WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.540 Good morning. 00:00:04.419 --> 00:00:06.820 Praise God for your mission's involvement. 00:00:07.179 --> 00:00:09.099 You know, we live far away from here, 00:00:09.179 --> 00:00:11.179 but as you pray, you're right there with us. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:13.500 So, stories I'll be telling today 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:16.160 about the wonderful things God is doing, 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:18.940 even though you live this far away, 00:00:18.980 --> 00:00:20.500 as you pray, you give, 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:22.699 and sometimes go directly to the field, 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:25.359 you're right there with those of us who are on the field. 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:29.400 We have now served in Southeast Asia, 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:30.699 myself, and my family. 00:00:31.599 --> 00:00:33.079 We're in our 20th year. 00:00:34.239 --> 00:00:35.759 You know, and sometimes it's good to come back 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:36.600 and get a checkup. 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:39.200 Notice the title of today's sermon, 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:40.700 Have We Lost Our Minds? 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:42.939 Have We Lost Our Minds? 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:44.839 Maybe you've asked yourself that same question. 00:00:48.219 --> 00:00:52.099 20 years ago, when we started going to the process 00:00:52.099 --> 00:00:53.439 of going overseas, 00:00:56.599 --> 00:00:58.879 we were asked, in fact, my wife was asked, 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.500 you know, where are you feel led to go, 00:01:00.580 --> 00:01:02.340 and she said, anywhere but a Muslim country. 00:01:03.300 --> 00:01:05.120 And, of course, that's where God sent us. 00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:10.260 And we had no idea how to reach those folks. 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:11.719 In fact, for the early years, 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:13.379 I was in seminary education, 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:17.740 and also helping Baptist churches like yours 00:01:17.740 --> 00:01:20.320 open cell groups to reach their neighbors, 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:22.120 and praise God, some came to faith. 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:25.120 But then, in late 2004, 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:28.800 we were asked to engage a large, 00:01:28.900 --> 00:01:30.600 unreached Muslim people group. 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:33.620 And so we went from knowing kind of what to do 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:35.980 in the seminary and in a traditional church setting 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:38.020 to not having any idea what to do. 00:01:38.800 --> 00:01:40.540 And so we found people to pray, 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:41.500 people like yourselves. 00:01:42.219 --> 00:01:45.659 And I personally began praying desperate prayers 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:47.260 to the Lord for our people group. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:50.520 What seemed to be an impossible task. 00:01:51.460 --> 00:01:53.340 God is doing amazing things. 00:01:54.900 --> 00:01:57.420 Tens of thousands of Muslims have come to faith 00:01:57.420 --> 00:01:58.460 in our people group, 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:02.260 and are reaching others throughout our country of service 00:02:02.260 --> 00:02:03.640 and throughout Southeast Asia. 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:05.320 We didn't get any smarter. 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.860 In fact, we went back to plan A, Acts. 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:13.680 How was the gospel shared in Acts? 00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:16.740 And we began sharing the gospel a lot that way. 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:18.460 When people came to faith and were baptized, 00:02:19.340 --> 00:02:20.900 just like in Acts, 00:02:20.980 --> 00:02:22.900 they would go home and gather their friends 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:23.680 and their families, 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.140 believe the gospel, 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:26.800 and become churches in those areas. 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:29.280 We began calling this approach 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.960 anyone, anywhere, anytime, any three. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:35.920 So we're no smarter than we were. 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.380 We're simply trying to abide in Christ 00:02:38.380 --> 00:02:39.540 as the Lord taught us, 00:02:39.539 --> 00:02:41.219 and simply obey the Great Commission 00:02:41.219 --> 00:02:42.659 the way it was obeyed in Acts. 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:45.500 And it's interesting that God's plan 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:46.780 works a lot better than ours. 00:02:48.620 --> 00:02:50.879 God truly is doing amazing things. 00:02:51.899 --> 00:02:52.819 Next slide, please. 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.139 Has anyone ever been to Southeast Asia? 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.159 Did you try this fruit while you were there? 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:01.379 We call it the durian. 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:02.379 You tried it. 00:03:02.819 --> 00:03:05.180 So you can verify what I'm getting ready to say. 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:08.139 If you watch programs 00:03:08.139 --> 00:03:09.579 about the world's worst food, 00:03:09.679 --> 00:03:10.899 this one's always on it. 00:03:11.679 --> 00:03:13.619 Usually top five. 00:03:14.399 --> 00:03:15.979 Called the spiked fruit. 00:03:16.099 --> 00:03:16.979 Literal translation, 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:18.579 durian, 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:20.099 means spiked fruit 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:21.439 because of these spikes, 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:24.019 these goads that it has on it. 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:26.560 It's a heavy fruit, 00:03:26.659 --> 00:03:28.339 and sometimes it falls off a tree. 00:03:28.899 --> 00:03:29.679 And when it hits people, 00:03:29.779 --> 00:03:30.719 sometimes they die. 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.239 This fruit has been known to kill people 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:34.800 when it falls off and hits them in the head. 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:36.379 It smells terrible. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.020 It smells that bad, 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:40.600 good sign that it's not meant to be eaten. 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.300 But somebody tried it and liked it, 00:03:43.340 --> 00:03:44.260 and the people that we serve 00:03:44.260 --> 00:03:45.500 really enjoy this fruit. 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:47.379 In fact, they'll give a day's wage for it. 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:49.980 Had some volunteers who came over, 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:52.200 and they'd seen on one of these stations 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:53.340 about how bad it was, 00:03:53.379 --> 00:03:54.640 and they said it couldn't be that bad. 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:56.639 So I found them one, 00:03:56.779 --> 00:03:58.759 and I opened it up and gave it to them, 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:00.739 and their countenance immediately turned. 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:03.079 Said it tastes like dirty socks. 00:04:03.839 --> 00:04:05.699 By the way, it smells like dirty socks. 00:04:08.179 --> 00:04:10.179 Once again, my kids like this fruit, 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:11.819 and the people we serve like it, 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:12.899 which might be a good sign. 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:14.399 You know, they might need some help, right? 00:04:15.379 --> 00:04:16.180 Might need some help. 00:04:16.219 --> 00:04:17.039 Of course I'm teasing. 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:18.240 If you enjoy this fruit, 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:18.939 good for you. 00:04:18.979 --> 00:04:19.879 My kids do too. 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:23.639 Today's sermon is about 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.079 a time when Paul, 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:27.740 the apostle, 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.279 was standing before the king 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.039 giving an account of why, 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.379 even though he was persecuted tremendously, 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:38.240 why did he keep on 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:40.000 proclaiming the gospel? 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:45.360 Thirteen years after Paul came to faith, 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.620 he went on three missionary journeys 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:50.139 totaling nine years, 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:52.319 including the time that he was back in Antioch. 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:54.800 God did amazing things. 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:56.199 His presence was there 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:58.279 in real and very sweet ways, 00:04:58.399 --> 00:04:59.500 but it wasn't easy. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.279 Most of us had never gotten beaten up 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:05.519 because we shared the gospel. 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:06.219 I've been threatened. 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:07.759 I would have gotten beaten up. 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:09.019 A guy had a baseball bat, 00:05:09.699 --> 00:05:11.180 or a version of one, 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:12.399 but praise God, 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.339 God delivered me from that situation. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:14.819 Paul said, 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:16.519 I've been beaten times without number. 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:19.579 You've been beaten a lot 00:05:19.579 --> 00:05:20.620 if you can't count many times, 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:22.120 how many times you've been beaten up. 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.060 So I was in danger from my countrymen, 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:26.300 friend from the Jews. 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:28.459 He said, 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:29.519 I was in danger 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.360 from natural situations, 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:32.800 rivers, 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:33.300 he said, 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:33.740 oceans. 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.599 I spent nights out at the sea. 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:39.379 times without number, 00:05:39.460 --> 00:05:40.040 he could tell about 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.620 the times where people tried to kill it. 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:46.600 So God did great things through Paul 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.000 as he proclaimed a simple message. 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:49.860 Jesus Christ died for our sins 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:51.020 and was raised from the dead. 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:53.460 And whoever you are, 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:55.400 if we will repent of our sin 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:56.900 and surrender ourselves to Jesus, 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:58.620 believing this great news, 00:05:58.960 --> 00:05:59.980 our sins are forgiven. 00:05:59.980 --> 00:06:03.879 The message changed Paul's life 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.800 and he was commissioned 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:06.920 to share it with others 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:07.900 and he did that. 00:06:09.020 --> 00:06:10.280 So that now, 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:11.740 he is before the king. 00:06:12.520 --> 00:06:14.220 Nine years of missionary journeys 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:17.020 and after nine years 00:06:17.020 --> 00:06:17.980 of missionary journeys, 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:19.040 he was standing in the temple 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:19.620 in Jerusalem. 00:06:20.340 --> 00:06:21.020 He proclaimed 00:06:21.020 --> 00:06:22.640 the great news of the gospel 00:06:22.640 --> 00:06:23.379 and he said, 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:24.900 he spoke of a time 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:25.819 when Jesus Christ 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:27.200 revealed himself to Paul 00:06:27.200 --> 00:06:28.020 and he said, 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:28.879 I'm sending you away, 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:29.860 far away, 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:30.860 to the Gentiles. 00:06:32.700 --> 00:06:34.420 The Jews were God's chosen people 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.259 and they said, 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:36.860 salvation is for us. 00:06:38.140 --> 00:06:39.560 But when they considered 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.140 that God might care enough 00:06:41.140 --> 00:06:42.900 about people who weren't Jews, 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:43.879 the Gentiles, 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:45.000 everybody else, 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.900 to save them too, 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:48.220 a riot broke out. 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:52.200 It led to a two-year imprisonment 00:06:52.200 --> 00:06:52.740 for Paul 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:54.360 and now here's Paul once again. 00:06:55.640 --> 00:06:56.800 Before the king, 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:01.259 defending the fact that he would 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:02.280 at whatever cost 00:07:02.280 --> 00:07:03.520 proclaim the gospel. 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:05.699 And as he's before the king, 00:07:06.699 --> 00:07:08.160 he gives a testimony 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:09.360 that we'll read in a moment, 00:07:10.080 --> 00:07:11.560 but just like when he was before 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:12.480 in the temple, 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:14.060 he made a similar statement. 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:15.120 If you read verse 23, 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:16.639 Acts 26, verse 23, 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.439 he talked about Jesus 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.379 saying that the Christ 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:23.199 was to suffer 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.719 and by reason of his resurrection 00:07:24.719 --> 00:07:25.379 from the dead, 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:26.680 he would be the first 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:27.740 that proclaimed light 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:29.219 both to the Jewish people 00:07:29.219 --> 00:07:30.379 and to the Gentiles. 