1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:25,660 Love you, ain't he it? I told the church one time not 2 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:30,140 too long ago, a few weeks ago, and I said there's only one 3 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:36,680 Mitchell Shelby. Thank God there's only one. 4 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:43,920 Well, anyway, let me stop there. It is such an honor and 5 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,720 blessing. I, I had a timeless this morning 6 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:53,280 and you all endured it and that, that everything went great. 7 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,800 And what a what a beautiful spirit in this place. 8 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,320 Amen. We do give honor to Bishop McGee 9 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:12,040 and I wish I was act as young acting as he is, but anyway, and 10 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,840 I wish I was tall as brother Paul McGee. 11 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:20,080 I've I'd be I'd be a giant with that. 12 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:26,280 But your pastor and a beautiful pastor's wife have been such a 13 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,640 blessing to me. And through the years, 14 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,960 friendship, fellowship, love, there's nobody, nobody, no 15 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:41,240 people like God's people like it's been a good day and it's so 16 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,120 good to be back here. And indeed an honor to have 17 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:51,080 brother laying here and this this girl's birthday girl and 18 00:01:52,440 --> 00:02:00,000 and it's been an honor to travel with brother laying in 19 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,240 different. I don't remember how many places 20 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,800 we don't keep track of those things, I don't think, but he 21 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,440 did. I did follow him one place way 22 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,960 back in the boonies somewhere and Birmingham, Myanmar. 23 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,120 And that's where he got us in being shot at. 24 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,280 It's it's his fault. I followed. 25 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,400 I followed him and he, he knew where he was going. 26 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,640 I didn't. I was just tagging along. 27 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:35,120 But let's pray, Father, we thank you tonight for your goodness, 28 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,560 your blessings, the privilege and deed to be here one more 29 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,240 time. We've come to exalt your name. 30 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,120 We've come to give you glory and praise and honour, for you alone 31 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,160 are worthy of it. We ask your hand your blessings 32 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,800 on the Father furtherance of this service tonight that hearts 33 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:02,560 and lives be touched for your glory Lord for your glory Amen. 34 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:11,040 You may be seated. This is missionary service. 35 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,840 All of these beautiful pictures here and and this is so unique 36 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:23,360 this one here. If I if I wasn't a Christian, I 37 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:29,240 yes, I'd I'd be tempted to steal that one, but that's that's a 38 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,280 unique picture. But thank the Lord. 39 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,520 Thank you, brother McGee, for allowing me and inviting me or 40 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,280 or was it she that did it? But anyway, excuse me. 41 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:50,080 I didn't have to say that missionaries a title that our 42 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,360 purpose here tonight and our message here tonight. 43 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,600 I'm going to talk a little bit from the Bible, but I really 44 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,480 want to talk about those people that I've done there and 45 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,480 whatever. But why? 46 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,560 Why missionaries? Why missionaries? 47 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,000 You see, I've been around a while and I can remember way 48 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,720 back Yonder, I can remember listening to preachers, pastors 49 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,519 who didn't believe in missionaries. 50 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,160 I know it's been a long time ago, but so help me, I was 51 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,240 there, I've been there. And past pastors would say 52 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,000 something about why send somebody to another country? 53 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,680 We got plenty around here that needs to be preached to. 54 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,840 And I didn't say it then. I probably didn't think it then, 55 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:48,760 but I thought you ignoramus, why are there? 56 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,000 Why are there missionaries? I want to give you 3 scriptures 57 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,680 to begin with tonight in Matthew 28 and verse 19, that familiar 58 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,440 go ye into and teach all nations. 59 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,720 I'll just paraphrase it, teach all nations. 60 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:12,400 Mark comes along in chapter 16 and said verse 15 go you into 61 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:18,360 all the world and then Luke comes back in chapter 24 of Luke 62 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,560 and verse 47 of repentance and remission of sin shall be 63 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,120 preached in his name among all nations. 64 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,720 So we got nations, we got a world, we got nations that 65 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,120 covers every square mile, every square foot of our world. 66 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,680 It's it's this these verses. What Geez, these are comments 67 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:46,120 from Jesus challenges. Well, that's not charges, let me 68 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,640 call it that, charges from Jesus. 69 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,400 This was not a wish list on his part. 70 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,520 It was not as suggestions. Would you please? 