17 November 2019 - Wisdom for Growing Kingdom Wealth - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPraise and Worship Songs Performed: (I missed two or three songs before this) 1. This is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham 2. Rain Upon My Life - New Creation Worship 3. Jesus At the Centre - Israel Houghton The church is not a building. It’s the many-membered body of Christ. In the early church, the Lord’s Supper was in the central place. They broke bread from house and house. When the apostle Paul was around, the purpose of the gathering was still to break bread and not to hear him. The Lord’s Supper is a proclamation of Jesus’ death. It is also the Lord’s love language towards us. Pastor Prince received a commission from the Lord to bring back the Lord’s Supper to central place in this season of his life. Pastor Prince met VP Pence at the White House. From start to finish, they talked about Jesus. VP Pence is a man of God. Luke 19:1-2 - Jericho was a cursed city—after Joshua conquered the city, he declared a curse upon whoever would rebuild the city. God had probably been working on Zacchaeus’ heart, convicting him of his sinfulness, prior to this meeting with Jesus. The whole earth is like a cursed city—it is fallen. Heaven is a real place filled with young people who are joyous. There is no death, sickness or depression there. Jesus came to the city of the curse and brought blessings. Zacchaeus saw a huge crowd, but he was looking for Jesus. You need to look past the people and see Jesus. Zacchaeus was short and could not see past the crowd, so he climbed up the tree to look at Jesus. Whenever you want to see Jesus, Jesus is looking out for you. Jesus will look past the cacophony of noises and look for you who are sincerely looking for Him. In the wilderness, the children of Israel were bitten by fiery serpents and only all those who looked intently at the bronze serpent on the pole (a picture of Jesus on the cross) lived. “He entered and was passing through Jericho. There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.” (Luke 19:1-2 WEB)
Jesus talked about money a lot. God wants us to prosper for His glory and be able to finance the Gospel to go forth to all the world. Don’t rush for get-rich quick schemes. Ask God for wisdom on how to invest and grow your money the best way. Use money to love people—never love money and use people.
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