An Opportunity in Every Obstacles | Pr Alvin Keng

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

will light up your day. I thought the message is an opportunity in every

obstacle, and opportunity in every obstacle. Okay, and we're gonna turn to

John chapter nine. So if you got your Bibles with you, If not,

you can, you know, smile at your neighbor and say, can

I borrow you know? Can I share with you? John chapter nine,

verse one or twenty five. Now, as Jesus passed by, he saw

a man who was blind from birth, and his disciples asked him, saying,

Rabbi, who's sin this man or his parents? That he was born

blind? Whow the disciples very brutal. They were just walking by this guy

who was blind from birth. You know, why must the Bible be so

specific to write there that he was blind from But there's definitely a reason why

Bible. Don't see me write things without you know, without us one thing

to draw from me? How many of you like you you are sitting down

money or business? Can I use myself for example? Don't know what I

can mess with John today, But let's say me and I'm sitting there,

and then John walks by with Passa Stephen. And then because passus Stephen is

full of wisdom and all, John asks Passus Stephen, who's sin? You

know, pasta Elvin or his parents because he's so fat? Who said yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, That's exactly what happened in the Bible.

The pass this guy, and the guy is blind. You don't go to

a blind person ask the question, right, why did they do that?

They were so brutal? Were they brutal? A bit like moley maa?

You know, no, no, no, Manner said all he was crazy.

But Jesus answered, neither this man nor his parents sin, but that

the works of God should be revealed in him so powerful that replying, I

must work the works of God, of him who sent me while it is

day. The night is coming when no one can work. As long as

I'm in the world, I am light of the world. When he said

these things, he spent on the ground, poet, and make clay with

the sliver. I don't know whether I got mucus or not. Maybe mucus

a bit of mucus land because more more viscussed the the you know, so

when you mix it, clay is more more good. Lad right, just

what the reading you'll be very hard to pick up, you know. So

that's what Hey, that's what Jesus did. Okay, while you're closing your

eyes. So that's what Jesus did. Hey, this is the Bible.

Is what the vibr I think, okay, and what happened. And he

anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. So imagine this.

Imagine you like, hey you okay, I don't know what blind but imagine

this, lad. There's a blind man. Guy that a blind man there?

Okay, from birth? Along come these people. Sonny. There's this

geological question. They're asking, who's seen you or your parents? Well,

sonny, bring your parents in the picture, right, And then you get

the reply. And then I replied the guy that he replies so nicely,

Sonny. You hear a spitting sound no, and then you don't know what's

happening. You hear this guy come up mixing something on the ground, and

then suddenly you feel this clay in your eye sockets. How you feel,

guys, how would you feel? The story over that is very dramatic.

I don't know you read the Bible in that way when getting like, oh

my goodness, how is this blind guy feeling I'm sure he's feeling horrible,

right, And then Jesus put the clay in the eye. And then what

happened after that? What happened? Therefore? Sorry? And he said to

him, go wash in the pool of siloam, which is translated said so

he went and washed and came back saying, Okay, guys, Jesus is

a nice guy. But let me backtragger, you just spit on the ground,

take this clay and put in his eye socket. This guy is blinder.

And he asked him to go and wash himself. How many of you

by now will be super offended. Ready, you didn't just insult me?

Right? Insult? Then? Okay, I can accept you know you want

to show the works of God. Suddenly you put I don't know what you

put in my eye from the floor. No, I don't know what's there?

Right? And you spit? No, Oh my goodness, you speed,

and you asked me to wash myself. Hello, forget you. I'm

going to go somewhere else. A lot of us who have done that ready

by now, when we go to challenges, when we go to obstacles,

we got offended by people. We're giving up right. How can this is

unfair? This is not right? But what happened, guys, let's we

know what happened. That's why you know what happened. So he went and

washed and came back seeing. He went and washed and came back seeing.

Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind. Sid

it's not this, he who said and begged. Some said this is he?

Others said he's like him. He said, I'm here. It's amazing

that they didn't believe it sounds like a rod down. Some said easy,

you know, is he he? No? I'm not sure. You know,

when something amazing happens in your life, and we got most in your

life, but do you know that there will be people that will praise God,

and there will be there that say, cannot be. There will be

people that will say this is from the Lord. You know, John just

not sharing. I remember because we were praying for you know, I I

don't know whether John probably don't notice that. But every time I'm constantly praying

for our young families, you know, especially those that are close to me.

