And now, another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. Within minutes, he was to die for murder, yet three people knew of his innocence. In a moment, act one of Night of the Storm, written for suspense by Peter Fernandez. Well, did you make the appeal? I did my best, Jim, but the governor turned me down. I see. Then there's no other chance, no hope at all? Well, as the governor pointed out, if we can come up with any new evidence, any new facts... New evidence? Facts? If I knew anything, don't you think I would have told you long ago, even before the trial?  I hadn't seen him in years. We know all that, Jim, but we haven't been able to prove it. The district attorney could prove that you killed him. I didn't. Right up to the second they strapped me in the chair tomorrow night and turned on the juice, I'm going to keep on swearing it. Of course you are, Jim. Now listen... But you, my lawyer, you don't believe me either. You just pretend. That's what you're paid for. That's what you're doing. Now listen to me, Jim. The only one who's ever believed in me is Emily. It was going to happen to her after tomorrow when I'm dead. What's going to happen to Emily? Calm down, Jim. This isn't doing any good.  I didn't. I didn't. I didn't. He didn't. He didn't kill Uncle Corey. You know that as well as I do, Steve. Jim needed money, didn't he? He never killed for it? He needed it desperately, and as well Uncle Corey was leaving everything to Jim. He had reason enough. He had it a thousand times already. Jim couldn't have done it. I know him so well. If there was even a bug in the house, he'd take it outside and then let it go rather than kill it. But look, Emily, Emily, sooner or later we've got to start facing the fact that there isn't a shred of evidence to prove that he wasn't the killer. Steve, do you mean you never believed him either? You, his own brother? Oh, come on. Am I wanted to believe him? You know that? Did you? Did you really want to, Steve? Yeah, sure. What do you think? Why are you looking at me like that?  Huh? Pretending that the last thing you want is to have Jim executed tomorrow night. I'll all along... Come off it, will you? When, then, if Jim dies, you get that money, don't you? Jim, I don't know. I hadn't thought about it. Oh, I'm sure you must know that will by heart. What does it say now? Everything is left to Jim, but in the event of Jim's death, then Steve, you become the rightful heir. Isn't that the way the will reads, isn't it? Listen to me, Emily. $48,000. You'll become a rich man if your brother dies. I just wanted to stop by and comfort you tonight. Had an idea you'd be pretty broken up, but... I don't have to listen to that kind of talk. Not even from you. Good night. I thought you'd be home by now. What do you want? Look, just before you left, you gave me an idea. Tell me, I've forgotten. What was the name of that woman you were with the night Uncle Corey was killed? What do you want to know of that? Please, what's her name? Good night, Emily. Look, in the morning I can look it up in the court record. You might as well tell me. Whether I don't see her anymore. If I can find her, I'm going to have a talk with her, Steve. You keep away from her. Why? Why? You must have a reason. Tell me. She might have moved out of town. Are you afraid of me seeing her? Steve, if something can be done to save my husband, who happens to be your brother? Don't you want me to try? You're having a chance. Her name, Steve. What is the name of the woman who gave you such a good alibi? Stay away from her. Well, that's the attitude you're taking now. All right? I'll have to find out for myself. Good night, Emily. I'll get her name and address from the court records. Good night. I'd like to talk to you, Miss Mallard. Well, I ain't opening this door for nobody, so beat it. But I'm Jim Russell's wife. I've got to see you. His wife? Yes. You got anybody with you? No, no, I'm alone. Please. Just a minute. Thank you. Look, sister, I know all about your husband getting the chair tonight. And I'm real sorry, Steve, but there's nothing I can do for you. Look, I got the idea from Steve that maybe if I had a talk with you... Steve? You're trying to tell me that Steve sent you over here? Look, honey, don't hand me that, because I know better. What do you mean? Nothing. Nothing at all. Just go away and leave me alone. No, wait!   You're keeping something from me. I know it. You and Steve, the two of you... What are you thinking that I have something to do with killing that old guy? No. But I think you might have lied to the police about the night he was killed. And what if I did? It's too late now, and I ain't never gonna change my story. You'd rather see an innocent man die? Yeah, listen, if I change my story now, if I change what I said in court, they'll send me up on a perjury rap. I ain't going to jail no matter what. And it's true, isn't it? Steve wasn't with you the night Uncle Cory was killed. Steve was the one who did it. Not Jim. No, I ain't saying I'll beat it, will you? Please, you've got to change your story and tell the truth. You've got to save my husband. I don't got to do nothing. Now get out of here. Oh, thank goodness. Hello, Mrs. Russell. Mr. Rutland, I've been waiting here in your office for almost two hours. What's that storm out there? The highways are flooded. I know. My car stalled when the ignition got wet. Well, anyway, I'm here, but I'm sorry to say that the news I brought from Upstate isn't good. Mrs. Russell, there'll be no reprieve tonight for Jim. Yes, there will. They've got to give him a reprieve now. And even... Well, as soon as they know the truth, a full pardon. What are you talking about? This is the last night. Steve, you know Jim's brother, Steve. Yes, yes. Mr. Rutland, he just about admitted to me that he was the one who killed Uncle Cory. What? Oh, now, Mrs. Russell... Don't you see? If Jim dies, then Steve gets all that money.  It's the way that will read that in the event of Jim's death, then Steve... I'm sorry, Mrs. Russell, but that isn't proof. Yes, it is. Now, it's only a possible motive. One that I know the police considered a long time ago. Mr. Rutland... Your husband's honey knife was used in the murder. I know. His prints were on it. Yes. Whether planted or not. Yes. And your husband didn't have an alibi for that night, but Steve did, an airtight alibi. Please, listen. She lied. That woman, Muriel Mallard, went into court and lied that Steve was with her that night. Perjury? Well, possibly, but I doubt it. She had no reason to. Part of that money would be good reason, wouldn't it? Well, yes, it would, but... I saw her this morning. She wouldn't deny that she lied. But I'm sure that she wouldn't admit it either. Well, I... Would she? No. What do you think we can do, Mrs. Russell? Mr. Rutland, I think that I could... It's, uh... It's 2.45 now. Let's see, they're on standard time up at the Capitol. Standard time? Now, that means in... In seven hours, it'll be all over. In seven hours? Mr. Rutland, will you help me? Well, of course, but you'll have to tell me how. Stay right here in your office. Wait for me to phone you so that you can get in touch with the governor. Very well. I'll be here. Oh, thank you. Mrs. Russell, I know how you feel. There's hardly a loved one of a condemned man who doesn't feel that he... He might be innocent. You've got to be prepared to accept the fact that the weight of evidence was against him, that he was proved guilty. Quite. Even eyes as defense attorney now believe that justice will be done. Justice? When he isn't guilty? I'll never believe he is never. And now, after what I just heard, I'm going to try until the last possible second to save my husband. In just a moment, we will return for the concluding act of... Suspense. Struggling out of the rain. I've got to talk to you. You go away. I told you once today to be it. I'm not going to be it. It's taken me all afternoon to find you again and I'm not going to leave until I know it's too late and my husband is dead. Well, you don't have long to wait, do you? That clock up there says eight. It's eight here, but up in the... That's one hour. That's all.  Hey, Mac! What do you want, Muriel? Give my friend here one of these. No, I'm fine. I don't want another one from me. Come on, honey. Sit down. And take off that coat you're stopping when? What? Take off the coat? All right, I will. It's going to be a long night. No, maybe not. It'll depend on you, Muriel. And if you'll help me. Help you? Listen, sister, in my league, nobody helps anybody. Here's your bullet, girl. Thank you, Mac, very much. Come on, honey, drink up, huh? You'll be surprised how fast the time's going to pass. Go ahead. Drink it, all right? Yes, all right. Well, cheers. Brother, just listen to that storm out there. What a night. What a night to go to the chair. Muriel? Muriel, look at that clock. Will you? Over there. Oh, yeah. Nine. Just not... Oh. Muriel, do you realize what is happening to my husband right this minute? Yeah. Oh, honey, I'm sorry. I'm real sorry. Sorry isn't going to bring him back. No, I know. Why didn't you tell the truth? You weren't with Steve that night. Why didn't you tell the truth? Oh, why should I have? But now, what difference does it make? Might as well tell you the truth now. See, Steve and me broke up a long time ago. I was with Fred Baines that night. Who? If Freddie Baines, you know, owns the auto parts company. I guess you don't know Freddie now. But that's where it was. That's where I was really with. Why didn't you lie, Muriel? Listen, sister, all my life I've never seen more than a couple hundred bucks at one time. And now? Oh, boy, now that's all over. I'm going to see 10,000. Imagine 10 Gs off for me. Hey, where are you going? Fred Baines. He's the one who can tell the police that you weren't with Steve that night. I can call my lawyer now and have him get a reprieve for cheers. Honey, you might as well stay and have another drink. It's too late to do anything. Now, your husband's dead. That's all over with. It's nine o'clock here. But upstate their own standard time. Up there, he won't die for an hour. Oh, yeah, it will. They're going to do it no good. She can't prove nothing. Well thought I'd find you, yeah. Steve, she's in there. I told her about me and Fred. I didn't know. Hang up that phone, Emily. No, no. I can get the proof now that Jim isn't the killer. And I can prove that you were the one, Steve. Guns in my pocket ain't right at your head, Emily. Hang up that phone. No, Steve. Hang it up. No. I'm following you all afternoon, just waiting to see if you make a move like this. Well, didn't do you any good. You just kept your nose out of this. Well, I got my car parked right outside of the curfew. Come on. What are you going to do? What do you think I'm going to do now you know about Muriel being with Fred? Well, this be a coincidence. You and Jim dying on the same night. Move, Emily, or I'll kill you right here. Where are you taking me? Somewhere along the river. This rain, it's so swollen we'll think twice about finding this car out in deep water with you in it. Let me out, Steve. I'll pull this trigger right now. I'm warning you, Emily. Oh, that doesn't scare me.  