[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for choosing to listen to another destiny-changing word by David Entry from one of our revival-seeking youth services. If you want to control your world, catch the word. Be blessed.
[0:17] In Matthew chapter 7, verse 13, let's all read it out.
[0:28] We are reading verse 13 and 14, and maybe 15, but let's start from verse 13. Let's go. Let's all read it out loud. But in only there are proudest words.
[1:00] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Give us the New Living Translation, verse 13 and 14. Let's go. We can enter God's kingdom only through the narrow gates. The highway to hell is broad, and the stage is wide for the many who choose our way.
[1:21] But the gateway to life is very narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few have found it. Wow. What I find a bit challenging or interesting is that the last few years and only a few ever find it. So many people will find it. And only a few ever find it. Many people don't find it. Only a few. And look at the verse 13. New King James or King James, he said, how many of you know that there is a difference between enter the gates and you can enter?
[2:26] He said, enter it. He's not saying that's how it can happen. He said, you enter. It's more of an instruction. Enter by the narrow gates. For wide is the gate and broad is the way. So two things. Way and gate.
[2:50] There is a wide gate and a broad way. And the third thing about it is that many go by it. Many go by a wide gate. Many go by a broad way.
[3:14] So three things about the way you shouldn't go. Number one. Four things actually. Number one, it is wide. Number two, it's a broad way. It's a wide gate. Number two, it's a broad way. Number three, many.
[3:32] Number four, it's trending. Number four, it's the end is the actual problem. There's a way that leads to distraction. In Proverbs chapter 14, I think so, it says that there is a way that seems right to man.
[3:56] Verse 12. Proverbs 14, 12. There is a way. Say a way. A way. What about the way? It seems right to man, to a man. But, oh no, I shouldn't have done this. I shouldn't have chosen this course. I shouldn't have gone to this guy's house. I shouldn't have been with this girl. Oh no, now I have a life changing sickness. Oh no.
[4:24] It's like it's too late. By the time you are saying, oh no. It's like you go to a theme park and then you jump into one of the rides that will go into the dungeon. And when it starts, you know, those rides don't have reverse.
[4:42] They buckle you down. Oh my goodness. Oh you think it was fun. Then they start going, oh no, this is not what I want. I have a sickness. It's allergic to this. Oh no, it's too late. You're on it. You're on it. So Jesus said, enter that place. Don't enter here. In the future you can't blame God.
[5:04] No one can ever blame God for the outcome of their lives. You've had too much to stay at that level.
[5:21] To him whom much is given. Much is required. What? Jesus said it. He said, to him whom much is given.
[5:35] Much is required. That's a serious one. He who knows the master's way and does not commit things worthy of strife shall be beaten if you slide by everyone who, but everyone who, everyone to whom much is given.
[5:49] From him much will be required. There's another, one of the different, I think Matthew, I prefer the way, the way, the way, the way, is it Matthew look, the way he puts it.
[6:00] But to him whom much is given, much is required. What you are receiving, by virtue of God's word, will determine what God will expect from you.
[6:15] You are busy comparing yourself to others. God is not expecting that much from them because much has not been given to them. So, there is a way that seems right to man, but the end is death.
[6:37] It will cost you. Usually, I find that happening very commonly.
[6:52] I'm about to say something that will help you. And it's very relevant to everybody here. Almost everybody here. I find it, it's very hard to really advise someone who is in love with someone and they want to marry.
[7:15] In church, we do marriage. So, they will say we are going to marry. But in the world, it's my boy, it's my girl. Especially, a woman. When a woman is in love, she's gone.
[7:28] She's gone. She's gone. Sometimes, they use their wish to determine their direction. You know, there's a thief.
[7:40] I'm wishing, once I come into his life, he won't steal again. I can change. It's you he's about to steal. It's you. You, you. Take your life. Once. You.
[7:51] You. You. You. You. You. Marriage is not fun. Marriage comes with potential, plenty regrets.
[8:03] Wow. A lot. So, sometimes you want to advise people, they can't listen, they can't hear because I just love him. I just love him.
[8:14] Yeah. But, he's not good for your future. So. He will be, he has promised me that he will be good. Yeah. Yeah. Don't believe in the promise of a man.
