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Key to revival
For every look at ourselves, take ten looks at Jesus For every blessing received, say thank you Lord Jesus Thanksgiving is the first step Of all the grace that flows into a believer Because all of the blessings Are blood-bought by Christ Jesus It is through gratitude that The Spirit is willing to act After…
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How to be rich towards God (part 10)
If good works are profitable And if sufferings are beneficial How then should we behave In order that we can accumulate heavenly treasures always? To be continuously joyful in all our lives In trials In sufferings In afflictions And in our own capacity Preach the glories of God In seasons and out of seasons In…
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How to be rich towards God (part 9)
How do we maximise our heavenly treasures in sufferings? Patience Patience And patience If we can endure the sufferings patiently One step ahead Joyfully Only if we know that Sufferings are for our benefit Can we endure them with all gladness Glory be unto God and our Lord Jesus Christ Amen
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How to be rich towards God (part 8)
What if some of us really cannot preach And cannot contribute? Is there a way out? No, but there is a way in God can include these individuals through sufferings Sufferings are good Afflictions are edifying Trials are beneficial Through such passive obedience Believers can store up heavenly treasures Glory be unto God and our…
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How to be rich towards God (part 7)
What if some of us really cannot preach? How do they store up heavenly treasures? Support others who can Heartily Financially The Great Commission is carried out either by Someone risking their lives preaching to the unreached Or someone holding onto the ropes that tie to the labourers It is within the economy of God…
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How to be rich towards God (part 6)
If preaching is that special Is it reserved only for the full-time ministers? No Common believers are commanded to preach as well If we can preach free of charge If we can preach rightly If we can preach the glories of God to the hearts of men We store up heavenly treasures Glory be unto…
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How to be rich towards God (part 5)
It is not enough that we have pure motives When carrying out good deeds Especially in preaching or teaching Quality matters It is useless if the content is unsatisfactory Therefore, not every sermon edifies And if not edifying, not gaining heavenly treasures What are the standards? Forceful heralding Careful exegeting Missing either one of these…
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How to be rich towards God (part 4)
What is considered well done? Good deeds carried out with pure motives Not for storing up earthly treasures But with a sincere heart Enable other brethren to grow in Christ It can be through preaching in the pulpit It can also be teaching in the classroom The principle is Freely we receive Freely we give…
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How to be rich towards God (part 3)
We will not lose our rewards Even if it is giving a cup of water to the saints But the actual rewards vary There is one degree of rewards for serving in general There is another for advancing the cause of Christ Both of which are tied onto heaven But which one is greater? Performing…
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How to be rich towards God (part 2)
After mastering the basics Concerning the elementary oracles of the Law Stepping out from dead works Moving on unto the faith that justifies We can only be rich towards God after we are saved We can only be righteous when we are covered by Christ’s blood We can only be right with God because of…
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How to be rich towards God (part 1)
It is the good pleasure of the Father To give us the kingdom And if kingdom Then all sorts of heavenly blessings To acquire them, obedience Look unto Jesus Author and finisher of our faith His active and passive obedience Active, abiding in good works Passive, enduring in sufferings We can learn much from His…
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Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Baptism of the Spirit is an expression signifying different things in different context. For all believers, we must undergo a baptism of conversion. The rebirth happens once. To the Apostles, they were the only group of believers experienced a Pentecostal baptism that signs and wonders were accompanied by them to validate the cannon of Scriptures.…
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Inspiration of Scriptures
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth The Word was with the Father The Father breathed out the Word The Word was His agent The Son Is the Word Nothing was made without Him And all things were made for Him The Spirit of God breathed Scriptures They are God-breathed, God-inspired And…
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Solid foods (part 2)
God measures us differently Some are given more, thus required more Some less, thus required less Ministers are entrusted with the precious tools To feed the flock To feed the flock To feed the flock For the edification of the church If they have been entrusted with Elementary oracles of God Then, deliver the elementary…
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Benefits of the Gospel (part 2)
The glory of God is constant Because Jesus is immutable We cannot add to or diminish from The glory of God And since the glory of God is constant Aseity of God is Why then God is pleased when sinners are saved? Can even God Himself benefit from the Gospel? God desires that His glory…
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Heavenly children
Infants who never have grown Are admitted to heaven Residents in the heavenly But God hates murder of babies Why? If their souls are secured in God Ultimately, those babies can go to heaven Why then is murdering babies evil in the sight of God? Because babies are not conquerors Imperishable crown is promised for…
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The Holy Spirit
Another helper Sent by the Father And the Son Is the Spirit promised of old He is our comforter The applier of the Gospel To lead us into all truth Of Scriptures about Jesus Holy Spirit Higher than the holy angels Third person of the trinity Holy and glorious In a category of God Himself…
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Incarnation of the Word
Deep thing of all deep things Almighty God willingly became part of His own creation The infinite entered into the finite The eternal one confined Himself in time and space Right after the fall of men, seed of a woman promised Through the prophets, words of God made manifest to us But in the last…
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Solid foods
When we first believed, like new born babies Long for the spiritual milk Like the sweetness of it In maturity, we are no longer satisfied with just the milk With difficulty, we begin to eat solid foods With training, we are mastered by the righteousness of God Looking unto Jesus Always abounding in good works…
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Glory of God
The glory of God has no end God can reap His glory in saving and in condemning All of creation screams for His glory The vastness of the universe The stars The planets The living things But Jesus is the exact imprint of God Having the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form When believers…
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