Always only Give my Best to God | Pastor Alvin Keng

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We hope this message will light up your tea.

Let's go into it. Let's go into the scripture. Mark

Chapter twelve, verse thirty to thirty one. Mark chapter twelve, oh

new thirty the salmon angriaity. I just only said that no, no,

me and may Eric go a long way we use

yourself together. Then I was not good enough, so I

was sent out to XBJA, you know. And he said, no,

just joking, good to see Eric, okay. Mark Chapter twelve,

verse thirty to thirty first thirty one thirty not thirty

first okay. And he says, yeah, okay, let's read from

Tuni eight. And one of the scribes came, having heard

them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them, Well,

ask him, which is the first commandment of all? So basically,

just to give you a bit of context, Jesus was

in the temple. He was teaching the people. He was

also teaching the You guys know who Jesus is, right,

He's quite a big deal, right, okay if you study.

If you don't know, please stop the busses. Seven after this,

I don't know who it's okay, talk to him that

he will explain more. But for those of us who

know Jesus right, some of us know him in mind,

in our minds, sound no, no, him. He was quite

a big deal those days, right, because he brought scripture right,

and he brought life to scripture.

And he didn't just do that in the theory.

He practically healed people, he cast out demons, he healed

the sick.

So he didn't just speak on here.

His action also make people like, Okay, this guy must

be the real deal, because things are happening.

However, in that time, the.

Pharisees and the Setlesis and the religious just were not

really happy because they had the power. They had the power,

they had the money, they had all the influence. But

this guy, this carpenter guy, coming from nowhere, doing all

these wonderful things to you we cannot refute, is taking

away our influence. In fact, he's saying that we are

brute or vipers or insult me, man, How can you

insult me?

You know?

And he's done all these things. So when he was

when Jesus was presented this question, he was also a

question to challenge.

He was also a question to like, Okay, God.

You know you're so great, and you you know he

didn't say Godla, Hey we I say God?

Okay? The first he said, oh, teacher, a great teacher. Rabbi.

You know we got so many rules, so many laws.

You know which of all the laws I wish is

the most important one? How many of you like that question?

Right?

Passus Stephen? I come here. There's so many things I

need to do. I have to join home Slah, have

to got prayer service, Lam must come early.

La. You know my stress suppler? Which which is the

one thing that I just do? This? Enough? Ready? Okay,

summarize everything for me? Right?

That was the question. Why Jesus answer Himan, Jesus? I'm

saying Jesus said, what do you say? The first of

the commandment is okay? Here, oh ex Bandama, the Lord

our God, the Lord is one. So the first thing

you know, the Lord is Gotla. We established that, guys,

Lord he's got. If you don't believe it's got, this

doesn't apply to you, Okay. Can I be clear? We

have to know the foundation first? Right, the Lord of God,

the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord

your God with all your heart, with all your soul

with all your mind and with all your strength. This

is the first commandment, first commandment, okay. And the second

is like is second like it is this. You shall

love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment

greater than this. And some of the accounts, it continues

to say. And all the profits and the law hang

on this, you understand, hang on this. Everything hangs on

these two commandments.

Right.

Some people like to summarize it. They like to say, oh,

love God, love people. You know, sounds very nice, right,

love God, love people, true love, cover of people. And

I'm wanna go deeper a little bit? Can I go

deeper a little bit? You guys today?

Can I give?

Can I go deeper in the world so that we

together can learn and have understanding? Because the one principle

that Excher says, we say, okay, we proclaim, we declare

we do is always give only your best to God.

What does that mean?

Well, it means what it means, always give your best

only to God. That's the title of the message day right.

If you don't remember everything, don't remember homes, don't remember, address,

don't remember. The question we should actually ask ourselves is

this morning when we come to church? Am I giving

my best to God?

Just that? Just that come early, late? Whatever? Am I

giving my best? Is this my best? Or not? Or

is this just enough? Because that itself will help you? Already?

You don't even ask a busus you wanna can? You

can't passes? Even just ask you a question? Now, what

is my best?

Son? Do you know what's my best? He will never know?

No?

Do you know why he will never know? He's not me?

Maybe my best today is five minutes preaching. Sorry, it's

not gonna be five us O wordy, but he won't know.

But if he demands ten for me ten minutes, then

I'll be waiting greet him who knows our best?

Mina?

But I see if my best is ten minutes, but

I only give him five? Am I give him my best?

No? Right? No? Right? So you guys following her, okay, Okay,

don worry. We go by the scripture.

Okay, So Jesus answer him such a profound answer, and

do you know that well? I like the wages answers

because right, he don't just come out with stuff on

his owner. It is based on scripture. Because if you

go to Deutronomy chapter six, Verse four to seven, bringing

your to back through history. This is why I love

scripture cross reference.

Right.

If you tell me by our Bible not real, well

I tell you there's so many reasons why our Bible

is real, why the Word of God is real, Not

just my own experience. No, it is irrefutable historical truth

that Jesus has happened.

Okay, I won't go into that. I might.

I might go on too long, do you trodd me?

Chapter six? I'm gonna read from let's see from verse two. Okay,

I don't know what I've shared here? Have I shared

here before the beginning of wisdom? Sorry? The fear of

the lords I've shared? Okay, great, So then you guys

will follow what I'm trying to share here. Because he

says here that you may fear the Lord, your God,

to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I

command you, you and your son and your grandson. Not

just you, are you and your son and your grandson

all the days of your life, that your days may

be prolonged. Friends, you want to live longer, then you

got to fear God. You don't fear God, you might

not live longer. Not passe I been say Bible s right,

and he says here therefore hear O Israel, and be

careful to observe it, that it may be well with you,

and that you may multify greatly, as the Lord, God

of your father's has promised you a land flowing meal

and honey. Here O Israel, the Lord our God, the

Lord is one. Does it sound familiar? You shall love

the Lord your God with all your heart, with all

your soul, and with all your strength. And these words

which I command you today shall be in your heart.

