WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.220 Yeah, thank you so much, Pastor Tommy. 00:00:03.220 --> 00:00:05.700 Thank you so much, all of you, for coming. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:13.400 As he said, in the last 10 years, since 2006 up to 2016, 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.980 I have been very close to Pastor Tommy and also for Laura. 00:00:19.580 --> 00:00:24.199 We worked together for that project as we forgive a documentary film. 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.740 And what I can testify, I'm a survivor of genocide. 00:00:28.739 --> 00:00:31.719 I lost 100 people during the genocide, killed. 00:00:32.379 --> 00:00:34.359 I was 17 during the genocide. 00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:38.060 But after genocide, I was totally confused about God, 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:39.859 about where I was going during the genocide, 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:44.280 how God can allow genocide to happen in a Christian nation. 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:47.239 Among all these discussions, but I praise God, 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:49.539 because finally I gave my life to Jesus Christ. 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.039 I started a journey of healing and reconciliation. 00:00:52.879 --> 00:00:57.000 But what I want to testify is that one of the key tools 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.299 that God used to heal our country, Rwanda, 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:03.579 as we forgive a documentary movie was a part of it. 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:09.000 We have seen people really healed and also changed 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.859 by the power of the gospel through that movie. 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:12.900 Thank you so much, Pastor. 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:14.859 Thank you so much also for your support 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:19.060 and your significant role in that project. 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:21.060 Thank you so much, Pastor. 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:22.719 So I'm called Emmanuel Kuzera. 00:01:23.939 --> 00:01:25.100 Kuzera means faith. 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.920 I'm from Rwanda, as I have already mentioned. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:31.159 But now currently I live in Kenya, Nairobi, 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:33.379 where I work as International Mission Director 00:01:33.379 --> 00:01:34.780 of African Evangelistic Enterprise. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:36.180 I'm married. 00:01:36.500 --> 00:01:37.460 I have three children. 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:39.780 The oldest, she's eight. 00:01:40.140 --> 00:01:42.079 The second one, he's six. 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:44.140 And the youngest, she's one and a half. 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:46.879 So I praise God for my wife and my children, 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.560 but also I praise God for the whole thing 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:52.180 that God is doing in my country, Rwanda, 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:54.920 and the ministry I'm doing in terms of evangelism 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.400 of the cities of Africa. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:59.760 So the message of this afternoon, 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.879 I want to reflect on Matthew chapter 16, 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:07.879 verse 13 up to verse 20. 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.539 The question that Jesus asked his disciples. 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.579 When you read Matthew chapter 16 from verse 13 00:02:16.579 --> 00:02:17.659 up to verse 20, 00:02:18.819 --> 00:02:22.199 Jesus asked his disciples two questions. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.460 The first question is on verse 13. 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:29.099 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippine, 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:30.919 he asked his disciples, 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:34.800 who do people say the Son of Man is? 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:40.040 Now, this afternoon, I want just to help you 00:02:40.040 --> 00:02:41.180 or to encourage you 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:44.719 or to just cause a kind of reflection 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:48.760 about this question that Jesus asked his disciples. 00:02:49.580 --> 00:02:52.100 Who do people say I am? 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:56.100 Who do people say the Son of Man is? 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.660 Now, when you ask this question about who is Jesus, 00:03:01.380 --> 00:03:04.120 even now when I'm preaching about that question, 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:04.860 who is Jesus, 00:03:05.860 --> 00:03:08.180 with my French accent in English. 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:10.920 You know, I speak French. 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:12.120 English is my fourth language. 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:15.020 So I try English in my French accent. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.200 Now, when you ask people, 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.159 who is Jesus, as a message, 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:23.400 I'm sure that some of you can think like, 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.860 hmm, this is not really a question 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:27.060 you can ask some people, 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:28.780 mature disciples of Christ. 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:30.620 Some of the people have been in the church 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:33.780 for many years to ask who is Jesus. 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:35.319 But let me tell you, 00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:37.580 this question about who is Jesus 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:39.379 looks like very simple. 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:42.420 It looks like a question for the Sunday school, 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:43.180 for the children, 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.719 but it's something very important for our generation, 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.379 and it's a very key question 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:52.400 that I want all of us to ask, 00:03:52.540 --> 00:03:53.140 who is Jesus? 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:57.779 That's why Jesus Christ asked his disciple, 00:03:58.459 --> 00:04:00.599 who do people say I am? 00:04:01.679 --> 00:04:03.859 With my experience as an evangelist, 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:04.939 because I'm an evangelist, 00:04:05.059 --> 00:04:07.219 I work with the African Enterprise as an evangelist. 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.899 In the last, I think, 15 years, 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:11.039 I've been doing evangelism. 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.799 I keep asking the same question different people. 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.899 Trust me, I keep asking this question several people. 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:20.099 Who is Jesus? 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:23.260 Even now, in Washington, D.C., 00:04:23.260 --> 00:04:24.879 I can ask you the same question. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.980 Who is Jesus, according to you? 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:28.080 Who is Jesus to you? 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:32.340 I travel a lot because of my job, 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:34.020 my kind of career I do. 00:04:34.379 --> 00:04:35.360 I travel in Africa. 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:37.939 I travel in Europe, in Australia, in America. 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:40.460 But most of the time, because I'm an evangelist, 00:04:40.520 --> 00:04:42.640 I have a heart to share the love of Jesus Christ. 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:45.420 Whenever I'm sitting in a plane, 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:48.720 when I'm flying anywhere with someone next to me, 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:52.580 somehow I try to create a kind of conversation. 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.000 You know, it's a blessing to be an African guy 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:56.860 sitting in a plane, 00:04:57.320 --> 00:04:59.080 because everyone is asking a question, 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:00.760 oh, where are you coming from? 00:05:00.840 --> 00:05:01.660 I say, I'm from Africa. 00:05:01.780 --> 00:05:02.400 Where are you going? 00:05:02.520 --> 00:05:03.680 I'm going to Washington, D.C. 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:06.300 When someone is asking me those kind of questions, 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.780 it's a great opportunity for me to share about Jesus. 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:11.940 Because the more you ask me questions, 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.760 the more I will finally ask you, 00:05:13.820 --> 00:05:14.520 do you know Jesus? 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:18.139 Because it's easy to say, 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:19.719 oh, I'm going to Washington, D.C. 00:05:19.719 --> 00:05:21.759 I'm going to speak in a Christian gathering. 00:05:22.539 --> 00:05:23.620 And then I say, oh, by the way, 00:05:23.719 --> 00:05:24.560 do you have a church? 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:26.219 I say, no, I don't have a church. 00:05:26.500 --> 00:05:27.659 And then I keep asking, 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:28.899 do you know who is Jesus? 00:05:29.579 --> 00:05:30.939 Now, it's very interesting, 00:05:31.299 --> 00:05:31.839 believe me, 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.439 that many people in this world, 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:36.219 especially this generation, 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:38.859 they don't know really who is Jesus. 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:40.939 When you ask that question, 00:05:41.340 --> 00:05:42.139 wherever you are, 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:43.920 in America, in Europe, in Asia, 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:45.720 in Africa, South Africa, 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:48.060 Nigeria, Nairobi, 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:49.960 Jakarta, Indonesia, 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:51.360 when you ask people, 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:52.120 who is Jesus? 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.280 You will be very surprised 00:05:54.280 --> 00:05:57.720 about several responses 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:59.660 and the kind of confusion 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:01.460 people have in their mind 00:06:01.460 --> 00:06:02.460 about who is Jesus. 00:06:02.460 --> 00:06:04.000 I totally believe 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.780 that's why Jesus asked his disciples, 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:10.159 who do people say I am? 00:06:11.119 --> 00:06:12.839 Let me ask this question. 