0:00 Девочка-пай 0:30 One of the most wonderful truths in scripture is that there is no partiality with God. 0:54 Romans 2 verse 11 says that. Now, this is something that has helped me tremendously. Because, as a father, I knew that I should be like God towards my children. 1:28 That means I have to represent God to them. You know, Jesus often compared God with earthly fathers. So, I knew that my responsibility was to reflect God to my children. 1:56 And I felt that if I show the slightest partiality to one child over another in any area, I'm not like God. 2:20 And I tried through the years to be completely impartial to all souls. But then I thought, how much more God will be impartial? You know, in India, many parents are partial to their children. 2:48 They love one child more than the other. They love boys more than girls. In America, they love girls more than boys. And they love the other. They love the other. They love the other. They love the other. They love the other. 3:07 They love the other. They love the other. They love the other. They love the other. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. 3:16 They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. They love the other so much. And they love the other so much. One who is very brilliant in studies. And they don't love another one who is not so clever. 3:36 I would say that all such parents are thoroughly ungodly. And if you are such a parent, you should hang your head in shame and say, Lord, I am ashamed of myself. God is not partial. 4:01 Now, all of us are God's children. Do you really think God loves me more than he loves you? It is not true. But, that is not the full answer. 4:24 There is more to it. Jesus is the eldest son, the firstborn son of our Heavenly Father. Before he came to the earth, he was called the only begotten son. Jesus, God loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. 4:59 But, after the resurrection, he is called the firstborn son. You see, the firstborn is different from the only begotten. See, Hebrews 1 verse 6. 5:24 When he again brings the firstborn into the world, he says, let all the angels of God worship him. That was not in Bethlehem. Bethlehem, he sent his only begotten into the world. 5:48 If you have only one son, you don't call him my firstborn. He is my only son. When does he become firstborn? When you have other children. It is a very simple thing. Why was Jesus called only begotten when he came to Bethlehem? 6:14 And after some time, he is called the firstborn. That means God had other children. Do you know that no Israelite was a child of God? Do you know that nobody could become a child of God until Jesus rose up from the dead? 6:38 Nobody can become a child of God until they receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God comes within and says, Appa, Father. That is the time we become children of God. 6:59 And when we are born again, the Spirit of God comes inside. And makes us children of God. Now we become children of God. Is there any partiality with God? Does God love his eldest son more than the others? 7:25 Who is the eldest son? Jesus. Who are the younger brothers and sisters? We. Question is, does God love his eldest son more than he loves his younger children? 7:46 You know, it is a very daring thing to say, God loves me as he loves Jesus. For the first 16 years of my Christian life, I never knew it and I never said it. 8:06 I never heard anybody preach on it. I never read a book on it. And I was a very insecure young believer. One day God opened my eyes to this truth. There is no partiality with me, says God. 8:31 Now you have read that verse many times, but you have not thought of the implications of it. The implication is that to God, I am the same just like Jesus. And that sounds very daring for somebody like me to say that. 8:55 But that shows something about God, not something about me. That he loves a wretched sinner saved by grace as much as he loved his son who never committed sin. This is one of the prayers that Jesus prayed in John 17 and verse 23. 9:24 There are some amazing things he prayed in that one single verse. Three prayers. Three very important prayers in one verse. Father, I in these disciples, 9:45 Thou Father in me, You are in me. I am in them. Then they will be perfect in unity. And when they are perfect in unity, 10:07 the world will know that you sent me into the world to be a savior. And the world will know that you love these disciples as much as you love me. 10:32 So if we only proclaim to the world that the father sent the son to be the savior of the world is only one of these two things. Christendom has mostly proclaimed only that one thing. No, that's not the full gospel. 