1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,000 Well, good morning. If you're here for the first 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,119 time, a warm welcome, It's great to have you. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:09,880 I've been on holiday for a couple weeks. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,880 It's nice to be back. Chris Venant was the man. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,160 We were meeting together in a flat on the other side of the 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,280 Amgani River in in Durban and there were ten of us sitting in 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,040 a room together and the spirit of God came upon him. 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,120 Afrikaans man grew up in Afrikaans family with a blue 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,170 collar working dad and he got radically saved. 10 00:00:31,770 --> 00:00:33,810 I think he was one of the first in his family to get a 11 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:37,850 university degree and he literally under the power of God 12 00:00:37,850 --> 00:00:39,770 said we need to plant churches gentlemen. 13 00:00:40,650 --> 00:00:45,010 And he literally went around our circle of friends and he said to 14 00:00:45,010 --> 00:00:46,250 Ashley Bell, where you going to go? 15 00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:48,890 And Ashley said I'll go to Pretoria and he said to Leon 16 00:00:48,890 --> 00:00:51,010 Bowles where you going to go? He said I'll go to Brisbane, He 17 00:00:51,010 --> 00:00:52,810 said to Loyster Frio. Where you going to go? 18 00:00:53,170 --> 00:00:55,450 He said I will go to Toronto. He said to Terry Krueger. 19 00:00:55,450 --> 00:00:57,540 Where you going to go? He said I'm going to go to in 20 00:00:57,540 --> 00:00:59,100 Pungenian. He said Rory, where you going to 21 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:00,460 go? I said I'm going to remain here 22 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:04,620 and from that. Group of friends. 23 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:12,100 We've planted 80 churches around the world and and one of the 24 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:14,620 reasons why I invite you is because we're all still friends, 25 00:01:14,740 --> 00:01:16,660 that we don't have a hierarchical structure. 26 00:01:17,260 --> 00:01:19,100 We have not dominated each other. 27 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:21,260 We've financed other people's plants. 28 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:23,420 We are not holding our resources. 29 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,340 We are sending them out to help other people. 30 00:01:25,340 --> 00:01:26,860 We're not trying to enrich ourselves. 31 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:30,830 Our salaries are under peak and so they're under control. 32 00:01:30,830 --> 00:01:32,750 So that our expenditure is not too high. 33 00:01:33,030 --> 00:01:36,470 And we when we use our finances to extend the Kingdom of God and 34 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:38,910 you part of that family and some of you don't even know why you 35 00:01:38,910 --> 00:01:41,950 part of that family. But so tonight you will find out 36 00:01:41,950 --> 00:01:45,030 with this passion inside of his heart for freedom. 37 00:01:45,550 --> 00:01:49,150 And we used to in worship. We used to stage dive. 38 00:01:49,550 --> 00:01:54,150 Now I know some of you at the back row that I can see you we 39 00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:56,830 but there was. Such a radical expression of 40 00:01:56,830 --> 00:02:00,670 worship because the church had got stuck into its rhythms and 41 00:02:00,670 --> 00:02:04,190 its and its expectations that one day we were in the Glenwood 42 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:06,670 High School Hall with this massive stage and I just saw 43 00:02:06,670 --> 00:02:11,350 these guys run up and race and just dive into the crowd and for 44 00:02:11,350 --> 00:02:12,190 about. Six months. 45 00:02:12,190 --> 00:02:15,870 We just used to see people stage dive as they express themselves 46 00:02:15,870 --> 00:02:17,630 in the freedom that Christ had brought to them. 47 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:20,350 I know if we did that here, some of you would leave the church. 48 00:02:20,830 --> 00:02:25,540 So. So we're not doing it yet, but 49 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:29,860 anything could happen. Yeah, yeah, you have to. 50 00:02:29,860 --> 00:02:32,500 Qualify you. You have to have an Afrikaans 51 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:37,700 name, you have to be over 60 and we'll make. 52 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:40,260 Sure, that the people. Catching you are very strong, 53 00:02:42,380 --> 00:02:43,580 but we. Invited a whole lot of our 54 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:46,020 friends to join us tonight. They're coming from Cape Town, 55 00:02:46,020 --> 00:02:48,140 they're coming from Durban, they're coming from Joburg. 56 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:51,100 And then tomorrow morning I just find one of my friends, Nico 57 00:02:51,140 --> 00:02:53,860 Funimova, who's a very dear friend of us who spoke at the 58 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:56,540 call conference. He's not just built an amazing 59 00:02:56,540 --> 00:02:59,060 business, but he built an amazing school called Edduplex. 60 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:01,980 So school for the deaf. And I just said to my friends, 61 00:03:01,980 --> 00:03:05,300 would you like to come and see how a man built the school on 62 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:07,740 his daily devotions? That every single person I 63 00:03:07,740 --> 00:03:10,460 invited, 38, said they would love to come. 64 00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:13,640 So tomorrow we're going through because God has added new 65 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,440 friends to us with new stories of God. 66 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,640 And we're going to go through tomorrow with Nico and my mates 67 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:22,480 and Durban and Zoberg and Cape Town are going to see how this 68 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,520 group of people is being used by God to extend the Kingdom. 69 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,320 Amen. So. 70 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,440 So it's a it's a happy time and then tomorrow nights is the 71 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,080 church that we came from is Glen Ridge. 72 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,280 All their elders are driving up and we are throwing a party for 73 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,960 them just to celebrate their 40 years. 74 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,960 So there's lots happening in the church. 