Jesus Is For Everyone | Pr Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from acts church. We hope this message

will light up your day. As I was praying and I was, you

know, laboring on a lot, God gave me this title. And this

is something that I am very convicted about personally, and I'll share where that

conviction comes from. And the title of the message today is Jesus Came for

everyone. Let me repeat it again. Jesus came for everyone. Jesus didn't

come for the English speaking, urban, middle upper income class Christians that can

have church in a nice icon theater and when there's no acon, and when

there's no thing, we go to another church because it's not comfortable. Jesus

didn't just come for the people who have been you know. Oh you know,

I know this, I know that picture, you know. Or Jesus

didn't just come for people who know Christianese. You know the system we use,

Tutianese, praise the Lord. You know, we know all these words

didn't just come for them. If you didn't realize, I think Jesus came

for everyone. And sometimes well sometimes sorry, I'm a little bit of a

rebel. Sometimes I'm a little bit of a skeptic. I always tell people

that maybe that's why I'm here always Christian God. I refuse to believe that

Jesus cannot be there for anyone, any time, any day, any language.

I refuse to believe that. I refuse to believe that there is only

a Cuddain look that we all should go for, which is Genes t shirt.

Maybe because if we wear sooner, it's a rule. If I wear

soon, it's a rule. It's bad. No, it's not. I

think Pastor kind of explains really well last service, and some people probably got

offended. I think I don't know, Okay, I hope not. Pasa.

Can I explain really well why we wear what we wear? Because I'm

here to meet the King of kings. I'm not here to impress you,

you know with my suit. I'm here because Jesus is here. I wear

my tie in my suit because of Christ, not because of anyone else,

Not because it's a church rule. No, I am doing it because of

my conviction. And that's something I was taught and I believe. So dressing

shouldn't be an issue for us. You know, we don't judge anybody here

for dressing. And I'm not knocking anyone here. You know there is no

look, and if we really want to go back into the original, all

of us should be wearing rope star like like like Christ. And I wear

a rich shawl right and white color like look like Jesus and grow a beard,

Daniel, I know you can. I cannot means I cannot be like

just I. Jesus came for everyone. Do you believe that? First question?

Do you believe that? Let's go to John chapter three, and I

want to encourage you friends to bring your bible physical bible, or I'm gonna

score being ready. No, no, no, no, no why Because

you know the thing about human beings is that if we take things a bit

easy, we tend to take things for granted. So sometimes it's good not

to take things too easy. Sometimes it's good to be able to set certain

convictions and rules in your life that will help you in your faith to grow

stronger. Right, I give a very good example. The last round.

I shad about how I've started Jimmy right, and I realized that developing good

habits is not easy. I need to force myself. I need to push

myself until it becomes habit. Now it's become happy you now even one day,

I feel weird, like, oh I didn't do anything, you know,

and and some habits we need to develop, like reading the Word of

God, praying, bringing your Bible, something so elementary. So church,

can I encourage you? Can XPJ be the church that every single partner.

I mean, if you're a new visit, yeah, it's fine, okay,

I you know, welcome to XPJ. We love you. But if

you've been here for the past five ten years a guys, as your pastor,

can I share? Please bring your Bible? Please bring your physical don't

rely on you again. If you forget, it's fine, but please bring

your Bible. And when we read the scripture, please read together. I

hope that's not the first time you open your Bible in a week now,

right, and expect me to do your work for you, which is to

feed you or I'm not fed? Pastor read yourself? You mean you eat

once a week? We need it. No, can IEN courage you?

Bring your bible. Don't come to this place where we become so comfortable that

we take things for granted. I hope you guys catch me here. Wow?

Starting so hard? Ready? You guys? Good? I love you

guys. Okay, So let's read JOm chapter three. Okay, there was

a man of the Pharisees named Nico Dimus, a ruler of the Jews.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we

know that you are a teacher. You we know that you are a teacher.

Come from God. For no one can do this science that you do

unless God is with him. So Nico Demus, what did he come by

night? Because he knows Jesus is very controversial. He didn't want to get

in trouble. He was a ruler, you know, he didn't want to

make it political. He went and came to Jesus by night. And Jesus

still, even though he was came to Jesus by night, Jesus had no

issue with that. No, Jesus didn't question him. Jesus didn't say,

hey, how come you come now? Do you know that God is so

good to us? Sometimes well most times he islam. He came by night

and he recognized Jesus from God because he said, hey, Jesus, no

one can do what you did. No, they can preach really well,

they can do it really well. But the thing that cannot be denied is

the works. The works, That's why it works is important. When I

say work, I'm not just talking about charity. I'm talking about healing,

testimonies, God moving in your life. Works is important because it is the

evidence of God working. That's what testimony is something important for us as believers.

