Holiness and separation | Pr Alvin Keng

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We hope this message will light up your day.

A lot of things has happened in the past week, right,

if you follow the news, if you are aware with

the news in the world, world news, okay, quite a

lot of things has happened. A government fell, a prominent

figure in the States was assassinated. You know. I don't

go too deep into that because I do follow the

human and all, and and a country was bombed. Quite

a lot of things has happened, okay. And depending on

how aware you are or unaware you are, I'm sure

you feel a certain way, right and I'm sure you

have thoughts or concerns about the state of what's happened,

you know, whether or not or you know, some people say, oh,

it's in that end off the world is coming back soon.

And then you've got people who may be concerned with

your safety, you know, some may be thankful. Cursure and

malisure actually major quite happening now. A lot of things

happening in Malasia or so in terms of like, uh,

you know a lot of cases that bring out the light,

you know, and I would say it's good things. But

as all these things are happening, whatever or however we

are feeling, I want to encourage us with one thing

that still remains true no matter what is that God

is still good. God is still in control, and he

will will still be done, whether we are aware about it,

we are not aware about it, whether or not we

have strong feelings or opinions about certain things, or maybe

our own life has enough drama already that we are

not bothered so much about world newslat which is well,

I would say, which is in a way fine as well.

You know, you've got too many things to be concerned

about to be reading the news and to be affected

by the news. But whatever is happening in the world today,

however you are feeling or not feeling, God is still

in control. We've got to remember that. And His will

is still clear and his plan has not changed. Your

plans might have changed, your thought process might have changed.

You might have been a little bit different. Now you know,

I know they are different, very interestingly, a different key entrepreneur.

If you're in the entrepreneurship space, Key entrepreneurs coming to Malaysia.

So Steve Butler is coming if you know who he is.

Diary of a CEO. Yesterday there was a book launch.

I don't know what's this guy's name, but he's the

ten Next guy and he launched it here. A lot

of entrepreneurs are there, you know, if you're in that space,

A lot of things are happening right and we are

pursuing a lot of things. And this morning, as we well,

as I share a word to you, I just thought

I want to be a little bit more real in

that sense, to know that, to let you know that, hey,

the church is aware about what's happening, and sometimes we

may not be speaking about it so openly or so big,

or we may not or you know, sant press release

la or now the young man that was assassinated in

the States, you know, you know, if you know, you know,

not just him, but there were other shootings that happened

in the States. A lot of people are talking about

it regards his ready famous on YouTube Sonny. Everybody want

to talk about it, Sonny. Everybody want to say something.

But the wonderful thing about his life, which I really respect,

is that they cannot deny his faith in Christ. And

he was consistent all the way defending his faith and

being the sort and the light wherever he's at. Of course,

a lot of Christians might disagree. I also know some

people who may think differently, and they may say you

shouldn't have done it or whatever. But the one thing

that you cannot deny about his life is that he

lived for Christ, and he spoke the truth, and he

had the gods to do it despite what is happening,

despite the disagreements, and I think that deserves our respect.

