You Are the Light of the World

e praise God brothers and sisters um I'd like to read John 11: 25 Jesus said to her I am the resurrection and the life the one who believes in me will live even though they die and whoever lives by believing in me will never die do you believe this you know Jesus uh he says that he is the the source of life and resurrection and he promises to the Believers that if if they believe in him they will have um eternal life through his blood and those who keep believing in him will never truly die and at the end he even questions do you believe this and I think Jesus is kind of challenging us uh and asking us to believe this promise um so yeah with that being said I'd just like to stand up and and pray for the service God we thank you for everything that you given us Lord all praise and glory be to you God Lord God Lord God we thank you for this time that you given us today Lord and we ask you to fill this place the Holy Spirit God help us to learn your word Lord to bind it on our hearts God and to and to live our life according to your will Lord God help us in this in Jesus name we pray amen amen and the first song we'll be singing today is going to be Lord I Lift Your Name on [Music] High Lord I Lift Your Name on High Lord I love to sing your Praises I'm so glad you're in my life I'm so glad you came to save [Music] us you came from Heaven to Earth to show the way from the Earth to the cross my dead to pray from the cross to the Grave from the grave to the sky Lord I Lift Your Name on [Music] High Lord I Lift Your Name on Lord I love to sing your [Music] Praises I'm so glad you're in my heart I'm so glad you came to save us you came from Heaven to Earth to show the way from the Earth to the cross my death to P from the cross to the Grave from the grave to the sky Lord I Lift Your Name on High you came from Heaven to Earth to show the way from the Earth to the cross my dead today from the cross to the Grave from the grave to the sky Lord I Lift Your Name [Applause] [Music] on [Music] have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power are you washed in the blood of the Lamb Are You full trusting in his grace this s are you washed in the blood of the Liv are you are youing the in the blood the souling god of the land are your garments wless are they wi as s are you washed in the blood of the lambay aside our gments of our Sor son are you Wasing the god of the L there's a fountain flowing for the soul of clean will be washed in the blood of the L are you are you the the the souling blood of the L are your garments spess are they wide as snow are you washed in the blood of the Lamb are you walking daily by the savior's side are you washed in the blood of the Lamb the rest each moment and the crucify are you washed in the blood of the Liv you are youing the the blood in the soul cleansing blood of the L are your garments spotless are they white are you washed in the blood of the L greetings brothers and sisters you know we're going to be hearing a lot of Easter program uh and Service uh sermons coming out this following month and you know I believe uh they're going to be very blessed messages that we're going to be hearing and listening to um but the Lord has been putting and working on my heart on something that happened a little bit before Easter and actually what Jesus was telling and preparing his disciples for before he was led to be crucified and uh and obviously resurrected after the 3 days you know but before I get into my sermon what I want us all to do is imagine when we you were 8 years old imagine that lifestyle back then you know picture it in your head you know you're you're going from Sunday service the first service and you're running to your parents and you're like hey can I uh sleep over at my cousin's house and you already know your dad he's listening to you and he's like you know what okay just go ask Mom and then you go and you find your mom wherever she is and you ask her this same question and she tells you the same thing go ask your dad and then you're in this back and forth back and forth asking them and then at one point maybe someone said it they were well maybe dad you ask Mom and then you got a spanking at home after that one um for talking back or maybe your parents said no uh you can't sleep over and then you're like well uh where does it say in the Bible you can't sleep over and your dad shows you the new leather translation the belt for some reason he always finds the Bible verses there but you remember this you know you come home and your parents are like okay you can sleep over make sure you clean the house make sure you clean your room and you rush upstairs you put all the dirty clothes under your bed you fold a nice you know um a diala so it hides all that um dirtiness um and so you're finally set off to go to your her cousin's house and you know that that was a very exciting part you know always hanging out maybe sleeping over at a friend's house and personally me when I slept over at Dimitri's house we were really fond of bugs and so we would take a cricket in a jar and see how many ants can destroy it and so we see you're like oh they're struggling with 10 50 more uh you put 50 more ants in but the worst sleepover was when both of the siblings whichever cousins that you came over we fighting you know you're s you sat down at the family table and then your cousin asked you hey do you want to drink some Coca colola and then the other cousin's like cocacola I'm going to give him Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is better and they're arguing they're arguing their parents finally uh quiet them down then you're just like hey guys I've never even tried any of them there was no point of this