WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:05.559 Welcome. 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.720 Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.800 heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pastors and speakers all over 4 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.679 the Philippins. We hope that this podcast finds you in 5 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:22.600 good shape and now here's your message. 6 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.879 Good evening everyone, before you take your seats. High five 7 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.359 Namandjan left right front back. 8 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:33.079 Good evening. 9 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.920 I'm Larry, one of the pastors here in Victory Green 10 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.439 Hills is joyed to be invited once again. 11 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:40.920 I'm already what do you call this? 12 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.759 I'm stationed at our at our every nation building, by 13 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.399 being the doing admin works there. But then I praise 14 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.960 God for Pastor Francis, who once in a while who 15 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.000 would call on me, especially now that he's in New Zealand, 16 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:01.719 New Zealand and he's he celebrating their tenth Pam and 17 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.959 And and Phastor Francis are celebrating the tenth year anniversity. 18 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.879 Please do pray for our for your pastors, uh In 19 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:16.000 people be pastor and thank you, thank you for praying 20 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:16.760 for them. 21 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:17.640 I'm sure. 22 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:29.799 But stories and card causin a New Zealand Stories, okay, 23 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:38.000 how many of you, I'll tell him that I can 24 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:40.400 see your face? How many of you you've actually followed 25 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:41.560 the whole the whole series. 26 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.879 Okay, premier and see. 27 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:52.840 Lord will be Okay. Yeah, this is a this this 28 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.840 wonderful series. We actually started the series last year path 29 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.920 if you if you notice it last year right after 30 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.599 Prayer Fasting, we also had a series on the Gospel 31 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.519 and know something about the Gospel also and and and 32 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.439 it's good that we we saw different stories, uh, the 33 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.240 different stories in the Book of Look they remember the 34 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.719 first to the first two Sundays we talked about the widow, 35 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:20.319 the widow, the crying widow who. 36 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.240 Lost the mourning widow who lost a son. 37 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.400 And then last week talked about the sinful woman was 38 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:27.879 actually forgiven. And then they were gonna be talking about 39 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.439 the blind beggary. And what I love about this series 40 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.439 is that we would actually see people who. 41 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:40.080 Encounter Jesus Christ. They not just encountered in the encounter Jesus. 42 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:43.719 Christ led to transformation and they didn't stop there. Hey, 43 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.639 right after being led to transformation, actually proclaimed the Gospel 44 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:51.000 and the whole town or the whole community got actually saved. 45 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:52.759 My prayer is that that's. 46 00:02:52.599 --> 00:03:01.039 That that's us la paramatto. This is not a classroom 47 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.560 it's not a classroom. What we learn here should be 48 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:09.479 applied out there. And maybe some of you you're thinking, boy, 49 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.360 to miss more. The journey that I am in right 50 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.840 now is not it's not that great. That's why we 51 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.479 hang on again to the promise of the Gospel. That's 52 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.439 why the title is Grace changes everything. You might not 53 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.639 be perfect now, but again grace is sufficient for you, 54 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:27.879 for each one of us. That's a promise I do believe. 55 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.960 That's that's among the very very to go to, top 56 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.639 five verses that I've ever memorized. That grace his grace, 57 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.319 not our grace, not not our grace. If we rely 58 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:45.199 only on our grace, guess what, you won't. 59 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:45.960 Finish this straight. 60 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.080 That the race strong, but you have to hang on 61 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:52.120 to His grace, his grace that is sufficient for us. 62 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:57.840 If it's been a sufficient never ending because it comes. 63 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.919 Can we see in mosa good looks, Mulang think and 64 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:12.199 good looks. My question, Guess what? It doesn't change anything. 