That They May See Your Good Works and Glorify Your Father in Heaven | Pr Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from axt church.

We hope this message will light up your team.

Do you all know the team for this year our church?

You know, every year every church got team one like

or that's a team. Some is disciple sheep that I

remember last time when my old church we have this

thing called chiros is the chiros moment. You know, old

school as all these words to you know, that sounds

very cool, but actually when you hear it, you're like, man,

very old school and our team this year? Anybody can say,

what's our team this year? I can see that you guys,

hear it until you're really that's what you're saying it

that way? Yes, that all may know, Okay, that all

may know that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Amen. Only some of you believe in it? Okay? Are

you guys not excited to be believers? Hey?

Friends, I know the world is tough, I know life

is hard. I know things sometimes can feel down. But

isn't it exciting to follow Jesus? Isn't it exciting to follow?

You know, our savior, the King of kings and the

Lord of lords, the one that died on the crossfall.

Since you know if you don't feel excited following Jesus,

I think I just think you have not fully experienced

him yet.

I'm excited to follow Jesus, you know.

And sometimes I have to remind myself that being a

Christian is not just being called you know, even that's

you know, even in that word Christian little Christ. Again,

it was used as a derogatory term. People look down

on Christians. They say, hah yo, look like this guy

named Jesus died, you know, and you'll say he wrotes

from the day that was given and then don't know

why we claim it or Christian. I'm a Christian. Actually

it's a derogatory you know. That was used last time.

Have you fully experienced Christ on it? I think that's

a question I asked all of you this morning. Have

you fully experienced Jesus Christ.

A Lot and Savior?

Because it is not just a title, It is not

just I'm born in the Christian family. If you're if

that is your experience, I feel sad for you because

then you've not fully experienced Christ. I believe a lot

of you here would have experienced Christ. You know what

I mean by experienced Christ? You know, I know my

good friend, Cheryl. Uh and uh, you know we go

way back, okay, way back from a ya days, you know,

and now she's big time that then in some Telcot

company you know, left us you know the rest of

us now joking Cheryl. You ask her for her testimony,

ask her about her testimony, right, and you will know

that she knows who Christ is. How many of us

can have that confidence? I know who my Lord is,

I know who Jesus Christ is. My encouragement for us

this morning is that please know who Christ is. Don't

live on another person's testimony. Don't live on Passelving doctor

Jason Cheryl's testimony. Live on your own testimony. Why do

Christians get easily sweet? It's because you're not fully convinced.

And again it's not your fault. At the end the day,

someone us here. We are young believers. We're young Christians.

You know, some was here became a Christian because we

experienced Christ. You know, we experience how God moved in

our lives. And that's amazing, right. But I just want

to you know, as I'm preparing the word this week,

and as I'm thinking about the team, you know, sometimes

we can come to church every year, and it's another

team yala about witnessing again, a yala you know, church,

want us to give again, one of those, want us

to go missions again, want us to plan the homes again?

Want to plan a church again? Friends, Experience Jesus.

All that we do, all that we do, it is

an expression of our love for Christ. All that we

do it is our understanding and relationship with Jesus. And

if we fully know him, if we fully love him,

then we probably won't complain.

Then we probably won't have issue with different things. But

if we do not know.

Him, or if we don't realize who He is in

our lives, no wonder we can say things we don't

actually would mean if you know so, I just want

to challenge us this morning. Experience Jesus. It is so

exciting to know who God is. It is so wonderful,

you know. Just now I read Isaiah chapter nine, verse six.

Wonderful counselor Prince of Peace. Such an amazing person to meet. Yeah,

but pass away. I cannot see him. You know, he

looks like a hippie. Right, that's the picture that they had.

Do you know that Jesus normal? He looks so normal? No, right,

that you can pass him by one if you were there.

That's what it was joking. Oh you know, I wish

I could see Jesus, do you You might have missed him.

You might have missed him because he looks like any

other person, nothing special about him, not handsome, not impressionable.

But when he speaks, he has the words of eternal life.

So my encouragement this morning, friends is that we got

to experience Jesus.

Amen.

You got to have that desire to experience Christ, right,

and I pray that you will experience Christ because then

you have your own testimony, then you have your own

life experience.

Then you will know who Jesus is.

Then you will not come to a place where you

deny him because you know he's real in your life.

Amen.

So the title of my message this morning and don't

ray is in relation to what I just shared with us,

is that they may see your good works and glorify

your father in heaven.

Matthiel chapter five, verse sixteen.

It says, let your light so shine before men, that

they may see your good works and glorify your father

in heaven. So this year, our team is that all

may know you know, and the thing is how do

people know if you don't show them, they won't. You know,

as I'm reading the scriptures, the way Jesus showed them

the way to live was that he really showed them

the way to live. He walked with the disciples, He

hung out with the disciples, right that they may see

your good works and glorify your father in heaven. So, friends,

I have a question when people see you and your works.

Of course, the first question is I hope it's good work, lack?

And when I said, go, I'm not talking about charity,

you know, friends, I'm talking about the work.

The work you put.

Up, whether you're a student, whether you're a worker, it

is good work.

Right? First that and then who do they give credit to? Who?

Or Daniel? You're such an awesome person.

