0:00 Here brothers and sisters, shall we all unite our hearts and sing the first song, Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne. 0:30 Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns, all music but its own. Awake my soul and sing of Him who died for Thee, and hail Him as Thy matchless King through all eternity. 1:04 Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave, and rose victorious in the strife for those He came to save. His glories now we sing, who died and rose on high, who died eternal life to bring, and lives that day when He dies. 1:41 Found in the Lord of love, He holds His hands and sighed. Those wounds yet visible above, in beauty glorified. No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight. 2:06 But down what spends His bloody night, had mysteries so bright. Crown Him the Lord of peace, whose far a scepter swings. From pole to pole that wars may cease, and all He prays and prays. 2:34 His reign shall no end. His reign shall know no end, and ground His pierced feet. Fair flowers of paradise extend, their fragrance ever seen. Found in the Lord of yours, the portentate of time. 2:59 The elder of the rolling spirit. The elder of the rolling spirit. In effort please sublime. All hail, ready, are hail. For Thou hast died for me. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. 3:03 Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. 3:07 Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. 3:15 Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. Thy praise shall never, never fail. 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I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 4:06 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 4:12 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 4:18 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 4:40 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. With my mouth. With my mouth will I make known. Thy faithfulness. Thy faithfulness. With my mouth will I make known. 5:02 Thy faithfulness to all generations. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 5:16 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 5:28 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the mercies of the Lord forever. 5:45 I will sing of the mercies of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the mercies of the Lord forever. 6:05 Praise to the Lord who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth. Shelters thee under His wings yet so gently sustaineth. Hast thou not seen how all thy longings have been granted in what He ordaineth? 6:34 Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him All that hath life and breath now with praises before Him 7:01 Let the Amen sound from His people again Gladly for Him we adore Him Praise to the Lord who doth prosper thy work and defend thee 7:24 Surely His goodness and mercy will daily attend thee Ponder anew what the Almighty can do If with His love He befriend thee 7:47 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son 8:07 Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Angels in bright raiment roll the stone away Fulfill for the grave, Lord, where thy body lay 8:29 Thy be the glory, risen, conquering Son The endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Lord Jesus leads us, risen from the tomb 8:55 Lovingly He greets us, scattered girls in blue Let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing For the Lord, O deathless one For the Lord now will and death has lost a sin 9:18 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son Endless is the glory, risen, conquering Son Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one 9:33 Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one 9:37 No more we doubt thee, glorious strength of life No more we doubt thee, glorious strength of life Glorious strength of life Life is not without thee, wait us in our strife Make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love 9:59 Lead us in thy triumph, to thy home above Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one 10:21 Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory 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one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one 16:14 Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Endless is the victory thou, O deathless one Lamentations chapter 3 says The Lord's loving kindness, indeed it never cease His compassions never fail They are new every morning 16:31 And great is your faithfulness, God Psalm 30, verse 4 and 5 Sing praises to the Lord, you godly ones And give thanks to his holy name For his anger is but for a moment His favour is for a lifetime 16:55 Weeping may last for the night But a shout of joy comes in the morning Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you Lord Thank you Father that your mercies are new every morning So, we come to you Father, trusting you Trusting in your word, trusting in your promise 17:17 We want to thank you Father, you've been so faithful with us You've been so patient and kind with us, dear Father We praise you, we bless your holy name Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for the great sacrifice which you offered 17:34 Thank you for your blessed example, dear Lord Thank you for your precious promises Thank you Lord, thank you for your protection and power Lord, power and wisdom belongs to