[Music] la [Music] I can feel it bur keep my I can feel your fire stirring up my soul on I feel of passion pressing on [Music] me I sound for Set Me Free I am ding into Living Waters All Around Me Jesus sa me I'm not going to stay in the shadow I'm not going to be a great with you I will walk on you the deep I go [Applause] [Music] I a moment more than a song we bring I'm loving your presence restoring dignity with our beautyful ashes campaign this is an urgent hour South Africa is in the midst of a deeply concerning crisis as the safety and well-being of our women and children hangs in the balance facing imminent threats as a result of increasing gender-based violence and a lack of Safety and Security this affects us all as part of our beautyful ashes campaign we've become the hands and feet of Jesus Beauty for Ashes is contining during women's month and nationally we have handed out 9,231 CRC K crates and so 4,972 Souls saved up to the end of July our teams also went to various police stations in our nation to revamp their victim friendly rooms thank you to every CRC member volunteer and faithful Giver for doing your part to together we will continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus wherever we [Music] [Applause] go I want to start tonight by saying to you that your sin does not separate you from God it doesn't matter who you are God loves you God came into this world for sin and God came to save you from your sin I don't care how dark the stain of your sin is tonight I don't care what you have done tonight I don't care how far you have drifted away from God I want to tell you tonight that God loves you and I'm going to tell you tonight that God is standing with arms open wide waiting for you to come back to him [Music] we all must have a dream and go for it you dust yourself off you shake yourself off you lift your head up high you get back out there in the world you look your world in the eye and you go do what you can do your dream is what gets you out of bed your dream is what gives you purpose in life come on in the name of Jesus when when things are tough It's that dream on the inside that I see the palace I may be in the pit but I see the palace because a Dream from God is Big A Dream from God you will not be able to accomplish for yourself [Music] [Music] hi there and welcome to this live broadcast where we know your life will be impacted and changed absolutely and for now we're going to hand over to our band for praise and worship with you right there let's stand to our feet good morning church God's mercies on you every morning now that's a good reason to give Jesus a mighty shout of Praise hey one you made it all you got it all and two I'm alive it's all because of you come on I've got so many reasons to praise and three you're holding me you set me free and for I am not a slave to sin no more yeah I've got so many reasons to praise in the morning in the evening every time of day got a reason to lift up Jesus name say we will Lift You Higher you are our desire we will lift you higher we won't stop in we won't stop in fight every need you will provide assist God you are the reason I exist yeah got so many reasons to praise in the morning in the evening every time day got a reason to LIF we will lift you higher you are our desire we will LIF you high we won't stop come on sing it we will live to higher you are our desire we will live to higher we won't stop we won't stop oh come on clap your hands all your people shout out to God with the voice of [Applause] [Music] Triumph going to use all that we got to praise him all and all let everything that has breath him praise let all the Earth rejoice and Make a Joyful Noise and give him all the praise [Music] going to use all that we got to praise him on and on let everything that has bre give him praise let all the Earth rejoice and Make a Joyful Noise and give him all the praise give him praise yeah we will lift you higher you are our desire we will lift you High we won't we won't him up we will lift you high yeah yeah yeah you are our desire we will lift you high we won't stop it we won't stop it we will LIF you come on chur now this morning you are our desire we Lift You Higher we won't stop it we won't stop we will to higher you are our desire we will live to higher we won't stop it we won't stop it no when our Praises go up Heaven comes down so come let's praise him this morning church with everything inside of me my every bre my offering For Your Glory for your name I will sing Oh I'll sing to you Jesus my heart I LIF my praise cuz you sent my heart for your H for your Fame I will sing hey for your for your Fame I sing bless the Lord oh my soul and all that's within me bless his name bless the Lord all my soul I'll never forget what he's done what he's done for me oh let's bless the Lord this morning for he has done great and Mar no I don't need no DRS to sing out cuz I'm i' got this beeding heart the rhythm of my praise the Rocks Won't right out know cuz I've beene I will sing Oh I will sing bless the Lord all my soul and all that's within me bless his name bless the Lord all my soul I'll never forget what he's done what he's done for me oh remember what the Lord has done how he took you from the mighty there and praised you on the Rock and that's why we praise him for he has been good to us has God been good to you then give him a shout of Praise Hallelujah Jesus We Praise You Jesus LIF up your name let's sing only one name only one name for the rest of my days only one name only one name that is worthy of Praise only one name only one name for the rest of my days only one name only one name that is worthy OFA Jesus your worth got his Jesus you're worthy of all of our Praise Jesus you're worthy Jesus you're worthy you're worthy oh bless the Lord oh my soul and all that's within me bless his name bless the Lord oh my soul I'll never forget what he's done what he's done for bless the Lord oh my soul and all that's within me bless his name bless the Lord oh my soul I'll never forget what he's done what he's done for me I'll never forget Lord I'll never forget what is done what is done for me no I'll never forget I'll never forget what is done what is done for hallah let's bless his name Jes we Worship You Jesus we thank you Lord that in this place we can draw near to you this morning because you made a way you made away for us you tore the veil and we worship you this morning with pure hearts and Clean Hands come on this morning Just Surrender it all to him we break our Heart Like O overflowing falling at your feet giving everything come make we give surrender to the only one the only one let's sing we break we break our hearts open like overflowing fall at your feet everything come make heart stand we heal surrender to the only one you're the only one no one else no one else deserves our no one else no one else our Jesus you alone are worthy no one else us the glory Oh Come This T glorify your people like a holy on a sacrifice from J [Music] to your you're the only one you're the only one no one else no one else Jesus I worship no one else no one else Jesus Our Praise Jesus you are you were you were love you were worthy no take down the IDS we want Revival Clean Hands and your hearts we behold you come be the center high priest forever you told the ve so we could come through be every ID everything we look heart your the be the sa forever I so we could go [Music] through no one else no one else Jesus our worship no one else no one else Jesus our great Jesus youone nobody like you no one else is no one else Jesus the glory no no one else no one else Jesus I worship no one else no one else Jus Our