Good evening. I am so glad to be here and to finally see everyone. I thank the Lord for giving me the opportunity to come to your place, to come to your country, and to be able to preach and visit sister churches in our work. And I thank my wonderful hosts, Pastor Skip and Ma'am Brenda Holland. And I thank the homes where I stayed for a few nights, and I thank the churches who gave me a wonderful welcome. And of course I miss home, but I'm starting to get a feel of home right here. I thank the Lord for this wonderful opportunity because it's not an easy thing to get a visa to come here, especially for a Filipino like me. Now, you have to go through the eye of the needle, so to speak, because anybody who applies for a visa, especially if he is a Filipino, it is presumed that he will not be coming back to the Philippines. He will like it here, and he will stay as an illegal alien for a period of time. And that will be a big problem for our country. That's why your embassy in Manila is very, very strict in admitting tourists like me. And I have to prove that I have economic ties, financial ties, family ties, social ties that will motivate me to go back after my visit. But I thank the Lord because The U.S. Consul in Manila did not check my papers, properties, car registration, stuff like that, but he simply asked for the invitations that I received from the churches here. And the Lord blessed, I have eight invitations from the churches, one from the Association of Macedonia, and one from Erskip and his wife, and he just look at them one by one, read everything, and he was typing while he was reading. And I might say he must be checking all the names in the database if it's correct and it's true. So all your names are there, those who signed the invitations from the churches. And if something goes wrong and something harmful happens to me, the US government will be looking for you. That's the great thing when you come legally. And well, I've experienced a very warm welcome here. And I've always told Pastor Skip and Miss Brenda that flying in from Dallas to Mobile, it was a very small plane. And I don't like flying. And somebody actually will take me flying Tuesday. And I'm trying to forget the thing. I like to enjoy myself right now. So flying will be out. Well, anyway, we flew in this small plane. It was so small because there's just one seat on the left side, two seats on the right side. And I look around and everyone, I'm the only brown guy there. I said, wow. Well, I was, you know, a little bit feel at home in that big jet from Hong Kong to Dallas because there are so many Asians there that came from Hong Kong. So you have Chinese, you have some Filipino there. Then for the first time, I was alone. And we landed roughly. It was windy. It was very cloudy. I was a little bit scared. I feel isolated. I feel out of place. But when I came out from the airport, I saw this brethren. They're all there. The Hartfields, the Hollands, by David Short. and other Saints there with a big sign welcoming me to Bubil, welcoming me to the U.S., and I'm so happy. And in every place where I went, in every home where I went, I had a wonderful stay. I had a wonderful time with the brethren, and I would like to thank you because you made it possible for me. I would not be here Had the Lord not touch your hearts to send some offerings for my tickets. And it's a wonderful thing. I would say I had culture shock first few days. I was just trying to process everything I've seen. Well, I was thinking that I have read enough, watched enough, and know enough about your country to prepare for my coming here. But I was wrong. It's a different thing to be here. And first thing that we did after we landed, we had dinner in Golden Corral in Mobile. I was shocked with all the food I've seen there. I could not get myself to pick one. And somebody said, hey, just start choosing this food. I said, well, where will I start? There's so many food here. You're a blessed country. And I was like, you know, in every home, I stayed, it was like I was staying in a five-star hotel. See? Nice homes, and nice churches, and you should thank the Lord for all the blessings you have there. Bird Skip and Ma'am Brenda, they're very brave people. They've been there to my country twice. Ma'am Brenda, thrice. They were, you know, a little bit crazy, because the three of them, Ma'am Brenda, her daughter Tiffany, and a lady named Diane Bird, they're just three of them the first time they come there. They did not know us, they did not know our country, knew nothing. But they went there because they love the Lord, they love the Lord's work. And when I come here, whenever I prepare for here, to come here, my wife will say, are you really? I said, yeah. How about the turbulence? I said, don't worry about that. I love the Lord and I love to see the people who are supporting the work of the Lord in the Philippines. I love you that much. That's why when the pilot, Taking off from Hong Kong, a few moments later, the pilot said, in two hours, we will have turbulence. Wow, that's good news. And that's 13 hours, my friends, on the big jet. I heard turbulence announcement five times during the flight. And every time that thing, you know, sounds, I said, wow, another turbulence. But I am here. I am in the Lord's hands. And the Lord has blessed. He gave a safe trip. And you pray for me as I go home on Monday, next Monday, not this Monday, next Monday. And I'll be another long flight back home. And hopefully the Lord will enable me to get home safely. And you please pray for me. Please pray for my wife