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00:07 Hello and welcome to Camp Meeting Live Q and A.
00:10 We're so glad that you have joined us. 00:12 This is a fun portion of camp meeting. 00:14 It's the time that we can interact with you. 00:15 So we want to invite you to send your questions 00:18 here for Mr. Danny. 00:19 Thank you so much for your message this morning, 00:22 thoroughly blessed. 00:23 I just appreciate always hearing 00:25 the stories that encourages me. 00:27 You know what? 00:28 As we look back at how God has led, 00:29 we gain encouragement for what God has in store 00:33 ahead of us, right? 00:34 Dr. Yvonne, so good to have you here too as well with us. 00:37 And, the number 00:38 I was getting ready to say that, 00:39 and then I didn't, and you can text your questions 00:41 right now because they're in the hot seat, 00:43 (618) 228-3975 00:46 or you can email your questions live@3abn.tv 00:49 But what an inspiration, Mr. Danny, 00:51 to hear how God has blessed the Ministry 00:54 of 3ABN all of these years. 00:56 And in spite of COVID 00:57 and all the challenges in previous years, 00:59 God has still led and 3ABN has been able to 01:01 broadcast around the world. 01:03 Incredible. Absolutely incredible. 01:05 I decided that if nothing else, it blesses me, 01:10 to go over, as you said earlier, 01:12 to recount God's blessings. 01:14 So I don't know what it does for folk out there, 01:16 but for my own, you know, 01:18 going forward as Ellen White makes a statement actually, 01:21 you know, you don't have to fear the past or the future 01:24 because all you have to do is look at the past. 01:26 Amen. 01:27 So that's kind of when we tell these stories, 01:29 it's a reminder of, and there are so many miracles. 01:32 We don't tell someone just say, well, you're always coming up. 01:35 You tell us ones we haven't heard before. 01:37 And sometimes there's some of the same ones, 01:40 depending we feel like 01:41 how the Lord moves in the direction we're going, 01:44 but it is such an encouragement to know that God 01:47 is in control and that He saw 3ABN literally 01:51 from the foundation of the world. 01:53 That's right. 01:54 And He saw each of us and you and you, 01:57 all of us here and you at home, 01:59 what part you would play in supporting the ministry. 02:01 That's amazing to me that that nothing is accidental 02:05 I said on, on here, nothing that happens 02:08 by coincidence or accident, but divine providence. 02:10 Amen. 02:12 And thank you, Dr. Yvonne, for your music too, 02:13 that closing song. 02:15 Beautiful song. Great song. Absolutely beautiful. 02:17 And thank you for Sabbath school this morning too. 02:19 It's been a full Sabbath... A full Sabbath already. 02:22 It's a blessing with a high day. 02:24 Absolutely. I loved your message. 02:26 The Lord has anointed you and gifted you, Danny. 02:29 And just to recap, and to hear how God has led this ministry. 02:35 One of the things that kept coming to my mind as you 02:37 were talking about was timing, 02:39 to see the timing of God is impeccable. 02:43 How do you know when it's God's timing? 02:45 And it's not something maybe that you're forcing yourself. 02:49 How do you know when it's God's timing? 02:50 When it has to do with His Word and not your wants 02:55 or what your, just your desire. 02:57 Other words, as I mentioned there are people 02:59 who say, man, I just want to do this. 03:01 Or I want to be up front or 03:02 I want to be, you know, whatever. 03:04 Well, no stop and say, Lord, what do You want me to do? 03:08 And then when the Holy Spirit starts nudging you, 03:10 many times you will find it's out of your comfort zone. 03:15 There's a reason for that, because if you're in your own 03:18 comfort zone, you're dependent on yourself. 