1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,080 I want to share something very simple, but I want you to 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:09,000 contemplate about this. The title is the greatest 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,920 achievement in life or the greatest achievement we can 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,600 achieve in life? This must be our greatest goal 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:26,520 in life, which is commanded, which is approved by God 6 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,640 Himself. God has placed his seal of 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:41,360 approval with this goal of ours. This goal is not based on our on 8 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:46,600 our thinking, on our own desires, feelings. 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,360 It's not our planning. This goal is has something to do 10 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:57,560 with God himself. Because one day we will die, 11 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,800 correct? No mortal man or no flesh can 12 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,200 live forever. No flesh is eternal. 13 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,600 Do you agree with me? Mere man will die. 14 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,840 OK. And then when we die after we 15 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,560 pass from this life, All right, What happens next? 16 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:29,160 What happens after we die? Will we be excited to meet God 17 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,440 while we are still here? Right now we should prepare. 18 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,560 What do we do knowing that one day we are going to die and live 19 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:47,480 this planet, live this, this blanket, this, what we call 20 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,880 this, this the the shirt. You know our body is like a 21 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:59,520 shirt. When we leave this flesh, are we 22 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,280 ready? I give you a tip. 23 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:11,039 You prepare a pasalubum. Now I know there is no word in 24 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:15,280 English for that. Pasalubum means something to 25 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,040 bring home or a souvenir. OK, so before you meet God, you 26 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,000 prepare your pasa lubong, your bring home here. 27 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,040 So when you, you know, get to heaven, when you stand before 28 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,240 God, you have a pasa lubong. That pasa lubong is something 29 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,360 that he is expecting that he wants. 30 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:36,120 Who among you here? When you have a friend who will 31 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,640 travel abroad, you say, hey, don't forget my bring home. 32 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:45,440 Don't forget my pasa lubong, and then you will pick what pasalubo 33 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,640 you want, OK? You will require, oh, I want 34 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,840 this, I want that, OK, Now that is the Lord. 35 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:58,400 He specified what pasalubo He wanted from us, what pasalubo He 36 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,560 expects from us, Amen. So we need to know what He 37 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,160 requires, what expects of us, The criteria, which is the 38 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:16,160 criteria for success, Amen. And this success is a time task. 39 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:21,240 Everybody say time task that. That's why you see the picture. 40 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,520 You have the heart right there. Your heart is beating. 41 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:35,040 If that beating stops, only God can do that. 42 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,320 That's the end. It can stop at any time. 43 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,360 That's why you are, you are breathing light right now while 44 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,400 you're alive. That is grace and mercy. 45 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,000 There is nothing to be proud of ourselves. 46 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,520 We cannot be, we should not be prideful of anything. 47 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,360 There is nothing in us that we can boast about. 48 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,000 And then God is, you know, impressed. 49 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,080 God is not impressed with anything we can do. 50 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:13,000 No, he's not. There's nothing that we have 51 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,000 that does not come from him. There's nothing good that we 52 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,320 have that does not originated from Him. 53 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,040 Amen. Now listen up. 54 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:28,960 You see the clock in the heart. It is time and you will have to 55 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,360 finish your task, the task that is expected of you and me, 56 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:42,480 before your time is up. This is the truth. 57 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,400 Only God knows the time of our death. 58 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,520 When you go to the cemetery, what you see, some are big, some 59 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,560 are small. People die in all ages. 60 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,360 Not everybody dies at their old age. 61 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:11,240 No, some die very young. So here's my point. 62 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,800 How do you know when your time comes? 63 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:21,560 You don't, you will not know. But people who work in hospital, 64 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,440 right? Doctor praise those who work in 65 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,640 hospital. I mean, to see people dying 66 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:34,880 every day is normal. But all of us will, will face 67 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,320 the same faith because everything on this earth with 68 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,680 the sinful world, it's all bound to fail, to deteriorate, to 69 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,960 decay, subject to decay. Are you listening? 70 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:55,200 Job 14-5 says you have decided how long people should live. 71 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,440 You control the number of months that each person will live. 72 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,720 Nobody can live any longer than that. 73 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,360 Wow. But sometimes we think, Lord, 74 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,640 why? But listen up. 75 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,720 The sovereign God who is the source of life, does he have the 76 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,600 right to choose how long each should live? 77 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,440 Yeah, because he made you and me. 78 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:32,200 If he says your time is up today, it's up today. 