Worship 18th May
Good morning church. Last time I was standing here some of you remember most of you have left your forgotten. That's okay. Cuz I forget what soon as we're about to the last time I was standing here we talked about days of the week and we talked about seasons and we talked about a whole lot of things and we talked about the way that God had in Leviticus 23. Say the side some hot ice. holy dice, Sophie's sweet call them and that this week we explore that and the whole Plan of Redemption with slide out into the biggest 24 and yet culminating in the Easter story about Passover and to reenacting to look at that part of the story and I've invited those who wished and we could have sold at House of doing a Passover and reviewing that thank you for those are kind. I enjoy the journey and we told the story again the story of redemption.
Today, I'd like to continue with that story. What happened next? Jesus was crucified right at the time of the pasta. He actually did a Passover with his disciples which we didn't take communion from Jesus told the story of redemption. It must have been terribly hard for him to tell that story knowing that he was the lamb to be offered within hours, but he told the story of redemption to his disciples and he said listen to stifles you need to understand the story.
Yes, he was crucified and he rose again on the third day. There's erected on Sunday morning, Victoria serve a dick and what a joy that is and that's the reason why we doing church tonight because he did overcome that's power of sin. That was lost at Aiden. So we have Jesus. They're even been resurrected.
And then there's a number of occasions when the people of Jerusalem saw him recorded Frost in the gospels in a number of different places such as most of you know, Sunday Jesus rose early in the morning death was overcome. Mary Magdalene was the first one Mary of magdala with daughter is a little fishing Village on the North Shore of Galilee ever. Go to Jerusalem. I've got to East ramp going to see madala an impressive little Community Sony recently is a back seat. Get up and reset the archaeology of the whole place and I was privileged to be able to see the synagogue at McDowell where Mary Magdalene would have gone as a young person and Jesus would have gone there could very close to Galloway and he would have been in the synagogues Mary Magdalene was one of the first when was the first who Jesus spoke to him after his resurrection later that day the disciples being discouraged coming. So let's just got better at business. A couple time. We're on the road to a mass. And as we all know that story in Acts chapter in Luke chapter 24 jeans is walking along the road. Catching up to a couple of guys who were walking to a mice and I see was perching he talked to the guys and he said what's happening they were talkin about the things that just recently. He went with them and discuss with them and only Journey share the story. The story of redemption was a piece of the game. You need to stop with it. Yeah, this is all happening. They got to a myosin got into their place. And this is what I'm off and I'm continuing to God so he did. I'm going to have they didn't recognize him, but I didn't. Were they so busy in all the troubles and worries of life, even though it was the same story. How did they miss it? They were good Seventh-day Adventist walking on the road. good Jewish people Disciples of Jesus
they went to church with him yet. They missed the story even though the story was being preached as they walk down the road.
May God bless us that we're not hearing the story but not seeing the Jesus. Anyway, he blessed the evening meal and as he was doing that.
Jesus disappeared Hey guys are going to go until they decide was back in Jerusalem. So they hope for it. It might well be in the dark in the doc back to Jerusalem. They go to the Jason they got to where the disciples they knew. They would be in a apple room in the same one where they had the that the Passover and when they got there. Or have a breakfast tacos the other guys we have seen Jesus. We are hundred percent convinced and now I want to tell the story.
Message telling the story. He's sleepy Jesus.
How often is Jesus visited Us in church and just being here? How often we've seen that. what are the tacos wasn't you know, the name of Thomas Thomas wasn't there and he got off and done his own thing and little bit lighter e meet up with him. So I'm going to see if we've sent you is this is a freaking me in John chapter 26. Hey. Unless I feel him and see him and physically like that. We could have concrete evidence to see this really works. Tell me some kids at school last week. Now I don't really believe in this thing called Jesus. I just have you really experienced it. Let me tell you I believe in Jesus. What book The Walk? No, I haven't physically seen him or maybe I haven't I didn't recognize it. But all I know he's alive and well for the things that happened in my life loss of my family. I listen to some of my friends and my wife and and we know Jesus is Alive and Well. If you haven't had the experience of knowing that Jesus is Alive and Well, listen to some of us who have please. Stay close to Jesus. Jesus guarding you in life. Well, some of the disciples were been unsure about it. It's only went back to their work if they kept on with a regular thing such that some of them out fishing on light gatley why up north? Some of us go bad at business yet. Yeah, we kind of got to church if these guys could juice when it come to church.
