GYC 2015: Called. Chosen. Faithful.

God's Final Call: The Three Angels' Messages

Charissa Fong Torossian

Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC)

God’s Final Call: The Three Angels’ Messages—Part 1

This message was presented at the GYC 2015 conference called Chosen Faithful in Louisville, Kentucky.

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I welcome you to our very first of our three-part series on the 3 angels' messages.

And this is the first 1 in our series and it's entitled, Fear God and give glory to Him.

So let's open with a word of prayer for those of us that are here.

Loving Father in heaven, Lord, we just thank you for the time we can spend studying the Bible.

And as we studied this first angels message, I pray that you help us to be blessed and to understand what it is you have to share with us.

My name is Charissa Fong and I live in a place that is very close to the Sydney Adventist Hospital.

Well, Sydney Adventist Hospital every year has a Christmas tradition and that is before Christmas time we have carols by candlelight on the lawn of the hospital.

And I don't think you do that in America because it's probably a bit cold around this time of year to have carols by candlelight on a lawn anywhere.

You bring your candle, you bring your torch, and you sit on the lawn and you sing carols.

I love it because it's a family tradition for as long as I can remember.

We go there as a family and we enjoy these carols.

But my favorite part of the whole carols program is the ending where they play the Hallelujah Chorus while the fireworks go off.

Everybody stands, we watch the fireworks and we hear the Hallelujah Chorus blaring in the background and I love it because it's like a little picture of what it will be like when Jesus comes again.

Handel wrote the Messiah, the whole Messiah in 24 days.

At the time we are told he was struggling with depression.

And yet this wonderful masterpiece came as a result of that.

And there's a little story behind the Hallelujah Chorus.

1 day, Handel's assistant was calling to him, George, George, where are you?

He was a bit frustrated because this musician spent all of his time at his desk writing and it could be a very, it's not very social, you know, they didn't talk much.

And so he's calling for him, there's no response and so frustrated, he gets up and goes looking to find Handel.

He opens the door to Handel's room, office, and there was Handel sitting at a desk with tears coming down his cheeks and the assistant looked at him and said what's the matter why are you crying and Handel held up the composition of the Hallelujah Chorus that he had just completed and he said I did see heaven open and I saw the face of God." Something to that effect.

But that's how moved he was when he wrote this composition which is, I believe, the crowning piece of all the works that he wrote in his career.

And in fact, King George II, when he heard the Messiah played, When it got to the Hallelujah Chorus, we are told that King George II, he stood to his feet.

He stood because he recognized that there was a King that was greater than he.

And as I think about that wonderful chorus, and I think about the second coming of Jesus, I believe that 1 day very soon, we too, we will see the heavens open and we will see the face of Jesus as he comes to take us home.

And I believe that day is very, very near in the very near future.

But there is something that Jesus said had to happen before he returned.

And we find he tells us about it before Jesus comes.

He tells us in Matthew chapter 24 and verse 14, He says, and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in Jamaica.

As a witness to all the nations and then the end will come.

So friends, the gospel is something that is going to be witnessed, not just preached.

It's not just going to be heard, but it will be seen around the world.

And notice, friends, that when Jesus spoke these words, he was very specific.

He doesn't just say, and a gospel will be preached in all the world.

He says, this gospel, very specific choice of language.

And there is only 1 other place in all the Bible where we find a very specific choice of language associated with the gospel.

In fact, there's only 1 other place in the whole Bible that talks about a gospel going around the world globally as well as internationally.

So, before we explore the 3 angels' messages, I would like to bring your attention to some context.

There are 3 scenes that we see in Revelation Chapter 14.

We see the 144, 000 standing with the Lamb on Mount Zion.

The most important thing for you to know about the 144, 000 is found in Revelation 14 verse 4.

It simply says, these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

Friends, wherever Jesus goes, they are there.

They are representatives of those who will be ready when Jesus comes.

And this is a powerful and a very comforting picture for the faithful friends of Jesus.

Because friends, no matter what this life may bring to us, no matter what we may meet in this life, we need to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.

Fixed on Him, the end goal, which is eternity with Him.

The second picture we see is that John describes 3 angels, and that's what we're about to explore, the very first 1 here, with 3 messages that must reach the world.

And then the third picture we see is a great harvest scene.

And according to Matthew 13, we know that this harvest scene is symbolic of the second coming of Jesus and it follows the messages of the 3 angels.

So if we look at this picture Right here, we can see that the 3 angels' messages, based on its context within the chapter, they must reach the world before the second coming of Jesus.

And the 144, 000 are who they are because of their response to this message.

So this is a little bit of background for us.

And according to the Bible, as we will discover as we read through these messages, it's not going to be easy to follow the Lamb at the end of time.

In fact, Revelation 13, 11, it describes a beast that looks like a lamb, but it speaks like a dragon.

This beast performs miracles, signs and wonders.

And because of this, he deceives the inhabitants of the whole earth.

He sets up an image in honor of the first beast.