I think that deserves some form of like, Wow, this

is what living your faith looks like, you know, in

such an open manner. And this morning, I want us

to reconsider some things, even through the word, about us

and the role we play in our own lives and

in God's plan. Amen, let's think about that. So I

got a little I got a li ill illustration, and

I'm gonna get some people to help me with this

illustration because you know I I I need to give

us some perspective. Sorry, Evan, I move your mica, make

a bit more space I need. And I always like

to give you a perspective before I go into the world,

because I want us to be very clear in the

context of it. Okay, but before I go into it,

I want to invite Timo, Ti Kwan and Jason to

come up. They kind of new. I can see that

they see their face. Yeah yeah, so maybe Tim can

stand yeah, maybe both you can stand here on my

on my right. Okay, yeah, Tim, Quan and Jason to

come up. And uh, and I've got a piece of

white paper. Thanks so much leading for opinion. Get this,

this came very recently. I want you to hold up

each one white paper. Okay, don't, don't ta okay, just

hold it up. Okay, however you want to hold it up,

it doesn't matter. Okay. So this white paper represents them, okay,

So this white paper presents Timothy, and this white paper

represents Jason. Okay. And of course when you're born on

this into this earth, we we like, let's say, just

just visually imagine this white paper, and as we live

this life, things happen, right, you know, we get angry,

someone's called us, you know, uh, you know, and and

and something happens to us. You know. Tim, can you

take this and step on it? Yes, yes, step well

your shoe air cleaner. Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

So team experiencing his first heartbreak, yeah, can lift it

up later the Tina. Okay, okay, good good. So first

heartbreak okay, and then maybe Jason was betrayed by someone

close to him. I don't know. Let me give you

a pen. Maybe you want to use a pen. Do

you have a pen? Yeah? Yeah? Here yeah yeah. And and

then and then something happens to Jason, and be careful

not to your shirt. Yeah, something happens, you know, it

got betrayed, betrayed, but he can forgive the person. So

it's very very small n betrayed, but it's there, and

and then and then things happen and then and then

suddenly the market crash and team loss his job. You know,

his job doesn't depend on the market, you know a

please come and join Victory Academy opening, So that team

said his job and something happened, you know, and and

maybe yeah, anybody got any other marker highlight the can borrow? Yeah,

And and something happened, you know, market crash and team

loss his job man or maybe yeah, and yeah that happens,

and you know, and Jason first heart break and then

second heart break of first heart breaks, and he goes

so big, no, no, sorry, you heart break, you betrayed?

Right then betrayal again now betrayaled by who? Uh? And

then you know one once his parents uh you know,

works so hard, got a PhD, wants his parents approval,

and then a parents say no, you are you bring

this grace to the family. Okay, crying it okay. Yeah.

And then before something else happened, you know, yeah, whatever

whatever happens. And and he you know, I know his fault,

you know, not being fault. He someone stole something from him. Yeah,

you can go. You can do that if you want to.

Okay a love heartbreakers. Wow, that's a lot of that. Okay,

passing back the pen. And then we grow up and

then we come to this splace where we say, oh wow,

I know about you know, I'm so broken, but I

want to be a good person. I'm so marked and

said and hurt, but I want to be a good person.

That's good and I want to be clean again. But

no matter how you flip or your musket, this is

still inside. Can you try and remove this? Can you

try and clean up the cannot you can? Yeah, try

and remove? Try and can cannot? Canry? Can you? Yeah?

However they try to clean the mess, they can't. You

all know that life is like that. However much you

try to clean to hide it, It's still there. It's

still there. Sin is still there, Brokenness is still there,

disappointments is still there, bad experiences is still there. And

you can and try your best to use your own

effort to clean things up. You can't do it. Clean

things up, you know, cover it up, turn it, flip it,

fold it, you know, wash it, but you know, really

is still there. But then Christ comes and says, I

will make you a new creation. He who receives Me

will be born again, and then the old will die,

and then the new will be reborn and then they

receive Christ clean again. Right, and then something happened again.

This is Steve. Yeah, yea, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah,

something happens again. Maybe not so the tree is time

because he know not to forgive. And then he lost

his job again. Not so bad, steal the teeth and

then I don't know what what what bad things going

to happen to you or don't to happen to you,

but happened. But but you see it's not so bad

because he learned ready man forgiveness and all and then

yet yet yet affected yet Yeah, I try to keep

it at the corner loud. Nobody see right, they only

see this spot. They don't see this spot. And and

and then they remember because Christ said that I have

redeemed you and all you need to do. I'm sorry, Lord,

I did something wrong. Can you try to rub off

that thing? They want to be good Christian, so you

have to rub it off. Go and go mission trip?

Do community?

Well?