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:31.459 There's that phrase again. 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.379 God wants to save everybody 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:36.879 who will receive his gospel. 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.259 While Paul was saying this 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:40.040 in his defense, 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:41.959 Festus said in a loud voice, 00:07:42.099 --> 00:07:44.139 Paul, you're out of your mind. 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:47.539 You're out of your mind. 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:49.819 Your much learning 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:51.299 is driving you mad. 00:07:51.859 --> 00:07:52.659 And Paul said, 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:53.699 I'm not out of my mind, 00:07:53.799 --> 00:07:54.939 most excellent Festus, 00:07:55.219 --> 00:07:56.359 but I utter words 00:07:56.359 --> 00:07:57.579 of sober truth 00:07:57.579 --> 00:07:59.319 for the king knows these matters 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:00.299 and I speak to him 00:08:00.299 --> 00:08:01.179 with all confidence 00:08:01.179 --> 00:08:02.079 since I am persuaded 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:03.179 that none of these things 00:08:03.179 --> 00:08:04.079 escape his notice 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:05.599 for this has not been done 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:06.179 in a corner. 00:08:06.719 --> 00:08:07.199 King Agrippa, 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.179 do you believe the prophets? 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:09.120 I know that you do. 00:08:09.659 --> 00:08:11.120 Agrippa replied to Paul 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:12.180 in a short time 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:12.920 will you persuade me 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:13.560 to be a Christian? 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:14.920 And Paul said, 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:15.959 I would wish to God 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:16.879 that whether in a short 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:17.759 or long time 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:18.939 that not only you 00:08:18.939 --> 00:08:20.300 but all who hear me this day 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:21.680 might become such as I am 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:23.019 except for these chains. 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:27.800 So essentially, 00:08:27.980 --> 00:08:30.040 the accusation against Paul is 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.340 you've lost your mind 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:35.340 that having been beaten 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.680 times without number, 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:38.799 having been shipwrecked, 00:08:38.940 --> 00:08:40.480 having faced all these things 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.860 and riots breaking out 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:42.800 wherever you go 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:43.700 because you proclaim 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.519 this message, 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:46.180 you've lost your mind 00:08:46.180 --> 00:08:46.940 and Paul said, 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:48.639 I've not lost my mind. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:51.639 Does it make sense? 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:54.019 It does. 00:08:54.920 --> 00:08:56.080 And what Paul said is, 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:56.740 why? 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.340 What he was answering was, 00:08:58.460 --> 00:08:59.800 why does it make sense 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:01.300 to obey the Great Commission 00:09:01.300 --> 00:09:02.779 at any cost? 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:04.620 Let's pray. 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:06.899 So Lord Jesus, 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:07.720 we love you. 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:08.940 We praise you 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:09.679 because you've died 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:10.460 for our sins 00:09:10.460 --> 00:09:11.320 and you're alive. 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:13.360 You've changed our lives. 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:14.460 We praise you 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:15.179 for your presence, 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:16.399 that you're always with us 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.519 and you always will be. 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:18.500 And so Lord, 00:09:18.539 --> 00:09:20.320 now in these brief moments 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:20.840 together, 00:09:21.580 --> 00:09:22.740 I pray that you'll open 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:23.320 our hearts 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:24.279 and our minds. 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:25.519 Show us 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:27.419 what you're calling us 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:28.120 to sacrifice 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.539 to be involved with you 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:30.360 in your Great Commission. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:31.139 And Lord, 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:32.039 I pray that you'll use 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.019 our witness 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:35.439 so that many 00:09:35.439 --> 00:09:36.819 will come to know you, 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:37.980 worship you, 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:38.819 and be saved 00:09:38.819 --> 00:09:39.740 for all eternity. 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:40.919 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:41.220 Amen. 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:44.519 So Paul made his defense 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:45.699 before the king. 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:46.980 And here's how it starts 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:48.500 if you read in Acts chapter 26. 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:50.720 After saying 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:51.240 that he was going 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:52.000 to Damascus 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.220 to persecute believers 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:54.939 in verse 11 00:09:54.939 --> 00:09:55.539 and verse 12, 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:56.100 he says, 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:57.419 Well, 00:09:57.460 --> 00:09:58.720 I was so engaged 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.799 as I was journeying 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:00.480 to Damascus 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:01.240 with the authority 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:01.779 and commission 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:02.720 of the chief priests. 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:03.860 At midday, 00:10:03.940 --> 00:10:04.259 O King, 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.320 I saw on the way 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:06.200 a light from heaven 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:07.360 brighter than the sun 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.680 shining all around me 00:10:08.680 --> 00:10:09.620 and those who were 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:10.440 journeying with me. 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:11.800 And when we'd all 00:10:11.800 --> 00:10:12.680 fall into the ground, 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:13.519 I heard a voice 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:14.200 saying to me 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:15.279 in the Hebrew dialect, 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:15.960 Saul, 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:16.960 Saul, 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:18.519 why are you persecuting me? 00:10:19.420 --> 00:10:20.539 Is it hard for you 00:10:20.539 --> 00:10:21.779 to kick against the goads? 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:23.500 And I said, 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:24.440 Who are you, Lord? 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.139 And the Lord said, 00:10:25.180 --> 00:10:26.840 I'm Jesus whom you are persecuting. 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:27.800 But get up 00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:28.820 and stand on your feet 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:29.639 for this purpose 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:30.639 I have appeared to you 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:31.699 to appoint you 00:10:31.699 --> 00:10:32.419 as a minister 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:33.120 and a witness 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:34.439 not only to the things 00:10:34.439 --> 00:10:35.059 which you've seen 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:36.159 but also to the things 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:37.299 which I will appear to you, 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:38.500 rescuing you 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:39.419 from the Jewish people 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:40.519 and from the Gentiles 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:41.659 to whom I'm sending you 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:43.159 to open their eyes 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:44.019 so they may turn 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:45.120 from darkness to light 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:46.199 and from the dominion 00:10:46.199 --> 00:10:47.340 of Satan to God 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:48.519 that they may receive 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:49.539 forgiveness of sins 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:50.439 and an inheritance 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.159 among those 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:52.059 who have been sanctified 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:53.019 by faith in me. 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:54.080 So King Agrippa, 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:55.480 I did not prove disobedient 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.399 to the heavenly vision 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.019 but kept declaring 00:10:58.019 --> 00:10:58.779 both to those 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:00.000 of Damascus first 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.819 and also to Jerusalem 00:11:01.819 --> 00:11:02.419 and then throughout 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.659 all the region of Judea 00:11:03.659 --> 00:11:05.220 and even to the Gentiles 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:06.100 that they should repent 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:07.000 and turn to God 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.879 performing deeds 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.100 appropriate to repentance. 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:10.579 For this reason 00:11:10.579 --> 00:11:11.799 some Jews seized me 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:12.360 in the temple 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:13.679 and tried to put me to death. 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:15.079 So having obtained 00:11:15.079 --> 00:11:15.959 help from God 00:11:15.959 --> 00:11:17.139 I stand to this day 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:18.419 testifying both 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:19.639 to small and to great 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:20.919 stating nothing 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:21.879 but what the prophets 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:22.759 and Moses said 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.899 was going to take place 00:11:23.899 --> 00:11:25.360 that the Christ 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:26.079 was to suffer 00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:27.159 and by reason 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:28.120 of his resurrection 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.179 that he would be 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:29.879 the first 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.519 to proclaim light 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:33.879 both to the Jewish people 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:34.779 and to the Gentiles. 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.319 That's when 00:11:38.319 --> 00:11:40.360 the governor 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:42.000 Festus 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.579 in the presence 00:11:42.579 --> 00:11:43.120 of the king 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:44.039 made the accusation 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:45.279 Paul you've lost your mind. 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:48.419 But actually 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:49.740 it made perfect sense 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:50.340 Paul said 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:50.919 first of all 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:52.059 because of God's holiness 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:54.039 when a person 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:55.159 sees the holiness 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:55.799 of God 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.079 it makes perfect sense 00:11:57.079 --> 00:11:57.699 first of all 00:11:57.699 --> 00:11:58.699 to receive the gospel 00:11:58.699 --> 00:12:00.039 as a way 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.159 to have our sins forgiven 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:01.679 and then 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:02.779 to proclaim the gospel 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.179 to others. 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:03.619 For Paul 00:12:03.619 --> 00:12:04.619 that's what happened. 00:12:05.119 --> 00:12:06.519 Having received this vision 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:07.479 he believed 00:12:07.479 --> 00:12:08.079 was baptized 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:08.899 and immediately 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:09.619 the scripture says 00:12:09.619 --> 00:12:10.399 began proclaiming 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:11.259 the gospel to others. 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:15.319 It wasn't long ago 00:12:15.319 --> 00:12:16.339 we had an eclipse 00:12:16.339 --> 00:12:16.939 and everybody 00:12:16.939 --> 00:12:17.579 had the warning 00:12:17.579 --> 00:12:18.959 don't look at the sun. 00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:21.199 Besides me 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:22.200 who else took a look? 00:12:23.780 --> 00:12:24.259 Alright 00:12:24.259 --> 00:12:25.820 you still see spots. 