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| Demonstrating The Gospel Pt. 4 | In this lesson you will learn the gospel is to be spoken and also experienced. You will also learn seven things Jesus has given you to equip you to demonstrate the gospel.
I. The gospel is to be spoken and experienced – John 14:10-18.
A. Philip asked Jesus to show them the gospel and this was His response, – verse 10 – “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.”
B. Verse 11 – “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.” Both words and works are from the Father.
C. Verses 12-14 – The works that Jesus did we will do as we ask in His name that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
D. Verses 15-18 – “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” The commandments are to do the works of Jesus. He will give you another Helper, the Spirit of Truth (the Holy Spirit), to abide (dwell) with you always.
II. Seven things Jesus has given you to equip you to demonstrate the gospel:
A. His life – 1 John 5:11 – “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”
B. His love – Romans 5:5 – “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
C. His Spirit – 1 John 4:13 – “By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.”
D. His blood – 1 John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”
E. His Word – John 17:8 – “For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.”
F. His name – John 14:13 – “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
G. His authority – John 20:21 – “So Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.’”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Are you keeping God’s commandments by doing the works of Jesus?
- Which of these seven things do you need greater understanding of?
- Share how this four-part series has impacted your life?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week review this series and begin to demonstrate the gospel in your daily life.
scr i ptURE MEMORY VERSE: John 14:11 – “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.” | | Posted: 6 October 2007 at 17:20 | Read 36 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
 | Demonstrating The Gospel Pt. 3 | In this lesson you will learn that you are called to go and demonstrate the power of the gospel. By design the gospel is intended to not only be proclaimed but to be demonstrated, not only in word but also in works, not just in a message but also in miracles.
I. How Paul approached the culture in his world – I Corinthians 2:1-5.
A. The Greeks honored the wisdom of men and human philosophy.
B. The Romans honored power and might and rule by domination.
C. Paul tells them how he will not address them in verses 1-3 – “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.”
D. Paul addresses how he will come to them in verses 4-5 – He said, “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
II. Today’s culture.
A. The Greek and Roman cultures have invaded our world today.
1. Today people still worship human philosophy, man’s thoughts, and man’s opinions apart from God.
2. There is another world that worships the power of finances, of real estate holdings, of the corporate world, political power, and military power.
B. The issue is, when Jesus was crucified and buried He faced death, hell, and the grave. The Greek wisdom couldn’t deal with that and the Roman power could not conquer it, but on the third day Jesus was raised from the dead. He is God’s wisdom and God power and God will demonstrate all over the earth that Jesus is the wisdom and power of this universe.
III. Paul defines how to fully preach the gospel – Romans 15:18-19.
A. Paul said he fully preached the gospel in mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God in word and deed.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Was there a time when you believed in human philosophy and man’s wisdom?
- Do you believe in the power and might of God?
- Where is the place Jesus has assigned you to make an impact in the earth?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week begin to fully preach the gospel of Christ with mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God in both word and deed.
scr i ptURE MEMORY VERSE: Romans 15:19 – “I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.” | | Posted: 6 October 2007 at 17:18 | Read 27 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
| Demonstrating The Gospel Pt. 2 |
In this lesson you will learn how the gospel is to be presented and what Jesus came to demonstrate. As a believer you are to demonstrate the gospel.
- How the gospel is to be presented – Acts 2:22-24.
- Acts 2:22 – “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested (approved, verified, identified, pointed out, accredited) by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know.”
- Three ways the gospel is to be presented.
- Declaration and demonstration.
- Message and miracles.
- Word and works.
- What Jesus came to demonstrate.
- Acts 10:38 – “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
- Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
- Matthew 14:14 – “And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.”
- Believers are to do the Great Commission – Mark 16:15-20.
- Verse 15 – “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
- Verses 17 – 18 – These five signs will follow those who believe.
- “In My name they will cast out demons.”
- “They will speak with new tongues.”
- “They will take up serpents (accidentally) and will not be harmed.”
- “If they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them.”
- “They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
- Verse 20 – “And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs.”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- When did you learn that you are called to demonstrate the gospel?
- Share a time the gospel was demonstrated in your life.
- Share a recent experience of demonstrating the gospel in declaration and demonstration, message and miracles, or in word and works.
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
Every day on the highway of life there are people who are lying beside the road. Many of them don’t have a pulse spiritually and God has called you to not pass them by but to give them what you have, which is the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. You have the power of the Spirit of God, the ability to minister God’s life, His healing, His forgiveness, His grace, and His peace.
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Acts 10:38 - "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him." | | Posted: 6 October 2007 at 17:15 | Read 26 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
| Demonstrating The Gospel Pt. 1 |
In this lesson you will learn that it is time to demonstrate the gospel. Jesus empowers His believers to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8). A witness can show and also tell. A witness can give words and evidence. It is time for show and tell.
- How Peter demonstrated the gospel – Acts 3:1-16.
- Peter had heard Jesus teach, preach, and demonstrate the gospel, yet he denied Jesus and guilt filled his life. In the Upper Room he was filled with the Holy Spirit. He began to preach and 3,000 people were saved.
