EVANGELIZM IN WORDS AND DEEDS

EVANGELIZM IN WORDS AND DEEDS: (MT 28V18-20; MK 16GV15-20; LK 24V47, 9V2.) First we need to remind ourselves what we mean by evangelism, is as simple as “spreading of the good news” that Christ had paid the price we ought to have paid, because of our sin. Rm 3v23, 6v23. There are two elements we must take cognizance of in other to get the best of this message: WORDS & DEEDS Words:- In Jude v3, from this verse, we are made to know that we are to earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered unto the Saints, we can do this through physical preaching. Deeds:- In Acts 9v36 from this verse we can see how Dorcas warn the hearts of those around her, so we see that our actions, endeavours, efforts can go a long way to bring souls into the kingdom of God. The early missionaries made good use of their initiatives by building Schools and hospitals, no wonder they were able to penetrate Africa and spread the gospel. We are going to consider three points: (1) GOAL ORIENTED EVANGELIZM WITH SACRIFICE. (2) GO IN THE STRENGTH OF THE SPIRIT AND PERFORM YOUR SACRIFICE. (3) GET THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE BY SACRIFICE. (1) GOAL ORIENTED EVANGELIZM WITH SACRIFICE:- ( Mt 4v1-4; Lk 22v44; Jn 4v5-28,32-34; Acts 7v54,58; 2 Cor 11v24-31) Starting from our perfect example, our Lord Jesus Christ, we can see His commitment, zeal and the sacrifice and all that He went through because of the salvation of souls. We can also see the self-denier thou He was hungry, yet, He still found time to preach the gospel, Stephen also demonstrated an uncommon passion and goal to obey the master to the end, Paul was another individual that proved to us how to be single minded and goal oriented believer (Acts 20v24; 2 Tm 4v7). We the contemporary day believers must follow the footsteps of our Lord and the good examples of the saints of old. (2) GO IN THE STRENGTH OF THE SPIRIT AND PERFORM YOUR SACRIFICE:- ( Acts 1v8; 2v38-41; 2Sam 24v24; Rm 12v1 ) The Scriptures declares that “of ourselves we can do nothing, we need the spirit of God to back us in all areas of our lives. Remember, whatever we are giving or rendering must be sacrificial or else it will have no consequence at all (2Sam 24v24). If we are not led by the Spirit and controlled by the Spirit, there is no way we can render an acceptable sacrifice, therefore it is mandatory for every Heaven bound citizen who really want to be fruitful in the field of evangelism to be filled with the Spirit of God and render reasonable and acceptable sacrifice. (3) GET THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE BY SACRIFICE:- ( Isah 1v19; Jn 4v36,37; Dan 12v3; Mt 5v11,12; Rv 20v4; Mt 25v23; ) Truly there are rewards for the obedient children, these rewards will only come through our self-sacrifice( Rm12v1), our time, our talent, our money everything belongs to God (2 Tm 4v7,8). The Lord had made His own sacrifice (Lk 22v44), and He left the stage for us to do likewise. As we labour in the field of evangelism, sacrifice our time, talents, money etc. we shall not miss our rewards in Jesus name.

MY VERY HEART DESIRE FOR YOU IN THESE LAST DAYS OF THIS YEAR, IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU IN JESUS NAME.

