The Purpose Jesus Came | Pr Stephen Kong

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

will light up your day today. I'm going to continue on what I shared

with you last month regarding God's plan. And I'm sure you will know that

our team for this year in our church is that all may know a man

that all may know, and is in relation to evangelism or letting others know

about the good news about Jesus Christ. Amen. And so I shared with

you one month ago when I when I think it was one month ago when

I when I spoke, I shared with you about God's plan. I'm just

gonna give you a quick summary in like one minute, okay, and I'm

going to move on to the next part. So I shared with you about

God's plan. Three parts of God's plan. One was God's plan for his

kingdom. Okay, God wanted okay, the past tens. God wanted and

still once okay present tense to have his kingdom here on earth as it is

in heaven. Somebody say, Amen, that is God's king. That's God's

plan for his kingdom, that his kingdom will be established here on earth.

And without a plan, there would have been no man. Okay, without

God having a plan to establish his kingdom here on earth. You and I

wouldn't exist, Okay. Without a plan, there would have been no man.

And so man was part of the plan. Okay, you and I,

we were part of the plan to establish his kingdom here on earth.

Somebody say, amen, So that was God's kingdom. God, God's plan

for his kingdom. And after that shed with you. God's plan for men.

Okay. God's plan for men, and his plan for men was simple.

When he created the enemy if he told them to populate the earth,

to be fruitful and multiply, and he told them to have dominion and rule

over the earth, over everything on the face of the earth. Man was

supposed to have the dominion over it, to rule the earth. A man

there was found in Genesis. Can go back to the Genesis, I think

chapter one, you will find it that the creation of the world and man,

God's planned for man was also a man will reflect his image and his

glory. So I told you that it's like as though God is looking down

on earth and looking at the mirror, right, and man was supposed to

reflect his image and his glory. In fact, each and everyone of us,

the Bible says that man was created in the image of God. You

can find it in Genesis, in Genesis chapter one a man. So God

made us man and female in the image of God. Okay, so that

was God's plan for men. And I also shared with you the third one,

which is God's plan for redemption. So even though Adam, when they

first were created in the garden, everything was perfect, it was was cool.

God said, it was good. In fact, it was very good.

God said, However, man failed. Man failed of you know,

God said, you can eat off every fruit and every tree in this garden

except of this one tree, the knowledge of good and evil. And you

know the story we can read in Genesis. Satan came and tempted Eve,

and of course Adam was as well, ate the fruit, both of and

I ate the fruit. And you know they failed. And because of that,

sin entered the world, and we were separated from God. Because sin

separates man from God and man I mean because because God cannot tell you sin,

and so sin separated us from God. And so we needed a savior.

We needed a savior. And how many have we know that redemption was

part of God's plan. He had a plan from the from from the start

it was not a mistake. God didn't wake come and say, oh,

no, man failed, I need now, I need a plan. Be

Jesus was already in a plan in plenty. God knew what was gonna come.

So he had a plan for redemption. And so I was just just

gonna read one scripture to you Romans five nineteen says for us, by one

man's this obedience, many were made seen us. So also by one man

capital m this is Jesus, one man's obedience, many will be made righteous.

So God had a plan for redemption. And because Jesus came, he

died on the cross, and he rose again, we can be reconciled.

We've got directly. The veil was torn into two from the top to the

bottom. And so now we have direct access to God. Amen, are

you glad for that? We have direct access to the lot. Today we

can pray directly directly to him and he listens to us praise the Lord.

And so there was God's plan. There was God's plan. So today I'm

gonna move on to the next p which is purpose. Purpose. Okay,

But I thought about it, I prayed about it, and I realized,

as men for us to find our purpose. There's no better way to find

our purpose than to find it in what Jesus did when he was on earth.

There's no better example, because Jesus was a perfect example when he walked

the earth. Because Jesus was one hundred percent men, okay, and of

course he was one hundred percent God as well when he walked the earth.

So I thought about it, and I'm like, sure, why not we

talk Why not let's talk about Jesus. Let's see what Jesus did on the

earth and the purpose in which he came, and likewise we can learn from

him. Is that okay? So I'm gonna present to you six points of

why Jesus came, or I should say, the purpose in which Jesus came

on earth and what we can learn from that as well. So Number one,

Jesus came to do the will of the Father. How many of you

know that Jesus came to do the will of the Father. In fact,

Jesus's primary mission on earth was to fulfill the will of his father in heaven.

There was his primary mission. Everything else that he did was connected to

the will of the Father. So this is the most important. His primary

mission was to fulfill the will of the Father. In fact, if you

read the New Testament, you'll find many, many times that Jesus repeatedly said

that I have come to do the will of the Father. Okay, I'm

going to show it to you in a while. Okay. From his earthly

ministry to his entire life on earth, he was always about the father's business.

