The Sermon Noone Is Like You by David McGee
May 29, 2011
Noone Is Like You (24:44)
Referenced Scriptures: Esther 4:14; Revelation 21:3-6
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Esther 4:14
14) For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but you and your father‘s house will perish: and who knows whether you haven‘t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Revelation 21:3-6
3) I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God‘s tent is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
4) He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.
5) He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."
6) He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
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As number, not what tomorrow is Memorial Day and this is Memorial Day weekend and marginally go on the Internet and you can find out different things about Memorial Day and there are- I asked Brad Tinsley, haven't we now have a look at him go on the Internet than get all those things and be able to use them here, but there's a video that I wanted to show I wrote it out last night and Brad was able to find it, but it talks about the beginnings of Memorial Day working from home was established out why was established, and there's some very interesting history through Memorial Day that perhaps you not aware of, but I thought it would be something that will tie into our bar message today about Memorial Day and job so with that you can play it. It starts off with the regular scene and as I was thinking of this, and I was wondering, we have some here today. How many here were in and the military. José yet. Can this Bob, you were in the military now, Bob, anybody else you than anyone else I missed the others. I'm the one missing limit the ideas that we're working on this Memorial Day is honoring those who served in the military and those who were did not make it home this pulpit is a reminder this is presented by James and Patricia crew and James grew. Everything came back from Vietnam he was shot down and in Vietnam and he was officially listed in this missing in action, and every year round it goes down with her fourth grade to the Washington DC in the table. The salt unknown soldiers and on the wall at the Vietnam wall. They say it may take the fourth-graders will present for every something there in memory of Bob James, crew, and also they will take out robbing a piece of paper and do a rubbing for over his name to remember him, and he was from here from whimper when that ended with the Vietnam wall. I thought of again, having that as something that is significant. Even every week when we know we speak and I stand behind the pulpit, but these the individual who purchased this and gave it to the church never return home so but we are grateful that you know that Islam there. We were wondering if it was a Christian group says that that the end of the day, all we have is who we are and taking a nap perspective of our commitment to Jesus Christ, our commitment to life and to forgiveness and to how that God has worked in an honest, all we have at the end of the day is who we are and who we are in Jesus Christ who we are in ourselves who we are as how that we have committed ourselves to our relationship and when I was thinking of this and putting it together. I know that we been doing Esther in our Sunday school lesson, but this, this is the book of Esther is an extremely interesting book because it talks about how that one person 's decision influenced an entire nation. One person 's Asian influence an entire nation and and many times it's not all I think it's like that in our own lives we don't see the impact will realize the impact we have upon RPR frames our family on the people around us upon our community, wherever we may be because every one of us have an impact and every one of us have a purpose and everyone of us has something to offer. It is getting beyond that understanding up while my names not written somewhere. I'm not remembered somewhere. I'm not that important. That's not the point. We have an impact on people 's lives, because all at the end of the day, all we have is who we are. We don't need to pretend to be something because we already are. Someone we don't have to pretend that there is something better. We already are the best because there is no one else like you, there's no one else with your fingerprint. There's no one else with your personality. Thank God there is no one& there's no one else that is, that his life. Yes, so therefore there isn't a need to say that we are completely unique and completely stupid that we are completely young inadequate because our name isn't someplace special. Our name is someplace special. When Jesus Christ has forgiven us of our sins, we are in his book of life. The book of life in our name is written in God 's book of life. We are safe for an eternity savory turkey and that Jesus Christ has forgiven me of my sins. He has written my name in his book of life, and when the books are awkward. At the end. Our name is written in, and we are safe for an eternity salt with that security we come back to the moment but back to the present moment that we live in. We come back to this moment of time in which we have any impact upon the world around this upon ourselves upon people in Esther chapter four verse fourteen i the uncle of Esther says for now is whether you are come to the kingdom of God for such a time as this guy knows whether you are come to the kingdom of God for such a time as this after having had become clean by a beauty contest. Basically and in our