00:06:13.039 --> 00:06:16.099 Who is Jesus here in Washington, D.C.? 00:06:16.099 --> 00:06:18.079 Who is Jesus in your department? 00:06:18.859 --> 00:06:20.659 Who is Jesus in your neighborhood? 00:06:21.299 --> 00:06:22.959 Who is Jesus to you? 00:06:23.599 --> 00:06:24.459 Now, listen to me. 00:06:24.719 --> 00:06:26.719 When Jesus asked that question, 00:06:27.379 --> 00:06:28.000 now people, 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:29.979 no, Peter replied. 00:06:29.979 --> 00:06:31.000 He said, 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:33.519 some said you are John Baptist. 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:36.659 Others said you are Elijah. 00:06:36.660 --> 00:06:39.820 Others still think like you are Jeremiah. 00:06:40.520 --> 00:06:41.620 There's even others 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:43.040 who are saying you are one of the prophets, 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:44.340 which is clear 00:06:44.340 --> 00:06:46.860 that even during the time of Jesus Christ, 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:48.560 people were confused. 00:06:49.260 --> 00:06:49.640 They were saying, 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:51.340 ah, I think he's Jeremiah 00:06:51.340 --> 00:06:53.379 or I think he's John Baptist. 00:06:53.900 --> 00:06:56.120 I think he's one of the prophets. 00:06:56.820 --> 00:06:58.840 Now, it's clear that people, 00:06:58.840 --> 00:07:00.440 during the time of Jesus Christ, 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:03.120 they were having a lot of confusion, 00:07:03.660 --> 00:07:05.680 a lot of the definition of who is Jesus. 00:07:06.660 --> 00:07:08.320 Allow me to ask you again, 00:07:08.580 --> 00:07:10.160 who is Jesus in this generation? 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:13.080 Now, listen to me how some people, 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:15.340 they reply to me when I ask who is Jesus. 00:07:15.760 --> 00:07:17.360 I have met with several people 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:18.600 in a different occasion, 00:07:18.760 --> 00:07:19.160 on WhatsApp, 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:20.200 on Facebook, 00:07:20.740 --> 00:07:21.360 on internet, 00:07:21.640 --> 00:07:23.200 even just my friends talking. 00:07:23.700 --> 00:07:24.480 Some of them, 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:25.400 when you ask them, 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:26.160 who is Jesus? 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:27.700 Some people, 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:28.260 they will say, 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:28.960 oh, Jesus, 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.280 he's a religious figure. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.319 I'm not interested in the region, 00:07:33.739 --> 00:07:36.559 but I think he's a religious guy 00:07:36.559 --> 00:07:39.000 somewhere in Middle East 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:40.779 and with a lot of confusion, 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:42.959 especially in the western part of the world. 00:07:43.619 --> 00:07:44.879 Most of the young people, 00:07:45.299 --> 00:07:46.199 when you ask them, 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:46.559 I mean, 00:07:46.719 --> 00:07:47.699 young is not children, 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:48.039 I mean, 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:48.719 teenagers, 00:07:49.039 --> 00:07:49.500 25, 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:50.459 35 years, 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:51.659 when you ask them, 00:07:51.939 --> 00:07:52.579 who is Jesus? 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:54.019 They will say, 00:07:54.179 --> 00:07:55.299 he's a religious guy, 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:56.439 he's a religious leader. 00:07:57.219 --> 00:07:57.879 He's the same, 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.639 like Mahatma Gandhi, 00:08:00.420 --> 00:08:00.959 he's like, 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:01.759 let's say, 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:02.560 name it, 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:03.040 he's, 00:08:03.219 --> 00:08:04.399 even some people say like, 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:05.519 Jesus Christ, 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:07.019 he's a good star. 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:07.560 It's like, 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:08.360 he's a star. 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:10.040 There's other people, 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:11.680 who will tell you that Jesus, 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:14.060 I think I have heard my dad, 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:15.560 talking about Jesus. 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:16.920 I don't know who he is, 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:18.259 but I think my dad, 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:19.319 when I was very young, 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:20.800 he told me about Jesus. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:22.019 Others, 00:08:22.159 --> 00:08:23.860 we confuse Jesus and the culture. 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:25.540 In Africa, 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:27.139 many people, 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:27.860 some people, 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:28.620 not a lot of them. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:29.600 Some people, 00:08:29.719 --> 00:08:30.199 when you ask them, 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:30.839 who is Jesus? 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:32.600 They will tell you, 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:33.340 Jesus, 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:36.059 he's a Western civilization. 00:08:37.139 --> 00:08:38.539 It's like a Western culture. 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:39.360 Now, 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:39.960 others, 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:40.720 they think, 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:41.559 it's a, 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:42.299 it's a, 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:42.940 it's a, 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:44.259 a theological debate. 00:08:44.379 --> 00:08:45.159 It's like a debate. 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:45.440 You know, 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:46.379 Jesus is a debate. 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:47.360 Now, 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:47.960 others, 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.259 we have so many things. 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:49.759 Others, 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:50.899 they think it's a myth. 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:51.960 It's not a reality. 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:52.799 Others, 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:53.580 it's a dream. 00:08:54.019 --> 00:08:55.639 I have even met with some people who say, 00:08:55.940 --> 00:08:56.259 Jesus, 00:08:56.880 --> 00:08:57.880 he's a good philosopher. 00:08:58.400 --> 00:08:59.040 He's a philosopher. 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.460 It's like a kind of philosophy. 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:02.000 And then others, 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:03.140 they will say like, 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:03.560 Jesus, 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:04.160 yeah, 00:09:04.220 --> 00:09:04.980 he's a good man. 00:09:05.040 --> 00:09:05.760 He's a good guy. 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:06.020 You know, 00:09:06.140 --> 00:09:06.480 these days, 00:09:06.540 --> 00:09:06.740 people, 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:07.100 they like say, 00:09:07.140 --> 00:09:07.240 oh, 00:09:07.260 --> 00:09:07.880 he's a good guy. 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:08.460 Say, 00:09:08.520 --> 00:09:09.720 Jesus is a good guy. 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.100 But let me tell you that today, 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:14.379 this afternoon, 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:15.600 this question, 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:16.740 who is Jesus, 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.759 is a question that Jesus is asking his church. 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.200 Who is Jesus in our generation? 00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:24.980 Is he a Buddha? 00:09:25.680 --> 00:09:27.019 Is he a good prophet? 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:29.379 Is he a good man? 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:32.060 Is he a religious figure? 00:09:32.540 --> 00:09:34.200 Is he a theological debate? 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:35.200 Who is Jesus? 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:35.320 Jesus, 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.240 I'm not sure if you know it, 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.080 but in Africa, 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:40.040 during the Christmas, 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.960 we have what you call Christmas tree. 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:43.379 You know, 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:44.660 we make a Christmas tree. 00:09:45.160 --> 00:09:46.920 And then we have something in the French, 00:09:47.020 --> 00:09:48.080 we call it Père Noël, 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.560 or Father Christmas. 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:51.040 Now, 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:52.220 most of the young people, 00:09:52.400 --> 00:09:52.720 kids, 00:09:52.920 --> 00:09:53.420 when you ask me, 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:53.980 who is Jesus? 00:09:55.280 --> 00:09:56.639 You will be surprised. 00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:59.000 They confuse Jesus and Father Christmas. 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.240 They think like Jesus is a guy with a red robe, 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:06.040 who brings some gifts during the Christmas day. 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:10.020 It's very sad that we are living in a generation. 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:12.980 We are living in a time where people, 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:15.400 they don't know really who is Jesus. 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:15.679 Now, 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:17.419 Jesus, 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:19.519 he asked the second question, 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.799 verse 15. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:22.220 He asked, 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:23.039 who is Jesus? 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:25.059 Who do people say I am? 00:10:25.319 --> 00:10:26.299 And then verse 15, 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:26.799 he asked, 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:28.199 what about you? 00:10:28.939 --> 00:10:30.740 Who do you think I am? 00:10:30.819 --> 00:10:31.919 Who do you say I am? 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:32.379 Now, 00:10:32.459 --> 00:10:35.459 let me just reflect a little bit about these two questions. 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:37.600 The first question was, 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:40.960 who is Jesus outside of the church? 