1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,440 Amen. 2 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:02,620 Okay, this morning we're going to turn to 3 00:00:02,620 --> 00:00:04,960 the Gospel of Matthew in chapter 14. 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,260 Matthew in chapter 14, and the message this 5 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:12,420 morning is going to be a question, and 6 00:00:12,420 --> 00:00:15,700 that question is who will feed the multitudes? 7 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:17,800 Who will feed the multitudes? 8 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:21,620 Matthew chapter 14, and we'll begin reading in 9 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:22,400 verse 13. 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,240 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,280 by ship into a desert place of part. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,960 And when the people had heard thereof, they 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,940 followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,140 And Jesus went forth and saw a great 15 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:44,620 multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them. 16 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:46,680 And he healed their sick. 17 00:00:47,820 --> 00:00:50,180 And when it was evening, his disciples came 18 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:52,200 to him, saying, This is a desert place, 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:53,660 and the time is now past. 20 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:57,380 Send the multitude away, that they may go 21 00:00:57,380 --> 00:00:59,840 into the villages and buy themselves victuals. 22 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,840 But Jesus said unto them, They need not 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:03,319 depart. 24 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,820 Give ye them to eat. 25 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,600 And they say unto him, We have here 26 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,280 but five loaves and two fishes. 27 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:12,960 He said, Bring them hither to me. 28 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:16,040 And he commanded the multitude to sit down 29 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,020 on the grass, and took the five loaves 30 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:18,820 and the two fishes. 31 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,540 And looking up to heaven, he blessed and 32 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:25,460 break, and gave the loaves to his disciples 33 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:26,960 and the disciples to the multitude. 34 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,100 And they did all eat and were filled. 35 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,040 And they took up the fragments that remained 36 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,280 twelve baskets full. 37 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,220 And they that had eaten were about five 38 00:01:37,220 --> 00:01:40,140 thousand men beside women and children. 39 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:41,940 Let's pray together. 40 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:46,340 Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for 41 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:47,220 your living word. 42 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:49,980 And God, I thank you for everyone who's 43 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:52,740 gathered here this morning, that not a single 44 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:54,480 one of us is here by accident, but 45 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,760 you have brought us together on purpose, Father, 46 00:01:57,060 --> 00:01:59,260 and that you want to speak to every 47 00:01:59,260 --> 00:02:00,500 single one of our hearts. 48 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:02,960 So I ask you to give us ears 49 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,500 to hear what your spirit is saying specifically 50 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:06,520 to us today. 51 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,039 Each one of us, Lord, I pray that 52 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:12,820 your word would go forth with power and 53 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:14,980 the anointing of the Holy Spirit, because apart 54 00:02:14,980 --> 00:02:17,120 from the power of your spirit, Lord, we 55 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:17,900 can do nothing. 56 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,020 We can only proclaim the letter and the 57 00:02:21,020 --> 00:02:23,960 letter kills, but the spirit gives life. 58 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,980 So God speak today, we pray in Jesus 59 00:02:27,980 --> 00:02:28,480 name. 60 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:29,480 Amen. 61 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:33,600 Now, there was a hungry multitude, according to 62 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,000 verse twenty one, five thousand men. 63 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:39,040 That's beside women and children. 64 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:40,760 So how many were really there could have 65 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,640 been close to ten thousand. 66 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,820 When you consider all the women and the 67 00:02:44,820 --> 00:02:49,940 children, this vast multitude and they're hungry, they've 68 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:51,280 been there with him all day. 69 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,220 When Jesus saw them, he was moved with 70 00:02:54,220 --> 00:02:55,200 compassion for them. 71 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:58,840 When the disciples saw this great multitude, they 72 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,420 said, send them away. 73 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,280 Big difference between Jesus and the disciples at 74 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:04,800 this point. 75 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:06,940 There was a hungry multitude. 76 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,400 They were hungry for bread, something to eat. 77 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,700 But I want to talk to you today, 78 00:03:11,820 --> 00:03:15,340 brothers and sisters, about another hungry multitude in 79 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:18,200 our day, and they're not I'm not talking 80 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,700 about those who are so much hungry for 81 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,520 a piece of bread or a bowl of 82 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,120 soup, although that hunger is there and we 83 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,560 as a church should meet that kind of 84 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:25,840 hunger. 85 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:29,000 But there's an even greater hunger, a far 86 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 more serious hunger than physical hunger. 87 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:37,000 There's a hungry multitude that have yet to 88 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,660 taste the bread of life. 89 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:42,920 Jesus Christ said of himself, I am the 90 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:43,660 bread of life. 91 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:47,560 There are multitudes who have never yet met 92 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,740 the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal savior, 93 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:55,060 a hungry multitude that are dying without him. 94 00:03:55,980 --> 00:03:57,940 Now, in Amos chapter eight, I want you 95 00:03:57,940 --> 00:04:00,980 to notice this verse with me, because this 96 00:04:00,980 --> 00:04:02,440 is the days in which we are living. 97 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,260 I was sharing visiting with the brother earlier 98 00:04:07,260 --> 00:04:09,160 today, and we were talking about just the 99 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,300 state of the church throughout this entire nation 100 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:13,840 of ours. 101 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:18,760 And when you think of that, the state 102 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,959 of the church today, in light of these 103 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:23,820 two verses, I think you'll agree with me 104 00:04:23,820 --> 00:04:25,040 that these are the days in which we're 105 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:25,420 living. 106 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:28,860 Amos chapter eight, verse 11, listen to this. 107 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:32,140 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, 108 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,560 that I will send a famine in the 109 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,600 land, not a famine of bread, nor thirst 110 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,120 for water, but of hearing the words of 111 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:41,560 the Lord. 112 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:44,560 And they shall wander from sea to sea 113 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,360 and from the north even to the east. 114 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:48,900 They shall run to and fro to seek 115 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:50,880 the word of the Lord and shall not 116 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:51,460 find it. 117 00:04:52,340 --> 00:04:53,900 There's a famine in the land. 118 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,700 There are hungry multitudes who have yet to 119 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:58,660 taste and eat of the bread of life, 120 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,020 who have yet to receive Christ. 121 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,240 But the question I have today is who 122 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,300 will feed them? 123 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,280 Who will go? 124 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,160 Who will feed this hungry multitude? 125 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:11,800 We have the gospel, which is the power 126 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:12,940 of God unto salvation. 