Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
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Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
Jumalan käyttöön erotetun astian arvo
Taivaallinen kutsu muuttaa tavalliset elämät erityisiksi astioiksi Jumalan tarkoituksia varten, riippumatta menneistä epäonnistumisista tai nykyisistä rajoituksista.
• Kutsutuksi tulemisen ja valituksi tulemisen ero tulee näkyviin halukkuudestamme erottautua
• Jumala ei katso menneisyyttäsi kutsuessaan sinua—Hänellä on tulevaisuus mielessään
• Raamatun esimerkit, kuten Paavalin Makedonian näky tavoittaa uusi alue, osoittavat, kuinka Jumala ohjaa niitä, jotka ovat valmiita ja halukkaita
• Jumalan Sanan pesu ja Hänen Henkensä tuli valmistavat meidät jaloihin tarkoituksiin
• Jokainen hengellinen voitto, jonka saavutat, hyödyttää tulevia sukupolvia
• Varhaisen seurakunnan malli, jossa Jumalan kutsu tunnistettiin ja ihmiset vapautettiin palvelutyöhön, toimii yhä tänään
Kysymys ei ole siitä, kutsuuko Jumala sinua—Hän kutsuu. Kysymys on siitä, vastaatko: “Herra, minä olen käytettävissä” ja annatko Hänen toimia läpikotaisin antautuneen elämäsi kautta.
and then we published it. Jumalalle pyhitetyn astian kallisarvoisuus. It was such a carefully thought out article that I had to check it again to get it right. Jumalalle pyhitetyn astian kallisarvoisuus. Thank you, sir, for your word. Thank you, sir, for your kallisarvoisesta läsnäoloista. Thank you, sir, for your invitation to everyone. Amen. It can be your grace An evening when many can move forward in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen, amen.
Speaker 1:I started this morning. I haven't gotten very far. I read one verse and then I read a letter from my great-grandfather's mother and that was really the only thing I had time to say and talk about this morning. That's exactly what I'm going to say and talk about this morning, but it's so valuable when we have a call from God and when our lives are separated from the Lord. There are many who have been called, but few have been chosen. There are many who have been called, but few have been chosen. It can be a challenging thought in your mind how come they have not been chosen? But there has to be a separation for the purposes of the Lord. Even if you are already in faith, there must be something that you count everything that is in this world as valuable on the side that you can fulfill that call, so the value of that call must come to you personally as valuable as anything else. There are many things that you could do with your gifts, with your appearance, with your relationships. Some of you know people, some of you have a property. That property can enable you to do good or bad things. All these things are, of course, neutral things, connections of the heavenly calling, without being devoid of value, and we don't leave them with our natural gifts, but do what is necessary. We value the calling that the Lord has for us. The first place in the Bible that I had was from the second Timothy chapter, from the second chapter, the second verse. Before I read you a few more words from the chapter that my great-grandfather wrote, the second verse from the second of life, for he wants to be a mind for those who have paid him. I think that in this room there are people who want to be a mind for those who have called you. You have been made for a certain purpose and the Lord has given you gifts, skills, wisdom, understanding, potential and divine purposes, and we as people of course have a competition. Do we want to please people or do we want to be a mind for Him who has called us, and notice that I don't mean that you have to do all day long work, that you annoy other people that's not okay either but that you don't try to be a person in the end, but you want to be a person who has called you, who has created you. Amen, if you could help me a little, you could say something in between. Amen auttaa mua, jos ainakin joku pitää jonkinlaisen äänen jossain vaiheessa, ettei mua tuu semmoinen olo että mut on temmattu johonkin semmoiseen paikkaan missä on vaan vahanukkeja täällä salissa, ja täällä ei ole eläviä ihmisiä ollenkaan paikalla. Eli meillä on se näky ja tarkoitus ja tehtävä, mitä varten meidät on luotu, ja me halutaan olla mieleksi hänelle, ja me halutaan olla ihmisiä, jumalan miehiä ja naisia, jotka on erotettu ja jotka on erottautuneet sitä Jumalan pyhää tehtävää varten. Koska se on se, mitä mä haluan alviota tänä iltana, että se on valtavan arvokas, mitä mä haluan alviota tänä iltana, että se on valtavan arvokas. Sellainen astia on valtavan arvokas, joka on omistautunut, pyhitetty, käytetään avioliitossa. Kun puhutaan sanaa vihitty Tietyissä kirkkokunnissa käytetään pappisvihkimys, mutta se sana että on erottautunut ja on omistautunut the word has been separated and has been owned, has been given to him. Now that kind of a person is really valuable my great-grandfather, my father from a different family, from the family I'm from to read a short book from this morning. I'm going to read a short book from this morning. I'm going to read a short book from this morning. I'm going to read a short book from this morning.
