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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 <i>Present Truth in Deuteronomy,</i>

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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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<i>Remember, Do Not Forget.</i>

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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
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,
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.
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
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
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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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(Derek) Well, I am looking forward

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to the study today.

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Sabina, something we ought to remember
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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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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
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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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it's not going to be, any longer, the day;

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this is not a live show.

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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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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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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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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
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the title of this lesson,

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as Pastor Derek was saying, is <i>Remember.</i>

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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
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appears in the book of Deuteronomy
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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 <i>remember</i>

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that God has for us. Stephanie.

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(Stephanie) The New King James
Version says:

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(Sabina) Okay, so what is the type

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of <i>remember</i> 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?

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That's the first <i>remember</i> that we see.

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We also have some other texts in the Bible

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where there is a similar appeal.

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Maybe, Pedro, would you take us

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to Jeremiah, chapter 51:50,

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and there we are going to find out

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a little bit more about this type

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of <i>remember</i> that God asks us to have.

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(Pedro) I'll be reading

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from the New King James Version,

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Jeremiah 51:50, and it says:

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(Sabina) And, is there anything else here

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that you see that, compared
to remembering God,

317
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stands out to you about this experience
that they had?

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Maybe, why is it that they are

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here in a distant land?

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It says that they are away

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from their special place, Jerusalem.

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Why would it be important to remember?
Yes, Jason.

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(Jason) Well, because they are not

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in the place where God

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originally had them be.

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Because, if you look

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at the context of Deuteronomy,

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they are about to go into this land,

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and that's where, the chosen land,

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God's chosen people, and yet this verse

331
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is telling them to remember

332
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back to that place,

333
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because when Jeremiah is writing this,

334
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or the context he's writing it in,

335
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they're not in that location.

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(Sabina) Yes, thank you so much.

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And now maybe, Kim,

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would you take us to Ecclesiastes 12:1?

339
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That's another text in Scripture also

340
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that we can find a similar type
of <i>remember</i>.

341
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(Kim) Yes, I'll be reading

342
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from the English Standard Version:

343
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(Sabina) Thank you so much, Kim.

344
00:14:03,232 --> 00:14:05,444
And so, why do you think it's so important

345
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to remember God, both in the good

346
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and in the bad days?

347
00:14:09,975 --> 00:14:11,388
(Jason) Well, in our lives,

348
00:14:11,388 --> 00:14:14,745
we're going to have both good
and bad days,

349
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and if we want that relationship,

350
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that connection with God, to be strong,

351
00:14:18,617 --> 00:14:20,676
we need to have that time of remembrance

352
00:14:20,676 --> 00:14:22,118
back to the good days

353
00:14:22,118 --> 00:14:24,287
to get us through the bad days

354
00:14:24,287 --> 00:14:26,262
that we will have that are

355
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just a part of life.

356
00:14:28,063 --> 00:14:30,182
(Sabina) Okay, interesting, yeah.

357
00:14:30,182 --> 00:14:32,046
(Derek) I think a lot of times, Sabina,

358
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we try to figure out

359
00:14:33,241 --> 00:14:35,718
the solutions to our problem

360
00:14:35,718 --> 00:14:38,201
rather than the One who is the solution

361
00:14:38,201 --> 00:14:39,849
to all of our problems.

362
00:14:39,849 --> 00:14:41,328
And so, it's interesting,

363
00:14:41,328 --> 00:14:43,321
it doesn't say, "Remember the things

364
00:14:43,321 --> 00:14:46,088
that the Lord can do with...," no.

365
00:14:46,088 --> 00:14:48,459
Just, "Remember the Lord your God."

366
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And so there's that focus on God

367
00:14:51,016 --> 00:14:53,350
who He is, as a God who loves us,

368
00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:55,073
emptied heaven for us,

369
00:14:55,073 --> 00:14:58,417
and just remember Him, connect with HIm.

370
00:14:58,417 --> 00:14:59,669
(Sabina) Yeah, absolutely.

371
00:14:59,669 --> 00:15:01,431
I was considering also, Pastor Derek,

372
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because we are going to see

373
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other types of <i>remembers</i>

374
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that come up here in this book,

375
00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:07,862
and here is the thing:

376
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There is a special type

377
00:15:09,031 --> 00:15:11,002
of remembering of the Lord

378
00:15:11,002 --> 00:15:12,208
that is not for anything

379
00:15:12,208 --> 00:15:14,191
He has done for us, right?

380
00:15:14,191 --> 00:15:15,723
We just need to turn to Him

381
00:15:15,723 --> 00:15:17,134
as we have been discussing

382
00:15:17,134 --> 00:15:18,650
in the lessons before,

383
00:15:18,650 --> 00:15:20,141
not necessarily for the things

384
00:15:20,141 --> 00:15:21,243
He has done or not,

385
00:15:21,243 --> 00:15:24,089
but simply because He's our Creator,
right?

386
00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:25,067
Yes, Pedro.

387
00:15:25,067 --> 00:15:26,145
(Pedro) We see here,

388
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going back to the first text

389
00:15:28,087 --> 00:15:30,252
in chapter 8 of Deuteronomy,

390
00:15:30,252 --> 00:15:32,348
he's telling that, remember God

391
00:15:32,348 --> 00:15:33,321
because He's the One

392
00:15:33,321 --> 00:15:34,328
who gives you power.

393
00:15:34,328 --> 00:15:36,182
Now, the power aspect here we can see,

394
00:15:36,182 --> 00:15:37,705
he's talking about He is the One

395
00:15:37,705 --> 00:15:38,629
who provides to us.

396
00:15:38,629 --> 00:15:40,697
You know, He fed them in the wilderness.

397
00:15:40,697 --> 00:15:42,353
He brought them water;

398
00:15:42,353 --> 00:15:45,347
He brought them the support
that they needed.

399
00:15:45,347 --> 00:15:46,451
During difficult times

400
00:15:46,451 --> 00:15:47,504
and during good times,

401
00:15:47,504 --> 00:15:48,838
we need to know where we can

402
00:15:48,838 --> 00:15:50,634
draw our strength from,

403
00:15:50,634 --> 00:15:52,344
and that's from the Lord.

404
00:15:52,344 --> 00:15:55,780
(Sabina) Yes, Puia.

405
00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:57,435
(Puia) Back from where we read

406
00:15:57,435 --> 00:16:00,030
in Ecclesiastes 12 there,

407
00:16:00,030 --> 00:16:02,725
God says, "Remember your Creator

408
00:16:02,725 --> 00:16:04,064
in the days of your youth."

409
00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,424
I believe this is very practical

410
00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:08,423
for young people, because when we're young

411
00:16:08,423 --> 00:16:11,428
we think that we're strong
and we're healthy,

412
00:16:11,428 --> 00:16:13,030
and we think that that's how life

413
00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:14,462
is always going to be.

414
00:16:14,462 --> 00:16:17,127
But the truth is that we get old,

415
00:16:17,127 --> 00:16:19,928
and then we're not as strong
as we used to be.

416
00:16:19,928 --> 00:16:21,727
And I think it's very important

417
00:16:21,727 --> 00:16:24,662
to remember that one day we will be weak.

418
00:16:24,662 --> 00:16:26,250
One day we will not be able to do

419
00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:27,349
the things that we were

420
00:16:27,349 --> 00:16:28,777
able to do when we were young.

421
00:16:28,777 --> 00:16:31,056
So, serve God and remember God

422
00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:32,592
when you have the strength

423
00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,049
and all the might.

424
00:16:34,049 --> 00:16:34,915
(Sabina) Exactly.

425
00:16:34,915 --> 00:16:36,427
(Derek) It's also true,

426
00:16:36,427 --> 00:16:38,059
Puia's correct, of course,

427
00:16:38,059 --> 00:16:40,528
but you may not live to be old.

428
00:16:40,528 --> 00:16:45,279
So, remembering Him <i>now,</i>

429
00:16:45,279 --> 00:16:47,019
connect with Him now,

430
00:16:47,019 --> 00:16:49,600
because today is actually the only gift

431
00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,437
we know we have for sure.

432
00:16:51,437 --> 00:16:54,571
(Sabina) Yes. Amen. Absolutely.

433
00:16:54,571 --> 00:16:56,668
And one interesting thing also...

434
00:16:56,668 --> 00:16:58,393
Jonathan, first you speak,

435
00:16:58,393 --> 00:16:59,865
then I can share.

436
00:16:59,865 --> 00:17:02,915
(Jonathan) Okay, I was just thinking

437
00:17:02,915 --> 00:17:04,630
about all the different verses,

438
00:17:04,630 --> 00:17:06,201
but the one that struck me first

439
00:17:06,201 --> 00:17:09,247
was Deuteronomy 8:18 where it talked

440
00:17:09,247 --> 00:17:11,325
about wealth, gaining wealth.

441
00:17:11,325 --> 00:17:14,362
I know, if anybody had thought

442
00:17:14,362 --> 00:17:15,562
about getting a house

443
00:17:15,562 --> 00:17:18,217
in the last few weeks or months,

444
00:17:18,217 --> 00:17:20,287
it is pretty crazy right now.

445
00:17:20,287 --> 00:17:21,762
And my wife and I are

446
00:17:21,762 --> 00:17:22,789
kind of in a position

447
00:17:22,789 --> 00:17:24,325
where we're okay where we are,

448
00:17:24,325 --> 00:17:26,280
but we really need to be at some point.

449
00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,928
And just reading that it is God

450
00:17:28,928 --> 00:17:30,884
who promises to take care of us,

451
00:17:30,884 --> 00:17:32,605
we can look in the past and see

452
00:17:32,605 --> 00:17:34,863
how He has, in our lives,

453
00:17:34,863 --> 00:17:36,218
in all these different ways.

454
00:17:36,218 --> 00:17:38,826
And so, just like we said,

455
00:17:38,826 --> 00:17:40,307
in every area of our life,

456
00:17:40,307 --> 00:17:42,243
we can look back and say, "Wow, Lord,

457
00:17:42,243 --> 00:17:43,512
You've taken care of me."

458
00:17:43,512 --> 00:17:45,741
Okay, I can trust the craziness

459
00:17:45,741 --> 00:17:47,072
of the housing situation

460
00:17:47,072 --> 00:17:50,003
and whatever else in my life to Him.

461
00:17:50,003 --> 00:17:51,761
(Sabina) Yes, so, and not only,

462
00:17:51,761 --> 00:17:52,946
as you were sharing,

463
00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:54,230
in bad times or when we are

464
00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:56,187
in challenges when we may need something,

465
00:17:56,187 --> 00:17:58,004
but also simply for who He is

466
00:17:58,004 --> 00:17:59,455
in the good days as He has

467
00:17:59,455 --> 00:18:01,191
something to offer to us.

468
00:18:01,191 --> 00:18:03,720
And that's not just simply
material things,

469
00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,308
but it's a relationship.

470
00:18:05,308 --> 00:18:06,306
And that relationship

471
00:18:06,306 --> 00:18:08,836
is much more important than whatever it is

472
00:18:08,836 --> 00:18:10,977
that He can give to us, right?

473
00:18:10,977 --> 00:18:13,644
So, let's continue looking here
in Scripture,

474
00:18:13,644 --> 00:18:15,284
another type of <i>remember</i>.

