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Why Generations? Why Another Church? (Soft Launch Message) | Andy Yeoh · Generations Church

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Hey there, you're listening to the Generations Church podcast. We pray that the
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word of God today will challenge, change and channel you into your God given
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destiny. Now let's get started. So why another church? When God say
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go do this? I'm like, why another one? What's so unique about
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you? What can you do that I cannot do? What's so great?
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Nothing? I'll tell you why. It's very simple. Matthew twenty eight,
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Verse nineteen to twenty says, go there for and make disciples of all nations
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and baptizing them in the name of the Fathers and Holy Spirit, teaching them
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to observe all they have commanded you. And behold, I'm with you always
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to the end of the age. The word all nations here is the word
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eth nos. It means ethnic. That's where the word ethnic come from.
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Eth Nos types of people, groups of people. Yeah, so you can
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group them by race, you can put them by language, you can group
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them by countries. You can group them by in biker ethnicity or I don't
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know, basketballers or like, uh whatever, TikTokers. Hey, God said
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to reach everybody, all kinds of people, So why not a church so
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we can do this? Mark sixteen fifteen says, and he said to them,
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go into all the world and claim hospital for the whole of creation.
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This word world is a different one. It's the word cosmos, cosmos,
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and it's living longer. Definition is three slices. You won't remember this,
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but it's okay. It's talking about nations, order, all these other things,
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the circle of the earth, inhabitants of the earth. You know,
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some people live in villages, some people live in Arda mansara. Some people
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live in high rise condos, some live on the ground, some live on
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the beach. God says to Prisons, gospel to everyone. Can one church
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do this or so? Why a church so that we can join hands and
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obey God's command to preach the gospel to everyone, young, old, fat
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thing, good looking, better looking girl, guy, and the confused.
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That is why another church. And that's my reason why, at least that's
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my reason why. I'm not here to do better than you. I'm not
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here to do better than the other one. I'm not here to prove anything.
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I just want more people to know Jesus. We want to be known
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as a church for all generations. And I want to take the liberty to
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kind of interchange the word generation with eth Nos and Cosmos, all generations,
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people who like the church, people who hate the church. Wow, how
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could it would it be to be a church that people just can't come to
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church? I hate you, but I'll come anyway. Okay, great?
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Great, because all issues includes you, brother and sister. Why not a
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church so we can do this a church for all generations. But we do
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want to focus on the next generation the majority. And I don't mean we
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want to be a youth church. I hope there will be a lot of
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youth in our church. That's my passion. It's my soft spot. I
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won't deny it. It's my soft pot. I love young people. But
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it's not just a church for the young people. You know, when God
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spoke to me about being a church that focuses on next gen, I actually
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argue and bargain with God. I said, God, can I just tell
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people I just want to be church? And God, I have this conversation
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going and goes like, why you want to say that, I said,
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God, Can I just can inot say next gen? Why I gave you
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the vision? Why would you not tell people that it's a church that focus
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on next gen? I said, Because then only the young people will come.
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Okay, what's wrong with that? Then the older ones won't come?
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Okay, what's wrong with that? Then dishes will have no money. I'm
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being very real with you, right, and God's like, Okay, here's
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how God mensa to me. He said, Andy, are you not a
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parent? I said, yes, I am a father. I have two
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kids. Okay, what do you think every parents vision, you know in
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the world is what's their vision? What? Why? Why do they exist?
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What do they go to work for? What? What do they exist?
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Oh? For their children, for the next generation. Right? Don't
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we choose where we live thinking about o kids? Who we choose the cow
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we buy thinking about our kids in the budgets our life because we've got kids.
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And God says, I want the church to be like this. The
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parents will come and you must go to Bible schools so we can teach them
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properly. Amen to to be a church that has a parent heart to it's
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always thinking and planning for the future the young people. Amen. That's why
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we reserved seats for the young people. Normally let the older one set and
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I respect that. So the older ones have seats, Yes, but I
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want the young people to know you are you are v I p You're not
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some back seats, some rejecteds. Some no more space than you. No,
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you're important. Amen. So we have named texts for you. You
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thought your seats. So it's a church for all generations with a focus on
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the next starting with it now that so now with a mind and I and
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vision on the next. Amen. So why not a judge? No enough
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to just enough, but also not enough because reach allations, all ownations.
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I don't know the reas people play my job. I really don't. I
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don't blame my job. I don't understand my job. I can't reach them.
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Somebody he has to reach them, start of my jung church. I
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don't know. The next version is why next gen? Why a focus on
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young people? Matthew eighteen one to six. At the time the disciples came
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to Jesus saying, who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven and calling
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to him, Jesus just called to him a child. He put him in
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the midst of them and said, truly, I say to you, unless
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you he's speaking to adults, unless you turn or the word convert. It's
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the same way as repentance. Unless you changed your mind, change the way
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you think, and start thinking like young people again. You will never enter
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the team of Heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in
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the King of Heaven. Whoever received one such chout in my name receives me.
