The Life Saving Station | Pr Alvin Keng

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We hope this message will light up your day.

Look nineteen, he says. Here, then Jesus entered and passed

through Jerry Cole. 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 satchure. Okay,

the Bible is quite quite descriptive flaer Okay. Basically it's short. Okay,

he's short. Okay. Imagine you want to go to see Jesus, right,

everybody is there, and then he's like, he's too short

to see Jesus. So in the end, what happened? So

he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree

to see him, for he was going to pass that way. Yes,

you're wearing the same shirt that looks so good. The shit,

And when Jesus came, it's okay, we love kids here,

so it's fine, Okay, this is why we have family Sunday.

So if you're not comfortable with kids, I'm so sorry

for you because they are going to be with us. Okay,

And it's trying. Okay, cool, where was I Yeah, So

when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and

saw him and said to him, Zakiars, make hayste and

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

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

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

has gone to be a guest with a man who

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

I give half of my goods to the poor. And

if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation,

I restore four fall. And Jesus said to him, today's

salvation has come to this house because he also is

a son of Ibraham. For the son of Man has

come to seek and to save that which was lost. Okay,

we can learn a lot from this passage of scripture.

You know, it's not just a story, It really happened.

As believers, we believe that the Bible is a historical text. Right,

it's not just a history book, but it is a

The way it was written is for us to learn

your catch that it was written. And I know some

will say, oh I know it's written as a love letter.

I mean, it's very poetic to say that, but basically

it's written so that we understand who this guy named

Christ is, we understand how he thinks, and we, as

follows of Christ, should follow him. Correct. I'm establishing something

really clear here, right, So it's not just a rule book.

It's not just a nice story. You know, sometimes you

can read like Bible story be cose not related to us,

because we don't know what sycamore tree is. We don't

know what text collector is, you know, yeah, I know,

but but there's no text collectors here, Elija. Right, thanks

so much for responding to me. At least I know

someone's listening to the message. Yeah, we don't know all that,

and sometimes it's very difficult to imagine, but I want

to bring it to more local contexts, more our context

Imagine someone you really don't like. Okay, I've got some examples.

I don't want to use it here. Okay, not so nice, Okay,

but imagine you yourself. Imagine someone you don't like, someone

you really don't like, and and you have good, good

reason to not like the person because the person's not

a nice person. Maybe the person cheated you. Maybe the

person say borrow money but never return. This kind of person, Okay,

think about this kind of person and not just that.

Now this person very in Cantonese, you say, very young,

so cannot see you on the face? Short, right, short?

Don't like, not handsome at least handsome. Are you know,

still your money or saw you're like, Okay, it's okay,

I forgive you right, you know, but but but no,

this person is short, probably not very you know, you

know somethings they say, I know, they say, you know,

big things come in small packages. But if you're a

man and you're short most of the time, thank god,

no one here is short. Okay, if you're short, please

don't raise your hands. We do also know that sometimes

you will compensate with other things that by bigger car,

by a bigger house, So you compensate lot. Okay, compensate. Ah,

think of this person, this person that you really don't like,

and not just you don't like. Everybody else don't like

and everybody knows what the person does. The person's a scammer.

Maybe use the word scammer or now the last scammer.

I just saw a Facebook about how some I don't

know from where on this group they were. They save

this lady who was scam Unfortunately, you know a lot

of people now get scamed because our job right, So

please be carefuler, Please check the sauces. Please don't just

go and believe just because if it okay, Guys, can

I teach you something? Can I cannot? Can I teach

you something? Okay? If it's too good to be true

most of the time, if not all the time, it is,

y're your godad if it's too good to be true.

Especially Christians, though, you know why I worry for you

because when good things have a Christian now we emiliately say, oh,

thank the Lord, my God Almighty for this wonderful providence. Right,

and then after that they gain in trouble and then

they start asking God, God, why you put me in

this situation. Then I want to use cantonese, but I

think my wife will call me. You bring to yourself

and this kind of problem. Okay, So think of this person, scammer,

shot bad whatever, you don't like one, nobody likes the

boy is he here? Like? Yeah, this fellow is here?

