Declare His Glory Among the Nations - Locally and Globally

[0:00] As Pastor Mike greeted again, Happy New Year, may God bless you this year. Sunday morning, Mother came to son's room and said, Son, get up, time to go to church.

[0:13] And he said, Mother, I'm not going to the church, I don't like the people there, they are very mean to me. After one hour, Mother came back to the room, Mother saw he was snoring.

[0:24] Mother said, Son, get up, today is Sunday, you must go to the church. And he said to the mother, Mother, I'm not going, I told you, I'm not going, I don't like the people there.

[0:37] But Mother said, I have three reasons you must go to church. Number one, I'm your mother, respect, obey your mother. Number two reason, sir, do you know the number two reason?

[0:48] And Mother said, you are a 45-year-old man. Third, you are the senior pastor of the church.

[1:02] I am so glad that you are here the first Sunday of 2024. Thank you, church. Thank you, people. Waking up early, praying, coming to the house of God with a great expectation.

[1:15] That's old America. But today, we are very cold and complacent. But I'm excited. I'm excited everywhere when people gather in the house of God.

[1:27] Christ the King. Church, this great church. Thank you, Mike, for your humility, your love, and love for the people of India and loving me, adopting RIMI in your missions program.

[1:45] We are grateful. 1.4 billion people in India. 80% Hindu, USA, and 15% Islam. Then you have 5%.

[1:56] You have everything. Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Christianity. As you know, those who went to India, Christianity mainly in the southern part. I come from the southern part of India. That's why I have a southern accent like some of y'all.

[2:08] And so please bear with me. And then as you go to the north, less than one percentage. That is the focus of the ministry.

[2:20] Along with me, Pastor Kiran came. And please make sure you meet him. He's my spiritual son. He's one of our graduates from the seminary. I like him today. Almost 25,000 young men and women.

[2:33] God allowed us to train and scatter all over the country and many parts of the world. And Kiran speaks many languages. I asked Kiran to come and help me at the office because he speaks.

[2:44] So any information you need, he will call the Indian office or Indian missionary by phone. And collect the information very quickly. Within 10 minutes, the report is ready. So he's a great help.

[2:55] He has a wife, Nancy, and two children. My wife couldn't come. Her uncle passed away in New York. My wife grew up in Queens. So, and she's on the way. And she and her mother.

[3:06] And I came last night around 1 o'clock. And because I want to be here. I'm also leaving tomorrow for India. Please pray. I have some urgent office matters with some government issues.

[3:18] I want you to keep me in your prayer. And God's favor upon me. Working in India is not easy. A lot of persecutions. We are attacked. Every day missionaries are attacked. Last week, police came to many of our centers.

[3:31] So we are attacked at many places because of the present situation in India. But thank you. And my good friend, Dr. Eric here. And thank you for his family.

[3:43] And once again, thank you for the opportunity. I don't have much time. India, we preach one hour. But pastor only gave me 35 minutes. But, so, generally ask people to stand and read every verse but no time.

[4:00] Open your Bible, please, everybody. I'm a Bible teacher. Everybody, if you do, please open your Bible. I want to see people open Bible, either phone or whatever. And if you don't have a Bible with you, like Erwin Lutzer says, you need to pray a prayer of repentance now.

[4:15] And so, okay, I'm going to read a few verses. I have three points from this Psalm 96. Mary is going to really help me. And the kid, give me a warning, okay?

[4:26] When my time is over, I have 30 minutes. Psalm 96. I'm going to look at a few verses. Then I pray, ask God's blessing. Verse 3. The Almighty God is asking us, Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.

[4:47] In our language, all jadis, every person in the world. Then verse 9. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness.

[5:02] Tremble before Him all the earth. And verse 11. Let the heavens rejoice. Let the earth be glad.

[5:14] Let the sea resound. And all that is in it. That is the passion of our God. Let the earth rejoice.

[5:27] Let the sea resound. And all that is in it. And finally, verse 13. Let all creation rejoice before the Lord. For He comes.