475
00:18:15,284 --> 00:18:17,191
Now that we have established already

476
00:18:17,191 --> 00:18:18,827
that it's simply important

477
00:18:18,827 --> 00:18:20,094
to acknowledge God -

478
00:18:20,094 --> 00:18:21,621
that's not a remember of, oh,

479
00:18:21,621 --> 00:18:23,307
you had forgotten that God exists;

480
00:18:23,307 --> 00:18:25,138
it's to acknowledge Him in your ways -

481
00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:27,297
what other types of remembers

482
00:18:27,297 --> 00:18:29,390
has Moses written here

483
00:18:29,390 --> 00:18:32,111
for us to remember?

484
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:35,602
So, maybe, Daniel, if you could take us

485
00:18:35,602 --> 00:18:41,064
to Deuteronomy, chapter 24, verse 18.

486
00:18:41,064 --> 00:18:42,395
(Daniel) And I'll be reading

487
00:18:42,395 --> 00:18:44,503
from the New King James Version.

488
00:18:44,503 --> 00:18:46,223
Deuteronomy 24:18 says:

489
00:18:55,449 --> 00:18:58,109
(Sabina) Awesome. So, what other type

490
00:18:58,109 --> 00:19:02,901
of <i>remember</i> do we see here? Yes, Pedro.

491
00:19:02,901 --> 00:19:05,061
(Pedro) We see that God is trying

492
00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,376
to help him to remember

493
00:19:06,376 --> 00:19:07,823
where they're coming from.

494
00:19:07,823 --> 00:19:08,978
You know, "I'm the One

495
00:19:08,978 --> 00:19:10,727
who delivered you from slavery.

496
00:19:10,727 --> 00:19:13,423
You had a life before you encountered Me,

497
00:19:13,423 --> 00:19:14,556
and I want you to know

498
00:19:14,556 --> 00:19:16,157
that I'm here to help you.

499
00:19:16,157 --> 00:19:17,708
I'm here to rescue,

500
00:19:17,708 --> 00:19:19,284
and I'm here to deliver you

501
00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:20,829
from your condition

502
00:19:20,829 --> 00:19:22,206
that you put yourself in."

503
00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:25,498
(Sabina) Okay. Puia, I saw your hand.

504
00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,180
(Puia) Yes, I believe this text,

505
00:19:28,180 --> 00:19:30,982
in the context of where this is written,

506
00:19:30,982 --> 00:19:32,969
if we read the previous verse,

507
00:19:32,969 --> 00:19:34,428
God is talking to them

508
00:19:34,428 --> 00:19:37,052
about how they are to relate

509
00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:38,830
to others, like strangers,

510
00:19:38,830 --> 00:19:40,317
the fatherless, the widows,

511
00:19:40,317 --> 00:19:42,235
the most vulnerable groups

512
00:19:42,235 --> 00:19:43,948
of people in the society.

513
00:19:43,948 --> 00:19:45,604
And He told them, "Remember

514
00:19:45,604 --> 00:19:46,654
where you were from.

515
00:19:46,654 --> 00:19:48,418
Remember where I delivered you from."

516
00:19:48,418 --> 00:19:50,490
So, "As you relate to others,

517
00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:51,850
remember that I saved you,

518
00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:54,339
so be kind to others, too."

519
00:19:54,339 --> 00:19:55,900
(Sabina) Yes. Jason.

520
00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:56,996
(Jason) And in addition

521
00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:59,254
to the <i>Who</i> saved them,

522
00:19:59,254 --> 00:20:00,610
it's also <i>how</i> He saved them.

523
00:20:00,610 --> 00:20:01,473
So, it's important

524
00:20:01,473 --> 00:20:02,999
they remember the whole process,

525
00:20:02,999 --> 00:20:04,762
because it's not like God just spoke,

526
00:20:04,762 --> 00:20:05,713
and they left Egypt.

527
00:20:05,713 --> 00:20:06,905
There was a whole process

528
00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:07,813
that went on there,

529
00:20:07,813 --> 00:20:09,593
with the plagues, with the Red Sea.

530
00:20:09,593 --> 00:20:10,903
And so, this is a pattern

531
00:20:10,903 --> 00:20:12,728
that's important because sometimes,

532
00:20:12,728 --> 00:20:15,242
later in life when they're in a good spot,

533
00:20:15,242 --> 00:20:17,262
or maybe they're going through struggles,

534
00:20:17,262 --> 00:20:18,550
it's important to remember,

535
00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,073
they'd been in struggles before,

536
00:20:20,073 --> 00:20:22,028
and God has rescued them in a mighty way,

537
00:20:22,028 --> 00:20:24,074
even when it seemed hopeless.

538
00:20:24,074 --> 00:20:26,679
(Sabina) Yes, amazing, that's really true.

539
00:20:26,679 --> 00:20:28,591
If we continue looking now

540
00:20:28,591 --> 00:20:29,977
at Deuteronomy 5:15,

541
00:20:29,977 --> 00:20:31,090
we are going to see

542
00:20:31,090 --> 00:20:32,496
that this is a pattern.

543
00:20:32,496 --> 00:20:33,833
Stephanie, would you please

544
00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,039
read for us Deuteronomy 5:15?

545
00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:37,814
(Stephanie) Sure, and I'll be reading

546
00:20:37,814 --> 00:20:39,361
from the New King James Version:

547
00:20:56,674 --> 00:20:58,025
(Sabina) Okay, so, what else

548
00:20:58,025 --> 00:21:00,816
in this particular text can we learn?

549
00:21:00,816 --> 00:21:04,473
Do you see something special here, too?
Yes, Pedro.

550
00:21:04,473 --> 00:21:06,968
(Pedro) We see here that this chapter

551
00:21:06,968 --> 00:21:09,686
is a revision of the Ten Commandments,

552
00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:11,393
and it's very interesting to see

553
00:21:11,393 --> 00:21:13,851
that the fourth commandment

554
00:21:13,851 --> 00:21:17,201
being mentioned here is addressed

555
00:21:17,201 --> 00:21:19,448
differently from the Ten Commandments

556
00:21:19,448 --> 00:21:22,239
in the book of Exodus.

557
00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:23,765
There's no change, in some ways,

558
00:21:23,765 --> 00:21:24,913
of the Ten Commandments,

559
00:21:24,913 --> 00:21:26,909
it's just that there was an emphasis here,

560
00:21:26,909 --> 00:21:28,255
different from the emphasis

561
00:21:28,255 --> 00:21:30,532
of the other mentioning.

562
00:21:30,532 --> 00:21:34,241
The first time it was written, in Exodus,

563
00:21:34,241 --> 00:21:35,816
it is mentioning God as a Creator

564
00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:38,219
and the importance for us to worship Him

565
00:21:38,219 --> 00:21:40,113
on the Sabbath day as a Creator.

566
00:21:40,113 --> 00:21:41,864
And here it's showing you

567
00:21:41,864 --> 00:21:44,151
it's the same aspect of worshiping God,

568
00:21:44,151 --> 00:21:45,512
but not only as our Creator

569
00:21:45,512 --> 00:21:47,346
but also as our Redeemer,

570
00:21:47,346 --> 00:21:49,291
the One who saves us from our sins,

571
00:21:49,291 --> 00:21:51,122
saves us from the slavery of sin.

572
00:21:51,122 --> 00:21:53,136
Or, in their case here, reminding them

573
00:21:53,136 --> 00:21:54,136
that, "I was the One

574
00:21:54,136 --> 00:21:55,684
who brought you out of slavery."

575
00:21:55,684 --> 00:21:57,607
(Sabina) Amen. We are going to look more

576
00:21:57,607 --> 00:21:59,314
into that particular topic,

577
00:21:59,314 --> 00:22:00,335
but, yeah, it's true.

578
00:22:00,335 --> 00:22:02,349
That's an important shift

579
00:22:02,349 --> 00:22:03,814
on the perspective of why they

580
00:22:03,814 --> 00:22:05,152
should keep the Sabbath

581
00:22:05,152 --> 00:22:07,195
and what could be the <i>remember</i>

582
00:22:07,195 --> 00:22:10,407
that they would bring to their hearts now.

583
00:22:10,407 --> 00:22:11,460
Also, then, let's look

584
00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:16,048
at Deuteronomy 16:12, and maybe, Kim,

585
00:22:16,048 --> 00:22:17,967
if you could take us there.

586
00:22:17,967 --> 00:22:19,853
And we are going to start thinking,

587
00:22:19,853 --> 00:22:22,092
why is it that it's important to us

588
00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:23,753
to have a similar attitude

589
00:22:23,753 --> 00:22:25,450
in remembering, also? Yes.

590
00:22:25,450 --> 00:22:26,766
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading

591
00:22:26,766 --> 00:22:28,789
from the English Standard Version:

592
00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:39,319
(Sabina) Okay, so what dol we see

593
00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:41,141
in this particular Scripture here

594
00:22:41,141 --> 00:22:43,722
that we can maybe relate

595
00:22:43,722 --> 00:22:46,098
to our own experience?

596
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,550
Can you relate with someone

597
00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:50,893
who has been a slave? Yes, Puia.

598
00:22:50,893 --> 00:22:53,153
(Puia) Well, I have not been a slave,

599
00:22:53,153 --> 00:22:54,933
to answer your last question there,

600
00:22:54,933 --> 00:22:57,352
but I believe personally,

601
00:22:57,352 --> 00:22:58,801
how I believe these texts

602
00:22:58,801 --> 00:23:01,301
are applicable for my life

603
00:23:01,301 --> 00:23:04,050
is that it reminds me

604
00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:07,840
to remember my humble beginnings,

605
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,547
where God called me from

606
00:23:10,547 --> 00:23:12,540
and how He had led me.

607
00:23:12,540 --> 00:23:18,995
So, it in a way prevents me from pride

608
00:23:18,995 --> 00:23:20,091
to remember that, oh,

609
00:23:20,091 --> 00:23:22,459
I came from humble beginnings.

610
00:23:22,459 --> 00:23:26,181
So, I need to continually depend on God,

611
00:23:26,181 --> 00:23:28,111
even if He leads me to places

612
00:23:28,111 --> 00:23:30,259
that I never expected to be.

613
00:23:30,259 --> 00:23:32,648
And I think the word <i>remember</i>, itself,

614
00:23:32,648 --> 00:23:35,086
kind of points out that we tend

615
00:23:35,086 --> 00:23:36,517
to forget as human beings.

616
00:23:36,517 --> 00:23:38,500
So, I think that's a very important word

617
00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,114
for us, even today.

618
00:23:40,114 --> 00:23:41,594
(Sabina) Yes, Daniel.

619
00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:43,497
(Daniel) I'm sure that though none of us

620
00:23:43,497 --> 00:23:45,216
have been slaves, literal slaves,

621
00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,030
but we've all been slaves to sin.

622
00:23:47,030 --> 00:23:48,648
And this is just a reminder for us

623
00:23:48,648 --> 00:23:50,122
that God has delivered us

624
00:23:50,122 --> 00:23:51,548
from whatever sins that we've

625
00:23:51,548 --> 00:23:53,172
been dealing with in the past.

626
00:23:53,172 --> 00:23:54,931
And it brings us hope for the future.

627
00:23:54,931 --> 00:23:57,043
(Sabina) Yes, thank you, Daniel.
Yes, Jason.