and kid, son, Neil, my wife, Lynn, and pray for the churches there. Well, the Lord's work has been blessed. You have prayed for it, encouraged me, supported me and the work there. In Calatrava, we have a thriving congregation. We have 59 people actively worshiping the Lord, growing in His knowledge and grace. And we have our different Sunday school classes for kids, for youth. for adults. We have also our latest monthly meeting. We have our youth quarterly meetings. Then we have our outreach ministries. We have our campus ministry in two high school campuses. So our public schools there are open for ministers like me. And we go there in Calatrava National High School, which has 2,000 young people there studying. We go there every Thursday. We preach in the classrooms whenever there are no classes. We have one-on-one Salweeny. We gather the students, teach them about God, teach them Christian songs, some fun games. And then Friday, we go to Lynn School. It's an extension of the main school, so it's small, about 300 students. And we go there Friday afternoon, doing the same things, teaching the word of God to the young people. And a good number of them actually have come to church these past few months because Lynn, being the school in charge, invited some of these kids to be in our home and then worship God the following day, Sunday. So it's a wonderful ministry for the young people. Of course, we have our annual fellowship for the youth. It's being held every April because April and May are our summer months. It's dry, so we can have a week-long youth camp in the public schools. We lease or we borrow it for five days. We have youth meetings from Monday to Friday, Sunday evening preaching. from the first night until Thursday night. And this year, Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. Sister Brenda and Sister Diane Byrd were with us. 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We go there and Some of our young people in the church will teach these kids and tell them Bible stories and have them some cookies after that. We have 50 kids in those classes. Then we have our children's feeding ministry. We feed kids every month. We have about 250 kids in three locations every month. Then from Lane School and from Valerio Mosso Mission. Now, This children's feeding ministry has been used by God in opening homes for the gospel. Because otherwise these people will not entertain us. They will not just open their doors for us. We have to establish relationships with them. And the feeding ministry for their kids is a wonderful thing. And it's been used by God in wonderful ways. And every month these kids look forward. to their feeding program. We serve rice because we eat a lot of rice. Rice in the morning, rice during lunch, and rice during dinner, and rice in between. And of course we serve fried chicken or other dishes with chicken, and it's a big treat for the kids. Because some of the kids in the poor communities where we have our feeding ministry, They got to eat chicken once in a while. Some, maybe once a year, once a month. Those who are in the upper part, maybe once a week. So it's a big thing for them. So we have rice, chicken, cookies, candies, and during December we have toys and other gifts for the kids. So it's a wonderful ministry. And Brother Skip and Mom Brenda have experienced that. twice, and it's a wonderful thing. And our mission in Valle Hermoso, which was the hotbed of communist insurgency in my country, people there are just suspicious of strangers, even to someone like me. So it was a hard thing to start a work there. Many Baptist pastors and missionaries have attempted to do mission work there. It's about 20 miles from where we live, down south. Nobody succeeded. So we have this children's ministry. We feed kids. And homes just started opening their doors to us. We have four baptized members there right now. And we have Bible studies every Sunday afternoon. So, It's a wonderful thing. And then we have our radio broadcast every Sunday, 6.30 in the morning. And Brother Skip have preached twice on a radio broadcast. We rode on my motorbike, and there was this big white-haired fellow at the back. And whenever we pass people, just like, oh. But it's nice. I mean, we got to reach thousands of people every Sunday morning preaching his word. and preaching the gospel. I got text messages from as far as southern Cebu. That's another province, another island. And I got text messages from all over the southern part and central part of Negros. That's awesome. Now, actually, when I was in the radio ministry years back, a Presbyterian minister who has been pastoring a Presbyterian church for 20 years got saved because of the radio broadcast. Can you imagine that? A Presbyterian minister got saved. He's been pastoring his church for 20 years. And he got saved because he listened to the gospel on the radio. And we met one time and he hugged me tight and thanked me with tears. And I couldn't believe it. And I said, are you really a pastor of the Presbyterian Church? And he said, yes. And I was not saved all those years. I said, wow. God's grace is indeed amazing. And of course I got angry text from people from time to time. And whenever we preach the gospel in the Philippines, you have to explain clearly what it means to have Jesus as your savior. So you have to tell people that Mary has nothing to do with salvation. Peter is not the rock upon which the church was built. You have to explain to them that idolatry is an abomination. The saints can't help you in getting saved. The Pope can't help you in going