Online Worship | Sabbath | Dr. Noel Morgan - Get on Board | EJC Virtual Church - SEPT 18, 2021

[Music] [Music] [Music] happy sabbath everyone and welcome to the ejc virtual church for this sabbath morning september 18th i am your host kayan vaz wow it has been a while um but nevertheless we are here giving god praise thank you so much to those of you who are taking the time out to join us for our online worship at this time i'm not alone though because i have with me a very good friend my prayer partner who i have not seen in ages and she is looking lovely thank you hi adriana hi can hi everybody it's good to be back here i haven't seen you in so long yeah and i'm very happy to see you yes i'm happy to see you as well listen it's going to be i think today is going to be a day of fellowship as well as reunions because i'm also seeing other people that i have not seen in a while and just want to say um to those of you who are watching i know that it's been a time of you know a lot of sadness a lot of people passing i think someone said to me you know kion i have never been so happy to be alive and i was saying yes it is indeed god's mercies and his goodness while we are here and whenever you have life your do the duty of man is to praise god yes so i'm just happy for those of you who are watching for those of you who have lost persons to covet 19 or hearts go out to you and we'll definitely keep you in our prayers as well but adriano what's the theme for this morning the theme is get on board little children okay the little children part is not on it but when i saw the theme i thought of the song so it's get on board and we all need to get on board what gets on board yeah and i think that's going to be pretty much resolved um during our program for this morning we have a very exciting lineup for you um we have persons from the andrews memorial several the adventist church we have arnold v sorry v v arnold road seventh day adventist church as well um will be bringing to us or um praise and worship i believe yes so um we have a very exciting lineup for you but give me the high points um or just what is it that god has done for you this week because i could missed out an entire thing what god has done but go ahead god is so good and i just want to give him thanks this week started out well and challenges came along the way and i was tempted to resort to an old behavior lord which is to become anxious and freak out and just flip my lid and he reminded me to pray recently i couldn't find two very very important pieces of items and i would have become anxious and started searching and then the lord reminded me that i should pray because nothing is too hard for him and i did it chaon and within two days i founded two items so this week last week was our preparation for this week so this week when work got hectic and challenges came i got one on my knees immediately and the problems went so i am being reminded that i need to stop focusing on what i can do and what i can't do and i really need to just speak to god immediately yes i i'm really happy you mentioned about per as well as you know going to that place where you can actually communicate and stay connected to god because that is the way how we truly stay connected um but for me this week i i i reached out to a young lady um who is blind she's been on my mind and i said how are things you know and she's like you know trying to be you know and i said to her no really how are things and she said things are rough and i decided that okay i was going to go into my cupboard and just take some stuff to her and um keonbaz is not good with directions so i got lost on the way right so um and then my data of course i didn't have any data so i don't have no i don't know where to go so i'm like lord i am asking you for directions please give me um the guidance because i'm driving like crazy in a maze and it's a spiritual lesson for us when when you don't depend on god you will be going all over the place and not really get into direction not only that i felt out of water because i wasn't connected to the internet so it's like what do i do that's how we should be with the lord we shall always stay connected but also we need to get on board so we want to thank everybody and i really i'm happy that you share that testimony of reaching out to somebody and being of benefit to them because in these times people are have it really really hard and god has allowed some of us to be able to afford to help others so we need not have any persons who are in need but we want to thank everybody who has joined us this morning we want to ask you to like share and subscribe to our youtube channel thank you for joining us on facebook and every social media platform on which you have joined us and i just want for us to also you know take it a step further not just like and share but for you to be a living testimony tell us what god has done for you this week and um we've been we will be able to share that um pretty much uh within the chat okay so we're gonna just head to um the opening hymn or opening him which is praise to the lord um is that number yes the one yes number one it's number one listen guys i'm re-familiarizing myself with the actual um numbers from the hymnal you don't understand being online yeah and it is very it's tricky it messes with your mind so we're not gonna go to our opening hymn uh praise to the lord and sing along where you are and lift up the name of jesus amen [Music] the keys [Music] [Music] he gives beautiful rations strength for fear [Music] it's for morning peace for despair when sorrow seems to surround you when suffering hangs heavy your head know that forgiveness brings wholeness and hope healing god knows your needs just believe what he says he is beautiful racist strength [Music] [Music] strength for fear gladness for morning peace for despair when what you've done keeps you from moving when fear wants to make yourself at home in your heart know that forgiveness brings wholeness and healing god knows your knees just believe what he says he gives beautiful rations strain for fear gladness for moment peace for despair he gives beautiful rations strength for fear gladness for moment peace for despair i once was lost but god has found me though i was born i've been set free [Laughter] i've been made righteous [Music] strength [Music] strange for fear gladness for morning [Music] peace [Music] peace get on board get on board getting on board is our theme for the sabbath school today and so i want to welcome our sabbath school team on board this ship is sailing to the new jerusalem with jesus as our captain i want to extend a warm welcome to those getting on board and to those who are watching online we say welcome to our crew who is already on crew i say welcome i am your cruise director and as we are about to travel the world with a message of hope we first gonna stop at port nineveh we will all be going to nineveh for an important mission they are in danger and we must warn them the gospel must be preached to everyone in our nation god wants us to save everyone and he has entrusted us with this task so let us get on board because this ship is about to sail all right thank you so much for that um wonderful introduction to our program uh getting on board and for those of you who are just joining us that is the theme that we'll be exploring for this sabbath morning um adriana how many persons are logged in right now quite a few actually i'm seeing hmm i'm seeing 413 is it or am i seeing the wrong number or is that that for the chat oh well i think there's yeah that probably is the the correct um so people are just just um please remember to like subscribe [Laughter] here so and my phone is actually now getting um underway so i just want to say again thanks for those of you who are joining us um i think it's time for our scripture reading yes um do we know where it's taken from yes we do it's actually taken from john 15 and we're going to be reading verse 16. all right reading this morning comes to us from the gospel of saint john chapter 15 verse 16. then john chapter 15 verse 16 i will read from the kingdom's version and it reads thus ye have not chosen me but i have chosen you and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever we shall ask of the father in my name ye may receive it we may give it you here ends the reading of the word of the lord amen amen let us pray oh lord our god you are worthy of all our praise you are the god who never fails to keep his promises we thank you that in jesus life death and resurrection we can see your mercy your justice your love your provision and your victory you are the god who lifts us up and who heals the brokenhearted and even now lord as many are suffering and meeting various challenges you are with us and we thank you lord you are the god who provides for your children our desire is to praise you and honor you with our lives inhabit our praises today lord as we meet as a sabbath school to study the lesson and to discuss its high points dear father we are grateful for these lessons that you have sent in your word lord through your servants of old bless each and every one of us dear god as we worship in jesus name we pray amen amen happy sabbath everyone this morning our mission story is one god the story is about nyang who was 10 years old at the time she and her family had moved to the united states as refugees from mayanar which many of us would know as vermo which is a country in asia when nyan started to go to school she was a bit scared she didn't speak english very well and she didn't have a lot of friends even more terrifying is the fact that she had to walk to school while it was still dark outside her father could not go with her because he had to work at night and her mother had to stay home with baby sister but before leaving the house niang prayed she prayed dear god help me survive another day of school help me not to get in trouble with the teacher and keep me safe as i walk to school she would then put on her backpack and over her shoulders and stepped out into the dark street she knew that if she took the shortcut she could reach school in only 10 minutes the shortcut however took her through the woods and niang hoped that she would meet other children along the way to keep her company but unfortunately there were no other children in sight as she walked through the dark woods the air was quiet and the trees looked like dark shadows suddenly out of nowhere two men jumped out in front of her one was holding what appeared to be a white cloth bag it was empty and he held it out to niang and asked her to hold it for them niang thought to herself that this was a very strange question she stopped and took a few steps back the men advanced towards her and she looked around anxiously hoping that she would see some of the children taking the short scots to school but there was no one she looked back at the men there were two of them and only one of her and they were both tall and big while she was short and small would she hold the white bag of course not she shouted shaking her head she turned her own and ran as fast as she could the men were very surprised and called out to her to stop but niang wasn't going to stop she had heard stories about children being kidnapped and she was scared as she knew the men could easily catch up with her lord please help me she prayed please protect me she thought they might grab her at any moment and she wanted everything to be right with god and so she prayed again if i did anything wrong please forgive me she listened for songs that the men were pursuing her and not hearing anything she stopped for a moment her heart pounding then she heard the songs of other children taking the shortcut to school as well she felt a great sense of relief she could now walk with the other children and be safe when they reach a spot where the two men had stood the men were nowhere in sight and and niang heaved a sigh of relief dear god she prayed thank you for protecting me the two men had been overcome by an evil even bigger god this story reminds us of the importance of prayer and it challenges us to just like niang remember to pray to god every step of our journey in the same way that he protected nyan he will also protect us and answer our prayers ten years ago a 13th sabbath offering helped refugee children like niang to transfer from public schools to seventh-day adventist church schools and part of this 13th sabbath offering will again help refugee children to obtain an adventist education thank you for planning a generous offering thank you oh they tell me of a home far beyond the sky oh they tell me of a home far away [Music] oh they tell me of a home where no storm cloud rises [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh they tell me of an uncloudy day [Music] where the tree of life will forever bloom shed its fragrance [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh they tell me of a king in his beauty there and they tell me that mine eyes shall that is [Music] the city that is [Music] [Applause] [Music] tell is of an unclouded day oh the land of cloudless oh [Music] clouded days [Laughter] praise the lord i indeed i'm looking forward to that day way secret on indeed indeed praise the lord you know i'm thinking that something important should be happening right now yes it is is that this the sabbath school um that we've been feeding on the word for the entire week and now it's time for us to do the review so we're going to hear from the children first but before that look at what we're going to do is we're going to remind you of the different age groups that we have we have the primary lesson k on and then we have what uh after the primer we have the junior then we have the early teen and then we have youth remember the days when you were no a part of well i didn't grow up i remember all those stages so um we want to hear from our children as well as our youth so uh who do we have first we are going to start with kalia we are going to start with taishan baker who will be reviewing the early teen lesson for us all right are you there everyone good morning [Music] hey sean how are you today i'm fine did you have school this week yes how was it it was great and you're happy for the sabbath now aren't you yes sir i understand completely so taishan could you tell us a little bit about your lesson what's the topic what's the memory verse what happened in your lesson this week the topic of the lesson is make a joyful noise one of the great christian hymns is blessed assurance the melody was written by mrs joseph now her husband was a was the president of a life insurance company one day mrs snap invited a well-known hymn writer to her home to listen to the melody as she played she asked mrs crisby thought had come into her mind mrs chrisley replied and said your husband is uh their husband deals with life insurance and my heavenly father deals with assurance the melody tells me blessed assurance jesus is mine assurance is inner confidence and a sense of security we are accepted as a child of god in christ we know that our sins are forgotten and eternal life can be ours satan tries to steal our assurance but he cannot we cannot allow him to do that just remember that christ died for us jesus gives us hope love and security what is blessed assurance with all that god has done for us we owe him so much one way we can honor him is to guide our hearts and the minds and souls by listening to music that lift our spirit in praise to him the memory text is taken from psalms 100 verses one and two make a joyful noise unto the lord all he learned serve the lord with goodness come before his presence [Music] really encouraging and inspirational i didn't know that keon about how the song blessed assurance came to be and the analogy that was used your husband says insurance and insurance is supposed to guarantee you know but assurance is an even greater guarantee that that is absolutely wonderful taishan i want to ask you though you mentioned in that the lesson suggested that we should listen to songs that are encouraging and songs that lift us and remind us of god's assure the assurance that we have in god is there any song that you have that does that for you well my favorite song is 34 and i like to listen a lot why why what does it do for you tatian [Music] it makes me feel more spiritual and more loving to other people thank you very much that was so good amen thank you so much yeah from the halfway tree uh seventh day adventist church i see my floor manager somehow praising you're praising the lord right um okay all right fine um so who do we have next and where is where is that person from adriano calife she's actually from johnstone sdh all right and are you there good morning how are you it sounds fine all right so how was your week i see that