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00:11 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Today Live.
00:14 I hope you didn't miss the first half of this program 00:17 because we've had a great time with my wife, Yvonne, and our 00:22 special guest, but really he's a brother in the Lord, Pastor 00:26 Wentley Phipps. 00:27 And if you did miss it, you can always look at our schedule and 00:31 this program will re-air here for the next few days off and 00:35 on, because you've got to get the first hour here. 00:37 We not only had fun, but it was very informative. 00:40 And we got a little bit of him, I think, on Soul Train even, 00:43 you know, going back to the day. 00:46 And so we're finding out things that maybe viewers didn't know 00:51 about. 00:55 finished yet. 00:56 One of the things that we do know is, as I mentioned 00:59 earlier, Pastor Phipps does not let any grass grow under his 01:02 feet. 01:06 How can I get this gospel to the world? 01:08 You spent years actually in what you're developing now has 01:12 actually taken you a period of years. 01:14 And I know we can't go through all of that, but you gave us a 01:17 little bit. 01:23 trying to develop Google before there was a Google. 01:25 That's right. 01:27 And so, Yvonne, you've got a Mac computer, I think, in a bit 01:32 you're going to be trying. 01:35 Tell us, take us a little bit. 01:36 We're AI technology, artificial intelligence. 01:39 Yes. 01:44 advantage? 01:46 Sure. 01:51 media. 01:54 yours, too. 01:58 It's not even him. 01:59 It's not his voice, but it looks like him. 02:02 It sounds like him. 02:03 So this is technology some of us are afraid of. 02:07 And yet, you said earlier, and you sang, no fear. 02:11 You said, don't be afraid, and we need to go forward. 02:14 So whatever the devil's got out there, God gave it to us first 02:18 to take the Gospel to the world. 02:20 So give us some why-fors and all of that of what we're 02:23 doing. 02:29 aspect of AI, which can really, as a matter of fact, it can be 02:34 very dangerous. 02:35 And we have right now, there are many movie producers who 02:40 are saying, we don't have to build sets anymore. 02:44 The Ten Commandments that we see on television with these 02:48 huge sets, they do that in a computer now. 02:51 You don't have to spend the money to get thousands, a cast 02:56 of thousands, because that can be generated by AI. 03:01 But the AI application I'm talking about is the one that 03:07 interfaces with the Gospel, with the words of God, with the 03:13 Word of God, and biblical theology. 03:18 Okay. 03:20 Now, where that is most used is in something called large 03:25 language models. 03:28 And an example of a large language model is ChatGPT. 03:33 You've heard of ChatGPT. 03:35 Well, I liken ChatGPT and other large language models to the 03:41 tree of knowledge of good and evil. 03:44 Okay. 03:45 Because it has read everything ever written, both good and 03:52 evil. 03:53 And so when you ask it to give me a response on a question, it 04:00 will give you one that is not in line with biblical values 04:04 because it's the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 04:09 And if you ask it, no, no, no, please give me a Christian 04:13 response, a biblical response, the crazy thing will give you a 04:18 biblical response, but have you ever had it tell you, you need 04:22 to keep an open mind? 04:24 Absolutely. 04:28 you've got something that we can go to that will give us the 04:32 biblical perspective, undiluted, not to the left or 04:36 right, she can tell you how much time I argue with that. 04:39 Argue with AI. 04:40 I do. 04:46 hours. 04:50 whatever. 04:53 Well, the Protestants view it as, I said, well, it doesn't 04:56 make any difference. 04:57 It doesn't make any difference. 04:58 It's not the biblical Sabbath. 05:01 Finally, after a while she says, you might be right. 05:05 So then I go back and say, are you storing this so that if 05:09 anyone else asks you the same question, you will give us. 05:13 She said, I do store information that I get. 05:16 But I can't get one. 05:17 And when you're looking at sermons and everything else, 05:20 you can't get one. 05:21 And that's what I'm saying. 05:25 doing. 05:29 praying for. 05:29 Yes. 05:36 biblical responses. 05:39 And we're not doing question and answer. 05:42 Yeah. 05:49 teaching on any biblical topic or subject. 05:54 And in Seventh-day Adventist, I know it's for Christians in 05:57 general, but we can go in there and know that it's not going to 06:00 replace something because like so many of these are trained to 06:04 do. 06:07 Sabbath. 06:08 Exactly. 06:09 So here's the other part that's interesting. 06:13 These large language models, AI large language models like chat 06:17 GPT, co-pilot, some of them Claude, and there are a number 06:20 of them. 06:24 Jasper. 06:26 Well, God showed me one of their weaknesses. 06:30 They skin. 06:32 They do not mine. 06:37 Have you ever noticed when you ask it a question and maybe you 06:40 say, can you tell me more? 06:41 It almost tells you the same thing again in a different way. 06:47 It almost sounds like it's beginning to be repetitive. 06:50 Yes. 06:50 That's because it skins. 06:52 It picks up the gems that are on the surface. 06:55 Right. 