75 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,150 Trust God. You're not just walking into a a 76 00:03:42,150 --> 00:03:45,150 new group of people in a cool building, and it is a cool 77 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:47,830 building, but it's actually, it's a 40 year history of 78 00:03:47,830 --> 00:03:51,150 sacrifice and of servant heartedness, and of of just 79 00:03:51,150 --> 00:03:54,030 living together and serving each other and giving meals to each 80 00:03:54,030 --> 00:03:58,950 other and looking after people. And yesterday I was in jail 81 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:03,350 visiting a member. Of this church and and you 82 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:06,630 realize you just built the Kingdom one person at a time 1 83 00:04:06,630 --> 00:04:10,750 broken person at a time many times you know and the court 84 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:13,420 case you've being seen as going on in New Zealand. 85 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:16,860 The father of those children sitting in this auditorium today 86 00:04:16,899 --> 00:04:20,899 and the brother of the lady on trial is sitting in this 87 00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:24,340 auditorium. And so we we trust in God, and 88 00:04:24,340 --> 00:04:27,140 we seeing miracles, and we seeing growth, and we seeing all 89 00:04:27,140 --> 00:04:30,220 these things but inside of the hearts of many people here is 90 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,660 deep. Brokenness and We are coming 91 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:35,900 together to worship God, and we keep declaring Jesus over you 92 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:37,900 and we keep declaring his goodness over you. 93 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:41,380 And we trust that if we stick together, God will eventually 94 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:43,340 win and have his way in your life. 95 00:04:43,380 --> 00:04:45,340 Amen. So that's who we are. 96 00:04:45,340 --> 00:04:47,860 Welcome to three CI. It's good to have you. 97 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:50,060 We we're going to preach on a guy called Barnabas. 98 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:52,300 I've actually, funny enough, I've preached through the book 99 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:54,460 of Acts many times. I've never preached on Barnabas 100 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:55,900 before. You've heard one or two things 101 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:57,780 about him. But if you can, turn with me to 102 00:04:57,780 --> 00:05:00,660 X11. Clint always calls me Barnabas, 103 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:04,140 but we'll see if I'm more like Barnabas or like Paul. 104 00:05:04,140 --> 00:05:07,500 Paul is the the driven guy. He's on a mission. 105 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:09,780 He wants to get the gospel to the ends of the world. 106 00:05:10,180 --> 00:05:12,220 And the question I always ask our staff is what is your 107 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:14,540 contribution to the Ford momentum of the Apostolic 108 00:05:14,540 --> 00:05:17,060 inheritance in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond? 109 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:21,140 If you think that was by chance, I can say it again. 110 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:23,860 What is your contribution to the Ford momentum or the Apostolic 111 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:25,860 inheritance in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond? 112 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:28,260 And Conrad just normally looks at me, says, can I make you 113 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:30,980 lunch? So, Conrad, I'm looking. 114 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:34,500 For something spiritual I'm going to get up and raise the 115 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:38,590 dead or preach on Jesus or see healings and miracles and and 116 00:05:38,590 --> 00:05:40,390 all the girls in the office like look at me and. 117 00:05:40,910 --> 00:05:43,310 Think we don't know what? You're saying, I'm saying, how 118 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:47,510 do we get this gospel out there? We read the book of Acts, but 119 00:05:47,510 --> 00:05:51,310 then we come across Barnabas. I met a guy today in the foyer, 120 00:05:51,550 --> 00:05:56,550 Simon Brace. The last time I met him was as a 121 00:05:56,550 --> 00:05:58,870 Baxlidden. Man in England 20 years ago 122 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:01,830 coming back to. Christ in the little church in 123 00:06:01,830 --> 00:06:04,590 England. I met him then we've got talking 124 00:06:04,590 --> 00:06:06,610 and I said about Matthew chapter. 125 00:06:06,610 --> 00:06:09,210 One, how God takes broken people and makes them better. 126 00:06:09,450 --> 00:06:11,090 And I met him in the foyer today. 127 00:06:11,450 --> 00:06:13,330 He's friends with one of the members of our church. 128 00:06:13,330 --> 00:06:16,290 He's married with five children. I preached on. 129 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:21,250 Go forth and multiply. He took me seriously. 130 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:26,930 He's got. Two master's degrees in theology 131 00:06:26,930 --> 00:06:28,770 and apologetics. He's about. 132 00:06:28,770 --> 00:06:32,250 To crypt my sermon. I'm terrified. 133 00:06:33,530 --> 00:06:35,990 But friends, what what? What will happen today? 134 00:06:35,990 --> 00:06:38,070 In in in 20 years time, where will you be? 135 00:06:38,510 --> 00:06:40,990 Where will you be every time when you come tonight and you 136 00:06:40,990 --> 00:06:44,190 realize that actually? God can use you and he can He 137 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:47,790 can ordain you and he can put his spirit upon you and he can 138 00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:49,870 send people all over the world. Amen. 139 00:06:51,030 --> 00:06:53,750 So let's have a look X 11, verse 19. 140 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:57,630 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution and 141 00:06:57,630 --> 00:07:01,590 connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and 142 00:07:01,590 --> 00:07:04,940 Antioch telling the message. Only to Jews. 143 00:07:05,820 --> 00:07:10,780 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyreni, went to 144 00:07:10,820 --> 00:07:13,980 Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks. 145 00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:21,100 Also, so you Greek oaks laka, most of the Greek oaks in our 146 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:25,180 church married porous. It's better for business. 147 00:07:28,260 --> 00:07:29,940 I can call them all out here for you. 148 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:31,820 Every Greek oak's got a poorer wife. 149 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,600 It's like, hey China, it's. For love and business, You know 150 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,240 what I'm saying? You get a wife. 151 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,080 And a business all thrown into one. 152 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:46,080 You know what? I'm saying you think I'm joking. 