By Faith | Pr Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from ex Church. We hope this message

will light up your day today. We're gonna read Hebrews chapter eleven and Hebrews

chapter twelve. Right, and if you know your Bible, Hebrews talks about

let's try that again. Hebrews talks about well also, I'm surean It talks

about faith. Okay, yeah, he talks about faith. Hebrew eleven and

Child talks about faith. And as I was praying and asking God, so

God, you know, the church is in a very good place. You

know. Different things are going well for us even in XPJ, you know,

and of course this year our team is Heaven rules. Right, Lord,

what do you want to impart to your people here? And I believe

that the Lord wants to impart this to you because this is a legacy of

our church. If there's one thing about ex Church that you cannot deny,

right, you can? You can? You? I mean, if you

put us under a microscope, it brought us exam. You know, a

lot of things may not be perfect. There's no such as a perfect church,

guys. Okay, So but that's one thing you cannot deny about our

church or even our leaders, or even the way pasta Kendev has led the

church. There's one thing that you cannot deny is that we are church full

of faith. Amen. Only one percent agrees that's right. Again, we

are churchful of faith. Amen, we are churchful of faith. We have

a lot of faith exploits. You know what the word exploit. You know

the world uses the word exploit you a way not so nice exploitation, right,

But of course we read the Bible. The Bible says they who know

their God shall do great exploits. Right, So isn't that exploitation as well?

You mean God is using me to exploiting me and my life when I

say as to him to do crazy things. Yes, we who know our

God will do a great exploits. We have a lot of faith exploits and

hopefully I right here, hopefully a faith field future. Amen. Are you

receiving that? Not hopefully a faith field future? What do I mean by

that? A lot of us started off church ministry when we're young. We're

young, we're on fire. We can do anything, you know, we're

crazy to believe, go for anything. But as the years go by,

I was sharing with I don't want to share with you guys, you start

counting things differently last time. You don't really count how many years you have

left. You just count where you're from. And you know the world is

your oyster. You know you got fifty when you're twenty, You've got fifty

more years or sixty more years. Now I'm forty. I realized after I

read the midpoint, I'm counting how many years I have left? You know,

I study you count how many years I have left? Was saying,

please start, don't make us a soundhere, or but but that's life,

you know. And one of the things that I'm concerned about is m hmm.

Is is our church or is our young people? Or is my children

going to be able to live a faith filled life like I have? Okay,

share not right? Is my kids going to be able to experience youth?

I'm looking at you. Are you going to be able to experience the

things I have experienced as a young person? Are you going to experience faith

things that are amazing? Right? I asked this question, Where are the

Rhine Bunks of today? Where are the Billy Grahams of today? Where are

the try not to use too many words, you know, because unfortunately some

of them didn't end well. But hey, where are the doctor living stones

of today? Youla Isabelle la Esher? Where's where's uh As? Not here?

Okay? She went toilet? You your Joline? You who else?

Joshua? You're still younger? Yeah, Ryan, Youla, who's gonna believe?

Sorry? Yah? And uh those that are more mature here. You

can be angry at me for saying this. And if you're angry, I

pray you do something about it. Sometimes the old people get too old for

their own good. We get to old to the point that we cannot believe

God readly because we know to any things. We get to all that we

do not take race right. And when God says something, we did not

do it because no, I might jeopard You know, It's so funny.

I remember my homies here, But I'm gonna shall this anyway. You're talking

about hearing God and hearing the shepherd's voice, and my homie said this,

He said, sometimes I scared to hear God's voice because ah, God,

will you know you you're happy with your life and everything, and sudden God

will call you to go and do missions elsewhere, you know, you know,

leave everything, sell everything, Hey, guys, do you think God

is so like that? And of course, thank God we had our chief

elder than chief elder give a different respective. He said, Actually, God

can ask you do two things. He can ask you to leave your job

and go full time ministry, or he can ask you to also do marketplace

ministry. You think what God is one dimensional? Oh? God is not

one dimensional? Guys. You know, have you all went for a world

change conference? Not? Do you go for what change conference? Do you

know the guy that came for what change conference? Was he a full time

minister? No? This is a big time businessman, right. I don't

know whether I'll be able to earn enough as much money as he's a big

time But he's telling about how God used him. So you think what God

can only use past us? God is one dimensional? Friends, I think

we are serving different gods today, do you feel me? So that's my

consideration. Right, A lot of us that are older, you know,

we have experienced the life of being walking by faith. But where has it

gone? Young people? Hear me in this, I'm waiting for the heroes

of today to rise up. I'm waiting for the heroes of faith to rise

up. Heat my call Hebrews chapter eleven, verse one. What does he

say? I haven't even turned there yet. Oh my goodness, are you

guys? Okay? Amen, that's the right that's the right response. Praise

God for that. I'm still looky for Hebrews. Oh my goodness, actually

have turned to it just now? See getting already? Okay? Funny I

founding, he says, yeah, Hebrews eleven, verse one. Now,

faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen for

by it, the elders obtain a good testimony. Who's the elder, Mila?

