Good evening, and welcome to Sherp Foundation Baptist Church.
Please grab a hymnal and turn to number 99,
Come Ye Disconcilate, number 99.
Come ye disconcilate,
where ere ye languish,
come to the mur-
thirsty seat, fervently near.
Here, bring your wounded heart.
Here, tell your anguish.
Earth has no sorrow that have cannot heal.
and pure, him bring a comforter, tenderly saying,
Earth has no soul.
pure from above. Come to the feast of love. Come ever knowing. Earth has no sorrow, but
Number 79, if you would, when Jesus comes to reign.
Be a new song for everybody, probably.
Number 79.
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away, When Jesus comes to reign,
tongues of the dumb shall sing sorrow and sighing shall flee away
flee away that glory day garden of Eden restored that day
when Jesus comes to reign raptured with Christ and a honey moon
Israel to holy land sorrow and sighing shall flee away flee away that glory day garden of
Eden restored that day when Jesus comes to rain lay men shall leap as an heart for then all sickness
Deserts will bloom and the thorns and brice Shall curse the earth no more
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away, flee away that glory day
Garden of Eden restored that day When Jesus comes to reign
shall fall and old Satan's rule shall end with all its tears righteousness fill
all the earth and peace reign for a thousand years sorrow and sighing shall
flee away flee away that glory day garden of Eden restored that day
when Jesus comes to reign.
We pray, dear Lord, may thy kingdom come.
On earth I will be done,
but we have now all thy peace and joy,
and in our hearts I throne.
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away,
flee away that glory day.
that day, when Jesus comes to reign. Amen. Good singing. This time of angels, Justin
John will give the announcements.
All right, welcome to True Foundation Baptist Church. The first service in the
month of October, so time flies. And raise your hand if you need a bulletin.
And then, actually, we'll bring one to you. How many bulletins have we left? One
more, okay? Everyone has one. So
That's good. So let's look at the verse of the week Romans chapter 1 verse 20
The Bible says for the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood
But I think that are made even his ethno power and Godhead so that they are without
excuse, there's really no excuse
Denying that God is real because we can see him through the creation
So let's look at inside page. We're on YouTube Facebook rumble and ex gave us a follow to stay up to date
for
Of what's going on and then we have service times on the morning at the 11 Sunday afternoon service at 4 and
Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. Tonight will be in Ecclesiastical chapter number 11. So
two more chapters left till we finish that book any
Suggestion for the next Bible study. Let me know by next Wednesday. Okay, so
And then we have the local zoning time Saturday morning at 10.30 and Sunday afternoon at 1.30 p.m.
Upcoming events Dr. Phil Stringer will be preaching both services on Sunday, November 30
And then we'll have a pie and praise service during the Sunday afternoon service on November 23rd
That will be a special service with a song request
A short sermon followed by some pies and you know raw milk and the show foundation fashion
And then our Christmas service will take place on Sunday December 21st
There will be a Pollock right after morning service placing my family friends relatives and people you know and then the Christmas Eve service
Will be on Wednesday December 24th, so when you marry thumb
Haven't got a chance to put that up there
but this Saturday we'll have a Notre Dame summoning marathon from 11.30 to 2.00 p.m.
I post the details on the YouTube channel, social media, so please check it out if you
have plenty on coming, but we'll still have the local summoning time right here at 10.30, and then
October 25th. That's the last Saturday of the month. We'll have a Gary, Sony, Marathon. We'll meet at 1230, 1230 EST. Again, details is on the social media, WhatsApp group. Let me know if you have any questions.
So we are taking over the Gary one and in the Notre Dame so many Marathon
So let me know if you need more details on that
October Sunday afternoon preaching schedule is for you to see and
Please stay up with your new converts. We have a Baptist tree ready to baptize people
And now let's look on the back side.
We have birthdays for the month of October.
No birthdays this week.
So we'll wait to have a birthday to them.
So that's all of the announcement.
Let's sing one more song, and then we'll take up the offering.
All right, let's sing number 169.
Come now, Fount.
Number 169.
Come now, fount of every blessing, To my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it, Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I'm come,
And I know by Thy good pleasure, Safely I'll arrive at home.
Jesus sawed me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God.
He to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.
O to grace, how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be.
Find my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.
Prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it.
Seal it for thy courts above.
Amen.
At this time, the ushers could come forward for the offering.
Amen.