argument and those were some of the worst types of sleepovers but my silly sleep over analogy I want to dive deeper into it not not the story itself but Christianity Today it might be silly but there's some things I want to unlock and share with us a few gemstones and so the first place I'll be reading from is going to be in 1 Corinthians 15 um and we're going to be looking at chapter or verses 17 to 19 and here uh we read and if Christ has not been raised your faith is futile and you are still in your sins then those who also have fallen asleep in Christ have perished if in Christ we have hope in this life we are of all people most to be pitied and quickly I'd like to go to First Peter verse uh chapter 1:3 if we all open our Bibles to there it says it's 1 Peter 1:3 we can shine it up on there and it says says blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to his great Mercy he has caused us to be born again to a Living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead Apostle Paul Apostle Peter Well Apostle Paul wasn't really a part of the disciples when Jesus was first telling them what I want to message today but Jesus when he was going to walk that path he knew something was going to happen to his disciples and he sent them a command he told them he was trying to prepare them because not only is it going to be difficult for him he also knew it's going to be difficult for them and hope is something I want to kind of touch on today today many people are hopeless we know this and unfortunately last year America set an unfortunate record for 2023 and that that is 50,000 Americans committed suicide last year that might be a small number Accord compared to the population of all of America but it shows us that the CDC shows us even more of how much people are living in hopelessness because out of the 50,000 people that committed suicide they took a study and found that 12.3 million people struggle with serious thoughts of suicide 3.5 million of them planned a suicide and 1.7 million of Americans attempted at least a suicide and failed Christ on his three-year Journey brought the good news we all know that and what is the good news it's the gospel that that's literally what it means the four books um of the New Testament the first four books are the gospel this new hope this new message for people who are unsatisfied who uh have been living in a bland world and he tells his disciples before he's going to leave into heaven go and tell the world about me teach them the things I taught show them how I lived my life so that they can add salt flavor into their life you know my sleepover analogy describes what Christianity is like right now Coca-Cola is better than Dr Pepper well it's the same thing this Christian this church church is better than this church and all the likes of it Christians have focused so much on debating theology have uh have focused on so much doing stuff like that instead of saving the soul of the lost now more than ever Christians are pointing the finger at their brothers and sisters at the little and being very ly uh little nitty picky about the things they're doing while all the least ignoring the main problem the main issue which is there are so much hopeless people in this hopeless world and why would anyone want to join a church if it's so toxic just before Jesus was betrayed and given over to be crucified we read over just this wonderful tremendous act that Jesus does in John 13 and we actually did that today in the first service we we fulfilled what John 13 talks about you know after the first brother preached we all went down we all washed each other's feet in a humbling act not to be prideful in any way and Jesus he shows this to them you know they at some point acknowledge that that he was God and he comes sets them aside and he starts washing their feet he starts washing their feet humbling himself lowering himself he does a servant's job and washes his disciples feeds and tells him these tremendous beautiful words it's going to be in John 13 3435 and here we read a new commandment I give to you that you love one another just as I have loved you you also are to love one another by this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another I like how One Pastor phrased it he didn't Jesus didn't say they will know you guys if you debate or spend time debating biblical theology or correcting it you will know that they are my disciples if you enter into theological debates those are good they are good to have they're important to have but they shouldn't be the ones that that shouldn't be the main focus of the church but being and living the example that Christ calls us to live by and he's talking to the saved he's telling the saved brother to love his saved sister to love one another as Christ has loved us first and by this all people will know unsaved saved people who are long gone from God people who are um deconstructionists they will know by your love that you are Jesus's disciples and this love is uh he's talking to the saved about the saved and about their behavior toward the other saved you know and that's simply the truth the truth is that Christ wants us to live an example not just speak it not just talk it he wants us to show people that there is hope not just say it he wants us to guide people to hope to where it truly is found and that can be found amongst Great Brothers amongst a great Pastor amongst great deacons it can be found inside this church too if Christ is put in first the problem is is that a lot of people quarrel in and fight in front of unbelievers we are to set the example of what true Christianity is but a lot of times we fail to do so so are we bringing flavor are we bringing hope are we bringing love