1 00:00:09,890 --> 00:00:12,890 Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,890 --> 00:00:16,129 Australia. I was just reminded this morning 3 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:21,890 that you know the reasons why we're here, Not for ourselves. 4 00:00:22,170 --> 00:00:25,170 You know this, this church doesn't exist for us. 5 00:00:26,130 --> 00:00:28,210 We, we didn't come for ourselves. 6 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:30,410 Like we, we get a lot out of being here. 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,040 We get a lot out of being with the Lord. 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,920 We're strengthened, you know, we're able to overcome together 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,840 when we're side by side worshipping together is it is 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,200 amazing thing that we don't get to do when we're on our own. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,720 This is very special. But we're not here for 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,240 ourselves. This church doesn't exist for 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,880 you and I. We, we are serving an eternal 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,040 God who's building an eternal Kingdom. 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,440 And so we're building for the generations to come. 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,840 How special is it that we have children in this place? 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,080 They are the next generation. The Lord has made us to be 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,160 fruitful. We've got these young kids and 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,160 you know, it just reminded us this morning that you know, in 20 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,440 120 a 130 years, depending on how old you are now, there 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,680 there's there's every single person that's on the face of the 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,000 earth today is going to be gone. There's going to be a whole new 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,840 group of people inhabiting the earth in in a short period of 24 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,720 time. And that means that it, it's a 25 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,880 short period of time, but it means that what we do here 26 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,640 matters. We are wanting to see, you know, 27 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,960 his Kingdom come and his will be done. 28 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,240 That when we leave this place, that we've worked to make sure 29 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,000 that the work of the gospel, that the church would continue 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,800 on and that our sons and our daughters would be raised to 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,560 know him. But that many people in this 32 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,600 community where God's planted this lampstand would come to 33 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,520 know him and they would teach their children and their 34 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,280 children's children. This is generational Gods. 35 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,040 We can't lose sight of the reason that we're here. 36 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,680 We're here for the generations to come. 37 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,759 We're here for the for the Kingdom that's coming behind us. 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,400 And you know, and, and that's important for today. 39 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,200 Daniel, you just come up now, buddy. 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,800 Daniel's going to share with us a word. 41 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,880 And I just say all that just to remind us that, you know, we're 42 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,040 going to have to be bold. We're going to have to step out 43 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,440 of our comfort zones in the same way that we have to step out of 44 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,080 our comfort zones even just to worship the Lord sometimes, you 45 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,920 know, when I don't love to jump up and down here, but I want to 46 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,640 teach my kids. I want to teach the generation 47 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:43,200 behind me that the Lord is worthy of being worshipped. 48 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,920 Amen. And so it's going to it's going 49 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:49,560 to take some discomfort for us to see his Kingdom come and his 50 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,760 will be done. And so I'm just going to pray 51 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,120 for Daniel. Daniel's prepared a word for us 52 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,240 today. And Lord, we, we open our hearts 53 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,440 wide to the Spirit of God in this place. 54 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,800 We want to hear from you today. We will hear from you. 55 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,640 We want to take a hold of what you're saying. 56 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:09,120 We want to implement. We want to see your Kingdom 57 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,920 come, your will be done. And I'll just pray just the 58 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:17,320 anointing over Daniel right now, just a fresh anointing to speak 59 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,200 your words, your directing, your leading, your guiding. 60 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,480 I pray that that everything that is from him would fall away, 61 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,240 that it wouldn't take ruin our hearts and that everything from 62 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,760 you would take deep root in our hearts, Lord. 63 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:35,200 So I just pray your strength, your peace, your authority over 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,560 Daniel right now to speak your word. 65 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,760 And we, we pray in the name of Jesus our King, Amen. 66 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,360 Amen. Do you have your Bibles with you 67 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,360 guys? Awesome, Let's grab it out. 68 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,800 We're going to read from the Physical Bible. 69 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,560 But before I do that, I'm just going to quickly grab something. 70 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,720 Can we turn to Ezekiel 37 this morning? 71 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,000 This will be the foundational text I'll be speaking from. 72 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,960 But before I start, the title of the message that I felt was 73 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,360 cultivating a lifestyle of everyday evangelism. 74 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,160 Evangelism in the definition of the Bible or the biblical, is a 75 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,360 preacher of the gospel or the good news. 76 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,120 I'll put it simple. It is just sharing Jesus, 77 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:24,880 sharing the good news that we have been saved by grace, not 78 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,840 through works, but by what Cross has done. 79 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,280 But then we come into a general relationship with Him. 80 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,440 So I want to pose a question to you guys. 81 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,400 We're not going to answer it, just going to pose a question. 