3 OCt 2010 sermon

Luke 1 :13
- God hears prayers
-John is called to be the prophet of the Most High
-God uses zech 's son to prepare the way for HIS Son



How to nuture the next leader


-Let God raise the leader
-Leaders are raised by God and not by going through lessons and training
-Its God who does the things
-Its through prayer/ people that God rise a leader
-David a little boy was not even taught fully and was raised by God
-Its the calling of God and also the interest

-Paul had the best Jewish education
-In the context of today
-Paul might already gone to the best schools
-But he was called only when a great light shine upon him
-Changing him for the good of his plans


-GOD CAN
-Jesus was crucified and so He can
-He has the right

-Paul was not accepted when he was called
-Paul killed christians jailed them
-and nobody accepted him
-But God wants us to know that
-In the person that doest not have a posibility to be the one
-God will take him to be the one

-God can raise us
-God will call
-baraba accepted Paul then the whole other apostles
- We willl have another Banabas
-to accept whom God has chosen

-See God's will in you
-It can be us or the next
-God will raise a next generation of leaders
-using burdens to raise a leader

-God has prepared this people
-only when the time is right
-special ways to call
-prayers are answered always
-feel honour God has called you
-He calls people who are worthy to be

It is FINISHED

-as humans we cannot do anything to a perfect action or thing,just like the Mona Lisa painting. We cannot do anything to make it more perfect.Because it is perfect by itself.

-Neither can we complete or finish a completed or finished work.It has been done,when things are done.There is no way any body want to change it again

-We are all made righteous by His blood for He bleeds for us and your sins

-Greek word 'teleo' means that it is finished

-Jesus had completed the work, notice that it is COMPLETED, not COMPLETING or COMPLETE. He has done it 2000 years ago.It has been done,nothing can reverse that action, a perfect act for humans

-And when things are done..esp the forgiveness of sins. WILL always be finished...it WILL NEVER end

-Jesus was sacrificed, for us and when He lived on earth, He met the righteous demands of the law

-Paid our debts in FULL, not half full or one-quarter but FULL

-It is not by what we have done to earn our righteousness,because...strictly speaking, we have done nothing to make us 1/4 righteous or even 1/100 righteous.

-It is the perfect action of Jesus that died on the cross,that brings righteousness and blessings to us

-It is not about right doing,because what we do can never meet the righteous demands

-It is about right believing, when you believe in Jesus you received your rights as the Child Of God

-Under the law, you must do

- Under Grace, it is done

-You are not going to be delivered because you already are delivered

-Not going to be healed because you are already healed

-Pregnant with healing

-keep resting

-the work is finished,rest in Jesus

-Victory is won

-Blessings have been bought by His blood

-Only believe

Thoughts about Death

Today, just wanna pour my thoughts and feelings out
Everytime, when i see people walk past me and news about people dying
no matter was it about being burned or killed
But i would always relate it to me
whether this would happen to me
Then, i always think
Where will i go if i die?
Will i really see Jesus?
Will i really be in heaven?
Or was it just something to calm myself down when i die?
Will i go straight to hell,maybe because Jesus was a fake god?
While the Buddhist or Muslim's god are true?
and then if i will die in hell,why would i choose to trust in Jesus?
Because no matter what i do or believe,it just leads me to hell
and i heard lots of people saying about recarnation and all those
Then linking to that why would i choose to Love God since
i will still be recarnated
And death is really scary to me
I will always be terrifed about this topic
I am scared that the God i trust wasnt true
the Jesus i loved has never died for me
Then, i remembered this verse
The most important verse that every christian should know
and understand
and its so simple in its words
JOHN 3: 16
and i realise that he did show me his powers
like some of my friends have anointing
the power of tongues
and my leaders who are being chosen to serve him
And most importantly my life
it was all because of Him
and im so willing to serve him now
because im being loved by him

Isaiah 12:2-3

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.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2-3


-God is my salvation:

-Why is it God is my salvation?

-Because he came in the form of a human

-Lived as a human

-Though he was a spirit, he made Jesus to come

-down from heaven to earth

-to have one purpose, and one purpose only

-and is to die on the cross for all our sins

-no matter minor or worse

-all the different sins are compiled into one and

-its being thrown onto his body

-every kind of sins

-even sickness and suffering

-Jesus took it all

-So he became our salvation because

-He saved us from many sins

-In fact, all of the sins

- and many sicknesses that would come into our way

-because he saved us

-he is now sitting on the right hand of God

-Being with the Father and the Spirit


- will trust, and not be afraid

-Trust because he has lived for you

-he has shown you the way

-the truth and the life

-and he said Nobody can come to the father except through him

-So before meeting God

-You must know and acknowledge him

-So that he can say to the father that

-This is your child

-who has accepted me, who has lived his life for me

-just as i lived for him

-who has praise you for your glory

-you wisdom

-and you love

-he/she is the one that i died for and has lived for me

-He/she is the one that i love and loves me back

LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song

-He is our strength because we gave our weakness in exchange for his strength

-Thats why this is the beautiful exchange

-he is willing to exchange the bad for his good

-And he is the only person we can depend on because

-your parents are going to pass away,leaving you all alone

-your siblings are going to pass away, leaving you to fend for yourself

-your loved ones are all going to pass away , leaving you and your love

-so now in this times, learn to see God

-Learn to see His greatness and Love

-Learn to praise him, in this times

-he is your song

-you sing only to him

-you dont sing a worship song for your wife to enjoy

-you sing it for your God to enjoy

-and you sing out of love

-if there is no one you can love

-There is always God for you

-He is always there

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”

-Because he is your salvation and you can depend on him

-Draw water from him out of slvation

-is to ask him for help in your times of need

-and because he is your slavation

-he will save you from your deepest problems and troubles

-nothing is impossible with God

-Because he was the one that created the earth

-Nothing on earth can be bigger or better then our creator

-If a creation is bigger then the creator

-then why would a creation be made

-why cant it make the creator

-likewise, if our problems are bigger then God

-then why cant problems sovle themselves?

