THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS. CREATION OF A NEW HUMANITY

Posted on April 30, 2024 by https://jesus.bingo

TEXT: ROMANS 7:1-7, 12, 21-23, 25; 8:1 – 4, 9-11,14, 35-37

INTRODUCTION: The general theme of Paul’s letter to the church in Rome was the righteousness of God. In our earlier studies, we learnt that all humanity is hopelessly guilty of sin and needs to be rescued. Though the Jewish believed they were better off than the non-Jewish as God gave them the law or Torah to guide the way they lived, we saw that they were wrong, as they are as sinful as the rest of humanity. We learnt that there can be no salvation based on obeying the law. God loves humanity and because of His righteousness, He made provisions for saving humanity by sending Jesus Christ as a Messiah to die as a sacrifice for sin. Jesus also resurrected thereby making life available to all people. Once we have faith in Christ, we are given a new status, become a member of a new family, forgiven our sins, have a new future and can begin a journey of a transformed life by God’s grace. Last week, we examined death through Adam and Life through Christ, emphasizing that justification by faith in Christ creates new humanity and is the only way to salvation. Also, by baptism we identify with the death and resurrection of Jesus to live a new life. We also discussed the availability of Grace, concluding it is always available. Today, we continue to look at God’s creation of a new humanity, by closely examining the law and its purpose and what the actual problem of humanity is, concluding in chapter 8 that the real solution is Jesus and the Spirit that enable people fulfil the call of the commands to love God and their neighbour.

OUTLINE 1

I. FREED FROM THE LAW/AN ILLUSTRATION FROM MARRIAGE – ROMANS 7: 1 – 6:

• The law only has authority over the living: Romans 7:1-3.

• Union with Christ frees from bondage of law: Romans 7: 4- 6.

ii. LAW AND SIN – ROMANS 7: 7 – 12

• The law is not sin but reveals what sin is: verse 7.

• Without law, there is no sin and sin is dead. Sin produces evil desires: Romans7: 8; Romans 4:15; 1Corinthians 15:56

• With the law and commandments, all will be guilty and die: Romans 7: 10.

• The Law is holy, just and good – verse 12: 1 Timothy 1:8

iii. INNER CONFLICT/LAW CANNOT SAVE FROM SIN – ROMANS 7: 13 – 25

• The law by itself is spiritual and good because it reveals our sinful nature: Romans7: 14 -16.

• Sin in our natural bodies makes us misbehave – Romans 7:17 – 20; Acts 10:1 -2, 44 – 46.

• Presence of inner conflict – Romans 7:21 – 24;1 Corinthians 10:12; Romans 8: 7 – 8.

• Law cannot save from sin: Romans 7:23 – 25; Romans 8:3

• Be a slave to God’s law – Romans 7:25;

OUTLINE 2

I. SPIRITUAL FREEDOM/FREE FROM INDWELLING SIN – ROMANS 8: 1 – 11

• Justification by Grace through faith in Christ alone – verse 1-4; Galatians 2:19; Romans 5:21; Ephesians 2:8-9.

• Carnal mind vs Spiritual mind/Sanctification and the work of the Holy Spirit: verse 5-11.

ii. LIFE THROUGH THE SPIRIT – ROMANS 8: 12 – 17

• Put to death the flesh and live: Romans 8:13: Galatians 5:17, 19 – 21;2 Corinthians 5:17.

• Adopted sonship with the father – verse 14 – 15

• Children of God: Romans 8: 16 – 17.

iii. FROM SUFFERING TO GLORY – ROMANS 8: 18 – 30

• Delayed gratifications – sufferings now cannot compare with future glory: Romans 8:18-19.

• Spiritual liberty: Romans 8: 21

• There is a period of waiting with expectation and perseverance– Romans 8:23, 25; Philippians 3:21.

• Intercession of the Holy Spirit according to the will of God: Romans 8: 26 – 27.

• All things work together for good to those who love God; the called according to His purpose: Romans 8: 28.

• Christian calling is a foreordained plan: Romans 8: 29-30; Jeremiah 1:5.

iv. GOD’S EVERLASTING LOVE – ROMANS 8: 31 – 39

• We have confidence in God: Romans 8: 31, 33. If God is for us, who can be against us?

• We are assured of God’s wonderful love: Romans 8:32.

• No condemnation for us as Christ died, is risen and sits at God’s right hand of God interceding for us. Romans 8:34.

• We have spiritual victory through Christ, and nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ. Romans 8: 35- 37.

• Inseparable from the love of God. Romans 8: 38 – 39.

CONCLUSION

God’s plan for humanity is to have a unified church – a faith-based, multi-ethnic family as his covenant children, justified by their faith in Jesus and raised with Him from the dead. Only these members of a new humanity – those born again, who surrender to the lordship of Jesus can truly love him. They are free from the law because they died to sin and have their faith in Jesus who died and paid for their sin. They are the ones that can truly love God and their neighbours. They have been given God’s Spirit and are able to call God their father. They are also co-heirs with Christ and will enjoy blessings kept for God’s children. They are assured of God’s eternal love and are inseparable from the love of God. By contrast, those who seem good to the world but are not saved do not have the Spirit of God in them, so they cannot be God’s. The end for sinners is death, whilst the saved pass on to eternal life and can never perish. John 10:28.

Thank You Jesus,

Salvation Prayers

If you don’t Know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and would like to accept him into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour, Please say this prayer:

Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from You. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward You. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your Will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

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THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS, FOCUS ON CHAPTERS 4 AND 6, DEATH THROUGH ADAM, LIFE THROUGH CHRIST

Posted on April 17, 2024 by https://jesus.bingo

THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS, FOCUS ON CHAPTERS 4 AND 6, DEATH THROUGH ADAM, LIFE THROUGH CHRIST

TEXT: ROMANS 5:12-21

INTODUCTION/SUMMARY

The book of Romans is highly praised for clearly articulating key doctrines such as man’s Sinfulness, Justification by faith, Regeneration, Union with Christ, Adoption, and Sanctification. The book of Romans is known for its rich, deep, glorious, and at times unsettling theological assertions and implications. Running through chapters 1 -4, Paul highlights how humanity deliberately walk and continue to walk in disobedience; and that man, Jews and Gentiles alike needed restoration. He further declares the goal of his apostleship which is to bring about the obedience of faith clarifying that believing and obeying must necessarily go together and should never be pitted against each other.

Today, we are continuing the study looking at chapters 5 and 6, to review Paul’s comparison of Adam and Christ Jesus; and what their choices brought to humanity (world), exploring the benefits that comes with being justified righteous in the eyes of God by our faith in Christ Jesus and negating the common misconception about salvation by grace through faith.

CHAPTER 5:

The key objectives of studying chapter 5 is to further understand how God demonstrated His love for mankind, by taking the first step to reconciliation not waiting for man to be strong and perfect but while we were still sinners sent Jesus Christ to die for us.

