1 00:00:12,050 --> 00:00:15,770 Good morning, Illuminate Church. Good morning. 2 00:00:15,770 --> 00:00:17,930 Welcome to the House of the Lord. 3 00:00:18,650 --> 00:00:22,050 Thank you so much for coming to the House of the Lord and thank 4 00:00:22,050 --> 00:00:23,850 you for your prayers during this week. 5 00:00:23,850 --> 00:00:30,170 I had tooth pain. You know what it means. 6 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:35,280 You are almost dying, so thank you for your prayers. 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,520 And we, I have the honor, my name is Vladimir Arnessi, and I 8 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,600 have the honor to be a pastor here at Luminary Church. 9 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,240 And we are in a series named Kingdom Unveiled. 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,840 Kingdom Unveiled. And I believe God's plan through 11 00:00:52,840 --> 00:01:00,880 this series is to make His Kingdom known in such a way that 12 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,760 we can practice it. So we understanding his Kingdom. 13 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:17,720 And for that Jesus use parables, which not like a usual word, but 14 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,120 we we are learning. And Jesus was using parables. 15 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,720 Parable. This word in Portuguese is 16 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,920 parabolas. And I believe in Spanish, the 17 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:36,480 same word parabolas. So for me to understand parable 18 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:42,120 and parabolas is so close the word so it's it's easy to 19 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,520 understand. You know, my first language is 20 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,840 Portuguese. This is the wise. 21 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:54,880 Maybe you can see some different pronunciation like that, but my 22 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,000 first language, Portuguese. And sometimes in during some 23 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000 conversations, I, I can understand everything, but 24 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,080 sometimes one word is different. So and I have no idea what that 25 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,840 word means. And I and I'm, I'm always asking 26 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,720 if it's possible. Hey, can you help me to 27 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,080 understand that word? I don't know you, you said all 28 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,480 this, but that word and like I work with faster team. 29 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,160 So he's always making jokes and I'm always do not understanding, 30 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,040 but I laugh all the time. You know, he's my boss. 31 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:36,920 So wow, can you say it again to understand, you know? 32 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,600 OK, so, but sometimes I, I, I don't understand one word and I 33 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,720 ask and I need to tell you, you guys have been so amazing, so 34 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:51,160 kind explaining and teaching me and help me to understand the 35 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,440 words. And you know what happens? 36 00:02:54,440 --> 00:03:00,000 A lot of time people were using parables for me to understand 37 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,960 the meaning of that word. And it's amazing. 38 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,080 And I need to say thank you again. 39 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:15,040 I some, some weeks ago I, I was talking with Ronnie and one 40 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,280 couple when the wife was not good, she was sick. 41 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,200 And I asked Ronnie and one said, oh, I called the husband and the 42 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,120 husband told me she is in good spirit. 43 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:39,040 And I was like wow, she was sick and now she's in good spirit and 44 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,440 Ronnie was so happy. So wow, the American culture. 45 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:48,680 Maybe I I forgot. And I, I asked, are you happy? 46 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:56,000 I said no, she's in good spirit Jesus and also came to my mind. 47 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:03,120 Sometimes I'm driving and I see wine and spirits and I was, I 48 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,720 don't know is she alive? Is she's drunking a lot, 49 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,640 drinking a lot. You know what's happened with 50 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,680 her. So I said, Ronnie, can you help 51 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,520 me? Is she alive? 52 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,200 Is she drinking? What is she's with the Holy 53 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,000 Spirit. So help me to understand and you 54 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,280 know what Ronnie did, he start explaining to me using an 55 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:31,040 example, using stories. So I couldn't understand the 56 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:36,520 crazy meaning of this thing, you know, but I he was using this 57 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:41,920 and and this is like parables. He was using ways for me to 58 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,840 understand that thing and was so good. 59 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:49,360 And I, he spent maybe 45 minutes explaining the good spirit 60 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,120 thing. It's not easy, let me tell you 61 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,600 that. You have spirits and we're OK. 62 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,080 So we have the Holy Spirit, we have the good spirit, and we 63 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,760 have the other spirit. OK, OK. 64 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:08,800 But also one day here the church, one lady, she came and 65 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:14,000 she said, I want, she just came and said that to me, I want 66 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:20,160 Jesus so bad. And I said, no, he's so good. 67 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,120 No, no, no. And I, I, I did give wow, I just 68 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,840 don't. Jesus loves you. 69 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,800 You will see. He died for you. 70 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,320 He's alive and he's working for your life and he has a plan for 71 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:33,800 you. And I explained everything that 72 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,560 I know for her because I never saw someone saying Jesus so bad 73 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,440 and wow, this is my mission today. 