-God is bigger and better then anything

-even the greatest problem

-doesnt stops him

-even the hardest math question

-without using formulas

-he knows the answer

-So praise our great and mighty God, for he stands for us

-he allows us to dwell in his presence

-he is willing to change our weakness for his strength

-his joy for our sadness

-His love for our depression

-HE IS THE GOD OF ALL

Colossians 3:1-2

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2

If you want to be rising up with Jesus,seek those things

that are above the world,where Christ sitting on the right hand of God
set your love for the things above not on the earth


-)If you want to rise to be with Christ you must firstly seek him,because

he is greatest human that lived above the qualifications and requirements of the world

even the richest man cannot compare to his greatnest

and now his stting at the right hand of God

seek him,bow to him, praise Him and Love Him

for he was the one that gives his entire life for you


he made himself to be beaten into a pulp that nobody would recgonize

he is here for you and now he wants you to be for him


he wants not ust your prayers,praise and lifted hands

but what he want most is your love for Him

Half Christian. Yes/No

I have been always thinking why do people call themselves Half-Christians?
( I hate this kind of people the most)
Why is there such a term?
And what does it mean to be a Half-Christian

-I asked around, some told me that because their parents were Buddist and they
are christians, so they becomes a half

-But I wonder...Jesus is your PERSONAL SAVIOUR, its by your desicion to choose
Him that allows you to be forgiven and become a Christian

-Why does a PERSONAL SAVIOUR gonna do with your parents?

-lets take an example, a phone is a personal item, where only you can use it
and you dont want your parents to use or to even touch it..that is personal
which just states that "its yours! "

-Jesus is a personal God,His yours when you believe in Him
-He is there for you and you alone
-He is for everybody but mostly being PERSONAL TO YOU!
-So, would you use your parents religion to mix with your own ?

and i tell you Jesus cannot be mixed with Buddism,Hinduism,Islam and others

-Jesus is living by the highger standard then the others

-He is not classified with the rest but above the rest

-For Jesus has a class of His own

-He does not belong to the world like the others

-He was sent from heaven to Earth for you and me

-Being a PERSONAL SAVIOUR

-He came to save,teach,gives faith, hope and most importantly LOVE,unlike the others

-He came to redeem not to condemn people

-He is here for every sins that must be paid

-His life is for you as it is his death

-For if he dies you live

-He is a sacrifical LORD

-you never see other gods doing such kind of thing like sending their own Son
to the earth to save mankind...none

-they did not demostrate Love but only their power

-They came only to teach and not to love and serve

-They want people to serve them not to serve people

But the Son of God came to serve His people

we are known as HIS PEOPLE!!!
NOT OTHER GODS PEOPLE BUT JESUS' PEOPLE!!!!!

He is the only true God, which have said he is the way,truth and life
no one comes to the Father,THROUGH ME

which says it all that Through JESUS, you see God
ONLY JESUS AND NONE BUT JESUS
FOR HE CAME TO DIE AND MADE A BRIDGE THAT WOULD FOREVER BE THERE FOR MANKIND

SO DONT CALL YOURSELF A HALF-CHRISTIAN FOR YOU ARE NOT THROUGH JESUS...AND
ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE YOU, HE IS THE ONLY WAY TRUTH AND LIFE
NO OTHER GODS HAD MADE THIS CLAIM
YOU ARE REBORN BECAUSE OF HIM AND FOR HIM ONLY
YOU ARE HIS
SO MAKE IT PERSONAL TO YOU BECAUSE HE CAME TO SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SINS PERSONALLY
NOT JUST TO TEACH YOU WHAT TO DO

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

-the conclusion of the whole matter, is trying to say about the end of the world

-because it is only by the end of the world where judgment would come for us

-and if we do what God had told us too, we succeed his test

-He shall bring all the things we have done when we lived on earth

-And look through our timeline of life

-see all the things..no matter evil or good

-even the trival things are being seen by God's eyes

-theres not escape for every thing

-every work...is everything you do,no matter good or evil

-secret or revealing

-He sees it all and he shall judge you accordingly to what you do

-So now before we leave this world

-lets do something

-lets keep our commandments and LOVE God

-You dont really fear God, for if you fear God, you will develop a seperation

-keep his commandments

-which is to Love your God,Your Lord and love your neighbour as you love yourself

-these are just two simple commandments

-God didnt give you so much commandments just two simple ones

-so why wouldnt we just follow these commands?

-and it is our responsibility

-its not a choice, its a MUST

-but God knows there are weaknesses in us

-so thats why, Jesus and the spirit is here

-Jesus came to show you the way

-while the spirit leads you to the end of it

-and God receive you with opened arms

Revelation 14:6-7

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; 
for the hour of his judgment is come...? 
Revelation 14:6-7

-That was not an another angel, it is JESUS

-He came back to receive His people in His Kingdom

-Everlasting Gospel is the Good News that dwelled on the Earth

-To everyone around the world 

-Telling us that its time to go back to His presence

-Jesus came twice, 1st was to be tortured and suffered at the cross to forgive us 
from our eternal sin and it became a good news or gospel that is everlasting

-for JESUS blood in our body is everlasting and nothing but blood

-it dwell in us on this Earth

-To every country,every people,language and men

-Telling us to Fear the Lord and give Him the Glory 

-because now JESUS has come to Judge

-He was Judged but now it turn rounds for Him to Judge

-God gave JESUS the right to Judge people

-Because he was judged by men when he lived,tested and was grumbled on

-Now Jesus is trying to show that how he managed to live through
times of temptations, trials and being judged

-His trying to say that what he does will affect you

-If Jesus can live a sinless life on earth, why cant you?

