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Well, good morning.
We still have people coming in. Uh, I, I'm gonna do a little bit of bribery because I don't see any children sitting in the front row. There's still lots of, lots of seats up here and I'm thinking.
For those who want to stand up to say the verses a little bit later, we have the 1St pick at some of these stuff. I don't know. We don't have these in Canada called Dum Dums I I kind of like the name. I don't know why they call that.
Any more younger one would like to set up here? I got another 5-6 seats up here.
You don't have to.
I will promise not to bite.
OK, why are you deciding? Let's begin by singing a hymn. Anyone would like to start off with a him?
OK.
Hymn #46 Oh, I like this. Hymn is short, but it helps us to spell, doesn't it? Hymn #46 at the back of our hymn sheet.
And yeast thyme to me. I'm still alive and forthcoming.
So I'm very interested in it.
And we call them because all the people are now and they want all to be a warrior to do.
Let's close our eyes. We'll ask the Lord Jesus for help before we start. Blessed God and our loving Father, we give thanks again this morning for Thy love toward us. We thank Thee for this little hour where we can have the privilege once more of telling forth the story of Thy love.
Telling for that Christ Jesus came into the world to save me, that he came to save sinners like me. This morning we look to thee. And we pray if there be any boys or girls here who are still lost, and we know too that many older ones, young people, adults, seniors who are listening in and perhaps some are still lost. We do pray that that work working their heart and conscience too. So we commit this meeting now into thine hand, giving thanks for the privilege.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Another Hem.
Oh, I'll let you think about which one. Can I pick one? Is it OK for someone like me? Pick one.
I like to pick one hymn #42 Now this one, some of you may have heard me use this before. I like to change this him a little bit. It's a short him. I like to sing it around twice. Because as we look around the room, it's not just little ones. We got medium sized ones, we got older ones. So as we sing this him, we'll sing it the way it is the first time around. The second time around we're gonna change couple of words. We're gonna sing a little child of.
70 I'm quite sure there's some here either close to that age or are at that age.
There's still a little child of God, aren't they? So we're going to sing a little child of 70 or even 34, you know, anyone that's 34. I think there are a few 34 here, so we'll just change those two the second time around. Would that be OK? All right, uh, let's go.
Go.
Umm, so I can't do it, Uh, period. All right, they don't have a blown up.
Umm.
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I came out of that Lord.
Water and the heart really lived here on the dark.
And the slope of the region and different towns of ratings. And we were able to make it today and love them.
So how old do you have to be to receive the Lord Jesus?
How old?
Any age, is he right? Any age. I think you're right. What if somebody 70 year old is that old? By the way, is that old? You know, I use the thing 70 was old. I don't think that anymore. I think they're pretty young. So for for someone 70 years young, they took them 70 years to realize that Jesus died for him as well.
Or her? Is that too late?
But what if you're only three? Who's 3 here?
I guess the three-year old doesn't know enough to put the hand up right? Or four. Is that too young to be safe?
No. Well, wait a minute. Is it difficult to be saved?
No, I can't tell you a story. Some. I told someone this story last night and I thought it would be a nice story to tell, even to the children. Yeah, I I met a man one day, actually, I have to go see him for some repair work. And someone told me his name is Mohammed Ali.
So as I go see this man, I thought OK, I will be meeting this little Muslim man and when I got into his shop.
I noticed you got pictures of doves and they go I thought the only Christians use stuff to signify the Holy Spirit and I thought wow Muslims use that too.
And then I saw on his wall in his office, he had a little tax on there. He said, As for me and my house, I will serve the Lord. I go, wow. I know Muslims use the Bible sometimes to quote and often misquote. I said this man really have it. Well, after talking to him for a little bit, I find out he's a Christian. He has been redeemed by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. We talked.
And then I asked him a very silly question. I said Muhammad.
How were you saved? Do you ever ask people that question? And Muhammad looked at me with a straight face and a simple answer. Is that by grace, Of course.
I felt kind of silly, but I thought, what a wonderful answer for by grace, are ye saved? Isn't it anything we can do?
No, it's, it's not off work. Why is that? Because if it's anything I can do, I'm gonna brag about it. If I have to walk around the block 95,000 times and see I did it, then it's my work, isn't it? So the word of God said it's not of works lest any man should boast. Oh, it is by grace you, whether you be three or whether you be 4, the grace of God.
Have saved you. Let's have another hymn.
Anyone else? If you have a chance to think about what him you would like to say, would you have one that you like? No.
Do I have to pick another one? Oh I missed someone OK since the one.
Hymn number six. Do you know what it is?
