WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.059 Again, it will be like a man going on a journey who called his servants and entrusted his 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:18.240 property to them. 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:26.420 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:28.080 according to his ability. 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.059 Then he went on his journey. 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:35.659 The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained 00:00:35.659 --> 00:00:36.519 five more. 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.519 So also the one with the two talents gained two more. 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:46.920 But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:48.239 his master's money. 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:53.140 After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:56.920 The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.920 Master, he said, you entrusted me with five talents. 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.440 See, I have gained five more. 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:08.640 His master replied, well done, good and faithful servant. 00:01:09.299 --> 00:01:11.420 You have been faithful with a few things. 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:14.180 I will put you in charge of many things. 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:16.520 Come and share your master's happiness. 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:19.859 The man with the two talents also came. 00:01:19.859 --> 00:01:24.280 Master, he said, you entrusted me with two talents. 00:01:24.459 --> 00:01:26.599 See, I have gained two more. 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:31.039 His master replied, well done, good and faithful servant. 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:33.120 You have been faithful with a few things. 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.200 I will put you in charge of many things. 00:01:35.819 --> 00:01:37.659 Come and share your master's happiness. 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:41.560 Then the man who had received the one talent came. 00:01:42.259 --> 00:01:48.799 Master, he said, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:50.840 gathering where you have not scattered seed. 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:54.939 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.859 See, here it is what belongs to you. 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:02.799 His master replied, you wicked, lazy servant. 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:08.500 So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. 00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:14.719 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers so that when I returned, 00:02:14.939 --> 00:02:17.460 I would have received it back with interest. 00:02:18.740 --> 00:02:23.620 Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:30.400 For everyone who has will be given more and he who will have an abundance and he will have an abundance. 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:35.319 Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 00:02:36.140 --> 00:02:43.020 And throw that worthless servant outside into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:49.520 Gordon, it's good to have you with us over the weekend and good to have you with us today. 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:50.300 Thanks. 00:02:53.620 --> 00:03:03.740 Well, good morning everyone. 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:10.640 It's been lovely to be down in Cork, this part of the world, over this weekend. 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:19.520 I've really enjoyed being here since Thursday evening and sharing with the folks over this missionary weekend. 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.040 It's lovely to meet some of you and chat with some of you over the weekend as well. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:26.179 Well, I'm lovely to be in this church in Carrickgill. 00:03:26.259 --> 00:03:28.719 And I've heard about this church for many years. 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.939 Johnny and I go back a long, long time. 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:39.560 His father, way, way back, used to come up to the Baptist meetings that would have been held up in Belfast 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:43.099 and used to stay in a lady's house just right across the street. 00:03:43.099 --> 00:03:45.319 So I knew about this man, Michael Grant. 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:49.120 And some people from the church would have come up as well. 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:57.599 And then when I went to Bible college, I was wanting to come to the south of Ireland and work for a period of time to gain some experience. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:06.939 So I came to Waterford Baptist and Johnny had the privilege of sharing a bedroom or I had a privilege of sharing a bedroom for a month with Johnny. 00:04:07.079 --> 00:04:10.060 And, oh, I could tell you some great stories, but I'm not going to do that. 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:13.740 And it's lovely to be here and to be part of their family this weekend. 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:17.439 I've really appreciated, really enjoyed the fellowship with them. 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:28.519 And what I want to do this morning is I want to just speak to you for a little while on this passage that Johnny's read to us, Matthew chapter 25. 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:36.120 And then just a little bit about one aspect of the work that we're involved in across in Asia. 00:04:36.919 --> 00:04:39.500 I, as I said, work with David Quinn. 00:04:40.359 --> 00:04:43.439 And Johnny, is this tipping on me or am I leaning on it? 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:48.159 He did tell me, don't touch the stand. 00:04:48.339 --> 00:04:50.539 So I've broken the rule already. 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:51.919 But I work with David Quinn. 00:04:52.159 --> 00:04:54.199 And I think most of you will probably know David. 00:04:54.919 --> 00:04:56.699 AsiaLink is a missionary organization. 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:57.680 We work out in Asia. 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.180 Our motto is to reach the unreached people of Asia. 00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:05.639 This is my family that I was talking about, my wife, Nolene, with three children. 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:10.560 We're based in Ballyclare in County Andrum, just about 20 minutes north of Belfast. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:18.759 And from there, I travel all around, mainly in the north of Ireland, over into Wales and into England, and then travel out into Asia. 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:24.040 These are the countries that we work in, some of the most difficult places in the world to be a Christian. 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:44.180 And as I said, what I want to do this morning is just to give you one aspect of our work, 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:48.780 a little kind of glimpse, I suppose, of something of the work that we're involved in. 00:05:50.300 --> 00:05:54.800 But before I do that, I want to think about Matthew chapter 25. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:06:04.960 This is a chapter that contains a number of parables where Jesus is trying to teach us spiritual lessons, 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:06.900 lessons about the kingdom of God. 00:06:07.460 --> 00:06:13.980 And Matthew chapter 25, the story part of it is about a rich man who is going on a journey. 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.199 He's going away for a period of time. 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:22.019 And he needs someone to look after his business and his affairs. 00:06:22.479 --> 00:06:31.839 So he puts his business in the hands of three of his servants, three people who are his employees. 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:37.659 There is going to be the caretakers of the master's property and the master's affairs. 00:06:37.660 --> 00:06:46.580 He gives one of these servants five talents, which is probably a significant amount of money, 00:06:46.700 --> 00:06:53.879 maybe gold, and places his finances in the hands of one of those servants, five talents. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:07:00.060 To the other, he gives two talents, again, a significant amount of money, perhaps gold. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.660 And to the other, he gives one talent. 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:10.939 Not all of the servants received the same, but each received something. 00:07:12.640 --> 00:07:17.020 And what they received didn't belong to them. 00:07:17.620 --> 00:07:18.940 It wasn't theirs. 00:07:19.460 --> 00:07:23.280 It was just given to them by their master. 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:27.520 It was their master's that he had placed into their care. 00:07:27.780 --> 00:07:28.960 It didn't belong to them. 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:35.359 Nevertheless, these servants had to use what the master had given to them. 00:07:36.099 --> 00:07:41.240 And when the master returned, he told the servants that he would call them to give an account. 