1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Don't you just love Sabbath? 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ah, Sabbath is so wonderful. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you know what's happening next Sabbath? 4 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, I 5 00:00:16,220 --> 00:00:17,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: didn't see it in the bulletin. 6 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:18,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I forgot to 7 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:21,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: remember to put it there. 8 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:23,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have communion next Sabbath. 9 00:00:24,540 --> 00:00:27,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or maybe it's in the bulletin and I didn't read the bulletin. 10 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:28,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Carefully. 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But next Sabbath is Communion Sabbath. 12 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I share this with you so that you can prepare 13 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:36,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: your hearts and minds. 14 00:00:37,539 --> 00:00:41,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There's also another announcement that I saw on the calendar of events of uh 15 00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:44,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what's happening. 16 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:44,739 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Um 17 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:47,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Our midweek 18 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Bible study. 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This week, uh 20 00:00:56,539 --> 00:00:56,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Was 21 00:00:56,940 --> 00:00:59,739 Pastor Dale Tunnell: our kickoff for the new study we are doing. 22 00:00:59,739 --> 00:01:02,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So we are going through the Gospels 23 00:01:02,219 --> 00:01:03,899 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and studying them in conjunction with 24 00:01:04,059 --> 00:01:05,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Desire of Ages. 25 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:06,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you uh 26 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:10,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Got my email 27 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:15,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: not once, not twice, but three times. 28 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:19,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I'm told some of you will like it a fourth time. 29 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:20,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: uh 30 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:23,759 Pastor Dale Tunnell: so that it is chapter by chapter because your desire of 31 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: ages are not in the same uh 32 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pagination 33 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,119 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as the original. 34 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So some of you want to 35 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:31,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter by chapter 36 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: so you know what we are discussing, which 37 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapters. 38 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But I'll uh let you know that uh 39 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:39,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: uh 40 00:01:39,479 --> 00:01:39,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: oh 41 00:01:40,119 --> 00:01:42,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: reading the gospels with desire 42 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of ages. 43 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Man, if you miss 44 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,479 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this this kickoff 45 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:45,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: uh 46 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:46,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter one 47 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:47,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter two 48 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:47,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: were 49 00:01:48,119 --> 00:01:49,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: powerful. 50 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean chapter one 51 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is just really powerful. 52 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:56,659 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So if you if you missed it, go back and read it. 53 00:01:56,659 --> 00:02:00,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You don't have to get the power from it by being here to discuss it. 54 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:02,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But let me just tell you, it's powerful 55 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But this next week we're going to start walking along the roads of Palestine 56 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:08,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: with 57 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Joseph and Mary 58 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and Jesus. 59 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:13,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So 60 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:16,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: get out your desire of ages. 61 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Fall in love with Jesus again for the first time. 62 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah. 63 00:02:21,799 --> 00:02:23,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm going to tell you some upcoming things. 64 00:02:23,799 --> 00:02:25,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Next week is Communion 65 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:26,439 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath. 66 00:02:26,439 --> 00:02:30,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They made an announcement about what's happening the week after that. 67 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But that means you just have one week between now and then 68 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to hear what's going to happen the week after. 69 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Some of you I know the way you listen to announcements. 70 00:02:41,819 --> 00:02:44,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It needs to be repeated for you to catch on. 71 00:02:45,099 --> 00:02:50,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The first Sabbath of October. 72 00:02:50,220 --> 00:02:50,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I 73 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:51,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I said 74 00:02:51,819 --> 00:02:53,099 Pastor Dale Tunnell: October. 75 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You got what's happening the first Sabbath of October? 76 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:58,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Church of Red Mountain. 77 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Church of Red Mountain. 78 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're gonna hear more about it. 79 00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:04,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Be listening for more about it. 80 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:05,739 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because if you show up here 81 00:03:06,140 --> 00:03:10,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the first Sabbath of October, you know what's gonna happen? 82 00:03:10,660 --> 00:03:12,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're gonna be here by yourself. 83 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or all the guests that show up, but you're gonna get to lead them in Sabbath school and church. 84 00:03:19,140 --> 00:03:25,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or you're gonna read the note on the door that says, we are at Red Mountain, you say, Oh yeah, they said that 85 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:26,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: last month 86 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:27,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and I forgot. 87 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We don't want you to forget. 88 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:34,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We want you to know about it ahead of time so you can make plans. 89 00:03:34,140 --> 00:03:36,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Excellent opportunity to invite your 90 00:03:36,540 --> 00:03:37,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: friends. 91 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:45,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It uh 92 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is going to be enjoyable. 93 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:48,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know what's happening the 94 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in towards the end of October, don't you? 95 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: October 22nd, 23rd, that 96 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath? 97 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,319 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have Pioneer Sabbath. 98 00:03:57,319 --> 00:04:00,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have a guest that's coming to talk to us about the 99 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: early Adventist pioneers, yes, and 100 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,239 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we're going to have Pioneer Sabbath, and that's your opportunity to dress like a pioneer. 101 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:08,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So 102 00:04:08,220 --> 00:04:09,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you can put that on your calendar. 103 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:12,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You know what's happening the last Sabbath of October? 104 00:04:15,340 --> 00:04:17,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What nobody has told you the 105 00:04:17,180 --> 00:04:18,459 Pastor Dale Tunnell: just the church board members 106 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:19,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: know? 107 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah, that's why I'm sharing this with you. 108 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're going to have some evangelistic meetings. 109 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:33,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Pastor Michael Morehouse is going to be here, and the first weekend that he is here, we are going to talk about angels and aliens and the afterlife 110 00:04:33,580 --> 00:04:33,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 111 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:36,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man, I am excited about it. 112 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:40,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I want to be excited about it, and I want you to be excited about it. 113 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:44,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because we're going to have meeting Friday night, then we're going to have 114 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:46,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath. 115 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:48,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then we're gonna have meeting Sabbath 116 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:50,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: afternoon at 4 o'clock. 