Speaker 1:This is a book written by my great-grandfather. My great-grandfather's name was Olavi Lehto. This book is called the Stones of Memories. This is a daily book. He wrote this book, but it should be called my great-grandfather's father's book. I'll read it to you now. So my great-grandfather's book from 1918.
Speaker 1:In my early youth I had spent half of my life in army and in the world's healing trees. I have to take a break now because otherwise it will be too long. I saw all this more important and acted it well. I was a guest to the living Christianity, even though I had had influences in my childhood home. I read this and the other's thoughts. I did not want to take this humble stance towards God, but towards the misuse of Christianity.
Speaker 1:As a self-sacrificing person, I looked at things from the outside of Christianity. Later I have noticed that many have been affected by faith and the issue of salvation. I had read about atheistic literature which also affected my way of thinking. My parents and a few of the priests in faith affected me so much that I didn't get peace in the world. But God looked for a devilish boy, verse 2. There's a wonderful sentence.
Speaker 1:At the same time I experienced God's amazing healing power falling over me and the power of the curse disappeared in a blink of an eye. I was in daily contact with the Lord. At one point the Spirit spoke to me in an understanding way that even the words were separated. I want to heal you and free you. Are you ready to go to my affairs and bring the word of salvation to the dying souls? Halleluja, mikkelin sairaalassa Vuonna 1918. Ajattele Mutta se mitä mä jaan sulle hetken aikaa tänä iltana on sen Jumalan kutsun ja Jumalalle erottautunen elä-elämän arvokkuus ja arvo. Ajattele. Tämä tapahtui yli sata vuotta sitten.
Speaker 1:This happened over a hundred years ago. What an impact my great-great-grandfather had on my whole family. He left At that time. He was dressed in black clothes, which was a sarnaya. He was dressed in black clothes on a hot summer day. He was wearing a big hat and went to sing, to sing and to fill the call that he felt from God in his life.
Speaker 1:It's very valuable when God has separated you from God and you have the desire to fill that call and you want to see God's plans coming true and you want to remember what you've been called to. You want to by Him. You are called by His mind. There will be situations where you have the opportunity to be called by His mind and, as I said, your life's work is not to annoy all people, but it is real. He wants to Because you see what the attitude of people is and what the mindset of people is, and what the mindset of people is that you want to be in the end to the God who has called you. He has chosen you, he has called you and that divided heart and life is really valuable.
Speaker 1:2 Timothy 2. And 20 and 21. Just like we are in these chapters, let's read a few more. 2 Timothy 2, 20 and 21. It says this hope astioita van myös puu ja savi astioita ja toiset ovat jaloa ja toiset halpaa käyttöä varten.
