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Series Code: TDYFW
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:13 Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. 01:15 We've had a very busy long week, 01:18 we're so glad to see the Sabbath rolling in 01:21 and we are thrilled that you're joining us. 01:23 You know, tonight's going to be special 01:26 because we are talking about a topic 01:31 that you're going to find very interesting. 01:34 I'm just going to tease to it. 01:35 Are you in Adam or in Christ? 01:39 We can talk about being in Christ. 01:41 But you know what? 01:43 Around the table we have three angels with us today. 01:47 Three of our Russian Angels. 01:50 I'm Shelley Quinn. JD Quinn. 01:52 Yeah. 01:53 And let me introduce our family members 01:56 who've come all the way from Russia 01:58 to join us and we are so excited. 02:01 My sister Julia Outkina. 02:04 Thank you, Shelley. 02:06 It's an honor for us to be together 02:09 on Friday night together 02:12 and reminisce about times 02:16 that I have had with you, 02:19 when you were going through a lot of pain and me too, 02:23 and how the Lord kept our strength. 02:27 Amen. 02:28 Boy, sometimes we'd email back 02:30 and forth for hours on end, weren't we? 02:33 Yeah. Yes. 02:34 Well, Julia is the executive director 02:37 of 3ABN Russia 02:39 and its 29 years? 02:42 Uh-huh. Of 3ABN Russia, yeah. 02:44 Twenty nine years. 02:45 That seems impossible to believe, 02:47 but so glad that you're here. 02:49 And then we have our beautiful Angela Buzina, right? 02:54 Yeah. 02:56 And, Angela, you're an editor and photographer. 02:58 Yeah. Amen. 03:00 How long have you been in 3ABN Russia? 03:03 About four years. Four years. 03:05 I'm amazed. 03:06 And you know, they both, well, we're gonna... 03:10 Obviously, Julia speaks excellent English. 03:13 She was an English professor and Angela speaks good English. 03:18 We will be doing some translating tonight 03:21 but she and Vadim both speak good English as well. 03:25 Vadim Trusyuk. 03:28 Did I do that right? 03:31 And you're the production manager 03:33 at 3ABN how long? 03:39 Over 15 years. Fifteen years. 03:42 And he was just telling us he's got the cutest little boy. 03:47 And how old is he now? 03:50 Six years. Six years old. 03:53 And you should have heard him I said, 03:54 what's his personality? 03:56 Like oh, he's obedient. 03:58 He's not demanding. 03:59 He's just the best child. 04:00 And I'm just like, "I've never heard a child." 04:03 We'll take three of them. 04:05 Yeah, we'll take three 04:07 but that's wonderful, that's wonderful. 04:08 We're so glad that you all are here 04:11 because we love you so much. 04:12 And it's just good to have you back in the house 04:16 all the way from Russia. 04:17 JD, you want to open up with prayer? 04:19 Most certainly. Okay. 04:21 Father, as we come to You in the name of Jesus, 04:23 thank You for the Sabbath day, Lord. 04:24 Thank You for this day that You created. 04:27 And, Father, we just ask Lord that is, 04:30 as we go through this evening, Lord, 04:31 that we will indeed be able to talk about 04:34 being in You, in Christ, Lord. 04:37 And so, Father, just be with all, lead, 04:40 God, direct us, Lord, empty us of us 04:43 and fill us with You, Lord. 04:44 We thank You and we love You in the name of Jesus. 04:46 Amen. 04:47 Amen and amen. 04:49 Before we actually begin, you triggered something. 04:53 We are sisters in Christ. 04:55 Oh, yeah. 04:57 And it was so much... 04:59 Such a great support for both of us 05:02 when we were both in such pain, 05:04 we've gone through 05:05 some strange things, haven't we? 05:08 But it was so good to be able to write to one another 05:13 and support one another. 05:14 Yes. Yeah. 05:16 Yes. In Christ, we are one. 05:19 And when we started corresponding, 05:21 we knew about that. 05:23 I mean, in practice, not just in theory, 05:26 because, our pains were different 05:32 but our unity was the same 05:36 and our reliance upon the Lord. 05:38 When you're in the middle of it, 05:42 it's a difficult time 05:44 but we were one in Him and we were in Him, 05:50 both you and me 05:51 because, yes, we are all God's family are one in Him 05:56 but still we are individually in Him. 05:59 Yes, amen. 06:01 Or I don't know if we'll come to discuss about it today, 06:04 but I wonder if we can be out of Him. 06:08 I believe we can. 06:09 And we want to start tonight 06:12 with one of my favorite scripture. 06:14 It's Ephesians 1:3, and Paul says, 06:18 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord and Savior, 06:21 Jesus Christ, who has blessed us 06:24 with every spiritual blessing 06:28 in the heavenly realms in Christ." 06:34 I thank God every night. 06:35 I'm saying that, thank You, Lord, that in Christ, 06:38 You blessed me 06:40 with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm. 06:43 But what does Paul mean? 06:46 What is the expression in Christ? 