0:00 Thank you. 0:30 Thank you. 1:00 Thank you. 1:30 Thank you. 2:00 I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene. How marvelous, how wonderful. Check, check four, five, six. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene. 2:38 And I wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned on thee. How marvelous, how marvelous, how wonderful, and my song shall ever be. 3:00 How marvelous, how marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love for me. For me it was in the garden, He prayed not my will but Thine. 3:25 He had no tears for His own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, and my song shall ever be. 3:47 How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love for me. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, and my song shall be. How marvelous, how marvelous, and my song shall be. How marvelous, how marvelous, and my song shall be. 4:01 How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, and my song shall be. 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How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. 4:48 How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. 4:51 How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. 5:08 How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, my Savior's love for me. 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How marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, how marvelous, is my Savior's love for me. We sing the song that we sang once for a sing-song session. It says, "This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice as we lift His name." 6:47 This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice. We will rejoice and be glad in Him. 7:09 This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice. We will rejoice and be glad in Him. 7:37 Whether the sun will shine. Whether the skies will rain. I know that you are good. This is the day you've made. Whether in life or death. Whether in joy or pain. I know that truth remains. This is the day you've made. This is the day that the Lord has made. 8:05 We will rejoice as we lift His name. We will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice. We will rejoice and be glad in Him. Now I will rejoice as we lift His name. Now I can walk in faith. Now I can walk in faith. You will protect my way. Your every work is good. This is the day you've made. This is the day you've made. I am a child of yours. You are the one who saves. I am redeemed by love. This is the day you've made. This is the day you've made. This is the day that the Lord has made. 8:51 We will rejoice as we lift His name. We will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice as we will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice as we will rejoice and be glad in Him. 9:05 This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and sing your praise. Come and sing your praise. Come and sing your praise. For the Lord now reigns on the throne of grace. Soon is the day He will bring us home. And we have this hope for we are His own. 9:32 This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and sing your praise as we are His own. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and sing your praise. Come and sing your praise. Come and sing your praise. For the Lord now reigns on the throne of grace. Soon is the day He will bring us home. And we have this hope for we are His own. 9:55 This is the day that the Lord has made. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice as we will rejoice as we lift His name. This is the day that the Lord has made. Come and rejoice as we will rejoice and be glad in Him. 10:20 Come and rejoice as we will rejoice as we will rejoice as we will rejoice as we will rejoice as we will be glad in Him. Whether the sun will shine, whether the skies will rain I know that you are good, this is the day you've made 10:57 The mystery of the cross I cannot comprehend, the agonies of Calvary You, the perfect holy one, crushed your son, drank the bitter cup reserved for me 11:27 Your love has washed away my sin, Jesus, thank you The Father's rod, completely satisfied, Jesus, thank you Once your enemy, now seated at your table, Jesus, thank you 11:56 I, a perfect sacrifice, have been on you Your enemy you made your friend, pouring out the riches of your glorious grace 12:16 Your mercy and your kindness, know nowhere, your blood has washed away my sin, Jesus, thank you The Father's rod, completely satisfied, Jesus, thank you 12:39 Once your enemy, once your enemy, now seated at your table, Jesus, thank you Your blood has washed away my sin, Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you 13:05 Once your enemy, once your enemy, once your enemy, now seated at your table, Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you 13:33 Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you 13:55 Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you 14:31 Jesus, thank you 14:53 And I will lift my eyes in the darkest night, for I know my Savior lives And I will walk with you, knowing you'll see me through, and sing the songs you hear 15:19 How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I ever say in love, how amazing is your love? How can I keep from shouting your name? 15:40 I know I am loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing I can sing in the troubled times, sing when I win 16:01 I can sing when I lose my step, and fall down again I can sing, cause you pick me up, sing cause you're there I can sing, cause you hear me, Lord, when I call to you in prayer 16:22 I can sing with my last breath, sing for I know I can sing with the angels and the saints around the throne How can I keep from singing your praise? 