you We praise you, we bless you We give you glory and honour Lord 17:51 We exalt you Lord You're the King of kings, you're the Lord of lords All authority in heaven Lord, it is with you Thank you Lord, thank you our heavenly Father We praise you, we bless you Lord Thank you for the wonderful way you led us Lord 18:06 Thank you for giving us a fresh start Thank you for giving us a new hope Lord Thank you Lord, we praise you, we bless you Lord Father, we come to you in hope and expectation Lord You speak to us We are needy dear Father 18:21 We want to hear your voice in our heart Prepare us dear Lord for your word Prepare us for your coming Lord Build us together Lord Lord, we want to fulfill your The desires of your heart We want to do your will Lord We have come to do your will 18:35 Dear Father, we praise you, we bless you Dear Father, we pray that Lord Today, as we listen to your words You speak to us Guide us Lord Lead us Lord That all that you want us to Accomplish in this One life which you have given us Lord 18:51 I know in the word And prepare our hearts Lord To listen to you dear Father In Jesus precious name we pray Amen We can look at our memory verses Last week's memory verses It's a command 19:11 In 1 John 2 verse 15 Do not love the world Do not love the world Nor the things of the world If anyone loves the world The love of the Father Is not in him And for this week 19:31 We have a promise Isaiah chapter 60 verse 21 Then all your people Will be righteous They will possess the land Forever The branch of my planting The work of my hands 19:53 That I may be glorified So let's repeat one more time It's a promise in Isaiah chapter 60 verse 21 Then all your people Then all your people will be righteous They will possess the land forever The branch of my planting 20:16 The work of my hands That I may be glorified So today We are again privileged to hear Brother Zach A very challenging and encouraging message It is titled Be a disciple not a scholar Today's message is titled 20:37 Be a disciple not a scholar So Brother Zach explains the importance of discipleship Luke 14:26 It says If anyone comes to me And does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters 20:57 Yes, and even his own life He cannot be my disciples And then he explains the utter importance of honesty To walk in the light As we heard often in the church And then And He explains The beautiful Proverbs 21:18 Proverbs chapter 4 verse 23 It says Watch over your heart with all diligence And from it Flow the springs of life So let's Listen With the honest and upright heart So that the Lord can speak to us The Lord can be transformed 21:45 So It is a real pleasure to meet you all After a whole year or more Where I come from They don't Permit Public church meetings It is locked down all the time So this is the first time I have been in a 22:05 Open church meeting For seven months But It hasn't been Limiting the ministry in any way Because I think I have spoken in more meetings in the last seven months Than in any other seven month period Because of 22:25 Zoom technology And I praise the Lord that God has arranged that Technology at this time Certainly for the sake of the church With so many believers Locked down And One advantage of it is that A lot of people in lonely places 22:44 Have been able to Participate in a church service Who could not do so earlier So God works everything for good I want to turn To a passage in Matthew chapter 13 Here we read of Seven parables that Jesus spoke About the kingdom of heaven 23:05 Or the kingdom of God They are basically the same thing And at the end of it 23:25 And at the end of it He said In verse 52 And Jesus said to them Therefore every scribe You see a scribe is a person who Studies The Law of God The word of God 23:45 And Every scribe Who has become a disciple The kingdom of heaven Is like a head of a household Who brings forth out of his treasure Things new and old So Here he speaks about a scribe Having to become a disciple And 24:06 The meaning for us is That This Academic knowledge The knowledge of the Bible That we have in our head Which is like a scribe Reading Understanding And Even knowing it so well That we can Preach and teach 24:26 To others He is still a scribe A scribe could teach A scribe could understand A scribe would spend Hours and hours of studying The word of God But he was not necessarily a disciple And There is always a danger 24:46 That we can face When we come to a church Where there is so much of New teaching that is Not even heard in other places And We can have our heads and minds Filled with so much information And 25:06 If we are intelligent We Understand all that so well That We Can even teach it to others And Then we are Scribes But the disciple is the one Who has Practiced all that he has understood 25:27 In his daily life And the first area of discipleship Is in our closest relationships Not in the church relationship But in our family relationships Now the scribe 25:47 May have a very poor family life And He may not be very upright in his business But he is a very good scribe Excellent preacher Great knowledge of the word of God He can explain every doctrine And here Jesus said At the end of these parables 26:06 The scribe Must become a disciple of the kingdom So that is the thing we need to ask ourselves Are we scribes of the new covenant? Or disciples of the kingdom? The scribe is not