lesson. We found out that it took almost four years for this whole process to take place, but she became queen, and in the time and in that position. There was a guy payment who set out to destroy all the Jewish people and as there was in a position not by her own choosing but by chance by chance. Everything. How fortunate we are. But it's a lucky support. How fortunate we are to live in a country we live in, to have the opportunities that we have to have a the abilities that we possess the knowledge that we possess the education we possess the friendships of families the home to Cardiff whatever. How fortunate we are. Why don't have facts where we have is, and we has a society get a lot out of it his all out again on my also boxer I don't have a soapbox about one our society teaches us are beyond we live in an advertising advertising advertise men's Perth -based society and that what you have need of you don't have just yet, because if you don't have it just yet. Your legal purchase. So therefore you have to be discontent with what you've got argued long and how many like to spend lots of light in the coming artist that likable. I think the really important to you. I do now. Therefore, you and I thought on TV JVC is my favorite channel do you realize how many are many that is, but don't know if you realize how many partners that her mother every day. Jimmy says so many bargains every day talking that show. I know that I got some real bargains. Suzanne, we only needed one probably want to run down to the godly event. That's why we need so is still in the box. What we needed to know Enron. They were on a special one is simply naming a unless okay guys, I want always my Dell day. Really great style. Now, as outlined by the time we needed the entities right beside the other hand, we needed to does the same thing, but we need to create smog, but I needed a John deer tractor. Because the other one was your folders to find but I see what as we transfer that same mentality who wants to ourselves as a person using the reason you need to wear certain clothes that names on them. The range indicated that if the guys good-looking guys were now in now then uneven manner. Now I have it on the dress is enclosing genes NEG Willison: back in the sixties were the fibers in yelp bellbottoms than the is always been trends and the reason why we have trends so that what you have or think of nothing you need to buy something else okay. And that's advertising. That's what our nation, our society runs on that in this, I nominated myself, but in a Third World name and whatever they started taking industries out of the US and sticking them in the written remote areas of Third World countries. I think that this one. This is mostly true story. I can't verify for sure about this story. The story itself, but how they built the factory wanted people to work and strengthen the work they weren't there two weeks and got a shower bath or two weeks. Our and then on Monday. Nobody showed up to work, so the company, one and all, why haven't the employees while the people we harken back to work. So they went to the villages in the fountain water to cover the workers. It will be no need to win money. You don't work unless you need money and they had money so they do need to go to work so you want to get they are all mail-order catalogs because now they knew what they were missing, they would spend the money and then connect the work teaching the American dream, but I is not a bad thing it's just the way we operate its hollowness. Why were working as my job, not a lot is how much of our jobs and artists in our society are in the service industry taking care of other people and working for other people, things like that so Queen Esther Esther will become the kingdom of God for such a time as this. Paul wrote to the church of fellow clients as my deepest desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but at all times, and especially right now. I shall befall the current range so that with my whole being. I shall bring honor to Christ whether I live or whether I die. The challenge is that we have a responsibility to ourselves. We have a responsibility to God. We have a responsibility to our community on until Imation to be Christian that we have a duty to fulfill our responsibility to lead our life so that we won't achieve the greatness that lies within us and not the greatness that lies within us is that we are able to achieve what we were created for you. We were created to the tendency descendent box somewhere. We were created to be involved in life to be part of life to take the talents of the abilities that God put us in putting us whenever we were just in our mother 's womb or less, and who knows whether you come to offer such a time as this guy knows when the problem that you are facing is exactly what is necessary to bring out of view, the quality that you would never ever have to. That's why the Bible says in all things give thanks this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Are you able to see the opportunity in the difficult and we look at this and when we find ourselves challenged by life invites obstacles to those who don't believe in God, life on Earth is all there is some natural for them to strive for worldly values money popularity power pleasures and prestige in this life because there is nothing in the afterlife, but for Paul and for the for the people of the Scripture for the people of hope and the people of faith that our life is just what we are here and now this life as a preparation for the next four Paul life meant to develop an eternal values and eternal