I know I will pray for them when they have challenges, I will

pray for them because it's not easy to take care of a child, you

know. And I'm amazed that God has moved. You know, there was

a powerful testimony about how God moved see the faith. But yeah, there

will be some people that will listen to a cessimony and go, no,

not real, and I cannot be anything like you know, they won't be

able to see as God moving in their lives. Amen. Okay, so

let's read on now. Therefore, they said to him, how are your

eyes open? He answered and said, a man called Jesus, whah,

a man called Mesti. They probably don't know that there was such a guy.

I know, they probably don't know that there was such a guy.

You know. If they knew that Jesus was Jesus, if they knew that

Jesus is this guy that you know, Jesus is quite famous, then you

know, would have gone out this guy that heals, you know, his

name is Jesus later on that probably, but they didn't know, Like I

don't know, a man called Jesus came right. He made clay and anointed

my eyes and said to me, okay, let me pause you a little

bit again. I'm bare phrasing. Okay, I'm not saying that this is

the newest word. But just imaginea you got insulted, you heard a spit

sound, sonia felt clean in your eyes. Do you think in that timer

the man thought that this Jesus was anointing his eyes or Jesus is messing with

him? But why did he say now it's anointed? No, sometimes before

it happens, are we cannot recognize or we are not sure. Whether me,

I don't know. I don't know what he said, no one talking

to him, but what he feel. He probably feel like what is happening.

He probably didn't say, come give me more clean than eye. Do

you think he would be thinking that way? I don't think so. No.

I think he's like, I'm just gonna wash. I'll just gola.

Either that or maybe just maybe this guy is so discouraged in his life again

assumption, Okay, so discouraged her that you know how sometimes some people,

You know, if if he was not this discourager, I think he had

fought back. But do you know how sometimes in our lives we can be

so discouraged that we kind of give up whatever. Keela yellah, my life

is that O? Go watch it? Go watch that follow you like as

though anything will happen. He might be like that. No, it might

have been like that, right. If not, then he were retaliated.

I mean I were retaliated. First you insert me, then you put that

in my eye. Then you know you got me wash it, you wash

for mila hey, And then didn't even he's a blind guy, nod even

didn't even give me instruction. No, those days got ways. Turn left

at the donkey, go five hundred meters and you reach the pull of siloam.

Nothing. I wonder how did the I don't wonder how long did the

black guy took? Jesus left really probably all the thing that happened after that,

Jews not around now. He did the thing. I said, wash

it bye, And everybody was like, what's happening? Who's this guy?

How do you see? They're all like, and they're trying to figure it

out. And they were and they were all trying to figure out what happened.

What happened? Right then they said to him, where is he?

Oh? Sorry, let me see, so you answered, may Clay anointed

my eyes and said to me, go to the pull of siloam and wash.

So I went and washed and I received sight. Did Jesus say,

go to the poor silum wash and you receive site? Nothing, no promise,

nothing, just say go and wash the ice? And he received and

I was like, I can see. Then they said to him where is

he? He said, don't know. He didn't sink and he left.

And then what happened after that? They brought him, who formerly was blind,

to the Pharisees with an lem me see, okay, before I go

there, let me just go to my nose. So, friends, opportunities

are often disguised as obstacles, and that's why so many of us missed them.

Passa Kenna's face is there? Right? You know why? Because he

said it? I said, right, this message from him, so I

have to credit him. Really, often, opportunities are often disguised as obstacles,

right, seeing every problem as an opportunity to work the works of God.

The disciples saw the blind guy and say, who's sin? You know,

I don't know whether this is an Asian thing or whatever, but sometimes

we can be very pessimistic. The first thing we see is the problem,

and it's very normal. It's very human nature. Oh it's me. This

thing is bad. Everything is bad, everything bad right, But Christ had

something else. He saw something else, approaching every difficulty as an opportunity to

reveal God's power. Are we living like that and glorify his name? Let

me let me continue reading and then I'll go to my notes. Okay,

So they brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. Now it was

a sabbath. Ah, why did they bring him? Why did they bring

him to the religious leaders? You know, something happened or some miracle happened,

not in church, and then they brought this guy who's healer to try

and figure out what's happening because it was done on the Sabbath. What was

the sabbath? The Sabbath is a day where they're supposed to rest and they're

not supposed to do anything. So there's a clashity. There's a clash of

theology. There's a clash of understand what's theology. Theology is an understanding of

