In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
let us pray. Father God, we thank you so much
for bringing us to church today, and we thank
you for the beautiful singing and all those that
took part in this beginning of the service, Cindy
and Jennifer, who are so passionate about the
storytelling. We thank you, Jesus, for blessing
every person here today. In your loving name,
amen. So I really enjoy that story which you
talk about going down the river, Jennifer. I
was born in South Africa, and of course we moved
to the UK afterwards, but we go down the river
there with kayaks or something, whitewater rafting,
and if you fall out the boat, you've got to get
to shore as quickly as possible because there's
crocodiles in the water, which is really cool.
All right, today we're going to read John 8 .31,
and it says, Then Jesus said to those Jews who
believed him, If you abide in my word, you are
my disciples indeed. And of course, 32 says,
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free. But if you read further back,
let's go back to John 8, 27. They did not understand
that he spoke to them of the Father. Then Jesus
said to them, When you lift up the Son of Man,
Then you will know that I am he, and that I do
nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me.
I speak these things, and he who sent me is with
me. The Father has not left me alone, for I always
do those things that please him. As he spoke
these words, many believed him. So as Jesus spoke
to the Jews, they began to believe him and what
he was teaching, right? Excuse me. I'd like to
share a story. I don't know, all of a sudden
I've got a runny nose. Okay, so I work for Collegedale
Church, and we had two HVAC technicians that
came over, and these guys had a really fun time
at the church because it was the week of VBS,
and we have a really big VBS, probably like 450
to 500 children at the VBS. The older guy, he
was probably about maybe 60 years old. And so
I started asking him, like, hey, do you guys
have VBS at your church? So he said, no. And
of course, knowing me, I like to prompt, you
know, talk, tell me about it. So he said, oh,
no, I don't go to church. And the other technician
who was working with him for several months wasn't
aware of this, but she belongs to the Baptist
church. It was a tiny church, and they had no
kids, so they never had VBS. So I said, come
on, come and have a look at the VBS. And I saw
the kids singing and doing all sorts of stuff.
They were excited, especially the girl. And of
course, that was my opportunity now to disciple.
So it was really awesome. Thank you so much.
I'm sorry, I forgot my hanky today. Perfect,
thank you. I'm good, thank you. So I spoke to
them and I spoke to the gentleman as well. I
started saying, man, if you'd like to come to
our church. I'll come and pick you up if you
don't have a vehicle. I know he has a vehicle.
But I was just kind of being warm, you know.
And if you're passing by, you're welcome to come
and sit and watch the VBS. And they were on the
clock. And, of course, we were paying for them.
So I said, come, come with me. They said, oh,
they can't do it. I said, listen, we're paying
you guys. Come. So he had a great time. But,
of course, he had an experience in his life at
church that he stopped going to church because
of that. And I don't want to reveal that information,
but that is between, you know. But the young
lady was so impressed. She said she so wished
she had a church where they had VBS. So I said,
you know what? And she also belongs to another
Baptist church. I said, every time, it was our
VBS week, and I gave her the dates. And I said,
you're welcome to come over here and help us.
So you can learn how we do things, so you can
go and share it with your church and other people
in the communities. So she was really excited
about that. Because even you guys, you're welcome
to visit us for VBS Week at Collegedale, at the
university campus. It's really interesting. But
church family, this morning we gathered around
a simple but powerful truth. Jesus didn't just
call us to believe. He called us to multiply.
How do we multiply? We've got to be disciples.
Because as disciples, we duplicate. We make more
disciples, right? So we must remember that. Jesus
does not want us just to believe. We've got to
go out and reach people, reach the communities.
In Matthew 28, 19 to 20. Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you. And behold, I am with you always to the
end of age. Notice, Jesus didn't say go and get
people to agree with you. He said make disciples.
Why? Because by believing, belief is the beginning
of the journey. But that's not the end goal.
Discipleship. is the goal. In John 8 .31 it tells
us, and he makes it plain, we need to abide in
the word and make by disciples, as a disciple,
you will definitely do things to honor Jesus.
Is that correct? So today we start with belief,
and that belief is where it starts. Jesus is
speaking in John 8 .31 to people who already
believed him. The Jews believed the gospel, right?
But they believed in God and not Jesus. But they
had faith in his teachings. They were open to
instruction. But Jesus didn't say, because you
believe, it's okay. He did challenge them. He
said, don't stop at belief. Continue in my word.
