>>JOHN ANKERBERG: WELCOME TO
OUR PROGRAM.
I AM JOHN ANKERBERG.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT GEORGE
BARNA'S NEW STUDY THAT
DISCOVERED HALF OF ALL U.S.
CHURCHGOERS, A SHOCKING
51 PERCENT, SAID THEY HAD
NEVER HEARD OF THE GREAT
COMMISSION? ANOTHER 25 PERCENT
SAID THEY HAD HEARD OF IT,
BUT DID NOT RECALL ITS EXACT
MEANING. ONLY 17 PERCENT WERE
FAMILIAR WITH JESUS' COMMAND
IN MATTHEW 28:19-20 WHERE
HE SAID, "GO, THEREFORE, AND
MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS,
BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON,
AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE
ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.
AND BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU
ALWAYS, UNTIL THE END OF
THE AGE. NOW WHY SHOULD WE
AS CHRISTIANS OBEY JESUS'
COMMAND TODAY? WELL, LET ME
ASK YOU, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD DO YOU THINK HAVE
NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT JESUS?
>>MORGAN JACKSON: THEY SAY
THE NUMBER IS ABOUT
2.8 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
HEARD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST. THEY LIVE IN UNREACHED
COMMUNITIES.
>>ANKERBERG: HOW MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE
A BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE?
DID YOU KNOW THAT OF THE 7140
LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD,
THE BIBLE HAS ONLY BEEN
TRANSLATED INTO 2000 LANGUAGES?
SO HOW CAN WE OBEY JESUS'
COMMAND TO GO AND MAKE
DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS
IF WE DON'T HAVE A BIBLE
TO GIVE TO THEM IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE? AND HOW MANY
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CANNOT
READ A PRINTED BIBLE IN
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE EVEN IF
WE WERE TO GIVE THEM ONE?
>>MORGAN JACKSON: 50% OF
THE WORLD'S POPULATION
IS FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE,
AND SOME 70% OF THE WORLD ARE
WHAT WE CALL ORAL COMMUNITIES,
WHICH MEANS THEIR TRADITIONS
AND THEIR HABITS ARE NOT
TO READ, BUT TO HEAR.
>>ANKERBERG: SO 30 YEARS AGO
FAITH COMES BY HEARING STARTED
MAKING AUDIO RECORDINGS OF
THE BIBLE SO PEOPLE COULD
LISTEN TO THE BIBLE IN
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. AND SO FAR
THEY HAVE MADE 1,240
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE RECORDINGS
OF THE BIBLE. IS IT WORTH IT?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE HEAR
THE BIBLE IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME? WELL TODAY YOU WILL
FIND OUT. MY GUEST IS
MORGAN JACKSON, DIRECTOR
OF FAITH COMES BY HEARING,
AN INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS WORKED
WITH WYCLIFFE AND THE BIBLE
SOCIETY TRANSLATORS MAKING
AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE BIBLE.
JOIN US FOR
THIS SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW.
>>JOHN ANKERBERG: WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
I'M JOHN ANKERBERG, THANKS FOR JOINING ME. MY GUEST TODAY
IS MORGAN JACKSON, THE DIRECTOR OF FAITH COMES
BY HEARING, AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WORKING WITH OVER
A MILLION CHURCHES OVERSEAS. AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
THEY'RE BRINGING THE WORD OF GOD TO UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. NOW FOLKS, HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE NEVER EVEN
HEARD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST? RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 2.8
BILLION PEOPLE. IF YOU ASK
THEM, "HEY, WOULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT
JESUS CHRIST?" THEY WOULD SAY, "SIR, I'M SORRY, I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU." 2.8 BILLION
PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT JESUS
CHRIST. SECONDLY, THERE ARE 7,140 LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD
THAT ARE SPOKEN, ALRIGHT?
HOW MANY OF THEM DO YOU THINK HAVE A BIBLE? THERE'S ONLY
ABOUT 2,100 THAT HAVE A BIBLE OR A PORTION OF SCRIPTURE,
AND THERE ARE 4,000 LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
THAT HAVE NO BIBLE AT ALL IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN ETHIOPIA AND A MAN CAME UP
AND ASKED A CHRISTIAN WORKER HE SAID, "I'D LIKE TO HAVE
A BIBLE BECAUSE I'VE INVITED JESUS INTO MY LIFE."
AND THE CHRISTIAN WORKER TURNED TO HIM AND LOOKED AT
HIM AND SAID, "I'M SORRY, SIR.
WE WILL NEVER HAVE A BIBLE IN YOUR LANGUAGE DURING
YOUR LIFETIME." WHAT IF SOMEBODY SAID THAT TO YOU,
OKAY? NOW, IF THE BIBLE TRANSLATORS GET A PORTION
OF SCRIPTURE OR ALL OF SCRIPTURE TRANSLATED
BY 2033, WHICH IS THEIR GOAL, ALRIGHT? YOU'VE GOT THESE
4,000 LANGUAGES; IF YOU GAVE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD A PRINTED
COPY OF THE BIBLE, HOW MANY OF THE FOLKS IN THE WORLD
COULD READ THEIR OWN LANGUAGE?
