Sandton SDA Sabbath LIVE Service - 11 September 2021

[Music] hello my wonderful santan family welcome i'm inviting you to join us for our live stream broadcast worship service it's going to be amazing catch us at 10 o'clock every saturday with the praise team and the leaders of the church [Music] feel free to share this invitation to people around you to anyone who might be interested in getting an experience that will enrich them and bring them closer to god [Music] do so [Music] we're so fortunate to still be able to live stream this so please subscribe please send your comments please let us know what you think feel free to follow us as well on our social media pages on instagram on facebook as well as on twitter and subscribe to our channel so that you never miss a beat as we seek to bring you content live and direct from santan sda church and also please do not forget to wear your mask to social distance and sanitize at all times see you soon stay safe happy sabbath to you i greet you all in the wonderful name of our it is such a beautiful day a holy day of our lord jesus christ may we rest and enjoy in it to open this program let us close our eyes in prayer our dear god our father our friend we invite you because you are already here just to come closer to us be with us give us the wisdom that comes from you give us the patience with each other with ourselves give us the relaxation that we need the week has been busy we thank you for the six days that you gave us and this special day today your sabbath we can just rest and bask in we thank you in jesus name amen for our scripture reading this morning let us take our bibles and open the book of romans chapter 15 17 romans chapter 15 verse 17 and it reads thus therefore i have risen to glory in christ jesus in the things which pertain to god when i when i try to interpret this verse to myself at least i then figured that it says to me therefore i'm convinced i am sure i am certain to praise and give glory to god with the things that he does today every day and always in our lives may the lord bless all of us in jesus name amen [Music] so [Music] we welcome you to sentence church um to our sabbath school and today we're gonna have a wonderful wonderful sabbath day we welcome also those who are joining in online our members who are joining online our guests visitors online as well as we welcome these special people in front of you who are going to be leading us in worship our leaders our elders we've got sam on drums alvin and bass and we've got our good friend chad on the keys soprano since mongolia is going to be doing soprano also uh tandy sister katie's doing tenna and our base profundo sandile is with us as well so we smile because we're happy that jesus has brought us this far and he certainly gonna he's not gonna leave us [Music] is [Music] [Music] in jesus [Music] is [Music] is [Music] in jesus name tell them that you love them in jesus name everybody [Music] [Music] so continue to send us those beautiful pictures of yours smile at sentientchurch.org and you saw some beautiful smiles there for our members continue to send us your pictures we'd like to celebrate them with you there's also a qr code on your screens please use that qr code take a photo scan it and that will help you with all the song books or for all of all the songs that we're gonna do today and in the future so so that you can worship with us and have the experience we're having we really are having a good time here and we want you to also have a good time at home and everywhere we've got people joining him from different parts of the world and would like you not to miss on this lovely opportunity and um as adventists we look forward to the second coming of our of our king jesus christ and that is why we're gonna sing a song that says soon and very soon we are gonna see the king jesus himself one two three go soon and very [Music] [Music] soon embarrassing [Music] we are going to see the key [Music] no more [Music] we are going to see [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] no [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] we are going to sleep [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] i'm looking forward to seeing my king face to face we've seen him through all the amazing things that he does for us but seeing him face to face is one of those things that i truly truly look forward to and when he comes we shall be like him the song we're singing says when he comes we were saying soon and very soon we're gonna see him now we are saying when he comes when he comes when he comes we will see him we will be like him we will not only see him but we will also be like him we're gonna sing it in sizzulu and uh we're gonna throw in some english there but uh the message is clear when he comes we shall be like him [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] shall be like we're singing [Music] jesus when he comes when he comes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] me [Laughter] amen [Music] episode church uh we want to thank god for giving us the gift of life we have to celebrate this beautiful day a special thanks to the sabbath school team for the special invitation our sabbath school today is going to come from the book of jonah we're going to summarize we're going to read from the from jonah chapter one from one to seven uh we are going to discuss or the topic for the day is down down down down so we're going to analyze four downs that we found them from the book of jonah from chapter one from verse one to seven um the very interesting book uh to read that i felt maybe today we should just share about the first down the second down the third down and the last down all right so we're going to read very quickly uh from okay now the word of lord came to jonah the son of amitay saying rice go to nineveh that great sit and cry out against it for their wickedness has come up before me but jonah rose to flee to tarnish from the presence of the lord he went down so we've already picked the first down i'll read it again but jonah rose to flee to churches from the presence of the lord he went down joppa and found a ship going to it so he paid the fare and went down so we are already on the second down and okay it says he paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to touch from the presence of the lord so we've already picked the first down uh the second down so we'll be able to look again for the third and fourth down then we are going to go into detail uh first voice says but the lord sent out a great wind on the sea and there was a mighty text on the sea so the ship was about to to be broken up then the marinas were afraid and every man cried out to his god and through the cargo through the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the load but jonah had gone down so we are now picked the third down again but jonah had gone down into the lowest part of the ship he'd land down another fourth down and was fast asleep verse six so the captain came to him and said to him what do you mean sleeper our ice core your god perhaps your god will consider us so that we may not perish very seven so they said to one another let's come let's cast loads okay we can end on verse six so already we have picked all the four downs uh the first one the second one the third one and the fourth one so i don't want us to go to continue because we have to we will pick more downs again what happened in this chapter all right as i said uh this sub at school uh the topic is down down down down so we've already picked the four downs from phase one to verse four if i'm correct uh the truth of the