Why Generations? Why Another Church? (Soft Launch Message) | Andy Yeoh

Hey there, you're listening to the Generations Church podcast. We pray that the

word of God today will challenge, change and channel you into your God given

destiny. Now let's get started. So why another church? When God say

go do this? I'm like, why another one? What's so unique about

you? What can you do that I cannot do? What's so great?

Nothing? I'll tell you why. It's very simple. Matthew twenty eight,

Verse nineteen to twenty says, go there for and make disciples of all nations

and baptizing them in the name of the Fathers and Holy Spirit, teaching them

to observe all they have commanded you. And behold, I'm with you always

to the end of the age. The word all nations here is the word

eth nos. It means ethnic. That's where the word ethnic come from.

Eth Nos types of people, groups of people. Yeah, so you can

group them by race, you can put them by language, you can group

them by countries. You can group them by in biker ethnicity or I don't

know, basketballers or like, uh whatever, TikTokers. Hey, God said

to reach everybody, all kinds of people, So why not a church so

we can do this? Mark sixteen fifteen says, and he said to them,

go into all the world and claim hospital for the whole of creation.

This word world is a different one. It's the word cosmos, cosmos,

and it's living longer. Definition is three slices. You won't remember this,

but it's okay. It's talking about nations, order, all these other things,

the circle of the earth, inhabitants of the earth. You know,

some people live in villages, some people live in Arda mansara. Some people

live in high rise condos, some live on the ground, some live on

the beach. God says to Prisons, gospel to everyone. Can one church

do this or so? Why a church so that we can join hands and

obey God's command to preach the gospel to everyone, young, old, fat

thing, good looking, better looking girl, guy, and the confused.

That is why another church. And that's my reason why, at least that's

my reason why. I'm not here to do better than you. I'm not

here to do better than the other one. I'm not here to prove anything.

I just want more people to know Jesus. We want to be known

as a church for all generations. And I want to take the liberty to

kind of interchange the word generation with eth Nos and Cosmos, all generations,

people who like the church, people who hate the church. Wow, how

could it would it be to be a church that people just can't come to

church? I hate you, but I'll come anyway. Okay, great?

Great, because all issues includes you, brother and sister. Why not a

church so we can do this a church for all generations. But we do

want to focus on the next generation the majority. And I don't mean we

want to be a youth church. I hope there will be a lot of

youth in our church. That's my passion. It's my soft spot. I

won't deny it. It's my soft pot. I love young people. But

it's not just a church for the young people. You know, when God

spoke to me about being a church that focuses on next gen, I actually

argue and bargain with God. I said, God, can I just tell

people I just want to be church? And God, I have this conversation

going and goes like, why you want to say that, I said,

God, Can I just can inot say next gen? Why I gave you

the vision? Why would you not tell people that it's a church that focus

on next gen? I said, Because then only the young people will come.

Okay, what's wrong with that? Then the older ones won't come?

Okay, what's wrong with that? Then dishes will have no money. I'm

being very real with you, right, and God's like, Okay, here's

how God mensa to me. He said, Andy, are you not a

parent? I said, yes, I am a father. I have two

kids. Okay, what do you think every parents vision, you know in

the world is what's their vision? What? Why? Why do they exist?

What do they go to work for? What? What do they exist?

Oh? For their children, for the next generation. Right? Don't

we choose where we live thinking about o kids? Who we choose the cow

we buy thinking about our kids in the budgets our life because we've got kids.

And God says, I want the church to be like this. The

parents will come and you must go to Bible schools so we can teach them

properly. Amen to to be a church that has a parent heart to it's

always thinking and planning for the future the young people. Amen. That's why

we reserved seats for the young people. Normally let the older one set and

I respect that. So the older ones have seats, Yes, but I

want the young people to know you are you are v I p You're not

some back seats, some rejecteds. Some no more space than you. No,

you're important. Amen. So we have named texts for you. You

thought your seats. So it's a church for all generations with a focus on

the next starting with it now that so now with a mind and I and

vision on the next. Amen. So why not a judge? No enough

to just enough, but also not enough because reach allations, all ownations.

I don't know the reas people play my job. I really don't. I

don't blame my job. I don't understand my job. I can't reach them.

Somebody he has to reach them, start of my jung church. I

don't know. The next version is why next gen? Why a focus on

young people? Matthew eighteen one to six. At the time the disciples came

to Jesus saying, who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven and calling

to him, Jesus just called to him a child. He put him in

the midst of them and said, truly, I say to you, unless

you he's speaking to adults, unless you turn or the word convert. It's

the same way as repentance. Unless you changed your mind, change the way

you think, and start thinking like young people again. You will never enter

the team of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in

the King of Heaven. Whoever received one such chout in my name receives me.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,

it will be better for him frowards to have a great milestone fastened around

his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. God loves

young people and the word child here is the word pidion, and it means

young child, a little boy or little girl. There's all those things influenced

baby children, But metaphorically is children in intellect. Think like a young person.

