We Are Overcomers | Pr Alvin Keng

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Okay, yeah, so this morning, this morning the message. The

title of the message is we are overcomers. Okay, we

are overcomers. And the subtitle is more than conquerous. Okay.

And maybe I'll just read the Word. And if you

have your Bibles. I'm sure all of you should have

your Bibles, whether it's a digital or physical. You can

turn to Romans chapter eight and then we read the

Word and then we'll take it from there. Okay. So

Romans chapter eight, we're gonna read from verse thirty one

till thirty nine. Okay. So he says, yeah, what then

shall we say to these things? If God is for us,

who can be against us? Well, such a powerful statement.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

He who did not spare his own son, but delivered

him up for us all, how shall he not with

him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring

a charge against God's elect It is God who justifies.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died,

And furthermore is also Risen, who is even in the

right hand of God. Who also makes intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ, shall

tribulation or distress, or persecution, of famine, or nakedness or

peril assort, as it is written, for your sake, we

are killed all day long. We are counted as sheep

for the slaughter. Yet in all these things we are

more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I

am persuaded. Neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,

nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor

height nor depth, nor any other creative thing shall be

able to separate us from the Love of God, which

is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And the key verse

is Romans eight thirty seven. Yet in all these things

we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

You know, when you read this scripture, most of the

time people might focus on God's love for us, that

nothing can separate us from God's love. And that's true.

It's a promise, you know. But for today I'm going

to focus a little bit more on being more than conquerors. Right,

I'll just give you a little bit of context. My

first statement is this, we will have trouble in the

world only pastor Steven and John Greasy me. I guess

the rest of you have never experienced trouble before, right,

don't have right? All you guys are good, no trouble,

no problems. Everybody loves you. Right, Never get in, never

get summoned before, right, okay, never go for exam before.

Everybody got trouble. Right, So we have trouble in the world,

and we will say we will face trouble in our lives. Correct,

it's a guarantee. It's actually a guarantee. How much is

it a guarantee?

Well?

The Bible also says it. Job fourteen one, okay, Joe

forty one says men that is born of a woman.

Just to clarify, when you say manna, you also cover

woman na. Okay, so men that is born of so

any of you here are not born of a woman?

Can you raise up your hands? You're not born of

a woman. Any of you here that looks like everybody

everybody here is born of a woman? Right, right? What

does it say man is born of a women? Is

a few days? Can you turn to your right neighbor

and say you have a few days here, a few days,

and then turn to another neighbor, and continue to excuse

you and say, and it's full of trouble, and the

days will be full of trouble. Hey, it is the Bible.

Say you no, no, I say you know the Bible

say this though, man that is born of a woman

is of a few days and full of trouble. We

are going with this. I came to be encouraged. We're

giving this scripture now. First fitter, four child says, beloved,

start nice, first beloved, beloved, Think it not strange concerning

the fiery trial, which is to try you, or so poetic,

let me simplify, Think it not strange. Don't be don't

don't don't be confused that there is actually problem coming

for you tomorrow fire trial, fairy trial theory or such

a strong word. Tomorrow, I'm gonna have fire. Guys, are

you okay when you go into your office tomorrow, you're

gonna have problems. Yeah, you're gonna have problems, right ah.

And for those who are not working, you say every

knocking tomorrow it's gonna be. They're gonna be a trouble.

Think it's not strange concerning the fire trial, which is

to try you, as though some strange things happened to you.

Oh you know when this problem happened. Oh, maybe I'm sinning.

That's why I'm going through so much problem right now. Friends,

it's not because you're sinning all of a sudden, sinners.

Oh you know, I didn't obey God yesterday. I didn't

I didn't lift up my hands. So that's why today

and I'm in an accident. I don't think that's the

requirement for having problems. The Bible really said the moment

you're born of women, and it looks like it covered

all of us. We have a few days and it's

full of trouble. Mm hmm. Interesting. Second Corinthians for eight

nine says we are hot, pressed on every side, yet

not crushed. We are perplexed. How many of you here

have been perplexed before? The not so confusing? What is confused?

Are confused? Do know what to do? You know? Don't

not to do? I don't know what to do? You know,

got three boys confessed to the girls. You don't know

what to do. She don't know who to choose. Perplexed, right,

but not in despair? Persecutor have you been persecutor before?

Not your fault persecuted, but not forsaken, struck down. I

think you struck now but not destroyed. Wow, so gloomy

at this morning. So what does the Bible promises? Well,

the Bible promises dead maybe And and you know, trouble

happens to us, correct, you know? And you want to

know the thing that makes it difficult? If you papersally

find trouble and it happened to you, then you know

what it's like you to some Tekayla right? Huh? You

you you going charry passal? You know that's the term use.

