back to indexBerean Community Church Sunday Worship Service 12/15/24
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We have a few announcements that we need to get to first. 00:10:21.520 |
They have a sweatshirt fundraiser that's happening 00:10:31.520 |
but you can buy in faith or you can ask them for a picture 00:10:38.520 |
But again, to support them, so I think the cost is $45 00:10:47.520 |
about the specifics of what's going on for that ministry. 00:10:55.520 |
we are continuing to collect the missions offerings 00:11:05.520 |
that we went to Taiwan to support his church. 00:11:08.520 |
And so the offering that comes in will be sent over there. 00:11:11.520 |
So please, if you are giving today or next week, 00:11:34.520 |
They are going to be making teams this afternoon. 00:11:37.520 |
So if you wait till tonight, it will be too late. 00:11:39.520 |
So please sign up for that for the ladies and the men. 00:11:43.600 |
If you haven't signed up, you're planning to sign up, 00:11:56.520 |
And there is going to be a table for the seekers. 00:12:24.520 |
We have more space in the first service, right? 00:12:26.520 |
And so second service, obviously, is gonna be packed. 00:12:28.520 |
We think that third service is also going to be pretty busy. 00:12:36.520 |
So there's less people, so you get much more attention. 00:12:43.520 |
we encourage you to go to the first service, okay? 00:12:50.520 |
New Year's Eve service, at the end of the year, 00:12:56.520 |
and we celebrate the new year that's coming in, 00:12:59.520 |
and it's an act of giving the first fruit of our time 00:13:04.520 |
And I know that people who have small children 00:13:26.520 |
that usually happens prior to for the activity, 00:13:30.520 |
so if you want to come and not play ping-pong 00:13:32.520 |
and you want to do that, the church will be open 00:13:48.440 |
So you can go and sign up just to have fun, okay? 00:13:52.440 |
so please sign up for that if you are planning to, 00:14:00.440 |
Next session is going to start on February 5th, 00:14:02.440 |
and the topic that we're going to be covering 00:14:58.440 |
There's going to be a long break during the summer 00:15:04.440 |
but there's going to be different topical sessions 00:15:42.360 |
if we need to add two or three more small groups 00:15:48.360 |
the table to sign up for that is also outside, okay? 00:25:09.440 |
If you can turn your Bibles with me to Luke chapter 10, 00:25:17.220 |
I'll be reading from verse 1 all the way to verse 11. 00:25:36.360 |
to every city and place where he himself was going to come. 00:25:40.900 |
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 00:25:48.420 |
Go, behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 00:26:00.820 |
If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him, 00:26:06.540 |
Say in that house, eating and drinking what they give you, 00:26:13.600 |
Whatever city you enter and they receive you, 00:26:19.740 |
and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 00:26:23.240 |
Whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, 00:26:28.120 |
'Even the dust of your city, which clings to our feet, 00:26:50.660 |
but our own hearts may be molded as you are the potter 00:26:54.820 |
Help us, Lord God, as we have come to draw near to you, 00:26:59.560 |
that you would speak to us, guide us, and lead us. 00:27:17.340 |
how many people do we have still in our church 00:27:29.460 |
there's maybe about eight or nine that's added, 00:27:37.880 |
and then we were just kind of reminiscing about that, 00:27:44.720 |
and we were thinking about how God has been faithful to us 00:27:50.140 |
and one of the things that I kind of was thinking about 00:27:54.700 |
trying to figure out how you're supposed to run a church, 00:27:57.600 |
because I know we have a handful of people in our church 00:28:01.620 |
but seminary doesn't teach you how to run a church. 00:28:11.140 |
but they don't teach you the practical things 00:28:12.780 |
of how to manage money, what to do with small group, 00:28:22.780 |
This is something that we just kind of learn as we go, 00:28:36.800 |
and so I got as many popular books on church planting 00:28:54.420 |
and there was a consistent theme that kept on coming up, 00:29:06.080 |
In other words, if you want, from their study, 00:29:09.320 |
if you planted a church that has less than 30 people, 00:29:11.960 |
the chances of it being successful is very slim, 00:29:19.400 |
Make sure that you have a specific target group. 00:29:23.420 |
Are you targeting older people, younger people? 00:29:41.080 |