74 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,760 And I explained everything. And at the end I said, do you 75 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,680 want to receive Jesus as your savior now? 76 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:53,520 And she said yes. And she pray and receive Jesus 77 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,760 what's here. And she received Jesus. 78 00:05:55,760 --> 00:06:02,000 And it was, I was so I never had that kind of experience, someone 79 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,960 coming with Jesus so bad, you know, And I was like, wow. 80 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:11,400 And I went home that day and I was like, whoa, today was whoa, 81 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:16,400 you know, And I was full of joy. And I start sharing this with my 82 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,280 daughter. You know, when your daughter 83 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:25,840 knows that you did something wrong and she did that face and 84 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,560 Gabriela, she was with that face. 85 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,800 Gabriel you need to understand she came with like so bad and 86 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,640 finish with so good. Oh I wow the Holy Spirit did 87 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:44,760 something that day today and she said no dad, no dad so bad means 88 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:56,330 so good. Then she started I was oh easy 89 00:06:56,330 --> 00:06:58,730 to understand when I say so bad means so good. 90 00:06:59,090 --> 00:07:03,610 Oh, easy, you know, but she start using parables, using 91 00:07:03,610 --> 00:07:09,520 stories for me to understand that so bad was a lot was so 92 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,160 good was something different the way I was understanding, you 93 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:21,560 know, so I don't know which one is your first language, but 94 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:28,800 Jesus is working to make his Kingdom our first language. 95 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,880 Jesus is working to make his Kingdom our first language. 96 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:42,240 So as we open our hearts to understand the parables every 97 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,000 Sunday, God's leading us through that. 98 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,200 So as you open your heart to understand the parables, let's 99 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:54,080 learn the Kingdom language to speak through our lives. 100 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:59,080 Amen. So Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 101 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,800 says, but seek first his Kingdom. 102 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Look at this, but seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, 103 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,280 and all these things will be given to you as well. 104 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,840 So the Kingdom language should be our first language. 105 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,320 So seek first His Kingdom. And through this series, Jesus 106 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:29,320 is teaching us the Kingdom language as our first language. 107 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,440 Do you want to learn that language? 108 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:37,280 It's OK, Let's go. Let's do this in good spirit. 109 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,000 Wanting it so bad. Are you understanding English 110 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,400 here? Wow, it's English. 111 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,480 They told me it's English. OK, I'm just using. 112 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,400 So let's do this today we'll talk about the parable of Good 113 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:00,240 Samaritan based on Luke chapter 10 and we'll read verse 25 to 114 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,800 37. If you need a Bible, just raise 115 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,880 your hand. The ushers, they are all around 116 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,840 to help you to have a Bible. It's so important for you to 117 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,160 have a Bible to read the Bible. You see, it's powerful. 118 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,560 Every time we open our Bible, some is going to happen. 119 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:22,040 I love this, this experience. I love to understand when we are 120 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,400 opening our Bible, something's going to happen. 121 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,000 God will talk with you. So we encourage you to have a 122 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,440 Bible. Thank you for that. 123 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,640 Thank you for raising your hand for the Bible. 124 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,320 We want to bless you. This Bible is for you. 125 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,320 And you know this parable, the Good Samaritan parable is a 126 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,600 famous parable. It's a famous parable. 127 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:50,920 We have hospitals all over the planet with the name Samaritan 128 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:57,400 just because of this parable. We have every in every 129 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:04,000 continent, many hospitals with the name Samaritan just because 130 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:09,880 of this parable, just because someone understood that word, 131 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:15,360 that parable and they start open houses to take care of people. 132 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,400 So you understanding one word from the message from the Lord 133 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,520 will change your life. One word can change your life 134 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,800 and many lives around you. So this is the language, this is 135 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,640 the Kingdom language. Can you imagine? 136 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:33,200 You know, in our planet, we have more than 100 hospitals with the 137 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,440 name Good Samaritan or Samaritan. 