Can I give you this example? Yeah, I used just now.

So so when you talk about expressions, I talk about

expressions in church, you know the Lord has given us

this truth, okay, this value that in acts we believe

in it right, and we we do it right. We

give got our best right and and and it's kind

of like you know, uh, and this on parents, you

will can't understand. You know, when you have a family,

you have family values, right, you have family values, You

are generous, you are kind, you know. I remember there

was once where my kids they were in they were

in YouTube a little bit too much, and they were

watching something and they started picking up language that was

not so good. You know, swear words, Okay, this is

not the normal borders whatever. You know, it's the quiet

gun as forever and they're using it for fun. And

I had to have a few conversations my son, my

sons to say, you know, and I didn't just go

there and say, oh, you know, don't do this is bad.

You know you're a horrible person. But no, no, I

didn't do that. You know something, we can go there,

we can go to the whole Asian parenting style. Right,

I just wag you and then you don't understand. I

actually had to tell him this, and you see, whether

you catch me or not, I do tell them. I say, son,

I know you're using these words, but we don't do

this here.

You'll catch that. We don't do this here. Do you

see mammy and daddy doing it? No?

Right, then you shouldn't cause you're my son. If you

want to use it, then you're not part of this family. Oh, friends,

before we go, all right? Is that not true? Is

that not true? I'm speaking true far. I'm not threatening.

You know.

If you practice it, then you have disqualified yourself. No,

see it's not me, you know, because you can stop

to I mean of course they are old enough to

understand all these things. Like Okay, they're not like five

year old totally don't get it. But I have to

teach them. I said, son, this is our family value.

We don't do this here. I don't do it, so

you shouldn't. Yeah, your friends might do it. Yeah, you

go to another family, might do it. You do it freely,

then you join your family. Now I can't say that

to my son. Okay, well, but do you know that

in church we are family. I might sound very stronger.

Okay, I can.

I can be a bit stronger in BJ because when

they introduce me, they say I'm like a father to them, right,

So I say, okay, be father, be you. Maybe it's

past Steven, so maybe a grandfather.

I don't know. They will make past Kenneth great grandfather.

I don't know. I don't know. We will see. I

don't want to go into that. But okay, we're all

sons sons, but friends.

Can I say this ex church, ex banda O Tama.

Oh but I'm still new in X. Yeah, by your

power of the church. If you call X banda Tama

your home, your path of family, we love you. Friends,

But there are certain things we practice as a family.

We practice honor here, we practice giving God our best.

Here your catch dad, right, and we encourage again. There's

no judgment now. Okay, you might say, like, oh, you

know you mean dressing.

Yeah, you know.

Dressing is one way where you give got your best.

And I know when I used to always give got

your best to God.

Right.

A lot of people have a lot of contention. Oh,

but I want to wear what I want. But the girl,

the girl, blood the girl, yeah, the girl. No, No,

let's not about girls here, thinking about my wife. Really,

but the church judge you except everyone?

Right?

Friends, Can I share this with you? I dress like

this because I give got my best, because I know

this is my best. If someone comes into this place

and the person is I don't know what, maybe not

poor or whatever, but the person dresses a certain way,

do you know that we will welcome the person with

loving in open arms. There's no judgment now, friends, because

I don't know whether that person is their best. However,

if the person continues to come here and continues to

be part of the family, part of our you know,

then shouldn't there be deciper ship? Shouldn't there be us

trying to understand like, oh, this is your best, great,

keep it up. But hey, why don't I help you?

Or why don't we grow in your best?

You get me? Not? It's a together a thing, you know.

But can we just look at someone and point no, no,

we can't, we can't and there's no judgment here, Desiah.

When we use these examples are a lot of your offenders. Offender,

but friends, can I can I twist it around a

little bit. If you've been coming to our church for

a long time and you call yourself a part of

the church, yeah, I hope I don't offer you guys

on please if you do, I'm saying it, Lofer, so

that we understand this, this value, okay, all of a sudden,

our own geneer of faith.

If you disagreement, it's fine, we still love you.

Don't worry about it. It's not about a dressing. Later

I will go deeper into it. Then you understand where

I'm coming from. Okay, I speaking in love, But I'm

just giving me examples. Right if the person if okay,

if the person someone whoever, mister B or whatever comes

constantly comfortable want to join one to be part of

the church, don't you think that should be submission and

alignment it. No, No, I still want to wear whatever

I want to wear.

Right. If it comes to that point, right, then it's

almost like it's about you already gave me.

It's about you really go deeper into I'm going too far,

decide ready, okay, so hold that thought.

We'll go deep and then we'll come back to you. Okay,

are you guys? Okay? Okay again, you guys.

All look awesome. Can you return to your neighbor and

say you look wonderful? You look wonderful? You guys rest

really well? Okay, I'm not talking about anybody here, okay, yeah,

I'm talking about Puts Stephen anyway.

So, friends, always give your best to God? Right? How

long do I have a bussus? Even? Can I have

an hour? Okay?

Sorry a bit late just now because I was trying

really hard to keep to time and to give a

proper understanding, right, so that you guys will catch something.

You know, always give only your best to God, something

we practice and believe in. Today, I'm going to talk

about the why why give only your best of God?

Okay? Why?

The next time I come, which is two weeks from now,

I pre am your first I'm gonna talk about how. Okay,

I'm talking a little bit about how here and there really,

but I'm gonna talk about how in deeper contexts. Okay,

So look forward for that. Come to church, you know

if you want to continue. If not, I think that's

MTG or whatever. But today we want to talk about

a why why only give your best of God?

Okay?

