WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:06.879 I'm Doug. I just finished my second year at Nippon Bible College. Are you excited about that? 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:10.080 That was more like a moan, wasn't it? 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.880 Alright, well, first I'm going to talk a little bit about the Bible College, if that's alright. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.059 Thank you. One person's looking forward to it. 00:00:21.859 --> 00:00:26.179 And I'm going to call upon the pastor to pick two victims for me. 00:00:26.179 --> 00:00:29.140 Well, look who's here. Hi, Dana. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.980 I'm surprised you're here. Anyway, sorry. 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:35.219 Dana loves Nippon Bible College, don't you, Dana? 00:00:35.460 --> 00:00:36.520 I sure do. 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.179 I know. We're so glad you're here. That was a surprise to me. 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:44.740 Anyway, so Pastor Josh, I need you to pick two volunteers for me. 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:47.140 You know what it's for. 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:48.579 I know what it's for. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:50.179 You do? You've seen this, haven't you? 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:52.439 So if he picks you. 00:00:55.260 --> 00:00:55.920 Here's one. 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:00.300 You got a second one. 00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:02.160 We need a boy and a girl. That's how this works. 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:03.079 Oh, we need a boy. 00:01:05.019 --> 00:01:05.820 Tyler, you want to know? 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:08.960 Alright, Tyler, you know what you're getting into here too as well. 00:01:10.540 --> 00:01:12.560 So, what's your name? 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:13.560 AJ. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:15.079 AJ. 00:01:15.540 --> 00:01:16.420 You all know AJ? 00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:17.340 Yeah. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:19.680 Okay, there was a little bit of affirmation there. 00:01:19.740 --> 00:01:20.960 You have an adoring public already. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:21.799 Alright. 00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:22.480 This is AJ. 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:23.659 She's one of yours, right? 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:24.460 Yeah. 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:25.120 Okay. 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:26.620 And no enthusiasm there. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:27.800 We're going to work on that. 00:01:28.380 --> 00:01:35.180 So AJ, we're going to work AJ and Tyler here into a little dramatic presentation. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:36.060 You're all good with that? 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:37.060 Sure. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:37.420 Yeah. 00:01:39.020 --> 00:01:39.900 You're killing me. 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.640 Alright, so AJ, I'm going to give you your lines. 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:47.420 I'm going to give Tyler his lines and you guys saw how this worked last night, but they 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:47.760 don't know. 00:01:47.960 --> 00:01:50.260 So, just, you know what's expected. 00:01:50.460 --> 00:01:53.599 So I'm going to give you your lines and then you're going to memorize them and then when 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:55.719 you deliver them, the delivery is the important part. 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.640 You have to convince them that you really mean it. 00:01:57.840 --> 00:01:58.460 Can you do that? 00:01:58.659 --> 00:01:58.920 Yes. 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:00.579 Now, here's a problem for you guys. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:02.000 I have a microphone. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:03.240 You don't. 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:07.900 So, for you to make this convincing, you have to talk to, there's a police officer in the 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:08.120 back. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:09.939 You get this wrong, I think you're going to be in trouble. 00:02:09.939 --> 00:02:13.479 So, I feel safe that you're here. 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:13.919 Thank you. 00:02:14.399 --> 00:02:15.699 So, are you ready? 00:02:16.519 --> 00:02:16.799 Okay. 00:02:16.959 --> 00:02:19.679 Your line is, for sure, Doug. 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:21.839 For sure, Doug. 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.019 That's really well done. 00:02:23.119 --> 00:02:24.059 Now, did you hear that? 00:02:24.259 --> 00:02:24.699 I did. 00:02:25.059 --> 00:02:25.439 Barely? 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:26.319 Or could it be? 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:27.359 It was good. 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:27.659 Okay. 00:02:28.139 --> 00:02:29.199 Convincingly, tell them again. 00:02:29.739 --> 00:02:30.759 For sure, Doug. 00:02:30.839 --> 00:02:31.060 Okay. 00:02:31.119 --> 00:02:34.159 Now, turn, face the audience because you'd never turn your back to the audience, right? 00:02:34.239 --> 00:02:34.699 Okay, again. 00:02:36.259 --> 00:02:37.279 For sure, Doug. 00:02:37.299 --> 00:02:37.879 Why are you laughing? 00:02:38.819 --> 00:02:41.519 Listen, you blow the whole script if you don't stay in character. 00:02:41.799 --> 00:02:41.959 Okay. 00:02:42.239 --> 00:02:42.560 Try. 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:42.799 Try. 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:42.920 There. 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:43.840 Get composure. 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:44.920 You got it? 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:48.360 Breathe. 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:49.240 Breathing's important. 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:49.620 Okay. 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:50.719 Deep breath. 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:52.020 Okay. 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:52.240 Ready? 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:54.300 For sure, Doug. 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:55.320 Are you convinced? 00:02:57.820 --> 00:02:58.439 Hold that. 00:02:59.360 --> 00:02:59.660 All right. 00:03:00.020 --> 00:03:01.760 Now, Tyler, you know your role, right? 00:03:01.880 --> 00:03:02.700 What are your lines going to be? 00:03:02.700 --> 00:03:03.420 No way. 00:03:03.660 --> 00:03:03.960 Okay. 00:03:04.320 --> 00:03:04.880 Be convincing. 00:03:05.540 --> 00:03:06.460 You've got to be loud. 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:07.200 You've got to project. 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:08.380 Don't forget to breathe. 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:09.420 Convince him. 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:10.500 No way. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:12.659 Would you ever park your car in a no parking zone? 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:13.300 No way. 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:13.599 See? 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:14.099 Okay. 00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:14.560 That's good. 00:03:14.699 --> 00:03:15.080 That's good. 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:15.840 That's good. 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:16.419 That's good. 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:16.780 Okay. 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:19.740 Would you ever park your car in a no parking zone? 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:24.319 For sure. 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:26.960 Did you hear that? 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.879 Do you think that's a good idea? 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:30.800 No way. 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.180 Do you think we could talk her out of it? 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:32.900 No way. 00:03:33.260 --> 00:03:34.320 Well, I'm going to try anyway. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:35.260 Don't do it, okay? 00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:36.000 For sure. 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:36.439 All right. 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:37.219 She's okay now. 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:37.580 All right? 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:38.900 Okay. 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:41.260 Do you know anything about Nippling Bible College? 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:41.900 No way. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:42.580 Are you lying? 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:43.360 No way. 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:44.240 I think he's lying. 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:44.900 Do you think he's lying? 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:45.319 For sure, Doug. 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:46.540 He was here last night, right? 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:47.340 Yeah, for sure. 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:49.040 Did he hear the presentation last night? 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:49.760 For sure, Doug. 00:03:49.939 --> 00:03:51.200 I'm going to give you a second chance. 00:03:51.540 --> 00:03:53.080 Do you know anything about Nippling Bible College? 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:53.819 No way. 00:03:54.019 --> 00:03:55.759 He stays in character so well. 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:56.479 I love that. 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:57.079 Okay. 00:03:58.259 --> 00:04:01.039 Well, I'm going to tell you a little bit about Nippling Bible College anyway. 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:01.579 Is that okay? 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:02.680 For sure, Doug. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:03.120 Okay. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:08.000 So, we have opportunities for you to come to Nippling Bible College, and you're probably 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.019 wondering, why would anybody do that? 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:10.780 Are you wondering that? 00:04:11.139 --> 00:04:11.799 For sure, Doug. 00:04:11.799 --> 00:04:17.620 Because it's an opportunity to spend one year focused on God's Word, listening to God. 