she's trying to get settled in uh can you hear us all right we're having a bit of a technical difficulties there but you know what i love i love the fact that our children are still being engaged as it relates to their lessons oh you're back okay awesome i was asking how was your week it was okay me it was good all right are you gonna tell us um tell our viewers as well as auntie adriano um what what the lesson was for this week and the memory verse our list was for this week whose side are you on and the memory verse is do not let your heart be troubled you believe in god believe also in me john 14 [Music] amen all right all right amen whose side are you on and what what did you get from the actual um theme for the lesson this week all right i think she's i'm not sure if she heard the question what what did you get from the theme for this week whose side are you on okay amen that we should always be on god's side amen i love i love the i love the themes that are coming out um for these for these lessons and there's a reason for that because when you're looking at a pandemic that has pretty much rocked the world you have to literally lean on god's promises so i'm really i think definitely the holy spirit was the driving force because god knew what was coming up on us and that we can rely on on these lessons and our children are actually being engaged at this time so thank you so much um for that i know we're having a bit of technical difficulties so we're gonna move on to our next review and where's who's that coming from i'm guessing the impression that that is coming from reyna jarrett and reyna jarrett is from king's chapel the king's chapel is the hr okay i just like to add link to everything reyna are you there i'm here [Music] all right go ahead morning morning uh what was your lesson about uh for this week well my lesson was titled the alabaster jar and it was basically telling the story about how the juice was at the pharisees house eating and a woman who was very sinful heard he was there and went there with her alabasa jar filled with perfume and she began to cry and wet his feet and with her tears and dried them with her hair and basically used her perfume and poured them on his feet so there are many different themes that came from this that i learned it can forgiveness humility i'm not judging others and trying to hear other people's situations out wow i i really love i really love that story actually um about how is it that you know the woman took that expense you know sorry i don't want to take over your segments i really don't but this is a testimony morning it is important to know what we give back to god i think too often we keep the best things and and not realizing that god is the one that has given us the health that has give that gift that has given us his blessings in order for us to have the things that we have and it's important to know what is it that we're offering to god not just on sabbath mornings but for every day of the week and i don't know for you i mean what were your takeaways from from from the lesson well my take of it was it was very evident when you just told the story about a man who had two people owning money one owed him 500 000 and other owed him 50. and he was asking simon one of the people they're like who do you when the forgive them who do you think i'm thanking the most i was most um thankful and his answer was obviously man who owed 500 right and that's the thing is that sometimes we think other people are more sinful than us and that you just shouldn't forgive them but not because we think our sins are less doesn't mean that we just forgive them because sometimes those are the people who appreciate it more and those are the people who thank god more and we may think we're going to heaven because we've been going to church all our lives while the people who've been sinful in this world and then find jesus truly appreciate his love more than us sometimes and we shouldn't judge others we should look inside ourselves and try to build a better connection with god amen reina just gave me chills i literally sat here and got chills as she yes i thought i felt that i did that was very personal and that was powerful reyna it's obvious that you read the lesson you understood and you could make a practical application because for real we become baptized we become christians and we're very judgmental of others and they are sinful but the bible tells us that all have sinned and come short of the glory of god but i do this and i keep the sabbath and i pray so their sin is greater than my sin but we all sin and christ died for all and i believe that that lesson also came out in the adult lesson which will be coming up surely reyna i'm really pleased really impressed how old are you oh i'm 16 years old how old are you i'm 16 years old girl you better tell your parents and your teachers thank you because you did well yes well thank you you better thank the holy spirit girl you got it you got it i just want to say thanks to all our participants who gave us our lesson review we're not done just yet though um or adult sabbath school is coming up and i am looking forward to that we have we've been having a great quarter yes yes you know under the theme of restlessness because some of us were restless bad and god meet god need to come or see me to restore or see me to refine us we some of us not so young but we're still restless and we're gonna be looking at the restless prophets um for this for um for for the lesser review for this week so stay tuned as we go to our lesson review for the adults [Music] this is a true story [Music] uplifted me [Music] lifted me [Music] in my guilt i fell out the feet of my accuser who shouted no more chance no more chance let him die he's a loser lickety-clark clicked the clock approached the feet of the executioner with grim faith he was ready to destroy my soul forever but just when i thought it was all over i looked up and i saw the gracious face of my redeemer his was the face of love and with arms of love he lifted me [Music] yes love lifted me nothing else [Music] lifted [Music] me [Music] could [Music] will not help it i deserve it i should have died i was guilty and nothing in the world would let me forget it my conscience could not help me he too had condemned me and my friends they turned their facts on me ashamed they wouldn't even listen to my plea and my enemies were so happy to see the end of me but when nothing else could help love lifted me [Music] love lifted me [Music] yes love lifted me [Music] that's why i'm so happy [Music] when nothing else nothing else [Music] nothing else love lifted [Music] lifted me and he wants to do for you what he has done for me [Music] happy sabbath everyone and uh good morning a beautiful morning it is uh i have um prof wind with me in the studio and of course um on zoom we have brother wayne campbell and um melanie samwells both from the the the meadowvale 70 adventist church we just want to dive right into it because we were told that we only have 25 minutes and trust me you know this lesson god rest in christ has been wonderful last week we looked at longing for more um i thought that was very interesting from from the perspective you know that um you know the the examples that were set by by by those before us and the examples we when we think about examples we think of positive examples but those were negative examples um mistakes that folks made and we we explored it and we can learn from it and we really shouldn't make the same mistakes because we have no knowledge of it the question is i'm gonna ask this morning is how do we react when god takes you out of a role you enjoy and places you in a position you don't like you know truth be told the new function makes you very nervous prophet jonah knows a lot about this kind of change so let's dive into our study about him and learn more so with this this morning we're just going to go through the restless prophet um the memory text is taken from jonah 4 and verse verse 11 and it says and should i not pit in any way that great city in which are more than 120 000 persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left and much livestock this sounds like a criticism to to to to nineveh sounded to me that you know jonah was truly very restless when he was given the mission to go to nineveh and talk to them about about god so friends do not miss that hope the hope that shines in this book um the violent terrible univites are spared by god's grace when they turn to him god keeps tenderly working with twisted jonah to accomplish god's goal on earth so whether you have been outwardly evil or outwardly a christian with a twisted selfish heart god still wants to draw us all of us closer i remember earlier i was listening to the primary the primary division doing their their lesson study and um one little one she she mentioned that irrespective of where we are and who we are god is willing to work with us god is not judgmental and we shouldn't be and that is absolutely wonderful what i want to do is to turn our minds to a certain concept that i think will help us to get a an understanding of the lesson as it relates to jonah and his perspective so i looked at second kings 14 23 to 25 i'm not going to read it because of time but i'm going to ask some questions here so figuring this out could make your eyes um cross so listen to this we have all together many jeroboams in these verses if you notice when you when you read second kings 14 23 to 2025 so can anyone tell how jeroboam did not turn away from the sins of jeroboam so we have two different jeroboams jeroboam one and we have jeroboam two jeroboam son of um nebat and jeroboam two is jeroboam son of johash now what do we learn about jonah because really that is a focus this morning that he advised the evil king so it it it is that he advised eva king but he had he he was averse to going down to nineveh so what kind of advice do you think was happening here what did what kind of advice did he give to jeroboam too so the advice about restoring the borders of israel you know so why would god help an evil king like jeroboam too and the answer is very clear it was a combination of god's concern over the suffering of the people and keeping his promise to his people god loved people and this was shown within the vice because as evil as they were god's only interest was in saving them now what does this teach about god's willingness to work with less than perfect people so he is willing to work with less than perfect people he's willing to work with me prof you know i'm certainly not a perfect man you know make a lot of mistakes but trust me when i when i pray to god and when i ask for his help he's always there so this is a theme we will see developed in our study um this morning when we look at um dive into jonah so what did the people of israel think of jonah he was a patriot he was a national hero so our hero disappears because in our lesson where we look at the the the the the sub topics we saw running away we saw under three day rest we saw that not much of a rest if you ask me you know because we're talking about the restless profit you know um and so i am just going to ask um brother campbell you know what is happening here brother campbell this hero is now running away and you can expound on this three-day race that we're talking about go ahead brother campbell joan are running away i don't know if i can run away from god or the presence of god but what is interesting to note though is that jonah was supposed to go to nineveh he went down to jaffa there's two thousand miles from japan to tarshish and 700 miles from japan to nineveh and i was wondering why jonah chose to run two thousand miles and and it came to me that sin always take you further than you want to go oh wonderful always take you further and when i read the book of jonah i see my life i see my life in it um i listened to the young lady as jared spoke our sister jared spoke and i remember when i was 18 i had my first crusade and after that crusade i leave the church i wanted to come back and sin that take me so far takes me 34 years before i actually reach back in the church and it was a struggle i understand and i every time i read jonah's um experience i see my own in terms of um the tree there is as you write i said i don't think it was it was a force race jonah did not take this rest by himself it was god who do all the miracle to bring him to that point and that point the bible says when the judgment of the lord is in the earth then shall his people know righteousness right it was when jonah was on his back that when he know heaven when he was in trouble that he realized how far he had gone and then he looked to the temple and the temple signified where the presence of god was this is so powerful yes powerful my brothers wonderful all right um joan of john 3 and verse 4 it says that jonah began by going a day's journey into the city proclaiming 40 more days and nineveh will be overthrown doesn't sound like a man who who was keen on ongoing he was forced notified i'm skipping the whole thing with the with with him going into the ship and then going into the belly of the whale and so on because i just wanted us to focus on this um part a little bit so this is the message that jonah ultimately gave to the people of nineveh so if jonah were indeed a patriot why wouldn't he want to spit in the eyes of the assyrians until their city would be destroyed so the obvious problem is that he does not have the army of israel with him he's going to nineveh alone forced so proof if you could just pick up from the point where all right he decides now he's running away in the opposite direction to which he's he's he's supposed to be going he ends up on this on this on the ship you know and he's in the bottom of the ship so he's going down and down and down because he's hiding he wants to make himself less obvious to anything he wants a hideaway he's running he's running he's running yet the storm came the men started wondering this must be something this because it's because these are sailors they know what's going on never saw a storm at this time of the this time of the the the year and and and so they must think that something else is provoking the storm talk a little bit about this proof and this is a as as brother campbell says and and you've indicated um brother anderson the power of the jonas story is amazing right and picking up where brother candle campbell and took us in terms of how far jonah was going and you know the mediterranean sea is about 2400 miles in length right and as brother campbell pointed out he went the almost entire distance when you look at tashish it is the westernmost point right of the mediterranean sea almost in spain and he's coming all the way from from from jerusalem right so he really was seeking to run away from god but i think one of the powerful elements of the jonah story as it relates to his experience um in the ship is that once it became clear to him that he wasn't able to run from god right and that god was disturbing the sea as a consequence of his resisting god right one of the good things about jonah is that he was accountable so he says to the individuals the sailors um when they are really saying how can we get away from this turbulence uh he says listen it's my fault that's that's it it's my fault so he held himself accountable and he said throw me overboard right so the interesting element of jonah's story is that as in many of the bible stories there's no pretty up we get the bad but we also get the good and i think he's running from god was terrible and you can't do that but at least he held himself accountable when it became clear to him that god had phoned him that he couldn't run away from god and he took um the the blame his sense and said you know you know throw me overboard and and the sailors didn't want to do it right but of course when it when it seemed as if it was their life versus his they made a decision that okay we'll we'll follow what you said and we'll throw you overboard yes they did and and i think the the the lesson not not this lesson but when you read the bible it brought out the concept that there was a reluctance in throwing him over but um yeah as you see you know um um rock and a hard place and a decision had to be made and so they they threw him over now his back was against the wall which is why he probably resorted to them having um such as in them throwing them over and sometimes prof god will ask us to do things and we'll make all sorts of excuses and it's not until our backs are against the wall that and we are forced into making a decision and i don't think that is the relationship god wants to have with his people what i i read jonah one and verse three and it spoke a little bit about nineveh was near the modern city of mosul in in iraq