16:44 How can I ever say in love, how amazing is your love? How can I keep from shouting your name? How can I keep from shouting your name? I know I am loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing 17:04 I know I am loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness 17:31 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim With all doubtful obedience, and in sense of loneliness 18:03 Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His name Thou at His feet lay thy burden of carefulness 18:23 High on His heart, He will bear it for thee Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be 18:49 Fear not to enter His course in the slenderness of the poor wealth Thou was reckoned as thy truth in its beauty 19:12 Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness These are the offerings to lay on His strife These are the offerings to lay on His strife Peace though He bring them in trembling and fearfulness 19:33 He will accept for the name that is dear Mournings of joy give, for evenings of cheerfulness Trust for our trembling and hope for our fear 19:53 Trust for our trembling and hope for our fear Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness 20:13 Bow down before Him, His glory proclaim With gold of obedience, and incense of holiness Mean and adore Him, the Lord is His name 20:35 The Lord is His name And here we are, lifting our hands to you 21:03 Here we are, giving you thanks for all you do And as we praise and worship your holy name You are here, dwelling within our praise 21:37 For every answered prayer For every answered prayer For always being there Always being there For love that hears us when we call For arms that lift us when we fall 22:02 You have always been right beside us Leading us all along the way We've made it through We've made it through We've made it through We've made it through And because of you 22:23 Here we are, lifting our hands to you Here we are, lifting our hands to you Here we are, giving you thanks for all you do Here we 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Here I am, Lord, lifting my hands to you 27:42 Truth in its beauty and love in its tenderness That's all the Lord is asking for us He will accept for the name that is dear 28:11 Let's step into the light With truth and with love Reading from Isaiah chapter 33 You who are far away, hear what I have done 28:36 And you who are near Acknowledge my might Now I will arise, says the Lord I will be exalted I will be lifted up Sinners in Zion are terrified The Lord's shambling Has seized the godless Who among us can live with the consuming fire 28:58 Who among us can live with continual burning He who walks righteously And speaks with sincerity He will dwell on the heights His refuge will be the impregnable rock His bread will be given him His water will be sure Your eyes will see the king in his beauty 29:20 They will behold a far distant land Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts Your eyes will see Jerusalem An undisturbed habitation A tent which will not be folded Its stakes will never be pulled up 29:41 Nor any of its cords be torn apart But there the majestic one The Lord will be for us The Lord is our judge He is our law giver He is our king He will save us The people who dwell there Will be forgiven their iniquity Let's lift up our eyes and our hearts 30:04 And behold the king of kings The Lord of lords And that kingdom that he has kept before us That place that he has kept for us Brothers and sisters How can we be silent? Let's lift up our voices And shout his praise and thanks 30:21 Yes, Lord, we praise you And thank you, Lord We come before you just as we are We lift up our hands And give you the praise and glory That's due unto your name, Lord You are the king of kings You are the Lord of lords You've made a provision for us, Lord 30:36 You've made a way for us To come to you with boldness, Lord To receive grace and mercy according to our need Yes, Lord You are greater than all our problems Greater than all our hang-ups, Lord Great is your name, worthy is your name 30:50 Worthy of praise and glory and honor, Lord We want to see you in your beauty, Lord, today Yes, Lord, lift the veil Open our eyes, Lord To glimpse you Yes, Lord We thank you, Lord For times of refreshing We thank you for all your goodness on our lives 31:04 We praise you, Lord We give you glory Yes, Lord, you've called us by name And we are yours We want to come to you with faith We thank you, Lord, for this time We pray in your mighty name, Jesus' name Brothers and sisters, please be seated 31:28 Let's look at our memory verses together Last week's verse was a promise You can repeat after me John chapter 12, verse 24 Unless a grain of wheat 31:50 Falls into the earth and dies It remains alone Amen This week For this week We have a command Repeat after me Romans 15:7 Accept one another 32:15 Just as Christ Also accepted us Once again Romans 15:7 Accept one another Just as Christ Also accepted us 32:37 Amen May the Lord give us Grace to Hide that word in our heart And live it out in our lives In the days to come Brothers and sisters This morning we want to hear The word of the Lord From Brother Charles Let's 33:00 Lift up our eyes And see our Father's hand Who's speaking to us We live by every word That proceeds from the mouth of God We want to take these words to heart Brother Charles Would you please turn your Bibles with me to 33:18 The word of God in Deuteronomy chapter 4 Would you please turn your Bibles with me to The word of God in Deuteronomy chapter 4 Deuteronomy chapter 4 Deuteronomy chapter 4 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 33:32 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 33:38 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 33:48 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 33:56 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 34:05 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 41 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 34:13 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 40 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 41 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 41 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 41 Deuteronomy chapter 5 verse 41 Deuteronomy by the way is the second law kind of thing. It's a reiteration of what had happened. 34:24 And Moses is telling the Israelites, "You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I am giving you today, that it may be well with you, you and with your children after you." 34:44 "And that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time." We have laws in nature. We have been given laws from God. 35:07 And we have laws of the land. And we know that all these laws are meant for our good. Not to harm us, but to save and keep us and safeguard us. And if we break any of these laws, we do it to our detriment. 35:27 And the word of God says clearly that he has given these laws so that it may go well with you and with your children, which the Lord God is going to give it to you, this land. And we read again in chapter 5, verse 29, 5, verse 33, sorry. 