0:11 [Music] Let's do that again. I will rejoice and praise the name of 0:28 Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. I will rejoice and praise the name of Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. 0:45 I will rejoice because your blood has purchased my salvation. And I will rejoice because your spirit dwells in me. I will rejoice because my name has been written down in heaven. I'll rejoice 1:02 because I'll live with you for all eternity. I will rejoice and praise the name of Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. I will rejoice and praise the name of 1:22 Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. I will rejoice. I will rejoice and praise the name of Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. 1:39 I will rejoice and praise the name of Jesus. Praise you brings joy to my soul. Please be seated, dear brothers and sisters. 1:54 [Music] Praise. Praise to the Lord. Praise. 2:17 Praise to the Lord for he is good and merciful. His love is great. He's so wonderful. My Lord. Let's sing that again from the 2:36 top. Praise. Praise to the Lord. [Music] Praise. Praise to the Lord 3:00 for he is good and merciful. His love is great. He's so wonderful, my Lord. In the battles, Lord, >> in the battles, Lord, 3:19 >> you are my >> You are my peace. >> When I'm broken, Lord, >> when I'm broken, Lord, >> you are my strength. You're my strength. You're my love. 3:38 You're my life. You're my joy and my song in the night. How I marvel at your mercy and I say praise 4:01 praise to the Lord. Praise. [Music] Praise to the Lord for he is good and merciful. 4:22 His love is great. He is so wonderful. My Lord, for you are good. For you are good and merciful. 4:37 Your love is great. You're so wonderful, my Lord. [Music] Redeemed a while to proclaim it. 5:02 Redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through his infinite mercy. His child and forever I am redeemed. Redeemed. 5:19 redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through his mercy, his child and forever I am. Brothers, don't sing with me. Redeemed and so happy in Jesus. 5:38 No language my rapture can tell. I know that the light of his presence with me that continually dwells all together. Redeemed, redeemed, 5:55 redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through his mercy, his child and forever I am. So just sing. I think of my blessed redeemer. 6:14 I think of him all and it all. I sing for I cannot be silent. His love is the name of my soul. Redeem, redeem, 6:31 redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeem through his mercy. his child and forever I am. >> Only voices. >> I know I shall see in his beauty. 6:50 The king in whose law I delight. Who lovingly guided my footsteps and giveth me songs in the night. Redeemed, redeemed, 7:07 redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemer is mercy his child and forever I am all together. Redeemer, redeemed, 7:24 redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through his mercy, his child and forever I am. Let's sing the next song. Oh Lord, oh Lord, how excellent your name is. How 7:43 excellent your name in all the earth. Oh Lord our Lord, 8:03 how excellent your name is. How excellent your name in all the earth. Your glory fills the heavens 8:19 beyond the father's star. How excellent your name in all the earth. >> Let's sing that again from the top. >> Oh Lord our Lord, 8:35 how excellent your name is. How excellent your name in all the earth. Your glorif the heavens beyond the father's star. 8:55 How excellent your name in all the earth. When I think about the heavens, the moon, and all the stars, 9:11 I wonder what you ever saw in me. But you took me and you love me and you've given me a crown. 9:26 And now I'll praise your name eternally. Oh Lord our Lord, how excellent your name is. How 9:42 excellent your name in all the earth. Your glory fillers the heavens beyond the father's star. How excellent your name in all the 10:01 earth. [Music] As high as the heavens 10:42 are above the earth, so High are your ways to mine. Ways so perfect. They never 10:59 fail me. I know you are good all the time and through the storm. 11:13 Yet I will praise you despite it all. Yet I will sing through good or bad. Yet I will worship. 11:32 For you remain the same. King of kings. [Music] You are the voice of hope, the anchor of my soul. 11:56 When there seems to be no way, you make it possible. You are the prince of peace. 12:15 [Music] Amazing. [Music] My lips will shout for joy to you the most high. 12:48 You were the one before time began. There's nothing beyond your control. My confidence, 13:05 my assurance, rest in your unchanging word [Music] and through the storm. [Music] 13:21 Yet I will praise you despite it all. Yet I will sing through good or bad. Yet I will worship 13:39 for you remain the same. King of kings. You are the voice of hope, the anchor of my soul. 13:57 Oh my soul. >> When there seems to be no way, you make it possible. [Music] 14:16 You are the prince of peace. [Music] promise at birth city. My lips will shout for joy, 14:34 >> shout for joy >> to you, the most high [Music] 15:09 The sun cannot compare to the glory of your love. There is no shadow in your presence. No more than men would dare to stand 15:27 before your throne before the holy one of heaven. It's only by your blood. And it's only through your mercy, 15:46 Lord, I come. I bring an offering of worship to my king. [Music] No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing. 16:04 Jesus, may you receive the honor that you're due. Oh Lord, I bring an offering to you. Let's sing that again from the top. The sun cannot compare to the glory of 16:36 your love. There is no shadow in your presence. [Music] No mortal man would dare to stand before your throne 16:53 before the holy one of heaven. It's only by your blood and it's only through your mercy Lord I come. I bring an offering of worship to my 17:19 king. [Music] No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing. [Music] Jesus, may you receive the honor that you're due. Oh Lord, I bring an offering to you. 17:44 Let's all stand side up and sing the last song. [Music] You laid aside your majesty, 18:06 gave up everything for me. suffered at the hands of those you had created. You took all my guilt and shame when you 18:25 died and rose again. Now today you reign in heaven and earth exalted. I really want to worship you, my Lord. 18:42 You have won my heart and I am yours forever and ever. I will love you. You are the only one who died for me. 18:59 Gave your life to set me free. So I lift my voice to you in adoration. [Music] Let's sing that again from the top. >> You laid aside your mesty 19:21 gave up everything for me. suffered at the hands of those you had created. You took all my guilt and shame when you 19:40 died and rose again. Now today you reign in heaven and earth exalted. I really want to worship you, my Lord. 19:56 You have won my heart and I am yours forever and ever. I will love you. You are the only one who died for me. 20:14 Gave your life to set me free. So I lift my voice to you in adoration. [Music] Brothers and sisters, as we remain 20:57 standing, let's set our eyes on our loving, loving Savior. Let's think about the words that we sang. The one who laid aside his majesty, gave 21:18 up everything for me, suffered at the hands of those that he created. The one who took all my guilt and shame when he died and rose again. And now he's exalted over heaven and 21:40 earth. Brothers and sisters, however things have been, this is a time for us to turn our eyes and our thoughts and our hearts and open ourselves 21:58 and cry out with a longing for more of God's love, for a glimpse of his glory that will transform us. Reading from the book of Lamentations. This I recall to my mind. Therefore I 22:19 have hope that the Lord's loving kindness indeed never ceases. His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul. 22:41 Therefore, I have hope in him. The Lord is good for those who wait for him, to the person who seeks him. It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord will not reject forever. If he causes grief, then he will have 22:59 compassion according to his abundant loving kindness. for he does not afflict willingly or grieve the sons of men. And I want to read from Romans 8 where it gives us a full description of that love of God and all that it can do for 23:19 us. We know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he forneew, he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his son, so that he would be 23:36 the firstborn among many brethren. And those who he predestined, he also called. And those who he called, he also justified. And those he justified, he also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is 23:53 against us? He who did not spare his own son but delivered him over for us all. Will he not also with him freely give us all things? Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or 24:09 peril or sword? But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor ps, nor height, nor 24:22 depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Brothers and sisters, lift up your voices. Give thanks and praise to the Lord who has done great and mighty 24:34 things and who loves us with an everlasting love. Yes, Lord, we thank you. We praise you. We lift you up. We give you adoration and glory. Lord, you are exalted above the heavens and the earth, Lord. Lord, we believe, Lord, 24:49 that you have loved us and you chose us and you called us and you cleansed us and you justified us and you will glorify us, Lord. You will conform us into your image, Lord. You will transform us by the power of your Holy 25:00 Spirit. And so we praise you, Lord. All honor and praise and glory belongs to you. You defeated death, Lord. You're seated on the throne. You're the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. Yes, Lord. You're full of compassion, Lord. Your 25:13 grace is sufficient for us every day, Lord. You give us according to our need, Lord. Yes, Lord. You're a prodigal father. We praise you, Lord. We praise you. Great is your name. Great is your might. Great is your glory, Lord. We 25:26 praise you. We thank you. We thank you for this time, Lord. We thank you for this opportunity to come to your to your feast, Lord, and your banner over us, his love. You've never let us down, Lord. You never turn the hungry away. We want to be hungry for 25:42 you, Lord, even this morning and and take and and eat what is good, Lord, because you have the best for us. We praise you. We thank you. We commit ourselves into your hands. We pray in your mighty name, Jesus. Amen. Please be 25:55 seated, brothers and sisters. We'll look at our memory verses together. Last week 26:15 we had a promise. You can repeat after me from 1 Corinthians 1:8. He will confirm you to the end blameless. Amen. 26:34 And for this week, we have a command. Uh these are precious words. Let's take them to heart. Philippians 3:8. I count all things 26:56 to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. We'll say that again. I count all things I count all things 27:13 >> to be lost in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. >> Amen. We want to press on to know him more and more and even today we believe that the 27:33 Lord will reveal something of his glory to our hearts. Let's have ears to hear. It's our joy and our privilege to hear from our beloved brother John. He will bring the Lord's word to us. It's good to know that uh his banner 28:06 over me is love. The Lord's banner over us is love. All that he does because he loves us. uh the intention of love. Out of love, he does everything. 28:25 Let's read this verse in 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16. It's a well-known verse. 28:41 God is love. Out of his love, he gave us his word. Otherwise, we wouldn't know what he's like and his heart is. Every scripture I'm reading from 28:59 amplified version. Every scripture is God breathed, given by his inspiration and profitable for instruction for reprove 29:20 and conviction of sin. for correction of error and discipline in obedience and for the training in righteousness in holy living 29:37 in confirmity to God's will in thought in purpose and in action so that the man of God may be complete and proficient wellfitted and thoroughly equipped 29:55 for every good work. Where this verse is personified, manifested, that is much more glorious. 30:12 In the Old Testament, God spoke through laws and commands. It's a covenant which God made with Israel. But when he was establishing the new covenant, he put all these things together in the 30:30 life of Jesus. If we are not gripped by that or if we are not eager to be gripped by that as we heard brother Sur saying, let's have that thirst. If we come without thirst, 30:50 God cannot help us. because God's longing for us is that we will be restored to him and he was willing to give up Jesus. Jesus loved us with an 31:07 everlasting love and he came down and he submitted to his father. He made a way for us. He gave us an example and Jesus longing was if we have thirst how good it will be. May the Lord help 31:25 us that we will have that love. Like if we go back from here with that thirst and hunger for him and faith that he is going to give us and help us. That'll bring joy to God's heart. 31:44 Let's read another verse from John's gospel chapter 8. Here Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in him, if you abide in my word, hold fast to my teachings and live in 32:05 accordance with them. I'm reading from amplified version. So if you abide in my word, that means hold fast to my teachings and live in accordance with them, you are truly my disciples. That means Jesus longing is 32:23 that we will be disciples. That means the a student who would like to learn from his master. That's Jes Jesus desire. The one who loved us with an everlasting love. And his desire is that you become students 32:41 of mine, disciples of mine and to hold fast my teachings and live in accordance with them. Then you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. See 32:59 in the world the different principles are working like Ephesians 2 says we were controlled by the darkness of this world desires of the self and flesh and we were controlled by certain principles. We see that but we are 33:17 translated we are brought from that kind of a dark principles to godly heavenly principles. See the understanding the principle that's what when Jesus longing was that we should be his disciples that means he 33:35 is calling us that you learn from me you learn I have come down from heaven to set certain different principles he called those principles the kingdom of God and he lived by those principles see the understanding his principles 33:54 scriptures are written that we understand God's heart, God's ways, God's principles and when we apply them in our life and then it produces life, life of Jesus. If we don't have that longing 34:14 that means we may not be born again that means our eyes are not open to see the value of kingdom of heaven and we are still controlled by the values of principles of the earth. So then I cannot say that I am born again. That is 34:31 what Jesus was trying to communicate to Nicodemus. If you're born again, you cannot see just just knowing the scripture doesn't help you. We go to the scriptures in the desire that we get to know God's 34:50 heart. If that is not the desire, then we this will be a preaching center. I I read the scriptures and come up see the whatever I am sharing this is what God has God is speaking to me consistently and said John you need to be gripped by 35:07 the principles of heaven a principles which Jesus lived by your calling is to set your eyes on Jesus and if any church teaching you go and when I found this church um a teacher shepherds 35:25 elders preaching the truth accurately, communicating the principles of God accurately, not only by words, by their life. Life was produced. I'll come to that. So that is the reason we are here. I I am 35:43 here for last 29 years I am here. That that's all only one goal. Lord, teach me your principles. I see life, God producing life. When people's heart is turned to Jesus and scriptures and the life is produced, life is changed. And 36:03 it is also true that many of us over the years I have seen those who have not valued the principles did not have hunger to apply them and see the reality. Like Jesus said, truth will set you free. They have not found the 36:21 freedom by the Holy Spirit through the Holy Spirit. They have not