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The service begins with energetic praise, greetings, and a call for the congregation to rise and welcome one another. The speaker affirms God’s goodness and sets a worshipful tone.
Hallelujah.Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.All those who are awake say hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
Okay.Half of it are still asleep.Hallelujah.Praise God.Praise God.Good morning, church.And um let's all rise up.Let's all rise up and let's just say uh hello to everyone.Um say hello and uh happy to see you today this morning.Great is our God.Our God is good.Hallelujah.
The speaker reflects on Scripture to emphasize that God is good, sovereign, and worthy of thanksgiving in every circumstance. This section includes a congregational song declaring the Lord’s goodness and mercy.
The Bible says in Psalms, for the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.
Is our God good?
Come on, people of God.Is our God good?
You know what?Whether you receive it, whether you will agree with me or not, my God is good.My God is good.In whatever situation of our lives, whether be good or whether not good in our sight, our God is seated on the throne.He is a sovereign God.And you know what?In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, it says, "In everything,
give thanks for this is the will of God concerning you in Christ Jesus."The Lord knows what he's doing and many times we don't know what we are doing, but the God knows what he is doing.And he is in control of everything what is going on and what will be going into our lives.Our God is sovereign and he is good and he knows what he's doing and whatever he's doing it's always for our good.Amen to that.Amen to that.God always think of our best.Yeah.It's always for not only good but he is always thinking of our best.What is best for us?Why?Because he loves us so much.He loves us so much.And that is why you know our God is good.Amen.Uh let's sing that song.
For the Lord is good and his mercy endures forever.Good.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good.Yes, the Lord is good.Hallelujah.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.For the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.For the Lord is good.For the last time.For the Lord is good.
Come on, let's declare it.Our God is good.For the Lord is good.For the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.For the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.
God, we want to thank you.We want to lift our hands, shout out loud our praise and our thanksgiving for you are our good, good father.You are good all the time and all the time you are good.And God, today we celebrate your goodness.We celebrate your faithfulness.We celebrate Lord how great and how good and how mighty you are in our lives.In the lives of our loved ones, in the lives of our families, in the lives of this church, God, you are our great and awesome God.And we want to give you all the praise and all the glory belongs to you in Jesus wonderful name.And all God's people say, "Amen."And amen.
The church enters extended worship with songs celebrating God’s holiness, worthiness, and unmatched greatness. The lyrics focus on God’s glory, majesty, and the promise found in Jesus.
Hallelujah.
Church, why don't you join us in praising this morning?Come on.
Every child, every tribe will see your glory.
Every nation bow before you.
All my trees turn to ashes in the light of you
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More worship songs highlight God as the giver of life, hope, and restoration, with repeated declarations of praise. The section closes with a prayer of thanksgiving and consecration before the sermon.
You are light to the darkness.You give is every heart that is broken.
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It's your bread in our lungs.So we pour out your praise.We pour out our praise.It's your bread in our liv.So we pour out our praise to you all.
Great are you Lord.You give life.You give light.You are.You bring light to the darkness.You give hope.You restore every heart that is broken.Oh, see how great are you, Lord.
It's your death in our l.So we pour out our praise.We pour out our praise.This is your breath in our lives.So we pour out our praise to you.
It's your breath.It's your breath in our lives.So we pour out our praise.We pour out our praise.It's your praise in our lives.So we pour out our praise to you only.
Great are you Lord.
Sing all the earth.Holy earth will shout your praise.Our hearts will cry.These will say great are you Lord.
All the earth will shout your praise.Our hearts will cry.These bones will sing.Great are you Lord.Sing all the earth.Holy earth will shout your praise.Our hearts will cry.These bones will sing.
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The congregation is welcomed, visitors are acknowledged, and church announcements are shared. Upcoming meetings, outreach events, registrations, and fundraiser details are explained.
Father we thank you.It is indeed Lord.is our praise.We pour our worship at the church.This is our time to offer the mercy of God.Let us offer oursel a living sac holy and blessing to our God.Father, we thank you for this opportunity once more that you have brought us and gather here and you areour very guest honor today.Father, we worship you.We bring ourselves unto you, oh God.Consecrate us, oh God, through the Holy Spirit.Let your will be done.Let the Holy Spirit open the eyes of our understanding so that we will not only be convicted, oh God, but be transformed into the image of your son Jesus Christ.Allow us, oh God, to submit ourselves unto you today and let your word and the spirit minister to each and every one of of us here.Father, we thank you.
We give you praise.We honor you in Jesus name.Amen.Amen.Praise God.Welcome.Welcome.Welcome.Be seated.Thank you.Hallelujah.Are you great?
Just like the song said, it's so great.Praise God.How are you today?How's the transition of the weather from cold to cold and cold?There's no Wow.That that is Melbourne.Melbourne weather.Melbourne weather per it's still one of the great city of the world.Amen.Of course Melbourne.How are you?So praise God for everyone.Thank you.Let us just give glory to God because every Sunday he brought us here together to worship him and spending time with the Lord Jesus Christ and of course with each other if the brothers and sister come together.Of course I would like to welcome everyone and even the visitor.I think they gave me a list of visitors here list.
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I would like to welcome Janin, Marco, andMaha Cabaras family.Where are they?There you go.Welcome po.Welcome to our community of faith and of course
praise God.And also we'd like to welcome boy ate Edna and family from Philippines.Wow.There you go.Welcome po from Philippines.
yesterday.