THE STATISTICS ARE FRIGHTENING: 50-75% OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE.
THEY COULDN'T READ THE BIBLE IF YOU GAVE IT TO THEM, OKAY?
SO, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO?
YOU NEED TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN AN AUDIO FORM THAT THEY PRESS
A BUTTON AND THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT, EITHER ON THEIR PHONE
OR ON A SPECIAL MACHINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY.
HOW DO YOU GET IT INTO AUDIO FORM?
>>MORGAN JACKSON: WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP
WITH BIBLE SOCIETIES, WYCLIFFE, SEED COMPANY. SO, WHEN THEY
ARE DONE WITH A TRANSLATION, SOME OF THEM HAVE SPENT 35,
40 YEARS IN THE AREA. SO, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE, AND
THEY KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY ARE ILLITERATE. SO THEY'LL
RAISE THEIR HAND. WE HAVE NATIONAL TEAMS, TWO PEOPLE
THAT GO IN, TAKE A MUD HUT, CONVERT IT INTO A STUDIO.
PUT IN A DOOR, A WINDOW, SOME CORN COB MATTRESSES.
AND THEN WE USE 25 VOICES TO DO 180 VOICE PARTS.
SO, JOHN, YOU'D BE THE VOICE OF MATTHEW, BUT YOU'D ALSO BE
THE BLIND MAN IN JOHN, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID." AND SO,
YOU'LL DO 7 OR 8 PARTS.
THAT GIVES US THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT. WE ADD MUSIC AND
SOUND EFFECTS. BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IN ORAL COMMUNITIES
IS IF YOU DO IT IN A DRAMA, OR IN A STORY WHICH IS HOW
IT WAS ORIGINALLY, THEN PEOPLE ENTER THE STORY. THEY ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCE IT. AND SO THAT'S THE WAY IT'S DONE.
IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO DO A FULL RECORDING.
BUT IT'S ONLY AFTER THE 35 YEARS OF TRANSLATION
HAS BEEN DONE. >>ANKERBERG: YES.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE NOW? HOW MANY?
>>JACKSON: 1,240 LANGUAGES HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
>>ANKERBERG: FANTASTIC.
>>JACKSON: SO, WE EXPECT TO ALMOST HAVE 200 THIS YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE TRANSLATORS. THEY'VE SET
THIS AWESOME GOAL THAT IN OUR LIFETIME, 2033, THEY EXPECT
TO HAVE 99.9% OF THE WORLD WILL HAVE A NEW TESTAMENT,
AND THE LAST TENTH OF A PERCENT WILL HAVE AT LEAST
A PORTION OF SCRIPTURE.
AND ALL OF THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IN AN ORAL FORM
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE IT.
>>ANKERBERG: YES. SO YOUR FOLKS IN
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO,
PUT IT TOGETHER. AND NEXT TO YOU YOU'VE GOT A PROCLAIMER,
AN AUDIO PROCLAIMER. AND YOU PUT THEIR LANGUAGE, THIS NEW
LANGUAGE, ON AN AUDIO PROCLAIMER. YOU CAN PUT UP
TO FOUR OR FIVE LANGUAGES ON A PROCLAIMER. BUT NOW YOU'VE
GOT TO GET IT TO THE PEOPLE.
SO, YOU COME IN AND YOU HIRE NATIONALS. AND SOMETIMES
YOU PAY THEM $20 A MONTH AND YOU GIVE THEM A BICYCLE.
OR IT'S EVEN WORSE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORLD DOESN'T HAVE A ROAD FOR
A BICYCLE. SO, TELL ME ABOUT, THERE'S A CRIPPLED MAN IN
GUATEMALA THAT WAS CRAWLING ON THE ROAD. THESE WERE
THE UNLOVED, THE UNTOUCHED PEOPLE, OKAY? AND HE HEARD
A PROCLAIMER. TELL ME THE STORY ABOUT HOW GOD USED
THIS MAN.
>>JACKSON: WELL, YOU KNOW THAT IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES
YOU HAVE DISABLED PEOPLE.
AND SO THIS MAN NEVER WAS EDUCATED, BUT HE HUNG AROUND
THE TRANSLATORS SOMETIMES.
NOW, THE ONLY WAY HE GOT AROUND WAS CRAWLING
AND BEGGING. AND SO, WHEN THE TRANSLATION WAS DONE,
HE HEARD THAT AN AUDIO HAD COME OUT. NOW, HE COULDN'T
LISTEN, SO HE WENT, CRAWLED, TO THE MISSIONARY,
THE WYCLIFFE TRANSLATOR'S DOOR, AND PLED WITH HIM
TO GIVE HIM AN AUDIO BIBLE.