Stop this car and let me out.  Don't you think I know you'll go straight to the car? I said stop this car. Hey, let's go, Emily. Emily, come back here. 25 to nine up there. There's been an accident down that way. May I use your phone? An accident? Anybody hurt? I don't know for certain. Please, I've just got to get some phone. You can't be too bad if you don't need a phone. Please, I've got to make a phone call. I understand that, but you could have seen for yourself if you looked up at the wire coming into this house. What? Just electric. I ain't got no phone. No phone? That's what I said. What am I going to do? I've only got 20 minutes. What? I've got to get to a telephone. I see. Can you make out that clump of trees up the road there? Yes. Well, just the other side. There's a band in the road and then a gas station. They've got to boot right out near the pump. Thank you. You're getting all soaked. I'll lend you my umbrella. I've got to have a dime. Would you like change for a quarter? No, I left my purse back in the car. Give me a dime. Please, will you give me a dime? Just like that, huh? He's my husband.   I'll pay you back later, please. Oh, sure, ma'am. Hurry! Coming right up, ma'am. Hurry, please. Here you are. One dime. Rutland, attorney. Oh, here it is. Being away 5098. Oh, now. You... You've very set it right. This is Emily Russell. They've got to stop the execution. You know they can't stop it, Mrs. Russell, unless we've got definite proof that he's innocent. Mr. Rutland, we will be able to prove it. We will be able to prove that Muriel wasn't with Steve that night. Well, the facts, Mrs. Russell. The facts. We will. That's what they're waiting for. They'll grant a stay to investigate, but what can we give them to go on? Muriel was with the Fred Baines that night. When I found out Steve tried to kill me. Hurry, Mr. Rutland. Hurry, please. What's the number of the phone you're talking about? Academy 23099. All right. I'll call you right back, just as soon as I spoke to the governor. Then I'll wait here. I've got to know if Jimmy's safe. I understand. Hang up now, Mrs. Russell. Yes. Yes. Of course. Six minutes. He's got to be in time. I'm going to say that I couldn't get through to the governor. You couldn't. With this storm, the wires at the Capitol are down. There isn't one open line. Down, down, down, down. But, Mrs. Russell, didn't you hear what I said? All the lines are down. I spoke to the power company and the electric wires are down too. Don't you see, Mrs. Russell, there's no power at all up there. Then Jim wasn't executed? No, he wasn't. Oh, thank God. Well, there's nothing more for you to worry about, Mrs. Russell. By the time the power is restored, the authorities will have the whole story and they can start checking it out. And they'll find that Jim is innocent. Just as I always knew he was. Suspense. You've been listening to Night of the Storm. Written for Suspense by Peter Fernandez. In a moment, the names of our players in a word about next week's story of suspense. Richard in tonight's story of suspense was Rosemary Rice as Emily. Also in our cast were Alan Manson as Steve. Ralph Kamago as Rutland. Terry Keene as Muriel. James Stevens as Jim. And Lawson Servey as Parker. Musical supervision by Ethel Huber. Suspense is produced and directed by Bruno Zirato Jr. Listen again next week when we return with Epitaph. Written by Walter Black. 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In the preceding video, we had to ask for input twice, once before entering the loop, and again at the bottom of the loop to get the next number. Here it is in the code, where we do the input outside the loop, and again inside the loop at the bottom. Depending on your philosophy of programming, this is inelegant because it duplicates code. We'd like to do the input only once inside the loop. Here's the pseudocode. The key is to set a Boolean variable that tells us whether we want to keep going with the loop or not. The initial value is 1, meaning true, because we're just starting and we definitely want to keep going in that case. As long as we want to keep going, we ask for the age in years. Say the user enters 30. 30 is not equal to 0, which means we calculate and display 30 times 365. The else clause is skipped, and we loop back to test the condition. Keep going is still true, which means we do the loop body again. We ask for the age in years again, and this time let's have the user enter 0. This time, the if condition is false. 0 is equal to 0. We take the else clause and set keep going to 0, meaning false, and loop back to test the condition. Now the condition evaluates as false, and that ends the loop. Let's put that into the code, starting with a version that doesn't have a loop in it yet. We'll add our Boolean variable here and set it to true, and then we'll put in our while loop with the condition. As long as we want to keep going, take the body of the loop and indent it and put in the closing brace. After we get the input, we need to test to see if it's 0 or not. We say if years is not equal to 0, indent the body of the if and put in its closing brace, then add the else clause, which sets keep going to 0. False. Let's build and run. And the program lets us enter ages as many as we want until we type 0 and the program finishes. And that's how using a Boolean to control the loop lets you write a program that needs only one input within the loop.


How about Harrison? All right. I'll pray. Yes. Thank you. Heavenly Father, we want to thank you. I want to bless your name for the opportunity you've given us to hear your word.  We commit us, the student, unto your hands, Holy Spirit, open our minds to receive, open our ears to hear that at the end of this class will have every cost to glorify your name. Father, we pray that as we hear your word this morning, this afternoon, this evening, Father, we should not just be the hearers of your word, but we should hear your word and also be the doers of your word. Help us as we hear your word. For this I pray to Christ our Lord Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Harrison, for leading us. Okay. Vinesh is asking if my help is okay. Yes. All fine, Vinesh. Thank you so much. Hope you are doing well. Impressive. Yeah. Okay. That's great. That's great. Sure. All right. So we will go on with our study here about the kingdom of God. We've covered some very key and important chapters here and we have a few more to talk about. And this will help us lay a very good foundation for the next chapter, the next topic that we are going to look at. Right. Kingdom builders. So we will take this foundation and some of the teachings will be repeated in kingdom builders. But it's just for us to, you know, get that kingdom perspective of things and how to, you know, how to do that kingdom life on the earth and what are its implications for the time ahead and things like that. So today we will get into the next chapter that we have here, which is about kingdom parables. And kingdom parables, you know, I think at ABC, there is a series of summons, very interesting, a lot of revelation there. So you might just want to go and listen to those summons. Here, we will look at the parables, but in a very brief way, just to help us understand, you know, what the kingdom of God is and we see that Jesus used natural things, natural circumstances to explain kingdom reality and kingdom truth. Okay. So it's what a lot of teachers use you go from the known to the unknown. So that's how Jesus communicated the truth of God's word. And you would find that, you know, most of these parables, the people who wear his disciples, like they generally got the explanation of these parables, but those who were totally off, they were not in any way, you know, wanting to know the meaning of these parables, they kind of, they were left out. Okay. So Jesus also said that people will hear, but they may not fully understand. Now we who are in the kingdom of God, now that we are born again, we have the Holy Spirit in us and we have that same spirit in us. And we know, we could just say that the spiritual things are understood by, you know, spiritual people. So we are able to get the meaning of whatever scriptures have to say and that it comes through by the Holy Spirit. So Jesus really wanted people to understand the truth of the kingdom of God. So he used some parables and, you know, he also really explained the parables and he wanted people to understand it and he wanted people to believe it. So in Matthew chapter 13, he talks about how he wanted people to understand the truth of the kingdom of God. So if somebody wants to read that passage, I think it will be good to just go through that and then we will continue with different parables about the kingdom and what truth we can gain out of that. So Matthew 13 is on page 88. So someone can just unmute and please read it. Matthew 13 verses 10 to 17. Matthew 13. Yes. Verse word. 10 to 17. Okay, 10 to 17. And the disciples came and said to him, why do you speak to them in parables? He answered and said to them, because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. But to them it has not been given. For whoever has to him more will be given and he will have abundance. But whoever does not have even what he has will be taken away from him. And therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing day do not see and hearing day do not hear nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of desire is fulfilled which says, hearing you will hear and shall not understand and seeing you will see and not perceive. The hearts of these people have grown door. Their ears are heard of hearing and their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears. Lest they should understand with their hearts and tongue so that I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear. For shortly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desire to see what you see and did not see it and to hear what you hear and did not hear it. Therefore hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sworn sown in his heart. This is he who received seed. Sorry to interrupt, Harrison. Thank you for reading. I think we'll go to the parable of the sower. Let's do later on. So till 17, like you completed 17, right? Yes. Okay, for shortly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desire to see what you see and did not see it and to hear what you hear and did not hear