WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome. Just hand Away Tagalog sermon podcast. Your Daily does 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.919 a inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pastors and 3 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.120 speakers all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.079 finds you in good shape. And now here's your message. 5 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:27.320 Are you guys excited for the word today? You know, 6 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:32.079 God answers prayers. Amen. And my prayer was that for 7 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:34.520 the people who were here in the first week to 8 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:39.439 be here again in the second week of the year. Amen. Okay, 9 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:43.079 no effect, Okay. You know, we are starting a new 10 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.119 series entitled Amazing Grace. And when we talk about amazing grace, 11 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.560 it's one of those words as people of God that 12 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.679 we actually use, but there is a portion where we 13 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.000 actually don't know the magnitude of the word, you know 14 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.679 what I mean. Sometimes it's one of those Christianese words 15 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:07.400 that we say, up, it's the grace of God. Amen. 16 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.319 But when we talk about grace, we know it's something great, 17 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.560 it's something that will affect us. But at the same time, 18 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.840 whenever people ask you anubayun grace, what is grace? Sometimes 19 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.239 it's very difficult to answer. And for the five weeks 20 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.599 that we have and this is our new series, amazing grace. 21 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:29.159 We are going through it to know really what grace 22 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:31.640 is all about. As much as we want to preach 23 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.480 it for one week, we don't have enough time. Why 24 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.400 because the meaning of the word grace is so much 25 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:44.120 to actually digest, it's so much to actually understand that 26 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.959 it will not it will be disserviced to us if 27 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.799 we only preach it for one week. But one thing 28 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:54.359 is for sure when we talk about amazing grace, this 29 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.359 is the truth that I want to share that amazing 30 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.959 grace comes from God and God alone. When we talk 31 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.640 about grace, we know that He's the author and the 32 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:10.479 initiator of grace. And that's why. Apostle Paul said this 33 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.960 in his book Acts chapter two or Acts chapter twenty 34 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:17.719 rather verse twenty four. He said this about grace, that 35 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.479 my life is worth nothing to me unless I use 36 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.159 it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord, 37 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.840 the work of telling others that the good news about 38 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.960 the wonderful grace of God. Paul was saying that his 39 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:39.639 life is useless or worthless unless he preaches about the 40 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:45.520 wonderful grace of God. What is grace and how does 41 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.280 grace affect us in our lives today. You know, the 42 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:53.080 basic and most or the easiest definition of grace that 43 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.800 we can remember is this. I'm sure a lot of 44 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:00.240 you have heard this. Grace is the unmerited favor war 45 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:06.240 of God. It's the favor that we do not deserve 46 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.520 from God. And so if grace is this as a 47 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.919 basic principle, We're gonna talk about a different kind of 48 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.280 grace today, a deeper kind of grace. And so for 49 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.639 our first week, we will go through the Book of Titus. 50 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.840 So if you have your Bibles with you, please open 51 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:27.360 your books bibles to Titus chapter three and we will 52 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:31.479 go through several verses there before I read the passage. 53 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.080 You know, Titus was one of the disciples of Paul 54 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.039 that was asked to lead the church in Crete. And 55 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:44.000 so if you're good with how demographics and maps look like, 56 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:46.960 Creede was something like Sebu I let you run, and 57 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.360 Sibu it's an island that is not connected by land. 58 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:57.800 So it's you have to travel via I'm not exercisor yes, 59 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:02.960 you have to go there via both. It's a just 60 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.199 like Saibun. No, it's a cigar shape. Saving Crete was 61 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:09.080 an island and so he's now assigned to go to 62 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.080 that place and lead the church that Paul planted. And so, 63 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.759 because of Titus being there for a while, Paul his 64 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:22.560 victory group leader as you call it, his disciple, his leader, 65 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:27.040 actually wrote him a letter, very short letter, three chapters 66 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.600 that talks about how to run the church. And he 67 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.480 starts with verse one of chapter three. It says, remind 68 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.600 them to su I'm going to read through the energy version. 