The Power Of Jesus - Part 2 (Matthew)

Good morning. UCF. Good morning. How's everyone feeling early looks really good. It's a beautiful day. It's a blessing today is the day that the Lord has made. So let's tan and start off with that.

Is every day that the Lord has made we have to show that we are grateful for everything that you've done for us.

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Hey, man, how many of you operating in Victory? You know, sometimes we got to just pray out some devil demons a man, you know, those things that just try to get your attention and you know take up precious time to God is given to you know, we have Victory. Amen. Come on. Let's give God a big hand of Praise. Amen. Now listen a couple of messages that didn't make it to the bulletin. We are going to Alaska believes in and teaching amen. So not only do we have Tuesday night bible study and Thursday night bible state, but guess what we going to start Sunday morning Bible study Sunday morning Bible study. So I know everybody who said they can't make it on Tuesday or Thursday. Now they going to come on Sunday morning and if there's a reason we're not calling this Sunday because some people push back when you say School amen. So we calling it Bible study Sunday morning Bible study and we got to start we going to start at 10:10 so we can start at 10. I need everybody come and we going to have a class for the kids in and for the adults amen, and then we're at we're going to let our young adults and run it a man that's going to be a lot of fun. So y'all just Cheap Sunday morning starting next week Sunday morning Bible study. So we going to do that. Then now the other thing that we going to do is we going to give and I'm blessed a hard I praise team operates as the praise team in the praise dancer and they've been covering for our kids world. So we going to be a little break a man. We got some parents who stepped up and did and they're going to help us out once a month. So you guys will only have to do right now once a month a man so you can get some rest you can come in and in a sanctuary hear that such so we just we just ate those who have volunteered and we going to work out all of the logistics of everything but for our kids for our kids world, so we're going to have them talk by some parents and some Educators. So it's not a burden just on one group of individuals. So ladies. Thank you all so much for it for stepping in the gap for us and you know Pastor Ben friend, so y'all not Totally out of it. But you know you getting a little a little break a man so far kid stand up stand up stand up when you get them ready to dismiss two children stories. We got a lot of women a man and he's not all the ones that are here. Amen. So I need everybody standing up straight. Amen. Hey, man, so we going to pray over our young people with an instructor's before we release them the kids World father. We thank you for our young people. We thank you for our future. I pray right now covering over each and every one of them from the crowd of their heads to the soul of their feet. I pray God that their minds are ready to receive your word. I pray God for their obedience in the class Lord that they will listen and also Lord will share. So we thank you Father God for not only them their parents but the instructors I pray a special anointing on the instructors while the guy that they would have the wisdom in the patience to teach our kids. We thank you for all that. You do giving you all honor and praise in Jesus precious name let everybody say Amen. Alright, so the kids are dismissed it's world. amen

While they're being dismissed. The other thing we're going to do the other thing that we're going to do for our kids is instead of having them all sit in the back. We're going to have these two rolls right here where our kids will be sitting a man. We're not going to have kids sitting in the back anymore. That's a bit of a yeah. Well, we'll just leave it at that. So I have two chairs for you guys over there and once here for you over there, so you guys can sit over there and then parents. We really need your help with our young people a man and and there's a lot of activity going on back there that has been distracting so we can bring them up front a man and where everybody can have amen. Hey don't you know, it's kind of hard to stay still win some you know, when a lot of stuff is going on and your friends from school. Are there a Men? Amen. All right, y'all ready we going we going to finish off the part 2 of the message the power of Jesus Amen now amazing job yesterday I last week for Father's Day. So I think all the men were here it was less than just thank God for all the women that you see have y'all just blessed us immensely to remind us that were Kingdom in and I just thank you guys for all that. You did. I know it's a lot of work. So we appreciate it. Amen. Amen. I wish we could have like that kind of Father's Day like once a month. Is that asking a lot that's asking a lot. Alright, y'all pray for the pastor cuz you know when it's good you want more of it. Amen. Amen. So couple weeks ago. I started this message entitled The Power of Jesus the subject was the testimony of Matthew y'all remember we had Matthew stand up here and we kind of we kind of describe with Matthew was going through so we going to go back to that message and finish it off. It's part of a series and went when we're done with Matthew. We're going to look at the woman at the well a man woman at the well and then we going to close this this message out with the prodigal son. So you guys as part of a part of this as we need to understand the power of Jesus in every situation that where and when you need to understand that that Jesus is moving and he sees God sees us differently than the world sees is a man and so I'm excited. Went went when the spirit gave me this this text on Matthew many times, but then it just opened my eyes to how we can actually CR7 the word of God, Amen. We got in there any man. Here's what we going to let Stan are foundational scripture is Matthew chapter 9 verses 9 through 13 now. It'll be on the screen if you can you can see it. But if we're going to read it in the new King James translation and I want to read it together with me when you're there say men. All right Birds 9s. Jesus passed on from there. I don't hear ya. He saw a man named Matthew.

