Tag! You're It | Jabin Chavez | City Light Church

because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. And then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful. Let's all say that phrase together, everybody. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into the harvest. The harvest is plentiful, the laborers are few. It's not a harvest problem, it's a labor problem. It's not an America problem, it's a church problem. It's not what's happening in the White House, it's what's happening in God's house. The harvest is split, but the laborers are few. I want to talk today about tag your it, tag your it. High-five your neighbor, whether you know him or not, tag your it, come on, tell him tag, tag your it. Yeah, yeah. Jesus saw the crowds. Jesus saw the crowds. You will never be moved if you refuse to see. He saw it, and then it stirred compassion, and this word compassion is literally to have your stomach turn into knots. That he was moved by what he saw. Every miracle of Jesus happened within proximity. In other words, he saw it or he heard it or he felt it. He in some way experienced it and then had to do something about it, and as a church, we must see the need of our community. It's hard to stir a church that's packed that we've got to reach more people.

Jabin overflows full, Jabin, every chair's used. Jabin, the child room is packed, that room's packed. Jabin, we did it, we haven't done anything. It's not about who's in the room, it's about who's not in the room. More people are not in church today in the city of Las Vegas that are in church. We've got a job to do, tag your id, we've got people to reach. We've got souls to save. We've got people to minister to. We've got people to feed and people to clothe. We've got families to bless, but we've got to see it. You could come into a room like this and instead of high-fiving your neighbor, tag your id, it's like we did it. But there's more to do. There's more people to reach. There are people in Henderson that will never come here. So we've got to go to them. There's people in Summerland that will never come here. So we've got to go to them. There's people in the northwest that won't make the drive. We've got to go to them. There's people in Perumpt that will never come here. So we've got to go to them. There's people in St. George that will never come here. So we've got to go to, we've got to go. And I say this because as early as the ministry of Jesus, people would come to Jesus and go, "Don't leave, stay right here." And you'd say, "No, I've got to go to the next town. I've got to go to the next town.

I've got to keep preaching. I can't lose my urgency." And friend, as a church, we can't lose our urgency. I want to put a little phrase on the screen that I want to stir your heart today. 19,000 rides. 19,000 rides. Tuesday night, one of our dear friends, a pastor was in town and after the beautiful revival service night of refreshing, he hopped in an Uber Black and he's being driven down back to the Strip, back to the Venetian. And this man goes, "What is going on here?" Because there's cops and there's cars and there's cones and it's just thousands of people and it's way too many people for this building, but praise God. If you're watching from the fire department, we didn't break any. It was way below nothing. It was so safe in here. Amen. Praise God. Amen. And so, he goes, "What's going on?" He goes, "This is a church. That's a church. Yes, a church. I didn't know churches look like that." He goes, "Yeah, I guess now they do. I don't know." And then throughout that drive back to the Venetian, my friend prayed for him.

My friend led him to Jesus. My friend literally said, "Can I lay hands on you?" And so, as the Uber driver's driving, he reached forward, put his hand on his shoulder, laid hands on him, invited him to church and the testimony of the driver was, "Man, this week I crossed 19,000 rides." Watch me. And no one's ever told me about Jesus. No one's ever offered to pray for me. And I just, I think we're all smart enough in this room to know that out of 19,000 rides, there was at least one other Christian that that driver drove. But if you're not careful, Christian, you'll just put your airpods in, you'll keep your head down, and you won't see the harvest. You won't see the need. You'll forget that you have family that need Jesus and friends that need Jesus, and that waiter needs Jesus, and that waitress needs Jesus, and that Uber driver needs Jesus, and that valet needs Jesus. But if you don't see it, Jesus saw the crowd, and I've just come to tell you, may we never be one of those 19,000 that never share our faith, tag your in. This is one of our core values that's in that magazine. We love our city. This is a value of this year. We love our city. Las Vegas is not a problem to solve, but a people to love. Let me just say that. You get super spiritual people going, "It's cause in city now, but we gonna call it crazy." Whatever. Stop. I don't like that. I'm not here to change Vegas.