82 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,600 We are going to answer it through this preaching, but I 83 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,480 don't want you guys to answer. I want you guys to think about 84 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,960 this. How do I or how do we live our 85 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:48,280 lives in such a way that every day I am ready to share the 86 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:54,000 gospel? We were Ezekiel 37. 87 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,400 Awesome. I'm reading from the NLT today. 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,600 Lord, breathe. Upon this word. 89 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,200 The Lord took a hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit 90 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,760 of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. 91 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,560 He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley 92 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,680 floor. They were scattered everywhere 93 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,040 across the ground, and they're completely dried out. 94 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,360 Then he asked me, Son of Man, can these bones become living 95 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,640 people again? O sovereign Lord, I replied, you 96 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,080 alone know the answer to that. Then he said to me, speak a 97 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,800 prophetic message to these bones and say, dry bones, listen to 98 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,280 the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord 99 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,360 says. Look, I am going to put breath 100 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,280 into you and make you live again. 101 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,840 I'll put flesh and muscle on you and cover you with skin. 102 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,600 I'll put breath in you, into you, and I will come and you 103 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,160 will come to life. Then you will know that I am the 104 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,360 Lord. So I spoke the message just as 105 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,360 he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a 106 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,360 rattling noise all across the valley. 107 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,360 The bones of each body came together and attached themselves 108 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,720 as complete skeletons. Verse 8 Then as I watched, the 109 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,120 muscles and flesh formed over the bone. 110 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,880 Then the skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had 111 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,840 no breath. In verse 9, Then he said to me, 112 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,680 Speak a prophetic message to the winds, Son of Man, speak a 113 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,880 prophetic message and say this is what the sovereign Lord says, 114 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,120 come, O breath from the four winds, breathe into these dead 115 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,160 bodies so that may live again. So I spoke the message as he 116 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,360 commanded and breathe into their bodies. 117 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,560 They all came to life and stood up on their feet a great army. 118 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,960 A fortnight ago, David actually mentioned about the dry bones 119 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,400 and I was sitting there. I just felt God. 120 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,240 So that's your foundational scripture. 121 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,720 And the dry bones in the scripture represent the lost out 122 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,880 there. Ezekiel represents us, the 123 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,840 mouthpiece, the messenger, the message that Ezekiel sharing to 124 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:09,200 the dry bones is US sharing the gospel truth, the lost. 125 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,040 And then he says the winds in the Scripture. 126 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,160 When you see the winds, the water, it typically refers to 127 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,440 Holy Spirit. We cannot do anything. 128 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,320 We cannot bring salvation to anyone, only God can. 129 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,840 Our words need to be partnered with the Holy Spirit. 130 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,280 And you can see in this text that Ezekiel was partnered with 131 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,360 God to speak the message to them. 132 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,800 The message was given, but without the direction of God. 133 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:42,400 He didn't have any life on them. But when God said go and speak 134 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,000 it and then he commanded it, Ezekiel listened, commanded it. 135 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,200 He partnered with the Word and he partnered with the Spirit of 136 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,880 God. And those dry bones came up in 2 137 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:57,720 bodies, and they stood on their feet, and there was a great 138 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,000 army. The the thing that he says is he 139 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,480 knows God so well. But his response was, O 140 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,720 sovereign Lord, only you alone know. 141 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,160 Again, O sovereign Lord, only you know alone out there who 142 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,320 will receive the gospel. Only you out there will know who 143 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,600 is right, ready for the picking. Only you will know what the 144 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,200 words to speak to that person, to the heart so they can receive 145 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,160 the gospel. It's not on our own effort, not 146 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,040 by our mind, not by our strength, but it's by the power 147 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,159 of the Spirit in us that breathes into them. 148 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:40,240 So how can we speak the message every day preparing ourselves? 149 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,520 I've got three points here. First point is, by knowing Him, 150 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,840 our intimacy is super important with God. 151 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,560 It is fundamental. I must say, just sharing the 152 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:57,520 good news because if you're surrounded by something, over 153 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,000 time you keep going there and going there. 