Unpacking the Vision of Acts Church | Elder Ang Peng Hoe

You're listening to a message to go from acts church.

We hope this message will light up your day.

And we are of course on the series right now

that you can actually see and refer to in this book.

We are in less than five and what we have

done is from the last two weeks of December all

the way to the whole month of January, we are

bringing the church, the entire church, So all twelve locations,

all sixteen worship services are actually teaching and going through

this series called Unpacking the Vision.

And we want to be able to reveal all that

the Lord.

Has actually given to us as a church, not just

for the first twenty years. We were a birth in

the year two thousand and so the church this coming

year will be twenty six years old. But you know,

God has really brought us through a wonderful, wonderful journey

and things are unfolding, and we believe that it's so

important to get the church all together on the same page,

to not just be able to dream together with the church.

We were church that dream and continue to dream. The

first twenty years, no, we were guided by Joseph and

the story of Joseph and how he was someone who

dreamed dreams and wonderful dreams. No, and then you know

for the next twenty years, from twenty twenty onwards. And

twenty twenty one was when the vision was actually unveiled

and passed the cannon downloaded from the Lord. He unveiled

it to the church, the vision for the next twenty years.

So we are still in the midst of it. It

may sound new and foreign to some of you. Some

of you may have been here for a long time,

you may have heard it, but we are just going

to bring everyone through together. So if you have join

us for the first week and you need a copy

of this week's sheet, I believe the host should be

able to get one to you. If not, I hope

you have your books with you, okay, cool. I am

going to teach a little bit on whatever the notes

has prepared, and I will bring your true some things,

some scriptural explanation of Cudain things as well, so I

may speak a little bit faster, because if not, that's

the only way we can catch up on time. Joe said,

just now, we need to catch up on time, more

like I need to catch up on time, okay, And

so I'm mindful of the timing.

Sorry.

So the last week, I think session four, we were

reminded of God's dietary plan for ex Church, the diet.

So you may have heard it. You're like, what's diet?

What are we talking about diets? Well, the diet for

ex Church is basically the interpretation of the dream that

gives us the vision for the next twenty years. And

this is exactly what we are doing. We are unpacking

this vision. We're breaking it down so that it's not

just something that is big and whole, but it's something

that we can translate into bite sizes so that everyone

can be a heart of it. And I want you

to know this, this vision is not just.

For the church.

Okay, it's for ex Church as so as we say

it's so big, how do you even move and entiret church? Well,

when every single one of us actually have a part

to play, When every single one of us put our

hands to the plow, that's when it makes a difference.

And we need very.

Much from all age groups, from all walks of lives,

from all different church plants, everyone putting their hands to

the plow. It's very very important that we are in

this together. And so we want to encourage all of

y'all to know what this diet is not the diet

that the Lord has set for us, all of us.

Sometimes not all of us are okay, those who need

a dietary plan, so as we need to set one.

I know I need a diet plan right now because

every time after Christmas the diet goes wonky. Uh, you know,

trousers can't feed no more. Either that or I have

to go and look for the fat pants. That's why

I call it the fat pants. After Christmas is I

need to go on hand for all the fat bands

that I used to have. And I know we all

have a set of plan, a dietary plan, which is

very very important. And so last week we spoke about

the interpretation of the dream, which is the diet which

is from Daniel, and of course we spoke about the

challenges that can unfold while this vision is being carried out.

Knows how the challenges that we identified last week was

the tree L's. So if you're with us, you realize

that we talk about the loss, we talk about the leaders,

we talk about the leaven. Basically, we were saying that

we can't do without winning more of the loss. This

whole dietary plan, this whole diet, this whole interpretation of

the dream involves the vision of Habakok, which is that

the knowledge of the glory of God is known throughout

the world, and it's not just anything is the knowledge

of the glory of God. This is the vision, the

overarching vision that we are all guided by, and we

are all a part of it, and we all want

to be a part of this movement, of this work,

of this ministry of ensuring that the knowledge of God

doesn't just remain in the deepest recesses of our hearts,

but it goes far and wide so that many more

will come to the saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Because it goes on to say, as the water covers

the sea, that is basically everything like okay.

And God wants all to know.

And we have a big role and a big responsibility,

and so we can't do without the loss. You know,

sometimes we forget that as a church, we are the

only organization and the only society in the world that

actually exists for its non members. We exist to reach

out to those who are outside our organization. Is so

very very important for us to be reminded of them.

So the challenge is this, sometimes we forget the lost.

The other challenge is the leaders the tree else. Remember

the second challenge is the leaders, because we can't do

without the laborers. And that's why the scripture says, no

pray to the God of the hours for more laborers.

Pray to God of the hours for more laborers. Everyone

has a role and a responsibility to lead. As a

Christian and as a believer, we have been given roles

and responsibilities to lead and to guide others. And so

this is not just something that is bestowed upon our

church leadership, the leaders who will ordained. It's not so

much that all of us actually have a leadership call

upon our lives. You could be a primary school student

and you'll realize that if I am in school and

I have the knowledge of Jesus in my life, how

can I help my friends know who Jesus is. Sometimes

is praying and asking God for opportunities for you to share.

