Sunday Sermons from Every Nation Brisbane Central

Pastor Neli continues our series on From Here To There with this week focusing on Greatness.  When we look at greatness according to God and His Holy Spirit there's a different scale to how we measure greatness.  Is it based on what we've done or how much we have?  How do we become great? When we use the gifts God has given us to serve others, the greater God will exalt us.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

- Matthew 23:11 (NIV)

Special guest Pastor Sam Webb speaks to us about the Journey of Light, continuing our series From Here to There.  Pastor Sam breaks it down into the Light of Illumination, God's word and His direction for our lives.  There are times when we might struggle with life's obstacles or difficulties but once we welcome God into our life a "light" can come on inside of us and we get to experience the relationship He wanted with us all along.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

- Acts 13:47 (ESV)

Pastor Timothy Loh joins us from Every Nation Malaysia church to continue our series called From Here to There.  Discipleship is culture.  Once you build that culture, it builds you back. We should be living out The Great Commission through everything we learn from the sermon on the mount.  The tipping point of The Great Commission is ownership.  So what are we doing?  Where are we going?  Have we taken ownership today? 

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

- Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV)

Senior pastor of Every Nation Church Singapore, Larry Matsuwaki blessed us in our series called From Here to There, speaking about having a new boldness.  Bold confidence is based on relationship.  The more time we spend with Jesus the more confidence we have in him.  When we have God's confidence we can do great and mighty things for The Lord

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”

- 1 Corinthians 2:9 (ESV)

Every Nation Brisbane Campus Minister Roisin Welsh shares the importance of ministering on campus and how big an impact it truly has to those who don't know or question the existence of God. Campus ministry together with discipleship is what makes up the DNA of Every Nation Brisbane.  We see the youth of our nation with high importance as they are the ones who will shape our nation.  So who will be responsible for the now and next generation?

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

- Romans 10:13-15 (ESV)

This is the second week in our series From Here to There.  On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Neli clarifies what happened in the five days leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus and the importance of the two words Hosanna and Tetelestai.  Jesus came to bring peace.  His people may have cried out "save us now" but through Jesus actions on the cross, it was finished once and for all.

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”

- John 12:13 (ESV)

We're off a new series entitled, From Here To There (Discipleship on purpose).  Pastor Neli describes how we should bear fruit by comparing our relationship with God to the relationship with others.  We can all bear good fruit (Galatians5:22,23) but we must have the correct foundational root because here is no fruitfulness without His presence.  When we are connected to him in the unseen we start bearing fruit with a purpose, for the consumptions of others so that they may taste and see that the Lord is good and flowing through our lives.

So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

- Matthew 7:17-20 (ESV)

We are privileged to have guest speaker Senior Pastor Joe Onosa'i leading our service today from Destiny Christian Church in Hawaii.  Pastor Joe tells us some of his life stories but more importantly were the statements from the people (mentors) that changed his life.

1. Be a leader

2. Quitting is not an option

3. Always be humble

4. Be consistently good no occasionally great

5. Don't try to be amazing just be faithful and it's your faithfulness that will cause you to do amazing things

6. Being a male is a matter of birth but being a man is a matter of choice

7. Show me your vision and I will show you your future

8. Slow is fast and less is more

To end our series on All In, Tua outlines discipleship in the context of relationships. If trust is the foundation of any relationship, then truth is the beginning.  Discipleship is all about bringing people one step closer to trusting God.  ​Are you willing to go all in for the relationship God is pursuing with you?

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

- Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)

Pastor Neli reaches out to us about a great value which Every Nation Brisbane holds true and that is Outreach.  Who better to look for a model of outreach, but Jesus Christ. At times it's going to be inconvenient to reach out to those God is sending you to, but when it's time to reach out, the Holy Spirit will speak to you.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:10 (ESV)