2. That we are no longer enemies of God because of sin but reconciled forever children of God through Christ.

3. That by one man (Adam) the whole of humanity was dead in sin and by one man (Jesus Christ) humanity is now dead to sin and restored by faith,.

4. That faith in Christ Jesus, not works is the means by which God declares us righteous and justified.

Outlines:

Faith in Christ Jesus and the cross is the way to salvation/Justification; and therefore the foundation of our walk with God. Is salvation/Justification solely by faith?

Benefits Of Justification – Rom 5:1-4

• Peace with God

• We stand in God’s grace

• We have hope for eternal glory

By one man’s disobedience all were made sinners – Gen 3, Rom 5:12-14.

Solidarity in guilt implies solidarity in penalty – Romans 6:23, Ezekiel 18:4

Sin and death principle – Psalms 51:5, Psalms 58:3, Job 14:4

By obedience of One (Christ Jesus) all are made righteous by faith Romans 5:15-19

CHAPTER 6:

The key objective in this chapter is

1. Refute the misconception that grace is latitude for sin – Rom 6:1-2.

2. Paul’s admonition that Christians should not continue in sin, once they have been declared righteous by God.

3. How a Christian sees himself is an important component of the “obedience of faith”

Outline

God’s grace is greater than sin: Rom 6:1-2

Crucified with Christ Rom 6:3-6

Apostle Paul throws more light on what happens when a person comes to faith in Christ on a spiritual level – he said such a person experiences spiritual death to sin, rather than to God; and a rebirth that equals Jesus’ own physical death and resurrection. The person is then raised to a new spiritual life.

Not a slave to sin – Rom 6:4-14

Consider yourself dead to sin – Rom 6:11

Lifestyle of volunteer slavery to righteousness – 6:15-23.

Thank You Jesus,

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THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS: FOCUS ON CHAPTERS 3&4. A SYSTEM OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH

Posted on April 9, 2024 by https://jesus.bingo

THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS: FOCUS ON CHAPTERS 3&4. A SYSTEM OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH

TEXT: ROMANS 3:21-31

INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY

We will continue our study of the Book of Romans by looking at Chapters 3 and 4. In chapters 1 and 2, we saw the depravity of human beings because they rejected God in their minds. We also saw that both the Jews and Gentiles need salvation because they could not meet up with God’s requirements by themselves. So in chapters 3 and 4, Paul continues to demonstrates the Jews’ need of salvation; he also proceeds to answer questions that he envisions protesting Jews might ask. He goes on to explain the faithfulness of God in spite of the Jews’ unbelief, and the right of God to condemn the unrighteousness of man. Paul then declares that God’s righteousness is to be found in a system involving justification by faith and not by keeping the works of any law. He then proceeds to provide evidence by referring to Abraham as an example. May the Lord open our hearts and give us more understanding of His Word in Jesus name, amen.

ROMANS CHAPTER 3

OBJECTIVES OF STUDYING THIS CHAPTER

To understand the key elements of God’s righteousness: grace, redemption, propitiation, faith in Jesus, and justification and; 2) To see the difference between a law of works and the law of faith

OUTLINE

I. THE JEWS’ NEED OF SALVATION (1-20)

A. THE JEWISH ADVANTAGE (1-2)

1. In many respects (1)

2. Especially in having the “Oracles of God” (2)

B. ANSWERS TO POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS (3-8)

1. Unbelieving Jews will not make the faithfulness of God without effect (3-4)

2. God is right to be angry, even if “unrighteousness” demonstrates His Own righteousness (5-6)

3. Though sin might increase God’s truth and give Him glory, people will still be judged for their sins (7-8)

C. THE JEWS INDICTED AS SINNERS BY THEIR OWN SCRIPTURES (9-20)

1. Despite advantages, Jews like Greeks are under sin (9)

2. Biblical proof (10-18)

3. Application and conclusion (19-20)

a. The Law condemns all, especially to whom it was given (19)

b. Law cannot justify, but only reveal the knowledge of sin (20)

II. THE PROVISION: JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH (21-31)

A. GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED (21-23)

1. Apart from law, but witnessed by the Law (21)

2. A righteousness through faith in Jesus (22a)

3. For all who believe, for all have sinned (22b-23)

B. GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPLAINED (24-26)

1. Justification by grace through redemption in Christ (24)

2. Jesus’ blood offered by God as a propitiation through faith (25a)

3. This demonstrates God’s righteousness toward the one who has faith in Jesus (25b-26)

C. IMPLICATIONS OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS (27-31)

1. Boasting on man’s part is excluded (27a)

2. For justification is based on faith, not deeds of law (27b-28)

3. God is God of Jews and Gentiles, for He justifies both by faith (29-30)

4. This does not void the need for law, but rather meets the requirements of law (31)

WORDS TO PONDER

Redemption:

“a releasing, a payment for a ransom; refers to being released from the guilt of sin by the blood of Christ”

Justified:

“a legal term, indicating a verdict of ‘not guilty’; in

regards to sin, he who is justified is not held accountable for his sins”

propitiation:

“used to refer to an offering designed to appease; God offers the blood of Christ to appease for man’s sins”

sin:

“a missing of the mark” (Ro 3:23) — “a breaking of the law” (1Jn 3:4)

ROMANS CHAPTER 4

OBJECTIVES OF STUDYING THIS CHAPTER

1) To understand how Abraham was justified in God’s sight; 2) To see that the “righteousness” God imputes to man is actually justification (i.e., forgiveness); 3) To comprehend the nature of justifying faith by considering the example of Abraham

OUTLINE

I. JUSTIFICATION OF ABRAHAM AS AN EXAMPLE (1-8)

A. HOW ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED (1-5)

1. If by works, then he could boast (1-2)

2. The Scriptures reveal it was by his faith in God (3)

a. One who trusts in works, seeks God’s debt, not His grace (4)

b. But when one trusts in God to justify him, such faith is counted for righteousness (5)

B. THE TESTIMONY OF DAVID (6-8)

1. Even David spoke of God imputing righteousness apart from Works (6)

2. Blessed are those against whom God does not impute sins (7-8)

II. RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH AVAILABLE TO ALL BELIEVERS (9-25)

A. BECAUSE ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BEFORE CIRCUMCISION (9-12)

1. His faith was counted for righteousness before he was circumcised (9-10)

2. Circumcision was a seal of the righteousness he had while uncircumcised (11a)

3. Thus he became the father of all who have the same kind of faith, both circumcised and

uncircumcised (11b-12)

B. BECAUSE THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM WAS GRANTED THROUGH FAITH (13-25)

1. The promise to be the heir of the world given in view of his faith (13)

2. It was not given through law (14-15)

3. But in light of faith, according to grace, to assure that all who are of the same faith as Abraham

might be heirs of the promise (16-17)

4. The kind of obedient faith illustrated by Abraham (18-22)

5. Abraham’s justification by faith assures that we who believe in Him who raised Jesus from the dead

shall find justification (23-25)

WORDS TO PONDER

Impute: “to reckon, take into account, or, metaphorically, to put down to a person’s account”

Righteousness: as used in this chapter, the idea seems to be akin that of “justification”, where one is

declared “not guilty” (see Rom 4:5-8)

CONCLUSION

The mistake made by many Jews…Believing their obedience and animal sacrifices (i.e., the Law) was all they needed and; failing to heed the Law and the Prophets, who bore witness regarding God’s justification.