CHRISTIAN PERFECTION IN A CORRUPT ENVIRONMENT Mt 5 v 48; 2 Cor 13 v 11. Perfection or call it faultlessness is a command for every Heaven bound citizen, being indifference to this command is going to spelt great doom for any defaulter. There are five elements we must put into consideration as we talk on the subject of perfection: (1) LOVE=Col 3 v 14, we are made to know that love indeed is the bond of perfection, the Scripture says for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son as sacrifice for the world and in another place the Lord said that by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one for another. (2) BENEVOLENCE: Mt 19 v 21, part of our perfection is to follow the Lord’s commands, doctrines and acts. (3) GOOD WORKS: Jm 2 v 22, we are reminded here that our works are to complement our faith, of course it has to be good works > Acts 9 v 39. (4) CONTROL OF THE TONGUE: Jm 3 v 2, the tongue of the perfect Christian is sanctified and used for things that promote the gospel work and salvation of souls. (5) OBEDIENCE: 1Jn 2 v 5, the use of our tongue reveals the true condition of our heart and our relationship with our maker. The Lord will help us that none of us would fall short of these five elements of perfection in Jesus name. We are going to consider three points:- 1 LIVING IN A CORRUPT WORLD YET INCORRUPTIBLE 2 LEANING ON WORLDLY SNARES IS DANGEROUS 3 LIVING IN EXALTED POSITION THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS (1) LIVING IN A CORRUPT WORLD YET INCORRUPTIBLE: (Gen.39 v 7-9; 2Kg 5 v 16; Jer 35 v 5,6; Dan 1 v 8; Acts 8 v 20; Lk 4 v 5-7; Jn 17 v 14-16.) The Scripture says “ with God all things are possible”, believers should have this word at the back of their mind too that it’s possible to walk through this narrow way that leads to Heaven with our white garment of righteousness without being stained. Faith in God will conquer the flesh and all immoral acts, faithfulness would always lead to our exaltation, just as Joseph was faithful in Potiphar’s house. We should always remember too that whatever we have in this world is only by the grace of God, and that the gift of God is not for merchandise, a true child of God that want to remain incorruptible, must shorn worldliness, immorality, refuse payment for exercising the gift of God, must not give or take bribe, must resist worldly honor. So, the onus is on us, the grace of God is available to help, if Joseph can resist adultery we too can, if Elisha can refused payment for the gift of healing we too can, if Peter can refused bribe, then we too with the abundance of grace of God in our lives can do away with anything that connect bribe. It’s my earnest prayer that nothing would stain or soil our garment of righteousness in Jesus name. (2) LEANING ON WORLDLY SNARES IS DANGEROUS: (2 Cor 6 v 14-16; 1Cor 6 v 9,10;) The Word of God warns every believer not to have any intimate relationship with the world, the friendship of the world, the marriage of the world, the dressing of the world, the polities of the world, the games of the world, the gullibility of the world etc. All these are snares to the life of a believer because Jm 4 v 4 says “ that the friendship of the world is enmity with God. Under this subheading, we are going to look at ten things which the believer must be wary of : False gods = Ex 23v33 Sinful covenants = Ex 34v12 Silver and gold = Deu 7v25 Evil associations = Josh 23v13 Idolatry = Ps 106v36 Broken vows = Pr 20v25 Friendship with violent people = Pr 22v25 Scoffing = Pr 29v8 Avarice = 1Tm 6v9 Friendship of the world = Jm 4v4 We can deduce from the afore mention points that anyone that is involved in these things shall not enter into the kingdom of God > 1Cor 6v9,10. May God help us in Jesus name. (3) LIVING IN EXALTED POSITION THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Pr 14v34; Gen 39v21-23; Gen 41v39-44; Esther 8v15-17; Dan 1v15, 19, 20, 28-30 ;) It’s no gainsaying that the promotion that comes from God is through righteousness, just as the Scriptures says that righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people, in the same vain righteousness would always uplift individuals both spiritually and physically. The life of Joseph in potiphar’s house, Daniel and the three Hebrew children in Babylon, and Mordecai are good examples and worthy of emulation. In 1Cor 15v58, jus as our labour will not be in vain, our righteousness would not be in vain also in Jesus name.

