Testing of Faith (Taglish) - Jeff Eliscupidez

[Music] all right good afternoon everyone thank you music team for assuring us how many of you believe that god is here in our midst this afternoon right you're in the right place every saturday 4 00 p.m in the afternoon thank you for joining us live for those of you again nanas online thank you for joining us i'm pastor jeff and i know some of you are first timer thank you for joining us i received some text from a friend uh they invited so thank you for joining us this afternoon we're starting a brand new series uh we just finished uh a series of course that's why starting a brand new series and we talk about the gospel for five weeks we've talked about everything about the gospel because it's holy week and uh if we can encapsulate in one ideolo what the gospel did to us we have been justified everybody's justified we have been justified just now and things happen illegal and just not because of what we did but because solely of what jesus did and hopefully young gospel to me musa and we've learned so much about the gospel it's by faith alone and god chose us stuff like that and sinbad last week news ever wait okay and we've learned for five weeks that we have to proclaim the gospel you ending up and that this gospel that we receive is meant to be proclaimed it's meant to be shared you see proclaiming the gospel yes it's important but we're gonna dig deeper about the gospel for the next six weeks proclaiming the gospel is important but god also called his church to do something equally significant so not just gospel proclamation but gospel demonstration so this is a brand new series again nano gospel demonstrated we're going to talk about the gospel being demonstrated hearing it okay from you next sheikh khan best news ever so hearing it from you and seeing the shaman's office made classmates more is the starting point it opened their minds but when doing the gospel not just sharing or proclaiming doing the gospel what do you mean by that you're living out what you're proclaiming open their hearts are you listening 4 pm then and most of the parents i mean of course occasion that's why gospel uh yes we have been justified but look at the word we are now being sanctified everybody say be in okay it's a process after five weeks so right now that's why today we're going to talk about the effect of the gospel in us because we received it and not only it is in us god will use the effect of the gospel through us there will be a demonstration hopefully why not if our faith is genuine it will be unmistakable it will be seen in our actions there will be demonstration right martin luther said this we are saved by faith alone very important but the faith that is that saves is never alone it should be backed up it should be evidenced by something that's a victory because it will be evidenced by the gospel demonstration do people around you see the distinction no no born again we want it now victory hallelujah praise the lord we have to demonstrate it to the outside world and listen up as we jump to the first week this on the series one of the most visible everybody say visible one of the most visible demonstration of the gospel to the outside world to the unbelievers huma augusto mumma reached out is when we are facing adversity how we handle adversity when we're how do we handle trials and difficulties and tragedies problema right i stumbled upon this book adversity quotient and of course it was in the 90s that i introduced poetry by by the by dr paul stahls and adver adversity quotient yes my iq is an iq okay according to the author simply means the capacity of the person to deal with the adversities of his or her life as such independent science of human resilience how you handle pagdomating your newest stage for cancer how you but you see yeah adversity caution is great you're going to be successful without guiding the picture human resilience but we know people named successful okay [Music] because of too much trials adversities okay some of them substance abuse but worse they committed suicide those are sheer human resilience thank be to god again as christians we are blessed because we don't face it with sheer human capability and ability how we handle adversity determines the level of our faith in god that's why today and first week now then is how you deal with adversities in life and for the next six weeks and demonstration of gospel the way you treat others would you stay with me for the next five weeks about the gospel demonstration why don't we close our eyes let's bow down our heads lord these are just i mean coming lord i'm just merely the speaker here lord will animal coming capacity to change people's heart it's you lord god i'm not opening hearts oh lord so those people were watching and here in this auditorium lord would you just minister to us that as christians we have lord god the grace the holy spirit in us to really fight this fight of faith till the end so lord to lulu muhammad that the series will minister to us and not just to us to the people in the next few weeks i'm going to bring that person and lord right now nasa is we just touch their hearts to open their hearts lord get to the gospel as well so lord believe up to this series may you be honored and glorified in jesus name amen we're going to look at the book of james if you have your bible with you not paragon in the book of james if you're a practical person theological