29 May 2022 - Understanding Grace and Discipleship - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us to humbly see Jesus as our Savior daily and not just as a Teacher to emulate. God loves it when we leave “man’s world” to enter His world by grace. Praise and Worship Song Performed: (I missed the first one or two songs) 1. For My Good - New Creation Worship 2. The Stand - Hillsong Music 3. King Of My Heart - Sarah McMillan Nicodemus the theologian came to Jesus at night whereas Jesus went to the woman of Samaria during the daytime. Jesus loves sinners. To Nicodemus, Jesus said “You must be born again.” To the woman, Jesus never used that tone. The first thing that Nicodemus said to Jesus is, “We know…” The erudite ones always think they know. However, it was to the woman that Jesus revealed Himself clearly as the Messiah. Jesus is primarily our Savior, not just a Teacher. Jesus is the bread of life and the living water. You eat the bread and drink the water. Jesus was distant with Nicodemus but gentle with the woman. He praised her, pointed out that she was living with a man who was not her husband, and then praised her again—a ‘divine sandwich’ of praise. The woman received great grace from Jesus and she became an instant evangelist, boldly telling all about Him. After ministering to the woman, Jesus was refreshed because a sinner had taken from the Savior. It was like food to Him. Luke 15:1 - Luke 15 is a continuation from Luke 14. “Now” (or sometimes translated as “Then”) connects the two chapters. “Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.” (Luke 15:1 WEB) Luke 15:2 - Jesus was a friend of sinners. He did not avoid them. “The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”” (Luke 15:2 WEB) The Law (the Ten Commandments) demands righteousness from man whereas Grace supplies righteousness to man. God punished our sins in Jesus at the cross so that we can be declared righteous today. This is the holiness of God that has to punish sin.
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22 May 2022 - Sonship is Greater Than Discipleship - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us the simple truth of what discipleship means, and how sonship is the way God wants Christians to live by under the New Covenant of Grace. Praise and Worship Song Performed: 1. Who You Say I Am - Hillsong Music 2. Trust In The Lord - New Creation Worship 3. How Great Thou Art You cannot just wait for Sundays to get into God’s word. There is so much that God wants to teach you. We are to be students of God’s grace. Jesus said that plagues, rumors of wars, and wars will be on the increase. We are living in these times. Bible study becomes fun when the Holy Spirit leads you in it. He gives you the rhema word and it is life to all your flesh. The Scriptures say that God’s people perish because of the lack of knowledge. God’s word reveals the true nature of things to us, and gives us His wisdom and knowledge. The word “disciple” is from the Greeks word “mathétés”, and in Hebrew it is “limud”. A disciple is nothing more than someone who is learning—a student. Disciples means a follower of a certain teacher (Rabbi). A Christian cannot help but be hungry for God’s word. We are the righteousness of God in Christ. When a butterfly falls among trash, it is still a butterfly. It does not turn back into a caterpillar. If you have been saved, you are still saved even if you have failed. You are a new creation in Christ. There were disciples before there were Christians. Some people teach that to become a Christian is free because Jesus paid the cost, but to be a disciple there is a high cost. The flesh loves this, but actually it is regressing. It is in the heart of every believer to learn. A baby does not have to be taught how to be hungry. A baby already hungers and cries out for milk. A greater thing than disciple is a son of God, which is what we are. 15 May 2022 - Follow God’s Wisdom in your Heart - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught that every believer has received a new and clean heart from God, with wisdom deposited into it. We can be led by the anointing inside to enjoy length of days, riches, honor, pleasantness, and peace from God! Praise and Worship Song Performed: 1. The Lion And The Lamb - Leeland 2. For My Good - New Creation Worship 3. Thank You For The Cross - Hosanna Integrity 4. I Stand In Awe Of You - Sovereign Grace Praise David’s life is a picture of the life of Jesus Christ. David was rejected by Saul and Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders of Israel. David’s mighty men went to him during his rejection. So many of them were Gentiles. This is like our times where the Gentiles are mainly the ones who are believing in Jesus. David eventually took the throne. One day, Jesus will rule as King on earth. One of the mighty men, Ittai the Gittite, was a Philistine—the same tribe as Goliath whom David killed. Ittai brought his family to follow David and when David ascended to his throne, he made Itai commander over one-third of his army. One day, Jesus will reward those who followed Him faithfully during their lifetime. Psalm 51:6 - God teaches us wisdom in our hearts. “Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” (Psalms 51:6 WEB) The Lord is our Shepherd. We only need to follow His leading as His sheep. Proverbs 3:13-17 - Wisdom gives us five things: length of days (health and longevity), riches, honor, pleasantness, and peace. “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.” (Proverbs 3:13-17 WEB) Health is from the Lord. Learn to receive, especially from the Lord. Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive, but that it with regards to your relationship with fellow men. With God, it is more blessed to receive from Him than to give to Him. 8 May 2022 - See The Right Heart-Pictures - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us to see ourselves as dead to sin, and righteous in Christ. We do not live based on transient feeling, but on the truth of God’s word! Praise and Worship Song Performed: (I missed a song before this) 1. Everlasting - New Creation Worship 2. Through It All - Hillsong Music 3. In Jesus’ Name (God Of Possible) - Katy Nichole For women who want a child for more than two years but have not yet seen the manifestation, this will be your year to receive a miracle! Psalm 91:16 - The first reason that God blesses us with long life is to see Jesus. Just like how God kept Simeon alive to see Jesus. “I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”” (Psalms 91:16 WEB) For believers, we are not looking for the grave. We are looking towards the sky for our Lord’s return. We are not waiting for the undertaker, but the upper-taker! The world is after your heart. Advertisers and marketers just want to appeal directly to your heart. The Scriptures will always outlast facts because it is the truth. Believers no longer have a sinful nature. We still get tempted to sin because of the flesh. The flesh is the carryover—the residue of the sinful nature. Our spirits are new creations in Christ. Unbelief is the mother of all sins. Before other sins happen, there is first unbelief. When we receive a new body at the Rapture, we will have no more temptation to sin. We will never become old, sick, weak, or dead. Your body is not dirty. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The value of something depends on how much a person is willing to pay for it. When you were dead in your sins and hopeless, God paid with the death of His Son so that you could be saved. That is how valuable you are to Him. There is a false premise being taught about holiness. You do not do holy things to become holy. You have already become holy so you can do holy things. The ‘try-harder Christianity’ is not according to the true Gospel. In Christ, we are already created in true holiness and righteousness. Death and judgment are behind us. Grace and glory are ahead of us. We are on the other side of the grave. When a believer dies, it is just “falling asleep”. Your private time spent with the Lord is your “root life”. Be rooted in Christ. Be led by the Lord on what to share about your life in public. Do not unnecessarily give the enemy ammunition to hit you with. There are people who like sermons that tell them what to do. They think James is practical but Paul is not. We love others because God first loved us. We need to know the cause that enables us to do what is good and right. The devil especially attacks women (like the way he tempted Eve first) because they have a tendency to take things into their own hands to help the people they love. This is especially true if their husbands are not stepping up to do what needs to be done. The women’s enthusiasm to help opens them up to more failures caused by the devil. Jesus is the seventh man to the woman of Samaria whom He met by the well. He is the perfect man who delivered her. Most Jews bypass Samaria when they travel. However Jesus needed to go through Samaria because He needed to minister to that woman. It was not a must of geography, but of love. 1 May 2022 - The Imaginations Of Your Heart - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Joseph Prince taught us about the creative power in the imaginations of our heart. God’s word shows that out of our heart flows the forces of life. Guard your heart above all else! Praise and Worship Song Performed:
Remind yourself that you are the righteousness of God in Christ. Our sins are not just covered—they have been removed. There is still sin IN our flesh, but God does not see sin ON us. Atonement just means a covering. Jesus is the Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world. Israel changed gods and started to offer their sons to Molech instead of the sin offering of the lamb to the true God. When Israel did this, they were brought into Babylonian captivity. After Israel came back from Babylon, they never went back to idolatry. People have this bad trait of wanting things they cannot have and discrediting what they do have. This is of the flesh. Proverbs 4:20-23 - Firstly, God’s word enters the ear gate. It also enters the eye gate. These gates are what allows entry into your heart. In all your guarding, guard your heart as the most important thing. Let God’s word enter your heart and it will be health to all your flesh. The “heart” here spoken of is “lev” in Hebrew, not “ruach” which is spirit. Your heart is not your spirit. “My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.” (Proverbs 4:20-23 WEB) Genesis 6:5 - The word “imagination” here is “yeser” in Hebrew. The imaginations in one’s heart will eventually manifest in the outside. “Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.” (Genesis 6:5 WEB) Being saved in Christ is like being inside Noah’s ark. Even if you fall, you fall safely within the Ark. There is security in Christ. The Lord said to Noah, “come into the Ark.” After that, He said, “Go outside the Ark.” This is the mark of a leader—first one in and last one out. |
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