The Great Omission

It's good to see you all. I'm glad you're here and we've been praying for my friend Chris, who's the little bit younger than me like 13 days, but he has cancer and he was going to his appointment last week and he said that he was riding alone, but we as a congregation, a body of Believers were actually riding along with him cuz he listened to the service on the way down and on the way back from treatment. So you never know who is impacted by how we live our lives. Whether it's through something, we think, kind of stupid, I mean, like a while, he was going to bother with a, a little church in a little place and big state bigger than Texas. But we don't know who is going to be impacted. So, Keep up the good work because God's in charge of the fruit that comes from all this. Well today, kids, you're here. Because I said, I want the kids and mr. I was like sure. No. Actually, it's because mr. Jason is here and Jason's with definitions and in June we talked about definitions a lot because of a movie and we're going to actually watch it trailer. I showed it to you in. June will show it to you again. And the trailer is really good but it does have a little part where Jesus's crucifixion the very little. So if you feel your kids are too little in June, no one did, but just know that and what Jason is going to cover his even cover the Great Commission, but I'm going to cover the great omission. So see if we can kind of distinguish these and figure it out and Jason is been here since Wednesday or Tuesday. And he was at the ministry meeting with us on Wednesday meeting with a bunch of people. And the definitions has a lot of opportunities to be able to reach an unreached group and he'll explain a lot more. But Jason few would mind coming up.

For, are we on? There we go. So ironic a death presentation in the microphone, doesn't work the enemy anyway, I'm really grateful to be here today at Pastor Ivan's, invitation, thank you for having me. I'm just jump right in because I have a limited amount of time and let you know exactly where this talk is headed. It's going to be in three parts and that's because I'm a recovering pastor. Recovering from Ministry. I hope pastures have to give talks in threes right Ivan. So here's how it's going to go. I'm going to start at 30,000 ft View and so I give you the purpose or a reason for existence or the the problem that we're trying to solve how to be at thirty thousand feet and move down to fourteen thousand feet a Mountaintop you now you folks here with the name Denali Bible Chapel get Mountain Top views right often in Nebraska and Iowa. And those places in the hill is the the mountain to them. No, no, no. We're talking about 14,000 ft, and above the Mountaintop, you the Strategic level there, a lot of strategies for reaching deaf people. But this morning I'm just going to mention one that I think is most appropriate for this group, and then finally move down to the 3 ft level and that's where you can get involved if you would like, okay. So my title at definitions of Chief relationship officer, does anybody know what that's code for?

Fundraiser. So that means we might talk a little bit about money at the end, okay? But the good news is, you know, exactly where this talk is going. So if you did, if you don't want to talk about money, just maybe cover your eyes or go out and check the football. Score is getting a cup of coffee. I want my feelings will not be hurt if you get up and go with the money part of this, okay. I just want you to know that God is watching. So there is that, but Just kidding. I'm just kidding. All right, if you could put that first light up the first light up how about let's go back. Alright so let me give you a little bit of history about definition for a 53 year-old organization. I we were started by a man named Wayne King 53 years ago. He was a preacher in a small Church in the middle of Iowa and one Christmas season. His church decided they were going to take up a love offering for a needy family and their Community, well that needy family happen to be deaf. So there was doing with the money headed, over to the stuff family's house. And he's wondering how on Earth am I going to communicate with these people? They can't hear me. And he finally gets there and gets the door in the end. They finally realize that he's out on the front porch and they let him in. And this was his strategy. Thought about this long and hard on his drive all the way over here. Here's what he did. Do you open the door?