and does anyone know where japan is we hear about um joppa a lot how about tarshish so the bible knowledge commentary tells us that joppa is is the modern jaffa in israel tarshish was probably um toward the sus in southern spain and that is about 2 500 miles west of um of joppa so is is is jonah heading in the right direction no he was going in the opposite direction that was supposed to go um that was supposed to take him further he wants to go further and further away from from nineveh but then the whale got him he spent a couple of days in in the belly of the whale i'm asking this question did conversion take place in the belly of the whale because it was said that while he was in the belly of the whale he resorted to praying and his prayer was now very different than how he was prayed because before he was complete and he was restless he didn't want to do this how could god have asked him to do it he was being selfish and i said to him i said to myself i'm not going to be too hard on jonah and the reason why i'm not going to be too hard on him is that i see the culture coming in i see background coming in i see different influences coming in i think that really he thought that what he was doing was right because the only thing that nineveh deserved because they are evil was to be destroyed you know do you think jonah went down to the port and caught whatever ship he could find and that is exactly what he did right um the conversion is now taking place with him and now he's going down to he's spewed out on the shores of nineveh and now he has to go to the navy what is happening here prof well i think maybe we can bring in sister campbell all right sister perspective yeah sister campbell yeah yes thank you so much well um i believe the conversion happened with jonah in the belly of the week that's right then again we need to look at how long did that last and was jonah still holding on to the bridges that he had right because here over wednesday we see where he threatened her tantrum at god you know and um god is so patient with us we see ourselves as perfect you know we're christians who walk the chalk line you know we try to do what is right and at the same time we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god so i'm just honored by his mercy his love his patience with us you know and um this is a beautiful story i i am a fan of the the story of jonah i love it because it shows us a god who is merciful who is compassion compassionate not only to those who are sinful but also to us when we are chris we as christians when we we mess up and we lose our way you know so that's my take on it okay all right so we talk about um i we took a look at jonah two and verses three and four um we can we can look through it when we when we get the time but what i what i saw here is a question that i'd love to ask and anyone of us can and can jump into it um litigation has shown me that two perfectly honest people can report the same incident in many different ways so do you see what happened to jonah in the same way he saw it was he driven from god's sight jonah drove him sought to drive himself away from god right god was not a part of the driving process no when jonah was trying to run from god he misunderstood god's universality right his omnipresence and you know maybe he said to himself well adam and eve hid from god but they they were silly they tried to hide in the garden i'm gonna do better than that i'm gonna go over two thousand miles and let me see if god can find me and of course god did find him and maybe brother baron we can start to pull together the various themes that come out of this lesson since the time is is probably um dwindling so i would say there are four principal themes right that we can um capture from the story of this this powerful story of jonah one we've just been talking about it the universality right the omnipresence of god right he's everywhere you can run you can't hide from him no that's a clear message that we have there but um there are other key lessons that come out of the journal experience uh another key lesson is universality of god's message right as you pointed out jonah didn't like the people of nineveh no they were wicked they were doing bad things and so he didn't feel comfortable witnessing to them and that's one of the reasons why he was running for over 2000 miles because he said these these people are not my friends right and you know that um i believe that there are our songs that are our sermons so you're going to hear a couple of songs here okay go right away so here's here's a song that i think captures um the importance of understanding that god wants the message to be universal dear heavenly father aren't you glad to know that you can count on me yeah i'll face any danger hardship and pain to answer the great commission i will suffer and never complain but only on one condition i'd be happy to teach in christian schools when i get my phd and i'd be happy to give a little time in prayer after i watch tv and if you want me to sail across the ocean and preach to all i see i won't hesitate to witness on the beach at waikiki in hawaii i'd be happy to go to mission fields if you're thinking about palm springs california yeah i'd be happy to give my 10 when i pay off my house and things and if you want me to be a good samaritan and give to every man i'd be happy to love my neighbor if he's a 49ers fan that san francisco's 49ers yeah and the point of this is it's it's it's it's you know it's suggesting that it's easy for us to witness to those people who are around us those people we love those people we like but if we're asked as the goddess asks us to take the message to the entire world right we have a different perspective that was jonah's challenge so god's message is universal but i want to pick up now on on a point that sister samuels made um which is that and and you also made it um brother anderson which is that god is a god of tremendous concern and compassion and he wants us to be a part of that process and he also knows us inside out so the story of jeroboam is interesting because as you say he was evil right right but jonah was that's that's that's my point john was probably advising him that if he didn't change things would go wrong right but things didn't go wrong no so jonah is a minor prophet and jonah is concerned about his reputation so when god asks him not to go to nineveh he doesn't first of all he doesn't like the people right he knows it very wicked but then he says but god you're too compassionate if i go and tell these people to turn from their ways and they do and the the what you have said to happen it should happen to them doesn't happen i'm going to seem like a false prophet my reputation is going to be in danger but but the point i was really trying to make is his inconsistency yes because he was advising a bad king yes and when he was asked to go to nineveh the selfishness the the the my wife has as awarded by us are um prejudice that that came out you know and you know and he was asking the question what reason would the people of nineveh want to to to to change these are evil people and he made a judgment call on the people but the the lesson wasn't wasn't even about jonah yes or the people of davey the lesson really is about god amen love amen amen god's love irrespective of who you are and where you are from and how evil people think you are because when he went down there he went down there we we look at the the angry the the angry prophet he was angry and when he delivered this message he delivered this message in an angry because he assumed that they weren't going to listen what reasons would the citizens of nineveh have to believe jonah everything in this story so far has a logical when viewed in human terms right so god's hand has been on everything i believe that this is no different the reason that the device believe in that the holy spirit is acting on their hearts and minds the message itself does not seem to be so attractive but when the holy spirit is a part of the process miracles happen amen tough hearts are changed you know right um brother campbell um um the sermon that jonah preached it only takes eight words right yet 40 days and nineveh shall be overthrown just eight words it takes and these people are let's put it this way the leader and the people accept the message these people seem so so hardened right and yet it only take eight words for them to be converted it means that the holy spirit was working the lord that saint john i had worked so much miracle to get jonah to nineveh right right and it wasn't just i just said it wasn't just for what you wanna know no it was also for the people of nineveh um thursday it's a two-way street that's right jonah need the people as well as the people near jonah right but jonah didn't understand and the lord reached out to he didn't reach out to the lord lord reach out to him the lord run him down now find him everywhere and bring him to the navy that's right just because right i had a conversation with sister sam wells um yesterday and um sister samwell that two-way street i am sure you have something to say about that go ahead sister samuels yes um the mission that jonah was sent on was not just about the transformation of the people of nineveh right but it was also about his transformation amen because jonah had some deep-seated issues that he really wasn't paying attention to right and not until god decided to do something about it to try and transform his character that he realized because i bet if he had asked jonah before that mission trip if he hated people he would have told you no but look at what look at the attitude that he had toward the universe i mean these people read avocados people you know it's like nobody's termed them for dead you know they don't deserve to be saved and and and it was only after jonah had completed the task that god asked him to complete that he realized that he was also in need of god's mercy of god's love and of god's grace you know wonderful so that's important and that's an important lesson for us today right let's see to be careful not to be self-righteous you know even though we might think that mercy where uh we all have sinned and come short of the glory so that's the life application i want us to take from this lesson wonderful all have sinned and come short of the glory of god all right baby um i'm gonna ask um prof to to to to do the conclusion on this but before before i do there's a point that i just want to bring to to our attention i think it's very very potent um the reaction of the king no you know the kings are not really accustomed to to listening to what you have to say they they want to be the the top person where where where that is concerned so here's this prophet that came with uh with it with it with a doom if you don't change your thing and so on and the king did the introspection and he and his command to the people change your ways the king listened and and and and we can also emphasize that the holy spirit may have spoken to his heart absolutely so so so the holy spirit it can reach anyone absolutely irrespective you know jonah as as sister samuels mentioned um had some weak weak spots i saw i saw little arrogance coming out there i saw someone being judgmental i saw selfishness coming out there i saw someone who was um one track um sometimes we fall into that category you know we are part of the church for many years when we are asked to do certain things we resist doing it because we have always done it this way we can't be flexible at all we're not listening to the voice of the holy spirit we're doing our own things because of tradition and that kind of thing and so on and and that kind of attitude can can take us straight to hell so i really i really i really really enjoyed how the king reacted i thought it was an important thing to mention so so so prof you know wrap it up for us and look you know okay thank you so again a great lesson so we we've looked at some of the themes the universality of god and and his um omnipresence yeah um the universality of his message and the fact that we are to take it to all the world that's a very powerful element of this um i think another really important issue um that um comes out here is the fact that we shouldn't be worrying about our reputations true which is what people think of us or see of us and that was jonah's concern his reputation as a prophet he didn't want to be a false prophet twice right any arrogance we should worry about our character and god knows us inside out and so character is important and that recognizes the omniscience of god the fact that he knows everything right but i think the final theme that we can really pick up here and i think it's been it's filtered through the conversations it's a compassion of god that's right he had compassion for um the ninevites he had compassion for jonah that's right and there's a question that you ask yourself did jonah repent and and and sister samuel spoke to this issue what's interesting about the story of jonah is first of all ultimately he recognizes whatever it takes to break your will as that beautiful song says that's what he needed to do and so he says when he's when he's in the belly of the fish my heart fainteth and that's why i remembered you lord that's when i remembered you and the question is did he repent after that and samus makes a point that um when he now after the after the experience in the fish he goes to nineveh uh and he's angry with the lord after the lord shows compassion on nine of it right but what's interesting about jonah and as we pull this all together the book of jonah ends with a question with god asking jonah did you want me not to forget or not to forgive the the people of nineveh how can you be angry and we don't get an answer from jonah so we're not absolutely sure from the book of jonah whether no never jonah repented where his head space but yes we have some very powerful circumstantial evidence and the powerful circumstantial evidence comes from jesus christ yeah jonah is the only minor prophet that jesus speaks to focuses on and ultimately compares himself with right i think there are two people in the bible jesus compares himself with jonah and john the baptist john the baptist he said there's no other man born of a woman that is as good as john the baptist he's separating himself of course from john and in the case of geneva um jonah he says my jonah's message to nineveh is the same as my message to this generation and then of course we see jesus saying that um his death and and lying in the grave is going to be very sim is similar in concept to jonah in the belly of the world what a powerful testimony from so i don't think we need to worry about whether jonah repented or not because what you see happening with jesus is jesus saying jonah went and gave the invites a sign he didn't say that he reluctantly gave them a sign he didn't say he gave them a sign only after my prodigy he didn't say he gave them a sign and then he was angry he just said he gave them a sign jesus had forgotten god had forgotten everything else which is what happens when we repent from him so ultimately when you take all of these things together i believe we can rest assured that the restless prophets and the restless um missionary ended up getting the rest of jesus christ so we come right back to the order [Music] rested in christ shall we have a word of prayer before we pray i just want to say thanks to um brother campbell yes from meadowville several adventist church and a sister samuels from the meadowvale seventh adventist church um thank you very much wonderful lesson it was go ahead prof dear god thank you so much again for this opportunity to study your word to understand that you are universal that you want us to take the message to every corner of this world to our friends and to our enemies we want to thank you for the fact that you know everything and we should not be worrying about what people think of us we should be worrying about what you know us to be the essence of our character we want to thank you for your compassion the compassion that you have shown to so many in this world to all of us we are all sinners but as paul says we are the chief chief of sinners though we be you have sent your son to die for each of us so we thank you for all these wonderful things thank you for these wonderful lessons that help us to understand the examples in the bible and of course the essence of understanding is to try to make sure that we don't make the mistakes that we see were made but we use those examples to be drawn much more closer to you in the loving relationship that you want each of us to have with you so thank you for this beautiful sabbath day and this lesson we ask in the name of jesus christ amen amen amen we want to thank our panelists for this