71 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:03,240 He was saying go, go, go, unless we are willing to go ourselves 72 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,920 to some foreign country and to preach this glorious message to 73 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:16,360 the masses that need to hear it, or unless, unless we do the the 74 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,400 next best supporting those that do go. 75 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,560 I don't know who coined the phrase. 76 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,880 The first time I recall hearing was our beloved brother Elkins. 77 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,360 I've heard him. I heard him said more than once, 78 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,880 some go by giving, some give by going. 79 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:45,840 And that is so applicable and so so right. 1967, 1967 for the 80 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,640 Paul price was our we called them 4 admissions back then 81 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,280 instead of world. But the Paul price was passed 82 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,360 for the church in Barberton, OH, we got acquainted. 83 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:04,960 I was evangelist at that time. Anyway, he invited me to go with 84 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:11,600 him on my first missionary trip since the lay hole Columbia, 85 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:17,040 South America way back into. We flew in and then rode a bus 86 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,040 for I don't know how long, how many hours long ways to get back 87 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,840 to work. Back in those days in 1967 was 88 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:32,160 my exposure to foreigners in preaching the the gospel. 89 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:38,800 The next year, I asked for the price about going again. 90 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:45,520 He was returning to that place and I took Sister walls with me 91 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:51,440 that time scheduled to spend one week or so, many days or nights. 92 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,880 And then Brother price, he got this big idea. 93 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,240 He said, why don't you and Sister Walls just stay here and 94 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,280 preach a revival for for another week? 95 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:07,600 And of course, if I knew then what I know then, now I well, I 96 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,040 don't need to go there, I don't think. 97 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,600 But anyway, but anyway, they up and left us and left just lost 98 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:20,480 my myself there for another week and we got exposed to world 99 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:26,240 missions efforts. And that was my introduction, my 100 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,400 introduction. And I'm so thankful for that 101 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,320 introduction. I would want to trade it for 102 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,600 anything. And I believe because of 103 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,919 missionaries, somebody's being baptized right now in Jesus Day. 104 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,800 I believe someone is speaking to speak in another language 105 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,120 somewhere right now because of a missionary. 106 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,440 I have, of course, I do have correspondence with the Brother 107 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:05,000 Mahar in India, his father, Brother Shield, Mahar's taken 108 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,880 over the work there, and his father's long since been dead. 109 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,840 But anyway, he came by Mandora while we were visiting there in 110 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,680 a revival with Brother Shields and he had just been down to 111 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:24,320 Kentucky in preaching a service and he stopped to visit with us 112 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,800 and took us to Indy, Indianapolis and fed us some 113 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:35,160 Indian food that Curry stuff, Curry on. 114 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,280 I watched that brother eat it and I wonder how. 115 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:48,040 But anyway, I didn't, I didn't mean to go there, but I did. 116 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:53,560 But anyway, Brother Morar told us that in this service in in 117 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:57,360 Kentucky that he had one of those Kentuckians and 118 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,920 Kentuckians needed, but in one of those Kentuckians came to the 119 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:07,480 altar receive the Holy Ghost. And Brother Lane can verify this 120 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,400 or confirm it. But Brother Moore was telling us 121 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,600 about how not how many, but letting us know there are many, 122 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,360 many dialects in the India. Got an add to you? 123 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:27,960 How many 1500 dialects in India? And Brother Maror said, I heard 124 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,240 that Kentuckian. He's he's, I forget where it's 125 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,680 where it's called, where he's from up in northern part, I 126 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,320 guess you'd call it of India to who? 127 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:44,320 Yeah, I guess it's what he said. That's where that's where he is. 128 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,280 But brother Meror said, I listened to that Kentucky and 129 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,440 received the Holy Ghost. He didn't call him Kentucky. 130 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:55,400 And I did received the Holy Ghost and he was speaking in my 131 00:10:55,640 --> 00:11:00,720 dialect. And if that's not proof of the 132 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:06,000 Holy Ghost, there just ain't any proof. 133 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,240 Amen. But anyway, it's quite an 134 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,520 experience when I went to this is just missions night. 135 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:22,520 And you don't expect me to run the aisles and jump up and down. 136 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,080 No, that was this morning. And I never did get that 137 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,400 fulfilled either. But, but anyway, this is 138 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:34,800 missions night, so we want to talk about missions, talk about 139 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,560 missions. But anyway, I had the honor when 140 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:43,920 I took the church up, took the pastorate of the church in 141 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:51,200 Medora in 1975. And two years later, two years 142 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,440 later, we had bought a 15 passenger van. 143 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,440 We hooked it up to a trailer back there for all the luggage 144 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:06,760 and filled it with some young people and a few adults and took 145 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,840 them down into Mexico. Mexico. 