03:21 And if you're out of your comfort zone, 03:23 to me, everything that I was presented with 03:26 was out of my comfort zone, 03:28 because I didn't know anything about it. 03:29 I'm like a baby. 03:31 It's like, I don't know anything, 03:32 I'm saying on television, 03:33 but I don't know anything about it. 03:35 I have no idea. I didn't know how... 03:36 I was always amazed. This is the honest truth. 03:38 I don't think I've ever said this. 03:40 I couldn't wait till we got on the air. 03:41 I wanted to see how they put up the color bars 03:44 because at night 03:45 your channels used to go off like at midnight 03:47 and you'd see those color bars. 03:48 And I'm like, wonder how they do that. 03:50 Where did they get that color? And it's not just a sign. 03:53 It just seemed to, 03:54 so I was totally ignorant of the whole process. 03:57 But in that sense, it was good because now I said, 03:59 okay, this is not me, 04:01 but it makes sense as to the law and the testimony. 04:04 If there were an Adventist television station 04:06 to reach the world, 04:07 would this be of the Lord or the devil? 04:09 No, it's got to be of the Lord. 04:10 Okay, Lord, I'll go forward. 04:12 So I didn't spend too much time planning, 04:15 just taking steps forward and God will honor that. 04:18 And He will do that in your life too, I promise you. 04:21 Amen. Amen. 04:22 We are getting some questions in already and comments. 04:24 Thank you so very much. This is live television. 04:28 And during the offering appeal for the divine worship power, 04:30 we were talking about the miracles 04:31 of what God is doing right now even at 3ABN. 04:34 One of them is Cuba. 04:35 And so I love these digital devices here 04:38 because we just, before we went live here 04:40 for the Q and A, I received this WhatsApp message 04:43 from a Chaplain Hernell Hernandez, 04:44 who is in Cuba right now this Sabbath day. 04:47 And he just sent 04:48 another message saying, Greg FYI, 04:51 3ABN is on the packaging, Camaguey, Cuba. 04:54 So he's giving us an update, 04:55 as we continue to expand there in Cuba, 04:58 so he's all excited. 04:59 So that just came in. 05:01 Yes, praise the Lord, what God is currently doing with 3ABN. 05:04 So thank you, Chaplain Hernell Hernandez 05:05 for sending that in. 05:06 We appreciate your work. 05:08 And also, of course, Pastor John Dinzey, 05:09 but we've got some questions and comments coming in. 05:11 We do. We'll start with this one. 05:13 It says, "I'm a Seventh-day Adventist. 05:15 And my problem is that my church does not preach 05:17 the three angels' messages. 05:20 Should I leave this church 05:22 and look for one that is preaching 05:24 the three angels' messages?" 05:25 What would you say? 05:26 You know, that's a great question 05:28 and probably happens more often than what we want to think. 05:32 I had to deal with that on the sense 05:34 that when we first started in our ministry, 05:37 we were laymen and there were very few lay ministries 05:40 back in the 80s that people really knew about. 05:44 And so, there were a number 05:46 of other ministries starting up, 05:48 but some of them became very critical of the church. 05:52 And so, they would raise money and funds just by simply saying 05:57 the church is not doing this. 05:58 They're not preaching the three angels' messages. 06:00 They're not talking about the mark of the beast. 06:02 They're compromising. 06:04 Some of that may be true. 06:05 So my decision where it was, 06:07 some of these folk wanted to be on 3ABN. 06:10 Well, if I put those on 3ABN, then a lot 06:13 of them were on already would not be on, 06:16 and so now we're in a tough position. 06:19 What do you really do? 06:20 So I went back to what my dad 06:22 always told me when I was a kid. 06:23 Well, son, do what's right. 06:25 You know, how do you know what to do what's right? 06:27 We'll do it according to the Bible, 06:29 the principles of the Bible. 06:30 So we wanted to preach Jesus 06:33 and we want to preach the truth, 06:35 not criticize those that are preaching it the way 06:37 you don't like. 06:39 So what I would suggest is really pray about it. 06:42 And so what I decided is maybe we can change. 