138 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,800 Just because of this word. Can you imagine your family? 139 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,640 Can you imagine your finance? When you understand the meaning 140 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,000 of one word, the power that God's giving to you, because you 141 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,480 understood the meaning of one word, it's real for you. 142 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,600 Can you imagine the transformation? 143 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,840 So this is everything is available for you. 144 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,880 Amen. Do you want to receive that 145 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,160 message? OK, Good Samaritan. 146 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:07,360 So we will read chapter 10 verse 25 to 2925 to 29. 147 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:16,480 Luke chapter 10 verse 25. Let me drink some water in 148 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:17,400 English. OK. 149 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:25,080 So on one occasion an expert in the law is stood up to Jesus to 150 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,360 test Jesus better stood up to test Jesus teacher. 151 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:34,280 He asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 152 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,320 What's written in the law? He replied, how do you read it? 153 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:45,600 He answered, love your Lord with your love, the Lord your God, 154 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,200 with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your 155 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:54,680 strength, with all your mind, and love your neighbor as 156 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:58,440 yourself. You have answered correctly. 157 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,360 Jesus replied, do this and you will leave. 158 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,520 But he wanted to justify himself. 159 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,160 So he asked Jesus, and who is my neighbor? 160 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,440 So let's talk about this conversation. 161 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,320 Because of this conversation with the expert in the law, 162 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,240 Jesus came to answer the question, who is my neighbor? 163 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,680 He came with this parable. But before we see, before we 164 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:33,080 read, before, before we talk about the parable, I want to 165 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,720 talk with you two big pictures about this conversation between 166 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,280 Jesus and the expert, the law. And the first point I want to 167 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:46,080 share with you is what comes out of you? 168 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:51,680 What comes out of you? They explained the law, he said 169 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,400 in verse 27. Love the Lord your God with all 170 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,480 your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all 171 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,960 your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. 172 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:09,680 But what came out of him was to test Jesus. 173 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:16,760 He knew that, but what was coming out of him was testing 174 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:22,480 Jesus. Can you imagine Jesus showing up 175 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,920 in your house? You arrive from the church today 176 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:32,240 and Jesus, the chosen Jesus. You know that guy in your couch? 177 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,600 Wow. That guy for me represent Jesus. 178 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,120 I know he's not, but if I see him, I will, you know? 179 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,440 But OK, Can you imagine you in front of Jesus? 180 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:51,760 So many blessings, so many miracles, so much love available 181 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,680 for me and you. And what was coming out of his 182 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:01,560 life was testing Jesus. Can you imagine you in front of 183 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,960 Jesus, testing Jesus? I don't know. 184 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,600 I don't know why, but something was happening. 185 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,880 So he was in front of Jesus, testing Jesus. 186 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:17,000 And I need to tell, I grew up learning so much about do not 187 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,400 trust anybody, do not trust anybody. 188 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:27,280 So for so long, this Kingdom language about mercy that we 189 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:31,760 will see in this parable, the Kingdom language about MERS 190 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:37,360 could not be my first language. Because nobody deserves. 191 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,240 I cannot trust anybody. So nobody deserves. 192 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,080 So I cannot have mercy for someone. 193 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,720 So for me that learning was so for experience that I had and 194 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:53,240 something that I was walking through was leading me for 195 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,080 another language. So I could not speak this 196 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,640 language before. So just because this thing was 197 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,960 blocking me. So maybe some wrong learnings 198 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:13,560 became your first language, Maybe first language as fear, 199 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,960 first language because of rejection, first language 200 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:24,800 because of pride. And pride is so interesting 201 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:31,000 because many things can lead us to be proud. 