154 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,080 Eventually your mouth starts speaking what you've been 155 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:06,480 around. It says in the Bible, in Luke 6, 156 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,080 I believe 45, says out of the overflow, the mouth speaks, 157 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:11,880 right? It's out of our time spent with 158 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,360 God. We start speaking these things 159 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,720 about who God is. It's like our hobbies. 160 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,280 It's like our friends, if we can hang around them enough, we 161 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,360 start to pick up their language, you start to pick up what 162 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,040 they're saying, we start to pick up their characteristics. 163 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,160 It's the same with us in the presence of God. 164 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,360 The people out there that are lost, the need to know who He is 165 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,040 and wear that sign. Our time spent with God, they 166 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:37,840 will see Him, not us, that will experience Him, not us. 167 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,000 The words that we speak will be His words and not our words. 168 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,800 So spending time is a fundamental thing for us to 169 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,600 share the gospel. Knowing him as He knows you. 170 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,600 Intimacy is into me, you see. So I want to encourage us. 171 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,840 Let's keep pushing into intimacy with God. 172 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,520 Because if we are pushing into intimacy with God, people will 173 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,960 see the face of God through us, that will see their hands and 174 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,480 feet at work when we start to go out and do these things. 175 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,320 So my question is, what are we giving ourselves to? 176 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,240 Ezekiel spent time with God. He heard God, he listened to 177 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,840 God. He was always ready to hear in. 178 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,840 In the whole book of Ezekiel, you see that he is listening to 179 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,160 God and obeying God. There are some crazy things and 180 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,480 some people call him the stuntman. 181 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,640 He does the things that a lot of people would be questionable 182 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,920 about in this day and age, but he didn't because he knew God. 183 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,160 He knew the intent of what the message was to the people of 184 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,560 Israel at the time. So he surrounded himself to God 185 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,600 and he gave himself to the things of God. 186 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:44,960 Are we listening to what God is speaking? 187 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,640 Simply, Ezekiel did not just listen, but he obeyed as well. 188 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,960 So we need to listen, but also need to be obedient to when he 189 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:53,480 says, hey, over there, go speak to them. 190 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,160 Oh, hey, over there, I want you to go just just pray for them. 191 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,800 Oh, hey, you know what? I just want you to come and draw 192 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,840 away from all of life's warriors around you and spend time with 193 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,520 me. And the third thing is, are we 194 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,480 letting God breathe upon what we speak? 195 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,120 See a moment of God. I said, Holy Spirit, speak upon 196 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,120 your word, because if I just said it, it would just be me 197 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,200 saying words. But the Holy Spirit brings life 198 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,800 to the work because His word is alive and active. 199 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:26,160 I can't bring this thing alive. I can't go, OK, come alive now 200 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,320 only by the power of the Holy Spirit. 201 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,040 It's not by my mind, not by my strength. 202 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,360 I keep saying that because it's by partnering with the Spirit 203 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:37,720 that these words will come alive and active and they will impact 204 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,840 the heart of the lost. That will impact our friends 205 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,080 that are lost, that are searching, that are hungry. 206 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,240 That will impact our family members that don't know the 207 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,920 gospel. That will impact the random 208 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,440 person on the street that we will encounter. 209 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,120 That will impact someone in this community centre that we're in 210 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,920 during the week. We might be here on hampers. 211 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,640 God is sending them through to us. 212 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,240 Are we ready to share the prophetic word? 213 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:04,360 Are we ready to let God breathe upon those words in Acts 826 and 214 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,240 30? I'll just get a little bit of a 215 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,000 prequel of what's going on here. Philip was the first evangelist 216 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,680 known in the book of Acts, and he was in a raving revival. 217 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,080 Things were happening, signs, wonders and miracles. 218 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,280 He preached the gospel people just giving their life to 219 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,160 Christ. But in verse 26, now the Angel 220 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,240 of the Lord said to Philip, rise and go towards the South, to a 221 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,880 road that goes down to Jerusalem, from Jerusalem to 222 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,120 Gaza. This is a desert, desert place. 223 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,040 And he rose and went, and there was an Ethiopian, a unique, a 224 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,360 court official of the candidates, the queen of 225 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,840 Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasures. 226 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,800 He had come to Jerusalem to worship. 