1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 and how you continue to pursue and reach those here who desperately need to hear about Jesus. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,000 So, we're happy that you're back, we're happy that you're still here, 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,000 that you're faithful to see your perseverance. It's a blessing, a encouragement for us. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Yeah, and we're excited to bring a group here soon. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 We're excited to bring a group here soon. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 And come back and serve with you. Excited to bring these guys too. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,000 So, Jody, can you present your family, your wife and children? 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Yeah, so my wife Sarah, she's been up before. My oldest, Emma, who's 20, she came when she was in high school. 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:43,000 So, she's been here. And then I have Anna, who is 17, Lizzie, who's 16, and then Jack, who's 14. 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:50,000 So, Sarah, her wife, who stayed at home, who works at the church, who works at the administration, at the church over there. 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,000 But they also have four children. So, of course, the eldest, Emma, Anna, Lizzie. 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 And we don't forget the last one, no, the smallest, Jack. 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Poor guy. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Shane, you can present yourself, your family. 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 My name is Shane. Hello. 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,000 That's all, thank you. 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Hello, thank you. And Poutine, we learned Poutine too. 18 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Poutine. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 We learned it yesterday. 20 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000 And Au revoir. 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Au revoir, yeah. 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Au revoir, okay, all right, yeah. 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,000 My family is my wife, Melissa, and she is at home with our two sons and daughter. 24 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Leighton is four, Malachi is two, and McKenna is seven months. 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 So, please pray for her. She's by herself with all of that. 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Leighton, just a moment, on the baseball game. 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Kyle? 28 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:04,000 So, my name is Kyle, and I am our missions pastor at our church and also our small groups pastor. 29 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:10,000 So, it's the pastor of the small groups, the groups of growth, as well as the pastor for the missions. 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,000 And when Jody first came to California, he told me about you here in Montreal. 31 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:25,000 And I was excited, this is my first time being in Montreal, and I saw Jody's love for you and the work that you do here and the ministry that you do here. 32 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:34,000 And he did not disappoint, because this has been very exciting for me to see what you do here, how you worship the Lord, and how you reach your community. 33 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,000 So, they were happy, through Jody, to come and get to know us. 34 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:45,000 This is the first time he comes here in Quebec, the first time he comes to Montreal, and he was excited to get to know us more. 35 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Kyle, could you say a few words about something that you're passionate about in ministry, something that you're passionate about in your ministry? 36 00:02:52,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yeah, my biggest passion is spiritual growth and seeing believers sanctified in the Lord, and as they grow and mature in their faith. 37 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:11,000 And so, I have the privilege to be able to work with our church and to be able to, and with our people, to be able to spur them along, as we would say, in their faith. 38 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 And so, seeing people take the next step in their faith really excites me. 39 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:24,000 So, the passion to see people grow, the brothers and sisters grow in their faith, to take steps of obedience and maturity. This is the passion of my minister. Thank you. 40 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:33,000 So, these are youth pastors, so this is the pastor of the missions and small groups, but Jody is the pastor responsible for all of youth. 41 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Shane works for Jody, he works together as a team, but Jody is the one responsible. 42 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000 What is your passion, Shane, in ministry, or your joy in ministry? 43 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:57,000 My joy is discipleship. You know, I love being with the people, but I love just going out with individuals or groups, especially high school students, and, you know, having them pursue the word and not pursue the world. 44 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:06,000 So, pursuing the Word and not the world. My passion, he says, is to make disciples, especially in youth, right? Youth, right? 45 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:14,000 We learned that word in youth. We're developing our vocabulary a little bit. That's good. Good. 46 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,000 He said, are you passionate about Poutine? Now, yes. Now, yes. That's good. That's good. 47 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Poutine avenges us now. 48 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I think for me, I just believe that if God's going to move, he's going to start in younger generations. 49 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:40,000 That's kind of been the pattern throughout history, and so I want to continue to run towards them, because so many are running from them. 50 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:52,000 That's the model, right? To see youth through history, which is part of spiritual awakening. So we want to go towards them. We don't want to run away from them, but we want to run towards youth. 51 00:04:52,000 --> 00:05:00,000 And we're just trusting God's going to do something great. 52 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Lord our Father, we thank you for our three brothers. 53 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:54,000 We thank you for our three brothers who came to visit us from outside. Thank you for their ministry. Thank you for their faithfulness to continue to share the gospel in California, but also to bring the gospel to all nations. 54 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Lord, thank you for their heart. We pray that you would bless them and their families and their church. Thank you so much for the privilege of getting to know them and to hear of what you're doing, our Father, in their lives and in their church. 