202 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,680 So maybe some experience, some some things that we went, we are 203 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:42,280 trying to make it so hard. We are trying to prove so many 204 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:49,280 things that we become proud. I understand what I'm saying in 205 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:55,520 English. So this can be can become our 206 00:15:55,520 --> 00:16:01,000 first language easy and we cannot see, we cannot speak 207 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 mercy because we learned that language. 208 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:14,280 You know, so many work from the darkness against couples and a 209 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:21,520 lot of not good experience inside the marriage and language 210 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,520 can be created not the Kingdom language. 211 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,960 So maybe because of this experience, what's coming out of 212 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,680 our lives can be loneliness. I prefer to be alone. 213 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,640 Nobody. I don't trust anybody. 214 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:46,200 You know, some kind of answers close to aggression. 215 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:52,640 I create a word in Portuguese aggressivity, you know, because 216 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,080 in Portuguese is aggressively dodgy. 217 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,560 And I'm creating my words in English during my life, you 218 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:04,280 know, but because of the experience that we had, we 219 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,119 become aggressive. So people are coming with 220 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:13,920 something and our answer, our language is with anger. 221 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:23,240 Many times we are look at this. And I was praying God gave me 222 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,520 that. I thought wow, many times we 223 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,560 were we are testing friends because of experience that we 224 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,040 had. God gave us friend they are 225 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,480 around us but we cannot trust. We have issues here and we are 226 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:42,360 testing our friends and we we are open the door to lose 227 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:47,320 relationship just because we are testing our friends because this 228 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,760 is the language that we know. Jesus came to teach us a new 229 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:57,480 language and he was using parables so we could learn and 230 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:02,800 speak the Kingdom language. So one good way for us to know 231 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,800 the answer about this question, what comes out of your life, 232 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,320 what our life? One good way is to listen what 233 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:16,640 people around us, what they are saying, what they are receiving 234 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:23,640 from you, what they're receiving from us, what they are saying. 235 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:29,800 And I encourage you to ask, ask them maybe two or three people, 236 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,200 what do you see coming out of my life? 237 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,800 What do you see coming out of my life? 238 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:45,480 So be courageous. These answers can restore, can 239 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,920 change your life. These answers can restore, can 240 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:57,120 heal you and heal relationships. This kind of answers can open a 241 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:02,720 way for prosperity that you be, you receive peace, freedom. 242 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:09,240 So ask for your husband. You don't need to ask for your 243 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,560 wife because she will tell you anyway. 244 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:19,440 You know, this week I was with my my tooth was like this size, 245 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:24,320 you know, I, I was like, I'm going to die, you know, so much 246 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:32,960 pain, so, so much pain. And my daughter was coming with 247 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,360 ice. I was with ice here, you know, 248 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,720 everything was I could not speak. 249 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:45,720 And Celia, my wonderful wife, I was at the bed like, oh, I'm 250 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,200 going to die today, you know. And she starts saying to my 251 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:56,240 daughter, you know, dad has no many experience with pain. 252 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,880 This thing. I was nothing with pain. 253 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:07,360 Once you say crazy wife, my pain is nothing for her. 254 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,360 No, but I could not do because I was so you know. 255 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:21,080 We need to learn what we are speaking, what they're receiving 256 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,960 from us. So ask for your husband, ask for 257 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:31,280 your wife, ask for your wife, ask for your roommate, for your 258 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:38,960 kids, Co workers and you learn things, real things. 259 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,480 What are they saying that's coming out of your life? 260 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:53,560 So the answer means what you have the most inside of you and 261 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,360 it's so important. Jesus said in Matthew chapter 12 262 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:04,120 at the last part of the verse 34, he said for the mouth speaks 263 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:13,320 what the heart is full of. So what is coming out of you is 264 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:20,200 what your heart is full of. So whatever you discover, I 265 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:25,640 need, I need to tell you that we're talking about maybe hard 266 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:31,800 things, you know, maybe. And I, I really encourage you to 267 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:37,680 talk with people close to you and maybe people close to you, 268 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:43,560 they, they are hurt because of your language, because of what's 269 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,760 coming out of you. And I encourage you to ask and 270 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,560 receive. That can be hard. 271 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:58,040 You can discover difficult things, but Jesus is ready to 272 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,960 bring his Kingdom over your life. 273 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:05,440 Amen. So maybe people will say to you 274 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:12,800 that you are rude. People can say to you you are 275 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:20,920 always complaining. People can say to you you are 276 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:31,480 sad, you're always sad. People can just answer you that 277 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:38,080 you are inappropriate. It's hard to listen, it's not 278 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:45,240 easy, but maybe this is what's coming out of our lives. 