And he forces everyone to worship the image or they'll be threatened with death and with a death decree.

No 1 can buy and sell unless they have the mark of the beast.

And so this first beast, it comes up out of the water.

There's a second beast that comes up out of the earth.

And the second beast looks like a lamb, but it speaks like a dragon.

It looks like a lamb so that people think they are following a lamb, when in actual fact, they are following the beast who receives his power from the dragon.

So this is a very dramatic picture that we see at the end of time.

Extreme Preaching

Duane McKey

Extreme Preaching: Part 3

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Father in heaven, we thank you that you are such an awesome God and that you have given us the privilege of sharing your message with others.

Please send your Holy Spirit upon this room today, this afternoon.

Keep us awake, give us energy, give us wisdom, and give us a heart for your Word.

I think we probably have a bit of a, you know, this is, our seminar is continuous, and the others, some of those are repeat each time, and perhaps we should have done that.

We thought we had so much we needed to share, we needed to have it continuous.

But let us just say this, that sometimes people think that preaching is scary.

Actually, they say that 1 of the hardest things in the world to do is to stand up in front of someone else that you don't know and give a presentation and scares people to death.

I was scared to death, But remember, yeah, if any of you were here in the previous session, I said it was all, you know, I was concentrating on myself, I, me, but you know what?

When we give it to God, he will work in and through us.

The Holy Spirit will give us the boldness, the power, and wisdom, and energy, and whatever else we lack.

We actually have taken about 3, 000 people and showed them how to preach overseas and here in the States.

And the most exciting thing is we have never had a funeral yet No 1 has ever died Really, it's life-changing is transforming.

It's better than extreme sports It's the most exhilarating exciting thing you'll ever do and you won't die Isn't that thrilling When you jump off the Victoria Falls Bridge, you might die.

When you make your first call, When you make your first call, when you make your first call, and people come forward to accept Jesus, wow.

It is so amazing to know that God has used you in such a special way.

1 of the most exciting things about overseas is the fact that you get to work with a translator because working with a translator gives you time to think.

As a young person too, you don't have to be embarrassed.

If you miss up, the translator fixes it and you'll never ever see these people again.

So you don't have to be embarrassed, except in heaven, right?

So working with a translator is a lot of fun.

This gives you a little example of how fun it is to work with a translator.

Again, it's to demonstrate the challenge of communicating the gospel cross-culturally in another language.

We will illustrate this as an American pastor speaks to an interpreter.

This is not to be a reflection on the ability of our national Christians to interpret, but rather, it is a graphic demonstration of why missionaries strive to master the language of the people with whom they live and labor.

Today we have a great pastor from America come to speak to us.

I'm very pleased for the opportunity to interpret for this brother since he does not speak our language Thank you brother, thank you, thank you.

I'm very happy to be here with you tonight and I'd like to say thank you for the dinner He says thank you for the dinner I must admit I have some butterflies in my stomach.

I said I have some butterflies in my stomach.

It seems our guest has taken some fries into his stomach but I really like the food it was good I was really great thank you I like the food it was very good very good well well he liked the fries and I want you know that I'm tickled pink tonight that you've invited me here to share with you It seems now that our guest has developed a rash and has been scratching himself so much that he has turned pink in places.

I'm especially ecstatic about the topic that you've asked me to address.

Our guest has a great deal of elastic in his dress.

That topic my friends is how to get our people involved in spiritual ministries.

He's going to tell us how to get involved in ministering to the spirits.

You see, there are too many people running around here like chickens with their heads cut off.

They're running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

In this man's country there must be terrible persecution.

They're just killing people by cutting their heads off.

Their testimony is not worth a hill of beans.

Their testimony is not worth a mountain of vegetables.

I tell you, friends, it's time to get on the ball for Jesus.

Part of the problem is you who are pastors.

Ah yes, you're putting a gun on the ground and then you're jumping up and down on it.

You're always shooting off at your mouth.

Well then you're taking the gun and shoot your lips off.

Many times there's a problem with just being lackadaisical.

Many times there's a problem with laxatives.

You must give them a reason to be glued to their seats.

When people come to your church, you just put something sticky on the seat when they sit down and they can't get back up.

I know how it is getting ready for church.

The kids are in the yard as filthy as pigs.

They have some baby goats in the yard and they begin to look like pigs.

Extreme Preaching: Part 2

This message was presented at the GYC 2015 conference called Chosen Faithful in Louisville Kentucky.

For other resources like this visit us online at www.gycweb.org Esther, Let me tell you about Daryl and Mary Jo.

They had some issues with the church And and got discouraged and you know, I'm people like that And so they stopped attending church.

And actually they didn't care for the conference and didn't care for leadership and just had some issues going on in their hearts.

And so they decided 1 Sabbath to go to a church in Arizona when Kathy and I were living there, I was president, and they went there not knowing we were going to be there.

And all of a sudden they came late and they were in church?

Actually, they had made a commitment on Sabbath morning to go out and help pick up trash.