06:49 What does it mean? Well, it's very important. 06:51 I do know that 06:53 because as I was looking at this, 06:54 he's used it 78 times in the New Testament. 06:58 So that means that this was important, 06:59 being in Christ and that basically 07:02 is to those that are believers, 07:06 who we are believers, 07:08 is talking about our relationship, 07:10 our union with God. 07:12 It also describes our relationship with God, 07:15 with Christ and how we exercise our faith with Him, 07:19 talking about this life, death, resurrection for us, 07:22 and describes not only His union with us, 07:25 but our union with Him 07:27 as that's what we were talking about, 07:28 and being yoked to Christ. 07:31 We hear about being equally yoked in our lives, 07:37 but this is being yoked to Him, not with Him, so... 07:41 Amen. That's good. Amen. 07:43 Following His footsteps. 07:45 You know, when you think about it, 07:48 we are either... 07:51 Adam was the first representative 07:54 of mankind. 07:55 He was created in God's image, the first man, 07:59 we were all born in the image of Adam. 08:02 But the sad thing is, well, before the sad thing, 08:06 God gave Him authority over the earth. 08:10 He said, "Be fruitful, multiply, subdue." 08:14 But Adam handed the authority over to Satan, 08:19 when he sinned, when he fell. 08:23 And then as we think about this, 08:26 we all because of Adam's sin, 08:29 the penalty of sin was death. 08:33 So we all if we're in Adam, 08:38 death is what we're facing, is it not? 08:41 So what I love though is that 08:44 God had a plan in store 08:47 before the foundation of the world. 08:50 God became a man 08:54 and in the person of Jesus Christ, 08:57 He became our last Adam. 09:01 He is the new representative of mankind. 09:06 And when, as Paul explains it, 09:10 it's when we are born again, we are born in Christ. 09:15 We are connected, united to Christ, 09:18 and in Christ all of the spiritual blessings 09:22 are ours. 09:23 What's your experience been? 09:26 You know, a thought that recently, 09:29 I think I knew it theoretically, 09:32 but it recently 09:33 just became just part of my whole being, 09:38 that when I am in Christ by faith, 09:44 then I'm crucified with Him on the cross 09:48 and it's not just theory. 09:50 It is practice. 09:52 I may forget about it 09:54 and then I think I'm outside of Christ. 09:58 I forget about it. 10:00 Even though my direction is right, 10:02 but still when I give myself 10:04 back just to being in Adam, being in flesh, 10:08 and not grabbing on this spiritual part 10:14 of me that is in Christ, 10:17 then I'm left out. 10:19 I judge about it by my attitudes, 10:22 by certain things that I may do. 10:24 As Paul says, I hate what I do, but I do it, 10:28 or what I want to do, I don't do 10:31 and what I don't want to do I do. 10:34 And I think he spoke about it in his Christian experience. 10:38 Amen. I do too. 10:39 Yeah. I believe that. 10:41 So the thought that really became 10:43 so amazing to me that by faith, 10:47 I'm crucified with Christ, 10:50 which means that He was crucified. 10:58 He was sinless 10:59 but He bore all the sin of the world on Himself, 11:04 and I'm sinful. 11:06 So when I'm crucified in Him, by my faith, 11:10 when I have it in my conscience, 11:12 that I am crucified in Him, 11:15 then my sin is crucified in Him 11:19 and we may stop there, 11:21 but we may go on and say, 11:23 Christ didn't remain on the cross, He resurrected. 11:27 And if by faith, 11:30 I'm resurrected with Him, 11:33 co-resurrected 11:35 as the Russian translation says, 11:38 then He was resurrected, sinless, 11:40 and I'm resurrected in Him sinless, 11:43 as long as by faith I'm in Him. 11:47 So to me, it takes a conscious 11:51 desire to be in Him. 11:55 It's about surrender, it's yielding to His leading. 11:59 Yeah, so this is an amazing thought, 12:02 you know, it refreshed me so much. 12:04 It was like another wonderful revelation for me, 12:08 that in Him by my faith, 12:10 not just, theoretically, 12:12 oh, I'm a believer. 12:17 I have died to sin, 12:19 and I'm resurrected to new life. 12:21 No, it should be a conscious attitude of mine. 12:26 I should remember about that. 12:27 As Paul said, it is no longer I who lives, 12:30 but Christ lives in me. 12:32 Yeah. Yeah. 12:35 And that certainly is the definition 12:36 of being in Christ. 12:38 You were saying in Him, in Christ. 12:41 So if you're watching at home, 12:44 what we're saying is that to be in Christ, 12:49 you're accepting Him as your Lord, as your Savior. 12:53 You're accepting everything He accomplished in His life, 12:57 everything He accomplished on the cross for us, 13:01 and you're accepting that new life 13:05 as Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:17, 13:09 "When you are in Christ, you're a new creation, 13:14 the old is gone, the new has come." 13:16 And it is by faith because there are times that... 13:21 Our faith like shakes a little. 