particularly concerned about 26:27 The condition of his heart He is only concerned about His The impression he gives to others Of one who is knowledgeable In God's word And The impression he gives to others That 26:47 I am a good Christian Whereas a disciple Is not Much bothered He is concerned about his public testimony Sure That it should not bring dishonor to Christ But he is much more concerned About his heart That is the main difference 27:05 Between a scribe And a disciple The scribe knows the word of God Knows the teachings But he is more concerned about his Testimony before others In the church Whereas a disciple is Primarily concerned about his testimony before God 27:23 And a disciple as I said is Primarily in his Relationships with his Closest Relations I say that because If you turn to Luke 14 And verse 26 He spoke to a huge crowd 27:46 A lot of people in Israel Who had heard Jesus It says many times they were amazed at his teaching And I am sure many of them understood it so well And they could even preach it But here it says He looked at this big crowd 28:05 In Luke 14 and verse 25 And said to them I mean if I were to paraphrase these words You guys have heard so much of me But it is not enough just to listen to what I say And understand it If you want to be my disciple You have to 28:21 Hate father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters And his own life And in Matthew that is explained as Love me more than That is the meaning of hate his own father You have to love me more than Father, mother, brother, sister, wife, children 28:36 So you see discipleship begins in our closest family relationship first He is not talking about the neighbors and people in the church primarily Father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters at home So it is in family relationships that discipleship begins 28:56 So there you see in our home We don't try to impress people with our Bible knowledge At least I hope not Trying to impress people with Bible knowledge is mostly outside our home With other people Or in a church or something like that 29:15 In the home We are ourselves More than any other place in the world We are completely ourselves in our home And there Jesus said you must be a disciple That means you love me in your home more than anybody in that home Your life is determined by your love for me in your home 29:39 Whether you are living with your father and mother Or your wife and your children Or your brothers and sisters Your life must be determined by your love for me as supreme And so the disciple is not so much interested in understanding doctrine 30:01 As much as in living the life When Paul was writing to Timothy I will turn with 1 Timothy in chapter 4 Timothy was by this time maybe about 30:21 He was I think about 20 years younger than Paul So he must have been about 40 years old at this time When Paul wrote to him, 40 to 45 years old And he had walked with God I mean he had been with Paul for 20 years And he was one of his finest co-workers 30:40 And to this man Paul has to give this exhortation Verse 1 Timothy 4 And verse 15 Take pains with these things that I am writing Be absorbed in them So that your spiritual progress will become evident to others 31:03 And then he says there are 2 things you must pay close attention to Pay close attention first of all to your life And then to your teaching Because he was a teacher He had to pay attention to his teaching But he says even if you are a teacher 31:24 You must first pay attention to your life Pay attention to your life And then to your teaching That's always the order In the New Testament That's one of the fundamental things about the New Covenant Life first And then teaching 31:42 You see the same thing in Acts of the Apostles chapter 1 And verse 1 The Acts of the Apostles was written by Luke He is the only non-Jewish writer in the Bible All the other 64 books of the Bible were written by the Jewish people 32:08 Israelites Descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Luke was the only one Who was a Greek And he wrote 2 books The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles And he wrote them To a man called Theophilus We don't know who he was 32:26 And he refers to the Gospel of Luke in Acts 1 verse 1 He said the first account that I composed of Theophilus That's in Luke's Gospel He writes to Theophilus also He says that account, the Gospel of Luke Which we call the Gospel of Luke 32:41 If I were to put a heading for that If you asked Luke Give a title for the Gospel of Luke Here it is in verse 1 All that Jesus began to do and teach That is Luke's title for his Gospel All that Jesus began to do and to teach 33:03 Again you see, life first and then teaching To set an example He did and then he taught He never spoke about anything which he had not done And that's a principle we must have in our life We must never speak to others about something we haven't done 33:23 Because that is how the Pharisees were Jesus told them, you speak so many things but you don't do them So I switched from a follower of Jesus to a follower of the Pharisees Very quickly If I begin to speak about things I have never done in my life 33:39 And that's a very important decision And we must be concerned if that happens ever in our life Where we are testifying to things which are not true in our life Or speak about things which are not true in our life