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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's a pleasure to greet you all and gether You
are gethered today here and those who are joining us
through online social media.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You know that we are moving.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
My wife and I will be moving to another location
to continue serving God, to continue.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Serving His people.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We being called to return to inter American Division.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
These are the headquarters. Headquarters of inter.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
American Division are in Miami, and you know we will
be serving over forty countries. Forty two countries. That's the territory.
The map on the screen shows the vast territory of
the inter American Division. That's a big challenge, challenge to
(01:01):
move the church in that territory where there are many
cultures at least four different key languages, really many because
almost every country has more than one. But God is
the one in control and I trust he will take
(01:23):
care of that. We trust he is taking care of
that and He will bless the work there. I ask
you please pray for us so that God can't help.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Us to do his work.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
With boldness, to do our best and to waid growth
the church. God wants his church to grow in the
myths of God's heart is to grow the church. And
we used collaborate with him. You know, my brothers and sisters,
(02:12):
the church exists for mission.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Without mission, the church has no place without mission.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Neither church, its institutions, nor us as members would have
any purpose before ascending to Heaven. Jesus promised to pour
out the Holy Spirit on us so we could fulfill
the mission of preparing people ready to meet Him in
(02:46):
his second coming. Because Jesus is coming again. Jesus is
coming again.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
And we need to be ready. But we need to
prepare others.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
We need to help children, men and women in our
community to be ready to meet Jesus. Eye witnessed the
spirit of God moving globally, inspiring our members to fulfill
God's mission across America, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia Africa.
(03:30):
Last year, I participate in evangelistic crusade in Kijanzi Kayanzy, Uganda.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Kayanzy is located between.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Tevey and Kampala, the two most important cities in Uganda.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Two one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Five people were baptized by God's grace and now a
church meets every Savad there. I also visited the Imperial
Church in Jakarta.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
That is a special church. You know, they meet in
a fifteenth floor in a big building.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
They decided that they will established in that place, and
they rent that place.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Every Sabbath, they are there the whole year. Fifteen years
they have been there.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
They decided to establish five churches like Theirs in twenty years.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
That was their goal.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Fifteen years after they already have five more churches like Theirs.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's really amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
I attended also in many leadership councils and meetings around
the world from which I have learned too many things.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
And I think the Lord knows.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
And he is the one will help us to bring
blessings to inter American division. But I want to ask you,
how are we spending our lives?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
How are you spending your life today?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
What truly matters is not others opinions, but God's What
other things is not the most important, but what God's
God's think about us, That's what matters. We are not
here to be remembered, but to prepare for heaven and
(05:48):
to fulfill our mission for eternity. If people forget you,
but remember Jesus who you share with them, that is
what really matters.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
That they be ready to meet.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Jesus, that they be ready for eternity. We need them
to fulfill our mission for eternity.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Not what ellen Us says.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
She says to everyone's work has been allotted, and no
one can be a substitute for another. Each one has
a mission of wonderful importance, which he cannot neglect or ignore,
as the fulfillment of it involves the will of some soul,
(06:41):
and the neglect of it the waw of one for
whom Christ died.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Conductedly.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Paul was one of the most passionate biblical missionaries for Christ,
as bavilely expressed in his own ways in Second Corinthians,
chapter eleventh, verse twenty five to twenty seven, he says,
three times I was beaten with rods, once I was told.
(07:13):
Three times I was she wrecked a night and a day.
I have been in the death, in journeys, often in
pairils of waters, in Paris, of robbers, in Paris, of
my countrymen, in pairs of the gentiles in Paris, of
the sea, in the city, in pairs in the wilderness,
in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
(07:37):
in weardness and toil, in sleeplessness, often in hunger and thirst,
in fasting, often in cold and nakedness.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
That was Paul's life as a missionary. That's what he
faced fulfilling the mission.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You know, Paul traveled over ten thousand miles to spread
the Gospel.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
In Greece, Turkey, and Syria.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Demonstrating his incredible dedication. His transformation from a passionate opponent
to a fairless apostle illustrates the profound change he underwent
following his encounter with Jesus.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
My brothers and sisters.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
We all need an encounter with Jesus like Paul. We
need this kind of encounter with Jesus that transformed our life.
Paul's encounter with Jesus was life changing. In Acts, chapter
twenty two, verse one to fifteen, he recounts his backgrounds
as a Jew who persecuted Christians. While traveling to Damascus,
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Paul was suddenly struck by a bright light from Jesus,
which left him temporarily blind.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
He fell to the.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Ground, and Jesus asked him, why are you persecuting me?