God. There's a clash of it cannot be How can this must not be

from God because it's happened on the Sabbath. But then only God can heal

the mind, you know, clash clash Right. Then the Pharisees also asked

him again how he had received his site. He again, he said to

them, he put clay in my eyes, and I watched, and I

see how simple the explanation. He put clay in my eyes. I watch

and I see how many times? So I need to tell you you keep

asking me or so it's going to be the same thing. The story is

not going to change. But they were trying to figure out, know how

you know that? Was there something that you know? Was there a special

method? Did you say something? Was there? Someone tried to say,

Was it like, you know, need to eat something, John, you

to eat something that only God will listen to you. You have to do

this, you know what is it? They were trying to figure out.

Therefore, some of the Pharisees said, this man is not from God because

he does not keep the Sabbath. Whoa bo claim? Bo claim? Others

say, how can a man who is a sinner do such signs? And

there was division among them so interesting that they say, because he didn't follow

the rules, he must be a sinner. But then the others say,

but then he hears this guy, how can you deny that? Theological problem?

They said to the blind man again, what do you say? About

him because he opened your eyes, he said, he's a prophet. What

do you say because he opened his eyes? Think about it, guys,

No one was with a blind man. They only could verify that he was

blind because of the people, right, and he's by looking at him.

They know he can see it, right. But the Jews do not believe

concerning him that he had been blind and received his side until they called the

parents of him who had received his side. Wa want to check with the

parents? One no wow, And they asked them, saying, is this

your son who you say was born blind? Then does he now see?

His parents answered them and said, we know that this is our son and

that he was born blind, But by what means he now sees? We

do not know, or who opened his eyes? We do not know.

He's of age. Ask him, he will speak for himself. Okay,

what did the parents say that? They almost say, okay, you know

what, guys, wash hand, Sorry, you go talk to him.

He's old enough. Yes, but this is our sun confirmed. I don't

know how. So see, don't even have time to rejoice and say praise

the Lord, because they're all trying to find for they're all trying to find

where is it? Where is it? Cannot be? This cannot be.

So they want to discredit. You know, it's crazier how people can be.

Sometimes. His parents said these things because why they feared the Jews,

For the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that he was Christ,

he will be put out of the synagogue. Therefore, his parents said,

he's of age. Ask him. So they again called the man who was

blind and said to him, give God the glory. We know that this

man's See how far they want to stretch it. Hey, it's not this

guy's he's God. You've got glory. This guy's a seener. Cannot be,

You've got glory. So it sounds so correct, but it sounds wrong

a little bit. Sometimes it can be like, what is what was the

issue with them? Theological problem? He unswered and said, whether he's a

siner or not, I do not know one thing. I know that though

I was blind, Now I see, okay, So I share just now,

seeing every problem as an opportunity to work the words of God. You

know, as believers of Christ, we have the privilege, an opportunity to

allow God to work in our lives. True of us Okay, you understand

latter, But why sometimes don't happen? Why sometimes don't happen? Well,

let me let me present some thoughts for your Five things for us to consider

before the work works. Okay, five things to consider. The first thing

that we can learn from here. The first thing is a theology problem John

nine two. What was the question that the disciples asked? Who's sin?

This thing happened to the fellow who's sin? Patterns of him? They were

trying to find, you know, and sometimes we can think that way as

believer us when something bad happens, John, and you you must be sinning

regulars. Why that's why you're going through all this problem? Because you sin

right? You say something wrong? Right? Sometimes we can think that way.

Immediately judgment comes up. The disciples will focus on sin as the reason

the man was blind. A lot of times you might see something bad that

happens as a punishment or consequence. And though there are times that this is

true, I'm not saying it's not true. There are times that it could

be true. It's not always the case. It's not always the case.

So why do we go there? You see, it's so amazing how Jesus

looks as things. Oh, you know, because it is a sin.