227 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,680 Even in that scripture there, this guy, under what he knew of 228 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:55,040 the covenant that he was living in, he came to Jerusalem to 229 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,120 worship. He was coming to spend time with 230 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,320 God. He was coming to just praise him 231 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,560 and give him what he could. And he returned when he was 232 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,920 returning seat on the chariot, he was reading the prophet 233 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:14,640 Isaiah and the Spirit catch that the Spirit first Angel directed 234 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:19,760 him, but the Holy Spirit spoke and directed him to a further 235 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,160 point. He said go over there, join this 236 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,440 chariot. So Philip ran. 237 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,160 Can I ask that question? Are we running when God speaks 238 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,920 to go to those people or are we still going to be here? 239 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,960 You go right? I don't know. 240 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,400 Philip knew his relationship with God. 241 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,040 He knew the voice of the Holy Spirit and instantly reacted. 242 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:45,960 Suddenly he ran to the chariot and then Philip heard him 243 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,880 reading Isaiah the prophet and asked him, do you understand 244 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,080 what you're reading? I want to stop at that because 245 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,840 then this is where Philip unpacks what he's reading and 246 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,080 he's unpacking the gospel with him. 247 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,760 He's unpacking what Christ just did, crossed out on the cross, 248 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,720 but he came and died, but then he rose again. 249 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,040 This is the hope we have. This is the hope the message of 250 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,240 the gospel that we have. Philip was explaining to someone 251 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:15,320 on the road because the Holy Spirit directed him, because he 252 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,120 allowed his intimate moment to become a practical reality. 253 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:27,520 So again, our time in our with God is fundamental to sharing 254 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:34,360 the good news of the Gospel .2 knowing the gospel. 255 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,920 Do we know the gospel? Are we fluent in speaking the 256 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,160 gospel? Do we understand the gospel? 257 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,840 If you see on your seats, some seats, because I think some of 258 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,720 them have kind of misplaced, there is this thing called the 259 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,720 three circles. It's a tool to help you share 260 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,800 the gospel. It's not the only one, but it's, 261 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,680 it's simple because it's visual, but also there's a, there's a 262 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,480 communication aspect to it that you can have. 263 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,680 So the first circle you see here is God's plan and what I'm going 264 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,200 to do with this white board. This is why we have the white 265 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,960 board here is I'm going to draw it out a bit bigger so everyone 266 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:21,320 can see it. So we got this 1st circle, God's 267 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,920 perfect design. At the beginning, God created 268 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:30,360 everything and it was good. Nothing was broken, nothing was 269 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,720 decaying, everything was perfect and beautiful. 270 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,760 That was God's plan. Then. 271 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,560 Sin separated us from God's perfect plan, right? 272 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,640 Adam and Eve rebelled. They decide to eat the apple out 273 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,720 of God's love and mercy. Cast them out of the tree, from 274 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,680 the tree. And what we have here is a 275 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,880 broken world. We can agree we're living in a 276 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,200 fallen and broken world right now. 277 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,560 There are there are things that we should have been experiencing 278 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,640 because of the state of the fall, because of sin, 279 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,120 separation. So then that relationship, that 280 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,000 perfect relationship we had with God had been severed and we had 281 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,440 to do works and things to get back to it. 282 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,560 And so there's these little bungee cords that come out and 283 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,280 that's how it works. That's our effort, that's our 284 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,160 striving. That's us trying to get back 285 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,960 into the presence, trying to get into the relationship, trying to 286 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,760 build our ourselves up to be holy and righteous. 287 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:31,800 But we can't do that right then. God sent His Son, and that is 288 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,880 the plan, always been the plan. Jesus, who is God, came down to 289 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,200 earth, live that sinless and spotless life, showed us how to 290 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,040 have intimacy with the Father, to show us how to have a 291 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,160 relationship with him in the fallen state. 292 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,280 And then he died. He took all of humanity, sin 293 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,640 from past, present and future, all eternity. 294 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,760 The wrath of God was put on him. So sin has been dealt with. 295 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:02,160 Now those that believe this and in Romans 10 it says when you 296 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,960 believe in your heart and when you confess with your mouth, you 297 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,760 shall be saved. And when you believe in this, it 298 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,640 goes full circle to that because of Jesus Christ, you now have 299 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,560 right relationship with the Father again and with Christ. 300 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,280 Do you see that the three circles? 301 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,560 It's it's quite simple in visual picture. 