69 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:43.439 Remind the believers to submit to the government and its officers. 70 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.839 They should be obedient and always ready to do what 71 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:52.519 is good. They must not slander anyone and must avoid quarreling. Instead, 72 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:57.120 they should be gentle and show true humility to everyone. 73 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:02.240 This is a basic call for believers. Right do you agree? Yes? 74 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.160 All of us are asked or called to be live 75 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.639 the right way. Ke kel Agan, We do not slander people. 76 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:18.360 We are not quarel Sam name is kalator s I 77 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:28.279 was there here, No, Maka's a church. We're not called 78 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:32.839 We are called actually not to be like that. What else? 79 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:38.720 Instead they should be gentle and show true humility to 80 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:42.519 every one. Look at the person to your right. Do 81 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:49.000 they look gentle or humble? Why was Paul talking about 82 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:54.079 these things? Why was he saying that pat In they 83 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.160 should not act like this. Why we'll see here in 84 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.600 the next verse, Chapter three, Verse three, he says, once 85 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.959 we two were what foolish, this obedient. We were misled 86 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:10.079 and because became slaves to many lusts and pleasures, our 87 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.800 lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated 88 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:19.319 each other. Paul was saying that the Cretans Yamahatakajan, they 89 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:25.439 are foolish, disobedient, they are full of evil. In Gitzilla 90 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:28.759 they hate each other. What does that mean? You know, 91 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:33.639 during the time the place of Creed were known for 92 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:39.000 this reputation Amagataka Creed. When you say they are Cretans, 93 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:43.240 what you're really saying is they are also liars. It's 94 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:47.319 their reputation. It's actually a place where you hire mercenaries. 95 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:55.399 Are you familiar with the word mercenaries. Yeah, honestly I 96 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.720 didn't know what aka. Mercenaries are people that you hired 97 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:01.959 to kill the baparangacept. But really, when you look at 98 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:06.800 the dictionary, mercenaries are people who earn money from unethical ways. 99 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.959 So it's not just beating a people, it's dishonest gain. 100 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.240 Mercenaries were living in Creed, and so when you need 101 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:18.319 to do something that is not right, you would actually 102 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.199 go to create and hire people. Then on pulling picture 103 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:27.319 and creed. They were dishonest, they were disloyal, they were liars. 104 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.040 But wait, the Bible says, what's the first three words? 105 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:40.199 He says, once we too were foolish and disobedient. Paul 106 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.439 was not a Cretan. He was not from there. But Paul, 107 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.079 if you look at the letter in the Book of Acts, 108 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.920 you would see here that Paul was actually a really 109 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:53.879 bad person. Right. He was actually one of the ones 110 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:58.279 who persecuted the believers. He actually allowed the stoning of Stephen. 111 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.759 He was one of the most wicked men. And so 112 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.240 we know this. He might not be Cretan, but he 113 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:11.319 was also just like this evil, full of evil, full 114 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:15.319 of ingat, full of pleasures and loss of the world, 115 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:22.519 disobedient and foolish. But he also said, we too, Sabina, 116 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:27.600 we were once gani too, Taio. What do we assume 117 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:37.240 is Titus a Cretan bon Cretan densititusba once we too 118 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:42.200 gannon dins Titus. You know, I'm not sure if Titus 119 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:46.080 is from gret I'm not sure if he confessed his 120 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:51.399 sins to Paul. But Paul knew one thing. One thing 121 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:58.639 is for sure, Paul, the Cretans and Titus were foolish, disobedient. 122 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.320 They were slaves to the loss and pleasures. Our lives 123 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.960 are full of evil and envy, full of hate. You know, 124 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:11.879 Paul was making a point. Regardless if you have a 125 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.360 reputation of being a bad person, regardless of what you've 126 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.879 done that people don't see, regardless of who you are, 127 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:26.320 Paul was making a point, we are all wicked, we 128 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:32.639 are all sinful. I was looking for the best illustration 129 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:36.320 for this, and I was actually able to unearth my 130 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:41.039 first ID, sab doing some online Sabina, if you're a 131 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:44.480 student and you have an ID, you can actually get 132 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:51.440 the student discount. So Sab becomi idea, naha ido, you 133 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:53.080 want to see how I look like when I was 134 00:09:53.120 --> 00:10:01.720 in kinder Thank you, Mark, Yeah, yeah, I'm kid no, 135 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:06.240 you know. Pastor Dennis used also this illustration. A lot 136 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:09.279 of people were messaging me. It was mixed having is 137 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:15.000 what happened. You know, this was my prep idea rather 138 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.360 not my Kinder ID. As you know, I'm not Filipino. 