Jesus Is For Everyone | Pr Alvin Keng

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

will light up your day. The title of the message today is something that

I am very convicted about personally, okay. Uh. And and I I

I'm a little bit of a rebel sometimes when I when I think about my

faith, because I'm a reversed skeptical person, right uh. And it's very

funny that I'm past up preaching because I'm res skeptical. So I feel God

has a sense of humor. And now I always have this dialogue with human

or me a little faith and I'm a and and sometimes I like to well,

I want to say question, but I like to ponder about certain things,

about certain practices we do, uh, you know, in church,

about about how the church functions in general. And I come to this conclusion,

and this is the title of my message today. Jesus came for everyone.

Let me repeat it again. Jesus came for everyone. Jesus didn't just

come for the middle upper income Christians that work in the city, that no

heal songs, that wear suits and come to church, that can have a

band and lights, and Jesus just didn't come for them. If I can't

remember. Correct, Jesus didn't come for you know, uh, people who

dress a Suddain way or look a certain way or no Christian needs. Jesus

didn't just come, uh, you know, for the people who oh you

know, I I know, I know the scripture. No, Jesus came

for everyone. Okay, I don't know whether y'all are following me or not.

Jesus came for everyone. Okay, let's let's go to scripture. Oh

and and can I can I? Can I encourage you guys bring your bible

to church, bring your physical bible to church. Okay, why let me

let me go deeper a little bit. There are some practicers and this son

I will equate for my Suddenly, I'm like gym browl at that steel is

getting the brunt of it, because every day asking bro, you're gonna go

gym or not today? Anyway. The one thing I've learned picking up this

habit is that there are certain habits that are good that we should do.

That it's not easy to do, and whenever we continue to do it,

it will benefit us. Right for me, thankfully, it's benefiting me.

By yesterday I bought the pants and I managed to buy one size smaller.

Okay, slowly, but surely it will get that. My health has gotten

better. But do you know it's difficult to go to the gym. But

I think I've developed a habit. Habit. Now develop a habit where I

don't go. I feel weird. It's come to the station, she dy,

which is a good thing. Okay, but it's not been easy.

Do you know? Can I share with you as a believer, one of

the best habits you should have is to bring your Bible to church. Okay,

oh, but then we got no no, no, guys, guys,

if you forget to bring or you left it home, and you'll realize

I'm not gonna knock you for that. But I also share that as human

beings, when we continue to entertain comfort, it will become convenience and we

will start taking things for granted. That's the problem human I'm not talking about

you. I'm talking about human beings in general, and and the way to

battle that is to develop good habits right when we when but when we want

develop good habits is difficult. It's weird. People don't understand it. You

know. One of the habits that I've developed is that I will bring my

gym back, you know, to office. Because the moment I bring my

gym back and I dress up, I have to go gym ready. Do

you know that if I don't bring and I don't go, the habit not

gonna continue, right, So one of the habits I want to encourage you,

guys, and I share this in PJ. That course my own people,

right, I can knock them a little bit. I gave them.

I said, guys, can we by the end of this year be a

church right that everybody brings their Bible? Can we be the cow church or

not? Right? And it's not a oh no to be pro no,

no, no, guys. It's so that we can open the Bible.

And I hope that bringing to church and opening is not the first time opening

a weekner. I hope, blah, I hope, because if it is,

then I be worried for you, you know, because you can't just

survive on food once a day, once a week, mon Corona. You

need it constantly, right, You need to get into the work constantly.

That's just our relationship with Christ, don't We will go into some foundational stuff.

If you're getting a bit lost, someone encourage you to bring your Bible,

and if you do not have a physical bible, passes Steven or by

on for you. Okay, I trow it to him. Yeah, he's

done it before. Okay, I have a few Bibles at home ready if

I need to pass it to people. You know, and do you know

that it's more difficult to get bibles now, right, I have this job

Bible, I can run out battery one. You want to know the other

good thing a Bible. When you read Bible, you don't get distracted by

pop up messages. Right, physical Bible. Right, maybe the pop up

message will be the Holy Spirit la, but not another other spirit. Okay,

So please bring your bibles. Make it a point, and you don't

have one, get one, you know. Yes it's gonna be difficult.

Yes it's gonna be inconvenient, but you're developing a good habit. That's my

encuragement for you. Okay. So let's read the word John chapter three.

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi,

we know that you are a teacher. Come from God. For no one

can do this science that you do unless God is with him. So Nicodemus,

while he already taituma, go and see Jesus, right, go and

not all not mourning or why? Of course he's scared. He knew that

Jesus was very controversial. So and he's a leader, so he cannot be

seen talking to Jesus in the daytime, right, you know? But look

at how wonderful Jesus is. Jesus didn't judge him for it, right,

but he recognized, he recognized that Christ was from God. Why because of

the works he did? Do you know that you can recognize as someone is

following Christ by the works in their life. Do you know that? That

also means air? And I hope you guys don't the rasa. If you

do, it's not me okay. That also means if there's no work happening

in your life, are you gotta ask yourself? Am I read following Jesus?

Not because he recognized through the works. Because God God doesn't see in

the middle one it's hot or cold. And for those who follow Christ,

you will see God's works in their life. You will see maybe miracles,

maybe things. You will start seeing things, But when you follow other things,

you will see other things. Right. So he recognized that, and

Jesus answered and said to him most assuredly, I say to you, unless

one is born again, he can not see the Kingdom of God. And

Nicotimus said, how can a man be born when it's old? Can he

enter a second time into his mother's home and be born? Wow? This

guy came saw Jesus say hey, Jesus, right, I know you're from

God and I want to talk to you. And Jesus gave him this mind

blowing thought. Of course, now we all believers, we oh, we

understand what's born again? I hope you do. If you're not, I

will explain it after this. What does born again mean in our contexts?

