Preacher Huijun - 18 December 2014
Applying The Gospel Effectively
We often hear believers lamenting about not having convictions from God in all that they’re doing. At times, we also doubt if the convictions we have are the one from God, or ourselves? To receive the right convictions, we need to first understand the gospel correctly. The complete gospel tells us about God’s purposeful grace, there’s no other way but only Jesus; the gospel is also universally applicable to all people and cross-cultural. Often, Satan and our flesh always deceives us and entangles us so that we know about the gospel but we do not rely enough of the gospel, as we feel that we can have Jesus and our wisdom, our talents and our ways to live a blissful and purposeful life on earth. When we’re distracted by Satan’s lies and compromise with our flesh, we’ll also rationalise and be selective in relying on the gospel, and thus not receiving the right conviction of God in all things. The gospel is the power of God, to save all those who believe. If we’re not enjoying the power of gospel, perhaps we should introspect if we’ve been relying enough on the full gospel in our lives. If we do, progressive healing will begin and potentiate from our spirit to all areas of our lives, for we hear the living and active voice of God through the truth He reveals to us.
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Battling Inferiority, Indifference, Lack of Zeal
In this fast-paced society and highly demanding era, we are trapped in a system, both knowingly and unknowingly. What is this system? At first thoughts, this system seems to sound like laws and institutions. Yet if we inquire further, this system is in fact a godless and man-centric mindset, which very quickly develops into a disbelieving culture. As believers of God, we can be easily immobilized by such a systemic culture. We involuntarily subscribe to a certain way of thinking in this system of ours, be it with regards to merits, successes, achievements, problem-solving skills, etc. Such a system hurts the human soul and makes it grow cold. Consider, what happens to the fallouts of this system? They are constantly battling with inferiority (about self), indifference (about life), and lack of zeal (to do what ought to be done). May God open our eyes to this reality so that we can be sensitive to the needs of this era, and with that, relate the Gospel powerfully and relevantly.
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