matter is we afraid about jonah how he was he was a prophet he was not just an ordinary person he was a respected person he was called for a mission to go somewhere to go and preach and if you read your bible very well problem started when he moved away from the presence of god the moment he made a decision that no i'm not going to follow instruction that's when this down started the first one the second one the third and the fourth what i've realized to ask christians the moment you make a decision to move away from god things will never go well for you sometimes the start is a small thing then it starts to grow to grow to grow to grow so we are going to see we are going to learn uh some lessons about jonah because of the decision that he made to go to where he was not supposed to go all right so now on the first down that we've uh picked or we've uh it says that but jonah arrows to fleet touch from the presence of the lord he went down the moment he made a decision to move away to move from the presence of the lord he went down immediately after that it says that he went he from presence of the lord he went down to joppa and found a sheep going to church so he paid the fare and went down into it so you can see that these downs they started started about moving away from the presence of the lord he went to joppa uh then he paid the fee he went down problem started to continue from the first down to the third down where we are now so i want us to understand that you never succeed in your life if you move from the presence of god you can try and try and try and try we are living in the world whereby we are under the protection of holy spirit we are under the protection of the grace of god but when you make a decision to leave the church when you make a decision that no i'm not going to do these things problems will start immediately the attempt to flee from the presence of god costed him that's when we start to pick the first down you know the most interesting part about that after he made the decision the bible says he even paid the money but let me tell you this morning it was easy for for him to pay the money just a way of taking the money from the pocket oh i want to go i want to pay okay come pay it was easy but the problem was there was no return ticket so you may enjoy your life you can do whatever you want to do but you must understand that there should be a return ticket and the other interesting part is that he paid for the chain where he did not reach the destination imagine how stupid he was or how full he was he paid the money but he didn't reach the destination it seemed as if it was easy for him and sometimes we do some things thinking that our maybe i'm god is blessing maybe he could have just maybe was just thinking that ah so this is going to be very easy jain it's everything is going well but not knowing that he was not going to reach the destination so the attempt to flee from the presence of god costed him it says that the lord sent out a great win we always think that you know you know sometimes we have to thank the grace of god that in the situation that he was god didn't abandon him he still sent a great win but you and you you picked that even though there was a great wind he did not peak or he did not realize the presence of god it's because he was just going down down down and he says that if you go to verse 5 and 6 the sellers of the sheep seek their they started to pray they say last they were so desperate they need assistance they didn't know what to do one thing that i have learned about these people although they were not christians but when they realized that they were in danger they to call their own god you know sometimes as christians we really we we see problems coming to us but sometimes we don't even pick that but people who are not christians people are hidden sometimes they even believe in their gods but as christians sometimes we don't even see that it says that they started to throw everything out of the sheep they were in danger but you know is that when they were there when i was reading another book yesterday it says that jonah was not supposed to be there and his presence costed innocent people someone was suggesting in another book again that some of the goods they started to throw away they were gold there were jewelries and so on but the problem was this was caused because jonah was at the wrong place also at the wrong time so our presence at wrong places sometimes it cost people who are innocent and then if you go back again if you read again verse five and six it says that jonah had gone down and he had laid down faster sleep you see he was down at the same time also he was sleeping that's a bad combination he was he was down and later on he was fast asleep and he didn't know what was happening at that time jonah was fast asleep you know the painful part is that when these people were busy praying when they were seeking assistance when they needed help there was a man of god but that man of god was sleeping we are in the world we are in the society when the world is crying for the truth they don't know where to get the truth but adventists are sleeping christians are sleeping the man of god was just asleep and when the time that they needed him and you know the interesting part jonah was not an ordinary person he was a man with a mission who was sent with a mission and he knew himself that what he was doing was wrong he says that there was noise and the noise in the ship could not wake him up he was there when everything was happening this great noise this pandemonium you know when these men were crying and saying what should we do what should we do we are in danger but this man was he couldn't do anything the devil was making noise but jonah was just asleep he slept the place he thought no one could see him you you understand in this situation that he was he felt maybe if i sleep there i'm going to hide and so on but unfortunately things didn't go well according to his plan jonah slept while there was a prayer meeting sleeping christians they are costing the world as i mentioned to you earlier we are in the society where the world is desperate for the truth the world wants to know the action from us adventists but we are sleeping most of the time you know when they were busy doing their own prayer asking their own god that noise could have done something to this man you could have just wake up and say ah guys let me just tell you the truth i'm the problem but if we have christians who are sleeping they always cost us we are sleeping when the world want the truth you know the world sometimes we don't have to blame other people but the problem is with us all this noise or what whatever happened it was caused by by jonah who was at the wrong place at the wrong time sometimes problems within our families where we are coming from they are not caused by the people outside the problem is with us christians sometimes problems that we are having in our marriages don't blame our people outside the blame should come to us problems in the relationships that we are they are not caused by people from outside it's because we are at the wrong place at the wrong time his presence costed people and the same thing that is happening at the moment he went to a place where he was not supposed to go that's why he found the first down if you check the events he went down down down down down the moment you make a decision of leaving the presence of god things will be difficult for you imagine what he suffered many you caused people to to to throw their cargo and so on later on he was found in the sea later on he was found in a fish so on