I already are I obtain a good testimony? I can share some testimonies

of today's kay right. By faith, we understand that the worlds were framed

by the word of God, so that the things which are seeing were not

made of things which are visible. Your catch that very heavy line? Or

not the things that are seen were not made by things that are visible?

How how impossible is that? Do you know that you have to have something

to make something? You mean, the world was was swum out or nothing?

Friends? That says yes, if you believe in the Bible, that's

what the That's what God is saying. By things unseen? How how can

I can I just speak for this music standing there Europear, I can't.

I'm not God. But that is faith, Amen, So you cannot deny

that our church is a church or faith. I remember when Steven came to

visit me uh in uh in in in in summit and I was sharing you

him about our d w CC. How he got it? You remember?

Not for those of you an extra strong enough, you know that devices used

to be a club. There's giv it used to be all okay, funny

things happening there, and then now it's a church, right you remember?

Not? You remember us? I remember clearly because there was at least one

two years of my life pulling cables, you know, looking at cigarette butts

and all that, the stuff on the floor. And then now it's such

a beautiful place. Now it's a school. Your school used to be a

nightclub. How cool is that? Isabelle? Who can say that? No?

God changes stuff into beautiful things? You know only God can do it,

not us. We will never claim the glory right, but true faith.

And I remember when it came. I tell you, I don't know.

I was talking and talking, I don't know what I bought him on

allah Okay, I was just sharing and as I'm sharing, I realized,

Wow, Lord, you have made all this happen. You were the one

that created all the You are the one that have given all these things.

You were the one that has given us a testimony. It is not by

a connection, It is not by I don't know a rich ty could.

It is never by any of this that we are able to enjoy the things

that we have as a church. It is by faith and it's by the

grace of God that he wants to partner with this little check in Malaysia to

do great things for him because we're willing to believe and thank God, it

all started without seeing foundings in your pastor if you talk to him, you

will recognize that he's a man of FAF. Why until today he got no

salary. He's my boss. I don't know how that works on you asked

me a sorry, don't not explain to you. Recently, he just shared

a very powerful testimony about how he's being challenge you know, and I think

if you go to it, Saysul, you'll see that there's another project,

renovation project he's doing for his house. And again if you talk to him,

you think, oh, yeah, you know pastor very Hey. If

you talk to him, you realize that he's pushed this project for ten years

and then now God reminded him like, hey, I want to do something

for you, and he's ready received. I don't know whey he'll ever come

here, Shah. I pray he well, he's really received some testimonies about

Gods Providence City, which is amazing. When I hear that, I'm encouraged.

So, young people, today's message for you. Hear me out,

you know why. And of course for those of you are more mature.

If you catch something, I pray you do something about it. But sometimes

you people are got nothing to lose, so you might receive it better.

But today's message is for you if you're still well, if you still don't

have kids, you're young. No, no, okay, those kids God

kids still young. So let's talk about the definition of faith. It's the

definition of faith, right Hebrews one one say, it's not faith, it's

the substance of things. Hope for the evidence of things. Don't saying you'll

get that. I hope for something. It is the substance. I have

nothing yet, Guys, by faith. So faith is my substance. Faith

is my content. Faith is what I have, and it's the evidence of

things don't seeing not yet happen yet, so we don't see it yet.

It's not tangible. I don't see it. A lot of us have faith,

right that one day that girl will be mine and I'll marry her one

day that God be mine. Nothing happened yet, not you have friends yet

or so, but you have a lot of faith, right, substance of

things don't saying really really dream dream about being I seem I was teasing my

wife. I remember this very clearly. That's so interesting. I was like,

no, Like, wow, Lord, you have brought us well because

now when I was chasing her. Wow, guys, you can imagine.

No, you I mentioned marry D. You mentioned waking up to the girl

next to you. Ready, you imagine all these ready but never happened yet,

right, Yeah, you imagine a D you know. And then she

broke my heart. Okay, anyway, that was another story. So the

definition of faith after that, after she broke my heart, can I imagine

anymore after the definition of faith? Right, So that's the definitely of faith.

Substance of things homeful is not yet appear yet. You understand that,

right, show me first and then I do That was not faith, I

guys, show first A lot of times in areas of faith, you won't

see it. You cannot see anything. You see in your switch eyes,

you see in your heart. Did I know that I'm going to be talking

on the stage here we close to one hundred people when we start the XPJA

eleven years ago. No, I had no idea by a faith. I

have faith, so Doula, you had faith. A lot of you here

you understand what I'm talking about. Those you who are more mature haven't happened

yet. But you see it and you believe, and you have faith that

will happen, and you do it. You act upon your faith different as

here have given up. You talk about the first party blage. You have

given out of faith. You have not seen it yet, but you've done

it out of faith. What is the product for it? Hebrews eleven two

says it for it the elders obtain a good testimony. Do you have a

good testimony? Do you know that testimony is very powerful? Reputation is very

powerful reputation. You know the Bible does say It is so easy to have

a bad repetation. It is so difficult to keep a good reputation. So

difficult. But with faith you can have a good reputation and good testimony to

who, to your people around you, No, to God. To God,

I think it met us work out testimony. We have two words God.