35:54 Something similar to that. The next page, "You shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live." God's will is that we may live by keeping his commandments and appropriate the blessings that are attached to that. 36:20 It may be well with you that it may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. And God has given these commandments to us to protect us from harm, from danger, and from various other things that are results of disobedience. 36:45 And the Lord says in verse 29, it's the heart of God. He says, "Oh, that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always." 37:06 That it may be well with them and with their sons forever. The laws that God has given are not to make our life miserable, but to make our lives happy and joyful. And that is for our blessing, for our good, that God has given all these laws, not to put us in a straitjacket as it were, so that I can't do this, I can't do that. 37:30 No. When you do God's will, then you are the most liberated person. Being able to, you know, do things within the framework of God's commandments. 37:53 And if you go outside of that, then we will be in trouble. That's why God has given us these commandments, even the land in which we live. 38:21 Also, every nation has their laws and regulations. And the nature also, for instance, Satan told Jesus, "Jump from the pinnacle of the temple." And it is written, "Angels will carry you in there lest you dash your foot against a stone." 38:42 But Jesus didn't test God. He didn't claim that promise. He said, "It is also written that you shall not test the Lord your God." So, when there is a staircase to use, why you want to jump and wait for angels to come? 39:05 Some people have gone to that extreme and lost their lives also. I heard a few years back in the Philippines, some young people wanted to imitate Jesus by walking on water. And they went walking on water and they got drowned. 39:26 So, these are all foolish things, doing something to test the Lord. God has not given these laws. There is no such law that thou shalt walk on water. If there was, probably God would have enabled us. But because He has not given us, then we better take the staircase and come down when there is another alternative. 40:00 So, it says about Deuteronomy 11 verse 12, in the same book, Deuteronomy 11 verse 12, it says about that land of Canaan where they are going to go. 40:21 And then, in the same book, the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. 40:26 And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. 40:31 And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. And the land of Canaan where they are going to go. So you can put your name there instead of the land. You can put your name. 40:48 The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it. From the beginning even to the end of the year. That's from 1st of January till the 31st of December. God's eyes are on you. It says. That is when you obey the Lord. 41:11 And it's like we wish you know on the new year day. Happy new year. So it is as it were the Lord is telling us. Happy new year to you. Every day from January 1 to December 31. 41:31 Every day the Lord says. Happy new year to you. Or they say during Christmas time. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you. That's only for those eight days they say. They mean that. That is season's greetings. But the Lord is saying here. 41:51 From January to December end. I wish you a happy new year. And a Merry Christmas if you would like to have it. Because what is Christmas? Somebody asked me why you don't celebrate Christmas on 25th December. 42:12 I said see the problem is you celebrate only on that day of the year. I celebrate 365 days of the year Christmas. If Christmas is meant to you a time of celebration and joy and happiness. The Lord wants you to have that 365 days 24/7. 42:34 That is how you can live. That is what this verse says. But from the beginning of the year till the end of the year. God wants you to have joy, peace, love and all the fruit of the Spirit. Like Paul says in the Philippines 4:4. 42:54 Rejoice in the Lord. How many days? On Christmas Day or on New Year Day? No. Always. Always. And in case you didn't hear it. He says again I say. Rejoice. Always. That is God's will for you and me brothers and sisters. 43:15 It is not a day that we esteem more highly than other days. Every day is the day that the Lord has made. And we will rejoice every day and be glad in it. That is what we sing. That is how God wants it to be in our lives. 43:36 And come down in the same chapter. It says in verse 21. So that as you keep his laws. Or yeah. It says so that your days. 43:56 And the days of your sons. May be multiplied on the land. Which the Lord sold to your fathers. To give them. As long as the heavens remain above the earth. In the margin it says. As the days of the heavens. 44:16 That means your life on earth can be a heavenly life. That means you can experience heaven. 24/7 365 days a year. You know that is what we sing in that song. Heaven came down. And glory filled my soul. That is not just on the day when you were born again. 44:38 When you came to know the Lord. Your burden fell away. Your sins were forgiven. And God gave you a new heart. And a new mind. And a new spirit. And there is a freshness in you. There is new joy and peace. The Lord wants you to have that all the days of your life. 45:00 Not just on that day. Not just on that day. When you know some people after they come to the initial experience of forgiveness of sins. And being born again. Over a period of time they lose that joy. But we don't go by that emotions and feelings. 45:19 We should pay at least attention to that. Because God doesn't want us to go by our emotions and feelings. God wants us to live in his word. His word says. The joy of the Lord is your strength. And that joy. You know Jesus on the eve of crucifixion. 45:41 He said. I give you my joy. Which nobody can take you. I give you my peace. Not like the world gives. Give I unto you. May not your heart be troubled. Even in the high priestly prayer. The Lord Jesus said. That my joy may be in them. 45:59 He says. Nobody on earth. Ever said such words. When he knows that he's going to be crucified in a few hours. Nobody said that. I'm full of joy. I wish you all had the same joy. That's what Jesus is. Trying to impress upon the disciples. 