Are you guys okay? Jesus answered and said to him most assuredly,

I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the

King of God. He come and speak to Jesus and just gave him this

really mind blowing thing. Nikot Dimas said to him, How can a man

be born when he's old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's

womb and be born? So he wants to listen to this guy named Jesus

who he recognized from God, and he gave him a really mind I mean,

now, when we talk about born again, we're oh Christian, is

it? You know? We understand don't understand that that term, you know?

And I'm not sure how many times we talk about being born again that

when you come into Christ, you are a new creation, you are changed,

you are transformed. Later we'll go deeper a little into it, a

little bit. There is this evidence of God in your life. It's not

just a title, it's not just a dressing. It's not just coming to

church. And there's no change. No, there is a change. I

have changed a lot of times. You can talk to my wife the time

where I'm married to her and then now I've changed many many times. Grow

for at thirteenner now, thank God. But not just physical, also in

the heart, I've changed many times as a young believer. Right, used

to be angry, used to be I remember when I was from Tree.

I used to swear a lot. Why Klang my very good at swearing?

I can I don't know how to speak Anddonese, I can swear for one

minute in Candonese. Learn from friends, just memorize. Do you know that

God changed me from Tree? I stopped all night God, I said,

Jesus cannot be a Christian? Right, why now the very bad English coming

already? It can't be that I'm a believer and I continue doing these things

that I'm doing, and God changed me over night. I stopped swearing.

I can't. I can't say it now, I want to say, can't.

Can't even use replacement you know, replacement words. We want to swear,

but instead of saying we say fish, we say donkey or basket okay,

my timeline, hey basket law you know, but col you know,

we don't say that. I can't really do it anymore, right because God

changed. There is a transformation that happens. That is the evidence. Again.

I'm not knocking anyone here, guys and now saying oh you know you're

not no, no, no, no no. We got to remember that

when we submit ourselves under Christ, there is going to be a transformation.

You are not going to be the same again. You are going to be

born again. Amen. That is which is born of the flesh is flesh,

and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Do not marvel

that I say to you, you must be born again. The wind blows

wet wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where

it comes from and where it goes. So it's everyone who is born of

the spirit. NiCoT diy must unsay and say to him how can these things

be? Jesus unsaid and said to him, are you this teacher of Israel?

And do not know these things? Whoa Jesus? Come on, Jesus,

just give him a you know, drop shot huh, you mean you

have been reading scripts and you don't know what I'm trying to tell you.

Wow, Jesus, you can be sarcastic at times, most assuredly, I

said to you, we speak what we know and testify with what we have

seen, and you do not receive our witness. If I have told you

earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell

you heavenly things? This is very, very very important. A lot of

times we you know, I know, BASE have been saying, you know,

are we so full of heavenly things that we have no earthly use?

Believe us. We have put on this for a reason, not just to

study. Study in the way. It's good, okay, but let's not

be puffed up with the knowledge of God. But don't apply neither. Should

we have no knowledge at all? You cannot You cannot go both ways.

You gotta have everything, okay. And then this is the words. No

one has ascended to heaven, but he who came down from heaven, that

is the son of Man who is in heaven. I love this scripture,

Jesus. Basically, just tell Nicodemus you know all of it. All you

want to go to heaven. Right do you know that none of you know

how to get there, what to do to get there. The only person

that can help you is the one that I've been there before, and that's

Christ. That's Christ. Has a very good analogy about how when we want

to follow Christ to his house, he will lead the way, and only

through him we can know where to go, because if if he doesn't show

us, we will know. If he doesn't show us, we will know.

If I don't show you, well, now I can show you he

raised. But you see, even if I don't give you the imagine,

I said, hey, you know, Tony, can you please come to

my house? Where is it? Somewhere in Charalam all the best, no

address, no instruction, nothing do you think don't even come to my house?

No, even if he has raser with no address, he cannot know.