applied themselves and the the life has not changed always constantly oh brothers I'm confused I'm finding difficult see if our children 36:39 comes and says say that dad or mom I I can't trust what you say. Yeah son, no not only we are saying we are living that by that principles and that's why 36:56 we are experiencing that freedom. It's not only by words our children our own. You see we are witnesses. Jesus wanted us to be witnesses on this earth for the life which he produced. He was a witness and he left us that example of his 37:13 witness and he's expecting us to be a witness here to our own children. Our own children will see that. So I would like to read another verse. John's gospel chapter 3 37:28 verse 21. I read from amplified again. But he who practices the truth, this this has been gripped over the time for many months now. Lord, I want to 37:47 practice the truth. What is that? Practicing honesty. I I want to be honest with you, Lord, first of all. And only that is the entrance or a gate that I get light on myself. I get light on myself. Otherwise I don't get light on 38:05 myself. Like see if you have got light on your own sin somewhere you practiced truth that means you have been honest with God in your secret not on Sunday morning or before people or anything. No, somewhere you cried out like I yesterday I was reading 38:23 something of Toer. He was 17 years old and he he was bit confused in the in life and he heard one one message one sentence gripped his heart and he went to his room knelt down and prayed cried out to God and God met with him. 38:43 It just transformed his life. So here it says he who practices the truth comes out into the light. He comes to the light. See you you you get light every day every moment. It is based on 38:59 your hunger and thirst and honesty. I always use three Hunger, honesty and humility. See this this this is how we get connected to God. Otherwise we will be kind of theories. We have all the theories in our head and life is 39:18 speaking something else and our mouth speaks from the head something else. See mouth says so many things but our life speaks something else. No Jesus didn't do that. Jesus came to speak through his life first for 30 years and then he 39:37 spoke through his mouth. We see that in acts 1:1. So he one one more practices comes to the light so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are worked by god divinely prompted done with god's help in dependence upon god. This is 39:57 what uh our calling brothers and sisters, dear family that I I want to be gripped by this increasingly day by day. And see, you know, our children may understand this way. See, we all want our children to be educated. Why? We 40:16 believe that education will help them. Maybe they will excel. They will get a job. uh what they learn in education they they learn principles um maybe medical science um certain principles they learn like I was telling the other 40:34 day some young people you want to get married you have to learn the principles of God for that you have to apply yourself and for education to get a job you study for 15 years but marriage is much more serious then you have to apply 40:51 yourself and equip yourself to get married and you have to take life seriously. If you don't apply uh those principles, godly principles in your life then marriage doesn't work. That's what we read in the scripture like wise 41:07 scriptures are given to be equipped equipped to live a godly life which will be witness first of all to Satan and to God and to people. And here we see that see education is so important. We we tell children encourage children 41:26 uneducated children don't have um don't know the principles of uh so many things then they don't get job also they are not educated. See in education what they teach like if if somebody wants to be a medical uh student or medical or a 41:44 doctor uh he has to learn the principles of medical science. See then now we don't know we just go to the doctor and say doctor I have stomach pain or headache or whatever these are the symptoms and they examine they understand what is the cause of this 42:01 problem and they go to the root of it and they know how to go because they have studied see the Christian life we think that uh I come I say Jesus is my Lord and uh I'll be filled with the Holy Spirit everything will be okay. know 42:16 that's true but the thing is it's a longing to know the principles and continue to apply you know why the Lord has left us in this earth for many many years we have to live in this earth after we are born again and we are 42:32 tested in this world in every way there we we have to learn the principles how to handle situations how to handle temptation and how to handle relationships, how to handle finance, 42:48 how to then when we learn slowly, then we can help others. That that's what happens. See this is a family. See in the school a teacher has to study and graduate and he he will be trained to become a teacher. But in the family it's 43:06 not like that. 5year-old can help 2year-old, 10 yearear-old can help 5year-old. See this is a family. God is building a family. Then see any any thing what we study in the world it will help us to learn the principles of it's 43:21 like aerodynamic principles see then they learn they learn how it works how it works how it works then slowly they will invent so many things and they will be appointed for a job see that we know about children we tell children man you 43:35 have to educate yourself but what Jesus is expecting we also need to be educated and we have to apply ourself and train ourselves to learn. See the thing is we are I told you we are from the the dark world the 43:52 principles and rule ruler of this world were teaching. See even now in the world people are living by principles of Satan satanic principles the worldly principles we can say. See these are that is what they are learning and 44:09 that's how we we also lived there. It's not strange to us. We were there. We were following those like today they say oh in the in the world or Hindus many times I have seen that oh yeah if he gets married he'll be okay. I was 44:25 thinking how man who is so irresponsible person who gets married he'll be okay. No. Then when I thought about it, what is the concept in the world? The concept is uh he gets married to somebody, a girl who will bring lot of money, dowy, 44:44 gold and maybe she brings her education, experience or is she working? Uh is she studied, educated? Okay, she's working. And uh my son also will get money and gold and she will work and help and she'll be helper helper at home and she 45:02 will take care of. See this is the principle of the world. A selfish um people think like that. That's what they're thinking. That's why they think oh everything will be okay. It won't be okay. But as a Christian it's not like 45:19 that. See the God will help us to learn the principles of life and we become responsible. We become like Jesus and heavenly principle is different. But the thing is learning that principles rejecting this principles of the world and accepting 45:35 God's principles and it produces life. That's what we need to show it to our children. See it's not oh read Bible just do this do that. See children go through Sunday school and teens and youth meetings and many things but more 45:51 than that they have to come to a place to realize that Lord you have certain principles if I apply those principles I'll I'll my life will be changed which I see in the church there are so many brothers and sisters who are examples to 46:08 me I want to be like that so that hunger should be there otherwise I have seen seen brothers uh 30 years 40 years in the church they always think that oh brother I'm not okay brother I'm still learning brother somebody need to 46:22 encourage me brother somebody need to help no they remain like that yesterday I was talking to some brothers I said no see the thing is it's a family whatever you you're learning if you water others you'll be watered that's how God works 46:34 it's a family see 10 yearear-old children they can help mother that's how it is like if you don't do that like always feel that uh I am not okay brother. I am not okay. Somebody need to help me. Encourage me. Oh, nobody is 46:47 doing that. Other day I was