0:00 Thank you. 0:30 Thank you. 1:00 Thank you. 1:30 I will stand and sing praises to our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:51 All hail the power of Jesus' name. Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown him Lord of all. All hail the power of Jesus' name. All hail the power of Jesus' name. 2:17 Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown him Lord of all. 2:45 Crown him ye martyrs of our God who from the altar call. Extol the stem of Jesus' name and crown him Lord of all. Extol the stem of Jesus' name and crown him Lord of all. 3:10 And crown him Lord of all. Ye saints redeemed of Adam's race, ye ransomed from the fall. Ye saints redeemed of Adam's race, ye ransomed from the fall. Lord of all. 3:30 Hail him who saves you by his grace and crown him Lord of all. And crown him Lord of all. Hail him who saves you by his grace and crown him Lord of all. Lord of all. Hail him who saves you by his grace and crown him Lord of all. 3:55 Sinners whose love can never forget the warm wood and the gold. Go spread your trophies at his feet and crown him Lord of all. 4:17 Go spread your trophies at his feet and crown him Lord of all. And every kindred, every tribe on this terrestrial bone. 4:38 To him all majesty us cry and crown him Lord of all. To him all majesty us cry and crown him Lord of all. 5:02 Oh that with yonder sacred throng we at his feet may fall. Join in the everlasting song and crown him Lord of all. 5:23 Join in the everlasting song and crown him Lord of all. Amen. Please be seated brothers and sisters. Come bless the Lord all you servants of the Lord. 5:49 Who stand by day in the house of the Lord. Lord of all. Lift up your hands. Lift up your hands. In the holy place. And bless the Lord. And bless the Lord. 6:10 Lord of all. He lifted me up from the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock to stay. He's put a song in my heart today. 6:35 A song of praise. A song of praise. Oh taste and see. Oh taste and see. That the Lord is good. Oh taste and see. That the Lord is good. 6:57 Oh taste and see. That the Lord is good. Happy is the man who trusts in him. Shout for joy and sing your praises to the king. 7:19 Lift your voice and let your hallelujahs ring. Come before his throne to worship and adore. Enter joyfully now the presence of the Lord. From the top again. Shout for joy and sing your praises to the king. 7:41 Lift your voice and let your hallelujahs ring. Come before his throne to worship and adore. Enter joyfully now the presence of the Lord. You are my creator. You are my deliverer. 8:03 You are my redeemer. You are Lord. And you are my healer. You are my provider. You are now my shepherd and my guide. Jesus Lord and King. I worship you. Amen. Amen. We'll sing the same song once again. 8:24 A little slower. Shout for joy and sing your praises to the king. Lift your voice and let your hallelujahs ring. Come before his throne to worship and adore. Enter joyfully now the presence of the Lord. 8:49 You are my creator. You are my deliverer. You are my redeemer. You are Lord. And you are my healer. You are my provider. You are now my shepherd and my guide. Jesus Lord and King. 9:10 I worship you. Jesus Lord and King. I worship you. This is your house. 9:32 Your home. Lord we welcome you. As we gather in this place today. Holy Spirit come and have your way. Have your way. 9:56 As we lay aside our own desires. We sweep across our hearts with holy fire. Have your way. This is your house. Your home. 10:18 We welcome you. Lord we welcome you. This is your house. Your home. We welcome you. We welcome you. Today. As we offer up our hearts and lives. Let them be a living sacrifice. Have your way. As we offer up our hearts and lives. 10:44 Let them be a living sacrifice. Have your way. Be glorified in everything we do. Be glorified in everything we say. 11:05 Have your way. Have your way. This is your house. Your home. We welcome you. Lord we welcome you. This is your house. Your home. We welcome you. 11:25 Lord we welcome you. This is your house. Your home. We welcome you. Today. We welcome you. We welcome you. Today. As we praise. O Lord draw near. As we praise. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. 11:42 O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. It's your voice. O Lord draw near. 11:57 O Lord draw near. This is your house, your home, we welcome you, Lord we welcome you. This is your house, your home, we welcome you today. 12:21 This is your house, your home, we welcome you, Lord we welcome you. This is your house, your home, we welcome you today. 