Saturday, 28 April 2018

The Faith of God for our redemption pt2 (Redeemed from sickness)




Messages for April 2018: Our Month of The faith of God
Message for Sunday 22nd April, 2018
Theme: Understanding the Faith of God
Topic: The Faith of God for our Redemption pt.2 (Redeemed from sickness)
Introduction: So far we have been looking at understanding the faith of God and I believe the best place to start is the faith of God for our redemption from sin as it is what cost us paradise; because the entire faith of the bible is the story of paradise lost and the regaining of paradise for us by God. The means by which God has caused us to regain paradise is the redemption plan. The plan of redemption brings us into freedom from the three deadly triplets of poverty, sickness and death.
God came in Christ to pay the full price for our sin which was the cause of death resulting in poverty, sickness and death. The work of Jesus Christ from the Cross to the throne room in heaven saw us delivered from the dominion of darkness into the kingdom of God where we now have redemption through His blood together with the forgiveness of sin [Col.1:12-14]. The result of this is that we are delivered from death, sickness and poverty. Last week we saw our deliverance from death; this week therefore, we shall be looking at deliverance from sickness.
The origin of Sickness:  Sickness was not provided for at the beginning when God made man because man was not designed to be sick ever. Man had life drawn from his constant connection to God; his source. When man sinned, he was cut off from God and therefore came under the influence of death. Under this influence, man became a victim of the curse which includes sickness and disease and other kinds of mishaps which ultimately results in death. See Gen.2:17; 3:
Redeemed from Sickness: To redeem means to recover ownership of a lost possession by paying the required price for it. The English Dictionary puts it this way: “To gain or regain possession of something in exchange for payment”. In our case God gave us redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ because it is the principle of God that the life of the flesh is in the blood and God has given blood on the altar to make atonement for the soul. See Lev.17:11. This is why we are told in Heb.9:22 that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission. Thus Jesus Christ went into the Holiest place in Heaven with His own blood to obtain eternal redemption for us. See Heb.9:12. This is how much God values us; we are worth His life!!!
Sickness is an oppression of the devil: After man fell from grace, he came under the influence of the devil and the devil began to oppress him. One of the means by which the devil oppresses man is sickness. Some are more severe than others but they all ultimately lead to death if not arrested. When the Lord came into time, He was anointed with the Holy Spirit and power and He went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. Then when He finished the plan of redemption, the Holy Spirit was released on the believers and they too can now under the anointing go about doing good and healing all that are oppressed of the devil. See Acts 10:38; 5:16; Mt.4:24; 8:16 and Mk.1:34.
Our current redemptive status: Our current redemptive status as far as health and healing is concerned, is summed up in these text of Scriptures which we would do well to read out loud in faith and claim: Mt.8:17; Gal.3:13-14 and 1Pet.2:24.
Why some people are not healed in spite of claiming faith in the word: I may not be able to claim knowledge of all the answer to this question because as long as we are still in time, we just know in part. However, a major challenge to people getting healed which many are not aware of and have therefore not addressed is the fact that diseases are rooted in the soul and eventually manifest in the body. If the root is not addressed, then the infirmity can only be managed. It would be like plucking fruits off a tree while the root remains; the fruits will come back again and trouble the victim. This explains why Apostle John says that He wishes above all things that we prosper and be in health even as our souls proper. 3Jn.1:2
The place of the souls for real healing and health: As we all know, man is a spirit, he has a soul and lives in a body. The spirit is the real man also known as hidden man of the heart or inner man. See Eph.3:16 and 1Pet.3:4. The body is the part of you that is visible for all to see. It is what gives us the ability to live on earth. Apostle Paul calls it our earthly houses of this tabernacle in 2Cor.5:1 and Peter calls it this Tabernacle in 2Pet.1:13-15. The soul is the mid region of man that serves the body and the spirit. It is the part of man that contains his mind, will and emotions. The mind is used to think, reason and create; the will is responsible for decision making. The strength of the will is determined by the extent to which the man is renewed in his mind. The will of man will always make godly decisions even when they have to struggle in areas of weakness when the mind is renewed by the word of God. The emotion is the part of man’s soul that feels or powers his or her zeal and is responsible for driving him in the direction of that feeling or zeal.
