The Life Saving Station | Pr. Alvin Keng

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So the title of the message this morning is the

Life Saving Station, The Life Saving Station. And before we

go into that, we're gonna turn to Luke chapter nineteen. Okay,

Luke chapter nineteen. You got a Bible's review. Can turn

there and if you are there, say yeah, much louder

than PJ or the PJ with more people. Yeah, people

were quietly. I don't know why. So anyway, Okay, we're

gonna read. Okay, let's read. So he says. Here, then

Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was

a man named Zachias who was a chief text collector,

and he was rich, and he sought to see who

Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for

he was of short stature. Everybody says short stature. Okay,

it means his short. Lah, he's short. The Bible is

ready descriptive when they say something. There's a reason to even. Okay,

and imagine now if the Bible write about you and

say you're shot. Wow, I tell you. Um. So it continues.

So he ran ahead and climb up into a sycamore

tree to see him, for he was going to pass

that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he

looked up and saw him and said to him, zac years,

make haste and come down, for today I must stay

at your house. So he made hayes and came down

and received him joyfully. Okay, I'm gonna pause here. You know,

sometimes when we read the Bible, it's very difficult for

us to imagine, you know, because because how many of

you here know a text collector? Nobody? Right, No, I

don't know nobody. I mean I think if you are

text colector, so you won't admit right, Uh you know

what sycamore tree looks like? No? Right, No, no, so's

it's something's very difficult to connect the thoughts when you read,

you know, and sometimes you can read this as a storybook.

But I want to let you know that it's historical fact.

The Bible is not a storyable, no matter what you

might think it is. It is not a storybook. It's

not a legend, it's not a myth. It's a historical fact.

And the way the Bible was written, it was not

written as a factual book. It was written as a

literature that is towards us people in the future that

will want to follow who Christ is. So it's not

meant to be a science book and people are science. No, No,

it's not meant to be that. It's not meant to

be a storyable I feel good. No, it's meant to

be like autobiography, a diary. It is meant to be

a way to live your cash that. You know some

speakers who say it is like Christ's love story to us,

It's like God's love story to as well. In a way. Yes,

I guess if you Every time I think about when

people say that, I think. I think if you're girls,

then you connect more if your guys your hard love story, Yeah,

you know, for guys, maybe you can say it's a

la or instruction or tip. You know, you want to

be successful in life, read the Bible, right, you want

to be successful in your marriage? Read the Bible. You

want to you know it's true. You know for guys,

maybe that connects with us small focus. Oh, it's God's

love love story to me. So so I want to

stretch it a little bit to help us to try

to put ourselves in that situation. Okay, so let's talk

a bit about zach Yeas. Okay, I've got some names,

but I don't want to name the names famous people

you know that I can say, like Zac Yias. But

imagine someone in your life today. Imagine someone in your

life that you really don't like, one like you really like,

really you don't like on someone that probably borrow your

money and didn't return it. Okay, there here, Please forgive them. Okay,

don't point fingers on no no or maybe always say no,

I will help you and I but but canno keep

the promise. One image someone like that, think, think about it.

Think about that person for now, right, and imagine that

this person is really young, so you on, really not

handsome and all short. You know, hey, if it's handsome, o,

soa you can steal forgive, you know, like if passus

Steven you know, borrow my money and they returned I

It's okay, it's okay, I he you know, it's okay,

it pretty, it's okay. But this isn't really like short,

you know, yeah, it's like, oh my goodness, like I

really did imagine that person. Can imagine imagine this person's

day job is a scammer. Now got a scam case.

See scammer, your your affiliated scammer. Because that was what

the text collectors were. You know why people didn't like

text colllectors then because they collected more than what they

need and you cannot go against them because they are

entrusted by the room. And then see now we got

we got uh, we got what what's the word? Past chodla?

We got check and balanced, we got you know all

these last time don't have one? Last time is between

you and me. Right, don't write lost the paper. That's it.

So it's my word against your word, right, think about

it that way? That was then, right, So of course

these guys, of course nobody liked him. Nobody liked him

because you know, he said, well, Zakiers, make haste and

come down. So he made hayes and came down and

receive him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained,

saying he has gone to be a guest with a

man who is a sinner. Think about it there for

a moment, Zakiaza, Zakiazza, think about a person you really

don't like in your office. Maybe it's a friend, Maybe

he's a friendly member. This fellow every time borrow money,

no return, every time say you're gonna turn a new leaf,

not gonna over a new leaf. Not just that a scammer. No,

you cannot trust he can not trust son, cannot trust son.