65 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.519 Only his grace is sufficient. And we said sufficient, it's 66 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:22.000 never ending, never ending. We're gonna look at the life 67 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:26.040 of this blind beggar. Okay, maybe some of you you've 68 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.439 you've read through this the Bason Sarah it's it's a 69 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:34.279 good story trivia trivia. This actually is probably as recorded 70 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:37.519 in the Bible, the very last miracle of Jesus. The 71 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:41.879 very first miracle is the wedding at Canaan, and this 72 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.000 probably is the last recorded last recorded in reverence to 73 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:48.800 God's word, can ask everybody to stand, Let's read the 74 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.480 word of God, and let's let's pray. 75 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.519 Let's open this service with the prayer. 76 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:57.079 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was 77 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:00.519 sitting by the roadside roadside, begging and and hearing a 78 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:01.519 crowd going. 79 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.519 By, he inquired what this meant. 80 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.439 They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by, and 81 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.079 he cried out, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 82 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.279 And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him 83 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.839 to be silent, but he cried. 84 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.920 Out all the more, son of David, have mercy on me. 85 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:24.120 And Jesus stopped and. 86 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.399 Commanded him to be brought to him, And when he 87 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:30.680 came near, he asked him, what do you want me 88 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.519 to do for you? 89 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:37.040 He said, Lord, let me recover my sight. And Jesus 90 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.560 said to him, recover your side. 91 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.120 Your faith has made you well, and immediately he recovered 92 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.959 his side and followed him, glorifying God, and all the 93 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.680 people when they saw it, gave praise to God. 94 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:58.839 Let's pray, Father, may this be just more than a 95 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.759 story for us. Father. 96 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:05.279 I pray Lord that we will actually find our place 97 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.519 in this story and be humble enough to admit, be 98 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.600 humble enough if we need to repent. But Lord, I 99 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:17.160 pray Lord that you are working, working something in our hearts. Father, 100 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:21.319 transform us use this word. Is this preaching of your 101 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:24.040 word Jesus name, We pray and everybody say amen, let 102 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:37.480 me take your seats. I'm sorry due to some technical difficulties. 103 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:39.040 There you go. 104 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:44.959 Okay, context there was Hey, I don't know if you've 105 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.439 seen the movie vantage Point, but it's one of the 106 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:52.959 nice movie that I like. I love those politically thrilling 107 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:56.319 plots to watch. Okay, this is this movie vantage Point. 108 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:01.120 It was actually set in Europe and somebody somebody like 109 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.720 assassinated or no, actually bummed bombed a square where a 110 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.199 political leader was, and they they had witnesses everywhere, of course, 111 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.160 and they took u I believe three or four dvantage 112 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:17.040 points to show show us the viewers, actually what happened. 113 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:20.319 The advantage point from the bomber, the vantage from from 114 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:24.680 a tourist, advantage point from from from a police official, 115 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.920 so advantage point. What I love about that we showed 116 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.399 it actually showed that we sometimes when we see things, 117 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:37.000 we have our own personal biases. It's it's it's just 118 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.480 according to one vantage point. My prayer is that as 119 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:43.839 we go through this, this movie, but we movie story 120 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.360 story in the Bible, that we would look at the 121 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:51.160 different advantage point from the from the different characters. Different characters, 122 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.399 the three characters. First is a blind band, a blind 123 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.199 mat who was just sitting by the road, blind beggar. 124 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:03.439 Okay, just sitting by the road. It's hard. 125 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:10.120 It's like Dobamy, he's not just blind, he's also a 126 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:15.000 beggarin blind para, not a beggar. Maybe if somebody was 127 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.120 taking care of him, he won't be a beggar. Okay, 128 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:23.480 But this person blind beggar par dob and. 129 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:24.759 It talks about it. 130 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:30.079 It actually points to so many things. Maybe because even 131 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.960 his family has turned his back on him. Why if 132 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.919 he's just blind, pair of my family copin to be 133 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.399 with him, right, But no, he's a beggar. 134 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.720 He's left on the street all along like an outcast. 