12+1 Core Values: Word-Faithful | Pr Alvin Keng

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So today we're gonna learn about being word faithful. Okay,

word faithful. And I don't think any believer here will

disagree with this point. Okay, science we can disagree. Oh

I don't believe. I don't agree. Friends, I'm so sorry,

but whatever is written in the Bible, a we'd have

to disagree. If you disagreements, you're not a believer that yeah,

I will make it as simple as that. Not something

we like to play around in the gray areas. I'm sorry,

I'm very extreme. And it's the line is clear. Jesus

drew the sin on the line on the sand very clearly.

And we want to be word faithful. So you won't

be able. You won't disagree that word is bad.

Word is not.

In fact, I think a lot of Christians like the word.

You know, they will skip worship for the word right.

We see that, we see that as a habit, not

just in our church, by many many churches. And of course,

my encouragement for all of us here is let's not

do that. Let's be here early for worship, because worship

marinates the heart to be ready to receive the word.

But if you only come for the word, I wonder

how much are you receiving, because then your heart, which

is not marinated in the presence of God, will be

judging the word and the messenger of the word. You're

your catch that because you're not prime for receiving. But

worship allows you to receive even if the word is hard.

Worship allows you to be in the right frame of

mind to be able to grow. But when you don't

have that and we are when you're just looking for

the word, or more like looking for a word that

will tickle your ears and you will agree with, then

you will be received. You're your catch that. Then you'll

be lying to yourself. Is U see this example? It's

like it's like I remember when I signed up for

the first gym experience that I knew I had to go.

It was a it was anytime fitness, either a celebrity

fitness or anytime I think I went for like an

introduction in my house.

Went there and then you know when there.

And then you know you you you you get the gear,

you get the shoes, you get the pants, to get everything.

AH have to look the partner right right, and then

you're ready, and then you see all the people in

the the you know, then you start judging people, you know,

start comparing and and then you go uh and then

and then you pay the monthly fees and then you

actually use the other facilities more than you use the

exercise machines. I remember the thing that I was impressed about.

I went and I looked like like serious, and I

think I went and ran the treatment for like ten minutes,

and I gave up because I was not.

Fit that time. And then I went and looked at

the vending machine.

I was very impressed by the vending machine because they

had a lot of like stuff that you cannot find

anywhere else, you know, and it was not expensive. And

I remember buying something from the venue machine, saying, I

really did my part by exercising ten minutes, so I

need a treat. And then after that I went home.

And that was the first and last time I went

to that. So you see, don't you think I'm deceiving

myself by telling people that I went to the gym

but I actually didn't go. I was there, so I

was not really lying I was there, But was I

really doing anything.

I still remember this story that ce he.

I think we had a leader's retreat and uh, you know,

by that time we were all like all the actually

all the extraually awkward feet.

Now I don't know, maybe we're going older.

We were running, I know, el the ping whole CrOx

in five km every every day, every day, every day.

You know, I cannot do that. And uh, and we

had retreat.

And the last time the retreat we had out we

had like this author of snakes right that elder were

prepared and then we're all bing it. And then as

the years go by, the next author became less and less.

Now don't have any last time, you know, we all say, oh,

let's go Jim. Then nobody goes on. Only one or

two for us. Now all of us are there clogging

the you know. And I remember pasted Kenne. I think

he woke out earlier. So he was there, and he

also went to the gym. He went there and said

hi to USA. And I remember clearly it was so

interesting because he was just sharing this example about how

he was sharing it as a devotion, so I believe

I can share it. So again not to say that

because he was there, he saw I mean give us,

give us emotions and some of us. And we were

talking about it and he said, you know, sometimes we

can be in a place where we say we are here,

but we're not actually, you know, like we say, oh

yeah I went to church, or yeah I went to this,

Oh yeah I did my quiet time. You know, Oh

yeah I I I qual it I checked, I checked

checked this right. But then when you ask further questions,

so what do you do in the gym? So how

many calories you burn? So I'm machin d then you're like, oh, actually,

I was just there looking at if anyone.