Sometimes we think about testimony as believe us or I need to be a

good testimony to my fellow brothers and sisters. Here have you been worried about

your testimony to God? How have we operated towards the Lord? Do we

obtain a good testimony to ascheme? You know, not to beeople around us,

to Him. That's the product of it when you act upon faith.

What is the perspective of faith? Hebrews One Tree. By faith, we

understand that the world's were framed by the word of God. The worlds were

framed by the word of God, the world the world itself, and that

the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. This

is a core thing. People think we are crazy. Scientists will think you

crazy. Do you know that the Big Bang theory is the same concept because

they believe one day, long time ago something happened and by a miracle,

we have life. They also believe in miracle. No, it's just said

they believe in different a miracle, the miracle to believe God, know God,

the miracle that we believe God God. There is a person designing things

as a person making things happen. That's what we believe, right. But

they believe the miracle is so big bang bump, something happened. Do you

know that? Okay, if you're here and you believe in that, you

want to argue me after this. Sorry, I'll be an expert. Okay,

we'll talk about it ana day. But but but, but, friends,

let's be let's let's be clear on our convictions. Let's be clear on

what we believe. Amen. Right, And it's not it's not magic,

guys. I'm not teaching you magic here. I'm not teaching you something mystical.

Okay. The whole idea about science is the observation of life, right,

right, And you make a hypothesis and then you do an experiment and

it happens and you come out with a conclusion. Correct, So let me

tell you my conclusion. As we have this hypothesis on faith, some of

you here, you are still experiencing faith as a hypothesis. You have not

done the experiment yet. You have not experienced it yet. Friends, I

have really done the experiment. I have the hypothesis. I've done the experiment.

I have a conclusion ready, and I'm convinced that it works. So

the only way we'll know is that we actually do it. So that's the

perspective. You need to know something that came out of nothing. How that

makes sense? How do we get faith? Romans ten seventeen. So then

faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. So hopefully as I'm

sharing, you get faith. As I'm sharing God's word, you get faith.

But then I went deeper. I'm like, okay, faith, you

know, yeah, you know, we talk about God's words scripture. But

I decided to go deeper because you know the Bible, well, it was

translated in English, but the best way to get the full meaning is to

go deeper into the Greek or the Hebrew. And do you know that the

word of God there are two words that the Bible users to explain the word

of God. One is the logos word. You know what the logos word

is. The logos word is the written word of God, whatever that's written

here right. The next word is the Rama Word of God is the breath

of God, the Word of God that is life, the word of God

that comes that we hear, so that we have the written word of God

and we have the Rama Word of God. And you know the relationship that

between these two words. The written Word of God has been here forever.

Do you know how the written word of God becomes real to you when it

became when he when he gets brief life to you. You know who brings

that, the Holy Spirit. That's why the Holy spe is very important.

That's why X one eight is very important. Because the power is not power

shake hand. No, the power is the reality of God in your life

because you know, you know in your heart of us when you read the

Word of God and when the Word of God speaks to you or it's magic.

You know sometimes when I was young last time and I ensure something you

feel or you you you wanted to be mystical, magical, you want to

Oh, I flipped that page to that day. I didn't plan it.

I read it and then someone I speak to me, well, in a

way, that's a Reymama of Godlah. You know but I do believe that

even if we have a daily devotion. Now, I believe God can speak

to you every day, because that's what happened to me when I was young.

Young people listen to me. When I was growing up, I had

the opportunity, and I forgot about this time. But last week I'm Panslina

reminded me I had the opportunity to lead the youth group in my church last

time. Sad to say, and I'll be bold to say this, I

saw the youth group slowly die in the year that I was leading with your

group. Okay, of course I can bray myself, but there are different

things happening, Like guys, maybe Pastig is by Faller, Okay, maybe

young and all that year, every day, without fail, I will pick

up Oswald Chambers, my atmost it's highest devotional, and I will religiously read

it every day, and every day the Word saw me. How how crazy

is that that every day I read this book. Now, of course I

read the Bible, lah, but I read the Bible according to this devotional,

and God spoke to me every single day. You cannot say it's fake

because it's my own testimony. But I experienced him every day. Then I

see yah experiment God speaks right hypothesis. I did the experiment for a year.

Every single day I got the result. Now it has become my reality

that when I pray, and when I see God, and when I read

the Bible, you cannot tell me, Oh, Elvin, when you want

God to speak to you, it must be something, something, something,

I will say. God can speak to you anyway anyhow he wants on a

devotional that is pre planned written by some guy who passed away. Really,

he can speak to you every day or so. That's what God can do.

Amen, that's his power. So don't put him in the box.