117 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:50,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 118 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:52,699 Pastor Dale Tunnell: then we're gonna have supper together. 119 00:04:52,699 --> 00:04:54,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then we're gonna have another meeting at 120 00:04:54,540 --> 00:04:55,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath 121 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:56,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: evening 122 00:04:56,620 --> 00:04:58,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: at 6 o'clock. 123 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:58,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You got that 124 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: four to five meeting? 125 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then we're going to eat together. 126 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:04,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then at six o'clock, we're going to have another meeting. 127 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And we're going to do that on Sabbath. 128 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, angels, aliens, and the afterlife 129 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:10,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on 130 00:05:11,260 --> 00:05:14,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The 31st of October. 131 00:05:14,860 --> 00:05:20,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I know you're thinking Reformation Day, but I remind you the rest of the world's thinking Halloween. 132 00:05:20,780 --> 00:05:21,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so 133 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:21,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: uh 134 00:05:23,340 --> 00:05:26,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It might be a great opportunity to invite your your 135 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:29,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: friends and neighbors and and loved ones to 136 00:05:30,220 --> 00:05:32,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: come to that. 137 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then the next week 138 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we're gonna have a repeat performance of the events 139 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friday night. 140 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:42,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sabbath, Sabbath 141 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: afternoon, Sabbath 142 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:49,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: evening, Sunday, Sunday afternoon, evening. 143 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:50,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So you got that? 144 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're gonna have supper together on Saturday and Sunday 145 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for two weeks in a row. 146 00:05:55,039 --> 00:05:56,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who's gonna prepare? 147 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You are. 148 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:01,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're preparing for the guests. 149 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:01,759 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So 150 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:09,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You'll hear a little bit more about this and what you're supposed to bring and how we're supposed to prepare, but I want you to be thinking about who I can 151 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: invite. 152 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We got advertising that's going to go out. 153 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:14,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We got handbills that are going to go out. 154 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We got invitations that we're going to give to you so that you can share them. 155 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:18,639 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But 156 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:21,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I want you to start getting excited about this. 157 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:25,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're living in the days of Elijah, folks. 158 00:06:25,580 --> 00:06:29,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We've got a message to share with the world. 159 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:32,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Okay, now that I had some more. 160 00:06:34,180 --> 00:06:35,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Announcements. 161 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:38,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I just wanted to let you know some things that are coming up. 162 00:06:38,580 --> 00:06:39,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This is 163 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:40,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this is good stuff. 164 00:06:42,020 --> 00:06:42,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Good 165 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:43,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: stuff. 166 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:48,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I remember being asked 167 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:53,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: one time in particular, but I know that I've been asked this several times. 168 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He said, Pastor, you just 169 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:56,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you 170 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you seem to live with just so much confidence in life. 171 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have doubts 172 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:11,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And just a whole bunch of things just go flashing through my mind. 173 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,759 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Doubts? 174 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:13,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you mean? 175 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do I ever have doubts? 176 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:17,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Are you talking about doubts 177 00:07:17,539 --> 00:07:18,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: like in 178 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:21,379 Pastor Dale Tunnell: do I have enough money in the bank to cover the check I just wrote? 179 00:07:21,379 --> 00:07:23,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Those kind of doubts? 180 00:07:23,139 --> 00:07:26,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or do I have enough money to do what I'm planning to do? 181 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:27,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or do I have 182 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Enough to accomplish what I seek to accomplish? 183 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're talking about doubts, am I qualified to do the job I've been asked to do? 184 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Have you ever been asked to do a job that you're not qualified for? 185 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:44,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or 186 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you wonder if you're qualified for? 187 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You wonder why the Lord called you to do a job like that? 188 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:50,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 189 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: ever had doubts in your relationships? 190 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I know 191 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you think, does she love me? 192 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:56,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Does she love me not? 193 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're asking the daisies. 194 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have doubts about the decision you just made? 195 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I bought the red ones, but I 196 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, I love the red ones. 197 00:08:08,260 --> 00:08:09,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They're so beautiful 198 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:11,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and they look so so wonderful on me. 199 00:08:11,460 --> 00:08:14,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But if I wear the red ones, it's gonna stand out 200 00:08:14,180 --> 00:08:16,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and everybody's gonna be looking at me and wondering why it 201 00:08:16,780 --> 00:08:18,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is he wearing those red ones? 202 00:08:18,220 --> 00:08:19,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He should have just bought the 203 00:08:19,420 --> 00:08:23,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I should have just bought the black ones because the black ones, they don't stand out. 204 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:24,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Nobody notices. 205 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:24,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 206 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, do you ever have doubts about what you just bought? 207 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:30,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Buyer 208 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 's remorse sometimes? 209 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,599 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You buy a car 210 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,479 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and you wonder, oh, it was that. 211 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:40,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, I I missed out on the really good deal that happened 212 00:08:40,180 --> 00:08:41,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the following week. 213 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:42,979 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And you wonder, what was I thinking? 214 00:08:42,979 --> 00:08:45,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You ever bought a house? 215 00:08:45,140 --> 00:08:47,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had doubts about buying a house? 216 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The move you made? 217 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have doubts about them? 218 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:52,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh 219 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man, somebody asked me if I ever have doubts. 220 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They need to qualify that question. 221 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They need to narrow the focus. 