Huh why is he here? Why is he in this party?

And then Jesus looks at this person who's a scammer,

who cheated everybody's money, who nobody likes, and he says,

come down, I must eat at your house today. How

you feel. Let's bring some context. If passed Elvin, Jesus

look pass it away and says, of course you're except

my because I passed my right. So Jesus be friendly

me right, No, not me? You are not the religious

leaders were not you all? How many leaders? You're right?

Jesus didn't look at you all. He look at this

camera guy that you don't like, that cheaty of your money,

and he say, Jesus said he must eat in his house,

not even your house. Of course his house is much

in cellar, tax collector and low money on. What will

you say? Wouldn't we look and say, ah, yeah, Jesus,

he's a sinner. How can you associate yourself with him?

Let's let's being closer, passa alvin. This person's a sinner.

How can you associate yourself with him? Let's change it

a little bit. Now, look at your neighbor. Tell your

neighbor he's a siner. How can you go to his

house and seleby his birthday. Look at the other neighbor.

How can you still be so nice to him? He

cheater you your money? Am I striking a card this morning?

And then immediately everybody talking ma, So the Camra suddenly

say hey, hey, hello guys. You know what I'm gonna

turn over new leave whatever I cheated, I will return

back all the money, whatever I did, I will. You

know how many of you will go show bo say nila,

no realan la you reraising many times they did? You already

repent many times a day? Right, we forgive you so

many times a D seven times a D seven times

seven times a D. We forgive you. That's right, And

ask your ture guys, But what Jesus say today? Salvation

has come to this house because he is also a

son of Abraham. You know why Jesus said that. Jesus

had to read behind them that this guy is your brother.

He's not gi gentle, he's not a Samaritan. He is

your brother. He's also a son of Abraham. And then

Jesus explains why he goes to his house to eat,

because he says, for the son of man has come

to seek and to say that which was lost? Can

I give you a statement that might shop you this morning, Cannona,

Jesus said He's come to sick and save the lost. Friends.

Can I ask you a simple question? Are you lost

this morning? Are you lost this morning? Or have you

found Christ? Think about it a little bit. Is he

a true question? For Slavin? We're all lost, right, we

all need Jesus. Yes, but Jesus didn't go, and he

didn't go to his disciples house, not to it. Only

you know he goes, and not just that. Now there's

not just one occurrence. The religious leaders really don't like

him because he always go hang out with the sinners.

He didn't hang out with the officials, He didn't hang

out with all the important people. He hang out. He

hang out with the sick, the sinners, the people that

nobody want to hang out with. Jesus went and hang

out with them. Let me give you another thought. Do

you know why Jesus didn't have to go hang out

with his disciples because his disciples were ready with him.

His disciples were already there with him, always with him,

walking with him, serving, making sure the crowd will touch him,

keeping the money going to vibraid, and then Jesus give

them problem like, Hey, let's treet five thousand people. Huh,

no budget, I only God, and then I go and

take a kid's lunch, five roose, two fish, the disciples

who are already their friends? Are you disciples of Christ this morning?

If you are, then shouldn't you be working with Christ

every single day? Do you still need to be handheld

on certain things? Do you still need it? Are we

still lost or have we been found? First question, we

got a thing about it, because if we are believers

for a long time, then we should be mature ready,

then we should be not Jesus. Why you never come

to my house while you go to this text like

this house, come to my house? Are Jesus? You know?

A person that says that, probably not walking in Jesus.

Your cash din. A person who worries more about that,

probably is not walking with Jesus. Because people that are

walking in Jesus don't need Jesus come to their house.

Cost there with Jesus all the time, your cash that sorry,

Let me address that first. Let me address us here first.

So are we do we only meet Jesus on a

Sunday or are we walking with Jesus every day? Think

about it? Think about it, because if you're not careful,

Jesus will only become a Sunday thing in our lives.