Follow me. So he rolls and follow him verse 10. Now it appeared as Jesus said at the table in the house that behold many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples verse 11. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples. Why does your teacher he would tax collectors and sinners verse 12 when Jesus heard that he said to them those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick finally verse 13, but go and learn what this means I desire mercy and not sacrifice for I did not come to call the righteous but Sinners to repentance a mint now let join me in ensuring our confession of Faith repeat this after me. I am not moved. By what I see. about what I feel I am moved by what I believe. I believe the word of God the victory is mine. I have it now. I can see it through the eyes of my face. in Jesus name Now, let's take a few minutes and give God some praise open up your mouth. Give God some praise. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord for being God and God all by yourself honor you this morning. We honor you feeling are King. We are you God for being our Lord, we honor you for being our savior, we honor you because of who you are father. We thank you for this day. We thank you for the blessings that you give in touch. God bless you. We ask an honor and a worse Lord that God we bless you. We ask that you would just look up on us Lord in and provide the things that we need father God we do in the holy of holies Lord. We thank you Father God for what you have done in our life and what you're going to do for the guy but more importantly we thank you for the gift of Salvation Lord. We thank you for my elder brother. Jesus who has been such a blessing to us and not been for him. We wouldn't be here today Lord. And so we just Hunter you when we give you all praise and glory and we do that. In Jesus precious name let everybody say amen. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord now just kind of as recap remember when I when I first talked to you, we in in Matthew chapter 9 we're introduced to several groups of people. We were introduced to some religious folks. They're known as the scribes were introduced to the tax collectors were introduced to a general group call centers were introduced to disciples wear even to do to a synagogue leader who had just had a family member died and then

A popular text is introduced to a woman who has initial blood a man and we know how Jesus intervene in her life. And so

All those things in verses 1 through 8 all those things that happened to other than then and verse 9 he begins to share his own testimony. And then remember when we had Matthew stand up here, we we realized that Matthew was what's called a tax collector a mint and soda tax collector was considered the low of the Lowe's in the Jewish Community a man and the reason being is because the tax collector was looking for the natural enemy which the Romans and taking more than actually what was supposed to be taken in terms of tax. So there's a lot of things going on but the the spiritual aspect of it. Is that the people Did not see the tax collectors as as individuals. They saw me as a man and Aunt so the thing about that in the end. I want to impress upon your mind. Is that sometime? Saying you're seeing a shortcoming. Sometimes people forget you a human being. And they start calling you that thing y'all remember that you know, how wouldn't call the drug addict we forget the dairy. There is a week all know that crackhead. Amen, right that that this that that would it happens to be we forget that they're human beings and we start calling them the things that they're struggling with amen. And so does the problem is when you start calling people and think they start acting a certain way but the great thing about Jesus we saw as he walked past. He did not see Matthew the way folks are him. Amen. Jesus said in the Bible says that Jesus found the first verse number 9 before I get ahead of myself about Jesus and I don't set this cuz it's going to make sense to why the church have to change something. The Infant Jesus is his purpose was to come and draw those who were considered sinners remember the church should be filled with folks who are going through stuff.

Sanctuaries a place for those who are going through things to come and meet Jesus the way we Twisted this thing is if he comes a country code for those who are already saved a man, so we got to remember our jobs to go out and draw people to Christ. That's our job.