153 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,960 Hey, George. Hey, George. 154 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,800 And Nikko, what is your wife's name? 155 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,520 They went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks, also telling 156 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,400 them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 157 00:08:01,130 --> 00:08:04,130 The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people 158 00:08:04,130 --> 00:08:09,090 believed and turned to the Lord. Just some of them went. 159 00:08:09,770 --> 00:08:12,970 Just just some of them, Say some of them not. 160 00:08:13,050 --> 00:08:15,050 Not Rory. Not Chris Venant. 161 00:08:15,410 --> 00:08:18,770 Not Leon Bowles. Not just some of them, Just some 162 00:08:18,770 --> 00:08:22,690 of them. Went not guys who were elders in 163 00:08:22,690 --> 00:08:24,970 the church. Not guys who spent 30 years 164 00:08:24,970 --> 00:08:27,450 serving. Jesus, just some of them, went 165 00:08:28,490 --> 00:08:31,730 you, Sir, you man, you sitting in the second. 166 00:08:31,730 --> 00:08:34,770 To back row you. Simon Brace, who's got a double 167 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:37,970 theology degree and masters. And working into 8 campuses in 168 00:08:37,970 --> 00:08:41,530 South Africa, just some of them went trusted God. 169 00:08:43,409 --> 00:08:46,330 So this church starts to grow news of this. 170 00:08:46,330 --> 00:08:48,810 Reached the ears of the church at Antioch. 171 00:08:49,010 --> 00:08:53,690 That was the base church, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 172 00:08:55,290 --> 00:08:58,710 This incredible scripture. This church is starting to grow. 173 00:08:58,910 --> 00:09:06,590 It's full of Greeks and they decided, who should we send? 174 00:09:06,590 --> 00:09:09,790 We've got Peter. We've, we, we we've got John, 175 00:09:09,790 --> 00:09:13,590 We've got Matthew, we've got Steven, we've got all these. 176 00:09:13,590 --> 00:09:15,910 Guys that are qualified. Who should we send? 177 00:09:15,910 --> 00:09:19,230 Which guy should we send there? We're going to send Barnabas. 178 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:25,030 Why? Why does a church need Barnabas? 179 00:09:25,650 --> 00:09:28,410 Well, let's look about look at Let's look at Barnabas X chapter 180 00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:30,290 4. Let's have a look at X chapter 4 181 00:09:30,690 --> 00:09:36,970 and verse 36 and 37. It says Joseph and Levi from 182 00:09:36,970 --> 00:09:40,770 Cyprus whom the. Apostles called say it. 183 00:09:42,130 --> 00:09:44,290 Which means, son of encouragement. 184 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:48,490 Say that with me. Son of encouragement, About six 185 00:09:48,490 --> 00:09:50,490 weeks ago we had the Headmaster of Meritsburg. 186 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:54,160 College, sitting here and every. Time my son played rugby last 187 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,080 year. I used to write to the 188 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,720 headmasters of the schools hosting us, and I'd say thank 189 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,160 you so much for hosting us this. Is what I loved about your 190 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,120 school. This is where I saw the grace of 191 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,560 God working, and through that letter that I wrote to me, 192 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,680 became my friend. He invited me to preach in his 193 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,520 school. And then he stayed back one day 194 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:09,720 after they played office. And he. 195 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,080 Came to church here. He got up and greeted us. 196 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,800 He sent me a picture from Queens College. 197 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,120 Queens College is in Queenstown. It is the. 198 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,800 Most transformed school in South Africa, it is the most. 199 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,280 Successful reform school in South Africa. 200 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,840 You'll see articles on Queens. College You'll see Queens 201 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,760 College rugby team. It is the IT is a Model C church 202 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,960 school that has become. Black, fully black, integrated 203 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,800 and highly successful and the headmaster. 204 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,800 Of Marysburg College sent me a photograph with himself in it, 205 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,280 and behind there, the donors and the founder donor. 206 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:49,440 The main founder donor of that school was Ian Dyer, my dad. 207 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,260 Was a Queens college old boy. And he said that I've never 208 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:55,500 missed my dad so much as I did on Friday. 209 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:56,940 I eventually. Had to leave the. 210 00:10:57,340 --> 00:11:00,460 And I went home and I just sobbed and I thought, I am the 211 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:05,580 son of Ian Dyer, who was the original seed planter into a. 212 00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:08,140 School that is transforming this nation. 213 00:11:11,380 --> 00:11:14,140 The son of Ian. But when they needed somebody to 214 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:16,780 go to the church, they called. They've called for the son of 215 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:21,170 Say It encouragement. My, my dad was the greatest. 216 00:11:21,930 --> 00:11:23,810 I don't want to just be known as the son of Ian. 217 00:11:23,890 --> 00:11:28,010 I want to be known as the son of encouragement that when the man 218 00:11:28,370 --> 00:11:32,130 whose children were killed in New Zealand comes to our church, 219 00:11:32,170 --> 00:11:33,970 and sometimes. Sits in the shadows. 220 00:11:34,170 --> 00:11:37,450 Of the back row of this church because he doesn't want anybody 221 00:11:37,450 --> 00:11:39,370 to see him. I want him to come here and 222 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:41,830 receive. Not not. 223 00:11:41,990 --> 00:11:46,470 A Not a personality of a. Preacher who's excited The fact 224 00:11:46,470 --> 00:11:52,430 that Jesus Christ died for him and in his deepest pain, as 225 00:11:52,550 --> 00:11:56,990 Jesus was squeezed, as the Father squeezed him, that the 226 00:11:57,030 --> 00:12:02,990 pain of the squeezing of Christ. Is greater than the pain that 227 00:12:02,990 --> 00:12:08,050 he's going through right now. And somewhere that courage of 228 00:12:08,050 --> 00:12:10,730 the blood of Christ will start to run into his veins. 