Speaker 1:Ennen kuin luentan toisen jakeen makas voin seurakunnan ympyröistä nimeltä liänne. Semmoinen ajatus maa varmaan sulle halpa astia makat on kuin joku oli oikein oikein, oikein oikein niinku voiman alla, tai joku oikein oli taitava, joku oikein oli ymmärtävä, joku oikein toimi erinomaisuudella. Tuon täytyy olla semmoinen arvokas astia. Mutta huomaa, mitä tämä seuraava jae sanoo jae 21,. Jos joku puhdistaa itsensä tämän kaltaisista, jos joku puhdistaa itsensä tämän kaltaisista, tulee hän. If someone cleanses himself of this kind of things, he will have a holy, beneficial, useful, ready for all good deeds. Hallelujah.
Speaker 1:We are not afraid of all kinds of things that are in this world, that are fleshly, soulful, that are and inter-times. We live in this world and you know it's a strange thing. Summer is coming and you can eat ice cream. In between, I live in Paastola. So yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. And when you think about it, how does this fit together?
Speaker 1:This sentence there are things we can enjoy. We can enjoy. We can enjoy our other club, good food. There is sometimes good food in Finland. We can enjoy things. We can enjoy the winter of skiing. We actually have a long-term project.
Speaker 1:We have tried to get all of our international community members to come down on their knees. Some of them say that I'm going to go out in this weather, but it can be fun, especially if you have children. Go with them. We always say that there is no cold weather here. There is a lot of fresh air. So we see the positive side of it. You know that Finland is one of the best air quality in the world. Sometimes, even in the summer of March, it feels a little dark and a little cloudy. A lot of fresh air, amen, things that we can enjoy, things that are around us. Amen, and just make it possible that you can't turn too much but you just get sleep.
Speaker 1:The fridge is so small that it can fit one micro-battery. You don't need more. We are minimalists. Sometimes we think that Christian work is minimalistic. We are ready for any situation.
Speaker 1:We have also been around. We have seen many situations, been in many situations where there has not been much and a lot. We have not been afraid of many situations, been in many situations where there has not been much and much. We have not perished because there are certain situations. But do you know?
Speaker 1:We have a great God. When he began to create fish, the sea of power, he could not stop. Fishes are so many, different, amazing. How many have seen those pictures of the deep sea fish which are miles away? They are just amazing creatures. But many of them are so beautiful, with amazing colours and colours. Look at the perches, the birds, the flowers. Summer is coming and soon there will be newspapers in Koivu as well.
Speaker 1:I can't see so well to the neighbor on the other side of Vihdintie. We have always liked it that there are windows, that there is no dark room, that no one sees inside and no one sees outside. Here we are, we are waiting for the Lord's return. There is, of course, a window to the world where we are. So there are things we can enjoy and things we can live. And you can also live and enjoy the fact that spring is coming, enjoy the company of friends, but in our hearts the deepest desire is that we want to be in the mind of Him who has called and sent us. Amen.
Speaker 1:And where will you give the Lord your place? And now that you have separated yourself from that place, you have separated yourself from that task. You have become a priest to that task. It is very valuable. I told my great-grandfather this morning from my mother's side who started to preach when he was saved in the 1930s, and he started to preach good news. He didn't stay there and tell his friends, but he tried to invite people to his own area and he started to preach. He was ready to pay the price of what he paid that he could reach people.
Speaker 1:It's so precious to have people who have been divided into that task and tonight, as an inspiration of God's Spirit, I want to share with you something from God's word which can bring something alive to your heart that, even if you feel that I'm not very good, I'm not very valuable, in fact you have come through the blood of Jesus, when you were born again from above, immeasurably valuable. And God has a task for you and calls you, regardless of your past and when you separate yourself from it and say Lord, here I am. I don't just aim at what I feel, what looks good to me, I don't just aim for what feels nice or how my senses care about what this day looks like. Some look out. Others don't even go out of their beds. They take their phone under their covers and look at the weather app to see how this day is going. It's about the weather app, how this day goes, and then it looks like a beach day, a bad day? Oh terrible. And then there's a line that says this day won't be any good. The phone works as a heavenly prophet who cares about new rooms and for that reason it doesn't even get out of bed.