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.400 Praise God 00:12:27.400 --> 00:12:28.460 my spots only lasted 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:29.140 a few hours. 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:31.280 But that's what happens 00:12:31.280 --> 00:12:32.280 when you look at the sun 00:12:32.280 --> 00:12:33.480 and that was only impartial 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:34.440 that was only impartial 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.300 glory because it was 00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:36.220 covered up right? 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:37.500 Imagine looking 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:39.480 intently to the sun 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:40.500 for a long period 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.060 of time. 00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:42.680 Paul got a 00:12:42.680 --> 00:12:44.320 in some ways 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:44.900 not total 00:12:44.900 --> 00:12:45.740 you can't get a total 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:46.140 glimpse 00:12:46.140 --> 00:12:47.280 but he got a full glimpse 00:12:47.280 --> 00:12:48.360 of the glory of God 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.580 and it changed his life 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:50.100 forever. 00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:51.840 As I was looking 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.639 I was watching 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:53.639 the eclipse on CNN 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.800 after I took a look 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.740 there was a CNN 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:56.240 reporter 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.780 when he saw 00:12:56.780 --> 00:12:57.240 the glory 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:58.120 of what was taking place 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.320 he said 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.500 oh my God 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:00.720 look at that. 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.259 Probably didn't 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:03.080 believe in God 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.860 but he couldn't 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.879 escape the fact 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.020 of God's glory 00:13:07.020 --> 00:13:09.320 the glory of God 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.080 being revealed 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:11.040 and whether or not 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:12.200 God reveals himself 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:12.560 to you 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.660 like he did to Paul 00:13:13.660 --> 00:13:15.600 the heavens declare 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.000 the glory of God. 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.919 God is holy 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:18.419 and one day 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:18.940 we will stand 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:20.179 before a holy God. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:23.059 Not too long ago 00:13:23.059 --> 00:13:23.600 I was sitting 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:24.639 with an imam 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:25.600 what's an imam? 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:26.320 Well it's a Muslim 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:26.820 pastor 00:13:26.820 --> 00:13:28.120 so imagine 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:28.840 Pastor Fred 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:29.600 with a hat on 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.000 you know 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:31.259 little round hat 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:32.539 that's the kind 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:32.840 of person 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.659 we're talking about 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.580 here's what he said 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:34.879 he said 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.299 for more than 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:36.100 40 years 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:37.340 five times a day 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:38.539 I prayed to God 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:39.519 show me the straight 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.379 way in the Arabic 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.039 language 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.120 and I meant it 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.299 I really wanted to know 00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:45.000 so every day 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:45.399 I would just keep 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.799 praying 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.860 show me the straight 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:47.419 way 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.740 show me the straight 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:49.220 way 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:50.600 after more than 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:51.199 40 years 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:51.419 he said 00:13:51.419 --> 00:13:51.919 I was standing 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:52.699 on my back porch 00:13:52.699 --> 00:13:53.100 one day 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.720 and it was cloudy 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.379 outside 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:56.340 a light from heaven 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:57.240 came into me 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:58.639 and I knew 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.319 that was Jesus 00:13:59.319 --> 00:14:01.419 so I went 00:14:01.419 --> 00:14:02.019 and tried to find 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.939 a Christian pastor 00:14:02.939 --> 00:14:03.819 and I found one 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:04.459 and he was afraid 00:14:04.459 --> 00:14:04.679 of me 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:04.939 he didn't want 00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.519 to talk to me 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:05.799 he said 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.840 here's a Bible 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.679 that tells you 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:08.220 about Jesus 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.959 now go home 00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:11.240 so I began 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:12.039 reading in the Bible 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.559 Genesis 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:13.279 Exodus 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.980 Leviticus 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:15.259 because of course 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.659 those books 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:15.980 were written 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.980 a long time 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:17.600 before Jesus 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.059 came 00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:19.179 they tell clearly 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:19.799 about Jesus 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.340 but don't use 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:20.879 his name 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.799 but the man 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:22.000 said 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.340 we'll call him 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:22.679 Ahmad 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.879 Ahmad said 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:25.299 I didn't see 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.139 Jesus name there 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:26.879 so I was offended 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.379 I thought I'd 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.100 been lied to 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:28.620 so I went and 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.439 got firewood 00:14:29.439 --> 00:14:30.179 and kerosene 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.519 I was going 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.259 to burn the Bible 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:33.279 but before I did 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:33.879 he said 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.480 a voice said 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:34.840 to me 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.639 put your finger 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:35.879 in 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.179 he said 00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.600 I did 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.059 and opened 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.419 to John 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:38.039 chapter 14 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.779 verse 6 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.639 where Jesus 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.019 cried 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.259 he said 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:41.159 I am the way 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.580 the truth 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.179 and the life 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.779 no one comes 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.240 to the Father 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.080 but through me 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:46.379 when this man 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.040 saw a glimpse 00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:48.139 of God's glory 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:50.440 he knew the gospel 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:51.060 was true 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:53.600 he's one of hundreds 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.540 of these imams 00:14:55.540 --> 00:14:55.980 who have now 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.720 come to faith 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.040 they've given 00:14:57.040 --> 00:14:57.840 their life to Jesus 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.460 and they're reaching 00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.100 many others 00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.879 with the gospel 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:02.660 tens of thousands 00:15:02.660 --> 00:15:03.620 of ordinary people 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.780 who were simply 00:15:04.780 --> 00:15:05.740 following the way 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.700 of their former religion 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.520 in ignorance 00:15:07.520 --> 00:15:08.879 like many of us 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.520 before we came 00:15:09.520 --> 00:15:10.100 to know Jesus 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.080 have now turned 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.540 to Jesus 00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:12.580 and are worshipping 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.300 Jesus Christ 00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:13.820 as Lord 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:16.759 but we understand 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.580 God's holiness 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:19.200 it makes perfect sense 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:20.080 no matter what the cost 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.639 that we'll proclaim 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.840 the gospel to others 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.560 so as Paul 00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.379 was talking about 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.000 this vision 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.820 of the Lord Jesus 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:27.700 he had had 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:28.540 at midday 00:15:28.540 --> 00:15:29.240 he saw a lot 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.720 bright lighter 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.500 than the sun 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:32.759 perhaps the governor 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.540 said Paul 00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:34.580 it was midday 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.920 how do you know 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:36.879 you saw a light 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.000 no 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.840 this is no 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.840 ordinary light 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.320 we all fell down 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.860 and he probably 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.600 could still show 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.600 show the scars 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.240 on his eyes 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.080 from that encounter 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.700 it makes sense 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.220 when we understand 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.100 the holiness of God 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:53.120 to proclaim the gospel 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.360 now people sometimes 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:54.799 look at me 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:54.980 and say 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.840 that's easy for you Mike 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:57.019 because you're an evangelist 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.820 if you just knew 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:59.059 how funny that was 00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:00.580 you just knew 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:01.240 how funny that was 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.980 I laughed out loud 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.460 the first time 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.460 somebody said that 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:05.320 as a young man 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:06.080 being backward 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.639 and shy 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.540 introverted 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:11.080 Christ changed my life 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.680 and then he called me 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.560 to proclaim the gospel 00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:13.879 to others 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.860 and I would not do it 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.680 for about a year 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:17.220 until he spoke 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:18.220 