229 00:12:10,890 --> 00:12:15,050 I've got friends here that right now on medication for burnout. 230 00:12:15,050 --> 00:12:16,410 They have had nervous breakdowns. 231 00:12:16,410 --> 00:12:19,530 They're sitting here on mental health medication, and they've 232 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:23,170 got to sit under the word to know that Jesus will encourage 233 00:12:23,170 --> 00:12:24,970 them, Jesus will stand with them. 234 00:12:25,210 --> 00:12:29,290 Jesus will eventually heal them. They don't have to give up and 235 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:32,450 they don't have to kick out and they don't have to run away. 236 00:12:43,290 --> 00:12:48,050 And I lost my best Afrikaans friend in a Combine Harvest 237 00:12:48,050 --> 00:12:49,610 accident. And there's a man here today. 238 00:12:49,610 --> 00:12:51,770 He is. He was friends and I was friends 239 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,410 and him and I have never been friends. 240 00:12:53,850 --> 00:12:55,170 We just never connect. We just. 241 00:12:55,170 --> 00:12:58,090 Have no child, but he's here this morning because we share a 242 00:12:58,090 --> 00:13:01,970 common friend. And if anything, I just hope 243 00:13:01,970 --> 00:13:06,100 today Karate get encouraged. Just to keep going. 244 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:08,820 I miss my friends sometimes. We used to go to a restaurant, 245 00:13:08,820 --> 00:13:10,500 sort of. Two or three times a year and 246 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,620 have a stay together. I'll go there by myself 247 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:14,500 sometime. I just sit there, just think of 248 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,300 my mate. My Afrikaans made it, put his 249 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:18,140 arm around me and said come Engels man. 250 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:20,060 Once come fit today. Yes, the fat. 251 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:29,330 What do you need friends you lacking? 252 00:13:29,730 --> 00:13:33,450 Today you don't know what to do. You're in the right place. 253 00:13:34,410 --> 00:13:36,810 It's fine to have Paul on the mission who's going to go and 254 00:13:36,810 --> 00:13:39,610 change the world, but sometimes we just need to stop and say 255 00:13:39,610 --> 00:13:42,010 hey. It's going to be OK. 256 00:13:42,010 --> 00:13:45,250 It's going to be all right, your kids. 257 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:48,970 Are going to be OK. It's going to be OK. 258 00:13:49,690 --> 00:13:51,770 I've got. Stories about gay children. 259 00:13:52,170 --> 00:13:55,490 I've got stories about drugs and Alcoholics. 260 00:13:55,490 --> 00:13:58,170 I've got stories about divorced people getting healed. 261 00:13:58,450 --> 00:14:00,730 Just keep coming. We'll preach Jesus now. 262 00:14:00,730 --> 00:14:03,010 Whatever it is, you'll eventually find enough courage. 263 00:14:03,860 --> 00:14:08,180 Stand. There's a church in Antioch. 264 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:09,860 It's starting. To grow, who should we send? 265 00:14:09,860 --> 00:14:11,580 Let's send the guy who's going to encourage them. 266 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:14,540 It's going to build them up. Amen. 267 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:21,380 And it says he sold the field he owned and bought the money and 268 00:14:21,380 --> 00:14:23,860 put it at the Apostles feet. He didn't say where the money 269 00:14:23,860 --> 00:14:26,060 should go. He just bought the he sold the 270 00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:28,460 field and he just put it at the Apostles feet. 271 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:31,820 And he said, you leaders decide where this money goes because 272 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:41,830 this piece of land is spare. Love is generous, love is just 273 00:14:41,830 --> 00:14:46,430 generous and anything extra that we that we we we don't have to 274 00:14:46,430 --> 00:14:49,190 say for our grandchildren's, grandchildren's, grandchildren. 275 00:14:49,750 --> 00:14:53,710 We've got people in the church that are needy and and we just 276 00:14:53,710 --> 00:14:55,510 need. People to sometimes dispose of 277 00:14:55,510 --> 00:14:58,590 their assets and bring it to the apostles and say, will you 278 00:14:58,590 --> 00:15:00,110 distribute this amongst the church? 279 00:15:00,270 --> 00:15:02,890 That's the kind of people that look after the church, just 280 00:15:02,890 --> 00:15:08,770 generous people. Man was sitting here the other 281 00:15:08,770 --> 00:15:12,610 day, Robert Owen with a puffer jacket on. 282 00:15:13,130 --> 00:15:15,490 And the lady walked up to him and said, can you open your 283 00:15:15,490 --> 00:15:18,330 jacket? And he said, why? 284 00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:20,010 She said, I just want to open the jacket. 285 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:23,170 You know the store, you opened the jacket and she put one and a 286 00:15:23,170 --> 00:15:25,890 half million rands worth of gold coins in, did the jacket up. 287 00:15:25,890 --> 00:15:27,850 And she said that's to help you with this thing. 288 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:32,080 You know what this thing is? This thing is people that are 289 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,040 have lost their children. This thing is people that have 290 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,240 lost their jobs. This thing is people that have 291 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,720 lost their families. This thing is people that have. 292 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,720 Thank you. Thank you. 293 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,520 Ex Captain, are you with me? Welcome. 294 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:56,880 It's nice to see you. Yo, I'd love. 295 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:02,170 To be known as a son of encouragement anytime anybody 296 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:05,250 comes into my presence that they would leave with something and 297 00:16:05,250 --> 00:16:10,570 so not, not, not, not positivity, not positivity. 298 00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:14,450 It's going to be OK. It's going to be OK. 299 00:16:17,730 --> 00:16:20,250 Paul gets saved. He's a radical anti church guy 300 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:24,130 anti Jesus guys breathing out threats and the verse 26 of X 301 00:16:24,130 --> 00:16:28,360 Chapter 9 and says this. When he came to Jerusalem he 302 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:33,000 tried to join the disciples but they were all afraid of him not 303 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,040 believing that he really was a disciple but say it. 304 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,440 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. 