1 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:13,040 Good morning. God is good. 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,400 It's another wonderful moment in the presence of God. 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,720 And always, as usual, in the presence of God, as always, the 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:28,880 fullness of joy. And today we're going to 5 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:35,040 continue with our series, just like Julian mentioned on Life 6 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,240 Bull. And today we'll be talking about 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:51,240 value sharing, which is Christ's The Searchlights quickly. 8 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,120 We have done 3 Series already. Could you remind me one of them? 9 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,319 You told me 111 from this side, one from here, 1 from here. 10 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,800 So let's go, somebody. I need to volunteer from this 11 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,040 side. Value 1. 12 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,960 Biblical truth. Thank you. 13 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:31,480 Rule 2. Rule 2. 14 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,200 OK, I'll come back to you. This rule. 15 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:47,000 Yeah, thank our very close to each that is humbly 7 decree 16 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,040 sharing. Yeah, the number two I'm back to 17 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:55,200 you now. Oh no, no, not you Ben. 18 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:03,120 OK, I'm going to help you presence of God, the fuel and 19 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,440 today we're going to continue on that and that's talking about 20 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,039 our value as a church to be Christ's such land. 21 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,800 I'm going to take our main test today from the book of Matthew. 22 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:31,040 Matthew chapter 5 from verse 14 to 16 said you are the light of 23 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:36,840 the world. A town built on a hill cannot be 24 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,440 eaten, neither do people light a lamp and put it under a ball. 25 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,200 Instead they put it on it's stand and it gives light to 26 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:52,640 everyone in the house. In the same way, let your lights 27 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:58,680 shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and 28 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:07,920 glorify your Father in heaven. I want to ask another question. 29 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,360 I don't want to make everybody uncomfortable, but I just have 30 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:20,520 to ask this When was the last time you as an individual, 31 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,680 intentionally reach out to someone who does not know Jesus 32 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,200 Christ? When was the last time? 33 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,880 Think about that. I'm not talking about someone 34 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,920 you've met before or someone that is to enable anything that 35 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,240 someone that owes this person has not really met Canada. 36 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:51,200 You deliberately approach that person and you share the word of 37 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,880 God with that person. When was the last time? 38 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:57,920 Friday. Friday. 39 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:13,760 Also, God is good. Thank you. 40 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,519 More grace, more grace. Thank you very much. 41 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:20,800 That's the first commandment in the New Testament, but you are 42 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,600 coming. Praise God, Praise God. 43 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,480 I'm happy that we've got people here that are really sharing the 44 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,920 gospel of Christ, but that is one of the great assignment that 45 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,480 we have been given as Christians. 46 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,960 You know. Christianity was never designed 47 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,560 to be a private. Club, you know. 48 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:52,120 We are just to go out there to share the gospel of God. 49 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,840 If God has gone something new for you, it's you know, if you 50 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,880 really enjoyed it, you need to share it with others that come. 51 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,600 Come and see what I'm enjoying. Come and see what I'm doing to 52 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,840 this our new. God, you know. 53 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:17,400 It is always very good for us to go out there to share the 54 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:22,600 goodness of God with everyone around us, to share the love of 55 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,520 God, to share the world of salvation. 56 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:33,720 The tragedy of our hate at the moment is that darkness exists. 57 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:45,760 True, it's dead, but the tragedy will continue when we as the 58 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:53,440 light refuses to shine. So we are the light of the world 59 00:05:54,280 --> 00:06:05,360 that God has sent into this darkness to shine, to shine, to 60 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,800 bring hope, to talk about salvation, to talk about the 61 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,040 goodness of God. And one of the things that is 62 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,520 very evident in our world today is hopelessness. 63 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:21,080 But in Christ we've got that hope because we've got that hope 64 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,360 firmly in Christ Jesus. And we are expected to share and 65 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,000 to spread that hope with our community, at work, with our 66 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,720 neighbours, people we know, people we don't know. 67 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,640 And that is one of the great thing that is very important for 68 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:46,400 us. I'm going to remind us of one of 69 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,400 the greatest movies that I saw so many years ago. 70 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,360 I know some of you will have seen it before. 71 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,240 How many of us could remember that story of Titanic? 72 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,800 Many of us remember this story right on the night of April 15, 73 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:11,000 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic. 74 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:21,320 Over 1500 people died, and these people died not because there 75 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:26,560 were no lifeboats, but because there were not enough. 