it. Okay, sure. Thank you. Thank you, Harrison, for reading this for us. And here we see how Jesus used parables. Parables are stories from our world that bring out spiritual truth. Any kind of spiritual truth. In this case he used parables to explain the kingdom of God. So people would relate to it and they would be able to grasp it. But in what Jesus shared in this particular passage, it seems like only his disciples had that grace to understand what was in the parables. And the people who, other people who heard it, they could not really get the meaning of it. But today we know that we have the Holy Spirit in us who is the spirit of revelation, who is the spirit of understanding and he can enlighten our hearts to receive the truth. Because spiritual things are understood in a spiritual way. Natural mind cannot understand the spiritual truth. And this is the way in which Jesus communicated about the kingdom of God. And we have been learning about the kingdom of God. So we want to know other dimensions of the kingdom of God. Okay, so there are several parables in the gospels for us to know. And each one of these parables, and particularly the parables about the kingdom of God, they shed more light on the aspects of the kingdom. So we will look at them one by one. The first one here is the parable of the sower. So in the parable of the sower, some of the key points that stand out for us. Now we know that it's about the sower going out and he's sowing the seed. And Jesus explains later that the seed is the word of God. And the seed grows well on good ground, but it doesn't grow well in certain other places where there's, when it is thrown on the stone or when there are thorns and dryers kind of choking the seed. We also, okay, and some seed that does not, hold on, there is stony ground. And then there is that which is choked by thorns. Okay, right, and then the good ground. So what was Jesus trying to say from this parable? The good part is that he himself went ahead and he explained that parable for us. And he said that the kingdom of God is such that there is the word of the kingdom, which is the incorruptible seed of God, which is sown in the hearts of people. And those who receive it wholeheartedly, those who receive it with focus, they are the ones who will see the root for that word developed within them. And meaning the word is established in those who receive it with focus, receive it with an open heart. And they are able to bear fruit for the kingdom of God. But those who do not receive the understanding of the word of God, they are not able to bear fruit for God's kingdom. And we also see that those who go through persecution, trials, tribulations, if they let the difficult experiences weigh so heavily on them that they're ready to let go of the word, they're ready to let go of the faith. Even in that case, the word really does not bear fruit for such people. And he points out that even those who are taken over by the cares of this world, what are the cares of the world, our duties, our responsibilities, and the things that we have to engage in as the people who are living on the earth. So the cares of this world are the deceitfulness of riches. This is very similar to what we see in John 2, where John writes about the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, the things that the world has to offer, the world system has to offer. So any form of distraction, any form of giving up on the word of God, we will lose out on the growth that we can experience, the spiritual growth that we can experience whenever we give up on God's word. So that's what Jesus was saying. The kingdom of God is like this. The word of the kingdom we have to ensure that we protect it, we nurture it, we let what God wants to do take shape in us, take root in us with understanding and then we are in a position to bear fruit for the kingdom of God. So we see the importance of the word, the way the word works in the kingdom of God, and we must not let the enemy steal that word from us in any way. So that's a point that Jesus wanted to reveal to his listeners about the word of the kingdom. And then in another parable, when he talks about the good seeds and the tares, now we know this is a parable where Jesus said, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who went and he sowed good seed in his field. But when he slept, there was an enemy who came and he also planted, like he planted weeds or tears in the same field. But the person decided to let all the crop grow up. So during harvest time, during harvest time when it is collected, at that point the tares and the good crop are separated. So basically again Jesus kind of explains it and he says that the good seed are the people of God in the world today. And the bad seed are the people who don't know God and those who are not part of the kingdom. So this is a parable about the sons of the kingdom. And what we learn from this is that though we are not of the world, we have been sown as good seed in the world. So there is a part that the sons or the daughters of the kingdom have to play. So that's what we learn here. And of course when you see the progression of things in this parable, we note that at the end of the age finally when there is the culmination of things and at that point there will be a separation. There will be a separation of those who belong to the kingdom of God and those who do not belong to the kingdom of God. So that is some truth that is revealed from this particular parable. So how does this parable help us? We might lose heart often thinking that the people of this world don't understand us. Are we even meant to be here struggling, living for God? And at that point we can remind ourselves Jesus did say that the sons of the kingdom have been sown in the world. So we take heart with the fact that we are here to represent God. We are here to serve God, continue to do good in the name of Jesus. And yes, at a certain time when things, the end of the age happens at that time, the sons of the kingdom will be separated from the others. The pairs are those who don't believe in Christ and they are part of the world and they continue with the things of the world. So that is something that Jesus again brought to the attention of his listeners. So these are some truths about the kingdom. So we learn about the word at work in the kingdom and God uses the word in his kingdom at the seed to accomplish his purposes. And here the second parable, look at the fact that we are the sons of the kingdom. So we can testify and live for God. Now another parable that we see, this is in Matthew 13. It's the parable about the dragnet. So Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind. And then whatever catch that the dragnet has, everything is taken up. But towards the end, you separate the good from the bad. So your good catch, you put it aside in good vessels and what is bad is put away. So similar to what we said in the previous parable, the sons of the kingdom and then the sons of the world and the separation that is going to happen towards the end of the age, it's the same thought. It's the same revelation which is coming through the dragnet. But what did Jesus use to give them the understanding? He used a dragnet. And now we know that Jesus's times, there were farmers, there were fishermen. And so these analogies were very helpful for people to understand spiritual truth that Jesus was trying to share. So he's talking about the little kingdom at some point. So that is the spiritual kingdom and then eventually it kind of transitions into the little kingdom and the whole judgment, the separation, those kind of things that come into play later on. There's a lot that we can say about each of the parables but I'm just giving you one or two key truths that are coming up of these parables. But it will be great for us to go back and just kind of meditate on the parables and get more out of what is being said. So here's the next parable for us. This is about the value of the kingdom. This is in Matthew chapter 30 and I'm going through the APC Publication Kingdom of God.  So the value of the kingdom. Here, Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in the field. And then he says, which a man found and hid and for joy over it he goes and says all that he has and why is that feeling? And then kind of reiterating the same point, he compels the kingdom of heaven as like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls and that merchant when he found one pearl of great price, wet and sold, all that he had and bought it. So he's letting us know that the kingdom of God is precious. The kingdom of God is valuable. The kingdom of God is treasure. Anything that is very precious to us, we have this habit of protecting it, saving it and sort of celebrating it. And to the extent that we are willing to pay any price to first of all get it and then to keep it. So in the same way, when we think about the kingdom of God, Jesus is reminding us that it is worth paying the price. It is worth fighting for. It is worth receiving it and striving to keep it. And he compares it with that pearl of great price and the treasure which is hidden in a field. And what is the worth of the kingdom of God? How far can one go to receive the kingdom? He says that these two individuals that he has put in these parables, he's saying they were ready to sell all to have the kingdom of God. So it just kind of helps us think that the kingdom is precious enough to, if you may call it, lose your life. And he who loses it will gain it. That's what Jesus said. So it's like we should be ready to lay down everything for the sake of the kingdom because the kingdom is that valuable. It's a treasure that people can actually live for and pay any price even if it means everything. So the kingdom of God being valuable, that is what we understand from what we have just read. Now moving on, so teachings of the kingdom of God, Jesus had something to say about the teachings and this is again in Matthew chapter 13. So now we're trying to get a picture of the kingdom. There are so many parables. You can study all the parables to just get an idea of what is the worth of the kingdom? What is the value of the kingdom? Who are the sons of the kingdom? What is that that is sown through the kingdom? We know that's the word of God. Now what are the teachings of the kingdom? In one parable Jesus said that the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. So what was he trying to say? Basically he's saying that the teachings of the kingdom it's like somebody who has like he has some old things that he's preserving in his house and there are some new things and he kind of brings it up. So he kind of brings it up each time that he needs to serve or kind of give to others. So the teachings of the kingdom, I think those of us who are in