Thank you for coming, we thank you for Asia, thank you for the opportunity to meet here in this great church.
We ask you to bless this day, bless the sermon, our hearts, our minds, our actions.
May the day of Christ Jesus be won. Amen.
Let's go to song number 418, now say it to Christ, 418.
418 say it to Christ, it is at the bottom of the page where it is, 417.
Say it to Christ, let's sing the four stanzas.
Hello, let's see the bulletin, the announcements, if you want to take it, in your hand the new memorization passage of the Bible is Psalm 59.
Let's memorize the passage 59, Psalm 59.1, if you look at the inside, the new times of service start today and this is not updated, but in reality it is the Spanish one.
The morning one is at 10.30, the Spanish one is at 9, which is the one we are in right now, the afternoon one is at 4.30 and the Wednesday one is at 7.
To win souls you can do it every day of the week, but the souls we see here in the church are Sunday at 2 in the afternoon with Pastor Shelley, Wednesday at 5.15 and Saturday at 4.30 with Brother Ili.
Until today there have been 235 salvations, souls saved in April only, all year round 843 and 8 baptisms.
We have several wives waiting for children, until now there are 11 apparently, those who are waiting right now, and please be praying for them.
That's where their names come from and how long they are waiting. There are two in May.
And there are also several occasions to pray for more people, for brother Cameron Hall, Alyssa Naim, Dineke Carlson, Faith Miller, Heidi Oz, who is going to have minor surgery on June 5.
And please, let's congratulate Brother Urbanek, who had a daughter, Juliette Kay.
She was born on April 28, at 8.38, weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces, and measuring 21 inches. Let's give a round of applause, please.
Let's go to the back of the bulletin. The following events are coming. May 11 is Mother's Day tea, from 3.30 to 5.30.
The last class of preaching. We invite you to be present, please. If you like, it's on Saturday, May 28.
It's the last class of a series of ten classes, so if you lost all or several, we would like to have you there.
It's super fun, super dynamic, and there's nothing like this out there.
May 19 is graduation day. June 8 is the wedding of Josh and Cynthia Garcia.
With this, we are going to sing the third hymn, number 447447.
From Jesus, the name saves.
447.
447, from Jesus, the name saves.
Are you ready?
Good morning. I was about to say good afternoon, but now the service has changed and now it's good morning.
Let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
Let's read verse 1 and verse 2 right now.
My topic right now is charity.
Here God's word teaches us that we can have wisdom, we can prophesy, we can have faith to move mountains, but if we don't have that charity in our hearts, it's not worth it.
It's not worth it.
And this week I was looking at verses, I was trying to prepare the sermon, and I was remembering when we were teaching my son.
We were teaching a little in school, homeschooling, and I remembered when I went to the academy in the Baptist church where I was going.
And how the pastor made us all practice verses, he read the Bible and taught us verses.
And I remembered this chapter, Proverbs 22, Psalms 1, many chapters and verses that when I was there we learned and memorized when we were in the academy.
And I remembered this, and I am remembering right now that there are many people, many Christian people, who have a cold heart.
They have a cold heart, they want to study all the Word of God, they are going to church, they are arriving on time, but they do not have the heart, they do not have the charity to be there for other people.
What is charity? Charity is to leave what one wants to do, what one expects from one, and turn that around and say, "What can I do to help other people? What can I do for this person? What can I do for this other brother?"
That is charity.
Let's read the second verse, chapter 3. Verse 3 says, "And if I repeated all the good things to feed the poor, and if I gave up my body to be burned, and I have no charity, it is of no use to me."
This is an incredible verse that one can say, "I'm going to give all my money to the poor. I'm going to do everything for the poor.
I'm going to make a sacrifice. I'm going to be the same sacrifice in my body, but if I don't have charity, what good is it to you?"
Also, there it says that the person who does these things is not doing it in the heart.
He is doing it because he wants to be, he wants people to see, he wants people to say, "Oh, the brother is giving all his donations to the poor.
He is doing many good things in front of the eyes of men, but in reality he is doing it in the heart. He is not doing it in the heart.
We also, following this verse, should live a life just as they tell us that we should live just as Jesus did.
What did Jesus do when he came here on earth?
Jesus came, a person who never sinned, who had higher wisdom than any other person,
because compared to us, the wisdom that we have is very small compared to the wisdom that he has.