We are told to guard our hearts with all diligence because out of it flows the issues of life. The reason is that whatever gets into your mind and stays long enough seeps into your subconscious and begins to control you without your even realizing it. If the contents are God’s word, they would help you to bear the fruit of the spirit but if they are not, they would defile you and even result in bitterness that can really constitute a problem for the soul. Prv.4:20-23; Mt.12:34-35; Rm.12:2.
Out of the abundance of the heart: [Mt.12:33-37; Pr.4:20-24; 18:20-21].  Whatever gets into your soul goes in there to constitute your treasures. If what you have been allowing into your soul are God’s thoughts, they sink down into your subconscious mind to constitute good treasures. If what you have been allowing into your soul is from the world, they sink down and form the tree of good and evil treasures. Thus in your soul, there are trees; some are good trees, planted by God while some are evil trees planted by the devil, the world and the flesh. The trigger for the tree of your life is your tongue and the tongue would help you determine life or death for your own life. When you speak the word of God, you are using your tongue wisely and you will speak life; then the seed of the words you speak will grow into the tree of life [Lk.8:11]. When you speak the words of the world, you are abusing your tongue and therefore speaking evil. The result of this is that you use your tongue to plant the tree of death over your life so doing [Prv.18:21]. This is how sickness is festered in people.  The wrong use of your tongue can bring about the works of the flesh in a believer’s life whereas the right use of the tongue can bring about the bearing of the fruit of the spirit in a believer’s life. What is going to determine how each believer turns out is the choice they make with their will. Some make choices that make them healthy, some make choices that make them sick. You determine with your will to speak life from your heart cultivated with the word of God and you will be healthy. See Ps.63:4; 34:1; Jn.20:25; Dan.3:16-18.
To stay healthy:  Let your soul become filled with the word of God to the overflow; when this happens, you will always produce the good fruit of a healthy life because the word of God is medicine to our bodies. Prv.4:22; Col.3:16; Mt.12:33-35.
The doorway to the soul: Access to the soul is through the five senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing and feeling. What your eye sees, will inform your decision to purchase for instance if it is a ware. Also whatever you view long enough, you conform to. Secondly, what you hear often; you tend to believe and when you believe it, it becomes your reality over time. Further you cannot have appetite for a food you have never tasted because there is nothing to inform your brain that you need that food except in special circumstances when after a prolonged fast, you choose to take the meal even though your brain does not inspire you to .
When we are told to guard our hearts with all diligence, it refers to protecting our souls from the information communicated through the five senses that have the ability to influence our levels of faith. This is why we can only be in health to the extent our souls are healthy. Faith comes by hearing and understanding the word, so hear and speak God’s word. See 3Jn.1:2; Rm.10:17 and Jn.6:63.
Soul wounds must be healed: The bible talks about a wounded soul. Souls can be wounded through sins and iniquity. When a soul is wounded, it is described as down cast. It is also referred to as the root of bitterness that defiles many. Roots of bitterness are caused by inherited sins as well as the inability of a person to forgive an offence. The result is that they cause the same affliction on the body and the mind as they caused for the ancestors of the victim when the sin is inherited. This is why certain sicknesses are resident in some families like cancer, diabetes etc. see Deu.28:59; Ps.17:13; 42:5-6; 11 and Ps.43:5.  
How to be healed of soul wounds: Please understand that certain sicknesses would never be healed unless the injury to the soul is first taken care of. These are as a result of the portals created by devils in the souls because of the legal right they had to do so through sins and iniquity. Therefore to get rid of the source of sickness, we have to take the following steps:
1.     Get saved: salvation destroys the curse of the law which includes sickness and disease and grants us access to the Abrahamic blessing which makes you an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ with an inheritance of divine health among other things. See Gal.3:13-14; 1Pet.2:24; Rm.8:16-17.
