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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We are in the middle
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of an amazing series
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entitled Present Truth in Deuteronomy,
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so many lessons for our lives today!
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We're going to study today
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Remember, Do Not Forget.
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You say, "Pastor Derek, remember what?"
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Well, stay tuned because we'll learn
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some counsel from Moses
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that would not only bless
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the children of Israel,
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but will bless your life today.
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Welcome to Hope Sabbath School
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and welcome to the team.
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And you can tell I'm excited today, right?
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And the reason I'm excited
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is because one of our team members
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is going to be leading the discussion[br]today.
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And I just want to say, Sabina,
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I'm looking forward to the study.
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It's going to be a great study together.
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We're also happy to have
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some remote team members joining us.
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Travis, welcome from Michigan.
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Good to see you again, glad you're here.
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Puia, all the way from Hawaii.
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Pastor Puia, good to see you,[br]glad you're here.
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And, Jonathan, Maryland, good to see you
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from Maryland, Jonathan.
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And, you know, we're excited
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to have our remote team members
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because they expand the platform for us
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while we can only have
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a limited number here in the studio.
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But we're always happy to hear from you,
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our Hope Sabbath School members.
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My first note is from a Facebook page.
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Do you know, we have 180,000 followers
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on our Facebook page,
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and I was interested that it's about even,
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51 percent women, 49 percent men,
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and the greatest percentage,
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55 percent, are aged 25 to 44.
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So, we've got a lot of young adults
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joining us on Facebook.
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And Marge, we want to thank you
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for your comment on our Facebook page.
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Marge writes and says,
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"I discovered this show,
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Hope Sabbath School, late last year.
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Since then, I watch daily on your website.
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God has changed my life."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) "I was just baptized.
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I love you guys, the way
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you unpack the Scriptures
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and make application to our lives.
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I'm originally from the Philippines,
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but California is now my home.
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Blessings to all.
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Keep on blessing the world.[br]Thank you."
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Well, Marge, you brought joy
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to our hearts today.
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We're so thankful that you made
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a commitment to follow Jesus
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as your Savior and Lord,
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and you confessed that in baptism.
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God bless you as you continue
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to study with us,
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and to all of our Facebook community.
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That's a lot of people, isn't it, 180,000.
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Carmen writes to us from Canada
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and says, "I really do enjoy
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Hope Sabbath School,
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and I've been blessed.
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I belong to a small Adventist company
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located among Canada's[br]First Nation people.
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Please pray for us as we spread
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the gospel of Christ.
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We will continue to pray for you,
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your team, and Hope Sabbath School. Amen."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Carmen, thanks for writing to us.
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Your mission assignment there
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among Canada's First Nation peoples,
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God bless you in your work.
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Well, here's a note
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from a donor couple in Arizona.
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And, you know we don't read their names.
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We don't want to promote people,
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but we do want to say thank you,
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because we're a donor-supported ministry,
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especially at this time of year.
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If you're thinking about,
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"Can I be part of this miracle
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called Hope Sabbath School?"
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Absolutely. In fact, write to me
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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I'll tell you how you can be used by God
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to impact the world.
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Or, you can go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess,
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just click on the donate button and say,
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"I want to be part of the miracle."
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Well, here's a note from Arizona,
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"We want to tell you
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that Hope Sabbath School
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is a real blessing to our lives.
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We watch your program as part
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of our personal worship and Bible study.
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We utilize your notes
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when it's our turn to teach.
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We really appreciate
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the direct approach from Scriptures,
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that we can trust your teaching
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because it relies on God's Word." Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "We're sending you a gift
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as we've gotten a little bit of money.
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We felt like we should share this
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so you can continue your ministry.
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Thanks to the entire team,
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both those in front
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and behind the cameras,
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for all that you do,"
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and a gift of 1,440 dollars. Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) I want to just say thank you.
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You say, "Well, [we] were blessed,"
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but you chose to share that blessing
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so the gospel can go to the world.
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So, thank you so much.
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And thanks for encouraging
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our media team as well.
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They are an important part of our team.
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Sally...I don't know the last time
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we got an email from Borneo Island,
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Sarawak, East Malaysia.
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Well, Sally writes and says,
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"I came across this channel, and I found
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Hope Sabbath School on YouTube.
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I've watched other studies,
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but I like Hope Sabbath School the best."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "This is because[br]of the management,
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you read some of the testimonies,
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and the discussions are awesome.
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It's a blessing; thank you
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from Borneo Island." Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Over 200 countries we know
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using our Hope Channel app,
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so thank you for being part of our family.
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Here's one last note, from Illinois
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in the United States, Ricky writes.
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You say, "Tell us about Ricky."
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He said, "I'm a 68-year-old physician.
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I live near Hinsdale, Illinois.
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I often watch your program
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in preparation for Sabbath School.
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It brings joy to my heart
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and tears to my eyes.
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It's heartwarming in sincerity."
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Then notice this last sentence,
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"Thank you for the reassurance
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that salvation is a gift of God."
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Ricky, thanks for writing
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to us from Illinois.
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You know, it's really amazing, isn't it,
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to see the diversity
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of our global Hope Sabbath School family.
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Right now we need all of you
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to sing with us our theme song
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from Deuteronomy 31, verse 6,
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"Be strong and of good courage,
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do not fear nor be afraid of them;
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for the Lord your God,
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He is the One who goes with you.
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He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Well, I am looking forward
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to the study today.
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Sabina, something we ought to remember[br]and not forget.
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Why don't you lead us
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in prayer as we begin.
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(Sabina) Yes, my delight.
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I'm so excited to be here,
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but let's pray before we start
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the study, okay?
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Our heavenly Father,
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it's such a wonderful day
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You brought us together
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here in this studio.
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And, we really want to turn to You, Lord,
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we turn our hearts, our minds,
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everything in us, and we ask
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that Your Holy Spirit
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will be in our midst.
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Father God, there is nothing in us, Lord,
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that can bring salvation,
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but I know Your words
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and the experiences we share here
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that are inspired by Your words[br]may change lives.
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So, I pray, Lord, that You are
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going to be speaking to us,
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You will speak to those
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who will be watching us
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in a very special way, Lord.
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You help us grow more
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into knowing who You are,
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who You want us to be.
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And may this be, Lord, a blessing
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to those who will watch.
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In Your name I pray. Amen.
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Sabina) Okay, so today,
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as we start off this lesson,
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as we record it here in the studio,
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it happens to be my birthday.
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I know probably when the people
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who will be watching us,
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it's not going to be, any longer, the day;
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this is not a live show.
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But, I'm very excited
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because it happens also
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that it's usually, on my birthday,
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a time of reflection.
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It's a time when I usually take to spend,
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you know, in prayer with God
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reflecting about my past experiences
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and especially the ways
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that He has led me thus far.
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It's during my birthday
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when I kind of have that time
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to say, well, is there anything
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that I can do better?
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Is there anything that I have
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not yet, you know, adjusted in my life
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according to God's will?
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And most importantly,
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it's a time to be thankful
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because I can recall
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all the great things God has done for me.
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And for me, even as I stand here
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as part of Hope Sabbath School,
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it's part of the great works
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of God in my life.
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If it was not because of Jesus
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coming into my life,
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I wouldn't be here witnessing, right?
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(Derek) That's right.
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(Sabina) So, I'm thankful that it happens[br]to be my birthday.
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And, more than that, interestingly enough,
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the title of this lesson,
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as Pastor Derek was saying, is Remember.
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And it's not without a reason.
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When you look to the Scriptures,
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out of the 66 books of the Bible,
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Deuteronomy is one of the books where you
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see the word "remember" appear the most.
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I was checking here,
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the word "zakar" in Hebrew,
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which is the word that would translate[br]to "remember,"
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appears in the book of Deuteronomy[br]15 times,
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and this is just less than Psalms,
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Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah,
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but proportionately it's very close
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to Psalms, which is the first one.
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So, we can almost say
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that it's one of the books
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in which the word "zakar" or "remember"
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proportionately appears the most.
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So, there might be a reason
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why God has inspired those
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who have written the Word of God
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to really remember something
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using this book, right?
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So, to start off finding out
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why are those "remembers" so important,
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I'm going to ask Stephanie
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if Stephanie could take us
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to the book of Deuteronomy,
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chapter 8, verse 18,
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and we are going to start looking
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at the first type of remember
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that God has for us. Stephanie.
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(Stephanie) The New King James[br]Version says:
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(Sabina) Okay, so what is the type
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of remember already that we see here?
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Do you see something? Yes, Jason.
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(Jason) Well, we need to remember God,
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so we need to remember
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who's the One who is in charge,
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who is the One guiding us,
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who is the One that we have
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that relationship with.
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(Sabina) So, that's a remember God, right?
0:12:08.193,0:12:10.209
That's the first remember that we see.
0:12:10.209,0:12:12.978
We also have some other texts in the Bible
0:12:12.978,0:12:14.755
where there is a similar appeal.
0:12:14.755,0:12:16.824
Maybe, Pedro, would you take us
0:12:16.824,0:12:21.144
to Jeremiah, chapter 51:50,
0:12:21.144,0:12:24.956
and there we are going to find out
0:12:24.956,0:12:26.573
a little bit more about this type
0:12:26.573,0:12:31.147
of remember that God asks us to have.
0:12:31.147,0:12:32.274
(Pedro) I'll be reading
0:12:32.274,0:12:33.796
from the New King James Version,
0:12:33.796,0:12:38.062
Jeremiah 51:50, and it says:
0:12:50.614,0:12:52.580
(Sabina) And, is there anything else here
0:12:52.580,0:12:55.925
that you see that, compared[br]to remembering God,
0:12:55.925,0:13:00.052
stands out to you about this experience[br]that they had?
0:13:00.052,0:13:02.608
Maybe, why is it that they are
0:13:02.608,0:13:03.915
here in a distant land?
0:13:03.915,0:13:05.485
It says that they are away
0:13:05.485,0:13:08.493
from their special place, Jerusalem.
0:13:08.493,0:13:11.717
Why would it be important to remember?[br]Yes, Jason.
0:13:11.717,0:13:13.338
(Jason) Well, because they are not
0:13:13.338,0:13:14.393
in the place where God
0:13:14.393,0:13:15.530
originally had them be.
0:13:15.530,0:13:16.515
Because, if you look
0:13:16.515,0:13:18.236
at the context of Deuteronomy,
0:13:18.236,0:13:20.337
they are about to go into this land,
0:13:20.337,0:13:22.225
and that's where, the chosen land,
0:13:22.225,0:13:24.671
God's chosen people, and yet this verse
0:13:24.671,0:13:26.597
is telling them to remember
0:13:26.597,0:13:27.571
back to that place,
0:13:27.571,0:13:29.895
because when Jeremiah is writing this,
0:13:29.895,0:13:31.543
or the context he's writing it in,
0:13:31.543,0:13:33.128
they're not in that location.
0:13:33.128,0:13:34.907
(Sabina) Yes, thank you so much.
0:13:34.907,0:13:36.125
And now maybe, Kim,
0:13:36.125,0:13:40.170
would you take us to Ecclesiastes 12:1?
