 Let's kindly bow our heads as we pray. Father in heaven in the next few minutes we ask that your spirit will speak to all of us. We ask for your presence in a very special way. We ask that just bless one person. A person at a time. The families are hurting. The families are disillusioned. Families are disappointed. Families are in their dirtiest son. How bit we are at the threshold of eternity. Satan is compromising the families as you speak to us again for this hour. May your power but now not I but Christ be honored, loved and exalted. Not I but Christ be seen, be known and be heard. Not I but Christ in every look and action. Not I but Christ in every thought and word. In Jesus name amen. I want to thank the leadership of the church for the privilege. It's good to see you again. We bless God. Happy Sabbath. That's a week one. Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. Alright. As I always do it was Jesus himself who said if you continue in my words then you are my disciples indeed and you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. If the sun sets you free you will be free indeed. You can say an amen out there. I want to make to you four promises. Promise number one is the Bible is going to be the bedrock of our study. The reason is the Bible means what it says and says what it means. Promise number two you are going to be enlightened irrespective of who you are. Promise number three you are going to be challenged to make the most important decision of your life. And promise number four our lives your life and mine will never be the same. Our subject for this hour fake family fellowship subheading faithful unto death. Fake family fellowship subheading faithful unto death. Our broader theme for this entire week is hope for the families and the subheading is build, establish and flourish. Proverbs chapter 24 verse 3 to verse 4. So on the first Sabbath or last Sabbath we dealt with familiar family failures and the subheading it's about us. Then later that afternoon we dealt with familiar family fatalities the subheading let's be real. Then on Sunday we dealt with unfamiliar family follies. Let's rethink a call just for wisdom. Then day number two we dealt with unfamiliar family frustrations and we say let's pay attention. We dealt with the concept of understanding. Then day three we dealt with unfamiliar family frenemy and we say let's go to war. We dealt with the concept of driving away ignorance and embracing what we call knowledge. Then day number five 40 family foundation we looked at the concept of whom shall I marry and we put the family framework in light of scripture in a spirit of prophecy in perspective. Day number six on Thursday we looked at fixing flawed family foundations the trades to seek out for in a prospective spouse and yesterday we looked at a unique subject that was quiet tough on the concept of men. Where are the men? For this morning we are dealing with fake family fellowship, faithful or be faithful unto there. I bring you greetings from come our ministry in Ghana the center for outreach, mentorship and empowerment and our team specifically say we should say a hi to you. Our scripture text is first Kings chapter 21 verse one to verse 16 and we will look at that. Three things are key. This presentation also aside the Bible picking subjects in the spirit of prophecy there was a book that also shares some insight not for sale integrity in the culture of silence by Dr. Samochrantin some concepts are not bad from that you may check it out. Ladies and gentlemen the Bible says is going to be a little marathon and we'll be picking up the lessons and it came to pass after these things that Nebo the Jesri light had a venial which was in Jezreel nest to the palace of Ahab king of Samaraya. So Ahab spoke to Nebo saying give me your venial that I may give it for a vegetable garden because it is near next to my house and for it I will give you a venial better than it or if it seems good to you I will give you it with in money. Verse three but Nebo said to Ahab the law for be that I should give the inheritance of my father's to you. Take note the law for be that I should give the inheritance of my father's to you. So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Nebo the Jesri light had spoken to him for he got said I will not give you the inheritance of my father's and he laid down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no fool but Jezrebel his wife came to him and said to him why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no fool he said to her because I spoke to Nebo the Jesri light and said to him give me your venial for money or else if it pleases you I will give you another venial for it and he unsaid I will not give you my venial. Then Jezrebel his wife said to him you now exercise authority over Israel arise eat food and let your heart be cheerful I will give you the venial of Nebo the Jesri light and she wrote letters in Ahab's name seal them with his seal and sent the letters to the eldest and the noble who were dwelling in the city with Nebo she wrote in the letter saying proclaim a fast and sit Nebo with high on the among the people and sit two men scoundrels there's a dishonest presence before him to bear witness against him said you have blaspheme God and the king then take him out