Okay. Uh. You know the story. When you know the Passover,

they will go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. And when Mary the

mother of Jesus, and Joseph, the father of Jesus, they were on

their way back home, you know, from Jerusalem, and they thought that

Jesus was among his relatives or among the friends. And they walked and walked

and walked and realized that he's missing. He was not with them such is

relatives, and could not find him. And then he went back to Jerusalem

and found Jesus at the temple. Right, and what do you say,

I must be about my father's business, he asked the part did she not

know? Did she not know that I must be about my father's business.

Let me give another example, when Jesus met the Samaritan woman by the well,

you know the story when Jesus met the Samaritan woman by the well.

You know, the disciples later on came and saw him, and they asked

Jesus. You know, they asked among themselves, has anyone brought Jesus food

to eat? You know? And they asked Jesus to eat. And Jesus

responded in John chapter four, verse thirty four. Okay, John chapter four,

wards thirty four, he said, my food is to do the will

of him who sent me, and to finish his work. Wow, my

food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his

work. So very clearly we can see that Jesus came on earth was to

fulfill the will of the Father. He was obedient to the will of the

Father. Join chapter six, verse thirty eight to forty. If you have

a Bible, why not we all turned to John chapter six, verse thirty

eight to forty. Now I'm gonna leaders to quiet number of scriptures today because

we are learning from the life of Jesus. So I you know, we're

gonna turn to a lot of New Testament scriptures a lot. Okay, So

stay with me. If you have a Bibles, try to turn to the

scripture and I will pause to give you some time to turn if I can.

Okay, So join chapter sixth, verse to the eight. For I

have come down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will

of him who sent me. This is the will of the Father who sent

me, that of all he has given me, I should lose nothing,

but should raise it up in the last day. And this is the will

of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in

him may have everlasting life. And I will raise Moam at the last day.

So here you can see so many times he was referring to the will

of the Father who sent him here on earth. And he has came up

from heaven to do the will, not his own will, but the will

of the Father who sent him. And what is the will of God?

Tewod Peter three verse nine says two Peter three verse nine. The Lord is

not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering

towards us, not willing that any should perish, but all should come to

repentance. It is God's desire and his will that none should perish, and

that all should come to repentance. And that is why Jesus came. He

came to fulfill the will of the Father and to save as many as possible,

to spread the good news, to show us an example of how we

you and I ought to live. Amen. So let me draw a contrary,

you know, or to learn an example from Jesus sees, Jesus came

to earth to do the will of the Father. You and I we are

here on earth. We also ought to do the will of the Father.

Amen. And that is why when Jesus taught the disciples how to pray the

Lord's prayer, he said, our Father in heaven hellood, be your name,

your Kingdom. Come. Your will be done on earth as it is

in heaven. Amen. He thought his disciples to pray that. And when

you and I pray that, we are basically asking God for his will to

be done. Here on earth, we are basically asking God for his will

a man, not our will, but his will to be done. And

his will is that none should perish. So you and I have a part

to play. We have a part to play in this First John chapter two,

verse fifteen to seventeen. First John chapter two, verse fifteen to seventeen.

He says, do not love the world or the things in the world.

If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in

him. For all that is in the world, the loss of the flesh,

the loss of their eyes, and the pride of life is not of

the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing away

and the loss of it. But he who does the will of God abides

forever. Amen. So if you want to bide forever, you want to

find success in all that we do. May I suggest to us do the

will of the Father. Do the will of the Father. Ask God,

Lord, what is your will in my life, in this season of my

life, in this particular junction in my life? What do you want me

to do? What is your will for my life? So I always believe

that God wants to bring us from point A to point B. It's like

it's a journey, right, And oftentimes in our life we tend to go

astray. Right. So if point A the point B is a straight line,

we tend to go straight from God at times, right when we do

things according to our way, we want things our way, you know,

we we ask God to We often ask God to bless what we want to

do, you know, we try to fit God into our plans, you

know, And and so sometimes we make we can go straight from God's spend

in our lives. And then after a while we realize that we've gone astray

and we ask God for help, and God guide us back to the path

in which He wants us to go. Right. And so I always always

think it's a you know, it's it's a straight line that God wants us

to take. And if you can stick close to His will and his path,

you will get to where your destiny that God has for you quicker.

Right. But oftentimes we tend to go a stray from him and we're going

at exact motion, you know. But I pray that you'll always come back

to the path and the will that God has for you. So I got

a quick story to share when I was working in my when I first started

working as a as a working a doubt some of you will know this story.

I started, I mean working in a construction company, right, and

life there is really really tough, and to be honest with you, the

salary is not great. Uh. And so you know, as I was

working, I was in this job for five years and During these five years,

I've had many counter offers, you know, to go to a different

company, you know, this job is paying better. Or this friend of

mine asked me to be a partner of his company and helping somewhere else.