0:13:40.170,0:13:42.212
That's another text in Scripture also
0:13:42.212,0:13:46.052
that we can find a similar type[br]of remember.
0:13:46.052,0:13:47.398
(Kim) Yes, I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version:
0:14:01.558,0:14:03.232
(Sabina) Thank you so much, Kim.
0:14:03.232,0:14:05.444
And so, why do you think it's so important
0:14:05.444,0:14:07.796
to remember God, both in the good
0:14:07.796,0:14:09.975
and in the bad days?
0:14:09.975,0:14:11.388
(Jason) Well, in our lives,
0:14:11.388,0:14:14.745
we're going to have both good[br]and bad days,
0:14:14.745,0:14:16.690
and if we want that relationship,
0:14:16.690,0:14:18.617
that connection with God, to be strong,
0:14:18.617,0:14:20.676
we need to have that time of remembrance
0:14:20.676,0:14:22.118
back to the good days
0:14:22.118,0:14:24.287
to get us through the bad days
0:14:24.287,0:14:26.262
that we will have that are
0:14:26.262,0:14:28.063
just a part of life.
0:14:28.063,0:14:30.182
(Sabina) Okay, interesting, yeah.
0:14:30.182,0:14:32.046
(Derek) I think a lot of times, Sabina,
0:14:32.046,0:14:33.241
we try to figure out
0:14:33.241,0:14:35.718
the solutions to our problem
0:14:35.718,0:14:38.201
rather than the One who is the solution
0:14:38.201,0:14:39.849
to all of our problems.
0:14:39.849,0:14:41.328
And so, it's interesting,
0:14:41.328,0:14:43.321
it doesn't say, "Remember the things
0:14:43.321,0:14:46.088
that the Lord can do with...," no.
0:14:46.088,0:14:48.459
Just, "Remember the Lord your God."
0:14:48.459,0:14:51.016
And so there's that focus on God
0:14:51.016,0:14:53.350
who He is, as a God who loves us,
0:14:53.350,0:14:55.073
emptied heaven for us,
0:14:55.073,0:14:58.417
and just remember Him, connect with HIm.
0:14:58.417,0:14:59.669
(Sabina) Yeah, absolutely.
0:14:59.669,0:15:01.431
I was considering also, Pastor Derek,
0:15:01.431,0:15:02.744
because we are going to see
0:15:02.744,0:15:04.068
other types of remembers
0:15:04.068,0:15:06.090
that come up here in this book,
0:15:06.090,0:15:07.862
and here is the thing:
0:15:07.862,0:15:09.031
There is a special type
0:15:09.031,0:15:11.002
of remembering of the Lord
0:15:11.002,0:15:12.208
that is not for anything
0:15:12.208,0:15:14.191
He has done for us, right?
0:15:14.191,0:15:15.723
We just need to turn to Him
0:15:15.723,0:15:17.134
as we have been discussing
0:15:17.134,0:15:18.650
in the lessons before,
0:15:18.650,0:15:20.141
not necessarily for the things
0:15:20.141,0:15:21.243
He has done or not,
0:15:21.243,0:15:24.089
but simply because He's our Creator,[br]right?
0:15:24.089,0:15:25.067
Yes, Pedro.
0:15:25.067,0:15:26.145
(Pedro) We see here,
0:15:26.145,0:15:28.087
going back to the first text
0:15:28.087,0:15:30.252
in chapter 8 of Deuteronomy,
0:15:30.252,0:15:32.348
he's telling that, remember God
0:15:32.348,0:15:33.321
because He's the One
0:15:33.321,0:15:34.328
who gives you power.
0:15:34.328,0:15:36.182
Now, the power aspect here we can see,
0:15:36.182,0:15:37.705
he's talking about He is the One
0:15:37.705,0:15:38.629
who provides to us.
0:15:38.629,0:15:40.697
You know, He fed them in the wilderness.
0:15:40.697,0:15:42.353
He brought them water;
0:15:42.353,0:15:45.347
He brought them the support[br]that they needed.
0:15:45.347,0:15:46.451
During difficult times
0:15:46.451,0:15:47.504
and during good times,
0:15:47.504,0:15:48.838
we need to know where we can
0:15:48.838,0:15:50.634
draw our strength from,
0:15:50.634,0:15:52.344
and that's from the Lord.
0:15:52.344,0:15:55.780
(Sabina) Yes, Puia.
0:15:55.780,0:15:57.435
(Puia) Back from where we read
0:15:57.435,0:16:00.030
in Ecclesiastes 12 there,
0:16:00.030,0:16:02.725
God says, "Remember your Creator
0:16:02.725,0:16:04.064
in the days of your youth."
0:16:04.064,0:16:06.424
I believe this is very practical
0:16:06.424,0:16:08.423
for young people, because when we're young
0:16:08.423,0:16:11.428
we think that we're strong[br]and we're healthy,
0:16:11.428,0:16:13.030
and we think that that's how life
0:16:13.030,0:16:14.462
is always going to be.
0:16:14.462,0:16:17.127
But the truth is that we get old,
0:16:17.127,0:16:19.928
and then we're not as strong[br]as we used to be.
0:16:19.928,0:16:21.727
And I think it's very important
0:16:21.727,0:16:24.662
to remember that one day we will be weak.
0:16:24.662,0:16:26.250
One day we will not be able to do
0:16:26.250,0:16:27.349
the things that we were
0:16:27.349,0:16:28.777
able to do when we were young.
0:16:28.777,0:16:31.056
So, serve God and remember God
0:16:31.056,0:16:32.592
when you have the strength
0:16:32.592,0:16:34.049
and all the might.
0:16:34.049,0:16:34.915
(Sabina) Exactly.
0:16:34.915,0:16:36.427
(Derek) It's also true,
0:16:36.427,0:16:38.059
Puia's correct, of course,
0:16:38.059,0:16:40.528
but you may not live to be old.
0:16:40.528,0:16:45.279
So, remembering Him now,
0:16:45.279,0:16:47.019
connect with Him now,
0:16:47.019,0:16:49.600
because today is actually the only gift
0:16:49.600,0:16:51.437
we know we have for sure.
0:16:51.437,0:16:54.571
(Sabina) Yes. Amen. Absolutely.
0:16:54.571,0:16:56.668
And one interesting thing also...
0:16:56.668,0:16:58.393
Jonathan, first you speak,
0:16:58.393,0:16:59.865
then I can share.
0:16:59.865,0:17:02.915
(Jonathan) Okay, I was just thinking
0:17:02.915,0:17:04.630
about all the different verses,
0:17:04.630,0:17:06.201
but the one that struck me first
0:17:06.201,0:17:09.247
was Deuteronomy 8:18 where it talked
0:17:09.247,0:17:11.325
about wealth, gaining wealth.
0:17:11.325,0:17:14.362
I know, if anybody had thought
0:17:14.362,0:17:15.562
about getting a house
0:17:15.562,0:17:18.217
in the last few weeks or months,
0:17:18.217,0:17:20.287
it is pretty crazy right now.
0:17:20.287,0:17:21.762
And my wife and I are
0:17:21.762,0:17:22.789
kind of in a position
0:17:22.789,0:17:24.325
where we're okay where we are,
0:17:24.325,0:17:26.280
but we really need to be at some point.
0:17:26.280,0:17:28.928
And just reading that it is God
0:17:28.928,0:17:30.884
who promises to take care of us,
0:17:30.884,0:17:32.605
we can look in the past and see
0:17:32.605,0:17:34.863
how He has, in our lives,
0:17:34.863,0:17:36.218
in all these different ways.
0:17:36.218,0:17:38.826
And so, just like we said,
0:17:38.826,0:17:40.307
in every area of our life,
0:17:40.307,0:17:42.243
we can look back and say, "Wow, Lord,
0:17:42.243,0:17:43.512
You've taken care of me."
0:17:43.512,0:17:45.741
Okay, I can trust the craziness
0:17:45.741,0:17:47.072
of the housing situation
0:17:47.072,0:17:50.003
and whatever else in my life to Him.
0:17:50.003,0:17:51.761
(Sabina) Yes, so, and not only,
0:17:51.761,0:17:52.946
as you were sharing,
0:17:52.946,0:17:54.230
in bad times or when we are
0:17:54.230,0:17:56.187
in challenges when we may need something,
0:17:56.187,0:17:58.004
but also simply for who He is
0:17:58.004,0:17:59.455
in the good days as He has
0:17:59.455,0:18:01.191
something to offer to us.
0:18:01.191,0:18:03.720
And that's not just simply[br]material things,
0:18:03.720,0:18:05.308
but it's a relationship.
0:18:05.308,0:18:06.306
And that relationship
0:18:06.306,0:18:08.836
is much more important than whatever it is
0:18:08.836,0:18:10.977
that He can give to us, right?
0:18:10.977,0:18:13.644
So, let's continue looking here[br]in Scripture,
0:18:13.644,0:18:15.284
another type of remember.
0:18:15.284,0:18:17.191
Now that we have established already
0:18:17.191,0:18:18.827
that it's simply important
0:18:18.827,0:18:20.094
to acknowledge God -
0:18:20.094,0:18:21.621
that's not a remember of, oh,
0:18:21.621,0:18:23.307
you had forgotten that God exists;
0:18:23.307,0:18:25.138
it's to acknowledge Him in your ways -
0:18:25.138,0:18:27.297
what other types of remembers
0:18:27.297,0:18:29.390
has Moses written here
0:18:29.390,0:18:32.111
for us to remember?
0:18:32.111,0:18:35.602
So, maybe, Daniel, if you could take us
0:18:35.602,0:18:41.064
to Deuteronomy, chapter 24, verse 18.
0:18:41.064,0:18:42.395
(Daniel) And I'll be reading
0:18:42.395,0:18:44.503
from the New King James Version.
0:18:44.503,0:18:46.223
Deuteronomy 24:18 says:
0:18:55.449,0:18:58.109
(Sabina) Awesome. So, what other type
0:18:58.109,0:19:02.901
of remember do we see here? Yes, Pedro.
0:19:02.901,0:19:05.061
(Pedro) We see that God is trying
0:19:05.061,0:19:06.376
to help him to remember
0:19:06.376,0:19:07.823
where they're coming from.
0:19:07.823,0:19:08.978
You know, "I'm the One
0:19:08.978,0:19:10.727
who delivered you from slavery.
0:19:10.727,0:19:13.423
You had a life before you encountered Me,
0:19:13.423,0:19:14.556
and I want you to know
0:19:14.556,0:19:16.157
that I'm here to help you.
0:19:16.157,0:19:17.708
I'm here to rescue,
0:19:17.708,0:19:19.284
and I'm here to deliver you
0:19:19.284,0:19:20.829
from your condition
0:19:20.829,0:19:22.206
that you put yourself in."
0:19:22.206,0:19:25.498
(Sabina) Okay. Puia, I saw your hand.
