“Can We Be Trusted?" with Pastor Joel Nembhard - 09/11/2021

[Music] [Music] do [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Music] happy sabbath i would like to welcome all those who are watching us online on youtube facebook and zoom and all those in our congregation today i just want to wish you a a happy happy sabbath wherever you are coming from whether it's across the the waters in europe asia the united states the caribbean we're so happy that you've decided to come and fellowship and worship with toronto central on our online platform and i would like to say thank you for all those in our congregation we have a few in there who have come and are watching us live so we want to thank you again my my name is ran roy i am your host today and we're so delighted that you've decided to come and be with us on our online worship service this morning you know i am so excited most of you might be wondering why am i so excited first of all i'm excited because i'm alive and god has brought me through the week and i'm sure that many of you are happy because of that fact but you know what i'm also excited because there's something special happening at toronto central for the next few weeks you can't go anywhere but be at toronto central for the next few weeks i am so excited who likes who likes surprises do you like surprises those in the congregation do you like surprises oh yes well i'm so excited you might be wondering why am i so excited the reason i am so excited because we have some wonderful and powerful programs online coming up for the next few weeks starting this evening at 6 15 you cannot miss what's going on on online this evening we have the topic the millennium and the end of sin will sin end you need to you need to come by this evening on our online worship service we're going to share that link at this time if you just go for our members if you just go to our toronto central what's up at this time you should see that link i want you to share that link with someone elder alvin lee elder avonlea who's taught at the college level is going to be leading out on that topic the millennium and the end of sin what is going to happen to the devil is there a place like hell there are people out there who need to hear that you need to hear that we want you to invite your friends and your family members to come online on our zoom service at 6 15 share that link at this time and you know what it gets more exciting because next week we have all the way from saint lucia elder david abraham is going to be presenting the message about christ's ministry in the sanctuary that is so exciting do you know that's the most taught topic in the bible the sanctuary what about the sanctuary and god jesus what work is jesus doing in the sanctuary so next week that's why i'm so excited you can't go any place you can't go anyplace else and we have our young people are going to be having some wonderful programs coming up at the end of september and then october oh my goodness we have an evangelistic series coming up in october but before that we have pastor alonso smith is going to be talking to us about marriage and the family you see this is why you can't go anywhere else you have to be on toronto central's online worship service and i'm so excited because today pastor nimhart is going to be talking on the topic can we be trusted can we be trusted sister dionne swaby is going to be lifting us up in prayer so right now wherever you are if you have a special prayer request we would like you to enter it online at this time and sister dion swaby is going to be lifting up in prayer so don't be selfish share that link with someone because someone needs to hear about god's word so we don't want you to go anywhere else just stay with toronto central and i'm sure you can be blessed by today's service we have singing we have the preaching we have the prayer what else can you ask for so share that link with someone at this time so at this time we are going to change turn over to our birthdays video we're going to see all those who um celebrating birthdays i just want to wish all those who celebrated a birthday last week and upcoming this week so happy birthday to all so at this time we will have our birthday video [Music] god is good and all the time god is good and all the time i i don't know i don't know if it's just in here but i hope online you're participating i don't know about you but i'm happy to be in the house of the lord today and i'm happy that i'm in the land of the living today come on somebody you could have been anywhere god could have taken away his spirit from you and you could not have been here but god has been a merciful and great god somebody say amen and so i'm here to thank god for what he's done for our toronto central family and for those of you that are watching online or visiting friends i just want you to know that you could have been anywhere else in the world but you're here with us and we appreciate it and we send you our love even virtually but it's my uh opportunity now to inform you that they have we have had some deaths in our family at toronto central and we understand that a family that prays together stays together we understand that one of when one of us are mourning all of us are mourning and so i want to make you aware family and my visiting friends that brother satchel has lost his sister last week and i was just informed today that his another sister of his lost her husband and so we want to reach out to brother satchel and we want to say and brother satchel is here in the congregation today we want to send our condolences to your family and our condolences to you and we want you to know that we're lifting you up in prayer and that god will continue to give the peace that passed all understanding and we look forward to that blessed morning we also want you to know that our dear prayer ministries leader that has prayed up all the families and families outside even in the community she herself has lost many individuals this week and i don't want to list that she's also here today and she's participating in the worship service but sister suede we want you to know from the pastoral staff from the elders and from the church we mourn with you we understand that uh you've been going through this uh for a while now it seems that it's been uh name after name family after family friend after friend but we want you to know that they're we're looking forward to a day where there'll be no more mourning no more sickness no more death and until that day we just want to keep you in prayer and let you know that we have our deepest condolences extended to you we also want you to know elder young is here also participating today and i just heard this morning and that elder young has lost his stepmother and he's lost his aunt it seems that when the enemy is wrath with the children of god it just comes in multiples and we want you to know elder young you've been such a stalwart of this church that we extend our condolences also we don't know why things are happening but we trust god amen somebody we trust that god is the one that is the author and finisher of our faith and we look forward to that getting up mourning we also want you to know uh that uh sister mclaren that has just lost her husband has lost us close cousin tragically on this week and uh when i say tragically i mean tragically and so we want to lift up sister mclaren we've reached out to sister mclaren and the family continue to pray for the family um it just seems that when it rains it pours and so we want to continue to pray for our church family the enemy sees