clearly to my heart 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.860 saying Mike 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.340 are you willing 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.120 to be responsible 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.560 when you haven't 00:16:21.560 --> 00:16:22.300 shared the gospel 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:22.759 with people 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.580 if they perish 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:25.800 now I can't save them 00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.300 I know that 00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:27.840 I know that God 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.960 draws people to salvation 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.060 that's not our job 00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.700 but 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:33.960 we have a glorious gift 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.000 the great salvation 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.620 of Jesus 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.639 and if we're ashamed 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.340 to share it 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.299 there will be 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:38.860 a responsibility 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.299 involved 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:41.279 my heart melted 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.759 and I began 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.659 proclaiming the gospel 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.220 it was awkward 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:44.279 it was tense 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.879 but then the Lord 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.600 taught me 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.899 and now it's funny 00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.759 that he uses us 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.299 to train people 00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:48.960 around the world 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.659 to reach Muslims 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.419 with the gospel 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.279 but God's holiness 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.340 made it make sense 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.940 and Paul was 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.960 as he continued 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.659 to talk about 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.500 this vision he had 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.259 of the Lord Jesus 00:16:58.259 --> 00:17:00.060 he referred to 00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.759 the Gentiles 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.639 helplessness 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.860 the Lord said 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.759 Paul I'm sending you 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.480 to the Gentiles 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.900 by the way 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.839 Gentiles are everyone 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.900 who aren't Jews 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.599 so that covers 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.440 about all of us 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.119 the Jews 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.119 and the Gentiles 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:11.920 so I'm sending you 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.960 to open their eyes 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.960 you see they're blind 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:15.539 they're not dumb 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.379 they're blind 00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:18.339 and when their eyes 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:18.960 are open 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.700 they're going to turn 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.200 from darkness 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.839 to light 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.759 they're going to turn 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.319 from the enemy 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.879 of Satan 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.839 to God 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.339 they're going to have 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.420 forgiveness of sins 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.099 and now they're going 00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.839 to have an inheritance 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:29.659 but for now 00:17:29.659 --> 00:17:30.980 they're helpless 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.799 missing all of the above 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:38.980 as we serve 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.779 in the world's largest 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.619 Muslim country 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:43.720 85% of all the population 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:45.299 and far more than 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.639 99% of the people 00:17:46.639 --> 00:17:47.759 that we serve 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.899 they're Muslims 00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:50.039 they worship in 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:51.579 mosques 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:53.119 like these 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.599 now as we've learned 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.539 how to share the gospel 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.599 anyone anywhere 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.119 anytime 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.399 we simply get to know 00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:00.019 people 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:01.899 and transition 00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:03.159 almost all religions 00:18:03.159 --> 00:18:03.759 are alike 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.559 now by the way 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.700 all religions are not alike 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.019 but almost all of them are 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:09.159 we're trying to please God 00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:10.279 and get our sins forgiven 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.039 and we're all 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.500 but we're all 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.359 and we're all sinners 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:15.339 and at that point 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.359 we'll ask Muslims 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.559 so what are you doing 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.759 to get your sins forgiven 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.859 what are you doing 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.779 to get your sins forgiven 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.220 and they'll say 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.879 well we pray 00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:23.139 five times a day 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.659 and sometimes 00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.339 if they're really good 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.339 they'll add extra prayers 00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:26.919 in there 00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:29.419 we pray five times a day 00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:31.099 we give alms 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:33.439 and we pay a tithe of sorts 00:18:33.439 --> 00:18:34.319 at the mosque 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:36.199 we fast 00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:37.279 30 days a year 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.059 during Ramadan 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.720 from the time the sun comes up 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.119 to the time the sun goes down 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:43.419 and the hope is 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:43.919 that they will go 00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.819 on the pilgrimage 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.379 to Mecca 00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.720 at some time in their life 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.099 so we ask them 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.659 what are you doing 00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.439 and many times 00:18:49.439 --> 00:18:50.379 they'll proudly tell us 00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:51.019 these things 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.720 these are our acts of worship 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.859 and then we simply ask them 00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:55.240 are your sins forgiven yet 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:58.019 no not yet 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.019 only God knows 00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:00.240 well when 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.299 when will your sins 00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.839 be forgiven 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.400 they say 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.220 I don't know 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:04.319 well how about 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.160 on judgment day 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.680 will your sins 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.420 be forgiven then 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.019 and they say 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:08.539 only God knows 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.920 but if God wills it 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.000 I hope so 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:16.859 they're blind 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:18.400 they're blind 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:20.120 and many times though 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.620 as we hear them 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.839 say this out loud 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.579 they hear themselves 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.240 say 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.579 that I'm 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.539 here's all this stuff 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.179 that I'm doing 00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:26.359 I have no assurance 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.539 I do not know 00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.439 the gospel sounds 00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:29.159 really good 00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:30.220 so when we say 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.179 what I believe is different 00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:32.419 I know my sins 00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:32.939 are forgiven 00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:34.679 not because I'm a good person 00:19:34.679 --> 00:19:35.559 although I try 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:37.019 my sins are forgiven 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.159 because God himself 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:39.419 made a way for our sins 00:19:39.419 --> 00:19:39.980 to be forgiven 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.639 now they listen 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:42.139 the gospel sounds 00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:43.019 really good 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:45.980 but they're living 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.659 in darkness 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.980 enslaved to the enemy 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.919 even though 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:50.079 they have these strong 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:51.399 religious beliefs 00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:52.159 they're still afraid 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.879 of the spirits 00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:55.519 they live with superstitions 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.619 that control their lives 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.539 we don't go out at night 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.199 because we're afraid 00:19:58.199 --> 00:19:58.819 of the spirits 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:01.099 there's a ravine 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.000 behind our house 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.799 where there's a 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:04.439 tale of a spirit being 00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:05.339 a white tiger 00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.099 that lives back there 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.139 they won't cross the bridge 00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:08.559 they'll go the long way around 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.699 to avoid 00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:10.639 to avoid contact 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:13.899 every feature 00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:14.619 of their lives 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:16.179 controlled by their superstition 00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:17.059 because they're afraid 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.919 of the spirit world 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:20.100 by the way 00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.560 if you and I 00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.779 could see the spirit world 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.380 and we didn't know 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:22.960 Jesus Christ 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.500 as our savior 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.539 we should be afraid to 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.580 I could tell you stories 00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:27.660 real stories 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:30.279 of how spiritual manifestations 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:31.259 have taken place 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.800 among the people we serve 00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:34.200 like a man 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.680 he said 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:36.279 I was sleeping 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.120 I was sleeping one 00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.640 no he said 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.840 I was in bed one night 00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:40.340 and I was raised 00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:41.380 