AMEN 2014: Joined Together

<p>Free sharing permitted under the Creative Commons <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/">BY-NC-ND 3.0 (US)</a> license.</p>

Adventist Medical Evangelism Network (AMEN)

Plenary

Allen Lloyd

Healing Patients for Eternity

Eric Nelson

Rachel Nelson

The 6th Competency: Systems-Based (Spiritual) Practice

Phil Mills

Crowded Waiting Rooms

George Guthrie

D’Sozo, The Theology of Health

John Chung

Mark Finley

Tim Howe

Naren James

Mark Ranzinger

AMEN 10th Anniversary Panel Discussion

Anil Kanda

Ellen White Finally Exposed

Wholeness in a Broken World

Stephen Thorp

Reclaiming the Vision: Mission in the LLU School of Medicine

Todd Guthrie

From Broken to Blessed

I'm gonna share a story that I've shared in many different places, a true story.

And I really believe that it's important because it has to do with a very special Bible verse found in Isaiah 65, verse 24.

1 morning I woke up, early in the morning.

I believe in waking up early and that's the key to having a successful spiritual life, amen?

I was doing my devotions and at the end of that 01:00 or that 1 hour, I thought to myself, it was 5 a.m.

I thought to myself, I'm going to text my friends this powerful scripture verse.

Now how many people love text messages early in the morning?

And So what happened is I read this beautiful verse found in Isaiah 65 verse 24 and it says this, and it shall come to pass that before you call, I will answer, and while you are still speaking, I will hear.

I ended up texting 1 of my other friends who's not on my text message list, who happened to be an atheist.

And the last time I talked to this person, the curse words were coming out of his mouth, every other word.

Actually, he had memorized the book of Romans.

And so when I accidentally texted him that first, I thought to myself, I'm about to be cursed out.

So I looked at my phone, there was no message.

Closed my eyes, and all of a sudden the phone went off.

And these words were on the phone, and it said this, thank you, brother.

Now I thought to myself, that's quite strange, so I said to him, What do you mean by that?

He texted me right back and he says, you're not gonna believe what just happened.

In the middle of the night I had this horrible, horrific dream and it was just this darkness, this void.

And I woke up and I cried, God are you there?

And it said these words, before you call I will answer.

And while you're still speaking I will hear.

And you know what he texted me afterwards?

Alright, let's bow our heads for a word of prayer.

Father in heaven, thank you so much for Sabbath school and Lord we know that this time is precious and we do need to regain this time in our churches all over the world.

Lord, we pray and ask for the present blessing at this moment and ask Jesus that you would speak to us, that you would challenge us, inspire us.

I was told I have about 35 minutes, 35 minutes.

I've been told I have 3 speeds, fast, super fast, and chipmunk, so here we go.

The name of the message called Ellen White Finally Exposed.

When you think of the church today, I was going over the Adventist archives last night, it's very interesting to see how much our church has actually expanded over the course of 100 years plus.

We look at all the various things, the various hospitals that have opened up, hundreds of hospitals have opened up, That's not including clinics.

You think of our church membership, which I believe is passing 18 million at this moment.

Thousands of churches all over the entire world.

And you think about where this actually started from.

You look at the little band of people, church leaders, men and women who begin to pray and ask God to lead them in tremendous ways.

Men and women from all sorts of backgrounds.

It's very interesting when you see all the various people who were involved in the building up this church.

1 person I'd like to hone in on is someone by the name of Ellen White.

Have you ever heard of Ellen White before?

Here's some fascinating points about Ellen White.

White wrote more than 100, 000 pages, a total of more than 25 million words.

The text most often referred to in Ellen White's writings is You Need to Become a Vegan.

It is Matthew chapter 5, verses 14 through 16.

The text refers to Christians as the what?

1 of Ellen's favorite hymn was When Peace Like a River.

She always asked for it when attending Healdsburg Church, Colorado.

Ellen White's favorite dishes were baked corn souffle, tomatoes, and macaroni, and by the way, I'm meeting with the Amen Committee to make sure that is going to be every single meal Amen 2016.

Ellen White's last known writing is a letter entitled The Victorious Life.

I call it the lost doctrine in our church.

She wrote this letter on June 14, 1914, and you may read it in her book Testimonies to Ministers.

This letter is a message overflowing with hope and assurance for Christians.

Arthur White wrote that she knew how to feed and treat animals with affections.

She abhorred any practice that brought pain or discomfort to animals, and she had firm words of disapproval for anyone who misused a horse or abused a cow.

The granddaughter of Ellen White stated that Mrs.

Never did we feel under a strain or stress in her presence.

She had deep blue gray eyes that were kind and alert, and she looked at us with love.

When you think about all the tests of a prophet, Jesus actually hones in on 1 particular test.

Throughout the entire Bible, you can look at the various criteria for being a prophet.

That is, the prophecies must come to pass.

That is that they must speak according to the scripture.

But it's very interesting, Jesus hones in on 1 particular criteria, look what he says in Matthew chapter 17, or Matthew chapter 7 verse 15 through 17.

False prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing.

And by the way, anytime God is about to do something big, the devil sends a whole bunch of counterfeits.

So if he's sending a whole bunch of counterfeits, then we must understand that God must have a legitimate voice.

Who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are what?

Series

Plenary

Ellen White Finally Exposed

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

Attachments

AMEN 2009 Breakout Seminars

Harnessing the Resources of the Church in Medical Evangelism

1h 36m

AMEN 2010 Breakout Seminars

Changing Behavior in the Clinic Setting

40m

Throne Exchange

30m

The Grasshopper Syndrome

36m

Brainwashed or Brain-cleansed

46m

Plenary

Doctor Who?

54m

Biblical Missionaries

Exiles As Missionaries

58m

Intensive: Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap Part 1

58m

Three Angels’ Messages and Justification

50m

Secrets from the Ancient Sanctuary

05 Millions are Looking at the Wrong Temple

46m

The Early Rain Evangelistic Revival

Science of a Side Piece

52m

Another Eye, Another Apple

35m

Sound Doctrine