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:18.839 Everybody's here for a purpose. 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:19.600 Do you believe that? 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:20.699 No way. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:22.019 Man, he's a tough customer. 00:04:22.159 --> 00:04:23.420 Do you believe we're all here for a reason? 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:24.280 For sure, Doug. 00:04:24.280 --> 00:04:25.480 Do you think we can convince him? 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:26.360 For sure, Doug. 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:28.060 That's what we do in Bible College. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:34.180 We spend one year concentrated in God's Word, listening to the God who created us, because 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.620 we want to know why we're here, right? 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:37.720 For sure, Doug. 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:39.460 You wouldn't want to miss that, would you? 00:04:39.500 --> 00:04:40.080 No way. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:40.720 I know. 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:47.620 So, a year of your life, set aside all the distractions, and ask God, the one who created 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:51.959 me, tell me who I am, who you are, why I'm here, and what you want to do with my life. 00:04:52.019 --> 00:04:54.060 Is that a great investment in the rest of your life? 00:04:54.420 --> 00:04:55.220 For sure, Doug. 00:04:55.220 --> 00:04:57.840 It's going to pay dividends for the rest of your life, right? 00:04:58.040 --> 00:04:58.660 For sure, Doug. 00:04:58.660 --> 00:05:00.259 And you wouldn't want to miss it, would you? 00:05:00.300 --> 00:05:00.699 No way. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:01.079 I know. 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.919 So, here's some opportunities for you to visit our Bible College. 00:05:05.359 --> 00:05:12.099 You can come to 365 Junior, if you're a junior, or 365 Senior, if you're a senior. 00:05:12.219 --> 00:05:12.839 Does that make sense? 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:13.680 For sure. 00:05:13.779 --> 00:05:15.319 You wouldn't want to go to the wrong one, would you? 00:05:15.379 --> 00:05:16.019 No way. 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.019 And you wouldn't want to miss going to 365. 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:18.919 No way. 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:20.259 Have you already signed up for this? 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:20.779 Yeah. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:21.439 No way. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:28.959 Can I trust him? 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:29.019 No way. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:38.240 For sure, Doug. 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:38.539 Good. 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:39.399 Are you having fun? 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:41.039 For sure. 00:05:41.599 --> 00:05:42.719 Are you having fun? 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:43.539 No way. 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:44.300 How's it going to be? 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:46.539 All right. 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.060 So, you can come to 365 Junior. 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:50.159 Are you okay? 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:51.680 Here. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:52.860 Fan yourself with that. 00:05:52.899 --> 00:05:53.680 It might help a little bit. 00:05:53.899 --> 00:05:54.199 All right. 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:56.240 Don't forget to bring a friend to 365. 00:05:56.740 --> 00:05:57.339 For sure, Doug. 00:05:57.599 --> 00:05:57.860 Good. 00:05:58.979 --> 00:06:00.360 You wouldn't come alone, would you? 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:01.199 No way. 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:02.060 Bring some friends. 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:02.540 That's great. 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.720 You can also come to Campus Days. 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:09.160 So, we give you an opportunity to come a couple times a year and sit in on classes. 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:11.379 You get to hear from the professors. 00:06:11.819 --> 00:06:14.160 You get a feel for what campus life is like. 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:17.379 You get to eat in the dining hall, which is going to be exciting, right? 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:18.319 For sure, Doug. 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:19.259 Do you like dining hall food? 00:06:19.340 --> 00:06:20.060 No way. 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:21.540 Well, you're going to get to try it anyway. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:26.379 And, and, and, you get to meet some of the rest of the students. 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:27.079 Is that exciting? 00:06:27.379 --> 00:06:28.339 For sure, Doug. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:29.480 Don't bother. 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:32.379 All right. 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.160 I know you want to come, so I'm going to give that to you anyway. 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:37.199 No way. 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:39.680 I'm going to give it to them anyway. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:42.959 Now, some of you are thinking, well, you know what? 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.220 Going to Bible college sounds like it's going to be expensive. 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:46.939 It's going to cost money, right? 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:48.060 For sure, Doug. 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:49.319 Is that going to stop you from going? 00:06:49.459 --> 00:06:50.180 No way. 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:52.780 But you would like to know if we can make it easier, wouldn't you? 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:53.560 For sure. 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.819 We have got just the thing for you. 00:06:56.280 --> 00:06:58.480 Scholarships and bursaries, the information's on the table. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:06:59.500 Help yourself to that. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:05.160 I'm not just speaking to those who are grade seven and up. 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:07.100 I want to talk to the parents and the grandparents. 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:07.819 Would that be okay? 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:08.819 For sure, Doug. 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:10.220 Do you think they'll be coming to Bible college? 00:07:10.340 --> 00:07:11.000 No way. 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:11.639 I don't know. 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.199 Some do. 00:07:12.699 --> 00:07:14.420 But you have children and grandchildren. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:19.379 We want to encourage you to send your children and grandchildren to Bible college. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:20.160 Is that a great idea? 00:07:20.379 --> 00:07:20.879 For sure. 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.360 They shouldn't miss that opportunity. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:22.620 No way. 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:23.300 I know. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.959 So think about it, grandparents. 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:29.339 You will make investments in your grandchildren, won't they? 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:30.399 For sure, Doug. 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:31.300 What kind of investments? 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:32.220 Music lessons? 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:33.160 Sports team? 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:34.920 Getting to a better school? 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:35.620 Is that true? 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:36.720 For sure, Doug. 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.660 You wouldn't want them to not support their grandchildren in going to Bible college, would 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:41.800 you? 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:42.100 No way. 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.120 Are you sure? 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:44.220 No way. 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:44.939 You're not sure? 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:46.279 No way. 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:47.519 You are sure? 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:48.759 No way. 00:07:48.840 --> 00:07:49.639 Can I trust him? 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:50.819 For sure, Doug. 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:51.120 Okay. 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:53.840 So scholarships and bursaries. 00:07:53.840 --> 00:07:56.060 You hang on to that and share it with people, okay? 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:57.160 No way. 00:07:57.500 --> 00:07:58.660 See if he can change his mind. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:07:59.180 All right. 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:00.899 Deacon's track. 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:02.280 Some of you are thinking, you know what? 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.539 I'd love to know the Bible, but I'm not really academic. 00:08:04.739 --> 00:08:10.699 I have a hard time studying and I don't like doing exams and writing papers is really like 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:11.559 a nightmare for me. 00:08:11.559 --> 00:08:15.599 So would you like to know if there was an opportunity for you to take a Bible college 00:08:15.599 --> 00:08:21.619 education and avoid all the rigors of those difficult papers, tests, and exams and rigmarole 00:08:21.619 --> 00:08:22.199 like that? 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:23.319 For sure, Doug. 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:23.819 There it is. 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:24.519 Deacon's track. 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:29.459 You get to sit in on the same classes, but you don't have the same level of academic requirement, 00:08:29.659 --> 00:08:31.800 but you get a Bible school education. 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:33.139 You don't want to miss that, do you? 