Speaker 1:There are things that can guide us, keep us, to limit us to a small box so that we can actually step into what God has for us. Do you know? In this room there is a huge firepower to destroy the cities of Finland? We have 308 cities, 107 of them are cities, and every one? Do you know? People in every city, every town, people has the right to know that there is a God who loves them, so that they can experience the power of God, feel the love of God, and that they have the opportunity to take on this amazing salvation that is one through Jesus.
Speaker 1:What is your task when you differentiate what God has for you? It's very valuable. Human life is very valuable. We live in a time when people do abortions without thinking about it. We live in a time when, in many countries, the so-called death of a person is a daily thing. When someone is a little older, they ask do you want to leave already? And then they give the opportunity yes. And we see in all these questions how little, in the end, is appreciated in human life. Human life is so much. People are so valuable and when God calls you and you feel that God is calling you, when you separate from that call and you give yourself wholeheartedly. Lord, here I am, I go where you want me to go. I do what you want me to do. I do what you want me to do. I say what you want me to say. I am who you want me to be, lord, not my own will, but your will. If something happens that changes our lives, it can be so precious, it can be so precious in time. I can't get a more precious person than you. I challenged everyone who was here this morning that if you think about the people who have affected your life in the last 10-20 years, when you have met those believers and those believers who have been your blessing, then how precious have those people been to you. And when you study their lives, you find that in the background there is God in the background and then a separation to that call, someone who heard the voice of God and didn't just hear it but also said Lord, here I am, I am a listener. Lord, I am usable. If you want to say this, then say it with me, that, lord, I am usable. I pray that before the end of this sentence I can say it a little louder.
Speaker 1:If we open together the Bible in the 16th century. I will read a few chapters from the 6th century. I'll read a few verses from Acts 6. Acts 16, verse 6. Acts 16, verse 6. And they went through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, for the Holy Spirit had promised them the word of Asia. And when they came to the place of Mysia they tried to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do so. So they passed through Mysia and went to Troas. And Paul saw at night that a Macedonian man came. The man stood and asked him, saying Come over to Macedonia and help us. Come over to Macedonia and help us. Tule yli Makedoniaan ja auta meitä. Ajattele että mennään tähän suuntaan. Pyhähenki sanoo ei tähän suuntaan. He miettivät että mennäänpä tähän suuntaan. Pyhähenki sanoo ei tähän suuntaan. Pavli menee nukkumaan. Hän näkee näyn jossa Makedonialainen mies sanoo tule yli Makedoniaan ja auta meitä. A Macedonian man said come over Macedonia and help us. Do you know how valuable is a life separated from God? How valuable is a life separated from God? Some of you have heard this story.
Speaker 1:For so many years we were in Finland as visitors. We didn't live in Finland then, but we went to my parents' place, we spent time there, we tried to visit them occasionally so that the children could see their great-grandparents and so on. And one day I was talking to my father and he told me that one of my relatives is in really bad shape In a hospital in Kuopio. Should we go and see her? I said, let's just go and see him. And the next day we drove to Kuopio and through certain means we got to know where this person was in the hospital. And then we ended up in the hospital department and then in my father's old childhood friend's room and he was just like that, he could just talk vanhan lapsuuden kaverin huoneeseen.
Speaker 1:Ja hän oli ihan viimeisellään, hän pystyi just just puhumaan. Ja mun isä pyysi sitten hänen viereensä kun hän oli muutaman sanan vaihtanut vanhan kaverinsa kanssa. Ja sitten mä esittelin itseni, sanoin että kiva nähdä ja kiva tavata. Ja sitten mä kysyin häneltä että hyvä ystävä, tiedätkö sä että jos tän he said to him the salary of sin is death, but the gift of God, the gift of mercy, is eternal life in Jesus Christ? And the Bible also says everyone who calls for the name of the Lord will be saved. I prayed for this friend and then we prayed together. He couldn't speak in a hurry because the problem he had was in the chest and chest area and he prayed with me. A few days later he had been baptized and a few weeks later he had moved from time to eternity.