- Verse 6 – When Peter saw the lame man he told him, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” Peter possessed power and authority in the name of Jesus.
- Verse 16 – What healed the man was faith in the name of Jesus, “And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong.”
- What happened when the sick were healed – Acts 4:1-4.
- The religious people got upset; they were greatly disturbed.
- Persecution rose up and Peter and John were arrested.
- However, 5,000 people heard the Word and believed.
- It is important to not be intimidated by the devil and religious people.
- It is time to demonstrate the gospel.
- You need to move out of complacency, indifference, and intimidation.
- You need to open your spiritual eyes to see the needs of people.
- You need to go where the needy people are.
- When you pray for the sick and they are healed it opens the door to the gospel.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- Share a recent experience of praying for a sick person and they were healed.
- How have you been persecuted by religious people and how did you handle it?
- Do you need to move out of complacency, indifference, and intimidation in the area of demonstrating the gospel?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week begin to move out of yourself and purposely go to places where people need to be healed. Some suggestions of places where people need to be healed are in hospitals, nursing homes, workplaces, and encounters in your day-to-day activities. Ask God to open your eyes to see hurting people and then move out and demonstrate the gospel by praying for them. Take the name of Jesus to sick, needy, and hurting people.
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Acts 3:6 - Peter said, “’Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.’” | | Posted: 6 October 2007 at 17:14 | Read 33 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
| Going For The Eternal | GOING FOR THE ETERNAL
In this lesson you will learn that there are two aspects of life; one is temporal and the other is eternal.
I. Two aspects of life.
A. The first one is temporal (temporary) which is fleeting.
B. The second one is eternal (everlasting) which lasts forever.
II. Paul addresses the two aspects of life.
A. Second Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. The outward man might be suffering, yet the inward man is being renewed.
B. Second Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
C. Second Corinthians 4:18 While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
III. Three areas to think about as you are going for the eternal.
A. Your treasure Where is your treasure? In Mark 10:17-22, the rich young ruler had split vision. He wanted Jesus but he wanted to trust in his riches. You have to deal with greed and fear in order to release your treasures. Learn to not work for a living but work for a giving.
B. Your relationships You need relationships that will take you up and not down. You need relationships to strengthen you spiritually, not weaken you spiritually. If you measure things in light of eternity it will help you break off wrong relationships (1 Corinthians 15:33). Seek out relationships that will build you for eternity.
C. Your time How much of your day is spent on wasted time? (Philippians 3:8-13). Make a decision to live for Jesus (Matthew 6:33).
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- In a twenty-four hour period what is it that you focus on?
- Do you spend more time on the temporal or eternal?
- How are you going for the eternal in your treasure, relationships, and time?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week evaluate your life in the aspects of eternal and temporal and begin to make the changes necessary to begin to go for the eternal. Begin to make the necessary changes in your treasures, relationships, and time to live for the eternal and not the temporal.
scr i ptURE MEMORY VERSE: 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. | | Posted: 6 October 2007 at 17:08 | Read 32 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
| Do Justly, Love Mercy and Be Humble | Do Justly, Love Mercy and Be Humble
I. What the Lord requires of you in the area of mercy.
A. Micah 6:8.
1. Do justly – do what is right.
2. Love mercy.
3. Walk humbly.
B. Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”
II. The importance of forgiveness – Matthew 18:21-35.
A. This scr i pture passage deals with bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness,
holding grudges, and holding on to things of the past.
B. Peter asked Jesus how often he had to forgive someone.
1. Peter suggested seven times.
2. Jesus said seventy times seven, which is 490, the same person and the same day.
a. The parable of the unforgiving servant shows you the importance of forgiving
others.
b. You were forgiven for your sins through Christ’s death on the cross.
III. The danger of unforgiveness.
A. It opens the door to the enemy. Demonic spirits have access to unforgiving people.
B. It opens people to sickness.
C. Unforgiveness can rule your life, instead of God ruling your life.
IV. How to forgive.
A. You have to choose to forgive.
B. You must forgive from your heart.
C. Make a decision to forgive ahead of time because offenses will come.
V. Benefits of forgiving.
A. When you forgive and release, blessings will come back to you and your family.
B. If you don’t get bitter you will make it. Get better, not bitter.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• When did you learn the importance of forgiving others?
• How has being a forgiver blessed your life?
• Is there someone you need to forgive?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week make a decision to be a forgiver. If there is someone you need to forgive, go to the person this week or call or write and tell the person you forgive him or her.
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Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” | | | Posted: 20 September 2007 at 20:40 | Read 35 times | 2 comments | Leave Comment |
| Rise Up To The Next Level | Rise Up to the Next Level
| It is your time to rise up and take your assignment in the Kingdom of God. You need to refuse to live in lukewarmness and mediocrity. You need to have a vision of incline not decline, of increase not decrease.
I. Conditions you must meet to rise up to the next spiritual level
- Philippians 3:12-14.
A. Press on and lay hold of that which Christ Jesus has laid hold of for
you.
B. Forget those things which are behind. Forget past failures and past sins.
Forget and let go of any pride of past accomplishments.