out of my bed 00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:43.140 several feet 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.480 and he said 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.400 Michael wasn't dreaming 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.560 I wasn't dreaming 00:20:45.560 --> 00:20:46.500 I was being choked 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:48.079 but now this guy's a believer 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.000 now and he said 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.720 I called out to Jesus 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.539 like you taught us 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:51.880 you know 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.380 submit yourself to God 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.160 resist the devil 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.039 call out to the savior 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.700 and win the victory 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.240 he said I went straight 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.759 to the mattress 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:58.880 I fell straight down 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.039 now when they come 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.700 to know Jesus 00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:03.119 things change for them 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.859 but 00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:05.460 they're under the 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.839 they're under the fear 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.099 of the spirits 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:09.220 and it causes them 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.640 to be very superstitious 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.460 doing everything possible 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.460 to try to appease 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.079 the spirits 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.140 they have no forgiveness 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.680 of sin 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.540 and no assurance 00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.480 of eternal life 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.980 the Gentiles are hopeless 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.920 apart from Christ 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.300 so Paul said 00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:23.520 it makes perfect sense 00:21:23.520 --> 00:21:25.620 when these folks 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.660 are blind 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.460 and we have the cure 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.340 for their blindness 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:30.440 so that 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:32.380 they will be in the light 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.140 instead of darkness 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.600 so that they will be 00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:36.440 in the savior's 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.180 domain 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.940 instead of the domain 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.500 of the enemy 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.700 so they'll have forgiveness 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.140 of sin 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.780 and so they'll have 00:21:40.780 --> 00:21:41.540 eternal life 00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:43.520 pardon me king 00:21:43.520 --> 00:21:44.980 but it makes perfect sense 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.799 for us to share 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.680 the gospel with them 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:48.319 it makes perfect sense 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.700 and then Paul refers 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:54.180 to the phrase 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.920 where Jesus 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.860 when he was revealing 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.680 himself to him 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.880 he said 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.880 I'm going to rescue you 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:59.799 I'm going to rescue you 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.559 both from the Jews 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.519 and the Gentiles 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:03.720 I told you earlier 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.420 about the dangers 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.480 that Paul faced 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:07.839 beatings without number 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.240 dangers from rivers 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.700 and oceans 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:11.079 and all those things 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.059 angry Jews 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.319 and angry Gentiles 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:16.099 but God rescued him 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.819 from all of those 00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.339 so here he is 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.059 before the king 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.240 so we're talking 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.559 24 years from his 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.679 profession of faith 00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:23.359 saying 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.519 God did that 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.339 he rescued me 00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.659 from all these things 00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:28.539 sometimes we're 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.480 in dangerous places 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.460 and especially 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.359 these new believers 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.439 I'll tell you stories 00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.700 of the dangerous 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.359 situations 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.379 that they're in 00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.379 but let's go 00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.079 to the next slide 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.759 God's help 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:39.639 but God has helped us 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.539 and he's helped them 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:44.119 flying on some 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.879 Asian airlines 00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.420 is good for your 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.019 prayer life 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:48.099 I can tell you stories 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.220 I had a situation 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.159 just the other day 00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.379 I was on a plane 00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.700 flying from 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.779 Kuala Lumpur 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.720 and the thing 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.420 started shaking 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.279 like I was on the 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.039 inside of a 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.059 washing machine 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.359 it was just 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.259 but by God's grace 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.839 the Lord goes with us 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.859 I simply raised my hand 00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.180 and said 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:07.220 Lord Jesus help us 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.259 peace 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.980 be still 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.940 and it calmed down 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.820 you say 00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.340 I would have calmed 00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.759 down anyway 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:14.180 well you try that 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.180 I'm going with 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.720 the Lord Jesus 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:17.039 he's helped us 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.799 too many times 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.580 along the way 00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.720 to take it for granted 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.940 and it gave me a chance 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.460 I've been praying 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.320 for the Muslim lady 00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:22.920 next to me 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.380 you know that's kind 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.759 of awkward 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.539 talking to a Muslim 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.240 lady anyway 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.700 but because of that 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.460 situation I was able 00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.120 to share the gospel 00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.519 with her 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.019 I've been praying 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.559 for her during the 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.759 trip 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.240 Lord this is kind 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.580 of awkward 00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.440 help me share the gospel 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.360 I was able to do that 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.120 because of that 00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.799 because of that 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.580 experience 00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:37.360 but the Lord 00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:38.880 does rescue us 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.320 now Paul said 00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:42.560 by the help of God 00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:44.740 by the help of God 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:47.300 all these things 00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.180 have been accomplished 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.100 and now I'm standing 00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.960 before you 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:51.300 he's talking about 00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:51.900 all the things 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.820 the Lord had done 00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.440 through the missionary 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.060 journeys 00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:55.460 to bring the Gentiles 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.080 to himself 00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.780 so they can believe 00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:57.540 and be saved 00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.640 the formation of churches 00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.400 multiplying 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.760 and the great miracles 00:24:00.760 --> 00:24:01.440 of God 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:03.080 by the help of God 00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:05.800 I'm standing before you 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.059 today 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.579 is what Paul 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.359 was saying 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:09.279 I told you earlier 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.759 about how we 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.359 transitioned 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.379 from seminary 00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.039 type work 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.519 to reaching 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.559 a large 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.960 unreached 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.680 Muslim people 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.259 group 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.659 as we sought 00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:16.960 the Lord 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.500 in desperate 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.139 prayer 00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.519 myself 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.259 and my ministry 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.700 partner 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.419 in many churches 00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.240 like yourselves 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:23.519 we had a plan 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.639 but no believers 00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:26.500 mentioned that earlier 00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.319 and so we decided 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.220 to share the gospel 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.919 like Jesus did 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.639 by the well 00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:32.099 but with the content 00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.000 they used in Acts 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.619 it was kind of 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.259 that's kind of 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.700 the mixture 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:37.180 very relational way 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.099 meet somebody 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.879 say hi 00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.759 share the gospel 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.079 with them 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.519 and then simply 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.980 ask them 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.339 do you believe 00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.839 what I've told you 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.279 or not 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.920 if they're angry 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.660 or if they just 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.420 simply back out 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.640 they weren't angry much 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.559 they just backed out 