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00:04 ♪ I want to spend my life mending broken people ♪ 00:15 ♪ I want to spend my life removing pain ♪ 00:23 ♪ Lord let my words heal a heart that hurts ♪ 00:36 ♪ I want to spend my life mending broken people ♪ 00:57 ♪ ♪ 01:07 Hello, welcome to 3ABN Today. My name is John Dinzey and it's 01:10 a blessing for me to be here along with my wife, Idalia. We 01:14 are blessed and we are also delighted that you decided to 01:17 join us. 01:19 That's right. I know you're anticipating the 3ABN Today 01:21 program. Well, why? Because the Lord has provided different 01:26 ministries in which the word of the Lord is being shared, the 01:30 gospel is being preached and we wonder which way, which creative 01:36 way, what can we do to share the three angels messages, the 01:39 word of God, the word of salvation. Well during this hour 01:43 we're going to learn more about a ministry that is partnering 01:46 really we're partners in the preaching of the gospel. 01:48 That's right. So if you've heard the words Thunder in the Holy 01:52 Land, some of you may know, some of you may not know. We want to 01:55 introduce you to the president and the vice president of 01:59 Thunder in the Holy Land, Questline Productions Pastor 02:03 Charles Byrd and his wife Karen. Welcome back. 02:05 It's great to be with you again. 02:08 Thank you. Thank you for coming back and I know you have some 02:10 exciting news to share with us. Bring us up to date as to what 02:15 God is doing through Questline Productions and how can we be 02:20 involved. How can we help further the gospel. And the Lord 02:23 has blessed you with ideas and we just are going to be hearing 02:27 about this in a moment. (That's right) But we must go to the 02:31 Lord in prayer and ask for His blessing on this program and 02:33 those that join us and so let's go to the Lord in prayer. Please 02:36 join us. 02:38 Our loving heavenly Father we come before you in Jesus' name 02:44 and we thank you for your throne of grace. Thank you that we are 02:49 invited to come with confidence. We ask that you will bless this 02:54 program. Bless us with your Holy Spirit and bless each and every 02:59 person that listens to this program. We pray that your 03:03 Holy Spirit will guide our thoughts and help us to 03:05 understand the time that we are living in and what we can do to 03:09 help further the gospel. We pray for all the prayer requests that 03:12 have come in to 3ABN during this day. You know the needs of your 03:17 children. Be with them, bless them comfort, strengthen and 03:20 lead them the way they should go. We ask you in the holy and 03:25 blessed name of Jesus, Amen. 03:28 Well we have a scripture and Idalia if you would lead us into 03:33 the scripture. 03:34 Sure. Well the scripture for this hour we're going to share 03:38 is I Timothy chapter 6 verse 13. I Timothy 6:13. And the word of 03:44 the Lord says: I give thee charge in the sight of God who 03:51 quickeneth all things and before Christ Jesus who before Pontius 03:56 Pilot witnessed a good confession. Amen. That was 04:03 I Timothy 6:13. 04:05 And this scripture was chosen by the Byrd's. We're going to hear 04:08 more about this in a moment unless you want to make a quick 04:11 comment right now. 04:12 Well I think that this text is profound because I was reading 04:16 through my Bible again for the first time because every time 04:19 it's the first time. And I read this text and I'd read it a 04:25 number of times but it's one of those introductory verses that 04:30 are passed over very quickly. So I went back and I said, what is 04:35 a witness? What is a witness? A witness is someone who goes to 04:40 a courtroom and says I saw this or a witness is someone who saw 04:44 something or both you know. So I thought about this verse and 04:49 it says Christ who before Pontius Pilot witnessed a good 04:54 confession. So did He witness one, did He just see it or did 05:00 He witness one, did He give one And so I said, Wow I want to 05:02 understand this verse so I actually went back to that scene 05:06 where He's before Pontius Pilot and I thought what did He 05:11 witness there. And there's Pontius Pilot, he's trying Jesus 05:17 and Jesus does the silent treatment. You know He's one of 05:20 those strong men, silent type. And he doesn't say a word and 05:27 Pilot gets angry and he says don't you answer me? Don't you 05:31 know I have the power to crucify you or to release you. And then 05:36 Jesus witnessed a good confession. He said, You would 05:41 have no power over me unless my Father in heaven gave it to you. 05:46 (Amen) And I think we forget who God is. That's why something bad 05:53 happens we go, Oh no, what are we going to do? But we forget 05:57 that God's in charge. Children of Israel down at the Red Sea. 06:00 Oh, what are we going to do? Oh we're out of water out in the 06:05 desert. We got two million people. What are we doing... 