628
00:23:57,043 --> 00:23:58,250
(Jason) Yes, and building

629
00:23:58,250 --> 00:24:00,031
off this idea from Daniel,

630
00:24:00,031 --> 00:24:02,542
I've never been a physical slave

631
00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:05,554
in the sense that the Hebrew people were;

632
00:24:05,554 --> 00:24:07,404
however, we've been slaves,

633
00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:08,843
not just to sin, but sometimes

634
00:24:08,843 --> 00:24:11,086
even to the opinions of other people,

635
00:24:11,086 --> 00:24:13,845
or even slaves to our jobs,

636
00:24:13,845 --> 00:24:18,890
or possibly even slaves to "good" things
at times.

637
00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:21,541
So, we all probably have a story

638
00:24:21,541 --> 00:24:23,245
of how we've been rescued,

639
00:24:23,245 --> 00:24:24,866
we've been redeemed from something

640
00:24:24,866 --> 00:24:26,211
that we were a "slave"

641
00:24:26,211 --> 00:24:27,965
or we were in bondage to.

642
00:24:27,965 --> 00:24:29,739
(Sabina) Yes, absolutely.

643
00:24:29,739 --> 00:24:32,369
And maybe to discuss further
on that topic,

644
00:24:32,369 --> 00:24:36,512
why don't we read together
Ephesians, chapter 2.

645
00:24:36,512 --> 00:24:37,440
We're going to read

646
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,921
from verse 1 to verse 13.

647
00:24:40,921 --> 00:24:44,382
So, Ephesians 2, verses 1 to 13,

648
00:24:44,382 --> 00:24:47,219
and maybe, Kim, if you

649
00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:48,846
could take us there.

650
00:24:48,846 --> 00:24:50,796
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading

651
00:24:50,796 --> 00:24:52,907
from the English Standard Version,

652
00:24:52,907 --> 00:24:56,735
Ephesians, chapter 2, verses 1 through 13:

653
00:26:16,424 --> 00:26:18,481
Okay, verse 11:

654
00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:50,875
(Derek) Amen.

655
00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,400
(Sabina) Thank you so much, Kim.

656
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,767
So, we see here, it's true

657
00:26:53,767 --> 00:26:56,272
that we have not been slaves in Egypt.

658
00:26:56,272 --> 00:26:57,573
Maybe some of those

659
00:26:57,573 --> 00:26:59,055
who are watching us today

660
00:26:59,055 --> 00:27:01,120
may have experienced living in slavery.

661
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:02,785
It is true that it's a real problem

662
00:27:02,785 --> 00:27:05,071
even nowadays, unfortunately,

663
00:27:05,071 --> 00:27:06,428
and we should pray for those

664
00:27:06,428 --> 00:27:07,845
who are in that position.

665
00:27:07,845 --> 00:27:09,627
But I think none of us has been part

666
00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:11,338
of this particular group that we are

667
00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:13,150
reading of here in the Bible, correct?

668
00:27:13,150 --> 00:27:15,544
But, it is true that it is

669
00:27:15,544 --> 00:27:17,973
still very important that we remember

670
00:27:17,973 --> 00:27:19,994
the ways in which, even today,

671
00:27:19,994 --> 00:27:22,309
God has delivered us from something.

672
00:27:22,309 --> 00:27:23,941
And why would you say that?

673
00:27:23,941 --> 00:27:25,125
Why is it so important

674
00:27:25,125 --> 00:27:29,640
that we would bring that to our minds?

675
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,073
(Derek) I'm thinking of the Apostle Paul,
Sabina.

676
00:27:33,073 --> 00:27:34,806
Three times in the book of Acts

677
00:27:34,806 --> 00:27:36,860
he gives his testimony.

678
00:27:36,860 --> 00:27:38,179
And you could say,

679
00:27:38,179 --> 00:27:40,061
"We already heard it in chapter 9,"

680
00:27:40,061 --> 00:27:42,047
but he tells it again and again.

681
00:27:42,047 --> 00:27:47,032
I think it's important for two reasons.

682
00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:49,288
One, I think it reaffirms

683
00:27:49,288 --> 00:27:50,903
in our own hearts how good

684
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:53,007
God has been to us.

685
00:27:53,007 --> 00:27:54,610
Like, Daniel said, He's

686
00:27:54,610 --> 00:27:57,669
delivered us from bondage.

687
00:27:57,669 --> 00:27:59,775
But it's also very powerful

688
00:27:59,775 --> 00:28:02,346
for people around us,

689
00:28:02,346 --> 00:28:05,214
because we call that a testimony, right?

690
00:28:05,214 --> 00:28:08,414
It's our testimony of what God has done
in our lives,

691
00:28:08,414 --> 00:28:10,650
and I think that's why Paul

692
00:28:10,650 --> 00:28:12,608
is constantly sharing; he says,

693
00:28:12,608 --> 00:28:14,511
"I'm the worst of sinners," you know,

694
00:28:14,511 --> 00:28:17,031
"Christ died..., I'm the chief one."

695
00:28:17,031 --> 00:28:19,275
And people are moved

696
00:28:19,275 --> 00:28:20,763
by that kind of testimony.

697
00:28:20,763 --> 00:28:24,274
So, I think the human response would be,

698
00:28:24,274 --> 00:28:26,245
"I don't want to talk about my mistakes."

699
00:28:26,245 --> 00:28:28,459
Well, we shouldn't glorify them,

700
00:28:28,459 --> 00:28:30,084
but we should be willing to say,

701
00:28:30,084 --> 00:28:34,313
"This is where I was when Jesus found me.

702
00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,501
And this is what He did for me,

703
00:28:36,501 --> 00:28:39,259
and here is where I am now,"
that's my testimony.

704
00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:41,019
(Sabina) Yes, and also, Pastor Derek,

705
00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:43,086
what I'm thinking is that not only do you

706
00:28:43,086 --> 00:28:44,536
show to other people,

707
00:28:44,536 --> 00:28:46,038
but also it will change the way

708
00:28:46,038 --> 00:28:48,601
that we deal with others.

709
00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,345
Just as God was using

710
00:28:50,345 --> 00:28:51,969
this particular verse here

711
00:28:51,969 --> 00:28:54,078
to help them understand

712
00:28:54,078 --> 00:28:56,978
why they should treat others

713
00:28:56,978 --> 00:29:00,799
unlike they were treated,

714
00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:02,788
so, in the same manner, when we consider

715
00:29:02,788 --> 00:29:04,402
God's grace in our lives,

716
00:29:04,402 --> 00:29:06,842
we also are going to extend grace
to others, right?

717
00:29:06,842 --> 00:29:07,726
(Team) Yes.

718
00:29:07,726 --> 00:29:09,642
(Sabina) I'm curious to hear

719
00:29:09,642 --> 00:29:12,392
some of the stories here in our group.

720
00:29:12,392 --> 00:29:15,431
Jonathan, do you have a story?

721
00:29:15,431 --> 00:29:17,438
(Jonathan) While I am thinking of a story,

722
00:29:17,438 --> 00:29:18,744
although I probably could,

723
00:29:18,744 --> 00:29:20,468
I was just thinking how, in verse 7,

724
00:29:20,468 --> 00:29:23,188
you get this picture that in the future

725
00:29:23,188 --> 00:29:24,484
when we're in heaven,

726
00:29:24,484 --> 00:29:30,889
we'll be for eternal ages rejoicing,

727
00:29:30,889 --> 00:29:34,103
and that will be the glory of Christ,

728
00:29:34,103 --> 00:29:36,026
is seeing what He did in our lives.

729
00:29:36,026 --> 00:29:38,691
And just throughout heaven's eternal ages,

730
00:29:38,691 --> 00:29:40,523
that will be not what we've done

731
00:29:40,523 --> 00:29:42,081
but what He's done in our lives.

732
00:29:42,081 --> 00:29:44,615
It's kind of a picture that amazed me.

733
00:29:44,615 --> 00:29:47,064
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, Jason.

734
00:29:47,064 --> 00:29:50,048
(Jason) So, I used to be a slave

735
00:29:50,048 --> 00:29:53,711
to the opinions of others.

736
00:29:53,711 --> 00:29:55,739
And I still, it matters, you know,

737
00:29:55,739 --> 00:29:57,997
what other people think,
maybe in relationship

738
00:29:57,997 --> 00:30:00,190
to being a good witness to Christ.

739
00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:01,748
But I remember many times

740
00:30:01,748 --> 00:30:03,568
I would be too afraid to do something,

741
00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:05,292
whether it was right or wrong,

742
00:30:05,292 --> 00:30:08,447
simply because of what another person
thought.

743
00:30:08,447 --> 00:30:10,522
If a friend thought

744
00:30:10,522 --> 00:30:12,227
that this would be uncool,

745
00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:13,492
I wouldn't want to do it.

746
00:30:13,492 --> 00:30:15,208
Or, if they thought, "I saw a friend

747
00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:17,306
wearing their hat backwards,"

748
00:30:17,306 --> 00:30:19,425
I would want to wear my hat backwards.

749
00:30:19,425 --> 00:30:21,035
And it's not so much whether it's

750
00:30:21,035 --> 00:30:22,442
right or wrong, the behavior,

751
00:30:22,442 --> 00:30:23,694
but it's, I was doing this

752
00:30:23,694 --> 00:30:25,059
because I cared so much

753
00:30:25,059 --> 00:30:27,303
about what this other person thought.

754
00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:29,123
Or, I wanted to wear my shirt this way

755
00:30:29,123 --> 00:30:31,571
because this is how another person did.

756
00:30:31,571 --> 00:30:33,100
And so, there was a time, yeah,

757
00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:34,666
when I wasn't a physical slave,

758
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,705
but I was a slave to the opinion
of others.

759
00:30:36,705 --> 00:30:37,609
And I basically had

760
00:30:37,609 --> 00:30:38,817
to go through experiences

761
00:30:38,817 --> 00:30:40,455
where I realized it doesn't matter

762
00:30:40,455 --> 00:30:41,690
what other people think;

763
00:30:41,690 --> 00:30:43,370
what matters is what God thinks.

764
00:30:43,370 --> 00:30:45,059
(Sabina, Team) Amen.

765
00:30:45,059 --> 00:30:46,507
(Derek) That's a breakthrough.

766
00:30:46,507 --> 00:30:47,767
(Sabina) So, anyone else

767
00:30:47,767 --> 00:30:49,871
with a beautiful experience
of deliverance,

768
00:30:49,871 --> 00:30:52,541
where God has delivered you so far?

769
00:30:52,541 --> 00:30:57,421
I'm sure you have been delivered
of something.

770
00:30:57,421 --> 00:30:58,321
Well, I can say...

771
00:30:58,321 --> 00:30:59,805
(Derek) Travis, I think...

772
00:30:59,805 --> 00:31:04,087
(Sabina) Oh, Travis, go ahead, share.

773
00:31:04,087 --> 00:31:05,694
(Travis) Well, God has

774
00:31:05,694 --> 00:31:09,191
delivered me in many ways.

775
00:31:09,191 --> 00:31:11,120
I think there's a verse in the Bible

776
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,446
that says, "God, I can't

777
00:31:13,446 --> 00:31:15,065
count the ways," right?

