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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We are in the middle
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of a very important series,
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Bible Prophecies and Stories
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for the Last Days.
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If you've missed any, go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess.
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You can watch the past episodes there.
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Or, go to our YouTube channel,
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Hope Sabbath School, and watch them there.
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Today, we're starting to examine
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The Nations as a theme in Bible prophecy,
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and we're glad you joined us.
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Welcome to the team,
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say, "Hi," to each other,
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glad you're all here.
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You're looking great today.
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And we've got some remotes
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joining us, too; let's see who's with us.
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Gleny, great to have you back with us,
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glad you're here.
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Jorge, good to see you with us today.
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And, Leeah, always good
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to have you with us.
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And we're glad that you're with us, too,
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because you're part of the great miracle
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called Hope Sabbath School
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wherever you are, around the world.
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Why don't you write to us today,
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sshope@hopetv.org.
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Or, you can leave a note
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on our YouTube channel,
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but make sure you include the country
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where you call home.
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Here's a note from Jane in Maine
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in the United States of America.
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She says, "Hi to everyone.
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I love you all.
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Thank you, Hope Sabbath School team."
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Well, let's give Jane a wave, shall we?[br]Thank you.
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"I receive a great blessing watching
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and studying with you every week.
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I love the interactive study of the Bible.
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May God continue to bless
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each and every one who participates
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in this study of the Word of God,"[br]and we say...?
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Wherever you are around the world,
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Jane, you're up there in Maine,
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we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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Paulette writes from Jamaica.
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Oh, we've got some Jamaican connections
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on the team, "Greetings
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to Hope Sabbath School," that's Paulette.
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"I'm writing from Jamaica.
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I must say, I enjoy
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your interaction on the team,
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and I learn a lot from the class.
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Keep up the good work always.
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I pray that God will use me
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for His glory!" Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) You know, that's absolutely true.
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We don't just want people
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to admire something happening.
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We're praying that this can be multiplied
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in our lives and in your life
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around the world.
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Here's an unusual donor note.
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Most of our donors come
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from North America;
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this donor comes from Australia.
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And the donor writes, "Hello,
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Hope Sabbath School team.
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Thank you for continuing
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to share Jesus..."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "...and sharing His Word[br]and His love
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in an unconditional, nonjudgmental way.
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May this small gift continue to brighten
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one or two corners of this globe
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until Jesus comes."
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Now, there must be some...
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what do you call it...exchange fees
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for transferring the funds
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from the Australian dollar
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to the U.S. dollar,
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because a generous gift
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of 196 dollars and 78 cents arrived.
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And I want to thank you, Donor
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in Australia (you know who you are)
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for that generous gift
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because we're a donor-supported ministry,
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and thank you for being part
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of the miracle of God,
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and for each one of you.
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Some of you who help once a month,
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some of you help once a year,
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whatever you do, we thank you.
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You can go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess, and say, "Lord,
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let me be part of the miracle
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of sharing Your love with the world."
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One last note, from Rosemary in Arkansas
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in the United States of America,
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"Hello, Hope Sabbath School team."
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Do you think they put that
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so we can wave? I think so.
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"I've learned so much
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from watching your show.
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I'm very grateful and blessed.
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I love the Scripture songs
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and often hum or sing them
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throughout the day.
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Thank you so much for everything you do
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to reach the world and spread the gospel
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and the love of Jesus."
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Well, before we sing the song,
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Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You,
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I just want to say, years ago,
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when my wife began to compose
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Scripture songs with a prayer
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that God's Word would be hidden
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in the hearts of our two little boys,
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she had no idea that it would impact
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so many people, but isn't that
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just what God does?
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He just says, "You be faithful to Me
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in your little sphere, and I'm going
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to bless the world through you."
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So, I hope you download those songs
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because there's a free song each quarter,
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a theme song; you can download it free.
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And I hear people saying, "Oh,
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I know all of your songs."
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We were somewhere just last week,
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and the person says,
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"Let the Word of Christ..."
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I said, "Oh, you learned
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some Scripture songs - Praise God."
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But while you're there at the website,
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you can also download the free gift
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for this series, because I was praying,
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"God, is there a special gift?"
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We're talking about Bible Prophecies
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and Stories for the Last Days,
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and I thought of a book
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called Radical Protection.
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I think it was offered years ago,[br]but there are
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so many new Hope Sabbath School members,
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I said, "We need to offer that again"
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because the prophet Daniel says
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there's coming a time of trouble
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such as never was, and we need
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that supernatural protection
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so we can face the future without fear.
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Because when we face the future
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with Jesus, we're not afraid.
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So, go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Free Gift tab, and you can
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download a free digital copy
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of that valuable resource
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and share it with your friends.
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But, right now I'd like to hear you sing,
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because we've learned a theme song
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from Colossians 3:16.
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And you say, "Derek, you
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don't sound that good."
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Well, sing with us, will you?
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Let's all sing together and hide
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the Word in our hearts,
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Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You.
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven, we believe this series
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on Bible Prophecies and Stories
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for the Last Days is very relevant
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for our lives today.
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And so, I pray the same Holy Spirit
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who inspired the prophets,
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the same Holy Spirit who protected
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the Scriptures through the generations,
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that same Holy Spirit Jesus promised
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would lead us into all truth,
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that that would happen
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as we study Your Word today, not just here
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but with our Hope Sabbath School family
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around the world.
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We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, in this study
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and the one to follow, we're going
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to be studying the theme
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of The Nations and how the nations
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are part of Bible prophecy.
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The first place the nations are mentioned
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is in the book of Genesis,
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and so we'll start there
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in Genesis, chapter 10.
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And actually it's related to chapter 11,
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but let's start by looking in Genesis,
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chapter 10, and, Mighty, I'm going
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to ask you if you'd read for us
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Genesis 10, the first five verses.
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Now, there are some unusual names there,
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but just say them the best you can
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because we don't know
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how to say them either, but Genesis,
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chapter 10, verses 1 through 5.
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(Mighty) I'll be reading
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from the New American Standard Bible,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) Thank you so much.
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Wow, what a great job
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of reading those names, you know?
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But the last words "into their nations,"
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now, in order to understand -
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and their languages -
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there was actually only one language
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until chapter 11, so really 10 and 11
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are together, and now they're
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forming into nations.
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So, the question is, what happened
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in Genesis, chapter 11, Zaria,
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in verses 1 through 4, if you could read.
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Let's see what happened in Genesis 11:1-4.
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(Zaria) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) So, here they are, and we know
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that the judgment of God comes,
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and languages are confused.
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And now we just read in chapter 10
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that they divide into nations.
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So, was the forming into nations
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an act of obedience
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or an act of rebellion?
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(Team Members) Rebellion.
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(Team Members) No.
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(Derek) Okay, how many said rebellion?
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Two, three, two and a half, okay.
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How many of you think
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it was an act of obedience?
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How many of you don't know?
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How many of you would say
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it could have been one or the other?
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Because they were supposed to go
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to the ends of the earth, right,
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and subdue it; that was the assignment.
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And presumably in that, they would be
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living in harmony with the will of God.
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Unfortunately, as the nations emerge,
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we find a different spirit
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from what God intended,
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and we'll find a clue back in chapter 10.
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Nicole, if you could read for us
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in Genesis, chapter 10,
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verses 8 through 12, and we find
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a character mentioned,
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by the name of Nimrod.
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(Nicole) The New International Version
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of Genesis 10, verses 8 through 12, says:
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(Derek) What do you learn about Nimrod
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from that short description?
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Anybody. Yes, Puia.
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(Puia) Derek, I think what stood out
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for me here is the fact that Nimrod
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is described as a mighty hunter
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before the Lord, and it doesn't sound
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like it is a compliment.
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It sounds like he is
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continuing the rebellion
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against the governments of God.
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(Derek) Anybody else, what impacted[br]you? Travis?
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(Travis) So, what I'm seeing here
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from the nations (and Nimrod
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is continuing this) is the same spirit
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that was at Babel, "Let us make
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a name for ourselves."
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It continues with Nimrod,
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and it continues to this day
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with all of the nations,
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nation against nation, always trying
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to make a name for themselves,
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be better and usurp the next nation.
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(Derek) Yes, Jenner.
