29 September 2019 - The Bible is God-Breathed - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPraise and Worship Songs performed: 1. I See Grace - New Creation Worship 2. Finished - New Creation Worship 3. Way Maker - Sinach 4. Goodness of God - Bethel Music The things of God are not for the exclusive few. It’s available for everyone—like air and water. When God provides, He provides in a way that everyone can use at home. James 1:17 - The world has good gifts from God—provision for everyone. However the perfect gifts are only for God’s children (believers), such as the gifts of the Holy Spirit. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.” (James 1:17 WEB) Matthew 18:20 - There is no local church that is perfect, but we all have a perfect Savior. At local churches, there is a corporate anointing where the gifts break out—Jesus’ presence is there in a manifested way. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”” (Matthew 18:20 WEB) Sunday is a special day for the church to gather together. Sunday is the day where Jesus rose from the dead. The Emmaus road experience happened on a Sunday. Jesus appeared to the disciples from Sunday to Sunday. Paul waited to speak to the church at Troaz (aka Troy) on a Sunday. The first time the word “holy” appears in the Bible is in Genesis 1. God sanctified the day and rested from His work of creation. The word sanctified is the same word for made holy—set apart. Holiness has to do with rest. Learn to let go in your mind on Sunday and rest from working. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - This word “breathed” is the same words as in Genesis 2 when God breathed into Adam’s body and made him a living soul. Every time you read the Bible, God is breathing into you. Every Scripture is God-breathed. Every word is inspired by God. Not one yud (small mark like a comma) or tittle will pass away from God’s word until everything is fulfilled (Luke 16:17). “Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 WEB) Proverbs 4:20-22 - God’s word has a healing, life-giving effect to everyone who finds them. It is life to all your flesh with no side effects. “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.” (Proverbs 4:20-22 WEB) You can pray over any oil you buy at the supermarket and it becomes an anointing oil. Don’t fall prey to gimmickry that says you have to buy a special anointing oil that was prayed over by a prophet or anything—this type of exclusivity is a deception. When the devil came to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, Jesus replied Satan with “It is written...” not “It is spoken...” He is the Son of God and yet He countered the devil’s temptations with the written word of God and not the spoken word of God. When Satan asked Jesus to turn stones to bread, Pastor Prince believes that the stones were transformed to look like the tablets of the Law—in other words, Satan wanted Jesus to find nourishment in the Law. But Jesus said that man does not live by bread alone but with every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. What was the word He heard from God before that? “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” We are to live by the revelation of God’s love today. Matthew 22:31-33 - Jesus argued through one word “am” that God is the God of the living. “But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.” (Matthew 22:31-33 WEB) Galatians 3:16 - Paul argues from one letter—that Abraham’s offspring is a singular and not plural. Jesus is the prophesied offspring. Every word of Scripture is inspired by God. “Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants ”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring ”, which is Christ.” (Galatians 3:16 WEB) When you read a daily devotional, look up the verse or passage that is given. Something good happens to you when you do that. Pastor Prince has a wide margin Bible and he writes down notes on the side as he reads the Bible. He is our under-shepherd—the flock should copy him. Get your own wide margin Bible and begin writing notes as God’s word speaks to you. Esther 6:1-3 - When you can’t sleep at night, read the Bible—it is God’s book of chronicles. You will see Jesus in the Bible. Mordecai represents Jesus in the Book of Esther. Mordecai means “little man” whereas Haman (the villain) means “the illustrious one”. A sleepless night plus reading the Bible equals to everything experiencing a turnaround. “On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king. It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”” (Esther 6:1-3 WEB) You have to rightly divide the word when you read the Bible. When you read the Old Testament, you must interpret the laws in the light of the New Covenant of Grace. The Law demands, Grace supplies. Law condemns the best of us. Grace saves the worst of us. 1 Corinthians 9:9-11 - When the apostle Paul looked at this law, he found a New Covenant revelation in it. This is the right way to read the Old Testament. The ox represents a minister of God’s word and such ministers should be amply rewarded for their work. All Scripture is written to unveil Christ and for our benefit. God wants all people to be saved—His priority is saving people, not saving the environment. “For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares, or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?” (1 Corinthians 9:9-11 WEB)
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