Man, you're such a wonderful uh you know blank analyst,

financial analysts? Right, you must work really hard for it. Right,

who do they glorify? Or I guess who do you

glorify at the end of the day. Okay, let's read

Script Mathew, chapter five, verse thirteen to sixteen. And just

for fun, we're gonna do something a little bit different

this morning. I'm gonna get you, guys, to read scripture. Okay,

hope you brought your bible. Okay, menth you Chapter five,

verse sixteen to seventeen. Right, and I'm gonna get doctor

Jason with his wonderful lecturer voice to read for us

this morning. Mean's so happy. It's the voice she hears

and weeks every morning. Good morning, dear right you scripture scripture.

Yes you are the salt thought the ears. But if

salt has lost its taste, how shall it salt in

us be restored? And it is no longer good for

anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

That's verse thirteen all the way sixteen, Oh, you are

the light of the world. A city set on a

hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamb

and put it under a basket. But understand, and it

gives light to all in a house. In the same way,

let your light shine before others, so that they may

see your good works and give flory to your father

who is in heaven.

So it is what the Bible says, It's not what

passe Alvin says. Are I think what the Bible says

we need to take heart to it. Can I encourage

us here. Let us stop listening to the opinions of

men and start listening to the word of God. Let

us stop relying on the interpretation of men on how

a scripture should look like.

And then don't dinner.

We clarify and say, oh, we don't have to follow

this because some pastor said something and he interprets. Guys

read the Bible. Some things in the Bible are super literal.

Let your how do you want to reinterpret it? Let

your light so shine before men so that they may

see or goers and glorify your father in heaven. Isn't

that literal enough? Oh no, no, no, no, no, you know

passe alwen you say light shine. You know I need

to shine my light like a diamond, right and I'm

here Joint American idol. Then when we become famous and

that can go on stage and receive the war and say,

oh Jesus is friends, big things like that. Now, don't

touch hats on you know what touch hats? When if

one on one conversations to people, remember the milestones in

your own life.

Think about it.

Is it something that came from the stage, or was

it a conversation with someone your mom, your dad always

a milestones.

We remember. It is always in the small and never

the big, But then we all pursue the big.

It is always that pivotal inspirational conversation, whether with someone

or maybe we've got in our room in the quiet,

that we remember until today. It is never the why

I remember this person and very famous, but somehow human

beings we chase after those things. Do not be deceaved. Friends, Amen,

So what is our intention when we do good? Let's

have a heart check. Can we have a hard check

this morning? Matthew Chapter six, verse one to four. Because

as is a teacher here, No, not not teacher, but

she's gifted as a teacher. She's doing something else now,

counselor right counselor like Jesus, can you read me too?

Chapter six, us on to four.

Matthew six one two four. Take here that you do

not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen

by them, Otherwise you have no reward from your father

in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do

not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do

in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may

have glory from men. Assuredly. I say to you, they

have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed,

do not let your left hand know what your right

hand is doing. That your charitable deed may be in secret,

and your father, who sees in secret, will himself reward

you openly.

Amen. God bless the reading of the word.

So this scripture, of course, when we read now, and

especially if you're Asian, right, Asians have a tendency.

To read things and go according to duty.

Means when I do good, I cannot show everybody so

that people want that action by friends. As I read these,

remember I don't know that you guys remember the first

time I shared about giving God our best.

It is about the heart.

It is always about the heart, because when you address

the issues of the heart, everything settles. I think there's

a scripture that says out of the issues of what,

out of the issues of the of bundance of the heart,

issues of I flow out from it, right right, So

thanks so much, migan.

So it's about the heart.

So when there is a scripture like this, Jesus teaches

us to do good deeds unto God and not unto men.

Okay, or because God wants all the glory.

Well, yes he wants all the glory, but why he

teaches us to do it in secret and not both

state okay?

And he also assures us that our father in heaven

sees it.

You know, sometimes when you do something good and you

don't get the credit, you feel it on you work

so hard and you don't get the credit. Do you

know that your father and haven't sees it. You don't

have to prove your boss anything, you know, because even

the Bible says work unto the Lord. See, do we

even know that God is there? Sometimes sometimes we live

our lives we don't realize that God is actually there. Know,

we think that our boss is God. Well, some companies

are like that. Can I introduce you to someone that's

greater than your boss, someone that said he's the king

of kings and a lot of lords.

But then why do we live life under under bondage?

And it's not a real bondage, No, it's a mental

bondage that we are subject to men, no, no, no friends.

The only subject we ask is to God. So we

do it unto him. But there is an assurance that

our father in heaven sees it. He sees it all

your pain, all your trouble, your stress, all your stress

that's brought to by your friends, your family, your you know,

loved one.

God sees. God sees this morning the pain you're going through,

and he loves you, and he wants the best for you,

and he wants to help you, and he will reward

you openly. When I read this, you know what I catch?

I catch that Jesus is basically guarding us against pride.

Do you know that pride is a sin? You know?

We can look at it very different.

Oh, God wants all the all the glory, and you know,

oh it's all me.

God asks me to be humble, and I need to

be lowly. If I'm a pastor, I must be poor.

How many of you have that perception?

No pastor must be poor and couse he serves the Lord,

cause if he's rich, something is wrong. Are we so

small minded? Aren't I a child of God?

Like you'll?

I'm not saying your thing like that of Mila? But

aren't I a child of God? Don't you think God

has promises for me of abandon? Why must we be

so small minded? But what is God guarding me? He's

not guarding me against riches, because honestly, right, God is

the owner of a kett of a thousand years, can

give you whatever you want, but he's more concerned with

your heart.

