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Hallelujah. Wow. Praise the Lord. Yes. Let me just say a little bit more about the book before I get into the message.
! I'm 75 years old and my authorities are saying it's time to retire. Now, what does retirement mean? Well, I have my own definition for retirement.
It means take the old tire and retread it, retire it, recap it, and blaze new tracts of ministry for God's honor and glory in Jesus' name. Amen?
And that's what the book is all about. We don't have a fund to retire on because we've been career missionaries for more than 30 years in multiple continents.
And we have went to the ends of the earth. It's called Plains, Montana. We're here and we're delighted to be here. So this is a means of supporting our old age retirement fund, the book now.
You'll be encouraged to know Christ and to make him known. And you'll be amazed what God can do with a nobody. Yes, an old order Mennonite.
I know, I know. I'm still in control, okay? Yeah, I can be a little loose, okay?
I won't... I'm glad there's no water setting up here because it has happened more than once that the front row got baptized. And it was a sprinkling, okay?
It's not real, okay? All right. So thank you for your support in light of the book. I'd be happy to autograph it in Jesus' name if you want to, if you like that.
That's not the message. I was up early this morning seeking the Lord. Now we sang that song, Come, Jesus, come. How many of you are agreeing with me that the signs of the end of the age are all around us?
Amen? Amen. Thank you. Open your Bibles to Matthew 24. In Matthew 24, the disciples asked Jesus, What is the sign of the end of the age?
That's in the beginning of the chapter, Matthew 24. And what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the world? Now, I'm not going to speak on prophecy.
Then he goes on, Jesus goes on, and there's many different signs of the end times in Matthew 24. But we're going to let that go, okay?
And come to the end of the chapter, verse 40. Let me drop in at verse 42. What should be our focus, knowing the end is very near, the end of the signs of the times?
It's upon us. Jesus says, Watch therefore, for you know not what hour your Lord doth come.
But know this, that if this good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken. Verse 44.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters in Christ, be ye also ready, for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of Man cometh.
Now, just put that away and remember that. Watchfulness. Then Jesus says, verse 45, Who then is a faithful and wise servant that is watchful?
Are you with me? Yeah, you are. Good. Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom the Lord hath made a ruler? This word ruler means a leader.
One that leads the way. In doing what? Made him a ruler over his household. Kid. A ruler.
Over his household. Now, who is the Lord's household? I got your attention. Who is the Lord's household?
And what is he doing? Let's read on. To give them meat. In due season. Now, who is his household?
I got James' attention. And John's. You're thinking, this is the pastor's responsibility. Are you a watchful person waiting and anxiously anticipating the Lord's second coming?
Sure you are. That's all of us. Amen? That's all of us. Yes. Did I cover this, Justin, at Open Gate?
A little bit. Okay. We're going to go a little deeper. Okay. Who is his household? Let's see if Justin remembers. Put you on the spot.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to. That's the ruler part. That's the leaders. That's who we are. The church.
Every believer. We lead the way. In serving. His household. But who's the household?
Yes, it's the church of Christ. But it's. It's the household of God. But it's more than that. His household. I'm used to doing that in Asia.
Okay. You don't take your shoes in the church. His household is John 3.16. The whole world that he died for.
For God so loved the world. His household. That includes the church and those that are born again and saved. But includes also those all that are outside.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. That whosoever would believe on him. Should not perish.
But be saved and go to heaven. Amen. Now. Now. You're right, Justin. What's the meat? We'll be serving.
Come, Jesus. Come. Maranatha. Even perhaps today. But what will the true servant of Christ be doing?
He'll be serving meat. To the lost and dying world.
That's the point here. That's the faithful and wise servant. Now. What's the meat? Do you remember this one? That's all right. You had a lot of input.
To give them meat in due season. The meat. The Greek word for meat is. Trophy.
Anybody know what this is? The word trophy. Trophy. Meat. Is.
Where we get a. Root word. Trophy. So we're serving. The trophy. Unto a lost and dying world.
Wow. What is the trophy. Of this. Of the word. The Bible. Who is the trophy?