We'll be in Ecclesiastes chapter 11 this evening. If you need a Bible raise your hand and I'll show we'll provide one for you
Ecclesiastes chapter 11
While you're turning there, I'll be your Marine of the Chapter
Cast I bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find after many days.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon
the earth.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, and if the tree
falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls there shall
be, he that observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regard the clouds shall not reap.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb
Even so, thou knowest not the works of God who make it all.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand, for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that, whether they both shall be like good, truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
But if man will have many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Rejoice, O young man, in the days of thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart and the sight of thine eyes, but know thou that for all these saints God.
will bring the judgment.
Therefore, remove sorrow from thy heart
and put away evil from thy flesh
for childhood and youth are verity.
Brother Andrew, could you pray for the message?
Amen. Tonight, we'll be in the second to the last chapter in this wisdom book, the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter number 11.
And the title of the sermon tonight is, Serve God Right Now.
A very practical and a simple concept. Now, this will probably be a shorter sermon, being only 10 verses.
So, we'll see how long it's going to last. So, point number one is, be liberal.
Be liberal look at verse number one that was as cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shall find it after many days
The principle is you reap what you sow if you cast bread upon the water eventually it will be
Return back to you again
So Christians must be a liberal or generous people, right?
Being liberal based on the Bible is not being a leftist, right?
It's talking about being generous, being charitable, okay?
Now, keep a place in this book.
Go give it to Proverbs chapter 11.
Go to Proverbs chapter 11.
Christians must be a generous people. Proverbs 11, look at verse number 24,
Proverbs 11 verse 24. The Bible says there is that scattereth and yet
increaseeth, and there is that which withholdeth more than is meat, but is
tended to poverty. So verse 24 is saying that if someone is stingy, if someone is
He actually tends to become poor, right?
Attending to poverty in contrast, look at verse number 25.
The Bible says, the liberal soul, someone who is generous,
shall be made fat, and he that watered shall be watered,
shall be watered also himself.
Again, same concept, cast thy bread,
it shall be, thou shall find it after many days.
If you water, it shall be watered unto you, right?
So again, what goes around,
comes around you reap what you sow with your Proverbs chapter 19
Proverbs chapter 19 look at verse number 17
Proverbs 19 verse number 17 the Bible says he that have pity upon the poor
Landeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given, will he pay him again?
So if you are generous, if you are charitable, you are actually lending unto the Lord, because when you are helping the poor,
when you're helping the needy, you are actually serving God, okay?
What if someone doesn't pay you back?
But the Bible says you are lending unto the Lord, and that which he hath given, will he pay him again?
Eventually God will repay you
Even if the poor, the lame, the needy don't pay you back, okay?
So don't feel bad when you are doing something good to people and they don't return the favor
because ultimately God will pay you back, okay? You are lending out to the Lord,
you are doing it in the name of the Lord. Go to Acts chapter 20. Acts chapter 20.
And God
himself is also liberal.
God is generous.
The Bible says in James chapter one, verse five,
if any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God that give it to all men liberally
and a brilliant nod and he shall be given him.
So if you ask God for wisdom,
God will generously liberally give you wisdom, okay?
And that's really one of the two things
that the Bible specifically tells us to pray for.
wisdom, right? And God will give us liberally, generously the wisdom that we have. Acts 20,
look at verse 35. Acts 20, verse 35, the Bible says, I have showed you all things, how that so
laboring you ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said
it is more blessed to give than to receive. So again, the principle is the same. Don't be a freeloader,
If you never bring anything to the church pollock, you are a freeloader, you know, start bringing stuff, start, you know, be shareable, charitable.
Obviously, we should have a budget and control finances, but don't be stingy, right?
Don't be a freeloader.
And go to 1st Corinthians chapter 16.
1st Corinthians chapter number 16.
Look at verse number 1. 1st Corinthians chapter 16 verse number 1.
The Bible says now considering the collection for the saints that that's talking about the tithe and the offerings as
I have given order to the churches of Galatia even so do ye upon the first day of the week
Which is Sunday let every one of you lay by him in store as God has prospered him
That there will be no gatherings when I come and when I come whosoever you shall you shall approve by your letters them
send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
Now I believe this is talking about a love offering, not tithe,
because the Bible says that they should take up a collection
as God has prospered that person
and that, you know, they will give it liberally
because Paul is giving that onto the church
which is in Jerusalem as a love offering, okay?
So now go to 2 Corinthians chapter 9.
