Sermon Note
Pastor Prince
The signs of the end is in Matthews
Famines
Locust invasions
Financial famines hitting the whole world
Diseases
These are not caused by God
Something glorious something good is coming. Jesus’ return and it will be reign of prosperity and peace for His people
Our posture as believers is not to look to the grave. Is to look to the sky
The Lord Jesus can return anytime now
We are living in the last days before Jesus return to us.
The Lord is coming back for us
Where He rules there is no sickness.
When He was on earth He went around healing. There is no death in His kingdom
When all these things happen, look up, live up your head for your body redemption
A body never decay. A physical but eternal body. A body who never die
What we are right now, is like a thousand times over all the good feeling
Keep on living up your head
The Lord wants us to go online and reach as many people as possible
Wherever you invest in, with what God is doing right now, God always prosper you.
Testimony –
When Covid19 first hit, my event company was affected. In March he made the decision of making his business fully online. His business reached more than before. Every single day he got to watch God mighty hands at work. His team and him has raised a 6-figure sum for charity.
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1 Kings 17:3-4
“Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
1 Kings 17:9
“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
Flow with what God is saying.
Go to “there”
The land flowing with milk and honey
God’s best is in the land. God’s thoughts for them is in the land.
Hebrews 4:1
The Promise of Rest
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
The place of land. Place of rest
We need to have flowing nature about us.
We never change our spouse
God wants to provide for us
How to provide for us, we need to follow the Holy Spirit
How to correct your children
U need to follow the Holy Spirit
The land is what God has for His heart
God’s heart for us is for us to prosper and be in health even as our souls prosper
How to know Him?
Know Him through His Son
The overwhelming never ending ℓσνє of God. Leave the 99 and find us
God sought me even before i have the heart to find Him
Numbers 20:3-4
And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here?
God did not bring us out to remain out
God brought us out of bondage to bring us to His glorious liberty
God bring us out to bring us in
Numbers 20:4-5
Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.”
How soon they have forgotten the provision of God
God saw to it their feet never swell
Deuteronomy 2:7
“For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’
You have lacked nothing
Blessed in all
God kept them cool
Not a single one was sick or feeble
Before they entered into promise land they started complaining
When bad things happen, it is a time of testing
You are in the palm of His hands
God test to do you good
Deuteronomy 8:16
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
He is the One who gives us power to create wealth
We are about to have Jesus come back to us
We are exactly where children of Israel is in the 40th year just before they enter the promise land
Numbers 20:5-6
And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.” So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
Numbers 20:7-9
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.
He has all goodness and blessing to give
God is a just God. A fair God
God is righteous
We worship Him for that
God’s heart He has removed the barriers. God is just in justifying us. God is righteous in making us righteous
He is the Light we walk in the light
She took the healing of Jesus and Jesus turned around and see her.
Look at Jesus. Whatever He is, He is God in fullness
In the fullness of it we see God
She saw God in His fullness
Go into peace. He assured her to go into peace that she did not steal her healing. Jesus wants her to be healed
We don’t understand grace because we don’t understand God
We are at the boundaries of the promise land
No more pain no more tears
Forever more we will be happy
A prophet maybe representing the law, a priest represent grace
Anything remind God of Jesus, He is pleased
In God Himself lies the answer
In the perfection of Jesus
Jesus bore all the pains, all diseases and Covid19
The high priest represents grace
Grace is not grace if God measure us based on what we deserve
It is based on His Son
All the food we eat, the animals have to die
Even olive oil, the olive needs to be crushed
They are all small parables
All the population will be wiped out if not for Jesus
Every good and perfect gift is from above
He is good all the way
God wants to show them the grace of the priesthood
Numbers 20:8-9
“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.
Every head of the family has a rod
Moses’ rod is the one God used earlier
Exodus 17:5-6
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
With rod of judgement, rod of authority
There are 2 rods
The rod is picture of Christ
1 Corinthians 10:4
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
Jesus died for our sins
Sin is no longer a barrier in our lives
Jesus took our judgement
God’s heart is opened up
God is glorified
Once Jesus has done it, once sacrifice for sin forever
You cannot repeat the death of Jesus
One death is enough
Aaron has a rod
Numbers 20:8-9
“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.
Almond is the first fruit to show itself after the winter
Is a picture of Jesus Christ
A high priest who raised from His death
Jesus rose from His death in the resurrection life
The law cannot bring us into the promised land
Only Yeshua can bring us in
The law has no answer for Covid19
God’s grace and healing super abound!
When sin increased, grace super abounds
Moses is always holding his own rod
Put the rod in the tabernacle
Take the rod from before me
Speak to the rod before My eyes
Not hit the rod
Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
He is for us
If God has given to us salvation, how will He not with Him give us freely all things
Just speak to Jesus,
Lord You are my hiding place
My protection
You are the One who provides for me
You don’t have to hit Him again
Speak to Him what you need
Just have to speak and our water our provision will come forth
Numbers 20:10-11
And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.
When God wants to show His grace to His people, never misrepresent Him
People of the world see Christ in us. What do we show them? Grace is not grace if we treat them what they deserve
The water came out abundantly
Moses had sin
Look away from ourselves and look to Jesus
Look at the high priest
It is the goodness of God that leads people to their repentance
John 19:34-35
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.
God wanted Israel to know they have an high priest
Hebrews 4:14-16
Our Compassionate High Priest
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
High priest and grace go together
Obtain mercy and find grace
Come boldly
He was once strike at the cross so that we can enjoy refreshing of God’s salvation
Having a great high priest, let us confess we have great high priest
We have Him
We have Him always
Right believing will cause us to have right living
1974, a jungle in Philippines, someone was in the jungle for 30 years. He did not believe what he read that the war was over. He lived within the means of jungle. One of the officials came over to persuaded him to give up. When he was in jungle, the first year he could have gone out, but he did not believe until 30 years later.
Have robust faith
How are we representing God to the world
We look like we are baptised in lemon juice
According to the goodness of who He is
We come to Jesus as who we are
Our sins are no longer a barrier. Come home
Numbers 20:12
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
The law cannot bring God’s people into the promise land
Numbers 20:12 (ESV)
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
2 Chronicles 20:21
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the LORD,
For His mercy (hesed) endures forever.”
You are a child of God and God loves you
God wants to show you how Christ is enough
Take the rod
The provision is coming
We have a high priest
Because we have high priest, good things are coming our way
Obtain mercy and find grace in the time of needs