Our job is to be sane so that somebody else can know the baby knowledge of Jesus Christ and be drawn to him. And so when when we start looking through the eyes of the world that people are going through the eyes of Christ because we begin to look through the eyes of Christ. We see people who are hurting on the inside emptiness because that's what sin does it creates an emptiness and crates to voice our job is to to draw them.

So now with that context we can Now understand why Jesus so Matthew and begin to do what he did.

Thank you, Jesus. I got I keep remember. I'm ahead of y'all pray for me. Amen.

Go to Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 Matthew chapter 11 verse 28. I I need to I need to deal with this kind of unravel this thing here. So in Matthew chapter 11 verse 28 verse 28 says come to me all you who labor. And are heavy laden and I'll give you rest. so so in the midst of Trying to live in this world. There is a working that causes an empty this trying to please the world. When when God wants you to follow him and so so we begin to work hard and in the Bible calls it or labor a heavy burden and we can get caught up in different ways. You know, your your world might be okay, you might have the perfect marriage in the perfect situation, but but the kids might be going crazy. You might be you know doing okay health-wise, but financially you're struggling. There's a labor there, you know, you might be in the situation in the job that you don't like so you labor in the Bible. Who are are in this world laboring a man? And he says laboring and in heaven.

No, no, nothing. I have to remind us is this sometimes the devil would make us think we got it all together. sometime I just think everything is okay. But when you look in that mirror, yes you Cameron trying to be whoever everybody else thinks. You need to be when you look in there be honest.

with what I'm doing Are you with me? Are you looking at me like that? You know? Okay. Look at the text. Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden. See that's why.

But when you win is honest with themselves and says you much. I'm not where I want to be. I'm not talking about finances or or what.

So, you know you look. I want to be.

Give me Christ. Does that make sense when when you win?

Call anyone but you know in their actions some is just not right there. Those are prime.

And they just don't deflect deflect deflect deflect deflect. That's what they do and they're just oh, I'm okay. I'm fine. This is busy. But when they look at themselves in the mirror and finally being honest with themselves, they can say something, right? It's at that time. their net introduction of Jesus Amen in verse 29 It says take my yoke upon you and learn from me now. Historically use a unit I'll just use the unit to put on a cow or calf or bull with something to join them. The dick right?

my service take what I want you to do you do if you take up on what I want you to do and learn for me. He said and lowly in heart and in my type of service you'll find rest for yourself.

Please see that's important as we walk. This journey that we have peace in our soul on the inside.

Service upon you and follow me the place where the world can never get you and give you satisfaction I can. in your soul Does that make sense? Here's Matthew. Get all the money that he could ever want big house. that position and Power but he's empty.

How many folks know folks who got stuff? And they're empty. Stuff but they're empty cuz their souls are not arrest a man. I told Jesus walks past and he says to Matthew while Matthew was sitting there at the tax collectors table. He says follow me I talked about this right I talked about this. He said follow me and he didn't give Matthew an opera.

Well, what about this? He said follow me and Matthew had to make a decision. And I and I shared this the last time sometimes when Jesus comes and what however he manifested through through the priests were through a neighbor through a parent through a co-worker and they said come follow Christ. You better listen because what you don't know is what's around the corner so you can see straight ahead, but you don't know what's around the corner and I'm going through

I can't move the fact that the left side of his body didn't know what was round the corner and he was like all I'll get to heaven before you all get to heaven because I'm a nice person, but didn't know. What was around the corner? See sometimes. Telling you you need to follow Christ because they have been given something from the Lord to share for you. And if you deflected or don't accept it, then when you get around the corner, you won't be able to deal with it.

So he says Matthew. Follow me. And then Matthew got up. gave up everything and sometimes we have to do that. Sometimes we got to give it all up.

Sometimes what we think we're going is not going to bring us the Peace of the joy.

And it's only through Jesus.

So he says Matthew follow me. And Matthew got up. and the text in Mark chapter 8 verse 35 35 36 and says for whoever desires to save his life if you doing it on your own you going to lose it. But if you lose your life for my sake and the gospel, then you'll save it. Now the reason that's important in verse 36 and says, what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul.

Matthew had everything but it's sold was gone. He had everything we know both to spend their entire life trying to get it. And at the end of their life, what what always when I go do Hospital visitation. So when I talk to people they always say if I could do it over again.