139 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.039 That's why I studied in morning June Montessori, brooks Side, 140 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:28.320 kent Resal. You know this picture is a picture of 141 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:34.600 it's hard to say, a very cute kid. Yeah, and 142 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.159 why am I sharing this? You know? Growing up, my mom, 143 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:44.360 my dad, my Lola, Lola always would tell me anabat, 144 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:53.120 good boy too, good good by, good boy too. You know, 145 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.200 it was fully convinced that I was really a good boy, 146 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:04.000 the boy next door, good boy. Even when I honored 147 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:06.679 my mom during my wedding, I said, thank you for 148 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:11.480 raising up a good boy. But you know what I realized. 149 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:15.120 I'm gonna confess this to all of you. Kanti Langmania 150 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:23.480 six hundred. You know what I realized. I believe at 151 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:31.320 around grade three, I learned how to curse without my 152 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.559 mom and that knowing about it. When I'm in school, 153 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:38.720 I would say it, but when I'm home, I'm this 154 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:46.039 good boy. What did I realize? I actually learned to 155 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:52.320 lie at an early age, probably kinder or even before school. 156 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.440 I could actually convince my parents that I was not 157 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.360 feeling well, just to watch he man in the afternoon. 158 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:04.679 I learned to lie, but in the image of everyone, 159 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:11.480 I was a good boy. I learned to steal money 160 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:16.360 from my parents' wallet and get a little and a little. 161 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:18.080 You know. Growing up, we also at the Sari Sari 162 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:25.639 store and Loki and Shampola because I knew that the 163 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.480 jar was big, and you would tell it purpise and 164 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.039 I would get one dialin Dinam and my papa semem 165 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.200 dudur ugnaman right, but actually get my merienda there and 166 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:40.519 not tell anyone why because everyone thought that I was 167 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:46.679 a good boy. You know, I learned the right words 168 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:48.759 to say to people so that I could get what 169 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:55.000 I want. I was a manipulative good boy. Why am 170 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:59.360 I sharing this other than my cute photo? You know, 171 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.279 I'm sharing this because if there was one thing that 172 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:06.720 I was really good at, you want to know, I 173 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.200 tell Mark, you want to know what I was really 174 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:15.879 good at as good at pretending. At the end of 175 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.440 the day, I realized this, I was not a good boy. 176 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.480 You know. Paul was making a point when he said 177 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:27.399 we were once foolish, disobedient. Paul was making a point 178 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.519 when he was saying we were lovers of evil things, 179 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:33.519 the loss and pleasures of the world. He was saying this, 180 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:40.559 we are all sinners. You know, the world's measurement of 181 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.799 value when we talk about value is different from how 182 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.559 God sees us. The world would tell us if you 183 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.639 have this, if you have your accomplishments, good. But at 184 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:52.559 the end of the day, when judgment comes, we know 185 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:57.799 that it is only one measurement when we face God, 186 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:03.519 and that is we have fallen short of His glory. 187 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:06.240 You know what do we realize when we read the 188 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:11.159 Bible this way? It gives us a reflection of our state. 189 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.639 It gives us a reflection of who we are. You know, 190 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:20.240 Cretans were known to be this, the bad people. But 191 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.039 the reality is we may not be known to be bad, 192 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:29.799 but we are all bad. We're all sinners. And the 193 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:34.039 truth is this that we are all sinners in need 194 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:40.039 of a savior. Why we can never save ourselves as 195 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.879 much as we want to save ourselves with doing this 196 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:46.799 and that. What Paul is saying is that par para 197 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:52.879 islamtile we have disqualified ourselves from the goodness of God. 198 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.279 The Bible says Roman six twenty three. What does it 199 00:14:55.320 --> 00:15:00.840 say for the wages of sins our death? Does it 200 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.960 say sins or does it say for the wages of 201 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:10.799 sin is death? What does that mean? One sin and 202 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:14.600 we are disqualified? You know the enemy is so excited 203 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:21.480 that when we are kids Sinlanton all, if only this 204 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.799 person would sin more and more, I would own this person. 