So he's guarding us against pride.

Friends, when we are called to be humble, he's guiding

us against pride, because you know how pride can cause

you to not rely on him thinking that you are God.

And then after that what happens. We suffer because the

devil has us in his hands, so he gads us

against pride when we are doing things like this. Let's

take heat of the world of Christ. Amen, Let's take

heat of that he gathers us against against pride. Man Deil,

chapter six, verse five to seven. I'm gonna get Calvin

to read, okay.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites,

for the love to pray standing in the sinner on

the corners of the street, and that they may be

seen by men. Surely, I say to you, they have

their reward. But but you, when you go pray, go

into your room, and when you have shut your dog,

pray to your father who's in the secret place. And

your father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly,

and when you pray, do not use fain repetitions as

the haytn't do for dating that they will be hurt

for their many words.

Thank you so much, Calvin, see even in prayer, you know.

And of course we can go back and orse is

talking about phariseesla you know. But why why so specifically

right this? But because we can get there?

Do you know that? Do you know that we can do?

You know what I can get there.

That's why I always remind myself that the poopye is

not mine.

I'm and trusted with it.

That this church doesn't belong to pass Alvin, And sometimes

I have to remind leaders here people don't belong to us.

People belong to the Lord.

So whatever people do as sometimes they can be used

the word misbehaving.

Right, I can't do anything right. I can prayer for them,

but they belong to the Lord. Right. And I shouldn't

be prideful. I shouldn't say, oh no I built No,

I didn't build this church.

God build this church. Yes I worked hard for it,

Yes I was faithful. Yes I've been here for a

twelve years. Yes, I sacrifice some holidays, you know, in

my family because you know, easier. You don't want to

arrange holiday during the you know, like dipa valley and

then you go on a Sunday. But I'm committed, so

I'm here. We have to make difficult decisions, you know,

first year, first year, no, second year, second year XPJ.

My wife was pregnant, Praise the Lord, right, but that

also means that we have a newborn baby. You know

how early we came to just last time a seven

am men. See, I'm not saying this to boast to

you know, I'm just telling you that we had to

pay the price now and I can still stand here

and tell.

You that I don't own this church. I'm just called

to serve. Pride is dangerous, friends, and God wants us

together even in prayer, even in ministry.

Are we so prideful? Or can we come under submission?

Or this leader don't know what they're talking about?

Lah?

No, friends, the leader paid the price. The person paid

the price. Your harder leader paid the price. You know,

your parents pay the price. Why can't we humble ourselves

under their authority? And if really the person is not there,

remember it said God is still hate.

If really the person is misbehaving, and you are suffering

under that, don't worry God or remove the leadership. You

don't have to do anything one. If you don't believe me,

go and read King David's life. He was under leadership

that wanted to kill him, you know. And yet to

the day where the leadership died, King Saul died, he

still honored him because he recognized that King Saul was

God's anointed. So what the Bible says, friends? So what

the Bible says, right even in prayer and how we

conduct ourselves in front of us, the glory is not

ours but towards the Lord. What does the Bible teach us?

The Bible teaches us that we need to have an

understanding and perspective that God is sovereign. I wonder how

many of us remember that God is sovereign, Not me,

not the pastor not the church.

God is sovereign, and we're all under God. He is sovereign. Amen.

That also means, friends, the good news is God being sovereign.

Also means no matter how the market looks like, no

matter how your job looks like, no matter how your

family looks like, no matter how Malaysia looks like. Malaysia

is awesome country. By the way, no.

Matter how the world looks like or everything's going on

in the dy, no matter what the news says. Friends,

God is in control always.

Do we believe it? Do we believe it? You know

how we believe it? Your speech, your conduct? You're worried?

What do you believe in? Friends? God is sovereign. That's

what the Bible teaches us. So it's either you believe

the Bible you don't believe the Bible. Amen.

Right, God is sovereign. He is in control. And can

I teach you something that I learned from Pastor? He

taught all the leadership during the pandemic, when it was

crazy and we were going.

Through a tough time. He taught us this.

Right, Pascuna reminded us to go back to Jesus, and you're.

Not Jesus taught us.

Jesus taught us how to pray. So let's break down

the Lord's Prayer. Are guys getting something out of race?

The Lord's Prayer?

Matthew Chapter six, verse nine to thirteen. And I want

us to read this together. I want us to pray

this together. Ai, guys ready, I'm going to use King

James version okay. And if you're using the same Bible

as me, is page number eight hundred and fifty three.

So let's read together, okay, the Lord's Prayer. It says

this in this manner, therefore pray. Come on, let's read together.

Our Father in Heaven. Hello, it be your name, your Kingdom.

Come. Your will be done on earth as it is

in heaven.

Give us this day our daily break, and forgive us

our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not

lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

For yours is the Kingdom and the power and the

glory forever.

Amen. Amen. How many of you pray this prayer on

the daily basis? Some do? Right? Friends? Can I encourage you?

All of us should pray this prayer on the daily basis.

Let me tell you the why, oh, because I need

all of you to be devout Christians that you know

the Lords Prayer. No, no, no, no, Friends, Praying the Lord's

Prayer helps you to have the right perspective in your life.