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:33.879 No way. 00:08:33.939 --> 00:08:34.279 I know. 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:36.740 So a couple more things and then I'll be done. 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:37.480 Is that all right with you? 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:38.240 No way. 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:39.059 I'm going to do it anyway. 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:39.659 All right. 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:44.899 So we are going to give each of these two, I almost called them contestants, but they're 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:45.980 not contestants, are you? 00:08:46.700 --> 00:08:47.559 For sure, Doug. 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:48.019 You are. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:48.460 Okay. 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:51.340 Well, you're not really competing for this. 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:52.300 I'm going to give it to you anyway. 00:08:52.420 --> 00:08:57.660 I'm going to give them each a certificate for $100 off their first semester if they come 00:08:57.660 --> 00:08:58.700 to Nippon Bible College. 00:08:58.759 --> 00:08:59.360 Is that exciting? 00:08:59.780 --> 00:09:00.820 For sure, Doug. 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.440 You don't think he would say no to that, do you? 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:03.540 For sure, Doug. 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:04.440 Would you say no to that? 00:09:04.540 --> 00:09:05.180 No way. 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:05.639 Okay. 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:06.139 That's good. 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:13.040 So for the rest of you, if you are in grade seven and above, we have a draw for you. 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:18.659 Obviously, we want to start the dialogue with you because we don't manufacture students. 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:19.779 We only educate them. 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.719 So we rely on churches and families to provide us with students. 00:09:23.939 --> 00:09:27.279 We like to start the conversation early. 00:09:27.459 --> 00:09:28.659 What are you doing with your life? 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:29.699 Where do you fit into this? 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.179 How do you see Bible college fitting in? 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:35.699 And if you give us your information, our recruitment department will start that conversation 00:09:35.699 --> 00:09:36.360 with you. 00:09:36.459 --> 00:09:40.219 They're not going to force you to go to Bible school, but start the conversation. 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:42.860 Start talking about what are my goals in life? 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:45.000 How would Bible college help me to accomplish that? 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:49.500 How will going to Bible college pay dividends no matter where else God leads me? 00:09:49.680 --> 00:09:50.580 Does that sound exciting? 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:51.600 For sure, Doug. 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.960 Have you pulled one of these out already? 00:09:53.420 --> 00:09:53.779 Yes. 00:09:54.420 --> 00:09:55.240 For sure, Doug. 00:09:57.980 --> 00:09:58.820 He did too. 00:09:58.899 --> 00:09:59.440 Do you know that? 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:00.860 For sure, Doug. 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:01.300 He did. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:02.139 That's true. 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:03.300 All right. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:04.920 So thank you very much, guys. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:08.560 And after the service, you come and see me and I will make sure you get your certificate. 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:09.100 Is that okay? 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:09.840 For sure. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.560 You're not going to forget? 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:11.300 No way. 00:10:11.379 --> 00:10:11.540 Okay. 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.340 You can sit down. 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:18.420 You can sit down. 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:21.180 No way. 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:22.860 Will you tell him to sit down? 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:23.560 For sure, Doug. 00:10:23.560 --> 00:10:24.160 Tell him to sit down. 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:24.399 Sit down. 00:10:24.540 --> 00:10:24.780 All right. 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:29.060 It's so hard to keep people in character. 00:10:29.060 --> 00:10:30.860 All right. 00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:34.100 One little other thing I want to share with you before we spend a few minutes in God's 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:34.400 word. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:39.500 And that is, I'm actually an Ethnos missionary with Ethnos Canada. 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:40.659 It used to be New Tribes Mission. 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.419 Some of you might be more familiar with that name. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:47.879 And we have a wonderful training program in Durham, Ontario that's 18 months long, which 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:55.779 requires our students in Durham to have two weeks, poles, plastic, duct tape, and four 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:57.440 nails to build a house. 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.320 And they will live in that plastic house for the entire month of July. 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:04.100 The houses together we collectively call Jungle Camp. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:08.519 And after they move out at the end of July, because they get a month off before they go into their 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.580 fall semester, the PR department seizes Jungle Camp. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:16.639 We modify the houses and we invite groups to come in for the weekends, Friday through 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.019 Sunday. 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:24.860 You live in the plastic houses and you get some really intense and fun insight into missions, 00:11:25.060 --> 00:11:28.840 the existing need, why we need training, and why we do things the way we do. 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:32.379 It's a great opportunity to learn about missions, right? 00:11:33.300 --> 00:11:33.660 Right. 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.200 For sure does. 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:35.879 Thank you. 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:38.040 You wouldn't want to miss that either, would you? 00:11:38.180 --> 00:11:38.920 No way. 00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:39.519 All right. 00:11:39.660 --> 00:11:42.180 So there's some information about this on the table as well. 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:44.200 And I've talked to your pastor about it. 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:48.480 I'm looking to get 40 people on a bus to take from Nipawin. 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:50.120 We'll be driving right through Manitoba. 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:53.200 So we can pick people up on the way even. 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:57.700 But I'm trying to get 40 people to go down in August and participate in this. 00:11:57.780 --> 00:11:58.800 Would you want to do that? 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.860 For sure, Doug. 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:02.740 This was audience participation time. 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:03.200 Have you guys... 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.480 Get it. 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:05.620 I'm glad I didn't pick you. 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:06.120 All right. 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:08.020 Oh, I didn't pick any of you, did I? 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.900 I'm going to drag this out because now we're going to ask you to turn to God's Word for a 00:12:13.900 --> 00:12:14.259 few minutes. 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:14.680 Is that right? 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.420 Now I was told I have till one o'clock. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:16.980 Is that correct? 00:12:17.420 --> 00:12:17.700 No. 00:12:17.800 --> 00:12:18.720 For sure, Doug. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.500 All right. 00:12:21.540 --> 00:12:23.940 I find out who my friends are when I do things like that. 00:12:24.660 --> 00:12:25.180 All right. 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.060 On a more serious note, how much time do I have? 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:34.700 The pastor said I have as much time as I need. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.800 Well, we're staying for lunch, right? 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.600 Okay. 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:41.879 So nobody has to be in a hurry to get out of here, right? 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.300 No way. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:45.639 You've got to know the cues. 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:46.060 All right. 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:50.479 So I told some of the children earlier this morning that I had a surprise for them. 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:52.859 And you wanted to know what it was for, right? 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.619 You want to find out now? 00:12:55.239 --> 00:12:56.000 Hold your breath. 00:12:56.359 --> 00:12:57.159 This is a test. 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.459 See how long you can pay attention. 00:12:58.619 --> 00:12:59.859 You can pay attention in church, right? 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.339 Some people think kids can't, but they can. 00:13:02.419 --> 00:13:02.779 Can't you? 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:04.519 That's not the line. 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:05.139 What's the line? 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.019 Thank you. 00:13:07.099 --> 00:13:08.299 See how smart they are? 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:10.719 Those are future Bible school students. 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.419 I'm telling you. 