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HOW TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY (Ephesians 2:1-10)
HOW TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY (EPHESIANS 2:1-10)
Today’s message includes one of the most recited pair of verses in the Bible, for it is the foundation God’s promise of salvation by grace and not of works.
Eph 2:8-98 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.KJV
And when you add the rest of verses 1-10, it is also a guidebook for the believer “How to Share Your Testimony.” We should never ever underestimate the power of a Christian testimony. We are called to be witnesses and not lawyers. A witness is somebody who tells what he’s seen and heard. A lawyer is somebody who argues a case. We are witnesses of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Without a doubt, a Christian with a glowing testimony is worth a library full of arguments.
Now, you don’t have to be a theologian to be able to give your testimony. Remember the man who was born blind, and Jesus healed him, and then the Pharisees jumped on his case? Oh, they were angry because this man had been healed, and they got him and backed him into a corner, and they started to ask him all kinds of theological questions. The man just said, “Well, I’m sorry. I can’t answer all of those questions, but, one thing I know: once I was blind and now I see” (John 9:25). There is nothing theological about that fact, yet it is a great testimony to the power of the Lord Jesus. “Once I was blind and now I see.” And a Christian with a testimony is never at the mercy of an infidel with an argument. Remember that.
Now, it’s important that we learn to share our testimony. Our testimony is the convincing thing when we witness and share the Lord Jesus Christ. And so today, I want to give you an outline for sharing your testimony; and you can fill in the personal part, but I’m just going to give you the outline. And listen, if you are saved, right here is your spiritual biography and your future history.
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"Making The Most Out Of Our Lives"
Pastor John preaching "Making The Most Out Of Our Lives"
THE WISDOM OF CHRISTMAS (Matthew 2:1-2)
THE WISDOM OF CHRISTMAS (Matthew 2:1-2)
Today, we will be talking about Christmas wisdom that we find in the Christmas story. Certainly, we need a lot of wisdom around this time of year. I need wisdom. I need wisdom to figure out what am I going to get my wife for Christmas. Now, that’s difficult for me. It really is. It is also difficult for her to buy gifts for me. We go through this every year, even after 46 years of marriage, we still go through this.
But today, I want to talk to you about some wisdom that goes far beyond these mundane things and this worldly type of wisdom. I want to share with you some supernatural wisdom, how you can have some wisdom in your Christmas. Our text today is going to be in the book of Matthew, and it is going to focus on the story of the wise men coming from the East to bring gifts to the new King that has been born in Bethlehem. Now, everybody has heard this story since they were children, or they have seen it in plays put on at Christmas time. It is a very familiar story, and it is a story with supernatural wisdom.
The first thing we should know about these men is that they were exceedingly wise men. Why? Because they sought out the Lord Jesus Christ to worship Him. The wisest thing that you could ever do at Christmastime, or any other time, is to worship Jesus. I hope that doesn’t fall flat. I hope you don’t miss that. Because that is the bottom of all bottom lines. That is the wisest thing that anybody could ever do, to simply worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
There are a lot of people who want the joys of Christmas without the worship of Jesus. But, that is impossible! It is impossible! You may have a happy time, but you are never going to know the joys of Christmas until you learn to worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
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"Our Future Doesn’t Have to be Chained to the Past"
Christmas Past, Present and Future: "Life is Better Together"
Pastor John continues his new series Christmas Past, Present and Future: "Life is Better Together"
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A PRAYER FOR BELIEVERS (Ephesians 1:15 to 23)
A PRAYER FOR BELIEVERS (EPHESIANS 1:15-23)
In today’s lesson, we will be talking about Paul’s prayer for believers. Paul rarely prayed for the things that make up most of our prayers. Things like better health, more money, job conditions, family problems, and world crises. I am not saying these are not important, but Paul prayed that people might know God better, that they might become better acquainted with Jesus. It is when we are closer to Christ, and know Him more, that many of these problems we face on earth are less important. For our trust is in Christ to deal with our needs, as He has promised to do.