135 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:46.279 And you know those times there are actually lots of 136 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.919 blind people because of course what happened means and then 137 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:53.720 and sickness is prevalent, so people become become blind, become blind. 138 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:58.320 But then, uh, there's also a myth or some wrong 139 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:02.399 misconceptions that if you are blind, maybe it's because you sinned, 140 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:07.159 or if you're born blind, maybe it's because of your 141 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:10.519 father's sin that caused you to be blind, or your 142 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:11.759 mother's sin that caused. 143 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:12.120 You to be blind. 144 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:16.159 So you're like treated like an outcast dobbolami so to 145 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:23.039 speak at a blind beggar, he's actually very helpless, helpless, 146 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:25.519 left alone in in society to rap. 147 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:33.360 And then there's advantage point of the crowd at. 148 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:38.120 This time, Uh, whenever, wherever, wherever Jesus is, a big 149 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:43.559 crowd follows him. Okay, he's already famous kilinasa, why kilnessa 150 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.240 because of his. 151 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:45.639 Miracles left and right. 152 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:49.120 He's the mean is actually at this point he was 153 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.600 he just had the ministry in Galilee and he was 154 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.879 going to attend a past the passover in Jerusalem. 155 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.200 That's why he passed by Jericho. 156 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.159 So so when when when the blind man on the 157 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:02.919 street beggar on this it can changeous. 158 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:03.919 Imagine he's on the. 159 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:16.120 Floor, arms of al happally, mos, there you go, Pally. 160 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.679 He was hearing a crowd, hearing a crowd following, and 161 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:25.240 that's not usual. It's actually quite unusual. So he asked 162 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:26.039 that question. 163 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:26.840 Who is who? Who? 164 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:31.399 Who is there? Why is there a crowd? Then the 165 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.440 crowd said, oh, it's Jesus of Nazareth who is passing by. 166 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.759 Jesus of Nazareth. Hang on to that word Jesus of Nazareth. 167 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:50.080 That time, when you actually refer to a person, it's example, uh, 168 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.159 Larry of kestern City or. 169 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:59.519 John of you would be referred by your name and 170 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:03.840 then where you came from. Hey, but. 171 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:10.120 The the blind beggar, I don't know if it was 172 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.320 a mistake. He said no, he didn't call him Jesus 173 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:19.159 of nazaidth he said, Jesus, son of David, this blind person, 174 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:25.080 though he was actually blind. Have heard of Jesus as 175 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.840 the son of David? Maybe some of us? Oh yeah, okay, 176 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.360 pastor son of David Good. So what's what's unusual about 177 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.600 the son of David, son of David. If you go 178 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.399 back to all the way to your to your Old Testament. 179 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:41.080 The Second Samuel h chapter seven. It would tell us 180 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.639 about the lineage of the Messiah. Remember Romans, Roman Era. 181 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.840 They were wait, they were already so anxious for a king. 182 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.120 Why they was being persecuted left and right, hard labor, 183 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:59.519 hardship in apa. Not only not only that, especially when 184 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.799 you're a Christ. And they were looking and waiting for 185 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:06.919 a Messiah who they heard, they read would come from 186 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.279 the lineage of As the son of David. And they 187 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:15.080 knew this blind person knew all along that it is 188 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:20.919 Jesus Christ, early on, early on, he knew that, I'm 189 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:26.039 reminding you, he's blind. He's on the floor, and he 190 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:30.039 knew once he heard it's Jesus of Nazareth who is 191 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:30.639 passing by. 192 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.759 That's Jesus. 193 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:36.919 He talks about already his faith, his faith that he's 194 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.559 been waiting for. And he knew all along that this 195 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.360 is the person who would actually take him out of 196 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:48.440 his misery. And then the crowd you advantage point, No, no, no, 197 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.039 blind beggar, no, Now now the advantage point of the crowd. 198 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.279 What did the crowd do? The crowd who could see 199 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.559 the crowd who was already. 