55 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:28,000 We pray that you may bless them. 56 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Amen. Thank you guys. 57 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:48,000 We also met at the conference, at the Shepherds Conference, so it's always a great subject of joy to get to know brothers and sisters who love the Lord Jesus. 58 00:06:48,000 --> 00:07:04,000 The more we talk together, the more we see, the more we feel in common. God's family is wonderful. It's great, it's wonderful. And one day we'll all be reunited. It's going to be really wonderful for that. 59 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:28,000 I would like to invite you to turn in the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians, chapter 5. In fact, we're going to end today, even if it's Sunday, I decided to end because otherwise, with the guests we're going to have in the next few weeks, I thought we'd be a little too far apart. 60 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:40,000 So it's better to finish Paul's letter to the Thessalonians. I would like to ask you a confession this morning. I would like to ask you a confession this morning. 61 00:07:40,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Do you watch a movie until the end? Do you watch a movie until the end, even the credits? Do we listen to a movie until the end? Be honest, please. 62 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:16,000 I think most of us would say we're not going to finish the movie as soon as he gives the final kiss, as soon as he gets married happily and has a lot of children. 63 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Usually, it's at that moment that we close the television. Agree with me? 64 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Sometimes, there are movies that have managed to put little scenes or bloopers, funny scenes, so that we can watch the credits. But the reality is that we usually don't go until the very end. 65 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:42,000 We don't want to see the credits, and even sometimes at the beginning, we want to move forward to go straight into the story. 66 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Today, I'm going to take you to the credits. Look at the credits of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians. 67 00:08:51,000 --> 00:09:00,000 And it's an important credits. We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God. 68 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Do you believe that with me today? All Scripture is inspired by God and useful to teach, to convince, to correct, to instruct in justice, 69 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:35,000 so that the man of God is accomplished and proper to all good work. Even the genealogies, even the numberings, even the credits, the end of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians is good and useful to us. 70 00:09:35,000 --> 00:10:03,680 This morning, I thought it would be a short message. I don't want to finish, but my friend, I found a lot of 71 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:16,680 questions. What is the answer of a model church? How is the church invited to answer as a church? And to do that, I would like us to read together the good word of God. 72 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:33,680 Let's read the last two chapters. We will start with that this morning. You will understand why in a moment. 1 Thessalonians 4, from verse 1. Let's read the good word of God. 73 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:51,680 Since you have learned from us how you should lead and please God, and that is what you are doing, we pray and we ask you in the name of Jesus Christ to walk in this direction of progress. 74 00:10:51,680 --> 00:11:08,680 You know in effect what precepts we have given you from the Lord Jesus. What God wants is your, it's interesting, we heard, that walking in progress, what God wants is our sanctification. 75 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:22,680 We heard that in the testimonies. It's that you are abstaining from impudence. It's that each of you knows how to possess his body in holiness and in honesty, without delivering yourself to a passionate 76 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:38,680 person like the priests who do not know God. It's that no one uses in his brother fraud and greed in business because the Lord takes revenge for all these things, as we have already told you and attested. 77 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:52,680 Because God did not call us to impurity, but to sanctification. So he who rejects his precepts does not reject a man, but God who also gave you his Holy Spirit. 78 00:11:52,680 --> 00:12:03,680 As for fraternal love, you do not need to be written about, because you have learned from God to love each other. 79 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:17,680 And that is also what you do to all the brothers in the whole of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to abandon more and more, rather to abound more and more in this love. 80 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:31,680 And to put your honor to live in peace, to take care of your own affairs and to work with your hands as we have recommended you, so that you can honestly lead yourself towards those outside, 81 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:46,680 and that you do not need anyone. We do not want you, brother, to be in ignorance of those who sleep, so that you do not be afflicted like the others who have no hope. 82 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:56,680 Because if we believe that Jesus is dead and that he is resurrected, we also believe that God will bring back by Jesus and with him those who are dead. 83 00:12:56,680 --> 00:13:07,680 This is indeed what we declare to you after the word of the Lord. We the living, remain for the advent of the Lord, we will not avenge those who are dead. 84 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:23,680 For the Lord himself, with a sign given, with the voice of an archangel and the sound of the trumpet of God, will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will first be resurrected. 85 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:34,680 Then we the living, who will remain, we will all be together, taken away with them on the night of the meeting of the Lord in the air. 86 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:44,680 And so we will always be with the Lord. So console yourselves, one by one, by these words. 87 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:57,680 As for the times and the moments, you do not need, brother, to be written about, because you know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 88 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:05,680 Because you know well that when men will say, peace and safety, then a sudden ruin will surprise them, 89 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:18,680 as the pains of childhood surprise the pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, you are not in the darkness so that this day will surprise you like a thief. 90 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:27,680 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 91 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:39,680 We do not sleep as much as the others, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 92 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:51,680 But we who are of the day, let us be sober, having re-dressed the cuirass of faith and charity, and having for the helmet the hope of salvation. 