10:54 The second part is the world must know that I am loved as much as Jesus. I want to ask you who have read so many books and heard so many tapes, have you heard people preaching that to you? 11:17 I have almost in my life never heard anybody preach. You know, sometimes when you are preaching something nobody else is preaching, they will call you a heretic. Oh, they will say you are proud. I will tell you a story 11:40 that happened about four or five hundred years ago. There was a great scientist in Italy called Galileo. He learned that the sun doesn't go around the earth but the earth goes around the sun. 12:01 He was not the first person to discover that. There was another man called Copernicus who discovered it. Galileo also discovered that. But he was a Roman Catholic. And the Roman Catholic Church believed that the Bible taught 12:22 that the sun goes around the earth. The Bible never teaches that. That's how they understood it. So when Galileo said earth is just rotating on its axis you think 12:43 you think the sun is going around the earth. It's not going around the earth. He said this is a false teaching. Why? Because nobody else was saying it. This is the first man in Italy to say that. The earth does not 13:03 that the sun does not go around the earth. They caught him and took him to court to make him repent in front of the Pope. And it was serious. 13:24 They told him if you don't repent and confess that the sun goes around the earth. we will cut off your head. He was a sensible man. He didn't want to lose his head. 13:47 So he stood there in the court before the Pope and said the sun goes around the earth. and he sat down and he told his lawyer whatever the Pope may think the earth still goes around the sun. 14:07 But I won't say that loudly because I don't want to lose my head. it was something like that. I don't remember the exact words. 14:27 But I have thought about that. Even in the world you are the first person to discover something people hate you. but today everybody believes it. This is an amazing truth that changed my life. 14:50 And because it changed my life I never get tired of preaching it. God loves the disciples of Jesus as much as he loved Jesus himself. And it's not just a truth I must know. It says here 15:10 the world must know that. They must look at my life and say there is no explanation for this man's life. How does he live in such a competitive world with so much opposition from the devil 15:32 how does he survive? How does he survive with these strict Christian biblical principles from the first century? and not blindly following what other Christians are doing. How does he survive? 15:57 How does he have a word from God? How does he have a word from God? The world must say that is only one explanation. Maybe he's got a father in heaven who loves him a lot. See 16:17 when you find a person who doesn't have a job not working not earning a salary but he lives very comfortably what do you say? Maybe he's got 16:37 a rich father. That's what people should say about you and me. How does this man survive? He must be having not only a rich father but a very powerful influential father. 17:01 That should be to be our testimony. How does a doctor like Prabhakar survive without giving anesthesia for abortion cases? Without being sacked from his job. Maybe he's got 17:21 a powerful influential father somewhere somewhere in different areas. We must have a testimony. So the reason why we can stand is because we've got a father. 17:43 and we will not compromise we will not lower our standards we will not say oh now we are running short of money we better start taking a collection in the meetings. 18:03 Say what happened to your father who was supporting you all these thirty-five years? I used to always feel like that about these Christian preachers who go around asking for money. One of the the richest man 18:24 in India today is a man called Mukesh Ambani who has built a huge house which costs I think some hundred crores or something like that. Just one house. It's the most expensive house 18:44 in the world. I think he's got two or three sons. Supposing one of his sons comes to me one day I don't earn much money and he says can you please 19:04 give me some money? I say you are Mukesh Ambani's son? And you want money from me? Ah your father must have broken his connection with you then only you are coming to me. 19:26 otherwise how can a richest man in India son come to me? You know that will not happen unless the father has disinherited the son and said I've got nothing to do with you. that is 19:46 that is an example now here is another person who is father is richer than Mukesh Ambani he is the richest person in the universe all the silver and the gold is his all the stars in the universe is his and his 20:09 son a preacher says on television or in a meeting please give me some money it's like Mukesh Ambani's son passing a bag around like a beggar what do 20:29 you say you are the son of this richest person in the universe you are asking for money your father must have disinherited you and chucked you out that is why you are asking all these 20:50 preachers are like that they have been disinherited by their father you know Jesus had a dignity about him he was not very rich but he had a dignity I see 21:11 this picture in my mind pilot with his purple robe and crown sitting on a big throne standing before him is someone in an underwear crown of thorns on his 21:32 head beaten whipped and blood flowing I see these two people facing each other pilot is trembling Jesus is standing erect 21:52 saying to him pilot says don't you know I've got power to crucify you you read read that in John chapter 18 and Jesus says in John 18 and 19 you have no power 22:13 against me unless