WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast. Your daily dose 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.919 are inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different characters and 3 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.480 speakers all over the Philippines. We're hoping this podcast finds 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:22.120 you in good shame and now here's your message. 5 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:29.199 You're listening to a podcast from Victory. Our spiritual disciplines 6 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:34.200 should be real and sincere, not hypocritical nor mechanical. Learn 7 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:38.840 more about spiritual disciplines in week nine of our series Redefined. 8 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:46.200 So to start with our topic for today, how many 9 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:51.039 of you watched the fight this morning? Okay between the 10 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.520 Mayweather and Connor McGregor. They're saying one of the biggest 11 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:02.240 fights in boxing history. Unfortunately, Connor McGregor was snapped out 12 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.439 in the tenth round and Floyd Mayweather was able to 13 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:09.000 establish his title as the greatest. 14 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.840 Boxer in history with fifty wins. 15 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.480 Now, I'm showing this to you not because of the 16 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:19.599 fight this morning, but month before, a month before this fight, 17 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:25.680 there's this Kazakhstan fitness blogger who posts as Connor McGregor 18 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.560 and went around Las Vegas, New York and La. 19 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.319 So Telegan totally almost look alike. 20 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:40.480 The height, the tattoo, the the hair, and then he 21 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:44.560 went around. Then when people saw him together with his 22 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:51.879 team Connor Connor so and then the people would rush 23 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.680 and everywhere he went he attracted this huge crowd. 24 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.040 It caused huge traffic. 25 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:04.159 And then he around taking selfish and videos Tapas Don 26 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:09.080 Taimatau Feeling Eamtnam and Siconnor MacGregor, and then they went 27 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.199 home with their fake picture. Now I'm saying that story 28 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.599 because in the passage of scripture we're going to read today, 29 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:25.199 Jesus talked about religious actors, religious pretenders, and impostors who 30 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:29.960 do religious activities for a show during the time of Jesus, 31 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.280 Mimahtula Din Connor MacGregor going around and doing all the 32 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:40.400 spiritual religious activities, pretending to be somebody that they are 33 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:45.400 really not, and so they are able to project this 34 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:50.240 image and make people believe that they are really more 35 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.240 spiritual than they really are. So that's what we're going 36 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.120 to look at today. In Matthew chapter six, if you 37 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.319 have your Bible with you, we're going to read from 38 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:01.360 verse one to verse eight, and then we're going to 39 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:05.719 jump to verse sixteen to eighteen. Okay, it says beware 40 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.520 of practicing your righteousness. 41 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.080 Beware before other people in order. 42 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:12.439 To be seen by them, for then you will have 43 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.199 no reward from your father, who is in heaven. Thus, 44 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.319 when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, 45 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.800 as the hypocrites do in the synagogues in the streets, 46 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.520 that they may be praised by others. 47 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.400 Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 48 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:31.599 But when you give to the needy, do not let 49 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.080 your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 50 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.960 so that your giving may be in secret, and your father, 51 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.719 who sees in secret, will reward you. 52 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:42.080 Verse five. 53 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.680 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, 54 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:48.000 for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues 55 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:50.840 and at the street corners that they may be seen 56 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:51.800 by others. 57 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.360 Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 58 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.759 But when you pray, go into your room and shut 59 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.520 the door, and pray to your who is in secret, 60 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:04.919 and your father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 61 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.919 And when you pray, do not hip hop empty phrases 62 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:11.520 as gentiles do, for they think that they will be 63 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.800 heard for their many words. 64 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.120 Do not be like them, for your father knows what 65 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.439 you need before you ask him. 66 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.120 And then we're going to skip because verse nine we're 67 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.160 going to talk about that next week the Lord's prayer, 68 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:28.920 and we're going to go through the whole prayer that 69 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.879 Jesus taught his disciples. But in verse sixteen talking about fasting, 70 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:38.600 I'm gonna year you love fasting, Legan, But in verse sixteen, 71 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.920 and when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, 72 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.519 For they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be 73 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.319 seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have 74 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.319 received their reward. But when you fast, annoint your head 75 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.279 and wash your face, that your fasting may not be 76 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.519 seen by others, but by your father, who is in secret. 77 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:02.399 And your father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 78 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.079 Can you join me in a word of prayer? Lord, 79 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:09.079 We pray today, Lord, that your word will come to 80 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.720 us with power, with the Holy spirit, and with deep conviction. 