24 July 2016 - Possess the Power to Prosper in All Things (Part 2) - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineSome people believe that they are saved by good works. No, we are saved by believing in Jesus Christ. However, man looks at our works. When a boss accesses the performance and is deciding on how much bonus to give to his employees, he bases it on their works. Can a boss access their performance by grace and give all of them equal bonus and give all of them the highest CEO position, disregarding their works? No it's not possible. In life you are rewarded based on your works. The reason someone can do his job with a smile is because of knowing the revelation that God's grace is working and flowing through him/her, and the grace given to him/her is not in vain. God will teach you from within. You don't need to play Pokemon anymore now that you are 20 years old. Live a holy life that is taught by grace, and be zealous for good works. Dead works are works that are done to try to justify oneself before God. In almost every epistle of the Apostle Paul, he refers to the Rapture, and the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Rapture is "harpazo" in Greek which means "snatching away". There will be a judgment but it will not be on believers. It will be on the world. The Rapture was a mystery. It was hidden but now is revealed to believers. In the Rapture, we are not going up to heaven with just our spirit and soul, but with a new spiritual body that cannot die, cannot decay, and cannot feel tired. Some people believe that only obedient believers will go up in the Rapture, but the Apostle Paul said that all believers who are alive and remain will go up in the Rapture. That's the only criteria to go up in the Rapture. Animals all fell when Adam fell, because Adam was the appointed ruler of the earth. Animals became carnivorous when Adam fell. But animals will no longer devour each other when Jesus returns to rule. The Scriptural position is not to look back to death but to look forward to the "Blessed Hope", which is the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. When you say sorry to others or to God, it is not what makes God forgive you. You were forgiven of all your past, present and future sins when you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. We should focus on confessing that we are the righteousness of God in Christ. Our salvation doesn't hinge on confessing all our sins. We don't confess our individual sins to be forgiven by God, but we do it for our own psychological need. When you sin, confess that you are the righteousness of God in Christ. That's how you can overcome sins and addictions. It's not your repentance that makes God good to you. Under the Old Covenant, you have to repent first before you can experience God's goodness. Under the New Covenant of Grace, it's God's goodness that leads you to repentance. When God unleashes prosperity and blessings your way upon your career and/or ministry, no one can stop it. Your healing has nothing to do with what you have done, but it's because of what Jesus has done at the cross.
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7 Questions with Reshveen: Entrepreneurship and Investing 101 - Value Investing, Investment Strategies and More! Reshveen Rajendran the Value Investing Six-Pack Investor Has Some Great Investment Strategies and Investing 101 Tips to Share in this Blog Post! Click the photo above to go to Reshveen's FaceBook Page. About Reshveen Rajendran Reshveen is 23 years old and is the Founder of InvestingChamps Pte Ltd in Singapore. He's also a Trainer at Value Investing College and is an International Speaker. Reshveen is best known for his achievements of starting multiple businesses at the age of 23. He started his businesses with the intent of impacting millions of lives financially, physically and spiritually. He is also a very successful investor having built his portfolio to a six figure sum starting from only $5000 when he was 19. His portfolio spans stocks, properties and commodities. Today he is an international speaker impacting lives globally. Click Here to go to his website "Million Dollar Rush" for more info on what he does and his services! 1) In this gloomy financial market, what would be the best advice you can give to someone who doesn't know a thing about investing/ value investing, but who wants to get started at it? The best advice I would give to anybody wanting to get started is to firstly invest in yourself by finding a mentor who has achieved success in the markets to get guidance. The big issue I find with people who don't know anything is that they try to go onto the internet to figure things out themselves. Although this is a good start, the internet is filled with so much information that most people would naturally get lost. Invest in yourself. Stick to one method that suits your personality and do not get distracted. 2) What are the types of investments that you are investing in, and what tips can you share for first-timers who may want to follow your investment strategies? I'm personally mainly vested in stocks and options. I use "Value Investing". I invest for the long term and also use options for regular cash-flow. I personally would recommend this book: "Gone Fishing with Buffet" as a starting guide for value investing. it is the book I started with myself. 