Therefore God's not going to work for me. Is that a true statement of

theology. That's not a true statementology. God loves you, God will forgive

you. God will come true for you. He doesn't. It doesn't matter

how wonderful your past is or how messed up your past is. The promise

is that when you call upon the Lord and you repent, he will come

for you. The side in the Bible, it says nothing can separate us

from the love of God. No no thing to High, no thing to

Lord, nothing, because God's love will be there. So we got to

have the understanding, Oh, God, you have abandoned me. No,

he has not. He's there. He's there all the time. When you're

sitting, he's there when you're saying, he's there. The thing is,

do we have this perspective I am here so that God can work in my

life. That's my second point, a God perspective. Jesus knew that God

had a plan, he knew it wasn't just a man or his parents,

but the understanding that God is also in the picture. Do we have the

understanding in our lives? Always encourage with this I said. Guys, you

know I always tell people that God is there. How bad your situation is,

are you need to remember that God is there with you? Even not?

Then why we believe us? We have received chrisis as our personal lot

and savior. What does that mean me says to come and save us?

Right? Oh no, when I'm not in church that he's not there?

Oh no, when? But understanding, you have a geological understanding you have

of your faith. You got to be very clear on that now because if

you don't get it there, then it's gonna be a tough for you to

work the works of God because you don't understand. You don't know who God

is. You don't know what he is, You don't know how powerful he

is. You think that it's not going to happen, right or we all

show focused on the Sabbath. You must be the Sabbath. This is not

from God. Friends, Jesus came and healed the man. Do you know

that it's so great now that Jesus didn't come. Oh I forgot to this

the Sabbath. I will come back tomorrow. Sorry, yah, blind another

day. Do you think this is like that? If the answer is no,

why Sometimes we believe that that's the case. You know God perspective.

God is always there. You can always call upon him, doesn't matter where

you're at, call upon Him. Amen. Do we realize that God is

always in the picture in our lives or do we sometimes forget or think he's

not around and we need to fend for ourselves. Sometimes we can get there.

God wants to be involved in every area of our lives. The only

question is do we allow him, do we surrender or there are other things

more important. Don't touch this on God. Don't touch her because the moment

you touch her, I know what I need to do. I would have

to stop doing the things I like to do. So please don't touch our

God. Then we're not allowing God to work the works of God in our

lives. So we've got to have the God perspective. He's there all the

time, and he's there ready to help. Then we can work the works

of God. See an understanding and understanding. That's why it's a theological problem.

First, who's sin? And he says nor about saying guys, you're

missing the point. But then you gotta know God had a plan. Next

point is we gotta know our purpose Jesus knew his purpose to work the works

of God. So we profess ourselves as followers of Christ, do we know

that our purpose is to do the same. Matthew Chapter twenty eight, verse

nineteen to twenty says, go, therefore, make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son of the Holy Spirit.

And do what That's it? Done? Really? Okay? Done?

Baptize d chik up hey converted? Done? No? What's the continuation of

that? I don't wonder you have the scripture? Not? Okay? Next?

No, noways if I'm not mistaken. After the baptizing, then the

nail Father, and now experience and 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. So we've got to follow what Jesus doing. Ah

right. So if Jesus knows who he is, and he knows his purpose,

and we are following him, then shouldn't we know what we're supposed to

do, which is to work the works of God in our lives? Your

catch t knowing our purpose? Let me read the scripture. I must work

the works of Him who sent me what it is? There? You know,

there's another scripture in the Bible that Jesus promises that those that follow me

will do things greater than me. Means whatever that Jesus data, we just

make mud balls and heal people we can, those that follow him will do

better? Know right, well, do better? So we're gonna not a

purpose After that, we got to know the times right, because Jesus knew

the time. He said, works of him, who send me what it

is? Day? The night is coming when no one can work? Okay,

so the night is coming? How can we interpret the night is coming?

Well? I think Jesus was hinting that there will be a time where

we won't be able to work the works of God. Yeah, I think

he's hit things. I mean, I don't know. I'm not a Bible

scholar. I don't you know. But if Jesus said that there must be

a reason why, that means there will come a time that it will be

difficult to work the works of God. You know that you'll be challenging.

I don't know. You know, if you read revelations, maybe you can

find out. Because the Bible also say the Christians will know when Jesus is

coming back, right, just need you see the science. Right. So,

if there's gonna be a time where it's not going to happen for whatever

reason, then when is the best time, guys to work the works of

God? Now? Today? Don't wait till tomorrow because tomorrow might not come.