46:19 And. The Lord said in verse 19 of the same chapter. He said. 11 19. And he told the Israelites. Or rather. Moses is telling on behalf of the Lord. And you shall teach them to your sons. Talking of them. 46:40 When you sit in your house. And when you walk along. On the road. And when you lie down. And when you rise up. This is how you must teach God's word to your children, the Lord says. You teach them when you're sitting at home or when you're walking with them on the road 47:02 and when you lie down on bed and even when you wake up in the morning, inculcate in them something that, some values in them that will remain in their heart so that they may grow with that. 47:25 You know, the little time that Hannah had with Samuel, she had, you know, given the word of God to this little boy. And even Moses, I don't know at what age he came to the palace, probably eight, seven, I mean, five or eight or something. 47:46 By then, his mother, Jochebed, she gave him the word of God and trained him in such a way that even after he went to the palace, which was the most wicked place on earth those days, the king's palace, all sorts of wickedness were being done there. 48:11 He lived in that atmosphere. The word of God says, train up a child in the way he should go. When he grows old, he shall not depart from it. That's what exactly happened in the case of these two boys, Moses and Samuel. And Moses, even at the age of 40, 48:32 when he knew that he doesn't belong there, he belongs to these slaves. He's from that community. He tried to defend them and he got into problem. He ran away from there. But the Lord used him till the end of his life, 120 years he lived. 48:50 When he was 80, God called him to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt. And then for the next 40 years, he was with them, guiding them, and leading them on. And God wants us to, you know, live happily, teaching our children so that it may go well with us, 49:15 even in the next generation. Not only when we are alive, even your children, your grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and so on. This is what Peter said on the day of Pentecost. This promise is for you. Acts 2, 38 onwards, you read that. 49:34 This promise is for you, and for your children, and for your children's children, and your descendants. That is the promise of the Holy Spirit. The spirit of joy, the spirit of love, the spirit of peace. All that, you know, can be yours all the days of your life. 49:58 And every day we may not be up on the mountaintop. Sometimes that exuberance, that feeling, that emotions will be there. Sometimes they may not be there. So we don't go by them alone. We go by what God's word says. We rejoice in the Lord, not in our feelings, our emotions. 50:23 And the Lord is able to help us. And he is with us, and he is for us. And probably this is one of the reasons why the sons of Israel fail to obey. This verse 19, it says, you shall teach them to your children when you are sleeping, or when you are awake, when you are walking, when you are sitting at home. 50:49 So that they will teach them to the next generation, and then, you know, you can be blessed about all people on earth. But sadly, they failed in this. You can read about that in Judges chapter 2, verse 8. Judges chapter 2, verse 8. 51:14 You see, what happened when Moses was about to leave this earth, God had told him to prepare Joshua, the son of Nun, to train him, and to encourage him, strengthen him, to be his successor. And Moses did that, and it was very good. 51:37 And then, the next few decades, Joshua, he ruled Israelites, and he did a very good job. And he led them forward, and place upon place, he conquered and gave them victory. And we read here in Judges 2, verse 8, that Joshua died at the age of 110. 52:13 And then, verse 10, it says, and all the generation also were gathered to their fathers. That is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, the generation of that time, Joshua's time. They were also gathered together to their fathers, means they all died. 52:31 And there arose another generation after them, who did not know the Lord, nor ate the work which he had done for Israel. This is very sad, that the next generation, didn't know anything about what God had done to their forefathers back in Egypt. 52:52 How, with a mighty hand, he brought them out, and he brought them into the promised land of Canaan. And then, you read something similar in the end of the chapter, end of the book, Judges 21, 25. It says, in those days, there was no king in Israel. 53:17 You see, one of the mistakes I feel that Joshua did was that he didn't train somebody who will take the responsibility, who will be his successor. We don't see that. Moses, he trained Joshua, but Joshua could have trained some other young man or some godly brother in their midst. 53:50 But, I don't know why, but it says, in those days, there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes, it says. So, after Joshua, there was no leader for them. And, because there was no leader, God had to raise some judges here and there, like Samson and Barak and Huldah and some people like that. 54:26 And, they did some time, they led them, but there was no succession. Generation after generation, there was no succession to take the baton on. But, they backslid very badly. 54:49 You know, the Lord had promised them in the same book of Deuteronomy 28. You turn with me to the book of Deuteronomy 28. This is, God is placing blessings and curses before them. 55:10 And, the Lord is telling them in chapter 28, you go home and read this chapter fully. You will know what was God's plan for Israel. God's plan for Israel was to make them the superpower on the face of the earth for all generations. 55:33 That was God's promise. You read that in the first 14 verses of chapter 28. If you obey me and follow me, these blessings will come upon you. Not only it will come upon you, it will overtake you. This blessing shall come upon you and will overtake you if you obey my words. 56:03 Verse 2, it says. You will be blessed in the city. You will be blessed in the country. You will be blessed. Your offerings will be blessed. Your beasts will be blessed. Your field will be blessed. You will have bumper crops. 56:19 You shall be a blessing when you come in. You shall be a blessing when you go out. And, your enemies will flee before you. Nobody will be able to stand before you. That's what the Lord said to Joshua in chapter 1 of Joshua. 56:35 Now, my servant Moses is dead. And, now you take up the mantle. You take up the responsibility. Every place on which your soul treads, the foot of your soul treads, that I have given you. Verse 5, the Lord said in chapter 1 of Joshua. 