This is why Jesus said, I'm the way, the truth in the

life, and no one can come to the Father but to me. And

in this earth, I tell you, everybody is propagating this way, that

way, so many ways, so many ways, so many ways. But

only Christ as the way, and as Moses lifted up the serpent in the

wilderness. Even so must the son of Man be lifted up, that whoever

believes in him should not perish, but we have eternal life. Wow.

And this verse that we all like to quote. For God so loved the

world that he gave his only begoden son, that whoever whoever, that only

the Christians that come to church, they're only the pastor, they're only the

priests, they're only the person that confesses. Whoever believes in him should not

perish, but have ever lasting life. For God did not send his son

into the world to condemn the world, but that the world true him might

be saved. And I continue, Okay, he who believes in him is

not condemned. But he who does not believe is condemned already because he has

not believed in the name of the only begodden son of God. And this

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

love darkness, reader and evil, because their deeds were evil. For everyone

practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light lest his deeds

should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light that

his deeds may be clearly seen, that they may be done in God past

irving, Are you trying to say that if I don't believe in Jesus,

I'm evil? No, please go and listen to the MPTG I shed last

time about good and evil. Then you will understand it is not you.

It is the influences that affect us. So please don't be offended. Okay,

and if you are, I apologize. People get asking me apologize?

Friends? Can I present this to you today? What is God's redemption plan?

Do you all know what is God's redemption plan? This elementary? Elementary?

See, there's the reason why I'm well. I will say, teaching

this way, my teacher gift can come out. I want to teach you

guys, so that you know, not just for yourself, so that next

time if someone asks you, you know how to answer. Okay, Now,

photos are believers, and I got pictures. Some are so yo can

see. And if you want the slides, I can pass it to you

because it's tools. Oh you know you keep asking us to witness to people

and tell people about Jesus. But how do we do it? Well?

Today I'll teach you after they got no more excuse Today, if you ask

you what you're faith about you say, well, let me share with you.

So what is God's redemption plan? Let's go back all the way to

Adam. And if right Edam, and if God's plan was to create a

creation, will worship him? Right? And they had it good. They

had all the food they want, They had all the and they didn't need

to, you know, keep up to the latest fashion because it's only one

fashion. No close star okay, last time? Right? And they could

live forever. Who wants to live forever? Right? They could, But

there's just one thing they're not supposed to do. And unfortunately they listened to

the serpent and then they dropped the ball. So fail, next life fail.

So Adam failed, and now here we are. Here we are because

of why I blame Adam and not Ifa, Well, is he's the one

leading one, right, He's the one leading, right, Guys, If

you don't lead right, something else is going to take over. I'm not

being sexiston, I'm just being honest. If we don't lead our lives,

something else will lead us. Guys, all girls, So we got to

lead? What does leading mean? Not just going to the floor, not

just following off people saying no lead or be led by Christ be led by

the Holy Spirit. Right amen, So Adam failed, and then God looked

at you know, of course he was still kind. He clothed them,

he gave them food, He killed the first animal for their sake, and

he sent them out and they had to toil and work the ground, you

know. And then Eve had this curse where child bearing is painful because of

the experience. Right, because sin came into the world, and men has

been proven time and time and again to be evil because in your man is

influenced by evil. Look at the amount of things that's happening in the world

right now. It is not easy to be good, a guys, it

is very easy to be not good, get stopped by police, and then

you have to decide pay the summon or tolong the police. Wish an easier

think about it. Think about it. So let's not talk about evil and

good. So God was so burdened. God was so hurt because men got

more and more evil, more and more evil, more and more evil,

until he said, you know what, I am so regretful that I created

this creation. But God said, had one chance, said, if there's

just one guy that can prove himself that can be righteous, I would at

least save this Guila. And then Noah came into the picture. He came

and God said, Okay, I'm gonna start over. I'm going to reboot

for those who were it got any problem reboot the PC, I'm going to

repoot. I'm going to restart. And that's what God did. If you,

oh God, why don't just kill off all the well he did,

he didn't want today and he didn't work fail again, wiped out the earth.

Noah came not even a few years later, messed up with Goot.