81 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:13.600 Lord. 82 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.240 We thank you Lord that every time we hear your word, 83 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:20.000 your word brings Lord God comes to us like water, 84 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:25.360 like fire, like hammer that smashed Lord God, wrong thinking 85 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.439 in Lord God, in wrong mindsets. Lord, we thank you 86 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.839 Lord for what you're going to do. Lord, as we 87 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:32.480 listen to your word in Jesus name. 88 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:33.639 Amen. 89 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:39.120 Okay, now as we read this portion of Jesus sermon. 90 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.879 When I was studying this, I said to myself, this 91 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.160 is so relevant to us, especially today, because we're so 92 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.600 used to telling everybody what is happening about us. Okay, 93 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.399 that's so common for us. We tell people what we eat, 94 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.519 we tell people where we are, we tell people who's 95 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.800 with uh. That's a part of our daily life. We 96 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.319 post it in Instagram and we post it in Facebook, 97 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:11.439 sometimes in the form of humble brag. How many of 98 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.680 you have heard that phrase humble brag? And I'll show 99 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:21.279 you some examples. Melanditon Apathe this one, we just you know, 100 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.879 cover the phase so that you would not know that 101 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:29.120 they are in the five thirty PM service, Sabina, Why 102 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:33.519 does the Mercedes dealership always have fresh, big hot cookies? 103 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:39.319 Don't they understand how mean that is? So you're saying 104 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:45.480 you're always in the you know, in the Mercedes dealership office. 105 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.079 So basically, what is what she wants people to know 106 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:50.319 where she is? 107 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.439 Next? One at all? 108 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:57.519 Hi, I'm sixteen and I'm publishing three books in an 109 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.560 album this year. Do you have any advice on how 110 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.519 to handle it? Best knocks very humble. No, you know, 111 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.199 I want to learn from you guys. This is a 112 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:13.079 hard life. Next one, Sabina, I'm featured in People's Most Beautiful. 113 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:14.399 What can I say? 114 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:18.480 They all make mistakes, but did the shoot with no makeup? 115 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:22.399 And I have to say scary and humble. 116 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:22.480 No. 117 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:26.600 The last one, Sabina's setting up your own charity an 118 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:27.879 event is no joke. 119 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:33.560 Would have thought it to be easier. This is serious. Now. 120 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:40.160 In verse one, you know before this portion of jesus 121 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:44.279 sermon in verse one, if you still remember in week two, uh, 122 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:47.360 in verse one, we're told to be careful, not to 123 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:52.759 do our good works for other people to see. In fact, 124 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.360 Jesus exhorted us to do things in secret. But in 125 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.439 week two in Matthew chapter five, verse six, we're told 126 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.839 to let our light shine before man. 127 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:02.399 How gonna have you? 128 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:05.560 Remember that the Bible is where the salt and light 129 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.040 of this world, and because of that, we're to allow 130 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:12.079 our light to shine so that other people will see 131 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.399 our good works and hopefully in. 132 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:17.240 The process God will be glorified. 133 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:23.040 Now it seems like it's too contradicting commands from God. 134 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:26.040 Which one do we follow? And the answer is both, 135 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:29.720 because sometimes sometimes. 136 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:31.519 We need to let other people know. 137 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.080 We have to let our light shine, just like what 138 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.840 we did earlier when we showed you the video of 139 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:39.360 our real life. 140 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:41.759 Foundation. 141 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.960 Sometimes we have to let people know so that they 142 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.120 will be inspired and so that they will somehow that 143 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:55.200 will create curiosity and point them to God. But sometimes 144 00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:01.000 we have to do things in secret and not let 145 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:06.639 other people know. We need to do both. Now, in 146 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:11.480 other words of ab Bruce, I like how he write it. 147 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:16.759 He said, show when tempted to hide, and hide when 148 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:22.240 tempted to show. We need to practice both. But the 149 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:29.639 difference is the motive. The difference is the motive. Now 150 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.840 Here Jesus mentioned if you in the Bible, if a 151 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:38.519 word is repeated twice or trice, it means it's important. 152 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:41.840 How many of you know that everything written in the 153 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:47.120 Bible is important. Now, if it's if it's repeated twice 154 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:50.679 or three times, it means it's very very important. Now, 155 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:56.799 it's interesting because in this passage of scripture, Jesus repeated 156 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:03.120 the word secret six times, repeated the word reward seven times, 157 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:07.960 and then he repeated the word father seven times, making 158 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:11.240 it obvious to us what is trying to emphasize. So 159 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.080 for the remaining time that we have, I want to 160 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:17.399 talk about the word secret, the word reward, and the 161 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:22.440 word father. First one is the word secret. Now three times. 