93 00:14:51,680 --> 00:15:07,680 For God did not make us angry, but to acquire salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is dead for us, so that whether we watch or sleep, we live together with him. 94 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:21,680 That is why you should exhort yourself reciprocally and educate each other, as you actually do. 95 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:31,680 We pray to you, brothers, to have consideration for those who work among you, who direct you in the Lord and who exhort you. 96 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:39,680 Have for them a lot of affection for their work. Be in peace among you. 97 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:47,680 We also pray to you, brothers, to warn those who live in disorder. 98 00:15:47,680 --> 00:16:09,680 To console those who are defeated. To support the weak. To use patience in all. Be careful that no one goes to harm for harm, but to always pursue good, be among you, be in all. 99 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:21,680 Pray always, joyfully, pray constantly, give thanks in everything, for it is in your eyes the will of God in Jesus Christ. 100 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:33,680 Do not stop the mind, do not despise prophecies, but examine everything, remember what is good, and abstain from all kinds of evil. 101 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:50,680 May the God of Peace sanctify you himself, and may all your being, spirit, soul and body be preserved irreprecably during the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ. 102 00:16:50,680 --> 00:17:04,680 The one who called you is faithful, and he will do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all brothers with a kiss. 103 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:18,680 I swear by the Lord that this letter is read to all brothers, that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 104 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,680 May the Eternal bless his word in our hearts today. 105 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:29,680 Yes, it is our response as a Church this morning in verses 25 to 28. 106 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:38,680 Yes, the generic this morning is our response as a Church, the end of our response as a Church. 107 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:49,680 First, we will see in verses 25 that we are invited to pray, not only to pray for each other, but also to pray for those who lead us. 108 00:17:49,680 --> 00:18:06,680 We are also invited to show our fraternal love for each other, our fraternal love, our fraternal prayer for each other, our fraternal love for each other. 109 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:17,680 Finally, what we have just done together, the reading of the Word to each other, to each other, to each other, to each other. 110 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:31,680 We are invited to read the Word of God, and all this in verses 28, supported by the wonderful grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. 111 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,680 Without the grace of Jesus, where would we be today? Amen. 112 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:43,680 First, we see in verses 25 this invitation from the Apostle Paul. 113 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:55,680 He invites the Thessalonians to pray for him, to pray for Sylvain and Timothy, the three who are presented in 1 Thessalonians 1, verse 1, 114 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:01,680 and probably also the prayer for all the collaborators for the ministry. 115 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:10,680 A few moments ago, we prayed for Jodie, we prayed for Shane, we prayed for Kyle, because they also take part in the ministry. 116 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,680 They are co-workers for the Lord. 117 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:21,680 We are invited as a Church not only to think about our assembly, but to pray for others. 118 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:30,680 Paul here, after having prayed for the Thessalonians, asks the Thessalonians for the reciprocity they pray for him. 119 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:38,680 Look at verses 23 and 24, what we saw together on January 1st, our theme message for the year, 120 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:43,680 this year that we want to offer to the Lord in sanctification, in purity. 121 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:55,680 1 Thessalonians 5, verses 23 and 24 remind us the purpose of the Apostle Paul, the heart of the Apostle Paul for the Thessalonians, 122 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,680 that they may be sanctified, transformed. 123 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,680 That is why, as we have just read in the last two chapters, 124 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:14,680 that is why the Apostle Paul gives a series of practical exhortations to help the Thessalonians in their walk for Jesus every day. 125 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:22,680 But let us remember that these exhortations are based on the first three chapters, 126 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,680 where the Gospel is clearly announced and recalled. 127 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:35,680 They are based on the Gospel and this practical obedience for you and me, the obedience of every day. 128 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:41,680 Very practical things about how we must speak and act towards each other. 129 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:49,680 It is wonderful to see that after praying, after emphasizing his wish for the Thessalonians, 130 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:59,680 Paul will then ask that we pray for him. Paul was of the same nature as the people of the Church of Thessalonica. 131 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:11,680 We tend to raise a man, we tend to raise men, we tend to have people and say, this is a star. 132 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:19,680 When I was young, my favorite player was Patrick Roy. He was my favorite player. 133 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:25,680 Michael Jordan. I am old, it is true. I liked sports. 134 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:31,680 He was my idol. I wanted to have Air Jordan. I wanted to be a goalkeeper like Patrick Roy. 135 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:37,680 I loved that. To be like, maybe you are Diego Maradona, 136 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:42,680 maybe Pelé is your favorite soccer player. 137 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:49,680 We tend to raise men. We tend to see them as bigger than nature. 138 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:59,680 Paul said, I am of the same nature as you. I need prayers too. I am weak. 139 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:07,680 Paul recognized his limits. And to serve God, even the apostles asked, invited, 140 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:14,680 several times, to the churches to pray for them. We do not have time this morning. 141 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:21,680 Romans 15, Ephesians 6, Philippians 1, Colossians 4, 2 Thessalonians 3, Philimons 22. 142 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:29,680 Constantly, the Apostle Paul invited the churches to pray for him, seeing the spiritual fight. 