the line of teaching or ministering the word we would understand so that is the truth of God's word. Some of the truth it never changes. Like when we're talking about the cross or when we're talking about salvation or when we're talking about the word. There are those principles that is that revelation which we have heard from the beginning and we continue to teach it because it is always relevant and it is worth being repeated again and again and again. So that's like the old that you bring out if you want to call it old revelation even that you want to bring out time and again. There's also the fresh and the new like you know the rena what of God from time to time. There is that fresh revelation that God wants us to communicate and to bring out the new. But the householder of the kingdom of God he has both the old and the new but depending on the timing depending on the people who are being ministered to you choose. It's all there. Everything is there, stacked up but relevance based on the relevance and old teaching and then you bring the new teaching but it's all kind of there in the kingdom of God. So the revelation of God's word and that word being interpreted correctly and in context and in context and right to the situation that word being communicated to the listeners is what really builds them up. It's what really positions them for a victorious life as a believer. So the teachings of the kingdom of God is again something that Jesus talked about through a parable. And the next parable here is about stewardship. This is in Luke chapter 19 verses 11 to 27. So over here basically what he says is he gives there is a noble man who goes away to a far country but when he goes he has servants whom he calls and he asks them to engage in business. So he gives them the currency is minas. Some currency is given to each of them. So one person receives 10 and another person receives 5 and the next person receives 1. So when the noble man comes back his expectation is an increase that these people would have done business they would have invested the money and they will have more waiting for the noble man. So it happens in the case of the first two people. So they have an increase they invest that money and then they say okay give me 10 and I earned 10 more and the master is very happy with them and he makes this statement verse 17 he says well done good servant because you were faithful in a very little have authority over 10 cities okay and then similarly the second person also is given authority because he does well with what was entrusted to him but coming to the third person here who was given one Mina and he never really invested it okay and he comes up with some excuse for not being a good steward of what was given to him so the noble man the master is very very angry with this person and he says like even what he has will be taken away from him okay so then Jesus goes on to kind of okay okay so that is kind of the parable so the truth that is coming out of the parable one is stewardship in the kingdom of God so that means that we have all been entrusted with grace with anointing with opportunity right so so much revelation we've all been given stewardship of the spiritual things in life we also have natural resources that have been given to us now what has God expect out of this he wants us to invest it in the kingdom and when we invest it in the kingdom there will be an increase and God expects an increase he said to you know the noble man told his servants right do business till I come so we're all supposed to engage the world in whichever way God has called us to engage it now some of us may be doing it through full time ministry but you know most of us right we're all out there in the world we are engaging with the world in your regular professional ways so are we still doing business for the kingdom of God yes so we are being solved in life no we have we are you know being those representatives of the kingdom we are being the sons of the kingdom wherever God has positioned us but what does God expect from each person no matter where they are positioned God is expecting an outcome for the kingdom and when we have a good outcome or in other words we've been good stewards of what God has entrusted to us then God is pleased and another thing that you notice in this parable is he says okay you did well I gave you 10 and now you have another 10 like you have you've become profitable you're on the profit of 10 more minas I will entrust you 10 cities okay so in a way what God is saying is that in the coming kingdom right or when the little kingdom happens the transition to the little kingdom happens our stewardship here on earth will translate into the kind of authority and responsibility we carry in the little kingdom so Jesus has put like you know a thought here and a point here which helps us know that our stewardship on the earth will determine our stewardship in the coming kingdom okay now there are many scriptures that talk about we will rule and reign right the saints are the ones who will have authority the saints are the ones who will judge the world so there is a position of authority for the people of God in the coming kingdom but our place in the coming kingdom or our responsibility in the coming kingdom will be determined by the way we steward it what God gave us right you know what God has given us here at this time in this world so there is a hint about the future in these parables as well so just some parables there and some key truth that is coming out about the kingdom of God so would you like to add anything more about the kingdom of God because there are other parables as well so if anything comes to your mind you just want to add to what we are discussing the kingdom of God is like any other truth about the kingdom can I share something yes yes please go ahead okay I have been paying so much attention to Luke 19 and you know you spoke about you know stewardship and it's more like you know I'm just looking at you know Jesus you know trying to send a message you know to the body of Christ and it is very easy for us to look at this parable and see you know what each servant you know has produced what if Christ is also making us understand that I have given you gifts to go into the world and bear fruits and when he comes back what are we going to present to him are we going to say oh God you know oh Jesus I could not you know the challenges you know that I faced you know could not allow me you know do what you know I ought to do so it's more like you know I'm just meditating on this and I'm like asking myself what's Jesus trying to tell me here and these are a few things that comes into my mind yes it is it is the servant you know we see in the world of God but how do we reflect it in our all Christian lives it can be it's a parable that reflects the kingdom of God and what is the kingdom of God is the church in Jesus Christ so we are children his servants and he has deposited himself into us to go out and bear fruit so when he comes back are we going to present you know and things you know are we going to present fruits out of you know what he has deposited in us so that's one thing I want to share concerning this Bible passage thank you yeah thank you yes similar along the same lines of stewarding whatever was given to us well and producing fruit for the kingdom you see the emphasis here Jesus is helping us understand that it is important fruit is important to him okay any other things that you take from what we discussed yes hope you want to say something yes first about kingdom and I just want to share Matthew 1821 which is talks about a parable of an unforgiving debt comparing the kingdom of God with that kind of parable and when you was teaching about kingdom of God I remember this chapter and this about how the kingdom of God is being compared with an forgiving debt sometimes we may be the but we are sons and daughters Christ we enjoy the kingdom but when we do not see the necessity of forgiving others from our own art it will not it will make us unqualified to the kingdom so this this parable show that the debt to God is king and asking for forgiveness and the king forgive all his debts but he had another debt he had another person who he only money but he didn't forgive him and he punished him and the parable say that the that king take that debt and tell you I forgive you but you fail to forgive another person who on you so he throw him away to some prison so it's give me an an idea that we who belong to kingdom we must be very careful because small things which we do to others affects our our whole life or our all race with God so forgiving others it is a part of kingdom and it is what God compared to the kingdom of God that when we fail to forgive others we do not belong to the kingdom even when we Jesus thought his disciples to pray he told them that when you pray pray like this father forgive when you pray God to forgive your sins but as you forgive others so God will forgive you as you forgive others so kingdom of God also is being compared to the act of forgiveness thank you question yeah thank you thank you thank you for sharing that the importance of forgiveness that comes through Jesus taught us anything else that you can see about the kingdom I can please through the parable of the dragnet and of the wits and tears you can see that it is God himself who allows things to happen in the church not in the church but in his kingdom because for the last last semester and I think also this year someone raised the question of why the bad people in the church or why the church is not perfect so by reading that the parable of the dragnet and the wits and tears we can understand that God allows everyone to come in his kingdom and it's at the end that he will separate the good one and the bad and it's not up to us who are in the kingdom to try and separate but we can teach the word we can guide people but God himself will separate the bad and the good thank you yeah thank you thank you yeah so that's yeah I see where you are coming from in this parable though it's more about those who are in the kingdom and those who are not so you know this parable doesn't say that the sons of the kingdom within the sons of the kingdom there is good and bad so that's not what is pointed out when you are coming from so in the world we have the sons of the kingdom and then we have the people of the world and then there's the separation between those who belong to God and those who do not belong to God and I get the point that you are making that in the kingdom itself you are saying that some you know are not yet in a place of maturity is that what you are pointing at Mikey in the church because you said in the church yes yes yes pasta because it is God who who brought the word and the word was sent to everyone and