127 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,860 We have the word of God, which is 128 00:05:14,860 --> 00:05:15,960 fresh manna from heaven. 129 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:17,640 And if you're a Christian, you have the 130 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,460 living Lord Jesus Christ living on the inside 131 00:05:20,460 --> 00:05:20,800 of you. 132 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,480 You have the answer for the world today. 133 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:26,080 The question is, will you go feed them? 134 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,620 Who will feed the multitudes? 135 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,400 Verse 16, Jesus' disciples said, send them away. 136 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,480 Jesus said it's not or I'm sorry. 137 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,980 Verse 15, the disciples said, send them away. 138 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,760 Jesus said unto them in verse 16, they 139 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,340 don't need to be sent away. 140 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,540 They don't need to part. 141 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,200 You give them something to eat. 142 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,740 And the Lord would be saying the same 143 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:52,320 thing to us today when it comes to 144 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,480 Ingram, when it comes to Lady Smith, when 145 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,920 it comes to this entire area of Wisconsin, 146 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,140 who is responsible to feed the multitudes in 147 00:06:01,140 --> 00:06:02,660 your land, in your community? 148 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,020 You are church. 149 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,060 And though many would say, send them away, 150 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,520 we don't want those kind to come in 151 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:10,780 here. 152 00:06:11,420 --> 00:06:12,680 I don't know if there'd be someone say 153 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:13,240 that or not. 154 00:06:13,380 --> 00:06:15,000 There are many churches that would say that 155 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,700 I've been told that we don't want those 156 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:19,120 kind. 157 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:20,380 What kind? 158 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:23,640 The kind that the Lord Jesus Christ bled 159 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,380 and died for and gave his life for. 160 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,700 Who will feed them? 161 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,020 Whose responsibility is it? 162 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,700 Jesus says to his disciples, you go give 163 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:34,600 them something to eat. 164 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,980 And he's saying to us today, you go 165 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,980 give them something to eat. 166 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,760 You bring to them what they need and 167 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,280 what do they need but the gospel of 168 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:44,380 the Lord Jesus Christ. 169 00:06:45,420 --> 00:06:49,160 Now, in order to feed these multitudes, we 170 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:50,720 have to be willing in a few areas. 171 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,780 We talked about this a little bit in 172 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:53,380 Sunday school. 173 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,560 The first thing we must be willing to 174 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,560 do is we must be willing to carry 175 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,180 the compassion of Christ. 176 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,180 We must be willing to carry the compassion 177 00:07:03,180 --> 00:07:03,760 of Christ. 178 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,020 Notice what it says in verse 14. 179 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:10,460 And Jesus went forth and saw a great 180 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:15,420 multitude and was moved with compassion toward them. 181 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:19,380 He was moved with compassion toward this hungry 182 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:19,900 multitude. 183 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:23,040 Mark chapter six, verse 34, says that he 184 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,540 was moved with compassion for this multitude because 185 00:07:25,540 --> 00:07:27,620 they were like sheep without a shepherd. 186 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:29,940 Did you know I learned this not long 187 00:07:29,940 --> 00:07:33,340 ago from reading Charles Spurgeon that before the 188 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:37,100 gospels were written and even up to to 189 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:40,500 this point, I think you cannot find this 190 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,780 word compassion that they use in the Greek 191 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:43,120 here. 192 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,760 You cannot find that word in classic Greek. 193 00:07:46,260 --> 00:07:49,120 And the reason was when they saw the 194 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,160 compassion of Christ, in other words, imagine seeing 195 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,640 Jesus as he looked at this multitude and 196 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,660 he was moved with compassion for them. 197 00:07:57,420 --> 00:07:59,740 Imagine seeing Jesus as he looked over the 198 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:02,500 city of Jerusalem and literally wept over that 199 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:05,900 city when his heart was just bursting with 200 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:09,280 love and compassion for people and his eyes. 201 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,020 He wept for the lost. 202 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,200 He wept for the destruction of Jerusalem when 203 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,540 the disciples saw that they didn't even have 204 00:08:16,540 --> 00:08:20,220 a suitable word to define it because they'd 205 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:22,140 never, ever seen that kind of compassion. 206 00:08:23,060 --> 00:08:24,580 And they had to come up with a 207 00:08:24,580 --> 00:08:28,180 new word in the Greek for this kind 208 00:08:28,180 --> 00:08:29,960 of compassion that they witnessed in the Lord 209 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:30,760 Jesus Christ. 210 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,320 Do you have that kind of compassion for 211 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:33,679 people? 212 00:08:34,659 --> 00:08:36,240 Do you have that kind of compassion for 213 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:36,760 the lost? 214 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,059 This is the kind of compassion Jesus had 215 00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:42,000 when he saw the leper, a person that 216 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,039 would have stunk. 217 00:08:43,260 --> 00:08:45,540 The leper had sores all over him. 218 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,820 You could smell him hundreds of yards away. 219 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:50,800 No one would approach a leper. 220 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,800 And yet Jesus, when he saw the leper, 221 00:08:52,860 --> 00:08:55,420 was so moved with compassion that he went 222 00:08:55,420 --> 00:08:56,680 and even touched the leper. 223 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,060 When he saw a widow weeping over her 224 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:03,760 son, the widow of Nain, her son was 225 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,280 in a casket, he had died and she 226 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,380 was weeping over him. 227 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,620 The Bible says when Jesus saw that he 228 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:10,080 was moved with compassion. 229 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:12,880 And he raised her son to life. 230 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,620 When he saw two blind men that cried 231 00:09:15,620 --> 00:09:17,620 out to him, Lord, have mercy on us. 232 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,540 The Bible says he touched them. 233 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,120 He healed them because he was moved with 234 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,620 compassion throughout the Gospels. 235 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:26,300 You read this over and over again. 236 00:09:26,540 --> 00:09:29,180 Our Savior is a compassionate Savior. 237 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,620 Jesus is moved with compassion. 238 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,280 Now, when he looks at you and I 239 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,880 today, he looks at us through eyes of 240 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:35,780 love and compassion. 241 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,380 I want to ask you again, how do 242 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:40,160 you look at people? 243 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,540 It's only two ways we can look at 244 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:45,300 people, either through eyes of compassion or eyes 245 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:46,300 of criticism. 246 00:09:49,060 --> 00:09:52,560 The scripture says of Satan, the devil, Revelation 247 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:54,940 chapter 12, it calls him the accuser of 248 00:09:54,940 --> 00:09:55,420 the brethren. 249 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:57,540 And it says that he does something day 250 00:09:57,540 --> 00:09:57,940 and night. 251 00:09:58,020 --> 00:09:58,700 You know what it is? 252 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:03,460 He accuses them before God day and night. 253 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,840 Satan accuses day and night. 254 00:10:07,580 --> 00:10:09,940 Hebrews chapter 7, verse 25, tells us that 255 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:11,760 something Jesus does day and night. 