that he can discourage us by taking our loved ones even in very tragic ways but we want to let the enemy know that we serve someone that is the great redeemer he's the great life-giver and he is one when he comes he will raise the dead in christ and we will be with them forever so sister mclaren if you're watching online right now again we offer our condolences to you we will continue to call we will continue to pray and we're praying that the holy spirit who is our comforter will comfort you even in your time of grief i also want you to know that i had the opportunity to speak and see sister winston murray i saw her this morning she is in good spirits of faith but her uh her body and her health is not doing too well and so i had the opportunity to pray with her but she's asking for the prayers of those that she loves so if you're online right now and you know sister winston's number please contact her just leave her a voice uh message or leave her a text or if you do get her just call her and pray for her as she is still in the hospital at this time um we i can't say much more about that but i'm asking the saints to really lift her up in prayer as she is going through her time and trouble with her health but leaving that aside we understand that we still serve a great god amen somebody we still serve a god that is worthy of our praise amen somebody we serve a god that is a good god even though we might be going through all these tragic things we understand that he still has his hand upon us and that he still loves us and so because of that i just want you to continue to lift up the church family in prayer we understand that we're going into a series this coming october october the 16th uh if you're not telling your friends about it already you need to be telling your friends about it you need to be sharing a link in terms of to toronto central to our youtube page you need to be uh having those that you've been working with doing bible study with if you want the pastoral staff or the elders or we have our resident bible worker now is the regional bible worker elder hope and blake if you want him to now contact these individuals please pass that information on we want to work with the individuals that you have those that you love those that maybe have left the church those that you have in your family that you want to come into the body of christ we want you to give us that information so that we can work with them because we understand that this is going to be a reaping series this is not where we're going to be planting but we're going to be reaping and we understand that the holy spirit is speaking to their hearts so anybody that has any individuals that you want to be in the family of god please let us know please pass on that information if you've been working with them with them already or if you have not pass on that information so that we will be able to get people ready for the series uh i would say something about bible class that's already been said um i want you to know also that the singles and the ay department if we can put up that flyer if the singles in a y department is collaborating this thursday for a conversation table and it's entitled young people ask and so anybody can come on this is not just for singles this is not just for young people anybody can come on and the young people are submitting questions and we'll continue to submit questions and we're asking that our questions be in by tomorrow they're asking the hard questions that we might not be able to deal with in terms of from uh uh platform but the hard questions that we they want explained and we want you to submit your questions so young people if you're online right now and you're seeing this submit your questions um to that uh youth ministry uh toronto central uh tcsda gmail.com that's youth ministry tcsda gmail.com and we'll be able to talk about some of the questions that you may be having when it comes to your walk with jesus christ when all is said and done saints of god we understand that we serve a god that has lived that has died and is coming back we want you to know that we know and believe by the spirit of the holy ghost that jesus christ is coming again if you believe that if you truly want to take that into your spirit let somebody know that jesus is coming again and his word is being preached at toronto central so let's worship god today in spirit and in truth let us worship him with our fervor with our spirit in exuberance let him know that the praises that we're sending up father is the blessing that we want to come down in abundance may god continue to bless you toronto central may god continue to bless you visiting friends as we worship our lord and savior jesus christ [Music] the lord is in this holy temple let all the hurt keep silence before him for he is god and there is none like him this is your call to worship [Music] let us sing fill this place [Music] feel this place and we'll cry fill this place [Music] [Music] presence [Music] oh god our heavenly father on this beautiful sabbath day that you have blessed us with it is our joy to be in your presence to worship you like the psalmist david we declare and we are so glad when we are called to come into your presence to adore your holy name to worship you and extol your majesty mighty father we pray now that as we come we will lay aside every weight we lay aside every destruction we will now focus on you and tune into you and worship you lord help us to do so in the beauty of holiness remembering that you are a spirit and they that worship you must worship you in spirit and in truth so bless us now oh father we pray through jesus name amen amen let us all open our hymnals to him205 gleams of the golden morning please stand so approaching jesus soon will come to take his name and happy children to his promises [Music] to the national [Music] oh we see the oh [Music] the judge will come and take his people where there will not die all receive the grief of the golden oh [Music] who [Music] oh [Applause] amen hello boys and girls this is aunt frenita and i have a wonderful story for you called bitter water to better water today's memory verse is from revelation chapter 7 verse 17. it says he will lead them to springs of living water the message for today's story is we thank god for giving us water have you ever been thirsty i mean really really really thirsty while a long time ago the children of israel were so thirsty they thought they would die of thirst the israelites rejoiced as the great pillar of cloud led them out of egypt and away from their lives of slavery they followed as it led them across the red sea and out into the wilderness but after three days of walking in the desert the israelites had used up all the water they had brought with them from egypt the children were thirsty the grown-ups were thirsty the animals were thirsty everyone in the whole camp of israel was very very thirsty the cloud led them toward a place called mara moses had been a shepherd in the wilderness for 40 years and he knew the area well moses knew that there was water at mara but he also knew that it tasted so bad that the people wouldn't be able to drink it in fact the word mara means bitter but the people didn't know that as soon as they saw the water they grew excited water water there's water up ahead some of the people ran forward to the water but when they tasted it their happiness turned to disappointment now the people felt even thirstier than they had before they saw the bitter water they began to grumble and complain to moses moses knew that god had not left his people he knew