06 Jan Theme Message of 2020: The Year Of Lasting Christian Faith
Pastor Vincent - 10 October 2013
Follow The Lord's Instruction Closely In Spiritual Battle
It is human nature to worry about tomorrow. What if I can't do this, what if things don't work well tomorrow.. what if we often let what has yet to happen to rob away our present happiness in Lord. Before Jericho, the Lord said to Joshua, " See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.." God is always there, He is always present in your sadness, your current helplessness, your current family problem, relationship problems and even your insufficiency. But we often forget, we are often being frightened by what have yet to comeÉ the what if's in your mind - Satan is always instilling the fear, the deceptions and confuse our spirits so that we cannot look at the truth of God and draw strength from it. Behind the problem we are seeing everyday is actually the deeper spiritual battles that we need to fight against Satan - who is attacking us in every possible way just to divert us away from God's truth so that we feel the gospel irrelevant. But God has a precise instruction to our problems now, so that we can stand against the devil's scheme. Be in sync with God, hear what the Lord says and follow it carefully. As we wait upon the Lord and see what He is doing right now in our lives, we will then not be distracted by Satan into following our own desires and emotions. The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise and He has time for everything, therefore, go into prayer and ask God to reveal the very next thing we can do while waiting for His timetable. As we develop the instinct to hear Him through prayers, our faithful God will not hide from you and when the perfect time comes, your Jericho will be conquered, as you become more intimate with God.
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The Year Of Lasting Christian Faith
We used to love things that are built to last. Yet it is pretty peculiar that we are living in an Era now where things are built to change. People are just convinced to buy things with just that little bit of change of design or function, whether it is with their furniture or electric appliances. And it is not hard to realize that the Christian faith taught nowadays are starting to take the same pattern. Find out the pressing reason why we must build a Christian faith that last in these days.
Introduction:
* “He knows the plans HE has for us – plans to prosper us and not to harm us. Plans to give us a future and a hope” <Jer 29:11>.
* Yet, God has put us in a world with enemies, with battle to fight, with victories to claim.
* “…things that cause people to stumble are bound to come” <Luke 17:1>.
* Therefore, we must build a Christian faith that will last, not a faith that changes.
Verses to read: <1 Cor 3:5-15>
1. God’s building.
1) Its about Grace, not men
2) Join God in His work and be rewarded
- ⟹ Be true fellow workers of God!
3) Workers are rewarded according to their labor
2. God’s building
1) Foundation – Person and the work of Jesus Christ.
2) Yet, how do we build upon this foundation?
① Costly and imperishable material – Gold, Silver, Costly Stones
<Php 3:2,18-19> – Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh…. many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.
② Cheap and perishable materials – Wood, Hay or Straw
* No regards to what is obedience and what is unchanging truth principle.
* Merely follow their own preferences and tendencies
* Eventually, they became truth-less and love-less
In 2020, pray to be Christian/minister who is fundamentally:
(1) Grace embracing ⟹ Be humble
(2) Truth Abiding ⟹ Learn obedience
3. The Day will come!
1) The Day – Second coming of the Lord
- <Heb 10:25> … see that the Day is approaching
- <2 Pe 3:9>: the Lord is not slow, but that he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but for everyone to come to repentance.
- <2 Pe 3:10> … that day will come like a thief.
2) Day of Fire (Blazing and fiery eyes of the Lord Jesus)
- <Rel 1:14>: “His eyes were like blazing fire”.
- He will see though the hearts of everyone and test the quality of each man’s work!
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