07:04 taking all that content and organizing it well and then 07:08 presenting it to you in a coherent fashion. 07:11 Well, God gave me a linguistic search algorithm. 07:19 Come on now. 07:20 This is from the Lord. 07:22 All right. 07:24 And I'm praying how much I can say, right? 07:29 He gave me a proprietary unique linguistic algorithm that 07:35 allows this technology to mine and not just skin. 07:43 To go down further into the book or the books or the data 07:50 and come up every time with new perspectives and new data. 07:57 Yeah, that's incredible. 08:00 And so what we did then, we pulled together the Bibles that 08:06 we wanted to utilize. 08:08 We pulled together all of the writings of Ellen White. 08:12 We pulled together all of resources that have been vetted 08:19 and trusted because they were well researched before. 08:26 And we can trust them. 08:28 Whether it's a Sabbath school lesson, you can trust it 08:31 because it's been well researched, right? 08:33 And then we brought together this technology and it's called 08:41 GospelTruth.ai. 08:45 Write that down. 08:46 GospelTruth.ai. 08:48 GospelTruth.ai. 08:50 And the thing that's amazing about it is that every time you 08:56 ask it for more information, it builds your whole new sermon. 09:01 It builds your whole new teaching with different 09:04 perspectives. 09:05 I'm ready to show it to you if you're ready. 09:07 We want to see. 09:09 This is the answer to prayer for me because this has been 09:12 stressful to me for the last year or two since I got chat. 09:15 I'm like, this is not right. 09:18 She'll say, are you arguing with chat.ai again? 09:21 Yes, I am. 09:23 Because it won't give you the whole truth. 09:27 It'll just scam or what it's basically what people know. 09:30 I'm like, no, no, no. 09:31 You've got to go deeper. 09:32 Exactly. 09:33 So this is going deeper. 09:34 You're mining. 09:35 You're down. 09:35 We're mining. 09:36 So you're going to show us how this works? 09:39 You've got the computer. 09:40 Right. 09:42 So you've logged in. 09:44 Yes. 09:49 Again, what it does for you is whatever the spiritual topic 09:53 you want to present on, it reads for you in seconds. 09:59 It researches for you in seconds. 10:02 That's incredible. 10:04 Now remember, as a pastor, having to spend 30, 40 hours 10:10 researching and studying for every sermon to get a resource 10:14 that allows me to spend 20 hours doing that and 20 other 10:20 hours, either praying or thinking or... 10:24 Spending some time with your family, relaxing, whatever. 10:28 Absolutely. 10:29 And I tell people all the time, you know, how much is one of 10:33 your hours worth? 10:35 And when you're my age, it's worth a lot. 10:38 That's right. 10:39 When you're our age, it is worth a lot. 10:42 And so now that you have, you know, the Gospel Truth AI up, I 10:50 want you to choose a topic or theme that you want to present 10:54 a sermon or message on. 10:57 You start the Gospel of Salvation. 11:01 Okay. 11:01 So put in the Gospel of Salvation. 11:04 You're going to put it up on the screen. 11:06 The Gospel of Salvation. 11:09 Oh, Gospel and Salvation. 11:10 And Salvation. 11:11 Gospel and Salvation. 11:12 And by the way, as they're doing this, this is really 11:16 heavy. 11:17 Do you see to the right where it says English? 11:19 Yes. 11:20 Click on that. 11:22 You can get the results back in all of the major languages on 11:27 earth. 11:33 Russian, in any language, major language on earth. 11:37 So now you put the Gospel and Salvation and then hit the... 11:42 And click. 11:44 And what it's doing now, again, in about 20, 30 seconds, it is 11:52 reading for you on the Gospel of Salvation. 11:55 It is researching... 11:58 Reading the Bible and researching everything. 12:02 And then writing you in the method or style that Jesus 12:08 spoke. 12:08 Uh -oh. 12:10 Okay. 12:11 In the style and method that Jesus spoke, it begins to write 12:15 for you... 12:15 Here it comes. 12:16 Wow. 12:24 And I can trust this. 12:25 And you can trust it. 12:27 That's what's different from this than any other program 12:30 I've seen anywhere. 12:31 Thank you, my brother. 12:33 My hat's off to you for all the work all the time. 12:36 Because we can't, you're not able, and I can't stress that 12:40 enough, for those that are researching, those who are 12:43 studying, which we like to do, to be able to trust... 12:46 How do I know I can trust it? 12:47 Right. 12:51 Absolutely. 12:52 Look at it, how quick. 12:53 Look at this. 12:54 It's typing you. 12:55 So... 12:56 This is incredible. 12:57 This is going to be great for you. 12:59 All right. 12:59 I'm more of a top-off. 13:00 Now look down at the bottom. 13:02 You see those little icons? 13:03 Yes. 13:03 You hover over them. 13:04 One will say, it's like a speaker. 13:07 It can speak and present the audio of this in any language. 13:12 In any language. 13:12 In any language, okay. 13:14 Wow. 13:16 Export to Docs. 13:17 Export to Document. 13:18 Our next one is... 13:19 The arrow to share. 13:20 To share. 13:22 And then the next one is if you just want to copy it and put it 13:24 in your word processor that you can use it, right? 13:27 Now, but I want you to scroll back up to the top. 13:29 Mm-hmm. 13:37 chapter. 13:38 The foundation of salvation, mercy and justice united. 13:42 The beauty of salvation lies in the perfect harmony of justice 13:46 and mercy. 