You went and look for trouble and you found it

con not then we all understand, Ayela, you should have

done that, John, Why do you do that? Right? Don't?

Why do you do? Know? But do you know that

sometimes you're not looking for trouble it looks for you? You

know you are. You are a model citizen. You are

not on your phone when you are driving. Everything's good,

You follow the traffic light, you follow the sweetly minute.

And then all it takes is one person out to

be on the phone. Now look at TikTok have to

bang into your back? Isn't that trouble? Oh? But I

don't know you pay some money, but very my fun, right,

I have to go to the police station, and trouble

finds you, coy. It happens maybe at work. You are

a model employee. You don't cherry passa anyone. You just

do your work. You stay in your lane, you know.

But then suddenly I don't know why, because you are

such a good employeer that your colleague, right, don't like

it that the boss start you more than him. And

then try and find trouble and nothing to do with you. Son,

You're gonna accuse of stuff that you never did. Trouble

look for you maybe, and maybe I don't know what

you can relate. And because this happens to me, I'm

at home, not a homelant, but I'm with my family right,

and I'm not doing anything. I'm happily living my life.

And then suddenly I have to deal with family issues,

generational family issues. Oh my goodness, there's trouble in the world.

And the Bible says, don't be surprised, there's trouble. How

many of you thinks got no trouble? One right, there's trouble.

No baas Alvin, When I receive Christ as my personal

law and savior and I'm a Christian, then everything will

be perfect right, we will have abundant life, there will

be no trouble. Friends, It doesn't work that way, it

doesn't you know, Oh I received just then tomorrow wake up.

It's zipper d duda, such a wonderful day. If you

get that song. None of you watch this knee right.

You know there'll be you woke out from the from

the room and then suddenly there's a rainbow and then

the birds are singing the air. You know, he's life.

Things happen correct, Things happen right. And I think when

you are old enough, or some people say you eat

more salt than other people eat rice, you kind of

know that there's troubler and you want me surprised when

it happens. Correct, No, mental you won't me a surprised

because you are expecting it. But I'm a bit curious

sometimes why sometimes do you feel like why do we

feel surprised when trouble happens? How many of you are

understanding what I'm trying to say. But I did everything

right war, but I trouble happens? Then what then? What? Friends?

Just because something bad happens, it doesn't mean that you

need to give up and throw in the towel. Correct,

because trouble happens whether we like it or not. And

of course we don't like trouble. It happens. But John

sixteen Ytree says these things. I have spoken to you

that in me you may have peace. In the world.

You will have tribulation. We're all in the world right now,

we're not We're all in the world. We will have tribulation.

Tribulation is a big word. No, please go and google

what tribulation means. It's not even a problem. Challenges not

its tribulation. Oh, tribulation is not fun. But be of

good cheer. I have overcome the world. So yes, there's trouble, friends,

there is trouble. There's trouble in this life, right you know.

And sometimes it's frustrating because we don't look for it,

but it happens to us. There is trouble. But but

but thankfully, thankfully, Jesus overcame the world. Jesus overcame the world.

And because he overcame the world, there is power weediness

to also overcome our challenges. And when we talk about

I'm not talking about you know. Of course, some trouble

you Jerry Pasawana. Yes, but even the trouble that you

didn't Jerry pasawan you have power. We didn't need to

overcome it. You have power. We didn't need to overcome me.

But what are we overcoming? Friends? Have you thought about

it before? Is it just problems? What are we all coming? Well,

we're overcoming the world? What is that? Well, it's an

ideology right now, if you if you look at what's online,

what's happening, even when you talk to people, right, you

will notice. I hope you not this, But if you

don't notice, I'm kind of letting you know that. It

is a fight of an idea. It's a fight of

an ideology. It is a fight of a way of life.

It's a way of life. If you didn't realize when

you come a believer and we read the Bible, the

Bible teaches you a way of life. Right, I'm sure

just now when you came up here, you know during

worship we have prayers or we do prayer just because

it's a church. No, no, no, no, no, it's a way

of life. Right. We pray for people because we believe

that God heals you. Not do it for what there's

no other reason why to pray except to present your

supplications to the Lord so that he can answer it.

Cory not. And that's what we believe, right, So it

is a way of life. We believe, you know, that's

why we do it. You do what you believe. So

the Bible teaches us a way of life. Why do

you come on a Sunday? Is it just so that

you can hear people tell jokes and go back feeling good. No,

it's a way of life. You grow deeper in the Word.

You have fellowship with believers. Why do we worship? Oh no,

it's karaoke Christian karaoke. No, we mean what we sing?

I mean I don't know what song you're saying? Just now?