[8:27] Mm. When he's romantically interested in you. What? Ask mom. She will tell you, listen to what that pastor is saying. Yeah. It's usually older women who understand it better.
[8:40] Yeah. By that time, by the time they understand it, some of them have been bitten. Wow. And have their hands bent already. What did I say? Don't believe in the promise of a man.
[8:51] Mm. When he's romantically, sexually interested in you. Romantically, he just, he finds you very attractive. Doesn't mean he wants to do anything with you, but he just finds you attractive. He just feels, oh, this girl is so beautiful.
[9:03] Hi. I want you to be my girlfriend. I want to be with you. Don't believe in his promises. Because he himself doesn't know what he's talking about. He's been dissed. He doesn't think right until when it comes to his senses.
[9:18] And he realizes that he can't do anything with you. Where he's going, he doesn't need you. That's when he realizes that, you realize that, why are you treating me like this? It's not like that. I'm not a bad person. But girl, it's not about you.
[9:29] It's me. I just need to find myself. Because he realizes that, as they grow, they realize that, I actually don't need this person in my life.
[9:40] How many of you have ever gone to the supermarket or the Tesco Express or any of them to go and buy something, but you're very hungry? Oh, yeah, yeah, no, sorry. Restaurant. If you go to a restaurant and you see somebody's food, which one is that?
[9:54] I want that one. And then until you see somebody, I think, I like this one. Sometimes you go to a restaurant and the menu, the menu that have pictures inside, Ah, you're confused. And then some waiter will come and he says that, are you ready for the orders? Can you please give us five minutes?
[10:05] Then he goes, okay, can I take the drinks? Order for the drinks? He does. He comes. And he comes. And he says, are you ready for the orders? Can I please give us five minutes? Then he goes, okay, can I take the drinks, order for the drinks? He does.
[10:16] He comes. And he says, I'm going to go. And he says, I'm going to go. And I'm going to go. Okay, can I take the drinks? Order for the drinks? He does. He comes. You are still not ready. And sometimes you just have to make up your mind. Because they have to take the orders now.
[10:28] Everybody's ready. But, see, when you are hungry, sometimes you can just keep going. Before the food, I ordered some calamari as well. I ordered three portions.
[10:47] No, no, we can't share. But when they came, they put one in front of me, and then they said, there's two for the others. But I was merciless on the calamari.
[11:00] And then I went on the pita bridge. So when the main meal came, the first one, I was even almost four. Then they brought the other one.
[11:12] Do you know why I didn't touch the other one? I had to tell them, please, pack it. Even the main one couldn't finish the first one. Why am I saying that? I was so hungry, I thought I needed that extra.
[11:25] It's only afterwards. I realized, I actually don't need this. Girl, he will tell you he needs you. Wow. Wow.
[11:36] Wow. Wow. He will tell you he needs you. That's where you get hurt. Because you thought he really loved you. He genuinely, when I was ordering, I really wanted it. I was genuine.
[11:48] It's not like I wanted to waste money. Because no, I didn't want to. I don't waste money. No, no, no, no. But I really wanted it. Because this one is good. I like this too. Okay, bring that too.
[11:59] Because this is not too much. I'll eat this. I'll finish this. Afterwards, I didn't touch the other. I didn't touch it. I took it home. I put it in the fridge. I didn't touch it. I wasn't hungry anymore.
[12:10] The next day, I forgot to eat it. It was the third day I remembered. There have been times food gets spoiled. Because I ordered too much. I take it home. But I actually forget.
[12:21] So you see, I wasted it. So what I'm trying to say is that, as you are growing in life, especially with relationship, you might think you need somebody so badly.
[12:32] Girl, listen to me. You think you need him. Because he's such a great guy. You don't know. He doesn't pay bills. When you are not married, you think you'll be fine.
[12:50] Until you get married. Until you get married. Two years. Three years. Sometimes even the first year, you begin to realize that. And the problems is not the romance.
[13:02] The problem is not how much, excuse me my language, sex. That's not the problem because you can have a lot of it. No. This guy, he goes to the gym.