And I would always pray and ask the Lord, Lord, where do you

want me to go, you know, at the start of the year,

at the end of the year, because usually people change up at the time

when the bonus come out, they change up, so I'll ask a lot.

So, yeah, has come to the end. I finished this year.

Lord, where do you want me to go next? I'm really tiring

this job. I'm done. You know, where do you want me to

go next? And the Lord will tell me finish what you started. It's

just one simple sentence, finish what you started. So the project was five

years duation. Every year I asked the Lord, God said, finish what

you started. At the end of At the end of five years, I

knew God was the finisher really, and God wants us to be finishers as

well. You know, we are not called to quit halfway, you know,

and don't quit your job when it's a sinking ship. You know.

Of course, at that time, my job he was quite a sinking ship,

you know, and sort of lot reminded me, finish what you started,

because I realized that God is a finisher, and how many of you

know when he went to the court, he was a finisher right of course,

at the cost. He said, it is finished, right, it

is finished. Praise be to God. He said, eat is finished.

He didn't say I'm finished. If you said I'm finished, we will be

here. But he said it is finished, right, it is finished.

What did he finished? He finished the work in which the Father had sent

him a man. He finished the work in which the Father had sent him.

So I realized that, wow, even God was the finisher a man,

and he calls us to be finishers a man. And so we must

run this race, this race of faith that you and I are on.

It's a marathon. It's it's not a spring race. It's a marathon.

So I pray that you will keep running and never give up on your faith

and keep running. And so I I like to say that whenever you come

to major decisions in life, we always need to seek for the will of

God in your life. Always, especially the major decisions of course big and

small, we should seek the Lord all the time, but especially in the

big decisions. So to continue the story. After five years, the job

was finished. The project was done. It was completed and cut along stor

each shot. My company had no more jobs for me in kel so quote

unquote, the fired me shed asked me to design. I resign, okay,

because they had no more jobs. So I resigned, and I looked

at the lot, Lord, you brought me through this journey. What next?

I'll wait upon you, you know. And that time was MCO COVID

time. It was really difficult to find a job doing COVID, really really

difficult because the economy was down. Everything was down. And I think if

some of you were looking for jobs at the time, it was difficult,

really difficult. So I trust the Lord. I said, Lord, you

brought me on this journey. You will bring me to my next destination.

So I'll wait upon you. So I'll share this testimony with enough wisdom.

Please don't do this. And as a lot tells you to the lot told

me the next job will come looking for you. That's scary. So in

my natural human self, I still want to apply. I said, God,

job will come looking for me, right, that's back up. I

apply first, that's wisdom, wisdom. I got apply first, cut alongsty

Shot. I applied three jobs, one calling for interview. I didn't get

any of them. So I said, Lord, what next? And I

said the job will come looking for you. So I said, okay,

Lord, I surrender. So three months I prayed, I feel like crazy.

Cut along sta Way Shot. Three months later, I got a call,

He's coming for interview my my housemaid. Basically, h you know,

he got to know. He's he's very close with a friend who's a business

owner. Right. I got to know about my background, and he said,

send me a CV. So I send my CV to him. He

sending TV to the guy and he shall call me in. So I kick

you not I walk into the office. They was the one who called me.

Are you not sending my resume to apply? I did not send an

application on linked In or job Street. I do not make phone call.

It was a haitcha will call me in. And you know the story.

I'm now working in the same company for three years now. In three years,

yeah, three years past now, and I can stand before you tell

you without shadow of doubt. I'm exactly where God has called me to be.

I'm exactly where God has called me to be. Because He has called

me, he has he has opened a door for me. So my my

bosses are Christians. We have Bible study in my now office every alternate week.

We pray for our our company, We pray for our business, pay

for one another. We try to reach out to our colleagues, and so

on and so forth, and yeah, and so really I trust that the

Lord will lead and guide you if you seek him. If you seek him,

you will find. You will find him, and he will surely lead

you. And a lot of the why was here? When I say why,

I'm referring to young working adults. Okay, y w A. In

short, why? A lot of why was here have amazing testimonies of how

they find their jobs. Some of them had good offers like me, but

they turn it down because the Lord had better plan for them, or they

felt according to stay here and somebody. And so you can speak to some

of the why was here? You know they will share you, share with

you some of their stories of how they turn down better paying jobs just so

they can serve the lot and to obey the Lord's voice. Amen. And

so, if you want to be successful in life, if you want to

buy it forever. The Bible says, do the will of God. Ask

the Lord where does he want you to go? What does he want you

to do? Who does he want you to share the Gospel with? Ask

the Lord and he will guide you. Amen, there's a promise attached to

it. Romanshap the aid verstened, says Romans eight twenty eight says, and

we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purposes. Amen. And so our

purpose must align to His purpose for us, and then you are possible in

all your ways. So how do we know his will? It's simple.