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:45.799 They had to use what they'd given and use it for the master. 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:54.199 So the servant with five talents, he sets to work and he uses his five talents and he makes ten talents. 00:07:54.199 --> 00:08:00.959 And when the master returns, it's time for him to give an account of what he's done. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:08.500 Then the master, the servant, who has two talents, he puts it to use and he works hard and he makes four talents. 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:11.980 And when the master returns, he has to give an account. 00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:19.539 And then the servant with one talent, as you've just read, he decides in his wisdom that he's going to bury it in the ground. 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:21.399 He's going to keep it safe. 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.259 He's not going to use it. 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.639 He's not going to do anything with it. 00:08:25.039 --> 00:08:29.359 He just returns the one talent when the master returns. 00:08:30.219 --> 00:08:35.860 And so when the master returns, the man with five talents is able to give him ten talents. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.379 He's accomplished something. 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.779 He's done something for the master. 00:08:41.860 --> 00:08:42.879 And he's rewarded. 00:08:43.079 --> 00:08:46.279 And the man with two talents has now four talents. 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:52.339 He has done, accomplished something for the master in the master's absence. 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:53.659 And he's rewarded. 00:08:54.459 --> 00:09:01.259 But the third servant has nothing to give, nothing to show, has accomplished nothing. 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.539 And he's described as a wicked servant. 00:09:04.539 --> 00:09:08.860 And the parable is there. 00:09:08.980 --> 00:09:15.439 That story part of the parable is there to remind us that there are only two kinds of people. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:22.519 There are people that God has given things to and they use them for his glory. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:29.939 And there are those that are given things by God and do not use them and do nothing with them. 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:34.300 And when the Lord comes back, they will be empty handed. 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:48.460 And it is the steward, it is the servant, it is the caretaker that uses his God-given gifts for God 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:52.940 that will be congratulated and rewarded. 00:09:52.940 --> 00:10:03.460 It is the servant, the person, the caretaker who has been given much but does nothing with them 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:07.980 that will be condemned by God. 00:10:09.660 --> 00:10:15.820 And as we think about that parable, probably a very well-known passage in the Bible, 00:10:16.380 --> 00:10:20.640 I want to apply it to a number of areas of our lives. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:25.179 I want to apply it, first of all, to the area of time. 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:31.500 How much time does God place in our hands? 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:38.539 He doesn't give some people five talents, 24 hours in a day, 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.519 and some people two talents, 12 hours in a day, 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.159 and some people one talent. 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:45.779 That's not what I mean by time. 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:50.139 Every one of us has the same number of hours in the day. 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:56.559 But when I say that God gives us different talents of time, 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.620 what I mean by that is not hours, but seasons. 00:11:01.439 --> 00:11:05.080 The passage, I think, is here to remind us, 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:10.039 make the most of your time in this world. 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:16.879 God has given each of us periods or seasons of time. 00:11:17.579 --> 00:11:24.339 And the important thing is that we use those seasons for the glory of God. 00:11:25.939 --> 00:11:30.279 Now, although we all have the same number of hours in the day, 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:36.799 not everyone has the same length of time or the same number of seasons. 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:45.179 For some people, God gives us five talents of time. 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.899 He gives us a long life. 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:57.779 We live 80, 90, we might even live 100 years. 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:04.600 God gives us a long period of time, five talents of time. 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:13.100 This parable reminds us to use whatever length of time God has given us 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:15.159 for the absent master. 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:22.180 For some people, God gives us two talents of time. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:26.680 We live an average length of time. 00:12:27.300 --> 00:12:31.600 We're here on this earth for 60 or 70 years. 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.879 We're given that length of time. 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:37.480 Whatever length of time God gives us, 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.159 we're to use it for the master. 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:48.600 For some, God gives one talent of time. 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.220 Our lives are short. 00:12:53.820 --> 00:12:57.539 We're cut down early in life. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:02.539 We don't live as long, perhaps, as others. 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:09.939 These parables remind us that whatever length of time God gives us, 00:13:10.699 --> 00:13:13.419 we should use it for the master. 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:17.480 Different lifespans. 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:20.519 Different talents of time. 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:25.579 But God wants each of us to use our time 00:13:25.579 --> 00:13:28.339 to accomplish something for God. 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:35.160 What is it that we're doing with our time? 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:43.259 Are we using our seasons, our months, our years 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:48.720 to accomplish something that when the master returns, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.180 we might hear those words, 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.620 well done. 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:57.139 Or are we people 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:00.279 that have seasons of time, 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:04.599 months and years and spans of life, 00:14:04.959 --> 00:14:07.439 but we're burying them 00:14:07.439 --> 00:14:09.399 in the ground. 00:14:10.219 --> 00:14:12.219 And when we meet the master, 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.719 it will not be 00:14:13.719 --> 00:14:17.079 rewarded in commendation that we receive. 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:20.139 Time. 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:24.240 But I also want to apply it to money. 00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:28.520 It's a touchy subject to be talking about money, 00:14:28.660 --> 00:14:29.600 but for some, 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.540 God gives us five talents of money. 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.300 For some of us, 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:39.800 we find ourselves in life with finances, 00:14:40.020 --> 00:14:41.580 and we don't have to worry about much, 00:14:41.640 --> 00:14:42.580 and our business, 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:44.160 and our jobs are good, 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:45.500 and in many ways, 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.019 we have five talents of money. 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.519 We're relatively wealthy people. 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.039 For some people, 00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:54.100 God gives two talents of money. 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.159 We have an average amount. 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:58.620 We don't have a lot to spare, 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.860 but we have enough. 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.379 And for some, 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:04.699 God gives just one talent. 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:08.799 Not a lot at the end of the month. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.879 A struggle at times of the year 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:13.120 to pay the bills. 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:14.740 It's difficulty. 