778
00:31:15,065 --> 00:31:18,382
Well, that's kind of where I am
in my walk,

779
00:31:18,382 --> 00:31:22,274
but I know that I'm not the man

780
00:31:22,274 --> 00:31:26,821
that I want to be, and I desire
to be a godly man.

781
00:31:26,821 --> 00:31:30,513
But as I look back at my past,

782
00:31:30,513 --> 00:31:32,297
I do recognize that there are things

783
00:31:32,297 --> 00:31:35,890
that I don't do now

784
00:31:35,890 --> 00:31:37,734
that I used to do before.

785
00:31:37,734 --> 00:31:41,426
And that can only be explained

786
00:31:41,426 --> 00:31:43,080
by the fact that God

787
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,778
is a loving, miracle-working God,

788
00:31:46,778 --> 00:31:51,109
and He's promised to finish the work
in all of us.

789
00:31:51,109 --> 00:31:53,535
But I hang on that promise all the time.

790
00:31:53,535 --> 00:31:55,980
I'm just thankful that, while I may

791
00:31:55,980 --> 00:31:57,866
not be where I want to be,

792
00:31:57,866 --> 00:31:59,849
that I see things falling off,

793
00:31:59,849 --> 00:32:03,037
the closer and closer that I get to Jesus,

794
00:32:03,037 --> 00:32:05,020
and the more and more I walk with Him.

795
00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:06,486
And for me, that's

796
00:32:06,486 --> 00:32:08,216
just been an amazing journey.

797
00:32:08,216 --> 00:32:09,326
(Sabina) Wow, thank you

798
00:32:09,326 --> 00:32:11,110
so much for sharing, Travis.

799
00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:13,151
I was sharing also that I,

800
00:32:13,151 --> 00:32:14,437
when I look to my life,

801
00:32:14,437 --> 00:32:15,935
it's like Travis was sharing,

802
00:32:15,935 --> 00:32:16,934
there are many things

803
00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:19,658
I can kind of recall, you know, events

804
00:32:19,658 --> 00:32:20,518
of things that God

805
00:32:20,518 --> 00:32:22,496
was changing my course.

806
00:32:22,496 --> 00:32:24,686
But certainly I think that the main one

807
00:32:24,686 --> 00:32:26,400
is when I came to Jesus.

808
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,817
He changed my course

809
00:32:27,817 --> 00:32:30,017
and delivered me from meaninglessness

810
00:32:30,017 --> 00:32:31,655
and gave me a mission.

811
00:32:31,655 --> 00:32:33,204
So, a person who is walking,

812
00:32:33,204 --> 00:32:36,739
not exactly knowing what they were
about in life,

813
00:32:36,739 --> 00:32:38,196
who are seeking for meaning,

814
00:32:38,196 --> 00:32:41,157
who are seeking for direction,

815
00:32:41,157 --> 00:32:42,404
God gave me a mission,

816
00:32:42,404 --> 00:32:43,929
and this mission is still valid.

817
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:44,980
It's been now 20 years

818
00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:46,522
since I came to Jesus,

819
00:32:46,522 --> 00:32:48,661
and this mission only grows and grows.

820
00:32:48,661 --> 00:32:51,318
So, He not only delivers us from sin,

821
00:32:51,318 --> 00:32:52,485
but He can deliver us

822
00:32:52,485 --> 00:32:53,933
from, as Jason was saying,

823
00:32:53,933 --> 00:32:55,836
a kind of self-consciousness

824
00:32:55,836 --> 00:32:58,338
or excessive consideration of things

825
00:32:58,338 --> 00:33:00,029
we shouldn't be considering

826
00:33:00,029 --> 00:33:03,347
or sin of any sort, or in my case,
as I was saying,

827
00:33:03,347 --> 00:33:05,028
a sense of meaninglessness

828
00:33:05,028 --> 00:33:06,470
and giving me a mission.

829
00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:07,710
So, I'm sure that whoever

830
00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:08,689
is watching us today

831
00:33:08,689 --> 00:33:10,603
may have so many stories of ways

832
00:33:10,603 --> 00:33:12,947
that God has delivered you thus far;

833
00:33:12,947 --> 00:33:15,199
even if you have not been
a slave in Egypt,

834
00:33:15,199 --> 00:33:17,821
you can bring that to your memory, right?

835
00:33:17,821 --> 00:33:21,830
And let's look a little further,
then, in Scriptures,

836
00:33:21,830 --> 00:33:24,156
because, not only we are going

837
00:33:24,156 --> 00:33:25,486
to acknowledge that we are

838
00:33:25,486 --> 00:33:27,588
supposed to remember the ways

839
00:33:27,588 --> 00:33:29,298
that God has delivered us,

840
00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:31,840
but also this is part of remembering

841
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,692
our past history of the Lord, right?

842
00:33:34,692 --> 00:33:35,880
So maybe, Pedro, if you

843
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:40,636
would take us to Deuteronomy 32:7.

844
00:33:40,636 --> 00:33:41,850
So, we'll be reading

845
00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:44,474
from Deuteronomy 32:7 and learn

846
00:33:44,474 --> 00:33:47,340
a little more about this <i>remember</i>

847
00:33:47,340 --> 00:33:48,787
that God has for us.

848
00:33:48,787 --> 00:33:50,194
(Pedro) Sure, I'll be reading

849
00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:52,834
from the New King James Version,

850
00:33:52,834 --> 00:33:55,652
Deuteronomy 32:7, and it says:

851
00:34:08,821 --> 00:34:10,419
(Sabina) Okay, so what is it

852
00:34:10,419 --> 00:34:17,715
that Moses is calling, here,
the people to do?

853
00:34:17,715 --> 00:34:18,885
(Sabina) Yes, Stephanie.

854
00:34:18,885 --> 00:34:20,314
(Stephanie) Remember the past.

855
00:34:20,314 --> 00:34:22,173
(Sabina) Remember the past. Yes, Pedro.

856
00:34:22,173 --> 00:34:23,836
(Pedro) Reading this, it reminds me

857
00:34:23,836 --> 00:34:26,351
of reading my Bible, because looking

858
00:34:26,351 --> 00:34:28,071
to "consider many generations."

859
00:34:28,071 --> 00:34:29,416
Ask what your parents have

860
00:34:29,416 --> 00:34:30,605
gone through in the past.

861
00:34:30,605 --> 00:34:31,682
But I think we have

862
00:34:31,682 --> 00:34:34,267
a collection of history here

863
00:34:34,267 --> 00:34:37,365
of how God's people have been affected

864
00:34:37,365 --> 00:34:40,224
by choosing God and also not choosing him,

865
00:34:40,224 --> 00:34:41,544
and take into consideration

866
00:34:41,544 --> 00:34:43,324
and take the right act.

867
00:34:43,324 --> 00:34:46,931
(Sabina) Yes, I see Travis' hand up.

868
00:34:46,931 --> 00:34:48,230
(Travis) I'm thinking, too,

869
00:34:48,230 --> 00:34:49,626
as we're reading this,

870
00:34:49,626 --> 00:34:52,236
that God is telling us

871
00:34:52,236 --> 00:34:54,965
this isn't just biblical history

872
00:34:54,965 --> 00:34:56,150
that we could look into.

873
00:34:56,150 --> 00:34:58,586
I mean, we have religious leaders,

874
00:34:58,586 --> 00:35:00,484
I have religious mentors

875
00:35:00,484 --> 00:35:03,655
and people who are older than me,

876
00:35:03,655 --> 00:35:05,960
who've had past experiences,

877
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,777
and it's great to seek counsel.

878
00:35:08,777 --> 00:35:10,166
You know, when it's the past,

879
00:35:10,166 --> 00:35:11,763
or we can look at the Reformation

880
00:35:11,763 --> 00:35:13,604
over the years and things like that

881
00:35:13,604 --> 00:35:16,488
and see where God has led people
in the past

882
00:35:16,488 --> 00:35:17,600
and see where people

883
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:18,775
have failed in the past,

884
00:35:18,775 --> 00:35:20,542
because in that we can gain knowledge

885
00:35:20,542 --> 00:35:21,956
for the future.

886
00:35:21,956 --> 00:35:23,914
(Sabina) Amen. Yes.

887
00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:26,514
So maybe, also, if we look, now,

888
00:35:26,514 --> 00:35:29,267
in Romans 15:4,

889
00:35:29,267 --> 00:35:33,111
can someone read Romans 15:4?

890
00:35:33,111 --> 00:35:34,243
And, Jason, would you

891
00:35:34,243 --> 00:35:36,493
read that for us, please?

892
00:35:36,493 --> 00:35:38,007
(Jason) Sure, I have

893
00:35:38,007 --> 00:35:40,244
the New King James Version here.

894
00:35:40,244 --> 00:35:44,084
Romans, chapter 15, verse 4, says:

895
00:35:57,578 --> 00:35:58,685
(Sabina) Wow.

896
00:35:58,685 --> 00:35:59,842
(Derek) So, I think it's

897
00:35:59,842 --> 00:36:01,053
really important, Sabina,

898
00:36:01,053 --> 00:36:02,826
we're not just asking parents

899
00:36:02,826 --> 00:36:05,226
and grandparents, "Tell us some stories."

900
00:36:05,226 --> 00:36:07,260
We're asking how they've seen God

901
00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:09,465
leading in their lives,

902
00:36:09,465 --> 00:36:11,186
because it's our past history

903
00:36:11,186 --> 00:36:14,185
with the Lord that we want to remember.

904
00:36:14,185 --> 00:36:17,126
And sometimes we may be surprised

905
00:36:17,126 --> 00:36:18,808
when grandma shares

906
00:36:18,808 --> 00:36:21,744
a life-changing experience that she had

907
00:36:21,744 --> 00:36:24,298
and how it affected the course of her life

908
00:36:24,298 --> 00:36:26,531
and then her children and now you.

909
00:36:26,531 --> 00:36:28,742
So, I think these are the stories,

910
00:36:28,742 --> 00:36:31,443
because we could preoccupy ourselves

911
00:36:31,443 --> 00:36:35,435
just with information
about the family tree,

912
00:36:35,435 --> 00:36:38,420
but it's, "Grandma, grandpa, mom, dad,

913
00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:41,471
tell me how you've seen God, the Lord,

914
00:36:41,471 --> 00:36:45,081
leading in your life, in our family."

915
00:36:45,081 --> 00:36:46,630
(Sabina) Yeah, and Pastor Derek,

916
00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:48,242
you just made me remember

917
00:36:48,242 --> 00:36:51,975
Deuteronomy 6, verses 6 and 7,

918
00:36:51,975 --> 00:36:53,569
and that's right after the <i>Shema</i>,

919
00:36:53,569 --> 00:36:55,735
which we have studied previously here

920
00:36:55,735 --> 00:36:57,277
in one of our classes.

921
00:36:57,277 --> 00:36:58,708
And it's interesting that God,

922
00:36:58,708 --> 00:37:00,980
knowing the way that we are tailored,

923
00:37:00,980 --> 00:37:02,889
you know, the way that we are made,

924
00:37:02,889 --> 00:37:05,274
He encourages the people of Israel

925
00:37:05,274 --> 00:37:08,107
to actually do that, to teach each other

926
00:37:08,107 --> 00:37:09,683
in walking in the way.