You know his will by knowing his word. When you read his word,

when you're close with the Lord, you will know what is his will for

your life, and he will guide you every step of the way. Amen.

Our obedience not only honors God but brings us into alignment with His plans

and his purposes for our lives. Do you believe that obedience? Obedience is

key. Obedience not only honors God, but it also aligns us to his

plans and his purposes. Jesus was obedient even till death on the cross.

So we can learn from him as well. My second point is this,

Jesus came to serve and give his life for us. That's my second point.

Jesus came to serve and give his life for us. March chapter ten,

Worth forty five says, for even the sudden man did not come to

be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for

many. Amen. So the sound of man Jesus came. He did not

come as a reigning king. He came as a servant king, servant king.

He came to serve and not to be served. And so the context

of this message or this this phrase that Jesus said, he was actually talking

to his disciples, Okay, And I'm going to show you the context.

Okay. So basically, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Okay,

one of the chef disciples of Jesus, the mother Okay, the mother

went to Jesus and asked Jesus, you know, to allow James and John

to sit at the left and on the right of Jesus. Okay, you

know, in his kingdom. Okay. And of course Jesus said to them,

do you do not know what you are asking? About. You know,

can you drink the cup that I'm about to drink? And of course,

if you read it, James and John said yes, we can,

surely we can, you know. And then Jesus said, you know,

yes, you can drink. You will surely drink the cup. But rather

to sit on my left or my right, it is to the father to

decide, right, I'm paraphrasing. Okay, And then we come to this

verse forty one. Okay, Mark chapter ten, verse forty one. And

when the ten heard it, okay, so there was chop discippers right,

so chop minus two the balance ten. The ten discipers heard it, they

began to be greatly displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them to

himself and said to him, to them, you know that those who considered

rulers over the gentiles lord it over them, and they are great ones exercise

authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you. But whoever

desires to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever of you

desires to be the first, shall be slave of all. For even the

son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to

give his life a ransom for many. Amen. So the son of Man

came to serve and not to be served. So I'm going to speak to

the leaders here for a WHI leaders, all of us here. When we

carry a leadership title, we are we carry the title because we are here

to serve. And who are we serving? We are serving the rest of

you, the church. Right. Great is the burden that we carry so

that we can serve you the church. Amen. So the Bible actually teaches

us, you know, you know, be kind to your leaders, you

know, don't make their live difficult. You can read it is there,

you will find it because we carry a burden of the church. Right.

And I told you that we are all we all have full time jobs,

you know, but we do it as to the Lord. We do it

with joy in our hearts. We do it with gladness because it's a joy

to serve the lot. It's a privilege to serve the Lord. Amen.

So if you're if you're see that here and you say, man, like,

the church is growing, we need more leaders. I want to be

part of it, you know, you know, consider yourself, you know,

you know, join a discipleship, relationship, a harder relationship so that

we can raise you up to be a leader in our church. Amen,

And to help us to continue to serve the Lord and the church and the

needs of the church. Amen. So that so that we can continue to

grow the church for the glory of God's name. Amen. And so the

work is plenty. You know. Just took across our campus and you will

see that there's thousands of students, thousands of students and who are yet to

be rich. And so the work is plenty, you know. And so

as leaders, as your leaders, we are here to serve. We're here

to serve you and to serve the church. And can I say it's not

easy because many of us don't stay in some money. Actually we don't stay

in some mandy. Uh. And today coming into some money was quite jammed.

The traffic it's quite jammed. You know. If we drove in some

many you will know it was quite jammed because of ching. Me I think

people are traveling and so many men was really really jammed. Uh. So

he took me one hour to get here. Uh. And so we really

really pay a price to serve the Lord even and we do it as unto

the Lord. And so I encourage all of you even as you serve,

do it as unto the Lord. Even Christ came to serve and not to

be served. And we can learn from Christ. In fact, he didn't

only come to serve. He also came to give his life for you and

I. He came to give his life as a ransom for many. And

so can I suggest that we two ought to give our lives back to him.

We too, ought to give our lives back to him. Because if

Christ never gave his life in the first place, you and I will not

even have life. If Christ never even gave his life in the first place,

you and I will not have life. But because Christ gave his life,

you and I can have eternal life. Amen. So we recognize that

every breath that we have in our lungs actually comes from him. It is

him who gives us time on earth. You know, we will never know

when we will go. You know. It can happen in the blink of

an eye, you know. And as long as you and I used to

have breath on this space of this earth, we will serve the Lord,

and we will give our lives back to him. A man, we serve

the Lord, not just only in church, but how many of you know

when you serve your brothers and sisters, you also do it as unto the

Lord. You do it as unto the Lord. Let me show it to

you. Matthew Chapter twenty five. Matthew Chapter twenty five, verse thirty four

to forty. Okay, it's quite a long one, so maybe you can

turn do it. Matthew Chapter twenty five, verse thirty four says, Then

the King will say to those on his right hand, come you, blessed

of my father inherit the king or of Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation

of the world. Four. I was hungry and you gave me food.

