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Moses Lyengamuwa
- The law shows us our sins: "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin." -Romans 3:20-
Even the Gentiles cannot work out for their justification before God. Doing good in not the way of gaining eternal life of being right with God.
- The law shows us the need for the Savior: "But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify (Romans 3:21, NIV)."
Both the work of the law in the Jews and the law in the conscious of the Gentiles shows that people have sinned against God and they need the Savior to save them from the wrath of God which is made clear in their condemnation seen in their conscious (for the gentiles) written in the Scripture and seen in their conscious (for the Jews)
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Until we know the details around our wrong doing we cannot see the need for being saved or asking for mercy from God.
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It will be difficulty to understand the doctrine of justification and its implications: the idea of the righteousness of Christ accounted to the sinner by faith can be grasped well within the framework of the law operating as the convicting and condemning one.
"God does not only use His word to renew us which may constitute training us so that we can do every good work but He uses His word also to teach us to expect such good work of God to continue in our lives."
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1 John 2:1-2: “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world (NIV).”
"Having a low view of the holiness of God leads one to not understand why Jesus is the only way to the Father. By knowing the holiness of God, one would know the weight of the privilege it is to have access to the Holy God through Christ, which this generation by those who claim to call upon the Lord have undermined by turning such grace into a means of gaining worldly things and demand that God do what they asked because of some great faith. The practice in itself shows that it does not understand the grace of approaching God because once you demand based on some faith you have it is no longer based on the grace of the one you are approaching but on the terms of your faith. Such a sad reality that this generation has put itself in."
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://preachingthewordinstitute.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/on-the-holiness-of-god-and-the-way-to-god-through-jesus-christ/
All human beings possess the common trait which is convictions. We all have convictions whether those convictions are true or false, wrong or right that is another story. Convictions regulates and controls behavior. In short behavior is the by-product of convictions. Whatever a person’s behavior, how we respond to circumstances, situation, trouble, difficulties is a reflection of our convictions. Our worldview and reality is seen through our convictions. Convictions dictate our relationship with other people and how we socialize in the community.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/08/06/convictions/
Who is Jesus Christ? The answer to the question is foundational to our faith. It is the Rock upon which the Church stands. It is therefore, necessary that the Church constantly teach the truth about who Christ is until He comes. In this article I am going to answer this question by addressing just the eternal attribute of Christ from 1 John 1:1 and Colossian 1:15-18. It is my prayer that the glory of God revealed in this truth about our Lord Jesus will transform our lives and shape our worship for His glory, Amen!
This episode is also available as a blog post:https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/who-is-jesus/
The revelation of this truth “this is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased” should cause every Christian to pause and consider why it was necessary that the Father reveal the Son in such majestic way. The following reasons below are some of the things I have seen the Father’s love for the Son reveal to us:
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/09/12/part-3-the-fathers-love-for-the-son/
"This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! (Matthew 17:5, NIV) This is the testimony that we are going to discuss in this article. This is how we are going to discuss the Father's testimony: (1) As the revelation of the Son (2) As the command that leads to eternal life (3) As the revelation of the Father's Love and the good pleasure of God in Christ. It is my prayer that the glory of God revealed in this truth about our Lord Jesus will transform our lives and shape our worship for His glory, Amen!
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/the-fathers-testimony-about-the-son/
It Is Our Duty to Perfect Holiness in the Fear of God and Grow in Grace Every Day
By John Owen
There are two evils which certainly attend every unmortified professor— the first, in himself; the other, in respect of others.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/believers-ought-to-make-the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-their-daily-work/
When we open the book of Matthew we are amazed just in few chapters how Matthew repeatedly points us to the fulfillment of prophecy concerning the Messiah. We cannot be mistaken that what is talking about is of great importance to every reader. I pray that the Lord the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of our hearts to see how great our Savior is. The testimonies of scripture are worthy of all acceptance. For there is no one in this world nor will there be anyone in whom such full grace of God is (or will be) revealed for the salvation of mankind apart from Christ our Lord. In this article we are going to look at how Matthew reveal to us who Jesus is in just three chapters. I have not explained the verses because my goal is just to show you what is said of Jesus in few verses from those three chapters. This is a short article and therefore, it is easy to read.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lyengamuwa.wordpress.com/2020/10/06/jesus-in-matthew-1-3/