That is a lovely hymn. Hymn number six. Perhaps we'll sing the 1St and the last verse. Is that OK? OK, that's a long hymn. Hymn number six. Oh, it tells the story. Really. This is the Sunday school story. This is the gospel story. God. It all begins with God. God in mercy sent his Son to a world by sin undone. That's the gospel.
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Isn't it that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, he was crucified just for me? I was a Sinner.
Jesus died.
God in birth, he said.
A ride was Christmas in my heart, but for today?
One of the time.
Of my prayer.
Why so much of my parents make the flowers her blood as well Granny and praying upon her blood.
Staying without crying in the morning of the phone.
Oh.
My God.
And they are staying.
Alone.
Nobody can fly. There must be a lot of.
How many have you learned that Sunday school verse?
That's nice. You know, I, I know this is difficult because for me, I was always afraid to stand up and say my verses. You know, I used to sit there and go, oh, oh, there is two more, Dennis. Then it's my turn. And I used to get very nervous. And then when I stand up, I can't say it. Anyone feel that feel like that? And some of the young people sitting in the back would probably go, you don't make me say those verses anymore, but I hope you still learn it.
And I know many of you learned it at home very well too. So if you don't feel like you want to stand up and say it, you can say it to your mom and dad and I have to take your word for it. And if you did learn it, see, we brought some Dum Dums.
Who would like to say the verse for me and get to be the first to choose?
No one.
OK. Do I see any? Did you put your hand up? No. OK.
You know it's bad. Sometimes people point fingers, right? And you can't tell which who's pointing your finger. OK, then let's let's read that verse together. Would that be good? I believe it's in Luke's gospel.
Matthew, Mark, Luke.
Luke's Gospel, chapter 15.
You see it's OK, a lot of the grown-ups don't know the verse neither see how they are turning to it so they can tell what it is. So we learned this together, Luke chapter 15 verse uh, verse 10. Let me read it through first. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over.
One Sinner.
That repent us.
OK, let's say it together. OK, ready. Likewise.
I say unto you.
There is joy in the presence of the angels of God.
Over one Sinner.
That repenteth. Wow.
There were joy and there were joy with the angels. Is that right? Is that what it said?
I don't think so.
Can Angel Joe Joyce? No.
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I think the better translation set before the angels, so when a Sinner even.
11 Sinner repented. There is joy before the angels in heaven. Isn't that wonderful that God loves us? That even one little boy or one little girl or a 70 year old boy, Oh, there's joy in the presence of God.
In heaven, let's have. Oh, now I'm gonna need some volunteer because I don't know who really learned it or did it. What? I have a volunteer to help me pass this out to those who learn the verse. You again? OK, well, no one else seems to like to volunteer.
Must Is it your grandpa who put you up to this?
You helped me to find the boys or girls that deserve to get one and the way out. We have more. OK. You think they OK now while we're doing that, let's choose another him who has another him. They like to sync together with us. Maybe we'll ask the bigger boy, bigger girl in the middle road or the back row. Anyone else?
If you're 34 or 70, you qualify.
No.
OK, Tim.
Hymn #44.
Oh, here's another old favorite hymn about Gypsy boy hymn #44 into.
1000 please standing and he's no I didn't have her had solemnly.
Nobody ever told me to ignore.
He thought of me and I'm always alone for her and I'm giving me the sacrifice of your life being. I cannot ever reach my hand recognition. Oh no, find me a very much don't worry I'm so.
No body and brother has told me before.
I am sure that I have any plans here for any.
I can help me about again, the observation started to be increased before I go home the other night. You can stay on the chilled rain of and nobody has been a test, so can you please call me.
What is interesting, thank you for giving this him out because I, I have a thought, a couple of words to share with you this morning. They're big words. And I was just thinking about the gypsy boy, you know, do you think a Gypsy would stand out? If you were to see a Gypsy boy, would you think you'd say there's the Gypsy boy? I think so. Eh, there's something about gypsy. Now, that's not my thought today, but it's a word. A word I hope you remember. We're just gonna talk mainly of two words.
Because sometimes I've been accused of talking about too many things.
2 words. First word.
Peculiar.
Is that a big word? What does it mean by peculiar? I think the gypsy boy is kind of peculiar.
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You know, we use that phrase often and some often. I find a lot of words we use often we don't really know what it means, so we can't explain it. So I looked it up in the dictionary. Sometimes it's good to do that, Huh. It's a peculiar.
Looks different. It's not normal.
I go OK, why does the word of God tells us that now it's interesting by the way, for some of the little bit older ones you search through Scripture to work peculiar is mentioned seven times, twice in Deuteronomy, twice in the New Testament. Interestingly, the book of the wilderness seen it took a peculiar but only.
