19 Apr 2020 - Why the Church Lost Her Good Fortune - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesWhenever you try to keep the Law of Moses, you have fallen from Grace and Christ becomes of no effect unto you. The church has to awaken to the Pauline Revelation of God's Grace. Under the New Covenant, God remembers our sins no more and supplies our every need through Jesus' finished work at the cross. Praise and Worship Songs Performed: 1. Unmerited Favor - New Creation Worship 2. Wonderful (Grace Made Real) - New Creation Worship In the Book of Revelation, Jesus revealed a different aspect of Himself to each of the seven churches in Asia Minor. Every local church needs to receive a revelation of Jesus Christ each week. Mark 14:14-15 - On the seventh day of creation, God rested because He ceased from His work of creation. God wants man to enjoy the finished work that He has already prepared for him. The second story is the large upper room. A place where Jesus shared rich church truths which were mysteries hidden since the foundation of the world. The church is the most powerful organization in existence. It is eternal. The church is Jesus’ bride. Jesus rejoices over us like a Bridegroom rejoices over His bride. He never gets bored of us. “and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”” (Mark 14:14-15 WEB) Mount Sinai is where God have the Law. Mount Zion is where Jesus gave church truths. When Jesus said that He is the Vine, He’s not saying that He’s like a tree trunk. A vine has branches too. In other words, you are one with Jesus, and He is one with you. How can the vine be healthy and the branch be sick? It’s not possible. The only way you stop the sap in the vine from flowing to the branch, is when you tighten the branch. Rest and let go, and that vine life from Jesus will enter your life. The Law is about doing this or doing that, but Grace is about relationship with Jesus. One of the church truths that Jesus shared in the upper room is that we will receive the Holy Spirit who is our Parakletos (Helper) who guides us into all truth. Mount Zion is a place of elevation in Jerusalem, and when Jesus prayed His High Priestly prayer, it’s as if He was already ascended and praying for us as our Great High Priest. The Rapture is not the same as the Second Coming of Christ. We are looking forward to Jesus’ return—not the appearance of the Antichrist. The Second Coming is when Jesus returns to save Israel and it is a day of vengeance against the Antichrist and the wicked rulers of the world. In the upper room, we see the grain and the wine when Jesus instituted the Holy Communion/ Lord’s Supper. The bread is broken for you. It is for your benefit—health and healing. In the Old Covenant, if anyone sins, God will visit their sins to the third and fourth generations. In the New Covenant of Grace, God promises never to remember our sins anymore. That’s the main clause of the New Covenant. Under Grace there are dealings and ‘child trainings’, but God doesn’t discipline us with sickness or car accidents. He trains us through His word or through allowing us to go through frustrating situations so that we will turn to Him. In the New Covenant, God says that He will be our God. In other words, He is everything that we need. He is our Healer, Provider and Defender. God tells us His will and purposes in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit guides us from within. We know Him intuitively. We have this privilege because He remembers our sins no more. The more we believe that we are forgiven of much, the more we will love God. The Lord’s Supper is not something antiquated that we have to move on from. No, the grain and wine is always with us. Partake of the Lord’s Supper regularly with a fresh revelation, like Jesus was just freshly slain for you just now. When you proclaim the Lord’s death through the Lord’s Supper, God’s power goes to work for you in your life. Pray for your nation’s leaders to stay healthy and have more wisdom added to them to make good decisions for the nation.
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12 Apr 2020 - Sit and See your Enemies Defeated by God - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesGod will give you victory over your enemies—you only need to rest in your position in Christ. Your spirit man is seated with Him in Heaven, far above all principalities and powers. Don’t be afraid of lack—just see the supply by faith and walk with the Holy Spirit, one step at a time. Praise and Worship Songs Performed: 1. Anthem of Grace - New Creation Worship 2. My King - New Creation Worship 3. Forgiven Much - New Creation Worship 4. How Great Thou Art When there is a sermon in the Book of Acts recorded for us, the emphasis is on Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Jesus was not resurrected to die again like Lazarus or the widow’s son. He was raised in a new body, never to die again. The Rapture refers to “harpazo” which is the snatching away of the church. It is a mystery revealed to the church. In the twinkling of an eye, we will be changed and be caught up to meet our Lord Jesus in the air. There will be no trace of sin in our new glorified bodies. Paul said “those who are alive and remain” twice. It is one thing to be alive, and another to remain. To remain denotes power. In the last days, the church will have the revelation that they can remain alive until Jesus’ return. Elderly Simeon in the temple was promised that he would not see death until his eyes see the appearing of Israel’s salvation (Yeshua). “So much the more as you see the Day approaching” means that this coronavirus pandemic will end and we will be able to gather physically to worship God as a church again before Jesus’ return. Matthew 24:36-39 - This passage implies the idea of crowds and gatherings before Jesus returns for His church. This means that the coronavirus pandemic will end. Pastor Prince believes that this passage cannot be referring to the Second Coming of Christ because once the Tribulation begins, you can count 7 years to predict when Jesus will return again. So this passage is talking about the Rapture. “But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. “As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” (Matthew 24:36-39 WEB) God has released a new ‘strain’ of anointing and healing for His people. The devil released the coronavirus as a counterattack—the devil tries to play catch up to what God does. As a spirit being, the devil can see what God is doing, but he doesn’t know the future. Anything that is visible and tangible is temporal. With