12:48 Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I want to see you. 13:11 I want to see you. I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up. Shining in the light of your glory. Pour out your power and love. As we sing holy, holy, holy. 13:51 Holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. I want to see you. 14:18 Holy, holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up. 14:45 Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy. I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up. Holy, holy, holy, holy. I want to see you high and lifted up. Holy, holy, holy, holy. I want to see you high and lifted up. I want to see you high and lifted up. 14:49 Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy. I want to see you high and lifted up. I want to see you high and lifted up. Pour out your power and love as we sing holy, holy, holy. 15:20 Oh, worship his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship his holy name. 15:40 Sing like never before, oh my soul. Worship your holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship his holy name. 16:06 Sing like never before, oh my soul, worship your holy name. The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning. 16:27 It's time to sing your song again. Whatever lies before, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship his holy name. 17:00 Sing like never before, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, worship his holy name. You're rich in love, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. 17:23 Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. 17:50 Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. 18:13 That day when my strength is failing, the end draws here and my time has come, still my soul oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul. 18:39 forevermore. Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, worship His holy name. Sing like never before, O my soul, worship His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, worship His holy 19:18 name. Sing like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. So be lifted up. Be lifted up. As we bow down. Be lifted up. 20:04 Be lifted up. Be lifted up. As we bow down. Be lifted up. 20:34 Let's really give thanks to the Lord as we continue to thank Him for all the years that 20:55 He has led us, these 41 years, and we come to the last Sunday of this anniversary month. As much that we can thank Him for, we look back and there may have been trials, there may have been difficulties. Surely there have been. But I think of that chorus we often sing, 21:17 they're all shadows. Shadows that pass away. And we thank God for the prophetic word in the church. And that's why we're gathered together this morning. And that's why we're gathered together this morning to give Him thanks and praise, to exalt His name, to make a throne for Him in 21:43 our midst. And so really, let's offer to the Lord thanks and praise from the depth of our heart. Not just because we have to do it should be spontaneous, it should flow from our heart this morning. Praise Him and thank Him for all His goodness and mercy to us. Let's sing that lovely chorus, your beautiful 22:11 eon comparison. Is that the one which all things are shadows? Yes, come. Let's sing it and remember that whatever has happened from the time we joined the church, everything is a shadow. We look forward to the day when we see Him in the brightness of His coming. That's coming very soon. 22:41 so let's really worship Him. Let's give Him thanks and praise and bless His name this morning. Come. You are beautiful. You are beautiful. You are beautiful beyond discretion. Too marvelous for words. Too wonderful for comprehension. 23:19 like nothing ever seen or heard. Like nothing ever seen or heard. Who can grasp Your infinite wisdom, who can fathom the depths of your love? You are beautiful beyond description, majesty enthroned above. 23:51 And I stand, I stand in awe of you. I stand, I stand in awe of you. Holy God to whom all praise is due, I stand in awe of you. 24:21 You are beautiful beyond description, to marvelous for words. Too wonderful for comprehension, like nothing ever seen or heard. 24:45 Who can grasp your infinite wisdom? Who can fathom the depths of your love? You are beautiful beyond description, majesty enthroned above. 25:09 And I stand, I stand in awe of you. I stand, I stand in awe of you. Holy God to whom all praise is due, I stand in awe of you. 25:39 Holy God to whom all praise is due, I stand in awe of you. Yes, our Father, we thank you. We stand in awe of you for all that you have done in our lives and for all that you are to us. 26:07 And that you put your spirit in our hearts, that we can call you dad. And know that you love us and that we are precious in your sight. That you love us as much as you love Jesus. Thank you Father, we worship you this morning. 26:22 We bow down before you. Hallowed be your name in all the earth. May your kingdom come soon and your will be done on earth and in our lives and in our church as it is being done in heaven right now. Father in heaven, we worship you, we praise you. 26:40 We bless you that you have chosen us from the beginning. We thank you this morning and we bless your name. We thank you for all your mercies upon us. We thank you that you have been with us through all those trials, through all those temptations, 26:57 through all those difficulties that you have always been there. And as we look back, there are shadows that have passed away. And thank you for the light that shines in our hearts, that gets brighter and brighter and brighter. 