Although Paul's companions saw the light, they didn't hear the voice.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Afterward, Paul Us, what shall I do? Lord?
Speaker 1 (09:16):
The Lord instructed him to go to Damascus and Paul obeyed.
You know, after you fell down before the Lord, you
are ready to obey. We can do that with an
encounter with with Jesus.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
We need that encounter in our lives.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
And Paul says, then a certain man, a certain anayas
at about man according to the law, having a good
testimony with all the Jews, Gouldwell there came to me,
and he stood and said to me, brother Saul received
your side. And at that same hour I looked up
(09:57):
at him. Then he said, the God of our fathers
has chosen you, that you should know his will see
that just one and hear the voice of his mouth,
for you will be his weakness to all men.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Of what you have seen and heard.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
We need a personal experience with Jesus to share Jesus,
and we need to learn to share Jesus, not just
speaking by living. We need not use refocusing mission. We
need to live mission.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Leaving the mission is the real challenge. We have to
reach the world.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
To become a missionary, you first need an encounter with
Jesus that knocks you down.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Sometimes we are proud.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
About what we know, we are proud about what we do,
We are proud about our position We are proud about
our experience.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
We are proud about what we have done in the past.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But remember what really matters is what the Lord is
doing in you and through you to reach the world,
to reach others and prepare others for Jesus. We must
file before Jesus, acknowledging his authority and grace.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Paul say, I fell to the ground.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
This means letting go our prejudice, me guide that believes
and pride. We should abandon self sufficiency, recognize our dependence
on Him, and set aside first.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
That behinder us from his life.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Ultimately, we are called to rise above self centeredness and
reflects his love and purpose.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
What the world needs to know is God's love and
you and you and you and I we are.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
The people who must represent God's love in the world
in the midst of ours, in the midst of challenges.
Human things in this world needs to see Jesus, and
you and I are the responsible to represent Him before
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the world. But to do that, we need to have
our revelation for God. God need to reveal himself to us.
God reveals himself to you. We all need God's self revelation.
You cannot know God at least he reveals himself to you,
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Paul says, and I fell to the ground and heard about, saying, soul, Soul,
why are you persecuting me?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
So I answer, who are you? Lord?
Speaker 1 (13:20):
And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth,
whom you are persecuting. When Jesus reveals himself, transformation occurs.
A man at jesus filth becomes eager to fulfill his mission.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
You know, when men.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Felt before Jesus disciples, all right, reason, when a man
felt before Jesus, a disciple begins. And you know Paul
now is a disciple. And the question, the question of
(14:01):
the disciple is always what shall I do?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Lord?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
To know God's will, that's a real challenge we have,
Pastor Mike.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Michael. What we need is to know God's will.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
That's something that can you know, we can think it's
really difficult. But God's will is revealed already in his world.
God's will is already reveals in the writings inspired writings.
God will is revealed to the church, and we need
to know God's will and to follow his will. After
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arriving in Damascus, Paul received guidance from and and I
asked to understand God's mission for him, and an I
ask help open soul's eyes both physical and spiritually, leading
him to grasp Jesus and God's purpose for his life.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
We need to grab God's God's purpose for our lives.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
We need to understand brother's God God's purpose in our life.
God has a purpose for you. God has a purpose
for you. I like how you play the guitar, but
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in this gift, God has a purpose for you. And
you need to discover that gift, that purpose, and you
need to follow that purpose and you need to use
your gift to.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Honor the Lord.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
God has a purpose for you and he wants us
to fulfit that purpose.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
God has chosen you.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
When an Anaias met soul, he said that God of
our fathers has chosen you. This highlights the soul's encounter
with Jesus was by divine will, not by chance. Just
a soul was chosen for a purpose. God chostes you
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and your role in the in the Reaching Hearts International
Church is special Pastor Michael.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
God chosen you and you have.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
A big work to do. Yet He has plans for
the church. He has plans for you so that you
should know his will, and I as thought Saul, so
that you should know his will. We need to know
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God God's will. We need also to see that just one.
We can know God's will through his world. We need
to go to a world. We need to take time
to study the Bible. Because God speaks to us through
his world. He can use many ways to speak to us.