talking to somebody in some church in North Kataka. Uh nobody's encouraging me. No, no, nobody is helping me. One brother says like that I want to quit the church. I want to go somewhere else. And he's 47:02 there for 20 years. What is that? I said brother you please go. At least you are not growing here. If you go somewhere else and grow, I'll be really happy. I said and I told him to go. See that is we we must learn to apply the learn the principles and 47:21 apply. See here I would like to read another verse uh Isaiah 53. It talks about Jesus. It says about the servant of God that is Jesus grew up before him like a tender plant and like a root out 47:38 of dry ground. He has no form or calmliness. I'm reading from amplified royal kingly palm that we should look at him and no beauty that we should desire him. See have we recognized this Jesus 47:56 after coming to the Lord after born again have we recognized the principles can do we see a life different kind of life in Jesus it's completely opposite to the principles of the world have we learned we are following this Jesus is 48:15 not too much oh not attractive as per the world is didn't have anything great of this world nothing attractive but to he he what what was what was that he had the God 48:31 had approved his life God was with him that's that's the beauty the grew up before God like a tender plant are we attracted by that when we look at a brother or sister do we recognize that 48:50 there's somebody who is growing before God, God approved life. I find great grace in that brother or sister. Not that I am not interested or so much impressed by their job or work. I don't care whether somebody is a housemmaid. I 49:09 remember once I went somewhere and met one sister who came to wash vessels there. Somebody introduced me in my relative's house and they said uh she goes to some church like your church. They were all Catholics. I whole trip I was so happy when I was 49:27 coming back. I praise the Lord. Lord thank you. I met so many of my relatives had so many things to pro be proud about. But I met this sister who had come to wash vessels there after the program. I sat with her and spent and 49:44 gave her some books. I came back delighted. Really see that is the glory of Jesus. That is what we need to be attracted by. Are we value? See, we we can't live with double standard like oh I want the to follow the I'm not saying that we 50:03 shouldn't be educated, we shouldn't be working, shouldn't have a good job, good earning. No, it's all when God gives fine. But the thing is that is not um is going to excite me make me happy about that's what that is what we have to 50:21 learn these are heavenly principles we need to understand see otherwise we are hearing hearing hearing see like Romans 12:2 living Bible I would like to read 121 and2 Romans 121 and2 what is the burden of Paul here he's saying dear 50:36 brothers I plead with you to give your bodies to God. See, he is talking about principle. He is saying something is very important. You give yourself to God, especially your bodies to God. Let them be a living 50:54 sacrifice, holy, the kind he can accept. See, it's very important that God accepts it. See, there are people who come to Jesus and say, "Lord, we did this in your name." Jesus says no I don't know who you are mean you didn't follow the principles 51:14 of heaven you followed the principles of the world and you wanted fame for yourself and you thought that I'll be impressed no I'm sorry I don't know who you are see the thing is it should be acceptable when you think of what he has 51:29 done for you is this too much to ask don't copy the behaviors and customs of of this world but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. See how clearly plainly 51:48 explained. See the thing is we have to get transformed. See the I remember once somebody gave me a gift and I was happy and on the way I was going in scooter God convicted me. John is this making you happy? It's many many years back. I 52:06 said Lord I am so ashamed I'm sorry if this makes me happy I am a backslider please help me I remember I can't forget that see why I should follow the copy of the word see then he says don't copy the behavior and customs of this world but 52:26 be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think then you will learn from your own experience experience how his ways will really satisfy you. Have you come to this place? I want to come. I I'm not 52:43 speaking like an expert. I want to come. I want to come to a place where Jesus was, where Paul was, where many godly brothers we whom we see, whom we read of. I want to come to that place. I want to be gripped by that. Not not 53:02 always I don't have enough. I don't have enough. No. Paul told wrote from jail. He was in jail and he says I learned to be content. See see in just before that he writes in Philippians 4 rejoice in the Lord not in your circumstances. No 53:19 you never cannot rejoice in your circumstances. No. Oh this happens brother just I change my job everything will be okay. If my wife changes everything will be okay. My husband changes every No. Not that Lord I my satisfaction is you. Let me read one 53:38 more verse. This is principle of the world. 1 John 2:15. 1 John 2:15 says like that. Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world and love of the father is not in him. For 53:56 all that is in the world to see what is there in the world. Is there trace of those things? See Jesus said when the when the enemy comes he cannot find anything in me. That means whatever his principles he cannot find his principles 54:12 in me. See what is that? All that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and boastful pride of life. It's not from father. This is from the world. See it's clearly John is saying that um the principles of the world and 54:29 principles of heaven. No we it's not from the father it's not from god we will have a different principles but the thing is how is how does it come? Does it come automatically? No. I have seen over the time I'm here I have seen 54:44 brothers and sisters growing brothers and sisters backsliding. Maybe some of them lost salvation. Most of them are not here. I was just going through old birth list. Many many are not there. I hope they are growing in the Lord. I I am not saying that only 55:02 coming here it will solve the issue. No, it's not that. It is following the Lord and having a deep desire. Lord, I want to apply your principles. I I want to be consistent. I want to be growing. I want to be a witness. I want to be a 55:17 testimony. See if if that desire is not there we will not progress exactly like your children you say that you don't have desire son you are failing in the first test okay second month you have a test in your class maybe fifth standard 55:32 eighth standard man you're failing oh test you are failing how soon you take it seriously other day I said I was score somebody said I was scoring very less only 70% I was getting someone said oh you are getting 70% man I was getting 55:46 less than that See the thing is you know how uh parents are concerned if the score is going down but how about spiritually do do we meet somebody who who is not finding grace in the heart you are finding difficult or getting frustrated 56:06 in situation you are not able to handle home relationships or finance or office relationships or you're not finding do you spend time with someone who is godly grown. Sometimes I ask brothers when I meet I ask them with whom you are have 56:25 having you have closeness with with whom you are fellowshipping. Fellowship is a big word but we have to grow to fellowship that at least with whom you are close when they take name only I realize oh where where they are going 56:40 mean it's like they can't take one of the godly brothers name I don't know why so otherwise we can't grow for the what what reason we are coming see we we tell children children see be careful with whom you make friendship 56:56 you you're you are with good students you will be good. Uh don't associate with uh lazy or somebody who is not doing well. Somebody is scoring less than 50. H don't associate with that. See how careful we are about our children. But uh do we follow the same 57:15 principles? See the thing is our children are watching us. My