279 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,960 Are you with me? Do you hate me? 280 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,960 Don't answer, don't answer, don't answer. 281 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,600 So rude. Always complaining. 282 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:05,680 Sad, inappropriate. Maybe lazy, maybe not trustable. 283 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:14,560 It can be hard, I'm telling you, but Jesus is here and his 284 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,400 language, his Kingdom is available. 285 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,360 And this is the healing process. We need to know what's coming 286 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:23,920 out. Maybe we don't know. 287 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,920 So it's wonderful to work this way, to see what what are you 288 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:35,520 receiving from me? It's a freedom process, it's a 289 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,760 healing process. So do not deny, receive that 290 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:45,720 maybe someone who is hurt can give you a bad answer, you know, 291 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,880 and do you want to know? Do you want me to speak to you? 292 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:56,960 I will speak, you know, like people can answer you in 293 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:02,320 different ways, you know, but we need to learn maybe the fact 294 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,000 it's a gift, but the package is not wonderful. 295 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:10,880 Sometimes we receive some gift that the package is so beautiful 296 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,840 and inside we have like an apple or a banana. 297 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:20,040 We were thinking about a new car key and came with a banana, you 298 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,800 know, but sometimes the gift is terrible. 299 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,400 The the package is terrible, but the gift is good. 300 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:33,040 So don't worry about the package receive, do not deny if they're 301 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:38,080 saying that you're receiving this from you, receive it and go 302 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,440 to Jesus. He has his Kingdom to heal, heal 303 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:47,440 us and to lead us to peace and to freedom. 304 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:53,000 Amen. So I believe we can learn a lot 305 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,720 from that. And also here at Illuminate 306 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:04,760 Church, God gave to us life steps and oh, oh, you, you are 307 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,680 listening this everywhere. We help people find abundant 308 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,800 life in Jesus and the way we understand that is walking with 309 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:18,080 Jesus and life steps every season, every every life stage 310 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,240 that you are. You can't walk with Jesus to 311 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:26,880 receive abundant life, and abundant life is what's coming 312 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,280 out of your life. So Jesus is available to work 313 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:36,480 with us to teach us what's coming out of our life so we can 314 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,800 have His Kingdom coming out of our life. 315 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,760 Amen. So in life steps, we work with 316 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,360 these and we, we, we walk together reading the Bible and 317 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:51,800 learning about abundant life, abundant joy, abundant peace. 318 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:56,520 Can you imagine your life with abundant joy, abundant love and 319 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,720 abundant peace? This is the calling. 320 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:03,080 This is this is in the Bible. So let's walk through this and 321 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:08,080 and join us for life step. If you have never registered for 322 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:13,400 that, please think about this. You can walk this way with this 323 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,200 abundant. It's not like a training to be 324 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:22,200 whatever it's walking with Jesus to receive abundant life from 325 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,320 the king. Isn't it amazing? 326 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,680 So we need to learn that and walk this way. 327 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,920 So the first thing is what's coming out of your life? 328 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:37,320 The second thing that I want to talk with you is who will 329 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,000 receive? Who is our neighbor? 330 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:47,240 So let's watch what Jesus said to the expert in the law. 331 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,320 The miracle of mercy, the Good Samaritan. 332 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:08,400 This is Jesus, who is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. 333 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,160 You see, when Jesus was on earth, he wanted everyone to 334 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,360 know what God thought about things. 335 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,960 So he took every opportunity to teach people about God's heart. 