into this world because the world is so desperate to receive it how can we encourage the unsaved if we aren't encouraging our brothers and sisters here inside this church how can we show people that there is joy in the Life of Christ if we cannot spread that Joy with our attitudes that we bring to church and amongst our brothers and sisters and that's all what people follow is an example the little kids they follow the example of their parents and everything that their parents are they copy fragrance of of fragments of that the oldest takes something that the dad had uh in his care uh the youngest with their mother and and and kids are always looking at their parents as examples likewise people the first thing people will tell you outside of the church is those Hypocrites those those people who do not set the example and as we know we are never claiming to not be Hypocrites and the pattern that this world picks up is very important because they're looking at us not only yes of course to maybe judge us but also deep down inside they know that we have something that they have not found they are longing for satisfaction and the reason I bring such a lengthy maybe introduction is because while we are debating over matters that may not matter currently the unsaved are struggling with countless numbers in hopelessness who is going to counsel let's say sister uh one of the sisters who maybe had her um had her mom pass away from cancer or like we know the story of this man uh who was building um a hanger next to the airport he was actually an immigrant from Guatemala he came to here to uh to make some money because his family is back there in Guatemala so that his kids might have a future and what happens he's he's dead now because that hanger collapsed on him who are the Christians that are over there bringing him comfort and telling him you know God knows what's best for you God knows and he knows and he'll take care of you those are only the Christians that can do that only the people who have the true hope in their life those words are easy to say but broken people need and want others to sit and listen to them the world is broken and the last thing we need is Christians to be divided Christ knew that when he was going to walk that long path to be crucified that his own disciples would start to spread out start to become ununified he knew that he knew that and so he told them he was trying to prepare them to be unified to stick with each other to remember what Christ taught them and encourage each other if anyone forgets or if anyone becomes weak Christ has left us now but but with a blessing he gives us the Holy Spirit he gives us the amazing holy spirit and so brothers and sisters let us focus on our goal to bringing the unsaved to Christ even if they might not join our church even if they might go to another church may God bless them as long as they're dedicating their life to Christ and fulfilling what his word tells us to live by and the topic uh series I want to start to preach more often on is getting down to the issue at hand and the next next um topic I might be talking about is what a lot of people are asking today where is God in all the pain and suffering and with that I'd like to pray amen e amen and all together now we'll be singing All to Jesus I [Music] [Music] Surrender oh to Jesus I surrender all to him I [Music] freely I will ever love and trust him in his presence we live I Surrender [Music] all I surrender all all to be my bless savior I surrender all All to Jesus I so rememberer all at his he i b the pleasures all fors take me Jesus takeing now I surer all surrender all all to the my bless savior I surrender all All to Jesus I Surrender make me savior oh holy God let me feel thy Holy Spirit Tru know that thou Mine by surrender [Music] all I surrender all oh to be my blessed savior I [Music] Surrender that was a good song I surrender all that's that's actually one of the ones that that I really love since I was young even though you know sometimes I wish you know I would surrender all you know but as long as we try to surrender all you know God will do the rest but right now is the announcements and um uh Lawrence maybe if you can pull them up on the screen so next week yeah so so next week on Saturday we're having an easter event and um the youth they're they've been uh planning it already for some time so it's for our church it's for our kids and um also for those that want to invite their their friends um maybe you guys know people that have small children well this is a perfect time time it's going to be Saturday from 2:00 p.m. and um there's going to be a lot of nice stuff for the kids and as well you know when we adults are there we can always have a good time too uh so so we invite everybody to come uh and the next one is going to be oh yeah so today we do have open gym I just want to remind that next week we do not have service um uh like evening service next week is cancelled because morning service is going to be with lunch so our wives are already preparing our women already preparing you know I think so at least the dessert you know that yeah but uh so we invite everybody for that too um morning service and then after we're going to have a lunch together but for the announcements that's it and sister Emma will say a poem and then it will be last sermon take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee take my moments and my days let them them flow in Endless praise take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love take my feet and let thee be let them be Swift and beautiful for thee take my voice and let me sing always only for my king take my lips and let them be filled with message from thee take my silver and my gold not