values happened when influencing every day action to help others and I'll draw to tell others about Christ, for he is the only one who can help them to see life from an eternal perspective, just as God wants us to see you opportunities behind obstacles only want to think twice in our life behind every situation is involved in every situation gone. I don't understand why exactly the way they do, but I trust you follow purpose in life was to speak out boldly for Christ and become more like Christ. Paul declared that Jeff is him why, because you know that in eternal life within heaven was yet on the horizon and all arriving at that place was a better place after made a similar decision. I will do my duty. I will go before McCain. We know this. no, you've been in Sunday school. Know the story. The story is human and deep into the case without being invited. The punishment was that you weren't you were dead, unless he lifted his so there was no, you can come in and ask a question you walked in uninvited, you were. You were executed, unless the king raises that. So Esther says if I perish, I perish also to live is Christ guys gain some things are greater in our life that are one and James grew pilot felt that those who greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother Jesus Christ is one who gave his life for us busy. We don't necessarily need to turn to history books or the Bible. The Bible characters, defying godly hero because there are people who have touched the lives of others and die for them. People faithful to God in prayer and Bible reading through godly character sure, there are people who fail being Christians, but there are some who have succeeded great. I came across this reading instead. Whether you're retire from the military, presently serving one of the branches of the Armed Forces or living each day protecting and serving in the local communities of United States of America. You are to be honored for your brave sacrifice your unwavering fortitude and resolve to protect the freedoms that are held dearly by every American will forever impact our nation. Your individual name may not be written on the pages of American history book, but your spirit sacrifice a determination have written history and preserve freedom to all who serve in the military. Your presence and your being part of a greater whole, have written history and preserve freedom being part of something that was greater than you as an individual has preserved freedom and as a soldier of the cross flow in the armor of God, we go forth to washer in the kingdom of God. We may may not stand behind pulpits or go through mission fields or someplace like that, but our purposes we are part of the greater whole. We are part of the body of Christ, and we declare the word of God by our actions and by our by our attitudes and by our perspectives. The call of God upon our life is to break the bonds of canceled sin to set the prisoner very free one theory is the blindness word in our language. Do your duty in all things you cannot do more. You should never do less, Robert E Lee Esther, the words of more decay. I rang. Who knows whether you become the kingdom of God for such a time as this. Do we know why we are here. Do we feel that our impact is lost because we are just one of so many maxi Kato wrote this note we may not be able to see God 's purpose for God 's plan, the Lord of heaven is on his throne, and in firm control of the universe and our lives so we can trust him with our future. We entrust him with our very lives. God is on the throne. He is in control. All is right with the world. Revelation twenty one, three to six. I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, there shall be no more paying for the former things have passed away. Then he sat on the throne said, it is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end on the fountain of the water of life freely to him who is thirsty. So let us common drink in the water supply, and let us see that which is our responsibility and our duty and our judges to serve God and our duty is to live for God and allow God to be part of our lives. Jesus Christ, father supreme battle life over death of death, where is thy you over how grave, where is your victory over death warriors, you're saying is taken away this thing of that has been removed because Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He came to free his creation from the slavery of sin. The wages of sin is death, the gift of God is eternal life. They regaled us with this Acrobat five. He was motivated by love. He endured the cross for the joy that was set before him, and the joy that was set before him was his relationship with you in on the joy and this is stated by four Christ as he is headed into the cross for the joy that was set before him. He endured the cross, what was the joy set before him, not the crucifixion you are not piece all beyond the pain and the agony of the cross to you. Operation enduring freedom. It is a relationship that will last for an eternity. Nothing shall separate us from the love of God, he gave his life to set us free sin, death, hell and the grave are no longer players in the game of life may have been sidelined with a life well has been sidelined by a life below and the life, love is the resurrection of Jesus Christ because he lives I shall live also to the son sets free is free indeed we have been liberated from from the sting of death. We have been liberated from the throngs of that we have been liberated from sin because it has been canceled out by Jesus Christ is my energy to exercise freedom, the freedom to pray the