WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.160 Welcome, Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily doseph 2 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.439 inspiring from heartfelt taglog sermons from different characters and speakers 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.480 all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:23.239 you in good shape. And now here's your message. 5 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.839 You were listening to a message from Victory. We hope 6 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.519 it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in 7 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:36.240 your humanity. 8 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.359 So they were going to talk about another character or 9 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:47.200 attribute of God. And as I try to introduce this series, 10 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:51.719 I was talking to one of our guys here, see Monty, 11 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:55.600 and Pastor Larry is part of our worship team, and 12 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.759 they asked him, sing, Monty, how old are you? No, 13 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.280 it's Jello, sorry seven o'la gel? How old are you 14 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:08.400 lobbing a sixteen? It's like, oh, man, Gabby. I was 15 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:13.799 sixteen twenty one years ago, two decades ago. So I'm 16 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.120 not sure with our younger generation now, but I grew 17 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:21.599 up hearing lots of funny stories about people battling for 18 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:32.480 greatness sataga Filipino or my dad is better than your dad, man. 19 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:37.400 And one of the stories that I used to, uh, 20 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:39.560 you know, I used this a lot when I was 21 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.640 in Tampus Ministry. Let's see if it's still going to work. 22 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:50.840 Perro mehren hunga shooting shooting competition, okay, and so they 23 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.799 want to know who's the greatest. This is really there's 24 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:57.640 a representative from the US, from China and of course 25 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.599 the Philippines. How many of your cheering for the Philippines. 26 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:09.039 So here's the the The aim is to hit the 27 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:15.120 apple accurately, which was placed on top of the person's head. Okay, 28 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.800 so you're Potan, so you can choose your weapon, but 29 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.639 again the goal is to hit that apple accurately. So 30 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.080 to that day of competition, then of course after a 31 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.960 non performance momentang mike on stage and then you you 32 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.599 can go there and introduce yourself. So first one from 33 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:40.599 the US weapon of choice was forty five pistol. So 34 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:51.479 bang from here to gallery, Jamal hyl Ready aim fire crab, 35 00:02:53.759 --> 00:03:02.280 bullseye buhaiyo sae I am Bruce Lee No no, no, 36 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:08.000 Chuck Norris cab and let us have Chuck Norris pre 37 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:17.439 amp catching Chinese webbing of choice star blade and let 38 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:21.199 me start blade sharp object and star in shape. I'm 39 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:26.479 wanna get a guy ninja. So ready in fire star 40 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:37.919 Blade one hundred pieces in Apple'm sharp, I am Jackie Chander, 41 00:03:42.199 --> 00:04:06.840 weapon of choice, arrow challengeha blindfolded, Greek question, spa Malinisian apple, 42 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:16.959 what a young Okay, just a sting. I am sorry. 43 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:28.959 After twenty years, Thank you, thank you, thank you so greatness. 44 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:35.240 So now let's pray. Let's close the service. You know, 45 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.639 tonight we're going to talk about God's greatness. Okay, my reason, 46 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.079 But why I told that story? But many times we 47 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:47.959 battle for greatness and sometimes we have this wrong concept 48 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:52.079 or idea about greatness. Tonight we're going to look at 49 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.560 the scripture, and we're going to look at the greatness 50 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.160 of God and someone forty five. If you have your 51 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:03.639 Bible with you, verse one, starting in verse one to five, 52 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.199 it says, I will extoll you, my God and King, 53 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.800 and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I 54 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.759 will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 55 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:18.360 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and 56 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:24.199 his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall command your works 57 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.279 to another, and shall declare your mighty acts on the 58 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:32.519 glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wonder's works. 