Praise Jesus you my [Music] wor no one else is [Music] we want Revival and your heart we behold you come be Center high priest forever you told the the ID we want Revival and your heart we behold you God be the center high priest Forever on the we could come through oh Jesus you made a way so we could you tore the veil so we could come this morning we draw near to you Jesus oh we draw near we draw near we dra near we dra near oh we cuz you turn the B you made away we th near [Applause] we we th in we th in we we down take down high we want Revival in your heart we behold you come in the center High PR forever you don't the we can come through we praise the name of J the name of Jesus in this place we praise the name of Jesus we praise the we praise you come on forever he shall re forever Earth with praise we praise the name H we praise we praise the name of Jesus Jus we praise the name of Jes come on forever forever forever come on sing forever forever forever forever come on forever forever God shall he shall you're the god of fre come on the god of Joy the god of Joy You're The God Who ring forever more you're the god of come on overwhelming Victory how God is more than enough it's more than enough you're the god of healing the god of love come on he's with you right now you give the god of restoration oh the restoration is coming yes is the god High come on we praise His name we praise the name of oh yes we praise prise your Hol pra we lift you up Jesus come on we praise the name we praise the come on forever he shall R yeah forever we praise come on Praise Him in this place loves it up praise the name oh the Holy Name we praise the come on yes forever forever come on for heaven he shall re forever forever come on forever Our God will rain come on forever shall rain oh forever you shall reign God yes and we give you all the glory come on give him all the glory in this place where you are right now give him all the glory Our God deserves the highest praise and the highest H Earth yeah oh yes we worship you Lord come on we're going to sing we give you the glory and forever come on we give him all the glory singing yeah forever we give you all the glory Lord forever come on forever and ever forever come on forever forever and ever forever and ever and ever forever ever and ever forever come on we praise the name we praise the name of Jesus we praise your name oh yes we praise your name we praise come on forever he shall got oh yes we praise the name we praise name come on lift up your hands in his place and praise the King of Kings we praise exalt His holy name we praise the name j forever he shall rain oh yes we praise the name of Jes oh yes we praise the name of Jesus we praise the name of Jesus forever [Music] yes there is a name that makes a way of power that can he all things it's just one word that Shak the Earth come on the greatest name the greatest name of come on it is my SHO [Music] it is my shield my sa yes his name will his name will bring come on and yes sh bow and come confess come on the greatest name the greatest name of all I know the greatest name of all I know we praise the name of Jesus we praise the name of Jesus we praise the name of Jes come on forever forever he praise the name of Jesus we praise the name of Jes come on let's lift our hands come on CRC all of us AF we lift our hands to the king and we crown him King because his name is above every other name come on he shall come on we know the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and He Jesus Christ shall reign forever and ever and ever and of the increase of his kingdom there shall be no end and we are part of that Kingdom we have a king this morning Hallelujah I said we have a king we have a lord we have a savior we have somebody to follow we have a bright light we are not the people in darkness we are the people in light we are children of the light that's why we can praise him as those who are redeemed from Darkness translated into the Kingdom of Light Sons and Daughters of the Living God names written in the Lamb's Book of Life if that's you this morning the Bible says Rejoice that your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life come on if you are saved today and you know it say I'm born again say it say I'm born again till two or three people I am born again I'm born again I'm a new creature welcome TBN TBN year 21 gospel praise TV Facebook live YouTube TC online radio stations Correctional Facilities you know nine listen 9 million people watch this program in Russia every single week we get tens of thousands of letters from Russia emails from Russia believe it or not I think the Russians like me because I say it as it is South Africans little bit fickle I touched Nemo last week and some of you wanted to leave the church but listen Nemo is fine but may not be fine at the end of the service okay I'm not going to traumatize you so you have to stay with me throughout the service okay I'm killing nothing maybe welcome to the beautiful people in Russia what an honest is to you Israel America Europe Iran India Pakistan China Africa the beauti people from BL R God is good and this day is a good day because we are born again amen and South Africa beat the Australians and D dup beat um [Music] whoever uh so you said you say why did you have to say that now now because I just had to okay um I just had to I'm a I'm a supporter I'm a fan and uh uh the sad thing is some people got up for the fight but they can't be in church but you're yeah you watch the fight and uh you're in church amen give somebody I five say God's got a great purpose for your life come on tell them tell [Music] them you can take your seats in Heavenly places thank thank you Matthew 5 verse 13-6 the Bible says you not a ram and a youu you means you are the salt of the earth but if salt loses its flavor how shall it the world be seasoned it is then good for nothing a compromising lukewarm Christian we saw last week is good for nothing but to be thrown out and Trampled Under Foot by men it's what people will do to you you are the light of the world say I am the light say it a city that is sit on a hill cannot be hidden so your Christianity cannot be hidden you're not an FBI agent you're an ambassador of God you are a [Music] light it says but I put it on a lamb stand and it gives light to all who are in the house that word house is household or course people in your world you give light to the people in your world who are gripped by Darkness he says let decision your light so shine before men that they may see your good works there the word is again Jesus said I know your works that you're neither hot nor cold I not I know your words easy to say Jesus I love you but there's no Works he says let your Works shine people know you by your works not by the fish on your on your car I think some of you removed your fish I traumatized you last week but Nemo is fine you see Nemo grew from last week it's like somebody that leaves the church for a season comes back they realize better yeah than how they in the world okay it says let your light so shine before me that they your friends your colleagues may see your good works that you are saved that you're not like them that you're in this world but you're not of this world say amen and glorify your father in Heaven by what by your Works The Message Bible says Jesus says that now in Buddha in plain English for all of us to understand he says to you as a Christian let me tell you why you are yeah and not yet in heaven you are yeah to be salt seasoning that brings out the god flavors of this world if you lose your saltiness how will people taste godliness You've Lost Your