[0:00] Hallelujah! We thank God you have tuned into this message by David Entry at Carish Church. No hand can help you with the fulfilment of your destiny but the Word of God.
[0:11] May God's hand align with you further into your destiny through this Word. Colossians chapter 4, reading from verse 2 to 6.
[0:23] Continue in prayer and watch in the same with tongues giving, with our praying also for us that God would open unto us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ for which I am also in bones, that I may make it manifest as I ought to.
[0:46] Walk in wisdom towards them that are without redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how he ought to answer every man.
[0:59] Let's all read the verse 6 together. Let's go. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how he ought to answer every man.
[1:11] Amen. Father, what we don't know teach us. Who we are not make us. Where we are not take us. To the glory of your name. As your Word is taught, let the heavens be opened.
[1:22] Grant us understanding and grant us illumination that the Holy Spirit only can do. Spirit of the living God, breathe upon us fresh breath from above. Just breathe your name upon us as we hear your Word.
[1:36] Heal the sick. Bring direction to the confused. Let the heavens be opened. Let your voice be made very clear. Oh Lord, speak. Because when your Word is read, you get to speak.
[1:49] Speak as I teach your Word. Thank you. We reject opinions of men and we embrace the truth and grace of God's Word. Thank you, Father. In Jesus' name. Amen.
[2:02] Hallelujah. Well, please be seated. Well, going straight to the text. As we all know, Paul the Apostle always starts his teaching and his submission by helping us to appreciate our position in Christ first.
[2:26] Then he helps us to understand the benefits that we have been brought into. So, then it goes on to tell us how we should live in the light of the position we have been brought in and the benefits that have been loaded into our life.
[2:47] So, what we ought to do and how to do it. So, he tells us where we are in Christ, what is available for us in Christ, and how to live based on that.
[3:00] So, what we should do and how to do what we should do. So, we can see in Colossians is exactly what he's been doing. It tells us who Christ is just to defute all kinds of ideas.
[3:15] Because it's very easy to project your pre-existing ideas onto the Scripture or in Christianity. So, if when they say God from your worldview before you became Christ, God is someone with three heads, and that's all you know since you became aware of anything God.
[3:39] Then when you come into Christ and the pastor is saying God is here, your mind is something with three heads are here. You understand that?
[3:51] So, then we have to teach you and help you to understand who God, when I say God, what do I actually mean? When I come to church and I say God, please don't take it in an offensive way.
[4:05] I don't mean Allah, okay? When I say God, it's different, it's different. It's different from what might be called. So, in certain, in India, in different communities, in Africa, African traditional religion, when they say God, and they have the definition of God and his or that God's characteristics.
[4:32] So, when you come into Christ, chances are that you might think that it's that same God. So, when the Bible says God, it's that same God. There are times that it might look like that same God by virtue of maybe the God that you have been taught is one God who rules over everything.
[4:53] He made everything. So, it sounds like that's the same God of the Bible. But when you get closer in Scripture, Scripture, God begins to try to explain himself and define himself so clearly that when someone also comes to you and says there's only one God now, and they begin to explain and define their God, you realize that it's kind of different from this one God I'm talking about.
[5:17] The God of Christianity is the God who has a son. It's very important. The God who has a son.
[5:29] Who became a man or a human being and died for the sins of human beings. So that those who believe in him also end up becoming sons.
[5:41] So, he had only one son, sacrifice the son and harvest many sons in church. That is the Christian goal.
[5:55] So, when I begin to pray and I say, God, Father, I'm talking to him as a son. From the position of a son. Maybe you might talk to him from the position of a creator.
[6:08] That's fine. I also relate to him from the position of a creator. But he's not just a creator. He's also my dad. It changes the dynamics.
[6:18] That's what makes Christianity a different ballgame altogether. So, then it's necessary for us to be taught constantly what it means to be a Christian and what the Bible means when it says something.
[6:36] Because the chances are that when you might read the Bible and see something and you assume a meaning for it, which is not the right meaning. So, that's why basics of Christianity are so important.