143 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:39,680 Because it is a spiritual fight. And the invitation is made here to have this reciprocal prayer. 144 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:46,680 Did the priest ask that we pray for him? Those who have already been to Mass, 145 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,680 the Roman Catholic Church, do we ask that the priest invite people to pray for him? 146 00:22:51,680 --> 00:23:00,680 No, he is the tool in the hands of the Lord to offer prayers for congregation. 147 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:06,680 This is not what the Bible teaches. Yes, pastors, we are invited. 148 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:12,680 And it is our duty to pray for you. And we do it with joy. 149 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:20,680 We are at the foot of the throne of grace to ask God to grab your hearts, 150 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:27,680 to accompany you, to keep you in your life. But we too, dear friends, 151 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:34,680 we need your prayers. And we are of the same faith as you, whether it be the leaders, 152 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:40,680 the ministers, the diaconesses, the ancients, the pastors, 153 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,680 or anyone else, our General Director, Louis Bourque, pray for him. 154 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,680 Pray for François Turcotte, the director of our seminary. Pray for them. 155 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,680 They need our prayers. Our missionaries need our prayers. 156 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:02,680 We are of the same faith. We are of the same nature. We need these prayers. 157 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,680 These reciprocal prayers. It is interesting, when in Ephesians 6, 158 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:12,680 Paul just expressed what spiritual combat is. He just expressed armor. 159 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:18,680 He explains what the armor of the believer is. He made this metaphor with the armor of the Roman soldier. 160 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,680 He says in Ephesians 6, in verse 18, 161 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,680 made at all times by the Spirit all kinds of prayers and supplications, 162 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:34,680 watch over them with full perseverance and pray for all the saints. 163 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:40,680 Verse 19, pray for me. Paul says pray for me. I am in prison. 164 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,680 Paul is in prison when he writes to the Ephesians. 165 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:49,680 Pray for me so that when I open my mouth, 166 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:55,680 I am given the opportunity to openly and freely know the mystery of the Gospel, 167 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,680 for which I am an ambassador in the TV channels, 168 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:03,680 and that I speak about it with confidence, as I must speak about it. 169 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:09,680 Prayer often comes back, not so much to pray for contacts, 170 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:19,680 but to pray that we have the boldness, the courage, the audacity, the faith 171 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,680 to speak of the Lord Jesus. 172 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,680 And let me tell you, I was here Friday night with our youth. 173 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:32,680 I was so encouraged by our youth, who was here and who asked questions. 174 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,680 We profited while we had invited pastors. 175 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:41,680 How can we speak of Jesus around us, in our school? 176 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,680 How can I speak to a friend who is of Muslim faith, or of Catholic faith, 177 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,680 or who does not have faith, who is atheist? 178 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,680 How can I speak of Jesus and our youth? 179 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,680 I was very encouraged. It was one of our best youths. 180 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:59,680 I could see the attitude, the participation, the heart of the young people 181 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,680 for their friends at school. 182 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,680 How can God manifest himself, touch, transform hearts? 183 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:13,680 Beloved, pray for our youth, so that it may be the salt of the earth 184 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:18,680 and the light of the world, and that it may not be influenced by the world, 185 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,680 but instead that it may be them who influence the beloved ones. 186 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:28,680 Brothers and sisters, what joy we have to pray for each other. 187 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,680 When we gather together in groups during the week, 188 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 we do not keep the last five minutes to pray. 189 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,680 No, these are spiritual growth groups. 190 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:45,680 A growth group means that we must do another teaching, a course. 191 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:53,680 No, a growth group is, yes, teaching, but it is also prayer. 192 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,680 Because when we pray, we ask God to act. 193 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:03,680 Much more than all the things I could teach or do. 194 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,680 God is almighty to transform me. 195 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,680 And when I pray with my Bible open and ask God, 196 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,680 Lord, I want to put your Word into practice. Help me, Lord. 197 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,680 Lord, show me. Make this prayer. 198 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,680 Psalm 139. Make this prayer. 199 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,680 Trust me in God. 200 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,680 Know my heart. 201 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,680 Test me. Know my thoughts. 202 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,680 Show me what way I am. 203 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,680 I am convinced that it is the prayer that God always exalts. 204 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680 The prayer where we ask God to reveal our heart. 205 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:44,680 So that we can confess, you confess, to Pastor Nicolas your sins. 206 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:51,680 No. Confess to the pastors of the Church your sins. 207 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:56,680 Confess your sins to God. 208 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:02,680 But in James 5 verse 16, he tells us to confess to one another. 