That They May See Your Good Works | Pr Alvin Keng

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

We hope this message will light up your tea.

You can turn to Matthew chapter five. Matthew chapter five,

verse five to sixteen. Okay, how many of you know

what is our team this year? Okay, anyone can just

shout out what's our team this year? They all may know? Okay,

that all may know where did they come from? You

know that on may know what. On may know what.

Eric only know what everybody go and study after this.

They all may know. They all may know that xbu

is happening. They all may know that passa Steel is

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quite fit. They only know what friends. They on may

know that God reigns. They all may know that Jesus

Christ is Lord. They all agree that they on may

know right. They all may know that we have the

good news right and that Christ is the center of

it all. Amen. So as I'm pondering about our team,

and again team is just uh, you know, it's quite

significant for us because we're all under God. The Church

is under God, and we follow where the Lord leads us,

where the Holy Spirit leads us. Basically, what that means

for those that may not fully understand that is that

we come under the authority of God as believe us,

and we trust the leadership that God has placed over

the church to lead us and to guide us, you know,

to lead the church in the direction. There has to

be a direction. That has to be a purpose. You know,

you don't go to I mean all to just you

have a certain calling and gifting one you know, you know,

heal songs and different churches they're called and gifted to

do different God has called them again, whether or not

they fully operate in it, or whether or not they

are able to get quote unquote in order. I mean,

you know, it's like how when as a parent, how

many here are parents? Only some? How many you have

children and the rest of you they never lift up

your hands or not. I don't know whether you know,

should I ask weird questions about you know, you know,

like parents, right, you have a certain how to say, uh,

you know, you lead your family a certain way. Correct,

There's certain values that you practice, certain things that you do.

Whether you realize it or not, or whether you set

it or not, you actually do and your children follow

ma they follow, so eventually they will look like you

talk like you. Whether you like it or not, they

will want they'll follow your values. You know. Of course,

if you're aware about it, then you will be intentional

about it. If you're not aware about it, then life

goes on and history repeats itself. You know, if you

meet my brothers, you will notice that we talk the same. Right.

I didn't realize how same we talk until I heard

one of them talking. I'm like, oh, my goodness, I

sound like that. You know, it's quite funny. Yeah, you know, so, yeah,

you know, you will know them by how they do

what they do. Okay? And today the scripture if you're reading,

knows the title of the message today that they may

see your good works and glorify your father in heaven. Okay,

that they may see your good works, that all may

know no what that know that Christians are happening, right,

know what? I hope you guys know understand what people

need to know that because if you don't even know

what people need to know, hopefully by today you will know.

Then our team for the past how many months have

just been for fun? It's just a slogan on the wall, right,

But no, no, no, there is a direction you know,

some families here, if you're more intentional, you realize that

we want to be a family like I remember talking

to my wife, and my wife say, we want to

be a family that's kind, so that we know my

family you know we're kind. You know for me, it's

like for me, is I want my family, you know,

to be a family that serves the lot. For me

and my house, we serve the lot. You know, you

will see us here on a Sunday, you will see

what that we honor the lot?

Is it?

The reason why I say intentional is because sometimes we

practice things because we want to practice things, but we

don't realize the repercussions of it. Right. And I want

to encourage all parents here, young parents, new parents, think

about what your family want to become. You do you

know that you actually have a choice now that you

have your own family. For those that are married, even

though you don't have kids, you actually have a choice

not to decide. You can follow the traditions of the past,

which again not all traditions are bad or wrong. You

know something, you can tweak it right. You can either

do that or you can start afresh right and it

is on you actually right it is on your responsibility

or your kids responsibility. I guess when your kids grow

older and they, you know, can decide on your own

and that's on them right. But now it's on you

right on how you want to lead your family. I

hope you think about it. Okay, So today we want

to talk about a little bit about our faith, okay,

and the scripture key scriptures. In Matthew chapter five or sixty,

it says, here, let your light so shine before men,

that they may see your good works and glorify your

father in heaven. So we talk about that only no right.

And then the scripture here says, let your light your light.

Now you're light. You're like those of you who are here.

And I hope all of you you know almost so

you know Jesus. If not, you will be applicable to

you as well. Let your light right shine before men,

that they may see your good works and glorify your

fighting heaven. Let's read scripture together Matthew chapter five, verse

thirteen to sixteen. If you got your Bibles with you,

and I did this for fun. Just now I'm gonna

go around and gonna hear wonderful voices from different people

I'm gonna skip past the steven because he already you

heard him. Hold, so gonna ask Sharon to read Matthew

Chapter five, verse thirteen sixteen. I hope you guys got

your Bible. So now I will just randomly go to

anybody that will look or no, no emmy, Now as

you read. Okay, chapter five, verse sixteen to seventeen, ver's

the thing to sixteen?

Ver's the thing to sixteen. You are the salt of

the earth. But if the salt loses its flavor, how

shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing

but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

You are the light of the world. A city that

is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Nor do they light a lamp and put it under

a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives

light to all who are in the house. That your

light so shine before men, that they may see your

good works and glorify your father in heaven.

Amen. Okay, familiar scripture salt and light. We kind of

know that if you've gone to Sunday school or what

you will probably hear that sot and light. So I

have a question for us this morning when people see you,

you and your works, who do they give credit to?

Think about it? Let's think about it. Let's do refraction,

and let's do with your Bible study. You can? Can

we were interest? Try? Can we do a web study? Right? Oh?

Can I encourage you? Can I encourage you to read

the Bible for yourself? Can I encourage you to not

form your faith opinions based on the opinions of men,

dig the word yourself? Right? Uh? You know, don't don't

form you know, that's the wonderful thing about the Bible.

All of us can go and check back one. You

can go and check back whether what I say it

makes sense or not?

Right?