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.659 Looking forward to having you. 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.539 And if I'm around... 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:14.839 We worked it out yesterday, didn't we? 00:13:15.099 --> 00:13:15.939 How many years? 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:16.659 Nine. 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.699 Nine more years. 00:13:17.839 --> 00:13:18.099 Okay. 00:13:18.979 --> 00:13:22.639 If I'm still breathing and still there, I'm looking forward to having you in my class. 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.159 Is that fair? 00:13:23.859 --> 00:13:24.099 Sure. 00:13:24.359 --> 00:13:25.019 That a girl. 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.799 See how she... 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:26.500 She's good. 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:27.399 All right. 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:31.179 If you have your Bible with you, and I hope you do because it's Sunday morning, turn to 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:32.959 John chapter five. 00:13:34.619 --> 00:13:39.739 And while you're turning there, I'm going to try and weave a few threads here together. 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.579 One is I'm with Ethnos Canada. 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.139 It's my heart and passion. 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:45.259 It's what I have given my life to. 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:51.699 Ethnos has sent me to Nippon Bible College believing that I can be effective in my role 00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:56.639 of recruiting and promoting missions, particularly Ethnos, at the Bible school. 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.519 So far, I am loving it. 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:06.340 So how do I connect Nippon Bible College and Ethnos Canada and Bible school education and 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.240 church and Sunday morning and the Word of God? 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:09.500 Do you think I can do this? 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.899 First church. 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:11.779 Good. 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:13.539 That's a wonderful response. 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:14.779 Well, we're going to give it our shot. 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:16.779 So let me give you a little bit of background. 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:21.159 Ethnos Canada works in typically isolated, remote places. 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.519 Started in 1942. 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:27.960 And our goal has and remains to take the gospel to people who have no access to the gospel. 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:33.679 Believe it or not, still have about 2,500 people groups on the planet who have no access 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.519 to the gospel. 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.659 They might even have, in some cases, buildings with crosses on them. 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.220 They might, in some cases, know the name of Jesus, but they don't know the gospel. 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.179 That is something that we can do something about in our lifetime. 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:47.819 We have the richest church that's ever existed. 00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:49.919 We have the best equipped church that's ever existed. 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:52.740 We have open doors all over the place. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.939 Right now, are we being recorded? 00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.179 Okay. 00:14:56.939 --> 00:15:00.819 We have, so I want to be careful what I say about some of the access points that we have. 00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:07.379 We have, at any given time, at least a dozen of these remote, isolated people groups who 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:08.980 are begging us for missionaries. 00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:10.020 You know what the problem is? 00:15:10.560 --> 00:15:12.860 We don't have people to go. 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:16.780 I mean, church after church, where we seem to live under the assumption that we're going 00:15:16.780 --> 00:15:19.540 to hear, well done, good and faithful servant, because we're believers. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:21.500 Jesus isn't going to lie. 00:15:22.280 --> 00:15:28.100 He said, I want you to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every tribe, every people. 00:15:28.300 --> 00:15:28.480 Right? 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:33.340 And for some reason, we got so far and we've kind of stalled, and the richest, best equipped 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:39.060 church that's ever existed is becoming self-indulgent, and we're more consumed about ourself. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:44.600 I want to challenge you very seriously to consider the sacrifice, and it is sacrifice, that it 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:46.440 will take to get the job done. 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:48.300 We're going to need your children. 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.500 We're going to need your grandchildren. 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:56.120 We're going to need parents to say, God gave us these children not to hang on to, but 00:15:56.120 --> 00:16:00.980 to equip for a life of meaningful service that may involve them serving on the other 00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:03.379 side of the world where you only get to see them every four years. 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.600 Can you do that? 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.340 For sure, Doug. 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.360 For sure, Doug. 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.580 You realize only two people said, for sure, Doug. 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:12.139 That is indicative of the problem. 00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:15.879 If you were all enthusiastic, like, for sure, Doug, what do I have to do? 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.519 The problem would be solved if we'd do that. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.320 Are you tracking with me? 00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.639 That was a poke in the eye. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:23.060 So you can despise me, but I'm not going to quit. 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.539 Okay. 00:16:24.739 --> 00:16:31.599 So, as we perform our ministry, planting churches in these isolated people groups, one of my 00:16:31.599 --> 00:16:35.639 co-workers, Dave Wright, worked among the Mangan people. 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.559 Everybody say Mangan. 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.459 Mangan. 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.719 Not everybody said it. 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.699 Everybody say Mangan. 00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:40.539 Mangan. 00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:41.539 That's better. 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:43.099 Audience participation is important. 00:16:43.219 --> 00:16:44.019 I know you're not sleeping. 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:46.099 That's in class, too. 00:16:48.079 --> 00:16:49.439 You don't believe me. 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.680 All right. 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:55.580 So Dave planted a church among the Mangan people, and we learned something from the people that 00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:58.400 we plant churches among as well, and I'm going to share that with you in just a minute. 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:03.760 One of the things about the Mangan people is because it's an oral culture, and that's 00:17:03.760 --> 00:17:04.559 part of what we do. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.400 We teach our missionaries how to take an oral culture, develop an alphabet for them, put 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:13.799 their language into writing, and then translate the Bible into their language so that when 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:18.360 we're done our work among them, and it takes 30 or 40 years, they have indigenous leadership 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:22.939 and established church and the Word of God to stand on and be self-sufficient. 00:17:23.199 --> 00:17:24.019 That's the goal. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.619 There's no shortcuts. 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:30.559 It's hard, and it takes sacrifice, but all of our missionaries who have done it, without 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:32.959 fail, all will tell me, it was wonderful. 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:34.139 I would do it again if I could. 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.119 Awesome. 00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:36.379 Great way to spend your life. 00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:40.240 So one of the things that the Mangan people do when they have a debt, because they have 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:46.799 no record keeping, they don't have accounts, is let's say that Pastor Joel here, Pastor 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:52.259 Josh, sorry, other church, Pastor Josh comes over to me and said, Doug, you know what, could 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.259 I borrow a pig? 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:59.460 And I say, well, sure, I have lots, and we have to keep track of that debt. 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.380 You know what we're going to use? 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.720 A knot in a rope. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.960 So Pastor Josh, you owe me a pig. 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.120 Don't you forget it. 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:07.579 I got a rope that reminds me of your debt. 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.200 You with me? 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:09.299 You see how this works? 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:16.519 Oh, he wanders over again, and he wants a second pig, maybe a third pig or a fourth. 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.720 You get how this works? 