00:10:41.539 --> 00:10:44.240 Who is Jesus outside of the believers? 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:45.740 Of course, 00:10:46.060 --> 00:10:47.019 outside of the church, 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.279 they were confused about who he is. 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:52.100 And then Jesus asked the second question. 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:52.600 Now, 00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:53.580 what about you? 00:10:55.060 --> 00:10:55.899 What about you? 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.080 Others, 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:58.060 they think I am Elijah. 00:10:58.700 --> 00:10:59.100 Others, 00:10:59.200 --> 00:10:59.980 they think I am Jeremiah. 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:01.060 Others, 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.779 they can think like I am a philosopher. 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:03.720 Others, 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:05.539 they can think like it's a myth, 00:11:05.680 --> 00:11:07.100 or it's a movie, 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:07.980 or it's what? 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:09.379 And then Jesus said, 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:11.180 what about you? 00:11:11.179 --> 00:11:14.779 Which is now a question for believers, 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:16.899 for the church today? 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:19.319 When you read those two questions, 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:21.419 you will understand that the church, 00:11:21.739 --> 00:11:22.659 we have a calling, 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.819 we have a mission, 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:24.939 to preach, 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:25.879 to share, 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:28.579 to let people know who he is. 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:29.879 But also, 00:11:30.339 --> 00:11:32.219 that question belongs to you, 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:34.059 who are sitting in this church. 00:11:34.059 --> 00:11:35.979 I am a son of a pastor. 00:11:36.579 --> 00:11:38.079 I was born in a Christian family. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:41.119 My dad was a pastor in a preceptorian church. 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:42.979 My grandfather was a pastor. 00:11:43.479 --> 00:11:44.919 His grandson was a pastor. 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:49.279 His grandchildren was a pastor. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:49.879 That's the four. 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:50.979 My auntie, 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:52.539 she's a pastor now. 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.159 I have two aunties of my family. 00:11:55.479 --> 00:11:56.079 In my family, 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:57.399 we have seven pastors. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.419 You can imagine my family now. 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:01.239 But, 00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:03.439 I didn't know who is Jesus. 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:06.759 Until I gave my love to Jesus Christ. 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:09.319 Until I have my personal relationship 00:12:09.319 --> 00:12:10.739 with Jesus Christ. 00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:11.919 It doesn't matter, 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:14.939 it doesn't matter that I was born in a Christian family. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.099 Because Jesus, 00:12:16.479 --> 00:12:17.959 he asked his disciples, 00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:19.059 what about you? 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:20.959 Do you know who I am? 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.239 Who do you say I am? 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.239 That's why Peter said, 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:26.699 you are the Christ. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.079 You are the son of God. 00:12:28.359 --> 00:12:29.139 You are the Messiah. 00:12:29.859 --> 00:12:30.099 Amen. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:30.259 Amen. 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.139 Now, 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.259 this afternoon, 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.060 I want to encourage you 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:36.420 just to reflect on those two questions. 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:37.540 Jesus 00:12:37.540 --> 00:12:38.980 wants to know 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.879 who he is 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:41.120 according to you. 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:42.080 Who is Jesus 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:43.500 to you? 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:44.680 Who is Jesus? 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:47.320 I like the story 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.040 of Paul. 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:48.659 You know, 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:49.180 in the Bible, 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:50.620 you read a lot of stories. 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.820 I like stories in the Bible. 00:12:51.920 --> 00:12:53.200 I don't like to share other stories. 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.560 I like stories in the Bible. 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:57.039 So let me share one story about Paul, 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:58.879 who used to be Saul. 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:00.859 You remember there's a story in the Bible, 00:13:01.319 --> 00:13:02.399 in the book of Acts, 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.439 of Apostles, 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.159 chapter 9, 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.419 from verse 1 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:07.099 up to verse 20. 00:13:07.819 --> 00:13:07.979 Now, 00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:09.079 the Bible talks about 00:13:09.079 --> 00:13:10.500 the guy called Saul, 00:13:11.179 --> 00:13:12.219 the guy called Saul 00:13:12.219 --> 00:13:13.919 who ended up becoming Paul. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:14.639 Now, 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:16.219 before Saul 00:13:16.219 --> 00:13:17.239 to meet with Jesus, 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:19.039 he was fighting 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:20.899 against Christians. 00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:22.419 He was killing them. 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:24.120 he was busy with 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.240 just fighting 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.319 the disciples of Jesus Christ. 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.319 Even everyone 00:13:28.319 --> 00:13:29.559 who confessed about Jesus. 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.059 But one day, 00:13:31.939 --> 00:13:32.659 one day, 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:33.939 Saul 00:13:33.939 --> 00:13:35.139 met with Jesus. 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:36.419 The Bible says 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:37.299 in the book of Acts, 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:37.959 chapter 1, 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.120 he met with 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.059 a light from heaven. 00:13:41.199 --> 00:13:42.179 He was just walking 00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:42.979 to Damascus, 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.959 busy with killing people, 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:46.179 busy with trying 00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:47.339 to fight against Jesus. 00:13:47.839 --> 00:13:48.519 And then he met 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.019 with Jesus. 00:13:49.819 --> 00:13:50.500 The Bible says 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:53.279 a light from heaven 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:55.039 flashed around him. 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.340 And then, 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:57.539 when Saul 00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.340 was just 00:13:58.340 --> 00:14:00.139 falling down, 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.779 he heard a voice. 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:02.220 He said, 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.120 Saul, 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:03.720 Saul, 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:05.019 why do you 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:05.860 persecute me? 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.179 And then, 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:08.779 I like the question, 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:09.399 Paul, 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:09.899 Saul, 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:10.620 asked Jesus. 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.659 He said, 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.000 who are you, 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.620 my Lord? 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:14.620 Now, 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:15.159 here, 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.480 we see now Saul, 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.480 which is now Paul 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.059 in the Bible, 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.399 he was asking 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.320 another question. 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:20.640 You know, 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.980 the first two questions 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:23.560 in the gospel 00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:24.820 according to St. Matthew, 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.120 it was Jesus 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.460 who was asking 00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:28.340 who I am. 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:29.900 But now here, 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.300 in the book of Acts, 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.960 chapter 9, 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:33.420 we see now Paul, 00:14:33.660 --> 00:14:34.000 Saul, 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.280 he was asking, 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.300 who are you, 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:36.900 my Lord? 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:38.300 My prayer 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.960 for American society 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.140 or American community, 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.400 for my prayer 00:14:42.400 --> 00:14:43.120 for Africans, 00:14:43.400 --> 00:14:44.440 my prayer for Europe, 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:46.280 my prayer for the church 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:46.700 today, 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.360 I want to encourage you 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.659 to ask this 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:51.180 very powerful question. 