wonderful letter review i would like to thank the engineering crew who is on board our lesson review panelists who fed us with the word of god and to our other crew members who did the scripture reading the mission story thanks also to our faithful online viewers in closing our school segment i would like to focus our mind on the theme get on board as the ship sails and the journey gets harder for those who are on board let us not be discouraged nor become a reluctant missionary like jonah did but let us hear to god's calling to witness to others there is no need for fear of trials and tribulation because jesus is the captain of the ship the one who gives the overall command and control the ship's navigation so as we travel to this pilgrim land and stop at each port remember god wants us he wants to save everyone by inviting that person to get on board god has entrusted us with the task of getting everyone on board to get to the final destination which is the new jerusalem where we will be living beside jesus on glory avenue let us continue to have a restful sabbath in christ thank you so much it was indeed a very very good sabbath lesson review i'm sorry i got so many uh it's listen uh you know when it speaks about restlessness i don't think many of us even fathom what that means as a christian who say that we follow christ um thank you so much to the participants uh from the angels memorial seventh adventist church as well as the meadowvale south adventist church for such a robust and insightful conversation for the sabbath school lesson look don't run from god he'll find you and for many of us who have been in the church for a very long time we may be in the church but we're still wrestling and we are still restless let us rest in christ so that when he comes we will see or maker or creator or redeemer that has fought so long and hard for us um adriano i i know we're short on time because i guess i can't chat too much but listen one of the things that we have to understand as christians who have come to know the truth is that many of us believe in redemption but for redemption for ourselves but not for others just because you think the heathens are out there god knows every human being on this planet and you know the thing that jonah missed god knew what would have happened you know but jonah was seeing things with his own human eyes even if it was one person that would have been converted in nineveh god wanted jonah to be there yes i'm wrapping up um so at this time i'm sorry at this time we're going to take our praise oh pastor niece i'm sorry thank you so much gabby but just want to say thanks to the 1000 devices that have pretty much joined us um for our sabbath service this morning as well as to a happy belated birthday sister naomi your mom uh she was 102. wow um pretty much september 15th yes that is correct so happy belated birthday so happy that your mom is still here with us god's uh blessings extra blessings on her i would also like to say hello to my mother-in-law who suffered a stroke recently i want to give god thanks for sparing her life and i also want to say hello to my mother who is watching and sister jonas and auntie cecile's mother and celine's father all of whom suffered a stroke it's really a blessing to live and you need rest so rest right and at this time uh we'll now hear from our president who i have not seen in a very long time uh dr eric nathan the president for the east jamaica conference of seventh-day adventists dr nathan it's over to you thank you my friend we have been coming for many many years when you were just a little baby girl we have been coming together and i'm so grateful as i see how god has kept you over the years my friend brothers and sisters it is a joy each morning that i accept this wonderful privilege to be able to greet my brothers and sisters here in jamaica and across the world we are grateful to god in spite of this cove with crisis god is still good to us and i want to say to us and every opportunity i get i want to remind our brethren of the protocols and we need to understand that the variants that we're having they are dangerous and wicked and they are taking lives we mourn the lives of many or four elders and members of our churches and so yes we want you to be very careful as we manage this covet crisis and talking about my friend pastor newton clegg horn he is the closest friend i have and today as i talk to the wife she needs our prayers and she needs our support in any way was told that we are seeking to do the funeral on the on tuesday the 28th of september we will be coming out of ncu gymnatorium and so we at one o'clock on tuesday the 28th we will be celebrating the life of a warrior one who has fought a good fight and has kept the faith and we believe that the lord would have seen him through and so yes that is re the sad news but we want to look at the good news now i want to commend the you department what a brand shaw and his team of leaders as we celebrate today today is world pathfinder day and i am happy to know that there is an effort to have a partner in the club in every church and this morning i will worship with the meadowville pathfinder club because they have asked me to come across and celebrate with them i want to ask all my pastors to make sure that all our churches celebrate the part finder program because you cannot be a good solid seventh-day adventist without being a part-finder every adventist pathfinder has more to offer than just a regular member and those of us who have come through the ranks of the pathfinder to master guide we would have looked at life from a different perspective what pathfinder does to the youth of our church it gives them a new perspective and so i commend pastor branshaw and his team for celebrating world pathfinder's day in east jamaica conference every church and we are asking all our pastors to make sure that all our churches raise up pathfinders program and so may the lord continue to be with us next week's sabbath the 25th is the sabbath when we will celebrate in collaboration with east jamaica conference asa we're going to be celebrating the day what is called public campus ministries day we recognize that well the ia they haven't done this studies recognize that we are losing most of our young people just about when they are feeling about entering university and leaving university and so the the church inter-american division is making an effort for all the conferences and unions to look out for our students and on the non-adventist campuses i want to commend elder thomas for the energy that he extends in making sure that every year asi east jamaica conference in collaboration with east jamaica conference will celebrate this special day for public campus ministry and the good thing this year we are going to have the speaker coming out of inter-american division one of the vice president ambassador baldwin braham will be the man to address all our public campus students and we want to praise god for them and encourage them so that they will remain within the church next thing for young people is that come november we're going to be asking all our senior leaders to just step back and and culture nurture or young leaders young elders young deaconesses young communist service director give them an opportunity to taste what it is to lead the church and they know that when they are leading the elders idea to give them support and the elder leaders for the different departments they can get support from november is but is youth week of prayer month and as i listened to pastor branshaw he's saying that some of our youth departments will be extending the week of prayer one more week or one or two more weeks so that they can continue to present the love of god to the community this is coming from the young people because it is only when our young people has a power to play that they will feel comfortable to be a part of the seventh-day adventist church the health department today begins world health week and so starting tomorrow afternoon we are going to be having an entire week of health emphasis we are going to be looking at a health principles and the team for this week i want to live healthily and so i want all of us to share with us on the virtual church the powerful presentations that are in place so that we will understand that the health message is the right arm of the gospel and it is going to be that which we will use to enter to enter as a wedge into the lives of others these are called with times and we want to make sure that we understand what can we do what we can do to help to boost our immune system will you listen to us this week east jamaica conference will begin the first presentation and then the other five conferences will join with us every evening putting forward another principle of health as we emphasize that and so we thank god for the health department of our church we cannot help but remember in that the devil is alive and what he does he tries to destroy us by using our families and those who are closest to us and so i want to commend sister claudette genus eleginas for a tremendous job in keeping the health department alive and well even during cope with time and so last week we had a wonderful celebration of the family togetherness week and we want to let you know that starting this week this evening and next week sabbath afternoon we are going to be having special emphasis from those individuals who are husbands who are dedicated husbands and for wives we are going to have it next week the committed wives and we want all our pastors and all our churches to understand the power of family ministries want our pastors to understand that in every church we should have a couples club a singles club and we want you to understand that we ought to put in place a club that we can minister to divorcees and to widow and wither earth so family life department we continue to lift our hats to the family life department closing off with personal ministry we understand that the kobe is alive and we will not be able to do things as we usually do them we cannot pitch big tent anymore but we are forced to do small group ministry we thank god for the preachers of our church as ellen white says the work will never be finished until those comprised of the lady hold hands with the clergy and this is all the work will be finished starting october 2 we will have some of our lay men who will be adopting to the coving situation but the mission continues we want all our churches to share the blessings of this special series for these are days when we don't know what will happen tomorrow let us buy up every opportunity and get things done i just want to say that in in preparation for this meeting and i say to all of us east jamaica conference join with jamaica union in celebrating the 100 years of ministry of inter-american division and among the things that inter-american division will be doing is that they will be talking about breaking the glass ceiling of evangelism how can we do better in this time how can we join and make evangelism something that we can be proud of so we're asking all our pastors to meet on september 29th at the north street church zone 4 and zone 1 and zone 2 and 3 at andrews on the 30th on thursday because we have some information that we need to share with you from iid from jamaica union and we will meet your pastors those days and share the information with them close enough by saying how much we appreciate to our technical team and our production team ejc is proud of what the virtual church is doing like a lighthouse she is sending the beams across the world and we thank god for the support that headquarters but we want to let you know that for the beams to continue to flow appreciation goes out to those who are sending their offering there are some of us who have not yet started because we believe that our offerings might be too small but i close by saying thank you for thinking about it and we want you to put your thoughts in action so that the virtual church will remain alive even if it is small the song says little is much when god is in it thank you and may god bless you today is going to be a great day inside let us pray to this end this is my wish for all of us on the virtual church today and may god bless you thank you thank you happy sabbath it is a good thing to give thanks unto the lord and truly we are here to worship god in the beauty of holiness and so we want you to join with us and sing with us as we sing to the honor and glory of our almighty god we're gonna let it rise this morning we're gonna lift up his name this morning let the glory of our lord rise among us let the glory of our god rise among us let the praises of our king rise among us let it rise [Music] let the glory of our lord rise among us let the glory of the lord rise among us let the praises of our king rise among us let it rise somebody said [Music] let it rise [Music] rise among us live the songs of the lord rise among us let the joy of our king rise among us let it rise [Music] let the songs follow rise rise among us let the songs of our lord rise among us let the joy of our king rise among us let it rise [Music] [Music] [Music] let praises rise from the inside from the inside of me maybe [Music] [Music] is for you we used to be glorified [Music] is for you for you to be glorified for you to believe let praises rise from the inside from the inside of me maybe inside in the inside [Music] [Music] oh all i want is for you for you to be glorified for you to be i want is for you to be [Music] i glorified is for you for you to be glorified for you to believe [Music] for you to be [Music] give me i hope it's not too late give me you everything [Music] give me you i hope is not late lord give me your lord give me you lord [Music] give me [Music] you [Music] lord give you lord give me you lord give you [Music] my soul says yes says yes [Music] to your way my soul says yes says yes since yes my [Music] where you lead me will follow when you call me i will answer oh my lord please teach me how to know your way where you lead me [Music] oh my lord teach me how to do your will my soul says [Music] yes says yes my soul says yes says yes to your [Music] says yes [Music] i give myself away oh i give myself away so you can use me i give myself away [Music] i give myself away [Music] i give myself away [Music] [Music] here i am lord my life is in your hands [Music] lord is [Music] away so you can you use my death to give myself away i belong to [Music] here i am [Music] is [Music] [Music] give myself away so [Music] i give myself away so you can use me lord give me you everything else [Music] give me you give me your [Music] everything else give [Music] me give me your [Music] lord give me [Music] [Applause] [Music] give myself away [Music] so you can here i am here i am [Music] i give myself away [Music] me [Music] i give myself away so you [Music] are you ready to be used this morning we have to avail ourselves and prepare ourselves if we want to be used if we really want to be on board this morning we have to make ourselves available and so this morning it is a prayer of our hearts to be drawn closer closer to the lord [Music] to hear you say that i'm your friend you are my desire [Music] there's nothing else can take your place wherever you are this morning to feel the warmth of your embrace [Music] bring me back [Music] [Music] you're [Music] know [Music] day [Music] know [Music] [Music] help me know [Music] you're [Music] help me know you are [Music] is [Music] and [Music] to [Music] true um [Music] [Music] in love [Music] oh [Music] you're [Music] me know you i need help [Music] me [Music] i don't know where you are this morning or what you are experiencing but the lord doesn't care where you are or what you're experiencing because he's there he's there to fix it he's only asking for you to come [Music] come just as you are and taste the bible says taste and see that the lord is good but until you allow him that position that place in your life you will not be able to truly experience the goodness of god amen and so this morning we're asking you and and he's asking come just as you are [Music] come and see christ our king come and live [Music] forever [Music] come just as you [Music] hear the [Music] come just as you [Music] come and [Music] just as you are [Music] come just as you are [Music] come and see christ [Music] and christ foreverlasting [Music] yes [Music] again [Music] everlasting he'll give you strength [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Applause] just as you are [Music] just as you are [Music] come and see christ come and live forever [Music] [Music] praise the lord praise the lord or affirmation of faith come to us from psalms 63 verse 1 to 5 o god you are our god earnestly we seek you today our soul thirsts for you our whole being long