Introduction
Let me begin with a discipleship question: how will you follow Jesus in prayer and dependence on God this week?
Main Points
In this lesson shaped by Calvary Boise's teaching on Kingdom Growth - Matthew 25:20-21, Christ invites us to receive truth with humility, practice repentance, and walk in faithful obedience.
Grace and Justification
almost 30 years ago maybe more than 30 years ago there was a gentleman from India that had come here to Boise and he. found his way into Calvary Chapel Boise he and our founding pastor Bob Caldwell got together and they had been praying about how it. is that we might be able to serve India together and they began what grew into chapel missions India and what we now call. today sinned hope now and the guy is a shining example of what it is to lay his life down and serve the Lord. we talk about giving our lives to the Lord he has given his life to the Lord and I think he's a great example. for us to follow and understand how God might use us to reach so many people with his love and with His grace and. so one of you guys give a warm welcome to pastor guna all the way from India thank you so much once again I. agree to in the name of our Lord and I feel it's a great privilege for me to be here it's honor and privilege. when I look back 30 years before I entered into a church Calvary Chapel near Albertson a small church with my sister Shanna still. I remember the day after 30 years later now my sister they are so sitting in front of me that makes me great joy. this is the situation of America sees living here in Gordon really and now here what a joy with a tan full heart I'm. looking at you that you know you have contributed a great amount of your prayer support financial support not only that he have also. sent many Saints to blesses in India many they came in the past 30 years many came and sacrificed many things in their life. just to bless us in Genesis chapter 12 it says that Abraham was blessed and he was given the promise that he would be. blessing to many people such a way God blessed you people to bless us and not only that now by the grace of God. everything is growing they build a I see the hand of God everything is provided I am very much thankful to Pastor Bob Caldwell. who is the one who is the one wanted me to do the mission work in India he visited with sister Cathy Caldwell 40. times and blisters I'm also very thankful to pastor Tucker.
Grace and Justification
yes taken up this ministry as a big challenge God is using him mightily to bless you bless us you people are in India's. the great elders also helping him then I'm are so very thankful to John Mayer and sister Debbie both have come many times and. contributing their leadership to run this now we say send hope now so beautifully God is using them not only that then I also. thank sister Dottie bless oh and Steve plus 52.4 they run every year on behalf of Indian HIV children and their contribution is very. much appreciated so all these things one thing I know that we all are children of God citizen of heaven on the call so. definitely you will get reward and we will get reward what we do so shall we look into God then we'll go into the. world of God let us pray our grace is Heavenly Father we thank you we praise you for this day not you have brought. us together to call you a poor father here he will call this together to learn things from you lord now we commit the. sermon and to you Lord let the Holy Spirit work among us we see the but to see the hand of youth Jesus so. that we will be my sister Lord we will know that you are the God in our life Lord once again we commit our. self unto you I ask in the name of Jesus I mean can you please read Matthew chapter 25 verse 20 and 21 you. must have read this chapter 25 the story of man who gave talents to the his servants yes one servant got five talents another. one two on their own one the master went came back and asked the amount which was given to them when five talent fellow. gave another five and two like the same but the one who got one he didn't give to master with multiplication when master appreciated. the first two he said beautifully faithful servant well done I will read it for you Matthew chapter 25 verse 20 and 21 so. he who had received five talents came and bought five other talents saying Lord you delivered to me five talents look I have gained. five more talents beside them his Lord said to him well done good and faithful servant you were faithful over a few things I. will make you ruler over many things enter into the joy of.
Faith and Obedience
your Lord here we see the beautiful certificate was given to two people who have used their talents well done good and faithful servant. liberals and sisters we all must get such a certificate every day before we go to bed we have to examine ourselves where we. are where we are whether we are eligible to receive the certificate from our Lord say today you have well done today you are. my servant good and faithful servant can Jesus say and to us today you have to examine just as I told you that years. before when we started the ministry in India we started in a small shed where were the slum we started a Sunday school north. for non-christian children my wife and myself used to go and teach the songs and Bible stories slowly he turned into a church within. one year the church started to multiply it went on nowadays in India we have about 200 churches now if you take it in. India you see there are 22 States 22 states and 28 languages we speak I speak five languages then only I can manage in. India anyway I know then the way we started the ministry in one place I never thought that we'd do like this but we. could see the hand of God until today we have built churches 75 built churches been building with church then 130 churches house churches. different places in North India we have sent way pastors and evangelists they are working in different areas we are also having orphanages 20. orphanages with 600 children presently all 3,000 more than thousand children they completed the shuttle down in different part of India in India we. have 1.3 billion people total population 1.3 billion whereas the area weighs one third of America just imagine how it would be the people. with different culture different language they are but still we they need Christ in their life only 3% are Christians in India that also. in South India few ticket South India 10% then not in there less than 1% so India need Jesus very much need Jesus many. people now nowadays they are coming very closer to God through social media through many pastors committed pastors and teachers when we started our. work we had to undergo a lot of challenges a lot of this the beginning even the non-christian wanted to test me out of. the city in such a way they started to give.