56:58 I will be with you as I was with Moses. And, no man will be able to stand before you as long as you live. All your life, not one enemy of yours will be able to stand before you. These were the promises that God gave. And, these are the secrets of success, as it were. 57:18 You know, we have so many books in bookshops. Secret to success. And, one of the secrets is here in chapter 28. The Lord says, if you obey me, these are the blessings. These are the successes that you will have in your life. 57:35 And, even in verse 8 of Joshua, the Lord said, maybe we can read that. Joshua chapter 1, verse 8. What fantastic promise the Lord gave to Joshua. He said, if you keep these laws, this book of the law shall not depart from your mouths. 57:59 But, you shall meditate in it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. See, this is the secret that the Lord gave to Joshua in verse 8 of chapter 1. 58:25 And, if you keep my commandments, if you keep my commandments, you will be prosperous and you will have success all your life. And, that is what the Lord wants for us also, that we keep his commandment for our good, for his glory. 58:44 And, you know, then you read further in chapter 28. But, if you don't obey and don't keep my laws, these are the curses that will come upon you. And, I don't want to go there because this is very depressing. 59:07 Because, nobody wants any of these curses and consequences of disobedience. So, be in the first 14 verses so that the Lord can bless you. This is the Old Covenant, by the way. But, even in the New Covenant, if you obey the Lord, it will go well with you. 59:28 But, we are not in the Old Covenant. We are not following Moses. We are following Jesus. It's a new commandment that God has given us. About all these things, God, Jesus said in the upper room. He said in chapter 13, He said, 59:49 A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. This is the one commandment that Jesus gave. In the Old Covenant, there were ten commandments, and plus so many other commandments later on. 1:00:06 About 613, they say. But, in the New Covenant, Jesus said, A new commandment I give you, that's only one. To that other man, when he came and asked Jesus, What should I do? Jesus said, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, 1:00:26 and love your neighbor as yourself. Two-fold commandment he gave. But, here, these 11 people already knew the Lord, and they loved the Lord. For them, he didn't say, love the Lord, because he knew that they already loved the Lord. 1:00:43 So, to them, he gave only one commandment, that you love one another now, even as I have loved you. And that was it. And, this, you know, fulfills all other commandments. when you love your neighbor, when you love your neighbor, 1:01:03 or love your brothers and sisters, and love one another, you keep all the other commandments. You will not lust after them. You will not kill them. You will not hate them. You will not steal from them. You will do good to them. 1:01:21 All because of the love of God that is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Romans 5.5. And, God's plan for us is always for our welfare. Can you imagine a God in heaven looking down upon you 1:01:43 every day morning as you get up from the bed what, whose bone shall I break today? Who should I give cancer to? Or a tuberculosis? Or you know, 1:02:04 to whom shall I give heart attack today? You think God is thinking such thoughts about you and me? We read in Jeremiah 29.11, God says, the thoughts I have towards you, I know the thoughts I have towards you, says the Lord. 1:02:24 Thoughts of welfare and not for calamity concerning you. Thoughts to do good. Not to do evil or harm to you. To give you a future and a hope. This is God's will. And this is what God is planning about you and me every day. 1:02:46 God said that very clearly in his word. And Jesus also said in John 10.10, some of you know this verse. John 10.10, it says, the thief comes but to steal, to kill and to destroy. But I have come that you may have life and life 1:03:08 in abundance. You see, what is the, what are the thoughts that are going on in Satan's mind right now about you and me? According to Jesus, he is planning whom shall I kill, steal, and destroy. These are the thoughts the devil is thinking 1:03:28 towards God's children. But the Lord says, I have come in order that you may have life and life more abundantly. And here the Lord says in Jeremiah, the thoughts that I think towards you are to give you 1:03:49 a future and a hope and not for calamity. To give you a good future. We, you know, sometimes tell people all the best or good luck and things like that. so that is what God is wishing for us. The very best 1:04:10 for us. And the word of God says in Hebrews 11, 39, we know that chapter, the great chapter, the hall of faith, hall of the heroes of faith. And 1:04:31 we read all these stalwarts who did mighty things for God in the old covenant. They shut the lion's mouth. They quenched the fire. Even though they were in fire, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego didn't touch them. Daniel was 1:04:50 in the lion's den. They didn't touch him. Probably he must have slept on one of those lions as a pillow in the night. Because he had a good conscience, clear conscience. And so many things. Some women got their dead raised to 1:05:11 life and the walls of Jericho fell down. So many great things they did. But we read towards the end of the chapter, chapter 11, 39, it says, and all these people whom he has mentioned above have gained approval through their 1:05:31 faith. But they did not receive what was promised. Because God had provided something better for us. That's for you and me in the new covenant. So that apart from us, they should not be made perfect. You see, 1:05:53 in the old covenant, there was no preaching of pressing on towards perfection, like Paul says. I press towards the mark, I press towards perfection, and as many as are of this attitude, let us press on, he says. That was not 1:06:11 there in the old covenant. In the old covenant, it was only earthly blessings, earthly prosperity, health, wealth, and things like that. Even unfortunately today, many preachers in many churches, they preach about health, 1:06:27 wealth, and wealth transfer, and things like that. It's all deception. It's not prospering anybody, either materially or spiritually. Their mind is only set on how I can prosper, how I can make more