2.     Receive the engrafted word of God: The engrafted word of God has the capacity to save your soul. Soul salvation includes deliverance and freedom from soul injuries through bitterness that kept the victim in his own prison prior. See Jas.1:22-25;
3.     Meditate on the word of God day and night: When you do this, you will have good success in the area of the healing of soul wounds. See Jos.1:8; Ps.1:1-3 and 1Tim.4:13-15.
4.     Walk in Love: Because love never fails, it will always help to heal your soul because a lover forgives which is the prerequisite for answered prayer when you pray for God to meet any need including healing. Also we are wired for loving and therefore it is our natural habitat to decide to and actually walk in love. See 1Cor.13:4-8; Prv.10:12 and 1Jn.2:9-11.
5.     Trust in God like the Psalmist exhorted: Instead of allowing your soul to be downcast, trust in the Lord and put your hope in Him. Ps.17:13; 43:5.
6.     Offer up sacrifices of praise: At this time in a person’s experience, there is no joy with which to praise God; thus praising God is really a sacrifice and if you praise God in spite of your feeling, God would send His word to heal and restore you. See Ps.107:20; Ps.42:5; 11.
7.     Speak to yourself in Psalms Hymns and spiritual songs: When you do this, it is a most exciting way to speak the word of God back to yourself. The word of God is the sword of the Spirit and with this action you are launching an offensive to the devil responsible for the injury and you can receive speedy healing. See Eph.5:18-19
8.     Go to the Court in heaven and address the matter to God as the greatest judge who judges righteously: As a solicitor, I find this method so appealing that it has produced a huge store of harvest for me. Any case brought before a judge convincingly based on correct interpretation of statutes and the effective use of judicial precedence with binding authority must deliver a verdict in your favour. Please understand that Luke in the gospel of Luke was instrumental to God in revealing three relationships we enjoy with God in the place of prayer. The first is that God is our heavenly father whose pleasure it is to give us good things we ask of him. The second is that God is our friend who would give us things based on the friendship relationship we have cultivated with Him provided we are persistent. Finally, God is the righteous judge who will give us that which we come to His court for should we ask properly. As father, He delightfully gives us our entitlements when we make the request. See Lk.11:1-4; 5-13 and Lk.18:1-8. From the progression in these text, it is clear that if your approach to God as father does not seem to work, you may need to approach him as your friend by your persistence and this shows in midnight prayers. If that too seem to fail, it is time to go to Him as the judge. Now our texts above reveals that the third case has to do with casting out of devils because iniquity is the result of roots of bitterness springing forth that defiles many; to wit subsequent generations. This requires that the Son of man would find faith in the person desiring help to be able to help him. Now let us help your faith here; when you approach God your father as a judge, you cannot return without a verdict in your favour because Jesus Christ our advocate [1Jn.2:1] does not lose a case.  The reason is we became believers through the faith of God [Eph.2:8-10]. Our understanding of this faith shows that we are adopted children of God through the promised seed of Abraham called Jesus Christ. Jesus gave us the gift promised by the Father also known as the Holy Spirit so that we would not be like orphans in the world. The Holy Spirit helps us to read and know the word of God and the right word for any situation we may need to approach God for [Job 6:25 and Ps.107:20].  See Gal.3:16; Col.2:14-15; Jn.14:18 (Amplified) and Jn.16:13. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can always plead our case correctly before God and get the verdict in our favor. A test case is like if you are plagued by what disease is adjudged by men as incurable but manageable like high blood pressure and diabetes, you approach God as the judge of the supreme court of the universe, the Lord would advocate for you as the High Priest and take your words that line up with His for your healing and apply His blood which is the evidence of God’s mercy prevailing over judgement [Jas.2:13 & 3:17] and get the verdict in your favour. At this point, you are due for judgement to be executed in your favour because you have been praying for healing or whatever the need is. So an executor of divine order is sent by heaven to execute the judgement in your favour. Sometimes you may receive the instruction to render high praises to God which will make your answer speedier than any other method of prayer you could apply because Ps.149:6-9 tells us that high praises is used for the execution of the judgement written which is a honor given only to the saints of God. What immediately follows is your healing. God will tell you the life style most suitable to stay healthy as His friend. Please do not misunderstand me God knows better than any doctor the best habits to cultivate to stay healthy because He is your manufacturer. For your healing from God, there can be no guess work. Every incurable disease is a work of the forces of darkness [Eph.6:12] and if they do not leave at new birth, they had a legal ground they are relying on to remain. But we have nothing to fear because we have superior weapons of warfare [2Cor.10:3-6]. The first thing we need to do here is just check out our family history and if we see that pattern repeating itself, we can apply the blood of Jesus all the way up our blood line to Noah or Adam if you want and break every ancestral covenants known or unknown to you that gave the enemy their legality and undo all the curses that came with them and release the blessing all the way from Adam down your blood line to you. I applied this recently and someone with insanity for over thirty years was set free by the verdict of the Lord. You would observe that in our third text, the woman was praying for vengeance over her adversaries. That is what you need now. Use it; it will not fail. This is not based on your good works; it is based on resurrection power. God is able to do exceeding above all you can ask or think according to His power that works in you. The power working in you right now is resurrection power. See Rm.8:11 and Eph.3:20. God is able to do more than you have been asking Him for.      