I wouldn't worry so much about what people thought of me in and how I I looked at people I figure out a time to spend time with God.

If I could do it. It wouldn't be so important to me about my title or position, but my prayer life. I've had people tell me. If I could do it all over again, I would love people deeply. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't worry. individuals

and have to look back and say if I could do it all again. Or I wish.

So I'm reminded all the time to enjoy today plan for tomorrow, but enjoy today cuz tomorrow is not promised.

Cuz I don't want to have everything Big Lots of people and be empty on the inside where you you look up and find out and we know they're people like that. I meant suicide cuz they're empty on the inside. Christian people I got my phone SIM Ministry. Who labor?

Because there's nobody around the port back into him.

Does that make sense? 20 times what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?

Hey, man, I know the praise team is with me right now.

You got to get this then he said to them all if anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Now people always take that daily cross thing as a burden. I got to take my burdens with me. I got to deal with that in Jesus time whenever you picked up the cross that meant death. I want you to get this because Siri read this and he says let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. A lot of people have said oh, you know what? That means? You know, what if you're sick just been so if you got if I just deal with it taking up the cross back in that day meant you were going to die. So it means that we need to die to our flesh daily. That's why.

I'm going to kill. And I'm a follow Christ. It don't mean bring along all your burdens and cares. It means kill it because that's where the cross was leading you back then see the problem in the church. We can just keep doing the same. the world and call myself serving Christ don't work like It does not work.

If you are liar.

Do you want to be cute with this thing? And we won't cute churches that do cute things and folks are going straight to hell. The problem is this nobody's telling you the truth. And the truth is you must kill your flesh daily to follow Christ. You must kill yourself the message translation says simply put if you're not willing to take what difference to you all your stuff. I like my little taste of alcohol. I like my smoke. I like this. I like to do these women and these men and I do not want him to kill all of that.

You can't follow Christ. And that's why it's so hard for folks to come to church and be on fire for the Lord cuz they still trying to hold on to what they want. Because all or nothing here. And it doesn't let me do my little thing over here and I'll be there now. I want you to come on Sundays cuz you need to hear this. But the truth is you need to kill what it what does not belong to God? So that you can follow him in spirit and in truth. Amen. So here is Matthew Matthew had to make a decision. He got all this money. He got a house and stuff like that. He had to make a decision because his soul was more important. So he got up from the table and he follow Christ. Left it all behind. Amen. Matthew chapter 19. this is what I get this sometime. Just amaze me Matthew chapter 19 you get Some folks were they Christian or they're educated see sometimes a little education will kill a person. Education will make them think they know everything. So that's why I love the story in Matthew chapter 19 verse 16 7 verse 16

what good things that I do that I may have eternal life. You know how dr. Brother Pastor. Dr. Reverend, you know? Brother, dr. You know, huh? You know, I got my MBA. I got my PhD I went to the local Seminary and I got all the degrees and stuff like that and I don't get me wrong. I want everybody to be educated don't judge but when you use it to try to one-up somebody when you use it to try to make somebody feel bad, that's when you're out of line. Amen. Amen. So here's this there's this young man that comes up to him and he says so good teacher. What do things that I do that I may have eternal life. And so Jesus said to him. Why you calling me good. First of all, let me stop you in your tracks. I know where you coming and what you bout to do. You trying to set me up by appealing to my flesh. A man, so he checks them because Jesus knew his heart. So he said no one is good. But one and that's God, but if you want to wait for me if you want to enter into life keep the Commandments. And the young man says to him.

That's my emphasis. That's not in the Bible. Y'all don't be going back.

Jesus you shall not murder. She did not commit adultery shall not steal their false witness honor your father and mother love your neighbor as yourself young man said to him all these things. I have kept from my youth. So what do I still like and then Jesus had to check him and sometimes Jesus got to check us cuz we sometimes we can get full of ourselves. Amen. Jesus hit him where it was important. He says if you want to be perfect go sell what you have give to the poor and you'll have treasure in heaven then come follow me.