59 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.079 I will meditate. Can we just bow our heads and 60 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:41.160 close our eyes and pray, Lord, we declare your greatness Today. Lord, 61 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.959 we exalt you, like David teach us to bless your 62 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:51.199 name every day, forever and ever, not only when times 63 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:56.120 are good, not only when things are doing well, but Lord, 64 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:59.120 in all seasons, at all times. I pray, Lord, God 65 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.959 weak and bless your name. Lord. We thank you that 66 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:04.680 we will declare your greatness, not just us, but even 67 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.240 our children and our children's children. Lord, even the next 68 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:13.839 generation will testify about your greatness. So Lord, thank you. Lord, 69 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:21.000 teach us also to meditate on your greatness in Jesus name. Amen. Okay, 70 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.560 I really want to focus on verse three, where it 71 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.839 says great is the Lord greatly to be praised, and 72 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:35.199 his greatness is really unsearchable. So for those of you 73 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:39.839 who had been Christians already for quite some time, you 74 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.879 know that there are many translations of the Bible. We 75 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.000 have the King James version, we have the New King 76 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.399 James Version, we have the New International Version, we have 77 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:54.160 the English Standard version, we have the Message Translation, New 78 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:59.279 Live In Translation, Amplified Bible Translation, all kinds of translations. 79 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.360 There are more than one hundred translations available for us 80 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.920 in the English language. Some are corrupted, but there are 81 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.639 really many that are really helpful for us to better 82 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:15.839 understand the Bible and have greater appreciation of God's word. Now, 83 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:20.199 the reason for that is the Bible was originally written 84 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:23.759 in Hebrew, that's the Old Testament, and then it's written 85 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:27.480 in Greek the New Testament. Since many of us are 86 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:31.639 not Greek speaking people or Hebrew speaking people, it needed 87 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.680 to be translated into English. Now, when they translated the 88 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:41.879 Bible into English, there are specific focus. Now we have 89 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:46.680 what we call the word for word. Normally it's under 90 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:50.560 three categories or three types of translation. And please bear 91 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:53.120 with me, I'm going somewhere with this. We have the 92 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.759 word for word, we have the thought for thought, and 93 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.319 then we have the paraphrase. Now here's the difference of that, 94 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:05.279 your word for word translation. You know, the focus of 95 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.759 the Triologians and the people who work together in translating 96 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.360 the Bible into English. Their focus is to be faithful 97 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.480 in translating it word for word, so that when we 98 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:22.399 study the Bible there's the accuracy for word for word. 99 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:26.680 For example, if it's written in Hebrew like tagalog soon 100 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:30.279 talks of one, they would translate that to punch in 101 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.679 the moon something like that. Okay, that's just me. And 102 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:38.840 word for word is es V, the New King James 103 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.600 version of the Bible. ESV is what we use in 104 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:45.519 church for study, for preaching, for teaching. Now the paraphrase 105 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.720 is like the commentary of the word for word. Now, 106 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.960 the focus of the people who work together and translating 107 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.600 the Bible in the paraphrase, which is the message translation 108 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.399 and all this translations. The focus is to give it 109 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.840 a modern translation. Som Sun talks finanslate Nila. Word forward, 110 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:11.600 punching the moon's a paraphrase good luck, parangam or boom, 111 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.600 David wants to fight Goliath. It's like punching the moon. 112 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:21.080 David wants to fight Goliath. Boom. It gets now that 113 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:25.080 thought for thought is the combination of word forward and paraphrase. 114 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.279 They want to be accurate word forward, but they want 115 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.840 to give it a modern translation so that it will 116 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:34.960 be easy for us to understand. So the thought fore 117 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.240 thought is like the NIV version that NLT. Maybe it 118 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.080 will be translated like it's like trying to reach the moon. 119 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:48.320 Maybe that's the thought for thought. So punching the moon boom, 120 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.240 it's like trying to reach the moon. So all of 121 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:55.639 these are helpful because it gives us a different angle 122 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.480 as we look into the Word. Now, I said all 123 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.039 that because what I want to do to as we 124 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:06.120 try to unpack verse three is use three different translations 125 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:09.320 and see how it was translated, so that we will 126 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:13.320 have a better understanding and appreciation. When the Bible said 127 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.279 that the greatness of God is unsearchable, what do you 128 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.960 mean by that? What do you mean when you say 129 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.919 it's unsearchable? And That's what I want to do. And 130 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.600 I'm trusting that I as I preach God's word, God 131 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.679 will use his word to expand our understanding and to 132 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.759 elevate our perspective of the greatness of God, and I 133 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:40.360 hope it will impact our lives. I'm praying that I 134 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.960 can't give justice to explaining the greatness of God in 135 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.759 thirty minutes, but I'm trusting that God will bless the 136 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.039 preaching of the Word, and that God will speak beyond 137 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:52.799 my words, and that God will speak to you, specially 138 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:56.320 in connection to where you are in your walk with God. 139 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.600 So here we go. First, one, I'd like to look 140 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:05.240 at the NIV translation of verse three. It says great 141 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.519 as the Lord and most worthy of praise. His greatness 142 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:14.240 no one can fathom. So it was translated greatness is unsearchable. 