>> PSALM 86:9 IN PORTUGUESE. >> IN NORWEGIAN IT SAYS -- AND IN ROMANIA, IT SAYS. >> SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOMENT, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK AND AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET WHO HAVE YET TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF LIBERTY, THE GOOD NEWS THAT IF THE SON HAS SET YOU FREE. IT'S INTERESTING WE'RE SINGING THIS SONG THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED TO BE THE FAVORITE SONG OF A STUDENT HERE IN LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WHO SIX DAYS AGO WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD. HER ENTIRE FAMILY WAS COMMITTED TO MISSIONS. THEY HAVE AN ORPHANAGE IN GUATEMALA. IZZY SIX DAYS AGO WENT TO HEAVEN AND JOINED HER DAD WHO DIED OF THE SAME RARE FORM OF CANCER LEUKEMIA. IZZY'S DAD PASSED AWAY. FEW YEARS LATER, IZZY'S SISTER PASSED AWAY. AND IZZY IS A COMMUNITY GROUP LEADER, STUDENT HERE, GOT THE NEWS THAT HER OLDER BROTHER SLATE WAS DIAGNOSED IN COLORADO. SHE CHECKED OUT OF STATE, TO BE WITH HER BROTHER, AND WHILE SHE WAS THERE, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE SAME. I DON'T KNOW OF A STORY, WHERE I KNOW OF A MOM WHO LOST HER HUSBAND, HER DAUGHTER, IS FOCUSED ON THE HEALING OF HER SON AND DOES THE DIAGNOSE OF ANOTHER DAUGHTER. THIS WEEK, IS GETTING READY FOR SATURDAY, FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HER DAUGHTER. SLATE IS CONTINUING TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE. HE'S IN REMISSION. I JUST WANT US TO PRAY FOR THIS FAMILY. IT'S INCREDIBLY HEARTBREAKING. MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS YOUNG LADY, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR YOU, INCLUDING McKAYLA, WHO CONSIDERED IZZY HER BEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD. McKAYLA, IF SHE WERE TO COME AND JUST TO PRAY. McKAYLA, OUR CONDOLENCES IN THE SEASON FOR YOU. WE'RE HEARTBROKEN WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER MET IZZY FACE-TO-FACE. YOU AND I WERE TALKING AND WERE TELLING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. HER HEART PERMISSIONS AND SHE'S IN HEAVEN TODAY. IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE SINGING VICTORY, HER FAVORITE SONG, OVER THE NATION. WILL YOU NOT JUST PRAY FOR HER FAMILY BUT FOR HER HEART FOR MISSIONS AS WELL. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. COULD WE DO THAT. >> FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE GOOD. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE CONSTANT. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE FAITH OF THE HERMAN FAMILY, OF IZZY. WE THANK YOU THAT THERE'S NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE TEARS. FATHER WE PRAISE YOU THAT YOU DESIRE ANY NATION, TRIBE AND TONGUE AT YOUR THROWN, THAT THERE WILL BE NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH. WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED FOR THAT DAY, WHERE THERE'S NO MORE DEATH LORD AND WE GET TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER. LORD, WE PRAY ON THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE, THAT THERE WILL BE LOST PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD STIR TO GO, THAT YOU WOULD BRING IZZY'S FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T KNOW YOU TO CHRIST, HOLY SPIRIT, YOU STIR IN THEM, THE GOSPEL WILL BE PROCLAIMED AT THIS MEMORIAL, THAT WE WILL CELEBRATE IZZY'S LIFE. WE CELEBRATE THAT SHE WAS NOT JUST AWESOME, BUT BECAUSE SHE KNEW YOU. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU COULD HANDLE OUR SUFFERING, YOU COULD HANDLE OUR QUESTIONS, YOU COULD HANDLE OUR DOUBTS AND THAT YOU HOLD US THROUGH THE SUFFERING. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE CONSTANT AND YOU ARE STRONG WHEN WE ARE WEAK. LORD, I PRAY THAT IF THERE'S PEOPLE HERE THAT DON'T KNOW YOU, THEIR STORY WILL SPEAK TO THEM. THAT YOU WOULD PROVE YOUR GOODNESS TO EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM IN JESUS'S NAME. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE VICTORY IN CHRIST, THAT OUR LIFE WILL BE TAKEN FROM US THAT, SHE DID NOT LOSE AND SHE HAS VICTORY IN YOU. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU DESIRE EVERY PERSON. WE DESIRE EVERY PERSON TO KNOW YOU, LORD. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. >> McKAYLA, THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR YOU. ON SATURDAY, I KNOW YOU GET TO ONE OF OUR TEAM, ONE OF OUR SHEPHERDS WILL GET TO GO AS WELL FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE. THERE WILL BE FLOWERS THERE FOR THE FAMILY. THIS IS VERY HARD FOR YOU. COULD WE CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO PRAY FOR OUR SISTER. SEVERAL OF YOU KNOW IZZY. AND KNOW WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU. WE KNOW THIS IS VERY HARD FOR YOU. WE LOVE. THANKS FOR PRAYING FOR US. COULD WE THANK OUR SISTER. WE LOVE YOU. LET'S CONTINUE TO WORSHIP. >> AMEN. LET'S PRAY AGAIN. WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THE REMINDER THAT WE WIN, THAT GOD WE MIGHT LOSE CERTAIN BATTLES, BUT THE WAR HAS ALREADY BEWON ON. THAT WE AS YOUR CHILDREN, ARE A WAR ALREADY WON. DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE HERMAN FAMILY, THEY'VE WON. THEY HAVE ETERNAL HOPE, ETERNAL SECURITY, ETERNAL PEACE, ETERNAL HEALING. I THANK YOU LORD THAT ONE DAY, EVERY NATION, EVERY TONGUE, EVERY TRIBE, WILL BE AT YOUR FEET. GOD THANK YOU THAT ALL FLAGS WILL BOW DOWN, GOD, ALL NATIONS, ALL BORDERS, EVERYTHING GONE. ALL AT LEVEL FIELD, GOD. STRIVING TO YOU THAT YOU ARE THE VERY PICTURE OF VICTORY, GOD, THE PICTURE OF SALVATION. AND LORD WE PRAY THAT OUT OF A WEEK LIKE THIS AND A VERY PRACTICAL SENSE, MORE PEOPLE WILL BE JOINING US IN HEAVEN. GOD, MORE NATIONS AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BE BOWED DOWN GOD ON THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY IN HEAVEN INSTEAD OF HELL. WE KNOW THE GOOD NEWS, YOU LOVE PEOPLE SO MUCH YOU GAVE YOUR SON. PUT THAT IN THE VERY CENTER, WE WILL HEAR, FROM PASTOR JD, FROM PASTOR ANDREW. I THANK YOU FOR THE TWO MEN, WHO COME TO POUR INTO OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS AND PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME. WE PRAY BLESSINGS TO THEM. I PRAY THAT GOD, WE GET TO POUR BACK INTO THEM AS WELL. WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AS YOU'RE HAVING A SEAT, COULD WE THANK THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVELY FOR LEADING US THIS MORNING. COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS BEFORE WE BRING OUR TWO GUESTS. LET ME MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. WE HAVE WITH US TWO GUESTS FOR GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK AS FAR AS STAGING IS CONCERNED. WE HAVE ALSO IN THE ROOM OVER 100 ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT IS HERE FOR GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK, V.I.P. SECTION AND DIFFERENT SECTIONS HERE. COULD WE WELCOME HERE ON CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE WEEK WITH US. WE HAVE PASTOR JD GREEAR WITH US NOT JUST THIS MORNING THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS, IF YOU NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE, THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. ALSO TONIGHT AT CAMPUS COMMUNITY AS WELL. IT WILL BE A PHENOMENAL DAY FOR US TO HAVE HIM PREACH. AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO SIT UNDER HIS TEACHING TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PASTOR OF THE SECOND LARGEST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, WHICH WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH SO MANY, INCLUDING SAINT MERRENS HERS T. IT A CHURCH THAT HAS OVER 40,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IN A WEEKEND. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN COLOMBIA, AND I KNOW 150 WILL BE GOING TO COLOMBIA AT SPRING BREAK. AND THE REST OF US COULD BE PRAYING THROUGH ALL OF US DURING THE SEASON AS WELL. WE WILL HAVE HIM BE OUR GUEST. PASTOR JD WILL LOCK AND LOAD AND PREACH FOR US. TWO QUICK THINGS. TOMORROW, SAMARITANS FIRST WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE CON VOE SELECT FOR THE MUSIC COUNCIL HALL AT 10:00 A.M. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON FRIDAY, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION OF HOPE AND CORSON WINS AND HIS WIFE. AND OUR GOAL WAS ABOUT QUARTER MILLION MEALS. WE DIDN'T MEET OUR GOAL. WE EXCEEDED IT. YOU GUYS PUT IN 287, 280 MEALS THAT WERE PACKED. INCREDIBLE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THAT LOOKS IN THE LIFE OF SOMEONE EVERY DAY IN HAITI. THAT IS RIGHT AT 800. 797 PEOPLE THAT GET A MEAL EVERY, THREE MEALS A DAY FOR AN ENTIRE DAY. ALMOST 1,000 PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO EAT BECAUSE OF YOUR INVESTMENT. THERE'S A SLIDE ON HOW YOU COULD BE CONTINUE TO BE INVESTED AND INVOLVED GETTING INTO THE GREAT ORGUE AS WELL. OTHER THING, WE HAVE OUR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. JENNY ALLEN, WILL BE PART OF THAT. LAUREN TOMLIN, AND REMEMBER WHEN CHRIS TOMLIN WAS HERE, TO TALK ABOUT INTERSESSION PRAYER. AND PAULEY BYCE. SHE NEVER AGREES TO SPEAK. COACH FREEZE'S WIFE IS GOING TO BE A PART OF IT. IT'S $5 FOR ALL OF YOU GIRLS TO BE PART OF AN ENTIRE WEEKEND. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WILL EXCEED WHAT YOU WILL PAY. SPACE IS LIMITED IT ONLY SEATS ABOUT 1500. IT WILL PACK OUT. BE PART OF THAT. I PROMISE YOU, YOU WON'T REGRET IT. YEAH, ALL THAT SAID, WE HAVE A BIT OF A SIZZLE REAL FOR THE FIRST GUEST. PASTOR ANDREW, LET'S WATCH THIS AND WE'LL SIT DOWN TOGETHER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS ANDREW CORSON. AND I'M THE PASTOR OF EL LURAGA, HERE IN BOGITTA, COLUMBIA. OUR CHURCH HAS OVER 40,000 PEOPLE AND 6,000 KIDS EVERY SUNDAY TO WORSHIP GOD. OUR CHURCH IS THE DREAM OF A BOY THAT WAS BORED IN CHURCH AND HE WANTED TO HAVE A CONTEMPORARY CHURCH. OUR EMPHASIS IS ON PRAYER, THE DISCIPLESHIP, THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN FULFILLING GOD'S PUR PURPOSE. >> ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR IN THE HOUSE. TEN SERVICES, BEFORE WE GET GOING, OBVIOUSLY OUR STUDENTS ARE LOOKING AT YOU AND YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A GUY FROM COLOMBIA. THEY ALL WATCH NETFLIX, HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FROM COLOMBIA. TELL US ORIGINALLY YOUR STORY. >> I'M AN AUSTRALIAN, A MISSIONARY KID. I'VE BEEN IN COLOMBIA SINCE I WAS 3-YEAR-OLD, OR 4-YEAR-OLD RE REALLY. I DON'T LOOK LATTIN BUT MY CHILDREN DO. SOMEONE LOOKED AT MY DAUGHTER AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, WHAT HAPPENED. UNTIL MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE CAME UP. IF YOU'RE AN UGLY DUCKLING, JUST MARRY A COLOMBIAN >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHURCH. WHAT GOD IS DOING IN AND OUT OF YOUR LOCAL CHURCH BODY. >> WHAT I SAW IN THE VIDEO, I NEVER MISSED CHURCH IN MY LIFE. I WAS RAISED AS A MISSIONARY KID AND I LOVED THE LORD. I WAS ALWAYS BORED AT CHURCH. MOST OF THE CHURCHES ARE BORING. INSTEAD OF REBELLING AGAINST GOD, WHEN I WAS 13-YEAR-OLD, I STARTED TO DREAM, I HAD A DREAM ABOUT THE CHURCH I WANTED. IT HAD TO BE A CHURCH THAT PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY. CHURCH WITH A PRESENCE OF GOD WOULD BE. WITH GOOD MUSIC, WITH GOOD PREACHING. MANY TIMES, PREACHING AT CHURCH IS REALLY BORING. WHEN I WAS 29-YEAR-OLD, WE STARTED THIS CHURCH, WITH 12 PEOPLE. THAT WAS 26 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S GROWN TO, OVER 40,000 RIGHT NOW. BUT, YOU NEED A DREAM. THEN YOU HAVE TO OBEY THE LORD, BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THE CHURCH, I WANTED A CONTEMPORARY CHURCH. THE LORD SAID, IF YOU DON'T HAVE PRAYER, YOU CAN'T HAVE A CHURCH. I SAID, BUT PRAYER IS THE MOST BORING PART OF CHURCH. SO HE SAID, NO. IF YOU DON'T HAVE PRAYER, YOU CAN'T HAVE A CHURCH. SO WE STARTED HAVING PRAYER TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, FOR ONE HOUR. WE STARTED WITH 10 PEOPLE. THAT DAY, I WAS PETTY MAD WITH GOD. HE SAID, YOU HAVE TO PRAY. AS I WAS PRAYING, THE LORD STARTED TO DELIVER ME FROM A WHOLE BUNCH OF STRONG HOLDS THAT WO WOULD, THAT WOULD HINDER GOD'S PLAN. OUT OF THE PRAYER, WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. NOT ONLY THE CHURCH, BUT NOW EVERY TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY, OVER 100 GO TO THE PRAYER MEETING. WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE IN OUR CHURCH. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE. IT'S SOMETHING AMAZING. >> WHEN A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THINK ABOUT COLOMBIA, WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED WITH G5 BEING A COLOMBIAN NATION PARTNERSHIP. THEY THINK ABOUT COFFEE. THEY THINK ABOUT THE DRUG LORDS AND SO MANY THINGS THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT. I'M HEARING FROM PARENTS. A LOT OF THE MISSED INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY. AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT THE AGRICULTURE. THERE'S A ROBUST ECONOMY. SOMEONE FROM THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. TELL US ABOUT COLOMBIA. AS A NATION, AND WHY GOD IS DOING SOMETHING IN THIS SEASON, IN THIS VERY MOMENT, VERY SPECIAL RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY, SO IF YOU WATCH THE MOVIE, NARCOS, THAT'S NOT COLOMBIA. THAT'S A LIE IN FACT, THAT'S BEEN GIVEN A BAD NATION, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE THINK, ESCOBAR WAS A GOOD MAN. HE WAS NOT A GOOD MAN. HE CURSED OUR NATION. THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO GO TO COLOMBIA. EVERYBODY THOUGHT, IT IS A DANGEROUS COUNT RRY. THAT'S NOT THE REALITY. COLOMBIA IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, WITH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS 4-YEAR-OLD, AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. WE NEED REDEMPTION. I BELIEVE WHAT THE 120, OR 150 STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO REDEEM OUR COUNTRY FROM THE BAD IMAGE, THAT THE PRESS HAS GIVEN TO US. ON THE OTHER SIDE, THOSE HARD MOMENTS, WHEN WE HAVE ESCOBAR AND THE GORILLAS IN THE COUNTRY, GOD TRANSFORMED THEM. ROMANS SAYS, GOD DEALS -- GOD USES EVERYTHING FROM OUR GOOD. I CAN'T GET THAT VERSE IN ENGLISH BUT THAT'S MORE OR LESS. GOD RAISED, THAT'S WHEN THE REVIVAL CAME TO OUR COUNTRY. NOT ONLY OUR CHURCH BUT THERE'S MANY BIG CHURCHES IN OUR COUNTRY. WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR COUNTRY, WE HAVE, WE ARE TRYING TO FULFILL, FIVE PURPOSES, FOR OUR CHURCH. AS YOU GO