So Jesus said, remember summary, Let's summarize the whole of

the Bible. If you want to follow anything in the Bible,

we want to, you know, let's summarize everything. Jesus said,

love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul,

and your mind. That's the summary. Let's go deeper. Can

we go deeper? It's a heart matter, don't you agree?

That's why he starts with the heart. He didn't start

with the break. No, he starts with the heart, soul, mind,

and strangler. Okay, action. It's a heart matter. It is

not a law matter. Yes, the perception in his commandment,

but it's a heart matter. It has always been a

heart matter when Jesus shares it. Why do I say

it and not law? Because Jesus explains it really well

in this scripture Matthew chapter five, verse twenty one to

thirty Okay, you can go back read it. I'm not

gonna go and try everything because he shares about murder

and adultery.

Well, we're ghanasa, I know we got kids here. Kids.

If you know what the meaning of the doultry is,

going to ask your parents. Kay, I'm not gonna explain.

Matthew Chapter five, verse twenty one to twenty two says,

you have heard that it was said to those of all. Okay,

so Jesus is foreshadowing what the time commments you shall

not murder.

Okay, let me ask you a question. How many you

agree that you shall not murder? Agree?

Everybody agree? Okay, I only see one. To the rest

of you don't agree? Right, those step put our hand.

You don't agree, you mean it's okay to murder?

No?

No, then then put up your hand now, friends, Hello, Hello,

put out your hand. Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, I mean

unless you're in jured, then then don't don't. Okay, let's

make it interactive. I don't know which shure you have

come from, but with me, you'll be interactive. Okay, you guys, okay,

we all agree, right, it's very obvious.

Right, we all agree you shall not murder, and whoever

murders will be in danger of judgment.

Correct or not? You kill someone, you will go to jail. Worse,

you know, you get death penaltya exrectly all of us,

not that we teach our kids. Oh, don't kill any anyone, okay, right,

but Jesus goes deeper, Jesus too much.

Lah.

But I say to you that whoever is angry with

his brother without a cause shall be in danger of judgment. Okay,

let me ask you a question. I've got two brothers.

How many of you got brothers, brothers, sisters? No brother's

got sister or not?

God? Sisters? Okay, no brother, no sister? Maybe only child?

You got parents or not? Okay? Maybe you don't know

your parents, got friends or not? God?

Okay, have you been angry at them before? Of course

you say without course out something. You're like, no, there's

a cause, and then when you tell someone about the cost,

you be like angrier. We have been angry before, right,

we have been angry before?

Right? Mean?

Or so, whoever is angry shall be in danger of judgment.

Let's read further judgment or what and whoever says to

his brother raca. I went and did research on what

raca means. You know what it means. It means empty head?

Is it insult? Okay?

If you don't know, but isn't empty head good the

person's then I don't know, okay, and shall be in

danger of the council. But whoever says you fool, shall

be in danger. I tell you, it escalates really fast.

Shall be in danger of hell fire. Are you still

angry at your brother?

Why?

It is a hot issue. It is not a low issue.

It is a heart issue. Let's let's go to the

next time. Okay, then we go. Deperby Matthew five nine says,

you have heard that it was said to those of

all you shall not commit the doubtory. But I say

to you that whoever looks at woman to last for

her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Friends,

I'm a guy, Okay, to all the guys that are here,

how hard is this commandment to keep honestly? Don't lift

up your hands.

It goes on.

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it

out and cast it from you, for it more profitable

for you that one of your members perish than for

your whole body to be in casting there. Okay, let

me speak to guyser girls, I don't know. You can

interpret how you want, but let me just speak to guys.

If you're living your life, and whether you're single, you're married,

or whatever, if you come to a place a plaza,

you've come to a plaza where you are going to

think or at least in a dangerous place to want

to commit adultery, run as fast as possible away from

that situation. That's what the Bible is saying. If your

eye seeing Gauga and tro that's how Qua Chung is.

No life. It's okay, we're just friends. It's a situation. Ship.

But he's such a nice guy. Nothing one ma right,

she's such a nice girl. No, but il really married?

Really is? Okay? My wife knows friends? By way?

Clear why it is not a low issue, you know,

it's a lot issue. Law means you have to commit

the law of us. It is a hert issue. Let

me go deeper a little bit now there, you follow me.

He's very graphic, yes, Jesus, very graphic. Okay, here not graphic.

We all like cannot get it. It's very graphic. But

Jesus had a good point, because it starts with our heart,

and then it consumes our soul, and then all our

decisions are guided by what we think.

Isn't that true? It starts with a heart first, Hey,

doesn't start.

With oh I see paste? Omen you don't start that everyone.

Maybe it starts with why he like that? Why cannot

he calm the other side? Why must we this side?

Why heat slowly?

And then it's hot? Hot issue? Ma? But I can

still last shake hand. You know, I'm just. I'm just.

I love you and gives you an example. We work

very well together. He might think like that about me again.

You know, it's a hot issue. After a while, he

consumes your soul. After a while, your mind thinks that away.

Every living being of your body goes to that action,

whether you realize it or not, whether you notice it

or not. This is why Jesus said, love the Lord

your God with all your heart first, because if you

love God, a lot of these things you won't do.

Do you know that if you love God, all these

things you won't do, you know, right? And and that's

the thing about human beings. We look at the external.

We always look at the external or dress well or

very external, but we all don't know what's happening in Simon.

That's the reality. We don't know.

I mean, to a certain extent, you kind of roughly

can guess. Lah, But in reality you may not fully know.

But we got to remember that God looks at it,

that the internal.

Right.

But can I give you this other perspective that you

know something I've learned and something you might also realize.

Okay, because you can see what is in a man's

heart with his track record.