13:24 Yeah, it does. 13:26 I'm glad to hear you say it, too. 13:27 We all go through it. 13:29 There's no difference. 13:30 Is there? 13:32 Julia, did you want to talk any more about 13:35 any of those scriptures in 1 Corinthians? 13:36 No. Okay. 13:39 What Paul said to us is, in Adam, 13:43 all die, but he called Jesus, 13:47 the last Adam, the person of Jesus Christ. 13:51 He said, "In Him when we accept Him by faith, 13:55 we're all made alive." 13:58 And I think that is so amazing. 14:01 So now we're going to read Romans, 14:06 you want to read Romans 3:22-24, 14:11 and what Paul is saying here 14:14 is that when you are in Christ, 14:17 when you accept Him as Lord and Savior, 14:22 you are justified by that faith 14:25 and justified means to be declared not guilty. 14:29 God looks down at us, 14:31 and he sees the righteousness of Christ. 14:33 Okay. You want to read that? 14:35 And this is Romans 3:22-24. 14:40 "Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, 14:45 to all and all, 14:46 to all on all who believe." 14:51 Can I start that again, please? 14:53 Please. Please. 14:54 I mean, I'm sitting here, 14:56 my glasses are not strong enough I guess. 14:58 "Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, 15:02 to all and on all who believe. 15:05 For there is no difference," in other words, no partiality, 15:09 "for all have sinned 15:11 and fallen short of glory of God, 15:13 being justified, 15:15 not guilty freely by His grace 15:18 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." 15:22 That to me, I love that scripture 15:24 to think that we are just the blessings 15:28 of Abraham come upon us 15:29 when we are in Christ. 15:31 We are justified. 15:33 And, Vadim, I know 15:34 you've got an amazing testimony. 15:37 And you recently, and I just want to say this, 15:40 I know it's gonna be difficult for you, 15:42 but you've recently lost your mother to COVID. 15:46 Tell us what is the special significance 15:50 of Romans 3:22 to you? 15:58 I would like to dwell on this a little bit later. 16:01 Okay. 16:05 Because reading this text, what is very special to me. 16:14 The 23rd text. 16:19 Because all have sinned 16:21 and all fall short of the glory of God. 16:27 I have been with 3ABN Russia for over 15 years. 16:38 And understanding of this that all have sinned 16:41 and all fall short of the glory of God... 16:53 Gives me strength 16:55 to know how important is what we do. 16:58 How important it is that we do God's work. 17:05 We are in Christ. 17:11 But others are... 17:16 They have sinned as well as we have 17:18 and they are short of the glory of God as well as we are. 17:29 And thanks to what 3ABN does, 17:31 thanks to what 3ABN family of supporters does 17:35 by supporting 3ABN. 17:41 They help other people who watch. 17:47 They help to bring them into Christ. 17:51 Amen. 17:54 Were you introduced to the gospel 17:57 through John Carter? 18:04 I haven't walked to the church on my own, 18:09 I was carried into the church by my parents. 18:14 Praise the Lord. 18:19 I'm several generations of Seventh-day Adventist. 18:24 When did it become real to you? 18:28 I always say God has no grandchildren, 18:33 He only has children. 18:36 So you can come from... 18:37 You're three generations of Adventist 18:40 but you walked away. 18:42 It has to be real where there's that personal. 18:45 How old were you when that personal connection? 18:55 I think this happened when I was 12. 19:02 And at that time, I understood that 19:04 independent of what my parents do. 19:12 I want to live the same kind of life 19:14 as my parents live. 19:16 Praise the Lord. 19:19 See, JD grew up in a church, but then he kind of... 19:24 Talk for yourself? 19:27 Tell your experience? 19:28 You tell it better. Yeah. 19:31 Oh, I don't know, boy, there are thin lines in life 19:33 and I never really left the church. 19:36 I just wasn't active in the church 19:37 and I certainly didn't demonstrate in any way. 19:42 I slept in my classes, I slept to the 2300 days. 19:46 And you know as, then as I become an adult, 19:48 I'm very active in the church. 19:50 And then I really don't remember 19:52 what happened, 19:53 just like a big wave out in the sea, 19:54 you know, just kind of takes you over here. 19:57 And I guess if I was to point fingers, 19:59 I guess I got so active in my business world 20:02 that all of a sudden, 20:03 I didn't look in the rearview mirror anymore. 20:05 I just kept going straight and then I wake up one day and, 20:08 but I never... 20:10 Every day, every day nearly all day long, 20:13 in Christ out of Christ, I was always praying. 20:17 So good seed was planted. 20:20 Please hear that parents, please. 20:23 Good seeds are planted in your youth. 20:25 Someday as you begin to mature 20:27 and have a little bit of sense 20:29 then you begin to see that what's right here 20:31 that's been working for really? 