frames on Thursday the freedom to let my wife wife and offer him the praise that is due him, like it is doing sure that the message is proclaimed to the world boy you say I am free. I am free. I am free to live for Jesus. I am free from the powers of sin. I have been set free by the one who paid the price gave the life flow to death, and death has no hold on us anymore. The battleAs number, not what tomorrow is Memorial Day and this is Memorial Day weekend and marginally go on the Internet and you can find out different things about Memorial Day and there are- I asked Brad Tinsley, haven't we now have a look at him go on the Internet than get all those things and be able to use them here, but there's a video that I wanted to show I wrote it out last night and Brad was able to find it, but it talks about the beginnings of Memorial Day working from home was established out why was established, and there's some very interesting history through Memorial Day that perhaps you not aware of, but I thought it would be something that will tie into our bar message today about Memorial Day and job so with that you can play it. It starts off with the regular scene and as I was thinking of this, and I was wondering, we have some here today. How many here were in and the military. José yet. Can this Bob, you were in the military now, Bob, anybody else you than anyone else I missed the others. I'm the one missing limit the ideas that we're working on this Memorial Day is honoring those who served in the military and those who were did not make it home this pulpit is a reminder this is presented by James and Patricia crew and James grew. Everything came back from Vietnam he was shot down and in Vietnam and he was officially listed in this missing in action, and every year round it goes down with her fourth grade to the Washington DC in the table. The salt unknown soldiers and on the wall at the Vietnam wall. They say it may take the fourth-graders will present for every something there in memory of Bob James, crew, and also they will take out robbing a piece of paper and do a rubbing for over his name to remember him, and he was from here from whimper when that ended with the Vietnam wall. I thought of again, having that as something that is significant. Even every week when we know we speak and I stand behind the pulpit, but these the individual who purchased this and gave it to the church never return home so but we are grateful that you know that Islam there. We were wondering if it was a Christian group says that that the end of the day, all we have is who we are and taking a nap perspective of our commitment to Jesus Christ, our commitment to life and to forgiveness and to how that God has worked in an honest, all we have at the end of the day is who we are and who we are in Jesus Christ who we are in ourselves who we are as how that we have committed ourselves to our relationship and when I was thinking of this and putting it together. I know that we been doing Esther in our Sunday school lesson, but this, this is the book of Esther is an extremely interesting book because it talks about how that one person 's decision influenced an entire nation. One person 's Asian influence an entire nation and and many times it's not all I think it's like that in our own lives we don't see the impact will realize the impact we have upon RPR frames our family on the people around us upon our community, wherever we may be because every one of us have an impact and every one of us have a purpose and everyone of us has something to offer. It is getting beyond that understanding up while my names not written somewhere. I'm not remembered somewhere. I'm not that important. That's not the point. We have an impact on people 's lives, because all at the end of the day, all we have is who we are. We don't need to pretend to be something because we already are. Someone we don't have to pretend that there is something better. We already are the best because there is no one else like you, there's no one else with your fingerprint. There's no one else with your personality. Thank God there is no one& there's no one else that is, that his life. Yes, so therefore there isn't a need to say that we are completely unique and completely stupid that we are completely young inadequate because our name isn't someplace special. Our name is someplace special. When Jesus Christ has forgiven us of our sins, we are in his book of life. The book of life in our name is written in God 's book of life. We are safe for an eternity savory turkey and that Jesus Christ has forgiven me of my sins. He has written my name in his book of life, and when the books are awkward. At the end. Our name is written in, and we are safe for an eternity salt with that security we come back to the moment but back to the present moment that we live in. We come back to this moment of time in which we have any impact upon the world around this upon ourselves upon people in Esther chapter four verse fourteen i the uncle of Esther says for now is whether you are come to the kingdom of God for such a time as this guy knows whether you are come to the kingdom of God for such a time as this after having had become clean by a beauty contest. Basically and in our lesson. We found out that it took almost four years for this whole process to take place, but she became queen, and in the time and in that position. There was a guy payment who set out to destroy all the Jewish people and as there was in a position not by her own choosing but by chance by chance. Everything. How fortunate we are. But it's a lucky support. How fortunate we are to