76 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,840 And because some of the lifeboats that launched that 77 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,600 night were not full, when we look at this picture, I don't 78 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:48,840 know if you can say it clearly. Imagine these lifeboats, which 79 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:55,560 is equipped with satellites filled with survivors, floating 80 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:00,600 in the dark water, hearing the cries of the people around them, 81 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,920 and the crew decides we are safe. 82 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,560 That's the picture there. We are safe. 83 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,760 We don't want to disturb ourselves. 84 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,520 It is so risky for us to go back and save these people. 85 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,400 Let's just stay here in our comfort zone. 86 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,920 Thank God that we are safe. Whatever happens to the rest, 87 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,400 it's their problem. It's not our problem. 88 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,440 You. I can imagine that you could 89 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,760 hear the cries of people around them, but because they are 90 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:48,640 enjoying the warmth in their own lifeboats, they refuse to invite 91 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,320 or to go back to those people to actually support them. 92 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:59,040 This caused a lot of people to actually die, and people died in 93 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:05,080 that water church. That is a picture of what the 94 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:11,760 church becomes when we forget our purpose, when we sit in our 95 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,520 comfort zone and a lot of souls are being lost out there. 96 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,240 But just because we are comfortable in our own space, we 97 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:26,680 decided that, well, I'm saved. Whatever happens to them, thank 98 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:29,800 God I'm sick. Oh thank you Jesus. 99 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:36,840 That's not the purpose for us. A lifeboat does not stay at the 100 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,440 harbour admiring his own paintball while people drown in 101 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:46,000 the ocean. It purpose is to go to search 102 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,720 and to rescue, to save life, sometimes even at his own 103 00:09:53,120 --> 00:10:00,200 personal cost. So we are not there to just 104 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,720 decorate ourselves that yes, I'm a Christian, I go to church 105 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,440 every Sunday, I praise and sing, have a very wonderful community. 106 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,840 We get on very well. Sing, we praise, we share. 107 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:19,640 Yeah, that's awesome. Today God is asking us, will you 108 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:26,520 become my such light in a world that is growing darker day by 109 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,720 day? I just want you to reflect on 110 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,760 this. We might have been saved. 111 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:38,360 Yes, we have seen what's do we want more people to be saved as 112 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:43,520 well? And if you want that, how are we 113 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,840 going about it? What are we doing? 114 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,000 What's effort, what state? What's our feeling being 115 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:58,240 intentional about this? I want us to think about this. 116 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:08,440 How do we reach the lost? I'm going to share just three 117 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,640 points before I close this summon. 118 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:22,120 How do we reach the lost? I'm going to be giving us 3 119 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:31,680 frame walls, OK? And that is we share Christ with 120 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:42,520 our life, we share life with our lives, and we share Christ with 121 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:46,600 the Lord. I'm going to break this down. 122 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,400 You know. The Bible says that you are the 123 00:11:52,400 --> 00:12:02,680 source of the heart. In the book of Matthew, chapter 124 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:09,280 5 first 13 to 16 said you are the salt of a heart. 125 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:15,920 But if the salt loses its saltness, saltiness, how can it 126 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,600 be made salty again? It is no longer good news for 127 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,240 anything except to be thrown out and trampled under the foot. 128 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,360 You are the light of the world. A city that is built cannot be 129 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:36,120 hidden. So let your light shine before 130 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:42,440 all this, and they may see your good deeds and verify your 131 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:48,400 Father in heaven. You see, before anyone listens 132 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:54,080 to you, before anyone listening to what you have to say, they're 133 00:12:54,080 --> 00:13:00,040 already studying who you are. Your life, our life, my life is 134 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,600 the first sermon that anyone could see. 135 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:08,800 Our character is the first message. 136 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:15,800 And whether we know it or not, someone is watching. 137 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:23,680 Someone is watching. And then they can decide, oh, 138 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,880 how is this person handling pressure? 139 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,120 He says he trusts God. Is this really trusting God with 140 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,160 all the pressure that he's been going through? 141 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,880 They are watching how our feet affect others. 142 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,640 They are watching how we are managing our home, how we are 143 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,800 managing our marriage. They are watching whether we are 144 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:55,320 the same person, you know, on weekdays and on Sundays. 145 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:03,040 They are watching whether our joy is true or we are just 146 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,880 faking it. They are watching in the book of 147 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,440 Corinths Second Corinthians chapter 3. 