Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Psalm 40:9-10
Psalm 40:9-10 (NIV)
9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips,
as you know, O LORD.
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness and salvation.
I do not conceal your love and your truth
from the great assembly.
NUFF SAID!!!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Christ's righteousness
Christ's righteousness IS the believers comfort...you will KNOW the truth and the truth will set you free...KNOW that you are the righteousness of God IN Christ...no longer UNDER the law but UNDER grace. Praise God !!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
I will never punish you for your sins...
"Imagine the following scenario: A father tells his little girl, “Come here, girl. Mummy says that you have been playing by the roadside. Is that true?” “Yes, Daddy. I am sorry.” “Sorry? How many times have I told you not to play near the road? Come here! Lie down on the road and stretch out your legs!”
Daddy drives his car over his little girl’s legs. You can hear the sound of bones being crushed and the poor girl screaming in pain!
“Now, darling, you know that Daddy loves you. And Daddy did that to teach you a lesson, that playing by the roadside is dangerous.”
You are probably shaking your head in horror by now, wondering which sick father would do that. Yet, there are many Christians who believe that our heavenly Father does the same thing. They say that He gives people sicknesses, accidents, earthquakes and death to teach them lessons.
But Jesus said, “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.” Jesus is the nature of God in action. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus or God going about healing the sick. If God wants some people sick, then there should be at least one incident in the Gospels where you see Jesus saying, “Behold, your complexion is too lovely, receive leprosy,” or “Blindness is good for you. Remain blind.” But no, never once! In fact, Jesus “went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil”. (Acts 10:38) That’s the heart of God.
As a father, if your child is sick and in pain, your heart just wants him well. How much more your heavenly Father! My friend, God does not give your child a sickness to teach both of you some lesson or to glorify Himself. To think so is to talk out of a warped mind bound by religion! And Christianity is not a religion. It is a loving relationship with your Father in heaven.
Beloved, hear God speaking this to your heart today: “I will never punish you for your sins because they have been punished in My Son’s body. I do not wish you ill. I will not take away your child or give you a car wreck to teach you some lesson. My heart always wants My children well and joyful!”
Joseph Prince
Daddy drives his car over his little girl’s legs. You can hear the sound of bones being crushed and the poor girl screaming in pain!
“Now, darling, you know that Daddy loves you. And Daddy did that to teach you a lesson, that playing by the roadside is dangerous.”
You are probably shaking your head in horror by now, wondering which sick father would do that. Yet, there are many Christians who believe that our heavenly Father does the same thing. They say that He gives people sicknesses, accidents, earthquakes and death to teach them lessons.
But Jesus said, “If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father.” Jesus is the nature of God in action. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus or God going about healing the sick. If God wants some people sick, then there should be at least one incident in the Gospels where you see Jesus saying, “Behold, your complexion is too lovely, receive leprosy,” or “Blindness is good for you. Remain blind.” But no, never once! In fact, Jesus “went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil”. (Acts 10:38) That’s the heart of God.
As a father, if your child is sick and in pain, your heart just wants him well. How much more your heavenly Father! My friend, God does not give your child a sickness to teach both of you some lesson or to glorify Himself. To think so is to talk out of a warped mind bound by religion! And Christianity is not a religion. It is a loving relationship with your Father in heaven.
Beloved, hear God speaking this to your heart today: “I will never punish you for your sins because they have been punished in My Son’s body. I do not wish you ill. I will not take away your child or give you a car wreck to teach you some lesson. My heart always wants My children well and joyful!”
Joseph Prince
Thursday, August 26, 2010
New Covenant evangelism...
This is New Covenant evangelism . . .
"I was called to the home of a dying elderly man to sing and pray with him. A few folks from church came with me. At the house the man had lots of family around, inside and outside the house. Many were smoking outside and wouldn’t come inside with us, so I asked everyone to come outside for a moment. I told them all “I want to share great, great news. The gospel is not understood by most but the message of the gospel is our sins are already forgiven and I can tell each one here, your sins are forgiven. You don’t need to be forgiven, you already are. The gospel is not to make us ashamed and guilty but to take those things away. All you have to do is acknowledge that, believe it because it is true.” I used the thief on the cross as the example. Many of them wept and it was so easy and exciting to share the gospel this way. We had a great time with the old man and we shared it all with him as well. It felt as natural as when Jesus looked at people and told them their sins were forgiven."
"I was called to the home of a dying elderly man to sing and pray with him. A few folks from church came with me. At the house the man had lots of family around, inside and outside the house. Many were smoking outside and wouldn’t come inside with us, so I asked everyone to come outside for a moment. I told them all “I want to share great, great news. The gospel is not understood by most but the message of the gospel is our sins are already forgiven and I can tell each one here, your sins are forgiven. You don’t need to be forgiven, you already are. The gospel is not to make us ashamed and guilty but to take those things away. All you have to do is acknowledge that, believe it because it is true.” I used the thief on the cross as the example. Many of them wept and it was so easy and exciting to share the gospel this way. We had a great time with the old man and we shared it all with him as well. It felt as natural as when Jesus looked at people and told them their sins were forgiven."