[6:50] Like A, B, C, D, E, F, E, G, H, I, J, K, L. The basics. The alphabet. You need to know that. Other than that, your ability to read will be compromised.
[7:01] Or 1 plus 1 is 2. 7 plus 8 is 50. You know, you have to just, they're basics. Before you go on to calculus and arithmetics and whatever.
[7:15] So, catois and those things. The quieter than that, they ask you 4 plus 7 and you end up saying 47. In Christianity, it is imperative to get the basics.
[7:30] Right? So, instead of pastors just getting so busy promising you things that you need. It's part of the inheritance we have in Christ. But it's more crucial to teach people their position in Christ.
[7:44] That's where we begin from. And then when you become aware of your position in Christ. That's what, then you can talk about your rights in the spirit.
[7:56] But if you don't know your position, demons will ask you who are you. And you don't, oh sorry. You say, oh sorry, I didn't know that. I'm not supposed to command you. Praise God.
[8:09] Praise God.
[8:39] Of being among people. That's why Jesus didn't just jump and come like an etty. He started with family. In Luke chapter 2 verse 47, he was missing.
[8:52] Joseph and his mother went looking for him. When they found him, they said, son, why have you done this to us? Then he said, I must be above my father's business. And the Bible said, from then he went through them.
[9:04] And submitted himself to them. And in Luke chapter 3, everybody knew him to be Joseph's son, the carpenter. Joseph's son. Verse 23, I think, so as it was supposed.
[9:18] Being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph. So even when he started ministry, they knew that he had a father. He had a son. He has family. To the extent that one day some people said, but is it not?
[9:31] In fact, the same Luke chapter 4, when he read the scripture, they said, but is this not the carpenter's son? We know his brother. They mentioned his family. Why?
[9:43] Because godliness is supposed to live in a context, in a community. So God himself became a community. No, he became, sorry, he is a community.
[9:55] Self-contained community. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Community life. So then, Paul, after you are a Christian, much of your time in church is not just to be receiving miracles.
[10:11] Everything. If much of your time in church is to be serving the saints. And growing in your knowledge. Miracles and testimonies, they just are part of our heritage.
[10:25] So it's your inheritance. It's like, I know some of the guys put a lot of shampoo in their beard. But it's not necessarily the shampoo that make it grow. It's just, it's just my inheritance.
[10:37] My heritage as male may allow me to have beard. May allow me to have some deep voice. And may allow my hair to be bought. It's, it's, it's, it's maleness.
[10:50] Yes. So when you are in Christ, a Christian, there are some, you are brought into an inheritance. And some of the inheritance is some of the testimonies, the miracles, the healings.
[11:04] It's our heritage in Christ. But sometimes if you are not taught to appropriate it, you might be, you might have it but never be able to use it. That's why sometimes teachings are important.
[11:14] But much of the teachings is to be helping us to discover who Christ really is and who we are in Christ. And how we can serve the saints in Christ.
[11:26] So Paul then goes on to talk about how Christ should look in a husband. How Christ should look in a wife. He should look like in a wife. How Christ should look like in children.
[11:39] People who are under parental control or relationship with father, son. How Christ should look in a father. How Christ should look in an employer and an employee or a slave and a slave master.
[11:54] Because those days it was part of the community. I know sometimes people have a problem with, we'll say, but how can the Bible mention slavery and Paul was addressing slaves.
[12:04] It takes Christianity to abolish slavery. Because slavery is just human. So it says that there's no slave there. That's Christianity. In Colossians chapter 3 verse 10.
[12:17] It says that Christ is all in all. It levels the playing field. Whether it's neither Greek nor Jew circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free.
[12:28] But Christ is all in all. When you come to church, your value has nothing to do with your clothing. Nothing to do with your educational status.
[12:40] Your social status. Whether you have money, you don't have money. That's why we don't arrange the seats based on social class or what money you have.
[12:50] Or male or female. All those things are not necessary. The point I'm making is that we don't bring social class into church. It's never Christianity. Racial class is never Christianity.