Anyway, welcome to Melbourne and I believe and I pray that God purpose on your visit and even uh your stay here in Melbourne will be manifested.I believe you will enjoy the beauty of God here in Melbourne.as you enjoy the beauty of God in the Philippines.Amen.So without anything, I would like to call Aljin for our announcement.
So morning church, couple of announcements.Um so prayer meeting every Wednesday.Got that?Okay.So for tithes and offering church bank account is on the screen.You can take a screenshot or um approach us me myself or um any of the pastors if you need the church bank account.Um this coming Tuesday 14 will be um a food bank mobile market which is run by uh project one the community engagement arm of CCM in partnership with food bank Victoria.Please come at uh it runs from 11:00 a.m.to 100 p.m.next Sunday uh 19th of April.Uh CCM men.So CCM men, who are the CCM men?If you if you if you're a husband, a dad, or a granddad, you have a meeting after the church uh service worship on uh Sunday.discuss it's like 10 10 to um uh like 10 10 minutes to 15 minutes meeting and um it will be a short planning for mother's day.
So in Mother's Day we honor not just moms but we honor wives um grandmoms uh spiritual moms we so we men's we have a meeting on I'll be here leading the meeting on next week next week after thechurch service and then um on the 19th as well at 2 pm life group leaders and ministry heads uh it will be a school of disciplehip at pastor man's place uh that's 2 pm And this will also includethe um a monthly catchup with uh Pastor Anna.Um don't forget to register for the uh online hearing a God seminar starting on April 29th.You need to register to be able to get the link to join.It starts at 7:30.Um uh scan the QR or if you need the actual link to register, let me know as well and I'll send it to you.Um, tickets are still available for the Project Huan movie fundraiser.
You can book via QR or we're selling the tickets today.You can pay cash, bank transfer or card.So, it's available after the service.We'll set up a table there if you want to purchase.The ticket uh proceeds will go to our community food bank plus um activity in um Anhawan Shargo.So, that's all for today's announcement.Um, let's have expectant hearts as we listen to God's word through Pastor Elvis.
Pastor Elvis introduces the sermon theme of being fully surrendered and set free in Christ. He frames the message around Galatians 5 and invites the church to examine what freedom in Christ really means.
Good morning, church.How's everyone doing?
Anyway, I miss everyone here at church and I'm very excited really to um preach the word of God to really uh express to you my heart this morning.You know, when we were singing the songs, thanks to the creative team, I feel like we're in heaven.We're like all in heaven singing.It's your breath, God, in our lungs.Everyone's like an angel.Look, look at your neighbor.Do they look like an angel?
Disagreement.Anyway, we all are saints.Amen.We look like an angel and you are a child of God.Tell to your neighbor, you are a child of God.Come on.Come on people behind you, you are a child of God.No choice.But it is indeed a blessing for me to share the word of God.And this month our theme is set free.Fully surrendered, set free.And what is it really that Christ has set us free from?We dig down into our spiritual um assess ourselves on a truly understanding of what does it mean to have freedom in Christ.The title of this preaching is freedom in Christ fully surrendered and set free.Let us all bow down and pray.Father in heaven, we thank you.We praise you because you are truly the God who sets us free, oh God.Lord, you set us free from the sin that binds us.
You set us free from physical disabilities and illness, oh God.But God, let us really hear from you.What else are these areas of our lives that you can set us free oh God as we sang in that song God it's your breath in our lungs oh God as if we are swimming underneath the water andas soon as we cry that oxygen is the air it is you Christ and now we are living freely under your grace oh God use me as your messenger oh God but be the messenger to every single onehere in the room father thank you in Jesus name amen you I know I know you've heard the songs about freedom right songs freedom in Christ who the son sets free what church it's free indeed but mean haveyou have we asked ourselves really what is it really that we've been freed of right are we afraid of we know we've freed of sin the death the sting of death we understood that that's salvation 101 but I
really want us to understand this morning.You know, church, my prayer personally, let us really dig down more, not just on the surface, dig down more on where can Christ can set us free.And there's no other chapter in the book that best explained freedom in Christ, but in Galatians 5.All right, we will be reading the whole chapter.Are you okay with that, church?Amen.So, let's dive into it.
The sermon explains Paul’s teaching that believers are not made right with God by law-keeping or human effort. Abraham and Sarah’s story is used to show the danger of intervening instead of trusting God’s promise.
Galatians 5.And my prayer is really unpack this.Let's try to chew the verse by verse.All right, let's open our Bibles if you have one.In Galatians 5, verse one says, "So Christ has truly set us free."The intro itself, it's Christ has truly set us free.Now, make sure church that you stay free.So there's a command here, an active command, not a passive command, but you stay free.Do all the effort you can to stay free.Probably because we got tendency to go back to being a slave, right?Stay free and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.So as a background here church.So Paul established the church in Galatian area in Galatia.All right.Couple of churches.So he established the church.He started a church.He preached about Christ and then he left once they stable.
