Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Jim Gilley (Host), Brian Hamilton, C.A. Murray, Jay Christian
Series Code: SF
Program Code: SF000033
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00:03 All to Jesus
00:07 I surrender 00:11 All to Him I freely give 00:17 I will ever love and trust Him 00:19 I will ever love and trust Him 00:26 In His presence 00:29 Daily live 00:33 I surrender all 00:40 I surrender all 00:48 All to Thee, 00:50 My blessed Savior 00:55 I surrender all 01:07 Let's pray. 01:09 Our loving Heavenly Father, We praise You and we thank You. 01:15 We thank You for the wonderful year 01:18 here at 3ABN. 01:19 We thank You for bringing each one of us here 01:21 to work for You in Your vineyard. 01:24 Lord, there are so many people You could have brought here, 01:26 but You brought us. 01:28 And we thank You, and we appreciate so much 01:32 what you've done for the ministry 01:35 and for our personal lives throughout this last year. 01:39 But, Lord, we're facing a New Year. 01:41 We asked for You to be with us, and guide us, 01:45 protect us in everything that we do 01:48 so that we can fulfill Your work 01:50 that You have for us at 3ABN 01:53 and the work that 3ABN has to do around the world. 01:56 We ask for Your guidance and Your blessings. 01:59 Lord, it's been wonderful over the last year 02:01 to see people accept You as their Savior 02:05 and to be facing eternal life. 02:07 We ask for an even bigger group of people 02:10 this next year to hear the message, 02:14 to accept You for You to go into their hearts. 02:18 Lord, we ask for Your blessings in all that we do. 02:22 And, Lord, we finish by saying, "Come soon." 02:27 These things we ask, we do so in Jesus' name, amen 02:31 Amen. Amen. 02:33 Thank you, Jay. 02:34 I think all of us can look back over the years and say, 02:37 "Thank You, Lord, You've been good to us" 02:38 as we look to a new year. 02:40 Ellen White makes a comment that we don't have to worry 02:43 about the future 'cause all we have to do 02:44 is look at the past 02:46 and see that God has brought us through 02:48 and He will continue to do so. 02:50 The Lord gave me this song just a few weeks ago. 02:53 You've been good to me through all the years. 03:05 You've been good to me 03:09 Through all the years 03:15 You've been good to me 03:19 Through joys and tears 03:25 I want to thank You Lord 03:29 For all You've done 03:33 You've been good to me 03:37 Through all the years 03:43 You hear my broken heart 03:46 When hope was gone 03:50 You gave me strength there Lord 03:55 To carry on 03:59 I'm going to praise Your name 04:04 Through loss or gain 04:08 You've been good to me 04:12 Through all the years 04:21 You are my comfort Lord 04:25 When no one cares 04:29 You wipe away each tear 04:33 And come my feast 04:39 My heart overflows 04:43 Because I know 04:47 You've been good to me 04:50 Through all the years 04:58 I just 05:00 Want to praise You today 05:07 I want to show my love 05:11 For You someway 05:16 So that You will know 05:21 That I love You so 05:25 I just 05:28 Want to praise You today 05:37 You've been good to me 05:41 Through all the years 05:45 You've been good to me 05:48 Through joys and tears 05:54 I want to thank You Lord 05:58 For all the time 06:02 You've been good to me 06:06 So very good to me 06:10 You've been good to me 06:18 Through all the years 06:34 Amen. 06:36 Amen. 06:41 Thank you, Danny. 06:42 God has been good to all of us, hasn't He? 06:45 And I know that as we come down to the end of this year 06:49 and the beginning of a new year 06:51 that you have many things to give God thanks for. 06:56 And there could be none other, 06:58 none greater than eternal life for which He has given us 07:04 and we have the assurance of receiving. 07:08 On the south coast of China, on a hill, overlooking Macao, 07:12 Portuguese settlers once built a massive cathedral, 07:15 but a typhoon proves stronger than the work of man's hands. 07:20 And it destroyed that great cathedral 07:23 except for the front wall. 07:26 And high above that front wall is a cross. 07:30 When I went to Macao, 07:32 that was the one thing I wanted to see. 07:34 I had to hire a cab to take me there, 07:36 but the cross is still there because, 07:38 you see the important thing about that cross 07:42 is it has always stood. 07:46 I think it was 1825, 07:49 Sir John Bowring was shipwrecked in that harbor. 07:53 It was in a fog, the fog he calls the wreck, 07:55 and he was holding on to some wreckage, 07:57 and he was swimming, he thought towards shore, 08:01 but he was swimming out to sea. 08:04 And he happened to look over his shoulder 08:07 and he saw that cross, it just broke through the fog, 08:11 and he turned and started swimming towards the fog. 08:15 Later, he wrote the words of the song 08:18 "In the cross of Christ I glory 08:21 towering over the wrecks of time." 08:24 And he wrote that song 08:26 because he gloried at the cross of Jesus Christ. 08:29 Amen. 08:30 You know, the Apostle Paul said that he gloried in the cross. 