Obey By Faith - That All May Know | Olivia Leong

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We hope this message will light up your day.

The title of this message is obey by faith that

all may know. Okay, it's very simple today, okay, and

let's go deep as well.

I will bring us deep. Okay.

And if you feel that it's still not deep enough,

I pray that if for every verse that we'll be

going through, I pray that you'll read the whole chapter

of the entire verse, whichever verse that will be coming

up later. Okay, at your own reading and at your

own meditation throughout this week.

Amen, all right, So obey by faith?

Okay, let's break down the title obey by faith?

Obey? Can I get a volunteer, maybe a teen or

a kid, anyone can tell me what does obey mean? Yes?

Anderson, listen to your parents. Listen to your parents. Thank

you understand. Listen to your parents? Okay? Very good? And

why is it important to obey? Maybe I get Juda

to answer for us. Why is it obey? Why is

it important for us to obey our parents? Because they

know what's best for us. It's good because they knows

what best.

Thank you so much, Judah.

Because they knows what's best for us, and they love

us so much. That's right. Give a hand for Judah

and Andersun. Yes, so important. I'm glad that our children,

our next generations, know the concept and inven the.

Principle of obedience.

It is important, right, and we shall not forget right

and also for the rest of us next life. Now,

what is this game? Anybody knows badminton? Yes, a lot

of people can play badminton. Right, yes, and this in

this game? Anybody knows how to win this game?

How can we give? Yes? As right?

You need to hit. You need to hit the shuttle

to your opponent's side and make sure it doesn't go out.

That's good, that's good.

Hit you you hit the shatter cock and make sure

it doesn't go out of the lines. Right, And there

are some rules to the game in order that you

can win the game.

Right.

You cannot the same place hit the shatter You cannot

use your leg or your hand, just throw everywhere. Cannot

ride and that's a line. In case you hit outside,

then you don't win. Right, cannot simply hit. There are

rules to the game, right, and these rules are important

for us.

It's like the Bible, God gives gives us the Bible.

It's it may look like a big bunch of rules,

but I love to see it as a loveli letter,

like what Juda shared with us. Because God knows the

best for us. That's why he gave us this that

we may be able to read it and to live

it out. Amen.

Yeah, and he gives us these rules so that we

can win.

The Bible says in Luke chapter eleven, verse twenty eight.

You can write this down in Luke chapter eleven, verse

twenty eight in the CEV version says Jesus replied, that's

true that, but the people who are really blessed are

the ones who hear and obey God's message.

I pray that we will always have this in our hearts.

And if you can memorize this verse Luke chapter eleven,

verse twenty eight.

Okay.

In the Nalty version, Luke chapter eleven twenty eight says,

I love this. Jesus replied, but even more blessed are

all who hear the word of God and put it

into practice.

Yeah.

Besides hearing and obeying, the translation of Nalty says, put

it into practice. Now obey and practice The amplified Virgin says,

on the contrary, blessed, happy, favored by God. That's what

we call blessed favored by God. Happy are those who

hear the word of God and continually observe it. Wow,

the word continually, It is one that is not so easy.

Continually observe it.

And don't you know when we observe it, will observe

it with our eyes and with our hearts as well.

Observe it.

Make sure we keep to it right and nkjv Virgin

says more than that, Blessed are those who hear the

word of God and keep it Like just now, passes

Andra was saying, I was reading the word of God right.

The word of God, if you keep it in our

hearts is important. The promise of God says that we

are we will be blessed.

Amen.

Amen, Very simple word today. Next slide three points. Children

you can write it down or adults you can also

write it down. Obey because God loves us like I

love what Juda say just now, because they know what's

best for us. God knows what's best for us. God

loves us, He cares for us, He knows he don't

want us to hurt our hurt our. You know, our

parents don't want us to get hurt. Yeah, so that's

why there are some rules that we need to obey. Similarly,

God loves us. He God doesn't want us to get hurt,

whether is it spiritually, physically, whatever it is, God knows

and he cares for us. He loves us. That's why

we need to obey. God has a plan for us.

