The Life Saving Station | Pastor Alvin

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To Luke chapter nineteen. Okay, Luke, chapter nineteen. We're gonna

read and we're gonna see where God brings us. I

hope you guys are okay. You know, I pray you

guys are fine. And if I've offended you in any way,

I apologize.

It's definitely not me. It's holy spirity.

Okay, anyway, I think I have that that tendency people. Yeah, yeah,

it's the face lad my wife says the eyebrows look

to garrang. Okay, let's read God's word. Okay, Luke chapter nineteen.

Are you guys there only decide?

Decide? Not yeah? Are you guys sayre okay, reluctantly but

well done?

Okay, reluctantly but well done. Then Jesus entered and passed

through Jericho. Now behold there was a man named Zachias

who was a chief text collector, and he was rich,

and he sought to see who Jesus was, but could

not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

I'm not gonna ask any of you feel like that, Okay,

I'm sure not. Okay, so you're honesty. Sorry, the expect that.

I was gonna say that.

It's very interesting that the Bible actually wrote that he

was short loved. Of all the things, the Bible was

that he is shot. Okay, am I so did he do?

He ran ahead climb up into a sycamore tree to

see him, for he was going to pass it away.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up

and saw him and said to him, Zacchias, make Hayese,

come down, for today I must stay at your house.

So he made hate and came down and received him joyfully.

But when they saw it, they all complained, saying he

has gone to be a guest with a man who

is a sinner. Then Zakias stood and said to the lord, Look, Lord,

I give half of my goods to the poor, and

if I've taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I

resolved for for Okay, we're gonna stop there. Okay, how

many of you can relate to this story?

None of you? Right?

Because I asked another question. How many of you know

a text collector here? How many of you are text collector?

You work for LHDN anyone, anyone, no one. If you

are so, you probably won't admit LA. Okay, right, so okay,

let me give you an encouragement. We read this, and

I kind of don't like to use the word story

because because sometimes when we read the Bible and we

take it like a storybook, you know, you say, oh,

it's a story, it's a parable. Not everything is parable.

Now I want to let you know that this is

historical fact because it actually happened. There's actually a guy

named that yeas, and there's actually a guy named Jesus,

like if you didn't realize, and it's not just a

story that feels good, it's not a moral I kind

of don't like saying it that way because if we

read it as a storybook, that's not really accurate. If

you read it as a history book, it is also

not accurate.

Okay. If you read it as.

A encyclopedia and science book, it is also not accurate.

The Bible was not written for all those things. Do

you know what the Bible was written for. The Bible

was written for us to show us a way. It

was written through the span of a thousand or years

and compact, and it still makes sense.

You know how hard that is. That's how you use that.

We use that evidence as a way to say God

is the one that wrote the Bible. Men wrote inspired

by God. Okay, and a lot of things we read here.

It is very important to know what or how are

we reading it, because if you're reading it at a

history book, then we're going to scrutinize it as a

history book.

You'll get that.

If you're reading it as a as a storybook, then

we will take it as a storybook that is optional

to follow or not.

You see what I mean.

So that's how we read storybooks. Right, feels good? Inspired?

H I have options to follow or don't follow. And actually,

because this moral don't really don't relate because I just

ask you a question, how many of you relate?

None of you relate?

Because if you actually relate to it, then you're like, yeah,

I get it, I'm gonna follow it. Okay, So let

me help you all today to try and relate because

this thing actually happened.

Right, have you seen a sycamore tree before?

No? Right?

Probably not? Right? Don't know? Text collector right?

Anyway, If you are, we still love you, Okay, Okay,

I want you to imagine, can can we can we

do like a little like like a little activity, can

or not?

Okay?

Knowing you cross your eyes, but if you're cross your eyes,

you can imagine this person in your life right now.

And I'm sure all of you have this person in

your life that you really really do not like. It

can be a family and member. It's okay, you just

don't like you love the person.

You don't like the person.