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(Jenner) Important to note
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is also verse 10,
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and from the New American Standard Bible,
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"The beginning of his kingdom
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was Babel," which introduces us
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to the next chapter, so negative language[br]towards Nimrod the whole time.
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(Derek) And of course, he will
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end up also building Nineveh,
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and we know the reputation that Nineveh
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would have, too, right?
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So, back to where this ambition came from.
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You say it came from wanting to build
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the Tower of Babel, but where is
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the spirit of the nations coming from?
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Well, let's go to a description
0:16:27.632,0:16:31.796
by the prophet Isaiah in chapter 14.
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Now, I realize some of you
0:16:33.158,0:16:34.256
have read this before -
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James, maybe you could read it for us,
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verses 12 to 14 -
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but someone joining us
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for Hope Sabbath School today
0:16:41.086,0:16:43.414
is hearing this for the very first time,
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and it may be quite startling
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because this is the testimony
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of a fallen angel, one who was created,
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Ezekiel says, in perfection,
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but who rebelled against God.
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And let's listen to the spirit
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of this fallen angel as described
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by the prophet Isaiah.
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(James) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) And, Travis, you said
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that same spirit is manifested today...
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(Travis) Correct.
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(Derek) ...with the nations wanting
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to exercise dominion, to dominate
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powers around them. Yes.
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(Travis) I just want to say something
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as we just read this.
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It says, "you, who weakened the nations,"
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it's associating an exaltation of self
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to the weakening of a nation.
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So, if we would glorify God,
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we would have a powerful nation.
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And if we would exalt ourselves,
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the nation would get weak,
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if I am reading that correctly.
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(Derek) So, let's talk about what God
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wanted to do with Abram.
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That was his name originally, right,
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and later he was called Abraham.
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But Abram, He wanted to form him
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into a nation, but a nation that was
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very different from "the nations,"
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which come out of Babel, okay?
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So, let's go to Genesis, chapter 12.
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Tendi, if you could read
0:18:49.983,0:18:51.869
the first three verses.
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What do you see immediately
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in this call to Abram to be a nation
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that's so different from the attitude
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that we read earlier
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in the book of Genesis?
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:[br]and it reads:
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(Derek) Alright, so what's
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the big difference?
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What jumps out at you? Nicole?
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(Nicole) Well, in this case,
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God is offering the blessing.
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It's not that Abram is taking them.
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It's that He's offering them,
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and He's saying, "Through Me
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you will be blessed,"
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instead of the other one, which is,
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"I will ascend; I will
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be better, I will, I will..."
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(Derek) Okay, so there are
0:20:00.825,0:20:03.325
actually several things going on here.
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One, instead of saying, "I will be great,"
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"I will do this," it is God saying,
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"I will do this for you,"
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"I will do this for you," but also...?
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(Travis) The earth...
0:20:15.233,0:20:16.856
(Derek) "The earth will be blessed
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because of this nation that will
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come forth from you."
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Do you see the big difference
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between that and what we
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read earlier in the chapter?
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Well, the prophet Moses
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understood that as God's ideal.
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Look in Deuteronomy.
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Jenner, if you could read for us
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in Deuteronomy, chapter 4,
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verses 5 through 10.
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(Jenner) Deuteronomy, chapter 4?
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(Derek) Chapter 4, beginning with verse 5.
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Moses understood God's ideal in the nation
0:20:47.301,0:20:49.390
that would be formed from Abram.
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(Jenner) I will be reading
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from the New American Standard Bible,
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Deuteronomy 4, starting with verse 5:
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(Derek) And you know that word "fear"
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can be translated "to be afraid"
0:22:29.903,0:22:33.592
or "reverent," right, "Show reverence
0:22:33.592,0:22:35.233
toward Me," right,
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if the relationship is right.
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So, again, God says, "I'll bless you.
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Others will be blessed through you,
0:22:43.605,0:22:47.576
but even more than that, when others see
0:22:47.576,0:22:51.947
the blessing of God," what? What?
0:22:51.947,0:22:54.374
(Zaria) They're attracted to it and want[br]to learn...
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(Derek) Make the "it" more specific.[br]They're attracted to...?
0:22:59.567,0:23:03.844
...to learn more about God, right?![br]Jenner?
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(Jenner) Very specifically,[br]a personal God.
0:23:06.668,0:23:11.543
Verse 7 emphasizes a God that is so near,
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and He always listens
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whenever we call on Him.
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(Derek) I'm going to talk
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to some of our remotes here
0:23:16.962,0:23:20.105
because some reminders needed to go out.
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And we've got three reminders in Isaiah
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I'll give to Gleny and Leeah and Jorge.
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Let's start with Gleny in Isaiah 42:6,
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then we'll look at 49:6
0:23:33.573,0:23:35.326
and then 60, verse 3.
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It sounds like lots of reminders
0:23:37.488,0:23:41.923
had to go out, "Don't forget
0:23:41.923,0:23:44.387
why you are a people."
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Now, we're going to need that
0:23:45.815,0:23:47.335
in the last days as a church,
0:23:47.335,0:23:51.106
"Don't forget why I've called you," right?
0:23:51.106,0:23:53.609
Not so people will say, "I'm so great.
0:23:53.609,0:23:55.545
I have this and this and this,"
0:23:55.545,0:23:56.989
but that people would say,
0:23:56.989,0:23:59.525
"What a great God you serve."
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Gleny, what's the reminder
0:24:01.149,0:24:04.533
in Isaiah 42, verse 6?
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(Gleny) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
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(Derek) So, God's ideal then was
0:24:22.506,0:24:25.660
that they would be what, to the nations[br]or the Gentiles?
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(Derek, Team) A light.
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(Derek) Let's look in 49, verse 6, Leeah,
0:24:31.040,0:24:34.427
Isaiah 49:6, and see how the prophet
0:24:34.427,0:24:38.792
reminds them of that mission.
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(Leeah) In the English Standard Version,[br]it reads:
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(Derek) Ah, so it's not just some blessing
0:24:58.307,0:25:01.066
for Abraham and his descendants,
0:25:01.066,0:25:03.993
that is, the nation of Israel, but it is
0:25:03.993,0:25:06.726
to bless the entire world, right?
0:25:06.726,0:25:10.334
One last reference from Isaiah, Jorge,
0:25:10.334,0:25:14.871
in chapter 60 and verse 3.
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(Jorge) Isaiah 60, verse 3,
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I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version, it says:
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(Derek) I want to thank you, Jorge.
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One of the things we have to remember,
0:25:30.280,0:25:33.171
then, is when they "come to your light,"
0:25:33.171,0:25:35.122
what do we need to do?
0:25:35.122,0:25:36.730
(Nicole) Reflect them up.
0:25:36.730,0:25:40.763
(Derek) We need to deflect that praise,
0:25:40.763,0:25:44.281
right, to the Light of the world.
0:25:44.281,0:25:47.687
Gleny, I see your hand.
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(Gleny) And I was just quickly trying
0:25:49.920,0:25:54.107
to think of what makes this nation
0:25:54.107,0:25:56.138
a light to the world, and I think
0:25:56.138,0:25:59.096
it's the distinct principles it runs on.
0:25:59.096,0:26:00.451
Like, for instance, when you
0:26:00.451,0:26:03.068
look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
0:26:03.068,0:26:04.951
you start with food, shelter,
0:26:04.951,0:26:06.620
all of those things.
0:26:06.620,0:26:09.332
But here, the kingdom of God
0:26:09.332,0:26:12.194
focuses on seeking Him first,
0:26:12.194,0:26:14.807
and that's the way you get
0:26:14.807,0:26:16.680
all of your needs met.
0:26:16.680,0:26:19.163
So, I'm imagining all the nations
0:26:19.163,0:26:22.875
seeing this kingdom that follows
0:26:22.875,0:26:26.256
under this principle of a God who says,
0:26:26.256,0:26:28.908
"Look at Me, and you will get
0:26:28.908,0:26:30.989
all of your deepest desires met,"
0:26:30.989,0:26:33.851
rather than the other way around.
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(Derek) Thank you for pointing that out.
0:26:35.761,0:26:38.192
That's deep thought right there.