So when Romans Tands seventeen says, faith comes a hearing that means you get

faith. No, you get faith by hearing what word you hear the rama

word of God's an utterance, by implication, a metal topic of narration,

command or dispute with negative not whatever. We have faith when we hear the

rama word of God. Right, And it's good to also read the logo's

word. You know why because when you read the logo's word, when you

read the written word, then you will know which world God is from God.

Because God will never contradict himself. Then you will know which voice is

correct. I mean, we learned last week, right, guys, how

to know your true shepherd Before you hear rama word, you must have the

logos word. Know you know how dangerous is it to hear rama word from

anywhere and not read and not know your Bible. Then you will know what

will happened. And I've heard this before. I've heard someone share to a

church leader not here or church I don't know, from somewhere, but I

heard before that the church member went to the pasta and say, Pastor,

I believe that God is asking me to divorce my wife. Hey, hello,

you are claiming that the Rema world of God is asking you to divorce

your wife. You gotta read the Bible or not. What does the Bible

say? Friends? I hope you guys are okay? Aah, you guys,

Okay, Sorry, I'm I'm a bit on fire today. Okay,

maybe it's holy spread. I just want to give you the meat so that

you will decide for yourself at the end of the day. I'm not knocking

anyone here. If you have believed in that time to change your perspective,

because through the renewal of your mind. You can prove what is perfect?

Do you know that that happens when you are renewing your mind in your faith,

you are proving what is the right way, that is Christ's way.

That's what happens. That's why that's the struggle. That's why there's a change

our environment. That's why there's that. You know, we cannot get stuck

in the same mindset. You get started in the same mindset, you're not

gonna grow so by faith. So this tells me that one of the most

effective ways, or maybe the only way to get faith is to hear God

really for yourself, because when God speaks, it is not scary thing.

Oh He's gonna ask me to sell all I have friends. If you think

that that's our God, I think you don't know him well enough. I

really think you don't know him enough. I hope you don't think that that's

our God. Our God is a God that wants the best for us.

Our God is the God that says, I have plans for you, right

plans to bless you and prosper you, no plans to hurt you. So

the Bible says our God is the one that can give us freedom. We

don't have to do loo for freedom anywhere else. All we need to do

is we close to Him and he will give us freedom. He will give

us an abundant life. But it makes sense. It makes sense to me

because if we just read the logger's word. Sometimes you know, you read

and then you read the leven Diggers and you're like, oh, man,

I want to sleep, right, But when there's the ramo world of God,

then the faith will a rise. So, friends, I asked you

a question this morning. What is God telling you this morning to do?

Is your faith rousing up? Is your faith being challenged? Right? Are

you growing by faith? Many things have happened in the Bible. Let me

read he Brews chapter eleven. I guts see Okay, Okay, sorry,

a bit excited. Okay, Hebrews chapter eleven, verse four to thirteen,

and let's go and read it. Okay. He says, yeah, by

faith, able offered to God a more excellent sacrifice and kine through which he

obtained witness that he was righteous God testifying of his gifts, and through it,

he being dead, still speaks. Okay, we know what happened to

Abele, but God honored and recognize him by faith enough was taken away so

that he did not see death and was not found because God had taken him.

For before he was taken he had his testimony that he pleased God.

How many of you wont that testimony? Oh, Esther, you have pleased

God a powerful tessimonia Esther, very powerful tasimony. Right. But without faith

it is impossible to please him. Oh, the wever has told us today,

if we don't act in faith, it is impossible to please God.

Right, For he who comes to God must believe that he is and that

He is a rewarder of those who diligion needs seeking. Can let me stay

on this a little bit? What does it mean that you mean, pass

Irvin, I need to act in faith? The onney I can please God?

Well, yes, but let me give you this context. And I'll

give you the context of a father and a son. Right if my son

don't admit that my' his father, or if my son, by only by

face value, admit that he's my son. And when I ask him to

do things as the Lord asks me to do things and he doesn't do it,

do you think I'm pleased? No? I will not be pleased.

And how many of you will tell me that I will only ask my son

to do things that benefit me and not him. If you know I'm a

good father, Okay, I don't want to go into semantics, but if

you know I'm a good father, you know I'm reliable, you know I

you know I'm faithful. Don't you think that things that he may not like

we're asking him to do will benefit him? And that's that's God to us.

So when this scripture talks about that, I look at it in that

perspective. Wow, Lord, you are father. You're asking us as well

your children know and when we don't anger, we are not pleasing you.

That's what it just means. It's not like, oh you must fay when

you have faith, you need to sacrifice everything. I think that's a very

not so healthy perspective of faith. Yes, we hear crazy stories of faith,

but actually faith is just falling on God as you to do. Faith

is just being obedient. That's what faith is. When you receive the word

of God, when you hear the word of God, when you hear the

rama word of God, we be obedient. Just that isn't that simple enough?

And when we are obedient don't you think we'll please our parents? We

will. What's the alternative being disobedient to our father in heaven? I pray

not oversee her'll be like that. Okay, don't be disobedient to him.