and stone him that he may die verse 11 so men saw the men of a city the eldest and nobles who were in the captains of his city did as Jezebel has sent to them as it was written in the letters which he has sent to them they proclaimed a fast and seated Nebo with high on the among the people and two men scoundrels came in and sat before him and these witnesses against him against Nebo in the presence of the people saying Nebo had blaspheme God and the king then they took him outside the city and stone him with stones so that he died then they sent to Jezebel saying Nebo has been stoned and is there and it came to pass when Jezebel yet that Nebo had been stoned and was there that Jezebel said to Ahab arise take possession of the vineyard of Nebo they just rely which he refused to give you for money for Nebo is not alive but dead so it was when Ahab get that Nebo was dead that Ahab got up and went to take possession of the vineyard of Nebo they just rely somebody say an amen simple story is a story related to family heritage and we are going to analyze the story and we pick some few lessons for today fake family fellowship faithful unto death it's interesting to state and to note that Israel experienced widespread apostasy during the reign of Ahab Ahab reign for 22 years Ahab had compromising marriages with Jezebel the daughter of Etba King of the Zidonians resulted in political stability that indeed threatened the spiritual foundation of Israel take note Ahab married Jezebel the ramification of the marriage was that it brought stability political stability to Israel in the Bible in Ahab's palace is called an ivory house I've given the reference 2nd Kings chapter 22 he owned another house in Samaria one in what we call Jezebel so two houses or if you presidential policies were occupied by Ahab the king was extremely rich yet it was unsatisfied like many people who in the world today may have some wealth but they are unsatisfied it was not satisfied look at verse one and verse two and it came to pass after these things the question is after which things if you study first Kings chapter 20 after the defeat of the Syrians after quick things after the Syrians again were defeated after quick things after Ahab's treaty with Ben Haddad if you study the narrative of the kings the Bible says after these things after quick things after Ahab was condemned to die and it came to pass after these things after Ahab defeated the Syrians after the Syrians again were defeated after Ahab's treaty with Ben Haddad after Ahab was condemned to die the Bible says and it came to pass that after these things never the Jezebel I had a veneer this story is situated after a couple of background so it for you to appreciate what was happening you need to understand what was or happening in the days of Ahab when the whole narrative was written it's interesting to state the veneer in context we are told was in Jezebel look carefully went to Nebov and said I want to have a deal with you give me your veneer that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is near nest to the presidential vala or villa and for it I will give you a better one or if it seems good to you I will give you its worth in Kenya Shillings or in Dallas so they summoned Nebov will you allow the president to possess your veneer it may even be for security reasons the Bible says the request was give me your veneer the reason was I want to use it for vegetable gardens number two because it's nests to my house I am the president and the offer the president was given I'll give you a better one or I'll give you money for it Exodus 2017 says you shall not covert your neighbor's house your neighbor's property look at this three but it appears to be covetious of neighbor's property restless vestri says Nebov said to her the law forbid listen to the response of Nebov the law forbids that I should give the inheritance of my father to you why was there not a personal sale I want you to look at why Nebov was refusing to sell a piece of land I am putting this in context follow me very carefully number one Nebov refused to sell the veneer because the veneer was a veneer of personal identity look at it very carefully first Kings chapter 21 verse 1 verse 6 verse 7 verse 15 the Bible says Nebov the Jesu right verse 1 verse 16 Nebov the Jesu right verse number 7 7 Nebov the Jesu lie verse number 15 Nebov the Jesu right in other words when you look at Nebov throughout the chapter he is described as the Jesu right Nebov selling the land is selling his personal identity it was much more than just a veneer the vineyard defines Nebov the vineyard locates Nebov the vineyard gives meaning to Nebov the veneer makes Nebov a citizen the veneer marks him as a unique person Nebov was a Jesu lie so it was not just a veneer it was a veneer that is a veneer of his identity follow me very carefully many families are quick to sell their identity many families are willing to sell the things that defines them the things that locates them the things that gives meaning to them the things that makes them citizens the things that makes them unique in context we are a family gathered together we are Christians but more so than Christians we are seven-day Adventist Christians we have things that defines us we have things that locate us we have things that