06:07 So I think we have to come to the place where we have to 06:10 remember God is God. He loves us and He's in control and there's 06:15 nothing that comes to us except that He first weighs it in the 06:20 balance of His scale. He knows, Okay they're ready for that next 06:24 test, they're ready for that experience that's going to let 06:28 me use them like He used Job. How many people have been 06:32 encouraged by the story of Job? But He had to weigh it and say 06:36 okay, Job is ready. And then Job witnessed a good confession and 06:39 Daniel and the three worthies and so on and so forth. So these 06:45 tests and trials are opportunities for us to 06:48 witness our God is on the throne He's still in control. We don't 06:52 have to sweat, we don't have to fret. We get what we get and we 06:57 don't pitch a fit. That's what one of my board members used to 07:00 say, We get what we get, and we don't pitch a fit. We just trust 07:03 We just wait and we watch and all of us from time to time are 07:10 in a time where we have to come to that place. We have to just 07:12 say, I'm going to trust God with this one. I'm not going to fret 07:15 I'm not going to get agitated. So... 07:19 That was beautiful. Thank you so much. I'll really remember that 07:23 message and you had to share it with the community of 3ABN 07:29 worldwide so they too can remember that God is faithful. 07:34 And it's good as you shared, you know it's good to ask these 07:39 questions. Was Jesus witnessing somebody witness or was He the 07:44 witness. Very good. And so Pastor Byrd, you've been in 07:47 ministry for many years and we're going to hear a little bit 07:50 more about how the Lord has been leading. But we'd like to go to 07:54 a musical offering, a musical selection we have for you. This 07:57 one's an instrument. Yes, we have Josh Singletary and he is 08:03 going to play for us On Jordan's Stormy Banks. 08:06 ♪ ♪ 10:34 Amen. Thank you so much. And that was a blessing. On Jordan's 10:39 Story Banks. 10:41 Yes we thank Josh Singletary as well as all the musicians 10:43 that have said, here I am Lord I will go and share the talent 10:49 that you have been given to worship Him and delight 10:53 our hearts. And 10:54 you know music is an important part of our Christian walk too 10:56 That's right, that's right. For those that perhaps this is a new 11:00 song to you I'm just going to I'm just going to read a few 11:02 lines. It says, On Jordan's stormy banks I stand and cast 11:06 a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and happy land where my 11:10 possessions lie. I am bound for the promised land. I am bound 11:15 for the promised land. Or who will come and go with me. 11:19 I am bound for the promised land It's an invitation and so we 11:26 have here again Questline Productions Pastor Charles Byrd 11:29 and Karen. And they're going to help us a little bit more. This 11:33 song goes with what we're talking about so that people 11:35 will be encouraged and desire to go to the promised land, 11:40 God's promised land of happiness forever. 11:43 It was interesting to me that the words are, On Jordan's 11:46 stormy banks I...We're on this side of Jordan and it's stormy 11:51 And we have to witness a good confession. Our God's still in 11:54 control (Amen) I'm going to trust in Him, I'm going to wait 11:57 on Him, I'm going to serve Him no matter what position I've 11:59 been placed in. Even if I'm like Joseph, thrown in prison. I 12:05 always thought that Joseph had lived in Potiphar's house for 10 12:07 years and then he was in prison for three. I'm not sure where I 12:11 got that idea but that's what I always believed. And then I read 12:15 a Jewish tradition that says no he was actually in prison for 10 12:19 years. (long time) A long time. I don't know which is right but 12:23 wherever you find yourself be faithful. Say my God's still in 12:28 control. I don't have to fret. 12:33 Well your ministry is Questline Productions. Tell us a little 12:36 bit more about it. How can people be inspired to know more 12:43 about Questline Productions. Why is it that you exist? 12:46 Well Questline Productions has been around since, well, 12:50 2010, 2011 12:53 when we started videoing Thunder in the Holy Land. Of course, 12:55 that's been airing here with all of your fine programming at 3ABN 13:00 for what, 10 years now so we've been here. But what many people 13:04 don't know is that it's not just Christian entertainment. It's 13:06 actually designed to be a Bible study. And when you use it with 13:10 the paper lessons that come with it, it is amazing. Amazing 13:15 results have come because this one pastor from up in Canada had 13:20 57 baptisms and five rebaptisms in just 24 months using this 13:30 empowering his laity and if you use it the way it's designed to 13:33 be used like Pastor Pavel Goia did, you know he had 53 baptisms 13:38 in 12 months so I know that using Thunder works. People say 13:46 I want to share but I'm a little insecure about my speaking. I'm 13:50 not a John, I'm not a Mark Finley, I'm not a Shawn Boonstra 13:56 I'm not a Bradshaw but people can do this. They can push the 13:59 play button, watch the 30 minutes of video and then go 14:02 through the impression questions which are all ready and done. 14:05 And so anybody can share their faith. In fact, I get people you 14:09 know...If I go out and give a sparkling Bible study and I can 14:14 sparkle and then people get in the car with me afterwards that 14:17 I'm training to give Bible studies and they go Pastor I 14:19 could never do that. Then you're actually defeating yourself. So 14:25 now I just push play and they get in the car afterwards and 14:28 they go you went to school for this? I could do this. And 14:33 that's a paradigm shift. Anybody can do this even young people 14:35 can do this. 14:36 Yeah, we do hear them say that When they...when we do a 14:41 Thunder training this is so... I've been wanting to...they've 14:46 felt the call to have Bible studies with somebody or 14:48 a small group 14:50 but they just don't know how and they look at that and they go 14:52 I can do that! I can do that. 14:55 For those that have never watched a program, maybe there's 15:03 some radio listeners and they just listen to radio all the 15:06 time, what's in the program that will be of interest to them? 15:11 So every episode of Thunder in the Holy Land and thus the title 15:15 Thunder in the Holy Land every episode is a teaching of Jesus. 