Okay? And he gave this really crazy idea. You know, huh,

how can you be born again? John? How can you be born again?

You mean you go back into your mother's womb? It gross? Right?

Is he a physical kind of born again? He's confused, and Jesus

continues, He said, most assurely, I say to you, unless one

is born on water and of spirit, Okay, he cannot enter the Kingdom

of God. That which is born of the flesh is the flesh, and

that which is born of the spirits. We see what is Jesus talking about.

That's a clear definition between what born again means. Right, do not

marvel that I say to you, you must be born again. The wind

blows, why it wishes, and you hear the soun of it, but

cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who

is born of the spirit. Nikodimus answered and said to him, how can

this thing be? Jesus answered and said to him, are you the teacher

of Israel? And do not know these things? Or Jesus too much like

you? So Jesus quite sarcastic, or so you know, he asking,

like, Jesus, what do you mean? And He's like, hey,

you are one of the rulers of the Synergo, one of the teachers.

You know the Bible, you know the Word of God. You mean you

don't understand why Jesus be too much? Right? Jesus quite funny, and

he can be sarcastic sometimes most surely, I say to you, we speak

what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive

our witness. If I've told you earthly things, and you do not believe?

How will you believe if I tell you how a many things? One

of the things that I well, I remember pasted sharing this quote. Are

we full of heavenly things? Or are we so concerned with heavenly things that

we have no earthly use? Do you know that we're all here on this

earth for a particular reason? Right, We've got to be very careful,

as believe us, not to be too puffed up with heavenly things. You

know. Oh, let's move in the spirit pass Stephen. Okay, I'm

not mocking it. I'm just saying that, is it just that on me?

Is it just hallelujah? Amen? Or is it more? How are

we as believer us on this earth? Are we sort light? The Bible

constantly talks about this, so Jesus, same thing you before, you talk

about heavenly things? Are How are you on this earth? What come?

Person? You? Right? How are you behaving right? No one has

ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, That is the son

of Man who is in heaven. This is another revelation. Do you know

that none of us here have been to heaven? The last I check we

have never been there. Do you know that it's very difficult to go to

a particular place if you've never been there before. Okay, Josiah, come

to my house. Okay, I stay in Charlam see me there. How

you got waste? Right? I'm not going to give you a dress.

Have you been in my house? You've never. You don't know how to

get there. If I don't give you the address, I don't give you

instruction, I don't give you anything, and I just say I'll see you

there. Do you think Josiah be able to find my place? No,

he won't be able to. He won't know where to go, so he

won't know where to start. Us sow Jesus revelation. Why do we say

that Jesus is the way the truth in life? Because he's the only one

that has seen the Father. The Bible constantly says that he's the only one

that's been to the Father. This world today tells you, hey, you

know, there are many ways, you know, to go to Heaven,

many ways. You just need to be a good person, John. You

just need to do this, You just need to do that. You just

need to do all these things. There are many ways. But I see

all these bodle that tell you all the ways have they been to heaven?

They've never been heaven. This guy has been to heaven. He came from

there. Wouldn't it make sense to listen to him? This is why he's

so confident. I am the only one. I'm the only way. You

don't follow my way. You're not gonna, you're gonna You're not gonna arrive

there. What is our conviction to their friends? There's something I gonna ask

us. Okay, today, I hope that your faith will not be shaken

by your be strengthened right because I'm gonna address certain foundational stuff that I hope

that you will learn. Why we need to get all these things cleared in

our life because if we don't know, no wonder that the devil will always

best you this. Do you know that the devil will not lie outright lie

to you? He won't. Even in Genesis it was not a full lie.

No, it was a half truth, half lie. Do you know

how we are deceived? There has to be a certain amount of truth inside

because outright lie you will not really you will not believe one if it's outright

lie. Let me give you an example, Kennef, do you know that

Passus Steven such an awesome guy? But actually, yeah, he got this

problem. You got this problem. You know his problem is he cannot stop

eating. One can see it. He can see how he cannot stop eating.

Can I also tell you that he don't exercise? You see, must

be true the day I saw him at lunch or so in But can you

see actually passes ye when he's a very fit guy. Okay, he's very

fit. He doesn't he a lot or so, but you see her I

gave you he's an awesome guy with you all agree, but then tell you

you see her. He's always half truth, half flying. This is why

we're a deceive. So you gotta be ware careful. Oh sign up for

this thing. You are going to earn x amount of money. Be ware

careful. You got to know the food truth. Today, I'm going to

share the food truth for you. I hope we can take it right and

I hope that will give you a revelation. Amen. So only true Jesus,

we can go to the Father. And as Moses lifted up the serpent

in the wilderness, even so must the son of Man be lifted up.

That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Wow.

And this is the verse we all love. Okay, and quote a lot.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,

that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God

did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but that

the world true him might be saved. That is why there's no condemnation in

Christ. This is why I say man is inherently good. Right. Why

do I say that? Because we are meaning God's image, But because of

sin, because of the influences of this world, we are affected. Why

is this point important? Because the boss that you so hate, the person

that offended you, God still loves a person and wants him to go to

heaven, and he might use you, the one that has been offended to

reach this person. Why men, Because the Bible ass to forgive because it's

not about you. Can you receive it? This is very important? Okay,

you don't believe like preach about that, Go listen to my last massage.