that god would take care of their needs so moses prayed to god and asked for help and god told moses what to do he told moses to find a piece of wood and to throw the wood into the water moses did as god said and the water turned sweet once again all the people rushed towards the water this time they were not disappointed they drank all they wanted of the cool sweet water children grown-ups and animals drank all the water they wanted god had worked a miracle to care for their needs including their great need for water in the desert they thanked god and praised him for taking care of them god takes care of our needs just as he did for the israelites way back then he makes sure that we have water and food and a safe place to sleep he gives us families and friends and air to breathe we may not always get what we want but god makes sure that we have what we need let's thank god for taking care of our needs [Music] this podcast was brought to you by gracelink.net and studio elpizo for more children's resources please visit gracelink.net good morning happy sabbat everyone for your health tip today we are going to look at the cucumber now over the last few weeks we have been looking at the function of food so for the next few weeks we're actually going to look at very specific foods i will look at their value not just dietary but therapeutically now the cucumber is not necessarily the most sought after food but did you know that the ancient hebrews complained bitterly because they could not have any cucumbers or they did not have any cucumbers after leaving egypt now did you know that the cucumber is the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world now eating a cucumber would seem like if you're drinking water because it has a high water content but don't let that fool you there is a lot of nutrition even in the cucumbers it's about 90 water but that 10 highly nutritious has great value now because the cucumber is high in water it's also a very good soluble fiber because of that it makes the cucumber a really good aid in facilitating bowel movements now cucumbers also has minerals as we were saying it has calcium it has phosphorus it has magnesium it has potassium it has iron and it even has some trace minerals now the trace minerals such as sulfur actually is very good when it comes to your skin your hair your nails the cucumber also has a very alkalizing effect and when things are alkalinized it actually neutralizes the acidic environment in the body and as a result health is promoted the cucumber is also a diuretic which means that it increases our urine output it's also adepurant which means that it helps to purify the blood and that facilitates waste management did you know that the cucumber can also be used therapeutically if you were to take the juice of the cucumber it can help soothe burns sunburns and other skin ailments as an eye facial you can use cucumbers if your eyes are tired or inflamed just simply cut it and put the cucumbers over your eyes the cucumbers can also be used for bloodshot eyes for itchy eyes for inflamed eyes that may be as a result of allergies or hay fever all you have to do is crush the cucumber up put it in a cheesecloth and apply it to the eye for about 30 minutes or so and watch that which god has created do you have an amazing effect on you so again i encourage you to use your cucumbers internally and if you need to externally but one final note if your cucumber is not organic i would suggest that you probably would do best in in lightly peeling it because that way you can get rid of some of the residue of the pesticide but if you are able to go organic you can definitely eat the skin and have added benefits to it god bless you and have a wonderful sabbath [Music] for trial to measure just one sin [Music] seeking forgiveness when your heart knows it oh god will not judge us on how big or how small he looks for calvary's blood to cover it all oh the blood the blood covered it all love has no boundaries since that paid in jesus knew in the beginning that man would surely fall [Music] i'm glad the savior's precious blood covered it all you see i tried to imagine how this miracle took place love be under measure our gods are made grace sometimes when we get weary we might stumble yes and fall but just one drop of my jesus precious blood it covered it all oh the blood [Applause] [Music] has no boundaries since that paid for jesus knew in the beginning that man would surely fall i'm glad the savior's precious blood [Music] covered all [Music] jesus i'm glad the savior's precious blood yes it was his precious [Music] in i'm glad the savior's precious blood it covered it all happy sabbath everyone to god be the glory for the things we have done so loved thee the world that he gave us his son and i am so glad that his precious blood covered it all thank you brother julia for reminding us that the blood of jesus christ covers it all shall we pray eternal father everlasting god as we your children come before you this morning it is indeed a privilege and an honor to come before you holy god mighty god wonderful god loving god jehovah god there is no other god but you and so this morning oh father lord humbly we come before you and we say thank you thank you for the gift of life thank you for your goodness that keeps running after us thank you for your faithfulness towards us dear god this morning dear god we are alive to give thanks we are alive to praise you we are alive to worship you because you deserve all the glory all honor all worship all praise belongs to you and lord we can only do that in the mighty name of jesus christ our soon coming king father this morning dear god as we come before you we ask their god for your forgiveness forgive us because we have sinned against you lord all have sinned and come short of your glory and we confess this morning that we are sinners but thank you for your grace and mercy because lord god by your grace are we saved and so father this morning lord god you know that your children would come on your holy sabbath day you lord you invite us to cast all our cares upon you because you care for us lord this morning dear god the list is long but we thank you that before we even call you promise as it is written that you have answered and while we are yet speaking you have already heard so this morning dear god we lift up their god before you those who are grieving at the moment lord i cannot call all the names but i thank you this morning dear god that lord we can lift up before you dear god the young family the coffees family the satchels mighty god lord there are many more lord god my own family lord it's too much to name but it's never too much for our god and so this morning dear god we're asking their god in the name of jesus that lord you will bring comfort you will bring strength lord you will bring revival to our weary souls lord we might be persecuted but we are not forsaken and we have hope in the name of jesus because you're coming back for a prepared people when resurrection mourning will come lord god and those who have made it well with you will rise their god at that first resurrection and so dear god this morning we lift up before you our sick and our shutting we have heard lord of sister winston dear god will lift her up before you right now and we act holy spirit that he will visit her in that hospital right now lord we have heard the report that god almighty but lord god what do you say the great physician you have done it before and we're asking you to do it again lord we're asking you because you said we should ask and we shall receive