[5:39] He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness. And the peoples in His faithfulness. Almighty God, we thank you for your presence.

[5:51] You are here in our midst. You are our friend. You are living God. Today, speak to us through your word. As we listen to your word, may we take into our hearts.

[6:03] Examine our lives. Because of our short life in this world, Lord, people around us, our family members, our children, grandchildren, neighbors, be blessed through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

[6:17] In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray today.

[6:47] We pray to God, Lord, we pray to God. He is worthy. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. By the way, I don't have time to talk about my own testimony, darkness, how God saved me from darkness to light, the intense persecution I went through, how God brought my eight siblings to the faith, their salvation today.

[7:10] Most of them are in the ministry. How did I come to America? Went to Trinity, then going back to India. All that story is available. I have a few books downstairs. And I sell these books to buy, study Bibles for our seminary students.

[7:23] Many of them cannot afford. I saw and I teach, they have Gideon Bible, small Bible. I said, students, I cannot even, I cannot teach you. If you don't have any subheadings, how do I teach? So, and I buy Bibles.

[7:35] So, this is any gift to $20. Even if you don't have money, please take it. And then you can send it to us later on. But $20, a gift to help to buy a study Bible.

[7:46] Make sure. Try to get a book before you leave it today. Declare his glory among the nation.

[7:57] Declare his glory locally and globally. That is the title of the sermon. One of my favorite speakers, teachers in the world, Johnson, wrote a lot on missions.

[8:11] Mission arises. Mary, you can move on. I don't know whether you have the slide. Mission arises from the heart of God himself. Listen everybody carefully. Mission arises from the heart of God himself.

[8:24] And is communicated from his heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.

[8:34] Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God. He summarized mission so beautifully. Then he continues to write.

[8:49] Listen, it is not on the screen. Our mandate for world evangelization is the whole Bible. It is to be found in the creation of God.

[9:00] When he says creation of God, he writes, because of which all human beings are responsible to him. Second, it is found in the character of God.

[9:11] As outgoing, loving, compassionate, not willing that any should perish, desiring that all should come to repentance. Third, in the promises of God.

[9:25] That all nations will be blessed through Abraham's seed and will become the Messiah's inheritance. And fourth, in the Christ of God.

[9:39] Now exalted with universal authority to receive universal acclaim. Next, in the Spirit of God. Who convicts of sin, witness to Christ.

[9:53] And impels the church to evangelize. And finally, in the church of God. Which is a multinational missionary community.

[10:04] And under orders to evangelize until Christ returns. John Stott wrote very beautifully. So what does glory mean?

[10:18] We talked about. Declare his glory among the nations. The Hebrew word kabod has meant importance or weight or difference or heaviness.

[10:33] But primarily it means glory, respect, honor and majesty. In other words, there is no God, no philosophy, no guru in the world.

[10:44] Weight like the weight of our God. The God of the Bible. Jehovah, Jesus Christ. And declare his greatness, his majesty to every person in the world.

[10:57] That is the command. Declare his glory. Three points. When we look at this 13 verses, you get three main ideas. Number one, we are called to declare his greatness, his glory.

[11:11] And third, the psalmist demands us we should worship him in holiness. Worship him with our whole adoration to this great God.

[11:25] And finally, when I look at, he's calling all people to come and rejoice in him. You have an abundant life in Christ. Three things. I want to share that very quickly.

[11:38] This is a psalm attributed to King David. Likely written around 1000 BC. The psalm emphasizes the celebration of God's greatness.

[11:51] Worship of him among the nations. And calling all people to acknowledge and praise him. He is coming to judge the earth in righteousness. The quick summary of it.

[12:03] Let's look at the first point. We are called to proclaim his majesty, his greatness. And I don't have an expository time to do this.

[12:16] But at least the highlight. Number one, why we need to declare? Because God is so passionate of his name. And we read in Malachi 1.11.

[12:29] I love that passage. Malachi chapter 1.11. My name will be great among the nations. From where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and fewer offerings will be brought to me.