desire is that's something of the world and I keep telling my children no you should not do this. This should be it shouldn't be your value and things. No, they they see 57:31 our action speaks louder than our words that shouldn't be. So anyway, we have come to the Lord that he will help us. He He's going to help us. That is the goal. The Lord you are going to help us even now. Anyway, I am I'm a failure 57:48 till this morning. I don't care. God is not worried about that. God is looking at our heart. Is it is it uh willing to live for me and uh uh willing to accept my principles and follow? See, that's what Jesus is 58:06 saying. Uh please turn to Matthew's Gospel chapter 7 verse 24. Chapter 7 verse 24. Therefore, everyone who who hears these words of mine 58:25 and acts on them see you know see like he was saying John 3 uh practices the truth see it's a practicing it's an educational word it's it's a practice the person who practices he wants to be trained 58:44 here he says the one who acts on them may be compared to a wise man. Are we wise people? What God thinks about us? It's very important. Are we wise? Oh, in the world I may be wise. 59:02 Oh, I have done good in my studies, my job and career. Oh, I have many things to um be proud about. But what about when it comes to relationship with God? Am I wise? But 59:19 Jesus says the one who hears no the one who hears and acts on them are I I take it this way applies in the life. The one who applies and he will produce the result. This he is compared to a wise man who built his 59:38 house and how how do we know that house is strong? The rain fell, floods came, winds blew, slammed against the house, did not fall. Are we falling in our home relationship? Disturbed and troubled. I 59:57 can't handle situations, frustrated. See the thing is how children, how do you communicate to children? Your own children who are not born again. How do they recognize? See more than believing Jesus Bible and all that first they have 1:00:14 to recognize that things are not okay they are sick in their spirit that is the greatest light they can get in their life see I I was talking to a young man I said see I I don't want to ask you whether you believe in Jesus Bible God 1:00:30 no because he was saying that I don't want to believe that I said fine that's not my question my question is do you sense that something is wrong in your heart. Something is wrong in your spirit. You get frustrated and irritated. You find 1:00:48 difficult to forgive someone and you cannot overlook mistakes and you get disturbed. Then he said yes. I said yes. That is what we need to believe first not then everything comes 1:01:04 later. See like a child goes to school child says I can't read this and I can't understand first he stop everything do you know ABCD have you learned ABCD no I have not learned man first learn ABCD then everything will come you may become PhD 1:01:24 all the principles you learn slowly but that's what Jesus is trying to say here you act on them then you will be able to withstand the life's pressures If you cannot withstand, I'm not pleased with you. That's what he says. Verse 26. 1:01:41 Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn't act on it will be like a foolish man. See, Jesus was so blunt. You are wise or foolish. What are we? We have to examine ourselves. We have to examine our own heart and go back home and examine our 1:01:59 own heart. Lord uh have I been foolish or wise? And Paul tells Timothy, Timothy was an elder. Paul says, Timothote, take pains, be absorbed, do not neglect, and if you take care of your own heart. 1:02:19 I'm just uh quoting one one quoting 1 Timothy 4:15. Your progress will be evident to all. See uh see there are people who may think that I am okay brother I am okay but who is saying you are okay is God saying not really because they have 1:02:37 become blind they think they are okay they assess themselves is God bearing witness better to go to a godly brother and say brother what do you think about me you may be surprised to know see like many people say I am okay I am okay they 1:02:53 do the blood test only they'll suddenly get to know so many issues That's how many brothers have come and told me until I got the blood report I was not aware. I thought I was okay. See that's how it is. It's important to know 1:03:09 but thank God he will give us test every day. It's very important and one of the words which see do not act on them. I was thinking about this because we are sitting in this church hearing so many messages. This came so powerfully 1:03:23 yesterday night I was reading suddenly I came across this passage came so powerfully to me Ezekiel chapter 33 please uh turn to that I would like to read it from living Bible just so powerful Ezekiel 33:13 because we keep hearing we love to hear 1:03:44 we like to hear but what what could be uh like there are so many people who don't get to hear the truth accurately but uh here we hear the truth accurately maybe we love to hear like to hear 1:04:02 but Jesus says do you apply them in your life do you act on them that is that that is what very important son of dust verse 30 Ezekiel 33 verse 30 living Bible I'm reading son of dust your people 1:04:21 are whispering behind your back. See God telling Ezekiel. They talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors saying see they what people talk about Ezekiel. 1:04:40 Come on they this is what their discussion. Come on let's have some fun. Let's go hear him tell us what the Lord is saying. They say yeah let's hear him. So they come as though they are sincere 1:04:57 and sit before you listening but they have no intention of doing what I tell them to do. They talk very sweetly about loving the Lord but with their heart they are 1:05:14 loving their money. See we think that God is not examining us. You know God has a total report of us. We assume that nobody's watching us. Nobody see this is the Lord telling Ezekiel. Ezekiel I don't know what is 1:05:32 your impression about them but I tell you what I am observing. They they they talk very sweetly about loving the Lord but their heart they are loving their money. You are very entertaining to them like someone who sings. See Ezekiel was 1:05:51 not an entertaining preacher but he was speaking so boldly and clearly from the Lord but still it's an entertainment for them. Entertaining to them like someone who sings lovely songs with a beautiful voice or plays well on an instrument. 1:06:09 They hear what you say but don't pay any attention to it. I I it comes to me very strongly so powerfully. Lord I I appreciate Oh I appreciate CFC teachings, Brazak's teaching. Yeah but Lord do I have a heart to apply 1:06:29 it? It's very important. But verse 33, but all these terrible things happened to them as they will when they will know a prophet has been among them. They'll recognize later. They don't recognize now. Even the 1:06:48 previous verse verse 29 you see that when the calamity comes still they don't realize. See then I would like to read James 1 verse 22 23. So but prove yourself. Prove yourself doers of the word, not merely hearers who delude themselves. 1:07:07 For if anyone is hearer of the word and not a doer, is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror and then forgets it. That's what every Sunday or every time when we hear now we have everything in our gadget. We hear many 1:07:27 many messages. We get challenged. But does it take root in us? That's what Jesus said in parable of sober said it's it's on a rocky ground. The heart is not soft. The soil is not soft. It doesn't take root. Suddenly, oh excited, oh 1:07:43 wonderful brother, so wonderful, so convicted everything but it doesn't take root. May the Lord help us. You know I would like to come to um good part of it. What is the hope for us? See the thing is see we keep eating is it get 1:08:00 getting digested? If it not it's not getting digested, we should go to the doctor and say doctor I have a problem. I get vomited. I I get stomach pain. It's not getting digested. Maybe doctor will say that okay you're eating lot of 1:08:14 junk food. Uh it is it has affected your digestive system better you take some treatment so that uh your digestive system will improve. That's what uh we need to do. See what is the digestive system? how it can be cured. See, I 1:08:32 would like to turn to Acts chapter 1. Yeah. Acts chapter 1 says, this is Jesus himself was saying verse four, gathering them together. I 1:08:51 think I was quoting this last week also. uh gathering them together, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but wait, wait for what the father has promised had promised which he said you heard of 1:09:08 from me. See, I also spoke, father also have promised, but Lord, don't leave Jerusalem. And then verse five, John baptized with water but uh you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. 