Day 4 Session 11 Following Jesus | 06 Aug, 2026

Okay good morning everyone good morning so this morning you been learning about following Jesus this morning what we were learning about following Jesus in session one you look at our calling to be like Jesus in the first session we saw our calling to be like Jesus and at the next session last session you saw how following Jesus is our lifestyle and in the last session we saw how following Jesus is our lifestyle and the last session today we will be talking about is following Jesus in ministry and the last session today we will be talking about is following Jesus in our ministry. Now firstly we must understand that all of us are in ministry. So first we must understand that all of us are in ministry. Weather you are in the work place and weather you are in the church. Whether you are at work or at church. We're All in Ministry. We are all in ministry. We have to come out of this idea of ​​full time ministry and part time ministry. And we have to get out of this idea of ​​whether we do half-time ministry or full-time ministry. Wherever we are, wherever we are. We are in ministry. So we're going to look at how Jesus did ministry and how we can follow him. We are going to look at how Jesus ministered and how we can follow His example. Firstly, when Jesus carried out His ministry, He came from a place of intimacy with the Father. Firstly, when Jesus carried out His ministry, He came from a place of intimacy with the Father. Let's read Matthew chapter six and six. Let's read Matthew chapter six verse six Jesus is giving instructions to his disciples in this whole of Matthew five and six and in Matthew chapter five and six Jesus was giving instructions to his disciples in Matthew six and six Matthew six verse six but when you pray go into your room close the door and pray to the Father who is unseen then your Father who sees what is done in secret but when you pray go into your room and close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret then your Father who sees in secret will reward you and he will reward you so now Jesus is giving a very simple yet powerful principle and so here Jesus is giving a very simple yet very powerful principle. Jesus is telling his disciples Jesus is telling his disciples if you want your prayers to be answered and if you want your ministry and your work to be fruitful and if you want your ministry or work to be fruitful he is giving us the key here. He is saying first go to your room close the door pray to your father who is unseen and he is saying first go to your room close the door and pray to the father who is in secret then your father sees what you have done in secret he will reward you so I like that word secret and so I like the word secret here we always say the secret place and we always say secret place that is the place where we go to find intimacy with God and this is the place where we do intimacy with God with the father and what happens in public is a result of what happens in private and whatever happens in our secret place is the result of what happens in public so I think you know sometimes we are in a place we want to do great ministry and so sometimes we are in such a place where we want to do a very good and great ministry. All of us want to do something right. We want to do everything for the kingdom of God. But the problem is we are unwilling to sacrifice. But the problem is that we do n't want to make sacrifices. But Jesus is saying if you want to be successful in public you have to have a successful private life. But Jesus is saying here that if you want to succeed in the public places, then first succeed in the secret places of yours. Genuine ministry is an overflowing relationship that you have with Jesus. And the real ministry that happens is the impact of our relationship with Jesus. Genuine Ministry Genuine ministry is an overflow with your relationship with Jesus. And the relationship we have with Jesus has an impact. And Jesus is telling his disciples. And Jesus is telling his disciples this. He is not just saying but he is showing it by example. And he is not just saying it now, but showing it by example. The Bible says early in the morning even before dawn he would wake up and go and spend time with the Father. The Bible says that the morning dawns before dawn. He would go to spend time in prayer. So ministry is an overflow from relationship. And what ministry is is the effect of relationship. If you and I, if you know, in the afternoon sessions, you are learning about Christian history, right missions, and those who did. In the afternoon sessions, you are learning about God's servants. What was the key in all the people? So, what was the one common thing in all these people? They were all men and women of prayer. They were all people of prayer, good God. It was very little to do with gifts, and very little to do with the talents and abilities. And what was their skill? It was their prayer life that got them the recognition. It was his prayer life that gave him recognition. William Jessemore and William Jessemore The Azure Street Revival. Have you learned about that ? The Azure Street Revival. He was a black man and you know there was a differentiation, you know whites and blacks were kept separate during that time. And the difference between the Aju Street Revival was that the non-white and black people were kept separate. So when he joined Bible college, only the whites were sitting inside, and they had the blacks sit outside. So only the whites were sitting inside, and the blacks had to sit outside. Nobody knew who those white people were. Everyone knew William Jessemore, and everyone knew who