336 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,960 One day a religious expert stood up to test Jesus by asking him 337 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,920 this question. Teacher, what should I do to 338 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:34,320 inherit eternal life? What does the law say? 339 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,360 The man answered. You must love the Lord your God 340 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:42,200 with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all 341 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:48,280 your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself, right? 342 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,520 Do this and you will live. Wait. 343 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,920 The man then asked. And who is my neighbor? 344 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,120 Jesus replied with a story. A Jewish man was travelling from 345 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:04,960 Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. 346 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,640 They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up and left 347 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:15,560 him half dead beside the road. By chance a priest came along 348 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,480 hey, but when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the 349 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,920 other side of the road and passed him by. 350 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,360 Another man who worked in the temple, who was called a Levite, 351 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:43,840 walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed 352 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:48,280 by on the other side. Then a Samaritan came along. 353 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,840 Samaritans were hated by Jews. They were seen as lesser people 354 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,040 and Jews would not interact with them. 355 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,320 But when the Samaritan saw the man, he felt compassion for him. 356 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,800 Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive 357 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:11,680 oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his 358 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,200 donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him. 359 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:29,840 One room, please. The next day he handed the 360 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:35,120 innkeeper 2 silver coins telling him take care of this man, If 361 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,080 his bill runs higher than this, I'll pay you the next time I'm 362 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:44,640 here. Now which of these three would 363 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,440 you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits? 364 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,160 The man replied the one who showed him mercy. 365 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:57,280 Then Jesus said yes, now go and do the same. 366 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,640 Yes, so go and do the same, Jesus said Go and do the same. 367 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,640 And the Kingdom, Kingdom language was mercy. 368 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,440 Jesus was showing the Kingdom language was mercy. 369 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,040 And in the New Testament, the Greek word for mercy is ellaos, 370 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,760 not English. OK, Greek words was ellaos, 371 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:28,120 which points to the active demonstration of kindness and 372 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:33,840 goodwill toward those who are afflicted or in need. 373 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,680 And the man who was attacked, the Jewish guy in the parable 374 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,360 and in the video, he was not Maybe we don't have like all 375 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:48,160 the, the, the, the information that he was asking for mercy, 376 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:53,600 but his life was saying mercy on me. 377 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,520 His life was asking for mercy. I believe we can hear, just 378 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,280 listen the story. Listen the parable, we can hear 379 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,160 he, he was in need. He was asking for mercy. 380 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:12,560 And let's talk about what can be a barrier to speak Kingdom 381 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,960 language. What can be a barrier to speak 382 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,720 Kingdom language? The first one that we saw here 383 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,320 was the priest. So Jesus was talking, the first 384 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,800 one who came to that way was the priest. 385 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,080 And I need to tell you, when I was a little boy at the church 386 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:31,200 and I heard about this parable, I thought, wow, the pastor is 387 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,560 not good. I was, oh, the pastor saw the 388 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,520 thing and didn't help. Oh, pastor is not good. 389 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:46,280 And I, I don't know if you watch that move, forgot the name left 390 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,000 behind. My wonderful wife is helping me. 391 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,600 You know, she's always saying the truth. 392 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,200 OK, so left behind, I don't know if you watch that movie. 393 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:56,960 If you didn't, it's your problem. 394 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,760 I will tell you the movie, OK, OK, you should. 395 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,800 It's like old movie. So the left behind Jesus come 396 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:09,040 back and everybody went with Jesus and the pastor did not the 397 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,160 pastor stay. He was not going with Jesus to 398 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,240 heaven. And I was, oh, pastors, they're 399 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:22,920 not good. Now I am a pastor, so I'm 400 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:27,680 learning, I'm learning this meaning and in this parable, 401 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:33,160 Jesus was talking about the priest and how to hear how we 402 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,800 can hear how we can speak that language. 