79 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,440 If God says you have one month to live, you have one month to 80 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,880 live. But the problem is this. 81 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,200 We don't know when our time is up. 82 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:55,000 That's why we ought to live as though it is the last month of 83 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,960 our lives. Don't leave us though. 84 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,880 Oh, I have so many plans. I'm going to do this. 85 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,240 I'm going to build that. Yeah, that's good. 86 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,960 Long term vision is good. But remember, try to do things, 87 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,920 work on things. Glorify God with your life as 88 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,920 though it's your last week or last month wisdom. 89 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,520 That's why David said teach us how to numbers are how to 90 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,520 numbers and number our days are right. 91 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,680 Hello. Set the right priorities. 92 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,160 If it is not your priority, don't do it. 93 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,520 Man. I hope other friends will not be 94 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:44,640 offended, but man, I don't want to mention that anymore. 95 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,960 OK, so that is why I have to pick what meetings I should 96 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:57,160 attend to because you might be wasting time on other things or 97 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,440 it's better for you to sit down in front of your computer and 98 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,920 try start evangelizing, preaching the gospel. 99 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:11,760 Hello now guys, I'm giving you wisdom right now because I want 100 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:18,480 on graduation day on the Bhima judgment, I want to clap the 101 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:26,120 loudest to applaud my brethren receiving awards from the 102 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:34,080 creator because you have done your job well done, good and 103 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,720 faithful servant. Amen. 104 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:41,039 So what do we do? This is this is the goal. 105 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:49,720 Our goal is a time task. Our focus must be focus on the 106 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:58,400 most important task, which is to go and make disciples for 107 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:07,800 Christ, for Christ of Christ. Don't you ever think make 108 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:13,480 disciples my disciples, ha, ha, ha, and expect rewards from God. 109 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:16,640 Oh come on, those are your disciples. 110 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,320 Remember those disciples of yours, those people you are 111 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,760 discipling? They are not really yours. 112 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,800 Don't claim it. Give God the glory. 113 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,680 It's in Matthew 2819 to 20. That's the reason why they are 114 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:41,720 not our disciples. Make disciples of Christ, or for 115 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,480 Christ it says Matthew 2819 Therefore go and make disciples 116 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,000 of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and 117 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:56,560 of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, 2020 and teaching them 118 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,560 to obey. What? 119 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:06,000 Everything I have commanded you, and I am surely with you always 120 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,720 to the very end of the age. My point here, friends, is 121 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,400 simple. The things that you will teach 122 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:17,040 the people you are discipling are not your teachings. 123 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:23,160 They are not your principles. The lifestyle that you're trying 124 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,280 to impart to the people you're discipling are His. 125 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,200 It's from the Lord Jesus Christ. What is the Lord trying to 126 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,920 produce? He is trying to produce a Christ 127 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:43,280 like character, a true follower of Christ, a godly person, not 128 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:49,200 like us, but like him, but will not be us, him. 129 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,600 Now remember, that's a different story, OK, Amen. 130 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,800 Amen. To be Christ like doesn't mean 131 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,040 you can replace Christ or you are equal with Christ. 132 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:07,960 That's another story. Remember the creator, the word 133 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,760 that made everything, the word that became flesh, the Lord 134 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,120 Jesus Christ. Remember the Creator will always 135 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,240 be the Creator. The created beings will not 136 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:25,560 replace nor level up to become equal to its creator. 137 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,960 Make sure you understand that you do not promote yourself. 138 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:41,240 Do not promote yourself to be like gods because that is not 139 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,480 the context. When Jesus said did I didn't I 140 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,200 tell you you were gods? No, no, no, no, no. 141 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,880 You go back to the book of Psalms because Jesus was telling 142 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:57,560 them you because gods were the that is how the judges in the 143 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:01,120 Old Testament were called. Here we have the whole of 144 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,680 justice before in the old, in ancient Israel, they call it the 145 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,720 gods. OK, so he was not really talking 146 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,600 about us becoming gods or equal with the God. 147 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:18,320 He was really actually talking about those judges of long ago, 148 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,560 those the people that they call gods. 149 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:25,000 Actually they were judges that can be bribed. 150 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,960 Do you understand that is from the book of Psalms. 