0:26:38.192,0:26:40.538
And it ties into my question,
0:26:40.538,0:26:43.901
and that is, what's the difference,
0:26:43.901,0:26:45.534
just from our initial study
0:26:45.534,0:26:47.745
between the nations,
0:26:47.745,0:26:49.846
which actually reflect the character
0:26:49.846,0:26:54.250
of the fallen angel once called Lucifer,
0:26:54.250,0:26:56.637
and the nation that God
0:26:56.637,0:26:58.671
calls out of Abraham?
0:26:58.671,0:27:00.725
And certainly we'll find later
0:27:00.725,0:27:03.262
He desires to be manifest in His church.
0:27:03.262,0:27:05.780
What's the big difference? Yes, Zaria?
0:27:05.780,0:27:07.396
(Zaria) I would say the difference
0:27:07.396,0:27:09.033
is the world decided to follow
0:27:09.033,0:27:11.722
after their own will, their own desires,
0:27:11.722,0:27:14.320
worshiping other gods and other idols,
0:27:14.320,0:27:16.423
and that's why they were led astray often,
0:27:16.423,0:27:17.926
doing so many different things.
0:27:17.926,0:27:19.655
They got sick, whereas God's nation,
0:27:19.655,0:27:21.407
we follow His Word and His light
0:27:21.407,0:27:22.780
and His direction.
0:27:22.780,0:27:23.857
(Derek) One following
0:27:23.857,0:27:25.255
their own will and leading
0:27:25.255,0:27:26.485
to the gods of this world
0:27:26.485,0:27:27.737
(Leeah, I see your hand),
0:27:27.737,0:27:28.902
the other following God.
0:27:28.902,0:27:31.114
What difference do you see, Leeah,
0:27:31.114,0:27:33.271
between the nations
0:27:33.271,0:27:37.118
and the special nation God calls out?
0:27:37.118,0:27:38.835
(Leeah) There seems to be an element
0:27:38.835,0:27:41.131
of peace that comes when you surrender
0:27:41.131,0:27:42.983
to God and His will for your life,
0:27:42.983,0:27:44.294
whether that be as a nation
0:27:44.294,0:27:45.886
or as an individual.
0:27:45.886,0:27:47.661
It's so much more difficult
0:27:47.661,0:27:50.424
to live by your own standards
0:27:50.424,0:27:52.460
and try to be your own leader
0:27:52.460,0:27:54.895
or your own god as opposed to surrendering
0:27:54.895,0:27:56.576
to the will of God.
0:27:56.576,0:27:58.183
He provides so much more peace,
0:27:58.183,0:27:59.375
and your life is laid out
0:27:59.375,0:28:01.678
so much, not necessarily easier,
0:28:01.678,0:28:04.321
but there is just so much peace
0:28:04.321,0:28:06.473
when God is in control.
0:28:06.473,0:28:08.275
(Derek) It seems through history
0:28:08.275,0:28:10.945
(thank you, Leeah) that the nations
0:28:10.945,0:28:15.833
are built by violence; that's history.
0:28:15.833,0:28:18.452
The nation that God's calling,
0:28:18.452,0:28:22.579
He desires it to be built by love, right?
0:28:22.579,0:28:25.625
Love for Him and love for the community.
0:28:25.625,0:28:27.426
It's a drastic difference.
0:28:27.426,0:28:29.692
And some skeptics might say,
0:28:29.692,0:28:33.003
"That other nation you're talking about,
0:28:33.003,0:28:35.753
[it] isn't even possible
0:28:35.753,0:28:38.442
to have a nation like that."
0:28:38.442,0:28:40.351
It's only the survival
0:28:40.351,0:28:41.999
of the fittest, right?
0:28:41.999,0:28:43.667
That's the only way it will happen,
0:28:43.667,0:28:44.742
but we'll see that God
0:28:44.742,0:28:46.240
does have a plan. Puia?
0:28:46.240,0:28:47.495
(Puia) Derek, I think it's
0:28:47.495,0:28:48.636
very interesting to note
0:28:48.636,0:28:50.991
that as we contrast and compare
0:28:50.991,0:28:52.623
the nations around the world
0:28:52.623,0:28:53.824
and the nation that God
0:28:53.824,0:28:55.607
was raising up through Abraham,
0:28:55.607,0:28:57.374
I think the key difference is
0:28:57.374,0:29:00.301
how God reveals Himself closely
0:29:00.301,0:29:02.829
with that nation through Abraham.
0:29:02.829,0:29:05.358
Although we see a lot of conquering
0:29:05.358,0:29:07.866
and violence in the other nations,
0:29:07.866,0:29:09.145
I think we have to qualify
0:29:09.145,0:29:10.397
that even in those nations
0:29:10.397,0:29:13.144
there is that battle between the forces
0:29:13.144,0:29:14.733
of good and evil.
0:29:14.733,0:29:16.800
But what sets [apart] the nation
0:29:16.800,0:29:20.214
through Abraham is that God
0:29:20.214,0:29:23.393
had given them that special revelation.
0:29:23.393,0:29:25.818
And I think Jenner pointed out,
0:29:25.818,0:29:28.248
God is very near to them.
0:29:28.248,0:29:30.007
And I want to piggyback
0:29:30.007,0:29:32.643
on what Leeah said earlier, when you have
0:29:32.643,0:29:35.149
that special revelation from God,
0:29:35.149,0:29:37.181
you get to enjoy peace
0:29:37.181,0:29:38.251
that the other nations
0:29:38.251,0:29:39.920
probably did not get to enjoy.
0:29:39.920,0:29:41.681
(Derek) Okay, I've got lots of hands,
0:29:41.681,0:29:44.019
Mighty and Jorge.
0:29:44.019,0:29:46.083
(Mighty) Going off of what Puia is saying,
0:29:46.083,0:29:47.300
he just sparked something
0:29:47.300,0:29:49.218
in my mind there, and I'm also recalling
0:29:49.218,0:29:50.497
that last week's lesson is
0:29:50.497,0:29:51.942
coming into play here as well,
0:29:51.942,0:29:54.369
is that we are in a marriage with Christ.
0:29:54.369,0:29:56.330
We are in a marriage with Jesus.
0:29:56.330,0:29:58.827
And I remember one of the verses we read
0:29:58.827,0:30:01.265
was Revelation, chapter 19, verse 7:
0:30:08.075,0:30:10.023
We are that bride, and how are we
0:30:10.023,0:30:13.247
making ourselves ready for Christ to come?
0:30:13.247,0:30:15.365
So, we have to absorb that light
0:30:15.365,0:30:17.211
that we have from God and that wisdom
0:30:17.211,0:30:18.633
and understanding and display
0:30:18.633,0:30:20.719
that character that Christ is looking for.
0:30:20.719,0:30:22.757
[Make] herself ready
0:30:22.757,0:30:24.371
by displaying that character
0:30:24.371,0:30:25.638
that Jesus is looking for,
0:30:25.638,0:30:27.050
that wisdom and understanding
0:30:27.050,0:30:28.479
of His will, and displaying it
0:30:28.479,0:30:30.286
to the nations, so they can be blessed
0:30:30.286,0:30:32.366
and others can come into our nation
0:30:32.366,0:30:33.571
and make themselves ready
0:30:33.571,0:30:34.565
for Christ to come.
0:30:34.565,0:30:36.132
(Derek) And I think to be fair,
0:30:36.132,0:30:37.917
and, Jorge, I'm coming to your point,
0:30:37.917,0:30:40.461
the way we make ourselves ready
0:30:40.461,0:30:43.176
is to allow God to make us ready.
0:30:43.176,0:30:45.329
In other words, it is God
0:30:45.329,0:30:47.797
who is shaping this nation, right,
0:30:47.797,0:30:50.200
rather than, "We will," "I will,"
0:30:50.200,0:30:52.154
"I will," "I will," right,
0:30:52.154,0:30:53.771
which is very self-focused.
0:30:53.771,0:30:55.827
Now, we have a choice to make,
0:30:55.827,0:30:58.540
but that choice is to draw close to God
0:30:58.540,0:31:00.685
who can make us a new creation.
0:31:00.685,0:31:01.780
It's a different kind
0:31:01.780,0:31:05.045
of nation, for sure. Jorge.