2 Corinthians chapter 9. That's why we hear the phrase tithe and offerings, right? Tithe is what you
own God, that's the 10% of your increase, and then your offering is whatever is above that 10%,
out of your free will, out of your generosity.
2nd Corinthians chapter 9, look at verse number 1, the Bible says,
For I was touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,
for I know the foreignness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia,
that Akhaya was ready a year ago, and Josiel had provoked very many.
So Paul was boasting to the people in Macedonia about the generosity of the church that is in Chlorin.
Look at verse number three.
Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain, in this behalf, that,
as I said, ye may be ready, lest happily, if they of Macedonia come with me and find you unprepared,
should be ashamed in in the same confident boasting therefore I thought it necessary to
to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and make up before him your bounty
wherever you had noticed before that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty and not as
of covetousness notice the context here Paul was telling the church in Corinth to get their love
Because if they're not ready, then Paul will be ashamed because they were known to be a generous people, okay?
So Paul was basically telling them to get your money ready
So when I come I can just take it and just give it away. Okay. Look at verse number six
But as I say, he which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.
Again, the principle of you reap what you sow, every man, according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly, or of...
necessity for God love a cheerful giver and God is able to make all grace abound
toward you that he always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to
every good work so if you give cheerfully and not out of necessity not out
of force if you give cheerfully then God will bless you bountifully right now
that you will
necessarily get the same money back from the people that you help but God will
bless you bountifully. So again the principle is be liberal, be generous, be
charitable. You know there's nothing wrong with helping, helping people who are
actually in need. Now go to Galatians chapter number six, Galatians chapter number
six.
If you sow sparingly, you will also reap sparingly.
If you never help people, you know, again, what goes around comes around, right?
You want God to bless you, so be a cheerful giver.
Don't be stingy, don't be a freeloader.
Galatians 6, look at verse number 9.
Galatians 6 verse 9, the Bible says,
And let us not be weary in well-doing,
For in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
So here, again, famous passage, you reap what you sow,
but look at the verse number 10 in its context.
As we have therefore an opportunity,
Let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
So be generous, give to the necessities of the saints.
When talking about giving, we should prioritize the saved
rather than giving to charity. We should prioritize the household of faith.
Partizing this body of believers after after this body maybe other like-minded
churches you know don't just give away to people who never work don't just give
away to charities who just swallow their own money paying themselves six figures
okay focusing on the household of faith first I'm not saying don't give to the
poor outside but focus on the household of faith first
And you may not even get a payback in this life, but God sees this and and and God will pay you back
Either in this life or in the afterlife in heaven. Okay, so
Let's go back to if he's asked in chapter 11
Like I said before if someone asks you for money if you think he truly needs it give it to him and
Expecting nothing back whenever you lend your money to
To someone else just expect you will never see that money ever again
That's it. That's the amount of money that you should feel comfortable of giving okay, and
If someone doesn't pay you back don't be bitter about it. Don't be mad about it
God will pay you back one way or the other okay, so don't don't expect anything back
If you feel like you will hurt yourself financially, then don't lend that amount of money.
Okay, so that's a good principle of lending money, helping others.
Here's another reason to be liberal. Look at verse number 2.
Ecclesiastes chapter 11 verse 2, the Bible says,
Give a portion to seven and also to eight,
For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
So verse 2 is saying that if you are generous to seven people then be generous to eight people too
We know just be generous. Okay, give a point to seven and also to eight
Here's why you don't know what's gonna happen with your stuff and you may lose the opportunity to even be generous
Because the reason giving in verse 2 is for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth
If you are not generous right now, eventually you will lose the opportunity to be generous,
right?
Because your stuff may be gone, your money may be stolen, right?
So the lesson is, be generous right now while you can.
While you have the money, while you have the stuff, right?
Be generous right now.
Let me read to you Luke chapter 6 verse 38 the Bible says give and it shall be given unto you
Good measure press down and shaking together and and running over shall man give into your bosom
For with the same measure that you meet with all it shall be measured to you again if you are generous
then God will be generous towards you,
then maybe other people will be more, you know,
lenient to, you know, help you in time of need, okay?
So, point number one is be liberal.
And point number two is serve God right now.
It's the same as the title of the sermon.
Look at version number three.
The Bible says, if the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, and if the tree fall toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Some things are fixing life. The water cycle will always be there as long as the earth is here. And if the tree falls toward the north, it falls toward the north.
falls towards the south, then you fall towards the south.
because some things are fixed in life, okay?