So first impressions we had to tell, very hard to tell,

but if you hang out with someone long enough, you

kind of roughly can guess what's in a person's heart

or who is in a person's heart. Got all young

people here, a lot of a single people here. I

know roughly you kind of know. Okay, oh sling, where

do you get it from?

Well? Scripture share, let's read Matthew chapter seven, verse fifteen

to twenty. And another thing. Why I love scripture because

there's the answers to everything. Amen. So Matthew chapter seven,

verse fifteen to twenty. So what does it say?

He says here, beware of false prophets who come to

you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are revenous wolves. Okay,

look very nice, happy, You know, can check and look

dress well by actually orus the injurious person. You will

know them by their fruits.

Huh?

Do men gether grapes from thorn bushes or fixed from distels?

Even so, every good tree best good fruit, but a

bad tree best bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear

bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit,

I said, thank tister. Every tree that does not bad

good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore,

by their fruits you will know them, isn't it true?

For those of you here who manage people, lead people,

lead groups, you will know After a while, you will

know what is in a person's heart. But it takes

a while first time. You don't know when after a

while do you know that after a while, if you

are not self aware, you will also roughly know us

on your heart because you will go down a certain pathway.

This is why it's a heart issue, not lot issue

in church. Let me go back to the dressing situation

that I share just now. It is not a law

in X wear what you want to wear, do you

know what. We encourage dress your best record. I give

you this top process. If I can dress up for

my boss for work, why can't I dress up for

my God in church?

Why must it be dressed down? Okay?

If again, if if I get an invitation to the

Argon or the Thunstree or the yb or whatever, and

I would you know, but why on Sunday?

Why?

I just give you examples in the are Okay, don't trasa, please,

we love you, We still love you, Okay, but I'm

just I'm teaching right. Uh maybe dressing, I think it's fine.

It's okay, don't worry about it. But any other area

of your life we give got our best amen, and

it's worth it one, it's worth it. I just share

you how or why we should for the hard part?

Can we go deeper? Let's talk about soul? I guys, okay,

I'm doing really good with time or m pja. I

do use a bit more time to explain you guys. Okay, okay, okay, good,

give me a tombs up here. Everybody comes up. Okay, great,

So what is a soul? Let's go into a solar

And I'm not a Bible scholar you know, you have

to ask Spot the man to do it.

Okay.

All I can do is go to concordence and look

what so means. And this is why I found out

it is pronounced sou ke, not so souk.

Okay.

But the any of you here study psychology, clinical psychologists

into mental health, do whatever?

Okay, never mind, you.

Would like to know that the word is derived from

the word psyche because the spelling is p s y

c e psyche psychology And the use of the word

soul in the Bible. Just to study a little bit

about soul and what do so mean? And the Bible

usage of the words. And Mama talks about breath. Huh,

the breath of life carry deeper the vital force which

animates the body and shows itself in breeding soul.

Where do we hear about breath? Friends? Where where do

we hear about breath in the Bible? Genesis? Genesis?

Where when God breathed into Uskay, I'm gonna stop here

a little bit and explain something to you which I've

come to realize about us, and I believe as believers,

I'm gonna take forgot most of you hear I believers?

If you are Christian, and you believe in the Bible,

and you believe in the God of the Bible, and

you believe, you believer, you believe that everything in the

Bible is true, all the way from Genesis until now.

Everything that I'm sharing for you right now will make

sense to you because you will understand the truth, and

the truth will set you free.

And the truth, however, if you don't fully believe in

the Bible.

In the Bible is the beginning of the Bibles or

storytail or. Now you know what the scientists say and

not a big bang and all that kind of stuff.

Do you know that you believe in that? Do you

know that that is all also a fairy tale? They

cannot prove it. They cannot prove it. It is just

an explanation. The athiests came about because Christian's got an

explanation of how creation came. But they don't have so

they have to create something. Okay, you can go and

research it. Okay, I've been doing a bit of reading. Right,

I may not get fully right, but that's why I've discovered.

But the other thing that I've discovered, which is really refreshing,

is that you fully believe in what the Bible says

everything that I'm sharing with right now about breath, about psyche,

about life, about why we should love God, you will

come and give you life, and say, oh wow, I

never saw it that way before. Okay, that's the wonderful

thing about a Bible. And I'll go deeper again. I

see I'm kind of getting it here myself, because this

talks about a renewed mind. Where do you see that, Romans,

we'll read it little, okay. So it talks about breath, life,

that in which there is life.

The soul.

The soul is also the seed of feelings, desires, affections, aversions,

Aurgnans means, oh, let's.

Not do that. Okay.

It's the seed, the soul, the human soul, in so

far as it is constituted that by the right use

of the aids offered it by God, it can attain

its highest end and secure eternal blessedness.

A lot of big words.

By your catch it, God gave you your soul, and

with your soul you can receive blessing from the Lord,

eternal blessedness. Okay, Peace, joy, love. The soul regarded as

a moral being designed for everlasting life. I'm gonna pause

it again and tell you and share this with you.

I also learned a little bit. Remember I mentioned just

now that if we are believers and we fully believe

what the Bibles say from Genesis or Revelation, whatever that

we are sharing is true to us. Do you know

that when you believe in this, you also believe that

there is a God that is a moral being that

determines what is right from wrong. That is called objective morality.

That means whether I know or not, or whether I

realize or not, that is a right from wrong that

is constituted in the Word of God and in life itself.

That means if I do wrong, whether I know it

or not, I will have to suffer the consequences. The

world teaches you subjective morality. What does it mean a Pavian?

I decide why it's right or wrong. I think this

is right. I do this, I think this is wrong.

I do that There is subjective morality. You are not

under any authority. That's what the world do.

I feel.

This is it.