256 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:16,460 He intercedes, he ever lives to make intercession. 257 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,740 And I want to ask you, which whose 258 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:19,900 ministry are you joining? 259 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:22,960 The accuser of the brethren, where you look 260 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,100 at everybody through eyes of criticism and you're 261 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:27,240 quick to accuse you're joining hands with the 262 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:27,500 devil. 263 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,320 Or do you look through people with eyes 264 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,380 of compassion and it moves you to pray 265 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:32,860 for them? 266 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:35,580 Then you're joining the ministry of Jesus, the 267 00:10:35,580 --> 00:10:36,560 ministry of intercession. 268 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,580 When Jesus looks at people, he looks through 269 00:10:39,580 --> 00:10:40,500 eyes of compassion. 270 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,760 When the disciples looked at this multitude, they 271 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:44,900 looked through eyes of criticism. 272 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,020 Lord, send them away. 273 00:10:46,660 --> 00:10:47,880 Let them buy their own food. 274 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,600 We've got to be willing to carry the 275 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:51,700 compassion of Christ. 276 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,840 I heard a story one time, a true 277 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,540 story about two people who were. 278 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,100 In a prison camp like a concentration camp, 279 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,160 these two men. 280 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,160 One was a Christian, the other was not. 281 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,360 Both of them were suffering. 282 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:07,620 They were starving to death. 283 00:11:07,740 --> 00:11:09,580 They were in filth. 284 00:11:09,620 --> 00:11:10,960 They were dying in this camp. 285 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,760 The one who was not a Christian was 286 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,520 in worse shape, worse health than the than 287 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,160 the other, and he had sores all over 288 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:20,340 him. 289 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:21,380 He was very ill. 290 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,320 He was dying. 291 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,460 And every day they would receive one bowl 292 00:11:25,460 --> 00:11:29,160 of rice, but the rice was so horrible 293 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,540 they literally had to separate what was rice 294 00:11:31,540 --> 00:11:32,560 and what was maggots. 295 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,060 Once they removed the worms, the maggots, they 296 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:37,660 would get the rice and that's all they 297 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:38,800 had to eat once a day. 298 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,940 And this Christian who was in the prison 299 00:11:41,940 --> 00:11:43,800 camp would take his friend who was not 300 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,460 a Christian and he would put his arm 301 00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:48,020 under his head and he would feed him 302 00:11:48,020 --> 00:11:48,500 this rice. 303 00:11:48,620 --> 00:11:50,360 He would even feed him his own rice 304 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:51,500 and he would go without. 305 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:53,880 He would wipe his wounds. 306 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,200 He demonstrated the love of Christ to this 307 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,520 man day in, day out, never preached to 308 00:11:59,520 --> 00:11:59,920 him yet. 309 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,820 But the day came when he saw that 310 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:03,980 his friend was dying. 311 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:05,200 He wasn't going to live long. 312 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,320 He said, sir, I must tell you something. 313 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,280 I must tell you about my Jesus. 314 00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:13,720 Have you ever heard about Jesus? 315 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,540 Has anybody ever told you about Jesus? 316 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:18,800 And this lost man who was dying looked 317 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,500 up and said, no, sir, I never heard 318 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:20,820 of him. 319 00:12:21,460 --> 00:12:24,020 But if he's anything like you, I want 320 00:12:24,020 --> 00:12:25,160 to know about him right now. 321 00:12:27,140 --> 00:12:29,320 Can people say that of you, dear friends? 322 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:33,280 If your Jesus is anything like you, I 323 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:33,960 want to know him. 324 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:35,900 I want to know him right now. 325 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,940 That's what the world needs to see. 326 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,260 The true and living God, the true Lord 327 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:45,340 Jesus Christ, who lives on the inside of 328 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:48,760 us, who is a compassionate savior, he's moved 329 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:49,780 with compassion. 330 00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:51,800 Are you willing to carry the compassion of 331 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:52,180 Christ? 332 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,560 That's who will feed the multitudes. 333 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:56,820 Who else will feed the multitudes? 334 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,020 It's those who are willing to be inconvenienced. 335 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,960 In other words, you're going to have to 336 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:03,780 get over yourself. 337 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,100 You're going to have to get your eyes 338 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:08,400 off of yourself and onto Christ alone. 339 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,220 And when you get them on Christ alone, 340 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,380 he will then also give you his eyes 341 00:13:12,380 --> 00:13:16,360 for others, for those in need of him. 342 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,120 It was not a convenient time for Jesus, 343 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,620 but there's nothing about the Christian life that 344 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:24,120 is selfish. 345 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,640 The reason I say it was not a 346 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,800 convenient time for Jesus is because of verse 347 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:29,360 13. 348 00:13:29,660 --> 00:13:30,700 Notice this with me. 349 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:33,900 It says when Jesus heard of it. 350 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,240 He departed then by ship into a desert 351 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:39,000 place apart. 352 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,560 What did he just hear about? 353 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,540 His beloved John, the Baptist, had just been 354 00:13:45,540 --> 00:13:45,980 beheaded. 355 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,960 Jesus loved John the Baptist. 356 00:13:48,860 --> 00:13:50,800 Remember what Jesus said about John the Baptist? 357 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,160 He said, I tell you, there's never been 358 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,880 one greater born among women. 359 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,140 He loved John the Baptist. 360 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,480 He had just received the news that his 361 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:00,960 beloved John the Baptist had had his head 362 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:01,420 cut off. 363 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,200 They killed him. 364 00:14:03,420 --> 00:14:05,860 Herod had him put to death when Jesus 365 00:14:05,860 --> 00:14:06,560 heard of it. 366 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,920 He must have been so grieved. 367 00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:09,900 Don't forget that Jesus was fully man. 368 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,840 He's fully God, but he's also fully man. 369 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,420 His heart must have been broken to hear 370 00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:17,020 what had just happened to John the Baptist. 371 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,340 And the Bible says when he heard about 372 00:14:19,340 --> 00:14:20,760 it, he got in a ship and he 373 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:21,820 went to a lonely place. 374 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,080 I'm sure it was to grieve. 375 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,880 But when he left, this multitude followed him. 376 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,720 It wasn't a convenient time, Jesus could have 377 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,480 said, you know, I know they're hungry, but 378 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:33,480 it's not a good time. 379 00:14:34,180 --> 00:14:37,040 I'm grieving over the loss of John the 380 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,960 Baptist, but there was nothing about Jesus that 381 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:40,740 was self-centered. 382 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:42,100 Nothing. 