927
00:37:09,683 --> 00:37:13,622
And that's Deuteronomy 6:6,7;

928
00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:15,987
Stephanie, would you read that
for us, please?

929
00:37:15,987 --> 00:37:18,832
(Stephanie) Sure, and the New
King James Version says:

930
00:37:36,508 --> 00:37:39,970
(Sabina) Wow, and even further,
verse 8 says:

931
00:37:47,587 --> 00:37:49,545
So, I think it's very gracious of God

932
00:37:49,545 --> 00:37:51,476
that He gave us the Word.

933
00:37:51,476 --> 00:37:53,245
And, as we saw in Romans,

934
00:37:53,245 --> 00:37:56,411
as Jason read for us here, Scriptures,

935
00:37:56,411 --> 00:37:58,681
they were given with a purpose.

936
00:37:58,681 --> 00:38:01,162
And God, knowing how we were made,

937
00:38:01,162 --> 00:38:03,262
He wanted us to have the opportunity

938
00:38:03,262 --> 00:38:06,412
to, through repetition, remember it,

939
00:38:06,412 --> 00:38:09,569
to have it fixed in our long-term memory.

940
00:38:09,569 --> 00:38:11,718
He was not trying to make it hard for us

941
00:38:11,718 --> 00:38:13,247
to remember those things.

942
00:38:13,247 --> 00:38:14,875
In writing, in teaching

943
00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:16,277
how we should teach,

944
00:38:16,277 --> 00:38:17,448
He wants us to have

945
00:38:17,448 --> 00:38:19,857
a better ability of remembering, even,

946
00:38:19,857 --> 00:38:24,022
because we are short-sighted,
short memory.

947
00:38:24,022 --> 00:38:26,579
If you look at the ways that people learn,

948
00:38:26,579 --> 00:38:27,771
even the ways that they

949
00:38:27,771 --> 00:38:29,083
learn to memorize things,

950
00:38:29,083 --> 00:38:30,610
usually it takes repetition.

951
00:38:30,610 --> 00:38:32,039
That's the third step.

952
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:33,820
I don't know if someone knows

953
00:38:33,820 --> 00:38:35,543
some things here about cognition

954
00:38:35,543 --> 00:38:36,852
and how you learn,

955
00:38:36,852 --> 00:38:38,611
the thing is that you need attention,

956
00:38:38,611 --> 00:38:40,368
and then you have this retention.

957
00:38:40,368 --> 00:38:42,179
And the final process is that you need

958
00:38:42,179 --> 00:38:44,335
to recover the information.

959
00:38:44,335 --> 00:38:45,420
And God, knowing that

960
00:38:45,420 --> 00:38:46,812
because He created us,

961
00:38:46,812 --> 00:38:48,446
He not only asks His people

962
00:38:48,446 --> 00:38:51,183
to keep doing so to help each other,

963
00:38:51,183 --> 00:38:52,647
but also He reminds us here

964
00:38:52,647 --> 00:38:53,638
in the New Testament

965
00:38:53,638 --> 00:38:55,367
that we should ourselves be looking

966
00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:57,744
at Scripture for learning. Yes, Pedro.

967
00:38:57,744 --> 00:39:00,185
(Pedro) I found that very important,

968
00:39:00,185 --> 00:39:01,952
because many times when we're looking

969
00:39:01,952 --> 00:39:04,132
into content or information about people,

970
00:39:04,132 --> 00:39:06,687
there's always the aspect of influence.

971
00:39:06,687 --> 00:39:07,962
What is this person trying

972
00:39:07,962 --> 00:39:09,342
to bring to your life?

973
00:39:09,342 --> 00:39:10,661
You know, you read a book;

974
00:39:10,661 --> 00:39:12,246
what is the purpose of this book?

975
00:39:12,246 --> 00:39:13,468
And we see that the Bible

976
00:39:13,468 --> 00:39:15,013
and the Christian realm,

977
00:39:15,013 --> 00:39:19,324
where people are trying to help you
reach to Christ.

978
00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:21,457
I had a conversation

979
00:39:21,457 --> 00:39:24,271
with someone yesterday who was asking

980
00:39:24,271 --> 00:39:26,697
about why the book of Judges was written,

981
00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:28,358
why those stories were written.

982
00:39:28,358 --> 00:39:29,458
It's for us to remember

983
00:39:29,458 --> 00:39:31,469
what the condition of man is

984
00:39:31,469 --> 00:39:33,891
when God is not present.

985
00:39:33,891 --> 00:39:35,117
So, why we have some

986
00:39:35,117 --> 00:39:36,449
of those horrible stories,

987
00:39:36,449 --> 00:39:38,461
well, they're not to give you nightmares.

988
00:39:38,461 --> 00:39:40,469
It's for us to remember what happens

989
00:39:40,469 --> 00:39:42,590
when we separate from God

990
00:39:42,590 --> 00:39:44,211
and we do as we please.

991
00:39:44,211 --> 00:39:47,384
(Sabina) Yes. Jonathan.

992
00:39:48,488 --> 00:39:49,633
(Jonathan) Yeah, I think

993
00:39:49,633 --> 00:39:50,974
this is a powerful reminder

994
00:39:50,974 --> 00:39:53,041
for the need for family worship.

995
00:39:53,041 --> 00:39:54,858
I've been a part of, well,

996
00:39:54,858 --> 00:39:58,846
my current in-laws are great
with family worship.

997
00:39:58,846 --> 00:40:00,868
They are always having

998
00:40:00,868 --> 00:40:02,615
all these kids involved.

999
00:40:02,615 --> 00:40:05,028
And we have a worship every Friday night

1000
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:06,571
with the whole family over Zoom.

1001
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:08,648
And we can see that there's
a real challenge

1002
00:40:08,648 --> 00:40:10,235
with the younger generations

1003
00:40:10,235 --> 00:40:11,907
that don't know their Bibles,

1004
00:40:11,907 --> 00:40:13,231
and how do we help them.

1005
00:40:13,231 --> 00:40:15,186
So, I think this is addressing

1006
00:40:15,186 --> 00:40:16,871
that same problem that has

1007
00:40:16,871 --> 00:40:17,978
always been a challenge

1008
00:40:17,978 --> 00:40:19,619
of how we help the next generation

1009
00:40:19,619 --> 00:40:22,667
learn who God is; it's finding time

1010
00:40:22,667 --> 00:40:25,087
to remind them what He's done
in our lives,

1011
00:40:25,087 --> 00:40:26,706
what He's done in Scripture,

1012
00:40:26,706 --> 00:40:28,454
and putting that before them

1013
00:40:28,454 --> 00:40:30,329
so they don't forget.

1014
00:40:30,329 --> 00:40:31,637
(Sabina) So, it sounds like

1015
00:40:31,637 --> 00:40:33,464
it's not just about our own process

1016
00:40:33,464 --> 00:40:35,499
of memorizing and remembering things,

1017
00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:38,067
but also it's for other people.
Yes, Pedro.

1018
00:40:38,067 --> 00:40:39,729
(Pedro) I agree with Jonathan,

1019
00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:40,938
and even more, that's why

1020
00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,305
we have Sabbath School.

1021
00:40:42,305 --> 00:40:43,697
You know, Hope Sabbath School

1022
00:40:43,697 --> 00:40:45,965
is here to help us go through the Bible

1023
00:40:45,965 --> 00:40:48,219
and remind ourselves what God

1024
00:40:48,219 --> 00:40:49,712
has said in His Word.

1025
00:40:49,712 --> 00:40:51,851
Every day, I have to worship

1026
00:40:51,851 --> 00:40:53,611
with my daughter at home,

1027
00:40:53,611 --> 00:40:55,977
and it's so good to be reminded

1028
00:40:55,977 --> 00:40:58,406
through her stories, simple stories,

1029
00:40:58,406 --> 00:41:00,238
the life of David and Daniel,

1030
00:41:00,238 --> 00:41:02,723
and see that she's absorbing that.

1031
00:41:02,723 --> 00:41:04,334
And I'm able to be reminded

1032
00:41:04,334 --> 00:41:06,650
of God's love through that teaching.

1033
00:41:06,650 --> 00:41:08,273
(Sabina) Amen. Yes.

1034
00:41:08,273 --> 00:41:10,248
That's truly amazing, right, isn't it,

1035
00:41:10,248 --> 00:41:11,695
and to have a father -

1036
00:41:11,695 --> 00:41:13,626
I thank God, Pedro, because I'm sure

1037
00:41:13,626 --> 00:41:15,427
your daughter is going to remember

1038
00:41:15,427 --> 00:41:16,796
a lot of the things that you

1039
00:41:16,796 --> 00:41:18,507
and your wife are teaching to her.

1040
00:41:18,507 --> 00:41:20,473
And that's to the glory of God

1041
00:41:20,473 --> 00:41:22,024
and for her good, right?

1042
00:41:22,024 --> 00:41:23,649
And I see that God also,

1043
00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:24,752
He is trying to make

1044
00:41:24,752 --> 00:41:27,322
a similar process to help us

1045
00:41:27,322 --> 00:41:29,042
to remember His goodness.

1046
00:41:29,042 --> 00:41:30,905
You know, when I think about the feasts

1047
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:31,961
that were established

1048
00:41:31,961 --> 00:41:33,045
in the Old Testament,

1049
00:41:33,045 --> 00:41:35,300
even the feasts, each one of them,

1050
00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:38,208
they had a purpose of helping people

1051
00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:41,105
to remember God's plan of salvation,

1052
00:41:41,105 --> 00:41:42,970
to remember God's goodness,

1053
00:41:42,970 --> 00:41:46,094
their deliverance, to look forward
for the future.

1054
00:41:46,094 --> 00:41:48,095
So, even if someone didn't have access

1055
00:41:48,095 --> 00:41:49,891
to the Word of God at that time,

1056
00:41:49,891 --> 00:41:53,004
if it was not as accessible
as it is for us,

1057
00:41:53,004 --> 00:41:54,191
they could remember

1058
00:41:54,191 --> 00:41:55,837
even through their rituals

1059
00:41:55,837 --> 00:41:57,890
about God's goodness, right?

1060
00:41:57,890 --> 00:41:59,834
Jason, were you saying something?

1061
00:41:59,834 --> 00:42:02,068
I saw you were agreeing with that.

1062
00:42:02,068 --> 00:42:03,520
(Jason) I was just saying yes,

1063
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,139
and that's awesome having the rituals,

1064
00:42:06,139 --> 00:42:07,320
having the sacrifices,

1065
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,899
because they're an object lesson.

1066
00:42:08,899 --> 00:42:10,641
So, we have the Word of God,

1067
00:42:10,641 --> 00:42:12,690
we can read it, but for those
who couldn't,

1068
00:42:12,690 --> 00:42:15,151
they could see it in action.

1069
00:42:15,151 --> 00:42:16,570
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, so it's

1070
00:42:16,570 --> 00:42:19,761
a good thing to help us, right?

1071
00:42:19,761 --> 00:42:21,991
Like it's some material, visual something.

1072
00:42:21,991 --> 00:42:23,932
Their senses were involved also

1073
00:42:23,932 --> 00:42:26,121
in that experience, so that probably they

1074
00:42:26,121 --> 00:42:28,563
would more easily remember the things

1075
00:42:28,563 --> 00:42:30,496
that God had been doing in their lives

1076
00:42:30,496 --> 00:42:33,860
as a people, and personally, also.