Make sure that you have funding to last about three years 00:29:52.760 |
So if you don't have funding for three years, 00:30:05.320 |
again, I think it's a little bit different now 00:30:10.120 |
and they go to gang-infested areas to get $1 tacos. 00:30:14.520 |
So now maybe that principle may have changed, 00:30:18.760 |
but back then, if you want to have a successful business, 00:30:28.640 |
you have to make sure that you choose a church 00:30:47.480 |
the chances of your church growing is very slim. 00:30:52.520 |
is 'cause I read that fifth year into our church 00:30:59.120 |
and we would say revival, you know, and everybody, 00:31:03.440 |
because the whole church went after that one person 00:31:13.020 |
because he was the one guy that visited that year, 00:31:15.700 |
you know, and he stuck around this whole time. 00:31:18.500 |
Now I say all of this because at the end of this, 00:31:24.460 |
and these are the churches supposedly that were successful. 00:31:45.820 |
So they recommended it, I started reading it, 00:31:47.460 |
and right off the bat, it just opened my eyes 00:31:50.460 |
'cause all he did was this is what the Bible says 00:31:55.340 |
This is what the text says, this is what you do. 00:31:59.260 |
of just going through scripture after scripture 00:32:08.740 |
but this is the seminary version of that, right? 00:32:13.260 |
No frills, just text, and 300 pages of Bible says this, 00:32:22.700 |
Coming out thinking like this is what God expects 00:32:25.220 |
from the church, this is why he planted the church, 00:32:27.100 |
this is what he was supposed to do with leadership. 00:32:29.300 |
And so that was very helpful to me early on in church 00:32:35.460 |
And if there's one thing that I learned in 28 years 00:32:50.620 |
Now, some of you who may not be used to hearing 00:32:54.260 |
that may think, well, that kind of sounds egotistical. 00:33:05.460 |
everything that he has created benefits from that. 00:33:09.160 |
When we are glorified, it leads to rebellion. 00:33:20.260 |
and people become saved, the debt basically is raised. 00:33:27.300 |
Now, in order to put Christ as the head of the church, 00:33:31.260 |
we can't just have his name and hanging a cross 00:33:33.500 |
in the church doesn't mean that Christ is at the center. 00:33:37.900 |
In order for Christ to be established at the center, 00:33:40.380 |
we need to follow his direction, which is his word. 00:33:43.420 |
This is why we named our church Berean Community Church, 00:33:50.660 |
We don't simply do anything just because of tradition. 00:33:53.860 |
We don't simply do something because, you know, 00:34:02.900 |
and you will hear this in our membership class. 00:34:05.620 |
Everything we do, we have to have a biblical base. 00:34:08.420 |
Why does he do this, and what does he tell us to do, right? 00:34:13.860 |
the text that we're in, Jesus is training his disciples 00:34:36.440 |
So the 12 that were called in the beginning of chapter nine, 00:35:00.880 |
Harvest is plentiful, and the workers are few. 00:35:05.940 |
where we had more workers than the work to do. 00:35:12.200 |
something already is off in the way that he's thinking. 00:35:15.900 |
There will never be a time, and if that day ever comes, 00:35:27.520 |
Number three, if you go out proclaiming the kingdom of God 00:35:35.200 |
Opposition doesn't come because we've gathered together 00:35:37.360 |
to worship and because we're helping the homeless 00:35:44.920 |
He says I'm sending you out as lambs among wolves. 00:35:49.920 |
So if you don't go out, you're not gonna understand 00:35:55.760 |
They will reject you because they rejected me. 00:35:59.540 |
That doesn't mean that you have to pack up your bags 00:36:03.580 |
but if you're actively engaged in taking the gospel 00:36:10.000 |
in a world that doesn't want the light turned on. 00:36:15.120 |
Fourthly, he says, the Lord of the harvest is God himself. 00:36:28.680 |
He is our sovereign God, and so if you see the great need 00:36:31.880 |
and you feel overwhelmed by the work that needs to be done, 00:36:37.040 |
that God would send out more laborers for his kingdom. 00:36:44.840 |
Number four, the fourth principle of church planting 00:36:49.840 |
in the Great Commission, he says to go wherever he sends you, 00:36:55.680 |
Now, this may sound like, you know, like no duh, 00:37:01.600 |
but when he sent the 70, he didn't pick and choose 00:37:25.080 |
But we don't have a choice to say, you know what, 00:37:35.600 |
when people say, you know, I wanna go and do God's work, 00:37:44.920 |
I'm gonna sacrifice, I'm gonna plant churches, 00:37:46.840 |