(17:12):
He can use.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Someone to invite us to come to Jesus. He can
use even the nature.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
To speak to us. But He speaks clearly to us
through his world. And we need to go to the
Bible and to hear God's voice to know what he
wants us to do, to know us, to know what
the purpose he.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Has for us.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
But he also we also need to see the just one.
And I are told so God hatches and you to
know his will and to see the just one who
is the just one. No one else us by Jesus.
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He is the just one, and we need to see Jesus.
We need to make Jesus o our mother to follow.
We need to make Jesus. We need to assad Jesus
as our personal savior. If Jesus is our personal savior,
we can be sure salvation is certain to us, because
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there is no one else in whom we can be
said but.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Jesus and only him, and an I is.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Told soul, the Lord has chosen you to know his will,
to see that just one, and to hear the voice
of his mouth. It is not enough to know God's will.
We need to follow God's will. We need to obey
God's will. We need to obey God's word in our life.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
We need to.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Follow God's instruction instructions in our lives. That can that
we can be really represent Him for in the world.
For you will be His witness to all men of
what you have seen and heard.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
And an I as tol Paul, my brothers.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
When we study the experience of Paul in the Bible,
we know the Poe fulfilled his mission in his defense
before King Agrippa. He said, therefore, King Agrippa, Therefore King
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Agrippa I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but
declared first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout
all the regions of Judah, and then to the gentiles
that they should repent, turn to God and do words
befitting repentance.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
Paul fulfilled his mission.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Their brothers and sisters, we too have a mission to
fulfill Revelation.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Chapter ten describes Johan's.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Vision of a mighty angel with a little book and
who stood with one foot on the sea and the
other on the land. The Angel sore sword, for that
would be there would be no delay, and instructed John
to professy again about many people, nations.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Tongues, and kings.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
This command holds special significance for the Adventist movement. This
command has a special meaning for us as Seven day Adventists.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
We are in the end of time and we have
as a people, a mission to fulfill.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
The Angel told John you must propheside again. You must
propheside again. God allows us to understand the prophecy of
our time and urges us to fulfill our mission to
boldly proclaim the three anxious messages of Revelation fourteen. We
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are called to share diverlasting Gospel with all nations, invite
everyone to feel God and give him glory when the
hour of his judgment comes. Our goal is to prepare
for jesus return and his second coming. Because Jesus is
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coming soon, it's time to share, Jesus tells us, and behold,
I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me
to give to everyone according to his work. Jesus is
coming soon. For that reason, we who have been chosen
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by the Lord, need to tell.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
The world which is our hope. Where is our hope?
Speaker 1 (22:13):
Where our hope is in Jesus, who is coming soon.
Power fulfilled his mission. At the end of his race,
he could say, do you want to read with me?
Let's read together. I have fought the good fight, I
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have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally
there is laid for me the crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will give to me on
that day, and not to me only, but also to all.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Who have loved His appearing. I love Jesus appearing.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
I wait for Jesus coming soon, and I want to
receive the crown of Jesus, of Jesus from Jesus hands.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
I want to be ready for that moment. Do you want.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Paul fulfill his mission? Now it is your turn. Now
is our turn. It's time for us to fulfill our mission.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
You are here not by chance.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
You are here because God has a plan for you
and for me.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
There is in my heart.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
The wish to imbte my brethren there in inter America
to move ahead fulfilling the mission.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
You know, it easy to.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Say Jesus is coming soon, and there are too many
members who say Jesus is coming soon. There are others
who even say Jesus is coming before twenty thirty.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
It could be, but it is more important not just
to say.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
If we really believe that Jesus is coming soon, we
need to fulfill our mission. If we really believe that
Jesus is our hope, we need to share our hopes.
We need to find ways. I don't know what way
you will do, but I know the Lord will guide
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you if you have the wish, if you pray for that,
if you say the Lord, thank you because you have
chosen me, I am ready to fulfill the mission you
have for me. Please Lord show me the mission and
I will do in your name. I'm sure you will find.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Ways to do it.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
God have given me opportunities to represent Him in many ways,
speaking to people.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
You know, it's easy for easy for me to do
it in Spanish.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
I think that's the reason the Lord has taken me
back to inter America, because you know there there are
most of the people there speaks in Spanish in Spanish,
but I know that I have also the responsibility to
represent Him in French speaking countries and English speaking countries.
I have that responsibility and I will try to do
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my best to honor the Lord. I have enjoyed my
time with you here in Reaching Hers International Church, and
I really want to ask you. I want to invite
you be faithful, continue to do your best. Remember who
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you are. Remember why are you here. Remember why the
Lord has brought you here to be part of this church.
