Amanzimtoti Baptist Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
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It's a nightmare situation for all parties concerned. The Babylon authorities make astonishing confessions while Daniel makes astonishing intercessions. Both parties demonstrate God's directing world history for His purposes!
In Daniel 1 we are given insight into how we must stand firm against then rip-current towards the rocks of destruction and fruitlessness in our Christian life.
Evangelism and all ministry is a means to a greater end; obedience to Christ. We are good at repenting but may our surrendering be better this year.
Fellowship is a fact.In Christ, you have it In Christ, we all have it Fellowship is an act It involves sharing It involves sharing Christ It involves sharing Christ with someone Fellowship.is under attackBe fully present Be in the truth Be in unity
Another Christian value is evangelism because in our reconciliation with God we have been given a message and a method for reconciliation! Today we review The Message, The Method and The Motivation for evangelism.
Sharing in the life of Christ, is sharing in the value of service. Christ and service are inseparable. With God's help we detach from serving the wrong master(s) and serve The Master Christ along with others.
In Christ all our values are changed. The value of love : what is it, what does it do and how do we do it?
Above all 2024' demands and distractions is worship! We were created to worship, redeemed to worship, and must overcome 2024 in worship. We must be resolved to keep the value of worship high as we navigate this year.
The Christian life is not one summit after the next...We are greatly encouraged, and called to look at a great example while we navigate the "descends" in this life.
There is no comparison between man's righteousness and God's righteousness. Dressing ourselves with Christ's righteousness will help us resist the Devil.
Our new identity in Christ requires continual application of God's truth in mind and in heart. Truth is core and indispensable to being strengthened against the Devils schemes.
Romans 8, James 4 This message exposes the Devils major schemes to be discreet, silent and make-believe. We couldn't be closer to our enemy while also being made formidable in Christ!
Remaining in Christ, we are well established to: face the devilish atmosphere and claim kingdom-ground in our relationships
A small review of the biblical themes submission and authority while tracking our Saviours perfection of them both.
A husbands love for his wife is obvious and it portraits the love Christ has for His body.
Our submission to Christ is nurtured, it's precious, we feed it, we protect it and we love it - likewise a wife's submission to her husband ❣️
The third imperative is prioritizing being filled with the fullness of God by the Holy Spirit!
Understanding the sovereign will of God and attaching every aspect of your life to that mitigates foolishness, sloppy living and imitates God!
The wisdom of God is received from God and assimilated into our lives through prayer and the body of believers. Not doing so is unwise, and careless and mitigates our imitation of God.
- Jesus' work continues 2. We are not alone 3. Jesus is King 4. Back to The Father 5. A Great High Priest6. A Great Judge
Ephesians leaves no doubt that the gospel brings about a radical change in every believer; night to day/dark to light!
Everyone in Christ is sandwiched between the love of the Father and the love of the Son. Living out this love is fully resourced and the first step towards imitating God in a loveless world.
We, in Christ, are more than equipped for a new grace to others that operates at the same standard of Gods grace towards us.
New life IS a believers reality because we learned Christ when the old man died and the new man was born! All graduates are well equipped for a life of obedience and grace.
The ascended king Jesus has gifted His body with His word for the immediate impact of spiritual growth,thereby reaching His fullness and giving evidence to the world of God's kingly reign.
Christ has gifted His precious church to evidence His super reality of His fullness while extending His Kingly reign!
We've seen the fundamentals, examined the attitudes and today we look at the actions of the new walk and the incredible graces underneath our feet!
Balancing the ton of grace we have recieved requires nothing less than walking in humility, gentleness and patience no matter what the circumstances.
Having been strengthened in the inner man by Gods Spirit, having Christ at home in our hearts we are now in a position to grasp the dimensions of Christ's love while experiencing it as well.
The Ephesians are encouraged to look again at grace and the wisdom of God for a new perspective for their trials
Great news! Our salvation is based on God and not ourselves and we a means to a glorious end!
This text makes sayings like: "everyone sins" and "im a sinner" seem like wet blankets!! These don't grasp the depth of our depravity nor highlight the height if God's grace as well as our text!
We go back into the mine of God's spiritual blessings and promises and our prayer is to come out full of praise and never worshiping our holy God the same again!
Paul takes us down the mines haft of God's salvation through the tunnel of redemption while pursuing the vein of grace. Unlike gold mines, God's salvation mine brings life, freedom and light in the end!
Thank God Ephesians shows us that there is more to our salvation than "repenting and believing" and its beginnings are completely unattached to us!!?
There is soo much more to your story than "I believed and repented"! May the eternal scope of the Gospel bring about fresh worship and motivation for faithfulness!
Rest is accepting the finite abilities of ourselves and others, while trusting the infinite abilities of our God
Worship is the appropriate, all be it hard work, response to all that God is and does. Jesus with us, this habit will usher victory. Eph 5.15-21
Fellowship is more than having Christian friends. It's also an antidote to apostasy. Heb 3:1-14
The Psalmist declares that the main motivation to make it a habit to read your Bible is so you can be blessed! Psalm 1.
Getting the length, the breadth, the depth and height of Gods love for us in Christ this Christmas continues...
Embracing the big picture of Christmas will have you comprehending the promises of God and subsequently having our hope renewed!
Let's be captivated again by the wonder l, the breadth, the depth, and the height of Christ in Christmas!
Thanking God for good things is one thing. Remaining content with them is another. Let's fight this covetousness and claim our freedom in Christ.
There are many reasons why we wouldn't feel like giving genuine thanks to God but this Psalm is good dose for that illness of heart.
This Easter we get back to the basics and reflect on the various responses to our Lord's reserection.
The mocking at the crucifixion comes in 4 dimensions to our Saviour revealing the condition of our hearts but also the power of God's grace this Easter.
Replaying the crucifixion this Easter will afford our hearts forgiveness, power for holiness and wisdom from God.
A perfect summary to loving sincerley and a promising start to doing church post-lockdown!
What you give is called worship. What you keep is called stewardship. What determines each is called the Holy Spirit.
Although we rest in grace, we labour diligently in His purposes with hearts on fire! Our slave Master is generous and He calls us friend.
By Grace, our love for one another is unbreakable and our ambitions to honour others gives us joy.
Church vitality has less to do with gatherings and more to do with making these 3 directives personal today!
The mercy of God effects three fundamentals for every believer without exception. Living by God's estimation of your life brings freedom notwithstanding added gifts for others in the church.
Jesus affords us His righteousness and eternal life enabling a beautiful life reigned by Grace!
We can't leave Jesus in the manger. He is King! His Kingdom has come and His will be done!
This Jesus born to us is The personification of God's redemption. We celebrate Jesus our Redeemer!
This Jesus is both The overseer and The sacrifice on our behalf fully atoning for our sin and sufficient in righteousness to all who believe in Him.
The birth of Jesus brings direct access to God. God desires to be with you and you have the privilege of being with Him.