Starting to talk really loud and really slowly. I guess what? They can't hear you anyway? That's a bad way. That introduce yourself to a deaf person if you'd like a better way. I will teach you after service. A better way to introduce yourself to someone who is deaf but she said and then I went and grabbed a pad of paper and they started to write back and forth and she was so grateful for that money and then do when did something that I think is Really Brave. He wrote on that pad of paper, would you be my guest in church next Sunday or something like that? And you know what she said? What she wrote back I guess it's no! You don't know my language, you don't know about my culture. I won't get anything out of that. Serves writing furiously handed back to him now and that moment I think is when God showed up in our story, you're not literally but figuratively, God was standing there saying to Dwayne Dwayne should the gas will be kept from her simply because she cannot hear. What are you going to do about it? Dwayne took the pad of paper and I don't know how he got this idea. Why he got this idea, but he wrote back. What if I learned some sign language, would you come then? Grudgingly. She said, yes. He learned enough sign language for her to start coming. Who's preaching in sign. I don't know how he learned it back then. More people started to come, finally got to this point was like, listen, I need to stop preaching at this church and I need to start this organization called Death missions, and he did and because one man said, yes to God, just one guy. We worked with dozens of denominations, we've been in dozens of countries and thousands and thousands of people have seen the gospel for the very first time because one person said, yes, what you said? Yes, more on that later. So this is what he was getting himself into, we didn't realize that I've all the 70 + million. Deaf people out there, only 2% of them, have any kind of relationship with Jesus. Their top five unreached people groups in the world and they are not respect cuz if they have a very complex situation. All right, so hopefully this will work with a decided that they will start. A project was a 35-year long project. They said, what if we translate the Bible into American sign language for deaf people that will that will solve all their problems? So I brought what that looks like. This is what the death Bible looks like. This is the Book of Proverbs. I brought Proverbs, because I love Proverbs, I even named my youngest son Solomon. Write, this is what the Bible looks like for deaf people. Now you're probably wondering what why do we put it in their language? Why don't they just pick up one of these and start reading for themselves, right? Anybody think that Just me now. Okay. Thank you. You're with me. I know I'm worried for you now that you think like I do. But here's the thing about English I see a lot of kids here today at 3 with your moms and dads moms and dads you read at your kids, right? You get that big book out and you start going through it and especially with the young readers. You start going through words and then you get to a long and difficult word. What do we tell the beginning reader to do? Sounded out. How will that work for deaf person? You realize every letter or symbol on this page makes a sound and we pieced it together phonetically or by sound. Consequently deaf people are reading a second language to them and if you try to learn a language in high school or college, you know how difficult it can be to be fluent in that and read that language is really hard, right? It's a completely different word structure, word order, grammar syntax in fact is most closely related to French than it is to English. So it's very, very difficult for a deaf person to pick up a Bible in English and read it, that makes sense. All right? So what I didn't tell you is there's a 35-year I did tell you. I was 35 your project. It's the only complete Bible for deaf people in the world and it was finished in 2020. You're not raising deaf, people did not have a complete Bible until 2020 in their own heart language. Fascinating, the thing is that American sign language is not Universal. There are three hundred plus sign languages in the world we call it. The American Sign Language version because we went from Greek and Hebrew, the ancient languages to American Sign Language, not from English to American Sign Language. I'll be a transliteration. This is a true version of the Bible, but as you can see, it's the only one of its kind. We got a lot of work to do so, we backed up a little bit, we had an epiphany, if you will, and we decided. What if we go to deaf people in the American Sign? Language version is online. They have to go find it on their own. But what if we go to them with a story about Jesus that's compelling and in their language and makes sense to them. So we decided to make a full-length feature film about the life of Jesus and it covers the three biggest barriers that deaf people have to receiving the gospel. Number one, language the entire movie is in American Sign Language, all the actors, the extras, the director, the producer that be Find the scenes people, everyone in this movie is deaf. Why would we do that? Because when deaf people watch this movie, we want them to see that. We understand their culture were using their language, we get their culture and if you've noticed this whole time, I've been saying deaf person, deaf people death, man, deaf woman, deaf people identify mostly with their deafness. They want to be called a deaf person. They do not want to be identified by a deficiency like hearing impaired. They don't want those titles, call me Jeff. And when they get to see our movie, they will notice that God knows him very well. In fact, he speaks their language. Jesus uses American sign language in this movie, And it will blow their minds, right? That makes sense so far. Okay. This is what it looks like. This is a trailer for the movie. There's music and closed captioning for the sign language impaired so that would work well for all of us.

So what do you think? Be great.