But Jesus said, Zakiers, make haste and come down for today,

I must dine in your house. How many of you

here will go well done Jesus' best decision ever? Or

will react the same way? And again, I'm not saying

this to guilt trip. You know, I think most of us,

even me, I'll be like, hey, Jesus, sure, not sure,

not Jesus, this guy's a scammer. No, he cheat everybody. Hey,

you know this person's mother had to go hospital her

he could cheat her money. You know now she's sicking

and she died. You know you want to go to

his house? Jesus, are you sure? Not? Right? Then Zakiah

stood up and said to the lord. Look, Lord, I'll

give half of my goods to the poor. And I

have taken anything from anyone by false accusation. I restore

for for war scam people. Do you want to give

back money? How many of you will go show bo?

I did? I'm like, hey, please, show me, show me,

show me, then I believe sure not for many many

years you already scamming people, do all kinds of things.

You know you you sure no, you're not male character.

Now just Jesus. You know everybod Jesus is superstar going

and then now you are you know, now you want

to improve yourself also probably think that way right, and

he's not wrong. But look at how Jesus responds. And

Jesus said to him today, Salvation has come to this

house because he also is a son of Abraham. For

the Son of Man has come to seek and to

save that which was lost. Okay, let's let's try and

unpack what we just read a little bit. Men, Jesus

coming to this place, Can I not hear? La? We're

all hanging out with Jesus and Sonny. He sees his

scammer or this person that hurt us, or this person

that betrayed us. And Jesus said, I want to go

to your house, friends, not your house. Are not John

Chung's hauser, not Paster Steven's hauser, that guy's house. How

you feel? And he responded, for the son of Man

has come to seek and to save that which was lost. Okay,

unpecking r. Okay. Let me ask you a question, okay.

And it's not a true question, Okay, it's a very

direct question. All of you here are lost? Anybody here lost,

still lost? Don't know Christ yet? Still lost? Are you

still lost? Or most? I think most know Jesus. So

you're not lost. So did Jesus come for you? Did

Jesus come for you? No? Ma, we all seen the steel, Ma.

Yes he came for us. Yes, because we were once lost,

but now we are found, right, Yeah, but you're found ready, Ma,

you're found ready? So must he still go to your house?

Think about it? Okay, let me stretch it a little bit.

Now I'm stretching it, and I'm stretching it, okay, and we

are searching it. Why didn't he say I will go

to Peter's house, I will go to John's house. Why

didn't he say that? Someone said, because they are with him, La,

they are with him? Do they? They are really with him?

They are already going everywhere with Christ? Do they? Does

he need to go to your house? No? He he

came to meet people that he's not met yet, right,

because the disciples were ready there with him all the time. Okay,

let me stretch it now. So if they are ready

with Jesus all the time, then he don't really need

to go to your house. Last makes sense, right? So

if I stretched to you all, if you are ready

with Jesus all the time, then He is ready with

you all the time. Unless we only meet Jesus once

a week on a Sunday in Emerald Hotel. But from

Monday to Friday we are not with him. That's why

we get angry when he don't come to a house.

Think about it, requite suddenly, think about it. I want

to challenge your top process. Right. Are we with Christ

all the time? Or is Christ? Someone said this very

funny thing I heard before force in christianize it four season?

Not four season? What for? What for events a year? No? No,

two events a year? Two events a year? Eastern Christmas? Okay,

he's there in Christmas. I'm not trying, not anybody here.

I'm just trying to give us some revelation. Christ came

to sit and save the loss. So then how should

we respond? Let me read a partial scripture, sorry not scripture.

Let me give you a background a little bit. So

I'm going to read you a story from the experience.

You guys went through this, right, homes, you went through this.

I'm sure you went through the The last my homes

was last week only. I know you had homes last

last week. I don't know it was it the last one?

Was it that one? That chapter? So anyway, my homes

was last week only more like last Friday. So I

only just read this and you spoke to me about something,

and I'm going to share it with you today. Okay.

So I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try my best

to present it in you know, the most entertaining way possible. Okay.

I tried to try my narrative voice. Okay. So, the

life saving station on a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks

often occur, there was once a crude, little life saving station.

The building was just a hut and there was only

one boat, but a few devoted members kept a constant

watch over the sea, and we've no thought of themselves,

went out day and tirestly searching for the loss. Right,

many lines were saved by this wonderful little station, so

it became famous. Many lives were safe. Right we started

the homes because you didn't reach out Bandama and then

you know, we have more me things because you have

to have mom me things, right, you know how you're

gonna plan, how you're gonna brave, you don't have more

me things. So but it was only a few people.

