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you you you you you you yeah you Okay good evening everyone Please find your seats, grab your hymnals And turn to hymn number 18 Hymn number 18 take the name the name of Jesus with you Hymn number 18 take the name of Jesus with you And when you found it, can you please stand The name of Jesus with you child of Sorrow and of Woe Which will joy and comfort give you, take it then where e'er ye go Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Take the name of Jesus ever As a shield from every snare Stages round together Breathe that holy name in prayer Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Hope of the precious name of Jesus How it fills our souls with joy When his loving arms receive us And his stones our tongues employ Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven At the name of Jesus bowing Falling from straight at his feet King of kings and heaven will crown him When our journey is complete Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Precious name, O how sweet Hope of earth and joy of heaven Amen Ok, great singing. Let's go to a word of prayer Dear Lord, thank you that we can be gathered once again in your house this evening on a Thursday night And that we have Pastor Kevin here to preach to us Lord, we pray that you would forgive us of any unconfessed sins Fill us with your Holy Ghost And let us sing praise unto you Have God be fellowship and learn from your word this evening In Jesus' name we pray, Amen You may be seated Ok My voice isn't quite what I hoped But that's ok Please turn back a few pages to hymn number 15 Lead me to Calvary Hymn number 15, Lead me to Calvary Hymn number 15, Lead me to Calvary King, king of my life I crown thee now Thine shall the glory be I crown thee now Thine shall the glory be Lest I forget thy thorn, crown, crown Lest I forget thy thorn, crown, crown Lead me to Calvary Lead me to Calvary Lest I forget yet Calvary Lest I forget thy agony Lest I forget thy love for me Lead me to Calvary Lead me to Calvary Show me the tomb where thou wast laid tenderly worn and wept Angels in robes of wise array artisty while thou slept Lest I forget Gethsemane Lest I forget agony Lest I forget thy love for me Lead me to Calvary Let me like Mary through the gloom come with a gift to thee Show to me now the empty tomb Lead me to Calvary Lest I forget Gethsemane Lest I forget thy agony Lest I forget thy love for me Lead me to Calvary May I be willing Lord to bear daily my cross for thee Even my cup of grief to share thou hast borne all for me Lest I forget Gethsemane Lest I forget thy agony Lest I forget thy love for me Lead me to Calvary Hey, great singing Last hymn before the Bible reading What is the Bible reading this evening? 2 Corinthians 4 Alright, go to hymn number 37 there will be no dark valley hymn number 37 there will be no dark valley there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes to gather his loved ones home there will be no more sorrow when Jesus comes there will be no more sorrow when Jesus comes than a glorious sorrow when Jesus comes to gather to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes to gather his loved ones home there will be no more weeping when Jesus comes there will be no more weeping when Jesus comes, they'll bless every age when Jesus comes to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home to gather his loved ones home there will be no dark valley when Jesus comes to gather When Jesus comes, there'll be songs of greeting When Jesus comes, and a joyful meeting When Jesus comes, to gather His loved ones home To gather His loved ones home To gather His loved ones home There'll be no dark valley When Jesus comes, to gather His loved ones home 2 Corinthians 4 verse 1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not, but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost, in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. We are perplexed, but not in despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken. Cast down, but not destroyed. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then, death worketh in us, but life in you. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak. Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for your word. We thank you that we can come here and sing hymns to you, Lord God, and praise. And we thank you that we can hear your word preached. We pray that your spirit would come upon Pastor Kevin as he preaches to us, Lord, and that you grant us understanding as we hear your word. In Jesus' name, Amen. Thank you, brother. All right, 2 Corinthians chapter 4. If you pay attention to the chapter, if you meditate on the chapter, you'll notice that there's a continual emphasis in this chapter about the differences between what is earthly or carnal and that which is heavenly and spiritual. And just for example, this is not really in my notes, but just to give you an example, it says here, verse number 5, for example, For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves, your servants for Christ's sake. And it keeps pointing to this fact that even though we're doing works in this world, we're preaching the gospel, it's not of ourselves. We're not the hero of the story. We're here representing Jesus Christ. And you just constantly see even in verse number 4, for example, in whom the God of this world, and of course the God of this world is Satan. And so we're constantly looking at differences between this world, carnal things, temporal things, and then compare them to the spiritual, heavenly, eternal things. But I want to draw your attention to verse number 16. And this is one of my favorite topics, the difference between the flesh and the spirit, the outward man and the inward man. And the outward man, let me just see, who do you think the outward man is? Is the outward man the flesh or the spirit? The breath. The breath? It's the flesh. Everyone's got a bit of breath in them, that's your flesh. But the inward man, that's the spiritual man, the inward man is the spirit, and that man is renewed day by day. The outward man perish. This body, this flesh will perish. It's dying, it gets sick, it gets COVID, it's weak, it's carnal, it's selfish, and one day this outward man will truly perish, it will truly die, but we have the inward man, we have this dual nature within us. And in this outward flesh, we still have to operate, right? We live in this world, we operate in this world, like I said, we get physical ailments in this flesh. And here's the thing, when we go through troubles and problems in this world, you will complain in the outward flesh. Like you will think every issue is some major problem, your life's a disaster, but look at verse number 17, it says, For our light affliction, light affliction, which is but for a moment, going, hold on, no pastor, you don't understand. This affliction I'm going through might be a lifelong affliction. Pastor, I was born with this illness and I'm going to die with this, how can this just be a moment of time? But again, this light affliction that we have on this earth in comparison to heaven, in comparison to that which is eternal, is a light affliction. This life is just a moment. Working for us, a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. So you can see once again the Lord is drawing our attention to the problems of this life, it's light, it's a moment, but we need to be thinking about the eternal things. The eternal weight of glory, the eternal reward that we can receive with our Lord God. And then verse number 18 is the clincher. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. And so we're being encouraged to have the right perspective. Not to see with the physical, not to see with the fleshly, temporal, carnal eyes, but to see with the inner man, see spiritually, see eternally. And so the title for the sermon tonight Brevin is, Have a Heavenly Perspective. Have, or have a heavenly vision, have a heavenly perspective. And I know that in your heart you already in many ways have a heavenly perspective in life. But I think there are going to be some things that I touch upon tonight that might offend you. I think in my opinion this type of sermon that I'm going to preach offends everybody. Okay, so you probably will get offended and I'm not going to apologise for that. And if you get offended let me ask you, assess yourself. Are you getting offended because your eyes are earthly? Are you getting offended because your eyes are on temporal, carnal things or are your eyes on spiritual things? Okay, so we need to be thinking about eternity. We need to be looking at this life, at this earth, at these 70, 80, 90, 100 years potentially that God has given you. We need to be looking at this as a vapour, as a moment of time, the problems that we go through. We need to be looking at this as light affliction in comparison to the truly abundant life that Christ has given us in the inner man. So have a heavenly perspective. Come with me to Ephesians, actually keep your finger there in 2 Corinthians if you can because we are going to come back to it a little bit later. But come with me to Ephesians chapter 2, come with me to Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number 4. And the introduction is quite a long introduction. I really just want to build a framework here and then I'll just give you my final thoughts at the end which will probably offend some people. Alright, but Ephesians chapter 2 verse number 4, Ephesians 2, verse number 4 please, Ephesians 2, 4. The Bible reads, Now look at verse number 6, are you saved tonight? Are you someone that has been saved by God's grace? Alright, then verse number 6 is about you. Raised us up together. I want you to think about that for a moment. Hath, that's present tense, so you're already saved. So in the present tense, God hath raised us up together. Raised us up, what are you talking about? Look at this. And made us, made us, what's that? Past tense. He's already made us, hasn't he? And made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Say, hold on, Pastor Nono, you don't understand. I am not seated in heavenly places. In fact, I'm seated right now in the chairs at Blessed Old Baptist Church tonight. I am definitely not in heavenly places. But again, what is your perspective? Yes, from an earthly perspective, we're here on this earth. But when we look at things from God's perspective, he has already raised us up, he has already saved us. And from God's perspective, we're already seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Because where is Christ Jesus right now? He's in heavenly places. He's seated at the right hand of the Father. And if we're in Christ Jesus, then we two spiritually speaking, eternally speaking, are already seated in those heavenly places. Once again, just confirming the fact that you can't lose your salvation because the moment you got saved, you're already in heavenly places. But I want to show you that. There is a reality, it's hard to wrap our minds around. But as far as God is concerned, we're already in heaven. And we often think about, yeah, one day I'll be in heaven. Okay, let's say that day has come, your body has passed and your soul and spirit are in heaven right now. What kind of perspective do you think you're going to have on the earth when you're seated with the Lord God in heaven? Are you going to be caring about the carnal things? Are you going to be caring about how big your bank account is on the earth when you're in heaven? Of course not. You're going to be thinking about spiritual things. You're going to be desiring that God's people that are on the earth are doing everything they can to preach the gospel, to further their kingdom, to bring souls into heaven. You know, you want to see the will of the Father being conducted on the earth more so than you ever have been. And if that's going to be your perspective when you are in heaven, as far as time is concerned, well, if God says you're already sitting in heaven places, shouldn't that be our perspective right now? It's not something that we need to wait for. It's something that we need to be thinking about and concentrating on right now. We are in heavenly places. Alright? Come with me to 2 Peter 3. Come with me to 2 Peter 3. Keep a finger in 2 Corinthians for later. But come with me to 2 Peter 3. And while you're turning to 2 Peter 3, I'm going to read to you from Hebrews 11. I'm still in the Perfect Man series. And I've quoted many times from Hebrews 11, because it's such an important chapter, when we consider these great men of faith, these great ladies of faith. And I just want to read to you about Abraham. We're told in the Bible that we're children of Abraham because we have the same faith as faithful Abraham. And the Lord God called Abraham out of his former country, and the Lord told him to go into the Promised Land. Even before Israel had formed as a nation, even before many hundreds of years before Israel would even take the land of Canaan as their land, Abraham was called into that land of promise. And it says in Hebrews 11 verse 8, You guys go to 2 Peter 3, but I'll read to you from Hebrews 11. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out not knowing whether he went. So God had told Abraham, this land will be your inheritance. This promise was made to Abraham, and the promise was made to his seed. And Galatians chapter 3 says that the seed is Christ, and if you're in Christ Jesus, the promise has been made to you. This land is a land of promise. And so Abraham says, yes Lord, I'm going to go to the land. Now what are you going to do with that land? If Abraham has an earthly and carnal perspective, I can easily think that well, God's given me this land, I guess I'm going to start building my houses, I'm going to start taking land, I'm going to start taking power. Abraham was a very rich man with great servants, he even had an army, you may remember the story where he sent his servants to go fight a war against kings, and it was victorious. Abraham was a powerful man in the land. But I want to show you what kind of perspective did Abraham have? Did he have an earthly carnal perspective to the land, or did he have a heavenly spiritual perspective? It continues in verse number 9. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, look at this, next words, as in a strange country, he went to the land of promise, he went to the land of Canaan, and he goes, this is a strange land. I don't really feel like I belong here, is his perspective. And then he says, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Look, Abraham didn't spend time building fortresses, building palaces, he spent time building a house of brick and mortar. He was happy to just live in tabernacles. He goes, a tent is good enough for me, because I can easily pack up a tent, and I can move, this land is strange, I don't really feel like I belong to this land. And then it says, the heirs with him are of the same promise, and then it says in verse number 10, this is what blows my mind. He goes, for, this is the reason why, this is the reason why to him the land was strange, this is the reason why he didn't want to build in big cities and structures of the land. In verse number 10 it says, for he looked for a city which have foundations, whose builder and maker is God. That's why. He goes, this is a strange land to me. I can't set my heart on this temporal carnal place. I'm looking for a city that has been built and made by God, whose foundations have been laid by God. And we know later on this speaking of course about New Jerusalem, the heavenly Jerusalem, the heavenly city which descends from heaven when God creates a new heaven and a new earth. Look, even though Abraham was a very wealthy man, even though he could have very well built cities and towers, he goes, you know what, I'm a stranger, I'm just passing through, I can't wait to be at home in the new heavens and the new earth, the new Jerusalem which God himself has built. That's the best quality workmanship that I'm going to find. That's my perspective. My desire, my faith, my heart is on eternal, heavenly things. Spiritual things, not on carnal things. So, if that's how Abraham considered his home, a land that was promised by God, then how should we be thinking about our homes, our possessions, our properties? Thank God if you own a house. Thank God if you're renting. Thank God if you've got a roof over your head. You know, Australia is built on debt. It's built on, you know, people commonly think of investment in property. And look, there's nothing wrong with it in of itself. There's nothing wrong with Abraham receiving