WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Present God Unashamed Publishing Date: 2019-10-06T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/present-god-unashamed/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 What's the serious name? 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:06.980 Yeah, present God present God 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:11.560 Okay 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:14.520 That one right but 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:18.360 Last week's sermon he finished off with one one 00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:24.480 Request to all of us. He said I remember this one so loud because he repeated twice 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:26.640 He said it's from Habakkuk chapter 2 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:28.960 The verse is like a climb 00:00:29.720 --> 00:00:36.080 Climb the lookout tower scan the horizon wait to look at what God says 00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:44.160 Climb the lookout tower scan the horizon and wait to look at what God says 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.760 And Jacob started this series as we know the God who is present with us 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:53.840 He's Emmanuel God. He is there with us and that's who he is 00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:58.200 He always wants to be with us and then all the promises if you write them on the paper 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:02.400 And then if you look at all you look at God's heart in those promises 00:01:02.400 --> 00:01:07.000 You will see that he never leaves you nor forsake you in fact Jane started off this 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:09.600 this 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:16.600 Service saying Lord you are our face-to-face God our father is face-to-face father that he never turns his face back 00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:19.320 That's what who he is 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:26.240 And then now we started to learn how to present this God who is with us who is present all the time 00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:32.240 His presence and then who is always with us. How can we present this God to the world? 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:34.240 That's what we started into 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.720 Learning and last week Jacob started to ask us this question. Okay, Lord 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.960 How are you presenting to myself so that I can present you to the world? 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.920 That's where we have looked at and now today we want to ask you a question 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:53.480 And now today we're gonna look at today. We're gonna look at how can we present? 00:01:54.720 --> 00:02:00.360 God to the world and then what can stop us from doing that and then how can we overcome those? 00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:04.040 Okay, so for that let's let's read 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.840 second Timothy chapter 2 00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:09.800 second Timothy chapter 2 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:15.920 Verse 15 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:19.920 Yeah 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:30.840 Yeah, do your best to present yourself to God as one approved a 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:33.840 worker who does not need to be ashamed and 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.920 Who correctly handles the word of truth? 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:45.640 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved a worker who does not 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:50.880 Need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:58.680 We have to understand that these three are three different stages three different things that as a as a Christ follower 00:02:58.880 --> 00:03:00.880 We have to be aware of 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:07.440 So the first one 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.280 Approved and then the second one 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:16.640 Unashamed and the last one 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:20.360 Handles the word of God 00:03:21.640 --> 00:03:23.640 Correctly 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.880 Handles the word of God correctly 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:44.840 To me coming from India presenting God is one of the one of the one of the primary thing in the church 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:52.800 Because our church the back in India the church I grew up our churches is in a community where we don't have many Christian 00:03:53.040 --> 00:03:54.320 congregations 00:03:54.320 --> 00:03:58.520 So that's where once we have we we start to experience the power of God 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:02.000 We start to experience the experience who God is in our life 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.160 We start to experience the love and then we start to sing that love to the world 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:09.760 Every day every church every Sunday 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:16.240 Especially my life and my brother and then my sister my family and our church Sunday school team and this is what we were doing 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.120 It's like we go out and then we preach the gospel. We present God in a different different 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.600 Congregations that's where we were we were doing 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.560 But then after but then before doing that that's the primary thing that we every every Christian 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.080 We need to every Christ follower every son 00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:38.320 We need to live in that life the first one approved and then acts 29 00:04:38.320 --> 00:04:43.360 We have lived in that love life such a wonderful time at a such a wonderful level 00:04:45.200 --> 00:04:47.200 Am I right or not 00:04:47.200 --> 00:04:53.520 Approved we start to learn the love of father that like how father accepts us his children how he never 00:04:53.640 --> 00:04:57.560 He's always chair facing God. He's always face to face God 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:03.960 He never he's always there for us and then and then we start to live in this life. In fact in 2019 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:07.680 We have started this this year saying access granted 00:05:09.760 --> 00:05:11.760 Because we are approved 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:17.440 We are approved into the presence of God now we can go boldly and with confidence 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:24.120 Because what Christ has finished on the cross we have lived in this one with such a powerful life 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:30.400 Especially especially in my life. I have lived this one. I still struggle, but it is such a place to live 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:36.920 Because nothing can separate me from the love of Christ because when I accept to Christ 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:43.440 He comes into my spirit and then his spirit and my spirit become one and then they can never be separated because 00:05:43.640 --> 00:05:49.480 That is the promise and that is the seal that God has placed upon my spirit with the power of the Holy Spirit 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.040 Approved you're approved 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:55.720 You're approved into God's presence 00:05:56.440 --> 