Jesus. Amen. Will be serving. Others. That's what you see. On this picture here. What you see.
There's a man. Someone is serving. Others. Serving meat. Are we really serving God. If we're not serving others. No.
If our life is all about ourselves. Don't say you're serving the Lord. If your life is all about yourself. We manifest and we prove to God. That we're serving him by serving others.
Amen. Too many times we as Christians. We say we're serving the Lord. But we're not really serving others. It's a wake up call. Brothers and sisters.
It's a wake up call. Jesus said the watchful person. Will be serving Christ. The meat.
Unto a lost and dying world. That's what you learned at Open Gate. Am I right? Exactly. Amen. Now I want to help you understand.
That Jesus is the trophy. Of the scripture. He's. God has raised him up. At the name of Jesus.
Every knee. Every. Is going to bow. And every tongue. Is going to confess. That Jesus Christ is. Lord of Lords. And King of Kings. For some.
It's going to be too late. That's why we need to be serving them. So they are. Prepared. And know Christ. Now let's.
Get to the real message. That was only introduction. Open your Bibles. Title of the message. Really is.
That was just introduction. To get your attention. Jesus Christ. In the law and prophets. Let's. Let's begin in Matthew 25.
22. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Matthew 22. Let's. Now normally I would have you stand.
To read this text. But we're a little crowded. And. Really all I want here. Is Jesus said. That.
That. The first commandment. Is in verse. 30. 37.
Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God. With all thy heart. With all thy soul. And with all thy mind. This is priority. Number one. In God's heart. Loving with all your soul.
Your heart. Your mind. All that's within you. Love. Is focused on this. This is agape love. Agape love. Is a pouring out of self.
It's a God like love. In serving others. And that's what the second commandment is. On these. And then he says. The second is like. Unto the first. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments. Hang all the law. And the prophets. 600. Old Testament laws. Approximately.
2,700. Commandments. That God gave through the prophets. All of that. You can boil down. Just two priorities.
Love the Lord your God. With all your heart. Soul. Mind. And strength. And then out of that agape love. Love your neighbor. By serving him.
The meat of the gospel. Jesus. We're not really serving others. Serving God. If we're not serving others. If my life is all about myself.
But the law and the prophets. What are the law and the prophets? Anybody want to take a shot at it? That was a legitimate question. This law and prophets.
We see again and again. The whole law and prophets. Hinge on these. Two commandments. See. Like a suspension bridge. You have two main pillars.
The whole bridge. Hangs on those. Two main priority pillars. Love the Lord your God. With all your heart. Soul. Mind. And strength. And thy neighbor.
As thyself. This is all the law and the prophets. What's the law and the prophets? These young people are looking at me.
You're the preacher. Tell us. Well. Jesus said the same thing. In Matthew 17.
Verses 5. Chapter 5. 17 through 19. Think not that I'm come to destroy the law of the prophets. I'm not come to destroy it. I'm come to fulfill it.
Well. What is the law and prophets? Let's get another scripture. Matthew chapter 7. Verse 12. Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men do to you.
Do ye also to them. For this is the law and prophets. How many of you grew up in a home where your parents, your mother and your father taught you.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. How many? What did you call it in your home? What did your parents call it? The golden rule. It's the law and the prophets.
Okay. Yeah. What's the law and the prophets? Anyhow. We still haven't answered that question. How can we do it if we don't know what it is?
Anyhow. I'm salting your desire. Okay. We'll get to it. Paul speaks about it. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested or has come forth being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
But Paul tell us what are the law and the prophets. Well if he won't I will. Okay. Amen. The law and the prophets dearly beloved.
Is all the Old Testament Hebrew scriptures. Amen. Pastors. It's all the Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi.
They all witness. The meat. Of the Bible. What's the meat now? Yeah.
I'm having trouble with you too. What's the meat? Come on now. Back. Did I? Jesus Christ. Exactly. That's going to be the meat of this message now.
The law and the prophets. It's all about Jesus Christ. Now what I'm going to do. God's righteousness is alone in the person of Jesus Christ.
