This sermon emphasizes the importance of compassion, love, and responsibility in the Christian journey, focusing on reaching out to the marginalized and sharing the message of Christ's love. It challenges listeners to consider their role in helping those in need, especially children in impoverished regions, and highlights the significance of personal repentance, spiritual growth, and living a life aligned with Jesus' teachings.

Thank you. I asked how much time do I have to speak and who escorted me to speak said unlimited time. That sounds like going by India time. I came to America in 1974. Of all the places in the world, I happened to be in Dallas, Texas, where a lot of people believe God lives in Dallas. Because every telephone post looked like a church building there, called Bible Belt. For a couple of weeks of my life there, no matter what I said, nobody understood what I said. They were very polite and very nice. What did you say? Can you repeat that? I didn't know what to do until a friend of mine who was in college with me said, Oh, KP, don't worry about it. You speak English and they speak Texan. And soon I learned a few Texas slang and that helped me, I think. I hope you understand my English. I just flew to Los Angeles yesterday, taking a 20-hour flight. They call it jet lag, so if I go to sleep during my conversation, you know what happens. I started doing a radio broadcast in India some 30 years ago. I know I don't look 30, but see what Duck Dynasty can do to you. And the way I started the radio broadcast, basically I would go to the studio. It was very difficult for me to imagine I'm talking to people. All you have is a studio and a microphone on the other side and an engineer sitting there. So somebody told me, what you need to imagine in your mind is that you are just talking to one individual. And I was not accustomed to that. Preachers, they always preach, it goes over the people, words. So what I did was I took a piece of paper and I wrote on it this statement. I'm just one individual sitting alone here in this room. Would you please talk to me? Don't preach at me. So I took a piece of sellotape and put it on the microphone. So every time I sit in the studio, it's like eventually, I mean, it's like you start watching a movie. A few minutes or 20 minutes into the movie, you actually are lost in the movie kind of thing. So soon, I kind of realized I'm alone in the room and the microphone is someone I'm talking to. If I'm talking to an abused wife, I'm talking to one young person, whatever. In some ways, church life is quite complicated and it's now more complex. We are living in what you call a convergence culture. You hear so many things so fast that we don't have time to think and understand. And so myself, in my life journey, I was a pastor of a local congregation in Dallas. And then it was a little easier. Now it is more difficult, I think. Because how do you continue to walk with the Lord and what this is all about? And we are in a country, in a nation, there's no nation on earth that is given so much privilege and opportunity. There are countries, you fly into the airports, they search your suitcase very thoroughly. Not for drugs, not for anything other than if there's a Bible. And if it is there, they will take it away. There are countries, you become a Christian, you lose your citizenship. And in one of the countries we serve, Gospel for Asia, the mission I work with, we serve the Lord in 14 different nations in Asia. And just a week ago, early morning, I opened my phone, because you get emails, you all do. And I was so excited to read the email from one of the countries. This leader wrote that the following Sunday they were going to baptize 64 people in one place. And out of that, 32 people from a background that I wish I could mention all that detail, I can't. And I was so excited to read that, and out of that 32 people are getting baptized from this particular background. But then I remember the emotions became so opposite. I sat there on my bed thinking, how many of them may get killed? Even parents and siblings, brothers or sisters or uncles, will hire killers, people to murder this son or daughter, because they betrayed the honor. Here in the Western culture, we live with what we call historically, and always been like that, it is a... Thank you. May the Lord reward you for this. Thank you. It's a sin-guilt culture. But most of the world, they live with, not that, they live with the honor-shame culture. And this is a biblical culture. When Adam and Eve sinned, you know the first thing God did, cover their shame. And when the prodigal son came home, the father, who represented God, was not screaming at him, what a fool you are, look at you, you are a tramp, you are a beggar. No. They covered up the shame. And that is the biblical culture. So, when someone betray their faith, faith and religion is not an objective thing. You believe and you reject, it is a way of life. Taking a bath, naming the child, or the day you go do something, everything has to do with the way of life for them. And this reason, we in this nation, sometimes we don't realize, you know, you carry your Bible openly, and you read and sing, and it's a tremendous privilege. But with this comes also a massive responsibility. And this is where it is becoming more critical now for evangelical, our faith. It's no more a community that you should be looking to help you survive, but you should, as an individual, should