a promised land by God. Okay, but I want you to understand that his perspective was not on how wealthy can I get on this earth. You know, what can I leave as a, not destiny, sorry, an inheritance on this earth. A legacy is the word I was looking for. You know, he's not thinking about what's my legacy on this earth. He's thinking about what's my legacy in heaven, whose builder and maker is God. Who of my children are going to be in that spiritual city made by God? That was his perspective. So that's his home, his dwelling. And look, again, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with a house or living and making sure you live comfortably. We are operating in this world, but you need to have the right perspective. You know, is this really what matters in life? What about the world at large? We live here in Sydney. You know, I actually like Sydney. As far as, I've got a lot of memories here. Like, every time I fly over on the plane, I look down. Every time we drive the streets headed here, I've got memories everywhere. I actually like Sydney as far as where I grew up and, you know, I can remember where I took my wife on a date here and this is where I hung out with my friends over here and this is where I maybe got into a bit of mischief over here. But every little corner, every street has a little story to tell. And I can see how easy it is to get attracted to the world, attached to the world, you know, have sentimental values to the world. But look at 2 Peter 3 verse 11. Look what the Bible says about this world that we live in. It says, seen then, seen, having the right perspective again. Seen then that all these things shall be dissolved. This city's going to burn up one day. God is going to create a new heaven, a new earth. It's all going to burn. So what does it matter from a heavenly perspective? From an eternal perspective, it doesn't matter. So in light of understanding that, it says you ought to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Our behaviour ought to be a godly, a holy, you ought to be separate from this world. Look at verse number 12. Okay, instead of looking at this world and understanding it's going to just be dissolved, what should our perspective be? Verse number 12. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God. So we ought to be looking for the coming of God. Why? It says wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. We ought to be looking forward to the coming of our Christ, the coming of our Lord, knowing full well when he comes, it's all going to dissolve. It's all going to burn down. So it's a very different perspective to life. And then it keeps going, verse number 13. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwell of righteousness. That's like Abraham. He was looking for the new heaven, new earth. Wherein dwell of righteousness. Sydney is a pretty city. You know, you go to the harbour city, you look at the opera house and the, you know, Centre Point Tower. It's not called Centre Point Tower anymore. It's called something else now. And the opera house and the, you know, you see, it's actually, on the harbour, it's actually quite a beautiful city. Alright? But it's not a city wherein dwell of righteousness. It's not a city that dwells right. It's a city of wickedness. Okay? It's a city of fornication. It's a city of adultery. It's a city of gambling, of drugs and alcohol, of abortions. There's murder happening on our streets, you know, these very nights. You know, this is not a city of righteousness. And so one thing we need to remind ourselves is, as pretty as a city could look, and as pretty as the Sunshine Coast can look, it's made up of wicked people. It's made up of sinners, of wickedness, unrighteousness. All manners of offense toward God found in these so-called lovely places. And then we get reminded in verse number 14, Wherefore beloved, seen, again seen, seen constantly, you know, this look, this perspective, seen that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless. I love this. Be found in peace. There are certain qualities in life that I've learnt to really enjoy and to really value. One of those things is happiness and joy. The joy of the Lord. I like being happy. I like being... But another quality that I really like is peace. You know, I don't like to be in constant conflict. It's tiring. It's exhausting. Sometimes you have to be in conflict and you better get ready for the war. You know, we're told to put on the full armor of God. You know, there are times that we need to stand up and go to war. But I'd much rather prefer the peace if the Lord allows me to have that peace. These are qualities that I really value peace and joy. But if we set our heart on this earth, if we set our eyes on temporal, carnal things, I'm telling you now, you will not have peace. You will not have peace. You see, this world is only getting worse. And one thing I observe in this... You know, I'm going to start offending people. But one thing that I observe in the hearts of Christians and they mean well, and you mean well, is you hope the world's going to get better. And look, I hope it does. Like, I hope this world suddenly has some major change, a major awakening, and they realize they've been throwing things down the toilet and they turn against, you know, this LGBT nonsense and they... You know, I hope there's a change. But if I'm pursuing that, knowing that this is just the earth where I'm a soldier and a passing through, you may never see an improvement in this world. I think it's very likely, more likely than anything, that this world's just going to get worse and worse and worse. And if you're just hoping that the world will change, you're not going to be at peace. You're not going to be happy. One thing that I found in my life, what gave me the greatest peace and joy, is when I said, you know what, forget this earth. It's a strange country. You know, I'm looking for a city whose builder and maker is God. And when you change perspective and you look at life from a heavenly, spiritual way, the peace of Christ, the love of the Lord, the joy of the Lord, just fuels you so greatly. And look, you still appreciate that God has given you a place to live. You still understand there's a work to be done. There are souls to be saved. You know, we need to stand on God's word. We understand that. But you're not so desirous to see this world become a better place because you know the better place is New Jerusalem. You know the better place is eternity with our Lord God. You know, very quickly, I'll just read to you from Colossians 3.22. We live in this life. You know, you work a job. You've got to work a job to make a living. And I'll just read, if you have time to turn, Colossians 3.22. And I know I've read this many times, but I read it because it changed my life. When I meditated and I really thought about what I'm reading here, it changed my life. And I truly believe it's going to change your life. Colossians 3.22. What is that verse saying? It's saying, men, when you go to work, don't think of it as just a temporary, carnal job just to get a paycheck. Do the job fearing God. When you think of God, you're thinking of eternity. You're saying, I'm serving my Lord God. He's given me this job. He's given me this contract. He's given me these hours. He's given me this task. So I'm going to serve you, Jesus Christ, as best I can. I'm not trying to please man. I'm not thinking temporal. I'm not thinking carnal. I'm thinking spiritual. It changes your life. It means now your dead end job has value, has eternal value, because you're serving Jesus. It changes everything. Verse 23, and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. That's your job. Do it to the Lord. You know, even your workplace. I know you probably don't enjoy it, 9 to 5, 9 to 5, getting sick of it, pastor. Then do it for Jesus. You say, it's a dead end job. I'm not progressing. Jesus gave it to you. Think of him. Think that you're serving him faithfully. And if you don't work a job, you're missing out on a great privilege. You know, man, it's your responsibility to work a job. That's what God has created you to do. To look after your wife, to raise a family, to provide for their needs. It'll give you great satisfaction. But then it also gives you a number of hours every day that you can serve Jesus Christ faithfully with an eternal, heavenly perspective. And you'll be blessed. You'll find yourself being a top employee. Not because you're sucking up to the boss. Because you're just pleasing Jesus Christ. And I tell you, you're going to have a strange satisfaction that you never thought you could have. A great peace, a great joy. Because you're looking at your job from a heavenly perspective once again. You're still going to finger in 2 Corinthians. Come with me to 2 Corinthians, chapter 5. 