And what did he do here? What did Jesus do here?
He came here to serve, to serve and be with others. That is the charity.
Jesus came not only to preach the Word of God, but also to be there, to heal people, to be there for others.
There were people who did not have the education as he had at a high level,
but he was there teaching with love.
And also, the most important thing is that he came and died on the cross for us,
knowing that we do not deserve anything and he did not expect anything from us.
He did not expect absolutely anything from us.
And that is the greatest charity that there is.
Even though Jesus came and died on the cross for us,
we do not have to know anything more than to accept that gift.
Let's read verse 4 and 5.
This is what it explains about charity, the definitions of charity.
Charity is suffered, it is benign.
Charity does not have envy.
Charity is not ungrateful.
It does not disappear.
It does nothing evil.
It does not look for its own.
It does not get angry.
It does not think in evil.
Charity is suffered.
What does charity suffer?
What we should do is to have patience between one and the other.
Not to be, "Oh, I can't stand German-German anymore.
I get angry all the time.
I can't stand it anymore.
I don't want anything with him anymore."
You have to have that tenderness to say,
"Hey, my brother is going through a bad time.
I have to pray for him.
I have to find ways to help him.
If he needs help, I want to be there for him."
That is charity.
Let's continue reading what he says.
"It is painful. Charity does not have envy."
It does not have envy.
So if there is a brother who is doing better at work,
who has a better salary, who has a better house, who has a better car,
I myself, from my heart, should not have envy and say,
"Oh, my brother Garcia has a bigger house than I do. I envy him."
Or, "I got a new truck this year and I envy him."
That is not charity.
Charity is to be happy and say,
"Hey, thank God that God is blessing you in a job.
He is blessing you with another new car. Thank God."
That is charity.
Let's continue reading.
He says, "Do not do anything, individual. Do not seek what is yours."
As I was explaining before, do not seek what is yours,
but seek the good of others.
What God wants is for you to be able to serve others,
not only to receive.
That is what God wants.
God was the first example of how one should help others,
to be there for others.
Not simply to have all the wisdom that the Word of God has.
You can have all this,
but if you don't have the heart to want to help others,
what is it for?
We are going to read, since we have read verse 4 and verse 5,
it says, "Do not think about evil.
Do not think about the evil of others.
Think about the good of others."
How can they serve God better?
You are trying to help.
Verse 6 says, "Do not enjoy injustice."
This is another thing that I keep thinking about what is going to happen next month.
What is going to happen next month?
Many other churches are starting to attack the people who are preaching the word of God.
That is what happens all the time in June.
Do they have charity of that kind of people?
No, they don't have charity of that kind of people,
because that kind of people are enjoying the injustice of what homosexuals do.
Those who do the abortion, those who do the abuse,
everything that is wrong, they are against us
because we are preaching the word of God, and that is not charity.
Charity is what the verse says, "You enjoy the truth."
Charity should be that you should be enjoying what the truth says,
not what other people say or what is wrong.
And it is very wrong when a person attacks a church that is trying to serve the Lord.
Let's continue reading.
Everything suffers, everything believes, everything waits, everything supports.
Another example that happens with people, Christian people,
is that in Christian life there will be many persecutions.
There will be many things that happen in life, but it is part of Christian life.
And what happens with those people?
They can't stand it, they can't stand it, they can't move forward.
Why? Because the persecution, the persecution is here,
because the Zodomites are already attacking them,
or they have other persecutions with the family members who are also attacking them.
And they come out, they come out of the ways of God,
"I can't stand it anymore, I can't stand it anymore."
But what does it say here? It says, "Support."
Charity is to move forward in whatever it is,
whether it is in this church or in another church,
to move forward with the Word of God.
That is charity.
What does the verse say?
What does verse 8 say?
We are going to read verse 8 and verse 13.
Charity never ceases to be,
but prophecies come to an end,
and languages cease,
and science comes to an end.
Here, here is what it says,
the most important thing is to have the love,
the charity to help others.
What does verse 13 say?
And now there is faith,
hope, and charity,
these three,
but the greatest of them is charity.
Let's read Colossians 3.
Do not be cold, brothers,
do not be cold.
Try to have that heart,
try to come here to the church and say,
"Hey, how can I help?"
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