1:09:26 And so when they had come together they were asking him saying Lord is it at that time you are restoring the kingdom. See they they are speculating but what day how it'll happen and all those things. I think they they didn't have a 1:09:41 clear picture about what Jesus was speaking here. So Jesus was mainly saying that you will be filled with the Holy Spirit that will help you otherwise it will not help it all all knowledge you got but how that knowledge 1:09:56 uh gets digested into your heart to apply those things it says verse seven he was saying something very interesting very important it is not for you to know times and epochs which the father has fixed see you you don't have to know the 1:10:13 days that this no Jesus when he was living on earth he saw the tree at a distance and he couldn't recognize whether tree had fruits or not he had to come close that means he had limitation we all have live in limitation but the 1:10:28 thing is it see oh this day that day so many theories so many theories but uh are they filled with the holy spirit is it working the principles of god is working principles of the kingdom is working which is more important but they are 1:10:45 more worried about this day that day no it's not the day am I okay now before God is God bearing witness to me in my heart am I getting grace at this time this is that that's that's very important that's what Jesus is saying 1:11:02 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses how I can be witness unless I apply God's principles in my heart, God's word in my heart. And Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone." That's what 1:11:21 the principle Jesus followed the principles particular way of life and he applied God's principles. He had the fear of God and uh he said when the Holy Spirit helps me to apply then it will produce the result. What is the result? 1:11:37 I'll be witness. You shall be you receive power and you will be witnesses my witnesses both in Jerusalem in in your own home you'll be witness and Judea Samaria to the uttermost part of the world know that that's what is very 1:11:51 important that see the the good news is the wonderful gospel is that holy spirit will help help us he will take all the knowledge it's good knowledge is good so somebody don't have a desire to know the principles of god it's very bad but The 1:12:08 thing is applying them that is where we are failing. We are hearing all the accurate truths and things but the thing is where we are failing the applying only we are failing. We can't apply brother I brother I know but I can't do 1:12:22 it. Exactly the same trouble Paul went through. You read Romans 7. He says what a wretched man I am. But the thing is what what was the result? The Holy Spirit. The Romans 8:1 here. This is what Jesus is saying. Jesus said you you 1:12:40 you'll receive power then that Holy Spirit will help you and then maybe Acts 10. See God is not partial. See we may think that God will give Holy Spirit to only certain people and all that. No, it's it's from the devil. It's from the 1:12:54 devil. No, God has not reserved Holy Spirit for only special categorized people. No, all of us sinners when we are humble, he will give us Act chapter 10. But I don't want to read the if you read whole story it's about Cornelius. 1:13:12 So I would like to read verse 31 where uh he said that the angel says that Cornelius your prayer has been heard and your arms have been remembered before God. See we don't know we are so many people you know from today onwards 1:13:29 uh life will change. It's nothing to do with all that we understand. But see the how we apply that means we go before God and live before God and say see Cornelius he was a gentile but uh he had a passion 1:13:48 for God and angel comes and confirms Cornelius you yourself may not be aware but all that you are doing God is accepting it. Verse 34. Well, Paul, sorry, Peter confirms here, I most certainly understand now. See, by 1:14:06 looking at Cornelius and his household, Peter was so excited. So excited. And he says, "Now certainly I understand that God is not the one who show partiality." See, God is not partial to anyone. He He's not looking at our education, our 1:14:24 status, nothing. God looks at our heart and says, "I'm going to bear witness to this person." Anyone, God is not far from any one of us. And God loves each one of us equally. God's love never wavers. And he's he loves every one of 1:14:40 us equally. But only thing it depends on our own response to him. And then verse 44, we see that while Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon him. God God was not worried. Even here the Peter was speaking. God didn't think 1:14:57 that oh let Peter finish his message. No Peter didn't finish his message. God was not bothered about it. This message should be finished or this should be no no God looked at their heart and I think Peter had to stop his message and they 1:15:14 were filled with the Holy Spirit. See God is not partial. God wants to help us. But the the desire Lord I'm hearing. I know. I know. No, I know this is right. I know this is right. That is what Paul was Paul was crying out. No, I 1:15:27 know what is right, but Lord, I am not able to help myself to apply it. Lord, please help me. Then the Lord helped him. That's how Cornelius and household were baptized with the Holy Spirit. Maybe I Yeah. 15 chapter 15 1:15:46 verse 8. I was thinking about this same same thing where Paul Peter is saying here something further to that and God who knows the heart bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as 1:16:04 he also did to us. See it's a very profound statement. See who will receive the Holy Spirit. It's not some experience and not not nothing. I was talking to somebody the other day. I said see you you just check what is is 1:16:19 there something between you and God and just have a thirst. If you if your conscience is clear, you have a thirst, just ask God, Lord, fill me with your spirit. You may not see any experience or anything like that. God bears witness 1:16:34 in your heart. You will experience the grace and the power of God. It's not a strange thing, some big qualification or anything like that. The Holy Spirit will come inside for us to apply God's principles, apply God's word. It's not 1:16:51 only hearing it'll apply and then he will make us witnesses the life produces. It's like a seed sown and after some time suddenly something sprouts. You see a plant growing. That's how Christian life is. But it should be 1:17:07 consistent. I I I have to have the same desire and the hunger and thirst and humility for God to keep producing the fruit continuously. I would like to end with the 2 Corinthians chapter 3 3:15 1:17:31 to this day whenever Moses read veil lies over their heart see the Holy Spirit was not able to remove the veil they understood oh this command command oh this to be done this to be done they were it's all external but still they 1:17:47 struggled The veil was there but verse 16 says whenever a man turns to the lord who is the lord the holy spirit the veil is taken away brothers and sisters this is my hunger and thirst I hope you have hunger and thirst lord I am hearing I am 1:18:04 hearing but veil is there I'm not able to apply that's why I'm not a witness here I am failing nobody knows but only I know I'm struggling then when We cry out the Holy Spirit will come and remove the veil. Verse 17, now the Lord is the 1:18:22 spirit where the spirit of the Lord there is liberty. Verse 18, but we all with unveiled face beholding is in the mirror of the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory. Means what is our 1:18:38 desire? Lord, I want to become like Jesus. Jesus, you applied the