00:05:59.040 You're approved to call him as a father 00:06:00.640 --> 00:06:04.960 You are approved as his son and daughter as a much-loved child 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:10.920 You ask him he never says anything he's always behind 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.960 Whatever you say he wants to do it for you because you're approved 00:06:16.440 --> 00:06:21.240 Because you because you're approved because access is granted to his treasures 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:27.880 In fact, the Bible says that you're approved and he has given you the keys. He has given you the keys of the kingdom 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:34.960 You're approved. That's why whatever you unlock God is gonna open it and whatever you close and God is gonna close it 00:06:34.960 --> 00:06:36.600 You're approved 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:42.260 That's why when the body comes and then prays together because our prayers is approved and the God is God 00:06:42.260 --> 00:06:47.680 We are experiencing answers and that's what all the stories that we are learning today in the church 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.600 because we are approved and 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:57.020 Never miss out that day never miss out that that's what the enemy says enemy says that enemy always 00:06:57.440 --> 00:07:03.880 Confuses or brings a doubt into heart that no you're not approved because your lifestyle is completely different what God expects 00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:08.680 And never buy into that lie 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:17.000 We don't have to prove to anyone that you're approved all you got to do is live and and celebrate 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.880 What Christ has approved upon your life? 00:07:20.440 --> 00:07:22.440 You're approved 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:24.800 You're approved not because of our actions 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:28.580 You're approved because what Christ has done 00:07:29.580 --> 00:07:32.340 You're approved not because of your love towards God 00:07:32.820 --> 00:07:37.260 But because his love towards you because he that he is the one first who loved you 00:07:37.820 --> 00:07:39.820 you're approved and 00:07:40.700 --> 00:07:45.380 Then for weeks and weeks and then months and months over and over turnups and everything 00:07:45.380 --> 00:07:49.060 This is where we have we started to learn we started to encourage each other 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:53.140 we started to help each other to live in this life of approval because 00:07:53.820 --> 00:07:55.820 God has approved us 00:07:56.380 --> 00:07:58.380 Christ has approved us 00:08:00.380 --> 00:08:02.380 We are approved because of 00:08:02.380 --> 00:08:07.980 His sacrifice upon cross I believe that how many of you really really trust that amen amen 00:08:08.700 --> 00:08:14.300 Amen, so today we're gonna look at this one because this one it's been 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:21.020 In fact last week someone if you go and hear a Jacob sermon almost like 40% of the sermon lies here 00:08:21.380 --> 00:08:26.300 Because he was talking about how to handle the word of the word of God correctly in a different in a different terms 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:30.300 And then we are learning in the house church, and this this is where we are spending time 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:32.300 But today I want to talk about this one unashamed 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:38.380 Unashamed how to live a life of an ashamed person how to present God 00:08:42.140 --> 00:08:47.420 How to be a worker how to be a son who does not need to be ashamed of God 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.940 It's a very critical topic when God spoke to me about this one 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:55.980 I was I was trembling I was in tears because I don't know about this the only prayer I prayed about 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:57.980 I don't know if I can bring the right words 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:00.700 Because you know my heart 00:09:01.180 --> 00:09:03.820 Because it's a very critical very very sensitive topic 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:12.220 How can we live as a life how can we live as a son or daughter who is not 00:09:12.380 --> 00:09:15.900 Unashamed who is not afraid who is not unashamed of who he is 00:09:18.620 --> 00:09:19.580 I 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:25.980 Guess to me personally personally this is something that stops me from presenting God to the world because I'm sometimes I'm 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:31.740 I don't know. I don't know if the results are okay if the results when I present God 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:34.380 I don't know if it comes back okay or not 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:39.980 And to me when I go back and then check myself and then sometimes I'm not sure 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:43.500 Maybe I may Baba you have to help me how to present you 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:53.260 So let's look at this one unashamed how can I present God 00:09:55.820 --> 00:10:00.940 How can it be a son or daughter that can present God who can present God 00:10:01.900 --> 00:10:04.460 In such a way that I don't need to be ashamed of God 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:11.020 I want to tell you one statement the power to present God the power to present God to the world 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:15.180 Comes from how you present yourself to the Lord 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:25.580 The power to present God to the outside world comes from license 00:10:27.100 --> 00:10:29.100 To the Lord 00:10:29.420 --> 00:10:37.580 The power to present God to the outside world comes from license how you present yourself to the father 00:10:40.300 --> 00:10:47.220 I started to look I started to dig down dig deeper. I started to read it from Genesis for this message. I 00:10:48.420 --> 00:10:52.860 Started to scan through Genesis. I want one question that I started to ask is Lord 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:56.660 How have you presented yourself to the people in the first place? 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:02.060 I know you have presented to presented yourself 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:05.180 Us through the through Christ that I know 00:11:05.900 --> 00:11:12.780 That is amazing. But I want to see how God started to present himself in the old testament from the beginning 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:16.940 And we know the story from the beginning 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:20.220 I thought 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:24.300 I when I started to read Genesis when I came to the story of Abraham 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:27.740 If you look at the promises that God gave to Abraham 00:11:28.060 --> 00:11:30.060 He never talked about his name 00:11:33.020 --> 00:11:37.980 God did not talk about his name or his glory to Abraham 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:43.900 All he said I will bless you. I will make your name great. I will make your descendants 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:50.380 Great, I'll give you an inheritance. It's all about Abraham and God is standing for Abraham 00:11:51.420 --> 00:11:53.420 You want to read Abraham's blessings? 