Made More Disciples Than John (Part 2) | Pr Jack Ling

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

will light up your tea today. My message is called Jesus made more disciples.

This sounds like I said it before, right part two, Right,

Jesus made more disciples of course then John part two. We all heard this

the last time. We realize it's said in the first verse of chapter four,

Jesus made more disciples than John. So if you'll never realize that,

now we know Jesus actually made a lot of disciples. And that's his that's

his that's his job when he came here, all right, because he didn't

come here to straight were going across. Right, If it was so,

he would have done it, you know, as a child, but he

grew up, waited until his thirty eight plus. Yes, all he did

stuff in between, So in between also mattered. So what did Jesus do

in between that was so important? Then he definitely did it. He modeled

it out. He he showed us exactly stuff that we need to do,

all right. He took only thirty plus years to show everything. And then

then he said, okay, I'm done, now I can go right,

So uh, he finished the work. Amen. So we need to take

note of what he did in between before he went to the cross and know

and see what he did, and and uh, he definitely has something to

say to us. Amen. Okay, So so that's what we're doing.

And so, uh, PAT two, Part two. Because I'm still on

John chapter four here, I realized there's a lot of other things here to

say. So I stayed on there um as I prayed, and I saw

the Lord. Uh, you know, I believe he's leading me to just

continue here. So I'm gonna start in Versus thirty one to thirty four.

Kay, Yeah, so let's read this. Meanwhile, the disciples were urging

him, saying, Rabbi, eat, but he said to them, I

have food to eat that you do not know about. So the disciples said

to one another, has anyone brought him something to eat? Right? Jesus

said to them, okay, my food is to do the will of him

who sent me and to accomplish his work. Case stay here for a while.

Right. So background is, Jesus said, made more disciples and John.

So he was on the way back to Galilee because you know, he

didn't want to have trouble with these people for now. So he's going back,

and he took the other way that no one else wanted to take.

Normally, the Jews would take this other way because they want to avoid Samaria.

It's a place they's like no known for them, all right, because

there's a lot of people. They call them the half breeds. They're not

pure, all right, They're not the type you want to hang out with,

so they try to avoid them. But Jesus had to, right,

Remember in the verse days, Jesus had to, which kind of a strange

way of saying it, but he had to because he had a purpose to

go through Samaria. He wanted to do what the others didn't want to do.

I want to go because I have a purpose. I want to meet

people there in Samaria. So there was a background there. He met this

lady right whom he asked for water, which is also a strange thing,

because nobody would talk to a Samaritan, right because they were not pure people,

all right. Uh, they're they're mixed up with different cultures and they

are not following our religion that the Jews will say, and so, but

then Jesus spoke to this lady and asked her for a drink. All right,

And I was saying that Jesus can make rain. But so, but

then he asked this person for a drink. So he's asking her to serve,

all right, So the same thing. When you're serving, you're serving.

Jesus. He can do the sound. Actually, you know, he

can make sound appear anytime, all right. He can he can speak here,

he can speak to us directly. But he asked us to serve.

And so those of us we serve, We serve the food there. We

come an early in the morning, carree instruments, We drink a drink,

pull up thinking of drink. We shake hands, all right, and all

these things we do. Jesus can do it, all right, he's gone.

But then he's asking us, and then we are stepping up to say,

yes, John, yes, Lord, I want to serve, all

right, And that's worship. And so but in exchange he has something greater,

right in uh John four, it would say that Jesus says, I've

got living water, right, I will give you living water, which is

better than anything you can ever find, all right, So uh, that's

what he will exchange for. He will give us that living water. Amen.

So that's the background, and so uh, what happened was this,

this lady was so amazed and she went off and she she's spreading the word

about Jesus. So this is the this is the continuation part. So the

disciples came back and saw actually saw him having conversation with his lady. They

were quiet. They didn't say anything because they respected Jesus right. Otherwise,

