In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of serving the Lord in every aspect of our lives, not just within the church. He highlights that as serving people, we are called to serve 24 hours a day, without retirement. While secular work may have retirement, our service to God does not. The speaker references Luke 17:7-10, where Jesus teaches that even when a servant has finished their tasks, they are still considered unworthy and must continue to serve. The sermon encourages believers to persevere in their service to God and to strive for the upward call of God in their daily living.

Please look into several portions of scriptures. Revelation chapter 22 Verses 3 and 4 Revelation 22, verses 3 and 4 And there shall no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bound servants shall serve Him, and they shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 1 Timothy chapter 4 Verses 7 through 10 But have nothing to do with worldly fables, fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness. For bodily discipline is only for a little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life, and also for the life to come. It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men. As Master said to him, well done, good and faithful slave. You are faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord. 1 Corinthians chapter 4 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. 2 Chronicles 11 We will read from the first chapter to the third chapter. I hope you will forgive me this little transgression. Indeed, you are forgiving me. I wish that you would bear with me a little foolishness, but indeed you are bearing with me. For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as the pure virgin. But I am afraid, lest, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of the gospel. Gospel according to Luke Verses 7 through 10 Gospel according to Luke, chapter 17 But which of you, having a slave ploughing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, Come immediately and sit down to eat? But will he not say to him, Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself, and serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you may eat and drink? He does not thank the slave because he did the things which he was commanded, does he? So you too, when you do all things which are commanded you, say, We are unworthy slaves. We have done only that which we all have done. 1 Corinthians chapter 2 Verses 13 through 15 Each man's work will become evident, for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire. Romans chapter 11 Verses 36 For from him, through him, and unto him are all things, to him be the glory forever. Amen. Lord, we truly thank you and praise you. It is your great grace that has brought us before you tonight. We thank you and praise you because you truly care for us. You truly are in our midst. Our Lord, as we gather for the last time, we look to you to continue speaking to us. Tonight, may you continue to finish the work that you have not accomplished through the whole night. How we long that you would capture all of us. How we long that your will would be accomplished in each one of us. So that you may gain all the glory and praise. We commit this time into your hands. We look to you to do the work. In the name of Jesus. We thank the Lord for having guided us to the last. We have been fellowshipping together as a matter of mass. This truly is our heartfelt prayer. That every brother and sister will be able to see our Lord. Not only do we need to see the Lamb which is upon the cross. Also we need to see the Lamb which is upon the throne. We need to see that our Lord Jesus is indeed our Savior. We also need to see that our Lord Jesus is indeed our Master. Our brother has spoken to us. We have to see our Lord's sovereignty. His authority is upon each one of us. I don't know about brother and sisters. Do we have such a vision toward the Lord? This glorious vision toward the Lord. This is such an important vision. If all we see is the Lord who is crucified on the cross. To us indeed we have received much grace. However, if we haven't seen the Lord who is upon the throne. The Lord hasn't gained anything in us at all. Neither has God's purpose been accomplished in us. Would that the Lord would grant us grace. That in the depths of each one of our hearts. We would really see the Christ who is upon the throne. We would see that He would exercise His complete authority upon us. He is such an example to us. As He reads, praise our God. He has put within our hearts His life. Therefore can we live according to the example of the life. Because He is our Master. He is also our life. Therefore today we can walk forward with the Lord. Brothers and sisters. Every believer is one who is called to be a disciple. Do not ever consider. Every redeemed one. God has called him to become His disciple. God has called him to follow our Master. This call is a very common call. He called us to follow Him. He called us to dwell with Him. He called us to behold how He lives His life. He called us to behold how He does His work. He is training us with such long suffering. So that we can be conformed to His own image. So that we will possess His character. So that we can also do the work He would have us do. So brothers and sisters. Firstly we must see our Master. Then we must stand in the position of a disciple. Only in this way can the so-called service be produced. We have also mentioned. Our real service before God Commences with consecration. A redeemed one Although he has been called to be a disciple Also he has been called to serve the Lord. To offer up our bodies as a living sacrifice. Our service has not even begun. Because Romans 12 clearly shows