06:45 I agreed that a lot of the stuff, 06:47 and a lot of people aren't preaching what they should, 06:49 but, Yvonne, I just felt like the best thing to do 06:52 was try to change it from the inside. 06:54 So don't, I didn't want to leave 06:57 and go out and throw stones inside. 06:59 So maybe rather than to leave the church, 07:01 if people see Jesus in you, 07:03 they see your commitment to the three angels' messages. 07:06 You can give them, you know, sermons, 07:09 you can tape or record or whatever you do nowadays, 07:12 digitally download, email, sermons. 07:15 You can help people get to catch 07:17 the vision of the message. 07:19 So before I would just take off and leave, 07:22 you may want to say, "You know what? 07:23 Maybe God has placed me here to be a mover and a shaker." 07:27 And so with me with 3ABN, I'm so glad we stayed 07:31 right on the inside rather than the outside. 07:33 Now, when I say that we're never officially a part 07:36 of the church, but we decided not to criticize 07:39 everybody that doesn't preach 07:41 the message the way we think it should be preached. 07:43 But we said, we have a television network 07:45 God has given us and you, 07:47 we can preach anything we want to. 07:49 So let's stay right down the line three angels' messages 07:52 preach all the pillar, foundational doctrines 07:54 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 07:56 Amen. That's good. 07:58 That's powerful. Be a part of the solution... 08:01 Yeah. Which is powerful. 08:03 I like that. 08:04 She said it in 10 seconds, it took me about five minutes. 08:08 Great answer though. I love that. 08:09 Dr. Yvonne, this is for you. 08:11 It says, "I understand that Jesus gave His life 08:14 for mine by willing to sacrifice His life for mine. 08:17 Yet, I struggle as a widow with sexual sin instead 08:21 of seeking a soulmate. 08:22 I've asked God to take this temptation away. 08:25 Will my struggle with this sin exclude me 08:29 from Jesus ministering on my behalf?" 08:33 Wow. 08:34 You can just sense the pain that she has in her question 08:39 and just know that sexual sin is sin. 08:44 And we all struggle with sin. 08:47 So you're not alone in the struggle. 08:50 Paul said, even Paul the Apostle in Romans 7, 08:55 let's look at that real quick, Acts, Roman 7, 09:00 he said in verse 19, "For the good that I will do, 09:04 I do not do, but the evil I will not to do, 09:08 I will not to do that I practice. 09:11 Now, if I do what I will not to do, 09:13 it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 09:18 I find in a law that evil is present with me, 09:22 the one who wills to do good." 09:24 So you want to do good, but you can't. 09:27 So how can you deal with this? What is the answer? 09:31 The answer first of all is to turn your eyes upon Jesus. 09:36 Because when you look at yourself, 09:38 you are captive to it, 09:40 but Jesus came to set the captives free. 09:43 So He will set you free from it. 09:45 So instead of focusing so much on the sin, 09:49 which then has you hyper-focused on it, 09:53 look to Jesus, ask Him for the victory. 09:57 Don't allow the triggers that trigger you 10:01 into that sin to take place, 10:05 do some, ask the Lord to show you 10:07 what those triggers are and then avoid them 10:10 because the Lord wants to give you victory. 10:14 He died to give you victory. 10:16 He loves you. 10:17 And you are certainly not beyond the blood of Jesus. 10:20 We are all on this road 10:23 and sanctification is the work of a lifetime. 10:26 So just hang in there. God loves you. 10:28 Yeah. 10:29 And key to this to me is, 10:30 as I mentioned in the sermon, don't give up, 10:32 heaven is on your side. 10:34 Main thing is don't give up. 10:36 The devil will discourage you and say, 10:38 well, you're not good enough to enter the kingdom. 10:40 You're not good enough to be saved. 10:41 You're not whatever. 10:42 Remember that God had formed the plan of salvation. 