In other words, read your Bible every day. Don't
just read it and say, oh, I read it. I read my
five chapters. You know what? You don't read
one chapter. Right, brother? One chapter and
learn it. So you can share it with other people.
That's the important thing, to understand the
Bible, understand the word. But if you think
about it, in James 2 .19, it tells us that even
the demons, even the demons know that Jesus is
God. And they tremble at his name. And we've
read about this. You believe that there is one
God. You do well. Even the demons believe and
tremble. But what happens with us? God isn't
a one -time thing. He's not a one -time moment.
God is a lifetime commitment. So if we get up
every day, get on our knees, pray, pray for our
family, pray for our church family, for friends,
so we can get out there and reach communities.
It's important because sometimes there are communities
around that have never visited your church or
any other church. Why? We have not invited them.
It's very simple. We can say that we fit because
we bought a gym membership. It doesn't work like
that, right? It's the same with the book, with
the Bible, the Word. You need to read it every
day because as you read the Bible, you'll be
transformed. And that transformation happens
when? When we pray and we read. That's important.
We need to read the Bible continuously, daily,
with family and friends. You know, it's important
for us to even share the word with anybody you
come into contact with. Whether they're Christian
or non -Christian. I'd like to share this. We
actually, I'm from a city called Durban in South
Africa. It's on the east coast. And it's a lot
like Florida. You have one season, hot. So I
lived there a long time, but I didn't really
like it. But because all the family was there,
we stayed. It's a good life because you live
around, everything happens on the beach, and
everyone has swimming pools, so you have lots
of fun. But on a Sunday morning, about 300 to
400, oh, thank you so much. Thank you. About
300 to 400. of us Adventists would walk around
with our green t -shirts with our seven Adventists
on the back and have all markings, and we would
approach anybody. We don't care which church
you belong to, we would talk to you. So there
were Jews, there were Muslims, Hindus, Tamils,
and of course all those people have a completely
different belief system to us. So we would speak
to these guys. And even the Jehovah's Witnesses,
we'll get them. You know, they always catch people
on Sunday morning. So we will catch them on the
beach and we will just stay there and we'll hammer
them, you know. In a nice way, in a nice way,
okay. So we need to, the Greek word for abide
is meno. And the meaning of that is to continue,
to dwell. So we want Jesus to dwell in our hearts.
If we have Jesus in our hearts. When we come
into contact with people, I think we should only
say kind things, right? Because it's not self,
it's Jesus. So if we have Jesus speaking through
us, we're just the instruments, we're the vessels.
So when we are kind to people, it'll change us.
It'll change us, it'll change our lifestyle,
our thoughts, our decisions, and even our conversations
with people. We'll only be talking about... The
Bible about Jesus. And that's our job. Because
God sent Jesus out to spread the gospel and make
disciples. So he got 10 disciples and they split
up and they went on. And now we are just a continuation
of that. Am I right? We're the continuation of
those disciples. We are here to do the same thing.
So it's important as we read our Bibles, we need
to study. So it's not just about reading 10 chapters
for the day. And that's how I used to read before.
Until I was corrected, you know. But we need
to read with understanding. So the Bible needs
to inspire us. We were talking earlier in Sabbath
school. Brother Ben laid out and we had a wonderful
Sabbath school. Thank you for that. And we were
talking about how people, how the Jews just came
up with ideas. It wasn't the Jews that came up
with ideas. It was God who inspired them. And
we know that, you know, inspiration comes from
Jesus, from God. So it's important for us to
trust God because he will take care of us. In
John 15, 7, it says, If you abide in me and my
words abide in you, you can ask for whatever
you wish for. But if you think about when a child
asks a parent for something, the parent loves
their child. And likewise, God loves us so much
more that he wants to provide and give us things.
But he will only give us things within reason.
I know many people who've had hardships in their
lives and we pray and they pray for financial
blessings, you know. And they don't realize that
sometimes when we pray together, we say, life's
not just about finances. You know, when you're
most blessed, is when people love and care for
you and you love and care for others. That's
a blessing. And so the guys just pray for money.
But in my opinion, I just feel that God blesses
some people to be very wealthy and others not
so. But you have enough, right, Brother Darren?
You have enough to survive and pay your bills.
And I just think that's a blessing in itself.