13:47 Thank you. 13:51 your gentleness has made me great. 13:54 Salvation when viewed through the lens of the Gospel reveals 13:57 God's unchanging law and grants us hope born of love. 14:02 Yes. 14:06 everything to secure redemption for humanity. 14:09 That's beautiful. 14:10 Now, go to the end and read the conclusion. 14:12 Okay. 14:14 And all of it is like that. 14:16 And watch as you read now, you will see every sentence is 14:21 proverbial prose the way Jesus spoke and taught. 14:24 Wow. 14:24 Okay, go ahead. 14:30 love in a way humanity could never deserve yet desperately 14:33 needs. 14:34 Yes. 14:39 share its message boldly and to await the day when Christ's 14:42 work of redemption is seen in its entirety. 14:45 Will you step into this light, embrace this hope, and live out 14:49 the Gospel's transformative truth? 14:52 The choice is yours. 14:54 Eternity awaits. 14:55 Eternity. 14:56 That is beautiful. 14:58 It is. 14:59 Now, let me ask you a question out of my ignorance, but you 15:02 said a while ago that if we go type in something similar, it 15:06 will even not just come back the same every time. 15:10 In other words, if I write this and she writes it or somebody 15:13 in Spain writes it, it's going to be something different every 15:17 time. 15:18 Absolutely. 15:18 Now, watch this. 15:19 Are you going to throw in some Bible scriptures here and 15:21 there? 15:22 Absolutely. 15:22 Watch this. 15:24 You see that little Tell Me More? 15:26 Yes. 15:27 That's where the beauty of this is. 15:29 When you click on Tell Me More, go ahead and click it. 15:33 Yeah, go ahead and click it. 15:35 What it's doing is going down further into the Bible, further 15:43 into the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy, writing into the 15:47 Bible commentary, and it's building you a whole new 15:53 message. 15:55 Now, this is not real, is it? 15:57 This real? 15:58 Are you pulling our leg? 16:00 No, I'm not pulling your leg. 16:01 This is a powerful tool. 16:03 Wait till you see. 16:04 Look at it going. 16:05 Look at that. 16:10 What did you say? 16:11 I said that's faster than I can type. 16:13 Yeah, right. 16:14 And you can type fast. 16:16 So, but wait. 16:18 Once it's the second message and every time you hit Tell Me 16:22 More, it gives you another message. 16:25 It goes further deeper. 16:27 That's amazing. 16:28 Giving you more perspectives on the spiritual topic. 16:34 You know, this tool, I can see if you're studying a certain 16:41 topic, this is not just for people who speak. 16:44 Yes. 16:48 Word. 16:48 Absolutely. 16:49 And you want a Biblical perspective on the Word. 16:54 Right. 16:55 And on a topic. 16:56 Right. 17:03 Scroll back up to the top. 17:04 This is amazing. 17:05 Scroll back to the second one, the second message that they 17:09 brought up. 17:09 Okay. 17:10 And just read the first paragraph. 17:11 Of the second message. 17:12 Yes, right there. 17:13 Okay. 17:16 Consider this paradox. 17:18 God's justice demands perfection. 17:21 Yet his mercy offers pardon. 17:23 Yes. 17:28 Hallelujah. 17:29 Yes, yes. 17:30 Where mercy and truth meet and righteousness kisses peace, 17:35 Psalm 85, 10. 17:36 On that hill called Calvary, nails did not hold Jesus to the 17:40 cross. 17:41 Come on, it was love. 17:42 Yes, yes. 17:43 He bore the weight of guilt so we could carry the yoke of 17:47 grace. 17:50 We bring nothing to our salvation. 17:54 That's something. 17:54 Except our need of it. 17:57 Nothing but need. 18:00 That's the title right there. 18:01 What was that yoke? 18:03 That sentence. 18:04 It just struck me where it says the yoke. 18:06 He bore the yoke. 18:08 He bore the, oh yeah. 18:10 He bore the weight of guilt. 18:11 Guilt. 18:15 Oh. 18:16 There's some beautiful like... 18:19 Oh, it's beautiful. 18:20 Let me tell you something that's just hit me that's 18:22 incredible and I never thought about that to this minute so 18:25 I'll say it before I forget it. 18:28 But we as Adventists sometimes, as Christians in general, but 18:32 as Adventists we have what we call spiritual arrogance and we 18:36 kind of feel like we know it all. 18:38 So even if I look at this and I say, oh great, this is going to 18:42 go along with Adventist theology which is the Bible. 18:45 Yes. 18:45 This is great. 18:49 did you mean when you said it's going to speak like Jesus 18:53 speaks. 18:54 I'm like, well, nobody can do what it is. 18:56 It's taking truth that I might in my spiritual arrogance on a 19:01 certain subject. 19:02 It's like, I told you so. 19:04 Here it is. 19:05 You know, this is what it says. 19:06 This is with love. 19:07 It's just so much love and it actually is humbling you, the 19:13 reader, that wow, this is incredible and it really is. 19:17 To me, because sometimes we know truth, but we don't show 19:23 it. 19:29 been able to stop reading. 19:31 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 19:32 She's reading. 19:33 Yvonne. 19:34 What else did you read? 19:36 I'm signing up for this. 19:37 Yeah, me too. 19:39 Whatever. 19:40 Me too. 19:40 I'll live longer. 19:42 Because that takes stress off. 19:43 Read something else that came, the second paragraph if you 19:47 want to, whatever. 19:49 Let's see, the bread of life. 19:51 Let's see. 19:52 Yeah, the bread of life nourished for the journey. 