Many parents try to impose a standard on their children 33:59 Which they themselves don't follow They are hypocrites Very often that children go astray I know in my own life Many years after I was converted I came to a point in my life where I discovered Sixteen years after I was converted 34:17 That I was preaching a lot of things which are not true in my life It was true, scripturally it was true There was no false teaching But it wasn't real in my heart It wasn't real in my home life It wasn't real in my personal life 34:33 But I was preaching it And in my personal life if I failed of course I would repent and ask the Lord to forgive me But I was preaching it and people got the impression That that was true in my life So I was not first like Jesus doing and then teaching 34:49 I was teaching And not doing Then I was a scribe And I never realized I was a scribe But I got so fed up of that life So nearly fifty years ago I got so fed up of it And I said Lord I don't want to continue like this This is not Christianity 35:08 And I tell you I am so thankful that I got so fed up That I began to seek God in prayer and fasting and weeping and crying out and saying Lord I want you to meet with me I feel I need a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit 35:24 That's what I need Not some new teaching But a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit That completely reorients my life Where my life becomes more important for me Than what I speak And that I will never speak about what I do not do 35:43 And I tell you God answered my prayer About forty five years ago And it changed the complete forty six years ago nearly It changed the direction of my life And it's six months after that That we started the first CFC church 35:59 And I am very happy That we began CFC with Life more important than teaching So if Paul If Luke were to give the title to the book Gospel of Luke as What Jesus began To do and teach If you were to ask Luke Well what title will you give to the Acts of the Apostles? 36:20 I think he would say What Jesus continued to do and teach Through his spiritual body Luke's gospel is what Jesus began to do and teach with his physical body On earth And Acts of the Apostles is what Jesus continued to do through his body the church 36:43 On earth So it's the continuing of the same thing What Jesus began to do and teach And what Jesus continued to do and teach Now two thousand years later We Are the church The body of Christ And we have to continue Jesus has to continue 36:58 Doing and teaching through us In your home Jesus has to continue Living the life through you And teaching through you Your children They have to see the life of Jesus in you first Before they hear what Jesus taught We are so eager to tell our children what Jesus taught 37:20 We must be more eager That they see in us the life that Jesus lived That requires humility Repentance Brokenness Prayer May be fasting in prayer May be weeping But a great desire That we shall not be scribes We must not be scribes to our children 37:43 We must be disciples Remember what the first verse we began with The scribe must become a disciple The one who only teaches Must first learn to do Do and teach So that's what Paul told Timothy Take heed first of all to your life 38:00 Now I am sure Paul emphasized that to Timothy Numerous times In the 20 years They traveled together But again He feels the need to Repeat it to Timothy In his letter in 1 Timothy 4:16 Which we just read Pay close attention 38:20 What a word it is 1 Timothy 4:16 Pay close attention first of all to your life Then to your teaching That means don't teach anything false Because they didn't have a written Bible those days So He was telling him Remember carefully what you heard from me 38:37 Make sure you teach it properly But more than that Pay close attention to your life And that's the thing I want to ask you As I ask myself Am I paying close attention to my life? I can go through the motions of Christianity 38:54 Which is Read the Bible everyday Go to church at least on Sundays And all the external things But it must begin with doing and then teaching Pay close attention to your life Especially with father, mother, brother, sister, wife, children 39:13 Those are the areas where discipleship begins And that's why when John writes his letter In 1 John Remember John was also the one who wrote Revelation Can you think a little bit You know sometimes we must use our imagination a little bit 39:35 And think of how it was with John John was about 95 years old when he writes this letter And he had seen the development of the church for 65 years He was there on the day of Pentecost And they were all waiting and praying 39:52 And the Holy Spirit came upon them And they spoke in tongues And tongues of fire appeared on them There was a rushing wind And they were filled with the Spirit And he was there when he saw Peter stand up and preach And with a 15 minute sermon 40:05 3,000 people were converted And were baptized on that very first day The church started with 3,000 people all of a sudden And John saw all that And subsequent days he saw You read in the next chapter How Peter and John saw that lame man walk 40:20 And they went to different places And churches were established Wonderful churches Established by the Apostles But then John sees now 65 years after the day of Pentecost Those churches have declined Their