Welcome everybody to this great service that we are worshipping
our Lord, and savior, and our God and Father to tonight, we're
going to study one question. Very, very important question.
What, what is that in your hand? We're going to study an old
sermon. I've been listening to this
sermon since I was a child long time ago.
And you know, tonight we're going to learn some things that
you and I have in our hands. And we need to be careful with
those things because we're going to talk to God in Judgment Day
to Jesus Christ. So we're going to learn
something that you and I have in our hands.
Exodus 4:2 says so the Lord said to him, what is that in your
hand? He said a row.
Rod God asked Moses this question in order to show that
he has unlimited power to strengthen the little man for a
mighty history-making job. God's people, the Israelites
were slaves in Egypt through other beneath the oppressors
healed. It was God's will that they
Peter liver head that the Moses be the deliverer according to
what it says in Exodus 3, 9 and 10.
Now therefore Behold, The Cry of the children of Israel has come
to me. And I have also seen The
operation with which the Egyptian of Preston.
Come now. Therefore and I will send you to
Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel
out of Egypt. Moses feeling his inability for
such a task said, in Exodus for one, they will not believe me or
listen to my voice. This prompted, the Lord to ask
him. What is that in your hand?
The answer was a rod, perhaps just a steep God from the
secret, used to turn the ship, but the Lord transform the
lightness rod. He do a serpent him from a
serpent back to A-Rod. This was a sign to prove that
the people would believe. That's what it says in verse.
Five that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers,
the god of Abraham, the god of Isaac, the god of Jacob, his
appear to you. The almighty God had the power
to accomplish his purpose through Moses.
How often we fail because we doubt his power working through
us. This is the big problem.
A Christian has tremendous power.
He if he has the faith that Paul Hess and he said in Philippians
4:13. I can do all things through
Christ, which strengthens me. His not about our power, his not
about experience or expertise or wisdom.
No, no, or abilities is the power of God working.
Through us. That's why it has he done
happens in the Kingdom. The glory in an honor is to him
not to us but to him, always always.
That broad invested with God's power would enable Moses to do
science. Exodus 417 says he.
You shall take these brought in your hand with which you shall
do science. It would serve as a credential.
To prove that Moses representative of God does.
God has never sent out his servants without giving the
evidence to prove the relationship with him.
So much is the risk that this prove is crucial in effort to be
successful. Therefore there must be on
mistake of all evidence. Moses hit the rock, the apostles
had miraculous Powers. Look what it says in Acts 14 and
5 him being assembled together with them.
He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which he said, you have heard from me for
John. Truly baptized with water, but
you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Not many days from Um, now consequently, they perform
miracles to prove the word that they spoke Mark 16:20 says, and
they went out and preached everywhere.
The Lord working with them and confirming the word through the
accompanying signs. Amen.
Today we have the scriptures, the boys of God.
Second Timothy chapter 3 verses 16 and 17 says, all scripture is
given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for
reproof for correction for instruction, in righteousness.
That the man of God may be complete thoroughly equipped for
every good. Work.
Today, we have to scripture the voice of God to prove what we
say. Now, think for a moment, God has
the power. To transform little things that
he put in our hands, then make them be in Priceless to
accomplish whatever he wants his not or expertise and I'm going
to repeat again. And again, he's not our
expertise, he's not our power. He's got a wisdom or experience,
his nothing with the abilities. He is God working through us.
This is very important. I'm gonna prove with several
examples, how God has this trend to take things of little value
in our hands, then make them powerful and Priceless.
Yes, sir. He's not because we are be
shocked. No, no, you know, very
experienced preachers. No, no, no, we're not, we're
not, I'm 65, I'm still learning and I'm going to die learning.
Learning from Jesus Christ him from his word.
So it is very important. What is that in your him shamgar
an ox God, okay, and ask God but when dedicated to the service of
God, it became an invincible weapon with which shamgar.