NOW, THIS IS KIND AGAINST OUR PRACTICES, BECAUSE IT USUALLY
GOES TO A WHOLE COMMUNITY; IT GOES TO A PASTOR. BUT BECAUSE
THIS GUY WAS JUST WHO HE WAS, HE GAVE HIM AN AUDIO BIBLE.
NOW, THE ONES WE USE TODAY, YOU KNOW, THE PROCLAIMER HAS
A SOLAR PANEL THAT RECHARGES BATTERIES. YOU HAVE THE HAND
CRANK. THE BATTERIES RECHARGE 3,000 TIMES. SO THIS GUY GETS
IT, AND HE STARTS LISTENING TO IT. NOW, HE'S LISTENING TO
IT ON THE STREETS OR OUTSIDE OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. AND
OF COURSE IT'S IN THE MOTHER TONGUE, SO WOMEN, AND PEOPLE
ARE INVITING HIM INTO THEIR HOMES. AND SO HE GOES IN
THEIR HOME, PLAYS THE AUDIO BIBLE FOR THEM, WHICH HE'S NOW
MEMORIZING. THEY ASK QUESTIONS; HE ANSWERS THEM.
AND THE REPUTATION THAT STARTS GOING AROUND IS THAT EVERY
FAMILY OR WOMAN THAT HAS HIM PLAY THE AUDIO BIBLE IN
THE HOUSEHOLD, THAT THE HUSBANDS ARE COMING
TO FAITH IN CHRIST. THEY STOP, THEY'RE STOPPING GETTING
DRUNK, SPENDING ALL THE MONEY ON ALCOHOL; THEY'VE STOPPED
BEATING THE WIVES; THERE'S MONEY FOR FOOD;
THERE'S MONEY FOR CLOTHES; AND THERE'S MONEY FOR SCHOOL.
AND SO THIS GUY STARTED GETTING SO MANY DEMANDS TO
PLAY IT THAT HE COULDN'T CRAWL FAST ENOUGH. SO THE WOMEN
HAD SOMEBODY, ONE OF THE MEN, BUILD HIM A CART THAT
THE CHILDREN WOULD HAUL HIM FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO
HOUSE. AND EVENTUALLY AGAIN THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH DEMAND
AND THEY SAID, "WE WANT A CHURCH." NOW HE BECAME
THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER.
SO THEY LITERALLY BUILT HIM A HOUSE, THEY BUILT A CHURCH,
AND THIS CRIPPLED MAN THAT WAS BEGGING FOR FOOD IS NOW
THE REVERED MAN IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE HAS MEMORIZED THE SCRIPTURE, AND HE IS LEADING
A CONGREGATION. SO OFTENTIMES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DESPISED,
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GOD IS USING TO BRING
THE GOSPEL.
>>ANKERBERG: AND, FOLKS, YOU HELPED US PROVIDE THESE
FOR MORGAN. AND WE'VE TAKEN THIS ON AS A PROJECT.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE US TO COLUMBIA, ALRIGHT?
BECAUSE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR I'M FINDING OUT THAT,
OKAY, WE'RE PROVIDING THESE AUDIO BIBLES FOR YOU, BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE TAKE THESE TO UNREACHED PEOPLE
GROUPS ACROSS THE WORLD.
TWO POINT EIGHT BILLION PEOPLE UNREACHED, OKAY? WELL,
THEY'RE LIVING IN TOUGH TERRITORIES, AND THEY'RE
DANGEROUS TERRITORIES.
THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO HEAR THE GOSPEL ALL
THE TIME. SO TAKE ME TO ONE OF THESE STORIES OF A MAN
GOING UP THE RIVER IN COLUMBIA AND GOING PAST DANGEROUS
TERRITORY WHERE THERE WERE NARCO-TERRORISTS BASICALLY,
PEOPLE IN THE DRUG TRADE, THAT DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY
COMING INTO THEIR AREA.
TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD TOLD HIM TO DO.
>>JACKSON: WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOMEWHERE OVER 600
NATIONAL WORKERS. SOME OF THEM ARE JUST VOLUNTEERS THAT GET
A CANOE, THEY GET A HORSE,
THEY GET SOME GOOD SHOE
LEATHER, OR BICYCLE.