THERE, WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THEM. WE WERE CREATED FOR GOD'S PLEASURE. WORSHIP IS NOT JUST FILLING UP SOME SPACE. MANY PLACES, THINK WORSHIP IS FILLING UP SPACE WHILE THE PREACHER COMES UP. WORSHIP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MEETINGS. WHY? BECAUSE WE WERE CREATED FOR GOD'S PLEASURE. REVELATION, AND FOR PLEASURE, I WAS CREATED. OTHER TRANSLATIONS, FOR HIS GLORY, FOR HIS PURPOSE. THE WORD IN GREEK, WORD TELIMA. GOD FEELS, HE'S GOT EMOTIONS MUCH AND WE CAN CAUSE PAIN. MANY PEOPLE WILL CAUSE PAIN. NO SIN, BAD ATTITUDE. WE CAN ALSO CREATE PLEASURE IN HIM. WHEN WE WORSHIP GOD, HE INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE. WHY? BECAUSE HE FEELS PLEASURE. THAT'S THE FIRST PURPOSE OF OUR CHURCH, WORSHIP. THE SECOND ONE, IT'S EADVANTAGE ELLISM. WE WILL TRY TO USE A CONTEMPORARY WORD. THE SECOND PURPOSE, IS ATTRACT PEOPLE TO JESUS, TO THE JESUS THAT IS IN US. THAT'S WHY WE CREATE ADD TEMPORARY CHURCH. IT'S A CHURCH THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE, BUT THE BIGGEST WEAPON I MAY USE THE WORD, THAT WE ARE USING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED. SO WHEN THE PEOPLE SEE, WHEN COLOMBIANS SEE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CHURCH, WITH SO MUCH PASSION FOR JESUS AND HOW THEIR FACE ERADIATES WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, THEY WANT THAT. WHAT'S THAT YOU ARE HAVING. THAT'S THE OTHER THING YOU NEED, LIBERTY TO TAKE DALMATION. YOU HAVE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO JESUS. THE THIRD THING, PLANT THE PEOPLE IN CHURCH. WE WANT PEOPLE TO SIT IN CHURCH, DOING NOTHING. PEOPLE NEED TO BE PLANTED. IF PEOPLE, ARE SITTING IN CHURCH, AND THE WATER, WATER MAY BE BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN, BUT IF WE LEAVE IT HERE FOR 3-4 YEARS, IT WILL GET ROTTEN. THAT'S WHY THERE'S STAGNATED CHRISTIANS AT CHURCH. THEY ARE ROTTEN. THEY TALK BAD, THEY ARE BORED, THEY ARE ANGRY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE PLANT IN CHURCH. FOR US TO PLANT PEOPLE IN CHURCH, THROUGH THE EADVANTAGE ELLISM, WE HAVE 800 NEW BELIEVERS EVERY WEEK. AND SO AFTER THAT, AFTER THEY RECEIVE CHRIST, WE HAVE THE PATHWAY -- >> LET'S JUST STOP. 8 HUNDRED NEW BELIEVERS EVERY WEEK, COMING TO CHRIST THROUGH YOUR CHURCH. >> YEAH. >> AND THE OTHER THING, WE CAN EVANGELIZE THEM. IF WE DON'T PLANT THEM IN CHURCH, IF WE DON'T DECIPHER THEM, IT'S USELESS. THAT'S WHY THE PATHWAY IS SO IMPORTANT. THE FIRST THING WE CAN DO, IS RETREAT A WEEKEND WITH A SET FREE. THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE NAME OF YOUR UNIVERSITY, LIBERTY. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED. THEY NEED TO BE FREE FROM THEIR PAST. FREE THIS THEIR CALL. FREE FROM THEIR PAIN. AND WE DO THAT IN THREE DAYS. AFTER THAT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TOTALLY PLANTED IN OUR CHURCH. THE NEXT THING IS DECIPHERSHIP. AND THE NEXT THING, EVERYBODY WILL BE, AND WHEN YOU COME TO COLOMBIA, WE NEED PEOPLE MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS. AND THE OTHER THING, IT'S PART OF THE CULTURE OF LIBERTY. WE ARE EQUIPPING PEOPLE TO SERVE GOD. WE DON'T JUST WANT THEM IN CHURCH. WE WANT THEM SERVING GOD. 25,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH ARE SERVING GOD IN OUR CELL GROUPS. THEY ARE SERVING GOD IN THEIR UNIVERSITIES. AND BEFORE, WE USED TO THINK, WE HAVE MINISTRY IN THE PAST. WE NEED MINISTRY IN THE MARKETPLACE. WE NEED MINISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITIES, IN THE CLINICS, SO WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE HERE RIGHT NOW, HE'S PREPARING YOU TO HAVE A SPECIAL PULPIT. THERE'S PEOPLE I COULD NEVER PREACH TO. I ONLY PREACH TO THOSE THAT COME TO CHURCH. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT, THAT'S YOUR PULPIT. THAT'S YOUR MINISTRY. SERVICE IS THE OTHER THING WE HAVE. >> IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN A DUFFLE BAG. GOD IS ALREADY WORKING. IT'S AN HONOR FOR YOU. AND FOR YOU, THIS IS LOCAL. FOR US, IT'S GLOBAL. WE'RE COMING TO MINISTER WITH YOU. WE'RE COMING TO HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR YOU. YOU NEED TO MOVE THE DISCIPLE MAKING. IT'S AN HONOR, THAT YOU WOULD TRUST US, THAT YOU WOULD REPRESENT CHURCHES THERE, AND TO COME AND JUST SERVE. WE WANT TO PRAY. AND THEN, I KNOW, THIS AFTERNOON, JUST GIVE US 30 SECONDS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ON WHAT GOD IS DOING. WE ASKED PASTOR ANDREW, TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON. YOU ARE GOING TO BE THIS AFTERNOON. DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN POST? GUYS? WHERE'S THE LOCATION, LU SHEPHERD LIVING ROOM. WHAT COULD WE EXPECT IN THE AFTERNOON, IN THE GATHERING. >> I WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PREPARE ALL OF THOSE, THAT WILL BE GOING TO COLOMBIA. ALSO IN THE FUTURE, FOR THE NATION. YOUR PRESENCE IN THE NATION, IS GOING TO, IT'S SOMETHING PROPHETIC. GOD WILL USE IT TO REDEEM OUR NATION. OUR NATION HAS HAD A BAD IMAGE IN THE WORLD AND WE WANT THAT TO CHANGE. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE GOD PUT IN LIBERTY, THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY COLOMBIA. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. >> YOU CAME ALONG WITH PARTNER AND PRAYER. WE ASKED FOR PARTNERSHIPS. AND LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FOR OUR PASTOR AND FOR JUST ALL WHO ARE GOING. IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM AND YOU ARE PART OF THE COLOMBIA WORK, WHETHER IT'S SPRING BREAK OR CHRISTMAS AND WENT TO CHRISTMAS LAST TIME, WILL YOU STAND UP IF YOU'RE PART OF THE COLOMBIA WORK, AND MANY IN THE ROOM. STAND UP IF YOU DON'T MIND. AWESOME. LET'S PRAY. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR OUR DEAR BROTHER. I THANK YOU FOR HIS AMAZING CHURCH. LORD, THAT 800 PEOPLE A WEEK ARE COMING TO KNOW YOU. WOW, GOD. YOU ARE ALIVE. THANK YOU LORD THAT WHEN YOU PLANTED LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, YOU HAD THE NATIONS IN MIND. YOU HAD COLOMBIA IN MIND. NOT JUST GOD, VIRGINIA, LYNCHBURG BUT GOD, YOU'RE A GLOBAL GOD WHO HAD THIS PARTNERSHIP IN MIND LONG BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW IT. THANK YOU, LORD, THIS IS SO WEIRD THAT YOU WOULD SEND A MISSIONARY FROM AUSTRALIA TO BE THE PASTOR OF A MASSIVE CHURCH IN COLOMBIA, TO PARTNER WITH A BUNCH OF STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HERE AT LIBERTY IN VIRGINIA. AND SO LORD, WE SEE YOU MOVING AND WE PRAY YOUR HAND ON THIS NOT JUST FOR SAFETY AND PROVISION, BUT GOD IN ROADS THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE. WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. COULD WE THANK OUR BROTHER AGAIN AND GO THIS AFTERNOON AND SUPPORT HIM? IT WILL BE AMAZING. HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD PASTOR GREEAR PREACH BEFORE? HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN AN IMPACTFUL MINISTRY IN THE LIFE OF SO MANY OF US AS WELL. HIS BOOK, ABOUT THE GOSPEL, IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE BOOK WE HAND OUT TO A NEW BELIEVER HERE IN LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. JD WE CONTINUE TO SEE YOU WORK THROUGH YOUR WRITING MINISTRY, TEACHING MINISTRY. SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. HE'S A PASTOR OF THE SUMMIT CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA. HE'S ALSO THE SECOND YEAR PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION AS WELL. JUST PRAY FOR THAT AND HE AND HIS WIFE VERONICA ARE AMAZING. LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR OUR FRIEND, PASTOR JD GREEAR. >> ACTS CHAPTER 6, IF YOU WILL TAKE IT OUT AND TURN THEM ON. I ASKED PASTOR DAVID, WILL THEY HAVE THEIR BIBLES WELL, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR PHONE. MY PASTOR, GOT TO HEAR RUFFLING OF THE PAGES. I GET TO SEE THE WARM GLOW OF GOD IN YOUR FACES. I'LL TAKE IT. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU THIS WEEK FOR GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK. THE CHURCH THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PASTOR IN RALEIGH DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A COUPLE OF THEM ARE HERE THIS MORNING. WITHIN ABOUT A 20 MINUTE DRIVE OF OUR FRONT DOOR, AS UNC CHAPEL HILL, DUKE UNIVERSITY, NC STATE, ANY NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES, AND THAT MEANS, AN UNUSUALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR ATTENDEES EVERY WEEKEND IN THE SUMMIT CHURCH ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS. I ALWAYS SAY, MEANS A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT US. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE DIRT POOR AS A CONGREGATION, RELATIVELY SPEAKING AS I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND COLLEGE STUDENTS BRING A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS TO A CHURCH. MONEY IS NOT ONE OF THEM. WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS FIRST STARTED TO COME TO OUR CHURCH, BACK A LITTLE OVER A DECADE OR SO AGO, WE HAVE ANY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ONE WEEKEND, FIVE STUDENTS SHOWED UP IN TWO CARS. THEY PARKED IN THE FIRE LANE. THEY CAME INTO CHURCH. I GUESS THEY LIKE THE SERVICE. NEXT WEEK, THEY CAME BACK WITH ABOUT 500 OF THEIR FRIENDS, SAME TWO CARS, PILED OUT. AND DURING THE SEASON, ATTENDANCE TRIPLED AND AVERAGE GIVING WENT DOWN $13.48. AND IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES AS A PASTOR, IN BETWEEN TWO OF THE SERVICES, ONE OF OUR USHERS COMES IN TO THE BACK STAGE AREA. HE HAD AN OFFERING BUCKET. IN IT WAS A BACON, EGG, CHEESE BISCUIT, FROM McDONALD'S FROM A COLLEGE STUDENT, WITH A NOTE, SILVER AND GOLD, SUCH I HAVE NONE, BUT SUCH DO I HAVE, I GIVE TO YOU. WE ARE DIRT POOR AS A CONGREGATION. THE FLIP SIDE, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL MISSIONARIES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE BEGINNING TO ASK, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE GOD HAS ON MY LIFE. WE HAVE ADOPTED A GOAL, PLANTING 1,000 CHURCH, WITHIN OUR CHURCH, WITHIN A GENERATION. FOR US, COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITIES ARE A BIG PART OF THAT. WE TEACH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, UNLESS THEY HEARD FROM GOD, BY THE TIME WE GRADUATE OR TURN 30-YEAR-OLD, WHICH EVER ONE COMES FIRST, THEY NEED TO PLAN AT LEAST THE POST 2 YEARS, IN ONE OF THE CHURCH PLANTING TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH IS PARTIALLY, WHAT I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO CONSIDER TODAY. WE TELL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, GIVE US TWO YEARS, TO THE MISSION OF GOD. WE WILL TRANSFORM THE WORLD. WE CALL THAT THE MORMONIZATION STRATEGY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THAT'S A JOKE. WE DON'T CALL IT THAT. I THINK, I DO THINK, WE HAVE TO GET OVER THIS IDEA IN THE EVANGELICAL WORLD. WE HAVE TO GET OVER THE IDEA, CALLING INTO MINISTRY, IS A MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS EXPERIENCED BY A SELECT FEW NAVY SEAL CHRISTIANS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. IT SEEMS LIKE MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE BOUGHT INTO WHAT I NOW REFER TO AS THE CHEERIOS MYTH FOR DISCERNING THE WILL OF GOD. THE CHEERIOS MYTH, IF GOD WANTS TO USE YOUR LIFE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN HIS KINGDOM, HE WILL WRITE IT OUT IN SOME MAGICAL WAY IN YOUR CHEERIOS. HE WILL SPELL OUT, WHEN YOU'RE EATING, MISSIONARY TO AFGHANISTAN, PASTOR'S WIFE OR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLTEACHER. I STARED AT MY CHEERIOS FOR YEARS. ALL THEY SPELLED OUT, OH, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S NOT BIBLICAL. HERE'S THE ACTUAL BIBLICAL TRUTH. THE CALL TO LEVERAGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE COMMISSION, WAS INCLUDED IN THE CALL TO FOLLOW JESUS. WHEN JESUS CALLED YOU TO BE HIS FOLLOWER, HIS WORDS WERE, FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU A FISHER OF MEN. THAT'S WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THE CALL TO FOLLOW JESUS, YOU ACCEPTED THE CALL TO LEVERAGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE GREAT COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW JESUS. THUS, WE TELL OUR STUDENTS, THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER, IF YOU ARE CALLED. THE QUESTION IS ONLY WHERE AND HOW. WE EXPLAIN TO OUR STUDENTS, THAT FIGURING OUT THE CALL OF JESUS ON YOUR LIFE BEGINS WITH APPLYING THIS STATEMENT. WHATEVER YOU'RE GOOD AT, WHATEVER YOU DO WELL, GOD MADE YOU GOOD AT SOMETHING. IT DIDN'T MAKE YOU ALL TO BE PASTORS OR SINGERS OR WRITERS. WHATEVER THAT IS, YOU SHOULD DO THAT WELL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. YOU SHOULD ALSO DO IT SOMEWHERE STRATEGIC FOR THE MISSION OF GOD. NOW WE ALWAYS TELL OUR STUDENTS, YOU HAVE TO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE; RIGHT? WHY NOT GET A JOB AND A PLACE, WHERE GOD IS DOING SOMETHING STRATEGIC. OF THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO TO WHERE YOU CHOOSE TO PURSUE YOUR CAREER, IF YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, WHY WOULDN'T BE THE MISSION OF GOD BE THE LARGEST OF THE FACTORS. YOU HAVE TO GET A JOB SOMEWHERE. WHY NOT GET A JOB WHERE YOU COULD BE PART OF A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT OF THE MISSION OF GOD? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHY NOT GIVE AT LEAST TWO YEARS THE SCENE WHAT GOD IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS WHAT I DID WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET INTO THE LAW. AND I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IT IS BY FAR, ONE OF THE GREATEST DECISIONS OF MY LIFE. MORE I COME TO THE CONVICTION, THAT JESUS PLAN FOR REACHING THE WORLD, NOT RAISING OUT, ESPECIALLY CALLED CHRISTIANS, LIKE PASTOR DAVID AND PASTOR ANDREW. HIS PLAN FOR REACHING THE WORLD, IS NOT RAISING OUT A SPECIAL CLASS OF CHRISTIAN MEGA STARS. HIS PLAN FOR REACHING THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF APPS, IS EMPOWERING ORDINARY CHRISTIANS AND THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT. I WANT TO, THIS MORNING, WALK YOU THROUGH THE STORY OF JUST ONE OF THE ORDINARY CHRISTIANS WHO LITERALLY, THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION, LITERALLY TRANSFORM CHRISTIAN HISTORY. CHANGE THE WORLD. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU FOUR CONVICTIONS THAT SHAPED HIS LIFE THAT I BELIEVE OUGHT TO ALSO SHAPE YOURS REGARD LLESS WHERE D IS TAKING YOU. THIS MAN'S NAME IS STEVEN. STEVEN WAS NOT AN APOSTLE. HE WAS NOT ONE OF THE 12. STEVEN, SO TO SPEAK AN ORDINARY GUY. STEVEN'S STORY, IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE ENTIRE BOOK. UP INTO THIS MOMENT, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE GOSPEL MOVEMENT HAS YET TO LEAVE JERUSALEM. NOBODY'S PREACHED THE GOSPEL OUTSIDE THE BORDERS OF JERUSALEM AS FAR AS WE KNOW. EVEN THOUGH JESUS CLEARLY TOLD THE APOSTLES TO BE PREACHED. AND TO BE VERY CLEAR FOR THE FIVE CHAPTERS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING RIDE WITH 3,000 PEOPLE GETTING SAVED IN A DAY AND BAPTIZED, PETER'S HANK HE AN AND PEOPLE EATING STRUCK DEAD IN THE OFFERING. BOTTOM LINE, AND THE APOSTLES AND THEIR FOLLOWERS, MEETING IN SMALL GROUPS IN JERUSALEM, HOLDING HANDS AND SPEAKING KUMBAYA. IN ACTS 6, STEVEN GETS SELECTED, TO DELIVER, SO THEY CAN DELIVER THE WORD. WHAT YOU HEAR IN THAT, STEVEN'S JOB WAS NOT THAT IMPORTANT. HE WAS NOT ELECTED TEACHER OR CAMPUS PASTOR OR GROUP PRESIDENT. HE DIDN'T WRITE ANY BOOKS. HE WAS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE THEOLOGICAL LEADERS OF THE CHURCH. HE WAS THE TABLE WAITER. HE WAS ON THE MEALS ON WHEELS. ACTS 6, STEVEN DID HIS JOB SO WE WELL, HE WAS SO FULL OF THE SPIRIT, THAT IT GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH CHURCH. THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE SAN HEADRON. AND THEY COULDN'T WITHSTAND THE WISDOM AND THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH THIS ORDINARY, UNTRAINED LAYMAN WHO MAY NEVER HAD MET JESUS, THE WISDOM IN WHICH THE SPIRIT WAS SPEAKING STEVEN PROCEEDS TO GIVE THE LONGEST SERMON AND LEAST FRIENDLY SERMON IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. IT'S A DETAILED HISTORY OF ISRAEL. THE BASIC POINT OF STEVEN'S SERMON, YOU KILLED ALL THE OTHER PROFITS AND YOU KILLED JESUS, TOO. HIS SERMON COMES TO A CHRISTIANDO AND THIS IS HOW IT ENDS IN ACTS 54. WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, THEY WERE ENRAGED AND GROUNDED HIS TEETH ON HIM. HE, BEING FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, SAW THE GLORY OF GOD AND JESUS STANDING IN THE RIGHT HAND I SEE THE HEAVENS OPEN AND THE SON OF MAN STANDING IN THE HAND OF GOD. THEY CRIED OUT AND RUSHED TOGETHER AT HIM. THEY CAST HIM IN THE CITY AND TO THE FEET OF A YOUNG MAN NAMED SOL. SOL IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. AT THIS POINT, HE'S STILL SOL AND HE'S STILL AGAINST JESUS. AS THEY WERE STONING JESUS, LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT. FALLING TO HIS KNEES, CRIED OUT. DO NOT HOLD THIS SCENT AGAINST THEM. UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR BIBLES IN ENGLISH, THERE'S A CHAPTER BREAK. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE, FOR THE ORIGINAL CHAPTER BREAK. AND IT'S NOT LIKE CORRECTING THE BIBLE. IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO PUT A BREAK. STEVEN'S STORY CONTINUES ON ON CHAPTER 8. IT'S ABOUT THE 4TH VERSE. THERE ROSE ON THAT DAY, WHAT DAY? THE DAY OF STEVEN'S MARTYRDOM. A GREAT PERSECUTION AGAINST THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. THEY WERE SCATTERED IN THE REGIONS OF JUDIA. AND FOR A BIBLE SCHOLAR, DING, DING, DING RIGHT THERE. JESUS'S PROMISE. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S MENTIONED. THERE IT GOES. THE BIBLE GOES INTO SYRIA, AND ACCEPT THOSE WORDS. ACCEPT THE APOSTLE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE GOSPEL LEAVES JERUSALEM. I WANT YOU TO LET IT SINK IN. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE APOSTLE INVOLVED. NOT EVEN INDIRECTLY. IT IS STEVEN'S SERVICE THAT PROVOKED A RILE. IT WAS STEVEN, HIS TESTIMONY THAT PROVOKED THE RIOT. OF ALL THOSE PREACHING THE WORLD, THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF ACTS, GOES OUT OF HIS WAY, NOT A SINGLE APOSTLE WAS INCLUDED. IN NOTING THAT, HE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. HE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU, IN A PIVOTAL POINT, NO APOSTLES WAS INVOLVED. STEVEN'S STORY WAS GIVEN TO US, AS AN EXAMPLE, ON HOW THE GOSPEL WILL EXPAND GLOBALLY. STEVEN IS A PICTURE OF THE SO-CALLED, ORDINARY CHRISTIAN OF THE CHURCH, WHAT THEY OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE WORLD WHEN THEY DO. LET ME GIVE YOU THE FIRST OF THE FOUR CONVICTIONS. NUMBER ONE, GOD WANTS TO USE ME. THIS IS NOT DEEP AND -- THESE ARE AS SIMPLE AS YOU COULD GET. GOD WANTS TO USE ME. HISTORICALLY, ORDINARY BELIEVERS HAS BEEN THE TIP OF THE GOSPEL SPHERE. IF YOU GO STUDY IT, YOU WILL SEE, GOSPEL HAS TRAVELED IN THE WINGS OF BUSINESS THAN IT HAS THROUGH APOST OLLIC, WHO WROTE THE CLASSIC BOOK, WHO WROTE THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. THE ONLY THING THAT'S REMARKABLE, THAN THE RAPID SPREAD, IS THE EMINUTITY. AND BY THE END OF CENTURY AD, YOU HAVE THREE GREAT CHURCHES. ANTIOCH, ALEXANDERIA AND ROME. WHAT ALL THREE HAVE IN COMMON, WE HAVE NO IDEA, WHO PLANTED THE CHURCHES, IN ANTIOCH, ALEXANDRIA AND ROME. AND ALL IT SAYS, THAT SOME BROTHERS, WHO WERE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, CAME TO ANTIOCH, AND THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS WITH THEM. THEM IS LUKE'S WAY OF SAYING, A BUNCH OF GUYS, WHOSE NAMES I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU. THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT. THEY ARE LIKE, BISTANDARD NUMBER THREE IN THE CREDITS THAT ROLL IN THE MOVIE. THEY ARE UNNAMED GUYS, FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, WHO PLANTED THE SPIRIT, THAT ONE DAY WILL BE THE STRATEGIC CHURCH PLANTING CENTER IN THE WORLD. SAME THING, IS TRUE TODAY. SAME THING IS TRUE TODAY. YOU LOOK AT THE PLACES, WHERE THE GOSPEL IS SPREADING FASTEST. IT'S NOT ME OR DAVID LEADING THE CHARGE. I READ THIS RECENTLY. IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE MISSIONARIES, FOR ALL EVERY EVANGELICAL DENOMINATION IN THE WORLD, 10-40 WINDOW, 10TH PARALLEL, AND JOHN, INDIA AND PLACES LIKE THAT. TOTAL NUMBER FROM ALL DENOMINATIONS, 40,000. PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. WE NEED 10 TIMES THAT MANY. IF YOU ADD UP THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS, UNITED STATES CITIZENS, WHO ARE SERVING IN SO-CALLED SECULAR JOBS. IN THE 10-40 WINDOW, KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS? 2 MILLION. IF DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS, 25 PERCENT ARE IDENTIFIED AS BORN AGAIN. LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE TO EACH OTHER, THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE. TWO-THIRDS ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR FAITH. LET'S TAKE THE THIRD OF 26 PERCENT, AND WHO IS ACTIVELY PURSUING CHRIST AND GOING TO CHURCH. THAT MEANS, IF THEY UNDERSTOOD, JUST THAT LITTLE 10 PERCENT UNDERSTOOD, THAT THEIR PRIMARY ROLE, WHEREVER GOD TOOK THEM WAS TO BE A DISCIPLE MAKING DISCIPLE. YOU WOULD BE INCREASING THE FORCE, IN THE 1040 WINDOW, FROM 40,000 TO 240,000 WITHOUT COSTING THE CHURCH ANOTHER DIME. THE POINT, GOD HAS EQUIPPED AND MOBILIZED HIS CHURCH AND HE'S USED THIS MOMENT IN OUR GLOBALIZED WORLD AND SPECIFICALLY YOUR ROLE IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN BUSINESS, TO VIEW THE CAPACITY TO TAKE THE GOSPEL AROUND THE WORLD. THE FUTURE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION IS ORDINARY PEOPLE, WHO RECOGNIZE THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS THE LARGEST FACTOR IN THEIR LIVES, AND