27:10 Lord, we really thank you and that it will become noonday. The morning star will arise in our hearts and we look forward to that day when we will see you face to face, when we will be changed and become like you. And we know that day is not far off. 27:26 Oh Lord Jesus, we worship you and praise you. Praise you for what you did for us, Lord, on Calvary. Praise you that you took our place on that cross. Praise you that you paid the penalty for our sin. Praise you that you took away the anger, the wrath of God upon us. 27:43 And you took it all on yourself and suffered hell on that cross. Oh Lord Jesus, we worship you. We praise you, we bless you for your blood that cleanses us from all sin. Lift up your heart, my brother, sister. Give him thanks for all that he is to you. 27:59 Thank him not just for what he has done. Thank him for who he is. Thank him that we can call God our father. Thank him that we can know him personally as our savior, as one who walks with us through this life. Lift him up in our midst. 28:14 Make a throne, make a joyful noise. Let's all praise him. Lift up your voice if you feel free. Lift up your hands. Exalt his name this morning. Let's join that throng in heaven. The millions and millions of angels at this very moment that are praising him. 28:32 Giving him all the glory and saying you are worthy. You are worthy to receive power. Worthy to receive glory. Worthy to receive honor. Yes, Lord Jesus, we bless you. We praise you that you are in our midst this morning. 28:47 We thank you for your spirit. Thank you, Lord, for pouring out your spirit upon us. And you are going to bless us richly this morning with a prophetic word from heaven, with an anointing upon our brothers as they bring your word to us, Lord. 29:02 Be glorified in our midst. Magnify your word together with your name, Lord Jesus. We thank you and we bless you for all these years you have led us and been our shepherd. And you will be with us to the end. So we thank you, Lord. 29:16 And bow down before you this morning. Be exalted. Be glorified in our midst. And all distracting thoughts. All that would take our attention away from what you want to say to us, Lord Jesus. We pray that we will only see you and we will only hear your voice from heaven. 29:34 We thank you in Jesus' name. Amen. Please take your seats. We will have the memory verse now, the memory verse that we had last week. 29:55 Holy word to keep before us as we enter another year and for the years, the remaining years that are left before Jesus comes. Let's say it together. God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith 30:18 in the truth. Once again, we will take it off the screen. If you do not forgive others, your father will be meek and a lowly and a humble heart. You know, in 1 Peter 3, he speaks about a meek in the sight of God. 30:42 How many of you can say, ever since I came to CFC, the meek in the sight of God. You know Jesus, I want to be the last. Till the Lord comes. Who will say, I want to be a servant. 31:03 For example, the poor in spirit. I want to be broken. And I want to read the chapter. This is Zephaniah. This is my son. I will leave among you a humble and a lonely people and they will take refuge in the name of the Lord. 31:24 And verse 11 here it says, I will remiss your proud exerting ones and never again be hearty on my holy mountain. What kind of life in the time of temptation? I want to ask you brothers and sisters is that, have you got a grip on that? 31:47 Some of you are so eager. Oh, my name is eager to have your name in the commitment list. But how much have you learned to follow Jesus in the time of temptation? Have you learned to say no to sin? Have you learned to resist? 32:00 Have you learned to put up a fight? Have you learned to keep yourself in the time of temptation? And then, sir, we can be conformed to the image of Jesus. Not in a vague, imaginary kind of way. You know, the Lord wants to lead us and guide us and help us to put to death the deeds of the body. 32:16 So that we can have a spiritual life. And not only that, the Lord wants us to be faithful in every temptation. And he also wants us to be faithful in every trial. Do you know when you are faithful in the trial? Don't doubt God's word. 32:33 Don't doubt God's love. You grow. You become strong. He says, "Blessed is the man that endures temptation." Can you say this is what I learned in CFC? To be faithful in the time of temptation. To be faithful in every trial. 32:47 Then God can bring you to a place where every spirit of pride and rebellion that questions God is removed. And you learn to give thanks in everything. And you grow in the Lord. You get rest in your heart. You come to maturity. 33:05 You come to know the length and breadth and height and depth of the love of God. And thus you come to a hidden life before God. And that's God's great longing to raise our brothers and sisters who are faithful to God in trial and temptation. 33:18 And who thus have a hidden life. You know, many of us, we have external life. We are good brothers and sisters. We come to the meeting. We read the Bible. But God's looking for those who are faithful. That's the spirit of the bride. 