[12:43] Because my name will be great among the nations. Says the Lord Almighty. We read, sing to the Lord a new song. He is worthy for this new song.

[12:56] Sing to the Lord all earth. Sing to the Lord. Praise his name. Proclaim his salvation. The redemptive work of God day after day.

[13:09] Verse 3. Declare. Look at your Bible. Declare his glory among the nations. Jadis, ethnos. His marvelous deeds. Great deeds. Among all peoples.

[13:20] So God is so passionate of his name. The next term. Why we should declare his great name? Because great is the Lord.

[13:33] Great is the Lord. You cannot compare this God with any other God. Verse 4. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. The Lamb of God.

[13:46] The Lion of Judah. He is only worthy for all of us to bow down and offer our lives to him. He is worthy.

[14:00] The Colossians writes, in the book of Colossians, Paul writes, The Son is the image of the invisible God. The firstborn of all creation. For in him all things were created.

[14:14] Things in heaven and on earth. Visible and invisible. Whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities. All things have been created through him and for him.

[14:26] He is before all things. And in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead.

[14:37] So that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him. And through him to reconcile to himself all things.

[14:50] Whether things on earth or things in heaven. By making peace through his blood shed on the cross. Because ladies and gentlemen, there is nobody like my Jesus.

[15:00] Who paid the price. Who died for me. Died in my place. There is no one like him. He is worthy of our praise. He is to be feared above all gods.

[15:12] Amen. See, the grace of God is sufficient to save all people. The grace of God. Look at this. I don't have time to explain any of these things.

[15:23] But in Adam people are lost. Death, sin, law, condemnation, flesh, slavery, bondage. Those who are in Adam. But Jesus Christ.

[15:35] Look at what he did. He gave life. Justification, spirit, sonship, freedom, my friend. I was a young man without hope. I was contemplating suicide. My father was very violent alcoholic.

[15:49] I am the first of eight children. My mother suffered a lot. Because that's alcoholism. My mother became a mental patient. She attempted suicide.

[16:01] She was demon possessed. My sister Lizzie. Second child in the family. Every Friday she comes from the school. Around five o'clock, six o'clock. She falls on the floor. And Satan comes in.

[16:14] Takes over her body. And she has. You know my sister. Her face. Expression changes. Teeth all very tight. And she has all kind of crazy demands.

[16:27] If we don't do this. I will take one of the children from this home. All these crazy things. We suffered a lot. So many years. Satan attacked us. The deception of the.

[16:40] Of this evil. The evil schemes. But Jesus Christ. Changed my life. Changed our family. Two evangelists. Came to my room.

[16:50] When I was studying for my bachelor in business. They never passed high school. But God called them. They went to seminary. Finished their three year certificate in Bible.

[17:01] They came to my village. And I was a lost man. No hope. But they came and shared the love of God. Every day they read John 3 16. There is something.

[17:12] Marvelous in it. Saji God loves you. I never heard about it. Nobody told me. Even my own home. My dad has ever. Never said that I love you son. That's not our culture. Dad does everything to.

[17:23] Take care of us. To love us. But never said. I love you. And here this missionary. Poor missionary say. Saji God loves you. He died for you. Give your life to him.

[17:34] But I was angry. I was arrogant. I did not know the truth. There I was arrogant like my dad. I said get out from here. But they would come every day. Every evening. They would read John 3 16.

[17:45] Saji God loves you. And I. On the sixth day. I was drawn to Christ. No more argument with them. I knelt down with the tears. I received Jesus Christ into my life.

[17:57] First time. A burden. A heaviness is taken away. Until that time. I didn't want to live. Life was hard. There was no joy. But when I prayed. Jesus come into my life.

[18:09] Our God is not a dead God. My friend. He's a living God. The one who is rose. He's living. He's the one. That I prayed to.

[18:21] And I said. Jesus come into my life. I'm a sinner. Forgive my sin. And I. When I prayed that sincerely. My friend. God took away my sins. Because Bible claims.