Give more offering? Can or not? Can? Can? Can? Can

they be clean? Come on? Give them a free But

Jesus said, all you need to do is come to me,

ask for forgiveness, and then you'll be as white as snow. Okay,

thank you so much. Guys, can you please go back?

Do we understand that no matter what we do in life,

even after we're becoming believers. See, we all understand the

part where they don't know Jesus yet messed up, try

and hide things away. We understand this. And then when

they become Christians, they are made new. You have made

new friends. But then things still happen whether you mean

it or not. You still have your old ways. Paul says,

I do the things that I don't want to do.

The things that I want to do, I don't do

of course you get better, but you see still the teeth,

and then we come to Christ again and we'll meet

you again. It is a process, right, But you always

got to come to Christ because only He can make

things new. No amount of rubbing, no amount of mission trip,

no amount of church attendance. It's going to help you

only Jesus. No amount of preaching, no amount. But don't

you think mission trip helps? It helps. It does help

because when you go mission trip then you're more aware, like, oh, okay,

I better not the ted, the paper, I better not

the tea myself. Because the more I'm in a place

where I'm aware about things, the more I know how

to manage it, the less I get. You see, if

they were more careful, don't you think it'll be cleaner

a bit? And sometimes things happen we don't mean it,

you know. It's like, it's not like everyone here with

papacy going. You know the word we use charry pass out.

No things happen in life. A lot of things in

our lives we didn't mean too, because we were not

We didn't choose to be born in that family. I

didn't choose to be born in my family. That has

anger issues. I didn't. I didn't choose to have traumatic

child experiences. But because of Christ, I made whole. Because

of Christ, my kids don't have to experience the same

thing because of Christ. I was just talking to someone

that day. You know, family very dysfunctional, so laugh about

it both from this functional family. And then the person

said this, which I find very amusing. But your kid

it's okay, right, And I'm like, huh, yeah, their family

quite FUNCTIONALN Like sure not. I mean, I don't know. Hopefully,

hopefully I do a good job enough to give them

a functional family life. They won't grow up angry. They'll

be able to teach them the right things, They'll be

able to address things, and I don't let the scenes

of the past and the generational scenes continue on. Friends,

consider these things as I'm sharing. If you and we

want to go to first fitter two four, chapter two,

verse four to fifteen, I guys, okay, can we go

into the word. I want you to ponder on some

of these things, because we cannot avoid what happens to

us in the world. Some things, unfortunately, you can avoid

because you in the Chinese we say thais say one

you know, sorry, pass out? Please don't trry pass out.

Please try your best not to find trouble. We do

the wise thing friends, first step, but some of us

we do wise thing. Also we get in trouble, not

our fault. It's okay. As long as we remain with God,

will be fine, because only He can wash us clean.

No amount of filial piety, or duty or attendance can

wash you clean. Only Christ. First speitter, Chapter two, verse

four to fifteen says, coming to him as to a

living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God

and precious. You also as living stones, are being built

up to a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer

up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God, to Christ Jesus Christ. Therefore,

it is also contained in the scripture. Behold eleens iron,

a chief connoerstone, elect prescious, and he who believes in

him will by no means people to shame. Therefore to

you who believe he is precious, but to those who

are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become

the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling, and a

rock of offense. They stumble, being this obedient to the

word to which they were also appointed. But you are

a chosen generation, a royal priestchoot, a holy nation, his

own special people. Can you look at your neighbor and

say you are chosen, look your other neighbors and say

you are special to God, that you may proclaim the

praises of Him who called you out of darkness into

his mouthless light. You once were not a people, but

are now the people of God who had not obtained mercy,

but now have obtained mercy. Believed I beg you as

sojourners and pilgrims, stained from your fleshly lust which war

against the soul. There will be struggle, friends, there will

be there will be freshly lost. Where are we gonna follow?