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, please. 2 Corinthians, chapter 5. When we have a heavenly perspective, it also changes our very being, our very nature. Who we are. You say, this doesn't seem very controversial. You say, you're going to offend me. So far I agree with everything you're saying. Well, let's just wait. Let's just do introduction. 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, verse number 17. 2 Corinthians 5, 17. Just take a drink of water. Brethren, what's the new creature? Is that the outward man or the inner man? Inner man. The spirit. The born against spirit that God has given you. That part of you is a new creature. New creature. It looks at things from a heavenly perspective. From a God-fearing perspective. Verse number 18 says, And notice the next words. What is your ministry? Reconciliation. Doesn't matter who you are. Man, woman, child. If you are in Christ Jesus, if you have the new creature in you, your ministry is the ministry of reconciliation. It's already been given to you by God. So what is the ministry of reconciliation? What does it mean to reconcile? To bring peace between two parties. It's your job to bring peace between two parties. That's the lost world and our Lord God. Okay, verse number 19. To wit. That's to witness. Okay, to witness. That God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. Not imputing their trespasses unto them and have committed to us the word of reconciliation. You see, this ministry of reconciliation requires the word of reconciliation. We need to be opening our mouths and teaching the word of God, right? Then in verse number 20. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ. Look, you don't have an option. You are. This is what you are. You're an ambassador for Christ. As though God did beseech you by us. We pray you in Christ that be your reconciler to God. So, our very being, when you understand your heavenly, when you have a heavenly perspective on things, you understand you're an ambassador for Christ. Okay, now think about ambassadors in our nations. You know, we might have, I don't know, let's say we might have an American ambassador here in Australia. Okay? And that American ambassador is 100% American. Okay? But he operates in Australia. He operates in Canberra, right? He tries to keep peace between the countries. He tries to maintain agreements with the countries. The ambassador is looking for the best interests for his nation. Okay? And he's trying to influence Australia, you know, to make sure that whatever decisions our governments make are in the best interest for America. Or whatever ambassador, whatever country mix you want to say, that is essentially the goal of the ambassador. So, he works in Australia, but he's not Australian. He's American in that example. Well, if you're an ambassador for Christ, don't forget you're seated where? In heavenly places. Okay? This earth is not your country. You're just passing through. You're trying to bring peace between the lost souls and the kingdom of God. You're trying to bring reconciliation. You're trying to maybe help people migrate from Australia to heaven, to New Jerusalem, right? That's where the promises of God are. That's where salvation is. Why don't you come and get your green card and come and move to heaven by simply believing on Jesus Christ. But see, the ambassador, his heart is not on the earth or the country that he's walking in. His heart is toward the country that he represents. And so, brethren, even our very being, when we change our perspective to a heavenly perspective, you understand this world, this nation, this city, as much as you might be attached to it to some extent, it's not your home. You're just passing through. You're just a representative of heaven, of God, of the kingdom of God. So really, when you consider all these things, and this is just introduction, we really should have no real connection to this world. Right? We really shouldn't. And what disappoints me the most, there's a lot that disappoints me, and this is where I'm going to start offending people, is when I see my own church... Look, I understand Christians. I understand the Fox News Christian... Fox News Baptists, or the Sky News Baptist. Is that what you're commenting in Australia? Look, I understand that a lot of people think if I just get my political party in power, this world is going to improve. And I'm going to get myself in politics, I'm going to campaign, and I'm going to promote my candidate and my party, and I think this is the best way to... And I just think, why are you so attached to this world? This is not our world. This is not who you are. The answer to this world is Jesus. And you're an ambassador. You're not an ambassador for the Liberal Party. You're not an ambassador for the Labour Party. You're not an ambassador for whatever organization you think an earthly kind of organization. You're an ambassador for Jesus. You're an ambassador for heaven. Your heart and desire... You know this world is going down the toilet. You've read the Bible. You've read Revelation. You know this world gets worse and worse and worse and worse until Jesus comes back. Then he fixes it. So why are we trying to fix it from an earthly perspective today? Why? And why do we spend so much time watching the videos and the YouTubes and the bitchets and the telegrams and the instagrams? Why do we spend so much time focused on the politics and the corruption? We know this place is corrupt. You're not waking anybody up. The world knows this world is corrupt. We know the wickedness of man, the sinfulness of man. And the answer is not found in this world. I'm telling you the truth. The answer is not found in politics. I don't care who's in power because I'm an ambassador of heaven. It doesn't matter who's in power. My instructions from God remains the same. To bring people to be reconciled to the kingdom of heaven by believing in Jesus Christ. Nothing changes regardless of who's in power. Oh, but the Chinese! They're buying up the land of Australia. And soon we're all going to be speaking Chinese. Alright, who cares? Then you preach in Chinese the gospel of Jesus Christ. Then you reach the Chinese and you reconcile them to Jesus Christ. Nothing changes. It doesn't change. Come with me to 1 Samuel 8, please. 1 Samuel 8. 1 Samuel 8. Brethren. I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you. I don't care. You spend too much time on the internet. You spend too much time looking up conspiracies. And what's happening in this wicked world. And what is the answer? This is the answer. God's word. Saving souls. That's the answer. For you, anyway. It's hard to let the world go down the toilet, but if COVID taught me anything, it taught me to just detach. Go, whatever. I'm not going to get so caught up on every little time my rights get stripped away. I'm not going to get caught up every time there's some new health mandate that's been passed and some new law that's not fair and against the constitution, against the Magna Carta passed. Don't you understand? We're not a legal entity. We're sovereign people. I'm just passing through. That's just garbage to me. It's a strange country. I'm passing through. Everything that you think you're lining yourself up for because you're trying to change this world and you think the world can be changed by earthly means, to me, it's all strange. And to you, when you grow and mature, you become the perfect man, you're going to start realizing that was all strange. Why did I spend so much of my time and my heart and my energy trying to educate my brothers and sisters in church about what's going on on the earth when I should have just been focused on my Lord and say, Lord, what do you want from me? Lord, how can I serve you? How can I be an ambassador, a representative for you? What do you want me to do? You're in 1 Samuel 8, aren't you? 1 Samuel 8, let's look at this passage. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Let's stop for a moment. This is before Israel had kings. Samuel was the last real judge. He was a prophet and a judge. This was under the... Let's use the word establishment because I'm going to use this word later on. This was under the establishment of the judges. This was a system that God put into place as far as how the nation was to be managed. You go, well, Samuel, we know he was a great man. He was a faithful man. We know Samuel was a great man who got a great prophet. And so the system should work well with godly men like Samuel in place. And fine, I agree with that. But now it says he was old and it says he made his sons judges over Israel. Surely he raised his sons well. Surely his sons loved the Lord. Well, verse number two. Now the son, the name of the first one was Joel and the name of the second Abaya. They were judges in Beersheba and his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after Luca and took bribes and perverted judgment. So hold on. This is the system that God first instituted into Israel but now even Samuel's own sons are walking wickedly. Now they're perverting judgment. They're taking bribes. They're seeking, surprise, surprise. This is what every government and ultimately pretty much every politician ultimately they're going to bend their knee to money, to bribery, to their own self-interests rather than the interest of the people of their land. Even in a godly institution of judges. You say, is there something wrong with God's institution? No, there's something wrong with man. It's sin. It's wickedness. And this is why it doesn't matter what system is in place. It doesn't matter if the right, if it's the right wing or the left wing or the mid wing or the, what are the new ones? The blue, not turquoise? What is it? Tills. The tills or the greens or the Christian Democratic Party or something. We've got to get the right people in place passed. It's going to change our nation. If there's a Samuel involved, yes. But even if there's a Samuel involved, eventually, eventually it's going to be passed on to some corrupt politicians. Eventually it's going to pass on to some just wicked, because we're all sinners. We're all sinners. And it's easy to go, ah, those politicians are wicked. Look, if I've read my Bible and I'm humble enough to admit, you know, if God just decided to give me trillions of dollars, there you go, Pastor Kevin. Here's trillions of dollars. Here's your power. You know, you've got influence over the whole world. I would not be the same man I am today. It's going to corrupt my heart. You know, it's going to corrupt your heart. You don't think, but you will. Because the outward man, remember? The outward man, the flesh. It's the selfishness. It's there. And you see great men of God in the Bible. You see someone like a soul man, who starts so well serving the Lord, he gets power, he gets money, he gets great wisdom, and he blows it all. His heart gets turned away from the Lord eventually. Doesn't matter what system is in play. You know, as soon as you add sinners to the mix, it's going downhill. So the answer is not earthly. The answer is not carnal. You need to understand, I really want to, I feel like when I preach this, I feel like people look at me like I've got two heads or something. But it's the truth. It's the truth. And you know, if you think, no, Pastor, there is a way in this earth, if I get voted as the President of Australia, but then we have one, Australia gets made a republic, and I become, I'm going to fix it. Trust me, Pastor. All the pedophile rings, they're going to be thrown into prison, and they're going to be locked away. In fact, we're going to stone them to, you know what I'm saying, Pastor? If I was in charge of the whole world, it's going to be wonderful. No. You're going to be corrupted by the power, by the influence, by the money. This is what happened to Samuel's sons. Right? And so, people are looking at the corruption of Samuel's sons, of sinners, and they want to change the system. It says here in verse number 4, Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel and to Ramah and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways. Now, make us a king to judge us like all the nations. The people are demanding a new system, a new world order, okay, to their nation. People are often talking about, oh, Pastor, you know, the new world order. Who cares? Honestly. There's been new world orders time and time and time again. The last major one was World War II when America became, you know, the center power of the earth. That was a change of a new world order. There's always a change of a new world order. But the thing about Belial, the next one, that's the mark of the beast. It's going to be the antichrist. You don't know that. I don't know that. This is the way of the world. There's a constant change. Kingdoms rise, kingdoms fall. Kingdoms rise, kingdoms fall. And every time there are Christians in the mix, we're about to have the antichrist appear on the scene. It's about to be the tribulation. Look, just have a heavenly perspective on things and understand the only answer to this world is the gospel, is the Lord. You're the light of this world, okay, and God has asked you not to get involved and not to have an earthly perspective, okay, have a heavenly perspective. Think of souls. Think about what God demands of you. These people are saying we need to change the system. Give us a king. And of course, well, let's keep going there. I want to show you a few things. Verse number seven. It says, but the thing, verse number six, sorry, but the thing displeased Samuel and they said, give us a king to judge us and Samuel prayed unto the Lord. Now, will the Lord say to Samuel, no, no, no, no, the system of the judges, that's what I put into place. They're not going to get what they want. We can't change systems, Samuel. Look how the Lord responds. I want to show you just how much God cares, all right. Verse number seven. And the Lord said unto Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people. He says, God says to Samuel, you know what, give them what they want. They want a new system. They want a new world order. They want kings over them. Give them what they want, Samuel. I want you to just notice from God's perspective, systems are always going to fail and God knows this, okay. And though we want a better system, you'll soon see that whatever new world order, whatever new system takes over, it's just going to be worse than the one before, okay. What does God say? It says, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them out of Egypt, even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. Now therefore hearken unto their voice, howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. So look, let them have what they want. They want a new world order. They want kings in place. All right, just let them have it, but you just warn them. You show them that it's not going to be the answer they think it is. It's not going to be the answer to be the answer of righteousness that they think they're going to get. What are the words, verse number 10? And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked him for a king, and he said, this will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you. He will take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariots. He goes, you want a king? Fine, the king's going to take your sons, and they're going to fight his wars. They're going to join his army, and they're going to lose their life for him. Are you sure that's what you want? Verse number 12. And he will appoint him captains over thousands and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots. Look, he's saying, they're just going to serve the king. Your sons, your children are just going to serve the king for the rest of their lives. Are you sure this is what you want? Verse number 13. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers. So instead of them working for their family, instead of them working for their husbands, they're going to be working for the government. Verse number 14. And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your oil yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and to give of his officers and to his servants. He's going to take 10%. He's going to tax you 10% of everything you have. You say, that's a pretty good system. I'm paying 30, 40, 50%. Look how much worse it's gotten. Even 10% taxes was a heavy burden on the people back then. Verse number 16. And he will take your men servants and your maid servants and your goodliest young men and your asses and put them to his work. And he will take the tenth of your sheep and you shall be his servants. And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which he has chosen you and the Lord will not hear you in that day. You want it, then you get all the consequences that come with that new system. You get the consequences that come with that new power base. What are you talking about, Pastor Kevin? Well, let me explain a couple of things to you. I really kind of touched upon it a little bit. It boggles my mind to see Christians, God's people, ambassadors of the kingdom of God, obsessed about politics. I'm not saying be stupid. I'm not saying have some understanding and some wisdom. We live in this world, we have to operate in this world. Okay? But one thing that I find in the previous generations, the baby boomer generations, is their greatest influence in their life was the media. Was TV host the news programs? And people with a paper on their wall because that says they graduated from some university and they're a doctor of whatever. And the previous generations, they've been so brainwashed by the media, they look up, they think that is the source of truth. The only source of truth, by the way, is this book. It's the only source of truth. They've been so brainwashed. And they're fighting this wall between the left and the right paradigm. And if I just get the political party in my favor that I like in power, I know our nation's going to do well. And both parties think that. Okay? And it just reminds me of these words from Jesus in John 18, 36. Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence. Christ says, my kingdom is not from here. My kingdom is not from hence. If my kingdom was from here, my servants would fight. In other words, why as God's people are we fighting for a kingdom on this earth? It's not going to come from here. It's not going to come from your favorite political party. It's not going to bring righteousness to a nation. Only Jesus will bring righteousness to a nation. And you are his ambassador. You know, when you're out there promoting your political party, are you really serving Jesus? Because, I tell you, the head of your political party is a wicked sinner, very likely unsaved on his way to hell. Okay? And he's going to, just like the sons of Samuel, they're going to chase the filthy lucre. They're going to give in to their bribes. And we, on the other hand, one of the privileges that we have is the internet. You know, we live in a generation of information, a lot of information, but again, it's not all true information. Again, the only source of truth is God's word. And it's helped us, our generation and beyond, it's helped us break out of that left-right paradigm. We realize the right wing and the left wing are the same wings of the same bird. It's one bird on one direction. It doesn't matter who's in power, the same things are going to take place. I'll give you an example. You know, I guess in many ways I'm a conservative. In many ways, you know, if I had a preference, if I really wanted to get myself involved in the political realm, you know, I would be right-lining rather than left-lining. Okay? And the right-lining political party in Australia is commonly the Liberal Party, and the Labor Party is commonly the left-lining political party, right? Like, there's usually two main parties opposing one another. Well, I remember, you know, where, I think it was the 80s, where it was the massacre in Tasmania. I forget his guy's name. What was his name? Martin Bryant. Martin Bryant. Okay? You know, there was a time when Australians could own guns. You know, commonly, in a conservative perspective, they're usually in favour of gun ownership, but after that massacre, guns were stripped away from Australians, and which party actually put that into practice? It was the Liberal Right-Lining Party. They ultimately ended up enforcing the liberal left-aligning politics and views. So, hold on. You guys are on opposite sides. Why are you doing what the left party wants? I mean, that kind of, as a child, that kind of confused me a little bit, because I understood that there were so-called these differences, and I was trying to understand what the differences were. The media is telling me that there's a difference. Be on this side or be on that side. But you're doing the same thing. It doesn't matter who's in power. And then, again, the right-leaning governments are against changing, you know, the definition of marriage. For a while, growing up, it was usually the right-leaning party that, no, one woman, one man for life, we're not going to change marriage, and the left-leaning party were like, no, we want to allow the filth and the scum of the LGBT crowd to get married, so we want to redefine it. That was coming from the left side of politics. But when Australia, you know, changed laws of marriage, when Australia allowed homosexual and gay and LGBT, whatever, marriage, which party was in power when that happened? Liberal, right-leaning government. You know why? Two wings of the same bird. Two wings of the same bird. They make you feel like you have a choice, but you don't. You see, the world, the devil, the god of this world, wants you to think you have an option, wants you to think that you can make a change in this world if you choose the right political leaning. I'm saying to you, brethren, that is an earthly perspective. You need to remove yourself and understand there is great corruption in this world. We've been blinded. We've been lied to. The generation before had been lied to. So you're going to break out of that system. But what happens with man? This is what happens to man. Say, pastor, I broke out of that system a long time ago. You know, everything, you know, the politics and the power bases and the Bill Gates and the George Sorosos, whatever it is, right, and all these organizations and the Jews and the bankers, you know, this is all part of the establishment, pastor. And the answer is not to work and change within the system. The answer is to change the system. The answer is to take down the establishment. And I want to be part of the anti-establishment movement. I want a new system, pastor. I'm not deceived like the generations of old. This is exactly what happened in Israel. We do not want the establishment of the judges, Samuel. It's corrupt. Your children are doing wrongly. They're chasing bribes and money. We want a new system, Samuel. Give us a king like all the other nations. Make us a kingdom. You sure you want a new establishment? You sure you want a new power base? Because they're going to take all your sons. They're going to take all your daughters. He's going to take all your possessions. He's going to tax you like crazy. He's going to take all your land. He's going to take everything that belongs to you. It's going to be worse under that new system. We want it anyway, Samuel. The Lord says, give it to them. If they want it. What I'm saying to you, brethren, is you think you've broken out of the left-right paradigm. You think you've identified the establishment as the enemy. But then the Christian, what do they do? They get themselves in that truthful movement, in that conspiracy. And look, there are conspiracies. I know there are conspiracies. But they get themselves so bogged down, and we can change it, pastor. You know, Donald Trump, I don't know. You know, what is it? The Q, are you guys familiar with this stuff? The Q movement, sorry, QAnon. And sovereign citizens on this side. We've got to take down, you know, the wicked power base, the establishment to come. And we need a new system, a grassroots movement, you know, protests around the world where the people rise up and the people have power. And what I'm telling you, brethren, is that this will happen. Come with me to the book of Revelation. Come with me to Revelation chapter 17. If that's you today, you will get what you want. You will get it. This