Sign language. I can see if you're not doing it, it's an amazing feeling, we're proud of it. I'll just lay out the three goals that we have for this movie. We wanted to be seen a million times. And in a couple of years, we started in movie theaters. So last April, we did it Premiere in Dallas. And then we released the movie in June. In fact, it was here in Fairbanks which is fantastic and and movie theaters across the country. I were having church has to start to show the film and in their churches, but really, what we're trying to do is negotiate an agreement with the streaming company, so that this movie can be streamed directly to the device. A handheld device of a deaf person, or their Apple TV, or whatever streaming device they have in their home, so that they can invite their friends into their home. Who don't know, Jesus, to watch this movie and to learn that Jesus really does know them. And love them very, very much. There will be a cute but there is a QR code at the end of the movie and you can hold your phone up to that and I'll take you to a landing page. And they'll be four or five options at death. Get to choose from. I want to meet Jesus. I want to be in a group. I need prayer and there's a couple more on there. We're getting really, really intentional about seeing what depth people want and need and how we can move them along in their Journey. And then finally, we want start a thousand. What I called micro churches, deaf people would call it my group, right? What we want is for training death, L to reach out to eight or nine, other people in their deaf Community, who don't know, Jesus to invite them to their home to watch the movie. And then, they're going to invite them to watch a series of lessons, that we have prepared that go along with the movie. And then eventually after that, they're going to just remain as a group together, as sort of a micro Church, a deaf person, discipling other deaf people. How many cents is 1,000? May not seem like a lot, right? Well in this, in this country, there are four million deaf people and their about 187 Def Leppard Def attended. After church is what I would call them. That means there's one that's church for every 22,000 if people. Are there enough churches for deaf people? Not even close, right? Those are big goals. So what is the deaf church look? Like 45 years ago, we went out to Boston because this man named Edgar wrote to us and said, the American Sign Language version. The Bible is changing my life. I put a group together. I'm starting to disciple another young man so that he can use it and disciple other people. How dare he do? All that all on his own, how dare he write? It was an organic group. This is the kind of group that we're going to put together. We're going to be more intentional about doing this. Remember, Edgar lives in Boston. So when you hear the voice over, do not be alarmed.

Without the American Sign Language Bible, it would be very hard for me to learn God's word. Growing up I didn't receive a good education, I didn't go to a deaf school, I was mainstreamed with hearing students even though I went to church growing up, I struggle to read the Bible. People kept telling me read the Bible and pray but I did not go over improve spiritually, how I was very frustrated during all my struggles.

Liz has a great point. Reading the Bible in Sign Language, I Now understand and apply God's word to my life. I understand that I have sinned. I have learned that I must repent and change my ways and turn back to God. Jesus is come into my heart. And I have been baptized, I've been blessed as I've grown spiritually and Bam or his fruit as I continue to learn. Thank you, Father and Son. Jesus name. I pray. Amen.

This food is good in it. Taste great.

I've been in power and another deaf man to utilize the aslv for teaching the Bible to a Bible study group. Hello and good evening, y'all. Let's welcome our teacher.

My father suddenly died, who was going to take care of my brother's I realized I'd be the one who'd have to take care of them.

The Bible says in Philippians 4:13, that I can do everything with him who gives me strength.

I learn that verse from the eeeslv. This verse is help me to keep going and not give up and taking care of my brothers. Both of them are severely handicapped. This verse again and courage is me that I can stay strong and how Jesus Christ.

My name is Edgar and this is my name time. I love you. American Sign Language version of the Bible.

it's a great story and the right Story, one thing you need to know about deaf people is Be careful when you ride with him in a car and they're driving, but you're really careful. Really careful. So this is this is this that I forgot to warn you about the three-foot section. If you'd like to go now and not talk about this. That's fine. But here's what a what a group cost to put together is about $3,000 for one group. What is that do? Well, we train a l, there are 10 people in a group and the potential reach of that group is about 400 people in their community. So you can see the expanded reach of just one group of 10 people who are really, really eager to reach out into their community and start more group. So we want a group to start groups that start groups. Deaf people want to start a movement using the gospel to reach other deaf people and we're very excited to help them do that. Okay, here's the last part. I'm going to put that back here. The last thing two things I'd like for you to pray about this morning. Number one, I would like for you to pray that we would find the resources that we need to start all thousand of those groups. Would you just join me in prayer for that pleased, that the Harvest is plentiful? But the workers are few and we need more and more people to come alongside of us and help with that. If you're interested in helping and participating with that, just see me afterwards. Now I have a more outlandish request for you. This morning. All right. God has put this on my heart to ask people to do this and so I'm going to move forward and do this today. Would you pray that we find a million-dollar donor?