I'll tell you why. Let me give you the why

real quickly. Okay.

Our Father in Heaven, first line, God is there. He

is your father and he's in heaven. Hello, it be

your name. You're know what that means. His name is holy,

he has authority.

You're catching. This is not you're catching. You know.

I know when Passacona thought the leadership this. I pray

every day and really help me because every morning reader

and looking at the news, I remind myself God, you

are my father in heaven. You are holy, Your kingdom, Come,

your will be done. It is your kingdom, not my kingdom,

not the world' king Your kingdom, not whoever that's ruling

our country kingdom, not whoever that's ruling the world kingdom.

It's your kingdom, your kingdom. Come, your will be done.

It is God's will that will be done on this earth,

not my will, not the will of people above me.

God's will, not my boss's will. Right, God's will on

earth as it is in heaven. Why is this important?

Oh?

God, your so far away are? You don't know what

I'm going through. God's will be done on earth. His

will is done on earth. What is God's will for

your life? Big question?

Why did God bring you to XPJ? Another big question?

Whose will be done? Your will or God's will? Right?

Give us this day out deliberate. I love this line.

Why he talks about God's providence. He'll provide for you, friends,

He'll provide for you. Do you know that if you're

a child of God, he will never leave you high

and right?

Trust me.

Sometimes it reaches very closely, but my bank act has

never been zero. And the Lord provides. And yes, it's

sometimes difficult because as human beings and we grow up

we need as well. We say, you don't work hard,

you don't earn, which is truer in reaping.

But it is also true that God will take care

of you.

And no matter how difficult the situation you're in, God

will take care of you if you trust him. That's

a big if that. But if you don't trust him,

then very difficult. How are you gonna how is someone

gonna take care of you and you don't trust a person,

He's gonna be very difficult because you're gonna do things

the person didn't ask you to do. Right, But if

you trust him, he will take care of you. And

this is another important line. And forgive our debts. Only

God can forgive us. But what's the perocricy for that?

As we forgive our debtors? Friends, I've come to sein

and I think I've shared it in previous I don't

show it previously, but I've come to see how unforgiveness

in our lives can really mess us up, how unforgivers

can cause us not to move forward in life. Now

I've seen how because of a particular situation, a brother

who had.

Unforgiveness for many years cannot move on until the person

let it go and say, I forgive so different, now

so different. We have to let go or whatever unforgiveness

that we have I caution.

I think, yeah, I remember I cautioned you guys last year,

last week, or for last.

Friends, don't hold onto offense. Don't get so easily offended

on someone else we have can or not please for

your own good. Don't don't get angry so fast.

Right, forgive our debt as we're forgive our debtors, and

do not lead us into temptation, but deliver.

Us from the evil one.

Friends, do not lead. We're asking God. You mean God

can lead?

Well, I guess God can allow it to happen now,

so you're ask him.

You have to ask him keep you safe, because think

about it. If I'm a parent and my son. Let's

say my son decides to misbehave, and I can try

my best to say no, stop, change the person.

You know he wants to go. I don't know.

Okay, let let's use this example that is very bad example,

go clubbing.

Okay. I used to go clubb when I'm young.

Okay, Let's say my son, oh, you know his go

clubbing and mix with people that he didn't make swave.

I can do a lot of things. I can, I

can change him, I can do whatever. But do you

know that if he really wants to go, he will

find a way. Do you know the moment I let

go of my chain said whatever, do you know what?

It's not sustainable to change my son. I am not

doing it. And by the way, just letting you'll give

you some examples, right, okay, but it's not sustainable in

fact doing things like that, and I might causing to

stray further.

So likewise, in our own lives, how many of us

have been this obedient to God?

And Jesus can forgive right, yeah you will, but after

a while, right, if you constantly are this obedient?

Right, your parents also don't know what to do with you.

They will like, let you go up because can't do

anything ready, friends, can I give you a caution, don't

treat God.

Don't treat God that way. Don't treat God that way. Yes, yes,

unconditional love. But if you sow want it now you

might get it. Be were careful, be were careful, you

might sol want it that you.

Will get it. It is you one thing or not

not out of people one for you, you know, so

be were careful without desires? Right?

Sorry, yeah, but delivers from the evil one for yours

is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever imaen.

Just another reminder that God is all powerful. Imen.

Guys, Okay, so please go pray. If you don't have

to pray, pray the lost prayer. If you don't cannot remember,

near might open the Bible and pray. Internalize the Lord's prayer.

This is why Jesus taught us how to pray, this

direct from Bible and our friends. You don't have to

be eloquent, really say, don't be eloquent like those in

the temple read in reports. You know, when he said everything,

I'm like, oh my goodness, I repeat my prayers all

the time. He's talking about me, you know, no, friends,

we got to learn how to pray. We got to

learn how to pray. We got to know that God

is sovereign and the Lord's prayer gives us the right

perspective and posture towards God in our daily lives.

Why is it daily? Because the Word that is give

us this day your daily brain.

Meantime, you have to pray every day, our friends, you

have to no other choice, right, And some of you

notice one day skip devotion when you're consistent, then suddenly

or they mess up.

Then you wonder why.

It's not because God's angry at you. No, we sign

we think, oh no, I'm not holy now.

No, No, it's not that.

It's just that you forgot to tap into the power.