205 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:29.759 The enemy would say, we are disqualified of the goodness 206 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:34.360 of God. The reality is we can never do anything 207 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:40.080 in this world to save ourselves. Preaching for the year. 208 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.080 If there's something that equalizes all of us, what is 209 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:54.519 that sin? We are all sinful? Verse four. But when 210 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.080 God our Savior revealed his kindness in love, let me 211 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.919 pause there, and I hope this is my prayer for 212 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:05.440 all of you this year, that whenever we are feeling hopeless, 213 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.480 that whenever we are going through trials in this life 214 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:13.279 for twenty twenty, my prayers that you will encounter a 215 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:17.200 But God, you know when God would speak, when God 216 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:19.759 would intervene, just like here in Titus three, he says, 217 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:24.159 but when God, you know that the change will happen, 218 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:28.360 that the situation will turn around. And so there is 219 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:32.200 a turnaround in this part. He says, But when God 220 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:38.759 our Savior revealed his kindness in love verse four, verse five, 221 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:44.879 he what what did he do? He saved us? Our 222 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.879 salvation comes only from God. He's the only one who 223 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.360 can save us. And so the Bible says He saved 224 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.279 us not because of the righteous things we have done, 225 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:58.399 not with the good things that we have done. You know, 226 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.879 growing up the school that I went to, I'm passing 227 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:07.160 great punamen is only fifty per quarter. S know, I 228 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:14.440 think it's seventy or seventy five Bpala hole sa men 229 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:20.240 inindishapala hol it's fifty and so agdell, I'm a good 230 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:26.119 boy and not great. My goal was to actually just 231 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.440 reach fifty. My goal at the end of the year 232 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:34.200 per subject is to reach two hundred. He now prinsamt 233 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:39.559 per quarter fifty fifty fifty. The perfect score is four hundred. 234 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:44.640 I would actually just aim at fifty. So there were quarters, 235 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.559 and I Tita, don't tell this to my lola. There 236 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:52.319 were quarters that I actually got forty eight Gravino in 237 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:56.640 great because a mat forty eight some goal connect semester, 238 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:03.359 next quarter fifty two lang oh, now fifty two. I 239 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:06.000 would actually run after the fifty two is so I 240 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:08.839 would study a little harder. I would try to do 241 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.079 this and that you know the problem with trying to 242 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:16.799 balance things out in the end, we know we will fail. 243 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.319 Sometimes we do this for God. Case think you know, 244 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:24.079 nothing can happen. Sometimes we try to Lord Bababe. Next 245 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:29.880 week casitin Gin's office, Miko, Lord Bababe aose, I will 246 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.680 treat everyone in the office Cassi. I fired one because 247 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.279 I didn't like how he looked. We try to balance 248 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:44.319 things out. Look at a person beside you, Mohabashan Balanzado. 249 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:49.880 You know, at the end of the day, we know 250 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:54.240 that we will always be in the losing end. It 251 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:58.880 will never be enough. Uh. You know, every January nine 252 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:04.319 in the Philippines, a lot of the votees would actually 253 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.920 celebrate this. Are you familiar with this? It's what they 254 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:12.440 call translation. It's a procession from one place to the other, 255 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.079 and the vote is here in the Philippines. I'm not 256 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.519 sure if people from out of the country would go here. 257 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:23.480 It would take probably millions of people. This year, they 258 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:27.160 were estimating the devotees of the Black Nazerene to go 259 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:31.880 around two point four million just to follow, just to 260 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.720 have a glimpse, just to get near this Black Nazarene. 261 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.640 You know, they all have different motives. Two point four millions. 262 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:45.000 Some just want to see, but others are what's the 263 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:50.440 word porcigido namagalabet, that's the goal right for them to 264 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:53.599 be able to touch and get near the Black Nazarene. 