a might without would I withhold take my intellect and use every Power as thy shalt choose take my will and make it thine it shall be no longer mine take my heart it is thine own it shall be thy loyal Throne take my love my Lord I pour at thy feet its treasure store take myself and I will be ever only and all for thee amen praise God Emma good job good job yeah I command you yes that's a second time you sing poem and that's great you know and it's actually fit into the theme of a song that we sang I Surrender everything to you Christ yeah so today my topic is you are the light of this world uh before we're going to start talking about this topic I would like everyone to open to Matthew chapter 5 Matthew 5 verse4 and Beyond you are the light of the world a city set on a hill cannot be hearing oops excuse me nor does anyone light up a lamp lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand and it gives light to all who are in a house let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven so before I will start with my sermon sermon I would like to go into the historical background on the sermon of the mountain so first I would like uh you guys to I I like to keep the tradition of having those um slides actually because I think it's great because um some people learn visually better than what they hear or read actually so so that's the Matthew the Apostle it's it's not the Matthew who usually sitting by the soundtrack over there but he can become one maybe not one of the 12 apostles but the Apostle of Jesus Christ those who are sent to this world yes so who is Matthew who is the author of this book so we know like Mark said that there is a four gospels yeah and uh the author of gospel of Matthew was the tax collector so some believe this was the first book that was written in New Testament in ad35 approximately so Matthew also we know him from some other Apostles they called him a Levi and let's just um um if we read actually in Luke chapter 5: 27 and after these things we uh he went forth and saw a publish named Levi sitting at a receipt of custom and said unto him follow me and he left all rose up and follow him so in here Levi is a Matthew I'm not sure why they called him Levi maybe he was from the tribe of Levi and and so sometimes they would call them by the father's name and in the customs of uh or Jewish Customs even though it was your grand grand grandfather they would still call that's that's your father actually so Matthew we read that when Jesus Christ was walking and he saw Matthew and he said follow me amazingly it says that he left all I surrender all yeah we're just saying that he left all and he start following Jesus Christ that's an amazing character that who were the apostles if we want to be something like Apostles we got to have this character for Jesus Christ that we can live all and follow Jesus Christ to do his work very important so we know that since Matthew also weree a Jew and all Apostles they were Jews not all uh book writers or um like um were the Jews there was one Gentile his name was Luke by profession who he was who knows yeah doctor a physician so he's the the only one that was a Greek and uh but the other Apostles or other writers they were Jews and that's why in The Book of Matthew since he was a Jew he wrote this gospel which is Gospel we know it's a good news yeah he wrote to the Jews and the main theme of This Book Is that Jesus Christ is the king of Jews Jesus Christ is the Messiah who was promised to Jews that's the main theme of um Gospel of Matthew but that's why there was there is four gospels today I have slightly headache and so my when I have headache my mouth get dry actually so since Matthew wrote two Jews and how we know that because a lot of times he would quote a prophets he knew that his aians are Jews they know prophecy very well so that's why he will quote and he will say like as it written in the prophet of Jeremiah and then he would want to show that in Jesus Christ those things have been fulfilled because he want to show that the promised Jesus Christ he already came that's who he was that's who he is we as a Jews crucified him but believ in him and you will be saved that's why he would want to show the prophets and he knew that his audience they knew prophecy really well and he was trying to show that prophecy has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ but since Matthew was written to Jews that's why there is four gospels the Mark was written to Gentiles to Romans and the main theme is what Jesus did Jesus from the first chapter he would start talking about how Jesus Christ right away he goes and he heal people he does Miracles and all that stuff if we actually read the Gospel of Luke since he was a gentile he's writing this good new news to all people that's why if Matthew takes genealogy from Abraham then Luke takes genealogy from Adam he want to show that Jesus Christ belonged to everyone to every person not just to Jews but John when he writes his a his gospel he's not writing what Jesus Jesus Christ did he would write why why Jesus Christ did what he do or why did he s decide to do this way and for us to give us a better example it's like why do we need at least three or more witnesses when there is some kind accident or event I'll give you an example so there was a car and on a road this car has hit a dog and it killed it so the police start Gathering some witnesses there and first witness told to police that the dog was running and the car actually turned right away onto the dog and killed him if if this actually interrogation would stop in a first witness then what would happen majority of what people start thinking this driver probably hates animals or maybe he at least hates dogs