-Your everlasting sins are forgiven

-You are sinless in God's eyes

(Isaiah 43:1)

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; 
I have called you by your name; you are Mine. (Isaiah 43:1)

-I to Jesus 
Fear not, for Jesus have redeemed you;
Jesus have called you by your name you are His

-why would Jesus call us by name?
what make us so worthy of it?
what did we do to make ourselves worthy?
Did we do all the good deeds for people to make us worthy?

-Answer is NO..We are never worthy even though, if we donate 100 thousand dollars
or provide for 30 orphans or even open a very very huge organization to provide
food or money for poor familes or kids

-We are not gonna earn by our deeds and our actions

-It is by His deed and action that causes us to be so worthy

-Even if we are big bosses and people respect us, would they really respect you
as in take you as a good leader? no, they would really fear you

-But if Jesus is in you and people respect you, is not that they want to respect you
they are respecting the One living inside of your life

-No matter what we do, we are still sinners and as sinners we are not forgiven
but by His grace and mercy we are released once again of the bondage of sin
into the deep mercy of His grace

-He Loves us so much that Jesus would die and we would live
so Jesus would suffer and we will be healed
So Jesus would be living for us that we can go to the heaven to see the Father

-He never abandon us, He will something be MIA but that is a test of faith
and he didnt promise to let you feel His presence all the time He is a Gracious God
who is willing to lay everything down for us

-Just like our parents that are willing to give their all to us
so whats more with God? He is the greatest Father living
If your parents could give you this, He can give even more

-He is God,No other but God alone...All he has he had sacrificed
so now its your turn...what you have sacrifice it
it doesnt have to be your life 
as in to go through the whole process of suffering at the cross
because the cross stated that You are Forgiven

-Give Him what you have...Money for offering?
maybe its not alot but give in your all as for God gave everything to you 

the Cross

What does the Cross meant?
-To embarrass people of their deaths?
-Show people something?

Whenever the cross is being mentioned, people or in fact Christians will tend to see Jesus. 
Hanging at the cross with all His blood spilled...all so gory and disgusting.
But why would he be there? He aint a sinner....
Everything he did was all pure and holy,even if he faced temptations.He overcame all those and sins
He was just like another man living on this earth

But what made Him so special? Because He was the only Son of God that came to Earth all for the sake of mankind..Why? because He wanted You and God to be reconciled again 

He is like a bridge between two island,between God and Us

We say that when he was abandon by God we were graciously accepted
when he was condemned we were free

And when he was whipped by the roman guards, you were miraculously healed
So on this very day that from your birth you are born with a normal life
why? because Jesus has been whipped for you

During his time of being tortured, he was thinking about You...His Joy
he did not complain about the pain
You see carefully throughout his life 
that he did not complain that it was all a chore
he took it as a responsibility
He knows that it would bring a smile to God

And during the time of being hanged on the cross, he cried God,God why have you abandon me? so now we can say father,father why did you accept me?

Believe in that Jesus came for you and not against you 

He loves you so much till the extend of raising his arms and dying on the cross

He didnt much care about humiliation but only the people

So now dont be so seperated from God for you are redeemed and you have all the rights to pursue 
as the Child of God

Why wait? today is the day!

Matthew 13:45-46

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Matthew 13:45-46


-Change the merchant to Jesus 
-change the godly pearls to us
-change the "sold all that he had" to the blood
-change bought to redeem 

Again,the kingdom of heaven is Jesus,he went seeking for us:Who,where he had found us, went to the cross and died and use his blood to redeem us back

Mark 13:5-6

And Jesus answering them began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive
you: For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.?  Mark 13:5-6

-In the world we live today, there are many religions, for example
Buddism,Muslin,Indians

-They come in all sorts of shape and sizes
for eg the hindu Gods

-There are so many of it...but the Bible listed that there is only 1 God
a three in one God
none other then the Father,Jesus and the spirit

-this Gods that live in peoples live today deceived the people
they came in saying they are Christ which is another saying of they are God
but the are not...

-Their teaching falls far from the bible,they came to deceive many

-They dont love man but just teach them their wrong ways

-If they are God, then why dont they answer to their people's prayer?
-If they are God, why dont they tell their people through their spirit?
-If they are God, why cant the people feel loved?

-God is Love and this is the bottom line...without love you are not God
because God loved the world that he gave Jesus his only Son to die for our bloody
sins(john 3:16)
-If they are God..why dont they show that they love their people?
-Only In Jesus Christ we see the wonder and awe of God
because Jesus is the exact representation of God's Love
None but Jesus could show that great mercy and love for His people

So think  about it if Jesus was not a true God, then why would he come to
save us from our bloody hell sins?

Luke 6:46

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which I say??  Luke 6:46

Did we really walk our own way?
Did we went on to create our own paths?

-During Jesus' age, different kind of people went to Him
to get healed,bless and cast demons out of them and they praised Him
and called Him "Lord", but they did not follow Jesus instructions for them
Jesus told them not to tell anyone about their healing and go to the high priest
to get themselves examine and to be proclaim clean...but they did not follow his
words and went on to tell others about it

-Does this people look like us? In fact, we are the replicas of them
we went into the church. We searched for God's presence and we asked Him
to bless our business,wealth and health....When He blessed us all these
we are to glorfiy Him but some of us would go on to lead that normal life
as though you are the one holding the future or you managed to steer the
company out of huge debts

-We are like those people, we receive but we didnt listen carefully to what God/Jesus
said to us...we didnt wait...we just want it now....we want it fast...

