1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,720 Joedy Melashenko: It's a blessing to be here this morning. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:04,960 Joedy Melashenko: I've had 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:05,440 Joedy Melashenko: uh 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:06,880 Joedy Melashenko: a 5 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:07,520 Joedy Melashenko: tickle 6 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,120 Joedy Melashenko: in my throat for a number of weeks, and I 7 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,520 Joedy Melashenko: Wasn't even sure I'd be able to sing this morning. 8 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,720 Joedy Melashenko: So if you hear me, you know, looking for some uh 9 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,600 Joedy Melashenko: sour note, you understand why. 10 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:23,420 Joedy Melashenko: But it's a joy to be here this morning. 11 00:00:23,660 --> 00:00:25,500 Joedy Melashenko: We're going to be sharing a lot of 12 00:00:25,740 --> 00:00:27,260 Joedy Melashenko: exciting things that 13 00:00:27,580 --> 00:00:29,100 Joedy Melashenko: God is doing in this world. 14 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:30,620 Joedy Melashenko: Here's a song for you to meditate 15 00:00:30,940 --> 00:00:32,060 Joedy Melashenko: on. 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,960 Joedy Melashenko: One day I came to him. 17 00:00:58,079 --> 00:00:58,399 Joedy Melashenko: I 18 00:00:58,719 --> 00:00:59,040 Joedy Melashenko: was 19 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:01,680 Joedy Melashenko: so thirsty 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,600 Joedy Melashenko: I asked for water, my 21 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,040 Joedy Melashenko: throat was 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:09,680 Joedy Melashenko: so 23 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:11,680 Joedy Melashenko: dry. 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:13,720 Joedy Melashenko: He 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,400 Joedy Melashenko: gave me water 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:17,640 Joedy Melashenko: that I 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:18,840 Joedy Melashenko: had 28 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,440 Joedy Melashenko: never dreamed 29 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:21,080 Joedy Melashenko: of 30 00:01:23,820 --> 00:01:25,420 Joedy Melashenko: But for this water 31 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:28,220 Joedy Melashenko: my Lord had 32 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:29,260 Joedy Melashenko: to 33 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:29,820 Joedy Melashenko: die 34 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:33,979 Joedy Melashenko: He said 35 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:34,620 Joedy Melashenko: I 36 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:35,180 Joedy Melashenko: first 37 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:37,020 Joedy Melashenko: get 38 00:01:37,340 --> 00:01:37,580 Joedy Melashenko: him 39 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:40,420 Joedy Melashenko: The river 40 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:44,180 Joedy Melashenko: he said 41 00:01:44,340 --> 00:01:44,580 Joedy Melashenko: I 42 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:48,500 Joedy Melashenko: thirst, yet he made 43 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:53,460 Joedy Melashenko: the sea. 44 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:54,060 Joedy Melashenko: Oh 45 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:54,540 Joedy Melashenko: I 46 00:01:54,860 --> 00:01:55,820 Joedy Melashenko: thirst 47 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:56,700 Joedy Melashenko: said 48 00:01:57,020 --> 00:01:57,980 Joedy Melashenko: the king 49 00:01:58,300 --> 00:01:58,620 Joedy Melashenko: of 50 00:01:59,260 --> 00:01:59,500 Joedy Melashenko: the 51 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:00,780 Joedy Melashenko: ages 52 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:03,979 Joedy Melashenko: in his 53 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:05,820 Joedy Melashenko: great thirst 54 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,460 Joedy Melashenko: he brought water. 55 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:09,380 Joedy Melashenko: To 56 00:02:09,700 --> 00:02:14,100 Joedy Melashenko: me. 57 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:14,420 Joedy Melashenko: Now 58 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:15,940 Joedy Melashenko: there's a river 59 00:02:16,660 --> 00:02:18,260 Joedy Melashenko: and it flows 60 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:23,060 Joedy Melashenko: as clear as crystal. 61 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:25,420 Joedy Melashenko: It comes 62 00:02:25,740 --> 00:02:26,060 Joedy Melashenko: from 63 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:27,340 Joedy Melashenko: God 64 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,020 Joedy Melashenko: 's throne 65 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:30,460 Joedy Melashenko: above 66 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:34,140 Joedy Melashenko: and like 67 00:02:34,460 --> 00:02:35,420 Joedy Melashenko: a river 68 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:38,460 Joedy Melashenko: it wells up. 69 00:02:38,740 --> 00:02:39,300 Joedy Melashenko: Up 70 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:40,580 Joedy Melashenko: inside 71 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:45,700 Joedy Melashenko: me, bringing mercy 72 00:02:46,820 --> 00:02:47,700 Joedy Melashenko: and life 73 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:49,540 Joedy Melashenko: giving 74 00:02:49,860 --> 00:02:53,060 Joedy Melashenko: love. 75 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:53,660 Joedy Melashenko: He 76 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:54,300 Joedy Melashenko: said 77 00:02:54,540 --> 00:02:55,980 Joedy Melashenko: I thirst 78 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:58,460 Joedy Melashenko: yet he made 79 00:02:59,660 --> 00:03:00,620 Joedy Melashenko: the river 80 00:03:03,580 --> 00:03:04,220 Joedy Melashenko: He said 81 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:05,900 Joedy Melashenko: I thirst 82 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:07,980 Joedy Melashenko: yet he may 83 00:03:16,660 --> 00:03:16,900 Joedy Melashenko: Said 84 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:18,100 Joedy Melashenko: the king 85 00:03:18,420 --> 00:03:18,740 Joedy Melashenko: of 86 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:19,860 Joedy Melashenko: the 87 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:23,140 Joedy Melashenko: ages. 88 00:03:23,740 --> 00:03:24,300 Joedy Melashenko: In his 89 00:03:24,540 --> 00:03:28,460 Joedy Melashenko: great thirst, he brought water 90 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:29,740 Joedy Melashenko: to 91 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:32,460 Joedy Melashenko: me. 92 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:34,220 Joedy Melashenko: Oh, he said 93 00:03:34,540 --> 00:03:34,860 Joedy Melashenko: I 94 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:37,660 Joedy Melashenko: thirst, yet he 95 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:38,460 Joedy Melashenko: made. 96 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:43,700 Joedy Melashenko: The river. 97 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:44,340 Joedy Melashenko: He said 98 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:44,900 Joedy Melashenko: I 99 00:03:45,140 --> 00:03:47,460 Joedy Melashenko: thirst, yet 100 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:48,580 Joedy Melashenko: he made 101 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:52,500 Joedy Melashenko: the sea. 102 00:03:54,540 --> 00:03:54,700 Joedy Melashenko: I 103 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:55,900 Joedy Melashenko: thirst 104 00:03:56,540 --> 00:03:56,860 Joedy Melashenko: said 105 00:03:57,180 --> 00:03:58,460 Joedy Melashenko: the king of 106 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:01,260 Joedy Melashenko: the ages 107 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:04,460 Joedy Melashenko: in his 108 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:06,060 Joedy Melashenko: great thirst 109 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:07,580 Joedy Melashenko: he brought 110 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:08,460 Joedy Melashenko: water. 111 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:13,700 Joedy Melashenko: To me. 112 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:14,340 Joedy Melashenko: In his 113 00:04:14,660 --> 00:04:18,500 Joedy Melashenko: great first, he brought water 114 00:04:19,140 --> 00:04:19,380 Joedy Melashenko: to 115 00:04:20,019 --> 00:04:23,380 Joedy Melashenko: me. 116 00:04:45,639 --> 00:04:46,360 Joedy Melashenko: Get up close. 117 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:47,560 Joedy Melashenko: Get up close. 118 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,040 Joedy Melashenko: Good morning everyone. 119 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,800 Joedy Melashenko: We're so happy to be here with you this morning. 120 00:04:53,740 --> 00:04:56,060 Joedy Melashenko: I'd like to share our scripture that we're going 121 00:04:56,220 --> 00:05:00,460 Joedy Melashenko: Jody's going to be basing his sermon off of, and it's found in Romans 122 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:04,060 Joedy Melashenko: chapter 10 and verses 13 to 15. 123 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:05,720 Joedy Melashenko: There, I think there are Bibles 124 00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:08,680 Joedy Melashenko: in the pews in front of you if you'd like to follow along. 125 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,319 Joedy Melashenko: Otherwise, you can read it off the screen. 126 00:05:12,740 --> 00:05:15,140 Joedy Melashenko: Everyone, everyone 127 00:05:15,380 --> 00:05:17,780 Joedy Melashenko: who calls on the name of the Lord 128 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:19,620 Joedy Melashenko: will be saved. 129 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:21,620 Joedy Melashenko: What an awesome promise 130 00:05:21,780 --> 00:05:22,420 Joedy Melashenko: is that 131 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,199 Joedy Melashenko: But how can they call on him 132 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,919 Joedy Melashenko: unless they believe in him? 133 00:05:27,919 --> 00:05:29,599 Joedy Melashenko: And how can they believe in him 134 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,240 Joedy Melashenko: if they've never heard about him? 135 00:05:32,420 --> 00:05:32,740 Joedy Melashenko: And 136 00:05:32,900 --> 00:05:34,740 Joedy Melashenko: how can they hear about him 137 00:05:35,060 --> 00:05:38,340 Joedy Melashenko: unless someone tells them? 138 00:05:38,340 --> 00:05:43,060 Joedy Melashenko: And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? 139 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:47,100 Joedy Melashenko: That's our scripture this morning. 140 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:50,060 Joedy Melashenko: And you will find out quickly how 141 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:52,860 Joedy Melashenko: God is working in this world to 142 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:54,140 Joedy Melashenko: send people 143 00:05:54,460 --> 00:05:56,460 Joedy Melashenko: to share the gospel. 144 00:05:56,460 --> 00:05:57,420 Joedy Melashenko: Amen. 145 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Joedy Melashenko: My dear wife 146 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,200 Joedy Melashenko: Judy and I have 147 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,080 Joedy Melashenko: put up with each other in a very wonderful way. 148 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:12,260 Joedy Melashenko: Fifty-five years. 149 00:06:12,740 --> 00:06:16,100 Joedy Melashenko: I'm still on probation, she tells me though. 150 00:06:17,620 --> 00:06:21,940 Joedy Melashenko: But I'm just, I know she don't want me to say much, but this has been a very difficult 151 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:22,740 Joedy Melashenko: last 152 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:24,260 Joedy Melashenko: couple weeks for us. 153 00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:28,660 Joedy Melashenko: Judy lost her best friend, her sister, just two weeks ago today 154 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:29,140 Joedy Melashenko: and 155 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:30,740 Joedy Melashenko: it's been 156 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:34,620 Joedy Melashenko: Lord Jesus, please come soon. 157 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:36,220 Joedy Melashenko: That's all I can say. 158 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:39,180 Joedy Melashenko: My wife and I have 159 00:06:39,420 --> 00:06:39,740 Joedy Melashenko: had 160 00:06:40,580 --> 00:06:45,220 Joedy Melashenko: The wonderful privilege of being involved in youth ministries our whole career. 161 00:06:45,220 --> 00:06:47,860 Joedy Melashenko: The last 15 years we served with quiet 162 00:06:48,020 --> 00:06:49,140 Joedy Melashenko: hour ministries out of 163 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:51,740 Joedy Melashenko: Redlands, California, with Bill and Jackie Tucker. 164 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:52,780 Joedy Melashenko: And we organized 165 00:06:53,020 --> 00:06:55,260 Joedy Melashenko: and coordinated about 50 166 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:59,020 Joedy Melashenko: short-term mission projects, including evangelism 167 00:06:59,260 --> 00:06:59,900 Joedy Melashenko: building 168 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:00,700 Joedy Melashenko: schools 169 00:07:00,940 --> 00:07:02,380 Joedy Melashenko: and churches. 170 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,560 Joedy Melashenko: And it was by far 171 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:10,639 Joedy Melashenko: the most life-changing experience, not only for us, but the young people that went with us. 172 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:12,240 Joedy Melashenko: It was just a very 173 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,560 Joedy Melashenko: marvelous privilege. 174 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,400 Joedy Melashenko: We thought our days of 175 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,120 Joedy Melashenko: mission projects were over. 176 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,479 Joedy Melashenko: Did I say something? 177 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:25,800 Joedy Melashenko: One of the 178 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:27,639 Joedy Melashenko: guys who is my 179 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,240 Joedy Melashenko: one of my contractors 180 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,639 Joedy Melashenko: called me a year ago and said, Jody. 181 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:32,919 Joedy Melashenko: We uh 182 00:07:33,479 --> 00:07:35,159 Joedy Melashenko: we spent a couple 183 00:07:35,479 --> 00:07:36,440 Joedy Melashenko: summers 184 00:07:36,759 --> 00:07:38,440 Joedy Melashenko: in Fiji. 185 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,280 Joedy Melashenko: By the way, does anybody know the greeting 186 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,879 Joedy Melashenko: from the Fijian islands? 187 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:43,720 Joedy Melashenko: What do they say when they see each other? 188 00:07:44,740 --> 00:07:45,620 Joedy Melashenko: Bula. 189 00:07:45,620 --> 00:07:46,260 Joedy Melashenko: Bula. 190 00:07:46,260 --> 00:07:46,980 Joedy Melashenko: Everywhere it goes. 191 00:07:46,980 --> 00:07:48,020 Joedy Melashenko: Bula. 192 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:50,180 Joedy Melashenko: He said, we're going back to Bula 193 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:51,460 Joedy Melashenko: country 194 00:07:51,860 --> 00:07:53,140 Joedy Melashenko: because there's 23 195 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:55,300 Joedy Melashenko: little churches there. 196 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,520 Joedy Melashenko: That have been meeting in this little pole 197 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:03,200 Joedy Melashenko: barn for their school, and they desperately want a church school in this region of 198 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,920 Joedy Melashenko: Singatoka, Fiji. 199 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:06,420 Joedy Melashenko: So 200 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:14,180 Joedy Melashenko: fortunately, praise the Lord, we were able to raise some funds through our church, through the church up in Battleground, Metal Glade 201 00:08:14,340 --> 00:08:16,100 Joedy Melashenko: Church up in Washington. 