He has great plans for us, and his plan for

us to make us winners. Yes, like a champion. Like

at the end of the day, we'll be receiving a

big reward, a big trophy. Who doesn't want a brig

crawfee man. Everybody wants to be winners. Winners over what,

winners over sin, satan and death. Come on, we are

more than overcome us. God wants us to be winners. Okay,

that's why we need to obey. Okay, very simple today,

very simple message today. Okay, not that it's ending now.

Three Okay, So boy, obey, this is only the word.

First point, obey. That's a song, okay, as different ones

as the children. As you're writing, that's a song says

oh B, why obey your mom and dad?

Oh B?

Why makes them very glad. Listen to the words they say.

Obey your parents every day? Oh be why obey your

mom and dad?

Okay?

We have children here among mesel so yes, okay, right,

so always remember okay. These point is why it's very

important to obey. Okay, and also for those of us

who wants to understand deeper in strong concordance, Strong's number

five to one eight.

Okay. Obedience okay.

The word signifies attentive hearing, to listen with compliant submission.

Okay.

It's an assent, the expression of approval and agreement. It

is used for obedience in general, for obedience to God's

command and Christ's obedience. Okay, Obey, obey another word is

about to hear as a subordinate, attentively Another words attentively,

obey as a subject, answer and response, Submit without reversation

without reservation, right, submitting without reservation.

That is obedience. Okay. All right.

So next, like the title of the message today is

obey by faith. Okay, so we're breaking down. We have

gone through obey now by faith.

Okay.

Let's read this very interesting story from the Bible. If

you can, you have your Bible with you, you may

turn it to Matthew, Chapter fourteen, verse twenty five to

thirty three. This is a very one of my favorite

Bible stories. I love these Bible stories, and every time

I find myself in trouble, I always remember this Bible story.

I pray that all of us will do as well. Matthew,

Chapter fourteen. Are you there?

No? You can turn to it, Matthew, Chapter fourteen, verse

twenty five to thirty three. I shall allow me to

read this for us. Verse twenty five. It says now

in the fourth watch of the night. The Bible says,

the fourth watch of the night means it's like very

early in the morning, maybe two three, four am in

the morning, when it's still so dark, but it's going

to be morning soon. Now. In the fourth watch of

the night, Jesus went to them, the disciples walking on

the sea.

Are you crazy?

Jesus is walking on the sea? Did I read correctly?

He's not walking on land. He's walking on the sea.

It's says ya my Bible, okay, verse twenty six. And

when the disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea, they

were trouble, oh no.

Saying it is a ghost, and they cried out for fear.

It's a ghost.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, be of good

cheer it is I.

Do not be afraid.

That's what Jesus says to his disciples verse twenty eight.

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you,

command me to come to you on the water.

So he said come. Jesus said come.

And when Peter had come down out of the boat,

he walked on water.

To go to Jesus. Peter also walk on water. Wow,

that's amazing.

Hey, Peter is not God right, he walked on water.

How is that possible? That's amazing, supernatural. The Bible says,

it's amazing, really amazing Verse thirty. But when Peter saw

that the wind was boisterous means very very very boisterous,

like like a storm, like a like it's windy. Yes,

that's right, as well as boisterous. Okay, he was afraid

and beginning to sink.

He cried out saying, Lord, save me.

Imagine Peter was sinking already verse thirty one. And immediately

Jesus stretch.

Out his herd and grab his hand. Pull.

Right, that's what the Bible say, is right, yeah, Jesus

and Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him

and said to him, oh, you of little faith, why

did you doubt?

Verse thirty two. And when they got into the boat.

The wind seized, the wind died down verse study three.

Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying,

truly you are the son of God. Everyone in the

boots worshiping God because they like wow, walking on water

and water. And then the crazy, boisterous wind and waves

died down.

It's crazy. Had anyone seen something like that before?

No?

No, almost almost crazy.