to heaven. The Catholic Church is not the church that Jesus built. You have to tell those things to be clear. And these things hurt people there. So whenever I preach the truth, I got hostile, angry messages. I mean, Francis. Do you know Francis? The Pope? Well, he's a big friend of mine. He went to the Philippines. I did a series of messages Sunday morning about the papacy, about the Catholic Church, about Mary, about Peter. And I actually got threats. And one text said, hey, preacher, you watch your back. And those are unknown numbers. And sometimes my wife gets worried and says, don't mind those things. For as long as I'm not finished here, nothing can harm me. Nobody can harm me. And these things have been going on for years. We have our mountain ministries. Brother Skip was there, Ma'am Brenda was there. The church in Annie, it's in the mountains. And there's another church in Bagonbon under our world. It's in the mountains. We've pioneered those works way back in 2002. And you have armed groups roaming around in those places back in those days. And I was absolutely told not to go there again, not to preach there anymore. And you know what? I was just four years married then. We were young. And you know, when you are young, you have that passion. And my wife said, don't go there anymore. I am so afraid they will kill you. I said, no, we will go there. You know what? Courage is a contagious thing. If you have courage, people will get that from you. And they will serve the Lord. But cowardice is also contagious. If you let people see cowardice in you, you are threatened, and you just stayed away because you're afraid, they will be afraid too. So I told my wife, I have a choice. Either I will let them see courage in me or cowardice. I would rather have courage. And so I went back there, preached the gospel, threatened, maligned, vilified, but the Lord has blessed. And we have two churches there and two missions. In fact, my younger brother, Ferdinand, pastors one of the church there. So, the Lord has blessed in so many ways and it is my prayer that one of these days you can come to the Philippines and I will return the favor of warm hospitality. The Lord has blessed. God used somebody here from Mississippi to build us a nice home. And we've been renting homes since we got married in 2000, or in 1999. Now, we've been renting We've been moving from house to house whenever the contract expires. And it's tiring sometimes when you're just moving for this year and then another year, another house. But the Lord touched a family from here, one of our brothers here, and he built us a very nice home. And if you go there in the Philippines, you have some place, you have a home where you can stay. And we will feed you rice. Yes. And I promise you, you will eat all the rice you can eat. And in one week, you will gain pounds. Do you have any questions? If you'd like to ask questions, we have five minutes. And then I'll preach for another 30 minutes. Any questions? Have you seen the report that I sent to you? Did you read it? Thank you. Those are two lovely couple out there. They're my friends. Of course, if you go to the Philippines, we will not force you to eat goat's head. Yes, ma'am? Okay. The Meeting House in Calatrava is, for us, it's very nice. But compared to you, of course, it's different. It's just 22 feet by 40 feet. It's concrete. It's painted. We don't have aircon there. We just have electric fans. And we have a stage, a nice pulpit. Then we have plastic chairs. We don't have this kind of chairs here. If we have this kind of chairs, they will stay for two days. Just sitting on there. It's really nice. Yeah, we have electric fans, so it will keep us cool during the services. But no matter how many electric fans you've got, if you are parked, overcrowded, it's still hot. But here, it's cold, and it's nice. So we have these monoblock chairs, plastic chairs. We don't have this kind. Then we have our Sunday school, little Sunday school room at the back. of the church. It's just a single, you know, sanctuary. There are no other classrooms there. No parsonage and whatsoever. It's a very small property. So the Lord blessed us and we were able to purchase that years ago. And through the offerings from our churches in our work, we were able to build that kind of meeting house. Of course, it has a ceiling and a roof. But it's very small. This is actually bigger than our, yeah, yes sir? If someone was to come and visit, how long would you recommend them stay? To be able to visit everywhere? Just to cover all the churches? Yes sir. Maybe three weeks? Three weeks. If we include Cebu, we have our work in Cebu, and our work in Camotes Islands. That'll be three weeks. And she must be, or he must be young enough to travel. because we will be crossing seas, ocean, going to Cebu and going to Camorras. He should be strong enough to do that. My escape is very strong, so no problem. Some more questions? You can ask me while I'm here, because the moment I leave this church, I'm not sure if I can come back. Do this to me. I'm real. It's not a hologram. What was your personal story of salvation? Yeah, well, I was about to include that in my message. Anyway, that'll be fine. Okay. Well, I grew up in a Roman Catholic Church. We're all devout Catholics. My grandfather, the head of the clan, was a devout Catholic. We have the priest every month in our home for dinner or for lunch. And we were growing up very faithful in the church. And of course, if you are faithful, you attend mass, you'll have communion, you'll go to confession, you celebrate all the