Pastor Andrew Lim
*Cruise ship = Christian Life
*We fail to keep to the promises of God - we prefer the bottom deck -secure food
*Completely new life altogether - full of God's love, help and promises.
*Traditional image = goes to church, be holy, life of restriction.
*Salvation only happens when we die. This is not true but it is normal for a Christian to have suffering.
*Don't live a non-full Christian life.
*There will be suffering, tribulations but God wants us to live a full Christian life.
Privilages and Benefits
1. Eternal life on our present life
2. Victorious life - privilege to
Romans 8:35-37: Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? As the scripture says,
"For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
1 John 5:1-4: Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child oso. This is how we know that we love God's children : it is by loving God and obeying his commands. For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us, because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.
*What are we overcoming -sin and bondages
1 Corinthians 10:13: Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will no allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain frm; at the time you are put to test,he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.
*Have the potential to break the sin and bondage
*Past hurts, everything that hold us back from a wholesome life
Romans 6:6-7: And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. For when a person dies, he is set free from the power of sin.
*We carry our burdens forward and affects our relationships with the Lord, family, friends, etc.
Luke 4:18:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind;
to set free the oppressed."
1. Victory over sin and bondages
2. Victory over problems and circumstances
Romans 8:28: We know that in all things God works for good with those who ve him, those whom he has called according ot his purpose.
*Whatever the circumstances, you have a helper.
John 14:16-18: I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you for ever. He is the Spirit who reveals the truth about God.
The world cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know him, because he remains with you and is in you.
John 14:26: The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.
*Promise of God everyone must hod
Isaiah 43:2 :
When you pass through deep waters,
I will be with you;
your troubles will not overwhelm you.
When you pass through fire, you will not be burnt;
the hard trials that come will not hurt you.
*God did not say he will take away your problems but in the midst of your difficulty, I will be there.
*We choose to fight problem with our own strength, we will feel self-pity.
*Know the difference between righteousness and foolishness sake
*To overcome the problems with relationships and others, reap the benefits just like the cruise ship
3. Abundant Life
John 10:10 - Not a dog eat dog world out there.
The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life- life in all its fullness.
*Problems with health, wealth (success in life)
*Good to make God prosper in your life
Joshua 1:8- Free of worries, love and peace
Be sure that the book of the Law is always read in your worship. Study it day and night, and make sure that you obey everything written in it. Ten you will be prosperous and successful.
Psalm 1:3:
They are like trees that grow beside a stream,
that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up.
They suceed in everything they do.
*We have access to direct healing. Jehovah Jireh - healer
*God's miraculous healing is available for us. According to his will and purpose
Ephesians 3:20: To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more that we can ever ask for, or even think of.
Luke 6:38 : Give to others, and God will give it to you. Indeed, you will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands - all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one that God will use for you.
how? to recieve abundance in life?
*Accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour
*Set a purpose/desire in your heart that you want to live a full Christian life
*Recognizing you cannot do it alone but only the spirits of God
Romans 8:5-8: Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. To be controlled, by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. And so a person becomes an enemy of God when he is controlled by his human nature; for he does not obey God's law, and in fact he cannot obey it. Thos who obey ther human nature cannot please God.
Romans 12:1-2: So then, my brothers, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you: Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicate to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer. Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God --what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
Do you desire to live a full Christian life?
*Enough of struggling, defeated life but an abundant, full Christian life:)
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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