19:54 That's number three. 19:55 The gospel is not only the path to life, it is life itself. 20:00 Just as God fed manna to the wandering Israelites, He offers 20:04 the bread of life to those who hunger today. 20:07 But what is this bread? 20:08 Christ answers plainly, this is my body broken for you. 20:12 My Lord. 20:17 has no price tag. 20:19 We partake freely because He paid fully. 20:24 Wait, read that last sentence one more time. 20:27 Come on. 20:28 We, let's see, the gospel satisfies the deepest hunger, 20:35 yet its feast has no price tag. 20:37 We partake freely because He paid fully. 20:43 Oh, we partake freely because He paid fully. 20:50 Now, wait a minute, all of this information we've gotten and 20:53 all of this is new and is getting deeper as you ask it 20:56 more, but all came from just a couple of words you asked in 20:59 the beginning. 21:00 Yeah. 21:00 I just typed in gospel and salvation. 21:02 Gospel and salvation. 21:04 Hit one time. 21:04 And all of this is coming through. 21:07 That's right. 21:07 Now, you said... 21:08 Oh, I got another one. 21:10 Go ahead. 21:11 Go ahead. 21:12 I'm excited. 21:13 This is so beautiful. 21:15 Faith and works. 21:17 And this is real important because there's, yeah, there's 21:20 a lot of question about faith and works and all that. 21:24 Faith and works. 21:25 A relationship, not a transaction. 21:28 Many wrestle with the question, what role do my actions play in 21:32 salvation? 21:33 The answer lies in perspective. 21:36 Salvation is God's gift. 21:38 It is not earned, but once received, it begins to bear 21:42 fruit. 21:43 Lord have mercy. 21:44 Mm -hmm. 21:45 That is... 21:46 That's it. 21:47 That's it. 21:48 True faith produces works as effortlessly as a vine produces 21:53 grapes. 21:54 Yes. 21:55 James reminds us faith without works is dead. 21:57 James 2.26. 21:58 But Paul assures us... 21:59 Bible scripture has given you the scripture too. 22:01 Yes, which is critical. 22:04 But Paul assures us it is by grace you've been saved through 22:07 faith, not from yourselves. 22:09 Right. 22:10 It is the gift of God. 22:12 Ephesians 2.8. 22:13 These verses are not at odds, but in harmony. 22:17 Mm-hmm. 22:21 New life in Christ naturally overflows into compassion, 22:25 obedience, and service. 22:27 The question isn't, are we adding to salvation, but 22:31 rather, are we reflecting it? 22:33 Okay. 22:34 Yes. 22:38 and probably even in this camp meeting on the everlasting 22:41 gospel, what the gospel really is because what we've been 22:44 talking, there are numerous gospels. 22:47 If you ask an Adventist or a Christian, what is the gospel? 22:50 They're going to give you all these different answers. 22:53 Right. 22:56 oh, well, it's, you know, we feel like we've got to work our 22:59 way. 23:03 This blended it all together. 23:05 Yes. 23:09 you've got to be kind of like me at first. 23:11 Some of you, maybe or not, you'd call it tax-savvy. 23:16 Tax-savvy. 23:16 Tax -savvy. 23:17 See, I am so unsavvy I can't even say it. 23:20 I can't even say it right. 23:22 So, but tax-savvy. 23:25 So, you know, well, I can do a little, but I can't, I couldn't 23:29 do anything complicated. 23:30 We got plenty of engineers and people here, but this is not 23:33 complicated. 23:34 Yes. 23:39 ringing right now, I should answer, it's my granddaughter. 23:42 It's only seven months old. 23:44 That'd be interesting. 23:45 I'll call her back in a bit. 23:46 She's FaceTiming me. 23:49 So, right now, it's Baby Blair. 23:52 So, right now, for what's the beauty of this is all of this 23:56 information literally is at your fingertips. 23:58 You can use a phone. 24:00 If you could even pick the old dial phone at home and do that, 24:04 remember back in the 70s you can do this and get literally 24:09 all of this information because you've streamlined it. 24:13 For me, I don't like when I have to say, okay, step one, 24:17 okay, now do this, we'll go to this icon and tap, and then I 24:22 don't say, well, it's not on my iPad. 24:24 Oh, well, you need a Mac or you need something else. 24:27 So, this, when you go to it, you push, you wrote in what you 24:31 wanted, you basically push, and then when all of this 24:35 information, it keeps typing, then you push more, learn more. 24:39 Tell me more. 24:40 Tell me more. 24:41 And then it goes into deeper and deeper. 24:45 And it won't give you the same thing every time. 24:47 Exactly. 24:48 So, one of the things, as I was saying... 24:50 In any language. 24:51 In any language. 24:54 That's technology. 24:56 That's really beyond. 24:57 When we started this in 1984, I would have never dreamed you'd 25:02 get this far. 25:02 Yeah. 25:03 Never. 25:08 the world can use this too. 25:11 Oh, yeah. 25:15 trials. 25:15 Okay. 25:21 it does the same thing. 25:22 In seconds, once you put in trials and hit enter, it goes 25:27 down, and it reads. 25:29 Because of the super computing power, it's able to read a lot. 25:34 Very quickly. 25:36 And then it researches it, and then it really organizes all of 25:41 the content. 25:42 Yeah. 25:42 And then it presents it to you. 25:44 Here it goes. 25:45 It's coming up like crazy. 25:46 I don't know if we'll get it on the screen. 25:51 Finding Strength Through Trials. 25:53 Okay. 25:54 You got to read. 25:55 And let it finish. 