And that's why, that's why we get angry when Jesus

go and meet other people. We get angry when Jeus going. No,

it's Christ in your life all the time. If he

already is and you're already safe, then what should be

our focused friends? Let's read, or more like, I will

read and then your listener. Okay, I believe my storytelling

voice is not too bad. I'm going to read this story. Okay,

I'll try my best. On a dangerous sea coast where

shipwrecks often occurred, there was once a crude, little life

saving station. The building was just a heart, and there

was only one boat. But the few devoted members kept

a constant watch over the sea, and we've no thought

of themselves, went out day and night tirelessly searching for

the loss. Many lives were saved by this wonderful little station,

so that it became famous. Some of those who were saved,

and various others in the surrounding area wanted to become

associated with the station and give off their time and

money and effort for the support of his work. Makes sense, right,

make sense right. They're doing their best. You know, they

did what they knew, and other people that were saved

by them naturally want to help. New boats were bought,

a new crewise train. The little life Saving Station grew.

Some of the members of the Life Saving Station were

unhappy with the building that was so crude and poorly equipped.

They felt that a more comfortable place should be provided

as the first refuge of those say from the seat

sounds very correct, right, sounds sounds nice.

Right?

No, ma, how can you how can you say? People

in this hard You know it is so dirty and

so much bacteria. We should we should renovate this. Let's

pull some money to renovate this race. So they replaced

the emergency the emergency costs with bits and put better

furniture in the enlarged building. Passe Alvin. If we want

people to come to XPJ, we want to make it

a look nicer. Right, Let's get comfortable seats because the

seats were hot. Let's invest in more lighting and maybe

instead of a projector that's like that, let's put a

led screen. Ah, just got Alis three happening. You know

how much elis three? It costs not very expensive. Now,

the live saving station became a popular gathering place for

its members, so popular. Everybody know about XPJ. Everybody know.

Everybody know XPJS in Gion, Oh church and the theater.

So happening. And they decorated it beautifully and furnished it exquisitely.

Because they used it as a sort of a club,

fewer members were now interested in going to see on

life saving stations. I get the full time workers to

do it. Hey, Henry, you've got heart formations right, come,

I support. You are very busy, but you want to go.

You gola. You got God's call for your life, man,

You Gola. So they hired lifeboard crews to do this work.

The live saving motive was still prevailing. The club secreated

mass must say, guys, Jesus here to save the lost man.

So we must make sure it's in our logo. You

must make sure it's in our tech line. You must

make sure it is all these things, must wear shirt.

It was okay, save people. And there was a liturgical

lifeboard in the room where the club in nations were helped.

Shouldn't we do that right? I don't know whether EXPG

got any liturgical stuff or not. This place lie is

still liturgical to us. About this time, a large ship

was wrecked off the coast, and the higher crews brought

in boatloads of cold, wet and half round people. They

were dirty and sick, and some of them had black

skin and some had yellow skin. The beautiful new club

was in chaos. Oh my goodness. So the property committee

or property committee immediately had a shower house built outside

the club where victims of shipwreck could be cleaned up

before coming inside. After the next meeting, bought meeting, there

was a split in the club membership. Most of the

members wanted to stop the clubs living saving activities as

being unpleasant and the hindance to the normal social life

of the club. Why want to go missions missions all

the time? Right? We should fellowship in homes, you know,

homes very good, not outreach. Ma, Let's outreach by doing enrichment.

Let's continue to do that because we all feel good.

Some members insisted about life saving as their primary purpose

and pointed out they were still called life saving stations

and friends, remember what Jesus said, must go and seek disciples.

So we have different here. There are read passional, re

passionate about you know, evangelizing, red passionate, about missions, red passionate. Come, guys,

we need to do it, We need to do it.

But they were finally voted down and told if they

wanted to save the lives of all the various kinds

of people who were shipwrecked in those waters, they could

begin their own life saving station down the course, and

they did, all of a ud where busy La got

so much problem said, life is so hard, right, I've

got to think I have my family. Not wrong, guys,

not wrong. As the years went by, the new station

experienced the same changes that had occurred in the world.