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.919 But all of that 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:19.220 has been given to us by God. 00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:20.700 All of the money that we have 00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:23.659 has been placed into our hands. 00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:24.799 The ability to work 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:26.539 is a gift from God. 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:29.659 The ability to derive a business 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:30.440 and to work 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.779 is all from God. 00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:33.419 And in the church, 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.980 there are all kinds of people 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.779 with all kinds of incomes. 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:38.519 We have different talents 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.159 when it comes to finances and money. 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.759 But God is not so concerned 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:48.459 about how much we have, 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:53.039 but what we do with what we have. 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:57.480 So what is it that we do 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.279 with our money? 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:01.599 Whether it is a small amount, 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:04.079 whether you're a student 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:05.339 on a grant, 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.019 whether you're a young person 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:09.759 at home with pocket money, 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.399 it's not the amount of money 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.480 that we have, 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:16.839 but what we do with our money. 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:20.440 what we accomplish 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.740 with our money 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:23.960 for the glory of God 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.519 and the kingdom of God. 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.639 What God will be asking us 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.879 at the end of our lives 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.220 is not how many millions 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.259 or thousands 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.980 we have given 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.180 to the kingdom of God, 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.379 but what we have done 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:39.100 with what we have, 00:16:39.160 --> 00:16:40.500 whether it be five or two 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.940 or one talent. 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.100 What is it that we're doing 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:47.200 to bring the gospel 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.320 to advance the kingdom of God 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.240 around the world 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.440 with our money? 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.820 And thirdly, 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:57.440 can I apply it not just to time 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.840 and not just to money, 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:00.940 but apply it to the gospel itself? 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:05.779 God has placed into our hands, 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:07.640 to your hands and mine, 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.039 the gospel, 00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:11.019 the greatest, 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.539 most amazing message 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.059 in all of the world. 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.980 God sending his Son 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:21.120 into the world 00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:23.279 to be the only Savior. 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.360 It's by faith, 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.420 alone, 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.660 in Jesus, 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.600 alone, 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.519 that rescues 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.939 and saves 00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:33.099 the world 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:35.319 and people around the world. 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:38.519 God has not called 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.279 everyone to be a preacher, 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.059 to stand at the front 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.339 and declare 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:45.379 to great numbers of people. 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.019 He's not called everyone 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.579 to be a Sunday school teacher 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:50.240 with a little class. 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.819 He's not called everyone 00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.699 to be up front, 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:54.000 but He has called 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.859 every Christian 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:59.019 to spread the gospel. 00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:01.819 He has placed 00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:03.019 the great commission 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.439 into our hands. 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.279 Some people 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.559 have the gospel 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:11.379 and are not afraid 00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:13.619 to tell people about it. 00:18:14.959 --> 00:18:16.139 Some people 00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:17.159 have the gospel 00:18:17.159 --> 00:18:18.799 and throughout this week, 00:18:19.459 --> 00:18:19.819 neighbors 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.959 and friends 00:18:20.959 --> 00:18:22.199 and work colleagues 00:18:22.199 --> 00:18:23.240 and people 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.059 will come across 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.759 our paths 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:26.399 and will not be afraid 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:27.940 to speak it 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.679 and to share it 00:18:29.679 --> 00:18:31.460 and to use it 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.940 and to disperse it. 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.559 For others, 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:38.179 the gospel 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:39.179 has been placed 00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:40.019 in our hands 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:41.619 and God will place 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.879 people in our paths 00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:45.659 and we will hide it. 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.819 We'll bury it. 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:52.059 We'll do nothing 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.079 with it. 00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:58.220 So the challenge 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.079 for us is 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.879 that God 00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:01.460 has placed 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.339 things 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.460 in our hands. 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.220 We have 00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.079 talents. 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:07.859 We have the gospel. 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.480 We have money. 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.099 We have time. 