Speaker 1:Do you know how valuable it is to be separated from God? We lived thousands of kilometers away from each other, on the other side of the globe. We were just in Finland, but we found a way to a place where we found a friend who was ready to open his heart to good news, which is from our Lord Jesus, that on that cross, which we have a model of on this stage, the price was paid, on that cross that we could get a new life and the blood was poured out. That we could have a new life and the blood was shed. That we could have a new life. And to whom it is? To the one who believes, to the one who turns his back on the world From the heart, turns to the side of Jesus and believes, takes his step like a little child, believes and says Lord, come to my life as a Lord, hallelujah. Today could be the day of your life change. You look at your home, think where is my life really going? Today you can give your life to the Lord and tomorrow will look much better. The Finnish forest will look better tomorrow, even though the forest newspapers are still there tomorrow morning. How valuable is a life separated from God? We have seen these kind of burning, burning flames, in Finland during the last hundred years and also in the past centuries. Men and women that God has used powerfully, who were completely given to God. Some of you have had the influence, influence and touch of such individuals. I believe that now is the time when every member of God's congregation, every one who is His own, is completely separated from Him because His calling, and when we are separated from His calling, it is so precious.
Speaker 1:Paul saw a scene where a Macedonian man said come over to Macedonia and help us. And when he saw that sight, we soon wanted to go to Macedonia Because we understood that God had called us to preach to them the gospel. Think if you had lived in Macedonia at that time and you would have never heard. He said If someone is calling you, remember to say it loudly and thank the Lord and pray. Why did you go so serious? And you know there as a result of that, when the organization of the land came, so that the real foundations of the prison were broken and from there a new congregation rose, where then Pavel later wrote a letter. A new pastor, spiritual workers, new people rose there. But where did it go? Pavel saw the sight, the man of God saw the sight, those who had been called saw the sight, and then they were eager, they all went there, and then they were willing, they went there together.
Speaker 1:The Lamb said we soon wanted to be able to leave Macedonia because we realized that God had called us to proclaim to them the gospel. Say hallelujah, how valuable is a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life separated from God, a life that is divided for God, a life that is divided for God, a life that is divided for God. There are many people who have been able to experience the call of God. They have experienced God's power, but they have not brought it to the place how valuable it is, how valuable it is. It is very valuable, it is priceless. It is very valuable, it is priceless. What is it to you? What is it to you? Where has the Lord called you.
Speaker 1:I said that in the last century there have been such raging storms in Finland and you think that God's man like Billy Graham, who is of course so elegant and practical, kind and he had a great influence in Finland. A few Christians in Finland who are a little more religious 30-40 or over say that they have never heard of Billy Graham, or beyond that. Then hardly any Christian would say that they have not heard of Billy Graham at all. Probably someone in his vicinity has come to be touched who he himself has not heard of from the evangelist Billy Graham's service. How precious is the treasure that has been separated for the use of God. How precious is it?
Speaker 1:This morning I heard the testimony when Tapio shared it and Rachel sang the song, which is usually the first song. It's amazing to think that in Africa there is a home without rhythm. She thought it was very funny that it's a bit like the Finns. They lack the rhythm, the rhythm, but think about it the first song. They are there, tapia Reitsa is there working with the hermit and they had the privilege to present Jesus to the whole hermit the first time, who had never heard of Jesus' name. If you haven't gotten to know what he proved this morning. How precious is that star? Like our friend here, tapio went to our Bible school and then he went to the church and met Rachel. They went to get married. I said I was with them in the haze when they got married in Florida and now they've been in England for some time doing the broadcasting in the Heimunpari.