It was only a little bit of people. There was

not much resources, there was no building yet it was

just zoom during pandemic. Some who were saved and various

others in the surrounding area wanted to become associated with

the station and give of their time and money and

effort for the support of it. What makes sense, right

like oh established a the ex banal Dama. Then different

wants to come o exp so happening income, I want

to help out, I want to serve, I want to

do stuff. I want to be part of it. Right,

so then they contribute, you know why, let me help.

So new boats were bought, a new cruise trained, and

the life saving station crew, more homes while we shifted

from one world to now M world, from one to

M now one M one Malaysia. Anyway, can I let

you know that X Banodama is one of the nicest

church plans in terms of venue. We ever had sex

right pass even knows that. Okay, so nice under sea,

so so comfortable. But some of the members of the

life saving stations were unhappy that the building was so

crude and fully equipped. You're you're definitely not a happy la.

This doesn't apply to your doesn't apply to your all okay, right,

so and poorly equipped. Right. They felt a more comfortable

place should be provided for the first refuge of those

safe from the sea, so they replaced the emergency costs

with bits and put better furniture in their large building.

Now got reception, right, Now, we got you know, I

don't know, like, I don't know whatever, whatever, that will

upgrade the experience. Experience right, coffee machine, PJ. You got

coffee machine? Someone donated that. Okay, don't worry, it's kepture one.

It's not the barista and too expensive, so they replaced

not nice enough the chance, it's not nice enough the acon.

Now the live saving station became a popular gathering place

for its members, and they decorated it beautifully and furnished

it so exclusively. Because they used it as a sort

of a club, Fewer members were now interested in going

to see on live saving missions, so they hired lifeboard

crews to do its work. Yeah, let the full time

workers do it, lah, God called them. Man. We're all

very busy work, right, we need to we need to

be uh you know, out in the marketplace so that

we can you know, support the work. Not wrong, not wrong, okay,

but so busy right. I'm not interested this missions missions thing,

not my thing, la. So they hired lifeboard crews to

do this work. They hired got money rima, hi, la,

want to do themselves for what we all big time

see orima, No need to work on just do sit

down there and you know, don't let the people do.

We're still doing our job, right, and the life saving

motive still prevailed in this club's decoration. Yeah yeah, yeah,

I got the still still got the motive. You know,

you know what's our techline? Bassis steven Oh that all

may know? Right, got tech line? No, got tech line,

mission and vision. Everything's still there, right. There was even

a liturgical lifeboard in the room where the club initiations

were held. You're not that means not the first ever

liveboard that they use when they got the money. Now

is become museum. Look look look at our history, friends,

look at our history. Look at the lifeboard that once

saved people look at a wonderful history. About this time,

a large ship was wrecked off the coast and the

high crews brought in boatloads of coal, wet half drowned people.

They were dirty and sick, and someone that had black skin,

some yellow skin. The beautiful Meal club was in kios Ah.

Crazy man. So the property committee property com media, you've

got property committee here immediately had a shower house built

outside better outside. Okay, no, no, no, this place too clean,

cannot cannot cant after the hotel don't like us. So

let's have another church plan and other service plan in

a place where everybody can go on because here it's

too nice. Okay, too nice, So where the victims of

shipwreck could be cleaned up before coming inside. They okay,

you need to come At the next meeting. There was

a split in the club membership. Oh no. Most of

the members wanted to stop the club's life saving activities

as being unpleasant and the hindrance to the normal social

life for club passes steven. We need to have more retreats.

Why want to go missions for no need. We need

to build the church inside so that we because we

have a good time, so that we can be connected

more and more passes yearn right, so that we can

connect to homes and enjoy ourselves. That's where the family

of God, right, we should do that, okay, huh. But

then some members insisted about life upon life saving as

their primary purpose and pointed out they were still called

a life saviization. Hello, Puss Steven all ask him missions?

Why you never go in mobilizer missions? Huh, Masma, we

must save the loss. No need to do all these

other gathering and not important. Actually it's still important. No, no, no,

no mass missions, you have those, right. But they finally

voted down comfort over text everything ah and told that

if they wanted to save the lives of all the

various kinds of people who were shipwrecked in those squatters,

they could be gain their own life saving station down

the coastla. And they did. Plancha shaw huh, plancha shaw

xbu SD right, so plan ex kota Damasara. Finally now

all right, can plant Xsara, going plant. We will still

support you, We will still pray for you, grand plant. Okay.

As the years went by, the new station experienced the

same changes that had occurred in the old, it evolved

into a club, and yet another life saving station was founded.

History continued to repeat itself, and if you visit that

sea coast today, you will find a number of exclusive

clubs along that shore. Shipwrecks are frequent in those waters,

but unfortunately most people drown. So of course it's just

a story, La, Please don't feel anything. This is a

fake story. It is Bible different design is just a story.