Jews were question what are you talking to this? How breed? Were you

talking to these kind of people? You don't understand, you know, But

they did not question him. They they they respected Jesus all right. And

I mean there's just a side note there the things that God is doing in

our lives, and sometimes we feel like you want to question, but actually,

you know the right way. As the disciples, it's just got okay,

God, I know, I trust what you're doing. Trust what you're

doing, all right. I'm not gonna I feel like questions in my heart,

but okay, maybe I won't. I'll trust you. That's what it

means to trust God. Amen. So anyway back here now, so they

were very you know, they're good, good people. Uh. They offered

Jesus eat, Rabbi, We've got some food for you. I'm sure you're

hungry, all right, uh and uh? And then Jesus says, you

know, I've got food that you don't know about, and they are all

mind bogglar because they don't understand this language. Right, what food? And

so Jesus wanted to tell them that I have something, you know, because

physical food refreshes us. Right, how many of you here you love to

eat? Sure? Man, your Malaysians, right, because when Malaysia definitely

love to eat, right, it is so nice, right to just sit

down and eat. Of course eating with people is another thing better, right,

But food, especially good food, it makes you happy, makes you

happy. When you are sad, you eat food, you feel happy at

least for a moment, right, uh and uh. And you know someone

told me so when you feel sick, eat eat as much as you can

because they will actually fight the disease. Right. You strengthen your body to

fight the sickness. So tip for you to sick eat okay, unless it

said the stomach kind of the different, all right, but they also can

you eat the suitable stuff that will help you counter. So anyway, eating

is good, right, Eating refreshes, Eating satisfies you. Eating strengthens you

to do all right to work right if you don't take your breakfast, students,

right, I will hung adults, some of you, I know you

don't eat breakfast. Skip breakfast. Hey, it can cause problems your brains.

Okay, all right, you want to learn, probably, please have

some breakfast. Doesn't have to be heavy breakfast, but eat something. But

this habit of skipping and then coming and thinking you're gonna perform please all right,

okay, all right, please wake up earlier and have some breakfast right

by it before it helps you with your time management. And so all right

because you're thinking a hit. Amen? So okay, So food does all

these things, satisfies and strengthens, and what else is I put another word?

Okay, no, man, all right, But Genus tells us there

is something else that will bring us refreshing. There is something else in this

life that will refresh our heart, our heart, our spirit, which is

this spiritual food that he calls doing the will of him who sent me.

Doing the will of him who sent me is is what really refreshes us.

All right? So, um, you want to sustain, sustain, right,

you want to go the long hall, You want to go the long

journey. You need to understand this food that sustains your spirit and your heart

all right, and makes you happy, gives you joy. You know,

a lot of people nowadays we have this, a lot of this depression,

right, anxiety. I think I believe the counter to that is eat.

Right, Like I said, you're sick, you should eat to nourish and

to make yourself happy. But then the spiritual side of things, emotional is

to feed your spirit and to feed your heart with doing the will of him

who sent me. Right, I want to talk a little bit about this

first line of the red words. Here, do the will of him who

sent me. Just take note of this that Jesus could have said it this

way. My food is to do the will of my father, like he

is. I'm God's son, right, I'm the son of God. I

call him my father. But he does not say that. He says it

this way instead, to do the will of him who sent me, sent

me, meaning he's taking the position of a servant. He's saying a position

of a servant is humble, all right. He's showing us this example,

humble yourself, all right. Uh. He does not take his you know,

he doesn't put a position on himself you know of like, I'm a

son of God, I am God. All right? He says, do

the will of him who sent me? So what did God? And where

is God sending you to do his will? Where has God sent you to

do his will? Some of you you're already sent. You're already in a

place, all right. Some of you, I mean, don't do that

to think already where else? And where else? All right? You're you're

there, you are there, all right. So wherever you're studying, this

is the place God has sent you. I don't think it's a coincidence,

all right. Uh, you thought you chose the place. You thought someone

chose the place for you, some of some of you your parents forced you,

all right. But it is God's sending. So if you begin to

recognize that, and then we begin to open our eyes, Oh I'm here.

God has sent me here. What is his will for me? What

does he want me to do here in this place? All right? Could

be where you're studying, could be. Uh. You know, when you're

born in that family, you're sent down. You were you were born in

family, had no choice, right, So what is that will of God

in that family you've been sent to? All right? And also in church.

This is the church. You are here right now. You've been sent

here to this church. And also of course the church has been sent to

you, all right. And since we're both here, we meet together here

halfway. So what is His will for you here? All right? Is

it just to sit down and listen to sermons? That's part of it.

It's part of it, all right. But what else? What is it

that God has sent you to do? What is His will for you?