But the thing is they were preached about salvation through faith.Hey, you don't have to uh involve works to make right with God.But here comes some Judaizers.Here comes some teaching introducing the Moses law again.All right, let's move on.Listen verse two.Paul tell you this.If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.If you are counting on circumcision, because the Jews are big on circumcision, they feel like that's a ritual that every male has to undergo.If you are counting on circumcision, you know, circumcision is just that tip of the iceberg.There's more.They need to follow the Sabbath.They need to follow a very strict diet.They need to to adhere to many laws for them to made right with God.Now Paul is saying
because if you're counting on circumcision or observing the Sabbath or the law of Moses to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit.It's sad.This statement is sad.
Christ is of no benefit to you.And there's this emphasis here.I'll say it again.If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.For if you are trying to make yourself right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ.In other words,
what I'm trying to point here is to church, we even even in the first century Christians, there's always a tendency for people to rely on themselves just to make right with God.He up.It's hard for these churches in Galatians to really understand that we are all pardoned because of Christ because we believe in Christ.But for them, um I it's too easy.I feel like I need to do something.I need to make some effort, make sacrifices to make me feel noble.Right?If you are So let's continue in verse five.But we in opposite, we who live by the spirit eagerly wait to receive by the faith the righteousness has promised to us.For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus,
there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised.There is no there is no benefit in being circumcised and uncircumcised.Now when we're reading this obviously this is directed to the Galatians but let's try to find some link.What does this circumcision in today's world in today's modern society mean?If we're trying to put effort, if we're trying to rely on ourselves to make right with God, it's going to have an outcome of destruction and Christ will be of no benefit to us.Okay.In 13 it says, oh, uncircumcised, what is important is faith expressing itself in love.In verse 13, for you have been called to live in church freedom, my brothers and sisters.So don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.So what Paul is trying to say, yes, you have this freedom in Christ, but make sure you don't abuse this freedom to satisfy our sinful nature.
Later on, we'll go through in detail this sinful nature.Instead, use your freedom, this freedom that you have in Christ, to serve what, church?one another in love.It's very clear.Use your freedom to serve what?One another in love.For the whole law, the whole Moses law which you can't even follow anyway Paul can be sum up in one command.Love your neighbor as yourself.I guess the main theme that I want to try to explain and to impart to every single one of us.Yes, freedom in Christ.We accept Jesus.We have freedom from sin.We're not being really controlled by sin, but we are free.We got maybe freedom from illness.We got all this sort of freedom.But there's one area of our lives that I want Christ to provide freedom into or like Christ to freed us from which is church.
You know the need to always rely on ourselves.Let us get be freed of this.The need to always rely on our efforts to our sacrifices.being circumcised or observing the Sabbath that requires effort that requires sacrifices.And Paul said, "No, no, no, no.You don't need that.You just need to have faith in God."And as an outcome of that faith is you become more loving to your neighbor.Because sometimes we that's the tendency we always wanted to be in control.We're being self-reliant.We want something to happen.workings, our doings, our talent and capabilities.Have you ever remembered the story of Abraham and Sarah?Abraham and Sarah, they were promised to have a son.But what happened?They intervene.Oh, it's been a long time.I will Genesis 17:4 will make you the father of a multitude of nations.That is the promise.
And as part of the promise is you have faith in me.You wait for me.You wait for what I will do into your life.But what happened?Years has passed.They become old.They become barren.In short, what the situation speaks is opposite to the promise.So what did they do?They intervene.Human effort.Oh, slave Higar just sleep with Abraham feeling way to get that promise.The Lord has prevented me from having children, said Sarah.Go and sleep with my ser.Perhaps I can build a family through her human effort.Self-reliance to accomplish a promise.You know, back in the day, this is culturally accepted.All right.In their tradition, this is accepted.But spiritually, the Lord is saying, "Let me do it for you."That's the promise.But when people try to intervene, you know, there's always an urge for us to really do something, really, really grasp on it, be hands on on it.
We can't really wait sometimes.And then what happened?We know that the outcome is just when uh Ishmael, we got Ishmael and then we got Isaac.Conflicts after conflicts, jealousy, division, and even pain for generations to generations.And I don't know if you can find the link of what's happening today in the Middle East.It all boils down to a couple who wanted to intervene rather than just having faith in God.That's the main freedom I want us to understand that God I want you my prayer is God I want I want to be freed from always having in control and having faith in you.
The speaker applies the message to work, ministry, and daily life, warning against pride, comparison, and self-righteousness. Freedom in Christ is described as serving others in love rather than judging or competing.
Amen.That's my prayer church for each one of us.Let's say for example, another example is um you've been promoted to work.Let's say you've got promoted to work, you've got more benefits, higher salary and everything like that.What is our attitude normally?Is it is it more of in our mind oh I you know I deserve this because I really work hard um because I come to work really early because I spend so many overtimes that's why it's my it'sme my ability my effort usually when this is becomes our attitude we become full of pride we become we become very um really we say to ourel oh deserve right so the way we treat others is different.The way we conduct our jobs is different.And the thing is we become we grow this anxiety because there's always there's always a an urge for us to protect this this role.
Whereas if we have this blessing and we always acknowledge, oh, it's only God's favor.Yes, I did a hard work, but you know, God opened the doors for me.When we always put the acknowledgement to him, when we rely on him, not on us, we become more grounded in our work and there's more blessings that's coming.Have you have you seen the difference, church?I'm trying to paint that picture here that when we rely on ourselves, when we rely on our effort, there's more destruction, there's more division.That is what Paul is saying.You rely on circumcision really to make right with God.I preach to you that rely on faith on grace because the outcome of that is we become more loving.You know is beware church because the Pharisees and the teachers of the law they are very self-reliant.They're very self-righteous.They thought the more they fast, the more they obser observe the Sabbath, the more holy they become.
