Action4Canada - April 24, 2026


A Full Life- Follow Christ


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In this episode, Pastor Ken teaches us about how God has a plan for our lives, and how we can be prepared for the next life with Him. God bless you as you listen to this message!

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00:00:00.000 This world, this life is preparation for eternity. 0.65
00:00:03.880 And please don't think that, you know, Christians, they go to heaven and they strum on a harp. 0.99
00:00:09.340 Boy, that would be so boring. 1.00
00:00:10.420 And if that's what it was, I wouldn't be here telling you about it.
00:00:14.240 Not at all.
00:00:15.180 Let me tell you, my life has been so full.
00:00:18.140 My goodness, I've ministered in former communist countries.
00:00:22.720 I've had AK-47s pointed at my head and at my back.
00:00:26.440 I've ministered in the jungles of Brazil.
00:00:28.480 like oh my goodness I've had such a full life
00:00:32.080 I really have
00:00:33.400 but I knew from a young age
00:00:38.040 someday I'm going to die
00:00:39.240 but when I die that's when my life is really just going to start
00:00:42.760 this life is preparation
00:00:44.760 for the next life
00:00:46.700 because you see God's word says for all have sinned
00:00:50.820 and come short of the glory of God
00:00:52.320 now I can think well I'm a good person
00:00:56.340 And see, I never really did anything bad in my life.
00:01:01.800 I remember stealing a pencil case when I was in grade one.
00:01:05.520 But I stole it out of the lost and found box.
00:01:08.040 But I felt so bad I had to put it back.
00:01:11.880 But the Bible says, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
00:01:15.580 Now, you may be thinking tonight, I don't think I'm a bad person.
00:01:18.700 Let me ask you, have you ever told a lie?
00:01:22.420 Of course you have. 1.00
00:01:23.620 That makes you a liar. 0.95
00:01:26.340 Have you ever lusted after someone of the opposite sex? 0.99
00:01:30.980 The Bible says that makes you an adulterer.
00:01:33.800 You may say, well, I've never actually committed adultery.
00:01:36.460 But Jesus said, if you've even had the lustful thoughts, it's the same as committing adultery.
00:01:43.260 One of the Ten Commandments says, do not use the Lord's name in vain.
00:01:46.260 If you ever have done that, that's breaking God's moral law.
00:01:51.720 See, we all have sinned.
00:01:53.240 And because of that, we're falsehood of the glory of God.
00:01:55.180 That photo there in that verse in Romans 3.23, you see the large chasm between man and God, which simply can't bridge it.
00:02:02.500 But Jesus Christ came, the Son of God, to bridge that gap.
00:02:06.600 So let's go on with the, oh, before I do that, in James 4 and Psalm 103, we are reminded that life on earth is short.
00:02:14.580 It's but a vapor, but a blade of grass.
00:02:17.240 I got to tell you, in almost 60 years, man, my life is gone so quickly.
00:02:21.120 And it seems like life is almost like the second half of your gas tank, you know?
00:02:29.740 It goes by quicker.
00:02:31.140 It really does.
00:02:32.520 So let's go on to the next slide, Terenzio.
00:02:36.920 But God so loved the world.
00:02:40.340 See, somehow you think God hates you.
00:02:42.320 And that's why you're in the predicament that you're in.
00:02:44.680 That's why you have fear.
00:02:45.920 That's why you've had so many bad things happen to you.
00:02:48.300 No.
00:02:49.500 So many bad things have happened because we live in a sin-fallen world.
00:02:53.740 The Bible says that this world is where the prince of darkness reigns, for now.
00:03:01.380 But in the meantime, God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
00:03:04.960 that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
00:03:08.640 And the next verse says, for God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
00:03:12.840 but that the world through him might be saved.
00:03:16.000 I love John 10.10.
00:03:18.580 He says, this is Jesus speaking.
00:03:20.280 He says, I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
00:03:22.820 Now, here's where I want you to pause for just a minute.
00:03:25.160 Some of you are living in what I call a cubicle life.
00:03:29.020 You live for your job.
00:03:31.160 Your life is like a cubicle.
00:03:33.740 You get up in the morning, you get dressed at breakfast, you go to work, and then you go home.
00:03:38.660 Your life revolves around your work, or it revolves around your toys that you have.