feasts, and you do whatever is demanded by the church. So for me, I was thinking at the time that I'm doing well, that I'm so close to God. And then when I was 10 years old, I volunteered as an altar boy. An altar boy is someone who assists the priests in doing, in preparing the sanctuary for mass. And I did good. I mean, I was faithful as an altar boy. You've got to clean all the statues. And I feel so close to God. Then, uh, When I was in grade eight, I was 14 at that time, I came across my grandfather's Catholic Bible, it's in our language, and I read because my grandfather did not read that Bible. I read it whenever I'm alone and started reading and reading and reading, I don't know where to go because I was thinking about this just one whole book, not two testaments, but I read from the old, I read from the new, then in those readings, Later on, the Lord convicted me. I have read about the judgments and revelation, and I started thinking about spiritual things. You see, I was religious, but I was not actually a spiritual man, a spiritual boy. I just, you know, I was thinking that I can do these things and God will hopefully save me, give me eternal life, let me enter heaven. But I realized that something was wrong. I have no peace. I was so afraid to die. And I will have this struggle within me. I realized that if I die, I'm not really sure where I'm going. So after so much struggles, a few days later, I went to my priest and confessed. I said, Father, I have a struggle in my heart. And he said, what is that, my son? I said, I have this feeling that if I die, I'm not going to heaven. I have this feeling that if I die, the darkness will just engulf me, overwhelm me, and I'm not sure where I'm going. And the priest said, well, me too. I said, really? Well, I thought you are closer to God than me. No, son, nobody is sure. Not even the Pope is sure. Oh my! So the Pope is not sure? Say yes. Nobody is sure my son. And that is true because in the Catholic dogma, in the Catholic teaching, there is what we call the sin of presumption. The sin of presumption. It says there that If someone says that he is sure of going to heaven, while he is still alive, here on earth, that person commits the sin of presumption. Because you presume that you are going there. So, priest said, nobody is sure, so that was, you know, it devastated me. I mean, I felt, I have never felt so lost in my entire life. If the priest and the pope are not sure, how about me? So one day, I was walking because I grew up in a small village, a fishing village. We have white sands there. I was just enjoying the sunset and walking and there was my aunt. My aunt is a member of a small Baptist church in the island. That small Baptist church has been through much, vilified, mocked, ridiculed, persecuted. And I was one of those who actually vilified and ridiculed them. But then my aunt was witnessing to an elderly lady about the gospel. And within distance, I was listening. And her words actually spoke to my heart. And for the first time in my life, I heard the gospel. From her, I heard that the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse me from all my sins. From her I heard that if I receive Jesus Christ as my Savior, I will have eternal life. And from her I heard that salvation is today. Those words really touched me. And I can still remember her voice, her intonations, the words that he told me. Or he told the lady. And she was not aware about that. That night on December 30, 1990, I was alone in my room. I was on my knees crying and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior. And there was joy and peace. And that was long ago. But it's like it just happened yesterday. The following morning, I told everyone at the breakfast table that I got saved. And my grandpa just stood up, bound his fist to the table, I said, aha, so you got infected by the Baptist virus. I said, no sir, I got saved. And then it was downhill from there. The following month I got baptized and all of the community came just to witness because you know what, the following Sunday after I got saved I went to that Baptist church and everyone was so surprised. I was the last person in the world that they expect to be there. But I was there. I enjoyed its worship service. I was ostracized by the community. My friends will not speak to me. My relatives will not come near me. And when finally I was baptized the following month, I was kicked out from my house. I was disowned by my grandfather. I was disowned by the clan. I was disowned by my parents. So I had to stay in the pastor's house for a few months. In school, nobody will talk to me. My teachers bullied me. My classmates would not share their seats with me. It was hard. But you know what? It's a pleasure to suffer for the Lord. And as I look back, I realize that I have no regrets whatsoever. Because I realize that The hardships, the difficulties, the loneliness that I suffered for the Lord is nothing compared to what He has done for me. It's actually nothing compared to what God or what Christ had to go through to save me. And we complain a lot these days. Sometimes Christians complain a lot, not realizing and not remembering what Christ has to go through just to save us. And whenever I remember those times, I thank God for the opportunity to suffer for Him. And what is that suffering compared to His? So I grew up in the Lord. Then when I was 18, I realized that God is calling me to the ministry. I surrendered to preach in a small church. I was actually preaching before that time. I preached in the neighborhood. I preached