History repeats itself. It evolved into a club, and yet

another life saving station is found that you will definitely

have people who are who sit passion on. History continued

to repeat itself, and if you visit that sea coast today,

you will find a number of exclusive clubs along that shore.

Shipwrecks are frequent in those waters, but unfortunately most people drown.

Of course, this is just a story, and I think

by now you roughly know that it sounds like church, right,

at least certain things in church. We read this story

In homes, my homes, we had homes. So our homes.

Just share a little bit about homes. I from, Hi,

my name is Elen King. I' from PJ eight homes

very far, very far. And we multiplied out of PJ three, right, okay,

PJ three we multiplied out of it, and we multiplied

out because we wanted to reach campus students, so we

we went out. Was I comfortable in the whole homes? Yes,

I was very comfortable. Every day get to it. No,

not every day, Okay, every Friday, can do it. Vonica's

cooking so nice? Then pasta ma, so just go, Nima,

don't have to do anything on once in a whe

appreciate me. You know, everyone doing everything course ready established it.

But last year I don't know why, well, I don't

know why. God God knows why I had the urge

to say no, we've got to do something. And being

a person, and we talk about five four ministry in

our church share right. We recognize each other's gift things

and one of my gift things apostolic. Okay, so you

know we can all sit still one la. Right, So

I say, hey, you know, and I talked to my

wife first life to get wife agreement. Hey, there, let's

call plan at homes, me, you, the kids. Right, let's emulate.

I know it's not going to be easy. I know

logistic is gonna be crazy, but let's try to do

it because we need to save people. So I extended

the invite to my homies, hoping, hoping that even those

that are in my care I'm discipling will follow me. An, okay,

maybe this family his family come then with family together,

they're not so crazy, right, but well, I will use

the word. But unfortunately it was just my family and

I family, the Chuang's family and Michelle and we went

out and then we did He's been eight months. Friends,

we have one Camber student coming. Only we believe that

God will use us to reach um because there were

a lot of signs that show us that you m

is the place, but only one Camber student and only

one recently we just added one more. Praise God. He's

not here today. He's an esk, but we thank God

for him. Why am I sharing this? So when I

was reading this in homes last Friday, and that's why

we meet Friday on an day because we got no homes,

we got no venue, because me and my wife we

don't stay here in PJ. We stay in Charalam. If

we stay in PJ, got any read no problem? Logistically

it'd be so easy if we had Friday night traffic

not fun. Every time we go back home, it's like

ten eleven o'clock tired, ready right? And we and that's

why we meet on the following Friday, because we needed

a place. And Vonnica graciously still opened the house, although

I wish you would also opened her kitchen or cook

for us. It's okay? And did you came now her? Now?

Her daughter? Does that pass? Already still got a gifting there?

So why am I sharing this to you? Well? As

I was reading this story, I remember again, or more

like God reminded me again why we planted the homes

and why every homes here has a purpose. The homes

is not supposed to be a clop. Friends. I remember

a leader recently spoke to me and asked me and say, hey,

in Hawa, my home's not growing. It's beenite difficult. A

lot of people got opinions about church. And I say, well,

up to you, La, if you wanted to talk. You're

the leader. You decide. And then he's like, oh, how

do I how do I present it. I say, very simple,

go back to the reason why we have homes in

the first place. Because some some times we will do

certain things and then it will take a life on

its own and become something else, and then it is

not intended for its original purpose, and that's where problem starts.

So I always go back to the reason why we

do certain things, the reason why we dress up on

a Sunday, the reason why we run homes. Because it

is very easy sometimes as people to hijack. We don't

like to say this word, but it's true. Hijack the

intention and focus in things that make us feel good,

and that takes precedence. That's reality, our friends. Can I

be real with you? So I have a question that

I'm asking myself. I'm asking you, I'm asking myself reading

this story. Is XPJ a life saving station? Or are

we just a club? Feels good? Right, You're coming here

hang out you know once? Are we a live saving station?