148 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:13,360 Well said. We are the living epistles 149 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,280 that's being read by our men. We are the Bible that some 150 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,800 people will read before they actually break the Bible. 151 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,080 So what are they reading about us? 152 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,160 Are we living a life that is worth emulating? 153 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,320 Are we living a life that people could actually say? 154 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:39,280 I guess this is truly a light. This is truly a salt. 155 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,720 This is truly someone I would love to emulate. 156 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:49,240 This is truly, I would love to follow this church or to listen 157 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,520 to church. I want us to look at this and 158 00:14:54,520 --> 00:15:05,440 think about this salt and light. That is what we are. 159 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,880 You know, Jesus Christ intentionally used the word salt 160 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,720 and light. He did not use the word gold. 161 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,280 You know, before we can get gold, we have to D, we have to 162 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,200 purify, we have to shine and stuff like that. 163 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:28,560 But use the word salt and light. You know the reason because we 164 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,960 are, you know, to preserve. You know, one of the 165 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,840 characteristics of salt is to preserve. 166 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,880 And before it can preserve, there must be a sort of contact 167 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,120 to inhibit any sort of microorganism that we want to 168 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,960 grow. So when you look at it, salt 169 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:54,560 function by contact, salt preserves by being present in 170 00:15:54,560 --> 00:16:03,120 pins it is preserving and salt also flavours by being mixed. 171 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,240 You know when we put salt in our fruit, we mix it together to get 172 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:15,040 even to salt Mix and salt creates thirst and lights. 173 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,240 When you are a light, what you can, you can't be easy. 174 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:19,680 When you are there, you are there. 175 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,960 When you enter a room, everybody knows that a light has fully 176 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,320 come. You don't need any sort of any 177 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,080 explanation. That is who we are. 178 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,240 A light does not explain itself. Light enters the room and what 179 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,120 happens? The darkness disappears. 180 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:42,160 That is who we are. The problem that many believers 181 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,920 have is that sometimes we use our saltiness. 182 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,880 We have become so much like what is applicable in the world 183 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:58,680 because we are following the world standard and gradually we 184 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:03,800 are integrating ourselves into the things of the world because 185 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,400 that is what is generally applicable and we are just 186 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,200 aligning ourselves to that. You know. 187 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:18,720 Our lifestyle look the same, our marriage look the same. 188 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,480 You know. Our financial decision reached 189 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:30,680 the same, our response to crisis the same, our joy just look the 190 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,200 same. We, we are not really enjoying 191 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,160 the content of what God really plans for us because we are just 192 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,280 aligning to what the world wants. 193 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,360 When you remember the Elliot Elliot Church, the early church, 194 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,280 they turned down world upside down. 195 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:53,320 How they had none of what was considered essential in ministry 196 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:59,640 today, No building, no amplification system, no social 197 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,440 media platform, no marketing budget, no Christian television 198 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,120 network, then they were small. They were even constituted. 199 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:15,680 They were minority under the one of the most powerful Kingdom 200 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:20,760 then under the Roman Empire. But what happened thereafter? 201 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:29,880 God used the church to really transform a lot of things. 202 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:36,960 You know, because when when plague swept Roman Empire then 203 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:43,240 and everyone could not afford, everyone could afford to run 204 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,440 away, only the Christians stood by. 205 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,720 You're able to go through the persecution. 206 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,080 You know. They stayed behind. 207 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:02,440 They care for the sick. When the Roman society discarded 208 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:07,240 the poor, the widow, the orphan, the Christian, then they picked 209 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:13,480 them up. They were pragmatic, they were 210 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:21,680 intentional. They were able to serve and that 211 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:27,680 was what gave the Roman Empire to like who are these minority 212 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,960 that are doing great things? They were minority or because of 213 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,520 their intention, because of the good works that they are doing, 214 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,440 a bigger empire could actually notice and reckon them that 215 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,840 because of their impact in that society, that is what we have. 216 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:51,640 Our impact must be seen, our impact must be evidence. 217 00:19:55,320 --> 00:20:01,440 When everyone complaints, be that one that bring the 218 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:11,720 perspective of peace. When everyone seems everywhere 219 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,640 that is seems to be sort of hopelessness, you know, let our 220 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:21,480 joy overflow because we have the greater one that lives in ours 221 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,960 and that is what is expected of us as Christians. 