00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:55.420 Where are they Genesis chapter 00:11:57.420 --> 00:11:59.420 Yeah, Genesis chapter 12 00:12:02.540 --> 00:12:04.540 Chapter 12 verse 1 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:10.620 Can someone read it for me, please 00:12:11.420 --> 00:12:13.420 Chapter 12 verse 1 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:19.500 Uh, can someone read it for me, please 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:42.700 And whoever presents you I will bless you 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:46.700 Then all people on earth will be blessed too 00:12:46.700 --> 00:12:51.900 Yeah, it's not about God's name. It's about the promise that God wants to give to Abraham 00:12:54.860 --> 00:13:00.060 So he said I'll bless you I'll be with you you will going to take over the land that's a blessing 00:13:00.060 --> 00:13:04.620 That's a promise. That's a promise. I'm making with you and that's what happened for the three generations 00:13:05.260 --> 00:13:12.620 Three generations even if you read Isaac's life story Isaac's life story every time when God said something it was always about the blessing 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:16.540 It was always about the promise that God has entrusted to Abraham 00:13:18.140 --> 00:13:20.140 All the Isaac's lifestyle life story 00:13:20.380 --> 00:13:26.460 It's about the promises that that God made to Abraham and then now to Isaac and it's always about blessing Isaac 00:13:27.020 --> 00:13:31.340 And then I came to Jacob and it's the same story even in the life life of Jacob too 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:35.180 God never brought his name is like I will bless you. I will be with you 00:13:35.260 --> 00:13:39.500 I gave this promise to your fathers and I will make sure that you will live in this one 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:48.860 But one time in Jacob's life one time in Jacob's life something happened and it's just Genesis chapter 32 verse 22 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:56.940 Genesis chapter 32 verse 22 if you guys know this story, we all know this story. This is where Abraham wrestled with the god 00:13:58.060 --> 00:14:00.060 Do you guys remember the conversation? 00:14:00.780 --> 00:14:07.280 No, not Abraham Jacob Jacob wrestled with god. Let's read Genesis chapter 32 verse 22 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:27.660 Verse 25 when the man saw that he could not overpower him 00:14:27.900 --> 00:14:32.060 He touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:34.940 As he wrestled with the man 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:38.700 Then the man said let me go for it's a daybreak, but Jacob replied 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:41.740 I will not let you go unless you bless me take the man 00:14:42.540 --> 00:14:44.780 The man asked him. What is your name? 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:50.380 Jacob he answered then the man said your name will no longer be Jacob 00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:56.940 but Israel because you have struggled with god and with the humans and have overcome and Jacob said 00:14:57.260 --> 00:15:03.580 Please tell me your name, but he replied. Why do you ask my name? Then he blessed him there and then he left 00:15:05.660 --> 00:15:07.660 That's a very interesting conversation 00:15:08.380 --> 00:15:11.660 That's a very interesting incident where Jacob he left everyone 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:17.020 He left his his wife and then and the people and all the property and all the positions that he got 00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:21.180 And then he was all alone. He was wrestling with god and then god changed Jacob's name 00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:26.540 And in fact Jacob's decision at that time was like I will not leave you unless you bless me 00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:28.540 He was wrestling for the whole night 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:33.740 And then after he wrestled god wrestled with god Jacob asked what is your name? 00:15:35.260 --> 00:15:37.260 And the bible says that he 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:42.940 Bible says that why are you asking my name, but he did not reply. He did not answer his name 00:15:44.140 --> 00:15:46.620 Because on that day Jacob's intention was to be 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:54.460 To to reconcile with his brother to to get to to to get what god has promised that's it 00:15:57.420 --> 00:16:02.860 And none of them asked who he is and now let's read exodus chapter three 00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:13.100 Exodus chapter three and worse 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:19.500 Four 00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:22.540 Words four onwards 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:40.720 Yeah, can someone help me please 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:48.620 Yeah 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:14.160 Yeah, and also exodus chapter six verse two 00:17:17.580 --> 00:17:19.580 What 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:24.140 Yeah, keep going 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.980 Yeah 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:47.660 What did he say he said I am the lord I appear to abraham to isaac and to jacob as god almighty 00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:53.740 But my name but by my name the lord I did not make myself fully known to them 00:17:56.700 --> 00:18:01.660 I did not make myself by fully known to them, but then now when he met when he met 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:06.380 Moses he said I am the lord I am the god I am the god of abraham 00:18:06.540 --> 00:18:10.540 I'm the god of isaac. I'm the god of jacob and now I came here to redeem my people 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:20.940 So here when god met moses he he started to reveal his name he started to reveal who he is in fact in fact 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:25.900 Chapter three verse three if you keep reading moses says from verse 11 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:29.820 But moses said who am I 00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:35.180 Who am I that I should go to pharaoh and bring these relates out of egypt and god said I will be with you 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:37.580 And this will be my sign to you that 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:44.220 Is I who have sent you when you have brought the people of egypt out of egypt 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:48.140 You will worship god on this mountain and then moses said to god suppose 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:53.020 I go to these lights and say to them the god of your fathers has sent me to you 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:56.780 Then they asked me what is his name? Then what shall I say to them? 00:18:58.540 --> 00:19:00.700 And god said I am who I am 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:06.700 I am who I am. This is what you have to say to these lights. I am has sent you 00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:12.460 So this is where god god first started to reveal reveal who reveal his name 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:20.060 And then as the centuries goes by then you see jesus christ and then what christ has done on the cross because what christ 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:25.340 Has completed and finished on the cross and then now he has fully revealed himself through the christ 00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:30.380 And that's what paul writes. He is the image. He is the visible image of an invisible god 00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:37.980 And he started to he started to know he started to explain himself he started to demonstrate his love 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:40.860 He demonstrated his love. He expressed his love 00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:48.620 He he he shown himself fully through jesus christ to us and what a privilege it is for us to known him fully 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:55.020 And that's where that's that's where our unashamed life begins 00:19:55.580 --> 00:20:03.180 If we want to live that life our life begins from begins at knowing who he is fully 00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:07.740 Knowing him knowing how he has loved you 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:10.940 And that's what the approved 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:13.960 Lifestyle starts where? 