305 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,200 He told them how soul on his journey had seen the Lord and 306 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,160 that the Lord had spoken to him and how in Damascus he had 307 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,600 preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 308 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,200 Sometimes we just need somebody to introduce us to somebody, so 309 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,020 we need. Or somebody to take a chance 310 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:03,100 with us? Why am I inviting you tonight? 311 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,180 Because I love Chris Venut. I don't. 312 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:07,339 Hear I worship him, I don't glorify. 313 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:09,700 But I do honor him because he's the man. 314 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:12,540 That looked at me and said you. God's called you to preach and I 315 00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:15,460 had a business lined up and my dad was going to put me into his 316 00:17:15,460 --> 00:17:18,060 business and he owns 7 petrol stations and I was. 317 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:19,540 Going to grow the family business. 318 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,300 And Chris Venut looked at me. Said God's. 319 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:25,440 Called you to preach, young man. And I said, but I've never read 320 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,839 the Bible. He says this Sunday you're 321 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:30,960 preaching. You could have done this. 322 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,960 And I preached my first sermon, and he said well. 323 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,120 You could have done that. Three weeks later I preached 324 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,960 another sermon and he said. That was so good. 325 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,600 You're preaching again tonight. I said, Chris, I've got nothing 326 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,320 to say, he said. Then you better find something 327 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,040 and. In those days we used to still 328 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:43,640 have those telephones. I phoned them and I said I've 329 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,400 got 10 minutes. That's all I've got, he said 330 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:51,600 Then. And I preached for 10 minutes. 331 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,240 Make it the best 10 minutes you've got. 332 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,680 And I stood up in a congregation of 1000. 333 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,190 That's all I had. And I stepped down and he got up 334 00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:57,030 and he said, you know what, I. Loved about Rory's. 335 00:17:57,030 --> 00:18:00,150 Preach these three. And he took 30 minutes to build 336 00:18:00,150 --> 00:18:05,310 a sermon around my 10 minutes. You know I want you to come 337 00:18:05,310 --> 00:18:08,310 tonight. Because Barnabas was reflected 338 00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:10,870 in Chris Venant's life. That affected my life. 339 00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:16,990 That is affecting your life. That is affecting Steven's life. 340 00:18:21,210 --> 00:18:23,570 And when Steven preaches that we preach together for 10 years. 341 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:25,810 I don't think in 10 years I've ever corrected. 342 00:18:25,810 --> 00:18:28,850 And have I, Steven? I don't think so every single 343 00:18:28,850 --> 00:18:30,410 Tuesday. Steven, this is what I loved 344 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:32,610 about your preach. This is what I loved about your 345 00:18:32,610 --> 00:18:34,570 preparation. This is what I loved about the 346 00:18:34,570 --> 00:18:36,610 stories you told. We've got to have somebody who 347 00:18:36,610 --> 00:18:40,210 can take you to the next step while everybody else is dodging 348 00:18:40,210 --> 00:18:44,010 you. Amen. 349 00:18:46,770 --> 00:18:51,090 So let's have a look at X11. Few more stories. 350 00:18:51,090 --> 00:18:55,130 I hope you're with me. Verse 22. 351 00:18:55,250 --> 00:18:58,890 News of this reached the ears of the Church of Jerusalem, and 352 00:18:58,890 --> 00:19:02,170 they sent Barnabas to Antioch when he. 353 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:07,730 Arrived and he saw. The evidence of the grace of God 354 00:19:08,330 --> 00:19:13,050 Say that he saw the evidence of the grace of God. 355 00:19:14,330 --> 00:19:18,010 He was glad and he encouraged them. 356 00:19:18,010 --> 00:19:20,330 Of course he encouraged them, so he. 357 00:19:20,330 --> 00:19:24,050 Ever did. He encouraged people, he was 358 00:19:24,050 --> 00:19:26,730 glad and he encouraged. Them all to remain true to the 359 00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:28,890 Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man. 360 00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:31,930 Full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of. 361 00:19:31,930 --> 00:19:35,210 People were brought to the Lord. That has probably been the most 362 00:19:35,210 --> 00:19:37,450 influential scripture in my ministry life. 363 00:19:37,930 --> 00:19:40,530 When he arrived, he saw the grace of God. 364 00:19:41,730 --> 00:19:44,010 You know, friends. We are trained to find the 365 00:19:44,010 --> 00:19:47,710 fault, every one of us. If you're an engineer, you will 366 00:19:47,710 --> 00:19:50,070 go through a structure and you'll find with the weaknesses 367 00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:52,070 and you'll make sure that the weakness gets fixed. 368 00:19:53,070 --> 00:19:54,630 If you're an eye doctor and there are. 369 00:19:54,630 --> 00:19:56,990 Doctors here. I had some problems with my eyes 370 00:19:57,190 --> 00:19:59,750 and I went to the eye doctor. He's sitting here and he looked 371 00:19:59,750 --> 00:20:01,270 at my eyes, he said. Actually, you've got a. 372 00:20:01,270 --> 00:20:03,510 Rash on the top of your things that they they off, that you're 373 00:20:03,510 --> 00:20:09,530 trained to find the fault. But I don't know if you know 374 00:20:09,530 --> 00:20:12,450 that that eye doctor. Also makes salt pepper grinder, 375 00:20:12,450 --> 00:20:15,490 so when we did the salt series, I'll get these beautiful salt 376 00:20:15,490 --> 00:20:16,650 grinders. Made by the eye. 377 00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:18,010 And I think the eye guy is just an. 378 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,890 Eye guy, but he's actually a Carpenter too. 379 00:20:20,810 --> 00:20:27,050 The evidence of God's. Grace is everywhere and and and. 380 00:20:27,170 --> 00:20:29,650 And if you're a teacher, you'll go through your students and 381 00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:32,290 you'll write a report about not just what they've done well, but 382 00:20:32,290 --> 00:20:35,290 what they've done wrong. When Barnabas arrived there, he. 383 00:20:35,290 --> 00:20:38,050 Just expressed the. Evidence of God's grace. 