-We can pray for good business,but if you dont wait and hear what the Lord have to say
or tell you how are you going to do it...you wont get it
and as humans we dont blame ourselves but we blame God for everything
we might say :" why God?,Why? I thought you are the greatest and kindest? why? wont you let my
business prosper?"
have we think that it was us all along?
that we wont listen to what He has to say?
What he has in mind to make us prosper forever?

and this is also the reason why some of the Jews didnt believe in Jesus
because they only think that Jesus is like an ordinary person
but in fact he was the Savior waiting for His death

So,the conclusion is not just to listen to the first part and run off.Continue to wait for the Lord,
He might not answer straight away but He will for everything he have in mind is good for you
and you alone

29/7

Today was a energy taking day!!! In school, it has already token a big portion of my time & energy for studies...
then after that went GYM and of course....somehow or rather you would be tired and most importantly......
the koreans and singaporeans gathering at church....wow it took my days off man....im now tired

22/7/10

Today got school, as usual daily routine,where we study recess and everything inside a school...then after school went to kopitiam with YJ and Dixon....after lunch i went back to school to find some of my schoolmates and we went for our audition.
AT first i was totally disappointed in my own group
-no co-op
-playing
-being a nuisance
-and of course using different language
and i dont know why,just why would people blame others for their own faults
as what Job 40:2
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who accuses God answer Him
So its basically,not a group problem but each individual problem
lets take a stanza
a leader that scolds the group for playing around....but individually they go one side and discuss among a few then say it out...but what is the difference between telling them and talk then tell?????????
Will you be contend that what you do is correction to what the others done wrong???
and by accusing the people = accusing God himself
because God is in the people
he came as a human to this hell hole we call earth
Will you be contend when you say about people's bad and then blame everything to others?
answer to yourself first whether are you to blame
i think this is human problem
we dont see the wood in our eye and we go and find the dust in other people eyes
= we dont see our own faults and we seek for others tinny mistakes
But ultimately i just want to be with god

17.7.2010

Today, i went to get money from the bank because i want to buy a guitar.So inside of the bank there is always queuing and also the 1st come 1st serve rule...waited and done! i got my cash...but somehow i didnt buy it today cos i dont know where is the shop( im some what blur).So i went home after breakfast,then went off about 11 to collect my stuff from a seller at Ebay.com.sg, this seller is really good he really gave a good description of how i the thing like and i like it so much so now im in church and i will end off here

13/7

Today, after school i had a competition. I prayed to God,that it might go the way i want...but I did not say let his will be done..so i went on with the match,the 1st match was great we won the first match and when we win, we will of course feel great and also forget about God,but during the 2nd and 3rd match,we lost terribly.I was over at the side because of being subbed out of the match....and the whole game stipulation didn't go the way i want it to...then i found out something....before Jesus was captured,he told God to take the cup away from him,so that he will not die on the cross.But he added that it was not his will,but the Will of God....This was my mistake....it should be God's will not my will...maybe he wants me to experience something during the match.....but every time we should do our plans and leave it to Him, let God change your plan, its okay for He knows whats the best for us.He wouldn't want us to suffer but to learn more about Him during something important .

Praise God for who he is and Praise God for giving the best to us

CHAPTER 6: WHAT HAPPENED BEHNID THE SCENE?

CHAPTER 6: WHAT HAPPENED BENID THE SCENE?
-Whats the big deal?
-A guy was crucified
-He wasnt the only person to die by such a hideous death
-those watching with natural eyes see an innocent man beaten to a bloody plup
hung on the cross by thugs
-Those watching with spiritual eyes see something else

-The visible world,can see how hideous was his death on the cross
-The invisible world,sipritual world, what really happened?
he became that invisible bridge between God and men
-Something spiritual happened in the invisible realm

OUR SUBSITUTE
-poeple saw Jesus as a blood man on a tree; the eye of faith sees Jesus on the cross
as our subsitute
-Jesus took our place
-He was our substitute

A Substitute take place of another

-E.g the school,where regular teacher gets released from the classroom
-Jesus as our substitute,showedup on the cross and paid for our sins
-So we could be released
-Jesus as our substitute went to hell for 3 days so we wouldnt have to go
there for eternity
-As our substitute,was raised from the dead
-we could be raised with Him all because of this!

-RECAP:teh wages of sin is death
-the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus
-Sin requires a payment
-God cant and wont wink at sin
-rather justice requires that a wage be paid for it
-wages of sin is death
-Its what happened in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve
-they sinned and death entered
-we've all sinned and we owe the debt of death!
-Jesus paid our debt
-He took our place
-He died for our sins
-He paid our wage and we got His gift

-HE PAID THE PRICE WE GOT THE GIFT

-Jesus was here
-He was on a mission and purpose
-rescue all of us from sin and death

HIS CROSS WAS OUR CROSS

-Jesus birth,life,ministry,death and resurrection were predicted before He came
-It was Isaiah that prohesied this magnificent Savoiur
-It was our weakness he carried;it was our sorrows that weighed Him down
-He was wounded and crushed for our sins
-We have left God's path to follow our own
-The Lord laid on Him the guilt and sins of us all
-who among the people realized that
-He was dying for their sins
-He was suffering their punishment
-Because of what He has experienced,my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to br counted righteous for He will bear all their sins
-He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners(Isaiah 52:14,53:3-12)(short version)
-the cross wasnt about a man who survived beatings,mockery and torture
-is about the man who made a decision
-In the Garden of Gethsemane
-rescue mankind from the sin and eternal death that had plagued humanity since the
Garden of Eden
-His cross was our cross
-we deserved to be punished for our own sins
-He took our place
-we were crucified with Him
-Galatians 2:20

THE GRAND FINALE
-After his death,He rose again after going to hell for 3 days
-and reign again as our substitue
-He rose from the dead
-This put Jesus in a class all by Himself
-He's alive today!!!!
-Jesus did after the resurrection was to take His own blood into
heaven's most holy place,where He poured it out on the eternal mercy seat for the salvation
of mankind!
-He is our eternal high priest
-When Christ can as high priest
-He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood
having obtained eternal redemption
-How much more,then,will the blood of Christ,who through the eternal spirit
offered Himself unblemish to God
-cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death
-I have come that may have life
-The good sheperd gives His life for the sheep
-1 mediator between God and men
-Hebrews 9:7-14
-john 10:10
-1 timothy 2:5-6

DONT INSULT GOD
-light of all that we've looked at
-you see its an absolute insult to compare any past or present religion,religious leader
or icon to Jesus Christ
-they dont even are in the same class of Christ
-Jesus is the only 1 that can saves
-No one comes through the Father except through Me(john 14:6_
-he is the only one qualified to make such a statement
-Jesus died on the cross,it was blood and guts to the eyes of the physical world
-Jesus died on the cross,in the spiritual world, it was life over death
THIS IS WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY

CHAPTER 5 how do you define a Hero?

