★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ NDIC/DMO Chapel
Central Business District
Garki-Abuja, Nigeria
4th February, 2015
* Speaker: Pastor Ambrose Nwogu
* Topic: God with us
* Real life can only be found in Christ Jesus
* How is this real, abundant life received?
→ It can only be received by believing in Christ
* Act 16 :29-31→ "The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. Trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas, he took them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved.”
* John 6:28-29 → "Then they asked him, “What must we do to perform God’s works?” Jesus answered them, “This is God’s work: to believe in the one whom he has sent.”
* 'Doing the work of God' entails believing in Jesus
* John 9:35-38 →" Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” Jesus told him, “You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you.” He said, “Lord, I do believe,” and worshipped him."
* Many today claim that they believe Jesus, but they worship no one except themselves (the prevalence of the culture of self-centeredness)
* True belief causes you to worship the object of your belief
* Luke 8:49-50 →" While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s home and told him, “Your daughter is dead. Stop bothering the teacher anymore.” But when Jesus heard this, he told the synagogue leader, “Stop being afraid! Just believe, and she will get well.”
* The situation you are fencing may be bad, but shut your ears to what you are hearing, shut your eyes to what you are seeing or feeling, your situation will change only if you believe
* Anyone who is not in Christ is spiritually dead
* Luke 9:60 → "But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
* A man onside of Christ is dead, regardless of his/her material possessions or social status
* John 5:24 →"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
* John 6:47→ "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
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MY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
→ Believing in Christ will cost you your doubts and unbelief. You have to discard them for your faith to be effective
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