Religiosity can never produce the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Most of us including myself grew up in very religious settings.
You know what I mean by religiosity? Yeah. Do what the church says. The Ordung and on and on I could go.
I grew up with that too. And I thought that was salvation. But it's not. We must be born again Jesus said. Yes. God's righteousness is in the person of Jesus Christ alone.
In Luke 24. This one I'm going to. This is post Jesus resurrection.
In Luke 24. Verse 44. Jesus said. These disciples. They thought they had their Messiah. Their Savior. But then he died.
And they were confused. He died. He was buried. They didn't get it. They were trying to figure it out.
But then Jesus rose from the dead. We all know the story. I trust of the two disciples. Walking with Jesus. And he made. On the road to Emmaus.
And they didn't know who he was. They were trying to figure this thing out. They didn't get it yet. And he said unto them. In verse 44. These are the words which I speak unto you.
While I was yet with you. That all things must be fulfilled. Which were written in the law of Moses. Law and prophets here.
In the law of Moses. And in the prophets. Verse 44. And in the Psalms concerning me. Then it says. Then open he their understanding.
That they might understand the scriptures. Amen. And that's what I'm going to do. I wished I could have been in that Bible study. Wow. As Jesus went back into Isaiah 53 perhaps.
And it doesn't tell us where he all went. He went into Psalm 22. All these are the law and the prophets. And then he said unto them.
Thus it is written. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. And to raise from the dead the third day. And why did Christ. Suffer.
Suffering love. For you. Yes for you and I. But not just you and I. The whole world. Then look what it says. That repentance. And remission of sin.
Should be preached in his name. In Jesus name. Among all nations. Not only in Plains, Montana.
Not only in Lancaster County. Where I grew up. Pennsylvania. No. Preach. His name. Jesus.
He is the trophy of God's heart. Hallelujah. And ye are witnesses of these things.
Jesus Christ in the law and prophets. Jesus Christ. Let's draw him out. And see him. One more. Forget everything else that I said. Remember this. We need the Old Testament.
Where Jesus Christ is concealed. To fully understand. The New Testament. Where Jesus Christ. Is revealed.
Jesus Christ. Divinity. Inhumanity. God. Got it. We need the Old Testament.
Now what I'm going to do. Is walk you through. In the time that remains. And I'm going to pull Jesus Christ. Out of the law and prophets. Beginning in which book.
Genesis. You got it. You got it. Now. Many times. There's many different glimpses. Of Jesus Christ. I'm going to draw out.
One. So we can get through. The whole message. And so. I'm going to draw out. The trophy. Jesus Christ. In the book of Genesis. Let's start there.
Jesus Christ. In the law and prophets. Point number one. Genesis. Jesus Christ. Is the seed.
Of a woman. Born of a woman. Virgin Mary. That has. Defeated Satan. And we can have victory. In Christ Jesus. Amen.
Hallelujah. Now. What I'm going to do. Is I'm going to go through. All of these. And at the end. You're going to give a testimony. One of these.
Is going to minister. To every one of you. I want to hear from you. You don't have to remember the number. Just remember the point. If you want to remember the number.
I guarantee you. One. Two. Or three. Of those points. Are going to minister. To a need. In your heart. So don't be afraid.
To speak up. After I'm done. Let's go. So. I see. The young people. Are taking notes. You may want to write down. Which one. Ministers to you.
Because. I guarantee you. There's numerous ones. Will. Minister to you. Even though we're all. At different places. Here we go. We got Genesis. Leviticus.
I'm sorry. Exodus. Jesus Christ. Is our Passover lamb. You remember the story. In the Old Testament. How the children of Israel. Were instructed.
To take. The blood. Of a lamb. Take some hyssop. And put it on. The posts. And the lindle. Of the door. And then. Get in behind.
That door. The death angel. Was going to pass over. And only those. That had the blood. Of life. That blood. Is symbolic.
Of the blood. Of Jesus Christ. Saving us. Redeeming us. During COVID. There's a number.
Of my. Close. Ministerial. Associates. Died. Of COVID. My wife and I. Began praying. Lord. Jesus.