us. Therefore brethren by the mercies of God I beseech you. To offer up our bodies as a living sacrifice. It is holy. It is well pleasing. This is your reasonable service. It is your reasonable service. So for a believer. And yet he hasn't fully consecrated himself to the Master. The meaning of consecration. In other words. It is for us to lay down our authority fully to the Lord. So that he may gain the full sovereignty upon us. For us to offer up ourselves is not to do something for him. The first thing about consecration. Because we have become a sacrifice. We must go through the consuming fire. We have to go through death. Then can we ever enter. There can we commence to serve our Lord. Therefore brethren and sisters. Consecration is our first spiritual experience. After we have been saved. The first experience is spiritual consecration. Because of consecration then we begin our service. But that is not to say we are a profitable vessel. We see that the Lord will employ all different means. To spend much time. To train us. So that on the one hand we will have a deeper knowing of our Lord. So that we can fully surrender. On the other hand. So that we can learn well. In this way you will discover. The more we live. The more we will come up to his desire. We also mention. We have often times a misconception. Thinking that service is to do something for the Lord. Service is a so called sacred work. If I have some service in the church. This is so called service. If I care for my children at home. That would not be considered as service. This is a great misconception. We have to see first. So regardless what we do. We are serving our Lord. Every one of us is serving. 24 hours a day we are serving. Whatever we touch we serve. If we have to see this. I believe brothers and sisters. Not only within the church the Lord can gain his service. Even in society the Lord can receive his service. In our homes he can gain his service. So this is something very basic that we need to see. For us to live is to serve our Lord. This evening we would like to share a further word in service. Since we are a serving person. And also we serve 24 hours a day every day. Then we who serve have no retirement. Sometimes I hear brothers talk about this. Those of you who preach have no retirement. You can't say you are a preacher and then you retire. You no longer preach. So you preachers have no retirement. We on the other hand when we reach a certain age we can have retirement. Because we are doing secular things. We are serving secular matters. You no longer have to do that thing. From now on you can do whatever you please. Brothers and sisters. If indeed what we perform today are merely service. But today if you serve your Lord you have no retirement. From the moment you are saved you begin serving. And you will serve all the way until you go to see the Lord. Younger brothers and sisters must serve the Lord. Middle aged brothers and sisters must serve the Lord. Older brothers and sisters as well must serve the Lord. So you see in the matter of serving the Lord there is no retirement. Maybe there is some adjustment in the way how you serve. As far as the principle of serving the Lord. There is no holiday in service either. If we perform worldly matters. We come to a certain time we take a vacation. And when we take a vacation we enjoy what we like to do. But brothers and sisters. For us to serve our Master there is no holiday either. Some are preachers. They preach. They don't even read the scripture anymore. Neither do they pray. Because it is a vacation. If this is the case. If this is the case and you have seen it. Wouldn't you criticize them? You are a preacher. How can you have this kind of vacation? How can you not serve the Lord in your vacation? For instance every one of us is a serving one. Therefore in service. Even when you do take a vacation. You cannot quit serving. And live like a worldly person. You do the things worldly people do. You look at things. If this being the case you have lost your position. So in the matter of service. Even when you do take a vacation. You are still serving your Master. Brothers and sisters. We thank and praise God. Not only from the day we are saved. From the day we are consecrated. We begin serving our Lord. We serve His purpose. That is not to say. When we have seen the Lord. Our service will stop. Our service today. Is still in the practice period. We are still exercising. This is not the real service. We are just practicing there. We are only there practicing. Always. Then we begin our real service. Not only we will serve Him in the coming age. We will also serve Him in eternity. That is why you see in Revelation 22. When we enter into eternity. In the city of New Jerusalem. You will see the throne of God and of the Lamb. There their servants will serve Him. They will see His face. And His name will be written on their throne. Brothers and sisters. Let us remember. Our service today on earth. Is just practicing there. Our real service. Is after we have seen Him. Then we can truly have our service. In Timothy chapter 4. He says. Bodily exercise profits us but a little. But Godly exercise is profitable for all things. Not only carries with it the promise for this age. But for that to come. And this word is trustworthy of all things. Our labor is just for this. So brothers and sisters. Our bodily exercise is needful. But its profit is limited. It is limited. It only. It is only profitable for this age. To be exercised in the gym. Because we possess a corrupt body. A body of weakness. Therefore we need to exercise. So that we will be healthy. So that we will receive strength. But this is possible for only this age. I do hope brothers and sisters will exercise your