We have to decide. We have to decide, having your

conduct honorable among the gentiles, that when they speak against

you as evil doers, they may, by your good works

which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Therefore,

submit yourselves to every ordinance of men for the Lord's sake,

whether to the King as supreme or to government, as

to those who are sent by Him, for the punishment

of evil doers and for the praise of those who

do good for this is the will of God, that

by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance

of foolish men. So first point in friends, I gave

you the illustration. You understand your faith? Right, you understand

that no matter what we do, we won't be able

to clean ourselves or wash ourselves clean. Only through Christ

we are made whole and new. But we don't take

that for granted, friends, we don't we When we receive something,

we need to understand the responsibility of it on ourselves.

And the interesting thing about fay our faith is that

whatever we receive. You know, they say salvation is a

free gift. I say yes, but the cost is rare high.

The cost because Jesus payed the Christ, but also the

cost that we have to lay our life for him.

Right Paul says, to live is Christ, to die is gain.

You know, it's a very different perspective. So today are

we living for ourselves or are we living for God?

Because the Bible is very clear on this. And my

encouragement for us this morning is that we are separated

for Him. We are we are separated for Him? Right,

Romans child want to do says, and so dear brothers,

and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies

to God because of all He has done for you.

Let them be a living and wholly sacrifice, the kind

he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to

worship him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world.

But let God transform you into a new person. You

already that. Let God transform you. You cannot transform yourself.

Only He can transform you. But you must be willing

to surrender and submit to him. Don't copy the behavior

and customs of this world. You know with this scripture, right,

I I tell you where sensitive life to say this

when someone comes up to me and say, passel him.

If you try this, you know this the latest faed,

this latest thing. You know. We should be more relevant,

more relevant, more relevant. Friends, The Bible says, don't copy,

don't copy the behavior of the world. Why we constantly

copying the behavior of the world. We're gonna stop it. Don't.

Then you find yourselves in trouble and you wonder why

isn't that foolishness? But let God transform you in to

a new person by changing the way you think. So

who should you be talking to on a daily basis

that acts? Oh? God. God is the one that would

transform your mind. God is the one that transformed my mind.

God is the one through different ways and manners. How

is your mind being transformed? Friends? Is it being transformed

by your parents? Is it being transformed by what you consume?

You know what they say? What you consume you become off.

The more you consume of something, you become off. So

what have you been consuming recently? Right? What you consume

become off? Are you consuming more of the world of God?

Are you consuming more things of God? Or are you

consuming other things? Because the more you consume it, the

more you become it. And you got no one to

point to our friends, right be? Are careful? Right be?

We're careful. We can laugh about it now. We can

joke about it now. But when you are in front

of the judge being City or Christ, I wonder whether

we'll still be laughing. Take this as a caution, friends,

God will change the way you think. Then you will

learn to know God's will for you, which is good

and pleasing and perfect. When we continue to allow God

to work in our lives and to transform our lives,

then we will experience him and then we will know

what is His will. For us. But if we don't

do that, we will never know, we will never understand,

and we'll always be pursuing after things that are very temporal. Friends,

my encouragement for you this morning is to pursue things

eternal in your life. And I'm not saying everybody become

full time. Don't get me wrong every time, but past

us say it there oh for that? No, no, no,

no no, I'm just saying, coming your life to Christ fully,

and then God will reveal to you what is that plan? Right?

He will reveal to you, friends, and he will guide you,

and it will be good and pleasing and perfect, pleasing

to him, pleasing to you. So you know, do you

know that when you follow God's plan It's going to

be stress free? It is can I be very honest

with you. I've experienced that many times if you follow

God's plan not my struggle. Yes, there is struggle, growth,

but there is no struggle, stress, disappointment, discouragement, not much one. Right. So,

so friends, I'm asking you this morning to lead yourself,

Lead yourself, don't let simply let anything lead you. Lead

yourself first and let the spirit lead you. Don't let

money lead you, don't let your friends lead you, you

lead yourself. Discipleship is a big thing. It's interesting that

Monica says I'm very big on discipling, but yes i am.

