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  1. We're going to talk about the Great Commission in today's

  2. context, why in today's context because you see the Great

  3. Commission was given by our lord, Jesus, the great command

  4. to go and preach the gospel. But then, we know that as time

  5. goes by, you know, there is, there are so many things that

  6. are also written in the Bible that we call.

  7. All prophecies and so we need to be Discerning also.

  8. So that is why we entitled this topic, the Great Commission into

  9. this context or the Great Commission in today's setting or

  10. in today's circumstances, okay? So if you've been a Believer

  11. for, or a follower of Christ for a long time, so I expect or I

  12. assume or I presume that you already know the, the Great

  13. Commission. Okay?

  14. So the a common scripture, okay? That we use to that, we use to

  15. preach on, okay? Concerning the Great Commission.

  16. Matthew 28. Of course, we also have the

  17. counterpart in The Book of Mark and also acts 1:6.

    Acts 1:6

  18. Okay. So first, let me read Matthew,

  19. 28, in Matthew 28. Verses 18 to 20.

  20. It says then Jesus came to them and said all authority in Heaven

  21. and Earth has been given to me therefore go and make disciples

  22. of all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the father son,

  23. Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything.

  24. I have commanded you and surely. I Am With You Always to the very

  25. end of the age. So this Great Commission is

  26. actually our job description right now, as Believers as

  27. Disciples of the Lord. Jesus.

  28. It's Christ, you know, in Acts 1 verses 6 to 9.

    Acts 1:6–9

  29. It says then they gathered around him and asked Lord are

  30. you at this time? Going to restore the Kingdom of

  31. Israel verse 7. Jesus said to them.

  32. It is not for you to know the times or dates, the father has

  33. set in his own authority so that is not our business.

  34. It is not our business to know. The times the dates, the father

  35. has set in his own authority, okay.

  36. So if you are out there trying to compute when is the exact

  37. month year month date time, we're ready for Jesus to come.

  38. I it's not it's not worth it. You're wasting time because you

  39. see that's why I until today. There is this debate on pre-trib

  40. mid-trib, post-trib a combination and whatsoever.

  41. Because no one can really pinpoint or no one can really

  42. say exactly. When in the events, the Endtime

  43. events. When would Jesus really come to

  44. take his people to himself? Again, I will tell you, Jesus

  45. said in Matthew 24. Okay, no one knows.

  46. No one means what it means. No one.

  47. Okay, so not not you not me. Anyone, okay, not even the

  48. theologians, they have a hint but no one knows.

  49. If we can see, if you say, I know when Jesus is going to

  50. come, then you are better than the Lord Jesus Christ, because

  51. he said no one knows. Okay, not even, he know those in

  52. in heaven. So the thing is this verse

  53. seven, acts 1:7 says, it is not for you to know the times in the

    Acts 1:7

  54. dates, the father has set by his own authority.

  55. So what do we do, we prepare? What do we do?

  56. We preach the gospel. So that Is our main business,

  57. our main business Soul business with the Lord Jesus Christ.

  58. Wanted us to preach salvation. Okay, we tell people to repent

  59. from sin. All right.

  60. So, and in verse 8, it says, but you will receive power when the

  61. Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my Witnesses in

  62. Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the

  63. Earth. Okay?

  64. And then after this, after he said, Is she was taken up before

  65. their eyes and a cloud hid him from their sight.

  66. So, the point here friends, is that the Holy Spirit?

  67. It says in verses you will receive power when the Holy

  68. Spirit comes on you and you will be my Witnesses in Jerusalem and

  69. in Judea and Samaria. And to the ends of the Earth

  70. made, you say, this is the thing that the Lord expects us to do,

  71. okay? So when we get to heaven, We're

  72. going to give an account and surely okay, certainly, this

  73. Great Commission thing. Okay, this command to go and be

  74. his Witnesses. Okay, is something that, you

  75. know, excites the Lord to hear about, okay?

  76. How many people heard the gospel through your preaching?

  77. How many people were impacted with your life, okay?

  78. With your christ-like. Life.

  79. All right. So so friends.

  80. I want you to understand know, you know, don't just focus on

  81. the things of this world, you know, the don't be distracted,

  82. okay, that's the right word. Don't be distracted.

  83. With the things of this world and miss out the Great

  84. Commission and miss out the great command to spread the

  85. gospel to go and make disciples. You know why?

  86. Because if you miss Miss that part, you miss the call.

  87. If you fail to pay, if you fail to preach the gospel, that is no

  88. longer. The Great Commission, that is

  89. what we call the great Omission. All right?

  90. So, but that is not our message for the, our message is the

  91. Great Commission. All right, in today's setting Y

  92. in today, setting, we're going to give you the The scripture

  93. that is in Matthew 24. Okay.

  94. So, you know how our understanding of the Great

  95. Commission must be in line with the present age must be in line

  96. with the prophetic timeline. Okay?

  97. Because by gauging the present age.

  98. Okay. Well Discerning the signs of the

  99. times where we are right now in the prophecy.

  100. We can't we get a hint, okay? We have an Idea, how urgent it

  101. is, how urgent the call is, to spread the gospel to go and make

  102. disciples okay? And and that idea should Propel

  103. Christians. Okay, should push us.

  104. Okay, it should Propel Christians to preach the gospel,

  105. to get the gospel out radically, okay?

  106. Whether in person or through social media, it doesn't matter,

  107. just go and preach, okay? Just just record yourself.

  108. And share the gospel and upload it online.

  109. Right? So why?

  110. Because we understand that, if you connect the signs of the

  111. times, if you discern, the prophetic timeline with the

  112. Great Commission. Now, we have, what we have is

  113. that we see a window of opportunity at the window.

  114. Shown is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, right?

  115. Without Christians realizing it. So so, so we have to preach the

  116. gospel. All right, so let's read the

  117. Matthew 24:3. So the first part from versus

    Matthew 24:3

  118. three from verse 32, verse 14. Okay, this is what we call the

  119. beginning of birth pains. So I want you to understand.