And so that's why in schools we always run this

revel movement. We are telling young people pray, listen, obey,

and then witness God's goodness. Plow that's the acronym for

a plow No, we want to encourage all of us

to be able to do this, and so we need leaders.

That means we can't have our people sitting down and

thinking that, oh, I will just ride along. Basically, whenever

we come and whenever we avail ourselves into God's kingdom

is saying that, Lord, what can I do to serve you?

That's why it's actually called a service, even though here

in actually we call it worship, which is worship is

also a service unto the God, unto God. And so

this is what I want us to be reminded of,

and it is one of the challenges leaders. How do

we raise leaders? How do we encourage more leaders to

rise up? And it's because we can't do without the labors.

And of course we also talk about the leaven and

the eleven is just that you know in Basa they

call it the monk in the catalyst, something that actually

drives and starts something so that it gets going. No,

we can't do without the sending out, we can't do

without the discipline.

All these are needed for.

Us to see the vision come to pass. It is

so very important and so we need to continue working

on all these three challenges that we will see unfold

as we continue to see the vision come to pass.

These are real challenges. We need to work on all

of them because this is the plan, This is the

diet that God has given to us as a church,

ex church, that we will bring the knowledge of Christ

to the furthest further'est most parts.

Of this world. Amen.

And so once we have the dietary plan, we Once

we have the diet, once we have the ability to

understand that this is what God has said for us

as a church, we need to break it down. And

so last week we also broke it down. We broke

it down to remember daily break. We broke it down

to tide our tides. We broke it down to eleven again.

What does that mean? Basically the daily break we spoke

about having to make a list. Who do I want

to disciple? Who do I want to actually reach out to?

Who do I want to spend a little bit more

time this time round. I believe June had to pray

or something had to impress upon her that I think

I want to plan a Christmas luncheon. Maybe she went

with I don't know who exactly I'm going to be

reaching out to, but hopefully one person will reach out

to me in written and that's exactly what happened. But

it's good to actually make a list. The daily bread

is what we will do daily. You know, the Lord's

prayer includes a verse that says, give us this day

our daily break. Sometimes we don't understand why that prayer

was prayed because today we don't get daily wages. Today

we get a monthly wage. Some people get a weekly wage.

But back in those days, if you don't get your

daily wage, basically you don't eat for that day.

That's how it is.

That's why the prayer daily is, Lord, give us this

day our daily break.

So daily we have.

This responsibility and for us as partners of exchurch, I

pray that we will learn how important it is as

we break it down, make list. That means, don't just think, oh,

for this vision to come to pass, I am not involved. No,

you have to be involved, because we will never see

the glory of Jesus made known to the entire earth

until and unless everyone is participating in the ministry of

the Lord. And so we pray that you are able

to make least who is there? I want to descible

who is there? I want to pray for who is there.

I want to spend more time with. These are very

very important things. The next thing that we spoke about

was tithing, basically tiding. We spoke about how important it

is for us to make a commitment. Make a commitment.

So don't just make a list. It's easy to make

a list. Okay, I want to meet this person, but

then you must commit to that list. And that is

what tithing is. Tithing is actually putting your money where

your mouth is. You know, or you get what I'm saying.

You are putting it out. You're committed to doing something.

And I will explain today. We're going to talk a

little bit more about tithing. And then, of course, the

third thing we talked about last week was the eleven. Basically,

don't just make a list, don't just make a commitment. Ultimately,

you got to make it count. Make it count. That

means it has to be pragmatic. It has actually got

to be going out and discipling others and witnessing to others.

So the leven is the one that gets us going.

Okay, So today's emphasis is really about the tide, the

power of the type, and I want to talk a

little bit about this because if you study and this

is what we are doing as well, we are actually

learning from Pasta Cannet. When he was sharing this vision,

he was also sharing with us his life and one

of the secret to Pasta Cannet's success in life. And

some people will be like he's he successful. Well, I

believe for someone who was nobody like all of us,

to be able to be where he is today, to

have pioneered and planted churches in multiple locations across different continents,

I believe that there is something that he has done

right and really he has just continued to inspire different

ones to keep on planting. I think that something that

is remarkable. And he will be the first to tell

you that this has got nothing to do with him,

per se. It's got everything to do with the low

because he started off with what two others and today

we are in multi continence because of his obedience. And

so he always reminds us about the power of the

tithe because his life is actually built on tithing. What

is tithing as a principle, Well, it starts actually, and

this is how he explains it. It starts in the

garden of Eden when God says don't touch the tree. Okay,

don't touch the tree. And it shows us that in

everything in life, there is one thing that we cannot touch. Okay,

I'm going to take it a little bit deeper. This

is not in your notes, but I want to refer

to where that scripture comes from, and so if you

have your Bibles, I'm going to read Genesis chapter two,

verse fifteen. Okay, he says this, sir, the Lord God

took the man and put him in the garden of

Eden to work it and take care of it. Okay,

that there are some things I want to highlight. So

he says that the Lord God took the man and

put him in the garden of Eden to work it

and to take care of it. That to me basically

means labor. Okay, labor. And the Lord God commanded the man.