302 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,160 And then there's some questions here when you're sharing, you 303 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,120 can go, which circle do you think you're in? 304 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,000 And most people go, oh, I think I'm here or I think I'm here. 305 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,320 The reality is we're all here without Jesus. 306 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,200 And so then you go, OK, which circle do you want to be in? 307 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,720 And they said, oh, I want to be in this one. 308 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,960 I really want to be in this one. So I said, and then you ask the 309 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,600 next following question. Is there anything stopping you 310 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,320 from turning from your sin and believing in Jesus? 311 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,080 And that's when that the robbery hits the road for everyone. 312 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,120 They have to go outdoor where they want Jesus. 313 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,920 Now there's moments and there's moments that I say no thanks and 314 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,320 that's it. From that moment you share the 315 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,600 gospel. Your responsibility has been 316 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,400 done. Their response, their way they 317 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,960 barrack you to is not on you. They're not rejecting you, 318 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,080 they're rejecting Christ. So you can't take that on when 319 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,880 you're sharing the good news of, of Christ. 320 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,360 You can't take on that. Maybe I didn't do it here. 321 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,880 I didn't do it whatever it looked like. 322 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,640 God's going to continue to bring people around to share the 323 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,920 gospel. We're not the end result for 324 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,040 someone's life. It's the Holy Spirit that brings 325 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,680 the freedom and the joy and the salvation through we water and 326 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,520 we plant. So if we're not confident in 327 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,760 sharing the gospel outside, there can be as bold as say, 328 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,320 right after we finish today, can you grab someone in this room 329 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,600 and share the gospel with them? Because we need to know God is 330 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,320 bringing people into hampers, bringing people into our 331 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,960 community groups, bringing people through the doors that we 332 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,240 don't. We're not sure if the gospel's 333 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,480 in US to speak to them, how they're going to hear the good 334 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,360 news, our friends and our family, the people who walk in 335 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,400 the street. If we haven't got it in US, how 336 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,240 can we share it so we can fumble through this together, where 337 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,800 this is a safe place, where family, we make mistakes, that's 338 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,040 fine because we're in here, we're learning together. 339 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,160 This is the training ground for us to be able to understand what 340 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,880 the gospel is, to be able to share and communicate it 341 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:33,120 clearly. See, in Romans 611 it says when 342 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,000 we're utterly helpless, Christ came just at the right time and 343 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,360 died for us sinners. Now, most people will not be 344 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,520 willing to die for an outright person, though someone might 345 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,960 perhaps be willing to die for a person who's especially good. 346 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,000 But God showed his great love by sending Christ to die for us. 347 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,440 Why? We're still sinners. 348 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,520 And since we mean right with God's sight by the blood of 349 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,960 Christ, he will certainly savor from God's condemnation. 350 00:19:56,360 --> 00:20:00,400 For our friendship with God was restored, or our relationship 351 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,520 with God restored by the death of His Son. 352 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,040 Why we're still enemies? We will certainly be saved 353 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,520 through the life of His Son. So now we can rejoice in our 354 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,400 wonderful new relationship with God because of our Lord Jesus 355 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,480 Christ who has made us friends with God, other versions say 356 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,760 reconciled us to God. Right there is the gospel. 357 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:26,320 When we were wayward sinners, enemies of God, He came, He died 358 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,000 in our position and place, and then it says He restored that 359 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,480 relationship. And now we have a hope to share 360 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,640 with people. David. 361 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:41,440 Read this out at the beginning of our prayer time this morning. 362 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:47,920 One Peter 315. Instead, you must worship Christ 363 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,120 as Lord of your life. And if someone asks you about 364 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:53,680 your hope as believers, always be ready to explain it. 365 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:02,360 First point knowing him. Second point, knowing the 366 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,160 gospel. And Third Point is sharing the 367 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,560 gospel. We spoke about sharing the 368 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,200 gospel, but again, it all comes from our overflow with God. 369 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,760 If we're not spending time, if we're not understanding his 370 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,360 voice or listening to his voice, I don't understand the gospel. 371 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:22,360 We can't share the gospel. And so through Ezekiel, I just 372 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:25,760 got a few examples of where it starts. 373 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,560 Right at the beginning of the chapter, Chapter 7, verse one to 374 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,200 two, it says, this is the message that came from me, from 375 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,480 the Lord, O Son of Man. This is what the sovereign Lord 376 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,320 says to Israel. And in chapter 35, verse one and 377 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,520 two, again a message came from me, from the Lord Son of man. 378 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,760 Turn your face to mount shear and prophecy against His people. 