222 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:02,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They need to 223 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: put a laser beam on it. 224 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:04,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 225 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I know what they're thinking. 226 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They're thinking, do I ever have spiritual doubts? 227 00:09:09,779 --> 00:09:12,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But they didn't ask the question that way. 228 00:09:16,260 --> 00:09:20,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Even if you ask the question that way, that's still a little bit too broad for me. 229 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I want it a little bit narrowed down even when it comes to 230 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: spiritual things. 231 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Last two weeks we've been talking about who? 232 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Four of you remember? 233 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The second Elijah. 234 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The one who Jesus said, This is the Elijah that was to come. 235 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,319 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We've been talking about John the Baptist and then and the ministry of John the Baptist. 236 00:09:48,319 --> 00:09:49,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We focused upon his his his 237 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:51,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his birth, his 238 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:51,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 239 00:09:51,839 --> 00:09:53,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: calling to ministry. 240 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We focused last week upon the 241 00:09:55,279 --> 00:09:57,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: message that he was giving. 242 00:09:56,959 --> 00:10:02,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This week we're focusing on, well, towards the end of his life. 243 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The second Elijah. 244 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Here we find John 245 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:13,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, I wrote here on my notes, sitting in prison. 246 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:14,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Possibly uh 247 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a hole in the ground. 248 00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:23,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If it was better than a hole in the ground, it may have been a a dungeon, a small cell that was in the in 249 00:10:24,020 --> 00:10:25,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the palace. 250 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:27,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Herod wanted to keep him 251 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:32,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: close because, believe it or not, Herod liked John. 252 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:37,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you do while you're in prison? 253 00:10:38,780 --> 00:10:39,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I have 254 00:10:39,580 --> 00:10:44,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: relatives, some friends that have been in jail, and they tell me, you know what you do while you're in jail? 255 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:46,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You think 256 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:51,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you like to think? 257 00:10:53,899 --> 00:10:56,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, when when when you have nothing else to do, 258 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,459 Pastor Dale Tunnell: your mind begins to think and it 259 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: can think about all kinds of things. 260 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:06,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You think about the past, you think about the future, you think about what ifs, you think about 261 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what could have been, what might be in the future. 262 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The only thing to interrupt those thoughts is 263 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: more 264 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: thoughts. 265 00:11:16,380 --> 00:11:17,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever get derailed 266 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:19,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from your thinking? 267 00:11:19,260 --> 00:11:21,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're thinking about something and all of a sudden 268 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:23,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: something comes in and knocks your thoughts off? 269 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:27,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The track and and suddenly you're you're chasing a different rabbit? 270 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:28,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're going in a different direction. 271 00:11:28,860 --> 00:11:33,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And sometimes you think, good, I'm glad that thought came along because I was going into a bad place. 272 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And sometimes you think, hey, I gotta get back, I gotta get back to where I was 273 00:11:37,060 --> 00:11:39,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You wonder what it was like for John 274 00:11:39,540 --> 00:11:40,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when he was 275 00:11:41,140 --> 00:11:43,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there in jail. 276 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:46,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Open your Bibles to Mark chapter 6. 277 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:52,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Mark chapter six 278 00:11:57,260 --> 00:11:58,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Come down to verse 279 00:11:58,780 --> 00:12:00,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: let's see, seventeen 280 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Says, for Herod himself had sent 281 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:04,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 282 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: laid hold of John 283 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:13,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 284 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:15,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: whom he had married. 285 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:16,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because John 286 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:20,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. 287 00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:23,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Therefore Herodias held it against him 288 00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:25,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and wanted to kill him. 289 00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:32,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. 290 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:36,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him 291 00:12:36,980 --> 00:12:38,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: gladly. 292 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Herod kind of liked John. 293 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He didn't like the the far 294 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:45,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: part about 295 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:46,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about 296 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:46,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 297 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:47,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pointing 298 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:49,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his finger at him and say, You are 299 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sinning against God by what you have done. 300 00:12:53,520 --> 00:13:00,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Herodias really did not like that part, but Herod liked the rest of what John had to say, and Herod could see 301 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:04,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: by the the character that John had, by the life that John 302 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was living, that John was a just 303 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: man. 304 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:08,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so 305 00:13:08,959 --> 00:13:09,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Herod 306 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:16,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: uses that word, feared him, had 307 00:13:16,319 --> 00:13:17,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: awe of him. 308 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:19,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had respect 309 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:21,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for him 310 00:13:27,580 --> 00:13:28,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But you wonder 311 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:30,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what John 312 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:35,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was thinking about between the times that Herod called him to talk with him. 313 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You wonder what John was thinking about 314 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:40,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: before his 315 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:41,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 316 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: disciples were able to come and visit him. 317 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And bringing him some 318 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: some food to eat, some some delicacies from home, or 319 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: some bringing him some choice morsels 320 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to keep him fit 321 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:58,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You wonder what John got to thinking about 322 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he contemplated his 323 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:04,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: life. 324 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: As he contemplated the Messiah. 325 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What 326 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:10,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is 327 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus 328 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:15,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: doing? 