383 00:14:43,420 --> 00:14:45,160 Even in the midst of a time of 384 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,840 grief, he had eyes to see others in 385 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,880 need, he had eyes to lift that to 386 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,620 go beyond himself onto those in need. 387 00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:57,080 The Bible says in Philippians, chapter two, verse 388 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,860 21, the apostle Paul is is basically pouring 389 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:03,500 out his heart for this church at Philippi, 390 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,360 and he's saying, I want to send someone 391 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,420 to you, but I can't find anyone. 392 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,880 I'm paraphrasing, of course, he says in about 393 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,620 Timothy, he said, I have no one like 394 00:15:14,620 --> 00:15:15,040 him. 395 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,820 Who will care for your state. 396 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:19,380 Why? 397 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,820 Verse 21, Philippians 221, because all men seek 398 00:15:23,820 --> 00:15:24,600 their own. 399 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,780 Not the things of Christ, everybody's concerned about 400 00:15:28,780 --> 00:15:29,120 himself. 401 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,280 The Bible says in first Corinthians, chapter 13, 402 00:15:33,380 --> 00:15:36,520 verse five, that love seeketh not her own. 403 00:15:37,940 --> 00:15:40,200 When you love Jesus and his love fills 404 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,680 you, you're not concerned about yourself, you're concerned 405 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:43,380 about others. 406 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:46,120 All men seek their own. 407 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:48,440 I tell you about a church that is 408 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,260 sure to die. 409 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:52,540 It's a church that is obsessed with themselves 410 00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:55,220 and that seeks only their own. 411 00:15:56,740 --> 00:15:58,280 Love seeketh not her own. 412 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:02,300 Love, seek of the things of Christ and 413 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:04,300 what he loves and what he's passionate about 414 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,940 and whether you're inconvenienced or not, you remember 415 00:16:06,940 --> 00:16:08,340 the parable of the Good Samaritan. 416 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:11,600 There's a man who has jumped on this 417 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,540 road from Jericho to Jerusalem. 418 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,460 They beat him up, they stripped him, they 419 00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:17,440 left him for dead. 420 00:16:18,260 --> 00:16:20,640 And along comes a priest, priest got to 421 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,420 know God, right? 422 00:16:22,580 --> 00:16:25,240 Priest ought to have compassion above everybody else 423 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,280 is on his way to the temple. 424 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,620 What does he do when he sees this 425 00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:33,720 poor man wounded, stripped, beaten, lying for dead, 426 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:35,300 left for dead? 427 00:16:36,060 --> 00:16:38,280 The Bible says he looks at him and 428 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,920 passes by on the other side of the 429 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,060 road. 430 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:45,300 He walks right on by a Levite comes. 431 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:47,020 That's the one who's going to lead worship. 432 00:16:47,220 --> 00:16:48,140 He's coming along. 433 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:50,260 He sees this poor man. 434 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:53,720 He looks at him and passes right on 435 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:53,940 by. 436 00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:55,280 He's got other things to do. 437 00:16:55,660 --> 00:16:56,860 It's not a convenient time. 438 00:16:56,940 --> 00:16:57,820 Got to get to church. 439 00:16:59,990 --> 00:17:01,970 And the Good Samaritan comes by and he 440 00:17:01,970 --> 00:17:02,990 sees this poor man. 441 00:17:03,290 --> 00:17:05,410 And the Bible says he had compassion. 442 00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:07,210 And on him. 443 00:17:08,869 --> 00:17:10,490 He picked him up, put him on his 444 00:17:10,490 --> 00:17:12,990 donkey, led him into the end, paid his 445 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:14,950 time to stay at the end, he took 446 00:17:14,950 --> 00:17:16,530 care of this man, he loved him. 447 00:17:17,910 --> 00:17:19,510 Was it a convenient time for him? 448 00:17:19,609 --> 00:17:20,230 Probably not. 449 00:17:21,510 --> 00:17:23,490 Those who will feed the multitudes are those 450 00:17:23,490 --> 00:17:25,770 who are willing to be inconvenienced to go 451 00:17:25,770 --> 00:17:26,690 out of their way. 452 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,660 The story is told about a man I 453 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:32,660 heard one time he had a gift, an 454 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:33,800 anointing upon him. 455 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,380 He would pray for people that were sick 456 00:17:36,380 --> 00:17:37,200 and they would be healed. 457 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,740 He was leading people to Christ. 458 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,480 It didn't take long for the news to 459 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,100 spread, and when people hear that, they say, 460 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:45,300 I want to go and have him pray 461 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:45,740 for me. 462 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,000 I've got a problem. 463 00:17:48,060 --> 00:17:50,700 His ministry started expanding, he got very busy 464 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:52,600 and all of a sudden he started getting 465 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:53,940 calls in the middle of the night. 466 00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:56,580 One day he got a call in the 467 00:17:56,580 --> 00:17:57,220 middle of the night. 468 00:17:57,940 --> 00:17:59,880 He was so tired, but it was someone 469 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:00,440 in need. 470 00:18:01,540 --> 00:18:03,120 He hung up the phone and he said, 471 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:07,380 oh, God, will you please stop these people 472 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:08,820 from calling me in the middle of the 473 00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:09,160 night? 474 00:18:10,820 --> 00:18:12,800 Stop them so much, so many from coming. 475 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,140 And you know what the Lord did? 476 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,100 He answered his prayer. 477 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:19,740 He removed the anointing. 478 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,360 And from then on, he would pray over 479 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:23,720 people and no one would get well. 480 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,200 He would share the gospel and no one 481 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:26,900 come to Christ. 482 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:30,140 And it broke that man and he said, 483 00:18:30,220 --> 00:18:30,580 Lord. 484 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:35,640 Whatever the cost, give it back, I want 485 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,000 to serve you, brothers and sisters, if you're 486 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,700 going to follow Christ, you've got to die 487 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:40,200 to sell. 488 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,360 It's no longer about me, it's all about 489 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,480 him, because I am no longer my own. 490 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:47,620 That's what the Bible says. 491 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:48,960 You are not your own. 492 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:52,200 You've been bought with a price, the precious 493 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,020 blood of Jesus. 494 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,200 Now glorify him, live for him. 495 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,380 That's why you were created. 496 00:18:58,180 --> 00:18:59,920 Your purpose in life is to bring glory 497 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:00,500 to God. 498 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:02,140 It's not about you. 499 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,040 It is all about him. 500 00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:07,880 Who will feed the multitudes, those who are 501 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,640 willing to get over themselves and love people 502 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,280 and carry the compassion. 503 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:15,540 Also, it's those who are willing to become 504 00:19:15,540 --> 00:19:16,980 co-workers with Christ. 505 00:19:17,820 --> 00:19:20,220 Apostle Paul said in First Corinthians, chapter three, 506 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,160 he said, I planted, Apollos watered, but God 507 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,760 gave the increase and he goes on to 508 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,740 say, we're just co-laborers with God. 509 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:29,860 We're co-workers with God. 510 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,040 Now, I want to ask you a question. 511 00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:36,200 Could Jesus Christ have fed this multitude without 512 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,660 this little boy's lunch of five loaves and 513 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:39,240 two fish? 514 00:19:40,260 --> 00:19:41,300 Could he have done it? 515 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,540 Of course he could have. 516 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:45,020 He could have spoken the word and the 517 00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:47,060 whole hillside would be covered with fish and 518 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:47,420 bread. 