202 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,480 Joedy Melashenko: And so in a couple weeks, Judy and I are 203 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,760 Joedy Melashenko: and 50 missionaries are heading to Fiji 204 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Joedy Melashenko: to conduct an evangelistic series and build a school. 205 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:26,080 Joedy Melashenko: So 206 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,480 Joedy Melashenko: we want you to keep that on your prayer list. 207 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:29,740 Joedy Melashenko: The 208 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:30,220 Joedy Melashenko: um 209 00:08:33,340 --> 00:08:34,940 Joedy Melashenko: the reality is 210 00:08:35,820 --> 00:08:37,980 Joedy Melashenko: the world that we live in today 211 00:08:38,479 --> 00:08:40,479 Joedy Melashenko: Especially for young people. 212 00:08:40,479 --> 00:08:42,240 Joedy Melashenko: And I don't want to go crosser 213 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,960 Joedy Melashenko: with any kids here because my whole ministry was 214 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,600 Joedy Melashenko: directed to young people. 215 00:08:48,660 --> 00:08:59,380 Joedy Melashenko: But the young people from North America, from many of the Western cultures, have it so good they don't understand how good they've got it. 216 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,000 Joedy Melashenko: Here in America, we have so much stuff 217 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,920 Joedy Melashenko: we don't want to do with it all. 218 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,440 Joedy Melashenko: If you were an entrepreneur and had a little bit of a entrepreneurial spirit 30, 35 219 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,960 Joedy Melashenko: years ago. 220 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:14,560 Joedy Melashenko: And you had 221 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,759 Joedy Melashenko: invested 222 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:16,560 Joedy Melashenko: in the U 223 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:17,120 Joedy Melashenko: store 224 00:09:17,279 --> 00:09:17,440 Joedy Melashenko: it 225 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,720 Joedy Melashenko: facilities 226 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,560 Joedy Melashenko: where people rent a place to store their stuff. 227 00:09:23,140 --> 00:09:23,620 Joedy Melashenko: Because they 228 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:25,860 Joedy Melashenko: got so much stuff they don't have room for it at home. 229 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:27,380 Joedy Melashenko: You know what I'm talking about? 230 00:09:27,380 --> 00:09:27,620 Joedy Melashenko: You'd 231 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:30,500 Joedy Melashenko: become a very wealthy person. 232 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:33,060 Joedy Melashenko: And young people here in our culture 233 00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:34,500 Joedy Melashenko: In fact, not only 234 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:45,220 Joedy Melashenko: young people, but many of you old senior citizens out there this morning, every time you turn the radio or every time you open a magazine or television, 235 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:51,720 Joedy Melashenko: The message that the world shouts to us goes something like this. 236 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:58,440 Joedy Melashenko: Get it bigger, better, and faster than the other guy, and that'll guarantee your happiness. 237 00:09:59,019 --> 00:10:00,540 Joedy Melashenko: Are you with me? 238 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:05,899 Joedy Melashenko: Get it bigger, better, and faster than the other guy. 239 00:10:05,899 --> 00:10:11,580 Joedy Melashenko: We spend most of our time, most of our years, if we're really honest with ourselves. 240 00:10:12,140 --> 00:10:17,580 Joedy Melashenko: Trying to keep up with the bigger, better, and faster stuff that keeps coming out. 241 00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:18,860 Joedy Melashenko: Do you think um 242 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:22,460 Joedy Melashenko: iPhone was happy for iPhone 1? 243 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:23,740 Joedy Melashenko: How many 244 00:10:24,140 --> 00:10:24,860 Joedy Melashenko: how many generations 245 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:25,100 Joedy Melashenko: that 246 00:10:25,260 --> 00:10:25,340 Joedy Melashenko: was 247 00:10:25,580 --> 00:10:26,220 Joedy Melashenko: iPhone 248 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,220 Joedy Melashenko: 17 now, whatever? 249 00:10:28,220 --> 00:10:29,340 Joedy Melashenko: I was in a 250 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:32,860 Joedy Melashenko: cell phone store the other day getting my phone worked on and 251 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,160 Joedy Melashenko: You know, here's this young person. 252 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,520 Joedy Melashenko: They're plunking down twelve 253 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:41,080 Joedy Melashenko: hundred dollars for the new iPhone. 254 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,680 Joedy Melashenko: I was reminded 255 00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:47,260 Joedy Melashenko: About all the stuff we have. 256 00:10:47,260 --> 00:10:50,460 Joedy Melashenko: When my mom and dad got to the place where 257 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:54,060 Joedy Melashenko: they needed to be moved in an assisted living facility. 258 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:58,019 Joedy Melashenko: And my brother Rudy and I, by the way, we lived 259 00:10:58,660 --> 00:11:03,300 Joedy Melashenko: in Paradise, California and sold our home in Paradise, California 260 00:11:03,459 --> 00:11:06,180 Joedy Melashenko: five months before that fire took everything. 261 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,000 Joedy Melashenko: before we moved down here to Sun City West. 262 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:18,320 Joedy Melashenko: But before that fire took everything, my mom and dad went to this assisted living place, and so we're starting to go through their stuff. 263 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:21,820 Joedy Melashenko: in the garage to sort things out and find out what we can give to the Dorcas 264 00:11:22,060 --> 00:11:23,020 Joedy Melashenko: Society and what we 265 00:11:23,180 --> 00:11:25,020 Joedy Melashenko: can. 266 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:26,860 Joedy Melashenko: Okay, my parents 267 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:27,820 Joedy Melashenko: were 268 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:28,780 Joedy Melashenko: products 269 00:11:28,940 --> 00:11:30,940 Joedy Melashenko: of the Depression era. 270 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:34,900 Joedy Melashenko: What do you do 271 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:35,860 Joedy Melashenko: with 272 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:37,300 Joedy Melashenko: five hundred 273 00:11:37,540 --> 00:11:41,220 Joedy Melashenko: empty cottage cheese containers? 274 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,280 Joedy Melashenko: What do you do with 275 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,840 Joedy Melashenko: 20 gallons, big 276 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,520 Joedy Melashenko: five-gallon buckets of rusted nails, and on and on and on? 277 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:52,840 Joedy Melashenko: So 278 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,199 Joedy Melashenko: My brother Rudy and I were, we had the 279 00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:58,399 Joedy Melashenko: joy 280 00:11:58,639 --> 00:12:04,480 Joedy Melashenko: of hauling one load after another of stuff to the dump. 281 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,380 Joedy Melashenko: Now they don't call it a dump anymore. 282 00:12:07,380 --> 00:12:09,380 Joedy Melashenko: They call it a landfill. 283 00:12:09,380 --> 00:12:14,180 Joedy Melashenko: And they call it a landfill because that sounds so more earth-friendly. 284 00:12:14,220 --> 00:12:17,260 Joedy Melashenko: Have any of you been to a landfill lately? 285 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:18,860 Joedy Melashenko: It's a dump, okay? 286 00:12:18,860 --> 00:12:21,020 Joedy Melashenko: It's a dump. 287 00:12:21,020 --> 00:12:21,660 Joedy Melashenko: And here 288 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:22,780 Joedy Melashenko: people come. 289 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:24,540 Joedy Melashenko: What was interesting. 290 00:12:25,399 --> 00:12:29,880 Joedy Melashenko: The guy that was directing traffic back up into here, he says, 291 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,720 Joedy Melashenko: let me guess. 292 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,959 Joedy Melashenko: You're going through your folks' stuff, huh? 293 00:12:33,959 --> 00:12:35,880 Joedy Melashenko: I said, Yeah, that's right. 294 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,360 Joedy Melashenko: He says, You don't have any idea. 295 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Joedy Melashenko: How many people I meet 296 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,000 Joedy Melashenko: who have to go through their stuff 297 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,960 Joedy Melashenko: because their parents have gone. 298 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:46,680 Joedy Melashenko: What was it 299 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,200 Joedy Melashenko: really interesting though? 300 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:49,040 Joedy Melashenko: One of the buildings. 301 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,840 Joedy Melashenko: I mean, there are stacks of old tires and stacks of old appliances and bicycles and 302 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,240 Joedy Melashenko: but they got this building over here 303 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,160 Joedy Melashenko: that is called the Electronic Recycling Building. 304 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:05,160 Joedy Melashenko: And that's where they take old computers and stuff and they pull stuff, whatever they can use. 305 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,839 Joedy Melashenko: What was interesting 306 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,959 Joedy Melashenko: as we were unloading some stuff, here's a 307 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:11,480 Joedy Melashenko: An elder 308 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:15,000 Joedy Melashenko: the gentleman and his younger son. 309 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:15,480 Joedy Melashenko: They back 310 00:13:15,639 --> 00:13:18,600 Joedy Melashenko: up with a pickup truck to the electronic recycling 311 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:20,900 Joedy Melashenko: And they've got this massive 312 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:23,060 Joedy Melashenko: television set. 313 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:25,620 Joedy Melashenko: Now it wasn't a high definition. 314 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:28,900 Joedy Melashenko: It was one of these old style, you know, it's a boat anchor is what it was. 315 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:29,060 Joedy Melashenko: I mean 316 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:29,380 Joedy Melashenko: they 317 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:30,980 Joedy Melashenko: weighed a ton. 318 00:13:30,759 --> 00:13:32,279 Joedy Melashenko: Took two of them to unload it. 319 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:37,639 Joedy Melashenko: It worked just fine, but you see it's not bigger, better, and faster anymore. 320 00:13:37,639 --> 00:13:39,880 Joedy Melashenko: And so that that went to the dump. 321 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,639 Joedy Melashenko: You're following me, aren't you? 322 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,880 Joedy Melashenko: Friends? 323 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:47,420 Joedy Melashenko: That's a hamster wheel. 324 00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:49,740 Joedy Melashenko: That's a squirrel cage. 325 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:52,060 Joedy Melashenko: You never stop running. 326 00:13:52,060 --> 00:13:54,620 Joedy Melashenko: But here's the interesting thing. 327 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:58,220 Joedy Melashenko: Many of these young people that have gone on these mission trips with us. 328 00:13:58,279 --> 00:14:02,839 Joedy Melashenko: Who've been told you need the bigger, better, and faster stuff to be happy. 329 00:14:02,839 --> 00:14:04,760 Joedy Melashenko: When they go into a country 330 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,680 Joedy Melashenko: and they meet young people 331 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,920 Joedy Melashenko: and they meet individuals 332 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,560 Joedy Melashenko: who have absolutely nothing. 333 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,080 Joedy Melashenko: And they're just a whole lot happier than we are. 334 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,200 Joedy Melashenko: Something wonderful happens in many of those young people's lives. 335 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:24,360 Joedy Melashenko: They come to realize what really, really is important in this journey, and it's not stuff. 336 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:30,240 Joedy Melashenko: So, if it's not stuff, then what is it? 337 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:33,520 Joedy Melashenko: A youth pastor 338 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:33,920 Joedy Melashenko: friend 339 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,200 Joedy Melashenko: and I were having breakfast together. 340 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,040 Joedy Melashenko: I was youth pastor at the Carmichael Church in Sacramento 341 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,480 Joedy Melashenko: for years, and 342 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,760 Joedy Melashenko: we were having breakfast, and he started kind of shaking his head. 343 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,480 Joedy Melashenko: He said, I'm I'm really not looking forward to the church board meeting tonight. 344 00:14:49,740 --> 00:14:50,940 Joedy Melashenko: He said, because 345 00:14:51,579 --> 00:14:52,459 Joedy Melashenko: our church is 346 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:57,660 Joedy Melashenko: business session, they have decided to place a curse on me. 347 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:05,040 Joedy Melashenko: And that curse happens to be that I'm going to be the coordinator of the church remodeling project. 348 00:15:05,199 --> 00:15:05,360 Joedy Melashenko: I 349 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:06,160 Joedy Melashenko: see. 350 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,480 Joedy Melashenko: I don't need to say anything else. 351 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,120 Joedy Melashenko: And he said so, the reality is 352 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:12,080 Joedy Melashenko: this. 353 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,040 Joedy Melashenko: We got a whole bunch of the church members that want 354 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,640 Joedy Melashenko: blue carpet. 355 00:15:16,459 --> 00:15:19,100 Joedy Melashenko: And this group here wants green carpet 356 00:15:19,260 --> 00:15:24,459 Joedy Melashenko: and the blue carpet people have given more than the green carpet people and it's gonna be war. 357 00:15:25,340 --> 00:15:27,260 Joedy Melashenko: So I turned to my friend 358 00:15:27,580 --> 00:15:36,700 Joedy Melashenko: Jim and I said, Jim, I didn't come up with this, but somebody shared this motto with me, and I've adopted it for everything 359 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:39,260 Joedy Melashenko: I do in this journey called life. 360 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:47,639 Joedy Melashenko: Whether it's with my family, whether it's with my friends, whether it's on the golf course, whatever it is, that motto goes like this. 361 00:15:47,639 --> 00:15:48,279 Joedy Melashenko: The main 362 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,440 Joedy Melashenko: thing is that the main thing is the main thing. 363 00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:55,780 Joedy Melashenko: Did God send his 364 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:56,020 Joedy Melashenko: son 365 00:15:56,180 --> 00:15:56,420 Joedy Melashenko: Jesus 366 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:59,780 Joedy Melashenko: down to this earth so you could argue about the color of the carpeting? 367 00:15:59,780 --> 00:16:00,660 Joedy Melashenko: No. 368 00:16:01,899 --> 00:16:04,459 Joedy Melashenko: And so we ask ourselves this morning 369 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:05,500 Joedy Melashenko: the main 370 00:16:05,819 --> 00:16:06,779 Joedy Melashenko: thing. 