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:23.000 And before you know it, Pastor Josh here is coming to you guys saying, like, I need a 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.559 raise, because, like, I'm so far in debt to Doug, I got to replace all these pigs. 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:30.660 Only one person gets that. 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.000 Okay. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.779 It was a joke. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.080 So, all right. 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.759 The main thing is, how do we keep track of debts? 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.480 We put knots in ropes, okay? 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.620 Or vines, they use. 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:41.700 Now, how would you use that in Bible college? 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.220 You want to know? 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.900 For sure, Doug. 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.440 For sure, Doug. 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.039 Okay, good. 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:51.019 So, good to have people in the class here who have been in that class and seen how we've 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.440 done this. 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:58.779 When Dave and his team got to Exodus chapter 20, where we teach the Ten Commandments, right? 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:03.299 How do we convey to people what the Ten Commandments is all about? 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:09.079 That every time God gives a, you shall have no other gods before me, that we have violated 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.299 that. 00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.039 We have broken it. 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:12.319 We have a debt to God. 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.660 Are you tracking with me? 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.639 What a great visual. 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:17.180 These people understood the Ten Commandments. 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:21.080 And you know them probably, but let me rhyme them off from Exodus chapter 20. 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:23.380 You will have no graven image. 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.779 You will have, not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. 00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:28.080 Remember the Sabbath. 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.440 Honor your father and mother. 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.799 Do not kill. 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.840 Do not commit adultery. 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.539 Do not steal. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.660 Do not bear false witness. 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.440 And if I've counted this right, do not covet. 00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:37.680 We have ten knots. 00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.779 Or, that's okay. 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.480 It still works. 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:39.940 Doesn't it? 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:43.380 Ten, or ten debts. 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.160 And here's the problem. 00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.960 They're debts they can't pay. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:53.519 And they can't go to mom or dad or to their place of employment and say, you know what? 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:57.400 I need a raise because I got to pay these debts that I owe to God. 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.660 It's a problem. 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.500 Are you with me? 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:02.860 That was the purpose of the Ten Commandments. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.180 To reveal to us that we have this debt we can't pay. 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.340 Does everybody understand that? 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.640 That's awesome. 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:15.440 Every single one of us has these debts that we cannot pay. 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:17.920 That's a dilemma that we can't fix. 00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:21.420 And if you're not sweating over that, you should be. 00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:26.460 Because one day we're all going to stand before God and we are going to give an account of our lives. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:38.640 And in particular, we are going to have to be confronted with the fact that we have this debt before God that has to be dealt with and paid either by us or by a substitute. 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:42.060 And here's the wonderful thing about God. 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:53.759 Way back when we saw that in our presentation today, back in Genesis chapter 3 and verse 20, when Adam and Eve chose to sin against God, God immediately said, I'm not happy with this. 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.759 I am going to put into plan. 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.759 I'm going to put into action. 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.779 I'm going to put into action. 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.039 A plan of redemption. 00:20:58.740 --> 00:21:02.160 And I will provide the solution to the naughty problem. 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:05.460 Now, how is that going to work? 00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:12.160 Well, you saw some of it played out in some of our plays here tonight or this morning and last night. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:14.060 But here's the thing. 00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:29.080 When God gives Israel the opportunity to follow him at Mount Sinai and Moses gives them the Ten Commandments, if you're familiar with the story, in pride, in Exodus 19 and verse 8, they say everything that God said, we're going to do it. 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.180 Did they do it? 00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:31.140 No. 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:35.300 In fact, while Moses is on the mountain, what were they doing behind the mountain? 00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.960 Breaking these. 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.779 Like tying more knots in the rope. 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:43.259 And the reality is for all of us, we have way more than 10 knots in our rope. 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.079 Right? 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:46.000 We are in serious trouble. 00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:54.940 So as God works at working this plan out, I'm going to fast forward now to John chapter 5 because time is almost out. 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:57.859 But I can take as long as I want and your clock at the back is wrong anyway. 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.220 So don't look at it. 00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.720 Okay. 00:21:59.720 --> 00:21:59.799 Okay. 00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:23.079 So God works through this plan of redemption through history, through Abraham, through David, through the descendants, and gives over 350 prophecies in the Old Testament so that when his solution to this problem arrives, everybody's going to know without any doubt, without any shadow of a doubt, this is the solution to our problem. 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.000 Does that make sense? 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.299 I mean, God doesn't want us trusting in a false hope. 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:32.539 He wants us to know there's a solution to this that is extremely expensive to God. 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:39.960 And I don't know if you've ever given an expensive gift to somebody, but it's really insulting when they just kind of toss it aside and ignore it. 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:46.440 God says, I've got you the solution to this problem, which is it is beyond price. 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:50.700 It's actually his own son who died on the cross. 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:55.220 That's what Calvary is all about, to pay for our sins so these knots could be removed. 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:58.700 So that's where I want you to turn to John chapter 5. 00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.779 And I'm going to have a little bit of fun here. 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:04.460 It's not unsanctified fun, but it does require to use your imagination. 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:07.279 And I'm going to play with the English language a little bit. 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.860 Is that allowed? 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:11.559 Of course it is, because you don't want to go to sleep on a Sunday morning. 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:17.679 So in John chapter 5, if you have your Bible open, I'm not going to read through the whole thing for time's sake. 00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:23.919 But I do hope that after we spend this time together this morning, you go home and you say, I've got to read that again. 00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:31.019 So for now, if you want to circle a couple of things as we go through this, or if you mark in your Bible, or just make mental notes, or whatever, 00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:33.000 you might want to notice some of these things. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:40.759 So in verses 1 through 15, in John chapter 5, Jesus healed a lame man. 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:47.559 And the significant thing about this is that he healed this lame man on the Sabbath. 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:49.380 Okay, some of you are familiar with this story. 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:54.940 Now, it's not just that Jesus healed a lame man on the Sabbath, but he's in Jerusalem. 00:23:55.619 --> 00:24:01.259 And this is the first time that Jesus has, I'll put quotes around, violated the Sabbath in Jerusalem. 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:04.799 And it's going to cause a big, big stir. 00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.799 Why would he do that? 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.480 Maybe to get people's attention. 