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Goats in Sheepskin - Updated : 05/01/2003

Goats in Sheepskin.

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Lets read (Mathew 25:31-46) together:
V31. When the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendor), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
32. All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them [the people] from one another as a shepherd separates His sheep from the goats.
V33. And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left.
V34. Then the King will say at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
V35. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me,
V36. I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me.
V37. Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You to drink?
38And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You?
V39. And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You?
V40. And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these my brethren, you did it for Me.
V41. Then He will say those at his left hand, be gone from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels
For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
V43. I was a stranger and you didn’t welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you didn’t clothe Me least [in the, I was sick and in prison and you didn’t visit Me with help and ministering care.
V44. Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You.
V45. And He will reply to them, solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me.
V46. Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life. (Amplified)

The reality:
In the world there are so many people that are without homes. They sleep on the bear ground, no shelter from the heat or the cold. Most of them are suffering from some kind of diseases like malaria or aids and they are starving, having no food to eat, being only skin and bone. The babies are crying of hunger, as they try to suck the last bit of milk out of their mothers dried up breasts.

Out there in the middle of Africa in a dry scourged land a mother is crying holding her tiny little baby that had just died of hunger and thirst, having a lot of questions and are confused not knowing what to do. Life has become hell for that woman. She has lost the meaning of life and it does no longer make sense to her, only tragedy stairs her in the eye.

Many people in 3rd World countries are naked having no clothes to wear. Some only have old clothe to cover their bodies. Some were a type of covering made out of tree bark. They haven’t money to buy any thing. Even the water they have to drink is polluted. Daily hundreds of people are dying and sometimes they are buried in mass graves. For years they have been crying out hoping that somebody would see their desperation, their pain, their agony and their suffering.

Three quarters of these nations are illiterate and cannot read or write. There are no cars and just a few busses or taxis. But normally there is no money for that and they have to walk. Going to church or town is a difficult task and they have to walk many kilometer to get there. For them it is nearly impossible to look after themselves.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Beloved friends what would you have done if you had to find yourself in such terrible circumstances and there was no one to help you? If you had to suffer like that and had to go through all those things? Would you have enjoyed that? Think how those people must feel that had no opportunity in life.

In Malawi people are dying of hunger and if circumstances does not change, than half of a nation will be wiped out. We could have made a difference. We always want to ignore the fact that there is people out there that is suffering. We only pray for them and every thing will be okay, God will help them but that is not enough to solve a world crisis.

1 Cor. 3:13-15, The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.

V14. If the work which any person has build on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [test], he will get his reward.

V15. But if any persons work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all loosing his reward] though he himself will be saved, but only one as [one who has passed] through fire. (Amplified)

One day we all will stand in front of the Messiah and he will put our works to the test whether it was good or bad.

Ears to hear.
In the past ministries has tried to help these people but didn’t succeed in it. They didn’t completely understood Gods plan. It reminds me of Juan Ortise, who once prayed to God asking Him to stretch out his hand and touch a poor brother that was without work. God stopped him saying: “Juan Ortise I am in heaven and you are on earth, you are my hands, feet and my mouth, you go and help him.

The effect was that three boxes of groceries was delivered to the house of the brother in need and they helped him find a job, soon this man was working and he could look after himself. Today he is a mature disciple of God and one of the cornerstones of the church. He shows he’s gratitude towards God and the brethren by doing the same to others that was done to him.
What is the practical application of Gods love through us to those around us?

1. Hearing Gods voice
2. Acting in faith and obedience
3. The result will always be a miracle.
This brings to the next question and I want you to pause for a few seconds while reading the next question.

What you are doing has God told you to do that? Are you going to be rewarded or is it going to be burned up?

You have been giving for years to a cause and perhaps you’ve been working for a ministry but have you done it because your Father told you or were you manipulated or have you done it to please people?
The very fact is that the word says you will only be rewarded if you do that which your father has commanded you to do.

Now God has given us a plan but before sharing this plan I first want to paint you a picture of what looks like in the mission field. Let’s take Malawi as an example. In Malawi the towns are very far apart from each other and the roads are very bad. There are not many cars approximately one percent. Pastor Jeanne Silver used to stay in Malawi for two years and often went back there. Were she stayed there wasn’t any transport. When the Landrover broke down she had to walk eight kilometers to Blantyre just like all the other people had to? The people can’t really go to church because it is to far for them to walk and the women has got their children to look after and they have to work, chopping wood, cook and sell about anything to have a plate of food to eat for the family.

Have we been obedient?
The vision that came forth from Pastor Jeanne’s experience and what God laid in our hearts, is to establish home churches in every town, that we got to evangelize and teach the people and help them grow up to become mature Christians.
Look at the following scripture (Matthew 28:19-20)
Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Teaching them to observe every thing I have commanded you, …(Amplified)

We have been obedient to half of the task that was put before us
1. Making disciples
2. Baptizing the in the Father Son and the Holy Spirit

But the third command, to teach those new born babies (disciples) to grow to maturity, so that they could be strong enough to stand on their own. Pastor Jeanne has visited most of the towns including the rural arias and she found that there were a lot of new born babies and some even baptized but they have never been taught anything concerning the word of God. They have only been saved and left to cope alone. And if they were to be taught they had to be taught the right way otherwise they still wont grow. They must be taught the first basic principles of the word, which is the milk of the word.

Can a baby take any solid food? No a baby needs milk to grow and if a baby has grown to a certain age (After the baby has finished the milk of the word) it can go on to more solid food and become a full grown mature Christian.

What do we need?
Now we’ve got a great task to accomplish and we need your support and involvement Without your help and support as the body all those people will perish and die and we will be held accountable one day for our actions. We could have made a difference in those peoples lives. We need cars preferably Landrovers, to travel the roads in all these African countries and bring the gospel to them. We need finances to be able to print gospel literature and take it to them. We need big trucks that we can use for outreaches to carry our sound, tent and other equipment. We need equipment that would connect us directly to satellite, TV and radio stations and for making gospel tapes and videotapes, and teaching tapes.


The acceptable fast of the Lord.
Isaiah 58: 6-9
V6. [Rather] is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving]
Yoke.
V7. Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house-when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you, hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood ?
V8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily :and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of the lord shall be thy reward.
V9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; though shalt cry, and He shall say, here I am.

When we look at the above mentioned scripture we see that there is a fast that is more acceptable that a hunger strike, sack and ashes fast. That is by loving your brother by going over into action to help those in need, and we see the result when we do obey God’s word. Blessings shall follow and as you shall call out to Him, He will answer.

1Timothy 6:17-19
As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment.
[Charge them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share [with others] .In this way laying up for themselves the riches that endure forever as a good foundation for the future, so that they may grasp that which is life indeed. (Amplified)

John 12:48
Anyone who rejects me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing, to accept My teachings has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day.

To everyone that reads this and a special challenge to leaders, God want to restore his bride and whether we want to know it or not some of them lives in Africa. Will you take hands with us so that we can together bring in the harvest?

The Music director and Youth Pastor
Munro.

First Art and Training centre - Updated : 10/12/2002

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