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.119 they probably aren't 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.779 open yet 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.759 but we're looking 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.420 for those signs 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.960 of openness 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.420 and then we'd 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.379 simply follow up 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.240 using sacrifice 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.180 stories from the 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.680 Old Testament 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.700 Sunday school stories 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.200 that many of you 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.099 have already learned 00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:01.259 so we began this work 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.319 in let's say 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.299 late 2004 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:05.180 by August 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.579 there were no 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.000 believers 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.659 but 00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:09.220 in August 2004 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.759 we met a man 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.519 named Tom Eder 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.299 shared the gospel 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.759 with him 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.039 he said 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.039 this is great news 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.799 I've got lots 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.200 of friends 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.799 that need to hear 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.059 this 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.839 more than 50 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:20.259 10 days later 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.919 he led his good 00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.500 friend Heidi 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.059 to faith 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.200 they began 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.480 sharing the gospel 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.359 wherever they went 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.559 now some people 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.119 were believing 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.899 others were 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.619 becoming angry 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.119 at times 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.440 they would get 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.919 called to the 00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.659 police station 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:32.040 Tom Eder 00:25:32.040 --> 00:25:32.380 was called 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.840 to the police 00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.180 station 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.620 and threatened 00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.820 for 15 years 00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.320 in jail 00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:36.320 if he kept 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.440 proclaiming the gospel 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.100 so he proclaimed 00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.540 the gospel 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:38.940 in the police 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.320 station 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:41.360 and from that 00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.620 meeting 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.220 two policemen 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.160 were baptized 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:45.040 Heidi had his 00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:46.080 electricity cut off 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.720 for two months 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.400 and for two months 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.140 was having a house 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.700 church meeting 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.360 in his home 00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.460 but after a year 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.340 300 Muslims 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.160 had come to faith 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.540 and more than 00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.759 as 27 or so 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.320 house churches 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.180 began to form 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:58.500 in 2006 00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.940 a volunteer team 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.000 from North Carolina 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.640 came and worked 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.220 with us 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.820 they shared the gospel 00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.480 like we did 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.700 people of like mind 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:08.240 led a man to faith 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.700 we'll call him 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.039 Ali 00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.900 Ali came to faith 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.740 our team baptized him 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.460 and trained him 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:15.180 and finally resulted 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.560 in more than 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.400 100 churches 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:18.500 now it wasn't easy 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.000 for Ali 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.779 when he came to faith 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.820 his wife divorced him 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.620 he lost his home 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.180 because they were 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.820 living in a home 00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:24.000 that their family owned 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.360 but he stood firm 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.940 in his faith 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:28.660 and God honored him 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:31.180 in 2007 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:33.299 Jibril 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:35.080 Jibril 00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:36.019 this guy right here 00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:38.400 was reading a bible 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.200 a very conservative Muslim 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.120 he was reading a bible 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.000 and coming to faith 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.779 and during that time 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:44.180 he met an Indonesian missionary 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.980 who didn't share 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.960 the gospel with him 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.080 he said 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.900 I met this guy 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.840 and every time we met 00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:50.279 he just gave me 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.019 a little bit of truth 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.080 and a little more 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.360 before long 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.680 the relationship cut off 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.160 and he never shared 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.240 the gospel with me 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.160 but praise God 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.600 this movement was happening 00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.680 he heard the gospel 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.400 was baptized 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.759 and we cast vision for him 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.900 the gospel for every person 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.600 in a house church 00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.320 in every village 00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:09.320 which was our goal 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:11.620 among the 8.5 million people 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.539 of our people group 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:15.380 the gospel for every person 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.940 in a house church 00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.560 in every village 00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:16.880 he said 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.799 I knew God was calling me 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.460 to do this 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.600 I had to lead somebody 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.539 to faith that night 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.279 I had to 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.159 and so he led 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.919 this guy to faith 00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:24.019 Sahil 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.559 one of the village leaders 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.339 10 days later 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.279 they led a jihadi 00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.919 to faith 00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.819 a jihad soldier 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.039 someone who had gone 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.599 to faith 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.939 against the Christian religion 00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:34.079 somebody kind of like Paul 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:36.039 somebody kind of like Paul 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.079 he believed 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.919 and was baptized 00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:39.319 within a half year 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.859 they had led 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.379 200 or so 00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:42.419 you know 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.419 Muslim leaders 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.559 community leaders 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.039 to faith 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.139 and 00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:50.159 people who are willing 00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:51.359 to die for their faith 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:55.319 Jibril tells of a time 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.980 when he and Sahil 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.180 were out sharing the gospel 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.700 and an angry fanatic 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.339 had a knife 00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:02.119 to Jibril's throat 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.279 and he said 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.460 it wasn't just for a short time 00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.500 it was for a long time 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:08.920 now these people 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.059 are bold as a lion 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.879 some of the boldest people 00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.379 I know 00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.279 finally 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.599 Sahil said 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.220 you know Jibril 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.240 you might want to back off 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.819 a little bit 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.860 I think he's angry 00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.839 I think he's angry 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:19.740 but 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.980 Jibril said 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:22.039 I wasn't finished yet 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.700 so I just went ahead 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.000 and shared the gospel with him 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.819 and at the end 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.500 I told him 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.720 you know what I've told you 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.079 is true 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.759 and if you can kill me 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.319 go ahead 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.640 but see it's just 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.299 one of those instances 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.000 where God 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.980 protected them 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.019 while they're doing the work 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.259 we do know of one man 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.039 who was martyred 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.120 you know for his faith 00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.600 in a movement 00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.900 that came off of this one 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:40.019 but many who have been 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.519 imprisoned 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:42.259 but 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.220 through it all 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.799 the Lord has 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.120 you know 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:46.279 has shown his grace 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.279 and has rescued them 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.839 I think early 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.100 in this movement 00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:50.140 when it started happening 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:52.160 regularly 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.299 Satan put out attempts 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.279 on their lives 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.220 I mentioned the jihadi soldier 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.240 