329 00:14:15,959 --> 00:14:17,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why isn't he setting up his 330 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:18,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: kingdom 331 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:21,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where is he? 332 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:25,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why hasn't he come and released me from 333 00:14:25,259 --> 00:14:26,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: prison? 334 00:14:30,180 --> 00:14:34,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now, maybe these questions arose from his own pondering mind. 335 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:41,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or maybe they they arose because some of John's disciples who had had asked him similar questions. 336 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why isn't he? 337 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:53,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The list of questions could could go on and on, and it could could get someplace that was 338 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was troubling. 339 00:14:55,339 --> 00:14:56,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, John 340 00:14:56,380 --> 00:14:57,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: himself had 341 00:14:57,740 --> 00:14:58,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: said, John 342 00:14:59,100 --> 00:14:59,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: himself had 343 00:15:00,220 --> 00:15:01,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: told the people 344 00:15:01,579 --> 00:15:02,699 Pastor Dale Tunnell: who he was. 345 00:15:02,699 --> 00:15:04,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He said, I am the voice of one 346 00:15:05,019 --> 00:15:07,259 Pastor Dale Tunnell: crying in the wilderness. 347 00:15:07,380 --> 00:15:09,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Prepare the way of the Lord, make 348 00:15:09,380 --> 00:15:10,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: straight in the desert 349 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:12,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a highway for our God. 350 00:15:12,340 --> 00:15:20,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill brought low, the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough places smooth. 351 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John had told them who he was. 352 00:15:24,079 --> 00:15:24,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 353 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:26,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had that that that almost 354 00:15:26,319 --> 00:15:27,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that understanding 355 00:15:28,540 --> 00:15:31,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It was almost as if though 356 00:15:31,180 --> 00:15:31,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the 357 00:15:31,580 --> 00:15:34,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the demons were speaking from the walls 358 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:37,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as he was wa 359 00:15:37,420 --> 00:15:37,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: was 360 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:40,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: contemplating these things. 361 00:15:40,780 --> 00:15:42,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that man really? 362 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Really a Messiah? 363 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:52,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, just one step further, John, and all of your work, everything that you have done 364 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is in vain. 365 00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:00,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You would think 366 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you would think that the second Elijah 367 00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:06,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Would 368 00:16:06,420 --> 00:16:07,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: have enough 369 00:16:07,380 --> 00:16:07,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: enough 370 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:12,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: fortitude, enough, enough wisdom, enough ability to 371 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:12,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 372 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:13,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To 373 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: fight those demons. 374 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You would think that this 375 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:22,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this voice crying in the wilderness, the the one who was preparing the way of the Lord, the one 376 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: turning your Bible there to John. 377 00:16:25,140 --> 00:16:25,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 378 00:16:25,780 --> 00:16:30,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter chapter one. 379 00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:30,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Notice 380 00:16:30,820 --> 00:16:31,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 381 00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:32,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 's testimony here. 382 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:33,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John chapter one 383 00:16:38,079 --> 00:16:38,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Come down to 384 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: verse 29. 385 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:40,639 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Read the 386 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: section here, John chapter 387 00:16:42,399 --> 00:16:43,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1, verse 29. 388 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, The next day 389 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:45,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 390 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,839 Pastor Dale Tunnell: saw Jesus coming toward him 391 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:48,639 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and said 392 00:16:48,959 --> 00:16:48,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: , 393 00:16:49,220 --> 00:16:54,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 394 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:57,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, can you imagine being the one who's 395 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Stood before the 396 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:00,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: congregation 397 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:01,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of Israel 398 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:07,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and got to say those words, got to have those words go across your lips. 399 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Behold. 400 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:14,199 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Son of God. 401 00:17:14,439 --> 00:17:15,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It continues there. 402 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:15,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This 403 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is he of whom I said, and after me 404 00:17:18,919 --> 00:17:23,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: comes a man who has preferred before me, for he was before me. 405 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:24,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, that's a whole Bible 406 00:17:24,679 --> 00:17:25,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: saying 407 00:17:25,819 --> 00:17:30,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel. 408 00:17:30,539 --> 00:17:31,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Therefore 409 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:32,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I came 410 00:17:32,779 --> 00:17:35,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: baptizing with water. 411 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:43,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he remained upon him. 412 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:43,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I did 413 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:52,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending 414 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:53,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and remaining on him 415 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:54,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: , 416 00:17:54,220 --> 00:17:54,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This 417 00:17:54,860 --> 00:17:55,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is he who 418 00:17:55,980 --> 00:18:01,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: baptizes with the Holy Spirit, and I have seen and testified 419 00:18:01,820 --> 00:18:02,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that this 420 00:18:02,780 --> 00:18:03,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is 421 00:18:03,420 --> 00:18:04,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Son 422 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of God. 423 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:08,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You 424 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: think about that. 425 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:11,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 426 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:11,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had 427 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:12,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had 428 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: seen it with his own eyes 429 00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:20,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had heard the word from from from 430 00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:21,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from God 431 00:18:21,380 --> 00:18:22,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what was going to happen. 432 00:18:22,660 --> 00:18:25,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God, the one who had told him to go out in the wilderness and to 433 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:27,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to baptize. 434 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:34,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had been told what was going to happen, and then he sees the fulfillment of what God had told him. 435 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He sees the dove, the Holy Spirit, come down and descend 436 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:41,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Upon Jesus. 437 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Not only has he heard it, not only has he seen it, but then it says 438 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he testified. 439 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He went out 440 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and he proclaimed. 441 00:18:52,659 --> 00:18:53,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Behold 442 00:18:53,539 --> 00:18:57,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world. 