371 00:16:07,740 --> 00:16:11,100 Joedy Melashenko: Our dear brother Danny there asks, why are we here? 372 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:12,340 Joedy Melashenko: What's the main thing? 373 00:16:12,340 --> 00:16:14,260 Joedy Melashenko: What's the purpose for church? 374 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:19,380 Joedy Melashenko: Well, the main thing is made very, very clear in the Gospels. 375 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:20,760 Joedy Melashenko: When Jesus himself 376 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:28,760 Joedy Melashenko: declared what we call the Great Gospel Commission, we read in Matthew 16, go there for, go into the whole world and preach the good news to everyone. 377 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:30,580 Joedy Melashenko: Well that's pretty simple. 378 00:16:30,580 --> 00:16:32,580 Joedy Melashenko: And then I think since we've all been in crin 379 00:16:32,740 --> 00:16:36,020 Joedy Melashenko: kindergarten, we memorized Matthew 24, 14 380 00:16:36,180 --> 00:16:36,420 Joedy Melashenko: that says 381 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:39,860 Joedy Melashenko: this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world 382 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:42,420 Joedy Melashenko: as a witness unto all nations, and then the end shall 383 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:43,460 Joedy Melashenko: come. 384 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:48,500 Joedy Melashenko: But there's part of that verse that's very troubling to my spirit, and that happens to be this word 385 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:50,820 Joedy Melashenko: all, because 386 00:16:51,780 --> 00:16:55,460 Joedy Melashenko: there are parts of this world you can't get there from here. 387 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:57,140 Joedy Melashenko: And there are parts of this world 388 00:16:57,300 --> 00:16:57,700 Joedy Melashenko: you wouldn't 389 00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:59,540 Joedy Melashenko: you wouldn't want to be there 390 00:16:59,860 --> 00:17:02,019 Joedy Melashenko: because as a Westerner you'd last 391 00:17:02,180 --> 00:17:04,339 Joedy Melashenko: two minutes. 392 00:17:05,659 --> 00:17:11,179 Joedy Melashenko: But the Lord says, all the world. 393 00:17:11,179 --> 00:17:14,779 Joedy Melashenko: That passage of scripture that Judy read earlier, I'm going to repeat it to you 394 00:17:15,019 --> 00:17:17,659 Joedy Melashenko: because there's actually in this scripture 395 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:28,460 Joedy Melashenko: The Apostle Paul, he wrote this letter to the Roman Church after his third missionary journey, and the Apostle Paul had such a passion for Jesus. 396 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:31,580 Joedy Melashenko: He has such a passion to share the good news of the gospel. 397 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:35,260 Joedy Melashenko: He literally shared the gospel in the then-known world. 398 00:17:35,260 --> 00:17:37,820 Joedy Melashenko: And if you've ever traced the footsteps of Paul and see 399 00:17:37,980 --> 00:17:38,460 Joedy Melashenko: where he went 400 00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:41,820 Joedy Melashenko: in those journeys, unbelievable. 401 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:48,280 Joedy Melashenko: And so he gets back from his third missionary journey, and he has a letter that he's sending to the Roman church, and he says 402 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:48,760 Joedy Melashenko: , 403 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,600 Joedy Melashenko: Now, you know. 404 00:17:50,740 --> 00:17:50,980 Joedy Melashenko: I 405 00:17:51,140 --> 00:17:52,980 Joedy Melashenko: wish Paul could stand up here this morning 406 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:53,620 Joedy Melashenko: because 407 00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:55,220 Joedy Melashenko: he makes the gospel about 408 00:17:55,380 --> 00:17:56,660 Joedy Melashenko: as plain as you can make it 409 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:58,260 Joedy Melashenko: right here. 410 00:17:58,260 --> 00:18:01,380 Joedy Melashenko: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 411 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,600 Joedy Melashenko: Well then we add all this other stuff to it. 412 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,440 Joedy Melashenko: Friends, if Jesus Christ is your Savior and Lord, you c 413 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,320 Joedy Melashenko: you can have the assurance of your salvation. 414 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:20,700 Joedy Melashenko: If you know Jesus, you're saved. 415 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,300 Joedy Melashenko: End of discussion. 416 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:22,940 Joedy Melashenko: But then 417 00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:25,020 Joedy Melashenko: he adds these 418 00:18:25,420 --> 00:18:26,940 Joedy Melashenko: four questions. 419 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:27,220 Joedy Melashenko: And 420 00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:30,740 Joedy Melashenko: they get more and more intense through these verses. 421 00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:32,500 Joedy Melashenko: But how can they call on him 422 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:34,900 Joedy Melashenko: unless they believe on him? 423 00:18:34,919 --> 00:18:36,840 Joedy Melashenko: And how can they believe in him 424 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,240 Joedy Melashenko: if they never heard about him? 425 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:39,720 Joedy Melashenko: And then 426 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,160 Joedy Melashenko: and how can they hear about him unless someone goes and tells him? 427 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:43,799 Joedy Melashenko: And then how 428 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,520 Joedy Melashenko: anyone go and tell them without being sent? 429 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,120 Joedy Melashenko: You get the intensity of his 430 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,640 Joedy Melashenko: Friends, I am so 431 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:51,920 Joedy Melashenko: grateful 432 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,560 Joedy Melashenko: to be a part of a church 433 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,360 Joedy Melashenko: that still is sending out missionaries 434 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:03,680 Joedy Melashenko: that are sending out people to share the good news of the gospel in some of the most remote parts of the world. 435 00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:07,540 Joedy Melashenko: Now, I'm just gonna cue my friends back there at the booth. 436 00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:09,620 Joedy Melashenko: Bye, I want to lift them all up. 437 00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:11,940 Joedy Melashenko: You got a great group of people here. 438 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:11,960 Joedy Melashenko: Uh 439 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,200 Joedy Melashenko: they're they're flying a 747 440 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:15,400 Joedy Melashenko: this morning. 441 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:19,720 Joedy Melashenko: It's a brand new sound system and they've made it work really, really good. 442 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,320 Joedy Melashenko: But they said, you know, we've only 443 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,160 Joedy Melashenko: had experience buying a pipe or cub, so we're we're gonna have to learn and curve 444 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,360 Joedy Melashenko: it. 445 00:19:25,919 --> 00:19:28,160 Joedy Melashenko: But we have a video I want to show to you right now. 446 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,679 Joedy Melashenko: Let's go ahead and show it. 447 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,520 Joedy Melashenko: We need sound. 448 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:59,620 Joedy Melashenko: Let's start it from the beginning again and we can bring the level down just a little bit. 449 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,240 Joedy Melashenko: And this 450 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,840 Joedy Melashenko: gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world 451 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:12,440 Joedy Melashenko: as a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come. 452 00:20:12,620 --> 00:20:16,700 Joedy Melashenko: Join us now for a journey that may change forever your 453 00:20:16,860 --> 00:20:22,460 Joedy Melashenko: understanding of foreign mission work and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. 454 00:20:22,860 --> 00:20:28,140 Joedy Melashenko: Today, we travel to an area of the world largely ignored by Christians. 455 00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:36,940 Joedy Melashenko: Known as the 1040 window, it's located between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude in the eastern hemisphere. 456 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:44,720 Joedy Melashenko: It stretches from North Africa toward the rising sun, across the Middle East, India, China, and southward 457 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,400 Joedy Melashenko: to catch Thailand and the Philippine Islands. 458 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:48,800 Joedy Melashenko: All 459 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,600 Joedy Melashenko: told, nearly 70 countries lie within this window. 460 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,760 Joedy Melashenko: The area accounts for one-third of the world's land mass 461 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,039 Joedy Melashenko: Yet more than five billion people live here. 462 00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:05,440 Joedy Melashenko: That's two-thirds of the world's population. 463 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,640 Joedy Melashenko: Poverty, hunger, illness? 464 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:16,940 Joedy Melashenko: Illiteracy, oppression, idol worship, fear, and hopelessness are ways of life for many. 465 00:21:17,179 --> 00:21:21,980 Joedy Melashenko: Dominant religions include Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 466 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:24,860 Joedy Melashenko: Worldwide, an estimated 3. 467 00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:26,220 Joedy Melashenko: 2 billion people 468 00:21:26,539 --> 00:21:29,580 Joedy Melashenko: have yet to hear the gospel. 469 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:37,299 Joedy Melashenko: If you were to guess what percentage of these unreached people live in the 1040 window, what would you say? 470 00:21:37,299 --> 00:21:38,980 Joedy Melashenko: 40%? 471 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:40,419 Joedy Melashenko: 60%? 472 00:21:40,740 --> 00:21:42,419 Joedy Melashenko: 80%? 473 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,560 Joedy Melashenko: Actually, the stunning answer is 97 474 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,760 Joedy Melashenko: %. 475 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,040 Joedy Melashenko: Virtually all of the world's unreached people 476 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,000 Joedy Melashenko: live in the 1040 window. 477 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,240 Joedy Melashenko: We've shared the gospel close to home, but have left one final 478 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,200 Joedy Melashenko: frontier for evangelism. 479 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:09,340 Joedy Melashenko: Millions of people in the 1040 window haven't, even once, had a chance to hear the gospel. 480 00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:12,620 Joedy Melashenko: Despite the great need in the 1040 window, 481 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:13,720 Joedy Melashenko: Less than 2% 482 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,200 Joedy Melashenko: of Christian mission giving goes here. 483 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,399 Joedy Melashenko: There is enough evangelism taking place today to reach the world dozens of times. 484 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:28,460 Joedy Melashenko: Unfortunately, most of it is happening among people who have already heard the gospel. 485 00:22:28,539 --> 00:22:31,820 Joedy Melashenko: In all candor and to our continuing shame. 486 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:39,560 Joedy Melashenko: Let us admit that the world's perishing unreached people are very seldom mentioned or thought about in almost all churches. 487 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:47,320 Joedy Melashenko: Gospel Outreach was founded in 1993 to help introduce people to Jesus in the 1040 window. 488 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,480 Joedy Melashenko: The all-volunteers staff works closely with the church. 489 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,000 Joedy Melashenko: The goal? 490 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,480 Joedy Melashenko: Raise 491 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:59,000 Joedy Melashenko: funds to support indigenous evangelists and Bible workers. 492 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,560 Joedy Melashenko: These workers are hired and trained by local church conferences. 493 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:09,840 Joedy Melashenko: Through the Gospel Outreach Adopt a Worker program, a worker can be sponsored for $150 U. 494 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:10,080 Joedy Melashenko: S. 495 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,600 Joedy Melashenko: dollars monthly. 496 00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:18,320 Joedy Melashenko: Compared to foreign missionaries coming into a country, indigenous workers have many advantages. 497 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:25,200 Joedy Melashenko: They already know the culture, the religion, the language, the traditions, and the people. 498 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:30,380 Joedy Melashenko: Gospel outreach is the heartbeat of the South Asia Division. 499 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:39,980 Joedy Melashenko: Hundreds of thousands of people have given their hearts to Jesus and chosen to be baptized as a result of Gospel Outreach Sponsored Workers. 500 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:46,360 Joedy Melashenko: Not only are these Bible workers effective, they are also efficient. 501 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:54,600 Joedy Melashenko: On average, very few dollars invested in their work results in a decision for Jesus that leads to baptism. 502 00:23:55,040 --> 00:24:02,240 Joedy Melashenko: In the 1040 window, millions and millions of honest-hearted people are searching. 503 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,560 Joedy Melashenko: They need hope. 504 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,480 Joedy Melashenko: They need the savior 505 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:13,060 Joedy Melashenko: Yet they have never had the chance to hear the story of Jesus. 506 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:13,700 Joedy Melashenko: Today 507 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:17,540 Joedy Melashenko: it's up to us to make a difference. 508 00:24:17,540 --> 00:24:21,540 Joedy Melashenko: We must help hasten the Lord's return. 509 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:22,159 Joedy Melashenko: We 510 00:24:22,399 --> 00:24:23,360 Joedy Melashenko: believe 511 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,600 Joedy Melashenko: let's act 512 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,880 Joedy Melashenko: Now I have a question. 513 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,320 Joedy Melashenko: How many of you 514 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,080 Joedy Melashenko: up until this 515 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:36,720 Joedy Melashenko: moment 516 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,280 Joedy Melashenko: have never heard about gospel outreach? 517 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,600 Joedy Melashenko: Can I see your hands? 518 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,520 Joedy Melashenko: There's a number of you. 519 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,799 Joedy Melashenko: Unfortunately, I think it's the church's best kept secret. 