Let GOD Speak up for You | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

0:06 place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

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0:39 Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. Yes,

0:53 we all go through moments when there are people that we come across who are

0:57 not able to understand a calling, understand a heart, understand why we do

1:00 what we do because we have that personal relationship with a lot and I want

1:04 to share something with you guys, and I want to take this forward and

1:07 it is found in John chapter twelve. There's a moment when there is this

1:11 big feast that is given for the honor of Jesus at dinner, and the

1:17 Jesus is among a lot of other disciples and all the other friends like Lazarus

1:22 whom we had just raised from the dead, and all of these things.

1:25 And at that point the scripture talks about how Mary took a pint of pure

1:30 nard, a very expensive perfume, and poured it at the feet of Jesus.

1:33 Now you have to also understand that the same incident is also recorded in

1:38 the other books, the synopic gospels, like Matthew and Mark, where the

1:42 name of the person is not mentioned. And there's also a lot of similarities.

1:47 And you know, according to studies and according to scholars, it is

1:51 referencing the same incident but different viewpoints. But it is the same thing.

1:56 Okay, I don't want to get into the nitty grady of it, but

2:00 what I want to share is at that point one of his disciples, that

2:02 is Judas Carrier, who was going to betray him, objected and said,

2:07 why wasn't this perfume soul and given you all the money to the poor?

2:09 It was worth the years wages. Is what he says in verse four,

2:14 verse five, and verse six is so crucial because he didn't say this because

2:19 he cared about the poor, but he was a chief and as a keeper

2:22 of the money back, he used to help himself with what was put into

2:25 it, okay, but just the important thing I wanted to understand. If

2:30 you look at the other accounts in the Book of Matthew as well as in

2:32 the Book of Mark, he talks about how not only Judas careded, but

2:37 other disciples and others who were reclining along were also objecting to this. They

2:42 were like, you know, this is not so good. You know,

2:45 and at this point you have to understand something here Verse seven is so powerful.

2:49 Leave her alone, Jesus replied, and he goes on to say,

2:53 it was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

2:57 You will always have the poor among you, but you won't have me

2:59 always. So on and so forth. Now, what I want you to

3:01 understand here is this important truth that when this lady was you know, according

3:06 to this it's talking about maybe and according to other translations the name is not

3:09 mentioned. But let's look at whoever it is. The truth is this,

3:14 the principle? Is this? You know? She continued to do what she

3:16 had to do. She poured in the perfume on Jesus, an expensive perfume

3:21 that's worth more than a year's amount of wages. And she just poured it

3:24 on Jesus. You know, the other translations like Matthew and Sorry, the

3:30 gospels like Matthew and Marktis reference pouring on the head of Jesus, and this

3:36 translation Book of John is talking about the feet. But when you look at

3:39 the commentary, it's just that, you know, different people saw it from

3:43 different viewpoints. Maybe she she had so much enough that it was it was

3:47 enough for the head and to the feet. You know, from the top

3:51 to the bottom, Jesus was anointed by this perfume. And what are you

3:55 to understand here? It is this important truth. She didn't stop doing that

4:00 to explain herself. She didn't stop doing that to prove herself. She didn't

4:03 say, hey, guys, you don't understand. I'm doing it for Jesus.

4:06 Hey, guys, you don't understand this is my wish. She didn't

4:10 start a quarrel or an argument. She continued to do what she had to

4:14 do. Jesus spoke on our behalf and said, leave her alone. What

4:17 I want you to understand is there are certain things you can speak. There

4:20 are places for that, and there's a place for all of those things where

4:24 you need to open your mouth as the Lord leads you in all of those

4:27 things. But there's also a place where you need to understand where you stop

4:31 speaking, you do what you're supposed to do, or what you're called to

4:34 do, or where your heart is, and continue to do the thing that

4:36 you're supposed to do, and let Jesus speak on your behalf. The lady

4:42 didn't stop and prove herself. The lady didn't stop and say, hey,

4:45 Jesus, look what they're saying. Or the lady didn't stop and say,

4:47 hey, you know what, this is so bad. You know this is

4:50 me and you guys are doing this to me. No, what you have

4:54 to understand is that Jesus spoke, not the lady today. This this is

5:00 a principle. It's a simple word. But I want to remind you guys

5:02 that you know what, you don't have to go and prove yourself to people.

5:04 You don't have to find, you know, make people like you.

5:08 You know, if they don't, if they you don't really care about you,

5:11 they would come and try to understand what you have to say. But

5:14 some people are going to pass comments about you, not because they care about

5:16 you or the care about the truth. They just don't like you. They

5:19 don't want to know about the truth. All they want is to pass comments

5:23 about you. You don't have to listen to them, you don't have to

5:26 worry about them. You don't have to waste your time on people whose matter

5:30 or of opinions don't matter. Just do what you're supposed to do. The

5:34 Lord will speak up for you. The Lord will vindicate, and thus the

5:39 word of assurance to each one of yours. You know, even in my

5:42 life have said I shared you so many times, whether it's in my personal

5:45 walk with the lot, or even in the ministry, or certain decisions that

5:48 I make with my life. Other people may not understand. They're like,

5:51 you know, you should do this way or that way. You know,

5:54 but but you know what, it's your personal account with the Lord. And

5:58 that's exactly what mainly had and other people did not understand, and they were

6:02 passing comments. You keep doing what you're supposed to do. Like Jesus was

6:08 talking about the same incident, and Jesus said about this lady, and he

6:12 said, you know, wherever the gospel is being preached, this lady and

6:17 the deeds will be preached along. That's the blessing. You have to understand

6:24 that where you do what you're supposed to do, God will take care of

6:28 the vindication point of view. You don't have to worry about vindicating. God

6:32 will do it because He suggested a loving father. Amen, God bless you.

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