it's because he made a wrong decision brothers and sisters decisions that you make will cost your life you have to be very careful you can leave your parents you can leave your children but do not move away from the presence of god we are under the protection of the holy spirit the moment you make it you start with the first down second down 30 down fourth down then the next thing is difficult for you to come back from the presence of god let's thank the grace of god that even if we are down god will still always find a way of bringing us back may god bless you let's pray father god you are in heaven thank you very much for the sabbath school everything that we have learned this this morning we pray that lord whatever we go through in life we mustn't move away from your presence from your presence thank you lord for your love and for your care and your blessing in jesus name we pray amen [Music] so christians specifically adventists are known to be people of the book and the next couple of songs we're going to sing they speak exactly about that the importance of the book not just any book but the bible the bible and the bible only the verse says thy word is the lamp unto my feet and light to my path and we're going to sing a song i have a wonderful treasure [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] i have a wonderful treasure too [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] there's a song we love about the bible says give me the bible number 45 in our christ in some and uh 272 sda hymn now i'm sure you've downloaded it now give me the bible holy holy message [Music] [Music] jesus came to seek and save [Music] in the narrow way [Music] ladies give [Music] give me the pressure [Music] holy [Music] [Music] teach me the danger of these realms below that lamp of safety oh that loom shall brighten the light alone the path of peace can show give me the bible holy message shine in thy light shall guide me in the narrow way [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] holy message [Music] until [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] amen there are precepts and there are promises oh yes oh yes there's no other book there's no other book that shows us hallelujah and and and demonstrates better god's love than the bible that is why we're going to think about god's love and say ulta de la it means his love is greater than the ocean higher than the mountains deeper than the deepest seas we'll sing it in sizulu city [Music] foreign [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] i foreign [Music] [Music] god [Music] it is nice to be a child of god i'm so excited it's nice to be here welcome pasta welcome sister pam and welcome to those that joined us late we are having a good time in the lot amen without any waste of time i'm going to call upon sister tabile our church luck who will tell us about the transfers in and the transfers out of sentient church be blessed [Music] sisters and brothers i greet you all in the wonderful name of our lord jesus christ amen this is the second and final reading of our membership transfers we have two transfer ends and two transfer out i'll start with the transfer ends we have sister ethel machecho from golden harvard's sda to send an sda then we have brother comfort machecho from golden harvest sda to send an sda unfortunately i have to also read our transfer out we have brother charles matumba from samson sda to now hoon estee east london and our sister fungi matumba from saturn sda tuna dune sda is london sisters and brothers in the afternoon we will continue with our voting procedure at harper street it's a virtual one thank you [Music] church it is now time for our announcements they go as follows the first one we have what is called my sister my friend semina it happens every friday at seven o'clock i missed out the ages i think it's between 12 and 15 years my sister my friend and the second one it's every friday once more we have fn f and l how i miss that when i was a young person friday night live apparently it's happening there so for young people please el dorado is not here i encourage you to join it also happens at seven o'clock every friday again it doesn't end there every friday at 8 pm the center men gather together for prayer it's called adventist main prayer session it's every friday at 8 o'clock the man in our midst and at home because it happens on june please feel free to join and then we are going this afternoon at 3 30 it is that time of the year where we prepare for the nominations of the church we are busy with the leadership for 2021 we are now resuming the process of leaders for 2022 the special committee or selection committee will be elected this afternoon at 3 30 and this will happen on zoom this selection committee or rather the special committee will be responsible to to to form or elect the nominating committee but pasta is here and he'll be around he'll be part of that that meeting he'll direct those that haven't take part in this before but it's happening today at 3 30 sentence members please be encouraged to join and then we have a high powered preaching seminar wow this was wonderful i attended the first session last sabbath uh and today is the second last session it will happen at 4 30 and it is conducted for at four thank you it will be at four it's conducted by professor ferzin the dean of religion and theology at the university of the southern caribbean elders present and previous attended the session i didn't see some of my friends raswani is in our midst but i didn't see he didn't participate i'm sure there's still room for him to attend and of course all other elders that didn't get the opportunity to attend last sabbath very interesting and it is worth it please attend el daswane he's agreeing he says he will attend um at this time there's something called the round table with elders we need to know what are the elders are up to they meet every once a month they they they lead the departments they lead the committees for someone who who doesn't know what's going on in in leadership they asking themselves these meetings elders council meeting what is what is their role we will now give over to brother campy who will tell us more about this round table with the elders over to you brother campy [Music] morning church i hope you're good as you can see i'm back like i'm just gonna let that roast for a bit um i hope you're well i just wanted to let you 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our text of consideration for tithe and offering this morning is found in proverbs 11 24 and it reads as follows there is one who scatters yet increases more and there is one who withholds more and in him leads to poverty solomon brings forward a bizarre concept here the more you scatter the more you increase your blessings you would naturally think that the more you withhold or keep to yourself the more you will have generosity is about a spiritual and a mentality mindset it requires us to live in faith and be willing to release that which is in our hand instead of living in fear and withholding the greatest analogy i can think in this instance is that of a river if you've ever had the opportunity to see a river you will see that often there are many animals birds deers around it it is constantly moving it is a well of fresh moving life and it feeds into its other rivers and feeds into seas and oceans but if you've also had an opportunity to see another water structure we know very well that a swamp does the very opposite a swamp keeps it holds so much so that things like algae grow in swamps as christians we need to strive to have a river mentality