I'm here to love Vegas, serve Vegas, help the people of Vegas, feed the family. You know, we're feeding a thousand families. We're gonna provide thousands of Christmas presents around Christmas. We've given a million by the end of this year. I don't know how much money we're gonna give away, and how many people we're gonna help. 'Cause I'm not here to change nobody. I'm here to serve somebody 'cause only God can change and only God can judge and only God can transform, but I'm gonna be a vessel. My God, I feel the Holy Ghost today. Somebody shout with me and I'll keep preaching. We love our city and the people who call Las Vegas home. I tell our staff all the time, and I hope this language isn't too crude. I hope you catch the spirit of it. I tell our staff all the time. Guys, we're in the people business. Not the God business. Now hear me. If this was just God, just Bible, I'd just buy one camera, and I would just stream out of my office, and I'd teach the Bible, and that's it. But we're not just in the God business, we're in the people business. We go to the hospitals. We do weddings. We do funerals. We help people. We serve people. We clothe people. We feed people. We minister to people. I go into that lobby, and I hug the children. I love on the kids, and I say hi to people, and I lay my hands on people.

I pray for people, and help people, and say right down your number, we're going to get to you. We're going to help you this week. We're in the people business, and I just want you. We're not just some super spiritual, nutty church. We're actually trying to help people, and I'm a charismatic. I speak in tongues. I'm a Pentecostal. I do. Now listen. I do all that. But listen, but I'm not a weirdo, right? So there's a group of weirdos this week. They're down by the Las Vegas sign with an acoustic guitar, a tamarind, and a flag trying to somehow open the heavens over Vegas. That is foolishness. That is witchcraft. That is not the gospel. We love people. We pray for people. We serve people. We look at people in the eye, and we minister to them. I don't like that Keras Vadakuki spooky weirdo stuff. I like serving people. Can I get an amen? The harvest is planted, but we need laborers. So why am I screaming like this? You're like, bro, you are yelling a lot today. Let me calm down. Maybe I won't.

I say I'm going to calm down. I'm really going to calm down. They all know me better than that. Let me tell you why I'm urging about helping people, sir. I preach Monday. I preach Tuesday. I preach Thursday. I preach Friday. I preach twice yesterday. I'm preaching three times today, and then I'm going to take a nap, hallelujah. Why am I so urgent? Why are we like this? Why are we trying to reach more people? Why are we trying to do more for God? Let me just remind you why, because number one, life is short. Life is short. I don't know if you believe that at 20 years old. I don't know if you believe that at 16 years old. I don't know if you believe that at 70 years old, but life is short. James said it like this. What is your life? Your life is a miss. That's what you are. Life is precious. Life is sacred. Life is beautiful. I love my life. I enjoy my life, but here's what I know my life is here, and it's gone. So I hope I do something for the glory of God, because life is short. Life is short.

I've done a lot of fun. the funeral of a 100 year old and I've had to do the funeral of an infant that was only months old. And you know what? No matter if it's a 100 year old or a one month year old, it always feels too fast. It feels like I wish I had one more day. It feels like, oh man, if we could have only had, oh man, my life is coming to an end. Whoa, this is short and I don't care if you live to a 100. I don't care if they create a new peptide that you shoot in your heart, live to 150. It doesn't matter. When you compare it to eternity, life is short. People ask me all the time, "Jabin, are we in the end times?" And I always say the same thing. Yeah, I think we are. I really do. The rebirth of Israel in 1948 with the rise of technology, with the rise of AI, with the rise of radical Islam, with the wars and rumors of wars, with Israel and Iran and Russia and Ukraine. I think all of that matters. I really do. I think we're in birthing pains, but let me tell you what I know. I think we're in the end times. Let me tell you what I know. You're in the end times.