1077
00:42:33,860 --> 00:42:35,787
So, let's look further here.

1078
00:42:35,787 --> 00:42:40,747
Maybe we should turn to Deuteronomy 8,

1079
00:42:40,747 --> 00:42:41,968
if we could go there.

1080
00:42:41,968 --> 00:42:44,902
Kim, would you take us there, please,

1081
00:42:44,902 --> 00:42:47,658
Deuteronomy, chapter 8, and if you

1082
00:42:47,658 --> 00:42:50,767
would read verses 2 and 4.

1083
00:42:50,767 --> 00:42:52,071
(Kim) Sure, I'll be reading

1084
00:42:52,071 --> 00:42:54,465
from the English Standard Version,

1085
00:42:54,465 --> 00:42:56,275
Deuteronomy 8, verse 2:

1086
00:43:10,109 --> 00:43:11,182
Verse 4:

1087
00:43:17,347 --> 00:43:19,722
(Sabina) Wow. So, these people,

1088
00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:21,665
they really had wonderful things

1089
00:43:21,665 --> 00:43:23,434
to remember about what God had done

1090
00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:25,035
in their lives, right?

1091
00:43:25,035 --> 00:43:27,033
Isn't it amazing, imagine spending

1092
00:43:27,033 --> 00:43:29,980
40 years wandering in the desert,

1093
00:43:29,980 --> 00:43:31,485
and the Word of God says

1094
00:43:31,485 --> 00:43:34,052
that their garments did not wear out,

1095
00:43:34,052 --> 00:43:35,977
and neither did their feet swell

1096
00:43:35,977 --> 00:43:38,487
during these 40 years.

1097
00:43:38,487 --> 00:43:40,887
So, just like with them, I imagine

1098
00:43:40,887 --> 00:43:42,189
that some of us here

1099
00:43:42,189 --> 00:43:43,635
among, not only the people

1100
00:43:43,635 --> 00:43:44,612
who are watching us,

1101
00:43:44,612 --> 00:43:47,450
but our really little group here,

1102
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:51,589
that maybe you have some experience

1103
00:43:51,589 --> 00:43:52,750
with God in which He

1104
00:43:52,750 --> 00:43:55,933
has been blessing you, and His presence

1105
00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:58,411
and power have been revealed.

1106
00:43:58,411 --> 00:43:59,514
Would you like to share

1107
00:43:59,514 --> 00:44:07,264
some of those experiences, maybe, with us.
Yes, Travis.

1108
00:44:08,544 --> 00:44:10,133
(Travis) Well, I'm going to share

1109
00:44:10,133 --> 00:44:13,665
an experience actually, a testimony

1110
00:44:13,665 --> 00:44:16,976
that I have experienced
with somebody else.

1111
00:44:16,976 --> 00:44:20,436
Her name was Sherry, actually she wrote in

1112
00:44:20,436 --> 00:44:21,465
a couple of years ago

1113
00:44:21,465 --> 00:44:23,513
through Hope Sabbath School.

1114
00:44:23,513 --> 00:44:25,367
And I had been conversing

1115
00:44:25,367 --> 00:44:27,308
with her for two years,

1116
00:44:27,308 --> 00:44:29,129
and now she's part of a Bible study

1117
00:44:29,129 --> 00:44:31,022
that I do every Friday night.

1118
00:44:31,022 --> 00:44:34,139
But she seemed, you know, just down.

1119
00:44:34,139 --> 00:44:37,242
And we would share Bible experiences;

1120
00:44:37,242 --> 00:44:38,793
this is what this was all about.

1121
00:44:38,793 --> 00:44:40,173
We would go back and reflect

1122
00:44:40,173 --> 00:44:42,163
on Bible promises, Bible experiences,

1123
00:44:42,163 --> 00:44:43,668
and this has been happening

1124
00:44:43,668 --> 00:44:45,411
week after week through the years.

1125
00:44:45,411 --> 00:44:47,405
And I have never seen

1126
00:44:47,405 --> 00:44:48,876
such a transformation.

1127
00:44:48,876 --> 00:44:50,228
Just this last week,

1128
00:44:50,228 --> 00:44:53,474
she's in our Bible study, and she's happy.

1129
00:44:53,474 --> 00:44:55,542
It's like God has transformed her,

1130
00:44:55,542 --> 00:44:57,976
and I'm thinking, as we're going
through this study,

1131
00:44:57,976 --> 00:44:59,546
"Well, it was the Word of God

1132
00:44:59,546 --> 00:45:02,192
where she saw God leading

1133
00:45:02,192 --> 00:45:03,530
other people in the past

1134
00:45:03,530 --> 00:45:05,019
through the Scriptures,

1135
00:45:05,019 --> 00:45:07,229
that has transformed and changed
her life."

1136
00:45:07,229 --> 00:45:09,012
And she's just a miracle,

1137
00:45:09,012 --> 00:45:12,089
and it's a blessing to have her
in our study.

1138
00:45:12,089 --> 00:45:17,359
(Sabina) Awesome. Any other stories?
Yes, Jonathan.

1139
00:45:17,359 --> 00:45:18,435
(Jonathan) One that I

1140
00:45:18,435 --> 00:45:19,835
always like to go back to

1141
00:45:19,835 --> 00:45:23,791
was when I was a student missionary
in the Philippines.

1142
00:45:23,791 --> 00:45:28,348
It was living out in a grass hut,
nothing there,

1143
00:45:28,348 --> 00:45:29,783
just way away from everything.

1144
00:45:29,783 --> 00:45:31,417
I had to hike to it a little ways.

1145
00:45:31,417 --> 00:45:33,692
But, the people there,

1146
00:45:33,692 --> 00:45:35,558
we were so close to them.

1147
00:45:35,558 --> 00:45:38,419
A small group of us student missionaries,

1148
00:45:38,419 --> 00:45:41,746
we were very close to the need

1149
00:45:41,746 --> 00:45:44,139
and to depending upon God.

1150
00:45:44,139 --> 00:45:46,324
And I remember so many times up there

1151
00:45:46,324 --> 00:45:48,180
where I was seeking God,

1152
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:50,012
and God really showed Himself up

1153
00:45:50,012 --> 00:45:51,046
and kind of called me

1154
00:45:51,046 --> 00:45:52,201
to where I am today

1155
00:45:52,201 --> 00:45:53,657
and kind of gave me a picture

1156
00:45:53,657 --> 00:45:54,659
of where I should be.

1157
00:45:54,659 --> 00:45:58,104
And so that was a very memorable place
to go back to.

1158
00:45:58,104 --> 00:46:00,810
(Sabina) Awesome, that sounds
so impressive.

1159
00:46:00,810 --> 00:46:03,930
Puia, you had your hand out also?

1160
00:46:03,930 --> 00:46:06,971
(Puia) Yes, I struggled for a while

1161
00:46:06,971 --> 00:46:09,670
in my teenage years with doubts

1162
00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:12,865
about God's existence and God's
love for me.

1163
00:46:12,865 --> 00:46:18,065
And I remember very dark times in my faith

1164
00:46:18,065 --> 00:46:21,352
where I struggled to hold onto God.

1165
00:46:21,352 --> 00:46:24,648
And I remember in my darkest hours,

1166
00:46:24,648 --> 00:46:27,559
filled with questions that I cannot answer

1167
00:46:27,559 --> 00:46:29,989
and filled with doubts

1168
00:46:29,989 --> 00:46:32,507
and discouragement in my faith,

1169
00:46:32,507 --> 00:46:35,240
I remember experiencing the presence

1170
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:38,383
of God in a way that I have

1171
00:46:38,383 --> 00:46:40,210
never experienced before, where I felt

1172
00:46:40,210 --> 00:46:42,735
that Jesus was very close to me,

1173
00:46:42,735 --> 00:46:44,354
even in my darkest hour.

1174
00:46:44,354 --> 00:46:47,270
So, that is what I go back to

1175
00:46:47,270 --> 00:46:50,327
whenever I experience difficult times
today.

1176
00:46:50,327 --> 00:46:52,547
I remember, "God was with me there,"

1177
00:46:52,547 --> 00:46:53,430
And so, He's going

1178
00:46:53,430 --> 00:46:54,998
to be with me now, too.

1179
00:46:54,998 --> 00:46:56,500
(Sabina) Amen. Amen.

1180
00:46:56,500 --> 00:46:57,974
That sounds amazing; thank you,

1181
00:46:57,974 --> 00:46:59,673
Puia, for sharing that story.

1182
00:46:59,673 --> 00:47:00,791
I also have a story

1183
00:47:00,791 --> 00:47:02,966
that I often bring back to memory

1184
00:47:02,966 --> 00:47:03,974
that happened to me

1185
00:47:03,974 --> 00:47:07,749
when I was a teenager;
I was about 18.

1186
00:47:07,749 --> 00:47:10,291
I remember being in a classroom,

1187
00:47:10,291 --> 00:47:11,780
and a professor was speaking

1188
00:47:11,780 --> 00:47:13,049
against Jesus,

1189
00:47:13,049 --> 00:47:15,160
and I decided just to leave the class.

1190
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,665
I took my things with me and I left.

1191
00:47:17,665 --> 00:47:19,973
And I remember having a long conversation

1192
00:47:19,973 --> 00:47:22,428
with God on my path back home,

1193
00:47:22,428 --> 00:47:24,086
and really upset, disappointed

1194
00:47:24,086 --> 00:47:25,862
because that person appeared

1195
00:47:25,862 --> 00:47:27,459
to be prospering in their ways.

1196
00:47:27,459 --> 00:47:28,679
You know, as a professor,

1197
00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:29,931
he was well known,

1198
00:47:29,931 --> 00:47:33,044
people liked him and everything.

1199
00:47:33,044 --> 00:47:37,562
But I felt so disenfranchised
during that time

1200
00:47:37,562 --> 00:47:38,722
and also very upset

1201
00:47:38,722 --> 00:47:41,352
because he was speaking against Jesus.

1202
00:47:41,352 --> 00:47:42,530
So, when I arrived home,

1203
00:47:42,530 --> 00:47:44,407
my sister, she told me that she knew

1204
00:47:44,407 --> 00:47:45,525
I was coming back home.

1205
00:47:45,525 --> 00:47:46,722
She was praying;

1206
00:47:46,722 --> 00:47:48,782
God impressed her, the Holy Spirit.

1207
00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:50,295
And she asked me to read

1208
00:47:50,295 --> 00:47:52,042
two passages in the Bible,

1209
00:47:52,042 --> 00:47:54,146
one in the book of Psalm 73

1210
00:47:54,146 --> 00:47:55,470
and another one in the book

1211
00:47:55,470 --> 00:47:57,186
of Songs of Solomon

1212
00:47:57,186 --> 00:47:58,956
that I forgot already, unfortunately.

1213
00:47:58,956 --> 00:48:00,783
I didn't take note at the time.

1214
00:48:00,783 --> 00:48:02,028
And interestingly enough,

1215
00:48:02,028 --> 00:48:03,546
we don't have time here,

1216
00:48:03,546 --> 00:48:05,337
but if you would read Psalm 73,

1217
00:48:05,337 --> 00:48:07,289
it was exactly every one

1218
00:48:07,289 --> 00:48:09,636
of my thoughts in order,

1219
00:48:09,636 --> 00:48:12,032
how I had thought of them one by one,

1220
00:48:12,032 --> 00:48:13,219
even in my conversation

1221
00:48:13,219 --> 00:48:14,488
when we got back home.