those who for example the the dragnet was thrown into the sea and then they pulled it to the shore to it was and they brought everything together that's where I'm coming from everyone got brought into the church and it's got to separate okay it's like those who believe and those who don't believe okay right fine Mikey that's alright yeah any other thoughts about parables and about the kingdom what else do you know about the kingdom from parables ma'am yes yes what I felt is like being a a children of kingdom we have been interested with so many spiritual gifts and like authority and listen we being the children of God if we don't exercise them and don't accomplish what we have to for the kingdom of God so that God will be glorified so if we don't that's when the kingdom of God will actually will extended and would be expanded so that is all so if we don't grow in that if we fail in exercising our gifts just keep it there like God has given so many gifts it is our responsibility to explore them discover them within us and use them for his glory that's what I feel sure thanks again more along the lines of stewardship being fruitful even in the parable of this over we see the seed is sown but what is the end result the outcome that is fruit 30, 60 and 104 okay Kennedy deep truths of God's kingdom okay have you heard parable where the kingdom of God it's like a mustard seed when it is sown it is the smallest but finally when it grows it is a large tree where it takes care of people so that also tells us about how the kingdom is introduced it can be introduced in a small way but the kingdom takes over right so the pervasive of the kingdom is something that we can see in parables the kingdom of God is like that east which works through the batch it pervades it permeates quickly so truths like that also help us know how the kingdom works anything else that comes from your mind from the parables about the kingdom of God we can add to what we are discussing yes he is Harrison please go ahead okay another thing comes to my mind the kingdom of God is his word the kingdom of God is his word and if I still read you know if I still look at the book of Machu chapter 12 and 37 it says by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned so I want to believe that everything about the kingdom of God revolves around his word so what comes out of our mouth will either make us or destroy us and that's one thing we can also see in the in the parable everything you know we do is in our actions what we speak from our mouth can either make us who we want to be or destroy us so just to add that the kingdom of God is his word true thank you Harrison so thanks for that because from the parables we understand about the kingdom of God but there is truth in other places as well that helps us know how the kingdom works so the kingdom works by the word that is so real so in the kingdom when you want to see something happen you got to sow the seed if you don't sow the seed you know Jesus talked about how you sow the seed and then it's morning then it's evening eventually there's a blade right and then it kind of grows up from there but you just watch it grow once you have sown it but who brings the growth God is the one who brings the growth so the word of God which is the incorruptible seed and how it really grows in the kingdom of God that is something we understand from the teachings so it's different the kingdom dynamics is very different and we kind of grasp that we will take Christopher's question and then we will go for a break Christopher you would need to unmute yourself Yes I just wanted to talk about that the value of the kingdom where the person finds a hidden treasure and there is a mention of finding it and then hiding it and then you know after that selling everything else and then buying it so I was just trying to understand why the person after he found it he hid it it's kind of a human tendency to find the treasure and then you hide it because you don't want anyone else to find it because you tend to buy it so I just wanted to understand is there any significance to that or is it just trying to ensure that it is precious and therefore you're going to go ahead and keep it keep it and sell it and keep it as a precious thing so I just wanted to understand is there any significance to that So in the hiding, thanks for the question Christopher, in the finding the hidden treasure and then hiding it again I believe it has to do with you know sort of protecting it or not losing the precious thing that you found it doesn't necessarily mean not sharing it because we know elsewhere people are called to make the kingdom grow and expand the kingdom extend the kingdom and get it with others so the hiding has to do with you know not losing it but you don't want to lose something you keep it safe so it's just that right, okay fine okay yes oh it's like there's another question here yeah everyone you want to go with your question yes yes pastor I have a question that I've been taking for some time now uh huh Pastor looking at the March 13th, 24th which talks about the power of the weeds and in the context of course we understand that the field is the world but in the concept of weeds weeds are planned and are going at unwanted places and I was even checking the Greek to really be sure what I'm trying to say so is Jesus really referring to the unbelievers or those that are planted in the church even though they are in the church but they don't support the agenda of God they are there for their own selfish interest and their own ambition is it something like that that's what I'm trying to say because if you look you talk about weeds if you plant the cassava in the mess of rice farm even though cassava is good but it is still a weed so um that's what I'm just thinking so I decided to ask if I can get more destinations to that's the regards to what Manki also said so uh excuse me you said Matthew 24 March 13th, 24th yeah so maybe we can think about it later so we're still talking about the parable of the weed and the tares isn't it yes mom yes mom so here it's quite clear Abraham that Jesus is not talking about the difference in commitment of believers if he's not because he clearly um points to his people as the sons of the kingdom and you know when we talked about the local church and the spiritual dimension of the local church we said that everybody who's born again that person is a part of the kingdom okay so by default every believer everyone who is born again we are sons of the kingdom okay mom okay so are there people in the church that truly they don't belong to Christ is that something biblical okay yeah so see if people are not born again they don't belong to Christ now is it possible for people to be in the church who are not born again very much there can be some who come never respond to the word of God so like when we talk about salvation we also talk about the fruit of salvation like how do you know whether somebody has accepted Christ from their life you can actually make out whether or not they have accepted Christ so yes there can be people who are not born again and of course you know we the mentoring sessions and other sessions as well we have talked about those who are very much part of the kingdom but due to their own choices at some point they taste the things of the kingdom but they let it go of their own will such people will also not be part of the kingdom because they have walked away from it okay Vasta alright thank you so much thank you so much okay alright okay Amni has a question here but I mean over short time so let's do this we'll take a break and we'll come back 10 minutes so it's 10.54 we'll be back at 11.04 and then we will take up Amni's question and come to move on back and thank you everyone see you soon


In this video, we're going to be looking at a bridge rectifier unit and what makes a bridge rectifier unit different from a biphase rectifier unit is the fact that we use four diodes and that helps us set this up for a full wave rectification. Let's take a look here, negative to positive. If I go negative and block that way, you can go through, block that way. I'm going to go across here and out to positive and if we switch polarities, I have negative here now. So it's going to go down across here, through there and across down to there. So I end up with a full wave rectified circuit because I've got a hump, boom, hump, boom. Again, I'm going negative to positive this way and finally negative to positive. That gives me one, two, three, four and as long as it's just swapping back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, I will continue to get full wave rectification. So we have all our alternations are on the top. So let's take a look at how that's going to look with some numbers. I'm setting myself up with 140 volts, 60 hertz with a 15 ohm resistor. I'm going to try to determine my voltage peak, my voltage DC at the load, my current peak, my current at the load, the peak inverse voltage of the diodes and the power being dissipated at the load. So our first step is to take this 140 volts and take that up to peak. As before, we just go 140 divided by 0.707 and we get our peak voltage, 198 volts peak. There we go. We throw that right over there. Now, if we want to figure out what our DC voltage is, we take the peak voltage and we multiply that by 0.637 and that gets us our answer of 126 volts DC. So let's go ahead and throw that over in the side here. Next, we have our current peak. Well, we can take our peak voltage and divide it by our ohmic value of the load to get our peak current, which is 13.2 amps peak if you see that over here. So let's put that over here where it belongs. And the same thing to get my DC current, there's two ways. I can take this peak and multiply it by 0.637 or I can take the voltage that I already have, 126 volts DC, divide it by 15 ohms and I get the same answer, 8.4 amps DC. So let's put that over in the side. Now, the peak inverse voltage of these diodes we have to look at, they only see this voltage, this peak voltage, as opposed to the biphase which we saw, we had two windings that it was getting its voltage across because we had that center tap. Well, in this case, we only have one source. Therefore, it is only this 198 volts that we are dealing with. So these diodes have to handle at least a peak voltage of 198 volts. And last is our power being dissipated at the resistor. To get our power is just e peak times i peak or v peak times i peak divided by 2 because this is a full wave rectified circuit. That gives us our power. There's our formula. So we plug the numbers in and we get 1306 watts by taking 198 volts times 13.2 amps and dividing it by 2. And that's it. That is a full walkthrough on a full wave rectified circuit using four diodes, these diodes a.k.a. the bridge.


