 Good evening viewers, thank you for joining us. If you are watching us from Kenya, it is 4.53 pm, East African time. And if you are watching from any other place, we welcome you to our worship this evening. We would like to begin our worship with the word of prayer, and we invite you to bow your heads and close your eyes as we seek the Lord in prayer. Our heavenly Father, we thank you for who you are and for what you've done to us. We thank you because you love us. We thank you because you gave your son to die and save us from our sins. We thank you for the blessings that you've given unto us today. You've enabled us to go through the day despite many things that could have happened and we are here in the hour of worship. We invite you Lord to tabanakul with us this evening as we'll be listening to your word. May it be reflected in the lives that we live. May the Holy Spirit impress upon us the lessons that we are going to learn. And we pray for our speaker and all the participants who will make this program a success. And the people who are viewing from various parts of the country and from various parts around the world that this might be a blessing. May you be with us throughout this worship service. And if in the course of the day we've sinned against you in one way or another, we ask that you forgive us, convict us of our unrighteousness and may we accept the repentance that comes from the Holy Spirit. We thank you for listening and for answering this prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Good evening viewers and congregation. We want to welcome you to the song service. My name is Damaris Ndira and with me is... Beatriz Okongo, good evening. Thank you so much. We are going to start with song number 83 in our SDA hymnals or worship the king. As to song number 493 like the woman at the... Good evening viewers. This is Nairobi Central SDA church coming to you live from the capital of Kenya Nairobi. The program that you are watching or reviewing this evening is evangelistic campaign. This began on the 17th of April this month and runs up to 1st May. And this is day 7 of the program. And so we welcome you all from wherever you are. You may be in the city, you may be in Kenya, but elsewhere or in any part of the world. Feel most welcome and I urge you to share the link that you are watching with all your friends, relatives, and colleagues. You may just take your phone, mark that link and forward it to as many people as you can so that together we may be blessed. Once again, feel welcome. And as you keep watching the program, you may be having a question, you may be having a prayer request, you may be having a comment or any other, kindly get in touch with us on the numbers that are on the screen. The numbers are available and are manned 24 hours so anytime right now or thereafter you can call the numbers or send a text on SMS or WhatsApp somebody will be able to reply to you. Therefore, this evening I want to bring to you the persons who will be in charge of different activities. The opening prayer was given by Brother Hamman Tambo, song service coordinated by sister Beatrice Okongo. My name is Aloysi Merindo, this is welcome and introduction. Scripture reading shall be read by sister Dorcas Odipo. Tites and offerings will be called by Brother Azaraya Sang and today someone will be given by none other than our guest speaker Pastor Senzo coming to us all the way from Zambiam and the closing song shall be called by sister Beatrice Okongo. Allow me as well to bring to you the lady who is doing the sign language that is sister Clemencia Nyabuki. Special thanks to the team of the crew, we appreciate you and we thank you. Once again viewers, invite people, your colleagues, your WhatsApp groups and everybody so that together we may be blessed. Thank you, be blessed as you keep being. Good evening saints, praise God. It's another time that we want to go through our scripture reading for this evening. You are most welcome. Our scripture reading is found in the book of Matthew 26 verses 27 through 29 and I'm going to read. Then he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying drink from it all of you for this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Verse 29 But I say to you I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom. That's the scripture reading this evening. May God bless thy word. Depending on the position that you will prefer whether seated, kneeling down in the comfort of your room, let us all bow down and seek the Lord in prayer. Our Father and God in heaven you are the creator of all living things and the giver of life. Aso dear Lord we come this evening in your presence to thank you for being our God, being our creator and being our sustainer. We thank you dear Father for the day that has been that is coming to an end shortly and Father we thank you for the blessings and the gifts that you have lavished upon each one of us. Father we are human beings weak in nature and so are sinners. Father I come before you to represent and to lift everybody that is viewing us Father that anything in them that anything in us Father I pray that you may forgive us with the blood of your Son Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary cleanse us that we may be worthy of being called your children. Father at this hour I am aware that those viewers who have different and various challenges and difficulties others may be sick in hospital others sick at home others may be in need of food or clothing or shelter Father you are the provider and I pray dear Lord that at this hour you may meet each and everyone at their points of need. We are in a two week campaign dear Lord campaign through these means Father to evangelize I pray for those for reviewing I even pray Father for those of us who have invited friends and colleagues and those in our WhatsApp groups Father bless everybody and people as they listen to you We thank you for that month servant Pastor Zenzo I never used him dear Father I pray that you may give him the strength and the health for the next few days that he may be able to be used by you in preaching this gospel Dear Lord as it comes bless him and his family back at home and all their viewers this is my prayer in Jesus name Good evening once again viewers It is yet another time that I would like to invite us to worship the Lord through giving We would like to invite all of you to support this campaign through your giving In the Book of Luke chapter 6 verse 38 The Lord Jesus spoke