The name of the Church already said reaching hearts, Continue
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to reach hearts, children, youth, men and women.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I hope the day when.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
These be all the church here will be full. I
hope to see that day. And let me tell you,
I have a challenge for my territory.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
I want to challenge that challenge that.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Territory to grow first, to grow until the level they
have in their own space.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
I want to.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Challenge them to do that, and I want to challenge
them also to go and make children and youth that
target special target special goal in the mission. Because I
really believe that God will keep our church alive and
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the Lord special specialist waiting for us to fulfill our mission.
Poor fulfilled his mission. Now is our turn. What we
will do, what you will do, that's your decision. But
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my invitation to you is trust that you are not
here by chance. Remember, God has a plan for you
to fulfill God's purpose in your life.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
You have been.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Chosen for mission. You have been chosen to live like Jesus.
You have been chosen to live like Jesus. You have
been chosen to leave the mission. Let's stark leaving the
mission for the honor of the Lord, because Jesus is coming, son.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
Or father in heaven.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Thank you, Thank you, Lord, because in your mercy, in
your gracious love, you have chosen us to be part
of your people, to be part of the King, your kingdom.
You have chosen, OUs, Lord, to fulfill a mission, and
we want to follow your instructions in our lives. We
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ask Lord, fulfill your promise and fill our lives with
the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
I pray for.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Reaching Hearts International Seven day Adventist Church. I pray for
every family who is part of this church. I pray
for Pastor Michael. I pray Lord for that spirit feeling
his life seeing him. I pray for the elders, for
the leaders of the Church. You know every one of
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them by name, and you know the challenges they can
be facing in life. There are some who have His relatives,
the relatives sick.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
We pray for those who are sick.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Lord, please heal them, but especially Lord, heal our soul.
Help us, Lord, to know your will, Show us your will,
show yourself to us, that we can know you, that
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we can represent you.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Help us to leave the mission in this time.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Please bless Riching Hearts International, seventy Adventist Church. Bless each
one of those who have heard your message this morning.
May bless all of us. We put our lives in
your hands in Jesus name.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Amen, Amen,
It's a pleasure to greet you all and gether You
are gethered today here and those who are joining us
through online social media.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
You know that we are moving.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
My wife and I will be moving to another location
to continue serving God, to continue.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Serving His people.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
We being called to return to inter American Division.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
These are the headquarters. Headquarters of inter.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
American Division are in Miami, and you know we will
be serving over forty countries. Forty two countries. That's the territory.
The map on the screen shows the vast territory of
the inter American Division. That's a big challenge, challenge to
(01:01):
move the church in that territory where there are many
cultures at least four different key languages, really many because
almost every country has more than one. But God is
the one in control and I trust he will take
(01:23):
care of that. We trust he is taking care of
that and He will bless the work there. I ask
you please pray for us so that God can't help.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Us to do his work.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
With boldness, to do our best and to waid growth
the church. God wants his church to grow in the
myths of God's heart is to grow the church. And
we used collaborate with him. You know, my brothers and sisters,
(02:12):
the church exists for mission.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Without mission, the church has no place without mission.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Neither church, its institutions, nor us as members would have
any purpose before ascending to Heaven. Jesus promised to pour
out the Holy Spirit on us so we could fulfill
the mission of preparing people ready to meet Him in
(02:46):
his second coming. Because Jesus is coming again. Jesus is
coming again.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
And we need to be ready. But we need to
prepare others.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
We need to help children, men and women in our
community to be ready to meet Jesus. Eye witnessed the
spirit of God moving globally, inspiring our members to fulfill
God's mission across America, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia Africa.