Every time I see the person, you're just so like, man,

I can't stand you, cannot understand you being in the

same room. Okay, think about this person. Okay, and now

think about this person. And this person is short. I

know you can't imagine something you're like, Oh but it's short.

Not just short.

Now the in in Chinese use the word young sway,

and you understand that cannot see the phase one you

look at the face, you feel like you're.

A wagged person.

Imagine this person zach Yus was his person, not just

that his day job is a job nobody likes.

Let me let me give you some background.

In those days, the Romans were in occupation right and

one of the ways where they try to I mean,

I mean when you take over. Something is all about economy, money, right,

So they want to collect Texas lat So instead of

they collect themselves, what they do is they appoint key

people within the community that is part of the community

to do the text collection.

And one of the reasons why nobody likes.

Text collectors those days was because it is by a percentage, okay,

So they will asked the text collector to collect a

certain amount and a percentage of that text goes to

the text collector.

Ah.

Now you know they don't like him, right because they

will shave a bit off for themselves.

Who wouldn't do that?

And the thing is the text collector have to decide

because the text collectors were the one talking on behalf

of the Roman Empire.

You know, you get me. No, they're not just workers.

No, they're the ones means if you cross them wrongly,

they can get you in jail or if you didn't

pay them enough. You're like, hey, hell come the moment

you question them, you get in trouble and think about it.

They're still part of the community, you know, and very rich,

and you see them building their houses more and more.

You won't be happy. I'm sure some of you as

I'm sharing this. You're thinking about someone ready, right, you're

thinking about someone ready? Think about it? Right this person?

If this person were to come to x umbank today,

will you be friends?

Sye? Him will be friend? See them?

Think about it? This person that really don't like? But

what did Jesus say when Jesus came to the place.

He looked up and saw him and said to him, zaccheus,

make haste and come down for today.

I must stay at your house. Wah.

I just describe someone that you really don't like that

you can think of, but Jesus say he must go

and hang out and see Heah?

Okay, can I ask you another question? Can you respond? Please? Please? Please?

How many of you here know Jesus?

Ready?

You are safe?

You receive Jesus as your personal and say, well, just

raise up your hands. I can see Okay. If you

have not yet after this, please when we give the

savageant call, I hope that you will respond. Okay, friends,

you are safe? Reday right, Okay, let me read on. No,

so he made Hayes came down and receive him joyfully.

When they saw it, they all complained, saying he has

gone to be a guest with a man who is

a singer. Thinking about it, Jesus came, he didn't want

to hang out with you. He going hang out with

his person. Wouldn't you say the same thing? Ah, Yallah,

go to the pasa, you know, never even come hang

out my house. Never can't chill me go and hang

out in money?

Huh? I pray every day. I surf you every day. God? Right,

and then Jesus go visit him, not visit you. You're

not jealous? Are you so jealous? Right?

He's going to be a guest. And then now it's like, yah,

stood up, not all this pepad right?

Lord? Look, I will give half I goes to the poor.

And if I've taken anything from anyone by false accusation,

I restore for full.

Okay. How many of you like me? Okay?

Maybe you're not like okay, I would think like that

would go sure? Not you say, younila, now you give

four four later you will collect back from me?

Right?

How many of you will assume like this person is

like that? You know, the old dog can't change his tricks, right, right?

The person is so nonsense? Ready you probably think that way.

But what did Jesus say and Jesus said to him today,

Salvation has come to this house because he is also

a son of Abraham. For the son of Man has

come to see and to say that which was lost. Okay,

let me let me make a very controversial statement. A

lot of you here that raise your hands just now

and say you accepted Christ. You're found ready, right, corrac not?

Are you found ready? Are you found ready? Jez didn't

come for you?

Huh what do you mean by that? But it was sinner?

Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah you are. But but your found ready? Ma,

it's not a true question. Now, Yes, Jesus came for you,

but you're found ready.

Man.