God has revealed Himself in two ways, in the inspired Word and the incarnate Word. He has said what He is like in the one, and He has shown what He is like in the other. Our responsibility is to get to know Him by getting to know the Scriptures and the Savior. There is no greater, or more important, occupation that we can have here on earth.
Paul prayed that his fellow believers might have a spirit of wisdom and revelation and that they might be occupied in gaining knowledge of God. “Get to know Him” is Paul’s basic answer to all of life’s problems and questions. Knowing God would solve most of the present-day problems that cause people to run to the psychologist or the family counselor. Knowing God would affect how people cope with all areas of life, for the Almighty God of all Creation has an abundant supply of wisdom, power, and answers for all of our needs, trials, and tribulations. Best of all, is that He wants to share them with us.
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This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
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THE WORK OF REDEMPTION (Ephesians 1:7-14)
THE WORK OF REDEMPTION (EPHESIANS 1:7-14)
In today’s message, we will be talking about the work that God, in all three parts, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, did to obtain our salvation, to redeem us, completely forgiven for our sins. It is a wonderful story of God’s love, and God’s grace, that He would sacrifice so much so that we might have redemption from the sins that stain our soul. It is a story of the completed work of redemption, and eternal life, that is ours if we make Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
It was God’s eternal counsel that the Lord Jesus should first give His life for us at Calvary, and then give His life to us.
Eph 1:77 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;KJV
God the Father, planned our salvation by grace and not works. It was His idea that God the Son, Jesus Christ, would go to the cross to die and then be risen to walk in life and victory over death. It is because Jesus came to this earth as a God incarnate in man that The Father now sees us in the Beloved. He looks at us and sees Christ. No angel among the heavenly hosts has more acceptance than we.
Paul states, “The forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Notice that word “grace.” Paul uses it again and again in his letters. For, our redemption is by grace, God’s unlimited grace. Grace is unmerited favor. It is getting something we don’t deserve. Paul strikes this note over and over. Paul tells us that there is more of God’s grace to follow, an unending supply, when he talks of the “The forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.”
We can thank God that He is rich in grace. God has revealed Himself to be a God of infinite power, a God of infallible wisdom, a God of inflexible holiness, and a God of unlimited grace! Amen, hallelujah, and praise the Lord.
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"The Rest of the Story"
Tom Newell preaching: "The Rest of the Story"
KINGDOM AUTHORITY (Ephesians 1:15-23)
KINGDOM AUTHORITY (EPHESIANS 1:15-23)
In our lesson today, we will be talking about a tremendous Biblical truth about a believer’s “Kingdom Authority.” God wants you to discover Kingdom Authority, to enjoy Kingdom Authority, and to exercise Kingdom Authority. And my heart is so full, because I’m afraid that you’re going to miss the blessing, miss the truth, if you do not listen to what the Holy Spirit has to say to us today. But my prayer is that God will impregnate your heart with this great, dynamic, life-changing, truth of Kingdom Authority.
Paul tells us in the first chapter of Ephesians about the Kingdom Authority that belongs to the children of God. And if you’re a child of God, meaning that you are a true, twice born, follower of Christ, then I want to tell you something, you have incredible authority and power. Whether you have discovered it or not, it’s there, inherently. You already have it.
Have you ever seen a real live king? Well, would you like to see one? Did you know the Bible says that God has made every believer a king and a priest?
Rev 5:1010 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.KJV
Look to the person to your right, the person to your left. There’s a king, and there’s a priest, if they’re saved. Go home, and look in the mirror, and, if you’re saved, if you’re a child of God, looking back at you will be a king and a priest. God has made us a kingdom of priests. Now, that is absolutely wonderful!
However, you don’t have to be a preacher, teacher, or even a member of a church, to be a king and a priest, or a queen and a priestess. Paul, says very plainly, you just have to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, because God has given to all His children Kingdom Authority. And that’s what we’re going to be looking at, and that’s what we’re going to be studying, today.
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