Let me share with you what goes spoke to me.

So my homes is PJA A. Hi, my name is Elvin.

I'm from PJ eight homes. Right. My homes we planted

out my homes so I used to be in PG

three homes, right, and then we planted out from their homes,

and my homes were very very comfortable with guys, my

home is super happening. Why of course I meet in

this wonderful family's place called the Limb family, and Vonica

can really cool. So imagine every time I go home,

the food so good. We really miss homes, right, and

then with all our families come and we're all, you know,

enjoying fellowship and everything right, And I don't know why

can I know why I are? Because here we believe

in five four minutestry. And I think I've shared a

few times, and I think different ones I have recognized.

We recognize different means, different gift things. So one of

it is for me is apostelic means I cannotee still

And there's my problem. Okay, can I say still cannot

but really enjoy homestone homes is good so much, so

I pasted. I don't have to do anything, you know

in the homes, I don't have to do anything. I

just come, you know, pray some prayers, say some word,

then can go back. Oh, no need to stress because

I busy, My friends, you understand I'm busy. I got

two kids. Logistically very difficult. Right, I want to go

plant home some more? May I really already know? I

did my Dew's already, friends, I did my jews. Ready

let the young ones like passes you and go and suffer. Anyway,

we went planned. Of course, it was too comfortable. Something

had to happen. My home setters were going on to the

people nice right, wow, big, we enjoy ourselves. We fellowship

by much. We planted so I and I didn't want

to plan alone, and so I spoke to my wife.

I have to check a wife first. I don't set

marry better check your wife erst a. I checked my idea.

I think it's asking to do these can or not right?

Because we wanted to go and wanted to reach out

to campers students, there was the call and I thought, hey,

you know what, my family go, so at least I die.

My family, me and my wife, my two kids, drag

them along, you know, And a pastial experiment is like,

hey can I can? I also like impart to them

to serve the lot when they're young? Can they plant

or home? See me? Rather than I go alone normally?

Last time I go myself, then my wife. Now it's

like no, we go together. I said, yeah, sure, let's

do it. And then I open up to my homemies

and say, hey, guys, you know I want you to

pray and ask a lot if any of you will

follow me, thinking in my mind, thinking that those under

my huddle and those that are close to me will say, comes,

I'll join you. At least half the home sead you

know you know that, like we will already Taima. But

nobody said yes, they will come and join me. In fact,

there was one family that I was hoping that will come,

didn't say and left it, or maybe they were expecting

Pastor Elvin to ask them, but I didn't want to

because God has to speak to them, not me. I'm

not God, because if I speak to them, anything goes wrong.

They were pointing, I say, you asked us to do this. However,

there was a family that I knew and they were

not like full on, but I said, you know what,

maybe so I asked and they said, yeah, wherever you go,

I'll follow. I'm not okay, great at least one family,

so me this other family and Michelle you know, came up.

Miche line came out right and and we and we

planted a homesa you know, and it's eight months city

and uh, I wish I could say, you know. And

then after that the campers suitors are coming. Then we

started hitting more young students because God opened the door.

So the past eight months right one campus student let

me clarify, one master's international camper student only fit fully coming.

We faithfully fetching him. Michelle can't fetch coss you me

in the house. And we had to meet homes on

the other Friday because we are homeless see how smart

right pass nice homes do one plan out now no

bendic ready got no place to meet, have to meet

because out of the kindness of you know, I think

feel like my daughter go up plan homes can all

let her alone. So I better, you know, open my house.

So we meet all Turner Friday. You know how hard

that is. Everybody meet homes meeting homes know can quite

lonely and know everybody meeting that we are we are

meeting the other week and we are like meeting one

week later. So eight man, so dulo ulo dula? What

am I sharing to you? So last week we did

this and God spoke to me. Let me let me

try to present it for Beulah. Is XBU a life

saving station or his XBU just a club? I mean,

I'm not saying this to make people feel bad now.

I think we just gotta be We gotta know the truth.