What was the one song you sang? Just now? I

better ask you know what Holy Forever? What's one statement

in the song? What's the chorus say? Sorry? Your name

is the Highest? Friends, you're just sing sing and don't remember?

What does your name in? The Highest? Meaner? Whose name

Jesus name? We live him higher? You know what the

world does? The word you use it as a swear word,

We live the name higher. I hope none of you

use Jesus, for I swear now, because it is a

mockery if you can use Jesus name as a swear

and still pray to him and ask for healing. Why

you don't see that. You didn't see that coming, right,

you didn't see that coming. It's true, it's true. It

is a way of life that we are overcoming a

way of life. So the question is not there's no trouble.

That's not a question. It was trouble. Will happened, whether

we like it or not, whether it's we find it

or not happened. But then the question is which way

to be living or applying our lives. Is it God's

way or is it the world's way. It balls down

to that. It balls down to that because, oh, Jesus

overcame the world, and he says that we can overcome

the world. We can also overcome the world. We can

also overcome our challenges. We can also overcome our problems.

First John five four five says, for whatever is born

of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory

that has overcome the world. Our faith your catch that.

Let me repeat it again. For whatever that is born

of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory

that has overcome the world our faith. Who is he

who overcomes the world, But he who believes that Jesus

is the son of God as clear as they for

those of us here who believe that Christ is the

son of God. Right, we can overcome the world. But

past time, I don't understand. This's born of God things. Well,

the question is are we born of God? The Bible

says that when we receive Christ as our personal law

and savior, we are born again. And we talk about

being born again. It's not just okay, now, time to

go into my mother's womb and come out again. No

like some Okay, I know, God says, I'm not going

to use some graphic references, right, but it is a

born again in the spirit. Why born again? Why is

the term born again us? You have to reset because

when you're born in this world, we are born with

a lot of things, born with a law of teaching,

born with a love experiences, born with a lot of

But when we receive Christ. That's why we say people

cannot be born a Christian. You have to receive Christ

for yourself because it's a transformation that happens a reset first,

a reset that happens no longer. You know, we have

that song when people are baptized. You know, right, I

follow Jesus. No turning back right, no turning back to

my old ways, no turning back to what I used

to practice, no turning back to my old ideas. But

I walk straight to Christ. You know how challenging it

is when we always keep going back. Okay, Jesus, I

like this. I take this, but I want to go

back and do a few more other things that I'm

used to. Friends, it is a born again. It is

tough to overcome if you're not totally transformed, right, And

it is a transformation transformed because our lives are transformed

to Christ, Jesus. Our lives are transformed the moment we

receive Christ in our life. It is there's a transformation

that's happening. You know. Transformation is not like immediate one.

It takets time. Transformation takes time. It does, It takes time, right,

but it is happening. Let me read First John for

one to four. Are you guys okay, are guys getting

something out of this? I hope you are, because you

know there I'll be wasting your time. First John four

one four says, beloved, do not believe every spirit, but

test the spirits whether they are of God, because many

false prophets have gone out into the world. By this,

you know the spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses

that Jesus Christ has come in the fleshes of God.

And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ

has come in the flesh is not of God. Wow,

the Bible is so clear. Every spirit that confesses that

Christ is of the flesh. You know what the means.

Christ came to this world, died for since. But every

spirit that don't confess it Jesus real or not one,

he's just a man. Lie this Jesus old school la y.

It is not of God, by by way, clear right.

And this is the spirit of the anti Christ, which

you have heard was coming, and it's now already in

the world. You are of God, little children, and have

overcome them, because He who is in you is greater

than he who is in the world. Friends, which is

greater in your life? Christ? Or something else? Christ? Or

our dreams? Christ or what we want? It's a clear

cut choice. It's a clear cut choice, you know. And

we are want to test the spirit, right remind say

it is a challenge of ideology. The ideas that we have.

Is it conflicting to the Bible. Whatever we receive, whatever

we take in, whatever we believe in, is it conflicting

to the Bible. Right. It's a very clear cut thing, right.

And we want to test the spirits right, and we

are taught to discern the fruit of the people. That's

something I constantly encourage even xpj XB. You want to

encourage you. You want to live a life full of

abundance as God promised. Test the spirit, test yourself. Don't

just listen to pass the steven. Don't just listen to me.

Don't just come and take it. No, test yourself. That's

the wonderful thing about being a believer. Being a believer.

It's not just about following an organization or following this. No,

being a believer is relationship with Christ. It is means, sir,

everyone here, me and myself. I am responsible over my

own faith. You know I'm not responsible over someone else's faith.