20:34 It's not too much. 20:35 All is vanity. Amen. 20:38 Yeah. But he came back in. 20:41 So you made that decision early and never walked away? 20:51 Praise the Lord now. 20:53 Praise God. 20:57 Because first this is how I was raised... 21:01 And now this is where I work. 21:04 Amen. Amen. 21:07 It makes a powerful difference too. 21:09 And now you're teaching your son 21:11 to have a personal relationship, 21:14 a love relationship with the Lord. 21:21 That is wonderful. 21:25 Did you have anything else you wanted to add now? 21:34 He thinks that 21:35 he will mention those things a little bit later 21:38 when some other verses are mentioned. 21:40 That sounds good. 21:41 Okay. 21:43 So now, we're going to come to Angela's story 21:48 but first, JD, would you read Ephesians 2:10. 21:53 We know that Ephesians 2:8 says, 21:55 "We're saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, 22:00 not of works that any man should boast." 22:04 But he goes on, what does he say, 22:05 Ephesians 2:10? 22:07 Oh, this is great, "For we are His workmanship 22:11 created in Christ Jesus for good works, 22:14 which God prepared beforehand 22:17 that we should walk in them." 22:19 Amen. 22:20 So in other words, we just need... 22:22 Through Him we're spiritually recreated. 22:24 Amen. Amen. 22:25 So it isn't... 22:27 Works don't save us, 22:31 but works are fruit of our salvation. 22:35 Is that a good way to say it? 22:37 Okay. 22:38 So, Angela, you have an amazing testimony 22:42 about an accident that you are in, 22:44 would you tell us about that, please? 22:50 I see this text in a very different light now. 22:56 Because I have a certain experience in my life. 23:00 My personal experience with God. 23:08 After a terrible car accident. 23:10 And we have three pictures. 23:12 Probably we can look at the picture. 23:14 Oh, my. Wow. 23:16 And what is in front of this car 23:18 where Angela was sitting here on the right, 23:21 this is a big truck. 23:23 Oh, my goodness. 23:25 See it's under the truck. 23:26 It went underneath the truck. 23:28 Yeah. 23:29 You could have been decapitated. 23:30 And look at Angela just after this and Daniel, 23:34 who was with her, the driver 23:35 Mercy. 23:38 That hadn't been that long ago though. 23:40 I didn't have a single scratch. 23:44 Praise the Lord. 23:47 Just a little spot on my forehead. 23:51 Praise the Lord. 23:57 I asked the Lord, why... 24:01 Why it happened? 24:02 It was not the driver's fault. 24:07 Mud was splashed into his windshield. 24:11 He was moving very slowly but that moment was enough 24:15 and that truck was standing, it was not moving. 24:18 So that moment was enough for him because of that mud. 24:23 It was wet outside. 24:25 It was dark, it was slippery. 24:30 It was snowing and raining. 24:34 And so the windshield wipers were not quick enough 24:38 to remove the dirt. 24:47 So there was no time to do anything about this. 24:50 So the driver, was he injured badly? 24:56 No. That's amazing. 25:04 And later when I asked God why did it happen to us, 25:08 and why have You let me survive. 25:15 I started thinking about it. 25:20 And I had a thought in my mind... 25:27 That my life and those things that I was doing at that time. 25:35 Yeah, they became just a usual thing. 25:39 Just an everyday hustle and bustle. 25:46 At that time I had a ministry in church 25:50 as a member 25:54 I also have my ministry at 3ABN as my work, 25:59 but God allowed that shocking experience 26:03 to happen. 26:10 So when that thought came to me that this life that I lead 26:15 became ordinary 26:16 just not anything special anymore. 26:23 I stopped appreciating what I had. 26:27 What God had given me, my church, my work. 26:35 And my attitude to my work 26:38 and to my service in church changed completely. 26:50 If before I would have questions, 26:53 oh, do I really want to stay after the church service 26:57 doing certain things that I'm asked to do? 27:00 Well, I don't, I really need to hurry back home. 27:08 Yeah. 27:10 That was my online media ministry in church 27:15 to prepare the sermon for future, 27:18 for further viewers. 27:22 Now I don't have this question anymore. 27:30 I stay willingly, 27:33 the thought even doesn't visit me 27:35 that I'm hungry, that I'm tired and it's time to go home. 28:01 And the same thing about 3ABN Russia. 28:04 Whereas before this experience, 28:06 I would just tell her the working time is over 28:09 and I arrives back home. 28:10 And now, I sometimes even don't notice 28:13 how much later I stay to finish something 28:17 that I started doing. 28:19 So now you are doing the good works 28:22 God prepared in advance for you to do? 28:33 It is just in my heart. 28:35 I don't think whether I want to do it or not. 28:40 I just want to do it. 28:42 And I think sometimes 28:44 we can get so busy in ministry, 28:48 that we're serving ministry and not God. 28:53 So your experience, God awakened your heart. 28:58 To see the privilege of doing good works 29:03 that He prepared in advance for you. 29:09 Yeah. 29:10 Our safety is always being in Christ. 