This is why the Bible says we do not fight against flesh and blood,

but against powers and principalities. It's about the influences of this world.

It's not at people. Yeah, people are weird, but everyone is meaning

God's image. So that's how we look at people differently. You know.

That's how you can hate the sin but not the sinner. You gotta be

able to separate it now. If not, you will be blinded. And

it's very difficult to accept this. Amen. 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 gotten Son. And this is

the confidence that the light has come into the world. And men love darkness

rather than light because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the

light and does not come to the light, and his deeds should be exposed.

But he who does the truth comes to the light that his deeds may

be clearly seen that they have been done in God. So, friends,

let's go back into Genesis. What is God's redemption plan? This is very

important for us to catch as believers, because you can't say I don't believe

in Genesis. There's one revelation I had recently, and I was watching this

guy who is very big on creation science. Okay, what does creation science

mean? It means that believe the science in the Bible. There's no such

thing as Big Bang. Okay, there's no not no such thing as evolution.

Something you might be like, ow can you acceperate it? Because if

you can disprove the Bible's genesis story, you disprove the whole Bible. See

what I mean by a deception. But this science, I mean sure or

not, it's all theory. You know they cannot prove to you know?

Do you know that? Do you know that the palontology cannot prove to you?

It's all theory? Do you realize that? Right? And I've learned

this other thing. I'm very careful now, do not say Bible story because

when you use the word story sounds it's not true. Bible is not story,

it is fact. Right, So we got to understand that. I

can't go deeper into that. But I just give you some little little things

to understand. Okay, And I'm not expecting you to take God and fight

people. Please don't fight people. You yourself learned, use your catch and

if God give you more revelation, then be more confident with your faith,

right, So let's go back. What is God's plan? Well, I

think my slices there. Oh oh not yet, bro, not yet.

So God wanted why he got great human He wanted right a kingdom. He

wanted subjects to worship him. And you know the Adam and you've got in

made. They got it in made. They had all the food. They

didn't have to work, right, they didn't Heaven have to keep up to

the latest fashion because they're always up to date, right, No, no

need that they can live forever. How awesome is that? And they had

harmony you know right, meaning they didn't eat the animals. The animals all

he was super chill. But what happened, What happened, scene came because

all it took was a serpent to come and say, hey, Adam If

more like I talk to If. Do you know that Adam was there when

he was talking to If. He was there all the while, but he

didn't say anything. That's like, guy, sir, the moment, you

keep quiet now and don't say anything and let things happen now. Yealla,

we're all start in this situation now. So many have to lead, No,

many have to lead because you men don't lead, all will go down

the drain, right, So who I blame? I blame Adam, not

just people blame. If I say Adam was there the whole way, he

didn't say anything, and he was there before if he could say something,

but he didn't, why he also hes one whatever that the serpent had to

offer. Hey not yet, bro Chill, chill, chill. I still

take telling story. But unfortunately, despite how awesome life was, there was

still that yearning for something more. See, they had everything, you know,

but they were deceived. Why, hey, God, they don't didn't

say you were sure. God didn't say yeah, I know, he said

you were dire, but you won't really die. You will be more like

him. Do you know that there's a lie? Because God already made at

them. And if in his image they already had everything, they really looked

like God, really, what else? One you? Somehow? But the

serpents say, hey, not enough flower, you need more. That's say

something a minute. Some of your lives you mean, John, you're happy

now you got a baby, and not enough flow. Your house so small?

You need a bigger house, John, John, your shoes, your

shoes is not good enough. Not the littest fashion you need nicer shoes.

Hey, John, what come ipet is that? You know? Even using

an ipet you should get the littlest I pad. You know your life is

not complete deception? Yeah, he really has everything. No do you think

he needs? You? Asked John? Now do you need everything? Maybe

before the sun comer, he wanted what do you want? BS five?

Okay, I don't know what he wanted. Lad, I use my said

example. Before my son came, I see, it was considering shy by

a best wife. The moment my son came, all these things not important?

Really everything. I don't mind spending money on my kids. Not so

good la okay, self control. But there was a change because you recognize

what is not important. But the serpent comes to deceive. So are we

being deceived? Not enough, Steven and not enough? God is so good?

Right, so my job has to be better. He's not enough.

Peace is not enough. I must have something more? So what happened?

Fail? Fail? Now you can press so? Yeah, I really feel

anyway. So first story, God wanted the kingdom, but unfortunately men fail,

and sin came to this world and men became more and more evil.

Friends, I don't need to point finger at anyone. Look at the world

today. Is the word getting better or worse? You ask yourself, No,

it's getting better. Things are awesome. People are accepting everything now.

Is that good? The Bible says men will men? How to say,

men will be God's They want to be God's in their own right, and

they want to whatever that was the scripture, Say again, I forgot the

scripture. I quoted it just now. Basically, they will do things right

in their own eyes. That's what men will do continuously. Do you know

that it's not a new story. It's an old story. Why come,

Noah? Noah? Change to Noah? Oh if the world he's so better

than God, you just wipe out everybody. He tried it once ready,

he really tried it once it got worse, and it wasn't worse right.

Men became more and more evil. They did all kinds of things. And

God was like, God was so disappointed with his creation. Oh, man,

I made this. How many of you have felt disappointed? Right John?