08:33 In fact in 1 Corinthians 2:1 and 2, 08:37 he says, "And brethren, when I came to you, 08:40 did not come with excellency of speech 08:41 or of wisdom, 08:43 declaring to you the testimony of God. 08:44 For I determined not to know anything among you, 08:48 save Jesus Christ and Him crucified." 08:52 You know, sometimes we want to know everything 08:54 other than that. 08:55 We want to know all about one aspect of theology, 08:59 or another aspect of theology, or something about diet, 09:02 or something about anything else. 09:04 But Paul said, 09:05 "I will determined to know nothing 09:08 except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." 09:11 Now to the Corinthians, this was foolish. 09:16 They thought the cross 09:18 that is something that's demeaning, 09:20 it's not something that's beautiful at all. 09:22 But Paul said, 09:24 "For Christ did not send me to baptize, 09:26 but to preach the gospel, 09:28 for the message of the cross, he said, 09:30 is foolishness to those who are perishing, 09:33 but to those who are being saved, 09:35 it is the power of God." 09:38 1 Corinthians 1:17. 09:41 And, you know, with a flash in his eyes, 09:42 verse 23, he said, "We preach Christ crucified, 09:47 to the Jews a stumblingblock, 09:50 and to the Greeks foolishness." 09:53 Now the word in the Greek there is moria, 09:55 we get our word moronic or moron from it. 09:59 And to them this was moronic 10:01 to believe in the cross was foolishness, 10:03 moria, moronic, 10:06 but Jesus came to die on a cross. 10:10 So the foolishness of the cross 10:13 would be that His death 10:16 would save each one who believes on that. 10:20 And Paul said that, he said in 1 Corinthians 1:25. 10:23 1 Corinthians 1:25, 10:27 "Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man, 10:30 and the weakness of God is stronger than man." 10:36 Paul said, "I glory in the cross of Christ." 10:39 Now there are many things that Paul could've gloried in. 10:42 He could have gloried to the pre-existence of Christ. 10:46 Christ never had a beginning, He has always existed. 10:49 You see, we only know things that have a beginning 10:52 and an end. 10:54 But God has no beginning 10:55 and Christ is part of the Godhead. 10:58 He has no beginning. 11:00 He could have gloried in the virgin birth of Christ. 11:04 Mary, a teenage girl engaged to be married. 11:07 And an angel comes to her and says to her, 11:10 "You're going to have a child," and she's never known a man. 11:14 You see, the existence of Christ, 11:17 the birth of Christ. 11:18 This is not really his birth, this is His incarnation. 11:22 He was not born. 11:24 This is His coming to this earth 11:26 in the form of a child, 11:28 using the form of the birth of a human being. 11:32 But for a God who has always existed, 11:35 this was simply His incarnation. 11:38 He could have gloried in the teachings of Jesus. 11:42 Nobody ever taught like Jesus. 11:44 Turn the other cheek. 11:46 Someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. 11:49 That's not easy to do. 11:51 If they ask you to go one mile, go two. 11:54 Love your enemies. 11:56 Pray for them. 11:58 You think that's easy? It is not easy, my friend. 12:02 You and I both know that if we try, 12:05 and look, and see that this is something 12:07 that is difficult teachings 12:10 that Jesus had, glorious teachings 12:13 and He could have gloried in them but He didn't. 12:15 He could have gloried in the miracles of Christ. 12:18 No one ever did what Christ did, 12:20 raised the dead. 12:22 I mean, absolutely dead and raised them. 12:27 He took the fish in, and the bread, 12:29 and He fed 5,000 people. 12:32 Miracles that took place. 12:34 Walked on water, and healed the sick. 12:39 Took people who were blind and gave them sight. 12:42 The miracles of Christ. 12:44 Paul could have said, 12:45 "I glory on the miracles, but he didn't." 12:49 He could have gloried in the power of Christ 12:51 because the Bible tells us that it was by the words of Christ 12:55 that this world came into existence. 12:57 He could have said, 12:59 I glory in the creative power of Christ 13:02 because He spoke this world into existence. 13:06 He could have gloried in the resurrection of Christ. 13:09 Christ is not in the tomb. 13:11 Some of us were in Israel a few weeks ago, 13:13 we went down into that tomb. 13:14 Danny was talking about when he was there, 13:17 he went down into that tomb. 13:19 It's an empty tomb. 13:21 He is not there. 13:22 That's why that if I have a cross, 13:24 it's an empty cross 13:25 because Christ is not still on the cross. 13:27 He is not still in the tomb. 13:30 He is alive. 13:32 And he could have gloried in the resurrection of Christ. 13:36 He could have gloried in the second coming of Christ 13:39 because that is the great climatic moment 13:42 towards which all history is moving, 13:44 when Christ shall come again, 13:46 and the clouds are going to break open, 13:48 and He's going to come forth. 