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But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,
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it will be better for him frowards to have a great milestone fastened around
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his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. God loves
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young people and the word child here is the word pidion, and it means
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young child, a little boy or little girl. There's all those things influenced
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baby children, But metaphorically is children in intellect. Think like a young person.
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Remember how you dreamt as a young person. Nothing was impossible than right.
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Any job will do. I wanted to be a policeman because I watch
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a lot of Hong Kong police dramas. Whenever I watch I want to become
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Until somebody to me not possible. As we grew older, more and more
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people say that's not possible, that's not realistic, that doesn't make money.
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But God wants us to convert our minds, our heart and become younger again,
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Why next gen? Because God loves young people. God loves young people
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so much he thought the adults would be like them. First Timity four to
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Alve says, let no one despise your youth, but be an example to
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the believers. The new the King Jin's version said, be an example of
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the believers. That means all of your believers, the young one, can
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you be an example? You can represent the rest of us. Can the
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young people represent the rest of the church and show the world what Christianity is.
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Don't let someone despise your age, your youth, but being a sample
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to or off the believers in what very specific in word, in conduct,
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in love, in spirit, in faith, impurity. Amen. And that's
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why we want to go into all the world, even the world of young
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people, the world of business people, the world of entrepreneurs, the world
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of musicians, going to all the world and print the gospel. That's why
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another church. But why next gen? Because they need to be an example.
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So question, well, the word let me talk about another Greek word
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first, the word young. Here is the word notice is the word youth
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or youthful age. That means you can be sixty five and this scripture still
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applies to you if you if you have a young spirit. Imen. The
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next generation is not here to replace the previous generation, but to reinforce the
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previous generation. So the older ones don't worry you're you're not retiring so soon.
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We're not here to kick you out of a job. We're gonna work
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together. The young people have energy, the older ones have wisdom. We
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need both because if you just energy your bang walls, we wisdom. They
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say, use the door, you'll still get there. Amen. So a
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questioner, if the next generation are caught to be an example, who's going
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to be an example to them? Amen? The one who have been young
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before. Amen. So we need to work together. So what's so different?
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What's the different when we're talking about pastor this one? My pastor is
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so preaching my church, I preaching my church. What's so different? Can
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I be really honest with you, here's the answer, really nothing much.
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Generations here is not trying to be different than every nation. We're not.
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Hey, this it's too small a dream. Huh you mean just just starts
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to be different than the other one. What's the point going to all the
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world and be different? No, man, go into all the world.
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God spoke this to the Anglican Church, the Lutheran Church, the Metrict Church,
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the Baptist Church, the still finding out who they are church, to
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go into all the world. We're not here to compete. We're not here
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to compare. Can I see this from my heart? Really? What's so
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different about Gersey Church? Really? Nothing much? Nothing. We worship the
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same God, nothing much should be different really, actually, if you think
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about it, if you shouldn't be different, that shouldn't been a focus.
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And for those of you who are not Christians saying you do't know what I'm
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talking about, Christians, like everybody else, befinre each other. We shouldn't
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and I know you don't understand us, but hope we can all do better.
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What's so different? Why? Why is that even the question? Why
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are we focused on differences? No, we're not here to try to be
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different. We are the same. It's the same God. We should have
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the same purpose, same yet distinct, not different distinct. I can preach
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the same message with a different extent by the same message, right, So
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we are to be same in heart, distinct in our art. Like I
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said, I can't reach Mujong people I don't understand the game cricket, Oh,
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no football, bring it on same in a message distinct in our methods.
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Now back to the Great Commission going through all the world. That's why
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we're here. So why another church so that one more church can help in
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the Great Commission. We're here to join hands with everybody else to do this.
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I just came back from a conference in Amsterdam, and mainly this is
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what it's all about. The Global Church. One hundred and fifteen nations gathered
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together. Alpha was there, Louis Paula was there, Blie Graham, Rick
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War and everybody was there, which is there for one purpose. Let's reach
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the whole globe, every single human being. Let's reach them with a message
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of Jesus by twenty thirty three, that's ten years time. Seriously, all
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of your messagingis can one church do it? Can one movement do it?
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Can ten church? Just do it? No way? There are eight billion
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people in this world, eight billion people. Imagine basically, it's okay,
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we need everyone to reach everyone. We need everyone to reach everyone. Imagine
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if every Christian worked together to reach the loss. What if every Christian reached
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the loss together? There are eight billion people on Earth. Two billion are
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known to be Christians. I know, some going and go to church,
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some watch online, some do give tithes, some fighting, ots, whatever.
