David in his generation
In his lifetime
He did God's will.
He served
“Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.
Acts 13:36 NIV
https://acts.bible/acts-13-36
Moses. Heb 3:5
As servant
God's house
All of God's house
Faithful
“Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future.
Hebrews 3:5 NIV
https://hebrews.bible/hebrews-3-5
In Numbers 12:7, God himself testifies:
My servant Moses.
Faithful
In all my House
But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.
Numbers 12:7 NIV
https://numbers.bible/numbers-12-7
The batton
God's purpose
Kingdom of God.
The Gospel,For our generation.
Jesus
We've heard, followed what Patrick uncle taught.
God's servant.
Gospel is the baton. We have received the baton.
Running towards God's Kingdom.
Sharing the Gospel to people around us.
Are you holding it steadily?
Is your life reflecting it?
Noah walked with God.
Patrick uncle kept reading the Bible.
Claimed thousand of verses and made them his own.
Confessed the verses.
Those verses are the baton.
Our path, our relay running in the same pace, our life...
We have received the baton. Patrick uncle has given us the baton.
If he travels by rickshaw Or auto, he tells the Gospel to the driver.
If he goes to Market, he'll tell the Gospel.
In season and out. Preach the gospel.
We have received the baton.
God talks about Moses. My faithful servant.
John kedy story from Patrick uncle.
East islands. Cannibals. A young believer hears about them. Starts praying about it. Talks to his wife. They have a small baby. He hears the call from God. He doesn't think how he'll survive.
He prays day and night. He talks to the ship captains, who cross that island for their trade. They said, they are dangerous people, who often capture and kill people. We can't get near it, nor can we stop nearby. After much pleading they still refuse.
Undeterred, he sells all that he has. Builds a small boat, takes his family. New capritice island.
He had taken enough material to build a small shed in the beach. He had taken the baton. He needs to give the baton, Jesus to the people.
What happened next,. There is a
Strange fever in the island. Wife dies. He buries her next to the shed. Two days later, the child dies. He buries the baby.
The people around were hiding around the bushes. Watching him. They have the habit of eating flesh. Even the dead. He couldn't go into the shed.
He stands on his knees between both his buried wife and child. Lord you sent me to this people to tell the Gospel.
The people are waiting to eat him.
The boat is calling him, 'escape. The only way is to go back.'
One morning, as he kneels, he gets up goes towards the boat. He breaks the engine into pieces. He destroys the boat. Now he walks to his shed. He recommits his life. He says, use me Lord, spend me. I have given you all I have.
Today we have his tomb there in the island, which says,
John kedy, when he came into island, we were all cannibals.
John Kedy,When he died, 100% of the population of the island are God's people.
Now they are all educated. Schools, factories, and all dressed. They had not a small cloth over their body when he saw them first.
Patrick uncle shared this story to 3 people during prayer time. And dad is passing onto us.
Every knee shall bow. Every tongue confess. This will happen. If we commit like this. If we commit. Like John kedy. Wife, child, a small shed. The waves breaking in. The cannibals just over the bush are dancing in a distance... And the sun sets, and John kedy again commits, his life, to use him, to spend him, to pass the Gospel baton. There were so many troubles and trials, and God helped him pass the baton to the cannibals.
Not a day or two, Patrick uncles desire was to preach the gospel. He has now passed the baton to us. Patrick uncle's prayer is saved in the bowls. It's not going waste.. It's not something impossible for him. He has stored it in bowls..
Dad prayed for all those who hear the message this morning. We receive the baton. We receive and we are to run the relay race.... Are you ready?
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