I'm in the end times because I've only got a couple of years on this planet. Teach us to number our days that we may have a heart of wisdom. God remind me that life is short so that I live from a place of wisdom, so that I live from a place of humility, so that I do everything I can to make an impact while I'm here. Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts. Let them proclaim your power. I've got this moment to pass down generational blessing to a new generation before I go to heaven. Man, I wanna remind you that people sacrificed for this moment that we're in right now. People sacrificed. We were at Sierra Vista, and we were sitting on those hard plastic chairs, and they were so loud, if you blinked wrong, they squeaked. And when people would stand, they would brrrrrrr, and then people would say, "I got brrrrrrrrrrr." And they were awful. And sometimes I'd be preaching and you could just hear a squeak 'cause there'd just be one person like two fidgety and they didn't realize it, and I'd just hear it. And I said, "We're gonna have nice chairs at this new building." By the way, they're too nice. I'm watching some of you nap right now,

especially up in the upper section. 'Cause in the upper section, we had to do a higher chair so that people wouldn't tip over. And my pastor, gents, bring these to be careful with these higher chairs. People love those higher chairs 'cause then they got neck support. Come on, I'm watching some of you right now. I see one home girl like this. She had a late night at the club. I'm glad you're here, sis. I'm glad you're here. I come and walk the sanctuary every day, and I come lay hands on the chairs. I'm telling you, the grease spots on some of those. I'm like, dear God, let me introduce you to shampoo, amen. But listen, these are nice chairs though, hallelujah. I'm grateful for the chairs. I'm grateful, I'm grateful for the chairs. And we told our church, we're gonna buy nice chairs. They're gonna be comfy and they're not gonna squeak. And then I said, and they're $275 a chair and people gassed, that's so expensive and it was, but people sacrificed and people gave and people sewed and people prayed. And now we've seen thousands of, just since we've been in the building, over 8,000 people have come to Christ. Over 2,000 people have been water baptized. So many people have found this church and thought,

oh man, can I get somebody to praise God? Aren't you grateful that somebody said, I don't know who I'm paying this for. I don't know who I'm giving this for, but somebody's gonna find Jesus in that building. And I don't feel uncomfortable asking you to sacrifice. Listen, 'cause life is short. 'Cause you could walk into Target on accident and spend $275. You could do 'em scroll on Amazon and before you know it, it's like, oh my God, I got $98 worth a junk. Oh, the church just wants your money. No Target wants your money. No, the card dealership wants your money. No, the gas station wants your money. No, the government wants your money. They want your money. Don't believe the live hell. Life is short, do something for God. Number two, eternity is long. Yeah, it sure is. Do not lay up for your self-treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy, where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for your self-treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, where thieves do not break in and steal. This scripture means a lot to me this morning, 'cause I woke up to a text from a friend of mine as he's filming his house,

literally burning to the ground of pastor. thank God we're all safe, everything's gonna be all right. It's just stuff, he said. And that's probably a little bit of shock and a little bit of faith. But I know that man has given his whole life to building the house of God. And here's what I know for sure, verse 21, where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. And so he could be full of faith and go, it's just stuff will rebuild, God will take care of it. All that's fine, but he's living in the reality that Russ can destroy, that moth can destroy. But there is another system called the Kingdom of God. Billy Graham said, I've never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer. Friend, you can't take that watch with you, you can't take that car with you, you can't take that out. The only thing you get to take to heaven are things that are eternal. The only thing you get to take to heaven are souls. The only thing you get to take to heaven are the things you did on earth for heaven. And I refuse to be rich on this side of eternity and a pauper on the other side. So I'm gonna make sure that I'm living my life for the glory of God, the honor of Jesus. Give me an amen, somebody. Eternity is real. Jesus promised two destinations for every human soul