Speaker 1:How valuable is that? David Livingstone's writings. When he was already a young teen, he worked 14-16 hours a day to study in a medical school as a doctor, because the only way to get a doctorate was to be a doctor. He worked around the clock until he was a young boy because his family didn't have money for his studies so he could go to study as a doctor. That there was a chief of staff who sits down with him and looks David in the eye and says but how about my great-grandfather? How about his father? How about his father? Do you mean that this saying has been around for so many years but no one has come to tell us about it? How valuable is the Hallelujah? Hallelujah, he wanted his own son to die before us so that we could have life, hallelujah.
Speaker 1:How valuable is that? God-divided? No, hallelujah. Go to the neighbor's side, look them in the eye and ask are you awake? Sometimes we have to check, we have to take care of our brothers and sisters, and I don't say this in any way with a bad mind. I just know that some of you have been doing this for a long week and some of you have been serving every day during the last week and the physical body is like it's like the battery is running out. We're going to be for his presence. The batteries can start. In fact, we have a wireless charging in every seat here. Every seat has a wireless charging. Someone is looking for a stick there. Where is it? Apostle John 13.
Speaker 1:And the congregation of Antioch had prophets and teachers. In fact, the congregation of Antioch is a wonderful place to study because there were all the nations and all the nations and there was a great power of God and there were also gifts. Here we are talking about prophets and teachers Barnabas and Simeon, who were called Niger and Luke Eraskanus calls this name Niger that he was a black man, he was from different nations, different groups, who served, who were filled with the Spirit of God, who were the elders there. And Lucius, a Kyrenian. And Manan a-leafed, herod's plant companion.
Speaker 1:And Saul, and while they were working in service to the Lord and in fasting, the Holy Spirit said Give me Barnabas and Saul to work in the work which I have called them to do. I want to first notice who was the one who called. God is the one who called. We cannot call anyone, but we can recognize that call as God's inspiration. Last week we laid hands on people, so now I see that this is God's call. There are people who have been separated from God's work. We want to be close, we want to be in communion, we want to be in a relationship where we can encourage each other and take into account the call of God and the victory that is in their hands, just like I said before. Then they prayed and put their hands on them and let them go. Say it with me, let them go.
Speaker 1:So the church, when it's not meant to be a place where you put glue on the seats hey, tomi, I can't leave. What's the matter? Make sure that your brother or sister doesn't get to leave. Glue them to the place. Sometimes pastors get the feeling that they don't want to glue people to the bench but also glue their mouth to it. But that's a whole other thing, or ears to go and listen to all kinds of nonsense. But people have that freedom and we have that trust. Go listen. I don't need all this nonsense. But people have that freedom and we have that trust and we are also responsible for what we are doing and where we are. Amen. But the next task is not to lock people in four walls and not get them out, but, more importantly, that the word can be kept in our hearts and the fire of God can come on us, and then we have to move.
Speaker 1:Saa tallettua meidän sydämme ja Jumalan tuli saa tulla meidän päälle ja sit meidän on pakko lähteä liikkeelle. Ja se ei kaikki kohdalla tarkoita sitä että jokainen nyt muuttaa tänä iltana kaupungista pois. Viesti alkaa tulla eri seurakuntalaista minä muutin tänne. Minä muutin tänne Vaan. Me ollaan Jumalan hengejohdotuksessa Ja me ollaan tä.
Speaker 1:We are full of what God has given us, but it is so valuable. Think how valuable Barnabas and Saulus are, who were then called Paavolix when he took the position. Think how valuable that call was. Think, do you think that God is looking at this group that is now on the ground as the least? We have a lot more people, over 8 billion people, but where does God find those steps, those that are not only God's calling but also divided for that task, those who want to please Him, who has called them and led them, and he who has called them and sent them.