[13:13] He's very good with sex. Oh. But, he's very bad with paying bills. Oh. Very, very bad with looking for a job. Oh. Very bad with taking, cleaning the house.
[13:24] Oh. And very bad attitude towards women. Oh. Everything, he wants you to serve him. He wants you to be, it gets to a time you are invited.
[13:35] What's this? You feel like, no, where we live is not good. It's your auntie's flat. She said we should start there. Now we have to move. And your auntie has an attitude towards me. I want us to move.
[13:47] I want us to take our child to nursery. He said, oh no, no, no, you can't take it. I should stay home and take it. But meanwhile, you don't have a job. And you want me to stay home. I have to go. And when I leave here, you don't want, now life hits.
[13:58] Yeah. That's when life hits. You realize that I can't take this. I can't take, then you are looking for us for counseling. Yeah. Great. Great. Great. Great.
[14:09] Great. Don't be desperate to go a way that can hurt you. Jesus said, there is a way. There is a way. It's not right. He said there is that gate.
[14:20] Don't enter that gate. You'll think, see, when you are not married, you'll think that you'll be fine. That's true. That's true. When you look at her, when you look at him, you look at the way he is, you look at the way she is, this is my perfect match.
[14:33] In your dreams, there's no perfect match. I don't know why I'm talking about marriage today. Wow. There is no perfect match anyway. Wow.
[14:44] Not even for twins. Wow. There's no perfect match. I am sure. I've heard people, they are just saying, using the word, but there's no perfect, they're using the term, there's no perfect match.
[14:55] You got to work at it. Work at it. Number one, marriage is work. Oh, I'm not talking about 11 years. Marriage is just work, work. Chor. Major chore.
[15:06] Wow. Work you are not ready for. Work that you don't want to do. Most important thing when you are in marriage, hey, it's just, it's just romance. It's just romance. Ah, we are in love.
[15:17] Most people think that's all you are living in a fool's paradise. There are times your spouse, you haven't spoken to him for three days or 12 or three, because you're upset.
[15:32] There are times that she keeps doing what you hate. You end up marrying someone, and that's how they can irritate you.
[15:43] First time you won't be talking. Second time, first month, two months, but this is continuing. And sometimes you are living with someone, they are upset, but you don't know why.
[15:54] Or you are upset, and you can't tell them, but you are really upset. And sometimes you fake it, but you are very upset. And it builds up, it builds up, it builds up.
[16:05] And you realize that you don't like the person, you like their height, but really their attitude. Which is more important, is what is killing you.
[16:18] You are very irresponsible if you choose a life partner, based on the way you feel about them now.
[16:30] A guy will tell you he will do anything for you, and you will see him doing it. So it makes many men to have peace and to make you feel comfortable.
[16:41] They will tell you what you want to hear. I mean, it's a man talk. That's how it is. And some of the girls, they just like it. You tell me what I want to hear. Somebody say, yeah.
[16:53] But that's true. A woman just wants to hear some things. And so, a man can master keeping telling you what is never real. What is never real, and your head is all spinning.
[17:06] You use your credit card. You go and get a credit card for him. You use your name to secure a car for him. A high purchase card for him. You use your name to buy a sofa and a 75-inch screen TV in his flat.
[17:19] There, there's nothing there. Almost every furniture there came from your pocket. Because he stole you. And women can't stand it when they know other women like this guy.
[17:32] When they know girls like this guy, that's when you become more stupid. I'm talking to a potential foolish woman here. Who is about to destroy your future.
[17:45] Because you are allowing yourself to start liking a guy in the wrong way. That won't help you. Because you haven't done the due diligence. Before you like somebody, do due diligence.
[17:56] They will destroy your future. Do due diligence. In this modern day, why are you falling in love with a boy who is not steady? This modern day, life is becoming very hard.
[18:08] Standard of living is very hard. Why are you allowing yourself? Because he's so good. Other girls like him. If God speaks in tongues. Please, don't use that.
[18:19] Don't use that. This is like marriage seminar. Love it. Love it. Can I preach at all? You're preaching.
[18:30] When you start, you say, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Can't live if living is without you. Your dreams. You grow up to see. So in the same way, when it comes to major issues of life, you are likely to make decisions with your limited understanding.