0:31:05.045,0:31:07.387
(Jorge) Yes, I'm reminded of a portion
0:31:07.387,0:31:09.148
as well from last week's lesson
0:31:09.148,0:31:11.982
where Abraham told Eliezer, "No,
0:31:11.982,0:31:13.974
don't go back to where I came from
0:31:13.974,0:31:16.384
to get a wife for my son."
0:31:16.384,0:31:18.638
And it reminds me of how we read earlier
0:31:18.638,0:31:21.484
in the lesson that God asked Abraham
0:31:21.484,0:31:24.181
to come out of his country or his nation
0:31:24.181,0:31:25.532
so that He can establish him
0:31:25.532,0:31:27.058
as a new nation.
0:31:27.058,0:31:28.775
And that dynamic between coming
0:31:28.775,0:31:30.778
out of something so God can teach us
0:31:30.778,0:31:33.059
something new and use that
0:31:33.059,0:31:35.182
for something even greater is a lesson
0:31:35.182,0:31:36.493
we see throughout Scripture
0:31:36.493,0:31:37.936
with Moses coming out of Egypt
0:31:37.936,0:31:39.814
and being taught, John the Baptist
0:31:39.814,0:31:41.195
going out to the wilderness
0:31:41.195,0:31:42.041
and being taught.
0:31:42.041,0:31:43.463
We see these parallels a lot.
0:31:43.463,0:31:46.050
I'm reminded of a situation
0:31:46.050,0:31:47.161
where I was in a cave;
0:31:47.161,0:31:48.559
it was completely dark,
0:31:48.559,0:31:49.878
and the guide that was
0:31:49.878,0:31:51.519
leading us had a lighter.
0:31:51.519,0:31:52.856
He lights the lighter,
0:31:52.856,0:31:55.364
and instinctively everybody
0:31:55.364,0:31:56.874
just kind of got closer to him
0:31:56.874,0:31:58.891
because they could see where the light was
0:31:58.891,0:32:01.061
and without it, it was pitch black.
0:32:01.061,0:32:02.735
And I'm reminded of this verse here
0:32:02.735,0:32:05.430
in Isaiah when it says that everyone
0:32:05.430,0:32:06.763
will come to your light.
0:32:06.763,0:32:08.009
The kings will come
0:32:08.009,0:32:10.617
to the [brightness of your rising].
0:32:10.617,0:32:13.554
And when I think about the difference
0:32:13.554,0:32:15.456
between these nations, God is giving
0:32:15.456,0:32:18.376
a light that no one else has.
0:32:18.376,0:32:20.311
It's a darkness in the other nations,
0:32:20.311,0:32:22.730
and so it is instinctively attractive
0:32:22.730,0:32:23.785
when they come to you,
0:32:23.785,0:32:25.800
and kings and all these other magistrates
0:32:25.800,0:32:27.285
will come to you even as you're
0:32:27.285,0:32:28.483
rising as a kingdom.
0:32:28.483,0:32:29.928
And so, there's an attraction
0:32:29.928,0:32:30.953
that God is using us
0:32:30.953,0:32:33.335
through our light.
0:32:33.335,0:32:34.885
(Derek) So, here's the question,
0:32:34.885,0:32:36.687
how well did Israel do?
0:32:36.687,0:32:39.590
And maybe there's not a simple answer.
0:32:39.590,0:32:42.005
Maybe there were times they did well,
0:32:42.005,0:32:44.644
but what would you say, big picture?
0:32:44.644,0:32:47.047
How did they do as a light
0:32:47.047,0:32:53.183
to the Gentiles, to the world? Anybody?
0:32:53.183,0:32:55.006
(Jenner) They didn't do well.
0:32:55.006,0:32:55.942
(Derek) They didn't
0:32:55.942,0:32:58.392
do well, you would say.
0:32:58.392,0:32:59.989
(James) Rejected the light.
0:32:59.989,0:33:01.764
(Derek) Rejected...I mean, there were
0:33:01.764,0:33:04.587
some good men and women, right?
0:33:04.587,0:33:06.060
But you're saying, overall?
0:33:06.060,0:33:07.153
(Jenner) Overall, it...
0:33:07.153,0:33:08.676
(Derek) You'd say the nation...
0:33:08.676,0:33:11.283
I mean, think of King Josiah; he was
0:33:11.283,0:33:14.118
awesome, but then someone else would...
0:33:14.118,0:33:17.264
Up and down or mainly down? Travis?
0:33:17.264,0:33:18.551
(Travis) It's interesting,
0:33:18.551,0:33:21.214
at the burning bush, God refers
0:33:21.214,0:33:24.434
to the children of Israel as "My son,"
0:33:24.434,0:33:26.486
"My son, the children of Israel."
0:33:26.486,0:33:28.578
Jesus gets baptized, and He said, "This is
0:33:28.578,0:33:30.767
My Son in whom I am well pleased."
0:33:30.767,0:33:32.098
What we are finding out is
0:33:32.098,0:33:33.757
that the children of Israel
0:33:33.757,0:33:34.925
really didn't please Him
0:33:34.925,0:33:37.457
in everything that they did.
0:33:37.457,0:33:41.394
And I praise God because, if we keep going
0:33:41.394,0:33:43.669
as we will through the prophecies,
0:33:43.669,0:33:44.897
or studying these stories
0:33:44.897,0:33:47.351
of the prophecies, we'll find out that God
0:33:47.351,0:33:49.259
does eventually finish the work
0:33:49.259,0:33:51.601
through His people, you know?
0:33:51.601,0:33:52.994
And I think that's something
0:33:52.994,0:33:54.164
to look forward to.
0:33:54.164,0:33:56.250
(Derek) So, I'm going to ask Gleny
0:33:56.250,0:33:58.574
if you'd read for us
0:33:58.574,0:34:02.606
from 1 Samuel 8, verses 4 and 5,
0:34:02.606,0:34:04.469
because you're saying they're not doing
0:34:04.469,0:34:07.053
that well, and in the midst of that,
0:34:07.053,0:34:09.274
certainly, you read the book of Judges,
0:34:09.274,0:34:11.297
and there's a theme over and over,
0:34:11.297,0:34:12.639
"And they did what was right
0:34:12.639,0:34:14.385
in their own eyes," "They did
0:34:14.385,0:34:16.052
what was right in their own eyes,"
0:34:16.052,0:34:18.521
rather than in the sight of God.
0:34:18.521,0:34:20.506
And now, Gleny, if you'll read,
0:34:20.506,0:34:23.531
they make another mistake
0:34:23.531,0:34:27.576
in 1 Samuel 8, verses 4 and 5.
0:34:27.576,0:34:28.903
(Gleny) And I'll be reading
0:34:28.903,0:34:31.131
from the New King James Version,[br]and it says:
0:34:48.148,0:34:50.151
(Derek) Why did they want a king
0:34:50.151,0:34:51.705
like the nations?
0:34:51.705,0:34:52.994
We know the characteristic
0:34:52.994,0:34:55.456
of "the nations," right,
0:34:55.456,0:34:57.655
in terms of what we've been shown
0:34:57.655,0:34:59.578
in the book of Genesis.
0:34:59.578,0:35:04.271
Why did they want a king like the nations?
0:35:04.271,0:35:06.284
Look at one verse in the warning
0:35:06.284,0:35:10.731
that Samuel gives in 1 Samuel 8, verse 15.
0:35:10.731,0:35:11.796
Nicole, could you read
0:35:11.796,0:35:13.607
1 Samuel 8, verse 15?
0:35:13.607,0:35:16.444
(Nicole) Sure, New International Version[br]says:
0:35:19.574,0:35:20.837
(Derek) Yup, you're right.
0:35:26.670,0:35:29.870
(Derek) Does something there sound
0:35:29.870,0:35:32.630
like a little bit off?
0:35:32.630,0:35:34.897
What does it sound like?
0:35:34.897,0:35:37.217
(Travis) Like the king is stealing
0:35:37.217,0:35:39.417
the tithe that belongs to God.
0:35:39.417,0:35:40.336
(Derek) It sounds
0:35:40.336,0:35:43.586
like, instead of a theocracy
0:35:43.586,0:35:47.358
where God is King, right,
0:35:47.358,0:35:50.717
and honoring God as the source
0:35:50.717,0:35:54.950
of all blessing, they were to return a...?
