1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,250 Many of us today, tell our friends, our acquaintances, our relatives, to our circle,that, 2 00:00:08,771 --> 00:00:19,881 "I have known God for these years, I believe in Jesus Christ these years. Since I gave my life to Christ, my life has changed." 3 00:00:19,972 --> 00:00:26,592 But, if someone asks you, can you prove, do you have proof as a Christian? 4 00:00:26,636 --> 00:00:27,236 "But I changed!" 5 00:00:27,241 --> 00:00:33,321 The person will tell you, yes, but the previous day when we were speaking you got angry and you started shouting. 6 00:00:33,421 --> 00:00:36,201 You will tell him, "Yes, I used to smoke before but now I don't smoke" 7 00:00:36,201 --> 00:00:39,391 He will tell you, "Yes, but you keep company with smokers." 8 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,100 You will tell him, "Yes, I have changed." 9 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:44,070 "Yes, but the previous day I heard you cursing due to your anger." 10 00:00:44,070 --> 00:00:46,150 This is your proof as a Christian? 11 00:00:46,530 --> 00:00:53,330 This will bring us to the title of today's message which is, YOUR PROOF AS A CHRISTIAN! 12 00:00:53,471 --> 00:00:59,461 We shall read from the book of Mark 10:46. 13 00:00:59,629 --> 00:01:06,899 "Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, 14 00:01:07,248 --> 00:01:20,298 blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. [...] So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you? 15 00:01:20,837 --> 00:01:27,107 The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” 16 00:01:27,797 --> 00:01:35,577 Chapter 52, "Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well!” 17 00:01:36,122 --> 00:01:41,212 Your proof as a Christian is your in God's Word! 18 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:51,649 Here, we see blind Bartimaeus who was sitting at the corner of the road and was asking for mercy. 19 00:01:51,699 --> 00:01:56,319 When Jesus came close to him, he told him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" 20 00:01:57,609 --> 00:02:03,719 What could a beggar want? Someone who begs needs money, isn't it? 21 00:02:04,236 --> 00:02:13,866 But what did blind Bartimaeus answer to Jesus as we read? He told him, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision." 22 00:02:14,019 --> 00:02:18,749 He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lotto." He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lottery, 23 00:02:18,858 --> 00:02:22,248 so that I can help the rest poor, the rest beggers." 24 00:02:23,905 --> 00:02:29,695 He did not say, "Teacher, I want a Mercedes." He said, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision! " 25 00:02:30,125 --> 00:02:37,778 Immediately, when blind Bartimaeus met Jesus Christ and they had the conversation, 26 00:02:37,778 --> 00:02:40,358 - What do you want Me to do for you? - Lord, I want to see! 27 00:02:40,492 --> 00:02:45,729 What did Christ tell him, "Let it be according to your faith! Your faith has made you well! Go!" 28 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:51,779 Your proof as a Christian is your faith on the Word of God! 29 00:02:51,849 --> 00:03:05,109 If your proof as a Christian is your faith on God's Word, you will be believe now, you will act now, and you will receive now! 30 00:03:05,354 --> 00:03:16,014 Now, I want us to look at another case with someone who was a little weak in the faith I'd say, or maybe no faith at all. 31 00:03:16,202 --> 00:03:21,672 The book of Mark 9:17-27 32 00:03:21,672 --> 00:03:30,172 "Then one of the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 33 00:03:30,172 --> 00:03:40,082 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. 34 00:03:40,082 --> 00:03:43,692 So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” [...] 35 00:03:43,736 --> 00:03:48,403 Then, they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, 36 00:03:48,805 --> 00:03:52,965 and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. [...] 37 00:03:52,965 --> 00:03:59,955 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 38 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:07,590 Here, we have a case of a father whose son was deaf and dumb, he neither could hear nor could speak, 39 00:04:07,777 --> 00:04:13,727 and many times when that demon would come upon the child, he would fall down, 40 00:04:13,727 --> 00:04:20,367 roll and fall inside the fire, he would fall inside water in the river, sea, wherever there was danger. 41 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:23,107 Because the demon wanted to kill him! 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You can understand how much pain his father was going through!