Now, so shouldn't he go and catch those that are lost?

Shouldn't we go and catch those are lost? Let me

read the story to all of you, because it says here,

what did Jesus come do this earth to do?

Okay?

And I'm assuming all of us here we are follows

of Christ, so we should have his heart in our lives, right,

because He's say it in Luke nineteen ten. For the

son of Man has come to seek and to save

that rich was lost. So he came to see and

say that which was lost, for those that are gone

for homes. Remember the last chapter about the live saving station.

And since a lot of you here don't go to homes,

I'm guessing you don't know the story. I'll read the

story to you today, Okay, he says, here the life

saving station on a dangerous sea coast, and I will

try my best to act this out because I got pressured,

you know, right. Yeah, anyway, I wrote the script for

Christmas and I'm co directing with another cligula. Okay, so

please come, you know, and yeah, you know, also invite

people to come, because Christmas is one of the best

times to get people to come to church. So you've

been prayed for someone who's nonbelievered for a long time,

or you know, you really want to reach out to

your friends, Just invite them and come la, you know,

invite them, come, and hopefully they will have a good time.

You know. It's okay.

They don't get saved by Christ yet on their day,

because the Holy Spirit works in their lives.

But at least they came to church.

At least they walked in right, all right, Okay, So

he says, yeah, on a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks

often occur, there was once a crude little life saving station.

The building was just a hut and there was only

one boat. But a few devoted members kept a constant

watch over the sea, and we know thought for themselves

when out there, and Knight tirelessly searching for the loss.

Some of those who were saved, and various others in

the surrounding are wanted to become associated with a live

saving station and give their time and money and effort

to the support of his work.

New boats were bought and new cruise train.

The little Live Saving Station grew right like here x

Umbund Live Saving Station.

And then some joined recently.

Maybe the people are friendly, maybe you know, they got help,

maybe people pray for them. Maybe prior to this, you know,

unfortunately the old church or old place that you were from,

you know, either got a problem or hurt or you know,

don't care enough.

And then come here.

Then people care, right, and then you join, and you're like, man,

I want to serve some of us here you say, oh,

I want to serve. I want to I like what

I see. I want to participate. Right, and the little

Life Saving Station grew. Some members of the life Saving

Station were unhappy that the building was so crude and

fully equipped. Well, I you know, in PJ it was hot,

but in here not very hard to find problems are

see how come god, it's not even the front.

Noise the bag? No did you flipp it that a way? Right? Then?

Where the flog got so many you know, strings and all.

So crude, so poorly equipped, and they felt a more

comfortable place to be provided as the first refuge. Hey,

we want to save people. Are must look good? No,

cannot be come here? Then you know, sell them stuff,

rebate you know myself, Jesus right so much. We sure

got big big cross there. Everybody must wear big cross. Right,

so they see cross, they come first time they see

cross right.

Right.

They replaced the emergency costs with bits. Isn't it a

good thing? This chair is not comfortable enough? Flower knit?

Oh Siam chair?

Whow why really you put O Siam chair here? Everybody

sit down? Imagine how many O Siam chairs are there?

A lot like kay?

Or maybe change it to a sofara. Okay.

They replaced emergency costs bits and put better furniture in

the large building.

Now the Live.

Saving Station became a popular gathering phrase for all its

members wouldn't you all like to hang on a chest

of that?

Right?

Nice seats, got coffee, got osiam chair, I will come, right,

we all come. And they decorated the beautifully some more

wall furnished it excluisically because they use it as sort

of a club. Fewer members were now interested in going

to see on live saving stations of the body. He

thir team, I should lah, I want to go out?

A miss is so far?

Right? It's so far? Actually?

How far is it from here? Ten minutes? Fifteen minutes,

fifteen minutes? Father, five minutes? Only you know, if I

want to help people better, I work out and help

and come back.

Ma.

See even Seria agrees to me.

