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00:00:01 today's passage is taken from 1 Corinthians chapter 10: 23 to chapter 11 versus one reading from the NIV 2011 version I have the right to do anything you say but not everything is beneficial I have the right to do anything but not everything is constructive no one should seek their own good but the good of others eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience for the Earth is the Lord's and everything in it if an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go eat whatever is put before you without
00:00:43 raising questions of conscience but if someone says to you this has been offered in sacrifice then do not eat it both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of the conscience I'm referring to the other person's conscience not yours for why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience if I take part in a meal with thankfulness why am I being denounced because of something I thank God for so whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God chapter 11 follow my example as I follow the
00:01:24 example of Christ this is the word of God yeah let's pray dear Lord we thank you for another Sunday that Lord we are still alive that we are healthy and we can be sitting here and hearing your word Lord Lord we thank you for being with us and Lord pray that Lord the word spoken will be according to what you want us to hear what you want us to listen to nothing more nothing less I pray that you be with us in these times and help us to hear and listen and be doers of your word in Jesus name we pray amen good morning FBC
00:02:17 morning uh so these are the sermons coming up for the next week Dr Peter is preaching on the gospel and gender following from Corinthians chapter 10 uh William will be preaching on the gospel and La supper after that and I know be preaching on gender identity and the gospel uh on 11 August now today be talking about the gospel and our freedom this Mage that you read just now I think may be familiar to a lot of us you heard of the last bit of before whether you eat or drink do it all for the glory of
00:02:48 God so it's for us to really understand in deeper details what it means and how can we really apply it a quick refresher of last week last week we were talking about Temptation the Corinthians wanted to go to the temple wanted to go and mingle there connect people Maan eat their food and all that there and so but Paul says don't do it because why because when you associate with um demons when you actually go to Temples is not something they should do because you actually can be affected by it as
00:03:18 well your heart can be affected by it the food is not an issue is because you go there and you be affected by the things happening around there so uh I mentioned about the beach head I think some all of you were remembered basically if you you give the devil a footh hole in different parts of your life it is dangerous because when you give a devil footh hole he can actually introduce more and more things in your life and basically have more and more things that will cause you to stumble as well so today we're continuing with with
00:03:45 this so we know that there are things that we shouldn't do things that are dangerous that we should say no to so how about things that are not so certain how about things that are neutral are there things in life which are actually neutral not so when you become Christian suddenly you hear he everything also must ask God can do cannot do and so for example can Christians eat pork uh can Christians drink alcohol can Christians get tattoos anyone tattoos here can or not well I need to leave church ear that
00:04:18 can or not so this is actually not by me you go to Google Just typ can Christians and these are all the things that coming out from there questions that people are all asking about can Christians do yoga Noah are you see can Christians be cremated die also cannot die also cannot must also follow okay can Christians kiss before marriage I no cannot cannot kiss true or not there's so many things in life by you need to ask what does God say so you check the Bible does God talk about cremation does God talk about yoga
00:04:52 can or not can Christians use CH GB to prepare for sermon I did you know okay no no so these are questions to ask as well yeah and the word uh in GRE such diaphora neutral matters these are matters of indifference matters that are don't have really is moral neutral and what do we do with it and answer is the way you decide is you learn from the Su again okay you learn from how the Corinthians deal with food offered or sacrificed to Idols during the quantin time this was a big debate just like your tattoo um your cremation and or
00:05:31 alcohol or same thing people are all debating can you eat or can you not eat they all wanted to eat meat because at that time meat was very Scar and they likeed to they like to eat meat they wanted to buy meat to eat but now being a Christian suddenly everything cannot do so boring when being Christian meat also cannot eat so how the strong people say meat is nothing it's given by God so I can enjoy it the we say no you know sacrifice to Idol the idol maybe touch it before because of that cannot eat
00:06:06 really so what's the answer what should we do now the verse over here verse 23 says I have the right to do anything you say but not everything is beneficial at the right to do anything but not everything is constructive no one should seek their own good but the good of others so when it comes to questions or things that are morally neutral or things that are indifferent and things that are not spoken in the Bible that you don't see in the Bible the thing to do is you should ask yourself very quick
00:06:38 thing to ask yourself is yes you have the right to do anything we understand in fact you can do anything you want in life nobody Rees you can do it okay as long as it's lawful nobody stops you but the question we should ask ourself is is it beneficial is it benal is it good to do it and is it constructive it's does it build up people when you do that does it actually benefit others people and does it benefit you but verse 24 actually gives you a very quick summary of what does beneficial and constructive means no one