Kill 600 Philistines. That's what judges 330. 331
says, why? Why he was very experienced and
martial arts? No.
Oh no. No no sir.
No, what? Just an ox God.
Okay, he was God. Who could use that Ox guard?
As a powerful weapon, not Shankar.
No, ask God. God God, we never, we never, we
need to believe that because we worship Him and we serve him and
we talked about him to the people, but we need to believe
that he is his power through. Us that we may convince people
to come to Jesus. What is that in your head?
David a sling. Well, but when given to the
service of God, it becames powerful, David uses it to kill
the Giant Goliath. In the save.
The army of God was not David was not, the sling was God.
God, the power of God, we need to remember these.
We need to believe these. We need to leave these because
Christian Life. He said reality that you live
you enjoy. And that's when you share this
great news of Salvation. Everybody knows that is is real.
That's the difference and just preaching something or share
something. What is that in your hand?
Jacob tools to dig a. Well, yes.
That's what the Bible says. In John 4 and bursts are six and
seven years later. Jesus, a tired weary thirsty.
Traveler sent upon the court of that whale in has his thirst
quenched. Jacob never realize that someday
his Lord would drink of that. Will there is a lesson to learn
right here. We never know who will benefit
from our Good Deeds because they will bear fruit for ever.
Yes. Yes, that's the way it is.
You never know. So, always do good, deeds, you
never know. What?
You are accomplishing that moment and the future and when
you're gone. What is that in your hand?
Your man a small amount of food him?
What happened? Well with that little amount of
food. God said, thousands.
He was not the fishes in the brain.
What Jesus, his power remembered us.
What we are trying to learn tonight.
He's not off his God, his power working through us.
What is that in your head? Do we do to two minds two minds?
Well, but when given to the Lord, he constituted such a gift
yet that Jesus regarded it as the Great.
Sacrifice sacrifice or ball, who hit cast into the treasury to
Minds. Rich people give a lot of money
that poor Widow, only two bites. It was more than the other
people gay because the rich people give what they kept left,
but the poor Widow gave everything.
Anybody can ask more than what you pay.
When you give all that you have. No that's the best you can.
Because we see through these examples, the Lord can take the
little things and our hands can make them be.
If we Consecrate them to his service.
That's the point. That's the point.
If you have something ability, a talent for something to give to
God, give it, give it to him with all your heart, with all
your mind with your, hold your strength, and he's gonna use it
for his glory, and honor. And to accomplish what he has in
mind, what he has in mind. Greatness in God's sight does
not depend upon the value nor the enormity of the things in
our hands, but our willingness to use it for his glory.
Look what he says in 2nd Corinthians chapter 8 and verse
12. Port.
If there is first, a willing mind, that's the point you need
to tell God, here I am, you just me just me how, I don't know
how, but just be, if you think that I can do something in the
Kingdom, to serve my brothers and sister to reach the
community and bring them to Jesus, he loves me.
He has me. Here, I am.
That's what it says, really mind.
It is accepted according to what one has and not according to
what he does not have. if I don't believe dad believe me, I
never going to stand before you I'm I can do, I can preach in
Spanish, but in English is hard, but I am here because you invite
me to to be here. Then I feel sorry for you
because you need to struggle to understand my English.
But, you know, I'm here because I believe that, you know, if
somebody asked me to preach in Italian, I'm going to learn how
to do it and how to let them know that God loved them.
God has a plan for them, Jesus died for them, come to him in
heaven upon the life and eternal life in heaven.
You know, it CC and we have done application that we saw this
morning at the meeting say hi, we can use it in, you know, we
can preach in any any language but you know, we need to believe
we are nobody without God. We are not okay.
So is God working through us? You know, I born in a little
town, close to Saltillo Mexico and the middle of nowhere.
Okay, here I am sharing with you, you know, the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. He's not about me.
It's about God. It's not about you.
It's about God. That's the only this works.