You are free to eat from any tree in the garden,

but you must not eat from the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat it,

you will certainly die. So the second part is this,

you are free to eat from any tree in the garden,

but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge good,

of good and evil. The first part talked about labor.

The second part talks about loyalty. Loyalty and I will

explain it. Okay, you are free to eat from any

tree in the garden, but you must not eat from

that tree. Why in the world that God put one

tree in the garden that they are not to touch.

We ask this question all the time. Why didn't God

just leave it out? Because it would have been much better,

much easier. We will have none of the troubles that

we are facing today in this world, have no undertakers

because there will be no sain. No sin means there'll

be no death. That means we could have all been

living in paradise forever more. The Bible doesn't exactly say

why did he put the tree there, but let's give

it some talk. Okay, I want us to think about this.

You see, you cannot offer loyalty to anyone unless there

is also the opportunity not to be loyal.

Makes sense.

See, loyalty doesn't just happen. It is something that you

develop against the background of the possibility of not being loyal.

And so here was this one tree in the garden,

and it is as if God was saying, you can

have all the other trees you have enough to look at,

enough to live on, everything you could ask for. But

I have to include in your environment the possibility of

being disloyal so that I may have your loving loyalty.

Makes sense, and so God wanted loyalty, and the tree

was a reminder that he decided what is good and

what is evil, and that he had the knowledge of evil.

But you know what, I've met so many people, young

people myself included, who always say, I think I've got

to try everything before I decide.

What's right and what's wrong. Right.

We always meet people like that, and we were once

like that. Try us, let me try, and what you

tell me is not right? Ah, you ready, try everything,

eyes want to try. The truth is you don't need

to try everything before you find out whether it's good

or evil. Leave that knowledge to God. Sometimes we have

to learn to take his word for it, accept his

lordship in your life. If we can touch anything and

everything in life, then we become God. And so when

God says don't touch this or don't do that, and

when we hear and obey, we acknowledge.

Him as God.

So the first relationship that we need to get right

is with God, and it is a relationship of obedience

in which we offer him both our labor and our

loyalty and leave him to decide what is good and

what is evil, and offer our conscience to him to

be guided by him.

Makes sense.

You see, Tithe is not about the money, but about

acknowledging God is God. Acknowledging God as God, that we

would set aside our money, our time, our.

Talents, and everything else that we have for him.

It is not laws, the spirit of putting God first,

giving God what belongs to him. So we may say

we don't have enough time, but if we were to

give God that time that we have, we are essentially

sowing time. And the Bible says what you saw you

should read. Sometimes we always say we got no time

to do anything. I want you to know when you

sow time, you read time. I've heard passes Sam teach

this before, and some you may know who buss The

same is Bussus Samsuigindern was our conference speaker last year.

And know when we were younger, and I remember I

was in Pinang and he used to teach this. You

know the tide the ten percent tithing that we give. Okay,

I know it's old Testament. You're like, now today we

just need a gift cheerfully. I agree, we need to

give cheerfully today. But he's a good guy, okay, and

I use that as a good guy. The ten percent,

Why do we need to give ten percent of our tides?

Bussa Sam taught this one. No, you take the ten

percent to redeem the ninety percent. This is essentially what

you're doing. You're guiding what you have to redeem the

rest of God's goodness. That is what tithing is. And

I want us to understand what we sow is what

we read. It is so important. This is something that

has guided Pastor for a long time. He is someone

that does not mess with the tithe because he knows

whatever belongs to God, give it back to God. Because

this is how God functions and how it operates. And remember,

if you read and you understand the principle of the

Garden of Eden, it is dead. God wants both our

labor and our loyalty. And so what we have to

essentially do is so dead into His kingdom, so our

labor and so our loyalty. Is it makes sense? You see,

all things are possible with the tithe. It's a very

practical thing, tithing. That's why when we say offer up

our tithes and offering, we do something about it. We

don't just pay lip service to it. But I know

it's not always just putting our money.

In.

It could also be prayer. We can pray for every

need we have agreed to pray for. Have you agreed

to pray for people and then not pray for people?

I do it all the time. Sometimes Now I have

to tell myself the minute I say to someone I'll

pray for you, I actually take out my phone. See

I need to make a list, because I'll tell you

what you've forget them. And I make a list and

I put down Okay, I said I will pray for

this person, I jolly well better pray for this person,

because not that makes me a liar, right. I have

to force myself to do it because I, for the

life of me, cannot remember a lot of things. It's

just my inability as allowsy lawyer. Okay, I know lawyers

are good we remembering names, but I'm just so bad

that sometimes. And so when I say I pray for

some I know I have to I have to honor

it and open it and you know, when we soul prayers,

I believe we also reap answered prayers. When we serve,

and all of us can offer ourselves to serve God.

We can serve God and his house with our one

hundred percent. We're offering something up unto the Lord. We

can share with those who don't have. That's offering something

that we have to someone who does not have. That

is what being generous is all about. We can make disciples.

All of us can actually offer up something of us.