520 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:50,799 Joedy Melashenko: But I know my wife and I 521 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:51,120 Joedy Melashenko: we 522 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,360 Joedy Melashenko: we retired from full-time ministry about ten 523 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,240 Joedy Melashenko: years ago and 524 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,720 Joedy Melashenko: God opened the door for us to continue using our music and preaching ministry 525 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,560 Joedy Melashenko: to reach churches and camp meetings and other venues 526 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,080 Joedy Melashenko: to share what this incredible ministry is doing. 527 00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:09,260 Joedy Melashenko: Now, when I first heard the statistics 528 00:25:10,140 --> 00:25:13,740 Joedy Melashenko: that were shared, 97 529 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:14,220 Joedy Melashenko: % 530 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:17,180 Joedy Melashenko: of the people that don't know about Jesus 531 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,720 Joedy Melashenko: Live in the 1040 window and yet we only give about two 532 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,799 Joedy Melashenko: percent of our evangelistic efforts to to reach them. 533 00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:26,480 Joedy Melashenko: Now I'm happy to tell you 534 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:27,919 Joedy Melashenko: that's percentages 535 00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:29,760 Joedy Melashenko: for Christian churches. 536 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:32,660 Joedy Melashenko: The Adventist Church does quite a bit better than that. 537 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:33,700 Joedy Melashenko: Your pastor, I'd 538 00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:34,980 Joedy Melashenko: love to sit and chat with him. 539 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:37,140 Joedy Melashenko: I'm gonna have a chance this afternoon. 540 00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:41,140 Joedy Melashenko: He served in one of the regions in the 1040 window in Vietnam and Mongolia 541 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:41,620 Joedy Melashenko: and 542 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:48,820 Joedy Melashenko: In 1993, when gospel outreach was first 543 00:25:49,140 --> 00:25:54,500 Joedy Melashenko: started, I was a young pastor in the Oregon Conference. 544 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:02,000 Joedy Melashenko: And there was two retired pastors, Pastor Frank and Pastor Edgar. 545 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,280 Joedy Melashenko: Pastor Edgar was 546 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,200 Joedy Melashenko: from the Philippines. 547 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:10,880 Joedy Melashenko: And he said, we have some remote islands in the Philippines that desperately need to hear the gospel. 548 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:11,040 Joedy Melashenko: So 549 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,520 Joedy Melashenko: the Oregon Conference at that time 550 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:19,240 Joedy Melashenko: They took some of the evangelism funds and they sponsored five or six Bible workers 551 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,840 Joedy Melashenko: in that region of the world, and the rest is history. 552 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:25,000 Joedy Melashenko: That term 553 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,320 Joedy Melashenko: 1040 window, I think most of us have become familiar with it. 554 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:34,440 Joedy Melashenko: It's 10 degrees north, 40 degrees north latitude in the eastern hemisphere. 555 00:26:35,659 --> 00:26:38,299 Joedy Melashenko: There are many, many countries in that region 556 00:26:39,179 --> 00:26:43,740 Joedy Melashenko: that you and I could not go to without putting our life at risk. 557 00:26:43,540 --> 00:26:46,340 Joedy Melashenko: I'm going to be sharing some things with you this morning. 558 00:26:46,340 --> 00:26:48,100 Joedy Melashenko: You have to be careful who you share it with. 559 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:48,660 Joedy Melashenko: And I have to 560 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:50,340 Joedy Melashenko: remain kind of anonymous. 561 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:52,820 Joedy Melashenko: But the things that are happening right now. 562 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:54,840 Joedy Melashenko: Especially 563 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:55,480 Joedy Melashenko: in 564 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:56,120 Joedy Melashenko: the 565 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:57,320 Joedy Melashenko: radical 566 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,680 Joedy Melashenko: Muslim countries. 567 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,840 Joedy Melashenko: I'll just leave it at that. 568 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:02,740 Joedy Melashenko: So 569 00:27:02,899 --> 00:27:05,860 Joedy Melashenko: here's some statistics. 570 00:27:05,860 --> 00:27:11,220 Joedy Melashenko: Through gospel outreach, in the 30-some years they've been in ministry 571 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:11,779 Joedy Melashenko: , 572 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:12,559 Joedy Melashenko: Their gospel 573 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,960 Joedy Melashenko: Bible workers have added about two 574 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,480 Joedy Melashenko: million members to the Adventist Church. 575 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:19,919 Joedy Melashenko: These are volunteers. 576 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,600 Joedy Melashenko: These are laymen 577 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:22,320 Joedy Melashenko: that we put 578 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:23,520 Joedy Melashenko: through training centers 579 00:27:23,919 --> 00:27:26,240 Joedy Melashenko: to our training facilities. 580 00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:28,100 Joedy Melashenko: These are the ones that are tent makers and the 581 00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:28,500 Joedy Melashenko: they 582 00:27:28,820 --> 00:27:29,059 Joedy Melashenko: they 583 00:27:29,299 --> 00:27:30,659 Joedy Melashenko: know how to reach their people. 584 00:27:30,659 --> 00:27:33,539 Joedy Melashenko: And I think you probably caught that in the um 585 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:36,419 Joedy Melashenko: in the video. 586 00:27:36,419 --> 00:27:36,740 Joedy Melashenko: Um 587 00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:38,659 Joedy Melashenko: We 588 00:27:38,899 --> 00:27:39,299 Joedy Melashenko: now have 589 00:27:39,539 --> 00:27:44,500 Joedy Melashenko: 400, close to 2,500 Bible workers that are in 54 590 00:27:44,740 --> 00:27:48,500 Joedy Melashenko: of the 70 countries in the 1040 window. 591 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:55,000 Joedy Melashenko: I can't tell you the country because it would put our Bible workers at risk. 592 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,120 Joedy Melashenko: But one of the countries had not had a Christian presence in decades. 593 00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:00,980 Joedy Melashenko: And 594 00:28:01,220 --> 00:28:01,860 Joedy Melashenko: we sent 595 00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:07,539 Joedy Melashenko: 40 Bible workers into that country. 596 00:28:07,539 --> 00:28:13,299 Joedy Melashenko: Four years later, they have a membership of over 80,000. 597 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,480 Joedy Melashenko: In four years. 598 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,320 Joedy Melashenko: 40 Bible workers. 599 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,600 Joedy Melashenko: Now, I have to watch what I say. 600 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,120 Joedy Melashenko: But the cost to sponsor those 40 Bible workers who resulted in 70 or 601 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,280 Joedy Melashenko: 80,000 baptisms 602 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:36,040 Joedy Melashenko: If you would look at the cost for those Bible workers, it's the same as one full-time pastor here 603 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,560 Joedy Melashenko: in North America. 604 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,480 Joedy Melashenko: There's a lot of people that say, you know what? 605 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:46,880 Joedy Melashenko: If I have some discretional giving, if I've got some money in my evangelism budget, I know where I'm sending it. 606 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:47,039 Joedy Melashenko: You 607 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:47,600 Joedy Melashenko: talk 608 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,080 Joedy Melashenko: about the bang for the buck. 609 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,680 Joedy Melashenko: Unbelievable. 610 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,360 Joedy Melashenko: We'll be sharing a few 611 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,360 Joedy Melashenko: that you know the the wonderful thing about 612 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:56,760 Joedy Melashenko: I can 613 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:57,000 Joedy Melashenko: I 614 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,040 Joedy Melashenko: remembered 615 00:28:59,180 --> 00:29:04,860 Joedy Melashenko: When I listen to this video again, I think I was maybe twelve or thirteen years old 616 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:11,900 Joedy Melashenko: at the Southern New England camp meeting in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, where a family began our ministry together. 617 00:29:11,820 --> 00:29:13,740 Joedy Melashenko: Singing and preaching. 618 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:14,460 Joedy Melashenko: And um 619 00:29:16,060 --> 00:29:18,780 Joedy Melashenko: used to love going at camp meeting 620 00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:20,540 Joedy Melashenko: in the evening, especially 621 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:24,460 Joedy Melashenko: when you knew a return missionary was going to come. 622 00:29:24,260 --> 00:29:26,820 Joedy Melashenko: and was going to share it right up the frontline 623 00:29:26,980 --> 00:29:29,460 Joedy Melashenko: story about what was happening in the mission field. 624 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:31,620 Joedy Melashenko: And if any of you have ever heard 625 00:29:31,780 --> 00:29:32,740 Joedy Melashenko: Eric B. 626 00:29:32,740 --> 00:29:33,140 Joedy Melashenko: Hare 627 00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:38,340 Joedy Melashenko: or Josephine Cunnington Edwards and these incredible storytellers 628 00:29:38,519 --> 00:29:43,639 Joedy Melashenko: You'll know that they brought mission life right to the front row. 629 00:29:43,639 --> 00:29:51,960 Joedy Melashenko: I remember listening to a a couple, I don't remember what country they're from, but I do remember they said something like this. 630 00:29:51,940 --> 00:30:01,220 Joedy Melashenko: You know, my wife and I, we've been in such and such a country for seven or eight years, and we're just starting to learn the language, and we're starting to understand the culture. 631 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:04,260 Joedy Melashenko: And in my little 12 and 13-year-old brain, you know what 632 00:30:04,419 --> 00:30:06,340 Joedy Melashenko: thought went through? 633 00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:12,220 Joedy Melashenko: Lord, don't you have some local folk down there that we could train 634 00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:13,420 Joedy Melashenko: and teach 635 00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:14,620 Joedy Melashenko: because they have 636 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,300 Joedy Melashenko: they understand the language 637 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:18,060 Joedy Melashenko: They understand the culture, they 638 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:19,580 Joedy Melashenko: know the traditions, they 639 00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:21,500 Joedy Melashenko: know the people. 640 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:25,820 Joedy Melashenko: That is exactly the philosophy why gospel outreach was started. 641 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:36,480 Joedy Melashenko: And I don't want to get myself in trouble, but the days of sending Westerners into many of these third world countries to try to westernize them, those days are gone. 642 00:30:36,419 --> 00:30:40,419 Joedy Melashenko: We need to respect and understand the people's culture and their traditions. 643 00:30:40,419 --> 00:30:44,580 Joedy Melashenko: And that's what these Bible workers are able to do in incredible ways. 644 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:45,920 Joedy Melashenko: So here's 645 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:46,880 Joedy Melashenko: typical. 646 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:47,600 Joedy Melashenko: Bible worker 647 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,000 Joedy Melashenko: meeting people and they're very, very remote. 648 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,960 Joedy Melashenko: Very simple homes up in the foothills 649 00:30:53,580 --> 00:31:04,460 Joedy Melashenko: One of the very effective tools that they use is they conduct medical clinics, health clinics in the local fair, the local town square, and here the people come. 650 00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:09,980 Joedy Melashenko: And and the Bible workers become known as the as the health outreach ministers in their communities. 651 00:31:09,980 --> 00:31:13,020 Joedy Melashenko: We even have some of them working in some of the refugee camps. 652 00:31:13,020 --> 00:31:15,260 Joedy Melashenko: And if you want to see destitution, 653 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,080 Joedy Melashenko: Unbelievable. 654 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,080 Joedy Melashenko: That's their baptist 655 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:19,880 Joedy Melashenko: that that's their 656 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,600 Joedy Melashenko: baptistry for many of them. 657 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,760 Joedy Melashenko: They meet people on the front steps 658 00:31:25,919 --> 00:31:29,679 Joedy Melashenko: in their homes, on their porch, or in the town square. 659 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:35,840 Joedy Melashenko: Wherever they can meet people, they're out there sharing the good news of salvation. 660 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:36,480 Joedy Melashenko: Now 661 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,320 Joedy Melashenko: There is 662 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,160 Joedy Melashenko: an interesting picture I want to show you right now. 663 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:49,840 Joedy Melashenko: This happens to be a picture, the country that has the largest number of gospel outreach Bible workers. 664 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,380 Joedy Melashenko: is in India. 665 00:31:51,380 --> 00:31:53,139 Joedy Melashenko: We have about over a thousand 666 00:31:53,299 --> 00:31:54,820 Joedy Melashenko: Bible workers there. 667 00:31:54,820 --> 00:32:01,539 Joedy Melashenko: And the work in India has just exploded, but it's becoming more and more challenging and I'll share that with you in a minute. 668 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:11,080 Joedy Melashenko: But these are the Bible workers that came to get new training, learning new techniques, and a story emerged from those meetings. 669 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:17,080 Joedy Melashenko: The man that you see kneeling, his name is Pastor C. 670 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:17,560 Joedy Melashenko: J. 671 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,320 Joedy Melashenko: Saman. 672 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,440 Joedy Melashenko: Pastor Saman 673 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,120 Joedy Melashenko: was a ministerial 674 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:29,840 Joedy Melashenko: secretary, ministerial director for all of the Pentecostal churches in India. 675 00:32:29,919 --> 00:32:37,120 Joedy Melashenko: He oversaw thousands of the Pentecostal churches in India. 676 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,960 Joedy Melashenko: He was reading his Bible 677 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,160 Joedy Melashenko: and he kept 678 00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,980 Joedy Melashenko: Hearing a message that just 679 00:32:43,220 --> 00:32:46,820 Joedy Melashenko: it convicted his spirit, I need to understand more 680 00:32:47,140 --> 00:32:48,820 Joedy Melashenko: about the Sabbath. 681 00:32:48,919 --> 00:32:56,280 Joedy Melashenko: And so he prayed, Lord, I'm having a hard time understanding, but I just keep reading it throughout the Old and New 682 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:57,080 Joedy Melashenko: Testament. 