usefulness for God when when when we become like our friends in the world we've lost our usefulness for God you know people talk to me and say Pastor you don't get that you're a pastor you don't live in the world in the real world well what world do I live in a fictitious world I mean I go to the gym that you go to I go to functions that you go to Etc uh you don't have to sleep with a prostitute to save a prostitute you don't have to be a sinner to save Sinners Jesus was a friend of sinners but he never became a sinner he never became like the people in the world so don't give me that thing you don't understand because you don't live in the real world what the heck is the real world what are you talking about I am not of this world I live in this world but I'm not of this world I'm a Sojourner I'm a pilgrim and I'm a lightbearer while I live in this world that doesn't mean we cut ourself off of this world cuz Jesus didn't he invaded invaded the world he was a light to the world he was a friend of sinners so we're not talking about isolation we're talking about insolation so that when you are among your friends you realize why you are there you don't party with them you don't drink with them you don't smoke with them you don't dance with them because you are not of this world Amen say Amen in jesus' name this morning we want Revival but we need Revival in the house of God first he says you are yet to bring out the god flavors of the world if you lose your saltiness how will people taste godliness You've Lost Your usefulness yes's another way to put it you are yet to be light bringing out God colors in this world in your world God is not a secret say amen God is not a secret to be kept to your friends in your world says we are going public with us as public as a city on a hill if I make you light bearers you don't think I'm going to put you under a bucket do you I'm putting you on a light stand shine keep open a house be generous with your lives by opening up to others he'll prom people to open up with God and your generous Father in heaven now uh these two fish tanks represent two things and and and and this is the Kingdom of Light this is is the kingdom of darkness when you are born again Colossians 1:3 says God translates you out he takes you out of the kingdom of darkness and he puts you into the Kingdom of Light and uh fishing for Jesus fishing for Jesus fishing for Jesus fishing for Jesus now now now no no no what's going to happen if I take Nemo out of this fish tank the local church the Kingdom of Light and I put Nemo into this fish tank come your intelligent people what's going to happen to Nemo he's going to how many of you believe he's going to die put up your hands the rest of you didn't believe anything so if should I demonstrate it where's my fish catch my fish come come come quick enough time catch my fish are you sure that's the right fish cuz if you mess up yeah I'm in trouble is it the right fish is it the fish is it the right face Nemo Nemo why you not in church anymore Nemo what are you doing Nemo Nemo relax lady relax ladies relax sitting over here relax till the end of the story oh my word Nemo is flapping flapping in sin flapping back in his old life Nemo Nemo Nemo Nemo no no Nemo Nemo Nemo put Nemo in here should I put him in there because you do it in any case you do it in any case we'll see whether Nemo is going to survive watch wait till the end of the story wait and let's see if Nemo will oh my word Nemo is swimming swimming for Jesus swimming for Jesus Nemo is born again Nemo has not lost himself in this place called the kingdom of darkness Nemo is an influencer Nemo is a light in this world Nemo has not lost his assignment he has not lost his purpose Nemo is what Jesus said he must be he's a lightbearer he's a world changer that's who Nemo is when Nemo into a world some oh come on man the environment changes the environment doesn't doesn't change him because Nemo is swimming for Jesus Nemo Nemo Nemo changed the whole environment because he lived his life like a lightbearer what a special kind of fish is this he's not a normal fish by the way he's a Bic fish let me just tell you so there your trauma has gone it's a bionic fish that okay so uh but if I put other another fish in that tank he's going to die I do agree but what is Nemo's assignment what is his assignment to be the salt what does salt do salt Flavors Salt preserves We Are the World preservative we preserve culture we do not get conformed by the culture we don't lose ourself in a fish tank of Darkness because all our friends are in darkness when we get into darkness we change the environment oops get him get him out quick quick quick we change the environment we are lightbearers we are salt we bring God's color to our environment we don't jump from one tank to the other tank we don't come to church on a Sunday and shout hallelujah and then we go lose ourself in the world no we are God's ambassadors we are God's lightbearers Jesus said you are the salt of the earth salt means you are the preservative you are the agent of church change and the first thing you have to preserve listen is yourself your character course Saul talks about character you're a new creature in Christ Jesus you don't put Nemo back when Nemo belongs what are you doing getting back to the house of God getting back to church getting back to the home cell getting back to the things of God getting back to the prayer meeting getting back to the pray walk getting back to reading his Bible getting back to church in Jesus name so um there are many but there's a lot of teachings I can do here today this represents the church and there's a lot of bioni Christians that swim among us but they're mechanical they're not really transformed on the outside they are cuz this looks like a fish but he's not a fish um I actually used him so I don't want to offend anybody here today and if I were through him there he would die and I don't like things to die but more than that I don't like Humanity to die without Jesus Christ and Jesus makes it very clear he says let me tell you why you are Y when you go to your family let me tell you why you are yeah when you go to work let me tell you why you are here you are yet to be salt seasoning not to live your life but to live for God's purpose you are yet to be the preservative but you have to preserve yourself first you cannot lose yourself in this world you cannot become part of this world again and then tell your pastor you don't live in the real world can you explain what the real world is [Music] ah so salt Flavors Salt is a preservative salt prevents Decay Mark chapter 9:15 says salt is good but if salt loses its flavor how will it be seasoned he says have salt in yourself what is he talking about he's talking about character be Christlike in your conduct Colossians 4: 6 he says let your speech be seasoned with Grace always be with Grace seasoned with salt with purpose you you don't get caught up in the foolish jesting and the conversations of people in this world you're in this world to be salt so your conversation must always be seasoned with salt which means you preserve the environment you don't get lost in the environment come on say Amen man this good preaching he says that you may know how you ought to answer each each one so if you're in an environment and everybody lose themselves you should not lose yourself you're in an environment and people go crazy on the rugby stands you should not go crazy crazy as well if they drink five jugs of beer you should not conform to them because the minute you conform to them you lose your saltiness are you listening to me because you are God's Ambassador