make some choices in following the Lord. It is a misunderstanding, I tell you brothers and sisters, that if you know the Bible very well, if you memorize the whole Bible, you will know all the doctrines, and go to every study class, you will be safe. It is not that. Somebody can have all the knowledge, yet not know God. Don't be surprised by that statement. Jesus had to deal with the Pharisees. They were the most brilliant Bible teachers and scholars. They knew all the answers. They even were very religious in the way they did things. But Jesus said, all of you are going to hell. And the reason he said, the Bible that you study, you think that is the end of the story, but it talks about me, Jesus said, but you don't want to come to me. So knowing Bible should lead us to live like Jesus. But the problem I have, and you may say that is your problem also, hopefully, that is our worst enemy is our own selves. I never forget this long, long time ago. This is in California, it happened. I was in a meeting, and a lady came to me after the service, and asked me to put my hand on her head and pray for her. And I said, what is it you want me to pray for? She said, I got a demon of smoke inside me. Would you please cast out that demon? I never heard anything like that in my entire life. So I said to her, very quickly, I said, well, I can cast out demons, but I cannot cast out the flesh. And she looked at me, I was weird. I was weird. And still I am weird, I think. But you see, going back to the radio broadcasting, if it is possible, which is not easy and possible, I'd like to sit down with you and talk to you about following the Lord. But somewhere you have to come to the place where you need to know. A hundred years from now, you will not have your husband, wife, or children, or friends, or pastors, or teachers. Nobody is going to be there to explain anything about you. You are going to meet the Lord alone. And nobody is going to ask any question to somebody else about you. This makes us to become very responsible in our personal journey with the Lord. And I encourage you to think about Genesis chapter 5. You've got tons of people there. They were born, raised, got married, got kids and grandkids, and life goes on. But right in the middle of that, there's one name. And Enoch walked with God. And we are living in a culture right now, you know, just in the last two weeks, I will read about mega evangelical Christian leaders changing their view on family and Christ's uniqueness. Just this morning, I got a communication from England. One of the mega evangelical leaders of a church changed his faith. Christ is not alone the way of salvation. There must be other ways, things like that. And in the midst of all this stuff going on, how do you maintain your journey with the Lord? And I encourage you to take your journey with the Lord seriously. One of the things that helps you, helps me at least, is to realize that this life here on earth is very brief. If you didn't know that, I have a book out there that you can buy. No, I think it's free, Revolutionary World Missions. I don't know if you got it. It's on the book table out there. And two photographs, my pictures in the back cover. And one, when I was 18 or something like that, I really looked like a movie star. I mean, real handsome dude. But then next to that is another picture, when I was 60 or something like that. I mean, you know, I wish I was 18 again. Anybody remember George Burns? When I first came to America, he was like the big thing. Younger people, they're looking at me like I'm weird. But I remember George Burns. I mean, he looked like Mahatma Gandhi, you know, the googly glass, and he has a long cigar. He was funny. And sometimes when he'd go off from the show, he would sing this song, I wish I was 18 again. I will sing it for you. Go to Google or YouTube, you can get that. But where is George Burns? I mean, he's the, you know, one of the actors who played the All God, remember that? Life moves on not slow, very fast. Look at the old pictures. High school graduation. Before you know it, it's all over. Just a week ago when I was in India, I went to the church where my parents are buried. You know, my father died when he was 74, and mother died when she was 84. And then she knew the Lord so intimately. She's the one who prayed three and a half years every Friday fasting during a season of her life that one of her six boys, their six children would serve God, and I happened to be the answer to her prayer. But there she is. She's with the Lord, but she waits, you know, for the coming of the Lord. And I stood there for a minute, and I said to myself, wow. You know, she's still speaking, saying that, you know, walk with the Lord. It's worth it. And that's my encouragement to you, but now I know you are still waiting for me to do my Bible study. I've been doing that already. Turn your Bibles, if you will, to the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 9. Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 9. And this is where, you know, in my own journey in knowing the Lord and how to figure this out in learning to walk with the Lord, I realized that Jesus lived as a man on earth, showing me how I must live, because the Bible says he is our forerunner. Don't misunderstand. I worship him as God. He's my Lord, but also I see him a man who lived on earth in total dependence on the Father. And then he calls a bunch of his disciples, as you know, saying, come and follow me. I will make you fishers of men. That means Jesus knew that when he is gone, that journey must continue. And the four Gospels, I believe, is filled with descriptions of Jesus training and showing how they must live their life. And it was many, many years ago, by the way, an older brother told me, KP, why don't you take your pencil one time and go through the four Gospels verses, statements, that help you see the man Jesus, not the God, how he lived his life. It will help you immensely. I just did, which revolutionized my whole thinking and brought me under tremendous conviction, not condemnation, about following the Lord. I remember reading John's Gospel, chapter four, where Jesus was hungry and he was absolutely thirsty, and he sat there someplace, and disciples went off to buy a hamburger from In-N-Out. And they came back and said, here is food, and Jesus said, I'm not hungry anymore. They are confused. What happened? Did someone bring him something to eat? I mean, you're talking about a man. And Jesus said, no, my food is to do the will of my father and finish his work. I mean, that's extremely more complicated. I mean, what he's talking about. Then he tells them, while you were gone, I just happened to talk to a woman who did not know God, did not know where she's going, and she's heading toward eternity without hope. And that encounter, physically, emotionally, killed my appetite. And when I read that, I said to myself, how many times I read in the newspaper or television, watched tens of thousands of people dying in an earthquake, like right now in Nepal, or whatever. Do I feel any pain for the lost world? Is there something about me, like Jesus, who is hurting for people around me? And that made me not to feel horrible about me and criticizing me. Rather, it drove me to my knees to repent and say, Lord, my heart is cold. I want to be like you. Would you please help me and show me and give me grace to repent and change and do what I must do, although my flesh don't like it. How many of you raise your hand if I ask you, don't do that, that you like fasting? You ask me that question? I hate it. But do I choose to go without food for the sake of the suffering and the needy and the hurting, which is a choice Jesus had to make? And this is how you enter into honesty and spirituality rather than just talk about it. Because Pharisees talked about it, but that didn't change them. And so coming to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 9, verse 35, you read that Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness. You go back and read chapter 8 and 9, you get the picture of the blind, the crippled, the lepers, the forgotten, the hungry, the destitute, and the weeping and the suffering. And Jesus was involved in their lives. They were doing something, touching them, embracing them, and giving his life continually. When he saw the multitude, says in verse 36, he had compassion on them because they were harassed like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. But here, two billion people live in our generation today that absolutely are lost without any hope. And where is the shepherd? It's you, it's me, bringing them to Jesus that cares about them. In all our life journey, you can say this is your own story. You're driving along and somebody cut into your lane and nobody in the car and you start cursing and then all of a sudden the Holy Spirit convicts your heart and instead of getting mad and you say, Lord, I'm sorry, I don't like you, then a change takes place. And I'm not saying you do that. But I remember I was in Bombay, India one time many, many years ago waiting impatiently for my flight from Bombay to Frankfurt, Germany. That's when I remember picked up an English newspaper and on the front page was the picture of a little boy. He must be, I don't know, three or four, five-year-old little kid, semi-naked, laying on the side of a busy Bombay street. And in the picture you'll see not alone, beside him there is a dog, a female dog. And you look at the picture so vivid he's nursing on the dog, drinking milk from the dog. And the caption reads, this dog is his mother. And the three column article began to describe the plight of over 100,000 children living on the streets of Calcutta and Bombay not knowing where they come from, where they're going. Talked about the monsoon season, how many kids die, and on and on. And you know, here's someone who writes books and preach and teach and train missionaries and go around planting churches and challenging people to do God's work and he was reading that and I never forget, it's a strange feeling that somebody speaks in your heart and you can hear it almost. But what if that little boy happened to be your son? And I have two children, Danny and Sarah, and they're grown up and they're married, they have children. But you know, with all my theology, that question was so painful I couldn't even process it. That was one of the events the Lord used in my life like here you read in scripture. We see what we don't see. We hear what we don't hear. And life goes by so fast and then we realize, oh my goodness, I missed the opportunity to be like Christ. And there I was looking at that black and white photograph. It was all of a sudden the Lord used that. And I wonder how many other hundreds of times the Lord tried to get to me and make me feel his pain. And I was not listening, I was not seeing. But this time God's mercy