The time to work God's work in your lives is today. Is today?

The time to believe that God can move in your lives is today.

Now. I was sharing with a PJ that I mean confession now okay,

yeah, I used to say, oh, I pray for you, I

pray for you, I pray for you. I don't do that anymore already

now right when I know there's a name, now, I pray on the

spot. And I know sometimes you see maybe something you've seen me do it.

Here, I'll be asking some question. I'm like, okay, I'm

gonna pray for you now and then people, because you know why not.

I don't know when I'm going to see this person again. I don't know

when, whether or not tomorrow we'll see the person again. I don't know

whether we'll have a chance to meet again. So I better pray for you

now, you know. And of course I fulfill what I say I'm gonna

do la, not just do it. So that's what I try to do,

because because guys, the time is now. Don't wait for tomorrow.

Oh one day, maybe I get all my eggs in the row, I

get all. No, today is a day. Friends. If you don't

know CHRISTI can I tell you this. Today is the day you know him.

Today's the day, you say, I want to follow Jesus. Don't

wait it tomorrow. I'm not sure because my parents. No, No,

today is the day. Today's the day you might miss it. If it's

tomorrow, Today's the day to do it. We always push off one day,

one day, one day. God's saying today, Amen. So we've

got to know the times. Remember I said five things to consider before the

work works. God's work work in our lives. The final one is knowing

our identity. I tell you, identity is a major thing right now in

the world. So many identity things happening. But thank God Jesus know who

he was, right, because he says, as long as I'm in the

world, I am the light of the world. Okay, so he knew

it was he came to bring light to the world of darkness. Christians,

the world is a very dark place now, really it's very dark. We

are here to bring light. We are not here to add darkness. We're

here to speak truth, speak life, bring life, bring light. Yeah,

sometimes we're we're gonna get people will fire us. Trust me when you

speak like people for you because they love to stay in darkness. But we

also know that we're not here to fight against flesh and blood. Let miss

our fights not people are It's against powers and principalities and the Prince of the

end. You know what. There's influence and ideas ideas. Right, we

as believers submit ourselves to the word of God. That's the word, keywords

submit right. I have a lot of people who come, oh, I

don't agree, I don't agree. I don't agree, And I always tell

them it's not about agreement, it's about alignment. I really accepted Christ as

in my personal law and savior. I align myself to him because he knows

better. Right. So we submit to God right, and we are called

to be sort in light as well as his followers. We are following Christ

right. I'm following Christ. Mentel five fourteen tells us that we are called

to be sort in light? Right, are we changing the area we are

on and bringing light and peace where we're at? You know this something I

also want to leave you. I pray that the Lord will use me when

I speak to people, because I myself have benefited from conversations with people.

You know, I've grown through conversations, and big conversations were a powerful thing.

All the conversations that is written here are conversations with Christ and his disciples,

and they get revelation from that. Not really someone nots. The only

someone notes we have here is beattitudes. The rest are all conversations, reflection,

discussion, you know. And then he also said, what, oh,

you are my inner circle, so I can unpack with your which is

great, right, But conversations beyond this conversations. I believe that a believer

will be able to have a conversation with a person and you kind of know

whether this person works with Jesus or not. You'll understand what I mean by

that, Like meanyway you talk to this person, you know, like this

person has met God. Not he has met God, you know, not

in a bad way, no, in a good way. Like this person

have met God, This person has experienced God. This person have the words

of eternal life. That's why the disciples didn't leave Christ. Where shall we

go? We recognize that you have the words of you reternal life. You

know. Sometimes it takes a lot for us to recognize because of what we're

looking for. And I'll reveal a little bit more later, Okay. So

it will be tough to work the works of God if our foundation is not

established. So think about that. Is it a theological problem? A theological

problem is a problem about the understanding of God. Do you understand God enough?

And then it flows right because a lot of times we have theological arguments.

Right when we believe or don't believe in something, agree or don't agree

with something, it is theological, you know. And and the thing is

all I can say is that the best way to base all those things is

God's words. Don't even look at a experiences of people's ideas. Oh,

go back to God's word. That's the Holy Spirit to reveal to you.