verses and james paul is really unconcerned lagging the james the brother of jesus is really christian living okay and when we talk our lives here on earth is like there's always a storm it's either you are about to enter a storm you're in the midst of the storm or you just came out of storm but either way god has a purpose but i do madam samuel adversities and trials of buhari so there are it was in book of james i've been james james a servant of god i love that james the brother of jesus christ this humility but here's a man who was totally transformed after the resurrection of christ that he's really a servant of god to the 12 tribes in the gig and then scattered among the nations so this was the first or one of the first diaspora and everyone left human e1 so if we're going to talk about adversity bakamo these people were harshly persecuted by the romans and uh persecution born again when this was written the persecution of persecution like imposed more daily breaks on facebook all right so we're going to talk to three things today we're going to talk about the response whenever we face adversity and what's the result of that and eventually what's the future reward what's what's what's what's to look forward to okay so this is some sort of a journey so foundational is our response when we face trial and james is telling his listeners his viewers his readers about the proper response and hopefully we can relate to this what's the response consider everybody say consider you know what i can preach for one hour say some words long that don't consider because this word is loaded with meaning consider it means to lead okay it means the original greek word was used to lead because you were not considered on the water down isn't it the word consider means to lead it's a picture that's of leading his or her mind through a reasoning process to arrive at a conclusion there's a process when james uh wrote this consider it's a command calling for action command calling for action it demands action so it's a picture of leading through a conclusion there's a process and in process is something counterintuitive it's counter cultural counter la counter to salahat so sabine james consider this have a careful thought excited careful there's a conscious judgment and once you decide that there's a complete commitment to the conclusion you've arrived to are you listening all right so malino po okay pakistan abinati consider this what is kailanga you consider considered pure joy not half-hearted but pure joy and it's talking to the christians to my brothers and sisters but since pure joy the trial itself was an occasion of joy okay was not an adversity is that what this verse is talking about no the trial itself was not an occasion of joy but it could promote joy by becoming an occasion for producing stamina in the life of a committed believer and respond small is joy listen that is very important it's a state of being more than an emotion it's a decision more than an emotion emotional um it's based on happenings the happiness is based on happiness but joy is different joy is really a state of being to have joy according to theodore app jador is a pastor and a radio evangelist in the early 90s to have uh to have joy does not necessarily mean we will be hilarious and laughing about the trials we're experiencing that's at the point but it means we will have a deep seated confidence i love that word look up here would you want a picture deep seated confidence confidence that god knows what he's doing and that the results will be not for your glory because often times kayakus is for your glory no no every time god does something through us it's for its glory but also in this akil joy and our own good it's good for you but it's glory to god are you listening it's an assurance it's rule joy and makes joy without a mixture of sorrow hindustani consider it my joy my counting sorrow or may join drop of i was talking to a brother this week medical condition india and that's why we need to be confident that god knows what he's doing the outworking of the gospel changes our perspective indeed changes the situation it changes our perspective when dealing with trials you know why because god is more concerned in changing you rather than your circumstances are you listening most of the time gusto mabago said comes and says indeed the lord [Music] i'm a father of two children about the two daughters of buffalo i have something better for you sometimes you have to learn to say no to the good so that the best will come pastor so guys consider it pure joy whenever everybody say whenever don't you just wish if ever but just in case no no the word there is whenever sigurados because in this world we're going to face a lot of trouble we're going to face a lot of problems especially if the problem is your face so our response look up here the response is pure joy unadulterated joy indicator lord i know there's a result i know i'm entering into a trials of testing just like job i know i will come out better after this what happened when we fully consider being joyful think about that i mean result it says there for you know i love you in james you know quiet time for the next six weeks ah please bow what word up nam name and this is needed this testing this is just a test anybody here you're like me the most dreaded sentence when you're a student is what get one half sheet of paper done before you know that this is just a test here's a