So many people... have this misconception, and
they think, if I win the lottery, man, I can
do so much. You know what? If you win the lottery,
those people who cannot manage money, you can
have $100 million, and within a couple of years,
it's gone. Unfortunately. So when we abide in
Jesus, and Jesus abides in us, we stay rooted.
And it's important, because if we are rooted,
And we stay close to our source. And Jesus is
the source. As it tells us in Psalms 113, the
tree is planted near the stream, but the tree
doesn't move. It produces good fruit. So it stays
close to its source, which is the river, the
water. If we stay close to our source, which
is Jesus, we'll be grounded and we'll be blessed.
So that's very important. So it's not just about
keeping in touch with Jesus occasionally. It's
not like you're going to visit Jesus. We need
to be with Jesus, walk with Jesus every day of
our lives. You know, sometimes people think I'm
crazy, but when I'm walking around the church
there by us, the church is a little bigger than
this church, Collegedale. And we walk around
there, and I like to... I like to pray aloud,
you know. Of course, I don't pray super loud,
but I talk, you know, when I pray. And I'm walking
around, and I'm praying, and I pray, Lord, please
bless every person that enters the church. Keep
everybody safe. Bless their families. Bless our
friends. Just bless everybody, the sick people,
et cetera. And people, sometimes people who don't
know me, they think, man, this guy's crazy, you
know. But I'm talking to Jesus, and that's the
way I like it, you know. And I love to sing.
He's able, you know, and I sing that and I walk
around and do my work. So we need to be just
like the tree, to be planted close to our source
of nourishment. From the source, it keeps us
strong, keeps us faithful, and we are nourished
spiritually. So the fruit that we produce will
be a good reflection of Jesus, the goodness,
the love, the kindness, and we'll remember. That
as we thrive in goodness, people will want to
be with you. Because if you're a good person,
a kind person, have you ever noticed when you
have a conversation with someone and you speak
very kindly to them, it opens an opportunity
for you to share the gospel. Have any of you
ever experienced that? It's amazing. Sometimes
you're speaking and sometimes you're working
and you're rushing. And it's a work environment.
But if you just step back and just take a minute
and speak to the person kindly, caringly, that
person is willing to listen to you when you talk
about Jesus. Even the person who's not even a
Christian, they will listen. So the thing is,
my mom was Muslim. And when she married my dad,
Of course, I wasn't around, but it was a big
thing. So they didn't come to go to their wedding,
et cetera. But my mom became Christian. And she
was happy not to be with her family. I'm sure
she missed them. But so she was always very careful.
You know, she'd be praying over us. And, oh,
man, it was super crazy for us because she would
always be instilling us, instill the story in
us, you know, the love of Jesus, all those type
things. Of course, it's good, you know. But,
of course. I was a bit of a naughty guy, but
my mom, she would give me a spanking every day,
even if I didn't need it. But that's South Africa.
You straighten the child out very quickly. So
I always took the brunt of it. So that's okay,
but I know Jesus has blessed me for that. So
Jesus has made it clear, because obedience is
the proof of discipleship. Abiding leads to freedom.
That's in John 8 .32. So John 8 .32, And you
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free. They answered him, We are Abrahams,
we are, sorry, where is this one? Sorry, sorry,
sorry. We are Abrahams, we put out of the synagogue.
I'm sorry, I'm lost here. So anyway. You shall
know the truth. And in Luke 6 .46, the challenge
is clear. The challenge is very clear. It tells
us, we were talking earlier about, we all say
that we know Jesus. We know God. We all say,
Lord, Lord. But we don't listen to what Jesus
teaches us, what God teaches us. So the important
thing is for us to obey. Obey Jesus. And stick
with Jesus all the way, no matter what. In any
situation, Jesus will have you covered. He's
got your back, and he'll protect you. Obedience
is not optional for a disciple, because that
comes naturally, to be obedient to Jesus as a
disciple. Because you want to do kind things.
You want to be like Jesus. And Jesus is a good
person, is a good God. So we want to be like
Jesus. If you walk with God, can you think about
this? If we do an inspection today to say, how's
your walk with God? Will it be clear that you
prove to be a disciple for Jesus? Or would it
be completely different? Maybe just be a religious
routine. True disciples are not lukewarm. They
are bold. They are bold for Jesus. So no matter
where you are, you know, I'd like to just share
this story. Sorry I'm deviating. When we came
to America and we're in the South, we love it
here. I wouldn't want to give this up for anything.