But we know they're the ones Jesus said, you don't even lift a finger to help a brother or a sister.Amen.What I want to really be cautious about us here in church, beware.There's a bigger bigger tendency for us to really be self-righteous people in the church because we thought we know.But it's the opposite.We have to be more loving especially in our workplace especially with our family.We have the tendency church people in the church we have the tendency to be self-reliant.I don't know if how many times I've pastor Manise, pastor Anna, I've heard complain about pastor
ministry.Pastor, I'm the only one doing the hard work in the ministry.Pastor, everyone's late, pastor.Not everyone's participating.Probably measure of success is comparison with what others are doing.What if what if our response to that is, you know, the attitude is this, I'm going to do a ministry out of love.It says in verse 13, instead use your freedom to serve one another in love.probably we have the wrong motives in serving in our ministry because if we c keep on comparing to our brothers and sisters pastor look at them they're not performing well I always come here on time they know pastorthey're not performing well probably our measure our metric of success is to compare with other people but if the very start I want to really emphasize on this church because us it's a sad reality not only to our
church but to every single church that we have a tendency to always you know pick on others flow because of the sacrifices the more sacrifices we do the more we highlight other people but what if as I saidI'm going to do this ministry regardless of what others do I'm going to focus because I want to serve God I'm not going to look at people because they're going to let me down God I'm going to lookat You you know what's being happening church?You're getting freed of the envy, of the jealousy, of the comparison.And I pray if every single one of the ministers will embrace that, you know, I focus on God.I love people.That's why I want to serve people.I wouldn't look at other people because the it's so related to Matthew 7:3-5 says, "Why do you look at the speck or sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your eye?
Keep on looking at other people's spec.It's a lug.Let me take the speck out of you."when all the time there is a plank in your own eye and this is Jesus's word saying hypocrite that's hypocrisy the first take them out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speckfrom your paradus eye what is Jesus highlighting here let us not really compare let let us not really judge one another we've been called to do a ministry let's do it full of love.We don't look at people.We we love to pick on others fault but we can't see our own fault.And this my brothers and sisters uh is really dangerous because nine out of 10 we don't we don't really see it in ourselves, right?Nine out of 10 that's the case.So let's continue our um chap Galatians 5 15.
But you are, if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out.Beware of destroying one another.This is a message to the churches in Galatian 2,000 years ago.I think I personally think Paul has to resend this to every single churches in modern.Again, it boils down to the self-reliance.It boils down to because I did this effort that's why I have to be rewarded.But if it's Christ is our centered center the attitude in us so much different.Later on we'll discuss later the fruit of the spirit.So I say let the holy spirit guide your life.then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.In other words, lest Christ be the master, not ourselves.The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just opposite of what the spirit wants.And the spirit gives us desires that are opposite of what the sinful nature desires.
These two forces are constantly fighting each other.So you are not free to carry out your good intention.Christ is the master at the same time the self is the master.And what Paul is saying the two are rival a rivalry of each other constantly fighting in each other.That's why theme fully surrendered not partially surrendered fully surrendered.Verse 18, but when you are directed by the spirit, you are not under obligation of the law of Moses.You are not under the power of self, the urge to always rely on yourself.When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear.Sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, wild parties and other sins like these.Let me tell you again as I have before that anyone that living the sort of life will not inherit the kingdom of God.
It's very clear verse 22 what everyone has memorized and familiar with.But the Holy Spirit produced this kind of fruit in our lives.love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.There are no law against these things.And in verse 24, those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passion and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucify them there.Same with Corinthian says, "The old has gone, the new has come."Same at what Jesus said, if you have a new wine, you put it in a new wine skin.You don't because the new wine doesn't really align or match the old wine skin because it's been expanded already.But the people in Galatians, they tried love putting the new teaching of Jesus to the old wine.You've been saved by grace.You still need I think you still need to be circumcised.
You still need to do these additional laws and additional laws.No.and says since we are living by the spirit let us follow the spirit's lead in every parts of our lives let Christ be the master let us not be conceited and provoke one another or be jealous of oneanother one second
This section contrasts Christ as master with the self as master, explaining the conflict between the Spirit and sinful desires. The speaker introduces the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit as the key evidence of each path.
so if you go to the next um slide Please I want to make a representation.Christ is in this sphere and the other sphere is the self.Our tendency to rely on ourselves.Our tendency to put master ourself as the master.Now my question is who is our master?Again our topic is about freedom in Christ.Is Christ really freeing us from being the bondage of ourselves, our tendency to always be in self-control and moving on to being Christ as the master which resulted to love and loving one another.Let's go through if the self become our master.If we always always um follow the urge to be self-reliant Paul has listed the sins.You got to remember these scenes are particularly written for the Galatians meaning these are his observation.But let us try to unpack and try to get the link on how is it related to our today's society.