443 00:18:58,019 --> 00:19:02,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had said the words: Behold, the Son of God. 444 00:19:02,620 --> 00:19:02,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The 445 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:05,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: words had come forth from his mouth because 446 00:19:06,140 --> 00:19:08,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he knew deep down in his heart 447 00:19:09,020 --> 00:19:11,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: who Jesus was. 448 00:19:11,580 --> 00:19:14,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It had been revealed to him. 449 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:16,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 450 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had told him. 451 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God had said for him to look for the signs. 452 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had seen the signs. 453 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And when he had seen the signs, he shared it with the people. 454 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:33,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 455 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: knew. 456 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:38,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever wonder 457 00:19:38,559 --> 00:19:39,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sometimes 458 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:39,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: how 459 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: People that know better end up doing what they know better than to do anyway. 460 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:51,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You ever 461 00:19:51,580 --> 00:19:57,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: wonder sometimes how the brightest lights in Christianity often go out? 462 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They get themselves astray. 463 00:20:01,799 --> 00:20:09,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They come to the place where they begin to believe things that they have taught in the past and now they don't believe them anymore. 464 00:20:14,399 --> 00:20:19,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It can break your heart. 465 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It can break your heart 466 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Thirty five years ago I had a conference 467 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: evangelist. 468 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:36,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That goes around from church to church to church to church, preaching the good news 469 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of salvation, the good news of Jesus Christ, preaching the 470 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:41,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: prophetic message that 471 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:45,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we have as a Seventh-day Adventist church. 472 00:20:47,420 --> 00:20:49,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Time passes. 473 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:51,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He retires. 474 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:54,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He writes a book. 475 00:20:54,940 --> 00:20:57,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Talking against the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 476 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I'm wondering, how in the world? 477 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:06,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I don't understand. 478 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How does a person go 479 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:09,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from 480 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:09,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from 481 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:12,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There 482 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to there. 483 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Doubts. 484 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,639 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Doubts come into 485 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: people's minds. 486 00:21:33,179 --> 00:21:33,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now you 487 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:35,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you you can read scripture 488 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:40,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You can go to 489 00:21:40,620 --> 00:21:41,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ellen White 490 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: where she describes this. 491 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:44,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says that when John 492 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:47,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: had these doubts, he did not. 493 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Listen carefully. 494 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did 495 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:53,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: not share them with his 496 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:55,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: disciples. 497 00:22:01,179 --> 00:22:04,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had the doubts. 498 00:22:05,179 --> 00:22:06,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did not write a book. 499 00:22:06,460 --> 00:22:09,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did not publish these doubts abroad. 500 00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:12,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had seen Jesus gathering disciples. 501 00:22:12,860 --> 00:22:15,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had heard about Jesus working miracles. 502 00:22:15,980 --> 00:22:16,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had 503 00:22:16,539 --> 00:22:20,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: heard about crowds that were following Jesus. 504 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:22,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had heard that Jesus was going to 505 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:26,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: surrounding territories, proclaiming the good news. 506 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:27,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had heard that 507 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:32,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus had gone to to Samaria, to to Tyre, Sidon, to the 508 00:22:32,179 --> 00:22:33,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Gatherings 509 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:35,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That Jesus was mixing with 510 00:22:35,419 --> 00:22:36,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: tax collectors and 511 00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:38,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: gluttons. 512 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:41,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That Jesus was forgiving sinners. 513 00:22:41,980 --> 00:22:44,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had heard these things. 514 00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:47,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But still 515 00:22:51,059 --> 00:22:51,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sitting 516 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:52,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there in 517 00:22:52,419 --> 00:22:53,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in the dungeon 518 00:22:57,620 --> 00:22:58,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: With the wall 519 00:22:58,899 --> 00:23:06,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: speaking to him, with his own thoughts going through his mind. 520 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:10,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Our scripture readings 521 00:23:11,140 --> 00:23:11,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Luke 522 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:16,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter seven. 523 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:17,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Luke seven 524 00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:28,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Luke seven, come 525 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:29,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: down to verse 526 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:30,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let's see 527 00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:33,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: eighteen 528 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:38,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Luke seven, eighteen. 529 00:23:38,420 --> 00:23:40,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, and the disciples of John 530 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Had reported to him all these things. 531 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:53,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you the coming one? 532 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:53,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or do we look for 533 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: For another. 534 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:03,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When the men had come to him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you the coming one, or do we look for another? 535 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:12,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And that very hour, he, that's Jesus, cured many of their infirmities, their afflictions, and evil spirits, and to many blind 536 00:24:12,340 --> 00:24:14,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he gave sight. 537 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus answered and said to them, That's the disciples. 538 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Go and tell John 539 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the things you have seen and heard. 540 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:26,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed. 541 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:31,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. 542 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:34,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And blessed is he who is not offended 543 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:35,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because 544 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:36,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: of me. 545 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus does not engage the disciples in 546 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: dialogue. 547 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:47,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, 548 00:24:48,260 --> 00:24:53,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus could have sat down there with John's disciples and he could have given them a Bible study about 549 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:55,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 550 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:56,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: birth. 551 00:24:56,019 --> 00:24:56,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: About who 552 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:58,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: who he was, could have given him 553 00:24:58,899 --> 00:25:05,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a Bible study about the the history of what was supposed to happen, could have given them a Bible study about 554 00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:09,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the Messiah and what the Messiah was supposed to do. 555 00:25:09,820 --> 00:25:16,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But instead, it's as if Jesus did not even acknowledge their question. 