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:17.759 Hey, if God were to send the solution to this problem and nobody knew about it, wouldn't that be a tragedy? 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:23.039 So God wants to make sure, hey, you need to know the solutions here. 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:26.619 So Jesus heals this lame man. 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.019 Now he's got everyone's attention. 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:34.240 And if you have your Bible reading finger and everybody's got one, okay, unless you have no fingers, then you have a Bible reading toe. 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.279 And use that if you need to. 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:41.240 Put it on the page at John chapter 5 and verse 16. 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:47.019 And what does it say that they wanted to do to Jesus in John 5 and verse 16? 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.079 They wanted to kill him. 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:52.000 Wait a minute. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:58.759 God sends the solution to this problem that people have been living with for all these centuries. 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.099 And he's been pointing to it. 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.259 Here he is. 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.799 And they want to kill him. 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:04.480 Does that sound like a stupid thing? 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.199 Yeah, to me too. 00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:09.240 So our plot develops. 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:11.359 Okay, that's great in a drama too, right? 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:16.559 So in verse 16, the Jews desire to kill Jesus. 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.419 And take a look at verse 18. 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.240 What does it say there? 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.759 It intensifies. 00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:23.219 The plot thickens. 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:29.979 The Jews now, who want to kill Jesus because in their eyes he's violated the Sabbath, 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:34.240 now are more determined because, and this is extremely important, 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:38.960 he said God was his father. 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.880 And what does it say that means? 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.940 Making himself equal with God. 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.940 Don't miss that. 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.640 That is critical to all this. 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.480 I meet people all the time who say, 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.700 you know, Jesus never really claimed to be God. 00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:57.339 When Jesus heals this man on the Sabbath and they come and they want to kill him, 00:25:57.819 --> 00:26:00.680 he is going to make sure, make no mistake guys, 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:03.259 I am the son of God. 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.900 This is what this is all about. 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:07.339 I am the solution that God has provided. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.960 There isn't another one. 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:12.359 And we'll see that as I take a few more minutes with you. 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.480 So when they want to kill him, 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:19.599 when they are so enraged by this declaration that he has made, 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:21.240 that he is equal with God, 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.960 he responds in the following way. 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:27.180 He says, keep a look at the page there, verse 19. 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.519 He says, 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:32.180 I can do nothing, that is the works that I'm doing, 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:35.560 including healing this man on the Sabbath without the father. 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.740 See that in verse 19? 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:39.060 It's important you see it in God's word for yourself. 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:41.279 And in verse 30, he reiterates that. 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:43.860 In fact, it's interesting as you go through this passage, 00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:46.539 how many of these things are duplicated. 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:49.240 It's almost like Jesus thinks we're poor students. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.779 How many times do I have to repeat myself? 00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.560 Parents, you ever say that to your kids? 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:57.639 How many times have I told you? 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.519 At least twice, mom. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.740 When are you going to do it? 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.000 Okay. 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.519 So no time to dwell on parenting right now. 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.980 So Jesus' response is, 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:09.879 I can do nothing without the works of my father, verse 19. 00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:12.440 And I think, for one thing, 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.200 there's a great application for us there. 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:17.259 If you're still thinking you're doing something for God 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.759 and you're detached from God, 00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:21.019 Jesus said, apart from me, you can do? 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.500 Nothing. 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.539 Nothing. 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:22.980 Okay. 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.000 I mean, you could stay busy. 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.799 You could do a lot of stuff. 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:29.319 But you won't be accomplishing God's purpose for you 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:32.160 or God's purpose for redemption for the world. 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:35.259 And I want to stab you in the eye again. 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:39.900 Churches are going crazy being so busy with programming 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:43.059 that does not fulfill the Great Commission. 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.839 Are you hearing what I'm saying here? 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:49.500 We're really busy about making things more comfortable for ourselves. 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:52.839 And that's not what we are commissioned to do. 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:58.880 We are commissioned to sacrificially make whatever sacrifices are necessary 00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.819 to see those lost people reached. 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.240 Okay. 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.619 Does that sound like missions to you? 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.660 It should. 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.400 Okay. 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.700 So, okay. 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:10.420 Make sure that what we're doing is consistent with what God wants us to do. 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.299 We're staying attached. 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:14.140 We're being nourished from him as we do this. 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.500 Is it wearisome? 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.839 Absolutely. 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.139 Is it frustrating and discouraging? 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.319 You got to know it. 00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.220 I've been there. 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.240 I get it. 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.899 But isn't it wonderful to know that you're refreshed daily, 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.699 renewed in the inner man daily as you serve God? 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.419 Isn't that exciting? 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.579 For sure, Doug. 00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:32.579 Only one person got that. 00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:37.059 The rest of you, I crave for you that you would know what it is to wake up weary. 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.039 We're at the end of a tour. 00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.959 We're all tired. 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:43.680 But I am invigorated by the opportunity this morning to do this with you. 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.840 And I believe God. 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.600 I'm sustained by God because I'm big. 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.140 Right? 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.740 I'm looking forward to my own bed tonight. 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.840 You don't care about that. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.180 Okay. 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.940 Let's keep going here. 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:54.420 So, Jesus says, apart from the Father, I can do nothing. 00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:57.240 Now, he gives us some examples here. 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.180 Do you want to see the examples? 00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.200 Good. 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.160 Okay. 00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.900 So, here's some examples for you. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:07.240 He says, keep your Bible reading, figure out, okay, what he does, I do. 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.740 In verse 19, do you see that? 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.900 See it for yourself. 