00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:16.140 When you know that when you start to live that 00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:23.340 That's where the unashamed life begins because you know him fully because he's always there for you because you know him 00:20:25.020 --> 00:20:31.340 But the beauty the beauty begins when we always trust and we always know that god is always there for us 00:20:32.780 --> 00:20:34.780 and now 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:40.780 The lifestyle of unashamed begins when you start to say now lord i want to be for you as well 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:44.460 You are for me, but I want to be for you 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:49.980 You are for my existence you are for my love, but I want to be for you 00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.980 too 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:54.380 And that's what sons does they do 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:58.860 Sons always want to fulfill what the father's desires are 00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:06.220 And this is the time that the church needs to start to say yes 00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:10.140 I have lived that you are for me. I have lived that you are there for me 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:15.740 I've lived that you're never live not for sick. You're always there and now I want to live for you too 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.740 And that's what david did 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:26.300 When david conquered the conquered he conquered jerusalem and then he was on the top of the tip of the 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:31.260 The highest point on the jerusalem and then he looked at one side and then he looked at the other side 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:36.700 And then he said apa your tent has followed us your your ark of covenant followed us 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:40.140 And now I want to do something. I want to build a house for you 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:46.300 And that's where god god steps in and then he says you won't be able to build a house for me 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:51.420 But your son is going to build a house for me and through your descendants i'll bring messiah 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:55.260 Presenting god 00:21:55.260 --> 00:22:00.060 If you want to start present god to the world, that's where you that's where the switch starts aba 00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:05.820 I want to live for you too. I want to live for your cause too and all the new testaments. That's what paul writes 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:13.740 That's what peter read peter one and peter two this week if you have time and you will start to understand that how peter 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:17.980 Encourages the body to say that aba we live for your your your desires 00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:23.900 We live for your purposes and this is how I want to step into your step into the yoke with you 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:33.340 Knowing him fully and then trusting him that he knows you fully and then stepping into saying aba 00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:35.420 I want to partner with you 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:37.980 I want to step into with you. I am for you, too 00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:42.940 I am for you, too. In fact, in fact, that's what jesus says 00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:46.060 He said the harvest is plenty 00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:48.860 And the workers are few 00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:51.180 He has sons 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:58.620 Step flipping that and asking him saying him. I want to be for you too as well god help me 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:01.840 Help me to step into this help me to step into this 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:13.420 Next one 00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:15.820 Let's 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:21.500 Read philippians chapter two verse 10 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.440 Philippians chapter two verse 10 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.740 And 00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:51.820 Yeah, we know the end now 00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:53.740 the end is 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:57.580 At the end that day every knee will bow down 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:00.140 Every tongue will confess 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:04.220 Every knee after every day. There is one statement that said every knee 00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:08.060 After after after every knee 00:24:09.020 --> 00:24:11.020 Yeah, yeah, can you repeat? Yeah 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.500 every knee 00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:20.460 Yes, every knee in heaven and on earth will bow down one day and every tongue will confess 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:23.340 Every knee and every tongue will confess 00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:26.220 That means all of our friends all of our relatives 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:31.980 Everyone in heaven and in earth one day are going to bow down and then confess that he is the lord 00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:37.580 But there is only one difference if they confess that today then they will be with him forever 00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:39.580 Never 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:44.860 That day everyone is going to confess but some because they have seen him on that day 00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:53.580 And but some but for us we have seen him even before that and then now we start to bow down to him 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:58.940 And that is why as a church we need to step into that and then start to present god 00:24:59.260 --> 00:25:03.500 Because one day everybody is going to come and then everybody is going to kneel down 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:08.860 Every every tongue is going to confess but the only difference is are they going to this side or the other side? 00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:12.940 So nobody's going to escape from that day 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:21.340 So the church's call to do step into this presenting god and then say guys one day you're going to come to the presence of god 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:23.420 One day you're gonna you're gonna kneel down 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.900 Better with that today 00:25:26.540 --> 00:25:28.540 Better be that today 00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:30.780 And i've experienced it 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:38.060 So always keep that in your mind always keep that in your mind always put that put that put see the end because our god 00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:44.240 He has already shown us what's going to happen so that we can run to it so