This is an account in the Bible, and many more

amazing supernatural things happen in the Bible. So yeah, read

the Bible and you hear more stories right of amazing

Jesus doing super stuff right. So here in X church,

we are all here in X church. X church is

called a church planting church. Say that to your neighbor.

X church is called a church planting church.

Okay, what does that mean? Church planting church?

A church planting church is a church that plants church.

Okay, that's what it s implements.

Okay, and this is not just made out of men,

but God has called X church this church X Church

to be a church planting church.

How do I know?

Today twenty twenty four, we have now eleven church plants

planted around the Klang Valley and one iner Greece is

a state that is southern to Cyberjaya, right and one

in Johor which we have visited as a family over

the weekend, and twelve countries internationally. We are located many

places and more to come. And amongst us here there

are church planters in the making. I'm declaring it by

faith even right now.

Okay.

And because God has called us as a church planting church,

Pastor Kenneth, our founding senior Pasta, has written a book

about the beginnings of how it all started, his heart

behind the church planting church. Okay, And you know when

I first read it, I was like Wow, I was

I'm just so blessed, so encouraged again to do what

God has called even me personally to do.

Amen. So I'd love to read us.

Oh yeah, And I just want to let us know

the title of this book it says, now every believer

can It's like it's like, you know, now everyone can fly. Now.

This book says, now every believer can can do what

In the small writings down there, it says they're making

a pioneer of every believer, and a believer of every pioneer.

What does a pioneer mean? And what does a church

plant thing? What does chur church planting means? It simply

means to start something for God, whether is it a

prayer group or a Christian fellowship, a movement of love

in our marketplace, in our campuses, in our offices, in

our neighborhoods, a movement of love, or to start something,

to lead homes or to start a homes.

To start something for God.

That simply means like church planting, being a pioneer for God. Okay,

so yes, Pasta Kenneth wrote this book. It is available

in Lasada. You may get your copy. It's really inspiring.

Okay.

This is where you can go deeper as well, right,

okay and read stories of what had happened.

And I would love to read to us a portion

an excerpt of this book.

To to share with us about what we have just read.

Yeah, I have.

This Okay, this was from I can't remember which year

was it. When we were in the pandemic. We were

all called to make something like this for our conference.

So yeah, I still have it now. It's my book

mark for today and it says okay, yay, okay, all right,

so okay, I'm gonna read, uh the introduction part of

this Okay, this is pasta Canne's heart when when God

has called ex Church to be a church planting church. Okay,

I'm reading from the introduction Okay, page twelve of this book. Okay, Peter,

just now, we were reading from Matthew chapter fourteen, verse

twenty five to the tree right, the story of Peter

walking water. So he says, Peter, seeing Jesus walking on water,

had the desire within him to do the same. He

then asked the Lord, who replied him with only one word.

Come.

Peter got out of the boat and began to walk

on water towards the Lord. Of course, the Bible also

recorded that Peter became distracted with the waves and started

to sink, at which time he cried out to God

for help, and Jesus reached out.

And lifted him up.

Then, before they walked back to the boat together, Jesus

spoke and taught Peter a lesson on faith that he

would not forget. Why are we here the plant. The

church planter might ask in the course of her hard

work in a foreign land where she discovers that the

doors aren't so widely open, and the soil isn't that good.

You know, many times when God has called us to

do something, and many times we may come to this

point of asking why am I doing?

What am I doing?

Especially the tough times, right when finances are hard to

come by, and while the team is small and faithful,

they do grow weary. The church rejoices with great encouragement

at the site of one new visitor, which is an

occurrence only too far and few in between to have

any real impact on our comfort and confidence, regardless of

how hopeless or pointless or unsuccessful the plant. At this

point in our lives may be we are here because

of one reason, and one reason only, because Jesus said come.

And when he said come. When Jesus said come, he

didn't promise Peter it was going to be easy. Neither

did he promise Peter that he never had to work

on dry land ever.

Again, what was the point of the whole exercise? Then?