519 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:50,280 He could have performed a miracle like that. 520 00:19:51,260 --> 00:19:53,140 But he chose not to do it that 521 00:19:53,140 --> 00:19:53,380 way. 522 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:53,820 Why? 523 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:58,140 Because he's looking for co-laborers, someone who 524 00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:01,660 will come along and join him in the 525 00:20:01,660 --> 00:20:02,040 ministry. 526 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,200 And all he had at this point was 527 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,520 a little boy and his lunch. 528 00:20:08,420 --> 00:20:10,400 And he took that little boy in his 529 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,740 lunch of five loaves and two fish, and 530 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:16,660 he performed an absolute miracle of feeding 5000 531 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:18,400 people beyond men. 532 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,060 It's probably closer to 10,000. 533 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,700 Are you willing to be a co-laborer 534 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:23,280 with Christ? 535 00:20:25,380 --> 00:20:27,260 It's a privilege to serve God. 536 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,460 It's a privilege to serve him. 537 00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:31,960 And he's not looking for people that are 538 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:32,480 able. 539 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,720 He's looking for people that are available. 540 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:37,860 He doesn't look for someone who's adequate. 541 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,640 In fact, he looks for people who are 542 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:40,140 inadequate. 543 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,840 The Bible says in Second Chronicles 16, nine, 544 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,640 that the eyes of the Lord go to 545 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,700 and fro throughout the whole world, looking for 546 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:51,220 someone that he can show himself strong through 547 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:53,740 someone whose heart is completely his. 548 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:57,900 God's looking for someone to join him as 549 00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:58,960 a co-laborer. 550 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:01,160 I love what my friend Edgar Rich says. 551 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,920 He says it's his power and my dependence. 552 00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:09,180 It's his will and my obedience. 553 00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:12,440 It's his love and my ability. 554 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:16,680 Listen, all God is looking for is for 555 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,480 us to surrender all to him and give 556 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,160 him what we have. 557 00:21:19,220 --> 00:21:20,440 And a lot of us, it's not even 558 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,740 five loaves and two fish. 559 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,120 Many times I feel, Lord, I don't even 560 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:26,680 have five loaves and two fish. 561 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:27,900 I don't feel like I have anything. 562 00:21:28,340 --> 00:21:30,040 And the Lord says, just give me yourself, 563 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,500 surrender all. 564 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,640 And he does the hard part, he does 565 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,460 the miraculous part, the little boy, all he 566 00:21:37,460 --> 00:21:38,960 had to do is give five loaves and 567 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,780 two fish, give his lunch away to Jesus. 568 00:21:40,780 --> 00:21:42,640 Jesus would do the hard part. 569 00:21:42,820 --> 00:21:44,840 That is the miracle of feeding five thousand. 570 00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:47,860 Are you willing to give your whole heart 571 00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:48,420 to Christ? 572 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:51,080 Are you willing to surrender all to him 573 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,240 so that he can use you? 574 00:21:52,460 --> 00:21:53,960 You know what the beauty of it is? 575 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:57,060 Those who surrender all to God will never 576 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:58,780 lack any good thing. 577 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,820 If this little boy would have kept his 578 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,160 five loaves and two fish, how many people 579 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:04,940 would he have fed? 580 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,580 One himself, maybe maybe a few family members. 581 00:22:10,780 --> 00:22:12,080 He gave it all to Jesus. 582 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,140 And how many were fed? 583 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,760 Over five thousand, Matthew six thirty three says 584 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,100 to seek first the kingdom of God and 585 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,280 his righteousness and all these things will be 586 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:25,940 added unto you, you don't have to worry 587 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:29,240 about yourself if you're sold out to glorifying 588 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,440 Christ, your needs will be met. 589 00:22:32,740 --> 00:22:34,620 The scripture goes on to say in our 590 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:37,020 text, in Matthew, chapter 14, that after they 591 00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:40,100 had all eaten this, the disciples had not 592 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:42,900 yet eaten, the disciples were serving the verse 593 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:45,280 20 says they did all eat and were 594 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,640 filled and they took up the fragments that 595 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,660 remained 12 baskets full. 596 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,400 How many disciples were there? 597 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,260 Twelve, how many baskets full did they pick 598 00:22:57,260 --> 00:22:57,580 up? 599 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:01,860 Twelve, that's our God, you put others before 600 00:23:01,860 --> 00:23:04,700 yourself, you serve others first and you will 601 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:06,520 go home with the full basket. 602 00:23:07,140 --> 00:23:10,620 Each one of you don't worry about about 603 00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,100 putting yourself first. 604 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:13,700 In fact, someone came up with a beautiful 605 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:14,400 acrostics. 606 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,060 It's joy, joy. 607 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,980 You want to have joy, Jay, Jesus first. 608 00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:22,600 Oh, other second, why you last and you 609 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,400 have true joy. 610 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,600 That's our Lord, that's the way of the 611 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:26,880 Lord. 612 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,560 For being poured out for others. 613 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:32,960 Now, I want you to notice finally, Jesus 614 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,340 did two things before he fed this multitude. 615 00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:39,380 He took the bread and the Bible says, 616 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:40,760 look at this in verse 19. 617 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:43,860 He commanded the multitude to sit down on 618 00:23:43,860 --> 00:23:45,340 the grass and took the five loaves and 619 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:46,880 the two fish and looking up to heaven, 620 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:48,160 he blessed. 621 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:52,500 And he break and he gave the loaves 622 00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:54,280 to his disciples and the disciples to the 623 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,460 multitude, he took the bread, he first blessed 624 00:23:57,460 --> 00:23:59,740 it and then he broke it. 625 00:24:00,580 --> 00:24:02,200 And if God is going to use you 626 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,420 to feed the multitudes, these two things have 627 00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:05,400 to happen in your life. 628 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:08,480 You first must be blessed by God. 629 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,060 You secondly, must be broken. 630 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,560 By God and for God. 631 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,200 It's only blessed and broken bread that feeds 632 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:17,940 the multitudes. 633 00:24:18,740 --> 00:24:19,820 What do you mean, Brother Brian? 634 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,340 First of all, blessed Jesus bless them. 635 00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:25,080 You know what the greatest blessing that we 636 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,440 need, that the greatest blessing to the church 637 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,940 today from the Lord Jesus Christ, the greatest 638 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:33,100 gift is this, the gift of his blessed 639 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:33,880 Holy Spirit. 640 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,960 That's the blessing, that's what we need to 641 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:38,780 feed the multitudes. 642 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,860 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 11. 643 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:43,920 Luke chapter 11. 644 00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:49,020 Is a beautiful example of what I'm wanting 645 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,540 to say here, Luke chapter 11. 