146 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:17,280 It was about 600 miles from the border way down to Morro Lyon 147 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:26,000 and down in down in Mexico. So I think I want to do this. 148 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,480 I can I brag on myself just a little bit. 149 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:35,240 I want to think that Medora picked up some vision and some 150 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:42,960 burden and some love because of my exposing them. 151 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,760 Later. We we took a bunch down to 152 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:53,480 Venezuela so they they know what it is or they knew what it is. 153 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,120 It's been a while since we've done that. 154 00:12:55,120 --> 00:13:01,240 But but anyway, and also I'm so proud to stand here tonight and 155 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:07,120 there is a card right here for the Hirsch family, Dylan and 156 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,360 Katie and Joy and Julian and I call that little one Izzy or 157 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,400 something like that. I don't I keep forgetting what 158 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,440 her name is, but it's something it's something kind of easy, but 159 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,280 they're from Medora Pentecostal Church, Amen. 160 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:29,600 And that that makes me feel so proud because a small church in 161 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,000 a small little town, about 600 population or so, we have the 162 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:40,000 three dish missionary families in foreign countries or this 163 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,200 one's getting ready to go to a foreign country. 164 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:49,600 I'm so proud of that Amen. I'm, I'm not, I'm not taking the 165 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,680 credit for it, but I sure think I had something to do with it. 166 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,480 Amen. And I told the church, I said, 167 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:04,800 now the first Sunday of every month is going to be Mission 168 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,280 Sunday. Everything in the offering is 169 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,640 going to missions. And they didn't argue. 170 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,920 Even the board didn't get upset. I don't think we had a board, 171 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:23,400 but trustees, we'll call that, you know, I don't know about 172 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:29,280 them boards. But anyway to think about what 173 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,360 were we have come back there in 1967. 174 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:39,280 All I know is we had one missionary and it was a woman, 175 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:45,520 Sister Steve in Sintilejo, Mexico or in Colombia. 176 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,640 As far as I know, I don't know of any other missionary that we 177 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,000 had one missionary, 1 missionary. 178 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,640 I'm so proud to be able to look at the assemblies of the Lord 179 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,160 Jesus Christ. Now we used to have that 180 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,320 missionary, but he done unmissioned us and he's, he's 181 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,480 got, he's got up to a higher louder or somewhere. 182 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:12,440 I don't know why, but he is certainly much involved as 183 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,160 regional field supervisor for South Asia. 184 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,320 Brother Lane, we love you and appreciate, appreciate you. 185 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:28,520 You have left a big footprint, not just in India, but wherever 186 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,600 you go, wherever you go. And we're proud of that. 187 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,040 But anyway, you know, again, that was as far as I know, one 188 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,680 missionary right now. We got a missionary in in 189 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:47,120 Argentina. Got a missionary Cuba, getting 190 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,480 ready to have a missionary family in Honduras. 191 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:55,760 We got two missionary families or missionaries in Mexico. 192 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,560 We got the Irwins down in New Zealand. 193 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,480 We did have the marshals in Papua New Guinea, but now 194 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:09,240 they're in Shiloh. But anyway, and, and, and 195 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:16,520 brother, Sister Edmunds, Gary and Sandra Edmunds in Taiwan and 196 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,040 Brother Namie, Sister Namie, Mark and Deborah in the 197 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,560 Philippines. And I remember having the 198 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,280 opportunity to call him when we were needing a missionary in the 199 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,280 Philippines and he answered the phone and the very question in 200 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,480 essence, I asked him, I said, Are you ready to get involved in 201 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:36,960 Kingdom work or something like that? 202 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:41,200 Be a missionary. And right after that he's in the 203 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,560 Philippines, been there for a long time doing a tremendous 204 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,560 work, Amen. Randy and Deborah Watts are in 205 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:54,880 Rwanda, the the Azar family are in Beirut, Lebanon, Amen. 206 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,760 The Colveys, Brandon, Vanya, Esther and Hannah are in 207 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:04,160 Bulgaria and the Addams family from right here in Indiana, Amen 208 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:09,400 are in in Poland, Krakow, Tony and Rhonda and Brock. 209 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,440 And again, I'm proud of those stumbles. 210 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:17,920 Mark and Wanda stumble, Jordan and Lindsay and the kids, 211 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,680 Harrison, Helen and Henry are in Russia. 212 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,040 And let's not overlook brother and sister Spear. 