How to sound like a huge? Well, here's a, here's what I've been learning the past 10 years that I've worked at definitions. When you asked God for a little, he he meets the minimum requirement, right? But when we ask God for big and great things, what does he do? He goes above and beyond what we ever ask or imagine Ephesians 3 chapter 20 says, now to him, who is able to do in measurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us to him. Be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever, amen. Will you join me in praying for those two things, your prayers will radically transform the lives of an entire community in this country and around the world and I believe God is in that and moving and we're seeing it happen already. So imma turn this over to Ivan now. Thank you.

Thanks Jason. And we might as well pray right now. Lord I Thank you for Dwayne. King being willing to follow you here. This one man and yet now lives are being impacted. God damn, we don't know how you want us as individuals involved as a church has just people that follow you. But God, we do pray that you would provide a large donor that believes in spreading the gospel to the sun, Reach people group, please bring that person along and help the the money to be used mightily for you and provide, the workers to be willing to lead. These little church, has equipped them with the mindset with the pastor's heart, to be able to lead and care for those that are brought to them. And please help, that's just make such an amazing Kingdom impact in your world, in Jesus name. Amen.

Thank you again. Jason

so, you might wonder like, I wonder

We don't have any depth in the congregation. We only have like, Susie, you know, partial sign, or most sign or fluent.

Okay. Okay, seriously communicate Annette speaks like a two-year-old. I think it is our summer. So there might be a few others, Amy took a SL for a little bit. But what are we to do? Cuz like that's not where God's places. But did we know about this in June? I mean before June. I would say no. I would a, who knows what God has. So maybe maybe God is laying on one of our hearts to work with this. Maybe he has a partner with a little congregation, maybe he has a, I don't know anybody, something I don't know, but that's the cool thing because God bring you these things, when he prepares the hearts that need to follow it and then the rest of us we pray, we pray and come alongside as God brings those needs. So who knows what God will do. It really fulfill the Great Commission, which is go into all the world and preach the good news to all people. That's the Great Commission but we when we get to it, you know, we get to a great Omission, you know, it is to admit something is like, I'm not doing that or I'm putting that aside or whatever. Sometimes we are like, well, Jesus Great Commission was great, but I'm going to follow the great Omission, which means I won't have to do everything is asking me to do. Why, why do we do that? Like what in the world makes us do that? We know that scripture talks about these kind of things but we wonder. Okay. Does that really mean us like is that really for Ivan or is that really is that better for Amanda to do cuz Amanda is really great? Is that better for Rick to do on a cruise or What we have these words that we have to wrestle with and in the Revelation 5 I'll put it on the screen for you verses 8 through 14. We're finding out at the end of all things. The end of when time is obliterated, when it God has Finally, wrapped up everything. Verse 8 begins, when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 Elders fell down before the lamb. Each one had a harp and golden bowls filled with incidents which of the prayers of the Saints. And they sang, a new song, you're worthy to take the scroll and to open it seals because you were slaughtered. You purchased people by your blood for God, by your blood, for every tribe and language and people and Nation. You made them a kingdom and Priests to our God, and they will reign on Earth. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne and also the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands. They said there was a loud, voice Worthy is the Lamb who slaughtered to receive power and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory and blessing. I heard every creature in heaven on Earth, under the Earth, on the sea and everything in them, say blessing and honor and glory and power, are you to the one seated on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever The four living creatures said, amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.