Then that's the way God send results for his glory and honor.
Does he only way God is glorified?
Because if not we're going to say me you know me I went there
and you know how many I bought that I respect everybody.
You know who go somewhere, baptized three or four and Start
making reports that they baptized five and that tree as a
result of his trip know the preacher there were working
before you get there, you only make them wet, okay, you baptize
them. Okay?
You did the action but other people was working before you
get there. Very important.
We have an eagle all of us. We need to keep like this.
We are nobody. Okay nobody always is about.
God asks does exactly the truth. We the only thing that we need
to have is willing Mind, Willie mind here.
I am use me. How you're the boss, you tell me
how I'll be there and I do whatever you want me to do.
That's it. That's the only way this works.
But the real question tonight. He's not what shamgar or David,
you know, we already know what they did with those things that
God put in their heads, okay? But the real question is, what
is Daddy you here? Elias.
What is that in your hand? Terry, and, you know,
everybody's going to put your name in that blank at the end of
the question. What is that in your hand
brother and sister so and soul? That's the question.
Okay, I'm going to help you tonight to realize what God has
put in your hands. Your life.
Yes everybody. Here in this room is alive,
right? Yes, we are.
Maybe somebody sometimes, you know, are sleeping but not this
time. No, no, love only, you know,
one, one time I, I told the people, you know, I'm better
than porn when I'm on the pulpit.
And here's where are you doing? Yes, because when Paul preached
and draws one went to sleep when I preach 20 or more.
So. And then it's important, you
know? And that way, you know, no, but
we are here alive. Okay, let me tell you something.
You have in your hand, your life.
And let me tell you something else, non, but you can leave it
and only you can account of it. Romans 14:12.
So dead. Each of us shall give account.
Account of himself to God. Think about it, think about it
and look what it says in 2nd Corinthians 5:10 for.
We must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ.
That each one may receive the things done then in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or bad, both are
present and future. Lives are what we make them.
We are reaping today, what? We soul and the past and we will
reap in the future but we are sewing and depressant.
Nobody can escape these unchangeable law of God that we
find in Galatians. 6 and verse 7 do not be deceived.
God is Not mocked for whatever. Every Woman solves that will
also reap, please listen, carefully to what you have
heard, you have the choice to live your life and the way you
want, you can do with your life, whatever you want to do with it.
But remember, you are sewing today and you will reap
tomorrow, young people. You need to think about this.
You are sewing today. You will reap to tomorrow.
That's what the Bible says in Galatians, 6 and burst 7.
Never forget that your decisions today are going to bring results
tomorrow. So think about it, think before
you make a decision because you're going to see the result
of that decision, one year, five years, ten years, twenty years
from now. Now, when we About life.
We can talk of. We talk about time time is the
precious commodity that is given to us?
It's free. He cannot be bought normal,
doesn't matter of no amount of money will buy one hour of time.
It is to Priceless to waste to waste time his to waste.
Life for that. Is what life is made of time, is
the man's greatest friend or enemy.
Depending upon the use. He makes of it.
Look what David said in Psalm 90 in verse 12.
So teach us the number, our days that we may gain a heart of
wisdom. You can gain wisdom when you
fear the lord, and he is number one in your life.
That's when you gain wisdom. Let's finish this point asking
ourselves. How do we use our time?
Think about this week that is sending tonight, how we spend
six days, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, until Saturday.
How much time we spend in the spiritual matters.
How much time we spend making money, how much we spend this
week and entertainment. How much time we spend learning
about God's word? How much time we spend talking
to God? How much time we spend quality
time with family? How much time we spend sharing
the gospel to our co-workers, or neighbors, or friends?
How much time? Well, listen, what Paul is
saying, in Ephesians chapter 5 verses 15 and 16, see then that
you work walk circum circumspectly, not as fools.
That us wise Redeeming the time because the days are evil, we
need to learn to redeem the time.