1222
00:48:14,488 --> 00:48:16,540
He was just revealing to me

1223
00:48:16,540 --> 00:48:19,546
everything just how I had just thought.

1224
00:48:19,546 --> 00:48:21,341
And I find it amazing

1225
00:48:21,341 --> 00:48:23,720
that He knows us so fully.

1226
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,627
And what's more interesting,
Pastor Derek,

1227
00:48:26,627 --> 00:48:28,646
is that when I came to the seminary,

1228
00:48:28,646 --> 00:48:31,443
I learned that Psalm 73

1229
00:48:31,443 --> 00:48:33,960
happens to be a Psalm

1230
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:35,939
that points to the final conclusion

1231
00:48:35,939 --> 00:48:37,668
of what's going to happen

1232
00:48:37,668 --> 00:48:40,689
to those who are not following God.

1233
00:48:40,689 --> 00:48:43,277
In simple words, you know,

1234
00:48:43,277 --> 00:48:47,740
God is giving, there, the response
to evil.

1235
00:48:47,740 --> 00:48:49,067
It says that one day

1236
00:48:49,067 --> 00:48:50,856
there will be a judgment.

1237
00:48:50,856 --> 00:48:52,494
At the time that I read the Psalm,

1238
00:48:52,494 --> 00:48:54,049
I was just impressed how God

1239
00:48:54,049 --> 00:48:55,611
could know my every thought.

1240
00:48:55,611 --> 00:48:56,908
But nowadays I even know

1241
00:48:56,908 --> 00:48:58,418
that He was actually responding

1242
00:48:58,418 --> 00:48:59,674
to me, to my concern.

1243
00:48:59,674 --> 00:49:01,737
So, that's a memorable experience

1244
00:49:01,737 --> 00:49:02,787
that I had with Him

1245
00:49:02,787 --> 00:49:03,984
that I will never forget.

1246
00:49:03,984 --> 00:49:05,674
And I often bring it to memory.

1247
00:49:05,674 --> 00:49:07,628
If I'm going shaky on my faith,

1248
00:49:07,628 --> 00:49:09,493
or a little unhappy or sad,

1249
00:49:09,493 --> 00:49:11,246
I know He knows my every thought.

1250
00:49:11,246 --> 00:49:12,262
Yes, Pastor Derek.

1251
00:49:12,262 --> 00:49:14,187
(Derek) I've been blessed, Sabina,

1252
00:49:14,187 --> 00:49:15,541
as I'm sure many have,

1253
00:49:15,541 --> 00:49:18,579
to see many miracles in my life,

1254
00:49:18,579 --> 00:49:20,852
miracles of transformation,

1255
00:49:20,852 --> 00:49:23,203
people, just their lives turned around.

1256
00:49:23,203 --> 00:49:26,399
Whenever that happens, I sit down

1257
00:49:26,399 --> 00:49:28,585
and I write it down.

1258
00:49:28,585 --> 00:49:30,415
And I put the day, the date.

1259
00:49:30,415 --> 00:49:31,814
I remember a young lady

1260
00:49:31,814 --> 00:49:34,847
who used to cut herself and burn herself.

1261
00:49:34,847 --> 00:49:36,043
She had so much pain.

1262
00:49:36,043 --> 00:49:38,378
I remember the day, May 13,

1263
00:49:38,378 --> 00:49:39,953
I can give you the year,

1264
00:49:39,953 --> 00:49:41,563
when Jesus healed her.

1265
00:49:41,563 --> 00:49:43,431
And I write that down.

1266
00:49:43,431 --> 00:49:46,239
It's like building a little altar

1267
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,016
of worship to God.

1268
00:49:48,016 --> 00:49:49,807
And, you know, one

1269
00:49:49,807 --> 00:49:51,457
of our early Adventist pioneers

1270
00:49:51,457 --> 00:49:55,711
wrote a book, <i>Way Marks and High Heaps.</i>

1271
00:49:55,711 --> 00:49:56,771
What he meant is build

1272
00:49:56,771 --> 00:49:58,786
some places that remind you,

1273
00:49:58,786 --> 00:50:00,313
just like the children of Israel

1274
00:50:00,313 --> 00:50:02,014
stacked those stones up

1275
00:50:02,014 --> 00:50:05,069
as a reminder, "Thus far God has led us."

1276
00:50:05,069 --> 00:50:07,296
I think it's really powerful

1277
00:50:07,296 --> 00:50:09,528
and really the theme of the lesson

1278
00:50:09,528 --> 00:50:12,041
is don't forget those times,

1279
00:50:12,041 --> 00:50:13,205
and don't let your momma

1280
00:50:13,205 --> 00:50:15,263
or your grandpa forget those times either.

1281
00:50:15,263 --> 00:50:16,932
Let them tell you those stories.

1282
00:50:16,932 --> 00:50:18,061
And you have nothing

1283
00:50:18,061 --> 00:50:20,218
to fear for the future

1284
00:50:20,218 --> 00:50:21,982
if you'll remember the way

1285
00:50:21,982 --> 00:50:24,180
God has led you in your past.

1286
00:50:24,180 --> 00:50:25,928
And, of course, that's why the enemy

1287
00:50:25,928 --> 00:50:28,138
wants us to just forget those things - no!

1288
00:50:28,138 --> 00:50:30,558
Remember, remember the Lord,

1289
00:50:30,558 --> 00:50:32,544
remember what He's done in your life,

1290
00:50:32,544 --> 00:50:34,350
remember His activity

1291
00:50:34,350 --> 00:50:37,570
in your past history, so valuable.

1292
00:50:37,570 --> 00:50:39,584
And then you have a testimony to share.

1293
00:50:39,584 --> 00:50:40,929
(Sabina) Amen. Pastor Derek.

1294
00:50:40,929 --> 00:50:42,505
Yeah, that's a good idea,

1295
00:50:42,505 --> 00:50:43,921
just keep record of that.

1296
00:50:43,921 --> 00:50:45,050
One day maybe you can

1297
00:50:45,050 --> 00:50:47,271
share that with other people.

1298
00:50:47,271 --> 00:50:49,566
So, we also have another type of <i>remember</i>.

1299
00:50:49,566 --> 00:50:52,326
We are going to look there very quickly.

1300
00:50:52,326 --> 00:50:55,063
So, we saw already in Deuteronomy

1301
00:50:55,063 --> 00:50:56,696
that there is the type of <i>remember</i>

1302
00:50:56,696 --> 00:50:58,088
of simply a knowledge of God,

1303
00:50:58,088 --> 00:50:59,368
remembering that He exists

1304
00:50:59,368 --> 00:51:00,809
and giving Him honor.

1305
00:51:00,809 --> 00:51:03,202
We also recognized that there is a type

1306
00:51:03,202 --> 00:51:05,138
of call to remember

1307
00:51:05,138 --> 00:51:06,790
where He delivered you from

1308
00:51:06,790 --> 00:51:08,654
and how He delivered you,

1309
00:51:08,654 --> 00:51:09,870
whatever is the case,

1310
00:51:09,870 --> 00:51:13,097
your sin or a bad situation in your life.

1311
00:51:13,097 --> 00:51:14,661
And we also have considered

1312
00:51:14,661 --> 00:51:16,476
that He asks us simply to remember

1313
00:51:16,476 --> 00:51:19,046
His works in general in your life.

1314
00:51:19,046 --> 00:51:20,367
And now, we also have

1315
00:51:20,367 --> 00:51:22,166
a different type of <i>remember</i>,

1316
00:51:22,166 --> 00:51:24,729
and we are going to check there,

1317
00:51:24,729 --> 00:51:26,308
and Pedro, I think, had already

1318
00:51:26,308 --> 00:51:27,858
started off on that topic.

1319
00:51:27,858 --> 00:51:29,553
So, Pedro, maybe if you could

1320
00:51:29,553 --> 00:51:32,217
take us back there, and that's

1321
00:51:32,217 --> 00:51:38,286
in Deuteronomy 4:40.

1322
00:51:38,286 --> 00:51:40,135
No, before that, I'm sorry,

1323
00:51:40,135 --> 00:51:44,071
let's look at Deuteronomy 5:12.

1324
00:51:44,071 --> 00:51:45,631
(Pedro) Okay, I'll be reading

1325
00:51:45,631 --> 00:51:47,466
from the New King James Version,

1326
00:51:47,466 --> 00:51:50,114
Deuteronomy 5:12, and it says:

1327
00:51:56,870 --> 00:51:58,164
(Sabina) Okay, so what type

1328
00:51:58,164 --> 00:52:01,064
of <i>remember</i> is different here?

1329
00:52:01,064 --> 00:52:03,848
That it's different than what we've

1330
00:52:03,848 --> 00:52:06,220
seen before in the Sabbath commandment

1331
00:52:06,220 --> 00:52:07,492
because here it appears

1332
00:52:07,492 --> 00:52:10,006
as "observe," and not "remember," right?

1333
00:52:10,006 --> 00:52:11,508
(Pedro) Yes, when we're looking

1334
00:52:11,508 --> 00:52:13,446
through the texts, and I read verse 15,

1335
00:52:13,446 --> 00:52:14,846
which was in the same context

1336
00:52:14,846 --> 00:52:16,204
or the same commandment,

1337
00:52:16,204 --> 00:52:17,802
you know, the fourth commandment.

1338
00:52:17,802 --> 00:52:19,802
And He asks us to remember

1339
00:52:19,802 --> 00:52:22,417
the aspect of the slavery

1340
00:52:22,417 --> 00:52:23,605
they had gone through.

1341
00:52:23,605 --> 00:52:25,265
But when we see "observe,"

1342
00:52:25,265 --> 00:52:26,795
we're also reminded

1343
00:52:26,795 --> 00:52:29,449
that in the fourth commandment in Exodus,

1344
00:52:29,449 --> 00:52:31,191
we see the word "remember."

1345
00:52:31,191 --> 00:52:32,661
And observing and remembering

1346
00:52:32,661 --> 00:52:34,395
have a correlation with each other.

1347
00:52:34,395 --> 00:52:36,943
And God wants us to remind ourselves

1348
00:52:36,943 --> 00:52:39,149
that He is our Creator.

1349
00:52:39,149 --> 00:52:41,343
He is the One who made us

1350
00:52:41,343 --> 00:52:43,138
in the first place.

1351
00:52:43,138 --> 00:52:44,328
(Derek) I think "observe"

1352
00:52:44,328 --> 00:52:46,267
is an active remembrance.

1353
00:52:46,267 --> 00:52:48,012
You know, "I remember,

1354
00:52:48,012 --> 00:52:49,841
I'm not going to do anything about it,

1355
00:52:49,841 --> 00:52:51,229
but I remember...," no, no.

1356
00:52:51,229 --> 00:52:53,682
This is saying "actively remember,"

1357
00:52:53,682 --> 00:52:56,157
and the Sabbath is a gift of a time

1358
00:52:56,157 --> 00:52:58,268
to actively remember God,

1359
00:52:58,268 --> 00:52:59,743
how He delivered you,

1360
00:52:59,743 --> 00:53:01,592
His leading in your past history.