Remember how you dreamt as a young person. Nothing was impossible than right.

Any job will do. I wanted to be a policeman because I watch

a lot of Hong Kong police dramas. Whenever I watch I want to become

Until somebody to me not possible. As we grew older, more and more

people say that's not possible, that's not realistic, that doesn't make money.

But God wants us to convert our minds, our heart and become younger again,

Why next gen? Because God loves young people. God loves young people

so much he thought the adults would be like them. First Timity four to

Alve says, let no one despise your youth, but be an example to

the believers. The new the King Jin's version said, be an example of

the believers. That means all of your believers, the young one, can

you be an example? You can represent the rest of us. Can the

young people represent the rest of the church and show the world what Christianity is.

Don't let someone despise your age, your youth, but being a sample

to or off the believers in what very specific in word, in conduct,

in love, in spirit, in faith, impurity. Amen. And that's

why we want to go into all the world, even the world of young

people, the world of business people, the world of entrepreneurs, the world

of musicians, going to all the world and print the gospel. That's why

another church. But why next gen? Because they need to be an example.

So question, well, the word let me talk about another Greek word

first, the word young. Here is the word notice is the word youth

or youthful age. That means you can be sixty five and this scripture still

applies to you if you if you have a young spirit. Imen. The

next generation is not here to replace the previous generation, but to reinforce the

previous generation. So the older ones don't worry you're you're not retiring so soon.

We're not here to kick you out of a job. We're gonna work

together. The young people have energy, the older ones have wisdom. We

need both because if you just energy your bang walls, we wisdom. They

say, use the door, you'll still get there. Amen. So a

questioner, if the next generation are caught to be an example, who's going

to be an example to them? Amen? The one who have been young

before. Amen. So we need to work together. So what's so different?

What's the different when we're talking about pastor this one? My pastor is

so preaching my church, I preaching my church. What's so different? Can

I be really honest with you, here's the answer, really nothing much.

Generations here is not trying to be different than every nation. We're not.

Hey, this it's too small a dream. Huh you mean just just starts

to be different than the other one. What's the point going to all the

world and be different? No, man, go into all the world.

God spoke this to the Anglican Church, the Lutheran Church, the Metrict Church,

the Baptist Church, the still finding out who they are church, to

go into all the world. We're not here to compete. We're not here

to compare. Can I see this from my heart? Really? What's so

different about Gersey Church? Really? Nothing much? Nothing. We worship the

same God, nothing much should be different really, actually, if you think

about it, if you shouldn't be different, that shouldn't been a focus.

And for those of you who are not Christians saying you do't know what I'm

talking about, Christians, like everybody else, befinre each other. We shouldn't

and I know you don't understand us, but hope we can all do better.

What's so different? Why? Why is that even the question? Why

are we focused on differences? No, we're not here to try to be

different. We are the same. It's the same God. We should have

the same purpose, same yet distinct, not different distinct. I can preach

the same message with a different extent by the same message, right, So

we are to be same in heart, distinct in our art. Like I

said, I can't reach Mujong people I don't understand the game cricket, Oh,

no football, bring it on same in a message distinct in our methods.

Now back to the Great Commission going through all the world. That's why

we're here. So why another church so that one more church can help in

the Great Commission. We're here to join hands with everybody else to do this.

I just came back from a conference in Amsterdam, and mainly this is

what it's all about. The Global Church. One hundred and fifteen nations gathered

together. Alpha was there, Louis Paula was there, Blie Graham, Rick

War and everybody was there, which is there for one purpose. Let's reach

the whole globe, every single human being. Let's reach them with a message

of Jesus by twenty thirty three, that's ten years time. Seriously, all

of your messagingis can one church do it? Can one movement do it?

Can ten church? Just do it? No way? There are eight billion

people in this world, eight billion people. Imagine basically, it's okay,

we need everyone to reach everyone. We need everyone to reach everyone. Imagine

if every Christian worked together to reach the loss. What if every Christian reached

the loss together? There are eight billion people on Earth. Two billion are

known to be Christians. I know, some going and go to church,

some watch online, some do give tithes, some fighting, ots, whatever.