AND IN COLOMBIA, BECAUSE OF
A LOT OF THE RIVERS, THEY USE
BOATS. AND SO, ONE OF THE GUYS THAT HAD A PASSION TO BRING
THE WORD OF GOD WAS BRINGING IT TO THE VILLAGES ALL ALONG
THE RIVER. WELL, ONE DAY AS HE WAS GOING ALONG THE LORD
TOLD HIM, "I WANT YOU TO GO UP RIVER." AND SO, HE KEPT
GOING UP RIVER. BUT THEN HE STARTED GETTING TO AN AREA
THAT HE KNEW WAS IN THE NARCO-TRAFFICKERS,
THE GUERILLA AREA, WHICH WAS DANGEROUS. HE WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO GO THERE. AND SO, HE WANTED TO TURN AROUND. AND YET
THERE WAS THIS, THIS FEELING AND THE IMPRESSION FROM
THE LORD SAYING, "DON'T STOP.
KEEP GOING." AND SO, HE KEPT GOING PAST VILLAGE
AFTER VILLAGE, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. HIS FEAR
IS STARTING TO GRIP HIM.
AND HE'S JUST, HE'S STRUGGLING, BECAUSE HE'S LIKE,
"I'M GOING TO GET KILLED."
AND THEN HE SEES A LITTLE DOCK, YOU KNOW, OFF THE SIDE
OF THE RIVER. AND THE LORD SAYS, "HERE." SO HE PULLS UP
TO THE DOCK. HE GETS OUT, AND THIS WHOLE KIND OF VILLAGE
COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT HIM WITH SUSPICION, BECAUSE NOBODY
COMES HERE AND EXCEPT FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S BAD.
AND SO THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW WHO HE IS. AND SO A WOMAN
IN THE VILLAGE COMES TO HIM TO FIND OUT WHO HE IS
AND WHAT HE IS. AND HE'S UNCOMFORTABLE. AND SHE SAYS,
"WHY ARE YOU THERE," IN SPANISH. AND HE SAYS,
"WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE GOD HAS SENT ME TO BRING YOU
AN AUDIO BIBLE." AND SO HE HOLDS UP AN AUDIO BIBLE.
AND SHE SCREAMS, AND SHE RUNS AWAY. AND SO, EVERYBODY IN
THE DIFFERENT HUTS COMES OUT.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIM, AND HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
"WHAT'S GOING ON? SHOULD I RUN?" AND AS HE STAND THERE
UNCOMFORTABLY, A FEW MINUTES LATER SHE COMES TALKING AWAY
LIKE A, YOU KNOW, SHE'S JABBERING. AND
SHE'S DRAGGING A BLIND MAN UP TO HIM. WELL, COME TO
FIND OUT, THIS WAS THE PASTOR OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND SHE HAD
SCREAMED BECAUSE JUST WEEKS BEFORE THIS PASTOR HAD WITH
THE CONGREGATION BEEN PRAYING.
AND HE HAD BEEN PRAYING, CALLING OUT TO THE LORD,
SAYING, "LORD, YOU CALLED ME TO PASTOR THIS CHURCH.
I'M BLIND AND THE PEOPLE ARE ILLITERATE. I HAVE HEARD
THERE IS AN AUDIO BIBLE.
PLEASE, LORD, COULD YOU SEND ONE." BUT THE WOMAN, ALTHOUGH
SHE AGREED WITH THE PASTOR IN PRAYER, HAD THOUGHT THIS
WAS IMPOSSIBLE; WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. AND SO,
WHEN THIS GUY HAD SHOWN UP AND SAYING, "HERE'S AN AUDIO
BIBLE," SHE HAD JUST,...
SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR SCREAM BECAUSE THE SHOCK
WAS TO HER,... SHE JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THEIR PRAYER
WAS BEING ANSWERED. AND SO, THESE ARE THE KIND OF MEN
AND WOMEN, MY WIFE CALLS THEM THE BROKEN BREAD AND
THE POURED-OUT WINE, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT GO TO PLACES
THAT YOU AND I CAN'T GO: BROTHELS, SLUMS. AND THEY
RISK THEIR LIFE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. CALLED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT. NOT CALLED BY YOU AND I; CALLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I DIDN'T TELL THAT GUY TO GO INTO THE NARCO-TRAFFICKER
AREA,... >>ANKERBERG: YES, GOD DID.
>>JACKSON: THE HOLY SPIRIT CALLED HIM TO GO.
>>ANKERBERG: YES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ON ANOTHER PROGRAM, THERE ARE TWO
MILLION PASTORS THAT ARE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT DO
NOT HAVE A BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TO TEACH THEIR OWN
CHURCH. AND THEY'VE GOT SIX CONGREGATIONS, AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE TWO MILLION AUDIO PROCLAIMERS
FOR THESE TWO MILLION PASTORS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE A BIBLE
IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
LET'S GO TO ANOTHER PLACE.
THERE'S A STORY THAT BROKE YOUR HEART AND BROKE MINE TOO.
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE SAYING JESUS IS IN THEIR HEART
LANGUAGE. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
SPECIAL. TELL ME THE STORY.
>>JACKSON: WELL, IT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST EXPERIENCES.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST TRANSLATIONS THAT WAS DONE
BY CAMERON TOWNSEND WAS THE KAQCHIKEL IN GUATEMALA.
