Before communion:
Can’t change negativity, acts of injustice and cruel things and things of the past that have happened to us. But today we can change the way we respond to the evil that is coming against us.
Look at the cross.
Perhaps the things mean to destroy our present and future BUT we can look at the cross so that our past can’t destroy us and receive the grace to forgive the unkindness in our life. We can’t change things done to us but we can choose to respond by looking through the cross.
There is always hope in Jesus Christ. Surely He has borne our griefs and our sorrows, choose to focus on that which is good and not that which is evil.
Blv in Him not your circumstances or expc but in His Word. His Word says we are healed n loved n forgiven.
Motive of our giving is because He first gave & to worship Jesus who has given us everything
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DVD trailer:
When ppl blv right will live right. Blv wrong will expc wrong.
The righteous shall live by faith aka right believing.
Under law, sin is contagious. Under grace, health is contagious.
Metanoia – change of mind. From thinking small to praying God-sized prayers. Approach Him w boldness.
God can’t get any clearer when He says He has sworn that He will no longer be angry with us.
The greatest name Jesus has come to reveal is Daddy God. We have received SONship that allows us to call Him “Abba”.
Our fears will melt like butter in His presence.
Even if u don’t have the eloquence, just cry out DADDY GOD!
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Song item:
With Every Act Of Love
As heaven touches Earth
Oh we bring the kingdom come
With every act of love
Jesus help us carry you.
Alive in us Your light shines through…
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Pre- Sermon intro by Ps Lawrence:
At the lowest point of his life, a guy was one step away from suicide when he recalled someone gave him a CD sermon by Ps Prince. He listened to it and was filled w hope and from that one sermon, His life changed. Just that one Word from Him and our life can change.
Today’s sermon was esp picked by Ps Prince. Anointing of God not constraint by time and space- eg our bible. The God behind the Word is alive. God is ready to touch you. Powerful time of worship and ministry.
Bondages destroyed and broken. Sometimes we try v hard to overcome challenges, but it doesn’t take u, it takes God. Just one touch from Him and u will be changed.
This is the time. God wants to touch you.
—// worship w Ps Prince (video)
You can never sin away His love.
His love for u is forever.
The device of the enemy is to make us feel unloved, as if no one cares. But there is One who cares and knows infinitely about you and still loves you!
—// Sermon from 12/2/2014 (midwk service and also the bday of my #2 son)
Romans 10- how we can be saved ( written for believers and non-blvr)
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Christ is our all in all. We can’t have two masters. U can’t go to Jesus for forgiveness and then try to keep law. Spiritual adultery. (see Rom7)
V6- actually quoting from Deut 30:11-15
Word of faith – in ur mouth and heart. V8
Deut 30:11- the commandment –> Deut 30:12 (what ‘it’ refers to)
The law is hear it and do it. – v13
Compared to: Grace is speak it and believe it.
Moses told to speak to the rock. Moses represents doing. Hit the rock. Not pleasing to God.
V14&15- speak it. Before us is life and good on one side & death and evil on other side. So choose to speak life and good.
Every letter is a number in the Hebrew.
1 or 1000- aleph
If u count how many alephs there are in Gen 1:1–> exactly 6 alephs. 6000 years.
We are now in the final culmination of the time.
Bet- 2
Gimmel-3
Dalet- 4
Hei- 5
Let the mind who has wisdom calculate the number of the beast. His number is 666.- revelation.
It is the number of his name. 666- man in all his depraved nature.
22 chapt in Rev because 22 letters in Hebrew alphabet.
Bet- house. 7 Churches mentioned in Rev2.
Hei- who is worthy to loose the seals? Jesus. Grace.
Must have hebrew mind to ustd Revelation
Child = Yeled
Yod, Lamed, Dalet
Read from right to left because right is place of blessing and power.
Yod- 10 (Sarai had a Yod at the back of her name. God removed the Yod and breathed Hei into her name. Yahweh has two heis in his name and breathed one into Abraham and one into Sarah. 10 = law.)
Lamed= 30
Dalet = 4
Child = 44
Father= Ab = bet aleph
1+2= 3
Mother = Em= mem aleph
40+1= 41
Father plus mother = child!!
Hand = Yad = Dalet Yud
4+10= 14
Each hand has how many pivot joints? 14!!