3) What do you feel is the current culture in Singapore towards entrepreneurship and investing? How important is it that one gets involved in these two areas? I feel that now more people in Singapore are getting bombarded with advertisements regarding trading or investing. It's in our faces almost every single day. It is very important to get started but it is equally important to understand the different methods and what suits you best. Entrepreneurship in my opinion is getting less popular as people want things given to them on a platter. Entrepreneurship though is tough work and it requires grit and perseverance. Many people do try it out, but not many last for very long. But ultimately I believe getting involved in either or both of these areas is of utmost importance as you would know that you simply cannot just rely on your job for income. 17 July 2016 - Possess the Power to Prosper in All Things - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineYou don't have to wait for someone to pray for you. As the word goes forth during church service, always be ready to receive your healing! There is a special corporate anointing! Luke 21:7-11 - "Nation will rise again nation" is ethnos against ethnos. "Ethnos" is the Greek word for "ethnic group". Nowadays there are many conflicts between ethnic groups. Great earthquakes are earthquakes that measure 6.0 or higher on the Richter scale. Nowadays there are such earthquakes every year. “So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?” And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He, ’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them. But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.” Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke 21:7-11 NKJV) Mark 13:1-2 - In AD 70, General Titus led the Roman Army to raze Jerusalem to the ground. General Titus commanded his soldiers not to destroy the Temple, but as the soldiers fought, some of the torches of fire fell into the temple and the gold in between the cracks of the stones of the temple melted and started flowing down. This caused the soldiers to ignore General Titus' command and throw down the stones of the temple to get the gold. The son of the emperor of Rome said don't destroy the temple, whereas the Son of God (Jesus) said not one stone will be left on another. Jesus' word always comes to pass. You can be sure that God's prophecies will come to pass. "And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said unto him, Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, See these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." (Mark 13:1-2, NKJV) In 1948, Israel came back as a nation after the "Six Day War". God was repeating history - The walls of Jericho collapsed after the children of Israel marched around them for six days. Titus 2:11-13 - Grace is a person. Grace has "appeared" which is "epiphano" and it means "becomes visible". The correct posture of a believer: we don't look forward to death. We look forward to the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ! “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,” (Titus 2:11-13 NKJV) When you're believing the truth, the Spirit of Truth (the Holy Spirit) can attest to it. But when you're believing a lie, the Holy Spirit cannot attest to that, and it will manifest in the form of problems in your life. The words "Triune God" and "Trinity" are not found in the Bible. But they are truths and these are terms to help to explain the Scriptures. The word "Rapture" is not found in the Bible but it refers to the snatching away of believers to escape this world to be with Jesus. The Rapture is different from the Second Coming of Christ. In the Second Coming, Jesus will be coming back to judge this earth. As believers we won't be judged as we have passed from judgment into life. The Rapture is called a "mystery" because it was once hidden by God but now revealed by Him to His people. We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a twinkling of an eye. It will happen so fast that no one will see it happen. Science is behind the Bible. Archaeology is playing catch up with the Bible. It depends on how fast they uncover the truth. Once upon a time Archaeologists didn't believe that the Hittites existed. Now they have found the proof of the Hittites civilization and that it may be even greater than ancient Egypt was. Archaeologists also found the huge bones of Philistines. They also found remains of a snake with legs (In the Garden of Eden, the serpent was cursed to crawl on its belly as a punishment for deceiving Adam and Eve into eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.) God so loved the world that He sent His Son Jesus to bear our judgement, and all our sins have been punished in Jesus' body at the cross. The Law of Double Jeopardy: the same offence cannot be punished twice. Therefore God is righteous in not punishing believers because Jesus has already paid the price for our sins. God uses judicial terms: we are the righteousness of God in Christ! That's the gospel in a nutshell. The Rapture can happen at anytime. The Rapture is the Blessed Hope, and that hope purifies us. There are people who say that the Rapture is a theory, a concoction that people came out with in the 1800's. Matthew Henry, one of the famous commentators of the Bible was one of the first to use the term "Rapture", and that was in the 1600's. III John 1:2 - There is no such thing as the 'health and wealth gospel'. There is only the gospel of grace and peace. But the gospel RESULTS in health, wealth and peace! Wherever the gospel goes, society has improved - women are honored and prosperity reigns. This is God's will for all believers: that we prosper in ALL things! “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” (III John 1:2 NKJV) Pastor Prince is against materialism and covetousness, and against pastors who have big congregations and live ludicrous, outlandish lifestyles. Pastors should sacrifice for the flock and it should not be the flock sacrificing for the pastors. There is no such thing as "a window of opportunity has now opened in this season for financial blessings". Some pastors say that to get their congregation to give them money. The windows of heaven have been flung open permanently ever since Jesus died for us at the cross. God's favor and blessings are upon all believers at all times. 10 July 2016 - Possess Your Victory Over The Enemy - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineWe can't force people to be saved, but we can pray for them to be saved, and God will create such a situation where it is easy for them to receive Christ. God made every one of us, so He knows exactly what will work for each individual person. God gave the earth to Adam, but Adam unknowingly gave it away to the devil when he ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was a man that gave the earth away, so it must be a Man who takes it back from the devil. Jesus is that Man who took the earth back from the devil! Whenever you go to share the gospel, know that the whole of heaven is backing you up. Luke 10:19 - When you pray, pray in the name of Jesus - behind that name is all authority on heaven and on earth. An analogy: The power and credibility of a cheque depends on who whose name it is endorsed with. Jesus said that He gives us all authority over the dunamis (explosive power) of the devil. Speak to your pimple, your sickness, your disease, etc, saying: "I curse you ____ to your roots in Jesus' name!" "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."" (Luke 10:19, NKJV) The devil always wants to show the negative, because the negative perpetuates negativism. The media likes to spread negative news because negative news sells. Proverbs 15:30 - Good report makes your bones fat. Bad report makes your bones shrink. Nowadays people have a problem with osteoporosis (a disease which causes brittle bones). What better report is there than the gospel? Keep listening to the Good News - the word of God. "The light of the rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat." (Proverbs 15:30, KJV) In marriage you have big sex and outside of marriage you have small sex. That's the way it is. Hollywood won't present it to you that way. What is done against God's way does not fulfill. When you do things God's way, it is always better. The gospel is essentially this: God has made you righteous in Christ, not by your works but by what Jesus has done at the cross. The truth about righteousness being a gift is being attacked today. Jesus came to change our identity - we are not dirty rotten sinners anymore: we are the righteousness of God in Christ! 3 July 2016 - Glorious Gospel of the Happy God - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineThe Lord has sanctified Sunday. The Lord Jesus honored this day by appearing to His disciples on a Sunday, and then appearing to them again on a Sunday. Something is given and conferred when we come to the house of God on a Sunday. Where two or more are gathered in Jesus' name, there He is. The smallest majority is two. Jesus is so gracious. I Timothy 1:11 - The word "blessed" here is "makarios" which means happy. Our God is a happy God! The glorious gospel cannot help but manifest God's holiness. “according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.” (I Timothy 1:11 NKJV) It is not the 'message of grace' - it is the gospel of the grace of God. When we are saved, there is no compromise on God's holiness. Jesus Christ pre-existed with God, even before the foundation of the world. People presume to judge the Bible, when actually the Bible judges them. The Bible is the infallible word of the Living God. The Bible tells us that God loves us. Yes God demands righteousness from men because they are His children. But God knew that if He placed the full demand on men, men would be unable to meet up with His standard of righteousness. The greatest knowledge you can have on this side of heaven is the knowledge of God. This knowledge gives birth to all other knowledge. Don't boast in your strength, riches, etc. Instead, boast in the knowledge of God. Jesus knew the love of God. Jesus is the only One who fully knows God's level of righteousness and how great is our offence to God. God's righteousness must be measured at His level - to hate is to kill, to lust is to commit adultery. All of us have offended God. That is why Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount so that men would come to the end of themselves and recognise their need for a Savior. Trespass offering - if anyone commits a sin unknowingly, he still must bring a sin offering. Jesus is our Trespass Offering that paid for all of our sins, known and unknown. Under the Law, every justice must be exacted, every demand must be met. God is the Triune God. Jesus always existed with God, but when He came into the world, He confined Himself to time. For our sins to be cleansed, we need Jesus to die for our sins. Our blood cannot cut it because it is tainted blood. Only Jesus' blood is sinless blood. |
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