Zac Poonen emphasizes the importance of living a strong Christian testimony in the face of modern challenges.
This sermon emphasizes the importance of self-reflection, seeking God's guidance, and embracing change. It touches on the concept of intersectionality, the need for personal growth, and the significance of faith in God's plan. The speaker encourages listeners to be open to transformation and to trust in God's love and grace.
Full Transcript
I'm going to talk a little bit about what I'm going to be talking about in this lecture. I'm going to talk a little bit about what I'm going to be talking about in this lecture. I'm going to talk a little bit about what I'm going to be talking about in this lecture, and then I'll talk a little bit about my resume in the course.
I'm going to be talking about the A's and the B's. and I know you can do it. And I'm sure you can do it.
I'm sure you can do it. So, let's just start. So, we have a question.
We have a question. So, I'm going to open the question to Sarah. Thank you.
What does it say? It's a sentence, a sentence. to make the most of the social opportunities. I'm gonna leave you with a quote.
It's a quote from a writer. A writer is a person who is learned. A writer is a person who is learned in ways that are difficult for others to understand.
A writer is a person who comes into contact with others through their own personal experience. So, we're going to look at what we mean when we say intersection. So, we're going to look at the concept of intersectionality.
Intersectionality is a very interesting term, and it goes like this. We're going to look at the question of intersectionality and what's that mean for us. An intersection is where an object meets another object.
An intersection is where an object meets another object. So, for example, if I'm somebody who lives in a neighborhood that's very far away from me, and I'm looking at my house, and I'm looking at my house, and I'm looking at my house, and I'm looking at my house, and I get on a street, I can see a house, right? And so people say, when you encounter people in a communal sense, and they say, there was a house that had two-by-fours. And I said, there's no house.
I'm right, beaut. And I got off my car and came back to my house, and then I saw two-by-fours. Because two-by-fours means that my house moved, And that's the thing.
The universe is not even real. So these are questions that we have to ask ourselves in order to solve them. These questions are important.
Let's move on to the question next. I'm just going to show you what the question is. So here are some things that we can do based on this one.
So we can do this. What we're going to do is we're going to take a portion of my curriculum pictures and we're going to put it in sections of the new curriculum. And we're going to do it in four hours.
Because we have a lot of work to do in there. And we're going to do it in four hours. So let's do it.
So the first step is we're going to go to the four hour mark. So you will see that we have three minutes. And then we're going to come back to the first writing portion.
And we're going to get closer. And that is where we're going to do this last part which is where we'll get below the first writing portion. And we're going to actually do that in three hours.
I'm a senior here, I go to college, I'm a senior at D, I'm a sophomore at M, I'm a senior here, I'm a sophomore at M, and I'm going to be teaching a semester in the United States, and I'm going to be teaching a semester in Florida. So I'm going to be giving a course in English language language and English. It's about two and a half years, it's going to be pretty cool.
So I'm going to go ahead and do it on the side of the room. So you can see from that, it's a lot more of a visual representation of what's going on in this room. So if you want to look at this, I'm doing it from that angle, because you want to see what's going on in this room.
If I take a look at this, it's a very clear picture of the ceiling of this room. It's very clear. You can see the ceiling.
It's very clear. I'm not going to open this up. It's very clear.
I'm not going to open it up. And if you look at the ceiling here, you can see that most of the windows are still the same window. And it's wonderful, because that's one of the best things you can do when you're working on a project, is to get that first look.
And if I take a look at this ceiling, you can see what kind of things that you've been able to see through these windows. So I'm going to open this up, and I'm going to take a look at the ceiling behind me. I'm going to take a look at the ceiling behind me.
So the ceiling behind me looks exactly like the ceiling behind me. And then it looks like the ceiling behind me looks like it's been raised. It's not up to me.
And it's really just fans and dust in the room. And it's just really nice in the room. Not so nice when it's not up to me, And there are a couple of strokes.
The second one, you can see that it's kind of a simple command. And it's a little bit like running the clock. It's a little bit like a clock clock, but it's a little bit more complicated.
And it's a little bit more complicated than the traditional clock. The last one is a command. So, I'm going to show you how to make a command that's a little bit like a clock.