for you because we have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and glory we can respond lord your love is better than life itself and we declare that our lips will glorify you we will praise you as long as we live and in your name we will lift up our hands and do your work lord we will be satisfied if you feed us and we will now sing to your marchless name the church is now called to worship [Music] here amen he is [Music] his name again he is [Music] he is [Music] oh god or help in ages pass or hope for years to come or shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home almighty god we magnify and praise your name today we thank you for life we thank you for your blessings lord oh lord we thank you for your sacrifice on calgary where you're providing an ark of safety where we can find salvation as we worship you today we ask lord that you remove all our sins and cleanse this world and righteousness and that you'll fill us with the holy spirit will you come down in pentecostal shore in your church today and may all of us be blessed in jesus name we pray amen amen happy sabbath family of god the joy the pleasure the delight is mine to welcome you to online worship here with us today at east jamaica conference virtual church the theme get on board stay on board today be on board next week and for the month of october remain on board as we have christ this cross and his second coming lay evangelistic association series where god will use more of his manservants like dr noah morgan elders basil powell and noel jump you won't want to miss it now we'll have or opening him which is 359 sing with us heart the voice of jesus calling [Music] heart the voice of jesus calling who will go and work today fields are why the harvest waiting who will bear [Music] [Applause] he offers free who will answer [Music] if you can cross the ocean and [Music] if you cannot speak like angels if you cannot preach like paul you can't tell the love of jesus you [Music] from voicing out the path to heaven of free life and peace to all with your prayers and with your [Music] the prophets mother souls of men are dying and the master calls for you let's not [Music] is [Music] your pleasure be answered [Music] amen the scripture passage from meditation is stating from the book of ezekiel chapter 33 verses 6 and 7. but if the watchmen see the sword calm and blow not the trumpet and the people be not warned if the sword come and take any persons from among them he is taken away in his iniquity but his blood will i require at the watchman's end so thou o son of man i have set thee a watchman unto the house of israel therefore thou shall hear the word of my mouth and warned them from me these are the words of the lord powerful father in heaven this morning we come again to you thanking your god for carrying us through this week and bringing us here this sabbath morning oh father in heaven we are glad and grateful and we praise your name for all that you have done for us you have done mightily in our lives this week oh god many that were ill you raised up our father you binded up broken homes this week oh god and indeed father in heaven we tell you thanks and indeed we are grateful for all that you have done we have come this morning asking you to come divinely close to your people today there are many dear lord who need to hear your words to hear your voice and this morning we ask father in heaven that the power of the holy spirit will reach out to men and women who are in darkness dear god and bring them a word of hope today through this medium we want to thank you for your preacher this morning i asked dear lord that you will energize him fill him with your holy spirit and that the words that he will speak this morning will not come from him or god but will come directly from your throne and men who will hear will repent and turn to thee their father again dear lord be with us throughout this program we beg and may you o lord in heaven as we see the end approaching as we see the time getting more difficult come quickly oh god and save your people we pray in christ's name amen and amen and girls welcome to story time i want you to type into the chat type into your comment section on your device what the title of the story is and we will be loving to see what your responses are so i want to tell you a story that jesus told in the bible it was about me do you know the story you see early in the morning i like to coat my coins they're from my dory the present i received when i got married you see i have ten points one two three four five six seven eight nine i can't make sure they're there i think beautiful and they just represent the great love that my husband has for me every time i look at them i think how much god loves me who is my first husband so one day i was counting my coins and this trouble someone it always falls off and i was like i don't know where it is so i lit a candle and made a search for it so i looked everywhere with the candle because it was pretty early in the morning just as it is now as you see and it was so dark but this one little candle made enough light that i could look through the entire room searching for my lost coin i put the candle down and i even sweeped all around the house i looked and i loot i sweeped and i sweeped till finally i found it my lost cream oh i was so overjoyed i called a huge party let me put it back in place first i called a huge party it keeps falling off i called a huge party and all my friends came and we celebrated i said my last coin i found it and now let's celebrate boys and girls do you know god wants to find a party for you throw a party for you yes you're like this lost coin right on top of the crown of his head he's so happy you're a great treasure to him and when you come home to heaven there's going to be a great party where everybody in god's kingdom will be there and god is gonna be happy to serve you food boys and girls do you know god is gonna be excited when you come to heaven he's gonna throw a huge big birthday party just think about it there's gonna be everyone there who loves jesus who made jesus their forever friend boys and girls jesus is looking for you to be his forever friend i hope you choose him because it's going to be so exciting all the angels will sing in the angel acquire praises and just wonderful music because everybody is excited for just one soul or one little boy or girl or one man or woman that decides to make jesus their forever friend yes did you know that jesus is excited when you choose to be his forever friend he wants every boy and girl everybody woman to be his best friend his forever friend did you know they said abraham is a friend of god and god loves you just as much as abraham yes he wants you to be that crowning julie in his crown you make the whole kingdom complete the dining table is set and he doesn't want any empty spaces he wants everyone to come and he is excited and the angels are excited when you choose to be with jesus see these coins they keep falling off but i have my candle and we keep looking for more people to add to god's kingdom yep we all add up into god's kingdom and when we become part of god's family and his forever friend we should sink out more yes every day more and more people are away from the fold of god are away from the kingdom of god and when we shine our light boys and girls when we are light in the huge darkness as you saw before we people see us and they become part of god's kingdom too just like that last one and yes then go again we keep going and finding more we need more god is calling you as his forever friend to reach more with your light and how do we get this light this light is jesus in our hearts and the more we shine jesus in our heart the more we can look for more lost coins and add them to the kingdom and add them to the friends of jesus clone and then we have a huge jesus christ party when jesus comes a second time to god's kingdom where his forever friends will be with him forever dear heavenly father we pray that he will help us to have jesus in our hearts we may have love for one another and others that they may see or not and come to you god of love in jesus name amen so all the blessings we've shared so many ways jesus has shown us he cares though they've been a lot of glories fell down here on this old earth we'd have only just begun when jesus comes when jesus the clouds will break as the trumpet sounds there'll be glorious singing [Music] as we enter [Music] be gone when jesus [Music] it's time after time [Music] in the presence of his love but though we know we've already tasted of the glories that is [Music] [Music] [Applause] the clouds will break glorious [Music] [Music] just begun [Applause] [Music] when jesus comes when jesus comes bless jesus christ [Applause] amen episode 1 we are living in the end of time and the sunrise succinctly and soberly that the golden morning is fast approaching and jesus soon will come it is for us to tell men and women boys and girls to get on board to get on board the ark of safety titus chapter 2 verse 13 reminds us to get on board the act of safety as we look for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great god our savior jesus christ evangelists noel jump noah morgan and basil powell will be imploring men and women boys and girls to get on board the act of safety during the evangelistic series which runs from the second to the 30th rather of october 2021 under the auspices of the la evangelist association of the east jamaica conference of 70 adventists with the theme christ the cross and his coming this as they tell the good news of salvation telling of jesus his love his grace his mercies and his soon coming this as we all of us who are in the song of my voice continue to support them by being totally member involved in getting on board the outpouring by continuing to give up our time our talent on our treasure to the cause of salvation in the upcoming series as we prepare to give to our creator a part of the proceeds of our labor here today and to participate in this solemn and time-honored act of giving we know that returning our tithes and giving our free will offerings are genuinely rewarding acts of worship in addition to providing for the continuation of the lord's work the spreading of the good news of salvation alerting men and women boys and girls to get on board the act of safety our love gifts here today and in the future symbolize that we are faithful stewards so willingly giving and returning our ties and giving our free will offerings and donations showing that we are obedient to god because we are in a loving and obedient relationship with him the information is on your screen you can make your contributions to the east jc virtual church whether it's your tithe free will offering or donations to include the late evangelist association series coming up to account number 53511 the bank of nova scotia halfway three branch is a checking account and you can email your instructions for your portioning of your tithes and free will offerings and donations to and push us at jmsd.net or k manning jmsd.net and in your local churches you can make your contributions and donations to the late evangelist association by the conventional way by writing on your ted envelopes and forwarding them to the east jamaica conference of 70 adventists let us pray loving father as we come before you and this your holy sabbath day we come with prisoner hearts and tongues in our lips thanking you for being a good god to us for waking us up in our right mind this morning so that we can be here assembled to worship you in spirit and truth loving father we ask that you bless these love gifts as they come to you be with the stewards of these funds help them to use them wisely well for the virgins of their work to tell men and women boys and girls to get on board the act of safety because soon you brush the eastern skies and you are coming for a prepared paper and we know our loving father we have a hell to sean and heaven to gain you do bless us as we worship you in spirit and in truth and this your holy sabbath day is my accent in jesus name amen at this time we're going to be transitioning to what i call one of my favorite segments of the program and it is our testimony segment where we get a chance to hear the good news a little bit of the bad but we also hear how god is still with his people joining us at this time live in studio is sister paulette clark i'm correct right yes thank you sister paula clark who is here to share with us a powerful testimony this this morning sister clark welcome to ejc virtual church now i'm the type of individual i want for persons to pretty much tell their story and i'm not the one who's going to tell it for them so um just just give us a synopsis of pretty much what you have gone through and how god has delivered you oh well um the testament this morning is one of um it's one of the best one off because um there are many amen um i work the field of souls and when i work the field of souls there are many different things they come across so i met a young lady who asked me well she was she was um other persons were really talking to her a long time about you know becoming a seventh-day adventist she went to kingsway high but she's of apostolic background so she says i will never become a seventh-day adventist she was one of those young ladies that um would go to different churches on a sabbath with the other students you know for whatever programs they would they would put on and she said i would never become a seventh-day adventist and other persons trying to reach her she said no so um i met her when she was in our fourth year our final year at ncu doing a degree program of course she was almost 19. and um she she asked the question what is the difference between sunday and sabbat so i gave her a short answer and answer and said that um the time i made the time available to study with you and so a few weeks later i called and we set up the time to study studying with her starting with her and she got to accept the truth but she said i have a problem i'm from an apostolic home they won't allow me to be baptized okay but that doesn't bother me because i know that i am doing my path and the other part is for the holy spirit so what i did my part i worked and i prayed i worked and i prayed and saw the holy spirit brought it home and want to praise the lord with me somebody amen that young lady seven months ago she was baptized but not only that um ken cut has a pro at a um you know bible school training program and during the training program she was one of them who decided to uh to take the course and you know talk to one of her friends this friend is a much older person herself though and this person decided that she will give her life to the lord or prededicate her life to the lord and um that person would be baptized next week god be the glory that's one story i have so many i have so many but that one is short i'll give another short one can i go ahead okay i was working in another series and um this lady we knocked at her gate we knocked at her again she was hanging close on the line and she said to us come in and we waited until she was finished you know hang in her clothes after she finished she took us inside and we talked to her and so on she said to us yesterday i was praying to the lord i said i always ask you for what i want what do you want so she said the next day we knocked at your gate and because we knocked out our gates you realize you know something else off and so we prayed and we work with her she is one she was one of those person was a i think he's a church of god for about 13 and a half years a long time and she was really somebody who worked our daughter a christian um life to keep it up and show she could not see the part of the um sabbath worship at all so i can't see that part but i listen like a doctor if you come to a doctor you're not telling him about your hand and by the time you're finished you tell him about your toe he's not going to pay you much mind about the talk he's going to be listening to you know what you said at first and working on that so what i did was um ask her to pray before we leave one day and she prayed and she said at the end of the day i want to be saved praise god so i invited her on thursday night and she came and i invited her on a sabbath and she came and when she went to the crusade i took her to the past after this after the preaching and so on pastor spoke with her for quite some time and then she left when i talked to pastor later he said that she's not going to be ready no she she no because of what she said she's not going to be ready at all i don't think she's going to be ready so i didn't say anything i continue to work with her but i the young man that worked with me a young student sometimes he's not there so i