683 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,280 Joedy Melashenko: I need more understanding. 684 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,200 Joedy Melashenko: Send someone that can help me. 685 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,360 Joedy Melashenko: Two days later, he meets two gospel 686 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,200 Joedy Melashenko: Bible workers, and they start talking. 687 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,600 Joedy Melashenko: And he starts asking them some questions, and he discovered that these Bible workers 688 00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:17,180 Joedy Melashenko: They could share some insights theologically about the Sabbath, about the state, and so forth. 689 00:33:17,180 --> 00:33:19,900 Joedy Melashenko: And so he started, he set up some Bible studies. 690 00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:24,320 Joedy Melashenko: And every day, for months, these Bible workers met 691 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:24,960 Joedy Melashenko: with 692 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:25,679 Joedy Melashenko: Brother 693 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:26,080 Joedy Melashenko: C. 694 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:26,480 Joedy Melashenko: J. 695 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,080 Joedy Melashenko: Simon. 696 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,160 Joedy Melashenko: About six months later 697 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,840 Joedy Melashenko: Pastor Simon stood up before his church congregation 698 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,639 Joedy Melashenko: and he said, Brothers and sisters, I have an announcement I need 699 00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:42,240 Joedy Melashenko: to make today. 700 00:33:42,419 --> 00:33:45,059 Joedy Melashenko: It's not an announcement I want to make, but 701 00:33:45,380 --> 00:33:50,020 Joedy Melashenko: I have to resign my position as your pastor. 702 00:33:50,860 --> 00:33:51,420 Joedy Melashenko: They love 703 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:52,700 Joedy Melashenko: this man. 704 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:53,980 Joedy Melashenko: You're going to resign. 705 00:33:53,980 --> 00:33:55,340 Joedy Melashenko: Why? 706 00:33:55,340 --> 00:33:58,620 Joedy Melashenko: I've discovered some truths in Scripture 707 00:33:58,860 --> 00:34:01,100 Joedy Melashenko: that are not consistent with 708 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:05,260 Joedy Melashenko: the theology of this church. 709 00:34:04,940 --> 00:34:06,380 Joedy Melashenko: Well, Brother Simon, 710 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:13,179 Joedy Melashenko: you can't resign until you share with us this new truth that you've heard, that you've understood. 711 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:13,280 Joedy Melashenko: So 712 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,240 Joedy Melashenko: for the next number of months, Pastor CJ 713 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,280 Joedy Melashenko: Simon 714 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,560 Joedy Melashenko: is sharing the good news of the three angels 715 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,679 Joedy Melashenko: message to his church family. 716 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,040 Joedy Melashenko: The entire church gets baptized. 717 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,600 Joedy Melashenko: And now that church, they took the sign down. 718 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,280 Joedy Melashenko: It's an Adventist church. 719 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,360 Joedy Melashenko: And his mission is now to reach every Pentecostal pastor. 720 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:36,460 Joedy Melashenko: in India 721 00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:38,860 Joedy Melashenko: to share with of the good news that he has 722 00:34:39,020 --> 00:34:40,460 Joedy Melashenko: he has come to understand. 723 00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:42,140 Joedy Melashenko: That's how God is working. 724 00:34:42,140 --> 00:34:44,060 Joedy Melashenko: Powerful. 725 00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:47,540 Joedy Melashenko: The challenge is, Prime 726 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:48,500 Joedy Melashenko: Minister Modi 727 00:34:49,060 --> 00:34:54,900 Joedy Melashenko: is a militant Hindu, and he has convinced his parliament. 728 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,720 Joedy Melashenko: to outlaw any non-Hindu organizations from his country. 729 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:05,480 Joedy Melashenko: And so in the last five years, more than 2,000 non-Hindu organizations 730 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,440 Joedy Melashenko: Have been banned from India 731 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:09,560 Joedy Melashenko: because they 732 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,400 Joedy Melashenko: claim they're accusing these Christian organizations 733 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,360 Joedy Melashenko: of buying converts. 734 00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:18,059 Joedy Melashenko: And unfortunately, many of these 735 00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:20,299 Joedy Melashenko: organizations, they'll offer twenty 736 00:35:20,460 --> 00:35:24,779 Joedy Melashenko: or fifty dollars to a family to join their church, and that's a month's wages for them. 737 00:35:24,779 --> 00:35:25,099 Joedy Melashenko: And 738 00:35:25,339 --> 00:35:28,539 Joedy Melashenko: now thankfully the Adventist Church doesn't do that. 739 00:35:28,620 --> 00:35:35,580 Joedy Melashenko: There are only four main organizations left in India that are Christian organizations. 740 00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:43,100 Joedy Melashenko: Pentecostals, the Baptists, the Lutherans, and the Seventh-day Adventists. 741 00:35:43,780 --> 00:35:47,060 Joedy Melashenko: And what we're doing in India, because 742 00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:47,700 Joedy Melashenko: we 743 00:35:48,020 --> 00:35:48,340 Joedy Melashenko: want 744 00:35:48,660 --> 00:35:49,460 Joedy Melashenko: the Indian 745 00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:51,300 Joedy Melashenko: people to understand that 746 00:35:51,460 --> 00:35:56,100 Joedy Melashenko: as Seventh-day Adventists, we're giving more than we're taking. 747 00:35:56,580 --> 00:35:58,660 Joedy Melashenko: And so we're training all of the 748 00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:00,580 Joedy Melashenko: spouses, the wives of the gospel 749 00:36:00,820 --> 00:36:01,220 Joedy Melashenko: outreach 750 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:02,340 Joedy Melashenko: Bible workers 751 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:07,060 Joedy Melashenko: to be health educators, to trade them in the right arm of the gospel. 752 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:10,660 Joedy Melashenko: There's an organization up in Portland, Oregon called Ultimate 753 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:16,260 Joedy Melashenko: Missions, and they've already trained over a hundred of our Bible workers' wives in India. 754 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:26,359 Joedy Melashenko: And those those health workers, they'll go into a village before that they even move into the village and they become recognized that they are an emergency room nurse. 755 00:36:26,359 --> 00:36:26,680 Joedy Melashenko: They're 756 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:27,240 Joedy Melashenko: uh 757 00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:30,300 Joedy Melashenko: What do you call the 758 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:31,820 Joedy Melashenko: midwife? 759 00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:32,460 Joedy Melashenko: Midwife. 760 00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:33,820 Joedy Melashenko: Thank you there. 761 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:38,700 Joedy Melashenko: They become known as the health experts in the community. 762 00:36:38,559 --> 00:36:42,319 Joedy Melashenko: And then when the husbands come in and they start announcing, you know, these 763 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:47,200 Joedy Melashenko: these meetings, it's it's just fabulous what's happening. 764 00:36:47,660 --> 00:36:51,500 Joedy Melashenko: Thankfully, the Prime Minister has had to back off a little bit 765 00:36:51,660 --> 00:36:54,860 Joedy Melashenko: because now he has a coalition government he has to work with. 766 00:36:54,860 --> 00:36:57,340 Joedy Melashenko: And so they've backed off on some of their 767 00:36:57,660 --> 00:36:57,980 Joedy Melashenko: uh 768 00:36:59,000 --> 00:36:59,080 Joedy Melashenko: some 769 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:02,200 Joedy Melashenko: of the organizations that they're banning from the country. 770 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,160 Joedy Melashenko: But it's a very, it's a huge challenge in India. 771 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:05,880 Joedy Melashenko: And I've got to 772 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,600 Joedy Melashenko: I've got to move on here quickly because I've got 773 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:09,560 Joedy Melashenko: that clock 774 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:10,600 Joedy Melashenko: right. 775 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:11,800 Joedy Melashenko: Well 776 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,120 Joedy Melashenko: Do we need to take a motion? 777 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,880 Joedy Melashenko: All in favor say aye. 778 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,480 Joedy Melashenko: It's opposed or it's carried. 779 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,680 Joedy Melashenko: Okay, whatever. 780 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:22,660 Joedy Melashenko: I want to show you 781 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:25,060 Joedy Melashenko: one of my favorite pictures. 782 00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:27,300 Joedy Melashenko: This is a young 13-year-old 783 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:29,540 Joedy Melashenko: young lady from India. 784 00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:31,780 Joedy Melashenko: And I don't want to get in the political scene here, but if you 785 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:32,900 Joedy Melashenko: understand anything about 786 00:37:33,060 --> 00:37:35,620 Joedy Melashenko: India, even though the government has 787 00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:38,580 Joedy Melashenko: outlawed the caste system. 788 00:37:38,799 --> 00:37:44,160 Joedy Melashenko: The caste system, there's about eight different levels of castes in the Indian culture. 789 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,640 Joedy Melashenko: And if you're born in the Brahmin caste, your 790 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:47,839 Joedy Melashenko: wealth and your 791 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,279 Joedy Melashenko: fame, but the people in the lower caste. 792 00:37:51,220 --> 00:37:53,779 Joedy Melashenko: You cannot buy your way out or educate your 793 00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:56,579 Joedy Melashenko: out of being in that lower caste. 794 00:37:56,579 --> 00:37:57,460 Joedy Melashenko: They've basically 795 00:37:57,619 --> 00:38:01,380 Joedy Melashenko: been predestined to be servants and slaves and whatever. 796 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,180 Joedy Melashenko: And this young lady was from a lower caste. 797 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:04,520 Joedy Melashenko: system 798 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,920 Joedy Melashenko: family. 799 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,880 Joedy Melashenko: All her life she's been told that women 800 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,480 Joedy Melashenko: in their culture 801 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,160 Joedy Melashenko: are worth less than 802 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,440 Joedy Melashenko: a cow. 803 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:14,520 Joedy Melashenko: The 804 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,000 Joedy Melashenko: worse 805 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:15,720 Joedy Melashenko: less than 806 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:16,680 Joedy Melashenko: they're they're just 807 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,760 Joedy Melashenko: you're like chattel. 808 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,440 Joedy Melashenko: She goes to a gospel outreach 809 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:29,560 Joedy Melashenko: group of meetings, and for the first time, this young lady hears that in Jesus 810 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,080 Joedy Melashenko: There 811 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:33,040 Joedy Melashenko: 's no Greek or slave, and they're Greek or Jew. 812 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,960 Joedy Melashenko: There's no free or slave. 813 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,960 Joedy Melashenko: There's no male or female 814 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,640 Joedy Melashenko: that we all stand 815 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,480 Joedy Melashenko: on equal ground in front of the cross. 816 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,599 Joedy Melashenko: Can you see the happiness in her eyes? 817 00:38:44,599 --> 00:38:47,480 Joedy Melashenko: She's now a youth leader in her little church there 818 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,640 Joedy Melashenko: where she gave her heart to Jesus. 819 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,520 Joedy Melashenko: That's the good news of the gospel, friends. 820 00:38:52,839 --> 00:38:54,599 Joedy Melashenko: The request from India? 821 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:55,880 Joedy Melashenko: They want 822 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,599 Joedy Melashenko: 10,000 more Bible workers. 823 00:38:58,599 --> 00:39:00,680 Joedy Melashenko: Well, we've got 2,500 worldwide 824 00:39:00,839 --> 00:39:01,160 Joedy Melashenko: or the 825 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,079 Joedy Melashenko: 1040 window. 826 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:03,960 Joedy Melashenko: But 827 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,000 Joedy Melashenko: I'm going to share now for a few minutes with you 828 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,920 Joedy Melashenko: change cultures. 829 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,160 Joedy Melashenko: In many of those radical countries in the 1040 window. 830 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:16,060 Joedy Melashenko: For 831 00:39:16,380 --> 00:39:18,620 Joedy Melashenko: years, many 832 00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:21,660 Joedy Melashenko: truth-seeking Muslims 833 00:39:21,980 --> 00:39:25,260 Joedy Melashenko: have been experiencing dreams and visions. 834 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:31,600 Joedy Melashenko: You can go onto a website called Dreams of Isa, ISA, that's their term for Messiah. 835 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,120 Joedy Melashenko: Tens of thousands of reports of these people. 836 00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:36,140 Joedy Melashenko: Having dreams and 837 00:39:37,099 --> 00:39:40,140 Joedy Melashenko: all their dreams and visions are pretty much the same. 838 00:39:40,140 --> 00:39:43,420 Joedy Melashenko: It's a dream of a man robed in white 839 00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:45,740 Joedy Melashenko: with a golden crown, 840 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:47,240 Joedy Melashenko: Bloodstains 841 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:52,120 Joedy Melashenko: on his hand, and he turns and he says, Follow me. 842 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:56,200 Joedy Melashenko: I'm the way, I'm the truth, I'm the light. 843 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:58,160 Joedy Melashenko: Now you have to pause there because 844 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:06,000 Joedy Melashenko: if you're a Muslim, you understand you pray five times a day, you repeat the prayer three times a day, three times, so 845 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:06,560 Joedy Melashenko: fifteen 846 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:10,960 Joedy Melashenko: times a day, you're praying. 847 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:10,800 Joedy Melashenko: For 848 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,680 Joedy Melashenko: Allah to show you the straight path. 849 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,040 Joedy Melashenko: That's part of the prayer. 