I believe once, maybe twice, you use the phrase peculiar people.
It's not that interesting.
Some of us are well, I trust that most of us here are peculiar. Let me just read the verse first. Let's go to.
Titus.
Is that first Titus or second Titus?
No, there's only one book, right?
Book of Titus.
Titus, chapter 2.
I'm gonna read verses 13 and 14 together, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the grey God and our Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself. And notice the word here. A peculiar people, zealous.
Of good works. Isn't that interesting? We have a blessed hope. We look forward to soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ. But then it reminds us here that we have been redeemed.
And we're going to be peculiar people unto himself. Now let me turn to one more verse. I believe it's in first Peter.
I, Peter. Chapter 2.
Oh I let's see, chapter 2.
Sorry I lost my thought there. Maybe someone can help me that in fir in Peter there.
That talk about Oh yes, first Peter chapter 2 verse nine. But you are a chosen generation.
A royal priesthood and holy nation.
A peculiar people, that you should show forth the praise or praises of him who have called you our darkness.
Into its marvelous light. Now some of you may have a Bible that have a little margin on it. And if you notice, margin has the word to replace this word peculiar in this, in this, uh, particular, uh, chapter. And if you look at it, let's say purchased, we have purchased people. I think Mr. Darby used the phrase possessed people possessed by our blessed God and our Father. So we are peculiar when someone is peculiar.
They stand out, don't they?
Mm-hmm. Oops.
If I were to do this.
And put this on coming into meeting. Do I look a bit peculiar?
But there's always a reason for doing things that are peculiar, doesn't it? And especially if I turn the light on, you know?
And start flashing. Is that peculiar?
Do I look different?
Just a minute now, may maybe I feel I still don't stand out enough. So you notice I wore something different. I had a jacket on this morning. You find this shirt is peculiar. My wife said to me. You have it inside out.
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I go no, that's the way they do it but but.
It's kind of interesting too, because sometimes things people do things more peculiar for reasons. So if I were to put these candies away, notice I don't have any side pockets, so I have to reach to the back and I put it into my back pocket here. Why is that? You see, that's peculiar. And you say, well, maybe it's not peculiar enough. So I thought, well, if I come in.
And do this, you're really going to say, wow, that by the way, I kept my shorts off, so you're not going to really think I didn't want to embarrass. I think my wife and my children would be very embarrassed if I were to put that on as well. Then you go, wow, why?
Well, if it's so bad, why do people?
Dress differently.
There's a reason, isn't there? If I dress this way, what do you think I plan to do?
Uh, Mr. Doppler, no.
All right, a bicycle. Yeah. I need to be protected with my head. Now. By the way, it's interesting you think about the helmet. You know, this is a red flashing light on there. Now, we are told to be the light of this world, but sometimes we do this. Why do you think I chose a red light on there? Why?
Yeah, I'm saying look, I'm a light, back off.
I don't want you to come near me. I won't feel safe, especially if you're a car or down here in the United States, they drive big cars, they like the SUVs. And when you're on your bicycle, you put a light on, they say, back off, stay as far away from me as possible. So sometimes we say, well, we do what the word of God tells us, we're a light. But now we have the look again and think, well, what kind of light are we?
Are we turning our light on and say, oh, you need to back off? Or are we gonna be?
Because we're peculiar people, and we're gonna put a light on so bright that when you shine, even though our darkness, you'll go wow, we.
Interesting, isn't it? So we are peculiar, but when we are peculiar we do it for reason. Now I know Mr. Dabbler knows all this because he buy he used a bike a lot. And you do things for a reason. You stand out by the way they go bikers. If you know people bike a lot, they have certain characteristics, just like Christians. If we are light for the world, we have characteristics. Most cyclists and farmers can because they always wear the sweater or they.
White shirt and they don't have a full 10 like some of you who tend on the beach all the time and you can see they were short and you can tell the tan line is different and they always wear socks. So they never tan the foot, the feet on it, it stands out. They wear clothing that are what they call moisture weighting. So you can be all soaking wet, but it doesn't cling to your skin. So you said what a peculiar. Well, they do it for a reason. Well, why did we put a pocket in the back?
Well, we're peculiar because when someone rides a bike, well, you don't want something on your side, so you can ride your bike with something behind you. It's much easier, isn't it, that have something bouncing back and forth when you're rotating back and forth?
Peculiar, but peculiar for reason, because we have a different mission, and when.
When you have a different mission, you do think fact. I'll show you a couple more things I.
What it is?
What do you think these are?
Actually I have two of them.
I don't just wear one. What is it?