200 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:03.919 With Jesus told you Galishan, Galiley, Galli Shang, probably I. 201 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:09.320 From Nazareth what he did from Canaan the miracles fend 202 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:11.799 right and then Casamanila. But what did the crowd do? 203 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:18.720 The crowd silence the beggar. You know this part. It's 204 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:22.080 took me a while to get through this part. 205 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.600 When I was preparing for this, because I had to search, 206 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:27.639 I had to think and had to ask myself. 207 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.039 Might like that. 208 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:36.960 As a pastor now, as a Christian for twelve thirteen years, 209 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:42.519 if I become a part of the crowd, that would 210 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:48.159 silence somebody who needs help. Remember the Bible said Jesus 211 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:56.200 came to seek the loss, the weak, the sick, the poor, 212 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:03.480 the widow. Soame blind beggar, helpless, black beggar. 213 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:08.200 Who should have who should have helped him? Probably the crowd. 214 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:12.279 The crowd have heard of his teaching, have seen all 215 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.559 the miracles. But what did they do? 216 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.639 They silence him, They rebuke him, They said, stop, that 217 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:28.559 does Jesus and do me bam we He's not going 218 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:33.480 to give you money. But this beggar, you know what, 219 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:38.600 this beggar, the blad beggar, he has nothing. 220 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:41.559 To give it he's nothing to give. 221 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:46.960 All he have is well or no no family, no money, beggar, 222 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:53.240 remember begging, no, not even side probably hell. But he 223 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.919 shouted all the more because of his faith, remember his 224 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.399 faith that he knew this is Jesus, the Sign of David, 225 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.240 this is Jesus the Messiah. So he shouted all the more, 226 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:08.559 Son of David, have mercy on me. Son of David. 227 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.559 Can you imagine. 228 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.519 Put yourself there, a lot of people, there's a crowd. 229 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:18.320 Jesus the only one walking. Those streets were not actually paved, 230 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.639 they're coupled streets. 231 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:23.879 And talk and a lot of people were walking ing 232 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:30.279 eye crowd. But he still yelled at the very top 233 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:36.440 of his voice, Son of David, have mercy on me. Mercy. 234 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:42.639 Mercy is big here. He's not only asking Jesus Jesus begging, 235 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:49.279 but ah, Jesus, Jesus pansing in moro. He's literally asking him. 236 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:54.559 Asking if God would take his life, take his life, 237 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.200 or God would prolong his life, prolong his life. You 238 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.120 know why, during those times, it's already an act of 239 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:06.200 rebellion when you say that you're a Christian. Another vantage 240 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:10.399 point of the crowd is maybe they're silencing that blind beggar, 241 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.240 so that in thepos. 242 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:16.879 Saying why they're scared some of us, some of us 243 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.360 who follow Jesus, at times we're actually. 244 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:26.120 Scared to proclaim it or scared to demonstrate it, or 245 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:32.200 sometimes you Christian nathing as a social media it can 246 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.279 be I don't know different vantage points. I'm asking you 247 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:40.320 to place yourselves where you are. We go through different seasons, 248 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.600 we go through different stuff, and. 249 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:49.039 Where you are right now. But for that blind beggar, 250 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.519 it was a desperate call. It was desperate. 251 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.960 I don't care whether I'll be thrown to jail because 252 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.720 of rebellion. 253 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.879 I'll be cut, my head be cut. But it's okay. 254 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:06.440 It's okay because I know that only him, only that Jesus, 255 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.160 Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Son of David. Can you 256 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.680 rescue me? 257 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:20.799 Dvantage point up, place yourselves where you're nears or place 258 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.640 yourself where you are. 259 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.279 It's a desperate call. Milliam Webster Dictionary. 260 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:29.960 Describes desperation as the feeling when you have lost almost 261 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:34.480 all hope, at least my almost no feeling when you 262 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:41.279 have lost almost all hope. In doing some research, these 263 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.039 are the things that the top five that makes us 264 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:50.920 desperate during this time in this time, relationships, whether you 265 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.440 have a relationship, you're into a relationship, you don't have 266 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:59.000 a relationship, or your relationship is complicated. It makes you desperate, 267 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:03.839 makes people desperate. Money makes people makes people desperate. We 268 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:10.279 have seen so many stuff on money. Glory makes people desperate. 