[18:49] Yes. With your restricted foresight and insight. Wow. You are about to make major decisions, but your understanding is very limited. You are not limited.
[19:00] Haven't you realized that that puts you at risk? Yes. Yes. So you always need a voice from above to tell you don't go here. Yes. Because you think you'll find until ten years later, when you can't do anything about it, you have actually missed a chunk of your life.
[19:17] Wow. Wow. And life is a very, very interesting thing. You don't notice when you are destroying it until later. Yeah. Wow. I'm happy.
[19:29] What I'm saying is raising questions in your mind. Why? Because sometimes someone needs to force you to think in a certain way so you can think further. And the more you are thinking, the more questions come up.
[19:41] Because you have lived in a certain environment or a certain state for a long time. Once you begin to go outside, you begin to, oh, so what do I do about this? What do I do about it? That's what some of the teachings like this is meant to do.
[19:52] To make you think differently. To wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Because you have not considered things from that angle. You are making major life decisions thinking life will always be like this. Look at how old you were just five years ago.
[20:05] Wow. Just five years ago. You were a child. Just five years ago. Look how you take your pictures and compare the two. Just five. And you can imagine next five years how old you will be.
[20:19] And you are making decisions that are going to have major impact on next ten years. So by the next ten years you realize you are quite a different person from when you were making those decisions.
[20:32] You now know far better. You are wiser. But you made the decisions that are affecting ten years when you were less wise. Wow. So then you need someone to guide you. Hold your hand.
[20:43] To walk you down the path. So you don't hurt your future. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. So you don't end up saying that boys are trash. So you don't end up saying that marriage is not good for me.
[20:54] Who told you? It's your unbridled sexual drive that has hurt you. It's not that marriage is bad. Wow. Wow. Wow. Hmm. Usually people who are living certain life and hiding it are the ones who try to.
[21:09] You don't have to know that. Listen. It's a human issue. Yeah. So if you go and hang around and be kissing, kissing, like hugging, hugging, shaking hands with someone with flu.
[21:20] You start coughing very soon. So it doesn't need signs to tell you you'll be coughing. So some of the things, it's just human. Sexual desire is human.
[21:32] No amount of spirituality will take you away. Did you hear what I said? No amount of prayer will be able to take away your drive for food, your drive for drink, and your drive for sex.
[21:44] Prayer doesn't solve that problem. So pastor, what am I supposed to do? Manage it. Manage it by the help of the Holy Spirit.
[21:55] What prayer does is, prayer brings the help of God in your life. The Holy Spirit cannot be involved. That is the advantage some of us have over other people. Because we have the Holy Ghost with us.
[22:07] So the Holy Spirit helps us and we have two things. The Holy Spirit and the wisdom of God's word. So we are able to make wise decisions without hurting our future. How come I married 20 years ago this month?
[22:20] April will be exactly 20 years I married. Watch this. How come I married 20 years ago and I have not regretted? I have not regretted. I got it right. But how could I have made a decision 20 years ago and 20 years on a still healthy decision?
[22:39] So it's like now that I know more. I knew less when I was making a decision. But how did I escape and I made a decision that is able to go far into my future? Because I had the guide of God's word and the Holy Spirit.
[22:53] And the word of God, the guidance from the word of God is what I am sharing. Don't just choose somebody because of the way you feel about them. I like the way the place is quiet.
[23:06] Some of you after here, send, don't call him. Send him a message. Say, I am, I am, it's finished. Or just end it without telling him. Because you know, when you go, he will just tell, Girl, are you very sure?
[23:19] And that alone can melt your heart again. Yeah. Oh, but, what did some people say? Oh, but I just want to be, he's not a bad person, so I want to do it nice.
[23:31] So that, you want to do it nice? Please, you have to fight for your future. The person has not done anything wrong. But your association, your relationship is wronging your future.
[23:42] So fight for your future. Later on, you can, that's what I like about guys. When a guy realizes that I don't need this girl again. Hey! It's the girls who don't let go, but the guy.
[23:53] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. A guy, even if, some are very ruthless, but others, they will still, even if not ruthless, they will do it. Because they don't like you anymore.