If it's a club, it's a club pass. If it's

a club, just take club membership and people feel great

and that's it. Okay, But if XBU is a life

saving station, you gotta think about it. La Okay. Let

me let me go back to BJ. So when I

read that I ask myself, is XPJ a life saving

station or we just a club? Can I give you

a live tip? You know, I give you a tip

that will work in your life. Okay, generally, I know

I'm not right all, but I think I've given you

some form of wisdom. When you are unsure about your

crossroads in your life, or when you are not sure

about certain things, always go back to the original intention

of why it started in the first place. Your catch that,

I know it's a mouthful, Always go back to the

origin in attention because a lot of times in life

we will do something, have fun, go and you know,

it always starts well, but later down the road now

when things go don't go, something has changed, and most

of the time the original intention has changed or the

objective has changed. You know said no, no, no, it's still

like that. But actually, if you study properly, it is

not so. I asked myself the question, why was x

Church planted in Battaling Jaya on the nine of September

twenty twelve, thirteen years ago. Why was XPJ birth? Was

it just so that we can have another gathering of

believers here in PJ? Was it? Let me if you're

familiar with America. There is a place in America that

is called the Bible Belt of America. You know what

it means. I think it's even on my second it's

somewhere in Texas, Tennessee. Why because our day is where

a lot of church ran, a lot by God chish

Do you know that where XPJ meets, they were a

lot of just there already big I wouldn't name names that,

but they were in fact in Jaya one right, just

I think two three months ago a good friend planted

service or so there but reaching out to the Indonesia,

and I didn't even know about. I'm like, hey, when

say you know, like Sailah you know, but then we

can work together. But I didn't even know. Why? Why

why planet just there? So many people? Why why xbu?

Why planet just here so that you're nearer to people

so that they can attend easier? Is that the reason?

I mean, I don't know. Again, if there's a reason,

don't be judged, although I know you're probably feeling judged

right now, But there has to be something more right,

There has to be something more. I mean, it's not

wrong to I mean I would love to attn x

KK you know, I'm praying Lord actually not thinking one

take aver from Pasidica. No, No, it's okay, a very

happy way. I'm ready. Was it so that we can

have another gathering or was it so that we can

have a lighthouse be a lighthouse to the people here?

What was the intention? Let me share a bit more

on the intention. But you know, because this might benefit

you in your own life. I remember one of the

leaders in Bja and of course having challenges your homes

and and how you know, my Homi is not the

easiest people and very difficult. I'm like, hey, you're the

home leader. You wanted to talk to up to you la, right,

you know, but then where my homies go pastore hard

whay my homies go, I'm like, well, it's up to you.

And then he's like, oh yeah, you know I really

feel the sense like yeah, we might have to do

that and then just channel people in different homes and

so that at least we can start a fresh you know,

and stuff like that. I mean, And I said, well,

up to you if you feel that too, And then

he said, oh, but I don't know how to share them.

I said, well, it's not very difficult. Go back to

the original intention of why we do homes in the

first place. Is it just a social gathering or is

it meant for something bigger? Because I understand homes in

acts is to be fruitful and multiply. And if the

homes is not multiplying or it's not being fruitful, you're

not fruitful. It's not we got this ten cash I

some homemeaders, or I hear the two. Yeah, the traumati.

You know, it's not traumatic. It's not bad. Basically ten indicators,

whether homes is healthy or not. That is truefulness, right,

go back to that and then they will know that. Yeah,

maybe it's time to close because it's not frueful nowither

is it multiplying. In fact, it is just a social

getting for us to come and complain about what church

is doing wrong. It's always good to check. You know,

where has it reached? Then you know the true intention

of the heart. So always check whether it's your relationship.

You know, something's marriages, married couples. Can I encourage you

remember again why you got married in the first place,

then maybe you will fight less. How you fall in

love with the girl, how you find love with the guy.

Always think about it. You know, that's why you are

how you start relationing very important. We are very I

mean I break for me. I knew that no matter how

bad things get, with me and my wife, I know

God brothers together. So I can't deny that, right and

I hold on to that. And however bad things get,

just sila, you know, so always think about how it started.

I remember the day when we were praying and seeking

God before he planted XPJ six months we prayed, right,

and you know, we prayed for six months. And then

now of course now you're on blanches, they're more you know,

it's more clearer. Okay, last time, we all like, can

I just see where it goes? Do we even know

we're gonna meean Jivan? No, we didn't know. We didn't

know it all. You know, do we even know we're

gonna be here? No? No, we don't know. Only God letters.

And we prayed and we prayed and and and you

know what we do is okay, we pray, we pray

and then after we asked us everybody, hey, everyone, do

you catch anything from the lot and any difference? Once

we share and remember a few people shirt that we

receive a word that we will be the lighthouse to

the people in BJ. A lighthouse, you know, lighthouse does right,

lighthouse are is ship gonna crash it and say hey, hello, hello,

Loo got roxy here? Please I don't crash our Please

you don't go somewhere else. Show people the way. We

also pray now very clearly for the spirit of materialism,

so so spiritual and I'm like, sounds funny, but no,

because we know that BJ is very affluent and unfortunately,

whether we like it or not, sometimes our hearts, things

are more important than people. Money is more important than family,

you know, so you can get there. Unfortunately we don't

like it, but it's a spirit. Sorry. May we prayed

against the spirit. We also prayed we also prayed against

the spirit of well, I'm not against, but we also

pray for families, that families who need or need to

experience God will find God, find hope. It's not easy,

you know, to start a family. It's not easy to

do all these things. Prayed for all these things. Then

you know, when we started off, right, we were all

like young adults and we were like oh, x change campers, student,

we never even think about family. And then God brought

young kiadabs to BJ. My goodness, seventy young adults. Before that,

we thought we actually only reach out to camera students. No,

seventy younger, begin old. The now family is ready. Now

we come to BJ, you'll see something like be all

like that, very very nice mix, got young and got old. Right.

