Too Commanded To Be Casual | Pr. Mosimanegape Super Moesi

Good morning, blessed of my father. I hope this thing is working. All right. Thank you so much. It's such a joy and a blessing to be back to Nairobi Central. You look blessed and highly favored. Do you believe it? We are too blessed to be what? And I would like to say this morning we are not only too blessed to be stressed, we are also too commanded to be confused or to be casual. So that's if I were to give you a title for this short talk, that's what I would do. That we are too commanded to be casual. And we find this command actually in Matthew chapter 28 from verse 18. I believe they will project it up there. That's what they I'm used to. Um that they can project that text. Uh Matthew 28 and verse 18. I'll start reading from my Bible here. It says, "And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and where else?" And on earth. So in other words, as we read this text, we are being commanded by the one who has all authority over everything. And then what is the command? Verse 19, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the name of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Verse 20, "Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even up to the what?" To the end of the age. And if I were to think of a twin text to this one, I will go to Matthew 24 and verse 14. "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached to what?" To all the world as a what? As a witness, then the end will come. So, when the gospel has saturated the world, that's when we won't be singing of maybe going to heaven someday. We know then when people know the gospel and have made an intelligent decision either for or against Christ, then we know Christ is coming. Praise God. And that's why now I say this is a command. Right now our theme is obey and live or what? Disobey and perish. So, my my interest for coming here is not to talk about perishing. I'm here to talk about obedience. And when we obey, we are always blessed and we enjoy the presence of the Lord. So, in this being too commanded to be what? To be casual. What do we mean by casual? You know, a casual person is irregular and unconcerned. So, you cannot be in church and be casual, being irregular and unconcerned. So, when you talk about carrying out the command, we must know that this is a permanent command that God has given us as long as we are on this earth. So, I cannot say today I will go carry out the command and tomorrow I will relax. So, when I am not speaking, the command should be speaking through my life as the character of Jesus is reflected in my life. Three hours that I want to leave with you. Number one, in the publishing ministries department, and allow me to to say this elder. Allow me to say this that I appreciate what you are doing as a church. Giving each and every department an equal what? Chance and opportunity to do what they are supposed to do to harness people into the kingdom of God. And even to give an opportunity to the publishing ministries department, including the literature evangelist because the publishing ministries department was there even before the church was organized. Now what is the first R that I want to talk about? In the publishing ministries department, we promote reading. So the first R is what? Read. Now if you were to take read as an acronym, this is what I will say. It's actually real elevation above despondency. Does that make sense? So R stands for real and then A is the E stands for what? Elevation. So when you are at an elevated place, you can actually see your enemy and you are able to plan how you defeat the enemy. Are we there together? So one of the ways that we can defeat the enemy is when we are elevated by reading the word of God. And reading the books that speak about the word of God. And then it's above all despondency. What does the word despondency mean? It actually means a state of of sadness and complete loss of hope. Now when you look around the world today, there are a lot of people who are hopeless. And even this hopelessness also has come even into the church. Now how do we deal with it as God's people? We must make time make sure that we take time to study the word and take the books that have been promoted here on character building of our children, on how we can build our marriages, how we can build our spirituality, and how we can build our health. You know some of us we we we grow up like including myself, we grow up with a low self-esteem. You know I was born here in Botswana, who am I? There's nothing that I can do. But when you read books like book like The Desire of Ages, this is what it says in page 668. It says in page 668, Desire of Ages, this is what it says. God is disappointed when his children put a low estimate upon themselves. And that's Ellen White. When you hear that God is disappointed about that, what do you do then? You come to him and say, "God, give me my real value, and then I can go and share the gospel with others." So, what is the first R? Read. Are you reading? And you know, when we read, we build the inner part of ourselves, and we are rich inside. And when you are rich inside, you can handle any situation in life. Now, here's the challenge. The reason why in most cases in our church, even today, we see things that we never saw, where people are concentrated of the what happens on the outside more than inside, is because it's empty inside, and therefore we have to find things that we can hang around to appear better, that we can wear to appear better, because we don't understand