222 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:34,840 Let's our life share the goodness of Christ because 223 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:40,680 sometimes or most times wear the Bible that others are reading. 224 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,280 And some people, they might not really have the opportunity to 225 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,800 read that Bible, but what they say is that, oh, he goes to 226 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,960 church, He does this, He does that. 227 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,880 And I want to follow him because I can see the impact of what is 228 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,160 following the impact of God in his life. 229 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,920 That is what we have the salt and the light to this 230 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:07,360 generation. My number 2L is share Christ 231 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,280 with your lips. I've got three LS. 232 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:23,680 Share with your life, share with your lips, share with the Lord. 233 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:27,920 That's our number three points. Share Christ with your lips. 234 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:35,240 When we go to the Bible in the book of Mark chapter 16 said to 235 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,760 them, go into the world and preach the gospel to operation 236 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,120 said we should go into the world, we should preach the 237 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,200 gospel. How do we preach the gospel? 238 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,480 Go out there and preach the gospel. 239 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:02,080 And for us to preach that gospel, it reminded us in the 240 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,880 book of Romans 6167. For I am not ashamed of the 241 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:10,160 gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to 242 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:15,960 everyone who believes, first to the Jews, then to the Gentile. 243 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:27,440 You know many of us who have become experts, just living a 244 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:32,480 good Christian life, quietly private you, and sometimes we 245 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,280 are invisible. I just want to do my things and 246 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,640 I'm just fine. Oh, I can talk to them. 247 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:44,080 No, I can't do that. You know. 248 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:54,120 But on social media, we are champions, we are bold, we can 249 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,080 talk. You know. 250 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,120 And in Sundays we could be very passionate people will be, you 251 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,960 know, doing everything from Monday to to Saturday at work 252 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,360 and unable with our families. You know. 253 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:14,800 We are very active and very effective, but we are undercover 254 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:20,520 Christians when it comes to preaching. 255 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,240 I can do that. It's not for me. 256 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,520 I'm not bold. I know I'm too classic for that. 257 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,360 No, just now. That's not who we are as 258 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:40,080 Christians. The gospel is not a lifestyle. 259 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,240 It is an announcement. It's an announcement of good 260 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,320 news. It is meant to be declared. 261 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:55,440 It is meant to be shared. And Paul, who had every woman 262 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:00,920 reason to be ashamed, He had been a Pharisee, the persecutor 263 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,720 of Christians, the man with blood on his hand. 264 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:13,440 All stand sore and say, I am not ashamed, So why are you ashamed? 265 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:23,280 Why are we ashamed? Why Paul wasn't ashamed because 266 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,760 he understood that the gospel actually is not just a religious 267 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,400 preference. It is not just a private 268 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:38,040 philosophy, but it is the power of God in him that is being 269 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:45,440 expressed. Church this morning. 270 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:53,320 I just want to encourage us to share more with our words, with 271 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,880 the word of our testimonies, with what God has done. 272 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,960 Sometimes the testimony we share is an encouragement to another 273 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,800 person. The testimonies we share is a 274 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,240 reference point for another person to actually act in faith. 275 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:16,840 The testimony we share could actually affect a generation in 276 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,960 life. You know when you look at the 277 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,080 family tree, because somebody has got that light, it spreads 278 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:33,910 down with the first generation. I'm going to be using an 279 00:25:33,910 --> 00:25:37,830 example, 1 encounter and one city chain. 280 00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:45,750 We all remember that woman that was at the well to get water in 281 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:48,950 the afternoon and Jesus went to her. 282 00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:51,840 You know. You know, normally they 283 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,040 shouldn't have made what they met and they were interacting 284 00:25:55,200 --> 00:26:02,240 and Jesus told her, said you have married five times. 285 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:10,000 Even the husband you've got is not even the right person for 286 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,600 you. And he was like, how do you know 287 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,200 that? Are you a prophet? 288 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,520 Remember that story in the book of John chapter 4 things? 289 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:28,240 I mean, and you know, she's got 5 field marriages. 290 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,040 She's living with a man who was in her husband. 291 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:36,080 She was the last person anyone in this city would actually 292 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,600 choose to be an evangelist. But what happened if she had an 293 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,400 encounter with Jesus Christ? She did not stay there. 