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.379 And we should do 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.359 all that we can 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.119 to use 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.319 those things 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.879 for the glory 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.559 of God, 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:21.399 for the advancement 00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:22.240 of the kingdom 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.779 and 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:26.039 to be assured 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.480 that when 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.519 that day 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.259 comes 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.399 and the master 00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.119 returns, 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:33.539 we will receive 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.419 those words 00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:35.759 well done, 00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.000 good 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.099 and faithful 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.759 servant. 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.059 I wonder 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.759 this morning 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:42.099 are you 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:43.500 like the man 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.480 with the five 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.079 talents, 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.740 with the two 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.359 talents, 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.919 or are you 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.459 someone 00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:50.959 who's more 00:19:50.959 --> 00:19:51.559 like that 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.339 with the one 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.799 talent. 00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.899 I hope and pray 00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:55.639 that we might 00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:56.679 be those 00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.559 who God 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.219 is pleased 00:19:58.219 --> 00:19:58.519 with 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.519 when the 00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.939 master 00:19:59.939 --> 00:20:00.899 returns. 00:20:04.479 --> 00:20:05.579 When I 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.379 think about 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.339 taking the 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.179 gospel around 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.819 the world, 00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:10.259 I think 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.019 that we 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.759 have been 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.639 entrusted 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:14.019 with the 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.679 greatest 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.640 gift 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.560 of all, 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.860 the greatest 00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.920 gift and 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.600 privilege of 00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.000 all, 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.700 to take 00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:24.480 the message 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.519 of Jesus 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.220 Christ, 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:28.160 of forgiveness 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:29.200 of sins, 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.240 of hope 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.799 of heaven, 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.340 to a world 00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.980 in need. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.340 It's a very 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.660 difficult task 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:39.299 to share 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.759 about the 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.320 Lord Jesus 00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:41.180 unless we 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.680 have a 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.000 Bible. 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.380 and the 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:44.720 Bible 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.519 therefore 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.279 becomes a 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.660 very 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.579 precious 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.400 gift. 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.880 And I 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.579 was thinking 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.140 about some 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.380 of the 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.680 great 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.339 gifts that 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.799 there have 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.799 been given 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.099 in the 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.440 world. 00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.420 This lady 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.359 is not a 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.259 fan of, 00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.839 I'm not a 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:00.299 fan of mine, 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.700 she doesn't even 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.160 know where I live, 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.059 but I'm not a 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.779 fan of hers, 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.420 just in case, 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.039 but apparently 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.579 this is 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:07.380 somebody called 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.180 Beyonce and 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.559 she has a 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.279 husband or 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.940 something like 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.500 that called 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.819 Jay-Z or 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.119 something, 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.539 I'm not 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.299 really kind 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.579 of into 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.059 those things, 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.940 but the 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.599 crazy man 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.279 decided that 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.519 he would 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.980 give her a 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:19.220 gift a 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.579 number of 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.160 years ago, 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.180 a 20 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.619 carat gold 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.759 engagement ring 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.880 that cost 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.740 him five 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:28.119 million dollars. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.680 You wouldn't 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.220 like to leave 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.920 that somewhere 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.519 in a public 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.200 toilet or 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.940 come home and 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.420 tell him you've 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.859 done that. 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.119 Well, 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:39.579 that's one 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:39.879 gift. 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.500 This is another 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.059 gift I was 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.519 thinking about. 00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.099 This is the 00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.099 Statue of 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.740 Liberty, 00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.259 which is 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.599 located in 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.799 Liberty Island 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.359 in New York 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.720 Harbor. 