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❤UESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE / FORGIVENESS AND CONFESSION OF SIN❤❤❤

1Cor 15-17 ; 20-22

" And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope[a] in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive."

How do I truly know my sins are forgiven today?

The apostle Paul proclaims, "If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! . . . But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:17, 20-22).

Now, is Christ risen? Yes, absolutely! And according to the Bible, because He is risen, you are no longer in your sins. Jesus' resurrection is the living proof that all your sins have been completely and totally forgiven. You cannot preach grace without preaching the resurrected Christ. We are saved by grace through our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ:

Ephesians 2:4-9

"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."

Our forgiveness is not contingent upon us and what we have or have not done, so no one can boast that they earned their forgiveness through their own efforts. Through faith in Jesus' finished work at the cross, we have received the gift of salvation. Salvation is a gift. When something is a gift, it means that you cannot work for it, earn it, or merit it. A gift is lavished upon the recipient by the giver, and Jesus gave of His own life to ransom yours.

🔹You Have Total And Complete Forgiveness

Ephesians 1:7

"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace"

Religion teaches that only our past sins-from the day we were born until the day we became Christians-have been forgiven, and that our future sins are not forgiven until we confess them and seek forgiveness."

My friend, when Jesus died on the cross, how many of your sins were future?

Unless you are more than 2,000 years old, all your sins were future then! Jesus took them all upon Himself, nailed them to the cross and declared, "It is finished!" So if you are not forgiven of all, then you are not forgiven at all.

Yes l mean Jesus also died for the sin that you have just committed?"

Yes!"And also for the sins which you will commit?"

Yes! That is why He said, "It is finished!"

Colossians 2:13-15

" When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross."

Yet many of us are inconsistent in our believing. One part of us says, "God has forgiven me of all my sins." But another part says, "Yes, but I must still confess my sins to be forgiven of them." Are you like that?

Beloved, you are forgiven not because of your work of confession. Your confession cannot wash away your sins. You are forgiven because of the blood of Jesus shed for you. His blood alone cleanses you.

You cannot believe that you are forgiven of your past, present and future sins, and still think that there is something for you to do to make that forgiveness complete. If you do, then it becomes your work too, not Jesus' alone.

FAQ : Is there a place for confession of sins?

My friend, if you have just sinned, you can always tell God about it without feeling condemned because you know that you already have forgiveness and that Jesus was condemned in your place. But you don't confess your sins to God in order to be forgiven. You already have total and complete forgiveness because of the blood of Jesus!

Amen ! I hope you're blessed by this sermon .

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❤Romans 5:1-2

Paul wrote, "Therefore, since we have

been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord

Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand..."

Good works are not unimportant, but instead of leading to salvation they

are a response and an out-flowing from salvation.

🔹 It is important to remember that we cannot buy our way

into God's good books by good works.

The New Testament provides a few

important keys to the relationship between faith, grace and works:

🔹 We cannot be saved by works (Romans 3:20)

🔹 Grace is not an excuse for sin (Romans 6:1-2)

🔹 But rather grace works in us enabling us to do good works (1 Corinthians 15:10, Ephesians 2:10)

When we have believed in Jesus and have received our justification, God

also gives believers assurance of our right relationship with him.

God we know that even when we don't feel it, our justification is based on

his work and his faithfulness.

1 John 3:1-3

" See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure."

FAQ: How do you know that you are saved? FAQ :How do you know that you are in good standing with God?

1 John 3:1-3 summarises the doctrine of justification by grace through faith,

with assurance:

• Grace - "See what love the Father has given us..." (verse 1)

• Justification - "that we should be called children of God; and that is what

we are..." (verse 1)

• Assurance - "Beloved, we are God's children now..." (verse 2)

• Holy living - "all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he

is pure" (verse 3)

Galatians 5:2-4

"You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ;

you have fallen away from grace"

🔹Fallen from grace

People often use the popular phrase "fallen away from grace" to describe

someone who has sinned or messed up in some way. However, this phrase

actually comes from the bible and was used by Paul to describe people who had drifted away from grace by thinking that they could impress God by good works!

In Paul's case it was specifically addressed to those who

thought that it was by practising the good works of the Jewish law that they

would remain in fellowship with God:

Romans 10:9-13

"confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The scripture says, 'No

one who believes in him will be put to shame.' For there is no distinction

between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all

who call on him. For, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lo uprd shall be

saved'"

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             ❤Romans 1:17

"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written 'The just shall live by faith.' "

If you go to the streets and ask Christians today what justifies them and releases God's blessings into their lives, most of them will tell you, "Obeying God's laws and living a good life." Rarely will you hear, "I'm justified and blessed by faith in Christ."

🔹But what does the Bible actually say about the gospel we are to preach?

The answer is found in Romans 1:17-"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.' "

🔹What is the above supposed to be revealed in this gospel?

Not our sins, but the righteousness of God! Only hearing about the grace of God and how you are righteous by faith in Christ will set you free from your struggle with sin, addiction, and bondage.

FAQ: Don't we need God's laws to be holy?

FAQ :How, according to the Bible, are believers to live holy lives?

If a born-again Christian knows he is already righteous in Christ and has all his sins forgiven through Jesus' finished work, won't he take advantage of this and live a godless life?

→ Justification is a gift from God

→ We receive justification by faith

→ Good works flow out of justification

→ God gives the justified assurance of their right relationship with him.