  120. So you have an idea where we are right now.

  121. We need to discern where we are right now.

  122. Okay. So let's read along Matthew 24.

  123. Verse 3, says, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives,

  124. the disciples came to him privately.

  125. Tell us they said when will this happen and what will be the sign

  126. of your coming and of the End of the Age.

  127. So when is the what the sign of your coming and the End of the

  128. Age? Okay, They were asking science

  129. and the end. What is the sign?

  130. How do we know that it's the in? Okay, verse 4, Jesus answered,

  131. watch out that no one deceives you for many will come in my

  132. name, claiming I am the Messiah. And will deceive many, you will

  133. hear of Wars. Okay, look verse 5, for many

  134. will come in my name, claiming I am the Messiah and will deceive

  135. many. You know, what?

  136. If you browse the internet, you know, if you type, you know, the

  137. some people who claim to be the Messiah right now, there's so

  138. many okay in different places and different countries.

  139. They have their own version of Messiah even here in our in this

  140. country. Three.

  141. There is one who claims to be the Messiah.

  142. Okay. That who replaces the Lord Jesus

  143. Christ of Israel. Now, the title of the position

  144. of the largest race, is he for them?

  145. Jesus failed. So that is why other Messiahs

  146. are being cold, okay? So that is wrong Doctrine.

  147. Okay, don't believe that now, so, verse 5, Is fulfilled

  148. already. Okay, many will come in my name.

  149. Jesus said, claiming I am. The Messiah and will deceive

  150. many, so it for the Lord, Jesus Christ.

  151. Those who claim to be the Messiah besides him.

  152. Okay. Those who claim to be the

  153. Messiah are what is, what a deception, okay, it is a

  154. deception. So there, what we see verse

  155. verse 6, you will hear of wars and Rumors of wars but see to it

  156. that it you're not alarm, such things must happen, but the end

  157. is still to come, okay. And it says, Nation will rise

  158. against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom.

  159. Okay, look listen, this is where we are right now.

  160. Okay, we heard the wars and rumors of wars and rumors of

  161. wars is like, there's a thread to, you know, that there's going

  162. to be a war between this. The this you know, and another

  163. country this nation and that nature and then from rumor it

  164. became real okay and now it's and it says in but it says do

  165. not be alarmed. Such things must happen, they

  166. will happen but the end is still to come it's not yet the end.

  167. So when that happens it's not till it's not yet the end.

  168. So right now, where are we verse 7?

  169. It says Nation will rise against nation and Kingdom against

  170. Kingdom. Mmm Nation against Nation, means

  171. ethnos against ethnos ethnic group against another ethnic

  172. group. So the usually this war is a war

  173. between people who have a Common Language.

  174. They can understand one another because they came from the same

  175. root. So Nation against Nation Kingdom

  176. against kingdom is sovereignty against sovereignty.

  177. That means you say it's really a country against another country

  178. so it could be a coalition of countries against a coalition of

  179. countries. Trees.

  180. Okay. So So we're not there yet, but

  181. we are in verse 7. First part that says Nation

  182. against nation and also of course in verse 6, where it

  183. says, wars and rumors of War. So we are in verse 6 and in

  184. verse 7, right now in the prophecy, prediction of the Lord

  185. Jesus Christ, okay? So Nation against Nation, okay?

  186. But when we get to Kingdom against Kingdom, that's the Sure

  187. thing. So it's gonna, it's gonna affect

  188. more the economic situation condition of many, more

  189. countries, when it comes to, you know, Kingdom against Kingdom.

  190. But now Nation against Nation. For example, what we have right

  191. now is the Ukraine, Russia, and Ukraine war, it's Nation against

  192. Nation. So you see, we are here right

  193. now. Other Wars are their Nation to

  194. Nation Wars, where we're done already, like the Afghanistan

  195. thing, the Taliban versus Afghanistan.

  196. It's the same people group, it's its ethnic against ethnic, but

  197. it's, you know. So the thing is this, I'll wait

  198. the North Korea and the South Korea war is not yet over, okay?

  199. So there are still the rumors of wars in that area.

  200. So my point here friends, is that when it gets to this level

  201. of Kingdom against Kingdom, there will be more difficulty

  202. with the with livelihood with, you know, how people will You

  203. know, for, for food. Okay, there's gonna be food,

  204. scarcity. How do we know that?

  205. Let's read again, verse 7. It says Nation will rise against

  206. nation and then what, but even that we see how the oil prices

  207. increased, not just the oil, but the onions, especially in the

  208. Philippines. We sell onions at the highest

  209. price compared to other Asian countries compared to other

  210. countries. Philippines, number one, okay?

  211. So onions and now The eggs are going up.

  212. Okay. The prices for the eggs are

  213. going up, so but we're still in what nation against Nation, wait

  214. until it comes to Kingdom against Kingdom.

  215. Wow, that is going to affect more Commodities the prices and

  216. and so the lesser the supply, the higher, the demand, and so,

  217. you will really feel inflation, all right?

  218. So the prices will really go. Hi, and maybe Skies, no, not

  219. sky's the limit. But the thing is that the effect

  220. will be really famine, okay? That's why it says Nation will

  221. rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom.

  222. And then the next, the next sentence says, there will be

  223. famines and earthquakes in various places, okay?

  224. This is good to hear that in various places, not in the whole

  225. world. Okay, in various places verse 8

  226. says, all this These are the beginning of birth pains.

  227. So right now are we at the beginning of birth?

  228. Pains Jesus said all these are the beginning of birth pangs.

  229. So it's really literal that we are at the beginning of birth

  230. pains Now, verse 9 is something that's not good to hear, but it

  231. says, then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to

  232. death and you will be hated by All Nations because of me.