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.879 It was a 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.839 gift to the 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.379 people of the 00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.240 United States 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.359 from the 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:53.819 people of 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.279 France, 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.619 300 and 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.980 something feet 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.399 tall, 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.859 and it was a 00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.339 gift to 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.099 commemorate the 00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.839 alliance between 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.439 the French 00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:01.720 people and the 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.659 Americans during 00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.399 the American 00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.059 Revolution. 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.339 And it 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.119 cost the 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.519 people of 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.579 France a lot 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.939 of money. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.399 They had to 00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.919 have a whip 00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.259 round. 00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.379 Literally, 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.279 they were going 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.379 round asking 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.059 the people, 00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.079 can you give a 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.740 wee bit if you 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.220 want to give it 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.179 to the Americans? 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.960 Can you give us 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.259 that? 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:18.939 And it 00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:23.059 cost two 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.599 and a 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:25.099 quarter million 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.720 French francs, 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.319 which is 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:30.220 45 million 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.859 dollars. 00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.539 That's quite a 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.279 gift, isn't it, 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.679 to give from 00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.539 one country to 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.919 the other. 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.400 And this is 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.920 the one that I 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.539 like most of 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.740 all. 00:22:39.800 --> 00:22:40.180 This is the 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.940 Taj Mahal, 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.920 this ivory 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.980 white mausoleum 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.759 in Agra near 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.620 India, built 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.779 by this 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.320 emperor, 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.539 Jahan, to 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.100 house the 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.840 tomb of his 00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.640 favorite wife. 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:49.920 He had a 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.380 whole lot of 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.840 them, but he 00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:52.300 had one 00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.140 favorite one. 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.759 And it 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.320 began in 00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:57.700 1632, and 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.720 it took 21 00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.519 years to 00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.940 finish. 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.539 And it was 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.259 just built to 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.900 put his 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:04.200 favorite wife's 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.800 body into. 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.659 And it 00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.559 cost 32 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.680 million 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:10.399 rupees, which 00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:11.059 in today's 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.379 money is 00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:15.619 827 00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.200 million 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.919 dollars. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.000 What a 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.519 gift to 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.259 give to 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.940 your favorite 00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.960 wife. 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.059 But the 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.019 greatest gift, 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:32.660 one of the 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.480 greatest gifts 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.139 that we could 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.920 possibly give 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.660 to people does 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.359 not break the 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.740 bank. 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.720 In fact, maybe 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.379 the greatest 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.180 gift that we 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.960 can give to 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.240 people on a 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.220 practical level, 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.579 sharing the 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.220 gospel with 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.879 them, is to 00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:47.180 give them a 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.700 copy of the 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.000 Bible. 00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.440 That will cost 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.900 about a 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.119 euro fifty 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.900 to put a 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.639 Bible into the 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.139 hands of 00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.619 Christians 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:56.440 across our 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.839 world. 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:56.879 world. 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:57.939 And I 00:23:57.939 --> 00:23:58.439 just for a 00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:58.879 few moments 00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.319 want to 00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.939 show you 00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.339 one or two 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.720 things. 00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.679 Just to 00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.059 think about 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.379 Bible 00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.119 translations, 00:24:03.459 --> 00:24:03.879 around about 00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.119 6,900 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.899 languages in 00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.500 our world, 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.980 and of those 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.220 6,900 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.679 languages, 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.439 around about 00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:11.399 600 of 00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:11.980 them have 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.599 the complete 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.939 Bible out 00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:16.059 of 6,000 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.559 languages. 