We prayed for all these things. We were sent here

for a bigger purpose, not just to start a club. So, friends,

I confidently tell you this morning that if you're here

interested to join a club, I'm so sorry. We are

not going to be a club. We are not called

to be a club. That also means that you might

get pushed, and I hope you're okay with that. You

might get pushed because club just sit down, come here,

pay fee, and then okay, puss, pay feeler and take

membership fee. And then what are the benefits pasted Steven

Mary Berry and hospital visitation? Right, that's the benefit, right,

because you bay fee's right? Is that how we live life? Yeah?

I know I'm a main crew love x twenty twenty

four says, but my life is worth nothing to me

unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me

by the Lord Jesus, the work of telling others the

good news about the wonderful grace of God. So I

think the son is a bit more close. So my

shared is in PJA early on. Maybe I'll start with this.

One of the Sundays, I asked a team was charing.

Team was charing, and I asked him to pray for

the youth. And then he said, past anything specific, And

I told him, I said, well, bro, I'll just share

it this whaler. I believe that the Holy Spirit will

speak to you on what to pray for for the youth,

because as a church we to pray what's happening. What's

happening especially, I mean, things are happening in your backyard

right and it's not I mean as a church, we

know that it's spiritual as well. And I told team this,

I said, I truly believe in my heart of hearts

that if the young person knew Christ the way we

knew Christ, not just no Christ or no but the

way some of us here you understand what I'm talking about.

If he well, I wouldn't be so specific. If the

young person knew Christ the way we knew Christ, I

don't think what happened would have happened that I truly

believe and it's said that it happened. But think about it.

If people really knew Christ the way we knew Christ,

not just no Christ as Jesus or oh I'm a

Christian name, but you know, come on Sunday and then

that there's no relationship. I think they really knew Christ

the way some of us understand what I'm trying to say.

I think, not the world a better place, but I

think I don't think young people lose their lives. I

don't think things like this will be happening in schools.

That's my firm belief. Friends, we've got something precious with

us that other people need to experience. Let me show

you this picture. There's his picture. When I was preparing

for this message, I got his picture. So what's this lifeboard? Right?

So this this x bola? Okay, xbo what's a small

little life raft? You see smaller life raft? Okay? Well,

these are your homes are One home is going to

I mean a bit hard for a whole ship to

go there, right, but one homes is going to save

the I don't know why he's holding a briefcase in

the scene. Maybe he's drowning in debt or something. I

don't know, it's so weird anyway, and this guy is

holding briefcase just not can already see nicely. So these

homes went out to save these people. And then these

homes came to save this guy who is born and bearded,

and then the homes just true life raft to that

the lido there and then and then sometimes sometimes sound

was here, Sound's here, La might have fallen off the

ship ourselves, right, that's reality. Nobody's perfect. What right you follow?

You need saving? Right? Then someone you go and save

you La. I mean, if you're not assume you can

save yourself love. But anyway, it's a sealer. Just now

I got I don't know what's happening in Beulah, know,

but I give you this example. But just my PJ

is how to explain it now? Because today in PJ,

two homes went out for missions. So I joked during

per your Service like wow, ch don's gonna drop O

this weekend, which is true, I dropping someone like no,

but we will pray for fifteen new commercial cars like

that's I'm not going to say what happened, But two

homes also passa man and linstones went out to save people.

And then the teen's homes went for another mission trip

and then these homes I claim, I claim it's my homes.

Because later after church, the campus team is organizing this

thing called the Field to Fuel. You know who came

out the named michell la Uh and she's she's preparing,

she's cooking a storm for them. When I heard them,

like it's very busy, like what are you doing? It's

like cooking roasting chicken line and I'm like, hey, I

cannot go. So she's really cooking a storm for them.

We've got some chemis. Students made four or five of them,

and what they're gonna do is that they're actually gonna

pack startup packs fifty start packs or more like welcome

packs for their freshies. And what we're gonna do is

you're gonna take this welcome packs and they're gonna pass

it on to people. We're not gonna put brnding nothing.