143 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:18.120 It was translated to no one can fathom. It means 144 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:24.360 no one can completely comprehend who God is and no 145 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:31.360 one can completely comprehend what God does. Now, I had 146 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:37.360 the privilege of working with this guy, Andrew Wee. Okay 147 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:41.759 that Andrew E. Show the picture of Andrew Wi. He's 148 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:48.240 now our admin pastor in Victory Malatte, Okay. And but 149 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:51.559 before that we I worked with him for a few 150 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:55.279 years in campus ministry as youth pastor. So his campus 151 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:59.639 director Victory Malati and campus director of Victory You belt 152 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.639 work together. Is a brilliant guy. He took up Bachelor 153 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.799 of Science and Statistics major in actuarial science in the 154 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.679 LaSalle I'm not really sure what that course is, actorial science. 155 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:16.519 Maybe they make they do they make aquariums or something 156 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:19.879 like that. Now after graduation, he took up Master all 157 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:26.600 in mathematics. Not sure why he's so fascinated with numbers. 158 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.919 So sometimes but every time we ask him to do 159 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:33.720 a presentation of the statistics of the work we're doing 160 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.240 in Metro Manila. As a campus ministry. They will give 161 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.159 us the statistics of how many high school students, first 162 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:45.600 year students, college students, a number of students committing suicide 163 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.159 or early pregnancy, and all of these statistics and the 164 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:55.320 probabilities and all technic papresents a short circuit go overheat. 165 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:00.320 It's just too much for me. I only you know 166 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:04.720 my my intelligence level when it comes to mathematics, it's 167 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:13.279 just really average. I only know some addition, multiplication, division, subtraction. 168 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:18.120 I can do that with the help of calculator. The calculator, 169 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.960 but that don't guy, I'm in amazing. We're not in 170 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:25.120 the same level. It's really impossible for me to understand 171 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:30.559 the how it works. So sometimes I being Savania bro, 172 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:35.879 we trust you. I trust you alm what tim I am. 173 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:39.519 But you know I will not force myself to do that. 174 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:42.200 As I think of that, I think that's a good 175 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:46.159 picture of us and God when it comes to his greatness, 176 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:50.840 especially in the area of wisdom and understanding no wonder. 177 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.960 In n IV it says that He's great, and his 178 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.240 greatness no one can fathom. And I think it's it's 179 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:03.519 referring to what he knows. God is great, his thoughts 180 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.200 are higher than our thoughts. He's wiser than any of 181 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:12.480 us in this room. We can combine our intelligence and 182 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.840 still it's like it's like my one and a half 183 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.960 years old kid in me. When I talk to him. 184 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:23.960 Sometimes there are things I cannot explain to him because 185 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.799 of the level that he's in. Sometimes, Lord, but Lord, 186 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.559 I demand an explanation. But yo part one and a 187 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.639 half year old Dabata Sabin A Lord, Bob explains to you, 188 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.879 we can't. He's great. That's why we can trust God. 189 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.240 That's why there's room for faith. That's why we can 190 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.639 just worship God. You know, there are times what I 191 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.120 need is not an explanation. What I need is faith, 192 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.919 because I just know there's something that God is doing. 