0:35:54.950,0:35:56.936
(Derek, Team) ...tithe.
0:35:56.936,0:36:01.434
(Derek) Now, they're giving a tithe
0:36:01.434,0:36:04.015
to a human person.
0:36:04.015,0:36:06.028
Now, I'm not saying they didn't continue
0:36:06.028,0:36:06.993
to return a tithe
0:36:06.993,0:36:08.769
to the temple; I don't know.
0:36:08.769,0:36:10.236
But it's kind of interesting
0:36:10.236,0:36:11.813
that it's the same.
0:36:11.813,0:36:16.190
It's almost like a switch, isn't it?
0:36:16.190,0:36:18.910
So again, help me, someone.
0:36:18.910,0:36:21.327
Gleny and Jorge, I see your hands raised.
0:36:21.327,0:36:24.329
Why would they want a king
0:36:24.329,0:36:27.934
if God has called them, and in a sense
0:36:27.934,0:36:29.652
He is their King?
0:36:29.652,0:36:33.246
Zaria, too, okay, let's start with Gleny.
0:36:33.246,0:36:36.142
(Gleny) I think the whole theme
0:36:36.142,0:36:38.655
of where we see humans err
0:36:38.655,0:36:40.641
ever since the Garden of Eden
0:36:40.641,0:36:44.351
is when we lack trust in God
0:36:44.351,0:36:45.645
and His methods and lean
0:36:45.645,0:36:47.672
on our own understanding.
0:36:47.672,0:36:49.574
So, there's this idea of we know better;
0:36:49.574,0:36:51.212
we think we know better,
0:36:51.212,0:36:53.931
and let's go with that.
0:36:53.931,0:36:56.252
(Derek) Alright, let's see who else.
0:36:56.252,0:36:59.654
Jorge, you had your hand raised.
0:36:59.654,0:37:01.489
(Jorge) Yes, in verse 5
0:37:01.489,0:37:04.476
of that same passage that we just read,
0:37:04.476,0:37:06.461
we kind of see a little bit of the answer
0:37:06.461,0:37:08.651
to your question where it says, "Look, you
0:37:08.651,0:37:10.039
are old, and your sons
0:37:10.039,0:37:11.617
don't walk in your ways."
0:37:11.617,0:37:13.701
So, we are seeing that essentially
0:37:13.701,0:37:15.333
the spiritual leadership
0:37:15.333,0:37:16.362
or the spiritual head
0:37:16.362,0:37:19.588
of Israel is lacking, and there is
0:37:19.588,0:37:21.217
no one to turn to, and so they are
0:37:21.217,0:37:22.902
starting to look for somebody else.
0:37:22.902,0:37:24.437
And we see a similar example
0:37:24.437,0:37:25.738
that took place with Moses;
0:37:25.738,0:37:27.784
when He appeared to delay,
0:37:27.784,0:37:29.257
they started looking elsewhere.
0:37:29.257,0:37:31.664
And so, perhaps one of the reasons is
0:37:31.664,0:37:34.390
because the leadership started
0:37:34.390,0:37:38.817
[turning] their view [from] God, and so it
0:37:38.817,0:37:42.849
caused a downstream effect to the people.
0:37:42.849,0:37:44.479
(Derek) That's a powerful insight.
0:37:44.479,0:37:48.488
If the appointed leaders of God
0:37:48.488,0:37:52.797
had been faithful, it might have prevented
0:37:52.797,0:37:54.588
or averted turning
0:37:54.588,0:37:57.025
towards a human king. Tendi?
0:37:57.025,0:37:59.870
(Tendi) So, in 1 Samuel 8, verse 7,
0:37:59.870,0:38:01.625
the Lord tells Samuel
0:38:01.625,0:38:03.226
that they rejected Him,
0:38:03.226,0:38:06.647
that's why they wanted to appoint a king.
0:38:06.647,0:38:08.670
(Derek) Let's look at his warning.
0:38:08.670,0:38:10.778
If someone would read that for us.
0:38:10.778,0:38:13.925
Puia, would you read 1 Samuel 8,
0:38:13.925,0:38:15.633
verses 10 through 18?
0:38:15.633,0:38:17.102
This is the same Samuel
0:38:17.102,0:38:19.904
who, as a little boy, when nobody else
0:38:19.904,0:38:22.595
was listening to God, heard the Lord
0:38:22.595,0:38:25.455
call him, "Samuel, Samuel," right?
0:38:25.455,0:38:27.257
Now, he's an old man.
0:38:27.257,0:38:29.809
He's been a faithful prophet of God
0:38:29.809,0:38:31.771
through the years.
0:38:31.771,0:38:35.512
Let's hear his warning.
0:38:35.512,0:38:37.064
(Puia) Sure, and I'll be reading
0:38:37.064,0:38:38.605
from the New King James Version,
0:38:38.605,0:38:41.100
1 Samuel, chapter 8, verses 10 to 18:
0:40:03.958,0:40:04.775
(Derek) It sounds
0:40:04.775,0:40:07.048
like a fairly serious warning,
0:40:07.048,0:40:09.857
but, James, how do they respond, verses 19
0:40:09.857,0:40:13.692
and 20 of the same chapter of 1 Samuel 8?
0:40:13.692,0:40:15.626
(James) The New King James Version says:
0:40:34.903,0:40:37.400
(Derek) What?! Nicole?
0:40:37.400,0:40:38.963
(Nicole) That's it; they did not
0:40:38.963,0:40:43.393
want to be a separate and special people.
0:40:43.393,0:40:45.165
They wanted to be like everyone else.
0:40:45.165,0:40:46.830
I think we have that problem today,
0:40:46.830,0:40:48.879
that the Lord calls us to be apart
0:40:48.879,0:40:51.499
and separate and to be His chosen people,
0:40:51.499,0:40:53.433
but we choose to be like everyone else
0:40:53.433,0:40:55.425
because we don't want to stand out.
0:40:55.425,0:40:57.471
We don't want anyone to notice us
0:40:57.471,0:40:58.906
to be different than they are,
0:40:58.906,0:41:00.714
and I think that was Israel's problem.
0:41:00.714,0:41:03.914
They wanted to be like everyone else[br]around them.
0:41:03.914,0:41:05.376
(Derek) I was startled.
0:41:05.376,0:41:07.037
I don't know if you caught this
0:41:07.037,0:41:09.066
(and then I see some hands raised),
0:41:09.066,0:41:10.053
"And [our king] will
0:41:10.053,0:41:11.690
go out...and fight our battles"?
0:41:11.690,0:41:14.346
(Jenner) That's correct, like conquering.
0:41:14.346,0:41:16.110
(Derek) Oh, certainly the conquering,
0:41:16.110,0:41:17.853
but, like, really, they're thinking
0:41:17.853,0:41:19.855
this one person is going
0:41:19.855,0:41:21.682
to go out and fight their battles
0:41:21.682,0:41:23.753
when before, the Lord had said,
0:41:23.753,0:41:27.430
"I will go before you," right?
0:41:27.430,0:41:33.236
Like at Jericho, "I will go before you."[br]Like when...
0:41:33.236,0:41:34.762
(Jenner) Opening of the Red Sea.
0:41:34.762,0:41:36.106
(Derek) ...He opens the sea,
0:41:36.106,0:41:37.511
"I will go before you,"
0:41:37.511,0:41:41.549
and now you're going to send a person?
0:41:41.549,0:41:42.459
Something is wrong
0:41:42.459,0:41:45.612
with their thinking, right? Travis?
0:41:45.612,0:41:47.554
(Travis) That danger, Derek,
0:41:47.554,0:41:49.110
is still even to this day.
0:41:49.110,0:41:51.325
I have been reading lots
0:41:51.325,0:41:52.743
of books on history,
0:41:52.743,0:41:56.045
and there were many religious groups
0:41:56.045,0:41:59.514
who lobbied to have Hitler put into place.
0:41:59.514,0:42:03.404
He was a vegetarian, he didn't drink,
0:42:03.404,0:42:05.036
and he looked out for the welfare.