Our world is broken, and we are broken. The book of Genesis explains

this through the story of the sin of Adam and Eve. As a consequence of

being born into a broken world and because of our own sins we are out of

relationship with God.

🔹Justification is the theological word to describe the process of coming back into right relationship with God.

🔹It describes how God sets us right with himself so that we can be in relationship with him despite our failings.

🔹Justify by grace.

This means that it is a gift and not on the basis of our pleasing God by being good people.

Before Jesus, the Jews understood their relationship with God primarily in terms of the covenant with Moses. This covenant specified laws for the Jewish people to live

by.

If they obeyed the laws they would be blessed by God. If they disobeyed then it would break their relationship with God, he

would withdraw his protection and they would be sent into exile.

Justification comes through faith rather than through works.Faith is the way that we receive the gift of coming back into right

relationship with God.

When we believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has done everything that is necessary to reconcile us to God then we receive our

justification from God by his grace.

Romans 5:1-2

Paul wrote, "Therefore, since we have

been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord

Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in

which we now stand..". Amen ! TBC ..

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Theme :You have nothing to f

Romans 1:17

"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written 'The just shall live by faith.' "

If you go to the streets and ask Christians today what justifies them and releases God's blessings into their lives, most of them will tell you, "Obeying God's laws and living a good life." Rarely will you hear, "I'm justified and blessed by faith in Christ."

🔹But what does the Bible actually say about the gospel we are to preach?

The answer is found in Romans 1:17-"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.' "

🔹What is the above supposed to be revealed in this gospel?

Not our sins, but the righteousness of God! Only hearing about the grace of God and how you are righteous by faith in Christ will set you free from your struggle with sin, addiction, and bondage.

FAQ: Don't we need God's laws to be holy?

FAQ :How, according to the Bible, are believers to live holy lives?

If a born-again Christian knows he is already righteous in Christ and has all his sins forgiven through Jesus' finished work, won't he take advantage of this and live a godless life?

→ Justification is a gift from God

→ We receive justification by faith

→ Good works flow out of justification

→ God gives the justified assurance of their right relationship with him.

Our world is broken, and we are broken. The book of Genesis explains

this through the story of the sin of Adam and Eve. As a consequence of

being born into a broken world and because of our own sins we are out of

relationship with God.

🔹Justification is the theological word to describe the process of coming back into right relationship with God.

🔹It describes how God sets us right with himself so that we can be in relationship with him despite our failings.

🔹Justify by grace.

This means that it is a gift and not on the basis of our pleasing God by being good people.

Before Jesus, the Jews understood their relationship with God primarily in terms of the covenant with Moses. This covenant specified laws for the Jewish people to live

by.

If they obeyed the laws they would be blessed by God. If they disobeyed then it would break their relationship with God, he

would withdraw his protection and they would be sent into exile.

Justification comes through faith rather than through works.Faith is the way that we receive the gift of coming back into right

relationship with God.

When we believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has done everything that is necessary to reconcile us to God then we receive our

justification from God by his grace.

Romans 5:1-2

Paul wrote, "Therefore, since we have

been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord

Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in

which we now stand..". Amen ! TBC ..

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Romans 8:26-27

" In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God."

Jesus' death , burial and resurrection has prophetically established all believers in the age of Grace .

What is the age of grace?

When Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead, He brought in a new era called the dispensation of grace.

In this new dispensation, God is no longer dealing with man based on our sins but dealing with man based on His grace. "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them" (see 2 Cor. 5:19).

In the gospels, Jesus went about healing all, even the overt sinners. As many as reached out to Jesus were healed by Him. There was never a time that Jesus did not heal someone because they had sin in their lives. His grace was greater than their sins.

This is not belittling sin in people's lives. His grace is greater than sin, so sin cannot stop His grace but His grace can stop sin.

When people experience the grace of God, they are transformed because it is His goodness that leads them to repentance. It is the goodness of God that leads them to desire to live a life of holiness.

Nonetheless, we don't live a holy life in order to get healing from God or qualify for any blessing.

Only grace can give you true holiness. You must experience God's grace and the fruit of that is "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness" (see Gal. 5:22). All these are the fruit of living under grace.

Expect only good because Jesus our High Priest is seated at the Father's right hand and He only blesses!

We need to have both the love of Jesus and the power of Jesus in our lives. Power without love can be abusive and love without power is helpless.

We have both his love and His power.

Take time to talk to God and say, "Father, I thank You for the Lord Jesus' power,🔹 His power to keep me and my family from the COVID-19 virus, 🔹to keep me and my family strong and healthy, 🔹to keep me and my family from the power of the evil one. Amen."

I urge you listening to me today to continually give your Sabbath ( Sundays )to God . The best of our week, to the Lord.

The Lord ordained Sunday as the Lord's Day. This means that when we listen to the Word, we are not distracted, we are giving Him our best.

Make time to feed on the rhema word ...Amen !

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FAQ : Does the Bible emphasize justification by faith or justification by works for the believer under the new covenant?

FAQ:What is the crux of the gospel-are we justified by works or by faith?

Jude 1:3

"Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people."

To answer this question, let's go to the book of Jude Jude 1:3. What is "the faith" here that the church is to contend earnestly for? My dear reader, when you hear the word faith mentioned in the New Testament, it refers to "justification by faith"-how one is made righteous before God based solely on his faith in Christ Jesus. This is the crux of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is what sets it apart from all the false gospels.