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.460 Circle it. 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:13.400 Go back and look it up later because I don't have time to dwell on it now. 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:19.579 In verse 21, he says, he, the Father, has and gives life. 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:22.740 And, oh, I have and give life. 00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.620 Hmm. 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.240 Got it? 00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.000 Make a connection. 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:28.299 Look at verse 22. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:36.079 God, who has authority to judge, gives me the authority to judge. 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.699 Verse 22. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.639 God receives honor in verse 23. 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.259 I receive honor. 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.159 Verse 23. 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:50.359 God bears witness in verse 37, which he points out, a little side note, is greater than John's 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.659 witness. 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:53.039 You went asking John, who is this guy? 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.539 And you were willing to take John's testimony? 00:29:57.059 --> 00:30:00.679 Well, God, the Father, his testimony is greater than John's. 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:03.580 And he is confirming who I am. 00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:07.259 And, oh, by the way, same verse, my works bear witness to who I am. 00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:09.740 Me and the Father, we're doing the same things. 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:15.000 And what we're confirming here is that I really am the Son of God. 00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.799 Verse 36. 00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:18.539 Now, why would Jesus be saying this? 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:20.580 What does it say in verse 34? 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.060 Take a look. 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:30.919 Look, I am telling you these things so that you can not be guilty, not be miserable, not 00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:32.240 wander around crime. 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.779 Because God is so mean to me. 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.940 He doesn't give me what I want. 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.799 I don't like God. 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.559 What's for lunch? 00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:42.279 We do that. 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.299 And God says, wait a minute. 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:48.700 I want to make it crystal clear to you that you've got a serious problem. 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.680 I'm the solution. 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:58.000 And I want to make it crystal clear that I'm telling you so you can be saved. 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:01.139 This isn't just about those people over there. 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:03.519 It's not just about the children in Sunday school. 00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:05.839 It's not just about people in Africa. 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.639 You getting it? 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.200 He's talking to you personally. 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:14.139 Now, it's possible that there are people here this morning who have never reconciled to God. 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:20.039 In spite of the fact that God has sent the solution, maybe you didn't know that. 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:22.339 Or maybe you have never made it personal. 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.720 Jesus wants to make sure you make it personal. 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.460 Is that exciting? 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.839 It is really exciting. 00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:33.680 Nothing would excite me more than this morning if someone says, man, I came to this morning, 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.759 Doug, feeling this. 00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:36.419 I know I'm guilty before God. 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:38.099 I know I can't do anything about it. 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.579 And it's horrible. 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.680 It's weighing me down. 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:44.139 And like you've heard in some of our student testimonies, I've looked for something 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.580 that will soothe the pain. 00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:47.140 And nothing lasts. 00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:48.320 Nothing takes it away. 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:53.040 And I learned this morning from your message this morning for the first time from God's 00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:55.280 word that Jesus is the solution and I want that. 00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:56.480 Would that excite you, Pastor? 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:01.220 So if you're feeling that this morning immediately after service, you go talk to your Pastor Josh, 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.440 right? 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.560 Is that a good plan? 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.640 For sure, sir. 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.820 That's an awesome plan. 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.300 Thank you. 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:05.940 All right. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.300 So now let me have a little bit of fun with the English language. 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:11.400 Jesus has made it perfectly clear. 00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:13.380 He's the solution to the problem. 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.280 All right? 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.580 I am the Son of God. 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:17.880 You guys got this right, even though you want to kill me for it. 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:20.560 Me and the Father, we left no doubt about it. 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:22.079 I'm telling this so that you can be saved. 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.940 But here's 10 problems in our passage. 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.779 I'm just going to go through them very quickly. 00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:29.539 And I'm going to have some fun with the English language here. 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.819 Okay? 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.519 Because there are 10 nots. 00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:33.279 Only it's N-O-T-S. 00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:33.879 All right? 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:37.019 Keep your Bible reading finger on the page and start in verse 17. 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:40.119 Jesus is the solution to this problem. 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:45.460 And he says, but, but, the voice of the Father you have not heard. 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.980 Is that because God never said anything? 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.180 No. 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.660 So you've never heard the voice of God. 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.819 Are you not listening? 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.059 Are you ignoring it? 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.740 Are you dismissing it? 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.339 It's not that God hasn't spoken. 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.740 You haven't heard his voice. 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.259 Oh, verse 37 again. 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:03.339 You have not seen his form. 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.220 That's a problem. 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:07.740 I won't believe in God unless I can see him. 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.240 Well, you're going to meet him one day. 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.680 Don't leave it till that day to believe in him. 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.279 He's real. 00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.700 Verse 38. 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:17.180 You have not his word abiding in you. 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.779 Maybe you're aware of it. 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.900 Maybe you've memorized it. 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:22.580 Maybe you've put it on these neat little plaques you hang around your house. 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.140 I see that all the time, right? 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.920 And I wonder if it's ever gotten from the plaque to the heart. 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.460 You know what I'm talking about, right? 00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:31.220 So, anyway, I'm not going to dwell on any of these. 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:35.200 In verse 38, he says, you do not believe the one he has sent. 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:41.059 You're still piddled around looking for some kind of alternative to solve your sin problem. 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.519 And there isn't one. 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.099 I am the only one. 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.900 He says that. 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.839 You don't have his word abiding in you and you do not believe in the one he has sent. 00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.920 You are in trouble. 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.599 Verse 40. 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:56.599 You do not come to me that you might have life. 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.980 I'm the solution. 00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.359 You won't come to me. 