Till the end of all time we get to this word. You purchased people by for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and Nation. Every tribe language people. A nation. So that. Sounds all-consuming, right? It doesn't mean that everyone becomes followers are Jesus Christ. No, we know that God. So loved the world that he gave his only son that people accept this free gift. But you probably know a fair amount that don't care about the free gift. They disregard what Jesus has done.

Those. It's going to be a time of judgment where we stand before. God, we have to account for the decisions. We've made following Christ not following Christ, but those that followed Christ will come from every tribe and tongue and Nation, people group. That means that we have to do something Us in reaching out to those. It doesn't mean though that we have to be the ones to go to Every tribe every language group, every people group Every Nation. But God has a part for each of us to plan.

So when they said, when John was writing Revelation says tribe, you know, this is context, Ali Israel was the 12 tribes of Israel and that's where people would automatically think these are the groups, these tribes that people are part of, and a tribe is, it's a small group with particular custom and normally it's family relation you related by family. So a tribe was there their mindset. But Gods from the beginning actually was saying. Well, it's not just going to be this one. Little people group. I have a bigger plan, so Genesis 12:2 says, I will make you a romantic. Great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing, not just a blessing for himself but I will bless those who bless you. I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt and all the peoples on Earth will be blessed through you. All the people on Earth will be blessed, are you? So from the beginning, God had this plan to include all people tribes, tongues Nations people. And then in Daniel, the ladies are going to get there very soon. 7:14 in the, the part of the prophecies, the Prophecies of Daniel. This is what he says he has given dominion and glory and a kingdom. So that those of every people nation and language should serve him, his Dominion is an everlasting Dominion that will not pass away. And his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed. So we have Abraham, that's thousands and thousands of years before Jesus, and Daniel who was several hundred years before, Jesus all prophesying, the same thing that the world would be impacted and blessed by this. Well during this time it was the Roman Empire. So as far as most of the people thought the ends of the Earth was the end of the road, the Roman Road that is and Rome spread throughout a lot of the world. We know that there's much more world but when a person I would have heard the Book of Revelation red, they would have thought that's going to be impossible, to touch the whole world, meaning the whole Roman World impossible, not able to be done. But God said it. Now we know that the world is much bigger and we might be well, impossible cannot be done. But God Is Bigger Than That. So this tribe normally we think of a tribe out in Africa or like my about swapping friends. They are a group of people that stick together but you know, it's now a a term that people use and it's called My Tribe. I was with my tribe the other day. Have you ever heard that if you're on social media you would know that. It's kind of a cool thing to say not just group but my tribe you hang out with your tribe and these ladies actually, it's really cute. They say that. That's my tribe. I like it. So even doesn't matter who or what. But then it's these people groups that I'm US dictionary, says they describe a group of people with whom. One feels a strong connection often through shared interest beliefs or experiences unlike the traditional definition of a tribe. Like my Botswana and friends, which is based of familial ethnic or cultural ties, the modern usage of My Tribe focuses on the connection form, through shared passion, Professions Hobbies or worldviews. So a tribe. In biblical terms probably was more that a people family group but God does not. He's not confined to just one thing. You know, if we're calling a tribe, God is still coming for our tribes and God wants us to reach them. So tribes are smaller. Then we get to the second one which is language. Language is another part and South Asia. Bible commentary says it's a larger group with similar Customs, speaking the same language. So they are ones where it's a common tongue is what we say in English by and large is the common language in America in Florida where I grew up. You would go to the lower lower part of Florida, and there's a lot that could only speak Spanish. So it was a different culture just because we spoke the language, same language. It's like we're the same culture, America's The Melting Pot. English is the cultural language. So language is this next bigger people group that Jesus is reaching but then we get to This. So the we already found out aslv took all those years to be able to get to those in sign. It's wonderful but only one sign language group is covered there. Still 299 plus sign language groups that do not have the Bible in their language, not to mention the old, the other ones that are hearing language groups. So there's many that have not been touched in their own language. But Jesus speaks in their language. So they need to know. And then we get to Nash, I mean peoples. And the people is a community of gathering or Community or gathering of humans. Kind of self-explanatory, right? But it's a larger group. So we got the tribe smaller language group larger. A people group, even larger still. And these are the ones that have the same customs and thoughts. Even if it's different languages, they still relate together. And then finally, We get a physician's to 14 through 16. He says, or Paul writes for he is our peace who made both groups one tore down the dividing wall of hostility in his flesh. He made of no effect. The law can system commands and expressed and regulations, so that he might create in himself. One new man, from the two resulting in peace. You see the Israelites felt that, oh, you have to become Jews in order to follow God. But Christ said that he came for all Jew and Gentile when Christ died on the cross. When he rose again, when he gave us the ability to accept his free gift of Salvation that dividing wall between Jew, Gentile slave, free male, female kid, adult all eradicated because of what Jesus did that division that we have with people groups divided spiritually. We still have the people group distinctions because we're still human. So, it keeps going that the nations are now impacted tribes. Small language group little bigger. People group even bigger but a nation is a self-supporting governmental system. And it has the a huge amount of people in it mean maybe it's a small amount, like box one, I think is two million people but regardless, it's an issue with a lot of different people, lot of different things, a lot of different ideas, but they're all in this one nation. so here, we we find out in the Book of Revelation that Jesus has come to give life and he has come to give it to everyone, but not everyone is accepted it. So Universal opportunity to be saved, not Universal salvation, but Universal opportunity saved but there will be Universal worship at the end every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, even those who disregard his name. So, every tribe and tongue and nation, and people group are going to be represented, not only has followers of Jesus, but those that do not follow those still be represented.