Sinney is that God tried to redeem mankind, but men can't keep falling down,

men can't keep failing because God thought, oh, I can partner with

men, but men has flaws. Correct so failed again unfortunately. And then

God said, you know what, if I got to do anything, I

got to do it myself. You know that line, right, if you

got to do anything, or do it yourself, right? And that's what

God did. Hence Abraham. Do you know that when God did the covenant

with Abraham, God fulfilled both sides. He didn't let Abraham and the other

side because he knew Abraham will fail. When God did the covenant, with

Abraham. He fulfilled both sides. Don't worry. I will make it righteous.

You don't have to make uself righteous. All you need to do is

obey me. That's what God did and came again. The next redemption plan

that instead of you know, it took a long time to feel fulfilled,

which is Jesus. God had to do it through Christ. God had to

redeem men through Christ. He had to do himself, his only son.

That's what happened. Come, let's see what is God's redemption plan. This

is a rich illustration. This is something that you can use to share about

Christ to people. So our problem is sin. Okay, you can argue

me, oh I'm a good person. I'm You can argue me, I

arguing me all you want. But the reality is Man has seen inside and

we are not perfect and we will make mistakes. And the only perfect person

is Jesus. So when you're not clean, ready and when you're perfect ready,

right, it's very hard to atone right, it's very tone and God

has a purpose for us. But because we have seen, we can't go

over. Okay, So what did God have to do? And unfortunately,

since penalty is death, there is a punishment eternal death someone very very long

time. But God wants us to get into eternal life with him. Remember

Noah, Remember Adam failed failed, so Christ had to come perfect man.

Never sin died on the cross for us. This is not new stuff,

right, Oh, you believe this, so you don't have to let me

know. Was this? You guys believe in it? Right? We believe

in it together for those who are believe us. Right we believe in it.

Are we convicted about it? And not that Christ came friends, No

matter what you did in your life even now, if you're living in sin

right now, our guys, can you please come out of it? Sorry?

Being very direct? Okay, very direct, person. Jesus can save

you no matter what you did, no matter what you done, no matter

how bad you think you are, no matter even if I can't making it

doesn't matter. Christ is still there. You can be making miss sex all

the way. Learn that Carol, make the same mistic twice, make new

misics, right, that's what they say, make new mistics. Okay,

right, But but you gotta be you gotta know that Christ is there with

you no matter what. And because He is there, we can get into

God's promise, there is no condemnation and we are passed from death to life

and we step into God's purpose for our life. What is the meaning of

life? I am convinced that the meaning of life is to serve God.

And when I say self, got now, can we not be so small

minded? Oh? But you say self, God means the church channel.

We have got to call you do that? Yes, la, My My

terminology of serving God is serving God loved. That means God is your master.

Whatever he needs you to do, you do. La. If he

asks you to serve in the church, serve in the church. I asked

you to serve out there, serve out that the Bible has all of his

commanments, we should follow it, right. Amen. So God's redemption plan

is Christ and praise Scott. It worked, It worked, and we have

a plan forward. Because of that, we didn't have to rely Noah,

We didn't really have to rely on Adam. But we have a plan.

What is God's strategy? So you understand the redemption plan? Everybody understand.

I hope you know this not as believers. Oh, I received no,

no, no, there is a redemption planner. But for that's a purpose.

So that happened, So it worked, and that's why right now we

are constantly sharing about this plan to new people so they can receive Christ as

their personal lot and savior. Because it's not just a conversion. It's not

just a religion. It is a relationship. It is not just pen and

paper. It is not just an organization to join people to come and join

our ranks. No, it is a relationship that will give you life.

It is a relationship that will cause you to transform. If you submit,

that's an epha, because you can don't submit, and then you won't transform.

That's why we have so many people who, oh, I'm a Christian,

Nah, I'm a Christian? Can I share with you something? We're

honest. I'm very scared when someone introduced themselves to me as Christian. I

don't want the intention. You want some discount from me, You want what

you want. I mean, in church not so bad, lah, But

outside, Oh, Christian guys, I get sorry. I be honest with

you are because just because you call yourself Christian doesn't mean that you follow Jesus.

So sorry, okay, But just because you call yourself a believer,

it's like how a yeah doesn't mean that you follow Christ, so we got

to follow Christ. Amen? So what is God's strategy? Can I show

you what God's strategy is. God's strategy is to use man, his children,

his creation. Oh good question. Oh why don't God just do it

himself? Well, he tried, la, he tried. It didn't work.