question look up here look this is very important do you know this i'm talking about christian living i'm talking about you're doing everything because you're in line with god's will and then things happen born again negotiate because this is a fallen world okay so allah this is just a test because oftentimes here's our equation of blessing more money more happy this is just your equation my equation before but my parents have been blessed with because they're thinking their mindset more money more blessed more money more uh a favor from god [Laughter] we have a friend i'm serious we have a friend who was told by the phony master i mean this is a big house in valley verde super rich i'm not even kidding and one time the fonzo master told them do not pass by this door for the whole year of 2016. small group lassen because more money more favor from god but as christians this is our equation our reward is in heaven we might be blessed here financially or not but doesn't matter what awaits us is far greater blessing isn't it he was upfront from the beginning i have told you these things i've been to jesus my disciples so that in me you may have peace in this world in this world you're living in this world you'll have trouble indeed messing up jesus now you will be travel free now you will be zero trouble if you're living in this world and you abide in me i mean he's very up front going to experience trouble because there's a purpose for trouble there's there's a result when we find it lord my purpose kind i'm going to face it with joy for you know that the testing of your faith produces wow i love this because adversities are productive when faced with joy it produces something and is steadfastness everybody says steadfastness and then this verse seems to communicate okay that is steadfastness or persevering cannot be produced without trials because until a logical flow consider what pure joy kelan when you face troubles bucket for you know why the testing of your faith will producing you something and that steadfastness is faith is like a muscle that's the analogy if you stress it to the limit it gets stronger i tried once forever okay okay when you stress it to the limit it gets stronger not weaker when our faith is threatened and tested and stretched to the breaking point the result is greater capacity everybody is a greater capacity to endure what to endure what james james called uh to endure uh steadfastness do we will have endurance and steadfastness i mean joseph spent 13 years suffering in pharaoh as a bani pharaoh some it's a prison for 13 years he was promised something that for 13 years see peter was three years in the making from sand to the rock because the parents made them think the world revolves my hello [Applause] 24 guys look up here we need to be stretched and let steadfastness have its full effect so flowland consider it pure joy no no and you will experience the full effect i like that word and left it's something that is natural if you keep joyful in all location you steadfastness will be the natural fruit you see joy cannot be manufactured strange as it may seem one of the primary purposes of being shaken by suffering is to make our faith more unshakeable god loves you enough the way this is just like i love my daughters as a parent we love our daughters and children so much you're gonna shake them and what's left are the unshakeable and that is god himself and in some let steadfastness have its full effect so that you may here's the result here's the final result when you keep being steadfast you will be perfect a perfect and complete locking in nothing we can't manufacture maturity there's a process joy look at it it's very important we cannot manufacture joy because joy is a gift of the holy spirit it's short-lived because it should stem from something the holy spirit gives us joy you don't manufacture it you don't buy it you can't buy it joy is a fruit have you ever seen a mango tree [Applause] just just place them in the right environment my son my too big and then eventually it will grow are you listening so we can't manufacture joy because it's a gift are you listening yeah of course but the holy spirit in you so it's something you desire and we don't have the time to read this but read the following verse says if you lack wisdom in in in handling adversity you ask god and he'll give you without finding fault amen sabine who am i in heaven but you there's nothing on earth that i desire besides you yes my flesh and my heart may fail wow i love this but god is the strength of my heart in my portion forever you may be facing difficulties today you may be facing dark times today and some of you you came at the right time you've been attending the panasonic preaching god is talking to you at the end of the day everything else may fail but god is the strength of my heart our hearts and then god is saying look up here [Music] i've told you this thing so that in me you may have peace in this world you will have trouble look at the last verse but take heart everybody say take heart let me take heart take heart but because i have overcome the world come on let's give god praise god keeps us through trials god sustains us in trials and i know what you're thinking if you are in my shoes the reason why we're having this this is not my idea this is not my opinion this is god telling you i have overcome the word you forget panama you forgot about god because you're too inundated