162 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.679 Also, Jesus used the word hypocrites. 163 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:33.200 And during their time, it originally meant actors who wear mask. 164 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:38.399 It refers to people who are playing roles on stage, 165 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:42.320 like a theater or a stage play. So that's the 166 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:46.759 original meaning of the word hypocrites. And and and Jesus said, 167 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:52.559 don't be like the hypocrites. Don't wear masks, don't put 168 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:58.159 up a show, and don't just do things just to 169 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:02.200 project a person that is very different from who you 170 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:05.639 really are. Jesus said, do not be like them. Then 171 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:10.879 he gave three specific examples. Okay, so, Sabina, if you're 172 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:16.840 going to be a follower of Christ, be real, don't 173 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.799 be a fake follower of Christ. If you're going to 174 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:25.960 worship God, worship God with all your heart. And then 175 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:30.399 he cites specific examples. But these are just examples. Of course, 176 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.320 this principle can be applied in different areas of our lives. 177 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.879 And he talked about first and foremost about giving, about giving, 178 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.399 and he said, when you give to the needy sound 179 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:43.840 no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do. 180 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.080 Now. 181 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:49.759 I tried to research and study, and what I discovered 182 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:53.559 was it's not really a practice during their time, so 183 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.519 incong if they're going to the temple and they're going 184 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.240 to give their money, nobody does that. 185 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:09.000 Well, I may have no trumpet has impact offering envelope. Sorry, guys, 186 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.000 just dropping my envelope. 187 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:15.960 Okay, So Jesus is just trying to make an exaggeration. 188 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.960 It's a figure of speech. 189 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.399 But the point that Jesus was trying to make is 190 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:26.240 that it's weird. It's weird when you're giving and you're 191 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:29.679 finding a way to let people know about it. 192 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.000 So when you give, do not be like the hypocrites. 193 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.440 If you're giving, it's because of the generosity, out of 194 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.320 the overflow of the generosity of God in your life, 195 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.600 you know, as Christians. Amazingly, when Jesus thought this, when 196 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.840 he thought about giving, fasting, and praying, he said, when 197 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.559 you give, when you pray, when you fast, because these 198 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.600 spiritual disciplines are expected of Jesus followers. 199 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.039 It's not if, it's when. If you're a. 200 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:07.759 Christian as a as a byproduct of following Christ and 201 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:13.919 experience experiencing who God is, his goodness, his grace is generosity. 202 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.720 Out of the overflow of God's goodness, we overflow. 203 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.960 With goodness as well. We become generous. 204 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.200 And so Jesus said, if you give, do not be 205 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.720 like the hipocrites. Then he moved to prayer. He said, 206 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.000 when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because 207 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.320 they love to pray in public. 208 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:37.919 Ustunelayung. 209 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.399 They want to maximize the the traffic. 210 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.759 Sosan maraaminta fucky God. 211 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:49.720 And you know, the point that Jesus was trying to 212 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.279 make is not that it's wrong to pray in public. 213 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.440 No, we pray in public. We have prayer meetings. 214 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.320 Sometimes we do our victory groups and coffee shops and 215 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:01.679 restaurants and we pray right there. So the point is 216 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:04.840 not that it's wrong to pray in public. But if 217 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:08.279 you're praying more in public than in private, then there's 218 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:15.120 something wrong. We should pray more in private than in public. 219 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:19.960 Praying should be a regular part of our life. It's 220 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:23.519 it should be as normal as eating and talking and 221 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:27.360 checking our phones. The bopment may phone tile. There's no 222 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:36.039 particular place or time we just check it anywhere anytime, counting, gap, plan, conting, break, lamp, 223 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:44.840 kid at the travel miss and kite my meeting. Miss okay, okay, 224 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:53.200 wow Wow. We are so attached, We're so connected. The 225 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:57.519 Bible says, pray without ceasing, pray non stop. What that 226 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.720 means is that don't just pray when you're in church. 227 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:04.240 Pray when you're driving, Pray when you're waiting for your appointment, 228 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:08.360 Pray when you're with your kids. Pray before you sleep, 229 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.960 Pray before you eat. I mean, pray when you're afraid. 230 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:18.399 Pray when you're excited, different times, different places, different length pray. 231 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:24.039 Pray because you want to connect to God. Pray because 232 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:28.440 you want to because you want to intercede for others. 233 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:33.960 It's okay to pray in public as long as we 234 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.799 don't pray for the sake of publicity. 235 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:39.320 So we pray. And then he. 236 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:44.559 Talked about fasting, and I like the message translation of 237 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.639 verse sixteen. I want to show this to you is 238 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.799 that when you practice some appetite denying discipline to better 239 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:55.679 concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. 