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Be an Agent of Change

8/12/2019

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I led a Bible study during the lunch hour with office and blue-collar workers at a manufacturing firm. We studied Old Testament covenants and how Christ fulfilled them in Matthew.  Management decided the office staff and production workers should have separate lunch breaks at different times.

I asked Joe, a friend from church, “How would you like to lead a Bible study for other welders and assembly workers on the production floor?”

“I’ve never done anything like that, Mark” Joe said.

“I would be glad to train you. You might be amazed how God could use you,” Mark said.

“Ok, let me give it a try!” Joe said.

God’s kingdom came to this company as production workers trusted Christ. During their 15-minute morning and afternoon breaks, God’s word was discussed. In the evenings, Joe repaired many workers’ motorcycles at his home. He shared the gospel with many coming to faith in Christ.   

Christ compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed (smallest of all seeds) and leaven (obscure material) that grows like a tree, and expands bread from the inside out, respectively.

1. Acknowledge God’s design
Neither the Galileans’ blood Pilate inter-mingled with the Roman sacrifices nor the 18 killed when the Siloam tower collapsed were greater sinners than those still alive. Unless you repent, you will also perish. For three years, a fig tree didn’t produce fruit. If a tree didn’t bear fruit in four years with fertilizer around it, he cut it down (Luke 13:1-9). Acknowledge God’s design of circumstances so people repent of sin and bear fruit.

2. Help others experience freedom in Christ
A woman bent double for 18 years with sickness stood erect when Jesus laid hands on her. A Sabbath healing upset a synagogue official. Jesus said he was hypocritical. Shouldn't a daughter of Abraham be released from Satan's bonds? All His opponents were humiliated and a multitude rejoiced over the glorious things done by Jesus (Luke 13:10-17). Help others experience freedom in Jesus by releasing people from Satan's bonds.

3. Facilitate the spread of God’s kingdom
Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed that grew and became a tree. The kingdom of God is also like leaven that a woman hid in meal until it was leavened (Luke 13:18-21). Facilitate the spread of God’s kingdom from small beginnings to impact a person from the inside out.

4. Experience God’s kingdom
When someone asked if just a few are saved, Jesus said to enter by the narrow door since many seek to enter without success.  Those who know God's will eat and drink with Christ. Those left out will experience weeping and gnashing of teeth (Luke 13:22-30). Experience God's kingdom by trusting Christ and doing God’s will.

5. Patiently await Christ’s return
The Pharisees told Christ to leave since Herod wanted to kill Him. Jesus said His goal was to cast out demons and perform cures until His death and resurrection. Christ expressed sorrow over people rejecting and not seeing Him until His Second Coming (Luke 13:31-35). Patiently await Christ’s return when He sets up His kingdom.
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The following principles show how God's kingdom grows:
1. Repent of your sin and personally receive His death and resurrection.
2. Bear fruit by accepting God’s rule in your life.
3. Be God’s agent releasing people from bondage to Satan so they experience freedom from the inside out.  
4. Begin small with simple gospel conversations and see God's kingdom spread in your sphere of influence. 
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How to Have a Heart for Jesus (Insights in NT)

6/9/2013

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In order to have a heart for Jesus, mourn Him as the Almighty ruler who freed you from sins, respond to His testimony in your life, hear His word and take seriously the events written in Revelation. 

Mourn Jesus as Almighty Ruler Who Freed You from Sins to Serve God
John received a revelation of Jesus through God's word and Christ's testimony concerning what would take place. Blessed was the one who read, heard and took to heart what was written. The seven churches in Asia received grace and peace from Him who is, who was and who is to come, and from Jesus Christ, faithful witness, first-born from the dead and ruler of the earth's kings. He loved, freed them from their sins by His blood and were made into a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father. Every eye saw and mourned Jesus who is, who was, and who is to come in the clouds as the Alpha and the Omega, the Almighty (Rev. 1:1-8). Mourn Jesus as the Almighty ruler who freed you from sins to serve God and will come back in the clouds. 

Respond to Jesus' Testimony After Seeing His Eyes Like a Blazing Fire
John endured suffering on the island of Patmos because of the word of God the and testimony of Jesus. He wrote on a scroll what he saw and sent it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. John saw seven golden lampstands and among them was someone like a son of man dressed in a robe with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were white like wool and snow. His eyes were like blazing fire (Rev. 1:9-14). Respond to Jesus' testimony after seeing His robe, head, hair and eyes like a blazing fire.

Hear Jesus' Word as Double-Edged Sword
His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace. His voice was like the sound of rushing waters. He held seven stars in his right hand and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance (Rev. 1:15-16). Hear Jesus' word as double-edged sword seeing His feet and face along with hearing His voice like the sound of rushing waters.

Take to Heart Jesus as Living One in Past, Present and Future Events 
John fell at His feet as though dead and Jesus placed his right hand on him. He said to not fear as He was the First and the Last, the Living One, was dead, now alive eternally and held the keys of death and Hades. Jesus said to write what he saw, what was now and what will take place later. The seven stars were the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands were the seven churches (Rev. 1:17-20). Take to heart Jesus as Living One who holds the keys of death and Hades in past, present and future events.