  233. And, and at that time, many will turn away from faith and will

  234. betray each other. Many false prophets will appear

  235. and deceive many people because of the increase of wickedness,

  236. the love of most will grow cold verse 13.

  237. But the one who stands firm to the end will be Saved and verse

  238. 14. And this Gospel of the Kingdom

  239. will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to All

  240. Nations and then the end will come.

  241. So the beginning of the end, the end will start when the gospel,

  242. okay, the preaching of the Gospel, the disciple making

  243. thing, okay? The Great Commission.

  244. Is somehow completed when it has reach, okay?

  245. When it has reach. Okay, the nation's, okay, right.

  246. So going back going back, you know, some people say, well,

  247. this verse 9, then you will be handed over to be persecuted and

  248. put to death. And you will be hated by All

  249. Nations because they said that, this, this prophecy happened on

  250. the ready. Yes, it Happened already a long,

  251. long time ago we but you see this prophecy in Matthew 24 is

  252. like it's been repeating okay. But every time it grows, it

  253. becomes bigger and wider in scope until it is really it will

  254. come to its fullest. Okay?

  255. To its final to its final Final fulfillment.

  256. Okay, so it will come to that but as of the moment, I believe

  257. this is happening even during the pandemic 2020.

  258. There were a lot of Christians during the church.

  259. They were surrounded and burned. And they were killed.

  260. They were massacred and only few media covered it.

  261. Okay? And we watch it because those

  262. were Russian media. Okay, and it's so sad but they

  263. went to be with the Lord you know, in advance ahead of us.

  264. So they are Martyrs a lot of marketers to show it.

  265. So this verse 9 thing has been happening ever since, okay?

  266. So you cannot, we cannot say that.

  267. It's not going to happen again, but that's why we need to

  268. prepare to make the body. Crystal to help repair the body

  269. of Christ and be ready for anything.

  270. Okay, for anything what is important is that we are we are

  271. on God's side, okay? That we remain loyal and

  272. faithful and true because life is short, you know, be Beyond

  273. this life or behind the curtain, okay?

  274. We will be with the Lord, so no problem.

  275. That is. Why?

  276. If you're not sure if you're in Christ, please don't switch

  277. channel. Okay, don't what?

  278. Don't you nowt, why? Because we're going at the the

  279. second half of this topic, we're going to present to you the

  280. gospel, you know, in a nutshell, very important, okay.

  281. I'll tell you why later, okay? So guys, So that is the

  282. beginning of birth pains, right now, it's so literal.

  283. We are at this very season, okay, you know, so, that is why

  284. we need to understand the signs of the times.

  285. Where are we in the end time prophecy and the same time.

  286. What can we do to fulfill to complete the the great command

  287. to go and make disciples. Alright, so next part is that

  288. the end number to the end will come when all nations has been

  289. reached by the gospel, followed by the rebuilding of the temple.

  290. So with that, I want to read again.

  291. Verse 14, it says, and the gospel of the Kingdom will be

  292. preached in the whole world as a testimony, testimony to All

  293. Nations. So that is the requirement.

  294. Okay. What is the requirement, the

  295. requirement is that the gospel must be preached first into all

  296. the world in the in the whole world.

  297. Okay. In the whole world, as a

  298. testimony to All Nations, to all ethnic groups, It's okay.

  299. And then and then the end will come.

  300. So actually, we are waiting for the Lord Jesus Christ to come,

  301. but he is also waiting for us to complete the task.

  302. So you see the cycle right there, so we need to do our

  303. tasks. All right, we wait for him, but

  304. he is also waiting for us. Amen.

  305. Verse 15 says, so when you see standing in the Holy place, the

  306. Abomination that causes desolation spoken of through the

  307. Prophet Daniel, let the reader, understand then, let those who

  308. are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  309. I've been talking about. Why do we why did Jesus say?

  310. No. I don't exactly know everything.

  311. Why? But you see if you Google it.

  312. If you you know you try to check Like we're in Israel.

  313. Is this place the mountain Fleetwood.

  314. Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, where the

  315. location of this mountainous area, you will understand.

  316. It's not that far. It's close but because it's the

  317. only part that you will see that.

  318. That's really a lot of trees and it's so green.

  319. Anyway, the same thing. There are many reasons that we

  320. can see why this this wisdom. This Insight fleeing to the

  321. mountain. So guys, Point here, is that the

  322. Third Temple will be revealed. It's sure because it says, so

  323. when you see the star, when you see standing the holy place, the

  324. abomination of use this is going to happen in the middle of the

  325. seven years. So many say, the temple will be

  326. revealed and in the middle of the seven years, the falls.

  327. Messiah will come and claim to be God, he will self-proclaimed.

  328. He is a self-proclaimed guy. All right, so he's going to

  329. desecrate the temple, but the problem in Bible prophecy, The

  330. Imposter will come first before, the real one will come.

  331. Okay. He will come later.

  332. So the point is these things must happen.

  333. Okay? So if you want Jesus to come,

  334. then preach the gospel. Now, let's do our part and that

  335. the Time when the temple is there, then we know it's closer.

  336. Okay, so now some of you say oh, I'm pretty trip.

  337. So I know I will not see all of these things.

  338. Well, that's good. If that will happen and I want

  339. that too. I know.

  340. I who doesn't want Jesus to take us out of here right now.

  341. Okay, we want to be out of here. The earliest possible, Right?

  342. Just like after my preaching. I hope the Rapture will take

  343. place, is this? It's a good thing.

  344. But the question is, what if it's not gonna happen that way?

  345. Are you ready? So the thing is that Jesus said

  346. no one knows that's the thing. You know, Matthew 24, no one

  347. knows not even the angels not knowing you know if they don't

  348. know, how can we know here on Earth?

  349. Okay. We can, you know, but the thing

  350. is In Acts chapter 1 verse 7. We just read that a while ago.