that especially with regards to our tithe and offering we need to be willing and happy to give a river gives time it gives energy it gives money resources and talents away on a daily basis a river mentality sees the opportunity to give as an opportunity to receive more and more blessings are you this kind of person on the other end a swim a swamp mentality rather is full of fear and insecurity where there is no release things start to rot the famous isaac fell into this problem he had a swamp mentality and this led to his children fighting over blessings he felt were only one the bible says in acts 20 verse 35 in everything i did i showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak remembering the words of our lord jesus christ that it is more blessed to give than it is to receive i believe a river mentality allows us to be generous not only today but on a daily basis i hope that you pray that you renounce any fear of withholding and you choose to be a cheerful and free giver in our weekly reading for this week we learn about george king who put god first even when he was rejected in his town as a preacher his courage and humility should inspire us today jesus gave up everything to redeem us and we should do the same the sda sent the sentence sda banking details will now be beamed on your screen and all alternative payment methods as well as we contemplate on these words remember it is important to be not only a cheerful but a free giver amen [Music] [Music] [Music] it is the time of the day which is the time of the day where we'll be communicating with our father our god it is time for our pastoral prayer let us take our bible and open the book of ii timothy chapter 2 verse 15. ii timothy chapter 2 verse 15 and it reads us be diligent to present yourself approved to god a worker who does not need to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth as children of god again when i was reading this i was encouraged once more that i need to be confident to give myself to give ourselves to god not being embarrassed not being ashamed to tell his weight and to tell the truth as is sometimes as children of god we are embarrassed we are shy for people to know who we are for people to know what we stand for it is time as christians as children of god to go out there and let the world know our workplaces our friends the people we associate with we mustn't be embarrassed for the for us for them to know that we belong to the almighty may the lord help us as we made it as we meditate upon these ways that wherever we are whatever we do we mustn't be ashamed to tell his weight we have two pastors in our midst i suspect that is pasta moyo sitting over there and we have our very own pasta parkinson but i'm not i want to save pastor mario for now i will kindly ask our pastor pastor parkinson to lead us in prayer as we meditate upon these ways [Music] before we pray i'm gonna ask lord can you come and lead us into the blessed hour of prayer to get us into the right mood [Music] us he spared our lives to see yet another sabbath prayer is communicating with god talking with god as he listens and responds to us this the blessed hour [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] to jesus [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] we [Music] we need [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] let's hum it [Music] a heavenly father [Music] today we come to you [Music] with all our cares or burdens or heartaches or heartbreaks or pain or sufferings or bereavement we come to your god because we know that you're always there [Music] scanning the universe with a listening ear we're grateful for your love and your compassion today we ask that you remain here with us your sons and daughters of satan we look to your god for forgiveness [Music] for your providence for your healing power for your encouragement oh father we thank you for the goodness and the blessings that you have granted us now we release ourselves to you as we enter into different phase of this divine worship service bless your people some of us are unemployed all of us are depressed some are still ill [Music] be back the powers of evil this day and may you reside in each home in your heart take charge in every situation lord be hungry spiritually we've gone we want to hear a word from you your brother servant give us a word to stand in your stand so lord we ask that you cover him into righteousness but life holds a fire brother's lips [Music] thank you lord for hearing the more so for answering this prayer in jesus name [Music] amen amen pastor thank you for the prayer and we thank you also for the offertry service that we're given there is no doubt that you know for this mission to continue to be effective to be impactful we need to also sacrifice and surrender not just our time not just our talents but also our resources so this church i'm proud to be a member of this church because this church makes a difference in this community and it wants to do even more things greater things so we continue to request that you partner with us you may not be residing in this community but please partner with this church because sentine and the surrounding communities are going to be blessed and and and positively different because of of this church being here and when you put little into god's mission he makes it greater that's why the song we're gonna sing says little is much when god is in it [Music] in the heart [Music] there's a work for all to do [Music] is [Music] the place [Music] it is [Music] [Music] [Music] when we put our efforts into the work of the lord he just multiplies it take it away assistant [Music] [Laughter] [Music] is calling [Music] you called to labor seems so small and little know eat is great if god is in need for he'll not forsake his when own is [Music] [Music] in jesus name [Music] and when the conflict has been ended and a race on [Music] will earth if you've been faithful welcome home my child will come [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] if is [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh yes if you go in jesus name there's a crown that is waiting uh we need to praise god that he sent his son to die for us we're going to to to [Music] we praise god for the precious gift of jesus [Music] is foreign [Music] uh oh foreign [Music] [Music] m [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] natives it says jesus came to die not for the black not for the white not for the grey and the brown but for everyone amen and that is why we say we praise you we praise you oh lord we haven't left the eastern cape and we are saying now we are headed because christ has died for us where are we headed we are headed to the to the holy mountain the great day and the song is are you coming with are you coming with to meet our lord and savior when he shall return [Music] it is the christian song you'll find it in 302 it's a closer version of the of the of the christian song and it's longer uh [Music] you is [Music] [Music] m [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] who me [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] me [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] amen church so there's a saying in this that says which means you do not translate sulu to anything else but this song i am saying you you you don't understand what this song means and out at us the music team that we translate the song to english because when you sing the song with just suck you know that there is no point in investing in the things of this world because there's crying there's dying here while we are where why do we think we are