maybe when he was a child a dog who knows a bit him or something like this so then they would bring a second witness and second witness we tell that when actually a a dog ran out from a house and a kid was running actually to bring the dog back and when a car was driving to avoid a hitting kid it turned right away to the left and hid a dog and all the sudden from the second witness we understand that actually the driver he's not an animal hater that he was trying to avoid him meeting a kid he hid a dog and then the third witness would be maybe a wife of this driver and then it would she would say the full story when we were driving and a dog ran out and the kid actually ran out to grab a dog and my husband he said you know I have to sacrifice a dog in order to save a kid and all the sudden we understand that this driver is a good man but whatever he did he knew that he have to sacrifice a kid so that's why there is four gospels because each Apostle telling the important things what he thought was important in this event actually and he triy and they tried to protr betray who Jesus Christ was and so now when we read the four gospels we will understand the character of Jesus Christ we will understand why he did what he did so that's why it's extremely important but that's just the historical background of the Book of Matthew so then um and another thing is that out of out of four gospels the complete recollection for the sermon on the mountain is in Matthew and we got to understand who likes to read the epistle to Romans is this your favorite book one of the favorite book yeah yeah I think the Epistles to Romans it's probably one of the deepest book in a in the Bible actually I also like to read James quite a bit but then I came to the realization that in gospels especially in a sermon of the mountain Apostles recollecting the teaching and preaching of Jes Jesus Christ himself it's what God saying to all people including Apostles this is extremely important that's why we got to study what Jesus Christ been telling to people and Jesus Christ is very different from all even Apostles a lot of times Apostles they will just try to explain how we should try to be be a good people and light to this world where Jesus Christ when he stayed in something he just goes you are the light of the world and that's it pretty much he just bring the statements and then he will let Apostles to explain what he said and what he meant because Jesus Christ is God and so it's very important to read and analyze what Jesus Christ taught us so and let's go to the next Slide the sermon on the mountain I like to have those slides so you guys will have some visual materials so you can imagine the crowds gathered together around the Jesus Christ and he start teaching and we know that he would start teaching from the attitude and then he and in verse 14 he would say you are are the light of the world that's extremely bold statement I've heard many people would tell us that we are not the light we only reflect the light of God and maybe philosophically that's true but regardless what philosophically is Jesus Christ saying you are the light of the world that's say so you are the light of the world let's go to the next slide so this is light with all its different spectrum of light yeah we're not going to go into the properties or substance of the light but I do want to touch up a little bit um the function of the light so by light all things can be seen what does it mean by light all things can be seen if there would be no light in this in this room then or completely Darkness you would not be able to see anything why because anything that we see is just a light reflection when a light reflects we're able to see some images some things so it's practically just a light reflection that's why by light all things can be seen without light all things are just an assumption I want to give you an example you probably heard the story about elephant in a dark room so one guy grab an elephant foot and people start asking him describe what elephant is like and he's like well an elephant it's like a big um tree because he thought it's like a trunk then the other guy end up on the top of the elephant and everyone goes describe how the elephant is it's like a elephant it's like this huge balloon and I was on top of this balloon the third guy you can switch to the next actually slide no not this one uh maybe we're just find the elephant anyway so maybe yeah so the other guy grabbed the tail of a elephant and everyone is like describe who is elephant and what it's like and he's like an elephant it's like this flimsy stick because he was actually hanging an elephant tail and when we actually going to analyze those four people then we can start recognizing okay maybe they were just describing the parts of elephant because why they cannot see a complete elephant and that's how the world the world when they try to get to the truth because they don't have Bible the scientists only get portion of the truth and try to make it to be a whole truth that's why they would start going into the evolution where the men came from and before they would say that men men came from uh a monkey I remember there was one story is that um back in Soviet Union when a teacher gave the lecture on Evolution and so next day she brought the Christian to front and goes to that boy okay uh repeat the lesson and and tell us where you came from and he goes well God created me and all that stuff and she goes no no no last time I was describing that we came from the monkey and especially maybe Slavic people from champen and the guy goes and the little boy goes well I'm talking about my ancestors not yours actually so Christians was created by God if someone want