Not letting it go. I'm a hold on to that can't do it. And that's why I said, you know, it's hard for the money becomes a man in verse 22 it says but when I'm young man heard that saying he went away styrofoam forehead grape possessions in verse 23. Jesus said to his disciples that it's hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I said you was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven and then the disciples thinking with their own flesh be mine says then who can be safe.

Cuz he can't get saved with money. Man Who Can't Be safe am I in your way over here? One day we going to have with its up there and I'll be able to see it. Amen. Jesus said it's impossible With God all things are possible. So again, just like a couple weeks ago and I asked you what is it? You're holding onto that's keeping you from serving God.

What's your thing? Why can't you give it up and serve God and be on fire? What is keeping you? I'm serving God. amen Say Matthew commited itself.

And so now we see Matthews made a decision and this is what I love. I love this. because then Matthew decided if it's good enough for me, it's good enough for the 4th time around. So look at what he did. Martin and Matthew back to Matthew chapter 9 verse 10 and says not happen is Jesus sat at the table in the house that the whole many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples and then when is your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners. Here's what math you did that. I just blew my mind Matthew then became an evangelist and the witness. So so so and I shared this last time for those who weren't here Matthew after he decided to follow Christ. He had a party. And he invited all his friends to his house.

Yeah, I remember that right he knew he wasn't getting them to go to the local church or synagogue did not go in there cuz you know them church people don't talk about them so bad. They not coming up in that church house cuz they don't look down at him so bad that they not step foot in that church house. Amen.

Looking down and we wonder why the church a full amen instead of embracing them with love because that was us just a little while ago and it was the the grace of God that saved us but no we can see and we start looking down on them and start pointing out what they already know, which is their shortcomings. So Matthew was Marty. So now they're not going to the synagogue, but I can get them to come to my house. And I remind all of y'all that if you got friends loved ones, they may not come to the church at first but invite him to your house and then invite him Jesus to your house and then introduces Jesus tomb at your house or at Starbucks or at Denny's. Wherever they will come to introduce them to Jesus or Matthew Matthew are invited them to his house. And here's the thing about church cuz let me tell you verse 11. It says when the Pharisees thought they said to his disciples. They didn't go to Jesus. Let's go happy. I got to be careful when you start inviting folks to a place where they feel comfortable and to me Jesus. It's going to be some folks talkin about you, but I ain't going to come directly to you. They don't go to the people around you and why is my sister. So annoying. So doing this. Why is she out there helping them people? Why is she doing this? That's what the Pharisees did they never went to G. And that's what message.

The text says it is in verse 11 and when the Pharisee so I don't go to local religious people a man. They said to his disciples not to Jesus that go to your mom or your husband or your boyfriend or your girlfriend. Say, what are you letting him and her out there do that? You know what I'm saying instead of coming to you you follow me. So so you got to watch folks like that. Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

Both I'm going to text her. This is important Matthew never brag about what he had. We had to go find out from what Matthew had in the Book of Luke. This is how we know. It was a great season Luke chapter 5 verse 29. The Bible says then Levi, that's Matthew then leave I gave him meaning Jesus a great feast on his own and his own car. We know the party was at his house. Selena I know my friends. I'm invited to the house and the Bible says and there was a great number of tax collectors and others. Who sat down with you? So he grabbed cuz you know when you and send you no other sins. So you doing your little Financial Hustle but you know, somebody doing drugs. Amen, you know, somebody doing drugs, you know, somebody selling a body you don't somebody doing that, you know, somebody abusing this thing of that thing, you know, folks a man. Those are the others. So when you invite somebody when you invite somebody else know who your friends are and who they are associated with invite them to. See when I get out so cute with this thing. It's it's it's almost sickening that I took. would just say so

you're not going out in winter singing and Angela's cuz oh my God, I need to be politically correct. I can't say that on at my job and I can't do this but God is looking for us. Give me his eyes. Give me his feet to be his hand. He's looking for us to do the work and we trying to be like the Pharisees finding what's wrong and instead of looking at what's right. Does that make sense?

So we see Matthew give this party. And we know the party was successful. I'm calling it a party. You can call it a feast cuz that's what the Bible says with back then I'm sure they would probably doing more than just eating but Jesus was okay with

Don't make yourself. So spiritually focused that you know Earthly good that you can't talk to folks and meet them where they're at.