one day he said 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.279 I was driving my motorcycle 00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.220 across a bridge 00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:01.100 and before I knew 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:02.180 he said 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.259 I was standing on 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.579 on the edge 00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.860 and my motorcycle 00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.920 was down in the ravine 00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.620 I don't know how 00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:09.279 I ended up here 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.759 but God protected it 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.379 by the way 00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.920 his motorcycle 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.740 still worked too 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.019 you know 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.720 so he just got on 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.339 his motorcycle 00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.259 went about his business 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.240 there are thousands 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.779 of stories 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.720 of God's miraculous 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.700 deliverance 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.819 I recently 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.099 heard another story 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.879 of another movement 00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.559 that's emerging 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.579 in another part 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.240 of our country 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.819 a new believer 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.539 was leading others 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.000 to faith 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.519 they were starting 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.259 house churches 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.700 he said 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.180 one night 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.720 I woke up 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.140 in the middle of the night 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:33.039 I had to go to the restroom 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.819 and so he went outside 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.299 of his house 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.900 to the bathroom 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.900 and he heard 00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.599 these two men 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.079 or three 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.859 talking about 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.319 how they were going 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.879 to tie him up 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.400 in a sack 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.800 and throw him 00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.340 in the ocean 00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:42.380 but you see 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.180 God protected him 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.860 woke him up 00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:45.300 he and his family 00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.680 moved to a neighboring city 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.340 where they started 00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.120 churches there 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.019 in that place 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:52.560 see God helps us 00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:55.560 it would be insane 00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:58.540 to leave home 00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.519 go overseas 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.480 to some place 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.420 where you know 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.540 considered dangerous 00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:04.220 with people 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.000 who are generally 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.640 considered to be 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.460 violently opposed 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.019 to the gospel 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.080 it would be insane 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.899 unless the Lord 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.679 went with us 00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:11.879 but in the great commission 00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.439 Jesus said 00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.240 remember this 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.500 I'll be with you 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.079 always 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.179 to the end of the world 00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.679 and he proves it 00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:18.980 time after time 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.699 after time 00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.480 after time 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.699 as we go to 00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.960 what's considered 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.639 some of the world's 00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.779 most dangerous places 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.879 he goes with us 00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:27.119 we experience 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.779 his presence 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.819 we worship 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:31.179 you'll never 00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:32.159 experience the presence 00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.859 of the Lord Jesus 00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.679 more closely 00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.319 than you will 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.919 when you go out 00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.599 of your comfort zone 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.319 to share the gospel 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.220 with somebody else 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:39.019 and the promise 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.680 we always make 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.200 to teams 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.640 is 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.759 what I promise 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.480 is you'll experience 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.299 the Lord's presence 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.799 and every time 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.720 every time 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.559 we've had a team work 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:46.860 they say 00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.460 we experienced 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.200 the Lord's presence 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.740 let me tell you 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.299 what he did 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:52.240 the Lord helps us 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.960 that's why it makes sense 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:59.559 God's help 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.539 makes it make sense 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.579 and finally Paul said 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.799 the gospel's hope 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.420 the gospel's hope 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:06.380 makes it make perfect sense 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:08.100 so as he's before 00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.700 the king 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.300 he proclaims the gospel 00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:12.620 two times early 00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.320 in this chapter 00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:14.720 in verses 6 and 7 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.900 actually three times 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.160 Paul refers to the hope 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.980 the hope of the gospel 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:21.920 it was a motivating factor 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.560 for him 00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:24.480 and before the king 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.700 here he brings it 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.440 to remembrance 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.800 this little 00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.560 this little 00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.540 lighthouse 00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.960 outside of the island 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.980 where we serve 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.920 represents 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.700 the hope of the gospel 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.620 that's starting to take 00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.200 take root 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.160 within our people group 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.259 as tens of thousands 00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.059 have come to faith 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.779 and thousands 00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:42.099 of multiplying 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.779 house churches 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.519 have been formed 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.839 within the last month 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.259 we've heard of a 00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.240 20th generation 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.680 house church 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.920 which means 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.440 this church 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.299 reached somebody else 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.000 who started a church 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.539 and that would reach 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.059 somebody else 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.860 who started a church 00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:54.660 to 20 times 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:56.360 20 times 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.119 so 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.279 when you compare 00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.319 tens of thousands 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.279 to eight and a half million 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.179 that's not a whole lot 00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.839 but praise God 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.759 it is a good start 00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:04.699 it is a good start 00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:06.279 and from this movement 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.319 God is sending people 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.219 to other areas 00:32:08.219 --> 00:32:09.219 and different places 00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:10.359 even different countries 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.459 and they're having 00:32:11.459 --> 00:32:12.659 breakthroughs of the gospel 00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.979 and the gospel 00:32:13.979 --> 00:32:15.379 is changing people's lives 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.279 see the little 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.240 the guy here 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.879 the guy here 00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.879 used to be 00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.579 an imam 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.899 a Muslim pastor 00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.839 in fact he arranged 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.459 the funerals 00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:24.599 for the entire area 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.279 for Muslims who passed away 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:28.519 but God changed his life 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.359 and saved him 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.079 now he's reached 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.379 more than 100 people 00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.799 who started churches 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.559 in their home 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:37.079 now you don't live 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.799 where we live 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.720 so you can't see 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.579 the faces of the people 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.160 we serve 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.759 let's go to the next 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.980 let's go to the next slide 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.200 here are a couple 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.339 of older guys 00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.859 who God is using 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.259 to change their communities 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.440 a fellow on the left 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.279 the first time 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.879 I ever met him 00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.680 he said hi 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.639 he told me his name 00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.819 he said I used to gamble 00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.240 and steal 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.779 but Christ changed my life 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:57.059 since that time 00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.339 he's reached about 15 people 00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.680 or so 00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.420 who have started churches 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.180 in their homes 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:02.039 he has the wisdom of God 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.599 he's kind of like 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.480 he's one of these fellas 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.339 that when you talk to him 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.399 