The crux of the gospel is not right living or good works, but justification by faith. And the apostle Jude tells us to contend earnestly for this.

🔹We are to agonize for the faith! 🔹We are to fight for the truth that we are justified by faith and not works. This is the real gospel. This is the good news.

Sadly, what you hear today is hardly good news, because justification by faith has been subtly replaced with justification by works.

Yes, they may tell you that you are saved by grace through faith, but then in the same breath, they corrupt the simplicity of the gospel by saying that you stay saved or get blessed through works.

If you go to the streets and ask Christians today what justifies them and releases God's blessings into their lives, most of them will tell you, "Obeying God's laws and living a good life." Rarely will you hear, "I'm justified and blessed by faith in Christ."

🔹But what does the Bible actually say about the gospel we are to preach?

The answer is found in Romans 1:17-"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.' "

🔹What is the above supposed to be revealed in this gospel? Not our sins, but the righteousness of God! Only hearing about the grace of God and how you are righteous by faith in Christ will set you free from your struggle with sin, addiction, and bondage. .....TBC stay connected ! Shalom !

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Genesis 42:36

"You have bereaved me: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are against me" .

Brethren , do you realize that Joseph was alive and would rescue Father and his family. He did not realize that things were working out for good.

Don't limit God. When He says "all things" will work for good, He means it. Everything in your life will work together for good.

This does not mean when we encounter a bad situation, we accept it. We believe God for a breakthrough, knowing that all things (even sickness) will work for your good.

🔹What is this "good" God wants us to have? ? ?

God foreknew that you would accept Jesus Christ and you would not be numbered among the unbelievers who consistently rejected Him. God did not manipulate your free will, God gave you the free will and He knew you would accept Christ. So for those He foreknew, He predestined them to be conformed to the image of Jesus.

So the "good" that God wants us to have is to be more like Jesus.

🔹When God looks at you, your position is: 🔹You are the righteousness of God in 🔹Christ. You are a new creation created in righteousness and true holiness.🔹 God sees you holy and blameless in His sight.

Never judge your position by your behavior. E.g. If you have a problem with your anger, judge your anger by the fact that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Declare that this anger is not who you really are, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. Declare that you are holy and blameless in God's eyes.

Never judge your position by your behavior, judge your behavior by your position.

God is causing everything in your life to work together for your good so that you would be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus, and have all His wonderful characteristics.

When Jesus is authoritative, He is not abrasive.

When Jesus is humble, He is not servile.

When Jesus loves, He is not a pushover.

When Jesus is in your life, He will bring out His characteristics in you.

And God wants us to be like Jesus.

No evil can prevail in the presence of Jesus.

Also remember Jesus intercedes for you in the Father's Right-hand

Revelation 5:8

"Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."

In Jesus' redemptive and atoning work, He did not just remove our sins, but after He removed our sins He also added all His fragrance (the incense) to us. Because we are in Christ, like Jesus, we are a sweet fragrance to God .

Bear this in mind every time you pray. Imagine a sweet fragrance going to God. God delights in you coming to Him. This is the new (fresh) and living way (see Heb. 10:20). Every time you come to God, it is as if Jesus' sacrifice is fresh.

Everytime you pray , you emit the sweet fragrance of Jesus and your prayers are always accepted.

In this new and living way, the more you come to God and pray, the more you are enlivened, reinvigorated, restored in your health. The blood of Jesus has brought in the perfection of Jesus in place of all our shortcomings.

When you bring something that reminds the Father of Jesus, everything evil in your life stops.

In the midst of the lockdown, glorify Jesus through praise and worship, talk about how wonderful Jesus is, and come to the Father and tell Him how beautiful Jesus is.

Even though your prayers are not perfect, when your prayers go to Jesus, He takes out everything that is unnecessary and adds His fragrance, then He brings your prayers to the Father. When we pray "in Jesus' name," this is what happens.

Our prayers reach God like incense today. They are sweet and perfect to Him. We do not pray based on our merits, but based on Jesus' perfection.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be set before You as incense,

The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Even in the New Testament, God wills that we pray lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

You can pray for anything you want to pray for and transcend time and space. Don't be concerned that your prayers are not reaching heaven and you do not know how to pray. Through Jesus, your prayers are more eloquent than you realize. So keep praying in His name.Amen!

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❤️Topic : Grace / Mercy

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Mercy and Grace

Ephesians 2:4-10

" But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."

✍️Grace means getting the good we don't deserve because we're in Christ Risen . ( grace is God's unmerited , underserved and unearned favour ).

✍️Mercy means not getting the bad we deserve because we're in the Christ Risen .

For just as sure as the sun comes up every morning, we can be confident that His mercies never end. They are never based on how good we are, but only on His steadfast character. His compassion towards us is fresh every morning, and each day is a gift straight from His hand. We can trust His heart for us.

Lamentations 3:22-24

" The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,

"therefore I will hope in him."

TBC .............

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  ⏺ CONFESSION OF SIN 

" If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:9 is primarily a salvation verse, one that encourages the sinner to acknowledge and confess his sinful state or "sinnerhood," get born again by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and have his sinful state through Adam replaced with a new righteous state through Christ.