You know. Well, I'm responsible as the pastor to make

sure I say the right thing that's definitely true. Write

those that are called to lead you got extra stressler,

I will say because you say the wrong thing means

you lead astray all the sheep. So that responsible I have.

But concerning my faith, it is my responsibility. That also

means everyone here you're responsible over your own faith. You

can't just throw the now. I always imagine this. I

was talking to someone I can't remember who you know.

I hope you guys can receive this well. When we

die and face Jesus in the jush bent throne ride,

I can't look at God and go So, Elvin, why

did you, you know, decide not to serve anymore? Because

Pastor Steven gets on my nerves. Right, everything he do,

I cannot stand right, I tell him, don't know? I

give up ready. Do you think there's a valid reason? No,

it's not, but sometimes we think that way. You can't

know in front of God, you can't blame same same

with parents. You notice when you're dealing with a child's

misbehaving and the misbehaving child go and blame someone else?

You think you will? Are you foolish enough to go

and wat go of them? No, you will deal with

the behavior. Everybody is responsible over their own actions. Corn On,

This is why the Bible is teaching us so I'm

encouraging you guys, please test what you see in the

church outside of church. Test is it from the Lord?

And don't be surprised when you practice something that it

is not from the Lord. You find yourself in trouble. See,

trouble will come anyway. But I think if we do

things within God, we can overcome the trouble. But when

we do things not within God, under whose power we overcoming?

Under whose power were overcoming? Because the Bible promises us

that He who is within me within you everyone here,

you have the power and the potential to overcome your challenges.

To overcome that difficult boss, to overcome that difficult situation,

to overcome that exam, to overcome your family problems. You

have the power within you to overcome all these challenges,

to overcome the market, to overcome a difficult business. Hey,

we believe in a God. There is a God of

the impossible. No you mean it's just all lip service, No, friends, No.

My encouragement to U is this, you have the power

within you. So let's discern Mentel seven sixteen twenty says

you will know them by their fruits. Do men gather

grapes from torn bushes? Or fixed from tea cells. Let

me Malaysia like this again? Okay, I did this just now?

You know do people gather apples from uh cow grass

and duran from no RAMUTANSI got fruit? Man? You know

a tree that got no fruit run is poison ivy

Wait right? If you do that, you know you sit

and look at the crowd grass right and say, oh apple, apple, apple,

pleas come, isn't it foolish? So? For every good tree

best good fruit, but the bad tree best bad fruit.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a

bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not

bad fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Therefore by their fruits you will know them. So, friends,

how do you discern things? How do you discern people? Fruit? Fruit? Fruit?

What do they produce? Do they produce? Angry people? Then

you better be your cap fol Listen to what they say.

Do they produce? What do they produce? I mean that's

how you discern. Look at what the person produces. The

thing is it also talks about us. What am I producing?

And if you know you're producing good fruit? Right, you

don't have to worry about your testimony? Right? Can I

be honest a little bit with you. Of course, I'm

a pastor of the church and I'm a leader as well,

and sometimes I have to make difficult decisions that people

don't like, right, But I come to a place right,

and I learned this from Pascenov. I come to a

place right that I'm not worried about what people like

or don't like, because I'm here to please God, not men.

And wouldn't you be supporting me if you know or

you're ready? I policemen all the time, right, And the

thing is, I'm confident in my product or production, if

you get what I mean. I'm not talking about my kids, sir, Hey,

my kids still need help. But I'm talking about the

people around me, the leaders around me, the people I

sow into. Who are they? What do they do? What

kind of people are they? Are they angry people? Are

they encouraging people? Do they always complain or do they

always speak life? That is what we talk about production, right.

So my encouragement towards is Hey, God really teach us

how to discern. So let's first have self awareness of

ourself as what am I producing? Good? Question asked? But

the second point is when you want to look at

what to follow. Look at the fruit the person gives.

