ISAIAH 61:1-3 INTRODUCTION In these verses we have a brief outline of three dispensations; Grace, Judgment and Righteousness. The year of liberty, the day of vengeance and the time of restoration. A dispensation is an order of time set for God’s working. God works through dispensations. Jesus Christ introduced the dispensation of Grace and Truth. …
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THE FULL GOSPEL
ISAIAH 61:1-11, LUKE 4:18-19 INTRODUCTION The goal of our message this morning is to present all the benefits of the gospel. Few believers in Christ have seen the vision of the fullness of the gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ includes so many blessings that only faith can access them. These benefits are listed in …
VULTURES ARE AFTER YOUR DESTINY
GENESIS 15:7-11, ECCLESIASTES 10:7 INTRODUCTION God had ordained that you be a prince and to be a blessing to your generation, but the enemy wants you to be a slave. These vultures and birds of prey want to overrule what God has ordained for you. Do not let sleep and slumber cause you to forfeit …
STEPS TO OVERCOMING FEAR IN YOUR LIFE
GENESIS 15:1 INTRODUCTION Fear is a killer. Most of the things we fear never get to happen. Fear is an emotion and it can be overcome when you apply these eight steps. Fear is defined as a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain etc. Fear is felt in many forms. There is a …
WHEN YOU ARE UNDER THE ATTACK
ISAIAH 59:19 INTRODUCTION “So shall they fear the Name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in, like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” Many people don’t understand this verse because they do not …
ABRAHAM, THE MAN OF FAITH
GENESIS 14:17-24 INTRODUCTION God called Abram, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. Abram believed that He who called him was able to lead him to his destiny. Lot went with him. Lot followed Abram and Abram followed God. It is always good for each one of us to follow God personally. …
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
ISAIAH 58:1-14 INTRODUCTION The prophets of old were not only predictors, but they were also “Instruments of righteousness unto God”. They were not only “seers” they were doers of the word. God’s servants must be faithful “cry aloud and spare not” (v.1). Their attitude must be unmistakable. “Lift up thy voice like a trumpet”. Their …
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IS SODOM?
GENESIS 14:1-16 INTRODUCTION Sodom represents the allurement of the world. It proved deadly for Lot and it will just as surely destroy our lives if we venture close to the world. This message gives us a powerful lesson concerning worldliness. The big question in this chapter of Genesis 14 is “how close can you get …
THE INVITATION TO CONTENTMENT
ISAIAH 55 INTRODUCTION The bible has many invitations. This passage is God’s invitation to contentment. Few people in the world ever reach a level of contentment. In fact, one poet put it this way “As a rule, man is a fool, when it is hot, he wants it cool, and when it is cool, …
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER
ISAIAH 54:15-17 INTRODUCTION The pathway to the destroyers and wasters is sin. There is nothing that sold men into the hand of the devil and his agents like sin. This passage tells us though that the fight we are involved in has been “fixed”, God has destined us to win no matter how hard the …