Ourthing? Encourage you to do that more because the problem

nowadays sometimes is that we have a generation that relies

on the opinions of men reridden and the word of God,

and then we form our entire favor what we hear

that we like, right, not digging the word ourselves. No,

So I encourage you going dig the word yourself, Going dig, dig,

dig and then find where they can find goal or

not I hope can find goal. Okay, So what does

the Bible say? Let your light so shine before men,

they may see your good works. So when people see

your works, and when I talk about works, can we

think a little bit further or not? How do I

think further? Oh? You know, just talking about good works

as in charity work? Then be you fail ready because

you don't have charity work? Right? What good work are

you doing? You? You know? No? No, no, no, no

no no. He's not talking about church. He's not talking

about a group. He's talking about us. And when you

talk about work, you're talking about your work, your day

to day. When people see your the way you do chores,

when people see the way you work, when people see

the way you study your work, who do they give

credit to? Your parents? Yeah? Right? And this you know?

And then what were the Asian parents say? Hah no,

tires got right? Okay, yeah, my son are very very

bored on one. I hope you won't do one things

like that. That's what my mom say all the time.

Everybody will tell me, oh, your kids are so well behaved,

only outside, not at home. Who do they give credit to?

I guess another question to ask is always yeah, believers, right,

most of us are? I hope who do they glorify?

Who do they glorify. Okay, think about it? When what

is our intention? When we do good? What is our intention?

Can we have a heart check this morning? Can let's

have a heart check. Okay, let's let's all decip even

me and myself. Let's have a heart check. Okay, what

is our intention? Let's go to scripture? Okay, Menthiel Chapter six,

verse one to four. I'm sure you're never here, Wesley's

share beforecus. It's very quiet always behind the Yeah, yeah,

so Matthew six one to four, Yeah it can, It's okay,

can just leave it. They got small enough that they

can read. I purposely do it so small that they

have to rely on their Bible. Not come.

Take here that you do not do your charitable deeds

before men to be seen by them. Otherwise you have

no reward from your father in heaven. Therefore, when you

do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before

you do, as the hypocrites do in the signa guards

and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Surely,

I say to you, they have their reward. But when

you do a charitable deed, do not let your left

hand know what your right hand is doing. They're charitable deed,

maybe in secret, and your father, who sees in secret,

will himself with what you openly.

Okay, okay, So this from the Bible is what Jesus said.

So what does the Bible teach us? What does Jesus

teach us when we are talking about good deeds? Okay?

He teaches us to do good deeds unto God and

not to men unto God? Why? Why until God and

not to man? I do good to peoplema they feel good? Maa?

Why must I do it until God? Right?

Uh?

And the Bible also teaches us to do it in secret,

non to boast it. Don't tell people, are you know?

Don't let your right hand know what your left hand

is doing. You know that that's I think it's a

scripture as well, you know. But he assure us us

that our father in heaven sees it, right, Our Father

in heaven sees it, and he will reward you openly. Okay.

Let me give you this thought process. Why do it

until God and not to men? Why? Because God is

in charge. Sometimes we think that our bosses in charge.

We think that all this person in church. You know,

we got to remember that God is God. No, I think.

Sometimes we forget no right, we forget that God is God,

and we do things and misbehave. I say, because I

also am in that situation, you know, and we point

fingers and we you know, accused, or we get affected, right,

thinking that God is not watching. God is watching, He's

watching you, He sees you. No, we do good theys

you know, you're like, you're not. You do something maybe

self in church, and then you don't get the credit. Right,

You do your best, you sacrifice, but you don't get

the credit. Nobody recognized, Nobody notice you quietly come here

and help. I don't know. I would say, sweet floor,

but no, there's no floor to sleep, vacuum mob okay

something whatever, arrange your chest, but nobody knows. Pass Steven.

You know he didn't say thank you? Oh so, and

then you get angry nobody. I don't want to do it.

I don't get any But what does the Bible teach us?

Who are we doing unto friends this morning? When we

serve the lot? Are we doing it until passas Stephen?

Please don't do it until passus Steven, he got no

money to give you one. The most he can do

is take you off for McCartney. Do you know why

we should do it until God? Because God is all powerful,

because God is a god of the impossible, Because God

is a supernatural God. That's why we do it until him,

not unto men. Let's get our perspective, right, canon, No, right,

when we serve this morning, are you serving because passus

Steven asks yourself? Or are you serving because God asks

you theself? Are you not serving because let's let's have

a hard check. Can we have a hard check you guys? Okay?

Right?

But Jesus teaches us to do good these until God

and not until men. Why, it's very interesting, right, right?

And he tells us to do in secret and don't

boast it. But he also has a promise that our

father in heaven sees it. And we're rewards openly, you know,

human beings, right, we are finitek means that we have

a limit, but God looks beyond. And I think i've

shared here before. You know when you read the scripture, right,

that's another thing about scripture. The reason why I encourage

you to read yourself because actually sometimes scripture is very straightforward.

It is very straightforward, isn't it straightforward? Right? That let

me read that again, that you let your light so

shine before man that they may see your good works

and glorify your farth in heaven. Isn't that as straightforward

as it is? You do good things, You do good

work so that your light will shine to the people

around you. They will notice that you are exceptional. Right,

and what happens, you get the glory? No, your father

and Heaven gets the glory. Why why must it be

your for he not you? But then why at the

same time, we are so angry? I stop me, I

am so angry when people don't I people the credit

for my work. Don't credit me, am, I no, take

credit for my work? Someone? No, Josiah, come on, right?

You work so hard? Right, and then your cliger get

the bonus? How nonsense is that you're angry?

Right?

Y'all will go and standard resignation at thirty. It's unjust?

But just say, do you know that God sees? Do

you know that God is just? Do you know that

your boss is not God? Your boss don't see it

by your boss not God? No, So that's the thing.