and even if I get martyred, I'm gonna do this, 00:37:50.420 |
But very few people think that they're gonna have 00:38:07.480 |
so that he would be the spokesperson for him to Israel, 00:38:10.760 |
this is what he says in Isaiah 6, 8 through 11, 00:38:17.840 |
Then Isaiah responds and says, "Here am I, send me," 00:38:27.520 |
we've already established that this is not just the pastors, 00:38:32.520 |
it's not just the elders, it's not just the missionaries. 00:38:40.140 |
And so every Christian, when you have accepted Christ 00:38:43.540 |
as your Lord and Savior, has committed that in some way, 00:39:08.480 |
"and with people who are gonna respond to me this way." 00:39:14.980 |
He said, "I'm gonna send you, go and tell this people, 00:39:35.480 |
"and to continue to do what they've been doing." 00:39:40.980 |
"Render the hearts of this people insensitive." 00:39:44.340 |
Now, how is he rendering their hearts insensitive? 00:39:48.160 |
"Lord, pray that their hearts will be hardened. 00:40:01.560 |
"And if you go and continue to preach to them, 00:40:04.200 |
"what I'm telling you, your message of warning, 00:40:15.880 |
"They might render their hearts to the people insensitive, 00:40:22.160 |
"hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, 00:40:36.100 |
You know where God is poking at, and you refuse. 00:40:39.740 |
So after you've been listening to the message of God, 00:40:46.060 |
and after years of refusing to submit to God, 00:40:58.940 |
that this is something that I'm not gonna do. 00:41:00.820 |
You've just excused that these are things that, 00:41:03.300 |
you know, these are things that I'm gonna do, 00:41:04.620 |
and these are things that I'm not gonna get at, 00:41:23.940 |
So whenever the word of God is preached accurately, 00:41:36.820 |
it's gonna have a less and less impact on you. 00:41:48.540 |
I wanna see people come to Christ, churches planted. 00:41:54.140 |
that every one of us would be asking in verse 11. 00:42:03.160 |
He answered, "Until the cities are devastated 00:42:05.900 |
"and without inhabitants, houses are without people, 00:42:13.480 |
Isaiah goes and preaches, their hearts become hardened. 00:42:16.240 |
They say, man, that guy, every time he opens his mouth, 00:42:38.400 |
If you look at the pattern in the Old Testament 00:42:41.200 |
and New Testament, God always leaves a witness. 00:43:00.040 |
It wasn't until decades later they looked back and said, 00:43:10.080 |
that God left a witness so that they would recognize 00:43:19.440 |
to pick and choose where and who and what we say. 00:43:23.960 |
If we're servants of God, we go where he tells us to go. 00:43:41.660 |
A servant is somebody who says, "Tell me what to do," 00:44:00.040 |
We don't have to have years and years of training 00:44:11.400 |
we're gonna take a team out in about a month, 00:44:22.920 |
Because he was a former Hindu priest who converted, 00:44:26.280 |
and literally no education, no seminary background. 00:44:30.320 |
He just became a Christian, was handed a Bible, 00:44:40.280 |
he doesn't have seminary, he doesn't know anything, 00:44:43.400 |
He just became a Christian and decided to obey, 00:44:52.680 |
with a young family, just took them and said, 00:44:55.840 |
'cause he knew that they didn't hear the gospel. 00:45:03.600 |
and some of the people who came to Christ during that time 00:45:11.020 |
"and if they would receive me, they would feed us." 00:45:30.040 |
He said, "We would just sleep out in the field, 00:45:34.400 |
And he said that that burden of seeing his kids suffer, 00:45:40.520 |
he said it caused him depression early on in ministry. 00:45:44.400 |
And he said that he even had suicidal thoughts, 00:45:48.400 |
"to preach the gospel would be lifted from our home, 00:45:52.940 |
So I'm hearing this, it's like, "Is this real? 00:45:59.440 |
who are grownups now, they're in their early 50s. 00:46:02.640 |
And I asked them, "What was your childhood like 00:46:08.040 |
He said, "I remember when we would just sleep 00:46:11.000 |
"out in the fields, and we had nothing to eat. 00:46:16.800 |
"'cause he would drag us into these villages, 00:46:23.880 |
"or something out in the field, and we would eat that. 00:46:25.720 |
"And sometimes we'd just sleep out in the open, 00:46:30.880 |
And he said, "That's how they planted churches." 00:46:41.760 |
And they're still couldn't even preach the gospel. 00:46:46.840 |
It just happened that God chose somebody so smart 00:46:56.020 |
No, he just read the Bible and just followed what it said. 00:47:01.500 |