wherever. I love to preach. And then finally, someone told me I should surrender to preach. And so when the invitation was called, I went forward, I came to the altar, and surrendered my life to preaching. But right then and there, the Lord is blessed. And I have not stopped preaching. You just tell me to preach and I will preach. But of course you can tell me to stop. The Lord has been so good, and years after I got saved, my mom got saved, my younger brothers got saved, and my younger brother, Ferdinand, is also pastoring a church in our work in the Philippines. And it's been a blessing, but my family back in the island, my relatives, they are still lost, and they don't want to have anything to do with me and my family, but that's okay. As long as they have heard the gospel, then it's their responsibility to either accept or reject Jesus Christ. Any questions? Okay, so we shall preach, I shall preach. If you have your Bible, please open it in the book of Ezekiel. Now, please understand that I cannot pronounce words the way you do, so just listen carefully. Don't blink. Ezekiel, is that the way you pronounce it? Ezekiel chapter 33 verse 11 down to verse 18. Ezekiel chapter 33 verse 11 down to verse 18. Now, I would like everyone to please stand as we read the word of God. Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and leave turn ye from your evil ways. For why will ye die, O house of Israel? Therefore thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression. As for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness. Neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live, if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered. But for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right, if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing any pity, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him. He hath done that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal, but as for them, their way is not equal. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committed iniquity, he shall even die thereby. Let us pray heavenly Father, bless the reading of your word. Please walk to our hearts and we pray, Heavenly Father, you will give wisdom to your servant and touch our hearts this evening. This all I ask in Jesus' name, Amen. Please be seated, thank you. These days, we hear about equality, making things equal. In my country, it's election time and candidates are promising so many things. And believe it or not, more than 100 people have applied for candidacy as president in my country. 100 people. One of them calls himself Lucifer. And then another person was waving the Nazi flag while going to the commission and elections office. Well, everyone wants to be president, and everybody was promising some things, like paying our debts, or making the poor people rich, equalizing everything. Now, one of those candidates was a very intelligent woman. She is our senator. She has degrees in big universities. She has degrees in law and other things. And she was, in fact, appointed as one of the judges in the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But she got sick, so she declined. And she is running for president. And she was interviewed on TV and she was asked, do you believe in God? And she said, no. If there is a God in heaven, then he is doing a miserable job. And she explained it. She said, if there is a God in heaven, He should make all men equal. Equal in everything. He should not allow poor people to exist. Or He should make poor people rich. We want equality. Equal in opportunities. Equal in everything. And I realized that that is the cry of so many people these days. Give us equal opportunity. and nobody will be poor. Let us all make things equal. And of course, the socialists would have equality, like, you know, this is the rich, according to Margaret Thatcher, and these are the poor people. They would like to equalize things by pulling down the rich people, not pulling the poor people up. And that is true. But we cannot and can never find equality in this world. We cannot and we can never find true equality and true fairness in this world. We can always look at our surroundings and realize that sometimes things are unfair and unequal. But then again, our scriptures tells us that in spite of the fact that there are unfair things in this world, our God is a fair God. And his ways are equal. In fact, if you will see the whole message of Ezekiel, he was telling God's people to repent, to go back to God, to return to God. And he was telling these people the opportunity to repent and be saved. The opportunity to be delivered from the coming judgment of God. And Ezekiel was telling them that, hey, God shows no favor. God treats everyone equally. And if you will not escape God's judgment, it's not because God did not elect you, but it is because you did not heed God's warning. You see, God's ways are equal when it comes to salvation. Tyrus chapter 2 verse 11 says that the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. That's why in Acts chapter 17 verse 13 and 31 Paul said God commanded all men everywhere to repent because he is offering all men the opportunity to be saved. Well, the Catholic Church made the grace of God very expensive. The poor people could not afford it. You see, when you die, You cannot go directly to heaven. You have to pass through purgatory and stay there for some time. And your length of stay in purgatory depends on the number of masses and prayers that your living relatives back on earth are paying for. So, if you are rich, you have much