enjoying the song says when you get there there's no crying there's no time you think there's wealth here there's no wealth yet there's wealth there and the wealth there never ends it's there perpetually and it says we need to think about these things change our hearts and focus focus on things eternal bless you church bless you bless you now we're thinking about the land of corn and wine we're gonna do this one [Music] it's a song you know number 241 [Music] we're going to do it in there's a land of corn and wine number 241 christ in song christian song where we asked let's download that um this is heaven i came to the world or the the place of corn and wine [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] give me [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen [Music] we'll be there because we'd have been redeemed so number 213 [Music] in our christian soul [Music] oh jesus [Music] [Music] when grief [Music] my [Music] me [Music] oh oh jesus [Music] [Music] my soul [Music] is [Music] my soul shall be [Music] oh jesus [Music] [Music] oh [Music] this is our last song before the preacher [Music] is [Music] is [Music] pleasure [Music] [Music] oh [Music] in [Music] is [Music] blessings [Music] i sing in my rapture [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] in his brightness [Music] his perfect salvation [Music] he is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] me [Music] amen [Music] i feel like preaching today all that good music uh brother lord you don't know what you did for me today you took me back to 1988 in eastern cape when i learned that song no jana conducted by pastor kumalo and pastor yazzie noah yana wonderful thank you so much ladies and gentlemen brothers and sisters those of us worshipping here today those who are viewing us online i'm delighted to be in church today anybody delighted to be in church today amen we welcome all of you included among those of us who are here today is one of the closest friends i have in ministry pastor du miso machazi would you stand from bolawayo zimbabwe he came all the way from california and he's visiting here with us today amen i know basma chazy since the beginning of his ministry i think i think i ordained you didn't he right god bless you thank you for coming by brothers and sisters to take over worship to another level the preach word is most important music has a significant place but the apostle paul says god has so designed it that is taken the foolishness of preaching so that men and women can be saved i want you to know without any fear of contradiction we have a preacher in the house there's a man whom god called six years ago there's a man who listened to the call left his ordinary occupation went on to held the verb studied and it's now in ministry there's a man who was born in one of the most beautiful cities in africa i've traveled to several natural beauty bologio zimbabwe there is a man who is the pastor of sunnyside and other churches in pretoria we have a man today a friendly man a warm-hearted man a preaching man it gives me the greatest of pleasure to introduce to you my friend and colleague in ministry pastor talent moyo he will speak to us after the hymn of meditation is sung and i'm going to ask him one favor as you preach don't burn up the whole puppet i have to preach another time he will lighten this place because he has the gift of the preacher after the hymn of meditation the next voice you will hear is my friend and colleague pastor talent moyo [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hiding [Music] has come from thee jesus [Music] i [Music] oh [Music] jesus [Applause] green [Music] when at [Music] for last me [Music] [Music] me [Music] me [Music] he said to me [Music] lord amen [Music] i have always thought that at something church the building is beautiful [Music] but i've realized that the worship takes the trophy powerful music from our praise team i am greeting you all in the name of our savior jesus christ who is here in this church today what does the church say i'm also greeting you in the name of the son of man who is also with you in your homes what does the church say at home i want to say there is something special about the worship team it makes the weight lighter for any preacher you can stand here and make a call there is no excuse for any boring sermons because one-on-one with god you can face this special moment with the worship team keep it up my dear friends i saw that you are here and i saw you my brother i knew that things were were spot on you see pastelista is my dear friends it is not good for a man to be alone even in the house of the lord that's why even when it's social distancing at times but there are certain people whom we need to be closer to so i just targeted a man in the conference there and i said this man is too old but he can do justice to me you need a friend at a time when it is raining you need somebody who can give you an umbrella when it is summer you need somebody will give you a glass of water and at all times if man can fail you you need a friend so precious in jesus and it's also good to see the veteran preacher my pastor machazzi we grew up under him so surely to see him still standing god is indeed good so this call when i talk about pastor lista this is what we term a corruption appointment you know you know what i mean if somebody is your friend and he invites you to come and preach he did previously and i said i was really under pressure because of the schedule but this time i thought that it's impossible for me to say to not to my friend [Music] let us put our heads and bow down in prayer because today we will visit the book of arithmetics which i know is not a darling to many bible readers let us pray father in heaven when we give our children food they always say god bless our food before we eat and we say amen but man shall not live by bread alone this is our food now please bless our food before we eat amen and amen you see the book of arithmetics is not a well-known book i say so because it attracts literally or no courts from many believers i know that even at school many of us used to run away from arithmetics we love to do poetry we love to do drama but serious things like mathematics like numbers which calls for accountability it's not a darling for many of us you see the book of numbers has got some lessons there you might not like it you might think that it needs a calculator but surely be comfortable because you can cruise through without even touching a calculator it has lessons but the key lesson i find in that book is mainly how not to be the people of god we sit here trying to put ourselves next to god but the book of numbers gives us a picture of how not to be the people of god where god in your life sits aside and become a spectator and watch you as you live your own life and most probably when god decides to camp with your enemy you didn't get that when you know that the woman is a witch but he is no longer a witch he is she is also sitting with god on how to deal with you so that he can put you on the road when god decides to usher an enemy towards you maybe you cannot hear him when he calls you softly tenderly calling you but this time he says maybe the enemy can make sense to him i've always asked myself when i read the book of numbers why the book of numbers you know it's all about accountability always check where you start so that way you come to the end point you can see something different you see the king king nebuchadnezzar waked up in the morning and walks in there and he has a question did we not put in three people in there i have seen something wrong here