You know, making disciples is our responsibility because it was

a mandate that was given not just to a select few,

but it was a mandate given to the church. It

was the last commission, the last command that Jesus gave us,

and he has to be our first priority to make disciples.

You know, we can make disciples wherever we are in

all honesty, as long as there's someone looking up to you.

And more often than not people are looking at you.

Not the whole white world, but there will be someone

who is looking at you, and that means that you

actually have an opportunity. You may be a parent, you

may be a brother, you may be a colleague, you

may be a student. You may have classmates. There are

always people who are looking up to us. We can

actually make disciples again, it starts with us even giving

God our best. That is a form of tithing. We

can consider taking on leadership because in a leadership function

and responsibility, we can help turn every partner into a pioneer.

This is what we actually hope to do as X

As a church, we have always been church planting. It's

something that is part of who we are. And so

even discipleship, we say, is discipleship true church blunting. I

know sometimes that's like, what does that mean? Does that

mean that this is just going to plant another church? Well,

this church was planted from another church, and yes, if

you're part of acts, be ready to one day suddenly

be challenged with the whole idea of planting another church,

because that is how we have been doing it all

this while.

And I pray that.

It will not stop because we were never in Mandatama,

but today we are, and today we are reaching different

people in different locations, and this is what the Lord

has given to us. And I pray that we will

not be afraid of the responsibility of giving ourselves into

leadership because God needs laborers. Pray to the God of

horwards for laborers.

Amen.

We can sow into community. Community work is a way

of sowing and tithing. You know, it's a simple command

and reminder. It's a scriptural reminded that we are not

to not care for those who are less fortunate. That

is the reason why I continue to encourage the church

to go out to be aware of the people around them,

to realize that not everyone is as blessed as they are,

so that we can then share and be a blessing

to others as well. We can sow into missions because

all of us have a part to play to fill

the earth with the knowledge of His glory.

Amen.

And so this is something that I want us to remember.

All things are possible with the tithe if you understand

what tithing is is essentially sowing yourself, sowing what you have,

your time, your treasure, and your talent and too God

and see yourself redeem God's blessings in your life.

Amen.

The third part of this is this, and you'll see

in your notes. It's just a verse that says, give

to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's?

Is then your notes, I think it's in your notes. Okay,

I will explain it, and that one is not in

your notes. You see, the question posed to Jesus about

paying taxes to Caesar was actually a trap. It's a

trick question because the question that was posed to him

is is it right to pay texas to Caesar? And

who was it who was asking him? I think if

you make reference to Matthew chapter twenty two, it was

the Herodians and the Pharisees. I think these two actually

don't get a long one, but somehow they complot together.

They came together. Again, let's just trick Jesus as ask

him a question. Herodians are, of course herold and the

one that killed all the babies part of the group.

I think if you do a study, they were the Jews.

The Pharisees actually don't like them and they don't get along.

They were part of the idol Might clan. But anyway,

that's beside the point. It was a trick question that

they could do together.

At that time. What was happening is this.

You have to always remember this Israel was an occupied

country at that time, so the Romans were occupying power,

and so when they asked Jesus, that question, is it

right to pay Texas to Caesar?

Is here.

Either Jesus could say that they should not pay this

taxes to Rome, in which case they will have gone

straight to Pontius Pilot and told Pontius Pilot he this

one traitor to the Roman Empire. Or if he says

no need to pay, or if he says need to pay,

then he will become very unpopular with his own people

who were being occupied, which would basically put an end

to his public ministry because you see, the Jews were

not happy to as certain extent that the Romans were

there because there's someone over them right now. Okay, So

it was a trick question, quite cleverly worded in sense

to try the trick. But Jesus, and if it's something

that I learned from scriptures, don't try to trick Jesus

because he always has the right answers, and he saw

right through the question, and he knew they were not

bothered about Texas at all. I mean the Pharisees who

were super duper rich. Actually they were making money off Rome.

That's the reality of it. And Jesus knew the hypocrisy,

and that means that in a way, he didn't want

to answer, and they didn't want to know his answer. Actually,

they just wanted to trap him. And so Jesus just

went on and replied, he didn't care what they have

to say. He went on. He gave them an answer,

and he gave him a brilliant answer. Actually, because what

did he do? He asked for a coin, so he said,

he you got coin, you're probably thinking, Jesus so put

until he got no coins. No, no, no, no, he

could ask his treasurer, the traitor, for a coin.

But he asked them for a coin. Why Jesus do that?

Because I believe he wanted something out of their pockets,

something that they were already using, something to which they

had already committed themselves to something, so he was teaching

them something. He asked them for a coin, and so

it was made clear that they were willing to use

this money and accept it at its face value. So

they brought their food. They actually used the coins to

buy their food, buy their clothing. And so he asked

them whose money is it? Whose money? This money that

you already committed towards, Whose money is it? You are

so involved in it? And they asked whether they should

pay taxes, and Jesus said, render there for to Caesar

the things.

That are Caesar's.