00:07:10 should seek their own good but the good of others which means how do you define whether something is good or not whether I like it or not whether it's something when I do already whether I enjoy whether I get benefit or not I network with rich people I actually can get some Network I get business good for me man so if I can do it but what Paul saying is this when you make a decision in life when you do something in life the question for you to ask is when you do this are you seeking the good of others
00:07:41 or not when you do this do people benefit do people benefit when you have tattoos when you drink alcohol and all that and I'm not saying no I'm asking you to think about it you have to think about it and how do you live it out when it come to food sacrifice to Idols how do you live it out verse 25 to actually explains it first thing eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience for the Earth is the lots and everything in it which means okay if you go to the market and
00:08:10 there's food for you to eat you want to buy meat no problem go and buy okay you can buy without asking any questions because why because everything is given by God God made everything you can eat it however if an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go eat whatever is put before you without reasoning questions conscience okay so this still problem if someone invites you their home and they give you food in front of you you can eat it okay no need to ask any question but if someone says
00:08:39 to you this has been offered in sacrifice then do not eat it if someone tells you this me I I offer to either I offer to my God can you eat or not if they ask you this question then what should you do what you should do is then you don't eat it how come somehow sometimes can eat sometimes cannot eat that's a question right why it says for the sake of the one who told you and for for the sake of conscience I'm referring to the other person's conscience and not yours what it means is this this food is
00:09:12 edible you can eat it but when we do something things which are morally neutral the dec the decision on whether we do it or not is dependent on this question does it benefit others now if this food causes others to stumble because they maybe there was a new Christian who was together with you and he said this one offered to ID still can eat if they ask you means that in their heart maybe they feel that maybe cannot eat they worry that the ID has some effect on the food so for their sake you don't eat the food or maybe the
00:09:42 non-Christian were just wondering oh can or not so if they ask about it and it actually may cause them to stumble may cause them think oh actually my God also you don't really care it's okay one okay no problem Christians don't really care about the religion if it causes them to have such DS you don't eat it so it is a very broad principle for you when you do anything think and see does it benefit others if it benefit others then okay right so this is a better way of making decisions and so in Romans 14 it says it
00:10:14 gives you a very quick summary of what it is Al so it says do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food okay we should make every effort to do what leads peace and mutual edification okay whatever you do try to do things that actually will lead to peace and mutual edification when said do not destroy the word of God it means that the people of God God actually brought them here do not destroy them because of piece of meat do not destroy them because you want to eat something tasty and whatever
00:10:42 you believe and what it says next is this things which are morally neutral or things indifferent whatever believe about these things about tattoo and things like this keep it between yourself and God keep it between yourself and God okay you can have your opinions other people can their opinions so these are opin ience you keep it between you yourself and God if you really want to know you can ask Pastor and you can actually talk about it and discuss it but you do not cause other to stumble by by talking about them in ways
00:11:11 when they actually neutral so do not stumble others over trivial matters keep your own opinions to yourselves and but the guiding principle is love is more important than Freedom love is more important than freedom because of my love for others I can actually say no to my freedom I can actually give up my freedom so the first point that we have is our freedom should be limited when it isn't loving to others we can limit our freedoms when it isn't loving to others however is it really so easy is it so easy to say that I I just
00:11:49 limit my freedom because I I love others can the truth is it's very hard and I struggle with this uh passage because I find that it's easier said than done I can just finish a su said done you learn already but it's very difficult to do okay I'm going to give you a few scenario for you think about and tell me what you're going to do supposedly um there is a new Christian okay this lady is a corporate CEO she's high flying she's the top sales person in the company and then she became CEO she does really well and her lifestyle
00:12:24 is one that you won't be involved in she goes partying every night okay that's how she connects with people she drinks uh nonstop and that's how she connects and she buys flashy cars and she actually has a very good time and she's having a good life and so before becoming Christian for her is very simple is it legal does it make me happy if it's legal and it makes me happy then okay I can do whatever it is I can do just like you know person of Happiness even in the declaration independence for America
00:12:56 it's the same thing we can do anything you want right because we are allowed we have the right to pursue happiness can do anything we want and you have no right to tell me what I can or cannot do that's how most people are outside right if it's legal and if it makes me happy then okay that's important in fact from Young we indoctrinate children with this have you asked your children this before when they've done something you bring them somewhere your question to ask them is happy or not do you ask them that you
00:13:27 ask them right you happy or not you want happy and so they learn yeah oh I should ask myself when I do something am I happy or not if happy I then I should do it that's how we being brought up to understand if it's happy we can do it but suddenly this corporate SE went to Alpha she got to know Jesus and she said oh after we die are going to go to hell you know oh I drink so much later then how so I must became a Christian I want to become Christian so I can go to heaven so when she became chis suddenly