Man is too stubborn, so he has to use an effective way,

use Manla. He use other people. Right, he use other people,

men, women, his creation, his children. Once we receive Christ as

our savior, we are in the family of God. That's why so willingly

in Christian circus you hear, brother sister, Please don't call me brother of

him. That's something I really like. Don't like him? Always tell people

that thank God, I got pastor now. So we're not confused, you

know, brother sister? Why because we are in God's family. It's in

the Bible we are errors. Oh but I'm not blood related to you.

It doesn't matter. The Bible says we're errors. Were related? Ready?

Right? You join a gang, ready, the Christian gang? Right?

That's why, no matter where you're at where at, if you know someone

else is a believer, there's an instant connection because when you say you're Christian.

You know who you believe hopefully lah Now there's got all kinds of different

permutations to that. But if you believe in Jesus, then we've got something

to talk about. That is God's plan to do what use men and want

to do what to show the way through christ discipleship. Follow me? Why

do I say this? If it was not to use men, Jesus will

still be around today. Do you know that Jesus don't have to die.

He came back, you know, he came back. He hang out for

forty days and then he transfigured. Why because the plan was always to use

men. The twelve Disciples. The way Jesus work with them, three years

he worked with them, He showed them, he taught them, He had

power with them, He had reflection time he had with them. It was

a small group, right. Why do we believe in our small groups?

Because this way you learn? Right, true deep relationships and the child disciples

are they had different personalities, they had doctor and they were young. You

know, I was just reading it recently, all the way from thirteen to

twenty years. Oh no, so young. Can I share you a revelation

why I think Jesus spoke to young people, because young people will just follow

what you say. One. I worked with campus students, I work with

young with adults, I work with adults. Can I be rare honest?

Are you guys? Okay? Me being honest? I don't have a lot

of time. You got to speed out a little bit. It is easier

to work with teens and campus because they will just believe in you. Young

kid does different. No, Oh, I tell you so hard man,

young adults, Ah, Daniel, so hard Diana. Those that are older

even harder, years and years. No, you have to share, friends,

Can I encourage you? There's the reason why God said, if those

of you who come to the kingdom like these the little children, and have

faith like them, you've ever experienced more, don't harden your hearts to what

God wants to do. So that's God's strategy discipleship. He showed them the

way. He said, follow me. That's why we believe in our church.

Follow me, not the shampoo, Follow me, Follow Christ right.

Discipleship is deep, you know, Decipership is hard. No, Peter,

one of jesus closest guys. Jesus had to work him. One minute you

are God Christ and next minute get thee behind me say third, Wow,

that's the sipership for you, those of you who are the sap ship.

You understand right, because we are still human and we are still working out

our problems. Jesus way through disciper ship to do what following his teachings,

his way gots through. I like the word discipleship rather than mentoring because mentoring

shows that I know more than you can. I be honest, I don't

know more than you. I only know what the Bible teaches me. I

like the word discipleship because discipership points to Jesus. Mentoring points to me.

Look, I'm better, so followed me. No, no, no,

no, no, I'm not better. I know a bit, but maybe

a bit more than you. But let's look to Jesus. Let's look to

Jesus. Let's look to Jesus. Right, Let's look to Jesus. That's

why we're so being on disciper ship. Yet it is not an easy commitment.

That's God's strategy because why because there's only one way to the Father.

There's only one way, there's no other way. Next, I think,

next line John fourteen, I am the Way, the Truth, and the

life. No one comes to the Father except to me. Next, no

one has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, that is

the son of Man who is in heaven. Just an explanation what I share

just now. Next Matthew seven thirteen fourteen. Enter by the narrow gate,

for white is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction,

and there are many who go in by it, because narrow is the

gate, and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are

few who find it. The Bible al really says, sir, that our

journey as a believer, it is a narrow git. So if you're feeling

struggling being a Christian, you are doing the right thing. If it's too

easy for you, you got to start asking yourself whether or not you're doing

the right thing. Because only few who find this narrow gate. How do

we live a life that is pleasing to God? The only way to heaven

is through the person who's been there? Is this an easy way? Technically?

Not really? La, Why do I say that? Because it's easy

to be bad, it's hard to be good. Very simple, right,

Let's not talk theology. That's just tox simplicity. It is so the road

is narrow. But can I encourage you? What is the process we go

through after following Jesus. You know I shared about here. We after the

service, we will have this thing where we say, if you want to

receive Jesus as your personal law and savior, it is a decision that you

can make. You don't you pay me anything, you don't even do anything.