That is what the scripture says, give to Caesar, what

belongs to Caesar. And the word use in the reply

under Jesus to Caesar is actually the word repay. You

got to understand that. So they had asked whether they

should pay Texas and he told them that they should

repay taxes, and that is a very different matter altogether,

and it puts it in a slightly different light. Of course,

they could not say anything about this because, uh, the

truth is, the Jewish people had benefitted from the Roman Empire.

What was evident back then was something called Pax Romana.

Pax Romana basically is Roman peace. And so the peace

that the Romans brought, the stability that the Romans brought,

the security that the Romans brought, it was all throughout

the Mediterranean world. It's a situation in which anyone could

travel around freely within the entire region without a passport

because they were protected by Rome. And so actually repaying

is the correct thing because they have already benefited from Rome.

That's why he says, render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.

But then now he doesn't stop that. Jesus goes on

with the second part of the sentence. And what's the

second part of the sentence. He says this, and to

God what is God's The me is render to God

what belongs to God. And so you also have a

duty to God for the benefits you get from him.

That means he has a right to expect something from

you as well as Caesar having the right. And so

you have to understand this. As Christians, we have this

double citizenship. We are a citizen of earth, and we

owe certain things to the earthly country to which we

belong to, but we're also citizen of Heaven, and certain

things we owe to the Kingdom of Heaven because we

belong also as believers to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Make sense.

See, the problem arises for Christian when Caesar begins to

claim something that only God can claim.

And actually it.

Started happening after that because Caesar suddenly claimed to be God.

And that's where Christians have to say, no, I can't

give that to you. I can't give you the title

of divinity because you are not God. And actually, the

day Caesar claimed to be God. Was the day that

we saw a lot of Christians martyr thereafter because they

couldn't respond to that claim, because we can't give to

him that which he was claiming. And many decided that

I would rather die than to render to Caesar what

he wanted. But in this case it was a simple

shu Okay, I'm talking a little bit further. In this

case give to Caesar. What is Caesar's using his money?

Why shouldn't you give him his money? Therefore, there were

also to give to God what belongs to God. You see,

you and I we all use currency. You'll use notes, right, okay?

Or you say I don't use notes anymore? What what

what is on your your ring gate note?

Are going? Okay?

All most of our I mean if you go to

UK that the bound notes has I don't know the

change to King Charles face with you or not, but

most of it should still be in Queen Isabel's face.

Okay.

So we use money that has an image of an

earthly sovereign on it, he actually has a claim to

the money, and because his face is on it, think

about it now, But what is it which has God's

image on it? What has God's image on it us,

every man and women on earth. Therefore, what I must

render to God that he deserves in me. God has

a right to me. If the money that we use

has the image of an earthly ruler, who therefore has

a right to it. Who we who are made in

the image of the heavenly King, he has a right

to us. This is what Jesus is teaching us here

in this scripture. You see the power of the type

is essentially us offering ourselves both labor and loyalty to God.

Does that make sense? I want us to be able

to see that we are all meaning God's image, and

so we belong to him. And I pray that you

will continue to be reminded of that, because what are

your actions, What are the actions that you are going

to be taking. What are the things that you're going

to present unto God that will show that.

You belong to him. That's why the tide is such

a powerful, powerful thing. It's very, very significant.

And so as we approach I know this next twenty

years that we are ready in seeing this vision and fold.

You know when this message was revealed and when this

message was actually said, it was in twenty twenty one. Okay,

it was during the peak of the pandemic, and God

downloaded a lot of significant things to us as a church.

God reminded us that the past twenty years he has

been so so faithful. No, we were a church that

dream dream was actually revealed then know the whole Disciples,

Disciples Disciple, first Revival, Evangelism, Action Mission, we were actually

living out that dream. And then when we came to

twenty twenty, we realized that the vision is what was

revealed to us for the next twenty years. And that's

why we talk from the Book of Daniel. Daniel was

God's diet for us. Basically, what are we going to

do where the Lord has placed us. Daniel was a

marketplace leader. He was a leader who was in exile,

and so twenty the next twenty years, even that time,

a lot of things were very significant. We were at

twenty twenty. Just twenty twenty just went past. And you know,

if you were alive since my day was prime Minister,

the first time you would have heard of vision, door blow,

door blow, Okay, did it come to pass? Well, I

think to a certain extent, John will be like, yeah,

he wanted to see a modernized Malaysia. I think he

did quite a fabbit, especially in his first tenure. To

be honest, whether every single blueprint that was revealed back

then came to pass, I don't know. I didn't study

it exactly, but twenty twenty was dead, so it was

very very significant. And of course we also know that

Daniels served four kings, and God showed us that each

king is almost like each government that we'll see because

elections are actually held average every four to five years,

maximum is five years the term, and so there will

be this next few cycles that we will see ourselves

in the next twenty years, and I pray that we

will be excited. That means it doesn't matter what happens.

The reality is that time when this vision was revealed

was very very exciting for Malaysia as well for nation

because for the first time we actually had a new

government as well. Of course, we are now looking back

behindsight and I'm not share the new government did a

lot of things well in all honors, in all honesty

and fairness, they probably haven't been given the most amount

of time as well as But all I know is

that change will keep on happening. Five years, five years,

four years, five years, change will happen, and we just

need to realize what the significance of it for us

as a church, because we have got a part to play.