The mistake many people make today…Believing that faith only saves, and obedience is not necessary and; failing to heed the gospel and the apostles, that the faith which saves is an obedient faith.

When we are careful to note “The Righteousness Of God Revealed”, we learn that God saves those whose faith in Jesus prompt them to obey His Word. Has your faith in Jesus led you to obey His Word?

Thank You Jesus,

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To help us continue in the spreading of The GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST to every corner of this world,

Thank You Very Much For Your Support,

May GOD, we Serve Bless You A Million Times in return, Amen,

May The Grace The Lord Jesus Christ, And The Love Of God, And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be With You All. Amen!

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Did He Lose His Salvation? True Believers

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Posted on February 12, 2015 by https://jesus.bingo

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Have You Experienced The Extreme Makeover Of Salvation In Christ Jesus? Saul! The Persecutor Of Christians

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Posted on January 27, 2015 by https://jesus.bingo

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One touch from God

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Divine Call. RCCG Open Heavens. Prayer Points And Sermon By Pastor E A Adeboye. Daddy G O

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Posted on April 9, 2014 by https://jesus.bingo

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In God’s Economy, He Has Already Done Everything He Is Ever Going To Do About Your Redemption, Your Healing, Your Victory, And Your Prosperity!

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Posted on December 31, 2013 by https://jesus.bingo

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Isaiah 12. Thanksgiving for God’s Mercies. Hymn of Thanksgiving. A song of praise

Posted on December 24, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Isaiah 12. Thanksgiving for God’s Mercies. Hymn of Thanksgiving. A song of praise

1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the LORD lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Ephesians 1. Spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. Redemption in Christ Jesus

Posted on December 20, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Ephesians 1. Spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. Redemption in Christ Jesus

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

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1 Corinthians 3. Servants of God. Jesus Christ is The Only Foundation

Posted on December 13, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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1 Corinthians 3. Servants of God. Jesus Christ is the only foundation

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO RCCG HOLY GHOST CONGRESS
THEME: SIGNS & WONDERS
DATE: DEC 10-15, 2012
VENUE: REDEMPTION CAMP KM 46 LAGOS – IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA
PLEASE BE THERE! AND RECEIVE YOUR MIRACLE!

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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Romans 14. Do not judge one another. The law of liberty and the law of love (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 12. Life in God’s service. Christians should lead transformed lives (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Prayer Points By Pastor E A Adeboye. Day Three RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2012 Theme: Signs And Wonders (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 10. Salvation is for all. Salvation is open to all (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)

1 Corinthians 2. The message about the crucified Christ. Christ crucified; spiritual wisdom

Posted on December 13, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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1 Corinthians 2. The message about the crucified Christ. Christ crucified; spiritual wisdom

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Romans 15. Please others, not yourselves. Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 12. Life in God’s service. Christians should lead transformed lives (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 14. Do not judge one another. The law of liberty and the law of love (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 6. Dead to sin but alive in union with Christ to God (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 8. Life in the Spirit. Salvation from sin, death, and suffering (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 10. Salvation is for all. Salvation is open to all (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 16. Personal greetings. Final commendations and greetings (bummyla.wordpress.com)
1 Corinthians 1:30 – It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God (church4u2.wordpress.com)

Romans 14. Do not judge one another. The law of liberty and the law of love

Posted on December 12, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Romans 14. Do not judge one another. The law of liberty and the law of love

1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Romans 10. Salvation is for all. Salvation is open to all (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 6. Dead to sin but alive in union with Christ to God (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 2. The fairness of God’s Judgment (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Last Supper (hitchhikeamerica.wordpress.com)
John 6. Feeding of the five thousand. Jesus feeds a great crowd (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 3. No one is righteous. Justification by faith, not by the Law (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 5. Right with God. Death in Adam, Life in Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 9. God and His people. God’s Mercy is on whom He chooses (bummyla.wordpress.com)

Romans 13. Duties towards the state authorities. Obey authorities; love your neighbour; put on Christ

Posted on December 12, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Romans 13. Duties towards the state authorities. Obey authorities; love your neighbour; put on Christ

1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Romans 2. The fairness of God’s Judgment (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 10. Salvation is for all. Salvation is open to all (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 22. Paul’s defense at Jerusalem (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 23. The Plot against Paul’s life. The Jerusalem Jews plot to kill Paul (bummyla.wordpress.com)
How Can I Pray for My Neighbour? (underthecoverofprayer.wordpress.com)
Romans 3. No one is righteous. Justification by faith, not by the Law (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Luke 4. Satan Tempts Jesus. The Temptation of Jesus Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Hymn. Come My Soul Thou Must Be Waking; Now Is Breaking Over The Earth Another Day (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 6. Dead to sin but alive in union with Christ to God (bummyla.wordpress.com)

Romans 12. Life in God’s service. Christians should lead transformed lives

Posted on December 12, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Romans 12. Life in God’s service. Christians should lead transformed lives

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Prayer Points By Pastor E A Adeboye Day Two RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2012 Signs And Wonders (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 9. God and His people. God’s Mercy is on whom He chooses (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Wonders Of The New Creation By Pastor E A Adeboye RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2012 – Signs and Wonders (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 6. Dead to sin but alive in union with Christ to God (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Prayer Points Day One 2012 RCCG Holy Ghost Congress Signs And Wonder 10th-15th December (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Day 1 Report: Message and Payer Points By Pastor E A Adeboye During RCCG Holy Ghost Congress 2012 – Signs and Wonders (Builder Of People) (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 10. Salvation is for all. Salvation is open to all (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 5. Right with God. Death in Adam, Life in Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)

Romans 8. Life in the Spirit. Salvation from sin, death, and suffering

Posted on December 11, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Romans 8. Life in the Spirit. Salvation from sin, death, and suffering

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 5. Right with God. Death in Adam, Life in Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
1 John 4. Love for God and One another. The True Spirit and the False. God is Love (bummyla.wordpress.com)
December 11, 2012: Eleventh Day of Advent (vickielcouch.wordpress.com)
Intro to Hebrews 4 – How do You Know You Share in Jesus Christ? (mudpreacher.org)
Morning Prayer ~ December 11, 2012 (ronpogue.typepad.com)
Romans 3. No one is righteous. Justification by faith, not by the Law (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Watchman’s letter to Junior: The Spirit of Intercession joined us today at 5am! (kzlam36.wordpress.com)
God Came Down! (samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com)
Freedom (mypapermates.wordpress.com)

Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin

Posted on December 11, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Romans 7. Law cannot save from sin

