2 April 2023 - Unpacking The Passion Of Christ - New Creation Church Sermon Notes - Pastor Lawrence LimNew Sermon Notes: Pastor Lawrence Lim expounded on the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ and how it affects us as believers in Him. This Gospel message is important for us to understand the finished work of Christ at the cross! Praise and worship songs performed: (I missed the songs before this)
Exodus 32:3 - In this verse we find “Aleph Tav”. It is the divine signature of Jesus Christ. In the Book of Revelation, He calls Himself “The first and the last”. Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and Tav is the last letter. The golden rings in the ears represent hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel is meant to be received by hearing it. Every time you hear the Gospel preached, something good happens to you. “All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.” (Exodus 32:3 WEBUS) The anointing of God is primarily for you to preach the Gospel and to heal the broken-hearted and sick. To know the will of God, we look at Jesus and what He did and said. Romans 1:16-17 - We receive the power of God by hearing the Gospel of Christ, not by doing with our hands. “For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”” (Romans 1:16-17 WEBUS) God’s word is life and health to all your flesh. The “Passion” refers to the sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is nothing you can do to make God love you more. To suggest that means you’re saying that God held back in loving you. No, He loves us to the uttermost, and He will never love us less. Luke 22:44 - Just the anticipation of becoming sin at the cross caused Jesus to sweat blood. Doctors call this condition “hematidrosis”: when one is under extreme stress, the blood capillaries burst and intermingles with perspiration. Jesus sweat blood to redeem us from the curse of sweat that was pronounced upon man in the Garden of Eden. His sweat also dripped onto the ground that was cursed as well. Thanks to Jesus’ blood, blessings come easy to us and wherever we walk is favored ground. “Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.” (Luke 22:44 WEBUS) Jesus said “I AM” and the temple guards who came to arrest Him in the Garden of Gethsemane fell back to the ground. Jesus was not captured because He was helpless. He willingly gave up His life for us. In the midst of the chaos, Peter severed Malchus’ ear. Jesus who is always full of peace, picked up the severed ear and restored the ear to Malchus, healing him. He healed a person who wanted Him dead. Jesus lived by His words of “love your enemies”. Let go of grudges and forgive those who have hurt you, just as God has forgiven you in Christ. At supper on the night of Passover, Jesus already knew that Judas was going to betray Him, and yet He still washed Jesus’ feet. Back then, washing a person’s feet was the job of the lowliest servants. It was an act of love that Jesus did. Don’t punish yourself and live in condemnation. God loves you and has forgiven you. It is a new beginning today. God’s compassions fail not. Peter boasted that even if all the disciples forsook Jesus, he wouldn’t. Jesus told him that before the rooster crowed, Peter would betray Him three times. Peter denied Jesus with cursing and swearing, and when the rooster crowed, Jesus turned to look at Peter with eyes of love. That is why Peter cried. Even if you have failed, God can still use you. Peter denied Jesus three times and yet Jesus restored him to the ministry of apostleship. Peter was used to preach to multitudes on the Day of Pentecost and three thousand souls were saved.
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