William Jessemore was. When he started to preach, people experienced the presence of God. And people started feeling the presence of God in a small church in one street called Azuja. There was a small church in their street called Azuja. Right, remember, blacks and whites were not friends. At that time, there was hatred among them. And there was hatred among both groups of people. The white stock they were greater. And the white people thought they were great, but God. Used Him But God used Him From 100 it became 500 From 100 people it became 1000 2000 2000 5000 5000 10000 10000 People would stand early in the morning with umbrellas in the rain to get in to hear Him preach and people would stand early in the morning with umbrellas in the rain to get in to hear Him preach White people also and White people also Why What was the difference Because of the presence of God Jesus did not minister to gain followers and Jesus did not minister to gain followers. Jesus Did Not Do Ministry To Get The Father's Approval. And Jesus did not minister to gain the Father's approval. He was already living in the intimacy in the presence of the Father. He already is the one who lived in the intimacy and ministry of the Father. So genuine ministry happens with a relationship with Jesus and genuine ministry happens through the influence of our relationship with Jesus. It is very important not to replace your personal time with God with anything else. If you want to be fruitful in ministry you must have a very strong personal prayer life and reading of the Word. We must have a very strong faith life. Guard your time for prayer and reading of the Word. Seek for God's approval more than man's approval. See John 14:21 and 23 he says this as we love Him and obe the Word we receive revolution and habitation of His presence and John 14:21 and 23 he says this as we love Him and obe the Word we receive revolution and habitation of His presence. If we obey His commandments, we also receive the revelation and presence of His presence. The Two Words is very revolution and these two words are very important. Publications and residencies. What is revolution? What is a publication? Something That Is Hidden God Reveals It To Us. Whatever is hidden and God reveals it to us. When We Are in God's Presence. When we are in the presence of God, in intimacy with God, He brings revolution into our hearts. So imagine you are reading the Word and we may not understand a certain portion of Scripture and there may be some parts of the Scripture that we may not understand, but the Holy Spirit is able to bring revolution. But the Holy Spirit is able to bring revelation for that we have to be in the presence of God. For that we need to be in the presence of God. Then is habituation. After that residence. That means it's not like the presence comes and goes away. This does not mean that presence comes and goes. It is a continuous presence that we live in. And that is the constant presence in which we live. Jesus, wherever he went, was always in the presence of the Father. Wherever Jesus went, He was always in the presence of God the Father. He says I am in the Father and the Father is in. So he says that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. I am the Father are one. And the Father and I are one. He was in the bosom of the Father. Meaning he was always in his presence. He was in his father's lap. This always meant those who were in his presence. Always careful to listen to what the Father says. Always be careful to listen to what the Father says. So for Us If We Are to Follow Jesus and to Be Fruitful in Our Ministry. Number one point what is it? So what is the first point for us if we want our relationship to be strong and to be fruitful in ministry ? Sorry first what's that? What is the first point? Which language you are talking. Which language Hindi and English? I can't understand. Choose One Language and Say. Choose one language and speak it. Intimacy with the OK Say It in English Hindi Students Also Say It in English Hindi People First One What is the first one intimacy with God This intimacy will come only if you make that decision and this intimacy will come only if you make that decision Jesus could have said that I am already the Son of God. I don't have to pray and I need to pray I don't have to go and you know struggle and go to a mountain and pray I can just do what I have to do I do n't have to go and you know struggle and go to a mountain and pray I can just do what I have to do Jesus recognized that there is a need to have that intimacy with the Father at all times No, but Jesus recognized that there is no need to always be in intimacy with God. And he said the X for you and me and for you and me he did that example there. Second, Teaching and Preaching. To teach and preach. One of the greatest things that we read from the Gospels is the teaching and the preaching of Jesus. And the greatest thing we learn from them in the Gospels is teaching and preaching. Three Things Jesus Always Did. Three things Jesus always did. Teaching is to educate. Preaching. And Working of Miracles. and perform signs and miracles. Two women always happen wherever they go. It always happened wherever he went. But listen, Jesus was also a powerful teacher and a preacher. And also note that Jesus Christ was a very powerful teacher and preacher. Jesus spent a lot of time probably reading from the Old Testament. And Jesus may have spent a lot of time learning from the Old Testament. Now it's not that Jesus is the Son of God. So he just came like this, he did like this Old Testament study over and it is not that when Jesus was the Son of God, he must have read the entire