and grace and I realized it's not just a little boy or little girl laying on the street. No, there are 62 million children, child laborers under the age of 14. Nearly 15,000 young girls and boys are sold into red light districts from Nepal into India. And those information no more was just information for me. I realized I am responsible. I am now in this world as Jesus is in this world. I am not Christ, but this is my body, this is my soul, my spirit, all belong to him. And my brothers and sisters, in your world, in my world, always we are encountering realities like Christ did. But we are so possessive, consumed about our own life, we can't see it. And as a matter of fact, if you know some of my writings from the early days, I was actually the number one anti-social gospel champion. I was all about just preach and baptize and plant church and teach discipleship and this and that. And I never had any compassion, any understanding about suffering humanity. And the Lord had to bring me to the place of repentance and realize that Jesus lived on earth weeping and crying and touching and praising, feeding the poor, and I missed that part. And this is where Gospel of Asia, the ministry that I'm part of, we began to search out ways in which we can touch the life. By the way, how many of you have seen the movie Slumdog Millionaire? Please raise your hand. Wow, you got more people going to heaven from this church than any other church. If you didn't see that movie, please get our DVD and watch that one movie. I couldn't watch the second time because I cried too much. And the reason, I lived in Bombay many, many, many years ago in the ministry. And in the movie, for those of you who didn't see this thing, there's a scene about this evil, horrible, terrible human being, this man who goes around and collects these little kids from the streets, promising them all kinds of food and drinks and everything. And these kids are laughing and happy. They're eating food and everything else. Then he lines these kids up, make them sing to find out who has the ability to sing and all those things. Next scene, you'll find this little cute little kid, maybe five-year-old maybe. And this boy is taken to the back of the house to one room, and he's knocked out of the chloroform. And then he lays on this bench like he's dead. And he takes this boiling, hot boiling oil and opens the eyelid of the little boy and pours into the eyes and the boy is blinded. And next scene in the movie, you'll see him on the street begging. And all of a sudden, he hit me. How many hundreds of beggar children I encountered, not all blind or maimed. And I personally been to that slum, Dharavi slum, where what you see in the movie is not a fiction. It's reality. Over 10 million people live in those slums, and I've been there. And this is where all of a sudden my life is now breaking up and saying, I'm living in a real world that is fallen, especially innocent children are abused and brutalized by God's mercy and grace, gospel of Asia. We began to go after taking these children, especially from the Dalit community where they never end up going to school, many of them, and end up slaves of the upper caste and so on. It takes hours to describe that. Read some of my writings or you can learn about it because this kind of information makes us to search out ways in which we can be involved in our lifetime, which is significant. And you know, today, by the grace of God, we have 77,000 children in these nations like India and Bangladesh and Bhutan and other nations and Sri Lanka and all that. We took him to over 600 homes called Bridge of Hope centers where they are taught not only to read and write but to get education so they learn about Jesus every single day. And some time ago I asked one of our leaders, so tell me how many of these kids come to know Jesus and ask Jesus to come into there? He said, what do you mean? He said, all of them. And you know, I was so happy. I mean, as I travel to many of these countries and run into children that memorize the whole chapter, two, three chapters of the Bible. They go back to their homes in the huts they live in and the communities and they share about the Lord Jesus Christ. I remember this amazing story which is not an exceptional story. A little boy called Naboon, he's a first grader. When our missionaries went to that region many years ago, we couldn't get any entrance there. Opposition was severe. But then they started doing this training for children, Bridge of Hope centers. And this little boy learned about Jesus healing the sick and caring for the poor and all these different things. He goes home and tells his father, Father, Jesus can heal mother. His mother was sick and dying, laying on a mat in the little shack. And the father thought we had a medical doctor named Jesus. Literally. And he comes to our center and says, my son says, Jesus can heal my wife. Would you please have him come and help? Of course, a couple of missionaries goes and talks to them about the Lord and explain the scripture and laid hand on the little sister and prayed and Jesus healed her. And that became a huge sensation in the community. It's a small community. Yeah, praise God. And today, if you go there, you will be surprised to see the church, several hundred people worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ. The first church in the history of the community. It was born out of one little boy learning about the Lord Jesus