Are we just a club? Then I go back to

the Y, say, I go back to the y. Why

was X Church planted in pataling Jaya on the ninth

of September twenty twelve, thirteen years ago? How did it start?

Why was XPG birth or XBJA a birth course? El

can you asked past Elvin or the time not passe

at Elvin whether or not he want to come and

plant church? Or he started because everybody planting church? So

shot ma, everybody doing ma? So I also do la.

Was it so that we can have another gathering of

believers here in Jaya one? Or was it so that

we can be a lighthouse to the people here in PJ?

And it's very interesting planting x X churchair in PJ.

You know why do you know that you trow stone

across the road? Got other churches? You know? In America

that's this place called the Bible Belt of Emma Curl

in Texas, I think Tennessee meaning all the magach all

Brad want no, He's like, there's so many churches there.

You're like, hey, guys, can you please spread out there?

Do you know that Pj's like that ban Banya Banya?

You know that after you go lunch you see all

the other church people there, You see it, you know,

and one girl of people look a certain way, smaller

certain way. You know, this all Christian none you know what?

You know what I'm talking about? Right even here in

giant one, there's two churches. That's one a good friend. Okay,

but we didn't even know they plant it here. Okay,

plant but it's Indonesian uh congregation? Right, they plant a service, right,

so Pj's like the Bible belt. So why plant here?

Why so many church? God? No need? Send us somewhere else,

send us to I don't know, malam cap just throwing

up and nobody here, anybody here? Tani m So you

are poise it ches near my house? Easier? Come nearer

to my house? Cannot I say? Nearer? Nearer? I remember

the days, Joe, I don't really remember the days where

we were praying and seeking God because when we started church, right,

it's not just it's not just like, oh it makes sense,

that's too. We don't do that things that way. You know.

It started because the Holy Spirit did it. And when

we started, we didn't even know we're going to meet here.

You know? In fact, can I can I show you something?

When I say yes to el Kenya right to say okay,

other I think, let's do it. I didn't even know

I was supposed to lead it. Okay, that was a story,

not just that I didn't even know that I was

first choice. I thought it was second choice. I only

found out his first choice only like two three years back.

This is the amount of confidence I had over myself. No,

not someone else better than me. So imagine for ten Oh, yes,

I think that I'm second choice. So I can appreciate.

You know, even if God did and choose, you know,

people didn't choose, we go choose you No, actually better

choose first choice. I remember when we were praying. We

prayed for six months before it started. We didn't even

know where you're going to meet. Didn't even know there

was such a place here. We never knew right, how

we know about jaia Wan One of our partners, who

his name is c Glim, He says, the office here,

he's the iron Man, the men iron behind iron Man Malaysia.

He he had a he had a place called at

least a girl and all he said was, Hey, I

got a place here seas in Pja. Why don't you

guys meet here to pray? So we met to pray

for two hours? Okay, we met pray every week we

go and pray, right, Joe, remember prayer walk you know

around this area? Michelle acclaim we didn't even know there

was such a place, and then the testimony started coming.

After three months, four months, they say, hey, why don't

you meet here, like huh got place. In fact, how

we got this place was also a testimony because prior

to this there was another church meeting here and let's

just say that that unfortunately that relationship ended badly with

the management. And then we were like, huh, you don't

know whether we can, don't know whether we will be

able to or not because another church us didn't end well.

They might say, nolah, it's okay, no religious getting no

church one. They might say that, but somehow got opened

the door and somehow we met here. In fact, we

were not supposed to meet inside here. First we met

in studio on two Why smaller small, so me there first.

In my mind maybe three six months from now we

will come here because pastors said, once we hit fifty people,

come here. And then the time we were planting just

just we knew. Of course the first meeting was here.

Of course it was a Saturday. We wanted everybody to come.

Three hundred people feel the place, so we get to

feel it. Love following week is the real church service.