9.     Be thankful: This helps you to remember the acts of God in your life and gives you access to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help your soul heal fast. Eph.5:20; Heb.4:16 and 1Thess.5:18.
We shall draw the curtain here for today and trust God that whoever has not made the decision for Christ would do so right away because this is the only access to God in prayer to get any need met including your need for healing and divine health need. If you want to decide for Christ now, please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be saved:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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Saturday, 14 April 2018

How to know from the Bible that you are indeed born again


Messages for April 2018: Our Month of The faith of God
Message for Sunday 15th April, 2018
Theme: Understanding the Faith of God
Topic: How to know from the Bible that you are indeed born again
Introduction: Today we were supposed to continue in our series with the topic: Redeemed from sickness; but while working on that, God let me know that since we started praying, it is important to let you know that He finds the prayer of a sinner offensive and would therefore not answer them. Prayer is a privilege of the redeemed and as such we ought to be clear from the word of God that we are really redeemed. The Lord gave us a key here when He said that except your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and scribes, you shall in no wise enter the Kingdom of God.
Bible Evidence that you are truly saved or born again: Apostle Paul challenges the Church at Corinth with these words in 2Cor.13:5: “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” The reason for this challenge is that many in the Church at Corinth were still living like sinners and so he wanted them to get serious and clarify with God that they truly got saved when they claimed they did.
Truth be told; if your faith is just dependent on rituals and religious observances rather than on Christ and looking up to Him alone, it is vain and cannot truly be said to be authentic. This is why the Lord said in Mt.7:21-23 that on the last day many will claim piety on the ground of good works and He would tell them to depart from Him that He never knew them.
The question we are seeking clarification for today is: Do you know God and does God know you? I have two good news for you; first, you can get to know from the Bible where you stand with God and second, if you don’t know Him and He doesn’t know you, He invites you to come to Him today and be saved and it will become your reality. We are therefore going to be looking at these seven keys from the book of 1John that show us what our stand with God is:
1.     Obedience: 1Jn.2:3-4 says: “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith I know him and keepeth not his commandment is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” If you are truly saved, you will always have the desire to want to obey Him. This is not a state of sinless perfection but a state where you have the conscience to always want to live and do right by Him. This truth is further highlighted by James 3:13-18.
2.     A confession of Jesus Christ as the Son of God: In 1Jn.2:22-23, we read: “Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-Christ that denieth the Father and the Son. Whoso ever denieth the Son the same hath not the father but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the father also”. All over the world, Jesus Christ is known as many different things by different people. Some call Him a great prophet, some call him master, some call him a great teacher, some call him a great wise man and still others call him grand master but only the believer in Christ know him as the Son of God and God. See Jn.1:1-5, 14 and 1Jn.5:1. This truth is brought our clearly for us to learn by Apostle Paul in Rm.10:8-11 where He teaches that if we believe with our hearts and confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. Thus the salvation of our spirits is hinged upon this truth.