And the fishing on the on this on the other light Galilei in John chapter 21, tell us the story least these fishermen the disciples. Another was a out there cuz some of them was still down in Jerusalem where Jesus said, please stay here stay together, but now some of my going home. Seminole County fish and Jesus met them. up there You can read the story John chapter 21. And when Jesus say to these disciples, I want to tell you the story of redemption again. Anything important? Did you stay together?
And we're not sure what they said to the man in reality has he met with them. He work with them. He fed them.
And I think they listen to him and they went back to Jerusalem with all the other disciples and they stayed congregation together. We've got members of this church and people of the past to have decided that doesn't matter back going to church in Carrizo Let's Stay Together this day together in unity.
and then we get to the story The Social which seiwell from X this turn to that X chapter one Acts chapter 1 Look at the first week vs.
Best chapter 1 starts off with introduction to the beginning the book in my phone book The helpless I right about all this that begin to do and to teach until the day that he was taken up to heaven after giving instructions to the Holy Spirit to the Apostle. He had chosen after his suffering. He showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proof that he was alive. He appeared to them over. Of 40 days. Victor get the time frame here. We've had the Passover Jesus being crucified and then there is 14 days when he's pooped himself in and out of the lives of his Believers and people who who were walking the walk with him. Encouraging them to have fright to go the journey 40 days. He spoke about the kingdom of God.
On one occasion in verse for while he was eating with them. He gave them this command. Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift of my that my Father's Promise, which you have heard me speak about. And so he encouraged them over this. Tom when he saw them stay together.
Be with each other. support each other
as we get close to the second coming. I think the same thing applies Stay Together know what each other is doing support each other wait for the Holy Spirit. We've been promised in the last day that the holy spirit will come in a mighty way. We talked about it the outpouring of the holy spirit in the last days.
So we've got 40 days is going past.
And his disciples had to stay in Jerusalem.
Except one of us. We've got back to 1 verse 9. Aubrey said this
he was taken out before their very eyes and a cloud heating from the site. We call this the Ascension 40 days after the Passover.
Jesus goes back to heaven the disciples and some of the see this.
And I think what mixed what did you just tell us to do? He said stay in Jerusalem. They go back injuries. Then they said this is not hot. This is not difficult.
Stay in Jerusalem. And why wasn't it hard because being good juice that I know that the next public holiday. The next Festival is coming up.
Leviticus 23 tells you about the next one now we go to the Passover. The Passover they do lots of different things and one thing that happens at the Passover is you have unleavened bread and that's what communion we have on there in Britain can use coming up in a few weeks. Nursing 1100 taken out. It happened to be also the time of The Barley Harvest. And they wouldn't eat or use any of the new body grains from the crop until after the Passover and the blessing on the bridge the bodylux.
Well, then we get to that flea Bali. And making of beat the unleavened bread.
50 days after the Passover where we have the unleavened bread is very clear Leviticus 23 50 days later. There has to be another public holiday. Another place. We have a feast and it's one with like the Passover, don't you? The man with Talk Dirty Jason, so these juice it's not a problem 14 days already gone. We're going to go 10 more days, and we need to be back here anyway. And this was going to be Pentecost paint 550 Pentecost 50 days after Passover. And so these disciples are many others who sang Jesus is told he has to wait for the Holy Spirit. about 50 days from Easter now Pentecost is also called shevat in the in the Hebrew and there's a normal calendar, which I'm not going to go into here but 50 days.