379 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:51,000 And then again Ezekiel 36 verse one, son of man prophesied to 380 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,920 the Israel's mountains. Give this message to the O 381 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,400 mountains, O Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 382 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:04,240 And again, Ezekiel 26 verse one on the 3rd or of February the 383 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:09,880 3rd during the 12th year of King Jehoiakim's captivity, this 384 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,480 message came from me, from the Lord. 385 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,000 Ezekiel had a message. We have a message. 386 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,680 And it wasn't just one chapter. It was majority of the chapters 387 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,560 began with and the Lord gave a message to Ezekiel or the Spirit 388 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,280 of God took me here. Oh Son of man prophesied to 389 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,840 them. There was a message every day. 390 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,920 Every moment is an opportunity for us to share the message and 391 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:40,200 we might miss it, and that's OK. Again, we're not perfect, but if 392 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,320 we're hearing God, we'll be able to be ready to share the gospel, 393 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,960 right? So the practical tips I've 394 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,920 mentioned here is the three circles, but it might not look 395 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:57,120 like going on the streets. It might not look like what 396 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,360 you've seen out there or people have shown you of evangelism. 397 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,080 It might be you have someone at your coffee table or you might 398 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,160 have them for dinner before you even have them start in prayer. 399 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,960 Holy Spirit, what is it that you want to say? 400 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,680 And when you're in the midst of the conversation with them, it's 401 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,320 never just you in the conversation. 402 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,480 Get God to come join with you. It's like you're having an 403 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,480 internal conversation while having an external conversation. 404 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,280 You're going, Lord, is there something you want to say to 405 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,560 them? Is there something that you 406 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,040 know? Is this the moment I share the 407 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,520 gospel with them? Are they ready? 408 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:40,840 Are they ripe? It's like Holy Spirit pausing 409 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,600 and allowing Holy Spirit to speak, not having your own 410 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,760 agenda, but letting him flow through you. 411 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,800 But that comes again back from your own time with Holy Spirit 412 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,320 comes again to hearing His voice. 413 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,640 Another way that Jesus did it was he sent them out in twos. 414 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,720 See Matthew Mark 6 verse 7 to 13. 415 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,960 He called the 12 disciples and began to send them out two by 416 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,880 two. He gave them authority over 417 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,840 unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing 418 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,920 for their journey except the staff. 419 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,040 No bread, no no bag, no money in their belts, but he to wear 420 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,280 sandals to put not on 2 tunics. And he said to them, whenever 421 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,440 you're into the house, stay there until you depart from 422 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,560 them. And if any place will not 423 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,400 receive you and they will not listen to you when you leave, 424 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,000 shake the dust from your feet as a testimony against them. 425 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,560 I mentioned that before. Some people won't receive the 426 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,880 gospel, and it's not our responsibility for them on how 427 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,000 they receive it. God has just said go and share 428 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,240 the gospel. We can't make them respond in a 429 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:50,920 certain way to it. That's how they're going to 430 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,400 respond. We're not the Savior. 431 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,040 Jesus is the Savior. And so when I look at that, I 432 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:00,560 go, OK, I've done what I've been called to do. 433 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,800 They've heard it whether they wanted to hear it, whether they 434 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,840 didn't hear it, I can't do anything about that now. 435 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,880 And thank God sends another one. Continue to pray for them, 436 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,840 continue to intercede on their behalf that they would that the 437 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,440 vial will be lifted, that they would hear that that other 438 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,480 people would come along and share the good news. 439 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,240 I just want to share a couple of testimonies or some stories of 440 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,880 me sharing the gospel with people and showing you the 441 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,080 reality that there is no success and there's no failure in how 442 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,520 you share the gospel. Because I feel like sometimes we 443 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,400 go hard and that wasn't successful. 444 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,720 What our success is completely different to what God's success 445 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,640 is. So some of you used to know that 446 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,280 I worked in the kitchen as a chef and that was a rock place 447 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,080 for the gospel. Awesome things were happening. 448 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,360 I remember I got saved in the kitchen and I remember my head 449 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:55,600 chef said to me, oh, you born again. 