It's you forgot to tap into the power, not because

God is angry. God is not angry at you. God

loves you right, the right perspective, and He is on you.

Read read further, you will see how God said, how

deus say it. Don't worry, see he giving He's giving

us the tools and the understanding of who Christ is,

who God is in our lives because He knows what

troubles us, our future, our daily break right.

The problems we have with people, unforgiveness. He knows that.

He teaches us, and then he gives us assurance. Right.

He talks about, hey, lay up your treasures in heaven.

I'm reading continue Matthew six, right, and then he says,

you cannot self two masters, for either he will hate

one and love the other, or else he'll be loyal

to one and despise the other. You cannot self God

and mement. And then later Christ talks about not worrying.

Don't worry. If God, our father can take you.

See you, If you don't establish I got your father,

then you worry. But if you're really established, I got

your father, then Jesus your men, don't worry. Don't worry

because you'll take care of you. Your father will take

it of you. Right, He's good to you. But you

don't missbehavilow okay. And then the scripture comes Matthew sixty three.

But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,

and all these things shall be added to you.

Love this scripture.

Remind myself constantly about this scripture because the reality is

us living on this earth.

We can forget who God is us living on this earth.

If the problem is big enough in your face, you

will realize or the problem is here, right, you will

forget that God, now there is bigger than a problem.

Is standing behind a problem. But your eyes just focused

on the problem. Your eyes just focus on your dream.

Do you know that your dream can be a problem

as well?

Right?

Do you know that sometimes God will ask us to

sacrifice our dream because our dream is not good enough

for us, and then later he'll give us something better. Actually,

it was a dream, friends, to renovate my house. Dream

pipe dream. It's happening, it's coming to fruition. I still

cannot believe it. I still cannot believe it.

I was just telling my.

Wife that day. Hey, no, don't I tell my telling

someone else. I was I you know, I just give

you some story. Okay, you know I have a picture

of how you should look like, right, how the towels

should look like. And I wanted like wood towels or

nice right wood looking towels, you know. And then after

ding dong left right, talked to the you know contractor

realize that I have to change plan because the wood

towels are it's not cannot last long. My look nice,

my you know, my imagination is like all those Scandinavian

house design Yeah, you know there's no nice wood towels

on the floor, wood wood, rail wood, but cannot reil

wood man cause Chinese agent cooking rail wood is oil, right,

and the contractors good constantly remind me remember if you

cook Thai tower, it doesn't work in this kind of

They're like, okay, so nots and we and we were rush.

You know, I had to make a decision for the

tous last week. I had to make a decision and

I'm like, okay, let's just go with your recommendation. And

suddenly he asked, uh, you know, and and you see,

my imagination is limit limit limiting, but God's image imagination

is more right.

I never once considered a two by two thous.

I always think two by one on me because I

can afford that two by two two expensive?

Right. Also, I thought contracted us, why don't you consider

two by two. I'm like, huh, two by two can?

May?

Can may? Okay, I'll trial.

Then after that went to the town shop, right supposed

to go with me and my wife for those that

wanted me about you know, renovation being stressful and it

can cause you know, challenges.

Yes, in communication, yes, but she said, yeah, I trust you.

You just Gola.

I think she also fell out immunately just go like side,

I will do whatever. And I'm like, okay, okay, I

went there. I rushed, I went there. Look, look, look

I picked two thousands.

Right, I'm like this and this.

You know, it wasn't my initial choice. Friends, it wasn't totally.

I'm like, Kayla, you know, but look nice, right, And

then I went back. And then the next day I

reflected and I'm like, actually, I was telling my wife,

I say, actually the thoughts we picked right, that was

not the first choice, quite Classila, Actually, like it kind

of makes the flaw As I'm thinking about it now,

like although it was like a rash, have to do this,

have to do that, I didn't plan, I'm thinking about him, like,

actually the town make it look quite premium, La, And

he's saying budget, praise the Lord. God has a better

plan for you. We don't know, we don't imagine. I'm

sure I'm just taking it one step at the time now,

because the whole reason why I'm doing renovation is because

God asks, do you know I wouldn't have done it, honestly,

I honest, you know, we got to have the right

perspective to usko on Amen, and the focus is God

always always, yes, yes, Yes, we have dreams, we have desires,

we want to do. Friends, the Bible and probably say

man plans is steps. Sorry, man plans is waste. But

God directs his steps. So it also tells you you've

got a plan.

Keep planning.

I don't don't plan now, Oh I don't plan whatever, Lord, No, no,

don't do that plan, plan plan, But when God changes

your plan, be flexible and be open because He is

in control.

Amen.

Even if it seems like a worst plan. Something as

Hmans tells, felt like a worst plan. But as I

think about it, and as I continue to thinking about it,

I think if I went in my original plan, I

will regretted. But because I'm going with I believe it's

God's plan. Weird now, got so interesting plan? Well, so

far it seems like he is la that it looks

pretty good and I would never have imagined. I would

never have wanted it, but God made away.

Amen.

So friends, going back to the first title, that they

may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven.

Let's take a look back. So just now we had

a hard check, right, great check. Now let's take a

look back. What has been our track record? What has

been your try record?

Okay?

And friends, when I say this, I must also clarify

I am not so freeer to check on everybody?

Can I can? I be honest, There's just too many

people here to follow up. Right. I'm just one man.

I got my own kids, my own wife, right, and

I always joke sometimes after five thirty.