Christ. And this reason why I think in the world of missions, reaching out to these many nations, especially touching the children and helping them become significant. I remember meeting the leader of the community. There are 60 plus million people in the large community scattered throughout the nation, the subcontinent. And it was deep into the night I was talking to him. He's not a Christian, but he's their main leader. And he said this to me that I never forget. He said 90%, nine zero, 90% of our children never go to school. They are destined to be slaves like us. Unless somebody teach them, would you please come and start schools? Teach about Jesus, teach Bible, whatever you want to do, but help us. By the way, we have dozens and dozens of Sunday start among those people. And by the way, the Darawi slum where the movie was shot, we have now centers that children are taught and churches planted among those people. But that's a drop in the bucket. So to say it's a huge ocean of need. If you go and Google and type in child enablers, you'd be surprised so many pages of information come up. Pictures of little children in the firecracker making factories, carpet making factories, all day long working for 20, 25 cents. You'd be surprised to learn about landlords who will give 30, 40 dollars to a family to help them. Then in return, have the little kids work for him like slaves. They are not made up story. You won't believe the reality what we are living with. But with the freedom and liberty opportunity the Lord gave us, don't feel condemned because of your car and house and clothes and your job and your resources, no. Rather, it should make you become more responsible to those much is given, much shall be required. But our problem is we keep on buying Bibles and books and stuff for us not realizing half of the world have never seen one page and we have to keep on stuffing ourselves in the name of God with things and materialism when half of the world go to bed with empty stomach and naked bodies. I talk to you not as American or Indian or German. I talk to you believing you are a brother, a sister to me heading for eternity to be with Christ that you will have to answer and I will have to answer someday. And this is not what I'm telling you. Not very many people tell you your life is over before you know it. You better be responsible every second, every penny and every hour, every individual you meet because as C.S. Lewis said, there's no one you meet that is immortal. If only you can see beyond time the destiny of the individuals and people in our world that we see on television, newspapers, they are destined to be creatures. If we saw them today, we would bow down and worship them or be frightened like waking up out of a nightmare because the horrible future they will have to endure after the life is over. And that makes me responsible not to you but for your God which is missing from the evangelical Christianity than any other time that you can imagine. And so when I talk about, I mean I was in Canada just a couple of months ago I think and somebody in a meeting question and answer time, this person, this dear lady thought I was a saint or something, maybe my beard, I don't know. And so she asked me about my spiritual journey. I said you really want to know the truth? I tell you 10 years ago I repented 10 times a day but today I repent 100 times a day. You know I realize how much I need God, how failing and struggling human being I am. So I'm not talking to you as some spiritual giant who knows. No, I'm just telling you life, this journey gets more difficult. The higher you climb, the more difficult it is to breathe because the world is so heavy against us. But you and I must choose and choose with pain and inconveniences and Jesus did that. Well, obviously my watch is also talking to me in between. Good for you, I have a flight to catch this afternoon. But I just want to show you some pictures that may explain the plight of these precious, precious children in many of these nations that you and I are responsible for. As you look at this, would you please ask the Lord, Jesus, help me understand your heart. Let me see the world as you see and let me act and do what I need to do. Whatever that would be, ask the Lord to speak to your heart. So maybe you could have the lights turned down and watch that little video. She is 8 years old. Her home is a hut made of rags. Going to school is an impossible dream. She is a Dalit. Viewed as sub-human by the Hindu caste system, her people are commonly assaulted, raped, murdered. Deep in their hearts, they hunger for love and reassurance to be told for once that their lives are worth something. Gospel for Asia has long wanted to tell these people that Jesus loves them and offers them hope. But how? Now, God has provided a way to reach them through their children. Bridge of Hope. You can help build this bridge of hope by sponsoring a child today. For $35, you can give a child an education, clothing, food, and medical care. And most of all, you give your child the message of Christ's love and hope for the future. To sponsor your Bridge of Hope child today, simply fill out this card and bring it to the GFA table. You'll receive a picture and information about the child you'll be helping. I want to read this letter for you. This individual writes, My name is Jim. My beautiful wife and I have been sponsoring children since we first found out about Gospel for Asia's Bridge