450 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,680 She spoke that over me and she didn't understand what she was 451 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,000 saying. She just knew there was a 452 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,880 difference in my life. And so that's what happened. 453 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,360 I started just sharing the gospel of people because I was 454 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,960 just so passionate. I've just been saved. 455 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,760 I was on. I was like, God, come on, you 456 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,320 can do it for anyone. And that's what we should be 457 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,240 like every day, right? I've been saved. 458 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,400 I was a Wretch. I was broken. 459 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,720 I was lost. I was I was in sin so deep, but 460 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,920 you said I want you and you brought me out of that into from 461 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,560 darkness into your marvelous light. 462 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,880 So this young kitchen hand had just started. 463 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,720 He come from a Catholic background and I just kept 464 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,040 talking to him about the gospel. This was a couple of weeks just 465 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,480 constantly. And then I play my worship music 466 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,000 on the speaker. Some people don't like it. 467 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,040 I still had bold enough to do it. 468 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,640 And he kept hearing the song Oh, come to the altar. 469 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,400 And that was it constantly just sharing the gospel over and 470 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,400 over. And then one night I was, it was 471 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,280 like a 12 hour shift. I was tired in my flesh and I 472 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,840 just wanted to get home to bed. 10:30 I'm walking out, he's 473 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,400 doing the bins, I'm walking past. 474 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,600 And I felt the nudging of the Holy Spirit say, turn around. 475 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:09,360 He wants me. And I went, OK, So I turned 476 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:13,040 around and I said to him, do you want the do you want Jesus? 477 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:18,080 He's like I do. I went, oh, and then he tells 478 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,440 me, actually last night I tried to commit suicide. 479 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,680 We never know someone's last link. 480 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,480 We never know the story behind someone's background because I 481 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,320 shared the gospel. There was a hope there for him 482 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,960 and he knew it. Even in that very moment. 483 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,360 He knew there was a hope for him. 484 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,800 Now. Was that success? 485 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,200 Was that failure to God that was success? 486 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,200 Could it look completely different on my end? 487 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,520 Another story where I shared the Gospel summit and they didn't 488 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,480 like it. They got really right up. 489 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,040 They started swearing in me, spitting on my face. 490 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,680 The reality is, was that a success. 491 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,960 Was that a failure? It was a success because I 492 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:04,560 shared the gospel. Their life was impacted, whether 493 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,280 it's in a negative way or a positive way. 494 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,920 Their life was impacted with the gospel. 495 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,320 When I was at this workplace, I work in a child care at the 496 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,400 moment, and there was a lady that came from Brazil over 497 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,800 there. Typically Christianity is just 498 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,320 what they're known for. So she's known about the gospel, 499 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,120 heard the gospel, She was not walking in the way. 500 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,760 So when I first came to the childcare, for two years, I kept 501 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,080 sharing the gospel over and over. 502 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,440 Still nothing. Was it success? 503 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,920 Was it failure? No, because the gospel had been 504 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,240 shared into their lives. It's not on me to see them come 505 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,800 through. It's amazing when God absolutely 506 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,240 gives us opportunity to see that. 507 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,400 And you can celebrate that and give glory to God on that. 508 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,560 But then out of that, weeks, weeks and weeks later, I was 509 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,080 just chatting with her and I was saying to her like, she walked 510 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,680 into work with a problem and an eye she couldn't see. 511 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,360 And I went, hey, can I pray for you? 512 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,720 She's like, OK, so I prayed for her and nothing happened. 513 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,120 And then she went to the doctor's surgery that day. 514 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,400 She was like, I'm going to the doctor's surgery. 515 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,480 She sat down in her seat Instantly she sat down. 516 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,480 God healed her. I, I didn't hear this story 517 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,040 until a week later. But The thing is, it's because 518 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:28,520 the gospel was preached. She heard the gospel signs and 519 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,800 wonders, miracles flowed. We hear that in the Scripture 520 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,400 that that is the evidence of the gospel being presented. 