you're too burdened by too much worries in life it will choke you i'll tell you something happening lord just let it go let go and let god that's a response joy the result is we'll be christ-like we'll be complete not lacking in anything it will bring us to a place lord the cancer may still be here but i'm complete because i'm looking forward to another r which is a reward which is what we want right we want rewards that'll be reward because sometimes we're so earthly focused on but you see those people who died those christian martyrs they're so forward looking to the next life because it's so contagious the gospel is so demonstrated but these people are real most of the time you read uh martyr's book of uh fox's book of martyrs there are cases because they're looking forward to something far beyond this earthly blessing can bring blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial for when he has stood the test and that's my prayer for all of us because it's a question we will always have tests my hope and prayer as your pastor i love you enough to tell you this i just hope that we will stand the test because one day we're gonna receive the crown of life that's not eternal life because it's talking to christians to born again so we already have the eternal life no one can snatch that away from us so what he's talking about is it's a heavenly reward the bible talks about five different kinds of crown we don't have the time to talk about it it may merit another series but it's talking about the crown of life may crown of righteousness different crowns and what this verse is saying which god has promised to those who love him and these crowns i don't know if the things along it we have rewards because we will have awardings so if you are born again look forward i hope and one of the crowns you need to aspire to i would suggest the crown of life because testing and i don't know i sometimes say we're so limited to what's going to happen to heaven okay in heaven rather than it some of us were thinking indigenous heaven right and hopefully we'll get we'll have another series about heaven it's not just we're going to go there casper the friendly ghost and he cannot we're going to do a lot of things to heaven in the heaven it will come here the the new heavens and the new earth it will be renewed as if before young so what we're going to do there i don't know but revelations gave us a glimpse for those people who had the crowns and it says here in revelation it's a good apparent something to look forward to the 24 elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever they cast their crowns before the throne i don't know they maybe they have this thought these crowns of life or honey and they have something to offer before god grace and i encountered this one of our members every time i go to another house and i'm invited it may be a small and i was thinking when i was reading this imagine you walk my big guy before the king i don't know it just keeps me but i'm looking forward to getting that crown that reward that one day i have something to offer before my god and i hope and pray that all of us more than the healing it's encountering the healer himself more than the blessing i hope you're you long for the blessing more than the gift love for the giver because this momentary troubles and affliction it says here is 4 17 is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all wallach everybody say momentary whatever we're going through right now it's momentary it's temporary don't think that it's the end of the world we're gonna live throughout eternity with our god and maker so whatever you're going through right now i hope and pray that we will we will fix our eyes on god as i end now cinnamon pegna then well jesus himself jesus encountered it himself he had bad times i mean talking about being crucified but here's jesus in hebrews 12 2 describing about jesus fixing our eyes on jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith for the joy everybody say joy so my joy down on the left okay jesus for the joy set before him he endured the cross is corning its shame and now sitting at the right hand of the throne of god there my friend is what we're talking about there's the response of jesus crucifixion he had joy because greater rewards awaits children of my father so there's a joy set before him that's why he can be steadfast i mean we had a lot of preaching about crucifixion he can endure the shame and the pain because he's looking forward to that reward well done good and faithful son he pleased the father and that's my prayer for all of us today that we're going to fix our eyes on jesus he's the author and perfecter of our faith even during your cross because there's joy let me just encourage you with a testimony invited someone an office mate she's a good friend and an office mate nominee that's a church who have gone through a lot and you're going to hear her story but then i hope and pray that she can minister to us because yung ginawanya in facing that story hopefully we can learn something from her story let me call on stage meline dolores can you come okay let's give a round of applause for meline i'll give you the stage meline [Applause] in november of 2014 after being confined in the icu for almost a month my dear father passed away it was very difficult to have lost someone so dear to me i loved my tata very much then in july of 2015 while i was still grieving at