This message was preached at the RegionsBeyond India Leadership conference 2016.
This message was preached by Edgar Nevis who leads Yeshu Krist Masiha Mandali in Nasik.
Redefining the way we do things now. We
came out of the world of evil and corrupt people that we were first. God is
calling us back into that world. But we are different. We are going to change
the world.
The
making of Samuel- Samuel grew up in the temple. He had no say in the matter.
His mother put him in the temple.
Q.
How did that happen?
1 Sam 1- Hannah was a wife of this priest.
Hannah was not getting pregnant and was made fun of and tormented by the other
wife.
It seems almost like God put her through
all of that so that she would offer her child to the temple. The priest loved
Hannah more. So the other wife did not like it. Her response to a troubled
situation was to torment another one. Whereas, Hannah’s response was to go to
the Lord. In our troubled situation, we
went to God. We are all sitting here because we went to God in our troubled
situation.
I’ve always been amazed at Jesus. He is the
Lord of lords and King of kings. I speak about his supremacy as written in
Colossians 1. And we hear Jesus say, I don’t do anything that I don’t see the
father doing. In all his magnificence, he still humbles himself.
Q. Who
does Jesus always compare us with? How holy are we supposed to be? Pankaj or
Gary...?
We are to be as holy as He is holy.
Q. How
can we be compared with him?
Be as loving as he is loving. The standard
he has for us is so high.
In my walk with God, I’ve gone through some
difficult times. If you are dead you have
no requirements. You live for Jesus. In every step of the day, I am
living for Jesus. It doesn’t matter how they treat me. I was going to go to hell anyway, but now I’m going to heaven.
Jesus has joined me into a body. Eph 4:16. As God has saved me and joined me into this
body, and I am held together by these ligaments. We don’t have much choice
to say, I don’t want to be joined. When I got married to Isabel- I fought to
marry her. But soon, we found it difficult to adjust with one another. Before
we got married, we had amazing chemistry! But once we got married, we were
fighting so much!!
When I asked my pastor, he said there is no
feelings in love anymore. I thought he was mad, but I said there’s no harm in
trying. It worked!! We learned to love each other. God showed me this- there
has to be love that joins us together. She is so different from me and God
showed me to enjoy that difference.
In the body of Christ, we are different.
The hand and foot are different, the requirements, needs, etc are different. We
are joined together by ligaments. The head gives instructions to the body. The
head decides what the body is going to do. We have to learn to respect one
another. It was hard learning to respect Isabel’s gifts. I never wanted to be a
pastor. And then I’m glad I have Isabel as my wife.
Do
you choose your kids? You have to
learn your kid. Understand what they are- what is my role?
I learnt to understand this body parts
illustration through my personal experience. In Indian culture, where women are
not treated with respect, we need to learn that our wives have real wisdom to
give us. Jesus was an example of submission.
I
was abused by leaders, but I saw Him set it right.
I don’t have to be afraid of submission.
When
we decide to be in an unbreakable fellowship with one another- we will obey his
commands! Love one another. It starts with our own
wives. Just work at it. We have our differences, but we’ve learnt to work it
out. We are supposed to be the light of
the world. We are going to show a different culture to the world.
Q. Do
we feel a permanent bond with people in your team?
Change takes time. But we are going to allow
for God to use us to bring about changes. We are joined together.
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