[18:31] Bible says. Those who are tired of life. Those who are heavy laden. Come to me. I will give you rest for your souls. Which guru. Who told.

[18:42] In this world. Come to me. I will give you peace. No. Only Jesus. Promised that. Today my beloved. I don't know what is your condition. I'm so glad you are here.

[18:53] The first day. Of the. 20. 24. First Sunday. But listen. What Jesus said. He will do it. He's not a liar. What he promised. He will do it.

[19:03] Every day he's doing. For thousands. And thousands. Of people. All over the world. He did it to me. My family found peace. Today. We are missionaries.

[19:15] Serving different parts of the world. Those who looked at his face. Are radiant. Not. Never covered with shame. Look at Jesus face. Look at Jesus face.

[19:27] I wonder. I wonder why people do not follow this great God. Why people live in this kind of hopeless situation. I don't know. Try Jesus my friend.

[19:39] Come to him. You will find a peace. All your problems will not be solved immediately. He will take care of it. But come. Try. Try. Jesus.

[19:52] The grace of God. Is sufficient to save all people. Why we need to declare his majesty. Because the nation need to hear. Almost three billion people in this world.

[20:04] Unreached. 1040 windows. Joshua Project is still talking about almost three billion people. Unreached. No time to talk about why we need to talk about the glory of this great God, Jesus Christ, the soon coming King.

[20:23] Deception of the false gods. Look at verse 5. For all the gods of the nations are idols. You know how many gods in India? Pastor Mike, how many gods?

[20:36] They say 330 million gods and goddesses. How many? 330. I don't know how they, how did they count all this? 330 million gods and goddesses in India.

[20:52] For them it's a pantheism. Hinduism is pantheistic religion. They can look at everything. They can see God in it. So they can worship temple. I'm sorry, mountain. They can worship monkey.

[21:02] They can worship snake. Everything is God for them. But these are false gods. I don't know why we are receiving false gods in America. The largest temple Hindus built in New Jersey.

[21:15] 83 acres. The largest. They brought water from every part of the world. And Americans are going there. Americans are. Islam is growing.

[21:25] Buddhism is growing. And you will see Buddhist temples, Hindu temples, and mosques all over in our communities. We'll see. They are very passionate. What is happening in England, Europe.

[21:36] It will happen here. If you are silent. If you are, if you are, if you are, if you continue to have apathy. If you have no excitement in the Lord. They will buy our old church buildings.

[21:49] They will turn into mosques. That's what happened. Where I live in Lindenhurst. That beautiful assemblies of God. In the hands of Muslims. And they slowly came as a community.

[21:59] Then they changed the name very slowly. Very, very close to us. But we must be excited for Jesus Christ. Are you with me? Are you with me?

[22:11] Number one, we must declare His glory. The greatness of our God. Number two, that's why we, this church exists. That's why you gather.

[22:23] This is not for Sunday morning. Just for enjoyment. Sunday Christianity. No. We must be men and women so passionate, excited for Jesus.

[22:35] We must reflect through our lives. The second, we are called to worship Him in holiness. And look at some of these verses. So powerful. Verse 7 onwards.

[22:46] Ascribe. Look at that word. Ascribe to the Lord. All you families of nations. Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Verse 8.

[22:57] Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. The greatness, the majesty, the power due His name. And verse 9.

[23:08] Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness. So much that tremble before Him all the earth. Thank you, God's people coming to worship the Lord.

[23:19] You know, I believe at least three things must happen in every Sunday service. Number one, sing great songs. Pastor Zach, thank you for songs you have selected.

[23:29] Thank you for that. Can we put our hands and thank the worship team for them to sing three songs. A lot of preparation.

[23:40] Look at here. Six, seven people stood. And a lot of preparation. Thank you for doing it. We are here to worship the Lord through our songs. Second, preaching of the word.

[23:51] In the preaching, we must exalt to the name of Jesus. There must be excitement. Many of American churches in Ionan today, very boring preaching. And people sleep.