33:32 And that's what we emphasize all these years. Be faithful in the time of temptation. Be faithful in your trial. Have a hidden life before God. Keep your heart with all diligence. Let your heart become a good treasure. I hope it's gripped your heart. 33:50 And another mark of discipleship is To love the brethren. Jesus will love you one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples. I want to ask you. Is that your burden? Oh, I want to love the brothers and sisters. 34:04 And if you love the brothers and sisters. You will also long to build them up. Edify them. Strengthen them. Encourage them. Strengthen them. You will pursue after love. Desire. The gift of the spirit. Give to the prophecy. 34:19 And say, Lord, I want to bless them. I want to build them up. I want to build them up. And... Jesus is looking for such a church. Where? Even though music is not good. With this love. God can... I hope God can look at our church and say, 34:38 Oh, the brethren and sisters love each other. And... We have also stressed for all these years. In... This verse in Matthew chapter 6. Verse 24. See, it has been unique that way. No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other. 34:57 Or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God in money. And I think many of us don't know sufficiently. That all these 41 years. We have sought to raise people who don't love money. And here in CFC. 35:14 We have never begged for money. In the midst of a Christendom. There is always begging, begging, begging for more and more money. God has raised up many shepherds here and across our country and the world. Those who support themselves. 35:29 And who don't take money from the church. And... CFC Bangaloo has given... Huge amounts to many churches. We have had a conferences. Where we have given free accommodation. And free food for many years. We have given and given. 35:45 And I hope we will have another generation of brothers and sisters. Who will uphold the same values and say, We don't want to ask anyone for money. And take a completely clear, strong stand. It's almost impossible to find a church that doesn't ask for money. 36:05 Look around. Do some homework, brothers and sisters. Everywhere. They are asking for money, money, money. And we have sought to be separate from Babylon. Mark of Babylon is God and money. God and entertainment. God and world. 36:20 And we have sought to really be unique in this. And oh my God, give us grace to continue in the same footsteps. And we have heard for years. If we judge ourselves, we will not be judged. We don't judge others. We judge... 36:32 I hope God will find amongst us. Generation of brothers who long to judge themselves. Cleanse themselves. And continue this way till the Lord comes. Okay. And the last thing I want to say this morning. We have sought to build the church as the body of Christ. 36:52 Again, that is unknown in Trisendom. Everybody's got their own ministries. Got their own denomination. In the midst of it. To raise up brothers and sisters. Who love Jesus supremely and be disciples. And who love one another. 37:09 Who have a connection with the Lord. And connection with each other. Who present their body as a living sacrifice. Who will seek to encourage and build up one another. And as a result. We have had unity. Harmony. Fellowship amongst us. 37:24 For 41 years. And I want to challenge all the young brothers. And sisters. I hope you'll follow the older brothers. And say I want to go this way. Being the last. And the least. And servant of all. Being faithful. Being separate from the spirit of the world. 37:43 And God's great longing amongst us has been to make us mature. Paul told Colossians. Our aim is to present everyone mature in Christ. And that's what we have started doing in CFC. We want to raise up brothers into maturity. 37:58 And part of maturity is also to control your tongue. So that your tongue is controlled by the Holy Spirit. And. For years. We have stressed. Read the book of Revelation. Where the Lord has spoken to seven churches. And retain your first love. 38:17 And. Be separate. From the spirit of the world. The spirit of idolatry. Immorality. The love of money. Spirit of Balaam. The Lord. What the Lord spoke to. Church in Bergam. And. And. To keep our garments unspotted. And. 38:30 To keep our garments unspotted. And. Not to be lukewarm. To be red hot. To be red hot. To buy gold. And. To have anointing of God. In our lives. And. To live with the spirit of repentance. And. To hear what the Lord is saying. 38:44 And. To be overcome us. And. If you have been coming here regularly. You have heard this word for many many years. And. I want to say this morning. I have a fear. Whether we are losing a grip. How many of you can say. Lord. 38:55 If you will only give me first love. That's enough for you. If you will only give me first love. That's enough for you. If you will only give me first love. If you will only give me first love. If you will only give me first love. 39:05 If you will only give me first love. If you will only give me first love. If you will only give me first love. That's enough for me Lord. I only want to remain in first love. Till the end. I never want to be a backslider. 39:18 Is that the reason why you are coming here. To the church. How many of you can say. Oh brother. Please help me. I want to remain in first love. I want to be obedient. I want to be faithful in tribulation. I want to walk before God. 39:31 I want to be the church. That God wants. Lord may God. Give us grace. To uphold these values. Not to. Lose a grip on them. And that's why we need to stir one another. Fire one another. Challenge one another. Because we can all lose that. 39:49 Lose a grip. And become cold and lukewarm. And I. May God give us grace to. Fight the good fight of faith. And. Content for the faith that was delivered to the saints. And. And say Lord. Like Nova. Hundred and twenty years he preached. 40:07 Brother Zach preached forty one years. And brother Ian faithfully. And oh may God rise up. Many brothers and sisters. Who will say like Joshua. You will. You will. You will go and possess the land. And. You want another generation. 40:21 Who will retain that land. Retain that victory. Till the Lord comes. Can I hear a Amen this morning? Amen. Amen. We will sing a song and then Charles. One chorus. *sad music* 41:03 God is building a people of power, and he's making a people of praise. 41:28 Who will move through this land by his Spirit, and will glorify his precious name. Oh, build your church, Lord, make it strong, Lord, join our hearts, Lord, through your Son. 41:50 Make us one, Lord, in your body, in the kingdom of your Son. God is building a people of power, and he's making a people of praise. 42:12 Who will move through this land by his Spirit, and will glorify his precious name. Oh, build your church, Lord, make it strong, Lord, join our hearts, Lord, through your Son. 42:32 Make us one, Lord, in your body, in the kingdom of your Son. When Jesus started his ministry, one of the first things that he did was to go to the synagogue. 43:04 And when time came, he stood up to read the scriptures. He was handed over a scroll, and he opened the scriptures, where it was written about the exaltation of the afflicted. The passage that Isaiah quoted in chapter 61, he read it, that we read about in Luke 4:18. 43:31 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me." He started with this, "Because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to build up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners," etc. etc. 43:51 "The oil of gladness," verse 3, "instead of mourning." "The mantle of praise, instead of spirit of fainting," etc. We read in the beginning of Jesus' ministry that he started with the Sermon on the Mount. This is one of the things on which this church is built. 44:11 I remember when I came to this church in the early 80s, one of the first tapes that I took from here was the three tapes, three or four tapes, I don't remember how many there were, chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Matthew, about Sermon on the Mount. 44:33 And this is what this church is built upon. And over a period of time, it is possible that we may have lost sight of it, and the significance of it, and the importance of it. You know, in the Old Covenant, the Lord gave the commandments on Mount Zion, the Ten Commandments. 45:04 And in the New Covenant, there is someone far superior to Moses. And the one who gave the commandment on Mount Zion is the one who came in the New Covenant, and spoke in the Sermon on the Mount. He said, "You have heard it said like this, but I say unto you." 45:28 It was written like this in the Old Covenant, but I am saying this unto you. What is it he is speaking about? We read about that in the third chapter onwards of Matthew 5, about the Beatitudes. What is Beatitude? 45:49 What are Beatitudes? Beatitudes is let this attitude be in you, like it says in the Philippines, which was also in Christ Jesus. The same attitude that Jesus had. The meaning of Beatitudes is supreme bliss or supreme happiness. 46:14 That is what Jesus stressed upon. He said, "Blessed are the meek." Blessed means someone to be envied. You know, you look at somebody who is so, you know, everything going well with that guy or with that sister. He is always happy and cheerful and carefree and doesn't gossip and has forgiven everybody 46:41 and is living in victory and there is, you know, a twinkle in their eyes and a spring in their step, a song in their heart and you, you know, feel like coveting. I wish I was like that. I heard, I read about a person like that, about Smith Wigglesworth. 47:01 Once he was doing some plumbing work in somebody's house and that lady often used to come and look at him, at his radiant face and just wonder how this man is so happy doing this menial job. You know, something like that. 47:15 When people look at you, they must be tempted to look at you again. That is the meaning of respect. Respect means to look at the person again. Respect. Respect. Something like that. That is what Jesus said about, maybe we can look at a few things in the Beatitudes. 