★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ Gindiri
Old Students Association (GOSA),
Abuja
Branch Meeting (Special Quarterly Prayer Meeting),
Venue:
Durumi Recreational Park,
Durumi,
Abuja – Nigeria
15th
July, 2012
EXHORTATION
*
Speaker: Rev. Amos Tang’an (Chaplain, Gindiri Mission Compound Schools)
* Topic: Christ our Model
* Text:
Philippians 3:17-21 * Topic: Christ our Model
* Paul
the Apostle had personally experienced God and the benefits thereof, therefore
he challenged believers to follow his example
* He was
sure that he can present himself as a model to the believers
* The
only addition/contribution you have in society is what you put into it
* Philippians
3:10,12
* Paul’s
model is Christ
Enemies of the Cross
1. Those whose appetite is their god
2. Those who are proud of what they should be ashamed of
3. Those who think of only life here on earth
4. Those who live only to fulfil their own desires
* Anytime
you consider anything/need as being greater than your desire for God, you make
yourself an enemy of the cross
* Your
spirituality must be your life and it must take preference above all things
To what extent are we enemies of the cross?
* Every
glory that is not ascribed to God becomes your shame
* You
must be careful so that the things you glory in do not become your (source of)
shame
* When
you have Christ as your glory, you will never be put to shame
*
Philippians 3:20 - "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ"
* NOTE:
Heaven is where our transformation from shame to glory is perfected/completed
* Citizens
have rights defined and protected by the Constitution of their country
* Your
citizenship (of Heaven) is a defining point for your relationship with God
* A
person who is not a citizen of a country lives mindful of the fact that one day
he will return to his home country
* My life
MUST not be determined by the passions of my body
* When
you are glorified in the end, you will have a body (that is) beyond what you
think is best
*
Remember that God has positioned you for glory
*
Whatever you long for and desire (in the earth), the Scripture describes
it/them as ‘lowly’ (Philippians 3:21)
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