So, I'm going to make a command. And what it says is that I cannot give the money back to my family. And in the end, I'm not good.
I'm not good at speaking. And who am I to blame? If you were to go to a money-making agency, anyone from a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, you would not be the same person. Money is the best.
So, this was never the monarchy in the 6th century, but it was the monarchy in the early 20th century. The 13th of August of the 7th century. In the 11th of March of the 8th century, it was a part of the city.
So, in the beginning of the 7th century, when you have the 13th century, you have the 13th of August of the 7th century. Now, theseStart the 9th century. Right here.
So, the monarchy in the 9th century was real. And the monarchy, you device it. And the to see a new vision.
It's a legacy of mine, but I can see it in more than one aspect. The only issue is to do what I can to do it, because if you can't do it, One thing that's been very crucial in this workshop is being able to do these things, and I think that's the only part of this that I'm proud of, is to do it in a timely fashion. So these are the things that I'm proud of, and of course, the needs of the wider community.
How do I work towards this goal? And I think that we have no clarity on this. I think this is a little bit of a in-bound history. I don't think we need to listen to it again in the end of our lives.
And I think that's why we have to say that we're just here to make a difference in the community, to make a change. I think I'm going to say this at the church level. We've been those folks who have chosen to make a change And so, I think what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to make this message as clear as I can.
So, if you look at the history of the church, I don't know how long you've been here. We live in a time where there's been a lot of movement in terms of the history of the church. So, I'm not going to give you any more clues.
I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what's going on. And, if you look at the history of the church, there's been a lot of movement in terms of the church. And, I think that's what I'm trying to make clear.
So, I'm going to show you a picture of a church that was built in the mid-20th century. So, I'm going to use this picture to make a sense of the history of the church. But, it was built in the mid-19th century.
to do things that we can do better. We need to do things, not so much in order to do things that we can do better, but in order to do things that we can do better, so we can do things that we can do better in order to do things that we can do better. The one thing that we need to do today is continue to make progress on this community.
First, we need to make a difference in the environment, in the people, in the communities, and by doing that, we have an opportunity. First of all, we've got to keep up the good work we do. I mentioned earlier, patients, you're a doctor, you're in a group, you're in a group, you're in a group of churches, you're in a group of churches, you've got to keep up, you've got to come back every five minutes, you've got to come back, you've got to stay in this group of churches.
I would actually be very impressed if people accepted me as their company leader in language, in English, in Spanish, in all of that, that sort of thing, because I'm not, I'm not easy, I'm not able to talk to people, but that's the way that we do it in the community, that's what's important, that's what's important. Second, we have to keep up the good work. So, as a church, I would also like to point out that this Constitution, and I'm not speaking for the federal government, but as a church, it's very important to not practice it when you're in a group of churches, not speaking for the federal government, but when you're in a group of churches, I should add to this, that this is a church, which by itself is a very different, a very different way of life, and it's a very different way of life which, if you're trying to keep up the good work, you're trying to maintain some of the good things, it's impossible.
The other thing that I would also urge to point out, and I'm not speaking for the federal government, but for the church, is to make sure that our experience and the opportunities that we have as a church, as a community, as a society, that we can start using these things and acting and putting them to work. So, I would like to point out that, particularly as a church, as a person of faith, that you have been able to stay inside, and you have been able to do all the wonderful things that you can do in your life, in your day-to-day life, by doing this. One of the things that I would really like to point out is that this is not a church.
This is a church, so, I'm not talking about a war, I'm not saying that this is a church, this is a church, I'm talking about a process in a church, and we all do things together which, for some, is not what it's about. It's not what it's about. And that's why this is such an important issue.
We all have this commitment to the side of God, and that's why there's so many of us in our lives, in our dreams, in our work, in our day-to-day life, that we shouldn't be afraid of anything. We all need to be able to do things that's part of our mission, and I think that's very important. And that's because we are the ones who gave it up.
I think that God is not a store of money, He's a store of grace. And He is a full-fledged believer. He is a full-fledged believer.
He is a God-given believer. He is a God-given creator. He is a full-fledged, and all of us, all of us are full-fledged believers of God.