29:12 Amen. Amen. 29:14 You know, as I was reading this and everything talking about 29:16 being spiritually recreated, 29:19 and this is exactly kind... 29:21 What you just said kind of proves this 29:23 and everything is that 29:25 somehow or the other through His recreation, 29:29 our will is changed, our affections are changed, 29:35 and our purposes are changed. 29:37 And so here you're driving down the road one day, 29:39 you have an accident and then all of a sudden here 29:43 that's all been changed. 29:51 And I don't know how my spiritual standing 29:56 in this life would go, 29:59 in what direction 30:01 if this situation hadn't happened? 30:02 Praise God. 30:12 Yeah. 30:13 It is just revising all your life, 30:17 not just your ministry. 30:19 It is a moment that brings you to look anew at everything. 30:23 It's a wake-up call. Amen. 30:29 What a testimony? Wow. 30:31 I was in a great deal of pain last week, 30:35 and I'm good about handling pain, 30:39 but one night, it was really bad 30:43 and I found myself... 30:45 I normally don't complain to the Lord, 30:47 but it was, enough! 30:51 I was whining. 30:56 Does that translate whining? 31:03 And all of a sudden, as I'm saying, 31:05 Lord, how much can one person go through, 31:08 and I was carrying on. 31:11 And then it hit me 31:15 how blessed I am and I'm praising God for life, 31:18 no matter, you know, no matter how bad things are, 31:23 we are so blessed to be alive. 31:26 And you get right at the edge of death 31:30 and God brings you back, 31:31 He preserves you and you realize 31:36 the privilege of waking up every morning, 31:39 even if you're in pain, 31:41 the privilege of having purpose in our lives. 31:45 It's beautiful. 31:48 But how is it in Christ? 31:53 How do we have the power in Christ? 31:58 What is the power that He gives us, Julia, 32:02 according to Galatians 5? 32:06 I believe that Galatians 5 is a chapter, 32:10 especially its part like verses 16-26, 32:14 it will be good for us to read every day. 32:17 And, you know, 32:22 you start reading it and you pay attention 32:25 to words like adultery, no, I'm not involved in that. 32:30 Idol worship, no, I'm not involved in that. 32:33 Start to read, it's walking in the Spirit 32:36 because that's where the power is 32:39 and then you don't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 32:41 Yes. Yes. Okay, so. 32:43 So what I'm trying to say is, we start reading Galatians 5, 32:48 and we look at the words like drunkenness oh, no, 32:52 I don't drink, 32:54 but if you look at the other things 32:58 which are mentioned here. 33:00 The works in the flesh. 33:02 Which are the works of the flesh, and they don't... 33:04 I mean, in this list, they may not look as terrible 33:07 as those other things like idol worship, 33:13 or adultery, or drunkenness 33:16 but it says the works of the flesh 33:19 are evident which are hatred. 33:22 Do I hate some people sometimes? 33:25 Contentions, jealousness. 33:27 Am I jealous of some people sometimes? 33:30 Outbursts of wrath. 33:32 Though outbursts of wrath happen with me sometimes? 33:35 Selfish ambitions, 33:40 envy, and the like. 33:42 This is what Galatians 5 said and the like, 33:45 which means that there are so many other ones. 33:48 And where I am 33:51 when I go through feelings like this, 33:53 and the like, am I in Christ or am I in Adam? 33:58 So, yeah, obviously, 34:00 not in Christ because if I were in Christ, 34:03 I wouldn't have any of those 34:05 because He doesn't have any of those. 34:08 Now, if we're not surrendered yielding to the leading 34:13 of the Holy Spirit because Ephesians 3:16 says, 34:17 "It is the Holy Spirit in us that is the power of God, 34:21 to help us overcome those things. 34:24 So we have to, day by day asked to be filled 34:28 with the Holy Spirit and then He gives us the power 34:31 and He develops the fruit in us. 34:33 Tell us about that? Yes. 34:35 Galatians 5:16, "Walk in the Spirit, 34:39 and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, 34:43 walk in Spirit." 34:46 And how do I know if I walk in Spirit? 34:50 Because sometimes I may try to convince myself, 34:52 oh, yes, I'm walking in Spirit. 34:55 But if I have the fruit of wrath, 34:59 if I have the fruit of hatred, 35:02 it means I'm not walking in Spirit 35:04 no matter what I tell myself. 35:06 Okay, then how do we... 35:08 What is the criterion? How do we know? 35:11 And then Galatians 5 35:13 tells us very plainly, 35:17 that if I'm in Christ, 35:19 if I let the Holy Spirit work in me to be in Christ, 35:25 then the fruit of the Spirit is love, 35:28 joy, peace, long-suffering, 35:30 kindness, goodness, faithfulness, of faith, 35:34 some translations say faith, 35:37 gentleness, self-control. 35:40 And I don't think that this verse says, 35:46 you have a little bit of love, 35:48 then you have a little bit of joy, 35:49 then you have a little bit of peace? 