put meaning to us we have things that makes us citizens of the kingdom to come we have things that makes us and makes us unique ladies and gentlemen the general conference data it say every hundred 70 Adventist young people that go to the university almost half are not returning a seven-day Adventist check it out we are losing the things that defines us the things that locate us the things that gives meaning to us the things that makes us citizens the things that max us as you need in the book testimony for the churches volume 7 page 138 we are told seven-day Adventist have been chosen by God as a peculiar people separated from the world by the great cleaver of truth he has cut them out from the query of the world and had brought them into connection with himself he has made them his representatives and has called them to be ambassadors for him in the last week of salvation the greatest wealth of truth ever instructed to mortars the most solemn and fearful warning ever sent by God to man have been committed to them to be given to the world somebody say an amen to that one that is a weak one somebody say an amen to that one the question we want to ask not just to the 70 Adventist church but to the Christian church in general have we unlike Neboff given away our ancestral heritage things that define Christianity have been thrown out of the window things that locate the Christian things that gives meaning to the Christian things that makes us citizens of this great kingdom and the kingdom to come things that makes us unique things that make us special in the words of a w tozer the church has lost her testimony she has no longer anything to say to the world her once robust shout of assurance has faded away to an apologetic whisper she who one time went out to declare now goes out to inquire her dogmatic declaration has become respectful suggestion a word of religious advice given with the understanding that it is after all only an opinion and not meant to be sound by gutter pure Christianity instead of being shaped by its culture actually stand in sharp opposition the Christian world is losing its value the Bible is being undermined unlike Neboff who is saying Mr. President I cannot sell the land to you Christians today we have become a fellowship of fake fellows we have sold everything I will not sell the land our subject today fake family fellowship faithful and to death point number one the veneer is a veneer of personal identity point number two the veneer is the veneer of what we call ancestral heritage ancestral heritage those of you joining online just type ancestral heritage look at verse number three but Neboff said to her the law forbids that I should give the inheritance of my father's to you is a family property it is not my then veneer was not a personal property the veneer was for posterity the veneer represent ancestral trust the veneer represent ancestral landmark ladies and gentlemen Neboff unlike all of us today who will sell the family heritage the family landmark the family ancestral major key point Neboff says it's not a personal property it's for the next generation it is because the ancestors the forbearers they trusted me and they gave it to me it is a landmark that defines our family ladies and gentlemen today many families many individuals many believers many christians we have sold what god has given us as an ancestral landmark what god has given us as an ancestral trust what god has given us as for posterity our children are completely dysfunctional in 2008 the then general conference president jan paulson in cameroon says in the next 15 years I doubt if the next generation of adventists will ever have any identity whatsoever we have lost our identity we have lost our landmarks ladies and gentlemen our subject this hour fake family fellowship faithful unto there the veneer was for him a personal identity the veneer was not just a veneer it was an ancestral landmark I want to speak to the elders to the pastors to church administrators I want to speak to we grassroots people when you are giving a group of people to lead it is not a personal gain it is an ancestral heritage it is because you are trusted it is because they see you are able to don't compromise and sell out the belief of the larger group in you if that is clear somebody should say an amen out there insight number three the veneer was a veneer of spiritual fidelity watch it very carefully verse number three but neighbor said to her the lord forbids where did god forbid numbers chapter 36 verse 7 to verse 9 the inheritance of the children of israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe for every one of the children of israel shall keep the inheritance of the tribe of his father verse 9 there are no inheritance shall change hand from one tribe to every tribe of the children of israel you shall keep it as an inheritance in other words god says you don't just part away with properties you don't just part away with land if I were to have time I would have looked at the book of levity cause its implication concerning land reform especially because we are in we are in east africa it's very close to southern africa number says the land shall not be sold permanently for the land is mine god had declared if one of your brethren becomes poor and has sold some of his