47:40 Many of these things Jesus spoke here from chapter 3 to chapter 12. And then he said, this is obviously after having obeyed these commands to become poor in spirit and mourn and be gentle and hunger and thirst and be merciful, pure in heart, peacemaking. 48:03 In those days it was 10 million, it says in my margin, 10 million American dollars. This was probably some two, three decades ago this was written. I don't know what is today's value. And another guy was just, I don't know, he owed him something like one day's wage or something like that. 48:27 This guy who was forgiven 10 million dollars, comes out, having been forgiven, comes out and meets somebody who just owes him a day's wage or something like that. And he catches him by the throat and he says, pay up. And he says, have mercy on me. 48:47 And till he pays up, he puts him in prison. And when the king comes to know about it, he does exactly the same thing that this fellow did to the other fellow. He said, should you also not have had mercy on your fellow slave, even as I had mercy on you? 49:05 And his lord moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers. Who are the torturers? Demons. Until he should repay all that he was, that was owed him. So shall my heavenly father also do to you. 49:25 If each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart. My brother, you may be sitting here in CFC for years. You still have something against somebody whom you have not released and you expect God to release you. And to answer your prayers and to forgive your sins. 49:42 Far from it. Maybe you have been thinking that you are forgiven. But let me tell you, on the basis of God's word. That your sins have not been forgiven. The ones you committed after you have been forgiven. Until you release that person against whom you have something. 50:06 God will not forgive your sins. Don't be under delusion. Don't think that you can make it. You cannot. Otherwise, God's word is not true. Many people think that Jesus has done it all for me. I am on my way to heaven. 50:26 Many people in the denominations, they think and they sing about that. The ticket has been obtained. The passport is ready. I have a license. License for what? God's word is very exact, brothers and sisters. God's promises are conditional. 50:46 Initially, yes. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes on him may not perish but have everlasting life. But in the same chapter, you know what the last verse says? Verse 36. He who believes will be saved. 51:08 He who does not obey will be condemned. Go home and read that. When you believed in chapter 316, you were saved. But, afterwards, if you behaved like the devil, being unforgiving and unmancipal to others. 51:34 Not 316 is the worst for you, brother. 336 is the worst for you. He who doesn't obey the one who has commanded you to forgive. If you don't obey, you will be damned. This is the New Covenant. This is the Sermon on the Mount given by the Lord who gave the Sermon on the Commandments on Mount Sinai. 52:03 These words are harder than those Ten Commandments. But you can do it with the help of the Holy Spirit. That's why Jesus said, "Ask for the baptism in the Holy Spirit." When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you shall receive power. 52:19 Acts 1:8. You shall receive power. Not tongues necessarily. Power to forgive. Power to release. God. Have you been so much persecuted and troubled so much as the Lord Jesus? Did anybody crucify you publicly? Humiliated you? 52:39 Like Jesus was? He forgave even in that last hour. He said, "Father forgive them." They don't know what they are doing. But you still have grudge. You still have unforgiveness and bitterness against somebody. I remember when I first came, one of the first messages I heard in CFC in the early 80's. 53:04 This message, "If you don't forgive somebody, even your Heavenly Father will not forgive." I had a grudge against one person. That day I was convicted when I heard this. Then and there in the meeting I immediately released that person. 53:19 And a great joy came into my heart. And since then I don't remember having anything against anybody. I remember another incident when I had some problem with a colleague of mine in the office. I always used to have problem with him. 53:35 And I didn't know what to do. One day in the meeting the Lord so convicted me. I literally felt like crying out to the Lord with a loud voice. I could not contain it. And that was the Sunday. And Monday I was actually on leave. 53:56 I felt so constrained in my spirit that Monday even though I had taken leave I went to the office. I met this colleague of mine. I told him I am sorry. I asked his forgiveness. You know, when your spirit is sensitive, you will do it quickly. 