Tonight we're in chapter 5. We're going to be looking at verses 1 through 11, so let's begin reading here in Luke chapter 5 at verse 1 I'll read verses 1 through 11 and we'll get into our study Here in Luke's gospel chapter 5 Luke writes now so it was as the multitude pressed about him to hear the word of God That he stood by the lake of Ganeser it and And saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets Then he got into one of the boats which was Simon's and asked him to put out a little from the land and He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat now when he had stopped speaking he said to Simon Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch, but Simon answered and said to him Master we have told all night and caught nothing Nevertheless at your word. I will let down the net and when they had done this They caught a great number of fish and their net was breaking So they signaled to their partners and the other boat to come and help them and they came and filled both of the boats So that they began to sink When Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus's knees saying Depart from me for I am a sinful man O Lord for he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken and So also were James and John the sons of Zebedee who were partners with Simon and Jesus said to Simon Do not be afraid from now on you will catch men So when they had brought their boats to land they first took all and followed him By now many people are following the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. They've come into contact with him They've heard of him and they're beginning to follow after him in in chapter 4 remember with me in verses 14 and 15 How it said there that Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee and news of him went out through all the surrounding Region and he taught in their synagogues being glorified by all So the Lord Jesus Christ's ministry is now catching fire many people are hearing of him And he has finally come now into his region here in Galilee and is settled down He's in a place called Capernaum the city of Capernaum is the city of Peter Andrew James as well as John and had become his Headquarters as he's now ministering in the northern portion of Israel that we would call the Galilee Now while he's there in this region He's how he's impressing people with this teaching as well as the power that he is manifesting He had delivered a demon possessed man and the Bible tells us that the people were amazed at what he had done They were amazed at his power and his authority remember verses 36 and 37 it said they were all amazed and spoke spoke among themselves saying What a word this is for with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out and the report about him went about went out into every place in every Surrounding region so Jesus's popularity is now growing and great crowds are gathering around him now the scene of this particular teaching found in chapter 5 is The sea of Galilee notice with me in verse 1 though it refers to the sea of Galilee is the lake of Geneserit You might find it interesting those of you who read through your New Testament already know this But the sea of Galilee actually has three names that you find used in the New Testament You have this particular Name the lake of Geneserit you have the sea of Galilee and You also have the lake type your lake of Tiberias those are three of three names for the same location it's actually the sea of Galilee and The sea of Galilee is the lowest freshwater lake on earth It's around 700 feet below sea level and its widest part part it measures about 13 miles from east to west it's about seven and a half miles and its circumference is 32 miles and the deepest point has been estimated as Anywhere from 140 to 200 feet and that's where the Lord Jesus Christ is ministering right now now notice with me that he's surrounded He's surrounded by a multitude and also notice as it says in verse 1 that this multitude is pressing about him Now the question has to be asked why are they attracted to the Lord Jesus Christ? There's a variety of things that you could say that we're attracting them one could be the miracles that he was that he was Performing to it may be his abeemence out You know there are a variety of things that would make Jesus attractive to people as a matter of fact We know that even today if you want to attract large crowds There's a variety of things you can do to attract them We know that if you want to have a large crowd perhaps you might want to just use music music Is always a great draw people like good bands and all and they'll show up to you hear a good band We know that speakers have great popularity and sometimes a great speaker will draw a tremendous amount of listeners We know that special events and conferences will draw crowds of people if you have a variety of things that That reach into your community. You'll see hordes of people show up You know when we have our hallelujah party, you know here on the campus our alternative to Halloween We'll have 7-8,000 or more people show up in an evening to come in and You know just make use of the things that we give them to do they'll come for that Conferences draw a lot of people when we have our men's conferences here on the grounds We'll see over 3,000 guys about 3,400 guys who show up for things like that when we have Christmas services There are always thousands of people show up for the services for the Christmas Eve service and Christmas Day service As you know this upcoming Easter will have four services on Easter and we'll see 10 11,000 adults and 1,500 children on campus and that's probably You know pretty conservative. That's what we usually see because we know that That you can have events and and things of that nature and and people will show up We know that sometimes if you want to have a crowd all you need to do is speak on a timely subject It wasn't that long ago when people were showing up in in in hordes to hear someone speak on y2k you remember y2k Anybody remember y2k y2k and mexican said he took care, but y2k y2k people were really interested in that you know and so they wanted to hear about that or If there's a you know something taking place like an invasion the invasion of iraq you're gonna have tons of people In church they want to they want to hear something on that timely subject They always are wanting to hear answers for the bigger question And that's true I mean I was thinking of giving a message on For those of you who watch american idol why senjaya But anyway, uh, I don't think there's an answer for that one Jesus is ministry Jesus is healing Jesus is delivering Jesus is preaching and he is teaching What ministry do you think would get the most interest today? preaching Healing deliverance. What do you think would get the most interest today? Normally, it's the more spectacular Normally, it's the thing that is going to draw people's curiosity Do you think that teaching is going to draw a lot of people? Well, the answer is obviously no Because quite a number of people think they're already well taught So they want something else yet. I find it interesting to note here that in verse one It says the multitude pressed about him to hear the word of god That's why they were crowding around the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what was interesting to them They wanted to hear what he was going to say You see you can believe in miracles And still be lost forever You can be delivered from the power of of a demon And still be lost forever But when you hear the word of god And receive the gospel of Jesus Christ and are born again, you're saved forever You can believe in miracles and you can leave in power You can believe in a variety of things But what you really need to do is believe in god and that comes through a relationship of god That you hear in the gospel of jesus christ And so jesus knew that he had come to preach this message remember in chapter four Verses 42 to 44 how it said When it was day he departed and went into a deserted place And the crowd saw him and came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them But he said to them i must preach the kingdom of god to the other cities also Because for this purpose i have been sent and he was preaching in the synagogues of galilee That's what jesus came to do is to set the captives free through the proclamation of the message of the gospel A deliverance that is not simply from demons temporarily But the deliverance that takes you from the kingdom of darkness and translates you into the kingdom of god's son That comes to the proclamation of the word of god and that's what jesus christ is doing So notice as this is taking place It says that he stood by the lake of ganesaret verse two and saw two boats standing by the lake But the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets And so as they're pressing to hear the word of god jesus is not about to disappoint them He looks around for some way to minister to these people and as he looks around He sees two boats, but the fishermen who own those boats are busy washing or cleaning their nets But what takes place though in verse three he got into one of the boats Which was simons and asked him to put out a little from the land And he sat down and he taught the multitudes from the boat Now it's interesting to me how the lord jesus christ would make almost anything a pulpit Jesus spoke in synagogues He spoke in houses He speaks in the temple He would speak in fields. He would speak in hilltops And he also would speak well on the seat within reason anything served as a pulpit Which is an amazing thing today when you consider that people say that you can preach the gospel and share about god But make sure you do it within the four walls of a church building Don't take your beliefs into the street Don't be bothering people with what you believe we hear that here in the united states quite often now unfortunately Jesus would not have agreed with that Because the lord jesus christ took his message to the street He took it to the people and he shared with them wherever it was And that's what he's doing now He sees a multitude of people that are gathering around and they're pressing him In other words they're pressing about him to the point where he has to get off the ground there and move on to the onto the lake And so he climbs into this into this boat and as he's in this boat there He begins to minister and notice how it says in verse three that he sat down and taught the multitude Remember with me that when a rabbi would sit down it's because he's declaring something of great importance And so jesus is there ministering the word of god to these people now the ship he enters into is owned by simon peter This isn't the first time that he and simon peter have met though He had first spoken to andrew And andrew was a brother of simon And it's andrew who actually introduced simon peter to jesus christ In john chapter one verse 42 the bible says when jesus met him That jesus said to him you are simon the son of jonah.  