money, then the priest can say mass for you every Sunday. It can even mention your name. The priest will say, let us pray for brother Giorgio Riagate, who is now in purgatory. And you are paying what? 5,000 for that mass. 5,000 pesos. That's more than $100. And so the poor people cannot afford that kind of thing. And they were so depressed, discouraged, despondent, because, well, the Catholic Church made the grace of God very expensive that only the rich people can actually go to heaven. But of course, there are discounts. Yes. During November 1 and 2, we have this All Souls Day and All Saints Day. During All Souls Day, the priest will go to the cemetery, the people will go to the cemetery, bring flowers and food and stuff, and just have a good time on the graves. And the priest will come by and give you an envelope where you can list all the names of the souls of the dead in your family. And for each soul, or for each name, that's $2. And you have 20 names, that's $40. 10 names, $20. So you put the 10 names, you put the $20, give to the priest, and the priest will say some prayers and bless. In 5 minutes, the priest has that amount of money. At least you have a discount. But then again, it's all about money. The Catholic Church has for so long made salvation so expensive that the rich people will just die straight away. And we believe. I grew up believing that God's grace is indeed something that we have to pay for, work for, and earn for ourselves. I grew up believing that God's love is something that I must earn. So, I did my best, I guess. I was on the mass every Sunday. I do the right gestures, like sign of the cross, and beating the priest, and whenever the host, do you know what the host is? Wafer, the wafer thing, the circle thing. The priest will do that, and this is my body. The priest will, you know, instruct me and say, hey, three seconds after I say the last word, you ring the bell. Because there's a small bell there that I, I will ring that. And when the priests see those words, I count one, two. And that wafer will become the true body, soul, and blood of Jesus Christ. And the priest will say, just three seconds because that is the exact time. that that wafer will become Jesus Christ himself. I said, how about five seconds? No, not five seconds, just three seconds. He said, wow. And when I remember those things, I said, really? Well, when you do not read the word of God, you will believe anything. That's why the Bible says in Hosea that my people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge. And it's very sad because you have so many people today who has the Word of God, who has the Bible in their homes, but they are destroyed because they chose to reject God's Word. And go away with God's Word. My friends, I want to tell you this. When it comes to salvation, you are given by God opportunity to be saved. And you cannot blame God for not being saved. If you die today and go to hell, you can't blame anyone, you can't blame God. He has given you enough time. You have heard the messages. That's why the Bible says that the way of the Lord is equal. That's why the Bible says in Ezekiel chapter 33 in verse 3, If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, the watchman will blow the trumpet and warn the people. Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not the warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. Will the Calvinist make the grace of God very selective and choosy? One time, I met this pastor. We were talking about salvation and he said, you know what? No matter how a sinner repents, at least he is an elect, he will not be saved. I said, really? Wow, that's you? No, that's Calvinism. I said, and you believe us? Yes, I believe that with all of my heart. So I ask him, have you repented? Yes. Are you serious? But what if you're not an elect of God? How can you be sure? Well, I believe in election, but not the election that is being taught by Calvinism. I believe that no person will go to hell because he was not chosen by God to heaven. No. I believe that a person goes to hell because he chose not to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior. I believe that people will go to hell because they willingly and voluntarily and personally rejected Jesus Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. Nobody will stand before God and say, Lord, I was not saved because you didn't choose me. No, sir. No. You will stand before God If you are condemned and unsaved, it was because you choose to reject the gospel. You choose to reject the blood of Jesus Christ. You choose to reject the Son of God. Nobody will stand before God and say, well God, I blame you because I have repented and you did not choose me to salvation. No, sir. No. The way of the Lord is equal. And that is something that we must preach to the people these days. In my country, we always take that opportunity. You see, there are so many things that I do there in order to preach the gospel. We have street preaching. I have told you about the campus ministry, house-to-house Bible studies, and sometimes when a Catholic family lose a loved one, they would like to get the priest to the house, but the priest is expensive. So they will, you know, go to me, go to my house, say, preacher, someone died in the family and we cannot afford a priest. Would you like to go to my home and have prayers and preach whatever you want to preach? I said, yeah. And so we have, we go there. I encourage the members to come. And sometimes some people will not understand and say, pastor, it's not a church member. I say, well, it's