[24:05] You are going out with a guy who for time, he's not calling you. When you call, he's not picking. You can tell, he's voting with his feet.
[24:16] The interest has gone down. You haven't been going out for many months. Already, he's not over excited and every time complaining about this. And he's not been calling. He's gone silent.
[24:28] He's not going to be calling. And you are telling me, I know the next time he speaks, I know he's going to tell me we should end the relationship. Girl, I told him, stop responding to his call.
[24:43] I told her, stop responding to his call. Block him first. Not blocking by no, ignore him first. Just for two days. He'll realize that, hey, girl, what's up?
[24:55] What's up? He'll start chasing you. Because most guys don't want the girl to say, I don't need you. Wow. So, you take the step.
[25:06] He will chase you more. Hmm. Is this preaching? Yes, it is. Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, it is.
[25:18] Some of you, there's no way God can use you with you being in relationship with that girl.
[25:29] With that boy. There's no, I'm telling you, there's no way God can use you. There's no way your prospect of expecting, hoping God can use you. There's no way. And listen, the older you are growing, the more, the less chances you have.
[25:41] Listen, I started doing this when I was 17 years old. So, don't think it will, if I started it at 24, I won't be where I am. It matters, timing matters.
[25:54] Bible says, time and chance happens to them all. Ecclesiastes chapter 12. Time and chance, time and chance, time and chance. Chapter 9 verse 10.
[26:05] The race is not to the swift, not to the swift, nor battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill, but time and chance happen to everybody.
[26:17] What you do within that time determines whether you will be the one to be celebrated. Time and chance. Time and chance happens to them all.
[26:29] You always be given the chance to make the right decision. Wow. Wow. And it is, it is travesty of destiny to make a foolish, a hurtful decision, a decision that will damage your destiny, your prospects in destiny.
[26:49] When you are surrounded with good advices. How did you miss it? How? It is a sign of a stubborn heart or a foolish heart, like the prodigal son. Wow.
[27:00] You must let someone who has gone ahead of you hold your hand, even if you think that, oh, there is nothing wrong with this direction I am going. Let them hold your hand away from that direction, because you haven't seen what is ahead.
[27:12] You haven't seen what is ahead. Yes. Wow. You haven't seen what is ahead. That is why I can look at you, and usually it is not everybody I am, but I can look at you and tell you, don't go out with a girl like this, like this, I can tell you.
[27:26] Because one, I know where you are going. And then two, two, I know this thing won't work. So sometimes you can see ahead of time. You can see when you come in coffee, coffee, coffee.
[27:39] I just know, did you go around that place and knew you have been there? Can you imagine you go to a doctor, you tell the person, my ear has been itching.
[27:50] He can ask you a question that, how did you know that? You see, you think people don't know, not when they are experienced. Not when they are experienced. When they are experienced, that's why they are there.
[28:02] They are there to help you, guide you, to walk away from what can hurt you. A pastor's job is not only standing here preaching. The Bible says, la bibi di, la bibi di, that's French, okay.
[28:14] The Bible says, did I get it right? Yeah. The Bible says, John chapter 3 verse 16, for God so other, that's the key part of the work. But we are also meant to guide you. Hold your hand to take you through the journey.
[28:28] That's why when you stay under pastoral care, there's no way you miss it in marriage. And even if your marriage is becoming turbulent because it's just life, we can still help you hold your hand and you won't go through divorce.
[28:41] I mean, look at how much church preaching has saved you from making stupid decisions. Some of you, by God's grace, I said it to the glory of God, you've gone back to uni. You've gone back to college.
[28:53] Can you imagine? Just because you came to church, you've gone back. You have left the streets. You have left the nonsense lives you are living. You have moved out from the boys' house. Now you have become at least wiser.
[29:04] Yes. Because several boys have used you too much. You were so stupid, but now you are wise. Hallelujah. Because you came to church and you started hearing the preaching of God's word. So, I feel sorry for someone who said, me, I don't do church.
[29:17] Do mess. Keep going. Later we will meet, five years, ten years later, we will meet on the other side of life and you will see that you are a sorry for life and we are a better life. I don't have a sorry for life.