850 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,040 Joedy Melashenko: Show me the way, the straight path. 851 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:23,200 Joedy Melashenko: And now this messenger comes and said, I am the straight path. 852 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:24,240 Joedy Melashenko: I am the way. 853 00:40:25,620 --> 00:40:25,780 Joedy Melashenko: So 854 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:28,980 Joedy Melashenko: now many of the Bible workers, social 855 00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:32,980 Joedy Melashenko: media, whatever it takes, they put an advertisement. 856 00:40:32,980 --> 00:40:35,460 Joedy Melashenko: They say, Have you had a dream of a man in white? 857 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:37,380 Joedy Melashenko: Now they're not saying anything about Jesus. 858 00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:46,580 Joedy Melashenko: They're not saying anything about Christianity, but thousands of these people now get together and they start comparing notes and they're discovering that their dreams are the same 859 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:47,060 Joedy Melashenko: from 860 00:40:47,220 --> 00:40:49,060 Joedy Melashenko: the same source. 861 00:40:49,220 --> 00:40:51,779 Joedy Melashenko: Now this will thrill your hearts. 862 00:40:51,779 --> 00:40:53,619 Joedy Melashenko: Many of those same people 863 00:40:53,859 --> 00:40:57,299 Joedy Melashenko: are now having dreams of three angels. 864 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:58,600 Joedy Melashenko: Flying through heaven. 865 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:06,520 Joedy Melashenko: And the messenger turns to them and says, Find the people of the book that can explain this dream to you. 866 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:12,440 Joedy Melashenko: Now, I don't know how many of you know anything about the Muslim culture, but in that culture, through Prophet 867 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:12,840 Joedy Melashenko: during 868 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,080 Joedy Melashenko: Prophet Muhammad, that near when 869 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,920 Joedy Melashenko: just before Issa 870 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:18,120 Joedy Melashenko: returns 871 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:23,000 Joedy Melashenko: They are going to receive a special message from the people of the book. 872 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,560 Joedy Melashenko: That's followers of Jesus. 873 00:41:26,340 --> 00:41:28,820 Joedy Melashenko: And many, many of those, and I don't have the time today 874 00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:33,060 Joedy Melashenko: this morning, but many, many of those imams, because when they find out 875 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:33,860 Joedy Melashenko: that 876 00:41:34,180 --> 00:41:34,260 Joedy Melashenko: a 877 00:41:34,420 --> 00:41:35,940 Joedy Melashenko: Seventh-day Adventist 878 00:41:36,740 --> 00:41:37,380 Joedy Melashenko: Uh 879 00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:39,940 Joedy Melashenko: you don't eat pig? 880 00:41:39,940 --> 00:41:40,900 Joedy Melashenko: No. 881 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:43,380 Joedy Melashenko: Uh you don't drink alcohol? 882 00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:44,340 Joedy Melashenko: No. 883 00:41:44,340 --> 00:41:44,980 Joedy Melashenko: Uh 884 00:41:45,380 --> 00:41:46,100 Joedy Melashenko: you don't 885 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,119 Joedy Melashenko: You don't worship the Pope? 886 00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:49,920 Joedy Melashenko: No. 887 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,960 Joedy Melashenko: You don't have big idols that you worship all around? 888 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:53,680 Joedy Melashenko: No. 889 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,039 Joedy Melashenko: And you dress modestly? 890 00:41:57,359 --> 00:41:59,599 Joedy Melashenko: You must be believers. 891 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:00,720 Joedy Melashenko: So 892 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:05,040 Joedy Melashenko: in the mind of a Muslim, a Christian 893 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:07,120 Joedy Melashenko: is 894 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,200 Joedy Melashenko: what I just listed. 895 00:42:10,180 --> 00:42:16,260 Joedy Melashenko: But as a Seventh-day Adventist, they refer to them as fellow believers. 896 00:42:16,260 --> 00:42:20,020 Joedy Melashenko: The word Christian has a negative connotation. 897 00:42:20,020 --> 00:42:20,740 Joedy Melashenko: They say, 898 00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:21,620 Joedy Melashenko: your 899 00:42:21,780 --> 00:42:23,380 Joedy Melashenko: fellow believers. 900 00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:25,380 Joedy Melashenko: The stories 901 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:26,020 Joedy Melashenko: of 902 00:42:27,940 --> 00:42:29,940 Joedy Melashenko: things that are coming out of 903 00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:32,980 Joedy Melashenko: Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan 904 00:42:33,140 --> 00:42:37,380 Joedy Melashenko: and those countries, I'll just have to be careful. 905 00:42:39,140 --> 00:42:40,020 Joedy Melashenko: Our main 906 00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:42,260 Joedy Melashenko: um 907 00:42:43,220 --> 00:42:44,500 Joedy Melashenko: contact person 908 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,220 Joedy Melashenko: in that region of the world, he has to remain anonymous. 909 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,960 Joedy Melashenko: Because he's been involved in an underground 910 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:54,080 Joedy Melashenko: um 911 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:55,040 Joedy Melashenko: work 912 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:56,320 Joedy Melashenko: to reach 913 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,840 Joedy Melashenko: Muslims 914 00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,840 Joedy Melashenko: for many, many years. 915 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,000 Joedy Melashenko: I talked to him on the phone just the other day. 916 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:03,480 Joedy Melashenko: He said 917 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:12,680 Joedy Melashenko: in Iran right now, especially northern Iran, which used to be Persia, still call it Persia, Persia used to be all Christian. 918 00:43:13,140 --> 00:43:14,900 Joedy Melashenko: He said there are literally still 919 00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:23,940 Joedy Melashenko: the hundreds and thousands of Persian Christians that can't wait for this regime to be taken over so they can have freedom of worship. 920 00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:24,980 Joedy Melashenko: That's all they want. 921 00:43:24,980 --> 00:43:26,580 Joedy Melashenko: Freedom of worship. 922 00:43:26,660 --> 00:43:26,980 Joedy Melashenko: And 923 00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:27,460 Joedy Melashenko: um 924 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:29,940 Joedy Melashenko: this is not political, but 925 00:43:30,260 --> 00:43:30,580 Joedy Melashenko: these 926 00:43:30,820 --> 00:43:33,300 Joedy Melashenko: are people that have been praying 927 00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:35,780 Joedy Melashenko: that they'll have some kind of freedom 928 00:43:36,020 --> 00:43:36,660 Joedy Melashenko: sometime 929 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:40,340 Joedy Melashenko: and with this whole crazy thing that's happening over there. 930 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:41,320 Joedy Melashenko: But 931 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:42,040 Joedy Melashenko: in that 932 00:43:42,359 --> 00:43:43,800 Joedy Melashenko: in that country, there have 933 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,680 Joedy Melashenko: been literally hundreds of thousands 934 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,040 Joedy Melashenko: of home churches that have sprung up 935 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:52,180 Joedy Melashenko: That's the only way they can worship. 936 00:43:52,180 --> 00:43:54,260 Joedy Melashenko: They can't make an announcement, you know, we 937 00:43:54,420 --> 00:43:55,860 Joedy Melashenko: got a church down the road. 938 00:43:55,860 --> 00:43:57,220 Joedy Melashenko: Come and meet Jesus. 939 00:43:57,220 --> 00:43:59,940 Joedy Melashenko: It's all through home churches. 940 00:44:01,420 --> 00:44:02,859 Joedy Melashenko: Let me let me tell you 941 00:44:03,099 --> 00:44:06,299 Joedy Melashenko: one example of a story. 942 00:44:06,299 --> 00:44:07,660 Joedy Melashenko: Here is an Imam. 943 00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:11,339 Joedy Melashenko: Imam is their clerical leader among Muslims. 944 00:44:11,339 --> 00:44:13,900 Joedy Melashenko: He's walking in his village one day. 945 00:44:13,859 --> 00:44:16,740 Joedy Melashenko: And he has a dream. 946 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:19,300 Joedy Melashenko: And the messenger says to him, very 947 00:44:19,540 --> 00:44:20,099 Joedy Melashenko: soon 948 00:44:20,420 --> 00:44:24,500 Joedy Melashenko: you're going to receive new light and new truth. 949 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:26,579 Joedy Melashenko: End of the dream. 950 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,280 Joedy Melashenko: Dream number two. 951 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,359 Joedy Melashenko: A couple days later, he 952 00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:34,240 Joedy Melashenko: he met 953 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:35,119 Joedy Melashenko: two 954 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,760 Joedy Melashenko: Goswatreach Bible workers. 955 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,280 Joedy Melashenko: Didn't know each other, they 956 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,560 Joedy Melashenko: got started talking together, and um 957 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,080 Joedy Melashenko: they departed. 958 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,240 Joedy Melashenko: And as the emam was going home 959 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:57,160 Joedy Melashenko: Dream number two happened, and the messenger said, those two men that you just met today, those are the men who are going to share with you new truth and new light. 960 00:44:57,780 --> 00:44:58,020 Joedy Melashenko: Well 961 00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:58,420 Joedy Melashenko: then I 962 00:44:58,580 --> 00:45:01,140 Joedy Melashenko: gotta find out where these guys live. 963 00:45:01,140 --> 00:45:03,060 Joedy Melashenko: So he found out where they lived. 964 00:45:03,060 --> 00:45:04,340 Joedy Melashenko: They got together 965 00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:06,500 Joedy Melashenko: and they started comparing 966 00:45:07,460 --> 00:45:08,420 Joedy Melashenko: the book 967 00:45:08,740 --> 00:45:10,500 Joedy Melashenko: and the Quran. 968 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:13,240 Joedy Melashenko: But they had 969 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:14,360 Joedy Melashenko: this Imam 970 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,040 Joedy Melashenko: had some very, very 971 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,320 Joedy Melashenko: difficult 972 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,880 Joedy Melashenko: theological questions that these Bible workers couldn't answer. 973 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:22,560 Joedy Melashenko: But 974 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:27,600 Joedy Melashenko: they had a seminary professor at whatever university. 975 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:33,760 Joedy Melashenko: If they ever got to a situation where they couldn't answer a question, call him and he'll he'll answer it for them. 976 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,840 Joedy Melashenko: So he turned to the imam and he said 977 00:45:36,220 --> 00:45:40,539 Joedy Melashenko: We can't answer that question, but we have a good friend of ours. 978 00:45:40,539 --> 00:45:41,180 Joedy Melashenko: We have 979 00:45:41,339 --> 00:45:41,660 Joedy Melashenko: uh 980 00:45:42,299 --> 00:45:44,619 Joedy Melashenko: a scholar, a religious scholar that can 981 00:45:44,779 --> 00:45:45,740 Joedy Melashenko: explain it to you. 982 00:45:45,740 --> 00:45:47,579 Joedy Melashenko: And here's his cell phone number. 983 00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:48,480 Joedy Melashenko: And you 984 00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:49,520 Joedy Melashenko: probably all know 985 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:53,600 Joedy Melashenko: everybody in this world has a cell phone, it seems like. 986 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:53,840 Joedy Melashenko: So 987 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,200 Joedy Melashenko: the imam, he gets on his phone, said 988 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,560 Joedy Melashenko: said goodbye to the two Bible workers, gets on his phone to call. 989 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:02,560 Joedy Melashenko: This 990 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,240 Joedy Melashenko: seminary professor 991 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:05,840 Joedy Melashenko: and 992 00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:07,760 Joedy Melashenko: no cell signaling 993 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,520 Joedy Melashenko: couldn't get through. 994 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,920 Joedy Melashenko: Now this is gonna make your hair stand up 995 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:12,400 Joedy Melashenko: when I 996 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:13,440 Joedy Melashenko: what I tell you. 997 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:14,880 Joedy Melashenko: Dream number three 998 00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:16,260 Joedy Melashenko: Go 999 00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:18,260 Joedy Melashenko: at the back gate of your village 1000 00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:19,540 Joedy Melashenko: up the hill 1001 00:46:19,780 --> 00:46:20,980 Joedy Melashenko: where that big cypress 1002 00:46:21,220 --> 00:46:22,340 Joedy Melashenko: tree is. 1003 00:46:22,340 --> 00:46:25,940 Joedy Melashenko: Climb up to the first limb of that cypress tree, and there you'll get a sell 1004 00:46:26,180 --> 00:46:28,900 Joedy Melashenko: signal and you'll have your questions answered 1005 00:46:29,020 --> 00:46:29,339 Joedy Melashenko: Now 1006 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:35,099 Joedy Melashenko: friends, have an atheist or an agnostic explain that dream to you. 1007 00:46:35,099 --> 00:46:36,380 Joedy Melashenko: So here's this imam 1008 00:46:36,540 --> 00:46:38,220 Joedy Melashenko: now climbing up this tree 1009 00:46:38,540 --> 00:46:40,220 Joedy Melashenko: for weeks now. 1010 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:41,840 Joedy Melashenko: You've been having these questions 1011 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:42,640 Joedy Melashenko: about 1012 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,080 Joedy Melashenko: some of the doctrines. 1013 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,040 Joedy Melashenko: And now in that little village, we have a Muslim 1014 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:50,080 Joedy Melashenko: Seventh day Adventist home church. 1015 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,120 Joedy Melashenko: You see, we still respect the Muslim culture. 1016 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,640 Joedy Melashenko: They still pray five times a day, but they understand 1017 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,000 Joedy Melashenko: who Esau is. 1018 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,160 Joedy Melashenko: They understand who Jesus is. 1019 00:46:59,740 --> 00:47:02,220 Joedy Melashenko: And they've now become believers. 1020 00:47:03,580 --> 00:47:10,540 Joedy Melashenko: We can't really get an exact number of how our church has grown there, but it has grown 1021 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:12,320 Joedy Melashenko: Unbelievably 1022 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,800 Joedy Melashenko: the numbers that they anticipate 1023 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:20,080 Joedy Melashenko: in the in the 1040 windows, there could be upwards of 250,000 1024 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:21,040 Joedy Melashenko: Muslim 1025 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,840 Joedy Melashenko: Seventh-day Avenist home churches. 1026 00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:27,500 Joedy Melashenko: I thought maybe that would get an amen, but it didn't. 1027 00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:29,819 Joedy Melashenko: I'm not sure what I need to say. 1028 00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:35,980 Joedy Melashenko: Gospel outreach, the amazing part of this ministry. 