0:42:05.036,0:42:07.341
And just a few short years later,
0:42:07.341,0:42:09.945
we see, I mean, just recent history,
0:42:09.945,0:42:11.352
we see what happened.
0:42:11.352,0:42:13.398
And the psalmist said, "Don't
0:42:13.398,0:42:15.367
put your trust in a prince,
0:42:15.367,0:42:16.454
or the son of man,
0:42:16.454,0:42:17.722
where there is no [help].
0:42:17.722,0:42:19.167
Because the very day they die,
0:42:19.167,0:42:21.289
their plans perish."
0:42:21.289,0:42:23.888
But God always fought battles
0:42:23.888,0:42:25.196
for the children of Israel,
0:42:25.196,0:42:26.860
and you're right, for them to want
0:42:26.860,0:42:28.567
a man now to fight their battles
0:42:28.567,0:42:31.583
just seems crazy!
0:42:31.583,0:42:34.185
(Derek) So, here's the question:
0:42:34.185,0:42:39.673
Why did God grant their request?
0:42:39.673,0:42:42.993
Because didn't God tell Samuel
0:42:42.993,0:42:46.480
to anoint someone who is taller
0:42:46.480,0:42:49.876
than anybody else, and handsome?
0:42:49.876,0:42:51.366
The kind of one that, if he was
0:42:51.366,0:42:54.488
in a popularity contest, they would say,
0:42:54.488,0:42:57.981
"Why don't you vote for Saul?"
0:42:57.981,0:43:00.644
And we all know how that turned out.
0:43:00.644,0:43:02.461
Well, maybe we don't, but you can read
0:43:02.461,0:43:04.419
about King Saul, and it's
0:43:04.419,0:43:07.718
a sad, sad story.
0:43:07.718,0:43:13.602
Why did God allow that and even direct
0:43:13.602,0:43:18.583
the prophet Samuel to anoint Saul?
0:43:18.583,0:43:20.981
I think he was son of Kish, wasn't he?
0:43:20.981,0:43:23.467
Why did He direct to have him
0:43:23.467,0:43:24.856
anointed as king?
0:43:24.856,0:43:26.053
Zaria, what do you think?
0:43:26.053,0:43:27.752
(Zaria) I would say it's because He
0:43:27.752,0:43:29.070
wanted us to have our will.
0:43:29.070,0:43:31.687
He's not going to always just allow us
0:43:31.687,0:43:33.130
to do what He wants, right?
0:43:33.130,0:43:35.009
He's going to allow us to have our will
0:43:35.009,0:43:36.440
and what we desire just so we
0:43:36.440,0:43:37.538
can learn from it.
0:43:37.538,0:43:39.116
Even in our own lives right now,
0:43:39.116,0:43:40.378
sometimes my flesh chooses
0:43:40.378,0:43:41.943
something else, and then I learn
0:43:41.943,0:43:42.963
from that experience,
0:43:42.963,0:43:43.995
and I go back to God.
0:43:43.995,0:43:46.057
And we can see this trend throughout time.
0:43:46.057,0:43:47.910
They sin, and then they cry out to God,
0:43:47.910,0:43:49.006
and then He saves them.
0:43:49.006,0:43:50.403
They sin again...it just goes
0:43:50.403,0:43:52.163
in circles over and over again.
0:43:52.163,0:43:53.851
But we learned from now,
0:43:53.851,0:43:55.546
all the prophets, what they wrote,
0:43:55.546,0:43:57.668
that we now need to trust in God.
0:43:57.668,0:43:59.744
So, it's been a lesson for them[br]and for us.
0:43:59.744,0:44:01.479
(Derek) So, you would say, and I see
0:44:01.479,0:44:03.878
some other hands that are twitching here,
0:44:03.878,0:44:07.125
but you would say that God,
0:44:07.125,0:44:11.362
if we are persistent,
0:44:11.362,0:44:16.137
will grant us what we demand
0:44:16.137,0:44:20.475
even if it is not His will - is that true?
0:44:20.475,0:44:22.243
(Team) Yes.
0:44:22.243,0:44:24.037
(Derek) That God will grant us
0:44:24.037,0:44:30.167
what we demand even if it is not His will?
0:44:30.167,0:44:31.878
Puia, we need your help.
0:44:31.878,0:44:33.163
(Puia) I think that is true
0:44:33.163,0:44:35.270
to a certain degree, because time
0:44:35.270,0:44:37.243
and time again, what we see in the Bible
0:44:37.243,0:44:39.029
is that God does not always get
0:44:39.029,0:44:41.478
what He wants personally
0:44:41.478,0:44:43.948
because He gives us the freedom to choose,
0:44:43.948,0:44:45.433
and love by definition
0:44:45.433,0:44:47.202
cannot be forced, right?
0:44:47.202,0:44:49.588
God cannot force a relationship
0:44:49.588,0:44:51.955
between Him and us.
0:44:51.955,0:44:54.675
And so, it does appear that way,
0:44:54.675,0:44:57.321
that God would grant certain things,
0:44:57.321,0:44:59.852
even if it is not His best plan.
0:44:59.852,0:45:01.242
But the good news, of course,
0:45:01.242,0:45:03.351
is that even when we make those decisions
0:45:03.351,0:45:04.982
that are not in His best plan,
0:45:04.982,0:45:07.105
God always continues to pursue us
0:45:07.105,0:45:09.440
to bring us back through those lessons
0:45:09.440,0:45:11.775
that we learn from those mistakes.
0:45:11.775,0:45:13.810
(Derek) Let's take a look at one example,
0:45:13.810,0:45:15.800
and, Jorge, I'm going to ask you to read
0:45:15.800,0:45:20.324
Romans 1 for us, please, verses 22 to 25,
0:45:20.324,0:45:21.971
which I believe would support
0:45:21.971,0:45:24.405
what Zaria and Puia have just said.
0:45:24.405,0:45:26.241
Now, I don't think God does that
0:45:26.241,0:45:28.676
with any kind of joy in His heart.
0:45:28.676,0:45:30.495
I don't think He does that going,
0:45:30.495,0:45:32.496
"Well, you're going to really mess up,
0:45:32.496,0:45:35.683
and you deserve it," kind of attitude.
0:45:35.683,0:45:42.121
But, if we persist in demanding something,
0:45:42.121,0:45:47.757
God will allow that to happen.
0:45:47.757,0:45:53.478
Let's see, Jorge, Romans 1:22-25.
0:45:53.478,0:45:56.397
(Jorge) Romans 1:22-25, I'll be reading
0:45:56.397,0:45:59.491
from the New King James Version, it says:
0:46:33.624,0:46:37.068
(Derek) What was the expression there,[br]God did what?
0:46:37.068,0:46:38.112
(Team) Gave them up.
0:46:38.112,0:46:40.315
(Derek) He gave them up.
0:46:40.315,0:46:41.886
Now, please, that's not the same
0:46:41.886,0:46:44.792
as "gave up on them," right,
0:46:44.792,0:46:48.008
because He will pursue us
0:46:48.008,0:46:50.545
with an immeasurable and unfailing love
0:46:50.545,0:46:52.821
until our final breath.
0:46:52.821,0:46:55.733
But giving them up means what?
0:46:55.733,0:46:58.256
(Travis) Let them have their way.
0:46:58.256,0:47:00.448
(Derek) Let them have their way.
0:47:00.448,0:47:03.132
And of course, history tells us
0:47:03.132,0:47:06.471
what happened to the nation.
0:47:06.471,0:47:08.914
Now, in the closing section, we want
0:47:08.914,0:47:12.433
to look at how, just as He desired
0:47:12.433,0:47:16.237
the nation bringing up through Abraham
0:47:16.237,0:47:19.594
to be different, He wants His church
0:47:19.594,0:47:22.109
to be radically different
0:47:22.109,0:47:24.456
from the nations.
0:47:24.456,0:47:26.788
But earlier Nicole said we could fall
0:47:26.788,0:47:29.050
into the same trap.
0:47:29.050,0:47:32.017
But let's look at what Jesus has to say.
0:47:32.017,0:47:34.630
Leeah, if you could take us to Matthew,
0:47:34.630,0:47:38.409
chapter 20, I think this is
0:47:38.409,0:47:40.678
a really important passage,
0:47:40.678,0:47:46.417
Matthew 20, verses 25 through 28,
0:47:46.417,0:47:50.638
because really, if you are of faith,
0:47:50.638,0:47:52.940
Scripture says, you're Abraham's seed.