Look at the fruit. Don't go blindly follow anybody just

because happening. Now everybody is hanging around John, and you know,

don't do that. Please, everybody does that. It's always about

the gram. You know why he goes. I also want

to go friends. That's not fruit. It's all surferst only, right,

So look at the fruit. Does it take time, yes

it does. Does it take effort, yes it does. Amen,

Come let me show you a story. I hope you're

convinced today that you can overcome. I don't know what

problems you're facing and what challenge you're facing, but when

you profess that Christ is the Lord, and when he stays,

when he's living in you, whatever challenge you face, whether

it's a family problem, whether it's a work problem, you

can overcome. Right, you can overcome, and your life will

be transformed. So I think I've been quite open about

my my family situation. And right now I'm at a

stage where I'm taking care of my dad, okay, and

he has to go for treatment different things, and I'm

sort of like the firstborner okay here, so I have

to take him, take him to the hospital and all

so last week I to leave to take him to

the hospital. And because no insurance, everything Gama hospital are

so if you're familiar with government hospital, it takes time, Lae, Okay,

it's good. Can I tell you that Militia health care

is good? You know why? Because after everything, right, I

only paid one ring, gave fifty cents for everything. So

only in Malaysia, I don't know where the other country,

and only in Malasia. How throat your signals are. You

can still go government and you can still pay for treatment,

and you won't like you know, you won't be in

a difficult situation is that you have to wait, La,

You have to wait. Just that only you have to wait,

you have to do with Gama works, you know. So

I went, I did my my thing, you know, and

and you know, taking care of ailing old person is difficult, okay.

So number one is a person's not well. Number two

is ailing and sometimes feel like, oh, I'm thinking care

of a child sometimes. So I mean, God really told

me honor my dad, So I honor uh. And it's

not like very close to him and all these different things.

So I did it and it was quite frustrating because

I had to go here, go there, talk to this doctor,

all these different things that I happen on the day,

and then my dad doesn't make it any easier because

he's the one. And let's just say that we spoke

to a doctor and we were hoping for good news

so that the treatment can be better something I want.

I won't go through it into the detail, but unfortunately

it was not so good news and we had to

wait and two weeks and so on and so forth.

So okay, and then my dad was a little bit affected.

And of course prior to that, he will ask me

to do things that like by days, by that, and

before that he also said, you know, maybe dinner, you know, uh,

he wants pizza, you know, And I'm not gonna be

that sorry to like order pizza, right, but I've been

I ready to leave. I spent a few hours aday

and then now you're making demands. And there were one

or two things that happened that made me very like

not happy, la, like you know that kind of thing.

And then I also retell it LA, like whyever, La,

you know, uh dinner, you go set yourself lass, so cruel. No, No,

I'm not cruel, just trying to share share an honort story.

So I got angry, he got angry. I dropped me home.

It was about four cray. I picked him up at

eight o'clock. Okay, whole day really there, okay. And then

on the way back, driving back to my house, half

an hour drive, and I reflected to myself, my dad's

not young, yes, you know, and and prior to this,

and this is something my wife has identified, you know,

which I thank her for it because sometimes you need

someone who's not there to see what's going what's happening.

And she's mentioned to me a few times I need

to be nicer to my dad. And so I got off.

I got off emotional damage like okay, right, So so

I'm dealing with that. So the old Elvin would have

just drive back angry and justified that I I was

there for eight hours. I really spend money, I did

everything at it, and you're still not happy, old Elvin, Okay,

And I had a right. I had a right. Okay,

I had a right because I did. Ma. Youre asking

me for some more things, you know, all this kind

of stuff, right, you know, and there's no thank you. Right,

So driving back and I reflected, Number one, that's not

getting any younger. Number two says Pizzara. Guys, it's not

very complicated, right, So I and and and then God spoke.

He said, what are you doing? And you're supposed to

younize your dad and I had to, so I'm like, okay, fine.

I grabbed the pizza to him for dinner, and then

I just sent him and I'm him Nola. And then

he texted me. He said, I've been thanks so much

for everything today. So of course I'm like, I mean,

I don't know how can lang Chinese? There are two

words we don't say, thank you and sorry. Okay, and

I've not gotten that much. And of course that at

that time, I wasn't looking for that because I was

at peace ready. I'm like, okay, God, deal with it.

Transformation our friends, I said, transformation, God transforms your life.

See my past doesn't dictate how I can. How I

knew move forward. I overcame my emotions to do the

right thing, but only true God, because he who is

within me is greater than he who is in this world. Correct.

See your scripture comes to life. So I said, he said,

thank you. I'm like, okay, right. Uh and and yeah,

I say that he's not young. He was also discouraged,

and I'm like, maybe I could encourage you with pizza,

a very small sacrifice, although it was difficult before that,

Like I'm giving a child. I know you never say

thank you. All these things are okay, emotion damage, but

I did it. I okay, but steing my emotions and

then I overcame whatever and I'm like, okay, look, I

will just obey you. Right. We have the power of

reading us our past. How we feel, what's the situation

happening right now doesn't have to dictate how we react.

You know. The thing sometimes is that just because we

feel some Let me talk about that a little bit,

because if the Bible tells us to discern the spirit,

just because it feels good doesn't mean it's a God thing.

Just because it feels good, it sounds good, it looks good,

doesn't mean it's God. I say, sometimes the more important

thing that we gott to ask ourselves is God, are

you here? The one lesson that I've learned recently is

you know, because I remain, I say, trouble will come,

tribulations will come, problems will come. So shouldn't be surprice man.