00:14:00 she got to know the Ten Commandments God said this cannot do this cannot do wow a lot of things cannot do Suddenly Last Time got so much freedom I immense RM last time all things can do but now certain things cannot do really okay a lot of things cannot do even when I do business deals a bit gray and nobody cares and also I need to be careful cannot tell lies White Lies also cannot tell very difficult very difficult so after that you talk to them hey you know I cannot eat Pok also cannot drink alcohol
00:14:30 it causes a lot of people to stumble and ask all these questions right so let me ask you if let's say she has tattoo and she wants to come to church then what do you say are you you got tattoo you know maybe you should cover a bit when you come to church is that what we say the maybe the hair or whatever we have is a bit different from us and we say because of that hey actually not so good you know shouldn't drink so much alcohol there a lot of things and how do we do how do we do it and if let's say she is
00:14:57 this CEO do you think she will listen to what is there do you think you say that oh yeah okay you know for the for your benefit I do not drink for your benefit I do not do yoga you think someone like this will actually say yes to it for you do you think you do it for other people or not do you think that you will actually drive a bit nicer because of other people do you always give way do you always give the benefit doubt do you actually care about what people think answer is very very difficult it's very
00:15:26 hard to live a life to say that whatever you do you actually think about others and if it's good for others we do it's very very difficult to do this and because of that Christians generally become stuck in a situation number one you go for maximum Freedom you leave whatever you don't care right so you just leave a life whereby do whatever you want or the other one is you become like this guy over here this is a picture from online when you search Christian man this is what comes out Christian man looks like this oh you're
00:15:57 so sad know but looks like this very gloomy always holding the Bible very serious checked shirt like this one like me you know almost there already almost okay just put check sh can really okay so little Freedom okay you tell that hey Friday let's go for drinks up no I got live group okay Sunday Sunday let's go for a trip no I need to go to church and after that they said why I there why your life so boring yeah you know want to become Christians like that now is that what we tell people so you only got
00:16:29 two choices maximum Freedom or little Freedom either you totally esimate in society okay you come to light of the world you know you go over there and you connect people or you say no no we stay in church stay in our kakang you know Fellowship ourselves only two choic is this what we say or maybe some of us we come with this decision maybe become hypocrite we do both on Sunday we come but Monday Friday don't care nobody knows one okay just don't let person know don't come don't sit so near little people ask
00:16:59 question see further away people may do that or maybe the answer is everything in moderation you know Bible passages some we can believe some we don't believe okay we can decide how we do it so is it really like this salvation is so tough and boring I me to choose between these two is that the case is it really what is are these two our choices either be a boring guy sitting in church cannot do a lot of things cannot talk about sex or maximum Freedom do everything you want out there but Christian I have a
00:17:42 Bible keep love got got trouble you take it out no trouble you keep it is that the life that God wants us to have and when you're living like this you think you can say that you know oh whatever I do I think whe benefits others if benefits others I do it no way you won't do it you won't do it these are two extremes over here that people have and the answer is if you can me click some of the clicker is not working yeah thanks the answer is this is actually a false dichotomy it looks like you must become
00:18:21 like this boring guy over there but it is a false dichotomy which means that you don't need to choose either one of them a Christian a person a follow of Jesus does not choose either one of them both extremes one a legalist who says that you know I must do this do this do this to become Christian I must do do do the other one says that become Christian don't care God save me already don't need to do anything a follow Jesus does not need to choose either one of them there's actually a third way the Third Way is
00:18:58 you need understand what is salvation in order for you to understand today's passage and in order for you to apply it you must understand what is salvation what does it mean when we say that God Saves you what do you get out of it we all know the stand answer Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins to pay for our sins and after that he was Rose he rose to Rose from the grave and because of that we can't overcome sin we can become someone different but but you will never know what is salvation until you look at
00:19:34 yourself and examine how your life is I have a friend who uh works for uh MNC and he's doing very well he does sales and his clients love him why because he's regular talking regular networking socializing but one thing he requ is required to do is he always needs to drink his job requires him to drink all the time almost every night you must go and drink you meet the bankers you drink and drink you need to do that because that's how you network that's how you get business and so his business his career
00:20:09 started to increase started to do well but recently I met with him and he has a some problem is liver he some problem is liver and why well the answer is something you do with his drinking his work gives him money gives him Prestige all the bankers know him all the D people will know you but you know you do not know it but you are giving something away and that's sin a lot of times you don't know it but something is being given you're sacrif sacrificing something in life for something else you're trading without