principles of God and you your life was a witness. I want to become a witness. I'm hearing hearing but I am not able to be a witness. Please help me. I want to be 1:18:52 witness to my children, my brothers and sisters at my workplace. I want to be witness. I don't want to have knowledge alone. Lord, please help me. Fill me with your spirit. The Holy Spirit will take it to your heart and he produces 1:19:06 life and you will not be shaken in situation circumstances. See like that wise man when he acts on them through the help of the Holy Spirit he will become a witness. No matter what happens he will not be shaken. His house will 1:19:25 stand. That is the reason God has left us here and that's the reason God has given us the example of Jesus and many many godly examples. May the Lord help us hear a song. [Music] 1:20:39 Brothers and sisters, let's sing this song. God's way is best. We can just go over the words. If a fairer way, if human wisdom a fairer way seems to show, it's only that a earth dimmed vision the truth can 1:20:58 never clearly know. God's way is best. I will not murmur. Wherever he leads, I will meekly follow. God's way is best for me. If I had the choosing of my pathway in blindness, I would go astray. Wander far away in darkness. Not reach that land of 1:21:14 endless day. God's way is best. Seize your struggling. See and know and understand. Forsake your fears and doubts, but trusting submit thyself into his hand. My all. Yeah, that last verse we can see. My all I give to thy control. Thy 1:21:31 loving hand will truly guide me and safe to glory bring my soul. Amen. [Music] God's way is best in human wisdom. 1:21:49 The fairer we may seem to show is only that our earth in vision. The truth can never clearly know 1:22:05 God's way best. I will not former although the end I may not see. Wherever he leads I'll meekly follow. 1:22:21 God's way is best is best for me. that I the choosing of my pathway in blindness I should go astray 1:22:38 and wonder far away in darkness nor reach the land of endless day God's way I will not mur [Music] 1:22:56 I may I've seen wherever he leads I'll make follow God's way best is best for me. God's way is best heart sees thy struggling 1:23:16 to see and know and understand. Forsake thy fears and doubts but trusting. So make thyself into his hand. 1:23:32 God take his best I will not mur. Alough the end I may not see. Wherever he leads, I'll neatly follow. 1:23:48 God's way is best is best for me. God's way is best. So lead me onward. My all I give to thy control. 1:24:04 Thy loving hand will truly guide me and save to glory bring my soul. God's way is best I will not per the end I may not see 1:24:26 where he leads I'll weekly follow God's way is best is best for [Music] We'll hear from brother Ranjit. 1:24:47 [Music] Praise God for what we heard this 1:25:12 morning. What a privilege to sit among the saints of God and listen God speaking to us. We heard a powerful word this morning that knowing God's principles and applying in our life. 1:25:29 We read about two people in Matthew chapter 7, the wise man and the foolish man verse 24. It it speaks about a man who heard the word of God like we are 1:25:46 hearing here and he applied those God's word the principles of God and he acted on upon it and he practiced that. So he was called a wise man and he was saved. On the contrary, there is another man 1:26:03 who like us heard the same principles of God. He did not apply in his life. He was called as fool and he perished. That's what we read there in the same chapter and brother was mentioning that Jesus always he lived by the principles of his 1:26:22 father and Jesus desire is that we have to know the principles of God and his desire is that we have to apply that in our life to grow spiritually to become more like Jesus himself. In the same chapter we read about uh a group of people. 1:26:42 Matthew chapter 7 verse 21. These are the people who did not apply the principles of God in their life. So the statement itself Jesus starts that not everyone who calls me Lord Lord whenever it says Lord Lord or truly 1:27:01 truly it speaks a strong word. it it comes with a uh emotion and uh strong word. So these people who said Lord Lord he says will not enter the kingdom of heaven. So the secret to enter the kingdom of heaven is to apply the 1:27:20 principles of God in our life. So then Lord Jesus who will enter he says in the next vers next part of the verse he who does the will of my father who's in heaven will enter. And verse 22 it says many will say to me on that day which 1:27:37 day the final day nobody knows when that day will come but many will come in that day three things he is mentioning they will prophesy they will cast out demons they will do many miracles in one translation says signs and wonders not 1:27:54 one or two many in the name of Jesus. So this we can just picture this in our mind. These are these people are speaking to Jesus. When you stand before Jesus, you cannot tell a lie. And we don't see Jesus. No, no, no. You people 1:28:10 are telling lies. I know your heart. Uh you didn't do any miracles. Jesus didn't say rather Jesus replied to them. Verse 23. And then I will declare to them, I never knew you. Depart from me you who practice lawlessness. 1:28:25 So Jesus said, I never knew you. These are not people who lost their salvation. Jesus doesn't say that once upon a time I know I knew you but now I don't know. It says I never knew means their foundation was wrong. They never had 1:28:37 that true salvation. They never lived by the principles of God but they knew the principles of God but they didn't apply that in their life. So that's why Jesus says depart from me you who practice lawlessness. What is lawlessness? 1 John 3:4 says 1:28:52 that sin is lawlessness. It's not that says that you you committed sin. It says you practice. We say somebody who's practicing medicine. We say somebody who's doing practice means constantly. So in their hidden life, in the secret 1:29:08 life there was sin. There was spiritual pride or the lusting of their eyes or love of money. But externally everything was good. They were doing signs and wonders in the name of Jesus. In today's term it might be like I can say Lord 1:29:21 Jesus Lord Lord I have read the Bible from cover to cover. I have heard all the messages. I've heard through the Bible some 10 times. I know I've read all the books. I've attended so many conferences and camps. Lord Lord in your 1:29:35 name I attended. In your name I did this. But let it not be said about us. Depart from me because you practice lawlessness. Brothers and sisters this really came to me personally. The Lord is speaking to us that that's the need 1:29:48 which the Lord sees in our life that we know the truth and everything but we are not applying it in our life. And in the same chapter we see an example of Jesus who applied the principles of God in his life. What did the father said? Matthew 1:30:02 chapter 3 it's a well-known uh verse 16 and 17. This is when Jesus is getting baptized. We know that the Holy Spirit descended on him and everybody were there and there was a loud voice there. Matthew 1:30:20 chapter 3 verse 16 it says uh that they uh it says that this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. And he's saying when Jesus was 30 years old all the people around there 1:30:39 they saw the loud voice father was telling this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. If somebody has to ask what the father is telling how many miracles did he do? No. Zero. How many sermons he preached? Zero. How many demons he cast out? How 1:30:58 many signs and wonders he did? Zero. Then somebody would have to actually this statement should have told when he was on the cross when Jesus said it is finished but when Jesus said it is finished father didn't say this but how did 1:31:14 father said is what any mistake but the father would have said no for the last 30 years I have seen his life his hidden secret life he applied the principles of god in each and every area of his life he overcome sin he never had high 1:31:28 thoughts about himself he always treated people equally He was so loving and kind to people who hated him. So this is what the fathers saw for the last 30 years in his life. That's why he proclaimed in front of everybody