teachings of the Old Testament, the Bible says he grew in wisdom, that means he studied, he learned and the Bible tells that he grew in wisdom, it means he sat, he learned and understood and he eventually developed the ability to teach and preach and then gradually he increased his ability to teach and preach. Sorry lots of lots of places we see Jesus teachings. In many places we see the teachings of Jesus. And Some of Them Are in Parables. And some of it is in the parables of what is. And parables are simply meaning an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. And the simple meaning of parables is that what is an earthly story is for a heavenly purpose. Meaning let me give you an example, an example is the Parable of the Sower and the parable of the Sower, Jesus is talking to thousands of people and you are talking to thousands of people. He is teaching them. He is teaching them. So he sowed the seeds and that the sower went to sow the seeds, some fell on rocky places and some fell on rocky ground, some fell on thorns and some fell on good ground, some fell on soft soil and some fell on very moist soil and he is teaching the people and another example could be where he is talking about the parables of the Kingdom. The Kingdom parables and if there are any other examples then he is teaching about the parables of the Kingdom. About Being a Good Steward for God's Kingdom and Everyone Are Getting It to Be a Good Steward for God's Kingdom. And everyone is able to understand it. Give something about his teaching. And there is something in his teaching. Then the Parable of Lostness. And then there's the parable of those who are lost, Woman Lost the Coin in the House. And the woman who was there lost the coin in her house. And She's Looking All Over in the House. And she is searching everywhere in the house. And finally she found that coin. And then finally she finds him and she was so happy and she was very happy then there was a parable of the lost son and then there was a parable of the lost son there were two brothers one of them said give me my money one of them said give me all my money and he went away from the house the father left the father and went away but after spending all the money he comes back home. The Father Says My Son Was Lost Now I Am Now He Is Found. And the father then says that I have now found my son who was lost. There was something about his teaching. And there was something about his education. That in one place there were 5000 people singing and listening to him. And at one place, 5000 people were sitting and listening to him. Why would 5000 people come and listen to him? The 5000 people who will come will sit and listen to him. Because he was teaching with such authority and such power. Because he was teaching with great authority and power. Some of them you know in one ok it's really interesting when you read the small snippets from the Bible. And when we read these small stories from the Bible, it is very interesting. The Persian Said We Have to Arrest This Follow Jesus. And the Pharisees say we have to catch hold of this Jesus. So they sent three gods. And they send three more gods. Go arrest him and bring him. And go and catch him and bring him back. They Went and Came Back. And they go and come back. Ten Jesus 's Where is Jesus? No we couldn't go near him. That no, we could not go to him. Why ? Why? Because this teaching is in true authority. Because he is teaching with great authority. They couldn't even go near Jesus. And he couldn't even go to Jesus. That's the power of his teaching and preaching. And this is his power to teach and preach. Imagine him teaching you no 5000 people are there. He is educating 5000 people. And he is preaching about may you know God's kingdom and how God is a miracle worker. And they are preaching about the kingdom of God and how miraculous God is. And they said okay there is no food. And they say there is no food now. What do you have? And what do you have? Five Lo Bread and Two Fish. Five loaves of bread and two fish. Okay bring it to me. Okay, bring them to us. And it wasn't just preaching and teaching. But he demonstrated it with science wonders and it was not only about teaching or preaching but he also demonstrated it with signs and miracles. See anyone can talk and so everyone can talk. You saw some followers so did you notice that these people do not know how to talk, they know how to talk but when the rubber meets the road that means when you tell them to do something they want to do it means when we tell them to do something they do not do it you don't have friends like that you don't have friends like that I only have friends like that that means one friend I had is a friend of Pastor ji. Every time he says to Will, 'See, while riding a bicycle, I can do this, I can do that' and while riding a bicycle, he can do this, he can do that. So one day I said you take my bicycle and show me. And he said, take my bicycle one day and show me. You know the best part is he didn't know how to ride a bicycle. The best thing was that he did not know how to ride a bicycle. He said no eye spray in my leg. And he says no, it will hit my leg. Only talk, only talk, nothing else. Jesus was not like that. You also don't be like that. And if Jesus was not like that, then you too should n't be like that. Jesus was somebody who spoke and he said he will do it. And Jesus was someone who spoke and he will do it. And he spoke about so many other topics. Repentance, faith, Kingdom of Heaven, eternal life. And he talked about so many other topics. He talked about repentance, faith, kingdom of God and about life, about discipleship, about salvation. Think of this. The