THEY PUT IT FIRST IN THEIR CAREERS. IF YOU STUDY HISTORY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. OUR CHURCH, SOUTHERN CHURCH IN RALEIGH, PUT OUT OUR MEMBER, WHO UPROOTED THEIR LIFE, GONE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. AND SOME HAVE GONE TO ATLANTA, LOS ANGELES OR DENVER. OTHERS HAVE GONE AROUND THE WORLD, CITIES LIKE DUBAI OR LUMPUR. AND MANY HAVE GONE WITH THEIR CAREERS AND RECENTLY ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES. I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU, IF YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, TO AT THIS OF DOING THE SAME. WHERE YOU COULD MAKE MONEY, WHERE YOUR FAMILIES LIVE, COOL CITIES YOU WANT TO LIVE IN. WHY NOT MAKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BE ONE OF THOSE FACTORS. YOU ARE GOD'S PLAN A. UNDERSTAND THAT. BY THE WAY, EVEN IF YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE GOD'S PLAN A IN REACHING PEOPLE; RIGHT? I HAVE A FRIEND OVER IN GREAT BRITAIN, WHO POINTS TO A STUDY, WHERE 70 PERCENT OF BRITISH PEOPLE SAY, THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE, EVER STEPPING FOOT INTO A CHURCH IN THEIR LIFETIME. IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE MAD AT THE CHURCH. WHY WOULD I GO? IT'S SO SECULAR. THE STATE SAYS, IF YOU'RE COUNTING ON IMPROVING THE PRODUCT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, EVERY YEAR IN OUR COUNTRY, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO CHECK NONRELIGIOUS SURVEYS, IT INCREASES IN AN ASTOUNDING RATE. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING TO CHURCHES NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. AND COMPARED TO A MISSIONARY, IN INDONESIA. THERE'S A MOSQUE, 200 MILES FROM MY HOUSE. THAT ENTIRE YEAR, I DIDN'T GO TO THE MOSQUE ONE SINGLE TIME. IT WAS PRETTY. I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF EMAN WAS REALLY FUNNY. I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF HE WAS DOING A HELPFUL SERIES ON RELATIONSHIPS. I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF THE GUEST SERVICES WAS DISNEYESQUE. I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF THEY ADDED A ROCK 'N' ROLL IN THE PRAYER CHANTS. WHY WOULD I GO? I IT'S GOING TO REACH PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. 34 OF THE HOUSE OF ACTS, HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST CONVICTION, I'M GOD'S PLAN A. GOD WANTS TO USE ME, IF I'M AN ORDINARY CONVICTION. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FILLS ME. WHAT MAKES STEVEN REMARKABLE IS HIS CONFIDENCE. A CONFIDENCE THAT HE APPARENTLY GAINED FROM AN AWARENESS OF THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT WITHIN HIM. THE MOST COMMON CHARACTERISTIC, HE WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. WHAT GIVES ORDINARY PEOPLE EXTRAORDINARY CONFIDENTNESS, IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT IN THEM. ALL THE BELIEVERS HAVE THE SPIRIT, OF COURSE. WHAT GIVES THE BELIEVERS CONFIDENCE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT WITHIN THEM. JESUS MADE EXTRAORDINARY PROMISE ABOUT THE POWER, POTENTIAL OF BELIEVERS. HONESTLY, THEY ARE SO STAGGER I ING. THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY. JOHN 16:7, ONE OF MY FAVORITES, JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES. NEVERTHELESS -- I TELL YOU. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT IS TO YOUR -- SEE THE NEXT WORD? ADVANTAGE. IT'S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE THAT I GO AWAY BECAUSE IF I DON'T GO BACK TO HEAVEN, THE HELPER, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT COME TO YOU. HOW ABSURD MUST THAT HAVE BEEN SOUNDED, TO THE ORIGINAL DISCIPLES. HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE TO WALK AROUND WITH JESUS FOR THREE YEARS? WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE? TO COME HOME AFTER A TOUGH DAY IN MINISTRY, THEOLOGICAL QUESTION, BAM, JESUS ANSWERS IT. YOU RUN OUT OF CHEX MIX. YOUR DOG DIES. JESUS RAISES YOUR DOG BACK FROM THE DEAD. YOUR CAT DIES. JESUS DIGS OUT TO HELP. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT 100 PERCENT, TO WALK AROUND WITH JESUS. THE POINT IS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME. IF THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND, THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT IN THEM, IF THEY HAD A CHOICE TO CHOOSE JESUS REMAINING WITH THEM AND HOLY SPIRIT ABIDING IN THEM, THEY WOULD CHOOSE THE SPIRIT INSIDE THEM EVEN ABOVE JESUS BESIDE THEM. IS THAT HOW YOU VALUE WHAT YOUR LIFE'S POTENTIAL, IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS, JESUS CHRIST WOULD BE EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S NONE GREATER, NONE EVER TO LIVE, AND LITTLE BIBLE TRIVIA, ACCORDING TO JESUS, WHO IS THE GREATEST SAINT, GREATEST PREACHER EVER TO LIVE. NAME SOUNDS WITH J. JOHN THE BAPTIST. AND HE LOVED HIM, FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. AND HE HAD THE SWAG FROM JOHN THE BADNESS. AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THERE IT IS, AGAIN, YOU LITTLE PHRASE. ONE OF YOU WHO IS LEAST IN MY KINGDOM, IS GREATER THAN JOHN THE BADNESS. WHAT DOES LEAST IN MY KINGDOM MEAN? IT MEANS YOU HAVE THE LEAST POTENTIAL. YOU HAVE THE LEAST PERSONALITY. SOMEBODY LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW IN THE ROOM, IS THE LEAST OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN HERE. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN, STATISTICALLY, THAT HAS TO BE TRUE. YOU HAVE THE WORST PERSONALITY. YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE. YOU'RE GOOFY, CLUMSY. YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR SEAT, I THINK IT MAY BE ME. GOD IN HEAVEN, IT IS YOU. WHAT JESUS IS SAYING, EVEN IF IT'S TRUE, YOU HAVE MORE POTENTIAL IN MINISTRY THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST. WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING JOHN THE BAPTIST NEVER HAD. YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT PERMANENTLY IN YOUR SOUL. THAT MEANS THE POWER OF MINISTRY IS NO LONGER ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL ABILITY. IT'S ABOUT YOUR AVAILABILITY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE QUESTION, WILL YOU SAY YES TO HIM. THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FRIENDS, DOES NOT GO FORWARD TO THE EFFORTS OF TALENTED PEOPLE. THE KINGDOM OF PEOPLE, GOES FORWARD TO ORDINARY PEOPLE, WILLING TO SAY YES TO HIM. GOD COULD DO MORE THROUGH ONE WILLING VESSEL THAN ALL THE TIME OF THE UNIVERSE. RIGHT IN THE ACT OF CHAPTER 8. THERE'S AN ORDINARY GUY NAMED PHILLIP. PHILLIP IS INVOLVED IN MINISTRY WORK AND SOME AREA. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WANT TO LEAVE THIS AWESOME THING YOU ARE AT NOW. WAY OUT OF THE VIRGINIA CROSSROADS WHEN YOU DRIVE TO THE WEST AND FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO ONE OF THE PLACES AND YOU WILL STAND THERE AND WAIT. PHILLIP, OBEDIENCE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, HANGS OUT TO THE CROSSROADS, CHECKING HIS PHONE OR POSTING THINGS ON INSTAGRAM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A GUY COMES ALONG, THAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE ETHIOPIAN UNIT. HE'S READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, AND SPIRIT PROMPTS CLOSES AND LEADS THE UNIT TO CHRIST. UCBIOUS, TELLS US, THAT UNIT WENT BACK TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WHERE HE WAS FROM. HE NOT ONLY PLANTED A CHURCH. HE PLANT ADD CHURCH PLANTING MOVEMENT, THAT IS STILL IN EXISTENCE TODAY, THROUGH AN OBEDIENCE, PHILLIP ACCOMPLISHED MORE FROM WORLD, THAN ALL THE CHAPTERS ACCOMPLISHED IN EIGHT CHAPTERS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT IMPRESSIVE. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY. SURRENDER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. YET TO SEE, WHAT GOD COULD DO THROUGH ONE MAN, THROUGH ONE WOMAN, SURRENDER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. HAVE YOU PRESENTED YOUR LIFE, AS BLANK CHECK. AND GO. AND HERE'S YOUR THIRD CONVICTION. AS JESUS IS TO ME, SO WILL BE TO OTHERS. 59, GIVES YOU A WINDOW INTO STEVEN'S SOUL. IT SHOWS YOU WHAT HE'S THINKING ABOUT, AT THE VERY MOMENT OF HIS DEATH. AS THEY WERE STONING PETER, HE WAS SCREAMING OUT. LORD, DO NOT HOLD THIS SIN AGAINST THEM. QUESTION, WHERE WERE YOU HEARD THOSE PHRASES BEFORE? THEY SOUND ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT JESUS SAID, WHEN HE DIED. FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS, I COMMITTED MY SPIRIT. FATHER THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO. >> AND STEVEN WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT JESUS HAD SAID ON THE CROSS FOR HIM. THINGS THAT JESUS HAD PRAYED FOR STEVEN. NOW STEVEN IS PRAYING FOR OTHERS AND STEVEN'S DYING MOMENTS, HE'S ATTEMPTING TO DO FOR OTHERS, WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR HIM. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW JESUS. YOU LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AS A SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS, LIKE JESUS SACRIFICED FOR YOU. LET ME ASK YOU A SIMPLE QUESTION? WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF JESUS CHOSE NOT TO COME AND DIE FOR YOU. YOU WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE THAT 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE WITHOUT YOU. AND AS MARTIN LUTHER SAYS, AND KARL F. HENRY. THE GOSPEL IS ONLY GOOD NEWS, IF IT GETS THERE IN TIME. THAT DEMANDS SOMETHING OF US, WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE GRACE OF JESUS BECAUSE WE REALIZE, PEOPLE ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE WITHOUT OUR WITNESS, THAT WE WILL BE WITH JESUS AND NEVER EVEN DIED FOR US. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. HAVE YOU EVER WRESTLED WITH THE OBLIGATIONS YOU OWED TO THE GOSPEL? HAVE YOU SQUARELY FACED THE FACT THERE ARE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THIS MORNING, WHO NEVER EVEN HEARD THE NAME, WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO THE GOSPEL? BY THE WAY, DON'T TURN 1.3 BILLION. DON'T TURN THAT INTO JUST A STATISTIC. JOSEPH STALLEN, WHO TYPICALLY DON'T QUOTE DURING SERMONS, JOSEPH STALLEN, SAYS THE DEATH OF ONE IS A TRAGEDY. DEATH OF A MILLION IS JUST A STATISTICS. WHAT HE MEANT IS THIS. WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE FACE OF ONE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU. 1.3 BILLION, IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD LIKE YOU, WHO ONCE HAD THE SAME NEEDS, DESIRES. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE AFRAID AND LONELY. WHO ARE LOVED BY THEIR PARENTS AND LIKE LOVED BY YOUR KIDS. AND MY FRIEND, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. TO KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT A GOD WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU, AND DO VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING TO TAKE IT TO THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD NOTHING AT ALL. DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS GOSPEL YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE? I REMEMBER SHARING CHRIST WITH A GIRL NAMED RHONDA. SHE WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST. SHE WAS AMERICAN. SHE NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL IN ANY FORM. SHE ASKED BEWILDERED, SOME POINT, GOING BACK AND FORTH, YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS? >> I SAID, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T ACT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I'M SITTING TO TRY TO PERSUADE YOU TO BELIEVE IT? >> YOU ACT LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO WIN A DEBATE. YOU ACT LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO WIN ME ON YOUR TEAM. IF I BELIEVE THAT YOU BELIEVE, THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY HOPE OF PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY. SHE SAYS, I KNOW FOR SURE EVERY FRIEND, EVERY FAMILY MEMBER THAT I WOULD BE ON MY KNEES PLEADING WITH THEM. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME. YOU, IT'S LIKE AN INTELLECTUAL, IT'S LIKE SPARRING, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO OUTWIT ME IN SOME ARGUMENT. I KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT. I KNEW SHE SAYS, I BELIEVE THE GOSPEL. HOW YOU COULD BELIEVE THE GOSPEL AND NEVER THOUGHT, HOW DOES MY LIFE FIT INTO THE COMMISSION, LETTING PEOPLE HEAR IN A LIFE WHICH THEY HAVE NO HOPE. YOUR GENERATION IS AN AWESOME GENERATION. YOU'RE A VERY CAUSE-DRIVEN GENERATION. IN YOUR DNA, YOU WANT TO EXTEND HUMAN RIGHTS, YOU WANT TO ERADICATE POVERTY, AND YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE SUFFERING AND YOU WANT TO SAVE PLANETS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. A LOT OF THOSE ARE TOTALLY AWESOME. AND THE WORST KIND OF SUFFERING, JOHN PIPER SAYS, IS ETERNAL SUFFERING. SUFFERING IN THIS LIFE IS TERRIBLE, BUT TEMPORARY SUFFERING IS TERRIBLE BUT ETERNAL. IF YOU'RE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS, GREATEST SUFFERING, IS ETERNAL SUFFERING AND YOU DO THAT BY PREACHING THE GOSPEL. JESUS WAS TO ME, AS IT WILL BE TO OTHERS. CONVICTION NUMBER THREE. CONVICTION NUMBER 4, THE FINAL ONE. LET'S RETURN ONE FINAL TIME TO ACTS CHAPTER 7. AS THEY BEGIN TO HURL STONES. I SEE THE MAN STANDING IN THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SCHOLARS POINT OUT, JESUS STANDING HERE IS ODD BECAUSE EVERYWHERE ELSE, WE SEE JESUS IN THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. HE'S SEATED. IT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT. HIM BEING SEATED MEANS HE'S FINISHED WITH OUR SALVATION. WHAT'S HE DOING STANDING? I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE OBVIOUS ANSWER. IN THAT WORLD, HAS RISEN TO STEVEN, THAT STEVEN IS A TRAITOR, HIS LIFE IS A TEXT. AND IT'S AS IF JESUS CAN'T HELP HIMSELF. IT'S LIKE HE HAS TO STAND UP AND HE HAS TO PUT HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND HE SAYS, NO, THEY CALL YOU FOOL. THEY CALL YOU TRAITOR. I CALL YOU FAITHFUL. I CALL YOU SON WELL, DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. STEVEN LOOKS UP AND HE SEES THAT, WITH FAITH BEAMING WITH AN GELLIC BRIGHTNESS, HE SAYS, IN ESSENCE, BRING THE STONES ON, THROW THE ROCKS, BECAUSE JESUS IS WORTH IT. THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL DEVELOP A COURAGE, IS TO DEVELOP THE CONVICTION THAT JESUS IS WORTH IT. WE LOVE, WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT JESUS, IS THE MISSING PEACE, HE WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER MARRIAGE AND HELP LIFE DECISIONS TURN