8 November 2020 - Receive your Inheritance by Grace Alone - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPastor Joseph Prince taught that through the Law of Moses, we cannot inherit what Christ purchased for us at the cross. We can only receive it by Grace through faith. Through the Holy Spirit in you, arise to the spirit of sonship, for you are no longer a slave to sin! Praise and worship songs performed: 1. Here is Love - Robert Lowry 2. I Will Come and Bow Down - Ron Kenoly 3. The One Thing - New Creation Worship Galatians 3:5 - The word translated as “supplies” below is in the present continuous tense. God is constantly supplying the Spirit and doing miracles. Receive miracles through hearing of faith, not by the works of the Law. “He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?” (Galatians 3:5 WEB) Luke 24:47 - Jerusalem is the guiltiest city for it rejected and crucified Jesus Christ. The Gospel began spreading from there—this is God’s Grace. Where sin abounded, Grace super-abounds! “and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:47 WEB) God ordained for the Romans to be in power during Jesus’ time on earth. The Romans built good roads. It was on these roads that the Apostle Paul embarked on his missionary journeys. The Greek language was the most widely used language in the world during Jesus’ time. Greek is the most exact and precise language. Example: for one word in English, love, Greek has many words to differentiate the type of love: phileo (brotherly love between friends), agape (the God kind of love), eros (sexual and romantic love). Matthew 24:38 - The devil caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but God allowed it, causing the Gospel to go forth further than ever before, online. Souls are being saved at a greater rate than before the pandemic. Physical church gatherings will eventually resume. Before the coming of the Lord, life will be back to normal, with no pandemic. “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,” (Matthew 24:38 WEB) Galatians 4:6-7 - We are not bondservants under the Law. We are sons (in Greek: huios) and therefore heirs of God through Christ. Israel was under the Law which is the fundamental principles—like ABCs. Now under Grace, we are full-grown adult sons. When the son of the boss of a company goes to the office, he works with a different spirit. If an office worker forgets to switch off the air-con, the son checks and turns it off. He has a personal stake in it because he is going to be the heir. When we live with a spirit of sonship, we will work more excellently. The Holy Spirit in our hearts teaches us to see God as our Father, producing the appropriate affections in our hearts. “And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” (Galatians 4:6-7 WEB) Romans 8:14-16 - God is most pleased when you approach Him as “Father”. You don’t have fear Him or feel distant from Him. Own the spirit of sonship. The “fear of the Lord” is not slavish fear as if you are a slave. It is having a reverential, worshipful awe towards God. We sense the leading of the Holy Spirit through this spirit of sonship. The Spirit will never lead you to break the Ten Commandments. In fact, He will lead you to exceed its requirements. Instead of being stingy, you will be generous. Instead of having a loveless marriage, you will love your wife the way Christ loves His church. The Holy Spirit guides you as you get moving—take a step of faith. It is hard to guide a parked car. The Holy Spirit leads you from within. You will know when to do something, and when not to. If you don’t do something He leads you to do, you will feel an inward frustration. After you do it, you will sense the peace within. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;” (Romans 8:14-16 WEB) James 2:10 - The Law is a composite whole. If you break one commandment out of the Ten Commandments, you are counted as having broken them all. It is like a pearl necklace. When one part of the string breaks, all the pearls fall out. “For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” (James 2:10 WEB) No one can love God with all their heart, soul, strength and mind. Only God does that towards us—He proved it by sending Jesus to die for us. We must know that He loves us, so that we can love one another. The Old Testament is the new concealed. The New Testament is the old revealed. When you read the Law, let the Holy Spirit reveal Jesus to you from within. Romans 10:4 - Jesus already fulfilled the Law on our behalf. “For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” (Romans 10:4 WEB) Matthew 5:17-18 - Jesus didn’t destroy the Law—He already fulfilled it through His finished work at the cross. ““Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.” (Matthew 5:17-18 WEB)
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