AND SO, WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD IT AS
ONE OF THE FIRST LANGUAGES WE JUMPED ON IT. AND WHAT
WE FOUND IS NOBODY HAD BEEN READING THAT BIBLE BECAUSE
OF THE PEOPLE WERE ILLITERATE.
SO, AS WE STARTED LISTENING GROUPS WE WENT AROUND JUST
TO HEAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND I REMEMBER WALKING IN GUATEMALA THROUGH THE CORN
FIELDS TO A LITTLE CHURCH.
AND OUTSIDE THIS LITTLE CHURCH IS THIS GROUP OF WOMEN.
AND SO WE BEGIN TO TALK TO THEM. NOW, THEY'RE VERY
INTIMIDATED. THEY'RE ABOUT 4'7"-4'8", AND HERE'S
THESE BIG GRINGOS AND OF COURSE THE SPANISH GUY
THAT'S FROM THE BIBLE SOCIETY.
AND SO WE START TALKING, AND THEY'RE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT I'M ASKING THEM, "WHAT HAPPENED? YOU GUYS
ARE LISTENING TO THE AUDIO BIBLE, WHAT HAPPENED?"
AND SO, ONE OF THE WOMEN SPEAKS UP AND SHE SAYS, "WELL,
BEFORE THE AUDIO BIBLE IN KAQCHIKEL CAME," SHE SAID,
WE TRIED TO READ THE BIBLE IN SPANISH. AND WE HAVE
A FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN READ A LITTLE BIT, AND WE'D GET
A DICTIONARY, BUT WE COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT ACTUALLY
WHAT IT WAS SAYING."
AND SHE SAID, "BUT WHEN WE GOT THE AUDIO BIBLE IN QUECHUA
IT WAS SO CLEAR, KAQCHIKEL, WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE TO STOP
IT." AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" SHE SAID, "WELL,
WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT SAID.
AND SO LIKE WE'RE LISTENING,
AND IT SAYS YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO COMMIT ADULTERY.
WELL, ADULTERY WAS COMMON
AMONG US. IT'S JUST CULTURAL.
PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING WITH EACH
OTHER'S WIVES AND STUFF
ALL THE TIME. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS WRONG." SO,
IN THE CHURCH THEY STOP IT, HAVE A CONVERSATION,
RE-LISTEN TO IT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SHE SAID, "SO WE THEN DECIDED IN THE CHURCH THAT DAY
THAT IF YOU WERE SLEEPING WITH ANYBODY ELSE'S WIFE OR
HUSBAND; YOU COULDN'T DO IT.
IT HAD TO BE STOPPED."
SHE SAID, "THEN WE CONTINUED
TO LISTEN, AND JESUS SAYS
TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
WELL, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYBODY WAS SAYING, WELL,
IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, HOW COME
YOU'RE BEATING YOUR WIFE AND HOW COME YOU'RE BEATING
YOUR WIFE?" AND WIFE BEATING WAS CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE,
THE WOMAN TOLD US.
THEY WERE, "MEN ALWAYS BEAT US." AND SO, AS THEY HAD
THE CONVERSATION THEY SAID, "OKAY, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO DO THAT." AND SO THEY AGREED THAT DAY THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO WIFE BEATING. SO IN THE SINGLE
LISTENING SESSION THEY'RE STOPPING BEATING THEIR WIVES,
THEY'RE STOPPING HAVING ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP,
AND SO SHE JUST SAYING, "IT WAS TOTALLY CLEAR TO US."
WELL, AS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, YOU COULD SEE
THESE WOMEN WERE VERY HAPPY.
AN OLDER WOMAN WHO TOLD ME SHE'D BEEN A BELIEVER FOR 30
YEARS LOOKS UP TO ME AND SHE, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, SAYS,
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SING IN YOUR OWN
LANGUAGE AND KNOW THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS YOU? DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN KAQCHIKEL AND KNOW
THAT GOD HEARS YOU?" FOR 30 YEARS SHE THOUGHT THAT SPANISH
WAS THE ONLY LANGUAGE GOD UNDERSTOOD. BUT WHEN SHE HEARD
IT IN KAQCHIKEL, INSTANTLY SHE KNEW THAT JESUS CHRIST
UNDERSTOOD KAQCHIKEL.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT HER I JUST KIND OF WENT, I HAD
NO IDEA. I NEVER HAD A QUESTION THAT JESUS SPOKE
ENGLISH. >>ANKERBERG: YES.
TAKE ME TO HAITI, BECAUSE WE HAVE SENT PROCLAIMERS
TO HAITI. AND AGAIN IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE THE BIDI-BIDI CAMP
IN UGANDA WHERE PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS, AND SOME OF
THE STORMS THAT HAVE DEVASTATED THEIR LIVES OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. AND...