You cannot control what you can't control.
You cannot really change the weather.
Obviously, we can talk about cloud seeding,
but cloud seeding can only stimulate
the formation of rain jobs or snowflakes.
Cloud seeding cannot create clouds,
alter different wind patterns,
change temperatures, create large scale weather
like hurricanes, drought, heat waves.
And cloud seeding, as far as I can, you know, as far as I can understand, it cannot produce rain in a clear sky or doing, you know, extreme drought with no clouds, okay?
The cloud and the sky still have to have some amount of
community or in a water level to even make that happen unless if you are a super conspiracy theorist
You can you know say they actually made the hurricanes and the
Typhoons, maybe it's possible in the future, but you know as far as I know right now. I don't think that's possible
But but the point is you cannot control what you cannot control right some things are fixing about life and
That's why we should focus on the things that we can change
Okay, look at the next verse verse number four the Bible says
He that observed the wind shall not so and he that's regarded the clouds shall not reap
So, if you always look for a perfect condition to do something, then you will not get anything
done.
That's why the title of the sermon is, Serve God Right Now.
Some things are fixed in life.
You can change what you can change.
That's why focus on the things that you can change.
Okay?
Go to Proverbs chapter 20.
Proverbs chapter number 20.
and wait till a perfect wind pattern,
and then you do the things.
Don't just look at the cloud patterns,
and then you do the right things.
Don't always wait for a perfect condition.
Proverbs 20, look at verse number four.
Proverbs 20, verse number four.
The Bible says the slugger that's the lazy people the slugger will not plow by reason of the cold
Therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing why the why do the lazy people don't want to work because it's cold outside
You know they are waiting for a perfect
Condition perfect weather and when they need money they have to beg right they have to wait on the street, you know
Same as people who are waiting for a perfect weather to go so many right
There are some churches in the south who will literally skip so many in summer because it's too hot
You know don't wait for a perfect condition because people are going to hell every single day
Okay, don't wait for a perfect
Circumstance to serve God go to Proverbs 22
Proverbs chapter 22 look at verse 13 Proverbs 22 verse number 13
The Bible says the slothful, again, the lazy people, the slothful men say, if there's a line without, I shall be slaying the street.
The reason some people don't work is because it's dangerous, because it has risk, right?
Some people may say it's too dangerous to go soaring in Chicago,
it's too dangerous to go soaring in Detroit, you know?
Don't wait for a perfect condition.
Everyone, you know, needs the chance to hear the gospel, right?
The ghettos.
are the best spots, right?
The projects are the best places to share the gospel
and God will protect us.
Obviously, don't be smart about it,
don't go there at night,
carry a weapon to protect yourself,
go in pairs, go in three people,
with three people if you have to,
but ultimately the safety is of the Lord, right?
We should be prepared, we should be smart about it.
But let's also not be caving to fear because God has not given us the spirit of fear.
Someone asked me, you know, why I'm still putting up the address for the so many marathons,
you know, maybe the haters will target me. Well, I don't want to keep living in fear.
You know, I posted the summoning address for Northern Indiana for you know Detroit nothing ever happened
Right, you know, we should not be living in fear. Don't say don't say there's a line without and just stop working for God
Go to Luke chapter number nine Luke chapter number nine
Luke chapter number nine look at verse 59
Luke chapter 9 verse 59 and if the restaurant shuts us down we'll just
find a better restaurant so so far it hasn't happened yet so Luke chapter 9
verse 59 Luke 9 verse 59 the Bible says
And he said down to another follow me, but he said Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father
Jesus said down to him let them dead bury the dead, but go without and preach the kingdom of God now
I don't think this is talking about
His father is dead and he's waiting to bury you know bury the corpse. I think he's saying that you know
that he should
prioritized serving God okay and just like the old man spend time with the
old man if he doesn't want to go with you right so look at verse 61 and another
also said Lord I will follow thee but let me first to bid them farewell
which are at home at my house and Jesus said unto him no man having put his
Sometimes, as a Christian, your parents may not want to go to church with you, they may
not want to serve God with you, and as an adult, obviously, if you are a kid, you should
be your parents, but as an adult, if your parents don't want to go to church with you,
you go to church anyway, right?
You serve God anyway.
They're dead, right? Don't let your family
Hinders you from serving God. Don't let your friends relatives hinder you from serving God
Ultimately, we should love God more than our families. Okay, so
There are people who are hesitant to follow God just due to personal circumstances
because they have no
Because they have their parents at home because they have to take care of this
take care of that. But here's the thing, life will never be perfect.