he always has the right answer 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.599 even though he's never been to school 00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:08.319 even though he's never been to school 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.119 just a joy 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:10.500 and there's one of the friends 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.440 that if I remember correctly 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.160 that he himself 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.920 had led to faith 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:14.420 somebody also in his 80s 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.960 there's a band 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.819 of 80 something year old people now 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.059 whose lives 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.259 Christ has changed 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.799 who are changing 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.579 their world 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.519 they have a smile 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.160 on their face 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.900 I think of another 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:27.100 80 something year old guy 00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:28.620 his wife got saved later 00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:30.380 she was really hard 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.540 but now she got saved 00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:32.060 and she goes around 00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:33.060 singing all the time 00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:35.740 the Lord changed her life 00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:37.160 so 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.600 young and old 00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.460 those are some 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.740 pictures of some 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.480 of the older folks 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.240 who have come to faith 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.620 let's go to the next slide 00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:45.940 pictures of a couple 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.660 of children 00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.360 from our 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.840 larger people group 00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:52.420 recently 00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.620 some of our friends 00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.980 teach at the Baptist Seminary 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.480 and they were telling me 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.900 one of our friends 00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.360 called one 00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:58.759 let me tell you 00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.680 an exciting story 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.039 let me tell you 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.660 what I just heard 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:02.820 I was talking to 00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.560 one of our students 00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.880 who's now at the Baptist Seminary 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:06.000 and said 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.740 we asked the student 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.720 where did you go to church 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.639 and the student said 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.440 I've never been to a church 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.180 like this 00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:12.220 but somebody shared 00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.700 the gospel 00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.500 with my dad 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:15.360 at a park somewhere 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.000 he came to faith 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.579 he came hold 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.480 and told us 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.800 and my mom 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.840 and my siblings 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.700 we came to faith 00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.519 and we started a church 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.300 at our house 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.720 and since that time 00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.840 we've reached other people 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.680 they've started churches 00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:27.440 in their homes 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.740 now in the Indonesian 00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.200 schools 00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.580 pardon me 00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:31.740 in the school system 00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.180 of the country 00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:33.039 where we serve 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.380 they study religion 00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.160 and it's almost 00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:36.160 always Islam 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:38.039 but if by chance 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.000 there is a community 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.900 of Christians 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.340 usually traditional Christians 00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.620 they've been there 00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:42.780 for a long long time 00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.780 if by chance 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.980 that community is there 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:46.200 they'll offer Christianity 00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:47.180 for those children 00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:49.079 anyway 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.039 my friend said 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.599 well this student 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.859 here's what the student said 00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:54.699 I'm here at the seminary 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.119 studying 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.679 because I want to teach 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.239 Christianity 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.000 in our school 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.279 you see 00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.379 there's so many kids 00:34:58.379 --> 00:34:59.399 who've come to faith 00:34:59.399 --> 00:35:00.299 in my community now 00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.799 they've got to offer 00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:02.000 Christianity here as well 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.199 praise God 00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:04.739 praise God 00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.619 just an example 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.859 of the transforming power 00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.519 of the gospel 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.919 to change people's lives 00:35:08.919 --> 00:35:09.299 whereas 00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.859 a few years ago 00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.579 they wouldn't have heard 00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.139 now 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.799 tens of thousands 00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.199 of people 00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.159 are hearing the gospel 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.279 many are believing 00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.960 and when they hear 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.480 they proclaim 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.980 the gospel 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.639 to others 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:20.300 see now the task 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.079 becomes doable 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.920 we didn't do 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.780 anything heroic 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:27.840 the Lord gave us 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.539 a little more faith 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.320 than we had 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.179 and we simply decided 00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.760 that we're going to 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.599 obey what Christ 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.400 told us to do 00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.840 and I've shared briefly 00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.679 what he himself 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.199 is doing 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.860 based on a simple 00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.340 proclamation 00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.199 of the gospel 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:41.780 and so it brings us 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.679 down to this question 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.860 notice the final slide 00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:45.800 what is God 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.380 calling you 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.200 to sacrifice 00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:48.280 to spread the gospel 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.840 locally 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.880 and around the world 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.480 it makes sense 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.579 it makes sense 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.840 and Paul made his defense 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.640 and God's calling us 00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.579 all to be involved 00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.079 for some of us 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.000 it might simply mean 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.740 don't be ashamed 00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.320 of the gospel 00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.460 simply start sharing 00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.220 it with others 00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:05.460 God can use you 00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.380 to lead them to faith 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:08.500 we all should be 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.400 praying every day 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.519 for God's kingdom 00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.760 for what he's doing 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.380 around the world 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.960 through the spread 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.539 of the gospel 00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.800 so if that's not part 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.760 of your daily schedule 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.820 schedule it in 00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.579 I'm going to pray 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.940 I'm going to pray 00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.640 for missions 00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:21.300 I'm going to pray 00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.440 for these unreached 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.059 people groups 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.539 and those who are 00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.360 proclaiming the gospel 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.840 to them 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:26.300 some of you 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.820 are going to be called 00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.240 to go on short term trips 00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:30.539 and perhaps others 00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.119 are being called 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:32.760 to leave home 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:34.579 and go overseas 00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.039 like some of us 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.559 have done 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.800 you know 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.700 to proclaim the gospel 00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.280 to others 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:40.099 so what is God 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.579 calling you 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.380 to sacrifice 00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.900 to spread the gospel 00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.659 locally and around 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.179 the world 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.840 let's pray 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:47.319 Lord as we've asked 00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.279 you to speak to us 00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.799 clearly 00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:50.039 we pray that you have 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:51.199 and trust that you have 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.920 what are you calling 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.699 us to sacrifice 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.539 what are you calling 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.059 us to do 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.819 all that we have 00:36:56.819 --> 00:36:57.299 is yours 00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.019 we ourselves 00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.840 belong to you 00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.380 and Lord Jesus 00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.420 we're proud of you 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:02.940 we're not ashamed 00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.519 of the gospel 00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.099 of Christ 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.900 for it's the power 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.619 of salvation 00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.699 to all who believe 00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.639 to the Jew first 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:09.099 and also to the Greek 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.559 in Jesus name 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:10.940 we pray 00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.319 amen