151 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,040 Now I'm not here to talk about that. 152 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:37,880 My point friends, is this, that we wanted to make disciples for 153 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,800 Christ Jesus, not our disciples. So we disciple because Jesus 154 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,760 called us to disciple. Jesus wanted us to relay the his 155 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,200 teachings. Amen, Amen, Amen. 156 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,280 And so ladies and gentlemen, the motive of the heart is very 157 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,080 important. We will stand before God. 158 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,480 You may be, you may have done a great ministry, you may have so 159 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:10,440 many people following you, you may have so many people liking 160 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,760 your preaching online. You may have so you may be so 161 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:21,960 successful in ministry, but yet yet God is not glorified because 162 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:28,520 everything goes back to you because God can read the mind 163 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:33,120 and the heart, He understand and he knows if you have taken his 164 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,640 glory or not. Now the Bible says I am Adonai, 165 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,360 I will not share my glory to any other. 166 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,320 You see that is the Lord our God. 167 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,760 So once God is using US, the more important reminder, OK, I'm 168 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,000 now at the end of my presentation. 169 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,120 I'm just OK. Everything flows. 170 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:02,600 The important reminder when God is using you, greatly expanding 171 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:08,080 your territory spiritually blessing the work of your hands 172 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:14,360 and ministry with great success, and when people speak highly of 173 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,320 you and you feel needed and essential. 174 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:24,560 Remember to stay low, stay humble, and not to fall into the 175 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:29,200 temptation of wanting to feel important. 176 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:35,600 Be careful because the enemy is right there behind your success, 177 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,440 friends, the enemy standing right there. 178 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,160 And you know what? Encouraging you to boast about 179 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,720 it, to be proud of who you are, to be proud of what you've done. 180 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Listen to friends. Don't fall into the temptation 181 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:58,480 to feel that you are important, John said. 182 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:06,840 May he increase and I decrease. This is how we measure maturity 183 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,640 in Christ. When a person becomes so proud 184 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:16,120 in his words, that is an immature Christian or not a 185 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:22,240 Christian at all, maybe a politician who makes promises 186 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,920 and not do it. Because people change. 187 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:31,560 When money comes, they quickly change and they start to betray 188 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:37,520 everyone and they don't care. You know why they can do that? 189 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,480 Why they can steal our taxes with ghost projects. 190 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,120 Because they don't have the fear of the Lord. 191 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,000 They don't feel accountable that one day they're going to stand 192 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,280 before God. And there is no ombudsman, no 193 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,600 Senate, no Congress, no president can save them. 194 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,320 All of them will stand before God. 195 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:06,160 And they don't fear God at all. And I don't want you to be like 196 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,640 them. Who does not fear the Lord? 197 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,720 Because if somebody fears the Lord, they will be like 198 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,880 Zacchaeus. You remember Zacchaeus? 199 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,200 He said I'm going to return from people those I have, you know, 200 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,720 Hangi Kapit Yehangi, he stole he. 201 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,520 Yeah, from, you know, he's a tax collector. 202 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,800 But he said I'm going to return it. 203 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,920 Wow. Restitution. 204 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:41,120 That's repentance. Will that happen in the 205 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,680 Philippines? I don't think so. 206 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,800 I have no hope for this, Philippines, I'm telling you, 207 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:53,760 the Bible says we will experience righteousness, godly 208 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:58,840 governance when Jesus comes and to reign and establish his 209 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:03,440 millennial Kingdom. Oh, God, I wish it could happen, 210 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:11,520 could start tomorrow. Listen, if someone appreciates 211 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,240 the outcome of your ministry, simply say thank you. 212 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:19,280 But the Lord was the musician, and I was only the musical 213 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:23,079 instrument. It was really the Lord's mercy 214 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:27,520 and favor working in us. Without Him we can do nothing. 215 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:32,680 So He deserves all the glory. May He increase and I decrease. 216 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,960 Do you understand when somebody says to you, Oh, I'm so blessed 217 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,960 with your ministry, say thank you. 218 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:43,360 But we give God the glory. So who deserves the glory? 219 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:51,960 It's God, not us. Anything you have is not yours. 220 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,720 Nothing. What you know, what you 221 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,280 understand, your wisdom, your skill, they are all entrustments 222 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,480 and God is expecting profit from your entrustments. 223 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,800 How many people are blessed with those entrustments? 224 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:14,600 That's why Kuya Pati said last Sunday, hello, respond to God's 225 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:19,600 call, Amen. Serve the Lord while you can. 226 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:24,000 And today it is a continuation. I'm challenging you again. 227 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:31,080 Allow God to use you. So friends, our focus, our goal, 228 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:40,200 our highest achievement will be that of a disciple, maker, 229 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:47,240 person, make disciples. You see those scriptures? 230 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,080 I'm not going to read the content. 