Speaker 1:He took Barnabas and Saul and brought them to the elders of the congregation. There were teachers, prophets. The Holy Spirit had spoken. Notice, if you had an apostle in the congregation, paul, you would also pray twice before sending him. Many think that it's a pretty good, forceful place in the congregationali himself is in a pretty good position in the church. Once again, I hope for an answer. A small one, okay, a small one. Thank you for the courage, but think about it. They prayed twice. They prayed twice, and then they took the better one, the better one, saul, and they lowered their hands to them and let them go. And that's where their first journey of mission started, where, then, new churches were born.
Speaker 1:What we just read. They were in the leadership of God's Holy Spirit. And then the call to Macedonia came. The call to Macedonia, come here, come here, come here. Do you know? There are shouts that rise to God's ears this evening, and when we have our ears to hear, and when we have our ears to hear, we are his devoted servants. Do you know, god does not consult your past. When he calls you, he has a future in mind. If you tell God about your past, it's a good thing that we recognize Him, the things that have gone wrong we are the most open in God's eyes but he already knows everything. When you tell Him about your past, god is like that's awful.
Speaker 1:As a pastor, I've had a few occasions in years where my mind is full of thoughts what the heck? But growing up I'm like, oh my, what the hell? But the pastors were like, oh my, I thought I've never heard anything like this. How can life be so high and low? But then I thought, okay, let's pray. But you know, we are people. But nothing comes to God as a surprise. He already knows what the situation is and you know, think Paavali was also. I think he chose Paavali because he would show us an example that, even if it would have been the one who poisoned the congregation, there is no situation that he could not turn around and bring glory to God, bring God's kingdom forward, bring his glory to it. But how precious is that? To bring the kingdom of God forward, to bring His glory forward, but how precious is that?
Speaker 1:I mentioned my great-grandfather in a few words In the 30's and he went forward Service work, my great-great-grandfather From my father's side, who prayed in 1918. And said Lord, if you can use me, I'm usable. He got excited, got up from bed and cried. I thought I want to be usable If you, lord, can use me.
Speaker 1:My great-grandfather, whom I spoke to in the morning. He said I had a feeling that God had chosen the wrong man, but then I understood that God doesn't make mistakes. So I had to be ashamed Because he had this understanding that in no way am I. But he had to be ashamed of the fact that God doesn't make mistakes. If he called me, he called me. And to some of you I pray there's this kind of understanding in your heart. The Lord has called me. He didn't make any mistakes when he looked for me and found me and I said, yes, you have to think that the Lord has made mistakes. He doesn't make mistakes.
Speaker 1:And then, when you own and separate from the whole heart, how precious a thing it is, how precious a thing it is. How precious a thing it is, do you know? There are people in all the nations of the world who are completely separated from the Lord. And do you know, eternity alone will show its fruit. In this age, we can hear good news, meet people. Some will say it's nice what you've done. Sometimes there will be some hate through social done. Sometimes there will be some hateful messages on social media, but often positive messages. This is what happened Sometimes when we hear from the team on the street that these things happen. Good news, but only eternity will tell us once what the fruit will really be. We won't see the whole fruit in this time. What can God's separated?
Speaker 1:There were young people who were apparently a candidate for the party and they were screaming. Then there were families. A father and a mother came to the plane, then there were children and a party waiting there and then they were screaming together. Do you know how these people grow up when they come? And they haven't seen each other for a long time. It was so great to see it and while I was waiting for someone to come there and I went get them, I thought that one day in heaven, the encounter will be on a completely different level. There will be people who will respond. You haven't thought about it, naturally, you haven't even remembered it, but then in 2019, somewhere in the corner of Espoo, you talked to some guy. You guided him to Jesus' face To be happy together.
Speaker 1:How valuable it is. This doesn't just affect one or two. I don't like the whole priesthood name at first Because we have all had new creations and I understand that there are different tasks, but the fact that we classify people into different departments. God's call is on you and the heavens knows what God wants to do through you in these last times. But I want you to understand once and for all If I raise my voice it doesn't mean that I'm annoyed at you, but I want you to know that. You know how great a value it is when God has called you and then you have said that I am here. How great a value was Jesaja In his time, a great prophet of God.