Campus students want to speak to us here for a while, right of course,

you know we were doing a change with ex campus. But you know,

exciting things are coming, Exciting things are already here, all right,

And I want to encourage you. You are not here just to study,

yes, definitely, please study, Please study, Please do well, all

right, Please score and do your study as well, all right. But

I believe that's not the only thing, you know why. I've heard it

before, and I believe it's still the same this age, at least campus.

It's the time where a lot of people come to know Jesus seriously,

when you start working really as a different story, because firstly, the people

are not so diverse anymore. It's always a fixed group of people you see,

all right, and they are a lot of them are fixed already in

their mind this is what I want, okay. But in your campus students,

everyone has a bit more openness. They are being open because they're exploring

life. You know, they're learning to make decisions. And that's where,

Uh, there is such openness Amen, to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And I want to encourage you. You have a mission there college students,

university students. Uh, there's an open door for us there, and

we and the church we want to work together with you. We can't be

there. We can't go into your campuses all the time. Maybe once in

a while go visit, but we don't have so much influence over them,

but you do. They're your friends. You know. When you say something,

will you invite them to somewhere, they will come, all right.

When we usually comes at your coma, you'll be like who are you?

Why are you? As you know? And then we try to build with

them. So it takes it needs time, but you already there your friends

with them, they trust you. Amen, So you have a mission.

All right, college students, look to your college friends and tell you you

have a mission you have a mission. Amen. All right? So what

is God's will for you to this place he has sent you? And then

it says there to accomplish his work. To accomplish his work. You know

our theme for ex charges Heaven rules, Amen, Heaven rules. But then

there's another line that says to the finishing line, the finishing line, and

this is in line with that, to finish the work, to finish the

work. And uh so what is the work that needs to be finished?

What is the work that Jesus is trying to finish? It is the will

that he of God that he was sent to do, all right. So

uh, and that's why we say the title Jesus came to make more disciples.

He's making disciples even now and he is continuing to make disciples because when

we make disciples, and when we have disciples, then the work can be

finished. Amen. Without disciples, then uh, it's hanging. It's hanging.

So the work that needs to be finished, you need to make disciples

like Jesus make disciples. Amen. Okay. And uh you know, um,

you I want to encourage you. You should. I mean, you

pray, you pray, you seek God. I believe God speaks to each

and every one of you specifically what you need to do, amen, Just

like Noah. Noah, right, he got the instructions from God to make

the arc, you know, very detailed and the measurements the exact material that

needs to be used to so that the boat won't sink, right sort of

what that won't seep in. He has a very specific instructions. So the

same thing with all of us. I believe God can speak to us just

like Noah, giving you specific instructions, what exactly do I need to do

a lot? And but you know how God speaks to Noah. The thing

about Noah is before that you will read, all right, if you read

the story of Noah, says why God chose Noah because God? Because Noah

walked with God, walked with God. So that's the key. Let's walk

with God. Let let's at least start with that walk with God. How

do you walk with God? Pray? Let's I mean at least prayer,

praise, walking with God, knowing his word, reading his word, walking

with God. You know, fellowshipping together with the people of God is walking

with God. Right, I'm sure you know what it means to walk with

God. I'm sure you know. So walk with God because then he wants

to give us specific instructions. Okay, for the will that he has for

you to finish his work. How many of you here want to be refreshed?

You want be refreshed then to the will of him who sent you,

because that's that's the better food. Right, have your lunch, have your

real maccan and all that your your physical food. But then Jesus says,

that is food that's better than the physical food. A man, All right,

come on, let's move on. So I have this point here.

The point is, even after as we have spoken to about all this,

the point is making disciples is priority to Jesus. It is why you know

why? Because uh, the disciple comes say eat the head on a So

I go something to say, So, yeah, Jesus, had you know,

didn't want to make disciples. You say, okay, thank you done,

Lord, thank you for this food. Right, But he sees the

food guys offer him, says, I got food that you don't know of.

Like what ever, you want to say something? You know why because

his priority is to make disciples, right, So I'm not telling you every

moment you say that to someone let's do homework. I've got homework that you

do not know. I not say get off philosophy, go with people,

but there's always something to learn. There's always a teaching moment. So if

you know the teaching moment, use it. Use the teaching moment a right.