(03:30):
Last year, I participate in evangelistic crusade in Kijanzi Kayanzy, Uganda.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Kayanzy is located between.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Tevey and Kampala, the two most important cities in Uganda.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Two one hundred and.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Five people were baptized by God's grace and now a
church meets every Savad there. I also visited the Imperial
Church in Jakarta.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
That is a special church. You know, they meet in
a fifteenth floor in a big building.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
They decided that they will established in that place, and
they rent that place.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Every Sabbath, they are there the whole year. Fifteen years
they have been there.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
They decided to establish five churches like Theirs in twenty years.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
That was their goal.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Fifteen years after they already have five more churches like Theirs.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
That's really amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
I attended also in many leadership councils and meetings around
the world from which I have learned too many things.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
And I think the Lord knows.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
And he is the one will help us to bring
blessings to inter American division. But I want to ask you,
how are we spending our lives?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
How are you spending your life today?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
What truly matters is not others opinions, but God's What
other things is not the most important, but what God's
God's think about us, That's what matters. We are not
here to be remembered, but to prepare for heaven and
(05:48):
to fulfill our mission for eternity. If people forget you,
but remember Jesus who you share with them, that is
what really matters.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
That they be ready to meet.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Jesus, that they be ready for eternity. We need them
to fulfill our mission for eternity.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Not what ellen Us says.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
She says to everyone's work has been allotted, and no
one can be a substitute for another. Each one has
a mission of wonderful importance, which he cannot neglect or ignore,
as the fulfillment of it involves the will of some soul,
(06:41):
and the neglect of it the waw of one for
whom Christ died.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Conductedly.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Paul was one of the most passionate biblical missionaries for Christ,
as bavilely expressed in his own ways in Second Corinthians,
chapter eleventh, verse twenty five to twenty seven, he says,
three times I was beaten with rods, once I was told.
(07:13):
Three times I was she wrecked a night and a day.
I have been in the death, in journeys, often in
pairils of waters, in Paris, of robbers, in Paris, of
my countrymen, in pairs of the gentiles in Paris, of
the sea, in the city, in pairs in the wilderness,
in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
(07:37):
in weardness and toil, in sleeplessness, often in hunger and thirst,
in fasting, often in cold and nakedness.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
That was Paul's life as a missionary. That's what he
faced fulfilling the mission.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You know, Paul traveled over ten thousand miles to spread
the Gospel.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
In Greece, Turkey, and Syria.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Demonstrating his incredible dedication. His transformation from a passionate opponent
to a fairless apostle illustrates the profound change he underwent
following his encounter with Jesus.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
My brothers and sisters.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
We all need an encounter with Jesus like Paul. We
need this kind of encounter with Jesus that transformed our life.
Paul's encounter with Jesus was life changing. In Acts, chapter
twenty two, verse one to fifteen, he recounts his backgrounds
as a Jew who persecuted Christians. While traveling to Damascus,
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Paul was suddenly struck by a bright light from Jesus,
which left him temporarily blind.
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He fell to the.
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Ground, and Jesus asked him, why are you persecuting me?
Although Paul's companions saw the light, they didn't hear the voice.
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Afterward, Paul Us, what shall I do? Lord?
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The Lord instructed him to go to Damascus and Paul obeyed.
You know, after you fell down before the Lord, you
are ready to obey. We can do that with an
encounter with with Jesus.
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We need that encounter in our lives.
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And Paul says, then a certain man, a certain anayas
at about man according to the law, having a good
testimony with all the Jews, Gouldwell there came to me,
and he stood and said to me, brother Saul received
your side. And at that same hour I looked up
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at him. Then he said, the God of our fathers
has chosen you, that you should know his will see
that just one and hear the voice of his mouth,
for you will be his weakness to all men.
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Of what you have seen and heard.
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We need a personal experience with Jesus to share Jesus,
and we need to learn to share Jesus, not just
speaking by living. We need not use refocusing mission. We
need to live mission.
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Leaving the mission is the real challenge. We have to
reach the world.
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To become a missionary, you first need an encounter with
Jesus that knocks you down.
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Sometimes we are proud.
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About what we know, we are proud about what we do,
We are proud about our position We are proud about
our experience.
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We are proud about what we have done in the past.
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But remember what really matters is what the Lord is
doing in you and through you to reach the world,
to reach others and prepare others for Jesus. We must
file before Jesus, acknowledging his authority and grace.
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Paul say, I fell to the ground.
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This means letting go our prejudice, me guide that believes
and pride. We should abandon self sufficiency, recognize our dependence
on Him, and set aside first.
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That behinder us from his life.
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Ultimately, we are called to rise above self centeredness and
reflects his love and purpose.
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What the world needs to know is God's love and
you and you and you and I we are.
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The people who must represent God's love in the world
in the midst of ours, in the midst of challenges.
Human things in this world needs to see Jesus, and
you and I are the responsible to represent Him before
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the world. But to do that, we need to have
our revelation for God. God need to reveal himself to us.
God reveals himself to you. We all need God's self revelation.