live in a country we live in, to have the opportunities that we have to have a the abilities that we possess the knowledge that we possess the education we possess the friendships of families the home to Cardiff whatever. How fortunate we are. Why don't have facts where we have is, and we has a society get a lot out of it his all out again on my also boxer I don't have a soapbox about one our society teaches us are beyond we live in an advertising advertising advertise men's Perth -based society and that what you have need of you don't have just yet, because if you don't have it just yet. Your legal purchase. So therefore you have to be discontent with what you've got argued long and how many like to spend lots of light in the coming artist that likable. I think the really important to you. I do now. Therefore, you and I thought on TV JVC is my favorite channel do you realize how many are many that is, but don't know if you realize how many partners that her mother every day. Jimmy says so many bargains every day talking that show. I know that I got some real bargains. Suzanne, we only needed one probably want to run down to the godly event. That's why we need so is still in the box. What we needed to know Enron. They were on a special one is simply naming a unless okay guys, I want always my Dell day. Really great style. Now, as outlined by the time we needed the entities right beside the other hand, we needed to does the same thing, but we need to create smog, but I needed a John deer tractor. Because the other one was your folders to find but I see what as we transfer that same mentality who wants to ourselves as a person using the reason you need to wear certain clothes that names on them. The range indicated that if the guys good-looking guys were now in now then uneven manner. Now I have it on the dress is enclosing genes NEG Willison: back in the sixties were the fibers in yelp bellbottoms than the is always been trends and the reason why we have trends so that what you have or think of nothing you need to buy something else okay. And that's advertising. That's what our nation, our society runs on that in this, I nominated myself, but in a Third World name and whatever they started taking industries out of the US and sticking them in the written remote areas of Third World countries. I think that this one. This is mostly true story. I can't verify for sure about this story. The story itself, but how they built the factory wanted people to work and strengthen the work they weren't there two weeks and got a shower bath or two weeks. Our and then on Monday. Nobody showed up to work, so the company, one and all, why haven't the employees while the people we harken back to work. So they went to the villages in the fountain water to cover the workers. It will be no need to win money. You don't work unless you need money and they had money so they do need to go to work so you want to get they are all mail-order catalogs because now they knew what they were missing, they would spend the money and then connect the work teaching the American dream, but I is not a bad thing it's just the way we operate its hollowness. Why were working as my job, not a lot is how much of our jobs and artists in our society are in the service industry taking care of other people and working for other people, things like that so Queen Esther Esther will become the kingdom of God for such a time as this. Paul wrote to the church of fellow clients as my deepest desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but at all times, and especially right now. I shall befall the current range so that with my whole being. I shall bring honor to Christ whether I live or whether I die. The challenge is that we have a responsibility to ourselves. We have a responsibility to God. We have a responsibility to our community on until Imation to be Christian that we have a duty to fulfill our responsibility to lead our life so that we won't achieve the greatness that lies within us and not the greatness that lies within us is that we are able to achieve what we were created for you. We were created to the tendency descendent box somewhere. We were created to be involved in life to be part of life to take the talents of the abilities that God put us in putting us whenever we were just in our mother 's womb or less, and who knows whether you come to offer such a time as this guy knows when the problem that you are facing is exactly what is necessary to bring out of view, the quality that you would never ever have to. That's why the Bible says in all things give thanks this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Are you able to see the opportunity in the difficult and we look at this and when we find ourselves challenged by life invites obstacles to those who don't believe in God, life on Earth is all there is some natural for them to strive for worldly values money popularity power pleasures and prestige in this life because there is nothing in the afterlife, but for Paul and for the for the people of the Scripture for the people of hope and the people of faith that our life is just what we are here and now this life as a preparation for the next four Paul life meant to develop an eternal values and eternal values happened when influencing every day action to help others and I'll draw to tell others about Christ, for he is the only one who can help them to see life from an eternal perspective, just as God wants us to see you opportunities behind obstacles only want to think twice in our life behind every situation is involved in every situation gone. I don't understand why exactly the