556 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Does Jesus hear us when we pray? 557 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:29,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever think sometimes that Jesus isn't listening? 558 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:36,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sometimes it seems like he has not even acknowledged your question. 559 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You needed an answer yesterday? 560 00:25:45,020 --> 00:25:47,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's not a new tactic that he uses 561 00:25:48,540 --> 00:25:49,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to communicate his 562 00:25:50,140 --> 00:25:50,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: will 563 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:51,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to 564 00:25:51,740 --> 00:25:52,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: people 565 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus did it here 566 00:25:58,320 --> 00:25:58,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when 567 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John's disciples came to him. 568 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:06,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if he he heard the question, but he did not specifically answer the question. 569 00:26:07,180 --> 00:26:10,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sometimes we want our questions specifically answered. 570 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:12,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have an expectation. 571 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:16,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We know what we want. 572 00:26:16,140 --> 00:26:19,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And sometimes we wonder why God isn't doing what we want. 573 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:27,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The scripture here says that Jesus continued doing what he was doing. 574 00:26:28,660 --> 00:26:30,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He continued curing 575 00:26:30,419 --> 00:26:36,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: individuals, their infirmities, their afflictions, casting out the evil spirits, giving the blind sight. 576 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:48,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then he says, Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard, that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. 577 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if Jesus is preaching to them 578 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:54,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: from 579 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Isaiah 580 00:26:55,799 --> 00:26:57,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: chapter 61. 581 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:06,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if Jesus is preaching to them what he had read in the temple, or I should say, in the synagogue 582 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in Nazareth. 583 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:09,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if 584 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:11,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: he's proclaiming what he had read 585 00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:12,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there. 586 00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:20,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Isaiah chapter 61, verses 1 and 2 says, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the 587 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the poor. 588 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to prey 589 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:24,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: proclaim 590 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:35,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn. 591 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if Jesus 592 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:43,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: is 593 00:27:43,519 --> 00:27:44,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pointing 594 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:44,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 595 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:46,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 's disciples 596 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: back to the Bible. 597 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if Jesus is pointing 598 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:53,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John 599 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: back to the Bible. 600 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why in the world would Jesus point 601 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John back to the Bible? 602 00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:09,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where do we get our answers from? 603 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:12,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you know 604 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a lot of times we're asking it for 605 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we are asking questions that God's already answered? 606 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever ask God questions that He's already answered? 607 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:27,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And you're looking for a different answer? 608 00:28:28,380 --> 00:28:28,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 609 00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:32,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: isn't alright for me to do it this time? 610 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:34,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or was it alright in Scripture? 611 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:37,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you see the 612 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the way we pray, the things we think sometimes? 613 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's like Jesus was was was 614 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: pointing back to the Bible and he was saying, 615 00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:47,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What does God's word 616 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:51,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: say the Messiah is supposed to be doing? 617 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What does God's word 618 00:28:53,180 --> 00:28:55,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: prophesy the Messiah is supposed to 619 00:28:55,660 --> 00:28:56,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: be about? 620 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:05,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if Jesus is saying, I'm doing exactly what Scripture says is supposed to be done by the Messiah. 621 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,559 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And blessed is he who is not offended because of me. 622 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:21,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why is it that we see sometimes the the 623 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:23,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: bright lights go out? 624 00:29:23,660 --> 00:29:24,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's because they 625 00:29:26,860 --> 00:29:27,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: they 626 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:28,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: begin to doubt God's word 627 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:35,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's because they begin to doubt God's prophets. 628 00:29:35,580 --> 00:29:36,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's because 629 00:29:36,780 --> 00:29:38,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: they don't trust what is written 630 00:29:41,460 --> 00:29:48,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have doubts? 631 00:29:48,980 --> 00:29:50,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you do with them? 632 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:53,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We sing 633 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about 634 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what a friend we have in Jesus. 635 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you do with your doubts? 636 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Everything to God 637 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:03,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in 638 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:05,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Prayer. 639 00:30:05,780 --> 00:30:06,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You talk to him 640 00:30:06,980 --> 00:30:09,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about them. 641 00:30:09,620 --> 00:30:10,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Right? 642 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You don't have to talk to everybody else about them. 643 00:30:12,820 --> 00:30:14,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You talk to God about them. 644 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:17,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He's big enough to handle your doubts. 645 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:20,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Your doubts are not going to change God. 646 00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:24,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You share them with your children. 647 00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:26,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Guess what might happen 648 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:33,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They may doubt God and they may go off on a tangent somewhere because of your doubts. 649 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:40,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You share them in your Sabbath school class, you share them in your small group, you share them in your Bible study classes. 650 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:45,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What are you doing to people? 651 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're sowing seeds of doubt 652 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We wonder why we have so much of it today. 653 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because people are feed 654 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:55,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: feeding. 655 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:56,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's like a 656 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: frenzy on doubt. 657 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Instead of feeding on what God's Word says. 658 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:09,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We need to go back to what God's Word says. 659 00:31:09,860 --> 00:31:14,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We need to be feeding on what God's Word says. 660 00:31:19,060 --> 00:31:24,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: For over a decade, William Miller had been proclaiming that Jesus was coming soon. 661 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:32,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In fact, when he used that word soon, he said, Jesus is coming in the early eighteen forties. 