But in South Africa, you had a mixed pot, you
know. We had friends that were all different
religions, all different colors. We'd just be
there and we'd do things together. And you could
tell people about Jesus. And of course, for me,
I love to hammer my Muslim friends and my Hindu
friends. And I say, guys, there's only one way.
There's only one way, and that's through Jesus
and with Jesus. But the Muslim guys always say,
if they become Christian, they'll be Seventh
-day Adventists. Do we know why? It's our diet.
It's our diet. But I said, end of the day, it's
all about Jesus. You can get up there and say
what you want to say. You guys worship false
prophets. Of course, we mustn't be so harsh,
but these are close friends. We can talk. We
need to talk openly. They used to also try and
hammer me, but I said, let's open the Bible.
And I said, sometimes you get to a part in the
Quran that says, if you don't understand this,
refer to the Bible. Have you ever heard that?
It tells them, you need to refer to the Bible.
So when you show them that, And these guys' eyes
opened so wide. That's amazing. But we must be
very careful. We must not be wishy -washy. We
need to be bold for Jesus. Have you ever heard
of the narrow few principle? Okay, the narrow
few principle works like this. It's like a bottleneck.
The fewer people you reach out to, the fewer
people, the fewer souls you win. You make less
disciples. So let's say your closing ratio is
10%. So if you only speak to 10 people for the
month, you make a disciple of one person. But
if you speak to 100 people for the month, 10
% is 10, and so on. So that's the narrow few
principle. So the more people you speak to, the
more people you can convert and make disciples.
When you make a disciple and they come to church,
they mustn't just sit and warm the pews. They
need to help Cindy. Because I see that poor young
lady has worked like crazy in this church, you
know. So we need to get people in here to volunteer
and to be committed. That's one way of keeping
people in the church. In Ministry of Healing,
page 148. We are told that every church should
be a training school for our Christian people.
Does that make sense to you? We need to train
everybody. I personally think we need to train
them young so they can be committed to Christ.
And we need to make church exciting for the young
people. I remember when we lived in the UK. And
I hope you don't mind me sharing this. I like
to share my, you know. I had a little daughter
at the time. Well, she's big now. I still have
her. But she had just turned four years old,
and we were worshiping at Newbold College. And
Newbold didn't, they used to worship in the
hall that time. That was back in 2000. And it
was traditional service. So, of course, for a
four -year -old child, it wasn't exciting. It
was not exciting. So we found this church just
across the road from Newbold. It was an Anglican
church, but it was rented by Newbold College.
And that service was loud. And they had drums
and guitars and all sorts of instruments. But
this little girl of mine was so excited to go
to that church service, I said, Lord, forgive
me. I'm going to go sit there with my child.
So I would take her straight off to Sabbath school.
Because if you don't go straight off to Sabbath
school to that service, you will not get in.
You'll be standing in the vestibule, or you'll
be looking through the windows. That small little
Anglican church was full, full to capacity. But
my daughter was excited to go to church. And
every Sabbath, we'd be rushed in the morning
to be on time for Sabbath school and to be super
early for that church service. It's not always
the best thing, but if it works for the particular
child or the person, I think we should do it.
I'm not saying change things in your church.
Please don't misunderstand me. So we have 1 ,440
minutes in a day. How do you plan to use those
minutes? These are 1 ,440 opportunities in a
day. How would you make these work for you? So
it's important for you to use your time effectively
and efficiently to serve Jesus. Because God is
a God of order. He's a God of love. But he plans
things. So there's another piece that I've picked
up. People are leaving churches, not just our
church, every church. Why? They don't feel included.
They don't feel like they're loved. So the simple
thing about discipleship is, where does the mission
start? At the front door, the greeter. When I
came in, sister and brother greeted me very warmly.
If I didn't have a church, this would be my church
because of them. And that's how it works. You've
got to greet people. Can you imagine if a visitor
comes to your church and the greeter's there?
Welcome. You know, no smile, no handshake. That
person is not going to feel welcome. So it's
a very simple thing. Just be warm and kind and
loving and a genuine welcome. But you must remember,
as we spoke earlier, even in a workplace, or
if you walk in the store, you're going to buy
bread and milk or whatever, my wife often...
