a looong and cold day at church today..but obviously it was great time nevertheless. What i found really cool was the 2 sermons that we watched at aunty janet's and uncle alex's house after the bilingual service. The first one by Ps Chris Hill which was on releasing the anointing, the three main points being expectations, obedience, and sacrifice. The whole sermon being very nicely structured and easy to understand, also amazing how everything just came together right at the end of his message. The second sermon by John Bevere, who preached from his drawing near series. What really caught my attention was that God does not treat everyone as friends, only those who fear Him will He treat as friends. Our salvation is worked from the fear of the Lord, not just by loving Him. Many Christians love God, but not many fear Him as the King! The 2 ditches on the road of life is legalism and lawlessness. We mustn't get too caught up in doing religion and be all legalistic, and on the other hand we can't treat God's grace with contempt and think that what we're doing is alright.
These 2 sermons both spoke to me soo much, and just showed me once more how much i still don't know about the Bible, and about God. I want to be a friend of God, not just a servant! John Bevere gave a very good example of 2 born again men both living in the same time period, but one was a friend of God, while the other wasn't. They were Abrahma and Lot, both righteous people, but Abraham was a friend of God because he feared God. Lot, even though was deemed righteous, was like the other citizens of Sodom and Gommorah(?) and had no idea that they're town was gonna get destroyed by God. The stark difference of 2 righteous men of God here is shown, 1 with the fear of the Lord, the other without.
Draw near to God, and He WILL draw near to you.
These 2 sermons both spoke to me soo much, and just showed me once more how much i still don't know about the Bible, and about God. I want to be a friend of God, not just a servant! John Bevere gave a very good example of 2 born again men both living in the same time period, but one was a friend of God, while the other wasn't. They were Abrahma and Lot, both righteous people, but Abraham was a friend of God because he feared God. Lot, even though was deemed righteous, was like the other citizens of Sodom and Gommorah(?) and had no idea that they're town was gonna get destroyed by God. The stark difference of 2 righteous men of God here is shown, 1 with the fear of the Lord, the other without.
Draw near to God, and He WILL draw near to you.
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