15:18 And every time Jesus spoke, every time he opened his mouth 15:22 it would cause a storm of controversy like I and My Father 15:25 are One. Stone Him. (The stormy banks of Jordan) Yeah. So every 15:31 episode is something, Jesus taught. I discovered Baptists 15:36 believe in Jesus (that's right) and Lutherans believe in Jesus 15:39 and Pentecostals and Mormons and even Muslims believe in Jesus. 15:44 Buddhists believe in Jesus. So I figured let's start with what 15:47 Jesus taught. So every episode is a teaching of Jesus that can 15:51 be easily shared and we can then be a witness by sharing what He 15:55 has taught. 15:57 Pastor Byrd is there a charge for this when they go 16:00 to your web page? 16:02 So all the paper lessons are free. They can purchase the DVDs 16:07 The retail price on that if you want to buy it right here from 16:11 3ABN or on our website is normally $325 but while I'm here 16:17 offering to your listeners there in viewing land we're going to 16:21 make it available if they call our toll-free number, our phone 16:26 number, sorry, if they call our number we're going to make it 16:28 available for just $99, the whole set. 16:31 Wonderful. Well it seems like you have this desire, this 16:37 passion to reach out to others. What brings this about, what 16:41 motivates you, why do this? 16:43 Well I'm passionate about sharing Jesus because first I 16:51 want Jesus to come. I've lived here too long, I have seen too 16:58 much death. I've been to the hospital where a mother has 17:01 thrown herself on the chest of her son who's died. I was at the 17:07 hospital where they had to pull the life support on a man who 17:10 had a massive brain hemorrhage. The pain of watching the family 17:15 watch their loved one pass into eternity. I've been to the home 17:22 of a woman who lost her baby and she was this big, she was 17:31 tiny. I held her in my hand. My brother was killed in Vietnam. 17:36 I could keep going. You know as a pastor we see a lot of death. 17:40 Just about...well not probably as much as a doctor but just 17:44 about as much as anyone who isn't a doctor. And I want to go 17:48 home. I want to take as many people as I can with me. It's so 17:53 very critical to take people to heaven with us. 17:58 Right away I connected with that because like you said many of us 18:02 do witness moments like that and we long for Jesus to come. And 18:06 you know I do have a friend that is doing her first Bible study 18:11 and she's so excited. She said I didn't even know I could do this 18:15 but what was holding her back is that she didn't have 18:19 something like what you're offering. So I definitely want 18:24 my set of videos so I can not only study and go through it as 18:32 a member of the church, it is nice the refresh our memories 18:36 you know and do the Bible study but encourage others to spend 18:39 time in the word. 18:41 I've had several pastors say to me, you know we've taught this 18:46 before. Yes, I know. And we know this. But we're learning things 18:53 on this. So good for them. 18:56 Well you're working on something new? Tell us what's going on. 19:01 Well we're working on a brand new series called I Met God, and 19:08 when we were...when we produced Thunder in the Holy Land we were 19:10 then asked by multiple language groups, can we have something 19:14 like thunder in our language? And my answer was very easy, No 19:19 I do not have the gift of tongues. If you both have the 19:27 gift of tongues, you can speak in at least two languages. I can 19:29 speak in one and asttei an athadth Kalila in Arabic and 19:34 petito in Spanish but I don't have the gift of tongues and so 19:39 that's too difficult but the Lord has shown us that we can 19:42 do it if we use state-of-the-art equipment to do a preproduction 19:46 model instead of a post production model. So the Lord 19:50 has anointed us, has guided us. We sold our home. We dedicated 19:54 all the profits from that into a new studio there in Cleveland, 20:00 Tennessee. So we are going to be producing I Met God for the 20:03 languages of the world. It'll be in four mini series: I Met the 20:05 God of Science, I Met the God of Health, I Met the God of 20:10 Prophecy, which by the way, is an anchor point for us. Why do 20:15 you believe in a God you can't see and can't smell and can't 20:19 taste and can't touch? Why do you believe in a God like that? 20:22 Well the answer is prophecy because how can someone say 20:26 hundreds of years in advance this is going to happen just 20:28 like this and it happens. Because there's a God and He's 20:34 really there. So the God of Prophecy. And then it's not 20:38 enough just to know about a God who does amazing things but that 20:43 God wants to have an intimate personal relationship with you. 20:46 And so the next part of that series is I'm not the God of 20:51 Relationship. So these programs are going to air on 3ABN and how 20:55 many languages does 3ABN now broadcast in John? 20:59 Well, right now we have English, Spanish, French, Russian, and 21:07 we're about to embark in other languages. 