The students are gonna take responsibility to say who I

want to pass this to, to bless them and if

people are curious, they asked, then we see you ready

s goes last. But they're coming together. We're coming together

to save someone. We're doing small things like this it'sn't

have to be big. You know, we're doing small things.

I need to say something because someone needs to be connected.

Someone is a life raft, someone is prayer. Maybe it

doesn't have to be a big thing. Friends, No, no, no, no,

but straightway bring the registration form and straightway sign your

life to XBU. No. Friends, some people just need a prayer.

We can do that. No no, no must be pastor

first past this event or ne pastes can go out.

Only LSBO can go out. No anyone, anybody who knows

this picture came to my mind and and okay, let's

read Luke chapter five vers one. Are you guys? Okay?

Luke Chapter five US one to nine. Okay, I hope

you're catching something out of this. If you're feeling out,

it's not me. It's definitely Holy spirit. Yeah, okay, look

chapter five Okay, and then we're close. Okay. So he

says here so it works as the multitude press about

him to hear the word of God, that he stood

by the lake of Ganessaret and saw two boats standing

by the lake, but the fishermen had gone from them,

and they were washing their nets. Then he got into

one of the boats, which was Simon's and asked him

to put out a little from the land, and he

sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When

he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon, launched out

into the deep and let your nets, let down your

nets walk catch. But Simon answered and said to him, Master,

we have told all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at

your word, I will let down the net. Passa steven.

We want to organize another our reach. We tried ready

so many times. Plan homes again. Hey, nobody, come now,

we're all enjoyed fellowship and homes. Go ahead and do

all this kind of thing again. Ha, another prayer service.

A Okay, I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. But Simon

answered and said to him, Master, see but no signs

we can do. But I'm I'm also talking to leaders here.

We tried so much ready, papase Alvin, I really pray

for all of the people who did. I keep getting rejected.

But I tried so long, really, so many years I've

been praying for my my you know, my family members

who do not believe, so many years and they haven't

even In fact, now I'm being persecuted. You mean do again,

do again, try again. I'm so tired. So to it. Master.

We have to all night and caught nothing. Hello, I

know what I'm doing, eh, I know what I'm doing. Jesus,

I did it. Really, I'm the fisherman, not you. I

did really. Nevertheless, at your word, I will let down

the net. So they signaled, and when he had done this,

they caught a great number of fish and their net

was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the

other board to come and help them, and they came

and filled both the boats so that they begin to sink. Friends,

this morning, I believe that Christ wants xbu to launch

out into the deep. And when I say that, I'm

not saying like, Okay, come on, everybody, cue your job

and become food. No no, no, no, that's not what I'm saying.

Launch out into the deed, whatever it may mean to you. Right.

But the one thing I'm beginning to realize is that

launching out into the deep takes obedience and submission. Obedience

to no obedience to the pastor or obedience to Christ. Okay,

it takes obedience at submission he does. I'm actually developing

a message on submission because I think it's something that really,

if we really want to experience the more of God

in our lives, are that it only takes two things,

obedience and submission. It only takes two things. You know why,

because when we take that step of faith, then we

will experience God's hand in our lives because God is

pleased with faith. I'm not just saying this out of

you know, the air. For those of you who are

believer us for a long time, you understand this that

when you step out in faith's the one is steping on.

Faith means God says something. You obey most of the time,

and God says something and asks us to do it right.

We can't see the front partner, We can't see the

later power. It takes faith one, because in the Bible

it says, but without faith, it is impossible to please him.

For he who comes to God must believe that he

is and that He is a rewarder of those who

diligiently seek him Hebrews eleven six. It takes faith first,

and with the stepping out in faith, then God will

reward you. That's how it works. Friends. It's not the

way I intended it, but I've experienced it myself, so

I understand how it works different ones. I've understand how

it works, how faith works, but it does require us

to step out into the deep, not playing the shallows.

Shallows is easier, Shallows is me hang out in my

homes was in the shadow. Now I'm really in the deep.

Let me let me share you how deep I am.

Right yesterday, so yesterday we had a homes meeting. We

hardly have homes, we think, because it's just three of us,

Me and Michaell and my wife that I just described,

my wife described Michelle. But yesterday we're a home meeting.

And then we said, you know what I think, prior

to this, maybe it's been a little bit more chill, right,

but I think let's let's start taking it seriously a

little bit more. Not to say we've not been, So

we say, you know what, I think what will help

is that, you know, so we're going to change our

homes day to a Thursday, same week with everybody else,

so we're not like like some splinter cell thing. Not

to say we are la, but you know, and we

will meet on a Thursday. And and and we thought, okay,

because I don't want to burden you know, Michelle and Bonica.