Not yet? Noa, no disappointed your creation, you know? And

and God was like, you know, I feel like wiping everyone out.

But God still has a heart. And he said all in need is one

person, one person that would change my mind, and Noah presenting Noah the

one person that changed his mind, and God said, Okay, this guy's

gonna do it. He's gonna do it. Then Noah did his thing and

got wiped out, wiped out everyone. He did himself. He wiped out

everyone left Noah. And then you know what happened. Because scene is still

around. It's the same problem, no because see is still around. Nothing

changed. Just one few verses down. You read the Bible, read yourself.

Yeah, I'm not gonna go deep into it. Just a few verses

down and I messed up again, fail again, fail again. Then God's

like, how right? Give them the thought of me? Cannot right?

Wipe them out? Also cannot. How so God had to say, you

know what, I have to do it in my way. You know,

I'm not gonna rely on anybody. I'm gonna you know how they say,

you want to get a job done, do it yourself. That's what God

did. That's why we have Abraham, the man of faith. Do you

know that the covenant that God made with Abraham was a covenant God for fear

himself. Do you know that in any partnership, both parties have to you

know, offer something. But do you know in the Covenant that God gave

to Abraham, God set to both sides. God say, don't do anything

because I really trust men ready and I did, and let that know.

Don't let me set everything. I will make you righteous. I will.

You just need to obey me. Just do that one simple thing. Just

obey me. Don't come on here an, I just just obey and everything

will be okay. And then came Jesus. God had to do it through

himself, literally himself. Why because God is the son of Man, son

of God. Right, and Jesus came. So let's see what what is

God's redemption plan? So we have a problem here, Sin. You can

say, Ohvin, but I'm not an awful person. I'm not a guys.

No matter what you say, at the end of the day, we

all still fallen. We have lied before, we have cheated before, we

have had bought bad thoughts before. So don't need to argue you're not an

awful person. I already established that you are not awful person. Just because

they're see now doesn't mean that all you're the worst person in the world.

Sometimes you feel like that, but you're not okay. You're got's creation,

you've got children. Well, once you accept Christ, then you get into

his family. But that's sin. There's a problem here. Sin is the

problem. And we've seen there is eternal what's the punishment of sin? Eternal

death right? And that's what happens. But there is this person that we

should step into and we can't do it ourselves. Noah tried, Adam tried.

We can't. So in the end have to rely on Jesus. So

because Christ, he is sinless, that's what we believe in our friends.

For those who who are believers, And I hope this is not new to

you. Are I hope it is not. I hope you can't know it.

Why am I teaching you this so that the next time someone asks you

what do you believe in Jesus? Are you can share this story with them.

This is just a brich illustration to give us an understanding about our faith.

You need to notice so they can confidently. So then now when you

are confuser, you can go back to say, okay, because of Jesus,

I'm fine, because if not, then the devil come and say,

hey you sure not? You holy? You should know you're good enough.

You need work more. You need to come more. Nothing you can do,

nothing you can do, will make you more clean only by the blood

of Christ. That is our belief. So don't be deceived. Don't be

deceived. There is a purpose, and there's eternal life, but only to

Christ, no other way. And when we step into it, we have

eternal life. There is no condemnation. No, that's why he says here

he didn't come to condemn the world, but he came to save it.

Who are we as believers to condemn each other? Who are we as believers

to condemn other people? Why is that condemnation? Sometimes because we have sin,

that's why. But if we have Christ in us, no condamnation,

guys, no condamnation because Christ is inside Amen. And thankfully we pass from

death to life. So God's redemption plan is Christ can be next life.

And you want to know what it worked? It worked, Praise God.

It worked two thousand years ago. It worked, and that is why we

have the church today, and that is why we appreciate Jesus today. And

that is why different ones here are experiencing God today. Something that happened a

long time ago. We are still experiencing the answer. The grace, the

power, and that is powerful. That is God's redemption plan. This is

why we share Christ. That's why we encouraged toole to share Christ. Amen,

praise Scott. But what is God's strategy? Let's learn a little bit.

Okay, what is god strategy at the end of the day. Next

thing. It's okay, take your time, bro, It's a drum roll

now, because God has a strategy. He has There is a strategy that

God has and we are waiting for it. Yes, his strategy is to

use men and woman, okay, to use back his creation. See,

he made a way ready, and the way is Christ. He made a

way ready. Why Christians so happier even though bad things happen. Why Christians

can not bribena even though everybody does it? Why the moment though? What

Christian kind? The picture? There is an expectation now because it is a

way that has been made by God. It is a way. This is

the way, and he uses his creation. Why do I say that?

Look at how Jesus, guys. If Jesus was the one that would be

used by God all the timer, he wouldn't die there do you know that

he died? He rose from the day he hang out for forty days,

he was around for forty days or why, so that he can prove to

be beple that he's alive, prove to whole proof to all his disciples are,

guys, I'm around. Whatever I've been saying is true, and all

the disciples are were willing to be hell because of the truth. So whoever

that wants to disprove the gospel, friends, can you please don't be so

easily shaken. Whatever we believe is real one, don't be deceived, don't

be unsure. Okay, So he uses people three years three years he showed

the disciples the way. He ate with them. He walked with them.

He said, follow me. That's what Christ did. That's why they knew.