    Acts 1:7

  351. It says it is not for you to know.

  352. Okay, what was that again, it is not for you to know the times or

  353. dates. The father has set by his own

  354. authority but it says, but you will receive power when the Holy

  355. Spirit comes on you and you will be my Witnesses.

  356. So, that is the game changer. That is the thing start-stop

  357. Computing. When Jesus would come, okay,

  358. stop Computing dates and months and years new.

  359. No, that's not your work. He says, but you will receive

  360. the Holy Spirit. You, listen power and you will

  361. be my Witnesses. So that is the Urgent thing.

  362. We Are Witnesses for Christ. That's why the Bible says, we

  363. are ambassadors for Christ. So let's let's finish this up.

  364. So another thing is this French the end will come when all

  365. nations has been reached with the gospel, followed by the

  366. rebuilding of the third level. We know that the Third Temple

  367. will be revealed and in the middle of the seven year period.

  368. Okay, the Antichrist will be a will Proclaim himself to be God

  369. in that Temple. But that Temple is not the

  370. Temple of the Antichrist. Okay?

  371. He's going to what desecrate the temple.

  372. Okay. Right.

  373. So so I'm going to skip a lot of things right now.

  374. Let's just, but the thing is, if you want to see Jesus, if you

  375. want Jesus to come, there has to be a going.

  376. Okay? Before he comes, there will be a

  377. lot of goings. Meaning you say, we have to go

  378. and make disciples. That's the thing.

  379. Okay. All right.

  380. So I think that's it. The gospel of Christ is our top

  381. Up most important message to deliver.

  382. Okay, let me say that again the gospel of Christ is our top most

  383. important message to deliver. We really need to tell the

  384. world. You know about the gospel.

  385. You know, we were called to disperse were called to

  386. broadcast with were called to spread to proclaim the gospel of

  387. Christ. In all the world in the whole

  388. world. Okay.

  389. So in fact, if we do a synthetic study and summarize and try to

  390. fuse, Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Revelation chapter 6, you know,

    Revelation 6 chapter mention

  391. especially in Matthew 24, and Matthew 25.

  392. If you if you connect that because it's really connected.

  393. It's like it's one and Same. Okay, so it begins with, you

  394. don't know where Jesus coming in.

  395. Matthew 24, when you get to chapter 25, it will end up with

  396. when Jesus comes this, this and that.

  397. You understand? Matthew 24 says, be ready for

  398. you. Do not know when the son of man

  399. will come Matthew. 25 says, when he comes, so you have to read

  400. Matthew, 24, and Matthew 25 as one.

  401. Okay. Read it as one and try to study

  402. and you'll understand if you summarize it and if you fuse it,

  403. you know, summarize it. We get three piece letter B,

  404. pray bridge and prepare. Okay.

  405. Pray preach and prepare. That's the summary of Matthew 24

  406. and 25. That is why we're doing a

  407. series. In church today.

  408. First we deal with the church prayer movement.

  409. It's building a prayer culture or cultivating a prayer, habit,

  410. second. We like the day.

  411. We talk about the Great Commission and the third one

  412. will be the great compassion that will be for next week,

  413. okay? That will be next week, so for

  414. our virtual Church, okay? Hey, this is our virtual Church

  415. online Church application. We encourage you.

  416. Now we see that the the urgency. You know, there is an urgency

  417. for us to really spread the gospel because we are now at the

  418. beginning of birth pains. So the more we realize and

  419. understand that we cannot we cannot repeat time okay?

  420. Whether whether we like it or Not friends whether we like it

  421. or not, you know, when when we attend school class before you

  422. when we were in school, okay? If we just sit in one corner and

  423. do nothing, you know, guess what later, whether we like it or

  424. not, the the teacher were close the clasp and send us home right

  425. now. With that thing that the teacher

  426. did is something beyond our control.

  427. Now, what am I saying is it is the same with the present age,

  428. okay, the same today. Okay, our clock is ticking and

  429. every second of the day we cannot undo and we cannot

  430. rewind, okay? I want you to realize that time

  431. moves forward. Okay, it moves forward, okay,

  432. time moves forward and forward only okay, it keeps on

  433. advancing. It keeps on moving.

  434. Moving forward, never backwards. Never backwards, it's always

  435. forward. And from the beginning of birth

  436. pains to the end time events, meaning to say the beginning of

  437. the, you know, the one that we we told you about mentioned in

  438. Matthew 24, it is something outside of our control.

  439. Meaning to say we cannot say Lord.

  440. Oh wait a minute Lord, please not yet.

  441. Lord we're not done yet. Lord please not yet so So the

  442. thing is this, God has set his own timeline, okay?

  443. And we are called to finish it. Okay.

  444. And we were given time, that's why there's a delay also,

  445. because Jesus, the Lord wanted everyone to repent.

  446. Okay. Oh, but do we know that not

  447. everyone will repent. Now, the thing is, we cannot

  448. stop the clock and the fact that no matter what we do with, or

  449. whether we do something or not do any or do nothing, okay?

  450. It is Still heading that way. It's still heading towards the

  451. end towards the Finish Line because time is always moving

  452. forward, not backwards, okay. So let us not sit around sit and

  453. relax and just do nothing. But you know what?

  454. If you just sitting with your computer with your phone and

  455. you're communicating, you know, if you if you need to post

  456. something Post something that will bless other people.

  457. Okay, okay, let me go back to the application.

  458. So it's like you can you can pray first and then drop an

  459. outline, okay? Or of your personal testimony,

  460. okay. Write your message or get your

  461. phone record yourself, upload it in the internet, okay, that's

  462. easy, right? If you don't you, you know,

  463. you're not competent. You don't have the confidence to

  464. do that. You can post pictures Scriptures

  465. messages or some links concerning the gospel of Christ

  466. that talks about the gospel. There's so many.

  467. There's so many people who are preaching out there that you

  468. can, you know, I share in your own page in your own account.