10:47 It says, "That not one should perish, 10:49 but all should have everlasting life." 10:51 And so the devil is a discourager, 10:54 you know, he's a deceiver. 10:55 He's out to get you. 10:57 He's out to steal, kill, and to destroy. 10:58 But remember, 11:00 heaven is on your side, so side. 11:02 So Jesus says, you know that when he said, 11:04 I mentioned in the sermon, 11:06 "All power is given to me in heaven and earth." 11:07 He wants to transfer that to us. 11:09 So we say, "Lord, I'm helpless. 11:10 I can't do anything. I need Your faith. 11:12 I need Your power to work in my life` 11:15 to give me victory over sin." 11:17 No matter what that sin is. 11:18 As Yvonne mentioned, we all have sinned 11:20 and we all struggle with it. 11:21 Jill brought her out in her sermon every day. 11:24 She says every, sometimes every minute, you know, 11:26 you come to these crossroads and I have to, 11:29 so don't be discouraged. 11:30 That's the main thing. 11:31 Keep going forward and know that Jesus loves you, 11:33 died for you, made a plan for salvation for you, 11:36 coming back very soon in the clouds of glory. 11:38 And so all heaven is on your side. 11:40 When you need something, Lord, I'm a sinner, save me. 11:43 Yes. 11:45 Oh, I remember that, "He that has begun 11:46 a good work in you will be faithful to complete it." 11:49 It's not on you. 11:51 The Holy Spirit is in you and He will guide you. 11:54 Wow. Absolutely. 11:56 Amen. Amen. That's so powerful. 11:57 I love that. Thank you. 11:59 You know, and I also like to what you said, 12:01 Mr. Danny, that think about heaven being on your side. 12:04 That's powerful, isn't it? Wow. 12:06 Heaven is on my side. Yes, yes. I can't lose. 12:09 Yeah. So praise the Lord. That's encouraging. 12:10 Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world." 12:13 Praise God. So it meant something. 12:15 Very much. Yes. Amen. More questions coming in. 12:17 Thank you so very much. 12:18 This is a live portion here of... 12:20 This is live camp meeting television, 12:22 live Q and A with Mr. Danny 12:23 and Dr. Yvonne, is a lot of fun, isn't it? 12:25 I like this. Okay. 12:26 Yeah, I do. Because we like to interact. 12:29 So many times we're talking to the folk, 12:30 but we don't get to hear from them. 12:32 So I like hearing from them. Yeah. 12:35 This is, it may seem basic, 12:37 but I know we have a lot of people 12:39 that this may be a question. 12:40 "How do we know that Saturday is the seventh day Sabbath?" 12:45 Well, that one, you could make a whole book out of it. 12:50 In fact, we kind of have, 12:51 but let's do some easy way about it. 12:55 The Bible says the seventh day of the week, 12:58 so people say, well, how do we know 12:59 which day is the seventh? 13:00 So if we just, let's take some common sense 13:03 and a little bit of history. 13:04 So I'd tell people, okay, 13:05 the Catholic Church has been in business 13:08 since if I can use that word since 13:09 what first century AD or so. 13:12 They said that they substituted Sunday 13:17 as the first day of the week. 13:18 So if, let's say, if we go by that, now the Jews, 13:23 they, since, you know, before Jesus, 13:25 the Jews have always kept Saturday 13:28 as the seventh day of the week. 13:30 So the world now we're... 13:32 I'm just giving you down to earth 13:34 what sometimes people want to hear 13:36 some little common sense. 13:37 If you think about it, when it says Jesus arose 13:40 on the first day of the week. 13:41 Well then if Sunday is the first day of the week, 13:44 that's the day that Christ arose from the grave. 13:48 Then Saturday must be the seventh day 13:50 and that's a Sabbath 'cause it says 13:51 Jesus rested in the tomb over the Sabbath, 13:54 crucified on Friday, rested on Sabbath 13:56 and rose again on Sunday. 13:58 So if we just look at some of the little 14:01 what would you call barometers around 14:03 without going into the change in the calendar changes 14:07 and all of that going back. 14:10 I think if you want to find it, we can. 14:12 And again, I would encourage you, 14:13 we have some books here. 14:14 We have a new numerous books, Ten Commandments Twice Removed. 