[24:04] And they don't want to come back. We must be excited. When we go over the sports, we are excited. Why don't we have excitement and enthusiasm in the Lord, in the presence of God? We came to worship the living God.

[24:16] He is here. I'm not saying you have to shout like me. But the Indians, we shout because, you know, because we don't have mics.

[24:27] You know, when we go to the villages, we don't have any mic or anything. We talk to 200 people. So we are used to that. Isn't it? Isn't it? He will shout much better than me.

[24:39] And so there must be excitement. Exalt to the name of Jesus. He is worthy to be praised.

[24:50] Worship him in holiness. When I say holiness, we must live. We must have a holy life. I'm not talking about Sunday morning. Hands, but make sure we have a holy life.

[25:02] That's a problem. And we are not really matching with our lifestyle. God is holy. We have to be holy. The Bible says, without holiness, we cannot please God.

[25:14] Since he is holy, we must be holy. That's a demand. That's a call to all of us. It's not easy, but we can. Only one life, my friends. Only one life.

[25:25] Only a short life to live in this world. That life, we cannot waste it. We must be intentional. We must be passionate. And that will, God will reward you.

[25:37] God will bless you generation to generation. Yesterday, I was at this funeral service. 95 years old, Mone's uncle. He was a humble man back in India. God gave seven boys.

[25:49] Seven boys. They all married great ladies. God provided. And 36 grandchildren stood on the stage. 36 grandchildren. There are another 13 great-grandchildren stood on the stage.

[26:02] And the stage. They sang. They talked about their grandpa. And they are all powerful. What a legacy. But that man. Four o'clock, he gets up.

[26:13] Four o'clock, he gets up. They were talking. He will pray for each person. Every child. He will call. Every child's name. Every grandchild's name. Every great-grandchild's name.

[26:25] Prayer works. If you have a praying mother, I tell you, her children will be great. That's what Susanna Wesley did it. The Wesalys claimed, the world is my parish.

[26:39] Because a mother. My mother did not know the Lord. After coming to Christ, my mother held the family in her prayer. And we, after her conversion, early morning, she gets up, put a mat on the floor.

[26:55] And she will begin to sing. She will cry. And most of the children will come. Daddy won't come. But we will come and join with the mom. And today, I believe all of the children are serving the Lord.

[27:06] Different parts of India. Two in South India. Three in Central India. One in the Nepal border. One in Wisconsin and Milwaukee. All of them love the Lord, I believe, because of the cry of my mother.

[27:18] So, take the responsibility. Fast and pray for the children. Children who do not know following Christ. Your grandchildren who are not following. Fast and pray.

[27:28] These are biblical things, my friends. Our God is worthy of worship. To worship is not confined to what we do in church or open praise.

[27:40] To worship is the acknowledgement of God and all His power and glory in everything we do. The highest form of praise and worship is obedience to Him and His word.

[27:52] To do this, we must know God. We cannot be ignorant of Him. Worship is to glorify and exalt God. To show our loyalty and admiration to our Father. Ladies and gentlemen, I am so grateful that you are here today.

[28:05] If you don't have a personal relation with Jesus Christ today, give your life to Him. Listen, giving your life, surrendering your life to Jesus is not a defeat.

[28:17] Surrendering your life to a company can be a defeat. But surrendering your life to the living God will never be a defeat. Here is an example. I was kicked out of the home.

[28:28] I was beaten up. My whole back was covered with blood because of intense beating the whole day. Daddy said, get out. You are no longer my son. You destroyed this home. But then my Heavenly Father received me.

[28:44] Heavenly Father, I never went back and asked anything for my dad. Only God allowed me to bless my parents and my siblings. Daddy said, I have nothing in the house. I never went back anything.

[28:56] Bible says, first to seek His kingdom and righteousness. Everything shall be added unto you. Did you listen to that promise? Bible says, first, the most important thing.

[29:09] First to seek His kingdom and His righteousness. Everything you need in this world is He is able to give it to you. That's a promise of God. Claim these promises, friends.