But you want to know the one thing that will make it powerful in your

life. When you experience God yourself, then you'll know how he works.

Right. It's one thing saying God loves you, it's another thing God loves

you as a father. It's another thing I remember John mentioned to me one

day. He's like, I think one of the weekends, you're talking,

and he said, I finally now understand the love of God for me because

I understand the love of my love for my son. He gets it.

He knows that he will He's willing to die for his son, and therefore

he understands that God is willing to die for him, which Jesus did die

for him. You'll catch that. He's a deeper theological understanding, not the

spirit word, you know. Oh you know I agree? No, no,

No, experience is powerful right knowing God. That's why if God works

in your life, then you will know him. So allow him to wait

in your life. Amen. And then you see how long do I have?

Okay, I didn't have a chance to do this in PA, but

do we hear you? So how the word works. We'll read John chapter

five or sixty seven. Okay, And this is something that Pasa Kena have

revealed. So I'm just sort of like sharing what he shad. When he

had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay with the

sliver, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man the clay, and

he said to him, go wash in the pull of siloam, which is

translated sand. So he went and washed and came back seeing. Okay,

So how do we start working the words? The first thing is to begin

with whatever that comes out from God's mouth. Of course, sometimes the thing

that comes out from God's mouth is not nice love, because this is spat

on the ground. Sometimes we hear God's word and we get convicted. Now

we don't like it, right, You think it's all, you know,

rainbows and sunshine and unicorns. No, sometimes it's hard. God's word.

It's hard. We're like, oh, his sliver is disgusting, don't know

where to come, mucus or not. So start with that God's word,

God's mouth combined with whatever we made of? What are we made off?

Guys? It's a clear right, what is made of? In your life?

You think about it? I think past can I say this, you

know, because he heard this from someone? You know, when you squeeze

and orange, what comes out orangeice? Right? Does apple juice come out?

What is squeezing an orange? Pressure? Problems, challenges, orange just

come out? Right? When when we go through challenges and pressure and problems.

What comes out is what is already in us, your cash tanner.

When you are being squeezed in your life, the thing that comes out being

squeezed is what is already in you, not what's outside. I remember I

was talking to educator and the person said, you know, they have this

thing for kids where they do pe and they play games, and they said,

it's actually a very good opportunity to teach them values because you see the

real them when they're playing games, you know, And sometimes that's true,

that's probably true for someone's here as well, mixed with what's inside. So

what is inside, guys, God's word mixed with what is inside the clay.

And after that this mixed out God's work my soul. Then what happened?

You gotta apply it? Now you got annoint it. I got to

use it. Something got to happen. Oh, thank you a lot for

your word. I'm so blessed today. And I receive it and I keep

it inside, and that's it. Nothing's going to happen, guys, Yes,

to come out, he has to be applied. Amen, he gives

us. We got to apply it. Annoying What is annoying thing? Annoying

thing? Is what God put on us. Only God can annoy her.

Men cannot go and annoy ano. No, No, only God because the

power comes from him. Right, only God can annoy. But what is

our part? Our part is the active part, which is to use,

apply, do something, take that step of faith. Right. Knowing the

Bible is not as powerful as applying it in your lives. Knowing God's works.

See, you can say, oh, God, speak to me,

speak to me, God really speak to you. Better do something about it.

So we always say you can hear audible voice you like, you better

do something about it. That's why after I learned that, I don't ask

God speak to me, cause I ask you do something I don't want to

do. I don't know what, King, but that there is that partnership.

You know. It cannot be Oh God, what in my life?

And I'm just gonna sit here and relax and don't you know, don't do

anything and just that's it. No, that is the active action, the

instruction, the obedience. Then the miracle happens every time you hear a testimony.

You will hear these tree things in a testimony. There is a word

from the Lord. There is all obedience. Have to obey, one know

how to do something about you. One know Xbu is here because of obedience,

not anything else. That is what happened. Things only happen when there

is obedience. Greater miracles happen when God is involved in it. The miracle

will happen, but obedience have to happen. Amen. The Pharisees also ask

him again how he had received sight, and he said to them, he

put clear in my eyes, I washed and I see friends. The theology

determines the testimony. And I mentioned about theology understanding of God. The theology

determines the testimony. Why the Pharisees were very focused on why it was the

blind man he's seen the parents and that that was what they understood. But

they were very focused on it and why it couldn't have been done. It's

the Sabbath. Jesus is a sinner. It cannot be done. They were

very focused on that. Note. They were missing the point, guys,

they were totally missing the point. Can we sometimes be so blind to what

God is doing and focusing on what's right or how we feel or our past

experiences and understanding that we can miss the point and she can't know I can't

remember. There's another scripture that I was reading before, and I was like,

bring another message about how how the people are just totally missing the point.