231 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:56,880 You take a picture, read it at home, get things done #2 ASAP. 232 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,040 Why? Why ASAP? 233 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,280 Why not waste time? Because it is a time task, 234 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,440 meaning to say you don't know when your time is up. 235 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:15,240 You better finish the job. How many of you, you, you know, 236 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,320 while you were when you were a student, you have an assignment 237 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:26,400 and you don't do your assignment until it's and then you do 238 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,520 cramming because you're going to pass your assignment tomorrow. 239 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,840 Oh, very good job. Don't do that in the Kingdom of 240 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,640 God. While you have more time, you go 241 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,040 home and start working on your project. 242 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,520 Amen. I understand. 243 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,920 I was a student too. I'm still a student today. 244 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:52,720 Due today. Due today. 245 00:19:53,640 --> 00:20:00,800 That's not a good principle. Yeah, but thank you for that. 246 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:10,360 Now I learned something. Do today, do today, man, Lord, 247 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,880 one more day. Don't Take Me Home now. 248 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,600 I will serve you one more day. What can you do in one day? 249 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,320 Can you make disciples in one day? 250 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,120 Takes a long time to make disciples for Christ. 251 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:27,320 Amen. Amen. 252 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,960 So what do we do? Do it now. 253 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,720 And the Bible says see to it that you complete the ministry 254 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,760 assignment you receive from the Lord. 255 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,840 See those scriptures right here, 123 read it. 256 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,240 It's all there. I'm not making this up. 257 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,720 I may not be reading the content of the Scriptures, but I'm 258 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,440 telling you the point, the context of the scriptures. 259 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,080 OK, let me I want to finish as soon as possible. 260 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,240 Learn from those who have gone ahead of us. 261 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,840 Is that wisdom? OK, let's learn from Jesus 262 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,160 himself. Is that, is he a good model? 263 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:13,400 OK, this is the Lord Jesus Christ before the crucifixion, 264 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,960 which is the final mission on earth to save man. 265 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:22,160 He was, he came first. He came as the sin offering. 266 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,920 He died in our place. He paid the price. 267 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,920 We owe the debt. We owe the debt. 268 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:35,240 We are the sinners, but he paid our sins for our sins. 269 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,080 So that's the greatest thing. So, but before that crucifixion, 270 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:45,960 before he was hung on the cross, he prayed to the Father. 271 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:51,240 But according to Doctor James Lee, to clear James, he said the 272 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,800 Lord presented his ministry report through prayer. 273 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,240 It was actually a ministry report. 274 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:02,800 Now this is using exegesis. Let's read John 17 one, it says 275 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,120 after Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven, towards heaven 276 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,920 and prayed. Did he pray? 277 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Yes, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son, that your son 278 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:19,600 may glorify you. Honor your Son, affirm your son 279 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:24,320 with your presence, the presence that I had with you from the 280 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,640 beginning. Do you understand? 281 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,560 So it's like, you know, the kind of relationship between the 282 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:33,200 Father, Son and Holy Spirit becoming one as God. 283 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,960 But Jesus had to become man. He left his throne, his being, 284 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,200 his deity, He's being, he's being a God. 285 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:47,480 His godhood came to earth as a man to represent man on the 286 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,000 cross. But he said, Lord, it's like 287 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,240 glorify your son because you know, mission accomplished. 288 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,440 Verse 4, Everybody read verse 4, ready go. 289 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:03,760 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you 290 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:08,120 work you gave me to do. Do you understand that when we 291 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:14,040 do, when we obey God, when we do what God tells us to do, we give 292 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,120 glory to God? Not just singing. 293 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,120 You can sing all day long and not live right. 294 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,440 It's called hypocrisy. You can attend Maranatha and 295 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,240 sing the whole day and you have a beautiful voice and you can 296 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:37,440 shed many tears, 1010 liters of tears crying to God. 297 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:47,720 But if you live like demons and you become so haughty and proud 298 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,640 like Satan, I don't think so. God is glorified. 299 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,320 I don't think God will be glorified with that because you 300 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:59,320 know what? God is glorified with the fruit 301 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,920 of your life. Give glory to God. 302 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:09,920 That's why it says whatever you do, whether you know, you think 303 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,760 or whatever, make sure you give glory to God. 304 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:21,040 Verse 6 everybody, please, I have revealed you to those whom 305 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:27,720 you gave me out of this world. What is that thing again that 306 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:34,440 Jesus is talking about? I have revealed you to to those 307 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:41,040 whom you gave me meaning to say the Lord God gave Jesus the 308 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:48,600 people, the PO PS or what is POP again, person of peace. 