there is a fourth man you know my dear friends why least you're worried about your problems why at least you're worried about all those issues your enemy is looking and is intrigued that there is a fourth man in your fire he sees something and maybe god said to them just have a census you see god was prepared to make them cross over to the promised land in the first year he was ready to usher them to canaan in the first year after leaving egypt and he calls for a census i'm just thinking here he calls for a census count each and every person so that by the time when you enter you are able to count and say indeed the lord was with us indeed we are still together you know pastor after the coffee don't just make sermons here count them one by one and see that the lord has been with us throughout the covet season you see the world puts out in the picture when we are talking about news in this world we are only worried about those we have died they never say to us or the god whom we worship is good there is still 50 million people who are still alive in the midst of the pandemic oh count your blessings name them one by one and see that indeed the lord is good don't be intrigued by the fires you're in but ask yourself why there is a fourth man who is this man i want to make a disclaimer and say this cement this morning is not created to celebrate death death remains the last enemy that will be defeated therefore we can never be friends with death it has left us orphans some are with us we are dejected miserable in this wilderness but sadly this morning the title of my semen says imperative murder from the book of numbers imperative matter the book of numbers chapter 14 verses 29 down to 34. in the wilderness your bodies will fall every one of you 20 years old or more when i read this part i wish to be a pathfinder i wish to be an ambassador i don't wish to be an adventist youth 20 years plus i don't wish to be an adult i don't wish to be a granny in this wilderness your bodies will fall every one of you 20 years old or more who was counted in the senses and who has grumbled against me not one of you will enter the land i saw with uplifted hand to make your home except for caleb and joshua as for your children the adventurous the pathfinders that you said will be taken as plunder i will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected by those of you 20 years plus your bodies will fall in this wilderness one by one your children will be shepherds here for 40 years numbers with drugs within your orbit for 40 years suffering for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness sometimes the problems you see in your children it's your work the drugs you see in your children it's your work for 40 years one year for each of the 40 years you explored the land you will suffer for your sins and know what is it like to have me against you may the lord bless the reading of his word regardless how it sounds for 40 years one year of each of the 40 days you explore the land you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you you see i'm reminded of the past overnight when they all prepared to leave the enemy camp but not knowing that they will just succumb in the wilderness i am reminded of the day when the lord did a miracle in front of them and he opened and put the road in the red sea what a wasted miracle not knowing that they are yet to succumb in the wilderness if i were to tighten this part of the salmon from the man who left egypt and the man who married to the promised man only two men married let me tell you two men but there is a third main factor two men and one man made it the numbers will tell us that above six hundred thousand men real men left egypt but only two made it we are not counting during those days we are not counting our children and our women we are talking about men who could have stood out and be the army of israel only two made it plus one because joseph said one day i know that the lord is coming for you and when he comes do not leave my bones he carry them with you only two men and one man if i were to title this part only and give it a semen i would say my title says the foolishness of the living and the wisdom of the dead you know when the living walk like fools but a dead man is wise in his coffin the dead man has a promise with god and you are walking recklessly living but dead not only dead but perishing the foolishness of the living the kind of people loaded with mamas with doubts faithless generation leery hinky with negativity at all times whenever you put god's agenda they have uncertainties skepticism pessimism the kind of the people we live around who are dubious agonistic suspicious even in the board meeting they are always quizzical uncertain and uncertain of god's agenda why is the dead are sleeping comfortable and having an earth with god that i know surely one day you will come for us and when you come these bones will be taken with you see when you've been abused in the past you failed to look with the mirror of the future you know egypt more than canaan you understand egypt more than the promised land you are so more comfortable in egypt because you know the master who is a slave master you say dear friends beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance it's better for me to sit here and say i do not know anything than for me to take a path which is cooked around false knowledge let me take you back where it all started god said to him moses take each and every individual one per tribe 12 spies let them go and explore what the lord has prepared for his children i know sanji church i want you to think about the spy business the spy business says to me in every project i am back on i need to spy it before i put my heart in it be smart you are corporate people check whether it is specific can i measure it is it achievable is it relevant is it time best i can see the youth here before that guy waste your time have smart goals with him when what is the proposal all about is it specific how can i measure your performance are you going to be able to achieve this is it time based are we going to date for eight years nine years ten years measure it put the time around it understand where you are headed to and at a time sit down with him come to the table these are our smart goals pastor the church is looking for a smart pastor are the girls for the church specific can we manage them are we able to achieve each and every will it be relevant to us as something sdh or how when are we going to is it time best husbands the wives are looking for smart men smart man who will say what's up for us 2021 where are the smart goals for the family where are we headed at the end of the year sit down before we rush to new year's calls why are we coming from what have we achieved you see god is not scared to be spied on that's why he himself instructed moses and a spy go and check them check people before you put them close here why is he your friend what are his or her goals check opportunities business opportunities don't just be called and rush in check and take can i achieve this is it specific for me check everything before you buy this car walk slowly to those who have driven it does it child fuel you know there was a time whereby this ford cougar used to bend check those things before you just jump in before you buy a property check spy it and say is the residential area safe and my children is the crime ballast here christians before you bring the names to a church visit the elders and see their homes and ask yourself are my children safe at santina sdh is the pastor able to take me and my family to the lord in these