It gives me a bit of grief because wherever I
go, I'm always talking about church and things
like that. And sometimes I know I may overdo
it. I stand and talk to a person for 10 minutes
and I don't know this person from anywhere. But
we talk. And then all of a sudden we exchange
numbers and we contact each other later and we'll
have a Bible study. Whether it's over the phone
or they'll come to the church or whatever. But
it's simple things. And I'm not forceful. I don't
force myself on anybody. But I just like to be
kind, greet them nicely, and say, hey, Jesus
loves you. And the person will say, hey, sometimes
some people haven't even heard about Jesus. And
that's in America. Can you believe that? In America.
So I come from Africa, and man, people know about
Jesus there. And I come to America, this great
country, and people don't know about Jesus. So
that's kind of shocking for me. But kindness
definitely opens the door. A smile is like a
magnet. It draws people. People may not say things,
but it's powerful. It shows the love of Christ.
And that's so important, to be loving and to
be kind. In Luke 14, 23, it tells us, Then the
master said to the servants, Go out into the
highways and hedges and compel them to come.
Come in that my house may be filled. But if you
read further back, let's read 16. A certain man
gave a great supper and invited many and sent
his servant at suppertime to say those that were
invited are to come over because they are ready
for them. But these people that were invited
all made excuses. Are we like those people? Sometimes
I feel that I am. Especially friends that invite
us out, non -adventures invite us for lunch on
Sabbath to their homes, because obviously I won't
go to a restaurant, but to their homes. And I'm
the type of guy, I work the whole week, I work
long hours. When it gets to Sabbath, I like lay
activity, you know. So we must be very careful.
Because Jesus is inviting us. And sometimes that
opportunity to go and sit with non -Adventists
is what Jesus wants us to do. Just to be kind,
loving, and to sometimes just talk about the
Bible. I have my special verses that I like to
talk to people about. And sometimes my kids say
I'm embarrassing, but, you know, if you share
something, people will go, they become inquisitive.
And I don't. Push it on them. I say, go and read
your Bible. Not my Bible. Read your Bible. So
we need to remember, simple things makes things
happen. So we're talking about we must not make
excuses. Because when it comes to Jesus, we need
to go out there full force. Put on our coats,
not formal, casual, so we can go out and reach
these people. We need to reach the communities,
which is people in our community that would like
to come to church. At our church, we've been
getting lots of Muslim visitors, Hindu visitors,
lots of Indian folks are coming over to the church,
and people are searching for Jesus. People are
searching, people. They really are. We may not
notice it, but people are really out there, and
they're hungry for the truth. So we need to invite
these people in. Sister White reminds us, one
soul is more value to heaven than a world of
houses, land, and money. One life changed for
Christ can set off a chain reaction that multiplies
for eternity. So every disciple you reach and
you make will make more. Can you imagine if you
make one, that person makes two? Those two make
two. The numbers increase. So we need to go out
there and make disciples of people. God gives
us a simple example. Do we know Abraham from
the Bible? Joseph? Job? Abraham, who walked blameless
before God. So Abraham lived a life of integrity
and obedience. But God made him a father of many,
didn't he? So we need to keep up that integrity,
that way of life. It's very important. And what
about Job? Job suffered. He lost his family.
He lost wealth. We don't care about money, but
we worry about our family, our children. He lost
those people. But Job never cursed God. He continued
to trust God and love God. Even told his wife,
because his wife said, why don't you die, you
know, and then you can just curse God. He said,
no way, he'll never do that. And then Joseph,
Joseph, even he prospered in prison. The prison
warden trusted Joseph so much that he gave him
the power to be in charge of all the other prisoners.
Can you imagine that? That's the guy that was
sold. Do you remember? He was sold. But that
was God's plan. He turned him into a good person,
a good leader. God blessed him. So Genesis 39,
God is with him in prison, giving him favor as
he put him in charge of all the other prisoners
and allowing the warden to trust him to lead
the other prisoners. These are the promises.
I like to hold on to. Philippians 4 .19. Does
anybody know that one? My God shall supply all
your needs according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus. That's one, but I've got five.
We must remember, this particular verse tells
us that God loves us. He cares about us. When
something happens to you, God knows. He knows.
If something bad happens to you, He gets sad.