What did Peter have to share as a testimony, except

for a few steps of water walking a near drowning experience,

and a strong rebuke from the Lord for his faith

or the lack of it. If the whole episode of

Peter walking on water was equated to church planting, then

it would seem that Peter had nothing to show for

nothing to show for it except a drench body and

a bruised ego. Would you call that a wasted effort

and a pointless exercise?

Most people would.

However, the Bible wouldn't have recorded it if we had

nothing to learn from it. Indeed, nothing in and of

the Bible is ever a waste, nor is anything from

it ever pointless. Amen. God showed me. God showed passaca.

God showed me a few truths from this story concerning

doing anything for him, including planting a church. Firstly, it

is out of simple obedience, he said, Come, Jesus said, come. Secondly,

God is not really out for the church plant itself

as much as he is out for the church planter.

Don't get me wrong. God wants to save souls. His

will is that none should perish, but that all come

into everlasting life. And that should be our passion too.

To see as many people come to the saving knowledge

of the Son of God as the waters cover the seas.

But that's really the work of the spirit. Our work

is to simply obey. And it doesn't matter if the

church plant is only for a year, or if we

have nothing much to show for in terms of numbers

at the end of our term. Nothing is wasted, Amen,

not even the crumbs from the story of Jesus feeding

the five thousands. The church planter, armed with the right

attitude and perspective, will always come out of each and

every experience of faith and obedience stronger and surer than

before for the next task that God has in store.

God's is the big picture. Amen, excuse me? Okay. God

sees the big picture and invites us to do the

same with him. He doesn't see past failures, only lessons

for a better and brighter future. He sees every experience,

both the good and not so good, as stepping stones

leading up towards His perfect plan and purposes to the

world and sometimes even the church.

Peter may have had nothing to.

Show for on the outside at one of the most

defining moments of his life and walk with Christ, but

something happened on the inside that was more valuable to God.

For Peter's future. And that's what I have come to

believe for every church planter, through every church planting experience,

everything else is a bonus Amen.

Amen.

Yes, So know that everything that God has called us

to do, when we do it out of obedience, is

because Jesus said, come and we want to please the Lord.

Amen. Amen.

In Hebrews chapter eleven, verse one and two. This is

also another verse that we can memorize. Now, faith is

the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things

not seen for by it, the elders obtain a good testimony.

Amen. When was the last time that we have a

good testimony?

Is it because that we have yet to step out

in faith for the what God has placed upon our hearts?

Come on, people, God desires us to have this good

testimony as well he Brews chapter eleven, verse six. But

without faith it is impossible to please him, for he

who comes to God must believe that he is and

that He is a rewarder of those who really generally

seek him. Another Bible verse that we can memorize, right, Oh, sorry,

the next life. Yeah yeah, okay, So Hebrews chapter eleven

is a chapter of faith.

All right?

Now, next, light allow me to do this sharing of

the story of this radical obedience by faith. Everyone, Are

you guys ready to hear this story? It's gonna be

a wild story. I'm gonna share with us using the

style of Hebrews chapter eleven.

Okay, are you ready?

Okay, let's go, so next Light, as Jesus has commissioned

us his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of

the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe

all that I have commanded you in Matthew chapter twenty eight,

verse nineteen to twenty. By faith Next Night, Pastor Kenneth

heard from God to plant ex Church twenty four years ago.

With three people, only three people, right, three men? Okay?

By faith x Church grew next Light from tree to

about one thy five hundred partners and disciples of the

Law Jesus Christ. Around two thousand and seven. Wow, that's amazing,

isn't it?

All glory to God?

By Faith, Pastor Jack said yes to plan ex Cybergaya

on thirtieth of my Next life, thirtieth of March two

thousand and eight, right after much prayer together with a

group of ex Church partners, mainly the alumni of the

universities from the from Cyberjaya. Together, they were sent out

to plan the first church plan of EX Church in

two thousand and eight. I always remember this. These there

are okay by faith one of the students.

Sorry, sorry by faith.