1029 00:47:35,980 --> 00:47:36,859 Joedy Melashenko: It's an all 1030 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,760 Joedy Melashenko: It's an all-volunteer organization. 1031 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,320 Joedy Melashenko: And here's a picture of some of our volunteers 1032 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:43,720 Joedy Melashenko: out 1033 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:44,760 Joedy Melashenko: at our office in 1034 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,920 Joedy Melashenko: College Place, Washington, they're in Walla 1035 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:47,960 Joedy Melashenko: Walla. 1036 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,560 Joedy Melashenko: And uh you'll notice they all share something in common. 1037 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:54,320 Joedy Melashenko: Yeah. 1038 00:47:56,240 --> 00:48:03,280 Joedy Melashenko: These are all retirees, school teachers, pastors, hospital administrators, physicians. 1039 00:48:03,220 --> 00:48:03,380 Joedy Melashenko: uh 1040 00:48:03,539 --> 00:48:04,980 Joedy Melashenko: you name it, who've all 1041 00:48:05,220 --> 00:48:08,020 Joedy Melashenko: decided, you know, I'm not ready to pull it, put the plow 1042 00:48:08,180 --> 00:48:09,380 Joedy Melashenko: down yet. 1043 00:48:09,380 --> 00:48:14,180 Joedy Melashenko: And so as a volunteer organization, we have nobody on a payroll. 1044 00:48:15,060 --> 00:48:15,380 Joedy Melashenko: So 1045 00:48:16,020 --> 00:48:19,940 Joedy Melashenko: five percent is all it costs for them to do administrative. 1046 00:48:19,940 --> 00:48:22,580 Joedy Melashenko: That's to print whatever brochures and stuff. 1047 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,720 Joedy Melashenko: I don't want to get myself in trouble, but boy, don't you wish our conferences 1048 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:27,840 Joedy Melashenko: could maybe uh 1049 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:31,360 Joedy Melashenko: get a get a picture of what volunteers could do. 1050 00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:31,940 Joedy Melashenko: So 1051 00:48:32,100 --> 00:48:33,060 Joedy Melashenko: that 95 1052 00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:33,620 Joedy Melashenko: % 1053 00:48:33,940 --> 00:48:34,900 Joedy Melashenko: of donations 1054 00:48:35,220 --> 00:48:37,860 Joedy Melashenko: go directly to those Bible workers. 1055 00:48:37,860 --> 00:48:39,700 Joedy Melashenko: And what they're doing in the field is 1056 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:41,460 Joedy Melashenko: just thrilling. 1057 00:48:41,620 --> 00:48:43,700 Joedy Melashenko: I'm happy to tell you 1058 00:48:44,180 --> 00:48:47,460 Joedy Melashenko: gospel outreach. 1059 00:48:47,460 --> 00:48:49,540 Joedy Melashenko: Excuse me. 1060 00:48:49,820 --> 00:48:52,540 Joedy Melashenko: Praise the Lord, we have some deep pockets. 1061 00:48:52,540 --> 00:48:56,060 Joedy Melashenko: Our budget is about four and a half million dollars a year. 1062 00:48:56,060 --> 00:49:01,020 Joedy Melashenko: Just a couple weeks ago, we got a donation from an estate of nearly two 1063 00:49:01,180 --> 00:49:02,380 Joedy Melashenko: million dollars. 1064 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,080 Joedy Melashenko: That's now going to give us 1065 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,320 Joedy Melashenko: the ability, because 1066 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:10,240 Joedy Melashenko: as soon as the doors open in Iran, we have a hundred 1067 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,320 Joedy Melashenko: Bible workers ready to go in. 1068 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:12,480 Joedy Melashenko: And 1069 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:14,800 Joedy Melashenko: now we have the funds to do that. 1070 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:15,200 Joedy Melashenko: And 1071 00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:15,680 Joedy Melashenko: um 1072 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:22,240 Joedy Melashenko: but most of the Bible workers, they're sponsored by people just like you and me who say, you know, I I can 1073 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:23,520 Joedy Melashenko: I can afford $20 1074 00:49:23,839 --> 00:49:24,319 Joedy Melashenko: a month 1075 00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:26,000 Joedy Melashenko: or I can afford $50 1076 00:49:26,319 --> 00:49:26,799 Joedy Melashenko: a month 1077 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,359 Joedy Melashenko: or whatever. 1078 00:49:29,140 --> 00:49:29,460 Joedy Melashenko: So 1079 00:49:29,860 --> 00:49:35,860 Joedy Melashenko: with that being said, they do not receive any funds from the General Conference 1080 00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:37,140 Joedy Melashenko: or the Unions 1081 00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:39,460 Joedy Melashenko: or the Division or the Conference. 1082 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:45,800 Joedy Melashenko: They are truly a faith-based ministry that is doing something unbelievable for God. 1083 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:46,120 Joedy Melashenko: And 1084 00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:47,720 Joedy Melashenko: again, 1085 00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:48,520 Joedy Melashenko: Bible 1086 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:48,760 Joedy Melashenko: work 1087 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,640 Joedy Melashenko: can be sponsored for $150 a month. 1088 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:51,880 Joedy Melashenko: And 1089 00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:53,960 Joedy Melashenko: friends. 1090 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:58,880 Joedy Melashenko: In a few minutes, folks, I'm going to be queuing up that last song I'm going to do, hopefully. 1091 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:05,200 Joedy Melashenko: These Bible workers are just common, ordinary people, just like you and me. 1092 00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,880 Joedy Melashenko: Who've decided they want to do something uncommon for Jesus. 1093 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:09,920 Joedy Melashenko: And so they put the 1094 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:13,440 Joedy Melashenko: many of these Bible workers put their life on the line every day 1095 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:13,840 Joedy Melashenko: because 1096 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,600 Joedy Melashenko: in many of these communities 1097 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:16,560 Joedy Melashenko: it is 1098 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:18,400 Joedy Melashenko: illegal. 1099 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:19,920 Joedy Melashenko: To share the gospel. 1100 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:24,240 Joedy Melashenko: I could tell you about one of our Bible workers in one of these countries 1101 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:26,640 Joedy Melashenko: who was arrested. 1102 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,040 Joedy Melashenko: four times for sharing the gospel, was imprisoned 1103 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,560 Joedy Melashenko: and was sentenced to be executed, to be beheaded. 1104 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,760 Joedy Melashenko: The judge kept staying the execution. 1105 00:50:36,820 --> 00:50:41,220 Joedy Melashenko: We had our prayer warriors around the world praying for the the girl 1106 00:50:41,380 --> 00:50:41,860 Joedy Melashenko: went by 1107 00:50:42,020 --> 00:50:45,140 Joedy Melashenko: her nickname was Surrender. 1108 00:50:45,539 --> 00:50:47,460 Joedy Melashenko: Praise the Lord. 1109 00:50:47,460 --> 00:50:52,180 Joedy Melashenko: The judge finally released her and said, Don't be out 1110 00:50:52,339 --> 00:50:54,180 Joedy Melashenko: there talking about Jesus anymore. 1111 00:50:54,180 --> 00:50:56,260 Joedy Melashenko: You'll be back in here. 1112 00:50:56,260 --> 00:50:58,980 Joedy Melashenko: And uh, but you're free to go. 1113 00:50:59,299 --> 00:50:59,940 Joedy Melashenko: Guess what 1114 00:51:00,180 --> 00:51:02,339 Joedy Melashenko: she's doing that afternoon? 1115 00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:04,900 Joedy Melashenko: Here's 1116 00:51:05,140 --> 00:51:08,260 Joedy Melashenko: something else that I just discovered. 1117 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:17,000 Joedy Melashenko: In some of the countries where we have some of our Bible workers that have been arrested, the prison guards are having dreams and visions. 1118 00:51:17,740 --> 00:51:20,540 Joedy Melashenko: And the dreams and the visions you're having is 1119 00:51:20,860 --> 00:51:21,180 Joedy Melashenko: these 1120 00:51:21,420 --> 00:51:22,060 Joedy Melashenko: people that are 1121 00:51:22,220 --> 00:51:24,940 Joedy Melashenko: that you've locked up here, these people 1122 00:51:25,580 --> 00:51:28,140 Joedy Melashenko: are true followers of Isa. 1123 00:51:28,420 --> 00:51:30,500 Joedy Melashenko: And they have truth and light. 1124 00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:35,300 Joedy Melashenko: And so here these prison guards now, they're going to these inmates and they're saying, at one 1125 00:51:35,460 --> 00:51:37,060 Joedy Melashenko: o'clock this morning. 1126 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:43,000 Joedy Melashenko: The gates are going to be unlocked, the prison doors are going to be unopened, and you're free to go. 1127 00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:44,440 Joedy Melashenko: Praise 1128 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:45,320 Joedy Melashenko: God. 1129 00:51:47,339 --> 00:51:47,660 Joedy Melashenko: So 1130 00:51:48,859 --> 00:51:51,339 Joedy Melashenko: I want to just close with this statement 1131 00:51:51,819 --> 00:51:52,460 Joedy Melashenko: from the book 1132 00:51:52,619 --> 00:51:55,420 Joedy Melashenko: Acts of the Apostles, God's faithful people 1133 00:51:55,920 --> 00:52:02,240 Joedy Melashenko: Have always been aggressive missionaries, consecrating their resources to the honor of his 1134 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:02,800 Joedy Melashenko: name 1135 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:05,440 Joedy Melashenko: and wisely using their talents 1136 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:06,160 Joedy Melashenko: in his 1137 00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:07,120 Joedy Melashenko: service. 1138 00:52:07,580 --> 00:52:16,540 Joedy Melashenko: That's why the Seventh-day Avenue Church, as we sit here this morning, is the fastest growing denomination in the world. 1139 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:20,500 Joedy Melashenko: Because people have come to understand the truth of our message. 1140 00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:22,500 Joedy Melashenko: I love the words of Paul. 1141 00:52:22,500 --> 00:52:24,900 Joedy Melashenko: It's always been my ambition, and this is the 1142 00:52:26,020 --> 00:52:28,580 Joedy Melashenko: motto we've adopted at Quiet Hour. 1143 00:52:28,460 --> 00:52:28,780 Joedy Melashenko: It has 1144 00:52:28,940 --> 00:52:33,980 Joedy Melashenko: always been our ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is not known. 1145 00:52:33,980 --> 00:52:34,700 Joedy Melashenko: And that's 1146 00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:35,180 Joedy Melashenko: that's 1147 00:52:35,340 --> 00:52:35,660 Joedy Melashenko: the 1148 00:52:35,820 --> 00:52:36,060 Joedy Melashenko: the 1149 00:52:36,620 --> 00:52:39,660 Joedy Melashenko: That's the message I want to leave with you. 1150 00:52:39,660 --> 00:52:42,380 Joedy Melashenko: The harvest is plentiful, the labors are few. 1151 00:52:42,380 --> 00:52:43,820 Joedy Melashenko: Pray the Lord of the harvest 1152 00:52:43,980 --> 00:52:45,100 Joedy Melashenko: to send out labors 1153 00:52:45,340 --> 00:52:46,300 Joedy Melashenko: into his harvest. 1154 00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:50,540 Joedy Melashenko: And this morning, before we leave, you received 1155 00:52:54,060 --> 00:52:57,020 Joedy Melashenko: As you came in, you received a little brochure like this. 1156 00:52:57,020 --> 00:52:59,339 Joedy Melashenko: If you didn't get one, raise your hand. 1157 00:53:00,380 --> 00:53:03,260 Joedy Melashenko: Maybe we can get some deacons or somebody to hand them out. 1158 00:53:03,260 --> 00:53:04,940 Joedy Melashenko: Because inside of this 1159 00:53:05,900 --> 00:53:06,220 Joedy Melashenko: is 1160 00:53:06,380 --> 00:53:08,460 Joedy Melashenko: an envelope. 1161 00:53:08,460 --> 00:53:09,580 Joedy Melashenko: Could we get a couple? 1162 00:53:09,660 --> 00:53:11,500 Joedy Melashenko: Yeah, thank you. 1163 00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:16,160 Joedy Melashenko: And this envelope gives you a place where you can 1164 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:17,120 Joedy Melashenko: make 1165 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:21,040 Joedy Melashenko: an option as to what kind of a donation, what kind of support. 1166 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:21,600 Joedy Melashenko: you'd 1167 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:22,320 Joedy Melashenko: like to 1168 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,400 Joedy Melashenko: give for a Bible worker. 1169 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:25,280 Joedy Melashenko: Please know 1170 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,920 Joedy Melashenko: Judy and I are volunteers. 1171 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:28,960 Joedy Melashenko: We don't get a cent 1172 00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:29,680 Joedy Melashenko: for doing this. 1173 00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:32,160 Joedy Melashenko: We do this because we love the work that they're doing. 1174 00:53:32,059 --> 00:53:32,940 Joedy Melashenko: There's even a 1175 00:53:33,180 --> 00:53:35,420 Joedy Melashenko: QR code on this little 1176 00:53:35,660 --> 00:53:36,779 Joedy Melashenko: brochure here. 1177 00:53:36,779 --> 00:53:39,740 Joedy Melashenko: If you want to click on that, it'll take you right to our website. 1178 00:53:39,740 --> 00:53:42,859 Joedy Melashenko: You might want to donate online. 1179 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:43,400 Joedy Melashenko: But 1180 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:51,560 Joedy Melashenko: this morning, as we leave, there's going to be a couple of deacons standing at the doors, and you can put your envelope in 1181 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:52,200 Joedy Melashenko: the 1182 00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:54,360 Joedy Melashenko: bag or the or the 1183 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,560 Joedy Melashenko: offering bucket, whatever they have. 1184 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:57,440 Joedy Melashenko: But 1185 00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:58,480 Joedy Melashenko: please know 1186 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:03,040 Joedy Melashenko: your gifts are greatly appreciated by gospel outreach. 1187 00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:06,560 Joedy Melashenko: And it's a ministry that I know God has anointed for these 1188 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,000 Joedy Melashenko: last days. 1189 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:08,240 Joedy Melashenko: So 1190 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:09,680 Joedy Melashenko: with that. 1191 00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:16,660 Joedy Melashenko: While you're filling out that envelope, there's a song that wanna f that we're gonna finish with. 1192 00:54:37,559 --> 00:54:38,839 Joedy Melashenko: One day 1193 00:54:39,319 --> 00:54:41,319 Joedy Melashenko: a Roman soldier 1194 00:54:42,279 --> 00:54:43,880 Joedy Melashenko: in a shameful 1195 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,039 Joedy Melashenko: gambling game 1196 00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:48,200 Joedy Melashenko: One 1197 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,760 Joedy Melashenko: the bloodstained garment 1198 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:52,040 Joedy Melashenko: that 1199 00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:52,920 Joedy Melashenko: once 1200 00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:54,200 Joedy Melashenko: had clothed 1201 00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:55,480 Joedy Melashenko: my king 1202 00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:59,720 Joedy Melashenko: Just a cheap robe of linen 1203 00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:02,640 Joedy Melashenko: No 1204 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:09,360 Joedy Melashenko: great value did it hold, but when worn 1205 00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:10,000 Joedy Melashenko: by 1206 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:16,960 Joedy Melashenko: the master, it was worth more than gold. 1207 00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:21,960 Joedy Melashenko: See, a few days 1208 00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:23,560 Joedy Melashenko: before 1209 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,040 Joedy Melashenko: this old garment 1210 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:28,680 Joedy Melashenko: had changed the life 1211 00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:29,560 Joedy Melashenko: of 1212 00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:30,360 Joedy Melashenko: a time 1213 00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:31,960 Joedy Melashenko: and helpless. 