He wants the best words. Let's have the right perspective of our father in

heaven. Okay, I'm not trying to not anyone here. Let's let's carry

on by faith. Noah, being divinely worn of things not yet seen,

move with godly fear, prepare and ask for the saving of his household,

by which he condemned the world and became heir to the righteousness, which is

according to faith. You'll know the sorry of Noah. Right, crazy guy,

right, go and build up. Do you watch Bruce or my tea?

This is Bruce or my tea? That's another one. I think,

save Carrell on heaven or my tea? Evan, Evan on my t Evan

Evan. Have you been receiving anything from a lot recently? Hey? I

never knew how much ridicule he could have gotten. And when you read the

scripture, you hear the fear of the Lord. So friends, can I

give you this other revelation? We fear a lot of things. I have

this perspective nowadays about life and about things. We are afraid of a lot

of things, as why we do certain things. I think the question is

what are you fearing the most today? Noah obviously feared God more than he

feared ridicule. Also also not good no And in life that's how we face

like some nice both also save for us both also, if you girl,

I think sometimes we gotta choose which one we want to be difficult, because

both is so difficult. Sometimes we think that the thing that is not difficult

is actually we're kidding ourselves. Down the line, it might it might get

harder, or with might lose out. So sometimes we just got to decide.

I'm gonna suffer any I better choose my suffering, la, if you

get what I mean. I'm gonna work hard anyway, I better choose where

I work hard in? Do you know that we can have choice? You

know, if I'm going to do it, I might sell please the law.

Lah, It's gonna be hat anyway, A man, right, it's

going to be difficult anyway. I might sell please the Lord. Then at

least I know he will to kill me, because if I please other people,

they cannot do anything. They are not on if cut off the thousand

heels, they are not the God that can. You know, I don't

know whether you have the perspective, and just giving you that thought, right.

You know, sometimes we think that we are choosing the easy way,

or sometimes we don't choose, but sometimes it's still a difficult one both ways

so difficult. The question is to scare a word more? I give you

this perspective. So in regards to my kids, right, and I've shared

this before, one of the things that I feel that I want to leave

my kids is is hopefully their faith and their salvation. I pray that they

will know who Jesus is. That's my thing. Okay, Does that mean

that as a parent I have to sacrifice certain things sometimes because time are time?

The answer to you, honestly is yes, because I also love to

get them do different things. But the question is which want to scat more?

I scared my son cannot play a piano, or I scared my son

don't know Jesus. You know, I'm not saying it's that choice for everyone

now, but I'm giving you my own life. The way I think we

shant to scare more, I scare them, you know, uh, well,

of course we do and and study and all the kinds. But you

give I mean right we should. I scared that they will miss out life.

We shall I scared they will miss out life, or I scared their

miss out on Christ. We shant to scat more. I have to choose

no, and then I make decisions based on that. So in life sometimes

it's like that, friends, We got to think of it that way.

Amen. By faith. By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to

go out to the space which he would receive an inheritance, and he went

out, not knowing where he was going. By faith, he dwelt in

the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in terms with

Isaac and Jacob, the heirs we came of the same promise. So he

waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

By faith, Sarah herself also received strength to conceive, and she bore child

when she was past the age she became because she judged him faithful, who

had promised therefore from one man and him as good as they were born,

as many as the stars of the sky in the multitude innumerable as a sand

which is by the sea shore. This all died in faith, not having

received the promises, but having seen them off. Surely of them embraced them

and convinced that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who

say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. You'll catch that these

people that all act in favor. I'm sure the people around and look at

them and go, you crazy? Are you? Ha? You mean God,

as you do leave your family and go out to the foreign land a

promise land? Crazy? Are you crazy boy? Crazy guy? Ha?

You mean? God gave you a promise of her son? Crazy lah?

They all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen

them afar off. Abraham received the promise, but he didn't see his generations

and generations though he just received promise, and he belief freely, amazing,

amazing by faith. Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac,

And he who had received the promises, offered up his only Begondon, son

of whom you were saying, in Isaac, your siet shall be called,

concluding that God was able to raise him up even from the date from which

he also received him in a figurative sense. By faith. Isaac bless Jacob,

and he saw concerning things to come by faith. Jacob when he was

dying, bless each of the sons of Joseph and worship leaning on the top

of his staff by faith. Joseph when he was dying Mide mention of the

departure of the shore now Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. All

of them did things by faith. When it has not happened yet, they

all did things by faith. I don't have a lot of time. Can

I share more current stories with you? So maybe you might not be able

to relate all these stories because I so long ago in Abraham or we heard

let me let me give you some current stories by faith. Doctor Jason and

took up the worship cordinator role and have led the worship team to another level.

I believe if you know something about all they said, he wants me

coming to things. But when I asked him, he merely looked at me

and said, I knew you're gonna ask me. Okay. If you know

Jason, you know he's very careful. You know he won't he won't say

yes to all these things are I know even though i'm his other leader,

I know I know very well know him for many years Aday, but he's

told me, yep, I'll take it up because I knew you're gonna ask

me. I'm like, what God must be speaking to you? By faith?