If there's a problem with people's timing, right, there's a teaching moment,

right, speak about it. Don't just leave it, because when you

leave it alone for too long, it also shows you don't care. All

Right, white white people address timing problems. I say, you're late for

whatever school. However, we address it because we want good for you.

Right, it's not it's not put anyone down. Right. If some one

bakes a cake and it's not edible, right, if we leave it alone,

we say we don't care, go ahead and keep making kikes that it's

not edible and poison everyone. You're saying that without saying anything, right,

But if you care for the person, you should give that. You know.

I ate the day. I got stomach eight tell tell, I mean

not not not announcing from everybody? La? Right? Can you bring your

aside? You beat the kicks? It's nice, but I got stomach just

to let you know, right, so you want to consider some things,

maybe something not cooke or whatever. Yeah, why you're you're you're you're sharing

valuable feedback right. Well, of course, find the right time right now.

I if I do that to my wife all the time, right,

there are moments that they can it's not the time to to teach me like.

So there's good times, there's good times to do it. There's the

right time. I believe you know you can. You can also see God

for that the time when we should speak to somebody about stuff. But remember

Jesus's priority is to make disciples. Amen. Okay, next one, let's

read all right, yeah, thirty five to thirty eight over here, and

again I highlighted the words so our children can write that down. Do you

not say there are yet four months? Then comes to harvests. Look,

I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white

for harvests already. The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for

eternal life, so that souler and reaper may rejoice together. Okay, next

light, for here the same holds true. One souls and another reaps.

I sent you, Remember I sent you the remember the first thing we were

saying, I do the will of him who sent me. I sent you

to read that which for which you did not labor. Others have labored,

and you have entered into their labor. All right, can we go back

to the previous slide, Frederick Judah, Okay, yeah, so see that

the fields are white for harvests. Okay, so um so before that says,

you know, do the will of him who sent me. I want

to finish the work, right, and he says, now see that the

fields are white for harvests. You know, there are actually many people ready

to believe. There are many people around us who are ready to believe.

But whether we actually offered it to them, whether we have shared it with

them, whether we have shown it to them, because if they don't see,

they don't hear, they won't know. But you know, they're actually

ready, they're ready to believe, they're ready to follow, they're ready to

be a disciple. So let's not as seem that they're not gonna believe.

They're not gonna listen to me, they're not going This thing stops us from

actually doing anything. It stops us from actually saying anything to anyone because it's

I don't know, it's fear. Uh, maybe it's maybe it's pride,

right, why because you feel like I'm gonna embarrass myself if I say something

about God to somebody here, They're gonna ask me a lot questions. They're

like, oh, okay, I don't know how to answer. Better save

my my energy. Right, it could be a pride thing for not one

thing, to share the gospel, share Christ with somebody. Um. And

you know when we say share, it's not always words, right, it

can be action. It's action. And so sometimes we shy away from even

the right action because we are afraid or they're gonna know I'm christin. They're

gonna know I'm a goody two shoe or whatever. Right, so I just

joined them and be like them, all right. So that's a that's a

challenger. I know with a lot of us in myself, right, we

want to we want to blend in. But you know, the field is

right for harvest. Everyone repeat after me, the field is right for harvest.

It is a lot of people are actually ready to believe and follow.

So we need to get this mindset right to remember that it is already a

lot of things have already prepared, been prepared for us a man. So

the point here all right, we will move on soon, but there's a

point there. Next slides. The point is okay, right, one more,

Yeah, Jesus has already pioneered and prepared a harvest for us. Why

the fact that he died at the cross us. He has already done a

big part of the job, right. And there's this story about Jesus that's

all over the places in the Bible. A lot of people actually have a

pre They already have an idea even before we have to share. So we

just need to come in halfway. It's not work from scratch. You know,

a lot of things have been already prepared and done for us. We

just need to know where. Now we need to come in and see that

the harvest is ready to be harvested. Amen. I was at a farm

yesterday with Paul and a few others. Uh. There's this farm right,

some of you know, the farm in Cyberjaya. And then we harvested a

lot of vegetables days already already, all the fruits already there, and then

there's pluck and ready to cook and eat. Somebody already did the job.