Sneakers. Looks like sneakers, eh? Well, you know, people that are peculiar, they work different kind of sneakers. He's laughing as he knows he probably have two or three pairs. And how many of you will go buy sneakers that don't bend? See this? It won't bend. It's not very good, is it? You want sneakers that flex it, don't you? Well, this one doesn't bent, and they pay extra for that.
But why? Uh, because for who? Why?
That's right. Wow, you must have some of these. I bet your grandpa spoiled your rotten.
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Uh-huh. That's right, because the purpose is not walking. When you're cycling, you don't. In fact, if you ever watch a cyclist walk with these on, they look like they have flip flops on. They go clop, clop because they can't bend their feet when they walk. You know what else is different on this?
What's under the shoes here?
You put metal under your shoes.
Yeah, yeah. They call it SPD, am I right?
SPD.
Shimoni pedaling dynamics.
Well, see, it's interesting because when you want to be different, what you're hoping to be better. And for all people like me, for me to keep up with grandchildren, I need every bit of help possible. So these things.
Lock onto your pedals so you can slip and you can apply more force to it. Even force oh is better, so you're fitting yourselves for something better. But when someone else look at you and go, he is peculiar. In fact, I tell you something that even funnier. How many of you have fallen off your bicycle before?
Oh yeah, you believe, I tell you, I just recently I fell off my bike four times in a row.
Silly. Yeah, Now you see, when you wear these shoes, you lock yourself to the pedal when you stop. And if you forget to unlock this, you can't stick your foot out.
And I'll tell you, this is one of the most helpless, less feelings that all you can see is you're gonna fall, your feet are tied and you just fall over.
And people standing on the sidewalk will look at you and go, what's wrong with this guy?
And the bad thing is, until you learn it, it's like, that's what what slow learners. You get back on the bike, you ride a few blocks, you stop again and you go, uh oh.
That's how we learn, isn't it? But you know, when people learn to use this, they can ride the cycle faster, better, because you are sidetracked a little bit, because when you ride your bike, it's not efficient. You push down and you push down and you push down. With this, you push down while your other foot lifts. So you're doing your circular motion. You build your quad, you build your muscles all around. Well, what does that have to do with us in Sunday school?
This is not a cycling lesson. I'd like to turn to another verse.
First Timothy. No, I'm sorry. Second Timothy.
Second Timothy Oh, before we go to that. So do you remember the word we just learned? What was that big word we learned?
Anybody remember we forget already with the P word?
Peculiar that. Don't look around at your friends there, OK? I know you'll find someone that you think look peculiar because we all look peculiar. But not only peculiar, we are peculiar people because we're God's people. Now let's go to Second Timothy chapter 3.
And I know you know these verse.
These verses and I learned these verses when I was really young and I still every time I read it, I learned something new. I'll start with verse 15. You should look you could look at verse 15 too. It tells tell Timothy that how even when he was a child and by the way, that is why we should learn versus when we're younger right from a child you have learned the Holy Scripture but in verse 16 it tells us all scriptures is given by the.
Inspiration of God.
And is pro profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
It tells us what the Scripture is for, but then it says, why do we need it? That the man of God, How many boys and girls here would like to be the man of God?
That the man of God may be perfect.
Thoroughly furnished unto good works.
Does anybody have missed the Darby translation with them handy?
Can you read for me verse 17, Mr. Darby's translation?
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That the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work. Thank you. I was looking at just another word here.
The word is fitted.
It's interesting, we talked about those cyclists, they they fit themselves with various gears and accessories, things that they think would make them better. But here.
Is that that we would be now King James translation used the word perfect, but I like the other word complete. Isn't that interesting? But how can we be complete? Uh, we need to be fitted properly. You know, maybe for the ladies here, you think a fitting usually is closed, right? Especially a wedding coming up you go, I need to get fitted properly. But there are many things that we need to be fitted so that we can be complete.
So that won't be we can be become what?
The man of God.
Or the woman of God. We're the people of God. We need to learn to be complete so that we can do good works for Him. How do we get fitted properly? Do we go to a bike shop? No, and it tells us what do we have in our hands?
Some people say the Bible. I like the way it's written Scripture. It's the word of God. All scripture is given by the inspiration of God. This is from God to us. Do we value this? What can it do for you? It fits you properly so you can be complete. Look at what it does is that is profitable for doctrine.
OK, I said 2 words so not to worry about this word, but you, you learn that right?
The two word was. The first word was. What was that again?
Peculiar, that's right, peculiar people. Now the second word is fitted. We need to be fitted properly to, to, to be complete, to do the good works of God. And here it tells it. It's good for doctrines. Maybe the easy way to think of that. It's good for teaching. Yesterday Brother Tim reminded us the sound teaching. We need to know that we need to rightly divide the word of God. So it's good for teaching or doctrines.