[29:29] Because I got in early. Another way of putting it. By the time you are getting here, you have been overexposed. Your childhood was taken from you very early.
[29:40] You have been compromised. Yeah. You know too much. It can hurt you. All right, let me go back to my original message and finish in a few minutes.
[29:51] We are here. Wow. So, some of us, before you arrived at the hospital, you have been a very good person. At the hospital, you are already in a life and death situation.
[30:07] You are almost dying. You know sometimes someone is attacked or shot and they said, they are in a critical position, but critical but slightly stable.
[30:19] So, you got in at the right time when you have already impregnated three girls. Oh, wow. Yeah. You see, it doesn't mean you are a wrong person for destiny.
[30:30] It means that you have been compromised. And it will come to bite you later. So, you just have to prepare yourself for the biting. You hear what I said?
[30:41] Whatever you do will come back later. Those of you who have been stealing. Those of you who have been doing fraud. It will come back later. It will come.
[30:53] Those of you who have been cheating on girls and hurting women. Watch this. Read my lips. It will come back later.
[31:04] To come. So, it's better you stop it so that the severity of the impact will also be mitigated.
[31:15] Do you understand what I'm saying? There's a gentleman called Saul of Tarsus. He was killing Christians. And Jesus, hey, come here. I want to use you.
[31:26] God used him mightily. But when God called him, in Acts chapter 9 verse, from 15 somewhere there. He said, I have called him and I will show him the number, how many things he will suffer.
[31:39] His calling was suffering. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for me, for my name's sake. God said, don't worry.
[31:50] Go ahead. Go to him. I've called him. Right from the beginning, God told him that you, you will suffer. He suffered more than any Christian recorded in the Bible. Wow. He suffered.
[32:01] Why? Because he harassed the church so much. By the time it was, he has repented. But his, the Bible said, don't be deceived.
[32:13] Galatians 6, 7. Don't be deceived. God is not mocked. Ah, this is not nice. This is a powerful scripture. For whatever, say whatever. Whatever. You are planting tomatoes, you will rip tomatoes.
[32:27] You are planting cucumbers, you will rip. You are planting oranges, you will rip oranges. You are planting satsumes, you will rip sats. You are planting bananas, you will rip.
[32:40] You don't plant bananas and rip kiwi. Whatever. Whatsoever.
[32:54] I don't know what your word, whatever is. That's why I'm busy planting good seeds into your life. When I preach, one of the advantages God has given me in life is when I preach, I don't preach for applause.
[33:11] I never preach to offend. But if you are not interested in the Christ I'm preaching, I actually don't care. Because you didn't call me.
[33:24] And two, this is being strong, I didn't even know you were coming. So you are not what would validate what I'm doing. So I won't change my message to impress you.
[33:38] But I will be focused because I am busy building people. And the seeds I'm saying, that's why I encourage we have stable, solid Christians. One of the reasons we have solid Christians is because of the teaching.
[33:52] And I won't let one person, you just came, last week came and said, I don't like the preaching. Go! Yes, sir. He's helping people. Bible says that the preaching we preach to some people is foolishness. But to some others is the power of God.
[34:03] So I don't care whether you like. Paul preached in Acts chapter 19. He preached verse 6. He was teaching them and Bible says some spoke evil of them. Ah! That's good preaching.
[34:16] That's good preaching. People spoke evil of it. A man, a good man. Bible, he told them a parable. In Matthew chapter 13, verse 25, 26. He said, take another parable, verse 27 in particular.
[34:28] How a man went to sow good seeds. Ah! But when man slept after church. Ah! But while man slept, the enemy came and began to reinterpret the preaching to you.
[34:41] Oh! While man slept. At the end of the preaching. When life goes back to normal.
[34:53] Suddenly, he began to question. Oh, listen. Ah! I don't agree with what he was saying. You, what do you know? Is someone getting something? Yes.
[35:05] So, I am investing seeds. He says that it's like a man who sows good seeds. In fact, this doesn't use the word good. Another parable, he says.
[35:16] The kingdom of God. It's like the kingdom of heaven. This whole system of God. This whole system. That's how it works. It's like.
[35:27] It says that the kingdom of heaven. It's like a man who sows good seeds in his field. Almost like church. When you are preaching, you are sowing good seeds. He said.