spiritual life has gone down 40:42 You read that in Revelation chapter 2 and chapter 3 Where the Lord told John I want you to write these letters to these churches To one church he says And to its leader and to its elders You don't love me like you did at first 41:00 When you were first converted You had such a passionate love for me That's gone And because it's gone I'm going to take away the anointing from you He says Write that and tell them To another church he says You got the teaching of Belaam there 41:17 The teaching of Belaam is running after money Belaam was a preacher And he went to the king When the king offered him more money And he says It's sad that you guys have got preachers there Who are interested in money Like a lot of preachers today 41:32 Who are not interested in leading people to godliness But only collecting their tithes And then to another church he says You elder Your wife is running your church Your wife is such a strong woman She controls you And she dictates what you should preach 41:49 I call her Jezebel That's what the Lord told John to write That was the condition of one church Remember these are all churches that started with the apostles To another church in Sardis he says You only have a name that you are alive 42:03 You got a great reputation like a mega church There's no life in you Even in the leader And to the church in Laodicea he says You are so wealthy You think you don't need anything Because you got so much money And you think money is everything 42:19 But you don't realize spiritually You are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked Think of the condition of these churches Which fifty years ago were powerful churches What I learned from that is Every church declines 42:34 If it does not have strong spiritual leadership That is always challenging them to the highest And I pray that all our churches will have such leadership That will challenge people to the highest With leaders who first live that life 42:54 And then teach it In all our churches That is my burden John writes his letter now To the Christians of that time Think Now you got a picture I described to you the picture Now all Christians were not like that Because there were two churches 43:13 In Smyrna and Philadelphia Who were very good churches Whole hearted, faithful to God In fact the Lord told one of them That you are so faithful I will make you a pillar In heaven Wow, in the house of God So there were some who were wonderful 43:31 But the majority were all backslidden And away from the Lord So to such Christians What does John write? He does not write one word about speaking in tongues He does not write one word about healing He does not write one word about Jesus will make you wealthy 43:50 These are some of the most common things being preached in Christendom today Particularly by Pentecostal charismatic people I am not against them There are my brothers and sisters there And God bless them But I don't agree with this emphasis 44:03 Because I don't see that In John writing to a backslidden conditioned church No emphasis on these external gifts and all that Amazingly, not even any emphasis on evangelism Which is another thing a lot of people emphasize 44:18 What does John emphasize? To a church which is declining To protect them First of all he says You must walk in the light I believe that's one of the very first things we need to understand If a scribe must become a disciple 44:35 1 John 1:7 If we walk in the light We have fellowship with one another And what does that mean? Light is that which reveals everything When a man wants to commit sin He commits it in the darkness When nobody can see him 44:56 A thief who is trying to steal something Will be terrified if somebody shines a torchlight there So to walk in the light is very very simple You don't have to be a great spiritual man to walk in the light To walk in the light means be honest 45:14 Is that difficult? A prostitute can be honest She can say I am a prostitute She is coming into the light It is the Pharisees Who refused to acknowledge Their sin They were in darkness 45:36 Not because they were greater sinners than the others But they wouldn't acknowledge their sin So the first step To the Christian life is to be honest Even to an unbeliever I would say be honest Even once I was witnessing to an atheist 45:53 Who said he didn't believe in God I said fine We can start there Can you say like this Oh God I don't even know if you exist there But I don't believe in you That's what I told him to say But if you do exist Can you reveal yourself to me in some way 46:14 I asked him will you pray that prayer I tell you God will meet with you If you are honest Don't pretend that you are praying to God You don't believe there is a God there But no harm in saying it If there is no God nothing happens 46:28 But if there is a God and he sees your honesty He will come and meet with you Even though you are an atheist God is not offended that you are an atheist He loves you Jesus died for atheists So walking in the light is the first step 46:42 Be honest Be honest about your failure To God Walk in the light with God And when you walk in the light with God You will be able to fellowship with other people Who walk in the light with God It's very easy I find 47:02 And I have found To fellowship with a person who is just himself Not pretending to be spiritual It's very difficult