God is doing something and they're just not seeing it or is happening in

their faces. You know how frustrating that is. It's so frustrating, But

it's so possible to happen because we can be so fixated over something that we

can totally miss the miracle that God has for us. We can totally miss

what God is doing in our lives, and we live thinking that God's not

there. But He has come true for you many many times. The blind

man, he was focused on what he was before Jesus, what he was

after Jesus. And in between these two things, Jesus is the one that

happened. Amazing. Huh again, testimony, What happened before I prayed,

God spoke? What happened after? Is that simple? It is that simple?

But can we receive it from the Lord? Can we say, Lord,

I want you to move in my life. I'll share a story for

you, just to give you some context. You thought about obstacle, right,

I mean, I think I'm saying this before, but you know,

I'll just shot on me a little bit. So eight years ago, I

think twenty fifteen, I think I found out that one of my sons has

male autism, okay, and I thought it was a punishment from the Lord,

you know, not to say I say no anything, but I'm like,

I received it as a punishment. Why do you have to go through

this? And I had my own journey last six months two years, you

know, but it was an obstacle. It was a major obstacle, right,

and go ahead to deal with me my understanding of God. God,

how can you you know, sometimes we have this question, how can you

allow good things happen? A bad things happened to good people? That's a

question we asked, right, okay, and then Jesus so that the works

of God will work in their lives. Now I can't say that, laughing

that I couldn't say that, you know. And and of course no major

miracle happened. Okay. I just got over it with God. And I

didn't get lied and get over it, but you know, just gonna move

on, okay. And still questions, a lot of questions, still so

many questions, you know. But it came to a point where I really

felt like Hey, you know what, and it was much better already after

one year, two years, I think we've got certain things in order and

things much rather. But I really felt like, hey, the church are

with my own experience the church you have to answer for this precious children,

right, it cannot be out. We got all ministry for this ministry for

that, but especially so nobody talk about you on Cosmolu. They're not I

don't know, okay, I don't know what was the thing. So but

I felt like he cannot be Jesus go answer for everything, but nothing right

and no need that. So you talk about identity, right. I realized

that I was in a very unique position to do something, very unique position

because I had the perspective of a parent and I was a church leader.

So I had two perspectives. I was not just like parent, not not

nice, and you have one perspective for me. Then you're already demanding the

church. You do this, the chess choose you everything for me something It

can be like that or as a church leader you defend, defend, def

I'm not saying event but difficult as somethingice to nevigeate. But I'm like,

oh, I'm sending in the middle, so I know this part and I

know this part, so I know to navigate right, then better I do

something about you la right. And the rest was just moving forward, moving

forward, talk after talk, effort after effort, conversation after conversation, initiative

to initiative. That's eight years this year on the twenty third of March twenty

twenty three. Nice number. But Toohan Caplon has Timothy was formed after one

two years. He was firm and it was like, okay, let's do

something more serious, and we did this, did that, different things,

and then suddenly the blue room came into being right down. Okay, I

just continue to be faithful. Did I know the plan you asked me ten

years? I don't know. I'm just being faithful because God gave opportunity that

I just move forward and now with the little that I have. Really I

know, John said, I know a lot, but I'm like I always

I not enough, Okay, not enough. I don't know a lot.

The only experience I tell people I have is being a father. That's it.

You know. I didn't go for any training, nothing right, but

I tell you the testimonia that I'm seeing happen that come out of this thing

that was an obstacle to me or the opportunity that's coming up now, is

that I've been having very interesting conversations with other parents who are struggling in this

area, not from Chesha, not from Chesha. People that I would never

meet in my life are okay. Recently, I had a chat with my

mom and I think two three months weeks back, and she was like,

and I tell you, how do I paint this in a nice way.