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Bliss, faith-filled and effortless
Its by grace through faith...To accept the finished work of the cross, is to believe by faith that God in His awesome grace has completed the work that was needed to fulfill the law on your behalf...
Now by faith we live with that reality...that reality, once it becomes revelation will change the very fabric of your existence...
Instead of living to please God, you will live knowing you are pleasing to God because God in Christ IS pleased with you, who are IN CHRIST TOO...
Every work that flows from that reality is bliss, faith-filled and effortless!! Every sanctified behavioural change is bliss, faith-filled and effortless...
Praise God for his indescribable gift...JESUS !!!!
Now by faith we live with that reality...that reality, once it becomes revelation will change the very fabric of your existence...
Instead of living to please God, you will live knowing you are pleasing to God because God in Christ IS pleased with you, who are IN CHRIST TOO...
Every work that flows from that reality is bliss, faith-filled and effortless!! Every sanctified behavioural change is bliss, faith-filled and effortless...
Praise God for his indescribable gift...JESUS !!!!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The wall of hostility
The law divides, it is THE dividing wall of hostility...
Eph 2: 14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace"
When Martin Luther brought "disunity" to the Body, the then Roman Catholic Church, it was a good thing, otherwise we would all still be Catholic.
Martin Luther's main point of reference, the scripture God had opened his eyes to, was Rom 5:1 "1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand." that's the gospel of grace right there baby!!
When he started preaching that, it showed just how much "unity" there was!!
Now, was 'ol Martin bringing disunity?
Well lots in the church at the time would have accused him of it, accused him of heresy, of not being a son in the house, of deserting the people, of not loving the people, of not playing team, being rebellious, selfish...
...BUT...
NO, he was not, God was, through him, bringing genuine Spirit-filled unity, not "surface-smiley-everything-is-fine-until-you-start-preaching -your-gospel-of-grace-and-messing-with-the-10 commandments" unity
Jesus himself brought down the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. He paid the biggest price for that...When men bring the law back into the church, they are the very ones who are bringing disunity...not those preaching to get it out!
Eph 2: 14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace"
When Martin Luther brought "disunity" to the Body, the then Roman Catholic Church, it was a good thing, otherwise we would all still be Catholic.
Martin Luther's main point of reference, the scripture God had opened his eyes to, was Rom 5:1 "1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand." that's the gospel of grace right there baby!!
When he started preaching that, it showed just how much "unity" there was!!
Now, was 'ol Martin bringing disunity?
Well lots in the church at the time would have accused him of it, accused him of heresy, of not being a son in the house, of deserting the people, of not loving the people, of not playing team, being rebellious, selfish...
...BUT...
NO, he was not, God was, through him, bringing genuine Spirit-filled unity, not "surface-smiley-everything
Jesus himself brought down the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. He paid the biggest price for that...When men bring the law back into the church, they are the very ones who are bringing disunity...not those preaching to get it out!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Clear as clean crystal !
"Over and over again in the New Testament, Paul is absolutely clear that the gospel is simply grace. Anything else does not merely fall short of the full gospel, it is actually opposed to it."
Friday, August 13, 2010
OH the bliss of it all !!
We have had people from the USA, UAE and Singapore contact us via our Contacts Page and say they have been impacted and changed by coming across our site, downloading the free mp3's and listening to them...
We have had a man from the USA... ask for details as he wanted to deposit money into our account, this being someone we had never met nor spoken to! We have had over 7000 visitors on our blog in the last 2 years, that's almost 10 hits a day! We have people being impacted in Sydenham, Durban, because they have listened to our CD's, testimonies from people we have never met...
You guys are boasting now, some might say....Yes we are boasting, we are boasting in what He has done, boasting in the Goodness of God, Jesus Christ Himself and His finished work!! OH the bliss of it all!!!
These are testimonies of His faithfulness to His message, signs that make you wonder...We have had financial testimonies, healing testimonies, relational testimonies but more importantly we have had testimony after testimony of people coming into a revelation of their righteousness, of their freedom in Christ, of His love for them and that they are falling in love with the Father more and more...
OH the bliss of it all!!!
We have had a man from the USA... ask for details as he wanted to deposit money into our account, this being someone we had never met nor spoken to! We have had over 7000 visitors on our blog in the last 2 years, that's almost 10 hits a day! We have people being impacted in Sydenham, Durban, because they have listened to our CD's, testimonies from people we have never met...
You guys are boasting now, some might say....Yes we are boasting, we are boasting in what He has done, boasting in the Goodness of God, Jesus Christ Himself and His finished work!! OH the bliss of it all!!!