1 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. 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. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 3. No one is righteous. Justification by faith, not by the Law (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 1. Paul’s ministry of the Gospel of Christ. Prayer of Thanksgiving (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 5. Right with God. Death in Adam, Life in Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Romans 4. Abraham was justified by faith (bummyla.wordpress.com)
…Now we are delivered from the law… 112312 (carrlanebaptist1988.wordpress.com)
Romans 2. The fairness of God’s Judgment (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 5. Lying to the Holy Spirit. Ananias and Sapphira (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 22. Paul’s defense at Jerusalem (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 17. Paul at Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Acts 25. Paul appeals to the Emperor. Paul appeals to Caesar (bummyla.wordpress.com)

Psalm 149. A Hymn Of Praise. Praise To God For His Salvation And Judgment

Posted on October 29, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Psalm 149. A Hymn Of Praise. Praise To God For His Salvation And Judgment

1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 135. Praise To God In Creation And Redemption. A Hymn Of Praise (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 98. God The Ruler Of The World. A Song Of Praise To The LORD For His Salvation And Judgment (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 95. A Song Of Praise. A Call To Worship And Obedience (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 132. In Praise Of The Temple. The Eternal Dwelling Of God In Zion. Israel (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 111. Praise To God For His Faithfulness And Justice. In Praise Of The LORD (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 40. A Song Of Praise. Faith Persevering In Trial (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 117. Let All People Praise The LORD. In Praise Of The LORD (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 138. A Prayer Of Thanksgiving. The LORD’s Goodness To The Faithful (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 96. God the Supreme King. A Song Of Praise To God Coming In Judgment (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 118. A Prayer Of Thanksgiving For victory. Praise To God For His Everlasting Mercy (bummyla.wordpress.com)

Psalm 98. God The Ruler Of The World. A Song Of Praise To The LORD For His Salvation And Judgment

Posted on October 22, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Psalm 98. God The Ruler Of The World. A Song Of Praise To The LORD For His Salvation And Judgment

A Psalm

1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Psalms 71. An Old Person’s Prayer. God The Rock Of Salvation (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 40. A Song Of Praise. Faith Persevering In Trial (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 85. Prayer That The LORD Will Restore Favour To The Land. A Prayer For The Nation’s Welfare (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalms 69. An Urgent Plea For Help In Trouble. A Cry For Help (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 33. A Song Of Praise. The Sovereignty Of The LORD In Creation And History (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalm 88. A Prayer For Help In Despondency. A Cry For Help (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalms 66. A Song Of Praise And Thanksgiving. Praise To God For His Awesome Works (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalms 62. Confidence in God’s protection. A calm resolve to wait for the salvation of God (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalms 18. God The Sovereign Saviour. Song Of Victory (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Psalms 65. Praise and Thanksgiving. Praise to God for His Salvation and Providence (bummyla.wordpress.com)

No Distractions, Please

Posted on April 13, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

No Distractions, Please

Mark 4:16, “And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;”

MARK 4:13-20

The second type of person Jesus describes is one who does receive the Word, even with great joy, but his commitment to the Word is shallow. Just as a plant must establish a strong root system to sustain its growth, so we must become rooted and grounded in God‘s Word. Too much attention on visible growth will cause us to become impatient and not take the time to become firmly established in the truths of God’s Word. This will always result in fruitlessness.

A seed planted in shallow earth will germinate and grow faster than a seed planted in deep soil. The seed in deep soil will put all of its energy towards the roots first while the seed in shallow soil has no choice but to put its effort into the growth of the plant above the ground. The plant in shallow soil will look like it is far ahead of the other seed for a while, but that will not last. It soon withers and dies, while the seed with roots grows and brings forth fruit.

Notice that afflictions, persecutions, and tribulations are instruments of the devil and are used to stop God’s Word from bearing fruit in our lives. They are not good things that God brings our way to improve us. They are instruments of Satan. These things are designed to take our attention off of God’s Word, thereby stopping the Word from taking root in us. It’s like the runner who spends all of his time in the grandstands arguing with the hecklers over the way he’s running the race. He may win an argument, but he will lose the race. We must not let anything distract us from meditating on God’s Word day and night, for only then will we make our way prosperous and have good success (Josh. 1:8). By consistently putting God’s Word in first place in every area of your life, you will let that Word become so rooted in you that nothing can get it out.

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

The Sowing (eliezer40.com)
Sowing Seeds, Sowing Hope (chadelliott.wordpress.com)
Did God Really Say….? (clayhearts.wordpress.com)
Worldly Cares Are Thorns (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Condition of our Heart determines how we Respond to the Word (thoughtsonscripture.com)
When A Seed Is Sown (destinedtocreate.com)
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Jesus Has Risen!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Resurrection of Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jesus Has Risen!

Romans 11:30-32

“For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.”
NKJV

God offers all of mankind His mercy. Who are we to put limits on His mercy? When we choose not to minister the Gospel to another, we do just that. The definition of mercy is to not receive what you deserve. As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, let us remember that in no way did we deserve God’s merciful action. By no means did we merit Jesus’ suffering at the hands of the unrighteous and that He would bear the tremendous weight of our own sin on that cross. Through no power of our own, these events unfolded through the benevolent, merciful and loving Father which many want to push away. Let us commit ourselves to making sure that everyone hears God’s message of mercy to the broken. May all mankind hear the Gospel and make their choice. This Resurrection Sunday, we will not have a sunrise service. We will have a Son-Has-Risen service. On the other side of that breaking dawn, let us brace ourselves for our God given duties and make sure that the whole world hears.

Life Lesson: God is a merciful God.

Dear Father,
Thank You for being my God of mercy. I believe that Jesus is alive and accept Him as Lord of my life. May I live only for You. Purify my heart with Your Truth and guide me in the way of Your will for my life. May I always do what is pleasing in Your sight. In Jesus Christ Name! Amen!

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And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry

Posted on April 5, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry

1 Timothy 1:12 NKJV

It’s your first day on a new job. You walk in with little to no experience and your boss tells you, “I’m taking two weeks off and you’re running the business.” Can you imagine the fear and anxiety that would hit you at that moment? To be given a major task you haven’t been equipped to accomplish would cause anyone to throw up their hands in frustration. When it comes to serving the Lord and ministering to others, God has not left you empty handed. He has equipped you through His Holy Spirit and His Word to engage in ministry in a powerful way.

1 Corinthians 12:7 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” NKJV

I’ve often heard it stated that “where God guides He provides.” This is very true. At your moment of salvation, God instills in you a new desire to serve and bless others. With that desire, He also gives you the tools necessary to accomplish this goal. Whether it’s ministering to those in a nursing home or teaching a church of thousands, God will give you the wisdom, strength and ability to do that which He’s called you to do. So, what has he called you to do? Are you walking in His power or standing in your own? Go ahead, take that step. And as you do, the power of God will lead you on an adventure in ministry that will change your life and the lives of those around you.

Life Lesson: Jesus Christ will enable and empower you to minister in His directives.