14:17 We actually go into it 14:19 where we have more time in more detail. 14:21 You want to add something? 14:22 No, I think you've covered it. You covered it. 14:24 Really, if you just, I mean, 14:25 basically you look on your calendar the first day 14:27 of the week is Sunday. 14:29 You count seven days, it's Saturday. Yeah. 14:31 Now some places they've changed the calendars in Europe 14:33 and make Monday the first day. 14:35 But we still go back to as Christians 14:38 and looking at if the resurrection 14:41 is on the first day of the week of Jesus, 14:44 then the seventh day is the Sabbath. 14:46 And again, like I say, the Catholic Church, 14:47 I don't believe in nearly 2000 years have lost track 14:51 of which is the first day. 14:52 And I don't think for sure the Jews, 14:54 they've been keeping the Sabbath for thousands years 14:56 have lost track of it either through the centuries 15:00 have passed 2000 years since Jesus was on earth. 15:03 And we kept time, 15:04 since then we've always kept it. 15:05 Yes. 15:07 And I'd like to mention two resources 'cause 3ABN 15:08 will be happy to send a complimentary copy to you. 15:10 If you have questions about, you know, the Sabbath, 15:12 like he mentioned Ten Commandments Twice Removed, 15:14 you can always call our call center 15:15 during regular business hours, (618) 627-4651. 15:19 Just ask for the call center. 15:21 And they'll be happy to send you a complimentary book 15:23 to answer your questions. 15:24 And it's from the Bible. And it's a fantastic book too. 15:26 Amen, Yvonne, this is for you. 15:29 "Suppose you wronged a person 15:31 and committed sins against the person and say, 15:33 you both make it to heaven. 15:36 Since there will be no sin or hatred in heaven, 15:38 does this mean there will be no hard feelings 15:40 between you and the person or recollection 15:43 of your wrong of them?" 15:44 This is from Havey, from Flint, Michigan. 15:47 So thank you Havey for sending in this question. 15:50 So, it's asking will you forget about what happened? 15:55 Will you not have hard feelings? 15:59 We actually are called to forgive here. 16:02 Thank you. 16:04 So, you know, the Lord wants us to forgive 16:07 those who have wronged us 16:09 and we actually have to go to them, 16:12 not just wait for them to come to you, but go to them. 16:16 And Matthew 18, if you've wronged someone, 16:19 you go to them and try to clear it up with them. 16:23 So, will you remember it in heaven? 16:26 I would probably think you guys can help me out with this one. 16:30 I would think not, because the former things 16:33 are passed away, behold all things are made new. 16:36 So that means your mind is newly made as well, 16:40 and you've already forgiven them. 16:44 So, yes, I think that's all in the past. 16:50 You'll be so happy that you're there. 16:52 You're not going to be worried about anybody else. 16:54 That's what I think too. 16:56 But honestly, let's say that people have 16:59 hard feelings and they're separated 17:01 and never get a chance to go to that person. 17:04 The main thing is you forgive them in your heart. 17:06 They forgive you in their heart. 17:08 When you get to heaven, that's the last thing 17:09 you're going to be worried about because first of all, 17:12 if we're holding grudges and hard feelings 17:14 and we're not giving forgiveness, 17:16 I'm not sure that we'll be in heaven. 17:18 So, as you said that Yvonne is to, 17:21 to ask the Lord to forgive us. 17:22 Now, if the person's there 17:24 and you can go to each other but for some reason, 17:26 maybe they died right after that, 17:28 and you never had a chance to, you know, 17:30 ask them for forgiveness. 17:32 But, the main thing is that you're willing to forgive 17:34 and forget and take responsibility and, Lord, 17:37 I'm sorry, you know? 17:38 And so, hopefully they've done the same thing. 