What am I, Terry said not everyone from Every tribe is going to accept Jesus as Savior. But representatives from all these groups will come together and The Universal Church.

So what do we do? Then when we follow our great omission, cuz I think there's there's several times throughout the day throughout the week that it's like, well, It'd be cool. If you didn't say that cuz I'd rather not do that. I'd rather omit that from my daily life and do something else. But how do we follow the Great Commission? The Great Commission from Jesus as I was thinking through things and working with Jason. I came across a lot of thoughts. Basically my mind is racing, we know that we need to go to people. We knew that the people need to be impacted, they need to be touched. Their languages, they need to hear Jesus in their own language.

Does that mean each one of us has to do that? No, but each one of us has a impact radius around us and we speak the language of those around us. We impact those around us, so we can do that. All the languages in the world. There's still, I think it's 3000 that are untranslated and Wycliffe Bible translators trying to do their best. Other groups are as well. Even in this map of Africa. They don't have the swan a language, which is the Botswana one or even the June quanzhi clicking language that was in the bush when we were there. So, this is just a sample of Africa. Do we have these thousands of languages that don't hear? But remember there are 299 plus sign languages that do not have the Bible in their own tongue. 70 million +. Deaf people 2% have a relationship with Jesus. Okay, that is just a bunch of numbers so I worked out something. There's 333 million people in the US, just the United States. That's a lot of people. There's eight billion people in the world. Again, a lot of people when people take a quarter of Christians and I use that term loosely, those are Catholics. Oh yeah, I believe in God. Whatever they say 2.4 billion, people are Christians. Out of eight. So now we get down to 70 million deaf in the in the whole entire world. Go down even further. Only 2% have a relationship with Christ. You know how much that is 1.4 million? That's it. So 70 million people, only 1 million know Jesus. That. Ratio is terrible. So, I wonder if our mission field is hiding in plain sight. if it's hiding right around us, you see there's several groups that Are isolated. Like, if you covered your ears and you couldn't mostly here, right? You would be isolated. You would be alone people to be around you but because you can't hear you feel alone. Imagine if there's another deaf person and they could communicate, suddenly you're not alone. So this alone Ness is, I think what God wants us to. Use whatever skills, he has to reach into the lives of people. So we know that the deaf Community needs us to reach out, but that is not the only group. We have lots of people that walk the streets, right. Lot of people that stay at the rescue mission, lot of people that do not many people live in boxes, or tents. sometimes we have a great Omission that well, It's not them. But if you are homeless and you are by yourself, yes, people might be around but you feel alone. Because you have nothing to call your own, you have no Treasure of your own basically. You have no worth So there are people group that needs to know God's love. That would be one of the peoples in the Book of Revelation. How will they know unless we share right? And then what about those that have chronic illness those that struggle with pain all day everyday, that basic, they are relegated to stay home that pain consumes their mind and their heart all day long. You ask them where they feel on the pain structure and they say a good day is 6. 6 is pretty high up there. They feel alone because people don't understand and when we don't understand we don't try to understand. We use it as an excuse. So I'll pray for you and keep on walking like saying peace. Be with you. Like they said, I I think Peter and then going on but they'd rather than giving the person food so those that struggle with chronic illness are shut-in, but what about those that are actually shut in They are alone set apart. They are a group that needs people to reach out to them. They need Christ, love and care. So here we have four, just little things even within our community of ways in which people are alone. We have these people groups, they speak their own language. They like if you going to nursing home they definitely have their own language. That's a lot of prunes and ice cream and things like that rheumatoid arthritis. You fill in the blanks, I got a squeaky wheel chair, there is a language, all their own, they are a people group and yet they will be identified and have him because Christ came for All Peoples. So, all I'm saying, is that we sometimes try to boil down, Jesus's words to us to such a low degree, that we have a list of rules responsibilities duties, and we can say no to them. I did this, I did this side of this wild too much today.