So then once the important thing God, when trouble comes,

are you here? Show me that you're here, because I

want to make sure I make decisions and move forward.

We've God and not move forward without God. Keep going

to the troblem, but if you go, it's there. As

you go there, don't want keep going here. No, I

wan't ask God, are you here? Because if God is here,

even though I face trouble, I know it's for purpose.

But when God's not there, then I'm looking for trouble.

So it's not about the trouble, it's about it's God here.

That's the question I always ask myself. Now, God, are

you here? I discern? I discern God? Is your spirit here?

Or am I following something else? I want to be

careful right, and when God's spirit is there, there is transformation.

You will do things you don't imagine you will normally

do so normally I told you with my dad, I

normally would just get angry and talk to my wife,

com play and then that's it. Well, I still think

if to the hospital, yes, would I still be do

all the part that I need to do? Yes, maybe

a little bit unhappier but I didn't bring peace in

the situation. It had to take God speaking to me

for me to do something different. Do you know? After

that it affected my whole day the following day because

normally when things are this happened, then I'll be a

bit upset, you know, and then it you know, spirals

on other things. But because that happened, I was told

you at peace. In fact, this morning, I will say,

my son a bit difficult to handle. So normally I

would like angry, score him orever, okay, But I was like, oh,

very at peace. So there I recognize something. I recognize

that God is dealing with me, and He's always dealing

with us. Right, But then I'm doing something that I

don't normally do, be a total peace with the situation.

In fact, try to help because I overcame my emotions.

Just being very honest with you, guys. What is the

reward for overcomers? Friends? I'm sharing that we are all

overcome us here? What is the reward? Well? Revelations three,

nineteen twenty one says as many as I love, I

rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I

stand at the door, and not if anyone hears my

voice and opens the door, I will come to him

and dine with him, and he with me. Friends, Jesus

is knocking on your door this morning. The question is

not whether he not or not. The question is are

you going to open it up to him? Are you

going to allow him to touch areas of our life?

You don't know that you've been dealing with. It's up

to us. He's knocking at the door. Hello, passa Steven. Hey,

I'm gonna clean up your house. He's gonna be on

You know, I'm gonna move things around. How many of

you like that people move things around? Let me tell

you a funny story. My grandmother her love language is service,

and I think I'm a bit like that. So she

will come and she will clean my room, clean my

last time when I married, though, So they got a

key to my house. I mean I gave my mom

my grandma key. I wouldn't say this is the healthiest thing. Okay,

but they ever keep to my house and they will come,

and because me and my wife are working, they will

come and clean everything without telling us. And I cannot

find anything. And he's a frustrating. Jesus wanted to come

and clean your house, friends, but don't worry. He will

tell you where everything is. Wouldn't it be great if

you can dine with Christ when you overcome to him.

Over who overcomes, I will grant him to sit with

me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat

down with my father on his throne. Christ overcame quite

a lot of things. Though he had been angry, he

was betrayed by his closest. He could have done a

lot of things, but he overcame it. And of course,

in the world's eyes are he's a failure. But in

God's eyes he overcame. He overcame things beyond what we expected.

Revelations three five says he who overcomes shall be clothed

in white garment. You know it's a symbol. White white

garment means what blameless, spotless, no blemish. And I will

not blot out his name from the book of Life.

I find it way interesting that the Bible says that

way instead of I will write your name, is like

I will not blot out means that, friends, every single

one of your name is already in the Book of Life.

But if we don't overcome the world, you'll be canceled.

You see the difference. It is not like you prove

yourself I write. You know He's written ready, It is

a really in the book of life. God has really

accepted you, however messed up you are. But if we

don't overcome, and we let the world overcome us, but

I will confess his name before my Father and before

he's injurls. You know what that means. Confession of our

name means that no matter how much mistake you make

your life, no matter how crazy things you know that

you've done before, Jesus will defend you in front of

God when you overcome. Revelations, treat child, says he who overcomes.

I will make him a pillow in the temple of

my God, and he shall not go out no more.

I will write on him the name of my God

and the name of the city of my God, the

New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God.

And I will write on him my new name. I

know sometimes when you read things like this in the Bible,

especially in Revelations, it gets very confusing. But I think

we've got to pick up certain key things, because when

you overcome the world, you become a bit in God's house,

this one, I want to speak to leaders. If you're

a leader here, do you know what pillers do for

a building? The pillars is the foundation of the building.

Recently I I you know, I mean renovations. So I

understand how important the pillars is. Right if I see

a pillar and I had to deal with one situation

where there was a pillar there and I had to

decide we don't want to break it down or not.