I'm off Joe. Joke joke, Okay, Joe.

So God knows right your try record and you know

your try recud, but I'm not checking on you. Okay,

Just to clarify, can't got no time, right, But let's

look back. What is our try record? And what have

we been producing? What have we been producing? Let's read

Matthew Chapter seven, verse fifteen to twenty. Okay, and I

ran my so I'm just gonna read it myself, are

you guys?

Okay?

Beware of false prophets who come to you in ship's clothing,

but inwardly they are revenous wolves. You will know them

by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes? Or

fixed from thissels? Even so, every good tree best good fruit,

but a bad tree best bad fruit. A good tree

cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear

good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit

is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by

their fruits you will know them. Do you know that

people know you by your fruits? What you produce?

They do.

And I'll just focus on these two scripture for us

to think about and reflect Matthew seven to eighteen. A

good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad

tree bear good fruit. It talks about the tree. Sometimes

we just blame the fruit. The fruit is sourisla, No,

it is the tree that is burying the fruit. Who

is the tree? We are the tree? And it further

talks there for by their fruits you will know them.

What is our track record? Let me give you another

sobering thought. Okay, a lot of sobering talks his money.

I guess, okay, can you just notut your neighbor and say, hey,

it's gonna be okay, it's gonna pay, We're gonna end well, okay, we're.

Gonna end well. Okay.

You know, I think about this a little bit often

now because again, maybe maybe I had a native Deaf experience.

We are getting older, but I think about this, okay,

and maybe because I passed her. So I think about

things like this quite a while.

We can only account for ourselves and not others. Do

you know that?

Of course for me a bit different. Now I have

to account for all of you. That's how the Bible says.

Those there are in leadership, we have to come for

everybody's under their ship, you know, under under their Okay,

So I got more pressure, okay, But we can only

account for ourselves and ordists. Do you know that you

can only account for ourselves and ordists because and it's

written in the Bible. Our friends, so sobering thought something

for us to think about. Don't fear, but think about

because when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ,

and when he asked us to take an of our lives,

what will we tell him?

Something to think about? Is God loving? Yes? Can can

Christ forgive us? Since? Yes?

But when we are called in front of the judgment

sies of Christ next time, what will we tell him?

I think about that because I think about my own actions.

I ah Jesus the reason why I decided not to

do abcit because this person hurt me. That person is horrible.

This person or my parents you know, not rich enough,

you know my father?

No, what are we gonna say to Christ?

Let me read scripture? Okay, Matthew seven twenty one. Not

everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter the

kingdom heaven. But he who does the will of my

father in heaven. Many will say to me in the day,

Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast

out demons in your name, and done many wonders in

your name? It's quite cool, right, prophesied in Jesus's name,

cast out demons in Jesus' name, and done wonders in

Jesus name. And then I would declare to them, I

never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness. Okay,

let me break down the scripture in two key understandings. So,

first question, how come these people can do things in

jesus namer, but Jesus still don't recognize them?

Is it possible? Right?

Shouldn't they who use his name to do things be

recognized by him because they're doing in Jesus name. Okay,

let me give you these two key understanding by the

mere fact that Jesus said he don't recognize them tells them,

tells you that they don't have a relationship with him.

But what does that also say about what they do?

It also talks about the power of the name of

Jesus Christ. You'll catch that his namer is so powerful.

So this is the thing where I feel something it's

hard for us to understand because, oh, we go by association.

Okay, I hope I'm explaining. It's clear enough.

What's the same is I'm Christian only I can use

Jesus name, not true. God already said that the name

of Jesus Christ is the name above every other name

and true his name many or be healed, means that

Jesus' name is powerful. Whether you're a Christian or not,

you understand that the name of Christ is powerful. A

person who's not a believer and don't believe in Jesus

yet can pray in Jesus name and God will hear

him or her because the name is powerful. It doesn't

talk about oh, you qualify only no no, no friends,

whether we believe it or not, the name is powerful.

And this is why, maybe this is why the world

is trying to discredit the name of Christ by using

it as a sweard. You'll catch that.

So it tells me, you know, because I used to

don't understand. I don't understand God, what do you mean?

Hey? Very clear? God already said that the name of

Jesus is powerful, so means a Christian not Christian. When

I use it now, the power is in effect. Don't

catch that. So it's not about the name. But then

it talks about I never knew it talks about relationship. So, friends,

sobering thought, do we have a relationship with Christ? It

is not about the works. It is about the relationship.

The relationship doesn't qualify us or more.

No, no, no, The power is dearity. The power in

the name is dereity. Do we recognize that you're how

powerful there is? Friends, That also tells me that you

don't have to be a pastor to pray in Jesus'

name and God hears you. That also tells me that

the name of Christ is so powerful that we got

to take it seriously when we pray in Jesus name.

Not like that, you guys, Okay, So it is an

ouch moment for.

Some of you, right, for some of us. Here for

me as well.

Look to your neighbor and say ouch, look to your

other neighbor and say it's okay, you'll be fine.

So what as that mean? Friends?

It means that it's time to take responsibility of our

own actions. It just means that, okay, it just means

that take responsibility of your own actions. Your faith is

your faith, not someone else's faith. Just can't come up

to Christ and say, my husband now not wholly enough

to do the evotion in me every morning, So that's

why I don't. But he's a pastor word. It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. Do you know that when we all

go to heaven, she's not gonna look basemen?