The church in its purest form, that's what it looks like. 00:47:09.600 |
When we're not so sophisticated with all our education 00:47:28.680 |
That's why we have a church that is so well-educated 00:47:39.840 |
We know how to run seminars, 'cause we've read so much, 00:47:43.840 |
We have so little confidence in the power of God. 00:47:47.440 |
All he said was, "Do not turn from my word to the left 00:47:58.300 |
"and run around this city seven times, just do it. 00:48:03.660 |
"and just put it over your head, just do it." 00:48:07.280 |
what does this have to do with fighting an army? 00:48:16.100 |
"Do not turn from my word to the left or to the right. 00:48:24.440 |
That principle wasn't just given to the nation of Israel. 00:48:30.600 |
If you wanna bear fruit, he says to abide in me. 00:48:46.200 |
Do not turn from it to the left or to the right. 00:48:50.720 |
"Preach the word in season and out of season." 00:48:59.780 |
Because even Jesus wasn't fruitful everywhere he went. 00:49:04.700 |
Even the apostles were not fruitful everywhere he went. 00:49:12.000 |
our giftedness, and we apply it in the right way 00:49:17.920 |
that we can be fruitful everywhere all the time. 00:49:20.320 |
He says, "No, preach the word in season and out of season, 00:49:34.360 |
"You go and you say and you do what I tell you to do, period." 00:49:45.720 |
because you have the same access to this God that I do. 00:49:55.840 |
But you have the exact same access to God that I do. 00:49:59.200 |
You have the same access to the word of God that I do. 00:50:02.960 |
is because maybe I know the Bible better than some of you 00:50:11.880 |
you have the exact same access to the exact same God. 00:50:32.480 |
And I said, "You know, with all the persecution coming in, 00:50:34.600 |
"how do you plant churches in these remote villages 00:50:39.340 |
"So when they throw rocks at you, what do you do?" 00:50:43.460 |
In the Western church, he said, "Oh, they're not welcoming. 00:51:11.160 |
"And then if somebody believes, then we plant a church." 00:51:14.700 |
He said, "That's how churches get planted over here." 00:51:33.620 |
Just do what it says, and that's what he was doing. 00:51:47.540 |
If they don't, just move away and keep preaching. 00:52:07.740 |
it's our own knowledge, it sometimes gets in the way, 00:52:10.700 |
because we become confident in ourselves more than God. 00:52:22.260 |
Whatever causes you to be more desperate for God is good. 00:52:38.060 |
That's the first thing that I wanted to highlight here. 00:52:49.940 |
is so that they won't be accused of wrong motives. 00:53:08.020 |
is because whatever he doesn't have a clear conscience in, 00:53:18.860 |
If he doesn't have integrity with his purity, 00:53:27.940 |
So to be able to teach, he needs to be above reproach. 00:53:37.860 |
And that area that he doesn't have a clear conscience 00:53:43.900 |
'cause he doesn't have the authority to say anything. 00:53:54.900 |
Well, you're telling us to have integrity here, 00:54:01.620 |
And so you're not gonna be able to disciple the church 00:54:04.580 |
'cause anything you say that they don't like, 00:54:08.600 |
that you're not standing righteous before God 00:54:16.460 |
is because these false prophets were coming into town 00:54:27.980 |
but his ultimate motive was for his own profit. 00:54:39.580 |
whether it is financial or whether it is social. 00:54:46.020 |
so they couldn't accuse him, he says, "Stay there. 00:54:52.500 |
"What if they give me this food that I don't like?" 00:54:54.820 |
He said, "No, just eat whatever they give you 00:55:07.020 |
because they were trying to disqualify Apostle Paul 00:55:09.540 |
because they didn't like what Apostle Paul had to say. 00:55:12.480 |
The harshest letter that he writes in the New Testament 00:55:36.980 |
"Maybe he's not an apostle, so he's defending himself." 00:55:43.120 |
"Oh, this guy's like anybody else coming into town 00:55:49.580 |
"'cause he's saying things that we don't wanna hear." 00:55:52.460 |
"In defense, for it is written in the law of Moses, 00:55:54.320 |
"you shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing. 00:56:07.500 |
"and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops. 00:56:11.900 |
"is it too much if we reap material things from you?" 00:56:18.780 |
According to the law of God, if I demanded money, 00:56:23.220 |
If others share the right over you, do we not more? 00:56:26.900 |
And he's saying this because they were accusing him. 00:56:29.700 |
This guy's coming in, he's saying these horrible things 00:56:34.260 |
All he wants is profit, just like anybody else. 00:56:37.100 |