possession and if his redeeming relatives comes to redeem it then he may redeem what his brother so the injunction on which nabot was working with god has said the land shall not be sold permanently for the land is not yours is mine go back to the text first kings chapter 21 verse 3 but nabot said to aya he was not afraid of the president he said the lord forbid that I should sell the land I will not sell it mr president if for any reason look I will not sell the lord had forbade me in other words nabot was saying to sell is disobedience because god has said the land shall not be sold to sell the land is unfaithfulness for the land is mine why did he refuse to sell remember jesus says whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much so if you are not trustworthy in the things of this world who can trust you with eternal riches nabot says I will not sell I will be disobeying god I will not sell I will be unfaithful to god in other words to sell the land is a cell of loyalty question what have we so what have we compromised all of us families have sold their marital vows on the flippy ashes of sexual pleasures men and women have sold the vow they made to their spouses before god for just pleasure we made a vow we will be faithful and train our children today we have left them for television and the bewitching influence of social media to train the children there is a sell out happening in the families sell out happening in relationship sell out happening among friends sell out happening but the largest sell out is when we sell out the truth for expediency nabot says I will not do it because it's disobedience I will not do it because it's unfaithfulness I will not do it because I will be selling out my loyalty if that is clear somebody scream and shout and amen out there why will nabot not sell remember the vineyard is a vineyard of personal identity it's a vineyard of ancestral heritage it's a vineyard of spiritual fidelity and point number four why did he refuse to sell out to the king he says the vineyard of principle on the grounds of principle I will not sell the vineyard why is the vineyard a vineyard of principle look at verse number two so Arab spoke to him he says give me your vineyard he says I will not then he said the Lord forbade me it's a principle you see nabot reminds me of a group of people in the book the great controversy they call them the world decisions listen to what Ellen White says concerning them from the book selected messages book two pages 231 to page 235 the world decisions entered the schools of the world as students they make no pretensions apparently they paid no attention to anyone but they leave out what they believe they did not pay attention to anyone unlike our children who are on campuses who are compromising their faith a group of students once leave they went to the schools of the world they make no pretension I am a Christian they don't care what you think I believe the Bible as the inspired word of God they don't care I keep the Sabbath they don't care I don't eat everything in light of my belief they don't care they are called the world decisions unlike us they will not compromise their faith around the ashes of taking beer at the workplace they go to parties they declare to the world here is our stand on issue upon issue including homosexuality including gayism and lesbianism they make no gray area they were clear and Ellen White says they left out what they believe they were not just professors preachers it reminds me of roman chapter two you who preach to others do you preach to yourself you who say a man should not lie do you lie you who say a man should not steal do you steal ladies and gentlemen a new generation of neboff emerged in the days of this age and Ellen White says they never sacrifice principal and their principal soon became known this was different from anything the other student had seen and they began to ask themselves what does this all mean why cannot this man be induced to swerve from their principal and while they were considering this the students were thinking they heard them praying in their rooms not to the virgin Mary but to the savior whom they addressed as the only mediator between god and man the wordless students were encouraged to make inquiries and ask the simple story of true as it is in Jesus was told their mind wraps it somebody should say an amen out there these guys went to the workplace ladies and gentlemen what we are attempting to say this morning is we have become a fellowship of fake family folks sabbath after sabbath we gather the question is is there a transformative power of the gospel in our lives sabbath school study upon sabbath school study when the quarter ends and no one will come it's like we are always learning but never doing never knowing but always learning ladies and gentlemen the question is are we practicing what we stand for do we believe it it's not just a theory of investigative judgment of century of mark of the beast lady is to lead to one thing reflecting Jesus in true sense of the word we have compromise everywhere in the past we used to be known as people who keep the sabbath people who believe in the redemptive power of Jesus we used to say in the past just come and see what Jesus has done for me our message used to be the things I used