The life saving motive still prevailed in their club's decorations,

and there was a miniature lifeboard in the room where

the club's initiations were helped.

Right about this time, a large.

Ship was wrecked off the coast, and the high crews

brought in cold and how drownd people.

Oh, I think I missed something. Oh.

Fewer members were interested, so they hired lifeboard crews to

do the work. Let's just hire a few full time

workers that got God's calling. Their life to do the

work man. Why must we all do.

Ends or not? It's very ironic. I'm saying this can

sign full time.

Just hire my pastor, Elvin Pasta right, full time, right,

just to let you know, I'm a lay minister. I'm

not higher as a pastor. I'm hiring something else. So

I got two jobs. Right about this time, a lunch

ship was strapped off the course and the hired crews

brought in bottlers of cold, wet, half brown people. They

were dirty and sick. The beautiful new club was in chaos.

So the property committee, Wow, do you have a property

committee here, Ampa, God. Property committee immediately had a shower

house built outside the club where the victims of shipwreck

could be clean up before coming inside, because here also nice.

Today.

They were dirty the same chess, so they better go

outside and shower office. We put it in the budget

so they shower before they can come in there. Don't shower,

cannot come in here. At the next meeting, there was

a split in the club membership. Most of the members

wanted to stop the up life saving station activities since

they were unpleasant and a hindrance to the normal social

life for the club. Y'allah selina. We keep going to

our reach. Right, where got time for ourselves? We must

celebrate more birthdays, you know, mo, But my father's birthday,

my mother's to day, my grandmother's birthday.

Right, we must celebrate all these things. Wrong, we're going

out for no point. Right. We should just focus and

build inside.

Because people are not connected, so we need to connect

people some more.

Right. It was a hindrance.

Some members insisted upon life saving as their primary purpose.

So you have those here or missions. Come on, man, missions,

let's go out. You want to carry your homes, go missions,

let's go. You go full time, liu, since you like

missions so much. But they were finally voted down and

told that they wanted to save the lives of all

the various kinds of people who were cheap. Reading those

wort us, they could begin their own life saving station.

Now you got start one your own, na than they did.

As the years went by, the new station experienced the

same changes, same changes, Grow, grow, grow people like then comfortable.

It evolved into a club, and yet another life saving

station was founded. History continued to repeat itself, and if

you visit the sea coast today, you will find a

number of exclusive clubs along the shore. Exclusive shipwrecks are

frequent in those waters, but most people drown. What did

Jesus come here to do? Why am I sharing this message? Well,

I also have homes and it's not the first time

I'm reading that. And I give you a bit of background.

So my homes was newly planted in March this year.

These homes, these new homes I have before that. Now, friends, Oh,

I tell you I love my own homes right because

my own homes, I also bill on my okay bill

old homes were weird about twenty old people. All the

homies all loved me. I also loved all the homies.

In fact, we meet in one of my homies house right,

and I tell you she's an awesome coke you saw

just down right, Tony and Vonnica. Vonnica is an awesome coat.

She cooks really good un your food and every home

she will cook.

You on your food.

Oh, and I tell you I loved it, you know,

because it was so easy. I go, I share a

few words, you know, we take them sharing word.

You know.

I don't even need to do a ship because I

can't you know, I can't likee Okay I can't. I'm trying.

I'm trying with your heart, you know, play guitar, I can,

but I can't.

Okay, so it's not my thing.

So so so yeah, you know, imagine for good one year,

one year, half year it was and the homes is growing,

you know, homes not going.

It was growing.

It was going bigger and bigger and bigger, like twenty

thirty max.

Then we got kids.

We are growing both in numbers and we're growing also

people multiplying. Course, got babies and all right, so that's happening,

you know, and I loved it.

It was so awesome. Just come do homes go back?

Can right?

I can do that forever. But everybody say, but have

you guys gone through the five four ministry? Hey, the

leaders went through. You'll know what's your five four ministry? Right,

you're apostolic, right and remember, yeah that's Si.