17:41 'Cause if they're in heaven, they apparently 17:42 have forgiven you too. 17:44 So, I think that'll be the last thing 17:45 we're worried about once we get there. 17:47 Yes, you know what just crossed my mind, 17:50 and I know that, you know, we were making like 17:52 a light moment. 17:54 Suppose you've been abused by someone or you have 17:56 some really serious situation 17:59 that you are holding on to. 18:02 The Lord wants to set you free from that, 18:05 because you are in bondage, not that person so much, 18:09 but you are in bondage and He will set you free 18:12 through the process of forgiving that person. 18:15 So, know that the Lord wants to set you 18:18 free from holding those grudges. 18:21 Very good. Amen. I like that very much. 18:23 I love 1 Corinthians 6, you know, 18:25 it talks about this whole list of sins 18:28 and people who will, it says, in 1 Corinthians 6, 18:31 "The unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God." 18:34 And then it goes on to the list of the fornicators 18:36 and the adulterers, the adulteress, 18:38 the homosexual, the sodomites, the thieves. 18:40 It's a complete list. 18:42 And then it says, and such were some of you, 18:45 being past tense, right? 18:48 Were some of you, but you were washed, 18:51 you were sanctified, 18:53 you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus 18:56 and by the Spirit of our God. 18:57 So that says that, that forgiveness 19:00 is going to take place here. 19:02 That healing is going to take place here, 19:05 before we're transcending. 19:07 Good. Amen. Yeah. Beautiful. 19:09 Yeah. Praise the Lord. 19:10 And we know when we're heaven 19:11 too, we're going to see the scars in Jesus' hands 19:13 and feet, right. 19:14 And we're going to realize what our sin did, 19:16 but what He did for us. 19:18 And so I think we'll be forever grateful Jesus for making 19:21 that sacrifice for each one of us. 19:24 A good comment, this is from Alvin Kibble. 19:27 He is saying, "Hello, 19:29 we're so blessed by your testimony." 19:31 And he's just continuing forward. 19:33 He's had some struggles, but God is with him 19:35 and he's just been encouraged by your message this morning. 19:37 Praise the Lord Alvin. 19:39 Yes. 19:40 And another one says, "So blessed to hear 19:42 the testimonies this morning." 19:44 Our question here, "How do you know 19:47 when it's God's timing?" 19:51 That's probably an age old question, isn't it? 19:53 How do you know when it's God's timing? 19:55 Yeah, it really is. 19:56 I mean, with it's always God's timing to witness 20:01 and to share, but it's into what capacity. 20:04 So maybe you're all ready, God is using you 20:08 and the reason you want to go forward 20:09 and do some, something bigger or better 20:12 is because maybe you've been witnessing to those 20:14 in your household and those in your neighborhood. 20:16 And maybe you've even preached at church a time or two. 20:19 And so now when do you go from, okay, 20:23 I'm just doing this that I want to go full-time into this. 20:26 The Lord will lead you into that. 20:28 I know that sounds like a cop out, it really isn't. 20:30 What happened to me, I can't really show my lift 20:33 my foot up high enough show the bottom of my boots, 20:35 but it felt like my feet were on fire 20:39 and I couldn't sit any longer, I was not happy. 20:43 I was a carpenter, but I was not happy 20:45 driving nails anymore. 20:46 It just seemed so temporal. 20:49 It was just, you know, all I wanted to do was go tell 20:52 people about Jesus and the three angels' messages 20:55 through television 20:57 and about building a TV station and a network. 20:59 So I think you pray and say, 21:01 Lord, you know, what would you have me to do? 21:04 I can tell you this time is short. 21:06 So don't do too much planning, try the spirits. 21:09 And if it's something that you want to do 21:12 and feel like God is calling you to do it, 21:14 then don't be afraid to step out in faith. 