25:56 It's going to have to finish because it's writing you a 25:58 whole sermon of presentation. 26:00 You can get it on the screen. 26:01 Go ahead. 26:03 Wow. 26:03 It's writing it for you. 26:05 And it's going to probably take about 15 more seconds. 26:09 But... 26:09 It's literally a whole sermon. 26:10 You know, can I also tell you this while it's doing that 26:14 before we read. 26:16 The most prolific Christian preacher in modern history was 26:22 a man by the name of Charles Spurgeon from London, England. 26:28 Charles Spurgeon over his lifetime preached over 4,000 26:34 sermons. 26:35 Now in my 45, 50 years of preaching, it's going to be 50 26:40 years of preaching this year, in a year, I've preached 26:44 probably about 2,000 sermons. 26:47 But when you look at 2,000 sermons times 40 hours each 26:53 sermon preparation, that's a lot of time. 26:58 Now, Charles Spurgeon was smart. 27:00 He developed a system. 27:01 His system was, before, whenever he got a topic or a 27:06 theme he wanted to preach on, rather than go to his library 27:11 himself, he sent three or four young pastors and preachers to 27:16 his library for him. 27:18 Oh, okay. 27:21 Yes, ma'am. 27:22 They researched his topic. 27:25 And I remember seeing a picture of Charles Spurgeon sitting at 27:28 his desk with the books piled up where those who were 27:32 researching opened it and put tabs in it so he needed to read 27:37 and study these areas. 27:40 Right. 27:41 Well, this is what this tool does. 27:43 Yes. 27:45 This, and Charles Spurgeon had his Google before there was 27:47 Google, right? 27:48 Okay. 27:55 It instantly, it's able to do it faster than Charles 28:00 Spurgeon's people did it for him. 28:04 By far. 28:05 Right? 28:09 have reached and got books as quick as what this just did. 28:12 And get the right stuff. 28:14 Because look, when you have, if you have 10 books on your 28:18 library about grace, where are you going to find, on what 28:23 pages will you begin to look to find just what you need? 28:27 You can't. 28:28 But that's what this technology does. 28:31 Man, this is so good. 28:33 Just like that. 28:35 It reads, it researches, it organizes, and it writes it 28:42 eloquently and beautifully. 28:44 So much so that you can present it the way it is, or which is 28:48 what I do and which I believe most preachers will do, take it 28:52 and be inspired. 28:54 God gave me a quote. 28:55 You'll see it right at the beginning. 28:56 When you are inspired, you are more productive. 29:01 You're more productive. 29:02 Read the first paragraph of that. 29:04 On trials. 29:05 Okay, let me go back up. 29:07 Yeah, you got a stroll to begin. 29:09 Yeah, I mean, this is phenomenal. 29:12 Trials, opportunities in disguise, that. 29:15 Is that the first paragraph? 29:16 That's the first one. 29:17 Trials are not punishments, nor mere misfortunes. 29:20 They are opportunities for growth, refinement, and 29:23 preparation. 29:24 The Lord permits His people to face challenges, not to harm 29:28 them. 29:28 Yes. 29:31 Yes. 29:35 make it seem as though God has forsaken us, are the tools He 29:39 uses to lead us closer to Him. 29:41 Yes. 29:45 surpasses understanding, a gift that transforms pain into 29:50 purpose. 29:51 Into purpose. 29:51 Wow. 29:52 Wow. 29:57 trials, and I put it in my sermon last week. 30:02 My son comes at the end of the sermon and said, Daddy, look at 30:07 this. 30:15 telling me how much it meant to him spiritually. 30:18 Amen. 30:20 Mm -hmm. 30:22 God uses our tears to clear our vision. 30:26 Oh, wow. 30:28 Oh, that's good. 30:30 Yeah, that's amazing. 30:31 That's good. 30:35 folks says, now, that'll preach. 30:37 That'll preach. 30:38 That'll preach. 30:40 God uses our tears to clear our vision. 30:44 The old song says, tears are a language God understands. 30:47 That's right. 30:48 This is absolutely amazing. 30:51 Now, tell us, I'm still in my mind, okay, how did you get 30:57 this? 31:00 How do we know that this is trusted? 31:03 It appears it sure is, but you had to do something, so I don't 31:08 want to give away any trade secrets, but also you said, did 31:11 you say that you can look up commentaries, Ellen White, you 31:16 can look up other... 31:17 This is not a tool for you to build a doctoral thesis on a 31:22 subject, so you're not going to get citations and references 31:26 and footnotes and that kind of thing. 31:27 That's not what this is for. 31:29 This is purely an inspirational tool. 31:33 When I read that, just like you read that, I am inspired. 31:39 The only difference is I know that the inspiration that I'm 31:42 getting comes directly from the spirit of prophecy, directly 31:47 from the spirit of God, and it is not from sources that have 31:52 not been vetted and not sources that I can trust. 31:56 That's the key. 31:57 So you've vetted, everything's been vetted, but I'm amazed at 32:02 how you can just go more, learn more, and it starts all over 32:07 again, or if I go back to what she just did and type in trials 32:12 again, there'll be more, as you say, it goes deeper, so it 32:15 gives you this beautiful layer, but now, okay, you want it a 32:18 little deeper, let's go dig a little deeper. 