Sermon

• It is based on questions that you asked that were personal in nature.
• IF THERE ARE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE ROOM TAKE THEM TO SS.  I AM WARNING YOU NOW.
• I didn’t want to answer some of these  questions.

• Fun Questions
• Hard Questions ***
• Smart Questions
• Prayer Questions

• The hard saying (hard to understand) of Jesus… If Jesus was Indonesian which location he would have lived & why?
• What would Jesus say about our church if was to come here in person (physical body)? (Revelations)
• What is Jesus’ Favorite color?
• What is Jesus’ Favorite food?

• I would imagine he would have been born in a poor Javanese Christian family.
• Track 1: You guys are the greatest.
• Track 2: You need to work on some things.
• Blue… 2/3 of the world is Blue with the Ocean.
• What is Jesus’ favorite food? Barbequed Fish: John 21:7-9

• What does Jesus decide on a gay relationship that’s obviously better than most hetero relationship? (feels so right, yet I was raised in the Christian belief that it’s wrong)
• What does Jesus say about “already” divorced couple who was united in His name?

• Jesus never directly addresses the issue of homosexuality. But the Bible in both the OT and the NT is clear that homosexual behavior is a sin. No matter how it feels it is a sin. Lev 18:22 "Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
• Lev 20:13 "If a man practices homosexuality , having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

• So as a result of last weeks message I want you to know that Jesus is God. And God says that homosexuality is wrong. I don’t believe in ordaining Gay ministers or in gay marriage.
• On this note I believe that the church has done itself a disservice by hating Gay people.  For the record…
• This is a chance for me to say that God hates all Sexual sin.

• Divorce is never an option for the true believer. Our options should be that we under every circumstance try and resolve whatever conflict there is. But the Bible in both the OT and the NT talks about it.
• Malachi 2:16 "For I hate divorce !" says the Lord, the God of Israel. "To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. "So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife."
• I don’t believe that divorce is the “unpardonable sin” So, what does Jesus say about “already” divorced couple who was united in His name?
• "You have heard the law that says, 'A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce .' 32 But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

• What the Jesus methods of doing successful business (ethically)?? (Jesus way of doing business)
• What will Jesus be saying to see His followers struggle more in the materialistic & consumptive world?
• Jesus knows from the very start He created me, what I would become/ grow up, & grow old to be, doesn’t he? … coz sometimes I also think, He knows already I go to Heaven or Hell, and I feel, well it’s all set & we’re just puppets.
• When is the right time for a kid to receive Jesus? If a 8/9/10 years old kid died, would he go to heaven?  In the book “Heaven is so real” I read that kids under 7 years old will go to heaven when they die. My son is turning 7 soon. Should I ask him to receive Jesus now? Or should I wait until he decides to do it by himself… not knowing when?
• “What should I do … how to overcome this…?”  I really am trying to be a good, real Christian for Jesus & myself by doing what God wants me to do. However, there’re always things in my life … happening every minute that forbid me for doing so! Especially my family! Why?  Dan 3:16-18

• Jesus was born in the Market place. The stable was a modern day gas station or parking lot. Shepherds were modern day small business people. Not born in the temple in the family of priests and they never came to see him at his birth.
• For 18 years Jesus was a business man entrepreneur.  In Mark 6 :3 he was rejected by his own village because the tables and yokes for their oxen were possibly made by Jesus and his father.  Pricing, securing raw materials, maintenance of equipment, supply and demand and everything else that comes with running a small business.  We like to think of Jesus as a monk but honestly He ran a small business.    
• People rejected him because he was from the local business men not the established religious group.

• His parables reflect a good grasp on many aspects of local business.

• Jesus was a friend of both the poor and the rich. He interacted with wealthy business people. His message to them was don’t over charge, don’t extort, Be honest, be fair & don’t store up too much wealth here on earth without sending it on ahead of you.
• Actually a lot more to be said but I will stop there. Read or get the book. *** Anointed for Business by Ed Silvoso***

• What will Jesus be saying to see His followers struggle more in the materialistic & consumptive world? Matt 6:24-34
• Puppets… Try not to think about it if it’s true then it’s true.
• I believe that all children go to heaven!
• Life is a test in some ways.  DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND!

• Is Jesus always listening not to our prayer but also our mind and thoughts? Will there be a time when He got upset and bore to our prayers?
• Why should we pray to ask for something if Jesus already has a plan for us?
• (ex: we pray asking for PS3 but Jesus thinks that we can’t have it so he doesn’t give us)
• Is he ever bored with our prayer and request?

• Matt 7:7-11 7 Effective Prayer "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 "You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

• Does He ever get bored? NO… But maybe He laughs…
• He knows our NEEDS.  Defining that and knowing if we have enough faith are big factors in answered prayers.

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