1 00:00:01,317 --> 00:00:02,833 Our God is a loving father. 2 00:00:04,031 --> 00:00:05,409 And he's anxiously 3 00:00:06,186 --> 00:00:08,342 longing and waiting for people to return. 4 00:00:10,035 --> 00:00:12,195 Not a god through storing up wrath. 5 00:00:14,115 --> 00:00:15,794 A god who storing up love. 6 00:00:16,688 --> 00:00:18,995 Hey. Welcome again to the podcast. This next 7 00:00:18,995 --> 00:00:21,063 3 podcast. We're gonna be hearing again from 8 00:00:21,222 --> 00:00:23,504 Floyd mc clan. As he gave through Soon 9 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:24,765 and cross. 10 00:00:25,544 --> 00:00:27,864 We're delving back into the arc archives. And 11 00:00:27,864 --> 00:00:29,884 these these 3 sons we 12 00:00:30,184 --> 00:00:33,039 dive into the motivation of the 13 00:00:33,874 --> 00:00:36,759 what drives us as we look at movements 14 00:00:36,974 --> 00:00:38,189 as we look at being 15 00:00:38,564 --> 00:00:41,186 workers for the movement, disciples we go and 16 00:00:41,186 --> 00:00:42,243 make more disciples 17 00:00:42,872 --> 00:00:44,385 In this first 1, we're gonna be looking 18 00:00:44,385 --> 00:00:47,093 at the father heart of blood. And Floyd 19 00:00:47,093 --> 00:00:51,395 expresses beautifully with stories and and great hearts. 20 00:00:52,289 --> 00:00:54,770 How we to view people. And this is 21 00:00:54,770 --> 00:00:57,670 really important as we start to look at 22 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:00,229 movement not being a thing of 23 00:01:00,942 --> 00:01:01,421 methodology, 24 00:01:01,979 --> 00:01:04,952 but also of god's driving heartbeat 25 00:01:05,569 --> 00:01:06,605 for all humanity. 26 00:01:07,084 --> 00:01:09,158 Hey. Enjoy floyd as I have done over 27 00:01:09,158 --> 00:01:09,817 the years 28 00:01:10,768 --> 00:01:12,684 we give thanks to God for Floyd. As 29 00:01:12,684 --> 00:01:13,822 he gave his life 30 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,275 for the Great commission as a great model 31 00:01:16,275 --> 00:01:16,754 for us all. 32 00:01:17,631 --> 00:01:18,405 Enjoy. And 33 00:01:21,229 --> 00:01:21,706 Good morning. 34 00:01:23,218 --> 00:01:24,570 This is the early crowd a. 35 00:01:26,018 --> 00:01:27,453 Are you the most alert or are you 36 00:01:27,453 --> 00:01:29,207 the little still waking up crowd? 37 00:01:32,476 --> 00:01:33,671 Been a little bit of both. Okay. 38 00:01:34,884 --> 00:01:36,322 It's great to be back at Cross. I 39 00:01:36,322 --> 00:01:38,000 was here 2 years ago for the missions 40 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,318 conference or with it 3 years ago, 3 41 00:01:40,318 --> 00:01:42,396 years ago. My wife Sally was with me 42 00:01:42,396 --> 00:01:42,955 at that time. 43 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:45,914 We're still married. I just wanna say that. 44 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,442 We've been married 44 years. We've got 2 45 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:51,871 wonderful kids and 2, 46 00:01:52,844 --> 00:01:54,605 grandchildren, 9 and 8 years old. 47 00:01:55,165 --> 00:01:56,525 Boy when grandkids come along, 48 00:01:57,325 --> 00:01:58,864 my wife went it kind of into 49 00:01:59,165 --> 00:01:59,965 grandparent orbit. 50 00:02:00,444 --> 00:02:00,944 And 51 00:02:01,419 --> 00:02:03,098 She hasn't come back down. We love our 52 00:02:03,098 --> 00:02:03,577 grandkids. 53 00:02:04,216 --> 00:02:05,095 They live in the states, 54 00:02:05,815 --> 00:02:07,333 and Sally and I have lived in South 55 00:02:07,573 --> 00:02:09,970 Africa for the last 5 years. Our journey 56 00:02:09,970 --> 00:02:10,905 has taken us 57 00:02:11,582 --> 00:02:13,735 Well, somebody summarized it is 4 different a's. 58 00:02:13,895 --> 00:02:15,809 We've lived in Afghanistan for a number of 59 00:02:15,809 --> 00:02:16,309 years 60 00:02:17,084 --> 00:02:18,600 until the Taliban came in and they kind 61 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,056 of invited us to leave 62 00:02:21,716 --> 00:02:23,540 Basically said if we see you around here 63 00:02:23,540 --> 00:02:25,443 more than 30 days, we'll see your blood 64 00:02:25,443 --> 00:02:27,346 in the street, so they made the message 65 00:02:27,346 --> 00:02:27,901 really clear. 66 00:02:28,553 --> 00:02:30,786 Then we moved to Amsterdam Holland. We spent 67 00:02:30,786 --> 00:02:32,780 almost 20 years living in Amsterdam working in 68 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:33,419 the inner city, 69 00:02:34,535 --> 00:02:36,768 making disciples of people who had broken lives 70 00:02:36,768 --> 00:02:39,171 and planting churches and sending people out all 71 00:02:39,171 --> 00:02:40,997 over the world, then we were back in 72 00:02:40,997 --> 00:02:44,410 the Usa, America for almost 15 years, planning 73 00:02:44,410 --> 00:02:44,807 churches. 74 00:02:45,442 --> 00:02:47,605 And now we're in Africa. Sending So we're 75 00:02:47,605 --> 00:02:48,885 just excited to be there. 76 00:02:50,085 --> 00:02:50,985 We've got 77 00:02:51,525 --> 00:02:53,764 somebody who's helping named joyce in the cafe 78 00:02:53,764 --> 00:02:56,019 and I brought along some jewelry that some 79 00:02:56,019 --> 00:02:57,617 of the ladies that we work with have 80 00:02:57,617 --> 00:02:59,855 made, if you'd like to stop by, buying 81 00:02:59,855 --> 00:03:01,693 a piece of jewelry can actually employ, 82 00:03:02,732 --> 00:03:04,170 an African woman for a day. 83 00:03:04,983 --> 00:03:08,174 It's really beautiful jewelry semi precious stones and 84 00:03:08,891 --> 00:03:10,965 and beautiful beads. And so, yeah. If you 85 00:03:10,965 --> 00:03:12,560 just take it out, I know that you'll 86 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:13,996 enjoy, maybe give a gift to somebody, 87 00:03:14,649 --> 00:03:16,000 and to invest in their lives. 88 00:03:16,954 --> 00:03:17,193 So, 89 00:03:17,829 --> 00:03:20,134 we are looking at, if we can get 90 00:03:20,134 --> 00:03:20,849 this slide up. 91 00:03:21,962 --> 00:03:23,632 3 reasons to die for Jesus. 92 00:03:24,601 --> 00:03:26,747 Everybody repeat after me. Someday, 93 00:03:28,973 --> 00:03:29,609 I will die. 94 00:03:32,167 --> 00:03:33,359 I will die. I just keep saying that 95 00:03:33,359 --> 00:03:34,788 over and over again. You, I will die. 96 00:03:35,026 --> 00:03:35,502 I will die. 97 00:03:36,297 --> 00:03:37,329 Because it's gonna happen. Right? 98 00:03:38,441 --> 00:03:39,473 That's kind of inevitable. 