So I've tried to group them into um different categories.The first one first sins are sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, drunkenness, wild parties.These are all about self-indulgence.If our self is our master and then we really are obeying self-indulgence, self-gratification, self-centerness, it's all about me, myself and I.Ego-driven life.That's why if our ego is being threatened, weed differently.We become jealous.We go envy.We compare.It's all about self-gratification.And it's totally completely opposite to what the the spirit the fruit of the spirits are because everything in the fruit of spirit are spiritual and heavenly intangible but everything here is tangible.The reason why the reason why people participate into these activities is because of theirelves of their flesh master priority.It's selfishness.The next category is idolatry, sorcery, selfish ambitions.I want to call them the false gods.The false god.When someone else takes place of god in our hearts, then they become our idol.
the pagan gods not only the statues you know growing up I was really scared of the statues you know the Mama Mary's and the statues say St.Not only those are considered idols, but anything that takes the place of God could become idolatry, money could be our God.I keep on saying money is good.Have money, have plenty of them.But as soon as you love them, as soon as you put them as your priority, as soon as we worship money that will do everything just to get that money, then the money controls us any and we don'tcontrol the money anymore.Do you see the difference?And that enslaves us.And we need Christ to free us up from that.The love of money, we know, is the root of all evil.Possessions could be our idol.A lot of people really can't sleep at night because they've got a lot of possessions.
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possessions, you know, trying to really think of your money, your assets, and everything.Again, let me be fully fully clear.I'm not against that.But once that become your god, you are enslaved.We are enslaved and be in control of it.That's why we need Jesus in our lives.You know, even ambitions, selfish ambitions could be our God in history who's got this great ambitions.Alexander the Great, he wanted to he wanted to conquer the whole world and he did.He did conquer the majority of the known civilization during his time.But what has been the outcome in just an instant internal divisions happened with the politics happened in overnight?The empire collapsed.At some point, Hitler wanted to conquer the whole Europe, to create a new Third Reich, to create a new race.And I could say that ambition has enslaved these people, has driven these people.
And what has been the outcome?Have they had peace?Had they have happiness in the end?No.Because those ambitions has been their god and that has enslaved them.Ambitions ambition could be our god.You know there was uh in I think in ' 80s there was this lead guitarist from a very known band rock band.So the rock band is Metallica.I don't know if you know this rock band.They mainly playing metal rock songs.So they're very popular in 1980s.But the thing is this lead guitarist David Mustain they have to let go of him.Some pro probably a personal issues.So they kick him out give him a ticket home before they do their own world tour.Oh that must be very painful and hurt.And for Dave Mustain he set an ambition.The ambition is I will try to beat Metallica.
So he started this new band called Meade Death, right?So he worked hard.At some point that ambition has served him.Okay.At some point because he worked hard.He really want to beat um Metallica.So he worked hard, he wrote songs, he produced music, sleepless nights, really tired.And to a point that Megat band went ascend to royalty and fame.and to a point I think they were able to sold like 25 million copies of the album.What a success for us.For us it's a success, right?But later on in his life, you know, church, he admit that regardless of this 25 million, I feel like I'm a failure.Why?Because Metallica, the band that he want to be, sold 180 million copies.25 million.That's a lot.But because he set his ambition to really beat, that's a selfish ambition, right?To really beat that um that band that used to kick him out of the uh the group.
It didn't serve him well.That's why these ambitions, let us be careful.Selfish ambitions, what Paul is saying that going to enslave us and Jesus, we need Jesus.What could be enslaving us as well church is reputations or people's approval.When we are always in constant thinking of oh what will people think of me?Always having the opinion of others, we are a slave.We are enslaved of approval.When when we always worry what will people think that approval is our false god.In psychology they have this terminology fn fear of negative evaluation.And it's good because let's reassess our hearts.We may have these that we don't know at this point of time that we always you know consider other people's opinion
you know at to a point it's good to consider others opinion but if you're just living under their people's approval and then we are a slave we cannot never never grow.You're like a plant but enclosed in a box.You really want to grow but that box is people's approval and you can't go through that box up until we receive that freedom from Christ.Amen.It's only Christ because Christ said you are chosen not forsaken.You are a child of God.And why do we always find find the assessment our of ourselves in comparison to what other people are going to say to us?Amen.So fear of negative evaluation psychology says equates to higher level of anxiety.The more you are under this burden uh under this yoke the more you feel anxiety.That's why psychology really testify what the Bible say.The Bible's written 2000 plus years ago.
But the psychology is proving it right.
physical word by word but that's the intent when you're relying on yourself when you're relying on your efforts the outcome is you're more an um anxious when people's matter too much it's very crippling you're full of fear you'renot living a life you were called in Galatians 1:10 says I am I now trying to win the approval of human beings or of God?This is a good question.Am I trying to approve trying to win the approval of human beings or God?If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.Again, these are just beware because we may not know, oh God, at some point I realize I'm not fully surrendered to you.There's parts of my life that I really need freeing from this sinful nature.
The sermon groups sins into categories such as idolatry, selfish ambition, approval-seeking, hostility, and jealousy. Practical examples show how these attitudes enslave people and damage relationships.
Next category is hostility, dissension, divisions.Do we promote divisions?
But when someone comes to me and tell me some cheesemiss or tell me you know a colleague approach me and want talk about someone in the office and that's where our faith get tested because church as soon asyou add on or mang in Tagalog we're promoting divisions we're choosing aElvis, you know, my spouse is like this, it's like that.My spouse is very irresponsible.I told him to drink vitamin C.He never listened to me.Right.