[13:03] Christianity has no go-to. Anything to do with race, gender, status. It's all about Christ. Amen. Amen. So he then teaches them how people should relate in their employment arena.
[13:18] Then he comes to where he said, now pray for us. Pray for us. Someone say pray for us. Someone say pray for us. Pray for us. He liked the recap. It's amazing.
[13:29] Pray for us. And meanwhile, praying also for us. It's very interesting that a man of court, of his teacher, is asking for prayer.
[13:45] Asking for prayer. In 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 1, it says pray for us. They finally, brethren, pray for us. But what gets my attention is their prayer topic.
[14:00] Pray for us. Someone say pray for. Pray for me. Pray for me. In Ephesians chapter 6 verse 19 and 20.
[14:11] It picks it up on it again. Ephesians chapter 6 verse 19 and 20. It says that, and for me. That's talking about prayer. For me. So pray for me. Okay, let's go to 18 so it can make sense.
[14:23] Is that okay? It's that praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. Be watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplications for all saints.
[14:33] Then he says, and for me. Pray for me. That all trust may be given to me. That I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.
[14:46] I want to speak about the mystery of the gospel. I am in chains. Look at verse 20. I am in chains. I am in bones. It says that. For which I am an ambassador.
[14:56] This man is a very interesting guy. He is a prisoner. He says I am an ambassador. You might think I am a prisoner. But me, I know I am an ambassador.
[15:08] The only thing is my ambassadorial status is an ambassador in chains. I represent a kingdom.
[15:20] Even though I am in chains. There is a place he spoke about. For which reason. Second Timothy chapter 2. Verse 9 actually spoke about being in bones and chains.
[15:31] Again. He says that. For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer. Not that I am an evildoer. The word of God. The word of God. People handle some of us who are Christians like we are evildoers.
[15:46] Because they can't stand the word of God in our mouth. They can't stand the Bible says. They can't stand the scriptures. So they enjoy treating us as evildoers.
[15:58] So he says that. Second Timothy chapter 2. Verse 9. For which reason. I suffer as an evildoer. Even unto the point of imprisonment.
[16:11] He hasn't done anything wrong. He's yet the word of God. Alright. Let's get it within a context. Verse 8. Is that okay? I hope you don't mind. Reading more of the Bible. Verse 8. Remember that Jesus Christ.
[16:23] The seed of David. Was raised from the dead. According to. This thing I've been preaching. I don't have anything to say. The gospel I preach. This is the gospel. That Jesus Christ.
[16:35] Is a human being. Seed of David. But was raised from the dead. According to my gospel. For which. This gospel has put me. In trouble. For which.
[16:46] I suffer trouble. As an evildoer. Even to the point of imprisonment. But the word of God. Cannot be changed. Hallelujah. The word of God.
[16:56] Cannot be changed. So he's saying that. I'm an ambassador in change. But still. My. Ambassadorial status. Is relevant. It's relevant.
[17:07] It's active. And I'm working with it. Paul suffered several. Imprisonments. Or. He actually didn't. He wasn't bothered about being in prison. In Philippians chapter.
[17:18] One. Verse seven. Chapter one. Verse 13. Chapter one. Verse 14. Chapter one. Verse 17. He makes references to his. Being in chains.
[17:29] Or some translation says. His embalms. Philippians chapter one. Verse seven. He said. Even. As it is meet for me. To think this of you all. Because.
[17:41] I have you in my heart. In as much as both. In my bones. He acknowledged that. He was in bones. And in the defense. And the confirmation of the gospel.
[17:52] You are part of the gospel. He said. In my bones. You are part of it. Look at verse 13. Philippians chapter one. Verse 13. So. So that my bones. In Christ. Are manifested.
[18:03] In all the palace. And in all the place. Verse 14. And many of the brethren. In the Lord. Waxing confident. By my bones. This is amazing.
[18:15] And he's happy. Because. You are putting me in prison. But he's giving some people. Audacity. Many of the brethren. Are waxing confidence. By my bones. Let's look at verse 19.