The ex Cybergaiya core leaders then went out praying and

flyering in the nearby campuses and universities in Cyberjaya, inviting

students to church right.

By faith. One of the students, nicolein that's her.

One of the students, Nicoline Hassam picked up our flyer

from the floor of her campus and came to our

Sunday worship service. She encountered the Living God and was changed.

She's changed. Okay, how do I know that she was changed?

Let me share with us by faith. Nicolene said yes

to starting her relationship with the Living God. She said

yes to rooting down in EX Cyberjaya. She said yes

to joining he Homes. She said yes to being in

a disciple discipleship relationship with one of our ex Church leaders.

She said yes to serving in the hosting dream Team.

She said yes in serving the EX campus ministry. She

said yes to many more. By faith, the church prayed

and listened and obeyed the Holy Spirit's leading in reaching

out to our campuses, offices, and neighborhoods here in Cyberjaya

and beyond. By faith, Nicholine went out to invite her friends, neighbors, strangers,

from class to class, from one hostile room to another,

in lectureus room, in the admin office, in the President's office,

at the walkway, at the cafeteria, at the library, at

the bus stop, in the bus, in the bus at

the shopping mall, in the convenience store, at the park,

at the parking lot, at the cinema, at the bowling alley,

at the barbecue pit, at the Mama, at the guardhouse,

and et cetera. From different nationalities, religions, from all walks

of life, of different age groups, to Sunday services and

to homes and all other church events. By faith, these

friends that Nicolin invited, these neighbors, strange and strangers, said

yes to Nicholeon's invitation and came for these events, and

they encountered the Living God. Their lives were never the

same again. Some of these hundreds of invites were Christine, Sean, Stephanie,

and even Elaine.

Right, two of them are there right there.

Okay, you asked them, Ask them and they will tell

you their story of how they came to Excyberjaya.

Right. And for Noah.

Noah came in November twenty twelfth, invited by Ben Basu,

right in July twenty eleven, and Ben was invited by

Lashin and Gartoni. Gartoni came in March twenty eleven by

their own, by her own right. Yeah, this is amazing

story by faith, Like Nikoline, they all said yes. Right,

this group of friends and strange everyone, they said yes

in beginning their relationship with the Living God. They said

yes in routing down in x Hyberjaya. They said yes

to joining her homes. They said yes in being a

discipleship relationship with one of our ex church leaders. And

they said yes in serving a dream team, and yes

to many more by faith. These changed lives were discipled

by ex church leaders who journeyed with them, encouraged, guided

and challenged them in their walk with the Lord.

From faith to faith, and by faith.

Many of these, many of the church partners, like Nikoline,

went out courageously to live out God's word in their lives.

And invited their friends, neighbors, and strangers like what Nicoline did.

By faith, the church shed supernatural testimonies of how God

Almighty came true for us when we courageously obeyed God's

living word in faith despite challenging situations some challengers. Some

challenging situations were even to the point of going to jail,

being mocked, great harassed in multiple vehicle accidents, starvation, critical illness,

suicide tendencies, spiritual attacks, even one of them giving birth

to their firstborn while having final exam the next week,

just to name a few. Okay, By faith, the students

would choose to come to church and even some of

them serve at worship services and prayer services despite having

exam or assignments or submission in a couple of hours

or even after the next day.

By faith, the church partners would come.

Before eight am with very little sleep to set up

for Sunday worship at ten am, after coming back past

midnight from out of town from ministering and serving at

a three days revel tour is like you know, some

of us would volunteer to go to different states with

the team on like Friday, Saturday, and then early the

next morning Sunday, we will just come and also serve

the church.

Remember pass the jack those days crazy days.

By faith, the church partners would still give their best

generously financially towards missions or any of giving, despite having little.

By faith, the church then grew in numbers and in

faith from one homes homes.

From one homes to almost ten homes. It was an

ex Chapter two moment. You can flash up the next light. Yeah,

X Chapter two moments.