You just need to receive and he will be in your heart because it

is a spiritual thing that is happening. It is a commitment of your life

to say I believe in this Jesus and I want to learn more about him.

And that's where things start happening. But what is the process? Can

I share you the process? It starts with us and then Jesus said,

we're born again, and Nicodemus like, huh born again? You? I

go back into my mum's woma. Can I imagine? What do you mean

so that you can become renew Is it? Wow? Now suddenly we're strong,

renewed, right, renewed? Now I got superpowers? Right? I

can shoot laser my eyes? Friends, That's not what Jesus meant. That's

not what Jesus man. No, This is what he means us we are

born again. It's a spiritual rebirth. Jesus said, baptism of water and

fire. Y'all know what that is. Let me elaborate a little bit.

Baptism or water, John the Baptist baptized with water. What is the significance

of being baptized in water, buried and raised up again? Like how Jesus

is buried and after three days he was raised up. We baptize people.

It's a symbolic thing. It is a symbolic thing, but it's a spiritual

thing. The baptism is for who other people to see. No, it's

for you to remember. I was baptized. I died to myself already,

and now day by day I have to decide leaving for Christ. That is

baptism or water. What is baptism of fire? Holy spirit? That is

the baptism of fire. And what happens when we have this renewed born again

thing that happens in our life, well renewed heart and mine. Our mind

is renewed, our heart is renewed. That's why there says transformation. Right,

it cannot be that after you become a believer and after you believe in

Jesus that nothing changes. No, guys, then I will, sorryer,

I will question your decision. And when I say nothing changes, I'm not

talking about your circumstance. I'm done about yourself. Something changes inside because now

you're starting to decide things differently. Now there's the Holy Spirit that guides you.

The Holy Spirit is there, you know. That's why he is so

important. He is so important. It's not just reading the word. Do

you know how confusing it can be if you read this Bible. It's so

confusing. But with the Holy Spirit, now even Levetticas can come to life

to you, you know. Do you know that that's the wonderful thing about

a holy Spirit. So please don't reject the Holy Spirit. And the Holy

Spirit doesn't just like oh I freed the Bible, I go to the check.

No, no, he doesn't just do that. Now, guys,

he speaks when you read it applies to your life. That's what the Holy

Spirit does. Can we go to the scripture? Can you finish in five

minutes? Romans? Chop to say it and do not be confirmed to this

world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mine. Your mind is

renewed. Are you thinking the same way or not like last time? Or

have you changed? Has it become worse or better? I have this analogy.

Tell people I want to grow old to be a friendly old man,

not a grumpy old man. That is my motivating factor. Two factors.

Now, at least I grow older, not die young. Right. Second

one is the older I grow, the more pleasant I want to be,

because I think that's how we should be. Do you know that everybody want

to hang out with Jesus? Everybody loved him. You know, everybody want

to hang out with him because why he has the worst of eternal life.

Do we have the worst of eternal life? Or do we push people away?

Okay, I know I passed it. When I say on me,

you are like, oh no, they're doing something wrong. I hope ma

that I hope that every time we have a con I have a conversation people,

they will be more encouraged than discouraged when they talk to me. I

hope, Lah, I hope renewed, Amen, renewing of our minds.

That's the process. The mind is renewed. What about the heart? Jesus

said to him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your Let's

try that. Love the Lord your God with all your with all your with

all your mine. And this is the first and greatest commandment. And the

second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these

two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. I'm gonna give you a

very bold statement, red bold. It's saying the Bible that men's men at

the old days will be lover of themselves, and they will do whatever it's

right in their eyes. Friends, can I caution you, The more you

think about others and the more you think about God, the less you will

think about yourself. The more you think about yourself, the more you'll be

lover of yourself. Social media is a very good example of men being lovers

of themselves. Why do I say that taking the right photo so that people

like doess? I say, you got to be careful. I'm not saying

you are like that. No, but the world is good in this direction.

Which direction are you going? You know? I've learned this when I

was very young. I've learned this truth already. Every time I think about

myself, I get more depressed because I compare. I worry. But every

time I think about other people, I get out of it. So now

nowadays, right, my mind is more on other people than myself. Huhsel,

isn't that very difficult? Well not really, if you have Jesus,

not so difficult. I may have wisdom, Lah, don't overdo it.

Lah, you know I'm not over generous. Until you know I don't care

about myself. That's not That's what I'm trying to say. What I'm trying

to say is that what is my motivating factor. The more we think about

ourselves, the more difficult becousel us. But God knows. God unlocked it

for us. He said, hey, hello, love me first, our

guys, you want to live or fulfilling life. You want to not be

so depressed, you want to not be so sad. Love me first,

and love others. He didn't even talk by yourself. Do you know that

yourself will come later? Why? He says two six? You treat siky

first, to call out God and all they should be added to you.

Yourself will come later. You will will fulfilled later. But don't worry about

that first. Trust in God first, love him first, and careful others

first. And whatever that you desire, it will come to you do that

first. That's the process. It is a change of our mind and our

heart when we follow Christ. That is very important, right, that is

very important. Who or what will guide our way? I give you two

things only. The Bible sixty six books written, thirty nine in the Old

Testament, twenty seven in the New Testament. Through the span or more than

a thousand years, where the authors of the Bible came from different groups of

people, kings, slaves, fishermen, shepherds, teachers, even murderers.

Some knew each other, particularly those who lived during the time when Jesus was

ministering on earth, but most of the authors didn't know each other. Do

not contradict each other. That's amazing. And many of their stories flow in

chronological order. The words inspired by the Holy Spirit, God's spirit. That's

what we believe deside. The Bible is so important to us. There are

many people trying to disprove the Bible right now. Do not fall into deception.

It is not easy to write the Bible. Amen Joshua wanted to says,

the Book of the Law shall not depart from your mom but you shall

meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to

all that's written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous,

and then you will have good success. That's the first thing that guides our

way. What's the second thing, The Holy Spirit, God's presence. The

Holy Spirit is God's presence. Okay, the helper that was promised x one

eight. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit, the helper,

the comforter, the advocate, has come upon you, and you shall be

witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samara, and to the

end of the earth. The Holy Spirit doesn't just come just because you spain

tongues. Don't speaking in tongues is right how to say. It's a practice.

But it's not like a switch. The Holy spirits there all the time

because God's presence. It's for you all the time. When you get the

nudging your heart, that's Holy spirits speaking to you, nudge the right thing,

not the wrong thing. The Holy Spirit. Can I encourage you to

engage him, talk to him. Don't succone. Your relationship with got to

the bastard. Don't sucon your relationship got to your hearted leader, your home

leader. Take responsibility of your own relationship with Christ. Don't pass on the

relationship that you have with Christ to your parents. It is not your faith.

It is your faith. That's why we ways tell kids, and my

kids as well, and I will constaly remind them. You have to receive

Jesus by yourself. Now, ex kids, thank God teaching them the skills

the habits early, you know, But I will need to one day ask

do you really want to follow Jesus when they're older, when you understand,

and I pray you'll say yes, Daddy, I will, and then they

will be on their journey. Friends. So important, What do we receive

following Jesus. I'll just go to this really quickly. We receive purpose Romans

eight twenty eight. And we know that all things work together for good to

those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

We receive peace. John fourteen twenty seven says peace. I live with you.

My peace. I give to you, not as the world gives to

you. I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither

let it be afraid. We receive power. Second Corinthius child nine. He

said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is

made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly I will read a boss in

my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Power for

what, power, healing, power, discernment. All these things you receive,

not just pastor need. Everyone here because you got Holy Spirit. Amen,

we receive Wow. Design to me is most important, his presence met.

One of the most important lines in that last commandment is teaching them to

observe all things that I've commanded you. And this is more important. I

am with you always, even to the end of the age. Friends.

For some of you here who say I don't feel Jesus, I think he's

far, can I give you a revelation. Jesus is never far. Holy

Spray is never far. Your heart have been far, but He's always with

you, so re engage with him. Let's get our perspective correct. What's

stopping us from sharing about Jesus real quick fear, prejudices, raised language,

social status, maybe oh they're two, oh they're too rich, our own

mind and our own experiences. This was stopping us from caring about Christ.

Our environment very hard to sharea not conducive only in again share everybody's speaking praised

a lot outside. There are very difficult Maybe other people offenses got offended?