Amen. But of course then some of them planted some new plants. Right,

Yes, there is time for planting new But when we went in there,

everything's done, the whole everything's grown. The trees are all up there,

and fruits already. I took a fig, and I ask permission.

But I do think right home, we ate it at home. It's like

whoa perfect perfect, so good, right, and so many people are ready

to be harvested, and the fruit is so good, right, look forward

to that. And when we taste of that fruit, it is celebration a

man. Celebration is good, it's great, it's wonderful, hallelujah. So

but now I will move on to this next part here talking about um,

you know as as a field is ready right for harvests, hallelujah. So

many Samaritans from the town believed in him because of the woman's testimony. So

the woman, right, Jesus spoke to her, told her, you know,

do you have any husband? She said no, I don't have any

husband, and say, yeah, exactly, but the person you are with

is not your husband, all right, And and so she she to her,

Wow, you know things that you can tell me stuff just a background.

I did be a study. The Jews believed that the Messiah can tell

them everything. So that's why she was very convinced is the Messiah. So

that's why she went. I met Messiah straight because he can tell me everything.

He can tell me everything about myself, right, So that's the sign

of Mansiah at the time. So just to tell you why she was so

convinced so quickly. So anyway, she believed all right, so she went

there. She spread the word. Many Smaritans from the town believed in him

because of the woman's testimony. Everyone say testimony. He told me all that

I ever did. So when the Sumaritans came to him, they asked him

to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. They loved Jesus

to even ask him for stay to stay one more day, two days,

right, because you know how they were treat it to them. It's like

the Jews don't like us, so we're not gonna like the Jews, so

they won't welcome. But the fact that they welcome Jesus for two days to

stay, they really loved him a man. They believed so, and many

more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, it is

no longer because of what you said that we believe for we have heard for

ourselves and we know that this is indeed the savior of the world. So

they believed. All right, So let's let's go back to the slight before

again because I want to look at the highlight red Woods slight before. Okay,

good right, Let's focus on this now. What is the two things

that we need here? The field is ripe for harvests. It's very simple

here, right, These are tools for us. So you know what you

need to do, right, and you know what you need to be able

to harvest. First, it is this testimony, the woman's testimony. Every

one of us here we have a testimony. We have a testimony, definitely,

children have testimony, right, all of us adults we have testimony,

right, salve us here, we remember our testimony more. I can't remember.

I say, we will remember our testimony more because many of us we

actually have test money, but we don't remember the testimony right, or we

are not used to sharing the testimony. That's why it doesn't come out easily.

But actually there is. We just need to dig it. Remember God,

remember his goodness, his grace in our lives. Then we can share

it. That's why sometimes we have practice sharing a testimony. Some sessions just

practice sharing to each other, all right, so that when we meet our

friends it comes out easier. Try and practice at least sharing your testimony to

yourself law maybe all right? You know, when I prepare messages, I

appreciate myself. I sit down there at night, everyone's sleeping read I just

try and preach to myself and then go like does it make sense when I

say this? All right? Uh? And uh. The more I practice,

the more I preach to myself, the better it comes out. I

mean meaning on Sunday, I also amazed myself, like what I just said

that? She amazed myself, Like, what is amazing? That's definitely from

the Lord. So I would encourage you, same thing with you all,

with all of us here your testimonia. Some of you you share like I

cannot come up from me. You gonna then you give up? There,

I can't share. That's the one. I forget it. I just gonna

stay silent. Don't give up. I don't encourage you, don't give up.

It's just the beginning. It's okay, all right. I used to

started preaching like that, and I still do sometimes I still do all right,

um, because I didn't practice enough. But what I'm saying is,

don't give up practice practice sharing testimony to one another, right, practice to

the merciful people. First, are your face very merciful? Let me practice

chef testimony, are chef ferst cheferst? All right, simple testimony? Then

see what they laugh at you? Right, and and then give feedback,

right, because they're doing making you a disciple, isn't it. So they

give feedback to you kindly, all right, But that's the start, because

then you get better at it. Come on, come on, everyone,

do we do we desire? Do we are we willing? All right?

Not many of us come up here in preach, lie, right, but

you you, you, you are at your workplace, you are at your

colleges. There's your friends there, right, and you can you can share

God's work by by sharing your testimony. All right, let's do that.