You pasta? Are you want to strike? Hello?

All say no, right, it's all same, But it's time

to take responsibility less ten to Second Corinthians five nine

to eleven.

Are you guys okay?

I know that's all scripture here, okay, And I hope

you're following me so far? Okay, Second Corinthians, Oh, I

will encourage you. If you're confused, go and talk to

your home leaders. Hopefully they can explain to you. Right,

give them all. Second Corinthians five nine to eleven. What

as they say, it says He. Therefore we make it

our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing

to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment

seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things

done in the body according to what he has done,

whether good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the

Lord we persuade men. But we are well known to God,

and I also trust are well known in your conscience. Friends,

our favor is not just happy happy HAHAHII. You need

we got to remember that we are called to mature

in Christ. We are called to have a relationship with Christ.

We are called to experience Christ. It is not a

surface kind of religion or believe. No, it is a

relationship with Christ. So I encourage you. Let's aim to

be well pleasing to Him. When you do things, do

it unto God. When you serve, do it unto God.

Don't do it no no power, one, nothing can come out.

One.

Maybe I can take you a going macana or invite

you to my house. That's all right, But I want

to do anything better. Do it towards Christ, not towards man.

Do it towards Christ.

Amen, you want to hear the good news. And I

end with this. You want to hear the good news.

You want to hear the good news.

Okay, I know we talk a lot about stuff that

is quite heavier, but can I give you the kicker, right,

which is a good news.

The good news is that we are not alone. We

are not alone.

But you're looking at it photo, you see, Yeah, yeah,

Pastor bringing the good news? Why do I honor Pastor Kenneth?

Because the simple reality is this, If Pastor Kenneth didn't

start ex church, I wouldn't be here. It's as simple

as that. Is he anything more special than any other guy? Nope,

It's just that he's pressure enough that he's willing to

follow what the Lord does, right, and I respect him

for that.

That's why. That's honor, and honor is beating our church.

We believe in it. We honor each other. Right, We

don't love each other, but we honor each other. Amen.

So what is the good news? Friends?

I think we can release together for God soul love

the world that he gave his only begoden son, that

whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God did not send his son into the world

to condemn the world, but that the world true him

might be saved. So, friends, I know I share a

lot of stuff that Ohhavi Halving, Hey, you want to

know the good news. The good news is the transformative

power of Christ. Can you not your neighbor and say

Christ is going to transform you? Can you not your

other neighbor and say, with more conviction, Christ is going

to transform you?

To I, guys, okay not. I hope we're catchink something

out of this.

Second Corinthians five seventeen says Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

he is a new creation. All things have passed away. Behold,

old things have become new. All things have passed away. Friends,

you can become new, new.

Year, new you. It's going to be doing it twenty

five ready, do you know that? Friends?

If you have met me ten years ago, actually known

ten years ago, if you met you, if you if

you can you can talk my wife? Okay, I like you.

You said, it's a you know, going a very fire.

I think I've changed a lot. I think I've changed

a lot. But it's not because of any other thing.

It's because of Christ. You know, for those of us

who walk with him. For those of us who know him.

You know yourself how Christ has transformed you, made you're

more patient person, Maybe you love people a little bit more.

It's a continuous transformation. No, right, it's a continuous transformation.

So can we don't stop Christ ageus enough? Area.

I don't know no friends, less mature more. No, No,

I want to be comfortable. I don't want really, Just

send me to heaven. John chapter three, verse eighteen to

twenty one. It says here he who believes in Him

is not condemned, but he who does not believe is

condemned really because he has not believed in the name

of the only Beg, godden son of God. And this

is the condemnation. That the light has come into the world.

And men love darkness rather than light because their deeds

were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and

does not come to the light. Less his deeds should

be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to

the light, and that his deeds may be clearly seen,

that they may have been done in God. Do you

see it comes from full circle that they may see

your works and glorify your far in heaven. You'll catch

that that ourdeeds be done in God. It comes one

full circle. When you are transformed by Christ. You cannot

help but aligned to God's will and that your works

may glorify your fart in heaven. So the key word

is trans for maytion, transformation. I am no longer the same,

I wance worse. I can confidently say that I.

Am changed, transform, born again, set free, and a new

creation in Christ, Jesus, my Lord and my Savior. And

that is my testimony. Amen. Amen, I'm sure some of

you here can profess that we are transformed. Right. I

got home up for y'all.

Go back and read efficients chapter two, verse one to ten.

Can on not write it down Ephicients Chapter two, verse

one to ten. But let me give you this one

scripture from that efficients two ten says for we are workmanship.

We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jeus for good

works which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

That's what we are created for. Are we doing it

or not? That's the question. Are we stewarding this call

that God has? And again I remind us again the

good news is said. We're not doing alone. We are transformed,

born again. You shouldn't be the same. You shouldn't look

the same. Right, what is the tricor what is the

fruits that we are producing? And there's no condemnation, our friend,

if let's say you've not been doing it or whatever,

or we've not been doing it, there's no condemnation. Start today, law,

be transformed today, or experience God today. Law Right, there's

a chance today. Decide today. Don't one day you need

when the dearth come from No, no, no, friends, Start today.

Life is short. Experience God today. How do I experience God?

How do I experience Christ? Well?