209 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,680 How are we going to do that? 210 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,680 On Sunday morning, do we do that, confession? 211 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,680 Is that how we confess our sins to one another? 212 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:17,680 We can ask for forgiveness. Sometimes there is a general confession, 213 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,680 but specific confessions. 214 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,680 It's not Sunday morning. 215 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,680 If you want to pray with someone, they ask you to join a small group. 216 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,680 If you want to obey James 5 verse 16, 217 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,680 confess your sins to one another, 218 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,680 and pray to one another so that you are healed. 219 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:45,680 The fervent prayer of the righteous has great effectiveness. 220 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:52,680 Because I was talking about the Church, my friends in the United States, 221 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,680 and I was talking about some of you. 222 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,680 I couldn't help myself from talking about Edward Fontaine. 223 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,680 He's a character, we know him, we love him, brother. 224 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,680 I also talked about what God has done in his life. 225 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,680 I said, it's prayer. 226 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,680 On Wednesday night, Daniel Lassan, 227 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,680 it's Serge, it's Zeus, it's others here in the Church 228 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,680 who on their knees asked God to act. 229 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,680 And God acted, pardon my French. 230 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,680 I said, Lord, it's a miracle. 231 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,680 The miracle of conversion, my friends. 232 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,680 The miracle of spiritual growth. 233 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,680 It passes, it begins, it continues, and it ends on its knees. 234 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,680 It's on its knees. 235 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,680 It's when we pray for each other. 236 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,680 When I pray for a brother, a sister, 237 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:55,160 I pray for a distant, distant 238 00:29:55,160 --> 00:30:00,160 God is at work, and he does it, doesn't he? 239 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,160 Pray for each other. 240 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,160 Ephesians 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 17, 241 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,160 we saw it a few weeks ago in the message, 242 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,160 but also pray for us. 243 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,160 We need to pray. 244 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,160 And thank you, Kevin, thank you for your leadership this morning. 245 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,160 It's not even my idea, it's his idea. 246 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,160 So we work together without knowing it, same spirit. 247 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:28,160 Jesus said that my house would be called a house for teaching. 248 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,160 My house would be called a house for coffee. 249 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,160 Muffin coffee, breakfasts are good, aren't they? 250 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,160 It's fun, isn't it? 251 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,160 My house would be called a house for fraternal communion. 252 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,160 No. 253 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,160 When they changed the temple, 254 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:53,160 they took advantage of people, they stole people. 255 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,160 You made a thief's cave. 256 00:30:55,160 --> 00:31:02,160 Jesus said that my house would be called a house for prayer. 257 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,160 For all nations. 258 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,160 You see all nations gathered this morning? 259 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,160 Prayer unites us. 260 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,160 Prayer humiliates us. 261 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,160 Prayer makes us work together. 262 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,160 And it's great, it's beautiful. 263 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:25,160 In the end credits, there's another little tip, another little tip. 264 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,160 Prayer. 265 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,160 Prayer for us. 266 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,160 Pray for your elders. 267 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,160 Pray that God gives them wisdom, according to John chapter 1. 268 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,160 Pray for your elders that they have a lot of patience 269 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,160 with each of the brebis, full of love. 270 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:46,160 Pray for your elders so that they dispense 271 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,160 the word of truth with them. 272 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,160 We want to teach the word of God, not the ideas of Nick. 273 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,160 The word of God, that it is communicated with justice. 274 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,160 Pray for your Sunday school teachers, 275 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,160 Mathieu, who we heard this morning, 276 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,160 Danny, others, those who teach the teenagers. 277 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,160 Pray for them that God gives them the words, 278 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:10,160 but also the wisdom to teach with rightness. 279 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,160 Those who teach our children now, pray for us. 280 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,160 We need prayers. 281 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,160 But secondly, we see in verse 26, 282 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:23,160 this invitation to have a holy kiss. 283 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,160 I thought, hey, that's going to be interesting. 284 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:29,160 It's not often that we have a message on the holy kiss. 285 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,160 What does the holy kiss mean? 286 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,160 This warm and fraternal greeting. 