way they do, but I trust you follow purpose in life was to speak out boldly for Christ and become more like Christ. Paul declared that Jeff is him why, because you know that in eternal life within heaven was yet on the horizon and all arriving at that place was a better place after made a similar decision. I will do my duty. I will go before McCain. We know this. no, you've been in Sunday school. Know the story. The story is human and deep into the case without being invited. The punishment was that you weren't you were dead, unless he lifted his so there was no, you can come in and ask a question you walked in uninvited, you were. You were executed, unless the king raises that. So Esther says if I perish, I perish also to live is Christ guys gain some things are greater in our life that are one and James grew pilot felt that those who greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother Jesus Christ is one who gave his life for us busy. We don't necessarily need to turn to history books or the Bible. The Bible characters, defying godly hero because there are people who have touched the lives of others and die for them. People faithful to God in prayer and Bible reading through godly character sure, there are people who fail being Christians, but there are some who have succeeded great. I came across this reading instead. Whether you're retire from the military, presently serving one of the branches of the Armed Forces or living each day protecting and serving in the local communities of United States of America. You are to be honored for your brave sacrifice your unwavering fortitude and resolve to protect the freedoms that are held dearly by every American will forever impact our nation. Your individual name may not be written on the pages of American history book, but your spirit sacrifice a determination have written history and preserve freedom to all who serve in the military. Your presence and your being part of a greater whole, have written history and preserve freedom being part of something that was greater than you as an individual has preserved freedom and as a soldier of the cross flow in the armor of God, we go forth to washer in the kingdom of God. We may may not stand behind pulpits or go through mission fields or someplace like that, but our purposes we are part of the greater whole. We are part of the body of Christ, and we declare the word of God by our actions and by our by our attitudes and by our perspectives. The call of God upon our life is to break the bonds of canceled sin to set the prisoner very free one theory is the blindness word in our language. Do your duty in all things you cannot do more. You should never do less, Robert E Lee Esther, the words of more decay. I rang. Who knows whether you become the kingdom of God for such a time as this. Do we know why we are here. Do we feel that our impact is lost because we are just one of so many maxi Kato wrote this note we may not be able to see God 's purpose for God 's plan, the Lord of heaven is on his throne, and in firm control of the universe and our lives so we can trust him with our future. We entrust him with our very lives. God is on the throne. He is in control. All is right with the world. Revelation twenty one, three to six. I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, there shall be no more paying for the former things have passed away. Then he sat on the throne said, it is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end on the fountain of the water of life freely to him who is thirsty. So let us common drink in the water supply, and let us see that which is our responsibility and our duty and our judges to serve God and our duty is to live for God and allow God to be part of our lives. Jesus Christ, father supreme battle life over death of death, where is thy you over how grave, where is your victory over death warriors, you're saying is taken away this thing of that has been removed because Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He came to free his creation from the slavery of sin. The wages of sin is death, the gift of God is eternal life. They regaled us with this Acrobat five. He was motivated by love. He endured the cross for the joy that was set before him, and the joy that was set before him was his relationship with you in on the joy and this is stated by four Christ as he is headed into the cross for the joy that was set before him. He endured the cross, what was the joy set before him, not the crucifixion you are not piece all beyond the pain and the agony of the cross to you. Operation enduring freedom. It is a relationship that will last for an eternity. Nothing shall separate us from the love of God, he gave his life to set us free sin, death, hell and the grave are no longer players in the game of life may have been sidelined with a life well has been sidelined by a life below and the life, love is the resurrection of Jesus Christ because he lives I shall live also to the son sets free is free indeed we have been liberated from from the sting of death. We have been liberated from the throngs of that we have been liberated from sin because it has been canceled out by Jesus Christ is my energy to exercise freedom, the freedom to pray the frames on Thursday the freedom to let my wife wife and offer him the praise that is due him, like it is doing sure that the message is proclaimed to the world boy you say I am free. I am free. I am free to live for Jesus. I am free from the powers of sin. I have been set free by the one who paid the price gave the life flow to death, and death has no hold on us anymore. The battle