And oh, it says for reprove. What is reprove?
But we prove. It's an interesting word. We prove really means to correct someone if someone says something not properly. Now, there's a difference with reprove and rebuke. If I'm gonna rebuke you, I'm gonna lay it in and scream at you and yell at you in telling how wrong you are. If you look it up in the dictionary definition that we prove is correction. Gently.
We have to correct someone for teaching so they'll learn.
Not to scold them, to tell them how wrong they are. And now not just for the children. I speak to the older ones too. How often do we fail? We said you said that wrong. We feel so good that I'm right and you're wrong. We let them have it. That's not reproved, brethren. So Word of God is good for reprove, for correction. We need to be corrected often, don't we? And for instruction and righteousness.
You see how we need to be fitted in all of these according and by the Word of God that we can learn the proper teaching, We can learn how to correct people properly, gently, nicely, so that they would learn more about the Word of God. And we learn instruction through righteousness so we can be complete as the man of God fitted what we have time for.
Why not maybe two more hems? Oh, before we say, what were the two words again?
Fill it and.
I can't think.
Peculiar. That's right. Is that what you're thinking of? Peculiar people.
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All right, I'll give you a few seconds to take any hymns.
Hey, Tommy.
Are you pointing at which one?
40 hymn #40 OK, the five verses, but I think it's worth singing the all 5 verses here. You know, let me tell you a quick story on this. This hymn is so well known. We used to go and visit a place.
Corset in house and Peter Blair may remember that it's a place where when men who are what we call down and under, they have no more home and most of them are have some sort of addictions. In fact, they don't even want to live. All they want is to get high and it's a place where they can they can stay short term and short term for some could be years. And we used to go down and preach the gospel and we were saying we will ask this man what him and this him Jesus.
Loves me.
Always turn out to be a favorite and when you talk to these men, they could be down and out, but they remember them when they when they were younger, they learn this hymn Jesus loves me. And they still bring comfort to many souls. So as we sing this hymn, we'll think about how many in this world know the gospel of God's grace by simply singing this hymn Jesus loves you.
405-1000 games from 11:01 to 10:00 minutes long. And how I could be trying to give you a strong Yeah, give me a lot of things. Yeah, I have to give you my son's name. You can't give me twice one day.
And I'll buy one of the grounds around me so.
859-8298 Nevermind.
Have a nice day.
You stay safe from every hour. Yeah. Let's see if I'm surprised today. Yeah.
Love me.
Yeah, it's like like too many blah, blah, blah blah.
Hold on one second, I'll share with you something real quick. With a lot in a large room like this, we got a little problem. See, when you're standing in the Meadow, you hear things differently. Even though I forgot my hearing today, I can still hear part of it. And some of you are going to school to learn that the speed of sound only go at about 6-7 hundred miles an hour. Well, for sound to travel from the very backroom to the other side actually take fraction of a second. And often we wait for.
The other side to hear what they sing and try to match it and then if you really listen to it, we're singing at 2-3 different.
Speed, it doesn't sound very harmonious, so try not to, OK, listen a little bit and you can see because we tend to slow down more and more and you have two, three or and the larger the crowd, the more difficult it is. So let's see if we can try to listen. But yet knowing that by the time I heard what they saying is already half a second behind, we may have to speed it up a bit. Let's see what we can do a better job this time with the two verses remaining ready.
Jesus.
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Nsnoise.
Does that sound any different? Nicer.
No, that the other peculiar things about us, isn't it? We don't seem to think very well sometimes we can. So remember we as we deem one, we are redeemed. We are peculiar people. Yes, the world is going to see you differently. Do you want to blend in just like the rest of the world, so they don't notice the different? You could. But what does the word of God remind us? We are peculiar, we are His.
And we have the privilege of being a light for him. We have the privilege to present the gospel of God's grace. And I'll share one more thing with you. We are told to preach the gospel speaking especially not our young people. You will find never in the word of God said you're responsible for any result. Isn't it nice that we can do the job and not worry the result so we can preach. So let's close in prayer.
Blessed God and our loving Father, we give thanks once again this morning. We thank Thee that we are peculiar people unto Thee. And now we look to thee and we commit this day into thine hand. We think of many children here. Would you pray that thou will continue to help them, teach them? And surely we are all children before Thee. So we think of how another hymn writer will pen those words. All teach us more of thy blessed ways. And if thou still tarry in a short moment.
We thank Thee that we shall have the privilege of remembering our blessed Lord Jesus in his death for us. So we look to thee now. We commit this day into thine hand, giving the our thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in.