[18:27] One. Preach Christ. Of contention. Not sincerely. Supposing to add affliction. To my bones. Some people were also preaching. So that. This guy will be. More in prison.
[18:39] To make his imprisonment. Even more painful. But this guy. Is so sold out. For God. That he said. Whether they preach. Out of envy. Out of the. I don't care.
[18:50] What I care is. Christ has been preached. And that's what matters to me. What then? Notwithstanding. Every way. Whether in preaching. Or in truth. Christ is preached. And in this.
[19:01] This is what I rejoice. My enjoyment. My happiness. Is that. At least somebody. Is preaching Christ. Hallelujah. He found himself.
[19:11] In bones. Every. Now. And then. He was a man. In chains. But the word of God. In his mouth. Was not chained. In Acts chapter 20.
[19:22] Verse 23. He said. That. The Holy Ghost. Has actually revealed. The Holy Spirit. Has said. I have a testimony. The Holy Spirit said. I have a testimony. In every city.
[19:33] He goes. The Holy Spirit. I have a testimony. And what's the testimony? Chains and tribulations. Await Paul. Can't imagine. Every city. He goes. The Holy Spirit shows up.
[19:44] He said. I have a testimony. And testimonies. His testimonies. Chains and tribulations. Await Paul. Look at the next verse. He said. I can't be bothered. I'm not bothered.
[19:56] Can you imagine. Holy Spirit is giving such a testimony. He said. I'm not bothered. I'm not bothered. Because the Holy Spirit. He didn't say. Don't go. He's just. Telling you. This is what's.
[20:06] Awaiting you. He said. I'm not bothered. I'm not bothered. Paul. Saw. Being in chains. Several times. And now. In Colossians. He's sending. A letter.
[20:17] From prison. He's sending. A letter. From his imprisonment. To. People. Who are free. And he's asking them.
[20:29] After teaching them. All these powerful things. He's asking them. Pray. For me. That I should be released. No. No. No. No. No. Pray for me. That it will be easier.
[20:39] My sentence will be. Minimized. No. No. No. No. Pray for me. That I will preach more. He said. Meanwhile. Pray also for us.
[20:51] That God will. Open to us. A door for the word. To speak. The mystery. Of Christ. Because. This whole thing about Christ.
[21:01] Is so much. A mystery. That it takes. A certain boldness. It takes. A certain audacity. To keep. Because people will tell you. You are bigot. People are likely.
[21:13] To tell you. You are a bigot. Or you are. A little minded person. Or narrow minded. Your mind is not broad. People whose minds.
[21:23] Need brain washing. In the washing machine. Of the word of God. So. He said. Pray for us. That.
[21:34] We can preach. The mystery of Christ. For which. I am in chains. Wow. To speak. The mystery of Christ. For which. I am in chains. So. First of all.
[21:45] He speaks about prayer. And let's go to the next verse. Let me show you something before. And. That. I may make. It manifest. As I ought to speak. There is a way.
[21:56] You have to speak the gospel. But sometimes. You need prayer. To be able to do that. There is a way. You have to speak. You ought to. There is an. Ought to-ness. In.
[22:08] Communicating the gospel. But. There is. Prayer. That is required. It. Because. Under certain circumstances. Your up-to-ness. Will vanish. Yeah.
[22:18] Like some time ago. When the. Crisis. Ascentuated. And you can tell. There is an unrest. In town. So. We need bonus. That is why we need to pray for.
[22:31] One. And. Don't only pray for pastors. Pray for yourself too. That you will be able to be bold. To take a stand. That can help humanity. Yeah. Take a stand. That can bring God.
[22:42] Into the lives of others. So. He says that. Paul's. Point number one. Is that. We should pray. Or. Talk to God. So.
[22:52] After showing us. How we should relate to one another. He goes on to. How. We should talk to God. But it didn't end there. And then he goes on to talk about. How we should talk to people.
[23:03] Who don't know God. So. Let's look at verse five. Let's all read it together. Let's go. Read that loud again.