Be wise redeemed, you to redeem the time, make priorities.
Never be as fool. Just wasting your time, you're
just killing your time. If you could waste one hour,
never going to be recovery. Never is gone forever.
So think about it, how we spend our time time is equal to life.
Life is equals time. And we're going to give account
of our life in how we spend our time.
You have in your head influence reputation, good or bad name.
That's what the Bible tells us. So this is something else that
we need to think about it. Influence, good or bad is
something. Every person has within his own
hands. It will bless or harm depending
on its nature. Talking about good influence,
look what it says in Daniel, chapter 6, 26 and 27.
I make a decree that in every Dominion of my kin Kingdom.
May most tremble in fear before the god of Daniel, for he is the
Living God and steadfast forever his He is the one who is shall
not be destroyed. His Dominion shall endure to the
end, he delivers the rescues, and he worked signs and wonders
in heaven and on Earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power
of the Lions. Good evening, yes.
Yes. Daniel his influence LED an
entire Kingdom fear and respect God, why why?
The king said that? Because the good influence of
one mean, Daniel, you can do a great difference.
With your influence for good or for bad, think about that, think
about that. The Bible talks about that
influence. And First Corinthians 5:6, your
glorying is not good. Do you not know that?
A little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Yes, you know? Good evening.
This is hard to share and people to reach but bad influence.
Hmm, very easy. Very easy.
So think about these things that God put in.
Can let me tell you something else.
Influence. Going to stay here.
When we are gone, that's what the Bible says Revelation. 14:13
says, yes says to Spirit that they may rest from their labors
and their Works, follow them. This is very important, very,
very important. When we depart from this world,
our family or Brothers and Sisters in Christ are friends.
There are our enemies are going to remember us based on on or
influence that we live on this Earth.
How are you going to be remembered as a parent that care
for their children as a Christian who has passion for
God and Country? Passion for me a child of God
with convictions have reliable person.
Someone that you can count on remember or influence is going
to remain here for we are God I remember brother Marvin fish and
we were talking about him on the way here.
Yes, great man of God, he wasn't Elder in El Cajon and when we
had a potluck, you know him he was with it back you know pick
it and fill that back with trash that he was a mentor.
Yes, yes, you know, I always remember him as a very humble
Humble man of God. I can't remember about brother.
Be sent in from Mexico, on Old Man.
He was the happiest person that I ever met if you was so poor
has almost nothing and he was so happy and they have contentment
all the time until he passed away.
So remember your influence stays here?
When we are going, we are gone, your talents, we talk.
Just about Tomlinson, I just want to read this scripture then
he who had received the one Talent came and said, Lord I
need you, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have
not sown and Gathering where you have not scattered seed and I
was afraid and I went and did you and hid your talent?
And the crown look there, You have what is yours but the Lord
answered and said to him, you Wicked and lazy servant you knew
that I reap. What I have not sold in gather
where I have not scattered seed so you ought to have deposited
my money with the bankers and at my coming, I would have received
back my own with interest therefore take the talent from
him and give it to Him who has ten talents for to everyone who
has more will be given and he will have abundance, but from
him, but from him who does not have, even what he has, will be
taken away and cast the unprofitable servant into the
outer Darkness. There will be the Weeping and
gnashing of teeth. Don't tell me that you don't
have anything to do for God. And his kingdom.
Never tell me. Dad, dr.
Scripture said, at least you have one thing to do.
Perhaps 25 or you know, but never say.
I don't have anything to do for God and his kingdom.
And think about the abilities that you have that God put in
your hands. One of these days, our Lord and
savior going to ask how we do with the talents abilities that
he put in our hands. The Bible tells us and they this
Parable that if we don't use it, they going to be taking them,
take them away. If we use them, God is going to
give keep us more and more and more. but if not, we want to
spend eternity in hell, that's what James 4.
And 17 says, when you know what is good and you don't do it,
you're sinning. That's what the Bible says
there. So we need to put in practice.