it's given by my father in heaven John 19 11 wonderful verse you have no authority over me who is the person saying this that is a dignity of a servant of 22:33 God dear brothers and sisters do you have that dignity you recognize who you are you know nowadays I find so many preachers looking for titles they want 22:54 to become reverent then too many reverents so one will become right reverent and somebody will be too many right reverents now so we will be right reverent doctor then they have other things like archbishop 23:14 metropolitan so many things always they are trying to climb over on top of the others what did John say he was in revelation the great apostle is I 23:35 John your brother you know why because the word brother means younger brother of Jesus Christ when you call me brother Zach you're calling me younger brother of Jesus Christ is there 23:58 a bigger title than that when I call you sister younger sister of Jesus Christ Jesus a father loves us as he loved Jesus but John 17 is not for everybody that 24:20 is what we sometimes don't understand see what Jesus says in John 17 verse 9 he is not praying for everybody I ask on their behalf 24:40 I do not ask on behalf of the world but only for those whom thou hast given me there were 11 people he was only praying for 11 people here what 25:02 about all the others who believed in him and were blessed by him and were healed by him who came and listened to his sermons like people come and listen in our conferences he says I'm not praying for any of them I'm only 25:21 praying for these 11 why were these 11 special because they had surrendered completely to Jesus Christ they said Lord you are everything to us you are 25:41 not our savior you are our Lord what you say to us we will do you tell us to give up our nets we'll give up our nets you tell us to go back to our nets we'll go back to our nets the important thing is not giving up the nets 25:59 the important thing is doing what Jesus says if God has not told you to give up your job and you give up your job that is a disobedience it's not a great thing that give up your job so many people in india have given up 26:18 their jobs they are absolutely third rate good for nothing people the important thing is not that the important thing is obedience what the Lord says you do if you're like that then you're like these eleven whatever 26:38 the Lord says I said that before I got married I said Lord I will marry the one you choose for me I am not going to look like worldly people for beauty and money or education no 26:59 I'm going to look for the will of God and when you look for God's will and surrender to whatever he wants then you come into this category of these eleven to them he said concerning 27:20 them father you love them like you love me what about all these other people Lord who also say they are interested in you verse nine I do not pray for them they they are welcome to become 27:41 like these they are also welcome to come and be hundred percent obedient to me all of us are invited to become hundred percent obedient to Jesus Christ and to give up your own will and do the will of God for the rest of 28:00 your life but do you think everybody sitting here is going to do that I hope so but I don't think it will happen because the way to life is very narrow and very few find it not 28:22 even those who preach about it find it you know in your heart whether you have surrendered everything in your life to Jesus Christ say Lord only your will for me matters from now on you 28:44 know it says in 1 John chapter 2 this is what it is to take the yoke upon us 1 John chapter 2 it says in verse 17 the world is passing away and also it lust but the one who does the 29:04 will of God abides forever dear brothers and sisters the world is passing away we are closer to the fulfillment of that today than 1900 years ago when John wrote it we are 29:24 close to it it's like Noah God waited 120 years for him to build the ark 120 years 29:45 when he started he preached the rain is going to come and there's going to be a flood and 119 years have gone by there's one more year for the flood to come Noah 30:05 did not know the exact time but he could say this dear friends we are much closer today to the flood and the rain than when I started preaching this 119 years ago I tell 30:28 you my friends Noah would have said all these things you see will perish you know what the people did they laughed at him this fellow grown old one screw has 30:48 become loose in his head he's talking all this nonsense now we have never had any rain all these years from the time of Adam there's been no rain on the earth you know that's Genesis 2 says there was no rain in those days 31:08 it says in Genesis 2 one dew used to come and water the ground so and Noah said rain is going to come flood is going to come they said this chef is talking about something that never happened but 2000 years it has not happened 31:22 Adam to Noah was about 2000 years no rain this guy is talking about this now today we are saying the world is going to pass away you see yeah people have been preaching it for 2000 years 31:44 but I'll tell you we are closer to it now because there are signs who's going to remain when the world