The heretical Gnostic doctrine did not subscribe to a belief in man's sinful state. John was addressing this heresy directly in the first chapter of 1 John and encouraging the Gnostics to confess their sinful state and receive the Lord's complete forgiveness and total cleansing from all their unrighteousness through His finished work at the cross.
Now, what does the apostle John say then, about our committing of sins after we've become believers? Just two verses later in the second chapter of 1 John, John answers this question as he begins his address to believers: "My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" (1 John 2:1).
John reminds us that when we fail as believers, we have an Advocate with the Father-Jesus Christ.
Because of our Lord Jesus and what He has accomplished at the cross, we have forgiveness and we still stand righteous before God even when we've missed it.

   

 🔹     a) Topic : BORN AGAIN

John 3:3

"Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."

✍️FAQ

If a born-again Christian knows he is already righteous in Christ and has all his sins forgiven through Jesus' finished work, won't he take advantage of this and live a godless life?

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

✍️" But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness"

✍️A born again believer in Christ has no unforgiven sin.The Word of God attests that we are children of the light and day.A true believer of Christ may commit " darkness " but does not make him forfeit his salvation.( Your salvation is not on probation neither can you lose it ) --John3:16 otherwise ,what does " EVERLASTING" mean ??

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

John 1:12

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God"

1John 1:5

✍️" This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all."

2 Cor 5:16-21

" So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

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b)FAQ How do we reconcile our forgiveness in Christ with a lifestyle of holy living?

Hebrews 10:14-18

"For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord.I will put my laws in their hearts,

and I will write them on their minds. Then he adds:"Their sins and lawless acts

I will remember no more."

And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary."

Many believers are worried that people will take advantage of the revelation of their total forgiveness in Christ and go on to lead godless lives.

They are worried that such teaching places no emphasis on sanctification or the desire to live holy, God-glorifying lives. However, note here that while you have been justified and made righteous by the blood of Jesus or perfected forever, the truth is that sanctification is ongoing in your growth as a Christian.

This is why the author of the book of Hebrews says that we are being sanctified even though we are perfected forever by Christ's one act of obedience at the cross (see Heb. 10:14).

✍️Justification by Faith

As a believer you cannot become more righteous, but you can become more sanctified or holy in terms of how you live your life.

Justification by faith happened instantaneously. The moment you received Jesus, you were forgiven, cleansed, perfected in righteousness, and saved. You were also sanctified in Christ (see Heb. 10:10).

However, it is important to understand that the revelation and outworking of your sanctification in Christ is progressive. This means that the more you grow in your relationship with the Lord Jesus, the more holy you will become in every area of your life.

What a beautiful, true-life picture of what really happens when a person sits under teaching that uncovers the undiluted gospel of grace!

2Timothy 3:16

"all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" ---so how can we say that behavior is not important? But contrary to what many people imagine, the revelation of forgiveness does not detract from, nor is it at the expense of, right living. Instead it is the fuel that makes right living happen."

✍️SANCTIFICATION

Merriam-Webster Online describes sanctification as "the state of growing in divine grace as a result of Christian commitment after conversion."

"Holy living" is all about growing in grace-- ( God's unmerited , undeserved and unearned favour ) .Establish yourself in the gospel of grace. Paul told Timothy to be "strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 2:1). Peter encouraged believers to build a strong foundation with these closing words in his last epistle: "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 3:18).

✍️ Grace produces true holiness.

The more you grow in grace-the more you are washed, again and again, by the water of the word of God's grace-the more you grow in sanctification and holiness, and the more you allow the Holy Spirit to correct habits and thinking that keep you in bondage.

When you experience the grace of our Lord Jesus, the allure and passing pleasures of sin fade in the light of His glory and grace. Victory also begins to come into previous areas of struggle, weakness, and defeat.

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FAQ: How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? ( Believers)

Hebrews 8:8-13. cf Jeremiah 31:31-34

"The days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will make a new covenant

with the people of Israel

and with the people of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant

I made with their ancestors

when I took them by the hand

to lead them out of Egypt,

because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,

and I turned away from them,

declares the Lord.

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel

after that time, declares the Lord.

I will put my laws in their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

No longer will they teach their neighbor,

or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,'

because they will all know me,

from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will forgive their wickedness

and will remember their sins no more." By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear."

Isaiah 43 :25

"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Psalm 103 1-5

" Praise the Lord, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits

who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

Psalm 10311-12

"For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us."

In Psalm 103:11, the psalmist mentions another set of directions: up and down. God's love is "as high as the heavens . . . above the earth." Again, we have a statement of overwhelming magnitude-something that to the ancients would have truly been incalculable and unimaginable. No matter how far up a person could go, he would never outdistance God's love.

Psalm 103:12.

The idea is that, when God forgives, He really forgives. Our sins have been removed from us as far as is possible to imagine. It is a statement of complete and utter forgiveness. Once our sins have been removed, we will never be held accountable for them. They will never come back to haunt us.

Isaiah 43:25 , God promises that, under the New Covenant, "I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more" Jeremiah 31:34. King Hezekiah praised God for the forgiveness he experienced: "In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back" (Isaiah 38:17).

The New Testament details the sacrifice of Christ and points to it as the basis of our freedom from guilt: "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). The fact that there is "no condemnation" means that those who are in Christ will never have to answer for their sins because Christ has paid the debt already. "How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!" (Psalm 103:12.

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🔹The 2 ways that "sin shall not have dominion over you".

Romans 6:14

"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace".