Yeah, I was just there.

I didn't really in the calories. I didn't really I

was there. I was there, correct, I was there. Friends,

I pray that everyone here will not experience that.

That you're deceiving yourself.

And then you wonder why God is not moving in

your life. Okay, friends, God wants to move in your life.

I am sure of it. He wants to, but we

have to engage him. Not just be present, right, not

just take attendance, but be really present, be really involved.

I hope you guys catch that. So word faithful, what

does it mean? We cannot we won't disagree that the

word is good.

What is important? How many of you don't think the

way is important? Nobody?

Right, So all of us can agree that the word

is important. But why the word fait interestinger? The extra

put their word faithful, not word word faithful. Okay, So

first thing to take note is the word of God

is unshakeable. Do you all know that the word of

God is unshakable? Heaven and earth will pass away, but

his word will not pass away. West are taken from

It's taken from Matthew chapter twenty four, verse thirty five.

This is what Jesus said, Heaven and earth will pass away,

but my words will by no means pass away.

And in the past, different men have tried to remove

the word of God.

Right, a very very famous story of I think Hitler

tried to get all the Bibles and burn the Bibles

and change the translation.

Of course he didn't last, right, And he's not really.

Uh well, let's just say that that name or so

it's not so nice name that we won't use nowadays

lack Okay, And and God really said his word is unshakable, right,

Heaven and earth will pass away, but his words will

never pass away. Let me let me read a partial scripture.

I'm not going to expet on it, but I just

thought I want to give us a perspective. So you

can turn to Matthew chapter twenty four in your bibles,

whether it's your physical bible. Of course, in this church,

we encourage people to bring their physical Bible. Matthew, Yeah,

matew twenty four. Okay, I was reading, mom. Okay, Matthew

twenty four. We're going to read from verse one to

verse thirty five.

Okay.

So we encourage you to bring your physical bibles. And

if you do not have a physical bible, let us know.

We will buy you one. Okay.

I'm still using this bible that my late mom bought

me when I was eighteen, you know, and it's been

such a great blessing to me, and I use it,

you know.

And I got this bible.

Ooh, my mom wrote the date fifth of October two

thousand and five, so this Bible is twenty one years old.

It's good to have your own bible. Yeah.

Somehow, when you have an electronic Bible, that's no emotional

attachment to you.

But when you have a book, it's different.

Okay, So let me read verse twenty four, it says

here Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple,

and his disciples came up to show him the buildings

of the temple. And Jesus said to them, do you

not see all these things? Assuredly? I say to you,

not one stone shall be left here upon another that

shall not be thrown down.

Okay, that's what Jesus said.

Now, basically, Jesus went to the temple, and the disciples

are showing Jesus or the temple. And I'm sure at

that time the temple was great, right it was. It

looks wonderful, it's amazing. And it says here now as

he said on the amount of olives. The disciples came

to him privately, saying, tell us when will these things be?

And what will be the sign of your coming and

the end of the age. Okay, Jesus answered, and say

to them, take heed that no one deceives you all

from the time. Also, Jesus wants us ready, for many

will come in my name saying I'm the Christ and

will deceive many.

Okay.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

See that you're not troubled, For all these things must

come to pass. But and it's not yet. So are

you guys worried about economy, worry about the war, worry

about different things? Well, Jesus, they say a long time

God it what happened. For nation will rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, pastilences,

and earthquakes in various places. Isn't it happening right now

in the world?

Right? Isn't it happening? All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you,

and you'll be hated by all nations. For my namesake?

Isn't this also happening right now? Being Christian is very

difficult now? No, I still remember when I was younger,

being Christian not so hot.

Now.

Actually being Christian is quite hart the woman you say

you're Christian, immediately people will throw all kinds of accusations.

I was actually quite surprised at the shift of popular

opinion about being a believer, quite fast.

The shift.

Okay, and then many will be offended, huh isn't that common?

Betray one another and will hate one another. Then many

false prophets will rise up and deceive many, and because

lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.