You cannot know God at least he reveals himself to you,
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Paul says, and I fell to the ground and heard about, saying, soul, Soul,
why are you persecuting me?
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So I answer, who are you? Lord?
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And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth,
whom you are persecuting. When Jesus reveals himself, transformation occurs.
A man at jesus filth becomes eager to fulfill his mission.
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You know, when men.
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Felt before Jesus disciples, all right, reason, when a man
felt before Jesus, a disciple begins. And you know Paul
now is a disciple. And the question, the question of
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the disciple is always what shall I do?
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Lord?
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To know God's will, that's a real challenge we have,
Pastor Mike.
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Michael. What we need is to know God's will.
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That's something that can you know, we can think it's
really difficult. But God's will is revealed already in his world.
God's will is already reveals in the writings inspired writings.
God will is revealed to the church, and we need
to know God's will and to follow his will. After
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arriving in Damascus, Paul received guidance from and and I
asked to understand God's mission for him, and an I
ask help open soul's eyes both physical and spiritually, leading
him to grasp Jesus and God's purpose for his life.
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We need to grab God's God's purpose for our lives.
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We need to understand brother's God God's purpose in our life.
God has a purpose for you. God has a purpose
for you. I like how you play the guitar, but
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in this gift, God has a purpose for you. And
you need to discover that gift, that purpose, and you
need to follow that purpose and you need to use
your gift to.
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Honor the Lord.
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God has a purpose for you and he wants us
to fulfit that purpose.
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God has chosen you.
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When an Anaias met soul, he said that God of
our fathers has chosen you. This highlights the soul's encounter
with Jesus was by divine will, not by chance. Just
a soul was chosen for a purpose. God chostes you
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and your role in the in the Reaching Hearts International
Church is special Pastor Michael.
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God chosen you and you have.
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A big work to do. Yet He has plans for
the church. He has plans for you so that you
should know his will, and I as thought Saul, so
that you should know his will. We need to know
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God God's will. We need also to see that just one.
We can know God's will through his world. We need
to go to a world. We need to take time
to study the Bible. Because God speaks to us through
his world. He can use many ways to speak to us.
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He can use.
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Someone to invite us to come to Jesus. He can
use even the nature.
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To speak to us. But He speaks clearly to us
through his world. And we need to go to the
Bible and to hear God's voice to know what he
wants us to do, to know us, to know what
the purpose he.
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Has for us.
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But he also we also need to see the just one.
And I are told so God hatches and you to
know his will and to see the just one who
is the just one. No one else us by Jesus.
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He is the just one, and we need to see Jesus.
We need to make Jesus o our mother to follow.
We need to make Jesus. We need to assad Jesus
as our personal savior. If Jesus is our personal savior,
we can be sure salvation is certain to us, because
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there is no one else in whom we can be
said but.
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Jesus and only him, and an I is.
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Told soul, the Lord has chosen you to know his will,
to see that just one, and to hear the voice
of his mouth. It is not enough to know God's will.
We need to follow God's will. We need to obey
God's will. We need to obey God's word in our life.
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We need to.
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Follow God's instruction instructions in our lives. That can that
we can be really represent Him for in the world.
For you will be His witness to all men of
what you have seen and heard.
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And an I as tol Paul, my brothers.
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When we study the experience of Paul in the Bible,
we know the Poe fulfilled his mission in his defense
before King Agrippa. He said, therefore, King Agrippa, Therefore King
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Agrippa I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but
declared first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout
all the regions of Judah, and then to the gentiles
that they should repent, turn to God and do words
befitting repentance.
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Paul fulfilled his mission.
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Their brothers and sisters, we too have a mission to
fulfill Revelation.
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Chapter ten describes Johan's.
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Vision of a mighty angel with a little book and
who stood with one foot on the sea and the
other on the land. The Angel sore sword, for that
would be there would be no delay, and instructed John
to professy again about many people, nations.
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Tongues, and kings.
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This command holds special significance for the Adventist movement. This
command has a special meaning for us as Seven day Adventists.
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We are in the end of time and we have
as a people, a mission to fulfill.
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The Angel told John you must propheside again. You must
propheside again. God allows us to understand the prophecy of
our time and urges us to fulfill our mission to
boldly proclaim the three anxious messages of Revelation fourteen. We
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are called to share diverlasting Gospel with all nations, invite
everyone to feel God and give him glory when the
hour of his judgment comes. Our goal is to prepare
for jesus return and his second coming. Because Jesus is
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coming soon, it's time to share, Jesus tells us, and behold,
I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me
to give to everyone according to his work. Jesus is
coming soon. For that reason, we who have been chosen
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by the Lord, need to tell.