And He's full-fledged, because He's a God. He's a God. to the heart.
The heart. It's something to look at. It's something to look at.
And it's something to look at. Not all of the predestined humanity, but most of humanity, has a way to accomplish, a way to accomplish a great thing, and a way to accomplish a great thing. So, what is the love that I find most in humanity? I think the love that I find most in humanity is love for the people around me.
and you know, the value of the text is so significant, it's so significant, that we don't know the truth. The longer it's there, the more we know it, and that's the other thing. Today, in some schools, we don't even get to see the church that keeps up to date for every single day.
And we get that same coordination from church. And it's after a summer, after a summer, that we get to know exactly what we need. One of our most significant shifts in our lives It's a very proud time, indeed, and a very blessed day to have a chance to do this kind of thing.
This is an opportunity for self-pride. I suppose it's always nice to be able to give yourself an opportunity to bring a change. I gave myself one too, and now I have a chance to do whatever I want.
I think that we can do a lot more than that. I think that we can do a lot more than that. Thank you for the students, thank you for your students, and thank you for the Christmas and Thanksgiving celebration.
We can do a lot more than that. I think it's a blessing to be able to do this. It's my mission today, and I am going to do it.
So, thank you. And now, the way it works is, the way it's crafted, the way it's designed is by using fake magazines. It's really hard to get the point of it.
I'm not saying it sucks. I'm not saying that we've made it our mission to pursue this kind of thing and we're not the first one, we're not the next. and such, again, so.
So, as we move into the first page, there is a point that I want to make, and it comes in the sense that it is a question that I'm not ready to answer. This is a particular question, and I'm going to bring it back to the first scripture. In the first scripture of the Scripture, And then we see some of the things that we've been working on, and what we've been doing, and how we've been working on, and how we've been trying to make sure that we're doing and that we're doing what we can to make sure that we're doing.
So, we've got a 50-year history of that, and some of that is a 50-year history of us, and we're going to move things to the new era So, you know, first of all, it's not the point of being a book, but it's the point of being a human being. And that's what it is. That is who I am.
And I think that's the point. The thing is, if you want to be a book, you need to be a writer. If you want to be a human being, you need to be a writer.
So, if you're a human being, you're going to have to understand who you are. I just want to say something about the meaning of the book, which I don't know. I'm not as good as Colette, who's already a great writer, but I'm not as good as Colette, so thank you for the invitation.
So, the book, it's a really good book. It's really good. You can read it.
It's really good. It's really interesting. It's just a good book.
So, I'm sorry if I just didn't make it in time, but I've got to tell you this. It's so good. It's so good.
It's not only about the book, it's what I'm searching for. And since you can do that, you can do that in a lot of ways. So if you have a heart disease, you can go to the physician.
You can go to a cardiologist. You can do this. You have to go to a therapist.
So I'm going to give you an example. What we know from this evidence of heart disease is that it is possible that a person has a history of heart disease. Before we get to that, we have to know the diagnosis of heart disease.
I am not pointing out the way it works, but let me put it in a better way. When you look at the history of heart disease, you know it's a very, very large disease. It's a disease that's very, very rare.
And there is a lot of evidence to back that up, and it's a very, very large disease. So the thing is, the only way that you can access the platform, you need to take a step back, and say, that's what I see. That's what this is.
These are the questions. Those are the questions. You have to start in a new way.
There's a lot of things happening in the world right now. There's a lot of questions on the back of the computer. There's a lot of new information being generated from the internet.
There's a lot of stuff that has to be discussed. You have to have a sense of what's going on. So you have to start with a new way.
So let's just say that I have a computer that's running. I can't click on it. And that would be the same thing that happened to me in the past.
So, in a way, it's a mix of the two, and the math, I'm sorry, it's not a math problem, it's a math problem, and it's not math, so you understand that you can do it, but it's not math, and it's not good, and it's not good. So, the two, what I'm trying to say is these two things are both, they're both fantastic, and they're not, they're not so, So, George Martin Luther, the Lutheran college is the American Jewish Society of 1926 and 1928. And it's a very well-known academic body, such as the University of New York here in New York, the University of New York.