21:16 My cousin Donnie was a x-ray, worked in x-ray for I think 21:22 30 years, 20 years, 21:23 maybe something like 20 to 30 years, 21:25 I've forgotten now and a long time, 21:27 but he got this desire he wanted to preach a little, 21:30 and so he went with us on a couple of weekends 21:33 and I think we're at an ASI meeting, 21:35 he saw all these laymen. 21:37 So, you know, they were there. 21:39 Well, he says, I want to go full-time ministry, 21:42 but I can't just quit. 21:43 This is our income. 21:45 You know, but I don't know what God's. 21:48 And so I said, "Well, just do what the Lord 21:50 is impressing you to do. 21:51 If that's what you want to do, step out in faith." 21:53 Well, 15 years later now he's still preaching 21:56 and still witnessing and still, you know, 21:58 so God provided his every need. 22:00 So he said, somehow we made it. 22:02 So trust the Lord. Yeah. 22:05 Praise the Lord for that. You know what? 22:07 Yeah, I guess we'd already asked that question earlier. 22:08 So hopefully I'm not passing my primary, 22:09 something like that. 22:11 Yeah. 22:12 Expounding upon it, you know, 22:13 'cause a lot of times people also get. 22:15 I was so past that, 22:16 I didn't remember I passed already, so. 22:18 I forgot to mark it off my list, 22:20 but it also get expound upon the, you know, 22:22 faith versus presumption and everything, 22:23 'cause some people get confused on that too. 22:25 When do I actually step out, you know, in faith? 22:27 And just like that, honestly, 22:29 I don't think that was an accident. 22:31 I think there's somebody that just tuned 22:33 in that needs to hear it. 22:35 So the Lord impressed you to do it again And so... 22:37 I forgot to mark it off my list. 22:38 Yeah, because no, well, but maybe there's a reason 22:41 for that good point now. 22:42 So somebody's watching today. 22:44 They're really considering going in ministry 22:47 and they needed to hear it. 22:48 Amen. We got a few more questions. 22:50 This one says, "I've joined a Seventh-day Adventist Church, 22:52 been re-baptized and I read my Bible constantly, 22:56 but I still feel dead inside. 23:00 My question is how do I put on Jesus?" 23:03 This is from Gail, from Roseburg, Oregon. 23:05 So, thank you Gail for sending in that question. 23:08 What would you say? 23:09 You know, this is a huge problem 23:11 within our church. 23:13 And a lot of that I believe is because like me, 23:17 when I grew up my folks, 23:19 my mother was Seventh-day Adventist 23:20 the year I was born as I mentioned. 23:22 My dad came a few years later. 23:24 We had all the head knowledge, 23:26 but there was a lot of legalism. 23:27 So we grew up in a home, we're like, 23:30 what can't we do on Sabbath? 23:31 Well, mum won't let us play basketball. 23:33 And we can't do this outside. 23:34 And we can't do, you know, 23:36 well if you do this, so we felt like our, 23:39 you know, our Christian experience 23:42 was based on what we did. 23:44 Do's and don'ts, that took a lot of years for me 23:47 to get past that and see it. 23:49 So I think what happens is we have that head knowledge, 23:52 as I mentioned in my sermon, I could argue with you 23:54 about the state of the dead and all kinds of things, 23:57 but I didn't really have the heart knowledge until, 23:59 you know, Melody's mother was killed 24:00 in a automobile accident. 24:02 And I saw her, you know, with a broken arm 24:04 and cuts and bruises and say, honey, 24:06 who you're going to get to sing for your mother's funeral. 24:08 She's 11 years old. 24:09 And she says, daddy, I want to sing. 24:11 Jesus would want me to, and mom would want me to. 24:13 I said to the Lord, Lord, 24:15 I want that kind of childlike faith. 24:17 And so what I would encourage you to do is, 24:20 you know, it's great to have the head knowledge, 24:22 but spend more time. 24:23 We just have this new book on salvation, 24:25 when we're talking about focus on truth, 24:28 maybe read through that. 24:29 But sometimes as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 24:32 we focus so much on the Sabbath and all the pillar doctrines. 