you say pastor this sounds like religion no God says let me tell you why you are yeah you represent me in the world and your mission is the mission of Jesus to seek and save the L lost we're going to talk about lifestyle so as God's flavoring agent we are yet to share the Gospel of Jesus with our friends as God's preserving agent we first have to preserve ourselves where in the church you're not going to grow as a strong Christian outside of the church the church is God's establishment not not man's religion is man's establishment church is God's establishment those who are planted in the house of God I will build my church Jesus said I'm coming back for my church the church is Quantified the church is defined not according to you according to the Bible very clear that God puts you in a house you flourish in a house you function in a house this tank is your house where God plants you when you leave the tank because of a fence you will die you can't jump out of the tank and if your mother jumps out of the tank no other fish jumps out did you see any fish jump out yet this morning when we took bionic Nemo out no because these fish know this is their safe environment their safe place this is your safe place this is your place of transformation the church the church as the Bible defines it they continued steadfastly in the apostles Doctrine they continued house to house they worshiped on Sundays corporately they gathered weekly in homes the church is very clearly defined by God how we should serve him it's not a place you visit it's a place you love a place you grow a place you are nurtured a place where you are fed a place where you are protected a place where you are transformed in the world he says do not be conformed to the world that means we can be conformed to the world again how through wrong relationships evil Communications corrupt good morals attitudes values so we in the world with a mission when we lose our mission our purpose we can conform to the world and lose our impact cuz we we talk like people in the world we laugh at the jokes that they talk we we say double meaning sentences Etc and and and and we cannot do that cuz we were Darkness now we are what we are light he says now you walk as light in the Lord come on say I'm light say it say I am light say it say I am light say it me I hear some young people say this preaching of mine is too heavy because they still want to live life what do you mean live life you want to read about the prodical son who lived life had lost himself you want to talk about living life what life are you talking about that life brings you to death Jesus saved you from what you called life you have a new life I said you have a new life you have a new identity you are a new creature a new creation in Christ Jesus all things have passed away all things have become new so there's my place there's my value there are my relationships and when I leave this I go into this place my work space my social friends and the only thing God called me to do there it's not to have a good old time is to influence the people in that world not by judging but by shining by being different you know when um when I when we went to Angola um in 19 when was the last war up the 19 I think 88 um we CL in the BR 19 87 88 last war and uh and I I never went to the chaplain's sco for some for a reason cuz when people saw the the chaplain pip they would not listen to you so I stayed an officer I stayed among the men and the first day when people put on the brown uniform all those of you that come out of the military in the old days when people put on their Brown uniforms they lose themselves totally most of them they lose themsel their identity BR do man suddenly they lose themselves and they conform to one another everybody starts drinking smoking Etc and I didn't and I didn't say a word and within one day a Corporal walked up to me and said I see you are different I said why he says cuz there's free beer for everybody and you're not drinking I said yes I am different I don't mind you drinking but I'm different I have Jesus in my life uh and and and and then you know what happens when you tell people have Jesus you think everybody's going to run to the Light No Light does two things light dispels and light attracts light illuminates when you walk with Jesus the way God calls you to walk with him some of your friends are going to leave you the very people that invite you to the party to have a good time when you refuse to have the good time they are no longer going to invite you because you are different and that's okay there are people in that party who also wants to be different but they need somebody to be a light they need somebody to be different they need somebody oh to shine say Amen in Jesus name and we drove to quu canaval it took us eight days in the rattle on that little chair if you know what it was in the turret to get there and initially they mocked me and before we went into combat one after the other came to my Chopper tent and and asked me to pray for them and I would send them away cuz they would normally be drunk because when people are drunk two things happen either the real them comes out or the bad the bad one comes out cuz you know that's why I'm not anti-alcohol but I'm anti- um socializing with wrong people and you use alcohol if you're going to drink alcohol drink it with your wife and if you the Bible says one is a mocker don't play with that fool that fool will bite you that fool will destroy your life that fool will destroy your marriage that fool will destroy your alcohol your your everything the Bible warns against it doesn't forbid it warns against it because people change when they are intoxicated and the Bible says the Bible we still believe the Bible right the Bible says do not get drunk on wine but be filled with the Holy Ghost Hallelujah speaking to your salving Psalms hymn spiritual songs singing making melody in your heart to the Lord so if you're having a BRI with your wife and one or two friends you can trust and you have a glass of wine I have no problem with that but if you go into the world and you start drinking and I'll show you how the Bible forbids it you start drinking with everybody else you've lost your tesy right there and then because you've just become like everybody else because 90% of people in the 99% of the people in the world need alcohol to get a personality come catch the Light Andre huh I'm embraced so they are things I don't do not for my sake but for the sake of the people that are exposed to me so that I can influence them so I deprive myself certain rights as Paul says so that I can fulfill my purpose even though I'm not under the law if it's going to cause somebody to stumble I step away from it that's why I ride my Bo motorbike with a dark helmet and a dog visor so nobody recognizes me I didn't say I I go over the speed limit I just said I drive with a dark visor so nobody can recognize me okay uh moving on so the second the first thing is you are light a Sal second thing light light dis spells Darkness not Expos you know people say light exposed and and comes from the angle of of judgment no light dispels darkness and exposes the need for light in that person's heart it attracts people to the light John 8 9:12 oh 8:12 then Jesus spoke to them saying I am the light of the world he who follows me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life so when I follow Jesus I take people out of Darkness can we agree on that John 9:5 as long as I am in the world I am the light of the world well it's the same for you because John 2021 he said as my father sent me so send I you as long as you are alive