we are asking according to your will because it is written by your stripes we are healed and so lord we're asking for healing for our sister lord god even now in the name of jesus lord your babies premature babies right now baby lambie baby julie or dear god almighty father we ask the god that you will breathe the breath of life the breath of healing dear god upon everyone even under the sound of my voice right now dear god many might be in this congregation many might be online but dear god we serve the god that's omnipresent dear god you are everywhere is there anything too hard for our god absolutely not and so today dear god we're asking by faith that god and we receive your healing in the mighty name of jesus whatever it is there's nothing too hard for our god lord we lift up our sick and shut it we lift up our children we lift up their god mothers fathers lord our youth our seniors we lift up our pastoral staff our elders mighty god we lift up the members of toronto central but lord we are not selfish we lift up our visitors we lift up their god everyone on planet earth right now before you because our god is bigger than big and greater than great and so god we ask that your spirit will move on planet earth right now and you touch their god everyone that needs a touch right now receive it in the mighty name of jesus because jesus is available right now dear god almighty may your people have an experience their god with you right now father you have prepared your man's servant with a word and dear god we know he will deliver under the lord god influence of sweet holy spirit we ask that your anointing dear god will be upon him in such a way their god almighty that everyone under the sounding of his voice their god lord will testify that they have been with jesus oh dear god we pray that lord your people will hear you your people will touch you your people will receive you your people lord god will be open to welcome you your people will be a prepared people that when you come which is very soon that lord god almighty we will be with you and so god whatever i have failed of asking would you please grant according to your will lord let your people dear god not be downcast but let your people joy in the strength of your salvation you are our joy you are our strength you are our deliverer you are our strong torah you are our god and so we praise you have your own way and let your will be done and we thank you with love in jesus name amen thank you now is the time that all of us can share in this portion of our service with your tithe and your free will offering unlike the psalmist's pen i will sacrifice a freewill offering to you i will praise your name oh lord for it is good and if the psalmist says it then for himself he said it for us today if it is good for him it is good for us so please whether you're online the same way you did it online before it is still active take the same route with your checkbook the same way please give a generous offering we are working and doing some work and repairing our church do some work on our church and we are playing to you to dig just a little bit deeper that we may be able to do the work that we set out to do just save it in our pocket we cannot take it to heaven with us spend it here before that time come let us pray please stand father we have made up our mind to give a generous offering and as you blessed us day after day week after week we made up our mind to be even more generous in spite of the pandemic we still made up our mind to be generous thank you father for what you have blessed us with and they have continued to see us through please be with us dear father as we go through these tough times in your name i pray amen amen [Music] abraham prayed for the day god would give him a son blessed eyes up was his name the greatest gift he'd ever known then came the day he would have dreamed god would say you gotta give him to me on this mountain we will prove it's you and isaac or it's me and you [Music] when i lay my eyes down with a broken heart he's justified it wasn't him god wanted me [Music] you see most of us [Music] i dare to say [Music] have an eyes are standing in god's way [Music] on this all the way lay it's not your isaac that god wants he wants you when i lay my eyes where you lay it's just to find it wasn't him god wanted me and this all the where he lays it's justified it wasn't him god wanted me [Music] all [Music] to jesus i surrender all to him i free leaking and i will ever [Music] i will always learn to trust him in his presence daily i'm singing i surrender all can you help me oh i i surrender all o to thee my blessed savior i am [Music] [Music] he's just to find it wasn't him god wanted me on this all to where he lays it's just to find it wasn't him god wanted me good morning happy sabbath church family our scripture reading today is going to be taken from luke chapter 16 verses 12 and 13. that's luke 16 12 and 13 if you want to turn in your bibles or on your devices and it reads and if you have not been faithful in what is another man's who will give you what is your own no servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other you cannot serve god and mammon may god add a blessing to the reading hearing and application of his work amen happy sabbath again church it is now time for our praise and worship singspiration time and we'll be singing some well-known hymns so let's open our hymnal to him 27 rejoice ye pure in heart [Music] rejoice rejoicing hearts rejoice give me [Music] rejoice [Music] as full and strong as the transfer [Applause] resources [Music] [Applause] [Music] rejoice rejoice [Music] [Music] as we go [Music] rejoice rejoice rejoice give thanks and sing praise him who reigns on the lord [Music] rejoice rejoice give that more time rejoice rejoice rejoice rejoice give thanks amen amen our next hymn is blessed assurance [Music] 462 blessed assurance [Music] blessed assurance [Music] this is my story this is my story this is my song praising my savior all day long this is my story this is my song praising my savior for the lord perfect salvation [Music] of mercies whispers of love this is my story this is my song praising my savior all the day long this is my story this is my song praising my savior [Music] is [Music] [Music] this is my story this is my story this is my song praising my savior all the day long this is my story this is my song praising my savior all the day long amen amen our last hymn is three one seven lead me to calvary [Music] lead me to calvary let's not forget lest i forget lead me to calvary show me the two show me the tomb where thou was led for me lead me to calvary let me like mary let me like bury through the loop come with a gift to the may i be willing may i be willing lord to bear daily my cross for thee even my cup even like up of grief to share thou has born all for lest i forget lest i forget get separated [Music] [Music] one more time lest i forget [Music] bring me to california amen [Music] thank you very much praise steam preparing our hearts for the word of god today and let me say happy sabbath to everyone indeed we serve a mighty god and we are here to worship him as we give ourselves to him i'm going to invite you to turn with me back into your bibles wherever you are those who are here and those who are viewing online it's good to come to worship service with your bibles in hand as we feast on god's word so i invite you to turn with me to the book of luke chapter 16 luke chapter 16 and we will be making reference today from verse 1 through to verse 13. so keep your eyes on the passage there i'd just