You will never have a perfect job because we live in a sinful world.
Don't wait until you get your housing order
and then go to church, right? In fact, that should be the other way around. If you
go to church, maybe God will bless you.
If you focus, you know, the things of the Lord, maybe God will get your finances in order.
Don't wait until your finances are in order or secure and then you tithe.
Don't wait until you are an expert soul winner and then go soul winning.
Don't wait until 2026 and then read your Bible.
Serve God right now.
Go back to Ecclesiastes chapter number 11.
Don't wait for a perfect time because you will never have a perfect time
Just like if you're into the stock market, you know
Timing the market is less important as you know time in the market, right? Don't try to time the housing market
Especially now right if you can't afford it just like buy it obviously be smart about it. So
Serve God right now look at look at verse number five the Bible says
As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child,
even so thou knowest not the works of God who makeeth all.
We don't know the way that the Spirit works and how the bones grow in the womb,
and God's works are sometimes mysterious, okay? That's the point of verse number five.
And we don't have the answer to everything,
so just do what you're supposed to do,
and don't try to control the outcomes, okay?
Again, it falls in the same context of serving God right now,
and don't control the things that you cannot control,
because at the end of the day,
it's God that gives us the increase, right?
It is God that gives us richly all things to enjoy,
It is God that blesses us, and it's God that builds the church.
Don't try to force the result. Just do what you have to do, because sometimes God's working can be mysterious.
Our job is to win souls, and God will bless the church.
But if we try to control the attendance by turning down the preaching, by bringing the
worldly music, and just all these entertainments, and promoting all the other programs, then
guy is not going to blast that, right?
Just do what we are supposed to do.
If we force people to change their lives based on our own wisdom, rather than the Word of God, then they will not really change.
Okay, use the wisdom from the Bible. If we take the vengeance into our own hands and not leave it.
to the proper channel, then God will not be pleased with us, right?
Don't control the things that you cannot control.
We should just be humble and just acknowledge that
God's ways and His timing are always perfect.
Don't try to force the outcomes.
Trust God and His Word, right?
Because God's working can be mysterious.
We don't know the way of the Spirit.
We don't know how the bones grow in the womb.
There are many things that we don't know.
What we do know is the Word of God and the wisdom of God.
And since we cannot control the outcome, what should we do?
Look at verse number 6.
The Bible says, in the morning, sow thy seed, and in the evening, with hold not thy hand,
for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
shall be alike good.
Since you cannot control the outcome, just work and do the right things, regardless of
the timing, because we don't know which seed will prosper.
The best way to find a job is to apply for as many jobs as possible, right?
You know, in the morning, sow thy seed, and in the evening, withhold not thine hand.
You know? Think about church planting. Every church, every city needs a good church.
Now people can have preference of the locations, but it is God's will to see souls saved everywhere.
Okay? Go to Mark chapter number four. Mark chapter number four.
Mark chapter number four, by the way, a church planting location should not be your vacation
spot, right?
So it should be a receptive spot, obviously we hit those places first and eventually we
move on to the non-receptive spots.
Mark chapter four, look at verse 26.
The Bible says and he said so is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground and should sleep and
Rise night and day and the seed should spring up and spring and grow up. He knoweth not how
See people don't know how the sea can bring up and grow verse 28 for the earth bringing forth fruit of herself
You cannot force the outcome
You cannot control the growth really first the blade and the ear after that the full corn in the ear
But when the fruit is brought forward immediately
He put us in the sickle because the harvest is calm now the context is about sowing the word of God
and when the rapture comes, the people who are saved will be harvested, okay?
But we can apply this concept to sewing as well, because we are sewing the word of God, right?
I know people who love the poor neighborhoods, I know we love the ghettos, but the rich people
need the gospel too. The Bible says, going into all the world and praise the gospel to every creature.
That's why we should sow the seed of the Word of God everywhere.
Look 14, look at verse 21.
Look 14, verse 21.
Because we don't know how the seed is going to grow,
how the seed is going to spring up
for the earth bringing forth fruit of herself.
Ultimately, it's God that gives the increase.
Look 14, verse 21.
Luke 14.21 the Bible says so that servant came and showed his Lord these things
Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant
God quickly into the streets and and links of the city and bringing hither the poor and the maim and the halt and the blind
And the servant said Lord it is down as thou has commanded and yet there is room
There's always more room in heaven to house safe people, right?