0:19:25.498,0:19:28.180
(Puia) Yes, I believe this text,
0:19:28.180,0:19:30.982
in the context of where this is written,
0:19:30.982,0:19:32.969
if we read the previous verse,
0:19:32.969,0:19:34.428
God is talking to them
0:19:34.428,0:19:37.052
about how they are to relate
0:19:37.052,0:19:38.830
to others, like strangers,
0:19:38.830,0:19:40.317
the fatherless, the widows,
0:19:40.317,0:19:42.235
the most vulnerable groups
0:19:42.235,0:19:43.948
of people in the society.
0:19:43.948,0:19:45.604
And He told them, "Remember
0:19:45.604,0:19:46.654
where you were from.
0:19:46.654,0:19:48.418
Remember where I delivered you from."
0:19:48.418,0:19:50.490
So, "As you relate to others,
0:19:50.490,0:19:51.850
remember that I saved you,
0:19:51.850,0:19:54.339
so be kind to others, too."
0:19:54.339,0:19:55.900
(Sabina) Yes. Jason.
0:19:55.900,0:19:56.996
(Jason) And in addition
0:19:56.996,0:19:59.254
to the Who saved them,
0:19:59.254,0:20:00.610
it's also how He saved them.
0:20:00.610,0:20:01.473
So, it's important
0:20:01.473,0:20:02.999
they remember the whole process,
0:20:02.999,0:20:04.762
because it's not like God just spoke,
0:20:04.762,0:20:05.713
and they left Egypt.
0:20:05.713,0:20:06.905
There was a whole process
0:20:06.905,0:20:07.813
that went on there,
0:20:07.813,0:20:09.593
with the plagues, with the Red Sea.
0:20:09.593,0:20:10.903
And so, this is a pattern
0:20:10.903,0:20:12.728
that's important because sometimes,
0:20:12.728,0:20:15.242
later in life when they're in a good spot,
0:20:15.242,0:20:17.262
or maybe they're going through struggles,
0:20:17.262,0:20:18.550
it's important to remember,
0:20:18.550,0:20:20.073
they'd been in struggles before,
0:20:20.073,0:20:22.028
and God has rescued them in a mighty way,
0:20:22.028,0:20:24.074
even when it seemed hopeless.
0:20:24.074,0:20:26.679
(Sabina) Yes, amazing, that's really true.
0:20:26.679,0:20:28.591
If we continue looking now
0:20:28.591,0:20:29.977
at Deuteronomy 5:15,
0:20:29.977,0:20:31.090
we are going to see
0:20:31.090,0:20:32.496
that this is a pattern.
0:20:32.496,0:20:33.833
Stephanie, would you please
0:20:33.833,0:20:36.039
read for us Deuteronomy 5:15?
0:20:36.039,0:20:37.814
(Stephanie) Sure, and I'll be reading
0:20:37.814,0:20:39.361
from the New King James Version:
0:20:56.674,0:20:58.025
(Sabina) Okay, so, what else
0:20:58.025,0:21:00.816
in this particular text can we learn?
0:21:00.816,0:21:04.473
Do you see something special here, too?[br]Yes, Pedro.
0:21:04.473,0:21:06.968
(Pedro) We see here that this chapter
0:21:06.968,0:21:09.686
is a revision of the Ten Commandments,
0:21:09.686,0:21:11.393
and it's very interesting to see
0:21:11.393,0:21:13.851
that the fourth commandment
0:21:13.851,0:21:17.201
being mentioned here is addressed
0:21:17.201,0:21:19.448
differently from the Ten Commandments
0:21:19.448,0:21:22.239
in the book of Exodus.
0:21:22.239,0:21:23.765
There's no change, in some ways,
0:21:23.765,0:21:24.913
of the Ten Commandments,
0:21:24.913,0:21:26.909
it's just that there was an emphasis here,
0:21:26.909,0:21:28.255
different from the emphasis
0:21:28.255,0:21:30.532
of the other mentioning.
0:21:30.532,0:21:34.241
The first time it was written, in Exodus,
0:21:34.241,0:21:35.816
it is mentioning God as a Creator
0:21:35.816,0:21:38.219
and the importance for us to worship Him
0:21:38.219,0:21:40.113
on the Sabbath day as a Creator.
0:21:40.113,0:21:41.864
And here it's showing you
0:21:41.864,0:21:44.151
it's the same aspect of worshiping God,
0:21:44.151,0:21:45.512
but not only as our Creator
0:21:45.512,0:21:47.346
but also as our Redeemer,
0:21:47.346,0:21:49.291
the One who saves us from our sins,
0:21:49.291,0:21:51.122
saves us from the slavery of sin.
0:21:51.122,0:21:53.136
Or, in their case here, reminding them
0:21:53.136,0:21:54.136
that, "I was the One
0:21:54.136,0:21:55.684
who brought you out of slavery."
0:21:55.684,0:21:57.607
(Sabina) Amen. We are going to look more
0:21:57.607,0:21:59.314
into that particular topic,
0:21:59.314,0:22:00.335
but, yeah, it's true.
0:22:00.335,0:22:02.349
That's an important shift
0:22:02.349,0:22:03.814
on the perspective of why they
0:22:03.814,0:22:05.152
should keep the Sabbath
0:22:05.152,0:22:07.195
and what could be the remember
0:22:07.195,0:22:10.407
that they would bring to their hearts now.
0:22:10.407,0:22:11.460
Also, then, let's look
0:22:11.460,0:22:16.048
at Deuteronomy 16:12, and maybe, Kim,
0:22:16.048,0:22:17.967
if you could take us there.
0:22:17.967,0:22:19.853
And we are going to start thinking,
0:22:19.853,0:22:22.092
why is it that it's important to us
0:22:22.092,0:22:23.753
to have a similar attitude
0:22:23.753,0:22:25.450
in remembering, also? Yes.
0:22:25.450,0:22:26.766
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading
0:22:26.766,0:22:28.789
from the English Standard Version:
0:22:36.616,0:22:39.319
(Sabina) Okay, so what dol we see
0:22:39.319,0:22:41.141
in this particular Scripture here
0:22:41.141,0:22:43.722
that we can maybe relate
0:22:43.722,0:22:46.098
to our own experience?
0:22:46.098,0:22:47.550
Can you relate with someone
0:22:47.550,0:22:50.893
who has been a slave? Yes, Puia.
0:22:50.893,0:22:53.153
(Puia) Well, I have not been a slave,
0:22:53.153,0:22:54.933
to answer your last question there,
0:22:54.933,0:22:57.352
but I believe personally,
0:22:57.352,0:22:58.801
how I believe these texts
0:22:58.801,0:23:01.301
are applicable for my life
0:23:01.301,0:23:04.050
is that it reminds me
0:23:04.050,0:23:07.840
to remember my humble beginnings,
0:23:07.840,0:23:10.547
where God called me from
0:23:10.547,0:23:12.540
and how He had led me.
0:23:12.540,0:23:18.995
So, it in a way prevents me from pride
0:23:18.995,0:23:20.091
to remember that, oh,
0:23:20.091,0:23:22.459
I came from humble beginnings.
0:23:22.459,0:23:26.181
So, I need to continually depend on God,
0:23:26.181,0:23:28.111
even if He leads me to places
0:23:28.111,0:23:30.259
that I never expected to be.
0:23:30.259,0:23:32.648
And I think the word remember, itself,
0:23:32.648,0:23:35.086
kind of points out that we tend
0:23:35.086,0:23:36.517
to forget as human beings.
0:23:36.517,0:23:38.500
So, I think that's a very important word
0:23:38.500,0:23:40.114
for us, even today.
0:23:40.114,0:23:41.594
(Sabina) Yes, Daniel.
0:23:41.594,0:23:43.497
(Daniel) I'm sure that though none of us
0:23:43.497,0:23:45.216
have been slaves, literal slaves,
0:23:45.216,0:23:47.030
but we've all been slaves to sin.
0:23:47.030,0:23:48.648
And this is just a reminder for us
0:23:48.648,0:23:50.122
that God has delivered us
0:23:50.122,0:23:51.548
from whatever sins that we've
0:23:51.548,0:23:53.172
been dealing with in the past.
0:23:53.172,0:23:54.931
And it brings us hope for the future.
0:23:54.931,0:23:57.043
(Sabina) Yes, thank you, Daniel.[br]Yes, Jason.
0:23:57.043,0:23:58.250
(Jason) Yes, and building
0:23:58.250,0:24:00.031
off this idea from Daniel,
0:24:00.031,0:24:02.542
I've never been a physical slave
0:24:02.542,0:24:05.554
in the sense that the Hebrew people were;
0:24:05.554,0:24:07.404
however, we've been slaves,
0:24:07.404,0:24:08.843
not just to sin, but sometimes
0:24:08.843,0:24:11.086
even to the opinions of other people,
0:24:11.086,0:24:13.845
or even slaves to our jobs,
0:24:13.845,0:24:18.890
or possibly even slaves to "good" things[br]at times.
0:24:18.890,0:24:21.541
So, we all probably have a story
0:24:21.541,0:24:23.245
of how we've been rescued,
0:24:23.245,0:24:24.866
we've been redeemed from something
0:24:24.866,0:24:26.211
that we were a "slave"
0:24:26.211,0:24:27.965
or we were in bondage to.
0:24:27.965,0:24:29.739
(Sabina) Yes, absolutely.
0:24:29.739,0:24:32.369
And maybe to discuss further[br]on that topic,
0:24:32.369,0:24:36.512
why don't we read together[br]Ephesians, chapter 2.
0:24:36.512,0:24:37.440
We're going to read
0:24:37.440,0:24:40.921
from verse 1 to verse 13.
0:24:40.921,0:24:44.382
So, Ephesians 2, verses 1 to 13,
0:24:44.382,0:24:47.219
and maybe, Kim, if you
0:24:47.219,0:24:48.846
could take us there.
0:24:48.846,0:24:50.796
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading
0:24:50.796,0:24:52.907
from the English Standard Version,
0:24:52.907,0:24:56.735
Ephesians, chapter 2, verses 1 through 13:
0:26:16.424,0:26:18.481
Okay, verse 11:
0:26:49.990,0:26:50.875
(Derek) Amen.
0:26:50.875,0:26:52.400
(Sabina) Thank you so much, Kim.
0:26:52.400,0:26:53.767
So, we see here, it's true
0:26:53.767,0:26:56.272
that we have not been slaves in Egypt.
0:26:56.272,0:26:57.573
Maybe some of those
0:26:57.573,0:26:59.055
who are watching us today
0:26:59.055,0:27:01.120
may have experienced living in slavery.
0:27:01.120,0:27:02.785
It is true that it's a real problem
0:27:02.785,0:27:05.071
even nowadays, unfortunately,
0:27:05.071,0:27:06.428
and we should pray for those
0:27:06.428,0:27:07.845
who are in that position.
0:27:07.845,0:27:09.627
But I think none of us has been part
0:27:09.627,0:27:11.338
of this particular group that we are
0:27:11.338,0:27:13.150
reading of here in the Bible, correct?
0:27:13.150,0:27:15.544
But, it is true that it is
0:27:15.544,0:27:17.973
still very important that we remember
0:27:17.973,0:27:19.994
the ways in which, even today,
0:27:19.994,0:27:22.309
God has delivered us from something.
