SERIES: HOPE AT THE END OF THE AGE. TEXT: MALACHI 1:1. In 515BC, after 70 years of Babylonian captivity, the people who were still in Babylon were released. Although they had their land, national identity restored, they realized they were not the nation they used to be and they got discouraged. In 587BC, Babylon …
Category: English Service
WE HAVE AN ALTAR
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 13:10-16 The trouble in many churches is not the pastor or the church program. The trouble is “lack of altar” and “broken altars” in the lives of God’s people. The purpose of an altar is :- Worship. Sacrifice. Giving of offerings. Praise. Making covenants. Altar is the meeting …
THE SEASONS OF LIFE AND THE UNCHANGING SAVIOR.
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever.” Life is divided into three distinct seasons or times. The past or yesterday, the present or today and the future or tomorrow. Life changes constantly and the seasons of life are interwoven, one affects the other. The …
KEYS TO HAPPINESS
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 13:5-6; DEUT. 31:6; PSALM 37:1-11. It is the worldly people who are poor and it is the believer in Christ who are rich, our treasure is in heaven. Our minds are set on things above not on the things that are on earth-Col. 3:2. The fact of the …
WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT MARRIAGE
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 13:1-4. God says marriage is not a joke. There is a divorce epidemic in Kenya, even Christian marriages are not spared divorce. Hebrews 13:4, “Marriage is to be held in honor among all….” “Honor your marriage and its vows”-TLB. Biblical marriage is to be viewed as extremely expensive. …
THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 12:25-29. So many times we put our faith in things that will fail and easily shaken. Money will fail, relationships fail, people fail, medical science will fail, the judicial systems will fail. We need to put our faith in things that will not fail. Hebrews 12, let us …
GRACE IS BETTER THAN THE LAW.
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 12:18-24. The question of how to approach God is of paramount importance. Where do you meet with God? The two mountains mentioned in these verses direct us to examine the basis our relationship with God. Do we attempt to meet God at Mt. Sinai or Mt. Zion? Mt. …
‘SEE THAT NO ONE MISSES’
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 12:14-17. In order to understand what Hebrews 12:14-17 means, there are two kinds of holiness or sanctification-Intial sanctification and progressive sanctification. Intial or positional sanctification or holiness happens when we respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is when we come to Christ in repentance or confession. …
STRATEGIES FOR STAYING IN THE RACE
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 12:1-3 There is nowhere in the entire Bible we are promised that the Christian life is going to be easy. Actually the opposite life is true. In John 16:33, “In the world you have tribulations, but take heart, I have overcome the world.” Difficulties will come and trials …
AFTER THIS LIFE
SERIES: LIVING BY FAITH. TEXT: HEBREWS 9:27-28 The writer of Hebrews is telling us that Jesus Christ is a “better” sacrifice. God in His divine plan has chosen that no person can come to Him without acceptable sacrifice. This is called the “way of approach.” The writer of Hebrews wants us to know that …