[23:19] Walk in wisdom. Wow. This is interesting. Towards who? We have to find the context.
[23:31] Who are those outside? Who are those outside? Outside the country? Who are those outside? Let's see if any. That translation.
[23:42] Will render it differently. Amplify. Conduct yourself. With wisdom. In your interactions. With outsiders. Outsiders.
[23:54] Not infidel. But outsiders. How you should. Conduct your life. Towards. So there is. A way. A believer. Is supposed to.
[24:04] Conduct. His or her life. Towards people. Who are. Outside. Let's look at the. American standard version. Then. New living translation. Conduct yourself.
[24:16] With wisdom. Towards outsiders. New living translation. Live wisely. Amongst. Those who are not. Believers. It's making it very clear. I think. Message might even. Make it clearer.
[24:26] I think. I think. I like this one. I think. I like this one. This is a very. Interesting one.
[24:36] Message. You. Tell someone. Use your head. So the.
[24:48] Amplify says. Use your head. As you live. And work. Among. Outsiders. We live. Remember. Christianity. Christianity. Doesn't mean. Go and sit in the jungle. Redraw yourself.
[24:58] From society. And say. Ask for me. It's just. All these people. Are demons. Maybe you are being. Demon influenced. Because. Christianity. Must be lived. Within a context.
[25:08] Of society. If your. Christian testimony. Cannot show. In your family. You have work to do. If your. Christian testimony. Cannot show. With your.
[25:19] At your workplace. You have. I'm not. That's. That's. That's why. Christianity. Is not about. Wearing cross. Or wearing chains. Or wearing religious symbols. The strength of Christianity.
[25:30] Is not in symbols. So you can. Burn cross. But you can't. Burn. My. My. My core. When you come into contact. With me.
[25:40] There's something about me. That is supposed to. Minister Christ to you. Is it good to wear cross? Oh yes. If you get a chance. Wear. But it's not a big deal. If you don't wear a cross. Some of you came.
[25:52] The pastor was not wearing cross. You feel like. Oh. Is he his pastor? The strength of Christianity. Is not in relics. Is not in symbols. Is not in. Caps.
[26:03] Is not in. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can wear. Jeans. I can't even wear. Track suits. And preach. And it doesn't spoil the gospel. So those of you.
[26:13] Who think you need suits. In order to be in church. It's not. It's not. No. No. It's not true. You don't need suits to be in church. Yes. I like suits. I like suits.
[26:23] You like it too. Yeah. You like it. So. We just like it. Some of us like it. And some of the guys. Who God has brought to church. Never got a chance to wear suits. Yeah. Only track suits.
[26:34] Yeah. Only track suits. And selling all kinds of things on the street. So. We are just trying to make people city worthy. Yeah. But some people. You wore suits.
[26:44] You every. Monday. Right. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday suited. There's nothing wrong with what you wear. As long as it's just decent. Yeah. Because the.
[26:55] Christianity is not in symbols and looks. There's no way you can look so Christian. Christianity is not in looks.
[27:06] It is in being. When people interact with you. They find out who you are. So. First of all. Those who live with you. Must be the people who must testify.
[27:18] About the authenticity of your Christianity. Your husband. That's why it's not your wife. And all those people. Then now. It says that those who are outside. Those who are outside.
[27:29] Let's go. First Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 12. Look at it. First Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 12. It says. That you walk properly towards those. Who are outside. That you mean.
[27:41] There's a way. So. We have to explore this proper walking. For the believer. You ask for me. It's between me and God. It's just between me and God. And now.
[27:52] Your relationship with God. Is demanding something. To affect your relationship with others. So. It says that. That you walk properly towards those who are outside. Now.
[28:02] I'm talking about the outside. There are people who are outside. Jesus actually spoke. He spoke about them. In Mark chapter 4. Again. Mark chapter 4. Verse 11. Jesus said. To those who are outside. These things are spoken in parables.
[28:15] Yeah. And he said to them. This Jesus speaking. To you. It has been given to know the mystery. Say the mystery. You remember Paul. The mystery. The mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those who are outside.