3.     Ongoing repentance of sin: 1Jn.3:9-10 makes us understand that whoever is born of God does not commit sin because the seed of God abides in him and he cannot sin. The reason is that the purpose of the manifestation of Jesus Christ is to destroy the works of the devil. Therefore, anyone born of God endeavors to live right. Thus the way people live their lives will tell you on whose side they are. Please note that the seed of God that does not sin is the born again human spirit. The conscience of a person is activated by the new birth and they are able to live the way God wants them to even in this crooked and perverse generation. No one born of God relishes sin; they always repent of it when they fall no matter how they struggle with it; they always eventually opt for the life God wants them to live. See 1Jn1:6-10. Really when it comes to sin, true believers will turn away from it. In Lk.13:3, the Lord teaches that except his disciples repent, they would likewise perish with sinners who were perishing. This is why true believers do not carry unconfessed sins around.
4.     The discipline of God your father: Everyone born of God is a Child of God and the proof that God is your father is that He would discipline you should there be need for it. See 1Jn.3:1 and in Heb.12:6-12 – if you experience discipline from God for wrongs done by you, then you are born of God. Fathers only have a right to discipline their own children and not other people’s. This explains why some other people around you may do the same thing that you do and not feel any remorse about it but you become restless and unable to cope with life without first resolving the situation through repentance.
5.     Genuine love for other believers: Everyone born of God is proven by their love for other believers and as they become more mature in their love walk, they even learn to love their perceived enemies or people who do not belong to the family of God as well. This type of love is called the agape love; it is imparted to us at new birth and as we grow in the knowledge of God, we nurture it to perfection. This is the kind of love Apostle Paul described in 1Cor.13:4-8. He also describes it as the fruit of the spirit in Gal.5:22-23. See 1Jn.3:14; Rm.5:5 and Jn.5:24.
6.     The presence of the Holy Spirit in your life: 1Jn.3:24 - Everyone born again is born of God and if you are born of God, He sends His Spirit into your heart as a deposit for you - His purchased possession pending when He would come and take you out of time into eternity. See Eph.1:13-14; Rm.8:15-16. When the spirit of God is in you, you will bear the fruit of the spirit as enumerated in Gal.5:22-23. When the Spirit is in you, He will convict you of sin, righteousness and judgement and would take of the father and Son and reveal it to you. He shall also tell you things to come. When this happens, whatever you hear from the Holy Spirit cannot conflict in principle with the written word of God because the word of God is the means by which you test the authenticity of what you claim to hear from God. See Jn.16:7-13.
7.     Trust in Jesus Christ alone for Salvation: Just yesterday in Church I was privileged to lead one of the contractors we employed to carry out some plumbing work to Christ. When I first asked him if he was saved, his answer was that he goes to Church and he told me which Church he went to. However, on further enquiries, it was revealed that he was not saved. Then I told him what it meant to be saved and told him God was offering him another chance to get saved and asked if he would take advantage of it. He did and got saved. The only way by which we can be saved is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; any claim to salvation by any other means is false. The only foundation for the faith of God is faith in Jesus Christ. 1Jn.5:12.
I will stop here for want of time and space but please let us consider all these seven things to look out for in the word of God to ascertain whether we are actually saved or not. If in your honest opinion, you do not think you are, I have good news for you; you can get saved right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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Tuesday, 10 April 2018

The Faith of God for our Redemption pt.1 (Redeemed from death)


Messages for April 2018: Our Month of The faith of God
Message for Sunday 8th April, 2018
Theme: Understanding the Faith of God
Topic: The Faith of God for our Redemption pt.1 (Redeemed from death)
Introduction: As we saw last week, the faith of God is the only faith that deals with this great issue of death and its source and solution. The reason for this is that it all started in his garden and he also provided the solution before man was created. In Revelation 13:8; Jesus Christ is referred to as the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world. This is because He had the foreknowledge of all that was going to take place after he creates man and He made adequate preparation for it.
Why Redemption from Death? Before sin was introduced to man in the Garden of Eden, death was already a resident of the garden but was powerless over man as man was designed to live eternally. As long as man stayed connected to his maker through obedience, death had no power over him. All these while, the devil was still a homeless wanderer on earth and had access to the garden at this time. As soon as he knew about the commandment of God that man was not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or he would face the consequence of death; he began to device ways to make man disobey knowing that, if man disobeyed God and ate it, he was going to be cut off from God the source of the supply of the life he had and it would be only a question of time from then before he would eventually die.) Thus the commandment activated sin and as soon as Satan was able to get man to sin, man died and came under his influence. See Gen.2:17; Rm.7:9 and Lk.4:5-7.