If you are in ex church, I mean, we are

not different churches. I'm sure the Lord in his wonderful

creativity has got a plan and a purpose, a unique

one for different churches. But here in Acts we are

clear that this is what we need to do, and

that's why we are trying to break it down so

that we can help every single one of us be

a part of that vision, sewing into the unfolding.

Of this vision for us as the church. Amen.

And so I remember back then when we were having

our leaders, it was very very significant because we had

a few very clear takeaways. When we were meeting our

leaders and encouraging them, we were telling them and we

were talking about discipleship, how important it is, how important

it is for the people that we are discipling. We

call them our huddle members. Here in X we have

a discipleship process where we huddle together in groups and

we lead each other and we guide each other through

the huddle. And we needed to make sure that everyone

was clear about their role and their responsibility what they

needed to do at their part of the world, because

all of us were building a wall. It's a wall

that is big and long. And that time we just

came from twenty eighteen twenty eighteen. It was Nahi Maya.

Nahi Maya was actually the scripture that guided us in

twenty eighteen, the rebuilding of the war, And so we

were preparing the church and we were telling them that

we were all we all have a part to play.

It's a big war.

But when everyone knows their responsibility, everyone is clear about

what they have to do, if everyone is accounted for,

if everyone participates, we get it done faster and more efficiently.

And we had to keep reminding every leader back then,

the focus is about winning souls, winning those who are lost,

making disciples, producing leaders, releasing daniels back into the marketplace.

We can't do this by ourselves, is next to impossible

until and unless every one of us are involved. How

can we break it down? How can we make it personal?

Well?

Efficients Chapter four, verse sixteen says this from whom the

whole body join and knit together by what every joint supplies,

according to the effective working by which every part does

its share cause us growth of the body for the

edifying of itself in love. You see, every part must

do its share so that the body can grow. And

so I want to encourage all of us. Thank you

some of you when I see your faces across this room.

I've known you all for a long time. We have

been to different plants together, We've been planting churches together.

All of us have a role to play. I pray

we will never come to a place where we look

at the church as a c up where we come

and I want to gain the benefits of this club. Course,

all I can tell you is the church has got

not much of benefits to offer other than labor and loyalty,

because that's what the Lord demands of us, labor and loyalty.

And so you know in your book there is this chart.

I don't know how to teach the chart, but you

know it breaks it down what we are essentially. One

thing to do is to help everyone break it down

into bite sizes. Then you realize that we all have

a role to play.

You see.

The first thing is understanding what God's diet is. God's diet,

Remember we say it was how we interpret the scripture.

And so the diet, feel the earth and have dominion

over things of the earth. That's what the scripture says

in Habaku, that is the diet. Then what do we

need to do. What is the daily brain that we

need to offer up unto the Lord? Well is to

go and make disciples. And I want you to know

all of you can make disciples. If you are a parent,

your responsibility is to disciple your children really in the

ways of the Lord. It's a big responsibility. But if

there's one life that you can so into and do well,

do that well as well. Because you want to teach

them the ways of the Lord. You want to teach

them also to go and carry out this mandate that

the Lord has for us. So the tide is we

start with who we have, where we are, what we have.

You know, it could be just doing things here in

church first. And then the leaven of course is be

ready to be sent out. Be ready to be sent out.

Sometimes that's why it's needed. That's why sometimes when we

do things like all right, the homes, we are going

to schedule you to go out to the community and

everyone community Saturday, I want to go eat some Satday.

I want to to play off Satday. I got a

lot of things to do. Usually it's just one Saturday

a week a year. The most is two Saturday is

a year that we encourage the homes to go out

to the community. But really I do get a lot

of excuses. I pray that and sometimes that is the

level that we have introduced, the scent out and the

discipline part. The discipline part basically is discipleship. It's so

important for us to disciple our homemies, to tell them, well,

there is a reason why we go out to the

communities to help them, because some people will be like you,

nothing else better.

To do this?

No, really, we got we all have better things to do.

But this is the better thing that we are supposed

to do according to the scriptures, to love the people

around us and to help them because we have been

blessed to be a blessing.

Amen.

Then there's level two God's diet. Okay, the one thousand

times one thousand, I mean, we are really believing in

that because really we need to see God's Kingdom grow.

God's Kingdom grow. The only way you can grow one

thousand people is to actually take stock of the one

thousand people that we have and that's the reminder. Back then,

we were telling every leader, take stock of every person,

every person in your homes. Please make sure that you

care for each one of them. And back then we

had two hundred and fifty leaders, and so we told

the two hundred and fifty leaders, make sure you take

care of the seven hundred and fifty who are not leaders,

and disciple them, teach them. You see, the church is

a place for discipleship, just like families are a place

where we teach and instill discipline in children's lives. That

is the reality of it. But many times today the

church does not want to disciple people because it's hard

and people don't like to be disciples, just like many

times families today don't parent their children. It's very important

for us to be parents to our children, just like

we are disciplers to those who are followers of Christ

in the church. This is our responsibility. And so what

do we say, make a list. We told our leaders

to account for every person, every person in your homes,

see them grow, want to help them mature. You know again,

sometimes people be like, oh, you're not tells better to do?