Take time to mourn Jesus who freed you from sin. Consider how Jesus made Himself known in your life. Listen to His word in Scripture. Take to heart the events revealed in the book of Revelation. 

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Steps to Bringing Life to Your City (Insights in Prophets)

4/12/2013

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To bring life to your city, sound the alarm for a sacred assembly so the body of Christ mourns and prays as it returns to a loving God who removes the world's scorn, provides provision to restore life and removes shame. Expect God to pour out His Spirit through prophesies, dreams and visions bringing deliverance, judgment, freedom and life in your city among those who call upon Him. 

Declare a Sacred Assembly To Mourn and Cry Out to God

God told Joel to have various generations share what the locusts ate. He asked the drunkards to wake up and weep because of the wine. A powerful nation invaded God's land with teeth of a lion to ruin vines and fig trees. They mourned like a virgin grieving for her husband. Priests mourned since grain and drink offerings were cut off. Because the fields were ruined and harvest destroyed, farmers and vine growers grieved. The joy of people withered away. Joel commanded those who ministered before God to spend the night in sackcloth because offerings were withheld from the house of God. Priests were to declare a fast and sacred assembly for elders and everyone to cry out to the Lord. The day of the Lord grew near like destruction from the Almighty. Food and granaries dried up, fire devoured the open pastures and burned the trees (Joel 1:1-20). Declare a sacred assembly for everyone to mourn and cry out to God since the economy was destroyed.

Sound the Alarm to Pray Before Destruction
Joel said to blow the trumpet and sound the alarm since the day of the Lord was close. It was a day of darkness and gloom like dawn spreading across the mountains. Before the  massive army, fire devoured the land into a desert waste. Nations were in anguish when the army plunged through defenses without breaking ranks as it rushed upon the city. The sun and moon were darkened. The day of the Lord was great and dreadful. Who could endure it? (Joel 2:1-11). Sound the alarm to pray before destruction comes upon your land. 

Return To a Loving God to Stop the World's Scorn of the Church
God said to return to Him with all their heart in fasting, weeping and mourning. God was gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. He could leave a blessing with grain and drink offerings offered to Him. Blow a trumpet, declare a holy fast and call a sacred assembly to bring elders, people and children together. Priests were to weep between the temple porch and altar to prevent God from making His inheritance an object of scorn among the nations asking, "Where is their God?" (Joel 2:12-17). Return to a loving God with weeping, fasting and prayer to stop the world's scorn of the church.

Praise God for Provision to Restore Life and Remove Shame
The Lord was jealous for His land, took pity on His people and sent grain and riches to satisfy them. In not making them an object of scorn to the nations again, He drove the northern army far from them. God told them to not fear, but rejoice in Him who did great things. He gave them a teacher for righteousness, sent abundant showers, filled the threshing floors with grain and overflowed their vats with new wine and oil. He repaid them for the years the locusts ate. They had plenty to eat and praised God who worked wonders for them. His people would never again be shamed knowing God was in Israel as their Lord (Joel 2:18-27). Praise God for His generous provision to restore life and remove shame.

Expect God to Pour Out His Spirit and Multiply Deliverance
Afterward, God would pour out His Spirit on everyone so sons and daughters prophesied, old men dreamt dreams and young men saw visions. He even poured out His Spirit on male and female servants. God showed wonders in the heavens and earth with blood, fire, sun turned to darkness and moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Everyone who called on the Lord would be saved.  Deliverance came in Mount Zion and Jerusalem among whom God called (Joel 2:28-32). Expect God to pour out His Spirit through prophesies, dreams and visions bringing deliverance among those who call upon Him.

Expect God's Judgment to Free People From the World
In those days, God restored the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem when He gathered and judged all nations in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. They scattered His people among the nations, divided up His land, casted lots for His people, traded boys for prostitutes and sold girls for wine so they might drink. Were Tyre, Sidon and Philistia repaying God for something He did? If so, God would return it back on their heads since they carried His silver, gold and finest treasures to their temples. They sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks where they were sent far from their homeland. God roused them from the places they were sold and returned on their heads what they did. He sold their children to Judah who sold them to the Sabeans (Joel 3:1-8). Expect God to judge the nations so He could free His people from the world system. 

Trust God as Refuge and Stronghold to Bring Life to Your City
Joel told the nations to prepare for war, rouse the warriors for battle, beat plowshares into swords and pruning hooks into spears. God judged the wicked nations in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The day of the Lord was near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon were darkened and stars no longer shined. The Lord would roar from Zion as a refuge and stronghold for Israel. God dwelled in His holy hill with foreigners never invading Jerusalem again. In that day, mountains dripped new wine, hills flowed with milk and Judah's ravines ran with water. A fountain flowed out of the Lord's house and watered the valley of acacias. Egypt and Edom were desolate because they shed innocent blood in Judah. Judah and Jerusalem would be inhabited forever. God pardoned their bloodguilt (Joel 3:9-21). Trust God as a refuge and stronghold to bring life to your city.

