12 March 2023 - Becoming The Light Of The World - New Creation Church Sermon Notes (Pastor Gabriel Tan)New Sermon Notes: Pastor Gabriel showed us how we could become the light of the world when we have no light in and of ourselves. We can arise and shine because the Lord has lit us up! Praise and worship songs performed:
Matthew 5:14-16 - How can be the light of the world when we have no light in and of ourselves? This message will explore that. “You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16 WEBUS) Teachers, your words have an impact on your students. Mark 4:13-20 - Jesus graciously explained the parable of the seed and the sower. The devil does not wait to steal God’s word from your heart. He knows that God’s word can change your life. This parable is setting the context for Jesus’ words in the next few verses. “He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables? The farmer sows the word. The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble. Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word, and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.” (Mark 4:13-20 WEBUS) Mark 4:21-23 - The moment you received Jesus as Lord, your light was lit and you became the light of the world. You are now walking in the light. “He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand? For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light. If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”” (Mark 4:21-23 WEBUS) The Book of Revelation is primarily the revelation of Jesus Christ, not of the Antichrist. The golden lamp-stand represents both Jesus as well as the church. Jesus is the head of the church (His body). The best place for you to shine is within the church. Everything good you do (shining as a light) points towards the central shaft (Jesus).
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