We met upsairs fifty people, I think came right. No,

not fifty kind, I think fifty. I think he said

once we hit eight and I remember we run do

you know we run service the same way we run

fifteen years ago? Was she prayer in between? We had

praying between and when we're doing praying between, I was

a chairperson, I was doing a lot of things. I

went up to this young gentleman who looked new. I mean,

we all know who's who's not new mathswama and say,

can I pray for you? And of course that started

a relationship and a discipleship until today and now he's

our worship coordinator. When we prayed in the six months,

what do we receive? Because what we'll do is your pray,

you know? And I seriously no for men, I'm not

like you don't train in that. No, neither am I

a prayer warrior. I mean, Chamin know who I am? Okay,

I'm not like like that one. Okay, yeah, grow up

me in chest together. So you know, so after prayer

we open up. Did anyone receive anything from the Lord?

And then people started sharing, Hey, I really believe God

wants us to be a lighthouse here. Someone shared another

person confirmed that, then we say a lighthouse. Hey, I

feel we need to pray for the spirit of materialism

in PJ. Huh got such a thing? Yes, because PJ

is a Satima and there's a lot of social issues.

People fight over money, people fight over a lot of

things to do with materials. Pray against that. Hey, I

think we need to pray for families ten years ago, right,

not so? And someone called that, Hey, we will be

a lighthouse to families out there, Families that are broken,

families that are going through difficult times, families with a lighthouse,

we pray for families who are lost who will be

able to find their hope in Christ. Why am I

sharing all this with your friends? Well, I guess I

want to remind us or if you have not heard

this before, let this be something that is clear. There's

a church. We are life saving station. We are not

just a club. So can we not argue about club things,

but can we argue about life saving things? We need

bigger boats, We need to go out more often. You know,

I'm proud for XBJA. I'm proud because XPJA is one

of the church plans. I recognize that we always send

people formations on today, or so we joke about it.

I don't know. Actually, what's the what's that tennis today?

What seventy okay? So we said, actually said mala okay

seventy people We joke lout like, huh, today's Tenni's gonna drop?

Why two teams went not form missions today? Right pasta

mat Atlin's Holmes And I think as homes went now right,

We're proud of our church plan. We always supported chesch plan.

Let me give you a scripture x twenty twenty four.

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. I wrote here, Why

do we multiply pgate homes? Why do we launch out

to be more uncomfortable? And are right now? Nomadic? We're nomadic?

You know? Nomadic we are? Why? As I was preparing

for this message, I got this picture. Can you give

me show the picture? What do you see? It's a boat? Right?

You got different lifeboats. As I was prepreaying on this message,

this picture came into my mind and I want you

to think about it because all of you here are

different ones here who commit to the church are a

part of a hole. That big boat here in the middle

is XPJ. Do you see all the little little rife

lifecraft life raft on the boat. You know what'stad? Those

are the homes today. We got two homes going out,

two missions. He's Pastor Mats Homes saving this ball guy

with the beard, and that's Leadin's Homes saving the guy

with the I don't know why. He's holding a briefcase

and drowning, probably drowning in depth of drowning in some

financial trouble arkay. And then the guy temporarily got the

life you know, the life saving thing really and then

this boat that is over here that many should throw

the life out to the the girl is PJ at homes.

I claim fast la, I claim why because today later

we're gonna do what field to fueler, right, We're gonna

do an effort. Right. The chemist students is gonna come together.

They're gonna pack like fifty Sutter packs and we're gonna

just give it out, okay, and hopefully your bare food.

Hopefully people will be curious. Hopefully people find out who

we are hope people be connected to church, right and friends,

can I give you some and I claim not like yeah,

now our homes will go out. The other homes that

are here inside church don't feel bad. Of course you

are resting later when, but we need one home to

come and save this lady. She's streaming for help. Ready.

Let me give you this perspective. And I'm not sure

whether it's a stretch, but I will say it this way.

There's a lot of things happening right now in our

country pretending young people correct. This is my firm belief.

My firm belief is if they are family members, or

if they themselves knew who Jesus was personally, they will

not have lost their lives. Let us sing in for

a moment. If the young people knew who Christ was,

who that Christ loved them, If the young people understood

Christ the way we understood, the way we understood Christ.