287 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,160 I see couples getting closer here. 288 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Is it correct to have a holy kiss in the couple? 289 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,160 Of course. Of course. 290 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,160 Is it a cultural element? 291 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,160 Why is it in the word? 292 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:53,160 Why is it repeated at least five times? 293 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,160 Four times by Paul and once by Peter. 294 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:01,160 Why is it repeated to be greeted by a holy kiss? 295 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,160 Is it in the word of God? 296 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,160 Is it good for us? 297 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,160 Do we need that? 298 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,160 What does it refer to? 299 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:14,160 Is it cultural, a way that Christians of the first century 300 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,160 would greet each other, but for us, 301 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,160 after COVID, I'm not sure, 302 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,160 he's munching in the morning, not sure of himself, 303 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,160 a little scared of himself. 304 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,160 Is that it? 305 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,160 Is the North American approach, not so Quebec, 306 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,160 Americans, it's the side hug, 307 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,160 that's how we greet each other. 308 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,160 It's a little more, you know. 309 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,160 I looked in the comments, 310 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,160 was there a kiss of respect 311 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,160 to honor those who were in authority? 312 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,160 I don't think that's what Paul is going to talk about here. 313 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:57,160 Is it a way to copy another mysterious religion 314 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,160 of the time? 315 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,160 Some believe that. It doesn't seem to make sense. 316 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,160 Does it become part of the cult when believers meet? 317 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,160 Some believe so, but it seems to me 318 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,160 that we all agree here, 319 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,160 by looking in the comments, 320 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,160 that the kiss, in the end, 321 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:20,160 distinguishes the members of the same family, 322 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:26,160 a sign of our relationship and our proximity. 323 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:30,160 We are a family. 324 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,160 We are a family. 325 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,160 And so, how do we treat a family? 326 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,160 There is certainly a touch, 327 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:45,160 there is certainly an affection. 328 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:50,160 There is something in our family. 329 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,160 Not only our family of blood, 330 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:57,160 but our family of spiritual blood. 331 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,160 The family of the Lord Jesus, 332 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,160 that Jesus is made to be his own blood. 333 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,160 We are brothers and sisters of blood. 334 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,160 My mother always says that the real family, 335 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,160 the real family, maybe you've heard that, 336 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,160 is the family of God. 337 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,160 That's the real family. 338 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,160 It's the family that not only 339 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,160 meets here on earth, 340 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:27,160 but will continue to eternity. 341 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,160 Incredible. 342 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,160 Because Jesus, his brothers, his mother, 343 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,160 his brothers were there, 344 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,160 he took that to talk to him, 345 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,160 and Jesus was busy. 346 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,160 It's not that he wanted to ignore his family, 347 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,160 really not, in Matthew chapter 12, 348 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,160 when we ask the question to Jesus, 349 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,160 they want to talk to you, 350 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,160 Jesus says to them, 351 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,160 Who is my mother? 352 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,160 Who are my brothers? 353 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,160 And he reaches out to his disciples, 354 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,160 the family of God. 355 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,160 He says, Here is my mother, 356 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,160 here are my brothers, 357 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,160 because whoever does the will of my Father, 358 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,160 who is in heaven, 359 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,160 this one is my brother, 360 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,160 this one is my father, 361 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,160 this one is my sister, 362 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,160 this one is my brother. 363 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,160 Beloved, we are the family of God. 364 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,160 We speak to the saints here, 365 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,160 we speak to brothers and sisters. 