money, and things like that. 1:06:48 But they're least bothered about their spiritual condition. Spiritual prosperity, oh, that's nothing for them. Because their pastor has drilled into their head only about these earthly things, and they don't know what will happen 1:07:04 when they leave this earth, what they will take with them. And there was no such thing about, here it says that they didn't receive the promise. What was the promise? And what is it that they should 1:07:25 not become perfect without us? What is it that the Lord wanted them also to have? You know, we read about that 2 Peter 1.4, 2 Peter 1.4. It 1:07:46 says, for by these God has granted to us his precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature. See, this was never promised to the people in 1:08:06 the old covenant. They were promised only things of this earth, nothing beyond that. But in the new covenant, Jesus said, if you seek God's kingdom and his righteousness, you don't have to even pray 1:08:26 about these things because your heavenly father knows that you need all these things. but seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Like, you know, they're given a bonus in 1:08:40 the company. You don't work in that company for getting bonus. Bonus is just thrown in at the end of the year. But you work for a salary. It's something like that. You concentrate upon the spiritual things, upon gaining 1:09:00 God's approval and gaining or partaking of the divine nature. When you do these things, God says, all these other things I will take care of. All these food, clothing, shelter, look at the lilies of the field, and look 1:09:20 at the birds of the air. They don't toil, they don't have fields, they don't have barns to store grains. Every day they just fly down from the tree where they were perching for the night. And then they go about and they seek 1:09:38 and they find, then they come back filled in the evening. Every day the Lord provides for them. And the flowers of the field, how beautiful they are. Some of the flowers when you see, even King Solomon was, it says in chapter 6 of 1:09:57 Matthew, he felt inferior. Even though he was one of the richest kings, he felt inferior when he stood before an ordinary flower which is there in the morning and is gone by evening. Such beauty the Lord clothes these flowers 1:10:15 with. Don't you think he will care for you much more than that? The Lord said. It doesn't mean that you will have a wardrobe full of all branded and fancy dresses. That's not what the meaning is. Paul said, 1:10:37 the greatest apostle said, if we have food and clothing, therewith we will be content. That's all we need in this earth. What are you going to do with a few wardrobes full of dresses like some billionaires have? And this 1:10:55 is what God has promised. The divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. When Jesus was talking to the Pharisees, he said to them in chapter 5 of John verse 40, he said, 1:11:16 you are not willing to come to me because my world has no place in you. Because they thought, oh, this man, we know who his father is. He's Joseph's son. See, when they were happy about Jesus, they said he's Joseph's son. 1:11:33 When Jesus provoked them and they were angry with Jesus, they said he's Mary's son. We don't know who's Mary's husband is. That's what they said, we are not born of fornication. When Jesus said, if you were Abraham's 1:11:53 children, you would love me. Then they said, we are not born of fornication. How in the world, that world came there out of context? They thought that this man is born out of fornication because Mary's husband, we don't know 1:12:10 who is. but when they were happy and satisfied about him, they said, oh, this is Joseph's son. And Jesus said, my word has no place in you. You are unwilling to come to me. And the Lord wants us to be aware of 1:12:31 Satan's tactics and not be ignorant of his devices. Paul says about that to the Corinthians. He says, and even Peter says in chapter one of chapter five of first Peter, he says, Satan like a roaring lion 1:12:51 is seeking whom to devour, whom to kill and tear and eat them up. This is Satan's desire. But God has not God, God is not thinking such thoughts about you. Like a 1:13:12 roaring lion, you read that verse, before that he says, submit to God. Submit to God. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God. Submit to God and resist the devil. Only then you will be able to resist the 1:13:32 devil. Before submitting to God, before your life submitted to God, you cannot resist the devil. You know, like sons of Sceva, we read in the book of Acts, they also wanted to cast out demons in Jesus' name. In the name of 1:13:52 Jesus, the name that Paul uses, they were using that name and trying to cast out some demons. And demons said, Paul, I know Jesus, I know, but who are you? Because they didn't know anything about Jesus, neither did they know 1:14:08 who Jesus was, nor had they submitted themselves under the mighty hand of God. And the devil knew very clearly and jumped and pounced on them and tore their clothes and they ran naked, it says. This is what happens if you 1:14:25 don't submit to God and try to resist the devil. The devil will say, I know Paul, I know Jesus, I know so and so and so, but who are you? Brothers and sisters, we are not fighting an imaginary enemy. We have a real enemy. 1:14:43 He is well alive on this planet earth. He's been thrown down from heaven. He's in the heavenlies. He's not in hell. He's in the heavenlies between heaven and in the heavenlies. Now we are on earth. One day he'll be thrown out 1:15:01 from there also back to earth towards the end of time and that will be hell on earth. Before that, dear brothers and sisters, humble yourself so that the devil will have no hold on you. It says, 1:15:23 there's a promise in Romans 6, 14. Most of us know that. sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but under grace. Sin will not have dominion over you because you are not under law but under grace. 