We may be laughing but deep down let's try to really analyze our words.Does it really promote unity or relationship building or does it promote division, dissension, hostility?We need freing freeing.We need freedom from this unconsciously.
Colossians 4:6, let your conversation be full of grace seasoned with salt so that you may know how to answer everyone.You know the good thing, the best practice you can do, let's say, let's say in a workplace, right?The colleague comes to you and say, "You know, our boss, our boss is a um uh really bad.He's not a good operator.He's very unfair."Blah blah blah blah blah blah.Let us try to be neutral because first of all, we haven't heard the boss's side, right?We haven't heard why is the boss acting like that.Maybe the boss is just pressured.Maybe the boss is just having a hard time.Maybe all the pressure goes to him and trying to deflect all the pressure so it doesn't go to us.But maybe what we can do sometimes people just want a listening ear.Correct.You just listen.
Right.Okay.Yeah.Look, I understand.Validate their feelings.I understand that's what you're feeling.Probably they've got good reasons why this is happening.And then we don't participate in the V.As I said, the moment you provide input against that party, we're creating divisions already.And we just have to be aware.Sometimes, most of the time, church, we are unconscious of this.Most of the time, we are unconscious that we are doing this dissensions, having so strong disagreement between people, hostility, right?attitude of anger, resentment of bitterness to others.Another category, the last one would be I would call this a toxic emotions.Toxic emotions.We've got jealousy, outbursts of anger and envy.Have you come across people where they really burst into anger easily?They always shout.They always yell.They always react big time even to small things.I I've come across people.
You just ask them, "Oh, how's your day?"Good.
Right.
But that could be just an outcome of having self-reliance.the people who don't really trust God with everything's happening in their lives.Amen.This outburst of anger po especially when they're tired.
Outburst of not only anger but also irritations, all sort of unpleasant um unpleasant emotions, jealousy and envy.This one's big.Jealousy and envy.is sort of similar.I had this um um definition from the web.Jealousy says fear that what I have is being threatened or taken away.Again, well, they're self-reliant.They need to protect that image.They need to maintain a good image.So anything that will threaten that image falls under or resulted or manifest into jealousy.Probably why some people are very jealous of things.We have to go down to the root cause and envy.Envy is resentment towards others.You have this bitter feeling towards others for what?For having what I have.But I don't have and today in our society really the technology has made it easy for us to really facilitate envy and jealousy.Amen.With just a flick of a phone images can trick us into being jealous.
Envy.I love him.I love that he's driving a better car than I am.His car has got, you know, cars are being so so innovative now.You can have like entertainment um showcase inside a car, right?Can't wait for a massage chair in a car, a coffee machine brewer in a car, right?Oh, everything it's already Yeah.Uh Pico has confirmed they already exist.was I drive a what?A 1980 Garag Garag car, right?That sort of envy, that sort of jealousy.Oh, I travel to different places all around the world.Whilst I'm here stuck, my travel is only Windhamville to Footskay.That's me.That's it.We create that we create that resentment towards other people.Church nilaalways full of people better sounds good-looking pastor than you lthere's always tendency for us to have this jealousy that's why I said toxic emotions because church if we really claim that Christ is our master sinful nature.
They're all suppressed.I could say they they're there, but they don't manifest because you know everything that you have, it's all God's favor only.Amen.I drive this small car.Doesn't matter.It's God's favor.I am in this church.We're not perfect.Doesn't matter.It's God's favor.Look for the positive things.We got a good fellowship.We're small.We know each other.But if we think we always use the metrics of comparing to others, we will never be happy.We will never be satisfied.Because the measure you use to create to evaluate your worth, if it's based on other people, other family, other churches, you will never be happy because there's always someone or some place that is better than us.Amen.
Even so work work is always uh my example because I believe a lot of us spend so much time in work.How many times even if we didn't speak it how many times in our work that we thought I'm doing better than him or her but why do I get this promotion?Look at these guys.They're not even doing enough.I'm doing all the works.I'm exerting all the efforts.I was comparing.You know, the funny thing is psychology says every single one of you is thinking the same thing.That colleague may be thinking the same thing as you.Um Elvis is not doing he's not doing enough.He's coming in late.We have the tendency because again we're trying to define our selfworth in the measurement of others.But if our measurement is Christ, there will be no comparison.Amen.Amen.Freedom begins when we stop measuring ourselves against us and start entrusting our outcomes to God.
The speaker urges the church to stop measuring themselves against others and instead focus on their own work before God. He returns to the theme of surrender, emphasizing that true freedom produces peace, love, and self-control.
Galatians 6:4, "Pay careful attention to your own work."Jesus is say uh Paul is saying pay careful attention to your own work for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done.You want to be happy with your work?Pay full attention to what you're doing.The Bible says work as if you're working for God, not for men.Right?To live a happy life within your family.Pay attention on your family.Don't compare your kids to others.Don't compare your family to others.Pay full attention to what you're doing and then you will get the satisfaction and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else.Church, comparison is a toxin and over time and and it's a deadly toxin church.Why?Because most of the time we don't know it's within us and we don't admit that it's within us.That's why search your heart, oh God.