days we read a lot on the newspapers in some churches where the pastor will say it is time to drink oil it is time to eat snacks uh spy churches spy your god before you lift up your hands let me tell you something which will scare you even the demons will spy you before you can take them out remember the sons of skepha they saw the demons and he saw it fashionable to deal with demons but the demons said first we want to spy you we have got a question for you we know jesus we know paul but before we match out of this man who are you do you think the demons will be scared by you do you think the demons will be scared because you read the sabbath school lesson study my dear praised him do you think the demons will be scared by a beautiful song okay the demons have got a question for you who are you we know jesus we know paul but who are you oh the sons of scared for for even their names they forgot even the totems of their fathers hey if it was me i was gonna say i am the one who is saved by the blood of salem i am the one who is more than a conqueror i am the one who will take you out in the name of jesus spy things before you just rush into making serious you know to the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind hey the young people will say hambang line because when the wind blows southward he does not know where he wants to go come back alive when the wind blows northwards he does not know where he intends to go okampang line you see the spies went in to spy the land and they brought poison one man in the whole tribe was able to bring poison i wanted to age you i heard the announcements that you are preparing for the new leadership you see take interest in the election business of all kinds take interest i know some people when we say we have a business meeting it is not for them hey one man is equally dangerous not only to bring you down but to bring you down with your family with all your generations to follow one man don't sit back at the expense of your life my question is what kind of a leader we live by gainful because leadership is about vision and responsibility not power we know that where there is no vision people perish and true leadership is found in the action to defeat that which will defeat you beware of this kind of leaders who have the grasshopper mentality when they go in front of challenges they see themselves as grasshoppers beware of leaders who when they enter the territories they are only interested in the perishables you know the bible says the spies came with a powerpoint evidence of some grapes fruits but there was one man there caleb he was busy surveying he was a land survey he was not only a spy he was surveying the land and thinking that one day i must come and claim a mountain one men and others brought carried the graves let's go and show them that indeed the lord has prepared a place for them beware of such leaders land or grapes you want the fish or the sea let me say something to the church you don't necessarily need an atomic bomb to destroy a nation but you just need a bad leader hey go to some municipalities you ask yourself where are the potholes coming from you just need a bad leader hey cross over the border to to some of our countries immediately after the board regardless what kind of a car you are driving there was an atomic bomb which fell in that country it is just by a bad leader you see how powerful this church is you just need a bad leader to destroy it one bad leader yay one not many bad leaders one bad leader is equal to an atomic bond to destroy everything where do you think the portals come from they just come from one bad leader who does not know that they need to be perished and the bad news come from those people who were sent to go and confirm that indeed god is true at all times god has prepared a place for us at all times he has been saying i am coming for you to a battling but they came with the wrong powerpoint and god was not happy my brother god was not helping my pastor and he decided that let me destroy them now in the wilderness it was an imperative matter let me deal with them and the bible to to quicken the story the bible said moses listen to me moses say to god it is no longer about them but your character god you know sometimes god can save you for a day because his character is good a we need men in this place who can stand and bear god and say god remember your character you know the problem we have now why we are still stuck in this coved 19 situation we are in need of a mosque who can bear god and say hi god is it not enough what about your character god isn't your character that when your children pray endlessly you will respond positive we're looking for a mosque who can say can't you see things that are happening god what about your character you see god always had a soft spot for moses i'm looking for fathers whom god has a soft spot for them while this the family is sleeping downstairs they are able to go in the upper room and rest with god and say my children father they are able to stand and say father this cannot happen when i call myself your son what will my children say then god decided to do something and he said to them this is where we are now he say to them do not worry moses instead of dealing with them at one go now i am going to deal with them one by one for 40 years the fate is the same but my character now comes in one by one they will die in the wilderness we don't know where is starting but we know that 40 years one by one they will die can i say something church there are people who must die first before we can make progress we aren't going anywhere as long as these people are still alive can i talk to somebody's wife here do you know that before your husband can stand and preach the word he is a superman before he can do that maybe you need to die because you apply negativity in his base he is actually a preacher by birth but because of you dear wife he no longer has the confidence he says hey can i talk to the husbands here hey listen to me your wives are super women they're actually beautiful in statue they can go to any salon into any beautiful hairstyle but before we can see their beauty you must first go into the coffin hey dear wife you must mourn him and after mourning him you stand up and say freedom has come i am tired of being abused day in day out don't worry in the 40 years those who are stolen our progress they will die let me tell you something to the church leaders you need to understand me church leaders we might do something special here in santa but there are some elders before we can have impact in this place they must first die because whenever we speak of evangelism they tell us that it's impossible here this place is something this is not like a sore toe you don't do things like that you will not walk in there in somebody's house and say jesus is coming don't worry they must first die and when they die we will not care where the rich or poor we will say and proclaim jesus is coming again are you ready they must first die oh pastors the conference can do better but there are some pastors who must first die maybe a pastoralist don't tell them at the conference maybe northern conference and toc can be won but it can never be one as long as some pastors are still alive they must first die then we will cross over the border of white or black and say we are all preparing for his second coming one god one conference because they have died there are some people who must first die before we can make progress in our lives hey we are nomads you see the bible says your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years hey we are shepherds