13:50 I had a discussion with a lady recently. 13:53 She was talking about wanting so much to live 13:55 until Christ comes. 13:57 And I said, "You know, 13:58 it really doesn't make any difference 14:00 whether you're actually alive when He comes 14:02 or whether you're a sodbuster, 14:04 and you come bursting up out of the ground, 14:06 you're going to see Him in exactly the same time." 14:08 Amen. 14:10 No matter which way it happens to turn out. 14:15 So you just know that either way, 14:17 you're going to see Jesus come, and Paul could have said, 14:20 "I glory in the second coming of Christ," 14:23 but he didn't. 14:25 He said, "I glory in the cross of Christ." 14:31 You know, when you look at the cross, 14:33 this is why Jesus came, 14:37 He didn't come simply, 14:38 He did show us how God is, 14:40 and that was part of His coming. 14:42 He did show us how to live, 14:44 and that was part of His coming. 14:45 He did teach 14:47 and that was part of His coming, 14:48 but He came primarily for one purpose, 14:50 and that is to go to the cross to shed His blood 14:55 for you and for me to die for us 14:58 so that we did not have to die for our own sin. 15:01 Amen. 15:03 But because He had died for us. 15:05 You know, when people write biographies of great men, 15:08 they usually only spend a few pages with their death. 15:12 Hayes wrote some 5,000 pages on the life of Abraham Lincoln, 15:17 and to the great dramatic events 15:19 involving the death of President Lincoln, 15:23 only 25 pages. 15:26 That was it. 15:28 One third of all of the gospels and one half of John 15:33 are devoted to the events around the death, 15:36 and burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 15:39 Why? 15:41 Because this was the purpose of His coming, 15:45 to die for you and for me. 15:48 And you know when I see, look at the cross, 15:50 I see God's love for us. 15:54 We see how man reacted 15:56 a week before they're singing, and shouting, 15:59 and throwing palms in front of Him 16:01 as He enters the city like a triumphant King. 16:05 And just a few days later, they're shouting, "Crucify Him. 16:10 Crucify Him." And they're beating Him. 16:12 And as we walked along that Via Dolorosa recently, 16:15 we realized that Christ was carrying a cross, 16:19 He was carrying the cross headed for Calvary, 16:24 and people were beating Him, and spitting at Him, 16:27 and yelling at Him. 16:29 The King of kings and Lord of lords, 16:32 you wonder how the angels held back. 16:35 And they would not have held back 16:37 if God had not said, 16:40 "Let it be. 16:42 Let it be." 16:43 You know, when we see Him, 16:45 we see the love that He has for us. 16:49 Bible says that, 16:50 "He loves us with an everlasting love." 16:53 Read an article years ago in Life magazine, 16:56 it was about the king and duchess of England. 17:02 And it called it 17:03 the greatest love story ever told 17:07 but I disagree. 17:09 The greatest love story ever told 17:12 is the story of Christ's love for you and for me. 17:17 "For God so loved the world that He gave 17:19 His only begotten Son 17:21 that whosoever believeth in Him 17:24 might not perish, but have everlasting life." 17:27 Bible says, "The Lord loves the righteous." 17:29 Isaiah 38 says, 17:30 "You have lovingly delivered my soul 17:32 from the pit of corruption, 17:33 because you have loved me." 17:36 Malachi 1:2 says, 17:37 "I have loved you saith the Lord." 17:39 Ephesians 2:4 and 5, 17:41 "But God who is rich and mercy 17:43 because of His great love which He loved us 17:45 even when we were dead in trespasses 17:48 made us alive together with Christ." 17:52 Then 1 John 3:1 says, 17:54 "Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us." 18:00 And then in John 4:8, he tells us, 18:02 "He who does not love, does not know God. 18:08 God is love." 18:10 Today, if you're at home 18:13 and you've never accepted Jesus Christ 18:15 and His death upon the cross, 18:17 I'm giving you an invitation right now to accept Him, 18:22 to receive Him as your Savior, 18:25 to step out and to trust Him 18:27 as your Lord, your God, 18:29 is the one who paid the price for your sins. 18:33 And then I invite you to join with us 18:36 in this service today. 18:39 And if you have for many years accepted Him, 18:41 I invite you to renew your vow to Jesus Christ 18:46 as our Lord and our God. 20:07 For a few moments here, we want to consider 20:13 a little morsel of bread. 20:22 This little morsel of bread encapsulates symbols 20:29 that will be our signs 20:32 and our song throughout eternity. 20:36 Just a little morsel of bread. 20:39 You know, as I look at this thing, 20:42 it doesn't look like a fine European pastry, 20:47 doesn't look like birthday cake or a wedding cake. 20:53 It's very humble, unpretentious, rather ordinary. 21:01 It reminds me of the words of Isaiah. 21:05 "He has no form or comeliness. 21:10 And when we see Him, 21:12 there is no beauty that we should desire Him." 21:18 Those of you who are Old Testament students 21:23 of the sanctuary service, 21:26 you'll recognize the ingredients 21:28 of this little piece of bread. 