body. We did not know this when we were young. We did not care about our body. As a result. We are not old yet. Our body is not strong enough. We need to exercise our body. But remember. Even if we exercise our body. It is only 4 minutes. We also need to exercise. To have godly exercise. What is godly exercise? Godly exercise is to be godlike. Today we possess god's life in us. We need to go. If we live according to this new life. In this way. After we exercise. It becomes our personality. This personality becomes our personality. If we do not exercise this way. We have god's life in us. This personality. Becomes our personality. We need to exercise. To be godlike. This exercise. Is in our spirit. It takes place in our conscience. The conscience of a Christian. Is very important. The conscience is very important. The scripture tells us. Some have their conscience pierced. Just like a ship. Having run aground. The faith has leaked out. We know the holy spirit. When the holy spirit pricks our conscience. We need to exercise. We need to hearken unto the voice of the conscience. Often times the voice of the conscience. Can condemn you. The conscience can condemn you. As well as praise you. In the beginning. We see the conscience. The accusation. The accusation. Is more than the excuse. So we need to train our conscience. Therefore we need to exercise our conscience. Paul says before God and before man. He maintains a conscience without defiance. This way we can lift the Lord's light out of us. Because we know. The light of Christ in us. Has such an intuitive knowledge. No one needs to teach you. From the youngest among you. The old testament time. They needed our teaching. They say know the Lord. But in the new testament time. We see that the Holy Spirit dwells in us. We have an anointing teaching us. He will directly teach us. So that we will know what is the Lord's will. We need to learn to obey the teaching of the Holy Spirit within. We need to learn to walk in the light. This way we can have fellowship with our Lord. We need to exercise our spirit. Through prayer and reading of his words. Through meditation. Through worship. Through praising. We need to exercise our Godliness. This way you will see Christ's light can be lifted out of us. This is the service. To lift Christ out. So we see that today is the time of our practice. We haven't matured. We haven't matured. We need to go through exercise. Because God is not looking for children. He is looking for sons. God's only begotten son will be the first born son among his many sons. He will lead many sons into glory. So we see that our life needs to be exercised. This is the time of our training. Then we can reign with him in the kingdom. Then do we ever really enter into true service. So the Bible tells us what God has commissioned us the gifts that he has given us they do not belong to us. The gifts belong to the Lord. He distributes his gifts to his disciples. But the gifts belong to the master. If today we have received gifts from the Lord we need to use for the Lord not to use the gifts to serve ourselves. And these gifts are committed to us. They are not our property. If we are unfaithful in the things that are given to us the Bible says who will give these things to you? A day will come in the time of the kingdom when these will become your possession. But today your meal is there to administrate for the Lord. If you administrate in a faithful way and you discover those things are the ones that the Lord has given you. There was a story a man had commissioned his friend and his friend is not a faithful man so he cut corners. And he felt this way he can I want to give to you. The gifts that God has given you some receive five of them. We need to use the gifts properly in order to serve the Lord. A day will come when you will discover that these things have become your eternal possession. Today as we serve the Lord is saying if you are in a small world I will give you many things. So brothers and sisters let us remember that we are serving on the earth learning we are merely exercising and being trained. It is to live for the Lord and to use the gifts that the Lord has given us. A day will come when we will have the true service. At the same time we must see the services that we have on earth What is that? While we serve what kind of attitude do we have? According to our life our attitude is that we never say that I have attained. So in Philippians chapter 3 we see Apostle Paul according to us he is quite mature. But when he wrote Philippians what did he say? In chapter 3 verse 12 he said this does not mean that I have attained. I have attained completely. I have attained because I have pursued In chapter 13 verse 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of But one thing I do forgetting what lies behind I press on So when we serve the Lord on earth according to our life according to our knowing of the Lord we never say that I have attained. Because what I have attained is what the Lord has purpose in each one of us Because what I want to gain is to be laid The Lord has a purpose in each one of us That's why we need to forgive in order to gain the upper call of God This refers to our living Because in our daily living we need to persevere to press on As far as our work is concerned You see in the Gospel according to Luke when he goes out to plow the field or to graze the sheep when he comes back the Lord says sit down and eat You still need to serve me So you have done everything that you should have done We should never think that we should never claim that our work is done Even after we have done all the work we still need to work And we ought to All these things are but the things that we ought to have done Because