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.440 Who are you, 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.019 my Lord? 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.279 Who are you, 00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:54.700 Jesus? 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:56.000 Even tonight, 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.659 I want to encourage you, 00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:59.899 when you will go home, 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.800 just take like a five minutes 00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:02.580 before to sleep 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.779 or ten minutes, 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.980 just pray, 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:05.800 Lord, 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:07.039 I know 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.240 you want to know 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.159 who you are 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.879 in this world, 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.340 but even myself, 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.139 I have a question. 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.600 Who are you, 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.420 my Lord? 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.179 Because Paul, 00:15:16.719 --> 00:15:17.019 Saul, 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:18.219 he asked that question. 00:15:18.819 --> 00:15:20.179 And then it's very interesting, 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:21.740 very interesting. 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.240 When Paul wrote 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:25.219 to a Corotians, 00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.419 when Paul wrote 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:26.719 a letter 00:15:26.719 --> 00:15:27.979 to Corotians, 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.159 chapter 1, 00:15:29.959 --> 00:15:30.719 chapter 1, 00:15:31.579 --> 00:15:32.519 chapter 1 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.519 from verse 15, 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:36.819 15 up to verse 20, 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:39.199 now here we see Paul, 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:40.259 who asked, 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:41.059 who are you, 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.599 my Lord? 00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.379 Now here, 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:42.759 Paul, 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:44.319 he's now going to tell us 00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:45.080 who is Jesus. 00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.960 I want to ask you 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:48.939 to really, 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:51.379 to hear very careful 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.179 who is Jesus. 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:53.399 In a book of, 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.299 in a letter, 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.740 that letter, 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:56.580 Paul wrote 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.779 to Corotians, 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.700 he said, 00:15:59.460 --> 00:15:59.919 chapter 1, 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.559 verse 15, 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.819 Corotians chapter 1, 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.399 verse 15, 00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:03.299 he said, 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.120 Jesus, 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.399 Jesus, 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.100 is the image 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:09.120 of the invisible God. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.399 He's the firstborn 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:13.740 over all creation. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.320 Who is Jesus? 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:17.159 The firstborn, 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.200 he's the image 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.500 of the invisible God. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:21.240 He's the firstborn 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.759 over all creation. 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.700 Second, 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.000 Paul said, 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:25.980 Jesus, 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.340 in him, 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:29.139 all things 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.279 were created 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.419 in him, 00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.759 in Jesus. 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:32.899 Jesus, 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.019 Jesus, 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.899 is not Mahatima Gandhi. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.059 I love Mahatima Gandhi. 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.559 I love non-violence. 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.519 I read a lot. 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.879 Actually, 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:42.439 I have my degree 00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.620 in political history, 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.600 but I have read 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.879 a lot about Mahatima Gandhi. 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.299 I love Mandela. 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:50.200 I love Martina Ruther King. 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:52.299 I love all these big men 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.080 who have changed, 00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:54.179 who have done their best 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:55.480 to change the world. 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.720 But let me tell you, 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.340 Jesus, 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.139 is not Mahatima Gandhi. 00:16:59.620 --> 00:16:59.960 Jesus, 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.980 is not a philosopher. 00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.779 Jesus, 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.700 is not a debate. 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.519 Jesus, 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.079 he's the son of God. 00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:06.480 He is the image 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.360 of the invisible God. 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.420 The Bible says, 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.259 in him, 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.740 all things 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.700 were created. 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.200 Listen to me. 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.819 Things in heaven 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.279 and on the earth, 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.279 visible 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.360 and invisible, 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.099 whether thrones 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:21.740 or power 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.480 or rulers 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.259 or authority. 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.920 The Bible says 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.299 that all things 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.860 have been created 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:29.220 through him 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.259 and for him. 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.700 That's so powerful. 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.240 Everything 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.279 you see 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.160 in this world, 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.480 the Bible says, 00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.720 all things 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.779 have been created 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:40.240 through him 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.519 and for him. 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.240 Let me tell you 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.579 something, 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.440 that one day 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.680 you will be 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.440 accountable, 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.480 accountable 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.740 to your life, 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:49.879 to your finances, 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.140 to your skills, 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.240 because the Bible 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.480 says everything, 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:55.140 everything you see 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:57.099 has been created 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.240 through him 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.220 and for him. 00:17:59.220 --> 00:18:00.480 By the way, 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.240 let me tell you 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.200 something very interesting. 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:04.600 The church of Jesus Christ 00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.819 does not have 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.640 any mission. 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:09.259 Let me repeat again. 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.100 We don't have 00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:10.799 a mission. 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.240 The church 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:13.059 is the mission 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.000 of Jesus Christ. 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.680 Let me make it clear. 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.180 A church, 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:17.779 you know, 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.480 the body of Christ, 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:20.019 we are not here 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.500 to try to figure out 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.140 what to do. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:22.600 No. 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:24.160 It's not like a company 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:25.519 where you sit together 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.180 and then you start 00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.720 to figure out 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.019 what am I going to do. 