So don't only focus on the poor, don't only focus on the main, focus on the rich people,
focus on the prisoners, focus on those, you know, immigrants, that'll be on the sermon.
Look at verse number 23, the Bible says,
And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges,
And compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled. That's why we believe in confrontational sowning. We are going out, we are going to them,
right? We are going to the doors and compel them to hear the gospel, compel them to enter into the
house of God, okay? So that's why don't be, don't be upset and don't be down when no one gets saved
because you don't know what's going to happen with the seed that you planted.
Okay, because again, ultimately, you may be watering the seed, you may be planting the seed, but God gives the increase.
So the principle is just sow the seed everywhere, preach the gospel everywhere.
Serve God everywhere, serve God right now.
Go to Isaiah 55.
Isaiah 55.
But the gospel still works. The Word of God still works, and you may not see the immediate
result, but that person may get, say, five years from now, 20 years from now. You don't know that.
Isaiah 55, look at verse number 8. Isaiah 55 verse 8.
The Bible says, for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways, my ways, said the Lord, for as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
See, some of God does not bless you immediately, some of God will, you know,
delay his blessing, delay his increase, but his ways are higher than our ways, right? Like I said,
You know, sometimes God's working can be mysterious.
All we can do is do what we are supposed to do, right?
And just trust God.
Look at verse number 10.
and may give it bring forth and but, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the
eater.
So shall my word be that, goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish domistice, that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
where to I sent it."
Even if nobody gets saved nobody nobody changed their life, but the word of God shall not return on to you know
God void and God will accomplish the things that that he wants to accomplish because God is always working, right?
so
So just trust the word of God trust God's timing and don't force the results right use use God's wisdom
Use the biblical principles and let God work. Okay, let God be God
Go back to go back to these asked these chapter 11
The glissiasties chapter 11
Even if we accidentally preach the gospel to a
Reprobate at a door, that's not pointless either because the Word of God would not return void
Okay, because because we're just heaping more calls on their head. They'll get a worse punishment in hell
So nothing is pointless when we are preaching the Word of God
And by the way, we are pivoting our local zoning to some richer areas now
Although fewer people get saved this year, but people still get saved
Because the word of God still has power
So I said point number one be liberal point number two serve God right now point number three
Remember the days of darkness look at verse number seven
the Bible says
Truly delight his sweet and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sound
But if a man lived many years and rejoiced in them all yell at him remember the days of darkness
For there shall be many and that cometh all that cometh is manatee
So here, the Bible says, you know, enjoy the good things, enjoy the sound, but also remember the days of darkness and there will be many dark times in life, okay?
So first of all, why is it a pleasant thing to look at the sunlight?
Obviously, don't stare at it, okay?
It is for the eyes to behold the sun.
I think that's because the sun reminds us about God,
because God created the sun,
and sunlight is vital for life on the earth, okay?
And so the point is we need to enjoy life.
We need to enjoy God's blessing, okay?
Sunlight is God's blessing, life itself is God's blessing.
Psalm 118 verse 24 says this is the day which the Lord have made we will
Rejoice and be glad in it right be happy every day
Enjoy your life every day
But in verse number 8 the Bible also says that
to remember the days of darkness and there are many days of darkness in our life and
We as human beings tend to learn the most not during the joyful time
But but during the dark and tough times in life. So actually go to chapter number seven
Nicoleseus the chapter number seven look at verse number two
The Bible says
It is better to go to the house of mourning, thinking about a funeral, than to go to the
house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his
heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sanness of the countenance, the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of the fools is in the house
of mirth.
Obviously, don't be consumed with over much sorrow during the tough times, during the
dark times, but rather learn from these things so we can be better, okay?
Because life is full of days of darkness, there will be many days of darkness.
Rather than be concerned with sorrow, bitterness, just learn from that because we, again, tend to learn the most during the dark times, during the trying time.
Job 14 verse 1 says, Man that is born of a woman is a few days and full of trouble.
During the days of sickness we all get sick right during the days of sickness
We should rely on God's strength for the healing during the times of famine or financial struggles
We should trust in God's provisions and bathe ourselves in prayers during the days of persecutions
We should trust God. We should rely on God's justice knowing that he will
Recompense one day rather than forcing vengeance into our own hands
go to Matthew chapter seven, Matthew chapter seven.
During the days of doubts and confusions and directions,
we should seek the word of God for answers
rather than trusting in man-made wisdom.