21:31 It says, fine flour 21:35 mixed with olive oil, 21:41 and a little bit of salt. 21:43 There's no leaven in this piece of bread, 21:46 no honey. 21:48 That's because this piece of bread 21:50 represents our Savior who had no sin. 21:55 There was no corruption in Him. 22:02 Jesus met with the disciples just before His death. 22:09 The gospels record, He said, and they were eating. 22:14 Jesus took bread, 22:17 and blessed it, 22:20 and broke it, 22:24 and said, "Take, eat. 22:30 This is my body. 22:33 Do it in remembrance of me." 22:38 I'd always wondered how it was 22:42 this represented Christ being broken. 22:47 Because those of you who read the gospel 22:48 recognized that Jesus had expired. 22:53 And when they went 22:54 as they went to break the legs of the other two criminals 22:58 who were hanging on crosses on either side of Jesus, 23:02 they came to Jesus, 23:03 and they noticed He had already passed away. 23:05 And so they didn't break His legs. 23:08 Scripture records, "Not a bone of His body was broken." 23:12 How was it 23:13 that Jesus took the bread and He broke it? 23:19 Well, this is my understanding. 23:25 Jesus hung there on the cross 23:28 and that mysterious laying on Him 23:35 the sins of the world, and He cried out, 23:39 "My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me?" 23:43 What was taking place was a renting, 23:46 a sundering of the relationship that the God had 23:51 had from all eternity past, 23:55 something that the God had never experienced before, 24:02 the renting of that relationship, 24:05 and it broke the heart of Jesus. 24:09 He didn't die because of the stripes. 24:12 He didn't die from loss of blood. 24:16 Jesus died from a broken heart. 24:21 And so Jesus took the bread and He broke it. 24:26 Just a few moments, we're going to take this bread 24:28 and we're going to assimilate it. 24:31 We're going to put in our mouth, 24:33 we're going to chew it. 24:35 It's going to mix with our saliva, 24:37 it's going to go into our digestive system. 24:40 And in a few minutes, few hours, 24:44 this piece of bread 24:46 is going to become Brian Hamilton, 24:48 a part of Brian Hamilton. 24:50 Just as each one of you will eat the bread 24:52 and it will turn into you, your actual flesh. 24:59 Jesus said in John Chapter 6, 25:02 "I am the bread that came down from heaven. 25:07 Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. 25:11 And this bread which I will offer 25:14 so the world may live is my flesh." 25:20 What Jesus wanted us to remember, I believe, 25:24 is that just as we take bread each day to nourish our body, 25:29 to become one with us, 25:31 give us energy, and give us life. 25:35 So there is a different kind of bread 25:39 that Jesus desires for us to eat daily. 25:44 To partake of this bread, for he says, 25:47 "My words are spirit and life." 25:52 And so as we take this bread each day, 25:56 and we assimilate it, 25:58 it becomes part of our mind. 26:01 It renews our mind. 26:03 And then we begin to think. 26:05 And as we think more like Jesus, guess what? 26:09 We behave more like Jesus, you know. 26:13 So as we take this bread today, 26:15 just remember 26:17 that Jesus died of a broken heart for us. 26:22 He wants us to assimilate Him each day 26:26 as we take our daily bread. 26:28 And remember that He is doing a work for us, 26:34 day by day, hour by hour, 26:35 to transform us into His very likeness. 26:41 Bow your heads with me as we pray. 26:43 Father in Heaven, 26:45 thank You so much for being the bread of life, 26:50 being our manna that fell from heaven, 26:54 a food that had never been witnessed before, 26:59 a new kind of food, a food that brings life, 27:03 and health, and healing. 27:06 Jesus we want to honor You for offering Your all 27:10 like a burnt offering, 27:13 totally and completely dedicated 27:16 to us for our salvation, 27:19 in Jesus' name we pray, 27:21 and ask that You'll bless this bread, amen. 27:25 Amen. 27:32 I had an opportunity to speak with a Hebrew Christian 27:37 living in Jerusalem. 27:40 And I asked him what is it like, 27:42 what is the plight of Hebrew Christians 27:45 in this Jewish country? 27:48 And he said," It's not good. 27:51 We are not respected really by anybody. 27:55 For the Christians, 27:57 we are too Hebrew to be Christian, 28:00 and for the Hebrews, 28:01 we are too Christian to be Hebrew. 28:05 So we're rejected by everyone. 28:07 We are a minority within minority. 28:11 We're almost a people without a country." 28:14 He said, "It's tough being a Christian in Jerusalem. 28:17 It's just hard." 28:19 And as he was speaking to me, 28:21 I thought about the Book of Hebrews 28:25 because 2000 years ago, it was the same. 28:30 It was tough 28:31 being a Hebrew Christian in Bible days. 28:36 And so the Book of Hebrews 28:38 was written to Hebrew Christians 28:41 who were feeling the squeeze. 28:45 Christians were hated by the pagan world. 