Will you sound the alarm for a sacred assembly in your city? 
Are you mourning, fasting and calling upon a loving God?
Do you desire to see God stop the world's scorn of the church?
Are you calling upon God for provision to restore life and remove shame in your life and the church?
Are you calling upon God to pour out His Spirit through increased prophesies, dreams and visions?
Are you calling upon God to bring deliverance and life into your city? 



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Know Jesus' Death Causes Creation to be Subject to You (Insights in NT)

3/31/2013

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"We must know the power of the Blood if we are to know the power of God. Our knowing experimentally the power of the Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the power of prayer is dependant upon our knowing the power of the Blood of Christ" (R. A. Torrey)

What enables Jesus' death on the cross to cause all of creation to be subject to you? Jesus is heir of all things, Creator, radiance of God's glory, sustainer, purifier of sin, sits on God's righteous throne, signs and miracles, defeated Satan's power of death, apostle, high priest and builder of God's house. 

Look to the Son as Heir of All Things
God spoke to forefathers through the prophets but in the last days He spoke by His Son. God appointed Him heir of all things and through the Son made the universe. The Son was the radiance of God's glory, exact representation of His being and sustained all things by His powerful word. After providing purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven (Heb. 1:1-3). Look to the Son as heir of all things, Creator, radiance of God's glory, sustainer and purifier of sin. 

Consider Jesus Who Sits on God's Righteous Throne
Superior to angels, God said Jesus was His Son and God His Father. When God brought His first-born into the world, He said angels should worship the Son and made them His servants flames of fire. Concerning the Son, God's throne lasted forever and righteousness as the scepter of His kingdom. He loved righteousness and hated wickedness and anointed the Son with the oil of joy. God laid the foundations of the earth and the heavens was His work. He remained the same forever but creation perished and wore out like a robe. God said the Son sat at His right hand until He made His enemies a footstool for His feet. Angels were ministering spirits sent to serve those who inherited salvation (Heb. 1:4-14). Consider Jesus who sits on God's righteous throne to defeat His enemies using angels to serve believers.

Do Not Drift Away From the Great Salvation
Paying attention to what they heard prevented drifting away from the binding message spoken by angels. If disobedience received punishment, no one escaped by ignoring a great salvation announced by the Lord and confirmed by those who heard Him. God testified to it by signs, wonders, various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will (Heb. 2:1-4). Do not drift away from the great salvation announced by Jesus and confirmed by signs, miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

Know Jesus' Death Causes Creation to Be Subject to You
The Psalmist testified that God remembered and cared for man by making him a little lower than the angels. He crowned man with glory and honor so everything was subject to him. Because this had not occurred yet, God allowed Jesus to suffer and taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, God the Creator made the author of salvation perfect through suffering. Both men made holy and Jesus were of the same family. Jesus unashamedly called them brothers and children of God by singing and praising His name to them (Heb. 2:5-13). Know that Jesus' death causes all creation to be subject to you.

Trust Jesus' Death for Freedom From Fear and Satan's Power
Jesus shared in humanity by His death that destroyed Satan who held the power of death and freed those enslaved to the fear of death. Because Jesus helped Abraham's descendants, He was made like His brothers in every way as a merciful and faithful high priest to make atonement for sin. Jesus suffered during temptation so He was able to help those who were tempted (Heb. 2:14-18). Trust Jesus' death on the cross for freedom from fear and Satan's power.

Think About Jesus as Your Apostle and High Priest
Those who shared in the heavenly calling fixed their thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest. As the builder of God's house, He was worthy of greater honor than Moses. God was the builder of everything, but Moses was faithful as a servant in His house. Christ was faithful as a son over God's house consisting of believers who boasted in courage and hope (Heb. 3:1-6). Think about Jesus as your apostle and high priest as you boast in courage and hope.

Believe Confidently in a Living God
The Holy Spirit told those who heard His voice not to harden their hearts like Israel's 40  years of testing in the desert. Their hearts went astray so they did not enter God's rest. Instead of a sinful, unbelieving heart that turned away from the living God, encourage one another daily so no one would be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. Those who stayed confident and did not harden their heart shared in Christ. Moses led Israel out of Egypt and their sin and disobedience because of unbelief prevented them from entering into God's rest (Heb. 3:7-19). Believe confidently in a living God to enter God's rest.

Which of the following items encourage you the most that cause creation to be subject to you through Jesus' death on the cross: 
1. Jesus is heir of all things
2. Jesus as Creator
3. Jesus as radiance of God's glory
4. Jesus as sustainer
5. Jesus as purifier of sin
6. Jesus sits on God's righteous throne
7. Jesus showing signs and miracles
8. Jesus defeated Satan's power of death
9. Jesus as apostle
10. Jesus as high priest 
11. Jesus as builder of God's house

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Experiencing the Mighty Power of God in Your Life (Insights in NT)

12/22/2012

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"The deeper we are willing to enter into the death of self, the more shall we know of the mighty power of God, and the perfect blessedness of a perfect trust" (Andrew Murray). 