And they looked at their watch and when they were done and they said, oh, we have time to go to church.

So they showed up at church, and lo and behold, the conference president was preaching.

They weren't excited about that, but they stayed.

And then someone said to them later, you know, why don't you come to the fellowship dinner?

And they said, oh, we didn't bring anything.

So the last ones to walk into the fellowship hall was Darrell and Mary Jo, and there were 2 seats left.

Right across from us, right across from each 1 of us.

We were getting ready in 3 or 4 months to do a mission trip to Kenya.

And so we asked him, said, would you guys want to go on a mission trip?

And so Darrell was thinking, if The president knew who I was And knew my history.

He wouldn't be asking me to do this Anyway, we talked to him and talked to them and so later in the afternoon.

They went home they're gonna take a nap and sleep and they have a medical business up there and in the mountains in Arizona And they called me up and they said, tell me more about Kenya.

Well, their credit cards were all maxed out.

We helped them a little bit and they both went and preached.

And Darrell told me later, he said, I started preaching stuff I didn't believe and I started believing what I was preaching Just changed their lives and they started a special ministry They started the ministry called living waters international and I actually happen to be a board member of that is wonderful.

First, they started putting water purification systems in in Kenya.

And then they started this feeding program for child-headed homes, children whose parents have died of AIDS.

And they started a feeding program and they feed them 2 meals a day, breakfast and lunch, for 180 kids every day.

So these kids live in a hut together and the oldest child is the head of the home.

And so Daryl and Mary Jo every year they go back to Kenya 2 3 and 4 times a year and every time they go they have a series of evangelistic meetings.

And this 1 time, I think it was 3 years ago, they went back to Kenya.

And Daryl is preaching on a mountaintop, or a high hill anyway.

And in Africa, if you've never been there, you will notice when you go to Rwanda that the loudspeakers are faced out to the Villages so people can hear the messages.

Although they're turned up very loud and The audience hears it but so also the village around them and so there was preaching and Esther is not attending the meetings, but she's sitting in her house or hut down below the mountain.

She shows up the last night and she says, I want to be baptized.

And Darrell says, well, you haven't been coming to me.

Well, she hears her his voice echoing around the mountain and she says I have to tell you my story Well, what's your story?

Well, she said I was sleeping in this same place in my my house 51 years ago and there I was thinking That's the year I was born 51 years ago the year he was born she had a dream.

And she dreamt that someday an American would come and his voice would echo around the mouth and behind her house.

And the angel said in the dream, when you hear that voice, you'll know that is truth.

And she said, when you set those speakers up and your voice started echoing around the mountain, I remember the dream, I remember your voice.

I heard the same voice 51 years ago, the year he was born.

And I said to myself, God told me when I heard that voice that's truth I need to follow and that's why I want to be baptized.

God knew when you were born that you would be here in GYC today.

Number 5, evangelism puts you in the center of God's activities.

Daniela was a young lady, or is a young lady.

She was a senior in the university and she had been wanting to go on a mission trip.

She had been praying for 5 years that the Lord would work it out for her to be able to go on a mission trip.

And so she heard about the mission trip that we were going to make to Zambia.

And she thought, how can I raise the money?

How can I get together enough money to go on this mission trip?

And so she prayed and prayed and she had saved some money.

And so the $500 was going to, you know, multiply.

And then there was the Voix d'Esperance at their church.

And They were making a plea for people to give $500 they needed 10 people to give a pledge of $500 and they found 9 and Daniela the Holy Spirit spoke to her Heart and and and said Daniela you have 500 dollars You need to give that money and she thought but I want to go on a mission trip.

How am I going to do that if I give the money?

And she felt impressed that she should give the money.

Well, the very next week, she went to school, to the university.

And she saw, it was the beginning of the year, she saw where she could sign up for a grant.

Now a grant is not a loan, she wouldn't have to pay it back.

And it was a grant of $4, 000 that she could get.

Now she had paid all of her school bill ahead of time.

And so, she applied for the grant, and she thought, I can go on the mission trip with that money because I've already paid my school bill.

She came on the mission trip and she was so excited.

Her father got sick and her mother wanted to come home, but she stayed to the last Sabbath.

And she'll tell her experience here, how God changed her life.

And she says, it's the best experience of my life.

And I just I don't know, I feel I just feel so peaceful and so happy.

I don't know what happened, but I feel changed.

I feel just a different person, and I will never forget this experience.

And especially because I had to pass through many things these last 4 days.

And my dad was in the hospital and I thought that I needed to go back but miss Kathy told me no because the Satan was He doesn't want you to give you the opportunity To see all these people being baptized and she was right and I'm so glad that I didn't go back because now my dad is doing better and I'm here looking at these people being baptized so this has been the best experience of my life and I'm so happy and blessed I have been blessed.

So If you want to have the best experience of your life, isn't that thrilling?

I know some of you're thinking I'd like to do this.

I like to do this, but where am I going to get the money?

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