It's like a parent. If something happens to you,
as big and old as I am, my dad is late, but my
mom, if something has to happen to me, she'll
be worried about me. Well, at least I hope. But
God will be sad. So God makes a way, no matter
what our challenges we face, the challenges we
face, God will help us overcome this. The second
one for me is Philippians 4 .13. We should all
know that one. We can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me. So you know we can do all
things. In Sabbath school, we spoke about the
things we can accomplish with Christ and the
things we can accomplish without Christ, which
is nothing. So we need to trust Jesus because
Jesus will make it happen for you. Then the third
one is 1 Corinthians 10 .13. No temptation has
overtaken you except what is common to mankind.
God will give you a way out of temptation. Let's
trust Jesus and follow Jesus every day of our
lives. The fourth one is Micah 7, 18 to 19. God
pardons sin and forgives the transgression. God
forgives our sins. Why? Because he loves us.
It's like a baby. If you smack your child that's
three or four years old, That child will forgive
you very quickly. But smack your brother or your
sister, oh, they're going to hold a grudge against
you forever, you know. So he loves us so much,
and he wants us to prosper. The fifth one, Isaiah
41 .10. Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not
be dismayed, for I am your God. God is with you,
so we should never fear. He is present. At every
single minute of the day. You're never alone.
He's always got you. So we need to live this
mission daily. There are over 2 billion people
in the world that have never heard about Jesus.
Including people in America. Yet every day we
pass people in the supermarket, on the roads,
wherever we are, we pass people who have never
heard about Jesus. So we need to be bold. Even
if we have a simple Jesus loves you t -shirt,
that simple t -shirt will get people's attention
and they will want to acquire about Jesus. So
we need to be active, be welcoming, be warm.
We must be quick to forgive. When people do something
against us, we need to forgive them. We need
to mentor people, mentor the next generation,
share the gospel, talk about Jesus, pray and
read your Bible every day. Have you thought about
this? The more people you teach about the word,
the better you become. You are more blessed than
the person you're teaching because you learn
it. And I tell you, if you read something 20
times or 50 times, it's like the back of your
hand. You know where to find it in the Bible
quickly. You can actually just say it out loud
without even looking at your Bible. That's what
a blessing it is. I remember there was a pastor
who had finished, left school in elementary school.
But he read the Bible about a hundred times.
And he could quote just like that. He was so
blessed. And it was a blessing to be in his company.
Because when he preached, he would just preach
and he'd rattle off from the Bible without even
looking at his Bible. And of course, we'll check
through the Bible quickly and see if it's true.
And he was 100 % correct all the time. So the
mission is not just for pastors or missionaries
or evangelists. It's for every one of you. That's
the mission. We need to go out there and reach
communities. Even a child, I was looking at the
young lady that was singing up here today. She
did such a great job. I forgot her name, I'm
sorry. But she did a great job. Even a child
that shares a story about Jesus with another
child, that's part of the mission. They're spreading
the gospel. They're making disciples. So when
this child advances the mission by singing up
here and going to school and telling their friend,
that friend will be inspired to do the same thing.
They don't always have the courage to do what
she does, but you know, maybe someday. But we
need to remember, belief begins the journey.
And we need to abide so we can sustain the journey.
But obedience also proves the journey is true.
Jesus has called us all to multiply the mission,
not to keep it to ourselves. Let's live our lives
for Jesus. Anthony, can we? I have a little slide.
Can you guys see it? It says, Satan tries to
limit your praying because he knows your praying
will limit him. So the more you pray, the more
evil and bad things will repel. So we need to
remember that. That is so important that as we
pray and read our Bible, Jesus will continue
to bless us. You have 1 ,440 minutes. How will
you use them? Will you use them to disciple others?
That's something you need to ask yourself. But
I will be praying that every one of you will
invite just one person to church. Maybe next
Sabbath, or the following, or next month, whenever.
Invite one person. Let's fill this church, fill
these pews, because Jesus loves you. Anthony,
can we do one more, please? Now this one, okay,
it's important because Adam and Eve did not think
about the consequences, right? They did not think
about the consequences. The things they did,
the sinning. So now we have to deal with that.
So that's why I put this on, just to remind you
that when you think of Adam and Eve, you think
of this. Because if they had listened to God,
we would not be doing laundry. All right? So
this is so important. I just want to share, people,
you all know the truth. We've all read our Bibles
and we've studied. But the great thing is if
we can study with other people, whether they're
Adventists, Christians, non -Christians, whoever,
let's just read our Bibles and share the gospel.
Thank you so much.