Oh wow, okay, But he who endures to the end

shall be saved. Can you lay your neighbor on whichever

side and say, he who endures to the end will

be saved. Don't tell another neighbor and say, I will

try my best to endure to the end. And this

gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world,

and as a witness to all the nations.

Then the end will come. Okay, it says in fifteen.

Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation spoken off

by Daniel the prophets standing in the Holy place, Okay,

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let him who is on the housetop not go down

to take anything out of his house, and let him

who is in the field not go back to get

his clothes. But war to those who are pregnant and

to those who are nursing babies in those days, and

pray the your flight may not be in winter or

in the seventh for then there will be great tribulations

such as nat has been since the beginning of the world.

Until this time, no nor ever shall be and unless

those days were shortened, no flesh should be safe. But

for the Elect's sake, those days will be shortened. Then,

if anyone says to you, look, he is the Christ

or there, do not be believed, for false Christs and

false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders

to receive, if possible, even the Elect. See I've told

you beforehand. Therefore, if they say to you, look, he's

in the desert, do not go out. Look he is

in the inner rooms. Do not believe it. For as

the lightning comes from the east and freshes to the west,

so also will the coming of sun of man be.

For wherever the caucus is, their eagles will be gethered. Okay,

let me read on now. Okay, I'm gonna fast forward.

Now learn this parable from the victory. When its branch

has already become tender and puts fourth leave, you know

that summer is near. So you also, when you see

all these things, know that it is near at the doors. Assuredly,

I say to you, this generation will by no means

pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and

earth will pass away, but my words will by no.

Means pass away.

So I think from verse one till verse fourteen it

has happened ready, But from verse fifteen to verse thirty

one we.

Are still waiting. Why am I reading this?

The word of God is unshakeable, no matter what people say,

no matter what people believe. A lot of things in

this book has happened already. But a lot of things

has not happened yet. I wonder whether we know the

book enough or not to know that that is the case.

Psalms one, tread too says, I will worship toward your

holy temple and praise your name for your loving kindness

and your truth. For you have magnified your word above

all your name. God has magnified his word above all

his name. So friends, you cannot deny this. I cannot

deny this as believers, well, the world can deny it

because the world and not believer us. So they will

say it's baloney, it's storyable. They will throw all kinds

of accusations about the word.

Do you believe it? I hope not. Okay.

The thing that we need to know is that the

word of God is important, and I'm sure, all of

us know as a fact, we know.

The word of God is important. But the real question.

That we need to ask ourselves is that how important

is the word of God in our own lives? That

is the real question. It's not about bivirtrue not true.

I think that one can establish right. And if you're

still unsure about that, then a wife, because your believers,

so you should believe ma right.

How much more proof you need? How much more evidence

you need?

Isn't the evidence of God moving in your life's evidence

enough that God's word is true? Your cash that? So

don't don't go back to that question real not real.

I think the real question is how important is the

word of God in your life? That is the more

important question to ask. Right, And where is the world

of God placed in our lives and in our priorities?

That is an even deeper question. What is the ranking?

Is it number one, number two, number three, number four,

number five? What is the ranking? What do we hold

as highest ranking in our lives? We all have ranking

or no ranking system, our own individual ranking system. When

you come here, when you come to church, you know

we all know how to say the right things right.

We know how we know how to Christianize our way

out of the culture. Right, But the reality of life

is that it's not just about a culture or look

or fashion or you know, it is life itself. And

you know, when we really will put the ranking higher

when we go through trouble in our own lives. That's

the reality. That's human beings. That's the core of a

human being. If you read the Bible constantly, is that

when everything goes fine, no issue. I remember when we

were talking about this in homes we were talking about

kingdom minded or something that I can't remember which top

talking about, but we're talking about like something along the

lines of like when we will go to God when it's

easy or heart you know, to be honest when it's easy.

Most of us won't go to God run okay when

it's easy.

When when when I say even things are going our way,

in fact, we will take it as oh, thank you

Lord for blessing me. Everything's going fine. Right, then things

will start sleeping. You know, when you will really go

to God and cry for help when you're going to trouble.