C. Reach forward to those things which are ahead.
D. Press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus.
II. Going to the next level takes faith.
A. Noah – by faith Noah built the ark and God led him every step of
the way.
B. Abraham – by faith he had to leave the known and walk into the
unknown.
C. Joseph – by faith he was diligent, faithful, and respectful and rose to
the top.
D. Moses – by faith he delivered the Hebrew people.
E. Gideon – by faith he delivered the Israelites.
F. Peter, James, and John – by faith they left their nets and followed Jesus.
G. Saul – by faith he wrote half the books of the New Testament.
III. Reasons to rise up to the next level.
A. To fulfill the holy purpose God has for your life – Jeremiah 29:11.
B. So your life will not get stagnant and boring – Deuteronomy 2:3,
Isaiah 43:19.
C. To bear much fruit – John 15:8.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• How are you meeting the conditions to rise up to the next spiritual level?
• What is your step of faith in going to the next level?
• What is your reason to rise up to the next level in God?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
To go to the next spiritual level you need to have a divine discontentment. Begin to pray the prayer of Jabez in I Chronicles 4:10 – “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.”
scr i ptURE MEMORY VERSE: Philippians 3:14
“I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” | | | Posted: 20 September 2007 at 20:35 | Read 48 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
| With God Nothing Is Impossible |
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In this lesson you will learn the way to receive the impossible is to have faith, endurance, and not give up.
- For with God nothing is impossible – Luke 1:37-45.
- Luke 1:37 – “For with God nothing will be impossible.” The angel Gabriel told Mary she would have a child by the Holy Spirit who would be the Son of God. When things appear impossible, add the God factor - one addition to the equation is God.
- Luke 1:38 – Mary’s answer – “Let it be to me according to your word.”
- God said it.
- Mary believed it.
- The miracle happened.
- Luke 1:45 – Elizabeth said to Mary – “Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment (performance) of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
- How to receive the impossible.
- You have to have faith to receive what God has for you.
- Faith is like a key that unlocks a door where there is a room filled with all that God has. God doesn’t hide things from us, He hides things for us.
- Faith is like a bridge that connects us with a living God and you need endurance to stay on the bridge to reach the other side, which is your destination.
- Faith is like an airplane and it is sometimes so far off you can’t even see. Faith will take you where you need to be.
- The steps to the impossible - 1 Samuel 17:36.
- David told King Saul how he could slay the giant.
- First, David killed the lion.
- Second, he killed the bear.
- The first two victories prepared him to slay the giant, Goliath.
- What you learn in one battle prepares you for the next, and the important thing is to not quit and give up.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What have you learned in one battle that has prepared you for the next one?
- Share an area of your life where you are believing God for the impossible.
- How have you used your faith to endure and not give up?
BE A DOER OF THE WORD
This week review this lesson and apply this to a situation in your life that seems impossible.
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Luke 1:37 - "For with God nothing will be impossible." | | Posted: 13 September 2007 at 21:22 | Read 49 times | 6 comments | Leave Comment |
| Practical Ways To Increase Your Page Views | The Bible teaches that we reap what we sow. "Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, press down, shaken together and running over...." Luke 6.38 applies to Yuwie just as it applies to other things.
The following should be helpful:
1. As a general rule when you visit someone elses page and leave them a comment, the same will happen for you. It's not fair to expect page views when you don't visit other pages.
2. Just clicking on someone's page is great as far as that go's. The problem with it however is, if you don't leave evidence of your visit (comments, messages, etc), the person who's page you visited will never know it was you that visited them and therefore they cannot visit your page. DEVELOP THE HABIT OF LEAVING A COMMENT AS PROOF OF YOUR VISIT EVERY TIME YOU VISIT SOMEONE'S PAGE.
3. It will result in greater pages views for you if you leave comments that require a response. Examples:.
*Questions: Ask questions! When people ask me Q's I always respond. "Hey, what do you think of________."
*Ask for a response. Whether to a blog, a picture, a video, etc. "Would you please read and comment on my blog, etc." Remember, "You have not because you ask not."
*Encouragements: "Great info., page, pics" etc.
4. Leave a notice: If you select your control pannel you will notice underneath your picture is a place provided for you to do this. Everyone on your friend list will be able to see your notice and this increases your odds in their visiting your page.
5. I cannot over stress the importance of requesting and accepting friends. The more friends you have the more opportunity you have at page views.
6. As stated in a previous blog; add content to your page on a regular basis. Give people a reason for wanting to visit your page. I have visited some pages that haven't changed in weeks.
7. Although # 6 and #7 are related I wanted to make a point. Your content must be exciting to both you and to others.
8. Simplify your page. For example, I visited a page of a person who had their testimony included in their personal profile. I guess that's OK. I think however it would serve them better to post it in their blog. The same is true with videos. Do yourself a favor and include your videos in your blog. It's perfectly fine to have some on your page but by all means please don't have 93 videos posted there. I HOPE I'M NOT SOUNDING CRITICAL. I ONLY WANT TO BE HELPFUL.
I hope this information is helpful. PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT.
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