21:10 So we are going to produce I Met God for all those languages and 21:14 many others. If we produce it in 15 chosen languages we will 21:19 cover 95 percent of the earth's population. But then we want to 21:23 also, get that other five percent We want to do it in some of 21:27 these obscure languages with native speakers speaking their 21:30 own dialect to their own people for their own people. So that's 21:35 what our intention is for that. And once these programs are 21:38 produced there's not going to be any charge. They're going to 21:41 be available free. So people can put it on their phone, their 21:45 computers, they can put it on their websites, they can give it 21:48 to all their church members they can give it to all their pastors 21:51 they can put it on local television. It's just there, 21:54 take it and run with it, get the gospel out to the world because 21:56 Jesus said when the gospel goes to all the nations He'd come 22:01 back. He could come back in our lifetime. We can get this done. 22:05 We've been building the studio for the past...well really 22:14 building since about December. December was when the walls went 22:19 up in nine hours, because they're concrete, thick concrete 22:23 walls that are poured at a factory and just brought in and 22:27 we watched then just get set up. I think we have a picture of it. 22:31 Don't we John? 22:34 Yep, I think we have a picture. 22:38 We're almost completed with it although we are a little short 22:41 on the funds so we're praying for that last $120,000 to 22:47 complete the studio. And you can see the picture of the walls 22:51 there and it actually has the roof on there. And the floors 22:56 were poured on February 28 and you know how in the creation 23:03 story how God created the spaces first, the first three days He 23:08 created space and then the next three days He filled those 23:13 spaces. So that's been our prayer lately. Lord fill those 23:19 spaces because we need equipment because it's very specialized 23:25 equipment. We have equipment that we can continue to film 23:30 Pastors and hosts into Thunder in the Holy Land but it's very 23:33 specialized equipment to do what we're wanting to do with the 23:37 languages so that we can just bring in language group after 23:39 language group to that studio speaking their own native tongue 23:44 in their own dialect to their own people. And so that is our 23:49 big prayer that we keep going to that...It's way bigger than we 23:53 can even think of. But God's asked us to think big and pray 24:00 big. And so we're praying that He will fill those spaces. 24:06 What you're doing is very important. You know even when I 24:09 was talking to Danny many years ago about us having a Spanish 24:13 channel, 3ABN used to translate the English programs into 24:18 Russian and people were responding very well, but when 24:23 Russian speakers, when we started producing programs in 24:25 Russian the impact, the amount of requests for Bible studies 24:30 increased exponentially. It was remarkable. So the idea of 24:34 bringing in the speakers to speak the language will really 24:38 be more attractive to people. 24:41 But a lot of them is all they have...and we had someone from 24:46 France called us and said we just don't have stuff like Thunder in 24:48 the Holy Land. Can we dub over? And that's one way of doing it 24:52 and a lot of them are accustomed to dubbing. Of course the voices 24:56 don't necessarily match male and female and so forth but they do 25:00 have that but it's so precious in my heart that they could have 25:05 their own people speaking to them and I have traveled enough 25:09 to where when people are speaking English to me but 25:12 they're from another language sometimes I can't understand 25:15 what they're saying. You know they pronounce the words so much 25:19 different and their accent and I get some of it and we want these 25:25 people to get all of it. 25:26 Fantastic. Yeah I understand that that land was donated where 25:32 Five acres, yeah. 25:34 Praise the Lord. Is that the one in Cleveland? 25:37 Yeah, it's Cleveland. 25:38 Yes, it's in Tennessee. But we built a studio and then four 25:42 offices, you know green room and that kind of thing and... 25:48 So you've seen the Lord's blessing and guidance in these 25:53 projects you're doing. 25:54 Well we've not only seen the Lord's blessing and guidance but 25:57 you know when you see it come up in a physical way, you know, 26:01 like the walls going up in December. February the floors 26:04 were all poured and that was really exciting to watch then go 26:08 in and they went in so soupy. It was just a soupy, soupy mess. 26:12 We got a picture of that. And by that night they were already 26:15 buffing out the floors and as they were buffing out the floors 26:17 and as they were buffing out the floors I thought this is 26:20 amazing that they're hard enough to be 26:21 standing on just after today. And then in April the drywall 26:27 went in so the drywall is now up. It's been all mudded. It's 26:33 all finished. We're going to be painting that here, Lord willing 26:37 starting next week. And now we're working on finishing the 26:41 outside of the building. We're putting up shakes there on the 26:45 top and then we're going to get it painted. We're putting up 26:48 fascia and the soffit. And so that is where we're excited to 26:53 see just you know physically the Lord building this space that 26:57 He's going to then turn around and use it in a mighty way. 27:00 I picture five. I just want to say we want to confess a good 27:08 witness of what God has done. I can't tell you how many times 27:10 we go up there. We're renting three miles away from there and 27:15 we go up there and just say look what God has done (two voices) 27:21 So when we see that huge amount of money that we have to raise 27:24 for the equipment we just remind ourselves what God has done thus 27:29 far. And He's not just going to drop us off. We're His people. 