  469. So why why not do that? Okay.

  470. And but I would rather, you know, encourage you to record

  471. yourself. Has your personal testimony is

  472. more important. Has more impact to your friends,

  473. to those who know you, okay? To those who know you're

  474. personally they wanted to hear about you how how you came to

  475. know the Lord. Jesus Christ.

  476. How you you know why you you chose to follow Jesus?

  477. You know, because they know you somehow they have a connection

  478. with you. That is why if you if Share your

  479. testimony, you know, it has more impact okay, more relevance to

  480. them. So it's going to be significant

  481. to the maybe not. Everybody will will accept you,

  482. or will receive that. That's understandable.

  483. That's normal. But at least, you did your best

  484. to reach out to your friends and let you know and telling them

  485. that. That you believe in the Lord

  486. Jesus Christ, you're not hiding being be behind the veil, all

  487. right, so and if you are employed, you know, let the

  488. light of Christ shine on you in your workplace, okay.

  489. Don't hide behind the business or behind the activities behind

  490. the workload. You know you're doing in the

  491. office you know share the word, tell them.

  492. How about your newfound faith? If you're new in Christ, okay?

  493. Be like the Apostle Paul, you know, Romans 1:16.

    Romans 1:16

  494. He says, for I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the

  495. power of God that brings salvation to everyone who

  496. believes first to the Jew, then to the Gentiles, okay?

  497. So the Apostle Paul Romans 1:16, he said, what I am?

    Romans 1:16

  498. I'm not ashamed of the gospel because it is what the power of

  499. God that brings salvation to everyone.

  500. Who believes, what will you believe the gospel?

  501. Okay. What will you believe again?

  502. The gospel but how can you believe the gospel if nobody

  503. preaches about the gospel? So someone somebody has to go

  504. has to obey preach the gospel to you.

  505. And you ask People hear about the gospel then they can they

  506. were given they have the opportunity to respond or to

  507. reject, or to refuse. But the thing is this, because

  508. of the Gospel, it is true. The gospel that the, and it is

  509. the the gospel itself is the power of God, that brings

  510. salvation to everyone who believes, so it's very

  511. important. The preaching of the Gospel is

  512. so important. Now if you do not know the guy,

  513. Gospel. If you have no idea about the

  514. gospel, then you are not saved yourself right now because to be

  515. saved, you need to First understand.

  516. You need to First hear and understand and respond, to the

  517. gospel of Christ. Because what, because the gospel

  518. of Christ is the power of God to Grant you salvation, all right?

  519. So you must understand that knowing hearing, knowing

  520. understanding and responding to the gospel.

  521. Christ is so important. And if you do not know the

  522. gospel, we are going to tell you what the gospel of Christ is so

  523. allow me to present to you the gospel of Christ.

  524. What is the gospel of Christ? Okay, here's the answer.

  525. The question is what is the gospel of Christ?

  526. The answer is it is who Jesus is and what he did.

  527. So the gospel of Christ. Is who Jesus is and what he did

  528. again, I'll tell you that again the gospel of Christ is, who

  529. Jesus is what he did. You see the Apostle Paul said in

  530. Romans chapter 1 that it is through the gospel because the

    Romans 1 chapter mention

  531. gospel of Christ is the power of God that brings that will save

  532. everyone. Who will be, who will believe

  533. believe what the gospel. So without the gospel, you

  534. cannot be saved without hearing. Knowing the gospel.

  535. You cannot be saved because it is through the gospel that you

  536. you have faith. I mean saving faith in Christ in

  537. who Jesus is and what he did know.

  538. Look why are we are we sharing now?

  539. I thought our topic is about the Great Commission.

  540. Yeah but the message of the Great Commission is the gospel

  541. and it is so sad to hear or to watch in the internet.

  542. There was one, veteran, veteran worship leader in a big church.

  543. This church is a popular church because they produce, they have,

  544. you know, they have worship songs and then he was asked by

  545. one another Obviously was a teacher by teaching by gift.

  546. He was asked, okay, so what is the gospel of Christ to you?

  547. And then he was so reluctant to answer the question, what is the

  548. gospel? And he answered, you know, this,

  549. this and that and he kinda he was not, he was not, you know,

  550. answering it in the right. He's not giving the right

  551. answer, but he was like on the sideways.

  552. Okay? And and the the interviewer The

  553. Host Tried to okay? Try to help him and explain to

  554. him the gospel. After he the he gave the answer

  555. but the thing is that he did not hit what the gospel is.

  556. And he was a worship leader for many years in church.

  557. That so big Man. I cannot imagine how could that

  558. happen? Meaning if churches today have

  559. people have workers who does not understand the gospel.

  560. Oh no. How can they be safe?

  561. So guys, that's why we're telling you this right now

  562. because we want you to preach first, we want you to be safe.

  563. We want you to know what the gospel is.

  564. We want you to be safe. That's number one, and number

  565. two, we want you to preach the right message of the Gospel.

  566. Okay, so again, what is the gospel of Christ?

  567. The gospel of Christ is who Jesus is and what he did, okay,

  568. who Jesus is and what he did to redeem us from sin and death.

  569. So number one, I'd like to share with you five points for us to,

  570. you know, the to understand the right foundation of the gospel

  571. because if you have no Foundation about the gospel, you

  572. you You cannot connect how Jesus can grant you eternal life?

  573. And I mean, what is the connection with Jesus dying on

  574. the cross and you today and you are two thousand years apart?

  575. There is it's like it's absurd. It's it's impossible.

  576. Okay, why do I need to be safe? Why did why did he die?

  577. Okay, okay, so number one, you Must understand that sin begun.

  578. Okay, When sin began on Earth, okay, let's just talk about that

  579. in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve sinned, this scene was

  580. passed to all men. That's why the Bible says, we

  581. were born enemies of the cross. The moment we were born.