The Catholic church church of England Bangkok Pentecost happening this weekend. May 19th tomorrow May 19th tomorrow Yeah, I know things tomorrow 50 days after Pentecost happening now now 50 days. We got this next one and the next one is Pentecost. And what did the Jews do on that day? They bring to Jerusalem. a special offering for Pentecost Leviticus chapter 23 back to the Old Testament
Leviticus chapter 23 and I'm looking at 4:17.
The whole festival of weeks, which is T. 50 type one. Inverse 50 15, but I want to pick up in verse 17 from wherever you live bring two loaves made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour with yeast as a wave offering of first fruits to the Lord. So at the Petticoat, I'm 50 days after Passover. We have the wheat Harvest being ready to be Harvest. But I wouldn't need any of the grind until after.
The Shabbat over Pentecost offerings have been offered. Interesting because the one is without yeast Passover 50 days later, Bobby 50 days later weeks. Weakest sorry, but I cannot make this the other day to Life's sitting here as an object lesson. The problem is that's as big as a robin could cope with. I spent last night trying to where I can't want to what E5 what a Nephi was is a measure of liquid Claire is a solid maxi think how to change it to researching it have a bit. Yeah, they meant to be five times this size. each other
Yeah lots thing I said to my wife how we going to cook that got my back. That's too big. She's just I think about the commercial down the school or something tonight. Two lights representing the offering that the Jewish people ask to bring why back the vinegar start Moses time. WIC East I haven't kind of got the connection cuz my head says yes and all that sort of stuff. But thinking about it now. Now I'm not a theologian.
This is an offering to God. For thanking him for the blessing of wait. Enbridge we thank God for the body of the unleavened bread near record lows of bread with yeast in it, Maybe come back to that. Let me go back to a D30. I want you to get this picture in your mind of what was happening here the other disciples and number of others. They've been talkin about it getting excited about what may happen.
This sharing if they working together. The funny ad about each other's journey in thinking where do we go from here? It's a public holiday. It's now 50 days out of the Passover in Chabot Pentecost. The weeks is happening. There is many many of our faithful Jews in Jerusalem from Africa from Europe from the Middle East. They've all come as faithful juice to Jerusalem. How many got no idea what there was lots of people come. The person I think we can get us a church of the General Conference. If any of you've been there hundreds of people that not much is known as being there. I haven't but she tells me what an exciting time all the people coming to worship God.
It's a nice sunny day like today. Sounds very high in the sky clear blue sky perfect day. the disciples gathered together In the in this room. There's lots of people Milling around in the temple area after y a b. The morning service. Is it just about complete? There was blast of the trumpet decides the service is completed to hear there was things happening inside the the Tabernacle and the people worshipping outside in small groups in larger groups. They come to offer the offerings. They must have been heat two loaves of bread cuz it said bring to Life's a miracle with more logical big ones. I can imagine it these people all Milling around there praying to God and grits. I don't know how it would be if all of that courtyard around in that car park was filled with people praying sharing.
Over with this they would have heard coming from the temple the voice of a Rita chanting sections of Ezekiel and habakkuk. Vanessa said the worst ships were from all over the place. Someone is estimated that the courts of the temple could have up to 200,000 people. Very very large large area. How many were there that day? We've no idea. but suddenly don't worry about them in the sky overhead. There was a sound. The I need the best way they could describe it was it was a sound of a wound? But the branches with blowing in the in the brace, there was no physical evidence of a wind. But there's this sound like as if it went there was no clouds No Breeze. What's happening? Where is it coming from? the sound then ships a little bit away from the Temple area towards the West if you were starting being intrigued said, let's go that way so few hundred people from the outer courts. Rushing in the direction that the sound was traveling. They went through the Southwest gate of the city pasta Temple Gods under the steps leading out of the city down through a large Plaza just outside the city gate.
Jose was descending out of the gates. They could see flashes of light. how to describe momentary flashes of light sweating a bit around a building a house
and like you and I we saw this we said what's going on?