The blood. Has been applied. In a rebirth. Experience. We love you. Lord. We believe in you. The blood's applied. We have. Went in behind.
That door. Be our. Passover. Lamb. Savior. Redeemer. Save us. I don't know.
How many times. COVID. Was in our house. Our children got it. Our grandchildren got it. What do you think. Happened to my wife and I. We never had COVID. Hallelujah.
He's our Passover. Lamb. We never had it. To God be the glory. He is our. In a new.
Life. In a new birth. In Christ Jesus. Where the blood is applied. He is our. Passover. Savior. Hallelujah.
The meat. Jesus Christ. Leviticus. Jesus Christ. Is our faithful. High priest. Interceding. On our behalf.
He. He. Has went through. Everything that we go through. As he walked on earth. As a man. And. He. Ministers to us. Or the Bible says.
Suckers to us. Means ministers. He's there for us. Whatever our need may be. He's at the right hand of the father. Interceding for us. Right now. On our behalf. Whatever we're going through.
He's our faithful. High priest. A priest is one who mediates. Between the needs of an individual. And a holy God. Through Christ.
Numbers. Jesus Christ is the cloud by day. And the pillar of fire by night. Symbolic of the Holy Spirit. Leading the children of Israel. He leads us yet today.
This is the will of God. Paul said in Ephesians. This is the will of God. For he be filled with the spirit.
The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen. Whatever you're full of. Will lead you. It'll guide you. In the Old Testament.
It was Christ. Symbolic of the fire and the cloud. Day and night. Point number five. Deuteronomy. Jesus Christ is a prophet like Moses.
That God the Father said. Don't mess around with. Witchcraft. A necromancer. And all that other kind of.
Nonsense. Demonic. Follow the one that's like Moses. Christ. He'll lead you and guide you. And keep you. Joshua.
Joshua. Jesus Christ is the commander of the Lord's army. Seven. Judges. Jesus Christ is our righteous judge and law giver.
He fulfills the law. He fulfills the law. There was three laws. There's a dietary law. There's the moral law.
And there was the Levitical law. The sacrifices. Jesus Christ has fulfilled the dietary law. And also.
The animal sacrifices. He didn't come to destroy the law. He fulfilled it. Amen. On and on I could go. Jesus Christ is our kinsman redeemer.
As was Boaz. He has paid the price to buy us back. Into a union communion relationship with Jesus. With the Father.
Jesus Christ is our kinsman redeemer. As was Boaz. Let's move on. First and second Samuel. Jesus Christ is the seer.
He knows you. And your heart. Better than you know yourself. He knows. All about you. And he wants all of you.
He wants you surrendered and yielded to him. Amen. And that brings us right into. The book of Kings. Jesus Christ is the reigning.
King. Is he reigning and ruling in your life? You see that's what the kingdom of God. And the kingdom of heaven is all about. Who is ruling in your life?
Is it Jesus? I trust so. 11. 11. First and second Chronicles.
Jesus Christ. Is the glorious temple. Where is the temple of God today? Or the temple of the Holy Ghost? Where is it? How many of you recognize that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?
Amen. It's a holy temple. Whatever God occupies. Must be made. In his likeness.
The temple. You see these two pillars had names. The one on the right. Was.
Yakin. It means. God has established. Rulership. There. The one on the left. This one. No, no, no, no.
This one here. Was. Boaz. Name was Boaz. It means.
I'm not leaning on the arm of flesh. I am established by. God's power and God's strength.
Every time that priest went in there. He recognized that. I'm not my own. For you and I. It means I bought with a price.
Therefore glorify God with your body and your spirit. How do you glorify God with your body and your spirit? You're watchful. You're serving. You meet. Christ. Unto others.
Amen. Ezra. Jesus Christ is our faithful scribe. Who prepared his heart. To seek the Lord.
Did you prepare your heart coming here this morning? To seek the Lord? God. What do you have for me today? I trust you did. Number 13.
Nehemiah. Jesus Christ. Is the. Rebuilder. Hallelujah. Of everything that is broken. What is broken in your life?