00:20:45 you knowing you are trading and so when you become Christian salvation means that God is saving you from self-destruction all the freedom that you have that you thought you had the question is is it really Freedom can can you say no to drinking or not like my friend you ask him hey can you slow down or not do you think you can slow down we meet a clients the come let's drink uh and you know this deal this guy you have to meet and you want to close the deal with and tells you come just one more one more glass only one more glass you
00:21:15 think you can say no people will like you after that you go to China you try not to drink and Z can or not so what we saying is this yes it looks like there's a lot of freedom outside but when you do it after why that you have no Freedom anymore you have to do it you have to continuously do it this is the most recent one I found out yesterday God is saving us from destroying our own marriage as well um this uh har isander came out in the news and he said that I do stupid things like other men he's uh getting a
00:21:57 divorce uh from his wife I think 14 years if I'm not mistaken and he this is actually in the news he said that he's actually getting divorce why uh he doesn't go into details but he says I do stupid things like other men and so there are a lot of other men like him as well like Bill Gates doing stupid things and I hope with fear and trembling I don't do something like that as well but the answer is you think you have a lot of freedom you can do anything when you have money people come to you and all
00:22:27 the things are possible a lot of things are possible but God is saving you from destroying your own marriage as well that is salvation Salvation is not going to heaven but your life here changes immediately God is saying that you don't realize it but there are many things in your life that you shouldn't do and we trying to save you God is trying to save you from it excuse me and maybe God is saving you from hurting your family as well computer games is something that I play as well and playing some is a bit it's good but
00:22:59 you see what happens when you cannot control your freedom when your freedom to do anything and you do it to the max of your happiness you see what happens this girl I think is a three Monon old a three-month old baby was stared to death why because these parents from Korea were online trying to raise a virtual child can you see the irony in life you go online and play husband and wife playing computer game and until they don't feed the baby and the baby dies and this is not one case you go online
00:23:35 and check it happened many times can you see how depraved our lives are can you understand what is salvation and don't look at other people and start pointing fingers look at yourselves look at ourselves how many times have we done something that we shouldn't how many times have we done something that we regret that we hurt others we hurt ourselves we do things that is not honoring to God because we canot control it because we want to because it makes us happy because we think that we have to do
00:24:09 it how many times have we done all this and God is saying that he's here to save us and that is salvation and we actually have no Freedom you think you have freedom but the truth is you have no freedom in Romans 7 it says for I do not do the good I want to do do but the evil I do not want to do this I keep on doing I see another law a in me Waging War against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work with me what a Wretched Man I am who will rescue me from this body that
00:24:44 subject to death on the outside it looks like everybody has a lot of freedom but Paul says the good I want to do I don't do those that I don't want to do the evil that I do not want to do I keep on doing we are the same as Adam and Eve when being given a choice we always choose the wrong one we actually have no freedom without God you don't realize it but we don't have freedom and who will save us the answer is thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ Our Lord and God save us not saving an okay person and making better
00:25:25 God saved a person that was dead we were dead in our sins God Sav us when we dead in sins when we were totally supposed to be condemn we had no hope no future no way to turn around and it save us as so imagine you're on death row you're inmate on death row you're going to be executed already God say imagine the sulan are going say oh you you you don't need to die anymore didn't he didn't just pardon you he told you now you're going to be my child I adopt you come stay in the is with me come stay in the
00:26:00 palace with me that is salvation that is salvation it's not that we have something wrong with us and God solve it it is that we supposed to die the things we do will totally destroy us and everyone around us but God Sayes that I love you and I want to change I want you to change I want you to become who you're supposed to be I want you become my child and so this is what Tim K says we are more sinful and flaw in ourselves than we ever dare believe yet at the very same time we are more loved and
00:26:30 accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever de hope and if you understand this if you can really internalize and understand how much God loves you then you're able to know instead of choosing to say that when I don't do something is because the word I as as was doing this sermon the word that keep on coming out in my mind as talking to Dr Peter is what sounds like the sermon is telling you to have self-denial self-denial have you heard of this word before you know deny yourself yourself when become Christian
00:27:00 right you must deny yourself when you deny yourself is it fun or not it's not fun it's very you're frowning you're sad you're not upset about it but no choice man they cannot do Christian like that one so you look at people you you think actually I wish I can do it I also wish I can smoke I smells very nice you wish so you have not smoked before you don't understand okay but basically when we look at it we think that that's how it is Christians are boring Christian are sad people but what we are saying is if
00:27:32 you really understand God's love if you have received it in your heart you can't answer in your mind when you receive it in your heart and you know that think about the times that you did something wrong and God Sav you and you regret from it and you say you wish it didn't happen and God tells you that I have redeemed you and I have planned for you when you see how much God loves you you then have the freedom to really submit to God then you have the freedom to serve others then you have the freedom