Isn't that true? My encouragement to us is why do

we need to wait until we go through that. Any

we go through God, why can't we experience him?

Right?

So where is the Word of God in our lives

and in our priorities? Hebrews four twelve says, For the

Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than

any two aged sword, piercing even to the division of

soulent spirit, and of joins and marrow. And it's a

discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. So

if this morning, if there's a word that comes out

from the Word of God, not my word, okay, and

you are offended, and you are affected, and you're whatever,

know that the Word of God is like a two

aged sort. It discerns what is in your heart. Let

me give you another example that is here, James five says,

be doers of the world, not hear us, only deceiving yourselves.

Your catch that it's like the example I give you

just now. I went to the gym, but actually I

didn't really go right. For if anyone is a hero

of the world and not the doer, he is like

a man observing his natural face in a mirror. For

he observes himself, goes away immediately forgets what kind of

man he was. But he who looks into the perfect

law of liberty and continues in it. And it's not

a forgetful hearer, but the doer of the work, this

one will be blessed in what he does. So I

have this argument with this scripture, and I will push

it out to you for.

Your consideration of reflection.

If you have not changed in the past five years

as a believer, you are not doing what the Word

is telling you. If you have not changed, However, for

those of you who have been going through a lot

of changes in life and growing and maturing and suffering,

well done, because you're doing the word not easy or no,

not easy, but necessary. Your catch that it's not easy,

but it's necessary. If you want to experience the complete

breakthrough in your lives, then you've got to come and

humble yourselves. But the reality of life is we're all

quite prightful, and we're all quite action on right. We'd

rather listen to ourselves, we rather do our own thing,

And when the Word of God comes and cuts our hearts,

it is a choice we have to make to listen

or not to listen, to follow or not to follow.

It's a choice.

And the thing that is difficult is if we always

take the choice of not following the world or not

being faithful to the word, then we will be back

in square one.

You know.

It's like playing snacks and letters. You're all the way,

gonna win, ready, all the way, we're gonna break through. Ready,

and then you hit a snake and you go back

to zero.

What happens? Work so hard, learn.

So much, but because they never practiced, because never do

back to zero. I'm sure, no, no, you want to be

like that. But I'm just highlighting this for you to

think about. Right word faithful involves both hearing the word

and doing the word. Not just hearing, but doing right

for me and my house. We will serve the Lord.

It is hearing, But what does doing mean for me

and my house? We will serve the Lord right. Something

to think about. We've got this saying in our church

it is better to know one worse and apply in

our lives rather than not the whole Bible. But don't

follow any of it right. That means we're good with

understanding the Word of God, good with understanding all these things.

But they practice one never do anything one right. There's

why sometimes I think about it. People say, I want

to hear from you, Lord, I want to receive your word.

I want to be very careful, you know, like how

Alma Fast says, be very very careful because once God

speaks her. That's why I okay, I'm on the other end,

I said, I'm I'm more of a skeptic, and I'm

very worried if I hear God's word, because once you

hear him speaking, you have to do it. You know,

you know, at least if you read that and uh,

you know you don't hear Oliver wise, you can like

pretend hah, what do you really say that?

God?

No, I cannot be all again, say get this behind me, Satan, Right,

you go caot Jesus in the Bible. Right, but if

you really hear an audible voice of God, a friend,

you better do man, So be you head careful what

you're asking for? Right, because you're asking for it he

speaks and you don't follow. How do you know what

else the words does for us?

Believe us?

The word anchors us in a changing world. The world

has changed so much, right, so much? It has changed.

Right.

It has changed in terms of people's perception, It has

changed in terms of people's mental health. I mean, when

I was growing up, no such and mental health issues Godlae,

you know, but we all send him to one hospital

in Malaysia, right, of course, not the best. Now there's

small awareness, Now there's small things, right, there's so much

that the world accepts now, you know, But do you

know that the word anchors us. There's a lot of

definitions about family now our friends. But I've only come

that there's one definition that I don't just believe, and

I believe that it is healthy. It is the definition

that the Bible gives us what family and love is.