Maybe your. Church is broken. Maybe some. Broken things happen. Maybe your home is broken.
There's a strained relationship between mom and dad and the children. The youth. Whoa. I speak practical. Don't I? It's broken. Broken down.
Like the wall. The gates are burned. Broken relationship. Maybe there's a broken relationship between you and your neighbor. Or a co-worker.
Broken. Broken relationships. Wow. Jesus Christ is the rebuilder.
Hallelujah. When we bow our hearts in brokenness to one another. In the. Oh maybe your marriage is broken. There's a strained relationship between husband and wife.
I could just go on and on. Put in there where there's brokenness in your life. That you're not comfortable with. Jesus Christ is the faithful rebuilder.
Amen. One another. Broken down walls that the enemy could come in. In Nehemiah's day. Nehemiah had a vision.
God helped him. And it don't take. How many days did it take Nehemiah to build the wall? It don't take 52 days. Okay. It's either 52 or 53.
I'm not sure. Brother Good. How many is it? 52. I think you're right too. Don't take 52 days. It takes a prayer of bowing your heart.
And yielding. And watch what Christ can do. He is the faithful rebuilder. Hallelujah. Everything and anything that is broken. He wants to rebuild it.
Jesus Christ is our advocate. The book of Esther. Jesus Christ is our faithful advocate. That is interceding on our behalf.
As did Mordecai for the people of God. Job. Jesus Christ is our living advocate. Very similar.
Number 16. Psalms. Jesus Christ is our good shepherd. Just a few weeks ago.
I walked with my dear mother. 101 years old. And she loved the 23rd Psalm.
I said, Mama. You don't need to go through the valley of the shadow of a. Death. The Lord will be with you.
Isn't that what it says? He is our good shepherd. He walks with us. Through the valley of the shadow of death. And Mama said, yes, yes.
She called me Ray like John does. See, my dad's name was Raymond too. And so the decipher in our home. Who was calling. Dad was Raymond.
And I was Ray. I said, Mama. The Lord Jesus. Oh, she said, I'm so anxious to see. She knew the Lord. I'm so.
Why must I wait so long? I said, Mama. The Lord Jesus is going to come for you. He'll walk with you and take your hand.
When he comes, take his hand. And she did. And she passed so peacefully and so quietly. That she took hold of her good shepherd's hand.
And he took her home. He is our good shepherd. He will leave the ninety and nine. To seek that one lost sheep.
Amen. Maybe that one lost sheep is you. He's seeking you. He loves you. He died for you. He wants to rescue you and save you.
He'll risk his life. He did risk his life to save you. Surrender to him. Amen. And this is a picture of what Christ likeness looks like.
You will risk your life to seek and save that one lost sheep. His household. Maybe it's you. Yes. Proverbs.
Jesus Christ is our wisdom and our knowledge. And there is no other. Wisdom is God. And God is wisdom. 18.
Ecclesiastes. Jesus Christ is our meaning for all of life. He is our all in all. Jesus told the woman at the well.
The Samaritan woman. Whosoever will drink of this well. Jacob's well. Will thirst again. But whosoever will drink of the living water that I will give him.
Will never thirst. That means that he is our all in all. We have need of nothing else. That woman at the well had come with her water pots.
And when she said. Give me this water that I will never thirst again. And Jesus did.
How do I know? Because she took off. Go back to the city as. Our brother said. And she totally forgot her water pots. She left them behind. She was so filled with.
She had the whole well. Hallelujah. She had all of Jesus. She didn't need those water pots. She was fulfilled and complete in him. All in all.
Is he your all in all? Don't need anything more that the world has to offer. Complete in him. And what did she do, Justin?
She went back. You said it right. You did it so well. You did it better than I can. She didn't have a lot of learning. But she said back to that woman. She went back to those men.
Come see a man. That has told me all things. And they went. Revival broke out in Sychar.
Hallelujah. Song of Solomon. Jesus Christ is the loving bridegroom. Ten virgins. Ten virgins. Ten virgins.
Went out. Waiting. Five were wise. Five were foolish. They had no oil. What's the oil symbolical?