00:28:00 to say that I'm willing to limit my freedom for others without it you never do it without it you never do it so it's not about legalism or about hyper Grace it's about love ability to really receive God's love and after that you repent and say that I want to follow you you follow Jesus because of love so the second point we have today is true Freedom comes when we accept Christ as Lord true true Freedom comes when we accept Christ as law you cannot live for God until you have really gotten him as your lord and
00:28:37 experience salvation and the last point we have is every our freedom can be used for God's glory so when become a Christian what do you do you go to church you go to life group all things cannot do wait for Heaven is that life a lot of times that's what we believe come to church go to live group if you a bit better you serve you know serve a bit then after that go to heaven that's all you do in life then you have time you know when people don't disturb you go for holiday that's how what we do but is
00:29:13 that really the life that God wants you to have in verse 31 it says so whether you eat or drink or whatever you do you do it all for the glory of God do not cause anyone to stumble whether Jews Greeks or the Church of God even as I try to please everyone in every way for I'm not seeking my own good but the good of many so that they may be safe and verse one in chapter 11 says follow my example as I follow the example of Christ when you become a Christian your whole perception of life changes just
00:29:44 like when you're in love everything in life changes the way you eat what you eat what you drink whatever you do you do it all for the glory of God when you think about God's glory you will not cause other people to stumble and try to please everyone but what is Glory what is glory in Isaiah 6:3 it says and they were calling the Angels uh actually calling to one another holy holy holy is the Lord Almighty the whole earth is full of his glory if you see over here when you see the word holy holy holy what you expect
00:30:21 after that is the whole earth is full of his Holiness but why does it say the whole earth is full of his glory because God is holy God is set apart God is unique and his attribute and what you see is the enti if you look outside you look at the trees you look at the insects you look at Food you look at everything you look at gravity you feel gravity everything you have and your heartbeating this is all God's glory the entire Earth if you can really see is filled with God's glory the fact that we
00:30:50 can do so many things we can invent we can do things is God's glory and it's very important for us to understand what is God's glory and you see Genesis 1: 26 it says then God said let's make Mankind in our image in our likess so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky or the livestock or all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground and God made Mankind in his own image in the image of God he created them male and female created them what I saying over
00:31:23 here is when we are called the image of God we actually called to reflect his glory the image of God is like a king if he puts a statue over here is to show his honor and natur in a way it reflects the honor and the glory of the king and we are the image of God and as image of Christ image of God we are supposed to reflect his glory and tell people about him and show people how amazing he is that is Glory so when you come together it sees over here whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory
00:31:59 of God Paul is saying that when you follow Jesus everything you do is supposed to reflect God's glory why because you're made in the image of God and the person that you are serving is also made in the image of God but how do you really leave it out it's a very simple message how do you really leave it out is it possible that really everything you do it can do it for the glory of God so the way we do is when we do anything in life we ask questions and we think how can we really use it for the glory of God so before you get married
00:32:33 the question that most Christians ask each other is can I share a room with my girlfriend when we go on holidays save money you know no money something save some money can or not but instead of asking that question that is a wrong question to ask the question to ask is how can I use my relationship relationship to serve God instead of just going on holidays is there something both of us can do together to serve God maybe you serve on Ministry maybe you go and meet up with people you do something that serves God is it
00:33:05 possible or not or as you work you ask how much money do I need to tie when you start working you ask this question how much 10% enough or not we ask question and the way we ask is actually the same as the start can I the question I ask can I do this can I only give 10% to God and do whatever I want with the rest you're trying to find out where is the limit where's the boundary where that you can where when you can do everything else but the better question I ask is how can I use the resources I have to achieve
00:33:37 Maximum Impact for him how can I make sure that everything I have everything God has given to me can be used to serve him that's the right question or you may ask us later which famous restaurant should I try some Foodies like to go around Mak right we go around and when we think about what to eat we think about what's a nice thing to eat now what should I try to eat now but instead asking the question a better question if you really want to give glory to God to ask is who can I have lunch today who can have lunch with
00:34:09 today so that I can fellowship with the person and encourage each other or maybe there is a person at work you don't know about and nobody eats with him so instead of you eating a Lo with your friends you say that hey let's eat with this person so I can connect with him so the question we ask will totally change when you have love when you have experienced God's love we can do all this we can really live in a way that serves God that to say that when we do it is not because I have to but because