So I do this and this is correct because I

feel that's what the world teaches. What we believe here

is different. Now you have to draw that line the

Bible draws a line very clear, and all of sudden

you set around. You're not sure because we need accepting, yes,

accepting to people because we love them. But we need

to remember that there is truth that we have to

speak in our situation. Right, and if we don't believe

you don't it's fine. No, at the end of the day,

when I say, it's fine, meaning it doesn't affect me much, right,

what you think in I'm just trying to teach, trying

to help us understand that in this world that we

live today, everything is subjective and that's very dangerous.

Everything is subjective. Why is it wrong? Don't know? Of

course it's strong. Don't know why we have to know? Why?

I know because God, the one that is all powerful,

all knowing, all creator, already said the law already. That's

that Jesus came to say, I come to fulfill the law.

He didn't come to go against God's law. No, he said,

I come to fulfill the law. But he gave us

a redemption plan because true Christ, we are we are

not subjected by the law. Okay, that's another thing altogether,

you guys, Okay, okay, Why is this point important? Because

if you believe in the Bible, and you believe in God,

and so far you're following everything I say. Then this statement,

now you will be able to understand because only God

can save your soul. Your works cannot save your soul.

The world cannot save your soul. Only God can save

your soul. Let me give you another reason why only

God can save your soul. Since now you understand that

soul is breath because God gave your soul. God gave

your soul. That's not only He can save you cannot

save yourself. You didn't create your own soul. That's the

truth in the Bible. I'm just speaking truth. Sam one

seven nine. It says for he satisfies the longing soul

and feels the hungry soul with goodness. I give you

this other example for those of you who are believers. Oh,

I don't understand why I lie. You know, I feel

so anxious and so.

Stress.

But then the moment I listened to worship music, the

moment I remember the testimony that God. The moment I pray,

and then I feel this warmth. I feel at peace.

The scripture asmaze it. God satisfies the longing soul. He

feels the hungry soul with goodness. Why only Christians can

be so good? Why only Christians are so I don't

understand why they're so generous? Why do they keep to

a higher moral standard. I don't understand why. Because God

feels your hungry soul as believers with goodness, and out

of the goodness, you got no choice but to let

it go with no expectation. You're catching the scripture quite cool?

Right?

QUI coolright? When criture, I'm like, whoa, this is cool.

Psalms nineteen seven says the law of the Lord is

perfect perfect. I thought about law, right moral. God's moral

is perfect. It converts the soul, converting the soul. The

testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

It's all from God, friends, God's bluepriin of our redemption plan.

Okay, you guys understand my soul is right? Okay, I

hope you do that. Okay.

You see how when you believe, That's how I say,

when you believe in in the Bible, everything flows on.

But when you one, when one thing, a bit of

our I cannot accept it. Then that's why we begin

to confusion. That's why we try and introduce concept. That's

where we go and seek for Bend's wisdom. Friends, I'm

just quoting everything from Bible. No, none of these are

past elving going come out my own concept. I'm just

laying it all and if you accept and you believe,

then you'll be all accepta. That's how Jesus say, he

who has letting me hear well, I tell you, the

more I read, the more like this all makes sense.

It's very interesting. Okay, let me, let me, let me,

let me get through this, Let me get to this.

God's blueprain of our redemption plan has always been to

be safe ourselves.

Do you know what.

Save his brooprine has always been. That is to save

our souls. It is to save us. Jesus say, what

is he Saving's saving our souls? Okay, not our status,

not our belongings, not our material wealth. You know it's

very hard peeled to swallow. No, because right now I'm

renovating my house. I'm spending a lot of money. I'm

looking at my house. I'm like, this is temporal. Once

I dire, none of these methods anymore.

Which is true, the bitter truth. I'm working so hard

on renovations down a stress you know, then they have

to arrange.

Then Monday suddenly have to arrange someone to come because

I'm going to be at the retreat. And I'm like, oh,

you know, oh so much? Why do I do this

to myself? Couse, go ask me to do it. That's

the only okay. But it is temporal. Jesus didn't come

here to save our status. He didn't come here to

save our ambition. He didn't come here to save our

all the temporal things on this earth. Because once you die,

the reality is, once you die and you go all

these things with meth anymore, you do your hurt, your bitterness,

your anger. I remember sharing this with someone. I said, God,

person so stressed out, Oh my boss is this?

My boss is dead. I do this, you know, very hard,

very hard.

And I look at the person I say, do you

know I want to quit your job? All these things

thought anymore.

True?

Once you quit your it's just job. Family cannot quit now.

So if you've got family stressed and too bad friends, right,

But job is that that once you quit, it doesn't

matter anymore. You're not part of the company anymore. You

can go and oh, let's talk about the latest gossip.

But it doesn't doesn't have nothing to do with you anymore. Right,

same like in the earth. We got to remember, friends,

our souls are eternal while everything else is temporary. It's hard,

it's hard, I know, it's hard to catch. That's why

that's the focus. This earth is just a probation period.

It a testing ground, a race we need to finish.

We gotta understand that first. Oh but I like that

is meaningless. No, no, it's not meaningless. Still do your best. Still,

always give your best to God because God has a

plan for you. God has a purpose for you. But

you got to remember that it's temporal. Don't put so

much hope in in things that you know. I think

the encouragement I have with that thought process is when

you do something and you're going to put your entire

life and energy on it. Now think about whether it's

an eternal thing or temporal thing. Parents, Can I talk

to you for a moment? Your children, right that you

help to nurture. You are investing not in the temporal only,

you're investing in the eternal. Right. Remember I shared a

little bit about because I know that a lot of parents,

so I will share it this here.

I can't miss it. Just now.

Remember I share about the culture. Family culture. Uh, you

set the tone of your family culture. Think about it.

Which one is more effective?

You tell them or you practice? You know this answer.