240 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.519 It might turn you into a small time celebrity, but 241 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:03.360 it won't make you a saint. I like that translation 242 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.240 is that when you fast, it's because you want to 243 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:09.279 be able to focus on God. 244 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.799 But when you fast, make sure you're not turning it 245 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.960 into a production. 246 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:21.320 Because people might admire you, people might praise you, You 247 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:26.519 might be a rock star for a minute at the 248 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:31.399 expense of what God is doing in your character and 249 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:34.279 in your heart. It might turn you into a small 250 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:36.559 time celebrity, but it won't make you a saint. 251 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:36.840 Now. 252 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.840 I think the importance of doing things in secret, the 253 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:44.120 point that Jesus was trying to make is in doing 254 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:49.360 these spiritual disciplines, in practicing your righteousness, whatever that is, 255 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:54.600 whether that's serving, whether that's singing, whether that's preaching, whether 256 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:58.799 that's serving your family, whatever that is that you do 257 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:05.240 as a follower Christ, he said, make sure that you 258 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:05.839 do it. 259 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.680 With the right motive. 260 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:13.079 And if you're tempted, if you know, every time you 261 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.240 do good works, there's a temptation to be proud to 262 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:20.480 take the glory rather than to give God the glory, than. 263 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.559 Do things in secret. 264 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:24.480 And I think the importance of doing things in secret 265 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.920 is that we are forced to focus on God and 266 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.319 to trust in Him. And I think that's the power 267 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:37.039 of doing things in secret. It forces us to focus 268 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:41.400 on God. When nobody is aware of what we're doing, 269 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.839 then we're forced to actually. 270 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:46.400 Devote ourselves to Him. 271 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.559 Nor it doesn't matter if people recognize it. It doesn't 272 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.720 matter if people thank me for what I've done, because 273 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:56.519 I'm not doing this for people. I'm doing this primarily 274 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:00.000 for you, and it's you that I want to please. 275 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.720 Doing things in secret, I'm forced to depend on God, 276 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.039 not giving other people a clue because when I give 277 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.480 to somebody, I'm not expecting that person to return to 278 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.559 me the favor. When I give to that person, it's 279 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:20.160 because I want to be a blessing and I'm looking 280 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:23.240 to God to be the one to reward me. I 281 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:27.039 think that's the power of doing things in secret. It 282 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:30.400 forces us to trust God and to depend on him. 283 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.720 Next one, he talked about reward. How many have you 284 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.720 heard you want to receive rewards? 285 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:41.920 You know? It motivates us. You know. 286 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.839 One of the couples in our victory group during the 287 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:51.880 couple's retreat, showed me a real time video of their 288 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:56.319 kids at home. So we are in Santa Rosa and 289 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.359 then they are showing me what's happening in their house 290 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:07.200 here in New Manila, Kidaminaga, man Before during my time, 291 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:14.400 before the internet, uh era, and before that, that typewriter 292 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:20.839 Daniel Bone, well, I'm on computer, well on internet. Before 293 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:26.640 that was difficult to imagine. That's unheard of for you 294 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:31.200 to see what exactly other people are doing in real 295 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:36.839 time in another place. But now it's so common for us. 296 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:42.200 It's part of our daily life. It's not impossible, it's 297 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.720 it's a reality for us. 298 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:47.400 And you know, the Bible says the Bible. 299 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:52.079 Uh the Bible says that your father, who sees what 300 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:54.319 you do in secret, will reward you. 301 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:56.960 How many of you are convinced that God. 302 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.519 Sees what you do in secret? And that's the confidence 303 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.680 we have. You know why we can do things in secret. 304 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:07.240 You know why we don't have to flaunt our goodness. 305 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:10.000 You know why we don't need to show off. You 306 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.480 know why we don't need to go to other people 307 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:16.799 for acceptance and approval. You know why because we are 308 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:20.559 confident our father in heaven sees what we do in secret. 309 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.079 And I'm not depending on other people for my reward. 310 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:31.799 I'm depending on my father for my reward. You know, 311 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.400 I think about my children. I have a seven year old, 312 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:39.440 I have a two year old, and the simplest act 313 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:43.799 of obedience, especially the younger one. 314 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:47.640 The two year olds. 315 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:52.200 Been called come on, fist bump, high five, come on kiss, 316 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.000 daddy does me? 317 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:57.640 It's alive about But you know, the simplest. 318 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:00.720 Act of obedience, it brings so much joy to me 319 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.480 as his father. 320 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:07.519 But it's nothing. It's not like they've done something phenomenal. 