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple and

breaking break from house to house, they ate their food

with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having

favor with all the people, and the Lord added to

the church daily those who were being safe. That was

X chapter two and we had that moment of X

chapter two experience. Let me give few the evidence next

lights this statistics ex Cybergaya Static Sticks Growth trend report.

I remember preparing this report for paster Jack submission in

twenty twenty four. Okay, this is just a portion of it. Okay,

So as you can see the first top top right

chart that trend. Okay, it's not stock market, it's it's

an attendance attendance trend from the year twenty two thousand

and nine to twenty eleven. The church started in two

thousand and eight. Okay, yeah, so so as you can

see that the rate circle our record breaking of the

year attendance. Okay, the highest in two thousand and nine

was nineteen ninety one. In twenty ten was one hundred

and twenty five. In January to April first quarter of

twenty eleven was one hundred and forty one.

The church was growing exponentially. Newcomers were coming.

We had a total of one hundred and seventeen new

comers in two thousand and nine, two hundred and fifty

seven in twenty ten. Right, amazing and salvation. More importantly,

people were giving their lives to God. In the year

of twenty nine, two thousand and nine, we had nine

salvation people who say yes to Jesus for the first time.

We had eight salvation in twenty ten.

Right, we had fifteen reradications in twenty nine, two thousand

and nine, we had thirty five reradications in twenty ten.

It's amazing. There was a mini revival here in Cybergia.

There was, there was, and it's going to happen again. Amen. Amen, Yes.

And the chart below I know some couldn't see, but

these are the numbers of newcomers coming every Sunday. I

tell you, yes, crazy okay, it's a good crazy okay.

And majority of the people in Cyberjia then was ex

Cibergia then were campus students okay. And every number, as

you can see there, every number is not stock market,

but every number represents a precious life that the Lord

Jesus Christ died for. Every number represents a precious life

who is a potential light barrier to shine to make

Jesus Christ and his kingdom known. Every number represents a

child of God who is a potential world changer and

church planter, one who will start something for the Lord

right and true enough by faith Next Life. Five Batswana

students who were also partners of X Cyberjaya said yes

to planting EX Botswana in Gabaroney after their graduation in

twenty twelve.

This is four years.

After X Church has had been planted and by faith

ex Gabarone. Next, like X, Gabarone grew in faith and

in numbers by faith, Ex Gabarone went on to plant

X moutreaty and later to X Pakalane.

And what more shall I say, for the time would fail.

Me to tell of how campus revel started by X

Cyberjaya students in Limkown University MMU uoc herold Watt University

revel at work throughout the companies and organizations in Cyberjaya

who true faith prayed, listen and obeyed the leading of

the Holy Spirit when all when, and some even went

up to the university presidents to pray for them in person.

Several times introduced new students to the facilities around Cyberjaya.

Through the eyes of Cyberjaya's initiatives, blessed and encouraged students

with exam pacts during prior to exams. We bless even

security guards with essential daily essentials. We also blessed lecturers

with encouragement notes who broke down and cried due to

the overwhelming love that were shared. We obtained supernatural favor

escape the interrogrations of authorities. Out of weakness, we were

made strong. I can go on and on about worship

at homes. How it happened Jesus had called us to

make disciples of all nations in Matthew Chapter twenty eight,

verse nineteen ex Church is called a church planting church,

that the whole earth be filled with the glory of

the Lord as the water covers the sea. Right, thank

God that he has led you here in cyber Jia

for a divine purpose.

And God has.

Placed you here for a very specific assignment, right to

help someone here in cyber Jia to see, taste and

believe Jesus Christ and the unshakable Kingdom of God. He

has placed us here wherever He has placed us for,

whether is it a few hours, a few days, a

few weeks, a few months, a few years. He has

placed you here for a reason, Amen, the last life.

This is the call to action to obey the Lord

in fulfilling his great commission right here in Cyberjaya and

by faith, pray, listen, obey, and testify a very simple

message today. I pray that you are inspired. I pray

that you are encouraged again to do what God has

called us to do.

Amen. We hope you've been blessed by this message. For

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