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This passage from Ezekiel and habakkuk talking about the Holy Spirit descending. Just on time the crowds press on and they get to this place. We always be things are happening inside and I'm sure they would have broken down the doors. If not some of the hundred and twenty occupants from inside. The building is are they better come out? Amongst those who were there with a Disciples of Jesus. And the disciples started to address the crowd now, where did the crowd come from? Asia Europe Middle East they came with lots of different backgrounds and languages and the disciples started speaking to these people in Chucky coming specials going on here. And every person who was there heard the story in their own language.
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guess what these disciples for the dress you could see They Come From Galilee. Fisherman, then I'd to Katie people. Educated people went to Jerusalem. When young boys in Israel that time but growing up. up until the age of 13 they were schooled and Arctic to learn things in particular they had to learn the Torah off my heart for being the first five books of our Old Testament is wrong to me. They had to know those whole five books by the age of 13 Off by heart.
Now I've learnt single chapters of the Bible. I'm pretty Rusty on them at the moment. This is no one does it better than I do on these ones. butthole books of the Bible that's a bit of a challenge for me. Now. They might be some of the congregation that have I've met people in current year. I was in her box and it was a Catholic man who came to us to make a presentation. He was learning the books of the Old Testament graduate is currently in the Book of Daniel and he didn't cut it to us about the story of Sarah and Isaac and he went through quite a number of chapters of that book.
But these boys I had to open one when they are 13, they will be tested by the robot. If I knew The Whole30 book so I don't five books if I knew it. If they did and they could be quizzed on aspects of the rabbinical Lord. That was me. I would be the one to pass that and they will be chosen to go and learn more things of the rabbis down in Jerusalem. So they would then go to Tristan. So we have the situation where we've got these young people who educated or being taken to Jerusalem that if you didn't learn all those five books like me end up having to pick up other jobs, like looking after the shape looking after the camels going fishing subsistence farming worthy professions, but look down upon in society cuz you haven't made it to be the inteligencia that the educated ones in Jerusalem. So when these people looked at these guys and said we can see you from going to let you just fishermen. You didn't pass the texted you when you were a kid.
Yet here. They are. Speaking and everybody's understanding in their own language and tongues.
Something special and unique with her having on here happening at Pentecost. They said who's heard of an educated Galilean? normal people pouring into the narrow streets Peter then takes control we need to go back up the road and we need to go to where the plaza is outside the city wall. So they went back up towards the city the big world. Is there back to the steps in the plaza have the steps great big huge that's coming out with the guys there about 60 mi from one end of the steps to the other and there was multiple steps. So there's no problem with Peter getting up on the steps and people standing around and it was hundreds of people there listening.
The crowd fell silent in anticipation. What is Peter going to say? Check it out Acts chapter 28 chapter 2 starting in verse 14 how to Pita it's under here Acts chapter 2 verse 14 in Peter stood up with the 11 raise his voice and address the crowd. An interesting complete start here. this pizza Plus the 11th. That makes 12. Just the Judas my family was there I'll leave that one park that one solar juice 14th. Hello juice and all of you who live in Jerusalem. Let me explain this to you. Listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk as hearing some of your sight. It's only 9:00 in the morning. No, this is not what was this is what was spoken by the prophet job? In the last days. God says I will pour out my spirit on old people Sons and Daughters will prophesy you young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams. Which days in the last days? I'm looking for a church. I'm looking for it. Even on my servants first 18 both men and women I will pour out my spirit in those days and they will prophesy. Piggy bank goes on and gives an ad-hoc sermon no sermon notes just comes off the top of his head. He does it as Peter could study coaching Old Testament scriptures and sign listen.
You need to know about the journey, this is Pentecost. This is the time when we expect the Holy Spirit to come listen to walk the rabbis the same listen to what scripture say listen to these different places in the Old Testament that the holy spirit is descending. The crowd is visibly moved.
