Sermon Note
Pastor Prince
As we approach the end of the year we are stepping into new dimension
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
Have the helmet of salvation on
The helmet of the hope of salvation found in the gospel of Jesus Christ
Isaiah 54:13-14
All your children shall be taught by the LORD,
And great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Their shalom will be great
Is not just little depth of shalom
You as a parent in righteousness you shall be established
It is so bright that the bible tell us we need to be established
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
When man fell, all creation fell
He blinds the minds of people who don’t believe
Strongholds are build up
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
The devil speaks in first person
He makes you think is your own thoughts
Take no thoughts saying.
Matthew 6:31
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
What is seen and felt is natural fact
Truth is higher than fact
Truth outlast facts
Fact can remain and can change too
Transform the natural fact into truth
The devil will put thoughts into your mind
He will try to make you think is you
The enemy don’t want to be detected and makes you think the thoughts are yours
Casting down arguments and every high things that exalt itself
All the while the devil is pointing us to our actions
Every time you post something online, the devil will put thoughts in your mind because he knows you have fear of men
When we are established in righteousness, it will affect our children
The helmet of hope
Positive expectation of good
Negative spirit is contagious
You are parenting even without words. If you are fearful your children will pick up
Watch what you said. Your children learn the fear. They will start to fear the world
You are trying to deal with branches and not the root
Great shall be their peace. You are at peace.
Be established in righteousness.
Their righteousness is from Me
He was wounded for our transgressions
The fruit of Jesus’ finished works is this gift of righteousness
We are established in righteousness
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the LORD.
The sickness in your body won’t prosper
No weapon formed against you shall prosper
God was in the speech of Joshua and Caleb
Truth outlast natural fact
God is the God of truth
When everything dies down, God is still there
Those who abide in God are established forever.
This area of warfare is in your mind
Just one thought
The devil may say you are this and that.
He will put thoughts in terms of argument
Sheep cannot sleep. They cannot rest unless they know the shepherd is nearby
Bring the good shepherd into it
Even in the midst, you are walking through.
It is on a season in your life
Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD
Forever.
Pursue
Hunt you down
Goodness smack you
Mercy. Hesed. God’s favour smack you in the face
All the days. Surely, not maybe
Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue you all the days of your life
Until you dwell in the house of the Lord forever
Faith is now
Hope is future
Hope is confident expectation of good in your future
I am confident goodness and mercy is hunting me down. They will hunt you down in the midst of pandemic
Who can eat during the battle
Communion table
You eat in the midst of your enemies
You eat your way into life and wholeness
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
Not our obedience. It is a matter of turning away to Jesus
The devil will remind you of things you have not done. He will make you self occupied
Be Christ occupied
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The holy spirit needs you to behold Christ
When people behold Christ they are transformed into the same image
Eyes on Jesus is the material for holy spirit to work with.
Eyes on yourself, the holy spirit does not have material to work with
Not our obedience but His obedience
Romans 5:19
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
How are we made righteous?
By one man’s obedience
Turn it back to His obedience make me righteous
I am the righteousness of God in Christ
Light shone in and darkness is removed
The gospel of Jesus Christ unveiled and transform people’s lives
Repentance means change your mind
Acts 11:2-5
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”
But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying: “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.
Acts 11:14-15
who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’ And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.
Grace gives you words to believe upon
Those words believe upon will change your life
Laws for you to perform
Grace gives you words to believe upon
Acts 11:17-18
If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
They became silent and they glorify God
Repentance to life
Acts 10:43-44
To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”
The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.
Embrace
The holy spirit gave them bear hugs
Receive forgiveness of sin
His obedience. That one man’s obedience
Even though the word repentance was not used
Repent means change your mind
Not going to think thoughts of negative
Focus on one Man’s obedience make me righteous
Bring every thoughts to His obedience that makes us righteous
This is warfare
The devil wants to blind your mind so that you don’t see the enemy
We have seen the victory
Always pointing back to what Jesus did
What does holiness looks like
Practical holiness
You may have action that seems christian but that is not the holiness.
Revelation 2:2
“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;
Your first ℓσνє is not your ℓσνє for Him but His ℓσνє for you
Your works your labor your patience
1 Thessalonians 1:3
remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
What was missing that church was your work of faith, ℓσνє and patience of hope
True holiness is you got to have faith and ℓσνє
They have the work but don’t have faith patience and ℓσνє
Outward form but not the joy, this is not what God wants
He wants good works.
Only faith can produce good
The Lord wants to ℓσνє His people
The hungry flock
In seeing the Lord loves you.
Is a patience of hope
A light in your eyes
A radiance in your face
We still live by the gospel, by grace
You live by the gospel every single day
Whole and prosper
Gospel of grace
God sees the hearts, men see the actions
We are people of the day, not the night
Without Jesus nothing is day
He lights up the darkness
When you have Jesus you don’t experience any night
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.
Once you are born again, your status has changed
You have hope now
I will see good in my future
God prophesied the future.
He said light be and He saw light
Only 2 of them said we are well able with God
They defeated the lands seemingly easily
Every good preaching will produce faith hope and ℓσνє
Without faith is impossible to please God
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
God foresaw the way Abraham was justified they are going to be justified
God rebuked the king and justified him
We are declared righteous
Psalms 128:3-4
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants
round about thy table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Focus on been the blessed man
Your wife shall be like fruitful vine that intoxicate you. Your children shall be like blessed
Focus on being the blessed man
Bring the blessing of God
May the ℓσνє of your spouse intoxicate you always
Whatever is anointed becomes flowing
It is smooth and move prosperously
I pray that God will revive your marriage and your children will be like olive trees
There is light in your dwelling
May your house be filled with His light
Brightness and glory
When we experience God’s forgiveness we forgive
We ℓσνє because He first loved us
