NEC 2014 Camp Meeting: Transformed Agents

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NEC Youth

Randy Skeete

Better Than the Best

I'm grateful to God for life that he gave me today.

As you and I occupy this building, this room, we are alive by the mercies of God, not oxygen or vitamin C.

We must be constantly aware of the fact that our lives are the direct result of God's decision to keep us alive.

While I was awaiting my turn to come up I listened to the closing comments of Pastor Cameron and he said something that is more than absolutely true.

Here's what he said, the wording is not precise but the spirit of the expression is, I believe, accurate.

Do you remember him saying something like that?

I believe that with all my heart when God called Jeremiah he said before I formed in the belly I knew thee and before thou came is forth out of the womb I sanctify thee and I ordain thee a prophet unto the nations Jeremiah 1 5 then I said this is Jeremiah speaking O Lord I cannot speak he said our Lord I cannot speak for I am a child That's what Jeremiah said.

Verse 7 of Jeremiah 1, and this is not my sermon, And the Lord said, Say not thou art a child.

Last weekend in Northamptonshire I preached a sermon children should not be childish.

It's all right for a child to be a child but children should not be childish and so God told Jeremiah do not say you are a child, not when I commission you to go.

In other words, God expected more of Jeremiah than Jeremiah expected of himself.

Now you're wondering why is he saying that?

There's some things I want you to do for me.

Tonight, you did them quite well last night.

And I saw the teens, they did it earlier today.

1 of the things I want you to do, as far as possible, hold your seat.

I'll ask you a question give me a yes or no answer.

Yes can you see him you should say yes you should see him how by faith because god is present I want you to act as if you are aware of his presence.

Don't get up out of your seat to go answer a phone in the presence of God Have I made an extreme request?

Oh 1 brother said yes Well, you're good-looking that's okay my handsome brother turn these off Do not get up to answer a phone in the presence of God.

Let me turn mine off, even though it doesn't ring.

It's a phone, but there's no service on it, So it can't ring, but it's off.

Okay, you can turn them on, but you don't need sound.

Did I give you my little speech about what's a bible, what's a phone?

It's not very attractive to fix it, but I have to.

If someone sees you walking down the street with this, what might they assume?

Shouldn't you be a Jehovah's Witness for Jehovah?

You're Jehovah's Witness going to the Adventist Church.

Now if they see this Now with unmitigated honesty, what might they assume?

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