50:31 some stuff that he's afraid of? 50:32 "There is nothing 50:33 that Satan fears so much 50:34 as that the people of God 50:35 shall clear the way 50:36 by removing every hindrance, 50:37 so that the Lord can pour 50:38 out His spirit 50:39 upon a languishing church 50:40 and an impenitent congregation. 50:42 If Satan had his way, 50:43 there would never be 50:44 another awakening, 50:45 great or small, 50:46 to the end of time. 50:47 But we are 50:49 not ignorant of his devices. 50:51 It is possible 50:52 to resist his power." 50:53 Someone say "Amen." 50:54 Amen and amen. 50:55 "When the way is prepared 50:57 for the Spirit of God, 50:58 the blessing will come. 51:01 Satan can no more hinder 51:02 a shower of blessing 51:03 from descending upon God's 51:05 people than he can close 51:06 the windows of heaven 51:06 that rain cannot come 51:07 upon the earth. 51:08 Wicked men and devils 51:10 cannot hinder the work of God, 51:11 or shut out his presence from 51:13 the assemblies of his people." 51:15 Amen and amen. 51:17 Ladies and gentlemen, 51:18 Jesus really is coming soon. 51:20 The finest hour of the church 51:22 really does lie just before us. 51:24 But if we are going to be part 51:26 of it, we must have more. 51:29 We must have more of Jesus 51:31 because what we have 51:32 right now is not enough. 51:35 More of Jesus, more of his love. 51:37 Oh, we must know him more. 51:41 >> Amen! 51:43 [ Applause ] 52:03 ♪ 52:11 ♪ 52:17 >> ♪ Just the time 52:21 I feel that I've been caught ♪ 52:27 ♪ In the mire of self 52:33 ♪ Just the time I feel 52:38 ♪ My mind's been bought 52:43 by worldly wealth ♪ 52:48 ♪ That's when I feel 52:51 the breeze begin to blow ♪ 52:57 ♪ I know the Spirit's call 53:03 ♪ And all my worldly wanderings 53:10 just melt into His love ♪ 53:19 ♪ Oh, I want to know You more 53:25 ♪ Deep within my soul, 53:27 I want to know You ♪ 53:30 ♪ Oh, I want to know You 53:33 ♪ To feel Your heart 53:37 and know Your mind ♪ 53:39 ♪ Looking in Your eyes 53:43 stirs up within me ♪ 53:45 ♪ Cries that say, 53:47 "I want to know You" ♪ 53:53 ♪ "Oh, I want to know You 53:58 more" ♪ 54:02 ♪ 54:05 ♪ And when my daily deeds 54:11 ordinarily lose life and song ♪ 54:19 ♪ My heart begins to bleed 54:25 ♪ Sensitivity to Him is gone 54:34 ♪ I've run the race, 54:37 but set my own pace ♪ 54:42 ♪ And face a shattered soul 54:49 ♪ Now the gentle arms of Jesus 54:56 ♪ Warm my hunger to be whole 55:05 ♪ Oh, I want to know You more 55:10 ♪ Deep within my soul, 55:13 I want to know You ♪ 55:15 ♪ Oh, I want to know You 55:19 ♪ To feel Your heart 55:22 and know Your mind ♪ 55:25 ♪ Looking in Your eyes 55:27 stirs up within me ♪ 55:30 ♪ Cries that say, 55:32 "I want to know You" ♪ 55:38 ♪ "Oh, I want to know" 55:41 ♪ And I would give 55:45 my final breath ♪ 55:47 ♪ To know You in Your death 55:50 and resurrection ♪ 55:53 ♪ Oh, I want to know You more 56:00 ♪ Oh, I want to know You 56:03 ♪ To know You more 56:12 ♪ Oh, I want to know You 56:21 ♪ More 56:30 ♪ 56:38 >> Amen! 56:45 >> Have you ever wondered 56:45 what Jesus was like 56:46 when He walked on this planet 56:47 2,000 years ago? 56:49 Have you ever wondered where 56:50 He traveled, who He talked to, 56:52 who His friends were, 56:53 what His family was like? 56:55 Or have you heard about 56:56 the astonishing miracles 56:57 that Jesus did, 56:59 like feeding 5,000 people 57:00 with just five loaves of bread 57:01 and a couple of fish 57:03 or giving sight back to a man 57:04 born blind? 57:06 What would it have been like 57:08 to be there with Jesus 57:09 in those unprecedented days? 57:12 I hold in my hands a free book 57:14 that I'd like to give to you. 57:15 It's called 57:16 "The Desire of Ages," 57:18 and it's one of the finest 57:18 biographies of Christ 57:19 ever produced. 57:21 It goes into incredible detail 57:22 of who Jesus was, 57:24 what His life was like, 57:25 who His enemies were, and what 57:27 His followers were like, 57:28 and, of course, ultimately how 57:30 He died on the cross and rose 57:32 from the grave to give freedom 57:33 to people just like you and me. 57:36 "The Desire of Ages" can be 57:37 yours for free by calling 57:39 877-HIS-WILL. 57:41 That's 877-HIS-WILL. 57:45 Jesus is the most influential 57:46 person in all of human history. 57:49 You owe it to yourself 57:50 and those you love to find out 57:52 who He really was. 58:00 ♪ 58:09 ♪ 58:19 ♪ |
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