And uh. Then the next thing is many more believed verse forty one because

of his word. Because of his word. That is the next thing.

That's where it's sharing God's word preaching, right, But let's start with testimony.

Testimony is easier than preaching the word. Testimony is easier, definitely,

because it's from you. It's your own story. Right, Sometimes what you

need to do type it down, write, write it out, read it

out if you have to. Right, that's why we encourage sharing testimony here.

So share testimony here, right, you're practicing. We ask people to

write down because sometimes they say too much. Oh they don't want to say

so they're saying and they and they go to another part of the story that

is non related, and it goes all over the place. But we encourage

write it down so when you say it, it's focused. Amen. All

right, So what is it that we need? What are the tools testimony?

Testimony and the word testimony and the word So that's the next slide there,

right, I'm gonna end soon. Our part, our part to play

is to have a life of testimony. Right, there's always a testimony.

Tell your neighbor you always have a testimony. Where if I heard that before,

that's more, right, more, it's more, it's more more.

I think I heard that from you, because I I went, I brought

him to X three Kamangan. Then I dropped the bomb on him because since

he wanted to come, I said, you've got to do something, right,

I said more, maybe you should testimony at x thri Kamangan And then

he's he's, he's, he's. His response is, I always have a

testimony, bro, I always have a testimony ready ready. So I believe

that's the same for all of us here. We always have a testimony for

sure, a man, just as sometimes we forget. You just need to

remember it a man, hallelujah. So our part is to have a testimony,

live a life of testimony, and to know his word. Maybe I'm

not preaching yet, but at least know his word. At least. Come,

let's read read the Bible. Let's know God's word. Amen. Then

finally, last part of this. Come okay, let's all read this together.

Let's get the children to read or wait, wait this very long.

Come okay, next sight First, this whole story of this official, I

would just read it. I would just read it. So he came again

to Cana in Galilee. He's he's arriving, already's arriving right now. Jesus

is arriving to Galilee where he had made the water into wine. That's his

first miracle. Right. And at Kapernaum there was an official whose son was

ill Ill means not well. When this man heard that Jesus had come from

Judia to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to calm down and

heal his son, for he was at the point of death. It was

a bad illness. The son was going to die. You know, it's

a very sad thing. I know, I mean, Dad's if your children

were so sick and at the point of death, it is a very difficult

thing. So he came all the way here to meet Jesus next one.

So Jesus said to him, unless you see signs and wonders, you will

not believe. Right. The officials said to him, sir, come down

before my child dies. Jesus said to him, go, your son will

live. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on

his way. Then as he was going down, his servants met him and

told him that his son was recovering. Phrase God next slide. So he

asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to

him yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him. The father

knew that that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, your son

will live, and he himself believed and all his household. This was now

the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Julia to get Lily.

He man, all right, just gonna rewind and they will come back

to this light. Don't worry if you're copying notes once light before. Yeah,

okay, passia, So sia. What happened was this guy he's an

official. What does that mean? The official is under a royalty family or

something, or maybe works for the royalty. At that time, the king

was Herod Herod, right, I think there's two Herods, but one Herod.

What happened was when Jesus was born, he heard about Messiah, which

is the coming king, and he was a horrible guy and he didn't want

another king already. Maybe he didn't want another king from another line, so

he there was a a there's a part in the gospel. You notice that

harod Uh commanded for little boys to be killed under two years old. So

that is part of the story of Christmas, all right, And Herod actually

made that happen, but he missed Jesus. He didn't get to kill Jesus.

So that's why Jesus is a bit like Moses because Moses also had to

go through the same thing. The Egyptian pharaoh wanted to kill all the boys,

right. So, uh so this Herod is a horrible guy, all

right, and he's against whoever that is a coming king. So he keeps

hearing Massiah all these things. They don't like that, right, And so

this official is actually working with Herod. And for the for him to actually

come all the way to meet Jesus is something different, right, he believes,

and so he comes here right, risking his life and its risking his

reputation at least, and comes and then he comes to Jesus and again again

the title of this message, Jesus made more disciples. Come ready, ask

Jesus, can you come and heal? And you know what Jesus does.