Is it? You know?

I I'm happy not being careful I'm happy not being

known here. I'm happy to just glide thrue my church life.

But we are not supposed to just glide. True, we

are people who are relational. That's how God has made

us again, made in God's image. And God's image is

a trinitarian image, Father's Son, Holy Spirit. That's why it

says God is love. God is Love tells me that

if we are made in His wonderful image means we

are never made to stand alone because God was never alone.

It was always Father's Son, Holy Spirit. It was relational,

and that's why the way we are made is to

relate to one another. That's why the fellowship of believers

is something that is so important. Even though some people

be like, actually don't need church lie today, church like

what like so so institutionalized. It's needed because we are

people who relate to one another. And the commandments is

all about relationships. It's all about respecting relationships because if

you summon it all together, comes down to two things.

Love God, relate to him and love one another relate

to one another. And so we encourage everyone to make

a list. Make sure you take note of those who

are under your care and see them raised up so

that they too can be someone who will one day

go out and plant it. Just you know science, I

tell you, are you really a plantage? I remember there

was one time I sat in this car of this

he was quite a powerful evangelist. I remember I picked

it up for the airport and he entered the car.

The first thing he asked me is that are you

going to plant chage soon? And I'm like, huh, what

talking to you?

Man? Now? I mean, who thinks about that? Right?

You all come to church like and you know, you're like,

I come to church because I want to start another

church or I want to But actually that's what the

Lord wants us to do. He wants us to keep pioneering,

keep starting because if you think about it, there are

many people who have not yet known who God is.

The loss, you see, that's our greatest challenge, right, the

loss and the truth is here in Malaysia. There are

many who are still lost. In fact, the many people

in whom we don't there even reach out to other

ones who are lost.

So remember this. I pray that the Lord.

Will continue to stir within our hearts and let this

not be something that you're afraid of. But look forward

to because together we go much further. If we do

it alone is going to be challenging. And so we

believe God's diet is by a certain time if everyone

reaches out. If all one thousand people in ext church

just reach out to one person, think about it and

she overnight you you become two thousand. It's as simple

as that. Everyone just pray for one person. If that's

what it starts with, then start by praying that your

love wants be safe, your colleagues be safe. And don't

just pray it once, pray it consistently. I pray for

my father for fifteen years, if not more, every day

until it became like a noisy, resounding gong. But it

was the days in which sometimes I forget to pray

that I'm convicted that don't give up. Then there was

the reminder when he eventually gave his life to Christ.

I believe that we all have a responsibility. This is

what we can do. This is our tithe this is

our offering unto the Lord. Amen, pray, pray, you don't

ever give up. And you know what, when we want

to account for something, it helps when we are able

to break it down. That's the only reason why we

are breaking it down some Sometimes when we do this

people are like, oh, th detail and so administrative. But

administration sometimes helps with growth, It helps with taking into

a count who is under our care. Because finally, we

are called to make it count. Don't just make a list,

don't just make a commitment. Make it count. And that

means that everyone should be accounted for because everyone is

of importance and of value to God. So remember this.

We need to keep being radically obedient to the Lord,

keep being united, keep being generous with our time, our treasure,

our talent. We need to keep investing. We need to

keep redeeming the time. Remember the ten percent used to

redeem the ninety percent. If you keep saying that I

don't have time for anything, I want to encourage you

to try this. So time sow time into what is important.

That means if you have not sown your time unto

the Lord to be with him, I want to encourage

you start by doing that. Because I tell you what,

I'm not even asking you for ten percent of twenty

four hours to be given to the Lord daily. That's

two and a half hours if you can, great, But

I'm not going to be methodical about that. All I'm

saying is so time, and you redeem time. You will

find yourself being able to have more time to do

the things that the Lord has purposed in your heart.

But start by sowing it to the right person. Amen,

make it work, make it count. There is a warning

at the end of this, and the warning is from

Luke chapter thirteen versus six nine. I'm coming to an end,

and so maybe the band can be on stand by.

And there was this parable that Jesus taught off, and

he says a certain man had a victory planted in

his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and

found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard,

look for three years, I've come seeking fruit on this

victory and find none. Cut it down. Why does it

use up the ground. But he answered and said to him, sir,

let it alone this year also until I dig around

it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well,

but if not, after that you can cut it down.

You see, there may be those who have not responded,

no matter how much you try. But we are still

counting on each one, and the Lord has not cut

us off yet. I pray we won't ever be detached

from the main by Its very very important. That's why

we are also telling our leaders. You know, the truth

is we are all called to be fruitful. To be fruitful.

What we have in Christ Jesus is not just eternal life,

which we are grateful for, but it's also abundant life.

It's both eternal and abundant life. If we are not

experiencing abundant life here and now, then we have to

check where is our focus.

And so.