He says, "First of all, I have every right to ask 00:56:43.380 |
"we did not use this right, but we endure all things 00:57:03.800 |
"They're gonna come in for their own benefit." 00:57:06.820 |
"You remember how night and day we worked so hard 00:57:17.860 |
It was clear by our action that we didn't come for money. 00:57:27.580 |
And you know, you know that what they're accusing me of 00:57:36.820 |
So Jesus was telling them, "Don't give them any reason 00:57:41.300 |
"to accuse you and disqualify what you're saying 00:57:43.780 |
"because they don't like what you have to say. 00:57:51.580 |
"and make sure that you make the gospel the center." 00:58:01.740 |
and so like a month before we were supposed to leave, 00:58:04.420 |
we got notice from China saying we can't come in. 00:58:15.220 |
So we went to the remote villages in Bucharest in Romania, 00:58:19.100 |
and so we were going around city from village to village, 00:58:34.800 |
And so we were there going straight evangelism, 00:58:42.500 |
And she said, "I don't have time to talk to you." 00:58:51.060 |
And so we said, "Can we come and pray for him?" 00:58:57.500 |
what she said to us was, "How much is this gonna cost me?" 00:59:01.120 |
I said, "What do you mean, how much is it gonna cost?" 00:59:05.220 |
He said, "'Cause if I ask the Eastern Orthodox priest 00:59:08.700 |
"to come, there's a certain amount that they have to pay." 00:59:17.680 |
And I remember just being so angered when I heard that, 00:59:20.620 |
that they're peddling the word of God for money. 00:59:29.100 |
And so she reluctantly, through the interpreter, 00:59:31.300 |
let us in, and we spent maybe about 30 minutes 00:59:39.660 |
and you could tell the young daughter was in tears. 00:59:43.500 |
And we turned around, trying to pray with her. 00:59:48.020 |
The first thing that came out of her mouth was, 00:59:59.620 |
And so I shared with them, again, through the interpreter, 01:00:11.820 |
Christ came and gave his only begotten son freely, 01:00:25.460 |
Jesus was telling his disciples, again, to avoid this, 01:00:31.420 |
so that they don't get confused with the false prophets. 01:00:35.920 |
Go where I send you, do what I tell you to do, 01:00:41.140 |
Whether suffering comes, or whether they welcome you. 01:00:44.620 |
But sixth and finally, it is the preaching of the gospel 01:00:59.320 |
"If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him, 01:01:08.860 |
So it's just like, did he give them some special power? 01:01:20.480 |
So you're not gonna be able to digest your food, 01:01:28.420 |
You know, in our culture, when somebody sneezes, 01:01:37.900 |
Do you ever search to find out where that comes from? 01:01:53.740 |
and people would cough, and they were living in fear. 01:02:04.100 |
because people would cough, and the next thing you would see 01:02:06.300 |
is that they would fall to the ground and die. 01:02:10.820 |
that if they cough, and the soul was coming out, 01:02:13.180 |
that if you say, "God bless you," fast enough, 01:02:15.900 |
that the soul would get sucked back into you. 01:02:18.180 |
Did you know that that's what you were doing? 01:02:32.120 |
What power do you have to simply bless people, 01:02:43.860 |
and let the peace return to you if we reject the kingdom. 01:02:52.500 |
there's a part of the wedding where, you know, 01:02:56.420 |
and I don't do it when I officiate the weddings, 01:02:58.220 |
because people don't understand the meaning behind it. 01:03:08.020 |
"If anybody has anything against these two getting married, 01:03:12.600 |
"let him speak now, or forever hold your," what? 01:03:18.360 |
So the meaning behind a Christian wedding is that, 01:03:21.920 |
again, there's no special power upon the officiant 01:03:24.680 |
where he's kinda like, "Okay, now I'm gonna bless you," 01:03:28.360 |
Like, if you go to a Catholic church and they have water 01:03:30.040 |
that they pour upon you, "Bless you, bless you," 01:03:44.120 |
"We are recognizing God's blessing upon this union." 01:03:47.720 |
And then when he opens up to the congregation, 01:03:52.760 |
So a Christian wedding is a community of believers 01:03:58.400 |
and recognizing God's blessing upon this union. 01:04:06.880 |
he says, "Speak now, or forever hold your peace." 01:04:11.880 |
In other words, you had an opportunity to speak, 01:04:19.120 |
that you are, in conjunction with everybody else in there, 01:04:27.740 |
That these 70 people did not have special authority 01:04:33.360 |
What it basically means is bringing the gospel to these homes 01:04:37.600 |