He teaches he makes disciples. Unless you see signs and wonders, you will

not believe. He's kind of like scolding if why y'all keep seeking for signs

and wonders. You know you can believe without looking for this, right,

That's what he's saying. So when encourage you, you can believe without looking

for signs and wonders. So, but he says, unless you see then

only you believe, you know. So he's challenging his faith. He appreciates

the guy coming to him, meaning he humbled himself. The official humbled himself

to come to Jesus this way, and so Jesus saw the opportunity. This

guy is umbling himself. And so it's a teaching moment. So I want

to tell you your faith, your faith. He is challenging, why do

you need to see signs and wonders? Right? And so after that,

after he teaches, then and then the official says it again, sir,

calm down, come, come, come to the place where my son is

because to him, maybe miracle workers need to be there, add that room

to touch or maybe do a ritual or whatever, then maybe the magic can

happen. So to him, his mind is that you must come, he

must come. You are too far away, right now, come nearer to

my son, touch him right, pray for him, breathe on him or

whatever, right, do something. So but then Jesus again wants to make

a disciple, and he says he didn't say that, but he's she's saying,

I'm not coming. I'm not coming because I don't need to come.

I don't need to come. I'm gonna change what you have in your mind.

You're thinking I'm some miracle worker, come in there and do some ritual

for you. I'm not coming. But what he says, go go,

your son will live. I don't even need to be there. He will

live because just because of what I said, right, And the man believed,

because he wants to be a disciple, he wants to follow Jesus.

And so he believed. And he went on his way. And as he

was going down, this is very interesting. He went on his way.

You know, it sounds like it's a far away place. Why I say

that is because he better his way. He was going down, the serving

met him, told him the sun is recovering next night. I'll tell you

why. It sounds like it's a far away place. Or maybe I don't

know how what was the reason. But he asked him when did he get

better? He didn't even see the sun get better. So, first thing

I want to tell us is first thing. If he didn't trust Jesus,

you know what her father will do if he goes there, Come Jesus,

Come Jesus, you know, come here, and Jesus, I'm not coming.

You go, you go. He's gonna live, they will be like,

what you know, Yeah, I don't think he's gonna work. Then

you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna run back or run to wherever and find

plan B. But this guy, he didn't look for plan B. He

took his time. Whatever was that. I don't know him. He stayed

one night there and then on he went back, or he walked really slowly.

However, because he says yesterday he wasn't there to see the sun get

well, but his belief and trust was evident, and so he asked where

did he get better? And the servant says, yesterday, at the seventh

hour, the fever left him. He was well since yesterday, so he

only came the next day to see what is opening. So this shows his

trust, his faith in Jesus. And the father knew that was the hour,

right that Jesus said to him, your son will live. So he

trusted and he himself, you know, his faith increased. He believed even

more. And not only that, he probably shared his testimony he should pray,

shared to his family, the whole household. Whole household believed. Amen,

Hallelujah, praise God. This is salvation. Salvation in the whole family.

And you know this is a very risky one because, like I said,

the official is HEROD who's against Jesus. And so these guys actually took

the risk the whole family going with Jesus. Wow, this is an amazing

salvation story. Amen, hallelujah. And so what's this point here? Making

this side piles is still priority to Jesus. Yes, there's an amazing miracle

story going on here. But you see it in between what Jesus did.

He spoke to the guy and said, hey, don't just look for signs

and wonders. And when the guy says come you know, sometimes we have

a preconceived idea how God's going to work in our lives. But you know

God's gonna tell you, no, I'm not gonna do that, but this

is what I'm gonna do. Can you believe this is what I'm gonna do?

Can you trust? And so will you now rush to Plan B or

will you say, Okay, God, I'll trust you. I'll take my

time and I will do what I need to do. And I want to

show that I trust you. Hallelujah. Making disciples is still priority to Jesus.

I wanted to emphasize this because I'm saying this to all of us here.

You know what's your what's your mission, what's your mission? Let's do

what Jesus does. You're definitely going to make disciples in your life. You're

gonna make this sciples out of the people that is around you. But first,

as we said before, first we make ourselves a disciple. We make

ourselves a disciple, because that's where it starts. Jesus himself was a disciple

because whatever the Father told him, he will do. Whatever the Father wanted

him to go. Wherever he wanted him go, he went. So that

is a disciple. Jesus himself was the ultimate disciple. So he's already started

that. He's already shown us the way. So we are not lost.

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