366 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,160 We must show love, respect, 367 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,160 we don't want to go too far, 368 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,160 we understand, 369 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,160 some may need more space, 370 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,160 I understand, we are different, it's true. 371 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,160 But we are a family, 372 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,160 and even in our contacts, 373 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:38,160 we want to be able to show love. 374 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,160 You are important to me. 375 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:46,160 You are my brother, you are my sister. 376 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,160 It doesn't bother me how much money you make. 377 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,160 It doesn't bother me where you stay. 378 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,160 It doesn't bother me where you come from. 379 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,160 That's not what is important. 380 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,160 What is important is that 381 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,160 you have the same Father as me. 382 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,160 Jesus died for you. 383 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,160 Jesus died for me. 384 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,160 We are children of God. 385 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,160 We are part of the family of God. 386 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,160 We are united in the community, 387 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,160 in the family of God. 388 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,160 And so we are attached to them. 389 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,160 Obviously, in all purity. 390 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,160 The text is so well done. 391 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,160 I always tell you that the words are well done. 392 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,160 It's well done. 393 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,160 The Holy Kiss is encouraged, 394 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,160 it's not the kiss, but it's the Holy Kiss. 395 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,160 So it's done in holiness, in purity. 396 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,160 Maybe men with men. 397 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,160 Some believe it was like the Jews. 398 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,160 Men with men, women with women. 399 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,160 Cultural element, maybe. 400 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:42,160 We are brothers and sisters. 401 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,160 That's the point. 402 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,160 And no matter where you come from, 403 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,160 no matter your social class, 404 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,160 no matter your economic class, 405 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,160 you are my family, 406 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,160 and here you are included, you are invited. 407 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,160 And when I go to you, 408 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,160 and even when I give you a Holy hug, 409 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,160 a hug, a kiss on the cheek, 410 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,160 a handful of hands, 411 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,160 it's not cold and distant, it's warm. 412 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,160 You are my brother, you are my sister. 413 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,160 And Paul wanted to see that 414 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,160 in the Church of Thessalonica. 415 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,160 I am here for you, 416 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,160 I am here with you. 417 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,160 We walk together for Jesus. 418 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,160 We are the family of God. 419 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:22,160 And it raises the question, 420 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,160 what do we do, each of us, 421 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:28,160 to include others? 422 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:32,160 What is your level of inclusiveness? 423 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,160 Or inclusivism? 424 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,160 I invent words, it's fun. 425 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,160 To include, what do I do 426 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,160 to include new people? 427 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,160 To invite them, to show them. 428 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,160 Maybe you are not yet part of the family of God. 429 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:51,160 This morning, we want you to know Jesus, our Father. 430 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:55,160 The children, they sang that he is the Redeemer of the world. 431 00:38:55,160 --> 00:39:01,160 Thank you, our Father, for sending Jesus, your Son. 432 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,160 The Father sent what was best, his own Son, 433 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,160 to make us a family, the family of God. 434 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,160 It seems to me that it should appear 435 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:15,160 in our relationships with each other. 436 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,160 The Holy Kiss, this Holy hug, 437 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,160 where we show our love to each other. 438 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,160 Thirdly, and last, we already did it this morning, 439 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,160 when I read with you, or in front of you, 440 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,160 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 441 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:34,160 Paul had asked that the letter be circulated, 442 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,160 that it be read in front of all. 443 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,160 Not all had a level of education at the time, 444 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,160 to be able to read. 445 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,160 Not all had access, it's not Bibles. 446 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:47,160 We have so many Bibles at home, it's so easy. 447 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,160 If you don't have a Bible this morning, 448 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,160 we have some that we want to give you. 449 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,160 If you don't have a Bible, we want to give you one. 450 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,160 If we don't have one in your language, 451 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,160 we will order one for you, with pleasure. 452 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,160 We want you to have a copy in your hands 453 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,160 of the Word of God. 454 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,160 But not all had access to the Bible in the first century. 