662 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The world began to to move that direction and people that believed this 663 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this message, this William Miller 664 00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:41,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 's message. 665 00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,899 Pastor Dale Tunnell: People that believed not just what he was saying, but that message 666 00:31:45,059 --> 00:31:47,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: around the world, different places, the uh 667 00:31:47,860 --> 00:31:52,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: a movement started of people that were ready to meet Jesus when he comes in 668 00:31:52,899 --> 00:31:55,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1840s, the early 1840s 669 00:31:55,919 --> 00:31:56,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They began to 670 00:31:57,039 --> 00:31:58,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: narrow it down to 671 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:05,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1842, 1843, 1844. 672 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ellen 673 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: White describes 674 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this in her book in early 675 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in Life Sketches. 676 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's also rewritten 677 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: in, they've taken it and put it in Testimonies, Volume 678 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:20,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1. 679 00:32:20,679 --> 00:32:27,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But she says, during this time, she says, I had doubts 680 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,519 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about the coming of Jesus 681 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In my mind, the justice of God 682 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:35,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: eclipsed 683 00:32:35,799 --> 00:32:36,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: his 684 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:38,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: mercy and love. 685 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I had been taught to believe in an eternally burning hell 686 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:53,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And the horrifying thought was ever before me that my sins were too great to be forgiven, and that I should be forever lost. 687 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What kind of doubts is she having? 688 00:32:58,540 --> 00:33:04,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The frightful description that I had heard of souls in perdition sank deep into my mind. 689 00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:09,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ministers in the pulpit drew vivid pictures of the condition of the lost. 690 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:13,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They taught that God proposed to save none but the sanctified. 691 00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:16,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The eye of God was upon us always. 692 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:18,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Every sin was registered. 693 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and would meet its 694 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: just punishment. 695 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:20,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God 696 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:26,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Himself was keeping the books with the exactness of infinite wisdom, and every sin 697 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: we committed was faithfully 698 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: recorded against us. 699 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This is how she was feeling as as 700 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:34,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: as 701 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:35,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: October 702 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1844 703 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: approached. 704 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This is what was going through her young mind. 705 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:47,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The doubts, is it possible for me to be even saved? 706 00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:58,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What is she forgetting? 707 00:33:58,180 --> 00:33:59,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're Bible scholars, your 708 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:00,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Bible students 709 00:34:02,260 --> 00:34:07,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to 710 00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:09,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: forgive us our sins 711 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:10,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and to 712 00:34:12,340 --> 00:34:14,179 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, say it with conviction. 713 00:34:14,179 --> 00:34:15,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Cleanse us from what? 714 00:34:16,980 --> 00:34:17,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: All 715 00:34:17,540 --> 00:34:18,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: unrighteousness 716 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:26,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What has she forgotten? 717 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sometimes we 718 00:34:27,879 --> 00:34:30,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: have a tendency to to to to put our doubts 719 00:34:30,919 --> 00:34:33,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on things and to focus on things. 720 00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:33,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That are are 721 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:35,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: partially 722 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: true, but we forget the the 723 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: overall-arching picture that God is love. 724 00:34:42,420 --> 00:34:49,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We forget the overarching picture that God is trying to get people into heaven, not trying to figure out how he can keep them out. 725 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:03,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's what she was struggling with. 726 00:35:03,380 --> 00:35:03,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: As 727 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the day approached 728 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:15,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ready to meet her Messiah, her Lord and Savior. 729 00:35:15,020 --> 00:35:19,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How ready would you be at a time like that, with those kind of doubts in your heart 730 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: heart with those kind of doubts in your mind? 731 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Are you out there saying, this is our God 732 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that we have waited for? 733 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: With those kind of doubts, is is that what 734 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:32,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what you're doing? 735 00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:37,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're praying for the rocks and mountains to fall on you, huh? 736 00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:37,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Or 737 00:35:37,980 --> 00:35:38,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: maybe you're 738 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:42,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you're you're cowardly. 739 00:35:42,620 --> 00:35:43,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ah, how's 740 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:44,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: God gonna relate? 741 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:52,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: After October twenty-two, eighteen forty-four 742 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:54,319 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You talk about doubts. 743 00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:57,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It seemed like the whole Advent community had doubts. 744 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Those people that were out there waiting for Jesus, the ones that were 745 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:03,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: longing for 746 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:04,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus. 747 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:08,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They they they all had doubts. 748 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:11,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They went through a a series of doubts. 749 00:36:11,660 --> 00:36:12,859 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Doubts of of of 750 00:36:14,140 --> 00:36:15,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Some doubted as 751 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: can we even believe this? 752 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Some of the people that at one time were were were 753 00:36:20,540 --> 00:36:25,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: were saying that they were waiting for their Messiah to come, they were ready to just throw out 754 00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:27,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: all of God's word 755 00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:31,819 Pastor Dale Tunnell: because he did not come when they thought he was going to come. 756 00:36:31,819 --> 00:36:33,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Some individuals, they 757 00:36:34,779 --> 00:36:34,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: were 758 00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:36,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: okay to keep the Bible. 759 00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:37,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let's just 760 00:36:39,340 --> 00:36:41,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Cut pieces of it out. 761 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:49,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Daniel, Revelation, anything else that has to do with prophecy in 762 00:36:49,180 --> 00:36:50,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: last days 763 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What do you do with a Bible like that? 764 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They wanted to cut out those things. 