54:19 Even when it inconveniences you. You will not say, okay I will, okay next day when I meet him more. No, even though I was on leave, I went to the office that day. Only to ask his forgiveness. Then I came back. You know, when we are sensitive to God, then you can expect God to speak to you. 54:46 No, then you can expect to make progress. Sometimes people wonder, why is it that I am not making progress? Why is it that things are not going well with me? Examine your own heart brother and sister. If we judged ourselves, last week's memory verse was, we shall not be judged week before last. 55:14 You don't want God to judge you, then you judge yourself and release others. It's not only just believing, it's also obeying. That's what Jesus finally emphasized in the Sermon on the Mount, the last four verses there in chapter 7. 55:32 He says, after having heard all these things, the one who hears these words of mine and does them or obeys, He is like a man who built his house up on the rock and the floods came and the storm came and the water rose up. 55:57 Nothing happened to the house that was built up on the rock because it was built on solid rock foundation. But the man who doesn't do that, Jesus compared him to the man who built his house up on the sand. Do you know how it is? 56:15 Once the sand underneath is washed off, whatever is on top of that also comes crumbling down. So, Jesus is not building that kind of a church. Jesus is building the kind of the church that he portrayed in the Sermon on the Mount. 56:43 If we take the Sermon on the Mount, listen to that brothers and sisters, take these tapes, take these messages, go back home, download on your computers, listen to the Sermon on the Mount over and over and over again. Verse by verse, study that, put it into practice. 57:02 Then you will be like the person who builds his house on solid ground. And people sometimes wonder, "What do I do when I hit rock bottom?" When do you do when you hit rock bottom? 57:24 The best thing for you to do is start building on that rock which is at the bottom. And then your house will stand unshakable, full of glory. God bless. We have heard some powerful words this morning and we will do ourselves good if we take heat to it. 58:05 As we come to the close of this anniversary month, remember the things that we have heard like we heard in the beginning. We pay much closer attention to the things that we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 58:34 And that's a word that speaks to my heart. It doesn't say lest we fall away from it, you know, that sudden. But we drift away from it. And that is a picture of a ship that loses, that gets off course by just by one degree. 58:51 And it begins to drift. It will end up on the rocks. So I for myself want to pay much closer attention to the things that I have heard for forty-one years. We began this month with this word here, "Be merciful to others just as God has been merciful to you." 59:13 The word that we had right in the very beginning in the old church. We want to remind ourselves and particularly in the light of what Brother Charles has shared. That if we don't forgive others, neither will our Heavenly Father forgive us. 59:26 Let's remember that. To forgive, to release quickly, particularly the ones who lie closest to our bosom. The ones we live with twenty-four by seven. To forgive, not to wait till the sun sets. 59:46 Much, much before that, immediately. And we heard Charles' testimony. Whatever inconvenience, whatever it is to go and release somebody. And I want to say that as we close the meeting this morning, this part of the meeting. 1:00:08 That if you still, after all you've heard in this church, you still hold grudges and resentment and bitterness. No matter whom. Worse still, if it's towards a brother or sister in the church. Make it a point after this meeting. 1:00:21 Repent of it now. Make it a point to go and meet that person and say, "I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I've been cold towards you. I've distanced myself to you." And if it's like that in your home, towards your own life partner, towards your children, 1:00:37 towards any relative, to go back and say, "I'm sorry." Even if they've done you wrong and done you harm, "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." We don't forgive others, neither will our Heavenly Father forgive us. We are not merciful to others. 1:00:54 God will not be merciful to us. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Let's remember that. And really ask the Lord that this coming years, the coming years, we would press on to higher ground. That I'm not going to remain here. 1:01:15 I want to pay much closer attention to the things that I've heard. And I would encourage you, my brothers and sisters, and I'm not telling you to do something I've not done. I've gone back and listened, gone to the website, gone to the live recordings and listened. 1:01:34 And I want to take heed to what we have heard this morning, many things that Brother Newton has shared, which we have heard for 41 years, and what Brother Charles has shared. And I would encourage you to do that because then it will register in your spirit and it will bring forth fruit in your life. 1:01:52 So let's, as we close this part of the meeting to our live webcast viewers, and we want to take time, like we said, to give opportunity for those who have not testified of what God has done for you. Even if you came in just a few months ago, there's opportunity for everybody. 