There's a lot of definitions of love in the world

right now, and they want to accept everything, right, do

you know that this anchors us to what is right,

not popular opinion. Some of us here we may be

sway it by popular opinion. And you may think, I, yeah,

this one now so low told, so old school. We

should be more progressive, we should be more updated. Right,

do you know that people who are progressing updated? Have

you studied the the statistics of the success of marriage?

You see?

Sometimes right, human beings have very short actually not somethime,

most times human beings are very short.

Memory memory to remember we don't remember what we have.

We are very PANDAI very good at like hiding our

past trauma, and that's human beings. That's that's a vital

for us. And a lot of things that has been

said in the past. There's no follow truth and it

just sounds good and there's no responsibility or accountability. But

then there is accountability demanded from what just because I

don't like it, A speaking parables can be more specific.

I don't want to be more specific. I just want

to say that the world can change. However, more the

more I read the word of God, the more I

realize this anchors me. This anchors me for what is right,

This anchors me for what is truth. Let me read

a little bit about what truth means. First, Quarententians one

twenty five says, because the foolishness of God is wiser

than men. See God being foolish, and it's just matter

than us, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

But I challenge that, however, the world evolves, the world

is evolving, evolve, evolve, evolved. God's word anchors us in

truth and freedom. Let me read John chapter seventeen. He

says here I've given them your word, and the world

has hated them because they are not of the world.

How many of you experienced before?

That's why very scared want to be say a Christian

right in your office now.

Of course we need to be progressive.

I do not pray that you should take them out

of this world, but that you should keep them from

the evil one. They are not of the world, just

as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by

your truth. Your word is truth. As you send me

into the world, I also have sent them into the world,

and for their six I sanctify myself that they also

may be sanctified by the truth. There's a scripture in

the Bible that says, know the truth, and the truth

has set you free.

How many you know that? Do you know what truth means?

Truth means that even if you're lying, or you lie

or you do you know that even if you lie

for whatever reason, do you know what I'll set you're

free telling the truth? Do you know that keeping the

lie and not telling and still maintaining the lie will

cause you to eat yourself and being bondaged, and it

will cause whatever is in your heart to get worse

and worse and worse.

What that's truth? Do you know what else sets you free?

Do you know that when you are offended, or when

you're wrong someone, or you're angry at someone, forgiveness sets

you free.

Do you know that?

But a lot of times we don' want to forgive,

a lot of times we want to hold onto the grudge.

And then the longer you hold onto the grudge, it

becomes bitterness. The longer you don't deal with it, you

become the more the more you the longer you leave

something unattended to her, you are bonded by it. Okay,

stand up. The way to be set free is to

deal with it, not let it slide. That's the truth.

Knowing the truth will set you free. Doing the truth

will set you free. I think I've got a little

bit of a or. I apologize for the color blind

tests that you have to take, or the optical lesion tests.

But there's a little graph I have for you to see.

Yeah next, next? Huh? Sorry? Can I see that? It's sanctify? Ah?

Okay, okay, so sanctifies cleanses keep spilled. So I like

to use this example. How many of you here still

sanitize your hands? I know for girls, no because you

know dry right? Yeah, but do you still if you

go to the hospital, do will you sanitize your hand?

Yes?

Okay, So then you go to clan will you said,

if sanitize your hand?

You were right? You are right? I mean you'll still

do la.

I still do even when I go to a shop

for groceries, right, and then touch me and all I

will sanitize my hand, wash my hand, sanitize my hand.

Right.

Do you know that the word sanitizes you?

What do you mean, Pavin?

Yeah, you know like sanitizing, sanitizer. Okay, guys, can I

ask you a question? Sanitize your hand now?

One time? Enough it? Do you? Right? Forever? Right? Once

you sanitize your hands, once you are free forever? No? Right?

Why not? Why not?

But sanitize one once you sanitize once? Should be germs

die forever?

Why not you have to do it again? Right? Some

you're not sure? I don't sanitize my hands? Okay.