They did not have the spirit of Jesus Christ. They were not watchful. They were not ready. Yes. He's coming soon.
Oil and fire are represented there. Symbolic of the Holy Spirit. I need to move on. Isaiah.
Jesus Christ is our prince of peace. And outside of him, this world can offer no peace. There is no peace. Sorry about that.
Jeremiah. Jesus Christ is the righteous branch. Lamentations.
Jesus Christ is the weeping prophet. He wept like Jesus over his people. Going astray.
Jesus looked over Jerusalem. And he said, he wept. How oft I would have gathered you under my wing. But you would not.
Ezekiel. Jesus Christ is the son of man. He was a man. As he walked on earth.
He was divinity in humanity. And in Christ likeness, we will live like him.
What did Jesus Christ come to do? Yes, our redeemer. But it tells us in Luke 19 that Jesus Christ came to seek and save the lost.
That was his. And it is our calling. Just like it was his. In Christ likeness.
Law and prophets. Daniel. Jesus Christ is the man in the fiery furnace. And even. Ungodly.
King Nebuchadnezzar said. I see. Yeah, I. We put. Cast three men into the fire. Who's the fourth man? He looks like the son of. God.
Even he knew who the fourth man was. Jesus Christ is the faithful, loving. Husband.
That keeps buying us back. Like he did. Drawing us onto himself. He's drawing some of you. Maybe all of you.
Closer onto himself. Right now. He is me. He wants our all. I think. Hosea bought.
Gomor. Back. How many times? She had a wandering. Prostitute. Heart. But he kept buying her back at the marketplace.
He's drawing us onto himself. All of us. Can know him better. And become more and more Christ like.
Amen. That's his heart. That's really what holiness is. I said earlier that he that is. Knows.
Drawing onto him. He's a holy God. And he occupies where his temple is. You know. You come with me to all these countries like Vietnam and Nepal.
And Thailand. India. You try and explain holiness. Holiness. And. You use all these big words that we.
Use. Which is great. But their. Their language is. Not near as explicit. As our language may be. They say. Pastor make it simple.
Make a one liner. How do you make a one liner in what holiness is? It's really easy. It's Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ in you.
It's Christ likeness. That's holiness. They say. Thank you pastor for making it simple. You see. I often come across as a freight liner.
They love one liners. The book of Joel. Jesus Christ is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Come with me to Acts chapter 2. Where the Holy Spirit was poured out upon. The early church. The disciples. They went out of that upper room.
Filled with the Holy Spirit. And they turned their world upside down. For Jesus Christ. In serving others meet. Amen. And when the world's upside down. For Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah. It's right side up. Amen. Can I hear a loud amen. There we go. But he wants to do it in your life. Amen. Amen.
Amos. Jesus Christ is our burden bearer. Cast your care or burden upon him. For he cares for you. What for burden are you carrying this morning?
You have a heavy heart. His shoulders are big. You can't carry that burden. It'll drag you down. Cast it upon Jesus.
He went through it. He understands. Cast it on him. He cares for you. He loves you. Amen.
Take his right hand. Like David did. And cast your care upon him. He cares. He died for you.
He loves you so much. Obadiah. Obadiah. Jesus Christ is our mighty Savior. Hallelujah. And there is salvation in no other name. Amen. And Jonah.
Jesus Christ is our faithful. His evangelist. His spirit living in you. Wants to make you an evangelist. Go and tell others about.
Jesus. The meat of God's heart. The scripture. You try and run from that. Like Jonah. I mean he went down to Joppa.
He went down. He went into a ship. He went down into the bay of the ship. Way down. And then he went down into a deep sleep.
And then the storms came. He was fast asleep. Running from God. The sailors came. Hey. Old Jonah wake up.
Come up here. What's going on? Finally. He ended up being thrown. Overboard.
And he went down into the sea. But there's another down. God had prepared a great big ship. He swallowed him on down.
You try and run from not telling others about Jesus. It ain't going to come out right. I promise you. Down. Down. Down. You see.