[28:26] They are outsiders. It's not. It's not. It doesn't mean they are lower in status. Second class. No it's not God. Just that. They are not in Christ. I'm not talking about church.
[28:36] There are people in church. But they are outside. Who are outsiders. There are people. They are. Sometimes listen to interviews. And you find out that there's a preacher. Who is an outsider.
[28:48] He's a preacher. He's a priest. He's a clergyman. But he's an outsider. He's not in Christ. So it's not so much about church. Generally speaking. Unless we are narrowing the definition of church.
[29:02] To what the Bible actually defines as church. But outsiders are simply people who are not in Christ. So there are people who are not in Christ. You'll be dealing with. Regularly.
[29:12] That you. We actually tend to. Meet more people who are not in Christ. Than people who are in Christ. Right? And actually depending on where you live. You meet more people.
[29:24] Who are not in Christ. And the Bible is now telling us that. You have to talk to God. But also have to be wise. In dealing with. And talking to. People who are not in God.
[29:35] People who are not in Christ. People who are outsiders. So yeah. That's why you are. You are demon possessed. That's why. No. There's a way to speak to people. Yeah. Yeah.
[29:45] There is. There is a way to speak to people. And not necessarily. Offend them. Before you can affect them. There's a way. That's why. All of us pastors.
[29:56] We must be careful. You know. Just open a mouth. Tell somebody. Use your head. Because. The Bible said it. But it doesn't mean. You should say it directly like that. So.
[30:10] There is a way. To relate with people. And it says that. Wisdom. Put the scripture on the screen again. In Acts. So. Colossians 4. 5. Let's all read it all together. Please.
[30:20] Walk in wisdom. For the good of us. For our side. We live in the side. So now. The way the message Bible says. That use your head. The message Bible says.
[30:31] Use your head. As you live. In other words. Be very much aware. Of who you are talking to. Who you are dealing with. What might be acceptable. What might not be acceptable.
[30:42] When someone comes to you. And asks you a question. Let me say this. This is very important. When somebody asks you a question. Especially with regards to. Your. Religious life.
[30:54] Or Christian life. When somebody asks you a question. Don't be too quick. To answer the question. But be wise enough. To answer the questioner. There is a difference.
[31:05] Between answering a question. And answering a questioner. Because somebody can ask you a question. With a pre-existing understanding. Yes. And you have to be able to be wise enough.
[31:16] To answer. To cover his pre-existing understanding. So that you can still give them. Appropriate answer. Because sometimes. Someone can ask you a question. So what.
[31:27] What do you think. Or a child. Ask you a question. You can't use all kinds of theological jargon. To answer a child. You might answer the question. By end up not answering the questioner. So.
[31:39] In our dealings. And our interactions. With people. With your boss. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. When you're sending a message to your ex. Yes. About your current state in Christ.
[31:53] And they ask you a question. I've met sisters who said. They told somebody. No. Now I'm a Christian. Why can't I see you again?
[32:04] And she answered. No. Now I'm a Christian. And he said. Well it doesn't matter. And the guy was able to convince them. Giving points. after points why it doesn't matter and give you statistics why it does no matter why are you giving offering church because they say we should give our money oh oh why are you giving building a house because the church wants to build a building in kessington let's look at the text again it says walk in wisdom towards those who are without message i've actually for today because it has a way of saying it those who are among outside don't miss a trick yes make the most of every sometimes someone will tell you something that i don't know the doctor said i've got i'm about to die don't miss that opportunity don't maybe you might not pray for healing you might not be able to heal them but save them before they die they might not be telling you please advise me about what to do they might be hoping that can you tell me something about life after death can you still then they might not say directly that's why you don't have to answer a question but answer a question in first peter chapter 3 verse 15 he says that be careful to give an answer to anyone who asks you for their hope but satisfy the lord in your heart and be ready always to give an answer to everyone that asks it give me new king james
[34:01] Everyone that asks you for, watch this, what are they asking? They have seen something in you and it's making them, they look at your life.