My argument is this, the word of God has to

sanitize you. Do you know why he has to sanitize

you daily? Because every day when you go out there,

you might touch germs and if you don't sanitize your hands.

What are the germs?

The influencers, your YouTube reels, right, bad news, interaction and

people that that you don't like, right, being offended, This

are all germs. Not If you don't have God's work

to sanitize your life, how then the germ or Germin

it and German it and German it and Germany it.

And then after that you will start spreading the germs

start to people. You'll catch that because you're not sanitized,

you're not clean, you're not kept here, or you will

slowly spread the germ to other people if you don't

have the word of God in your life. But do

you know that when you have the Word of God

in your life and it's living, you are clean, you

will be kept pure. You will at least try your best,

even if you have to touch germs, right, that you

will wash your hands quickly, right, because the word of

God tells you to forgive on another correct right, That's

what the world of God tells you.

Right.

So if you get offended, and all of us here

will be offended, or something happens to you, if you

don't have God's word in your life and you don't

understand God's word and you needly read once, but there's

no practice. Then you will be offended, and then you

have the germs. And then after you have the germs,

you will spread the germs to someone else because you

never forgive the person, or maybe you're angry, and then

you spread the anger to someone else and it doesn't

help you know. But when you have God's in your

life and you're trying your best, even though it's difficult

to forgive, to be caring, to be loving when someone

slapped his cheek, show the other cheek. When you are

cleansed by the word of God, then you stop the germs.

Is that a good analogy? So you're like, oh, man,

the world attacks the word of God, which is why

we must be faithful defenders and do worse of the word.

That's the reality.

And when I say defender, friends, I don't mean okay, everybody,

open your Facebook. Now you're going to look for people

saying bad things for the words. Start commenting. Please don't

do that. I don't do that. It's a losing better.

Why why do we need to do that? You need one.

The way you defend the word of God is to

do it is to love on another is to love

your neighbor as yourself. It's a forgive on another, it's

a following. The word is to chase after godly things,

is to put God first. That's how you defend the word.

To live it out, not to go and have a

dissertation and a debate with someone else whos the eighties.

That's not defending the word. That is to mia. If

you don't love people who don't know.

God right, you are sending them on the one way

ticket to Hell because you're not being Christ. Was Christ

here to prove a point. No, he was here to

show the way. That was what Christ was here to do.

He was here to love people. He was here to

tell us that it is not by flesh and blood.

The person that you hate the most in your life,

love them. That's what Christ was here to do. No

proof a point. Humans on a profer point. Humans want

to tell people that they are right. That's what humans

want to do. Humans want to argue until the cows

come home and feel justified and vindicated. Jesus was not justified.

Jesus was accused. Jesus was not vindicated. He was humbled,

he was shamed. And if that's the pathway that our

lot to. That is the pathway that he's asking us

to take by c a difficult pathway.

Right.

But do you know that if you know the word

of God, and you know the Holy spirits with you,

you also know that you will be okay because He

will give you strength.

Amen.

John chapter eight, verse three one to the six says,

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him, if

you're abiding my word and you are my disciples, indeed,

and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall

make you free.

They answered him.

We are Abraham's descendants, have never been bondaged to anyone.

How can you say you'll be made free? Know somethings

are like that. No, but I mean, what do you

mean by that? By the word I? You know I

clop in my Sunday attendance. You know I wear a cross,

You know I got Christian name. You know everything is correct,

Everything looks correct, right, everything looks correct.

I've been blessed, you know.

My My concern now is that we don't end up

in the polygates of heaven. Right, and say, look, God,

you know I've casted demons, I've done all these things.

And then Jesus, who are you are? I pray you're

not reached there? Right?

Don't say that you A'm not cussing. But but we've

got to be careful.

Are we ignorant or not? Oh?

I'm doing all the right things, man. But then it's

not just about doing all the right things. It is

about growing in our faith. See it, it's all just

about doing the right things.

Right. Then, Jesus don't need to come back ready, because.

That's all about law. We're not about law, about grace.