403 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:41,000 And Jesus was teaching her teaching the the expert in the 404 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,080 law. He was talking about because the 405 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,320 priest represent his connect with the scriptures. 406 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,320 You see in in the video, he had like the scriptures. 407 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:59,320 So what I want to tell you is our times reading the Bible need 408 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:06,200 to produce actions. Our time reading the Bible, our 409 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:12,800 times reading the Bible need to produce actions Need to make us 410 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:19,400 ready to listen the answers that people are asking around us. 411 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,280 Amen. So are you reading the Bible? 412 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,640 Start reading the Bible. If you are not reading reading 413 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,680 your Bible, please start reading the Bible. 414 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,440 I have seen in our discipleship groups at the church. 415 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,000 If you don't know what is this, go to the connect center. 416 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,360 They can help you. But we are reading the Bible you 417 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,640 are sharing. But we are reading the Bible, 418 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,480 reading the Bible and you know, with we, we share and I have 419 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:51,480 seen a lot of miracles, you know, couples that came and they 420 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:56,080 were going through a divorce and they start reading the Bible, 421 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,880 receiving the power of the Bible, the word of the Lord. 422 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,960 And you know that message, the divorce, divorce, divorce, 423 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:08,480 divorce because of the Bible, break that message and the law 424 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,360 of the power restoration wonderful thing from the Lord 425 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,600 came to the marriage just because of the Bible. 426 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,000 So if you are not reading the Bible, please read your Bible. 427 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:25,440 Jesus was talking with him saying the priest came, he knew 428 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,440 the scripture, but read the Bible need to produce actions. 429 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:36,880 And I also want to tell you, and in our church center app, if you 430 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,040 open the church center app, the first thing I believe you have a 431 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,320 picture in your so the first thing there is message notes. 432 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,040 You know everything that we are talking every Sunday you have 433 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,920 all the passage and at the end you will see there today if you 434 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,200 go, you see the passage. And at the end we have like a 435 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,680 journal method how you can read the Bible. 436 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:07,440 And we call this here method HEAR here method. 437 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:14,240 And here method means H means highlight, E explain a apply and 438 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:21,840 now we have something special. They are the last one is how I 439 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,680 will respond. How is going to be my actions? 440 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,360 I'm reading the Bible. What I will do with this? 441 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:37,080 So our times reading the Bible need to produce actions. 442 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,800 Can you say Amen for that need to produce action? 443 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,640 So he was talking about the priest. 444 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,600 Then he came with the Levite and Jesus said the Levite was there. 445 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,760 And you know, the Levite represent the temple tasks. 446 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:57,200 And when I was thinking about this, I want to share with you 447 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:02,360 that our agenda. Agenda is a word in English in 448 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,600 Portuguese as well. You know, agenda in Portuguese. 449 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:11,160 Isn't it easy Agenda OK, agenda in English OK. 450 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:19,800 But our agenda cannot interrupt mercy callings. 451 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:30,080 So focus on agenda can make you unable to listen so many tasks. 452 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:36,760 So focus on the tasks that we maybe cannot listen, so we can 453 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:43,640 be so committed with the goals, with our agenda that our ears 454 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:50,880 are blocked to people around us that are shouting, asking for 455 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:56,080 mercy. So what if you open your agenda 456 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,000 to listen? You create like something that 457 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,800 you stop and you will pray for your friends. 458 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:07,280 This is Kingdom language. So every, whatever, Wednesday, 459 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:12,600 Tuesday, every day, I will pray for my friends and I will stop 460 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:17,120 and I'll be quiet and I'll start to remember my relationship with 461 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:18,480 some friends. Wow. 462 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,120 I need to pray for him. I need to do something. 463 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,720 I need to speak mercy. He's asking for mercy. 