CHAPTER 5 how do you define a Hero?
-Unfortunately,we live in a life of celebrity worship...
-everything that includes,movies,stars,athletes,artists,musicians,wealthy,successful and powerful
-Reslut is that we we've been disappointed by these so-called heroes
-Politicians addicted to sex,Stars in rehab,Sports Heroes on steriods and etc...
-Why worship a fake hero and not a true one?
-a true hero__someone who has done something truly heroic
-Jesus was the truest of all heroes...none can compare
-General defination of a hero is: a remarkably brave person or someone who has shown great courage or strength
of character

-Jesus is a hero

-Reasons that followers of Jesus are so passionate about Him is simple,He is the
only person in human history who overcame death with his life
-Or specifically his blood


UNDER PRESSURE

-Jesus had eternal blood that would save mankind
-having the blood wasnt enough,He had to shed that blood
-had to live a sinless life and get to the Cross
-Satan cant read minds but he formed something out of the scriptures,
something unique about Jesus
-satan tempted JESUS to sin in very way
-Lust of flesh
-lust of eyes
-pride of life
-JESUS resisted every temptation to sin and the pressure to quit
-JESUS displayed great bravery,courage and strength of charatcer
-in the face of extreme pressure...the type of pressure that would make anyone crack
-Literally,JESUS carried the weight of the world as He overcame these 3 pressures

-Pressure #1:temptation to Sin
-Man are known for sinful creatures that God has made
-Jesus as a man had to live this sinless life
-he was not sinless when he came,but has to live it throughout
-it wouldnt matter if he went to the cross if he sinned
-because his blood would be unacceptable
-he has to live a perfect life-as a man
-He was God 100% in his flesh,but he gave up the right of being God and being like us
-Everything he did on earth ,he did it as a man empowered by the Holy Spirit
-He had to live a sinless life from birth till death as a man
-once he sinned,then it would be the end of the human race
-we can never mend that broken relationship we have with God
-He was just like us...criticized,rejected,persecuted and tempted to sin-but he never did sin at all

-Pressure #2: Temptation to Live
-Jesus had to die and she His blood
-His purpose on earth was to sacrifice his life for everyone
-If he did not lay down his life on the cross
-we will all suffer and never go back to God
-Jesus knew that without the sheddding of blood there is no forgiveness
-He couldnt bail out
-Only His death would bring us life
-and he choose the Cross
-how GREAT IS OUR SAVIOUR?SO WILLING TO DO EVERYTHING FOR US!

-Jesus had to lay down His will to do God's will
-His life,He laid it down freely
-Our entire lifespan and eternalty+ Our generations and next next generations,
all depeneded on JESUS

-Pressure #3:temptation to Quit
-Jesus was God's ONLY Son
-IF he failed,were all lost
-If he sinned or back out from God's will
-death would always affect us to be eternally seperated from GOD
-Jesus wasnt one of the sons,he was the ONLY son
-think about the conversation God and Christ would have
"Okay Jesus,You're going first.Through the Incarnation You'll become the God/man
with he eternal blood that will save humanity.I want You to lay aside every advantage you have as God
and do this whole thing as a man--a substitude.Now,do your best,avoid sin and prepare Yourself for the
crucifixon.If it doesn't work out,dont worry,I'vs got a contingency plan.....I'll just send one of my other Sons...
-THERE WAS NO CONTIGENCY PLAN
-Bible says that Jesus was the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of the Father
from john 3:16

HE TOOK OUR PLACE ON PURPOSE
-when we read the Bible,we dont realise the difficult decisions Jesus had to make as a man
-He was God in flesh,but He laid down aside all rights as God,to be our legal substitude
-He resisted every temptation,Shed His blood
-gave his life in exchange for ours
-Literally and legally,took our place! Why???

-Jesus had the tought of Humanity being set free of sins,just like how God thinks of us
our sins being set free was a joy to him
-he was willing to die a shameful deathont the cross because of the JOY
-the joy was us!
-He was motivated to shed His blood
-He knew the joy that would be His
-redeemed mankind from sin and death into forgiveness and life with God!

-Jesus was very intentional
-he laid down his life VOLUNTARILY,for he have to right to lay it down
and take it again
-when the guards arrested Jesus,He reiterated who was in control
-He could have ask for God's help to get angels to rescue Him BACK
-but he knows the scriptures should be completed
-so he went to the cross on our behalf

JESUS defines a hero!