Repentance and Renewal
some trouble when many people accepted Christ they changed their names Bible name's Joseph Abraham Isaac like many people they wanted to be given. Bible names they have taken away the world names that was not happy with some of the non-christian leaders they sent a letter to. the top people of the government of Shels to come and verify our accounts because we used to get those days we used to. get the temporary permit to get foreign amount Pastor Bob is to send some money through that every six months I have to go. to Delhi to renew my permission permit those days they gave the letter and the government sent a letter to me from Delhi you. should not operate your account under your accounts will be verified and such a third date from the high-level officer so they came and. they said and morning till afternoon they said you have done many wrong things which is not acceptable you may have to go to. jail they said so that day a group of my pastors and people they fasted and prayed and I was answering one by one. then even they didn't like to drink anything what even offered coffee they didn't like to drink I know they're very suspicious officers then. I said one thing sir this is a matter of fact this is a commitment God saved me I was brought up in an. orphanage God saved me in my life so I wanted to do something for our friend children this amount was spent for orphaned children. that says that's all said it's not a business don't think that we are doing business then that man gentleman who came for the. verification said let us go and see your orphanage I took him by a torture auto rickshaw means you know in like taxi there's. three wheeler small vehicle and I stopped to just I was driving that gentleman sitting then we reached the orphanage when I entered his. orphanage that he saw a small baby about two months old baby he saw the baby he asked about the story then I told. him Sir today morning just about I crossed this building orphanage I heard the cry of the baby so I went back to my. chair instead of going to church I went back to my home I took my wife we spent two hours just to stop the. cry of the baby today morning we spend it now the.
Life in the Church
child is looking at you and smiling at you I know that you are giving deliverance for the child you are going to bless. the child now the child life is on your hand I said the gentleman said non-christian gentleman said yes I'm going to give the. blanket permit to get any amount of money to start off in ages he did he did they did what I want to say. God's work God can do anything to anyone through anyone now the baby the baby was given the name by security Caldwell Yemi Carmichael. now the baby now sees about 24 23 or 24 see completed his Bachelor degree in history with gold model first class then now. he is serving as a in church warden in charge in charge manager in a home that baby now you'll be very happy when. you come you just you shouldn't miss to see the girl God blessed in such a way many children we're blessed because of your. sacrificial contributions say when we just when I talk about kingdom growth say there are four areas we are covering in our churches number. one heavens Alyssa that means judge plenty discipleship the non proclaiming the gospel this is three areas coming under the evangelism then we are. having charitable work service we are doing charitable service through the orphanages especially with the HIV infected children this into the children many people. when the mother she gives the baby but the baby is born with HIV mother doesn't like to touch the baby because all the. DC and ruined lot of problem rejection in the family rejection in the society many things happened so she doesn't like to keep the. baby with her so the baby was given to the police the police will bring the court and the court will give the baby. to us already we have more than now a four hundred babies at present Boren children in fact the children we have in our. orphanages in twenty places another sip rings of the children also sometimes you'll join with us you've got two hundred fifty children are with. us so these orphanages are helping us through we are doing the charitable work because they are the most needy people nobody wanted to. help but God has given the strength to help these children because we trained up the HIV infected children as the nurses and social. workers Bible College pastors after Commission of Bible College their pastors.
Sin and Salvation
they helped this babies and children continually that's why the growing God you think God is using this orphanages as a tool to reach. the unreached area very much so if you go in especially nothing if you go on give the gospel very difficult nobody will allow. us to enter into the village even you can see that's a signboard that no conversion should be taken in this village anybody goes. without police permission they are not allowed in such a way many nowadays very much the door is shut but dark God has given. the open door through the hav history we are also helping the HIV adults and children in the community level also so that helps. us to reach the thing so charitable service thirdly we are also emphasizing holiness in our churches holiness say without holiness we Sharna cannot. see God that Bible very clearly says we insist the our people our staff our children to pray and live in life with holiness. as a gospel living gospel just we are insisting we are praying especially we give much importance to the prayer life prayer life of. the people everything our pastors are living in the slum and they are very much identified with the some group or some of the. puzzles are staying in the tribal areas they are also identified with the tribal people so that it is easy whenever they need support. immediately they go and pray and stop going to hospital many people were healed before that so that sag hope is given to. Jesus this is the only way just with the pastor sub-events are teaching and practicing their life there the whole family practicing the pastors. when we started the ministry was a Bob called one myself we decided to give good education for our pastors children by sending them. to the private school or English medium school to know English now the result many of the foster children are engineers doctors and lawyers. now the though the pastor is having the same status but children are earning lot of money and supporting the whole family whole family. the passes are very magic thing honored I'm so happy even in my family also same thing has happened their brothers and sisters every. penny which you are giving is being used for the children in the right way we are as I told you recently we have. 200 stop after 275 stuff forever impulses an evangelist.
Grace and Justification
all others are working with the HIV infected children in the homophobes children hopes homes our orphanage this laptop that 60 children come out. from the our own home that means their full orphans they want to go anywhere anytime anything they want to do the ministry they're. ready to die for Christ I love the words from the Bible John chapter 12 verse 24 just you can multiply 12 into 2. where it is it says unless the bit-bit current died it cannot give the fruit it cannot give the fruit so we prepared that. is very common you know the HIV children the lifespan is only 23 or 24 maximum but they have a big hope in it. other day just one child called me I'm I mean I'm staying in Bangalore but the child orphanage is about 400 500 kilometers away. from that the child called me you have to come and pray and I'm very sick and you take me to Bangalore to good. Hospital then I my wife and myself travelled yell in the morning three o'clock we started our travel by a car well just we. go after will never travel just we met an accident so that the car tyre / front tyre burst the car turned around and. by the grace of nothing happened but our car was just it hit on the divider almost gone so we immediately we got a. bus from the place we reach the orphanage will be just when we are entering into the orphanage just we heard that the child. died in front of the children in say the 300 children are sitting um when the just last breathe was there that's when the. children singing song and think just the here the last bit so we went there I didn't know what to do usually whenever the. children death usually we take them to the hospital and the last bit would be there or some hospices will do it but here. in front of the child he died in front of the children he died I didn't know what to do lord help me what. first I should take now preach these children just because they're all so most of the children are infected and they should not just. get discouraged God gave the right verse that time Philippians it says let this gain let this gain Christ is my life Christ my. life so I gave beautiful message to.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Closing Prayer
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.