Faith In Christ Church Worldwide: Recent Episodes
Pastor Anietie Affiah
1 Tim 5:1-2
Benefits of His Presence:
1) Rest and Peace Ps 23:4
2) High Favor of God Ps 62:1
1) Encounter with the power of God
2) An encounter at the Alter of Prayer
3) What must I do to encounter God
Ps 44:1-4
1 John 1:1-3
1) personal conviction
2) Must be convinced that the Word of God is Truth
- must be committed to the scripture as the only source of authority
-Nothing can turn you away from the presence of the Lord
-Conviction to act upon it (Rom 8:38-39)
Ordinances: Ex 12:43, Act 2:38
The Lord's super and baptism are ordinances of God. The Passover is also an ordinance of God.
Nourishment: 1 Tim 4:8, 1 Cor 3:23
Spiritual nourishment, reading the Word of God, the Bible.
T-ruthfulness
I-ntegrity
Col 1:14
Proverbs 6:16-19
Daniel 1:8
Eph 4:23-24
Romans 6:6
Gal 3:5
Heb 13:5
Gen 39:7-12
Acts 9:26-27
Joshua 3:5 - can you imagine the anticipation and excitement of the children of Israel faced as they stood before the River Jordan the evening before they were to cross over into the promised land.
Joshua and Caleb realized that the earlier generation had failed to enter the promise land because of unbelief and the new generation had waited a long time . The two generals Joshua and Caleb who in their eighties had waited even longer. “ But now Joshua told the people sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the Lord Lord will do wonders among you” vs 5 Habakkuk 1:5
Solution #3 L - Love Matt 22:36-38 right before this question was asked, Jesus had faced down the Sadducees. They had asked questions about marriage and Heaven and Jesus dismissed their questions as invalid since it came from a stance of ignorance. After correcting their misunderstanding vs 34, Roman 13:8 and 1st John 4:16
Solution #4 - Uprightness
Ps 37:37, Ps 51:6
The upright man’s heart is for God Ps 64:10 and Proverbs 23:26
Vain worshipers Isaiah 29:13
Public opinion- Exodus 23:2, Haggai 1:2 Jeremiah 10:3 and 1st Peters 1:18
Lifestyles of an upright Christian:
Faith working by love Galatians 5:6, the just shall live by his faith Habakkuk 2:4
The upright Christian hears in faith “the hearing of faith” Galatians 3:5
Prayer offered in faith James 5:15
Psalm 51:7 David sprinkles Faith his prayer
The upright Christian weeps in faith Mark 9:24
2nd Chronicles 20:20, 12, 15
1) Be Established
1 Cor 15:58, Eph 3:17. You cannot be established without a firm foundation in Christ Jesus. Eph 4:4
Being established in righteousness (Isaiah 54:14, 17)
Solutions to the storms of life:
1) Letter S - Sanctification (Joshua 3:5, 2nd Timothy 2:21, 1 Thess 4:3)
2) Letter O - Obedience (Deut 26:16, 28:1, Isaiah 1:9)
ACTS 6:1-7
1-We must meditate on the Word until it becomes implanted in our hearts 2-The Word of God is the key instrument the Holy Spirit uses to perform our miracles