God, the things that are invisible are eternal. God’s spiritual blessings produces that which is material and temporal. Psalms 91:1-2 - The word “dwells” comes from the Hebrew word “yeshav” which means to sit. You cannot remove yourself from the secret place of the Most High, because the secret place is being in Christ Jesus. You are seated with Christ in the heavenly places. “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”” (Psalms 91:1-2 WEB) Ephesians 2:4-7 - You have a special interest in Jesus’ resurrection, because what happened to Him also happened to you. Your history in Christ begins at the cross. Your “old man” was crucified there with Him. To your experience, the old man seems to be still here, but to God and faith, it is gone. We have been raised far above all principalities and powers, including the coronavirus. Our identity is in Christ Jesus. For God to remove us from Christ is to remove Christ Himself—it’s impossible that this will happen. Jesus is our righteousness. He is the measure of our righteousness. Grace is not just a dispensation. Grace will continue forever. There is a “show” coming and you’ve never seen any show like it before. God will present the riches of His grace to us in the ages to come. God doesn’t want you to just mentally know that you’re seated with Christ. “Use” the secret place of the Most High by actively resting in Christ and believing that you’re seated far above all principalities and powers. How can we be seated with Christ now if we are still here on earth? God is outside of time and space. That’s why Jesus could die for the sins of the world throughout time. The cross is outside time. Your spirit man is now seated outside of time, with Christ in the heavenly places. We are tripartite beings—spirit, soul and body. “But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;” (Ephesians 2:4-7 WEB) When a believer dies, it’s not really death but “falling asleep”. He steps out of his body immediately, being more alive than before since the encumbrance of his sinful flesh is gone. Proverbs 18:14 - A Jewish rabbi, Yonatan Ben Uzziel translated the oral law—the books of the prophets Malachi, Zechariah and Haggai. In the first century AD, he translated the word “sickness” in the verse below as “coronei” in Aramaic which is also corona/crown. The word sustain in Hebrew is “cul” which means to protect or defend. A man’s spirit will protect him from “corona”. This is prophetic of our times. When you rest in Christ, that's faith, and you're protected from the coronavirus. Our spirit man is seated with Christ in heavenly places. God wants us to rise up higher and see from His perspective. You’re seated with Christ, so Abba God is just on your left hand. Pray knowing that God is so close to you. You don’t have to ‘bombard the gates of Heaven’ with your prayers because you’re not outside Heaven. “A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?” (Proverbs 18:14 WEB) 5 Apr 2020 - Shaking the Powers of Darkness to Save Us - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesWhatever man has put his trust in besides God is being shaken. Only God's truths and ways remain unchanging. Our God is in the process of shaking the heavens where the principalities and powers are, to cause their power to crumble, enforcing Jesus' victory which He wrought for us at the cross! Praise and Worship Songs Performed: 1. Sons and Daughters - New Creation Worship 2. I’m Held By Your Love - New Creation Worship 1 Timothy 6:18-19 - Keep supporting your local church in this time. By the principle of sowing and reaping, you are laying up for yourself a good foundation for the time to come. Joseph stored the grain in Egypt until the year of famine and they had food to spare during the famine. Isaac sowed in the time of famine and reaped a hundredfold. “that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.” (1 Timothy 6:18-19 WEB) This season of physical social distancing will not be a protracted ‘new normal’. Hebrews 12:24-29 - Blood has a voice which God hears. The blood of Abel cried vengeance against his murderer (Cain). The blood of Jesus speaks better things than the blood of Abel: redemption, healing, supply, forgiveness of sins and many more good things. Jesus was raised from the dead as a proclamation that our sins have been completely forgiven. Nazareth rejected Jesus who grew up there. A prophet is without honor in his own country. The Nazarenes rejected Grace. In Moses’ time, God came down to earth and shook the earth at Mount Sinai. The coronavirus is not sent by God, but through what was sent by the devil, God is shaking man-made things that men have put their trust in. God is shaking the heavens where the wicked principalities and powers are working from. The devil sent the coronavirus. He is the one who kills, steals and destroys. God shakes the powers of our spiritual enemies so that their strength crumbles. He is enforcing our victory at the cross. See God above the coronavirus and above all evil. As you behold Him, you are transformed into the likeness of His image. Bless the Lord before and after your meals. Put your trust in Him, not in the world. Man-made things can be shaken by crisis, but God’s things will never be shaken. Abraham tithed to Melchizedek by a revelation he received straight from Heaven. When Abraham’s servant was sent to find a bride for Isaac, he brought ten camels of good gifts—ten represents the whole. The Hebrew word for tithe is “maaser”. The Hebrew word for rich is “aser”. The rich is found in the tithe. Only Grace can produce holiness. When you realize how much God loves you, you won’t even be conscious that you’re being holy. “to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel. See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more”, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:24-29 WEB) We are not in the days of vengeance. These are not the days of the Book of Revelation. The catching away (In Greek: harpazo) of the church must happen first. The COVID-19 is just a birth pang, a sign of the time which is to come. Jesus prophesied that there would be rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines and pestilences before the time of His coming. During this time, preachers should not be using fear of judgment to try and produce holiness in the congregation. The fear of the Lord is not fear of judgment. Fear of the Lord is worship of the Lord, as defined by Jesus Himself. Salvation is not earned by works. That type of erroneous teaching is a killer of true holiness. |
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