like to read verse 13 at this time in our hearing very familiar passage to many the bible says no servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be loyal to one and despise the other you cannot serve god and mammon message is entitled can we be trusted can we be trusted let us pray almighty father i lay my all into your hands lead guide and direct my thoughts and my words so that they will prove beneficial to us all and they will prove worthy to declare your praise bless us now we pray in jesus name amen amen can we be trusted we have come to live in awesome time or awful time as we may describe it now long ago we used to sing we are living we are dwelling in a grand and awful time but now we can declare we can sing that song more than ever before and the happenings that are taking place in our world and in our lives these days they are forging us to pay closer attention to the matter of ensuring that we read god's word for ourselves and we do so more frequently than we have ever done before now is the time to read god's word because in doing so we'll be able to stay firm as we establish a solid foundation on the word of god because now are the times when people will tell you anything and they will say it's found in the word of god when it's not there but we need to read god's word for ourselves and know what god demands of us this is the time secondly we are also been forced to pay much more attention to prayer yes we need to pray more as we can only handle the current circumstances and situation as we strengthen our dependence upon almighty god and thirdly brothers and sisters we are called to be faithful even in small things we are called to be faithful you know this morning i'm sure that you have already come to the knowledge and will ready to clear and acknowledge that we can trust god we can trust god so this time we are going to turn the tables around and hence the question that i want to present to us today is can god trust me can god trust us can god trust us to to be faithful even in the little things of life [Music] you know those of us who are parents of children who have reached the age of accountability and responsibility already dealing with the issue of trust one of the most important issues in any relationship is trust when trust is broken it is not easily repaired whether that be in our parent child relationship or just friends relationship or our husband and wife relationship or even with god and man relationship much has to go into it for it to be repaired so when we ask our children to do something or to be home by a certain time or or whatever it may be we are working on the issue of trust if they do what they are supposed to do and follow through with what they have promised then we are we reward them with a little more trust if they fail to do as they promise then we pull back a little isn't that the way it goes and so in the same way brothers and sisters the question that god has for every one of us here today is can i trust you can we be trusted can god trust us with what he has blessed us with luke chapter 16 is where we will set up our tent today and it is the first part of this chapter give us jesus gave us a very interesting parable many see it as one of the most difficult parable bibles to understand now luke 16 is closely connected to luke 15 which is of course one of the best known and the most loved chapter in luke 15 we have the parable of the prodigal son in which jesus taught about the wrong attitudes of people and in luke chapter 16 we see jesus teaching about the wrong attitudes regarding possessions so let's look at what jesus teaches us in this bible this story is about the foolish steward the foolish manager and there are three things i want us to note as we go through this story today and the first one is accountability accountability note that the accountability know the accountability of the foolish steward and let's look at verse 1 and 2 of chapter 16. the bible says jesus is here ibaba says and he also said to his disciples there was a man a certain rich man who had a steward and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods so he called him and said to him what is this i heard about you give an account of your stewardship for you can no longer be a steward the fact that when the owner came back this unwise manager this an unwise steward of the master's position was brought into the position of accountability now there are two reasons that the manager was accountable to the owner and there are two reasons why we are accountable to god and the first reason is that why we are accountable to god is that god is the owner and i am just a steward i am a manager god is the owner [Music] and the first and that is very important the first reason that i'm accountable to god is because everything that i have is a gift from god of which i own nothing i'm accountable to god who is the owner every good and perfect gift come from the lord right he is the owner he blesses me with everything our breath our very breath is a gift from god our ability to walk is a gift from god our ability to work is a gift from god every gift we have he gave them to us every possession we have he gave them to us god is the owner of all now church this is the number one issue and and you know until we can settle this issue we are always going to have problems in the area of management and stewardship you see if if i believe that i am the owner then i'm going to be constantly dealing in conflict with god over what i'm going to do with what i have but the more i understand that god is the owner and that i'm just a manager then suddenly the conflict will disappear simply because i realize that everything i have everything my health my life my possession my family everything i have is not mine but it it is god who owns it i'm only managing it the second reason we are accountable to god is because the owner being god has expectations of us as managers you know sometimes we are given a gift and and we can use it anyhow we want somebody give you something and it's for you to do anything you want to do with it sometimes we get gift and we even regift it you know but when god gives us he has expectations he just doesn't give us anything for us to do what we want with it god has expectation in other words when the master comes back he wants to know what has been done with the positions with the gifts that he has given to us to manage what are some of these positions or gifts what about ourselves our very own being that's a gift from god you know and the first thing the owner expects of us is to manage ourselves well you know in managing ourselves god expect that we consecrate that we dedicate that we give ourselves completely to him amen now in romans chapter 12 verse 1 the bible says therefore i urge you brothers and sisters in view of god's mercy to offer your bodies as living sacrifice holy and pleasing to god this is your spiritual worship that's what the bible is saying paul beseeches us god paul please with us he says i i beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of god in view of god's mercy that you present your bodies as living sacrifice to god holy and unacceptable holy and pleasing to god because this is our spiritual worship and so the apostle paul is telling us that this act that this is our act of worship it's really to give ourselves to god he is uh he is our owner he is we are his people and the first thing god expects from us is ourselves now now if if if giving ourselves to god is our act of worship then the question is can i worship god and not give myself to him we need to