269 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:16.599 Work work makes you desperate, desperate to perform, desperate for 270 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:18.440 a new bass, They're desperate. 271 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:25.240 Discincution in promotion, status, status in life because you can 272 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:31.839 match up or cool makes you desperate. I'm surprised that amount. 273 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:38.160 The top five is social media. Social media, you're desperate 274 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:47.119 because you see people there, but make it makes makes 275 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.680 us desperate. 276 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.480 And what do people do when? When? When? When? When 277 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:54.839 people are desperate? She signed. 278 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.160 And some people who are desperate for stuff sometimes turns 279 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:04.279 to crime. Some people turns to drugs or even to 280 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:08.079 sex or even lies. 281 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:16.720 Let's go back to the blind beggar. Have you experienced 282 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.359 being blind? 283 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:26.920 If it's blindness, can say such as physical, it's also 284 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:33.200 spiritual blindness. Sometimes we can actually see physically see, but 285 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:39.039 then spiritually we're blind. I I I remember one time 286 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.839 years back, I have a problem with my eyes and 287 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:48.200 there were times that that that that because of I 288 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.680 mean the up because of the I don't know, maybe 289 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.359 the fluids in my eyes had problems. So there were 290 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:58.599 times that I could hardly open my eyes. It would 291 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:02.640 actually cost me me like momentary blindness. Okay, even sometimes 292 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.759 I opened my eyes. It doesn't only hurt, but I can't. 293 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.599 See anything, okay. 294 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.319 And then one time I went to pick up my 295 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:12.000 girlfriend who was my my my wife now from her school. 296 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.480 And on the way home, I. 297 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.319 Said, I could not drive. Okay, I could not drive. 298 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.200 I want you, I want you to drive, right, I 299 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:23.039 want I want, I want you to drive. Okay, take 300 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:26.960 on who looks a stage, So I'm I'm gonna. So 301 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:31.039 I was just closing my I said, yet you drive, 302 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.519 take the keys, you drive. And then and and and 303 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.640 she was she was driving. And you know sometimes when 304 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:39.720 when when you're when you're locked looking. I don't know 305 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.960 if you've experienced this. Maybe you're in the car and 306 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.400 then you're taking a nap. You close your eyes sometimes 307 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:47.599 but I'm blissed. But everything goes fast and you just 308 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:50.759 hear stuff and everything's like zooming. It's like times to 309 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:53.160 the speed times too or times three the speed and 310 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.319 and I had my eyes closed and said, what's going on? 311 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.039 I just I just hear blaring horns and. 312 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.839 Every peep and then and then it really hurts. 313 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.319 But when I opened my eyes a bit, okay, there 314 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:12.480 I saw yet my girlfriend then who I married now 315 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:20.960 were driving in the opposite side of the road. Ohay, 316 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:26.319 so right then and there I I I accepted the 317 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.960 Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord save me the RISTI 318 00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:33.680 and that that that's not true. But yeah, she was 319 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:36.119 on the opposite side and said, pull over, pull over. 320 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.480 I love you. 321 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:48.680 You felt blindness, But sometimes in darkness is it's your life, 322 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:51.599 the life that you live. And I came from a 323 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:55.279 retreat recently, came from a retreat, uh to three days 324 00:21:55.319 --> 00:22:00.599 to night retreat where I'm blind. Well, I'm gadgets. Okay, 325 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.519 it's just focusing on God. No gadgets, get it, God 326 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:15.000 gadgets corneada corn corn. One of the lesson is teaching 327 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:20.000 us how to breathe. Maybe you're not in the dark, 328 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:25.839 or you're not blind now, but because of situation, you're desperate, 329 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:36.400 desperate and the and suddenly I remember this. We were 330 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:40.000 going through l a X coming from the World Con 331 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.039 in public. 332 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.240 This is in l A. 333 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:51.200 Everyone's going through something. So everyone going through somethings. I go, okay, 334 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:55.519 watch that, and then when I checked, it's actually a hotline. 