265 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:57.200 Why because they believe that when they get close enough 266 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.119 to the Black Nazerene, what will happen. The things that 267 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.799 they want to happen will come to pass. A lot 268 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:09.000 of them have different reasons, some to be forgiven, Lord 269 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:18.599 lat some want breakthrough in their career. Lord, that's why 270 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:22.160 we want we see this in the news, that they 271 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:27.000 would feature popular people who equate their credibility and you 272 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:35.880 based on this uh Ant Panata the Black Nazerene. Everyone 273 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:40.960 has different motivations of getting nearest to the Black Nazerene. 274 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:46.480 Their They've devoted their lives to just get near. If 275 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:48.799 only I could do this, if only I could just 276 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.759 touch it, if only I could do this, I would 277 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:58.079 be okay with the Lord. You know, the Bible talks 278 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:02.319 about a different kind of God, because the God that 279 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:05.640 we know is the God who reaches out to us. 280 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.680 The God that we know is the one who stoops 281 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:15.839 down and saves us. Imagine, Panion queinty kenlape it. You'll 282 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:20.000 wait another year just to get a glimpse and a 283 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:24.759 touch of the Black Jesus. I hope you know that 284 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:28.279 the God that we worship is the one who reaches out. 285 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.160 Why because the Bible says we are slaves. Slaves can't 286 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:38.160 go out of its jobs. Slaves can't Why we're tied up, 287 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:44.359 tied up to sin, tied up to our ways. I 288 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:46.359 hope you know that when we talk about the grace 289 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:52.119 of God, will be reminded of this truth that it 290 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.599 is God who makes a way. It is God who 291 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:00.720 reaches out. It is God who will make sure that 292 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:04.359 He is here and that he is leading you back 293 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:08.440 to him. We can't do it on our own. That's 294 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:13.880 the reality. The problem is how we view ourselves. Tim Keller, 295 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:17.759 one of the popular New York pastors in the US, 296 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.039 said this, If you want to become a Christian, all 297 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:26.519 you need is nothing, he said, But most people don't 298 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:30.200 have that. Most of us come with our recommendation, debters, Lord, 299 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.839 you know what without paracel, most of us with our resume. Lord, 300 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.359 I've accomplished this, and I've donated this much for your 301 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:43.880 people with our money. Lord, I would do this for you. 302 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:50.920 But you know what, all of that is nothing for 303 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:54.599 the Lord Almongustny Lord from us. You want to know 304 00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:01.400 just us, not what we do for him, not what 305 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:05.039 we try to do and wain in his favor. God 306 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:09.240 wants us, just us, and that's why God makes away. 307 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:13.759 See Lord an lum my lapt saying, you imagine for 308 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:21.160 a moment, indulge me for a few seconds. Why are 309 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:24.720 you here in this church? Think about it? Was it 310 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:27.759 you who decided to go to Victory Greenhills when you 311 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:32.240 first came here. It's either some of you were invited 312 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:36.319 by friends, right, some of you just googled something and 313 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:39.359 all of a sudden you find this church. Maron. Some 314 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:41.640 of you called and this is not a job. We 315 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:44.079 have people who called seven underd Club and when they asked, 316 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.599 where do you live? I live in San Juan, go 317 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:49.839 to Victory Green Hills. Some of you are not. I 318 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.960 hope you know that all of us are here not 319 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.240 because of our efforts. It's God who leads us here. 320 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:01.759 It's God who brings us here. Do we believe that? 321 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:08.599 Thank you to the three people who believe that. No, really, 322 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:14.119 do you honestly believe that the reason why you're here 323 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:25.160 is only because of you. I'm not here because I 324 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.440 chose to be here. I believe God brought me here. 325 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:34.200 It's on an accident that you're here, tap the person 326 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:42.799 here sign God wants you here. Okay, don't tap the 327 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:46.039 person to here right, shake the person tore right and 328 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:52.599 magigizing en. As you continue, it says God save us. 329 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.519 What does saving mean? You know when people bail out someone, 330 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:01.519 when people need saving some and would need bailing out, 331 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.240 and so you would call your friend, can you save 332 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:12.599 me from this fiasco? Can you save me from this problem? Man? 333 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:24.000 You call coparently saying you they would bail us out? 334 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:35.759 Why because