That's what she's doing. What she's doing right now? Can

I sit still one? Okay? My five four ministry? My

I got number one, number two?

Okay, it interchanges, Okay, I think the first time is apostolic,

second one teacher And because of that, can I sit

still long? Because got um students coming to then I

observe God opportunity. And then now I planned it out, guys,

I planned it out because my home is so good. Right,

they're mass multiplimber right, multiply. And then my homies love

me so much. Right, So what I thought I do? Okay,

I tell them, guys, we're going to plan homes and

we're going to reach out to the UM students and

this is what we're going to do.

Okay, we are going to do it.

I will do it, me, my wife, my two kids, right,

and one more leader, and I open it up to

my home's homies. Any of you want to join me

or not. Any of you enjoyment, come, come and join me.

I'm going to go and plan homes. You know, it's

going to be exciting. It's going to be fun, you know,

one month, you know. But let me tell you this.

I'm not going to ask you personally to join. I

want you to pray and ask God and God speak

to you.

You follow me? Okay.

In my mind thinking that because there were two guys

in my huddle, my disciplageship.

That they will follow me with your families. So I said, okay,

after this man, right, let me know what. No one

let me know. Nobody, okay, never mine near mine.

I managed to talk to one of my guys and

that he said, I really told you wherever you go

out followed, so he came.

With the family. So that was in March.

Okay, So it's me, my wife Michelle Tree leaders right,

and two of my kids, no choice are homeschot a

few things to do, right, so my kids will have

to surfer, right. And I can tell you from March

until now, we're running home, sir, because remember I said

I saw God opened door or um I wish I

could tell you. Oh, you know, then the umstorters started

coming and after that we started experiencing growth. Oh, I

tell you you're so good because now we've got twenty

old people friends, one u AM master's student something that

I feel that we're just doing homeswaking money, which I

think it is LA. He's now chairing or so at

least he's helping out with charing.

Right. He's from Nigeria and anyway.

One one not Yeah, for the first six months are

and do you know how difficult homes is now for me?

I have to worship late no, Oh, my goodness, I

pity my homies. No, I think they're probably saying a

lot faster. First finish worship. You know, don't know whether

bring God's presence or all the kind of presence. Then

let me tell you how we arrange because sharing word

and worship leaders do not. Just leaders stup because no

one else can do right, so we just take them off.

So how we plan it is, okay, Michelle, you want

to share word for which day? What don't you do

this day?

This day? Then I'll do it.

We never stop on because it's been three vers and

he and then the thing is, my wife cannot play instrument,

she can al worship late Michelle can play a little bit.

So who do it? Every week?

Hallelujah? And I'm asking myself why God did I put

myself in this situation? Why I could have enjoyed just

having you know, every time I see monicaid Monica, I

really miss your your cookie and then food also where

said that? Okay, at least now I'm Michelle actually is

Ronica's daughter. Now she's doing a cooking la. Okay, okay, okay,

I can I can still got luck, so right.

Now I also prepare food sometimes?

Why am I sharing this to you because I was

a little bit discouraged from very comfortable to super uncomfortable.

I haven't even talked about logistics with my kids yet.

It's crazy, logistics crazy. Either my wife to fetch or

I have to fetch because my workplace is in subang

My kids is either in Tamandesa because the you know,

in lost for them, or they will stave me. So

I'm to choose to wish that I want. Either I

drive further or they treat the tea finished class. Then

I have to jug at them until I finish work.

And for those who got kids around you, you know

that it's very difficult to work your kids there, right Yeah?

Why God? Why? And then at that homes I read this,

I read this, and I'm like, God, why why you

plan out?

Why you let us plan it? And only one person Okay,

Nada He will share you that he really thanks for

homes because he's going to a tough time, right God.

I thought there'll be more, and God reminded me, Elvin,

why did you plan these homes in the first place?

You know?