1361
00:53:01,592 --> 00:53:03,135
Well, when you think about that,

1362
00:53:03,135 --> 00:53:05,100
you can look forward to every Sabbath

1363
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:06,961
because He's not only our Creator,

1364
00:53:06,961 --> 00:53:09,175
but He is the One who has delivered us.

1365
00:53:09,175 --> 00:53:12,205
And actively remembering that, I think,

1366
00:53:12,205 --> 00:53:13,572
brings joy and courage

1367
00:53:13,572 --> 00:53:15,828
and hope to your life.

1368
00:53:15,828 --> 00:53:17,412
(Sabina) Yes, so, it doesn't mean

1369
00:53:17,412 --> 00:53:18,455
that He was no longer

1370
00:53:18,455 --> 00:53:20,071
willing them to remember, right?

1371
00:53:20,071 --> 00:53:21,720
So, it's not that it was missing.

1372
00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:23,269
It's not that in the second time

1373
00:53:23,269 --> 00:53:25,029
that Moses was reinforcing the law

1374
00:53:25,029 --> 00:53:26,936
that this was no longer important,

1375
00:53:26,936 --> 00:53:28,956
but actually that it was very important.

1376
00:53:28,956 --> 00:53:30,742
Maybe it was now part

1377
00:53:30,742 --> 00:53:31,996
of their life already,

1378
00:53:31,996 --> 00:53:34,491
but they needed to keep doing it

1379
00:53:34,491 --> 00:53:37,320
instead of ever stopping.

1380
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,404
So, as we come to the closure
of the lesson,

1381
00:53:40,404 --> 00:53:42,997
I would like you to share with me

1382
00:53:42,997 --> 00:53:45,893
what do we need to do...

1383
00:53:45,893 --> 00:53:47,569
What do we do that eventually can

1384
00:53:47,569 --> 00:53:49,654
cause us to forget everything

1385
00:53:49,654 --> 00:53:56,858
that God has done for us? Yes, Travis.

1386
00:53:56,858 --> 00:53:58,496
(Travis) I was thinking on a point

1387
00:53:58,496 --> 00:54:00,582
that we just made about the Sabbath.

1388
00:54:00,582 --> 00:54:02,585
There was a general friend of mine

1389
00:54:02,585 --> 00:54:05,254
that I made friends with in Australia.

1390
00:54:05,254 --> 00:54:06,495
And he had shared with me

1391
00:54:06,495 --> 00:54:08,564
how he would fall occasionally.

1392
00:54:08,564 --> 00:54:09,959
And it seemed to be a period

1393
00:54:09,959 --> 00:54:11,521
of every seven days.

1394
00:54:11,521 --> 00:54:12,686
He said, "I'll be good,

1395
00:54:12,686 --> 00:54:14,463
and then I would stumble into sin."

1396
00:54:14,463 --> 00:54:16,412
And then it made me think of the Sabbath,

1397
00:54:16,412 --> 00:54:18,028
and as we're just discussing this,

1398
00:54:18,028 --> 00:54:20,552
I'm thinking, God has given us

1399
00:54:20,552 --> 00:54:22,844
the Sabbath as a time to reflect

1400
00:54:22,844 --> 00:54:24,019
on how He has led,

1401
00:54:24,019 --> 00:54:25,991
and how He has delivered in the past.

1402
00:54:25,991 --> 00:54:27,821
If we take that day to spend with Him

1403
00:54:27,821 --> 00:54:30,994
as a day of reflection,

1404
00:54:30,994 --> 00:54:32,451
by the end of the six days,

1405
00:54:32,451 --> 00:54:34,159
maybe, as Derek had mentioned,

1406
00:54:34,159 --> 00:54:36,215
you know, if we didn't do that,

1407
00:54:36,215 --> 00:54:39,765
we would fail to remember

1408
00:54:39,765 --> 00:54:40,839
the way God has led.

1409
00:54:40,839 --> 00:54:43,328
So, taking that time to reflect,

1410
00:54:43,328 --> 00:54:44,787
I think it is important,

1411
00:54:44,787 --> 00:54:46,186
because when we take the time

1412
00:54:46,186 --> 00:54:48,136
to reflect on how He has led in the past,

1413
00:54:48,136 --> 00:54:49,424
as Derek mentioned earlier,

1414
00:54:49,424 --> 00:54:51,145
we don't have to fear the future.

1415
00:54:51,145 --> 00:54:52,898
(Sabina) So, we're saying

1416
00:54:52,898 --> 00:54:55,034
that if we don't bring

1417
00:54:55,034 --> 00:54:57,388
those things to memory, we may forget.

1418
00:54:57,388 --> 00:54:58,659
Yes, Jason, I see you have

1419
00:54:58,659 --> 00:54:59,892
something else to share.

1420
00:54:59,892 --> 00:55:01,887
(Jason) Sure, so we can forget,

1421
00:55:01,887 --> 00:55:04,079
and Deuteronomy actually talks about this.

1422
00:55:04,079 --> 00:55:05,534
We don't have time to read it,

1423
00:55:05,534 --> 00:55:07,648
but in Deuteronomy 8:10-17

1424
00:55:07,648 --> 00:55:09,405
there's a whole description

1425
00:55:09,405 --> 00:55:11,608
that Moses warns the people.

1426
00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,604
It talks about when they're full,

1427
00:55:13,604 --> 00:55:14,762
they had forgotten God.

1428
00:55:14,762 --> 00:55:16,580
They had all this prosperity.

1429
00:55:16,580 --> 00:55:17,937
And so, it's not that God

1430
00:55:17,937 --> 00:55:19,742
doesn't want us to have these things,

1431
00:55:19,742 --> 00:55:20,917
but we need to make sure

1432
00:55:20,917 --> 00:55:22,662
that these things don't separate us

1433
00:55:22,662 --> 00:55:24,476
from remembering where we were.

1434
00:55:24,476 --> 00:55:25,655
And so, if we have

1435
00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:28,612
too much satisfaction in those things,

1436
00:55:28,612 --> 00:55:30,452
that it sort of takes us

1437
00:55:30,452 --> 00:55:32,197
away from where we were

1438
00:55:32,197 --> 00:55:35,436
and makes us somehow forget

1439
00:55:35,436 --> 00:55:36,581
who gave us these things

1440
00:55:36,581 --> 00:55:38,149
in the first place, which is God.

1441
00:55:38,149 --> 00:55:39,449
(Sabina) Amen. Yes, Pedro.

1442
00:55:39,449 --> 00:55:41,461
(Pedro) I love what Derek had mentioned,

1443
00:55:41,461 --> 00:55:44,695
observe, it's an active remember.

1444
00:55:44,695 --> 00:55:46,369
There are so many things we can do,

1445
00:55:46,369 --> 00:55:47,460
spending time with God

1446
00:55:47,460 --> 00:55:48,829
and spending time listening,

1447
00:55:48,829 --> 00:55:50,237
spending time with the time

1448
00:55:50,237 --> 00:55:51,601
that He has prepared for us.

1449
00:55:51,601 --> 00:55:53,109
Those are things that we can do

1450
00:55:53,109 --> 00:55:54,758
actively to remember; I love that.

1451
00:55:54,758 --> 00:55:56,067
Thank you for sharing that.

1452
00:55:56,067 --> 00:55:57,894
(Sabina) Awesome. Thank you so much.

1453
00:55:57,894 --> 00:55:59,396
I really just want to encourage

1454
00:55:59,396 --> 00:56:01,385
each one of those who are watching us

1455
00:56:01,385 --> 00:56:02,519
to bring to your memory

1456
00:56:02,519 --> 00:56:04,101
the things that give you hope.

1457
00:56:04,101 --> 00:56:05,907
I'm reminded of this verse

1458
00:56:05,907 --> 00:56:07,298
in the book of Lamentations

1459
00:56:07,298 --> 00:56:08,778
that says that we need to bring

1460
00:56:08,778 --> 00:56:09,827
to our mind the things

1461
00:56:09,827 --> 00:56:10,923
that will give us hope.

1462
00:56:10,923 --> 00:56:11,929
And I'm sure you have

1463
00:56:11,929 --> 00:56:14,001
already experienced something with God.

1464
00:56:14,001 --> 00:56:16,265
Even if you have been away from His path,

1465
00:56:16,265 --> 00:56:18,018
bring to memory when was that day

1466
00:56:18,018 --> 00:56:19,233
where He found you

1467
00:56:19,233 --> 00:56:20,941
in your moment of sadness,

1468
00:56:20,941 --> 00:56:22,531
when He delivered you.

1469
00:56:22,531 --> 00:56:24,148
Where did He bring you from?

1470
00:56:24,148 --> 00:56:25,701
I know where He brought me from,

1471
00:56:25,701 --> 00:56:27,355
and I'm so excited that I am here

1472
00:56:27,355 --> 00:56:29,516
standing before you and before God,

1473
00:56:29,516 --> 00:56:30,923
not because I'm perfect

1474
00:56:30,923 --> 00:56:32,966
or because I have anything special

1475
00:56:32,966 --> 00:56:34,238
to offer of my own,

1476
00:56:34,238 --> 00:56:36,201
but because He has delivered me.

1477
00:56:36,201 --> 00:56:37,427
He has done things to me,

1478
00:56:37,427 --> 00:56:38,301
and because I keep

1479
00:56:38,301 --> 00:56:39,601
bringing them to my memory,

1480
00:56:39,601 --> 00:56:42,241
I keep looking to them and to God,

1481
00:56:42,241 --> 00:56:43,727
I know that there is a future

1482
00:56:43,727 --> 00:56:46,977
that awaits me, even in the moments
of difficulties.

1483
00:56:46,977 --> 00:56:48,088
So, thank you so much,

1484
00:56:48,088 --> 00:56:49,621
and please stay with us.

1485
00:56:49,621 --> 00:56:52,680
(Derek) Amen. Thank you so much, Sabina.

1486
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:54,270
Let's pray together.

1487
00:56:54,270 --> 00:56:58,004
Father in heaven, our hearts
are strangely warm.

1488
00:56:58,004 --> 00:56:59,987
We just want to praise You.

1489
00:56:59,987 --> 00:57:01,278
You've been so good to us,

1490
00:57:01,278 --> 00:57:02,919
and we don't want to forget.

1491
00:57:02,919 --> 00:57:05,301
We want to remember You as our God,

1492
00:57:05,301 --> 00:57:06,562
how You've delivered us

1493
00:57:06,562 --> 00:57:09,328
and how You've led in our past history.

1494
00:57:09,328 --> 00:57:10,446
And, God, we just want

1495
00:57:10,446 --> 00:57:11,595
to praise You forever,

1496
00:57:11,595 --> 00:57:14,219
so accept our worship today,

1497
00:57:14,219 --> 00:57:15,769
and may we always keep You first

1498
00:57:15,769 --> 00:57:17,928
and foremost in our lives.

1499
00:57:17,928 --> 00:57:20,032
In Your holy name we pray. Amen.

1500
00:57:20,032 --> 00:57:21,029
(Team) Amen.

1501
00:57:21,029 --> 00:57:23,560
(Derek) Thanks for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School.

1502
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,093
Go out and share the good news
with those around you.

1503
00:57:26,093 --> 00:58:29,285
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