384 00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:43,550 And and you and our friends are fault finders. 385 00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:46,710 You can come here. You say the worships too loud, 386 00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:49,790 the worships too long. The preachings to this Rory's to 387 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:51,710 that. You can come and find the fault. 388 00:20:51,870 --> 00:20:55,470 I've got plenty faults. Or you can come and think, flip 389 00:20:55,470 --> 00:20:58,470 God, can you use an English guy who grew up in the. 390 00:20:58,470 --> 00:21:01,270 Free State went to. School in Natal to come to 391 00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:11,700 Pretoria to preach the gospel. When I was a schoolboy, my dad 392 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,820 bought a We went to nail spread Worst school, Rob Ferreira. 393 00:21:14,820 --> 00:21:16,860 We played against them. You know the story. 394 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:19,660 We went into nail spread worst school dining room and the whole 395 00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:21,860 school burst out laughing and a little boy came across. 396 00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:23,820 He said Vista kapta and I said eckers de Kapta. 397 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:26,940 And he said Oskaaptain Will Viet Hukumela, Stitanissa machela 398 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:29,260 yet? Van Dahni, why are your props 399 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:32,100 not eating with you? They were eating. 400 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:40,400 They were just small. Actually, it's safe for Yo 401 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,280 Captain Yostatar Khan Bayasoir Clay Funder Fund owns Young 402 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,560 Lighty, Engelsmann Khanyala OP Thunder. 403 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,360 But my dad bought a timeshare unit at Sabie River Bungalows in 404 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,840 1988, and they've been going there ever since. 405 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,660 And I went there this week. And we were driving to Cruscorp 406 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:08,100 and I saw a little sign that says Church Unlimited. 407 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:10,940 And you know from that rugby tournament that we planted a 408 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:13,420 church in White River, God told me I must plant a church in 409 00:22:13,420 --> 00:22:14,940 White River. We planted a church in White 410 00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:16,700 River. That church from White River has 411 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,340 now planted a church in Hazy View. 412 00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:21,340 This time last Sunday, I walked into the church in Hazy view 413 00:22:21,780 --> 00:22:24,100 that was planted from the church that we planted from my 414 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:27,060 schoolboy rugby tour. And I'm staying at the bungalow 415 00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:32,300 that my dad bought in 1988. And I walk into this church and 416 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,340 I'm studying Barnabus and I'm thinking. 417 00:22:34,590 --> 00:22:37,030 I don't want to know if the hall is clean or dirty. 418 00:22:37,030 --> 00:22:38,910 I don't want to know. I just want to see the evidence 419 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:41,470 of God's grace. And I. 420 00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:43,590 Walked in there and there was a guy sitting down. 421 00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:48,190 He's a big oak sitting around and he said Velcrom Maymart say 422 00:22:48,190 --> 00:22:51,550 donkey, Maymart says your ears. The kid. 423 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:54,790 I say yeah. And I walked in and I sat in the 424 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:58,270 back row and then then I could see this sort of rustle. 425 00:23:00,750 --> 00:23:02,950 Maybe they recognize me or something. 426 00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:05,330 Somebody came and said hi. I said hi. 427 00:23:05,330 --> 00:23:10,290 I said how are you? I said I'm fine. 428 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:16,930 I said where you from? I said where do you think I said 429 00:23:16,930 --> 00:23:18,570 you're from Pretoria. I said I might be. 430 00:23:18,570 --> 00:23:21,770 I said, could you be? I said yes. 431 00:23:21,770 --> 00:23:27,770 I said welcome Rory. I said thank you, and I sat 432 00:23:27,770 --> 00:23:30,930 through the worship. Of this 2829 year old girl and I 433 00:23:30,930 --> 00:23:33,230 would have thought. Somewhere, when she was six or 434 00:23:33,230 --> 00:23:35,830 seven, her parents would have sent her to guitar lessons 435 00:23:36,150 --> 00:23:39,350 because they would have known somehow that one day, in a 436 00:23:39,350 --> 00:23:41,390 little church in Hazy view, they're going to need. 437 00:23:41,390 --> 00:23:43,750 A worship leader. And so I didn't ask was she in 438 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:45,190 key or not in key. I just sat. 439 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:47,990 And I just worshiped, and the presence of God touched me and 440 00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:50,670 filled me. I just sat in the background. 441 00:23:50,670 --> 00:23:54,590 I just sobbed and I just felt this girl, this. 442 00:23:54,590 --> 00:23:56,870 Young girl, 28 years old on a guitar. 443 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,500 Just leading worship. Believing every single. 444 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,180 Word that she said. Because the. 445 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:05,500 Evidence of the grace of God was present in a little. 446 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:10,340 Church in hazy view. That guy's out of. 447 00:24:10,660 --> 00:24:12,460 This guy's don't. Worry about that. 448 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:15,900 And the man got up to preach and. 449 00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:18,940 His name is Marius. And his daughter plays in our 450 00:24:18,940 --> 00:24:19,740 band. She's the. 451 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:22,420 Violinist and his son comes to this church. 452 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:23,940 And I thought I want to know how. 453 00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:27,620 And and I just sat there. And I had my notebook out, which 454 00:24:27,620 --> 00:24:29,100 was actually given to me by Nico. 455 00:24:29,340 --> 00:24:31,300 And I was taking notes, and I was agreeing. 