Believe God's grace and preach Christ's resurrection being accountable to mature believers as you confront the false law gospel, let the law reveal sin, receive the Holy Spirit, experience godly character and do good to all men.

Believe in God's Grace and Preach Christ's Resurrection
God who raised Jesus from the dead for the forgiveness of sins to rescue people from the present evil age sent Paul to preach grace and peace according to God's will and glory. Paul was astonished the Galatians quickly deserted God and Christ's grace by turning to a different gospel. Those who preached a perverted gospel should be eternally condemned. Paul would not be Christ's servant if he tried to please and win people's approval. Christ revealed the gospel to Paul. It did not originate or was taught by men. Paul persecuted and tried zealously to destroy the church of God while advancing in Judaism. God set him apart from birth and revealed His Son through grace so He could preach Christ among the Gentiles. Instead of consulting the apostles in Jerusalem, he went immediately to Arabia and later returned to Damascus. After three years, he stayed fifteen days with Peter and saw James, the Lord's brother. The churches of Judea did not know Paul even though they heard he preached the faith he once tried to destroy (Gal. 1:1-24). Believe in God's grace and preach Christ's resurrection to forgive sins and rescue people from the world.

Be Accountable to Mature Believers
Fourteen years later, Paul took Barnabas and Titus to meet with the Jerusalem leaders in verifying that he preached a correct gospel. They ignored false brothers who wanted Titus to be circumcised as a Greek. In this way, the Galatians would understand the freedom and truth of the gospel. James, Peter and John added nothing to Paul's message to the Gentiles, but gave him and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized God's grace among them. They agreed that Paul and his team should preach to the Gentiles and they to the Jews without forgetting the poor (Gal. 2:1-10). Be accountable to mature believers as confirmation that your ministry is on the right track. 

Confront the False Law Gospel 
Peter separated himself from eating with Gentiles after the circumcision group arrived. Other Jews and Barnabas were led astray by this hypocrisy. When Paul saw they did not act according to the truth of the gospel, he confronted Peter in front of everyone. Why would a Jew who lived liked a Gentile force them to follow Jewish customs. A man was proved a sinner because he could not be justified by observing the law but only by faith in Christ. Paul died to the law so he might live for God. Being crucified with Christ, he no longer lived, but Christ lived in him. He lived his life by faith in Christ who loved and gave Himself for him. Paul did not set aside God's grace because Christ died for sinners who never could be righteous through the law (Gal. 2:11-21). Confront the law gospel in example and words as you live by faith through Christ's grace.

Let the Law Reveal Sin 
Paul asked the Galatians who deceived them in thinking they could receive the Spirit by observing the law through human effort instead of believing in Christ. God gave the Spirit and worked miracles in response to believing in Christ, not following the law. For example, Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Those who believe as Gentiles were children of Abraham.  They were justified by their faith like Abraham in blessing all nations through him. Because no one could keep the law perfectly, Christ redeemed people from the curse of the Law by taking it upon Himself when was crucified. The blessing given to Abraham came to the Gentiles by faith in Christ through the promise of the Spirit. The Law came 430 years after Abraham even though it could not impart life because of man's sin. Scripture declared that the world was held as a prisoner of sin by the law until faith was revealed.  The law led people to Christ so they could be justified by faith and not under the law's supervision. People became sons of God through faith in Christ. Every race, occupation or gender became one and belonged to Christ as Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise (Gal. 3:1-29). Let the Law reveal sin and have faith in Christ to be made righteous.

Receive the Holy Spirit to Walk in Freedom 
Children and even slaves who owned the whole estate were still subject to guardians until the time set by their father. Believers were slaves to the basic principles of the world. However, God sent His Son, born of a woman under the law, to redeem those under law so they could receive their full rights of sons by the Holy Spirit in calling out "Abba, Father." The Galatians denied the joy of their inheritance as sons by becoming slaves in observing special days and months. Paul who felt the pains of childbirth until Christ was formed in them feared he wasted time in telling the truth. False teachers wanted to alienate the Galatians from him. Abraham had two sons, one born naturally (Ismael) by a slave woman, Hagar, and the other born as a result of promise (Isaac) by a free woman, Sarah. Hagar represented the Law and slavery. Sarah represented the covenant of promise and freedom. Ismael born in the ordinary way persecuted Isaac who was born by the power of the Holy Spirit. Scripture said to reject the slave woman's son since he would never share in the inheritance of the free woman's son. Therefore, be children of the free woman instead of the slave woman (Gal. 4:1-31). Receive the Holy Spirit to walk in freedom as God's son instead of slavery to the Law.

Experience Godly Character 
Standing firm in Christ's freedom prevented slavery's yoke. Those who became circumcised must obey the whole Law. Trying to be justified by Law alienated them from Christ and His grace. Faith through the Holy Spirit produced righteousness. In Christ, neither the act of circumcision nor uncircumcision had value, but faith expressing itself through love. Those who preached circumcision caused confusion like yeast spreading itself through the whole batch of dough. Freedom gave no license for indulging the flesh, but serving one another in love. Loving your neighbor as yourself summarized the Law to prevent people from biting, devouring and destroying one another. Those who lived by the Spirit inherited the kingdom of God and prevented fleshly desires like sexual immorality, impurity, party spirit, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness and orgies. The fruit of the Spirit was love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control without Law. Those who belonged to Christ crucified the flesh with its passions while keeping in step with the Spirit without conceit or provoking and envying each other (Gal. 5:1-26). Experience godly character through the power of the Holy Spirit as you serve others in love. 