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:29.079 The church, 00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:29.960 of course, 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.259 the church has a mission 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.779 because I need also 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.539 to be very careful, 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.579 not just to confuse 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.400 yourself, 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.720 but the church 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.720 is the mission 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.620 of Jesus Christ. 00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:40.380 We don't have agenda. 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.960 We are already 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.160 an agenda 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.160 of Jesus Christ 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.720 because the Bible 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.200 says, 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.380 in him, 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.680 everything 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.380 has been created 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.980 through him 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:51.140 and for him, 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.799 including our skills, 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:54.420 including our capacities, 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:56.360 including everything 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:57.340 we have, 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.620 have been created 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.560 through him 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:00.400 and in him. 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.800 Verse 17, 00:19:02.300 --> 00:19:02.860 it is said, 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:04.480 he is before 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.440 all things 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.560 and in him 00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:08.759 all things 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:10.240 hold together. 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.920 I like that one. 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.640 Unfortunately, 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.480 I don't have 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.360 American accent. 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.320 I'm not sure 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:15.880 if you're here 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.880 to hold. 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.100 Holding, 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.759 it's like, 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.220 you know, 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.140 here I can hold 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.680 my tablet like this. 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:22.580 Now, 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.519 the Bible says, 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.639 Jesus, 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:26.279 he is before 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.220 all things. 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.700 One day, 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.220 Jesus told his disciple, 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.480 before Abraham, 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.359 I was there. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.500 This man is very powerful. 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.539 He said, 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.139 before Abraham, 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.359 I was there. 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.039 Now, 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.599 let me, 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:42.119 let me repeat again. 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:44.099 Before the creation, 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.519 Jesus was there. 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.779 If you can imagine 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:49.319 anything about creation, 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.420 either you believe any, 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:53.240 I don't know 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.320 you believe about creation, 00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.519 but before everything 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.519 you can imagine 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.240 about creation, 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.100 Jesus, 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.240 the son of God, 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.100 the Bible said, 00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:02.660 he was already there. 00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:03.700 But, 00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.620 I like this one. 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.519 And then he said, 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.580 in him, 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.960 all things 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.440 hold together. 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.480 I mean, 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.460 Jesus Christ, 00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.539 he's the guy, 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.220 he's the man, 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.800 he's God, 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.259 who holds our economy, 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.759 our social interactions, 00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:17.420 our, 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.680 everything you can imagine, 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.100 the whole world, 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.180 the whole earth, 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.840 Jesus, 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.840 he holds everything together. 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.180 The Bible says, 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.420 in verse 18, 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.180 the Bible says, 00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.640 he's the head of the body, 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.440 he's the head of the church, 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.920 he is the beginning, 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.519 and the firstborn 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.900 from all among the dead. 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.580 The Bible says, 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:39.980 he is the head of the church. 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.340 Let me also, 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.740 a little bit, 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.560 mention about that. 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.299 The church, 00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:46.279 belongs to Jesus Christ. 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:48.420 He is the head of the church, 00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:50.220 he is the firstborn. 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.940 He is the creator. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.320 He created everything, 00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:56.220 and everything created for him. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.180 You know, 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.680 the church, 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.500 the head of the church, 00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.460 I'm sorry, 00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.120 because I know, 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.380 this is the Anglican church, 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.160 we, 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.380 we, 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.759 we, 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.060 we, 00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:03.380 we, 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.380 we have, 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.460 we have bishops, 00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:06.820 we have bishops, 00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:08.240 we have all kind of, 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:08.640 you know, 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:10.080 I'm from a preceptedian church, 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.940 we have almost the same, 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.140 we are sisters, 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.900 we are cousins, 00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:15.300 Anglicans in the preceptedian, 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:15.480 so, 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.720 I'm a son of pastor, 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:19.339 I know all these levels in leadership of the church, 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.940 but the Bible says, 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.799 the head of the church, 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.079 is not a bishop, 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.600 is not a pastor, 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.839 is not Emmanuel, 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.100 the head of the church, 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.519 is Jesus Christ. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.779 That's why, 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.620 the church, 00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:33.339 does not have any authority, 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.980 to do whatever they want to do, 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.500 because, 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.200 Jesus, 00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.380 the son of God, 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:39.100 is the head of the church. 00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.960 Let me repeat again my question, 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.100 who is Jesus, 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.339 in this generation? 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:45.559 Who is Jesus, 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.339 on Facebook? 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.659 Who is Jesus, 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.399 on Twitter? 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.000 Who is Jesus, 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.859 in your department? 00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:56.259 Who is Jesus, 00:21:56.459 --> 00:21:57.459 among the rich people? 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.879 Who is Jesus, 00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.240 among the poor people? 