- New covenant preaching is not like motivational seminars. Even you dont need to wait until the gifts of Spirit manifest. As the word of God goes forth, God sozo or saves (heal, delivers, restores)
- As you worship the Lord, God fights your battles for you.
- The glory of God is your rear guard. Never look behind. God covers your back.
- Jesus taught remember Lot’s wife. Means dont look back! All the armors of God are for the front so keep your eyes forward. God has gone forward to make the crooked path straight.
- Before the 2nd coming, there will be voice of John again. John means grace. Only the voice of grace will usher in the coming of the Lord.
- Charis vs logos. Grace always gives, always imparts, provides, constantly supplies. Grace is a person.
- Before sinning, a Christian must have come under law.
- Once you fulfill your obligation to bank, stop paying. Christ is the end of the Law, so stop earning for righteousness.
- Law : Are you holy enough, clean enough, close enough, know enough before God can touch you? Jesus walked around, not imputing their trespasses.
- Sin of rejecting Jesus is greater than sin of Sodom. The key is to go to them , pray and dont judge them, show mighty works of God like it is written : If the mighty work of Capernaum done in Sodom, they would have repented.
- The glory of the Lord will raise upon you while the world is getting darker and darker
- In Luke 4:19-20 , Jesus quote Isaiah 61:2 but he stopped and not read “and the day of vengeance of our God.” Where the Lord closed the book, we need to do the same. We are not in the day of vengeance of God. Because of God’s longsuffering that He does not want anyone to perish.
- We are forgiven righteously. God is righteous in making us righteous.
- Obedience of faith is right believing.
- God wants us to focus on Him not ourselves. My weapon is to point myself to Jesus. Living by grace : looking unto Jesus more and more, He is the author and completion of faith
- Faith is in a person, comes from hearing and hearing word of Christ (rhematos christos), not word of God because some parts of words of God is not for us today.
- We want to be complete in ourselves if you are looking at your self but God says you are complete in Him. See Col 2:10.
- Strong faith is about revelation knowledge of Jesus
- If you are still thinking and wish that I am more this and that, you try to find yourself in yourself. Find yourself in Him. Phil 3:9 and be found in Him
- Devils is pointing you at you. Think about you all the time is the key to be depressed
- We are made righteous by the blood of Jesus
- If you try to find righteousness in yourself so that your prayer could be answered, you are not found in Him
- Heb 9:24 Jesus is there FOR US. Being a high priest is present day ministry of Jesus
- Prophet :make me speak as an oracle of God and priest : represent people to God
- Shadow vs substance. Shadow is not as good as substance. Illustration : photo
- What do you do when God carry you is to rest. In the story of a shepherd looks for the one which is lost, it is the shepherd who did all : he went, look for/sought, found, pick up and carried, put on shoulder, brought back home, invited neighbors to celebrate. Where is the repentance? All sheep did was consent.
- Prodigal son went home because he was hungry. His motive was wrong but the Father still accepted him. You can nor earn God blessings, only receive it
- Exo 28:36 kadosh la adonai – holiness to the Lord. Jesus is there for us
- Heavenly minded and earthly good. If you are religious, you are not earthly good.
- Ex 28:38 the iniquity of the holy things (not bad things)
- In all your prayers and worship there is sin, our best gifts (saying and doing) can be tainted and our service is also tainted with self glorification, self seeking. Nevertheless, keep on servicing
- In the upper room : ask Father in My name you will receive. In My name mean Jesus is your representation as a person.
- Complete is not journey but that is our starting point. God is not looking at your imperfection. High priest purifies everything.
- Burn offerings has 3 grades. Rich spiritually : they have deep understanding of the blood of Jesus.
- How do you see Jesus determine your degree of faith. Keep on praying because your prayer goes through Jesus Christ
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