Dear Father,
Thank You for the gifts and abilities that You have given me. Help me to step out in faith and to use those gifts to bless others and to bring You glory. Teach me to be available to Your call and the direction of the Holy Spirit. Use me today to reach others for eternity. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh

Posted on April 3, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I
will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:26

Mark Twain said it: “Nobody likes change, except a wet baby.” And I would contend that Mark Twain has never changed a baby because even wet babies cry when they get
changed. They like it once they are changed – but they cry through the entire process.

The only times I have heard people ask for change are when they have overpaid for
something – extending their hands and asking, “Change, please?” Otherwise, nobody
likes change. Change is frightening. Change implies loss, grief, apprehension, fear,
even panic. Change is hard!

Sometimes we miss out on our miracle because saying yes to the miracle means that
we will have to give leadership to change, or we will have to accept change from
someone else, or we will have to change our location, our job, our career. And
change involves entering into the unknown, the unfamiliar, perhaps even hostile
territory.

But if you need a miracle, it is probably because things have not worked out as
they are. If you keep doing things the “same old, same old,” then you could get
your miracle today and again tomorrow and the next day and the next.

Ask God to give you the courage to change. And ask God to give you the courage to
say yes to your miracle. Saying yes could mean new life – a wonderful life! Say
yes today!

PRAYER:

Lord, I know I need to change, but I really don’t want to. Help me to focus on the
positive results of the change, versus the fear and sense of loss. Help me to focus
on the positive gains. With Your help, I can do it. Amen.

What change have you been putting off? How would your life positively change if
you were courageous enough to take the step today?

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Help To Resist Temptation

Posted on March 29, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Temptation (Photo credit: JoelMontes)

Help To Resist Temptation

“Don’t let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” (Matthew 6:13)

Satan‘s main strategy with God‘s people has always been to whisper, “Don’t call, don’t ask, don’t depend on God to do great things. You’ll get along fine if you rely on your own cleverness and energy.”

The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts, but he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we lift our hearts to God.

Although we can be tempted by our own flesh and by worldly influences, Satan is a major player in our desire to disobey God. Radio Bible teacher David Jeremiah puts temptation in a new light:

Suppose you and one of your friends are on the border of doing something wrong. Both of you know it is wrong. But you are about to do it anyway. But if you should say to your friend, “Go right ahead and do it, but I think you should know that I just heard from heaven and God will be here in a few moments.” Maybe your friend will respond, “Wow, if God is going to be here soon, maybe I will do this tomorrow or next week, but I don’t want to do this if God is going to show up in a few minutes.”

Surprise! God has already shown up. He is here…now! When facing temptation, we should say to ourselves, “This is being carried out in the presence of almighty God.” Meditating on this truth will help give you conviction to face temptation in your life.

I encourage you to practice the presence of God by asking Him to help you resist temptation. The Bible promises that “God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can’t stand up against it”. (1 Corinthians 10:13)

Your View of God Really Matters …

The next time you are tempted, remember God’s presence, power, and faithfulness. Resist it. Turn away. Then you will experience God’s peace

More Does God Say?

Corinthians 10:13; James 4:7-8

Because God is ever present, He is always with me.

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Out Of Egypt

Posted on March 29, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Out Of Egypt

2 Chronicles 36:4

“Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz‘s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.”
NKJV

Throughout the Bible, we see Egypt presented as a picture of sin. It was a land of great wealth and power, but to Israel, it was a land of captivity and bondage. As Christians, we live in a world that is much like Egypt. The world desires to see us in bondage to its system. Whether you call it the “rat race” or “keeping up with the Joneses”, the world system will only leave you wanting more. Friend, we need to get off that train because it’s headed nowhere except over a cliff.

Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,” NKJV

Instead of letting the world dictate our life, we need to let God have control. Let the Word of God go into your eyes, your ears, your brain and your heart so that it will begin changing you from the inside out. Don’t be fooled by the “riches” of Egypt, rather experience the true riches of God.

Life Lesson: Change the way you think, and you change the way you live.

Dear God,
Give me eyes to see and a heart to receive Your Word. Help me to overcome the worldly way of thinking and instead begin thinking like Jesus. I pray that today would be the day that I change my life by walking in obedience to You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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You have been reconciled to God through Christ Jesus

Posted on March 26, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Detail - Glory of the New Born Christ in presence of God Father and the Holy Spirit (Annakirche, Vienna) Adam and Eva are represented bellow Jesus-Christ Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757). Post-processing: perspective and fade correction. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You have been reconciled to God through Christ Jesus

Corinthians 5:19 says: “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.” Jesus wants us to be reconciled unto God. He wants us to be reinstated. He wants us to walk in fellowship with God. He wants us to walk in a sonship relationship with God the Father. When we think on this fact, we sometimes forget that God really did do in Christ what He sent Him to do on the cross. “It is finished.” Now you and I need to simply accept the fact that we have been reconciled unto God. We have been brought back to Him and united with Him. We have become one with Him, and we have been reinstated as sons and daughters through Christ Jesus. Now all we have to do is have the courage, boldness, and faith to live what God has already done for us.

It is finished!

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Jesus Is Knocking

Posted on March 26, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Jesus is considered by scholars such as Weber to be an example of a charismatic religious leader. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jesus Is Knocking! by Ross Rhoads

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).

T.S. Elliott wrote that “hollow men” are those who hear the call and refuse to heed it. The Lord of the church is seeking to enter His church. He presents them with the choice, “Open up or shut me out.”

And the consequences are clear. Jesus says, “I love you, rebuke and chasten you. Be zealous and repent” (cf. Revelation 3:19). Open the door now! Each of us has something we would not like the Lord to identify in our lives, but there is no barrier that His eyes cannot see. What is behind your closed door?

Jesus knows why there is no response to His knocking. Spoiled by their prosperity, believers are complacent and content. They feel they “have need for nothing.” Jesus says they are “wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked” (Revelation 3:17). Too much of everything resulted in the loss of the Lord’s presence and fellowship. Could that be true of us today?

C.S. Lewis wrote, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: Those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘thy will be done.'”

Prayer

Lord, we know that apart from You, we are nothing. Open our eyes to any door we have closed to Your Spirit, and help us to see our need for the Saviour every day. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

Posted on March 24, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Česky: Kříže - symbol utrpení Ježíše Krista a jeho ukřižování (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

VICTORY – A PROVISION

Matthew 6:13, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen.”

MATTHEW 6:9-13

A temptation can be a difficult situation or a pressure. Contrary to popular belief, God is not the source of our temptation (Jas. 1:13). When we are under pressure, it is important to realize that God is not trying to entrap us. Satan is called the tempter (Mt. 4:3; 1 Th. 3:5). Then why did Jesus instruct us to pray that the Father would not lead us into temptation? This was simply a request for guidance so that we could be delivered from evil.

Jesus himself was tempted by Satan (Mt. 4, Lk. 4). He trusted God fully for provision, protection, and purpose. The Father would no more lead us into temptation than He would withhold our daily bread. But as stated in James 4:2, “Ye have not because ye ask not.” Both “give us our daily bread” and “lead us not into temptation” are simply requests for what has already been provided for us. This part of prayer serves as a reminder to us of God’s promised protection (Ps. 91) and gives us an opportunity to release our faith and appropriate what has already been provided.