The Bible to the Bible again, Abide in Him John

fifteen four. It says, abide in me and I in you.

As the branch cannot beare foot of itself unless it

abides in the vine, neither can you unless.

You abide in me. We got abide in God. Amen.

Let me go to John chapter fifteen. Okay, read the

whole scripture. A guys, Okay, I'm gonna answer Riadi. I

am the vine and you are the branches. He who

abides in me and I in him bears much fruit.

For without me you can do nothing. If anyone does

not abide in me, he's cast out as a branch

and is with it, and they gethered them and throw

them into the fire, and they are burnt. If you

abide in me and my words abide in you, you

will ask what you desire, and it shall be done

for you.

By this, my Father is glorified.

Well, the Bible keeps pointing us to that, by this,

my Father is glorified that you bear much fruit, so

you will be my disciples.

How that all men know it starts with us, How

that all may know it starts with us following Christ

fully wholeheartedly. Everything that actually knew about the sovereign thought all,

don't worry about it. It's just something to think about.

But don't worry about it. You should worry more.

About abiding Christ Am I, Abiding christ Am I, following Jesus.

That's the question you gotta ask yourself.

Yes, there are other things that will come and mess

with you, the other worries that will come and disturb you.

There are other you know, concerns that you have, and

other people that will hurt you. And but God has

given us the keys to the kingdom. God has said,

don't worry, seek me for us again on God, and

all should be added to you. God say forgive, you

won't forgiveness? You forgive first? He's given us everything, you know,

why are we not using it? The name of Jesus

name above every other name, so powerful that even people

who don't know him can use the name. People that

he will not recognized can use the name. And then

sometimes as human beings we are well can't lame us.

We see things in a one dimensional way. Oh, you know,

this person must be annointed because when the person pray,

the person is here, you don't know what's happening in

the background. Why are we so big on discipership in

this church, because we know it's not about the stage,

it's not about the gifts.

It is about the character and the heart. And that's

the goal, the hypership, the hipership, is the goal that

all may know your good works and that they will

glorify their Father in heaven. That all may know your

good works and they will glorify your Father in Heaven.

And friends, when you.

Submit yourself to Christ, when you submit yourself to his

call over your life.

You know, sometimes we again another short sighted things.

Sometimes as human beings or as Christians, we oh, God's communists,

must do full time.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Friends, not everybody is called no you know what, let

me change that. Everybody is called for full time to

serve God, but not everybody is called to work in church.

So why are we so small minded? You know I'm

using this terms small minded? You know, I desire for

all of you here.

I desire that you experienced Christ to the fullest.

Everybody. Don't care how old or how young you are doing.

Some of you might think, oh, no, I'm already you.

Know my time.

No, no, your time has not gone. As long as

you stay on this earth. Your time has not gone.

Don't so fast declare things like that. God can use you.

God used Caleb when he was eight years old to

take the mountain. How long has he waited for the promise?

So many is thirty old? I think more than that.

And then Josha say, hey, you already, let your sons

and your grandsons take the mountain for you.

He said, this is the promise that God has given me.

I will do it myself. Of course, he's probably strong

enough to do it.

Low he's already preparing himself, not allowing himself to say

I'm already, Okayla, let the young one serve the ladlah.

Friends, how small my dad are we today? I encourage you.

Commit your life to Christ. If you want to do

it again later when they're giving it, it's okay.

Oh no, I don't know.

Please, friends, let's not be so worried about the things

around us. Let us fully commit ourselves to Christ and say, Jesus,

I follow you wholeheartedly. Can you speak to me? And

do you know that when you know the Bible says wisdom?

You know nowadays when I pray for people, I pray

for wisdom. I pray for wisdom from the Lord. No,

not from the world, from the Lord.

Because when you have wisdom from the Lord, when the

Holy Spirnce speaks to you, will know how to do

the right thing.

You don't need to go and seek for If you

know what to do, you know how to be led

by God. And that's powerful, friends, that cart you today.

Let's follow Jesus, hemen, Let's.

Follow Jesus and then everything else will come to pass,

everything else be shorted. He's our main focus. Abide in Christ.

Abide in Christ.

Come on, maybe you'll just invite the worship team to

come up. Probably have to rush off. Free day, friends,

in your own way, even as we worship God. In

a while, I want you to build an altar to

the Lord. Whatever that has been holding you back, stopping you,

causing you to have all your thoughts. Maybe it's your

own self, you know, let the Holy Spirit minister to

you and whatever that is right, Can you just lay

on the altar and say, Lord, you take it over,

take a world.

I don't want to hold this anymore.

I want to wholeheartedly come in my life to you

whatever desires that I have, where it's my family, whether

it's in my own life.

Maybe it's to look for you know, maybe it's to

get a baby, and you know, different ones say you're

very good desires. I'm not saying it's wrong, but don't

make the desire God. Let God handle it. If it

is a promise from the Lord, you will happen. We

don't have to foster the issue. You know how we

get in trouble. We forced the issue. You know how

Abraham got in trouble. Until today we're paying for his mistake.

Ishmael came out. Let me help God. The moment you

have God, that man can come out, you know, and

until today are suffering. Don't have God, let go handle it.

You trust him, but build your altar. Trust him. He

asked you to move forward, move forward. He asked you

to go left. Go let trust him and let's believe

in Jesus. Amen.

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