00:34:39 I want to because I've experienced how good God is and I want to live out in a way that really serves God in a way that is not just serving God and that's something amazing about God you know when you actually serve him is not just about his glory it's about your good together when you serve someone where you can have makan with this person and you actually maybe can build a relationship with this person you benefit together you benefit you get something out of it you get to know someone new you get to know the
00:35:11 background you have a new friend so for example when you tie when you actually give to God you're not just giving away something you get to know that whatever money they given is been used to serve and when you see for example the building fund when you actually use this money to build the church when later on you see that people benefit more people can come to church there's more space more things can be done you realize that oh you've been you played a part in something that's material something that really
00:35:39 matters and so what I'm trying to share with all of you is this when when you actually live your life instead of thinking about what I can do what does God allow me to do we can find everything in life and see how we can use it to serve God so I think to rewind a bit to share with you just now about the part about how I can use my freedom how can limit my freedom others you heard before about this thing husband and wife having two pce and they fight over two PA have you heard of that before yes and they tell you what you do
00:36:14 is what's the solution for those you don't know they said that some people like to squeeze from the bottom some like to squeeze from middle some like to squeeze from the top and because that you fight I don't know whether you fight over that but what's the answer people tell you they tell you buy two bottles of two bottles of two paste you use one I use one the way is you do your whatever you want I do whatever you want but God is telling you you can achieve whatever you do even squeezing two paste you can do
00:36:39 it for the glory of God imagine your husband or wife is not a Believer and after you become Christian the way you squeeze two past also will change you follow how you like to squeeze I squeeze also for you I help you and because of that people know that hey what's happening to my wife H something is changing and as first before you become Christian you don't like Indian food and your husband loves Indian food like me I like Indian food and you said last time don't like to eat don't like right oily
00:37:07 no want no want I want to be slim but when you become a Christian why you say darling let's go for in no problem I know you like let's go into it together you can do it because out of love now we do something not because of the food but because of the person or maybe for you for guys last time when you want to get married you said that you know money I must have my own bank account you must have your own bank account but now said no problem all the money you keep you can keep all the money yourself I don't
00:37:34 need bank account one when not why want money ask from you if you can you can do this y doesn't want to do it okay so go back and talk about it right you didn't say does itth an also does it uh so it's very a lot of good men here so it's for us to ask ourselves so you need have wisdom but if your wife are take all the money every time get money we buy handbag nonstop one until no food to eat different one you talk about it but otherwise what I saying is when God actually loves you when you really experience God's God's glory and
00:38:09 God's love whatever you do you can do it for the glory of God a few examples to share with you this is um how's the name of this guy have you for those of you who watch Premier League last time you seen this guy just forget his name Robie Robbie fower he was famous he actually got a rate C why he won he actually scored a goal and when he scored a goal what did he do he went to the lines and actually acted like he was smoking cocaine or smoking Coke and because that of that he actually got a red
00:38:43 card but you see when Lucio scores a goal every time he scores a goal what does he do in front of thousands of cameras millions of people watching over the world millions of people watching watching around the world he takes off his shirt and shows Jesus loves you instead of getting glory for himself this is what he does and so if you're thinking about whatever you do even scoring a goal can be done to the glory of God Lucio says God gave me a second chance he made a sacrifice for me on the cross and accepted me as his son and you
00:39:23 may not know it but if you are in this industry if you are an athlete you see that wow Lucio can do it I also can do it and people change I can tell you actually when I watched this at time I was impacted you know why I was very far from God and 2002 World Cup I was betting I was very bored in uni no girls you know so what I do is every night we go out for Mama every night we go to Mama got nothing to do we bet we play I use my scholarship money that I receive and actually bet bet online and the BET
00:39:58 goes into thousands of ring when I actually had no money and when he scor this goal I'm like oh Jesus loves you it makes me remember who Am I who am I why am I doing this but what I'm sharing with you is Lucio will not know me but just because of what he did he did it for the glory of God and I received something and so whatever you do you can do it for the glory of God even skateboarding if you hear any of friends any of your children going for skateboarding you say this one are you need to ask for
00:40:35 counseling this one got problem with you know my son he don't study you know he don't do his mathematics he go and do skateboarding you know and all his friends all got tattoo one oh you can you pray for me a pastor but even can skateboarding be used for the glory of God do you think so answer is yes even skateboarding can be used for Glory God this is a church it's called skate Church it doesn't have Sunday service and the church looks like this there are rams everywhere and what they do is they do Outreach to people
00:41:09 who skate in Portland so if have a cheap place to skate it's only $2 last time about 20 years ago it's only $2 and can SK skate the whole night so they open the doors and all everybody to come and skate no problem so it's from 6: to 9: the D can go and find a bit more but what happened is in the middle of it about 8:30 they tell everybody okay you need to stop for a while and somebody will actually share the gospel for 30 minutes if you want to continue SK after that you just need to listen in for 30