32:21 We'll go with this. 32:22 And every time that it's different, yet it's beautiful, 32:25 and I understand, at first I'm like, what do you mean how 32:29 Jesus would say it, but there's so much love there and done in 32:33 a way that you're not, as I said, trying to say, oh, look 32:36 what I know and what you don't know or look at this. 32:39 It's like, wow, that's beautiful. 32:41 Let me also tell you, one of the main reasons God impressed 32:44 me to build this, I really built it for myself as a 32:48 preacher, because preaching is the hardest thing I've ever 32:53 done in my life. 32:55 There is nothing more difficult, more time consuming. 33:00 If I had back all of the hours, three, four, five in the 33:05 morning, that I've been laboring to preach, and I 33:11 preach, one of the reasons is because I want to be a blessing 33:14 to my family. 33:16 I don't want my children, my wife, if there's something that 33:21 I can say that will help them get to heaven in a message, 33:26 praise God, that's why I preach. 33:29 But what I wanted to tell you is, we have a crisis that needs 33:35 good preaching and good teaching. 33:39 And the crisis is that in most Christian churches today, not 33:44 the mega ones you see on television, in the regular rank 33:48 and file Christian churches, they are either empty pews, 33:55 abandoned rows, or you have churches that are literally 34:01 shutting down, closing their doors. 34:04 Now that wouldn't be any of our own churches, right? 34:06 That's everybody else. 34:08 No, that's ours too. 34:10 Ours too. 34:11 I know one conference president who in the last few weeks 34:16 closed four of his churches to try to build up one. 34:20 Wow. 34:22 Because that's where we are, right? 34:24 And the statistics bear it out. 34:28 Now, for example, two things I'll tell you that's important 34:32 about these statistics. 34:34 In 2014, our church, the nomination that we're a part 34:41 of, a few research showed that 67% of all the members in our 34:48 denomination in this country, 67% of them attended church at 34:55 least one day a week. 35:00 The latest, this is 10 years later now, 2024, the latest 35:05 research shows that it has dropped from 67% to 15%. 35:15 Only 15% of our members are attending church regularly. 35:22 And everyone who's listening to me right now, more than likely, 35:28 it pains you when you go to church to see all these empty 35:32 pews and empty spaces, right? 35:36 And I came across this Gallup poll that showed that the 35:43 number one determinant, the number one driver, the number 35:47 one thing that determines whether people will come to 35:50 your church is the sermon. 35:55 Not even the music. 35:56 Not the music. 35:57 Isn't that something? 35:59 Not your lights, camera, and action. 36:00 You can put up a fancy video wall, all the technology you 36:05 want. 36:05 That's not what... 36:07 People want to be fed spiritually. 36:10 They want to know that that message is well researched and 36:16 inspirationally written. 36:19 You know, Jesus could have spoken His Sermon on the Mount 36:24 in a way that was throwaway words, but they weren't 36:29 throwaway words. 36:30 It was beautifully written. 36:33 It was, you know, blessed of the poor in spirit. 36:38 Blessed of the mean... 36:39 It was beautifully written and written in a way that we 36:43 memorized it growing up and we carry that in our hearts. 36:48 And so I pray that God will use this to inspire a new 36:57 generation of preachers and teachers. 37:01 I had some young pastors together and I asked them, how 37:06 do you prepare your sermons? 37:09 I was shocked. 37:12 They said what they should have said, but they left some things 37:16 out. 37:17 They said, we pray. 37:19 Yes, you should pray. 37:22 I asked for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit when I'm 37:25 preparing a message or a sermon. 37:29 They said, we listen to the Lord. 37:31 I try to do that. 37:32 I listen to the Lord. 37:34 One pastor said, I brood, which is a kind of, you know, 37:41 melancholy, thinking about the subject that you're doing, 37:46 asking God to reveal some things to you. 37:48 And that's wonderful. 37:51 None of them said, we research. 37:54 I was just getting ready to say I'm waiting for research. 37:57 None of them said, we research. 38:00 None of them said, we study. 38:02 Unfortunately, it shows. 38:04 Oh, have mercy. 38:05 I'm sorry, but it shows. 38:08 Those who study and research, you can tell. 38:11 Yes. 38:12 Yes. 38:13 And one of the ways, one of the ways you can tell too is this. 38:20 And God, I'm praying as I'm speaking. 38:24 There are only two kinds of preachers and teachers who try 38:29 to be extemporaneous off the top of their heads and profound 38:34 at the same time. 38:37 Only two kind of people try it. 38:39 They are geniuses. 38:41 And I won't call the name, but the other people who try it. 38:45 In other words, it doesn't come off well. 38:49 Most of us are geniuses. 38:51 Most of us can't... 38:54 That's disheartening. 39:00 Go ahead. 39:01 I learned that a long time ago, but go ahead. 39:03 But you know, if somebody said, I want you to speak on this 39:06 topic in the next five minutes, a spiritual topic. 39:10 Most of us don't have what it takes to stand up for 40 39:14 minutes and off the top of our heads be profound, engaging, 39:20 spiritual. 39:21 We need time to prepare. 39:23 We need time to research. 39:25 We need time to study. 39:26 Right? 