Speaker 1:Sometimes it has been said that Jesaja's Isaiah is like a bible in one book, a huge book, the book of Isaiah. But what did he say? Here I am. Send me the book of Isaiah in the sixth book. When he got the touch, the needle was taken from the altar and it touched Isaiah's mouth. He was separated from God for the use of God. Hallelujah In the Gospel of John.
Speaker 1:Jesus said in the 15th century that you are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. So it's the word of God that washes us. This evening as well, there has been a washing through the word of God. In Ephesians 5,. The word of God says and speaks of the washing of the word. The Lord washes us through his word. If we want to be separated from the Lord, we have to give the wash of the word. Sometimes we have our own opinions that we have to leave there and take what God says about those things. Give the wash. Give that word.
Speaker 1:Position. Has anyone here ever had a bad position? If you have children, the best thing, one of the most effective things to change, is when you notice a bad position in your own children, then you get annoyed with it. But then five seconds later you notice that it's the position you've always had, but now it's moved to your child and then you can't get annoyed with your child. When you've actually got annoyed with yourself, then you go home to pray, to wake up. I'm not going to ask who's been like this, I'm not asking who's been through this, but it's a really good way to motivate yourself to change, because all the victories you get your children don't have to go through them. So every victory you get in your life, you transfer it to your children. They don't have to do the same, they don't have to hit the wall with the same thing as you, but all the compromises you make, you transfer the responsibility to your children. They need to win them later.
Speaker 1:Some of you know what I'm talking about Because you've had to go through battles that your father could have dealt with if he had wanted to give the word to the washing machine. So take that thing seriously. Because of that, of course, you have come For a big reason so that you can hear the word tonight. The word washes you, cleanses you, and the word does its job. And then also in the third chapter of the Malachi book we talk about it. We talk about Jesus who comes, who washes the cleaners' soap, the fire that cleanses gold and silver. The fire of the Lord can do the work. He washes us clean Through his holy spirit, fire and power. Hallelujah.
Speaker 1:Luke 3.16 says that he is the one who gives with the Holy Spirit and fire. Say hallelujah, say with me Holy Spirit and fire. And Romans 12 speaks of how we must renew through the renewal of the mind. You ask why did I say these things? Because these are the things that are steps on our part that relate to the fact that we can be steps that are ready for the use of God. Some of you have such ideas your mind has not yet been renewed in some area and because of that you cannot be in the use of the Lord. But we can separate own. Give the word of the Lord, give the Holy Spirit to do the work in us. Hallelujah, I feel the presence of the Lord in this place At some point this morning. The value of the call can really be imbued in your heart and life and you can appreciate it. Wow, of course.
Speaker 1:The first apostle, the greatest and first apostle, our Lord Jesus, he who was sent, who came for us. He is also our highest priest, on the right side of the Father, who prays for us this evening. We are in good company. We are in good company. How many believe that Jesus is praying for you and something happens? Amen, we are of the same opinion. He prays for us right now. He is on the right side of the Father, but no one else can be set up owned. No one can be hungry for you, no one can be thirsty for you.
Speaker 1:Jesus said in John 7, 37, who thirsts, come to me and run. We, the disciples, we can be full of these last times and we can have those differences If the Lord's coming is coming. I believe that he is coming very soon. But so believed my great-grandfather A hundred years ago. But I said I see that the mark is here, he is coming very soon. But I say I see that the mark is here, he is coming back very soon. But even if he didn't come, are you one of them that you might be talked about a hundred years from now as one of those astios that were separated from the Lord? I believe that in this time that we are living in it, in it is not that there are a few bad guys, but that we have a big group. We have a big group of people like you and me who are owned and we have understood the value of what is in that owned branch. So the question is not so much about the titles, but the question is above all about that owned branch. Hallelujah.