ponder that you know oftentimes we say we're coming to worship god and we come in our sins and we leave with our sins we we come with with with our minds on other things we with our minds focus on our possessions and and our positions and and what we have we we just say we come to to worship god and we think worshiping god is just singing and preaching and praying and and greeting each other about worshiping god is giving ourselves to god so if we are going to worship god in spirit and in truth we must first give ourselves to god or be in a position where i'm ready to say lord take me just as i am god gives us ourselves our being and he expects us to dedicate it to him that's his expectation what about our possessions my possession he is he has an expectation of what i'm going to do with the things that he has given me in my life that is why jesus says in in luke chapter 14 verse 33 he says in the same way any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciples my disciple in other words brothers and sisters if we are going to hold on to our position to the extent that we exclude god that to the extent that we shut god out then we are going against the purpose for which god has given it to us what about our time ephesians 5 15 to 17 paul says be very careful be very careful then how you live not as unwise but wise making the most of every opportunity one another version says make every minute count because the days are evil and and as we recognize that we are living in some evil days even now more than ever we need to be accountable to the time god has given to us so paul says therefore do not be foolish but understand what is the lord's will let's make use best the best use we can proper use of our time brothers and sisters what about our gifts and our abilities you know jesus has expectations of what we will do with what he has entrusted with to us and peter declares in first peter 4 verse 10 peter says each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others faithfully administering god's grace in its various form each one every one of us should use the gifts that god has given to us to bless others faithfully administering god's grace in the various forms so my brothers and sisters god our owner has expectations that i will take my gifts and my abilities and use them to build up his kingdom whatever it's whether it's myself or my position or my time or my gifts they are all to be used for him and we will be held accountable on how we are using these gifts then what about the gospel that's a gift that god has given us the good news the story of redemption the story of the love of jesus christ the story of jesus saving us from our sins first thessalonians 2 verse 4 says on the contrary we speak as men approved by god to be entrusted with the gospel we are not trying to please men but god who test our hearts when we have come into a knowledge of god saving grace brothers and sisters it's our responsibility to share the good news of salvation and when we get up here and we talk and we ask you to share the link or be the gospel of the minister by sharing the link when we when we say and encourage you to to pray for those who you want to see in the kingdom and to share something with them that can enhance their love for god we are talking what the bible says it's a commission that god has given to us once we have come to know the gospel our responsibilities to share the gospel and before we move on brothers and sisters we need to be very clear we understand that god is the owner we are the manager so therefore god has given us certain gifts god has given a certain position he has given a certain amount of time he has given me all these wonderful things of which he has high expectation and that i will fulfill them and reach my potential can god trust me can god trust us can we be trusted so as we look back into this passage we move from the point of accountability to the point of assessment the next thing i want to note is in this story is assessment the first was accountability no no the moment that this unwise manager realized that he's going to lose his job look at what he says in verse 3 verse 3 he says then the steward said on within himself what shall i do for my master is taking the stewardship away from me i cannot dig and i'm ashamed to beg he makes an assessment of what his situation was what shall i do [Music] i am not strong enough to dig and and i'm ashamed to go about begging if i lose this job what am i going to do and so now this fellow this man realizes he is in trouble the owner has come home and he hasn't been doing a good job he's been lazy he's been irresponsible he didn't get the job done the owner was not too pleased with the manager when he arrived home now this unwise manager realized he is in trouble and so he assesses his situation he's saying i have to do something differently i'm going to get fired so he he made a quick assessment of his management skills and and that informed him that he wasn't doing what the master required and he need to do something to remedy the situation very quickly and the third thing we can note from this bible is is that that jesus is teaching us here is action so we have accountability we have assessment and the third thing is action the action of the foolish to are look at the action here in verses four through seven so after this man assessed himself he said i've i've resolved what to do then when i am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their house when he's fired those who are merchants of the owner will find favor in him so he called every one of his verse five so he called every one of his masters debtors to him and he said to the first how much do you owe the master and he said a hundred measure of oil so he said to him take your bill and sit down quickly and write 50. then he said to another how much do you owe and he said a hundred measures of wheat and he said take your bill and write 80. what a story what is jesus teaching us here you know it is interesting to note that when the owner decided to fire the manager he gave him some time to settle the accounts and in settling the accounts you will notice what he did he sat down with those who owed the master and he begins to cut down on what was owed now either this foolish manager had overcharged them and was now giving them the legitimate amount owed or maybe he was taking off the interest owed or is going to the and is going only for the principal regardless brothers and sisters he began to cut back the prices and our lord jesus uses this unwise steward who did not use the talent and gift that god had given him to teach us some valuable lessons what are these lessons the first lesson we can learn from this story is that you and i are to use every opportunity wisely let's look at how this happened in our passage look at verse eight so the master commended the unjust steward and because he had dealt shrewdly for the sons of this world are more sure in their generation than the sons of light we see the master praising the dishonest manager but let's stop and look at that for a moment why would he praise at this honest manager he did a bad job why would he praise him for that well he didn't praise him for doing a bad job the master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly and in verse 9 jesus said and i say to you make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon that when you fail they may receive you into an eternal home or everlasting home i tell you jesus said use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves so that when the material thing is gone