Jews and the Samaritans hated each other. And look, the Jews and the Samaritans hated each other. Jesus is sitting there and he is telling a story, a parable. Jesus is sitting there and telling a parable. The Good Samaritan. Now if we were there, we would have said, wait, wait, wait, sir. The title is wrong. And the title of the preaching. The title of the preaching. Yes, that is wrong. You Can Say the Samaritan Is Not Good Samaritans Are Not Good You can say Samaritan but you cannot say Good Samaritan. But Jesus was teaching in such power that they were able to understand, but what he was teaching so well was teaching you. He understood what he was teaching. Jesus you know he was able to articulate his teaching and preaching in a very simple meaningful way and he was able to bring out his teaching and preaching in a very simple and meaningful way and he used what was around at that time to bring about the truth [sound of clearing throat] of God's world and he used whatever was around him to bring about the truth of God's word he used the parable of the sower and he used the parable of the sower if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can tell the mountains and he says if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can tell the mountains. Jerusalem was filled with mountains. And Jerusalem was full of mountains. Yerrum was also filled with grape wine which was famous during that time. And what Jerusalem was was full of admissions. Say I am the vine you are the branches. And he says that I am the vine. You have eaten the food. See you see how he is teaching. And look how he is teaching. He is bringing what is there around and he is teaching the Word. Taking those who are around there and teaching them the Word of God. So teaching and preaching was a very important aspect of Jesus' ministry. And so teaching and preaching was a very important aspect of Jesus' ministry. Now It's Sent For Us. And so this is important for us. There is a time for testimony. And there is a time for testimony also. God is a good God, we testify we are good. God is a good God. We test it. But we do not replace testimony for the Word of God. But we don't change testimonies there for the Word of God. The Word of God is Something That We Must Always Teach and Preach. The Word of God is something we should always be teaching, preaching. That's why if you look at us as a church we always have at least 45 minutes of teaching and preaching on Sunday. And so if you look at us as a church, every Sunday we have at least 45 minutes to preach. We Always Focus On Teaching The Word. And we always pay attention to the teachings of God's Word. We Always Focus On Building You Up To The Word Of God. And we always focus on building you up through the Word of God. So what is teaching? Simply means explaining God's truth. And what is education? Simple means telling the truth of God's Word. Preaching Means Proclaiming the Kingdom. To preach means to proclaim the kingdom of God. In Towards the End of the Great Apostle Paul's Life and the Apostle Paul, who was great, this is his last letter, his last letter, writing to Timothy. He's writing from Second Timothy, chapter four through five, and Second Timothy, chapter four verses one and five. Let's read that. Now this is the last letter, and this is his last letter. If you are saying the last few things, what would you say most? If you were saying the last few things, what would you say most? Right? You will tell your friends and your family the most important things you want to communicate. So the most important things you want to tell your family or friends will be spoken. What he says is that he says this in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead. And in the appearance and in the view of the appearing of His Kingdom. I give you this charge. CREATE THE WORD BE PREPARED IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON CORRECT REBUKE ENCOURAGE WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND CAREFUL INSTRUCTION And he says I charge you in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in the sight of his appearing and his kingdom, that you may be ready in season and out of season, by preaching the word. Rebuke, rebuke, and explain with all tolerance and education. Paul is exorcising his last few instructions. He is saying to the people that whatever happens, whatever happens, preach the Word in season, out of season, preach the Word of God in season and out of season. Weather you are happy or sad, whether you are happy or sad, whether you are in jail or out of jail, whether there is persecution or no persecution, whether there is punishment or no punishment, whether people persecute, whether people make fun of you or mock you, and whether they don't, whether people make fun of you or don't believe you, and whether people believe you or don't believe you, reach the Word of God. Preach the Word of God. Forget that verse. Efficacy 320 and Efficacy 33 So no, no, sorry, it's here, okay, act. 2032 sorry and the act is in 2032 now again this is Paul and again this is Paul let me give you the context in Acts 2032 and the act is in 2032 the context has been in Ephesus for three years now and Paul stays in Ephesus for three years he built the church he is going to Jerusalem and from Ephesus he is going to Jerusalem and he knows he is not going to see them again and he knew that he was not going to see them again. This is the last time he's gonna see that. This is the last time he's gonna see that. Let's Read the Effigy Acts 20 32 Let's Read the Effigy Acts 20 32 or what does he say to what does he say to now I commit you to God He says I commit you to God and the