The religious angle which makes this so deceptive and destructive is that "sin won't have dominion over you if you are under grace, therefore if sin is having dominion over you then you are not under grace." This is absolutely not what this scripture is saying and to teach it like this is to bring bondage and death.

🔹So how do we understand Romans 6:14 then?

FAQ :How shall sin not have dominion over us if we are under grace?

TFAQ:Does being under grace mean we will never sin again?

FAQ :If we still sin does that mean we're not under grace?

I want to answer these questions by showing you the 2 ways that Romans 6:14 applies to us: ( believers )

"Sin shall not have dominion over you"

1) Legally, and

2) Experientially.

1) Legally sin cannot have dominion over you anymore because you are no longer under God's law.

When you were under the law then sin could have dominion over you because the law could find you guilty, and condemn and punish you for your sin.

Romans 6:23

" For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Once you believed in Christ then you came out from the position of being under the law and came into a new position of being under grace.

Coming into Christ sets you free from the dominion of the law which means that sin no longer has a way to find you guilty and to condemn and punish you.

Sin cannot use the law anymore to condemn or punish you since you are no longer under the law anymore.

The removal of the law has removed sins power over you to condemn you. Therefore sin shall no longer legally have dominion over you, since you are no longer under the law but under grace. Amen!

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🔹The 2 ways that "sin shall not have dominion over you"... continuation

Romans 6:14

"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace".

🔹You're Either under Law or Grace and not both

Revelation 3:15-17

" I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:"

🔹It's important to see that everyone is positioned either, under the law or under grace.

Before a person believes in Christ and is born again, they are under the law of God.

Romans 3:19-20

"Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin."

Hebrews 10:1-2

" For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins."

Galatians 3:7-11

" Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

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.

So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith."

🔹Those Who Are Under The Law

They are in the domain of the law, and therefore under the dominion of the law. This is the position they are in. As long as they are under the law there is no amount of good behaviour they could do that could take them out of the domain of the law and bring them into the domain of grace.

🔹WAY OUT FROM THE CURSE

The only way to come out of the law and into grace is to have faith in Christ and be born again. Once you are born again you come into the domain of grace, and are therefore under the dominion of grace. This is now the new position you are in. You are no longer in the domain of the law but in the domain of grace.

7 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Romans 7:1-4

"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."

Either Grace or Law

You cannot be in both domains. It is spiritually impossible! . You can only ever be in one, either law or grace. If you are not born again then you are under the law. If you are born again then you are under grace.

Once you are born again and under grace, there is no amount of bad behaviour that can take you out of the domain of grace and back under the domain of the law. Good behaviour didn't get you into the domain of grace and bad behaviour doesn't take you out. It has nothing to do with behaviour it has to do with faith.( Grace means : God's unearned , undeserved and unmerited favour )

FAQ: "What then, shall we just sin now because we are not under law but under grace?"

That question is the right question to ask after you hear grace correctly taught. In fact, if our grace teaching does not provoke this question then we are not teaching grace in its fullness. Perhaps we are afraid that people will use what we're teaching to run out and sin, so we hold back on teaching grace the way Paul taught it. The way Paul taught grace provoked this very question. In fact look at the very next verse that comes after Romans 6:14:

Romans 6:15

"What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?"

Of course the answer is no! Which Paul clarifies at the end of verse 15, "Certainly not!". But Paul asks this question because he knew that other people would ask it after the revelation of grace he just taught.

God doesn't want us to sin, but if we do sin, then that sin is already legally pardoned and can never condemn or punish us. Does this mean that we should just sin then? Of course not, but if we do sin that sin has already been dealt with in Christ. Of course not. We shouldn't sin. But if we do sin, we have One who has taken the punishment for us and continually reveals our eternal innocence before the Father.

This is what 1 John 2:1-2 confirms:

"My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins..."

Now it's not just legally that sin can no longer have dominion over us. Because of your new reborn nature you can now begin to exercise dominion and experience victory over sin.

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🔹2) Experientially you ( the believer ) can walk in dominion over sin because you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:14 is not saying that "if you don't walk in dominion over sin then you are not under grace". Rather it is saying that "because you are under grace it is now possible to walk in dominion over sin".

If we had to walk in 100% dominion over sin in order to be under grace then nobody would be under grace because nobody walks in 100% dominion over sin. But this scripture is not saying that in order to get under grace you have to walk in dominion over sin, it is saying that because you are under grace you can now walk in dominion over sin. This is a very important difference and if we don't understand it we will put God's children in bondage.

You used to be dead to God and alive to sin, but now you are alive to God and dead to sin!

Before you were in Christ, you were dead to God and alive to sin. (Eph 2:1-2). Our sinful nature is what was leading and controlling us. (Rom 7:5).

We were slaves to sin and the law that we were under had no power to control sin or set us free from sin. In fact the law only exposed our sin and stirred up our sinful nature to sin even more. (Rom 7:5,7,8,13). Therefore while we were dead to God and under the domain of the law, sin had dominion over us and we were slaves to it.

But then we believed in Christ and were born again. This is where we died to sin and came alive to God. (Rom 6:2,7,8). Just as Christ died once and rose again to new life, so too we died to sin once and rose again to new life in Christ. (Rom 6:10-11). This is when our old sinful nature was crucified with Christ and removed, and where God raised us up to new life with a brand new righteous nature. (Rom 6:6. Col 2:11).