Really, so do I shall? Maybe this person go to hell because you

offended me. I hope you don't live that away. Friends. Maybe there's

a generation gap. Oh this is Andrea understand rote music is from the devil?

Is here a generation gap thing? Maybe it's preferences. Why you're addressed

that way? Why it is so stuffy? Where shirt I or Nola?

Now? You must keep my must more relevant? Let's be more relevant,

Daniel? Okay? Is that stopping us from sharing Christ? Friends? Let

not allow all these things to stop us from sharing Christ. This is all

very shallow things. Friends, I'm highlight thing. This speaks true to us.

It's true our prejudices stop us. That's the reality. If a homeless

guy walks into here one day, who you receiving membrace the person? A

person that smells, a person that not bathe. It's a question I have

to ask myself. No, and am I more concerned with my suit if

the person needs a hut? Let's think about it. What is stopping us?

Let's have some perspective. What is stopping us from experiencing God's love?

And I'll give you two scriptures, and I have to enery. Romans eight

thirty five says, who shall separate us from the love of God shall tribulation

or distress, or persecution, of famine or nakedness or parallel assault? And

he continues in verse thirty eight thirty nine, for I'm persuaded, and neither

death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor

things present, nor things to come, nor hi, no death nor any

other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ, Jesus, our lord friends. What is stopping us

from experiencing God's love? USA? Let's talk about us VERSA. Nothing nothing,

nothing can stop you from experiencing God's love. Nothing nothing. Do you

know that? Do you know that God's love can come to you no matter

what they can have, the loss of this land, things can happen,

but God's love will always reach you. Let me flip it around. What

is stopping our non believing friends and family from experiencing God's love? You answer

that question? Can I give you a last thought? Even s I n

as I read the Bible, I see Jesus reaching out to the Samaritan woman.

Jesus reaching out to the little children, Jesus reaching out to Zechias,

Jesus reaching out to Nicodemus, Jesus reaching out to Gyrus and his family.

Jesus reaching out to the rich, young ruler, the one that rejected him.

Jesus basically reached out to every single person that he met. Amazing.

If this is the Christ we follow, Wow, shouldn't we say that Jesus

came for everyone? Did Jesus just come for Christians that can wear suit?

On Sunday? I just want to challenge your perspective this morning. So I

have to give you some foundational troops to understand why did Christ come? But

we have to understand what is our role here? And ask God. God,

Okay, I get it. Help me with my prejudice. Help me

with because I have received your love and grace and I received all these things

and I benefited from it. But Lord, I want to be used by

you because I know there's a world out there that needs to experience you.

Can you help me with my prejudices? Holy Spirit? Lead me again?

Now, it is a scary thing, okay, or Pasar, you're asking

us to go and talk to anybody. No, no, no, no,

no, please be led by the Holy Spirit. Don't just go do

willinearly right, But if the Holy Spirit convicts your heart, do it obey

and you never know what happened. And of course you don't have to do

it alone. Your homes is there, your leader is there, your friends

are there. We're here to do it together. We're not here to do

it so low. No, we are together. There's wisdom in the Council

of Many. Right, don't certainly go a you know, oh you know

formies. I feel like I need to fly here and then and then and

then you talk to your home and are you sure You're like no, no,

no, gospo already no, come on, la accountable disciple ship.

There's a push and pull. Don't just decide and then oh, I we're

dangerous now. If you act that way, then you're acting on your own

accout ready, friends, I just want to challenge your thought. Who is

Jesus for? We know Jesus for me right for us here? But who

else is Jesus? Whoever else is Jesus for? Can I show you another

thing that is revelational for me? God will use you to reach people that

I cannot reach. He may not be in the context of the church,

he may not. He will use you to reach people that I cannot reach.

He will use me to reach people that you cannot reach. And that's

the wonderful thing about God because when we submit ourselves to Him and we say,

Lord, take over, he will. And do you know who will

benefit? We will benefit. You see reaching more people. And it's not

just for you, know, No, it's for us to benefit. Because

when we can see another life transform and we know that we have a part

in it, Wow, you will be so overjoyed. You will realize why

this purpose men. When you can see another life transform, someone who's broken,

someone who is given up on life come back, someone who is discouraged

and said all the time, suddenly have joined because they see Christ and you

had about to play. Don't you think you will be encouraged? You will

be. You might even have more fire to do more for the Lord.

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