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The world which is our hope. Where is our hope?
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Where our hope is in Jesus, who is coming soon.
Power fulfilled his mission. At the end of his race,
he could say, do you want to read with me?
Let's read together. I have fought the good fight, I
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have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally
there is laid for me the crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will give to me on
that day, and not to me only, but also to all.
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Who have loved His appearing. I love Jesus appearing.
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I wait for Jesus coming soon, and I want to
receive the crown of Jesus, of Jesus from Jesus hands.
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I want to be ready for that moment. Do you want.
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Paul fulfill his mission? Now it is your turn. Now
is our turn. It's time for us to fulfill our mission.
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You are here not by chance.
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You are here because God has a plan for you
and for me.
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There is in my heart.
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The wish to imbte my brethren there in inter America
to move ahead fulfilling the mission.
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You know, it easy to.
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Say Jesus is coming soon, and there are too many
members who say Jesus is coming soon. There are others
who even say Jesus is coming before twenty thirty.
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It could be, but it is more important not just
to say.
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If we really believe that Jesus is coming soon, we
need to fulfill our mission. If we really believe that
Jesus is our hope, we need to share our hopes.
We need to find ways. I don't know what way
you will do, but I know the Lord will guide
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you if you have the wish, if you pray for that,
if you say the Lord, thank you because you have
chosen me, I am ready to fulfill the mission you
have for me. Please Lord show me the mission and
I will do in your name. I'm sure you will find.
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Ways to do it.
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God have given me opportunities to represent Him in many ways,
speaking to people.
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You know, it's easy for easy for me to do
it in Spanish.
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I think that's the reason the Lord has taken me
back to inter America, because you know there there are
most of the people there speaks in Spanish in Spanish,
but I know that I have also the responsibility to
represent Him in French speaking countries and English speaking countries.
I have that responsibility and I will try to do
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my best to honor the Lord. I have enjoyed my
time with you here in Reaching Hers International Church, and
I really want to ask you. I want to invite
you be faithful, continue to do your best. Remember who
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you are. Remember why are you here. Remember why the
Lord has brought you here to be part of this church.
The name of the Church already said reaching hearts, Continue
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to reach hearts, children, youth, men and women.
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I hope the day when.
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These be all the church here will be full. I
hope to see that day. And let me tell you,
I have a challenge for my territory.
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I want to challenge that challenge that.
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Territory to grow first, to grow until the level they
have in their own space.
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I want to.
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Challenge them to do that, and I want to challenge
them also to go and make children and youth that
target special target special goal in the mission. Because I
really believe that God will keep our church alive and
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the Lord special specialist waiting for us to fulfill our mission.
Poor fulfilled his mission. Now is our turn. What we
will do, what you will do, that's your decision. But
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my invitation to you is trust that you are not
here by chance. Remember, God has a plan for you
to fulfill God's purpose in your life.
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You have been.
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Chosen for mission. You have been chosen to live like Jesus.
You have been chosen to live like Jesus. You have
been chosen to leave the mission. Let's stark leaving the
mission for the honor of the Lord, because Jesus is coming, son.
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Or father in heaven.
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Thank you, Thank you, Lord, because in your mercy, in
your gracious love, you have chosen us to be part
of your people, to be part of the King, your kingdom.
You have chosen, OUs, Lord, to fulfill a mission, and
we want to follow your instructions in our lives. We
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ask Lord, fulfill your promise and fill our lives with
the Holy Spirit.
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I pray for.
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Reaching Hearts International Seven day Adventist Church. I pray for
every family who is part of this church. I pray
for Pastor Michael. I pray Lord for that spirit feeling
his life seeing him. I pray for the elders, for
the leaders of the Church. You know every one of
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them by name, and you know the challenges they can
be facing in life. There are some who have His relatives,
the relatives sick.
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We pray for those who are sick.
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Lord, please heal them, but especially Lord, heal our soul.
Help us, Lord, to know your will, Show us your will,
show yourself to us, that we can know you, that
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we can represent you.
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Help us to leave the mission in this time.
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Please bless Riching Hearts International, seventy Adventist Church. Bless each
one of those who have heard your message this morning.
May bless all of us. We put our lives in
your hands in Jesus name.
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Amen, Amen,
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