646 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,840 In verse five, Jesus said unto them, which 647 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,480 of you shall have a friend and shall 648 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,280 go unto him at midnight and say unto 649 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,500 him, friend, lend me three loaves. 650 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,540 Now, midnight is a crisis hour. 651 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,280 And this friend has another friend coming to 652 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,560 him, he's hungry, he wants some bread, lend 653 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,380 me three loaves. 654 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,060 Verse six, for a friend of mine in 655 00:25:14,060 --> 00:25:16,280 his journey has come to me and I 656 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,880 have nothing to set before him. 657 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:20,800 Have you ever felt like this? 658 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:24,180 God gave you an opportunity to witness to 659 00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:24,540 someone. 660 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,940 God brought somebody across your path, but you 661 00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:30,640 had nothing to set before them. 662 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:32,660 That's who he's talking about. 663 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:34,600 It's a midnight hour. 664 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,100 A friend has come to me and they're 665 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:39,160 hungry, they're in need and I'm dry. 666 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:42,160 I have nothing to set before them. 667 00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:45,420 What a tragedy, what a tragic thing. 668 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,600 You know what happened after 9-11 when 669 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,500 the towers fell? 670 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,780 Many churches were full of people. 671 00:25:51,780 --> 00:25:53,820 They came to the church, but they had 672 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:55,380 nothing to set before them. 673 00:25:55,380 --> 00:25:58,760 In many churches, they didn't have a message 674 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,920 from God, a word from God for the 675 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,180 people and the people left just as dry 676 00:26:03,180 --> 00:26:04,300 and empty as they came. 677 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,480 God forbid, brothers and sisters, that when God 678 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,120 brings needy people across your path, you have 679 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:12,520 nothing to set before them. 680 00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:15,340 Who will feed the multitudes? 681 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,520 It's somebody that has something to set before 682 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:17,780 them. 683 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:20,340 They say, what do I do if I 684 00:26:20,340 --> 00:26:21,960 don't have anything to set before them? 685 00:26:22,060 --> 00:26:23,200 You've got to be blessed. 686 00:26:24,140 --> 00:26:25,740 What do you mean blessed? 687 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,460 Let's continue reading verse seven. 688 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:30,620 And he from within shall answer and say, 689 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:31,360 trouble me not. 690 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,500 The door is now shut and my children 691 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:34,540 are with me in bed. 692 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,040 I cannot rise and give thee. 693 00:26:36,540 --> 00:26:38,320 I say unto you, though he will not 694 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,960 rise and give him because he is his 695 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,680 friend, yet because of his importunity, in other 696 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,720 words, his persistence. 697 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,620 He will rise and give him as many 698 00:26:46,620 --> 00:26:47,260 as he needed. 699 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,160 And I say unto you, ask and it 700 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,060 shall be given you. 701 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:53,220 Now, now, as we read this, answer the 702 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:55,280 question, ask and it shall be given to 703 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:55,380 you. 704 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,240 Ask for what? 705 00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:58,460 Seek and you shall find. 706 00:26:59,120 --> 00:26:59,740 Find what? 707 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,940 Knock and it shall be open to you. 708 00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:03,160 What shall be open to me? 709 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,780 For everyone that ask receives he that seeks 710 00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:08,960 finds and to him that knocks, it shall 711 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:09,480 be open. 712 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,040 If a son shall ask bread of any 713 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,320 of you that is a father, will he 714 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,160 give him a stone? 715 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:16,200 If he ask a fish, will he for 716 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,340 a fish give him a serpent? 717 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,440 If he shall ask an egg, will he 718 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,580 offer him a scorpion? 719 00:27:21,260 --> 00:27:23,660 If he then being evil know how to 720 00:27:23,660 --> 00:27:26,720 give good gifts under your children, how much 721 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,360 more shall your heavenly father give the. 722 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,220 Holy Spirit. 723 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,320 To them that ask him, this is the 724 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,800 blessing, how are we going to feed the 725 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,120 multitudes first, we got to be blessed, what 726 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:44,860 is the blessing, the blessed Holy Spirit, the 727 00:27:44,860 --> 00:27:46,880 spirit of God, and apart from being filled 728 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,040 with the Holy Spirit, I have nothing to 729 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:49,560 offer them. 730 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,040 I have nothing to set before them. 731 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,320 And who does he give the Holy Spirit 732 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,920 to those who ask him who are filled 733 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,580 with the Holy Spirit, those who pray, ask 734 00:27:59,580 --> 00:28:02,020 and you shall receive, receive what the Holy 735 00:28:02,020 --> 00:28:04,980 Spirit seek and you shall find find what 736 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:07,240 the filling of the Holy Spirit knock and 737 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:08,300 it shall be open unto you. 738 00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,200 What shall be open? 739 00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,340 This filling of the Holy Spirit. 740 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,100 God says I will give you everything you 741 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:13,420 need. 742 00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:15,840 He says my grace is sufficient for you. 743 00:28:16,620 --> 00:28:19,160 And his all sufficient grace, once it's poured 744 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,540 out upon us, we will have something to 745 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:23,880 offer a lost and dying, desperate world, brothers 746 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:24,340 and sisters. 747 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,820 That's the blessing and the blessing comes through 748 00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:32,740 prayer, through asking, seeking, knocking till you find. 749 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,720 You're blessed now, what's the second part? 750 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:38,660 He blessed the bread. 751 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,300 Now he's got to break it and only 752 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:45,720 broken bread, only broken people, you know, for 753 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,560 years, I I broke horses for a living, 754 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,260 rode colts. 755 00:28:50,820 --> 00:28:53,100 And those of you have ever experienced that 756 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:55,960 or done that, you you take a horse 757 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,140 that, you know, somebody is not in their 758 00:28:58,140 --> 00:28:58,340 head. 759 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,260 You know what I'm talking about? 760 00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:00,700 You get one that's not broken. 761 00:29:00,780 --> 00:29:01,540 What's it like? 762 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,320 Stubborn, stiff necked. 763 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,780 They might buck, they might grab the bit 764 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:08,800 and take off running. 765 00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:10,120 They're not broken. 766 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:12,300 They're useless to the rider. 767 00:29:12,940 --> 00:29:15,520 A horse is not any good to the 768 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,380 rider until he's broke, broke of what broke 769 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:19,460 of his own will. 770 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,520 In other words, where his will is totally 771 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,780 yielded to the master and a good broke 772 00:29:24,780 --> 00:29:25,260 horse. 