When we were under the law, we were dead to God and alive to sin, but now we have been born again into the domain of grace and are dead to sin and alive to God! Because we died with Christ to sin and were raised up with him into new life with a new nature, we have been set free from sin. We are no longer slaves to sin. Sin no longer has dominion over us to control us anymore. We now have dominion over sin and can exercise that dominion. (Rom 6:6,7,17,18,22). We can now say "NO!" to sin. We don't have to obey it anymore. (Rom 6:12). Now Sin has nomore power to condemn us and send us (the believer) to hell.

Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

    ❤️ a) Topic : BORN AGAIN

John 3:3

"Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."

✍️FAQ

If a born-again Christian knows he is already righteous in Christ and has all his sins forgiven through Jesus' finished work, won't he take advantage of this and live a godless life?

1 Thessalonians 5:4-5

✍️" But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness"

✍️A born again believer in Christ has no unforgiven sin.The Word of God attests that we are children of the light and day.A true believer of Christ may commit " darkness " but does not make him forfeit his salvation.( Your salvation is not on probation neither can you lose it ) --John3:16 otherwise ,what does " EVERLASTING" mean ??

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

John 1:12

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God"

1John 1:5

✍️" This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all."

2 Cor 5:16-21

" So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

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❤️b)FAQ How do we reconcile our forgiveness in Christ with a lifestyle of holy living?

Hebrews 10:14-18

"For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord.I will put my laws in their hearts,

and I will write them on their minds. Then he adds:"Their sins and lawless acts

I will remember no more."

And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary."

Many believers are worried that people will take advantage of the revelation of their total forgiveness in Christ and go on to lead godless lives.

They are worried that such teaching places no emphasis on sanctification or the desire to live holy, God-glorifying lives. However, note here that while you have been justified and made righteous by the blood of Jesus or perfected forever, the truth is that sanctification is ongoing in your growth as a Christian.

This is why the author of the book of Hebrews says that we are being sanctified even though we are perfected forever by Christ's one act of obedience at the cross (see Heb. 10:14).

✍️Justification by Faith

As a believer you cannot become more righteous, but you can become more sanctified or holy in terms of how you live your life.

Justification by faith happened instantaneously. The moment you received Jesus, you were forgiven, cleansed, perfected in righteousness, and saved. You were also sanctified in Christ (see Heb. 10:10).

However, it is important to understand that the revelation and outworking of your sanctification in Christ is progressive. This means that the more you grow in your relationship with the Lord Jesus, the more holy you will become in every area of your life.

What a beautiful, true-life picture of what really happens when a person sits under teaching that uncovers the undiluted gospel of grace!

2Timothy 3:16

"all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" ---so how can we say that behavior is not important? But contrary to what many people imagine, the revelation of forgiveness does not detract from, nor is it at the expense of, right living. Instead it is the fuel that makes right living happen."

✍️SANCTIFICATION

Merriam-Webster Online describes sanctification as "the state of growing in divine grace as a result of Christian commitment after conversion."

"Holy living" is all about growing in grace-- ( God's unmerited , undeserved and unearned favour ) .Establish yourself in the gospel of grace. Paul told Timothy to be "strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 2:1). Peter encouraged believers to build a strong foundation with these closing words in his last epistle: "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 3:18).

✍️ Grace produces true holiness.

The more you grow in grace-the more you are washed, again and again, by the water of the word of God's grace-the more you grow in sanctification and holiness, and the more you allow the Holy Spirit to correct habits and thinking that keep you in bondage.

When you experience the grace of our Lord Jesus, the allure and passing pleasures of sin fade in the light of His glory and grace. Victory also begins to come into previous areas of struggle, weakness, and defeat.

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⏺ Bible Verses for Complete Atonement

For Our Sins :

✍ " And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified."

Hebrews 10:11-14

✍ " For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:"

1 Peter 3:18

✍. " For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."

Hebrews 9:24-28

✍. " The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God."

Romans 6:10

✍ This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin."

Hebrews 10:16-18

⏺So which sins are you confessing NOW ?

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               ❤ Tips On Bible Study

Example :About Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5
a) Every time the Bible mentions a believer in the book of Acts, it says "a certain disciple.

b) And every time it talks about unbelievers, it is "a certain man" or woman.

So the Holy Spirit is very clear in distinguishing between this Ananias and the other Ananias who restored Paul's sight in Damascus. In Acts 5:1, the Holy Spirit introduces "a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife," while in Acts 9:10, the Holy Spirit says "a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias."
So for the story of Ananias and Sapphira, be rest assured that they were not believers. They were con artists who came into the early church to try to deceive God's people financially.

Therefore the story of Ananias and Sapphira should not make you fearful of God, but rather give you confidence that He loves you , watching over you and protecting you from those who want to inflict harm.

The story of Ananias and Sapphira is a story of God's protection, not God's anger at His people (see Exod. 20:5). If you believe that God will punish you or strike you dead like Ananias and Sapphira, then you have been roared at by the devil.

 

           

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            SALVATION DEFINED

⏺Salvation is being saved or protected from harm:

1. or being saved or delivered from a dire situation.

2. In religion, salvation generally refers to the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences.
   

3.In religion, salvation is the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences.

4.It may also be called deliverance or redemption from sin and its effects.

5.Salvation is received only by the grace of God (GRACE means :unmerited, undeserved and unearned favour ) and --- by faith in Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross .

Ephesians 2:4-9

" But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."