Sometimes we are finite. We only see like that, only

the problem is bigger and we get upset, right, but

actually it is God that is in charge. That's why

we do it until God, not to men, because men

cannot see you one, but God can see hey by

birth teacher, not I t sha by birth teacher. Let

me give you another perspective when I read the scripture

like this. Of course sometimes as Asians, so we can

also take it as duty you need, Okla, I don't

want any credit, I you know, like like like doing

t M my dad. Right, No, I be go, Okay,

I beg krissila, okay God cila. One day, one day

I'll be blessed. One day in heaven, I'll be blessed. Friends,

Can I tell you something? God is not going to

wait for it one day then one day today? Right?

Can you don't be sorry scording someone? Last we say,

I like scording messages. I know scotting. Y'all I'll I

did was let me tell you a funny joke. Last

week we had a meeting doctor jail me l Shirley.

We had a meeting about something, la, and then we

were just talking about the way we communicate, right, And

I was telling them like, oh, you know, I went

to this chesch band and someone said, I thank you

Evan for the message, and I'm like, oh, thanks for

the encreagement. Oh I love scoding messages. There I'm like,

but I wasn't trying to score you, you know. And

then and then doctor Jill was telling us. He said,

you know, I think I knew me more direct, you know,

And this is I was holding my church, she said,

I was going and this is why I said, And

I mean she said that, And I'm like, Jill, and

you learn from you, and you learn from you how

to be more merciful and all. And she's like, oh,

I need to learn from you to be more direct

because you're weare directly like. It's tough. It's tough anyway.

My point is, remember the last time I said, if you,

if you came in and talked about giving her our best.

And remember when you talk about the Bible, it's always

about the heart. It's never about the law. So when

you read this scripture, don't look at the law. Look

at the heart. What is the heart of the issue.

What is the heart of the issue. Yes, we will

getting greyst but what is the heart of the issue.

And as I'm reading it, you know what I realized.

I realized that Christ is guarding us against pride. I

did this, This is me? Why don't I It's pride.

It's pride that God is guarding us against. He's reminding,

don't be proud. I'm seeing a don't worry your reward.

I will give you openly as you do things in secret.

God's promise, not man's promise. God's promise. Do we have

that perspective? Amen? And he's guarding us again, pride. You

know that pride is a sin, right image. We read

this this way. Oh, let your life so shine before men?

Oh light shining? Is I need to shine like shine, bright,

like a diamond. So I joined American idol, and I

become famously after I can go there and glorify Jesus

and say, oh, you know all because I know I'm

making fun of people. But but Noah, that's not either friends. Pride, humility,

the Bible teaches us. Why teach us humility, because it's

guarding us against pride. Pride is very scary. You know

who else had pride? Lucifer right, So be careful. So

when we follow what the Bible says, or when we

learn read deeper, it is not just the law, it

is the heart matter. So give you any example this pulpit.

You know, I know I have the privilege to serf,

to share, and sometimes it can seem like wow, very

big time, you know. But I remind myself a lot

of things happening there is it. I remind myself that

I am This is not my pulpit, right, I'm entrusted

with it, right, And I know sometimes you know, I

also hear from passus Steven like oh you know we're honoring,

like oh because of pass alwayn you know, I want

to apply XPJ XBU and all. I mean, yes, but

it was a God thing. It's not mean thing. Okay,

it was not mean thing. It was a God thing.

This church belongs to God. Now, I was telling PJ.

Just now XPJ, yes, twelve years right, work hard, surf heart.

But but it's not mine. I know, it is not

my church. It is God's church and God will take church.

I am just a steward. It doesn't belong to me, right,

And some I have to remind leaders leaders, remember the

people don't belong to you, right. Yes you are entrusted

with them, yes you are responsible, but they don't belong

to you. They belong to God. Any other day. So

you've got problem with them, pray and ask God to

help you. You guys are awesome here. I'm sure you

never give us and save any problem. You are like

the best if whatever? You know, what is it? Right?

But see the way men operate, so it's different. No, No,

it's like I build this. You know I suffered. You

know want talk about suffering. Let me talk about suffering

when we start the XPJ right twenty twelve. One year later,

I got no kid. No, my first son right came.

I was in church six am to open the church.

Do I come and lordy old people? No? No, I don't. No,

I don't because I serve the Lord, not men. I

don't go in late claim. Okay, you know, ches of

the ship, all these years of back pay that you

owe me, are I don't do that because I know

I'm called to serve the lot. Until today I'm called

to serve the lot. I'm not here to serve people. Well,

I'm serve people, are I know? Love me, feed my sheep? Okay?

Why I'm here to serve the Lord? Right? So who

are we serving this morning? Right? Regards us against Pride

metthew Chapter six, verse five to seven, guys, Okay, can

we go deeper the way today? Can I let's learn something.

Let's learn something. Matthew six five to seven says, oh, okay,

this is even better. So it talks about humility, It

talks about it's a heart check, right, we're doing a

hard check now. It talks about pride. Let's not have pride, right,

talks about doing good. What else are you talk about?

Metthew six five seven says, And when you pray, you

shall not be like the hypocrites. For day love to

pray standing in the synagogue and on the corners of

the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly,

I say to you, they are reward but you when

you pray, go into your room, and when you have

shut your door, pray to your father, who is in secret,

in the secret place. In your father, who sees in secret,

will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not

use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think

that they will be hurt for their many words. God

even talks about prayer, even in prayer, and how we

conduct ourselves in front of others, that the glory is

not ours, but towards the Lord. You know how easy

it can be, right, how easy it can be when

you get the honor that you receive it and then

suddenly you are gifted. And then you are like he's

read dangerous or no, right, pride price read dangerous. Like

I said, I always remind myself that this is not mine,

it's God's. I'm just a steward and I must steward well.

And I must, you know, be careful, right, and I

must I must know that. You know, I don't force

myself to be humbled, but I am humbling myself towards

the Lord. That's why, to me, submission is important because

when you submit to someone, you're saying, I am not king,

this person is King. When you submit to God, say

I'm not God, this person is you know, God is God,

and that's very important, right. But you know, the danger

is when we reach a place of independence, we think

we know better, and that's a bit dangerous because the

reality is we don't know everything. You know, So our

posture is important, right, Our posture is important? And why

is it important? Because we need to firstly, firstly, our

friends right firstly, have the perspective that God is sovereign.