Your children will pick up from you and what you

find important and what you don't find important, they will

not become. You can preach all you want, send them

to Sunday school all you want, do all you want,

but if the parents don't practice, it's not gonna happen. Recently,

my son, uh, suddenly, out of the blue, my eldest son,

don't know why, they didn't want to drink coke water,

started eating healthy.

I'm thinking, what's happening? Man?

You know, boy, you want to have McDonald's. Yeah, yeah,

by bring my own. I don't want to have goodamn,

Like huh. I've never limited them. I have never asked

my wife. I say, something happened it why suddenly?

Like so Nina?

Then you look at me very nicious. She's like, no, man,

because you are Healthyma, Like huh. Really, I've never pressured

my son to do anything.

You know, neither have I.

Okay, you know guys, now, since I'm in a friends

I need to conference here. Okay, something very hurtful. No,

I'm not hurtfuller you know. M BJ it introduced me

as a gym not ready. Oh no, that's so bad.

I didn't have like a family meeting and say, okay, guys,

you know what from now unwords, we all be healthy.

I didn't do that. I didn't do that. I just

did what I think I need to do. But my

son's picking it up. We don't know the power of

our actions.

So my encouragement to you is, see, I'm not I'm

not here to judge your parents because I'm a soon

not perfect. I'm here to encourage you. Whatever you want

your child to pick up, you have to do it first.

If you don't do it first, it's gonna be very difficult.

That is the truth of the matter, you know.

And it's not easy.

Okay, I guys, okay, my last point a renewed mind.

See hart. So so let's say, okay, pa sa wa,

I get it.

It's hard. It's hard issue. Okay. I love God it

all my heart. Yes, fine, that's that's good. Clear. Okay. Now,

my soul, I know God is objective. God, my soul

is made from him. I get it.

I get this concept. What happens now. Well, Roman child

to want to Roman Child wanted to say this. I

beseech you there, for brethren, by the mercies of God,

that you present your bodies a living sacrifice wholly acceptable

to God, which is your reasonable service. Okay, reasonable service right?

And do not be conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may

prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will

of God. There is a renewing of mind that happens. Okay,

ask some of you some questions. Ah, you don't have

to answer them to live your hand, but you just

reflect on yourself. Have you in the past one year

and xbu grown in your faith? Not grown your friendship

and growing your faith? Only you can answer that question

if you have, if your faith has grown, to trust

God more?

If you're not.

I'm not saying more committed to church or no, because

naturally and when you trust, go more. I think you're

more committed to church.

Naturally. I think that will happen because action. No. But

have you grown or not?

If you have, it is a renewing of mine. It

is by no work of human beings. O say yeah,

my leader is so into me and all. But it's

by the Holy Spirit and the renewing of your mind.

As a believer, Oh of us need to grow in

our faith on if we are the same from five

years to go an hour? Something is stuck ready and

we got to find why. It's the thing that we

need to unstart. Have we been listening too much to outside?

Have we have an issue that we have a problem

with church or the people in church? We gotta deal

with it, right, Because what do you say? You know

you're committed in your heart ready, So get all these

things clear. A lot of times you look at external

remember by say, it's always a matter of the heart, right.

But when the heart is in the right place, when

the understanding is in the right place, I know who

to go to, my God, then there will be a

renewer of mine.

Right.

And let me share with you a little bit what

the remnew of mine does to you as a believer.

Our minds need to be transformed and renewed if we

want to follow God's will and experience God in this life.

That's the reality. It has to grow. If God and

the Bible always say, can God heals? God will provide

for you, Okay, I'm sharing all the nice staffer. Okay,

he will make you the heir and not the tail.

Right if God and the Bible always say can, but

we and our minds always say cannot. God, How can

you say you will make me the head and not

the tail when I've been working in this company and

I've been suffering at this boss for the past three

months that you asked me to be here.

Cannot it will not happen. I will make you the

heir and not the tail. You see the contradictory. It's tough.

No, I say it's tough because I also I have

those that lot We've got pray for this person. He

will get here in God's timing. You know, in gost timing.

They're Noah in the Bible I read now when you

pray in God's timing. No, no, I mean you can

refuse me now, but I think this is something that

Christians put there on. I have changed my stance when

it comes to prayer for a healing. I'll just pray

and believe. Of course, if it happens, saying God, we

have I'm not the one healing the person, why, but

I will believe that's so. It happened to day la.

God didn't ask me to pray and say in his timing,

God just say prayer and it will happen.

So I do it. I obey.

See how they renew of mine? But see how crazy

I look like a crazy person? Who am I listening to?

God? Or people? Who do I want to please? God?

Or people?

We've got to decide, you know. If God and the

Bible always say can, but we in our minds always

say cannot. Who do you think will win?

Eventually? Think about it? No, God will win.

Now he will twist my arm. No, God will never

twist your arm. God will never teak your arm when

there's a when you don't believe. That's why when God said, hey, Gyrus,

believe she's dead already? Why you, brother, Jesus, I let

him go. He die ready? When she was, you know, sick,

God still got a chance now dead really no chance? Ready, Jesus, Gyrous, come, come,

let's go. Lord help me with my unbelief. Do you

know Jesus cleared the room with all the unbelievers. Everybody

go out except for the Father, I mean, and some

of my disciples.

And then she was killed.

Cannot Lord? But when the Bible says can who do

you believe? There has to be a renew of mine?

This is where faith comes in France. Where does faith

come in here?

All? Here? What does he mean?

I Trustola? It doesn't make sense. I trust Cola. It

totally don't make sense. But God said, go igola.

Faith.

It is not in faith and bordle faith. Guys, you

think what all of us cannot think? I mean I

cannot think. Hey, hello, I passed Elvina by God. You

know I do reading or no.

Right something?

People say, Oh, no, yealla, you'all follow faith for me?