193 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.600 In the midst of that. First Corinthians, chapter thirteen, verse nine, 194 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.399 it says, for we know when part, and we OFFICI 195 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:05.799 in part, we know in part. In Deuteronomy twenty nine, 196 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.440 verse twenty nine, the secret things belong to the Lord, 197 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.399 our God. But the things that are revealed belong to 198 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.240 us and our children forever that we may do all 199 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:16.600 the words of this law, everything we need to know 200 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.080 about God, everything we need to know about this plan 201 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.679 of salvation, everything we need to know in order for 202 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.840 us to walk with God. The revealed things, the Bible 203 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.360 says is for us in our children. But there are 204 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:34.879 things in life, in our lives where it will remain 205 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:39.639 a secret forever. Not because God wants to keep secrets, 206 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:44.240 but it's just that we cannot fully grasp and understand, 207 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:46.679 so it will. I mean, there are things in our 208 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.639 lives now, the co Alumlord that's too much for me. 209 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.600 That's why. In Proverbs chapter three, verse five to six, 210 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.440 and here's the exhortation for us, how do we respond 211 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.559 to this great God? It says, trust in the Lord 212 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.759 with all your heart. Everyone say trust trust in the 213 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:03.720 Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on 214 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.519 your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him in 215 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.919 all your decisions, in all your actions, and He will 216 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.279 make straight your paths in other translations, and he will 217 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:18.039 grant you success. There are things that is really beyond 218 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.120 our understanding. God can see the future. We don't. We 219 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.399 can plan for the future, but in reality we don't 220 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:29.679 exactly know what will happen tomorrow. That's why we have 221 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.799 to trust God. It may look good, sounds good, feel good, 222 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:38.159 taste good now, but I need the wisdom of God 223 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.440 because so many things. The Bible says, there are ways 224 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.960 that seems good to a man, but in the end 225 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.799 it leads to death. We don't always know what's best 226 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.519 for us. But thank God, we have a great God. 227 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:53.600 I mean, if you are grateful, we have a great 228 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:59.600 God who knows more than we do. No one can 229 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.720 fat them. Second is the message translation. This is more 230 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.599 of the paraphrase, and it says God is magnificent. He 231 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:12.079 can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to 232 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:17.519 his greatness, no boundaries to his greatness. Now God is 233 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:21.200 great because of what he knows. But this time God 234 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.000 is great because of what he does. There's no boundaries 235 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.240 to his greatness. I was reminded of the story in 236 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:32.079 Exodus where Moses spoke to God through the burning bush. 237 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.960 I mean, if you are familiar with the story the 238 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:40.759 Prince of Egypt cartoon, there's this burning bush and God 239 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:45.160 was talking. There's a voice. And after forty years of exile, 240 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.559 because Moses tried to run away from Egypt, he killed 241 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.359 an Egyptian and the pharaoh knew about it, and so 242 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.279 he was cared for his life. So he ran away 243 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:59.240 from Egypt. And he hid for forty years in the wilderness. 244 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.960 Forty years. God came to Moses and said, it's time 245 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.599 to go back. And by the way, if you made 246 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:09.640 a mistake, if you have regrets because of what you've 247 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.799 done in the past, and you're thinking, can I redo it? 248 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.720 Is there's still hope that for the future. Let me 249 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:21.559 tell you God's plan for you continues. Your mistake will 250 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:25.400 not stop God from fulfilling his plan and destiny for 251 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.359 your life. And so there's so. And then Moses was there, 252 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:31.079 and then Sabini mos I convinced that Lord, I'll go 253 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:33.960 back to Egypt. But when they if they ask me 254 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.880 who's sending me, what would I tell them? M big 255 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:44.000 Cosinolasito and sabin ellrd Okay, tell them I am who 256 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:49.720 I am? I am who I am? You know why, 257 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:56.720 because there is no word that God can use to 258 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:02.839 describe his greatness. There's there's just no word that would 259 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:08.599 encapsulate that would describe the greatness of God. So he said, 260 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.359 just tell them I am. And I think the modern 261 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.799 translation of that what God is trying to say to 262 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.640 Moses is that tell them whoever they need me to be, 263 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:24.000 I am you need me to be your provider. I am. 264 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:28.920 You need me to rescue you. I am your rescuer. 265 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:33.279 You need healing. I am. You need salvation for your 266 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.000 whole family. I am. You need the restoration of your marriage. 