But the problem is if I break down pillar, a

structural engineer will say you are crazy because you've got

second floor. Second floor will come crushing down. But when

you are, when you overcome friends and you are made

a pillar in the house of God, means you are

a key figure now in this place, I think we

need more pillars in nextbu. Do you know that if

we are more pillars in next bu, the church should

be stronger that whatever you face, whatever challenge you face.

For example, sunny this week, you know pass a severe

will crean shot. But oh next week are be you

got no venue? What will pillars say? Oh, no venue

near mine? Let's meet someone. Let's find a place no

econ near mine? A pillow will say that you know

a person. That's not a pillow. Hauh no venue? Yay?

No need go church? No, let's visit another place. Is

that a pillar? I don't think that's a pillow. Looks

more like a read or a left right? No a pillar?

Say no, this is what we need to do. Are

you a pillow in the House of God? You're not pillers?

Do you can lean on pillars when you're highed? You

can lean on pillars? Right? How many if you like

to lean on a pillar and then you follow? So, friends,

we need more pillows in God's house. Leaders, you are

pillars in this place. We need more pillars. When we

are more pillars, to foundation is stronger. Amen. Friends, Do

we now know why the Bible teaches us to rejoice

in tribulation? Trouble is going to come anyway, but then

we can overcome Romans five three five says, And not

only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that

tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance, character and character. Hope, now,

hope that's not disappointed because the love of God, which

has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

also was given to us and the scripture that we

all like to hear, my brethren, count of all joy

when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing

of your faith produces patients. But let patients have this

perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

You want to lack nothing in your life. Well, rejoice

when you're going through trouble. Rejoice when you're going to challenges,

because then you become stronger, You become someone that is reliable,

right right, you go through pain, then only you will

be stronger when you don't go through pain. You know,

pain is a very good teacher, you know it is.

But sometimes even as parents want to shield our kids

from everything. And recently I saw this, I think it

was I can't remember wish your speaker, you know, on

on reels on YouTube reels, and the speakure said, the

role of the father is very unique in a child's life, right,

and we all know that God is our father. Right,

So a role of my mother naturally is n nurturing, nurturing, protect,

take care of the kids, make sure they are fat,

make sure I mean my wife does that case, you'll

make sure that childs are okay. I mean, we just

had a very interesting conversation. Yesterday we were driving because

we're in Kal. You know, we went for don and

rest this exchange of vowels, and after we went for breakfast,

and then after we were driving there and then we

were talking about kl you know, because I said, oh,

what do you feel when come k because Kal is

a backyard right for me, it's clang, you know, every

time you go clan and feel nostalgic. And then she said,

depends on who I'm with. She said, when I'm in

Kale with the kids, I feel anxious. So mama anxious.

This is the big city wife. You get robbed, get

back by car. You know. Yeah, I'm like, I don't

feel that way, you know, but she feels that way

right to me. It's like, well, if I'm killed, the

kids then they learn. Now I want to teach him

to be straight smart. But that's the role of a father.

A father challenges their children and say, hey, you can

be better. A father doesn't protect protects, yes, but doesn't

like take care of the kid until don't let him

do anything, you know, that's what her father does. Now.

A father say, ah, you want to climb, go ala climb,

But I'm here to catch you, but go and climb

to see how high you can climb. Right, that's what

our father does. Why because they need to push the

child to say, hey, you're going to reach your potential,

and I'm going to support you reaching your potential. That's

what her father does, right. But of course the mom

will nurture, the mom will take care. Friends, we cannot

be living lives. Yes, nurturing is good against her, but

we cannot be living lives in a bubble. Please, don't

do you know what happens when you just stay in

a bubble, when tribute, when trouble, don't even talk about tribulation,

and tribulation is a big word. When we keep staying

in a bubble, the moment problem hits, you give up

everything because you are The word we use is sheltered,

too sheltered. We all know how that is. When someone

is too sheltered, too spoiled to then they can all

survive life. Because life is hard. Life will hit you

in the face. So what once hit then give up? No,

pick yourself up and move forward, fall down from the bite.

Don't do it. How many of you you know as parents,

you understand this right And even if you're child, you

understand this. You thank your parents are for all the

times they challenge you. You know, you know all the

times that you're protected and taken care of. And you know,

I don't know how much you remember that, but the

lessons of life that make you stronger. You remember. That's

why trials and tribulations, the testing of our faith produces patients.

Can we go back to the previous one? Tribulation produces

perseverance and perseverance, character and character, hope. Don't we want

everyone to be people of character? Don't you want everyone

to be pillous? Don't you want to be a personal character?