you are the light of of Your World John chapter 1 in the beginning was the word the word was with God the Word was God he was in the beginning with God all things were made through him without him was not anything made that was made that's Jesus in him was life and the life everybody say life because people who do not have Jesus are still in sin and they are in death so we have to get them out of death by bringing life how do we bring Life by Shining Light in him was life and the life became the light of men the light shines in the darkness and the Darkness that not comprehended there was a man sent from God his name was John this man came for a witness to be witness of the light we still bear witness of the light right but was sent he was sent to Bear witness of the light that was the True Light which gives light to every man coming into the world he was in the world and the world was made through him but the world did not know him don't think if if if you're going to live for Jesus everybody in the world will like you they won't I'm telling you you know when I got saved I got saved radically and I went I still went to the Bri I still went everywhere family functions and I would always talk about Jesus guess what the invitations declined because I was the party pooper sorry is that appropriate to say I mean you know where I got saved in I'm after Army and I pick the guy once and he said hey out where where's the parties where's the latest jws in blo I said hey didn't you yeah I got saved I'm not the same man last time I heard it from him cuz cuz cuz people want you to conform to them but there are those in that world that needs you to shine some people don't want to change so Jesus comes as the light some are attracted to him some are appaled by him so if you want to live your life like by everybody failed you're not yet to be liked you yet to be a reflection of Christ I mean the people I used to drank with and run with before I got saved after I got saved it was like avoid him he's got the plague he's got the plague and I thank God I never conformed to them because and and many of them got saved because I took my stand and understood here's the thing okay I know you don't want to hear this about your pastor but that's the old version the old man s okay now I'm saved so I would drink 24 beers and that would be just to get me ready for rum Okay so so I'm saved for a few weeks and like a beer is like water to me and I'll never forget it and I'm on fire for Jesus I'm talking about Jesus and this shocked me to reality this statement cuz I'm on fire I'm witnessing I'm going to one of these bries with my friends I want to tell them all about Jesus and I take a carry pack of beer now you don't want to hear it okay I'm saved a few weeks now nobody told me nothing but I have the fire of Jesus I'm telling everybody about Jesus and I take my beer and I open the one beer like this and I'm drinking it and I'm talking to everybody about Jesus think about the contradiction okay and I I do I talk to this one girl I'll never forget it our husband they became Pastors in our church etc etc and she pushes her finger back to me like this and said don't you talk to me about Jesus and Christianity while you have a beer in your hand and I said that night I will not I will not live this life of compromise to please people because people are looking for the truth they want somebody to stand up and tell them there is a God that loves them there is a God who can save them what you do in the privacy of your house as your sck but when you get out there in the public world you better understand you're a light to the world you are the salt of the world you do not lose yourself because of your friends friends out there in the world right you can say Amen so you beautiful girls or ladies sitting here today East D with a Jin in the [Music] teapot jinning and grinning so you you tell them them girls next time hey I'm not doing this any longer they say just have one say no don't do it just say one why said because I realized what I did was wrong and I'm sorry I you know there's your greatest witness is when you can say I'm sorry man I lost myself I lost I did I wasn't a good Ambassador for God I'm I'm actually safe CU I know when you drink drink those three uh Gins uh you talk a lot right women like to talk a lot somewhere Jesus comes in the conversation and it confuses everybody because you're not of a sound mind come on give the Lord a hand clap man the only people that don't like this now are the people that that that want to be lukewarm Christians you should welcome this cuz your friends will not take you to heaven they might take you from heaven but you can take them to heaven but if you lose your light you're worth nothing [Music] so Jesus comes into this world he came to his own he's un received him not so I don't think everybody's going to receive you when you talk about Jesus my family and I grew up in a very Storch Africans religious family first they warned all the cousins not to hang out with me cuz I'm a bad influence then I got radically saved and then every Sunday the whole family comes together like africas do and this this so I learned quickly I said can I do the table prayer then I say father in the name of Jesus thank you for sending your son your Bible your word says whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved if you believe in you they I do the whole salvation thing after the third time say why why if we're are the light do we go in certain environments and and he says we have to be public and vocal why do we choose to be quiet why do we allow Darkness to dominate who we are why do we allow the world and the culture and the influence of the world to stifle who we are we are who we are we are light in the Lord come on we are ambassadors for Christ are safe out of darkness and we have to be public as a city on a hill as a light on a lampstand because if you don't stand for Jesus in that world that world will influence you Shadrach Mido Daniel Baza as he was called before he was called Daniel they purposed in their hearts not to be defiled by the king's Delicacies and by his special wine they purpose not to conform to the culture of of Babylon and therefore God used them to change the culture of Babylon say Amen so so the music you young people listen to does it glorify God huh the videos where the women move their booies and everything else like that and you listen to that junk and you think it's okay wake up man wake up if it doesn't glorify God get it out of your life man get it out of your life I said get it out of your life stop this culture of thinking I can be cool and I can be a Christian you cannot be cool you better get yourself on fire you get better get yourself filled with the Holy Ghost you better get yourself full of God say Amen in the name of Jesus some people know the world music better than they know Christian music get real with yourself and be first be be before you can do be the light be then you will shine naturally for Jesus give the Lord a praise come on so so as lightbearers it's our responsibility to keep ourselves right in the light and then to Shine the Light in us to other people CU let me say this again Jesus said let me tell you why you are yeah don't you tell me why you are yeah Jesus said I'll tell you why you are yeah I made you I created you I owned you I died for you I saved you I delivered you from hell now I'll tell you why I did it people want to tell God why they are yeah God says n uhhh uhuh as an advocate I'll tell you why you are yeah as an engineer as a businessman as a lawyer as a doctor whoever you are get right with God get yourself