24:37 We literally spend not enough time 24:39 on the great plan of salvation, 24:41 God's love for fallen man on John 3:16. 24:45 So I would encourage you because we want both. 24:48 We want to have the joy of the Lord in here, 24:50 not just, okay, this is what I know what to do. 24:53 I know what the Bible says, 24:54 but you want that relationship. 24:56 Jesus should be the center of your joy. 24:59 Okay. 25:00 We have time hopefully for another question. 25:02 This one, it says, "Danny, 25:04 God has impressed me to be baptized. 25:06 I was as a child, sprinkled by water. 25:10 What steps do I need to take since 25:12 I have not been to a church in years?" 25:15 Well, if you want to, and I don't know what church, 25:18 I'm assuming an Adventist Church 25:20 you want to go to, 25:22 but, I would say what local churches in the... 25:24 Churches in the area and maybe contact the pastor, 25:28 or if you really don't want to do that directly, 25:30 if you will contact us here during the week, 25:33 I think we can put right Jill and Greg, 25:35 we can put them in touch with somebody in your area, 25:39 maybe it's somebody who's willing just to come 25:41 and talk to you and help you spiritually 25:43 and pray with you and then, 25:45 you know, get prepared, for how the baptism, 25:48 when and where and all of the, all of that part. 25:51 But thank you so much. It's wonderful. 25:53 It's amazing. It's incredible. 25:55 And that's exactly what 3ABN is all about. 25:57 So we're so thankful that you're wanting to be, 26:00 and it's good. 26:02 You were sprinkled now 26:03 I think to be immersed into the body, 26:05 you know, the old life to dead to sin 26:07 and coming out new in Christ. 26:09 I mean that is symbolically a great thing 26:12 and a great for the heart. 26:13 So praise the Lord. Thank you so much for that. 26:16 And we're happy to help you as to how to get this done. 26:20 We've had people come all the way here 26:22 from different states to say, I want to be baptized. 26:25 Can we be baptized at your church? 26:27 Or can we, so we've said, "Hey, we're always for that. 26:30 You know, so make contact, 26:32 whatever your desire, we'll try to help you." 26:34 Amen. Yes, praise the Lord. 26:35 Praise the Lord that people are making decisions for Jesus, 26:38 making decisions to join a church and be baptized. 26:41 And I don't know, maybe we're almost out of time, 26:43 but, Yvonne, maybe you could have a special prayer 26:45 for this person who's making that decision 26:48 and for other people who are making 26:50 decisions for Jesus for now. 26:51 Yeah, surely. 26:53 Dear Lord, we just thank You 26:54 so very much for Your Holy Spirit, 26:56 Your Spirit that lets us know that leads us 26:59 into all truth that lets us know which way to go 27:02 and how we're supposed to proceed. 27:05 We thank You that He shows us which doors to go through. 27:08 And so we thank You for this gentleman 27:11 who is seeking You, who wants to get baptized, 27:14 who wants to make a public statement 27:16 that he wants to follow You, Lord Jesus. 27:18 So please be with him, guide him, 27:21 direct him into the place, 27:23 the church that he needs to be in. 27:25 And we thank You. And we praise You. 27:27 Lord, and continue to be 27:29 with all of our viewers in Jesus' name. 27:31 Amen. 27:32 Thank you both so much for being here. 27:34 More than happy anytime. Okay. 27:36 We're so thankful for the questions that you sent in. 27:39 We want to remind you don't go too far 27:41 from your television because coming up 27:43 at 2:00 PM Central, we'll be hearing 27:45 from Evangelist Chris Hudson 27:47 followed by Pastor Kameron DeVasher 27:50 and the list goes on. 27:51 We have a full power packed spirit filled camp meeting, 27:55 who is Jesus. 27:56 Amen. Praise the Lord. |
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