Can I give you a life lesson that I've learned

that I think is ryan portant, especially when you're in

crossroads or you're deciding different things. It's always good to

go back to the beginning. Why was he started? Why

was x AmBank started? I know Selenadian start xampunk. She

took on the rings from eloping whole and uh, you know.

The unique thing about x mpunk, you guys, is that

we have really recognized x and punk being in kre right,

it's going to be a melting pot.

You look around, so.

Many different ethnicities and nations also be in the same church.

It's quite unique. You know, the church and a lot

come and go on, meaning you may not be here

for a long time. It may be here for a

while only, but some year you remain for a long time.

My hushman is whether you are here for a short

while or for a long time, route down in the

church and serve. You never know the little that you

do will impact the life of a person. Don't just

be counting the time when am I going to leave?

Don't do that. Route yourself down and when you need

to go, you go, and we need to stay, you stay. Amen.

So God reminded me again, Elfe you remember again, why

do you start these homes? And I'm like, yes, I remember,

because we want to reach campus students. So then there

has to be a mindset shift, right, a mindset shift.

So I told my lears, I say, hey, because that

time we didn't even have a location, right, So we met,

Actually we met in the same place I used to

meet homes. So imagine every friday got homes are and

we will meet in the friday that the people got

no homes.

Son, do you know how weird that is? Some nice

it's weird no for me because are you having homes?

No?

Then I'm like, oh, we are doing this now.

And then when they have meetings and they will have

meetings in the friday we got homes and there I'm like,

oh no, So it's a double wmon for me. So

I discussed you the leaders, and we said, hey, let's

change some things. Number one, let's not I mean not

to say that we're not working hard, but let's put

a little bit more effort. Okay, let's have teams. So

we actually had a leader's meeting three hours and we say,

you know, last time, extras, you have to have teams.

And then now I don't know why, I don't know

whether any of the homes do, but we highly hear it,

I say, hey, we want to do teams. So we

actually sat down and we plan until January next year

that we have teams. So our last homes, we decided

to do a funny head homes where everybody will come

with a funny head.

Yes, it's as ridiculous as it sounds. And then because

I got Michelle.

In my homes, we name that homes dead homes, d

h at homes where the tea is across got picture

your show just now can show up. Okay, there was

our homes, okay. Believing that when we do this, God

will bring more so on that day, I can tell you.

So we planned the homes, we did the thing, and

then we were excited. So the first sign was there.

The leaders were excited. And then the other thing we

did was say, okay, let's shieft our homes back to

a Tuesday Thursday, right chief to a Thursday, so the

at least same with everyone else, not so like offshoot

like Thata. But my wife was concerned next.

Day school day war. Then if we en homeslad the kids.

How so then we said, okay, to circummend that, let's

meet earlier for homes. So our homestead is seven thirty

and then we try to finished nine thirty and we

go back. And then the other thing that I share

you about the demographic of my homes right is me,

my wife Michelle.

Three of us can drive. Friends.

If you are going to reach out to a campus

homes are they need transport? On okay U m is

very near but they still need transport. So think about it.

If I come myself with my kids and my wife,

who's going to fetch them?

Michelle? But it's her house? So what was our work around? Well,

because our kids new go back. Me and my wife

said we will drive separately to homes every week. We

will drive separately so that after homes, she will send

the kid back and I'll fetch the Cambus students back.

It's a conmanment we are doing. Let me tell you

the testimony when I shared this message two weeks ago,

homes have would happen yet. But I want to show

you this because they really got testimony. That Mario guy

there over there, it's not our campus student that's been

coming for He's not the Nigerian if you notice, he's

actually new our first new camera student from UM right

and he's a Filipinos and Kata. His name is Aaron

and he's a bringer because he's like, oh, I'm gonna

bring this s Tran, I'm gonna bring his brand, you know.