I'm changing your name to rocky. That's what you're going to be now initially the event of peter's calling Was probably a year earlier Later on mark records in chapter one verses 16 and 18 That uh jesus walked by the sea of galilee and he saw simon and andrew his brother casting a net into the sea They were fishermen Jesus said to them follow me and i will make you become fishers have been and they immediately left their nets and followed him Now this had taken place prior to luke chapter five, but it would seem obvious That they had yet to go full time in service to the lord This is actually jesus's call of simon into full time service That's what your scene take place in luke chapter five And so notice again in verse three he asked him to put out a little from the land and he sat down and taught Now jesus had just performed a work on behalf of peter's mother-in-law and now he's about to ask peter to perform a work for him Jesus has need of his boat so that he can preach the kingdom of god Now verse four when he had stopped speaking he said to simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch Now this boat is a large boat We actually go on a replica of this particular kind of boat when we go to israel and and it's good It's good size boat and and and so it was large enough. It was large enough for jesus It was large enough for his disciples as well as the crew And and jesus now is ordering simon peter to do something notice he says let down your nets for a catch And in order for the nets to be dropped there needs to be a crew to do that Now what jesus is telling him to do at this point makes absolutely no sense. Why well fishing is done at night The worst time to cast the net is during the day You cast your net at night because the fish won't see the net But during the day even as it is daytime now to drop that net into the water is to basically say to the fish You know i'm here to catch you and there's no way that they're going to climb into this net And so these are expert fishermen now think of it for a moment because We were introduced to them in verse two as they were washing their nets They have spent an entire evening all night doing their job. They're exhausted They're they're experts at their field And they are basically already putting their nets away and beyond that they have been unsuccessful for the entire evening Jesus christ on the other hand Is a is a carpenter turned preacher And jesus is speaking to somebody simon peter who was an expert at what he does as a matter of fact He was a partner with james and john He his brother andrew were partners with james and john as well as zebedy james and john's father That means that they were successful So he's a successful finish Fisherman who's an expert at what he does who spent an entire evening doing what he does best He's exhausted. He's he's already got his his uh His stuff washed. He's ready to put it away so that he can rest the rest of the day to get up later on In order that he might fish again all night and here comes jesus christ A carpenter turned preacher Who says do you mind if i climb in your boat for something and simon peter says well I'm certainly said something like well, of course what is mine is yours and jesus sits down And jesus gives this message you can almost see simon peter there on the shore washing his his nets and everything Just listening to the master speak. He knows the master. He's already been called by him Just recently jesus had been in his house and had healed his mother-in-law and peter's still mad about that But as he's there watching him Do this Jesus speaks to him and tells him i want you to launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch That just doesn't make any sense Now i want you to see something here Jesus could have had that request refused by peter After all it's his crew. It's his ship and it's his time. Why should i do that? But instead of refusing him he obeys he does what he's asked to do and in doing so he's going to learn something by experience He's going to learn who jesus christ is The lord jesus christ Wants us to learn and this is one of the tough lessons He wants us to learn not only intellectually But also experientially We'll see this in a moment, but he wants us to learn not only intellectually meaning that we're able to quote scripture But he also wants us to understand through experience with god what that scripture means He doesn't want us in other words to simply know the actions of god He wants us to know the ways of god and as i've shared with you many times before There's a difference between knowing the acts of god and knowing the ways of god. There's a great difference between the two The bible tells us that that that moses knew the ways of god, but the people of israel knew the actions of god He showed his ways into moses, but his acts until the children of israel someone of three verse seven That's what he does The children of israel are able to say we have crossed the red sea They're able to say god has supplied manna from heaven They're able to say quail has been given to us in order that we might survive They're able to say that when we were thirsty that that moses struck a rock and and water came out that was capable Of giving us a water in the midst of a wilderness. We've seen all of these actions of god They're able to speak concerning the works of god. They saw the sea. They saw the quail. They saw the manna They saw the water they saw it all but moses knew why all of that took place And there's a great difference between knowing the actions and knowing the reasons behind those actions There's a difference between knowing somebody by reputation and knowing somebody through relationship. We know that You can have a relationship with somebody and you get to know them. You can know somebody's reputation and you only know things about them God wants us to know not only what he does but why he does that and at this point the apostle peter Who's already been called by the lord is going to learn something experientially He's going to learn something about jesus christ that he doesn't know He has seen the lord do tremendous works He's seen god already moved through jesus christ the works that jesus christ did and all he's already seen that But he's about to learn something Now notice verse six it says when they had done this They caught a great number of fish and their net was breaking So they signaled to their partners and the other boat to come and help them And they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink Now jesus made the command And the apostle peter now uses his influence and the influence he uses i find interesting Is to cause those who work for him to obey Peter's leadership led these tired fishermen into a blessing He could have refused But if he would have refused they would have lost out on this incredible miracle So as a sidelight application What we need to do is use our influence for good I need to if i'm going to lead anybody I need to say god help me to use the influence you've given to me for good I can influence people to believe or I can influence people to disbelieve I I can help people to see god clearly or through my doubt and despair I can say I just don't think he's going to move in this particular occasion And I can cause people to be stumbled in their faith The apostle peter had an ability to refuse a command at that moment he could have said you know what? This is my time. This is my boat. This is my crew. I'm too tired.  I've got the experience. You're simply somebody who speaks about people's souls You really are not that practical. You really don't understand what the person really feels that I the way that I know they do And thus I'm not going to put my men through this There's no way that I'm going to encourage these guys to continue working and all But that's not what he did What he did is he encouraged the guys just do what Jesus Christ said and as a result of that He sees the lord move when he says in verse five He says we've toiled all night caught nothing. He goes on to say nevertheless at your word I will let down the net and that's why in verse six when they had done this They caught a great number of fish their net was breaking God moved in a tremendous way You see simple obedience can result in incredible blessing It didn't make sense to peter, but he obeyed and saw the fruit of obedience The application is very simple if the lord leads you Cast out your net And see what happens See what happens You know, I say this to you often enough for you to have heard this before But I wish I wish sometimes That I could take what the lord has shown me In in in my life with him as it relates to this ministry And show you I wish that I could I wish I could illustrate to you The beginnings of the work that God did here By transporting you back to 1973 a lot of you weren't born yet But to send you back to 1973 To sit in in a den in norwalk california With about six or seven people And then to travel with me from 1973 through that year Every monday night doing bible studies with a handful of people never more than five six seven people And to see that While i'm still going to school i'm still going to work and doing a variety of things and then in 1974 Coming out here to ontario And starting a study that with my brother Where it was my brother frank my sister madeline and me on monday nights And how that he for the first few weeks in september of 74 for the first few weeks Was just us Then how he started to ask friends from work to start coming to bible study with him And how that one day a young lady showed up by the name of marie lopez Who came into the room and i looked at her and she looked at me and neither was impressed with the other at all She sits down The phone rings It's for her she gets up answers the phone I hear her saying nothing just hanging around with some friends. I'm sure i'd love to Then she hangs up comes and sits down next to her roommate jone and And starts giggling about some guy who had just been talking around the phone I hunted him down a long time ago and uh And i didn't know her from eve But i thought I'm gonna make her giggle about me someday. It's just the oddest thing She wasn't even a christian we talk afterwards You know she reveals that she's not a believer I don't ask her out but two weeks three weeks later my sister madeline Leads her to christ We start dating Because she's from here and i'm from norwalk i'm driving out here constantly doing ministry We eventually marry Her mom and dad live out here in chino We start traveling out in this area so that she can see her mom every weekend We go to church and dad we go to church in the area get involved in a church in 1977 I get ordained into the ministry at this church in 79 81 The senior pastor tells me you're not called to be a pastor.  You don't have an annoying team I resigned my ministry and i said i think i think i'm called by god And we started a bible study july 26 1981 25 people 25 adults and 15 kids 40 in attendance I wish you could travel with me from sunday to sunday From wednesday to sunday to sunday wednesday sunday night And watch what god does slowly but surely over time cast out your nets Cast them out and see what god will do You know we didn't sit down and make plans for Hundreds into the thousands of people to show up. We didn't do that This church has never been the result of some demographic study You know some attempt to get people to come to church We didn't do any of that You know the thing that we've tried to do is we've tried to be faithful To what god's word says obedience is very practical Jesus made a statement launched out into the deep let down your nets for a catch That's all you need to do is obey him you know For the apostle peter and his crew all they needed to do is obey All they needed to do is take what they already had and use it They had a boat they had nets they had a crew How hard is that? How hard is that? That's not hard You've got a mind you've got a mouth you've got a heart Use it And watch what god will use you to do and it'll amaze you it will amaze you I promise you what god can do How god can reach through you and touch somebody And what a joy it is when you are used by god to speak to somebody's heart and to see that life Absolutely transformed because of the saving grace and knowledge of jesus christ But he still says this launch out into the deep let down your net for a catch and all we have to do Is do it ephesians chapter 3 verse 20 says our god is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think Exceedingly abundantly above beyond anything that you can imagine And if you could imagine what it was like for me on an Easter Sunday to look out here at all of the thousands of people who show up It amazes me it amazes me to see what god does I'm just as amazed as the next person Maybe even more so Because I say lord you are just too much all you have to do is drop the nets and watch the catch That's all you got to do and then you just pull it in You just pull it in the lord did all the work All these guys had to do is just join what he wanted them to do And there are so many fish that the nets begin to break in verse 7 They signal their partners and the other boat to come and help them and they began to be they they came and fill both the boats They began to sink and so these people I have to tell you must have been just blowing their minds There are two boat loads of fish At the command of jesus christ the psalmist says in psalm 8 verses 6 through 8 You have made him to have dominion over the works of your hands You have put all things under his feet all sheep and oxen even the beasts of the field the birds of the air And the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the sea There were so many fish at the command of the lord jesus christ. They climbed into the net. That's amazing to me anybody here is a fisherman You know is wouldn't you like to sit there and throw that little line out and say get on that line fish amazing And as the excitement and you can almost hear the noise of the men as they're beginning to raise their voices And the excitement and and you can hear the sound of them as they're pulling the nets up and all of that excitement that is going on around As the lord has made this happen You know, I was looking at this passage. Let me give you an aside a real quick application here There is no need for churches to compete when they're too many fish for one boat Even two boats were not big enough for the work that jesus planned on doing And so I really feel that churches should not brag about the number of fish that