an opportunity. So we go there, we sing Christian hymns, we have Bible preaching. I prayed for the family and everyone was happy. The family was happy for the free service. I was happy for the opportunity to preach the gospel. And we have to do that because we have to sound out the word of God to tell these people that they have to repent. and be saved that there is an opportunity that God has given them, given everybody to be saved because God's way is equal when it comes to salvation. It is my prayer that you are saved. You know what? People back home are very religious. Yes, they are very religious. We are very religious. But like the people in Athens in Acts 17, they are religious but they are lost. They are religious but they are lost. And if you are here today, you might think yourself that you are religious, but religious has nothing to do with salvation. You can be religious, but you are not saved. You see, in my country, so many people there would like to look like you. White, blonde, sharp nose, and speaking American English. And some people they will go to great lengths to have their white skin. And they will pay money to have their sharper nose. And sometimes the surgery will, you know, go wrong. And somebody actually they have this sharp nose, but then it went wrong. It looked like a pig's nose after that. And all for trying to do her best to look like him. I say this, you might have a white skin like an American, a nose like an American, dress up like an American, speak English like an American, but that will not make you an American. That will not make you an American citizen. Now, you can dress up like a Christian, sing like a Christian, recite the scriptures like a Christian, attend church like a Christian, it won't make you a Christian. What can make you a child of God then? John 1 says that by receiving Jesus Christ, we are giving the power to become sons of God. If you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, only then can you become a child of God. Only then can you become His child. You see? We sometimes think that the external things of the church, what we do here every Sunday, is what makes us closer to God. No, sir, it won't. You are as lost as the people in the pub or the people in jail. We have this police ministry. I failed to mention that, but we have this police ministry in Calatrava. Bearscape was there, I go there every second Monday and we have Bible studies with the police officers. And one of them actually said, hey preacher, what are you doing there? I said, we don't have Bible studies. Who? With whom? I said, with you and the officers. And I think he was new to the place and he said, really? Well, preacher, I think that sinners are there in the jail. I said, well. There are sinners in a jail, and there are sinners in uniform. And he couldn't understand that. I said, well, those who are in jail have sinned against the law of our country. But every person, those who are in jail, you and me, have sinned against God. You see, we're all sinners. And yeah, I got that. So some people think that sinners are people who are in prison, people who are in drug rehabs, No, sir. Everybody is a sinner before God. We have degrees of sinfulness, but all of us are sinners. We need a Savior. We cannot save ourselves. Going to church cannot save you. Some people back home think that going to church will at least cancel some of their debts before God. No, sir. Unless you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, you are lost, as everybody outside. You have to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior. Now God's way is equal when it comes to salvation and God's way is equal when it comes to service. You see? If you serve God faithfully, you will have a life that is full of joy and full of His blessings. You remember Deuteronomy 28? Where God laid down a way of life that is full of blessings and a way of life that is full of cursings. And in Deuteronomy 30, God says, Behold, I put before you life and good, evil and death. Choose life. You see? Choose life. Now as Christians, God expects us to live for Him. You know what? God's grace is amazing because it does not only save us, but it actually changes us. If you remember Titus, Titus chapter 2 verse 12, Now some people think that because we are saved by grace through faith and not by our works. That's all there is to it, but they're wrong. Titus chapter 2 verse 12, it says here, In verse 11 it says, For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. Now verse 12, notice this. Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. You see? The grace of God that brings salvation is the same grace of God that teaches us to live godly, soberly, and righteously in this present world. Whenever a person is saved, that person's life is changed. I have known people who will, you know, testify that they are saved, they have received Jesus Christ, but their lives were never changed. You see, it's easy for us to know about salvation. Salvation is a doctrine. You can read it, you can memorize it, you can recite it, you can know it. But it also must be an experience. It's like a beach. When I was in Mindanao, it's a very big island, so there are people in Mindanao who live in the mountains who have never been to the sea or to the ocean. They have not been there, but they know what an ocean is. I actually asked one of them, I said, sir, do you know what an ocean is? Yes. It looks blue from afar, it's very salty, it has big ships, and it has lots of fishes, and it's great. But when I asked him, have you been to the ocean? No, sir. So