773 00:29:25,780 --> 00:29:28,460 My brother is still doing this and he's 774 00:29:28,460 --> 00:29:30,160 one of the most amazing trainers that I 775 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:30,380 know. 776 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:31,680 And you get on one of his horses 777 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,600 and with the slightest command, the slightest cue 778 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,140 that horse is going to do exactly what 779 00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:38,400 you will. 780 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,500 You want him to speed up? 781 00:29:39,540 --> 00:29:40,100 He'll speed up. 782 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:41,720 You want him to stop and slide? 783 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:42,840 He'll stop and slide. 784 00:29:42,940 --> 00:29:43,980 You want him to spin around? 785 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,760 He'll spin around on the slightest touch. 786 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,420 He yields to the slightest pressure because he's 787 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:52,180 broken until you are you and I are 788 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:56,420 broken of our stubbornness and our stiff neckedness 789 00:29:56,420 --> 00:29:59,460 in our rebellion till we yield completely to 790 00:29:59,460 --> 00:30:00,160 the Holy Spirit. 791 00:30:00,420 --> 00:30:03,720 And we respond to that slightest prompting when 792 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,420 the Holy Spirit says, do this and you 793 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:05,820 go. 794 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:08,520 Don't watch that and you turn it off. 795 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,360 Go away from there and you leave. 796 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,180 Stop and visit him and you do. 797 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,600 Spend some time in my presence and you 798 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:18,340 kneel and pray. 799 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:21,640 That's a brokenness when you yield and you 800 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,380 obey the Holy Spirit. 801 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,280 Brokenness, broken bread, John, chapter 12, verse 21. 802 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:31,700 Look at this with me, if you will, 803 00:30:31,820 --> 00:30:38,860 John, chapter 12 and verse 21, actually, I'll 804 00:30:38,860 --> 00:30:40,360 back up one verse to verse 20. 805 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,260 It says there were certain Greeks among them 806 00:30:42,260 --> 00:30:44,020 that came up to worship at the feast. 807 00:30:44,020 --> 00:30:44,860 Verse 21. 808 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,760 The same came, therefore, to Philip, which was 809 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,460 a beside of Galilee, and desired him saying, 810 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:54,040 sir, we would see Jesus. 811 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,420 That is, we want to see Jesus, I'm 812 00:30:57,420 --> 00:31:00,320 telling you, these lost communities around here are 813 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,780 waiting to see Jesus in you. 814 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,460 The real Jesus, we would see Jesus, we 815 00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:08,660 want to see Jesus. 816 00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:12,400 Verse 22, Philip cometh and telleth Andrew and 817 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,540 again, Andrew and Philip tell Jesus and Jesus 818 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:16,440 answered them. 819 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:17,660 What is he answering them? 820 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,200 He's answering this request. 821 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:21,420 We want to see Jesus. 822 00:31:21,860 --> 00:31:22,880 OK, here's his answer. 823 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:23,780 Verse 23. 824 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:27,280 The hour is come that the son of 825 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,420 man should be glorified. 826 00:31:29,380 --> 00:31:31,420 Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a 827 00:31:31,420 --> 00:31:33,300 corn of wheat fall into the ground and 828 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:35,000 die, it abideth alone. 829 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,200 But if it die, it bringeth forth much 830 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:38,580 fruit. 831 00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:41,340 He that loveth his life shall lose it, 832 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,820 and he that hateth his life in this 833 00:31:42,820 --> 00:31:44,980 world shall keep it unto life eternal. 834 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:47,120 He uses the example of a kernel of 835 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:47,320 wheat. 836 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,680 If you take a grain of wheat and 837 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,460 that grain of wheat never is planted in 838 00:31:52,460 --> 00:31:56,340 the ground, never dies, never breaks apart, you 839 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:57,980 have no fruit, you have no life. 840 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:00,640 You take a grain of wheat and it 841 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,160 never be broken, put it up on the 842 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:02,420 shelf. 843 00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:04,120 And what is it seven years from now? 844 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,840 A single grain of wheat, 10 years from 845 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,620 now, a single grain of wheat, but plant 846 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:11,280 that kernel of wheat in the ground and 847 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,120 let it die and let it be broken. 848 00:32:13,580 --> 00:32:14,440 And what happens? 849 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,440 Life comes forth, it produces more wheat, more 850 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:19,860 fruit. 851 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,180 You take a Christian who dies to himself 852 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:25,880 and is and denies himself and is broken. 853 00:32:26,340 --> 00:32:27,120 What happens? 854 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,340 Fruit comes forth, more Christians. 855 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:32,780 But we've got to be broken. 856 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:35,220 Matthew, chapter 16. 857 00:32:37,020 --> 00:32:39,540 And I'm coming to a close, Matthew 16, 858 00:32:39,660 --> 00:32:46,700 verse 24, Jesus said unto his disciples, if 859 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,440 any man will come after me, let him 860 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,280 deny himself and take up his cross and 861 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:52,860 follow me. 862 00:32:53,140 --> 00:32:55,640 For whosoever will save his life shall lose 863 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,540 it and whosoever will lose his life for 864 00:32:57,540 --> 00:33:00,120 my sake shall find it who will feed 865 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,320 the multitudes, those who are willing to die 866 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,780 to themselves so that they may live in 867 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:06,280 Christ. 868 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,220 Sadhu Sundar Singh. 869 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,040 Was a young man who was born in 870 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,580 the late late 1800s in northern India. 871 00:33:17,620 --> 00:33:21,320 He grew up in a Hindu home with 872 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,560 a Hindu father, but his mother sent him 873 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,880 to a Catholic school at the Catholic school. 874 00:33:26,980 --> 00:33:28,200 He heard about Jesus. 875 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:31,280 And he heard about the cross, even. 876 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,220 And when he was 14 years old, his 877 00:33:34,220 --> 00:33:37,600 mother died and he became so angry with 878 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:38,080 God. 879 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,000 So angry and so violent that at 14 880 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,200 years old, he began to persecute Christians, he 881 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,600 literally bought a Bible one day, had his 882 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,940 friends over and they ripped out every page 883 00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:52,060 and burned it, every page of the Bible. 884 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,740 He had no peace, he was tormented inside. 885 00:33:56,780 --> 00:33:58,840 One day at 14 years old, he said, 886 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:00,880 I can't live like this anymore, I'm going 887 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:01,560 to commit suicide. 888 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,800 He was desperate, he was beside himself. 889 00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:08,360 He said tomorrow morning, I'm going to go 890 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,040 out to the railroad tracks and lay my 891 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,020 head on the tracks. 892 00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:17,440 I'm through living that night, he cried out, 893 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,719 who is the true God? 894 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:22,500 They worship hundreds of gods as Hindus. 895 00:34:23,820 --> 00:34:25,260 Who is the true God? 896 00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:27,880 And even in his prayer, he said, Jesus, 897 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:32,590 if you're the true God, show me if 898 00:34:32,590 --> 00:34:34,250 you don't, if nobody answered him, he had 899 00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:36,070 plans to commit suicide the next day. 900 00:34:36,370 --> 00:34:39,690 That very night, Jesus gave him a vision 901 00:34:39,690 --> 00:34:40,790 of himself. 902 00:34:42,110 --> 00:34:44,530 He he met the Lord Jesus Christ in 903 00:34:44,530 --> 00:34:46,889 a vision as a teenage boy, he was 904 00:34:46,889 --> 00:34:48,909 so excited, he gave his heart to Christ, 905 00:34:49,070 --> 00:34:50,010 repented of his sins. 906 00:34:50,449 --> 00:34:52,230 He came to his father the next day 907 00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:54,050 and actually woke him up in the morning. 908 00:34:55,150 --> 00:34:57,070 Dad, I know who the true God is, 909 00:34:57,090 --> 00:34:59,590 the true and living God is Jesus Christ. 