They knew true scripture. He fulfilled scripture. But they also walked with

him. That's why they wrote the Gospels, so that the rest of us

can learn and know this Jesus. That's why the Four Gospels is important for

us. Yes, the whole Bible is, but the four Gospels it is

important. It is the basis of our faith, which is the way,

the truth, and the life. To show the way through Jesus yet yet

right to show the way through Jesus. Because Jesus said, I'm the way

the trouble just now. But no, don't show that. And what is

the strategy is this discipleship. We are very big on discipleship. Ex No,

why are because Jesus did it la. It's as simple as that.

You know how messy discipleship is. It's so messy. You know. One

minute, now, jes say, who do you say? I am Peter,

Peter, the guy closest Jesus. Jesus, you're the son of God,

the creator. Next minute, now Jesus have to rebuke him. Get

thee behind me, Saturn. Wow, next minute, you know this is

discipleship. Welcome to discipleship. Those of you dicipition, you understand this.

One minute you're on a month top. Next minute you cannot rebew. But

Peter still followed Jesus to the end. Why so that he learned the way

and so that he can pass on the way, the way, the truth

and alive Jesus Way. That's why he said follow me. And what we're

following. We are following Jesus, his teachings, his way and God's truth.

Let me tell you what I like the word discipleship and I don't really

like the word mentorship. No use the word men thoring. Mentoring tells you

that I know more than your follow me as a follow Christ follow me.

I don't really like that. Discipleship my is Hey, you know what,

guys, I know a little bit. But let's look to Jesus together.

Do you know there's a difference there. There's a very big difference. Who

is the focus. It's not me here, it's Christ. I don't know

everything, so let's look at what Jesus did. Let's let's follow him.

Let's follow him together. Right. Yes, I'm trying, and I'm the

I'm the I'm the visual representation for you now here, the Jesus that you

know, who is the Jesus that your friends and family can see in your

life. Will you, even there say that you are Christ to them because

we are supposed to look more and more like him. Yeah, following Jesus.

That's God strategy. I'm talking about got strategy. You know. Jesus

came three years show everybody everything, bye bye, and then the disciples are

through the life changing experience transformation. They share the truth to everyone. Can

we go next? Next? Yeah? Next? I already shared this ready,

So can I share another revelation with you? Is it easy being a

Christian? No? No, you know why. Bible already say enter by

the narrow gate. For white it is the gate, and broad is the

way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go by it,

because narrow is the gait, and difficult is the way which leads to life,

and there are few who find it. So, friends, can I

be really honest with you if your life as a believer is super easier?

I a bit not sure whether or not you're really foreign Chrismer, because the

Bible really say it's not gonna be easy. I'm not kissing you are guys?

You know why not? Because it's actually easier to be better and it's

hard to be good, and the Bible says the road is narrow. So

what are decisions you're making as you're following Christ? Follow Christ is not just

coming in chestional. Following Christ is your day to day. That is the

power for full in Christ. He's not going to be easy. It is

not for those of you who want you know, Can I share with you

what is the process? So we normally have a prayer at the end of

the service, to say, hey, guys, if you want to follow

Jesus, you've never received him as your personal law and savior. Right,

you can raise up your hands, will pray together. See it's an indicator.

Pray together. Do you know what happens in that commitment? Because following

God is the commitment. Recently I saw a video he said, do you

know the whole idea about do you believe in God? You know the idea

about believing in God? It's not just all I believe it exists, like

I believe the two Fairy exists, or I believe centix is. No,

when you say I believe in God, now you are saying. What you're

really saying is you believe and you follow every single thing that he says.

No, if you don't follow and just say oh I believe, that means

it's just a thought. You don't fully believe, because fully believing means fully

following. You know that's full belief. Right. It was quite revelational for

me. You know, there is a process that happens when we say Jesus

come into my life. So Nicodemus, Jesus already say born again. Now

we will be born again? Right, So this us so do we get

born again physical birth, and then we become renewed more buff. Now I

got superpower, guys, I'm a Christian. I got superpower. I can

shoot laser out my eyes while whoever I touch you will get here. Is

it just about that? Is it a physical thing that happens? No,

it's not. What is the process? What does Jesus mean when you talk

about being born again? It's a spiritual rebirth. The flesh is the flesh.

We are still fighting against the flesh, but it's the spiritual rebirth.

Jesus said, you were baptized by water and by the spirit sprayce fire,

sprayce holy Spirit. What is water? Whatter baptism? Why is what the

weaptism important for a believer? Even non believers know is important? What is

what the baptism for? Is it for God? Is it for you?

It's for you? You know you know why, because you die to self

full emergent and you are raised as a new creation. It is a physical

symbolic showdown because anybody that goes through what the baptism and comes up, you

know you cannot make the same decision anymore. That's how a lot of people

can hold off water baptism because they still want to play in both sides.

It's true a lot of people, you realize once you go through water baptism

is like not turning back. You know, there's a reason no turning back

right past Stephen, not turning back baptism, because you die to self and

you're raised to Christ and there is a rebirth. It is a spiritual rebirth.

And then you have baptism or fire baptism or the Holy Spirit being affected

day by day. Right, that is the baptism that happens. And what

is the things that things that happen when that happened. What happens when there's

a spiritual rebirth, your mind and your heart is renewed. It's all in

the Bible. Can you go next Romans tilp too, and do not be

confirmed by this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,

that you may prove what is that good and acceptable, perfect way of God.