to do I do them no more here is my evidence I was once a drunk I drink no more I was once a womanizer I womanize no more I was once a thief I still no more this was our testimony today it is theory theory upon theory but like never he rejected the offer god said I should not do it the offer to sell out was just proud to Elijah's translation if you studied the book very carefully let me let me put it in context the attempt to induce nebeth happened few moments month if not few years before the translation of Elijah in the end of time there will be another sell out before Jesus will come Satan and the alluring influences of evil will tempt us they will tempt us to compromise our faith to compromise our belief on marriage our belief in the family our belief on the truth ladies and gentlemen just before translation there was an attempt to compromise so so that we sell out our identity sell out our heritage sell out our integrity sell out our principle so I have went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which neighbor of the just life has spoken to him for he has said I will not give you the inheritance of my father's and he lay down on his bed and turn away his face and would eat no food remember before the coming of Jesus our faithfulness to our identity our faithfulness to God's heritage our faithfulness to the faith of Jesus our faithfulness to the principle will one of these days make the monarchs the leaders the president the rulers the CEOs the name them they will be angry and bizarre why I refuse to work on the Sabbath why I refuse to take alcohol why I refuse to believe in gayism and it's bewitching influence I make no mistake here is my stand and guess what people are going to be sad before the coming of Jesus your faithfulness to God your faithfulness to your family your faithfulness to your children your faithfulness to the bible your faithfulness to the spirit of prophecy your faithfulness to truth is going to make people angry but Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him why is your spirit sullen that you eat no food he said to her because I spoke to neighbors they're just relight and said to him give me your vineyard for money or else if it please you or places you I will give you money in short he says I will not give you in other words Nebov was not ambiguous in his response he demonstrated his stand egg up left out a vital portion of Nebov's response Nebon did not say I will not just give you he said God said I should not do what you want me to do one of these days the nations of the world you see when we say it it appears we have heard it over and over again but ladies and gentlemen before the coming of Jesus we will see a renatment of what has happened in the book of king Jesus is coming again there will be a deliberate law set in motion to make faithful worshipers of God very unpopular when you are in a groove and your fidelity to God's were just with nearing glances you look like the odd one you are in good company when you're refusal to take bribe as a leading ceo to make Kenya a better place you will look abnormal like Nebov when you are asked to take a cut for a deal and enrich yourself though you know it is for the larger good of the Kenyans and the African people you took a stand you look abnormal but heaven will be proud of you look at our nations look at Africa look at our communities how can we say Kenya is a Christian community with such level of corruption go to Ghana mind blowing go to South Africa unimaginable go to Nigeria you've seen nothing of itself yet Christians profess Christianity but the effect cannot be seen fellowship of fake fellows verse 10 they set up Nebov for the sake of time the Bible says they lied against him and guess the people who did it they were the elders they were the no bones they were the conscience of society before the coming of Jesus elders will compromise nobles will compromise pastors will compromise bishops act bishop ceo's general overseers leaders who are to be leaders and called nobles honorable precedents legislators they are the ones going to perpetuate wickedness to innocent people it's not just on the spiritual level it happens in the at the workplace there are some nobles and some elders who are victimizing innocent workers they are at the downline they are at managerial level before Jesus comes share up the neighbors you may be stunned you may be killed on account of your fidelity to God the Bible says then they send to Jezebel saying noble and Nebov has been stunned and is dead they killed him it reminds me of the apostle Paul who was killed for the fidelity of the word it reminds me of John the Baptist it reminds me of John Haas many Jerome who paid for their fidelity to the Bible they were burned at stake it reminds me of the many martyrs of faith who died and it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Nebov had been stoned and was there that Jezebel said to Ahab arrived take possession of the vineyard of Nebov that just relied which he refused to give to you for money for Nebov it's not a lie he is there so it was when Ahab heard that Nebov was there that they have got up and went down Ahab got up and went down Ahab got up and went down Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Nebov that just relied I ask you as an individual