IT WASNT PRETTY
-He told God to take away the cup from him
-Jesus didnt wanted to die
-but even so,he says if this cup cannot be taken away until i drink it,Your will be done
-He knows that it was painful but for God's will and for gaining his JOY
-he was willing to go to the cross
-It would sound like this in morden language

-Father if there is any other way that You can do this
-any other way to provide eternal life and forgiveness for mankind
-I beg you to show me
-if its possible to have a do-over-snapping your fingers or accepting world religions
or good works as sufficient for redemption
-let the death pass from me
-i dont want to die and shed MY blood
-Please Father let it be
-but i wont choose what i want,i choose your will

-Sometimes we over-spiritualize Jesus' journey to the cross
-we dont realise that He,in His flesh,didnt want to be serverely beaten,spit,kicked
,mocked,whipped and brutalized to that point He was not recognizable as a human

-JESUS DIDNT FLOAT TO THE CROSS
-Our past,present and eternal future hung on one event ; the crucifixion
-It was the floolishness to many people these days:the wise,scholarly,philosophical
,acadamic and religious among us
to others it was God's hidden wisdom
-Jews ask for a miracle,Greeks looks for wisdom
-but to whom God has called both Jew and Greeks
-(Christ the power of God) and wisdom of God
-the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom and the weakness of God is more than man's strength
-but here, God has no weakness, He is a perfect God and He is no foolish either
he planned everything accordingly and well,if he was foolish and have weaknesses
how would he be called God?
-so God was a 100%(God's 100% was more then man's 100%) Clever God
-He has 100% strength
-and when Jesus said; it is finished,then it all ended onto the very body of Christ

NO FLIM AT ELEVEN
-Jesus never starred a movie
-never shot a 3-pointer
-never had a public office
-never lived in berverly hills
-never recorded a CD
-didnt own a jet
but he lived a sinlees life,went to the cross and shed his blood

HE IS THE TRUE HERO THAT NONE CAN COMPARE

Chp3 Can we get a DO-over?

Chp3 Can we get a DO-over?

-Death seems so final but life could overcome it

at the fall,we were pronouced dead but God was crying to his heart

and say he will bring us back to him

-was there a Do-Over?'

-during games like tag,hide and seek,or even checkers

-you feel great about wining, you will be joyous

-Losing is just saddening that you simply call for a Do-Over

-God didnt like the result of Mankind's fall,why didnt God call for a do over?

-what about Plan B,C,D?

-Why didnt God say."Adam and Eve, you blew it! There's obviously a flaw in the mold

so,I'm going to call for a do-over.I have to eliminate you and start over

-And it would work because nobody would ever know whether God changed Adam and Even to 

Ken and Barbie

-His God, He can do everything he wants,cant he?

-alright then what about plan C?

-Adam and Eve,just say you're sorry-without rolling your eyes! I'm going to snap my finger

and on the count of three,we're just going to call all this forgiven and forgotten

-why didnt he, just snap his fingers? and everythig would turn out fine

-What about plan D

-maybe Adamn and Eve,just pick a religion and do ten good deeds and God will consider

the sins paid

-why couldnt all three plans worked?

-There's a reason...before we look at the reason,we concur that if God could have done anything

than send Jesus to the earth..He would ultimately die on a cross 

-shed his blood--He would have done it?

-if there was any other way to reverse 'death',securing a relationship with God and providing eternal life

-there is no doubt he would have employed it

-But God already has the rescue plan in place....why would God already have a rescue plan?

-because God was living out of time, he could already what would happen to mankind

-so he knows when to let this Master Plan take effect

-ORIGINAL PLAN

-MASTER PLAN

-Life Blood

-only life can overcome death

-when Adam and Eve sinned...God cannot do the plan of B,C,D

-he had to do something legal,intentional and eternal

-Because even God,himself has to follow his own rules

-so God need to provide something that conquers death

and that is LIFE

-In Leviticus 17:1,it listed that life is in its blood,it is the blood,representing life

-life can only be found in the blood

-So God need a donor to import eternal life back to mankind

-DEATH WAS THE PROBLEM

LIFE OVERCAME DEATH

LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD

-The Old Covenant,God set up a system of blood sacrifices to provide forgiveness

and life to HIS people

-He went on to find blood(life) to impart back into humans

-The Passover, in Exodus 12:2-13,typifies the power of shed blood to overcome death and impart life

-of the people must use the blood on their doors,so the plague of death wont eneter them but...

he didnt say that when your inside of the house you must pray and pary and fast...

he didnt say taht so the people inside were either praying and fasting or even drinking 

-Hebrews 9:22...Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness

-its the legal way to free man of sins

-God was please of the shed of blood of the animals for tempo. cover

but it was temporary blood

-God needs an eternal blood,sinless one

-who serve qualified as the donor

-Type #1

Animals-they have blood,but their blood isn't eternal.Temporal blood could not provide perfect,eternal cleansing

Summary: Not a match

-Type #2

Man-we are eternal being and we have blood,but our blood was contaminated with death through sin

Summary: Not a match

-Type#3

God-God is eternal and sinless,but He is a Spirit and doesnt have a physical body with blood

Summary:Not a total match

-Type#4

God/Man--If God,who is eternal and sinless,become a human man with blood,this would 

provide the perfect eternal,sinless type of blood which is qualified to provide life

Summary : perfect match!

God became a man and put on flesh so that eternal,sinless blood could flow through his veins!

-know thestory t]--although,perhaps you dont really know the story,look at it with fresh eyes

-During the old Covenant,God was planing it already,a bigger plan that Old convenant 

__ThE Master Plan

-he prepared before foundations of the world

-God,sent Gabriel to tell a young teen name Mary

-He blessed her with His son

-He used the Holy Spirit to overshadow her

-and she was willing to give birth to the SAVIOUR!

-God knew Mary, was a girl who understands that how humble and sweet his spirit is

and she was not rebelious at all

-through Christ,born out of a virgin

-took a body as a baby and came to His own people

-his circulatory carried the only blood,which was eternal,sinless and full of life that sets man

free from death

-Jesus was God's Master Plan

-Now the Life was in His blood

-God humbled himself,and became a human

-how great was it,that God has to become like us but died a criminals death on the cross

-God made The Incarnation using the Holy Spirit to overshadow Mary 

-in the midst of it,God designed it to ensure that Jesus Blood will not be contaminated

with Mary blood

-God wants to erase not just cover but eredicate every sin

Chp2 is this a state of emergency?