This was the origin of spiritual and physical death. Man did not have access to God any longer so he could not relate with God like he used to when God visited him in the cool of the day and conversed with him. This was spiritual death; he was cut off from his source. He no longer had access to light and life and was therefore groping in the darkness of this world confused and no longer in charge of the earth God gave him dominion over. He became a slave to sin and consequently to death eventually. He fell short of the glory of God and no longer had access to life. To make up for this, man created religion which can be defined as man’s idea of relating with God. Religion cannot save man as has since been proven over time. The faith of God is therefore the only faith that addresses man’s most important need which is to be reconciled to God. See 2Cor.5:17-21 and Eph.2:13-19.
Redeemed from death: When the Lord Jesus Christ walked the sands of time, He said concerning His mission that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. This was in fulfilment of His promise in Gen.3:15 which was the means by which Jesus Christ was to obtain eternal life for us. This promise makes it clear that God has provided the solution to the sin question in man’s life and that the gate of life is now open to all and sundry.
What Jesus Christ achieved for us with His death on Calvary’s Cross:  
1.     He became the replacement for man like an effigy that made it possible for God to vent His wrath on sinful man identified in Christ on the Cross and in hell. The demand was a sinless man and none in heaven and on earth was found worthy except the Lord Jesus Christ. God vented his wrath over man’s sin on him instead of us and allowed him to go to hell to suffer instead of us so that if we believe in him; we identify with him through baptism and become partakers of his death, burial and resurrection. See Col.2:11-15 Rev.16:19; Rev.19:15 and Rev.5:3-7
2.     Man needed a sacrificial replacement because his sin nature made it impossible for him to pay of his penalty and be raised back to life. This is because without the shedding of blood, there could be no remission of sin. See Heb.9:22; Lev.17:11
3.     God desired to show mercy to man and was tired of the worthless sacrifices of man which had no power to give him back his life. Jesus Christ offered his body as the sacrifice that made it possible for God to achieve His desire to show mercy instead of demanding sacrifices from man. Heb.9:11-13; Ex.34:5-7 and 10:6-10.
4.     He granted man the access to eternal life. Thus man could now cultivate an intimate relationship with God and really become God’s best friend. See Jn.17:2-3
5.     The relationship between God and man that was severed by sin could now be put back together through the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. See 2Cor.5:18-21; Col.1:20 and Rm.5:9.
How to activate this great gift of God: someone reading this may be thinking that if Jesus Christ did all these for us through the sacrifice He made on the Cross and His sufferings in hell; why are people still going to hell? Why does the faith of God not make it possible for all to be saved and enjoy eternal life?
1.     God is Holy meaning He is wholly; He is eternally the main person with integrity. He would never violate His word which includes that the soul that sins shall die [Gen.2:17; Ez.18:4]. He proved it in Adam, but His love made the sacrifice of Jesus possible to save us. To take advantage of what He did, we must repent to be able to receive eternal life. Repentance is the proof that we believe. Thus no matter how much God loves you, if you do not believe in what He has done for you, He cannot save you. See Mk.16:15-16.
2.     By God’s standard, redemption can only be activated by faith in the word of God that promises it. Joh.3:16-19; Rm.1:16.
3.     God’s way is that we are saved by grace through faith so that none of us can boast of our good deeds as the reason we are saved but trust in His grace and mercy. See Eph.2:8-10 and Heb.4:16.