39:28 And this is what God allowed me to build for those who wish to 39:34 use it. 39:35 A way to reduce those hours and use those hours for more to 39:45 take you deeper into your own relationship with the Lord. 39:49 Because you're struggling to research and to write. 39:53 But this tool allows you just like that to have it at your 39:56 disposal. 39:56 I see this too. 39:59 For people, you know, as lay people, I'm not a preacher, but 40:05 I'm a student. 40:06 Yes. 40:13 deeply. 40:13 The Lord wants us to study. 40:15 We're supposed to test everything. 40:17 Yes. 40:17 We're supposed to not be deceived. 40:20 We have to study. 40:21 And how do we study? 40:23 We have to have tools. 40:25 That's right. 40:26 So to me, this is not just for preachers. 40:30 No. 40:31 Yeah. 40:32 No. 40:38 into the Word. 40:39 And a lot of these concepts that you're setting forth, many 40:44 of them you can see Scripture tied to them. 40:47 Yes. 40:47 But they're also nuggets. 40:50 Yes. 40:53 into your daily study. 40:55 And that's how Jesus spoke. 40:56 It's beautiful. 40:57 That's how Jesus taught. 40:58 It's just beautiful. 41:04 trials. 41:05 Because it is God's way of using this latest technology to 41:12 advance this kingdom. 41:14 Conclusion refined for glory. 41:17 Trials are the proving grounds of faith. 41:19 They remind us of our dependence on God and through 41:22 them, His power is perfected in our weakness. 41:26 Yes. 41:30 brings us closer to the joy set before us. 41:33 Yes. 41:36 So in the furnace of affliction, let us not despair, 41:40 but trust in the one who works all things for His glory and 41:45 our ultimate good. 41:47 Yes. 41:47 Amen. 41:48 It's beautiful. 41:49 I think for the person too, Yvonne, that most of us, no 41:54 matter if we're pastors, we're elders, whether we even go to 41:59 church, the Holy Spirit, thankfully, continues to work 42:03 on us. 42:08 be saved? 42:10 Talk about surrender. 42:12 In other words, it seems to me that we can put, things here 42:15 will help draw me closer to Jesus. 42:18 And it's even not just a learning tool, but maybe a life 42:22 -saving tool because literally spiritually, it can save our 42:27 lives. 42:32 that wouldn't save your life. 42:33 If I'm parachuting, jumping out of the plane, I want to 42:36 parachute on my back, right? 42:38 Right. 42:42 every tool I can get from the Word of God that I can get. 42:46 And this is the first thing that I've seen. 42:49 I think I can safely say it's the only thing like this in AI, 42:55 in anywhere, maybe in any technology that is capable of 42:58 doing what it's doing and one that we can trust. 43:01 So that's the deal. 43:02 I can trust it. 43:04 That's the trouble that we have with all these other chats and 43:09 the different, I've tried different ones of those. 43:12 Again, they come back and they'll say things like, I ask 43:15 them about LGBTQ and they'll say, well, we don't deal with 43:20 this or we won't speak. 43:21 And some will say, well, maybe you should be open or this is 43:25 what some say, but others say this. 43:28 And I didn't ask that. 43:29 And I'll turn my back and I'll say, I didn't ask you that. 43:32 I just ask you to tell me about this, you know, and I give the 43:36 subject. 43:37 So I can't wait. 43:38 I'm definitely a customer. 43:41 So I went down while you guys were talking. 43:44 I went down and you know, you have some other categories and 43:48 one was tests with the trials. 43:51 So I clicked on that and then you get a whole, 15 points 43:56 about tests and overcoming through faith, resilience 44:00 through adversity, facing the cost of commitment, trials as a 44:05 process of preparation. 44:07 I mean, this is really some great, great information. 44:12 Well, God did. 44:13 I give him all the glory for what he's done. 44:17 And you know, Ellen White tells a story because I grew up in 44:22 Canada. 44:27 in a blizzard and almost gave himself up to die. 44:33 And as he was lying there in the snow, he heard the moaning 44:39 of a fellow traveler who had also been caught in the same 44:43 blizzard. 44:44 And something sparked in his heart. 44:46 You've got to help him. 44:48 And he picked himself up and he found the person and he started 44:54 rubbing his limbs trying to warm him up. 44:55 And he realized this person needed more help. 44:58 He picked him up in his arms and he started walking. 45:02 He didn't know where he was going. 45:04 But after about 10, 15 minutes of just walking through the 45:07 snow with this man in his arms, he saw a log cabin in the 45:10 distance with smoke coming out of the chimney. 45:14 And when he kicked the door open with this man in his arms, 45:19 she said as he crossed over into the house, it hit him that 45:26 in saving his neighbor, he had saved himself. 45:29 Saved himself, absolutely. 45:32 Got him blood-stained and got him... 45:34 Isn't that something? 45:35 Absolutely. 45:37 And what I have found, this has been such a blessing for me 45:41 because I have been trying to build tools that would help 45:49 other people. 45:51 And it's been such a blessing for me and my preaching. 45:56 If you go on YouTube and put in Palm Bay SDA and listen to the 46:03 sermons that God has given me, the time that it has taken and 46:10 how this tool has been a blessing to me, it is my prayer 46:15 that it will be a blessing to many others. 