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.119 As I told you, 00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.059 I was born in Rwanda, 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.939 I grew up in Rwanda, 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.220 in 1994, 00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.419 I was 17, 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.299 you know, 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.279 I was a little bit, 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.220 mature to see, 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.119 I have seen everything, 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.859 about genocide, 00:22:13.219 --> 00:22:14.000 100 days, 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.659 I was not a little baby, 00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:16.719 now, 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.819 I have seen how God, 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.959 I have changed my country, 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.619 up to now. 00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:22.000 As a conclusion, 00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.699 most of the people, 00:22:23.699 --> 00:22:24.739 think that Africa, 00:22:24.739 --> 00:22:25.299 need money. 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.419 Africa, 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.099 we don't need money, 00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.019 we need Jesus. 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.279 I encourage you, 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.959 to read books, 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.879 about how many billions, 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.079 and billions of dollars, 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:37.000 every day, 00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:38.139 which is very good, 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.859 because it's helping us, 00:22:39.959 --> 00:22:40.659 also to develop, 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:42.540 but I have never seen, 00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:43.040 money, 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.180 changing the heart, 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.700 of someone. 00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:46.320 I have seen, 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.640 I have never seen, 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.380 a religious, 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.320 or anything, 00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:49.960 but, 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:52.040 with my experience, 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.220 as a survivor of genocide, 00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.220 I have seen that, 00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:55.519 Africa needs Jesus. 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.320 The whole world, 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.680 we are living in a world, 00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.640 of fear, 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.740 everywhere. 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.540 Believe me, 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.320 I know you, 00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.040 many of you, 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.759 travel a lot, 00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.480 but I, 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.560 I travel a lot. 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:08.279 I have been, 00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.519 45 countries, 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.779 through the ministry, 00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.259 I'm doing. 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.299 Now, 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.159 every time, 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.819 when I'm sitting, 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.339 at the airport, 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.799 I can see, 00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.480 how we are living, 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.419 in a fear, 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.819 in a world of fear. 00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.960 I like security, 00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.500 and I really pray, 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.519 for the security guys, 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.019 we have, 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.059 God bless you so much, 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.919 but, 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.980 when you see people, 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.579 at the airport, 00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.399 you can sense, 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.379 that there is a problem, 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.059 in this world. 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.679 When you open, 00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.279 CNN, 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.059 BBC, 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.339 and the other, 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.720 folks, 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.119 I don't know, 00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.659 how you call it, 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.079 in America, 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.000 when you hear news, 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.099 you can see, 00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.000 this world, 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.940 need a special message. 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.480 There is a need, 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.000 of Jesus. 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.960 We need Jesus. 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.679 We need to preach Jesus. 00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.619 Before to close, 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.179 my sermon, 00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.819 I want to encourage you, 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.639 to pray for Africa. 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.139 Because in Africa, 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.460 we are now experiencing, 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.279 another thing, 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.399 which is, 00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:59.599 the prosperity gospel. 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.460 Instead of preaching, 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.599 about the son of God, 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.359 the invisible, 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.359 son of God, 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.359 people, 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.980 they are hearing, 00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.679 other messages. 00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.019 Actually, 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.899 I have discovered, 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.379 that people, 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.119 they are comfortable, 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.159 to be Christians, 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.059 without Christ. 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.720 You will, 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.299 you will, 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.119 you will sense it. 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.659 I can become, 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.279 a very good, 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.519 motivation speaker. 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.720 People can say, 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.139 yeah, 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.359 he's a very good guy. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.960 He's a motivation speaker. 00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.079 And then, 00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.819 other people say, 00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.579 we are Christian, 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.000 but we don't want Christ. 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.379 We don't want Jesus, 00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.059 in our schools. 00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.179 We don't want, 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.019 I don't want Jesus, 00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.619 in my cup. 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.639 I don't want Jesus, 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.319 in my family. 00:24:34.739 --> 00:24:35.759 But let me tell you, 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.419 Jesus, 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.319 the son of God, 00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.579 he's the real need. 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.979 I want to encourage you. 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.539 I want to encourage you. 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.919 I want to encourage you. 00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.059 Keep thinking about, 00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:45.939 who is Jesus, 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.839 according to you? 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.739 When you go home, 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.519 tonight, 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.319 just pray, 00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.039 a simple prayer. 00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:52.659 Say, 00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:53.500 Lord, 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.099 I have met, 00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:56.479 with that young evangelist, 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.059 from Africa, 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.199 with a French accent. 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.160 But, 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.779 at least, 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.180 I want to ask you this question. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.080 Who are you, 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.600 my Lord? 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.880 Just make that, 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.920 kind of, 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.120 intellectual exercise. 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.819 Just keep reflecting, 00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.880 who is Jesus? 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.259 Who is Jesus? 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.140 Jesus, 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.460 is able to change, 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.180 your life. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.340 Romans, 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.880 chapter 1, 00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.519 verse 16, 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.160 Paul says, 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.160 I'm not ashamed, 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.880 of the gospel, 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.600 because, 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.060 the gospel, 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:28.360 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:25:29.020 --> 00:25:30.340 not the prosperity gospel, 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:32.860 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.860 the gospel of forgiveness, 00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.760 of our sins, 00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.900 the gospel of the cross, 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.800 of Jesus Christ, 00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.820 in Gorgota, 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.540 he said, 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:44.120 I'm not ashamed, 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.000 of the gospel, 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.960 because, 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:49.140 it is the power of God, 00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:51.340 that brings salvation, 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.839 to everyone, 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:54.099 who believes, 00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.740 to everyone, 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.119 to everyone. 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.000 Actually, 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.419 that's, 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.599 that's my verse. 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.819 As I told you, 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.299 whenever I'm traveling, 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.740 either I'm sitting in a plane, 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.220 or when I'm sitting, 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.699 anywhere, 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.199 I'm not ashamed, 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.000 by the gospel. 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.879 I'm not ashamed. 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.980 Jesus, 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.099 is not someone, 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.179 that you can be ashamed, 00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.299 for. 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.539 Jesus, 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.119 he is the power. 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.359 The Bible says, 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.240 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:23.439 is the power of God, 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.879 that brings, 00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.859 salvation, 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.240 to everyone, 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.740 not who here, 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.939 who believe, 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.839 in that gospel. 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.379 If you believe, 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.179 in that gospel, 00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.139 your life, 00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:34.959 will not be the same. 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.619 If you believe, 00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.339 in that gospel, 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.159 of Jesus Christ, 00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:39.220 your family, 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.500 will never be the same. 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.159 If America, 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.720 let me say it again, 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.379 if America really, 00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.019 if we pray, 00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.679 and ask Jesus, 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.920 to become, 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.440 a saint, 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.420 of this country, 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.880 I can tell you, 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.880 you will see, 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.880 God, 00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.880 God, 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.100 will change America, 00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.840 and America, 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.200 will continue, 00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.799 to be a blessing. 00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.900 If we ask Africans, 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.539 to bring Jesus, 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.640 as the saint, 00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.360 of the church, 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:07.100 it's a very sad, 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.500 preachers, 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.140 churches, 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.320 non-believers, 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.580 Christ, 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.299 is no longer, 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.820 the center. 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.339 But tonight, 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.339 this evening, 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.439 is my encouragement. 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.819 May God bless you so much. 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.299 Continue to pray, 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.439 for our ministry in Africa. 00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.179 As you can see, 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.879 my passion, 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.619 my motivation, 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.859 I believe, 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.099 that I only exist, 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.159 to know Christ, 00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.519 and to make him known. 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.839 That's the only reason, 00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.859 I'm here on this earth. 00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.859 Without that agenda, 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.919 I don't have any reason, 00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.480 to be here. 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.099 Is it clear? 00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.980 But, 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.339 this is also, 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.599 a reality for you. 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.459 All of us, 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.519 God is not calling us, 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.480 to become evangelists, 00:27:50.719 --> 00:27:51.500 like Abir Graham, 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.139 my mentor, 00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:53.579 but, 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.980 you can be an evangelist, 00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:57.240 as a marketplace, 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.439 minister. 00:27:59.219 --> 00:28:00.279 You can be a very good, 00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.740 successful, 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.839 engineer, 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.359 or a businessman, 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.000 or someone, 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.699 who is very good, 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.500 in science, 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.159 or IT, 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.819 technology, 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.439 but keep remember, 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.679 the only, 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.560 reason, 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.460 you exist, 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.140 is to know Christ, 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.799 and to make him known. 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.600 May God bless you so much. 00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.940 Let's just, 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:21.039 close our eyes, 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.660 and pray. 00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.920 I want to ask, 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.420 Pastor Tommy, 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.980 to come, 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.039 and the choir, 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.019 maybe the singers, 00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.120 can sing one song, 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.799 I don't know how you are going, 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.320 to make it, 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.740 but just, 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.980 let's have five minutes, 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.620 or two minutes, 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.519 in a time of prayer. 00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.920 Think about Jesus. 00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.940 Who is Jesus, 00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.759 according to you? 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.700 I'm not talking about the church, 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.079 I'm not talking about, 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.500 Americans, 00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.879 I'm not talking about, 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.400 baptism, 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.920 I'm talking about, 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.680 who is Jesus, 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.519 according to you? 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.980 Who is Jesus, 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.599 in your children? 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.319 Who is Jesus, 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.099 in our schools, 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.680 here in America? 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.099 Who is Jesus, 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.740 in DC? 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.640 Who is Jesus? 00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.680 Just pray. 00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.220 I know you, 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.119 you are very smart. 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.799 Just pray. 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.539 Ask God, 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.019 who are you, 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.400 my Lord? 