how do you know about the ocean? I said, well, I've heard from someone and I've read some books. But I said, it's quite different when you've been there. Same with salvation. Same with our spiritual experience. You might have been sitting in the pew for so many years and heard about how to be saved. But the question is, have you experienced salvation? Have you experienced the grace of God? Because if you have, then your life will change. Because the same grace that saved you is the same grace that will teach you how to live godly and soberly and righteously in this present world. And that's why the Lord said, By their fruits ye shall know them. I'm not saying that you will become perfect subjectively as a person, no. God is still working in you. But I will say this, the moment you receive Jesus Christ, Philippians 3 says that God worketh in you both to will and to do his good pleasure. There will be change. I'm not saying that you will be totally changed, but there will be change in the way how you view things, in the way you speak, in the way you treat others, in the way you worship God. These changes will become evident as you serve the Lord. There must be change, because God's grace not only saves us, but God's grace also changes us. Look at Paul. Paul was a vain person. He was a blasphemer, a murderer, but God changed him. Why? Because he was saved by grace, and the very grace that saved him also changed his life. And you know what? If we Christians will show that change to the world, people will become hungry for Christ. They would like to have that kind of life that we have. If unbelievers in our communities can see the way we live for Christ, they will yearn and desire for the life that we have. And they will ask about what we have that they don't have. They will ask about the Bible, about the Lord Jesus Christ. And when that time came, be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks. for the hope that is in you. And I hope you can do that. You don't need to go house to house to preach here. You can share the gospel to your office mates, to your classmates, for your neighbors. Of course in the Philippines it's quite different because I can have, I can bring a megaphone with me and stand in the street corner and preach. I don't know if you can do that here. You'll get arrested. I can go to the school, talk to the principal, Of course, the priest will get angry with that, but that's okay. The Catholic Church have intensified their catechisms in the school because of me. Yes. And they went room to room in the public schools just to counteract our message, but that's okay. It's democracy. As long as we are given the opportunity, that's fine. But you can just go there and preach the gospel. And that's something that we should do in our own capacity. The Lord does not expect you to go to the street and just shout and shout. You can win one soul at a time. You can share the gospel one soul at a time. And you can be an example to the people around you. And whenever they see this kind of life that you are living, a life that is godly, righteous and sober, they will start yearning for that kind of life. And the moment that they desire to have that life that you have, they will ask you about it and be ready to give an answer. It is my prayer that as God has given the equal way of salvation, equal way of service, let us proclaim the gospel and be alive to those who are in darkness. Pray for my country, pray for my family, pray for the Lord's work in the Philippines as we are praying for you all. And if tonight you realize that you are not yet saved, tomorrow might be late for you. Some people say, well, maybe next week. You might have no other way. In fact, you might die tonight. Proverbs says that you cannot boast about tomorrow because you don't even know what the day may bring forth. So if you are not safe, be honest to yourself. God sees your heart. You can deceive your pastor. You can deceive your parents. You can deceive the deacons. You can deceive me, but you cannot deceive God. God knows what's the real score in your heart. God knows what's in there. And if you realize that you are not really safe, you are just religious or pretending to be, then repent and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior before it is too late. You know what? Heal is an eternity. And don't waste the opportunity that God gives you tonight to be saved. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, thank you, Lord, for this wonderful evening that you have given us. Thank you for this wonderful Saints Clear Branch Church and Mineral Springs Church. And thank you, Lord, for the preachers who are with us tonight. Lord, we pray that you will bless everyone. It is my prayer that if someone here is not yet saved, you will open his eyes, and let him see his need for a Savior. Only Jesus Christ can cleanse him from all his sins. Only by coming to Christ can he be saved and have eternal life. Lord, I'm praying for this church, for the pastor, for the deacons, and for everybody. Bless this church. Make it a beacon of hope and light to the community. Make them strong, Lord, that they will stand for your truth until you return. I am praying, Heavenly Father, you will use them in a mighty way to win souls for you, and that they will become a beacon of hope to those who are lost. This is all I ask in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Another invitation. We are singing a song. If you are not yet saved, you need to come to Christ. Whatever is in your heart, right now, you've got to come and you've got to pray.