You'll catch that God is sovereign. He is in control

always and forever. Means ah, it is him, no how

important this person is in our lives, very important. He

is sovereign. He is in control. Right, you want to

know the good news. He is in control. That's the

good news. That means, no matter how bad your situation is,

no matter how what kind of news you get about

our country, no matter how difficult the market is right now,

market is so horrible, pandemic and all this, no matter

how bad things in your family is, God is still

in control always and forever. Friends, what does that mean?

That simply means that if He's in control, no matter

how bad things get, we can go to him. Se Yeah,

if you don't get this, ah, then we will always

complain because the problem is always bigger one because we

don't realize that actually God is bigger than a problem.

And I don't blame people because you know, even me myself,

because when you are facing the problem, let's say, I

just give you an example. If God is bigger, but

then I'm always looking at the problemer, and this talk

is the problemer to my side. Right, the problem is

bigger but actually God is way bigger than the problem.

Do we have that perspective? Christians believe us? Can I

encourage you? Don't make the problem bigger than God. Whatever

the problem your life may be. Yes, you feel it,

I understand you feel it. But remember that we need

to have a perspective that God is sovereign and He

is in control. That will determine the way we speak,

the way we act. That will also determine the way

we read the First Scripture. Just now that when we

are wronged, God is just God with the care of it.

I don't have to do anything. God with the care

of it. How many of you have met Christians who

are that confident? You know I They are that confident

they've experienced it. Have you experienced Christ in that way?

Have you experienced God in your life in that way before?

If you have not, right, can I encourage you time

to experience Him, time to experience it. Time to go

beyond lip service, time to go beyond. I'm just a

Christian because away across Hello, I'm a Christian because I

follow Jesus and I have a relationship with Him. Do

you want that? Have you experienced it? You know? The

thing about our faithor is that it is a personal faith. Right, Yes,

we get encouraged with testimonies. We get encouraged knowing that

God is ruining people's lives. Yes, and somedens you get

jealous of all a right that honest, we are human beings, right,

but it is a personal faith. You can It is

very hard to live on someone else's testimony one after

a while, right is either do or die on It's

either you you really believe in it or not. And

my encouragement to all of you this morning is, don't

live on someone else's faith. You experienced Jesus your health,

You experience God yourself. You say, Lord, I want to

experience you. Lord. This is my situation. Can you come

true or not? Anna? Can you don't believe in I

don't whether it's lie or not? La?

Oh?

You know sometimes Christians we have this tendency to say

because God never answer immediately. Oh you know in one day?

In your timing, friends, God's timing is today. God's will

for your life is today. Are you gonna engage him? Right?

Are you go engage him?

So?

God is solvent? I guys, Okay, we got to have

that perspective and the wonderful thing about Christier I see

it is that he doesn't just tell us no, he

gives us tools now, and one of the tools right

that we've learned. I think during the pandemic, of course,

the church is going through difficult time, and I remember

Pastor encouraging us and heals also reminding us that, hey,

maybe we need to start practicing things like this where

we learn and share and pray the Lord's Prayer on

a daily basis. And I think for those of us

who have taken it up right, we really gained out

of it. So the Lord Pray is important for us.

Strengths the Lord's Prayer, And you know what, Let's read

the Lord's Prayer together. Can we do it together? You've

got it in your Bibles, meant you six nine to thirteen.

Let's read the Lord's Prayer together. Let's pray the lot

of prayer together. Okay, are you guys ready in this manner? Therefore? Pray? Hello, guys,

I didn't know together. It's just me and myself and

me our father in heaven. Hello, be your name, your Kingdom. Come,

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily break and forgive us

our debts, as we forgive our debtors, and do not

lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the

glory forever. Amen. Okay, why is the Lord's prayers significant?

Why did Jesus teach us to praid is pray? Praidie sway?

Why have you asked this question? Let me tell you why.

It's because all of us need to be devout Christians

and we need to know one thing together. It's a recussion.

I'm just pulling your likeg No, no, that's not a reason.

Let me tell you why. Or you're like what they're

really taking everything. Cannot joke with your You need to

be very careful. Yeah, I cannot joke. Okay. The reason

why the Lord's pray is there is so that we

have the right perspective of God. Okay, let's go line

by line. Our Father in heaven, Hello, do that name?

Because they're incuragion, praide is prayed daily. Imagine you wake up,

the first thing you proclaim is our Father in heaven.

You have a God in heaven that is your father?

Do you have that perspective. Hello be your name. He

is holy. He's not just any god, He's not just

any person. He's holy. You no supernatural, all powerful. When

we declared things like that, have I don't know what

you've seen it this way before? Right, Your kingdom come

or will be done? Do you know significantly when you

declare that, you know what that means? Your kingdom come,

not my kingdom, not the government in this country's kingdom,

not the ruler of the world kingdom, not your boss's kingdom,

God's kingdom come, his will be done, not your enemies

will whoever the enemy is not. Oh, yeah, this country,

this country, this country, this school, school, is school, this situation,

this situation, in this situation, no God's will be done.

Are we declaring that we have that perspective? That's how

it's so important the las's prayer. Your kingdom come or

will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Ah.

I love this part. Why on earth, friends, let's not

continue declaring one day line when I go heaven on

need things for me? No, no friends on earth can happen. Really,

healinger is needed here on earth. In heaven heaven, you

don't need healing anymore already you know that heaven don't

need really, you know you're all perfectly. You need healing here.

So why did God give us the power to heal

in on earth? Because it happens here. Whatever you bind

on earth will be bound in heaven. You see that scripture.

I'm taking scripture as it is, our friends, There's no

other way to interpret. It is very direct, right, give

us this day out deliberate love this line. Why it

tells you that God will provide for you. God will

provide for you. I'm so confident, you know I because

God has provided for me. And I think I got license.

