★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)
(Now Church of Christ in Nations)
Hwolshe, Gigiring - Jos
30th April, 2000
☆ COCIN Week
SERMON
* Speaker: Rev. David Fakolade
* Topic: Living a life of Abundance in Christ
* Text: Deuteronomy 28:1-11
* One who does not deposit anything in his bank account cannot derive interest on it
→ You need to abide by the rules of the bank
* The Lord will bless you only if you obey Him
* Jesus has come to give not life, not just an ordinary life, but abundant life
→ God can make ways for you where hope is lost
* To have abundant life means having an ample quantity of it; spending out of plentiful
→ You have to sow a seed before you can reap out of it
* The Lord has invested much on you and He wants you to remember your home above
* You can't live a complete life if you don't know Him
* Living a positive and perfect life in Christ is living in abundance
→ Only those who know Him will recognize His voice
→ Those who recoqnize His voice are those who yield to His demands
* Many people want God's blessings on their work, but they do not Want to give
* All you do, you do for yourself
* God has blessed you so that you can be a blessing to other people
* You cannot live a life of service when you are dead. This is your opportunity
* Alive to serve and not to be served - Jesus served till calvary, when He laid down His life for us. Jesus was obedient and He expects us to do the same
* Many people think that they do not need God because they "have everything that they want."
★ Romans 1:1 →"From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God’s gospeI."
→ Dedicate your life to live sanctified for His service, separated from sin unto service
* You may be identified with Christ by name, but you'll not have true fellowship because of sin
* Many 'Christians' are moving with Him without achieving anything
★ Ephesians 5:18 → "Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit."
* Living a Spirit-filled life with power to witness and to withstand persecution is living an abundant life
* Take your mind back to when you first believed in Jesus . . .
★ 1 Peter 3:18 → "For the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that he could bring you to God. He was put to death in a mortal body but was brought to life by the Spirit."
→ Living a matured Christian life is living in abundance
* In simple obedience, surrender yourself to God and ask Him to fill you up
★ John 12:25 → "He who loves his life loses a it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life."
* You can live an abundant life in Christ if only you:
→ Set apart your life for Him;
→ Make yourself ready for His Service;
→ Surrender yourself to Him; and
→ Obey His Words
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