is bringing God's peace upon these homes if they receive it. 01:04:41.660 |
And God's peace is lifted if they do not receive it. 01:04:45.600 |
And that's why the Bible talks about Ephesians 2, 14, 01:04:54.880 |
"and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall." 01:04:59.960 |
Ephesians 2, 17, "He came and preached peace to you 01:05:02.840 |
"who were far away and peace to those who were near." 01:05:06.440 |
Ephesians 6, 15, "The gospel is called the gospel of peace." 01:05:10.640 |
The Christian greetings in the New Testament is what? 01:05:22.640 |
that when God created man, for six days he labored, 01:05:32.240 |
When mankind sinned, that Sabbath was broken. 01:05:35.700 |
And as a result of that, of the Sabbath being broken, 01:05:49.960 |
And that's why the Jews, when they greet each other, 01:05:52.400 |
even to this day, they would say, "Shalom aleichem." 01:05:56.240 |
Basically means, "May God's peace be upon you." 01:06:00.880 |
is that all that God had intended to be restored 01:06:07.220 |
That's what they mean, that's what their greeting means. 01:06:17.920 |
they say, "Pace," which is another word for peace. 01:06:49.420 |
Peace, mercy, and grace, that's what aloha means. 01:06:58.220 |
As-salam meleko, and then when you hear that, 01:07:08.820 |
and then in return it said, "May peace of God be upon you." 01:07:18.140 |
The reason why I believe that this is happening 01:07:25.100 |
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," 01:07:27.600 |
and because that peace of God was broken in mankind. 01:07:34.360 |
there is no peace until we are restored back to our creator. 01:07:45.860 |
And so when he says, "When you go preach the kingdom, 01:07:50.520 |
"and they receive you, may the peace of God rest upon them. 01:07:55.520 |
"But if they reject you, then may your peace return." 01:08:08.560 |
He says, "Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, 01:08:11.180 |
"eat what is set before you, heal those in it who are sick, 01:08:23.220 |
"If they receive you, and they take care of you, 01:08:29.460 |
"and remind them, 'The kingdom of God has come near you.' 01:08:33.160 |
"But," in verse 10, "whatever city you enter, 01:08:35.900 |
"and they do not receive you, go out into the streets, 01:08:43.980 |
"'Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God 01:09:02.820 |
he says, "The kingdom of God has come upon you." 01:09:07.820 |
that will either bring peace or condemnation. 01:09:23.100 |
"For he rescued us from a domain of darkness, 01:09:25.300 |
"and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son, 01:09:28.060 |
"in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." 01:09:32.040 |
So the preaching of the king and his kingdom brings peace, 01:09:40.620 |
and so that king and that kingdom, now you are safe. 01:09:47.020 |
That's why he says, "The Lord is my shepherd. 01:09:51.780 |
he prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies, 01:09:59.940 |
But if you reject this kingdom, and you reject this rule, 01:10:05.200 |
then that same powerful, holy, holy, holy God 01:10:12.060 |
And that kingdom coming, instead of bringing peace, 01:10:16.340 |
it's going to bring turmoil, anxiety, and fear. 01:10:21.100 |
So he commissioned his disciples to go preach the kingdom. 01:10:27.360 |
If they receive you, may your peace rest upon them. 01:10:38.800 |
That's the calling that every Christian has been given. 01:10:40.860 |
That's what church planting is at the end of the day, 01:11:03.020 |
There's a reason why he deliberately chose foolish people 01:11:06.500 |
to be the first commissioned to go and preach the gospel, 01:11:17.860 |
He was starting from scratch to humble people. 01:11:22.640 |
in order for us to be effective, first and foremost, 01:11:25.620 |
is to humble ourselves before his mighty throne. 01:11:28.660 |
That our effectiveness comes from abiding in him, 01:11:41.000 |
and you are commissioned for the kingdom of God. 01:11:53.260 |
We thank you for constant humbling, Lord God, of our pride, 01:12:14.300 |
as you warned us that because of increase of wickedness, 01:12:45.100 |
Give us compassion as you had compassion on us. 01:12:47.660 |
Help us, Lord God, to intercede on the behalf 01:12:52.140 |
that you would bring the revival that only you can bring. 01:12:56.700 |
May your name and your name alone be magnified 01:16:37.660 |
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling 01:16:41.680 |
and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, 01:16:46.540 |
to the only God our savior through Jesus Christ our Lord,