our value, and we have not what? Fed the mind in order to feed the body. So, reading is quite crucial. And that's why we have the publishing department to give you all these things, so that you spend money on that which is bread, that feeds the mind, that then controls everything. Number two, reach out. So, when you have fed the mind, you have something to share. You cannot share a banana that you don't have. So, the mind must be what? Built. You know, most of us, as I look at you, you have a When you build a house, you think of a kitchen, right? You have a kitchen. Ellen, I can see you ate this morning. So, which means you have a kitchen. You have a bedroom where you sleep, right? And we have a um a wardrobe where you hang your clothes, isn't it? These are all the things that we do outside. But, allow me to say also, it's important that we also have we spend more I'm not sure how much money you spend from the neck down, and how much you spend from the neck up. And which is more important? Is it from here to here or from here down there? Which Which one controls the other? It's from here up, and how much have you spent from here to here? And how much are you spending from here to there? Sometimes we even spend on the nails only, and you don't even have a single book for a child or to give to someone. And this is what controls everything. One thing that God has given us, brothers and sisters, that we are all equally blessed, and you have a responsibility to develop is the mind. We may not be similarly blessed, but we are equally blessed with the mind. But, what do you do with it? Read. Real elevation above despondency. We can handle life when we do that. We'll not be gloomy Christians. We'll not be sad Christians. We'll not be hating others because reading will set us free. And when the sun sets you free, you are free indeed. Second R, reach out. In the publishing department, we have a three objective if if not four. Maybe I'll cover just three in the interest of time. The The first one is is is concerning the local church, as to how we can reach out to others. We need to reach out to publishing department in order to reach out to others. Are we there together? So, the first one is uh promotion of the missionary or sharing of the missionary book of the year. In our church every year, we have what we call Impact Day. And I think it's the second Sabbath or the second Sabbath of every month of April, if I'm not mistaken. I think you see it in the calendar. Impact Day. What does that mean? This means that now that we have read ourselves and we are rejoicing in Jesus Christ, we want to reach out and share the joy with others. What we have done in the department is that every year we want this book to be less than $1. So, in other words, we encourage you as a church that April is coming next year. So, when do we prepare the ground? In April or now? So, right now we need to put our orders in place for the book that we are going to share next year. Let me share with you what I do. When I stayed here in Kenya for the past 5 years, I always carried Steps to Christ with me. All the time to reach out. Why? Because the book has touched my life also. So, I want to touch somebody else's life. And I remember I was putting fuel in the great city of Rongai where I used to stay. And I went to this filling station, I put fuel, and I saw this guy had a name. His name was David. And I said to him, "Oh, king of Israel." He said, "My name is David." I said, "Yes, you are the king of Israel." He said, "Well, I'm Muslim." I said, "It doesn't matter, but David is the king of Israel." And I said, "I have a book that I want to share with you." He says, "Let me look at it." So, I showed him the book. It was Steps to Christ. He says, "Okay, I think I'll read it because you called me a king." And then he went, took the book, went home. I don't know whether he read. Six months passed. When I went back again after 6 months, I got to this place and I was putting fuel and I saw the name again. And I said, "Oh, King David." He says, "Oh, it's you again. I've been looking for you." I said, "Why?" He says, "You know, about 3 months ago, my Muslim friend came to my house. He found the book that you gave me, and he read the book throughout the night. In the morning, he had finished the book, and he told me that he cannot leave the book. He's taking it away." And I told him, "The person who gave me the book, I don't even have his contacts. I never I made a mistake. I had not put my my my phone number. Normally, that's what I do. I had not put my But, thank God. As God would have it, you know, I got there, and he tells me, "Don't you have any other book for me?" Because he told me that at least you live in Rongai. Peradventure, he may come again. And thank God, the Holy Spirit sent me. Let me say this to us. Then when I I And fortunately, I checked, and I had two books. And he said, "You have two. This one is mine. My daughter is seated there. Can you give her a book also?" Allow me to say to us, dear Adventists, when we rejoice in the Lord, we will always have opportunities. It's better to have an opportunity and be prepared for it, and or than to have an opportunity and you you are not prepared for it. So, prepare yourself all the time, and carry the books with you. Another thing that I would like to share with you, elder. You know, right now in Kenya, do you Are you at war as a country? Do you Have you stocked Have you stocked guns and artillery in Kenya? Do your Does your army have guns that, in case of war, they can respond? But, how come