46:18 And you know, we were talking about the Glorious Church. 46:23 Great song, by the way. 46:24 Praise the Lord. 46:25 Lanny Wolfe and Yvonne Shelton. 46:27 Yeah, great song. 46:28 And a great artist to sing. 46:29 Oh, great song. 46:30 And I know we're going to play it. 46:32 But I just want to say that how amazing is it going to be to 46:41 get to glory. 46:44 And the Lord shows us and shows me how He used this tool to 46:52 prepare His Glorious Church for His soon and second coming. 46:57 That sounds like segue right into it. 47:00 I think we've got time to do it. 47:02 Then we've got to come back and you've got to tell us how we 47:04 can make contact, phone numbers, email addresses. 47:08 Anyway, yeah, we want to get this. 47:09 We're signing up. 47:11 Why don't we do this Glorious Church by Brother Phipps. 47:36 Of the ancient world Babylon worshipped gods of stone 47:50 Evil twins that ruled her heart 48:01 She was likened to a harlot Fornication was in the wine 48:13 That filled the cup From which she drank Sins of every kind 48:44 Daniel's vision, would topple given time, as would nation's 48:55 kings and merchants intoxicated by her wine. 49:08 The prophets tried to heed the writing on the wall, turned 49:20 from her wicked ways before the day the wrath of God would 49:30 fall. 49:32 The oppressor of God's people, Babylon so powerful and strong, 49:47 she thought she was invincible, but God would prove her wrong. 50:11 An angel filled with glory shall descend where the shout 50:20 proclaim, Babylon the great is fallen, she will die in sin and 50:32 shame. 50:43 Will be heard across the earth, to give a warning loud and 50:53 clear to those who claim to be God's church. 51:04 Come out of her, my people, be not partakers of her sin, for 51:17 I'm coming back for a glorious church, undefiled and pure 51:26 within. 51:28 To him who worships me, in spirit and truth, and is 51:36 faithful to the end, I will say, well done, a kind new one. 51:51 Come sit and reign with me, throughout eternity. 52:02 Thus say the Lord, 52:11 to him who worships me, in spirit and truth, and is 52:19 faithful to the end, I will say, well done, a kind new one. 52:34 Come sit and 52:44 reign with me, throughout eternity. 52:48 Thus say the 52:57 Lord, for thine is the kingdom 53:16 of God. 53:42 Praise the Lord. 53:43 That was a two-hander. 53:44 That is. 53:45 That's a two-hander. 53:46 Thank you, Yvonne and Lanny Wolf, for writing that 53:49 beautiful song and for your incredible delivery. 53:52 I can't believe it. 53:53 We only have about three minutes. 53:55 So we've been talking about this incredible tool. 53:58 And so how do we contact you? 54:01 Is there phone numbers? 54:02 We have websites. 54:03 How do we do this? 54:04 Because I think everybody watching, Christian, Adventist, 54:09 Baptist, Catholic, whoever you are, you're going to want this. 54:12 It's absolutely incredible. 54:15 What we've been reading here is just amazing. 54:17 It literally makes you feel closer to the Lord. 54:19 And we know that it's truth and it's not slanted from a 54:22 secular, you know, outside. 54:24 It's the Bible. 54:25 Right. 54:27 So how do we, how do we do this? 54:29 Well, they can just go on the website. 54:31 Gospel Truth. 54:32 Okay. 54:33 Let's put it up. 54:34 .ai. 54:35 Gospel Truth. 54:37 .ai. 54:38 And I want to leave with one thought. 54:40 Okay. 54:52 In other words, it's not either or. 54:57 It's both and. 55:01 I remember reading where a beautiful quote that said, God 55:08 can use a dull ax. 55:12 But he can use a sharp ax better. 55:15 All right. 55:16 Let's get a phone number up. 55:17 Also, we get a phone number. 55:19 There's a lot of us. 55:20 There you go. 55:21 212-419-0155. 55:25 Let's leave that up for a few seconds for people. 55:27 Some of them like me slow. 55:29 You still got an ink pen to write that down. 55:32 That's writing for radio. 55:34 Again, it's 212-419-0155. 55:38 And let's go back now to the website. 55:43 And so that's it. 55:43 Just Gospel Truth. 55:45 .ai. 55:45 That's all you need. 55:47 And once you sign up and you log in, you just put in your 55:51 theme, your topic, and one push gives you the results. 55:59 Okay. 56:02 or however you do with this. 56:05 So the answer is right there. 56:07 If you missed this for whatever reason, you said, I didn't get 56:10 that. 56:10 I wasn't ready. 56:15 phone number to contact Pastor Wentley Phipps, and we'll make 56:19 sure that Call Center gets it to you. 56:21 Yvonne, we have a few seconds of closing thoughts. 56:24 Oh, this is just such a powerful tool. 56:28 And I mean, you can find out answers that you're looking for 56:33 in a quick way, as opposed to like kind of scrolling through 56:37 a lot of pages. 56:38 It's all done for you. 56:40 It's all there, which is really amazing. 56:42 So thank you so much. 56:43 You're very welcome. 56:47 the first time with the church. 56:49 Absolutely. 56:50 Right here on 3ABN. 56:51 We expect a tremendous, tremendous response from this 56:55 and we're going to make sure it continues to go out. 56:57 Speaking of going out, our time is all gone for today, but 57:01 until we see next time, may the Lord richly bless you 57:04 abundantly more than you could ever ask or think. |
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