We're about making disciples.

Right. See, if you understand the word, you will catch this.

And if you have no idea why I'm saying, haha,

go homework, go ahead, read no meaning going to your homework.

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

whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a

slave does not abide in the house forever, but the

sun abides forever. Therefore, if the sun makes you free,

you shall be free. Indeed, you don't know why abiding means?

I think I have an example abiding.

Next.

Yeah, So abiding in God's word is hearing God's word.

Hearing we got to hear what is God's word? That's

why probably this is the best format for your There

is a preaching you are hearing. You know nowadays when

I read the word, I read out loud so that

I can hear it. Don't just read in my heart,

read and hear it. I think there's power in hearing,

hearing the word of God declaring the word of God. Right,

and when we hear it, we got to keep in

our hearts. Okay, later read a scripture? What does that mean?

Keeping our hearts? Meditate on the word of God. Do

you remember scriptures? I remember scriptures meant you sixty three

says seek me first, a king of God, and all

of these shall be added to you. That is my

constant encouragement, right, because there was the word I got

when I was deciding whether I want to join full

time or not. That was the word that I got.

And I've seen how when I put God first. And

do you know why that word is necessary? Because there

are many times in my life that God is not first,

that something else is more important.

And I have to remind myself.

As difficult as it is to say God.

First, put him first, right.

And everything else will come together. And so far God

has been keeping his end of the buggan?

What else?

What are the other things that you hold close? In

terms of scripture? These still and know that I'm God?

What does that mean? Well, it means whatever. It means

that sometimes you wanna fight, you want to do things,

don't chill. If God is there, God is there right,

So what is the word of God that resides in

your life? It's not just memory verse scripture, No, it

is things that is living in your life. You know,

things that you hold close to, things that the Lord

has taught you. But do you know that he wants

to teach you more than one lesson. He wants to

teach you many, many, many lessons. So, yes, someone's here

might have a favorite memory verse that we are very

connected to. Hey, friends, the thing about being a son

and a daughter is that it's life.

You know. Let me give you this idea that I

just caught.

It's one thing to be a friend that sees each

other every Sunday. Let's says member, No, I don't even

talk about friends. Some of our friends we never meet.

Yesterday I had passed Sarah and Quantine over. We're actually

were good friends, but we're like it was the last

time Manna once a year ago, we're like, oh so.

Busy once a year.

Gods a kid so in our place and then the

kids they were playing and then they were like, I

don't go back. Then that I said, yeah, you will

come back again then so cute, But when when when

we come again? Because the last time they came was

last year? You know, okay, at least once to hear

I mean, but imagine if let's say, you know, I

see you guys every week, well nowadays not so sorry backslight,

maybe I got to okay, uh so, like you see

each other every week and you grow close, right, but

don't you think the closest people that you hang out

with is your family members? Like, if you're married, you

see each other every day.

I hope you do. I hope you do.

And okay, I won't comment so much. If you don't

like each other, then one let's put it aside. But

imagine if you like each other, isn't it fun to

see each other every day? Those that are still dating

and gonna get married soon? Yes, the reality or ideo

now it's like, oh, you know, I can't wait, I

can't wait. Then we see each other and then those

we're like, right, you got to keep it life. Okay,

what am I trying to say? There is more benefit

being a family member than being a friend. Your catch

that there is more benefit that you have, especially if

you like it being a family member than being a friend.

Don't you think it is more powerful to be a

son and daughter of the Lord Most High than just

being an acquaintance. So then the question is how is

your relationship with God? Are you a son and a daughter.

Or are you just filling the blanks club member acquaintance.

He's just senter Claus that you write a prayer ever

yea at the end of the year to request more things?

How is it? How is our relationship?

If God is our father in heaven, then the words

that he says here is very important for those of

you who have very good relationship with your parents one. Okay,

for those of you who don't have maybe a bit

difficult for you. But for those of you who have

good relations to your parents and you respect them, and

you know they have substances, if they left letters or instructions,

won't you keep it close.

To your heart?