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.019 Of those 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.959 other languages, 00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.339 there are 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.859 around about 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.519 another 1,400 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.839 that have the 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.519 New Testament 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.099 in their 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.240 language, and 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.679 then there 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.400 are around 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.380 about 1,000 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.220 languages that 00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.039 have a portion 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.019 of the Bible 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.480 in their 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.039 language. 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.960 Books scattered, 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.320 maybe not a 00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:36.019 complete New 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.460 Testament. 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.920 And that 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.660 leaves us, 00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:42.220 in a world 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.019 that leaves us 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.799 with around 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.799 about, 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.019 see if I can 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.600 move this on 00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.060 a little bit, 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.620 there we go, 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.920 of those 6,900 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.740 languages, 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.900 probably 1,800 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.820 languages, 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.860 a third 00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.620 almost, 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.039 where there 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.779 has been no 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.060 translation started 00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:00.940 at all, 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.660 and then 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.960 around about 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.220 another 2,000 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.160 odd languages 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.640 where they are 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.200 just in the 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.880 process of 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.880 Bible translation. 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.680 Around about 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.759 57% of the 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.600 languages in 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.259 our world 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.259 this morning 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.320 do not 00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:21.500 have a 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.000 portion of 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.620 God's Word. 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:22.659 word. 00:25:24.719 --> 00:25:25.579 And added to 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.139 that is the 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.679 fact that in 00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.719 our world 00:25:27.719 --> 00:25:28.859 there will be 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.859 people who 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:31.419 even if you 00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.459 give them a 00:25:32.459 --> 00:25:33.139 copy of the 00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:33.459 Bible, 00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.159 they cannot 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.979 read, 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.739 they cannot 00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:36.319 write. 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.459 So you have 00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:39.259 to add on 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.839 people that 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:41.419 even those that 00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.159 have the Bible 00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.779 there are many 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.239 of them that 00:25:43.239 --> 00:25:43.899 can't read and 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.279 they can't 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.459 write. 00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.400 And then you 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.019 have to add 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.480 into the 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.140 whole equation 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.120 that there are 00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.019 countries and 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.259 religious systems 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.840 in the world 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.740 that won't 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.779 allow Bibles to 00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.420 come into them. 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.039 Think about 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.059 Muslim countries 00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.900 where to try and 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:58.039 print Bibles and 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.240 distribute them and 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.960 put them into 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.460 countries. 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.460 it's very 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.840 difficult. 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.299 And then you 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.200 have communist 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.120 countries as 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.519 well that are 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.819 completely opposed 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.920 to the Bible 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.600 coming into 00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:08.819 them. 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.180 And it makes 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.279 the job, 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.259 the task of 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.500 taking God's 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.319 Word into 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.019 parts of the 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.220 world extremely 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.960 difficult. 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.180 And I'm going 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.720 to show you two 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.299 little videos. 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.960 One now, 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.000 this one is a 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.600 video of ours 00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.980 called The 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.900 Greatest Story 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.700 Never Told 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.319 Part One. 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.980 And it just 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.559 shows you 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.240 something of the 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.640 challenge of the 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.960 Bible getting 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.759 into the hands 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.180 of people across 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.799 our world.