on fire for God again get yourself back in the church I'm not judging you I'm appealing to you because you will cause Revival God bless you in Jesus name come on give them a hand clap 5 minutes and I'm finished lifestyle doesn't matter yes you better believe it matters we do not conform to the culture around us but we influence it through the light that shines through US 1 John 1 ver5 Bible says this is the message which you've heard from the beginning God is light and in him is no Darkness at all if we say that we are in fellowship with him and walk in darkness we do not practice the truth but if we walk in the light as he is the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanses us from all sin if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us so they will will be times that God says you are trying your best you are living as a light and now you've slipped up but you don't stay at your slip up to get up out of your slip up say Amen it says and then if you confess your sin he's faithful and just to forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness Ephesians 5:8 I have to read the scriptures it says once your life was full of sin and sin darkness and now you have the very light of Our Lord shining through you because of your Union with him your mission is to live as children flooded with a revelation light and the supernatural fruits of this light will be seen in you goodness righteousness and Truth Truth by the way is a person Jesus will be seen in your life not your version of truth but the person righteousness is a person goodness is a person it's the gospel not what we Define as goodness righteousness and truth but what the Bible defines and that is the person of Jesus Christ Romans 12:1 Bible says I besee you Brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a Living Sacrifice holy and acceptable to God which is your reasonable service do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good acceptable will of God for your life so the world will always try to get you back you that's why when you stay in church and you stay in the word you will stay in a place of protection and your culture and your values will always be brought back to what matters most people get lost outside of the church listen to me been a pastor for 39 years when people disconnect from my church they become unspiritual and one thing after the other thing happens and they become self-centered and everything is about me myself and my family there's no Christianity like that in the Bible Jesus said let me tell you why you are you don't like it tell God I don't like this tear it out of your Bible but then as you might as well tear every page out of the Bible amen so 1 Peter 2 the Bible says in verse 9 but you you everyone are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation God's own special people that you may proclaim the Praises of him who called you out of Darkness Into His Marvelous Light then Second Corinthians 5 you can go read it uh verse 17 anyone in Christ new creat old things are passed by Ephesians 2:10 we are his workmanship recreated in Christ Jesus unto good works there it is again works that bring glory to God lives that bring glory to God so so as a new creation in Christ with a new life your old life is gone say it this morning say my old life is gone please say it say my old life is gone say it no you're not saying it with conviction say my old life is gone gone yeah that's why when you get baptized baptism is your public profession and commitment to God that you are burying the old life that's why baptism follows repentance you can't baptize a baby you can bless a baby you need to repent and be baptized so when you repent and give your life to Jesus that is surrendering your life to Jesus baptism is your public statement that's why you should invite all your friends when you get baptized you don't get baptized secretly that's a statement to your friends I'm breaking with Egypt come on give the Lord a praise everything is for a purpose in the Bible and I have risen into newness of Life the old man is dead I'm a new person I'm a new creature the old man is dead I say the old man is dead the old man is dead the old woman is dead you are a new creature you have the nature of Christ on the inside of you you are the light of the world you are the salt of the world you are called for a purpose and your purpose is the same as that of Jesus out of the world into his glorious light are you listening this world has a way to try and get you back but God says you never got anything there and when I saved you I saved you from sin you lost nothing but all my friends are still in the world good go talk to them about Jesus but they've been my friend for 20 years I don't care talk to them about Jesus because when they die they will go to Hell Without Jesus Christ go talk to them and if they never want to see you again get yourself some new friends over here get yourself friends that love Jes Jesus Christ get yourself friends that will not compromise church I thought you would clap better than that get yourself friends over here get yourself friends over here then you go as a team and you go fish over here and you save them and you bring them over here into a safe environment of discipleship then you run over there again and when you fellowship with them it's to influence them one p before I have to close with this I have to be gone Bible says therefore since Christ suffered us suffered for us in the flesh arm yourself with the same mind for he who died or he who was suffered In the Flesh has ceased from sin now the suffering in the flesh is denying your will to rule your life I like I want I will so the suffering is not my will but thy will what glorifies God right it says that we should no longer live the rest of the time in the flesh for the lust of men but for the will of God so while you live in this body you have to present this body as a instrument a vessel to God and you have to use this body for the will of God what's God's will Bible says that not any should perish what's your assignment in this world to make sure that not any should perish that means you're in this world but you're not like this world you are different let's read a little bit further and see what the Bible says because people get lost through relationships especially young people when they when they start having association with unbelievers without purpose and it's just to have a good old time they they lose themselves because when you when you go in the world you're there to shine you're not there to put your light under a bushel cuz you will lose yourself so when you go to your family you better shine cuz you only may have one chance to do it look if your daddy's an alcoholic and you go sit and you want to save your dad but you first have three beers with him game lost okay CL no wonder I know I don't know what you think the church should be preaching God saved us out of that world and he put us into that world it's not a restrictive world it's a liberating world because that world kills you that world destroys your morals your values your soul your relationships that world so when you go into that world there's one purpose that you accept an invitation to be a light enjoy their company but be a light that means if they are all drinkers you better not drink to make a statement not of judgment but just because I'm Different accept me S donke without preaching a word they will see just your refusal to be like them will get their attention but the minute you stoop to their level you lose your usefulness for god listen please we're talking about people going to hell we're talking