passes away Noah would say to people do you see that ark which is almost complete now I've almost finished it 32:08 that is the only thing that will remain when this world perishes nobody believed him they laughed at him today when we preach only those of you who sit here doing the will of God will abide forever 32:30 even though it's written in 1 John 2 17 I don't know how many of you believe it if you believed it you would have a desperate passion to find the will of God for your life I had that passion when I was 21 years old 32:58 50 years ago I said Lord I've got my own plans great plans to get on in the world but it's not going to last it's only he who does the will of God that will remain forever 33:19 I don't want to be a fool I want to be wise like Noah I want to be wise I want to live for that which will remain forever like the wise man who built a house that would remain I believe there are many believers 33:43 even in CFC churches who are building houses on sand they sit and nod their heads in the meetings to all that they hear but in their personal life and the decisions they make and the decisions they make for their children 33:59 they are not believing that only those who do the will of God will remain forever do you really believe it? ask yourself do you really believe that only those who do the will of God will remain forever? 34:25 he's not saying only those who do full time Christian work will remain forever no 90% of people doing Christian work in India I have no respect for them they are doing it because they didn't get any other job no I'm not talking about them 34:44 you can be in a secular job like the Apostle Paul the Apostle Paul was in a secular job till the end of his life he worked he made tents he was a businessman but he served the Lord that's what we have taught in our churches all these 35 years 35:08 that's what I taught my four children earn your own living and then preach the gospel preach to others build the church because that's the thing that's going to last forever but don't be dependent on anybody for money only those who do the will of God will remain forever 35:33 so can you imagine what Noah would think of those 120 years oh you've always been thinking now that other part of the ark I have to do that oh I need a little wood for this part I need some more nails for here 35:55 and those windows and doors I've got to fix that tomorrow but Noah what about your vineyard and you've got to take care of your family also yeah he says that also I have to do because nobody will support my family 36:17 so I have to work and earn living for my family also I've got three children and they are married so he worked earned his living Noah like Paul Noah was not a full time worker he worked and earned his own living as a farmer 36:38 supported his family but his mind was not on his work it was an earthly job he was thinking about the ark how can I build the ark at night he would dream about the ark you know what you dream about 37:04 at night is a pretty good indication of what is your mind is set on you keep on looking at dirty pictures and dirty things on the computer or dirty cinemas without your telling me anything 37:26 I'll tell you what you dream about you'll dream about pretty women and you fooling around with them I can tell you what you're dreaming about because we dream about what our inner man knows we want 37:47 and the inner man is watching you all the time and your own inner man he likes this other people in the church don't know it but this is what he likes if you're always thinking about making more and more money 38:08 that's what you'll dream about so imagine a man who's earning his own living but whose mind is set on how can I build the church and the inner man and the inner man says this guy is really interested in building the church 38:25 that's what he'll dream about something about the kingdom of God I'll tell you something there's this inner thing called the subconscious you can't fool them you can fool everybody 38:47 you can fool your wife you can fool your children but that inner subconscious will tell you in your dreams what you think of what you really love what is your passion I'm sure Noah dreamt about the ark 39:08 many times I've heard of people who work in computers you know people who do programming on computers and some of those things are very complicated sometimes they are stuck with a problem 39:29 for hours they think about it think about it think about it think about it think about it they can't solve that small little problem they go to sleep in the morning when they get up they suddenly got the answer because their subconscious was 39:51 knows this guy is interested in finding a solution to this problem and that's working while he is asleep and he gets the answer I've thought about that I said Lord is my passion to build the church 40:12 more than that guy passion to solve some small little computer problem all the very rich businessmen in India I can tell you what they are dreaming about 40:33 are you some type of prophet no I am not a prophet I know the man's total interest is on making money and expanding his business that's what he will dream about 40:54 and if your passion is to do the will of God to build