35:51 Well, if you just have part of love and part of hatred, 35:55 then you are not bearing the fruit of the Spirit. 35:57 That's good. Yeah. 35:59 And if you have a little bit of joy, 36:01 and a little bit of depression, 36:03 you didn't have depression, 36:05 you were suffering from such terrible pain 36:08 but you didn't have depression, 36:09 you were suffering 36:12 but you were relying upon God all the time 100% 36:17 even when you had questions to Him. 36:20 Like Angela had questions to God, why can you allow? 36:25 If you saw in the third picture, 36:26 she was just standing there looking at the car 36:28 after such a thing but what a trauma 36:32 she went through, 36:35 but you have joy, 36:37 you have a complete joy in the middle of it. 36:41 And what I'm trying to say is the translation 36:44 that says faith, 36:46 it's not just you have a little bit of faith, 36:49 and a little bit of this, 36:51 or just of non-trust in the Lord. 36:54 No, you have complete faith. 36:57 This is when you are bearing the fruit of the Spirit. 37:00 And this is when you are in Christ. 37:02 I don't know how much it is connected 37:03 with what Angela said. 37:05 But this is just my favorite part of the Scripture, 37:09 Galatians 5. 37:10 And I believe we should remind ourselves 37:12 about it all the time, just by their fruit, 37:16 you will know them. 37:18 And there is no other way of knowing ourselves. 37:21 Let us not judge about someone else 37:23 because we don't know what the person 37:25 is going through, let us not judge, 37:27 but let us just consider ourselves. 37:30 What fruit are you bearing? 37:31 Just be honest with yourself. 37:34 Try to bear the complete love, 37:38 the complete joy, the complete faith. 37:41 Just strive at it. Ask God for it. 37:44 And He will give you the Holy Spirit. 37:46 You know, the thing you were saying, I wasn't depressed. 37:50 It was some difficult times, 37:53 but I never asked the Lord, why? 37:56 People say, "Oh, why me?" 37:58 I've never asked the Lord, why the rain falls on the just 38:02 and the unjust. 38:04 Good things happen to bad people 38:07 and bad things happen to good people. 38:09 But Nehemiah 8:10 says, 38:12 "The joy of the Lord is our strength." 38:15 We can be unhappy and still have joy. 38:21 We can be suffering, but still have joy 38:24 because it's coming from Him 38:28 in through us. 38:30 You know, I think what we go 38:33 through on earth has... 38:37 God... 38:39 I disagree with how some people say things, 38:42 but God does allow certain trials in our life 38:47 for our sanctification. 38:49 He is teaching us 38:53 and He's drawing us nearer to Him. 38:55 He's separating us from sin and it is, 38:59 the fruit of the Spirit is the fruit of holiness. 39:02 Do you want to read 39:04 Romans 6:22-23? 39:09 And then Vadim has a good testimony on this. 39:13 Okay. 39:15 Romans 6:22-23, 39:18 "But now having been set free from sin, 39:21 and having become slaves of God, 39:23 you have your fruit to holiness and the end everlasting life. 39:28 For the wages of sin is death, 39:30 but the gift of God is eternal life 39:32 in Christ Jesus, our Lord." 39:36 Hallelujah. Amen. 39:39 Now, Vadim, can you speak to that scripture, please? 39:49 Unfortunately, we now are living 39:51 in very complicated times. 39:54 Amen. 40:04 And probably like everyone else, 40:06 I never thought that this hard situation 40:09 we're living in would touch 40:11 our family in such a direct way. 40:13 Yeah. 40:22 Unfortunately, a month ago I lost my mom to COVID. 40:32 My father was very sick too. 40:38 I had to take everything upon myself 40:43 as far as all the farewell 40:46 procession and everything. 40:54 And only Bible texts like this one, 40:59 that the wages of sin 41:02 is death, 41:05 but God's gift is life eternal. 41:08 Amen. 41:13 Only this helped to survive through this, 41:21 because there is eternal life in Christ. 41:30 And I'm 100% sure, 41:35 that there is hope. 41:36 Amen. 41:38 And it's not just hope, it's assuredness, 41:46 that sooner or later we will all meet in Christ. 41:49 Amen. Amen. 41:51 And I often wonder, again, 41:54 we're so sorry for your mama. 41:58 She wasn't that old. 42:02 Sixty one. That's young, 61. 42:06 But I often wonder, how do people 42:11 who don't have the blessed assurance 42:16 of the resurrection morning, how do they take that death? 42:19 How do you take that death of a child or the death 42:23 of a parent if you don't think you're going 42:25 to be reunited with them? 42:27 We have a blessed hope. 42:36 When I was taking care 42:39 of all those things, as far as the funeral and everything, 42:43 I just caught myself thinking, 42:46 seeing so much suffering of other people around, 42:49 how can they survive 42:52 not having the hope that we have. 42:58 We have hope in Christ, 43:01 and they don't have anything. 43:03 And you know the word hope in the Greek means 43:07 eager expectation. 