these words as blessings to those who give The Lord Jesus said Give and it shall be given unto you Good measure Pressed 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Matthew 26 reading from verse 27 Matthew chapter 26 reading from verse 27 The Bible reads and I read from the New King James Version Then he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink from it all of you For this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins But I say to you that is verse 29 But I say to you I will not drink of this fruit of the vine From now on until that day when I shall drink it new with you in my father's kingdom Our message is entitled Betrothed Betrothed Let us pray together Heavenly Father We thank you for this time As you go through your word tonight May you speak to us Lord to your glory and our redemption We ask you Lord Almighty that you speak to us to exote your name and to save mankind This we pray in the name of Jesus the name that is above every other name Amen This text for many of us has only been read and associated with the Lord's apple And the only time that we have heard somebody's sight caught or referred to this text is in the time of the Holy Communion But allow me tonight to give you a rather different dimension from the Hebrew from the Jewish context of this particular passage The Bible says Jesus took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them the disciples and he told them drink from it all of you for this is the blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins Then verse 29 he says But I say to you not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom that story is well known It is Jesus having the last supper with the disciples He tells them after the drinking of this cup of the covenant never again would he drink with them until that time when the father's kingdom is fulfilled Follow me closely In the first century when a young Jewish young man wanted to marry they would not do it the way we do it today where you meet a girl on the street you propose to her you begin a relationship and when you feel your relationship has grown you approach your parents as you want to marry In the first century the starting point for a relationship was with the father of the girl before the girl I wish it was so to this very day there would be a lot of young cantankaras young men would be disqualified from approaching certain men's daughters a young Jewish man when he identified a lady he wanted to marry would not talk to the lady but look for the father of the lady when he finds the father of the lady he would purchase the right to propose now he is not purchasing the girl he is purchasing the right to propose when the father accepts and gives a young man the right to propose the young man with great fanfare would go home and prepare a cup full of grape juice he would come with that grape juice and give to the girl now follow me please the starting point is the father he pays a certain sum for the right to propose if the father rejects the young man has no moral right whatsoever to go ahead and approach the daughter whose father has refused so when the father accepts then the young man goes and prepares a cup of grape juice brings it to the girl folks i wish you knew where i was going but follow me closely when the young man brings a cup full of grape juice the girl would accept or reject if it was rejected he had no right whatsoever to pester the girl's father and plead and entreat her to accept this proposal so she would give ah he would give her the cup when the girl was interested she would get the cup and drink it if she is not interested she would reject it was still she would kick it and that would be the worst embarrassment a young Jewish man would go through it is like a young man today kneeling in a public square pleading with a girl can you marry me and the girl walks away so the young man would give the cup then the girl if she was interested would get the cup and drink it now at that moment the young man would know the girl is almost done he would be defer going back to his father's house to report to the father that the girl i told you about i wanted to propose has accepted to drink my cup of grape juice folks i wish you knew where i was getting to then the father now in that moment when the young man leaves the girl goes to the father they would never again meet with the girl until the day of marriage where are they keeping their communication with consultation from the father the young Jewish groom would find a best man who would be the concrete of communication between him and the girl up until the day of marriage so no matter how long the girl did not see the young man as long as the best man he kept coming giving updates and information then she knew the relationship was still sound strong and going so the communication would be between would only be between the best man if the young man had a message to convey it would be through the best man and if the girl had a message to convey it would be through the same best man here is where it's more interesting when the young man goes to the father now the Jewish way of staying as a family was cast together where it's not like today where if i want to marry the father go and buy a house i marry i am staying far from my family the Jewish families were cast together the father would have the main house he one of the sons who wanted to marry would build an extension to the main house and if another one wanted to marry he would equally build an extension to the main house so the entire family if the five brothers married the houses surrounding the main house cast together as a family so the young man would come to the father's house and give a report that the girl has accepted now give me a portion in your house that i must build where the new damsel that joins this family will come and live with us so the father would give a portion the young man would begin building now the interesting part is it was not the young man to go to the father to tell the father that the house is done now i can go and get the girl it was the father constantly beginning to inspect the progress on the house the father would keep inspecting the father would keep inspecting when he felt it was perfectly completed then he would allow the young man with a team to go with great fanfare and glory to get the girl and then the marriage would be consummated Bible tells me that Jesus had a cup of grape juice filled to capacity come to the disciple and told him