But also,
Obviously, we should trust God in the dark times, but let's also not wait till the dark
days to serve God, okay?
Serve God right now.
Serve God during the good days too.
In fact, if people cannot serve God during the good days, they cannot serve God during
the bad days, okay?
If you struggle to run with a footman, how can you contend with a horse's?
I can't misquoting that verse, but you get the point.
Look at verse 24 Matthew 7 verse 24. Here's a famous passage the Bible says
therefore
Whosoever heareth these saints of mine and doeth them I will liken him unto a wise man
Which built his house upon a rock and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon the house
And it fell not for it was founded upon Iraq. So here's someone who
Here's the Word of God, knows the Word of God, but also apply the Word of God to their life.
And when the storm comes, the rain, the floods, the winds, blue,
that person is now shaken because he's founded upon the Word of God, upon Jesus Christ, upon the rock.
But verse 26 says,
And everyone that hears these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand, and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew.
beat upon the house and it fell and great was the fall of it. So here we have
someone who you know goes to a church like this hearing you know good Bible
preaching, reads the Bible every day maybe, but that person never take heed.
That person never applied the Word of God to their life. So when the dark times
come they will fall right. They will fall very very hard because because their
upon the word of God so the question is will be a wise man or a foolish man okay serve God right
now so when the dark times comes you can have an anchor right you know you can know what you do
right wings those two cries when it's legal so you can do it when it's illegal build up your
finance right now so when some tough times sickness comes you can you know actually be financially
You know serve God right now. Don't wait till the dark days because the dark days are coming, right?
The world is getting worse and worse
The tribulation is coming. We don't believe in pre-chip rapture, okay?
The world is getting worse and worse. Don't wait till the dark days to serve God, serve God right now. Build your life upon the rock
upon the rock of ages. Go back to go back to DCS these chapter 11
So I said point number one be liberal point number two serve God right now point number three
Remember in the days of darkness and lastly point number four rejoice in thy youth
Rejoice in thy youth look at verse number nine
The Bible says,
Rejoice, O young men, in thy youth,
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,
and walk in the ways of thine heart,
and in the sight of thine eyes.
But know thou, that for all these things,
God will bring thee into judgment.
You only young ones, so cherish the moment.
When you are young, you are strong.
You can work harder, right?
You can do great things due to your youth,
so don't waste your precious time.
Proverbs 20 verse 29 says the glory of young men is their strength, right? Work harder
And do great things for God. Maybe do more mission trips
because your body can handle it when you are young, okay?
Enjoy your youth, enjoy being a child,
enjoy being a teenager, enjoy being a young adult, okay?
Let boys be boys, let a child be a child.
Let them have their own struggles
and just let them overcome them, okay?
Don't force a child to do adult things.
Let them enjoy their face in their life because you are only young ones and everyone should enjoy life in general.
We should be content in whatever phase of life we are in.
If you are an elderly person, enjoy being an elderly person.
However, while you are enjoying your life, remember that God will judge you in whatever
you do regardless of your age, right?
Because the last part of verse 9 says, for all these things, you can enjoy all you want,
but for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment.
Because what you do as a young man, as a young woman, has consequences for life, right?
For example, if you're not saved, then you will go to hell, but if you are saved, and if you are into some wicked sins as a young person, it may hunk you for a long time.
Someone's for the rest of your life think about alcohol right young people like you know try these you know wicked vices
But if you are a drunk it will take a while to quit that quit that addiction. You will ruin your life
Drugs right smoking weed vape cigarette these things are trendy
Hey, don't don't get into that because it may haunt you for a long time
Destroy your lawn it will it will hurt you when you're an adult
Fornication
These things against your own body
Sometimes can carry you in your marriage throughout the rest of your life
You know the worldly standards that you have as a as a young person can ruin your future families can ruin your
relationships
Look at verse number 10 the Bible says
Therefore, remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evil from thy flesh for childhood
and youth are vanity.
What's he saying here?
Don't do stupid things when you are young.
That will lead up to sorrow for the rest of your life.
Remove sorrow and put away evil, okay?
There's nothing wrong with being like adventurous as a teenager, but don't sin.
Be courageous as a teenager, but don't fall into wickedness.
Be bold in your dreams as a young person,
but flee from the lust that wars,
that war against your souls.
Second Timothy 2 verse 22 says,
flee also youthful lust.
but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
There are certain sins, temptations, lust that young people struggle, right?