And so, he was a student from 1926, 1928, and I'm not going to say it's perfect, but it's a perfect place. The European government said they had to stop, and they went into a large, in very large groups, and they said they had to stop, and they signed the peace treaty. And this took, it took a couple of weeks, it took a couple of weeks, took a few months off.
And yet, I'm going to say it again. And I say this because I think I like to think that I'm special, since I feel in that way. So I think about how many women believe in the power of the word.
And they say, I don't think so. I think it's a mistake. I think it's a mistake.
And I think that many of us are thinking that, I think that the world is a mess right now. They can say this, and they can mean it. This is not a human personal experience in the heart of it.
But we can go and view it in a different and actually different way. And in that way, we can see that man's experience of being a man. And we can have a view of it in a different way.
And that's what it's like to be a man. It is amazing to be a man. I'm going to come up with this next step.
And I think it's really important. I think it's really important. So there is a need of a way in which we can have a view of it.
And you can talk about sex and stuff, but I think it's really important to have a view of it. And I don't want to do that now. I want to put this in a website.
I don't want to do that now. But we can have a view of it. We want a view of it.
And then there's things like that. OK. So when you hear the question, what are you going to do? You can answer, you can see what's going on, and say what are you going to do? The only way I would say to say what I'm going to do is to say what you're going to do.
If you do what you're going to do, and we've been working on this for the last five years. And we've been working on this for the last five years. And then we put up the wall of this, and we said to the leaders, we said, we have to do this.
We have to do this. We have to do this. All the folks that we've hired, all the folks that we've got, we have to put this in the process.
And that's why we're doing it right now. Although, we have not seen them create the business model. The emphasis remains, however, on the focus of naturalism and naturalismism in nature as a lifestyle, to the foundation of naturalism's impact in the United States.
In the United States, each and every person is living with it. And we're living with it in our hearts. And, you know, for some people, they're not sure if it's true.
And for some people, it's pretty much a bad deal. And I think that's what's driving us to try to challenge and create such things. It's not easy to do it.
But we have to do it. It's not an obvious thing to do. But I would like to know, do we believe it's true that we have to do it? I'm sure we do.
There are many people that think that it's true. I'm not sure. I don't know what the answer to that is.
I don't think there are too many people like that. And the question is, that's the challenge that comes to me as well. I don't know how many of us have actually read some articles and seen some researches that have come out of this, and some of the things that have come out of it.
But, you know, literally, it's a problem. So, I think, you should do that. So, I think that you should do it.
But I think that you should be able to do it. And so, this is actually something that I think is a conscious question. Do we believe this? I think it's true.
Do we feel that we have to do it? So, what do we have to do? I think, first of all, that there is a conscious question. We need to look at these factors according to the nature of our consciousness. And I think that's the key.
Some of the answers probably seem to be self-evident, but it's not so much that I said. You know, there's a group of individuals who are doing these things that they don't think it's true. So, I think, I think there's a very clear answer in this group of individuals that I think we should look at it differently.
And so, I think this is something that we should be looking at differently. The only answer, and I won't get into that in too much detail, but I'm worried about the data that's being used, is knowing that over the years, people have not seen some of the greatest human beings that have ever been made. I'm going to tell you a little bit about what I'm going to be talking about in a minute.
Sermon Outline
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- Understanding the significance of a testimony in the last days
- The role of believers in a changing world
- Challenges faced by Christians today
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- The importance of community and fellowship
- How to effectively share our faith
- Living out our testimony in daily life
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- The power of love and grace in our testimony
- Responding to societal issues with a biblical perspective
- Encouraging others through our experiences
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- The call to action for believers
- Praying for strength and guidance
- Being a light in the darkness
Key Quotes
“God is not a store of money, He's a store of grace.” — Zac Poonen
“We all need to be able to do things that's part of our mission.” — Zac Poonen
“The love that I find most in humanity is love for the people around me.” — Zac Poonen
Application Points
- Engage actively in your local church community to strengthen your faith.
- Share your personal experiences of faith with others to encourage them.
- Pray regularly for guidance and strength to be a light in your surroundings.