I can say that, and I ask the question. But

for me, unfortunately I don't have much that can't relationship

I think the only people that I really really respect

and I put the count honor to is Pascana for Alena. Right,

so I don't play play one when the text will

what come? I'm like, okay, this is important. Do you

know that God is like that to you, or at

least should be that these words are important? But it's

our relationship. So after hearing and keeping in a heart,

then we've got to practice. Not everything comes easier on friends.

That's why you gotta practice. That's why abiding is a

constant involvement. You gotta practice, right. I remember when I

started the gym, coach, don't trust me with certain exercise

every time he's dead. Now it's a different story. I'll say, hey, coach,

I'm going to crawl into there. I'm not around there.

I said, okay, don't worry, I know what to do.

I'm not going to do overheit weights. We're just going

to do the normal stuff and I'll be fine.

I can do it alone.

So you progress because you practice, and then after that

you can teach others.

Right. Same with our faith.

It's like that, maybe at the first time you want

to pray for people who are sick, you scared. I

still remember when I was in the mission trip, you know,

and you know we hear all these stories about people

with powerful pay mission trip. Hey, when you go mission trip,

but they really ask you to pray for a really

crazy case or no. So I remember I think I

spraying for a lady who was like really sick, and

I was so worried that when I pray for and

then she will meet Jesus faster.

I've come a long.

Way practicing and doing. I end with this, Joshua want

it and the extreme can come up ready. Joshua one

six to nine says, be strong and of good courage.

Let me give you this charge, friends, be strong and

of good courage to these people you shall divide as

an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers

to give them. Only be strong and be very courageous,

that you may observe to do according to all the

law which Moses, my servant commanded. You do not turn

from it to the right hand or to the left,

that you may prosper wherever you go.

Maybe that's the secret.

Maybe we take God's word and then we when it's convenient,

we follow him. It's not convenient, we don't follow it's

very clear says here, do not turn to the right

hand or to the left, that you may prosper. So

if you really want to prosper, don't turn left or right,

just follow on you right. This book of the Law

shall not depart your mouth, but you shall meditate in

it day and night, that you may observe to do

according to all that is written in it. All no, friends,

not some not maybe in the beginning on a new

testament or testament on your follow.

I tell you go all cops.

Oh guys, there's so many types of thought processes that

we have in this world, right, so many, so many

are that is so convoluted. Can we keep it simpler?

Can we just keep it simple? Keep it simple, silly,

just follow a just do the simple thing. Why why

must we get into eschatology? And why is there any

fruit in it? You shall meditate on it day at night,

that you may observe to do according to all that

is written in it. For then you will make your

way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have

I not commanded you be strong and of good courage.

Do not be afraid nor be dismayed, For the Lord

your God is with you wherever you go.

That last promise is very powerful.

Follow in His word, Meditate on his word, don't deviate

from it, continue to be faithful.

In it, and God will be with us.

That is the consolation that we should have then, No

matter how crazy the world gets on, no matter how

difficult it gets, no matter how confusing it gets, the

word of God is true, and the presence of God

will help you.

Your cat share. Not so.

The thing that we need to place is of importance

in our life, really beyond any anything else.

It's just the word of God and the presence of God.

Everything else will come true. I know not all of

us are there, but can we, maybe after today, make

a decision to walk one more step closer. It's not

about being perfect, friends, it is about growing from glory

to glory, from high to heighth, from maturity to maturity. Please,

don't make the decision to just sit and don't move forward.

Don't allow comfort to let us not experience the more

of God in our lives. No, allow God to challenge you.

Allow God to bring you through another level of faith.

Allow him. Don't just stick up the comfort. Comfort. Well,

at the end of the day, destroy so many stories

of people who chase after something and then when they

reach there and they finally got what they want, it's

just meaningless. It's notn't worth with friends, sn't worth it

work faithful. So the same question is ex church, can

we be word faithful?

Can we.

Do?

I get a yes? Can we?

Let's try. Let's try to be work faithful. And when

we're work faithful, we're experienced the more of God.

Amen.

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