Sermon Note
Pastor Lawrence
God is a good God. Have an accurate image and idea of who God is. Who our Heavenly Father is.
God, His goodness, His grace and His mercy is beyond our comprehension
God’s goodness is far beyond what we can even think or imagine.
The year of 3rd day is significant because it speaks of the resurrection day.
Whatever you are believing God for, God will answer you.
Do not fear, God is happy to bless you.
Ask and you shall receive and your joy may be full.
God is interested in your happiness. He wants you to be blessed.
There is a release of God’s resurrection life and power into our physical being. Our mental well-being.
It is not by us trying. We only need to look to Him.
The just by faith shall live!
When you have faith in the gospel, at what Jesus has accomplished for you, you shall live! Faith in Him is not a one time event happen in the past when you receive Christ.
It is not one time event in the past.
We live by faith and not by sight.
God’s Word must be your focus and your priority
Our God is a good God.
The thief come to steal, God is a good Shepherd who come and give life. Life and life more abundantly.
The devil came to kill, Jesus came to give life.
The devil is a bad devil. God is a good God.
God is perfect good altogether
Look at Jesus. Jesus said He who has seen Me has seen the Father.
John 1:18 NKJV
18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
John 10:27-30 NKJV
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30 I and My Father are one.”
Jesus is the image of God
Jesus and Father are one.
Jesus is the image of God. Image – exact representation and revelation of God.
Exactly who God is
Luke 7:11-15 NKJV
11 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd.
12 And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.
13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother.
He who was dead sat up and began to speak
Divine moment. God loves this widow whose son had just passed away. Jesus came. What was beautiful had become ugly because of the tragedy
Jesus commanded with His word, young man I said to you, arise. The dead sat up and began to speak.
Jesus was moved with compassion.
The Lord was moved with compassion for the woman.
Compassion -> your emotion are moved with love and pity
The Lord loved her and cared for her
If we have love we will care for the person. But if we don’t have power, we won’t be able to do anything
Jesus has compassion and power.
He touched the coffin, spoke and the young man resurrected.
What was ugly became beautiful
He has compassion with those whose loved ones have passed on.
He is still the resurrection and life today.
He is the resurrection and the life. You only need to look to Him
This year is the year of the third day. He will revive you. He will revive your career, your finances and you!
He is the resurrection and the life!
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever!
He wants you to be alive! Full of life! To live life to the fullest!
He is a God who deliver us from death!
In the world we live in, we will face challenges
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NKJV
8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.
9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
We will face problems and challenges in life.
Even Paul, burden beyond measure
don’t be afraid. Trouble comes but you will not succumb to it.
Look to God who raised the dead.
We look to God who delivers us
He delivered you and will still deliver you!
Don’t be afraid, God is with you. Have your faith in Him.
With God, nothing will be impossible
With -> together with
It also indicates God wants to join with us in our trials. With Him, nothing will be impossible
Miracles come about when men places his faith in Christ.
Someone must say something to the situation and to declare it.
The moment faith is released, life comes.
Raise up in faith. With God, nothing will be impossible
Keep on pressing in. 30,60 and 100 fold
We are in a battle.
This is a broken world. There will be spiritual attack and we need to raise up in faith
Ephesians 6:11-18 NKJV
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
Paul is telling the church to stand in Christ
Put on the armour of God
Your enemy is not the boss or your colleague
You are fighting against Principalities, power, rulers of the darkness and spiritual hosts
In order for you to withstand
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow all the days of my life!
Put on the armour of God
How do we put it on?
What is the armour of God?
Put on the belt of truth by believing the truth
Sometimes you know but you reject it
Know and believe in the truth
Present day truth
God has established a better promise
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ
The gospel of Jesus Christ!
I am the way the truth and the life!
Your sin are forgiven
Righteousness is the breastplate – not by works but by faith in Christ
You cannot be righteous by your own work
You can be righteous by believing what He has done.
Gospel of peace – justified by faith we have peace with God. God will never be angry with you on account of Christ.
Gospel is known as gospel of Christ
When you believe in Jesus, you are putting on gospel of peace.
Faith is a reference of justification by faith
The faith. Obedience of faith.
It is a shield
You are righteous because of Christ
Helmet of salvation
The hope of salvation
You have been saved by grace through faith
Armour of God. He also wear this armour.
If you put on iron man suite; no matter who you look like, you will look like iron man.
If you put on the armour of God, you look like God.
You are putting on God’s armour.
Everything else is to protect you. Help you in your defence against the wicked ones
It is the sword of the spirit
The holy spirit is the sword
Truth is the belt
The sword is the holy spirit
The Word is rhema
Rhema is the spoken word
Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word
Spoken word
Jesus went about preaching, teaching and healing
When you hear preaching, teaching, healing will come
When the bible comes into your mind and comes out of your mouth, it is the spoken Word
Praying always in the Spirit!
The holy spirit is the sword which is the spoken Word
It is by means of
How do you use this sword?
Praying in tongues
God want to give to church – baptism of the holy spirit. Evidence and speaking in tongues
When you pray in the spirit, the sword will go forth
When they spoke in tongues, who give them the utterance?
Holy Spirit gave!
This is the rhema word of God
My tongues is given by the holy spirit. This is the rhema word of God
This is the sword of the spirit.
You need to pull the trigger! Pray in tongues
Luke 11:13 NKJV
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
In God’s mind the good gift is the Holy Spirit
THE good gift is the Holy Spitit!
When you speak with tongues, this is ultimately the best gift He ever give you!
Galatians 3:13-14 NKJV
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Have you received? That is how important it is!
The blessing is the baptism of the Holy Spirit
The good gift is the Holy Spirit
The blessing is the Holy Spirit
Luke 24:49 NKJV
49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
With the promise comes the power!
The holy spirit is the good gift
The holy spirit is the promise
The holy spirit is the power!
Pray in the spirit!
The good gift, the blessing, the power!
We must rise up and realise the gift God has given us.
Fire it! Pray in the spirit! This is also rest and refreshing.
Isaiah 59:14-17, 21 NKJV
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no man,
And wondered that there was no intercessor;
Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Something horrible is happening in the world.
Truth fail
There is no righteousness
God Himself put on His armour
God must put it right. Put on His armour.
Believe in the gospel
Isaiah 59:21 NKJV
21 “As for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”
Isaiah 60:1-2 NKJV
1 Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
When you believe in the spirit, you start to shine!