about saving lost souls that you may never see again and you can party with somebody for 3 years and if that person dies that person will go to hell then what did your partying do aided them on their way to hell how you still he says we've spent enough of our past L doing the will of the gendal I always tell people that think they they've missed out in something in the world I said leave the judge and go sin until you sinned up go go back and go sin like the prodical son go sin till you've had enough till sin has destroyed you left you Hollow but don't do the Christian thing and then run back to the world and justify that's the lifestyle you can't do it he said we've spent enough of our life if you've not spent enough time in sin then stop the church thing stop the Christian thing and go into the world and go sin and live it up and drink it up and smoke it up and sleep it up and do whatever you want to do until you've had enough of sin because sin will leave you Hollow will destroy your soul will kill you and some of you know what I'm saying and you back the why how did that deceit get you back there you think it's okay it's not okay man you are light you are light I said you are light I said you are light you are the light of the world you are the light of the world you are the light of the world say Amen so it says we spent enough of our past lifetime entering the world of the Gentiles when we walked in less which is insolence H lessness lusts desires for other things drunkenness revelries lustful Indulgence drinking parties they invite you to a party where everybody's going to drink don't go don't put your foot there an abominable idolatries in regard to these things that he just said they the people in the world think it's strange that you do not run with him in the same flood of disspation speaking evil of you oh he's too good for us now no I'm not too good for you but I I I was Darkness now I'm light so if I have to go to a function where everybody drinks as a number one rule please listen to me and I belabor this alcohol thing cuz it's a mocker it's a devil it destroys the lives of people if you drink a glass of wine with your wife on a romantic date I have no problem with it but you get here one alcohol turns to two turns to three drinks the conversation changes the flirtations Changes Everything Changes because of alcohol so if you go to a function you and everybody else drinks and you want to be a light you better not put your lip to a a bit of alcohol cuz the minute you drink with him you just like them we just saw that God said drinking parties are over done done so so so Jesus went to the places where people were drinking but he was not a drinker he went to the places people were sinning but he didn't sin with him he was a light he Shan make up your mind today Christian to be the Christian God called you to be to be who God said you are let me tell you why you are here you are yet to be salt and you are yet to be light come many if you receive the word you can stand to your feet and give the Lord a praise I'm late I love you let's change our world for Jesus Christ because we can we have the influence we have the light on the inside of us shout amen come on give the Lord a praise man praise him like people redeemed in Jesus name I give you everything to you I sing Jesus oh I give you everything I give you everything I give you everything my heart and all I bring to you and offering I give you everything this song to you I sing Jesus it all Jesus have it all Jesus have it all I give you my whole life Jesus take a contr to you surrender to you I pain it all completely Jesus father we just come and as we just stand in a moment we acknowledge your presence father and we thank you that we can come thank you for the message that are busy changing Hearts as we are speaking with every head bow and every eye closed and Believers praying in this place every single one of us heard the urgency this morning there's an urgency that many of you are standing here and if yet to be honest this morning you do not even know and you're not even sure if Heaven is your home you're not walking in the relationship that God has called you for but as Pastor was preaching this morning you realize that you need the Savior the one that will give you peace that you've been looking for and all the substances all the relationships all the places that you've been you've been searching I'm going to say to you that there's only one that can fill that emptiness that has heads are bowed and eyes are closed and Believers are praying and you're standing here maybe you used to serve God you used to be part of the community as we saw but for whatever reasons you've drifted away and you found yourself in the darkness you have backslidden totally you're away from the things of God this morning there is love there is hope and there's mercy so if that is you or you're not even sure if Heaven is your home but you would love to make sure if you fall into any of those three categories this morning quietly wherever you are as heads are bowed and eyes are close if that is you just lift up your hand and say God I'm coming back here I am God I am surrendering as hands are being lifted all over come on you know you are standing there there's a knot in your tummy you feel the pulling of the Holy Spirit come on do not let sin keep you away from God do not think what you've done yesterday can keep you and separate you but you can come back to him so if that is you quietly wherever you are just SLP up your hand thank you so many hands are being lifted all over thank you on the balcony here in the bottom blocks come on if that is you just slip it up and say God here I am there is no life outside of him and we can never lie to you and tell you it is we heard this morning again and again that a life full of sin will destroy you so if that is you and you have not lift up your hand yet quietly slip it up now in Jesus name so many hands are being lifted all over if you lifted it you can put it down for us family can I just ask that I get your attention for a moment if you can look to me if you are not standing yet please be so kind if you can stand just to stand for us in a moment we're going to clap our hands and we're going to sing and maybe you lifted your hand or maybe you did not but you know that your life is not right then this is your time get right with God this morning say if that is you quietly wherever you are just come to the closest aisle come and join us at the altar as we're going to lead you in a prayer come on if you brought someone to church you bring them come on grab them by the hand and say come it all Jesus have it all I give you my whole life Jesus Take Control all to you surrender W to you I give you paid it all completely Jesus have it all Jesus have it all Jesus have it all come on God loves you you come come on there's some of you so standing thinking if you should walk or not you just surrender all to you I give you made it all compling Jesus have it all I give you everything I give you everything my heart and all I bring to you an offering I give you everything this all to you [Music] Jesus give come on some of you have to come you just come many people are still moving let's continue to clap family come and ask that friend of yours again come and as a husband you take your wife out and say come we're going to get back to the things of everything this all to you I sing Jesus Jesus have it all Jesus have it all I give you my whole life Jesus Take Control all to you surrender all to you I give you paid it [Music] all come another 10 seconds we going to CL if you want to walk Come Jesus have it all I