I'm full time now. Okay, we chase after different things

I wish we can chase. Okay, the bonus is different. Okay,

we job about it. But the reality is God has

never shout changed me. God has never sho changed me.

Never once. My band account zero and can I I

say this is don't rather you're a feelian, yourself got

a full timer. You you know science we have we

have this small mindedness care I used to turn small eminess.

Oh you know you need to be humble, right, So

pastorsa that self got need to be poor. And because

if not. They're not humbled. Friends. I don't know where

you read that, which fifture you read that in the Bible?

Because from what I believe, I'm also a child of God.

I also can experience abandoned life. Right, So what's different

than me than you? There's no difference. If you can

claim the promises of the Bible, I can claim. Friends.

It works the other way. If I can claim the

promises of the Bible, you can claim the professors of

the Bible. I'm not any more special than you. I

believe in it just the same way. It's just I'm

called for different assiment and you have called for different

assimon Just don't work different me. But the power, the authority,

the understanding should be the same. Corona, Amen, your cut

are not? You know how powerful that the truth is?

Means that when you pray and for healing her in

Jesus name, it can happen. No, means that when you

ask God give us this day my daily brainer, he'll

provide for you or no. But do you believe or not?

I think that's the only different question we can declare.

But do we believe? Right? And forgive us our debts

as we forgive our debtors. Only God can forgive. And

I've shared this just now as well. I have seen

how unforgiveness in the lives of people messes with them

to the point that they are stopped in the destiny

that God has for them. I won't do this because

of this. When we make such fouls is very dangerous

because don't you think God is bigger than that. Let

me challenge the top process. That's why unforgiveness are And

I've seen how I've seen how an unfor a person

who has unforgiveness in their life cannot progress. Now, God

has many plans for this person cannot progress for many

years because the bullet let go of this one hurt

or offense cannot until God came intervene person forgave. It's

very different now, very different. Friends, If you have unforgiveness today,

let it go. It's not worth it. Whoever, faster, leader, church, whatever, Okay,

I tackle that first family member. Do you know that

when you have unforgiveness, wherever it comes from, it will

affect other things. It will affect your life. You will

affect your family, You affect your ministry. God might have

a plan for you are to do great things for humor.

But because you got unforgiveness, you cannot let go. You

don't want that to me is a tragedy that we

hold it on. Why did God give us this? God

has given us the keys to the kingdom. Have the

perspective that I am in control, know that I can

provide for you. Please forgive people so that you have freedom.

And I will forgive you because I know you'll make mistakes.

I know you'll make mistakes. You're not perfect or so

I will forgive you. Amen. And he says he do

not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the

evil one I I gave this example. Do not lead

us into temptation. Okay, I'm a dad and you know

someone you really a huh you mean you can lead

someone into temptation? No, no, no, I don't think it's I

don't think it's that way. I think instead it's like this. Okay,

I'm a dad and I want my my use my

son example. I want my son to be good and

all and imagining my son. Let's say, I mean bad

example are okay and nothing against it? Bad example? My

son will go clubbing lah okay, and he's just Chelpius. Oh, okay,

you want to go clubbing. Let's say lah, And now

he died, I want to go? No, And I can

do whatever I can. I can I can him up,

I can change him. Can I can write I'm a father, Ma, Well,

y're my thing is abusity. See he didn't want to go,

but I can do to prevent him. But do you

know that whatever I do, if he died, I still

want to go. I can't do anything. He won't change

his heart. He will still like the moment I I'm

not at home at the moment, he found some keys

and he will. Right, we're a funny example. But I

just use this funny example. Right. Do you know that

likewise for us, God being our father, if we want

to misbehave, and if God has wonted us time and

time again after a while, right, do you know as

a father, I'll probably have to like do what do?

Whatever you want to? I can't stop you. Do you

know that that kind of relationship is similar to us

and God? Do you know that if we want something

so bad, God can't stop us even though it's bad

for us. This is what it means by leaders away

from dictation. See the only way we can be let

away if that we submit to him. But if we

submit to our dreams, desires and ambition and it's against

God's will for our life, then that's very dangerous. That

is my caution for us this morning, right for yours

is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

The perspective, So the Lord's prayer helps us in this

one area to have the right perspective and posture towards

God in our daily lives. It is a daily thing.

Why do I say that because He says, here, give

us this day our daily break. Why do you need

to pray for our daily break when unless you have

to pray this pray daily? Right? Amen? Matthew six Tady

three says, but sick first, the Kingdom of God and

his righteousness, and all this shall be added to you.

The focus is God always, always Him first. Right, Yes,

there are other things important in our lives, but the

focus is God always. As believer us here we believe

in Christ. Right, the focus is Him always, not your family,

not your business, not your loved one. God first, because

when anything else puts is put there, then it is

very dangerous for us. Even God knows that. That's why

if we put him first, everything else will be taken

care of. Everything else be taken care of. Really, are

you guys? Okay? So remember the focus is God always. Okay, heard,

check done. So let's look back now, let's do it

be a reflection. Okay, what is our track record? What

have we been producing? Right? Matthew seven fifteen to twenty?

What does it say? Beware of false prophets who come

to you in ship's clothing, but inwardly they are revenance wolves.

You will know them by their fruits? Do men get

the grades from thorn bushes or free from distels? Even so,

every good tree best good fruit, but a bad tree

best red fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,

nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree

that does not bad good fruit is cut down and

thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits you will

know them. Friends. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,

nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. And it

also say that, therefore, buy their fruits you will know them.

So how are we known friends to our friends? Our family?

And can I? Can I say this? I had to

clarify here, So I think fuss Steve also say, we

are not so free as to go and check on

everybody all the time. Honestly, it is not very It's

not easy, you know, like to when I say check

on MENI you know, let me go and find out,

let me go and stop you. No, no, we are not

so free, you right. We have things to do. There's

a people to save. Not so so when you reflect

on this, think about yourself. Think about yourself. I I

I think about it myself. What is my trade record?