00:03:43.040 You know, your boats, your four-wheelers, your golf game, your friends, your nightlife and the weekends.
00:03:48.700 Maybe it's your family that's your idol.
00:03:51.540 And your life is just not fulfilling.
00:03:53.840 But Jesus says, I've come that you may have life more abundantly.
00:03:57.380 He is your creator.
00:03:59.380 And when you know him, you look outside and all of creation screams of a creator.
00:04:06.200 And you get to enjoy it.
00:04:07.780 I tell you, I have never felt the presence of God more than I was bent over in pain, curled up, crying in pain.
00:04:17.300 I could literally feel the presence of God on my bed.
00:04:21.580 And I felt good.
00:04:23.980 Not in a sadistic way, but Jesus was there.
00:04:27.400 Jesus promised, I will never leave you nor forsake you.
00:04:31.100 And I was like, Lord, if I were to die right now, I'm okay with that.
00:04:35.820 But if you're going to help me through it, I'm okay with that, too.
00:04:41.160 And Jesus came to reconcile us to God by paying the penalty of sin.
00:04:45.740 Man, I don't know any greater love than that.
00:04:51.320 My wife loves me, but not that much.
00:04:54.660 Oh, she may die for me. 0.94
00:04:55.740 I used to tell my kids when they were growing up, I would take a bullet for you. 0.99
00:04:59.780 I have nine kids, so that would be a lot of bullets.
00:05:02.060 I have almost 12 grandkids.
00:05:04.400 that'd be a lot a lot of bullets but you see god came to reconcile us to god not just a one-time
00:05:11.400 thing but just so that we can enjoy life abundantly on earth and that means to have peace that passes
00:05:16.440 all understanding and love and joy and hope and wisdom and discernment and understanding and
00:05:20.540 knowledge but also for all of eternity i want you to think about that a place of perfection no sin
00:05:26.460 or pain or tears or sorrow or death streets of gold and heavenly city a tree of life but also
00:05:32.020 eternal work. This place is preparing you for work for all of eternity. Man, that's going to
00:05:38.400 be exciting. Whatever you enjoy doing here on earth, God's preparing you for eternal work.
00:05:44.820 There's so many parables about, you know, the talents and God is preparing us.
00:05:51.460 And I'm so excited about that. So I thank God that we can be prepared for the here and now.
00:05:57.180 We can stock up.
00:05:59.140 And if the Lord comes and takes us home, whoever is left behind, they're going to have a good fine when they walk into this place.
00:06:08.140 But you know what?
00:06:09.280 If he has us here for another few years and I'm still here for a few more years, I'm going to enjoy it.
00:06:14.600 Because God is faithful to his promises.
00:06:18.840 So the next slide, Terenzio.
00:06:19.980 in the last book of the bible the book of revelation in the last chapter of the last book
00:06:28.440 jesus says three times if you have a red letter edition bible three times jesus says i'm coming
00:06:35.640 back soon now if he said that 2 000 years ago because this book was written in 90 80
00:06:41.700 at the very very end jesus says i'm coming back soon don't let that scare you man that should
00:06:48.580 make you excited it is sooner now than it was you know all of the things that it talks about in the
00:06:54.620 book of daniel the book of revelation that we didn't understand even in the 80s when i started
00:06:58.240 in ministry well how can that be like i don't understand but with the technology now and the
00:07:03.300 language going on and the things going on in the world man it can come back any second there's not
00:07:07.840 one thing that needs to happen before the lord comes back and so i want to make sure that you're
00:07:12.680 ready. So the next slide, Terenzio. Here's what I want to do. John 115, 113 says this,
00:07:21.560 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may
00:07:24.960 know that you have eternal life. Before we go tonight, I want you to know that you may have
00:07:31.600 eternal life. The Bible speaks of the heavenly city, the eternal city that will come down from
00:07:38.860 heaven at the end of a thousand years. We can't even picture it because it's just going to be so
00:07:44.100 great. 1500 miles long, wide and high. I live in Cape Breton. So that's like from Sydney here to
00:07:50.580 Toronto. That's pretty long and that's pretty high and that's pretty wide. But I live to hear those
00:07:58.620 words from Jesus. Well done, good and faithful sir. I don't live to stock up cans of beans under
00:08:03.960 my bed i really don't but i want my work to be eternal
00:08:08.780 and so i want you to be prepared tonight and so just before i go we're going to have one more slide
00:08:16.360 so the next one there's a prayer that you can pray and there's no magic in this prayer it
00:08:24.600 i'm gonna i'm just gonna lead it with you and if you sense a sense tonight like you're not ready
00:08:31.520 You're not ready for right now.