in the wilderness because you are still alive some of us are asking why this coveted 19 is taking those whom we think are cooperating than others why is it taking those who seem to be you know i was once sick the past few weeks with covet let me tell you and i point somebody and say hey say corner length covet is here give valencia you know what he said no no no you are not the right one when are you harassed confident is only taking the good ones but let me say something literally for our progress some people must first die so that the 40th comes and we are ushered into the land ah you don't understand there is somebody a pastor i'm the pastor of the seventh-day adventist i am declaring today there is somebody who must die here so that we make progress i do not mind that matter today somebody must commit murder here today so that there is progress hey i didn't say go and kill your husband wait for the 40th year the 40th year is coming i did not say go and kill your eyes the 40th year is coming but this one i am saying kill today go and kill self self is doing us kill yourself so that christ can live in you you know when we are busy with god's business you want to first check your bank account hey kill yourself when we say come and minister in the hospitals you want to check self first hey kill self so that christ can live in you and when christ lives in you it is no longer i that lives when i walk to the prison next door is no longer i that lives i can walk boldly because i know the word who lives is christ ah imperative mate kill self we are stuck in the wilderness because you are still alive kill yourself you see canaan while these two are still in the wilderness canaan is canon without or without israelites you didn't get that god's promises stand still with or without you claiming them if i was talking only to youth here you know adults you can close your ears on this one if i was talking to youth here i was going to say to a young man there is an anarchy who is walking and strolling in the movies in the malls with your future wife why at least you are waiting for the 40th year eh heaven will be heaven with or without me one day when i come back here i will preach on revelation chapter 21. john the river letter is taken like a spy hey i say despite things god is not scared to spy himself to be spied i will say turn the revelator cause in in that vision like a spy and he is checking what the lord has prepared for his children and he says i saw you jerusalem prepared like a bride i don't ah do not worry about the problems with which we have in the wilderness there is a vision of john the revelation we are still stuck in the wilderness but one day new jerusalem will be brought down you hear about death there shall be no death in the new city you hear about sickness no sickness i've got a question for you my dear friend today for how long shall we be stuck in the wilderness how long shall we be here because of your dangerous knowledge of egypt you have so much passion in your slave master you are loaded with murmuring with grumbling doubt dubious quizzical at all times even when we say now you can survive with health methods you're quizzical you're asking where is the protein here you are always with questions uncertainties i have a suggestion for you we want to cross over rather you die than keep us numbers in this wilderness rather you die i propose this morning i see my senior pastor my child here i'll have to invite you i always abuse my sinners that's why i'm a friend with an old man you know i want to stand here and say my being me is not good my being me is not progressive my being me is not taking me anyway but rather i die so that christ can live if christ lives in me whatever i do it's no longer me but christ pastor there is somebody there at home there is somebody here in the auditorium who is saying today i want to be a murderer i want to do an imperative murder i want to kill self so that i create an environment of a better living in preparation for crossover pray for your children they are really serious they can't be nomads in the wilderness but they want to kill yourself themselves for the progress of god shall we stand as we pray dear father in heaven because of rebellion your children after they left egypt spent 40 years worshiping in the wilderness but for a lot of them it was in vain because self was still alive they still missed egypt the fleshpots the garlic and the leches that they used to eat back there egypt at the time was the biggest civilization in the world so it was a nice place to be but it was also a place of oppression for those that were seeking you and dear father as we stand here today we admit the beauties and the glories of living in south africa but we realize that we are in the wilderness and you have a better place for us each and every one of us just one thing stands between us and heaven and that is our surrender and our acceptance of the fact that you promised that our heavenly canaan flows with milk and honey help us lord to be aware of that there is nothing in our current situation that is better than what you've prepared for us help us lord to be willing to surrender self to you to die to self so that we might live in christ and lord globally everybody who is watching this service today we plead lord for your visitation in our lives for you to talk to us in a different way today long time ago we sang a song that trouble sometimes i hear but we really didn't know what we were singing about now troublesome times are here help us lord to let go of whatever is tying us down to this earth and move up closer and move over and cross over to a place where we can walk humbly with thee father we thank you because you hear prayers and you answer them we ask you to do for us exceedingly abundantly beyond what we can ask think or imagine because we pray in the powerful name the saving name the cleansing name the healing name of our lord and savior jesus christ and everybody saying amen [Music] church what does one say after this amen i'm sure at home and here at church you'll be happy to join me when we say thank you to pastor moyo for such a time as simon today we really need it pasta you've taught us you've reminded us today that you need to spy on each other we need to spy on each other as parents as husbands as wives as children and most of all as leadership in the church because it has come to a point where we are failing as children of god to spy on each other the book creeping compromises is there we can read it things are being brought into the church of god we need to spy on each other what kind of a church do we need do we need a church that is earthly do we need a church that is spiritual may the lord help us as we meditate upon the same on pastor and thank you and thank you for having spent time with us we really appreciate this may the lord continue to bless you and keep you together with your family in jesus name i've done what pastor parkinson was supposed to do in thanking you but thank you pastor thank you so much [Music] so [Music] um [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] we're [Music] i [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is foreign [Music] [Music] amen may god bless you may god shine his face upon you and give you peace till we meet again next sabbath amen leave it to the band to play a song for all of us to be ushered out we thank all of you who have dialed in online we hope you had a wonderful wonderful experience and and and worshiping service thank you [Music] do [Music] so [Music] do [Music] mm-hmm [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Sat Sep 11 2021