drink here this cup for it is my new covenant now when Jesus did that those who were covenant with the traditions of the time understood what Jesus meant traditionally before what he meant spiritually let me say it again when Jesus gave the disciples a cup of juice to drink those who were familiar with the Jewish customs understood what Jesus meant traditionally before they understood what he meant spiritually the disciples drank the juice and then Jesus buried farewell and said let not you have to be troubled you believe in me believe also in God in my father's house in vestu of June 14 in my father's house are many mansions I go to prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that there where I am there you may be also now when Jesus is living the disciples he promises them that he will be away but someone else will come who will be his representative I don't know if you are getting this when Jesus gives the cup to the disciples even before he gave them the cup he was already preparing them for someone else who will come and not be a replacement but a conflict of communication between him and the disciples he tells them in June chapter 14 verse 26 but the helper he calls him the helper but the helper the Holy Spirit whom the father will send in my name he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I say to you Jesus is not saying when the helper comes he will teach you anything new he simply say he is coming he will be a catalyst of remembrance everything I have said to you he will come and remind you he goes further in chapter 16 chapter 16 verse 13 of the book of John chapter 16 verse 13 and 14 of the book of John talking about this helper the Holy Spirit that he will send he says however when he the Spirit of Truth has come he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak of his own authority but whatever he hears he will speak and he will tell you things to come verse 14 he will glorify me for he will take let me read that again verse 14 for he will take of what is mine and declare it unto you in other words he the helper the Holy Spirit is not coming to teach you anything new but is coming to declare what I have told you what is it that Jesus has told them He has told them I love you he tells them this helper will come and remind you of the things I have already told you he is not coming to teach you anything new he is not coming in his own name he is not coming in his own accord he is coming in my name to remind you of the things I have taught you for the past three and a half years what are those things that I left my heavenly splendor to come down on earth to die for you now Jesus owns us twice by creation and recreation he created us in the garden of Eden he created us then in the garden of Eden man sinned when man sinned man cut that marriage between man and God so God like Hosea to Goma had to propose again leaves his heaven splendor and glory comes down on earth dies for mankind at that point when he died for mankind he owns man twice by creation man went into apostasy lost contact and connectivity with heaven and God decided to come down and be man that man may return to God's favor God owns us by marriage and in marriage he created us we went into apostasy after going into apostasy he comes again to die for mankind when he comes to die for mankind Jesus does what was done traditionally to signify marriage because it is a marriage he is a groom we are the bride it is marriage that he began it is marriage that he came to propose to mother earth so in proposing that marriage he does what every other young man could do to find a damsel and marry he proposes when he proposed the disciples drank the cup they drank the cup now when Jesus was giving them the cup it was like him saying will you marry me that's what I told you those that were watching what Jesus was doing understood what he meant traditionally before they understood what it signified spiritually so they got the cup and drank it at that moment Jesus begins his walk to get him and begins his walk to the cross doesn't take long Jesus is crucified when he is crucified he ascends and goes back to the father to the father he reports father I prepared the cup of grape juice I took it to the girl the girl drank the cup where now do I prepare mansions for them to stay if people are not getting listen investor of John chapter 14 Jesus says in my father's house are what do you get that in my father's house are many what mansions Jesus has not gone to prepare mansions mansions already there he says investor of John 14 in my father's house are many mansions so what then is he doing remember what used to happen in the Jewish culture the father would have a house a young man wants to marry we only ask for a corner which corner do I build my house he gives me a portion Jesus says going back to the father he is not finding a father who is desolate or a father who has no home the father already has a home now he says investor of John 14 in my father's house are many mansions I go to prepare a place the mansions are already there what he is doing is securing your place I go to prepare a place what he is doing is securing your place in the mansions the mansions are already shut but he is securing house homes Greek word used is topos meaning a sport the Greek word is topos means a sport to be particular a sport or a place mansions are already there but Jesus is only securing sports Christians in Kenya that need to be saved how many are they where do I secure a sport for them in the mansions that are already there and what he is doing is securing space for all those that choose him listen when he gave the disciples a cup and they drank it he betrothed them and that is an engagement today it is commonly known as an engagement let me bring it home when the disciples drank the cup they wore their ring that they were no longer available on the market they are the husband who had gone to secure whatever you are securing so our stay in this place can be secured when they drank the cup they literally wore a ring and wore a ring and started wedging for the day of the marriage for the day of the wedging listen friends an engaged person is not available on the market for another engagement one that is engaged is no longer available for another engagement unless that engagement is broken you are literally engaged person so one that gets engaged to Christ is no longer available for engagement with other gods because you are taking when you are taking now listen listen when