321 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:14.039 But so yes, that better for me. But wow, I'm 322 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:20.759 so proud of you. You're a man. I'm so proud 323 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:25.759 of you, and I want to do good things to them. 324 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:28.480 You know why because I believe that's the heart of 325 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:31.680 a father, and I believe that's God's heart for us. 326 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.440 Our God is a good rewarder. You know. God rewards 327 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.359 is in many ways. 328 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.079 But you know, the greatest reward always for everything that 329 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:44.000 we do, is not the money, the promotion. 330 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:46.160 The healing, the favor, the relationship. 331 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:49.960 No, in everything that we do, always the greatest reward 332 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.079 is God himself. 333 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.839 He is our very great reward. 334 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.200 It's knowing him, it's being close to him and becoming 335 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.400 more and more life I him. 336 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.400 That's our reward. 337 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:08.880 That's why sometimes when you do something Paranagzoka, pastor Sibishamani 338 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:11.319 was telling us and during the early days, they were 339 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:15.279 preaching about generosity in church because we're a very small church. 340 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.680 There's not much. 341 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:19.880 Resources, but we're believing for more fund so we can 342 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:23.480 plant more churches and send more missionaries. And so the 343 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.759 only way for us is to believe for provision from God, 344 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:29.519 to believe that God is good, that God is generous, 345 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.640 and the Bible says in order for us to experience 346 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:35.119 the abundance of God, we need to sow by faith. 347 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:43.759 So during their time, to sona five hundred within the week, 348 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:47.920 may I'm be blessed them five thousand? Whoa so inspiring 349 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.240 pastor many was so inspired. He was believing for a car, 350 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:55.240 but all he had was a pair of rubbers shoes. 351 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.160 So Scenoni, he was in faith. 352 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.000 He was believing, You're able to do more than what 353 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.720 we could ask for. 354 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:10.000 Imagine after a month will happening after two months, third month, 355 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:18.920 he received a pair of rubber shoes. But you know, 356 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:24.240 they continued on believing. But you know what he got 357 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:28.880 more than Maybe he did not get what he was expecting, 358 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.640 but in the process he became closer to him. 359 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.680 His faith, muscles was built. 360 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:41.000 He looked onto God and depended on him. Eventually somebody 361 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:44.759 blessed him with a brand new van for the family. 362 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:48.480 But you know that's not the greatest blessing, and the 363 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:52.720 greatest reward, Our greatest reward is him. And thirdly is 364 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:59.400 the word father, Father. You know, it's amazing because in 365 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:02.200 just the verse as we read, not including the Lord's prayer, 366 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.359 if you include the Lord's prayer, the word father was 367 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:08.119 mentioned twelve times and over and over again. God has 368 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:13.039 so many titles, he the Lord, the Messiah, the healer, 369 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:18.119 the provider, el Shadai. I mean, there's so many names 370 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.839 and titles given to God, but it seemed like his 371 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:27.000 favorite title is the title of a father, and he 372 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.799 wants his people to relate to him as such. 373 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.079 Like sabit. 374 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.000 You know you don't have to you know, you don't 375 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:41.319 have to be hungry for approval from other people. But 376 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:44.920 if you do things in secret, me, your father sees 377 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.759 what you do in secret. And over and over again, 378 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:50.440 he said, you have a father in heaven. You have 379 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:53.400 a father in heaven who is not who is involved 380 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.200 in your life. You have a father in heaven who 381 00:24:56.279 --> 00:25:00.400 is generous and good, who delights in your prosperity, who 382 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:02.720 wants to bless you, who wants to do you good. 383 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:06.640 You have a father in heaven, and God wants to 384 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:09.000 communicate to the people because this is something that the 385 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:13.839 Pharis has missed these religious leaders, because for them it 386 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:19.400 became all about rules and traditions. It's all about keeping 387 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:24.759 external rules. It's all about the external and Jesus was 388 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:29.240 bringing them back to the heart of the message. It's 389 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:34.480 not about tradition, it's not about rules, it's not about religion. 390 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:39.359 It's about you having a relationship with your father in 391 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:45.559 heaven and you being his son and his daughter. He 392 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:48.480 wants us to know him as our father. Do you 393 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:54.799 know him as a father? Are you confident that you 394 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:58.880 have a father who cares for you, who loves you, 395 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:03.160 who is great plan for your life, who will reward 396 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.319 even the smallest act of your obedience. He's not obligated, 397 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:12.480 is not required, but by the grace and goodness of God, 398 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:16.960 he promised to reward every act of obedience we do 399 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:21.079 for him. That's the God we serve, that's the Father 400 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.680 we serve. 401 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.640