Do Good and Bless All Men
Spiritual people watch themselves to stop temptation so  they can gently restore people caught in sin. Carry each other burdens to fulfill the law of Christ. Deception occurred when anyone thought he was something when he was nothing. Each should carry his own load and not compare himself to others. Those who received instruction in the word must share financially with the teacher. God cannot be mocked since men reap what they sow. He who sowed to please his flesh reaped destruction and the one who sowed to please the Spirit reaped eternal life. Doing good to everybody, especially believers, at every opportunity, reaped a harvest at the proper time. Those who boasted about their flesh by compelling  circumcision desired a good outward impression and avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.  In contrast, Paul boasted in the cross through which the world was crucified to him and he to the world. Works like circumcision or uncircumcision meant nothing compared to the new creation that produced peace and mercy (Gal. 6:1-18). Do good and bless all men spiritually, emotionally, financially and physically as you have opportunity.

Do you believe in God's grace?
Do you preach Christ's resurrection?
Are you accountable to mature believers?
Do you confront the false law gospel?
Do you let the law reveal sin in your life?
Do you receive the Holy Spirit moment by moment?
Do you experience godly character as you trust the Holy Spirit? 
Do you bless all men making the most of the opportunity? 




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Power of New Covenant Ministry Through the Holy Spirit (Insights in NT)

11/22/2012

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"But have we Holy Spirit power - power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church?" (Leonard Ravenhill)

The power of New Covenant ministry through Holy Spirit as found in 2 Cor. 1-3 will comfort, produce answered prayer, fulfill God's promises, forgive sinning believers, triumph always, build confidence, and transform people into freedom and Christlikeness. 

God Comforts
Praise to the Father of compassion and God of all comfort who comforted them in all their troubles so they can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort they received from God. Both the sufferings and comfort of Christ overflowed into their lives. If they were distressed or comforted, it was for the Corinthians comfort and salvation that produced in them patient endurance of similar sufferings Paul and his team suffered. Everyone shared in both sufferings and comfort (2 Cor. 1:1-7). God provides comfort in troubles so you can comfort others in their sufferings. 


God Answers Prayer
In the province of Asia, they suffered under great pressure far beyond their ability to endure so they despaired even of life. Feeling the sentence of death, they did not rely on themselves but on God who raised the dead. They set their hope in Him for deliverance. The Corinthians helped by their prayers causing many to give thanks for God's answers (2 Cor. 1:8-11). God answers prayer when you rely on Him during times of great pressure. 

God Keeps Promises
Paul wrote that he made his ministry plans in holiness and sincerity trusting in God's grace, not according to worldly wisdom. He hoped that they could boast in his team just as he desired to do concerning them at the judgment day. Paul planned to visit them before and after his trip to Macedonia so they could send him on his way to Judea, but not in a worldly manner. The promises of God were always yes in Christ through the preaching of Jesus Christ by he, Silas and Timothy. God made everyone stand firm in Christ, set His seal of ownership and put His Spirit in Paul's team as a deposit guaranteeing the future. The reason Paul did not return to Corinth was to spare them. He did not lord it over their faith but worked with them for their joy so they could stand firm (2 Cor. 1:12-24). God keeps promises in Christ so you can trust Him to provide for your ministry. 

God Forgives
Paul communicated the depth of his love in great distress and grief even though he decided not to make another painful visit to them. They should reaffirm their love for a sinner by forgiving and comforting him after church discipline so he would not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Paul desired that they be obedient in everything regarding forgiveness in the sight of Christ being aware of Satan's schemes (2 Cor. 2:1-11). God forgives and loves sinners through you after church discipline. 

God Triumphs
When Paul found an open door while preaching the gospel in Troas, he went to Macedonia without peace of mind because he did not find his brother Titus.  God always leads in triumphal procession in Christ and spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. To God, Paul and his team were the aroma of Christ among those being saved to life and the smell of death to those perishing. Who was equal to such a task? His team did not peddle the word of God to earn a profit like many, but in Christ, they spoke before Him with sincerity like men sent from God (2 Cor. 2:12-17). God leads in continuous triumph as you spread the aroma of Christ and speak of Him with sincerity without a profit motive.  

God Builds Confidence
Did Paul's team like some people require letters of recommendation to or from them? The letter was written on Paul's heart by the Holy Spirit as a result of their ministry, which was known and read by everybody. Their confidence and competence as a minister of the New Covenant came from God. The letter of the law killed, but the Spirit gave life (2 Cor. 3:1-6). God builds confidence and competence through the Holy Spirit. 