I get asked over and over and over again. Pastor Raymond. Where do you get all your energy in your life? Here is what I tell them.
I'm going to stick this in. Proverbs. Chapter 11. Verse 25. Now you listen carefully.
I am a liberal minded Christian. Very liberal. Proverbs 25.
Verse 11. The liberal soul. The liberal soul. Shall be made fat. Whoa.
How is the liberal soul made fat? He that waters. Shall be also watered himself.
Water in the scripture. Is symbolic of the spirit of Jesus Christ. He that serves living water. Jesus Christ unto others.
Gets a return. The liberal soul shall be made large or fat. Full. He that waters shall be watered also.
You give. You give. The meat. And water. Unto others. Jesus Christ. It flows right back into your own soul. With life.
Energy. Grace. Anointing. Power. To God be the glory. Let's all be evangelized.
My whole ministry started. Our whole ministry started at home. In our own community. In our own church. Then we began starting. Going along into prison ministry.
And from there it just. Became fat. And grew. Taking us around the world. So often in ministry now. To God be the glory. Read about it.
That some people say. You're getting dizzy pastor. I'm not getting dizzy. I'm getting fat. The liberal soul. This is a liberality.
That I encourage all of you. To engage in. Shall be made fat. Hallelujah. And that's a spiritual fatness. People used to say.
Pastor you're getting old. I say wait a minute. My mother still lives. She was a hundred years old. A hundred and one. But she passed. How long is it? Now it's only about a couple weeks.
It's six weeks already. Boy time flies. Yes. Yes. And it's flying right now. Some of you are getting hungry. Looking for lunch.
Pastor why don't you just finish. So we can go eat. Well let's get fat. With. Telling others about Jesus. Living water first. Amen. Micah.
Jesus Christ is our everlasting ruler. Born in Bethlehem. Nahum. Jesus Christ is the avenger of God's elect.
Let's keep going. Habakkuk. Jesus Christ is the watchman. Who is our all in all. He's not only our strength.
He is our anointing. He is our life. He is our fatness. He's the all in all. He's everything. We need of nothing else. Sephaniah.
Jesus Christ is the restorer of the rendement. And I trust I'm speaking to a rendement in Christ. 34.
Haggai. Jesus Christ is our cleansing fountain. Number 35. Zachariah. Jesus Christ is the one who.
Was pierced for us. He's our suffering savior. Are you. I'm thinking of Isaiah. 53.
53. Or is it 52. Yes he's the one that was pierced for us. But he's also our suffering savior. He's. Are you grieving.
He's acquainted with grief. He was a man of sorrows. He was despised and rejected.
Some of you may be facing. Hurts. A man of grief. A man of grief. The widows. Young widows. At our church.
We have many. I encourage them. When your heart becomes overwhelmed with sorrow. And grief. At the loss of your husband.
Or any loss. Could be another family member. Any loss. Be a brother or sister. By faith. By faith. Walk up to the Lord Jesus Christ.
On the cross. Hang in there. He is a man. Acquainted with you. You can't bear that grief. He's our burden bearer. Carry. Take that grief. And walk up to Jesus.
By faith. Put it in his side. Where the spear went in. And let it there. He's acquainted with you.
He's a man of songs. He understands. He was despised and rejected. Hurt. Malachi.
Last book of the Old Testament. Of the law and prophets. Jesus Christ is the son of righteousness. And he has healing in his wings.
He is the master. He'll heal you spiritually. As you yield to him. But he also has physical healing. As he wills.
In his wings. Jesus said in John 8.31. This said Jesus to those Jews. Which believed on him.
If you continue in my word. Then are ye my disciples indeed. I hope I stirred a desire.
In your heart and spirit. To know the Bible. To know the scriptures. His word. From Genesis to Revelation. I preached this first time ever.
In India. And the whole congregation said. Why did you stop? Why didn't you do the same thing. Through Matthew. To Revelations. And it stirred and inspired me.
But that's a whole nother message. And I don't have time for that. That's. I don't have time. And you don't. That's a whole nother.
I went home. And I prepared a message. The same thing. Drawing out. In just a simple. One line. Testimony.