What have I been producing? Right? Because because the reality

is we can only account for ourselves and not artists.

Is that true? Well, of course I will also clarify,

and this is pastus. Steven probably will learn that for

USA who are pastors and leaders of the Chesha, and

for those different are called for LEADERSA. We have to

account for your sola that's in the Bible. Okay, not God,

I want to claim it, No mean sa God. Well,

one day asked me, Elvin, you know you're you know,

very close to Steven, So what have you done, you

know to decible him. I would have to take an

account for for people because I'm put in charge, okay,

but ultimately I can only account for myself because when

we stand before the judgment seat of Christ and when

he asks to take an account of our own lives.

I guess the question is what we tell him? Oh, no, La,

you know past the season's so difficult, God, I tried,

I tried. He's such a difficult person. Actually it's quite okay.

He's not difficult, right, He's so difficult to handle, you know,

always give me a headache and pray I give up bla.

I cannot blame him, you know. You know what, God,

Sharon now didn't worship properly the day decide that day?

I cannot connect, you know that. That's why, you know,

that's why I don't want to come for worship, believe right,

because every time to see this worship leader, he's always

someone else's fall. Now, Friends, when we stand in the

judgment seat of Christ, right, it is so Brian, Can

I tell you that The reason why I'm sharing this

because this is something I think about, Maybe because I

had a near death experience recently, Maybe because I'm a pastor,

maybe because I'm ready for so when you reach a

certain age, right, you you know, when you're young, you

don't really count how much yes you have left. I

have a tendency. Yes, ready, you don't you know if

I got good life expretency, maybe thirty years? Right? So

how really? Like, okay, what do I need to do? Now?

You know you've God? Let me live for another like

ten years more? There are reached eighty? Am I going

to be frail? Am I gonna? So? I do think

about it? It is so brief. It is so brief, Matthew

seven to me, Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord,

shall enter the Kingdom of heaven. But he who does

the will of my father in heaven. Many will say

to me in that day, Lord Lord, have we not

prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name,

and done many wonders in your name? And then I

would declare to them, I never knew you. Depart from me,

you who practice lawlessness. Quite sobering, let's reflect, okay, our

own self? Right? And you know when I was younger,

when I read this scripture, I didn't really understood. But Jesus,

how can you say you don't know them? They prophesied

in your name, right, they cast demons war, they're doing

all the things that you do. Oh, can I share

with you the revelation I had recently about that scripture.

Why Christ said, even though you did all these things,

I don't know you because it's not about the works

that is done in his name, but it is about

the relationship we have with Jesus that is important. This

also tells me. You know, in the Bible it is

said that the name of Jesus is the name above

every other name, that all demons tremble, all people the

name of Jesus, Jesus namer. That means things that is

done in Jesus name, it will happen because God has

given the name of Jesus authority. That's why when we pray,

we pray in Jesus name. You understand that that we

don't pray just because it's a ritual. No, we pray

because it has power in the name right. And maybe

that's also why the world wants to trample on the

name and use it as a swet and discredit and

devalue the name. But we as believers need to understand

that the name of Christ is so powerful that even

if you don't have relationship with Christ, you can see

usual to custout demons. You'll catch there on. It is

so powerful that even if you don't have relationship with Christ.

That means some people who don't believe in Jesus h

still use the namer can heal the sick you'll catch there.

It also tells you that whatever gods say in the

word will happened. Right now you're you're catching that sermon.

I'm like, Wow, Lord, your name is so powerful. People

who got no relationship you are can see you use

it on right. It's like the credit card that you

have right, all of us can you say bad example?

Can try and think of an example, but you gave

me not. You can still use eight one because it

is true, right, And that's how powerful it is. But

that also tells me that it's not about the works.

So don't be so preoccupied with the works. God, I

did ABC for you. No no, no, no no, no, that's

not important. You're not it's important. Mary. Why are you

running around? Martha? Are you running around? Sorry? Look at

think I'm married Martha talking as marta while are you

running around? You know? Because right around, let's serf, let's

do this, let's do everything, let's self serve and then

and then just say hello. There will be a time

where you can serve. But I'm here now. Can you

please follow your sisters doing? Come and sit down and listen.

What is important? Relationship? Friends, relationship? Important question to us?

Do you have a relationship with Christ? Or are we

Christians because I wear a cross? I'm a Christian because

I'm born in the Christian family. Sorry, yeah, not count

you know I I you know I'm a Christian because

I'm power No, no, no, no, you are a Christian because

you are a disciple of Christ and you have a

relationship with him. If you have no idea what I

just say, I think better start thinking about it today, right,

because that is important? Not the works? Is it an

AlCH woman? It is an alsh woman? Guys, can you

not your I say, ouch, not your other nahmen say

it's going to be okay because it's time to take

responsibility of our own actions, isn't it. It is time

to take responsibility difference. I hope you hear that from

me today. Time to take responsibility. Our faith cannot be

seconded to someone else. Now, parents, your child children's faith

cannot be seconded to the church. Oh, I must find

a good program. Uh. The best program is you at home.

What you practice at home. That's something I had to learn.

I can so easily say, ah, it's Exci's prey a problem, right,

They never teach my kids enough. If I don't practice

my faith at home, how do I expect my kids

to practice your faith? If it is so easy for

me to miss a Sunday service you gave me. No,

we pass on one no without realizing it. That's why

I say, be intentional. Think about it. Be intentional. You

know it's ouch. It's time to take responsibility. Second Quarrinthians,

Chapter five, verse nine to eleven. Second Corinthians, Cha five,

verse nine to eleven. It says here therefore we make

it our aim, whether present or absence, to be well

pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the

judgment set of Christ, that each one may receive the

things done in the body according to what he has done,

whether good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the

Lord we persuade men. But we are well known to

God and have and I also trust are well known

in your consciences. So friends, we aim to be well

pleasing to Him. That's why we please God. First. Important

to think about that. But you want to know the

good news. No, I know I share a lot so

bring things and a lot of things that well behavior

today past selving. Don't worry. That's good news, you know,

the good news. Let me share with the good news.