“No temptation has seized you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it” (1 Cor. 10:13 NIV). The victory demonstrated by Jesus is available to us. “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 15:57). He has given it to you. Believe and receive it.

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God is glorified when we live in His salvation

Posted on March 16, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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God is glorified when we live in His salvation

John 9:4 says: “I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” What Jesus did is the work of the Father. It was an expression of God’s will. It was directly connected to and inseparable from the salvation that He provided. Salvation includes all that Jesus showed us through His life. When we see what Jesus did, we see His will, and we see what He desires to do for us through our salvation. The work of Christ in His earthly lifetime, the work of Christ on the cross, and the work of Christ in His resurrection all reflect His purpose for our salvation. When we see Jesus heal the sick, we know healing is in our salvation. He came to save us, not condemn us. Jesus came to seek and save the lost, to rescue them, and to heal them. He is doing the very same things today. God is glorified when we live in His salvation. Not just when we go to heaven, but when people see what He has saved us from and brought us into while we are here on earth.

Glorify the Father!

May The Good Lord Save Nigeria And Israel From All Our Enemies And Prosper Us Beyond Our Imaginations, In Jesus Christ Mighty Name We Pray, Amen!

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Self Righteousness

Posted on March 6, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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Self Righteousness

The Best Sinner

Matthew 5:20, “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

MATTHEW 5:17-22

What did Jesus mean? Since the Pharisees fasted twice each week, does this mean we have to fast three times each week? Since they paid tithes on everything including spices, does this mean that anyone who fails to tithe is doomed to hell?

No! Definitely not. The Pharisees’ righteousness was based on their actions. Jesus is advocating a righteousness that is based on faith in what He did for us.

Trusting in our own actions will never grant us access to God. We may be better than others, but who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell? We have all sinned and come short of perfection which is what God requires (Rom. 3:23).

The only one who was ever good enough to earn right standing with God is Jesus. And His righteousness is offered as a gift to anyone who will put their faith in Him as their Saviour.

Jesus offers us a righteousness by faith that is so far superior to the self righteousness that the Pharisees had that there is no comparison. This is the righteousness that we need and which is available to us only through faith in Christ.

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Salvation begins now

Posted on March 5, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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SALVATION BEGINS NOW

MATTHEW 6:10, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

MATTHEW 6:9-13

We do not have to live a beggarly existence here on this earth and just wait till we all get to heaven to begin to experience the benefits of our salvation. Jesus told us to pray “thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” In heaven, He will “wipe away all tears from our eyes” (Rev. 21:4), so here on earth we can pray and believe to receive “joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:8). Healing, prosperity, and all the other benefits of heaven are ours here on earth to the degree that we can believe and receive them.

It is God‘s will to deliver us from this present evil world. The Lord didn’t save us from our sins so we could be “saved and stuck” until we go to heaven. He made provision for our success in this life as well. Our salvation is effectual in this life too, not just the one to come. Some people have relegated all the benefits of salvation to, “when we all get to Heaven.” But that’s not so. Through the atonement of Jesus, we have been delivered from sickness, poverty and demonic control, as well as sin, in this present life. To the degree we believe that, we will begin to experience the physical benefits of our salvation in the “rough now and now,” not just in the “sweet by and by.”

Our salvation is not just “pie in the sky,” but it is victory in this present life. Today believe God to start receiving every benefit of your salvation here in this life, and help others to receive what has been purchased for them also. We don’t have to wait until we get to Heaven.

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Reminding people of their failures is not a way to help them

Posted on February 27, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Reminding people of their failures is not a way to help them

In the 4th chapter of John, Jesus found a woman beside a well. She was a Samaritan woman, and Jesus began to speak to her from the wisdom and knowledge of God. He asked her a question, “Where is your husband?” She answered, “I don’t have one.” Jesus replied, “That’s true. You’ve had five, and the one you are with now is not your husband.” Jesus knew where this woman was. Think of how many wrongs she had done according to our standard of righteousness. She was living with a man, committing adultery. But Jesus did not condemn her. He did not rehearse her sins or remind her of her failures. Reminding people of their failures is not a way to help. Jesus was there to save her, not condemn her. Jesus spoke to her, giving her a revelation about what was to come. Her life was transformed, and she was filled with joy, excitement, and expectation. Jesus met her in her greatest failure, knowing how many times she had tried and failed to do it right, and He transformed her life. Jesus is here now for us to do the same. Though we have failed, He is here to do what? To save us. This is what He wants to do for all of us. Maybe success has divorced itself from you, but Jesus is not finished with you yet.

He’s still working!

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

The Messiah and the Samaritan woman (prhayz.com)
When we call on Jesus in a time of need, He will take that which is ordinary and transform it into something supernatural for our benefit (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Jesus saves (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Jesus is alive today (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Leper and Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Jesus is patient (gemsofgodsgrace.wordpress.com)
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The key to success or failure lies in doing things at the word of Jesus (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Be confident of this very thing that God who has started this good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Like looking in a mirror … (robingilbertluftig.wordpress.com)

When we call on Jesus in a time of need, He will take that which is ordinary and transform it into something supernatural for our benefit

Posted on February 27, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

When we call on Jesus in a time of need, He will take that which is ordinary and transform it into something supernatural for our benefit

In the 2nd chapter of John, Jesus went to a wedding feast, and while there He turned water into wine. This miracle is symbolic of one of the benefits of our salvation. We know that Jesus came to save, but how could this be a part of salvation?

When we call upon the name of the Lord and receive salvation, with it we receive something amazing. We can call on Jesus in a time of need, and He will take that which is ordinary and transform it into something supernatural for our benefit. In other words, Jesus can take ordinary things, touch them, and transform them into something that meets our need, brings joy to our lives, and helps complete what we are involved in.

Water is the most ordinary thing, but Jesus made it far more than it was. Think about the things you are involved in right now. You may be in a struggle that looks very natural and ordinary to you. Or maybe you are in the midst of a storm that you believe has natural causes, or you may even believe you caused it yourself. It doesn’t matter. There could be a hundred causes, but Jesus is with you right now, and He can touch what seems so natural, so ordinary, and He can make it have a supernatural outcome. He wants to touch your life and cause everything you are involved with to be the best it’s ever been.

Let Him touch your life!

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

Jesus saves (bummyla.wordpress.com)
God Is The Only One That Can Promote You (bummyla.wordpress.com)
They’re ordinary people Who love God from the heart (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Leper and Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Jesus is alive today (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Salvation is for all men (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Get Right With God (achristianmeditation.wordpress.com)
Matthew 14:22-33 – HOW TO TRUST MORE AND SINK LESS (pastorross1.wordpress.com)
Would You Recognize Jesus? (carolynpriesterjones.org)

Jesus saves

Posted on February 24, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

Jesus saves!