28:52 They were hated by the Hebrews 28:56 and Hebrew Christians were hated by everyone. 29:01 There were some Hebrews 29:03 who were trying to re-judaize them, 29:07 and there were others who simply wanted them dead. 29:11 And so there was a great incentive 29:16 to give up on Jesus. 29:19 And so Paul wrote the Book of Hebrews 29:21 to Hebrew Christians who were feeling that squeeze, 29:27 trying to let them know that the Jesus 29:30 that you are suffering for 29:32 is all sufficient, 29:34 He is all powerful. 29:36 There's no need to go back. 29:37 There's nothing behind you. 29:40 Your destiny lies ahead in Jesus. 29:45 And so you have a number of statements 29:46 just statement after statement, 29:48 letting us know that it's all about Christ 29:50 that your sufficiency is in Christ. 29:52 The sacrifices are no good. 29:53 The blood of bulls and goats 29:54 aren't going to help you anymore. 29:56 There is some blood that was shed 29:59 and that's where you need to put your confidence. 30:02 So I go now to Hebrews Chapter 9, 30:06 just a couple of verses beginning at verse 19. 30:10 Paul writing to those Hebrew Christians, 30:14 he says, "For when Moses had spoken 30:17 every precept to all the people, 30:21 according to the law of the book of blood 30:26 of calves, of goats, and water, 30:30 and scarlet, and wood, and hyssop," 30:32 and hyssop is an ancient herb of cleansing. 30:36 So every time you see hyssop, you see cleansing. 30:38 "And sprinkled both the book, and all the people saying, 30:41 'This is the blood of the testament, 30:44 which God has been joined unto you. 30:47 Moreover, he sprinkled with blood, 30:51 the tabernacle 30:52 and all the vessels of the ministry, 30:55 and almost all things by the law purged with blood, 31:00 but without the shedding of blood 31:03 is no remission.'" 31:06 Those several verses could be preached on literally for, 31:09 for weeks. 31:10 They are powerful, powerful verses. 31:14 But if you were to give the Reader's Digest version 31:17 of those verses, 31:19 it would simply say, 31:20 "That in order for sins to be forgiven, 31:25 something has got to die." 31:27 Somebody's gonna die. 31:29 And since your blood can't cleanse your own sins, 31:35 Jesus had to do it. 31:38 People say, was there any other way? 31:40 Was there any other mechanism? 31:42 Could not the mind of God conceive some other way 31:46 for my sins to be forgiven, 31:48 short of the agonizing death of Jesus Christ? 31:53 And the answer simply is "no". 31:56 There's simply was no other way. 32:01 And so He gladly yielded His life 32:05 and shed His blood for you and for me. 32:10 And now He ministers the benefits of that shed blood 32:13 in our behalf. 32:15 The blood, we used to sing, shall never lose its power. 32:20 It's an old song that the young people sing, 32:22 but it's a powerful song. 32:24 And the words are very, very true. 32:26 It will never ever lose its power. 32:30 Years ago, early on in my ministry, 32:31 I was driving a little faster than I should have 32:34 trying to get to our camp ground 32:36 for an appointment, 32:39 heading up the Taconic Parkway in Upstate New York, 32:43 and I hit my first deer. 32:46 I've hit several since then, but that was my first deer. 32:49 And I smacked it pretty hard. 32:53 I saw the two over here, 32:55 I didn't see that third one coming across. 32:57 And by the time I saw him or her, 33:00 she saw me, 33:02 we met there 33:03 on the Taconic State Parkway in the dark. 33:05 And I remember, getting out of the car, 33:08 and somehow a police car appeared right behind me. 33:11 He must have been, maybe he's coming after me 33:13 because I was on the pedal a little hard. 33:16 But he was right there. 33:17 And I hit the rear end of the deer, 33:22 and the deer was making this strange noise. 33:25 And I guess it was the dying pains 33:27 of this animal. 33:28 And the policeman went back to get his shot gun 33:31 to put the animal out of its misery. 33:34 But by the time he got his gun, the deer had passed. 33:39 And I remember standing there watching the deer's chest heave 33:44 and relax, and heave and relax, and then I saw it stop. 33:49 Eyes fixed. 33:50 And he or she had died. 33:54 And I remember thinking about the death of Christ, 33:58 there on the cross. 34:00 His chest heaving and relaxing, heaving and relaxing, 34:05 and then it stopped, 34:08 and He had died for you and for me. 34:15 And the thought that impressed itself upon me 34:16 was Sunday morning 34:21 that chest began to heave and relax again, 34:26 and heave and relax again, 34:29 and heave and relax again. 34:33 And then Christ stood up and walked out of that tomb. 34:39 And now He's in heaven. 34:41 And every time Moses makes a mistake, 34:45 or Irma makes a mistake, 34:47 Joe makes a mistake, Amalia, Camille, Brian, 34:52 Jesus says, 34:54 "My blood. My blood." 35:00 And God looks at us 35:03 through the lens of the blood of Christ 35:08 and says, 35:10 "I'll forgive him again, and again, and again, 35:16 and Johnny again." 