in the family have you killed have you taken possession have you assassinated someone's character and taken their position have you lied against the innocent for political expediency for financial gain for relational advantage many are slandering we are backbiting we are stabbing at the back innocent people who are in our midst because they are the vulnerable and we have power we abuse them the Bible says in 2nd Corinthians 13 verse 5 examine yourself Nebov symbolically calls on this generation to be faithful to God and his word Nebov symbolically pleads with God's end time remnant to remain and move on the Bible and the spirit of prophecy Nebov symbolically pleads with God's end time remnant to be true we must not be sick family fellowship God knows our true state revelation 2 verse 2 I know your deeds I know everybody may not know he knew Nebov was killed because of Jezebel and because of Ahab everybody may not know but God knows I know your affliction I know the slander of those who say they are Jews I know Revelation 2 verse 19 I know your deeds you have a reputation of being a lie you are dead Nairobi centra you are a church people listen to the question is are you a dead church thinking in social media that you are alive everybody may think you are okay but God knows if you are there pastor elder church administrator youth leader choir leader preacher like tiki menza I can shout all year God knows my intentions he knows my motivation he knows my desires he knows what is my motivation we cannot deceive him we can deceive everybody I know your deeds I know your deeds Jesus knows all our history he knows us fully he knows us completely he knows us comprehensively he reads our feelings intentions and motivation when we cross the door we make secret call everybody may not know but he knows but the one who stand them to the end will be saved this morning God's message is simple we need a group of neighbors who will say we will make Kenya a better place we will leave our faith we'll be faithful to God even unto death revelation 210 be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life it reminds me I was 15 years old when I was baptized into the seven-day Adventist church I went to ask my pastor I could not sleep that night I was 15 my heart was heavy Sunday morning I went to pastor Romeo's house I say pastor Romeo 6 a.m. baptize me I want to see Jesus when he comes again I want victory over besetting sin I want to be an example in my class I want to be an example in my community everyone loves at you when you are 70 Adventists in my village but I said no I believe what the church is teaching I believe what the Bible is teaching it reminds me of the word of Robert Murray the greatest need of my people is my personal holiness it is not great talent God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus a holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God Lord make me as holy as a pregnant sinner can be I want by the grace of God I want to have power to say to the things I once said yes to no or no more now is the time to obtain moral fitness for heaven pastor Romeo picked me up I was a tiny young boy and he mentioned this words of scripture be thou faithful unto death 28 of February 1999 I was baptized today sometimes when I look in the church and in the world it appears it's not worth it to believe truth anymore but it does us God knows he knows now is the time for wrongs to be righted and sins to be confessed or to appear before the sinner in the day of God's wrath now is the time for the Lord of God to be in our minds our foreheads and written in our heart now is the time for every church member we will say I will close my heart to everything that will hinder my communion with Christ I will open the windows of my soul heavenward that I may understand spirituality this day with God page 75 now is the time but I cannot be a neighbor on my own I can do all things including being faithful through Christ I want us to sing a simple song how far from home when the things in this world the economy of Kenya just like my country bastardizing the citizens and people are losing hope sometimes our young girls don't even have food to eat and when they even need a job somebody say compromise before I give you bread when our people cannot get job on account of their fidelity to God when you feel discouraged ladies and gentlemen the year is early remember Nebot was faithful and today we are just home we want to sing this song and sing it very powerfully we are singing all the stanzas how far from home I want you to lift up your voice please if you are in this place those of you joining online I want you to sing it Jesus is coming again we are not too far from home as we work may we remain faithful faithful to our children faithful to our marital vow faithful to the Lord of the Sabbath faithful to the God pastors work about who redeems that is the gospel may we remain faithful let's all sing it with meaning and understanding it's the reason I asked before we are on the field is there somebody who want to say until this morning I was discouraged until this morning I was in despair until this morning I was given up but by the grace of God I want to be faithful faithful to God faithful at the workplace faithful as a mother faithful as a father faithful as