456 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,140 With him and he. Believed everything he said. 457 00:24:33,420 --> 00:24:36,300 And as he held the Bible, I just loved the way I love it when 458 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:37,420 people. Preach on the Bible. 459 00:24:37,420 --> 00:24:38,700 It doesn't. Mean you have to preach on the 460 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:39,940 Bible. But just the way. 461 00:24:39,940 --> 00:24:42,740 He handled the Bible. Was just I saw the evidence of 462 00:24:42,740 --> 00:24:47,420 God's grace. And then they offered me coffee. 463 00:24:47,420 --> 00:24:50,140 And I had an amazing and when I left there, I got into my car. 464 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:52,300 I thought the presence of God is there. 465 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,160 I want to send people and we used. 466 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,480 We got trained to go into. Churches and tell them what was 467 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,000 wrong. The guy. 468 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,920 At the door. Is not friendly enough. 469 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,680 The worship guards are not engaged. 470 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,440 In it and we tell people what now I. 471 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,800 Just go into church and I say. These are the 10 things where I 472 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:17,710 saw. God working, you arrived one 473 00:25:17,710 --> 00:25:21,390 Sunday with your. Family couple weeks after we 474 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:25,090 came, you sat in the 2nd row. You, you, you have been through 475 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:27,970 highs and lows in your business. You have never missed a service. 476 00:25:27,970 --> 00:25:29,410 When you in town. Never. 477 00:25:29,650 --> 00:25:30,330 You have. Never. 478 00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:33,530 Stopped loving your wife. Your children are all serving 479 00:25:33,530 --> 00:25:34,570 God. Your. 480 00:25:34,570 --> 00:25:36,930 Grandparenting is of another level. 481 00:25:37,210 --> 00:25:39,690 Your life of prayer and faith and your business has been 482 00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:42,210 unbelievable. You have a superb gift. 483 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:45,370 Of encouragement over people's. Lives and with through your 484 00:25:45,370 --> 00:25:47,730 difficult times. You have helped people through 485 00:25:47,730 --> 00:25:49,170 many many. Difficult times. 486 00:25:49,370 --> 00:25:51,730 You are a good man. You are a righteous. 487 00:25:51,730 --> 00:25:54,290 Man, you are full of the holy. Spirit and is a. 488 00:25:54,290 --> 00:26:06,450 Privilege to serve God with you. You see why they sent Barnabas 489 00:26:07,570 --> 00:26:11,970 just a good arc. Then there's an amazing thing. 490 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:14,170 If you look at X13, if you can just put the scriptures up 491 00:26:14,170 --> 00:26:17,050 quickly, one after the next. While they were worshipping the 492 00:26:17,050 --> 00:26:19,370 Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit set aside for me, say 493 00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:22,130 Barnabas and Saul next Scripture. 494 00:26:22,650 --> 00:26:26,010 Barnabas and Saul. Say Barnabas and Saul next 495 00:26:26,010 --> 00:26:29,650 Scripture. Oh, oh, oh, oh. 496 00:26:29,690 --> 00:26:39,890 Next 10. Oh, oh, the motion, The motion. 497 00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:43,490 Rory and Stephen. Rory and Stephen. 498 00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:45,250 Rory and Stephen. Rory and Stephen. 499 00:26:45,530 --> 00:26:47,330 And then we're going to do series is going to be Stephen 500 00:26:47,330 --> 00:26:51,610 and Rory and then how do? You feel Rory? 501 00:26:54,490 --> 00:26:56,850 How do you feel when Stephen starts preaching better than 502 00:26:56,850 --> 00:26:58,490 you? Because that's what happened. 503 00:26:58,530 --> 00:27:01,130 Barnabas was the main guy and Paul was the 2nd and then it 504 00:27:01,130 --> 00:27:04,590 went Paul and Barnabas. And then a little bit later, 505 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:07,430 goes Barnabas and Paul again. And then goes Paul and Barnabas 506 00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:10,990 you see in the world. That's a demotion in the church. 507 00:27:10,990 --> 00:27:22,870 That doesn't matter. Yeah, X15, we'll finish with 508 00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:24,550 this. There's a whole lot more, but 509 00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:30,350 let's have a look. X15 and verse 36. 510 00:27:30,350 --> 00:27:34,310 Sometime later Paul said to Barnabas, let us go back and 511 00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:37,190 visit the brothers and all the towns where we preach the word 512 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:38,710 of the Lord and see how they're doing. 513 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:46,230 Barnabas wanted to take John, or so-called Mark with them, but 514 00:27:46,230 --> 00:27:49,470 Paul did not think it wise to take him because he had deserted 515 00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:52,520 them in Pamphilia. See, pulls on a roll. 516 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,160 Now we're going to get to the ends of the earth and Barnas is 517 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,160 saying hey, but there's some oaks you're taking strange and 518 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,200 we've got no worry about that. We got to get to the end of the 519 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,200 world. But but Paul did not think it 520 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,600 wise to take him because he had deserted in Perfilia. 521 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,040 And had not continued with them in the work. 522 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,400 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted 523 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,640 company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed 524 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,960 for Cyprus, the Greek Oaks, but Paul chose Silas and left. 525 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,390 Commended by the brothers to the Grace. 526 00:28:21,390 --> 00:28:23,750 Of the Lord Friends, you can actually have sharp. 527 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:27,470 Disagreements in the church, we can actually disagree. 