Then you've got to embrace that. There will be challenges,

but don't be defeated because you can overcome. Why because

he who is in me is greater than he who

is in this world. You remember that. Friends, you know,

this message is a message that I've been wanting to

share for what I be. I've been I've been stewing

it a bit because I look around me and sometimes

I feel like, you know that there's a saying that says,

oh no, this generation is a strawberry generation, right, And

I'm not talking about the generation I think Christians in general,

we need to be tougher, you know. We need to

grow beyond just just you know, grow beyond the top

process of oh, when something bad happens means I'm saying,

come on, guys, let's grow up. Lah. It's time to

eat meat, it's time to go It's time to discern

for yourself what is from God and what is not.

It's time to go deeper in the world, and it's

time to be strong because we need more people to

be strong. We need more people to be strong because

when you are there, other people can experience the love,

the freedom. You know, it says here you will lack nothing.

And that is about the life. Abundant life is not

devoid of problems. Abundant life is knowing you can overcome problems.

That is about a life. It's not devoid of problems,

you know, but it is knowing that whatever problem that

you face, like I share you just now, every time

I'm in trouble, I just want to know that God

is here. Every time I'm in a tough spot, I

just want to know that God is here. And when

I know that my father is here, I want to

ask my Father what do I need to learn? How

do I need to grow? How do I need to

get stronger? Because He has a plan for me, He

has a plan for your friends. By its a choice.

Jesus is knocking on your door. Are you going to

open it? Do you want to overcome or do you

want to still stay at the side? Do you want

to be a pillar? It is a choice you have

to make and then you make Once you make the choice,

that will be decisions that'll be difficult. But can I

encourage you when you make these difficult decisions for the Lord? Wow?

I tell you it's going to be exciting because when

you start seeing God move in your life, you'll be like, wow, Lord,

some of these things are that have no control over

You are helping me. You know. One of the promises

that I receive And maybe I'll just end with this.

One of the biggest decisions of my life that I

had to decire was to come into full time. That

was one of the biggest decisions that I had to make.

And the time I had no girlfriend yet, I was

still single. But you know, you think about a lot

of things. You know, you think about like, oh, I

know can and money and all all these different things.

You know, but the call was strong, he was very clear,

and I remember we were at summit, second floor and

some second last I got got four pillow and one

pillar here, one pillar here, on pillar here, and pillar there,

you know. And I was sitting close to where Eric

was sitting there, maybe one seat behind. Why because easy

to run away once finished, you just disappear, you know.

I remember I was sitting there and I was praying

because there was this I was in a situation where

I had to decide do I go full time or not?

Do I say yes to this job, you know? And

God gave me just one word, Alvin, don't worry. I

will take care of your family. One promise. And he

gave me a scripture sicky first to cure of God

and all shall be added unto you. It was one

of the first scriptures that I keep close to my

heart until today. This year is my twins of your

full time. God has been good. He has taken care

of everything. He has taken care of my family. He's

kept his he's and of the bargain, I mean there

was no bagan now by his cap his promise. Friends,

Do I still go through challenges? I do? Do I

still go through financial challenges I do hey, heaving kid,

not Chip No, some of you who have kissed you no?

Right then college is getting more more expensive. How I

hold on to the promise, Elvin, I will take care

of your family. Elvin, I will take care of your family.

What is that promise that you have from God? Maybe

you don't have yet near my ask him? Noah, God,

can you give me a promise? Who do I claim

these promise from? Passus? Stephen pass Ken my boss know

I came from God. God. You asked me to come here, right,

you brought me here? Right? Hello. I want to know

whether you're still here. I want to make sure I'm

still walking in your will. That's important. Friends, I don't

know what situation you're in today. I hope I've encourage you.

I hope I've give given you some clarity. I hope

the word has illuminated something in your life. I hope

you grow more mature in the way you think about things,

because the reality is that Sunday is one day a week.

You're gonna go out there tomorrow, Monday till Friday and Saturday.

You're gonna face every single challenge. You're gonna face everything

and ain't gonna decide again. Am I happy enough to

come to church? Friends? I pray that you will not

just be about happy. No. I pray that you will

have conviction. I pray that you will face your challenges

knowing that Christ in you is greater. I pray that

God will stir your hearts to be sort and lightwhere

where you are, even in your own family. Yes, the

problem might repeat itself, but it doesn't mean that you

must continue acting the way you're acting. Because God can change.

God can transform you. Amen, and then we see new things.

I'm seeing new things though in my family, very interesting,

very interesting, and I like why I am love it,

love it. Having gone through twenty one years of emotional damage.

I love where I am right now because there's peace

in my home. But I had to make tough decisions.

I had to die to self, I to obey God.

I had to humble myself It's not about me anymore.

And then I experienced abandon life. Let's pray, pray.

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