Let me know if there's any iniquities.Again, I'm going back to my main topic, which is Christ.We need freedom from the urge of relying on ourselves.Outcome of the sinful nature.We need Christ to really free us up.And then the revelation here is Lord, we are really a work in progress.And there's a lot more areas in our my life that I need to surrender.That's why I'm so happy with our theme fully fully surrender.I I evaluate myself.Lord, I'm still far from that.Fully surrender, but one step is a step for me to achieve that.Amen.And the rest is the fruit of the spirit, love, joy, peace, patient, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.In summary, if Christ is really our master, if we claim that Christ has really freed from these selfish desires, poet, these are the things that are majority in our lives.
There's more peace.There's more love.There's more understanding per in reality.Here's Christ.Here's self.Sometimes we're in the middle.Yeah.Partially Christ.Oh, today I'm partially self.But the challenge is let us fully surrender church.I'm not going to go through this fruit of the spirit one by one.Okay?That's your assignment.Is that all right?And I know you're familiar with that in your devotion, in your life group.Why don't you sit down and really uh unpack this fruit of the spirit?I just want to focus on the opposite, the sinful nature.But what I'm trying to say here, let us have a fully surrendered life to Christ.The freedom in Christ is not only freedom from the sting of death, freedom from going to hell.We know that basic salvation 101.But now at this very moment, we can experience the freedom of Christ every day and everywhere we go.
Amen.
A closing prayer asks God to free the congregation from envy, comparison, selfish ambition, and people-pleasing. The prayer asks for lasting peace, joy, and a life that reflects Christ’s love.
Let us all bow down and pray.Heavenly Father, we we worship you and we thank you, oh God, and thank you, Lord, for reminding us.Let us God assess us right right here.If there's areas in our lives, oh God, that you need us to be freed of, oh God, could this be envy, comparison, jealousy, making divisions, having false God, idolatry, oh God, whatever it is, are we living under people'sapproval, reputation, selfish ambitions, whatever it could be, God, Lord, these false God that could sometimes enslave us, Lord God, we know it leads to destruction, but God, since we accept you as our Christ, as our Lord and Savior,the freedom to get through out of that is there.Lord, we want to embrace that freedom.We want to be more loving.We want to have peace not only for certain period of time, but let peace be our default.
Let peace be our one and only status and scenario.whatever is happening outside.Oh God, I pray, Father, let us have self um self-control.Oh God, longsuffering, more patience, oh God, more loving, oh God.Lord, let there be joy in us deep, deep down in our hearts.Let there be joy, oh God.Father, we want to surrender to you, oh God.As the song says, Jesus, take the wheel.
In the next few minutes, I want us to really reassess our hearts to reflect to what Paul was saying to Galatians.And I believe there's a strong message for us here, CCM, and people listening online.There's a strong message for us on how can Jesus can set us free more and more and more.Let's all bow down in silence and pray.
Let us all pray.Father, I pray for my brothers and sisters here, oh God.You know their hearts, oh Lord.You know the desires, oh father.And the desires today, oh God, is to really embrace that freedom from you, to be set free, oh God.Lord, for so long, oh God, we've been living under that sinful nature.For so long, we've been so reliant to ourselves to a point that we always tiringly protecting that ego that threatens us.Oh Lord God, but God, we're surrendering everything, Lord God.Fully surrender to you, take over, God, and let me really have that fruit of the spirit all the time.Oh God, let me be more loving, oh God.Let there be peace.Let longsuffering, oh God, let there be patient, oh God, let there be joy, oh father, and let this be permanent residence in our hearts, in our lives, oh God, wherever we go.
Let us be the salt and light of this world, oh God.Let it be contagious enough, oh God.And father, thank you for these corrections, these teachings, oh God, because you're turning us into more like Christ.Oh Lord God, we're being a beacon of light, oh God, that everybody sees us, Lord God.Everybody that sees us, oh God, will point to you will recognize you, oh father.And Lord, may it be an attitude for us that whatever we have right now, it's all because of your favor, not because we're good.It's all because of your uh sacrifices, not our sacrifices.It's all because you loved us first, not because we are worthy and deserving, but your love is just overflowing.Let that be the default state of our hearts right now.Oh God, thank you Lord God for this message Galatians 5.And thank you for the reminder oh God that you have bought us the freedom and now we are free to serve other in love through Christ Jesus.
Thank you God in Jesus name we pray.Amen.
A follow-up exhortation stresses that faith must be more than confession; Christ must indwell believers through the Holy Spirit. The speaker also reminds the church that discipleship has a cost and that Jesus is the only way.
Praise God pastor Elvis for your life and dedication.Indeed you have heard uhexposition about fully surrendered and set free.I said last Sunday that in the churches a lot of convicted person but they are not converted.A lot in the churchesconfession of faith it's very evident but it is not enough because without incarnation what I mean of incarnation this is an incarnation principle the indwelling of the Holy Spirit all of those things you that you have heard.Nobody here will say you are not struggling on it.We are struggling on it.Some of us haven't really have that fully surrendered because we don't have that incarnation.We always live on that middle.This is the incarnation principle where Jesus Christ himself from God incarnate become a flesh.He said I am with you indwelling.If we don't allow Jesus to incarnate in us through the Holy Spirit there will be no manifestation.