You do not think, friends, I struggle with the Lord

every time you give me a commandment. No, I reason

with him, but he will win it. Yeah, of the day,

because ok, you win all lot, you win now. But

this is where faith comes in our faith or trust

to believe in God. That is my encouragement for all

of us.

Yeah. I may not have all the answers.

But if you give God your best, and if we

say go, you ask how high you are having faith

in Him? And then you'll see things happen in your life.

Hebrews eleven. One to say, is now faith is a

substance of things, hope for the existence of things not seen,

for by it, the elders obtain a good testimony. By faith,

we understand that the world's were framed by the world

of God, so that the things we are seeing were

not made of things which are visible. It is still

by faith believing in the Bible. It is still by faith.

I have to believe that everything is true. I cannot

cherry pick according to my needs and ones. If I

do that, I will have confusion. But if I fully

believe in everything the Bible says, then I will accept

it fully. But some things don't make sense to me

because I'm a natural human being. And he says in

Hebrews eleven six, but without faith, it is impossible to

please him. For he who comes to God must believe

that He is, and that He is a reward of

those who diligiently sick him. It is a promise that

if you diligiently seek the Lord and you have faith

with him, he will reward you. Not according to what

you think. Lord, give me that million dollars, Please give

me that Lamborghini. Lord, please give me that girl's handing.

Not what you think, but he was serious. What you

but you got a diligionly sick king. You got a

diligion and sick king. It is something that the normal

human mind cannot comprehend in totality. You can't trust me.

Don't make sense right, because especially when we are faced

with impossible situations in our life, it is tough.

You know, when you've got impossible situation, I don't understan and.

Only if you yes down the road, knew like, oh

now I understand right coming your head that cat, that's

the when you I don't understand why you're doing this?

After Oh now I get it. You know how you

wish it will be faster than now? You get it? Right?

Let me share you some impossible situations in my life. Right,

I have no money to get married. I want to

get married. I got no money right last time, younger,

more foolish, can believe God for anything one right?

So got the girl ready? Want to get married? Right?

And I was quite bad. Okay, it was that period.

And I remember talking to Ken and I said baster

He asked me, and so how when I said pasta,

I feel we didn't a manna, we didn't a month?

I think I will pop the question. Friends, I got

no ring, Ana, I got no money to buy the ring?

More important now no savings? Why full time worker? Maa right,

gave everything up for the lot, maan, but so confident,

I think one moment I will.

No. Really, I got the piece and I so bad.

I tell you it's so bad.

I though my wife the time girlfriend, Now she got

we got talk about you're like, oh five shears from

now just to throw off later my father, she's really sad.

Why are you're not serious about it? So tell what happened,

I said, one man.

So happened? I got freelance job. No no, sorry.

Before the freelance job, I went to look for ring first.

How many you dare do this? Go look for ring first?

Or no money in the bang on? Go look look look,

look can look my look it's free my right now

I found something that she'll like. Right, Okay, it is

not five digit guys, but it's also not three digits.

You goa figure ou how much it costs? Kay? No money? Okay?

One week later, prayler, what to do? Pray? Ma don't

make sense? My prayer? Prayer, pray pay.

One week later I got freelance job. The money exactly

how much the ring costs. I finished the freelance job

in two weeks. I got the money. I went bought

the ring that pop the question one testimoney impossible situation

got me possible, seen a lot right, second story, I

can tell you right, not just that provided the ringer.

I got married.

Also, no money one week before I tell you what

business deals are like that. Now it's foolish, right if

you're doing an actual business, is really dumb. Right, one

week before the marriage and again I'm not the super

lavish or whatever, we had about like a twenty thousand

dollars budget for our wedding.

Okay, I'd be honest with you. I'd be like, huh,

I can't get married.

I give you Okay for those that are planning to

get married or goglefriend, let me tell you something that

passes and shared me. That was a real encouragement to me.

Even poor people can get married. Let that minister to you. Okay,

she told me.

Yo.

So one week before ten thousand deficits, pray la pray

was I worried.

I was very worried.

I thought my then wife and I have men, know,

have to like you know, show like you're tougher don't worry, dere,

I woke hard.

You know, I'll sell my car all these things. Okay,

on the day of my.

On the day of the wedding night, when my best

man ko my actually the kanong see, I had the deficit,

but I was quite confident that we can cover the dinner.

So the deficit was above and beyond the dinner. So

I was more concerned that day. The means I really

knew that the definity over there, So I said, hawa.

Then he told me, oh, don't worry the dinner cover

praisecott about God excess, huh how much? Basically we started

our marriage with twenty thousand dollars extra. We started our

marriage guys, all bills fully paid. Who who can tell

me it's not God? I will tell you it's God. Right,

Let me tell you, and I don't you want to

hear TESTI monies impossible situations. God, the wonderful God that

has all power in the world, gifting me with a

child that is on the spectrum.

You know what I mean?

Is right child at autism? Yeah, impossible situation. I can testify.

Now he's going to a normal school, he's socializing with

his friends, he's one of the kindest and most thoughtful

person you ever meet. For those of you who know him,

you know, next next year and do a little bit

of a plug for the youth camp. Me and my

wife were because he's going to puber theatery there with

curious seeing something you know, you.

Know, a big mum moody. Don't see the mummy.

You know, all these things are right this morning she

she felt it, and I say, I think it's time

we maybe we send him to extens you know, and

go for camp next year.

I was like, oh, go for camp.

Then maybe I can go because the pastor man, I

can go and just watch out, you know, whether he

can socialize.

But we're planning things like this. Whoo.

If you are if you understand specialists right, you will

know that these are things that are like not very common.

I can only tell you it's by God's grace, right

I might have shared something might know My mom, my

late mom already God bless her soul. She was stuck

in Brisbane hospital. She didn't intend to be there for

a month, racking up a bill. I can buy houses

a with a bill. Yeah, that's how I expressed it

was right. No insurance stuck there emergency lending long story Aline, Okay, right,

God brought her home to Malaysia in his timing. God

paid the hospital bill. I don't owe Australia anything. Impossible situation.