My prayer is that we will continue to bare food,

because the scripture does say that if they continue not

to barefood, you know what will happen. You will be

uprooted and thrown away. I pray that that wouldn't happen

because God is working towards building his kingdom here on earth,

which means that every one of us, as believers in

the lawd Jesus Christ, have a role to play. He

gives us, He has given us a responsibility. The question

is are we cooperating with him? Very very important, and

that is the call to action. You know, I want

you all to ponder upon what has been shared. I

know it's a lot, it's heavy, not always the easiest

to digest. But all I'm saying is this, if it's

anything you need to catch, all of you have a

part to play in building God's kingdom. And I want

to share very quickly, just some very quick thoughts about

how Jesus taught on the leaven, because whenever Jesus taught

about the eleven, he's teaching it in relation to the

Kingdom of God. What can we do to make it count?

You see it, just a little bit of leaven would

spread right through the whole lump of dough.

That's how it works.

Okay, if you're a Brein maker, you use years as

the leaven. And this is sound the truth that Jesus

has taught. We can study the scriptures and you realize

this first truth is this, The Kingdom of God comes

to our earth from outside the earth. Remember that it

didn't start here. It has come here. It has to

be put into our society. It doesn't spring from mankind

because no human being can build the Kingdom of God.

It is actually beyond our human capacity to do such thing.

To even build this heaven, this utopia is impossible. We

have tried again and again to create it for our children,

but we can't do it. It has actually come from outside.

That is what is man.

When you read John one one and he says, in

the beginning was the Word, and the word was God,

and the Word has now terrible knackled amongst us. That's

the song that we just sang. He inhabits us, he tabernacles,

He has made a home in us. The Kingdom of

God has come from outside. It has to be put in,

just like the master set had to be put into

the soul before anything can happen, just as the years

had to be put into the door before anything can happen.

So when Jesus came to our planet, the Kingdom of

God was being planted into our society. It was being

put in the soul, just like it was being put

in the door. Can you see that? And that's why

I tell people that the Kingdom of God is here.

It has already begun the day Jesus came and made

his home amongst us. Because sometimes we find it hard

to imagine the Kingdom of God, king Heaven, Matniger.

What is it?

Well, we still live in this world, and this world

is still governed by the pre of This world is

an evil governance. But yet God's Kingdom is already here.

Some teachers will say it has been inaugurated. That means

it has begun. It's not completed yet because we haven't

seen His kingdom come and his will completely unfold. But

it has begun and we praise God for it. Second

thing we need to realize is the King of God

works from inside, and that is why it is sometimes

largely unnoticed. When you put a seat in the ground,

you don't notice it at first, do you. You don't

you put it in the ground. Even when you see something,

the growth is usually slow and no one will turn

aside to see. I've never actually seen someone plan a

plant and then going to stand there and watch it grow.

You've got to have a lot of free time to

be able to do that. Right.

They may notice that it's a little bigger than it was,

but it's nothing sensational because it's working.

On the inside.

You see, the seed is working in the soil, just

like the yeast is working in the door, invisibly, working

from the inside. But nevertheless, the potential is enormous, enormous,

and nothing can stop it from developing. Remember that the

third thing is this what I just said, we can't

stop it. You can no more stop Christianity from spreading

than you can stop the sun from rising. That's my

honest belief. You see, the spread may not be very spectacular.

It is the fourth thing. No one will stop and

look at it. Every now and again, we may notice

that something has changed, but it is almost so imperceptible

to the world that is longing for sensation. You know,

sometimes the world is more intrigued with someone who can

bend spoons than the gospel. That's the truth. The world

is looking for sensation. The world does not realize that

the Kingdom of God is growing. They don't notice it.

They don't want to notice it. But lives are being

changed in our world by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

I believe it with all my heart, Juan, Just that

testimony tells me that lives are being changed, one person

at the time, one day at a time. See, the

world is not interested. The world doesn't take notice. It

is like the sea growing and the years working. If

the beginning was a handful of men, the last product

of it all will be a multitude that no one

can count. It all began when Jesus was walking along

the sea of Galilee, and he pulled up a couple

of brothers who were no bodies. They shook this world

around and turn it right side up. Hallelujah, Praise God,

because today I believe one day the Kingdom of God

will be complete, because the leese leavens the whole lump

of though. Just like the masts, Sey will go out

and keep growing and growing until the tree reaches his

full high. See, the Kingdom of God will go on

growing and spraying until God has everybody he wants in it,

until the people from every kindred, tribe and tongue are

sitting down in that kingdom, until the nations have come

from east, west, north and south and have sat down

with Abraham is exact, Jacob and the rest of the prophets.

I believe that with all my heart. Do you find

that exciting that you have a part to play? Because

it is great to know that this is the only

kingdom that is like this, and we are a part

of it.

I know it's not.

Spectacular in the world's eyes. It's not spectacular as spectacular

as revolutions and parties. But when everything is done and dusted,

I tell you what will remain God's Kingdom will remain.

That's stand The question is are we going to be

a part of it or outside it? Or are we

just going to be bystanders. I pray we will all

put our hands to the plow and let's keep praying, listening, obeying,

and witnessing.

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