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Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

iShare 2011 Plenary Meetings

Michael Tuazon

I Dare You

Ricardo Graham

The Ownership Question

Peter Neri

Standing in the Gap

Arnold Trujillo

I Share What I Have

Anil Kanda

The Cutting Edge

I come before you humbled that you have chosen me, you've chosen us, you've chosen each person in this room.

We're all sinners, we all fall short, we are all in need of grace, but not only do you redeem us and love us and care for us, but you have a high standard that you're calling us to.

And my prayer this evening will be that each person under the sound of my voice, especially the class of 2011, will take this message and run.

That we will take the truth that you've given us and do things that no other person, no other generation has done before.

If you were born in 1901 to 1924, you were part of a generation called the greatest generation.

You lived and fought through World War II.

They saved the world and built a nation in the process.

If you were born from 1924 to 1945, you are part of the silent generation.

You were born during the Great Depression and were kids during World War II.

Time Magazine called you silent and a still small flame.

This generation was known as the post-war generation called the Seekers.

If you were born from 1946 to 1964, you were part of what is called the Baby Boomers.

The biggest increase in birth rates, also known as the me generation, the big spenders.

I think we're all reaping the consequence of that 1.

If you were born from 1965 to 1981, you were part of a generation called Generation X, also known as the Latchkey kids because you grew up in a generation of divorce.

You were never really accepted and you felt that when you grew up you had a chip on your shoulder.

Now I come to 1982 through the late 90s, All of you.

I hate to tell you, but your generation is undefined.

According to this, there's confusion what to call you.

Some of you, some people call you the echo boomers.

Some people call you the net generation because of the rise of the internet.

Either way, when I was doing my research, I found that your generation, talking to you and also those here today, especially the Youth Rush students and leaders.

According to this, your generation has a characteristic of being noncommittal.

In fact, in colleges, 1 of the most popular major is guess what?

We have rise to the mega churches and non-denominational churches because people, your generation, you want to be part of a church without a commitment.

You want to come as you are, stay as you are.

It's interesting because if you grew up in my generation, Generation X or Generation Y.

You've never feared about being called into a draft.

You've never worried about food being on the table.

You've been influenced heavily by the media.

You've been educated by a computer screen, you've communicated through textbook, texas and facebook.

It's interesting because the career choices that you all make, talking to the generation Y, souls list graduates, What you choose for a career is based upon fulfillment.

Past generations, your career choice was defined by survival.

It's interesting, because if you're going into college today, I decided to find out what are the most popular college majors.

You'll find biology, you'll find nursing, you'll find sociology, but because many people want fulfillment, now they have other majors.

Let me see if you've heard of some of these.

Have you heard of a comic book art major?

The University of Connecticut offers a bachelors in puppet arts.

My alma mater, the University of California, Riverside, has the only major, the only university with a creative writing major.

You can also take art history, women's studies, library technology, And get this, these 2 ones will flip your seat.

Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky, they have a professional nanny major.

And my favorite 1, from the Michigan State University, you can get a bachelor's, you can get a master's, you can even get a doctorate in packaging.

Just in case those of you were curious what major to decide on.

20 years ago, you would have never seen these majors.

However, it seems that with each passing generation, priorities have shifted.

Instead of focusing on survival and availability, our generation is focused on fulfillment and entertainment.

If there is a generation that needs to be challenged, if there is a generation that needs to be dared, it's us.

If there is a generation that needs to step it up, If there is a generation that needs to be dared, it's us.

If there is a generation that needs to step it up, if there is a generation that needs to do something in order to get this stigma that we're undefined, that we're undeclared, that we're uncommitted, it's you.

With that being said, we come to the sermon titled, I Dare You.

First off, let me give you the definition of a dare.

A dare is a challenge that proves bravery, according to the dictionary.

If someone issues you a dare, and I'm sure many of you have been issued dares as a kid, I dare you to jump off the stage, I dare you to talk to this person, I dare you to throw the ball into the neighbor's yard, I dare you, we've grown up with that.

There are 3 things that categorize a dare.

Number 2, it's a challenge that someone issues.

And number 3, it's something that you don't normally do.

Keep those things in mind as I dare you tonight and I dare myself.

The first story is found in Acts chapter 4.

We're going to be looking through our Bibles.

We're going to be reading and studying Acts chapter 4.

Dare number 1, class of 2011, youth rush, parents in the audience, I dare you to be bold.

If you were to look in the dictionary, being bold is defined as this, dared to do something.

That is the dictionary definition, 1 of the definitions of being bold, dare to do something.

I'm going to introduce you to some men who are bold.

It says, And as they spoke unto the people, the priests, the captains of the temple, the satchuses came upon them, being grieved, that word grieved is translated to worried in the Greek, that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And they laid hold on them and put them in hold until the next day, for it is now evening.

How be it many of them which heard the word believed, and the number of the men was about how many?" Listen carefully.

What story in Acts is the famous story where we have 3, 000 converting in 1 day?

The 1 story that I believe that is missed, that we don't emphasize much is this story right here in Acts chapter 4.

We have these men and what they're doing is they're preaching the gospel.

And the religious leaders are upset at this, and they're worried.

They're worried that the people won't take their words anymore.

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