they feel like and problem? But the reality 335 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:38.599 is when God saved us, the Bible says, what did 336 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:44.400 he actually do? Number one? He washed us? But because 337 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:49.680 of his mercy he washed away what hour since? Why? 338 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.599 Because what we could only do is cover it up? 339 00:25:54.160 --> 00:26:02.559 Because nobody will know about my the thing that I've 340 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:06.160 done before, nobody will know. We all try to cover 341 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.359 it up. And that's why when we are confronted with 342 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:12.319 the truth, we just lie about it, right and Lemnian 343 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:14.480 problem When we try to cover things up, when we 344 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.359 try to lie about it, you know what the problem is, 345 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.880 we will end up lying more. Here, rapp, it's very 346 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:27.200 hard to maintain a lie. I know that, ma Hoolia 347 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:34.839 why Because God knows what you did last summer. He 348 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:40.319 knows everything. The truth will always come out, and so 349 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:44.599 he knows that we can't hide it. The only solution 350 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:49.480 is washing. The only solution is to remove. How do 351 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:52.240 we remove the dirt from our clothes? We wash it. 352 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:56.039 And so if you've done something really bad, ind along 353 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:59.759 wi ushing machine the Lord see non rocks cabah but 354 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:14.799 no morea But God washed you anyway? Heavy preaching. But 355 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.599 I hope you know that the truth about God is 356 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.039 that he is the only one who can forgive. Since 357 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:23.480 what else he did not only forgive us, he actually 358 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:29.119 gave us new births. What does that mean? The oldest God, 359 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.759 the new has come? If it's a been, the enemy 360 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:35.599 can no longer lie to you. Whenever you do something good, 361 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:49.480 the enemy would tell you experience enemy. The enemy would 362 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:58.599 try to deceive us and tell us you know what 363 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:02.839 you tell that person you want you know, tell that person, 364 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:06.039 Yes I was that person, but I'm no longer that person. 365 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:10.880 The old has gone, the new has gone. Declare it. 366 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.319 The more that the enemy tries to bring you back 367 00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:16.119 to your past, allow the Lord, the spirit of the Lord, 368 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:20.000 to remind you that you are no longer that person. 369 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.400 But na not attempt God to look at billboards and 370 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:27.640 you're having a hard time. Just declare, the old has gone, 371 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.920 then you has come. I have new set of eyes 372 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:32.160 in the name of Jesus. I will not last with 373 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:35.759 that image in the billboard. In Jesus name. Why because 374 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:41.559 we are no longer that Amen, sinus problem say, it's 375 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:49.160 Nashian commania. We are born new what else? The Bible says, 376 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:56.079 giving us new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. 377 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.839 What does new life mean? You know the life that 378 00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:01.680 we lived before? And I hope you know this. We 379 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:08.119 were spiritually dead, but by we could never have that encounter, 380 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.920 a personal encounter the Lord. It's hard to have a 381 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:14.000 devotion life with God. Why because we are spiritually dead. 382 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:17.119 But when God saved you, not only did he forgive 383 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:20.319 your sins. Not only are you born again? What else? 384 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.559 You are given life in life to the full. And 385 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:25.680 that's why we can declare, just like what Tim was 386 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:30.880 singing a while ago, it is what finished. Why because 387 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:35.440 we now can live a life of victory as people 388 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:38.160 of God. When God made a way, his desire for 389 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:42.319 you is to live a life of victory. Amen. Thet talunan. 390 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:53.039 I'm gonna say that again. Deti talunan the talunan Amen? 391 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:57.759 Why because God saved us, gave us new birth and 392 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:02.599 gave us new life. Tap the person her right sim signe. 393 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:09.720 God gave you new life. Tap the person to your left, 394 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:18.759 sim signator verse six. What else? He generously poured out 395 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:22.799 the spirit upon us through Jesus Christ, our savior. What 396 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:27.640 does that mean? God, in his sovereignty, put so much 397 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:32.559 of him to us? How through the Holy Spirit? And 398 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:35.519 I was asking God, Lord, what is this picture? How 399 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:39.440 much of your grace and love did you pour out 400 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:43.400 to us? And God gave me this picture. Imagine you 401 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:48.079