For example, in a pride, covetousness, fornication, drugs, okay?
So don't...
Don't even, you know, don't even get close to those things, right?
Flee away, run away from those things.
Have fun exploring life, but don't be conformed to this world, okay?
Laugh and make memories as a young person, but guard your heart against pride and vanity.
Enjoy your friendships and fellowships in your youth, but choose companions wisely who
actually walk with the Lord.
Because, know thou, for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
What you do as a young person matters, it might hound you for the rest of your life.
So choose your friends wisely, choose your standards wisely, choose your spouses wisely.
That's why we are family integrators so I can preach to the kids right here
Proverbs chapter number four verse number 20
the Bible says
my son
Attend to my words
Incline thine ear unto my sayings let them not depart from thine eyes keep them in the midst of thine heart
for they
Talk about the words the sayings for they are life unto those that find them and and health
To all their flesh if you keep the word of God if you keep God's wisdom you can be healthier
You can have an abundant life
Verse 23 keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it or the issues of life
Put away from the a forward mouth and perverse lips put far from thee. Hey, don't cut like a sailor. Okay?
Let them left and eyes look right arm and let them left and eyelids look straight before the have a clear path
Ponder that I think about what you are doing ponder that I'm path of
Thy feet and let all thy ways be be established
Turn now to the right hand north to the left remove thy foot from evil
When you are young it's a perfect time to let all that waste be established. It's a perfect time to
establish your biblical convictions, develop godly standards. It's a perfect
time to be grounded in the Word of God, right? Start reading your Bible cover to
cover. Have your own prayer life, okay? Don't wait till you are 18. Don't wait
till you are married. Start right now. Start as a teenager. Start as a young
child. You know, start reading the Bible. Start being grounded.
in the word of God, you know, start understanding why your parents believe in the standards from the Bible, develop your own biblical convictions.
By the way, you should be thankful that your parents bring you to church.
You should think about what you can do to serve at this church.
This seems like a youth rally sermon, so maybe pick up the musical instruments as you are
growing up and as you are developing, maybe help with the cleaning.
Hey, young man, there are a couple of you, some, one, two, three, four, five, five, six,
okay, so maybe you should start learning how to preach a sermon.
No, I do have to clarify with Pastor Thompson, like what's the minimum age, but I think it's 12, 13, but start, you know, learn, start learning how to preach, okay?
Because we need more preachers.
So, I said point number one, be liberal. Point number two, serve God right now. Point number three, remember the days of darkness.
And point number four, what's point number four? Rejoice in thy youth.
So what's the point of the sermon? Be liberal, be generous while you can,
but serve God right now and don't wait for perfect conditions, learn from the base of darkness,
and if you are young, which many of you are, you know,
cherish the moment and do great things for God, and realize that everything you do doesn't matter you are young and old,
God will bring that into judgment.
Let's pray.
Thank you all for this chapter.
Well, I pray that we'll cherish life and cherish the time that we do have on this earth and
do great things for you.
Well, I pray that we'll ground our convictions upon the Bible.
Well, I pray that the children and the young people here will do great things for God when
they are young, that they will set up great standards to help them succeed for the rest
of their lives.
Hey man, thank you, Evangelist Justin Zhang.
I always believed it's good to get people
the benefit of the doubt, but anytime I've ever heard
somebody that was called to be a missionary to Hawaii,
I'm immediately suspicious.
That's one I believe should first be proved,
and then maybe I'll give money to it,
but I don't have a verse on that.
We're gonna sing a chorus called God Owns the Cattle
on a Thousand Hills.
So I'll read it to you and then we'll sing it through twice God owns the cattle on a thousand hills the wealth in every mine
He owns the rivers and the rocks and rills the sun and stars that shine
Wonderful riches more than tongue can tell he is my father. So they're mine as well
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. I know that he will care for me
All right, so we're gonna sing that through once and then we'll sing it through again. So it goes
God owns a cattle on a thousand hills the wealth in every mind
He owns the rivers and the rocks and reels the sun and stars that shine
Wonderful riches more than tongue can tell
He is my father so they're mine as well
God owns a cattle on a thousand hills
I know that he will care for me
Alright, let's stand and we'll sing it through one more time
God owns a cattle on a thousand hills, the wealth in every mine.
He owns the rivers and the rocks and rills, the sun and stars that shine.
The under full riches more than tongue can tell.
He is my father, so they're mine as well.
Brother Rashid and call us Lord of Prayer.