309 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:54,160 They were yours. Jesus said you gave them to me 310 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,160 and they have obeyed your word. Are you listening? 311 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,000 Discipleship are people who will learn how to obey the word of 312 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,840 God. Those who attend your deepest, 313 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,760 those who attend your Bible studies, some will not continue. 314 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,200 They will not obey. They will not continue because 315 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,040 they cannot obey the word of God. 316 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,160 Do you understand? Amen. 317 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,480 But disciples will remain. No matter what happens, they 318 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,880 will remain in Christ. They may be transferring from 319 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,640 one church because they may be moving to another place, but 320 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,280 what's important is that they remain in Christ. 321 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,360 Listen up. Listen verse 7. 322 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,320 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from 323 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:46,760 you, for I have, for I gave them the words you gave me, and they 324 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,560 accepted them. So another mark or trademark of 325 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:56,240 a disciple is that they will accept the Word of God, Amen. 326 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,280 When you share the Word of God, they receive it. 327 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:05,120 They knew, it says they knew with certainty that I came from 328 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,760 you and they believe that you sent me. 329 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,920 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, 330 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:16,040 but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 331 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:22,840 Listen up. It's like Jesus giving his 332 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:30,080 report, saying, Father, this is my ministry report. 333 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:37,880 The people you gave me, I lost none of them except one who is 334 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:44,640 doomed to destruction. But he said besides him, the 335 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,280 people you sent me, they belong to you. 336 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,160 I gave them your word and they accepted it. 337 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:59,040 Hello. Is this agenda between the 338 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,360 Father and the Son important? It is. 339 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,760 It may not be that important to us, but in the Kingdom of God 340 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:15,120 the most important agenda are disciples. 341 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:24,120 Hello, are you listening? So the summary is this. 342 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,760 The prayer in John 17 was about the honor that God that the Lord 343 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,200 Jesus had done to glorify His Father. 344 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:37,200 He glorified the Father by completing the earthly ministry 345 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,320 given to Him. And that ministry is the 346 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,960 ministry of discipling those whom God sends. 347 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,720 He will send you. That's why we told you right DPS 348 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:56,680 facilitators, do you remember we told you pray that God will send 349 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:02,520 you PO PS Keep on praying there will be more. 350 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:09,720 OK, Disciple making is fundamentally an act of 351 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:16,280 obedience to Jesus Great Commission which is the core 352 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,800 mission of a Christian of the Christian Church. 353 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,920 This ministry involves the process of teaching, modeling, 354 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,720 releasing believers to become obedient followers of Christ who 355 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:35,080 can in turn what disciple others make, disciples who will 356 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:41,200 disciple others. I was encouraged with the 357 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:46,920 testimony of Goya James Lee. By the way, James Lee is the one 358 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:56,280 who we invited twice already to conduct seminars on Rapture, but 359 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,800 he is not really promoting poster or what. 360 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,440 He is promoting hermeneutics because if you apply 361 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,400 hermeneutics in studying the end times, you will end up 362 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:14,160 understanding the pre tribe is not biblical. 363 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:20,760 OK, And you will understand the right position or the viewpoint 364 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:25,200 or what Jesus, what the apostle Paul, what John the beloved, 365 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:34,920 what the rest of the writers, authors of the books in the in 366 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,400 the Bible, what they really teach about the end times. 367 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:45,240 OK, I understand that's why exigesis and hermeneutics is so 368 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,360 important. Friends, don't just take any 369 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:55,000 doctrine because somebody said this is the this is the right 370 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,320 doctrine. No study it yourself. 371 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:03,440 That's why I always ask, you know, when I when I read online 372 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:10,440 and I see all of this false hope teachers, I always say when it 373 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:16,480 where in the Bible does it say that rapture will take place 374 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,200 before the seven years tribulation? 375 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:28,920 No one can answer because even I cannot answer. 376 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,320 You know why? Because the Lord Jesus Christ 377 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:39,320 never supported that, never mentioned by Paul. 378 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,640 It's just a wishy wishy wishful thinking. 379 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,640 I am telling you this. Read it. 380 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,280 OK now this is the final product he sent. 381 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,000 Listen up. The final product of our 382 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:05,160 ministry must be disciples. Well, James, he said, I came to 383 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:10,600 realize that the final product of our ministry must be 384 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,720 disciples. That's how Jesus presented his 385 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,400 final project report in John 17. Four. 386 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:23,240 It was not about organizations. Are you listening? 