I was thirsty and you gave me drink. This is Jesus saying, okay.

In my Bible is in grade. Okay, the words are in rade

Jesus speaking. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a

stranger and you took me in. I was naked and you clothed me.

I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came

to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when

did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a

drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in or naked

and clothed you. Or when did you see you sick or in prison and

came to you. And the King will answer and say to them, as

surely I say to you. Inasmuch as you did it to one of the

leasts of this my brethren, you did it to me. Amen. So

we are called not only to serve the Lord, but to self one another,

because even as to serve one another, you are doing it as unto

the Lord. Amen. So Jesus came to self. He didn't come to

be served. He came to serf. And likewise you and I can learn

from the life of Jesus on earth. And you and I are also called

to serve the Lord and self others. While my third point is this,

I'm only halfway. Two. Third point is Jesus came as light so that

believers may not remain in darkness. Jesus came as the light so that believers

may not remain in darkness. John Chapter twelve, verse forty six. John

Child forty six says I have come as a light into the world, that

whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness. I have come as light

into the world, that whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness.

One Scripture John eight versus Chef says, then Jesus spoke to them again,

saying I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not

walk in darkness, but have the light of life. And man, Jesus

says, I am the light of the world. This is just that sound

family for us, because he also says to you and me, you are

the light of the world and the salt of the earth. Right, so

Jesus came as light onto the world, and now we two have a part

to play, because he also says to us in Mattic chapter five, verse

thirteen, okay, that's on the screen. Matchich chapter five, verse thirteen,

you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its

flavor, how shall we be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but

to be thrown out and tempered under foot by men. You are the light

of the world. A city that is set on on the hill cannot be

hidden. Nor do they light a lamb and put it under a basket.

But on a lamb stand and it gives light to all who are in the

house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good

works and glorify your Father in heaven. Amen. So may I say to

each and everyone of you right now you are the sort of the earth.

You are the light of the world, light of the earth and man.

Because that is also given to us. We are to reflect God's glory here

on earth as a church in our community. One question we must ask ourselves

this is this is will we be missed when we are not here one day?

It's a good question to ask, isn't it. Will the church be

missed when you when it's no longer there? You know, I'm not sure.

I'm not sure if all of you know. But our main service location

in DVCC, basically the space that we are renting in in Subuna and DVCC

that venue has been bought over by another owner. Okay, it's been bought

over already, and so quote unquote we lost the space, okay, And

we'll be moving out by next month, I believe, okay. And so

the big question will be will Summit Mall Shopming Shopping Mall miss us when we

are gone? And I can tell you will they really will miss us?

Because on a Sunday morning when we have combined services, the food stores are

packed, you know, even for some time, it is packed. We

are fighting among church plans, chess plan, fighting for a place to sit

down to eat, you know, you know in our church plank group saying

okay, I booked this stall. I'm going to go first again. I

got fifty, but you don't go okay. You know, we're like we

are, we are we're competing among church plans where to go and eat because

there's no space to eat, you know. In fact, the food vendors,

you know, we'll tell our church, hey, if you got combined

services, please let us know you advance because we need to order double and

cheaper amount of food. You know. And when the church is gone from

that that place, the question is will the all miss us? You know,

I hope they will, and I'm sure they will because we bring business

to them. But more than just the business, I pray that the church

has been a good testimony to the to the vendors. You know, I

hope we didn't score them. And when the foot or slow, you know,

but it's a good question to us, you know, even examine,

you know, you never know one day, if it lod moves us to

a different venue, will you need miss us where you need relish miss us?

You know, you never know. And so the church is a lighthouse.

It's meant to be a blessing to the community around to wherever it is

it is located, you know, and people should know about the church.

People should know that we exist here because we are lighthouse. Remember that we

are the light of the world. We actually represent God and we represent the

Christian faith. May I suggest to you, wherever you go, whether it's

in your marketplace, whether it's in your school, whether it's in your campus,

whether you're in the mama, you represent Christ. So we need to

be very careful and very wise on how we live. I'm going to share

you a simple story of how I would say I was very careful with my

words are and ended well. So long, long story shot. I recently

bought an iPhone. I went to the Apple store. I bought an iPhone.