BUT TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN CHRISTIANS HAVE
GOTTEN ONE OF THE PROCLAIMERS.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUN.
>>JACKSON: WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH PROMISE CHILD, THAT WE
MET THEM WHEN THEY WERE FIRST WORKING IN HAITI AFTER
THE EARTHQUAKE. AND WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT
EVERYBODY THAT WAS GOING IN.
THEY WERE GOING IN, WE SAID, "HEY, WE'LL PROVIDE
PROCLAIMERS." THE PEOPLE EMPTIED THEIR SUITCASES,
THREW AWAY CLOTHES, DID EVERYTHING, JUST DOUBLED UP
THEIR CLOTHES, TOOK THEM IN.
BUT NANCY WITH PROMISE CHILD, THE DIRECTOR'S WIFE, YOU KNOW,
SHE WAS ALL EXCITED TO GO INTO HAITI. "WE'RE GOING TO HELP
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE."
AND SHE SAID BUT WHEN SHE WALKED THROUGH THE CAMP
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE JUST SAW THE DEADNESS OF PEOPLE'S EYES.
NO RESPONSE. >>ANKERBERG: YES.
YOU'VE GOT THE CATATONIC STATE WHERE THEY'RE JUST IN SHOCK;
LOST EVERYTHING.
>>JACKSON: WIVES DEAD; HUSBANDS DEAD, KIDS.
HOUSES DESTROYED. NOBODY WAVING.
NOBODY NODDING. SHE JUST SAID, "I WANTED TO GO HOME."
SHE SAID, "I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?"
THAT SUNDAY THEY HAD A CHURCH SERVICE. AND SO A COUPLE
HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WERE CHRISTIANS FROM AMONG THE CAMP,
50 DIFFERENT FAMILIES, CAME OUT. YOU KNOW, SHE SAID
THEY JUST WORE THE BEST CLOTHES THEY HAD,
AND THEY HAD A GREAT SERVICE.
BUT AFTERWARDS THE PASTOR SAID, "YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
PRAYING, AND YOU KNOW THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HOW DO
I MINISTER IN THIS PLACE WITH ALL OF US AND YOU?
AND I'VE BEEN ASKING GOD FOR A TOOL." AND HE SAID,
"THESE PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT TO US THE WORD OF GOD IN HAITIAN
CREOLE IN AUDIO." AND HE BROUGHT OUT THESE PROCLAIMERS.
AND OF COURSE IN THIS CAMP
WHERE THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY,
THE SOLAR PANEL THAT RECHARGES
BATTERIES 3,000 TIMES.
IT CAN BE LOUD ENOUGH FOR
1,000 PEOPLE TO HEAR WAS
PERFECT. AND SO, 50 FAMILIES
GOT THEM. AND THE SOUND OF THEM WAS GOING EVERYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS ARE JUMPING AROUND MOM AS THEY'RE
WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AND SHE'S LISTENING. THEY WENT
BACK TO THE CAMPS. AND SO, NANCY SAYS THE FOLLOWING
MORNING SHE GOT UP AND SHE'S WALKING IN THE CAMP.
SHE SEES THESE FOUR OR FIVE WOMEN; THEY'RE BRAIDING EACH
OTHER'S HAIR AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO ACTS.
AND THEY SMILE AND WAVE OVER AT HER. SHE SAID THEY LISTENED
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN, AND THEY WERE AT ACTS
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
AND SHE SAID, "ALL THROUGH THE CAMP I WAS HEARING THE WORD
OF GOD. AND EVERYWHERE I WENT, WAVING, SMILING, JOY."
AND SHE SAID, "ONLY ONE THING HAD CHANGED IN 24 HOURS WAS
THE WORD OF GOD IN HAITIAN HAD COME, AND THEY WERE HEARING
THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST."
>>ANKERBERG: IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE. AND, FOLKS, YOU HAVE HELPED US PROVIDE THESE AUDIO
PROCLAIMERS TO ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS IN DESPERATE
SITUATIONS, BUT ALSO TO REACH OUT INTO THE UNREACHED
TERRITORIES OF THE WORLD, TO THE 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE THAT
HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT JESUS. AND WE'RE GOING TELL
YOU MORE STORIES. IT'S GETTING MORE DANGERS AS OUR FOLKS TAKE
THESE AUDIO BIBLES INTO TERRITORIES WHERE THEY DON'T
WANT THEM. IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS, AND SOME OF
OUR GUYS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A REPORT OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
GIVING IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS.
I ALWAYS WILL GIVE YOU A REPORT, AND YOU'VE BEEN
DOING GREAT. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE
AND I WANT TO USE THIS PICTURE AS AN ILLUSTRATION.
IT'S A PICTURE OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS AT THE OLYMPIAN
STADIUM IN BEIJING, CHINA, IN 2008, SO A FEW YEARS BACK,
ALRIGHT. QUITE A CROWD; WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?