27:35 We don't have that money. We don't have another piece of 27:37 property to sell to try to get that equipment so we just...as 27:44 Psalm 37:7 says: Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him 27:52 A lot of time we want to make things happen but sometimes it's 27:58 not always His way. And of course God is seldom early but 28:03 never too late. 28:05 And the devil nips at our heels you don't have enough money to 28:08 finish the building. You've run out of money. In fact, we have 28:14 about $4000 in the bank right now, that's it. So we don't have 28:18 the money to finish and some people might say at this point 28:19 Well you know I don't know if you're going to be able to make 28:23 it you know. Did you count the cost? (Speaking jibberish) the 28:31 devil does that. And he starts to get us agitated but Karen has 28:36 a passage from Psalms that talks about fretting. 28:39 Yeah well that same verse goes on: Do not fret because 28:42 of him who prospers in his way or the man who brings evil 28:47 schemes to pass. You know, do not fret. It only causes harm in 28:54 the New King James verse 8 Do not fret. It only causes 28:57 harm. 28:59 So we don't fret, we just trust. We make a good confession, God 29:01 built this building. We get up there and the sun is shining on 29:05 it and the birds are singing and such a peaceful location. We 29:09 think God is doing something, God is doing something. 29:12 You say the birds are singing, is it you and your wife or the 29:15 birds are singing. (Laughter) Praise the Lord, praise the Lord 29:20 You know it is fascinating to see how the Lord has provided 29:25 for your ministry and this ministry and all the ministries 29:28 that are laboring to honor and glorify the Father. If I be 29:34 lifted up and that's what we want to do, lift up Jesus for 29:38 people to learn of Him and get to know Him. So all these trials 29:43 and needs as He has provided I'm sure has fed your faith, 29:48 strengthened your faith. 29:50 So has 3ABN who has gone before us. You know we read the story 29:55 of what God did, of course, this is the beginning of what we 30:01 expect but just to hear the stories of how God just led when 30:08 you had so little and so nothing 30:09 Exactly. Well you know the Lord parts the waters. You know, He 30:15 is still doing miracles in this century. Every day is a miracle. 30:20 And we're all waiting for a miracle. I don't know what 30:23 miracle you're waiting on but wait on the Lord. Be patient. 30:26 I know it's hard to wait but you know delight yourself in His 30:31 faithfulness. God is faithful. Now you have this development 30:34 going on. You have the studio, you have the building, what's 30:37 next. 30:40 Well the next phase is that Karen and I just were out at 30:44 Las Vegas and we looked at all of the equipment. 30:46 Las Vegas! What were you doing there? Our ears perked up. 30:51 Were you gambling? 30:53 No. And this is what I say about Las Vegas: Where sin did abound 30:57 grace did much more abound. So anyway we were in Las Vegas and 31:02 we actually have a picture of that. This is a sign that they 31:08 had in the building. It says: NAB Show and then it's Where 31:13 Something comes to Life. I think it's where technology comes to 31:15 life. But we strategically stood over that and we said NAB Show 31:19 Where I Met God Comes to Life. 31:21 Where they show all the equipment you know for the 31:27 studio. 31:30 So we stopped by the many booths We talked to the vendors, we 31:31 talked to the lighting people. We talked to people at the 31:36 different booths of the equipment we needed. And a big 31:40 part of our work that's going to be done is green screen. And so 31:44 we're going to be in the ProSight Wall and what this will 31:47 allow us to do...We got a little video here...and what this will 31:50 allow us to do as we watch this clip. This is really amazing. 31:55 When you first look at this clip there's a lady holding a bottle 31:58 of water and she's standing in front of a green screen so when 32:01 you look at that bottle of water you actually see green through 32:06 the bottle. Look at her on the screen. You can see this window 32:10 through it. And that's what green screen allows you to do so 32:12 instead of just holding this bottle or looking like you're in 32:18 front of a green screen we can actually, make a program where 32:21 the people are literally all over the world. So we will be 32:24 standing in front of the Terracotta soldiers in China 32:27 saying why did Emperor Shi need all these terracotta soldiers. 32:32 Well he needed them for his after life. Did he need them for 32:34 his afterlife. That's not what the word of God has to say. No 32:36 he didn't need them because your soul is sleeping and 32:41 there's the resurrection. And you don't need someone to 32:42 protect you when you're dead. You don't need that because the 32:46 devil can't get to you anymore. So this new equipment is going 32:49 to allow us for literally pennies on the dollar to have a 32:55 program that looks just like Thunder in the Holy Land except 32:57 instead of taking our crew to locations literally all over the 33:01 world we're going to be able then to in a wonderful way have 33:06 an international fragrance for a program that is going to be for 33:10 the languages of the world to literally be everywhere, to be 33:14 in Baghdad at Nebuchadnezzar's palace, to be in the steps of 33:19 Russia, to be in China, to be in England and literally be talking 33:23 about the truth of God from literally all over the world. 