to claim they came from man okay let them claim that but we were created by God why because we know the complete truth we know the complete truth and that's why we're coming here where Jesus Christ telling us you are the light to the world you know the truth you have the truth in your possession let's let's go to a next slide actually where let's see if we can so my slides they they were actually um going chronologically but I don't know I I guess I guess uh probably Jacob and um Laurens they ready for coffee and so they always bring in this I guess they always bring this image right here guys we're not ready for coffee yet actually so anyway uh so now so first we where Jesus Christ gave a statement you he goes particularly to you who you are and then the next word he said you are the light so we know what light is light is a truth and the truth is in our possession we have have the light we are the light so you are through you this world should know God through you the world should know the [Music] truth world try to recognize where the truth and little by little through the scientific exploration they try to get to the truth but we as a Christians we have a complete truth but a lot of times possessing this truth we actually been shame of it we think that world have something more than what we do but Jesus Christ with a bold statement here saying he's saying you are it's you you're the one that needs to bring truth to this world so by you the world should know what where we came from is person created from mon or a person was created by God well nowadays most scientists they would say that no no we know that uh human were not created by monkey so when I was in or not came from Monkey but when I uh was in college and so at that time they were start claiming that we came from primordial soup if if you guys saw primordial soup it's like an ancient that ancient soup that was there well the soup of a different chemicals and under certain temperature and pressure those chemicals came together and there was the first RNA RNA created this way and then it start multiplying and became a DNA well there was many scientists was trying to get through those molecules to make an RNA through many many experience this never happened so then the Richard Dawkins his latest claim was that the life was B brought on this Earth through prosperia that means the aliens brought this life to this earth and when someone ask him where well if you said by aliens can it be God actually who brought life unto this Earth because well alien what it's in in your understanding it's someone that is not part of the humanity he goes yeah yeah but it cannot be God so he completely denies but they they are coming to some understanding that the life cannot happen on its own that it's got to brought be brought by someone and scientists they're working very hard to come to this truth that it's given to us right away away and a lot of times this truth is actually laying in our Shelf and we never want to even open this Bible there is many people many many scientists they would dedicate their complete life just to find out one truth and the complete truth given to us and we completely neglected that we even don't want to read the truth so now Jesus Christ saying you are you are the one that possessed that truth you are the lie to the world before when he said that there is a light in the world but now he's saying that you are that light you have to shine and the next statement if we are the light to the world then next statement Jesus Christ saying let's go to the next um next slide let's see if it's it's again coffee I guess next time next time we got to do in a in a youth room over there so we can have a coffee there well never mind so there is a great picture a city on a hill that cannot be heal and Jesus Christ stting you are the light of the world a city set on a hill cannot be hidden so when the city is on a hill and anyone come to the footstep of that Hill that everyone sees that City it cannot be hidden so Jesus Christ saying same thing with a light when there is a complete darkness and you going to light up well in our understanding a bulb a light bulb you cannot hide this light but now Jesus Christ saying that you are the light of this world are we actually hiding ourselves if we're not shining if we actually when we come somewhere and people don't see this light then there's something wrong with us maybe we are not not the light of this world is Jesus Christ truly live in us so you are the light of the world a city set on a hill cannot be hidden so it is impossible for you not to be seen because this world is lying in complete darkness it's completely dark in this world world so I know this is a metaphor we saying the this world is in complete darkness but then at the same time we come into a Starbuck or we come into a restaurant and we try to fit in into this Darkness if someone trying to be cool and trying to joke a lot we're trying to be like them we're trying to be like Darkness or are we being light in this situation are you different than the people in this world or maybe you also as a light but you try to imitate a Darkness so how can this be applied to us let's go to the next verse verse 516 what Jesus Christ when he right now saying that you light to this world let's read what he means by that let your light shine before men in a such a way right now Jesus Christ explained to us how we should shine to this world let your light shine before man in a such a way that they may see your good works right now most people will say that hey we're not any different the only different we are from this world is just we know Jesus Christ maybe I don't want to Mark uh use the same term from you but if the world