Gematria is scientifically accurate.
Sentences have gematria that relate to each other and corresponds accurately.
Lev 25:10 (KJV)
Liberty bell lettering came from this verse.
Verse for freedom. Every 50th year in Israel, slaves (whether good or bad) are liberated. 50- jubilee. Every 50th year debts are cancelled. Land is returned to orig owner
Repentance means TASHU-HEI
Return to grace
Tashu-vu
Tav shin vav bet vav – correct word should have one vav in it to spell right. But they have purposely been spelling it without that additional vav.
Tav 400, 300, 2, 6= 708
Vav is 6 and missing.
Israel came back together as a nation again in 1948, Jewish calendar = 5708
When u calculate gematria, don’t count the 5. U go 708. 1948!
So why is the extra vav missing? Because when they return in 708， 6m Jews were missing. So return is written 708.
Kabbalah is new age. Use numbers to contact the dead. Be wary of this.
Gematria pastor showing us now is just calculating by the bible verses. Not Kabbalah.
2014 gematria… What words come out in OT?
Pastor asked his Jewish friend.
Deut 30:15— what came out is exactly those words:
2014- I have set before the this day life and good.
This is exactly what God has placed in Ps heart about 2014 too
Luke 4:18-20
Jesus closed the book on “to proclaim the acceptable year of The Lord”
Isaiah 61:2 – u can see Jesus closed it before the “day of vengeance of our God”
Year longer than day. PTL.
Jesus didn’t go on because his first coming is to minister grace.
Don’t despise God’s long suffering. Peter mentioned the lockers in the last days.
Make sure ur priority is for The Lord. Time is short.
Ps 34:11, 12 > 1 Peter 3:10
Life and good days = all got to do with ur mouth.
Good days- when the enemy come against u (Eph 6) it is just evil day. Good daysssss. The attacks are short. Ur blessings are long.
2 Cor 6:2- NOW is the accepted time. NOW is the day of salvation.
Luke 4:19- dektos (most blessed time when salvation and the free favours of Hod profusely abound) = we we still in that dispensation of grace.
Some people still want to preach from OT, might as well go back to the times of Jeremiah and Isaiah. Some say Ps preach grace but not OT. Ps does. And even goes into the Hebrew.
2 Cor 6:2- we don’t have to wait for seasons to be blessed or to be healed. IT IS NOW.
Now- present.
We have a present tense forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness is not in the future. It is of the devil to say “u cannot tell”. Bible says “These things are written so u may know…”
Your standing cannot change. Your behaviour can change but ur standing remains. Judge behaviour by your standing. Not judge your standing by your behaviour.
People aren’t honest about their sins today because they don’t have the security about their standing.
Jews blv prayers heard during the hour of prayer— Acts 3:1-2
Life is – Chaim (always written in plural in Hebrew) but death is mostly written in singular. Because we have abundant and eternal life.
Present modern day Israel have largest population of healthy people. Not everyone eats kosher and not everyone exercises. So how come healthy? Because they always say “TO LIFE!” on Sabbath.
Back to Acts:
9th hour is 3pm
After Christ has finished His work, no more time of prayer. Now. We can pray at ALL times. We can pray without ceasing.
Acts 10:1-3
Cornelius prayed to God always.
9am – first lamb killed in temple.
3pm- second lamb killed in temple
So blood plus incense covers them and they are right then w God so He can hear them.
Mark 15:25- Jesus crucified at the third hour. 9am. Nailed at Calvary. First nail went in. First lamb killed.
Matthew 27:45- 6th hour to 9th hour (12-3pm) there was darkness over all the land.
Chinese recorded the three hours eclipse during Christ’s crucifixion.
Samaria- the Samaritan High Priest said to Ps Prince “every Passover we put the lamb into the ground. Cover it to be roasted for 3hrs.”
The lamb of God was hung on the cross for 3h in the dark
When Jesus was born, midnight became bright as midday. When he died, midday became like midnight so we can always walk in the light.
The moment Jesus died, ninth hour. 3pm
Why Elijah waited? 1 King 18:36
Fire came at 3pm
Today we don’t have to wait for 3pm. Every answered prayer, why we are heard and our prayers are answered… All based on the finished work of Christ