of Hope program. We had always wanted to have a large family, perhaps a dozen children. But our hearts were changed as we saw the incredible need of the poor children throughout Asia. Instead of a dozen, we have had two children. Then we got four more through GFA Bridge of Hope. They are our little hearts, children whose letters we read over and over again. Their pictures are mounted on our wall. And every day, the four of us pray for them. I consider them to be my children and love them as my own. Although I was sure we would never meet this sight of eternity, but God blew my socks off and sent me to India on a business venture about a year ago. My wife reminded me about Gospel for Asia and said I should give them a call and see if I could visit a GFA Bridge of Hope center while I was there. Amazingly, I could. My heart was not ready for the sight of India. Still, the images of people I can only assume they were the Dalits sitting on the roadside without any life in their eyes. Everything looked so hopeless. I felt incredibly burdened for these people. It almost brought me to tears to see them and still does to this day. But when I went to the center, I was simply astonished. The joy, the laughter, the sight of these children, hundreds of them, beautiful laughing, singing. When I found them, they were so vibrant and full of life. This group of 100 kids was laughing, studying and learning about the Lord all at once. It was amazing, but all of this did not prepare me for what was about to happen. There was one little face in the crowd that I recognized when I saw him, my little Manu. I just froze. And he locked eyes with me and he smiled the largest smile I have ever seen. He ran up to me and latched onto me like I was a life raft in the middle of the ocean. This little eight-year-old boy stepped back and looked at me straight in the eyes. Dad, he said, thank you for loving me. I burst into tears. After that day, I have never been the same. any perspective on life. Anything we could do to help these children, we must do. Now, my wife and I sponsor two dozen children, twice as many we ever thought we would have as our own. They are scattered all throughout India and Nepal. I cannot imagine doing anything more worthwhile with my life. I just want to do it. You know, a story like this can easily become manipulative and kind of force you emotionally to do something. But, you know, obedience to the Lord never comes easy. And this may be one of the occasions the Lord uses someone like me who comes through here once in a while may cause you to search your own heart and see your walk with the Lord. And maybe it's a commitment you will make to pray every day for an hour or half hour and get a world map and make that as part of your life in a television set or whatever else. You may be one of those people you know, I need to stop living for material things and my comfort and reach out the poor and the dying both here and everywhere in Mexico City or in Nepal. And right now we have over 500 of our people working day and night among the most broken in this earthquake. And we have some 400 churches in that country. And I thank God for the incredible generosity of people like you who prayed and gave resources that we are able to get to these people. And yet there are literally thousands of children that need help and find hope. And that is a challenge we deal with in all these nations in Burma, in India, in Sri Lanka and on and on and Bangladesh. And I would encourage you as you look at it and see if the Lord have you do something about it. Maybe you have two children you can take two more children. If you got four grandchildren you can take four more grandchildren so you have eight all of a sudden. If you are not married you can have ten children today without being married. So it is on the back table there and when you fill this out and bring it they give you actually your children. You will be the only person who is helping the child. If at time he cannot do anymore we will find somebody else to take your place. But we have people like Jim that I read the letter from helps three, four, five, ten whatever children. And I encourage you when we started this we took two more and we got grandchildren what to do. Now we have more children. Not that it is an easy thing to do but I encourage you to pick up this card you have that with you on the back of the card you know how to do that through bank or whatever else. You don't have to give any money to get your children today and every penny you give all that money goes to the mission field so why don't you just bring it and pick up your kids and start praying for them. This one I am holding Shushi Kishu this is in Bihar, India and he talks about his family and all kinds of neat things. Anyway if this is something the Lord wants you to do please do and whatever it is the news is very strong now going around September and it is the start of this. I heard a pastor from Honolulu I am not telling Rapture is going to take place Christ is coming in September but it looks like too many things going on there is not much time left and do what we can while we have the opportunity to reach the lost world. May the Lord speak to us and I have one of our co-workers dear brother will come then peace. Stuart. Good morning. I just want to clarify that Brother KP is not saying the Lord is coming back in September. So if the words that Brother KP shared with you this morning touched your heart