  582. We are already enemies of the Cross.

  583. Why? Because sin was passed to us.

  584. Okay, there is this sin. Rose that was passed from

  585. generation to generation from our forefathers forefathers.

  586. So that's why the Bible says, all have sinned.

  587. Okay, everyone have said and so now no one will be saved because

  588. all mankind are doom for the penalty of sin is death.

  589. Now we want to introduce to you who Jesus.

  590. Jesus and what he did. Okay, number one, Jesus Is God,

  591. okay? Jesus, if you don't want to call

  592. him Jesus Yeshua, Ben Youssef, okay?

  593. In Israel in the New Testament in Israel is known as Yeshua

  594. Ben, Youssef, many say, Jesus, Yeshua, son of Joseph.

  595. Okay, that's how they, they do it.

  596. And during that time, so Jesus or Yeshua is Guy We have three

  597. scriptures you can copy that or screen print and then read it

  598. you know use your own Bible. You use your own version of the

  599. Bible and start reading so you understand that Jesus is God

  600. okay I'll just scan Jan 11. It says in the beginning was the

  601. word and the Word was with God and the Word was God the Word

  602. was God and he was with God in the beginning.

  603. When you say the word he was with god with the father in the

  604. beginning. We said they are two distinct

  605. persons. Okay, it's not one but one God,

  606. this thing person. Okay, and it says, threw him

  607. through the word through him, all things were made without

  608. him. Nothing was made that has been

  609. made. So this word, Yeshua, Jesus, the

  610. word is God and he is also the Creator.

  611. Okay, through the word, all things were made, so you must

  612. understand that God is God. And it's it's something that our

  613. mind cannot fully understand or process.

  614. But but at least the Bible gives us a picture, okay?

  615. About who the word of God, or who Jesus is, he is God.

  616. Okay, John 854 Jan 854 says, let's just jump to verse 58.

  617. It says, very truly I tell you Jesus answered before Abraham

  618. was born. I am see, they were about to

  619. Stone him and they, they tried to Stone him to death because

  620. for the Jews, it does. It's a blasphemy to claim to be

  621. God. And he said, Said the Jew said

  622. well are you older than Abraham? You know, they said how how how

  623. where is that? Because Jesus said your father,

  624. Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day, Abraham saw it

  625. and was glad. And then the Jews said to him

  626. you are not 50 years old and you have seen ever Ham because they

  627. themselves did not see ever ham. And so they told Jesus how you

  628. are not 50 years old and you've seen Abraham.

  629. So, that's impossible. And then he said, very truly, I

  630. tell you, Jesus answered Before Abraham was born.

  631. I am when Jesus said I am. They were, you know, ready to

  632. throw stones at him, but he slipped away.

  633. Okay. He escaped is the stoning to

  634. death thing, but the thing is, when Jesus said before, Abraham

  635. was I am, he was claiming to be God.

  636. Jesus claimed that he was really the great.

  637. I am God. Okay.

  638. John 2000 cage on 2027. Okay, verse 28.

  639. Let's just jump to verse 28. It says, Thomas said to him, my

  640. Lord, and my God, so my Lord, and my God.

  641. So this confirms that Jesus is really Lord, and God, actually,

  642. there's another one in the book of Acts as there are other

  643. scriptures, but you don't have Time number two.

  644. So Jesus Is God, okay. You should know that there for

  645. sin was not inherited, okay? But the Lord because he is God

  646. and he was not born out of a human father, okay?

  647. That's why he was born out of a virgin, virgin birth.

  648. Okay, so, number two, Jesus is the son of God.

  649. Now, if you notice, if you're reading the New Testament, it

  650. says the Son of God, son of man. So he has to these two titles,

  651. you know, Son of God and Son of Man.

  652. Meaning he is fully God, and he's fully man, okay?

  653. Because she was born of mad Son of God means he was fully God,

  654. okay? He has the same nature of God,

  655. that's why his son of God. Okay, that's the title.

  656. Now we have the the the scriptures right there.

  657. You can screen print or copy it and try to verify if it is

  658. really in the Teachers. So, but I will mention that

  659. Philippians 2:5 in your relationships with one another.

    Philippians 2:5

  660. Have the same mindset as Christ. Jesus verse 6, who being in the

  661. very nature of God, did not consider equality with God,

  662. something to be used to his own Advantage.

  663. So you see the Bible teaches? The Jesus is really God, okay,

  664. but although he is in the very nature of God, did not consider

  665. equality with his father, so he is God the Son of God.

  666. Okay. Number two, Colossians 2:9, it

    Colossians 2:9

  667. says for in Christ in Jesus, all the fullness of the deity lives

  668. in bodily form. What does it says DT mean.

  669. You say his godhood is in what in bodily form.

  670. So although you can see him 2,000 years ago when he walked

  671. on the earth took Humanity, okay?

  672. They saw him in human form in flesh and blood, but it says,

  673. but in Christ in Jesus. Okay.

  674. In that Garment of Flesh, the fullness of the deity Colossians

    Colossians 2:9

  675. 2:9, the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form.

  676. Meaning to say that although they see Jesus in flesh and

  677. blood, but he is, God fully God in that bodily for in that body

  678. is Christ fully God. Okay?

  679. First John 5:20, The last part. Let's just jump on the last

    1 John 5:20

  680. part. It says that and we are in him.

  681. Who is the true by being in his son?

  682. Jesus Christ. And it says, the last sentence

  683. says he is the true God and eternal life who, who is Jesus?

  684. The true God, and eternal life. So number one, Jesus Is God,

  685. number two, he is the Son of God, no. 03.

  686. He became human through the Virgin birth.

  687. Okay, he became human through the Virgin birth born as a human

  688. being, to represent mankind on the cross.

  689. So if you read Luke Chapter 2 verses 8 to verse 12.

    Luke 2:8

  690. Now, this is popularized by Christmas, the Nativity Story.

  691. But the thing is that the angel told the shepherd's verse 11

  692. today in the town of David, a savior Okay, A Savior.

