From Death To Life

  1. The power of the Letter

2 Cor 3:3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ,

not based on the letter but on the Spirit,

Jer 31:34;

“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry that produced death—carved in letters on stone tablets—

8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

  1. The Glory of Progressive Revelation
  2. What was veiled
  3. The ministry of the Spirit

Mar 15:38 And Luk 23:45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

Mat 27:51 The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

  1. And what more shall I say?

These wonderful acts of the Spirit, demonstrated the glory of the Lord and his willingness to use men and women to unveil his Power to mankind.

  1. But it is our greatest enemy He came to conquer once and for all.
  2. It is the Lord who commends his servants.

39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

 run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

In conclusion:

2 Cor 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ

Legacy of Love

 

 

 

If recent world events have taught us on the Historical scales of justice. They are hinge moments,
Mankind has always thought that we can control outcomes and shape our desired or preferred future.
Our Father is not threatened by those who oppose us, for He loves them too. His is willing to scatter us for the sake of the Kingdom for we are His seed after all and His cry gets louder with every generation,
Whom shall I send? What do you see?
Is greatness a mere measurement of the sum total of our success?
So let’s take a look at these three things:
1. Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
2. Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort.
3. An Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations

Firstly, Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
Matthew 21:28-32 that story concludes with these words:
For John (the babtiser) came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Gen 2: 8-11
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Gen 4:3 At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord. 4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them.
The Hebrew term מִנְחָה (minkhah, “offering”)
Verse : 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
Romans 3:20
The Mark he leaves on us is the Mark we make in the World.
Secondly Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort
Proverbs teaches us: That we should teach a child in the way they should go, but to remember that even if they part from it, it will not part from them, my paraphrase.
Legacy is not how you start, it’s how you finish and how you’ll be remembered.
Finally: Our Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations by being willing to pay the price today!
The very famous line from a Tennyson poem titled “In Memoriam A.H.H
penned by a Jewish Spaniard in the 11th century of the common era :
Tis a Fearful Thing by Yehuda Halevi
Death then, is a point of convergence of what is human with what is holy.
This reveals the true nature of love. When we love, we risk our hearts greatest fear, to lose what we’ve loved. Love merges what is human with what is Holy.
My heart knows love, thus my heart knows pain!
Like an image of the horizon, constantly before us appearing to be within our grasp we find that we cannot reach it for it is always just beyond.
It is a fearful thing to love and a holy thing to be loved by Him.

Darkness into light

Welcome by Brandon and Lynne: Jesus walks on the water

Revelation Song: by Vaughan

Dealing with blindspots in the Faith in the context of second Temple worship and systems.

Paul’s journey from Destroyer and persecutor to Proclaimer of the Faith.

The impact of Stephen’s execution on Paul’s message.

The Jerusalem churches focus compared to the church in Antioch.

How our cultural and spiritual history affects our view of others and,

Ultimately how the Lord always took relationship over temple worship.

 

What do you see? (Abridged)

This is the shorter version of the message of 28 April at GFC.
What do you see is reflection of the the image of the unfinished bridges in Cape Town as a depiction of the state of the church.
It’s meant to provoke us from our inactivity to completing the mission set out for us.

Full version: What do you see?

A personal share about call, the tension, struggle and commitment it takes to stay true to our course.

Jeremiah 1

Tear down, destroy, rebuild and plant.

The waste of moving forward and the struggle to let go.

How do we remain on the road mapped out by reflecting on the autheticity of our situation.

 

Refreshed and Renewed

Refreshing and renewing is part of God’s plan for us.

He allows us to endure situations to refine us.

He has included fire in our life cycle.

He also pours the living water of refreshing.

But He sows good soil into our tilled hearts.

The Spirit wants us to grow into our full potential.

So we need to allows the Father access to intimacy to reveal and initiate His will for our lives.