If you feel that you love Jesus but you don't really want to do anything about it then. It's time to let go. Either fully Jesus or fully not. Because there's no lukewarm in the faith or in the in Christ Kingdom. There is no way to be lukewarm and for kids. God is calling you to. He is reaching out to you. Someone said that there's no grandchildren and God's kingdom. He has no grandchildren. The only has children that are heirs, which means like your parents, they might love God, they may follow him but that doesn't mean you do. so, you have to make the choice for yourself to decide whether But Jesus says is right and you want to follow it or not. But those that have committed to. Yes, I'll follow Jesus. I know I'll mess up. Donald equip has to do every good work. He's called us to do. Now, two weeks ago or 3 weeks ago, I shared how every yes I mean every God thing isn't that? Yes for each, one of us? But every God thing isn't a no for each, one of us either God calls each, one of us uniquely to do unique things. Like, Mike's got a unique subset that God has allowed him to do. That is set apart, I can't do it. I don't have the equipment. I talked to his friend John 15 years ago about salvation and nothing. And yet, God sends Mike along in weeks before he dies and how a mic talks. He comes to saving Faith, because God uses him. So Mike said, yes and that's the thing. Don't kill yourself. Give yourself the

peace. To ask God to help, you know what to say? Yes to. And if other people look down on you, you're not soon enough you're not. And as a pastor, I can get that alot It doesn't matter what people think if you're following God and asking price to say, yes, whatever it is. Yes you Then it doesn't matter if you will lead you and equip you to where he wants you to be. so all in all we have many people groups Nations and languages hiding in plain sight here in Fairbanks. And each one of us are equipped to do something about it. So Jesus says, therefore go. Go into your world and teach the gospel to anyone. You can say, yes, to those missions, that Jesus tells us to go on and the ones, he says, no, we can still come alongside those. He's asked to say, yes, A spring.

Thank you, Lord. That you give us purpose, you give us meaning and that you allow us to do amazing things for you, not because we're strong, or we can do it now because we're smart enough to know, where to be. And when to be there, But because we're relying on you to give us the strength to give us the knowledge to give us the wisdom to know how to speak. Please help us. As there are many hiding in plain sight here within our community that need to know the good news of Jesus.

God sometimes.

We put up all these barriers but please break them down and help us to see the people you have for us. And if you willing to do it, Jesus name, amen. After this I looked and there was a vast multitude from every nation tribe people in language which no one could know I'm standing before the Thunder before the lamb. They were closed in white robes with palm branches in their hands and they cried out in a loud voice. Salvation Belongs To Our God. Who is Seated on the throne and to the lamp. All the Angels stood around the throne and along with the elders in the four living creatures. They fell face-down Before the Throne and worship God saying, amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and Thanksgiving, an honor and power and strength, be to our god forever and ever. Amen. Amen, you're dismissed.