Your rach took up the road to so and lead a community team.

He has served faithful for a few years and I've impacted the lives of many

children before you hours married. Every Saturday, He'll wake up every Saturday for

four years, he will wake up, go to the Ansana community, run

the classes, and then come home. I wonder how many kids have been

blessed through one man's stickfulness by faith. Daniel whnya your worship leader. He

studied hard, came to Malaysia, and have thus changed the life of his

own life and his own family indefinitely. Let me give you a bit of

background about Daniel that you may not know. They also found out as I

go along. Okay, he's a very brilliant guy, really very brilliant.

Came here on scholarship. Do you know that if he didn't have the scholarship,

he wouldn't have the chance to be in Malaysia. Let me give you

Daniel's background. You know, we always talk about the Asana community. I'm

not looking down on him. He's one of my mother guyser and asking permission

to share you, so I'm not putting him down. But do you know

we talk about all the urban poor kids, the b forty our brother.

That's his background. He many times joking my kids, wow, you're so

good to have so many toys. On last time, our favorite toil was

a brick, and the brick was the best toy right then because with the

break, every and every kidd had had made their own break, because the

brick was the car, The brick was the house, the brick was transformers,

the brick was everything. You look at him now, you believe her.

You think that he probably born with a silver spoon in his mouth,

right but by faith, by faith he didn't know, and by faith he's

here. You asked him, asking him, he has simony. By faith,

by faith dimitic One was faithfully in ex church. This time must go

deeper with can I thieve them? Is an awesome guy, right? I

remember when t was in a as a chemistudent coming to my home, Sir.

He is a very quiet and faithful guy. And that's the one thing

I believe and I think I will credit him. The other thing I'll credit

him is he knows who his God is, okay, And I will save

this safely that Let's just say that he didn't want to be in church that

time now, and he was asking God, of all the churches you send

me? Why this church? Right? Why these church? I don't understand?

Right, And I had few conversations with him many years. I'm praying

for this brother, Oh Lord, please let him lets it's hardly open,

you know. And he was a CIF president for you know you am very

steady guy, but very noncommittal, right, won't commit to anything. Just

come on me, you know. And when talk to him, he's like,

you know, no, I won't go back from mine. Not not

bad, Okay, by faith. He came faithfully. And I've told him

many times, brother, if you really don't like it here, go find

another church. It's okay one, We love you anyway. But I still

see him. He didn't fully understand why God let him here. And now

he's leading a homes and he's socio, a key leader who is guiding many

many young people by faith. You think faith is easy, not easy,

guys. By faith, we started the homes in sege Kd a long time

ago, and many lives of young people would change. Some of them became

leaders of the church and are still serving faith. For me today, it

was done by favor. It was not easier. Every when I say ask

my wife, every when I say hey, and I just got baby.

You need you know I just got a baby. Every when I say for

the tea, i leave office because my office allowed me to leave early.

I would drive all the way to Segge which is forty five minutes away,

to do homes with this bunch of jokers. Right, huh. You want

to know about worship, I tell you our worship was so awesome. Right,

The first few months of was so awesome. Everything you think went wrong

went wrong. There was once I went and said, you know what,

I'll cook for your because Tapa your food not that great. I'll cook for

you guys, and thinking that you know they are equipped in their house,

it was a bland knife. Our homes is supposed to start eight o'clock,

Our homes are ten nine o'clock. Because it took me one hour to cut

tomatoes for pasta. I tell you that homes are after six months, right,

half of the homies are from espresso. You know. Later on,

later on then a different ones for espresso like wow. Then their homes had

awesome food after that. I don't know what happened. You know, they

caught something by faith, by faith. I brought the I brought the ring

to marry my wife without any money to get married. And God has provided

supernatural for my wedding, marriage and life. And he has never failed me

once. He has been faithful by faith my wife. My wife married me

a man of faith. She was praying for men of faith low sorry idea

whom she had prayed for and trusted a lot to lead her. I would

like to believe she has been blessed too many areas. I hope, Sola,

Okay, I hope. So the joke is that you don't I should

share this or not. I mean, I let's just say that my wife

is a pure bread and I'm a girl. If you get what I mean.