the church the Lord will say things to you even when you are asleep and he will put thoughts into your mind how you can make better disciples 41:17 he will give you revelation on his word so many times I have found amazing things in the word of God without even my looking for it suddenly I get a revelation on some verse of scripture my brothers and sisters 41:43 let's have a passion to do the will of God see John's gospel chapter chapter 14 John 14 I told you God loves everybody in the world 42:06 but I want to tell you one more thing there are circles of God's love big circle inside that a smaller circle inside that a smaller circle smaller circle you know even when Jesus was preaching 42:28 there was a big circle of many all the people who came to listen to him a huge crowd sometimes they followed him for three days one place there were 4,000 men alone three days they followed him without food 42:49 then there was a smaller circle inside that of 70 disciples whom he sent out they were a little more closer to Jesus than this big crowd inside the 70 was another small group of 12 43:12 one of them one of them became a devil one of them became a devil so there was 11 and inside that 11 there was another small group of three Peter, James and John so there were different circles so the same way God's love also 43:33 he loves the whole world everybody it says in John 3,16 but here is a very small circle inside that John 14,21 whom does the father love Jesus says 43:54 he who has my commandments and keeps them he is the one who loves me so who is this talking about one who finds out the commandments first of all by studying the word of God you can't have the commandments unless you read God's word 44:14 so all of you who don't study God's word you don't even qualify according to this verse all of you who study God's word in order to preach to others you don't qualify but those of you who study God's word to find out God's commandments 44:33 for you this is for you but one more step you not only find out the commandments you keep them even the small commandments you know there are big commandments 44:53 and small commandments Jesus said that in John chapter 5 Matthew 5,19 he who keeps the smallest commandment and teaches other people to keep the smallest commandment see that verse 45:14 Matthew 5,19 he who keeps the smallest commandment and who teaches others to keep the smallest commandment will be called great in the kingdom of heaven so supposing you don't keep 45:36 the smallest commandment first part of verse 19 and you teach others also there is a small commandment no need to keep it he doesn't say you'll go to hell no you're a born again child of God you'll go to heaven but in heaven you'll be the least 45:56 you say Lord you mean in heaven also there are greatest and least I thought everybody's equal in heaven it's because you don't know heaven he himself said there are some people who are going to be called least not on earth 46:18 in heaven and some people are going to be called great the great on the earth are those who have a lot of money and a lot of influence and all that who are the great in heaven you don't have to be a great preacher you may be a sister 46:37 you may be just a sister but you tell other sisters yes sister that is a small commandment I know it's a small one it's a small half a verse only but I want to keep it and I would encourage you to keep it 46:59 not to go to heaven no this is such a small commandment if you disobey it also you'll go to heaven but do you want to be great in heaven you want to please the father or are you only interested in escaping hell 47:21 is that all what you're interested in no I want to please my God so I want to obey I read the scriptures and I find half a verse I don't say how important is that I say who said it 47:42 oh almighty God that's enough for me I don't evaluate whether I a small being can decide whether almighty God small commandment has to be kept or not so I will teach it 48:03 but I don't force other people to obey like God I give them freedom of choice I will obey and as long as I have authority in my home I tell my wife and children to obey other people I'll teach it 48:25 if you want to obey obey that's up to you now turn back to John 14 21 he who has my commandments big ones or small ones and keeps them he is the one who loves me 48:46 don't be satisfied that you keep the big commandments how do you find whether your children are obedient or not not with big commandments small commandments you tell your son 49:08 when he's going to school in the morning now my son today don't murder anybody when you go to school don't commit adultery on the way to school even if you are tempted and don't go and rob a bank on the way to school and he comes back 49:32 and says I obeyed all your commandments no isn't that right those are the big commandments murder adultery stealing but do you know where you test his obedience and he's playing some games he says son please come here 49:53 I want to give you a job there he will not obey say mommy just wait 5 minutes 5 minutes means 55 minutes that's what it usually means so that is where we test his obedience where does God test your obedience you come for all the conferences 