0:27:22.309,0:27:23.941
And why would you say that?
0:27:23.941,0:27:25.125
Why is it so important
0:27:25.125,0:27:29.640
that we would bring that to our minds?
0:27:29.640,0:27:33.073
(Derek) I'm thinking of the Apostle Paul,[br]Sabina.
0:27:33.073,0:27:34.806
Three times in the book of Acts
0:27:34.806,0:27:36.860
he gives his testimony.
0:27:36.860,0:27:38.179
And you could say,
0:27:38.179,0:27:40.061
"We already heard it in chapter 9,"
0:27:40.061,0:27:42.047
but he tells it again and again.
0:27:42.047,0:27:47.032
I think it's important for two reasons.
0:27:47.032,0:27:49.288
One, I think it reaffirms
0:27:49.288,0:27:50.903
in our own hearts how good
0:27:50.903,0:27:53.007
God has been to us.
0:27:53.007,0:27:54.610
Like, Daniel said, He's
0:27:54.610,0:27:57.669
delivered us from bondage.
0:27:57.669,0:27:59.775
But it's also very powerful
0:27:59.775,0:28:02.346
for people around us,
0:28:02.346,0:28:05.214
because we call that a testimony, right?
0:28:05.214,0:28:08.414
It's our testimony of what God has done[br]in our lives,
0:28:08.414,0:28:10.650
and I think that's why Paul
0:28:10.650,0:28:12.608
is constantly sharing; he says,
0:28:12.608,0:28:14.511
"I'm the worst of sinners," you know,
0:28:14.511,0:28:17.031
"Christ died..., I'm the chief one."
0:28:17.031,0:28:19.275
And people are moved
0:28:19.275,0:28:20.763
by that kind of testimony.
0:28:20.763,0:28:24.274
So, I think the human response would be,
0:28:24.274,0:28:26.245
"I don't want to talk about my mistakes."
0:28:26.245,0:28:28.459
Well, we shouldn't glorify them,
0:28:28.459,0:28:30.084
but we should be willing to say,
0:28:30.084,0:28:34.313
"This is where I was when Jesus found me.
0:28:34.313,0:28:36.501
And this is what He did for me,
0:28:36.501,0:28:39.259
and here is where I am now,"[br]that's my testimony.
0:28:39.259,0:28:41.019
(Sabina) Yes, and also, Pastor Derek,
0:28:41.019,0:28:43.086
what I'm thinking is that not only do you
0:28:43.086,0:28:44.536
show to other people,
0:28:44.536,0:28:46.038
but also it will change the way
0:28:46.038,0:28:48.601
that we deal with others.
0:28:48.601,0:28:50.345
Just as God was using
0:28:50.345,0:28:51.969
this particular verse here
0:28:51.969,0:28:54.078
to help them understand
0:28:54.078,0:28:56.978
why they should treat others
0:28:56.978,0:29:00.799
unlike they were treated,
0:29:00.799,0:29:02.788
so, in the same manner, when we consider
0:29:02.788,0:29:04.402
God's grace in our lives,
0:29:04.402,0:29:06.842
we also are going to extend grace[br]to others, right?
0:29:06.842,0:29:07.726
(Team) Yes.
0:29:07.726,0:29:09.642
(Sabina) I'm curious to hear
0:29:09.642,0:29:12.392
some of the stories here in our group.
0:29:12.392,0:29:15.431
Jonathan, do you have a story?
0:29:15.431,0:29:17.438
(Jonathan) While I am thinking of a story,
0:29:17.438,0:29:18.744
although I probably could,
0:29:18.744,0:29:20.468
I was just thinking how, in verse 7,
0:29:20.468,0:29:23.188
you get this picture that in the future
0:29:23.188,0:29:24.484
when we're in heaven,
0:29:24.484,0:29:30.889
we'll be for eternal ages rejoicing,
0:29:30.889,0:29:34.103
and that will be the glory of Christ,
0:29:34.103,0:29:36.026
is seeing what He did in our lives.
0:29:36.026,0:29:38.691
And just throughout heaven's eternal ages,
0:29:38.691,0:29:40.523
that will be not what we've done
0:29:40.523,0:29:42.081
but what He's done in our lives.
0:29:42.081,0:29:44.615
It's kind of a picture that amazed me.
0:29:44.615,0:29:47.064
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, Jason.
0:29:47.064,0:29:50.048
(Jason) So, I used to be a slave
0:29:50.048,0:29:53.711
to the opinions of others.
0:29:53.711,0:29:55.739
And I still, it matters, you know,
0:29:55.739,0:29:57.997
what other people think,[br]maybe in relationship
0:29:57.997,0:30:00.190
to being a good witness to Christ.
0:30:00.190,0:30:01.748
But I remember many times
0:30:01.748,0:30:03.568
I would be too afraid to do something,
0:30:03.568,0:30:05.292
whether it was right or wrong,
0:30:05.292,0:30:08.447
simply because of what another person[br]thought.
0:30:08.447,0:30:10.522
If a friend thought
0:30:10.522,0:30:12.227
that this would be uncool,
0:30:12.227,0:30:13.492
I wouldn't want to do it.
0:30:13.492,0:30:15.208
Or, if they thought, "I saw a friend
0:30:15.208,0:30:17.306
wearing their hat backwards,"
0:30:17.306,0:30:19.425
I would want to wear my hat backwards.
0:30:19.425,0:30:21.035
And it's not so much whether it's
0:30:21.035,0:30:22.442
right or wrong, the behavior,
0:30:22.442,0:30:23.694
but it's, I was doing this
0:30:23.694,0:30:25.059
because I cared so much
0:30:25.059,0:30:27.303
about what this other person thought.
0:30:27.303,0:30:29.123
Or, I wanted to wear my shirt this way
0:30:29.123,0:30:31.571
because this is how another person did.
0:30:31.571,0:30:33.100
And so, there was a time, yeah,
0:30:33.100,0:30:34.666
when I wasn't a physical slave,
0:30:34.666,0:30:36.705
but I was a slave to the opinion[br]of others.
0:30:36.705,0:30:37.609
And I basically had
0:30:37.609,0:30:38.817
to go through experiences
0:30:38.817,0:30:40.455
where I realized it doesn't matter
0:30:40.455,0:30:41.690
what other people think;
0:30:41.690,0:30:43.370
what matters is what God thinks.
0:30:43.370,0:30:45.059
(Sabina, Team) Amen.
0:30:45.059,0:30:46.507
(Derek) That's a breakthrough.
0:30:46.507,0:30:47.767
(Sabina) So, anyone else
0:30:47.767,0:30:49.871
with a beautiful experience[br]of deliverance,
0:30:49.871,0:30:52.541
where God has delivered you so far?
0:30:52.541,0:30:57.421
I'm sure you have been delivered[br]of something.
0:30:57.421,0:30:58.321
Well, I can say...
0:30:58.321,0:30:59.805
(Derek) Travis, I think...
0:30:59.805,0:31:04.087
(Sabina) Oh, Travis, go ahead, share.
0:31:04.087,0:31:05.694
(Travis) Well, God has
0:31:05.694,0:31:09.191
delivered me in many ways.
0:31:09.191,0:31:11.120
I think there's a verse in the Bible
0:31:11.120,0:31:13.446
that says, "God, I can't
0:31:13.446,0:31:15.065
count the ways," right?
0:31:15.065,0:31:18.382
Well, that's kind of where I am[br]in my walk,
0:31:18.382,0:31:22.274
but I know that I'm not the man
0:31:22.274,0:31:26.821
that I want to be, and I desire[br]to be a godly man.
0:31:26.821,0:31:30.513
But as I look back at my past,
0:31:30.513,0:31:32.297
I do recognize that there are things
0:31:32.297,0:31:35.890
that I don't do now
0:31:35.890,0:31:37.734
that I used to do before.
0:31:37.734,0:31:41.426
And that can only be explained
0:31:41.426,0:31:43.080
by the fact that God
0:31:43.080,0:31:46.778
is a loving, miracle-working God,
0:31:46.778,0:31:51.109
and He's promised to finish the work[br]in all of us.
0:31:51.109,0:31:53.535
But I hang on that promise all the time.
0:31:53.535,0:31:55.980
I'm just thankful that, while I may
0:31:55.980,0:31:57.866
not be where I want to be,
0:31:57.866,0:31:59.849
that I see things falling off,
0:31:59.849,0:32:03.037
the closer and closer that I get to Jesus,
0:32:03.037,0:32:05.020
and the more and more I walk with Him.
0:32:05.020,0:32:06.486
And for me, that's
0:32:06.486,0:32:08.216
just been an amazing journey.
0:32:08.216,0:32:09.326
(Sabina) Wow, thank you
0:32:09.326,0:32:11.110
so much for sharing, Travis.
0:32:11.110,0:32:13.151
I was sharing also that I,
0:32:13.151,0:32:14.437
when I look to my life,
0:32:14.437,0:32:15.935
it's like Travis was sharing,
0:32:15.935,0:32:16.934
there are many things
0:32:16.934,0:32:19.658
I can kind of recall, you know, events
0:32:19.658,0:32:20.518
of things that God
0:32:20.518,0:32:22.496
was changing my course.
0:32:22.496,0:32:24.686
But certainly I think that the main one
0:32:24.686,0:32:26.400
is when I came to Jesus.
0:32:26.400,0:32:27.817
He changed my course
0:32:27.817,0:32:30.017
and delivered me from meaninglessness
0:32:30.017,0:32:31.655
and gave me a mission.
0:32:31.655,0:32:33.204
So, a person who is walking,
0:32:33.204,0:32:36.739
not exactly knowing what they were[br]about in life,
0:32:36.739,0:32:38.196
who are seeking for meaning,
0:32:38.196,0:32:41.157
who are seeking for direction,
0:32:41.157,0:32:42.404
God gave me a mission,
0:32:42.404,0:32:43.929
and this mission is still valid.
0:32:43.929,0:32:44.980
It's been now 20 years
0:32:44.980,0:32:46.522
since I came to Jesus,
0:32:46.522,0:32:48.661
and this mission only grows and grows.
0:32:48.661,0:32:51.318
So, He not only delivers us from sin,
0:32:51.318,0:32:52.485
but He can deliver us
0:32:52.485,0:32:53.933
from, as Jason was saying,
0:32:53.933,0:32:55.836
a kind of self-consciousness
0:32:55.836,0:32:58.338
or excessive consideration of things
0:32:58.338,0:33:00.029
we shouldn't be considering
0:33:00.029,0:33:03.347
or sin of any sort, or in my case,[br]as I was saying,
0:33:03.347,0:33:05.028
a sense of meaninglessness
0:33:05.028,0:33:06.470
and giving me a mission.
0:33:06.470,0:33:07.710
So, I'm sure that whoever
0:33:07.710,0:33:08.689
is watching us today
0:33:08.689,0:33:10.603
may have so many stories of ways
0:33:10.603,0:33:12.947
that God has delivered you thus far;
0:33:12.947,0:33:15.199
even if you have not been[br]a slave in Egypt,
0:33:15.199,0:33:17.821
you can bring that to your memory, right?