the lust of my father my world was shaken once more right after the year prayer and fasting of 10 15 i went to see an uncle surgeon the doctor said it's stage 3 invasive dr carcinoma or stage three breast cancer everything suddenly turned blank it wasn't sinking in i had earnestly prayed during the prayer and fasting that the lump would disappear but it didn't i consulted two more doctors but they all gave the same diagnosis i prayed and declared every day that the tumor would be gone my family christian friends and leaders prayed for me as well but nothing happened then i decided to sing worship songs i was trying to worship god still hoping that through this i would receive my miracle but a still small voice asked me are you worshiping me for who i am or are you worshiping because you want something from me i began to weep i felt so guilty i thought that if i do something for god i'd earn his favor to get what i desperately prayed for but the same voice told me just be still and know that i am god it was a reality i had to face but i was reassured i wasn't going to face it alone god reminded me that he is in control on july 13 2015 i was scheduled to have a modified radical mastectomy it was my first time to be admitted in a hospital i didn't know what to expect i was anxious and giddy at the same time but i felt the peace and presence of god the whole time i was there praise god the surgery was successful day after day as i looked out the window i was praising god for his goodness and provision i was declaring that i was cancer-free that i've been healed that it's done then my surgeon said you need to undergo chemotherapy i was still healing from my recent wound and then chemotherapy i was begging god to spare me from undergoing chemotherapy i saw the pain and struggle my mother and brother went through because of cancer and chemotherapy until we lost them i was in agony for a month after a month of praying i decided to go through it in november of 2015 four months after my surgery the sessions started the doctors were telling me oh you're gonna miss your long hair but i was in faith that my hair won't fall but after several weeks of chemo everything was gone i looked at myself in the mirror and saw someone who was bald broken wounded and ugly but a gentle voice whispered to me you are beautiful you are fearfully and wonderfully made you are special because i made you and you are special because i love you i then realized that apart from god and his grace i would have gone crazy or have been depressed he supernaturally saved me from my moments of self-pity and pain the effects of chemo weren't easy so people were surprised that i was still going to work i would walk going to work with wobbly legs i would sit for a while because i was getting dizzy i also needed to protect myself from any virus or bacteria because of my lower immune system but all the more i wanted to go out i needed to see god's beautiful creation because every time i would see the trees and grass away and hear the birds chirping i would be reminded of god's sovereignty and goodness after receiving five shots of an immune system booster my whole body was in pain palpitating and tears were falling uncontrollably i didn't know whether to sit or lie down i couldn't find any comfortable position i then asked is this it lord will you be taking me home then god prompted me to open my window i saw the full moon shining so brightly lighting up my room i fell asleep feeling god's comfort and warm embrace the next morning i woke up completely relieved from the intense pain so i said thank you lord for giving me another day since then i wake up with my hands held high thanking god for the gift of each new day but as we know living with a with an illness is not easy perseverance is really important there were moments i had to line up by myself to get financial assistance at agencies like pcso malachanyang the oh and the swd but in july of 2017 that was my last chemotherapy but before being discharged i found blood in my stool my oncologist referred me to a gastroenterologist who immediately recommended that i go through colonoscopy since both my mother and brother died of colon cancer it was another hurdle i said god i'm already done with all my chemo and this is supposed to be my graduation lord please spare me after the procedure and all the tests i met with my doctor she said all the results were good i am cancer-free now i am still amazed at how god has carried me through this journey he surrounded me with family and friends who tirelessly showered me with love support and prayers god's provision was overwhelming there may have been delays in some of my sessions but i didn't have to borrow money he has provided me with more than enough things may not always happen the way we want them to or when we want them to but we can trust in a god who is always sovereign good and knows all things our capabilities and resources may be limited but we can trust in a god who is limitless and owns everything with all our imperfections and flaws we can trust in a god who is perfect and loving i remain confident of this i will see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living i know it's easier said than done but i pray for god's grace for each one of us to have faith that pleases him to always hope with such joy and to have a growing intimacy with him more than the breakthroughs and blessings may we seek the one who has already given