CHRISTIAN PERFECTION IN A CORRUPT ENVIRONMENT

CHRISTIAN PERFECTION IN A CORRUPT ENVIRONMENT Mt 5 v 48; 2 Cor 13 v 11. Perfection or call it faultlessness is a command for every Heaven bound citizen, being indifference to this command is going to spelt great doom for any defaulter. There are five elements we must put into consideration as we talk on the subject of perfection: (1) LOVE=Col 3 v 14, we are made to know that love indeed is the bond of perfection, the Scripture says for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son as sacrifice for the world and in another place the Lord said that by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one for another. (2) BENEVOLENCE: Mt 19 v 21, part of our perfection is to follow the Lord’s commands, doctrines and acts. (3) GOOD WORKS: Jm 2 v 22, we are reminded here that our works are to complement our faith, of course it has to be good works > Acts 9 v 39. (4) CONTROL OF THE TONGUE: Jm 3 v 2, the tongue of the perfect Christian is sanctified and used for things that promote the gospel work and salvation of souls. (5) OBEDIENCE: 1Jn 2 v 5, the use of our tongue reveals the true condition of our heart and our relationship with our maker. The Lord will help us that none of us would fall short of these five elements of perfection in Jesus name. We are going to consider three points:- 1 LIVING IN A CORRUPT WORLD YET INCORRUPTIBLE 2 LEANING ON WORLDLY SNARES IS DANGEROUS 3 LIVING IN EXALTED POSITION THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS (1) LIVING IN A CORRUPT WORLD YET INCORRUPTIBLE: (Gen.39 v 7-9; 2Kg 5 v 16; Jer 35 v 5,6; Dan 1 v 8; Acts 8 v 20; Lk 4 v 5-7; Jn 17 v 14-16.) The Scripture says “ with God all things are possible”, believers should have this word at the back of their mind too that it’s possible to walk through this narrow way that leads to Heaven with our white garment of righteousness without being stained. Faith in God will conquer the flesh and all immoral acts, faithfulness would always lead to our exaltation, just as Joseph was faithful in Potiphar’s house. We should always remember too that whatever we have in this world is only by the grace of God, and that the gift of God is not for merchandise, a true child of God that want to remain incorruptible, must shorn worldliness, immorality, refuse payment for exercising the gift of God, must not give or take bribe, must resist worldly honor. So, the onus is on us, the grace of God is available to help, if Joseph can resist adultery we too can, if Elisha can refused payment for the gift of healing we too can, if Peter can refused bribe, then we too with the abundance of grace of God in our lives can do away with anything that connect bribe. It’s my earnest prayer that nothing would stain or soil our garment of righteousness in Jesus name. (2) LEANING ON WORLDLY SNARES IS DANGEROUS: (2 Cor 6 v 14-16; 1Cor 6 v 9,10;) The Word of God warns every believer not to have any intimate relationship with the world, the friendship of the world, the marriage of the world, the dressing of the world, the polities of the world, the games of the world, the gullibility of the world etc. All these are snares to the life of a believer because Jm 4 v 4 says “ that the friendship of the world is enmity with God. Under this subheading, we are going to look at ten things which the believer must be wary of : False gods = Ex 23v33 Sinful covenants = Ex 34v12 Silver and gold = Deu 7v25 Evil associations = Josh 23v13 Idolatry = Ps 106v36 Broken vows = Pr 20v25 Friendship with violent people = Pr 22v25 Scoffing = Pr 29v8 Avarice = 1Tm 6v9 Friendship of the world = Jm 4v4 We can deduce from the afore mention points that anyone that is involved in these things shall not enter into the kingdom of God > 1Cor 6v9,10. May God help us in Jesus name. (3) LIVING IN EXALTED POSITION THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Pr 14v34; Gen 39v21-23; Gen 41v39-44; Esther 8v15-17; Dan 1v15, 19, 20, 28-30 ;) It’s no gainsaying that the promotion that comes from God is through righteousness, just as the Scriptures says that righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people, in the same vain righteousness would always uplift individuals both spiritually and physically. The life of Joseph in potiphar’s house, Daniel and the three Hebrew children in Babylon, and Mordecai are good examples and worthy of emulation. In 1Cor 15v58, jus as our labour will not be in vain, our righteousness would not be in vain also in Jesus name.

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