464 00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:32,080 You know, people around us, they are in need and Jesus is calling 465 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:39,360 us to speak the language so we can work with our agenda for our 466 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:46,320 agenda to do not interlude what people are asking around us. 467 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,440 Mercy callings. And the last one, and I will 468 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:53,040 finish with this, the last one is the Samaritan. 469 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,280 And for me, that we understood this Samaritan was the 470 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,760 unexpected. Nobody was expecting, even maybe 471 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,560 the Jewish guy who was there, he was not expecting the mercy 472 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,520 coming from the Samaritan. And I need to tell you, people 473 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:13,760 around you, maybe they are not expecting from you, but God's 474 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,720 calling you to speak Kingdom language with mercy from for 475 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:20,680 them. So give to them mercy. 476 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:25,680 So this week I encourage you think about someone, if 477 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:31,200 someone's coming to your mind now, please pray for them. 478 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:36,280 And during this week, do something God will lead you to 479 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,000 do. Maybe you need to pay something, 480 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,360 maybe you need to go and give a hug. 481 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,840 Maybe you need to do anything different. 482 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,600 One day I was praying for a friend and, and he said to me 483 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,960 that he was having some issues with the company that he was 484 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,760 working. And it was like maybe 10 PMI was 485 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,760 in Brazil. And I, I, I just said to him for 486 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,800 do you allow me to go now with you to your company? 487 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,080 Oh, but the company's closed. I don't want to enter the 488 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,120 company, but I want to go in front of the company with you 489 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,040 and pray blessings over you in front of your company. 490 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,240 And we went there and I just pray in Portuguese. 491 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,760 Easy. I just pray with him in front of 492 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,240 the company. You know, when I finished the 493 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:32,040 prayer, he gave me a hug and the other day he called me. 494 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,440 Everything is different. I didn't do anything different, 495 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,680 I was just praying. Are you understanding? 496 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,960 God will do, God will complete, but we need to speak the 497 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:48,080 language and it's easy when we just talk. 498 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,160 I will pay attention to people around me and I will speak 499 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,200 Kingdom language. Can you say yes for that? 500 00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,160 So people are asking mercy and God want to use us. 501 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,360 And this is the way. And I want to also talk about if 502 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:09,160 you come today, if you came today with not expectation, 503 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,840 maybe asking for mercy, Jesus is here. 504 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,280 And the answer is Jesus, walk with Jesus. 505 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,640 If you never prayed receiving, asking Jesus to come to your 506 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,680 life, I want to pray with you together this morning, asking 507 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:29,360 Jesus to come to your life to walk with you. 508 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:35,360 Can we do this prayer together? So please close your eyes and 509 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,800 repeat everybody. Please repeat with me. 510 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:45,400 Jesus, this morning I want to declare that I need you. 511 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:54,360 I want you to be my Lord and I open my heart for you come to my 512 00:40:54,360 --> 00:41:00,320 life. I receive you in my life in 513 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,640 Jesus name, Amen. Amen. 514 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:09,320 Praise the Lord and I, I want to, yes, praise the Lord, praise 515 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,840 the Lord. If you did that prayer for the 516 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:16,760 first time today, it's so important if you never did that 517 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,440 pray. If not said that word, today's a 518 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,840 special day and I will count to 3 and I will ask you if you did 519 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,200 that prayer for the first time to raise your hand because this 520 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:34,400 is a special day, is a day to walk, to start your walking with 521 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,000 Jesus, Amen. So I will count to 3 and you 522 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,000 raise your hand. If you did that prayer for the 523 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:46,400 first time, we have something to give to you to help you in your 524 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,840 journey. OK, 123, just raise your hand. 525 00:41:50,880 --> 00:42:00,480 Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen. 526 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:05,280 We see you. So the ushers will give you some 527 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:11,480 information that will allow you to have your wonderful first 528 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,920 step walking with Jesus. Let's pray. 529 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,280 Lord, thank you for this time. Together we want to overflow 530 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:23,200 mercy and I pray for the blessings coming over us to obey 531 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,640 you and to speak your language. We pray in Jesus name, Amen. 532 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,200 Amen. I invite you to stand up.