[35:38] But. But. While. Man. The enemy. His enemy. Came and sowed tears.
[35:51] Among the wheat. And he also went his way. So, you won't see him. But he's done the job. In the morning you come. In the morning you come. Enemies. There's no sign of the enemy.
[36:01] But the fruit of the enemy is beginning to show. So, Bible says that. Later on. The workers went. And then they saw. That. Tears. We planted wheat. But tears. But when the grain had sprouted.
[36:14] And produced a crop. Then the tears also appeared. Sometimes in my dealings with you. I can notice that a tear is appearing. Mm-hmm. Because you've been speaking to some people.
[36:26] You've been going to some places. Somebody's reinterpreting what's going on here. I can see a tear is appearing. I can see a tear is appearing. Nobody who has ever been blessed by a church like this.
[36:40] Whoever in their normal sense say. Carice is not for me. A tear has been sore. Somewhere. A tear. Somebody has sold something. And when you see somebody who has eaten poison.
[36:52] You have to back off. Because it's very contagious. Grace. Is spread from person to person. Just like coronavirus. Grace is spread from person to person.
[37:06] The same way. Tears. Spiritual tears. Spiritual negative seeds. Are also spread from person to person. I said one listening to something.
[37:18] This is all part of the plan. Wow. So. Wild men slept. The enemy saw tears. And then they said. Master we saw. The servants of the master.
[37:29] So the servants of the owner came and said to him. Sir. Did we not saw good seeds. In your field. How then. Does this tear. Does it have tears.
[37:41] Could you saw this. See if you're a master. You must know. The master said. You guys don't know. Because he came in the night. You don't know. I didn't see him. But I know. This one.
[37:51] Is a presence. A sign that an enemy has been here. The master said. Look at the next verse. Then the master said. An enemy has done this. He said to them. An enemy has done. So they said.
[38:02] Okay. Then let's go and cut. Cut the tears. Hey. Take your time. Because the wheat. They are fresh. By cutting the tears. They look similar. You may end up damaging the wheat as well.
[38:14] But we need the wheat. But I said. Let them grow together. Cha cha cha cha. He said. Let the two grow together. Let them grow together. Leave them. Leave it. Leave it. Leave it. Sometimes you're advising somebody.
[38:26] And you realize that this advice. I've told. Pastors advising you. Don't marry that woman. Don't marry that man. I realize that you are gone too far. If I tell you don't. You might run away.
[38:37] And I will not be able to help you. So I leave you. How is your relationship? When's your wedding date? Okay. We are praying for you. So that. You can stay for us to help you. In the time of emergency.
[38:48] There's something in this society. That is Christian. So if you want to be a Christian. Get ready for the hatred. Jesus told us already. In the book of John chapter. Chapter. Chapter 15.
[39:01] Verse 18. What does it say? Ha. Let's read it out loud. If the Lord hates you. You know that he hated me. Before he hates you. Did you see that? Look at the next verse.
[39:14] If you are not of the Lord. The Lord will not be sorry. Yet because you are not of the Lord. I chose you out of the Lord. Therefore the Lord hates you. Don't be worried.
[39:25] In Eunice. The way they can't stand Christians. And they can't stand Christian opinion. Don't be intimidated by words like bigots.
[39:38] It doesn't mean you are a bigot. I'm just telling you. If you want to be a Christian. The way is narrow. Don't be a fake Christian. Tell somebody. Don't be a fake Christian.
[39:49] Don't be a fake Christian. Tell somebody. Don't be a fake Christian. Build a real deal. Build a real talent. Build a real deal. Build a real deal. you know some people are not happy with what I'm saying read my lips I don't care at least I'm happy you are hearing this if you don't come again you will always remember what I told you even if what I'm saying makes you run away not coming at least you will know why you ran away and one day in future you will come back to this statement you will realize that the pastor told you the truth and I am not afraid of your face because I'm not a salesman I'm not looking for customers I'm looking to help people to grow close to Christ and make an impact in your generation how many of you are ready to make impact?
[40:48] if you don't make an impact you are a zero not a hero when you act when you act zero to 3848 what do you get?