And he really enjoyed homes, okay. And we did stupid

things like okay, like we're the hat. We wore the

head throughout homes. Oh and you see that like roast

chicken hat. It's my wife's idea. She found it a shoppie,

she bought it, and then we are just playing around

with it. Okay, our next homes this week, it's gonna

be the team is come and be filled, right, Come

and be filled where we're gonna give everybody a mug,

a personalized mauk.

Yeah doesn't make sense. No, it doesn't make sense.

But we're trying our best to do different things just

so that when people come, they will feel connected hopefully.

La right, let me tell you the other testimony. Two

weeks in service, we got one new Korean person, Korean Masterson,

coming open to join our homes. There was and others

to then they came last week today. I don't know

who else going to come, and we al really invited

them for homes and tell them we were doing all

these nonsense things. So I believe after five months off,

I wouldn't call it droutler. Okay, maybe preparation or heart whatever,

that God wants to do something. But it took a

mindset change, right, it took a mindset change. X twenty

twenty four says, But my life is worth nothing to

me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned

me by the Lord Jesus, the work of telling others

the good news about the wonderful grace of God. Friends,

my encouragement to us this morning is that our church

needs to be a life saving station. Actually, I will

go even further. Your life needs to be a life

saving station, not just the church, not just homes, not

just here. Of course, if you're here and you can

see these place as a life saving station, hopefully you

will go out and save those that are drowning. Lah.

Let me give you this a picture because as well

as bring this message ago this picture once that Mama,

I said, you're gonna know why we started so X church.

We planted many to just ready XPG is one exampang

is one. You see that big boat over there, that

blue big boat is exa'mpang, what's on exampanger? All the

little lifeboats? Do you know what the other lifeboats represent?

Your homes? If you are part of the homes, and

for those of you who are in homes, you understand this.

When someone is.

Drowning, you see someone is drowning. I don't know why

he's holding a briefcase. Maybe he's rounding in debt. Okay,

I don't know, lah, Okay. The homes can go out

because it's very difficult for a whole church, right, want

to mobilize eybody. But the homes can go out and

save someone and bring them back to the boat. Reach

out to a mom, reach out to a young, reach

out to a teen, reach out to someone that's going

to a tough time and bring them back. See, if

we don't have perspective, we won't do it. But if

you can see your homes as a life saving station.

Remember I mentioned but my homes. Right, So at that

time when I share this message, I think two weeks

back in Pja, one of our homes went out for

missions and another homes also went out for missions. So

I joked, like I said, wow, we send our formations

and then our tennis dropped, so they actually went out.

So when you go for missions, you're going out to

do your live saving duties. When you go and do

different things, when you go for a mess, you're going

out to do your life saving duties. Go and do

you know that it's not going to be forever? Go

and do, then come back, go and do, then come

back to the phone. Go and do what you need

to do, and come before. And the thing is, is

every home smobilize all the time? No, because if every

home smomobilize, then the ship nobody really right? And then

my homes is there are saving that blonde lady right?

And then see June Homeolson needs saving. I'm just Joe

Cam just jogging. Can I give you another perspective on

this picture that is very powerful? Not all of us

here are one hundred percent of the time correct. Sometimes

we could have fallen off the boat, like that person

screaming for help over there. That's not the non believer.

That could be a Christian. Who's going to save the

person one of the homosong? Do you know that not

all of us one hundred percent? And we might have

fallen off the boat, then who's going to save you?

Someone here La, So he's not just non believer. So me,

we got to look up for shot as well.

You'll catch that. No, no, see, if you don't catch

that as a church, you miss out friends.

If you're not screaming for help, nobody knows, because sometimes

people need helps. Are they are just quiet? There's side there?

Then they draw nobody knows. So Nola ask for help. La,

make some noise. Come back to the fall, because there's

security in the fall. There's power in being together.

Amen.

And when I was looking at this, I really caught

this picture. Why it's extra s doing what we're doing.

If the focus is just a blue board, we won't

care about outside. But the focus was never about the blueboat.

The focus was never about the building.