1:15:42 Grace means under the lordship of God or Christ. You are under his care and protection. And to whom does God give grace? like Peter says, if you humble yourself, to the 1:16:02 humble God gives grace and to the proud God knows them. He keeps them at a distance. And God is an enemy of the proud but God gives grace to the humble. And when you are humble and when you are under grace, this verse says, 1:16:23 Romans 6 14, that sin will not have dominion over you. It will not be master over you. It will not sit on your head. Because all along we allowed Satan to sit on our head and to dictate to us and we did what he wanted us to 1:16:41 do before we came to Christ. But now after having come to Christ, we need to live in continual repentance and humility before the Lord so that his grace can flow towards us. So that Satan is scared of us. That is exactly what 1:16:59 he means when he says, Satan like a roaring lion is prowling about you. Whom resist steadfast in the faith, it says. You cannot resist Satan when you are not humble, when you 1:17:19 are not under the lordship of Christ, when you have not renounced your sins, acknowledged and confessed and forsaken your sins. The Bible says, he who confesses his sins finds mercy, repents and confesses. 1:17:40 But he who doesn't do that, you know, he will not find mercy. God's wrath will abide on him. brothers and sisters, God's call to us today and every day is repent. This is what we 1:18:00 preach here in the church, repentance, continual repentance. Every day in different circumstances, verses, I discover I discover different types of, you know, lusts and desires and 1:18:20 evil thoughts, sin in my flesh, in my mind. I bring it before the Lord and I confess it. I don't overlook it. I don't excuse them. I don't wink at them. I take it seriously and come 1:18:41 before the Lord and repent and confess it to the Lord and ask the Lord to have mercy on me and forgive me. And the Lord forgives everyone who comes in repentance. That's one prayer that the Lord will never turn away from. 1:18:58 even, you know, when people on earth cried out to him, he stopped and he called them and he helped them. And whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord, the Bible says, shall be saved. Call upon him while 1:19:19 he is near and confess, repent, because the Bible says, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There's none righteous, not even one. Everyone is a sinner before God. Every person born from Adam till the last 1:19:37 person that will be born, God has put them under one blanket, sinners. And we all need a Savior. We all need salvation. That is available only in Jesus Christ. Acts 4, 12 it says, there is no other name by which we we can be 1:19:58 saved under heaven except the name of Jesus. That's the only name because Jesus said, nobody can come to me because I am the way, the truth, and the life. Nobody will come to the Father except 1:20:19 through me. Jesus is the only way. Many people say there are so many ways. let them think about that. At the end you know the result. But I choose to believe what Jesus said, the one who came down from heaven, lived amongst 1:20:38 us, and said, there's no other way, there's no other name. I am the way, the truth, and the life, and he who comes to me, I will in no wise cast him out. So the invitation is open for you, dear brothers and sisters. You don't 1:20:58 need to live in sin anymore. You don't need to live with your head hanging down in shame and sin and with guilt and condemnation. your calling is to 1:21:18 I will end with this. Turn with me to Romans 16. Romans 16, verse 20. Romans 1:21:39 16, verse 20. it says, I will read verse 19 also. For the report of your obedience has reached to all. 1:22:01 See, obedience, this book begins with obedience in chapter 1 and ends with obedience in chapter 16. And the report of your obedience has reached to all. Therefore, I am rejoicing over you. But I want you to be wise in what is 1:22:22 good and innocent in what is evil. And then it says, the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Your feet not just under the feet of Jesus when he hung on the cross. There he was defeated. The devil 1:22:44 thought that he was stripping Jesus, but he didn't know that he was being stripped on the cross. It says in Colossians that he stripped Satan of his power and he displayed him. And the 1:23:06 same God wants Satan to come under our feet today. And this is our calling. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet when you are at peace with one another. First at peace 1:23:27 with God and then at peace with one another. And then Satan will come under your feet and you can triumph over him. This is your calling brothers and sisters. This is my calling. Let's be gripped by this and submit 1:23:47 to God and resist the devil and he will flee from us. Shall we just bow our heads in prayer? Our dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your living word and we bless you that you have given us all things pertaining to life 1:24:05 and godliness and precious and magnificent promises thereby we may be saved from the corruption that's there in the world. We pray that you will be merciful to us everyone sitting here forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1:24:24 and give us a new heart and a new mind and renew a right spirit within us. Make us what you want us to be. Help us to live a life that brings joy to your heart and glory and honor to your name. We pray in Jesus' precious name. 1:24:41 Amen. We'll sing a song and then we'll hear brother Danish. Brothers and sisters, let's sing Standing on the Promises of Christ, my King. 1:25:44 Standing on the Promises of Christ, my King. Through eternal ages, let His praises ring. Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing. Standing on the Promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. 1:26:10 Standing, standing, I'm standing on the Promises of God. Standing on the Promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail. 1:26:30 By the Living Word of God, I shall prevail. Standing on the Promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing, standing. 1:26:50 I'm standing on the Promises of God. Standing on the Promises I now can see. The perfect presence cleansing in the blood for me. Standing in the Liberty where Christ makes free. 1:27:14 Standing on the Promises of God. Standing, standing. Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing, standing. I'm standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing, standing. I'm standing on the Promises of God. Standing on the Promises of Christ, my Lord. 1:27:38 I'm standing on the Promises of Christ, my Lord. I'm standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. 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Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing on the Promises of God. 1:28:56 Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. Standing on the Promises of God, my Saviour. 