1214 00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:33,520 Joedy Melashenko: Woman 1215 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:34,400 Joedy Melashenko: who 1216 00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:35,600 Joedy Melashenko: believed 1217 00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:37,840 Joedy Melashenko: with all her might 1218 00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:39,360 Joedy Melashenko: she 1219 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:40,640 Joedy Melashenko: reached down 1220 00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:42,880 Joedy Melashenko: and touched it 1221 00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:45,040 Joedy Melashenko: with the hope 1222 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:45,920 Joedy Melashenko: to be 1223 00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:46,960 Joedy Melashenko: restored. 1224 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:47,560 Joedy Melashenko: Oh 1225 00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:51,000 Joedy Melashenko: she 1226 00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:52,200 Joedy Melashenko: knew 1227 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,160 Joedy Melashenko: this plain old garment. 1228 00:55:55,740 --> 00:55:56,220 Joedy Melashenko: Was the 1229 00:55:56,380 --> 00:55:57,420 Joedy Melashenko: vesture of 1230 00:55:57,740 --> 00:55:57,900 Joedy Melashenko: the 1231 00:55:58,220 --> 00:55:58,860 Joedy Melashenko: Lord 1232 00:56:00,540 --> 00:56:00,780 Joedy Melashenko: God 1233 00:56:01,420 --> 00:56:02,620 Joedy Melashenko: uses 1234 00:56:03,180 --> 00:56:04,700 Joedy Melashenko: common 1235 00:56:05,580 --> 00:56:07,020 Joedy Melashenko: commands 1236 00:56:09,580 --> 00:56:10,460 Joedy Melashenko: to do? 1237 00:56:12,740 --> 00:56:12,980 Joedy Melashenko: Un 1238 00:56:13,460 --> 00:56:14,660 Joedy Melashenko: carbon 1239 00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:15,540 Joedy Melashenko: things 1240 00:56:19,140 --> 00:56:19,460 Joedy Melashenko: and 1241 00:56:19,780 --> 00:56:20,100 Joedy Melashenko: God 1242 00:56:20,420 --> 00:56:21,540 Joedy Melashenko: uses 1243 00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:24,020 Joedy Melashenko: cause 1244 00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:25,380 Joedy Melashenko: people. 1245 00:56:28,620 --> 00:56:29,420 Joedy Melashenko: To live 1246 00:56:29,660 --> 00:56:29,980 Joedy Melashenko: up 1247 00:56:31,180 --> 00:56:31,500 Joedy Melashenko: is 1248 00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:33,500 Joedy Melashenko: uncovering 1249 00:56:33,740 --> 00:56:34,620 Joedy Melashenko: great 1250 00:56:38,060 --> 00:56:38,940 Joedy Melashenko: it's not 1251 00:56:39,260 --> 00:56:39,580 Joedy Melashenko: what 1252 00:56:40,060 --> 00:56:40,300 Joedy Melashenko: you 1253 00:56:40,660 --> 00:56:41,140 Joedy Melashenko: You are 1254 00:56:42,660 --> 00:56:42,900 Joedy Melashenko: that 1255 00:56:43,220 --> 00:56:46,580 Joedy Melashenko: matters. 1256 00:56:46,580 --> 00:56:47,220 Joedy Melashenko: You see 1257 00:56:47,460 --> 00:56:48,740 Joedy Melashenko: it's what he 1258 00:56:49,700 --> 00:56:50,020 Joedy Melashenko: can 1259 00:56:50,340 --> 00:56:50,660 Joedy Melashenko: make 1260 00:56:50,980 --> 00:56:51,300 Joedy Melashenko: you 1261 00:56:52,260 --> 00:56:55,460 Joedy Melashenko: to be. 1262 00:56:56,380 --> 00:56:57,340 Joedy Melashenko: Cause if 1263 00:56:57,660 --> 00:56:57,980 Joedy Melashenko: God 1264 00:56:58,300 --> 00:56:58,540 Joedy Melashenko: can 1265 00:56:58,860 --> 00:57:00,460 Joedy Melashenko: take an old 1266 00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:01,260 Joedy Melashenko: club 1267 00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:01,740 Joedy Melashenko: and 1268 00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:02,700 Joedy Melashenko: garment 1269 00:57:03,180 --> 00:57:06,540 Joedy Melashenko: and change a life, then 1270 00:57:06,860 --> 00:57:07,500 Joedy Melashenko: surely 1271 00:57:08,780 --> 00:57:09,340 Joedy Melashenko: he can 1272 00:57:09,660 --> 00:57:10,460 Joedy Melashenko: use you. 1273 00:57:10,740 --> 00:57:10,980 Joedy Melashenko: You 1274 00:57:11,140 --> 00:57:11,380 Joedy Melashenko: and 1275 00:57:11,700 --> 00:57:12,020 Joedy Melashenko: me 1276 00:57:13,940 --> 00:57:16,500 Joedy Melashenko: and here it is. 1277 00:57:16,500 --> 00:57:16,820 Joedy Melashenko: We 1278 00:57:17,140 --> 00:57:17,460 Joedy Melashenko: are 1279 00:57:18,100 --> 00:57:19,780 Joedy Melashenko: the reason. 1280 00:57:20,859 --> 00:57:21,180 Joedy Melashenko: That 1281 00:57:21,339 --> 00:57:23,180 Joedy Melashenko: Jesus came to 1282 00:57:23,500 --> 00:57:25,900 Joedy Melashenko: die, and we 1283 00:57:26,220 --> 00:57:26,539 Joedy Melashenko: have 1284 00:57:27,500 --> 00:57:28,779 Joedy Melashenko: been chosen 1285 00:57:30,059 --> 00:57:30,380 Joedy Melashenko: to 1286 00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:31,980 Joedy Melashenko: send forth 1287 00:57:32,539 --> 00:57:32,779 Joedy Melashenko: his 1288 00:57:33,099 --> 00:57:34,700 Joedy Melashenko: light. 1289 00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:38,339 Joedy Melashenko: Now it doesn't matter 1290 00:57:39,140 --> 00:57:39,299 Joedy Melashenko: if 1291 00:57:39,539 --> 00:57:40,500 Joedy Melashenko: your worth 1292 00:57:40,819 --> 00:57:46,339 Joedy Melashenko: is great or small. 1293 00:57:46,339 --> 00:57:46,660 Joedy Melashenko: God 1294 00:57:46,980 --> 00:57:47,619 Joedy Melashenko: needs 1295 00:57:48,260 --> 00:57:48,500 Joedy Melashenko: some 1296 00:57:48,740 --> 00:57:49,859 Joedy Melashenko: willing vessel. 1297 00:57:51,740 --> 00:57:54,779 Joedy Melashenko: Just common garments, that's all 1298 00:57:56,299 --> 00:57:56,539 Joedy Melashenko: God 1299 00:57:57,180 --> 00:57:58,059 Joedy Melashenko: uses 1300 00:57:58,859 --> 00:58:00,460 Joedy Melashenko: common 1301 00:58:01,099 --> 00:58:04,859 Joedy Melashenko: garments. 1302 00:58:05,380 --> 00:58:05,619 Joedy Melashenko: To 1303 00:58:05,859 --> 00:58:06,180 Joedy Melashenko: do 1304 00:58:08,420 --> 00:58:09,539 Joedy Melashenko: uncommon 1305 00:58:10,339 --> 00:58:10,900 Joedy Melashenko: things 1306 00:58:14,660 --> 00:58:14,900 Joedy Melashenko: and 1307 00:58:15,220 --> 00:58:16,819 Joedy Melashenko: continues 1308 00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:19,779 Joedy Melashenko: calling. 1309 00:58:20,220 --> 00:58:20,700 Joedy Melashenko: People 1310 00:58:24,140 --> 00:58:25,500 Joedy Melashenko: to live up 1311 00:58:26,460 --> 00:58:26,619 Joedy Melashenko: is 1312 00:58:27,099 --> 00:58:27,500 Joedy Melashenko: hard 1313 00:58:27,740 --> 00:58:27,980 Joedy Melashenko: for 1314 00:58:35,220 --> 00:58:35,460 Joedy Melashenko: But 1315 00:58:36,099 --> 00:58:36,740 Joedy Melashenko: you are 1316 00:58:37,299 --> 00:58:37,619 Joedy Melashenko: all 1317 00:58:38,260 --> 00:58:38,500 Joedy Melashenko: that 1318 00:58:38,819 --> 00:58:42,260 Joedy Melashenko: matters. 1319 00:58:42,260 --> 00:58:42,900 Joedy Melashenko: You see 1320 00:58:43,059 --> 00:58:43,859 Joedy Melashenko: it's what 1321 00:58:44,180 --> 00:58:44,500 Joedy Melashenko: he 1322 00:58:45,460 --> 00:58:46,099 Joedy Melashenko: can make 1323 00:58:46,740 --> 00:58:47,059 Joedy Melashenko: you 1324 00:58:47,700 --> 00:58:49,859 Joedy Melashenko: to be. 1325 00:58:51,980 --> 00:58:53,339 Joedy Melashenko: Cause if God 1326 00:58:53,980 --> 00:58:54,299 Joedy Melashenko: can 1327 00:58:54,539 --> 00:58:55,900 Joedy Melashenko: take an old 1328 00:58:56,140 --> 00:58:57,180 Joedy Melashenko: common 1329 00:58:57,660 --> 00:58:58,299 Joedy Melashenko: garment 1330 00:58:58,779 --> 00:59:02,059 Joedy Melashenko: and change a lot, then 1331 00:59:02,380 --> 00:59:03,020 Joedy Melashenko: surely 1332 00:59:04,220 --> 00:59:04,539 Joedy Melashenko: he can 1333 00:59:04,779 --> 00:59:04,779 Joedy Melashenko: 't be able to do it. 1334 00:59:05,059 --> 00:59:05,140 Joedy Melashenko: Can 1335 00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:05,700 Joedy Melashenko: use 1336 00:59:06,020 --> 00:59:06,339 Joedy Melashenko: you 1337 00:59:06,660 --> 00:59:07,299 Joedy Melashenko: and me 1338 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:11,619 Joedy Melashenko: Cause if 1339 00:59:11,940 --> 00:59:12,260 Joedy Melashenko: God 1340 00:59:12,900 --> 00:59:13,220 Joedy Melashenko: can 1341 00:59:13,460 --> 00:59:14,180 Joedy Melashenko: take it 1342 00:59:14,420 --> 00:59:14,740 Joedy Melashenko: off 1343 00:59:16,260 --> 00:59:17,140 Joedy Melashenko: and garment 1344 00:59:17,700 --> 00:59:19,859 Joedy Melashenko: and change a lot. 1345 00:59:20,700 --> 00:59:21,099 Joedy Melashenko: Then 1346 00:59:21,260 --> 00:59:21,900 Joedy Melashenko: surely 1347 00:59:23,420 --> 00:59:24,380 Joedy Melashenko: he can use 1348 00:59:25,020 --> 00:59:25,339 Joedy Melashenko: you 1349 00:59:25,660 --> 00:59:28,220 Joedy Melashenko: and me. 1350 00:59:28,539 --> 00:59:29,420 Joedy Melashenko: Use you 1351 00:59:30,380 --> 00:59:30,700 Joedy Melashenko: and 1352 00:59:31,339 --> 00:59:34,779 Joedy Melashenko: me. 1353 00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:45,420 Joedy Melashenko: If God can take 1354 00:59:45,740 --> 00:59:47,740 Joedy Melashenko: an old common garment 1355 00:59:48,060 --> 00:59:53,500 Joedy Melashenko: and change a life, then what's your excuse? 1356 00:59:54,980 --> 00:59:55,300 Joedy Melashenko: God 1357 00:59:55,460 --> 00:59:56,420 Joedy Melashenko: is looking 1358 00:59:56,740 --> 00:59:59,700 Joedy Melashenko: for common people to do something uncommon for his 1359 00:59:59,859 --> 01:00:01,140 Joedy Melashenko: kingdom. 1360 01:00:01,140 --> 01:00:03,700 Joedy Melashenko: And as we mentioned this morning, hey 1361 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:07,079 Joedy Melashenko: All of us here, we can't go to Africa. 1362 01:00:07,079 --> 01:00:09,640 Joedy Melashenko: We can't go to the 1040 window. 1363 01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:11,960 Joedy Melashenko: But you can be a sender. 1364 01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:17,880 Joedy Melashenko: You can be someone who can help sponsor one of those Bible workers. 1365 01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,880 Joedy Melashenko: One of the things I just want to share with you 1366 01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:26,040 Joedy Melashenko: at the table in the back where Judy will be and I'll be at the door, 1367 01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:28,760 Joedy Melashenko: there's magazines and some other gospel 1368 01:00:29,340 --> 01:00:30,940 Joedy Melashenko: Reach items. 1369 01:00:30,940 --> 01:00:31,260 Joedy Melashenko: But 1370 01:00:31,500 --> 01:00:31,820 Joedy Melashenko: just 1371 01:00:31,980 --> 01:00:36,860 Joedy Melashenko: for you to think about something here, and I should have mentioned this earlier. 1372 01:00:36,860 --> 01:00:38,460 Joedy Melashenko: The Meloshenko family 1373 01:00:38,620 --> 01:00:43,660 Joedy Melashenko: singers, over the years, we've produced numerous CDs and DVDs. 1374 01:00:43,700 --> 01:00:44,020 Joedy Melashenko: Uh 1375 01:00:44,260 --> 01:00:44,500 Joedy Melashenko: people 1376 01:00:44,660 --> 01:00:48,100 Joedy Melashenko: don't buy CDs and DVDs anymore. 1377 01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:52,660 Joedy Melashenko: My daughter, dad, you still have a CD player? 1378 01:00:52,980 --> 01:00:53,780 Joedy Melashenko: Yep. 1379 01:00:53,780 --> 01:00:54,980 Joedy Melashenko: I just got rid of my A 1380 01:00:55,140 --> 01:00:55,540 Joedy Melashenko: -track 1381 01:00:55,700 --> 01:00:56,740 Joedy Melashenko: last week. 1382 01:00:59,420 --> 01:01:00,700 Joedy Melashenko: So we have taken 1383 01:01:01,180 --> 01:01:08,300 Joedy Melashenko: we've taken all of our music and we've put them onto a thumb drive that looks like this. 1384 01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:09,560 Joedy Melashenko: It just pops out. 1385 01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:12,359 Joedy Melashenko: There's about six hours of music on there. 1386 01:01:12,359 --> 01:01:14,200 Joedy Melashenko: And we give those to the 1387 01:01:14,359 --> 01:01:18,280 Joedy Melashenko: for those of you who can make a pledge to help sponsor a Bible work. 1388 01:01:18,580 --> 01:01:20,740 Joedy Melashenko: And come up to Judy at the table back there. 1389 01:01:20,740 --> 01:01:23,940 Joedy Melashenko: She'll hand one to you and show you how to how it works. 1390 01:01:24,900 --> 01:01:27,060 Joedy Melashenko: Some of you might want to 1391 01:01:27,620 --> 01:01:28,900 Joedy Melashenko: Check out our websites 1392 01:01:29,140 --> 01:01:29,540 Joedy Melashenko: called Go 1393 01:01:29,780 --> 01:01:30,660 Joedy Melashenko: Aim, which is 1394 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:31,220 Joedy Melashenko: gospel 1395 01:01:31,460 --> 01:01:33,620 Joedy Melashenko: outreach adventures in missions. 1396 01:01:33,620 --> 01:01:34,820 Joedy Melashenko: And there we have 1397 01:01:35,140 --> 01:01:40,260 Joedy Melashenko: fresh stories every every week about the incredible things God is doing. 1398 01:01:40,260 --> 01:01:40,660 Joedy Melashenko: Well 1399 01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:44,880 Joedy Melashenko: You have been incredibly gracious with your time this morning. 1400 01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,720 Joedy Melashenko: I just praise God my voice is held up, at least part way. 1401 01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:53,600 Joedy Melashenko: I wasn't sure if I could preach or sing, but it's all in God's hands. 1402 01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:58,800 Joedy Melashenko: Would you please bow your heads with me as we close our service today? 1403 01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:01,200 Joedy Melashenko: Lord, when we think about 1404 01:02:02,140 --> 01:02:05,020 Joedy Melashenko: The promise of your soon coming that this gospel, the 1405 01:02:05,180 --> 01:02:06,460 Joedy Melashenko: kingdom, not 1406 01:02:06,620 --> 01:02:09,820 Joedy Melashenko: might, but it will go to the whole world. 1407 01:02:09,820 --> 01:02:12,940 Joedy Melashenko: We see that happening before our very eyes. 1408 01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:14,760 Joedy Melashenko: And Lord, we know that 1409 01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:16,360 Joedy Melashenko: you have 1410 01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:18,920 Joedy Melashenko: precious children 1411 01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:23,160 Joedy Melashenko: that have not heard the name of Jesus, but they are your children. 1412 01:02:23,580 --> 01:02:26,540 Joedy Melashenko: And you've come to offer salvation 1413 01:02:26,780 --> 01:02:28,220 Joedy Melashenko: to all those who 1414 01:02:28,540 --> 01:02:31,740 Joedy Melashenko: call upon the Lord as their Savior. 1415 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:37,320 Joedy Melashenko: Lord, we just are so grateful for the dedication of these Bible workers. 1416 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:39,480 Joedy Melashenko: We're grateful for the dedication of our 1417 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:40,920 Joedy Melashenko: conference and 1418 01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:42,840 Joedy Melashenko: union 1419 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:44,840 Joedy Melashenko: and division leaders. 1420 01:02:44,660 --> 01:02:51,300 Joedy Melashenko: And we just pray, Lord, that you would continue to help us keep the main thing, the main thing in our focus. 1421 01:02:51,300 --> 01:02:54,740 Joedy Melashenko: And that is to share the good news of salvation. 1422 01:02:54,720 --> 01:03:03,760 Joedy Melashenko: To our neighbors, our friends, those we work with, the guys we play golf with, whatever it might be, Lord, we want Jesus to be seen in us. 1423 01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:05,920 Joedy Melashenko: Thank you for this church family. 1424 01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:09,359 Joedy Melashenko: I lift up everyone, all the kids. 1425 01:03:09,099 --> 01:03:14,780 Joedy Melashenko: The generations that are here, Lord, they're your children as well. 1426 01:03:14,780 --> 01:03:16,540 Joedy Melashenko: We claim the promise 1427 01:03:16,660 --> 01:03:17,300 Joedy Melashenko: In Philippians 1428 01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:19,060 Joedy Melashenko: said, He who began a good work in you 1429 01:03:19,220 --> 01:03:21,380 Joedy Melashenko: will be faithful to complete it. 1430 01:03:21,380 --> 01:03:24,900 Joedy Melashenko: We give you permission to complete that work in us today. 1431 01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:26,180 Joedy Melashenko: We love you, Lord. 1432 01:03:26,180 --> 01:03:28,020 Joedy Melashenko: Please come soon, we pray. 1433 01:03:28,020 --> 01:03:29,460 Joedy Melashenko: And everybody said together. 1434 01:03:29,820 --> 01:03:30,700 Joedy Melashenko: Amen. 1435 01:03:30,700 --> 01:03:32,140 Joedy Melashenko: God bless all of you