that we can walk towards it 00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:59.820 The next one let's do second quote in chapter five 00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:02.780 Second Corinthians chapter five verse 20 00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:19.340 Second Corinthians chapter five verse 20 00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:37.260 Yeah, in fact verse 19 the second part of verse 19 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:41.920 Says he has committed to us the message of reconciliation 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:47.660 And we are therefore christ ambassadors as though god were making his appeal through us 00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:59.820 The third one begins from trusting that he has committed you he has trusted you 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:06.460 With this message of reconciliation the problem comes here god has already trusted you and me 00:27:06.780 --> 00:27:11.900 But somehow the world has taught us the church history has taught us that it was only it was only 00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:15.820 Set for the pastors and the preachers and the missionaries and that 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.380 And somehow we missed it somehow 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:24.460 We missed the whole picture and then we have set this one to only pastors and then only preachers and then we have set back 00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:27.900 We have we have we are like, okay, that's their job 00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:36.220 But the word of god teaches us that he has trusted us he says he has he has committed this this mission to all of us 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:41.200 And you and I to everyone the ministry of reconciliation 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.980 What are we reconciling? 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:51.420 This to god the creation everyone is god's god's son. Everyone is god's daughter and then we are reconciling them to him 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:58.940 And that's where we need to trust that wherever we are you and I are trusted with this ministry 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.740 the ministry of reconciliation 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:07.580 The ministry of reconciliation because you are reconciled to god and then now it's our duty 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:10.460 So that that that's what the verse 20 says 00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:15.580 We are therefore christ ambassador as though god were making his appeal through us 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:20.780 You're the only ambassador that god chose in your in your life 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:23.420 In the area of where you are 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:25.900 We have to trust that 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.900 We cannot escape from it 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:33.020 I go to work you go to work. I go to school you go to school wherever we are 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:35.260 You're the ambassador. That's what god sees 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:39.420 This is my son and now i'm sending him as an ambassador to there 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.580 And then god wants to appeal to them through you alone 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:49.260 That's why that's why that's why sometimes it's very hard for this life 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:56.140 Some of the situations are very hard for us because some things I have always struggled with this in my life 00:28:56.140 --> 00:29:01.980 I've always struggled. I've always cried in the presence of god. I always have this question. Why me? Why me? Why me? 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:06.640 Because god has trusted me with the ministry of reconciliation 00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:10.780 If not me then who can do this 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.460 And that's where I have to take one more step 00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:19.980 I have to walk for two more miles with my with my colleagues or with my friends so that I can do this ministry with them 00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:28.220 I have to take extra step because because that that's where christ love falls flows out of us 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.060 Take a step 00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:34.940 Trust that you are called even though you don't trust yourself 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:39.820 You don't the problem with us is like we don't trust ourselves that we are not good enough 00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:44.060 We don't know how to share gospel. We don't know how to live this one. That's where the problem comes 00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:50.940 But put that aside and then see that god is looking you looking at you as you are the ambassador 00:29:51.260 --> 00:29:53.740 For him for his ministry right there 00:29:56.380 --> 00:30:02.060 Are you in the church are you in the are you outside in the business world you are the ambassador you have to look into that 00:30:07.020 --> 00:30:09.020 Matthew chapter 5 verse 16 00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:16.060 Let's let's read from verse verse 13 00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:22.060 Yeah 00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:50.460 Yeah, thank you so if you if you look at this you're the salt of what not the church 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:55.020 You're the salt of the yeah 00:30:57.020 --> 00:31:01.500 We are very good salt for the church and church groups and the house churches me especially 00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:10.460 And we are the light of the house church, no we're the light of the world 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:15.740 That's what jesus that's how god looks at us that's what jesus that's how when he looks at us 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:19.980 That's what he does. It's like you're the light of the world. That's why you cannot hide yourself 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:25.500 You're the light of the world you're the light of the salt you're the salt of the earth 00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:31.020 And that's where that's where this unashamed lifestyle begins 00:31:31.020 --> 00:31:38.620 Trusting that yes, i'm chosen for this trusting that yes god has brought me this country trusting that yes god has brought me this country 00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:44.540 Trusting that yes god has placed me here trusting that yes god has called me here about what what should i do 00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:49.180 What needs to be done in my life? How can I change this help me about that's where it comes in 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:55.180 Otherwise, otherwise we'll be like we'll be hiding we'll be hiding and then we'll lose our saltiness 00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:58.780 There are so many christians in the church 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.620 Losing their saltiness are are hiding their light 00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:11.980 What what powerful revelations that god has given to them for years and years and then young people like us the next generation 00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:14.060 We need them, but they were hidden 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.540 in the house 00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:18.780 And they were not they were never brought out 00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:23.260 They were never brought out 00:32:23.260 --> 00:32:28.060 Some of the stories are some of the simple points that i've learned here when i share with my friends 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:32.380 It's like a life changing for them and i go like oh is that powerful? 