I don't sit and talk to people and give them advice and on. I

just sit and listen, and then the conversation can go through like two three

hours unwillingly, and the percent you tell me, I have never spoken to

anybody about this, only you. Thank you so much for doing what you're

doing. And I'm not doing anything. I'm I'm not doing anything. I'm

just gave me. I'm not really help you. I didn't any offer money

and nothing. But I'm getting their response. I'm like, wow, lord,

this is interesting, you know right. And of course the only thing

I did was tell the mom that is okay, your daughter's okay, your

daughter's gonna get out of this based on what I'm seeing or doing, based

on what I know it looks like you're going the right direction. Don't worry,

shall get better. Don't worry you improve, Don't worry. My son

improved, your daughter is okay. Improve And she's like, are you sure?

Really? Can you be? I'm like, yeah, because I've seen

it happen. Who knows, one day this person will come to know the

lot and the person will have a stronger foundation to go through challenges. But

for now have to just rely on other people. Did I plan for this?

No way, no way I plan for this. It is only true

God. It is because God is working the works of God in my life

and true that others will be blessed. I'm not a special person. I

can be honest with you. All I know how to do is obey.

That is the only thing, no other thing. And I realized true obedience

and faithfulness and experiencing God again and again. You know when you experience it,

God wansa you will be very easy follow him on after that. So

is that willingness to say, God, I surrendered? Can you come true

from me? God? I want to experience you, God. I want

to learn about you more. God. I want to experience you more.

Amen. The Pharisees admitted they did not know who Jesus was. The admitted

they were religious leaders are guys. They probably know more than the blind man

about you know, God's worth the dorah, But they do not know who

Jesus was and were therefore bound by a theology that was totally opposite to what

and who God really was. They didn't know who God was and they were

unqualified to represent him. I will end with this question for us. You

know, most of us here who I believe, are following Jesus. Who

will we be representing today? If that question was asked to you, who

are you representing? Are you representing the world things of the world, you

know, ideas from people outside, all the other famous people outside that we

like to hear. Are you representing them? Or are you representing a certain

understanding of the Bible? Oh? You know, I like this teaching,

This teaching very good. Well all the way. You know, from what

I understand about the Bible, it's God's word. You have you receive everything.

It's not about agreement, it's about alignment, right, but you got

to receive everything. There's no like I only read one part, you know,

I only read Why submit to your husband. I'm very happy with that.

That's it. You know, if you read further, you realize how

stressful being a husband is because it says husband love your wife's like Christ love

the church because Christ gave his life down for the church. I'm like,

wow, Lord, so stress? Why so you need to sum me?

You know, a husband have to scrific you know? Or are we representing

Christ Jesus a Lord and savior when people talk to you? Well, this

might be a bit too confrontational, but what do people see? Let's not

even go there. Maybe let me ask you this question. Do you want

God to come on and to do something in your life? Do you know

that he can today? Don't have the way for tomorrow? I got all

my life, No, guys. The only reason why we pich Jesus because

he is the good News. Whatever problem you have on he can come and

settle for you. But you got to have the right understanding. The Pharisees

had an understanding of God, but they missed the point totally. What is

your understanding of God? Amen? Working the works of God in our lives.

That's the wonderful thing about being a believer. It is not just our

attitude, We got good reputation. You know, I was just watching the

Sticktalk video and this person says something about this. I think preacher says something

about how well their opinion. Okay, maybe maybe it's in the states.

Like ninety percent of the things that happen in church, if you remove the

Holy Spirit, would it still run? You know in the Bibles of those

days are if ninety percent of me are wall even say one hundred percent of

things that they do in the church are the last time. The moment you

remove the Holy Spirit, now you're all crumble and break because everything, every

single line you read was led by the Holy Spirit. Xcell. It says

you will receive power from heaven to be witnesses. For me, I will

send a helper. So when we are in church today, I want to

let you know that it's not just a form, but no power. God

is here, the Holy Spirit is here. There has to be transformation,

there has to be something happening. Whenever we hear John Chad. You know,

although something you feel like, wow, this is so amazing, but

actually it's the supernatural. There is a new normal for us. Shouldn't we

have the confidence to know that whatever we do in Christ will happen When we

pray for the sick, they'll get healed. Or have we been so inundated

with a different kind of theology there we are start they we're so worried about

the Sabbath, not thinking that God can come to day and heal you.

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