0:33:17.821,0:33:21.830
And let's look a little further,[br]then, in Scriptures,
0:33:21.830,0:33:24.156
because, not only we are going
0:33:24.156,0:33:25.486
to acknowledge that we are
0:33:25.486,0:33:27.588
supposed to remember the ways
0:33:27.588,0:33:29.298
that God has delivered us,
0:33:29.298,0:33:31.840
but also this is part of remembering
0:33:31.840,0:33:34.692
our past history of the Lord, right?
0:33:34.692,0:33:35.880
So maybe, Pedro, if you
0:33:35.880,0:33:40.636
would take us to Deuteronomy 32:7.
0:33:40.636,0:33:41.850
So, we'll be reading
0:33:41.850,0:33:44.474
from Deuteronomy 32:7 and learn
0:33:44.474,0:33:47.340
a little more about this remember
0:33:47.340,0:33:48.787
that God has for us.
0:33:48.787,0:33:50.194
(Pedro) Sure, I'll be reading
0:33:50.194,0:33:52.834
from the New King James Version,
0:33:52.834,0:33:55.652
Deuteronomy 32:7, and it says:
0:34:08.821,0:34:10.419
(Sabina) Okay, so what is it
0:34:10.419,0:34:17.715
that Moses is calling, here,[br]the people to do?
0:34:17.715,0:34:18.885
(Sabina) Yes, Stephanie.
0:34:18.885,0:34:20.314
(Stephanie) Remember the past.
0:34:20.314,0:34:22.173
(Sabina) Remember the past. Yes, Pedro.
0:34:22.173,0:34:23.836
(Pedro) Reading this, it reminds me
0:34:23.836,0:34:26.351
of reading my Bible, because looking
0:34:26.351,0:34:28.071
to "consider many generations."
0:34:28.071,0:34:29.416
Ask what your parents have
0:34:29.416,0:34:30.605
gone through in the past.
0:34:30.605,0:34:31.682
But I think we have
0:34:31.682,0:34:34.267
a collection of history here
0:34:34.267,0:34:37.365
of how God's people have been affected
0:34:37.365,0:34:40.224
by choosing God and also not choosing him,
0:34:40.224,0:34:41.544
and take into consideration
0:34:41.544,0:34:43.324
and take the right act.
0:34:43.324,0:34:46.931
(Sabina) Yes, I see Travis' hand up.
0:34:46.931,0:34:48.230
(Travis) I'm thinking, too,
0:34:48.230,0:34:49.626
as we're reading this,
0:34:49.626,0:34:52.236
that God is telling us
0:34:52.236,0:34:54.965
this isn't just biblical history
0:34:54.965,0:34:56.150
that we could look into.
0:34:56.150,0:34:58.586
I mean, we have religious leaders,
0:34:58.586,0:35:00.484
I have religious mentors
0:35:00.484,0:35:03.655
and people who are older than me,
0:35:03.655,0:35:05.960
who've had past experiences,
0:35:05.960,0:35:08.777
and it's great to seek counsel.
0:35:08.777,0:35:10.166
You know, when it's the past,
0:35:10.166,0:35:11.763
or we can look at the Reformation
0:35:11.763,0:35:13.604
over the years and things like that
0:35:13.604,0:35:16.488
and see where God has led people[br]in the past
0:35:16.488,0:35:17.600
and see where people
0:35:17.600,0:35:18.775
have failed in the past,
0:35:18.775,0:35:20.542
because in that we can gain knowledge
0:35:20.542,0:35:21.956
for the future.
0:35:21.956,0:35:23.914
(Sabina) Amen. Yes.
0:35:23.914,0:35:26.514
So maybe, also, if we look, now,
0:35:26.514,0:35:29.267
in Romans 15:4,
0:35:29.267,0:35:33.111
can someone read Romans 15:4?
0:35:33.111,0:35:34.243
And, Jason, would you
0:35:34.243,0:35:36.493
read that for us, please?
0:35:36.493,0:35:38.007
(Jason) Sure, I have
0:35:38.007,0:35:40.244
the New King James Version here.
0:35:40.244,0:35:44.084
Romans, chapter 15, verse 4, says:
0:35:57.578,0:35:58.685
(Sabina) Wow.
0:35:58.685,0:35:59.842
(Derek) So, I think it's
0:35:59.842,0:36:01.053
really important, Sabina,
0:36:01.053,0:36:02.826
we're not just asking parents
0:36:02.826,0:36:05.226
and grandparents, "Tell us some stories."
0:36:05.226,0:36:07.260
We're asking how they've seen God
0:36:07.260,0:36:09.465
leading in their lives,
0:36:09.465,0:36:11.186
because it's our past history
0:36:11.186,0:36:14.185
with the Lord that we want to remember.
0:36:14.185,0:36:17.126
And sometimes we may be surprised
0:36:17.126,0:36:18.808
when grandma shares
0:36:18.808,0:36:21.744
a life-changing experience that she had
0:36:21.744,0:36:24.298
and how it affected the course of her life
0:36:24.298,0:36:26.531
and then her children and now you.
0:36:26.531,0:36:28.742
So, I think these are the stories,
0:36:28.742,0:36:31.443
because we could preoccupy ourselves
0:36:31.443,0:36:35.435
just with information[br]about the family tree,
0:36:35.435,0:36:38.420
but it's, "Grandma, grandpa, mom, dad,
0:36:38.420,0:36:41.471
tell me how you've seen God, the Lord,
0:36:41.471,0:36:45.081
leading in your life, in our family."
0:36:45.081,0:36:46.630
(Sabina) Yeah, and Pastor Derek,
0:36:46.630,0:36:48.242
you just made me remember
0:36:48.242,0:36:51.975
Deuteronomy 6, verses 6 and 7,
0:36:51.975,0:36:53.569
and that's right after the Shema,
0:36:53.569,0:36:55.735
which we have studied previously here
0:36:55.735,0:36:57.277
in one of our classes.
0:36:57.277,0:36:58.708
And it's interesting that God,
0:36:58.708,0:37:00.980
knowing the way that we are tailored,
0:37:00.980,0:37:02.889
you know, the way that we are made,
0:37:02.889,0:37:05.274
He encourages the people of Israel
0:37:05.274,0:37:08.107
to actually do that, to teach each other
0:37:08.107,0:37:09.683
in walking in the way.
0:37:09.683,0:37:13.622
And that's Deuteronomy 6:6,7;
0:37:13.622,0:37:15.987
Stephanie, would you read that[br]for us, please?
0:37:15.987,0:37:18.832
(Stephanie) Sure, and the New[br]King James Version says:
0:37:36.508,0:37:39.970
(Sabina) Wow, and even further,[br]verse 8 says:
0:37:47.587,0:37:49.545
So, I think it's very gracious of God
0:37:49.545,0:37:51.476
that He gave us the Word.
0:37:51.476,0:37:53.245
And, as we saw in Romans,
0:37:53.245,0:37:56.411
as Jason read for us here, Scriptures,
0:37:56.411,0:37:58.681
they were given with a purpose.
0:37:58.681,0:38:01.162
And God, knowing how we were made,
0:38:01.162,0:38:03.262
He wanted us to have the opportunity
0:38:03.262,0:38:06.412
to, through repetition, remember it,
0:38:06.412,0:38:09.569
to have it fixed in our long-term memory.
0:38:09.569,0:38:11.718
He was not trying to make it hard for us
0:38:11.718,0:38:13.247
to remember those things.
0:38:13.247,0:38:14.875
In writing, in teaching
0:38:14.875,0:38:16.277
how we should teach,
0:38:16.277,0:38:17.448
He wants us to have
0:38:17.448,0:38:19.857
a better ability of remembering, even,
0:38:19.857,0:38:24.022
because we are short-sighted,[br]short memory.
0:38:24.022,0:38:26.579
If you look at the ways that people learn,
0:38:26.579,0:38:27.771
even the ways that they
0:38:27.771,0:38:29.083
learn to memorize things,
0:38:29.083,0:38:30.610
usually it takes repetition.
0:38:30.610,0:38:32.039
That's the third step.
0:38:32.039,0:38:33.820
I don't know if someone knows
0:38:33.820,0:38:35.543
some things here about cognition
0:38:35.543,0:38:36.852
and how you learn,
0:38:36.852,0:38:38.611
the thing is that you need attention,
0:38:38.611,0:38:40.368
and then you have this retention.
0:38:40.368,0:38:42.179
And the final process is that you need
0:38:42.179,0:38:44.335
to recover the information.
0:38:44.335,0:38:45.420
And God, knowing that
0:38:45.420,0:38:46.812
because He created us,
0:38:46.812,0:38:48.446
He not only asks His people
0:38:48.446,0:38:51.183
to keep doing so to help each other,
0:38:51.183,0:38:52.647
but also He reminds us here
0:38:52.647,0:38:53.638
in the New Testament
0:38:53.638,0:38:55.367
that we should ourselves be looking
0:38:55.367,0:38:57.744
at Scripture for learning. Yes, Pedro.
0:38:57.744,0:39:00.185
(Pedro) I found that very important,
0:39:00.185,0:39:01.952
because many times when we're looking
0:39:01.952,0:39:04.132
into content or information about people,
0:39:04.132,0:39:06.687
there's always the aspect of influence.
0:39:06.687,0:39:07.962
What is this person trying
0:39:07.962,0:39:09.342
to bring to your life?
0:39:09.342,0:39:10.661
You know, you read a book;
0:39:10.661,0:39:12.246
what is the purpose of this book?
0:39:12.246,0:39:13.468
And we see that the Bible
0:39:13.468,0:39:15.013
and the Christian realm,
0:39:15.013,0:39:19.324
where people are trying to help you[br]reach to Christ.
0:39:19.324,0:39:21.457
I had a conversation
0:39:21.457,0:39:24.271
with someone yesterday who was asking
0:39:24.271,0:39:26.697
about why the book of Judges was written,
0:39:26.697,0:39:28.358
why those stories were written.
0:39:28.358,0:39:29.458
It's for us to remember
0:39:29.458,0:39:31.469
what the condition of man is
0:39:31.469,0:39:33.891
when God is not present.
0:39:33.891,0:39:35.117
So, why we have some
0:39:35.117,0:39:36.449
of those horrible stories,
0:39:36.449,0:39:38.461
well, they're not to give you nightmares.
0:39:38.461,0:39:40.469
It's for us to remember what happens
0:39:40.469,0:39:42.590
when we separate from God
0:39:42.590,0:39:44.211
and we do as we please.
0:39:44.211,0:39:47.384
(Sabina) Yes. Jonathan.
0:39:48.488,0:39:49.633
(Jonathan) Yeah, I think
0:39:49.633,0:39:50.974
this is a powerful reminder
0:39:50.974,0:39:53.041
for the need for family worship.
0:39:53.041,0:39:54.858
I've been a part of, well,
0:39:54.858,0:39:58.846
my current in-laws are great[br]with family worship.
0:39:58.846,0:40:00.868
They are always having
0:40:00.868,0:40:02.615
all these kids involved.