33:28 Amen, amen. Praise the Lord. You know it's inspiring to hear that 33:32 For those of you that don't know what NAB is it's National 33:36 Association of Broadcasters. You were at a convention, yearly 33:40 convention, where all of this equipment is featured and Yes we 33:44 should use what's available and this allows you to do more with 33:47 less. More with less. So you're using the technology but 33:53 technologies have advanced so we can do TV programs like what 34:00 you're doing for a lot less cost than in the past. 34:03 It makes me think of the prophecy that knowledge shall 34:07 increase because I believe the Lord has brought the knowledge 34:13 of all this technology so that we can get the word out more and 34:18 more into the world. Of course, the enemy uses it. The greater 34:22 the greater the gift the greater the chance of its misuse. So... 34:25 There's that too, but knowledge increases so that we can 34:29 the knowledge of your... 34:35 So you are basically almost ready for the equipment to be 34:40 able to purchase the equipment. So we want to place this in the 34:44 minds of those listening and if the Lord is impressing you to 34:47 support this endeavor to reach 90 percent of the world's 34:53 population, different languages. (95 percent) 95 percent. So put 34:58 it in prayer. If the Lord is inspiring you to do this we 35:00 want you to stand by and get ready to write down the 35:02 information so that you can know where to send your donations to 35:06 In a moment we're going to be sharing that information. And so 35:09 you are obviously doing this because the Lord has done 35:14 something in your life. You want to see other have the joy that 35:17 you have in your heart and have the opportunity for salvation. 35:20 You shared a little bit about that in the beginning but this 35:23 continues to drive you after so many years. 35:28 Well even after all these years I recognize that I'm a sinner. 35:32 And the closer you get to God the more you realize that. When 35:39 I was a student missionary in Jordan, the orphanage where I 35:45 lived and worked part of the time and taught school, the 35:48 orphanage was right beside a mosque and early, early in the 35:51 morning they would call for prayer. (Singing) Al-lah Akbar 35:58 And they would do that at sunrise. Can you tell me when 36:03 sunrise is? 36:04 (John chuckling) Pretty early in the morning. 36:07 Well for the Muslim it's not when the sun comes over the 36:11 horizon which is what I would think because when that's when 36:13 sunset is when it goes down over the horizon. No, sunrise for 36:17 them is when the imam climbs the minaret and he holds up two 36:23 threads, a white thread, and a black thread and as he holds 36:27 those two threads up in the predawn darkness he can't tell 36:33 which color they are. He can actually see both of them, he 36:37 can actually see them and he can't tell which one's white and 36:41 which one's black? (Interesting) But as the sun comes up a little 36:44 more and a little more pretty soon there's enough light that 36:47 he goes that's white and that's black. And once he knows that's 36:52 sunrise. This teaches me two things. Number one that there is 36:57 no gray area. If there's enough light of God on the subject 37:01 there's no gray area. God is not ambiguous and so if we go to the 37:07 Lord and say Lord I don't know what to do here, guide me, you 37:09 know, what should I eat, He'll guide you. How should I dress 37:13 He'll guide you. Who should I choose as my friends? He'll 37:16 guide you. He's a relational, personal, rich God and so put 37:21 enough of God's light on it and you'll know which is. So as I 37:26 get closer and closer to God he shines more light on my life and 37:33 I am a sinner. I am not a good person. And because of that I 37:38 began to realize that Jesus loves me. He went to the cross 37:45 even though I am a sinner and He died for me and He's done that 37:47 for every human being on the planet. That's my passion. 37:51 And Jesus loves you at home. (That's right) You know he died 37:57 on the cross for you and he longs to have an intimate 38:00 relationship with you. He knows you, He knows the very numbers 38:05 of your hair. And such a great God who's alive and on the 38:09 throne continues to bless your life and now there is a tool 38:15 here that will help you draw closer to Him and understand the 38:18 word, have hope, and be prepared for that new earth to come. And 38:23 very, very soon. (Amen) 38:25 You know He not only died for me but He lives for me and He's 38:33 changing me and He's recreating me. The Spirit of Prophecy says 38:38 He who does not have sufficient faith in Christ to believe that 38:42 He can keep him from sinning does not have faith that will 38:46 give him an entrance into the kingdom of God. (Where's that 38:51 found?) That's found in Manuscript 161. It was written 38:55 in 1897. (Thank you) And that quote speaks to me because why 39:01 would you believe in a God who can take you to heaven? Because 39:05 He's changing me today. 39:06 Amen, amen. Come as you are. He takes you just as you are but He 39:14 doesn't leave you the way He finds you. 39:16 And praise God. 39:17 Amen, amen. Well there are some Real-life stories I'm sure Karen 39:23 and you can share. I know the time is clicking but we're 39:26 excited to hear what the Lord is doing and what He's going to do 39:30 with you at home and also this ministry. So let's pull together 39:37 and make it happen. 