See that's that, you know, some of us so much scripture that we can't even hear people. Hosea man, I'm dying. I got a bullet hole in my back and you talk about what the Bible says listen to the person. Take care of their needs and then they'll be willing to hear what you got to say.

So there were Mark chapter 2 verse 15 and says now it happened as he was dying in Levi's house that many tax collectors and sinners also set together with Jesus and his disciples for there were many listen there were many and they followed him.

And they followed him not see the Jesus that they need to see in. You can't be repelling folks. It needs to be attracting people. We we we think it's the Jesus in me loves the Jesus in you. Wait. What what Jesus did they see in you in you the one that makes them run the other way? Are the one that draws there because Jesus was in the place where tax collector sinner than others were drawn to it and felt comfortable. See, we don't forget that thing we making everybody feel nervous about doing that was just me. Whatever that time was that was me.

The now I'm looking down at people as opposed to drawing them in and introducing them to Jesus.

And we wonder why people say the church is hypocritical. amen Go to 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 and I talked about this at the end of translation says that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ. Not counting people's sins against them. And he was committed and he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Now remember last time I told you reconciliation means bringing folks back together. So He sent Jesus to bring us back together with God It ain't no big O my gosh, they're sending out there got already knew that but he still loves us to the point where he wants us to be back with him. That's what reconciliation mean. It means bring them folks who have been separated because of some issue.

See what I got this thing twisted and we thing.

Dog loves you. but if you talk about reconciling the relationship with God now you in a position where people will listen to you. But if you come at him like you're better than them. Is there lower than you? There's no way they'll hear the message, which is good news. Does that make sense? The Bible clearly tells us that God was reconciling the world. That means all of us. To himself in Christ. He use Christ to do it. Because not counting people's sins against them to God already knows he knows what you doing. He knows how how it makes you feel when you do and how you can't stop doing it. If you trying to stop doing it you going to need the power of Christ the power of the Holy Spirit to help you with it cuz you so deep in it. It says we weed that's you and me are there for Christ ambassadors as though God were making his appeal?

His appeal through me when I'm dealing with family members co-workers and friends who are not in right relationship with God.

Good news that I love him. And I want to be back in relationship with. And the only thing that's keeping us from being a relationship is to see it but there's something we can do to get back a relationship. You know, how you had your friends? I thought I said this last time I would have best friend. And you know y'all love each other y'all y'all been good, but this thing is just separated. Right? It would be nice because you truly love each other right to have something or someone bring you back together.

reconciliation

God loves us. So much no matter what we're doing and where we at, he loves us so much that He sent Jesus down here. They need you to reconcile.

I know they're not doing everything I come I still. You ever loved somebody and love you so much and you know they doing wrong with you. Can't stop loving you still love him. You still want him to do the right thing. You still praying for him you still seeking God from you wanted and you want to get back with him?

We got in the church. We pushing folks away when God has called us to reconcile everyone the world back to him. It's Matthew got that. He said I love my friends. We we've been hanging out together doing our thing together right wrong or indifferent, but I got something else now. I want them to know about. I'm full now. I'm in a better place in my spirit in my soul because I'm following Christ. And I want all those that I love to know about this. I'm not here to point out your shortcomings cuz I have them amen and I'm not here to say you're less than because God loves you just like he loves me. I'm here to tell you that there's someone who loves you in spite of even you trying to damage yourself.

right Our job is to help reconcile people back to God.

Whittington has become a lost art and witness and I'm not talking about or evangelism not talking about Billy Graham a thousand ten thousand people at a stadium. I'm talking about that one on one conversation. I'm talking about the people who you who will listen to you. If you come out of the right way from a place of love I'm talking about. That's the kind of witnessing that God is looking for us to do not everybody can be Billy Graham God anointed him to do what he in there. Will there always going to be the Billy Graham's In but you know what God is calling us to witness and evangelize right where we're at.

And here's the problem intellectually we know this but we're not executing on it. And part of the problem is this we have bought into all the lies that the devil has introduced into the church where you got to know exactly what you're talking about. You got to know the Bible from here and there.

you just have to and if you don't know the answer say I can go to answer to it. But let's together go find someone who might know the answer but more importantly if you don't love you won't even take the first step. And if we take the first step.