4.     The first step to activating eternal life therefore is to declare your faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation. Thus you have to first believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross of Calvary and declare your faith in Him See Rm.10:8-11. If you want to do that right now, you can do so at once by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will receive eternal life at once:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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Events from the Cross to the Resurrection morning


Messages for April 2018: Our Month of The faith of God
Message for Sunday 1st April, 2018
Theme: Understanding the Faith of God
Topic: Events from the Cross to the Resurrection morning
Introduction: Today has been marked by some nations of the earth as the day to celebrate what they call Easter. It is a celebration of worship to a goddess they call Esther from the old Roman Empire mythology. They believe she is responsible for fertility and therefore dedicate the time to worship her for their fertility. This to us however is the day we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead having gone to hell to pay the full price for our sin and obtaining eternal redemption for us. Today, we shall be looking from the bible at the events from the cross to the resurrection morning and drawing from the word of God to proofs of how this entire process proves the fulfilment of the promise of God to save us and the step by step process the Lord took to actualize that promise. These prophesies are in Isa.53; Ps.22:1ff; Heb.10:6-10 etc. then the fulfillment was found in Mt.27-28; Gal.3:13-14; Col.2:14-15.
1.     At the cross: Let us first understand that what happened at the Cross is a direct fulfillment of prophecy which now speaks volumes over the years since its fulfillment. Therefore we are going to be looking at the prophecy and showing how it was fulfilled and what the purpose of its fulfilment was.
§  Jesus was spat upon: Ps.22 – This was proof of his being despised and rejected of men so that we would be accepted in the beloved. Eph.1:6
§  He was bruised: This was done for our iniquity so that we can be free from the curse resulting from inherited sin as God had promised to not remember our iniquity anymore. See Heb.8:12 and 10:17
§  His hands and feet were nailed/pierced to the Cross.
§  He was scourged thirty nine stripes with the Roman whip: This together with his pierced hands took care of our sicknesses and diseases. See Gal3:13-14. Also see Deu. 28 to determine what the curse of the law is and you can sum it up to these three: Poverty; sickness and death.
§  He was rejected and a murderer was chosen by the people instead: This takes care of all the injustice we were to suffer for what we are innocent of. Mk.15:6-15.
§  He is falsely accused of what he was innocent of but he did not fight back. See Mt.27:13-14 and Isa.42:1-4
2.     When he gave up the ghost at the Cross, he died physically: He died separated from the favorable presence of God. He was taken from the camp and separated like a leper out of the camp to bear the iniquity of us all. See 1Pet.3:18-19
§  His side was pieced by a Roman soldier and blood and water came gushing out of his side. Jn.19:28-35
§  He was taken down from the cross by a rich man who laid him in his own unused tomb. Jn.19:38
3.     At the grave
§  His soul was taken to hell – here, he drank the cup of God’s wrath to satisfy His justice. Rev.14:9-10 – this was the cup he prayed to pass over him subject to the will of God. Mt.26:39.
§  He was tortured in hell for three days and night
§  All the punishment for the sin of man from the foundation of the world until the end was laid on Him.
§  The depression of man was laid on him
§  The desolation of man was laid on him.
§  The regret and pain of man was laid on him.
§  The hopelessness of man was laid on him.
§  The chastisement of man’s sin was laid on him. In fact he was tortured beyond breaking point.
4.     At the resurrection morning:
§  God’s demand of justice for sin was fully met in the Lord Jesus Christ.
§  God put an end to His affliction in hell
§  God by the power of the Holy Spirit raised Him from the dead to die no more.
§  The devil came to bow to him handing him the keys of death and hell.
§  He is now the only one with the power to open and shut.
§  The keys of the kingdom of God on earth was delivered to him so that he alone has the power in heaven and earth to bind and to loose.
5.     He came out of hell and moved on from there through the earth to the throne room in heaven.
§  He took His blood to the holiest place in heaven and poured it out on God’s mercy seat to obtain eternal redemption for us.
§  God now sits in mercy over all who would believe him.
§  Jesus Christ thus became our high priest forever
§  He makes intercession for us daily.
§  As High priest, He takes the word we speak in line with God’s will and executes it. Heb.3:1
More could be said here as far as our faith in the resurrection is concerned but we shall draw the curtain here for want of time and space. Meanwhile if there is someone here today that is yet to make this Choice of the faith of God through Jesus Christ because of the Cross and you want to make that choice now, this is your opportunity to make it right away as you say the following prayer out loud in faith and God will birth you into his family:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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