39:39 Amen, well he was sort of sharing you know because the 39:43 enemy works on leaders as well and on pastors as well and it's 39:49 a think of always keeping yourself like 1 John says he who 39:53 has been born of God keeps himself. And what I've been 39:59 noticing happening, because I pray for this man because he's 40:02 under so much pressure and the devil works so hard on him 40:07 because he is more melancholy based which of course the devil 40:10 loves to stir around emotions. And I have watched him start 40:19 singing, start singing just some song, something, and I know that 40:24 the devil is trying to get in there and he's resisting and 40:28 resisting him. I watch that at home, him fighting that, knowing 40:33 sometimes he'll go (inhales/ exhales) and I know he is 40:39 deliberately choosing to not be agitated, yes we're getting 40:44 close you know especially like with fundraising and that sort 40:46 of thing. We're getting close. It's not happening the way we 40:50 like to see it happen. And he has to post a lot, well he 40:56 doesn't have to but he chooses to post whenever he finds 40:58 beautiful quotes and beautiful scriptures that kind of are in 41:03 the arena of what we're doing of witnessing and sharing Jesus 41:06 he goes to Facebook and you know posts those but Facebook is a 41:16 bit black hole. (It's a gateway drug) And he has recognized that 41:22 an addiction has kind of snuck in to where once he posts then 41:30 he starts with all those little clips that you can watch and all 41:34 those little clips and before you know it you know a whole 41:36 bunch of time went away and 10 minutes later you're like ah 41:39 how'd I get here? And so just a couple weeks ago I found out 41:47 that he actually out of choice is determined not to let the 41:53 devil get him on that and he threw off Facebook totally off 41:58 his phone. So if he posts now he has to go deliberately to his 42:02 computer and post something for the Lord and it's not right 42:07 there in the hand where he's at. So you know this is part of 42:12 keeping one's self. We always need to be in the...especially 42:16 when we're witnessing for Jesus we always need to be in a mode 42:19 of search me O God and know my heart today, like that song goes 42:24 And cleanse me because we're all vulnerable. No matter how much 42:30 Bible we know we are all vulnerable to the enemy doing 42:36 whatever he can to interfere with our witness. And so it's a 42:45 personal thing too going on as well. 42:48 So do you think that if you don't share your faith your 42:52 salvation could be in jeopardy somehow? 42:54 You know I've actually come to that realization and I did when 42:58 I created Thunder in the Holy Land because every episode was 43:02 a teaching of Jesus and because of that, I was really 43:05 concentrating on the gospels and the book of Revelation and 43:08 really focusing what did Jesus say? And Jesus said he who is 43:13 not with me is against me. And he who is not gathering with me 43:19 is scattering. So I realized that this was not a gray area, 43:25 hold up the threads, this was black and white. If you're not 43:30 actively gathering people to the kingdom of God, your children, 43:33 your family, your next door neighbor, if you're not actively 43:37 drawing them in you are actually pushing them away. There's no 43:43 middle ground on this. You're either going up the mountain or 43:45 down the mountain. You can't say well I'm just going around the 43:48 mountain. You know, I'm going up or I'm going down and from the 43:55 Review and Herald from February 25, 1890, paragraph nine, it 43:59 says man can never be saved himself or be an instrument for 44:04 the salvation of others until he exercises living faith and with 44:09 determined effort acts his part in the work of God. You can't be 44:14 saved without doing your work. And I try to explain it to 44:17 people this way. If you bought a toaster and every time you put 44:21 bread in it and you pushed it down it never did give you a 44:23 piece of toast, never, would you keep the toaster. (It's gone) 44:28 It's gone. (Absolutely) You'd get rid of it and go get another 44:31 toaster. And if we're that perfectionistic about a toaster 44:37 how does God feel when He says I've created you to fulfill an 44:42 eternal purpose that's glorious and what I want you to do is 44:46 start now by telling people what a witness I've been in your life 44:51 Tell them what good things I've done for you. Share me with 44:55 other people. And then Jesus told the parable about the tree 44:58 that wouldn't bear any fruit. And the master comes and says 45:02 I've been coming for years and this tree is not producing. Cut 45:05 it down. Burn it. Get rid of it. And Jesus who is the husbandman 45:10 says give it another year. God is so merciful to us. I don't 45:13 want to put this onto some big guilt trip, but God, he's 45:18 patient with us. There is an end in this story. So the master 45:22 dungs about it, which I always tell people, if people put poop 45:24 on you don't think they're doing you a disservice. Joseph thrown 45:29 in prison, lied about, don't think that is a disservice. God 45:33 can use that to be a witness. But keep on being a witness 45:37 wherever you're at and let God use that in a capacity. Christ's 45:42 Object Lessons, 142 the capacity for receiving is preserved only 45:48 by imparting. So if you want the capacity to receive, so I 45:54 want to be able to receive a glass of water, I want to 45:58 receive God's love, His salvation you can only preserve 46:02 that capacity to take it in by then giving it away. That's 46:07 pretty straight forward, the capacity for receiving is 46:09 preserved only by imparting. We cannot continue to receive 46:12 heavenly treasure without communicating to those around us 46:17 And from Our High Calling, p. 306, God gives His Spirit in 46:24 proportion to the consecration and self-sacrifice manifested by 46:28 those who engage in His work. (That is profound) He gives us 46:32 His Spirit in proportion as we witness. So every time you give 46:36 something away then the Spirit comes and give you more and you 46:40 give that away and then He gives you more and then you give... 46:43 And if you want to grow in grace so you don't groan in disgrace 46:48 then you need to be giving away constantly talking about, His 46:54 goodness and His love, and that's why when people say how 46:57 are you today, I say, I'm blessed. Oh really, why is that? 47:01 And then I get to confess because they asked. 