Let me tell you what that's happening right now. I'm

in the midst of my renovations and I'm moving forward

right still praying for provision. I don't have all the

money here, can I be honest? But God ready and

he's still a water faith.

Okay. So if the Lord challenges your heart, you know

to get king. Okay.

No, I'm not sharing this to you. I'm just showing

you to share. But I have confidence because God has

shown me to start. He has shown me to start.

He provided it, Honey, he said this is a male

I didn't expect it. I'm like, okay, I'm just obeying.

I'm just obeying, not just that supposed to do do permit.

I don't have shared here before. You will have cost

me seventeen thousand according to the court. Right manage to

find a way to do it under I only spend

one for ak That's a big desemoney. You know right,

God provides. I'm seeing that journey.

Why am I sharing with you all this.

For those of us who walk in faith in the Lord,

we understand this is that true? We understand this second

contingitiums five sixty seven says, for we are always confident

knowing that while we're at home in the body, we

are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith

and not by sight. We are confident. Yes, well, please,

rather to be absent from the body and to be

present with the Lord. So, friends, it is worth giving

God our best. I do it every day, and when

there are days I don't do it and I say, sorry, Lord,

I messed up. You know, we fail. Okay, but it's okay.

But that's the desire. I want to give got my best.

I want to love you all my heart because he

saved me a lot of heartache. He saved me a

lot of stress. Right, and in situations that is impossible,

he provides. And do you know that this journey that

we want is not a journey. The Word alone we

have and we need Jesus in our lives.

Amen, it is not a journey. I'm sharing all this thing?

Is that? Okay?

Now, a guys, it's up to you. No, no, no,

The wonderful thing that you say. Hey, Jesus, you're in

my life, Holy Spirit, you're here.

Guide me. I want to give you my best Teach me.

How lead me? How is there anything in my heart

that you need to deal with? Deal with it. I

surrender my heart to you.

And it's not law. I remember I say, it's not law.

There's no law here. The law is in the Bible.

But Jesus came, He came and fulfilled the law. Ready,

whatever we express in church, there's no law here. We

love everybody to accept everybody. How you dress, it doesn't matter,

but your heart matters. That is a decision you have

to make, and that is an encouragement. You want to

encourage you. So when you are challenged by your home leader,

you're challenged by a leader, no where it's coming from.

You're not just trying to keep a law and make

sure everybody looks the same. No, if you live by data, Oh,

I say it, and you answer, if you have if

you come into this place, in this church or any

church for that matter, and you have been living under

law yourself, meaning you put yourself on the law, that's

why you're unhappy. That's why you're unhappy because you're trying

to fulfil a lot. It cannot fulfill. But if you

do it because you love the lot. Wow, guys, that's

a different ball game. Man, that's a different ball game.

You're gonna ask questions how much can I do? But

to see what else can I do? On because you're

doing you love the love You're okay. I need to

I need to look like a Christian. I need to friends.

Don't live like that. It is so suffering live like that.

But you put yourself on the law phone. That's great city.

Jesus come and save ready, you don't have to live

like that. We have made writers in him. You know this,

this this this concept. We don't work for our faith.

We don't do good works because of We do good

works because we already say. We don't do good works

because we need to be say no, you can't save yourself.

We do good works because we already say.

Hebrews twelve one two says, therefore we also, since we

are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, who

are the witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and

the scene we're so easily as nances.

Let us run with endurance the race that was set beforeus.

Who are witnesses here? Who? Oh, Abraham, Isaac Jacob.

Yeah, but let me give you some other names Bassas, Stephen, Sharon, Josiah,

Eric Wesley, different names here, Josephine ja. I don't know whoever,

these are people who are witnesses. We're doing this together, friends,

people have paid the price passa Kenneth. If it's not

he didn't do his thing. We want to be you're

having this. Look around you, there's so many people encouraging

each other to say, let's live for God, Let's give

him our best, Let's do our best, looking into Jesus,

the autorn and finish of our faith, who for the

joy that was set before him and the cross, despising

the shame, and sat down in the right hand.

Of the triumph car.

Friends, today, my encouragement, I hope, I hope we've catched

the wie. I hope we've catched the whe Why we

believe in giving God our best?

Why?

I hope we have let it not be an issue

anymore in your hearts. Lend him out the law. If

you've been living under that as a law, then you

are greatly mistaken. Please don't know he's best offering. You know, oh,

his law, I need to give up. No, no, it's

not law. Would there be days where you fail, Yes,

there will be that. It's okay, but let's give God

our best. It is it five minutes, is it ten minutes,

whatever it is? You know, with this truth, I've really

shifted the way I look at things. Men looks the amount,

God looks at the quality.

Right.

You know, people will ask me. I remember the story

of this young woman that who come in and say, hey,

I want to serve. I want to serve in Extreme.

I want to serve somewhere, but I cannot commit because

in two months time, I'm going to go to America

and I'm going to be there for a while.

And I look at the person, I say, hello, you

got two months. Just use it, just do something.

Yeah, maybe Extreme cannot do something now, at least you

can start getting more people.

And it was how can now?

You know, it's a funny question, how can now? Because

things like rule, I say, yeah, of course, just give

your best. Just do two months and that's it. Give

God your best. The person's serve for two months met

so many people so thankful. After came in from America,

when in extreme part of our church happy the two

months that the person gave to the Lord and not

to me.

You all to the Lord.

You know when you say yes to God and our friends,

and when you say God, I want to give my

best sound, you will never be churching.

I am living testimony in them. So many leaders have

been living testimony in them. That is my chaood.

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