a youth faithful as a young person faithful in school in class faithful in the community I'll be faithful to God and faithful to his word I need help through the power of the Holy Spirit just leave that behind please be upstanding we sing the text this decision is also your decision the thousands of you on youtube on facebook that are watching if this is your decision this type help me Lord help me Lord anybody watching online right now just time if this is your decision I want to be faithful to the Lord help me Lord second and last appeal is there somebody in this auditorium who want to say I want to give my life to Jesus and I want to be baptized Jesus is coming again I want a transformation the last Santa says not far from home or blessed thought the travelers lonely got to cheer I want to give my life to Jesus I want to be baptized as we sing this song I just want you to raise up your hand those of you watching online you just type baptism the the the camera crew the online team are going to share some numbers some details but just type baptism and the team is going to reach out to you anybody here who wants to commit to the Lord and be baptized as we sing the last answer just raise up your hand wherever you are we are going to locate you let's sing the last answer with meaning and with understanding the last answer I want to be baptized which of the healing just come forward you are not coming here just come very close down here the most just please help them just help them those who have already been prepared for baptism throughout the week please we want you to come down here anybody who has raised their hand both up and down as we sing for the last time not far from home just walk down the aisle and just come down here or you come up to the stage not far from home or blessed thought those watching online just indicate baptism baptism and we're going to reach out to you the truth of love I want to give my life to Jesus I want to be baptized we want to call pastor to kindly come and pray for us as the man of God comes to pray for us organized to be humming that song very quietly if there is still somebody who wants to give his life to Jesus and be baptized both online and in person you can still walk as the man of God pray for us please come just come to the Lord it is a very personal thing you remember it is God you came to worship you are in this very presence it is him who's asking you to come to him will you say no it is very hard then why did you come how will it be please come do what the spirit of God adheres you to do in your heart thank you my young sister don't live here as you came ignoring the voice of God speaking to you directly just come a moment before we pray don't make it difficult for yourself it's between you and God it's between you and God don't ignore him you don't know tomorrow you are told we can remember yesterday we can be aware of today but we don't know tomorrow it's not in your hands let's bow heads as we pray father you have spoken and we have had your voice and each one of us has had a conviction in our hearts either to be truthful completely or be fake it's very difficult to choose to be fake to remain to be fake Lord there is power in the blood power to change us to make us new people conviction that is evidenced by many people in Christian history the faith of Naboth we plead that you make it to be our faith we humble ourselves before you we know it's a warfare it is tough the spirit is willing the flesh is weak oh father if it were left on us to make this decision it would be difficult but we thank you because of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit the one who pleads and brings conviction and gives us the power to make a decision we are so thankful for the decisions that have been made individually you alone can read our minds you alone can read our sub the deep conscious you know what choices we have made may those decisions remain permanently by the power of the Holy Spirit we thank you Lord for those who have come forth and declared and said I want to be identified with God weak and powerless as I am I work to you for strength thank you Lord for those who have come and they say today publicly before the entire universe they want to give their lives to you oh Lord we welcome them in the name of Jesus it is his power that has touched their hearts and changed them to be whom they have chosen to be today and today they will get into the waters of baptism to immerse the whole life die to sin and live for eternal life oh lord made that miracle of genuine transformation happening in their hearts others have come here and they said not just before right now I make my decision and they have stood up here oh father receive them and may their names be written in the book of life there are those of us who could be struggling not being sure whether it's today father we pray for them as you're pleaded with us in the past continue pleading with them never give them rest until they make such a decision for time is short and Jesus our Lord is coming freedom is now into your hands we commit our decisions here our prayer and may Christ be honored in this country through the services we are going to render not as fake christians but as genuine christians in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen