Saturday, May 26, 2012
ABSOLUTE NECESSARY OF FAITH.
WHAT IS FAITH?
By now the whole Church should know what is faith.
Definition of Faith.
Hebrews 11:1
New King James Version (NKJV)
By Faith We Understand
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
How did Jesus walk?
1 John 2:6
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Was Jesus walk victorious some of the time or most of the time? Or All the time?
THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF FAITH
Is that possible here on this earth?
We are told to have faith and believe so that all our problems will be solved.
Believe and you will have all things.
The fig tree died.
Peter came running “Rabbi” the fig tree which you cursed has withered away.
How did Jesus replied have faith in God.
The question is how many have faith to believe things will happen we start confessing and saying.
Christians ought to believe that what man cannot, God can.
SAYING AND BELIEVING.
Mark 11:23-24
New King James Version (NKJV)
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TODAY?
WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE SITUATION YOU WILL FEEL DISCOURAGED.
TRUE.
But look beyond and believe that He does all things for us in a special way.
Testimony of a Barber.
This Barber who believes in Jesus was desperate of money.
He owed his friend.
He told me this problem.
I told him that this is a big sum you tell Jesus and tell Him that you are His son.
He did exactly that and believed that Jesus is His supplier.
He was able to pay back the person whom he owed and also blessed our church.
SOME SADDEST WORDS IN THE BIBLE.
Matthew 13:58
New International Version (NIV)
58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
Mark 6:5-6
New International Version (NIV)
5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.
TWO PERSON HEARD THE WORD OF GOD.
1 ST PERSON SUFFERING FOR 3RD STAGE CANCER.
He heard the word of God.
The word says I am your healer.
He started confessing and believing.
He used God’s word.
Hebrew 4:12
Hebrews 4:12 (New King James Version)
New King James Version (NKJV)
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
He got healed. And still living a healthy life.
The other person heard also God’s word.
2nd stage bone cancer.
He started saying the wrong things.
God is punishing me.
God hates me.
I am going to die.
Quoted the Bible verse.
He died having believed that God has punished him.
He even quoted the word from the Bible to justify what he is saying.
Lev 26: 14-45
6 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
He died.
Today many Christian fall in this category.
Because they mix the covenant of law and the covenant of grace.
God will not visit your sins to 3rd or 4th generation.
He already did a good job through His son.
He already visited our sins and put it on Jesus.
Today we have Faith and by faith through grace we are saved.
Hebrews 8:13
New International Version (NIV)
13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
Unbelief is a danger.
Unbelief is a greater danger than lying or adultery, for these latter are easily recognized as sins, whereas unbelief is not.
An evil heart of unbelief can cause us to fall away from God.
Unbelief is the root cause of all the other sins.
Hebrews 3:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
GOD CAN SET YOU FREE FROM THIS DREADFULL SIN.
GOD WANTS TO SET YOU FREE FROM THIS SIN.
BUT HOW PASTOR CAN I BE SET FREE?
Romans 10:10 (New King James Version)
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
KEEP CONFESSING AND BELIEVING.
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SITUATION RATHER LOOK AND BELIEVE IN THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS.
KEEP USING HIS WORD BACK TO HIM.
SIN IS NO MORE YOUR MASTER.
Romans 6:14
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
The Holy Spirit tells us that if we come under grace than sin shall have no dominion over us.
Thanks be to Our Lord Jesus.
He has given us grace so that He was able to keep the law.
We are all blessed everyday by just confessing and believing.
Have faith and you will see the blessings flow each day.
CLOSE:
KEEP CONFESSING EACH TIME YOU FALL UNTIL VICTORY BECOMES A REALITY IN YOUR LIFE.
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF IT DOES NOT COME OVERNIGHT.
GOD WILL SURELY HONOR THE CONFESSION OF YOUR MOUTH.
God is not a man that He should lie nor a son of man that he should repent.
Will He say and make it not good.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Holy Spirit.
KNOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
The Holy Spirit is a real person.
We must get to know Him in a personal and intimate way.
Paul wrote of the communion of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 13:14
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
The Holy Spirit.
New Way of living.
The gifts of the Holy Spirit provide a whole new way of living for the spirit-filled believer.
Even as Peter got out of his boat and walked on the water to Jesus, we are to step out of the comfort zones of natural living and walk on “ spiritual waters.”
We are to live in the spirit and operate in all nine of His supernatural gifts in our daily lives.
1 Samuel 10:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.
Resurrection power is for those who believe.
If you do not want or do not believe nothing will happen.
But if you want the power of God to be manifested in your life you must believe and receive it by faith and also operate on those gifts which God has given you.
Ephesians 1:19-20
New King James Version (NKJV)
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
JESUS MINISTERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Philippians 2:5,8
When Jesus came to this earth He humbled himself and came as a man.
He temporarily laid aside all His rights and privileges as God and lived on this earth as a man.
No Miracles recorded.
When He was baptised by John according to Mark 1:10,11 the Holy Spirit came upon Him immediately miracles began to happen in His ministry.
Jesus our example anointed by the Holy Spirit, began to operate in the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The same power for us today.
Luke 24:49
New King James Version (NKJV)
49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem[a] until you are endued with power from on high.”
Prophet Joel prophesied in (Joel 2: 28,29)
Jesus baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.(Luke 3:16)
Acts 1:8
New International Version (NIV)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT THERE IS NO POWER TO WITNESS.
When you do not have the Holy Spirit you do not have the power.
The Holy Spirit will give you the boldness of speech.
Acts 1:8
. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me[a] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
IT BEGAN ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
Acts 2:1-4
New King James Version (NKJV)
Coming of the Holy Spirit
2 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[a] in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
A Miracle took place in their mouth.
ASKING FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Luke 11:11-13
New King James Version (NKJV)
11 If a son asks for bread[a] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Ask and it shall be given to you.
Its is a gift and you don’t have to work for it.
Samaritans received the gift. Acts 8 14-17
The Gentiles received this gift.
Acts 10:44-46
New International Version (NIV)
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues[a] and praising God.
Speaking in Tongues.
The evidence of speaking in an unknown tongue always accompanied receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said that this is a sign that would follow those who believe they shall speak with new tongues(Mark 16:17)
Paul wrote that he spoke in a heavenly language the tongues of angel.( 1 Corinthian 13 :1)
Paul explained that this came by the Holy Spirit through his spirit and not through his mind
The angels never run out of words praising God.
1Corinthians 14-14 For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays but my understanding is unfruitful.
Praying in the Spirit is God’s will.
Jesus told the Samaritan woman that those who worship me shall worship me in Spirit and in Truth.
Roman 8: 26& 27
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us[b] with groaning which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
God speaks to us through His Spirit.
Testimony: God gave me a name of a person in a Petrol Station in Tangkak Muar. Telling me all about his back sliding and asking him to return to God. I called him by his name he was so surprised first time meeting him and able to call him and tell him every thing about his life.
God spoke and told me that a person is having 2 wives. And when he asked me to pray I told him to return back to God and repent.
Purpose of the Heavenly Language.
PRAISE 1 Corinthians 14:15
What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
PRAYER Jude 1:20
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Monday, April 16, 2012
SIMPLE AND SINCERE PRAYER THAT PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.
Prepared by Pastor Joel Isaiah
Grace Awakening Ministries Kuantan.
SIMPLE AND SINCERE PRAYER THAT PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.
Jesus exact words and prayer.
John 17 20:23
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will[e] believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
Today you are one with Jesus and Jesus dwells in you. Colossians 1: 27:28
27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which[d] is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
How to pray for healing ?
Romans 8:11
The Jesus in me heals my mortal body. ( Just keep on meditating on this word you will surely be healed in Jesus name.)
How to have the wisdom of God?
1 Corinthians 1:30
The Jesus in me gives me the wisdom of God.( Just keep on meditating on this word you will surely have the wisdom of God and will be blessed in all your life.)
How to have success?
Genesis 39:2
2 The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a [a]successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
(Just keep on meditating the Lord is in me I am a success)
How to bless your Children?
(The Lord in me blesses my Children.) Just keep on meditating on this word you will see your children change and have full of blessings and always obedient in to you and God.
How not to worry?
2 Timothy 1:7
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
The Jesus in me removes every fear. (Just keep on meditating on this word and you will see you will not fear nor worry.)
How to come out of financial debt.?
The Jesus in me remove every financial debt. ( Keep on meditating on this word and you will see God will able to open ways for you to settle your financial problems.)
How to remove bad habits or character in you?
2 Corinthians 5:21
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.I am the righteous of God in Christ Jesus. ( Keep on meditating on this word you will see that every bad habits will come to an end but even more the blessings of God over flow and over take in your life.
Jesus loves you and He will surely bless you. His promises are yes and Amen
Saturday, April 14, 2012
The signs of Christ’s Coming.
Events Prophesied.
The Bible tell us of a number of events that would take place immediately before Christ’s returns. Matthew 24:6-7
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places.
Earthquakes Biggest Killer
A UN-sponsored report finds that more people died from earthquakes in the past decade than from any other disaster.
Studies show more than 780,000 people were killed in nearly 4,000 disasters. These catastrophic events affected more than two billion other people and cost a minimum of $960 billion in economic losses.
Guha Sapir of the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters said climate events affected far more people and the threats for these events are increasing.
"Most of the affected people are due to climate related events and the economic losses are largely due to floods and storms," Sapir told the AFP news agency.
"It is not clear that climate change itself is an important factor in this increase," he said. "There can be many other factors, bad political systems, weak infrastructure, bad organization policies, population increase, deforestation and global warming…And we do not have sufficient research to show what is the contribution of climate-related factors to the increase in climate-related disasters."Â
Storms accounted for 22 percent of the overall death toll while extreme temperatures claimed 11 percent of lives lost in 3,852 disasters over the period.
The most deadly disasters of the past 10 years were the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Cyclone Nargis in Burma and the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008, followed by the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 and heat waves in Europe in 2003.
The current decade has gotten off to an equally deadly start, with about 170,000 feared dead in the powerful and unprecedented earthquake that struck Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area on January 12.
Although the number of disasters have increased over the years, the number of people affected by them has dropped dramatically.
Experts say earthquakes will continue to threaten millions of peoples’ lives because eight out of the 10 most-populous cities in the world are on earthquake fault-lines.
A sudden spurt of knowledge and vast increase in worldwide travel.
Daniel 12:4
New King James Version (NKJV)
4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
The Bible also predicts a time when it will be too late to search the scriptures.
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. Amos 8:11-13
Men will be lovers of pleasure
2 Timothy 3 1-4
New International Version (NIV)
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
It is happening.
Corruption.
Murders.
Disobedient Children
Rapes.
Adultery
Sex slaves
Cheating
Lying
Believers will fall away from the faith.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron
We see this too in our day with the wide proliferation of many cults to which many believers are falling prey.
The rebirth of the nation of Israel.
The rebirth of the nation of Israel.
The fig tree – a symbol of Israel –putting forth its leaves.
The Jew have been scattered since A.D. 70
They were scattered around the world.
The fig tree lay withered for nearly 19 centuries.
But 1948 the nation of Israel was born once again.
Jesus said that Jerusalem would be occupied by non-Jewish nations until the time of those nations are fulfilled(Luke 21:24)
In June 1967 Israel occupied the city of Jerusalem for the first time in 20 centuries.
Appearance of Red Heifer.
APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000 YEARS
Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.“
A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.
The signs of Bloody moon.
The prophet Joel claimed the sun will turn to darkness, and the moon will become like blood, before the arrival of the day of the Lord. He perceived a great significance in these signs, as both the sun and the moon were appointed for signs, seasons, days, and years in Genesis 1:14.
The sun turned to darkness.
The bloody moon.
Return of the Jews.
RETURN OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL
Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain."
In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew 20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.
Watch and Pray always.
The Importance of Watching
34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy[c] to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
The Bible tell us of a number of events that would take place immediately before Christ’s returns. Matthew 24:6-7
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places.
Earthquakes Biggest Killer
A UN-sponsored report finds that more people died from earthquakes in the past decade than from any other disaster.
Studies show more than 780,000 people were killed in nearly 4,000 disasters. These catastrophic events affected more than two billion other people and cost a minimum of $960 billion in economic losses.
Guha Sapir of the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters said climate events affected far more people and the threats for these events are increasing.
"Most of the affected people are due to climate related events and the economic losses are largely due to floods and storms," Sapir told the AFP news agency.
"It is not clear that climate change itself is an important factor in this increase," he said. "There can be many other factors, bad political systems, weak infrastructure, bad organization policies, population increase, deforestation and global warming…And we do not have sufficient research to show what is the contribution of climate-related factors to the increase in climate-related disasters."Â
Storms accounted for 22 percent of the overall death toll while extreme temperatures claimed 11 percent of lives lost in 3,852 disasters over the period.
The most deadly disasters of the past 10 years were the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Cyclone Nargis in Burma and the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008, followed by the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 and heat waves in Europe in 2003.
The current decade has gotten off to an equally deadly start, with about 170,000 feared dead in the powerful and unprecedented earthquake that struck Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area on January 12.
Although the number of disasters have increased over the years, the number of people affected by them has dropped dramatically.