99 00:03:40,283 --> 00:03:42,513 I'm wanna give you 3 reasons. 3 good 100 00:03:42,513 --> 00:03:44,264 reasons to today die. Actually, we're gonna kinda 101 00:03:44,264 --> 00:03:46,176 spread this over all the services this morning. 102 00:03:46,653 --> 00:03:48,167 We're gonna focus on 1 of the reasons. 103 00:03:48,739 --> 00:03:50,251 If we look at this slide, actually, we 104 00:03:50,251 --> 00:03:52,082 could talk about more than just 3 reasons. 105 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:53,377 We could talk about 106 00:03:53,992 --> 00:03:55,583 almost 5000000000 107 00:03:55,583 --> 00:03:55,981 reasons. 108 00:03:56,792 --> 00:03:59,659 The total human population of our planet has 109 00:03:59,659 --> 00:04:01,809 now just hit 7000000000 110 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:02,048 people. 111 00:04:02,844 --> 00:04:04,697 And most of those people are living 112 00:04:05,009 --> 00:04:06,930 in this box that you see here in 113 00:04:06,930 --> 00:04:07,250 the map. 114 00:04:08,129 --> 00:04:10,370 We call that the 10:40 window. If you've 115 00:04:10,370 --> 00:04:11,489 not heard that expression, 116 00:04:12,223 --> 00:04:15,244 because that map that window spreads between 10 117 00:04:15,244 --> 00:04:17,550 degrees and 40 degrees latitude. That's why it's 118 00:04:17,550 --> 00:04:19,697 called that. And it stretches right apart, 119 00:04:20,269 --> 00:04:22,267 crossed the part of the globe where you 120 00:04:22,267 --> 00:04:22,767 see 121 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:26,502 mostly Muslims living and Hindu and buddhist and 122 00:04:26,502 --> 00:04:28,020 a lot of animating people. 123 00:04:28,994 --> 00:04:29,972 And interestingly 124 00:04:30,348 --> 00:04:33,217 about 85 percent for the world's poorest people. 125 00:04:34,093 --> 00:04:37,360 So we could say 12000000000 126 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,577 reasons. We could say 127 00:04:39,925 --> 00:04:43,115 85 percent of the world's population reason of 128 00:04:43,115 --> 00:04:43,594 the poor. 129 00:04:44,391 --> 00:04:46,305 We could talk about the un people groups, 130 00:04:46,544 --> 00:04:47,841 every distinct 131 00:04:48,474 --> 00:04:51,031 language and culture that has never heard the 132 00:04:51,031 --> 00:04:52,091 good news of Jesus 133 00:04:52,790 --> 00:04:53,589 is right there. 134 00:04:54,388 --> 00:04:55,607 We could talk about the 135 00:04:55,986 --> 00:04:57,585 the children who don't have care. 136 00:04:58,399 --> 00:05:00,476 But I'd like to focus on 3 if 137 00:05:00,636 --> 00:05:03,112 I could say it more proactive reasons. Now, 138 00:05:03,352 --> 00:05:04,810 I could also give you a list 139 00:05:05,444 --> 00:05:07,042 I'll kinda compiled through the years a list 140 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:09,279 of reasons not to get involved in missions. 141 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,517 Anybody here or maybe you don't wanna put 142 00:05:11,517 --> 00:05:12,795 up your hand. But if you would like 143 00:05:12,795 --> 00:05:13,115 a list, 144 00:05:13,848 --> 00:05:14,881 come and see me, I can give you 145 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:16,787 all the reasons why not to go, because 146 00:05:16,867 --> 00:05:18,455 I've heard most of them. Like, 147 00:05:19,488 --> 00:05:20,680 when I got married to Sally, 148 00:05:21,474 --> 00:05:23,063 her parents, her mother said, 149 00:05:24,595 --> 00:05:26,675 God's just testing you to see if you're 150 00:05:26,675 --> 00:05:28,754 willing to go. Right? So he's really calling 151 00:05:28,754 --> 00:05:29,715 you to America. 152 00:05:30,928 --> 00:05:33,078 And actually, the first question was when we 153 00:05:33,078 --> 00:05:35,727 got engaged. Is you're not taking my daughter 154 00:05:36,740 --> 00:05:38,014 away from Texas. Are you? 155 00:05:39,223 --> 00:05:40,499 Now how do you answer that? When in 156 00:05:40,499 --> 00:05:42,413 your mind you're thinking as fast as I 157 00:05:42,413 --> 00:05:43,769 can get out of town. I'm getting out 158 00:05:43,769 --> 00:05:44,247 of Texas. 159 00:05:45,842 --> 00:05:47,357 A bunch of Redneck neck Americans. 160 00:05:48,249 --> 00:05:49,767 God bless her family, I love them. 161 00:05:52,804 --> 00:05:53,043 Yeah. 162 00:05:53,922 --> 00:05:55,520 A lot of people said to me American 163 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,891 needs missionaries too have you ever heard that 164 00:05:56,891 --> 00:05:58,563 1 Australia needs missionaries too. 165 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:00,553 There's all kinds of reasons, 166 00:06:01,269 --> 00:06:01,827 not to go. 167 00:06:02,543 --> 00:06:04,078 But I'd like to give you 3 168 00:06:04,629 --> 00:06:06,862 if I can say really positive reasons that 169 00:06:06,862 --> 00:06:09,095 really have minister to me. And actually, I'm 170 00:06:09,095 --> 00:06:10,451 gonna... I just... I'll list the 3, but 171 00:06:10,531 --> 00:06:11,887 I'm gonna focus in on 1 of them. 172 00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:13,562 Here's the 3 and then we'll come back 173 00:06:13,562 --> 00:06:14,120 to number 1. 174 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:15,334 First of all, 175 00:06:16,055 --> 00:06:17,654 a God is a loving father, 176 00:06:18,854 --> 00:06:20,235 and he's anxiously 177 00:06:21,014 --> 00:06:23,254 longing and waiting for people to return to 178 00:06:23,254 --> 00:06:23,414 him. 179 00:06:25,265 --> 00:06:26,301 The spirit of God, 180 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:27,838 second reason 181 00:06:28,535 --> 00:06:31,247 is moving in our planet in the most 182 00:06:31,247 --> 00:06:33,342 awesome and unusual way 183 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:36,281 right now in our lifetime, right while we're 184 00:06:36,281 --> 00:06:37,873 alive. The spirit is moving. 185 00:06:38,430 --> 00:06:39,226 And thirdly, 186 00:06:40,181 --> 00:06:41,239 1 of my favorite 187 00:06:41,708 --> 00:06:43,135 and I'll focus on that in the third 188 00:06:43,135 --> 00:06:45,988 service is the lamb of God is worthy. 189 00:06:46,622 --> 00:06:47,732 Let's go back to the first 1. 190 00:06:48,841 --> 00:06:51,161 The father is waiting. There's a beautiful picture 191 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:52,273 that is painted for us, 192 00:06:54,340 --> 00:06:56,350 and the luke chapter 15 193 00:06:57,058 --> 00:06:58,035 Jesus tells 194 00:06:58,411 --> 00:07:01,037 3 stories actually back to back, and he 195 00:07:01,037 --> 00:07:03,743 tells 3 3 stories about 3 things that 196 00:07:03,743 --> 00:07:04,221 are lost. 197 00:07:05,192 --> 00:07:07,425 There was a lost son. There was a 198 00:07:07,425 --> 00:07:08,781 lost pearl There was a lost sheep. 