43:10 We know that all of God's promises 43:12 are ours in Christ Jesus. 43:15 I mean, when you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, 43:19 you can count on these promises. 43:21 So we know that the resurrection morning 43:24 we'll be reunited with our loved ones. 43:27 This is an assurance. 43:30 We're praying for you, we're praying for your family, 43:33 and particularly your daddy. 43:35 How's he doing? 43:39 He is better. 43:43 He was sick with COVID at the same time, 43:46 he has now recovered. 43:53 Now due to family, due to family support, 43:57 he is better. 43:59 Amen. Well, I'm glad he's got you. 44:04 Julia, you and I have a scripture 44:09 that is one of our favorites that we share 44:12 and that's Romans 5:17. 44:13 Would you read that to us, please? 44:15 Oh, yes. 44:17 "For if by one man's offense 44:21 death reigned through the one, 44:24 through Adam, 44:26 much more those who receive abundance of grace, 44:30 and of the gift of righteousness 44:32 will reign in life through the One, 44:36 Jesus Christ." 44:38 Isn't it an amazing scripture? 44:42 And I don't know if I'm correct, 44:45 but it says will reign in life. 44:49 And I just think it's not only the future, but we'll reign... 44:55 Yeah, we'll reign in life at present. 44:59 Vadim is raining over the sorrow of the death 45:03 of his mother because he's in Christ 45:05 and had that wonderful abundance of grace, 45:09 it helps us. 45:11 Amen. Yes. 45:12 So it is not only the future, 45:15 the bright future in heaven with Jesus, 45:18 and with one another. 45:20 So it's not only the future, it is the presence, 45:24 and what else is more precious than the presence? 45:28 Yeah, so... 45:30 Yeah, I'm just amazed that offense 45:35 and I would say that offense reigns through the one still, 45:41 it's also the present. 45:42 So sometimes, 45:44 when we just yield to the wrong spirit, 45:50 just not enough trust in God, 45:53 we're so helpless, we're so... 45:56 Or we get apathetic. 45:58 That's kind of where you were at that things 46:02 become a routine, it's no big deal, 46:06 we get apathetic 46:08 and we need to understand the joy, the privilege, 46:12 the grace that we have in Christ. 46:16 Yeah. Praise the Lord. 46:18 He is amazing and what an awesome opportunity 46:22 for every person 46:23 who has come to this earth to get to know Him. 46:26 I'm sure that everyone can get to know Him. 46:29 I'm sure each one of our viewers can get to know Him. 46:34 I don't think God would give life to anyone 46:37 just for suffering, and for hopelessness. 46:40 Everyone can get to know Him. 46:42 Praise the Lord for you all, 46:45 who allow people to get to know the Lord. 46:49 And that is the heart of the Lord is that every man 46:53 would be saved. 46:54 Well, we've got another, 46:56 we want to hear a testimony from Angela but first, 46:59 Honey, would you read 47:01 Romans 8:16-18? 47:05 Yes, I will. 47:06 Romans 8:16-18, 47:10 "The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit 47:13 that we are children of God. 47:16 And if children, then heirs, 47:18 heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ." 47:21 Ooh, and I think that's His righteousness, 47:23 His resources, all of His privileges. 47:26 In his power is ours by faith, 47:31 okay, but then there's that two-letter word if. 47:35 "If indeed we suffer with Him, 47:38 that we may also be glorified together. 47:42 For I consider that the sufferings 47:44 of this present time are not worthy 47:47 to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." 47:52 Angela, tell us what this means to you? 48:01 This has been a recent revelation for me. 48:13 And it talks about 48:15 that our temporary suffering 48:19 are not as important 48:23 as compared to the glory that will be later revealed. 48:33 I see that due to the times in which we live. 48:36 Some people leave the church, quit going to church. 48:43 And it's just a pretext. 48:46 It seems to her that the reason is pandemics. 49:03 It hurts me to see how people take it just as a pretext. 49:09 It's not really that they take care of their health that much, 49:13 but they just take it as an opportunity. 49:16 To just slack-off. 49:18 Yes. Okay. 49:22 Yeah. 49:23 I know these people and this is why I'm saying 49:25 that it hurts me. 49:28 And I immediately see the changes in these people. 49:31 These maybe young people her friends, and she says, 49:34 I see the changes in them. 49:36 Immediate changes that start to happen. 49:47 And this moves me in the same direction 49:50 to give more of my time, 49:52 more of my heart to ministry. 49:54 Glory to God. 49:59 It says that we are heirs of God, 50:06 but heirs of God are not only 50:08 those who just go to church. 50:12 Those who don't go to church are also heirs. 50:23 So they can be heirs, 50:26 but they may miss this. 50:30 So they are potentially heirs 50:32 and this is why she says that 50:34 her heart is towards attracting them back in church. 