Thank god, I went. I wont an iPhone, and I took

it back home and I opened the iPhone. The next it was a Saturday,

okay, And the next day it was a Sunday. So I didn't

want to get distracted with opening my new phone, and then I get distracted

for Sunday. I was paying for Sunday. It was a Saturday evening,

okay, So I didn't open the phone. I just kept it there and

I focused on on the Sunday on the church vers right, And after I

finished, I got back home. I opened the phone at in the evening,

about five four five pm on a Sunday, and lo and behold the

phone had the scratch on the screen. It's quite obvious. And so I

was like, man, I can't use the scratch phone, right, I

just bought it. It's brand new. So long story shot, I brought

it back to the store and I told the store I would like to get

it replaced. And the store told me, I'm sorry because she walked out

to the walked out from the store already. Any goods that is bought is

normally fundable and cannot be replaced by the way. I'm like, okay,

So I left the store. Can be Can I be placed? Right?

So I left the store and I caught Apple and I complained Apple. Long

story short, Apple say sorry, we can't do anything for you. Please

go back to the store. Okay. So when I was at the store.

Uh. The staff told me to write an email to the to the

management and maybe they'll reply me. So I thought to myself, email nobody

replies emails these days. They would take like one week. You know,

I want this this problem stetter immediately because it's like it's brand new. You

know, I haven't started the phone, so long story shot I would have

I would have okay, So I already email. It's not shut up.

The email was long. I wrote an entire essay documenting what I did.

I opened the phone, there was no damage to the box. Everything was

okay. You know, I opened it. I haven't even started the phone,

and it's really scratched. And and I and I and I wrote my

request very clearly. My request was simple. I wanted a one to one

replacement. That's it, okay. Uh. And then I left it there

and the next day, to my surprise, they called me Apple Store caught

me. Please put into the store. So I walked into the store and

they checked my phone and it's true, it was scrashed, right, And

they told me they gave me a special case today we'll allow you to replace

the phone. You know what he told me. The only reason he allowed

me to replace the phone was because that the day when I went when on

the Sunday when I went to complain about the phone, apparently apparently even I

don't remember, apparently the stuff say, I was very nice. He said,

I was very kind. He said I was smiling in he I'm like,

really, he said, he said, he told him. He told

the boss. I told them the boss you need to have him. He's

a very nice guy. He's just smiling in me, even though it's phone

scratched and he's just smiling. I think it's true. I think it's legit.

You better have him. So the lady that replaced the phone for me

to me right, that was the only reason why the management considered he paying

the phone for me, because they thought it's legit. So I'm like,

man like if that they're right in there and I and I and I blew

up, like do do like maybe I won't get the phone we placed,

you know, you know, but just just it's sufficed to say, like,

you know, I think you and I need to be very careful how

we live. You know, because you you represent Christ and you are testimony

wherever you are, you know, whether you go to a mama store and

the guy gave you a wrong drink whatever it is, you know, so

we've got to be very careful. So that I realized, Wow, just

with a simple act, you could have chan you know, the outcome,

you know, just be that simple act. So I was. I thought

myself, Thank God I kept my cool, and God I kept my cool

even so, be very careful because we are really a testimony. Wherever you

are, people are watching you. And I pray that you have a good

testimony because when people see your good works, they will glorify your Father in

heaven. Amen. By moving on point number four, Jesus came to proclaim

the good news. I got a rush. Now I got a few more

points to go. Jesus came to proclaim the good news. Luke chapter four,

verse eighteen says, the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he

has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me

to heal the broken hearted. Is refraining to Jesus to proclaim liberty to the

captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those

who are obsessed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. So Jesus

came to proclaim the good news. Or in other words, you can't hear

the gospel to the poor, and how may never know what the gospel actually

means. G ospl in short means God's only Son provides eternal life. Gospel

g osp el God's only Son provides eternal life. I'm sure some of you

have heard that before, so we are so Jesus came on earth to proclaim

the good news. Likewise, you and I we have have part to play.

We too ought to proclaim the good news. Mark chapter sixteen, verse

fourteen to sixteen. Mark sixteen, verse fourteen to sixteen. Later he appeared

to the eleven as they sat at the table, and he rebuilt their unbelief

and hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen him after

he had reason. This was after Jesus had reasoned okay and uh. And

he told the women to go and tell the disciples. And they thought they

were crazy. And so Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples minus Judus is covered,

and Jesus said to them. He said to them, go into all

the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Go into all the world

and preach the Gospel to every creature. He who believes and his baptized will

be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. So you

and I have a part to play. Jesus gave the command or the instruction

or the commission to his disciples to go into all the world and preach the

Gospel. In fact, you and I know that it's found in the Great

Commission Matthew twenty eight nineteen. Right, go therefore and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son,