The good news is that we are not alone in this.

We are not alone. Huh you mean each other? Well

that too, But we are not alone because and let's

read this together, John three sixteen. For God's soul love

the world. That he gave his only Begoden son, that

whoever believes in him should not perish but have ever

lasting life. For God did not send his son into

the world to condemn the world, but that the world

true him might be saved. This is a good news, friends,

These are good news. You know. It's the good news

for us. It is the transformative power of Christ that

is our good news. See, if we were to all

the stuff that I just shad just now, if it's

just have to do, if you were, then very susa.

If it's your effort, your works, they're very difficult. That's

why the good news for us and for everyone around

us is that we have Christ. Amen, and there is

a transformative power that happens in our life. It is impossible, friends,

if we were to do everything that I just said

with our own strength. But with Christ we can. Second

Contance five seventeen says Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

he is a new creation. All things have passed away. Behold,

all things have become new. You're catching then on John

Tree eighteen to twenty one. John Tree eighteen to twenty one.

He says, here, he who believes in Him is not condemned.

But he who does not believe is condemned already because

he has not believed in the name of the only

be godden Son of God. And this is the condemnation.

That the light has come into the world. And men

love darkness redther than light, because their deeds were evil.

For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not

come to the light lest his deeds should be exposed.

But he who does the truth comes to the light,

and that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they

have been in God. That our deeds be done in God.

When we have Christ in us, do you realize that

we came one full circle We started with that all

that they may see your good works. That they may

see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

So we need to remember that when we are transformed

in Christ, we cannot help but aligned to God's will,

that our works may glorify our Father in heaven. So

what is the key word to your friends? The key

word is transformation, transformation. I am no longer the same

then I once worse. I am changed, transform, born again,

set free, and a new creation in Christ Jesus, my

Lord and my Savior. I speak that con because I

am transformed and continuously transformed. You can't ask for usus

even he wired me every day from the first day

he warned me. Until now have I changed? I think

I've changed a little bit, Lah. I think I've been

a bit more patient now. I think I've learned a

little bit more things. Now. I think God has revealed

most to me. La. But I see it can only

happen now when we have a relationship with him. He's

not happening because I'm a pastor to know. I need

to tell you that it is happening because I have

a relationship with Christ and I know who my God is.

My encouragement to you is can you catch the good news?

And can you start having a relationship with him? Can

you start asking God to transform your life because he

can lord this thing that I've been struggling with for years.

I surrender to you. I want to be a new creation.

I want to be changed. Yes, I got a lot

old habits. Stop believing in the lie of the devil

that says I'm like that one. Lah. Do you believe

in a lie? Because the more you proclaim it, the

more you will happen. Now do you know that I

don't believe in a lie anymore? I am a new creation. Yes,

I still God, help me with my cat, help me

with the parts of my life that I need help in.

I don't want to hold on to that so strongly

and say this is me, ien King, No, no, no,

this is not me. What is me is what Christ

has for me because He's the author and finish on

my faith. But I see it starts. It goes to

a relationship. Amen. Oh no, my battery just die. Okay,

give me a minute now, you guys, Okay, it is

a relationship with him, friends, it is a relationship with Him,

and we have transformation that happens. That's why, when you

think about it, right, we can't do this without Christ.

We need him in our lives. Amen. After this I

share a testimony you And of course we might think like, oh,

you know, but I got dreams, desires, I got different things.

Can I see what's the next slide? Yeah? Okay, let's

read this Emphesians two ten.

Oh.

By the way, I've got homework for your Okay, can

you go back and read yourself? Ephicians two, chapter one, Sorry,

Emphicians chapter two, verse one to ten. Okay, Ephesians chapter two,

verse one to ten. That's your homework. Okay, But we

will read this scripture together. Emphicians two one ten. That says,

for we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for

good works which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk

in them. We are created a new creation right for

what for good works? Right? So what must we do? Friends? Right?

We talk about googles? Do you pasca? Do you mean

that I need to know go and look for all

charitable or no? No? No, of course there's a transformation

of mine. I hope today you're thinking differently a bit really.

But beyond that, the thing that we need to constantly

do as we liever us is to abide in Christ.

What does that mean? Constantly be with him? Constantly? He

is the focus constantly when you come to church. It's

not just church, it is Christ. Abiding in Christ. It

is important. Why do you encourage people to do quiet time?

Because when you do it, you abide in Christ. You

not fulfilled the law. No, no, no, no, no, we've

got it wrong if you think it's like that. No,

we abide in Christ. Do you know that relationships are

quite fun? One? For those of you are staying love.

The rest of you are married. I believe they're constantly

in love. Okay, let's not go there. It's wan no, no,

the person's calling me. I'm going to see the person

extra excited, you know, I know Passistans were excited hin hin?

You know? You know John chapter fifteen, verse four to it,

John fifteen for two. And I'm ending soon. Okay. He says, here,

abide in me and I in you. As the branch

cannot bear fruit of itself where all the branches are okay,

unless it abides in the vine. Neither can you unless

you're abiding me. I am the vine. You are the branches.

He who abides in me and I in him bears

much fruit. For without me you can do nothing. If

anyone does not abide in me. He is cast out

as a branch and is with it. And they gather

them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

If you abide in me and my words abide in you,

you will ask what you desire, and it shall be

done for you. By this, my Father is glorified that

you bear much fruit, so you will be my disciples. Friends,

you gotta mind Christ. And I know sometimes when you

talk about things like this, you talk about commitment. You know, Oh,

you know, I need to sacrifice everything, is it? You know?

I see peop who you know follow Christ right now

while they give up everything, give up all their dreams. Friends,

can I tell you that the plan that the Lord

has for you is way better than any plan you have.