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.940 because they don't know it 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:41.180 and god has revealed it and then we are hiding them under the basket 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:47.020 And the church it's a time for us to lift the baskets and then say this is my light 00:32:47.020 --> 00:32:50.700 This is the light of the lord and this is who god is we need to do that 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:58.700 In fact the verse 16 says in the same way let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify 00:32:59.020 --> 00:33:01.020 your father in heaven 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:03.420 How long are we going to hide this light? 00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:10.220 How long are you going to hide the the revelations that god has done in your life or brought to your knowledge in your life? 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:15.900 How long how long are you going to are you going to not share the stories that god has done in your life? 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:21.100 I think it is time for us to bring this one because as I was preparing for this sermon god has 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:26.220 He brought me a prophecy that god gave to axe 29 when chard was here 00:33:27.020 --> 00:33:32.940 The the prophecy was like god is going to give you a language a love language a new language for the church to communicate 00:33:33.020 --> 00:33:36.140 To the world that was the prophecy I wrote in my notes 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:41.340 I think this is the time that we need to learn this new language 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:48.540 We need to we need to lift our baskets and then show the world who the father is because we know how to live the approved life 00:33:48.540 --> 00:33:50.540 So let's go to the next one 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:58.380 Next one 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:04.620 Matthew chapter 11 16 00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:14.700 Matthew chapter 11 16 00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:21.100 Yeah, can someone help me please 00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:42.220 Thank you can someone read 12 verse 39 after 12 was studying Matthew 00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:51.180 Generation 00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:57.740 Thank you verse 16 and verse four 00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:11.120 Yeah, yeah, thank you uh hebrew chapter three was 10 00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:27.100 Why I was angry with that generation I said that us are always going as they and they have no not no money 00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:29.340 Yeah 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:33.660 So if you if you check out these four verses what you can see is Jesus Christ 00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:35.660 He knows the generation where he was in 00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:40.220 He knows the generation he knows how wicked they are 00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:43.740 He knows he knows what they expect 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:51.100 He knows the the condition of the generation he knows how perverse they are he knows how how far away they are 00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:54.540 And yet he started to bring the solution to them 00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.780 We are afraid 00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:03.660 Sometimes to present God because we don't know this generation. We don't know the people whom we are talking to 00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:10.700 We don't understand the generation as the church it is our duty. It is our responsibility to know which generation are we in? 00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:14.140 Now it's already generation z outside 00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:20.860 And they don't come from the families. They don't come from Christian families and one recent study a ministry 00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:27.420 They did a study and then they said the generation z the latest the new generation. They don't even know the gospel 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:33.100 They don't even know the how many books in the bible because they do not come from 00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:36.460 The church or Christian homes 00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:39.580 They're all into virtual reality they're all into new technology 00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:44.940 But how do you meet them? How do you explain? How do you answer their questions? Because their questions are different 00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:49.260 Jesus Christ knows there's the generation 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:56.540 We have to know the generation not just by the news or not just by the articles but by the spirit 00:36:57.100 --> 00:37:02.700 Abba i'm getting into this Abba. I'm going outside Abba. What can I do? Who are they? What can I provide? 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:05.340 Because that's what Jacob taught last week 00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:10.540 How he has presented to you and then now going and then presenting that to others 00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:20.460 So so we have to learn we have to know about what's happening in the country we have to know about what's happening around us 00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:25.580 Canada is a great place because the whole world is in front of Canada 00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:29.740 Canada is a great place because the whole world is in front of Canada 00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:35.820 Just this morning I read an article there is a university in Kamloops 00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:39.020 hundred countries students from hundred countries 00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:44.060 Celebrated their orientation the first day in Kamloops yesterday on Friday 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:49.420 A Kamloops university hundred countries students from hundred countries 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:51.420 Hundreds of hundred countries 00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:56.220 The writer of the article said he he said he was just was walking through the 00:37:56.780 --> 00:38:02.540 Through the people and then he has he heard so many languages small small groups and then meeting and then they're talking 00:38:03.020 --> 00:38:05.020 Different different languages that he never heard the languages 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:12.540 We need to know what's happening. We need to ask the Lord Lord. This is my heart and how can I step into this one? 00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:21.420 And the next one 00:38:22.540 --> 00:38:25.820 The problem one of the fear for us is 00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:32.220 Is because present in God when we talk about present in God when we talk about sharing who Christ is 00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:35.100 We only have few set methods 00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:39.900 We only know few set ways that were that were good in the in the