335 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:58.119 Where you could call. You could email if you need prayer. 336 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:01.880 In some people who are out of desperation are on 337 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:06.319 the last straw in their lives. Some people even thinking 338 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:10.279 about committing committing suicide. They don't know where to call. 339 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.599 I don't know what your dvantage point is. 340 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.359 But then. 341 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:22.119 There's hope in Christ in Lamentations three twenty one twenty 342 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:26.079 three says this, I recall to mind, therefore. 343 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.359 I have hope. 344 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:30.480 The first part there is very important. You have to 345 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:35.960 recall to mind. What does that mean? India? Kalang buboskalan 346 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:40.480 Bibolmo came emergency inn in Bibolkadisha. 347 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:43.119 Is that a break the. 348 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:47.480 Glass in case of emergency that you use during emergencies? 349 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.480 You call to mind what you have read. You call 350 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:55.359 to mind because you have started a relationship with God. 351 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.279 You call to mind what he promised you. So why 352 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:02.279 now you call call it to mind? And then you 353 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:05.960 put on hope on that. They said the Lord's loving 354 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:10.759 kindness indeed never cease, for his compassions never fail. They 355 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:15.880 are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. There is faithfulness. 356 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:21.079 There's a covenant. There's a covenant that was given two 357 00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:26.200 thousand years ago. The mercy plea here is actually a 358 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:31.960 covenant that was made to Abraham, Jacob and Isaac. You 359 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:36.480 don't see, oh good story in the Old Testament Egypt, 360 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:41.079 a promised land that was not God and Jesus. It 361 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:44.599 is the same covenant that we have now. The mercy 362 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:49.480 that the blind beggar was asking mercy, mercy, hallo blind beggar, 363 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:49.920 Why not. 364 00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:54.880 He asked for mercy. He's saying, Lord, in all humility, 365 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.839 I repent, I repent. 366 00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:01.240 Mercy is a powerful word. Why because only God can 367 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:07.839 give us mercy? Blind beergar, but Bara and big guy. 368 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.440 But he knew all along that only Jesus, the son 369 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:15.279 of David, the Messiah, can give mercy. 370 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.799 What's mercy? Mercy is. 371 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:23.920 Unmerited thing. Mercy is you don't actually deserve it, but 372 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:27.039 I give it to you. Example, cinemam to raise your 373 00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:34.759 hands Latin grade Latin greed, pola Latin greed. If and 374 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:39.960 greed if lowest of the lowest usaid, okay, the noble 375 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:44.519 allow once they are and we begin the noble allowance. 376 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:47.759 You know, and you know we don't actually deserve it, 377 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:50.880 but God gave it to us, and only Jesus, and 378 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:56.119 only through Jesus, God gave us mercy. Mercy is actually 379 00:25:56.200 --> 00:26:00.960 one of the most powerful attributes of God. In here, 380 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:07.680 the blind beggar is demonstrated demonstrating desperate faith almn. 381 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.240 A to only struggle. 382 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:14.920 He knows this, and he knew that he had to 383 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.440 pursue God more, son of David, have mercy on me. 384 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.799 In desperate moments. 385 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:26.839 We have to put our trust in a faithful God, 386 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:34.920 not on our bank account, not on our wisdom that 387 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:38.640 is limited, not in our own the Bible said, in 388 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:45.160 our own understanding, but in desperate moments trust and hope. 389 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.720 Put our hope. Be in our hope and a faithful God. 390 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.119 And we should been a faithful God. He will never 391 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:54.519 leave you nor forsake you, the Bible says. And in 392 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:58.400 faithful God, trust in me, he said, and I will 393 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:02.000 make everything for you and any faithful God. 394 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:06.559 I am your strong power. I am your strong power. 395 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:10.960 I am your I'm the source of your everything. I 396 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.119 am the alpha and the omega, the beginning in the end, 397 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:20.039 that is a faithful God in Hebrews ten twenty three said, 398 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:23.319 let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess. We 399 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:25.599 don't just profess it in our social media. In the 400 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:29.079 in in our victory group Pastor in Victory Group of 401 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:34.160