word of his grace and the word of his grace. So this is the last time I'm talking to the Ephesian elders and the last time I'm talking to the Ephesian leaders. Telling the elders and those who were the leaders, I was telling them. I commit you to God. And the word of His grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance. And I entrust to you the word of His grace which can elevate you and give you Mirage. The Word of H Grace. And the word of His grace Now Paul is not saying remember the miracles we did and Paul is not saying remember the miracles we did remember the worship times we had and the worship times we had so I commend you to the word of His grace this word will carry you and he is saying God the word of His grace will carry you so we see the importance of reading teaching and preaching the word of God and so we see the importance of reading and understanding the word of God preaching many many verses in the Bible talk about the power of Gods word and many more verses in the Bible talk about the power of Gods word. Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is alive and powerful sharper than a double edge so and Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is alive and powerful sharper than a double edged sword. Alive and Powerful This Book Is Not Simply Some Book You Are Reading. And this isn't just any ordinary book you're reading. It's a life, it's powerful. It is alive and powerful. Starper than a double edge and even with any double edged sword Penetrates Dividing Soul Spirit Joint and Marrow. And they go on separating what is there in the soul and the body. Pisces What does this mean? The Word of God Can Bring Healing to Your Body to Your Spirit to Your Soul Every Part of You. And the Word of God can bring healing to every part of your body, both the body and the soul. Psalms 1195 says your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my power and psalm 100 and psalm 119 verse 105 says your word is a lamp unto my feet. So we see the significance of the Word and so we see the significance of the Word. Look at Jesus when he started his ministry he went and found why did Jesus just go and say I am the Messiah and see why Jesus said as he was going that I am the Messiah but he went to the Scriptures but he went to the Word and through the Scriptures he showed them who the Messiah is and with the Word he showed who the Messiah is the Spirit of the Lord is upon me and he says that this is the Lord Jehovah who has anointed me and he has anointed me should through the Scriptures. He showed it through words. So when you and I are in you know as God's people as we are ministering to people don't forget to preach the word of God. And when you and I are serving with God's people, don't forget to preach His Word. Sometimes we can go on with stories and stories and stories. And so many times we can go on telling stories stories stories. This is one time I was I was I was singing in one conference and once the pastor was sitting in a conference and the pastor came there were about 200 to 300 people and there were about 200 to 300 people a pastor came. So I was excited to hear the world because every time we are preaching. So I was excited to sit and listen to the world. And so every time he was preaching, he would sit there eager to hear the Word. So this pastor came and he started shaking and he came and he started shaking and then he sat on the ground and then he sat on the ground and said the glory is too much and he says that the glory of God is too great then he said I will change your story and he says that I will change the story then he started reciting words and he started telling the words in a different way clapping and everyone is clapping then he started singing one song and then he started singing and the song started he told the drummer to play this beat and he started telling the drummer to play this beat 20 minutes went by and 20 minutes went by then after that he started telling when I was a small boy and then after that he started telling that when I was a small boy I was getting upset and the pastor got upset I want to know what you did when you were small and he doesn't want to know what you did when you were small I want to know what you are going to preach and we want to know what you are going to preach and then he started talking about all random things and she started talking about some random things. Somewhere that one story went to honey and somewhere that story ended up being about honey. No honey honey you know it's honey honey that's correct. Honey what okay that honey I don't know where it went honey. I do n't know how that story reached honey. And It Went All Around the Place. And she travels through all the places. Then suddenly he said I am an apostle. And then suddenly he says I am inspired. These are my children. And all these are my children. There are 20 children there. And there were about 20 people there [laughs]. So I say where you had 20 children. And in the end he said now I am imposing my unintention over everyone. And then at the end he says that my Abhishek is all of you who want the uninitiating stand up. And whoever wants to be anointed, please stand up. I said I don't want you on this, I will not stand. The pastor said no, I will not stand, I don't want to pray. Then he said a prayer to the chip and he started swinging and taking out his handkerchief, he started waving it. Now everyone has received the anointing and everyone who has received the anointing, those who want to give ₹000 stand up and whoever wants to give 5000 rupees should stand up and stand there. ₹ 3000, ₹000 here, ₹1000, ₹1000 there over there. That's the conference and