John 3:17 says: “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Here we see the entirety of the purpose of everything that Jesus did. What did He do? He came to save. He did not come to condemn, and He did not come to sentence anyone. Not then, and not now. He does not come to enforce a sentence upon us or to heap upon us the reward of a wrong that has been done away with. Jesus comes for our greater purpose, the purpose of God. He comes to save. Everything Jesus does has to do with salvation – even a rebuke, even an instruction, even the cleansing of the temple. All of these things have to do with salvation. We will look in the coming days at what Jesus did, and all of the things that are related to the salvation He gave to the world and to us.

Jesus saves!

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Salvation is for all men (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Leper and Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Our Salvation Is Quite Sure (brokenbelievers.com)
Jesus Stands Ready to Save You (jcrylequotes.com)

The Solution to Sin

Posted on February 22, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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The Solution to Sin

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13, NIV

God is righteous and just. But God is also loving and merciful. He cannot be less than Himself. Satan, in his temptation of Adam and Eve and in his plan to defeat the purpose of God, failed to take into account the very character of God. He failed to realize one very important thing – how much God loved the man and woman He had created and the depths to which His grace would go in order to bring them back to Himself. It never entered Satan’s wicked, self-centered imagination that God would commit the fullness of His eternal, divine nature to bring man back into a right relationship with Himself. It never occurred to Satan, whoever seeks his own preeminence, that the Creator of the universe would lay down His own life in atonement for man’s sin. But that’s exactly what happened. The solution to the problem of sinfulness is the cross of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Jesus’ Temptations (prodigalchildren.com)
In the Beginning! (psalmsofpraisewomensministries.wordpress.com)
Yes, It Could Be Too Late for You…. (jesusisms.wordpress.com)
We Preach Christ, Not Ourselves (justificationbygrace.com)
You are fearfully and wonderfully made (bummyla.wordpress.com)

The Fisherman’s Boy. Be Prepared!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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The Fisherman’s Boy

Be prepared!

There is a voice in the wilderness, crying loud and long, filled with love and tenderness, warning both old and young, crying day and night for all to hear,

Prepare! Prepare!! Prepare!!!

Have you ever heard the story of the fisherman’s boy? If you have not, I will tell you. Or maybe you have heard it before but just could not see how it concerns you. Well, you will soon find out, I hope!

The fisherman’s boy had been taught how to swim long before he could talk coherently. His tutor, the fisherman himself, was very thorough, very loving but rather demanding. He would insist, day after day, that his boy must spend hours in water practicing new strokes, new styles and new techniques. Every day it was practice, practice and more practice. Furthermore, it was almost impossible to satisfy him. No matter how well the boy swam or how hard he tried, his father was never satisfied. He was always finding one minor fault after the other.

The most tasking aspect of the boy’s training was what his father called the floating exercise. This involves moving round in small circles in deep water, keeping only the head just above the waves for hours on end.

At first, the boy endured it all in silence hoping that one day his training period would be over. However, when the drills, rather than lessen were intensified after his fifteenth birthday, he could not contain himself any longer. He confronted his father and demanded for an explanation.

“You are training for the stormy day,” the fisherman explained.

“Which stormy day?” the boy retorted. “We have been on fishing expeditions together for many years and there has never been a storm.” The fisherman smiled gently and patted his boy on the back. Then he said, “My son, there may be no storm for twenty, thirty or even sixty years. But one day, without notice, the storm may come. When it does come, those who are not prepared would pay the price. Therefore, my boy always be prepared.”

Thus the drills continued. Several years later, half of the men in the boy’s village went on a fishing expedition. The boy, now a young and strong man, went with them. A lot of things had changed since his father said, “My boy, be prepared.” The fisherman had since died and big fishes did not seem to swim close to the villages anymore. To catch a big fish, men had to go really far into the sea. What was even more noticeable, at least to the boy, was that people were no more training as they used to do. Then on this faithful day, the storm came. It came suddenly and raged for hours. When it finally subsided, the men who stayed back at the village sent a rescue team.

When the team got to the fishing ground, the only living soul was the fisherman’s boy afloat, moving round and round in circles. As he climbed wearily into one of the rescue boats he recalled his father’s immortal saying, “When the storm comes, those who are not prepared would pay the price.” He understood perfectly now! He had seen several of his playmate and villagers perish because they could not float long enough because they had not practised hard enough. He had seen unprepared people pay the price in full and with their lives.

How about you? Is life rosy now? Is all well and good with you? No problems of any kind and no storm as yet? Fine. Let us pray that things remain rosy for us. However, be prepared all the same just in case, remembering that life is not a bed of roses. The storm of life may come any day. When it does, those who are not prepared would pay the price. It is only those who are prepared that would survive.

You want to know how to be prepared? Just turn to Jesus Christ today. He is the only sure life boat, the only steadfast anchor in the storm of life (Hebrews 6:19-20). Learn to love Him now when the going is good and all is well. Then when the storm comes, He will stand by you and protect you. If you continue to reject Him now, when the storm comes, you will pay the price in full. There is no costlier price than your life. If you call on Him then He may not answer (Proverbs 1:23-28).

Perhaps your own storm has come already. Well, there may be hope for you still. If you turn to Him now in total submission, He will save you. He is kind and willing to overlook our sins (Isaiah 1:16-18; Acts 17:30).

In either case, if you sincerely desire the salvation of your soul, if you wish Christ to be your Friend so that you would be ready when the storm comes and be afloat when it is gone, the following are the things you must do.

Acknowledge the fact that you are a sinner (Job 7:20; Job 9:20; Psalm 106:6; Psalm 51)

Repent of your sins and confess them to God (Psalm 32:5)

Take a firm decision never to sin again.

Turn to Jesus Christ humbly in prayer, asking Him to forgive your past sins, save your soul from hell and eternal damnation and to come into your life! ( Psalm 130:1-5; Psalm 51:1-4; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; Matthew 4:17; Acts 3:19).

Have you done all this? Do you wish to know more about Jesus Christ the Anchor that will never break, the only One who can keep you afloat when the storm comes? Find a Bible believing Church around you, become a member and work for God, then He will walk with you!

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

Prayer Points from February RCCG Holy Ghost Service “Lift Up You Head Oh Ye Gates” Psalm 24:7 (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Christ Jesus Can Set You Free (bummyla.wordpress.com)
New Outlook (thegushwalife.com)
A psalm of the cross (wordsofgrace.wordpress.com)
The Spirit of Adoption (hischildorphancare.wordpress.com)
Oh, What needless pain we bear all because we do not carry everything to God in prayers (bummyla.wordpress.com)
Lent 1B: Feb. 26 (lifeinliturgy.wordpress.com)
Tozer Devotional-When Fish Catch the Fisherman (trinityspeaks.wordpress.com)

Thirsty? But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst

Posted on February 12, 2012 by https://jesus.bingo

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THIRSTY? But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst

John 4:14, “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

JOHN 4:4-26

Jesus painted a beautiful picture of salvation in this passage. The salvation Jesus brings is like an artesian spring which doesn’t have to be pumped. It bubbles up constantly.