would go alone i would not bring anybody else with me because another bible worker said to us one night we were going on why don't you leave her alone so if she don't let me be watching no he's just i'm telling it as he says and so i said to i said i didn't stop going to visit with her by myself when the other young man did not come and what happened is that she i invited her another night she came to thursday night and then the last um sub um so but she came again and while we were there i was at the back i saw her got a puncher run up to the top and said thank you jesus thank you jesus and that's what she was going on our bag fell on the floor and i went up to pick up the bag when i picked up the bag and dust off our bible that fell on the floor to the ground i took it up and put it in the bag and when i opened the bag i saw some things in there some some other small clothes and so on in there praise the lord telling you so so i i put on a bag and they took her on the back and predator that sabbath afternoon when she was baptized he was not baptized under the tent praise god she was baptized she was baptized in the river later she told us that she took those things just in case you praise god the same person that that they were telling me you have to leave her alone but i said i work do my part and i allow the holy spirit to do his part so no matter what anybody say keep working for the lord he has people out there to be saved and praise be to god an apostolic and the church of god was saved and now that that young apostle as i said before has also brought somebody praise the lord amen continue to sow the seeds my sister i i like that what what she said i'm always asking what i want but god what do you want i'm picking up so many things from this these two testimonies first of all i like what you said to separate where you said the i work i do the part that god has asked me to do the holy spirit does the rest many times when we are witnessing to persons we feel as though we are the ones converting them and if we are rejected if they reject the christ that we are presenting to them at first we give up and feel offended and then we leave them alone but the holy spirit never gives up and i'm very proud of you sister paulette for your continued effort and the fact that you were determined to work the field of souls knowing very well that even when you went alone as a human being the holy spirit was with you and he was the one working on the heart of the people yes i am so pleased and another thing that came up for me that was very pointed was that you kept saying you prayed through at every step of the way you prayed and you see the lady came with her clothes just in case who could it be but god amen we should never go out to witness never go out to never attempt to tell somebody about christ without praying first because it is really christ through us yes that is true i just want to we're gonna wrap up um how do you feel um when you see someone give their lives to christ because i'm gonna tell you a confession there are a lot of times when when we would gather pre-covered and we're here as a baptism on the program and we're like why am i going for my lunch you know but something special happens when you watch someone go down into that pool it's almost like a reconnection a restoration period for you that has been in the church for so long so i just want to hear from you how do you feel when you see someone give their lives to the lord when i see someone give their life to the lord i am elated because i know that um the devil wants um to get us on his side and he'll do any and everything and he's fighting for us now he's fighting the battle very hard yes and if we allow him to have his way then none of us will be saved so when i see someone goes on into the water i just keep praising god thanking him that he's still in the business of saving souls amen thank you so much this is where we wrap up our testimony segment for this morning i remember please remember we had said something in the chat that we want for you to share what god has done for you this week please don't forget that and if you have a short testimony we could also take those uh at the end of our sabbath service but we just want to say thanks to sister pollock clark for sharing such a powerful powerful story and for those of you who have been praying for for many persons for years you want them to give their lives to the lord continue to pray god knows everything don't give up just because they keep rejecting and rejecting but god knows exactly what he's doing at this time we'll know transition to or intercessory prayer let us pray loving god and our heavenly father we thank you so much for this wonderful privilege we have to come into your awesome presence to worship you to adore you to magnify your name we come acknowledging you as our sovereign god the one in whom we live and move and have our being the only god worthy of our worship or praise and or adoration as we come before you lord we acknowledge that we have sinned against you in thought word and deed we have left undone the things that we ought to have done and we have done the things that we ought not to have done the lord we thank you for not treating us as our sins deserve thank you for your mercy for your love for your grace thank you for your mercy that come to us new every morning we thank you lord for your amazing love your amazing grace for your loving kindness towards us and for your faithfulness to us day by day we come heavenly father seeking that your holy spirit will come into our midst come into our hearts that your holy spirit will fill us even to the overflowing so lord that we will be able to go and tell you'll be empowered to spread the good news about your love about your grace about your salvation and about your soon coming we pray lord for every gospel campaign that is in progress and at this time we lift up to you the gospel campaign that is in the planning stages now and will soon be implemented christ the cross and his coming we lift up to you the evangelists dr noel morgan ellen oil jump elder bastille powell and we ask their god that your holy spirit will empower them will take control of their lives as they prepare themselves and as they prepare their messages we pray that you will place an hedge of protection around them and their families and lord may your holy spirit shield them from every fiery dart of the evil one we pray for the bible instructors for every member of the crew who say team and we pray heavenly father that all our plans will come to fruition to your name's honor and glory and the salvation of many souls for your kingdom we pray for those who are sick among us lord you know the different medical issues we ask that your hands of healing will be upon them so that your name can be magnified we pray for those who are mourning the loss of loved ones and we ask heavenly father that you will comfort them that you will remind them that you are their refuge and underneath them are your everlasting arms so father we just ask that you will take all the prayer requests you know every need you know every circumstance we pray oh god that you will answer every request there are those parents who are burdened for their children who have strayed from their fall oh lord we pray that even now wherever they are your holy spirit will speak to them so that they can return to your fold of safety before mercy's door shall close father we pray for our country for our leaders political leaders and our church leaders we ask that you would send them knowledge from above give them wisdom as they face the many challenges of god help them not to lean on their own understanding or depend on their own intellect but they will allow you to direct their paths father we pray for our country and even for the world lord gripped in the throes of this pandemic father we know that you could have prevented it but we trust you lord because we know that you have a purpose we trust you and so we just ask heavenly father that your will be done in our lives on earth as it is in heaven you're just asking that you will stem the tide but you will not allow this pandemic to continue much longer we pray heavenly father that you will help us as your children that we may follow the protocols outlined that we will not allow the devil to distract us but that we will study your words and deepen our knowledge so that we will be able to discern the delusions the deceptions of the enemy so that we will not be this united but that we will focus on our soul salvation and focus on the salvation of others that we indeed will go and let men and women know of your saving grace and your desire to save everyone lord we pray your blessing upon today's service be with your love [Music] for man's servant grant him an anointing oh god wherever we worship remove every destruction and pray everything that the devil may seek to make someone not get that word that is intended for him or for her we pray that you will grant good internet service so that everything will proceed uninterrupted and at the end of the service lord may everyone who listens to your words today leave singing a new song even the song of the soul set free may your words be meet in due season so that sinners can be converted and your name glorified so we just leave ourselves in your hand and we ask that you will bless us abundantly and beyond all that we are able to ask or think and grant each one know god that because of the decisions they make today in response to your holy spirit's call and for those who have already surrendered when you come we may see your face in peace and live with you throughout eternity when our hope becomes reality and our faith becomes sight may we enjoy eternity with you we pray in jesus name amen amen amen god would have been so good to us for this quincun cranium we have been focusing on i will go many series began such as the music aca gems and many souls were won for god's kingdom we will be having our lay evangelistic association series which will begin october the month of october and as such we would have heard a few weeks ago elder now will jump elder basil powell and today we will be hearing another of the speaker doctor evangelist noel morgan you may be wondering who is this noah morgan he loves christ unconditionally he's a passionate disciple he accepts that he is called to ministry and regards his occupation as secondary to the master's call no one has been involved in evangelistic activities from way back when 1976 at various levels he has held numerous crusades seminars and workshops in several pastoral districts across the jamaica union conference of seventh day adventist since 2006 he has preached on several occasions with cheer him international and quiet hour he has conducted evangelistic series in several countries such as africa usa and the caribbean the holy spirit has led hundreds of souls into god's kingdom and raised up several churches resulting from the combined efforts of evangelist morgan and his spirit-filled team he is a graduate of the mark finley school of evangelism and the founding member or facilitator of the east jamaica conference school of evangelism evangelist the evangelist morgan is a recipient of numerous awards for evangelism and church leadership from the inter-american division jamaica union and east mega conference as well as from several churches and institutions he currently serves as on several boards and committees including the east jamaica conference executive committee executive committee of asa ejc and he is the vice president of the lay evangelistic association here at east jamaica conference he is an elder at the macedonia southern adventist church where he has served in various capacities for over 46 blessed years professionally he is a chartered accountant with post-graduate degrees in accounting finance and entrepreneurship he has completed his doctoral degree praise the lord in business administration and high with high commendations where he specializes in strategic financing and entrepreneurship he's a member of the institute of charitable accountants of jamaica and the caribbean importantly we must share that he's married to his darling wife dr karen morgan for over 37 years can you believe it god is good together they have three adult daughters janelle rennell and rochelle today i ask that you pray for this man of god and you ask the holy spirit to use him passionately before he comes we'll have the meditation so thank you [Music] how long has it been since you talked with the lord [Music] how long she prayed how long since you stayed on your knees till the night showed you how long has it been since your [Music] mind since [Music] how long has it been since you knew that he cared for you [Music] how long has it been since you're nailed by your bed [Music] in heaven how long since you knew that it ends [Music] how long has [Music] that this day is worthy can you call him your friend how long has it been since you knew that he cared [Music] how long has it been since you knew that he cares for you shall we praise the lord god is good and if you are happy to be alive especially in these times will you just type in the chat god is good and i love him i bring you greetings in the name of jesus christ our savior from the sunny shores of barbados and i'd like to say thanks to the jackson sda church for we're broadcasting from here for this message what is your fantasy denise for your kind words of introduction and for all of you brothers and sisters who have taken the time with all the options you have available to join us today for worship indeed god has been good i am grateful to god for his plan of salvation for the fact that a simple feeble human being like myself can be given the privilege to say a word for god i want to say special thanks to my family the kind we just celebrated 37 years of wedding this and it felt like just yesterday but god has been good to us and so janelle reynolds you know i tell you karen wanted to have six children but the lord would see it fit uh my father had one dozen so she wanted to go halfway but we give god chance for that but i want to say thanks to everyone who is involved in making the program successful and i want to shift right away from the formalities of greetings to go into the world because the times in which we're living are serious times and that is why the hope for humanity is indeed the coming of our lord and savior jesus christ i want to welcome all our viewers or worshipers online from all across the world with the time i won't get a chance to identify you all but i'm so grateful that you're here with us and um please note that not only am i welcoming you but you are welcome in the presence of jesus christ we are a family together again just praising the lord i purpose to speak to you following the riveting sermons we had from elder jump ella powell and last week from our own evangelists i want to speak to us on the topic get on board you know the bible tells us some 190 verse 105 thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light onto my path and so we focus our attention on the word of god and if i'm asking that wherever you are you seek to put aside any distraction so that we can for a few moments understand the message that god has for us today thanks so much to the team for morning from summer school i've been enjoying the theme and there have been so many assets brought out under the theme get on board that as we allow the holy spirit to lead us today we will be certainly filled to capacity i invite you then to bow your heads with me as we pray father in heaven thank you for life thank you that you didn't leave us without warning that you are or only who as we open your words today we ask for a special night and i asked as your humble servant for you to touch me just my brain cell and to let jesus christ be lifted up in the word today bless every worshiper may we understand that what will happen today may influence the rest of their lives so all of us we are true to your words in jesus name i pray amen get on board throughout the bible as i spend time reading the word of god i've been able to track the course of the rule of god god's arc of salvation through time early on in the scriptures we see god's rescue movement beginning with a very important text found in genesis 3 verse 15 and i will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise their head and thou shalt bruise is healed this was clearly stated after the most dreaded disease oh no not covered not ebola or the spanish flu the most dreaded disease called sin was unleashed upon the human race as a result of the disobedience of adam and eve god made a perfect world with everything designed for the happiness of the human family the bible tells us in genesis 1 27 that god so loved the human family that he made