[34:12] They look at, they listen to your language. They observe the way you react to problems. You react to difficulties. You react to offenses. You react to annoying people. They observe the way you react to situations.
[34:24] Even when they offended you so bad, the way you reacted after a time, they may ask you a question. And the question is not asked, why did you react this way? But they are asking a question and the premise of it is, they've seen something in you.
[34:39] They have seen something in you. So what they have noticed in you have caused them to ask you a question. And the question is not a general question. It's related to the kind of hope that is in you. Outsiders must see the kind of hope that is in us.
[34:55] Because the hope in us makes us live a certain lifestyle. So be ready to give an answer. Seize the moment. Seize the opportunity.
[35:07] You are working with somebody. And the two of you lose your, God forbid, you lose your job. Similar situation. But don't cry so much that I'm dead.
[35:19] I'm dead. And the one who rather doesn't, is not supposed to be living, is consoling you. Don't worry. Don't worry. You have been preaching to this person that, I can do all things through Christ who's telling me.
[35:32] You have been preaching to this person that, I live by faith and not by sight. Jesus is mine. And you are put on your desk, every computer, the Lord with God, all things are possible.
[35:43] And now you lost your job and you are crying, I don't know. I don't know. And then the one who doesn't even know that with God all things are possible, is now consoling you. It can happen.
[35:59] Please, don't let us behave like it's very remote from us. Sometimes we all have different ways of handling crisis. But the point is that people must notice something in you by the way you handle life, by the way you handle difficulties, by the way you handle breakthroughs, the way you've been having promotion, the way you behave at parties.
[36:23] In times of success and excitement, how you celebrate your success must point to people that there is something in you that they don't have.
[36:35] The Christian life must be lived in the context of a community. And that's where you actually will begin to beam out. And the community starts with the church community.
[36:46] But it doesn't end with the church community. It goes out because there are people who are outside the church community. They have to. Someone put this one day, he put it this way.
[36:58] He said, unbelievers won't read the Bible. You are the Bible they will read. Your life is their Bible. Don't be telling them what the Bible says you shouldn't do.
[37:10] Just live a life that will make them ask questions and not skeptical questions. But I'm talking about seeking. They want answers.
[37:21] They see something in you which they realize they need. They want. When you are walking with God, people must see. You don't have to be wearing things and dry lip and everyday fasting to look like.
[37:34] It's not necessary. It is boring. No one wants that. No one wants this boring life in the name of God. That's why many people, when we were children, you went to church and you slept throughout or played football.
[37:48] Because what was going on was just very boring. But we have some younger people here. They are very much engaged. Come to KP2 and see. Don't make the word of God boring.
[38:02] There is nothing. Read the scriptures. From Genesis to Revelation, anybody who met God never said it was boring. Nobody met God and said, oh, this is boring.
[38:13] It was very engaging. All right. So, I have to end now. So, let me round up. You have, it says that, seize the moment.
[38:26] Live in a way that wisdom towards outsiders. End. Seize the moment. Seize every opportunity you get to give an answer.
[38:39] To minister grace. Verse 6. He said, let, can I end on verse 6? I won't say too much about that. He said, let, look at verses. Let your speech always be with grace.
[38:53] Your speech. Seasoned with salt. Grace. It connotes how much love. Salt is the truth. Don't be all love and there's no truth.
[39:05] Don't be all truth and not graceful. Let your speech. When you open your mouth. Let your speech. Be with grace first.
[39:17] And seasoned with salt. That you may know how you ought to. You see this? You see this? Is it okay if I pick it up from here next week?
[39:29] Yes. Because there's a lot packed in this. But my time will not permit me. So, I want my speech to be with grace. And seasoned with salt. So, as I use my head to finish this message.
[39:43] Did you receive something? Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry. We pray you have been strengthened and enlightened.
[39:54] You can connect with David Entry on all relevant social media platforms. Including Instagram and LinkedIn. You can also hear more messages from David Entry. On all relevant streaming platforms.
[40:04] And the Carriage Church app. Don't forget to like and share the message. Be blessed. Thank you.