God Transforms
The Law came with fading glory even though the Israelites could not look at Moses' face. If the ministry engraved in letters on stone that condemned men was glorious, how much more was the ministry that brought righteousness and lasting glory. The Spirit produced hope and boldness unlike Moses who put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from seeing fading glory. This same veil remained and covered their hearts when the Mosaic Covenant was read. When anyone turned to Christ, the veil was removed because the Holy Spirit produced freedom. Those with unveiled faces all reflected the Lord's glory being transformed into Christlikeness with ever-increasing glory from the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:7-18). God transforms people into freedom and Christlikeness through the Holy Spirit. 


Practice New Covenant ministry by intensifying  your prayer life realizing that the Holy Spirit is your comforter, answers prayer, keeps God's promises, forgives sinning believers, triumphs always, builds confidence & competence, and transforms you into freedom and Christlikeness. 

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Live With Purpose So You Receive Eternal Reward (Insights in NT)

11/2/2012

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People spend much time in training to be an expert in sports, business or particular hobby. They do it to win a championship, receive a pay raise/ greater position, or award. These rewards are temporary. God has a better idea. He wants you to gain an imperishable wreath like winning the Olympic games, except it impacts you throughout eternity. How can you live with purpose and discipline so you can receive this eternal reward?

Exercise Freedom in Christ if Action Does Not Violate Biblical Command
Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Thinking that one knew something was not the same as really knowing it. Those loved by God were known by Him. Do not be concerned about eating food sacrificed to idols since through God all things came into being. Those with a weak conscience became defiled when they ate food sacrificed to idols not knowing that food did not bring them closer to or farther away from God (I Cor. 8:1-8). Exercise your freedom in Christ as long as action does not violate a biblical command. 

Restrict Freedom in Christ if Action Causes Weaker Brother to Sin
A person cannot allow their freedom to become a stumbling block to the weak. It became sin against Christ if someone with a weak conscience was encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols after seeing a brother eating in an idol's temple. This action destroyed and wounded the weak brother's conscience when they saw the strong eating. Do not eat meat if it caused your brother to fall into sin (1 Cor. 8:9-13). Restrict your freedom in Christ if an action causes a weaker brother to sin.

Refuse Financial Support if Hinders Spread of the Gospel Among Your Ministry Target
Seeing Jesus and developing the church in Corinthian qualified Paul to be an apostle among them in the Lord. He did not exercise his freedom to take a wife or receive financial support even though he sowed spiritual seed among them. The Law said to not muzzle an ox while it tread grain. The plowman ought to share in the harvest.  Paul did not want to hinder the gospel of Christ even though the Lord commanded those who preached the gospel to receive their living from it. God compelled Paul to preach the gospel out of obedience to Him. Volunteers could receive a reward but Paul discharged the trust committed to him. His reward was to preach the gospel free of charge without asserting his right for financial support (1 Cor. 9:1-18). Refuse financial support if it hinders the spread of the gospel of Christ among those whom you minister.

 Determine Target Audience of Church
Paul made himself a slave to everyone. His purpose was to win as many as possible. He became a Jew to win them. He became like those under the Law, to win them. He became like those not having the Law, to win them. To the weak, he became weak to win them. He became all things to all men so by all possible means he might save some. He did this for the sake of the gospel so he could share in its blessings (1 Cor. 9:19-23). Become like your target audience that you seek to reach with the gospel.

Pursue Godly Discipline to Earn Eternal Reward
Pursue strict training to run the race in order to receive the prize of an eternal crown. Do not run aimlessly or fight like a man beating the air. Make your body a slave so after you preach to others, you would not be disqualified for the prize (1 Cor. 9:24-27). Discipline yourself to live godly with purpose so you win an eternal reward.

Study Full Counsel of God to Resist Temptations
Israel was baptized into Moses in the cloud and the sea when they drank from the spiritual rock that was Christ. God was displeased with most of them as they were scattered in the wilderness. These things occurred as examples to prevent future generations from setting their hearts on evil things. Refuse idolatry like those who indulged in pagan revelry, sexual immorality where 23,000 died in one day, testing the Lord where some were killed by snakes, grumbling where some were killed by the destroying angel. These warnings were written down upon whom the end of the ages have come. If you think you were standing firm, be careful you don't fall. No temptation seized you except what was common to man. God was faithful to not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. He provided a way out so you could bear it. Flee idolatry. Drinking the cup and eating the bread at the Lord's table signified participation in Christ's blood and body. In contrast, the pagans' sacrifices were offered to demons, not God. One cannot partake in the Lord's table and table of demons (1 Cor. 10:1-22).  Study all of Scripture to learn how to resist various kinds of temptations through your relationship with Christ.

Determine Effective Discipleship Process
Even though everything was permissible, not everything was beneficial and constructive. Each one should seek the good of others, not his own. Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience since God owns everything. If an unbeliever invited you to a meal, eat without a guilty conscience. If you learn that meat was offered in sacrifice, do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you and the other man's conscience. Do everything for the glory of God, but do not cause anyone to stumble in the church of God. Seek the good of many, not your own so they may be saved (1 Cor. 10:23-33). Seek what is beneficial and constructive for the glory of God so others may be saved.