us all things but thanks be to god who gives us victory through our lord jesus christ god has already won the victory for us we are more than conquerors how many of you are encouraged really can you stay here grab eno wow i'm just encouraging the life of this woman every day tuesday to friday every meeting and i'm so encouraged and i guess all of us here today we're going through different seasons of our lives i'm not saying but i just want to encourage you regardless of what we're ever going what whatever we're going through right now we have the same god the god that she's worshiping is the god we are worshiping amen why don't we all stand mainly maybe some of us here today are facing uh uh sicknesses um fist i'm talking about physical sicknesses if if you're here or you have a friend or family member who's battling whatever cancer or as as simple as back pain i believe the prayer for a righteous person is powerful and effective right so my limit is powerful in fact because of stomach problems so i'll be raising my hands as well so if you're believing god for healing why don't you raise your hand and believe god the prayer for a righteous person is powerful yes because you're sovereign and good thank you that you see each person who's raising his in her hand right now i declare in the name of jesus complete healing amen and complete recovery quick recovery and restoration of health amen thank you lord that you have promised that each one of us will enjoy life and life to the fullest fruitful long and healthy life thank you lord that we can hope in you and that you will never fail us and i pray lord that as we go through these testings and trials that we will always trust you amen that we put our complete trust and hope in the finished work of jesus christ amen we trust you we declare this in the name of jesus amen let me pray for you meline as well can we extend our hands to myelin because the doctor said it will take five years to really say you're cancer free pakistan so lord we declare that lord god that proclamation of mainly to to the power lord god that you have given her lord to declare and renounce lord god whatever work of the enemy lord this cancer lord god will not come back again we we whatever lord god he said in your word according to your faith it shall be done unto you so lord we declare that she's already cancer-free lord after five years even validate nellen and doctor what she already uh proclaimed last year so lord thank you for mainly and may she continue to be a source of inspiration to a lot of us lord god in jesus name amen now for those of you i just sent some of you here today uh jeff you've been talking about people the christian you've been talking about the born again and and i'm sorry you miss out your last series but i'm going to offer this to you today the bible says if you believe in your heart that jesus christ is lord and confess in your mouth that he is alive you will be saved the bible says for those who believe in me i've given the rights to become children of god i'm sure that we will do is it's just an uncontainable joy now we're looking forward to something far beyond money can buy and sometimes no no we have struggles for sure but we're looking forward to far greater blessing which is eternity that's why if you haven't given your life to christ it's start by a simple acknowledgement lord i want to receive you as my lord and savior all of us have gone through that situation your face well there's no way but to look up and tell god because because you're manufacturing joy you can't it's a gift and there's one gift that god wants us to have here today and that's the gift of salvation the gift of eternal life so if that's you today this is the first time you've heard such sermon about being a child of god it start by raising your hand and acknowledging pastor i want to know that god i want to know him in a more personal way of course you know him but then again you want to know him in a more personal and deeper way so as every head's bowed down and eyes closed if that's you this afternoon you want to receive christ as your lord and savior and experiencing the joy that is not determined by circumstances but it's going to be our being if you want to receive christ today raise your hand and just just acknowledge lord i want to receive you come on i know it's your first time maybe some of you you've been here for the longest time it doesn't matter that raising of heart is an acknowledgement lord pagoda i want to receive you as my lord yes and damn in a man praise god anybody here you want to receive christ as your lord and savior yes at the back i see that hand for those of you raising your hands can you pray this prayer with me jesus thank you for dying for me i know i'm a sinner and i cannot save myself starting today lord jesus i repent from all my sins jesus [Music] i receive you lord jesus i honor you today as my lord in jesus name amen amen amen for those of you who raise your hand just talk to the person who invited you or you can come here in front we'll pray for you let's just and in prayer father we thank you that we can find joy in the midst of tribulations in the midst of adversities because our joy is not dependent on those things our joy is totally anchored on you the author and perfecter of our faith we honor you lord jesus amen amen amen god bless you if you need prayers you'll be here you

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