See religion. Now people say, oh, you learn good things for

us is deeper than that. It's not just about learn good things, do

good things. Though. There is a renewer of mind, no longer evil

but good, no longer darkness but light when you're offered an easy way out

when you break the law, what are you gonna do after you are rebirth

as a believer? What is the decisions you make on a daily basis that

is so important? This why is not easy being a Christian? Guys,

there is a renewing of your mind. And don't worry, You're not doing

it alone. There is some some some things that will die away. But

let's just talk about this a little bit. Your mind will be renewed,

you know. I you know at the end of the day, right when

you become believer, right, you will be transformed. You cannot you cannot

not be transformed. You will be transformed. I've been transformed, you know,

ever since I was married. I'm transformed from young Andenna. I'm transforming.

I'm constantly being transformed. When you follow Jesus, you cannot be not

transformed. So if you are not transformed in between the lives, are you

fully submitted to Christma. That's a good question to ask yourself now, because

those who follow in Christ and they will be changed one and change for the

better, not the worst one. Now, I just tell people is one

of my desires is that I want to grow old to be a you know

when you grow already. I want to grow to be a friendly old uncle

that anybody can come up and talk to one, not the grumpy or uncle

nobody and talk to them. You know, there's just two perfway two good

things out there. Number one is I grow old and not that young la

okay, pray Scott. Second thing is how do I get there? There

has to be a transformation. Another desire I have is that every time I

speak to people, I want to be able to leave the conversation with them

or encourage because I have the Holy Spirit in me. See again, it's

not my own flesh, you know, because to be really honest, right,

my flesh won't be able to fulfil it. One I will fail one.

I'm a very direct but you know me personally, I'm a very direct

person, a red metal of fact person. Now some of you also probably

offend that really, but only through the Holy Spirit that I can change.

Only through following God and walking in the Spirit, I'm able to encour people.

There is that transformation that happens not by my own strength and violation,

but by the leading of God, by the understanding of His word, by

the following his commandments, and by being sensitive to the spirit, I submit

myself. There are a lot of things are my interestive thoughts I want to

say, but it won't come out on no, because the spirit captures it.

Amen. So there's a renewing of mind. This is what I mean

by being reborn. And then what happens next. You shall love the Lord

your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your

mind. This is the first and greatest commonments. Second of the second,

you shoul love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments. Hang all

the long and brophers. Can I share? You're a revelation I had when

I was really young, and gonna be a little bit ball saying this,

But when I was young, I was I also had I mean, we

don't really use the word depression last time, okay, but as a young

person said, last set and there were a lot of times where I feel

very sad. But I don't know why I caught this principle that when I

think of myself, I become allset on woe is me? A lot of

things not going on, but the moment I think about others are and the

moment I think about God immediately it changes. You know. When God shares

this scripture to us, he knew He knows us because when humans continue to

focus on ourselves, right, we will be not happy on but the moment

we think about other people and the more thing about God, the focus not

on our self. It'll be hard to be unhappy about stuff that you don't

think about, right, And you are to know the powerful thing about that,

even God said in scripture metal Sexey three sickly second God and all shape

added to you. The one other thing that I've learned is that when my

focus is on God and other people, I will be fulfilled. Somehow things

will happen, either it's God or whatever. But that's know, this sense

of like lack or know, the sense of like. I mean the word

they use this depression. Now now, okay again, Now I'm not don't

get me wrong. Now, I'm not oversimplifying it. I'm just telling you

what I caught from this scripture. When there's a renewing of your mind and

when your heart is renewed, you take a different perspective about things. But

you want to know what the world teaches you. The world teaches you to

focus on yourself. The world teaches you to think about yourself more. Let

me just use social media as an example, very good example, social media.

What does social media glorify self? Why do we spend so long taking

a photo and putting it online so that people like it. Let's be honest.

And when people don't like and when people don't notice, then we feel

it cause people don't care. Right, where's your focus myself? But when

I just think about artists, it takes a different focus. So this scripture

is very revelation. Now if we catch it. Love the Lord your God

with all your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbors, yourself.

Did you even talk about you? You know? But somehow you be

fulfilled? Amen. And this is the way that Christ has shown us.

So who or what will guide our way? We are not left alone?

Who or what? Let me show you the first one. There are only

two things. Number one is God's word the Bible. Last thing about it

for a moment. Sixty six books written, thirty nine in the Old Testament

and twenty seven in the New Testament. True the span of more than one

thousand years. One thousand years guys, okay, where the authors of the

Bible came from different groups of people, kings, slaves, fishermen, shepherd's

teachers, and even murderers. Some knew each other, especially those that lived

during the time that Jesus is around, but a lot of them didn't know

each other. Yet the words in the Bible does not contradict each other,

and many of their stories flow in chronological order. The words inspired by the

Holy Spirit. That's what we believe in. Friends, it is very hard

to be consistent with such a fact. This is a factor. It's not

even a noa. This is a fact. Why are we still And there

are a lot of people that wants to disprove the Bible. The world is

one thing. To disprove the Bible. People that don't believe you want to

disprove it. Lot, you know, happy man or you you know you

think that we're bluffing people, so you want to disprove it. But how

do you justprove something so crazy? Friends, do not be deceived, Canna,

can I encourage you? Don't be so easily shaken. It passes you.