00:41:40 minutes after that you can continue but what is sharing to you is it actually connects people people are fine with it people are happy with it because $2 where can you get $2 can actually skate and there were very few places with indoor skating at the time but the church decided to start this and people came people came and they learned skating and from there they can connect and people a lot of people got to know God from it so if you interested you can go online scan the QR code and find a bit
00:42:10 more about the story but even skating can be done for it and one of a person who benefited from this skate church is called Tim macki you may not have heard of him before but you have seen a lot of stuff that he has and he was just a skateboarder and he was listening to Mega listening to Metallica heavy metal stuff last time but it's true skate Church said he got to know Christ and that is something whereby even the way you do Church it can be done in a better way to glorify God animation can also be used to
00:42:44 glorify God and John Collins actually got involved in animation and he was a pastor who decided not to become a pastor and wanted to do documentary instead as doing documentary had a vision whereby I can do something amazing amazing and he left he started two companies on um creative Agency on documentaries didn't work out but in the end both of them work together and started Bible project so if you see what happened is one skateboarder who actually this guy this skater boy who actually didn't really
00:43:17 know God got to know Jesus because of skateboarding because somebody decid to say that I'm going to be creative and inovative on how I serve God whatever I do what I eat drink or whatever you do do it for the glory of God and this decided to do that and John Collins decided to say that instead of just being a pastor I want to use my talents in a different way and they started and they created Bible project and they took risk and so everything we do can be done for the glory of God so preaching can
00:43:50 also be done to the to the glory of God in a different way instead of making all of you fall asleep we can find a way to make sure that people and engage people enjoy it people actually appreciate it and can bring the message home so this is how we know that we can do all for the glory of God and verse 11 says follow my example as I follow the example of Christ friends as I end here I just want to share you the key message for today the key message for today is matters of indifference can become matters that
00:44:24 make a difference matters of indifference things which have no consequence things that nobody cares about if you do it properly it can be used to make a difference for God the thing itself is neutral whether you have tattoo or not is neutral but skateboarding is neutral but the why you do it the why behind it the reason you do it that is never neutral it is never neutral is either you're doing it for the glory of God or you're doing it for your own glory and so for us to really ask yourself whose example we want to
00:45:00 follow and Paul says follow my example as I follow example of Christ because when we do all this it's not because we don't want to be stoics and we don't to say that we can do it but because Christ has first given himself for us and because we receive his love and we actually appreciate and appreciate so much and really our hearts are so full because of him we so joyful and because of that we can't even skateboard for him you can't even draw for him we can even decide how to squeeze two past for him
00:45:30 you do it for all for the glory of God so these are three points we have our freedom should be limited when it isn't living to others true freedom however comes when we accept Christ as Lord the freedom that we believe that we have as non-christians is not real freedom because you can't say no to it number three our freedom can be used for God's glory so remember this being a Christian is not being boring I don't think I'm boring so being a Christian is actually living a wonderful life whereby you can
00:46:07 do anything you can still go out you can still drink you can do anything you want but you do it all for the glory of God even when you score a goal you do it for the glory of God and with that you can serve God and can serve his people not because you have to that are you so Charming to work again on duty again because you want to because because why because I see God's glory in all of you I see God's glory in all of you we are all created in the image of God and we have seen before how because of the word
00:46:39 of God people change people can become different they can step up instead of being beaten down defeated and said that I can't do anything our whole lives can change when we receive God's love God's glory so as we end today as I invite the worship team up the song we're singing is called his glory and my good it says over here I've seen my father's Glory revealed in Jesus Christ and the more that I Behold Him the more he satisfies friends if you look around the world and you look at the newspaper look at social
00:47:13 media every day you be drawn to say that I wish I had it I wish I had that but what that really matters what is most precious is what is being revealed in Jesus Christ when Christ died on the cross for us sins and when you really behold it and look at it every day if you ask yourself you feel that I shouldn't do it you look at it you look at Jesus you can watch The Passion of Christ you can see how he is if you don't really know that mind go online find there are ways for you to get resources to really appreciate to see
00:47:45 the cross and understand who he is and what he's done for you and mean the more you Behold Him the more he satisfy you and when we gaze upon his Beauty and when we see him as we should and you see the glory of God in the whole world how beautiful this world is that every insect he also design he car for and because he car for every inside he will care for you then my eyes are lifted upward for his glory and not just for his glory but my good when he achieves his glory it is good for me as well and I pray that all