47:03 Hallelujah, you get to witness. 47:06 Absolutely. 47:07 Very good. 47:09 Amen, amen. Well time seems to be slipping away and so how does 47:15 Thunder in the Holy Land or the new series really help the body 47:20 of Christ and share faith with other people? 47:23 Well just simply I've watched it happen where people use Thunder 47:28 and they will be using I Met God the same way. How they use it is 47:34 how their experience grows. They begin to have richer, deeper 47:38 experiences because that Holy Spirit comes in and starts doing 47:41 stuff. So I used to pray, Oh God make me a soul winner, make me a 47:46 soul winner. I want to be one of those people baptizing a 47:49 thousand people in a day, Lord. And maybe there's some self 47:53 there, some pride there, knowing the fact that I'm human there 47:56 probably is and so the Lord didn't make me a soul winner 48:00 where I was given the gift of going out and preaching and five 48:02 thousand get baptized in one day He put me in the ironworks 48:08 where I'm pounding out the swords that other people are 48:12 using and are coming back and they're saying Pastor Byrd, 48:16 Charles, this sword is sharp. It works, it actually...People are 48:20 being saved, it's amazing. 48:23 It says here what's next in getting the I Met God Bible 48:27 study series done and into the hands and hearts of the people? 48:31 Into the hands and hearts of the people...I like that, into the 48:35 hearts of the people. That's what I want. I don't want them 48:38 just to have head knowledge. I want them to have an 48:42 experience. The Sabbath isn't just a day we keep holy. The 48:45 Sabbath is a sign that our God is sanctifying us and changing 48:50 us. It's our wedding band that says our God can actually take a 48:56 sap like me and make me into something that she likes. 49:00 That she loves, she's crazy about. 49:05 Well love's a good thing but love is a principle of giving 49:07 what is the most. She actually likes me sometimes. And so to 49:15 have the equipment, to have the building finished, to have the 49:18 equipment in place is going to allow us to literally change the 49:22 face of witnessing throughout the world. 49:25 It'll have the same format as Thunder in the Holy Land where 49:28 we have a host beginning, middle and end and young people as 49:34 reporters. 49:36 Let me just say it this way, every time you take a breath 49:40 it's a miracle (Yes it is) Every time your heart beats it's a 49:46 miracle. (That's right) So now you guys have gotten cancer, 49:49 you're in the hospital, we come and pray for you...You got 49:53 healed! Now we get excited about that as if a miracle happened 49:56 but it doesn't negate the fact that there's been a miracle 50:01 going on all along. Every breath was a miracle, every heartbeat 50:04 was a miracle and now this is a special one. We're very 50:07 thankful that you're cancer is gone, praise God, Amen, 50:10 hallelujah. Your child was saved after falling off a cliff, 50:13 praise God, Amen, Hallelujah but don't miss those little daily 50:17 miracles. And so this is what I have to say. We raised $702,000 50:23 The building is almost done, not quite. We need $120,000 to 50:28 finish the building and the devil makes me want to fret 50:32 about that. But I just say (inhales) He gave us $702,000 50:38 He's going to do the rest. We need a million dollars' worth of 50:42 equipment but (inhales) you know He gave us that, He's going to 50:47 do the rest. 50:48 My God our God will supply all your needs. 50:50 All your needs and He made this promise to me. He said if you 50:54 leave houses or lands or parents or family for my sake and the 50:58 gospel I will give you a hundred fold, a hundredfold (claim it) 51:04 so we donated $230,000 of our own money so let's see a hundred 51:09 fold would be 23 million. I'm not even asking for 23 million. 51:14 But He's promised so I'm just trusting in Him. God is going to 51:19 do something profound. 51:21 Amen. This is encouraging. Nice to see the report as you 51:26 continue to visit and update our viewers too you know because 51:33 they hear of the different stages in ministry and what the 51:34 the Lord is doing, so. 51:36 Amen, well we are ready to share contact information and if you 51:39 would like to support your prayers are needed but your 51:42 financial support is needed to finish and go to the next phase 51:45 and actually start getting these languages in. We will be back 51:49 in a moment and we'll see you then. 51:50 If you would like to contact or know more about QuestLine 51:54 Productions you can write to them at: 51:56 3626 Lead Mine Valley Rd. SW Cleveland, TN 37311 You can also 52:06 call them at (423) 279-8100 You can also visit their website 52:18 at QLP.tv or you can email them at Info@QLP.tv |
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