Not yo, yo, get why may not the way we

understand who Christ is? They wouldn't do what they're doing

right now. A lot of times people don't fully get it,

and sometimes someone words, here, we come to church, but

we don't fully understand who Christ is in our lives

That's why we get sucked into temptations, sucked into all

these other things that affect us. Because, guys, whether we

like it or not, we are making decisions on a

daily basis. We choose to follow Jesus. It was a choice.

It was not for us. None of you here are

born a Christian. And if you think you are, please

you need to accept Christ after today's message, because it's

a personal choice. I'm very clear that my kids, they

have to choose Jesus themselves. There's no okay once day

eighteen years old, are I see to cut Christian? No

such thing. All of us here have to choose to

follow Christ ourselfs and we have to continue to choose

to follow Christ ourself. True, that's a fact. You can

don't like the fact, but that's a fact. That means

that we have to take personal responsibility of our faith

and personal responsibility when things happen. But the wonderful thing, friends,

is that we are not alone. We've got our homes,

we've got our church, We've got the community of believers

that when we are drowning some ER's here we feel

like actually a perselvey. I'm here, I felt off the

board and I'm drowning. I need help. Sure your homes

that you've got a number ready will come and save

you because you're drowning. You'll catch it or not. It's

an urgency friends that I don't know whether we realize

or not, because now people are really dying. Really, it's

not fake anymore. No, it's not oh, you know news

somewhere far, far away. No, it's happening here in malisure.

Are we catching something or are we? Can we come

to a place where we are ignorant and continue live

our lives and continue to play this game We can't,

our friends, we can't, and don't worry about it. Ignorance

is blissed. Look five to one to nine, Look five

one tonight. And I end with this. I guys, okay,

I'm not saying this to make you feel bad. Okay,

So don't feel bad. If you feel bad, then it's

Holy Spirit, can not me. I surrender to him, you know,

I'm saying this for us to wake up. Wake up,

Time to wake up. Luke Chapter five one to nine says,

so it was as the multitude pressed about him to

hear the word of God, that he stood by the

lake of Ganessaret and saw two boats standing by the lake,

but the fishermen had gone from them and 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, friends, catch these words up, launch

out into the deep, and let down your nets for

a catch. But everybody say, but you know some NICs.

We have the butt for Jesus. But Jesus, but God, I,

but I vary, But I got no man, but I

got no time. But my family. But I not a

baster but I but I don't know the Bible enough.

But but I but answered Simon answered him and said, Master,

we have pot all night and got nothing. Yeah, I

ready did this just now. Ready, I really prayed, readly,

I ready went for all the mission. Try. Ready, I

ready reached out to my my family so many times, reay,

I really did so many come on thirty yes, ready, ten, yes, ready, Jesus.

Why now nevertheless, at your word, I will let down

the nets. How many of us are going to come

to the place. Nevertheless, at your word, Despite all the

stuff that happened to you in the past, despite all

the disappointments, despite all the people that betray you, despite

all the people that left you. I disciple ready so

many times. Very painful, Yes, very painful. I know recently

or so, I had to let go of someone fifteen

years together. But person wanted to do something. I'm like, Okay,

let's just continue to be friends. He's going to be fine.

Person's under Christ. You know, still going to church, Praise Scot,

pray that you will find something there. Is it painful,

of course, but nevertheless, at your word, I will let

down my nets. And what happened, friends, 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 boats and come and help them.

And they came and filled both the boats so that

they began to sing. When Simon Peter saw it, he

fell down, and Jesus kneed saying, depart from me, for

I'm a sinful man, Oh Lord, for he and all

who were with him were astonished at the catch or

fish which they had taken. Friends. Today, I believe Jesus

wants us to launch out into the deed, not just

as a church, but you guys as well, whatever that means.

But the thing that sometimes we don't realize, or at

least sometimes we need to come to terms with first,

is that it first takes obedience and submission. It doesn't

take passion, it doesn't take excitement, it doesn't take any

of this. It just takes obedience. They have called all night.