I'm going to try to ask my lsbo if anybody

can offer up their home, not permanently, but maybe once

off right once and we're going to be no medic

for a while. It's gonna be tough. We're gonna be

no for all. We're going to try. And then I said, hey,

you know what, home's greater place enough, right, maybe let's

start bringing back teams. Huh, teams are it's just my family,

Michelle and that one Camper student want to do teams?

Real weird right? No, go all out, prepare, invite card

do teams that can prepare, invite car Mark got designed,

and then we invite people. Let's go out, Lah, know

me comfortable, go out La. And we and as we're

talking and let me tell you how real it was.

And so we're talking, my wife brought up like, hey,

you know, our kids school next day, so she's not

keen on Thursday because next day our kids got school.

Sometimes we finished homestet ten tenth ten to travel back late. Okay,

parents who understand this, right? So she said, maybe the

only way we can navigate these logistics because you know,

we still we still have to fash a camera. Student

no transport, right, so we say we drive to Kasa.

She sattled against I fetch a camera students. Are we

agreed that we should do that to build this okay sacrifice,

but it drive to cars from kickin no, not from

PJ no. And then I was like, you know what,

Let's do homes earlier so that we can end earlier

for the consideration of the kids. Right, maybe you can

meet at seven o'clock anthy and we are like, yeah,

let's try and do that. And then we just need

to be chop chop. Why am I sharing you all

these details, our friends? It's not easy, but it's necessary.

It's not going to be convenient. But let me give

you the picture. We have experienced so much goodness here

in church, with our relationship with God, with Christ. Maybe

some of us here we have come out of a

dark place. Can you imagine this person? Can you go

back to the picture, this person that used to be

where you're at, but God not there for them because

they don't know him. We have God. So however deep

a hole we are, we can bounce back because we

know who our God is, We know crisis, we understand

our faith. You don't have to be a passador to

do that. You know, you know what I mean. You

have the community of believers, but think about those that

don't have that. We should go and save them. Think

about it five years ago, three years ago, what that

call were you in? You are out of it right,

Praise God. Now think about the person that is in

the same that hole. But God, no church, no community

know you. This is why we do what we do,

not just to be a club. So x B you

it's time to step out in faith and not be fearful.

It is time. It is also time to obey the

call of God and stop playing in the shadows. Stop it.

You know, if we want to be fruitful, then we

need to obey and submit and trust God. And can

I show you one last time at the end of

the day. I don't know what you will think. Okay,

I passed away, He passed them. He must encourage us

this way, ma, I mean, I don't know what you

will think. Okay, if you think that way, then well

that's how you think. Then up to you. I don't

know what you will do after this message. But the

one thing I know with the clarity is that every

one of us here have responsibility over our own faith,

and we have responsibility over what God gives us and

what we have, and how we steward it is up

to us. That's the reality. You stewart your family, you

stow it your life, you stow your faith. That's the reality.

And we all have to answer God one day. You know, everybody,

I know for a fact that my kids, my two kids,

my two wonderful kids, have to accept Jesus in their

own No, they're not born a Christian. Friends, I'm sorry.

If you're here and you think you're born a Christian.

After this, you need to accept Christ okay for the

first time, because there's no such thing as okay. I'm ething.

It's all I see change Christian, No such thing. Friends,

I'm so sorry. Everyone here who is a believer, you

understand this, that you have to make that call yourself

and choose Christ yourself and how you live your life

is your own responsibility. The wonderful thing about that is

you're not doing it the Lord. That's why we have

the church, That's why we have homes, That's why we

have message, that's why we encourage each others, that's why

we challenge each other This is a challenge. That's why

it's not play play one, it's real friends. But we

all have that responsibility and we all have to decide

what you want, what you subscribe to, how you want

to live your life, how you want to serve the Lord.

You have to decide. Yes, there might be a call

of God. That's why I will say many a call,

but if you're chosen, well, I would change it a

little bit. Many a call, but only if you chose,

only if you chose to go the next step. And

it's the choice, that is what I'm clear about. So

my encouragement really is time to step up. What that

means I don't know. You know, don't do it alone

and talk to your home leader, talk to you everything,

star power you know, and maybe more button is a

scolar Lord. What is the thing that I need to

do to step up? Because you want to see everybody

move forward? And can I share this? You know we

want to say people right, but do you know that

it's very difficult for you to say people if you

are in trouble? That makes sense? Right? How how is

this going to say? Cannot? So the other cool thing

about God is that you need to cult him yourself

as sir, you need to be okay first. You need

to be a first. You need to be stable first,

crying on because after you're stable, then you can go

help other people. Because if you're not stable, very hard.

So get stable, overcome, be fruitful, grow mature, and then

God will use you. Amen.

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