528 00:28:27,550 --> 00:28:29,470 Hopefully we don't part company, but we. 529 00:28:29,470 --> 00:28:32,870 Can part company. You are not committed to three 530 00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:35,150 CR for the rest of your life. That's the good news. 531 00:28:35,470 --> 00:28:38,270 There might be some things about me that you don't like and we 532 00:28:38,270 --> 00:28:39,990 will part. Company and you will not lose 533 00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:43,030 your inheritance. Your inheritance is not linked 534 00:28:43,030 --> 00:28:44,830 to three CR. Your inheritance is linked to 535 00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:47,120 Jesus. And say if we have a sharp 536 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,160 disagreement and you come and you say to me, really I don't 537 00:28:49,160 --> 00:29:11,600 like this. And God double s up his mission 538 00:29:11,600 --> 00:28:51,160 on a disagreement. I say, but I do like this, but I 539 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,200 don't like this, but I do like this, I cannot say to you, if 540 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,840 you leave here, you're going to lose your inheritance. 541 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,840 That's what some churches say, you can't lose your inheritance. 542 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,320 Your inheritance is linked to Jesus. 543 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,120 So if there are things that you don't like about us and we end 544 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,360 up partying company, what God usually says is Paul right or is 545 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,720 Barnabas right, you actually realize they were both. 546 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,880 And so that's just the life and and actually you see more and 547 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,280 more about Paul and less and less about Barnabas. 548 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,440 But let's have a look at Colossus chapter. 549 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,720 Four and we see. Why did Barnabas act like this, 550 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,680 my fellow prisoner Aristoke? Sends you his greetings, as does 551 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,840 Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. Then you think, whoa, my cousin, 552 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,560 he's my cousin. That's how the Greek oaks 553 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,760 operate. Why you look after him? 554 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:40,800 We've got the mission. He says. 555 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,580 No, it's my cousin. So how's he your cousin? 556 00:29:44,580 --> 00:29:46,940 Well, my grandmother and his aunt were together at school. 557 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:53,980 Is my cousin. So why's the Greeks? 558 00:29:53,980 --> 00:29:55,300 The chin is my cousin. You chin. 559 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,540 How they they can't tell you how, but my cousin. 560 00:29:58,420 --> 00:30:00,820 And then the poras have got another whole lot of cousins. 561 00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:03,380 So they marry in and they're like, now you've got like a 562 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:06,420 Greek pora cousin operation. And there are a lot of them in 563 00:30:06,420 --> 00:30:07,860 the church. We got to be careful. 564 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:13,230 But these oaks haven't met the croplis all cousins problem as 565 00:30:13,230 --> 00:30:16,030 dog cousins. That's another whole movement of 566 00:30:16,030 --> 00:30:23,630 cousins, but look what it says. You have received instructions. 567 00:30:23,630 --> 00:30:26,710 About him. If he comes to you, welcome him. 568 00:30:27,950 --> 00:30:30,910 So they've. Split, Barnabas has looked. 569 00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:34,230 After Mark, who's given up the. He's invested in him. 570 00:30:34,430 --> 00:30:35,750 And all of a. Sudden mark has. 571 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:41,590 Changed and he's actually. Coming right to Timothy chapter 572 00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:43,950 4. If only Luke is with me. 573 00:30:44,430 --> 00:30:48,430 Get Mark. And bring him with you, because 574 00:30:48,430 --> 00:30:52,390 he is helpful to me. In Who's speaking? 575 00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:54,470 Paul. He's helpful. 576 00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:56,950 To me and my. Ministry Look at one Peter 577 00:30:56,950 --> 00:31:00,990 Chapter 5 She who is in Babylon. That means Rome chose. 578 00:31:00,990 --> 00:31:03,870 This is Peter. Writing chosen together with you 579 00:31:04,110 --> 00:31:06,830 sends you her greetings, and so does my son. 580 00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:10,070 There's a guy who wrote the epistle of. 581 00:31:10,270 --> 00:31:13,350 He wrote the Gospel of Mark. He's like a write. 582 00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:14,830 Off it's like. Get rid of him. 583 00:31:15,550 --> 00:31:16,670 We are. On a mission we're. 584 00:31:16,670 --> 00:31:18,950 Going to change the world. We're going to plant churches. 585 00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:22,430 In in Pungeni. And in in in butt plass. 586 00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:24,350 And we're going to plant churches in hazy view and we're 587 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:25,870 going to plant churches in Toronto. 588 00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:27,790 But hey. We've got a couple of guys that 589 00:31:27,790 --> 00:31:30,030 are battling Okay. We need some people in the 590 00:31:30,030 --> 00:31:33,190 church that will encourage them, that will take them in, that 591 00:31:33,190 --> 00:31:36,030 will stop the mission, that will love them, we'll look after 592 00:31:36,030 --> 00:31:38,750 them, that will care for them. And many people think I'm more 593 00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:41,170 like Paul. I am much more like Barnabas 594 00:31:41,170 --> 00:31:43,170 than Paul. I will stop the mission for any 595 00:31:43,170 --> 00:31:45,890 one person in the life of the church, and it's been one of the 596 00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:48,010 greatest pains of my life because this thing's got a 597 00:31:48,010 --> 00:31:50,170 leadership that's. Needed a leadership but. 598 00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:52,730 The individual need. Of people is deeply. 599 00:31:52,730 --> 00:31:58,250 Important to me. How do we build the church? 600 00:31:58,490 --> 00:32:03,770 With Paul, the Upfront 8 type personality who wants to change 601 00:32:03,770 --> 00:32:09,010 the world and with Barnabas. A gentle hearted, compassionate 602 00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:13,010 encourager who's prepared to stop the mission to make sure 603 00:32:13,010 --> 00:32:16,970 that he can maybe bring one guy through who will end up writing 604 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:21,210 the gospel of Mark with Peter. Who's right? 605 00:32:21,290 --> 00:32:25,250 Paul or Barnabas. They both right. 606 00:32:26,370 --> 00:32:28,890 And we can disagree, and we can actually both be right. 607 00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:31,210 And that's how we build the healthy community. 608 00:32:33,050 --> 00:32:33,610 God bless you.