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Salvation Defined #2

⏺The Greek word for Salvation is : (soteria ) describes as :

✍ save

✍ rescue or deliverance from danger, destruction and peril.
✍ restoration to a state of safety.

✍Soundness.

✍ Health and wellbeing;

✍ as well as preservation from danger of destruction.
⏺ Salvation therefore means more than saving from hell fire : is a complete restoration of all that we lost in the first Adam .
⏺In summary,Salvation refers to the redemptive work of Jesus Christ that saves believers from spiritual death or eternal damnation to providing eternal life.

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Types of Salvation

NT John 3:14-16
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
For God So Loved the World
"For God so loved the world,[b] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
OT Numbers 21:7-9

" And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze[a] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live."
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⏺In addition, this "so great a salvation" includes the idea of what is often referred to

as the Three Tenses of Salvation (justification = past tense salvation = deliverance from sin's penalty, sanctification = present tense salvation = deliverance from sin's power and glorification = future tense salvation = deliverance from sin's presence). It follows that the discerning student will check the context to determine which of the three "tenses" a given use of soteria is referring to.
⏺Why Do I Need Salvation?
The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), and in and of ourselves, we have no way to escape the punishment for sins. Without Christ, we had a one way ticket to eternal separation from God.
However, our God is a good God, and our God is love (1 John 4:8, 16). And because He loves us so much, He Himself provided a way out of hell (Matthew 5 and Mark 9) and into everlasting life (John 3:16).
So God sent His own beloved Son Jesus Christ to take our place on the cross, to bear the full weight of God's wrath and punishment for all our sins on His own body, and to die our death.

Only Jesus Christ, the perfect and sinless Son of God (Hebrews 4:15), can fully satisfy the righteous demands of God's holiness in payment for our sins.
Hence, it is only through our believing in Jesus and His perfect finished work that we can be saved, step boldly into the presence of our heavenly Father (Hebrews 4:16), and expect abundant life on earth (John 10:10) and a glorious future in heaven.

There is no other way to be saved apart from making a decision to accept what Jesus has done for you. (Acts 4:12)
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⏺How Do I Get Saved?
Salvation is a gift from God, and comes through believing in Jesus and Jesus alone.
In John 14:6, the Bible tells us very clearly that Christ is the only way to God and eternal life, and in Romans 10:9-11, the Bible tells us how to be saved and have eternal life: Believe in our hearts that Jesus died for our sins and was raised from the grave, and confess with our mouths that He is our Lord and Savior.
To accept Christ into your life and be saved, please say this salvation prayer.
"Heavenly Father, thank You for Your love for me, for sending Jesus Christ to die on the cross for all my sins. His precious blood washes me clean. You raised Him from the dead. He's alive today. And I thank You all my sins are forgiven. I'm righteous by the blood. I'm under God's favor. And I thank You Father that surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life from this day forth. In Jesus' name, Amen."
What Happens After I Get Saved?
Once you have accepted Jesus into your life, your entire position in God's kingdom changes-you are no longer a sinner, but a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and an heir of God (Romans 8:17).
Today, as Jesus is in heaven, so are you in this world (1 John 4:17)! God loves you unconditionally and wants to bless you. He is forever on your side (Romans 8:31), and He has declared that He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).
It is very important for you to continue hearing about Jesus and your new identity in Him, and to learn of all the blessings that He purchased at the cross for you to enjoy.

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❤Theme :JESUS, YOUR GOOD SHEPHERD AND DOOR

Jesus said that He is the "door of the sheep." What did He mean?

Well, a sheepfold during Jesus' time had no door which could be opened and closed. The door of the sheepfold was just an opening.

In this kind of sheepfold, after the sheep had entered it, the shepherd would sleep at the entrance. The shepherd became, effectively, the "door" of the sheepfold.
When Jesus told His disciples, "I am the good shepherd" (John 10:11), He also assured them emphatically that He was the "door of the sheep."

⏺He was telling them and us, "Inside His sheepfold:

⏺His sheep are always safe,

⏺completely protected and

⏺kept close under His watchful eyes.

⏺ Believers , l want to reassure you today that :

⏺Since Jesus is just at the entrance of the sheepfold :

⏺Nothing, not even the muffled bleat of one of His own, can escape His ears.

⏺ Also, nothing evil outside the sheepfold can enter and touch His sheep without first coming through Him for He is the door of His sheep."
Brethren ,so when the fight of life comes knocking on your door and when panic threatens to rise within you, see yourself doubly protected!

Jesus is both the good shepherd and the door of His sheep. As your good shepherd, He gave His life for you to redeem you from poverty, sickness and every other curse.
As your door, Jesus keeps out everything evil that He has redeemed you from. Because He shed His blood for you, you are covered and protected within the sheepfold by a blood-stained door.

Disaster, destruction and death must pass over you and your family because of His blood on your door. Remember that on the night of the first Passover in Egypt, the destroyer could not enter the houses of the Israelites because of the blood of the lamb on their doors (see Exodus 12:13, 23).
Today, you can live life untroubled and unafraid, knowing that Jesus, your good shepherd and door, protects and preserves you and your family. No evil will befall you or your loved ones because He is your dwelling place and refuge!
Under the Care of the Good ShepherdReading Psalm 23:1-4
If we're honest, we all have some measure of wrong believing in our lives. Just ask yourself, "Have I often felt anxious, worried, or fearful that the worst would happen to me and my loved ones?"