It's just because the Bible says so right. That's why

I'm big on it. Actions speak louder than words. Yesterday,

my son just come out from Uni. Daddy, I'm Hungrydaddy,

I'm hungry, Dady, I'm hungry. But he's still sitting looking

at the TV. And I told him, boy, you are

not hungry because the TV is more important to you,

and because of that, I will take my time to

cook for you. And then he was complaining. I say,

if you're really hungry, you're off the TV, sit on

the table, and you will show me that you're hungry.

Then I will be faster, which is true. Isn't that true?

But we take for granted a lot of times because

your children. I wrote something here. You know, friends, can

I say this when I speak this to you? I

also am in the same category. I'm not any better

than you. But these are the things I ponder about

in my life, and I try to keep it, you know,

as straight as I can. A Christian should fully immerse

themselves in the church, in the community of Christ. Why

we should earnestly seek God and then we will grow

into maturity. If church is not important to you, or

if you think that's only you and Jesus enough, then

you are like a lamb out with the wolves and

there's no protection. But do you know that when you're

in the flock and Jesus is the door, we are safe. Deside.

Sometimes people don't like to be around in church because

my in church, I need to be good. Yeah, isn't

that the goal? Do not lie, to not cheat, to

not do all the other things that the world teaches

us when we're in church. When we look at a

friend and we remind it. But why do we cherry

pick what we like? Do you know that when we

do that, we won't have a full of balanced diet.

We will have issues with things in our lives. Think

about it. I always think about this for my own life.

What is the issues I have with things? And what

is lacking in my life? We have issues with things

because we are not with the program, We are not

following God's plan. So do we cherry pick items from

the program or do we fully follow the program and

the system? You know, There are a lot of good

programs in this world. Dieting program, money program. Every single

person that has a program will tell you follow it,

or but dinner follow it, or but dinna follow it.

Because you don't follow it, it won't happen. And how

many times have of us when we talked to a

friend and say, oh, I've always program doesn't work now,

and then when you dig deeper, you actually find out

they're not fully following the program. Oh, the drink says,

I need to drink seven days a week breakfast, lunch,

and dinner. But thenna, my lifestyle are very hard loved friends,

so I only drink morning and then after the sevend week,

don't lose it. Oh yeah, is the drinks problem? Do

we live life like that? I hope not. I'm just

bringing it to light for your awareness. Think about it,

Think about your life. Think about how easy is it

to push the responsibility and another person push the responsibility

on something else when the responsibility on our own faith

is us. We have a responsibility for our faith first,

and then we have a responsibility on whatever we have

authority over your catch that, Why do I say that

I have a responsibility on my faith first, my own

faith first, and then I have a responsibility on the

authority I have over. I have authority over my family,

my wife, my kids. If I'm not a good father

who knows how to pray and do things like that

at home, how do I expect my wife and kids

to do it? If I'm not want a good pastor

that is here every week on a Sunday, how do

I expect any of you to do it? Because that's

the authority given. You're your cash that are not right?

It don't look so sad. I'm not scoring you, Okay,

I give I give an example. Right, there's a spread

prepared spread we talk about, you know church, that's a

spread prepared, right, a spread prepared in the church, okay,

or in God's kingdom? Right? And you talk about prayer service, intertssity,

prayer homes, spread, spread of food. And it has to

be a balanced diet the sound of the snow, balanced diet.

But then kids, I said it, because I have kids

come and only eat what they want to eat. I

don't want Vegila way, not a nice la. I don't

like to eat this la. I don't want this la.

I only want the fries. I only want the chips.

I only want the good stuff. All that stuff not good.

I only want the They only eat a bitney here here, here,

And then after dinner, when dinner is done, daddy, Mammy hungry, La,

why did you finish your foot by eight? Or this part?

And then depending on what I like or don't like,

the amount will be varied. Right, you cook pizza, everything finished?