They have done ministry so long ready, they have organized

so many different things. They did. They have tried to

reach out to everybody. First time cannot, The time cannot,

five time cannot. But when God's word comes, are we

going to do it? Are we going to say, Okay, God,

I listened to you. It takes obedience and it takes submission.

Do you know the word submission? Is there? I'm preparing

another message I won't always share today, but I'm preparing

that message on submission. I'm beginning to realize recognize that

submission is very important and a lot of times, right

we live our lives, we know submission. It looks like submission,

but it's not. And unfortunately I can tell you, honestly, God,

honest submission. But the world teaches us to be your

own man it's a that cast. It is like a

total you know contract. Contrast, it takes obedience and submission,

and that's something every one of us here have to

decide on our own obedience. I'm not saying obey me, no, no,

no obedience to the Lord add submission to him. But

when we take that step of faith, when we take

their self faith. Hopefully when and not ifla when we

take yourself faith, then we will experience God's hand in

our lives because God is pleased with him. I don't

know your background, I don't know what you go through,

but there's one thing I know as a believer, and

I want that path. Is that when God says something

and when I listen and obey, it is always a

step of faith on you cannot see you on, But

the moment you take that step of faith forward, he

will reward you, because it's said in Hebrew Chapter eleven,

verse six. But without faith it is impossible to please him.

For he who comes to God must believe that he

is and that he is a rewarder of those who

diligently seek him. Talk to the Christians here that have

taken steps of faith in their life. You will recognize

and hear that once you can do it one time

for a small thing, big things easier. And when I

say step of faith, I'm not talking about, oh, you know,

give all your money to the Lord. Hello, that stet

of foolishness. And let's God say solar. Step of faith

means a God say something you obey. Most of the time,

when God says something and we have to obey, you

cannot see the future. And just got trust him. I

mean by self faith. And when he says something and

you take them self faith. He is a rewarder of

those who diligently seek him. That's what I'll leave for

you today. I'm not sure who this message will talk to.

I'm not sure what you guys will do after this.

I pray that this chese plant will continue to be

a life saving station. But my encouragement for us this

morning is that it's time to step out in faith

just now when we're doing the priorship prayer, Friends, I

want to encourage you, no matter how bad things get

in your life, please look to Christ. It is not

our experience as a believer. It is not the amount

of you know, street credit we have, amount title we

have Actually very interesting now in X we've got people

a lot title past doctor Principal Paster Jack. I think

he's the most titles as the elder teacher. Anyway, it's

not about the titles. It is also time, friends, to

obey the call of God over your lives. Papa said, Elvin,

I'm already Yeah, you're not too old. Pasai, I got

a family, yep, with your family. I am experimenting planting

a homes with my family. Why is it experimenting because

I can fail. It's time to obey the call of

God and stop playing in the shadows. Stop it. You're

not going to get anything if you're play in the shallows. Friends, Seriously,

for those hours who have gone and gone to the deep,

we understand deeply scary. You know you cannot feel the bottom.

I can't same. You know, I need to rely on

the life jacket. But when we go into the deep,

and when we fully trust God and obey him, well

we will be ruthful. You will be Life will be

more at peace, Life will be more fulfeeling. Friends, I

tell you, abandoned life is awesome. You don't have to

wait to go to heaven to have abundant life. But

you know sometimes there are certain things in our lines

that hold us back. Our fears, our worries, the decisions

we constantly make that say cannot, cannot, cannot, although God

say can. Friends, it's time to go. It's time to go.

I don't know what in your life situation it is.

And please don't do it alone. Please do it with

someone else because the one thing that also have learned

is that our hearts are ready receiving. Can One can bluff,

can bluff one. You can blove yourself on. You can

prove yourself to do a lot of things on and

justify I love things on. Friends, That's the reality of life.

So don't do it alone. You need someone else there

that will Hey, hello, stop doing that. Not the smartters,

but step by in faith. Amen.

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