My wife is pearl bread. She was was she was uh you know

how to say? She was groomed to marry the upper escalons of you know

life. You know people who got Sea suite you know on Yeah, she

was groomed that way. But somehow, somehow, you know, this town

boy from gleg managed to bag a chaos diggirl praised a lot. Oh my

goodness, by faith I shared on my son's conditions five years ago. That

was one of the most scary message. I preach to the church here with

fear and trembling. But God has shown me a testimony through my son's life

and true our obedience. You know, friends, can I share you this

thing? We hide a lot of things in our life. We hide a

lot of things. We do not share people. But do you know that

sin has no more power in the light. You think that by hiding your

saving yourself. You think that by hiding, oh no escape, people judge

me at all. That was my fear. That was our fear. Me

and my wife we hit it for a few years and then we say,

you know what, Lord, I cannot be living in fear right and God

is challenging me. You know, share with your church about this thing that

you have been keeping quiet for a long time, do you know? And

I was just talking to my wife about this. I say, we had

a very wrong conversation about how bobus are. We talk to people, even

those who are in especialism. We openly share about what's happening at home because

we're like, okay, I know everything. You'll know already, nothing to

be afraid. But yesterday with our first parents support group, and he was

really good. People needed to share. People needed to be open. So

if you're going through something on your own in secret, can you please don't

do I'm not asking you to go and post on peace. Don't go and

post on social media. Arkay, the internet is the worst Counselor find a

leader, find someone you trust, Find someone who can work with you and

not encourage you to do it more right, and come clean and say I'm

not perfect, I've done this, I've not been great about it. Can

you help me? You'll be surprised that in this church the Lord has raised

that many people that will be willing to extend a helping hand. That's why

you believe me discipleship. So don't keep it under the wrong don't hide it

anymore. If you're married, here to talk to your wife about it.

Talk to your husband about it. Oh, I've had it the tic secret

for the longest time, you know, and I pray that the Lord will

lead you through a journey of healing. Right. So yeah, God led

us not just to start a ministry, but also support and courage many other

parents who may be lost or discouraged in this taboo and sensitive world of especialists.

It is still we're taboo by faith. Six young adults started XPJ.

We just believe that God is calling us to start the call of God to

plan a church in Quota Damansarah. Hey sorry wrong, oh sorry sorry,

just a belief that God is calling us to start. And after eleven years

and many lives later, we'll reached out and discipled so many people. Let

me tell you the people that were involved. Me my wife, no choice,

she married to me. So wherever social like O kill our Lord your

people be my people, then I have to, you know, drag her

alone. Josephine Cole, she was one of those that started. She's our

sister, she's my assistanc c BC Right, different people here. I only

think has been round for very long time reading XPJA. Right, we started

a church. Do we expect the church we are that? No, we

just answered the call of God. Okay, God, I'll come here,

I'll do this even if nobody's here, I'm going to be here right by

faith. A young man from Pinang who was attending Eccentral Subanjaya answered the call

of God to plan a church in Quota Dama and Sarah started at homes during

the pandemic and laters and submitted to find a venue in Bannalo Tama later and

then later plan at church in Bernal Tama in state. And now after one

years plus have seen the fruits of his faithfulness. XBU is growing lips and

bounce and ex church XPJ. You also have a benefit in it because the

different ones that are there, they grew from here, they grew in this

church, and then they were really this and they went by faith. Amen,

and this is fresh, really fresh by faith. We are starting x

tramele fellowship today with the homesteader one day plan at Tamil Speaking Church. Why

Alvin not enough? Just planner? I thought your English got many enough?

Flower. Let me tell you why meant you nineteen twy go Rea bi Bill.

That's why. It's just that there's no other reason. There's no other

reason but the last commission where God says, go therefore and make disciple that's

the only reason why we're doing all we're doing no other reason. Guys.

It is not easy work. But you see by faith, so young people,

are you hearing me out? This is the legacy we leave for you.

What you do with it is up to you. We have done a

lot really different ones here have sacrifice really by faith. I can share.

Jos showy up when all the madness is happening, said okay, Pasta Vin,

I will still surf in our teens ministry. I don't know who's gonna

come. I don't know wherever we go, other leaders or not. By

faith. Then and Judy join him. Of course the pastor asked for no

choice, I have to say yes, right, they joined him, and

then later we had you know, Selene came and then Esther to go.

Esther came, you know, and we were like trying to figure out what

to do right? Josh right, Josh, you're trying to figure out what

to do right? By faith? I tell you, we were like,

what are we gonna do right? Do you know that yesterday we had twenty

old people for our small group in teens and we don't know where they came

from because Friday only seven people say we are coming. Let me tell you

why. When we act in faith and we are ready, you know it's

you know, I'm sharing you a lot about faith, fath faith. But

you know that this doesn't work if we have no partnership with God. It

only works because we are partnership with God. I'm just sharing about our part.

God will do his part a lot of things that we do in life

right, And when we're challenged by God, we need to recognize that he's

there and he's the one who wants to partner with us. We are not

doing it alone. The mistakes are nice. We think, is we're doing

it? Loone? Oh I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm long and you

figure it. No, guys, it is always the reliance on God.

So, young people, this is my change to you. Rely on God.

Don't trust yourself so much, trust God's word, trust your leaders,

and act in faith. Amen, and then you experience the God things in

your life. Put the experiment to test. Put the experiment to test,

and the experiment is can I trust God more? Not? Can I act

upon His word more? No? That's the experiment. Let's see you prove

it, friends, true faith, we can be certain of a few things.