You prepare Chinese meal, veggie or don't touch? Friends? Are

we kids? If you're still having the kid mentality and

encouragement to you is don't It is a balanced diet, friends,

Your Christian faith is a balanced diet. Don't just cherry pick.

Or I like this speaker, I don't like that speaker.

Oh I like this person, I don't like that person.

We're being kids. That's like God calles children. I have

come to appreciate right, the power of the five four ministry.

I've come to appreciate the different giftings and annoying things

that God gave the church. I've learned to do that right.

And I've learned to see that every experience we have

in our life as a believer contributes to our faith,

good or bad. Your catch stand on because if God

is sovereign and he's looking down and he has in control.

See we declare that right, then he has control over

every single lesson we have to learn. That also means

that the faster we learn a lesson, the faster God

let us move on. But the more we are stuck

on something, then it's very difficult. Amen, I guess. Okay, now,

so consider this discipling yourself or discipling sorry, leading yourself,

and as you lead yourself, you are disciple others through

your actions. Right, think about this question? Would I guide,

slash disciple others to do something that I would not

have done? Think about it? Parents, think about it. Will

you guide someone to do something that you're not done?

Or will you guide or disciple others to not do

something that you would have done? Consider those things? Right,

because I'm very clear that there are things that others

do that I cannot do. Clear because of the responsibility

I have, because the things I have, there are things

that others can do I cannot do. I just cannot

know that. Sorry, I can't. I'm not I'm not on

a Sunday. I'm just here. I can't. But how do

we live our lives? Okay? There is a difference between

conviction and values and necessity and urgency. Your cash that

there is a difference. A lot of times we live

our lives. Oh it's necessary, it's necessary, it's urgent. It's necessary,

it's urgent. But if you have conviction and values, you

will realize that not all urgent things need to do

on there's some things you just got a close one eye.

And because you have the conviction, amen, So think about it.

What is your conviction friends this morning? What are values

you have? We need people of character, we need so

they will not be washed left and right, but we

will stand strong because there are other people leaning on you.

There other people relying on you. You are important. Let me see, ah,

let me encourage you so because just now the scripture

says that let me go to first bitter two. Okay,

I'm trying and look for it a guys, okay, sorry,

and today quite solemn? Where does it say here, okay,

coming to him as a living stone, rejected indeed by men,

but chosen by God and precious you also as living stones,

are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood

to offer out spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Okay,

they stumble. You are a chosen generation, a royal prieschood,

a holy nation, his own special people that you may

proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of

darkness into his mouthless life. We were all in darkness,

but with Christ, he's called us out. Okay, he's called

us out. So friends, my encouragement to are you this

morning is don't be hirings, be sons and daughters of God.

There's a difference. Are hiring and sons and daughters very different? Right?

John ten eleven sixteen says I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd's sacrifics his life for the sheep. A

hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming.

He will abandon the sheep because they don't belong to

him and he isn't their shepherd, And so the wolf

attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs

away because he's working only for the money and doesn't

really care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd.

I know my own sheep, and they know me just

as my father knows me, and I know the father.

So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have

other sheep too. They are not in this sheep fall.

I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice,

and there will be one flock with one shepherd. Jesus

just foreshadowed that we should evangelize because as we're enjoying

being his sheep here, there are others out there. They

are lost. We got to reach them. Amen. So, okay,

I'm gonna end taking responsibility of our own actions and desires.

And yes, there will be clashes in interest and circumstances.

There will be there will be different background, different things happening.

There will be clashes, right, But we've got to take

responsibility of an action. How will we decide when the

time comes. Let me give you two more scriptures to

encourage you, at least for you to think about. First.