to fellowship with a person who is pretending to be spiritual With spiritual language and all that type of stuff 47:18 But if he is just his normal self I don't care what his spiritual level is I can have fellowship with him I can converse with him Imagine Jesus could freely converse And talk To a Samaritan woman Who had been divorced five times 47:36 And was now sleeping around with a man who was not even her husband But Jesus was Had no problem speaking to that person And when Jesus confronted her with her sin She didn't cover it up No She said you are right 47:56 You are a prophet What you said is right The man I am living with is not my husband So And then Jesus went on to use that woman Think of this A five times divorced woman Sleeping around with a man who 48:16 Was not even her husband And Just because she was honest with Jesus And didn't try to pretend that it was not true And said I don't have a husband That means I am not legally married You know that's the one Truthful thing that Jesus appreciated 48:35 She was living with a man who was not her husband She could have pretended That that was her husband When Jesus said go and call your husband She could have brought that man Because she didn't know Jesus was a prophet But she didn't bring that man 48:51 She said honestly I have not been legally married I don't have a husband That was truth I am living with a man But he is not my husband And because of that one honest statement Jesus went on to lead her And to do what? 49:11 She went back to the city of Samaria You read in John chapter 4 And told people about Jesus And through her witness Hundreds of people came out to meet Jesus Wow! What evangelism that was 49:32 By a woman who was divorced five times And living in such sin I am tremendously challenged there By the fact that Jesus loves honesty And I want to encourage all of you dear brothers and sisters Never get rid of honesty in your life 49:51 You don't have to honestly confess your sins to any other human being Like they teach in the Roman Catholic Church To go and confess your priest No! You confess your sin only to God You are answerable to God Of course, if you sinned against another person 50:11 You yelled at him or hurt him in some way Then you have to ask his forgiveness So, sin must be confessed in the circle in which it was committed For example, if it is only in your thoughts The only person in that circle is God 50:27 Then you confess it only to God But if you got angry with somebody Then there are two people in that circle God and that person Then you have to confess to God and to that person So sin must be confessed only within the circle in which it was committed 50:43 We never have to confess our sins to each other Only to God Walk in the light And it is a wonderful promise here That if we walk in the light We can have fellowship with God He is not asking you to be perfect He is not even asking you to have the light that that saintly man has 51:04 Who has walked with God for 10 years No! Walk in the light you have That is enough And as you walk in the light You will get more light You know that verse in the Psalms Psalm 119:105 A well known verse "Thy word is a lamp to my feet 51:24 And a light unto my path" Or using today's language we could say a torch In those days they had a lamp Lit with oil Today we have a torch Thy word is like a torch But a torch gives me light only up to a certain distance 51:41 So God's word is like a torch that gives me light for the next step That's all If I take that step And the torch is with me I will see the next step That's how we walk with the torch You can't see the whole way 52:02 But your immediate step you can see Two or three steps You take that you will see the next two or three steps And that's how we walk Walking with the word of God is God's word is like a torch That shows me the next step I should take 52:17 Now if you want to know What step should I take A hundred feet from here You won't know it God won't show you God says you take the step that I am showing you now If you move forward with the torch you will see more So in other words you take the step God has shown you in his word 52:35 Something God has told you in your conscience perhaps This is what you must do You must forgive that person Who hurt you You don't do it Don't ask God for further guidance Because he has already shown you What is the next step? 52:52 You have to forgive that person Whom you haven't forgiven till today This is the reason why many people never get guidance in their life They haven't taken the first step God has shown them already Or he may say You must go and ask forgiveness from that person whom you hurt one week ago 53:12 The torch is showing you that And you refuse to move And you want to know God's guidance about something A hundred yards away or something is going to happen next week You don't get guidance You can imagine that God is speaking to you 53:27 A lot of people imagine God is speaking to them and They are doing their own will So remember this principle Walk in the light Don't stand still in the light There is no such verse in the Bible which says Standing still in the light 53:42 It is walking in the light And walking is not 25 steps at a time How do you walk? One step at a time And that first step is what God has shown you Honesty That is for the scribe to become a disciple You begin with taking the first step of