What you doing? Where do we go from here? Pay the price at repent. Let's seal. This moment repent and is John the Baptist would often say and be Baptized let's seal this moment this decision with baptism. Nearby was the pool of silent and also outside the city are here. There is a large number of cleansing pools small baptismal toys trunks with people come from the country and they would say I'm coming to the Harley place. I need to be clean and so they would get baptized off. They would clean themselves in these pools. Nick Fox they called they were used by travelers to cleanse themselves as they came to worship physically spiritually before they went into the temple.
Acts chapter 2 and verse 41 Acts chapter 2 and verse 41 those who accepted this message will baptize and about 3000 were added to the number that died. How good is that three house in one day? How would we go free thousand were added to at church in one day?
I see some people smiling thing High how impossible is that?
But wait a minute. Did you hear the sound of the rustling in the wind during the last two weeks?
Did you hear better up north? The wing was happening the Holy Spirit was descending.
Papua New Guinea last 2 weeks PNG for Christ hundreds of our past is from Australia New Zealand the Pacific went to pay in j. In the order of 2000 Avenger State campaigns are happening over the opposite of a Papa New Guinea as a country line.
And if you get the online records, you can check it out the article came out last night.
How would I say? How would you respond if I said 3708 people baptized?
Now get this clear. That's just in one site. The general conference president for America came out. He was one of the preachers pastas. That was his sight 3708 price of Ted Wilson at Minis.
baptized Port Moresby I haven't got the exact number, but I know it's more than 3,000 that 6,000 from two sites. At the Holy Spirit been descending and put in jail. Trudy has have we heard the wind from here?
Arkwright's after 2 weeks of pregnancy on a cross P&G the P&G for Christ pregnant is officially finished while official baptism numbers are still being processed. The number of baptized people in this program has passed 260,000 with model sites yet reporting. We belong to a church. That's God moving in. The holy spirit is descendants. It's Pentecost people cost. We can bring our offerings. What are we doing is a church. Where wait, what do we need today?
The oldest know I was meeting the other day and we thinking hate when we go to be more like this Jesus and say let's get together. Do we know each other? How do we support each other better? We got bad at doing church. We could have roles and responsibilities. Yeah, we don't always get it. Right like the person didn't come out this week go to work on that.
What are we doing? Are we doing?
Or are we here to be together? integer Aslam to be with God cuz the first party is be together. And it's Elsie reminders at the end of the scripture in the key thing here is in unity. Do we know each other? Are we supporting each other? How can we do that better?
Physically, so she if we go visit to see if church members talk to people talk to somebody. You don't know if we go to lunch and everyone this kind of lunch. They talk to each other. They share the time together. Just chatting about the economy of the workplace that sang. How are you doing? This is coming.
How can we help each other on a spiritual journey to be closer with God?
Kohl's have some down time when you ask God. What's my job?
How can I get closer to you myself? And how do I radiate the Holy Spirit? And how do we walk that Jenny? I'm turning myself in this area and I'm changing each one of you members and you visited and people have come to church today to think. Where is God taking us? The holy spirit is moving. No, I think Emily was long way from Jerusalem. Did they hear about the 3,000 members being baptized? Will they did cuz he got written down we still hear about it today. We're moving further away from PNG than what was happening up there. But let's be encouraged that God can be with us and can do things here. What are we doing about getting things together? Do you got some ideas of what you would like to do and gods impressing upon you are things we can do talk to the pastor talk to myself talk in the Alice and let's make this a unified church that we can work together. We can't do everything but let's do what we can. They were staying in one place. They came together to be with God. May we continue to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus the author and finisher of a fight?
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father God we thank you that you are the god that is sent the Holy Spirit to blessing the goddess. We're rejoicing to die of the news. We hear from Papa New Guinea May the holy spirit's presence be felt around the world and that it's a glorious day. If you'll soon coming we felt by soul, but help us to do a pot help us to be one in unity help us to work together. Help us to spread the gospel so that you can come see a message one of the congregation today. We ask it in Jesus name. Amen.