Don't wait that you can take and all those uh principle you can embrace it if you don't allow Jesus to incarnate in your life.Sometimes we treat our faith our Christianity as an options and preference.I can be just do this because it's my preference or it's my options in following Jesus.Again I
remind everyone there is no option.is the only way.It's either we follow and obey so that we have we will set us free.No preference, no options but only Jesus.Maybe you will ask pastor how about our dreams and everything?Matthew 6:33.put Jesus first and all those things you wanted will follow.That's the principle.So don't treat Christianity or your belief or your faith just a confession or an options and preference.But let us allow God to incarnate.Jesus the Holy Spirit incarnate with us.That's the time you hear Elvis the fruit of the spirit will manifest the grace of God.The the good works you do is the fruit of the spirit because you allow Jesus through the Holy Spirit indwell in us.Amen.Praise God.That's our point because Jesus said follow me.Let us our talk.The cost of disciple is not a comfortable way.
There is a cost.Amen.
The church celebrates April birthday celebrants with song and prayer. Blessings are pronounced over them for a fruitful year centered on seeking Jesus.
And today we'd like to uh pray for the celebrants.April celebrants, happy birthday.Happy birthday to those uh April birthday celebrants.Who are the April birthday celebrants?Anyone?Don't worry.Uh we are not you are not obliged to have a party.Elana only.
Tyra, happy birthday.Happy birthday an Marco.Praise God.Michael, Michael, Ian.Can I call them here in front?
Happy birthday.
Marco, they're all beautiful people.Ian, Tyra, come Tyra.
Praise God.
Okay, let us sing happy birthday.Sing it now.Happy birthday.
Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday.
to you.
Okay, get your gift to your mom because tight budget.Anyway, let us pray for them.Hallelujah.Father, we thank you for this beautiful people that you have created in front of us.You have given them oh God another year and the years they have experienced you.Father I pray I pray that your grace abound that they will continue to seek Jesus to search for Jesus to spend time with Jesus oh God through the word of God.Father, we thank you for their lives and the lives that you have prepared unto them.Let them give give them a vision, oh God.A life that is prospering, a life that is promising because they seek you.because they search for your purpose to align to their purpose.In the name of Jesus, the son and the father, the holy spirit, I declare and pronounce blessing in each and every one of you in Jesus name.
Amen and amen.
The speaker outlines the church’s ongoing journey of faith, including hearing God, discipleship, and future conferences. A closing prayer asks that Christ remain central in every area of life.
Hallelujah.Praise God.Okay.And uh of course uh we will hear another beautiful says again on Sunday regarding fully surrendered and set free.part of this uh series that we are doing.Every month we have a series and this is I called uh CCM journey of faith.And part of this journey of faith as you have heard about the uh the announcement a while ago uh we will be walking through this hearing God.Uh and then this June there will be another conference uh called set free and then we have this uh disciplehip.These three things we will be concentrating concentrating in in our journey of our faith and I pray and I urge everyone no that we will walk through this and I just want and I urge everyone uh for themercy of God I will just uh use Apostle Paul's urging and begging ing and pleading in Galat and Romans saying, "I urge you brothers and sisters.
I urge you.I urge you church.This is my vision.This is how we walk because the way of Christianity is very challenging and I want us to be aware and to be just walking the path the way of Jesus.Let us walk the way of Jesus and let us walk for Jesus.Let us hear God.Let us constantly aware that we need freedom, set free of our souls and let us make disciples so that the legacy of faith will continue.It will we will believe.we will live what we believe.Amen.Amen.So let us all stand and to those uh people who wants to give their offering tithe and offering there is the there was the bank details and there give as you express your love to Jesus.Amen.Let us pray.Heavenly Father, we thank you for this opportunity to hear you through your servant.
Father, those are the words that you have led today to be hear by your people, your church.I pray father that the holy spirit will minister to each and every hearer.The spirit said those who have an ear let them hear.For the spirit will be the one who will convict us.And when you allow that conviction, it will be translate and transform us into the person God want us to be.Lord, I pray that your people will not only hear through their spirit but through their heart.That there will be a work of sanctification.that there will be a word of conviction that will translate to confession and repentance of God.Lord, I pray that you will secure and cover us for the schemes of the devil.Father, may your will be done.May your will be done.Lord, we thank you for this opportunity also.
And I thank you, Lord, for the lives of your people here in our church that their lives will be centered by the grace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.May Christ be the center of our lives, of our family, our community, our works, and every day.May the glory of God be upon us.I pronounce blessing and peace to each and everyone.Oh God, and may your peace abound and let your face shine upon us wherever you have planted us in our school, in our workplace, in our community.May we become light to the people who don't know Jesus.May our lives be a testament of your goodness in the life of the living.Thank you Lord.Bless your people right now.I release peace that passes all under to each and everyone.And in Jesus name we pray.Amen.And amen.Praise God.
Okay.
The service ends with another worship song declaring God’s unmatched greatness. The final words bless the congregation and send them out for the week.
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And as we're singing, holy is the Lord Almighty.Only you are worthy, worthy of it all.We see praise and glory.Wonderless
and love.This is our God.Every singand strength unto our God.Unto our God.Mashless, endless love on each.This is our God.Every child I sing, hey,
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There is no one.See, there is no one like our God.There is no one like our God.There is no one like our God.There is no one.Come on.
Let's see.Praise and glory.Praise and glory, honor and strength unto our God.Unto our God.Your master's endless love on strength.This is our God.Every child praise and glory, honor, and unto our God.Unto our Godless endless love.This is our God.Come on.Sing it out.Singo.
Have a good week, church.We'll see you next week.God bless.