Christ gave them the cup and they drank the cup and Jesus betrothed them and told them I will send you best man in the name of the Holy Spirit between his departure and his return the conduit of communication is the Holy Spirit no wonder today you can go seeing Jesus doesn't come in person in his stature to speak to you that you are a sinner but the Holy Spirit he is best man comes to convict you of seeing it is no wonder scripture says a sin against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven because once you anger the Holy Spirit and he leaves there is no more communication between you and Jesus we are waiting for Jesus too all of us are waiting for Christ but as we are waiting for Christ we are receiving a signal about Christ through the Holy Spirit so when you anger the Holy Spirit through continuous consistent sin and he no longer convicts you it is like the best man coming trying to convince you that please my sister your boyfriend is coming he is still securing things putting things in place and you in the midst of that waiting you find other boys I think forget about that girl then he finds another one he finds another one for you communication has come to an end now the Holy Spirit is like a network you can have as much airtime as you want in your phone if you have no network your phone is useless you cannot communicate are you getting that the Holy Spirit is the network in a phone now a phone that has no airtime but has network can still receive communication but a phone that has airtime but has no network cannot receive communication I hope you are getting airtime can come and go but network must always be there our own righteousness sometimes it can come and it can go but the best man must never go a rations man forza many times and he rises again why? because the best man is still coming the best man is still pleading with you telling you this is not the path change your ways Jesus is coming again now listen friends let me say it plainly when Jesus gave the disciples that cup and you went to the father to secure a place for each one of us and he is securing spots for us to stay when he is done the father as it was in the Jewish context the father would be the one coming to choke the father is still checking if the mansions if the spots the places where Jesus is securing Jesus is securing up to perfection when they are done he will give a signal to the son son you engage the girl way over 2000 years ago and she has been waiting many boys have come to offer a counter engagement but she has refused she is waiting for you she has been loyal and faithful she is waiting for you her friends have come and gone others have told her to leave you that you have gone forever and you are not coming back but she has been loyal to you she has been faithful thoughts of her living have crossed her mind thoughts of her getting another one to engage her have crossed her mind but she has been faithful and waiting for you go down and get your bride and Jesus will come the spirit of prophet tells us when he appears in heaven it will be like a small palm but as it grows as it comes closer then we realize it is a sign of man surrounded by angels the heavenly host are coming to planet earth to witness the consummation of the betrothal that Jesus made way over 2000 years ago so Jesus comes he is coming to his bride now listen my friends the engagement was done and Jesus is loyal to the engagement he will come now if you be not ready that does not mean Jesus coming will be disqualified there will be someone ready to consummate the marriage so you getting in pain to another god does not stop him from coming coming he will come because he is true to his words he is loyal to his words he is faithful to his words he will come if father tells us the bible tells us in kosia chapter 2 reading from verse 19 kosia chapter 2 verse 19 I will betroth you to me forever yes now listen I will betroth you to me forever yes I will betroth you to me in righteousness and justice in loving kindness and mercy I will betroth you to me in faithfulness and you shall know the lord he promises that his betroth his engagement is in faithfulness and he has been gone for 2000 years but is coming again he has been gone into the father's mansion preparing Jesus for each one of us when the father finally allows him to come he will come and guest us unto himself that there where he is there we may be also listen my friend Jesus is coming again whether you like it or yes Jesus is coming again he engaged he is preparing places he will come again if he is coming again stop living your life as if he is not coming because one day he will hold us accountable for the lives we live and the lives we lead one day he will come and check on our record how we were performing whilst he was away he will come it might have been long but it's not long enough according to his timeline one day Jesus will come if he is coming then know that your life here is not to be stationed here but you are aware fairer you are passing through going somewhere if you are passing through going somewhere then you need to live your life not anyhow you do not live your life as if you have arrived you live your life as one that is on a journey you do not station yourself and grow roots as if this is your home we are only passing through my friends I wish you had a better language to use to tell you that this earth is not our home we are only passing through passing through we are only passing through Jesus will come now listen you might live long enough but the fact of the matter is you are also passing through one day all of us are going to die preacher or listener viewer or broadcaster one day all of us are going to die if we are going to die then we must not live knowing that one day we shall die you see there are so many books today written by people but how to live how to make money how to be a successful leader how to be this and this and this but there are very few books written on how to die and yet death is the most certain thing in man's life the day you are born you begin your countdown to the day you will die if death is now listen none of us as long as Christ does not come out of this ether life we all go out to the back door dead if death is certain then the way we live our lives must show that one day we shall go for death is certain if death be certain and Christ coming be certain then as we live we must prepare to die in anticipation of a resurrection so we do not live as if we have arrived