199 00:07:09,579 --> 00:07:12,131 And Jesus though focuses in and tells the 200 00:07:12,131 --> 00:07:14,205 longest story about a son was lost. 201 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:17,580 And then he talks in that story about 202 00:07:17,580 --> 00:07:18,139 a father, 203 00:07:19,259 --> 00:07:20,060 waiting father. 204 00:07:20,779 --> 00:07:21,279 I'm 205 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:23,428 How many of you've heard that story called 206 00:07:23,428 --> 00:07:26,060 the prod son? Do you heard that? Do 207 00:07:26,060 --> 00:07:27,574 you know what the word prod means? 208 00:07:28,212 --> 00:07:29,329 Anybody know what that word means? 209 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:31,517 Means 210 00:07:32,449 --> 00:07:32,926 prolific, 211 00:07:34,676 --> 00:07:35,176 without 212 00:07:35,551 --> 00:07:36,425 any boundaries, 213 00:07:38,334 --> 00:07:38,834 without 214 00:07:39,541 --> 00:07:42,076 boundaries without measure, without any restraint? 215 00:07:43,503 --> 00:07:44,161 Without any 216 00:07:44,533 --> 00:07:47,089 can we say holding back. So In 1 217 00:07:47,089 --> 00:07:49,186 sense you could say it's the sun 218 00:07:49,805 --> 00:07:52,601 whose prod go because he just lets go. 219 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:54,793 And he just 220 00:07:55,251 --> 00:07:56,129 lives a wildlife. 221 00:07:57,166 --> 00:07:58,225 You know the story 222 00:07:58,683 --> 00:07:59,821 that Jesus told 223 00:08:00,598 --> 00:08:01,976 how the younger son 224 00:08:03,162 --> 00:08:04,828 completely contrary to the culture, 225 00:08:05,622 --> 00:08:08,184 went to his father and demanded his inheritance 226 00:08:08,715 --> 00:08:09,215 before 227 00:08:09,524 --> 00:08:11,282 his father died. My kids actually did this 228 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:12,640 to me. I'd like to confess this. 229 00:08:14,318 --> 00:08:15,996 When my wife and I were getting ready 230 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:16,795 to move from the states, 231 00:08:17,528 --> 00:08:19,203 And we were selling off a bunch of 232 00:08:19,203 --> 00:08:21,196 stuff and so my adult children came to 233 00:08:21,196 --> 00:08:22,313 visit us they're in their thirties. 234 00:08:22,871 --> 00:08:24,466 And they walked through our house. This is 235 00:08:24,466 --> 00:08:26,140 really like makes you feel warm and fuzzy. 236 00:08:26,713 --> 00:08:27,271 And they said, 237 00:08:27,988 --> 00:08:29,581 I want that piece when you're die. No. 238 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:31,573 I get this piece. So they went through 239 00:08:31,573 --> 00:08:33,644 a house, claiming all the stuff. So we 240 00:08:33,644 --> 00:08:35,157 had to kinda call a time out and 241 00:08:35,157 --> 00:08:37,081 say hey, You know, we're still here. 242 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:39,943 And if you keep that up, you don't 243 00:08:39,943 --> 00:08:40,499 get anything. 244 00:08:44,093 --> 00:08:44,832 The word 245 00:08:46,247 --> 00:08:47,545 or prod, sorry 246 00:08:48,002 --> 00:08:49,996 actually could be applied to the father as 247 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:50,236 well. 248 00:08:51,922 --> 00:08:53,831 Tim keller written a book called the prod 249 00:08:54,069 --> 00:08:54,467 Father. 250 00:08:56,375 --> 00:08:58,681 Because the love of the father in this 251 00:08:58,681 --> 00:09:00,056 story to a son 252 00:09:01,002 --> 00:09:03,327 who embarrass the father and takes 253 00:09:03,780 --> 00:09:04,970 demands his inheritance, 254 00:09:06,082 --> 00:09:09,098 shame his older brother, not respecting the culture, 255 00:09:09,909 --> 00:09:11,289 and how that worked 256 00:09:13,190 --> 00:09:15,289 and ran away and he spent the father's 257 00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:17,190 inheritance or his portion of it. 258 00:09:18,082 --> 00:09:19,358 And living wild living. 259 00:09:20,315 --> 00:09:21,214 And the father 260 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:22,808 responds to him 261 00:09:23,903 --> 00:09:25,179 with prod love. 262 00:09:26,947 --> 00:09:27,424 Extravagant, 263 00:09:28,537 --> 00:09:30,685 une ending, un bounding love. 264 00:09:31,719 --> 00:09:33,412 So what we see in this 265 00:09:34,043 --> 00:09:36,278 picture the story that Jesus is telling is 266 00:09:36,278 --> 00:09:38,694 we see a picture of god's heart 267 00:09:39,232 --> 00:09:41,547 for all of creation. Actually, I don't know 268 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:42,425 if you've noticed this. 269 00:09:43,078 --> 00:09:45,087 But it says at the beginning of chapter 270 00:09:45,303 --> 00:09:47,710 15 when Jesus is telling the story 271 00:09:48,402 --> 00:09:51,207 that gathered around him were republicans 272 00:09:52,075 --> 00:09:54,414 and tax collectors and ph. 273 00:09:55,434 --> 00:09:56,575 So there were sinner 274 00:09:57,195 --> 00:09:59,115 of 2 kinds. How many of you know 275 00:09:59,115 --> 00:10:00,075 there's 2 kinds of sinner. 276 00:10:00,808 --> 00:10:02,425 There's like sinner centers 277 00:10:03,282 --> 00:10:05,356 and then there's the sinner that go to 278 00:10:05,356 --> 00:10:05,595 church. 279 00:10:06,633 --> 00:10:08,639 So Jesus was to And how many of 280 00:10:08,639 --> 00:10:10,069 you know it's easier to love the other 281 00:10:10,069 --> 00:10:10,308 kind. 282 00:10:11,897 --> 00:10:14,304 So Jesus paces picture of some, 283 00:10:14,916 --> 00:10:17,788 of sin in terms of rebellion and running 284 00:10:17,788 --> 00:10:19,454 away from home, and then he paints a 285 00:10:19,454 --> 00:10:22,310 picture of sin in terms of the people 286 00:10:22,310 --> 00:10:23,024 who stay home. 287 00:10:24,072 --> 00:10:26,774 And get kind of all religious and up 288 00:10:26,774 --> 00:10:29,238 tight and condemning and pointing the finger. 