nothing is nothing The Lord thinks So brothers and sisters In this world What does the Lord demand of us in service? On the side of our life What the Lord demands of us is to be a chaste virgin Paul told the Corinthian believers I have such a jealousy of God toward you It is time I have betrothed you as a virgin to one husband Lest you have forsaken that true heart Lest you be beguiled Brothers and sisters Every believer is a chaste virgin That is why the Bible shows a virgin The five white virgins are not chaste But in the scriptures Only the redeemed one can be chaste We are not only virgins Also we have been betrothed to one husband So for the husband that we have betrothed we have to have a true heart He is not married But we have already betrothed If he is betrothed it means that he is already married You read the Old Testament You read the New Testament Today people regard betrothal as nothing But in the Bible betrothal means As long as you are betrothed in his heart he will have this reward So in the heart of the virgin who has been betrothed she has only one husband She daily prepares herself for this future husband She has no other man in her heart This is an undefiled heart Brothers and sisters Today we are all virgins But toward our Lord we have such an undefiled heart Much of the time our heart returns to the world Even we stray away We strayed away from Christ We need to maintain an undefiled heart before Christ We cannot have an undivided heart to other things If we prepare ourselves in this way A day will come that we will So this is the demand of a service In service we need to pray for an undivided heart This is love If our love for prayer is gone There will be a lot of hard work A lot of work We cannot satisfy our Lord's heart Because what He wants is our love It is not what we do Then according to the work that God has entrusted us to do We need to have faith and loyalty This faith means that you understand the Lord's heart You know His heart So you see in Matthew 7 Some people say to the Lord I give you your name I give you your name Then you say I don't approve you Because you didn't do what I asked you to do So in service we need to have knowledge No matter what we do we need to seek the Lord's will Because everyone who obeys everyone who obeys the Lord's will is my mother is my brother We need to have knowledge and loyalty We need to do it with loyalty We cannot do it on the surface Because we are not doing it to show people Because we are there to serve the Lord So this as we serve in this way the scripture tells us There is a reward awaiting you Brothers and sisters It is the grace of God that we have been saved The Lord The Lord But The reward is a different matter As we talk about reward For instance in your house you want to feed Grace is the same toward every children It is not because your children are good so you feed them If they are not good you don't feed them You can see that feeding them is a grace Sometimes you will promise If your children do something Or if you study hard Or if you do well at your study On a certain day I will reward you It takes a diligent child to study well to gain that reward So the Bible tells us The reward is according to what we do And according to how we live Let the Christ's life come out Then praise him And the Lord will give him more Let him come in and enjoy the joy of the Lord So you have to see In the Bible there is such a matter as reward Although on the surface the reward is according to how we live how we work But strictly speaking the reward the reward is still according to grace So that we can employ this grace So that you see even in us there is no good thing We see that he sits in us first and then comes out If he can come out how great is this grace So the Bible shows us that one day when the Lord descends all those who are his are before his judgment seat Thank God So we will not go to the white throne and die That judgment has already been judged for us Those who believe have no judgment They all have to be before the judgment seat This judgment of the judgment seat is the judgment of the family It is not the judgment of perdition So if you build with wood you have no reward The Lord uses this What if we love each other we serve What is the ultimate purpose Thank and praise God The Lord showed us those he those he those he he has he has but to God it is not enough He will save us to such glory How do we gain glory When Christ is formed in us that moment glory is manifested and we all if we do not allow glory of that day because this glory is so there was a story Two ships set out One was a cruise ship The other was a cruise ship for the Christians One brother made a mistake One brother So the brother went to the ship of the Christians So we as brothers we thank the Lord for his cooperation Such can become the Lord's counterpart As we enter into glory, we will be glorified, but as we enter in glory, it is not for our sake either. For us to be able to enter into glory is the matter of God's heart's desire can be accomplished in us, so friends and sisters, you have to see that all is out from Him. This is the consummated purpose of service. A day will come when we are saved and we enter into glory. What you think about is not yourself. All you can think about is God. All you can feel is not for yourself. All you can feel is for the Lord. God and the Lamb on the throne. And there you are serving Him. Lord, we truly thank you and praise you. Formerly, we have no fortune in service. Lord, we praise you. Pray that you will remember. As we conclude this conference, may you begin your work here. May you continue to reveal yourself in our midst. Have mercy upon us. Also that we may live daily to serve you. So keep us.