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.299 You will not have life. 00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:02.579 Are you getting how this adds up in our passage? 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.799 Okay, there's more. 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.519 There's more. 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:07.220 You know that because I still have knots to go here. 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:11.860 In verse 42, you do not have the love of God within you. 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:16.200 You don't have a love for God and you don't have a love from God in you. 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.780 You're still living in the flesh. 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.280 You're condemning one another. 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.360 You're judgmental. 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.320 And you're miserable. 00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.880 Do you know people like that? 00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.860 I know people like that. 00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.400 And, oh, you know what? 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.599 I used to be one of those. 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:32.320 You know, and I don't think I'm miserable today and I don't want to be miserable. 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:35.320 I am so glad God has delivered me from that. 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.880 I love my life. 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.720 I love my job. 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.639 I love what I do. 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:40.340 I don't love everything about it. 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:45.760 But I love that God has freed me from my guilt and my sin and my knots are gone. 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:50.079 Redemption is a wonderful freedom and release and a great life. 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.079 So anyway, I have to keep going here. 00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:58.779 Okay, he says in verse 43, you do not receive me even though I have come to you in my Father's name. 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:04.679 You do not seek the glory of verse 44 that comes from God, only from God. 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:07.000 Where are you seeking glory? 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:15.980 That kind of prestige or reputation or, you know, something makes you feel like I'm something, eh? 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:18.059 Have you noticed? 00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.400 If not, I can tell you about it. 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.900 Right? 00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:27.059 We all crave some kind of recognition, some kind of affirmation. 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.019 Everybody needs it. 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.000 We're created with that. 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:32.740 And we get it from our creator who says, you are unique. 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.760 I created you. 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:37.179 There isn't another one like you and that doesn't make you special. 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.300 It makes you unique. 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:44.219 And I've got something very, very unique just for you that nobody else has. 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.340 Is that awesome or what? 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.440 You can miss it. 00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:48.180 That's what Jesus is talking about here. 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:52.920 He says in verse 46, you do not believe the writings of Moses. 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:56.059 Now, gag on that one because he's talking to Jews here. 00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.640 Wait a minute. 00:35:58.160 --> 00:36:00.260 You're telling us that we don't believe Moses. 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.440 You've got to be kidding me. 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:04.180 If you did believe in Moses, what does he say? 00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:05.280 Then you would believe in me. 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.079 Ooh, gag. 00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:10.700 And the final one is verse 45. 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:14.160 Because of all these things, you've got the guilt. 00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.300 You know the solutions here. 00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:17.980 You're refusing what God is offering you freely. 00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:20.000 And so what does it say in verse 45? 00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.620 You don't have a hope. 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:26.579 Apart from God's solution, there is no hope, friends. 00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:33.079 And if you came today not knowing Jesus, you came with your knotted rope, you're going to go home with your knotted rope. 00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:34.200 There is no other solution. 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:39.019 Anything you try to alleviate that problem will end in failure. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.539 And it's eternal in its consequences. 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.900 You don't want that to happen. 00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:47.700 So I'm going to conclude here very quickly with a couple of just further things. 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:50.319 I want you to know how great and awesome our God is. 00:36:51.419 --> 00:36:59.639 He points out here that if you're trying to trust anything apart from Jesus Christ to relieve you from your sin debt, it's going to end in failure. 00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:01.219 He wants you to know that. 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:05.279 But look at the opportunities that he gives in verse 24. 00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.739 I absolutely love this. 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.579 Jesus knows who he's talking to. 00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:10.500 I mean, he's the one that's outlined this for us. 00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:14.199 And he still says to them, look at it in verse 24. 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:22.159 This is our God who knows our sick, willful, awful, stubborn hearts. 00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:27.360 And he says, look at whoever hears and believes will have what? 00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.699 Hallelujah. 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:37.199 The opportunity is still here for this crowd here today as it was when Jesus spoke these words. 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:43.699 And sadly, when Jesus gave these words in John chapter 5, they declined. 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:49.480 Therefore, they remain hopeless, even though they had in their possession God's word. 00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:52.159 They are still hopeless and without God in the world. 00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:56.839 Very quickly, you know, Paul talks about Gentiles who don't even have the word of God, 00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:59.879 have never had opportunity to hear the word of God. 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:04.839 In Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 12, he says they are without God and without hope in the world. 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.579 It's our job to bring them hope. 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.460 Can we do that? 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.480 Awesome. 00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.739 That's our job. 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:13.639 And I like to see 100% of the church committed to that. 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:21.619 Romans chapter 10 verses 9 to 15 tells us that if we confess the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart, right, we'll be saved. 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:26.819 But he also points out that those who call will be saved, but they can't call if they don't believe, 00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:29.940 and they can't believe if they don't hear, and they can't hear without preaching, 00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:32.079 and they can't preach without sending. 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:36.079 And as a church, it's our job to fill in all those blanks. 00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:41.679 So I hope you're looking among your congregation and say, wow, there's potential ministry, there's ministry, 00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:47.840 there's a missionary, and getting behind them and encouraging them before the world persuades them 00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:50.679 that success looks like money in the bank and a new car. 00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:55.339 However, that's not success, and Jesus is not going to be impressed if that's all we have for him. 00:38:55.980 --> 00:39:01.659 So I want to thank you for the opportunity to present Nippon Bible College to you this morning. 00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:03.079 I want to challenge you for missions. 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:05.679 I want to challenge you to check your focus. 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:11.199 And if you don't know the Lord Jesus, I want to urge you as passionately as I can this morning, 00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:13.239 don't, don't say no. 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.619 There is no other hope. 00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.440 Pastor. 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.500 Pastor. 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.559 Pastor. 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.619 Pastor. 00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:15.679 Pastor. 00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.699 Pastor. 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.719 Pastor. 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.779 Pastor. 00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.460 Pastor. 00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:46.440 Thank you.