289 00:10:30,748 --> 00:10:32,202 The father responds 290 00:10:33,149 --> 00:10:35,950 an incredible way to the shame and the 291 00:10:35,950 --> 00:10:36,909 rebellion of the sun. 292 00:10:39,149 --> 00:10:41,070 And I I live this picture of the 293 00:10:41,070 --> 00:10:41,570 father 294 00:10:43,237 --> 00:10:44,506 going to the end of the road, 295 00:10:46,092 --> 00:10:47,678 waiting every day. This is how I pictured 296 00:10:47,678 --> 00:10:49,898 it. Jesus doesn't actually say it in this 297 00:10:49,898 --> 00:10:52,405 way. But couldn't couldn't you picture this father 298 00:10:53,021 --> 00:10:55,095 who does when his son comes home, he's 299 00:10:55,095 --> 00:10:57,248 there waiting for him? So, you know, I've 300 00:10:57,248 --> 00:10:59,083 kind of think he's going out every day. 301 00:11:00,852 --> 00:11:02,070 It's like a parent 302 00:11:02,527 --> 00:11:04,282 whose son has run away from home. 303 00:11:06,196 --> 00:11:08,451 It's like a broken heart parent who knows 304 00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:09,966 somewhere my daughter 305 00:11:10,915 --> 00:11:13,221 he's out living in prostitution. My son is 306 00:11:13,221 --> 00:11:13,777 on drugs. 307 00:11:14,652 --> 00:11:16,799 And they may not walk outside the house 308 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:18,413 and walk up and down the street 309 00:11:18,883 --> 00:11:19,839 been in their heart, 310 00:11:21,272 --> 00:11:22,945 they're pacing the living room floor. 311 00:11:23,503 --> 00:11:24,300 They're up at night. 312 00:11:25,495 --> 00:11:27,327 They're anxiously longing and waiting. 313 00:11:28,457 --> 00:11:30,232 They're feeling all the pain 314 00:11:30,847 --> 00:11:32,599 of the 1 they raised and put their 315 00:11:32,599 --> 00:11:34,352 life into and they're longing for them. 316 00:11:35,404 --> 00:11:36,203 To come back home. 317 00:11:37,241 --> 00:11:39,318 And so we see this in my minds, 318 00:11:39,478 --> 00:11:41,395 I see the picture of the father walking 319 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:43,479 out of his of his house and walking 320 00:11:43,479 --> 00:11:45,385 to the end of the lane and looking 321 00:11:45,385 --> 00:11:46,100 down the road. 322 00:11:47,529 --> 00:11:48,324 And 1 day, 323 00:11:50,562 --> 00:11:52,463 You know, He's probably seen several times somebody 324 00:11:52,463 --> 00:11:53,731 he thought there was a son coming home 325 00:11:53,731 --> 00:11:56,187 and kinda looked and maybe kinda just walked 326 00:11:56,187 --> 00:11:57,480 out a little ways, and then 327 00:11:57,948 --> 00:11:59,462 No. It's not my son. But 1 day, 328 00:11:59,621 --> 00:12:00,440 he saw 329 00:12:00,817 --> 00:12:02,570 his son coming back home, and he couldn't 330 00:12:02,570 --> 00:12:04,403 see his face so far away, but there 331 00:12:04,403 --> 00:12:06,253 was a certain gate If you ever noticed 332 00:12:06,253 --> 00:12:07,690 that people walk in a certain way and 333 00:12:07,690 --> 00:12:09,047 you kinda recognize them that might my walk. 334 00:12:09,606 --> 00:12:11,123 My wife says, you know, when I see 335 00:12:11,123 --> 00:12:11,841 you from behind, 336 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,657 we don't wanna carry this too far. She's 337 00:12:15,369 --> 00:12:17,684 She says, I can always recognize your walk. 338 00:12:17,844 --> 00:12:18,562 How you're walking? 339 00:12:19,121 --> 00:12:20,978 Yep, he recognized him 340 00:12:22,394 --> 00:12:23,751 and he ran to him. 341 00:12:25,996 --> 00:12:26,496 Covered 342 00:12:27,029 --> 00:12:28,143 in pig filth. 343 00:12:30,131 --> 00:12:31,028 The s 344 00:12:31,562 --> 00:12:33,312 of his rebellion still covered him. 345 00:12:36,502 --> 00:12:38,485 And the father just throws his arms around 346 00:12:38,485 --> 00:12:38,644 him. 347 00:12:40,310 --> 00:12:41,182 That's should just love this. 348 00:12:42,554 --> 00:12:43,774 And then he shouts 349 00:12:44,075 --> 00:12:46,714 with great joy and passion. 350 00:12:47,514 --> 00:12:48,894 This my son 351 00:12:49,689 --> 00:12:51,284 who was lost is found. 352 00:12:53,676 --> 00:12:54,176 This 353 00:12:54,713 --> 00:12:55,692 is a picture 354 00:12:56,308 --> 00:12:58,382 of god the father waiting and longing for 355 00:12:58,382 --> 00:12:58,701 our world. 356 00:12:59,355 --> 00:13:01,514 Not a god who's storing up wrath, 357 00:13:03,355 --> 00:13:05,115 a god who's storing up love, 358 00:13:06,235 --> 00:13:07,514 a god who's broken hearted. 359 00:13:08,088 --> 00:13:10,162 We see a picture of that in the 360 00:13:10,162 --> 00:13:12,018 book of Genesis in chapter 6 361 00:13:12,475 --> 00:13:13,693 verse 5 and 6 362 00:13:14,070 --> 00:13:16,383 when it says that God looked down on 363 00:13:16,383 --> 00:13:17,601 his creation 364 00:13:18,314 --> 00:13:20,631 and he saw that the thoughts of men's 365 00:13:20,631 --> 00:13:21,131 hearts 366 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:22,490 were evil 367 00:13:22,869 --> 00:13:23,369 continually, 368 00:13:24,467 --> 00:13:27,439 and it grieve god in his heart that 369 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:28,478 he had made man. 370 00:13:30,316 --> 00:13:32,953 Doesn't say he was filled with wrath and 371 00:13:32,953 --> 00:13:33,453 anger 372 00:13:34,232 --> 00:13:36,150 it says his heart was broken. 373 00:13:37,681 --> 00:13:38,579 It was said 374 00:13:39,195 --> 00:13:39,912 was grieve. 375 00:13:41,506 --> 00:13:44,454 The response of God over our broken world 376 00:13:44,454 --> 00:13:45,671 is grief and sadness. 377 00:13:46,938 --> 00:13:49,403 The response of god over our world is 378 00:13:49,403 --> 00:13:49,903 longing 379 00:13:50,755 --> 00:13:52,106 for people to return to him. 380 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:55,860 The response of God to the planet to 381 00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:57,693 the buddhist and the hindu and the muslims 382 00:13:57,693 --> 00:14:00,242 to the un people groups, the little children, 383 00:14:00,641 --> 00:14:02,654 the people caught up and all the pain 384 00:14:02,712 --> 00:14:03,748 broken ness of sin. 385 00:14:04,719 --> 00:14:06,553 It's too long for them to come back 386 00:14:06,553 --> 00:14:06,713 home. 387 00:14:09,186 --> 00:14:11,818 You know, in my personal journey as a 388 00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:13,971 young man, when I started getting involved in 389 00:14:13,971 --> 00:14:14,210 missions, 390 00:14:15,738 --> 00:14:17,432 I can remember getting so excited 391 00:14:17,887 --> 00:14:18,842 when I read 1 day, 392 00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:21,786 they had great commission when Jesus said to 393 00:14:21,786 --> 00:14:23,855 go teach baptized and make disciples, 394 00:14:24,347 --> 00:14:26,118 And then he said to his disciples 395 00:14:26,729 --> 00:14:29,111 and go