Sermon Note
Pastor Lawrence
The gospel is the only hope for humanity. With humanity help, we bring in the gospel.
Matthew 24:6-8
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Believers need to understand the bible has declared we will not go through the tribulation. We will be raptured before tribulations
God will never punish the child of God
The day is approaching.
As we see the day approaching, how should we live?
Hebrews 10:23-25 KJV
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Walk in love even as Christ loves us.
Hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering
Hope. Joyfully and confident expectation of good.
Joyful! A joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Holding fast to the confession of our hope. Not just hope.
Life and death is in the power of our tongues.
Profess our hope without wavering
Start to speak out. Not just understand and read it
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Youth were actually literally renewed in the bible. This is for us to claim. Confess and possess in our heart without wavering
Raise up, take up your bed and walk!
Speak what you want to see
Believe the best outcome and we will never relent
We cannot see or touch God but we have His word.
Everything we need to know about God is found in His word.
The very word of God. Everything we need is found in the bible.
Mark 11:20-24
Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Put on your spiritual glasses that tell you who God is. Declare it to be so! Jesus performed miracles by speaking.
The word of God is living.
The word that I speak to you is spirit and life.
Start to declare everyday
In the worse situation, praise Him! Keep on praising Him!
Increase our faith!
Jesus’ answer to the disciples when they asked to increase their faith
Learn to speak and declare the word of Bible.
It has to begin with me speaking. I believe and therefore i spoke.
2 Corinthians 4:13
And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
Keep on saying. Speak to it. Declare life! Declare growth ! Declare fruitfulness! Speak it!
Don’t say who you are in the natural. You are a child of God.
Hebrews 10:19-25
Hold Fast Your Confession
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
God is good.
No matter what happens in this life, we have the hope. We cannot lose.
Heaven is our home. We look forward to it.
This is life’s greatest blessing
Speak forth. Speak it forth the confession of our hope in every situation
If you are no longer afraid of death, you can truly live for Christ
Those who live shall no longer live for themselves. Live for Jesus Christ! All glory to Jesus Christ!
Hope does not disappoint. Our hope is alive because we know God loves us.
Love of God defined by Christ in Him crucified
God loves you. There is no greater love than this. This is the greatest love. The love of God demonstrated on the cross.
Joshua 2:17-18
So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear, unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.
Line – tiqvah
Speak of Christ’s sacrifice at the cross.