521 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,080 Signs, wonders and miracles flow. 522 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,880 Yes, salvation is in that, but God was trying to touch her life 523 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,200 by saying I still love you, I still care for you, I'm still 524 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,320 there for you. So when you share the gospel, be 525 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,360 ready to be praying for them as well. 526 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,640 If you see things, your Holy Spirit give them eyes to see 527 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,600 things that aren't in the natural so that you would you 528 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,400 have the glory that your Kingdom would come in the life that they 529 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,160 would receive you. I planted the gospel in them, 530 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,240 Lord, I've shown them what the gospel looks like by my life 531 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,560 displayed as well. I've told them about the hope 532 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:11,080 that I have now come and demonstrate it in their life. 533 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,960 So you're often when you're sharing the gospel, when you're 534 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,160 partnering with the Holy Spirit, you often get words of 535 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,400 knowledge. So you're just sharing. 536 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,040 You might get a picture, lean into that. 537 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,840 You might hear a word. Lean into that word because 538 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,240 that's the Spirit of God revealing something about that 539 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,320 person that you don't know. And that helps them soften their 540 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,240 heart to hearing the truth of the gospel too. 541 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,320 Because I go, oh, how do you know that? 542 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,640 Say, because the God that lives in me loves you, has given this 543 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,080 so they can share with you that you would come to know him 544 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,280 again, these signs, wonders, miracles, everything we do in 545 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:57,240 sharing the gospel, the stories, they're great, but God appointed 546 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,920 back to Jesus. That is the message that we're 547 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:01,360 sharing. It's not about, oh, look at the 548 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,760 wonders that he's doing. Look at the signs, look at the 549 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,240 stories, look at the amazing things. 550 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,800 Yes, glorifying for that, but bring it back to Jesus because 551 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,040 the ultimate thing is the message of Jesus. 552 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,440 So before we close, I just want to pray and I want to challenge 553 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,400 us on one thing as well. Thanks, Fortnite. 554 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,840 I want you to go back and pray and ask God who it is that you 555 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,320 need to share the gospel with and do it. 556 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,840 Suddenly the dry bones came to life. 557 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:43,000 Suddenly Philip ran. Suddenly. 558 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,320 When you hear God speak that person, call them. 559 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,360 Suddenly When you hear that name, pray. 560 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,120 Suddenly When you encounter that person, share it, Lord. 561 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,520 I ask right now that you give us courageous faith, bold faith, 562 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,840 that we'd step out and just be like Philip, just be like the 563 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:08,000 UNI that we were just on our way and then suddenly the gospel 564 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,160 comes out of our mouth, out of the overflow of our heart, Lord, 565 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,120 That we would be people found in your presence, people tarrying 566 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,920 in your presence because not for us, but for the people out there 567 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,480 as well, Lord, for us, yes, Lord, but for those to see the 568 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,480 reflection and the glory of who you are for what we represent is 569 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,600 you, Jesus, so that when our words come out, they would be 570 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,640 breathed upon by your Spirit. When our words come out, that 571 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,240 would be partnered with you, Holy Spirit, that we would be 572 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,000 able to share things that we don't even understand we're 573 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,000 saying because it's your power of your Holy Spirit coming and 574 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,760 speaking to that person. Lord, I pray for the anointing 575 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,760 over the words. I pray the hearts that are ready 576 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,440 to receive. It would be on our pathway that 577 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,920 we would be that divine appointment for them, that they 578 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,720 would see and taste that the Lord is good. 579 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,320 I pray that you would put the word in US. 580 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,640 They would help us be able to communicate it clearly with the 581 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,680 people that are around us even in this moment, Lord, that there 582 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,360 would be people that you would put in our hearts right now to 583 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,000 go, hey, I just want to fumble through how to share the gospel. 584 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,400 I want to learn how to do this because I know this is something 585 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,640 that God has said. It's in his great commandment to 586 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,360 go and make disciples. To make disciples. 587 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,280 I need to go and share the gospel, Lord. 588 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:25,360 So help me bring those people to our minds even in this week, 589 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,960 Lord, Bring them across our piles. 590 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,960 The coincidences that your hand at work, Lord. 591 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,960 So have the glory. Lord, may we see many people 592 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,160 come to know you, Jesus, through our lives, through the 593 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,680 influences, through the hampers, through our community groups, 594 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,200 through prayer, through our Sunday services. 595 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:50,200 May many come flocking in and may be ready to share you. 596 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,400 We pray these things in your mighty name, Jesus. 597 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:59,000 Thank. You, Daniel. 598 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,400 Thank you for joining us for today's message. 599 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,360 For more information about The Way Church, please visit 600 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,320 ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot AU. 601 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:09,639 Have a blessed day.