and teach others what I command 396 00:14:29,111 --> 00:14:29,349 you. 397 00:14:30,302 --> 00:14:32,128 So pass it on in other words. I 398 00:14:32,128 --> 00:14:33,654 command you to go and now teach it 399 00:14:33,654 --> 00:14:36,371 to everybody else. And it hit me. Well, 400 00:14:37,730 --> 00:14:38,209 that's me. 401 00:14:39,967 --> 00:14:41,006 And then you know how it is when 402 00:14:41,006 --> 00:14:42,933 you get a revelation, how you you you 403 00:14:42,933 --> 00:14:44,440 think that revelation is not only for you, 404 00:14:44,599 --> 00:14:46,106 but for everybody else and you kinda go 405 00:14:46,106 --> 00:14:47,454 tell them whether they really wanna hear it 406 00:14:47,454 --> 00:14:49,041 or not. You ever had that happened to 407 00:14:49,041 --> 00:14:49,120 you. 408 00:14:50,484 --> 00:14:51,760 Well, I I was 1 of those guys. 409 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,754 I went around telling all my friends. I 410 00:14:53,754 --> 00:14:55,110 went to Agnes pop. 411 00:14:56,865 --> 00:14:57,365 You 412 00:14:58,779 --> 00:14:59,657 you have to go. 413 00:15:00,947 --> 00:15:03,177 We are commanded. I got this picture of 414 00:15:03,336 --> 00:15:03,836 God 415 00:15:04,531 --> 00:15:05,350 through Jesus 416 00:15:05,885 --> 00:15:07,717 commissioning in it. It's like a general army 417 00:15:07,717 --> 00:15:09,724 go, and I was so like, yes. We 418 00:15:09,724 --> 00:15:11,476 on a little bay. You. What's your name? 419 00:15:11,795 --> 00:15:14,446 You're the? Julian. Julian. Julian. 420 00:15:15,858 --> 00:15:17,292 I was the guy that Julian would run 421 00:15:17,292 --> 00:15:18,806 away and hide from. Know, I was going 422 00:15:18,806 --> 00:15:20,118 around at our university, 423 00:15:20,654 --> 00:15:22,987 grabbing everybody. I remember 1 day, agnes 424 00:15:23,683 --> 00:15:24,878 said to me. No. 425 00:15:27,845 --> 00:15:30,164 Leave me alone back off. I'm not going. 426 00:15:32,725 --> 00:15:35,524 Then I found that, well, this motivation of, 427 00:15:35,605 --> 00:15:37,317 like, just pure obedience 428 00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:40,157 needed a little addition of of called love, 429 00:15:40,714 --> 00:15:43,123 compassion 1 time. I was working in Afghanistan 430 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:46,294 and we were working with dropped out western 431 00:15:46,294 --> 00:15:46,532 kids, 432 00:15:47,565 --> 00:15:49,472 who are traveling through Afghanistan on the way 433 00:15:49,472 --> 00:15:51,697 to India, getting into eastern religions. 434 00:15:52,588 --> 00:15:55,223 And a young hip long haired guy sent 435 00:15:55,223 --> 00:15:56,420 me down 1 day and look me in 436 00:15:56,420 --> 00:15:57,857 the face. He said, you know, you may 437 00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:59,454 be telling the truth, but you're pretty un 438 00:15:59,454 --> 00:16:00,651 loving. I don't know if you know that. 439 00:16:00,811 --> 00:16:01,050 He said, 440 00:16:03,694 --> 00:16:06,003 So I took getting to Afghanistan for God 441 00:16:06,003 --> 00:16:07,754 to get the message into my heart, hey, 442 00:16:07,914 --> 00:16:09,506 it's not just about obeying. 443 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:12,160 But it's about loving people. 444 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,480 And respecting people and seeing people the right 445 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:16,639 way. 446 00:16:17,531 --> 00:16:19,835 And then my motivation was like compassion for 447 00:16:19,835 --> 00:16:20,153 people. 448 00:16:22,139 --> 00:16:23,252 And then I begin to see, 449 00:16:23,887 --> 00:16:25,769 wow. What God is doing in the world 450 00:16:25,970 --> 00:16:28,050 I begin to see all the opportunities to 451 00:16:28,050 --> 00:16:28,769 change our planet, 452 00:16:29,570 --> 00:16:31,330 not just me as a missionary, but I 453 00:16:31,330 --> 00:16:33,490 saw how business are involved in changing the 454 00:16:33,490 --> 00:16:36,137 world and house wise and just how the 455 00:16:36,137 --> 00:16:37,723 whole church has a role to play, and 456 00:16:37,802 --> 00:16:38,913 I'm so excited about that. 457 00:16:39,864 --> 00:16:41,078 But, you know, I've landed 458 00:16:41,847 --> 00:16:42,981 on these 3 459 00:16:43,926 --> 00:16:45,676 motivations that I'm sharing with you this morning. 460 00:16:46,313 --> 00:16:48,064 They seem to me to be the purest 461 00:16:48,064 --> 00:16:48,882 of them all 462 00:16:49,416 --> 00:16:51,565 that if we can connect with God's heart, 463 00:16:53,409 --> 00:16:55,077 that when when then when we go to 464 00:16:55,077 --> 00:16:58,175 other people, when we send other people, they 465 00:16:58,175 --> 00:16:58,675 go 466 00:16:59,049 --> 00:16:59,549 representing 467 00:16:59,938 --> 00:17:01,234 the love of god 468 00:17:01,848 --> 00:17:02,962 who is longing, 469 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:05,451 the love of a god 470 00:17:05,827 --> 00:17:08,055 who cares deeply for the broken ness that's 471 00:17:08,055 --> 00:17:08,851 in people's life. 472 00:17:09,818 --> 00:17:11,881 The love of a god who's saying, I'm 473 00:17:11,881 --> 00:17:12,912 waiting for you to come home. 474 00:17:13,546 --> 00:17:15,054 I when selling and I lived in amsterdam. 475 00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:17,932 We lived right in the middle of the 476 00:17:17,932 --> 00:17:18,570 red light district. 477 00:17:19,924 --> 00:17:20,642 And 1 day, 478 00:17:21,518 --> 00:17:23,112 there was a bridge. There's a lot of 479 00:17:23,112 --> 00:17:24,881 canals in Amsterdam. I don't know if you've 480 00:17:24,881 --> 00:17:26,237 ever kind of heard about how it's built, 481 00:17:26,396 --> 00:17:27,056 but there's 482 00:17:27,433 --> 00:17:29,188 Canal. This is how the city grew. They 483 00:17:29,188 --> 00:17:31,262 built... The... There's a little village and they 484 00:17:31,262 --> 00:17:33,710 built a Canal connecting to the Ams river 485 00:17:34,067 --> 00:17:34,780 I'm still dumb. 486 00:17:35,415 --> 00:17:37,002 And then the city grew beyond the canal. 487 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,065 So they built another little canal and a 488 00:17:39,065 --> 00:17:39,461 half circle. 489 00:17:40,096 --> 00:17:41,866 And so the city expanded 490 00:17:42,414 --> 00:17:44,327 in these half concentric circles. Did you look 491 00:17:44,327 --> 00:17:46,401 down, it looks like a spider win. And 492 00:17:46,401 --> 00:17:47,836 we lived right in the center of that 493 00:17:47,836 --> 00:17:49,670 and we lived across the street from a 494 00:17:49,670 --> 00:17:51,287 bridge that went across a Canal 495 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:54,017 And 1 day, we found the guy 496 00:17:54,396 --> 00:17:54,896 living 497 00:17:55,434 --> 00:17:56,952 under the bridge. His name was Keith. 498 00:17:58,550 --> 00:17:58,790 Keith, 499 00:17:59,364 --> 00:18:01,123 was from the Midwest in the United States. 500 00:18:01,362 --> 00:18:03,141 Very conservative farm 501 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:04,000 town, 502 00:18:05,678 --> 00:18:06,497 and Keith 503 00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:08,336 was a male prostitute. 504 00:18:09,604 --> 00:18:10,795 And when I talked to Keith, 505 00:18:12,542 --> 00:18:12,939 1 day, 506 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:15,083 I said, Keith, why did you end up 507 00:18:15,083 --> 00:18:16,456 doing what you're doing? I'm just 508 00:18:17,321 --> 00:18:19,864 I'm intrigued by your story. Why did you 509 00:18:19,864 --> 00:18:20,523 end up 510 00:18:21,612 --> 00:18:23,916 selling yourself like this. Can you tell me 511 00:18:23,916 --> 00:18:25,108 how you how you got there? 512 00:18:25,998 --> 00:18:27,194 You know what he said to me? He 513 00:18:27,194 --> 00:18:29,187 said, Floyd, I'm not gay. I'm not homosexual, 514 00:18:30,064 --> 00:18:32,137 but he said, I got so low, 515 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:34,184 and there was 516 00:18:34,621 --> 00:18:37,261 so much pain in my life, I couldn't 517 00:18:37,475 --> 00:18:38,585 stand to be sober. 518 00:18:40,567 --> 00:18:42,326 Because when I was sober, I just felt 519 00:18:42,326 --> 00:18:44,074 all the pain. He said, my father and 520 00:18:44,153 --> 00:18:44,653 I 521 00:18:45,027 --> 00:18:46,560 have such a broken 522 00:18:46,934 --> 00:18:47,172 relationship. 523 00:18:48,522 --> 00:18:50,429 And every time I was not on drugs 524 00:18:50,429 --> 00:18:52,429 or I was not drunk said, I would 525 00:18:52,429 --> 00:18:54,333 just... All I could feel is the pain. 526 00:18:55,919 --> 00:18:57,426 And he said, I ran out of money, 527 00:18:57,664 --> 00:18:58,640 and I did 528 00:18:59,269 --> 00:19:01,266 Well, he said he was so desperate that 529 00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:02,485 he sold his body 530 00:19:02,864 --> 00:19:05,180 just so he wouldn't feel the pain. 531 00:19:06,314 --> 00:19:07,033 Can you imagine? 532 00:19:07,512 --> 00:19:09,350 I mean, it's it's hard for me to 533 00:19:09,350 --> 00:19:09,750 understand that. 534 00:19:10,868 --> 00:19:11,928 But when Keith 535 00:19:12,546 --> 00:19:15,275 realized that there was father who was not 536 00:19:15,275 --> 00:19:16,153 angry at him. 537 00:19:17,987 --> 00:19:19,981 I mean, that word father was a hard 538 00:19:19,981 --> 00:19:22,294 word for first for Keith. But when he 539 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:23,172 began to hear, 540 00:19:23,984 --> 00:19:26,055 that father was actually waiting for him, 541 00:19:26,931 --> 00:19:29,003 that father would take that shame off of 542 00:19:29,003 --> 00:19:29,560 his life. 543 00:19:30,914 --> 00:19:33,279 Something cut hold of Keith life and just 544 00:19:33,478 --> 00:19:34,831 turned him upside down. 545 00:19:35,626 --> 00:19:36,444 And Keith 546 00:19:37,297 --> 00:19:37,933 became crazy. 547 00:19:38,888 --> 00:19:40,717 He couldn't wait to go and tell all 548 00:19:40,717 --> 00:19:41,695 of his friends 549 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,392 About the love of the father. 550 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:48,450 Father is longing and waiting for people. At 551 00:19:48,450 --> 00:19:50,279 1 time we were administering in the Red 552 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:51,018 Light district 553 00:19:51,569 --> 00:19:52,927 and came across a lady, 554 00:19:54,525 --> 00:19:56,043 a young lady, but 30 years of age, 555 00:19:56,203 --> 00:19:57,981 28 years of age She was involved in 556 00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:58,280 prostitution. 557 00:19:58,933 --> 00:19:59,886 She had 2 little kids. 558 00:20:00,997 --> 00:20:02,902 And and we did something kind of fun 559 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:05,760 at Christmas time. We threw a Christmas party 560 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:06,237 for Jesus. 561 00:20:06,967 --> 00:20:08,079 You ever been to a Christmas party for 562 00:20:08,159 --> 00:20:09,907 Jesus like it's like, it's his birthday. Right? 563 00:20:10,066 --> 00:20:12,133 So instead of giving presence to each other. 564 00:20:12,292 --> 00:20:13,984 What we would do is we'd get together 565 00:20:14,533 --> 00:20:16,442 and we would give gifts to Jesus that 566 00:20:16,442 --> 00:20:17,874 we would actually have a whole day and 567 00:20:17,874 --> 00:20:18,829 we would say to people, 568 00:20:19,863 --> 00:20:20,363 think 569 00:20:20,738 --> 00:20:22,727 of something you you can give to Jesus. 570 00:20:23,855 --> 00:20:25,045 And so... We'd say you, and if you 571 00:20:25,045 --> 00:20:26,711 wanna paint a picture, you wanna 572 00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:29,092 you wanna wanna write a poem, you wanna 573 00:20:29,092 --> 00:20:30,997 sing a song, you wanna make something with 574 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:31,552 your hands, 575 00:20:33,802 --> 00:20:35,799 some people bake things, and then I received 576 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,498 them on behalf of Jesus for 577 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:42,210 help judge Jesus out these cookies. 578 00:20:44,049 --> 00:20:45,730 We it was an awesome kind of time. 579 00:20:45,890 --> 00:20:47,490 We would just sit to whole day, take 580 00:20:47,490 --> 00:20:49,651 it easy and people would share. And as 581 00:20:49,651 --> 00:20:51,473 our community grew this took more and more 582 00:20:51,473 --> 00:20:53,216 time and we got up to 60, 70, 583 00:20:53,375 --> 00:20:54,722 80 people. So it was an all day 584 00:20:54,722 --> 00:20:55,490 kind of thing. People 585 00:20:56,406 --> 00:20:57,842 And 1 day when we were doing this 586 00:20:57,842 --> 00:20:58,559 very relaxed, 587 00:20:59,516 --> 00:21:02,147 just enjoying each other's gifts to Jesus, 1 588 00:21:02,147 --> 00:21:03,981 young man came forward, it was very moving. 589 00:21:04,713 --> 00:21:05,689 A young Filipino, 590 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:07,888 and he said, you know A long to 591 00:21:07,888 --> 00:21:09,419 go back home to the Philippines. 592 00:21:11,221 --> 00:21:12,905 And then he just he just knelt on 593 00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,498 his knees and he said, you know, but 594 00:21:14,498 --> 00:21:16,567 god's really calling me to Answer amsterdam, 595 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,036 the gift I wanna give to Jesus is 596 00:21:19,036 --> 00:21:19,832 my passport. 597 00:21:20,643 --> 00:21:22,074 And my right to go home, and he 598 00:21:22,074 --> 00:21:23,903 latest passport down, and it's his way of 599 00:21:23,903 --> 00:21:24,142 saying, 600 00:21:25,096 --> 00:21:27,244 I just give my life to Jesus. Well 601 00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:28,517 while this was all going on, 602 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,564 this young lady who was a prostitute we'd 603 00:21:31,564 --> 00:21:33,719 been to came in and slipped in, 604 00:21:35,554 --> 00:21:37,651 and she was watching all this and she 605 00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:39,085 just trying to figure out what's going on. 606 00:21:39,244 --> 00:21:40,605 She had her 2 kids in tow. And 607 00:21:40,605 --> 00:21:41,805 she looked pretty wild. 608 00:21:42,445 --> 00:21:44,285 She had, you know, a sequin clothes on 609 00:21:44,285 --> 00:21:46,125 and platinum hair kind of piled way up 610 00:21:46,125 --> 00:21:46,579 and 611 00:21:47,016 --> 00:21:48,309 heavy makeup and 612 00:21:49,633 --> 00:21:50,982 she watched this for a little while. 613 00:21:51,854 --> 00:21:53,599 And then all of a sudden after about 614 00:21:53,599 --> 00:21:56,237 45 minutes an hour. She comes forward with 615 00:21:56,237 --> 00:21:57,192 her 2 kids and tow. 616 00:21:57,987 --> 00:21:59,738 She was not not yet a Christian. 617 00:22:01,409 --> 00:22:03,080 And she stood and she said, I wanna 618 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,849 give something to Jesus but I don't have 619 00:22:04,849 --> 00:22:05,328 anything. 620 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,045 And then she started crying. 621 00:22:09,484 --> 00:22:11,881 It just kind of unfolded, like, this drama. 622 00:22:11,961 --> 00:22:13,340 And she said there is 623 00:22:13,813 --> 00:22:15,327 something I can give, but it's so hard 624 00:22:15,327 --> 00:22:15,646 for me. 625 00:22:16,602 --> 00:22:18,673 And then she just she just collapsed on 626 00:22:18,673 --> 00:22:19,629 the floor, and she said, 627 00:22:20,824 --> 00:22:22,497 I I can give myself to Jesus. 628 00:22:24,589 --> 00:22:25,869 And then she looked up and she said, 629 00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:28,109 but please don't kick me while I'm down. 630 00:22:29,309 --> 00:22:31,009 It's kind of the overflow 631 00:22:32,043 --> 00:22:33,236 of the pain of her life, 632 00:22:34,191 --> 00:22:36,020 a feeling beat down by people. 633 00:22:37,054 --> 00:22:37,691 And you know what? 634 00:22:39,935 --> 00:22:40,435 Jesus 635 00:22:41,449 --> 00:22:42,962 does not kick people while down. 636 00:22:43,998 --> 00:22:45,613 The father loves 637 00:22:46,468 --> 00:22:47,583 to receive people. 638 00:22:48,634 --> 00:22:51,848 In whatever state they are. So the motivation 639 00:22:52,625 --> 00:22:55,599 for sending people into the world. The motivation 640 00:22:55,658 --> 00:22:58,380 forgiving of your money We had the opportunity 641 00:22:58,380 --> 00:23:00,525 today, you can respond to it today or 642 00:23:00,525 --> 00:23:02,511 next week. Is we can give of our 643 00:23:02,511 --> 00:23:04,759 prayers, we can give of our finance, 644 00:23:06,497 --> 00:23:08,265 perhaps you won't go and you'll invest 645 00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:09,375 and 646 00:23:09,827 --> 00:23:11,968 what was the lady young lady's name? On 647 00:23:11,968 --> 00:23:13,340 the screen that from La 648 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:15,558 Karen, 649 00:23:17,388 --> 00:23:18,820 I I... Even I can tell she has 650 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:20,649 a pretty broad accent doesn't see you. It's 651 00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,002 kind of fun to hear her accent. 652 00:23:22,654 --> 00:23:23,531 She's gone from, 653 00:23:24,727 --> 00:23:26,881 right here in Australia, so some people are 654 00:23:26,881 --> 00:23:29,056 gonna go. But we can all be involved 655 00:23:29,433 --> 00:23:32,145 because it's extending god's heart as a father. 656 00:23:33,199 --> 00:23:34,477 Showing his love to people. 657 00:23:35,916 --> 00:23:37,355 I I worked in 658 00:23:37,994 --> 00:23:39,752 South Africa now for the last 5 years, 659 00:23:39,912 --> 00:23:41,670 we work in very poor communities. 660 00:23:42,722 --> 00:23:44,709 When I say poor people live in check 661 00:23:44,709 --> 00:23:47,515 homes, the average check is about 3 meters 662 00:23:47,651 --> 00:23:48,525 by 4 meters. 663 00:23:49,638 --> 00:23:51,148 If that, it's 1 room, 664 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:54,271 outdoor plumbing and and toilets. 665 00:23:54,909 --> 00:23:57,620 People be lucky if they have, water or 666 00:23:57,620 --> 00:23:58,019 electricity, 667 00:23:58,896 --> 00:24:00,411 an area that is about 2 and a 668 00:24:00,411 --> 00:24:00,785 half 669 00:24:01,304 --> 00:24:05,140 square kilometers has 30000 people squeezed in, and 670 00:24:05,140 --> 00:24:06,499 just intense population, 671 00:24:07,777 --> 00:24:10,470 25, 27 percent Hiv rate 672 00:24:11,304 --> 00:24:12,338 extreme poverty be people, 673 00:24:13,212 --> 00:24:16,154 maybe somewhere around 40 percent unemployment. 674 00:24:16,711 --> 00:24:19,255 People moving there, coming to the cape, beautiful 675 00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:22,214 Cape town, 1 of the major tourist destinations 676 00:24:22,214 --> 00:24:24,443 in the world looking desperately for a job. 677 00:24:24,602 --> 00:24:26,433 So we get a lot of economic refugees 678 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:27,786 coming from all over Africa. 679 00:24:29,232 --> 00:24:31,217 And, some of those coming up from Malawi. 680 00:24:31,376 --> 00:24:33,044 So I met a young malawi and named 681 00:24:33,203 --> 00:24:33,521 James. 682 00:24:34,394 --> 00:24:35,903 And so we tried to help James out 683 00:24:35,903 --> 00:24:37,590 and we gave a job and he helped 684 00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:38,466 us in our garden. 685 00:24:39,024 --> 00:24:40,857 So I sat down with James the first 686 00:24:40,857 --> 00:24:42,769 day or 2 that we were talking together. 687 00:24:43,406 --> 00:24:45,398 And I just began to hear his story. 688 00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:47,665 And James 689 00:24:48,199 --> 00:24:50,108 didn't really have his father. His father died 690 00:24:50,108 --> 00:24:50,744 when he was young. 691 00:24:52,017 --> 00:24:52,517 James 692 00:24:53,543 --> 00:24:54,972 you know, in fact, it's kinda of fun 693 00:24:54,972 --> 00:24:57,036 because when I started des recycling James. I 694 00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:58,783 I believe in a holistic kind of form 695 00:24:58,783 --> 00:25:01,085 of disciples ships. So I not only started 696 00:25:01,085 --> 00:25:02,038 des James, 697 00:25:02,928 --> 00:25:05,003 spiritually, but I just disciple him practically. 698 00:25:05,402 --> 00:25:07,636 So I asked James, I said James. Have 699 00:25:07,636 --> 00:25:09,073 you ever heard the word budget. 700 00:25:11,162 --> 00:25:12,995 Now he knew about 30, 40 words of 701 00:25:13,074 --> 00:25:15,306 English 50 words of English. She said budget. 702 00:25:15,625 --> 00:25:16,125 Now 703 00:25:16,501 --> 00:25:17,856 he didn't know what the word budget went. 704 00:25:18,428 --> 00:25:20,653 So we started talking about budget before he 705 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:22,003 could speak English. Really? 706 00:25:23,115 --> 00:25:24,307 I wish you could have heard that conversation. 707 00:25:24,466 --> 00:25:26,153 That was a lot of fun. But I 708 00:25:26,153 --> 00:25:27,590 asked him and we kinda... I got the 709 00:25:27,590 --> 00:25:29,186 message. I asked him what his dream was, 710 00:25:29,346 --> 00:25:31,182 why did he come to South Africa? 711 00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:33,656 He wanted to own 3 houses? 712 00:25:34,629 --> 00:25:36,867 That I got that clear. Wanted to go 713 00:25:36,867 --> 00:25:39,104 back to malawi here 1 to have 1 714 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,063 house to live in, 715 00:25:40,782 --> 00:25:43,100 1 house to rent to make extra income. 716 00:25:43,832 --> 00:25:45,659 And he wanted to have another house to 717 00:25:45,659 --> 00:25:46,373 run as a shop, 718 00:25:48,121 --> 00:25:50,186 but he didn't have a wife and he 719 00:25:50,186 --> 00:25:51,401 had an arranged marriage 720 00:25:52,508 --> 00:25:53,227 And so, 721 00:25:53,865 --> 00:25:56,260 he sent... He he he actually said to 722 00:25:56,260 --> 00:25:56,420 me, 723 00:25:57,298 --> 00:25:59,155 would you pray for me? Would you bless, 724 00:26:00,172 --> 00:26:01,231 me and Lydia 725 00:26:01,944 --> 00:26:04,422 she'd just come to live with him, and 726 00:26:04,422 --> 00:26:06,419 they weren't married. And so I said, I 727 00:26:06,419 --> 00:26:07,698 didn't know that. So I said James, what 728 00:26:07,698 --> 00:26:09,616 do you mean? And bless. I got a 729 00:26:09,616 --> 00:26:11,946 little suspicious. You know when somebody said, bless 730 00:26:11,946 --> 00:26:14,495 my relationship. Found out they weren't married. So 731 00:26:14,654 --> 00:26:16,326 I got to lead James to Jesus. I 732 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:18,397 got to marry them. And now James is 733 00:26:18,397 --> 00:26:19,352 leading a house church. 734 00:26:20,085 --> 00:26:21,765 And, I remember saying to James, 735 00:26:22,804 --> 00:26:24,404 just before he could to speak about English. 736 00:26:24,644 --> 00:26:25,284 I said James. 737 00:26:26,644 --> 00:26:28,899 And he's got a beautiful smile. And so 738 00:26:28,979 --> 00:26:31,377 I'm the white guy, you know, 60 some 739 00:26:31,377 --> 00:26:33,055 years old, speaking to a young guy, 20 740 00:26:33,055 --> 00:26:34,893 some years old, and I'm saying, James. 741 00:26:35,373 --> 00:26:36,992 You're gonna be the apostle 742 00:26:37,451 --> 00:26:38,170 to Malawi. 743 00:26:39,697 --> 00:26:41,208 He didn't have a clue with that meant. 744 00:26:42,639 --> 00:26:44,468 But it really felt good. He sounded pretty 745 00:26:44,468 --> 00:26:46,138 good. You know? And the white guy is 746 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:47,729 smiling, and I'm very happy, so he was 747 00:26:47,729 --> 00:26:47,967 happy. 748 00:26:48,618 --> 00:26:51,022 You know what? I believed in my heart 749 00:26:51,950 --> 00:26:54,116 that though James came from great poverty 750 00:26:54,727 --> 00:26:56,338 that father was longing 751 00:26:57,125 --> 00:26:58,484 to capture James heart. 752 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,605 Father was longing to release James to be 753 00:27:01,605 --> 00:27:03,204 all that he was created to be. 754 00:27:04,085 --> 00:27:04,244 Amen? 755 00:27:05,772 --> 00:27:08,152 Father longs to show is love to people. 756 00:27:08,628 --> 00:27:11,721 Father longs to breathe blessing on people. So 757 00:27:11,721 --> 00:27:13,804 the reason we can go it's not out 758 00:27:13,804 --> 00:27:16,441 of guilt or out of obligation. The reason 759 00:27:16,441 --> 00:27:19,078 we can go into that 10:40 window. Is 760 00:27:19,078 --> 00:27:21,715 because father longs to receive people. 761 00:27:22,449 --> 00:27:24,305 You know, I used to think of evan 762 00:27:24,363 --> 00:27:26,597 as like trying to sell Jesus to people. 763 00:27:29,963 --> 00:27:31,400 You ever seen 1 of these big family 764 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,076 bibles? Do you have those in Australia like 765 00:27:33,076 --> 00:27:34,752 the really big 10 kilo bibles? 766 00:27:35,391 --> 00:27:36,748 I used to carry 1 of those around? 767 00:27:39,311 --> 00:27:40,741 Yeah know, That's was pretty intimidating if you 768 00:27:40,741 --> 00:27:41,933 see a big guy with a big bible. 769 00:27:42,092 --> 00:27:42,172 That... 770 00:27:43,363 --> 00:27:44,952 You ever heard the expression Bible bang, 771 00:27:46,561 --> 00:27:48,475 Yeah. I was I was a dangerous weapon. 772 00:27:49,831 --> 00:27:51,665 Out of control sometimes with Z. 773 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:53,681 But you know, evan, 774 00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:55,309 mission is not about 775 00:27:55,827 --> 00:27:59,275 something on somebody. It's about welcoming and receiving 776 00:27:59,971 --> 00:28:01,166 and opening our arms to.