387 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,600 It was not about organizations. Look at me. 388 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:27,720 Look at me. Look at me. 389 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:35,720 I have joined, I have created, I made so many organizations and 390 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:42,560 Jesus and etcetera, etcetera. But I don't expect to receive an 391 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:48,600 award or be recognized with that because we have done so many 392 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,680 events and programs. Do you know Metro Front? 393 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,400 How many of you are Metro Front? Also fun. 394 00:31:55,400 --> 00:32:04,920 Oh, evangelism, was that good? Yes, did we Did we gave people 395 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,720 the opportunity to respond to the gospel of Christ? 396 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:13,880 Yes or no? Yes, but how many stayed? 397 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,160 How many continued after them receiving Jesus as Lord and 398 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,680 Savior? Do you understand the gold 399 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,440 right? There are not the number of 400 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:29,600 people that attended our programs and meeting the real 401 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,000 treasure. There are disciples. 402 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:40,960 The greatest model on earth, listen up, is the Lord Jesus 403 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,040 Christ Himself. Do you agree? 404 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:49,520 He did not have 1000 disciples in his lifetime. 405 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:55,200 How many did he have? It's 12 -, 1 + 1. 406 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,240 We're not better than our maker. Amen. 407 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:11,720 So friends, listen up. Focus on disciple making, join 408 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:17,200 DBS, join a Home group, start your your your start 409 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:22,000 facilitating at DBS. I'm telling you that is the work 410 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,160 that is expected of us and it's time frame. 411 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:32,720 It's a time task because we don't know when our time is up. 412 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,160 Hello. So it's not about organizations. 413 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,720 This is from Gwia James Lee. Not about numbers, not about 414 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:47,920 buildings or how big is your church, you know, or is it air 415 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:53,960 conditioned like this one or, or It's not about records of 416 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:58,280 miracles and achievements. It's not about your medal 417 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:02,240 certificate. It's not about recognition from 418 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,280 the government or other people. It's not about those things. 419 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:11,679 Those are nothing but papers only on planet earth. 420 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:17,040 What will matter the most? Disciples. 421 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,760 So my challenge friends, is this time is running up. 422 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,320 Do you have people following you now? 423 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,639 If you're just walking alone with your journey in Christ, 424 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,280 you're just taking a walk. You're not making disciples 425 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,639 because no one is following you. If you're a disciple maker, if 426 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:43,520 you're a mentor, you have a mentory Reese. 427 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,360 People will be following you. That is your goal. 428 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:54,239 That is our goal. How many people are submitting 429 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:59,320 to Christ through our leadership, through our life or 430 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,280 are you disciple someone and you are not decide you are not being 431 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,360 discipled yourself. That's another problem right 432 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,920 there. In fact that is that is that 433 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,400 invites more trouble if you're trying to disciple other people 434 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,960 and you're not submitted. You want people to submit to 435 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,480 you, but you don't want to submit to any authorities. 436 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,560 That's a big problem. You know why? 437 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,680 Because you are going to produce stubborn people like you. 438 00:35:32,670 --> 00:35:39,390 And there was silence. That is a big trouble right 439 00:35:39,390 --> 00:35:43,030 there. It begins with us. 440 00:35:45,390 --> 00:35:51,670 Amen. We all need someone to mentor 441 00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:57,920 us, to check us, to have authority to correct us. 442 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:07,000 If we hate correction, Whoa. Don't expect people to receive 443 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:14,320 correction because a day is coming they will not accept 444 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,760 correction. So it's not about all of these 445 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,600 records of miracles and achievements, but men who knew 446 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,360 God, how did they came to know the Lord? 447 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:33,160 It is through the work of the Holy Spirit. 448 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,240 The Holy Spirit will regenerate their spirit and they will, once 449 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:43,440 the Spirit is alive, they will understand that they need a 450 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:50,000 Savior, they need to repent. They will respond, and they will 451 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,240 submit to authorities. Amen. 452 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,360 And one day soon, listen, there's going to be a Bhima 453 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,000 awarding ceremony at the judgment seat of Christ. 454 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,120 And like the song, I can only imagine. 455 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:15,400 What would be like when that day comes. 456 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:21,960 I can only imagine it's like Lord, the Lord will reward you, 457 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,840 but you say God, I, I don't deserve this. 458 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:33,600 I'm just the instrument. You deserve all the glory, God, 459 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:41,520 you deserve all the honor. So always remember, only God 460 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:49,600 takes the glory, Amen. So, friends, let's make 461 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:50,400 disciples.