after our time on this earth. He said, for the wicked, they will wake up, they will arise and they will go into ever-lasting punishment, but the righteous and the eternal life. That's it. That's it, two. Not, you'll be born a second time, reincarnation, not purgatory. I love, by the way, I love my Catholic friends. So many of you come, you sneak in. I don't tell anybody, don't worry. (congregation laughing) And then you go to Mass after, I get it. I love you, I'm glad you're here, but Jesus doesn't promise us purgatory. He doesn't promise us a do-over or a second chance. He said, you've got one opportunity on this side and you will stand before God, heaven or hell, life or death. And that may not mean anything to you, but it means a lot to me and that's why I give my entire life to this thing. That's why I'm all in for the gospel. That's why I'm all in for missions. That's why I'm all in to see more souls save because they may never come to us, so we gotta go to them. Because I believe heaven is real, hell is real. I believe Jesus is not a liar. I believe he's telling the truth. So I moved with compassion,

focused on eternity, living for heaven, driven by the mission, building his church. I'm building my entire life around the words of Jesus. And here's what I know lastly, Jesus is the only way. These are the words of Jesus. I'll have the worship team come here. The words of Jesus. I am the way. I am the truth, I am the life. Not a way, not one of many ways. Not God's preferred way. Not Jesus or whatever you feel, the way. Now you don't have to believe this if you don't want, I can't force anybody to believe this. But these are the words of Jesus. I'm the truth, not a truth, not my truth. I'm just living in my truth. That's not real. You're like, you're being really confrontational and asking for money. I'm not asking for money. I'm not a well-dressed beggar. I'm not a fundraiser, I'm a preacher. (audience cheering) And he's the life, there is only life found in Jesus. No one comes to the Father except through me. Now you gotta deal with that. But I'm telling you, I'm living my whole life around that. That I believe Jesus is who he says he is. (gentle music)

And I'm building my whole life around that. And yes, that scripture affects my money. 'Cause I want more people to hear. And I want more people to know the way, the truth and the life. Look at this dying man in 2 Timothy 4.6, the great Apostle Paul. These are a dying man's words. I've been poured out like a drink offering. At the time of my departure, he was saying I'm done. But I've lived my whole life as an offering to God. There is no greater joy than going all in with Jesus. And there is no greater misery. Then being half in with God. I must say that one more time. There is no greater joy than going all in with Jesus. All in. But there is no greater misery but then you do whatever you want Monday through Saturday and having one foot in the world, one foot in the church, there's no greater misery than being double-minded. And Paul goes, I've been, I'm poured out. I can tell you right now, I have no plans on dying. I'm only 43, I'm trying to live to at least 95, I wanna preach to you in a two-pay, come on somebody. But listen, I can tell you, I'm poured out. Like, I'm not one day gonna serve God, I'm like all in on God. And then Paul goes, and I fought the fight, I fought the good fight, I finished the raisin,

I've kept the faith. And you can say these words, not as a minister, but as a believer, business man, I've been poured out. Stay at home, mom, I've been poured out. Retired family, I've been poured out, entrepreneur, I've been poured out, college student, I've been poured out, young married couple, I've been poured out real estate agent, I've been poured out store manager, I've been poured out barista, I've been poured out, I, man, I am giving my entire life. Give me an amen, somebody, to the gospel. What a joy, what an honor, what a privilege. You can say what Paul said, I'm all in. (soft piano music) Because Jesus is the way, the truth in the life. And I refuse to be on this planet, for however much time God gives me, and I just built it around me and my own success, and my own endeavors. I wanna build my life around something eternal. That's why we do what we do, and that's why this church is how it is, and that's why I am how I am, and that's why I can unapologetically ask you to join us in this mission. To serve in this house, to be a light to that Uber driver. May no Uber driver ever be able to get through, not 19,000 rides, may they never be able to get through 15 rides without finding a city light

church person in one of their cars going, "Hey, what are you doing this weekend? "Looking at them in the rear view mirror." You go to church? Come get yelled at by this crazy Mexican, you'll love it. (speaking in foreign language) Jesus said, "I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life." Do you know that truth? Do you know that way? Do you know that life? If you don't, today's your opportunity.