These negative, exhausting emotions are merely flags that indicate what we truly believe about ourselves, our lives, and God.
⏺When we are fearful and worried all the time, we are living as if we don't believe that we have a strong and able Shepherd who is tenderhearted toward us;

⏺Who leads us to good places;

⏺ Who protects us and lovingly watches over us.

⏺So if worrying or being fearful seems to be your natural default mode, what you need to do is to keep hearing and learning about how much God loves you, and how precious you are to Him.
That is why the way out of constant worrying is not a matter of just thinking positively;

It's birthed out of knowing you have a personal and intimate relationship with a loving Savior who watches over your needs and tends to you as a loving Shepherd.

The more strongly you believe that He is taking care of you, the more it will change your thoughts and feelings, and the less you will fall victim to unhealthy emotions and behaviors.
Today, if you need freedom from a bad situation, see Jesus, your good Shepherd, leading you out of it by His Word that brings life and illumination.

The psalmist says it this way: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Ps. 119:105). In The Message translation, it says, "By your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path."

Beloved, the Lord wants to throw a beam of light on your path today. Whatever you are struggling with presently, no matter how insurmountable your challenges appear, when you start believing right, things are going to start turning around for your good!

Beloved ,Jesus Is Your Good Shepherd and door, (see John 10:11). When He is your shepherd, you will not want for anything.

He is your supply of everything you need. He does not use His rod to "break your legs". Instead, He leads you to places of rest, refreshing, healing, and renewal of strength. Amen !

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🔵 HOLY COMMUNION

CLOSING PRAYER:

BENEDICTION :

  ❤ WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS/ THE GOSPEL ?

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Romans 1:6-7

" For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed-a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
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1 Corinthians 15:1-4
"Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures"
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In the Greek New Testament, gospel is the translation of the Greek noun euangelion and the verb euangelizo .
The good news relates to the saving acts of God due to the work of Jesus on the cross and Jesus' resurrection from the dead which bring reconciliation and peace ("total remission of sins ) between people and God.

What is the good news ? It is that God loves us so much that He gave us His Son to take our beating so that we can have His blessings without having to work for them.

To apostle Paul, the gospel is of Jesus's death on the cross and resurrection to restore people's relationship with God.

The good news may also include the descent of the Holy Spirit upon believers and the second coming of Jesus.
  

      ❤       John 6:10-11

"Then Jesus said, "Make the people sit down."... And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted."

Theme : The Feeding of the 500

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Not all of Jesus' miracles are recorded in all 4 gospels but the feeding of the 5000 is a miracle mentioned in all 4 of them: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Why is this miracle mentioned in all 4 gospels? Why is it so significant?
Because it speaks of our present times.
From the story of the Feeding of the 5000 and Jesus walking on water (which happens right after), God has a prophetic word for us for the times we are living in!
Today, we are living in the period between Israel's rejection of Jesus and the church awaiting Jesus' return. And the Feeding of the 5000, as seen in Matthew 14, is a reflection of the period we are in because:
In Matthew 12, Jesus appears in his three-fold glory and is rejected by Israel as King, as the great High Priest, and as Prophet.

In Matthew 13, Jesus starts to speak in parables for the first time. Parables are meant to hide wonderful truths for those who are hungry to know Him more, walk according to His ways, and want to follow Him (see Matt. 13:11).

Matthew 14 (the Feeding of the 5000, Jesus walking on water) takes place after Israel rejects Jesus and before the coming of Jesus in glory.
In Matthew 14, Jesus is feeding the people, calming the storms, and protecting His people. This is what Jesus is doing for us today, He is taking care of us and we are going to see more of His provision and protection in the days to come.
Psalm 23 is also a reflection of the times we are in because Psalm 23 happens after Psalm 22 (a psalm which speaks of Jesus' suffering at the cross). Right now, we are also living in the promises of Psalm 23-a place of rest where goodness and mercy shall follow us.
In this time, God wants to pour His goodness and mercy on us!
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❤DAILY GRACE INSPIRATION ON FEEDING ON JESUS

1 Timothy 6:18-19

"Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation to come..."

Theme :Be Unshakable in time of crisis
The Bible says that the ways of the world are being shaken so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain, and God wants us to build our lives on His unshakeable foundation.
Perhaps you're thinking that what you're going through/what the world is going through will go on for a protracted time, and that this is the "new normal."
But God's Word shows us without a doubt that this season we're in with the Coronavirus is not the new normal (where we cannot gather again and cannot be in a crowd).
This is not to say that we should ignore the laws and guidelines implemented by the government and authorities right now. They are watching over our needs and we should abide by what they are saying. We should be observing physical distancing and staying at home.
But we must also know that these times are temporary and they will not be the new normal.
Keep hearing the good news of grace and pleading the blood of Jesus upon yourself and your household , anointing yourself...........
Hebrews 12:24-29

"the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel" - God is talking about the blood of Jesus that speaks of better things. There is a voice in the blood that God hears.
THE BLOOD OF JESUS SPEAKS FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS, HEALING FOR OUR BODIES, GOOD SUCCESS, BLESSINGS, AND HIS PROVISION.
God took what the world did to Jesus to be the instrument for the forgiveness of our sins and God raised Him from the dead as a proclamation that all our sins have been completely put away.
Don't refuse the voice that speaks better things, don't reject the voice of grace. The voice of grace speaks of good things, it speaks of good news!

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