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Are okay. But if all two billion truly live as Christians, there
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is the six billion left that are not. And if your math is as
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bad as mine, then it's one to three, yes or no. One
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to three. What if you fast and pray and put all your resources every
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year to reach just one person? Do you know we can finish the Greek
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Commission in three years time? It's been two thousand oh years, my friend,
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because we focus on our differences. My church is better nice my house
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speaker. No, we need everyone to reach everyone. Hey man, it
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is actually doable. I know it's a very idealistic vision. Idealistic, yes,
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but we save a God who for whom nothing is impossible. It can
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be done so. But the key is twogether generations. Church is not here
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to exist on our own. We're here to exist together. It's the body
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of Christ. We don't ask you this. You're okay? You okay or
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not? You stands for unity. We've gotta be united. We're not here
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to fight. Why not a church ten people take the chest later? Twenty
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people be faster if we are here to stack up CHESSA when fire you are
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dancing over there and another two plans and of course cannot get done. But
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if you all focus, is it any wrong if we get more people to
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stack up chess? See? As long as we are united in our vision
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and our heart. Amen. But you know what's better than unity, remember
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you? Okay? Oh, it's oneness. Gee, Jesus pray that the
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disciples, there's many of us in this room, that we may be one
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fus unite and a Now all our unity you can see on the in the
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news. Because you want to win election. People who used to fight also
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they can unite. Unity is easy when you have a common goal or a
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common enemy. One that's is something else altogether. And so Jesus never prayed
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that my disciples may be united. He prayed that my disciples may be one.
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You know what other places the word one is used marriage, and the
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two shall become one, not to be divorced, not to be put asunder.
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You know where else is the world one is used. I and my
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father are one. And Jesus praised that my disciples may be one. One
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is a whole other level. One needs this a ifact. Just use this
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praise the verses before the Worse where he said what he told the father,
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what's yours is mine, what's mine is yours? There we say this,
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what's mine is yours, what's yours is mine. I'm not sure if that's
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the case now. No, I'm serious, I'm serious. That's what needs
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to be different. Other things we should be the same. Reach the world
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with the gospel, that's all. What really needs to be different is the
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way we think. If God blesses us with two youth, fast us.
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You can take one. We'll pay your salary or her salary for the first
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year or something. I don't know. We'll work out something now. But
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we're here to serve. We're here to do this together. Amen. What
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do I need? Thirty some men more? And I want to do with
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them? How to schedule them? There's not ney what services to schedule them?
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Take some luck? If God blesses me like you out, just remain
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small and KITCHI and you know God words, just to just okay. So
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because it's not about size on numbers, it's about reaching the world all generations.
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To us means young people, the people who in the business, world,
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entrepreneur, world, creative, wor because that's me. But also the
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ones that currently maybe find the church very appalling because maybe they're from the LGBTQ
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community or their cross dresses and transgenders, and they got no place to go.
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But God said all nations, and God sait all the world, all
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kinds of people, all groups of people. I don't have the strategy yet,
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but you're definitely welcoming the church, and let's figure this out together.
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We're gonna preach the Bible heart, preach the truth, but love people heart
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as well. Away in this together case or kingdom, the part of th
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kingdom is the same king, Amen, John seventeen twenty one. That they
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may all be one, just as you, Father, and me and I
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in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world
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may believe, So that the world may believe. We fight how to believe.
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Let's not do that. Let's be one church, one kingdom, and
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let's finish this task reach everybody with the gospel. And there's so many tools
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around that we can share and use. Imen So it's not about what's mine,
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it's not about what's yours. It's what's ours. It's our father in
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heaven, not limp pain in heaven, not ba back out in heaven.
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Way, not my father, our father in heaven. So homme account boom
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No, whether a small pictures whatever, No, we got like fifty fifty
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campus girl or half of campus whatever we want to surf. We're here to
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work together. Amen, this is what needs to be different. You know
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when when when? When? When the who are someone? When the Samaritan
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woman asks Jesus, oh, how should we worship a h Your people say,
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must worship there, that's Jerusalem, and then my people say, must
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worship on the mountain. How the worship are know? How Jesus answered,
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was worshiped in spirit and in truth. Let mess you say what? No,
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that lady is thinking? How many of us are thinking? Is it
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on the huge song type of song or the bad because house of Godma?
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You think God is a bear choosing picking styles? Is it I like bettle
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more than young and free because I'm not so young and I'm not free.
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Everybody to praying to me, I have to answer that prayer. No,
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Cory is saying, you guys are asking the wrong question. It's not about
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that, It's about spirit and truth. So we hear the surf. Why
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not a church so more hends can stack the chest together and let's learn from
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each other. Photo who you're like, Yeah, I'm not even a question.
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Oh my goodness, all right, you are the own nations, oh
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generations. We want to reach and we want you to know Jesus like a
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friend because he is you. Okay. The next time you ask this question
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you okay. I pray you remember Unity, oneness, Kingdom. That's why
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we're here. Amen. Thank you for listening to the Generations Church podcast.
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