35:19 And the blood 35:21 will never ever lose its power. 35:27 So as we drink this grape juice, 35:31 this emblem of blood. 35:35 Just think back to that morning 35:38 when a still chest 35:41 and a still heart began to beat again. 35:46 And Christ walked out of that tomb 35:49 as a living Savior 35:53 and sacrifice for us. 35:57 Father God, 36:00 we ask You now, please, dear Lord, 36:05 change this juice 36:09 from its natural use to a spiritual one. 36:13 May it cleanse us within, 36:17 may our hearts be recommitted to you 36:21 as we take again this emblem of the shed blood of our Savior. 36:26 Oh, we praise You and thank You, dear Father, 36:29 in Jesus name, amen. 40:08 Bible says in 1 Corinthians Chapter 11 40:12 and beginning with verse 24, 40:15 "And when he had given thanks, 40:17 he broke it and said, 'Take, eat. 40:21 This is my body which is broken for you. 40:25 Do this in remembrance of me.'" 40:55 And in the same manner, 40:57 He also took the cup after supper saying, 41:01 "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. 41:05 Just do as often as you drink it 41:08 in remembrance of Me." 43:52 What a friend we have 43:55 In Jesus 43:59 All our sins and grieves to bear 44:06 What a privilege 44:09 To carry 44:14 Everything to God 44:17 In prayer 44:20 Oh, 44:22 What peace we often forfeit 44:28 Oh, 44:29 What needless pain we bear 44:35 All because 44:37 We do not carry 44:42 Everything to God in prayer 44:52 We're going to have a season of prayer 44:54 at this time and going to invite you to kneel 44:58 and Davey, and JD, and Mollie, 45:04 if you would pray for us as we kneel. 45:14 Our Father in Heaven, what a wonderful way, Lord, 45:18 to end this year and to begin a new one. 45:22 Amen. 45:24 Lord of fresh start a clean page to know that 45:29 our sins have been washed away 45:32 by the blood of Jesus. 45:34 Lord, today, we have done this in remembrance of Your Son 45:39 and Our Savior, Jesus Christ. 45:42 And, Lord, we ask that 45:44 as we consecrate our lives to You today, 45:47 that You help us to remain faithful to You 45:50 all the days of our lives. 45:53 We believe, Lord, that Jesus is coming soon 45:56 and He's at the door and help us O Lord, 45:59 to prepare our hearts and minds 46:01 to see Him coming soon in the clouds 46:06 with great power and glory with many, many angels. 46:09 We look forward, Lord, to that time 46:12 when Jesus comes back for His people. 46:16 We thank You, Lord, once again for casting our sins 46:19 to the depths of the ocean, never to be seen again. 46:24 We thank You and we ask, 46:26 we love You in Jesus name, amen. 46:32 Holy Father, what joy You have brought 46:34 to our heart as once again 46:37 we have been put in remembrance of all 46:39 that You have accomplished for us at Calvary. 46:41 Thank You, oh God, for that mighty sacrifice. 46:45 Thank You for the opportunity of humility 46:49 to bring us once again to Your feet, 46:53 to humble ourselves, 46:54 and to open our hearts up to You. 46:57 And oh, Father, we lay our hearts 46:58 before You today. 47:00 We ask, oh Lord, 47:02 that You would look into our hearts 47:03 and that You would purify and cleanse us. 47:05 Our hearts cry today 47:07 and say we would be like You 47:09 that You would transform us by the power of Your Word 47:12 into Your very image and into Your likeness. 47:14 Thank You, oh God, 47:16 for giving us all that's necessary 47:18 to accomplish that. 47:20 And, Father, as we go into this new year, 47:23 we ask, Lord, that You would continue 47:26 to keep us on the path that will lead us to You. 47:30 Father, we pray for that on individual basis, 47:34 Lord, that You would take our lives 47:35 and You would make us 47:37 all that You would have us to be 47:40 to bring glory and honor to You. 47:41 But, Father, we pray 47:43 for Three Angels Broadcasting Network 47:44 for this ministry that You've placed us all in. 47:47 Father, that you would let us be instruments in Your hands 47:51 to bring total completion to the vision 47:56 that You've cast for this ministry. 47:58 Lord, we pray now for Your divine intervention 48:02 in any area where we have deviated, 48:04 Lord, that You would put us on nothing 48:06 but that straight path that leads to You. 48:09 And Father, once again, 48:12 refresh us by the power of Your Spirit, 48:14 fill us with Your holy presence, 48:16 that we would come to know You 48:17 in a deeper and in everlasting way. 48:19 And, Father, we pray for everybody that's viewing, 48:22 every person that's viewing today, 48:24 Father, that You would fill them with Your holy presence 48:27 that this communion service would be something 48:29 that would lead them into a deeper relationship with You. 48:33 Father, we pray for all of our viewers, 48:35 all of our listeners, 48:36 Lord, that they will come close to You this year, 48:39 in Jesus' name. 48:40 Amen. 48:43 Our Father in Heaven, 48:45 we come to you in the name of Jesus, 48:49 refresh us a new, Lord, 48:52 we welcome the Holy Spirit to touch our hearts. 