Just like Matthew. He said I don't know. I've been I don't know the Old Testament. That's all they had back. Then I can't quotes scripture in it, but I can invite folks to the one who has had an impact on my life to to see the one who's that an impact on my life, and that's Jesus. It's hard challenge all of us. Right where you went out of place of love? to share the good news of Jesus Christ with someone Don't be afraid. You ain't got to know every scripture in the Bible. Just tell him I I don't know. But here's what I'm feeling and I know enough people United Christian Fellowship who can help you get there a man.

I'm almost done. Give me give me 5 more minutes. I'm almost done. What I don't want in an in this is kind of this is personal. So now this is what I don't want UCF to ever become is a judgmental place.

Because there's enough of that out there. If we're going to be Trailblazers, we have to do it the way God said it out. We got to do it from the position of love and that's going to require that we operate in the fruits of the spirit to a lot of time patience and long-suffering are the things that we going to have to work on a man. But if this place ever becomes an arrogant obnoxious focused on internal only and not here's what I know will happen. It will die. Okay. This church will die. If we turn in in work, this church will die. Our job is to go out. Our job is to share with our family members and friends and that's why we do everything we can to make it as broad as possible. So that anyone what are you on this side or you in another country you can get to UCF by understanding the tools that we use and it's all in social media a man. But here's what I want. I want a heart of love in this church. You understand what I'm saying? I want a heart where when we see people we're walking. There was a young man came in. He just want to Coffee in a donut, you know, but but and we got plenty of food and and if we turn them away shame on us. Right when you get off for 2 ni'tee to share anything, you may not even be able to tell him about the good news, but if you can feed them or or or help them in some way that's God working through you a man it so please keep that a foundational principles. If you look at what you see f is is is is built on and being built on those are foundational things. Amen.

Romans Chapter 2 I wanted in with we going to close out. here Romans chapter 2 first one the message translation says those people are on a dark spiral downward. But if you think that leaves you on a high ground where you can point your finger at others think again, every time you criticize someone you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one judgemental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. So when we start pointing fingers, the first thing I do is I'm like when you point too many fingers that other folks, what's your issue a man hurts too, but God isn't so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smokescreens and hold you to what you've done. First three you didn't think did you do that just by pointing your fingers at others. You would distract guy from seeing all your Miss doings and from coming down on you hard. This is why we cannot be a judgemental Church.

We have to operate it love because we want God to use us in a mighty way. And I don't think God is going to use a church a Ministry. We're all it does it points fingers and judges and criticize.

a man So let him come but introduce them to Jesus. Wherever you're at, if they if they come to to our worship service great, but on Monday if you get opportunity to witness to him and all you got is some coffee or tea use that you and McDonald's in that you have used that that's your platform. That's the church right there. I thought you the church say Amen. So wherever you go to church goals a man. So keep that in mind. This church has to be built on love and it starts with us loving each other a man and encouraging each other and being there for each other a man as I want it. I want you to remember that if we missed that pillar we are suing to die a man and and and God didn't start this ministry so that it would be one that just went like that. That's not that's not what he did keep this in mind. I want you to write this down Luke Chapter 19 Verse 10 for the son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. We cannot ignore the mission of the church is to look out for and bring into relationship those who were lost they mind.

I'm a stop there a man. I'm going to stop there. I think we got the gist of it ain't man young people coming back and y'all got perfect timing. Here's what I want you to think about we got some next steps. This is what I want you to think about. I'm asking and challenging each and everyone of us. To seek God and ask God for an opportunity where we can Witness. I'm asking you to be proactive about an in your prayer life in your devotion devotional time. I'm asking you to ask God to give you an opportunity to to witness and reconcile relationship between someone who lost. with God ask I'm asking for you to do that and you'll have a plethora of opportunities to do it But you've got to be proactive about it and say God use me. I'm asking you today to give me an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Here's what I know. If you do that in this from the heart God will honor that and bless it and somebody instead of them going to hell. Will be with God for eternity in heaven. Amen by the be careful have our young people in their context. Amen. Amen and the price.