Chp2 is this a state of emergency?
-Today,the world's a pretty distressing place.People are pretty much
-Self-absorbed
-money-hungry
-self promoting
-stuck up
- profane
-contemptuous of parents
-crude
-coarse
-Dog-eat-Dog
-unbending
-slanders
-impulsively wild
-savage
-cynical
-treacherous
-ruthless
-bloated windbags
-addicted to lust
and most importantly,allergic to God(2nd timothy 3:12 MSG)


Thousands of years ago,the Bible have already predicted how would we live in this world
-does this passage describe our world or what?
-this wasnt God's original plan.He defintely had something better in mind.

-THE ORIGINAL PLAN
-God's original plan started with Adam...He scooped up some dirt and sculpted a statue
-he made a hunk out of dirt,Adam
-he amazingly,breathed the breath of life through Adam's nostrils and he came alive
-the bible listed that a statue became a man-living,moving,breathing person!
-God breath filled Adam and he became a man full of the LIFE OF GOD-spirit,soul and body
-then came EVE, token out of Adamn's rib..and both of them were in the Life-filled Garden
-Everything in the Garden was filled with loaded fruits and food..God gave them authority over everything
-Everything resounded with LIFE!(this was God's plan that is to give life)
-GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN WAS LIFE
-Genesis 1:26-28(thenGod said, 'Let Us make man in Our image,according to Our likeness;let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea,over the birds of the air and over the cattle,over all the earth and every
living thing
-)God created man in His own image, both female and male
-LIFE WAS GOOD IN THE GARDEN
-the plan was to saturate humanity with HIS life
-gave us everything we need(free will,sharp mind,rich abundance,healthy body,authority,blessings,great interpersonal relationship
with him!
-bless and prosper mankind
-everything that life represented

-LIFE AND LIFE ONLY
-Life was everywhere!
-Adam,Eve and the Garden were loaded with Life of God
-God's goal and desire for mankind was  LIFE and everything good
-it was summarize to life,life,life,life,life,life,life,life,life!
-death was not God's plan for us
-gives us free will with little instructions
-he gave adamn and eve everything in the garden except the knowledge tree of good and evil

-DEATH  AND ONLY DEATH
-Lord told them,they would surely die if they eat the forbidden fruit
-Adam and Eve, allowed sin and death to enter into this perfect set-up
-they listen and obeyed the devil who tempted them through a pack of lies
-2 kind of death entered in us
-SPIRITUAL DEATH
-PHYSICAL DEATH
-died spiritually and their hearts were seperated from God.
-died physically and their bodies expired more then 900 years later
-death->major problem for mankind,the original plan was ruined
by sin and death entered the Human race
-cataclysmic.Tragic  Mankind went into a 911 code blue condition!
a state of emergency
-the whole human race suffered the day Adam and Eve sinned
-because Adam= the whole mankind was implicated
-death reigin throught that 1 man that many were made sinners
-death was a seperation from God spread to all men
-THE HOLE
-this spiritual death or seperation from God created an internal aching void in all of us
-every person knows he or she is created with a life for God!
-we know there is an emptiness
-we try to fill it without God, using subsitutes;addictions,money,status,relationship
,material things,intellectualism,intoxication,parties,prestige and power
-but we end up being empty again(never satisfied)
death lodged in us so the hold is a God shaped hole is caused by death
-mankind had enjoyed a friendship with the Lord and lived life as God intended
-the minute they ate the forbidden fruit they died
-spiritual seperation happend,God resound life,life,life turns to death,death,death
because of the fall
-mankind needed supernatural life support
-God breathed life
-adam and eve sinned
-death entered
-Houston,we have a problem

CHP1 who says Jesus is the only Way?

CHP1 who says Jesus is the only Way?
-how can Christians be so narrow-minded,what about other religion
-why do we say that Jesus is the only way
-Jesus has been believed,received,exalted and worshipped or bashed,ignored,belittled and dissmissed
-people have an opinion about Jesus,God,the bible and faith

(narrow minded -> narrow gate-> God)(open minded->wide gate->destruction)

-majority people are very open in ther views of faith.
-is this a good thing? a politically correct thing? A tolerance thing? or a dangerous thing?
(to the people in the world, it can be a good thing,it is a politically correct thing
and it can also be a tolerance thing,but to Christians its a basic fact that its a dangerous thing)

-religion today, in the world is like a salad bar where people heap on the upbeat beliefs
and leave teh veggies like strict doctrines-behind


-in our current culture,more then seventy percent claim to be christian,we have a mixed bag of faith
-The idea that a person would believe in Jesus as the only way to God and eternal life is becoming a foreign concept



-is believing 'everything' a good thing-eternally?
-believers in Jesus,its even more important that we know what we actually believe
-why,who is Jesus? What does his life,ministries,death and resurrection goota do wif us?



-why does Jesus matter? What makes him so different? What makes him stands apart from other religious leader
-what makes his statements so unique  and why are his true followers so passionate about him?
-lets look at a fundamental reality that should set a tone for any convosation about God,faith or religion
-RESPECT
-Fortunately,we live in a country that values freedom of religion...every person is entitled to hold
his or her own spiritual,religious or faith-based beliefs
-its not true around the world
-we have the freedom to choose without forcing or imposing our beliefs to others
-its a great luxury and benefit to every religion
-THIS IS GOD'S NATURE
- God is a pro-choice!He, Himself gives us freedom to choose,doesnt use force for people to believe
-as long as aperson belief is not immoral,unethincal,illegal or inhumane, we owe each person the respect they deserve
to make their own faith choice
-while we respect the beliefs of others there is nothing wrong to be passionate about our own faith
-in fact its advised! we ought to believe what we believe know what we believe and why,should be able to give
an intelligent,gentle and respectful answer



-Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who ask you,do this with gentleness and respect
-ought to have a strong foundation for our faith and deep convictions for what we believe, and
to be compelled by God's Love to persuade others
-we work urgently with everyone,to get them ready to face God.,realise that how much and deeply we care


-THE BIG CLAIM
-whats the difference between Jesus and..Buddha?,Confucius?,Mohammad?,Hindu Gods?
New age icons?,spiritual world?, the spirit in a man or any religious leader?
-Jesus made a big claim that makes him so different from others (john 14:6 NKJV)
-he didnt claim to be a way,or a truth or a life(if it is like this then, believing in other religion will also work)
-Jesus claimed to be the way,the truth and the life.
-he made a distinction when he states that 'no one comes through the father except through Me'
-this is a very dogmatic claim and it makes all the difference
-he didnt suggest that he was just something else a prophet or religious leader
-he claimed to be God

C.S Lewis,Oxford and Cambrigde professor and renowed authors,said'you must make your choice.Either this man was,and is, the Son of God,
or else a madman or something worse.You can shut him up for a fool,spit at Him and kill Him as a demon or fall to your kness and call him
Lord and God.But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher.He has not left that open to us.
he did not intend to

our response to his claims has major ramifications ofthen makes people uncomfortable and the easy reaction is to be 'all inclusive' or 'anti-christ'
about religious thing


In the world today,and the liberal media,its become perfectably acceptable to diss Jesus, the bible and christianity
but not to any other religion..why the apparent inconsistency?


People struggle with absolutes and perfer relativism,people reject the idea of absolute right and wrong,but rather embrace
a relativisti"whatever-works-for-you"attitude
intrestingly....most relativistic would never apply their ideas on a early morning traffic

the whatever-works-for-you way of thinking dosent works in real life.E.g:if i dont believe in abouslute red lights?
what if i believe that when light is red,it works better for me to go?
if red lights stop you,then by all means stop,but if red means go,then i have to live by my beliefs
there is a ridiculous way of thinking happening of when this attitude takes over the abosolute

-people dont like absolutes.they esp. dont like Jesus blod absolute claim

Unbelivers cant imagine God being so absolute and narrow-minded to make Jesus the only door to his Kingdom
its because they dont know Jesus and whats his point of coming to this hellhole we call earth and their biasness prevents them from receving Him
but Often the believers have not done a very good job of sharing christ in word and deed and wonder why unbelievers are hostile to Jesus

case in point: most school and public places celebrate Halloween.Kwanzaa,Hankukah or a host of other religious events,but
minute someone celebrates Christmas or Easter, there is a bias against Jesus...Santa and Easter bunny are invited while the Son Of God is forgotten
his absolute sets people off

-Jesus is not politically right
oddly doesnt all the anti christ propaganda and jesus bias behaviour around the world serve as a proof for the very veracity of Jesus?
people have no problem talking about God,angels,spiritual things,other religous leaders even prayer but when Jesus name is spoken everyone turns agitated or gets
uncomfatably slient


-the swear word
-what will people say when they hit something hard and it huts them?
-or being irritated of things?
-they want to use words with power,what words they choose?(its not a godly thing to do, but whoose name do they use in vain?)
-the exclaim Jesus Christ
-why?because his name is the name above all names and you never hear people say oh buddha or oh dalai lamaor even conficius

-People wants to use that expletive power, and wants to curse God for the pain and use God names in vain
-Jesus Christ that is ought be evidence that he is in a class of his own,as God
-why cant Jesus be lumped with other spiritual leaders?

-In A league of His own
-Jesus is in an entirely different league thatn any other person or any other religious leader who has ever lived
-Jesus never claimed to be just a religious teacher,rabbi,prophet or aspiritual leader...he claimed to be God!
this put himself into a class of his own(because God is the greatest and no one can share his class)
-Jesus indeed God in human flesh,this difference gives his birth,life,words and death a weight that no other religious leader can claim
-Jesus=God
-at somepoint everyone has to accept what he/she believes about Jesus
who is He? what did He say? why was He here?

-his not a theory.religion.concept.ideology.Jesus is a person.He is the fulfillment of God's
redemptive plan and hundreds of prophecies
-the new testament gospel accounts tell us that Jesus as the Son of God,Son of Man, the Messiah and
light of the world. known as a great teacer a rabbi preacher healer and miracle worker who was full of truth,grace and compassion
called Saviour,LORD,Redeemer,Lamb of God and the Great (I AM)
-Jesus is the same till eternity,forever and ever, millions of believers over the past 2000 years will attest to that as they tell of their
personal encounters with the living Jesus Christ
-his life has changed the human history
-before anything existed,there was Christ with God,he has always been alive and is Himself GOd.
eveything was created by him and then he came for us but altough he made it so well the people living didnt
recognize him when he came->he was like the prophet without honour that he was chase out by his own people
-The Jews, his own people and land, he was not accepted.Only a few would welcome and recive Him.
-to all that recive him,they were named Child of God,they just need to trust
-Jesus came to save mankind that makes a impact...he was on a divine mission, other religious didnt
say they were they to save mankind they just try to explain how human cam about
-Jesus came to save us from the enemy who had us duped since the Garden Of Eden he wanted to give abundant life from the beginning
-for this purpose he was manifested and to destory the works of the devil

Jesus said ' i have come to give life, it was not candy-coat but straightforwardly plain

-so who is JESUS?God with Us? Liar Liar?


-couldnt imagine why a loving God who was so narrow-minded to make Jesus the ONLY way
what about other religion? -if God is so good and so loving how could He crucify and murder His own Son
why the gory and bloody details?

-we need to understand that its more then just catechism,our understanding to be more than just catechism
-why would God sent his own Son to death?why they gory,the bloody details? didnt God have other options??

-Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,have mercy on me....
-why was Jesus the lamb and why did the sins of the world matter?