saying that this is 1:31:43 my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. So when we see these two people, the foolish and the wise men. So we take a decision today. Yes Lord, I know the principles of God. I want to apply in my life. I want to be a wise 1:31:55 man. So I go back and I try. I don't try to get that. I keep failing. I am doing the same thing which I don't want to do. Why is that? As we heard today that we don't have the power of the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:18 it says when we receive the 1:32:12 power of the Holy Spirit, we'll be able to live and apply the principles of God in our life. Then we can live like Jesus. Then we can live a victorious life. We can overcome sin and we can overcome all our uh spiritual pride and 1:32:25 anger or whatever we have which which we see as a giant. So my brothers and sisters, God has really spoke to us this morning that without the power of the Holy Spirit, we cannot apply the principles of God in our life. And after 1:32:39 hearing all these things, I examine myself and I come to conclusion saying, "Yes, Lord, my condition is like these people. I'm defeated. My outer life is very good. I'm I have a very good name in the church, in my neighborhood. They 1:32:55 respect me. But Lord, in my hidden life, I'm so hypocrite. I'm broken and I I'm defeated in my hidden life. Yes Lord, I agree. So how to come out of it? And wonderful example we can see in Luke chapter 15. There is a son is we can learn from this 1:33:13 son, the younger son. Luke chapter 15 verse 17 it says but when he came to his senses so when we hear uh messages when we read an challenging article in a book 1:33:31 or message so we really God convicts and we come to our senses so we can learn from this younger son what did he do verse 18 I will get up and go back to my father and Sisters, whatever struggle you are going through, whatever may be a 1:33:48 situation, whatever besettings in which you are right now, we can learn from this younger son, I will get up. I will not lie down. I will get up. What I will do after I get up, I'll go to my father. He says, "And I will say to him, father, 1:34:03 I have sinned against heaven and in your sight." And we know then uh the remaining story when he went when he was far away his father knew and he never judged him anything. He just hugged him and kissed him and said you are 1:34:16 forgiven. Brothers and sisters the our flesh and the devil will condemn as saying that you are good for nothing even after being here in the church for so many years. You have attended so many conference. You know the scripture so 1:34:28 well. You know the new covenant truth. You are defeated in sin. You are a hypocrite. Brothers and sisters, let's get up from wherever we are. which what how muchever deep sin pit we are into inside we can get up right away and go 1:34:40 back to the father and tell him father I have sinned against heaven I've sinned against you and he will immediately will forgive us and he will fill us with the holy spirit so that we can apply the principles of god in our life and we can 1:34:53 live a victorious life for the kingdom of god amen Just one verse before I pray and 1:35:10 conclude. John was sharing from uh 2 Corinthians chapter 3. 2 Corinthians chapter 3:16. It says a person when he turns to the lord it is the holy spirit. It says the veil 1:35:29 is taken away. The lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the lord there is liberty. Liberty is freedom. The opposite word of liberty is bondage. And those who are in bondage can be free. That's the that's the word that we are hearing this 1:35:47 morning. And there was a man and if you turn to Romans chapter 7, you don't need to go through the whole chapter but just something which I want to show. There was a man who was in bondage apostle Paul 1:36:01 read the chapter 7 from verseh 14 to 25 we don't have to go through that whole word uh whole verses but he's speaking about himself. I am not doing the very thing which I want to do. I am not like 1:36:18 this. I am not this. I am not that. I see the sin which dwells in me. And it reaches the paramount. It says the wretched man that I am. It's a conclusion. He studied his life. He got light on himself and he's concluding the 1:36:36 wretched man that I am but who will set me free? And uh he comes to chapter uh chapter 8 not chapter 8 he come to Christ not chapter 8 but we read here the there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus 1:36:55 and it says the the law spirit of life in the Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. So he was free from the bondage. He found Christ. He found the liberty. His eyes was turned to the Lord and his uh the 1:37:10 veil is taken away. Brothers and sisters and as we heard this message this morning, brothers and sisters, it's not God's will that we fix our eyes within that we lift our eyes to the Lord and recognize as we heard from brother John, 1:37:25 the Lord is not partial. Anyone who is uh hunger hungry and thirsty for him, the Lord will fill them with the Holy Spirit. It's only the pride and high-minded the Lord will set send empty-hearted. But those who are hungry 1:37:40 and thirsty for him, the Lord will uh set us set them free. As it says in Bible, the the treasure the treasure is the life of Christ. The treasure is kept in earthn vessels. And the mark of that that there is zero boasting, there is 1:37:59 zero pride, zero looking down on others. Think about this man, Apostle Paul. He received the life of God in his soul and uh in his spirit and uh the mark was uh he lived a life and he fulfilled God's plan for uh his life. It is promise 1:38:18 God's promise for each one of us. And the reason we meet here, I believe two men, brother Zach and brother Ian, they fought for reality and that's how CFC was born. Not because of they had lot of money and this decided let's do a 1:38:31 ministry for the Lord. No, they were seeking for reality. They were not seeking to build the church and that's how the the the church was born. So young man, young woman, if you're seeking for reality, you see hear high 1:38:44 things, lot of things, but you are battling with basic things in turn to the Lord this morning. Let's commit ourselves and pray. Gracious heavenly father, we believe you have given us a helper, the Holy Spirit, 1:39:01 the third person in the trinity, and you left him on earth to complete the work which you started. Lord, we believe every thirsty heart, every hungry heart seeking you this morning, you will not pass by because your word says that Lord, those 1:39:18 who seek you with all their heart, they will find you. Those who wait upon the Lord will renew the strength. Lord, we pray that Lord, you renew the strength of many hearts. In my own heart, Lord, strengthen us, Lord Jesus. We ask you, 1:39:33 Lord, to pour out your Holy Spirit upon us, Lord. We pray as a church Lord fill us with the Holy Spirit Lord. We are fed up with theories. We fed up with our defeated lives Lord. We want to live before your face. Help us Lord. Thank 1:39:45 you father in Jesus precious and mighty name we pray. Amen. So we'll have the announcements. Presenting 1:40:04 [Music] the book of this month, A Good Foundation by Brother Zach Punan. [Music] 1:40:24 The gospel is the good news that man can now live as God originally intended. The one who surrenders totally to the claims of Christ can live a life of constant triumph. Yet many who have accepted Christ as 1:40:43 their savior do not enter into this glorious life that the gospel offers. The reason very often is that a good foundation was not laid at the beginning of their Christian life. After we are born again, our life can be 1:41:03 compared to a house being built. The most important part of a house is its foundation. The purpose of this book is to enable you to lay a good foundation in your life so that God's full purpose for your 1:41:21 life can be accomplished. [Music] This book contains topics such as repentance, [Music] faith, disciplehip, [Music] 1:41:39 baptism in water, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and sanctification. Read this book and let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart. [Music] 1:41:56 You can read this book free online at cfcindia.com/books/ agood foundation. [Music]