give you my whole life [Music] Jesus all to you surrender all to you I give you paid it all completely Jesus had it all Jesus have it all Jesus have it all I give you my whole life Jesus Take Control all through you surrender all to you I again you made it all completely [Music] Jesus come on Amen family let's give them a huge hand this [Music] morning we just want to say to every one of you that are standing in the front I think you saw the excitement you hear the heart of our pastor when he gets to you because God loves you God loves you more than you can ever imagine and many of you have been doing things you shouldn't have done but we all there every single one of us are our testimony because of God's grace and in a moment you're going to accept him and is he going to become your lord and your savior and he will guide you and lead you into what God has for you but as we heard this morning family is important today you are getting part of this family that everyone in this whole CRC as a move becomes your family today and we want to help we want to guide you and we want to ask you to allow us that we can walk with you you can not you're not going to be alone as long as you allow us to be part of this that tomorrow you still have to go back to your battles but then you will not be alone there will be people that will walk with you that will help you and guide you so as you are standing in the front if you can just close your eyes please for a moment put your hand on your heart and I'm going to lead you in a prayer and you're going to ask God to come into your life and it's going to be changed forever say dear Lord Jesus I come to you today and I ask you to forgive me of all my sins Lord I believe that you died on the cross on the third day you Rose and you live forever more I thank you Father that you took the punishment upon yourself so that I can walk in this forgiveness I thank you Father that I accept it I make you my Lord Lord and my savior today in Jesus name amen come on Amen family the word tells us as far as the East is from the West come on that's how far God has removed your sins from you this morning and as I said we want to talk to you for a moment so in a moment we're going to ask you just to turn to my right your left and you're going to go into a room we would love to pray for you get all your information so that we can walk with you tomorrow so if you can be so kind just to turn to my right your left follow past alz on as they will take you into the room we're going to pray for you and we'll bring you back into the [Music] service come on family let's continue to clap for them come on we hurt this morning again and again the urgency of us inviting our world let's never forget [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen family would you be so kind just to take your seats for the tithes and offering for this [Music] week come you blessed of my father inherit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you took me in I was naked and you clothed me I was sick and you visited me I was in prison and you came to me then the righteous will answer him saying Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you drink when did we see you a stranger and take you in or naked and clothe you or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you and the King will answer and say to them assuredly I say to you in as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me Matthew 25:34 to4 CRC prison ministry is a groundbreaking project between CRC and the South African Correctional Services established in 2011 prison ministry allows us to go into the correctional facility on a Sunday to stream Pastor ad's lifechanging sermons to date we are streaming Pastor ad sermons to 26 Correctional Facilities every Sunday countless lives and Families Are Forever touched and changed as people respond to the Sunday message God is able to meet people wherever they are and we've seen how the hardest of Hearts melt in the presence of our loving Heavenly Father we give God all the glory this is what we are called to do to follow in Jesus's footsteps to seek and save that which is lost thank you to every CRC member and faithful Giver for your commitment to God and his kingdom together we are able to impact eternity and make a lasting difference in the lives of many people the ashes can now stand as we receive the offering please note for your security the doors will remain closed God bless [Music] when I was a child I did childish things my life was church and all it brings I'd always hear the old FKS he's never fail me yeah I heard that phrase and I trust it so that one day I would come to know the truth in which these words do all he's never failed me [Music] yet oh [Music] no with years of life came testing in trials and nights when tears replace the smile though God was right there all the while my soul was not at rest but I live to tell that I made it through so instead of singing about the blues I give you word to encourage you he's never fail me yeah when DRS in The Valleys come set your eyes on the Risen Sun oh pray the eyes of your hearty fell with Li and watch the blessed day break the night like the three Hebrew boys that say all fors to take their faith to Flame I to have had the choice to break and serve the world instead but I stood on the word and did not bow hinder the steps the Lord aloud came out stronger shouting wild Gods never fail me yeah God is not like men who lie no like the son of man who di his truth will always be alive it never will be dead so try it for yourself and see those who believe they shall receive I pray that day you took and he's never fail me yet can you help me he's never fail no no no no no he's never fail oh no he's never fail [Music] me I'm thankful for those simple words that I so often overheard though many memories drift like that there St are still remember they come back singing right on like Bells so Heavenly they [Music] CH that old time phas now mine oh mine he's never failed me yeah come on Amen family let's give sha a hand for the item and the band family just before we close we heard the importance again this morning our family is important and I as Pastor spoke about the local church being planted there's many of you that have been coming for weeks and for months you haven't got planted yet you will have an opportunity on Tuesday night 7:00 in the chapel and next Sunday after the service we want to encourage you become part of the family don't just attend without coming to our new members orientation where you can physically fill in a form and become part of the family remember there will be spiritual gifts as well the end of the month and there will be baby dedications next week Sunday if you are not part of a home cell you would like to get involved there will be pastors and leaders for prayer as well in the front as we just close together father we thank you for the amazing word that we heard this morning the importance of being part of the local church thank you that we can be part of this church that are changing the world thank you that you'll use us this week to go change our world that we will be those father that will be the light and the salt in our world that come this week you will show us people who we need to invite who we need to reach out to that we can be the influence in their lives as we bless and honor you in Jesus name we pray amen have a blessed Sunday [Music] family you g me a new life you gave me a new stop now I am free cuz you you are my victory hey you covered all my sin tore down the veil you made a way now I see all that you have for me while the silence is broken you made a way for me