267 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:42.759 I am. You know some people people are great normally 268 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:45.640 in just one or two areas and that's it. They're 269 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.920 not great in all areas. Michael Jordan was considered to 270 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.680 be the greatest basketball player who ever played in the NBA, 271 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:55.279 but there was a point in his life where he 272 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:59.680 crossed to baseball. He played baseball for a short period 273 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:02.119 of time and then went back to basketball. You know why. 274 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.839 He discovered he can never be as great in baseball 275 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:09.920 like he was in basketball, so he went back. You 276 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:12.119 know a lot of people are like that. They are 277 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.519 great in one area, but that's it. They are great 278 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:21.400 in business. But bring them another profession or they're not 279 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:24.480 going to be great. You know. The difference with God 280 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:27.960 is that he is great in all areas. There is 281 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:32.599 no boundary to his greatness. That's why he said, I am, 282 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:37.680 I am. And I was talking to my daughter, and 283 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:43.839 I can't remember exactly the age, but she was very 284 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:55.720 afraid of cockroach. And let's say a cockroach cockroach. So 285 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.680 Sunisia one time went to the I went to the 286 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:05.359 room and then I said, oh, what's happening? Cockcrowd? Cut 287 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:08.559 the long story short. Here's exactly. I think that's a 288 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:11.519 teachable moment. That's a discipleship moment. You know, if you're 289 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.880 a parent, you always look for that discipleship moment. You 290 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.359 always look for an opportunity to teach about God, teach 291 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:23.480 about the Gospel. So I said, Jessica, come here, how 292 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:28.880 small is the cockroach? I mean, how big is the cockroach? 293 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:36.279 This big? How big are you? This big? Now? How 294 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:41.759 big is Daddy? Yeah? This is big? I mean you 295 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:47.279 know this big. Now. What I'm trying to show her 296 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:51.200 is that this is just small. You're freaking out. You're 297 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:56.400 a big Dad is big. I can take care of this. Okay, 298 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:02.759 No one need to be scared of cockroach. P Hey, 299 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:05.400 you're bigger. So I was start trying to think, but 300 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:07.279 I'm trying to point that to God. You know, the 301 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.680 same way with God. Sometimes the things that makes us 302 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.279 freak out, Sometimes the things that make us doubt the 303 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:20.079 faithfulness and the goodness of God, when we compare it 304 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:24.839 to how big he is, it's so small it's like 305 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:30.599 God saying, I don't problaim a more cockroach. I can 306 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:34.400 take care of that. If there's really a God, and 307 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:37.559 if you really have a relationship with this God, and 308 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:40.000 if he is really great as he claims to be, 309 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:47.079 how many of you know our problem is small compared 310 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.759 to this big God who can take care of that. 311 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:53.640 I know some of you you're you came here carrying 312 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.759 heavy burdens. Maybe for some of you here you're not 313 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:59.559 sure if you still have a job tomorrow, or maybe 314 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.720 you're your marriage is falling apart, or maybe you have 315 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:06.400 a son or a daughter's rebellious and you don't know 316 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:09.599 what to do anymore. I don't know what burden you're carrying, 317 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:12.720 and I don't mean to make light of that burden 318 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:15.680 that you have, But if you compare that, what I'm 319 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.200 trying to say is, if you compare that to how 320 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:24.759 gracious and great our God is, it's small. If I 321 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:28.759 really have a big God that will put that problem 322 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:34.519 in it in proper context. Yes, this is a legit concern, 323 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.039 but in light of who my God is, this will 324 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:44.079 be taken care of. There is a solution to this problem. 325 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:50.599 This may not end overnight, but with my God, I 326 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:56.559 will overcome this problem. I will, I will overcome this problem. 327 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.759 You know why, because I have a big God. I 328 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.960 mean that you're grateful that you have a big God. 329 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:10.160 We have a great God. No lasting and then going 330 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:14.519 to end. In NLT translation, here's how it was translated. 331 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.519 Great is the Lord's most worthy of praise. No one 332 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.240 can measure his greatness. No one can measure. Normally, we 333 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:27.200 measure people's greatness by the wealth that they have, or 334 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:31.680 the title or possession, or achievements that they or or 335 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:37.000 the recognition that they receive. That's how we measure people's greatness. 