Peter five eight ten says be sober, be vigilant, because

your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion,

seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith,

knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood

in the world. But made a lot of all grace

who called us to his eternal glory by Jesus Christ

by Christ Jesus. After you have suffered a while, perfect established,

strengthen and settle you. The devil's working around looking for

people to hunt down. Are you going to be ignorant

to allow that to happen? Are you still thinking that

it's just a rare, net real thing, right? Or do

you recognize that we are fighting against the powers and

principalities of this world? My last scripture in Romans thirteen,

Romans thirteen, verse one to seven. Can you look at

your neighbor and put them on the back. Look at

as and not an e Saya loves you? Okay, that's

hod you're saying this? Okay, last night, my last lebe

it says here, let every soul be subject to the

governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God. Wow,

your cash that let every soul be subject to the

governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God.

What does that tell you? Every government is under God,

whether they be leave it or not. We gotta remember that, friends, okay.

And the authorities that exist are appointed by God. You

read in the Bible even Nebucenza was appointed by God. Right,

For rulers are not a terror to do good works,

but to evil? Do you want to be unafraid of

the Do you want to be unafraid of the authority?

Do what is good, and you will have praised from

the same. For his God's minister to you for good.

But if you do evil, be afraid, for he does

not bear the sort in vain for his God's Minister

and avenger to execute raf on him who practices evil.

Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath,

but also for conscience sake. For because of this you

also pay taxes. For their God's ministers, attending continually to

this very thing. Render therefore to all they are due,

Texas to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs fear,

to whom fear honor, to whom honor. Let me read

on all no one anything except to love one another.

For he who loves one another has fulfilled the law. Friends,

you want to fulfill the law. Love one another. For

the commandments. You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder,

you shall not steal, you shall not bear for sweetness,

you shall not covert. And if there is, if there

are any other commandments, are all summed up to this saying, namely,

you shall love your neighbor as yourself. Come on, let's

serve one another, and not just here in church. Serve

the people around you. Serve your neighbors, Serve your clients,

Serve your students. Love them. Some of them might not

have experienced love before. We are loved here. Well, if

you are not loved enough, then I guess the church

will love you. Mola. You know love does no harm

to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

And we're envy this and do this knowing the time

that now it is high time to awake out of sleep.

For now our salvation is nearer than when we first believe.

The night is fast span the day is at hand. Therefore,

let us cast off the works of darkness, and let

us put on the armor of light. Let us walk

properly as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness,

not in lewdeness and lust, not in strife and envy.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no

provision for the flesh to fulfill its last and our end.

This way, how can I be a blessing to the Church.

And when I'm a blessing to the church. How can

I be a blessing to the people around me? How

can I love my neighbor? I just share with you

how no matter how bad your life is, right, you

can always go to Christ and He will make you

a clean Do you know that it's very difficult to

love someone else when you're dirty, when you got so

much anger and strife in your life, it's very hard

to love another person. But when you make whole, Wow,

when you are when you don't have any worry, you

don't have any dumb when you don't have to worry

about whether or not people are gonna cheat you, or

when you have to look at humans a different way,

you can look at them and love them because God

is the one that transforms your heart. Amen. Like I said,

I don't know what's the title today. It's a lot

have been talked about, a lot have been shared, and

I don't know. Some of you might catch different things.

But my initial title that I wrote here was holiness

and separation. Why are we called a holy nation? Because

Christ came and He set us free. We are made whole,

And yes the world is messed up, We're still living

in these falling able friends, things happen, things we don't like.

News happened, things happened to you. We are still dealing

with people who will hurt you. But what is our response?

That is the most important. What is my response? How

do I respond when I'm heard? How do I respond

when I go into a tough time? How do I

respond to my friends? How do I respond to's someone

who hates me? How do I respond? I respond the

way Christ wants me to respond because I made new

with him. That is the understanding that I hope you'll

go back with you today. Amen. And then when we

continue to work in his life and know his real friends,

He's going to be exciting. It's going to be so

exciting for you because you will know his will for

your life. You will be good and pleasing and fulfilling

for your Amen.

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