765 00:37:01,060 --> 00:37:02,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They just wanted to 766 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:09,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: teach and believe, oh, God loves everybody and He's going to save all of us. 767 00:37:17,540 --> 00:37:20,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Psalm went back to the Bible and began looking and 768 00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:21,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and 769 00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:29,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And trying to to figure it out, trying to to understand, trying to to study, trying to gain insight and understanding. 770 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:33,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How did we calculate wrong? 771 00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:36,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Where did we go askew? 772 00:37:36,619 --> 00:37:37,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What happened 773 00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:48,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever have doubts? 774 00:37:54,779 --> 00:37:58,619 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You can nod your head, yes, it's okay. 775 00:37:58,619 --> 00:38:00,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We all do. 776 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:05,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Satan bombards us with doubts. 777 00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:07,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Doubts about the things we 778 00:38:07,779 --> 00:38:12,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: do, doubts about the things we don't do, doubts about the things we believe, doubts about 779 00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:14,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the way we live. 780 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:23,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Friends, when you have doubts, I'm going to tell you, take them to Jesus. 781 00:38:25,099 --> 00:38:27,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When you have doubts, double down on 782 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:31,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: your study of God's Word. 783 00:38:31,339 --> 00:38:33,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When you have doubts, focus on 784 00:38:34,299 --> 00:38:35,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus. 785 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:37,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, this one 786 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:37,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: voice 787 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 27 trying to get us back to 788 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: reading the Gospels 789 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and reading Desire of Ages, trying to get us to 790 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: focus our attention on Jesus, 791 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this is powerful for us. 792 00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:50,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We 793 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:51,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: need 794 00:38:51,540 --> 00:38:53,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: this. 795 00:38:53,220 --> 00:38:54,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: As a church 796 00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:54,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: for the last 797 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:58,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: days, we need this desperately. 798 00:38:59,980 --> 00:39:00,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We need 799 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:03,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to be to be laser-focused 800 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:03,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: on 801 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:05,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: what God 802 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:11,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: has called us to do, on what our responsibility is. 803 00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:12,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: All 804 00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:15,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that that the early Advent group and the 805 00:39:15,380 --> 00:39:20,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: doubts they had when they discovered Revelation chapter 10. 806 00:39:20,740 --> 00:39:21,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean think about that. 807 00:39:21,780 --> 00:39:24,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if they'd never read it before. 808 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:30,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When they discovered Revelation chapter 10, things begin to fall into place. 809 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:31,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Taste 810 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:32,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: sweet in your mouth, 811 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: bitter in your stomach. 812 00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:40,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: All the experience that they had just gone through. 813 00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:42,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then they got down to the 814 00:39:42,460 --> 00:39:44,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: end of that chapter, and it said, and 815 00:39:44,940 --> 00:39:47,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you must go and prophesy 816 00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:49,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: again. 817 00:39:51,940 --> 00:39:54,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's like, do what? 818 00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:55,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We 819 00:39:55,380 --> 00:39:59,859 Pastor Dale Tunnell: just were an embarrassment to all of the world, and you want us to do what? 820 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's very much like the disciples went through. 821 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The disciples, when 822 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:07,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: when 823 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:13,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Their Messiah did not set up the earthly kingdom like they had planned. 824 00:40:13,860 --> 00:40:17,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When their Messiah ended up on the cross. 825 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:22,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: crucified, hung there between earth and sky, their 826 00:40:22,599 --> 00:40:23,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Messiah 827 00:40:23,319 --> 00:40:24,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: taken down from the cross and 828 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,079 Pastor Dale Tunnell: put into the tomb. 829 00:40:26,940 --> 00:40:29,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's as if their whole world crumbled. 830 00:40:29,339 --> 00:40:30,859 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You talk about doubts. 831 00:40:30,859 --> 00:40:35,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: They had doubts. 832 00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:35,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus' 833 00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:37,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: disciples had doubts. 834 00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:41,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The early Adventists had doubts. 835 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yeah. 836 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Should we expect anything less from us? 837 00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:53,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm going to plead with you, friend. 838 00:40:53,220 --> 00:40:55,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you have doubts, 839 00:40:56,820 --> 00:40:58,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: talk to Jesus about them. 840 00:41:00,700 --> 00:41:05,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you have doubts, go back to God's word. 841 00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:05,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You can 842 00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:09,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: lean on the arms of Jesus. 843 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He can comfort you. 844 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He can give you strength. 845 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He can support you when 846 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you have doubts. 847 00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:21,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Don't be afraid of the doubts. 848 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:24,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Keep talking to Jesus. 849 00:41:24,579 --> 00:41:26,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Keep reading His Word. 850 00:41:27,859 --> 00:41:31,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Keep trusting, even 851 00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:31,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: if 852 00:41:32,420 --> 00:41:32,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: that 853 00:41:33,059 --> 00:41:33,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: trust 854 00:41:36,579 --> 00:41:38,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: leads unto death 855 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:46,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Like it did for John. 856 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:47,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You would think that John 857 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: there in the dungeon 858 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: would have been pleading. 859 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Father God, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 860 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: get me out of this hole that I'm in. 861 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Did he have expectations? 862 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What were his expectations? 863 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That the Messiah was going to come and deliver him. 864 00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:17,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Did the Messiah come and deliver him? 865 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:20,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Not in the way he expected it. 866 00:42:22,780 --> 00:42:29,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You see, sometimes our expectations are different than God's expectations. 867 00:42:29,740 --> 00:42:31,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sometimes we'll have to adjust our 868 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:33,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: expectations with God, our 869 00:42:34,220 --> 00:42:35,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: doubts. 870 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,359 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Give them to Jesus. 871 00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:45,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Lean on the arms of Jesus 872 00:42:46,980 --> 00:42:48,339 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Trusting in his 873 00:42:48,579 --> 00:42:49,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: words 874 00:42:50,180 --> 00:42:51,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and what he says