they have in the boat They should just be aware of the fact that there are many more that need to be caught That's why we pray as a fellowship for the churches You know all through the united states in our city all around, you know that god may fill them Every church that is teaching the word of god may it be filled to capacity and overflowing Because there are so many people who need the lord jesus christ And so I think that we need to work together and that's what's happening here The one boat wasn't large enough so they called the second and as all of this taken place notice verse eight Simon peter saw it and he fell down at jesus's knees saying depart from me for I am a sinful man Oh lord For he and all who are with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken In the midst of the action in the midst of the noise In the midst of the excitement Simon peter Is convicted And he's saying i'm an ungodly man And i'm in the midst of ungodly men And I am thoroughly unworthy And he falls at the feet of jesus and he recognizes his sinfulness And he has fear before the lord because he's recognizing that he's in the presence of the lord himself There's no casualness about this at all When you are worshiping the lord There's a sense of reverence and awe Not a casualness whatsoever it sometimes bothers me to see how casual Uh christians can be about worship and how casual they can be when they start sharing how the lord has spoken to their heart and all There's a sense of awe and fear that you see in the people of god whenever god arrives on the scene i'm thinking of when moses Received the 10 commandments you find in in exodus chapter 20 when moses received the 10 commandments And and the bible tells us in exodus chapter 20 verses 18 through 20 That all the people witnessed the thunderings the lightning flashes the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking And when the people saw it they trembled and stood afar off Then they said to moses you speak with us and we will hear but let not god speak with us lest we die And moses said to the people do not fear for god has come to test you And that his fear may be before you so that you may not sin They said listen you go and speak to him and you leave us out of this We see the awesome majesty of god and we don't want to be around that That fear causes you to realize what you are in comparison to what he is When you look at the book of job In the book of job you see job as a declared by god as a righteous man who hates evil This is a man who was so righteous that he would even offer sacrifice for his children For he said in his heart perhaps they have have sinned against god and they don't even realize it So i offer sacrifices on their behalf and when god spoke concerning Concerning job god said he's a righteous man god's declaration concerning job is that he's righteous and he hated even There was nobody on the face of the earth like him And the first two chapters of the book of job you see job as he's losing one thing after another Because satan had said to god listen all you need to do is touch his his wealth And all you need to do is touch his health and if you take those things from him.  And so we have some friends we know this story and the friends come to supposedly cheer him up And they sat next to him for a while and as long as they were quiet they did fine The minute they opened their mouth they became the proverbial job's comforters And started giving him explanations as to why god had turned his back on him Not a single one of them really knew what was going on But every one of them had some great advice to give to job and all along job is defending his integrity But as you read through the book of job all the way up to chapter 38 There are some things that he's saying That just aren't right So then in chapter 38 After all of his agony and all and he's been going through this pain for some time the lord breaks into the scene And god begins to speak to him And he says who is this man who is speaking what he really doesn't understand He says good yourself like a man and answer some questions. You've been saying you had questions to ask me Let me ask you a few questions And so in chapter 38 39 40 and 41 you see god speaking to joe Asking him question after a question Ultimately job finally says in job 42 verses 5 and 6 job finally says to the lord I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear But now my eyes see you Therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust of it and ashes I heard of you But I did not have this kind of face-to-face confrontation I clung to what I had been taught and I clung faithfully to that To the point that god initially said he's a righteous man I have held fast to the message I have heard as faithfully as possible But now I see you I have heard of you with the hearing of my ear But now I see you with the scene of my eye and I repent So this is a guy who in the presence of god even though declared to be the most righteous man of his day Was still recognizing himself as being sinful There's anything wrong with humanity today It's an improper assessment of our own goodness I already used, you know, american idol as an example But everybody who tries out for american idol and they do this on purpose They'll show you the footage of the tryouts Every one of those people stood in line for hours For their chance to try and sing and become the next idol for america And you've heard the voices of many of them who have said well, I'll go out and I'll record an album and I'm going to be a big star self-deluded Sadly so sometimes even painfully so To the point where you laugh almost in an embarrassed way for them Poor self-deluded people Because they really think they're good Well, you know what america thinks it's good too Very often we think we're better than our neighbor We think we're better than the next person We get to the point sometimes where we may even go so far as to say I don't understand how they can do that Well, you want to know something I haven't forgotten where I came from And I do understand how you can do that because when you don't have the lord you can do anything When you don't have the lord it's possible that you can wake up some morning and say How did I get here because you can do some things that you never thought you'd ever find yourself doing And some of you know exactly what I'm talking about You wake up and you say how did I get here? How did this happen to me? What steps did I take so that I woke up in this condition? Because you can follow a path of destruction And it's never shown to you exactly what it's going to be at the beginning When the enemy told you you know what you'll look so sophisticated and cool when you have that cigarette in your Mouth he did not tell you that you'll ultimately going to die of lung cancer When he said you know drink that beer because it's cool and sophisticated He didn't say by the way to you by the way you'll end up an alcoholic Somewhere in skid row No, because that's not going to happen to you is it it's going to happen to somebody else the statistics Always are about other people. It's never us We're never part of that are we because we always think of ourselves as being beyond that The steps to salvation is simply understanding who you are And that's what peter did when the apostle peter said depart for me because i'm a wicked man He was simply saying in comparison to who I have seen you to be You see I knew of what you've done I was there in cana of galilee and I I remember your first miracle when you turned that water into wine I've been around and I've seen you cast the demons out and and just recently you healed my mother-in-law I've seen all of the works that you've done and I've heard much of your teaching But this is the first time i'm allowing it to actually hit my own heart How many times can we hear a message? That we think is for somebody else How many times can we sense a conviction? But we think it's for someone else how many times have I heard a message where I said man I wish marie could hear this one it would really help her I mean We can do that if my kids were only here right now And they heard this it would change their life But i've discovered that god wants to say something to me in those in those messages It's not for somebody else It's for me The lord wants to tell me something and when I sit down and I listen to people teach I'll tell you the truth when i'm sitting listening to somebody else my prayer as they're as they're beginning to preach Is i'm saying god if you have something for me i want to know what it is Let me learn today so that my life will change I want to know what it is that you want to speak to my heart. It's a very simple prayer But I want to hear it for me not for somebody else and that's what's taking place See peter is actually taking this and making it personal It's personal because it's it's now affecting him. It's affecting his life. It's affecting his occupation. It's affecting his experience We can become good at sharing about what god has done for someone else We can speak about what we have heard in terms of testimonies how we can say how god did this in that person's life And how god did this in that person's life, but what god wants to do is something in my life He wants to do something in me. He wants to transform me. He wants to make me a living witness the testimony of his goodness He wants to do that in me But I have met people who are able to tell me oh Have you heard this testimony about brothers so and so did you hear this about this sister over here? But what is god doing in you? What is god doing in you? Listen, I can read the books. I can read the devotionals. I I know many of the speakers that that they talk about But what's he doing in you See that you take the word of god and you can personalize it. What does he want to do? and so The apostle peter has an experience with the lord where he finally realizes That god wants to work in him too It says again in verse nine he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish Which they had taken and so Also were james and john the sons of zebedee who were partners with simon And jesus said to simon do not be afraid from now on you will catch men So when they had brought their boats to land they foresook all and followed him Now this isn't the first time that jesus called james and john He'd actually called them when he had called peter and andrew But they now are being called a full-time service to him and they're leaving behind a prosperous business They're leaving behind their father in order that they might follow jesus christ in matthew 19 verse 29 Jesus said everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands For my name's sake shall receive a hundred fold and inherit eternal life Listen when I gave my heart to the lord I hope you don't mind me making this personal when I gave my heart to the lord I knew I knew That it could cost me I knew that my mom and dad might reject me. I knew that I knew that my friends wouldn't want to hang around with me anymore. I knew that I knew that my sisters could could possibly Think that i'd gone overboard And I also knew that my brother frank I my older brother. I knew that frankie could You know could reject me which which initially he did I knew that could happen. I knew that But something Spoke to my heart something that was so important It was I needed to get right with god no matter what no matter who rejected me I needed to And so I took the chance and I gave my heart to the lord and I shared with my family I was speaking to somebody one time and I said to him this I said Because their mother was a very is very devoted, but There was no assurance that she was saved.   I know that what you believe is right I know what you believe is right But if I embrace that It'll break my mom's heart And so my response was are you willing to go to hell for your mother? And he said yes And I looked at him and I said I wasn't willing to go to hell for my mother But I wanted to bring my mother to heaven There's a difference There's a difference A lot of people are afraid to offend Their family or friends Co-workers Employees employer They're actually afraid to commit themselves to following the lord fully Because they're going to lose these people. Jesus said listen, you're not going to lose anything, but you're going to gain everything now By way of application I came from a family of six But now I have a family of hundreds of millions Because I'm part of the family of god And this church here this group of people here If you're born again like it or not you're my family We're related through jesus christ I'm your brother And you're my brother. You're my sister We're family That's what jesus is talking about Jesus is saying you don't lose anything, but you gain everything You can leave a house.