and the end of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I've

commanded you and lo, I will be with you always, even to the

end of age. Amen. That's the Great commission, Matthew, twenty eight

nineteen. So you and I our part to play is to share the good

news with others. Just help people believe a little bit more. That's our

tag line for extras. Actually, did you know that that? What's the

tag line? Can somebody say, well, very good, oh my fun

line or the all the sityd have fun said, you want a card helping

people believe? Right, And that's what we do. Every Sunday or every

other day. Right. It shouldn't just be a Sunday, should be Monday

through Saturday and Sunday. Right. We help people believe, and if you

can help you believe just a little bit more, we have at least done

one part right, man, is to help people believe. How many of

you know? All we need to do is to share the gospel. It

is the work of the Holy Spirit that convicts hearts, and man, it

is the work of the Holy Spirit that convicts hearts. The reason why you

and I are always fearful and scared to share the gospel is because we're scared

of each gohy, not am I the only one coy right? We are

scared of rejection. So may I suggest to you one thing today. When

we share the good news and this person gets safe, God gets all the

glory. Right do you believe? You agree with me? So if you

share the good news and the person doesn't get safe, you shouldn't take the

blame. Think about it for a while. Think about that for a while.

Okay, You and I our part to do is to share the good

news. Of course, you must frailer, must prela. Don't use your

own shine. Okay, share the good news. It is the work of

the Holy Spirit that changes and convicts heart. We can never change a person

really in marriage, they say, what you see is what you get for

marriage. Right, what you see is what you get. Like when you

people think that they go into marriage they can change that person. Believe me,

it doesn't quite happen. Okay, what you see is what you get.

Only God can change your heart. Okay, only God can change someone.

Okay, so yes, just a it's very quiet, Okay, moving

on. So central to I mean, Jesus' mission is central around him spading

the good news, the gospel. Right, how many of you know that

bad news always travel faster than good news always, and so I pray that

we can share the good news so that good news can travel faster. So

I was said at ravel is Kanda, And on this Sunday Samuel was preaching.

Samuel, my twin brother, was preaching, and he said this,

He shed a good news. Did you know that? Now? One month

ago it was announced that you can take your driver's license tests online. How

many if you knew that? Okay, so it's a few, right,

there's a really really good news, you know, did you know. Why

did you do? You know why? It's good news because in Malaysia,

in some driving centers it's very difficult to get a license. When you get

into the car for the test, it is a true storia, someone actually

shed on the Sunday. When you get into into the car, the tester

will ask you which package you want. You want the Power Color Package,

pow Color, MISA, cover all all the fees, okay, cover all

the fees. Are you want a power Color package or you want the difficult

the standard package? So standard package is cheaper, the Power Color package is

more expensive. Why because you're vibing the officer overaday? Okay, So if

you take the Power Color package, come from person. If you take the

standard package, you're fair at least twice. Okay. It happens in certain

centers in Malaysia. Okay, and true storia. I was sitting there at

the line table in one person was showing it. She filled her twest test

twice. The fire told her, you take this part color package. She

said, no, cannot You are Christians? How can we take this package?

I think the standard package? Should? She took the standard package?

She failed? She drive out the instructor as to go back, No need

you talk h second time, she thought she I'll take the standard beckage again

again, she drove out when this time went further went about. Then the

struct as to go back fad. The fighter told her I'm doneaday this third

time. If you fail, you pay yourself. She said, I will

still take the standard package this time. She prayed, God, give me

a mirakele that time is the charm. She passed. So it's getting it's

getting more mortificult to get a license in Malaysia at certain centers. So the

government implemented this this system to to you know, to exercise more integrity and

transparency. So the instructor is actually watching on on on the screen online you

take the driving test. Okay, So it's actually happening now in Malaysia,

announced last month and it's going to start this month. So most of us

didn't know. Right, it's sexually really good news for Malaysians, right if

you need to take a license. Yeah, So bad news really really travel

first. So I prayed it you and I you will play these good news

faster than any bad news. A man don't just share the good news,

it must be accompanied with acts of kindness. And mercy. When you come

to a tough situation, remember this, w w j D. What would

Jesus do? Ask this simple question, what would Jesus do? W w

JD. All right, point number five. Let's go last lap. Jesus

came to seek and save the lost Luke Chapter nineteen, verse nine to ten.

Jesus said to him, today's salvation has come to this house because he

is a son of Abraham, and the son of Man has come to seek

and to save that which was lost. This story, I believe is I

think was this? Let me check out? Was it? Yes? A

Yesias right on the tree, right, yes, I believe it was Zakias

on the tree. Um, let me just double check that revery quick.

Yes, quiet, okay. You're Zaccius who was a chief text collector.

Right, he was shot. He climbed a tree, a sycamore tree,

and he say saw Jesus, and Jesus as him, well, come down

today, we're eight in your house. And he said, and Jacquius said,

I will pay back all that I have taken, you know, And

he'll pay back how many times more? He will give half of his goods

to the poor. And if I've taken anything from anyone by false accusation.