that's all the conference showed and I looked at those people and looked at them, my heart broke and my heart broke. What foolishness is this and what foolishness is this, many of them have come with a broken heart and many of them had come with a broken heart. Many of them have come. Expecting healing and deliverance from God Many of them came with financial burdens and financial burdens expecting healing and deliverance from God. And this foolishness is being them. And this stupidity is being done here. I really broke my heart. And he was very sad about that. We must no matter what reach the world. Nothing else matters. But we are to preach the Word of God. Word will touch people life. It is the Word of God that changes people's lives. The Word Will Change You. And it is His Word that will change you. The Word Will Be You Will Be Able to Destroy the Works of the Enemy Through the Word of God and the Word of God, we will be able to destroy the works of the enemy. So variant lesson for us. And you are a very important lesson for us, keep reading the word. Keep reading God's Word. Keep reading it. Keep even if it's the same thing again and again. And even if it is the same thing, keep reading it again and again. We Have Our Publications If You Finish Reading Our APC Publications You Will Be Ready to Teach. And if you finish reading our APC publications. If you have studied everything then you will also be eligible to teach Masters. I am telling you the truth. And so this subject that is telling you wealth of these from all from God's word from this APC publication. All the rest of the information is given through God's Word. Everything is the word. Everything is in Him through the Word. And people we send the publications all over India in different countries. And all these books of publications go all over India and other countries also. Why ? Because it is the word of God. Because that is the word of God. Amen. Right? So fill up yourself with the word. And then prepare yourself to read the Word. There are times you may not understand. And there will be times when you don't understand. It is okay. So that's fine. Learn to learn. See now we are in a time when you can just go to Google. We have you know different options available. We can learn. And so right now we're at a time where we have a lot of options. We can learn more things by going to Google. So if we want to follow Jesus we need to be strong in the Word. And if we want to follow Jesus, we need to be strong in the Word. Third Point We See That Jesus Was Doing the Fathers Works. And we see Jesus doing the Father's works. John chapter 10 and 24 and 25 let's go there. John Chapter 10 Verses 24 and 25 John Chapter 10 Verses 24 and 25 The Juices Gathered Around Him Saying How Long Will You Keep Us in Suspense If You Are the Christ Tell Us Plainly Jesus Answered I Did Tell You But You Do Not Believe the Miracles I Do in My Father's Name Speak for Me. Then the Jews surrounded him and asked, “ How long will you keep us in suspense?” If you are the Christ, tell us clearly. Jesus answered them, I told you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me. It's very interesting in chapter no you know that blind man was healed. And so it's very interesting that in chapter nine you know the blind man was healed. So the Pharisees are investigating and so the Pharisees were investigating who you are from when you are born when you are blind, how long have you been blind, who came and healed you, who came and healed you, the whole investigation gets over and the whole investigation gets over in chapter 10, Jesus is talking about the Shepherd and the flock of my sheep will hear my voice, Jesus is talking about his shepherd and the sheep that my sheep hear my voice and he says I am the Good Shepherd and he says I am the good shepherd. Now the Just the Fussy and the Rulers of the Law They Are Getting Headaches. And the Pharisees and those who kept the rules got a headache. Why ? Because firstly nobody is listening to them. Why? Because first of all, no one was listening to him. And everyone is following this Jesus. And everyone was following Jesus. He is doing really great miracles. And he is performing very great miracles. Fasi can't do it. Persians cannot do it. So they don't even want Jesus to do it. And they do n't even want Jesus to come to Jesus and they ask and they come to Jesus and ask if you are the Messiah, just tell us if you are the Messiah, I like Jesus' response and I like Jesus's answer, he says, I already told you, you see the works I am doing, and he says, I have already told you, you see the works I am doing, the works point to my Father and the works are focused towards my Father. Everything I do, everything I do. The Healings The Healings The Miracles The Miracles The Deliverances All That I Am Doing Points to the Father All that I am doing points to the Father. It points to the fact that I am in the Father, the Father in me, and I am the Messiah. Example example long time back one of my friends a Muslim guy and pastor ji a Muslim friend he asked me if Jesus was the Messiah why didn't he say I am the Messiah follow me he doesn't say it in the Bible so he was asking that if Jesus was the Messiah then why didn't he say I am the Messiah follow me so I asked him and so he asked him when you introduce yourself do you say I am a boy. And when you introduce yourself, what do you say, I am a boy. I have two eyes. And I have two eyes. And two hands. And there are two hands. And my name is this. And this is my name. Do You Say Like That? So do you say it this way? He said no. He says no. So why should Jesus say? So why? I am the Masaya. Why should Jesus say I