48:56 We thank You, Lord, for this wonderful occasion, 48:58 Lord, that we can rededicate ourselves to You. 49:03 Father, we thank You that we have clean hands, 49:05 clean hearts, and clean minds. 49:08 And, Father, we just ask Lord, 49:11 that You will increase our humility, 49:14 increase our wisdom, our courage, 49:18 and increase our faith, Lord. 49:20 Father, we thank You. 49:22 We thank You again 49:25 for the blood that You shed for each one of us, Lord, 49:29 that we can have life. 49:31 Father, we love You, and we thank You, 49:34 and give You the praise, the glory 49:35 that only You deserve, Lord. 49:37 In the name of Jesus', amen. 49:48 Danny, we've come to the end of another year 49:52 and the beginning of a new year. 49:54 And God has been blessing 49:57 in such a tremendous way here at 3ABN. 50:00 And as you look at how many years we've been here, 50:03 28, in our 29th year, you were here from day one, 50:10 as you're saying earlier, God has been so good. 50:13 Yes. 50:14 Share some of those good things that God has done. 50:17 Well, I was sitting here during this wonderful service. 50:23 And I was thinking about, 50:25 we never have to be discouraged. 50:27 Think about it, folks, 50:29 we never have to be discouraged, 50:31 because as I've so often said, 50:32 we've read the back of the book. 50:34 And the back of the book says, "We win." 50:37 And so through all the years, people have said to me, 50:39 "Don't you ever get discouraged?" 50:40 And I said, "No, I've never gotten discouraged." 50:43 Because this is God's work, this is His ministry. 50:46 I have concerns. 50:47 I have concerns about a lot of things myself, 50:49 and mission, and programming, 50:51 and all the things that we have finances 50:53 but that's not discouragement. 50:55 That's simply just every day that we're here 50:58 and we need to do the best we can, 51:01 and be the best stewards we can be of the donations 51:03 that people give to support the ministry. 51:06 But I'm sitting here 51:07 and I'm thinking about miracle after miracle. 51:09 But the greatest miracle 51:10 was that Jesus could love us enough 51:13 that to come down, 51:15 that God could love us enough to give His only Son 51:18 to be a sacrifice for frail human agents like us. 51:22 We have nothing to give, we're simply, 51:24 you know, breath of life and clay. 51:27 I mean, that's all we are, 51:28 from dust we come to dust, we go. 51:30 And yet, how can God love us that much? 51:33 How can He love us so much 51:35 that He would make that type of sacrifice for us? 51:37 And when I think about it, Jim, it makes me, 51:41 I'm thrilled to have an opportunity 51:44 to be a part of a network that is giving Bible truth 51:48 to the lost and dying world. 51:49 For instance, right now the world is confused. 51:52 Christianity is confused 51:54 because people in many, many churches, 51:57 many, many denominations, I'll tell you, 51:59 Johnny, Jesus loves you, He died for you, 52:02 He made a plan of salvation for you, 52:03 He is coming back for you very soon in clouds of glory. 52:06 So you need to give your heart to Him 52:08 because He loves you so much. 52:09 So Johnny is like, "Okay, well, this is great." 52:12 Then they say, "But, Johnny, if you don't, 52:14 He'll burn you forever, and ever, 52:16 and throughout all eternity God will burn You." 52:19 Doesn't makes sense. What does that do to Johnny? 52:21 Johnny is like, "Wow, how can He be love." 52:25 And with 3ABN we have the opportunity 52:27 to tell the world God is love, it's just what the Bible says. 52:30 There's no way in between. 52:32 God is love. 52:33 And there is no life without God. 52:36 So I'm so thankful to serve a risen Savior. 52:38 As you said, you were just there recently. 52:40 He's in the world today, the song says, 52:42 "I know that He's living no matter what man may say." 52:45 Right? 52:46 You know, I bet you that was extremely beautiful, 52:49 right there doing it. 52:50 But I'm so thankful to be a part of a ministry 52:52 and know that when Jesus was hanging on the cross 52:55 that all of us, and those of you at home, 52:57 and those here, we were on His mind. 52:59 And that He could look down that stream of time 53:01 and see if people that would be willing to give their lives 53:03 unto death if necessary for the cause of God. 53:06 I am so thankful 53:08 for each and the folks that we have here 53:10 that we get to work with on a day to day basis, 53:13 and those of you around the world 53:14 that we get to read your letters, 53:16 we get to visit you when we travel. 53:18 And I'm so thankful 53:19 for your love, and your prayers, 53:21 and financial support of this ministry. 53:23 And I know this that 3ABN is going continue to go forward 53:27 as long as we're faithful 53:29 to the mission that God has given us. 53:31 And that's to give an undiluted three angels' messages 53:34 that one would counteract the counterfeit 53:36 into all the world 53:37 that God is going to continue to lead, 53:39 guide, and direct this ministry. 