How to live with purpose and discipline so you receive an eternal reward (imperishable wreath):
1. Exercise your freedom in Christ as long as action does not violate a biblical command
2. Restrict your freedom in Christ if an action causes a weaker brother to sin
3. Restrict your right to receive financial support if it hinders the spread of the gospel of Christ among those whom you minister
4. Become like your target audience that you seek to reach with the gospel
5. Study the Old Testament to learn how to resist various kinds of temptations through your relationship with Christ
6. Seek what is beneficial and constructive for the glory of God so others may be saved






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Connected to the Divine Power Source (Insights in NT)

8/22/2012

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Would it not be the height of folly if Tasmania were to resolve to cut the supply of power from that mountain lake and to substitute handpower? Would not the factories soon close down, and the incipient harvest of prosperity suddenly wither? Yet it often seems as though the modern Church were in danger of making a similar mistake. In scores of cases she [the Church] is disconnecting herself from the dynamic of Pentecost, and is endeavouring to find compensation for her loss of spiritual power in brilliance of intellect in the pulpit, in highly organized and expensive machinery, and by calling to her aid incidental accessories, which are borrowed from the world; and which, even where they may be comparatively innocent, are totally unfit to secure the great ends for which she was called into being, according to the purpose and plan of her great Architect (F.B. Meyer). Romans 8 is the central passage on how to walk by the Holy Spirit so you are connected to the divine power source.

There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus because the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. The Law was powerless through the flesh, but God sent His Son, Jesus, in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering and so condemn sin in the flesh. Walking in the Spirit and not the flesh fulfilled the Law's requirement in you. Those who walk in the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. The mind set on the flesh is death so you are hostile toward God, not subject to the law of God and cannot please God. The mind set on the Spirit is life and peace so you belong to God in righteousness with His Spirit indwelling you. God's Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead gives life to your mortal bodies (Rom. 8:1-11). God's Spirit indwells you with resurrection power to produce life and peace so you can obey the Law and please God. 

You are obligated by the Spirit to put to death the deeds of the body in order to live. Those led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. You received a spirit of adoption as sons crying out, "Abba! Father!" instead of a spirit of slavery leading to fear again. The Spirit bears witness we are children and heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ if we suffer with Him in order to be glorified with Him (Rom. 8:12-17). God's Spirit produces intimacy with God in suffering as co-heirs with Christ to glorify Him. 

Our present sufferings are not worthy to be compared to future glory. The creation waits eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed. God subjected the creation to frustration in hope that it will be liberated from bondage to decay and brought into glorious freedom of the children of God. The whole creation and ourselves groan and suffer the pains of childbirth together until now. Having the first fruits of the Spirit, we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons and the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved, but with perseverance we wait eagerly for what we do not see (Rom. 8:18-25). God's Spirit redeems your body as you are liberated into glorious freedom as a child of God.

The Spirit helps our weakness for we do not know how to pray but the Spirit intercedes with groans that words cannot express. God searches the hearts and knows the mind of the Spirit because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. He causes all things to work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He predestined to become conformed to the image of Jesus hat He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Those He predestined, He also called, those He called, He justified, those He justified, He glorified (Rom. 8:26-30). God's Spirit intercedes according to God's will to conform you into the image of Jesus.

If God is for us, who is against us? He will freely give us all things since He delivered up His own Son for us. No one will bring a charge or condemn those God chose since He justifies and Christ died and was raised to sit at the right hand of Him who also intercedes for us. Nothing will separate us from Christ's love including trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword. If was written that for His sake we face death all day long and are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. In all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Christ who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, life, angels, demons, things present or to come, any powers, height, depth or other created thing will separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:31-39). God gives freely all things including His abiding and eternal love. 


Praise God for His indwelling resurrection power producing intimacy with Him in suffering as He redeems your body into glorious freedom as His child.  Thank Him for interceding according to God's will so you can be conformed into Christ's image as He gives freely all things, especially His abiding and eternal love. 

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Focus By Grace on Your Identity in Christ (Insights in NT)

8/14/2012

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"Suppose someone should offer me a plateful of crumbs after I had eaten a T-bone steak. I would say, "No, thank you. I am already satisfied." Christian, that is the secret - you can be so filled with the things of Christ, so enamoured with the things of God that you do not have time for the sinful pleasures of the world " (Billy Graham).

Focusing by grace on your identity in Christ through His death, burial and resurrection is the key to living the Christian life.

Should you keep on sinning so grace increases? Absolutely not! How can you live in sin by already dying to it? Those who were baptized (identified) into Christ were also identified into His death. You were buried with Him through baptism into death so when Christ was raised from the dead, you also may live a new life. You were united with Him in both His death and resurrection. Your old self was crucified with Him so your body of sin might be rendered powerless. As a result, you should no longer be a slave to sin. Because a dead person is freed from sin, believe that you live with Him. Christ's resurrection proves that death is no longer master over Him. In the same way, consider yourself dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus (Rom. 6:1-11). Consider yourself dead to sin but alive to God by identifying with Christ's death and resurrection.