294 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,960 She said, yeah, come and see, come and see. 295 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,960 I have seen a man that's told me all the history of my life. 296 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:59,040 She had an encounter and she didn't keep that encounter to 297 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,320 herself. And she went out there. 298 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:08,640 Oh, come and see, come and see a man who told me everything I 299 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,960 ever did. I even told me about the five 300 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,640 previous marriages. I've not told him before and he 301 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:20,560 told me who is this man? Come Sonic, Sir, he had an 302 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:26,560 encounter with the Lord and that encountered spread round the 303 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:33,040 city and it was reported that a lot of people changed their 304 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,600 life, changed their way, and they became Christian just by 305 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:42,000 the word of her mouth and the testimony she cheered upon an 306 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,960 encounter she had with Jesus Christ. 307 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,040 We can do the same. We can do better. 308 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,600 That's not been good for us, what has been good for us. 309 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,840 So we need to share it, we need to express it. 310 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:08,800 We need to go out there and talk more about the goodness of God. 311 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,000 She did not hide it. The Bible says that many 312 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:21,560 Samaritans from that city believe in Jesus just because of 313 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,800 our testimony. Do you know your testimony could 314 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:31,160 do something better like that? Our testimony is powerful and we 315 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:41,200 can do better. We also remember the story of in 316 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,120 Luke chapter 15 verse four to seven. 317 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,400 You know, suppose one of you has 100 sheep and this is one of 318 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,480 them. Doesn't he live in 99 in the 319 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,920 open country and go after the lost sheep until it is fine? 320 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,680 And when he finds it, he joyfully put seeds on his 321 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,040 shoulder and blossom? Then he called his friend and 322 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,960 neighbours together and said, Rejoice with me, I have found my 323 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:16,080 lost sheep. I'll tell you that is the same 324 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:20,040 way. That would be more rejoicing in 325 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:26,840 heaven over 1 Sinner who repent than over 99 righteous person 326 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:34,640 who do not need to repent. How are we making even to 327 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:41,560 rejoice? Are we making even rejoice in 328 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,520 our ways? You know well you know Jesus 329 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,200 made me told these parables. You know when you look at that 330 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,800 Luke 15, there were about 3 parables there. 331 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,520 That means the parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin and 332 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,960 the prodigal son. But one thing you see that the 333 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:02,040 following sort of a pattern that's talking about come back 334 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:07,320 home, come back home by so much of joy. 335 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,880 You know the Shebad does not allow us from the farm he grows. 336 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:20,400 He leaves the 99 and focus on one just to bring that one to 337 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,760 tell you how precious every lost soul is. 338 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,480 So I will go and he has sent us to this world to make sure that 339 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:37,280 all these Lords soul are brought back into His Kingdom. 340 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,760 Our deity here is to depopulate the Kingdom of darkness and 341 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:48,600 populate the Kingdom of God. And if we are not doing that, we 342 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:54,280 still have a lot of work to do. We are here to depopulate the 343 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,800 Kingdom of darkness and populated Kingdom of God because 344 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,160 every soul, every repentance, every lawsuit that is coming 345 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,800 back home and so much of rejoicing and so much of 346 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,800 dancing. And then do we have to want, we 347 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:19,800 need to have more of that. So I'm just challenging us this 348 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:25,720 week. That's as we go to our work, to 349 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,760 our various offices. That colleague you have been 350 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:37,000 nervous to talk to, that's member of your family that's you 351 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:42,920 have tried to avoid for so many years, that neighbour who look 352 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:47,080 like they have it all together, but you know that everything is 353 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:52,080 falling about. Just know that Evan has not 354 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:59,480 given up on them and neither should we. 355 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,600 If everyone has not giving up on them, we must not give up on 356 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,560 them. What do we do this week? 357 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,560 What do we do? Shine our light. 358 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:16,040 Let's approach them, let's talk to them, let's encourage them. 359 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,680 Let's be the source. Let's stage, let's make it 360 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,240 spicy, let's make it tasty, let it go around, let's preserve 361 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:36,680 when we enter that from let that light and that's who we are. 362 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:45,840 May the Lord help us in Jesus name, share Christ with the Lord 363 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:52,200 in all this. When we look at the Great 364 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,560 Commission in Matthew chapter 28, said, therefore go and make 365 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:01,600 disciples of all men, said baptising them in the name of 366 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:07,240 the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching 367 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,640 them to obey everything that I have commanded you. 368 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:15,560 And surely, and this is the very important part of it for us. 369 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,680 Let's look at the last sentence. Let's read together. 