What we know that God wants us to do.
And Luke 12:48 says, for everyone to whom much is given
from him much will be required. It is very important to realize
what he has put in our hands and we need to choose them the best
we can. The church God has put the
church and our hands and this generation where we are.
Yes! We have the greatest privilege
and responsibility to have the church in our hands today.
We need to keep the church pure without blemished.
Look what it says in Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 27, that he
might present himself present her to himself.
A glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or such thing
but that she should be holy and without blemish.
That's the challenge. That is the challenge.
That you and I have with the choice.
Let me tell you something about the church.
The church was bought. By the blood of Jesus Christ.
The church is the greatest institution on Earth.
And Lisa, all the sir privilege for me to be part of it.
So we need to realize how privileged people.
We are only for the fact that we are part of the church, the body
of Christ. It's just amazing.
That just amazing to think about that.
Well, look the challenge that we have to face in a daily basis to
keep it clean. Pure weirdest part, that's what
the Bible says because we need to present the body of Christ to
everybody around Bakersfield. And everybody needs to know that
the Church of Christ is the body of Christ.
And that is the Glorious institution, the most glorious
institution on Earth. Does the only way that we can
bring people and be part of that?
Glorious institution, we have to be very careful about the
decisions that we make for the church.
Any decision, any plan, any effort has to be according to
her head. Jesus Christ, we have no
authority to do anything different than what Jesus says
and in. Testament.
If we try to do that, look what it says in Galatians. 1:6
through 9. We pervert we prepared the
gospel of Christ and we bring reproach to this glorious
institution so we need to be very careful on that.
Finally. You have your soul in your
hands. Salvation is in your hand, Peter
admonition. Admonished the people and
Pentecost and with many other words, testified and exhorted
them saying be saved from this perverse generation.
Our soul is so precious to lose. Look what it says.
And Mark 8:36 and 37 for what will it profit?
A man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul or
what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Many people exchange his soul for Pleasures for seen for the
world is not worthy is not worthy.
The soul is the most precious thing that we need to keep safe
for it for that, for that reason.
Look what it says, if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it
out and cast it from you. For it is more profitable for
you. That one of your members
perished that then for your whole body, to be cast into
hell. And if you write in Did you two
seem cut it off and cast it from you?
For it is more profitable for you that one of your members
perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
And of course, is not talking literally.
No, no it's talking a figurative way.
You know anything or anybody who puts our soul at risk should be
immediately removed from our lives and quick and permanent
fashion period. That's it.
That is he That's why we need to realize brethren.
What you have in your hands and what I have.
And in my hands, we're going to give account of each thing that
God put in our hands, please. Please, our prayer should be,
please God. Help us to use anything that you
put it in my hands For Your Glory, and for your honor for
the Salvation of many for the edification.
Of the saints, that should be our prayer.
Banco Christian God asked Moses this question in order to show
that he has unlimited power to strengthen the little man for a
mighty history-making job is not you remember.
We need to talk with our berry experience preacher for these.
No, no, no, no, no, don't do that because you are putting
your trust in men. We put the trust in God.
You need only trust in God, have a good disposition and serve him
and he will accomplish his plan with those little things that he
put in your hands. Yes, he has that power.
He is a little experience, you know, doing that he's he is
expert on that. There are has the power to
accomplish his purpose to you. And me, it is not our power, our
experience, our abilities, our wisdom.
You know, I'm old and I'm getting old older and older.
Well as my life goes. You know, I know instead of
gaining wisdom, I consider me more fool foolish.
Really, really does. Exactly, right.
So, that's why I need to depend on.
God, not on me or others on God on God.
God is the source. Power.
God is the source of wisdom. God is the source of everything.
So if you go to him and ask him, use me.
Me, he's going to juice you and the way he wants, remember
noise, not our power, our experience ability or wisdom is
his power working. Working through us, we thank you
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