I restored four four. So he had repented on the day itself. He

was a text collector. People hated text collector in those days. E Sechius

repented. He will give back to the poor, and give back four times

to those to whom he has cheated. And Jesus said, today's salvation has

come to this house because he is the son of Abraham. For the son

of Man has come to seek and to say that which was lost. So

Jesus spend time with text collectors. He spent time with the sinners. He

spent time with people who were hated. And the pelacies will always complain,

why is Jesus spending time with the sinners? And what did he say?

He said, those who are well have no need of a physician, but

those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but

sinners to repentance. Is the sick who needs Christ? And how you have

known all over us here need Christ because each of us were born with sin.

We were born with the nature of sin. When a child or a

baby is born, you never need to teach them how to lie, You

never need to teach them how to steal. You never need to teach them

how to cheat. They know how observe any of your niece or nephews when

they're growing up. They know because the nature of sin is in them.

Each of us have that. It's the nature of sin in us. And

that is why we need a savior, a man. That is why we

need a savior, and that's why Jesus came to seek and save that which

was lost. And likewise you and I, we too have our part to

play to seek and save those who are yet to believe. We don't need

to look very far, fans, we don't need to look very far.

Just look at your fans, Look at your neighbors, look at your colleagues,

look at your cosmetes, look at your family. I'm sure you at

least have one person whom you can share the gospel and the good news with.

A man. Okay, last, but not this, Jesus came to

bear witness to the truth. Jesus came to bear witness to the truth.

John eighteen, verse thirty seven. This was just right before Jesus's crucifixion when

he was trial by pilot or pilate, depending on where you come from.

When he was trial by pilot. Pilot therefore said to him, said to

Jesus, are you a king? Then Jesus answered, you say rightly that

I am a king. For this cause I was born, And for this

cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the

truth. Everyone who is of truth hears my voice. And when he said

this, for this cause, I have come into the world, that I

should bear witness to the truth. Another word says in John chapter fourteen,

verse six, Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the truth,

and the life. No one comes to the Father except to me.

So Jesus himself. It's true. Jesus is true. And how many of

you know today we need more and more of the truth. We really need

the truth today because it's very hard to tell what's true anymore today when you

look on social media, when you look at the news, you can't even

tell the news it's fake or true. In fact, when you see a

now a technology is so advanced. Even when you look look at the video

of someone speaking, you don't even know whether it is the person or not.

He has advanced so much you can replicate another person's face and voice over

it. It's amazing, you know. So every time I read the news,

every time I, you know, see something on on Twitter, it

has got x now you know, or any other news source for that matter,

or if you get an SMS. Sometimes I get SMS from the government.

I'm not only sure this is real or not. I ask my my

siblings, do you get THISA is this true or not? You know,

because we are so fearful now, you know, there's a lot of fake

news. There's a lot of scams and peace with Hurricane fool with scams these

days. Okay, you don't talk about that, but you get what I

mean, right, It's just it's very hard to verify the truth today.

How many have you know? Jesus is the truth and in him there's no

lie. We can be one hundred percent certain everything that he says is true

because he is truth itself. He is true a man. So he came

to bad witness of the truth. So likewise you and I, we too

can bear witness of the truth, which is Jesus Christ. This is what

a witness is called to do. When a winness is called to the court,

they can only testify what they have seen, heard, smell, touch,

or experience you know that when you stand before a court, I can't

say, oh, the day I was there and wagent said this, right,

or reagent saw that, you know, I can't say on his behalf

he's not there, you know, or he's not there at the court if

he said something or he saw something. He needs to be there to testify

for himself. I cannot testify on there with him in the court. Right.

And likewise, you and I, our greatest witness for Christ is our

own personal testimony, our own personal testimony of how you came to know the

Lord, how the Lord saved you, and your personal experience with him,

of how the Lord answer your prayer, how he spoke to you, how

he guide your life. And so when I quick story, when I sat

down in one of our my consultant recently, he's not a believer, and

we just over lunch. Right, he's still talking about work, we talk

about life. So ask him where he studies engineering from? He asked me,

and whatnot? Then he asked me a simple question, why did you

join this company? And I just told him, well, God let me

hear, and that's why I'm here. You know. To me, that's

a witness of my testimony to him. You know, just a simple thing

of how I can say how God has led me, and I pray that

the seat is planted right. And so your testimony is powerful. No one

can ever refute your testimony because that's your testimony, it's your person experience is

powerful. Never take it for granted. God has given you a testimony for

a reason. Every test, every child, your testimony, and God has

allowed you to go to the test, that trial, and that testing for

a reason. And with that testimony you can encourage someone else who may go

to something similar. Amen. So today our moral compass in life is really

really blow ultimated. The Bible is a guide. We must always come back

to the word of God because heaven ne will pass away, but the Word

of God will remain. You know, we need to look back to the

Scripture and it needs to be our ultimate guide. Amen. We hope you've

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