★MY SERMON NOTES
@ Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)
(Now Church of Christ in Nations)
Hwolshe, Gigiring, Jos
Plateau State, Nigeria
12th November, 2000
SERMON
* Speaker: Reverend Maxwell Dayok
* Topic: Dangers of Pride
* Theme: Jesus Christ & Mission
* Since we as a Church are not praying, the devil has occupied us with himself
* The prayerless Christian is at the mercy of Satan
* If you are not filled and empowered by the spirit of God, then you are filled, empowered and controlled by the devil
* There is no neutral ground in spirituality - either you are with Christ, or with Satan
* Everyone filled, empowered and controlled by God's Spirit manifests the fruits of the spirit of God
* When you are not filled with the Spirit of God and yon think you are, then there is danger
* One of the dangers of prayerlessness is that pride comes in
* Many Christians consider themselves as giants, and are filled with pride, but inside, they are empty
* God opposes those who are proud
* You need to adjust yourself and who you are in reality
* Come back to God and humble yourself and ask God to help you
* Some Christians, instead of hating evil, plan and encourage evil to God's disgrace
→ If you fear God, you'll hate evil
* Unless you understand this, you'll soon be disgraced
* Stop thinking you are big, and humble yourself before the Lord
* Pride only breeds querells but wisdom is found in those who take advise
* Begin to think of yourself as nothing
* Pride is a demoter
* There is nothing that you have that has not been given to you by God
* The reason why you are growing in pride is because you are not praying much - you have become powerless; flesh becomes prominent in all you do and tradition surpasses the things of God (the Christian tradition)