1:02:13 And we want to exalt the Lord, we want to give Him thanks for what He has done. I hope it will not be the last time. There will always be times on Wednesday for you to come and testify to what God is doing in your life. 1:02:28 So let's make this in the light of all that we have heard. Lord, I want to press on to higher ground. I don't want to remain where I am. This is a song, this is a hymn that was written in the 1800s. And that should be our prayer. 1:02:47 I'm pressing on the upward way, new heights I'm gaining every day. Let's have faith for that. I'm going to gain new heights from today onwards. Still praying as I onward bound, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground. Let's make that our prayer. 1:03:06 Let's make that our desire this morning. Lord, lift me up and let me stand my faith on Canaan's stable land, a higher plane than I have found. Lord, plant my feet on higher ground. Will we make that our prayer this morning and let that be the longing of our hearts as we give thanks to God for all that he has done for us these 41 years. 1:03:32 Lord, I want the coming year to be a glorious year. I want to, I want a higher ground, Lord. I don't want to remain where I am. It says, my heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay. Though some may dwell where these abound, my prayer, my aim is higher ground. 1:03:54 I want to live above the world though Satan's darts at me are hurled. For faith has caught the joyful sound, the song of saints on higher ground. I want to scale the utmost height, catch a gleam of glory bright. But still I'll pray till rest I found, Lord lead me on to higher ground. 1:04:18 And I was reading that a mother used to sing that to her children, this very song. And let's really encourage one another, encourage our children, encourage our partners that we press on to higher ground. Let's stand up, come brothers and sing together and make this our desire, our prayer for the coming years. 1:04:42 Let's stand up, let's stand up, let's stand up, let's stand up, let's stand up. 1:05:09 I want to encourage you to sing out, sing with all your heart and really cry out to the Lord. Lord this is what I, by faith it's going to be for me in the coming year. I'm pressing on the upward way, new heights I'm gaining every day. 1:05:33 Still praying as high onward bound, Lord bind my feet on higher ground. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. 1:05:56 Lord lift me up and let me stand, a higher way than I have found, Lord plod my feet on higher ground. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my heart has no desire to stay, where doubts arise and fears dismay. 1:06:20 Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. 1:06:40 Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. 1:06:44 Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. Lord lift me up and let me stand, my faith on heaven's stable land. 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I want to scale the utmost height and catch a leaf of glory bright, but still I pray till heaven I've found, Lord, lead me on to higher ground. 1:08:04 Lord, lift me up and let me stand, my fate on heaven's stable land, the higher plane that I have found, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground. 1:08:33 A cry from our heart, we really want higher ground. We want as a church to press on to higher ground, to press on to perfection, Lord, to press on in becoming more and more like you, to press on to be like our Father in heaven, to forgive even as we have been forgiven, to be merciful as you have been merciful to us. 1:08:56 Yes, Lord Jesus, we pray, we can't in our own strength, but give us the power of your Holy Spirit. We pray that you would pour your Holy Spirit upon us as a church this morning. Lord, revive us and stir our hearts. We pray that a mighty, mighty revival of repentance, of faith, of holiness and purity will be there that will lead us on to higher ground. 1:09:20 Make us more and more like you, Lord Jesus. We thank you that you will do this. Lift up your heart, cry out to God, my brother, sister, praise him and thank him that as we have asked him this morning, he is going to do in the coming years. 1:09:33 Lift up your heart and praise him. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for hearing us. Thank you for your Holy Spirit. Thank you for putting us in the church, for making us part of your body. We really want to bless you and praise you with all of our hearts for the exciting days ahead, Lord. 1:09:49 And even though there may be trials and troubles and persecution, you will be there beside us to take us through. We thank you, Lord Jesus. We worship you, we praise you, give you all the glory and praise. Bless every home, every family represented here, Lord Jesus. 1:10:07 And we pray that peace will reign in our homes. Our homes would be little islands of peace, Lord. And we will be diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Thank you. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Take your seat. 1:10:37 Thank you.