370 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:25,320 Hi, I'm with you always to the very end of the age. 371 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,320 You know, in all these things we are not by ourselves. 372 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:42,160 He's there with us. He's giving us the right words 373 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,320 to say. He's directing us with the 374 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,000 sorrow Spirit, the next step to take. 375 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:56,520 He's protecting us and that is His promise, that surely I'll be 376 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,080 with you. And so when we are sharing this 377 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,840 word, we know that God is with us. 378 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,120 I'm not alone. When we go into a battle with 379 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,040 the Lord, we are always victorious. 380 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,600 When I'm with Jesus, there is no mountain, there is no problem, 381 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,120 there is no situation that I cannot overcome. 382 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:27,280 That is the Jesus we carry. That is who Jesus is. 383 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:33,560 So in all we do, we go with him because he promised to be with 384 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:38,239 us, even to the very end. We have no power of our own, no 385 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,760 wisdom, no knowledge or the study. 386 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,400 Sometimes you don't even want to be right. 387 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,960 What to say? But because Jesus Christ lives 388 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,920 in us, because he's our senior partner, he will tell us, He 389 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:53,480 will direct us how to act, what's to say, how to handle it. 390 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,080 Difficult question, difficult situation, unpleasant situation 391 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,600 is there to give us the right word and how to go about it. 392 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:14,920 So Jesus is telling us that we should go out there, that we 393 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:20,760 should preach the gospel. What I know, we have so many 394 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:25,560 things that are really disturbing us. 395 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:34,120 And that is the reason why in the book of Second Timothy said 396 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:41,840 God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of law 397 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:47,720 and of a sound mind. Therefore, do not be a thing of 398 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:52,520 the testimony of our Lord. Sometimes we know what to do, 399 00:35:54,360 --> 00:36:02,640 but that fear that's sort of disappointment that what if I 400 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:08,040 share with this guy and he says no, I remember, you know, so 401 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,360 many of our prayer work. I remember the last time I was 402 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,560 with Paul to try to give a sort of. 403 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,920 Pamphlets something to some of the believer and say some of 404 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,840 them say no, no, but he was not discouraged until he got someone 405 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:35,480 to eventually hand it to. For for as many people that I 406 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,040 even married here, the last the first time you asked your wife 407 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:45,760 how this is probably probably they won't say yes, but because 408 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:50,280 you believe in this, you follow up and you continue asking the 409 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:51,920 same thing. We can bring that to the gospel. 410 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:57,240 Because someone tells us no yesterday doesn't mean he or she 411 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:02,040 cannot say yes the next day. The tragedy is that when we give 412 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:10,320 up, we don't give up, for we prayerfully continue to pray for 413 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:15,520 that person and to see how that person could come over to the 414 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:21,680 Lord side. You know, the enemy offers a 415 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:28,400 spirit of fear, timidity that silences and telling us that 416 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,560 what of if they reject me? And many of us cannot manage 417 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,200 rejection. And because of that, I just want 418 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,440 to maintain my peace. That is the work of the devil. 419 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,080 That is the plan of the devil because God has a purpose for 420 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,000 you to speak at that point, because there is a purpose that 421 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,520 something that God want to do with that conversation. 422 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,600 But because the devil came, what if she rejects you? 423 00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:00,000 OK, let me just leave. And that's all. 424 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,240 But God gives us the power beyond ourselves. 425 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:15,560 Give U.S. law that cast house fears and a clear and untroubled 426 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,320 mind. That is what God gives us. 427 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:25,480 A clear mind, untroubled mind, power beyond ourselves, contrary 428 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:32,720 to what the devil is giving us, Fear, timidity and the fear of 429 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:36,000 rejection. God is telling us here and God 430 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,600 is reassuring that He has given us that love. 431 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,840 He has given us that power beyond ourselves, what we could 432 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:48,560 not control, and a clear and untroubled mind. 433 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:54,920 You know, Paul was writing this in this second Timothy when he 434 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,640 was in the prison. You know, he was trying to 435 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:03,200 encourage Timothy then. He was probably probably afraid 436 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:08,720 and doubting himself, you know. And Paul was in chains then was 437 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:13,640 in the prison and Despite that still wrote this encouragement 438 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,560 to encourage Timothy. That is who we are. 439 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:19,960 We need to encourage one another. 