THIS STADIUM FILLED TO CAPACITY HOLDS 80,000 PEOPLE.
NOW, IF YOU ASKED TEN PEOPLE AT A TIME TO COME OUT OF THE
STANDS AND ONTO THE FIELD, AND YOU FORM THEM INTO GROUPS OF
TEN PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THE AUDIO BIBLES THAT YOU HAVE
PROVIDED, YOU WOULD HAVE TO FILL UP THIS OLYMPIC STADIUM
TO CAPACITY 21 AND A HALF TIMES MORE TO SHOW THE SAME
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE REACHED BY PROVIDING AUDIO
BIBLES. HOW MANY HAVE WE REACHED? WE'VE REACHED
1,719,934 PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT
JESUS, NEVER HAD A BIBLE
IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE BEFORE.
HOW MANY LISTENING GROUPS OF
TEN HAVE BEEN FORMED AND ARE
LISTENING TO THE BIBLE EACH WEEK IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE?
THERE'S 171,993 LISTENING GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED
IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS
BECAUSE YOU GAVE. AND OUR GOAL
THIS YEAR IS TO PROVIDE ANOTHER MILLION AUDIO BIBLES
FOR PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO STILL HAVE NOT HEARD
THE GOSPEL. WHY, MORGAN? WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT HERE?
>>JACKSON: WELL, YOU KNOW, JOHN, HALF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT ARE BRAND NEW BELIEVERS WHO ARE BEING
DISCIPLED. THE THING...
JESUS SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE DISCIPLES. WELL,
THEY LISTEN 30 MINUTES A WEEK FOLLOWED BY TWO TO THREE
HOURS OF DISCUSSION.
SO IN A YEAR THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL LISTEN THROUGH
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
AND ON AVERAGE EACH PERSON WILL REACH FIVE OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, YOU'RE CREATING A REVIVAL BY PROVIDING THE WORD OF GOD.
>>ANKERBERG: YES; 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE YET TO EVEN HEAR
ABOUT JESUS. AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE AUDIO PROCLAIMERS
THAT ARE BEING TAKEN INTO VERY DANGEROUS TERRITORIES
WHERE PEOPLE ARE HEARING, AND GOD IS DOING GREAT THINGS.
IT'S GOD THROUGH HIS WORD THAT IS DOING THE WORK.
AND, BUT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THESE THINGS, AND I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU.
PLEASE STAY TUNED BECAUSE I'VE A PERSONAL WORD FOR YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.
>>JOHN ANKERBERG: NOW LET ME
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
WHO HAVE HELPED PROVIDE AUDIO
BIBLES FOR THE 1,719,934
PEOPLE IN 37 NATIONS SPEAKING
ONE OF 78 LANGUAGES.
GOD HAS USED YOUR GIFTS,
AND IS STILL USING YOUR GIFTS,
EVERY DAY IN A GREAT WAY.
HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LISTENED TO ONE OF THESE AUDIO
BIBLES THAT YOU PROVIDED
HAVE BECOME NEW BELIEVERS.
THAT'S ABOUT 850,000 PEOPLE.
AND EVERY DAY THEY CONTINUE TO
LISTEN AND SHARE THEIR BIBLE
WITH OTHERS. YET, THERE ARE
STILL 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER
EVEN HEARD ABOUT JESUS, AND
THE MAJORITY OF THEM CANNOT
READ THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
THE ONLY WAY WE WILL EVER
REACH THESE UNREACHED PEOPLE
GROUPS IS TO PROVIDE AUDIO
BIBLES FOR THEM TO LISTEN TO.
FURTHER, THERE ARE 2 MILLION
PASTORS WHO HAVE HEARD THAT
AUDIO BIBLES ARE NOW AVAILABLE
IN THEIR LANGUAGE. SO,
THEY ARE URGENTLY REQUESTING
THAT WE SEND THEM ONE AUDIO
PROCLAIMER CONTAINING
THE BIBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE
SO THAT THEY AND THEIR WHOLE
CHURCH CAN LISTEN TO IT.
ALSO, 65 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
NOW LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS
TODAY. MANY HAVE SEEN THEIR
HUSBAND OR WIFE MURDERED,
AND SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN
KILLED. AND THEY ARE GIVEN
A TENT AND ONE MEAL A DAY.
THERE IS A DESPERATE NEED
AMONG THESE LONELY AND
FORSAKEN PEOPLE TO BE GIVEN
BIBLE STICKS SO THAT THEY CAN
LISTEN TO THE BIBLE
IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
AND AS THEY LISTEN, GOD BRINGS
SALVATION TO THEM, COMFORT,
AND JOY INTO THEIR LIVES.