And you know how the Bible not a real one? Why God's called

contradiction. But what is real in the Bible? Truth? You know,

you know how, you know how sometimes the devil mess you you like I

say, true deception. Right. They won't talk about the testimonies that you

experience, the life to experience, the science that comes. They will only

talk about the things that you're not sure about. So you either educate yourself,

which can be quite have for a lot of us, or where does

your hope lie in the words of men or in God? If you're not

sure about anything, can you please ask God? Can you please talk to

your you know, brothers and sisters here in the church, right, because

then we can protect one another. You want to, he says here Joshua

wanted. The Book of the Law shall not depart your mouth, but you

shall meditate on it day and night. Then you may observe to do according

to all that written for then you will make your way prosperos, and then

you will have good success. Let me give you the second guide, the

Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit just means God's presence. Okay, He's the

helper that was promised to us x one. It says, but you shall

receive power when the Holy spirits come upon you, and you shall be witnesses

to me in Jerusalem in all Juda and Samaria and to the end of the

earth. We cannot discount the Holy Spirit. How are you able to navigate

this world? There has to be this sernmon. There has to be the

Holy Spirit there. You've got to go deeper in your relationship. You gotta

recognize God's presence and his voice. Don't just rely on people. Don't just

rely on me or pastor Steven. You know. Can you not succord your

faith to the pastors or the leaders? Can you take your own responsibility on

your own faith because there will be other things that will come to mess with

you, you know? Right? And again? Now, to be really

honest, I'm also man. I might have said some few things that are

wrong. Are you going to allow me say off your own things to affect

your faith? Can you all think about it? Have your own faith?

Go deeper in the world, ask the Holy Spirit, ask for the sernmon

from the Lord. He will speak to you quite crazy, right his faith?

You want to know the other way around? Guys, are you know

what? Don't listen to anybody. Just listen to me, okay, just

listen to me. I have all the words of truth. Okay, don't

listen to pass Steven or so maybe a bit la. But listen. Make

sure you listen to me only. Don't listen any other Am I saying that?

No, I'm saying please go and talk to the Holy Spirit. Please

talk to other people, you know, because I'm very confident that God speak

to you. You don't have to rely on man. Very confident recognize how

to make those decisions. Amen. Sorry, I'm going a bit over time,

so I'll speak up a little bit. So what do we receive when

we follow Christ? Okay? First thing we receive is purpose romans etuny,

it says, and we know that all things work together for good to those

who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. We

also repeat, sorry. We also receive peace. Peace is one of the

most important things I feel that Christian has. Right, John fourteen twenty seven

says peace. I live with you, my peace. I give to you,

not as the world gives you. Do. I give you to you.

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Only

Christians are have the peace are then no matter how crazy things get that you

guys say this is smile with Christ in the vessel. We can smile at

the storm. Smile, crazy liar, this fellow. The world is going

down and ring you still smilinger. How come you've got such peace on her?

Only Christians have? Why? Bible promises he is very metal of fact.

I'm not even going into the whole or white how No, no,

we're crazy, la, We're not of this Wilmer, but we're in this

world. We receive power Second Conveniance Chap. Nineteen. And he said to

me, my grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect in

weakness. Therefore, most gladly, I would read a boast in fine infirmities

that the power of Christ may rest upon me. And this power that God

gives us is from the Holy Spirit. Power to be witnesses, power to

pray for healing. Why do Christians always believe that we can pray and people

get healed? But what of God? As simple as that God say he

can means? Can? Oh? Do you know? No? Only only

John John got a healing Give no, no, no, Bibel, don't

say that everyone here can pray for healing. That's power? No, do

you realize that that's power? Again? Ah, it is not your responsibility

whether it happened or not that why is God's problem? No complain, go

go why pray? Then you know he can you please do something. But

there's really power. That's why we must do it fervently. The fourth thing,

to me is one of the most important things that we receive when we

follow Christ, which is God's presence. Yes, it's God starts commanment.

But this scripture to me is like very comforting because he says, teaching them

to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo I am with

you always, even to the end of the age. Friends, no matter

how bad life is, no matter how crazy things get, no matter how

sad you feel, no matter how crazy things are. One day, I

don't know whether or not XBO will still be around or not. One day

maybe your friends are going to be true. I don't know what's going to

happen. But Jesus will never leave you. That's a promise. You gotta

hold that closely. People leave you, but Christ will never leave you.

He said, I will be for you until the end of the age,

until you die. You hold on to him. He will hold on to

you. Remember that truth, God's presence. What's stopping us from sharing about

Jesus. Let's just run through a few things. Okay, fear, let's

be on. I'm gonna call it out on other guys. Prejudices, what

race, la, language, maybe social status? Right? All these are

men's construct We want to talk about men's construct. All men's construct the construct

of society. Right. What are the other things that stop us? Maybe

our own mind? Have we subjected our mind to God? Now? Our

want experiences? Oh? You know my boss offended me? La? Yeah,

because off I hope you go to hell? Does that stop us from

you know, from sharing about Jesus. Maybe it's our environment. Not easy

to share about Christ here? Right? Maybe? Yeah, no, no,

no, in ches can in chest can very easy. We just need

to braced a lot. Everything can. But outside my office are very hot,

low environment. Maybe it's people offenses. I give you the example.

Ready. Maybe it's generational gap. Is that when we grow up? Do

you know that wrote music from the Devil? Do you know that the morning?

Now you listening to these kind of things? Everything is the money last

time? Now a sola? Right? Is it generational gap? One of

the things I'm proud of about chests, right, is that we never allow

generational get man to affect the way we relate to people. But it's just

all young people. Hello, I'm not very younger. He's not about young

or older. It's about Christ. Christ came for everyone, right is he?