00:48:22 of us we say why I gladly be made nothing that Christ will be made more what I seek the only Kingdom that far outweighs them all the one day we can stand before our Father in heaven and really not just here well done you good and faithful servant but the people around us you can say that we came together I didn't come alone because of me deciding to limit my freedom because I said that it's okay I canat Indian food because of simple things in life I can say that look people were asking why would you be
00:49:04 willing to do that why do you give your life for me why did you limit your freedom for me because of what Jesus has done can we rise As we sing this song His glory and my good it's a new song but it's quite easy to follow along so sing along with us [Music] I've seen my father's Glory revealed in Jesus Christ and the more that I Behold Him the more he saisies when I Gaz upon his Bea when I see as I then my eyes are lifted up for his glory [Music] and there is hope in every Tri for I can trust the Lord he will
00:50:22 turn my heart towards him and help me [Music] so in faith I follow Jesus on the road not for I know that he is working for his glory and might sing to our God be the glory to our God be the glory to our God be praised he alone the name above all names I will boast ever only in the Lord my God for I know his glory is my [Music] see the open UPS of Jesus upon the cross that day what they understood his weakness deserves my every praise for the charge there was against me it was nailed into the word yes I know that he
00:51:50 has Sav me for his glory and my good to our God be in the Glory To Our God be praised be Al the name above all name I will BL ever only in the Lord my God for I know his glory is mine [Music] would I could be be not that Christ would be made more would I se the only [Music] kingom I will stand my father a fful Saints and with joy my heart shall praise him for his glory and my heart shall praise him for his glory and [Applause] my God the glory to our God be praise he Al the name above all nam I
00:53:50 will in the Lord my God oh my go his glorious Li to my God the glor to our God he praise God the name [Music] [Applause] of I will in the love my God for I know his glory is my for I know his glory is [Music] my I know his glory is um shall we shall we sit down I had uh John permission to share a impromptu story or we end maybe some keys this quick one this impromptu too years ago I had a tail you know now no no no hair really the tail was so long when I was speaking in pantai Baptist Church people
00:55:05 after the summer say hey your microphone is showing it was that longer so people ask me why you keep a tail you're not very L child not no hair also I used to tell them I kept the tail the day my daughter was born because my daughter came into this Earth under circum circumstances which I will be very happy to share with you so every time people ask me why on I tell them the story of how my daughter came into the world so whatever you eat or you drink or even keeping a tail you can do it for the glory of God
00:55:50 there's only one half of the story 18 years I kept the tail 18 years then one day Vincent say Arnold we want you to be chapl of the boys Brigade but we have one condition cut the tail and so I cut the tail no tail you can keep a tail for the glory of God and you can cut that tail for the glory of God amen amen amen let us close in benediction I'm going to ask yeah thanks I know yeah I think as Anor was sharing it you've asked me maybe he should keep the tail again now why because I feel offended when
00:56:48 people say Christians must look like that guy I show you holding a Bible wearing Checker shirt and must look like that I really cannot tahan Maybe I should put back my earrings on Al I had two earrings last time because being a Christian is fun it's amazing and who says why do we need to put God into this box and look like this why why but whatever we do whether we eat or drink we can do all of it for the glory of God and many people who have tattoos who have earrings will not step into church because you look at them and
00:57:24 say why you like that one but we need people just like how Tim Macky was a skateboarder and do you know how big of impact he he done in my life because somebody decided to say that let's create a church for skateboarders and that is all for the glory of God so friends as we end today if you have any prayers anything you like to pray for maybe your children are skateboarding or they're listening to Mega Death Or Metallica or songs that you don't want to listen to all these different things or in um in pop culture
00:58:00 that you don't want to and you worry about what will happen to them you come we will Journey with you we pray with you because our God is a god of impossible and God's glory shines in the whole earth so let's all receive the benediction Galatians 2:20 I've been Cru crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me the life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me as you go forth M his love Grace and peace surround you and shine through you
00:58:49 and in all you do as you live for him amen I I feel compelled to pray for you guys can I pray please just give me one more minute dear Lord we thank you for abbc for the ability for the elders and for the church to be open-minded to say to see that Lord God you are not in a box you're not confined in the box and that serving you must mean on stage serving you must mean that we only serve in church but Lord we want to say thank you for dying on the cross for us that that Lord you you didn't count yourself your glory and
00:59:31 stay where you were in heaven but you decided to say that you give up everything for us you give up everything for us because you loved us and no matter what what we are who we are while we still Sinners Lord while we don't know you when we were against you Lord you decided to say that you come for us you became the bridge you became a man the almighty the power that created the whole earth decided to Humble himself transform himself into the form of a man in humility so that he can connect with us and because of that whatever we
01:00:17 do whether we eat or drink Lord we want to say that Lord we want to do it For Your Glory we thank you for today's message we thank you for brothers and sisters Lord speak to us and help us to know how to internalize and how to live out this in our lives in Jesus name we pray [Music] amen have a blessed week for those of you who are new welcome uh there's a fellowship corner at the back I think c will definitely bring you over there already okay have a good Sunday