am the Messiah? He nos he is the masaya. He knows he is the Messiah. Same way you know you're a boy. That's how you know you're having a boy. You are not saying I am a boy. And you are not saying that you are a boy. The Same Way Jesus Knows He Is The Maasai. He is saying I know I am the Maasai look at the works. In the same way Jesus knows that Christ and he is saying look at my works. Is there anyone who changes the water into wine? So is there anyone who can turn water into liquor ? Is There Anyone Who Walks on Water? Is there anyone who has walked on water? Is there anyone who took five lots of bread to fish and fed 5,000 people? And is there anyone who took five loaves of bread and two fish and fed 5000 people? Is There Anyone Who Healed the Leper So is there anyone who has healed a leper? Is there anyone who healed the blind man and the deaf and the mute and the lame the paralyzed? Has anyone healed the blind, the lame, the deaf, the mute or the people walking in cloaks? Nobody has done that. Nobody has done that. And you are asking me are you the Messiah. And you are asking me are you the Messiah. Jesus is saying look at the works and Jesus is saying look at those works which point to the Father. You can't do it. You can't do it because you are not doing the will of the Father. And So Very If You and I Want to Work in the Science Wonders and Miracles. And so very important if we want to do these signs, miracles, amazing things. This is to understand that you are doing the father's work. So this is to understand that we are doing the will of the Father. You are not building your own ministry. You are not creating your own ministry. Yes in the natural it is you will have a name and all of that. Yes, naturally that name and all that will happen. But the bigger picture is you are building God's Kingdom doing the Father's work. The big picture is that you are building the kingdom of God. Fulfilling his wish. C R Greatest Fulfillment in Life. And our most important abundance is in our life. Is not found in success and recognition. That success and recognition are not known. But it is found in faithfully serving God where he has placed you. And that faithfulness is worthily known in the way we serve wherever He has placed us. It's Not How Much We Do It's not about how much we do. It's How Faithfully We Do It. And that's how much we trust it with competence. To See The Parable of the Stewards. And look at the illustrations of stewardship. To one you know the one who was given five he made a 10 and the one who was given five he made a 10. The person who had three made it double and the person who had three doubled it again and the person had one but the person who had one he went and dug it up and he said no and went and buried it safe and he says I have kept it safe he did not use it he was a good steward of the talent that was given to him and he was a good steward of the talents that were given to him but the thing but here Jesus says greater works than I do you will do and greater works than I do you will do. The Lord Jesus said greater things than what I do you will do. And Jesus says that you will do greater works than He did because I am going to the Father. Because I go to the Father. And the Father will release the unintention upon you. And the Father will release the anointing upon you. Jesus fulfilled his assignments. And Jesus completed the task he had been given. He went to the cross and he went to the cross even when it's costly and even when it was very costly yet doing the Father's works is easy when things are going well everything is easy in life doing the Father's works is easy when everything is going well in our life but what about when a difficult time comes but what about when a difficult time comes what about during a painful season God tells you to do this and when there is a painful time in that what about that we pray and we say God bless us and he bless us we pray God blesses us and it is a joy to get blessed by God and it is a great joy to be blessed by God what about when God says give but what about when God says to give I rebuke this thought in Jesus name and I rebuke this thought in Jesus name says what We say this sometimes God will say give, so we say reject this thought, it is more blessed to give than to receive and it is very blessed to give than to receive so the Father when you and I are doing miracles working the miracles it is not us it is we are doing the Father's works here in this kingdom and so when we are doing signs and wonders those works are not ours but we are doing the Father's works amen and he is calling all of us to do the words. And He is calling us all to do all these things. Last point, last point, Jesus himself discipled others. And Jesus discipled others. We see that the Lord Jesus first thing in his ministry what did he do. And we see what the first thing Jesus Christ did in His ministry. Even before the first miracle. Even before his first miracle he had few disciples with him. He had some disciples. It's interesting how they did see a miracle yet they followed Jesus and it's very interesting that they didn't even see a miracle yet they followed Jesus they saw something in him and they saw something about this man and John the Baptist said go don't be with me you go with him Jesus raised up 12 disciples and Jesus raised up 12 disciples and prepared a very important lesson for us Jesus could have done his ministry alone Jesus could have done his ministry alone there could have been just two people one to cook food and you know one to help him one to cook food and one to help the other but he didn't do that but he chose 12 people he took them with him they slept with him they saw him every day We ate together, we slept together, we saw Him every day. John says to the end of his Gospel, he says this testimony is true. The One whom we have touched and we have handled is whom we are talking about. And that is why John, in the last part of his Gospel, says that this person whom we have seen and touched, this testimony we are giving is the 12 disciples. 