WE ARE TOLD IN PROVERBS 19:17
"IF YOU HELP THE POOR, YOU ARE
LENDING TO THE LORD. AND HE
WILL REPAY YOU!" AND FOLKS,
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU,
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PROVIDE
ONE, OR MORE AUDIO BIBLES
FOR SOMEONE OVERSEAS WHO HAS
NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS?
IF YOU SAY, "YES, JOHN,
I WOULD LIKE TO HELP.
WELL THEN, THERE ARE 5 WAYS
THAT YOU CAN DO SO.
FIRST, IF YOU WILL GIVE A GIFT
OF JUST $30, YOU CAN PROVIDE
A SPECIAL PRE-PROGRAMED MICRO
SD CARD CONTAINING THE BIBLE
FOR A PASTOR OR CHRISTIAN
WORKER OVERSEAS. NOW REMEMBER
A MICRO SD CARD
IS AN ULTRA-SMALL FLASH MEMORY
CARD ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE TIP
OF YOUR FINGER THAT CAN
QUICKLY BE INSERTED INTO
A PERSON'S PHONE, AND IT ALLOWS
THEM TO INSTANTLY
HEAR THE WORD OF GOD
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
AND YOU CAN PROVIDE AN AUDIO
BIBLE ON A MICRO SD CARD
FOR A GIFT OF ONLY $30.
THEN SECOND, FOR A GIFT OF
$100, YOU CAN PROVIDE TWO
THINGS: A MICRO SD CARD
CONTAINING AN AUDIO BIBLE
FOR A CHRISTIAN WORKER OR
A PASTOR, AND SECOND, AN AUDIO
BIBLE STICK FOR ONE OF
THE MILLIONS OF DESPERATELY
NEEDY MEN AND WOMEN IN REFUGEE
CAMPS. RIGHT NOW, THESE FOLKS
ARE OPEN TO HEARING
THE GOSPEL. AND THEN THIRD,
FOR A GIFT OF $500, YOU CAN
PROVIDE AN AUDIO PROCLAIMER
CONTAINING THE AUDIO BIBLE
IN ONE OF 1240 LANGUAGES
FOR A PASTOR WHO DESPERATELY
NEEDS AN AUDIO PROCLAIMER
IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE, SO HE CAN
LISTEN AND LEARN THE BIBLE
FOR HIMSELF, AND SO
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME
TO HIS CHURCH CAN ALSO LISTEN.
AND THEN FOURTH, YOUR GIFT OF
$1,000 WILL PROVIDE 7 THINGS.
YOUR GIFT WILL PROVIDE 3 MICRO
SD CARDS, 3 BIBLE STICKS FOR
3 FAMILIES IN REFUGEE CAMPS,
AND ONE BIG AUDIO PROCLAIMER
FOR A PASTOR WHO DESPERATELY
NEEDS AN AUDIO BIBLE
FOR HIS WHOLE CHURCH
SO THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT.
AND THEN FINALLY, FOR
A DONATION OF $5000, YOU CAN
FUND THE AUDIO RECORDING OF
ONE ENTIRE CHAPTER OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT IN ONE OF THE 4000
LANGUAGES WHERE RIGHT NOW,
NO AUDIO BIBLE EXISTS AT ALL.
FURTHER, EVERY $5000 GIFT YOU
GIVE TODAY WILL BE ADDED TO OR
MATCHED BY DONORS FROM FAITH
COMES BY HEARING SO TOGETHER
WE CAN HELP RECORD THE BIBLE
IN ONE, TWO OR THREE NEW
LANGUAGES. AND YOUR GIFT
WILL ALSO HELP US PRESENT
THE GOSPEL ON TV OVERSEAS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, IF THE LORD IS
LEADING YOU TO PROVIDE ONE OF
THESE AUDIO BIBLES ON EITHER
A MICRO-SD CARD, OR A BIBLE
STICK, OR AN AUDIO PROCLAIMER,
OR TO FUND ONE ENTIRE CHAPTER
OF THE BIBLE IN A NEW
LANGUAGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE
CALL US RIGHT NOW,
AT 1-800-805-3030.
THAT'S 1-800-805-3030.
OR IF YOU WISH, YOU MAY GIVE
YOUR GIFT AT OUR WEBSITE
AT JASHOW.ORG WHERE WE HAVE
A SECURE PLACE FOR YOU TO GIVE
YOUR GIFT. I HOPE YOU WILL
THINK ABOUT A PERSON OR
A PASTOR OVERSEAS RECEIVING
AN AUDIO BIBLE THAT YOU HAVE
PROVIDED. AND IT WILL BE
THE ONLY BIBLE THAT THEY WILL
EVER HAVE. AND YOU CAN PROVIDE
IT RIGHT NOW BY CALLING US
AT 1-800-805-3030.
AND YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER
ANY DAY THIS WEEK, 24 HOURS
A DAY. AND I WILL APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP VERY MUCH.
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