you'll be welcome into their dwellings so this man what he did he found himself in a bad situation and he went and he by cutting back on what people owed he was making friends with them so when they see him out there in the call they say but he help me out i must help him out too why was this foolish steward commended after he had just been told he was fired he wasn't commended for being dishonest he was commended for he wasn't commended for wasting months and maybe years of the master's time and resources he was commended for the fact that once he realized there was a problem he immediately took action to fix it so forget about what he did we may say it's unethical but what jesus is saying here he took action he recognized that he must do something to help himself out how do we help ourselves out with god by coming to him in penitence when we recognize that we have been wrong when we recognize that we have not been faithful when we recognize that we were in a position that god couldn't trust us and we we assessed ourselves and and we we need to take actions to lay our all at the feet of jesus because we serve a forgiving god who will have mercy upon us he was commended for the fact that once he realized that there was a problem he took immediate steps to fix his action now this is very important because somebody even today as you listen to this message may be saying you know pastor i'm sure god has given me gifts that i have not been using for his kingdom i'm sure that i'm not really i will use in my time for the lord i'm positive that i haven't settled the issue of who owns what i have my possessions my money and maybe you're sitting here today or you're watching online and you're saying wow maybe i'm a foolish you are the good news is that god gives us a chance just like the owner gave this man a chance to settle the issue and to get the books right and the accounts right we we are not able to go back and make a brand new start but we can start right now and have a brand new end what we have done bad in the past we can't go back and correct that but we can start right now with good actions so that god can trust us and that's what the message is all about sometimes we are unable to go forward because we keep going back too much we keep looking back we keep thinking about the past so much that it blights our future there are even individuals who feel that their past have been so bad that their future cannot be good but when we assess our situation when we assess ourselves we need to take action remember there is a loving father with arms wide open to receive us when we take actions to make it right with him and so jesus said this man should be commended because he began to use his opportunity wisely you see we need to be in the business of investing in eternity when when we give back to god when we use our talents for god when when we when we put our money in the offering plate it doesn't go to heaven in some golden vault god is not storing all our money there so that we may inherit it one day when you give to the church you are investing in eternity when we give to mission we ask god to bless it and and it is gone and sometimes we really don't know what is the outcome we don't see it but what we do don't know is that god can use and god does use that money to so that the gospel can be shared and to bring salvation to somebody who knows when we get to heaven somebody's going to be right there to tap us on the shoulder and to say thanks for giving to the lord because literally i'm unable to make it into the kingdom because you shared because you gave you can look at the tithe and the offering as us trying to maintain the organization structure and to pay the bills and keep the doors open doors of the church open but our offering is much more than that we're giving to our local church keeps the door open so that people can walk into the church and hear the life-changing message of the gospel and the second lesson we can get from this story is that trust must be earned he teaches us that trust can never be given or granted without first earning that trust look at verse 10 and 11 jesus says he who is faithful in what is least is faithful in march and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust in much therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches remember earlier i told you that when we give our children certain guidelines and certain issues to deal with we are we are we are building on a matter of trust and and and when they handle it well we allow them to do more we give them bigger responsibilities and that's how god is with us god gives us a little and if we don't manage it well if we are not faithful in little we will not get much but when god god sees that we are faithful in what he has given us in the little things he will cause us to receive big things so we need to earn trust with the master if we can't be faithful in few things why would he give us more things if i'm misusing what i've been given do you think the master will give me more certainly not if i have the wrong attitude toward the things and the positions that i have now do you think the master will give me more no how much can god trust us this very afternoon brothers and sisters can god trust you with money can god trust you with opportunities am i trustworthy with what i have right now god measures my trustworthiness by whom i manage what he has given me at this present time and the third lesson we can learn from this story is that trust can be measured jesus tells us how he measures trust he says i measures trust by this very simple method if you are trustworthy in a few things i will give you more that's how god measures trust if i can trust you with a few things you will get more but if i can't trust you with a few things you won't get any more can god trust us today can i be trusted can we be trusted god doesn't measure trust based on what we are going to do what we plan to do what we hope to do but god measures trust by what we are doing even now and i heard a story of a preacher who had a series on trust in his church and so as he visited individuals he would seek to test them a little on the whole matter of trust how much they trust god and so he visited one of his members it was a farming community and as he visited this member he they were talking and he said brother um let me ask you a question if you had a hundred cattle and god ask you for fifty would you give it to him and the man said oh yes pastor i would surely do that when the pastor said if you had a hundred horses and god asked you for fifty would you give it to him oh yes that's no problem pastor i would do that and then the pastor said if you have two goats and god asked you for one of them would you give it to him and the farmer looked on the pastor and he said pastor that's not fair you know because you know i only have two goats isn't that true of us at times you know we are willing to give we are willing to use what we don't have but when we get it we hoard it to ourselves you know many times we say man if i had this what i would do if i had money i would fix this church there'd be no problem with the roof you know if i had this what i would do but when we get it we never know we have it you see it's okay until it comes down to where we are at we have some christians today who are trying to pull one over on god have you ever tried to do that don't feel too bad i've tried to do that as well i've tried to slip one past god before but but you know it doesn't work it doesn't because god god's trust can be measured and god measures trust by not what we plan to