Therefore do not let sin reign in your body so you obey its lusts. Do not offer the various parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness, but offer the parts of your body to God as alive from the dead and as instruments of righteousness. Sin will not master you because you are under grace, not law (Rom. 6:12-14). Deny lusts and offer up the members of your body as alive to be instruments of righteousness under grace.  

Do not excuse sinning because you are under grace instead of law. You are slaves to the one you obey--either slaves of sin leading to death or slaves of obedience leading to righteousness. You became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching you were committed. Being freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness by presenting the parts of your body to righteousness resulting in holiness. You reaped no benefit being a slave to sin and death. Being freed from sin and enslaved to God, you reap holiness and eternal life. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus (Rom. 6:15-23). Become a slave of obedience to God leading to righteousness, holiness and eternal life. 

The law has authority over a man while he is alive. A woman is not an adulteress if she marries another man after her first husband dies. You died to the Law through the body of Christ so you could belong to Him who was raised from the dead to bear fruit to God. Sinful passions aroused by the Law bore fruit for death. Being released from the Law and the written code, you serve in the newness of the Spirit (Rom. 7:1-6). Die to the Law through Christ's body in order to serve in the Spirit. 

The Law is not sin! You could not know sin except through the Law. If the Law had not said, "You shall not covet," you would not know about coveting. Sin became alive by taking opportunity through the commandment to produce coveting of every kind resulting in death. For apart from the law, sin is dead. The Law and commandment is holy, righteous and good, but sin taking opportunity through the Law deceived you (Rom. 7:7-13). Understand sin through the Law and how it comes alive to deceive you into death. 

The Law is spiritual but I am of flesh sold as a slave to sin. I don't understand what I do. I do not do want I want. I do the evil I hate. I agree the Law is good but nothing good lives in me or my flesh. I cannot carry out my desire to do good. I do the evil I do not want to do because of sin living in me. My inner being delights in God's law, but the law of sin wages war against my mind and the members of my body. What a wretched man I am! Who will set me free from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. My mind serves the law of God, but my flesh the law of sin (Rom. 7:14-25).  Set your flesh and mind free from being a slave of sin through Jesus Christ.

Review these truths concerning your identity in Christ:
1. Consider yourself dead to sin but alive to God by identifying with Christ's death and resurrection.
2. Deny lusts and offer up the members of your body as alive to be instruments of righteousness under grace.    
3. Become a slave of obedience to God leading to righteousness, holiness and eternal life.  
4. Die to the Law through Christ's body in order to serve in the Spirit. 
5. 
Understand sin through the Law and how it comes alive to deceive you into death.  
6. 
Set your flesh and mind free from being a slave of sin through Jesus Christ.

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Plan to Fight Idolatry (Insights in Psalms)

12/7/2011

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Tim Keller says the following about idolatry:
1. Anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God,
2. Anything you seek to give you what only God can give you.
3. A counterfeit god is anything so central and essential to your life that, should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living
4. An idol is whatever you look to and say, in your heart of hearts, “If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.”Psalm 115-117 explains how to make God Lord instead of idols

Glory in God's Love and Truth

Give glory to God's name because of His lovingkindness and truth so the nations can see Him. God does whatever He pleases from the heavens. Idols of silver and gold are the work of man's hands, which can't speak, see, hear, smell, feel or walk. People become like the idols they trust (Ps. 115:1-8). Glory in God's love and truth instead of idols made by men. 

Trust and Fear the Lord
The Psalmist calls on Israel to trust in and fear the Lord as their help and shield. He blesses everyone equally and gives increase to your family as maker of heaven and earth (Ps. 115:9-15). Trust and fear the Lord because He is the only one who offers help and protection.

Bless and Praise the Lord
God gives the earth to men so they can bless and praise the Lord forever (Ps. 115:16-18). Bless and praise the Lord as your prime purpose in life. 

Call Upon the Lord
I love and call upon the Lord because He hears my prayers. I found distress and sorrow when death and evil surrounded me. I called upon the Lord's name to save my life (Ps. 116:1-4). Call upon the Lord for deliverance when facing distress, sorrow, death and evil.

Admit Your Brokenness
God's graciousness, righteousness and compassion preserve and save me. My soul rested as the Lord dealt bountifully and rescued me from death, tears and stumbling. Acknowledging my affliction led to believing God and recognizing the lies of men (Ps. 116:5-11). Admit your brokenness and trust in God's grace, righteousness and compassion instead of men's lies. 

Embrace Your Freedom in Christ
In response to the Lord's benefits, I lift up the cup of salvation, call upon the Lord and pay my vows to Him in the presence of others. As God's servant who loosened my bonds, I offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call upon His name in the Lord's courts (Ps. 116:12-19). Embrace your freedom in Christ so you can thank and call upon God in the presence of others.

Praise God for Love and Truth
All nations should praise God because of His great lovingkindness and eternal truth (Ps. 117:1-2). Never forget to praise God because He's the one who offers love and truth.  

Consider this plan to fight idolatry: 
1.  Spend time glorying in God's love and truth
2. Take action in trust, fear, bless, praise and calling upon Him
3. Admit your brokenness 
4. Embrace your freedom in Christ
5. Praise God for His love and truth 


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