Christian world 00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:43.180 preaching church 00:38:43.580 --> 00:38:46.140 Or maybe doing some kind of a 00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:54.540 Church or maybe doing Sunday schools or this but that's not that's never the case for God 00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:58.540 See 00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:05.420 I feel ashamed if someone asks me to go and play piano and then worship the Lord and present God to others because I don't know it 00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:11.500 And that's the problem that's why we are ashamed sometimes we are not comfortable 00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:16.140 We are not confident because we are stepping into someone else's shoes and then trying to present God 00:39:17.020 --> 00:39:19.740 Whereas God has prepared in a completely different way 00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:23.420 To present him 00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:27.420 So this is the time that you and I need to 00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:33.660 Look into our lives and look into how God has wired us and then how we can present God in the ways in the shoes 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:37.420 In the in the plants and in the ways that he has created us 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:43.980 I was I was having a coffee and then um 00:39:45.100 --> 00:39:48.940 In front of me a father and a daughter they both came a young kid 00:39:49.180 --> 00:39:53.580 They both came and they said can we sit I said sure and then he opened a book and then he's reading a book to 00:39:54.060 --> 00:39:57.180 To daughter and the title of the book is the stories of the lamb 00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:01.580 The stories of the lamb 00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:04.380 But it's actually a lamb. It's like it's like an animal story 00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:10.460 And then I was thinking I was thinking ha I wish I should ask my sister because she writes beautiful stories 00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:17.420 And then maybe I should go and encourage her to write stories that someday fathers can buy the stories of the real lamb 00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:25.180 The ultimate lamb and then read stories too because my sister knows the story 00:40:28.540 --> 00:40:35.980 That's what that's what Saul did to David Saul asked David to have the have the the armor of the 00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.860 Of the military of the army 00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:44.460 So that he can go and defeat the goliath, but Saul did not choose it because it's not comfortable to him 00:40:44.540 --> 00:40:46.540 He won't be able to face the giant 00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:50.300 What he knows that's what he did 00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:55.020 And then today the church if as a church if you want to take this language 00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:59.260 If you want to take who God is and present to God everyone each one of us 00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:05.580 We have to find ways that creatively that what God has how God has placed and prepared us 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.980 To bring out these these stories 00:41:10.060 --> 00:41:16.140 Imagine if someone can write a curriculum for the for the third world countries people in india how who father is who god is 00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:22.220 Imagine if someone can write an article about what has what christ has finished on the on the cross 00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:30.300 Or imagine if you write your story or the miracles that god has done how god has brought you 00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:35.660 For people it's very hard to believe in miracles, but if you look at your life, you're the greatest miracle 00:41:37.100 --> 00:41:44.060 I'm the greatest miracle now. I believe in miracles because I don't know how I how can I come here? It's so impossible for me 00:41:47.580 --> 00:41:49.580 Wherever you are 00:41:49.580 --> 00:41:52.940 Wherever you are that's what that's what the the Israelites did 00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:56.300 They were as slaves and and wandering for 40 years 00:41:56.300 --> 00:42:00.940 And wandering for 40 years and then when they came to the country when they came to the promised land 00:42:01.100 --> 00:42:04.060 They had to become a nation. They had to learn different skills 00:42:04.060 --> 00:42:07.980 They had to they had to work and they had to bring out the art they had to 00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:10.860 do constructions 00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:15.180 Bring it out as father 00:42:15.580 --> 00:42:20.940 So many years there are the desires that god has placed in your heart and then you don't know how to bring it up 00:42:21.020 --> 00:42:21.660 You're like, okay 00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:26.700 Maybe i'll bring it up bring it out maybe for the next birthday or maybe for the next year 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:28.860 But now this is the time guys 00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:35.180 This is the time that we need to bring it out because we're not going to do in the in the ways of the world 00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:37.180 Or we're not going to do in the set ways 00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:41.820 We're going to do how god has called us how god is preparing us and find find 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:45.740 And and progress in the meaning and purpose that god has called 00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:48.300 You 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:56.940 Strip your mind from all the past ways and past theology are the ways that that only these ways that the ministry can be done. No 00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:59.820 Find ways and ask the father 00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:04.380 Say lord, i'm ready. I'm for you. I want to do this. Is this the right way? 00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:09.820 Bring it to the body. Is this the right way? I want to bring this one out. I want to bring this truth out 00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:12.140 Is this the right way? 00:43:13.100 --> 00:43:16.460 Because he's there for you and now we can be for him too 00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:21.980 The last one 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.380 Exodus chapter three 00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.380 One can do all of this 00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:35.500 One can do all of this anyone can do all of this 00:43:36.140 --> 00:43:38.140 Like starting from the first point where 00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:41.180 We know him he knows him and then we know him 00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:44.700 He knows us he called us by name and then I go and then say I am for you lord 00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:48.860 I want to live and then we start to live that life and then we start to be bold we start to 00:43:49.100 --> 00:43:54.620 Ask the innovative and creative ways how I can bring out the truth to the world and then I can start work 00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:57.420 I can start bringing it out. But the last one I want to say is 00:43:58.060 --> 00:44:01.600 But still you get you can meet you you you can be discouraged 00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:04.720 Because the ways and the because the things that you're doing may not be fruitful 00:44:04.720 --> 00:44:07.520 Because the ways and the because