Right.

The focus is now about how powerful we can do

the light show here, never about that. It's always about

saving the loss. It has always been about saving the loss.

Some of us here we were lost, but now we're found.

Amen.

So can I encourage you to find someone? I'll end

with this, Luke, chapter five, verse one tonight. Let's go

read that five to one to night. Are you guys okay?

We're catching something? So it was as the multitude pressed

about him to hear the word of God. That he

stood by the leg of Gonnesseret and saw two boats

standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone from them,

and they were washing their nets. Then he got into

one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him

to put out a little from the land, and he

sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When

he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon, launched out

into the deep and let down your nets will catch.

But Simon answered and said to him, Master, we have

taught all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word,

I will let down the net. And when they had

done this, they caught a great number of fish, and

their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners

in the other boat to come and help them, and

they came and filled both the boats, so that they

begin to sink. When Simon beater the said he fell down,

and Jesus need saying, depart from me, for I'm a

sinful man, o Lord, For he and all who were

with him were astonished at the catch of the fish

when they had taken. And now, of course Jesus said,

do not be afraid from now on you will catch

men or you'll be fishers on men. That's why I

believe that God wants for x Ampung. And as you

can read this right, you will see that Simon Peter

came not from a place of strength, but of weakness.

And I know sometimes for those of us here we

may feel that way. Hamapa, s Elvin, you and me

ask go and save people out, But look at my life.

Look at what I'm experiencing, you know, but I'm going

through my own demons. I'm going through other things. Yes,

that's why you need to get healed first. That's why

you need to be okay first. That's why you need

to be safe first. If you are not safe like

that lady is trying to help, how are you going

to save other people? Do you know that God's we're practical.

Simon Peter was in not in a place of strength,

but weakness. Don't He was like Yella And then this

carpenter for the that looked like a rock star come

and ask him to throw the nets. Someone right, who

has no right to spring to your life because you

have all the experience, you have all the understanding, you

have all the expertise. But someone else that don't know

you don't know your life, don't know your your what

trying to give you advice?

War she listen or not?

That's what happened to Simon And again I'm no one

now just giving an example. I'm talking about God, Peter Keller,

and not just that. I want to have excused them more. Hey,

we toil all night, we al really throw the next idea.

We really did all that we can do really right,

and you're asking us to do it again. It's okay,

at your word, I will do it. Do you know

I thank God Simon Peter still do that? Do you

know what that tells you? It talks about obedience. It

doesn't make sense right this carpenter guy has no right

to advise and experienced fishermen how to fish, and experienced

fisherman who has fished all night yet Simon Peter, probably

due to the preaching, probably something something Jesus has said

that if flicked a switch that said.

I will obey.

You know, in your life right now there might be

certain things that you're afraid of that you're not sure

that God is speaking friends. Are you going to trust

your experience? Are you going to trust the word of God?

Because when you trust the word of God and obey,

then the abundance come. It was so abundant now that

it was not just Simon Peters Bona, it was other people.

Hey first to come, first, to come, so much faster

to come, and everybody's books was thinking. So when he

went to the to the beach, right, he's like, get

away from me, I'm a sinful man. Of course we

look at that and then oh yeah, then he became

a believer, like he became a follow up Christ.

Right.

But the fish talks about abundance. If we obey God

and if we trust with him, he will bring the abundance.

But the abundance not for yourself. No, the abundance bless others.

The abundance so that you will be fine and you

will help save others, like what the Bible says in

the beginning where Abraham was blessed to be a blessing.

Right.

So yes, you might be drowning now, you might be

going to your own time ask God to save you, friends.

But after he saved you, don't just be happy like that,

Go and save someone else. That is my encouragement. Because

Jesus asked Simon to launch out to the deed. Friends,

I believe that God wants to ask x mpunk those

of you who are here, not just the leaders, not

just the home leaders, those of you who are here,

to launch out into the deed because that is faith.

And obedience.

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