[41:01] zero somebody says zero let's try it again when you act zero to 387,200 what do you get?
[41:25] 387,200 I'm just watching you please when you act zero to ten what do you get? ten when you act zero to 82 what do you get?
[41:38] 82 when you act zero to one what do you get? one so that means the zero didn't do anything to the number if you don't make impact you are a zero you didn't do you didn't help you didn't impact anybody don't only receive be a contributor contribute to people's destiny make an impact that's one of the prayers I've always prayed with since I was growing up help me to make an impact I want to make an impact I want to make an impact I want to make an impact in the lives of people and in this generation you have to you have to decide that you want to make an impact Holy Spirit help me to make an impact help me come upon me Holy Spirit I want to make an impact I want to make an impact you have to make an impact listen you don't have a choice you are charged you have to make an impact don't let your background and your past stop you yes that's why it's called past it's past that's why it's called present because it's a gift it's a present a present take advantage of now nobody is a written or failure in life as long as you have life even if you have been in prison for 28 years
[42:43] Mandela was in prison for so long I think 25 or 27 years almost 30 years in prison he came out and became the first president of post-apartheid Africa South Africa and they put his statue in square parliament square can you imagine black man parliament square he was he's very much revered respected in the world an ex-convict Paul was an ex-convict Paul yeah he's been in prison not once for the right reasons though but for the gospel but so don't let what you have done your past if Rahab who was a prostitute Rahab he was the madam of a brothel that's how she could hide people there if she didn't own the place she wouldn't it's a prostitute she was hiding people she was a madam of a brothel and she became the great great great grandmother of Jesus but the truth is listen brothers and sisters when you want to go for a loan when you want to apply for a loan or for a mortgage or some jobs every well structured organization will do credit check on you if you want to go and teach they will do
[44:14] DBS check they will check they will check your background they will check if you want to work around Whitehall the checks they do on you you get the job but you might start in two months because they are doing so many checks on you even some units they will do checks on you if you want to buy a house they will do checks on you that's how our world works but when God wants to use you he doesn't do checks on you because he doesn't need your past he doesn't need to know how bad you used to be he just deals with you where you are at how your heart is ready that's where the challenge is stop talking about your past and always beating yourself about I've done this I've done this people don't know that we don't want to know it's not necessary we just like you the way you are if you can now let's grow together alright your present is more important to us than your past organizations human organizations deal with your past they need to know they need to know what school you've attended they need to know they need some testimonial from places you have been they need it but we don't need it
[45:16] God does not need it he doesn't need it because he can make it he can make your future what he wants it to be as long as you make yourself available I was teaching last week about how Paul in Colossians chapter 1 verse 29 he said for this reason I strive I labor striving to this end I labor striving what's the basis of striving according to his working according to his working which works in me mightily so all the things I'm doing I'm working on the outside but there's something greater working on my inside that's why he does not need your credit history he does not need your good history all he needs is your availability if you can open your heart and open yourself and be willing to work with God then he will start the work in you God always works in you and he shows on you Philippians chapter 2 verse 13 it is God who is at work in you where does
[46:24] God work where does God work that's why Colossians Colossians 1 to himself he said Christ in you the hope of glory it doesn't matter what your past is like but Christ in you the hope of glory Christ in you the hope of glory as I end I want to tell somebody you have a future you have a future don't let anyone convince you otherwise I stand here on account of God's word as a prophet and I'm telling you you have a future that's why I've committed my life to teaching great people like you why what's the purpose of the teaching to hold your hand to guide you hold your hand to guide you into the glorious future so that at the end we can present you matured to Christ so when when somebody asks me so all this suffering you have been putting in all this labor you are doing what's the what's the what's your reward what's the point
[47:33] I don't look for money I don't look for house to show not a car by human beings Paul said you are our evidence that's why I do what I do please clap for Jesus God bless you for listening to this powerful message may the power of God be evident in your life don't forget to like and subscribe to Carish Church on YouTube and listen to more messages from David Entry on all relevant streaming platforms you can also connect with David Entry and our youth ministry at Carish Face 2 on Instagram and TikTok and at Carish on Snapchat so you are always up to date be blessed