00:08:33.160 And so sometime tonight, tomorrow, you're going to go over the slides again.
00:08:37.200 And you can say, OK, I'm going to start stocking up a few things just in case.
00:08:41.000 And just in case things hit the fan, I'm going to be super ready.
00:08:44.020 I'm going to prepare, prepare.
00:08:45.640 But I realize that I may not live till tomorrow.
00:08:48.960 I could be like Dan and get a diagnosis that, hey, you got something terminal and we may
00:08:54.360 or may not be able to help you.
00:08:56.300 Or my grandfather died.
00:08:58.720 He got hit by a bus.
00:09:01.180 his father ran into, no, sorry, his father was helping a friend move a horse and buggy days,
00:09:11.700 and they carried a mirror in front of the horse, and the horse stampeded and killed my great-grandfather.
00:09:20.820 My great-great-grandfather, the house caught fire, and he ran out with two kids, went in to get two more, and never came out.
00:09:26.580 that's the tragedy in my family my father died when he was 24 of cancer
00:09:32.360 friends that could be you you could go to bed tonight and not wake up no word of a lie i can't
00:09:40.140 tell you how many ambulance calls i did shift change first thing in the morning the tones would
00:09:44.520 go off cardiac arrest and then we get downgraded obvious death they died in the night it happens
00:09:51.340 And I'm not saying that to scare you.
00:09:53.160 It's the honest truth.
00:09:55.820 And so tonight, if you feel a tug in your heart and you say, I want to be ready for eternity.
00:10:00.900 What you're saying, Dan, is really speaking to my heart.
00:10:04.180 Here's how you can pray.
00:10:06.300 Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus.
00:10:08.740 And I acknowledge to you that I am a sinner.
00:10:11.300 And I am sorry for my sins and the life that I've lived.
00:10:15.160 And I need your forgiveness.
00:10:16.620 I believe that your only begotten son, Jesus Christ, shed his precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins.
00:10:24.080 And I'm now willing to turn from my sins.
00:10:26.480 You said in your holy word in Romans 10, 9, that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.
00:10:35.680 Right now, I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul.
00:10:38.840 With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.
00:10:41.640 In this very moment, I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior.
00:10:45.520 And according to his word, right now I am saved.
00:10:48.740 Thank you, Jesus, for your unlimited grace, which saved me from my sins.
00:10:52.600 I thank you, Jesus, that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance.
00:10:58.820 Therefore, Lord Jesus, transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.
00:11:04.980 Thank you, Jesus, for dying for me and giving me eternal life. Amen.
00:11:09.500 If you said that tonight, if you prayed that tonight, and you meant it with all your heart, you are born again.
00:11:19.420 But that involves a repentance that's a turning around, a turning away from your sin.
00:11:26.320 There was one other little clip there on that last slide, and that's okay, Transito, you don't need to bring it up again, I'll just mention it.
00:11:33.220 Okay, there's a little booklet there, and I have a case of these.
00:11:37.300 It's a little gospel.
00:11:38.500 So it's Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all put together, the teachings of Jesus in different little chapters.
00:11:44.800 It's like a leather-bound little book.
00:11:47.740 If you just go to plusnothing.org, you can just put in your name and your address.
00:11:53.040 They will send you one of these in the mail free of charge.
00:11:55.740 Very easy read.
00:11:57.560 And a similar prayer to what I just prayed is in the back of these.
00:12:01.380 I give these out to all the medical staff I've been meeting, the doctors, nurses, dieticians, the diabetic clinic that I'll be at tomorrow, all kinds of people that I've been meeting, and just sharing my life story and people with the Lord.
00:12:20.300 Because, folks, we don't know how much time we have.
00:12:22.880 I want you to be prepared, not just living joyfully full of peace in this life with the Lord, but for all of eternity.
00:12:30.220 And if I never meet you in this life, I pray that I will meet you in the next life.