male and female of first parents in his own image so both adam and eve reflected the image of god and god was so pleased at the end of the creation that the bible recalls in genesis 1 31 that when god looked at everything that he had made he said behold it was very good tragically just a few steps later we see in genesis 3 that hair is outlined the sad saga of a planet in rebellion we see the entrance of sin and the curse of sin resulting in our first parents being banished from their garden paradise in fact the bible tells us in genesis 3 verse 23 and 24 that let's start at 22 the lord god said behold the man is become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live forever therefore the lord god sent forth from the god of eden to kill the ground from whence he was taken verse 24 marks the end of paradise for man at that time so he drove off the man and placed at the east of the garden of eden cherubims and a flaming sword which turned everywhere to keep the way of the tree of life sin was such a dreaded disease that the bible tells us in isaiah chapter 59 verse 1 and 2 that the lord had to turn away let's read it for ourselves behold the lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save neither is his hair heavy that it cannot hear but your iniquities have separated between you and your god and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear friends sin cause separation from god and that is why the promise made in genesis 3 15 to which i initially referred is so important because it shows that even though we sinned god's love went beyond the depth of our sin to provide an act of salvation for every sinner and so noah got on board when he heard god's call and he built the first act he preached for 120 years but alas only his family got on board everybody else died in the flood other servants of god got on board including abraham moses and the prophets which included isaiah and we see after malachi that there's a pause in the prophetic tradition after which john the baptist got on board proclaiming the good news of the coming of jesus but with a message of repentance and that is why in matthew chapter 3 verses 1-3 the bible records in those days came john the baptist preaching in the wilderness of judea and saying repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for this is he that are spoken of by the prophet is saying the voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare it the way of the lord and make his part straight go back in time and we see in exodus 25 verse 8 that christ wanted to be so close to his people that he gave moses instructions saying let them build me a sanctuary that i may dwell among them this is so important because evil tells us in evil 9 that the sanctuary that moses built was a copy of the sanctuary in heaven and so outlined in the century and its rituals was a forecast of god's art of salvation which was to be fulfilled in jesus christ his son jesus the lamb of god and john tells us in john 1 29 behold the lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world jesus the lamb of god was the one to whom the israelites looked forward to by faith when according to leviticus every time they sinned they would have brought a sacrifice a lamb or as determined by the nature of their sin and they would kill that lamb the blood would be sprinkling the veil and by faith their sins would have been forgiven because of what jesus would have come to do say they accepted christ and by faith they knew that when this the lamb was killed or the orphan maybe a kid that it wasn't the blood of the animal that mattered but it was representative of the blood of jesus christ and that is so important so we see where christ came and he launched his plan of salvation he invited everybody to come on board because he knew that very soon he'd be coming back no wonder he quoted from isaiah in luke 4 16 to 30. he said according to isaiah 61 the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach and you go on he declared his mission and that is why in luke 19 verse 10 he was very clear he said i am come to seek and to save everyone was lost and who does that include the baby tells us in romans 3 23 that all have sinned and come short of the glory of god and so jesus was very clear in john 3 16 and 17 that god so loved the world that he gave his unbegotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life and christ stated in john 14 verse 6 that i am the way the truth and the life no man coming to the father but by me you see jesus knew that he had a rescue plan in the ark known as salvation that is why in john 14 verse 13 he says don't worry about coping don't worry about financial challenges don't worry about the issues that are affecting our world today let not your heart be troubled why i am coming back because i'm going to prepare a place for you and since you have gone i will come again that is why the first is so significant because in preparation for his coming he provided by dying on calvary's cross so that each one of us could be guaranteed a place in this coming kingdom so the message is very clear and i want to ask you then what is the significance of this message us today why are we being called to get on board let me preface this by stating something very important first john 5 verse 10 and 11 says this is the record that god has given every one of us eternal life and this life is in his son he that are the son of god at life if we do not have the son of god if we have no relationship with jesus christ we are living but we are dead the fact is we must understand how we are affected by all of this wise one says in ethiopia chapter 12 verse 14 for god shall bring every work into judgment every secret thing whether it be good or evil but my bible also tells me in abuse chapter 3 that before judgment comes on the land god always provides notice and warning about 37 says surely the lord god will do nothing but he revealed his secret unto his servants the prophets in the midst of the pandemic god called three of his servants donald trump apostle paul and noel morgan and he gave them a mission a warning mission he gave them a message to serve notice to the world that judgment is on the land or do i know this ezekiel chapter 33 and verse 5 tells me this he heard the sound of the trumpet and he took not warning his blood shall be upon him but either take it warning shall deliver his soul how does that apply now i jump basil paul and noel morgan are aware that we are just sinners saved by grace and even more we venture out to preach to others if we are not connected with jesus christ if we are not experiencing a saved relationship with him our preaching will be in vain that is why i encourage my evangelist friends that as we seek to warn others we must ensure that our hearts are right with god before we declare the warning it says but he that taketh warning shall deliver a soul but does it apply to you now let's look at the same passage verse six and seven if the watchman sees the sword coming and blow not the trumpet and the people be not warned if this world come and we know it's coming any person among you that's taken he will be taken away in his iniquity but his blood will i said the lord require at the white man's hand you might be wondering who's a watchman and what does this have to do with me and zoom here's what verse 7 says so though oh son of man i have set thee a watchman unto the house of israel therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and warn them for me the day of warning was sounded and was set for august 21 with the end time message under the theme jesus the cross and his coming but listen to me the church was not ready for battle so god in his love and mercy gave us another chance to get ready and he allowed conditions to so change to give us time to get on board in every battle there are going to be scars and casualties and before we go into battle we must be wearing the armor of god and so today let me be clear we are standing under judgment god declared in ezekiel chapter 9 and verse 6 and i'm using the word of god today not human philosophies thy word is that lumber to my feet the bible says slay utterly old and young put maids and little children and women but come not near any man upon whom is a mark and begin at my sanctuary today judgment has begun in the house of god we see delta well we started with alpha and now the new variant is known as delta and we have mu oh let's look at the greek alphabet and now you may ask why not my question but the fact is many have become fearful frustrated and faithless and i want to point something out to you it's very serious because we see the onslaught of the pandemic and we are trying to stock up and to provide and to do all manner of things but hear the word of the lord matthew 24 7 says foreign nation shall rise against nation kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences hope it is just a start you haven't seen anything yet and earthquake in diverse places look at verse eight all these things are the beginning of sorrows i pause here you see at first glance it seems a strange statement but when you look at the greek word for sorrow ordinance it is awful associated with the idea of labor pain or birth pains and so we understand jesus to be indicating that the ongoing series of tragic events would merely be the labor pains leading to other events and once these things begin to happen the condition of the world will continue to worship until childbirth which is the coming of jesus christ so yes many i become sick and i extend my condolences to so many who have lost loved ones my own family i lost my uncle two weeks ago and so many friends i can in the last two weeks amazing how many persons that i know personally who have died i extend my condolences to you many who could have been warned and we began on august 21 are now dead are they blood on our shoulders you answer that i'll have to answer that satan seem to have scored a temporary victory and i looked at the newspaper and i see where um the article says that 70 adventists are becoming divided because of vaccination issues friends i want us to understand the fact that god is cleaning up his church and this shaking has become but let me pause here there are some people who are happy to be called 70 adventists and who believe that because you are called this you are the only one who is going to be saved or that you have special privileges and rights with god the scripture tells me that christ died for all men as a matter of fact let me tell adventists that there are many more than all the adventists combined out there who are going to be saved and that is why it's important for every one of us to make our individual calling and election sure i'm happy that god did not give us the right to determine who shall be called is and the distinguishing mark is the relationship that we have with jesus so wear your labels if you want if you're not integrally personally caught up with jesus christ calling yourself decide that makes no difference because jesus is away the truth and the life no man regardless of labors come to the father but by me and so there are many are the books of the church and i'm talking to adventists whose names are not written in the lamb's book of life i want to be very clear this is not a regular sermon and i'm happy i'm able to preach you before we go into the series because when you get into battle there have got to be casualties trust me we are going to see many moving out but many more who we think are just in nominal churches there's so many christians who are praising god and living and they will come in when the church is clean because if it is left to some of us we would stand as guards at the door and prevent them from coming to jesus you see the apostle speaks clearly the prophet thinks clearly that apostasy is coming that is why i'm talking to you today the same type of apostasy that was in the death of israel we saw then the exaltation of human above the divine we saw then the placing of the teachings of science above the truths that are contained in god's holy writ we see the barefoot influence of doubt and unbelief on the minds and hearts of even those who claim to belong to christ and many are substituting the oracles of god for the theories of men check what's up check all of those tears that are going around today but i give god thanks the apostasy is not universal at this time not all in the world are lawless and sinful yes to me the wise servant of god in prophecy kings 170 states this not all have taken sides with the enemy god as many thousands will not bow their knees to be held and many who long to understand more fully in regard to christ and the law many were open against hope that jesus will come soon to bring an end to the reign of sin and there are many who have been worshipping there ignorantly but at whom the spirit of god is working i say thank you jesus see the time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul the gold will be separated from the dress in the church true godliness will be distinguished from the appearance and things of it many a star that we have admired for brilliancy will go out in darkness chaff like a cloud we are told in testimonies volume five will be blown away on the wind from places where we expect rich fields of grain and that is why before we engage the enemy i'm happy for the word of god and let me just um i know you want to go probably to look for your lunch but there's much more to life than lunch but we're going to look at the word of god i want you to keen attention to this revelation chapter two verse five remember from when's the verse four in fact let's go at verse four nevertheless nevertheless i have somewhat against thee because thou hast left that first love remember therefore from whence start falling and repent and do the first words are healthy but god says to the church and to all those who call themselves children of god because the church is not confined to buildings but to individuals let me tell you i will come unto thee quickly and remove that candlestick out of its place except the repent if you understand what's coming on the earth you would think again that is why the urge the message is so urgent get on board failure to get on board may mean rejection from eternal life and it's no longer time years ago we used to preach get ready everybody get ready the gateway stage has passed now we must get on board and you can't get on board unless you're dressed in the garment the king provides understand the message this is a day of spiritual spring cleaning for the church of god there's a warning that we must heed and as a frightened creature when i look in the prophecies and see what's coming in fact daniel when he got the prophecies the bible says he fainted and just looking at what is about to come on the earth would want individuals to be afraid but when you are uncovering jesus christ you are on the winning side it doesn't matter what the enemy does you have victory in jesus christ type in the chat victory in jesus christ if you like to claim this today so god sent a warning and david in first semester anniversary said you know i recognize that i am but a step away from debt in ezekiel 14 verse 46 the bible says that the message the lord gave to his servant was this thus faith the lord god every man and this is not gender friendly not gender specific man woman boy girl every human being of the house of israel that set it up his idol in his heart and put the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and commit to the prophet i the lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols listen to the word of god therefore say unto the house of israel just fed the lord god repent and turn your faces from all your abominations this is going to be a period so terrible that one writer says it's terrible beyond comprehension this season of distress and anguish before us will require a faith that can endure weariness delay and anger a faith that will not fail though it be to be a child last day been before and that's why the songwriter says oh for a faith that will not shrink the oppressed by many a four that will not tremble on the brink of poverty or war the time of trouble brothers and sisters such as never was is soon to open upon us and we shall need an experience that we do not now possess and which many are too indolent to obtain with controversy page 621 it is often the case the writer says that the traveler is greater in anticipation than in reality but this is not true of the crisis before us the most vivid presentation cannot reach the magnitude of the idea and so some of you are listening and planning with us for october second let me tell you something do you know if you're going to live you see that i don't know i may not even be around to preach because i don't know the