455 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,160 Not all had a scroll, it was rare, 456 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:13,160 it was unbending, it was complicated. 457 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,160 We take that and our Bible... 458 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,160 It's not very important for us. 459 00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,160 Realize, Christians of the first century, 460 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,160 how fascinated they would have been. 461 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,160 You all have a Bible in your language, 462 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,160 and you are able to read it. 463 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,160 Wow! 464 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:39,160 But in the first century, we don't have this privilege. 465 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,160 Paul says, look at verse 27, 466 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,160 I will give you... 467 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,160 I will give you... 468 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:51,160 Hey, that's like 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 1. 469 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,160 What? 470 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:58,160 The same strength as the exaltation of the beginning here. 471 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,160 I will give you... 472 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,160 At the end of verse 1 of chapter 4, 473 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,160 we will give you in the name of the Lord Jesus. 474 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:09,160 Listen, that's a very strong word, 475 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,160 we've already seen it. 476 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,160 A strong word, a recommendation, an exaltation, 477 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,160 a pli-doi-ye with apostolic authority. 478 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,160 At the level of the gradation, 479 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,160 Paul gives, it's not an accident, 480 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,160 it's not a course mistake. 481 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,160 We give you. 482 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,160 Hey, it's a strong recommendation 483 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:35,160 that the Word of God be read in assembly. 484 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,160 Thank you Serge, thank you Kevin, 485 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:42,160 thank you Mathieu, thank you Édouard, 486 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:46,160 thank you when you lead the Church, 487 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,160 when you read the Word of God, 488 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,160 when you make a call to worship 489 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,160 by using the Word of God. 490 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,160 When you invite us to confession 491 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,160 by using the Word of God. 492 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,160 When you lead us to worship Jesus 493 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,160 with the good Word of God. 494 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,160 I pledge before the Lord 495 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,160 that this letter be read to all brothers. 496 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:19,160 Beloved, Paul told his protégé, his guy, 497 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,160 Paul told Timothy, 498 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:26,160 until I come, apply yourself to the communion 499 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,160 in the Church. 500 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,160 No, apply yourself to the reading, 501 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,160 to the reading, to the exaltation, 502 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:36,160 to the teaching. 503 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,160 Not only to read it, 504 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,160 but as Néhemi did with Esdrasse, 505 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:44,160 we want to read and explain the meaning 506 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,160 of the Scriptures, 507 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,160 so that everyone not only can understand it, 508 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,160 but also can put it into practice. 509 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,160 All this, beloved, by grace, 510 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,160 the wonderful grace of the Lord Jesus. 511 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,160 I invite the team of Lujanje to move forward 512 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,160 while we finish this morning our time 513 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,160 with a block of Lujanje, 514 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,160 where we want to celebrate together 515 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,160 the grace of the Lord Jesus, 516 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,160 Osana, the one who came to us, 517 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,160 this Jesus that we want to celebrate. 518 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:23,160 Yes, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 519 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,160 be with you. 520 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,160 It's not a flat generic. 521 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,160 We need the grace of God 522 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:35,160 every day of our lives. 523 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,160 I don't just need the grace 524 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,160 to enter into the family of God. 525 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,160 The gift of eternal life that Jesus gave me, 526 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,160 the forgiveness of my sins, 527 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,160 repentance and faith, 528 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,160 are a grace. 529 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,160 Beloved, every day of my life, 530 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:57,160 I am attached to the grace of the Lord Jesus. 531 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,160 It means support, 532 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,160 it means the work of Jesus, 533 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,160 the good news of the Gospel every day. 534 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:09,160 I need the grace so much. 535 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,160 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 536 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,160 be with you all. Amen.