honest 54:04 Walking in the light And then if you continue like that It goes on to the next step which is progressive In 1 John chapter 2 verse 6 To walk in the same manner as Jesus walked That is a very high standard You begin with 54:26 Taking the steps that God shows you The one step and then another Another And then You gradually begin to say Hey that is wonderful And God begins to show you The life of Jesus How Jesus walked 54:46 And then Little by little Your walk becomes in the footsteps of Christ And then you will be able to say like Paul said Follow me As I follow Christ And you may say Oh Brother Zach I can't 55:06 Use such strong words I am a young believer Why not? You are not saying you are a great saint Think of The Christian walk like climbing a very high mountain And Jesus walked this path all the way to the top And here is a mountain covered with snow where you can see the footsteps 55:30 Of those who have gone ahead That is why I chose the example of a mountain Snow covered mountain And Paul Saw those footsteps of Christ How Jesus walked And he puts his feet In those footsteps And he tells the Corinthians 55:50 Who are very immature Christians In 1 Corinthians 11 verse 1 He tells them Follow me as I follow Christ He says that to the Philippians also So The Philippians and the Corinthians are way behind Paul Maybe way down Close to the foot of the mountain 56:12 But he says then I was in your midst Do you remember? You Corinthians and Philippians You remember how I was there in your midst for quite some time? And you saw my footsteps Means you saw how I lived with you You saw the language I used 56:27 You saw how I always spoke respectfully to you Even though many of you are much younger than me Spiritually and physically I always spoke respectfully to you You saw how I spoke respectfully even to the children And you saw how I lived among you 56:42 You saw how I was not at all interested in your money I was always interested in your spiritual welfare You saw some footsteps there Even though I was with you for a short time Put your foot in those footsteps And then you can look back at your children 56:58 Who are younger than you And say my dear children Follow me as I follow Paul Who is following Christ So you can also say Because those are the Paul is putting his footsteps in the steps of Christ And you are putting your steps in the footsteps of Paul 57:15 Which are the steps of Christ So you can say to others To your children Follow me as I follow Christ And as you take more and more steps There will be other younger believers In the church perhaps To whom you can say Follow me as I follow Christ 57:32 That is a disciple Now it is not a question of just Preaching God's word Or explaining a doctrine It is a life From which comes What we teach or share with others I believe if we follow this simple principle That is a principle by which God wants every Christian to live 57:56 We will have a very strong church Imagine if everybody here decided To take that exhortation of Paul to Timothy seriously Take your life more seriously than what you speak Take your life seriously 58:16 And we know our life comes from our heart Not from our head In our head we can have a lot of information About many many things in the Bible It does not make us spiritual The Pharisees could preach 58:36 The Old Testament scriptures Better than Peter, James and John But Peter, James and John had a far better life Than the Pharisees Even though they couldn't preach like the Pharisees So never be impressed by a preacher When people listen to somebody on the internet 58:57 I hear a lot of people Sometimes send me emails Oh brother Zach You should listen to this man You should listen to that man Okay But I tell them I don't know how he lives I don't know how he lives with his family I don't know how he lives with his children 59:18 I don't know how he has brought up his children I don't know any of these things Okay, he is teaching some very clever things Which shows me he is a very clever man Or he is a very gifted speaker I am not interested in that 59:31 I am not interested in being more clever I am not even interested in being a better preacher I am interested in living a better life And I would like to know what this man's life is He cannot stand up in the pulpit and preach something 59:46 Is he telling me follow me as I follow Christ? I need to see that That is why I say we have to be very careful about listening To people on YouTube Whose lives we know nothing about Because you will be impressed by a powerful sermon 1:00:06 And it may not lead you to life It may teach you some good practical principle I will tell you, you can go to a psychologist They will also tell you some very good practical principles A lot of things that psychologists teach are very very good 1:00:23 I was reading something the other day that a psychologist wrote A Christian psychologist wrote on relationships between husband and wife at home Excellent! You would almost think he was a Christian He was not a Christian, he was a nominal Christian 1:00:38 So That's what you can get from teaching But Jesus did and taught Did and taught And that's how the church must be also So since our life comes from our heart You know this verse 1:00:58 Turn with me to Proverbs Turn with me to Proverbs In chapter 4 Proverbs 4 Have you read this verse? Have you meditated on it? Believed it? Proverbs 