910 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:03,070 And his dad became so angry at him, 911 00:35:03,090 --> 00:35:06,470 he said, stop that nonsense, but he couldn't 912 00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:07,410 change his mind. 913 00:35:08,030 --> 00:35:10,390 And finally, he said, all right, you're no 914 00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:11,390 longer going to live here. 915 00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:14,030 We're going to have one final parting meal 916 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:14,830 and then you're done. 917 00:35:15,810 --> 00:35:17,730 They had a big feast and they sat 918 00:35:17,730 --> 00:35:18,490 down to eat. 919 00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:23,670 And after the meal, Sadhu Sundar Singh was 920 00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:24,730 kicked out of his house. 921 00:35:25,830 --> 00:35:28,750 His father kicked him out, he immediately became 922 00:35:28,750 --> 00:35:29,270 sick. 923 00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,110 It was discovered later that his father had 924 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:35,490 poisoned his food, trying to poison his own 925 00:35:35,490 --> 00:35:35,870 son. 926 00:35:36,650 --> 00:35:38,490 There were some Christians that took him in 927 00:35:38,490 --> 00:35:40,950 and nursed him and he lived through that. 928 00:35:41,470 --> 00:35:44,570 At 16 years old, he got baptized and 929 00:35:44,570 --> 00:35:46,750 surrendered all to follow Christ and preach the 930 00:35:46,750 --> 00:35:47,090 gospel. 931 00:35:48,170 --> 00:35:49,970 He preached the gospel all over that part 932 00:35:49,970 --> 00:35:50,350 of India. 933 00:35:50,590 --> 00:35:53,010 When he became a young man, he would 934 00:35:53,010 --> 00:35:56,290 walk over the Himalayan mountains and go up 935 00:35:56,290 --> 00:35:58,210 into villages on the other side and preach 936 00:35:58,210 --> 00:36:00,390 the gospel to Buddhists. 937 00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:04,010 One day he was on his journey to 938 00:36:04,010 --> 00:36:05,810 go over these mountains and these mountains, the 939 00:36:05,810 --> 00:36:08,310 Himalayans, you could not cross them by foot 940 00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:10,830 at night after the sun went down. 941 00:36:10,930 --> 00:36:12,970 It got so cold that if you tried 942 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,130 to cross them at night, you would die, 943 00:36:15,190 --> 00:36:16,190 you would freeze to death. 944 00:36:16,610 --> 00:36:18,270 So they would leave out early in the 945 00:36:18,270 --> 00:36:21,110 morning and they would journey during the daytime. 946 00:36:21,110 --> 00:36:23,090 By the time the sun went down, they 947 00:36:23,090 --> 00:36:25,290 were at the nearest village. 948 00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:29,370 One day he was headed over those mountains 949 00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:32,390 to preach the gospel and a Tibetan monk 950 00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,390 came alongside and they were journeying together. 951 00:36:35,450 --> 00:36:38,250 On their way, they noticed somebody was laying 952 00:36:38,250 --> 00:36:39,730 face down up there in the snow. 953 00:36:40,830 --> 00:36:43,770 They thought he was dead, they walked up 954 00:36:43,770 --> 00:36:45,210 there and rolled the man over and the 955 00:36:45,210 --> 00:36:46,190 man was still breathing. 956 00:36:48,670 --> 00:36:50,970 And the Tibetan monk said, what to do 957 00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:52,490 if we try to pick him up and 958 00:36:52,490 --> 00:36:54,010 carry him with us? 959 00:36:54,570 --> 00:36:56,830 It'll slow us down, we won't get to 960 00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:59,190 the village by dark and we'll all freeze 961 00:36:59,190 --> 00:37:00,010 to death and die. 962 00:37:01,190 --> 00:37:02,830 Sundar Singh said, will you go on? 963 00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:03,570 I can't leave him. 964 00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:04,150 I'm a Christian. 965 00:37:05,370 --> 00:37:07,090 I'm not leaving this man to die. 966 00:37:07,950 --> 00:37:10,370 The Tibetan monk took off all by himself. 967 00:37:10,710 --> 00:37:12,030 He said, I'm I'm going. 968 00:37:13,350 --> 00:37:15,730 Sundar Singh picked up this poor man and 969 00:37:15,730 --> 00:37:16,810 put him over his shoulders. 970 00:37:17,710 --> 00:37:19,470 And he began to pack him, it slowed 971 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:22,110 him way down, but he was determined not 972 00:37:22,110 --> 00:37:23,430 to leave this man to die. 973 00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:27,450 He carried him up the mountains and after 974 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:30,070 journeying for a long time, he noticed someone 975 00:37:30,070 --> 00:37:31,290 laying up there in the snow. 976 00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:33,850 It was the Tibetan monk. 977 00:37:34,450 --> 00:37:36,110 He had frozen to death. 978 00:37:37,370 --> 00:37:38,890 Sundar Singh made it all the way to 979 00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:40,410 the village and this man made it with 980 00:37:40,410 --> 00:37:40,950 him alive. 981 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:43,710 And he said, Lord, how is it? 982 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:47,510 That that man died and froze to death 983 00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:51,310 and we were so slow getting here, we 984 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:52,010 didn't die. 985 00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:54,890 And the Lord has showed him because of 986 00:37:54,890 --> 00:37:57,030 all that physical exertion of carrying that man 987 00:37:57,030 --> 00:37:59,290 on his back, there was body heat that 988 00:37:59,290 --> 00:38:01,090 was produced in between the two of them, 989 00:38:01,310 --> 00:38:02,930 they were kept warm enough to survive. 990 00:38:04,070 --> 00:38:06,270 And Sundar Singh said, the words of Jesus 991 00:38:06,270 --> 00:38:10,110 are true, Matthew 16, 25, for whosoever will 992 00:38:10,110 --> 00:38:12,830 save his life shall lose it and whosoever 993 00:38:12,830 --> 00:38:15,490 will lose his life for my sake shall 994 00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:16,130 find it. 995 00:38:17,150 --> 00:38:18,930 I leave you leave you with this, brothers 996 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:19,450 and sisters. 997 00:38:20,650 --> 00:38:24,190 Who will feed the multitudes, those who are 998 00:38:24,190 --> 00:38:27,810 willing to no longer live for themselves, but 999 00:38:27,810 --> 00:38:29,330 for the glory of God for which you 1000 00:38:29,330 --> 00:38:31,530 were created and the souls of men. 1001 00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:34,950 Someone inevitably says, but Brian, you got to 1002 00:38:34,950 --> 00:38:36,590 understand, I do have a job, I do 1003 00:38:36,590 --> 00:38:37,290 have to make a living. 1004 00:38:37,650 --> 00:38:39,730 I understand that and God knows that. 1005 00:38:41,170 --> 00:38:42,650 But you know what he's saying to you, 1006 00:38:43,150 --> 00:38:46,670 everything you do, you do with Jesus and 1007 00:38:46,670 --> 00:38:48,590 for the glory of God, if it's working 1008 00:38:48,590 --> 00:38:50,090 on the farm, it's for the glory of 1009 00:38:50,090 --> 00:38:50,430 God. 1010 00:38:50,550 --> 00:38:52,810 And even there, you're going to meet people. 1011 00:38:53,770 --> 00:38:55,930 If it's teaching in a classroom, if it's 1012 00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:58,890 homeschooling your own wherever you are, you do 1013 00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:00,150 that for the glory of God. 1014 00:39:00,150 --> 00:39:02,030 You're not living for yourself, but for him 1015 00:39:02,030 --> 00:39:02,690 and his glory. 1016 00:39:03,010 --> 00:39:05,930 And you're ready always to reach out. 1017 00:39:06,030 --> 00:39:07,830 If you're a Christian, God will see to 1018 00:39:07,830 --> 00:39:10,290 it that some lost person is placed in 1019 00:39:10,290 --> 00:39:10,710 your life. 1020 00:39:10,730 --> 00:39:12,290 If you're seeking to be used of him 1021 00:39:12,290 --> 00:39:14,870 and you're willing to go, he will show 1022 00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:15,570 you where to go. 1023 00:39:15,570 --> 00:39:17,230 He will tell you what to say. 1024 00:39:17,370 --> 00:39:18,290 He will lead you. 1025 00:39:18,750 --> 00:39:20,350 The issue is, are you willing? 1026 00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:23,150 Are you willing to surrender all and no 1027 00:39:23,150 --> 00:39:25,830 longer live for yourselves, but Jesus who died 1028 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:26,250 for you? 1029 00:39:26,510 --> 00:39:27,590 One final verse. 1030 00:39:28,330 --> 00:39:28,730 Listen to this. 1031 00:39:28,810 --> 00:39:31,410 Second Corinthians five fifteen. 1032 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:36,050 And that he died for all, Jesus died 1033 00:39:36,050 --> 00:39:39,030 for all that they which live should no 1034 00:39:39,030 --> 00:39:40,530 longer live for themselves. 1035 00:39:42,010 --> 00:39:44,790 But unto him which died for them and 1036 00:39:44,790 --> 00:39:45,410 rose again. 1037 00:39:46,870 --> 00:39:49,650 Who will feed the multitudes, you will church 1038 00:39:49,650 --> 00:39:51,030 if you're willing. 1039 00:39:52,570 --> 00:39:53,310 Let's pray. 1040 00:39:55,530 --> 00:39:57,430 Heavenly Father, I thank you so much for 1041 00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:58,710 this precious time together. 1042 00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:02,090 Lord, once again, you've reminded us that this 1043 00:40:02,090 --> 00:40:04,170 life is not about us, it's all about 1044 00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:04,870 you, Jesus. 1045 00:40:06,190 --> 00:40:07,970 And once again, I ask you, Lord. 1046 00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:11,010 Even to give us the willingness to be 1047 00:40:11,010 --> 00:40:11,370 willing. 1048 00:40:12,190 --> 00:40:15,730 To carry your compassion to others, to be 1049 00:40:15,730 --> 00:40:17,870 taken out of our comfort zones, even if 1050 00:40:17,870 --> 00:40:19,830 it's an even if it's not a convenient 1051 00:40:19,830 --> 00:40:23,030 time, God, make us willing to go. 1052 00:40:24,050 --> 00:40:26,590 I pray, Father, that you would bless us 1053 00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:29,150 with your Holy Spirit and that you would 1054 00:40:29,150 --> 00:40:29,930 break us. 1055 00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:34,210 That we would die to sell and no 1056 00:40:34,210 --> 00:40:36,070 longer live for ourselves, but for you who 1057 00:40:36,070 --> 00:40:37,970 died for us because you loved us. 1058 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:40,970 We praise you, Jesus, and I pray that 1059 00:40:40,970 --> 00:40:43,210 these words would sink deep into our hearts 1060 00:40:43,210 --> 00:40:45,990 this morning in Jesus name. 1061 00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:46,910 Amen.