day of my death but i know that is certain when i'm saying to us today that let us not prepare again we must be ready now we must get onward now and there are some of us who are surprised that so many of god's saints are going to sleep and we're wondering where is healing jesus i want to bring to you a statement from last event says while we are praying for healing for our loved ones it is not always safe to ask for unconditional healing god knows [Applause] whether or not those for whom we petition are awful or i will be able to endure the trial and test that is about to come if they lived he knows the end from the beginning many will be laid away to sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come upon the world and so let me see to wrap up i know my wife is saying noel you're preaching too long ellen white makes a statement a solemn statement and if you forget everything else do not forget this it is a silent statement that i made to the church that not one in 20 who are registered upon the church books are prepared to close their earthly history and we would fairly be without god and without hope in the world as the common sinner don't take pleasure in being a member of the church but your passion must be your heart must be right with god that is what makes the difference many he says are professively serving god but they are more earnestly servant mama this half an hour of work is a constant denying of christ rather than a confession of christ so many are brought into the church their own unsubdued spirit unrefined their spiritual taste is perverted by their own immoral debasing corrupting ways symbolizing in the church the spirit of the world i'm happy that i didn't write this look at it christian service page 41. those who claim to be christians and will confess christ should come out from among them touch not the unclean things and get on board surpasses elders who are members members and workers in our institutions officers and members of the church even if you are a backseat member the call is for you to get on board they are a salvation down tomorrow is not promised to any of us and i tell you that we have failed to recognize where we are because you see revelation 3 verse 15 tells us and i summarize because of time that we think we are rich and we think we are ready and we are good as christians but the word of god says we know not that we are naked that we yeah in need of god's holy spirit and there are some of us who are complaining about the troubles around us we can't even get along sometimes with our own and we belong to christ because i do visit this i'm talking about going out to the battle i want to bring your attention to revelation 12 verse 5. if thou ask one with the foot men and they have weary thee then how can thou contend with our sins and if in the land of peace wherein they are trusted there we will be how then will you do in the swelling of jordan so god in his love and mercy set a new date october 2nd but that's not your date your dead is today even says today christians if you hear god's voice it's not about how long you are serving him it's about the quality of your relationship with jesus christ if you hear god's voice hide it not your heart if you are one foot in one foot out if you are distracted by the smoke screen that's happening around us today is your day of salvation trump paul and morgan are on the front line trumpeters the real army is every one of us who have been named the name of christ let us put on the lord jesus christ let us give up the words of darkness let us follow the word of god let us give our hearts to jesus and surrender let us surrender let us repent let us give jesus our hearts let's not follow him in words only but indeed in love and mercy he will give us victory as the praise team sings for us the savior is waiting to enter your heart i ask you the question are you ready to get on board the act of salvation if you are just type in the chat get on board get on board and don't type it because your fingers can move but because the holy spirit is speaking to you and you are convinced that because you don't know what later will bring now is the time to get in the ark of safety the savior priestheim is waiting to enter your heart is waiting to enter your heart why won't you let him come in there's nothing in this world to keep you apart [Music] [Music] time after time he has waited before and now he is waiting again [Music] to see if you're willing to open the door oh how he wants [Music] [Applause] [Music] the savior my friends [Music] receive in and all of your darkness will land within [Music] here's time after time [Music] he is waiting again to see [Music] is [Music] not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in our places but we are assured that when we are anchored on the work christ jesus our victory is secured for we have to open the door for christ to come in i ask you today to make that decision put in the chat you may have with god but you have wandered away your children may have wandered away or even in your own heart you know that something has come up which has taken away your first love today is the day of salvation amen today your victory will be secured as you make it right with jesus christ see from 1811 to the late 1800s 21 of all river accidents in the u.s were caused by steamboat explosions but what would happen basically is that if the boilers were not carefully watched and maintained pressure could build up on the boiler and caused a spectacular and deadly explosion that is why in those years a steamboat was not expected to last more than five years on april 27 1865 a steamboat named sultana exploded and sank while transporting union soldiers to mississippi over 1800 soldiers died but note this vessel was designed to carry 376 passengers but it had 2137 and so three of the four wireless exploded and the vessel was burnt towards the line i perceive as i close closest message that they are vessels of all descriptions online today we are here from all parts of the world over near the nine thousand i look in the chat there are over ten 000 persons listen to this now i don't even look at facebook i'm just looking at youtube can you imagine this go across all the world and all of us are in our individual vessels we're all on board some vessel and all bound for eternity either eternal life or eternal death i know when you're going to avoid you want to think the ship is safe and so all some of us online love to sail and cruise vessels but i sadly say today while you are hearing my voice there are some who are on this ship called sin it may be pleasant but is it safe no the ship of sin will eventually explode [Music] this to me when you go on a voyage choose your version carefully there are some on board a ship called world you love follies though you know that if any man love the world the bible says the love of the father is not in him you may be merry on board the ship but let me tell you your ship will sink and all aboard will perish because what does it profit a man the whole world and lose his soul that's almost on the church ship having no personal relationship with jesus yes i'm proud to be a christian and this time i'm going wider than religious labors not many persons are serious about a christian life as determined by the word of god search scriptures follow the lord and he lead you by his holy spirit in his truth let me tell you being on a church ship doesn't mean that you are going to glory because we find that there's a time of spiritual darkness in the churches ignorance of divine things have hidden god and the truth from view and while satan and his forces of evil are gaining strength we find partial inactivity where some of us are relaxing in zion easy with air condition and cooling down systems while satan and his hosts are intensely at work going for our souls you see the professed christian churches are not converting the world because they themselves are corrupted by selfishness greed and lust there are some of us who are on the ship of self-righteousness you have not done any harm you say you have paid your way you try your best to be a good christian and you expect god's mercy but note clearly the only way to heaven is to be found in jesus he says neither is your salvation for no other but in jesus christ so today if we neglect god's mercy i'll put it off until tomorrow he says come as you are don't wait to go and clean up anything come as you are right now put it in the chat i am coming to jesus just as i am without one plea that god is only one vessel that will never explode and sink its name the after salvation the theme with which we began it's commander jesus christ [Music] sinner come on board this ship for the millions of us who are welcomed by jesus don't worry about fear he has paid it all but you need to get on board at once without hesitation don't be afraid of shipwreck because he's a captain most experienced he created the rocks and the waves he will steer you safely through many tempest will rage around you covered cancer trials in the family financial challenges you name it problems at the workplace but when you are on the ship of salvation you are faith have you lost a loved one recently don't worry about it have you lost a friend are you sick do you need healing put it in the chat pray for me but while we are going to pray for everyone who have surprised you to not just ask for prayers you need to give god a chance to make it right don't worry about the body think about your soul salvation and so i see the chat blazing up because of prayers powerful loved ones prayer for children keep on putting them in the chat we are going to pray it's now past the hour and we are going to close the service remember in the days of noah everyone was invited to get on board but only the eight were saved today if you hear god's voice add another heart if you know that you need to be baptized put baptized in the chat i will find a way to get to you i'll get you to the nearest church now is the time to run to the ark of civity don't stop to ask why run for your life get on board yes tomorrow may be too late let's pray father in heaven you are mighty most holy god you are a savior or redeemer or friend you have loved us with an everlasting love our loving kindness you have drawn yourself to us oh we like sheep have gone astray but in your love and mercy you didn't wait for us to come you searched us out while we were dead in trespasses and sin you lord came and searched for us and today you have offered us salvation and all we need to do is to get on board you see the thousands in the chat who are typing i want to get on board i ask you lord to accept every decision right now there are some who know that they have been halfway in half way out but today the word of god the spirit of god is freaking their hearts the devil is saying wait but your spirit said no type in the church i want to surrender now let the devil knows that you are serious and lord you will give this trench you will give victory i pray for those who are bereaved oh lord you wept when your friend lazarus died not because you couldn't do something good but because you are touched with the feeling of her infirmities i pray for all those who are mourning i pray for all those who are sick and in hospital those who are sick at home i prefer all those who are having challenges with the financial family problems you name it no problem is too big for you you have asked us to cast or cares about you because you care for us today lord we ask for a miracle today lord we have to have a breakthrough today lord we ask you to break the chain and give your people picture for the children and her loved ones who are straight from you the ass of god that you bring them back before the ark the door of the ark is closed when noah and all that should be in the ark went in you shut the door very soon perhaps today the door of life is going to be shut on somebody but in mercy lord before that door closes give that person a chance to accept you accept their feeble i the thief of the cross today lord when you come in your kingdom even if death should come may they be assured that they will find life in you if they surrender to you thank you lord for your mercies thank you lord for your grace thank you lord for answering our prayers increase our faith give us victory we pray in the name of the father in the name of the son and in the name of the holy spirit we say amen thank you jesus god bless you brother and sisters be though faithful unto death and you shall receive the crown of life god bless you i'm sure you would want me to thank elder morgan for the message and the way that he allowed the lord to use him today the trumpet indeed was given a clear sound amidst a global pandemic we serve a god who still cares the lord has said watch men on the walls of zion god has given us time to be ready even as we embark upon this very important l-e-a activity in this time of the year we are standing on the very brink of judgment and so as we give god thanks for a clear message we just want to invite you now to bow your heads for the benediction loving lord we come to you again in the name of jesus you have been to us such a good god demonstrating your everlasting love to fall in humanity we thank you for the provisions you have made for our salvation we thank you for the way you have led your man's servants to today in bringing us this clear message and reacts god that will confirm every decision made today may the words of our mouth therefore and the meditations of our heart be acceptable in thy sight now and forevermore amen amen amen what a powerful message there by our very own uh noel morgan i'm i'm very excited that that that to me was what you call an end time message and it's something that we need to take into consideration many of us we've been hearing these messages for years you know but brethren brothers and sisters it's time it's time for you to get on board stay on the ship don't get frustrated because things aren't going the way they're supposed to go we we major in the minors a lot as professed christians and um we have a lot of disagreements and we want to fulfill our own agendas but god is still the head of the church and we must continue to be faithful i'm speaking to those of you know who are joining us online speaking to myself as well kion must remain faithful and stay on the ship we had a few birthdays though um just want to say happy birthday to mario bayfield uh coming from your brother uh junior and there was another birthday from the arnold uh hello are you hearing me okay you know so from the arnold road we have a birthday celebrant we're celebrating sabbath birthday and of course her name is aleandra thompson barrett so you know of course happy birthday aleandra and she is the sister of juan arifa lee thompson-hansen one of the members of the praise team so i hope that you have a wonderful day ali i want piece of the cake i want some of the food that ramon is cooking i'll call you after yes sister rose reynolds the secretary for the communications um team it's her birthday it's a lot of i'm sorry december born in september no because december is cold all right uh thank you for that um insight there adriana we okay yes our producer just walked in saying tell them and he will be happy with his birthday this week and another summer at home no adults december is cold all right regular wrap so we yeah we're gonna wrap um or our sabbath service thank you so much but thank you so much for joining us for our sabbath service please please we continue the actual program get on board this afternoon of course elder joe and pastor oh will be joining us for bible class you have to tune in for that but we just want to say i hope today you were extremely blessed by what god used his vessels used us to present to you and so we're going to say goodbye for now but we're not going to leave just like that though right no we're going to sing we're going to sing all right so we're going to have the arnold road praise tv take us out with um their rendition of god's children all god's children take it away [Music] do all god's children will be there in that great home gathering in the air we're gonna shine around the throne in that great beautiful home we'll be coming from every nation coming from all generations there'll be no more segregation [Music] [Music] [Music] coming from all generations there'll be no more segregation we're gonna have a good time [Music] [Music] [Music] in the air we're gonna shout around the throne in that great beautiful home we'll be coming from every nation coming from all generations there'll be no more segregation we're gonna have a good time oh god's children will be there in [Music] every nation [Music] [Music] a good time [Music] amen [Music] you

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