4 verse 23 1:01:18 Proverbs 4 verse 23 It's a command from God Watch over your heart Watch over your heart With all diligence Because from it Flow all the springs of your life And that spring can be polluted and dirty 1:01:40 Or it can be fresh and clean That depends on what condition your heart is in So Watch over your heart With all diligence Because it is from there that all the springs of life flow out The rivers of living water 1:02:00 Jesus said will flow out from a person's innermost being Turn to what Jesus said Turn to what Jesus said In Matthew chapter 12 Our conversation Not our conversation when we are careful in public 1:02:22 But our conversation when we are relaxed At home The way you speak to your family members The way you speak to your husband To your wife To your children To your parents That's where we must test our conversation 1:02:42 Not how we speak on Sunday morning to each other At home Matthew chapter 12 Verse 34 The last part The mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart If a cup 1:03:07 Overflows Whether it is bitter water Or sweet juice Whatever is inside will overflow When you shake it What is inside will come out So if somebody comes and shakes you up really badly With his language or some action What comes out will be 1:03:29 What is inside your heart Because you shake a cup As strongly as you like If it is sweet water inside Not one drop of bitter water can come out You can't say the man shaking Made the sweet water bitter No The shaking only brought out from the cup 1:03:50 What is inside So when you find angry words coming out of your mouth Or words which are hurting to others Or insulting to others You must face up to it and say Lord You said the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart 1:04:12 Today I discovered what was in my heart And this man who hated me And this man who hated me Helped me to see it More than all my friends who spoke nice things to me You see how God can use our enemies to help us I thank God for situations in my life 1:04:34 Where I discovered what was in my heart By being provoked by people who hated me I said thank you for that person I discovered something in my heart which I can cleanse Thank God I am still alive I am not in the grave yet 1:04:51 I have got an opportunity to cleanse myself I don't want to discover these things after I die And stand before the judgment seat of Christ And discover that my heart was like Oh God don't let that happen to me I prayed this prayer 1:05:06 I said Lord don't reveal to me anything at your judgment seat Which you don't reveal to me now I don't want to discover anything at the judgment seat of Christ I want to discover it now because I can cleanse myself now I can't cleanse myself in that future day 1:05:21 I want to cleanse my walk with the Lord now The mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart And so Jesus said in verse 33 You got to make the tree good For the fruit to be good You can't just buy good fruit in the market 1:05:42 And hang it up on this tree And make fool everybody that it's a tree producing good fruit I think a lot of Christians are like that Their heart is quite bad But when they speak to other Christians They hang up these nice words 1:06:00 We are only fooling people We are not fooling God Watch over your heart with all diligence Because all the springs of life come from there And the good man, verse 35 The good treasure in his heart brings forth what is good 1:06:20 The evil man, evil treasure brings forth what is evil We may not like the Lord calling us evil It's good to humble ourselves and say Lord, what I spoke right now was evil What I spoke to my wife was evil What I spoke to my husband was evil 1:06:39 What I spoke to that neighbor of mine who irritated me was evil That tells me nothing about him It tells me something about my own heart And I want to judge myself and cleanse myself What a wonderful life our life will be 1:06:53 If even in the remaining Three months of this year October, November, December We pursue what we heard today You can begin the new year In a far more glorious way 1:07:14 Than all the years gone by Let's pray Heavenly Father Help us to Apply to our lives The truths we have heard We pray in Jesus name Amen 1:07:34 To obey To obey Is better than sacrifice To obey is better than sacrifice To obey is better than sacrifice To obey is better than sacrifice 1:07:55 To obey is better than sacrifice I don't need your money I want your life And I hear you say that I'm coming back soon But you act like I'll never return 1:08:18 Well, you speak of grace and my love so sweet How you thrive on me but reject my meat And I can't help weeping of how it will be 1:08:43 If you keep on ignoring my words Well, you pray to prosper and succeed But your flesh is something I just can't fear 1:09:09 To obey is better than sacrifice I want more than Sundays and Wednesday nights 1:09:35 Cause if you can't come to me every day Then don't bother call me at all La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la 1:09:55 La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la To obey is better than sacrifice I want hearts of fire, not prayers of ice 1:10:20 And I'm coming quickly to give back to you According to what you have done According to what you have done According to what you have done 1:10:43 According to what you have done According to what you have done