0:40:02.615,0:40:05.028
And we have a worship every Friday night
0:40:05.028,0:40:06.571
with the whole family over Zoom.
0:40:06.571,0:40:08.648
And we can see that there's[br]a real challenge
0:40:08.648,0:40:10.235
with the younger generations
0:40:10.235,0:40:11.907
that don't know their Bibles,
0:40:11.907,0:40:13.231
and how do we help them.
0:40:13.231,0:40:15.186
So, I think this is addressing
0:40:15.186,0:40:16.871
that same problem that has
0:40:16.871,0:40:17.978
always been a challenge
0:40:17.978,0:40:19.619
of how we help the next generation
0:40:19.619,0:40:22.667
learn who God is; it's finding time
0:40:22.667,0:40:25.087
to remind them what He's done[br]in our lives,
0:40:25.087,0:40:26.706
what He's done in Scripture,
0:40:26.706,0:40:28.454
and putting that before them
0:40:28.454,0:40:30.329
so they don't forget.
0:40:30.329,0:40:31.637
(Sabina) So, it sounds like
0:40:31.637,0:40:33.464
it's not just about our own process
0:40:33.464,0:40:35.499
of memorizing and remembering things,
0:40:35.499,0:40:38.067
but also it's for other people.[br]Yes, Pedro.
0:40:38.067,0:40:39.729
(Pedro) I agree with Jonathan,
0:40:39.729,0:40:40.938
and even more, that's why
0:40:40.938,0:40:42.305
we have Sabbath School.
0:40:42.305,0:40:43.697
You know, Hope Sabbath School
0:40:43.697,0:40:45.965
is here to help us go through the Bible
0:40:45.965,0:40:48.219
and remind ourselves what God
0:40:48.219,0:40:49.712
has said in His Word.
0:40:49.712,0:40:51.851
Every day, I have to worship
0:40:51.851,0:40:53.611
with my daughter at home,
0:40:53.611,0:40:55.977
and it's so good to be reminded
0:40:55.977,0:40:58.406
through her stories, simple stories,
0:40:58.406,0:41:00.238
the life of David and Daniel,
0:41:00.238,0:41:02.723
and see that she's absorbing that.
0:41:02.723,0:41:04.334
And I'm able to be reminded
0:41:04.334,0:41:06.650
of God's love through that teaching.
0:41:06.650,0:41:08.273
(Sabina) Amen. Yes.
0:41:08.273,0:41:10.248
That's truly amazing, right, isn't it,
0:41:10.248,0:41:11.695
and to have a father -
0:41:11.695,0:41:13.626
I thank God, Pedro, because I'm sure
0:41:13.626,0:41:15.427
your daughter is going to remember
0:41:15.427,0:41:16.796
a lot of the things that you
0:41:16.796,0:41:18.507
and your wife are teaching to her.
0:41:18.507,0:41:20.473
And that's to the glory of God
0:41:20.473,0:41:22.024
and for her good, right?
0:41:22.024,0:41:23.649
And I see that God also,
0:41:23.649,0:41:24.752
He is trying to make
0:41:24.752,0:41:27.322
a similar process to help us
0:41:27.322,0:41:29.042
to remember His goodness.
0:41:29.042,0:41:30.905
You know, when I think about the feasts
0:41:30.905,0:41:31.961
that were established
0:41:31.961,0:41:33.045
in the Old Testament,
0:41:33.045,0:41:35.300
even the feasts, each one of them,
0:41:35.300,0:41:38.208
they had a purpose of helping people
0:41:38.208,0:41:41.105
to remember God's plan of salvation,
0:41:41.105,0:41:42.970
to remember God's goodness,
0:41:42.970,0:41:46.094
their deliverance, to look forward[br]for the future.
0:41:46.094,0:41:48.095
So, even if someone didn't have access
0:41:48.095,0:41:49.891
to the Word of God at that time,
0:41:49.891,0:41:53.004
if it was not as accessible[br]as it is for us,
0:41:53.004,0:41:54.191
they could remember
0:41:54.191,0:41:55.837
even through their rituals
0:41:55.837,0:41:57.890
about God's goodness, right?
0:41:57.890,0:41:59.834
Jason, were you saying something?
0:41:59.834,0:42:02.068
I saw you were agreeing with that.
0:42:02.068,0:42:03.520
(Jason) I was just saying yes,
0:42:03.520,0:42:06.139
and that's awesome having the rituals,
0:42:06.139,0:42:07.320
having the sacrifices,
0:42:07.320,0:42:08.899
because they're an object lesson.
0:42:08.899,0:42:10.641
So, we have the Word of God,
0:42:10.641,0:42:12.690
we can read it, but for those[br]who couldn't,
0:42:12.690,0:42:15.151
they could see it in action.
0:42:15.151,0:42:16.570
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, so it's
0:42:16.570,0:42:19.761
a good thing to help us, right?
0:42:19.761,0:42:21.991
Like it's some material, visual something.
0:42:21.991,0:42:23.932
Their senses were involved also
0:42:23.932,0:42:26.121
in that experience, so that probably they
0:42:26.121,0:42:28.563
would more easily remember the things
0:42:28.563,0:42:30.496
that God had been doing in their lives
0:42:30.496,0:42:33.860
as a people, and personally, also.
0:42:33.860,0:42:35.787
So, let's look further here.
0:42:35.787,0:42:40.747
Maybe we should turn to Deuteronomy 8,
0:42:40.747,0:42:41.968
if we could go there.
0:42:41.968,0:42:44.902
Kim, would you take us there, please,
0:42:44.902,0:42:47.658
Deuteronomy, chapter 8, and if you
0:42:47.658,0:42:50.767
would read verses 2 and 4.
0:42:50.767,0:42:52.071
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading
0:42:52.071,0:42:54.465
from the English Standard Version,
0:42:54.465,0:42:56.275
Deuteronomy 8, verse 2:
0:43:10.109,0:43:11.182
Verse 4:
0:43:17.347,0:43:19.722
(Sabina) Wow. So, these people,
0:43:19.722,0:43:21.665
they really had wonderful things
0:43:21.665,0:43:23.434
to remember about what God had done
0:43:23.434,0:43:25.035
in their lives, right?
0:43:25.035,0:43:27.033
Isn't it amazing, imagine spending
0:43:27.033,0:43:29.980
40 years wandering in the desert,
0:43:29.980,0:43:31.485
and the Word of God says
0:43:31.485,0:43:34.052
that their garments did not wear out,
0:43:34.052,0:43:35.977
and neither did their feet swell
0:43:35.977,0:43:38.487
during these 40 years.
0:43:38.487,0:43:40.887
So, just like with them, I imagine
0:43:40.887,0:43:42.189
that some of us here
0:43:42.189,0:43:43.635
among, not only the people
0:43:43.635,0:43:44.612
who are watching us,
0:43:44.612,0:43:47.450
but our really little group here,
0:43:47.450,0:43:51.589
that maybe you have some experience
0:43:51.589,0:43:52.750
with God in which He
0:43:52.750,0:43:55.933
has been blessing you, and His presence
0:43:55.933,0:43:58.411
and power have been revealed.
0:43:58.411,0:43:59.514
Would you like to share
0:43:59.514,0:44:07.264
some of those experiences, maybe, with us.[br]Yes, Travis.
0:44:08.544,0:44:10.133
(Travis) Well, I'm going to share
0:44:10.133,0:44:13.665
an experience actually, a testimony
0:44:13.665,0:44:16.976
that I have experienced[br]with somebody else.
0:44:16.976,0:44:20.436
Her name was Sherry, actually she wrote in
0:44:20.436,0:44:21.465
a couple of years ago
0:44:21.465,0:44:23.513
through Hope Sabbath School.
0:44:23.513,0:44:25.367
And I had been conversing
0:44:25.367,0:44:27.308
with her for two years,
0:44:27.308,0:44:29.129
and now she's part of a Bible study
0:44:29.129,0:44:31.022
that I do every Friday night.
0:44:31.022,0:44:34.139
But she seemed, you know, just down.
0:44:34.139,0:44:37.242
And we would share Bible experiences;
0:44:37.242,0:44:38.793
this is what this was all about.
0:44:38.793,0:44:40.173
We would go back and reflect
0:44:40.173,0:44:42.163
on Bible promises, Bible experiences,
0:44:42.163,0:44:43.668
and this has been happening
0:44:43.668,0:44:45.411
week after week through the years.
0:44:45.411,0:44:47.405
And I have never seen
0:44:47.405,0:44:48.876
such a transformation.
0:44:48.876,0:44:50.228
Just this last week,
0:44:50.228,0:44:53.474
she's in our Bible study, and she's happy.
0:44:53.474,0:44:55.542
It's like God has transformed her,
0:44:55.542,0:44:57.976
and I'm thinking, as we're going[br]through this study,
0:44:57.976,0:44:59.546
"Well, it was the Word of God
0:44:59.546,0:45:02.192
where she saw God leading
0:45:02.192,0:45:03.530
other people in the past
0:45:03.530,0:45:05.019
through the Scriptures,
0:45:05.019,0:45:07.229
that has transformed and changed[br]her life."
0:45:07.229,0:45:09.012
And she's just a miracle,
0:45:09.012,0:45:12.089
and it's a blessing to have her[br]in our study.
0:45:12.089,0:45:17.359
(Sabina) Awesome. Any other stories?[br]Yes, Jonathan.
0:45:17.359,0:45:18.435
(Jonathan) One that I
0:45:18.435,0:45:19.835
always like to go back to
0:45:19.835,0:45:23.791
was when I was a student missionary[br]in the Philippines.
0:45:23.791,0:45:28.348
It was living out in a grass hut,[br]nothing there,
0:45:28.348,0:45:29.783
just way away from everything.
0:45:29.783,0:45:31.417
I had to hike to it a little ways.
0:45:31.417,0:45:33.692
But, the people there,
0:45:33.692,0:45:35.558
we were so close to them.
0:45:35.558,0:45:38.419
A small group of us student missionaries,
0:45:38.419,0:45:41.746
we were very close to the need
0:45:41.746,0:45:44.139
and to depending upon God.
0:45:44.139,0:45:46.324
And I remember so many times up there
0:45:46.324,0:45:48.180
where I was seeking God,
0:45:48.180,0:45:50.012
and God really showed Himself up
0:45:50.012,0:45:51.046
and kind of called me
0:45:51.046,0:45:52.201
to where I am today
0:45:52.201,0:45:53.657
and kind of gave me a picture
0:45:53.657,0:45:54.659
of where I should be.
0:45:54.659,0:45:58.104
And so that was a very memorable place[br]to go back to.
0:45:58.104,0:46:00.810
(Sabina) Awesome, that sounds[br]so impressive.
0:46:00.810,0:46:03.930
Puia, you had your hand out also?
0:46:03.930,0:46:06.971
(Puia) Yes, I struggled for a while
0:46:06.971,0:46:09.670
in my teenage years with doubts
0:46:09.670,0:46:12.865
about God's existence and God's[br]love for me.
0:46:12.865,0:46:18.065
And I remember very dark times in my faith
0:46:18.065,0:46:21.352
where I struggled to hold onto God.