50:44 What she is observing now is that people 50:48 who are church members quit going to church, 50:52 but those who have never known God, 50:56 they start looking for God. 51:01 They see what's happening in the world, 51:04 they don't understand. 51:12 She would like to read. 51:13 Before we do that, we just have six minutes. 51:16 I want to get to Vadim's testimony about... 51:20 We'll come back to that. 51:22 But, Angela, 51:24 I appreciate 51:27 when Christ is in you, 51:31 when you're in Christ 51:32 you have that same heartfelt connection 51:37 that you want to see others saved. 51:40 And that's what's going on? That's the real McCoy there. 51:44 Amen. 51:46 Vadim, you had chosen a scripture 51:49 that I love about being in Christ Jesus 51:55 and putting on Christ. 51:56 In Galatians 3:26-27, 52:00 Paul writes, 52:02 "You are all sons of God 52:04 through faith in Christ Jesus. 52:08 We're sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 52:12 For as many as you 52:16 who are baptized into Christ, have put on Christ." 52:21 We put on His robe of righteousness. 52:24 Talk to us about that? 52:31 I would like to finish on a very positive note. 52:37 Each time, I'm amazed, 52:42 when we're here to the other end of the planet. 52:50 We actually are strangers. 52:53 We don't know one another too much. 53:03 But coming here we feel like we are in a family. Amen. 53:12 We are all sons of God, through faith in Jesus Christ. 53:22 And we feel this care, this support, this help. 53:34 And we feel at home because we are all one family. 53:38 Amen. 53:47 Yeah. 53:48 And in any country of the world, 53:51 when you come to your church, 53:53 you will feel that you have come back to your family. 53:57 Amen. 53:58 That's the beauty of being in Christ 54:00 is we have family around the world. 54:02 We just have a couple of minutes left. 54:04 I can't believe how quickly this is going, 54:06 but I'm going to read 1 Peter 4:10-11, 54:10 because Angela wants to get this one in. 54:13 And what Peter writes is, 54:16 "As each one has received a gift," 54:19 he's talking about a gift of the Holy Spirit, 54:21 "minister it to one another as good stewards 54:24 of the manifold grace of God. 54:26 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracle of God. 54:29 If anyone ministers, 54:31 let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, 54:36 that in all things, God may be glorified 54:38 through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory, 54:42 and the dominion forever and ever. 54:44 Amen." 54:45 So, Angela, take just a couple of minutes and tell us 54:49 what that means to you about the ministry ofA 3ABN Russia? 54:56 God gives gifts, 54:59 and God gives talents 55:03 and they are gifts. 55:12 And we should use these gifts 55:15 for the glory of God. 55:16 Amen. 55:20 God gives opportunities for distributions of His message. 55:27 What is needed from us is real is actually very little. 55:31 Just take it and go with it. 55:33 Amen. 55:40 And 3ABNA is especially blessed, 55:42 because it undertakes this ministry. 55:45 Amen. 55:47 You're on how many satellites now in 3ABN Russia? 55:49 We are on two satellites over Russia, 55:54 covering practically all of Russia, 55:56 and on over 500 cable companies 56:00 that broadcast us from those satellites 56:03 around the clock. 56:04 I remember when we were in Israel together 56:07 and then you flip the switch to go there. 56:10 But you're also very active on YouTube. 56:13 The ministry, the gifts that God has given you, 56:17 but you're dedicating His, 56:19 the talents He's given you're dedicating back to God. 56:23 And it is such a beautiful thing 56:25 to say these are really... 56:28 You know, when I said we had three angels 56:30 sitting at the table. 56:32 The word angel, both in Hebrew 56:34 and in Greek means messenger 56:36 and these are three messengers of God. 56:39 And we're so blessed that you are our brothers 56:44 and sisters in Christ and just want to thank you, 56:47 Julia, I love you so much. 56:50 And, Angela, you're a precious heart. 56:52 I love you too and, Vadim, we love you. 56:55 And we want to thank you 56:58 that we're glad you're in Christ, 57:00 but we're glad that you're stirring up the gifts 57:04 that are in you and that you are really reaching out 57:08 to bring others into Christ. 57:11 Honey, it's always good to be with you. 57:14 Yes, it is darling. I love you. 57:15 It just reminds me real quick how small the world is. 57:19 Amen. 57:20 I mean, we're right here, 57:22 we're praying to this very same God in the same language 57:24 and thank you, Jesus, 57:26 And even the same God in different languages. 57:29 Our prayer for you is that the grace of our Lord 57:32 and Savior Jesus Christ, the love of the Father, 57:34 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 57:36 will be yours on this Sabbath and always. 57:39 Bye-bye. Happy Sabbath. |
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