50:15 no no no no no small things that you read in the word which God shows you and you say ah that's a small command let me go to the next thing he's already tested you he who has my commandments 50:40 keeps them he loves me and such people will be especially loved by my father john 14 21 and I will love him but you say lord I thought God loves the whole world 51:01 even those who are disobedient yeah that is the outer circle of God's love inside that he loves his children God loves his children inside that is a still smaller circle 51:21 of those of his children who keep even the smallest commandments which circle do you want to be in I know where I want to be I am not here to say God doesn't love all his children 51:41 I read in John 14 21 the father loves those who keep his commandments and I also know that many of God's children do not keep the small commandments not because they are ignorant they say what will my parents say 52:04 what will other people say God says no then don't do it he's already tested you he knows you are more interested in pleasing your parents and relatives and friends more than pleasing God you think he will catch you by the neck 52:24 and say come on obey me you think he will say I will give you leprosy if you don't obey me he tests you in small things I decided many years ago I want to be in the innermost circle of my heavenly father's love 52:44 and when you seek to live there you know the father the holy spirit will whisper things into your heart that other believers do not hear because they are in the outer circle 53:07 see if I say something softly here to somebody there is no mic people in there won't hear me God says some things the secret of the lord is with those who fear him I want to say to you there is an inner circle 53:28 those who are totally obedient only about them it says in John 17 the father loves them like he loved Jesus it's not for everybody 53:49 yeah in one way God loves the whole world it says in Matthew 5 and verse 44 that God makes the sun to rise verse 45 God makes the sun to rise on the evil and the rain to fall on the righteous unrighteous everybody 54:10 so who will get those days they were all farmers sun and rain was very important today we say money and health health and wealth gospel 54:31 no God gives health and wealth to evil and good people also everybody gets money the Muslims say Allah has given us money they say that in the Gulf countries see Allah has given us 54:53 all the oil in the world all the other countries come begging to us all the people from India come running to Dubai to make money because Allah has given us oil even the Christians come running there for a job 55:13 they say Allah is great and Indian businessmen they worship Lakshmi the goddess of wealth they say see how Lakshmi has made us so rich do you see how much money 55:34 comes in the offerings in Thirupati all the churches in India combined do not get offerings like in one place in Thirupati say Lakshmi is great oh that God in Thirupati is great and then there are few 55:55 Christian preachers on television they say Jesus Jesus can make you rich he can give you Mercedes car he can give you Mercedes car that fellow says Lakshmi has given us 50 Mercedes cars and that in Saudi Arabia 56:15 the sheikhs say Allah has given us 100 Mercedes cars what is your Jesus giving you one Mercedes car so when you compare these Gospels you have to say it looks as if Allah and Lakshmi are doing much better than Jesus which Christian preacher 56:39 has got 50 Mercedes cars you see how what a false gospel it is when he says Jesus has come to give us wealth and wealth he gives that to everybody good, evil, righteous, unrighteous Matthew 5 45 teaches 57:03 that material blessings are for everybody because God is so good but that is an inner circle right at the center of that circle is Jesus everything God did for Jesus he will do for us if you surrender 57:28 like Jesus if you never do your own will like Jesus never did his own will and the father could say this is my beloved son I am well pleased so God's part is to show us his will we surrender like in Genesis 1 57:49 God said the earth obey God said the heavens obey God said the waters obey God said to Adam Adam disobeyed how sad now God says to you are you going 58:09 to follow Adam or are you going to follow the sun and the earth and the heavens that obeyed immediately what a beautiful earth it was what a beautiful earth it was in Genesis 1 when everybody obeyed what a wretched earth it became 58:29 when Adam disobeyed you'll have a wonderful life and a wonderful home and a wonderful church if you obey hundred percent he who does the will of God will remain forever God does his 58:51 part speaks gives us the desire and gives us the power our duty is to yield and obey let's pray how many things God has spoken to us in this weekend now 59:13 do you want to be in that inner circle of those whom the father loves just like he loved Jesus that inner circle of people whom the father will do 59:33 anything that he did for Jesus also how many of you say Lord I really want to be in that inner circle heavenly father help us we pray each one we pray 59:56 in Jesus name Amen Amen 1:00:29 Субтитры создавал DimaTorzok