0:46:21.352,0:46:24.648
And I remember in my darkest hours,
0:46:24.648,0:46:27.559
filled with questions that I cannot answer
0:46:27.559,0:46:29.989
and filled with doubts
0:46:29.989,0:46:32.507
and discouragement in my faith,
0:46:32.507,0:46:35.240
I remember experiencing the presence
0:46:35.240,0:46:38.383
of God in a way that I have
0:46:38.383,0:46:40.210
never experienced before, where I felt
0:46:40.210,0:46:42.735
that Jesus was very close to me,
0:46:42.735,0:46:44.354
even in my darkest hour.
0:46:44.354,0:46:47.270
So, that is what I go back to
0:46:47.270,0:46:50.327
whenever I experience difficult times[br]today.
0:46:50.327,0:46:52.547
I remember, "God was with me there,"
0:46:52.547,0:46:53.430
And so, He's going
0:46:53.430,0:46:54.998
to be with me now, too.
0:46:54.998,0:46:56.500
(Sabina) Amen. Amen.
0:46:56.500,0:46:57.974
That sounds amazing; thank you,
0:46:57.974,0:46:59.673
Puia, for sharing that story.
0:46:59.673,0:47:00.791
I also have a story
0:47:00.791,0:47:02.966
that I often bring back to memory
0:47:02.966,0:47:03.974
that happened to me
0:47:03.974,0:47:07.749
when I was a teenager;[br]I was about 18.
0:47:07.749,0:47:10.291
I remember being in a classroom,
0:47:10.291,0:47:11.780
and a professor was speaking
0:47:11.780,0:47:13.049
against Jesus,
0:47:13.049,0:47:15.160
and I decided just to leave the class.
0:47:15.160,0:47:17.665
I took my things with me and I left.
0:47:17.665,0:47:19.973
And I remember having a long conversation
0:47:19.973,0:47:22.428
with God on my path back home,
0:47:22.428,0:47:24.086
and really upset, disappointed
0:47:24.086,0:47:25.862
because that person appeared
0:47:25.862,0:47:27.459
to be prospering in their ways.
0:47:27.459,0:47:28.679
You know, as a professor,
0:47:28.679,0:47:29.931
he was well known,
0:47:29.931,0:47:33.044
people liked him and everything.
0:47:33.044,0:47:37.562
But I felt so disenfranchised[br]during that time
0:47:37.562,0:47:38.722
and also very upset
0:47:38.722,0:47:41.352
because he was speaking against Jesus.
0:47:41.352,0:47:42.530
So, when I arrived home,
0:47:42.530,0:47:44.407
my sister, she told me that she knew
0:47:44.407,0:47:45.525
I was coming back home.
0:47:45.525,0:47:46.722
She was praying;
0:47:46.722,0:47:48.782
God impressed her, the Holy Spirit.
0:47:48.782,0:47:50.295
And she asked me to read
0:47:50.295,0:47:52.042
two passages in the Bible,
0:47:52.042,0:47:54.146
one in the book of Psalm 73
0:47:54.146,0:47:55.470
and another one in the book
0:47:55.470,0:47:57.186
of Songs of Solomon
0:47:57.186,0:47:58.956
that I forgot already, unfortunately.
0:47:58.956,0:48:00.783
I didn't take note at the time.
0:48:00.783,0:48:02.028
And interestingly enough,
0:48:02.028,0:48:03.546
we don't have time here,
0:48:03.546,0:48:05.337
but if you would read Psalm 73,
0:48:05.337,0:48:07.289
it was exactly every one
0:48:07.289,0:48:09.636
of my thoughts in order,
0:48:09.636,0:48:12.032
how I had thought of them one by one,
0:48:12.032,0:48:13.219
even in my conversation
0:48:13.219,0:48:14.488
when we got back home.
0:48:14.488,0:48:16.540
He was just revealing to me
0:48:16.540,0:48:19.546
everything just how I had just thought.
0:48:19.546,0:48:21.341
And I find it amazing
0:48:21.341,0:48:23.720
that He knows us so fully.
0:48:23.720,0:48:26.627
And what's more interesting,[br]Pastor Derek,
0:48:26.627,0:48:28.646
is that when I came to the seminary,
0:48:28.646,0:48:31.443
I learned that Psalm 73
0:48:31.443,0:48:33.960
happens to be a Psalm
0:48:33.960,0:48:35.939
that points to the final conclusion
0:48:35.939,0:48:37.668
of what's going to happen
0:48:37.668,0:48:40.689
to those who are not following God.
0:48:40.689,0:48:43.277
In simple words, you know,
0:48:43.277,0:48:47.740
God is giving, there, the response[br]to evil.
0:48:47.740,0:48:49.067
It says that one day
0:48:49.067,0:48:50.856
there will be a judgment.
0:48:50.856,0:48:52.494
At the time that I read the Psalm,
0:48:52.494,0:48:54.049
I was just impressed how God
0:48:54.049,0:48:55.611
could know my every thought.
0:48:55.611,0:48:56.908
But nowadays I even know
0:48:56.908,0:48:58.418
that He was actually responding
0:48:58.418,0:48:59.674
to me, to my concern.
0:48:59.674,0:49:01.737
So, that's a memorable experience
0:49:01.737,0:49:02.787
that I had with Him
0:49:02.787,0:49:03.984
that I will never forget.
0:49:03.984,0:49:05.674
And I often bring it to memory.
0:49:05.674,0:49:07.628
If I'm going shaky on my faith,
0:49:07.628,0:49:09.493
or a little unhappy or sad,
0:49:09.493,0:49:11.246
I know He knows my every thought.
0:49:11.246,0:49:12.262
Yes, Pastor Derek.
0:49:12.262,0:49:14.187
(Derek) I've been blessed, Sabina,
0:49:14.187,0:49:15.541
as I'm sure many have,
0:49:15.541,0:49:18.579
to see many miracles in my life,
0:49:18.579,0:49:20.852
miracles of transformation,
0:49:20.852,0:49:23.203
people, just their lives turned around.
0:49:23.203,0:49:26.399
Whenever that happens, I sit down
0:49:26.399,0:49:28.585
and I write it down.
0:49:28.585,0:49:30.415
And I put the day, the date.
0:49:30.415,0:49:31.814
I remember a young lady
0:49:31.814,0:49:34.847
who used to cut herself and burn herself.
0:49:34.847,0:49:36.043
She had so much pain.
0:49:36.043,0:49:38.378
I remember the day, May 13,
0:49:38.378,0:49:39.953
I can give you the year,
0:49:39.953,0:49:41.563
when Jesus healed her.
0:49:41.563,0:49:43.431
And I write that down.
0:49:43.431,0:49:46.239
It's like building a little altar
0:49:46.239,0:49:48.016
of worship to God.
0:49:48.016,0:49:49.807
And, you know, one
0:49:49.807,0:49:51.457
of our early Adventist pioneers
0:49:51.457,0:49:55.711
wrote a book, Way Marks and High Heaps.
0:49:55.711,0:49:56.771
What he meant is build
0:49:56.771,0:49:58.786
some places that remind you,
0:49:58.786,0:50:00.313
just like the children of Israel
0:50:00.313,0:50:02.014
stacked those stones up
0:50:02.014,0:50:05.069
as a reminder, "Thus far God has led us."
0:50:05.069,0:50:07.296
I think it's really powerful
0:50:07.296,0:50:09.528
and really the theme of the lesson
0:50:09.528,0:50:12.041
is don't forget those times,
0:50:12.041,0:50:13.205
and don't let your momma
0:50:13.205,0:50:15.263
or your grandpa forget those times either.
0:50:15.263,0:50:16.932
Let them tell you those stories.
0:50:16.932,0:50:18.061
And you have nothing
0:50:18.061,0:50:20.218
to fear for the future
0:50:20.218,0:50:21.982
if you'll remember the way
0:50:21.982,0:50:24.180
God has led you in your past.
0:50:24.180,0:50:25.928
And, of course, that's why the enemy
0:50:25.928,0:50:28.138
wants us to just forget those things - no!
0:50:28.138,0:50:30.558
Remember, remember the Lord,
0:50:30.558,0:50:32.544
remember what He's done in your life,
0:50:32.544,0:50:34.350
remember His activity
0:50:34.350,0:50:37.570
in your past history, so valuable.
0:50:37.570,0:50:39.584
And then you have a testimony to share.
0:50:39.584,0:50:40.929
(Sabina) Amen. Pastor Derek.
0:50:40.929,0:50:42.505
Yeah, that's a good idea,
0:50:42.505,0:50:43.921
just keep record of that.
0:50:43.921,0:50:45.050
One day maybe you can
0:50:45.050,0:50:47.271
share that with other people.
0:50:47.271,0:50:49.566
So, we also have another type of remember.
0:50:49.566,0:50:52.326
We are going to look there very quickly.
0:50:52.326,0:50:55.063
So, we saw already in Deuteronomy
0:50:55.063,0:50:56.696
that there is the type of remember
0:50:56.696,0:50:58.088
of simply a knowledge of God,
0:50:58.088,0:50:59.368
remembering that He exists
0:50:59.368,0:51:00.809
and giving Him honor.
0:51:00.809,0:51:03.202
We also recognized that there is a type
0:51:03.202,0:51:05.138
of call to remember
0:51:05.138,0:51:06.790
where He delivered you from
0:51:06.790,0:51:08.654
and how He delivered you,
0:51:08.654,0:51:09.870
whatever is the case,
0:51:09.870,0:51:13.097
your sin or a bad situation in your life.
0:51:13.097,0:51:14.661
And we also have considered
0:51:14.661,0:51:16.476
that He asks us simply to remember
0:51:16.476,0:51:19.046
His works in general in your life.
0:51:19.046,0:51:20.367
And now, we also have
0:51:20.367,0:51:22.166
a different type of remember,
0:51:22.166,0:51:24.729
and we are going to check there,
0:51:24.729,0:51:26.308
and Pedro, I think, had already
0:51:26.308,0:51:27.858
started off on that topic.
0:51:27.858,0:51:29.553
So, Pedro, maybe if you could
0:51:29.553,0:51:32.217
take us back there, and that's
0:51:32.217,0:51:38.286
in Deuteronomy 4:40.
0:51:38.286,0:51:40.135
No, before that, I'm sorry,
0:51:40.135,0:51:44.071
let's look at Deuteronomy 5:12.
0:51:44.071,0:51:45.631
(Pedro) Okay, I'll be reading
0:51:45.631,0:51:47.466
from the New King James Version,
0:51:47.466,0:51:50.114
Deuteronomy 5:12, and it says:
0:51:56.870,0:51:58.164
(Sabina) Okay, so what type
0:51:58.164,0:52:01.064
of remember is different here?
0:52:01.064,0:52:03.848
That it's different than what we've
0:52:03.848,0:52:06.220
seen before in the Sabbath commandment
0:52:06.220,0:52:07.492
because here it appears
0:52:07.492,0:52:10.006
as "observe," and not "remember," right?