Our preferences passas Steven and white, so low to white, wear suit

and tie. Now we must be more relevant, must wear jeans, the

latest you know kicks? Right? You think I don't know these terms?

I know one of my things say more happening than her? Becuse I know

all these terms you know? And then right, why we don't like men?

We don't like just your old men's busser? Steven, Can I show

you something that I hope Bassa will share? You preach about power of praise

last week in PJ was a very powerful preaching. One of the things right

that we are proud of in our church is that we dress up. I'm

not dressing up for you, I'm dressing up for the King of Kings and

a lot of lots. Do you think it's comfortable to wear the suit?

Not comfortable? Do you think it's easy upon this suit? There was one

right I forgot I was I was sneakers, right, There was once I

didn't wear my you know now every morning my wife who remind me I was

sneakers. No, I had to borrow someone's shoes. No, God,

I was going to preach that day. Right. It's not easy, but

I do it because of my fiction, because someday I learn in this church

and I'm proud of it. I don't have to look like people out there.

You mean you wear a certain way? You need you look like Christian?

Hello? Are we getting our priorities in order? Why are we arguing

about dressing? Do you know that we accept you no matter what you were

here? We will, but if you come to this church, we will

also teach you. La, I learned that we dress up for the King

of Kings, not for my leaders, not for the people around. I'm

not even dressing up for you. I'm dressing up for the King of Kings.

That is my conviction. And I tell you it's such a powerful preaching

by Passer right about how we believe in it, because we always say,

you know, if you can dress up to go see algon, why can't

I dress up to go see Jesus on Sunday. He's very simple And again,

we're not knocking you. I'm not knocking out of people. People can

do whatever you want to do. But is it just about dressing and preferences?

Oh you're don't sing enough hymns? La? Why only sing extra song?

I singing more? Other church? I don't want name names? Are

that gets stone? Are the chishong ladies? More more? Spirit? Cannot

Why you cant see our own chashonga? So are we allowing preferences to even

affect our unity? Guys? There are certain things that we practice here that

we have a reason to want. You don't know why? Ask as the

CBC CBC canno tell you, I apologize. Ask John John's long you know

be here? You know? But friends, what is stopping us? Let

me take a step back. What is stopping us from experiencing God's love?

Let's think about you. Let's put it in our heart first. What is

stopping us from experiencing al I'm going to finish you ready. Romans eight thirty

five says, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation

or distress, or persecution, of famine or nakedness, or peril or sword?

Romans aid the the eight that the nine says for I am persuaded that

neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor

things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor death, nor

any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of

God, which is Christ, Jesus our Lord. Nothing, nothing can separate

us from experiencing God's love. Your past, you might be still in sin

right now. You yourself can never separate, The world might go down the

drain. Nothing can separate us. Do you know that this is a comforting

thought for us, that nothing can separate us from God's love. Let me

flip it a little bit. What is stopping our non believing friends and family

from experiencing God's love? You think about it, You think about it.

My last point is now, when I read the Bible, may we read

what Christ did. Jesus right, he's such an amazing person. He reached

out to the Samaritan woman. He reached out to little children. That's such

a powerful scripture. Every scripture that's written here is for us to learn something.

You know. No, the children came, Oh Jesus, hey,

hello, Lo Lord is Javis? No No nona kids quiet Chavisa, pleass

don't stop them from coming to me. If any of you here have faith

like that man, you will see the King of Heaven. Wow, Jesus

reaching out. See he's breaking our mindset. He reaches out to your chldren.

Who else he reached out to? Zechias Sekias was the text collector.

Everybody hited him. Everybody knew who he is. Short guy. He had

to compensate for his higher by taking more Texas. Rich guy. Jesus,

go and see the fore little wire batman gossip. You know, say I'm

going to repay tree transform. That is the response of a changed life.

You know, because he met Jesus once. Nico de Mus came in the

middle of the night, scared, scared Jesus, Wow, meet him.

Didn't turn him away, Gyrus and his family. Jesus reached out to him.

Even the rich young ruler there was not name. Jesus reached out to

him. He rejected Christ. There will be some people that will reject you.

Unfortunately, there will be I've come to accept that. Really, even

when I preach you, I know there will be something that will reject It's

okay, I pray to God'll speak to you. He basically reached out to

everyone he comes in contact with. That is a christis friends. I'm sharing

this with you to help us with our mindset. Firstly, we got to

understand our foundation. If you have been a believer for a long time and

you don't catch all these things, I hope today I will give you a

revelation at the end of the day. Is teaching for learning, for understanding,

so that you will not get discouraged, so that you will grow in

your faith, so that if you forget it, I say that day.

Oh okay, I have a few were disguision, Hawa Christ, go back

to Jesus. Hey, my friend, that they ask me why I believe

in Christ? Share him the breach illustration. There are many other tools out

there, not just to share, but also for you to grow. But

more importantly is I give this example in BJ just now, I apologize for

going a bit over time. There was a homeless guy coming in here.

I asked myself this question, homeless guy coming here smells bad? Never bathe?

Am I good to embrace the person? Or am I not more concerned

my soul? Something you think about now? I think God is stirring my

heart as well. To be open in my mind about sound these things.

You got to be really honest, I said, where skeptical, where fast

judge people? But then God go aheads transformed me. He's opening up my

eyes to see more things. So friends, I pray that we will see

that Christ wants to come for everyone, not just as we can enjoy ourselves

here. But it's not just us. He wants to come for everyone.

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