the things that you're doing may not be fruitful 00:44:09.120 --> 00:44:11.120 Let's read 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:14.000 Exodus chapter three 00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:31.200 Okay, extra chapter six verse eight 00:44:31.600 --> 00:44:33.600 I 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:47.920 Will bring you to the land 00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:53.360 This is what the lord said to moses. I'll bring you out bring you to the land. I'll 00:44:54.160 --> 00:44:55.920 land I swore with the 00:44:55.920 --> 00:45:01.360 Uplifted hand to give to abraham to isaac and to jacob. I'll give it to you as a position. I am the lord 00:45:01.680 --> 00:45:07.120 Or six it said go to the Israelites and then tell this one then moses reported to this to the Israelites 00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:14.480 Moses went and then reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor 00:45:16.080 --> 00:45:19.920 Moses went and then told all the Israelites. Hey, this is what the lord said 00:45:20.080 --> 00:45:25.280 We're going to go out of this place because lord the lord is going to help us to get out of this place 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:27.920 And what is lights did was? 00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:30.160 They did not 00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:34.080 Listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor 00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:38.560 When you go and talk to your friends or when you go and then present god to the outside world 00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.800 They might not accept it 00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:46.800 because of the discouragement from the enemy and because of the harsh labor because of because of the torture or because of the 00:45:47.120 --> 00:45:49.600 Labor by the enemy placed upon them all these years 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:54.000 It might not be super exciting for them because they won't be able to believe it 00:45:54.640 --> 00:45:58.160 I went and then I told in nandigama that hey god is father 00:45:58.240 --> 00:46:03.280 He loves you and then they could not believe four people came to me and then said we don't have fathers 00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:05.840 We were orphans, but how can we understand who father is? 00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:11.120 And i'm a sinner I cannot understand how father loves me 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:18.560 Because of their discouragement happened in the life because of their condition because how the enemy tortured them for these years 00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:23.760 They cannot understand sometimes but then look what god said to moses 00:46:24.080 --> 00:46:29.200 Okay, israelites when you went and talked to the people they did not listen, but now moses 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:36.720 Then the lord said to moses go tell pharaoh king of egypt to let the israelites go out of this country 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:43.360 You went and you told them they did not listen then now he said go and tell the pharaohs 00:46:45.040 --> 00:46:48.560 Go and then talk to them go in and tell them let my people go 00:46:49.200 --> 00:46:51.200 Go 00:46:51.200 --> 00:46:55.600 So when we go in and talk to our talk to the people when it did when it didn't happen 00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:58.400 Then we have to go and ask the lord lord who is in charge of that 00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:01.120 Because we don't fight with the flesh and blood 00:47:02.240 --> 00:47:04.240 We wrestle we fight with the 00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:10.320 Principalities that's where we need to go. That's why the church is trained to do that 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:14.000 That's why god has brought you here and then 00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:18.160 We we build up our muscles so that we can go and then talk to the pharaoh 00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:22.240 We can go and talk to these principalities we can pray against them and then say hey 00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:24.480 Let my people go enough is enough 00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:33.280 That's the calling that we need to step into that's the calling that god is calling us 00:47:36.080 --> 00:47:40.480 Don't worry about the discouragement that came like when people did not accept it that's okay 00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:47.600 Because we have a greater call we need to pray against the all the principalities and that's when you start to see how the 00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:54.400 How the pharaoh how the principalities there was and there were having the authority can release them 00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:57.280 Because when we pray that's what christ does 00:47:58.560 --> 00:47:59.920 Amen 00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:02.800 Now now imagine what god can do through through our church 00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:08.880 The best example I was looking I was looking in the bible and then paul he preached the gospel in different ways 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:16.320 He brought the law and then he started explaining gospel from the law he talked to jews he talked to gentiles 00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:20.560 He was in the palaces talking to kings and he was in the prison 00:48:21.520 --> 00:48:27.280 Writing letters he found every opportunity to present the gospel in a different ways 00:48:28.160 --> 00:48:30.160 whatever possible 00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:36.560 And then now imagine if our church if the generation if us can step up into this and bring the bring the god we have 00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:39.680 experienced in a different and innovative methods 00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:49.680 To to reach the people and god is doing this in the world the bible app it was it was installed in billion devices 00:48:52.080 --> 00:48:54.080 Came from a 16 year old guy 00:48:55.120 --> 00:48:57.120 A 16 year old youth guy youth 00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:59.760 A 16 year old youth guy youth 00:49:00.720 --> 00:49:02.720 Young kid he said I want to bring this 00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:06.240 This bible to my friends and they don't want to read the paper 00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:09.840 I want to make an app and then do it and the pastor said okay 00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:16.800 Then we have some programmers in the church. We'll do it together and then now it is one of the best company in the united states 00:49:17.600 --> 00:49:21.600 The pastor received the best ceo award recently a pastor 00:49:22.560 --> 00:49:24.560 craig rochelle 00:49:25.520 --> 00:49:32.560 Started with a 16 year old kid desire to bring it out in a in a different way and that's where we need to step in 00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:37.200 Think about the amount of blessing that god has 00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:40.000 Down pour down into your life 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:42.320 How can we bring this one out? 00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:44.320 How can we bring the truths out? 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:48.000 The harvest is plenty the workers are few 00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:50.720 Thank you 00:49:51.680 --> 00:49:53.680 Yeah, let's pray 00:49:58.720 --> 00:50:01.920 I really want to pray for the church that that we don't hide our light 00:50:02.720 --> 00:50:05.600 Because this is the shining light the truth that we have