do or hope to do not with our good intentions but with our good actions it doesn't matter what we say what kind of excuse we come up with god simply says if you are not faithful here you are not you are going to have trouble down the road be faithful in little things and god will trust you with more the fourth and final lesson to be learned from this story the last thing that jesus said in this story is to be totally devoted to god the fourth lesson be totally devoted to god verse 13 jesus says no man no servant can serve two masters either he will hate the one or love the other or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other you cannot serve god and money you cannot serve god and mammon you know we we oftentimes read this text by itself but this text is a part of this story and this story calls for action so that god can trust us accountability assessment and action can god trust you can god trust me brothers and sisters let us be faithful to use the blessings that god has given us to build up his kingdom song says when we walk with the lord in the light of his word what a glory he sheds on our way when we do his good will he abides with us still and with all who will trust and obey god wants us to walk with him to fulfill faithfully the trust he has given us he's coming back soon like the owner in this bible when he came back and he took a stalk of what was happening this man was found wanting god is coming back song that was sung earlier this morning says the golden morning is fast approaching jesus soon will come to take his what faithful and happy children to their promised home are we looking forward to going home with jesus are we looking forward to jesus to see us as his faithful children may god help us to be trustworthy may god help us to be faithful and there may be somebody here today listening to my voice as the holy spirit speak to your heart and as you assess your own situation as you evaluate where you are what god has blessed you with and what you're doing with it you may want to take action to make it right with god what about giving ourselves to him because when we give ourselves first and it's easy to give what we have what god has blessed us with or the other things god has blessed us with because ourselves is a gift from god our life is a gift from god as the holy spirit speak to your heart if you need to give yourself to jesus take action give it over to jesus give it all to him shadow dreams broken pieces give it all to him and he will make you whole your life may be broken and you may think it's broken in such a way that it's a repair but jesus is able to repair any brokenness we have had so like the song says give it all give it all to jesus and he will do for you more than you can imagine there's a link showing up on our our platform you may want to reach out to one of us as pastors you may want to reach out to a bible worker we would want to study with you to help you to make it right with god you may need prayer we have an amazing prayer team here that heaven listens to when we pray i know that because i've seen the results of our praying we can pray for you as well we can pray for you just make sure you take action because that's the lesson from this story from this message the lesson is let's take action to make our lives right with god i'm going to invite you here to stand with me an act of dedication and rededication and consecration as we give our hearts completely to jesus let us pray oh god our heavenly father lord your word is so sweet to our hearts and we pray father to help us as we hear your words today that we will digest them we will leave from here with the desire to take action to ensure that we give ourselves completely to you although we have learned that to worship you is to be consecrated to you to give our hearts to you so help us lord to worship you in all our lives bless us now thank you for your words to our hearts said father that we will take the message to our hearts and we'll take it to others so that others will be drawn closer to you mighty god we pray that you will continue to allow your holy spirit to work on us to work in us and to work through us because we know that soon and very soon you will be coming back and you are coming back for your faithful children help us lord to be faithful because you have indicated that you are coming back for faithful people oh lord grant us your peace may the peace of jesus reign supremely in our hearts and in our lives in our actions in all that we do so that others will be blessed and your kingdom will be built up until that day when we see you face to face these are asking in the precious and in the sweetest name the name of jesus our savior amen and amen amen and amen i don't know about you but i was blessed by the sermon today what a timely sermon by pastor nimhar can we be trusted we have to understand that god is the owner and we are his manager so we need to be accountable assessment action take action and totally devoted to god so worship is more than just praising and singing and sermons is giving ourselves to god so if you want to give yourselves to god if you're online on the chat i want you to type in amen here in the congregation i just want to you just say allow amen if you want to be giving yourselves to god say amen amen amen and just type it in in the chat as well as pastor said if you were touched by this service today we have across the screen going across the screen there is a phone number you can call right now right now if you were touched by the service today it's up on the screen 647-482-0262 someone will answer that call right now we could also go online to torontocentralsda.com and we will get back to you right away and i want you to be ministers of the gospel if you were touched by today's sermon send it to someone who needs to hear about the word of god so remember this evening we're not over this evening we want you to come back at 6 15 on our zoom service as we talk about the millennium and the end of sin so share that link be the minister of the gospel share that link with someone so they could come on and hear something to better their lives as well and right after our bible class this evening there will be an online social social at eight 8 15 so you're all welcome to join as well so god bless you um have a very wonderful and happy sabbath and we hope to see you online next week same time at 11 o'clock or if you wish to come in in person you're welcome you could just go online and register whether you are a visitor or a member you can register and you can come to our live service here at toronto central so god bless you and have a very wonderful rest of the sabbath [Music] i pray that you have a wonderful and blessed rest of the sabbath day as we usher you out with the song let the glory of the lord live the glory of the lord rise around us let the glory of the lord rise among us let the praises of our king rise among us let it rise let the glory of the lord rise among us let the glory of the lord rise remind us let the praises of walking rise among us let it rise let it rise [Music] of the glory let the glory of the lord rise remind us let the glory of the lord rise among us let the praises of our king oh yes rise among us better eyes let the glory of the lord among us let the glory of the lord rise among us let the praises of our king oh yes rise upon us let it run oh let it rise let it rise one more time let the glory of the lord rise among us let the glory of the lord rise among us let the praises of our kings let it rise oh you

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