53:41 And all we have to do 53:43 is come to the foot of the cross 53:44 every day and say, "Lord, 53:45 you know, save me, I'm a sinner." 53:47 I realize that nothing that I can do is of any good, 53:51 but I will glory what you were saying is so beautiful. 53:54 Dottie Rambo wrote a song says 53:55 "I boast not of words, nor tell of good needs 53:58 for not have I done to lay at thy feet. 54:01 Oh, glory and praise shall rest upon Him." 54:04 Because you see we've done nothing. 54:06 So she says, "I will glory in the cross." 54:08 In the cross. 54:09 And thank you, Jim, for you and Camille, 54:11 and what you do here, 54:13 and how you literally uprooted your lives, 54:15 you've come to Southern Illinois 54:17 that you're dedicating your time, 54:19 talents, gifts, and abilities to this ministry. 54:22 Thank you so much 54:23 for what you do for the cause of God. 54:24 It's our pleasure to be here, Danny. 54:26 And we had no question 54:27 from the day that God put it upon your heart, 54:29 the boards to call us 54:31 that this is where He wanted us to be. 54:33 And when we have this message to share with the world 54:36 as you mentioned about a God of love, 54:39 it's amazing how that we can look at the Trinity, 54:42 God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, 54:44 God Jesus Christ and then we can say, 54:48 now the Holy Spirit is loving, and kind, 54:50 and drawing you to the salvation. 54:53 Jesus is loving. Look at Jesus. 54:55 We see the picture of Him in the gospels. 54:58 But God is a vengeance God, 55:00 He wants to destroy people forever. 55:02 You see when you see Jesus, you've seen God. 55:06 And so now we understand this 55:08 and we've recently saw a young man 55:11 who's an actor who accepted Jesus Christ. 55:15 And He accepted Christ before, 55:16 but he got the look at the three angels' messages, 55:20 he got to look at a God of love 55:22 and that he said 55:24 when he studied the subject of hell 55:27 and saw that God is going to bring an end to sin, 55:30 not continue it forever and ever, 55:33 that this he fell in love 55:35 with the truth of the message of God's Word. 55:38 And that's what it's all about at 3ABN, 55:40 that's what we want to do is to spread the truth. 55:43 And as I look at our group here, 55:46 most of our leadership staff and our pastoral staff 55:51 and these pastoral staff 55:54 are every day sharing this with people on the phone. 55:58 I was in Huntsville, Alabama, for a leadership dinner 56:01 this past week recently anyway. 56:04 And there was a lady there who came, 56:07 her name was Doris, 56:08 and she told me about the loss of her daughter, 56:11 and she told me about calling and praying with these men, 56:15 and each one she mentioned to me, 56:18 how she had prayed with them, and they had council with him. 56:21 Then her pastor told me said, 56:23 "Your pastoral staff 56:25 has been able to do more counseling with her 56:29 and praying with her 56:30 than we've even been able to do here." 56:32 That's a ministry that 3ABN 56:35 is a part of on a day to day basis, 56:38 spreading the gospel, helping those that are hurting, 56:41 raising up the truth wherever we can, 56:45 and preaching it. 56:46 And then, also talking about a Lord that loves you, 56:51 who cares for you, 56:52 and the Lord that will see you through. 56:55 And we want to continue another year of that 56:57 in this ministry. 56:58 Absolutely. 56:59 There's never been a time in earth's history 57:01 where people need to know truth more than they do now. 57:03 And it seems that people want to know truth 57:06 more than they do now. 57:07 Have you noticed that all of you as you're traveling, 57:09 you're talking to people, people want to know, 57:11 but people need somebody to help them to see the truth. 57:17 The Bible says, "The truth will set us free." 57:19 So that's been the goal, the mission of 3ABN. 57:22 What a privilege to be able to literally reach out 57:25 to a lost and dying world. 57:27 And once again, just thank you 57:28 for your love, your prayers, financial support. 57:31 And thank you for what you do 57:32 for the cause of God on this earth. 57:34 Remember, you too were chosen for such an hour as this, 57:38 then we all read the back of the book. 57:39 So never be discouraged because the back of the book, 57:42 Revelation says, 57:43 "And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb 57:45 and the word of their testimony." 57:47 And in essence, two words, we win. 57:50 That's right. 57:51 And Jesus Christ, He is our Lord, 57:53 our God, our Savior. 57:55 He is the one that loves us. 57:56 He's the one that sustains us. 57:58 He is the one who has given us the promise of life eternal. 58:02 And today, as we have had communion service, 58:05 we have recognized 58:06 the cross of Jesus Christ' death, 58:09 His burial, and His resurrection. 58:12 May God bless you throughout this New Year. 58:15 Amen. |
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