0:47:52.940,0:47:56.261
So, the people of God
0:47:56.261,0:47:59.881
post the coming of Jesus
0:47:59.881,0:48:02.634
are His church, right?
0:48:02.634,0:48:04.723
And He desires His church,
0:48:04.723,0:48:05.676
would you say then,
0:48:05.676,0:48:07.236
to be a light to the world?
0:48:07.236,0:48:08.216
(Team) Yes.
0:48:08.216,0:48:10.308
(Derek) And He desires His church
0:48:10.308,0:48:13.911
not to have the attitude of the nations.
0:48:13.911,0:48:17.816
Let's see, Leeah, what counsel Jesus gave.
0:48:17.816,0:48:19.043
(Leeah) Alright, Matthew,
0:48:19.043,0:48:23.208
chapter 20, verses 25 to 28,
0:48:23.208,0:48:25.155
the English Standard Version says:
0:48:51.121,0:48:52.773
(Derek) So, we could, in the place
0:48:52.773,0:48:55.936
of "the Gentiles," put "the nations,"
0:48:55.936,0:48:58.968
right, "lord it over each other,
0:48:58.968,0:49:05.258
but it shall not be that way among you.
0:49:05.258,0:49:06.811
But you should be a servant,"
0:49:06.811,0:49:08.504
and, of course, even Jesus,
0:49:08.504,0:49:10.339
the Son of Man, was a servant.
0:49:10.339,0:49:11.928
Look at the history
0:49:11.928,0:49:14.884
of the Christian church.
0:49:14.884,0:49:16.863
Let's start at the very beginning
0:49:16.863,0:49:18.582
in the book of Acts.
0:49:18.582,0:49:22.271
Where do you see
0:49:22.271,0:49:27.220
the character of a loving God revealed
0:49:27.220,0:49:28.416
in the character
0:49:28.416,0:49:30.850
of the early Christian church,
0:49:30.850,0:49:32.911
the new nation?
0:49:32.911,0:49:35.328
Where do you see it manifested?
0:49:35.328,0:49:37.351
From your reading, what do you know?
0:49:37.351,0:49:39.650
(Travis) In Acts, chapter [2], it says
0:49:39.650,0:49:41.768
they shared with one another
0:49:41.768,0:49:44.929
so that none had more than the other.
0:49:44.929,0:49:47.311
(Derek) Yes, Acts 2 and Acts 4 also.
0:49:47.311,0:49:50.147
It says that they held everything[br]in common. Jenner?
0:49:50.147,0:49:51.505
(Jenner) Yes, "with gladness
0:49:51.505,0:49:53.277
and simplicity of heart."
0:49:53.277,0:49:54.465
(Derek) They ate together
0:49:54.465,0:49:57.447
"with gladness and simplicity of heart."
0:49:57.447,0:49:59.546
And if there was a need,
0:49:59.546,0:50:03.601
people like Barnabas sold a piece of land,
0:50:03.601,0:50:06.193
brought [the money] to the Apostles' feet.
0:50:06.193,0:50:10.564
It's very much, what?
0:50:10.564,0:50:12.700
What is it a reflection of?
0:50:12.700,0:50:15.228
(Derek, Team) The character of God.
0:50:15.228,0:50:19.177
(Derek) Right? That's the picture
0:50:19.177,0:50:20.390
of the early church.
0:50:20.390,0:50:22.778
But if you do a scan
0:50:22.778,0:50:24.528
through church history
0:50:24.528,0:50:27.924
through the centuries, where do you see
0:50:27.924,0:50:30.534
this kingly power start
0:50:30.534,0:50:33.410
to manifest itself?
0:50:33.410,0:50:36.536
Anybody a student of church history? Puia.
0:50:36.536,0:50:37.882
(Puia) So, when we look back
0:50:37.882,0:50:39.363
in church history, we see
0:50:39.363,0:50:42.746
that probably around the fourth century[br]especially,
0:50:42.746,0:50:46.286
the church began to court
0:50:46.286,0:50:48.288
the power of the state,
0:50:48.288,0:50:50.167
and eventually there was a combination,
0:50:50.167,0:50:52.666
a union, between the church and the state.
0:50:52.666,0:50:54.719
And as a result, the church was
0:50:54.719,0:50:57.161
corrupted with power, a desire
0:50:57.161,0:50:58.929
to act like a king.
0:50:58.929,0:51:03.259
And the church in turn persecuted
0:51:03.259,0:51:05.049
a lot of God's own people.
0:51:05.049,0:51:06.660
And the darkest chapters
0:51:06.660,0:51:08.972
of Christian history is filled
0:51:08.972,0:51:12.646
with the church persecuting God's people
0:51:12.646,0:51:15.012
through the power of the state.
0:51:15.012,0:51:16.870
(Derek) We're going to study about that
0:51:16.870,0:51:19.102
in our next program
0:51:19.102,0:51:22.224
because that is exactly what happens.
0:51:22.224,0:51:25.065
And instead of the light of God
0:51:25.065,0:51:26.805
shining in the people of God,
0:51:26.805,0:51:30.884
drawing others to the church of God,
0:51:30.884,0:51:35.779
they use violence to try
0:51:35.779,0:51:39.426
to force people, which was not
0:51:39.426,0:51:41.339
the character of God at all.
0:51:41.339,0:51:42.777
That's actually the character
0:51:42.777,0:51:46.322
of the fallen angel, right?
0:51:46.322,0:51:51.232
So, how do we avoid falling into the trap
0:51:51.232,0:51:57.815
of using the methods of the nations
0:51:57.815,0:52:01.694
and staying as God wants His church to be,
0:52:01.694,0:52:03.585
a light to the world?
0:52:03.585,0:52:07.766
How do we avoid that trap?
0:52:07.766,0:52:09.011
(Travis) Humble ourselves.
0:52:09.011,0:52:11.176
(Derek) Okay, Travis, talk[br]to me about that.
0:52:11.176,0:52:12.283
What did you say?
0:52:12.283,0:52:15.324
(Travis) Humble ourselves before God.
0:52:15.324,0:52:16.907
(Derek) Especially if He puts you
0:52:16.907,0:52:19.462
in a position of leadership, right?
0:52:19.462,0:52:22.603
When you stand up to teach the class,
0:52:22.603,0:52:25.072
it's like, "Lord, hide me behind You,"
0:52:25.072,0:52:26.985
right? Yes, James?
0:52:26.985,0:52:29.882
(James) When we recognize that we are
0:52:29.882,0:52:31.366
part of a royal priesthood,
0:52:31.366,0:52:34.847
a chosen nation, in God we know
0:52:34.847,0:52:37.234
that the Great Commission
0:52:37.234,0:52:39.452
of going into all the world is not
0:52:39.452,0:52:41.915
that of Nimrod or of Satan,
0:52:41.915,0:52:44.408
which was meant for conquering,
0:52:44.408,0:52:47.560
but rather to conquer hearts.
0:52:47.560,0:52:50.590
I use that word loosely, to convert hearts
0:52:50.590,0:52:53.351
to Jesus so that we can live
0:52:53.351,0:52:55.738
in harmony and interdependence.
0:52:55.738,0:52:58.038
That's what I see in the book of Acts,
0:52:58.038,0:52:59.640
people living communally
0:52:59.640,0:53:03.128
with interdependence and living for God.
0:53:03.128,0:53:04.846
(Derek) You know, the text that you
0:53:04.846,0:53:06.660
quoted there, "You are
0:53:06.660,0:53:10.367
a chosen generation," 1 Peter 2:9,
0:53:10.367,0:53:13.914
"a royal priesthood, a holy..."?
0:53:13.914,0:53:14.836
(Team) "...nation."
0:53:14.836,0:53:16.684
(Derek) Ah! There's the word.
0:53:16.684,0:53:19.378
You've got the nations, but you are
0:53:19.378,0:53:21.326
a holy nation, but back to something
0:53:21.326,0:53:22.729
Nicole said earlier,
0:53:22.729,0:53:29.443
"His own special people," peculiar.