I'll give you a simple example for those of you

who know. And it's a sort of a testimony. Okay.

I'm in the midst of my house renovation right now. Okay,

in the midst of it, oh my goodness, in the

midst of it, and I'm learning a lot. Okay, very

interesting because number one, I didn't want to do it. Right.

When I say that, what I mean is that I

don't have the funds and all that kind of stuff,

and it was kind of like a pipe dreamler. When

I bought the house, I thought it'd be nice, it'd

be nice, A lot'll be nice, right, but again cannot

lack okay, for different reasons are and my focus is

not ether, So you know, it's kind of like a dream.

Oh you know a lot. One day it happened, great,

you know, please give me a million or us that

it happened, get all these different things, but didn't. But

the start of this year, or I guess in the

middle of this year, there were opportunities to do it.

And I'm like, okay, let's explore, right, and now I'm

in the midst of it. Let me give you this

example of how I believe that when we sacrifice our

dreams for God, or when we surrender, not sacrifice, surrender

our dreams for God, he will have a better plan

for you. So as we do the renovations, of course

you dreaml and I'm like, oh, I already have a plan. Okay.

For those of you who know familiar, my thought of

the kitchen were like, it's going to look like a

Scandinavian kitchen, right, a white color with all the wood

looking cabinets and not just that the flooring or so

I thought you'd be nice, that would but then again

we're in an Asian country. Wood is not practical at friends,

But suddenly I found out what you got a how

they look like wood? One? Okay, you got right. So

I pursued the idea lah, And of course, one thing

after another. And if you're familiar with renovation, droma, friend,

you're not familian and am I just human in this?

Sometimes your plan won't go according to plant, and you

have to make quick decisions because of timing and costing

and different things. So it came to the point where

my idea taja okay, jad ah, waste it right? Perfect everything.

I thought, oh, I imagine you know. And then someone like, oh, lot,

I pray, ask you for a vision, and then you

give me this vision, your dream. And I'm like, but

I'm a practical person as well. I won't overdo things.

I need to be a good steward. And I said, okay,

let's just do what's right. And I sacrificed the idea. Okay, no,

I'm not going to be this, let me just go.

And initially in my mind I thought like, okay, according

to budget, I will go with two by one towel

if you understand what that means by one food right

standard now right? And and I thought, okay, I'll just

go with that. According to budget, let me go find something

that works similar, you know, but I kind of like,

let go a little bit of the perfect picture. And

last this week. In the beginning of this week, I

had to make a quick decision, you know, and I

was discussing with my because I sending the thing, sending

my currerent thing. He said, probably not a good idea.

And then he said, you gotta find homogeneous styles and

all the kind of stuff, because this is not a

very good and I'm like, okay, let's just decide. And

of course I was being disappointed, but I'm like, okay,

let's just do what it's right. Let's just do because

I wanted to do something that would last me, costly, effective,

last me, make sense, right, why it's right? Okay? And

then don't know why the contractor said, hey, why you

don't want to consider two by two thousands, I'm like, huh,

ken me in my mind, now two by two is

expensive by she contracts Now I still with him budget,

and I'm like, okay, So I go and look long.

And I know, of course for those different ones that

have warn me that, you know, renovations will put a

strain in the communication with my wife. Yes, it's very true.

And I had to make a quick decision. So I

had to sort of like rush through the towel place again,

this like the third time going there to look at towlestone.

And my wife is at a stage where like you

just decila, she'll be fair on me. You just decided

you do yourself like right there, No, no, she's right encouraging.

She just like you just decided that I trust you.

I'm like, okay, i'll killer. So I went, I found

the right material. I picked the towels, right, I told

the contractor, and then I left. I didn't really put

my story to it. The next day I realized. I

realized this as I picked the towels, just I just

picked okay, this on this sun, you know, and of

course you picked something that will gola. But I see

I picked the towest that was not according to my

original plan. But as I thought about it, number one,

a two by two, THOUS looked myself. In fact, right,

the tiles that I picked that was not my first

choice kind of make my kitchen look a bit more classier. See,

it is not my plan. I believe it's cost plan.

Your plan for your life and your plan for different

things might not be the best plan for you. And

this is a lesson I'm learning now. No, because I

don't think I will ever pick those TUFs because I

think it's very expensive. But by some way I had

to and the very expensive tasks that I thought was

expensive was still But then in fact I think then

again when they but only I can see that it

feels that it's going to be classy because of the size,

because of the I would never have chosen it if

I went with my urgent, but I would never have

chose it. But God has better plans. So it's a

very simple example. But I so want to share with

you that, yes, Elvin, you might be a bit high

and my thinkers, would God ever be interested in your housetiles?

Can I tell you he is because I walk with him,

because I experienced him, say, oh God, it's not the God.

There's like, oh, very far away, not even small things

he cares, especially if I'm his child. But I have

to walk with him you and to trust him because if

I don't do that, then I'm just gonna do things

my own way. I'm gonna force it right. But I didn't,

and He had a better plan. Amen. So, friends, today,

my simple encouragement to you is his abiding Christ. If

you have never experienced him or never had an experience

with him, to say, Jesus, maybe prior to this, you're

just some deity, and you're just something I do on

a Sunday, and you're not real, and your experience with

Christ is only the people around you. Friends, I think

it's time to go deeper. You experience Him for yourself.

He's real, He's alive. You know. He's not just some

story in the Bible or some belief that I believe. No,

he's real. How many of us can be confident to

say I'm being transformed by Christ daily? I'm sure some

of you here you have experienced him, maybe true and

experienced a long time ago. Hey, he wants to community

with you every day. He wants to abide with you

every day, and then you will bear fruit, and then

they may see your works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Not because of your own talent and your own gifting

and your own skill, but because you are buying in Christ,

and because He transforms you, not your word, He transforms

you because you surrender the will to him. Jesus take

the will. I was surrendered. I will come here.

We hope you've been blessed by this message. For more

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this week is going to be a good week, a

hit for you. God bless