  693. All right, a savior has been born.

  694. Okay, A Savior has been born. He is the Messiah.

  695. Okay, another word for savior. Okay, deliver, so a savior has

  696. been born, so this will be a sign for you.

  697. Verse 12, you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in.

  698. In a Manger so friends he became human.

  699. So he is fully God now because of the Virgin birth, he is fully

  700. man, Hebrews 12. 17 says, for this reason, he had to be made

  701. like them, like, man, fully human in every way in order that

  702. he might become a merciful and faithful High.

  703. Priest intercessor in service to God and that he might make

  704. atonement, okay? Atonement for the sins of the

  705. people atonement. So he has he was our perfect

  706. sacrifice. He replaced as he took our

  707. place. Okay.

  708. That's the second part, but it's also connected to Hebrews 2:17.

    Hebrews 2:17

  709. It says that he might make a atonement for the sins of the

  710. people. So number four, Second to the

  711. last part number for Jesus died in our place as Sin, our sin

  712. offering, okay? That is what we meant by,

  713. substitutionary death on the cross.

  714. He became our substitute instead of us dying.

  715. Okay, he took our place. Okay, he died for us, he paid

  716. for our sins, he paid our debt. Okay, he paid the price so we

  717. can be forgiven. We can Obtain eternal life.

  718. Okay, so then he died, he was buried, he rose from the dead,

  719. okay? So you see all those scriptures?

  720. We have those supporting scriptures.

  721. I want you to screen print copy it.

  722. Huh, screenshot. Okay, screenshot, I'm sorry.

  723. So do a screenshot and study it at home, okay?

  724. Okay. Romance 83 for what the law was

  725. powerless to do, because it was weakened by the flesh.

  726. God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh.

  727. So he has to be, he has to become like us.

  728. What? In the likeness of sinful flesh

  729. to be a sin offering, okay? To be a what sin offering.

  730. So it's very clear that Says you know what's the ultimate

  731. sacrifice you was sent by God to be our sin offering instead of

  732. us? He died for us.

  733. Okay, Dan a first John 4:10 says, this is love, not that.

    1 John 4:10

  734. We loved God but that he loved us and sent his son as an

  735. atoning sacrifice for our sins. Okay?

  736. So, atoning sacrifice. So the same thing, you know, he

  737. took our place, he paid the price, Yes.

  738. Here are now you can read also, look, 24 verse 1, anyway, and

  739. then 1st Corinthians 15. Galatians 1 3.

  740. So we will not be reading that anyway, it's very clear from the

  741. first two scripture passages of scriptures that Jesus died in

  742. our place as our sin offering. So you need to understand who

  743. Jesus is and what he did, okay, because that is the thing that

  744. will be that you will encounter the tool here and it will demand

  745. response. From you, whether you would

  746. receive him as your atoning, sacrifice someone, somebody who

  747. paid the price for you, will you receive Jesus as your lord and

  748. savior? He will, you believe that?

  749. Okay. Will you confess Jesus to be

  750. your lord and savior? That's the challenge, right now

  751. after hearing the gospel, okay? But we need to move to the last

  752. Point. Number five.

  753. He ascended back to heaven where he was before becoming human,

  754. and he will return again, one day, okay, to deliver his

  755. people, and to judge those who rejected him.

  756. So think about that, if you reject the Lord Jesus Christ,

  757. you will be in a big mess of trouble.

  758. And you will regret it because there's no turning back.

  759. Okay? Ax, 1, x 19.

  760. Remember, during this time when Jesus told them that they are

  761. going to be his Witnesses, he was taken up before their eyes,

  762. the eyes of the disciples it and a cloud.

  763. Hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up

  764. into the sky as he was going. And suddenly two, men dressed in

  765. white Stood Beside them. Men of gallery.

  766. They said, why do you stand here looking into the sky?

  767. This same? Jesus, who was taken from you

  768. into heaven, will come back. Wow!

  769. In the same way you have seen him go into heaven.

  770. So, Jesus is going to return. He was taken.

  771. He went back to heaven and of course we John 335 The Father

  772. loves the son and has Place. Everything is hands verse 30. 6,

  773. whoever believes in the son, has eternal life, but whoever

  774. rejects the son will not see life for God's Wrath remains on

  775. them. Therefore if you reject the

  776. message of the Gospel, if you refuse to believe the gospel of

  777. Jesus Christ, you have rejected, eternal life, you have rejected,

  778. the Son of God, and therefore, you have rejected life and it

  779. says the RAF. Of God remains on those who

  780. rejected. Jesus.

  781. Okay. So, be careful.

  782. Be careful, verse 4, Jan 14, says, verse 1.

  783. It says, do not let your hearts, be troubled, believe in God

  784. believe. Also in me in my father's house

  785. are many rooms if they're if that were not.

  786. So would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a

  787. place to? So he Went.

  788. Okay, He went there. He went back to heaven to

  789. prepare a place for us. Okay.

  790. And it says I will. And if I go verse 3 and if I go

  791. to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to

  792. be with me that. So that we're so that you also

  793. may be where I am. So friends, that's it.

  794. I hope you have a glimpse or a good foundation or understanding

  795. about the gospel of Christ. The gospel of Christ is who

  796. Jesus is and what he did. You must understand that the

  797. Five Points again. Let me reiterate to you the Five

  798. Points as a summary so you can. Can you flash it?

  799. Who Jesus is, and what he did. Number one Jesus, Is God.

  800. Number two. Jesus is the son of God.

  801. That means he is fully God. Number three.

  802. Jesus became human through the Virgin birth, so that he can

  803. what. Excuse me, represent us

  804. represent mankind to the cross at the stake.

  805. Number 4. Jesus died in our place as our

  806. sin offering. And number five.

  807. He ascended back to heaven, but he will return again one day,

  808. okay, to take us to himself. So that's it.