0:52:10.006,0:52:11.508
(Pedro) Yes, when we're looking
0:52:11.508,0:52:13.446
through the texts, and I read verse 15,
0:52:13.446,0:52:14.846
which was in the same context
0:52:14.846,0:52:16.204
or the same commandment,
0:52:16.204,0:52:17.802
you know, the fourth commandment.
0:52:17.802,0:52:19.802
And He asks us to remember
0:52:19.802,0:52:22.417
the aspect of the slavery
0:52:22.417,0:52:23.605
they had gone through.
0:52:23.605,0:52:25.265
But when we see "observe,"
0:52:25.265,0:52:26.795
we're also reminded
0:52:26.795,0:52:29.449
that in the fourth commandment in Exodus,
0:52:29.449,0:52:31.191
we see the word "remember."
0:52:31.191,0:52:32.661
And observing and remembering
0:52:32.661,0:52:34.395
have a correlation with each other.
0:52:34.395,0:52:36.943
And God wants us to remind ourselves
0:52:36.943,0:52:39.149
that He is our Creator.
0:52:39.149,0:52:41.343
He is the One who made us
0:52:41.343,0:52:43.138
in the first place.
0:52:43.138,0:52:44.328
(Derek) I think "observe"
0:52:44.328,0:52:46.267
is an active remembrance.
0:52:46.267,0:52:48.012
You know, "I remember,
0:52:48.012,0:52:49.841
I'm not going to do anything about it,
0:52:49.841,0:52:51.229
but I remember...," no, no.
0:52:51.229,0:52:53.682
This is saying "actively remember,"
0:52:53.682,0:52:56.157
and the Sabbath is a gift of a time
0:52:56.157,0:52:58.268
to actively remember God,
0:52:58.268,0:52:59.743
how He delivered you,
0:52:59.743,0:53:01.592
His leading in your past history.
0:53:01.592,0:53:03.135
Well, when you think about that,
0:53:03.135,0:53:05.100
you can look forward to every Sabbath
0:53:05.100,0:53:06.961
because He's not only our Creator,
0:53:06.961,0:53:09.175
but He is the One who has delivered us.
0:53:09.175,0:53:12.205
And actively remembering that, I think,
0:53:12.205,0:53:13.572
brings joy and courage
0:53:13.572,0:53:15.828
and hope to your life.
0:53:15.828,0:53:17.412
(Sabina) Yes, so, it doesn't mean
0:53:17.412,0:53:18.455
that He was no longer
0:53:18.455,0:53:20.071
willing them to remember, right?
0:53:20.071,0:53:21.720
So, it's not that it was missing.
0:53:21.720,0:53:23.269
It's not that in the second time
0:53:23.269,0:53:25.029
that Moses was reinforcing the law
0:53:25.029,0:53:26.936
that this was no longer important,
0:53:26.936,0:53:28.956
but actually that it was very important.
0:53:28.956,0:53:30.742
Maybe it was now part
0:53:30.742,0:53:31.996
of their life already,
0:53:31.996,0:53:34.491
but they needed to keep doing it
0:53:34.491,0:53:37.320
instead of ever stopping.
0:53:37.320,0:53:40.404
So, as we come to the closure[br]of the lesson,
0:53:40.404,0:53:42.997
I would like you to share with me
0:53:42.997,0:53:45.893
what do we need to do...
0:53:45.893,0:53:47.569
What do we do that eventually can
0:53:47.569,0:53:49.654
cause us to forget everything
0:53:49.654,0:53:56.858
that God has done for us? Yes, Travis.
0:53:56.858,0:53:58.496
(Travis) I was thinking on a point
0:53:58.496,0:54:00.582
that we just made about the Sabbath.
0:54:00.582,0:54:02.585
There was a general friend of mine
0:54:02.585,0:54:05.254
that I made friends with in Australia.
0:54:05.254,0:54:06.495
And he had shared with me
0:54:06.495,0:54:08.564
how he would fall occasionally.
0:54:08.564,0:54:09.959
And it seemed to be a period
0:54:09.959,0:54:11.521
of every seven days.
0:54:11.521,0:54:12.686
He said, "I'll be good,
0:54:12.686,0:54:14.463
and then I would stumble into sin."
0:54:14.463,0:54:16.412
And then it made me think of the Sabbath,
0:54:16.412,0:54:18.028
and as we're just discussing this,
0:54:18.028,0:54:20.552
I'm thinking, God has given us
0:54:20.552,0:54:22.844
the Sabbath as a time to reflect
0:54:22.844,0:54:24.019
on how He has led,
0:54:24.019,0:54:25.991
and how He has delivered in the past.
0:54:25.991,0:54:27.821
If we take that day to spend with Him
0:54:27.821,0:54:30.994
as a day of reflection,
0:54:30.994,0:54:32.451
by the end of the six days,
0:54:32.451,0:54:34.159
maybe, as Derek had mentioned,
0:54:34.159,0:54:36.215
you know, if we didn't do that,
0:54:36.215,0:54:39.765
we would fail to remember
0:54:39.765,0:54:40.839
the way God has led.
0:54:40.839,0:54:43.328
So, taking that time to reflect,
0:54:43.328,0:54:44.787
I think it is important,
0:54:44.787,0:54:46.186
because when we take the time
0:54:46.186,0:54:48.136
to reflect on how He has led in the past,
0:54:48.136,0:54:49.424
as Derek mentioned earlier,
0:54:49.424,0:54:51.145
we don't have to fear the future.
0:54:51.145,0:54:52.898
(Sabina) So, we're saying
0:54:52.898,0:54:55.034
that if we don't bring
0:54:55.034,0:54:57.388
those things to memory, we may forget.
0:54:57.388,0:54:58.659
Yes, Jason, I see you have
0:54:58.659,0:54:59.892
something else to share.
0:54:59.892,0:55:01.887
(Jason) Sure, so we can forget,
0:55:01.887,0:55:04.079
and Deuteronomy actually talks about this.
0:55:04.079,0:55:05.534
We don't have time to read it,
0:55:05.534,0:55:07.648
but in Deuteronomy 8:10-17
0:55:07.648,0:55:09.405
there's a whole description
0:55:09.405,0:55:11.608
that Moses warns the people.
0:55:11.608,0:55:13.604
It talks about when they're full,
0:55:13.604,0:55:14.762
they had forgotten God.
0:55:14.762,0:55:16.580
They had all this prosperity.
0:55:16.580,0:55:17.937
And so, it's not that God
0:55:17.937,0:55:19.742
doesn't want us to have these things,
0:55:19.742,0:55:20.917
but we need to make sure
0:55:20.917,0:55:22.662
that these things don't separate us
0:55:22.662,0:55:24.476
from remembering where we were.
0:55:24.476,0:55:25.655
And so, if we have
0:55:25.655,0:55:28.612
too much satisfaction in those things,
0:55:28.612,0:55:30.452
that it sort of takes us
0:55:30.452,0:55:32.197
away from where we were
0:55:32.197,0:55:35.436
and makes us somehow forget
0:55:35.436,0:55:36.581
who gave us these things
0:55:36.581,0:55:38.149
in the first place, which is God.
0:55:38.149,0:55:39.449
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, Pedro.
0:55:39.449,0:55:41.461
(Pedro) I love what Derek had mentioned,
0:55:41.461,0:55:44.695
observe, it's an active remember.
0:55:44.695,0:55:46.369
There are so many things we can do,
0:55:46.369,0:55:47.460
spending time with God
0:55:47.460,0:55:48.829
and spending time listening,
0:55:48.829,0:55:50.237
spending time with the time
0:55:50.237,0:55:51.601
that He has prepared for us.
0:55:51.601,0:55:53.109
Those are things that we can do
0:55:53.109,0:55:54.758
actively to remember; I love that.
0:55:54.758,0:55:56.067
Thank you for sharing that.
0:55:56.067,0:55:57.894
(Sabina) Awesome. Thank you so much.
0:55:57.894,0:55:59.396
I really just want to encourage
0:55:59.396,0:56:01.385
each one of those who are watching us
0:56:01.385,0:56:02.519
to bring to your memory
0:56:02.519,0:56:04.101
the things that give you hope.
0:56:04.101,0:56:05.907
I'm reminded of this verse
0:56:05.907,0:56:07.298
in the book of Lamentations
0:56:07.298,0:56:08.778
that says that we need to bring
0:56:08.778,0:56:09.827
to our mind the things
0:56:09.827,0:56:10.923
that will give us hope.
0:56:10.923,0:56:11.929
And I'm sure you have
0:56:11.929,0:56:14.001
already experienced something with God.
0:56:14.001,0:56:16.265
Even if you have been away from His path,
0:56:16.265,0:56:18.018
bring to memory when was that day
0:56:18.018,0:56:19.233
where He found you
0:56:19.233,0:56:20.941
in your moment of sadness,
0:56:20.941,0:56:22.531
when He delivered you.
0:56:22.531,0:56:24.148
Where did He bring you from?
0:56:24.148,0:56:25.701
I know where He brought me from,
0:56:25.701,0:56:27.355
and I'm so excited that I am here
0:56:27.355,0:56:29.516
standing before you and before God,
0:56:29.516,0:56:30.923
not because I'm perfect
0:56:30.923,0:56:32.966
or because I have anything special
0:56:32.966,0:56:34.238
to offer of my own,
0:56:34.238,0:56:36.201
but because He has delivered me.
0:56:36.201,0:56:37.427
He has done things to me,
0:56:37.427,0:56:38.301
and because I keep
0:56:38.301,0:56:39.601
bringing them to my memory,
0:56:39.601,0:56:42.241
I keep looking to them and to God,
0:56:42.241,0:56:43.727
I know that there is a future
0:56:43.727,0:56:46.977
that awaits me, even in the moments[br]of difficulties.
0:56:46.977,0:56:48.088
So, thank you so much,
0:56:48.088,0:56:49.621
and please stay with us.
0:56:49.621,0:56:52.680
(Derek) Amen. Thank you so much, Sabina.
0:56:52.680,0:56:54.270
Let's pray together.
0:56:54.270,0:56:58.004
Father in heaven, our hearts[br]are strangely warm.
0:56:58.004,0:56:59.987
We just want to praise You.
0:56:59.987,0:57:01.278
You've been so good to us,
0:57:01.278,0:57:02.919
and we don't want to forget.
0:57:02.919,0:57:05.301
We want to remember You as our God,
0:57:05.301,0:57:06.562
how You've delivered us
0:57:06.562,0:57:09.328
and how You've led in our past history.
0:57:09.328,0:57:10.446
And, God, we just want
0:57:10.446,0:57:11.595
to praise You forever,
0:57:11.595,0:57:14.219
so accept our worship today,
0:57:14.219,0:57:15.769
and may we always keep You first
0:57:15.769,0:57:17.928
and foremost in our lives.
0:57:17.928,0:57:20.032
In Your holy name we pray. Amen.
0:57:20.032,0:57:21.029
(Team) Amen.
0:57:21.029,0:57:23.560
(Derek) Thanks for joining us[br]for Hope Sabbath School.
0:57:23.560,0:57:26.093
Go out and share the good news[br]with those around you.
0:57:26.093,0:58:29.285
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