0:53:29.443,0:53:30.908
(Jenner) God's own possession.
0:53:30.908,0:53:33.290
(Derek) Yeah, God's own possession,
0:53:33.290,0:53:35.496
but hear the last part,
0:53:35.496,0:53:39.151
"That you may proclaim [your praises]."
0:53:39.151,0:53:41.828
(Team) No!
0:53:41.828,0:53:44.118
(Derek) "Is not this great Babylon
0:53:44.118,0:53:45.710
that I have built," no, no,
0:53:45.710,0:53:48.539
Or, "Is not this great church...," or, no.
0:53:48.539,0:53:51.010
"That you may declare the praises of..."?
0:53:51.010,0:53:52.232
(Derek, Team) "...Him..."
0:53:52.232,0:53:54.124
(Derek) "...who called you out of..."?
0:53:54.124,0:53:55.612
(Derek, Team) "...darkness..."
0:53:55.612,0:53:56.580
(Derek) "...into.."?
0:53:56.580,0:53:58.265
(Team) "...His marvelous light."
0:53:58.265,0:53:59.978
(Derek) Oh, man, that's God's ideal.
0:53:59.978,0:54:01.899
Jorge, talk to me about that,
0:54:01.899,0:54:05.288
because that is so different
0:54:05.288,0:54:09.524
from the kingdoms of the world.
0:54:09.524,0:54:11.221
(Jorge) Yes, and I think, to answer
0:54:11.221,0:54:13.164
your question, how can we not fall
0:54:13.164,0:54:15.749
into that same trap, is by remembering
0:54:15.749,0:54:18.902
that He is the vine, we are the branches.
0:54:18.902,0:54:20.742
And we need to stay abiding
0:54:20.742,0:54:22.740
in Him constantly.
0:54:22.740,0:54:25.040
And He will keep us from ourselves
0:54:25.040,0:54:27.433
and going into a place that would cause us
0:54:27.433,0:54:28.668
to deter from where He
0:54:28.668,0:54:30.579
would have us to be.
0:54:30.579,0:54:32.895
(Derek) We are not more loved by God
0:54:32.895,0:54:36.231
than any in the nations; is that right?
0:54:36.231,0:54:38.226
God loves all of His children
0:54:38.226,0:54:40.687
in the same way, but He wants us
0:54:40.687,0:54:45.274
to go out as servants to the nations
0:54:45.274,0:54:47.289
to share the light of God with them.
0:54:47.289,0:54:49.078
So, I want, in the few minutes
0:54:49.078,0:54:52.116
that's closing, remotes, be ready, too,
0:54:52.116,0:54:54.817
to share a time when God
0:54:54.817,0:54:57.303
sent you out to the nations.
0:54:57.303,0:54:59.003
It's one thing to just stay at home
0:54:59.003,0:55:00.790
and try to stay out of trouble,
0:55:00.790,0:55:04.043
but God sends us out to the nations
0:55:04.043,0:55:05.715
to be a witness.
0:55:05.715,0:55:07.513
Anybody have a time you want to share
0:55:07.513,0:55:11.133
when God did that for you? Yes, Puia.
0:55:11.133,0:55:12.692
(Puia) I actually want to answer
0:55:12.692,0:55:14.404
in a slightly different way.
0:55:14.404,0:55:17.823
I'm so thankful for the missionaries
0:55:17.823,0:55:21.527
who came to my land, to my ancestors,
0:55:21.527,0:55:24.580
to Mizoram and Burma,
0:55:24.580,0:55:27.199
to tells us about this light,
0:55:27.199,0:55:29.535
and becoming a light to the Gentiles.
0:55:29.535,0:55:31.420
And as a result of those missionaries,
0:55:31.420,0:55:33.789
we came to learn, I came to learn
0:55:33.789,0:55:35.698
this message about Jesus.
0:55:35.698,0:55:37.926
I'm so thankful for missionaries.
0:55:37.926,0:55:39.275
(Derek) Has God sent you out
0:55:39.275,0:55:41.090
at any time to the nations, too?
0:55:41.090,0:55:42.025
(Puia) Yes, I have.
0:55:42.025,0:55:43.982
I have traveled, and I have preached,
0:55:43.982,0:55:45.194
and it's a result
0:55:45.194,0:55:46.729
of one person stepping out,
0:55:46.729,0:55:50.438
and the ripple effects continue.
0:55:50.438,0:55:51.737
(Derek) Now, Jorge, I know
0:55:51.737,0:55:56.912
you're about to go to the Philippines.
0:55:56.912,0:56:00.111
What motivated you to sacrifice the time
0:56:00.111,0:56:03.138
and the resources to go out
0:56:03.138,0:56:06.505
on that mission to the nations?
0:56:06.505,0:56:11.136
(Jorge) Yes, we had Henry Suluvale,[br]a gentleman
0:56:11.136,0:56:16.482
who came by and did a vespers, as it were,
0:56:16.482,0:56:19.085
on a mission trip that he did
0:56:19.085,0:56:20.703
in Papua New Guinea.
0:56:20.703,0:56:24.140
And he gave, I guess, a little exposé
0:56:24.140,0:56:26.458
of his experience and the thousands
0:56:26.458,0:56:27.559
and thousands of people
0:56:27.559,0:56:30.230
that were baptized as a result.
0:56:30.230,0:56:33.762
And there was a small group of us there,
0:56:33.762,0:56:35.477
and, well, we were listening
0:56:35.477,0:56:37.754
to his experience and how people
0:56:37.754,0:56:39.270
were moved, the different works
0:56:39.270,0:56:40.085
that were needed,
0:56:40.085,0:56:41.417
the needs that were there,
0:56:41.417,0:56:43.085
and he expressed how they[br]were going
0:56:43.085,0:56:45.658
to do a mission trip in the Philippines.
0:56:45.658,0:56:47.459
We jumped at the opportunity
0:56:47.459,0:56:49.399
as we understood that God was leading us
0:56:49.399,0:56:52.085
to say, "We have the time, we have
0:56:52.085,0:56:54.670
the health, we have the resources;
0:56:54.670,0:56:56.705
let's give them to the Lord while we can."
0:56:56.705,0:57:00.376
And so, we're heading over there to do it.
0:57:00.376,0:57:01.641
(Derek) And I want to hear
0:57:01.641,0:57:03.686
in an upcoming program, Jorge,
0:57:03.686,0:57:05.617
what happens, okay?
0:57:05.617,0:57:08.784
So, you take some notes.
0:57:08.784,0:57:11.919
We may not all go to Palawan,
0:57:11.919,0:57:13.746
We may not all go to Mizoram
0:57:13.746,0:57:15.746
because we don't speak the Mizo language,
0:57:15.746,0:57:18.657
or we don't speak Burmese,
0:57:18.657,0:57:22.290
but God has a mission for each one of us.
0:57:22.290,0:57:24.283
He wants us not to attract attention
0:57:24.283,0:57:27.253
to ourselves but to let the light of Jesus
0:57:27.253,0:57:29.288
shine through us to the nations
0:57:29.288,0:57:31.239
because He loves all of His children.
0:57:31.239,0:57:32.945
Will you accept that challenge?
0:57:32.945,0:57:34.994
By the way, that's a lesson
0:57:34.994,0:57:38.374
for the last days of this earth's history.
0:57:38.374,0:57:39.466
Let's pray together.
0:57:39.466,0:57:42.851
Father in Heaven, that You would call us
0:57:42.851,0:57:45.104
to bring a life-changing message
0:57:45.104,0:57:47.456
to the nations is quite remarkable.
0:57:47.456,0:57:48.611
But thank You that those
0:57:48.611,0:57:50.509
You call You enable.
0:57:50.509,0:57:53.154
And may Your presence be with us as we go.
0:57:53.154,0:57:55.097
In Jesus' name. Amen.
0:57:55.097,0:57:55.881
(Team) Amen.
0:57:55.881,0:57:57.309
(Derek) Friend, whether you go
0:57:57.309,0:57:59.083
to your neighbor or across the world,
0:57:59.083,0:58:00.526
take the light of Jesus
0:58:00.526,0:58:02.260
to dispel the darkness.
0:58:02.260,0:58:04.160
Be a blessing to those around you.
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