Are okay. But if all two billion truly live as Christians, there

is the six billion left that are not. And if your math is as

bad as mine, then it's one to three, yes or no. One

to three. What if you fast and pray and put all your resources every

year to reach just one person? Do you know we can finish the Greek

Commission in three years time? It's been two thousand oh years, my friend,

because we focus on our differences. My church is better nice my house

speaker. No, we need everyone to reach everyone. Hey man, it

is actually doable. I know it's a very idealistic vision. Idealistic, yes,

but we save a God who for whom nothing is impossible. It can

be done so. But the key is twogether generations. Church is not here

to exist on our own. We're here to exist together. It's the body

of Christ. We don't ask you this. You're okay? You okay or

not? You stands for unity. We've gotta be united. We're not here

to fight. Why not a church ten people take the chest later? Twenty

people be faster if we are here to stack up CHESSA when fire you are

dancing over there and another two plans and of course cannot get done. But

if you all focus, is it any wrong if we get more people to

stack up chess? See? As long as we are united in our vision

and our heart. Amen. But you know what's better than unity, remember

you? Okay? Oh, it's oneness. Gee, Jesus pray that the

disciples, there's many of us in this room, that we may be one

fus unite and a Now all our unity you can see on the in the

news. Because you want to win election. People who used to fight also

they can unite. Unity is easy when you have a common goal or a

common enemy. One that's is something else altogether. And so Jesus never prayed

that my disciples may be united. He prayed that my disciples may be one.

You know what other places the word one is used marriage, and the

two shall become one, not to be divorced, not to be put asunder.

You know where else is the world one is used. I and my

father are one. And Jesus praised that my disciples may be one. One

is a whole other level. One needs this a ifact. Just use this

praise the verses before the Worse where he said what he told the father,

what's yours is mine, what's mine is yours? There we say this,

what's mine is yours, what's yours is mine. I'm not sure if that's

the case now. No, I'm serious, I'm serious. That's what needs

to be different. Other things we should be the same. Reach the world

with the gospel, that's all. What really needs to be different is the

way we think. If God blesses us with two youth, fast us.

You can take one. We'll pay your salary or her salary for the first

year or something. I don't know. We'll work out something now. But

we're here to serve. We're here to do this together. Amen. What

do I need? Thirty some men more? And I want to do with

them? How to schedule them? There's not ney what services to schedule them?

Take some luck? If God blesses me like you out, just remain

small and KITCHI and you know God words, just to just okay. So

because it's not about size on numbers, it's about reaching the world all generations.

To us means young people, the people who in the business, world,

entrepreneur, world, creative, wor because that's me. But also the

ones that currently maybe find the church very appalling because maybe they're from the LGBTQ

community or their cross dresses and transgenders, and they got no place to go.

But God said all nations, and God sait all the world, all

kinds of people, all groups of people. I don't have the strategy yet,

but you're definitely welcoming the church, and let's figure this out together.

We're gonna preach the Bible heart, preach the truth, but love people heart

as well. Away in this together case or kingdom, the part of th

kingdom is the same king, Amen, John seventeen twenty one. That they

may all be one, just as you, Father, and me and I

in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world

may believe, So that the world may believe. We fight how to believe.

Let's not do that. Let's be one church, one kingdom, and

let's finish this task reach everybody with the gospel. And there's so many tools

around that we can share and use. Imen So it's not about what's mine,

it's not about what's yours. It's what's ours. It's our father in

heaven, not limp pain in heaven, not ba back out in heaven.

Way, not my father, our father in heaven. So homme account boom

No, whether a small pictures whatever, No, we got like fifty fifty

campus girl or half of campus whatever we want to surf. We're here to

work together. Amen, this is what needs to be different. You know

when when when? When? When the who are someone? When the Samaritan

woman asks Jesus, oh, how should we worship a h Your people say,

must worship there, that's Jerusalem, and then my people say, must

worship on the mountain. How the worship are know? How Jesus answered,

was worshiped in spirit and in truth. Let mess you say what? No,

that lady is thinking? How many of us are thinking? Is it

on the huge song type of song or the bad because house of Godma?

You think God is a bear choosing picking styles? Is it I like bettle

more than young and free because I'm not so young and I'm not free.

Everybody to praying to me, I have to answer that prayer. No,

Cory is saying, you guys are asking the wrong question. It's not about

that, It's about spirit and truth. So we hear the surf. Why

not a church so more hends can stack the chest together and let's learn from

each other. Photo who you're like, Yeah, I'm not even a question.

Oh my goodness, all right, you are the own nations, oh

generations. We want to reach and we want you to know Jesus like a

friend because he is you. Okay. The next time you ask this question

you okay. I pray you remember Unity, oneness, Kingdom. That's why

we're here. Amen. Thank you for listening to the Generations Church podcast.

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