YOU WELL. AT SOME POINT, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT FOLLOWING JESUS. OBEDIENCE TO JESUS WILL COST YOU. IT WILL TAKE YOU 180 DEGREES IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. AT THAT MOMENT, THE ONLY THING WILL COMPEL YOU FORWARD, IS THE CONVICTION DEEP IN YOUR SOUL. HE'S WORTH IT. I TOLD, THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MY MINISTRY AS A MISSIONARY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. ONE NIGHT, I GOT A PHONE CALL. IT IS ABOUT 11:00. ONE ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS CHRISTIANS, HE SAID, HEY, I NEED YOU TO COME AND HELP ME. HE SAID WHY? I CAN'T TELL YOU. THEY ARE LISTENING. IT'S TRUE THE POLICE BUGGED OUR PHONES. HE WAS LIKE -- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. JUST MEET ME AT THE PLACE. I GOT ON A BUS. THE NIGHT I GET THERE, I GO TO THE PLACE. IT WAS HIM AND GUY I NEVER MET BEFORE. THIS GUY, THE CHRISTIAN, TELL HIM WHAT YOU TOLD ME. THIS GUY LOOKS AT ME. MONTH AGO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THIS. I WILL CALL IT A DREAM. IN MY DREAM, IT WAS THE MOST REAL THING HAPPENING TO ME. I STATED IN THE FIELD. AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE IN FRONT TO THE RIGHT, TO THE LEFT, BEHIND ME, IT WAS NOTHING. I WALKED AROUND FOR WHAT FELT LIKE DAYS ALONE IN THE FIELD. AND HE SAID IRONICALLY, I FELT LIKE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT MY LIFE. I'M 32-YEAR-OLD, I'M A VERY COMMITTED MUSLIM BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M LOST AND I HAVE NO DIRECTION. I WALKED AROUND FOR WHAT FELT LIKE DAYS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD A VOICE BEHIND ME. THE VOICE CALLED MY NAME. I TURNED AROUND, THERE WAS THIS GIGANTIC MAN. HE SAID HE HAD THIS WHITE ROBE, HAD HE A FACE, AND SHOWN LIKE THE SUN. HE PULLED MY NAME, AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL GET YOU OUT OF THE FIELD. I PULLED BACK BECAUSE THAT'S CHRISTIAN. I CAN'T TOUCH THAT. SO I BACKED UP AND I SHOOK MY HEAD. IMMEDIATELY I WOKE UP, AND I KNEW I MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. SECOND NIGHT, HAD THE SAME DREAM. HE APPEARED TO ME AND HAD A REACH OUT. AND THIS TIME, I WANTED TO TAKE IT. I COULDN'T WORK UP THE STRENGTH. I STOOD THERE AND SHOOK WITH FEAR. AGAIN, I WOKE UP, AND I KNEW I MADE A TERRIBLE STRAIGHT. THE THIRD NIGHT, HE SAID, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SLEEP. I KNEW WHAT WAS WAITING. SURE ENOUGH, I WOKE UP IN THE FIELD AND THIS TIME THE MAN WAS STANDING THERE. THERE WAS NO WALKING AROUND. BAJAR, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL TELL YOU. THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL GET YOU OUT OF THE FIELD. THIS TIME I WATCHED MY HANDS ALMOST INVOLUNTARY TOOK THE GOSPEL. I PULLED IT IN MY CHEST AND I GRASPED IT. THE NEXT MORNING, I WOKE UP PEACEFULLY IN MY BED. HE LOOKS AT ME. THIS IS MY DREAM. MY FRIEND, TELLS ME YOU'RE AN EXPERT. AND YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR DREAM MEANS. AND I WAS RAISED IN A REALLY CONSERVATIVE, INDEPENDENT CHURCH. WE DIDN'T DO THE WHOLE INTERPRETATION, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLASS ON THAT. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU, WITHOUT ANY CLASSES, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY. YOU ARE SO IN LUCK. DREAM INTERPRETATION, AND I SAT THERE FOR TWO HOURS, WALKED HIM THROUGH GENESIS, REVELATION, EXPLAINING THE GOSPEL. AND I WAS IN MATTHEW, TAKE A MAN DIED ON THE CROSS. I REMEMBER HIM STOPPING, CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, DIED FOR ME. HE RAISED HIS ARMS. ALA'A BALAH, WHICH MEANS, GOD'S DESIGNERSHIP. WE WENT TO THE END OF THE GOSPEL, DO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CHRIST? WITH ALL MY HEART. WE GREW UP IN A SMALL BAPTIST CHURCH. ONE WAY. I STARTED TO WALK INTO THE SINNER'S PRAYER. HE GETS ABOUT TWO PHRASES IN. STOP, STOP, YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IS A BIG DEAL. WHEN YOU PRAY TO RECEIVE CHRIST, WE WILL BAPTIZE YOU. WHEN YOU GET BAPTIZE, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR JOB, KICKED OUT OF YOUR FAMILY. PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THIS. ARE YOU SURE YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO? OF COURSE I WANT TO. WHY DO YOU THINK IT TOOK ME A MONTH TO WORK UP THE COURAGE TO FIND YOU. IN THE MONTH, I DECIDED I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME, THAT PERSON IN MY DREAM WAS JESUS. I KNEW WHAT YOU CHRISTIANS SAID ABOUT JESUS, HE'S GOD. I DECIDED IF JESUS DID FOR ME WHAT YOU CHRISTIANS SAID HE DID, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING I WOULD DO TO HIM NO MATTER WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND. THERE'S SOMETHING IN EVERY FOLLOWER OF JESUS, IN THEIR HEART, YES, YES FAJAR, HE'S WORTH IT. I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S HYPOCRITICAL, IT'S WORTH HIS LIFE, TO FOLLOW JESUS AND NOT BE WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO A GOSPEL. THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS IN A MUSLIM AREA, IS SEVERE. THE COST TO GET THE GOSPEL, TO PEOPLE IN ASIA IS ALSO SEVERE. IF YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE USED IN A WAY THAT TRANSFORMS THE WORLD, IT'S BECAUSE YOU THINK, JESUS A WORTH IT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ONE DAY, YOU LIKE STEVEN, ENTERS INTO ETERNITY, NOTHING ELSE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO, NOT YOUR CAREER, NOT YOUR PARENTS. NONE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE ON THE THROWN WAITING FOR YOU. THERE'S ONE PERSON, STANDING AROUND THE THROWN. YOU WILL LOOK AT HIM AND YOU WILL SAY, WORTHY ARE YOU. BY YOUR BLOOD I WAS REDEEMED FOR YOUR PURPOSE, I WAS CREATED. FOR YOUR MISSION, I HAVE SERVED. THAT'S THE CON SCHICKTION, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S WHEN LIFE ENDS. ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WILL BE PASSED. ONLY WHAT'S DONE. AND FULL CONVICTIONS. THE HOLY SPIRIT FILLS ME. SO I WILL BE TO OTHERS. AND I FORGOT, JESUS IS WORTH IT, THE BEST ONE OUT OF ALL OF THEM. YOU SAY, WHAT DO I DO TO THIS. FIRST OF ALL, COME BACK TONIGHT, TO CAMPUS CHURCH. WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW, WHY, IT LOOKS LIKE. SECOND THING YOU COULD DO? YOU WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION, THERE'S TWO WAYS. RIGHT NOW, YOU TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND YOU TEXT WHAT'S ABOUT TO COME TO THE SCREEN. 888-111-GO TO. START THE SERVICES, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT KIND OF TEAMS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOING, WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO PLANT A CHURCH, WHETHER IN THE UNITED STATES OR ABROAD. IF YOU TEXT THE NUMBER, AND IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON CAMPUS, FROM HUNDREDS IN THE WORLD, HERE TO SAY, LET ME SHOW YOU, HOW YOU COULD GET CONNECTED, WHETHER IT'S A SHORT TERM TRIP OR LIFE DECISION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TONIGHT. GOD BLESS. >> LOVE YOU, BUDDY. GOOD JOB. >> TONIGHT, WE'LL PICK UP FROM WHAT WE LEFT OFF. ALSO SOME RESOURCES, SOME OF HIS BOOKS AVAILABLE, RESOURCE TABLE. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. SEE YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