as a church we don't stockpile Bibles? So that when we baptize people, we give them what? The AK? Not AK-48, but AK-66, if you please. So that they can fight the wars, right? So, we want you, as a Nairobi Central Church, to get missionary books of the year and stockpile and the Bible and stockpile so that wherever you are, your your your your car, your office turn into a place of witnessing. And then we will saturate the world and fulfill the what? The command. That many may come into the kingdom of God. That is number one. Number two, we also are in need of full-time literature evangelists. Those who are saying, "I will wake up in the morning and go and take books out to people." As you see me standing here, I'm an electrician by profession. But in in 1995, God called me and said, "I want you to leave what you are doing connecting this power that experiences outage. I want you to connect to the power of the Holy Spirit and connect others." And I quit my job and became a literature evangelist. And from that time, some people think that when you become a literature evangelist, you become poor. If that is poverty, I like it because I'm standing here because of that poverty. My first car, I bought it from literature ministry. And if you are here, you are a young person, I was only 17 and you think you don't know what you can do with your life, throw your hands into I mean your your life into literature ministry. I know a lot of people. Some have been managers, some have been teachers, even doctors around the world. Since I have the privilege of going around the world, in Brazil we have a lot of doctors who have closed and now they are taking health books to people to help them so that they can know who Jesus Christ is. And finally, the last R. Oh, I still have 4 minutes. Student literature evangelists. Young people, you must when you close schools, go out as students literature evangelist, whether it's 2 months or 3 months that you are going out. I mean, that you are closed. Please, take time and go and share the gospel through literature. I remember when I started as a student, um I think I started when I was in my form two. From that time until now, my parents never bought clothes for me. I buy clothes for myself. And it's important that all young people may remember that the God who blesses you, I think that is warning me that I'm left with 3 minutes. Thank you. The Lord who blesses you when you work for someone, you can actually get those blessings directly from God. I'll rather have a brand new car than import a car from Japan. And you can do that when you connect directly with God. And what is the final R? The final R is rejoicing. When you read, you reach out, and you do what God wants you to do, you're obedient, you will rejoice all the way. Remember what the Apostle Paul says in Philippians chapter 4 verse 4. What does he say? Rejoice in the Lord sometimes? Always. So, you have to be commanded to be what? And so, you have to be too commanded to be casual, so that you are regular and God does great things through your life. Let me close with this testimony also. Um back where I'm coming from in Botswana, there was a pastor who was a very powerful preacher. I admired that young man, and I loved him so much. And this is how the mother was converted, just to show you the power of literature. To share with you the power of literature. This young man, the mother was traveling, I mean, walking in the village. I think she had come from fetching water. It's unfortunate for these children who don't know that you can go and fetch water. It's all in the house. And she had come from fetching water, and as she was coming from fetching water, she looked on the ground and there was a paper that was caught on a thorny tree. And she felt impressed to go and pick that paper. So, as she went through the pain of, you know, taking that paper off and reading the paper, guess what the paper was coming from? That was a torn paper of Exodus chapter 20 from the Bible. And one thing that caught her attention was that keep the Sabbath day holy. And then she didn't know any church that was keeping the Sabbath until somebody told her that, "Actually, this paper is it's a torn page from the Bible. Therefore, there is a man who has a Bible." And she went to that man and that man happened to be an Adventist. And she took her to church. As I'm talking to you, the entire family, even grandchildren, are singing in big choirs. And that young man was a pastor, of course, he passed away. Was a pastor and the entire family and generation and lineage are in the Adventist church because of one torn paper. What if you were to we were to share a book every day? While you are sleeping, the book is speaking. While you are pushing a trolley at Shoprite, is it Shoprite or it's um what is Carrefour? Shoprite used to be. The the book will be preaching. While you are seated in church, a book will be preaching. And you'll be shocked when you get to heaven that somebody says, "I rejoice with you today because if it were not for you, I wouldn't be here." Brothers and sisters, we are too commanded to be casual. We are too blessed to be stressed that we can stay with the blessings. Let's go and share the blessings. Remember, he said to Abraham, "I'll bless you so that you may be a blessing." Let us pray. Father in heaven, thank you for the publishing ministry and for your people that are blessed who are here this morning. May we make use of this opportunity to rejoice with you on this earth and even in heaven. Blessed be your name in Jesus' name. Amen.