12 disciples later on appoint 70 people. Later, he prepares these 70 people. He made them to go by two. He said go and he said go, whatever you have heard me preach, you go and preach. He equips them, he empowers them. No, I am just giving an example. I may be after preaching a sermon. Jesus would go back and explain it to the disciples. And maybe just for example, after preaching, go and look at your faces. So let's tell it again, that's what he did in the parable of the sower, and that's what Jesus did in the parable of the sower, Jesus would have spent many hours being with his disciples and teaching them, and Jesus must have spent many hours being with his disciples, teaching them, and then he sent them to make disciples, and then he sends them out to make disciples, and put on what he had thought them, and to pass on what he had taught them to others, this is the mandate for you and I. Well, this is the only way that has been laid out for us and you, we must do the same thing, we must do the same thing, prepare people, get them ready for the ministry, and prepare them for the ministry 10 years from now, we must have new leaders. We will have new leaders. Great pastors, great pastors, great teachers and great non-teachers, great people in business, in education. Very good people in business and education. Everywhere We Must Have Men and Women of God. And we must have God's people everywhere. We must raise people. But we have to make people stand up. Give opportunities. They have to be given opportunities. Encourage them. encourage them. Correct them. Correct them. Build them up and eventually they will become leaders in what God has called them and eventually they will become leaders in what God has called them a beautiful example and we will close and very beautiful example then we will close Paul was on a second missionary journey and when Paul was on his second ministry journey ah he met with Tibetans he met Timothy was only about probably 17 years old and Timothy was only probably 17 years old. The young man is very young. The Bible Says That the Church Had a Good Report About Him. And but the Bible tells us that he had a good knowledge of that Tamothis about the church. Imagine This and Imagine This The Apostle Paul Apostle Paul Great Man of God. And the great man of God took this 17 year old boy for his second missionary journey. For his second ministry journey, he took a 17-year-old boy and he did not take him as a servant, but he said, "I will get beaten, I will get arrested." Then, after that, you come and massage my leg. Okay, Timothy, I will be beaten, I will be killed. Then, come and serve me everywhere. That's why Paul writes, "My son in Christ, who served with me, is my son, a faithful servant of Christ, and a faithful servant of Christ. And many years have gone by, and many years have passed, Timothy has witnessed everything that Paul has gone through, and Timothy has seen with his own eyes everything that Paul went through. Ministry is not easy now, he knows it, and he knew that ministry is not easy now." Paul is beaten, he is a fellow servant in Christ. Paul put in prison, he has seen Paul coming back from beatings, going to prison, he is Paul preaching powerfully and touching lives, and he has seen Paul preaching powerfully, he is Paul standing before leaders and preaching the Gospels, he has seen Paul standing before leaders and preaching the Gospels, he has seen Paul starting churches, he has seen Paul starting the church, so he has seen both sides of ministry, so he has seen both sides of ministry, now about may be you know may be about 15 years later, and maybe after 15 years, the church and Ephesus already has leaders, and the church which was the church of Ephesus, they already have bishops and deacons and everyone of them, and there were bishops and deacons, all those people, but Paul says that you are the leader of the church, but Paul says that you are the leader of this church, do not disregard your young age and your youth. These are the days of do not despise them you have you have been prepared as a leader and you who have been led and prepared to take the church and Ephesus forward and Timothy took the church of Ephesus forward we are to build each other up and we are to build each other up and lift them up and lift them up that is what Jesus did and that is what ministry is all about and that is what ministry is all about amen when so all of us I pray that we would put all the principles begin to learn it and apply it in our life we ​​pray that all of you who have taken all these principles and rules will go further in applying them. Right? Ok. Let's pray and we close. Let us pray. Lord we thank you for this time. Lord thank you for everything that you are teaching us through your world. Lord help us to follow this. Help us to keep our role model only one and you Lord Jesus. And we ask Lord each one of us who are singing here. Lord we ask your power of the Holy Spirit to guide us and to lead us through out their journey and even in their journey when they go out of this college Lord we ask your power to empower them to preach your word boldly without any fear Lord and we thank you for this time I will give you glory honor you in Jesus name I pray Amen thank you thank you pastor thank you sir