establishment that you hate so much, and I hate so much, it will be taken down. And I'm worried for Christians that are so earthly and carnally minded, where they're so fixated on changing the world from bottom up. Look, brethren, again, Christ's kingdom is not from here. It's not from hence. The world's not going to be changed from a grassroots, bottom-up movement. The world's going to be changed from a top-down movement when God comes with his saints, when Christ comes and wipes out the nations, when Christ brings the kingdom of heaven onto this earth. That's what's going to change. Not a grassroots, earthly, carnal movement. Pastor, I've got all the links. I've got all the videos. Let's get behind the movement, you know? Let me send you all the videos. Stop being carnal. Stop being earthly. Stop wasting your time on nonsense. You've broken out of one system, and the God of this earth has blinded you into a new system, and you can't see it. You can't see that your earth, that your eyes are still earthly and carnal and fixed on temporal things. Brethren, it's all going to be dissolved. It's all going to burn down. The answer is not going to come from the earth. And I'm telling you, we've got brethren in this church and brethren that knew life about this church that are so obsessed with this world, with temporal, carnal things, it's not going to give you joy. It's not going to give you peace. And look, I don't know when the Lord's coming back. I don't know when the tribulation's going to come. I don't know if the antichrist is around the corner. It definitely has passed. It shocks me just how boldly my own church members can talk. This is definitely going to happen. Look, I've been waiting for the last ten years for some nuclear war because some Christian somewhere is just about to happen, pastor. So stock up on food. Make sure your kids are taken care of. Make sure you have medication and food because everything's going to stop. There's going to be a nuclear war. It might happen one day. You'll be, I see I was right, pastor. Yeah, but you were wrong for ten years. You finally got something right. We'll put good on you. But you wasted ten years on nonsense. Look, the current establishment, the current power base of this world, the Bible refers to it as mystery Babylon in the book of Revelation. Babylon in the Bible is the world dominating power of that day. And look, I'm not going to go into all of that right now. This is all for the end time series. But there's going to be a Babylon at the end times. And Babylon is a wicked place. Don't get me wrong. Babylon is a wicked establishment, a wicked power base. And if we want to talk about what this system of this world is, we can just call it Babylon if you want. Of the Babylon's of the past. And God's people under a Babylon has always been persecuted. God's, I'm going a bit over time, God's work has always been hindered by Babylon to some extent. It all starts by Judah being taken into captivity by the Babylonians. You know, the house of the Lord, the temple was burnt down when Nebuchadnezzar took over the southern kingdom. And so Babylon continues. If we can just wipe out Babylon. Babylon mandated vaccinations. You know, in the past 95% of Australians were forced by Babylon to be vaccinated. Let's take down this system. Revelation 17 verse 1. Let's start there. Revelation 17 verse 1. And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great hall that sitteth upon many waters. Verse number 2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So notice that the great kings of the earth have committed fornication with this great hall. This great hall is a city. If you just drop down to, let's look at verse number 6. It says, And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Now, this hall is this mystery Babylon. It's the establishment. It's the power base of the earth in the end times. There are different Babylon's throughout history. And whatever this Babylon is, I'm not saying that it's necessarily Babylon USA. It's whatever power base exists at the time of the end times. It could be China. I don't know. It could be anything. Because Babylon keeps changing. Okay? Now, you say, Well, we need to take that down. That power base. Look, it's been wicked. She's drunken with the blood of the saints. She's persecuted the people of God. Surely past the right thing to do. Is to fight this earthly carnal battle and take down Babylon. You probably don't realize, but the one that takes down Babylon is who? Let's read it. Verse number 12. And the ten horns which thou sawest the ten kings. And by the way, those horns are coming from the beast, but I don't have time to explain this all right now. But it says here, which have received no kingdom as yet, but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Let's think of verse number 12 for a moment. These ten kings on the earth. At this point in time, they have no power. Do you see that? But they're given power on the earth one hour with the beast. Who's the beast? The antichrist in the Bible. So these ten kings are not part of Babylon. They've got no power as of yet. These ten kings belong to the power base of the beast, of the antichrist. Do you understand what I'm saying? Let's keep going there. Verse number 13. These have one mind, the ten kings, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. So they're not Babylon. And you'll soon see they're definitely not Babylon. But they give their power to the beast. Say, well, we need to take down the establishment. We need to take down Babylon. Verse number 14. Now, we know that Babylon was made drunken by the blood of the saints, the people of God. Say, well, that's a wicked power. Let's raise up a new power. Well, the new power's going to be raised up, and look what's going to happen. Verse number 14. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them. For He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and they that are with Him are called and chosen and faithful. Verse number 15. And He saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the horse sitteth, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. So Babylon is over all the nations, right? And look at verse number 16. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore. Who hates the whore? Who hates Babylon? The ten kings that give their power to the beast. The ten kings that give their power to the antichrist. They hate Babylon. They hate the current establishment. Like you do. Like I do. And here lies the problem. Pastor, we need to take them down. Well, you know who else wants to take down the establishment? The beast. The antichrist. Because he wants to become the power of the earth. He wants to change power bases. Let's keep going then. Verse number 16. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore. And shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire. So who takes down Babylon? The antichrist. The ten kings that align themselves with the antichrist, with the beast. They hate the whore. They hate Babylon. They hate the establishment. They're going to be the ones that burn down the establishment. And they're going to become what? The new establishment. Brethren, you need to understand. The answer is not changing systems. Look, if you want to change systems, God's going to allow you. I'll show you soon that God even allows this. But it's just going to be worse. Babylon persecutes the people of God. The antichrist is going to make war against the saints. It's going to get worse. Babylon enforced the vaccinations. The antichrist is going to enforce the mark of the beast. It's going to get worse under a new system, under a new power base. Look at verse number 17. For God hath put in their hearts, that's the curse of those ten kings, to fulfil his will, and to agree, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. My big concern is we've got to take down the establishment. You might very well be aligning yourself with the antichrist in your pursuit. If we just rise up a grassroots power past heaven, power of the people, look, the beast is going to be loved by the entire world. He hates Babylon. He hates the establishment. He may look like the answer. Finally, pastor, it's coming, it's happening. The world is gathering, we're taken down. There's these Jewish elites and this power base. Babylon's