When we hang in faith, we can pray for things not seen and

believe that we can receive it right. That's why Jesus can confidently say,

if anyone you will have faith as a master, see you say to this

mountain goal, you will go right twenty one says. And whatever things you

ask in prayer, believing you will receive. By faith, we can be

certain that we are pleasing God. Why because we are following the instruction of

our Father. That is why we are confident. Because without faith it's impossible

to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is

and that He is a reward of those who diligiently see if he seek him

and by faith. And it is very especially in this day and age.

I want to encourage you guys. By faith, we can overcome. We

can overcome. That's this thing about overcoming. Yes we are discouraged. Yes

we're going to a tough time. But do you know that you have the

power to overcome, not through your own strength, but true by the power

of God, that you can overcome. Yet, in all these things we

are more than conquerorus. Through Him who loved us, we can overcome because

of God's love. I leave this before I end Hebrews Chilth. Please go

ahead read it for your own by Hebrews Chilth. Want to dou said that

we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. You know, the

Bible assures us friends. Remember I said, you're not alone. The Bible

assures us that it is not a journey where we are making alone, but

with many around us. Look around you, friends, look around you.

Here this is your community of faith. These are the people that encourage you.

Why do we share testimonies? Why am I sharing with all these things?

But because different ones have gone before you already? Why am I so

confident? It is because different ones have gone before me. I see what

has happened in their life, and I'm like, I want that. I

want to experience God in that way. I want to any faith. Do

I know things will happen. I don't know a lot of things that we

did in the past. We don't know what would happened and what would turn

out. You read what happened in the Bible. They have all gone before.

We are surrounded by a great cloud witnesses. Different ones have gone,

They have gone, really okay, they have not received any problems, but

actor in faith. But remember them. But there are many here still running

the race. So let us so let's not forget that we are not we

are not alone. Sometimes we get light to you know, especially in this

day and age. Oh you're alone, law, nobody understands you, nobody

knows. No, we are not alone. So lay aside every sing,

everything that weigh us down. You know, sin is rare heavy. Lay

aside, laid aside, lay aside the bondage. You can choose one.

Lay aside, Stop the bad habits, stop the disobedience, lay aside every

sin, and let us run with endurance. And durance just means that you

were hurt, but you got to carry on. He'll be tough for you

to carry on. But let us look to Christ Jesus as our savior,

as an example and for guidance, because the reality is that he has run

the race and he won. One of the key things about Jesus that we

need to remember is that he didn't have to come to this earth, but

he came to this earth. He became a baby, he went through puberty,

he went through teenagehood, he went through all these things. He started

his ministry when he was thirty and he was put to death for our sins.

When he was study tree. He already run the race and he won

because he was raised from the dead. And that's how we want. He

was raised from the dead, he was resurrected from the dead. So he

should be our inspiration that Christ can do it and withdraw from him. And

when we're running this race, let us also take heed of the chestening of

the Lord. This may not sound good, but I need to share it

anyway. He Bruce Child sixty eleven says, my son, my daughter,

do not despise the chestening of the Lord. Not be discouraged. When you

are rebuked by him. For whom the Lord loves, he chastens and scholges

every son whom he receives. You know, God only disciplines the children that

he loves. So let's allow God to mold us because we walk by faith

and not by sight. I don't know how you're going to receive this this

morning, but I want to encourage to encourage you. I hope I'm encouraging

you. That is time to walk by faith. Friends, It's time to

walk by faith, as believe us. It is time to say, Yep,

I'm convinced that my faith is real and God Israel and He's alive in

my life. And if you've never experienced Him in that way before, time

to start the experiments. This is why I'm so confident. I'm just sharing

you many many and I know different ones here. If you ask your home

leaders, you ask different ones here. Even for those of you who have

been Christian for a long time, you will remember. You will remember in

your walk and your journey with the Lord, your set of faith and how

God came true for you. And with one more last encouragement, you know,

God doesn't want us to just experience old testimonies. One of the reasons

why he only allowed the Israelites to pick up the manna on that day for

the day, and if they take up any manner the day before right and

he will go bad, is because he wants them two reasons. Of course,

One people will say, oh, you know, he wants us to

rely on them, so they got no choice. Well that's one. Yes,

God always wants us to rely on him, that's one. But you

know the second reason about new manna from heaven, it is fresh, fresh

testimonies. When was the last testimony you had, When was the last time

God worked in your life? Maybe it's time to step out in faith and

experience Him again. You are never too old. No, I know,

I know. I jokingly said, well, not joking, but you're gonna

say young people is for you, But hey, actually this message for everyone

because no matter how old you are as a believer, God can do new

things in your life. No matter how old you are as a believer,

God can use you. You know, your time is not up. Some

are you here? Maybe you're retired ready or retired? Okay, you know,

let the young people please don't have that tought process. Can or not?

Because Caleb in the Bible is eighty years old and when Joshua said Caleb,

can you please secure like your sons, he said nope. God promised

me this mountain that belongs to me, I will take it myself. And

he's eighty. Wow. Such faith. We hope you've been blessed by this

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