Unfortunately, not every Christian‘s experience matches Jesus’ description. Many people relate more to an old pump which has to be pumped and pumped. Just as a trickle of water comes, they have to rest. They lose their prime. The water stops. Then they have to start all over again.

Yet, Jesus said we would never thirst again. This doesn’t mean that one drink satisfies us forever. But, as we continue to avail ourselves of this water of life daily, we will be constantly refreshed. The well of His life is there, but we must partake.

The dryness in a Christian’s life comes when we substitute other things for the living water that only Jesus can give. Anytime a Christian begins to thirst again, it is not a reflection on the living water that Jesus gives, but rather an indication that we have been drinking from some other source.

“Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation” (Isaiah 12:3).

John 4:13-14 Living Water Please! (fromyourhearttothelord.wordpress.com)
Getting Ready for Lent – What Do We Hunger and Thirst For? (godspace.wordpress.com)
Friday, January 20, 2012 @ Isaiah 12-17 (phyllisbenigas.wordpress.com)
John 4 (mybiblereadingplan.wordpress.com)
day 1 (hebendsdown.wordpress.com)
John 4:7-38 (biblestudy123.wordpress.com)
“The Gospel As an Invitation” Whosoever Will May Come…. (verticalviewer.wordpress.com)
Being a Man of Valor. (six11.wordpress.com)
Jesus Gives Living water (shirlblake.com)
Good News Wednesday – Woman at the Well (cherilynclough.com)
Crunch Your Thirst (milenanik3.wordpress.com)
Thought 11 (attentiontoliving.wordpress.com)
Security Words from the Word (tammy4christ.wordpress.com)
What if you never got thirsty? (xeniagreekmuslimah.wordpress.com)
Click a Blessing Today – Thirsty? (ptl2010.com)

Salvation is for all men

Posted on December 10, 2011 by https://jesus.bingo

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The Redeemed Christian Church of GOD.
HOLY GHOST CONGRESS!
Theme: A NEW THING.
Date: 12-17 Dec, 2011.
Venue: Redemption camp, KM 46, Lagos Ibadan expressway, Nigeria.
You are invited!

Salvation is for all men

That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved (Romans 10:9)

Some people believe salvation is only for certain people; that God already numbered those that’ll be saved, and those reserved for eternal damnation; but that’s not truth. You might then ask, “So what did Jesus mean when He said, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him…” (John 6:44). Doesn’t that mean the Father appoints some people to salvation, and separates some others unto destruction? No! Salvation is for all men. God’s desire is for ALL men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.

In John 3:16, the Bible didn’t say, “For God so loved some men…” ; rather it says “For God so loved the world…..” ; the world of men, ALL men, including women, boys and girls. The Father’s love is for the whole world; the world of sinners. So when Jesus said “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him….” (John 6:44), the right question to ask is, “Now does God draw men unto Himself?”

The answer is in the 45^th verse of the same John 6 that says, “It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me” God draws men to Himself through His Word; through His message as encapsulated in the Gospel. When the Gospel is preached, those who hear, believe it, and endorse it by confessing the Lordship of Jesus Christ over their lives are drawn. So, the choice as to who receive salvation rests with every individual.

In Paul’s letter to Timothy, he said “…..God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4). This is the very reason we herald the message of the Gospel. As you plan your vacation and visitation this Christmas time, have the Gospel in mind. Make it a memorable Christmas for those around you who are yet to receive salvation, letting them know it’s God’s desire for them to receive the best gift of all, this Christmas – Eternal Life!

The Bible says “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14). You’re that preacher to those in your world; to bring them the glorious news of Christ’s salvation.

Prayer

Thank You Dear Heavenly Father for the immense love You clearly demonstrated in sending Jesus to be the propitiation for my sins, thus making me a participator in the divine experience. I’m most grateful for this glorious privilege, in Jesus Christ’s Name! Amen!

www.christembassy.org

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Jesus is real. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed (bummyla.wordpress.com)
The Self-righteousness Aren’t Saved (mackquigley.wordpress.com)
I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ (bummyla.wordpress.com)
An address to strangers (omharris.wordpress.com)
Yes Jesus Loves Me The Bible Tells Me So – Christ’s Assurance of Salvation (gospelbondservant.com)
Jesus in the NT :: John (thepauls.wordpress.com)
12/10: Weekend Readings/Reflection (unitedbyfaith.wordpress.com)
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me (bummyla.wordpress.com)
UNCOVER THE WORD: GOD’S WORD EXPOSES THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF ROME! [Encouragement To Read The Bible] (soulrefuge.org)
From Jesus to Christ (gospelier.wordpress.com)
Philippians 1-2 (mybiblereadingplan.wordpress.com)
Dispensationalism and the eyes of our understanding (creationconcept.wordpress.com)
Pentecost – “Work of Pentecost” (Acts 2:1-21) (revtucher.com)
Dispenationalism and the eyes of our understanding (creationconcept.wordpress.com)
Our salvation (jewelindapalace.wordpress.com)
Have You Been Born Again Yet? You Will Never See Heaven Without The New Birth! (soulrefuge.org)
Mrs. Baugh’s Bible Treasure 5 – Bible Answers – Part 8 – Support of the Gospel (faithfulnibbles.wordpress.com)

Saved By Grace. Salvation. Jesus Christ Did It All For You

Posted on August 2, 2011 by https://jesus.bingo

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WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE SAVED BY GRACE, YOU WON’T
STRUGGLE WITH YOUR SALVATION. JESUS DID IT ALL.

Your days of struggling are over! Struggling with your
salvation, health, finances, job, or relationships will come to an end the
moment you realize Jesus did it all for you. He became poor that you, through
His poverty, might be made rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 tells us, “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye
through His poverty might be rich.” When this scripture becomes real to
you, you won’t struggle with lack anymore; when you know that you were saved by
grace, you won’t struggle with your salvation by trying to work for it anymore.

It would be a tragedy for you to seek salvation and
deliverance all your life when you have actually been delivered already. You’d
never be truly happy because the purpose of the sacrifice of Jesus would not
become a reality in your life. In this state, you won’t be able to accept
forgiveness as you will always feel you were committing the same sin over and
over again.

Eternal life starts here on earth! It’s the good life in
Christ Jesus. It brings righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. When
you allow God’s Word to gain ascendancy in your life, you’ll begin to live the
God-kind of life. He’s taken you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
You’ve been liberated!

When you accept that He has overcome the world, you will
live the overcoming life (1 John 4:4). You might be thinking you can’t prosper
except you work very hard. Remember, as faith without works is dead, so works
without faith is dead. When you work, work with faith; work with confidence,
not with doubt. Let the scriptures become real to you. When you’re starting
anything new, start with faith and not with hopelessness, frustrations and
struggles. You’ve been made free. Live without doubts; enjoy a life without
struggles.

CONFESSION:

The lines are fallen
unto me in pleasant places and I have a godly heritage. I don’t need to
struggle for any good thing in life, for God is My Chosen and Assigned Portion,
He has brought me to a good place and He maintains my lot, Amen!

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