These are testimonies of His faithfulness to His message, signs that make you wonder...We have had financial testimonies, healing testimonies, relational testimonies but more importantly we have had testimony after testimony of people coming into a revelation of their righteousness, of their freedom in Christ, of His love for them and that they are falling in love with the Father more and more...
OH the bliss of it all!!!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Want solid food ?
Heb 5:12 "...teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil."
The bible says teachings of righteousness is the solid food. Anyone who is still and infant and immature, is not acquainted with the teachings of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, solid food is the teaching of righteousness. The more you teach righteousness the more you will be giving people solid food. Anyway, who is still and infant is not acquainted with the teaching of the gift of righteousness. We need to teach the gift of righteousness.
Why? Because we are transformed into His glory as we encounter His face. 2 Corinthians 3, says we become like Him when we encounter Him. How? - by revelation that we are free, that we are righteous in Christ, so that we can come boldly into the throne room of grace and encounter God, not in shame, in grace, there is nothing in the way of me going before God, as we encounter Him we are transformed into his likeness and what is that, maturity -being transformed into His likeness is maturity. The more we encounter Him the more we are transformed into His likeness!!!
The bible says teachings of righteousness is the solid food. Anyone who is still and infant and immature, is not acquainted with the teachings of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, solid food is the teaching of righteousness. The more you teach righteousness the more you will be giving people solid food. Anyway, who is still and infant is not acquainted with the teaching of the gift of righteousness. We need to teach the gift of righteousness.
Why? Because we are transformed into His glory as we encounter His face. 2 Corinthians 3, says we become like Him when we encounter Him. How? - by revelation that we are free, that we are righteous in Christ, so that we can come boldly into the throne room of grace and encounter God, not in shame, in grace, there is nothing in the way of me going before God, as we encounter Him we are transformed into his likeness and what is that, maturity -being transformed into His likeness is maturity. The more we encounter Him the more we are transformed into His likeness!!!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Abundance of Grace
"FEEBLE believer, there is " abundance of grace" for you! It is in Jesus, and in Jesus for you. The little grace you have received has brought you out of the world, has led you to His cross, and has enabled you to trust your immortal interests in His hands. But your faith is weak, your fears are strong, your doubts are painful, your inward conflicts are severe, and you often think you shall be obliged to give up all for lost.
But hear what the Apostle James says, "He gives more grace!" He who gave you what you have—will give you more. Fear not, for the grace of God is sufficient for you, and He will make His strength perfect in your weakness. He is able to do exceeding and abundantly above all that we can ask or think; yes, He is able to subdue all things unto himself. Look to Jesus, and He will save you... save you with an everlasting salvation"
By James Smith, 1859
But hear what the Apostle James says, "He gives more grace!" He who gave you what you have—will give you more. Fear not, for the grace of God is sufficient for you, and He will make His strength perfect in your weakness. He is able to do exceeding and abundantly above all that we can ask or think; yes, He is able to subdue all things unto himself. Look to Jesus, and He will save you... save you with an everlasting salvation"
By James Smith, 1859
Monday, August 9, 2010
What is the Gospel of the Grace of God?
"What is the Gospel of the Grace of God? In short, the Gospel of the Grace of God is the Gospel the Apostle Paul preached to Jews and Gentiles and wrote about in his letters. It is not the same Gospel Peter, James and John preached and wrote in their letters. All of Christ's Apostles (i.e. Peter, James, John, Paul, etc.) preached Christ, but they didn't all have the same Gospel message. They didn't have the same purpose or audience either.
That may seem like a shocking statement, but it's not. It just seems that way because a lot of people aren't saying it. In fact, the statement is Biblical and provable"
That may seem like a shocking statement, but it's not. It just seems that way because a lot of people aren't saying it. In fact, the statement is Biblical and provable"
Thursday, August 5, 2010
The Apostle to the Gentiles
The Apostle to the Gentiles
Have you ever considered that the Apostle Paul had a unique ministry that was to be taken to the Gentiles?
Read the following from Eph. 3, 2-4
"If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in a few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)." (KJV)
The dispensation in which we now live is "The Gospel of the Grace of God" and the instructions given to us by God for this time in man's history come from the writings of the Apostle Paul. The rest of the Bible is important, as it is all the Word of God and is background for our understanding of this age of grace. However, the most important directions for us, God gave to us through the epistles of Paul, Romans through Philemon."
Have you ever considered that the Apostle Paul had a unique ministry that was to be taken to the Gentiles?
Read the following from Eph. 3, 2-4
"If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in a few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)." (KJV)
The dispensation in which we now live is "The Gospel of the Grace of God" and the instructions given to us by God for this time in man's history come from the writings of the Apostle Paul. The rest of the Bible is important, as it is all the Word of God and is background for our understanding of this age of grace. However, the most important directions for us, God gave to us through the epistles of Paul, Romans through Philemon."
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