Experts say earthquakes will continue to threaten millions of peoples’ lives because eight out of the 10 most-populous cities in the world are on earthquake fault-lines.
A sudden spurt of knowledge and vast increase in worldwide travel.
Daniel 12:4
New King James Version (NKJV)
4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
The Bible also predicts a time when it will be too late to search the scriptures.
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. Amos 8:11-13
Men will be lovers of pleasure
2 Timothy 3 1-4
New International Version (NIV)
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
It is happening.
Corruption.
Murders.
Disobedient Children
Rapes.
Adultery
Sex slaves
Cheating
Lying
Believers will fall away from the faith.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron
We see this too in our day with the wide proliferation of many cults to which many believers are falling prey.
The rebirth of the nation of Israel.
The rebirth of the nation of Israel.
The fig tree – a symbol of Israel –putting forth its leaves.
The Jew have been scattered since A.D. 70
They were scattered around the world.
The fig tree lay withered for nearly 19 centuries.
But 1948 the nation of Israel was born once again.
Jesus said that Jerusalem would be occupied by non-Jewish nations until the time of those nations are fulfilled(Luke 21:24)
In June 1967 Israel occupied the city of Jerusalem for the first time in 20 centuries.
Appearance of Red Heifer.
APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000 YEARS
Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.“
A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.
The signs of Bloody moon.
The prophet Joel claimed the sun will turn to darkness, and the moon will become like blood, before the arrival of the day of the Lord. He perceived a great significance in these signs, as both the sun and the moon were appointed for signs, seasons, days, and years in Genesis 1:14.
The sun turned to darkness.
The bloody moon.
Return of the Jews.
RETURN OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL
Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain."
In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew 20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.
Watch and Pray always.
The Importance of Watching
34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy[c] to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Saturday, April 7, 2012
WHY DO YOU LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?
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}Luke 24:1–12
}Jesus Has Risen
}24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had preparedu and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.v 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightningw stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:x 7 ‘The Son of Many must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”z 8 Then they remembered his words.a
}9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with themb who told this to the apostles.c 11 But they did not believed the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves,e and he went away,f wondering to himself what had happened
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}Where is Jesus now?
}Why do you look for the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5) That is a great question! We do not normally look for the dead among the living. So why would you look for the living among the dead? That is the question the angels posed to the women who came to Jesus’ tomb that first Easter morning. And that is the question I would like us to consider this morning.
}They were finding Jesus among the dead.
}Instead, we read in verses 2-3: “They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.” (Luke 24:2-3) I like that. They found the stone rolled away, but they did not find Jesus. They were looking for Jesus among the dead, and they could not find him.
}Many Christians are looking for Jesus at the wrong place.
}Some looking for Jesus in the cradle on Christmas day.
}Some have kept Him nailing on the cross.
}Some have made idols of Him thinking He is there.
}Some even put photos of Him thinking it is Him and worshipping it.
}Jesus is not in this place.
}The world cannot see Him. But you can.
}John 14:18-20
}New International Version (NIV)
}18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
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}When you believe in Him He lives in you.
}Apostle Paul who had this revelation told the Colossians Christian.
}26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which[d] is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
}WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE LIVES IN YOU?
1.He gives you wisdom. 1 Corinthian 1 :30
1 Corinthians 2:16
But we have the mind of Christ.
3. Romans 8:11
}11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[a] his Spirit who lives in you.
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}HE GUARANTEES YOUR INHERITANCE.
}No religion in the world guarantees your inheritance but Jesus guarantees your inheritance.
}Ephesians 1 :14
}14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
}HE IS YOUR HIGH PRIEST.
}Hebrews 8:1
}English Standard Version (ESV)
}Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant
}8 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
}He intercedes for you.
}He blesses you each day.
}Although He is seated in the Father’s right hand His spirit lives in you.
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}YOU HAVE VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE.
}1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
}No more need fear, and no more need doubting,
}No more need pride control in my life.
}I may be free from all condemnation,
}I can have victory now in the strife.
}I take the life of victory,
}Not I, but Christ Himself in me;
}He conquers now, He sets me free;
}I take, He gives—the victory.
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}HE GIVES US VICTORY OVER DEATH.
}1 CORINTHIANS 15: 55
}55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
}He is alive, you are alive and reign in life.
}CONCLUSION: The angels asked the women that first Easter morning, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” Let me say it to you again. If you are looking for Jesus among the dead, you will never find him because he is not there. But if you look for Jesus among the living, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Jesus Christ is alive. He is risen! He is risen indeed!
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