1:29:26 Acts chapter 4, verse 12, it says, there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. If you look at the beginning of the chapter, Acts chapter 4, this is when Peter and John got arrested. 1:29:47 Acts chapter 4, verse 3, it says, they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, and for it was already evening. And, verse 5, on the next day, the rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together, 1:30:04 and Anas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high priestly descendant. And when they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire or question, by what power or by what name have you done this? 1:30:21 Now, if you can visualize this, see this, John and Peter, they were arrested, they were put in the jail in the previous day in the evening. We don't know whether they had the dinner, they got any food previous night. And the next day, all these big shots, Anas, Caiaphas, elders, scribes, they were all together and put Peter and John in the middle. 1:30:47 We don't know whether they had the breakfast that day morning. And then they have been questioned, by what authority or by what power you are doing all these things? Then it says, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 1:31:01 Rulers and elders of the people, we are on the trial today for a benefit done to a sick man. And let it be known to you that all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, got raised from dead in this name. 1:31:17 So they proclaimed the name of Jesus without any fear. Think of this, brothers and sisters. You know, think of that, these two people, John and Peter, they were put in such a spot, in such a difficult condition. And they were not ashamed. 1:31:37 And they were not worried that what happened to them, but such a courage, such a faith had come to them. And it says in verse 13, Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John, understood that they were not uneducated, 1:31:53 they were uneducated and untrained men. And they were amazed. It was not Peter MBA. It was not Peter MTH, BTH, or Doctor of Theology. It's Peter filled with the Holy Spirit. What an example, brothers and sisters. So what a confidence. 1:32:12 You know, we heard Charles was mentioning that verse. I will, I have a plan. You can turn to that when you have time. I have a plan for your life. Plan for welfare, not for calamity. And there it speaks about God restoring the fortunes. 1:32:29 You know, what we lost in Adam, the courage, the faith, the confidence. He fell into sin and he started hiding himself. And we heard about the partakers of divine life. You look at Jesus, and one aspect of that life is his courage. 1:32:50 So, brothers and sisters, as we heard today, let's go back with faith. Let's go back with courage in our heart. You know, Jesus said in John chapter 6, 16. John 16, chapter 16, verse 32. 1:33:20 Behold, an hour is coming, and it has already come for you to be scattered. Each to his own home, to leave me alone, and to leave me alone. And yet, I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken to you, so that in me you may have peace. 1:33:41 In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world. But take courage, I have overcome the world. So, brothers and sisters, let's take courage in what Jesus spoke. Let's take courage in his word. 1:34:00 You know, I saw a video a couple of years back. One of our soldiers in Indian Air Force, his MiG flight crashed, and he landed up in Pakistan, and he showed such a courage. The important document had, some of them he put it into his mouth and chewed, 1:34:19 and some of them he put it into the water. Maybe it is external, I don't know. But a pilot, he can trust his country, he can trust its government. Can we not trust our Lord? Can we not trust our Lord? He said, I will be with you to the end of the days. 1:34:38 I want to end with this, a few lines from a hymn, a song written by A.B. Simpson. It says, Fainting Soldier of the Lord, hear his sweet, inspiring word. I have conquered all thy foes. I have suffered all thy woes. Struggling soldier, trust in me. 1:35:01 I have overcome for thee. I have overcome, I have overcome, overcome for thee. And thou shall overcome, overcome, overcome through me. Fear not, though thy force be strong. Faint not, though thy strife be long. 1:35:23 Trust thy glorious captain's power. Watch with him one little hour. Hear him calling, follow me. I have overcome for thee. Soon the conflict will be done. Soon the battle will be won. Soon shall wave the victor's palm. Soon shall ring the eternal psalm. 1:35:44 Then our joyful song shall be, I have overcome for thee. Amen. May the God of peace give us courage and faith. Over to announcement, brothers. God has made his work on earth to be dependent on man. 1:36:31 If the man God calls is not ready, God's work is delayed or hindered. However, if one man fails to respond to God's call, God will call another. It's a tremendous privilege to be called by God to serve him. But it brings with it a great and awesome responsibility too. 1:36:58 The anointing of the Holy Spirit is the prime essential for being a new covenant servant of God. Such a servant of God leads believers to have a direct connection with Christ their head. It's a serious thing to be a new covenant servant of God. 1:37:18 It's a serious thing to be a new covenant servant of God. We cannot take such a responsibility lightly. God's servants have tremendous authority. But they have to be extremely watchful that they are obedient to God in the smallest thing, 1:37:35 especially in their speech. Some of the marks of a new covenant servant. He is called and prepared by God. He is an example for others to follow. He lives and serves in dependence upon the Holy Spirit. 1:37:58 He is a spiritual father to others. He builds the church as the body of Christ. Such men are rare to find in every country. But God needs such men today. May this book help you to be such a man of God in these, the closing days of this age. 1:38:30 You can read this book free online at cfcindia.com slash books slash the new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. 1:39:13 May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. 1:39:18 May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. 1:39:24 May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. May this book be a new covenant servant. 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