336 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:45.039 In Mayama yen great, matalinen great, wait see Appelia great. 337 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:51.400 We measure just like in basketball. If you're following while 338 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:57.039 on Camatai and comparison Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, 339 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:02.480 I mean, they measure the greatness of these players based 340 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:09.200 on the trophies, the achievements, the championship rings, the MVP 341 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:13.559 awards that they receive. They keep on comparing, they keep 342 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:17.880 on measuring. But you know what the Bible says, you 343 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:21.440 can measure someone's greatness, but when it comes to God, 344 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:25.480 no one can really measure. There's just no measure for 345 00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:29.720 God's greatness. Consider the following. And I really enjoyed researching 346 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:34.599 this last night. I slept late. I enjoyed it. But 347 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:38.519 I just I'll just give you a little portion of 348 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:41.799 what I researched. You know, the Sun, and when I 349 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.279 when I was researching this, because I need to know 350 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:49.559 high school, I never could only encounter. I'm so amazed 351 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:53.720 and fascinated. The Sun is the biggest star in our 352 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:58.720 solar system. And you know how big the Sun is. 353 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:07.640 It can fit one point three million earths inside planet Earth. 354 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:14.200 One point three million can fit inside the star. And 355 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:17.799 if you think the star is already massive, and that's 356 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:23.920 that big, the star is one of the average size stars. 357 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:29.000 The Sun is one of the average size star in 358 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:35.559 the Milky Way galaxy hundreds of billions of stars at first, 359 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:40.720 and Niko might imagine, hah, hundreds of billions of stars. Actually, 360 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:46.599 it's estimated three hundred billion stars. The Sun is just 361 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:51.359 one of them, and one of the average size star. 362 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:54.799 Here's the two biggest, two of the biggest stars. The 363 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:58.920 first one is Rigel, which is seventy eight times larger 364 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:03.960 than the Sun. That's the Sun and this is rigel. Wow. 365 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:09.640 And here's the biggest so far that scientists have discovered. 366 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:15.119 They are yet to discover the others. Canis majorities, which 367 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.160 is estimated to be one thousand and five hundred and 368 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:22.559 forty times the size of the sun. Multiply the sun 369 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:25.839 to one thousand, five hundred and forty times, that's how 370 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:29.839 big the star is. And sometimes you know we are 371 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:33.640 we just get to focus and consume with our own 372 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:38.240 life and needs. It's just our tiny that of life, 373 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:42.519 and we fail to see that there's something bigger than us. 374 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:47.440 There is a God who created all of these things amazing. 375 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:51.759 So you don't believe in creation, you don't believe that 376 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:55.880 God created all of these things, you'll have a hard 377 00:27:55.960 --> 00:28:05.240 time making up an alternative. Sanka gali and said, not lasso. 378 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:12.359 We met Amami and Mammy. Where did we come from? 379 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:16.759 Sabidamami and oh, we came from God. Daddy. Where did 380 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:20.640 we come from? We came from monkeys. The litush belicha 381 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:23.880 Amami and Mummy, Sabimu, we came from God. Sabini Dadi. 382 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:27.559 We came from monkeys and Sabina Sabina Mammy. Oh, your 383 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:31.200 dad is talking about his side of the family. So 384 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.920 which side are you from? I don't know, But how 385 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.079 many of you believed? God is your maker? And God 386 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.960 created all things? And it's not only you he created. 387 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:45.720 He created the earth, He created the entire universe Hebrews, 388 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:49.240 Chapter eleven, verse three. By faith we understand that the 389 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.559 universe was created by the word of God, so that 390 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.440 what is seen was not made out of things that 391 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:58.599 are visible Some nineteen, verse one. The heavens declared the 392 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:02.160 glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his hand 393 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.839 the Word. This is the masterpiece of God, massive and 394 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.440 last thing. Psalm A three four. When I look at 395 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:14.839 your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and 396 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:18.519 the stars which you have set in place. What is 397 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:21.240 Man that you are mindful of him? And the Sun 398 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.160 of Man that you care for it? You know, if 399 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:27.000 you're amazed with the size of the sun and all 400 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:31.400 the universe, you know what's even more amazing is that 401 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:37.559