From Matthew. To Revelation. Thank you. Thank you. Let's pray. Father we thank you.
For our blessed. Lord Jesus Christ. Our redeemer. Our savior. Our God. Thank you that in him.
We can be complete. In need of nothing more. Living water. That bursts forth. Like a fountain. It just.
It's like an artesian well. It just. It just. Flows out of us. And serving meat. Unto it. Not something we have to push. Or drum up. We're so filled.
It just. Bursts forth. Telling others about Jesus. Thank you for Jesus Christ. We love you Lord. And it's our heart to be faithful. And serve you.
By serving others. As did Jesus. In Jesus name. I pray. With thankful hearts. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Who will be first?
Which one ministered to you? Yes brother. Back here. He's our faithful high priest.
Amen. He's our go between. Amen. We have a need. He goes between. To minister grace. And goodness. And love. From the father to us.
Thank you brother. Very good. Who's next? He rebuilds. Amen. You don't have to tell me.
What needs rebuilding you. That's between you. Amen. Isn't that beautiful? Just doesn't matter. He is able. He is able. And he so wants to help himself to us.
To rebuild. Whatever. Maybe it's walls in relationships. Who knows? Yes. You know. Thank you brother. Who's next? Passover lamb.
Amen. Thank you. Isn't that something? He's our protector. He's our redeemer. He purchased us. We are his purchase prize possession.
He will take care of us. We need to call upon him. Amen. Have anything more you want to say? Very good. Thank you brother. Good. What was the first name?
Dan Good. Yes. Who's next? Who's the rebuilder and the meaning for all of life? Amen. Amen. Thank you brother. Yeah he is the purpose and meaning for all of life.
That's what meat. I mean when you. You know we go. Come with us to Vietnam. There they eat. I say. How many can speak Dutch? I want to. Okay.
In Vietnam they only eat hossa fuda. You know what hossa fuda is? Rabbit food. Rabbit food. That's very good. A lot of lettuce and greens.
And I say. Where's the meat? What's the meat this morning? Jesus. Amen. He's the meat.
Now back in Lancaster they would say the meat and potatoes. Thank you. Very good. Who's next? The burden bear.
Yes. Amen. Yeah. Beautiful. He. He says. Cast. Your care. Upon me. For I care for you. Psalm 46 says. He's a very present help.
In the time of trouble. He's our burden bear. Yeah. Cast your care upon him. He cares for you. Yes. James.
I thought you're starting to say something. You have so much to say. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. These are all in all. These are all in all. Amen. How about these young folks over here?
Come on. We heard from the boys up here. I'm so angry. I always know that I was talking about Jesus as far as what he would do for us.
And it was just a new thought that that's what we're supposed to do for everybody else as well. Amen. We're supposed to be. Amen. Amen. I love the little phrase on Psalm 23rd.
The little girl was memorizing and it says. And she couldn't quite get the first verse together. The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want. And she said. And this is the whole message right here. The Lord is my shepherd. He's all I want. Very good. Psalms.
Yes. Anyone else? Yes, brother. Did you say your name is Steve? Timothy.
Oh, I'm sorry. Timothy. Go ahead. It will lead you. It will lead you. It controls you. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
Make sure that we're full of God. Yes. Full of Jesus. Yes. Amen. Amen. That is a real key. Be filled with the spirit of Jesus Christ.
He'll guide you. He'll lead you. Very good. A cloud by day and a fire by night. Yes.
Yeah. Mm-hmm. Oh, I'm sorry, brother. No. He is the rebuilder of that which is broken down.
Amen. That is very good. I have preached this more than once in India. That is the one that touches a lot of people because we live in a broken, fallen world, don't we?
Things are broken. It's not just in the political system that things are broken. Things are broken in the church. Yes. Yes.
Amen. He can handle our burdens. Yes. We can't. They drag us down. Well, thank you.
Do I turn it back to you? James? Thank you. God bless you. Let's keep on keeping on and let's be sure and watchfulness. We're serving meat.
Jesus. Amen. Thank you.