we live as people that are only passing through we don't know listen my friends we don't know how much time we have we don't know how much time we all have on hand you could be listening and you not be able to finish this campaign you be gone we don't know how much more time we have one day all of us we are going to go but are we ready for that departure that is the question that we must begin to answer personally are we ready for that day when the Lord will allow us to rest and wait for that day when he shall calm down to get his own my friends live your life not as if you have arrived but live your life as one that is only passing through this is not our home this is just a station for a while one day the son of man will come the son of man will come and he will call us you see I envision that day I envision that day to be as a day when Jesus comes with his holy angels they begin the journey from heaven because that will be the most splendid day in man's history if you have been waiting for that history it will also be the most dreadful day if you have not been looking forward to that day I imagine and I envision it in my sanctified imagination Jesus starts off with the holy angels now we are going down to consummate the marriage of the girl we engaged thousands of years ago and they start off together with the angels as they march to a certain altitude they reach the certain altitude Jesus tells them stop as the commander of the angels host he tells them stop they commute in the midst of nowhere and he allocates them how many are going to Asia for I have my children in Asia how many are going to Australia how many are going to America South America how many are going to different and he separates them according to the number of the people that he is resurrecting and uplifting from those continents and so angels separate themselves those going to America they go and among the continents that Jesus mentioned Africa is mentioned I have my children in Africa that I betrust that I engage and I must go and redeem them and the angels angels that moment those angels are located those angels charged to come to Africa they come down to Africa as they reach a certain altitude Jesus tells them stop and extend this deal and salute for faith instructions that day is a day like no other as the angels come to Africa he counts how many countries are in Africa and in each country he allocates the number of angels to go there and they go and proud to say among the countries that Jesus mentions Kenya is mentioned certain number of angels allocated for Kenya as they come and occupy the space of Kenya and the Lord says how many counties do we have in Kenya each county has a number of angels that are allocated to it and among the places that Jesus mentions is Nairobi the angels allocated to come to Nairobi as they reach the certain altitude of Nairobi he says there are many that work with me but are sleeping in the dust of the soil how many graves do we have in Nairobi and they count and Jesus commands them march go forward they begin to march as they reach those places now listen this is the beauty of resurrection the angels don't get to touch the ground Jesus doesn't get to touch it he is magnetic those that belong to him already get attracted to him as he comes closer as he reach a certain altitude the dead in Christ already know ours has come our father has come and they begin popping out of their graves like popcorn ascending meeting the Lord and joyously rejoin those that have gone before us forever is forever and it is forever we are with kaish forever with all of us forever our fathers that have gone we are with them forever our wives that have gone with them forever our children that have gone with them forever our neighbors that have gone with them forever Jesus has come that day Jesus will come the question is will you be right will you be right the decision is yours coming he is coming whether you like it or not ready or not Jesus is coming again my friend live life knowing fully well that one day our father will come to him we are not to live our lives carelessly as if we do not have a groom that has gone to prepare places for us there is a groom who is preparing places when he is done he will come with great fanfare be ready my friend be ready for the coming of the son of man is imminent the signs everywhere can tell that Jesus is coming the signs in the natural world the signs in the political world the signs in the economic world they all point to one thing that is certain and that Jesus is coming again Jesus is coming again Jesus is coming again my friend Jesus is coming again Jesus is coming again I said Jesus is coming again my father is coming again our lord is coming again our saviour is ready or not Jesus is coming again our father heaven thank you tonight thank you for this reminder but as we live our lives on earth may this reminder be constant and permanent in our mind that you are coming again if you are coming again allow us to check our lives on a daily basis if we are in harmony with the requirements of heaven allow us lord through the action of your best man the holy spirit to be reminded of the sinful acts that we may have that each and every day that comes we may amend our ways be better spouses to you the consummation of that marriage that you already did to the disciples may your name be glorified as this reminder of your coming remains permanent in our hearts for this we pray in Jesus name amen indeed Jesus is coming again we will now sing the theme song the coming king is at the door he is at the door he is coming soon thank you very so much for that sweet melody viewers we thank you very much for finding time to join us in fellowshiping the Lord tonight we shall be back again tomorrow and for the next few days starting 4.45pm up to around 6 o'clock join us again tomorrow so that together we may fellowship to those of you who are making decisions please call us on the numbers that are on the screen send an SMS or a WhatsApp message somebody will attend to you any time now those lines are manned 24 hours now the pastor has a book pastor says that is has a book the book is called revolutionizing or revolutionizing the adventist mindset the price is Kenya shillings 770 or 7 USD and you may contact any of the ammo leaders if you want a copy of the book thank you very much we hope to see you tomorrow but before we go let us all say the grace may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all now and forever more amen