213 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,640 What a what a testimony we could give about them the work that 214 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,000 they have done and are doing in Uganda, Brother sister roads 215 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:38,000 that are getting involved in Uganda, the Grims in Kenya, the 216 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:44,080 Marais in South Africa, the the Kraus family in the in Germany, 217 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,760 Augsburg, Mama, how we have spread our wings and I'm so 218 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,760 thankful for the assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ. 219 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,040 We are where we've never been before. 220 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,560 Souls are being reached. And I just told you while ago, I 221 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,960 believe someone's getting baptized right now in the name 222 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:09,640 of Jesus Christ, Amen. I don't know if any of y'all 223 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,200 bothered to look at your Facebook today or not, but on my 224 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,160 Facebook, soon as I got we out of church this morning, brother, 225 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:22,480 brother Spear had sent me a big old long record about they found 226 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,640 some islands off of Uganda and they made their way out to to 227 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,400 the islands. And he tells us in that report 228 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,760 that they're, they're limited to how many they allow on the 229 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,120 island. And he said they had already 230 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,080 travelled there to try to get in. 231 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,200 And they said, we've already, you know, it's all full. 232 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:49,200 And somebody began to pray and talk to the captain or whoever. 233 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,480 And so he took somebody away and put them in their place. 234 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,680 You don't think God works in mysterious ways, his wonders to 235 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,840 perform? Yes he does, Yes he does. 236 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:10,040 Yes he does. But anyway, I searched and 237 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:14,760 searched some time ago for the word missionary in the Bible. 238 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,040 You know, it's not there. The word missionary is not in 239 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,840 the someone, surely someone so important as a missionary work. 240 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,760 We would think somewhere it would be be published there in 241 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,520 the Bible teaching converts the word of God. 242 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:38,200 Anyway, in the book that familiar passage in Ephesians 4 243 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,040 and 11, you know what it is where the Bible says God gave 244 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:47,440 gifts unto unto the church, gifts unto the church 245 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,600 concerning. He gave some apostles and some 246 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,920 prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and some teachers. 247 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,520 I got to look into that one day and I thought, it doesn't say 248 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,120 missionary. It doesn't say some missionaries 249 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,960 and some apostles. But then I got to look at that 250 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:08,120 fivefold ministry and I, I thought, I think a missionary 251 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,000 that carries this Apostolic one God, Jesus name truth to people 252 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 who have never heard it is an apostle. 253 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,120 He fills that robe. He's not called a missionary, 254 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:23,200 maybe by the Bible, but he is by us. 255 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,200 I think the missionary who accepts the challenge to walk 256 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,360 among the heathen, among those who worship false gods, is a 257 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:39,200 prophet preaching the the to the people and delivering them from 258 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,240 the idolatrous ways. Probably a different kind of 259 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,520 lifestyles. I think he's a prophet. 260 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,920 I think the missionary who travels through a strange 261 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,480 country, and we know some of them, one of them is named 262 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,240 Jeremy Lane. He's he's, he's liable to going 263 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:07,040 anywhere as a what Was it 18 when you first did it or oh, it 264 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,640 was 20. Here I was thinking you were a 265 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:14,880 teenager. You were older, 20 years old. 266 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,480 Put a backpack on his shoulders and walked in India. 267 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:26,000 I wouldn't have done that because I'm not brave enough. 268 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,920 No, I wouldn't have done that because I'm not Jeremy Lang. 269 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,280 If I may respectfully just say Jeremy Lang. 270 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:42,680 And it was Jeremy Lang, Brother Lang that God spoke to, not in 271 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:47,800 the walls, not in the walls. So I think what our dear brother 272 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,400 Jeremy Lang, Brother Lang did could certainly be categorized 273 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,040 or labeled an evangelist, an evangelist. 274 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,280 And I think, I think a missioner goes to a country and 275 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:06,320 establishes a work and teaches words of truth and whatever in, 276 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,520 in some foreign country and, and gets them all gathered up and he 277 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,600 anoints them and blesses them. And then they go out from him 278 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,240 and establishes churches and starts teaching like what's 279 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,400 happening in Uganda right now. Amen. 280 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,800 I think they fit in the category of pastors, teachers. 281 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,880 So I think we got missionaries listed in our Bible and it's 282 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,520 right there in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 11. 283 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,480 Amen. The I read, I guess it was my 284 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,240 dictionary somewhere. I didn't put where I read it, 285 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:49,280 but a definition to as a missionary is a person sent on a 286 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:54,120 religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity 287 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:58,760 in a foreign country. That's what they label as a 288 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,440 missionary. It's very true that we have 289 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,800 those with a burden to travel to foreign countries again, like 290 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:13,160 our dear missionaries now that are represented right here for 291 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,440 the assemblies, Lord Jesus Christ. 292 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:19,840 But the real definition of a missionary is much deeper and 293 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:25,120 more important than just a board of a dozen men saying, we 294 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:30,680 appoint you to go to Timbuktu. Now it starts before that. 295 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,880 If it hadn't started before that, I'd rather not be involved 296 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,640 in even listening to them or talking to them about wanting to 297 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,000 go. Listen to what Jesus said in 298 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,120 Matthew 9 and verse 38, that familiar verse, Pray ye the 299 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,040 pray, pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send 300 00:23:54,040 --> 00:24:01,280 forth laborers into his harvest. It's been said, I've never tried 301 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,560 to figure it out. Maybe some of y'all can help me, 302 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,840 but I I'm almost certain I've heard it said that this is the 303 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:13,160 only prayer request that we have recorded that Jesus gave pray to 304 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,280 his apostles. Pray you therefore that the Lord 305 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,800 of the harvest will send forth laborers into his harvest. 306 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,920 Now that that two word expression send forth is so 307 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:31,360 interesting to me and has such a an interesting definition, I 308 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:34,080 guess we'll say I looked at Strong's. 309 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,320 He's a smart one about words. Mr. Strong says it's the Greek 310 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,240 word baalo. I may not be pronouncing that 311 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:47,200 right, but anyway, that's the way I pronounce it E KB Allo. 312 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:53,000 But anyway, and he said the word means to eject literally or 313 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,160 figuratively. It means bring forth. 314 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:01,320 It means cast forth out. It means drive out. 315 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,200 It means expel. It means thrust out. 316 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,480 It means put forth out. It means send away. 317 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,760 Amen. If, if you, if you've, if you've 318 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,120 received a call to become a mission or you're not going to 319 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,520 be able to take care of yourself, you're not going to be 320 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,600 able to sit still. You're not going to be able to 321 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,280 just come to church and pray and saying go back home. 322 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,400 It's going to bother you at night. 323 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,360 It's going to stir up your dreams. 324 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,000 Amen. You're going to feel because if 325 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,200 you're a missionary, it's the Lord Jesus Christ that's pushing 326 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,200 you out and saying, you got to go to Timbuktu. 327 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,320 You got to go. It's, you're not, it's not a 328 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,440 choice. It's not a decision. 329 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,720 It's a calling. It's a it's a holy function, a 330 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,560 holy calling. Such a person should be held in 331 00:25:54,560 --> 00:26:00,840 deep respect and daily prayer. I pray for every one of these 332 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:08,840 every day my mind only the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven is going 333 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,080 to reveal their reward waiting for them tomorrow. 334 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:20,040 I want to request, just pause right here and request a prayer 335 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,160 for Brother, Sister Spear. They don't know that I'm doing 336 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,400 this, of course, and maybe they'd rather I didn't do it, 337 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:33,200 but I just feel like doing it. Brother, Sister Spear labored 338 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,840 and labored and labored in Norway. 339 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,400 Just couldn't get anything built up, as it were. 340 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:47,320 And it even had some talking about, you know, that that 341 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,000 they're not, I don't know about maybe shouldn't say it that way, 342 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:56,760 but he's he's not succeeding. And I hear people talk like 343 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,280 that. I feel like saying shut your 344 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:03,600 mouth, shut your mouth. That work is not determined by 345 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:13,320 number. That's that's like saying my 346 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,640 church is bigger than yours or your church is bigger than mine. 347 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,680 Phooey. It doesn't matter if the church 348 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:24,720 is 25 or 2500 or 25,000. It's where we are and what we're 349 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:31,560 doing for God that matters. And God's not going to reward us 350 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,520 for the number we have in attendance. 351 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,240 He's going to reward us for how much we prayed, how much we 352 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,600 fasted, how much we preached, how much we've been obedient to 353 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:50,280 the Word of God. I told brother speared more than 354 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,840 once about the work there. Anyway, he got the bright idea 355 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:01,360 of sending out invitations to come to Norway and he had 356 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:06,240 several, several, several invitations from the Africans, 357 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,920 but they couldn't get out because of visas. 358 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:15,160 But after a while he was able to get they a few begin to come 359 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,360 sometime at the beginning. It's like two or three. 360 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,960 I believe the first ones and those that were coming were 361 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,200 Trinitarian pastors, Trinitarian people. 362 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,480 Oh, Trinitarian, you done gone to the wrong place. 363 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,520 If you want to stay at Trinitarian, you better stay 364 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:39,720 away from Sam and Betty Spear. Ever far as I know, Everlast, 365 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,160 and I don't know how many groups they had, they had several 366 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,600 groups that would come in and they'd stay around a few days 367 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,840 and, and sit in the room there and he'd begin to teach. 368 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,920 They'd begin to teach. And, and before they got back on 369 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,320 the plane and headed back to Uganda or somewhere, they'd been 370 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,040 out of one of those Fords or water holes and baptized in the 371 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,320 name of Jesus Christ. And if they needed it filled 372 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:06,080 with the Holy Ghost and went back home teaching one God. 373 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,600 Hey man, and they would say they would say to brother sheep 374 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,320 Brother Spear, you need to come over here and teach my church 375 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,160 this and one of the saddest thing I've heard more than once 376 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,760 about those Ugandans that was other Spears told me more than 377 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:27,360 once that those precious Trinitarian pastors that are 378 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,480 church some of them got several churches pastor of several 379 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,160 churches are over several churches and and no telling how 380 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,680 many times those pastors would tell brother Spear or whoever is 381 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,040 teaching. We have never been told this 382 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,680 before. We have never been told this 383 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,280 before. Well, I can tell you right now, 384 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,440 I tried to call for the spirit, couldn't get him, tried to 385 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,160 e-mail him, didn't he didn't answer. 386 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,400 I guess he was out there on the island. 387 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,280 He didn't have his computer with him or something. 388 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,480 But anyway, I wanted to get some direct numbers and, and 389 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,720 whatever. But anyway, I can the last time 390 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,440 I talked to him, which is probably maybe a month ago or 391 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,280 less now, he calls me every month or so. 392 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,280 Anyway, in the last account is I asked him about he said brother 393 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,680 walls. There's so many. 394 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,880 I've quit counting. I've quit counting. 395 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:23,400 Hey, man, it's it's amazing. It's amazing that those it's you 396 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,080 were talking about thousands. We're not talking about hundreds 397 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,640 or dozens. We're talking about thousands 398 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,120 and many, many hundreds, if not thousands are Trinitarian, 399 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,400 former Trinitarian pastors and teachers. 400 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,320 He's done. And it's all started in that 401 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:46,600 little place called Tall Norway, and look what it's become now. 402 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,240 It's awesome. There's no telling how large it 403 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,200 has become, and it's still going. 404 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:57,240 Pray for them because they have reached the age and they reached 405 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,400 the point of health problems that they are going to have to 406 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:08,560 step aside and let somebody else take over that responsibility. 407 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,520 Pray for them. That's not going to be an easy 408 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:17,360 thing for them to maybe this is probably streaming and I wish 409 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,840 maybe I should have said that. But anyway, pray, pray for them. 410 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:28,880 Please pray for them in visiting missionaries in their fields of 411 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,200 Labor, which we've had the honor of doing so numerous times. 412 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:40,760 One of the things that affects me when I go to have gone to 413 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,320 foreign fields is in, in look, see where they have to live or 414 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,560 do live and where they have to travel to preach. 415 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,920 And, and I kind of shake myself a little bit if it were as it 416 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,400 were, and say, how can anybody do this? 417 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:03,480 How can anybody do this? But I'm a bashful Missourian, I 418 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,320 guess. But and #2 because God didn't 419 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,720 whisper in my ear. He didn't push me out. 420 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,520 He pushed them. But how amazing it is. 421 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,920 I've watched them many, many of them. 422 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:21,720 I've watched them, how they act, how they react and and I can say 423 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,520 Randy and Deborah Watts belong in Rwanda. 424 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,920 I can say all the time that brother and sister laying him by 425 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,960 himself at first were in India. They belong there. 426 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,800 They belonged there. The Namies they belong in, in 427 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:49,400 the Philippines, God just wells them together. 428 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:55,240 They fit, they fit. Our prayers and support is 429 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,160 behind every missionary that's appointed by the department 430 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,280 because we know that they've heard from God and they're 431 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,360 obeying his will for their ministry. 432 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:11,480 So let me close here and then let's let's pray and commit 433 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,960 ourselves. I started with the question, Why 434 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,520 a missionary? My answer to that question is 435 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:23,640 who else will carry the gospel to some foreign country? 436 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:31,120 They don't need a visitor. They don't need a vacationer. 437 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:37,800 They need a missionary. Why a missioner? 438 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,080 How else will that Great Commission be carried out? 439 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,880 Why a missionary? How else could a native, shall I 440 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:55,320 say, in Argentina? Or I mentioned Timbuktu, I don't 441 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,040 know if we have anybody close to there. 442 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,720 But how else will that native in Argentina be exposed to the 443 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,480 truth and be in the rapture except a missionary? 444 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:10,040 Come and say, brother, sister, this is the way home, this is 445 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,920 the way home. And why a missionary? 446 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,600 Because of the scripture I read. Go ye into all the world and 447 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:22,480 preach the gospel to every creature and closely. 448 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,639 Let me say that you've read this before. 449 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:30,199 I have no memory about where I first found it or wrote it. 450 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,440 Read it. Every gospel writer was a 451 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,840 missionary. Everyone of them. 452 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,280 Every epistle that was written to a church was written to a 453 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,880 missionary church. Every church that's mentioned in 454 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:50,880 the New Testament except the Jerusalem church was a foreign 455 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,320 or a world missions church. Every epistle of the New 456 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:59,880 Testament is about missionary work in some degree. 457 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:05,560 Every epistle written in the New Testament was written by a 458 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:11,640 missionary. If there were no missionaries, I 459 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,680 guess we could say we'd have no reason for a New Testament. 460 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,160 That's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. 461 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:24,400 Every apostle except possibly James. 462 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:29,400 But every apostle became a missionary, a mission. 463 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:34,240 Everyone of them except 1. You remember who that is? 464 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:41,320 Of course, he became a traitor, sold our Lord for a few pieces 465 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,640 of silver. Thank God for missionaries and 466 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,640 thank God and thank you, pastor, for letting me share with you 467 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:55,720 our thoughts, our feelings. God help us, God help us. 468 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:03,600 God help us. Please stand with me, Lord. 469 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:12,040 This is such a important service tonight, such an important 470 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,080 gathering reason for a gathering. 471 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,080 I know I've stumbled through what I've tried to talk tonight, 472 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:27,520 but God, I ask for your spirit, for your presence, God, Lord, to 473 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,920 take over this service. We see all of these cards that 474 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:38,240 are laid out here on this table. They need support, they need 475 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,800 help. Amen. 476 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:47,000 His brother McGee said it'd be great if the missionary would 477 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,480 never have to come back home to travel around the world from 478 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:55,400 motel to motel and wherever, just to raise the funds to go. 479 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:02,120 Brother Gil, our Pastor Medoras made the expression, I wish we 480 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,040 could just send the hershes and take care of them ourselves. 481 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,560 Well, we'd have to take care of Mark and 1:00 to 2:00 and Jordan 482 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:17,840 and Lindsay too, three of them. But I would to God we could do 483 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,800 that. Boy, it would be wonderful. 484 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:26,080 Lord, if you talk to Mr. Elon Hurtnam Musk, tell him to pay 485 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:31,200 his tithes just one month to us and we take care of all those 486 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,480 missionaries. Bless those that are gathered, 487 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,840 these beautiful people here at the First Apostolic Church. 488 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:44,640 And as we come by and lay hands on these cards and call the 489 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:50,040 names of these missionaries, bless them, Lord, bless them, 490 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:56,080 Lord, may they, may they feel your presence as we pray here 491 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,400 tonight. Who knows what, what situation 492 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,880 they may be in, what need that they may have, May it be 493 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,760 supplied, God, for your glory, Jesus. 494 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,840 Jesus, Amen.