  809. That's the gospel of Christ. If you would like to give your

  810. life to Jesus today, If you would like to be part of the

  811. family of God, then I want you to understand that.

  812. All have sinned and we need to repent from our sins.

  813. We cannot save ourselves. Okay, we're all Sinners.

  814. The only way to pay for our sin is to die.

  815. Okay. And eternal death.

  816. It's not just a physical death, but even after this life,

  817. eternal death eternal torment. Okay.

  818. It's a, it's a, there's a great predicament for people.

  819. All who refuse to believe the gospel of Christ.

  820. So today, I hope that you will receive Jesus as your lord and

  821. savior. I hope that you will surrender

  822. your life. I hope that you will repent of

  823. your sins because we are all sinners.

  824. No one is righteous not even one.

  825. That's what the Bible says. And so today I would like to

  826. pray a prayer. And if you're ready, I'm ready.

  827. To pray this prayer, and we call it salvation prayer, some coltd,

  828. sinner's prayer. If you want to give your life to

  829. Jesus, I want you to pray after me.

  830. Okay, just bow down your heads or you can just read, okay, say

  831. father in Heaven, in the name of your son, Jesus Christ.

  832. Then by the power of your Holy Spirit, I pray I believe that

  833. Jesus died in the cross to pay for my sins and that he rose

  834. from the dead on the third day. I confess that I am a sinner and

  835. I cannot save myself. Forgive my sins and cleanse me

  836. with the blood of Jesus today. I entrust my life to Jesus as my

  837. personal Lord and only savior in Jesus name.

  838. I pray. Amen.

  839. And amen. Praise the Lord.

  840. I Thank you so much for joining us today.

  841. In fact, it's like two messages. You heard two messages.

  842. It's connected. So the urgency of the Gospel

  843. that needs to be preached to the nation's, you know.

  844. And at the same time, the importance of preaching, the

  845. right gospel you know the so people can have faith in

  846. Christ's saving faith and so I hope you have you have taken

  847. notes or Of our preaching today and you must understand and

  848. realize that this is the gospel that we preach that Jesus is

  849. God. He became fully man.

  850. So he is both fully God and fully man to represent us on the

  851. cross. Instead of us dying for our

  852. sins, he took our place, he died a substitutionary death on the

  853. cross. So what is required?

  854. Device is belief have faith in him that he did it for us.

  855. We need to come under his lordship.

  856. We need to commit Our Lives. We need to surrender our lives

  857. in his hands and to become his followers.

  858. So now that you believe in Jesus, you follow the Lord

  859. continue to live your life in him.

  860. That's in Colossians 2:8. Okay.

    Colossians 2:8

  861. Continue to live your lives in him.

  862. Okay, this is just the beginning.

  863. There there is another stage in our spiritual life.

  864. You know, in your spiritual journey you need to grow mature

  865. and bear fruit. So we encourage you to look for

  866. a bible-believing church because not all churches.

  867. Believe in the Bible as the final Authority.

  868. That's why it's very important that you join a church.

  869. That that's teams the by That's the final Authority.

  870. Okay? And also if if you join a church

  871. especially a Bible study group, you will you'll have people or

  872. that will support you pray for you and walk alongside you as

  873. you go through your spiritual journey, you know, as you

  874. conquer your trials. And another thing is that we

  875. encourage you to read the Bible, you know, begin or start with

  876. the Book of John, so read the Bible.

  877. Okay. I mean, you can download it.

  878. It's, it's for free actually, I'm using an IV, but I'm not

  879. just using an IV. I'm using a lot versions, but I

  880. chose NIV especially with my online preachings because It's

  881. easy to understand. Okay, I understand that a lot of

  882. people out there doesn't like an IV, they want the old 1611 King

  883. James version, I understand that you see I that that's me I was

  884. trained by a bible school teacher concerning the the 1611

  885. thing why we need to read just the 1611.

  886. So anyway, but the point is, You can read King James but you know

  887. maybe only you can understand what you read and most people

  888. who are listening watching, they're struggling to to catch

  889. up, okay? Because the English is it's not

  890. the common English that we use today.

  891. So friends, ladies and gentlemen, what is important for

  892. me is that we get the right context, okay?

  893. Of the of the scripture. So friends, read the scripture,

  894. don't forget. You need that because the Bible

  895. says, Jesus said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by

  896. every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, the Rhema

  897. word from the Bible. So when you read the Bible as a

  898. new believer in Christ and then you you have a revelation and

  899. said, wow. So now you know it makes you

  900. very happy, you know, it takes Sites.

  901. You to discover a lot of truth that you've never heard and

  902. before. Okay, so read the Bible, start

  903. with the Book of John. Let's pray, Lord.

  904. Thank you for Joy for for your anointing, for ministering.

  905. To a lot of people out there. Thank you.

  906. Lord. For your presence in our lives.

  907. Thank you for leading Many souls to hear and to understand the

  908. Gaza, thank you for regenerating their Spirits Lord, giving them

  909. life. So they may discern the truth.

  910. And Lord, we ask the right now that you bless them, you guide

  911. them. And for you are faithful God you

  912. help them grow and bear fruit. Lord, secure them.

  913. Who got protect them with your love with your power.

  914. With your Holy Spirit. Spirit, so guide them.

  915. Lord and That they may be a blessing to many more people

  916. that many more people were will hear the gospel message and be

  917. safe and believe and be safe. Thank you Jesus.

  918. Thank you Jesus. Not the Lord bless you and keep

  919. you the Lord. Make his face to shine upon you

  920. and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up the light of

  921. his countenance upon you and give you his peace.

  922. Both now and forevermore and all of God's.

  923. People say, hallelujah. Glory to God.

  924. Amen. And thank you for joining us.

  925. We'll see you again next week as we continue with our series,

  926. with our topic, on the great compassion.

  927. That will be for next week. Okay, so God bless.

  928. Bye.