going to be burnt down finally. And God says, all right, there you go, there's the antichrist for you instead. There's the mark of the beast instead. There's the war against the saints instead. It just gets worse and worse and worse. Brethren, the answer is not some earthly system. But notice what it says in verse number 17. And for God hath put in their hearts to fulfil heaven's new earth, to dissolve this earth. Lord, allow the wicked to judge the wicked. Lord, let the wicked destroy the wicked. Because, Lord, my eyes are not on the establishment. My eyes are not on right, my eyes are not on the left. My eyes are not on the establishment, my eyes are not on the anti-establishment. Lord, my eyes are not on heavenly, carnal, temporal things. Lord, my eyes are on you, on your will. Lord, I know you're going to come through. I know you're going to establish your kingdom on this earth. And, Lord, I'm an ambassador. You want to utilise me to bring people into your kingdom. And I'm going to give my attention, my time and my love on these things that matter for eternity. Lord, I'm going to change my perspective from an earthly perspective to a heavenly. Lord, I'm going to get off the internet. I'm going to stop sharing these conspiracy videos because I'm trying to change this world. And I'm going to try to wake up, no, wake people up to God. Wake people up to his gospel. Wake people up to his word and show them they've got nothing to be concerned about. This is a strange place we're just passing through. Our heaven is home. We're already seated in heavenly places and we're just representing Christ on this earth as best as we can. And I promise, brethren, you change that in your heart, in your practice. You'll have a peace. And you'll be like, you know what, let it be dissolved. Who cares? Lord, your will be done. The answer is not going to come from politics. The answer is not going to come by kings. It's not going to come by some new world order or some grassroots movement. No, the answer, Lord, is your kingdom. And so, Lord, utilise me today, utilise me tonight to be an ambassador for you. Lord, help me to have a heavenly perspective, not an earthly perspective. Brethren, I've gone a bit over time. Let's go to one more passage. Come with me to Philippians, chapter 3, just in conclusion. Philippians 3, 17, I'll read this quickly. Philippians 3, 17. Now, Philippians 3, Paul is warning the church about false prophets. But I want you to notice the heart of the false prophet. Because I don't want this to be your heart, church. I don't want this to be your heart. Okay? So I'm trying to show you the heart of the false prophet. So if you see yourself becoming that way, you go, whoa, I don't want to be like that. I don't want to be numbered amongst these people. In Philippians 3, 17. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have asked for an example. For many walk of whom I have told you often, and now to even weep in, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ. These enemies of the cross of Christ are the false prophets. But look at verse number 19. Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame. Look at the next words. Who mind earthly things. Look at these false prophets. Their mind is on earthly things. Temporary, carnal things. Okay? But then, in opposite to that, verse number 20. For our conversation, that's our behavior, our life, for our conversation is in heaven. From whence we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that he may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is even able to subdue all things unto himself. So brethren, what is your conversation like? What has it been like this week? What has it been like this past year? Is your conversation in heaven? Does your life represent the fact that you are in heaven already? Or do you mind earthly things? Like the false prophets. Brethren, the false prophets are going to get your mind to think of here and now, and brethren, it's all going to be dissolved. You need to have the right perspective. Title for the sermon was, have a heavenly perspective. As far as the Lord is concerned, you're already in heaven. And if you're already in heaven, then why are you thinking of earthly things? Why is your heart set on changing this world from some earthly system? You know it's not going to work. It might work temporarily, a new world order, peace for a period of time, maybe, maybe. But the same thing is going to happen. It's just going to get worse and worse, and you're not going to have peace, and you're not going to have joy. The only way you can have peace and joy is to have a heavenly perspective. Okay, let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, I just want to thank you for your word. Lord, I'm really concerned, Lord, about the state of Christianity and believers, Lord, because there are so many of us, Lord, that are just fixed on earthly things. And, Lord, I'm just obsessed with sharing what is believed to be true. But, Lord, it's just coming from sources of media or alternate media. Lord, where there's corruption, Lord, where there's biases, where there's untruths being told time and time again. Lord, help us to get back to the basics. Help us to just get back to your word, to learn from you. Lord, to ask of you what you require from us, what you want us to do. Lord, we know the only one that can change the hearts of men is you by your word, Lord. And we're your ambassadors. Lord, please, if we've not been doing the job that we've been called to do, Lord, please have it work in us. Lord, help us to put away that outward man, the flesh. Help us to be an inner man. Help us to focus on the things that matter for eternity. Lord, help us to have a heavenly perspective. We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright, please take your Bibles. Your hymnals, sorry. Your hymnals. Actually, I don't have a choice. I want a hymn. I'm talking about looking forward to heaven or something. When the roll is caught up yonder. Let's sing that one. When the roll is caught up yonder, hymn number, I don't know, hymn number 55. Hymn number 55. When the roll is caught up yonder, I'll be there. Hymn number 55. You know what? Let's do hymn number 56 across the page. When we all get to heaven. Hymn number 56. When we all get to heaven. Hymn number 56. Sing the wondrous love of Jesus. Sing His mercy and His grace. In the mansions bright and blessed. He'll prepare for us a place. When we all get to heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory. While we walk the pilgrim pathway, clouds will overspread the sky. But when travelling days are over, not a shadow of a sign. When we all get to heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory. Let us then be true and faithful. Trust in serving every day. Just one glimpse of Him in glory will burn souls of life's repay. When we all get to heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory. Onward to the prize before us. Soon His beauty will behold. Soon the early gates will open. We shall tread the streets of gold. When we all get to heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory. Alright, thank you brethren. It's just some quick announcements. Don't forget July 1st is the church anniversary. So July 1st is a Saturday. We'll have a soul winning marathon on that day. Two hours in the morning we'll have a lunch together that will be covered by the church. And then two hours in the afternoon on Saturday. And then on Sunday, the 2nd of July, we'll have a special anniversary service. If someone is willing, I might be looking at the ladies, I don't know. But if someone is willing to decorate this building for the church anniversary, please let me know. Say, pastor, I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to put some, I don't know, some ribbons and balloons, I don't know. You don't have to go too overboard, but if someone's willing to do it, of course, you know, be covered by the church cost. So, you know, just keep your receipts and I can reimburse you. But if someone's willing to make the building look a little prettier, just so it looks like we're having a bit of a celebration, that'll be great. And then straight after the Sunday service, we'll have a lunch again together with the whole church. Alright, so make sure you keep those two dates in mind. Alright?