440 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:25,160 We need to support one another to make sure that this Great 441 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:30,600 Commission that Jesus Christ has given us to do come to 442 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,440 fulfilment. The devil will not want it to 443 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:37,320 happen, but it is our own intentionality, is our own 444 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,240 resilience that we make it happen. 445 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,720 And I pray that God will help us to achieve this. 446 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,720 You see, this generation does not need more hidden Christians, 447 00:39:53,480 --> 00:40:04,280 it needs a satellite. And who is the satellite? 448 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:12,240 We are the satellite because we are the light of the world. 449 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:18,720 In Matthew chapter 15, verse 14 reemphasizes that we are the 450 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,680 light of the world. So if we are the light of the 451 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:27,560 world, then we need to go out there, spread that light. 452 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,360 The world is dark enough already. 453 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:36,120 It does not need more darkness. It needs you, the light of 454 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:41,880 Christ shining through His Church without apology, without 455 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:47,400 fear, and without delay. That's to be noun. 456 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:53,680 You don't have to postpone it because God has a purpose for 457 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:57,040 everything. We must not wait till our own 458 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,760 time. That oh, when I'm ready, I'm 459 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,080 going to start doing it. No, now is the time. 460 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:08,760 Now is the time. In closing, I just want you to 461 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,720 think about one person, just one person. 462 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:16,400 Someone in your world right now, probably at work, probably your 463 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:22,760 family member or someone in your friendship circle who does not 464 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,400 know Christ. Just imagine. 465 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,280 Can you see their face? Do you know their name? 466 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,720 OK, Now just imagine again, arriving in heaven. 467 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:42,840 OK, you are arriving in heaven one day, and same person is 468 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:53,720 there. Yeah, because you spoke, because 469 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:59,520 you prayed, because you refuse to let your lifeboat stay 470 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:05,520 comfortable at the harbour, or because you blew the trumpet. 471 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:12,320 What a day that will be. How do you think that day will 472 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:17,480 be? But imagine another possibility, 473 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,400 standing before God with the knowledge that these people 474 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:30,280 lived and died without Christ, and you were next to them for 475 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:35,400 years, and you were afraid of what they would think about you. 476 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:43,600 Or it was never the right moment at the right time, or you kept 477 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:53,320 waiting until you were ready. George, there is no more time. 478 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:02,160 Today's the day. This week is the week. 479 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:15,080 There's only one person whose name comes to our mind and we 480 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:22,760 just need to pray for them. Just imagine, how are we 481 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:27,760 affecting our world? How have we been that Bible that 482 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,760 people are reading? How have we been using the word 483 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,800 of our testimony? How have we been using our lips? 484 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,720 Have we been going out there just with our own strength or 485 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:42,880 power? Have we been inviting God? 486 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,000 Have we been going God with God with us? 487 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:49,680 Let's think about this as we pray. 488 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:56,080 Father, we thank you Lord for your faithfulness this morning. 489 00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:03,200 Lord, you have given us the opportunity to re regain about 490 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,840 the need for us to be out there to share more of your world, to 491 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:16,320 be delight to be sold for this world. 492 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,640 All I pray even as we do is Lord that you help us. 493 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:25,480 You give us the courage, you give us the right words to say. 494 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:32,120 Your Holy Spirit will go ahead of us to direct our parts and 495 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:35,360 when we even before we speak to people, Lord, that you will 496 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,360 prepare their hearts. And for as many that we are 497 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:44,720 praying for, Lord, we pray that they will see that light and 498 00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:50,400 they will move into your Kingdom, Lord, under your 499 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:51,120 umbrella. Lord. 500 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,240 Lord, for us, many that we are praying for in our 501 00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:59,120 neighbourhood, in our workplace, as we go this week, give us that 502 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:04,080 boldness to even speak to them. Take away that fear Lord, take 503 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:09,280 away every devices or every antics of the devil to prevent 504 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,720 us from sharing this, but by your power strengthen us, Fill 505 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:17,960 our hearts with so much of love, strength and love for you to do 506 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,240 more and more. And at the end of it all, you 507 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:26,120 know have reason to glorify your name together in heaven in Jesus 508 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:27,240 name, Amen.