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.819 Actually, 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.700 even myself, 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.299 I'm confused. 00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.840 I mean, 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.900 ask that question. 00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.240 See, 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:08.960 Jesus, 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.380 even myself, 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.080 I'm confused. 00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.180 Who are you, 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.640 my Lord? 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.360 Are you, 00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.779 a good idea? 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.620 Or, 00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.539 he's ready, 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.059 to talk to you. 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.059 And also, 00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.580 I'm going to ask, 00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.140 Pastor Tommy, 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.700 to pray for the church. 00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.799 We exist, 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.160 to know Christ, 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.440 and to make him known, 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.259 through different channels, 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.080 business, 00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:32.440 preaching, 00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.480 radio, 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.360 Facebook, 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.319 your money, 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.279 your company. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.539 That's the only way, 00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.579 we exist. 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.660 May God bless you so much. 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.059 Jesus is alive. 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.640 Jesus is the King of Kings. 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.759 The whole world, 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.740 we need Jesus. 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.900 Heavenly Father, 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.819 as we hear these words, 00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:54.839 we recognize that these words, 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.519 this question, 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.559 is really at the center, 00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.640 of everything. 00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.339 It's the foundational question, 00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.019 of asking, 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.799 not simply, 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.799 what the world believes, 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.379 about the identity of Jesus, 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.500 but what do we believe, 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.299 is the answer, 00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.899 to this question, 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.359 of who is Jesus. 00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:08.720 Lord, 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:10.519 we pray for this church, 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.500 here, 00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.579 Church of the Advent. 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:12.839 Lord, 00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.539 we pray that these words, 00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:16.359 would convict us, 00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:17.259 and challenge us, 00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.559 to know once, 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.980 and for all, 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.779 what we believe, 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.940 about Jesus. 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:22.399 How incredibly, 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.519 and deceptively, 00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.240 and insidiously, 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.099 easy it is, 00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.579 to have a Christianity, 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.720 without Christ. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.659 And we pray against that, 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.319 we pray against, 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.799 all the ways, 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:32.099 we're tempted to do that, 00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.859 and to be that. 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.619 And Lord, 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.839 we repent of that, 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.299 and instead, 00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.279 we desire that you, 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.019 Lord Jesus, 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:38.000 would be at the very center, 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.799 of our life together. 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.960 We recognize, 00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:41.139 that this isn't a decision, 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.579 that is only made intellectually, 00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:44.460 it's not made emotionally, 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.039 that it has to be, 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.480 a spiritual reality, 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.700 that the Holy Spirit, 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.000 opens our eyes, 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.019 and opens our minds, 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.059 and opens our hearts, 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.419 as you did, 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.299 the Apostle Paul, 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.720 that day, 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.859 on the road to Damascus. 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.779 We have to come, 00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:58.039 face to face with you, 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.740 Jesus, 00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.879 in the power of the Spirit. 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.740 And so I pray, 00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.580 that for all of us, 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.540 who know you, 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.880 Jesus, 00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.980 that you would remind us, 00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:04.400 afresh, 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.540 of who you really are, 00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.940 that you are nothing less, 00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.880 than the Lord, 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.360 the Son of the living God. 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.020 And Lord, 00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.740 for those of us here, 00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:12.180 who may not be sure, 00:31:12.260 --> 00:31:13.160 what we believe about you, 00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.880 we pray that even, 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.820 as we are gathered here, 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.780 your spirit would be, 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.540 at work, 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.300 opening, 00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.940 opening minds, 00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:19.840 and opening hearts, 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:21.340 to your true identity. 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.080 We pray for, 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.880 the United States of America, 00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.940 our country, 00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:26.020 that is being torn apart, 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.320 Lord, 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.460 three more, 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.740 three more police officers, 00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.379 killed today, 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.079 in Baton Rouge, 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.439 Lord, 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.659 we, 00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.579 this is a country, 00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.519 desperately in need, 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.539 of gospel reconciliation. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.980 And as Emmanuel, 00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.879 invites us to do, 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.619 we pray for, 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.839 the African continent. 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.899 We pray for Nairobi, 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.319 and Kenya, 00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.899 where he is. 00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.819 We pray for Rwanda, 00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.319 Uganda. 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:44.000 We pray for the whole continent, 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:45.119 especially North Africa. 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.220 Lord, 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.000 we pray for, 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:48.319 your gospel to go forth. 00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.619 And we pray your blessing, 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.960 on our brother Emmanuel, 00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.079 your protection, 00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.299 and empowering of him, 00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.240 your blessing, 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.960 over his wife, 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.819 and his three kids, 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.159 his Lord. 00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.619 We pray that you would empower him, 00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.779 to do all that you've called him, 00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.039 to do in your name, 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.700 and for your glory. 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.399 We pray all this, 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.399 in your son's holy name. 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:02.819 Amen.