[29:20] Sometime in America, we have a system. We don't need anything. We don't need to be able to create. We don't need much prayer. You work, you make money. You have social security. You have insurance.

[29:31] You don't need to much pray and fast for healing. That's not the case for us. You don't have hospital. You don't have facility. You have to cry and fast. Sometimes we lose that kind of intensity and the need of God.

[29:43] Unless something miserable happened, then we cry to God. But I pray this first Sunday, draw closer to Him. Come closer to Him.

[29:54] I don't know where you are spiritually. Today, surrender your life. Give your life to Him. Come closer to Him. Rededicate your life to live a life of excitement in the Lord.

[30:07] God will bless you, my friend. Let me go. Pastor is looking at me, my face, seriously. There are 400 million people.

[30:20] There are 400 million people in India live in poverty. Nearly one in four Indians cannot read or write. Life is hard. And Joshua Project talks about there are 2150 people.

[30:34] They don't know the worship of this great God. That's where you are investing in India, 2157. And the state you are supporting is Uttar Pradesh.

[30:47] Mary, next one. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar means north. Pradesh means place. Uttar, north. And this is a huge state. 250 million people.

[30:59] 250 million people in one state of India, Nepal border. You can look at it. And 75 districts in that state. And 822 blocks, 52,000 panchayats, and over 100,000 villages or communities.

[31:19] That's where you are investing. I want you to know. This is a state you are investing. I want many of you to come to India and help in women's ministry, children's ministry. We have schools.

[31:29] You can teach, hospital, and teach. We have a Bible college there, teaching Bible college students. We have so many qualified, capable leaders in this church. Money is not the answer.

[31:40] I am glad, Pastor, you are a $200 monthly commitment for that work in India. But we have more than the money. We have talented people here. We must go. I don't need to tell you.

[31:52] If you believe in Christ, if you believe in the Great Commission, we are all called to go. And called to go locally and globally. Everybody may not go to India, but we are all of us called to be a witness.

[32:05] Is that true? We are all called to be a witness. That's what we read in the book of Acts. When the Holy Spirit will come upon us, we will have the power to be His witness.

[32:15] We are all called to be a witness. Starting in our own place. Jerusalem, Judea, uttermost parts of the world. Samaria, uttermost parts of the world.

[32:27] Let me move very quickly. God demands the praise of His people. And worship in holiness. We talked about it. And stewardship. We worship in giving.

[32:38] One of the... The third thing. You worship God in giving. And generous giving. Sacrificial giving. I just wrote one small book for India. And the power of God-sized thinking.

[32:50] In that, I added one chapter. Generosity wins. When we were without... We were nominal Christians. That time, my dad would not give much. Maybe one rupee, small one.

[33:03] I tell you, growing up as the oldest one, our money ended up in police station. Money ended up in hospital, court. Wasted. But we did not give for the Lord. When I came to Christ, began to give it to the Lord.

[33:15] And God blessed and blessed. My friend, try. I don't know. I hope you're all generous people. Generous. You try. In the book of Malachi, God said, God is challenging us.

[33:28] Try this. If we don't give it to God, we are robing God. These are biblical things. You try. You try. I'm sharing this from my own experience.

[33:39] For example, this year, and we have some difficulty. I told our office manager, let's give it some money. Even though we don't have enough budget meeting for India, let's give it to some ministries, David Jeremiah.

[33:53] And various ministries. He said, let's give it this year. End of the year. A man from Florida. I knew him. And he gave it $22,100 on credit card.

[34:09] I knew he never gave that much money. $22,100. My point, God is a generous God. My time is up. My time is up. How many more minutes?

[34:22] He said, time is up. Listen. And assemble with God's people. We must listen Sunday. Do not take lightly Sunday gathering.

[34:32] Assemble with God's people. As Christians, we must assemble in our churches, regularly in worship. And Lord comes together in radical abandonment to spreading the gospel of God and declaring His glory locally and globally.