is Hypocrites we are the Hypocrites then we got to do something about it because Jesus Christ came to change Hypocrites he came to change them and if I'm still being like hypocrite and saying oh that's everything is fine that's not fine it's not fine Jesus Christ who came to change us are we still being like a world let your light shine before men in a such a way that they see that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven see what's the main purpose to show good works so other people see you would say man they're different there must be God because to be that person by a human strength by a natural strength a person cannot be who he is there must be God there in heaven and I want to be like that person and then they will start talking to you how how is he such a young man or a lady and can behave in such a way I want to be like them and you know what you in this case if they'll come to you you should just say I'm a Christian they're like wow that will be the biggest testimony to them they will say I want to be like you how did Christ change you and then you start proclaiming the gospel to them then you start proclaiming that Jesus Christ can change you because if you being a Darkness if you like the people in this world and start preaching the gospel if you're a hypocrite if you're a liar and you just preaching gospel no one want to hear the gospel from you because you're just like them they want to see you different they want to make sure that you're not like them and who made you to be different so in the end how this can be practical to us when we come to a Starbuck and we sit with our friends do workers over there do people around us do they see that we're different do they want to come up to you and ask you hey what what are you reading and maybe you can say I'm reading Bible oh wow you're such a young man or a lady and you reading Bible yeah then they start want to talk to you more and that's when you can test testify to them when maybe after a youth service after your Friday service you go to a restaurant and there is a big crowd of unchristian people and they're cussing over there they're laughing they're throwing food they're behaving bad and then the youth from Morning Star came to the same restaurant and you guys sitting there eating talk about more serious things and people see that contrast they would want to talk to you and they would say hey guys where are you from you could say and then at the end oh we're Christians where the Youth of Morning Star they're like we want to be like them and that's when you start preaching to them you can invite them because they see that you are different so at the end I want to say that you are the light of this world let your light shine so other people see your good works and they may praise Father in Heaven you are the light of this world Amen let's pray e or a tithe before we'll be singing our worship um so if the Lord puts it on your heart to give please give but I'll be reading from Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is there your heart will be also the Lord the Holy Spirit puts it on your heart to give today give it with a good heart for a good cause and let's all sing together goodness of [Music] God I love you [Music] Lord for your Mery never fails me all my I've been held in your hands from the moment that I wake up until I lay my head oh I will see of the goodness of God all my life you have been faithful all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am made I will see of the goodness God I love your voice you have me through the fire in darkest nights you are close like no other I know you as a father I know you as a friend and I have lived in the good of God all my life you have been faithful oh my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am a I will see of the goodness of God your goodness is running after it's running after me your goodness is running after it's running after me with my life laid down I Surrender now I give you [Music] everything your goodness is running after it's running after after me my life you have been faithful all my life you have been so so good every breath that I am a oh I will s of the goodness of God oh my my life you have been faithful all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am oh I will see of the good good of God praise the Lord my dear friends our service is coming to the end and I think we can take something from today and may the Lord plant this seed in our hearts you know these messages that we hear from brother Mike from our pastor these messages are from God it's the word of God and may this seed like the Bible says that Mustard Seed be like a tree in our life so uh there's a need uh that came online uh his name is like Ilia uh trop menco he is like in need of of healing and so we're going to pray for Ilia but does anybody else have any needs yes elizar okay and we'll pray for eliz's uh mom and dad that they come to Christ anybody else okay let's pray Lord God we thank you for today God that we could God come here and learn your word that we can be like Jesus Christ that light that came to the Earth Lord God and He commands us to be that same light Lord God we thank you God for the sacrifice that you made Lord and we're going to be celebrating it next week Lord God that you came God like in came from the dead Lord God and we thank you God for being our God and our savior we pray for uh brother Ilia may you heal him Lord God may you bless him in his life and we thank you for everything in Jesus name we pray amen Our Father in heaven Hallowed Be Your Name Your Kingdom Come your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from the evil one for your kingdom your power and Glory forever are yours amen