[34:45] Today, there is a tendency. We can watch the service by Zoom. Staying at home. There is a mentality. I tell you, friends. And if you are physically weak, I understand.

[34:55] But listen, get up. Prepare. Get up in the morning, Sunday morning, on your knees and pray. Read passages. And get ready. And pray for every church member. Prepare yourself. Come to the house of God, you fellowship.

[35:08] Assemble. Do not take lightly Sunday gathering. I challenge you finally. The third thing I want to talk about is invite all to rejoice.

[35:19] Mary, I want to talk about this tree, this famous tree. You know it, the redwood tree roots. Intervined. Redwood trees' roots are very shallow.

[35:30] Often only five or six feet deep. But they make up for it in width. Sometimes extending up to 100 feet from the trunk. They thrive in thick groves where the roots can intervine and even fuse together.

[35:46] This gives them tremendous strength against the force of nature. What I'm saying, we must be united. We must come together. We must pray together. Listen to God's word. And do great things.

[35:59] Invite. That's what the psalmist, as we continue, the last sections. Let the heavens rejoice. Let the earth be glad. Let the sea resound. And all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant. And everything in them.

[36:10] And let all the trees or forests sing for joy. Let all creation rejoice before the Lord. For he comes. He comes to judge there. He will judge the world in righteousness. And to the peoples in his faithfulness.

[36:22] Let me just read the points. We must evangelize. Well, to me, I do not preach the gospel. Listen, two missionaries came to me. Consistently. Passionately.

[36:32] Unafraid. That's why today I stand before you. My parents' family is redeemed by the... Because of their obedience today. And they found Christ. We must share the gospel.

[36:45] God gives abundant life. Only Jesus Christ can give abundant life. Then people find the joy in Christ. So we must evangelize so people find life.

[36:58] Finally, we must remind his return. God is going to come. Our God is going to come. We have that expectation of heaven. As we live here every day, expect heaven.

[37:09] This is a preparation for the future. This is a preparation for heaven. Our life is very short in this world. Very short. Every day, think about it. And invite the people to come. And experience the joy in the Lord.

[37:23] And here, my friends, my conclusion. Let us spread the message of God's greatness. To everyone in our community. Among the nations. Through word and deed. Let people see Christ.

[37:36] Through our holy and passionate life. Three things I talked about. Declare his glory among the nations. He is worthy. Number two. Worship him in holiness.

[37:48] You must have a holy life. As we come to the house of God every day. And through our holy life, people will be attracted to Christ. And finally, passionate.

[37:59] Invite people. Your children. Grandchildren. Neighbors. My prayer that this. We will have two services. I pray that we will have. We will start sister churches in Wisconsin.

[38:11] You can do it. We are a lot of people. Lost people in Wisconsin. In Kenosha. May we have that kind of passion every day. Let's. You all stand with me. I will pray. The worship team will come.

[38:23] Our Father, we thank you. Your faithfulness. Your goodness. Lord, I am here humbly standing on the labor of this saints here. So many years.

[38:35] The hard work. Faith. Risk taking. And thank you for the saints here. Every family I pray by name. Continue to bless them. Protect their lives.

[38:46] Whatever needs they have. Lord, today I pray. Lord, you are able. You are sufficient. Those who do not know you. May they know you personally. May they repent of their sins.

[38:57] Where they receive you. As Lord and Savior. Those who are not excited. Recalled in their faith. Lord. You touch them. In a special way. Lord.

[39:08] Would you bless them. Reek into the passion within them. To love you. Love your word. And share the good news. With their families and neighbors. Father, I declare every blessing upon the church.

[39:21] Protect this wonderful community. Lord. May they be salt and light. In Kenosha. And India. And many parts of the world. Lord, I am eternally grateful to you.

[39:32] For their partnership. For the state of Uttar Pradesh. May that be prospered. For your glory. We give you praise. In Jesus mighty name. God's people said. Amen.

[39:43] Would you put your hands together one more time. A praise offering to God. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.